The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. SEVEN ELVES LOST. (1 , 11.. ii A toIItII9APoAPENT. Early this nioniing (Monday) the Intteries were thrown 'mt.& state of 'militia excitement be the intellig en c e that an explosion had taken place at the Übberley Coal ; Mines, belonging to John Ridgway Esq., the well-known master potter of. Caultlon- place . Ridgway, repairing to the spot we aseeruined the f. , llowing particulars About seven o'clock this morning one of the " butty " colliers (Ralph llaueock) who lots fallen a victim to the inasitl , nee of his companion . set-rid the pit with six other tutu to commence wet when a quantity of explosive gas. which had collected in the roof, at once ignited, and produced an explosion. This man, it seems, had wisely provided himself with • safety lamp; hut his fellow-suf ferers had only unprotected candles, and hence the accident. , The shies produced by the explosion watt tremendous. The i other workmen who were engaged in different sections of the mine were completely appalled, and even those at work in the adjoining pits heard a rumbling noise, which to their experienced can conveyed the first intellige nee of the disaster. For some time it was impossible to enter that portion of the mine in which the incident took place. Four men who first es:aytol this task, were taken out again in an apparently lifeless sate, the foul R.1...{44 hail completely overpowered them, but medical aid lising on the spot, they were shortly restored. On resuming the search fur the survivors, if any, the bodies of four of the sufferers were brought up in • most frightful state of mutilation, and quite dead. The worth was continued, and about 12 o'clock the other three bodies were discovered in the 'ante state.'Thus it will he been, that out of the sews men who entered the particular section of the pit Is hen. the accident occurred, not one has escaped with hi. lift.. It impossible to portray the excitement produced by this disaster. Mr. Ilitlawdy, on bearing of the accident, imme diately hastened to the scene, in company with Mr. Scott, a surgeon, of Sheldon, but unhappily this latter gentleman's skill was unavailable. The name, of the unfortunat , men are: Ralph Itrinenek, a" batty;" Edward Former, a turtismAn ; Jnhu Good fr lbw, a boy employed in the mine; ri,orlre Sumner, a turnsinati; unit tVillirm llopkiti N lionia4 Jones and (korgc Mountrorol, An inquest will be held bodies. (Tucadly) on the 'nu: C 11.11161.: OF CONSPIIi.teY AaNID eIIEATING AT PLAY AT BII,IOIITON, l'cistceday an application respecting bail wan made at the Town-hall, Bnghtein, on the part of two of the pri soners charged in the above ease -viz.. J. Broome and Roden. The magistrates present were the chairman (C. Carpenter, Esq.), and J. lkorrer, Esq. Mr sill, on the part of the prosnution. statist that he had remised notice from Mr. Lewis, that Charles James Kemp. of the fliteen EliAaheth Tavern, Ass !um-mad, ()hi Kent-toad, licensed victualler, and Samuel firnik.e, of 125, Jennyn-street, St. James's, dealer in jewellery, would be proposed as bail on the part of Broome ; and that William Sparks, deacribial of 25, Olendriestreet, Ilaymarket, builder, awl Ilenry Nottiffire, described A. 4 of 2, Allington nn.o, Pimlico, gentleman, would be proposed us bail on the port of Stades'. No notice of bail, it was stated, had been given on the port of the other prisoner, James. Mr. Geiwse haring been sworn, said that he was a dealer in jewellery, and resitl...l at 125, Jermyn-street, St. James's, that he was a housekeeper there, and was worth 1001. a rear, after the p iyment of all his debts. lie stand that the tease of his lonise and his furniture were worth somewhere about 50i1f., and that his stock of jewellery, watches, clocks, and silver, was worth gamut iOlOl. or $OOl. Mr. Sill don prist.-eilil to cross-examine the wituc-s, and in answer to his questions, the witness stated that he had been fire or sin years in u small way of business, and that he hail been for the last seven years in a large way ; also, that lie dealt in .nell jewellery as came into the market, from pawnbrokers' soles, others. Ile farther added that lie dal not keep a jeweller's shop, but that lie kept a coffee-shop and chop-house, and that lie dal his jewellery business in the back mom adjoining his shop, and on th e first fluor. Having admitted that h.• had bem convicted by the Inland Board of Excise for selling spirits without • hrense. the witness was then examined by Mr. Sill, with the view of showing that his house was the resort of per sons of bail character of both sexes. The witness stated that the Maier who frequented his house were " gentlemen and men of property, - lint lie refused to answer the ques tions put to him respecting the character of the females. Mr.leovis submitted that the respectability of the wins's.' re:atiVt• to which some questions had been put, had nothing to do with the Isnot at issue —hi. sufficiency as bail. The Chairman considered it was must important the re spectahility of the boil should be inquired into, au that they might have a certainty of the prisoner being forthcoming. Mr. Liwia contended it was enough that the wittier proved he was of sidlicient substance. Suppose, fur in stance, be lodged 1001. Mr. Itorrer, one of the magistrates, said he would by no means consider that to be sufficient In the present instance the party tendered as bail had been di scribed as being a jeweller, and it turned out that he kept a coffee and chop house. In his (Mr. Barrens') opinion, the bail ought not to be accepted. The Chairman wail he concurred in that opinion, and the bail must, therefore, be refustsl. Some emisersati.m having taken place between the solici tors, a. to the notice to be given relative to the parties to be liropulall ues hail. Pile. Sill intimated that under the cirministances he would not at present go into another case against one of the pri soners, a Inch he was prepared to bring forward. Mr. Lewis complained of the adoption of that court, Mr. Sill considered lie was exercising a sound discretion. The inquiry then terminated. Inspector Otway WaA present, by order of the Commis sioners of Police, to watch the firoteedings. EXTRAORDINARY BURGLARY AT TIIE CITY BRlDE *ELL—Yesterday morning the various of cial+ of the City Widen's% Bridge-street, Maelariars, were consternated by the discovery that during the night a party of burglars had obtained admission into the prison, by sealing the outer wall+, and had succeeded in carrying ott several articles of plate. It appears that on Mr. Oxford, one of the constables of the institution. going down stain the first thing yester day morning he perceived indications that at least three p•rsms bad entered the houses in the court-yard. The way the• party must have got into the gaol was by climbing over the walk in Dorset-street, Salisbury-square, and drop ping into the burial-ground. Front thence they got over the lb tek premises and stabling, and finally sealed another wall, and jumped into the court-yard. They then entered the two houses above alluded to and ......... took from the first-named the following articles of plate a silver tankard, on which was engraved "The gift of Colonel Newton to Louisa Oxford, the 3rd of June, IMO." another silver tankard, about the same size as the former, the inscription unknown ; a pair of silver sugar tongs marked "0. 0. M., " a 'dyer tea spoon marked " T. 0. L.," two silver ca ddy spoons, initials unknown ; a silver teapot was also found doubled up, which had either been dropped by aeeitient by the thieves or left behind, they probably thinking it might nut lie silver. In the other hous, tiny stole therefrom a pair of new hems. A piece of board was hound under the wall which the thieves had made use of in aiding them to get over the wall, but to enable them to effect their escape they had placed the prison ladder against the inner w.dl, and therefore hail no diffi culty in escaping in the .11111: way us they got into the gaol. The authorities of the prison are of opinion that the robbers had been previously confined therein and well knew the various houses in the gaol. THE SUPPLY OF WAILH TO SOUTHAMPTON.— The • water question is the great question of the day in Nouthionptote, as it is in London and in many other towns to the kingdom. For many years that town was supplied with water from the eyeing. and drainage of a common, shoot two miles distant. This supply proving inadequate as the town increased in population. the inhabitants neer tally turned their attention to the neighbouring river. Over this river a country esquire had territorial rights, sad he refused to supply the town with water, except on renditions that would base destroyed its political indepen ism. The inhabitants would not subm;t to this, and they commenced the lormation of on artesian well, which was made at an enormous expense. but they have tailed in i from it an adequate supply of water for the I t i o l wt h lwo or three years since a great many of the in- habitants, dissatisfied with the conduct of the local boards and despairing of getting water, succeeded in placing the town under the jurisdiction of the government Board of Health. An inspector from that board was sent down to southamptun. The local boards were all amalgamated. The government Board of Health inspector was appointed consulting engineer to the Southampton local board of health. and an improvement act was obtained, in which six places were scheduled, from either of which it was covetable(' u proper supply of water fur the town could he obtained. The inspector in his capacity of con• suiting e nginver, recommended that the artesian well should I sot he proceeded with, and that the town should seek a supply of water from Mansbridge on the river lichen, sine of the places scheduled in the new improvement act. Plans and specification were made out for works to convey the , water to the town, and tenders fur the performance of the works were advertised tor and are now due. Previous to the final decision, however, the authorities were induced to visit 3lansbridge fur the first time, and they immediately saw that the supply of water to be obtained there was in adiquete and unfit, and on further inquiry they ascertained that the fittest plate to obtain a supply was from Otter- I hoarse springs, a place not scheduled in their act. Mans bridge, it appears, is on the lichen, and receives the drain- atte of Winchester. Otterbourne spring' form a feeder to the Itches. to consequence of these discoveles, the South ampton authorities have ordered all proceedings for obtain ,rag water for the tows to be suspended. SEIZURE OF SUMS:LED BRANDY AT SOCTHAMY- Tos.—A seizure was made on Thursday evening, about 10 o'clock, by Mr. Witt, one of the tide surveyors of her Ma-1 lcsty's customs at the port of Southampton, of the smack Louisa, of Shoreham, Captain Joseph Levitt, with throe HOU. named Daniel Brudey, Francis Hemery, and James Hatcher. The smack came into Southampton water laden with oysters, but under the oysters were found (g 1 tubs and 2 4 flagons of brandy. The Louisa is now in the Southamp ton docks, and the contraband spirits are deposited the Queen's warehouse. The men were brought up be . ,re the 'magistrates on the charge of smuggling, and I :counded to await the decision of the customs. Great credit Is due to Mr. Witt for the manner in which the seizure was efeet(d. The smack, with its contents, is worth upwards of 300 f. TIIE DUBLIN AGGREGATE MEETING. A telegraphic despatch, dated Dublin, Monday eveuing,says: "Great excitcntent prevails in town; the streets are filled with groups, and Mr. J. Cooke, the friend of the Rev. Mr. Gregg, has been severely beaten by the Roman Catholic mob; he is at present in the custody of the police. information being sworn against him for breach of the peace. Several of the I Cat'aulic ar.: in town." Desus, MONDAY MORNING. The aggregate meeting of to-morrow absorbs pub lic attention, awd toall appearance it will require the utmost cure and alertness on the part of the police to prevent a collision between the hostile parties. The Rev. Mr. Gregg and his friends seem determined to assert their right to take part in the proceedings a the meeting, pursuant to the terms of the requi sition, which invites the attendance of " catholies." The rev. gentleman publishes this morning an address :—" To the protestants of Dublin, members of the holy catholic and apostolic church of Ireland, and of the united church of England and Ireland by law established," in the following terms:—The re quisitionists of the aggregate meeting fur Tuesday (to morrow) persevere in inviting catholics in general to their gathering—they do thus implicate us in all its acts and deeds. To avoid this they have left us no other alternative—we must attend. lat least, and those with whom I act, if we allowed this meeting to pass unopposed, not violently but consti tutionally, and as it becomes Christians, wou!d be casting the incense of our submission upon the altar of Roman assumption and pride, and be degraded for ever. Circumstances have changid a slight and trivial matter into a principle that must be asserted, though life itself be the forfeit. For me I am pre pared. I can leave my widow and let my fatherless children trust in God; but I cannot, I must not, I dare not, I will not, so help me God, allow Roman- Ws to make me a party to their false principles and their during assumptions. I have got tickets, and to the meeting I will. please God, go. If alone I will go; but I know others will go to, and we will there take our legitimate share in the proceedings —let pass any resolution we may approve of—and move amendments to every resolution we may disap prove of. We intend no disturbance—we contem plate no violence. Our opponents may kill us ; but we will not, being living men, countenance what may be false or unprincipled. It Igo alone I will (God willing) go. But my attendance will be more secure, more safe, more useful, if I go in the midst of some thousands of my brother protestants. In their midst 1 shall he conducted safely to the door; within the authorities will maintain order. Brother Orangemen, be in your lodges to-night we can thus conveniently arrange fur such a peaceable and orderly access to the meeting as shall give effect to our lawful interference, and show that we dare maintain our rights. My last words are—On those who wrongfully usurp the titles and the denomina tions of others, and on the government who allows such u.urpation, will rest, in the sight of God and man, any casualty which may thence ensue. I re main, Brethren Beloved, very faithfully yours, T. D. GitcoG, Chaplain of St. Nicholas Within. The following declaration, duly made before one of the divisional magistrates, was transmitted on Satur day to the Lord Mayor : County of the City of Dublin, to wit. We, the Reverend *fresh:nu Dames Gregg, Master of Arts, Chaplain of St. Nicholas Within, and Ileury Cooke, gentleman, Trinity College, Dublin, do hereby testify and declare that we feel aggrieved and are aggrieved by the publication and exhibition through the public streets, and in the columns of the public press, of a great variety of documents which involved statements, decla rations, and allegations at variance with fact, truth, and law; disparaging, insulting, and injurious to us as catholic member, of the united church a England and Ireland as by law established ; and also, as we du know, testify, and declare, offensive, insulting, and injurious to a large number of other members of the said church ; that of one of these Movements, published in the Freemen's Journal of this day, ill.• billowing is an extract, embracing the offensive pan:—"The aggregate meeting of the catholic, of the United Kingdom will la held in the Rotunda, Dub lin, on Tuesday, the 19th instant, at 11 o'clock, a.m. The chair will be taken by his grace the most reverend Dr. Cullen, Lord Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland." That we do testify and declare that we are aggrieved and offended by the announcement therein made, and in a great number off - public placards, that " his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen' is " Lord .archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland ; " whereas it is well known that the title of Lord Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of ell Ireland" belongs solely, wholly, and ezelusively to the Mint Reverend Lord George Betsfiord, the Primate of all Ire land, according to law. That we are also aggrieved and offended at the announcement that an aggregate meeting of " citholieis " will be held in the Rotunda, Dublin, ou the 19th inst.—whereas we, a, tatholies, members of the church as establklied by law . , nor as we believe the mem bers M our church generally, base not agreed to any such meeting, nor been cousufted upon the same. That we further believe that it ire probable that it is Roman catho lic, who are alone meant in the document width we have quoted, and such like doeuntenb ; and that we are aggrieved ut their exclusively us.uining W thein , eiveo ' under such eircumAances, a denomination which does not belong to them any more than, or so much, as it belongs to us. That we believe that the unjust assumption of such deno minations and titles, as aforesaid, is a public grievance, wrong, and offence. That it is especially offensive to us members of the established church, and to vast numbers of our brethren, as we know and Whore ; and that it is likely, under the circumstances, to lead to a collision between par ties, disorder, bloodshed, and a breach of the peace, all of which would be avoided by those concerned in the aggregate meeting intended to be held on the 19th, denominating things, persons, and parties, as they ought to do, legally, properly. justly, and therefore inoffensively. That we do testify and declare that we do not, as has been publicly al leged, wish to interfere with, impede, limit, restrain, or prevent Roman cathul ics from having, holding, enjoying, ex ercising, and using, to the fullest extent, the constitutional right of public meeting, nor of fully, efficiently, and exclu sively, notifying, publishing, and placarding their purpose of so doing ; but that, as aforesaid, we are aggrieved when they make use of the occasion for so doing to proclaim them selves as exclusively i catholic, and to attribute titles for bidden by law, and n point of truth, justice, and equity, not belonging to them, to ecclesiastics nominated by the Pope of Rome. That we do her, by testify and declare that we know, and are hereby prepared to prove, that the assumption of the catholic name by Humanists exclusively is unjust, unfair, and indefensible, as well as it is offen sive, awaking, and calculated to disturb the peace, and that to call any ltomauist prelate in this country "Arch bishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland," is as gross an offence against truth, justice, righteousness, and the Christian religion, as it is against modesty, pro priety, and the laws of the land: and that we believe that party collisions, disturbances of the peace, and the excite meut of society will continue, and cannot be avoided, until Roman catholies cease to usurp di 110Mirlati011i nut properly belonging to them, and abstain from attributing the titles belonging by law to the dignitaries of the established church, to ecclesiastics of their sect nominated by the Pope, who are forbidden by LPN to use them ; and we make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and in pursuance of the statute in that case made and pro vided, intituled " An Act for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths, and substituting Declarations in lieu thereof." DANEA CHLYG(I, Clerk. IirNDY COWLS. Made and subscribed before me, this 18th day of August, 18.11. SAIII:LL W. TYNDALL. The following communication has been addressed to the Erening Post by Alderman George Roe on the subject of the potato blight : Nutley, August 13. DEAN, Sta,—l observe in your journal of yesterday • letter from my friend :dr. Kincaid, wherein he states that the potato crop of the present year is not only " going," but actually " gone." This statement, made in such em phatic terms, and coming from a gentleman of such ac knowledged respectability and experience, has created very considerable alarm, which I cannot consider to be very de sirable at the present moment. Our country has been , labouring under deep depression fur some years, and our people are only too glad to hare an excuse for abandoning her; therefore we ought to be extremely careful not unne cessarily to add to the gloom which unfortunately prevails, and I do not know anything more calculated to hare this effect at the present moment than the announcement that the potato crop was once more an utter failure. I know the estimation in which your correspondent is held, and the value attached to his opinion upon all such matters ; there fore it is with great diffidence I venture to question the , soundness of the one which he has promulgated through , your column. Nevertheless, I feel it incumbent upon me to do so, because I can speak confidently on the subject , from my own experience. I have grown potatoes this year to a very considerable extent, being induced to do so for the improvement of my ground; and until about ten days ago my fields were the admiration of the neighbourhood—no- thing could exceed the luxuriance of the crop—but at that Was a great and sudden change took place in one quarter, ; the WsW became black and withered, and, certainly, pre oersted a moat wretched appearance. Of course, I thought all was lost, and I commenced immediately to dig, but to my very agreeable surprise the bad or diseased potatoes did sot positively amount to five per cent. I never saw • more , spledid crop, and I have been getting the highest market price for them ever since. These are Kemps ; and I have im mediately contiguous to them some acres of crops, perfectly free from all appearance of disease. I do not think I would be justified in withholding this practical truth from the public ; and I am sure it will give my friend, Mr. Kincaid, much pleasure to hear that the crop is not quite " gone." I Whilst I am on this subject, will you allow ate to all you how I have treated may bad potatoes for the last two yeiurs, and I learned the ►esson from a very intelligent farmer in the neighbourhood of Liverpool: 1 steam them and pack them in a pounded state in casks, or American flour barrels, shaping a little coarse salt through them. In this state they will keep perfectly sound (or many months, and are a must excellent food fur cattle.—Craving your excuse for occupying so much of tour valuable time and space, I am, very• dear sir, yours faithfully, Groston Itun. SPORTING. TAT rEits kT.T.'S.- Mom) %Y. If we except an outlay of two or three hundred pounds on the 3larlborough Buck, the betting on the Ebor Handi cap and Great Yorkshire Stakes was almost wholly con fined to Nancy, who was backed heavily for both events, and lett off first favourite for each. It did not transpire whether Mr. :Martinson had succeeded ill getting 5,000 to 1,000 about her for the Ebor. 6to 4 was laid on New minster for the Ebor St. Leger, and 6 to 1 offered currently against him fur the St. Leger, fur which the highest oiler against Ilernandex was 3 to I—the latter and the Ban were in strong force. Closing prices EISOIt HA bUICAP. RN I opt Mr. Mame:owes Nancy (t) •-1 Mr. Meiklsois The Itaaan 1 Mr. Bruou's Marmot. EWE Of. LEGER. •-4 es Mr. A. N:ehul'sß wtuisater (t) • —1 oist Lord Lurgsr... Case.. GREAT ToItIiSHIRK 1— Rapt Mr. Martinsoses Nancy (t) I Mr. Wllkussoses Neasnara. 1— Ms. J. Clark's Marlborough Duck (t aft of ) • le I Mr.Gresille's!trioro (t mod aft utf.) 11.41 sar J. Itsire.. IS:W u t) YOttlis11110; '2O I apt Mr. :4. Davt-,1.4;;;":;1:1;-.in—:11..:r.e.:ti •- 1 Nancy wairtit g the Kate 1111. i t;reat York-hire (t) 10 1 Nancy for the hbor and 1.10: tun az for ate St. Leger tt) 12 1 Nutty for !he Gleat Toritslurc and Hernandez for the Of. Leger (t) LEA VINCI% IN tiTAK 600 to he soot Mr. Painter's 'fbe Castle (t) DONCAsTEIt Sr. LEUEIt. 3 to 1 8(4 Lord Engel:. Hernand, s (t 7 to 2) 6 1 Mr. A. Nichol's Se mincer (t anti aft cff ) ID-1 sir J. tliorley't The Its tto J 23 —1 Sir!. 11 tarky• Ilse rooleong. CEAAMEVI ITCH STAKE& 49 to I Nisi Mr. E. &Caries Llarhon (;) CAM S,. I tXiEAIIIItE STAK vO. 30 to 1 eget Mr. t arerea Tha Heti t (t) LeAtltY, 1532. 1,000 to 25 apt Col. IS era La** 1,500 to 25 Lord %cilantro Augur (t) COL. PZSL'o tntm.—The first portion of tho stud lately sold by Cul. Peel to Losd I{inbleadalc, was put up by auction yesterday at Hyde-lark Corner, and the following lots sold : bf by lon out of Pains, 50 guineas ; bf by Bay Middleton or Alarm out of Queen Anne, 100 guineas ; 13 f by Cutherstone, dans by Sir Hercules ' 20 guinesa; b fby Alarm out of SeakMe, 28 guineas; b f by Slane out of Jenny Lind, 40 guineas • b e by Orlando out of Hersey, 170 guineas; Longinus , guineas; b f by Sloe out 01 . Palmyra, 160 guineas. Bought in: Osiris, for 600 guineas; Talfourd, 1,200 guineas; Hardinge, 290 guineas ; Lapland, 3,000 guineas. ' Kingston, 1.300 guineas; Livermore, 490 guineas; and Orpheus, 4 2 20 guineas. Ariosto, llirsuta, and Oleillucc, snivel in town yester day, un their way to York. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1851. YORK RACES. [Hy E.ectneltkvaph.] Yona, MONDAY ArTICKNOON, 6 o'ckut K.—The follow ing are the present arrival,: Clothworker, Nancy. Snow drift, Lady of the Grove, Calculator, lifty.Three, Follow me-lade, Miss Flyaway, ch f by Ithuriel out of Snowdrop (2 yrs), Deceitful, Prune Minister, Smith, Candlewick, brother to Shyloek, th•e Nun, Ludy Hanna, Itudulphus, Augur, Sweetheart, Vivandiere, fby Merry Monarch out of Cestus, Prestige, Cowan, Tightwaist, Sister to Fencer, and hone. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the' half-yearly meeting or proprietors. which is to be held at . York on Tuesday, the 26th of August, 1861, is as follows: ! " CAPITAL ACCOVIST.-Atuount received on Capital Ac count to the 30th June, 1811: Consolidated stock, 3,004,8211. Os. 2d.; preference share capital, 613,2'131.; de-' benture debt, 1,523,6231. 10s.: total capital entitled to divi- dead or interest, in addition to rent and interest of bonds of Hull attd Selby Railway, 4,141,6771. 10s. 2(1. The ex penditure of capital account during t h e half-year, exclusive of Mull and Selby builds paid off, has been 96,30.31. 12s. 6t., which ai ty be Lositi las follows in di-:hare of arrear s ".gils. is.. lid. ; w, works iu progress when the present directors took *thee, 32,70.8/. Ils. 2d. ; on works undertaken by the present board, 13,0991.195. The items included under the first head are-land and conveyance, 19,1071. as. 11d.; Crawshasv's arbitration, 4,2011. 94.; payment to Messrs. Faviell and Sykes (contract un the Church Fenton and Harro gate line) 9.3001.; calls on shares in the hlalton and Drif field Railway, 6,001/. 10s. ; parliamentary expenses, 1,6071. 17s. Stl. ; miscellaneous items, 4101. less. id. The second head consists of the following sums, viz., payments to contractors, Knottingly branch, 28,2361. ; Hull hotel and offices ' 2,321/. 69. 10d. ; laying rails round the I Hull docks (half to be repaid by the Dock Company) 1,2981. os. 4d.; Scar Wall Deviation on the NN filthy line, 3821. is. 6d.; and sundry small balances on engineer ing work in various parts of the 10g. id. The expendi ture on works commenced by the present board has been as follows:-Additional engine-shed, and alteration, in the goods yard, York, including new turn-table, saw-mill, and ti,h platform, 3,294/. in. 3el. ; works for creosoting sleepers, 4661. 1811.1 d.; Semaphore signals for the main line, 202/. 10s.; station and sidings, Milford Junction, 1,897/. 59. 4d.; pur chase of land and houses, Marsh- lane, Lecils,l 4401. 19s. 2.1. ; construction of goods warehouse, coal depots, and sidings, Marsh-lane, 4,5411. 10s. 0.1.; corn warehouse, Bridlington, 4241. Its. 6d. • coal depots, &e., Scarbro', 1841. 3s. 6d.; warehouse, dulcet Weiahton, 250!, 75.; a new crane, Whitby, and other smaller items, 402/. Is. 7.1. In addition to the above payments, 4,2171. 13a. 3d. is charged fur new waggons; 3,4891. Ils. 9d. for new carriages; and 3,204/. 18s. 2(l. for increased weight of materials used in re laying portions of the Leeds and Selby, and York and Nor =intuit hues. The working stock here charged to capital, the particulars of which will be found in the return printed below, is considered necessary for the proper tarrying nu of the Company's business, and will form a permanent addition to the working stock, to be maintained out of revenue. The charge for increased weight of rails is made in accordance with the principle laid down iu the report of the company's engineer to the committee of investigation, and adopted at the special general niceting held 29th November, 1819; that when in relaying any part of the line rails of a heavier description are used than those originally laid down, the excess weight should be charged to capital, iu consideration of the addi tional value thus given to the permanent way. The most expensive works undertaken by the present board have been those at Marsh-lane, Leeds ; the amount expended in previous half years having been 4,331/. his. Hkl. ' and the estimate for their completion falling little short of 800/., the whole expenditure will probably reach 11,1001. The great extent of the business at that station fully justifies such an outlay; and for this sum between one and two acres of land have'becit obtained in the town of Leeds, on which severed small houses were standing, which it was necessary to pur chase. "Reverse ACCOUNT.—The receipts front ordinary traffic in the half-year ending 30th of June last have been 178,8161. 3s. 6d., thus showing an increase of 4,068/.145. 3d. over the corresponding six months in 1840. There are good reasons for believing that this increase would have been greater, had not tlw attractions of the Crystal Palace produced such an universal desire to visit the metropolis, that Seerbro', ll:irrigate, and the other watering places of the district have been o np neglected; and the low rate of the excursion lutes to Loudon has rendered it nearly impracticable to get up excursion trips in any other direction; whilst, as the London tragic passes over so short a proportion of the lines of this company, it by no means COMO:II,AS, fur that which it lia.s taken away. This view is corroborated by the fact that the net receipt:: from excur sion trips, from June 2nd to August 11th, 1640, were 4;111.35.; while these between June Ist and August 10th, Mil, amounted only to 2,317 i. Os. 9d.; and that the receipts from passenger traffic during the first four months of 11S51 showed an increase of 2,446/. 10s. 4d. above the same month of 1840, whilst those during June and July lust were 2468/. Is. 7d. leas than in June and July, WO. 'lbis cause, however, cannot affect the receipts many weeks longer; and it is satisfactory to observe that, notwithstand ing the inereased compctition of the Lincolnshire lines in the conveyance of goods from Ilull to the Midland districts, which has been brought into full operation during the last six months, the receipts from goods traffic have been main tained, and would have shown an increase over the corre sponding period of IB'O, had they not beets charged with a larger amount of cartage and other terminal expenses than actually belonged to the half-year, in consequence of an ac cidental omission at the time of the transfer of the goods accounts to the head office, at the close of last year. The amount of ' working expenses and renewals of rolling stock' shows a considerable increase over the amount charged under these heads, in the half-year ending 30th of June, Wk. The whole of this can be satisfactorily ae• counted fur, and for this purpose the expenditure in each department, in the corresponding hail yearn of 18341 and lhal will be successively compared and explained. ' Main tenance of way :' Considerable attention has been paid to this subject ; and the company's engineir is of opinion that it will be more economical to replace failing sleepers with tow creosoted ones, instead of as heretofore laying down old sleepers which seemed likely to last till the time when entire renewal would be necessary. By adopting this mode of repair, he states that the renewal of several of the branches may be postponed, which will relieve the renewal . s THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—A parlia menturT return has just been issued (obtained by the Mar ital' of Blandford) respecting the Ecclesiastical Commis sion. It appears that the property, consisting of lands and houses in possession of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether by lapse of lease or purchase, to the end of the year 1849 was 3,284 acres 2 roods and 34 perches. The rent received by the commissioners amounted to 7,1901. 1821. bid. The net annual value of the tithe rent charges amount to 7,992!. 4s. 3d. Of property bolo aging to preferments, the interest on which has been commuted, and which on the expiration of certain leases will come into possession of the Ecclesiastical Commission-es, the acreage is 16,787 and 2 roods. The estimated net annual value in land and houses is 23,520!. Ils., and in tithe rent charges, 13,7491. (is. Id. A similar return is given in the same document of all pro perty belonging to vacated preferments and now trans ferred to the commissioners, held on leases lior lives or terms of years. The acreage is set forth as 10,218 1 rood :tad 29 perches. The estimated net annual value in land ;mil houses 73,2421. 13s. 3d., and the annual rent charges 41,8421. 12s. Roth, ARTILLERY.— WOOLWICH, AUG. Is. Captain St. George's company, 10th Battalion, received orders on Saturday afternoon to be in readiness to embark in the Essex, freight-ship, for a passage to Ceylon, to re lieve Captain Wodehouse's company, Bth Battalion, and the latter will proceed to China to relieve Captain Price's company from the Hong Kong station. hitherto the reliefs of the companies of Royal Artillery in Chins has only taken place at intervals of eight years, but by the new arrangement the reliefs ut both places will take place every six years, and will be effected in the billowing manner : Captain Wodehouse's company proceeded to Ceylon is July, 1817, and have now been tour yettri at that station, which is to be the future period of service in Ceylon, and the remaining period of the six years to be served at Hung Kong. Ihe authorities think that the companies, utter a period of tour years' service in Ceylon, will be better able to endure the climate of China fur the short period of two years, and that the men will enjoy latter health and spirits owing to the limited period they will have to serve iu the Celestial Empire previous to their return to heal-quarters at Woolwich. ss 'ruE inoRMONS ; OR, " LATTER-HAY SAINTS " We understand that several persons of this strange sect are about to quit Brighton and other towns in the vicinity, and to emigrate to Nauvou, a territory in California, almost as large as all England, and where not less than 300,000 of them have taken up their abode, on or near the hanks of the Oreat Salt Lake. Some of them are busy in this town at present in circulating tracts and in endeavouring to make converts. We know none of them, that we are aware of, ourselves; but we have been told that they arc Plain, simple, uneducated men, but very zealous in their view.—Briyhton llerald.—tWitut is the Vicar about 1 . ) GOVERNMENT MINE INSPECTORS. It is rumoured that Mr. J. Kenyon Blackwell has resigned the appoint ment ho holds under the government as an inspector of coal mines. No reason has been assigned why he should so soon I elinquiA an office for the efficient discharge of the duties of which he is in every way so well qualified; but we pre sume the inadequate remuneration for the onerous and labo rious services required is the chief, if nut the only cause. If this be the case, the remedy rests with the government, whose duty it is to select first-rate men to fill this important office. These cannot be obtained fur second or third rate salaries. Some of the large coalownere in the north pay more than double the amount of the government salaries to their chief viewers; and it is unreasonable to expect that such men will serve the public for less than half their present salaries. Parsimony in this respect, and in limiting the number of inspectors to only tour, is must ill-judged and unwise economy, and seriously militates against the beneficial operations of the act of Parliament.—.llininy Journal. THE GAME-LAWS.—A case under the Game-law Act was brought before blr. Sheriff Barclay at Perth, on Monday last, which is deserving of notice, that persons may know the penalties to which they expose themselves by tampering with these obnoxious laws. A box containing • few muirtowl (twenty five birds, we believe) was found id the possessiou of a Highland carrier, in what is called the close 5t.1.11 j and according to the statute in such tams made and provided, he was charged .51. for each bird. admitted having purchased the birds, but pleaded that Ise was not aware of breaking the law in doing so. This was held to be no excuse, and he was lined in the mitigated penalty of 2.55. for each bird, or 311. ss. altogether. it Is I well to know, that there is no mercy for transgression against the game-laws. You may go to the verge of high treason with impunity, but beware of even frightening a muir-cock or partridge I—Perthshire Advertiser. ANOTHER "GAROTTE" ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER. —Shortly before 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, an old man named Thorley was walking home along King-street, Sal ford, when he was overtaken by two men, one of whom threw his arms round his neck, and held him fast. The old man struggled violently, upon which they knocked him down, and indicted a wound on his head with a stone. Two persons, who were standing near, and witnessed the affair, ran to the man's assistance. The robbers immediately took to their heels, leaving u watch which they had taken from Thorley's pocket, on the pavement. One of them, named William Green, was caught about 150 yards from the spot, but the other escaped. The stone was found on the pave ment where the rubbery had been committed. The prisoner, I who has only been discharged from gaol recently, was brought up yesterday morning at the Salford Borough Court, and committed for trial at the anises. INCENDIARY FIRE IN CAMBRIDOESHIRE.—Another diabolical case of incendiarism has been perpetrated at the village of Over. On Thursday night last, about nine o'clock, a large straw stack, in the centre of the farm yard of Hr. Silk, a farmer, was wilfully fired; and, although exertions were instantly made to check its progress, the flames communicated to the whole of the buildings in the • fund ; and a; it at the same time increase, the cost of the current repairs, he proposes that this increased charge should be borne by the renewal fund, under the following limitation. In his report laid before the e onmittee of investigation in 1849 the estimated cost of maintaining the lines in good repair, independent of renewals. was 6.11. per mile of double teal 451. per mile of single line. Two years' additional experi- Coe., has confirmed the correctness or this estimate ; and he therefore suggests that the cost of ' maintenance of way,' with the exception of stations and bridge., shall be fixed at this amount, which will be charged to current working ex penses. This plan has been partly acted upon during the past hoilflear • and the number of sleepers renewed having been eutoiolerAle, a charge of 1,111/. .s. 7.1., calculated ae voding to the rule above mentioned, has been placed to debit of the renewal rand, and the director. now recom mend that it should be permanently ndepted, in which case 1 the maintenance of way will, in future, be a fixed charge, with the sole exception of repairs of stations and bridges.' Locomotiie Power The increase under this head is 2,2301. 2s. 7d. Of this, 746/. 4s. 2.1. is due to repairs of engines, and 167/. Fif . 7d. to stationary engines, an addi tional one having been employed in working the hydraulic cranes at Hull. The remaining 1,3161. 12s. 10d. is spread over several items, all directly connected with the train mileage run during the half-year, 5.5,469 more miles having been run than in the corresponding Fix months, and the increased charge is small in pro portion to the increased mileage, the coke espe cially having only increased by 62 tons, thus showing that the consumption has been reduced 2.1311 n. per mile. —' Coaching Expenses' : The principal items in this depart ment on which an increase will be observed are clothing and stationery, in both of which the increase is chiefly owing to the adoption of shorter settlements, which the directors wish to see invariably adhered to, but which, in the outset, produce heavier charges than actually belong to the half-year.—' Merchandise Expenses The expenses of this department appear to have increased considerably. On examimition, however, dwill be found that 1,1481.175. 3d. of this increase arises from the repairs end renewal of waggons and rulleys. The amount required for this purpose is ne cessarily variable, and the cost of such renewals should be considered in in a great measure distinct from the ordinary expenses of carrying on the goods traffic. The two heads under which the largest increase will be observed are horsekeep and gearing,' and ' sheets and ropes.' The for mer arises from a large purchase of horse corn having been made by the goods' manager when oats were selling at a low rate, of which upwards of 300 quarters still remain on hand ; a considerable stock of materials for sheets is also on hand, which will relieve the charges under these heads in the current half-year. A charge of 1,7881. 3s. 941. appears under the head of Hull Creek Account. The whole of this accrued previous to the lot of January last, and is conse quent upon the settlement of a disputed claim of long standing between this company and the Hull Dock Com pany, arising out of an agreement between that company and the Hull and Selby Railway Company, whereby the latter were made liable to pay wharfage on goods landed at the Limekiln Creek, Hull. Legal proceedings would I have been resorted to against this company had not an ar- I rangernent been made, the terms of which are considered , equitable, via., that this cm:amine should in future pay half the wharfage rates hitherto charged—the sum of 1,3501. being taken as a payment in discharge of all arrears which had accumulated during the continuance of the dispute. The disposable balance, after payment of 46,385/. 9s. 6d. for I rent of the Ilan and Selby Railway, end interest on the I preference shares, amounts to 45,5111. 4s. 4d., out of which the directors recommend that a dividend be declared after the rate of 11. per cent, per annum (deducting income tax) on the consolidated stock of the company ; after payment of which a balance of 3971. Ils. 10d. will remain to be carried I to the credit of the current half-year. " At the special meeting held on the 4th of June last, the approval of the proprietors was given to the proposed amal- gaination between this company and the East and West 'Yorkshire Company, and also to the terms of a working agreement which is to remain in force until the amalgama . tiou can receive the sanction of parliament. In conformity • with this agreement, the line has been worked by this cons ' rimy since the Ist of July last. The advantages of possess ing this line, in a defensive point of view, are very evident, • and the Mastic on it is increasing ; but no estimate can be j forurzol of its capabilities until a communication has been opetmed with the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, at Starbeck— ; res pecting 'which terms have been arranged and will be ins oadiately brought into operation." filial, consisting of farm house and premises, large barn, granaries, bullock hovels, stables, and other out-buildings. The fire then spread to some houses on the opposite side of the road, which it consumed, as alsoanother farm. It then attacked the lied Lion Intl and its stables. These quickly fell, beside sixteen houses on each aide of the street. It was past twelve o'clock before the flames could be got under. The perpetrators have not es yet been detected. GREEK CLAIMS.—Mr. P. Demetrakarakos, a Late member of the Chamber of Deputies at Athens, as represen tative of Sparta, and a barrister of the courts of law in that capital, is at this moment in London. It is said that the Greek merchants and shipowners who have ezperienciAl great losses by the blockade and seizures of Admiral Pari‘er have commissioned this gentleman to lay their case be fore English counsel, and to take their opinion whether the*/ can bring their claims for indemnity before an English co urt of equity. Amongst the claimants who have deputiAl Mr. Dernetraketrakos, ere the two brothers Kenides, tt,e one a imitator, the other a deputy, both shipownen of Vie island of Specie; end Mr. Orlando, from the island of Hydra.— ' Standard. Orleans to Tours; the third relating to general matters connected with the undertaking ; and the last giving a statement of the financial position of the company. The section from Tours to Poitiers, 101 kilometres (63 English miles) in length, was opened to the public un the Ist of J uly, 1851, and it required immense exertion on the part of the board of directors to have the iron way laid down, the rolling mid other stock uugmented, and the stations constructed— all within the space of nine months—in order to attain that object, specifically mentioned in the bill which passed the Legislative Assembly on the fish of August, 1850. The re port specifics the various works which it was necessary to have executed, and their amount is certainly extraordinary for the short time allowed. The hoard, having to choose be , toTell a Syst,la of a-input:try or o 1 peraimient ron.tru,-tian for the stations, determined on the latter course us most ad vantageous to the interests of the company. Inconsequence of a clause in the bill of August 6 which declares that the company was to execute at its own expense all the works still remaining to be adjudicated for the stations," the Minister of Public Works insisted that the earth-works of the stations were to be included in the item. This the com pany resisted, and on the question being referred to the Superior Railway Cotumission ' the decision was given against the minister. This was the more important for the company, as the cost of some of these earth-works would be considerable, being 00,000 f. at Libourne, and 300,0001. at Bordeaux, oic. The works of art on the part of the line nearest to the city just mentioned are all completed, and present every guarantee of solidity. The section between Libourne and Bordeaux may be delivered to the company in September. It is from that period that the first line of rails is to be laid down on the whole sec tion between Angouleme and Bourdeaux, sibling 133 kilo metres (83 English miles) to the part already open to the public. Witlt respect to the results of the working fur the year ending June 30,18.51, as the section between lours and Poitiers was only opened on July 5, its receipts are not in cluded. It is, however, known that they arc steadily in creasing, and more than equal what was estimated for them. The receipts for the part of the line between Orleans and 'fours amount to 4,154,596 f. 86c., and the expenses to 2,142,603 f. Mc., leaving a profit of 2,011,993 f. le. ; add the balance remaining over from last year 12,777 f. 95e., and there remains a total of 2,024,770 e Ode. From that sum must be deducted the interest us. 175 f. per share paid up, 910,000 f., and there remains to be divided 1,114,i Of. 96e. From that amount, when 5 per cent. is deducted, and then one-half of the remainder Or the reserve-fund, according to the statutes, there remains a sum of 520,000 f. to lie disposed of, which gives a dividend of 4f. per share, payable at the offices of the company, un and after the Ist of September next. Looking at the general results of the working, it is found that the passenger traffic has Well constantly improving during the year, the first and second chimes proving most productive. The augmentation under this bead is 117,9361. 82e. In the goods traffic there has been an improvement of 31,387 tonsiu weight, and of 98,040 f. 90e. Is receipts ; and iu the transport of cattle an augmentation of 11,302 bead, and 25,0001'. in receipts. Passengers' luggage has naturally followed the development which has taken place in the number of pamengem, the improvement being to the extent of 77,002 f. 21c. The transport of wine gives no augmentation of 11,174 tons in weight, rind 38,4071'. in receipts. It thus appears that there is an improvement in every branch of receipts. Under the head of general facts connected with the undertaking, it is stated that the suit between MM. de Rothschild and the company, relative to the interpretation of an article in the treaty entered into between the two parties, concerning banking matters, and which had been carried before the Court of Appealuf Paris, won decided on March 8, 18-31, by the court quashing a former judgment, which sentenced the company to pay to MM. de Rothschild damages to the extent of 60,000 fr. the company is consequently now discharged from the eltect of the previous condemnation. The suit of the Post-office, relative to the trucks of the moving post-otficea, is nut yet terminated. Of the 130,000 shares of the company, up wards of 80,000 are held in Englund, by about : - AlO persons —a proof of the confidence felt in the line. Lust year the number was only 71,500, so that in England that confidence still increases. The report enters into most ample details on every point of expenditure mentioned in the table distributed amongst the shareholders WOW days previously. 'the call., it states, were paid up satiaartorily ; and it adds, ineidentally, that the sum of 104,932 fr. due by the state to the company, for the inumlatiou of the Loire in 1816, still remained unpaid. . . . . When the'reading of the report terminated, The CIIALILUAN inquired if any person desired to make any ola.ervation. A SHAREHOLDER inquired if any new determination had been ewne to respecting the time ut whirl, the culls were to be made. The CHAIRMAN replied that there was no reason to apprehend that they would exceed 7d fr. during the year, in three payments of 2d fr. each ; they might even only amount to d,l fr. in all. Yet, although the position of the company woo so satisfactory, the hoard could not make any more explicit declaration on the point. (hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether it would not be preferable to have the general meeting held at a more early period of the year. The CHAIRMAN said that the time fixed had originated in the formation of the company ; it was found more con venient for the English shareholders, who were SO numerous a Wily, than either autumn or winter. No complaint had ever oven made of the period of the year fixed; still, if the shareholdos thought fit to make any representation on the subject, the board would be ready to take it iutu considera tion. (Loud cries of " No, no.") Nu other person expressing a desire to speak, the report, 'mids, and dividend were agreed to unanimously, amidst chipping of hands and other marks of approval. The meeting then separated. liotinTON AND HITCIIIN RAILWAY.- -The directors of this company propose to convert the share Capital into consolidated stock, to be divided among the shareholders according to their respective interests in the original shares of the capital of the efimpany, the influent of cavil of which shares is by the provisions of the Great Northern Railway Act, 1851, renewed to 6/. As. per shore. Ptots AND Hot' I.*.N ItAll.WAY.—'l he French go vent.neut has assented to the reduction of this company's sinkiug fund from 34.10,000 f. to 25,000 e, the remaining ::35,0001. going towards dividend. litte:Nrwoou OitAmm.tit Betioot..—t)n Saturday ufteruoon a meeting of inhabitants of Brentwood was held at the White Hurt Inn to take into consideration the posi tion of this charity, which, alter many years of litigation, is about to be placed on an efficient footing by a special act of parliament, just passed. The hew scheme which the act embodies is of u most comprehensive character, and teems to give much satisfaction throiighout the wide district that will share the benefit of it. Dr. Jackson war in the chair. Mr. Duncan briefly recapitulated the history of the proceedings, and reminded the meeting that in 1833 a decree of the Court of Chancery was made, directing the master to furnish a new scheme tor the charity, and to call on Mr. Tower, the master of the school, fur an account of the back proceeds. In 1817 the inhabitant. of Brentwood, find ing that nothing had been done on Cr the decree, appointed a committee, the result of whose labour was till' present scheme. The regulation of the school and almshouses is to be placed under the management of the head-master and twelve must respectable wardens, who have been appointed hy the patron, with the &nation of the Master in Chancery. 1 he chief object of the meeting was to give expression to an apprehension in the district that in the appointment of of heels and the preliminary proceedings the patron was en deavouring to exercise an uudue influence. The following letter from the patron to one of the wardens was read to the meeting : -" I shall have haunches of venison two liar, next week, and shall be happy to see you on either of these days. It will give me pleasure your voting for Mr. Landon, who is canvases rag, with my approval, fur the receivership of the charity. 1 fun much annoyed that Mr. C. Lewis should be canvassing for the office without first asking my advice and permission on the subject." A very strong de sire was expressed by the meeting that the wardens should act independently, end not let the conduct of the school full under an influence which ruined it when it might have taken rank with Rugby or Harrow. The gentlemen who met on Saturday closed their proceedings with a resolution that a general meeting of the inhabit:ints of the district be called, with a view to securing the full benefit of this im portant cstablishment.—Essex Ilerald. FRAUDS BY MONEY ORDERS.—It was mentioned in the Espress some time since, that a series of ingenious frauds on the public, had been committed by parties in altering the amounts of post-office money orders. By means of these altered orders, the parties obtained goods from distant tradespeople, who, considering the orders as good as cash, did not present them fur payment till after they had parted with their goods. When they did present them for payment the fraud was detected by the post- Wise refusing to cash them, because the amounts on the ceder did nut correspond with that on the advice.,. At Brat these frauds were perpetrated in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, but it was very shortly discovered ,that Bang of money order forgers were abroad in the country. h appears that last Sunday fortnight a decent looking man arrived at Southampton by an excursion train, and took lodgings for a week at an eating-house in that town. The next day he obtained two money orders from the post-office I of that town, both for very small sums. These sums excited suspicion, and his personal appearance was noticed, and his address obtained. At his lodgings he bad no luggage, he professed to know no one in the town, and not the slightest idea as to who or what he was, or where he came from, could be ascertained. Ile was was very anxious about the receipt of some parcels from London, but they did out come, and about the middle of the week he told his landlady that business called him abruptly to London. Almost name ' diately after he left the officers of justice were after him for f the forgery of two money orders. Hs had altered the email amounts on the orders he had obtained at the Southampton office to almost the largest sums fur which such orders could be issued. He had, however, left no trace of his whereabouts, and the police were at fault. After some days the fellow was so incautious as to write to the South ampton eating-house keeper, telling her that if any goods came for him she was to send them to a certain address ate Canterbury. The police immediately posted off to thrra town and dexterously captured him there. Ile was had -sop before the magistrates on Wednesday last, as was stated can I Thursday's London police reports, and he will be re-fexo. I mined the day after to-morrow. He will be the Int per- ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX. son for many years past who will be tried for (array of The annual general meeting of the shareholders of post office money o!ders. DRAFT . 6 FOR onscers, and. about this company took place on Saturday, in Hertz's Great I I 00 men will embark at Gravesend on the 2110. inst. for Room, Paris ; Baron Paul de Riehemont in the chair. The Bombay, and 7 officers and about 200 men will embark at meeting having been declared duly constituted, 45,551 shares I I Gravesend on the 23rd inst. for Madras. These drafts from the Provisi onal Battalion at Chatham are under orders to and 510 votes being represented by the shareholder present, M. Benet proceeded to read the report. join their regiments now serving in those presidencies. This dociment, which of great length, is divided into four parts ; the first giving an account of the works re- NiarrAttir FORTCNB.—The United Sernee Gazette guired for opening the section from Tours to Poitiers, and states The property of the late General Sir Willoughby of the sittation of the other sections to Bordeaux; the Gordon, Quartermaster-General to the Forces, has been I second showing the result of the working of the line from attested under the sum of 270,d001," RAILWAY COMPETITION. (From tM Daily News.) "i c can't go on ! It is positive folly!" exclaimed Mr. (iI,YN to his constituents of the North Western on Friday; referring to the competition at present raging between his company and its ally, the Mid lands, and the Great Northern. " Only dunk of is. and 4s. tkl. from Leeds to London and back again ! It must and will lead to an equitable division of the whole territory among the ditilTent companies." A trill,. which will not pm}', cannot, ui coar,o, go on long. Nor is it at all desirable it should. Rail way travelling, to be regular and safe, must be remunerative. You cannot expect t o e carried with any punctuality, speed, or security, fur fares that will not pay fur greasing the car riage wheels. The lowest fares that will reward the companies adequately fur their capital, and at the same time encourage travelling and promote trade, are, when all to the contrary is done and said, most to the public interest. That this hot competi tion for the Yorkshire public has occurred during the Exhibition is by far its happiest feature ; for it has, of course, brought thousands to London to see the wonders and inhale the civilising atmosphere of the Crystal Palace, whom the rev anyuxtae dond would otherwise have kept in their own localities. So, though it had its accompanying disadvantages—such as delaying ordinary trains at the mouths of metropolitan tunnels for hours, because of the I multitudes in advance, and as disappointment in tho time of leaving London again for home,—no one, except, indeed, the companies themselves, can object to it on the present occasion. Hut public policy re quires its cessation, and the conclusion of such arrangements as will prevent its recurrence. Other- wise, as Mr. GINN says, " we shall have a repetition •of horrible accidents, and the public will become awake to the real p osition of affairs." That gentleman's remedy is •• to put the whole sTstem upon a footing of territorial arrangement." 'I his, however, is far easier said than done. For if the reader will only draw a line from the liumber to Preston in the north, and front either paint run a ' parallelogram, or block of country, up to London and Reading, he will find the whole face of that, by no means very large, though very productive dis trict, reticulated with rival and competing, and hostile lines of railway. There is the scene of the war of the gauges ; there the Eastern Counties mourns over the growth of the Great Northern; there the North Western and Midlands' competition with the Great Northern for the traffic to lurk, Leeds. Sheffield, Wikkefield, and Bradford, rages that and furious; there the old Grand Junc tion competes with the new Chester lines; there Birmingham has at last to be served by three dis tinct railways; whilst Liverpool and Manchester are, it seem,, to be distincd for ever to a monopoly of one great and powerful trunk. To pill the whole of this, and much more besides, upon a footing of terri torial arrangement, is work indeed; the gods may achieve it, but apparently the men have not yet arisen at railway boards who can accomplish it. And why Because no common principles, no comprehensive premises have been agreed on as a starting point. The older companies have nut us yet realized the existence, the capacities, and e l eme nts of success of their new e r rivals. On the eontihry, they have made patch-work branches, taken subsi diary leases, and entered into offensive alliances, which, in their opinion, arc part and parcel of their natural systems ; which they require the recognition of in their negotiations, and which, if yielded to, would involve nut merely the ruin of the younger incorporations. but defeat the very object fur which parliament did ineorponde them, viz., the public ad vantage. It is very natural and very.proper for the managers of the greater lines to protect and guard in every legitimate way, the vast properties entrusted to their care; but every way in their power is not legitimate, and that seems to be the mistake they have fallen into. Let us illustrate what we mean by two examples. " Parlament," says the North Western report, " has sanctioned the construction of Is short line to connect the Illackwall Railway with the extensive warehouses of Ilaydon-square, formerly the pro perty of the East India Company, and this branch will be immediately proceeded with." There, when finished, Mr. Gi.vx contemplates ffiunding a great and profitable carrying business ; and 110 doubt ho will do so. Now, this is a proper and legitimate and beneficial extension of the North Western system ; it may injure other northern lines, but they cannot complain of it; all they must or can do is, to follow Mr. GLYN'S example; to compete with him in tho heart of the City, and so to give London the fullest advantages of competition. But, if competition be good for London, why not for Manchester ? Yet the North Western has, prac tically, a monopoly of that great city. Not, how ever, because it is the only line capable of carrying or of competing for its traffic ; but because of its alli ance with another company, v. Rich alliance is obvi ously at variance with all sound publi c p o li c y. ' Taking East Retffird as a point of departure, a lino I called the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineoffishiro may be seen on the map, running thence into Man chester, and, with the Great Northern, forming an other and a distinct railway from Manchester to London. Now that fact ought nut neeessarily to have produced hostility between these two lines and the North Western. But, on the other hand, the very strangest result that could How from such a combination would certainly he antagonism between the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line and the Great Northern. Nevertheless such is the relative position of these two eumismies; and the cause is what we hold to be the illegitimate manner in which the greater railway companies pro eted to prctect supposed interests. For it is notori ous that the North Western and the Mamehester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire companies have contracted an offinisivc and defensive alliance, a fundamental. provision of which is to keep the Great Northern out of Manchester ; and thereby to preservo fur the North Western a monopoly of its traffic. Whilst further south the Midlands have never proceeded to make the line between Bedford and Leicester, for which they acquired powers; and so to give Manchester the benefit of still further com petition, not at ruinously low, but at remunerating moderate luxes. ' Entertaining, then, the highest respect for Mr. ' OLvs's management generally, we must neverthe less think that occasionally it falls into the very mistake of which he accuses, and, as we think, very justly, Mr. liessati. and the Great Western. In some directions he is too expensive; in others a little too grasping, and a little too intolerant of that in terference with traffic he has been accustomed to, because there was no other line than his to take it; but which, there being now rival lines, is fairly as object of competition. It will, he says, take time to remedy these evils; ruin and injury lr,lling, he mournfully adds, in thu meanwhile on th , .: poor shareholders. Of course it will, if the prow ut principles of railway policy are to be adhered to ; if neither party, in this race of com petition, will g ive way until dividends they have none to make; and , as the North Western is the most Powerful of e Jinpanies, it can hold out longest in the struggle. lie .t, the continuance of the present state of th Lugo woult the chi Idishuess,i fit were not ruinously mis chievous ac id positive cruelty. Men's passions beeome so excited by the contest in which they are engaged, that every object around them is magnified, every step the:i take regarded as one of momentous im portal/ff.! ; their feelings, their vanity, their amour prop's, get all involved in the struggle, and the dange r is that at last it degenerates into a mere per sona). altercation. And to this, it may be feared, these disputes are tending. At all events, able as Mr:. Gtra's subordinates are, such discussions ought Wit to be rated and directed exclusively by them. find in our judgment it would well become these railway boards to seriously reconsider and revise their policy; to recognise as great facts and irresis tible realities what ham grown up about them ; and, ; above all things, nut to place themselves between I T., the legislature and the fulfilment of its intentions. BEDFORD AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A new railway to connect Bedford with the Great Northern and Eastern districts, n miles long, is proposed, to run from Bedford into the ()Etat Northern Railway, at Sandy ; and at a meeting just held at Bedford, resolations were passed to promote it. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—A meeting of the pro. prietors in this company is to be convened, to consider the creation of any portion of the new shares under thw S2nth Devon Itailwiy Act of t S.il, and to determine on Utetit amount, preferential interest and dividend. • see be nd er, Ad thu one a . ri. % - - \