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THE SUN, _LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1845.

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A

ing the various schemes promoted by other parties
which were opposed to your interests, namely—the
Wandsworth and Epsom branches of the Brighton and South-
Western Companies, and the Reigate and Dorksrg branch of
the former Company. The main schemes of the South-
Eastern Company were, as you know, thrown out on standing
orders. One portion of your plan, that for the accommodation
of North Kent, was reported against in common with the scheme
of the North Kent Company—the other, for extending accum-
modation to the south-eastern parts of Kent, including the
only direct line to Maidstone proposed in Parliament, failed
from the inability of the Committee to consider its merits, at
the then late period of the session. The Croydon Enlarge-
ment Bill alone has received the royal assent.
Under these circumstances your Directors have felt it to be
their duty, in compliance with the terms of the resolution
passed at the late general meeting, to limit the sum to be
raised upon the new shares to 1/. 13s. 4d. per share as therein
stipulated ; and they have accordingly made a final call of I/.
per share, and provided for the registration of eight of these
shares for one Croydon share of 201., likewise in accordance
with the terms of the resolution.

The Bill for a line from Epsom to Portsmouth, in which you
are so much interested, after a most searching investigation for
six weeks before a Committee of the House of Commons, and
a unanimous report in its favour, by a Committee of the House
of Lords, was, on that report being brought up to the House,
recommitted on a point of form, by a majority of two, which
the presence of two Noble Lords, Members of the Com-
mittee, who were unfortunately absent, would have prevented;
and this recommittal, at the extreme end of the session, has
had the effect of a postponement to another year. The B:11,
however, is underetcod to be entitled to all the privileges in
such cases provided by the regulations of last session, and the
Directors trust that very shortly after the opening of the next
session it will have passed into a law. There never was, per-
haps, a measure which relied so entirely upon its own merits
for defence against the extraordinary and various kinds of oppo-
sition to which it has been subjected.
It is the intention of the Directors forthwith to distribute to
the Proprietors the shares in this undertaking held by the
Croydon Company.
Your Directors congratulate you upon the successful demon-
stration of the atmospheric system on your line. This demon-
stration has been delayed much beyond the time which
was anticipated, and the delay has been occasioned
by the novelty of the apparatus, the desire to effect
all possible improvements, and the adaptation of these
improvements to your peculiar position. The result, however,
so far as it has gone, has been highly satisfactory, and the ex
periments which have been already tried upon its power and
tractability, have surpassed the expectations of your Directors,
although they had previously formed a high estimate of the
system, from what they had :witnessed upon the Dalkey
where it has been so long in operation.
Your Directors anticipate that this success will entitle you to
a preference, before Parliament, in respect of any schemes
which they may find it desirable to promote for your benefit,
provided those schemes are likewise well arranged for the
public advantage. Of such a character they trust are the
Kentish schemes, as now projected, which are in their
opinion so devised as to afford the greatest possible
public accommodation, at the least possible cost. Your
Directors have found it necessary, with a view to the success
of these measures entirely to remodel the lines and reconstitute
the plan upon which they were promoted in the last session of
Parliament, and in order to give the strongest assurance to the
county that they shall be independently carried out, to divest
them to a certain extent of their dependance upon the Croydon
Company. They propose, therefore, to raise a separate fund for
the execution of these schemes, which shall be distinct front the
funds of the Croydon Company—but the share of which shall be
distributed in the largest proportion among the Proprietors of
that Company, as some compensation for the pre-emption to
which they have entitled themselves by the outlay already in-
curred, and the efforts made in the prosecution of this object.
A Provisional Committee, composed of some of the chief land-
ewners in the county, will be appointsd to act for the conduct
of the Bill, in conjunction with your Directors.
The works on the Epsom line are in active progress, the
whole is under contract, and will, as your Directors trust, be
ready to open in the course of next summer.
Your Directors observe that several schemes have been
lately proposed for affording a west-end terminus to the lines
converging at London-bridge, and with the promoters of one
of these lines they have taken measures to place themselves in
communication. Various other schemes, more or less calcu-
lated to benefit the railway, have been likewise pressed upon
the attention of your Directors, but none of them are as yet in
a sufficiently forward state to be more publicly noticed.
The Profit and Loss Acceunt shows a balance of 15,7681.
ss. 10d., out of which your Directors recommend a dividend of
seven shillings per share to be made on 44,400 shares.

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The CHAIRMAN then moved that the report be re-
ceived and adopted ; in doing which he stated he would,
according to usual custom, snake a few remarks. He
congratulated them on the improved aspect of the Com-
pany's affairs, the receipts for the present half-year
being fifty-seven per cent. greater than the cor-
responding period of last year, and the tolls eight
per cent. mere. The expenses, had, however, been also
higher. The dividend proposed, though still small,
was an improvement, and he had no doubt it would go
on progressing till ultimately it would be a full remune-
ration for the capital invested. The dividend was an in-
crease of 40 per cent. on that of last year.--(Applause.)
He would now glance at the business of the bygone year
in regard to their proceedings in Parliament. He re-
gretted they had not been so successful as he could have
wished, still it was alconsolation neither had been their
opponents. Upon the whole he did not think they had
suffered in their position by the contest, the most of
the schemes by which they had been :threatened
having, been defeated, thrown out in Committee, or aban-
doned. It behoved them, however, to look actively to
the future, as some of the unsuccessful schemes of last
session mere being brought before the public in a
modified form. He alluded to the North project,
and that supported by the Eastern Counties Com-
pany. The Hon. Gentleman having referred to the
report, showing the necessity of the measure as a means
of raising capital to carry out their extension, so as to
defeat their opponents, went into the progress of the at-
mospheric principle, in connexion with their line. Every
step, so far as they had gone, was entirely satisfactory.
Several private experiments had been made, but as the
engine-power was not as yet under full command, they
had not ventured on a public exhibition. Whenever
all was perfected it was the intention of the
Directors to invite the Shareholders to the first
public experiment on the line. As many Share-
holders, however, present, perhaps, would not be
able to attend then, a special train had been provided to
run along the line immediately on the termination of
their proceedings. He was quite persuaded that the
atmospheric principle, when in full operation, would
enable them materially to reduce their charges to
the public, while it would prove highly profitable
to the proprietors. Mr. Samuda, the engineer, had
furnished them with a report of his proceedings, which
he would read. The Hon. Chairman then read the
report which was to the effect that the works had pro-
gressed in the most satisfactory manner, and were now
nearly completed, and that the recent experiments had
been completly successful. Having dwelt at some length
on the superiority of the atmospheric principle
over the one in ordinary use, and at the opposition and
bigotry with which it had been met, the Hon. Chair-
man concluded his address by pointing out on a large
map the proposed extensions, being one to Gravesend
and another connecting Maidstone, Dover, and Canter-
bury with London—both to be on the atmospheric
system.
A PROPRIETOR asked what was the capital proposed
for the new lines in Kent ?
The CHAIRMAN-2,500,000i.

pay stiffer rates. Cloves are wanted, and prices are looking
up. In Mace several purcha!ea wade privately at 2a to 3? 2d.
Nutmegs alt. it. rev ,:.;,
Cinnamon. ..1,11 yt
SplltiTs.—To-day
Rum, anJ. stiffer rates were paid; indeed, there is not sufficient
at market to supply the demand ; sales were made at Is 10d to
Is lld per gallon proof. Calcutta is much wanted, and fetched
higher rates, vales having been made at Is 10d per gallon proof
with certificate. In Jamaica the operations were on a more
extended scale, in consequence of rather lower rates being
taken.

COCHINEAL.—This afternoon the demand was active, and,
124 bags Honduras at auction sold with spirit; si:vers fetched
5s 2d for common to fine, being again 1 d to 2d higher, black,
sold at 5s 10d to 6s 7d for middling to fine, being the former
worth.

OrLs.—Southern has been purchased with caution, and a
decline in prices of 5s to lOs per tun has occurred. In Cod few
purchases have been made. Seal Oil is held with
firmness, and a good demand has been experienced.
In Sperm several purchases made privately, and holders mani-
fest more firmness. With Linseed Oil the market is largely
supplied, and there are sellers at further reduced rates.
For forward delivery little business has been transacted, the
consumption, however, is good. In Rape a fair business has
been transacted, the supply at present is but a moderate
one. The market has a firm appearance for Olive Oil.
Palm is wanted, and command full rates. The demand
fallen off for Cocoa Nut Oil, but holders insist upon former
terms. Lard Oil is worth 421 to 44/, and Ground Nut 30/ to
321 per tun.
l'ALLow.—Town Tallow met with a brisk sale at 42s to
42s 6d nett cash, and the supply is still insufficient for the de-
mand. All other kinds ol Tallow are warted, and the supply
has fallen off. 370 boxes South American sold at 41s 6d
to 4ls 9d for fine ; 301 casks of N S Wales, fine 42s 3d
to 43s 6d, good 40s 3d to 41s 6d, inferior 38s 3d to 39s 9d ;
78 casks of African 37s to 3es 6d ;20 tubs of E. I. 40s to
425, and 356 casks Taganrog 40s 6d to 42s 6d, and inferior
37s 3d to 403 3d per cwt. The deliveries continue on the in-
increase, and are greater than last year, being 3,621 casks up
to this time.

THE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, Sam 9, 1845.

The Queen arrived at Antwerp on Saturday the 6th inst.
Her Majesty embarked on board the Victoria and Albert
yacht on the evening of that day, and sailed on the following

morning.

On the morning of Monday the Sth instant, her Majesty
arrived at Treport, and was received by his Majesty the King
of the French, who accompanied the Queen to the chateau
d'Eu.

WHITEHALL, Auc. 19.
The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed John Hawkey Bingham Carslake, of Bridg-
water, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, to be one
of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknow-
ledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under
the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for
the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Somerset.
The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Knt. Lord
Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed Henry Cawdroe Stenton, of Seuthwell, in the
county of Nottingham, Gent. to be one of the Per-
petual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments
of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act
passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the
substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the
county of Nottingham.
The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed Thomas Houghton Hodgson, of Carlisle,
in the county of Cumberland, Gent. to be one of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution
of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of
Camberland. _ _ _ _

The Right Hon. Sir Nicolas Conyner m Tindal, Knt.,
Lord Chief Justice of her MajeEty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed William Henry Reece, of Birmingham,
in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be one of the Per-
petual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of
deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitu-
tion of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county
of Warwick, also in and for the counties of Stafford and Wor-
cester.

LYCEUM THEATRE.

The Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal,
Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas, has appointed Richard Lambert, of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners
for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be exe-
cuted by married women, under the Act passed for the
abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of
more simple modes of assuranee, in and for the town and
county of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and also in and
for the county of Northumberland.
BANKRUPTS.

Stephen Davies, coal merchant, Wiltcn-road, Pimlico, to
surrender on Sept. 23, at eleven, and Oct. 21, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Cornhill; Husband and Wyatt, Gray's Inn-square.
Frederick Ward, oilman, Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell, Sept.
18, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Keighley, Basinghall-street.
Joseph Savage, victualler, Old Compton-street, Sept. 18, at
half-past one, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, efficial assignee, Guildhall-chambers ;
' Springall, Thompson, and Powell, Raymond-buildings,
Gray's Inn.
George Cox, victualler. Plymouth, Sept. 19, and Oct. 10,
at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official
assignee, Exeter; Penkiv;le, West-street, Finsbury, London;
Beer and Rundle, Devonport , Stcgdon, Exeter.
James Ramsden, ten., eiath. manufacturer. Leeds, Sept.
24 and Oct. 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Feare,
official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow and Co., Chancery-lane,
London; Naylor, Leed.

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Rotterdam 2U. 12 9i
Antwerp 26 0
flamburgh M.B. 13 15
Altona _ _ _

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Foreign G bars..£3 17 9
Portugat Gold Coin 3 17 5
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Now Doi!ars 0 4
Silver in ears . 0 4 112

A new and original comedietta (anal f; oiler. the
eanedietta, as epp!ied to a one-act pieee, is not a
eaaaener) eetitled t'cla Jea4ins ; -Fibbing Ar a
ssios produced et this theatre last caereng, and
ac eaetilent comedictta it is. Mr. David Brown (Me.
Mere:it-17,a) is a partner in a mercantile house, who mixes
up 3 catiaiont and the main chance in the oddest manner
possible. His partner is Mr. Whiffen (Keeley) a plain
straightforward man of business who makes it his boast
that he has never told a lie in his life. David Brown is
surprised and disappointed at discovering that his ladye
love, Miss Jenkins (Miss Dawson), a young lady with
2,0001. in her own right, has eloped with a gay
Lothario ; and Whiffen is surprised and pleased
at receiving a note from young Victor de Mont-
morency (Mr. Wigan), a Frenchman, returning
him 501. which he hail borrowed of him, and in-
viting him to his cottage at Richmond, where he is
spending the honeymoon with his young wire. Brown,
who is going to the Star and Garter, gives Whiffen
cast down in his aig. Now Mrs. Montmorency is the
very Miss Jenkins whot. was engaged to Brown, and Mont •
morency, who is awfully jealous, has discovered Brown's
portrait in his wife's possession ; to appease him the
wife declares it is the portrait of her brother Peter
Jenkins, and Miss Clear (Mrs. Keeley), the teacher at the
bearding school from which the elopement took place, and
who has accompanied the lovers, vouches for the truth of
the statement. The confusion which arises when Mr.
David Brown makes his appearance as the companion of
117hiffen may be easily imagined. Brown, however, is
got rid of before any discovery takes place, and iliss
Clear, who has her own designs on Whiffea, persuades
him to declare to Montmorency that Brown is Peter
Jenkins. Old Jerkins, however, arrives, and when
Montmorency introduces Whiffen as a friend of the
family, and the intimate associate of his son Peter,
the ell man is astounded. He has no son. Miss Clear
again prompis 'Whiffet'. Peter is a wild dog, has outrun
the constable, the father cannot bear to hear Lis name
mentioned, and foe Ceet tiine Montmorency is pacified ;
but Brown again makes his eppsarenee, and Mont-
morency is determined to bring about a reconciliation,
by introducing them to each other, and then it is dis-
covered that Peter Jenkins is David Brown. Mont-
morency declares he will repuliate his wife, and
annihilate Whiffen, but again Miss Clear recon-
ciles everything. She declares that her father
hod determined to sacrifice her to arc:qv:: ; that
years ago she had been engaged to Whiffen ; that
they had kept up a secret correspondence ; and that
Whiffen had sent her his portrait by Brown, who, for
motives best known to himself, had substituted las

ow❑ ; that on Montmorency fading the portrait, his
wife, in order to spare her friend's feelings, had said it
was the portrait of Peter Jenkins ; but that now all ob-
stacles being reino7ecl, she can make her dear Whiffen
happy—and most happy, too, does she make Mont-
morency, for she-has an enormous appetite, and be is
right glad to get her out of his home. This little play
is admirably written and admirably acted. Air. and
Mrs. Keeley and Wigan were called for at the con-
clusion, and the piece was announced ;for repetition
amidst unbounded applause.

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 CO
Ditto, 3 months 26 0
Marseilles 26 5
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 122

A SHAREHOLDER asked if there was sufficient capital
in hand to carry out the proposed extensions ?
The CHAIRMAN answered in the affirmative.
To questions from Proprietors,
The CHAIRMAN said that he could not positively affirm
when the Epsom line would be open, and he did not wish
to give any pledge on the subject ; neither could he say when
the atmospheric line would be opened, but no time would
be lost by the Directors. The prospectus of the new
KQnt line would be shortly issued, and he could not say
before that time in what proportion shares might be ap-
portioned to the Croydon Proprietors.
The report was then adopted.
Mr. APLAtraIN moved a resolution that the accounts
of the Company should be made out on the system pur-
sued in 18 11 instead of as at present.
The resolution was negatived by an immense ma-
jority.
Several other resolutions in accordance with the re-
port were then carried, and after a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, the meeting broke up.

The room was very full ; at !cast 300 persons must have
beEn present.

Dr: Novra was calk

Mr. 'I4,IIALL x 414; I

i it well under.steal Fcx

shat it was that his euppo,lcrs were about to give their
votes on Thursday morning. He came forward especially
on the question of the ecclesiastical policy just introduced
by Sir Robert Peel ; and this had brought tip the sub-
ject of Sir W. Molesworth's opinions on the nature of
religious liberty. That gentleman had confessed himself
an admirer of Hobbes, whose system was this,—that all
men are in a state of natural war one with another ; that
it is absolutely necessary, in order to the peace of so-
ciety, and the due government of human beings, that
there should be a central, unlimited, arbitrary power ;
that the despot should have power, not simply over the
persons and the property, hut over the conscience
and the opinions of ail his subjects ; and that it
is rebellion against law to profess any other princi-
ples of religion than those prescribed by the
legal authority. A Mr. Maddox, too, had come
forward with an address, expressing really terms of
rapture on writings which in that same address
he confessed he had not read through.—(Hear, hear.)
The best service that Sir William Molesworth's sup-
porters could do to the cause of civil and religious
liberty would be to sit down at Hobbes's works early on
Thursday morning, aad keep reading on till four o'clock
in the afternoon.—(Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Miall)
should be mortified to see this election regarded as a
fight between Christianity and infidelity —a controversy
to be decided not by votes, but by arguments ; nor
would he introduce the topic, but for tho absolute con-
nexion hatween religious opinion and the political sub-
jects that now came before them for settlement. A
definite reply must be made to the Government and to
both political parties, who had menaced the country
with further interference with religious liberty. It was
necessary to know whether Sir William Molesworth's
religious opinions were such as to allow of the payment
of all religioni:its, degrading the general mind of the
people by making the ministers of instruction, who
ought to be the first to lead them forward, the tools for
effecting the purposes of the aristocracy.—(Cheers.)
The Whig press was very wroth with him (Mr. Miall)
for forcing his '-crotchet" of voluntaryism on the public;
but, deeply interested as he was in the cause of free
trade, he felt that the question of the day was, whether
this policy of encroachment on our religious liberties
was to be fastened upon us or nipped in the bud ? The
impending danger to the country came from an eccle-
siastical quarter ; and if, in our ardour for the repeal of
the corn-laws, a proper stand was not taken against it,
the people would deserve to be treated not merely as
fools, but as slaves.—(Cheers.) He had come forward,
further, as the opponent of the new poor-law, and of
that system of centralization which, whatever its merits
in a merely mechanical and executive point of view, was
Perfectly incompatible with the free movements of those
institutions, whether municipal or parochial, which we
regard as safeguards of freedom.—(Cheers.) On these
points he differed from Sir William Molesworth ; and,
lastly, on the question of the suffrage. Under the
existing system, both parties were " feathering their
nests." An immense sum had been squandered by
the Ecclesiastical Commission—not in sustaining
and helping the poorer churches, or devising fresh
means to convey truth to the people, but in building
noble palaces for those who ought to be " clothed with
humility."—(Cries of" Shame !") The people, i f intrusted
with the franchise, would in time see where their
interest lay—in the mainterance of order, the protection
of property, the sustentation of law, the dispensation of
justice. As a believer in the great maxim, "Do unto
others as you would they should do to you," and as an
advocate for confiding in human nature, recognising in
every man a friend and a brother, and raising his self-
respect by naising his position and station in society, he
(Mr. Miall) was for universal suffrage.—(Great cheer-
ing.) Mr. Miall proceeded to urge his friends to be
early at the poll, assuring them of his confidence of
being, with their aid, successful. He then sat down
amidst general applause.
The usual resolution in his favour was moved by Mr.
S. ALLEN, a member of the Society of Friends, seconded
by Mr. TAYLOR, supported by the Rev. Mr. FOSTER,
and carried unanimously, after which the meeting
broke up.

ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON nAlLWAY.—Yester-
thy (Monday) morning, as the seven o'clock mixed train
from Brighton was aprroaclung the Clayton tunnel slowly, in
consequence of the slippery state of the rails from the fog, a
pilot engine, proceeding to its usual station at Horley, came up
with the train, and struck the last carriage, a third-class, which
was unhooked from the train. The passengers in that carriage
suffered a severe shock, and many of them jumped out; in
so doing, Mr. Neale, of Fleet-street, printer, was cut in the
foot, and others sustained some bruises, amongst whom was a
lady residing at Clapham. No injury accrued to the engine or
carriage. The train was immediately stopped, and the carriage
re-attached, and all the passengers, excepting a lady and gen-
tleman, who, we believe from alarm and not from injury, re-
turned to Brighton, were brought forward to their respective
destinations in safety. [The above account of the accident is
given in an evening paper, but at the London terminus the
matter was treated very lightly. It was said that the rumour
of an accident had originated from the circumstance of two
passengers having become alarmel by a slight " shake," and
had left the train at the Hassock station, and returned to
Brighton.]
SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-ARMS.—Yesterday
morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a serious accident
occurred to Miss Amelia Philips, residing at North Bank,
Lisson-grove. Mr. S. Philips, jun., was about leaving town
on a shooting excursion, when in a joke he presented his fowl-
ing-piece at his sister, and imagining the piece to be only on
half-cock, he touched the trigger, when the gun went off. The
shot carried away a portion of Miss Philip's ear, and lodged in
her neck and face, destroying the sight of the right eye. Me-
dical assistane was procured, and Miss Philips, though severely
injured and in great danger, is expected to recover, though dis-
figured for life.

REVIVAL or PECKHAM FAlR.—Yesterday Peck-
ham Fair, which for some years has remained in abeyance, in
consequence of its having been suppressed by magisterial inter-
ference, was revived with more than its wonted glory. The
spot selected for holding the fair is on the north bank of the
Surrey Canal, at Peckham New Town, the fair itself being of
great extent. There are a great number of shows, and no
fewer thin three booths devoted to horsemanship. Among
the attractions for this day (Tuesday), a rowing match is to
take place upon the canal between two clowns belonging to
rival shows.

SUPPRESSION OP A PRIZE FIGHT.—At Woolwich
Police-court yesterday, Sergeant Glasscock brought up two
prisoners, charged with having been concerned in a prize fight
that had taken place that afternoon in the Erith marshes. The
prisoners gave the name of John Hick and John Clark, and
described themselves as iron-plate workers. The face of Hick,
one of the principals, was covered with bruises, the left eye
being blackened and fearfully swollen. Sergeant Glasscock
deposed that last night he received information that a prize
fight was to take place in the marshes. He accordingly went
early in the morning with four constables. About ten minutes
past one he :ate a mob of about two hundred persons coming
towards the Leather Bottle, in the parish of Erith. Before he
got up to them two rounds had been fought. Directly he went
up the mnb ran away in various directions. The other princi-
pal got away, but he succeeded in apprehending Hick, who had
xi-either shirt nor trousers on. Tin. prisoner at first told him
they were fighting for ten sovereigns, but afterwards he said it
was only for two sovereigns. Clark got into a boat, and tried
to aid Hick in escaping. The defendants were ordered to find
good bail to keep the peace, and were remanded till this day.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO SIR JOHN MORDAUNT.—
We most sincerely regret to state that on Tuesday afternoon
last, about four o'clock, a very distressing accident occurred
to Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., one of the Members for the
southern division of this county,- at his seat, at Walton,
near Wellesbourne. He was shooting partridges, on his
beautiful estate, accompanied by his relative, A. Mills,
Esq. While thus engaged they came to a hedge, through
a gap in which Sir John raased while Mr. Mills was .
waking behind him. The latter was in the act of unlock-
ing his gun, when by frame means he accidentally touched the
trigger, and the whole of the charge entered the calves of both
the legs of Sir John, lodging epwards of 100 shots in the left
leg, and upwards of 4u in the right leg. He immediately
fell to the ground, and was takers up by one of the game-
keepers, who was in attendance. and instantly con-
veyed home. We are assured that the medical gentle-
men do not expect he will be able to walk for many
weeks ; up to yesterday afternoon, they had not been enabled to
extract any of the shot from the wounds—yet we are informed
that the sufferer bears all with an excellent spirit of patience,
and even cheerfulness. The sad occurrence has created the
utmost anxiety in the neighbourhood, among all classes, as Sir
John is universally esteemed for his excellence of heart and
great kindness of disposition on all occasions.— Warwick
Advertiser.
DEATH HY DRINKING.—On Saturday Mr. Baker
held an inquest at the Three Cranes, Fashion-street, Spital-
fields, relative to the death of John Connell, aged forty, a
labourer. The room in which the body was viewed by the
jury exhibited an appearance of the most abject destitution,
there being no bed, and scarcely any furniture. John
Waller said that he knew the deceased, who about twelve
months ago enjoyed a good state of health. He had since
been left an annuity, by which he obtained about 16s. a
week. Upon the receipt of that money he and his wife led
a life of constant inebriation, the whole of the money being
spent in drink. In witness's opinion-his death was brought on
from not taking the necessaries of life.- He was offered to be'ada
milted into the workhouse, but he refused to go there. Witness
advised him to have raedLal assistance, but this he also ob-
jected to ; and he died en Friday evening. The Coroner
asked if the wife was present?—Mr. Hart, the summoning
officer, said she was then in a state of intoxication, and un-
able to attend. Verdict, " .Natural death."

At the Court of Assize of the llaut-Rhin, on the
29th, ult , a man named Freyburger, of the commune of Buet-
wilier, was tried for the murder of M. Wagner, the Cure of
that place. M. Wagner was returning from mass on the 10th
of June last, when he was fired at and sturck by a ball in the
head, and ten days after he expired. Freyburger was sus-
spected, for he was known to have uttered menaces against the
Cure, who some time before had refused to read the burial ser-
vice over the wife of Freyburger, who had hanged herself, and
had also on the following Sunday preached a sermon against sui-
cide. The man was arrested, and confessed that he had fired
at M. Wagner from his window, but he pretended that he had
done so because the Curd and some black man had been plotting
against him. He gave other symptoms of insanity, but they
were supposed to be simulated, and this was the opinion of the
jury, for he was found guilty, but with extenuating circum-
stances. He was sentenced to 2) years' imprisonment with hard
labour.— French Paper.
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.—With the exception
of a slight shower of a couple of hours' duration yesterday, end
a change of wind from the west to the east, the weather for
the last eight days has been as fine as the heart of man could
desire. • The sun has bhene brightly forth from a sky of the
purest azure, and the atmosphere although almost fiercely
hot, has been dry and breezy, and of the most favourite cha-
racter for harvest operations. In the earlier districts great
progress has been made, and the few stacks in the barn► yard
give assurance that no time has been or will be lost. In the

secondary districts harvest has barely commenced, but with a
continuance of fine weather, all hands will be at work by the
beginning of next week at the latest. In the hills, and
amongst the latest gri,wing districts, there will be no general
harvest before the first of October. Wheat and barley are
both well spoken of as to bulk, although it is feared that
mach of the former, particularly the spring sown, will be de-
ficient both in weight and quality. Oats, it is generally
feared, will be less productive than on the av, rage, and the
same apprehensions are entertained as to beans and peas, which
hale shot out to an -unusual length of straw. A fete days;
however, will give us some insight both as to the quality and
,produce of the harvest, antwoujaiiiaaka.care that ample in-
TornsAtion on this important rfrittevit Lie infer@ our readers.—
Qalidontan AfOure.