The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

PROTECTION MEETING IN EXETER. Elena, FatDAV Moat. poet county meeting was held in this poisaaace of • req.altiott, twee by 7.300 rtali bee iunebtteute .1 the coa.ty, tt ohm ee Piaui pietteutat to every branch of lititsh &wilt, Td. BN. Panic's, , resided dlldltlFF, to o ettina the ptocieltngs. said, wits • leithettiutt kr hut received, he thought 'PVT, new. e • mead= g of the freeholders and f e e ,bet M .. fie had read through the 'tinwares to „.„,„tgos, sod he mono Lames conuected with (tag " bruise indutsy. (L cod chem.) Be %ratite .tee cue try, a etch coed est an *smart lc the world, We iohebttaate would, at their public meet tsetse an subjects, rpm whisk I,mYle sad 1 . 1 F aber older, erne CalMD111•11 sad temper, sad ithol heists without snoring Molest hostility. lie them es 13,tglitlietta, toe to their character tor d i m guy woad give ea tow ial heanog even to aught tell .bee unplesessat tunes. (Chinn.) li.MALLOCIL flattered himself that that meeting sham, otriab• rs site speed It at protection must airmen industry, tor tee) would Sod that appended wawa were the sasses at many w een ho had convinced been ahl 'detection. They had b mil ,. Vey of fr e weds legislation by witne ss dames of the country. lie hoped all petties t wile A osta whip, or tents, woad pea together to oppose 01 04 eta titre sloop malaise so that they amid so antheit seers that it fructibed, end world look as with • ea d any other elate were raised. Politicians ot -...ll6ll‘bgeNsf 9611004 had set up money II their idol, and SWISpIII4 tO suable use manutsctutiag towns ed B ee la We this toratry, and sht , uld they etteased, " g one wield sad in • i)raisamoi democracy mad site o „,,seraey, aad be westel aAS daveutly say, WM mesh gersed Lund deity", wt. Be did sot round to say Illot rasieseral or witivereal, for lb operatives et Maw go %rife la Ind work end tend g geed weirs. (Cheese.) mower Imau teeturere hid great dill= el is tog lebearem to work mutt: Timidity, the bass Ceested to the pobtic-hause. (Upreer mid igigeries ell 4) Waal other class than the mush*. bed %seethed by thew free trail* measured Had ladled lost kierentr, the ye. men their ratite ? The gsgbesPers of Sister kat w h s t g i gi e ,atga "goo pram' et their a ccounts; were 'Aids, a. I is ter the labouren they had but to elm* Ica servettea and Ike nurlkoll.ft; and he coati tell Allot the 011161 01 all their gdlertage wee till withdrawal leseettem. e r iv as remedies had been pointed out to Mils the tattles they laboured eed.r. one of which was M a ce d of rests, which had betrayer) generally acceded IN awl dit bed beets iscmded to by those Medial& ems retested "gauss the teetotal tt protection Ina Inaba maestri, her miser awn libetialy ought it to be esseld" to) Mum who tined in Wont at If.. trade sad Issitawitaiel to &pewits* %%atilt pewee so that they gee psy their harmer rent? (Uproar.) lad Is beta of them who had voted Ws the removal el peotectiun, weed have starved tease than have taken one shilliag , gig dear el mat Irma the we be had helped to Mal. (Chas sad MIL) Tilly t h e we of Mr. Machin, an sivesses .tee user, who was the fortanete posse:sot of a gem, sad a still lon funliSet• It possessor was very w ot shopell . lie frehmed the fain did ant yet pay. l "its, eke 664 6 I top, le lag epee pe et batter days ; gas • • della. it Wit, for die te rme r who bad to meet lee-gatherer and his lagelluto. (Nimes, grunts, anti hewelt.) . 4 .41 UNDER SHERIFF then read the following • - • as the ../"----- 7 are N a g a act PRO TO • .which so 7,l ? I mfe f l OW top, ? Is Ih••% • 1 ; he th• Unkel Tedili • r •seyi' m se the Mi l l:P d '• • MC: Us to Wars &AI to 11 . A I * di W. ''' eh, , Yen ha as '• 11 . edemas sag She g lap n0ta1,44.„._ • gs trr,...ll ' II _ the', orrent. 01113 mane tale holr awn ,‘, _ kin 6°l " old 1..::* 4 0ye r IMO kg 46 ends ; b a r 0 4 0 - - i m pepusetiem 7 lot the., 'tit. Will el •11 troutd.rl —P.' • wen thm ." rheum ',. 1 , • .th opOltr, war Is SO • ' Ult ilod. irde, arom a atous Om tor I - 41 11., should . '7Z mils" P amm so ii . , with attordieLa 1. 0. I ' ill 141,14/.11• ' 4. : 1. ' h in Lo W ee i : k; t a e t e nbd a .l . ll••iel y : as nun Se. C. IL led e co nnected wide Melideo all , ~ OVe will 'id Is e t a ro i. re hilted &nil 'ere. ts b loo p& . 1 4 1 „ . 0 . t ts boc k , r • If.ger gm - J.."' d the tof • 4 1.selhura.:4 kith, den i5r6 7 6 . 41 (Cheers,' g donne. ma to a-,,, oast Pogo we *Bi If l " 6 Ohm.•) 1... er— gro. sail their 1 • •um skidoo's , rote, bar, Of Coviwitittasar ny ge flambe is, which ~,, twee wen the I elm i ka n l e : i lly ... s e : ma lt dm smith ts den woad se weeden I e u mak r " .11 11 1 to aim IMO OWN " r • ha I de Wi nd Er ' 1 lielieliensa —do I : lied ea,,, es , p , , IheMolr E f web w • ea. ..s i s: O d dle une to pis. --- Metal elnieedi tho middl e me" h highli ms 0 ` .0 ord.r th t h awk .d•, we Rens Me ~r L o t a. .... odds hem ail "Pbender 4 i ; iribest il one. the ekedama of M 7.. M... is OM." mule* i le be d o, .. wag. made op An • be tomer, d rib _ IMMO 0 •( R is' is — s l pro was for UM tesselais, el preaci dmot pit y 7 .... atheists t . newt t Clmaa•ao, bet-74 oeha Kew d " " 114•1 11 them t _ we he artmen by who pro Mw 1111110. 1 .1 PrNddo PAlrAtvea maps sa j weesded isesi.) g ° P. ka le woe law "7 Ms that dfddimt, am o k *MAW Meet th At! tan lessorlers Übe ' e r r 447 them KIN b. WWI . - woos le** mesie it they awl. , • 01 men connected sul4 talro 'he Fists! dans frooluld imatr ee". w. es mat as 1 - 0 Sigh illeg a kin. mh • ti, 8 for lb. pu for lbewwwlvtt to" tie la& -el Ist it at plot, of Bit Iwo. iabed temelt.j tabl each • new* eht hundred von in eitir% l ...girl h a be,ft fan I f )'y Ins be Ta e let might to a love The e were 300 or CO lebelek naldited Ind. ty P e : MOWN ?en ta ki r . 4 4 Ng Wei rat (wnt o Whi.:4 doe; WOO ss ILts• 61. a alibi ta il mai .kty. (Apple...) I dense, ere talri.g op ads aims N /it than you w i nk of. Skin TOCi:OrOull eh sed fiti pulp see lit wse ree‘ini with lon - . e i i e_ten, p eury Oran. Mr. . • lel witch lo wowed ii ad U , b i.: to be drawn wee el lan .ybody should be pew their ,t : I. t no can placed MOP •4111 lame 11.411—thal mama matte. to WI or Maw pet I -Jed to buy their goods. nate spate home mod sae, '. 1 esa or. r," (Lauenter sad yep pipit Brea and e : nes of o map ut ut tore in pen •MA here. Stead re me. E: :or i , , geld. Is sot gold be a 1 .. c ie. from? Toe do dose is is biome's; as esd I Mot • e labiate oe °then. The ens l .t soam-xii in brought all ; sad the proof of all m sal hi ilea le the wide 10,0 • mere ie now. New, do out Imlay. Yes = wo ot every taint en mho :ion ad ,rd*, lo prelate the 1 whenever it shall mini, 7,81 et clues' ion—es 3 es say beta new.) Yoe know I arm beta nor. been avoided. trod whew Om w.,7 beton fro • beams, th..o he will 'Ell 4 11 11 W 1 . (L •od I milk. ma pet is Pr..teetice, is a ? id wrmig, eon . e =Maud 1 you end lows familim — u e s a wrhou your ma's tr now e eited t.• b. naval the ✓ fur you. Wry 4ecruld we I like to kw t. ? ( Loath . wt a tea am for-tin hop?wt .1 .to this owes in theme , * * uth a heavy we, tea Now e• and nsoe , emytetreeh ment. wl 4.4 oistypt..oa•Aus The I .T.. 1 thi ehuitsaah's wed ti cited lend ate...) It le •rest• d to tea step et ; IN r Wogs their I an the t, very small niched. (Ap s Ma el ....holy, end I dare ny sr) And why sh ,uld ea gay into the monopolieth one further a...onetime esnatudeel by s ying-311 Alma -poi* of IS saying t seine Minted ? Why, yes I 4to the stayers. (Cries d I *.y. sad you wil. at the i i Whet this dais wi.l set 1 (Zapata...a of dip semi .• as if they wen • if n• Sae% ties—int:tee . to map the lien. tit o sock Annus.) titres lities. bat decliesi It wideness d theta , awed .ers : m teethe principles send ep 1.4.p . ..4 by the WNW Slibess%ll.l• with that it 4 al tbo salsas ; .14, den 0 spas all reel "heals every leeideaste Inge, is no WO sea.' .ar.teee Gus roe *pia/ M , ad sad l e aking soots tiss• , . Nines it es pleated a' .4 Pollriesi Isproveneme agog the reseletiott. sal I ir penned : preseacs of Its. Cad Is them a hearty w W"M of theft emblem serails. .4.41 the no Auden, whisk 4. sod by ante non asdi ea the chair, sewed plats lin to errs" was C e.onel Thempere MO Jos tu the (.1101 WOlllO// W . &Wailer tress Jeweils*. lean; are it was a iS the house, Colon. I T qtelian. tappleuevir4 'or taking the their. 280 ny necessary. (Near, beer' ) • lowest& of asp pat! M l* rat have enlaced seapel46l)„ a mussels he serve (sad . 3 Ogee, Or p silltr, ear wow . it 1114 mayor Gould molt U. . Le had sees that evaded. :opo•• • rots of :Maki to hire oundine the cote, ..id be sal of Beediurd end their .. mid well tog.ther—(bear, hone • :ether wen • good doll WNW could be mparaulp. (141,01 lematka, .saa Moats, sad said that OW ten, I. Hewed leave te 01; 1 1 sat he Meaty years atUllow IIII; at on au Kowa 0011.111 A to large and unwed a mese . flea/. (Yeat, bear.) BA od rm. Ilierch•ols, weel two do mpi.vprs. ( 4406100 1841/ '111y• sad reopened* a eerie Iresest et ono tint mm bo 4 11 Lund applause.) ✓a Uwe given tar Mr. Coke.' Thompson end t he prooniteli w 11 o'clock. ass learnt that the arhitratar ads' Iron the Post.olko Med the emveyettee of the noill. sonlew, Jr the 11th Dementhe wad the not rateable tbene• ty is 36i. 4a. 6L prr these toil Ptypeough . atoreal. 1 I THE 11t PRESS. SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 22, 1849. TO MS Qrslut'll Moir portc.LOT freeholders and of the county of Devon to County Cost goao gesso your Msjesty,—We, your Mejesty's most nen datita subjects, are suffering the greatest distress )the impart gun a tore isn prudsae, which. it continued, sdaltigiately Slog hopeless ruin on ail the industrious skins, mat kambly pray y. ter Majesty to take such imms. bale swum mirth instate to the county at large such tut. Ibie protection se sha.l restore them to the state of pros parity they enjoyed before the dieerrous impertinent of ice Vera. (Una hooting anti cheers ) Mr. BALDWIN ruaoau, in a. coedits the address, id that it would la vegetation...a in 0110, in the presence . fumes, to attempt to meow at what ass they cultivate ibeir brow, and he had no doubt but that the principal Cause wss that they did nut, in cone yea nce ot tree trade obtam rerasseratiag prices tor tetra prixiiace, nor could they ew Feet to noon any n tor toter industry or capita. elder ti e present spites. It might be said mat although the agricultorOts were suffertug the people at lugs were brained, and that the toiletry at large were reaping the benelltaarisisg frau the talli.steut a the Ire aside seams. ttereat inteerupuon.) At a meeting habitat.), at iinythagi, Mr. Mania, whom they would sot ecrowd be a piantionist, spoke el t ie Mares. that pervade d el, dens, but sore espeaelly the workmen ia diresiegns sod Shedield—lor distress first and moat severelyou tee labouring c men. (Nola.) The best way to test thetas , was to see it crime was it.ereasina. L-t them look at the criminal returns, aid they would butt that not 1846, 1140, cheap coon. crime cad increased 48 per amt. look at the poor rates u nder cheap prime—tbey were promaised that the poor should be in comparative beauty, and that the rates should b• demean. In 1845, the poor rates Lunt to 7,373 000 i. with free trade, notwithetradiag all the promisee held forth the poor rates in 1849, amounted to -,817,001/1., beteg a larger sum than they ever had to pay bet Ore. In Scotland. since 1845, the rates had teens...it f ro m 186 0001. to, in 1846, 360.1,00 1. In 1849, the gr atest trading town or S otl.ud, Gmegoe, the sates had increased teens 39 0001. to 20(1,0001. In Ireland things were, as they well knew, tan worse. Could th- y say, then, Oat the people were t he better for it ? Were th e traders gainers by p e it ? Asi the shopkeeper* of Enter, Lot. did he think the manufacturers would he ultset eta). gainen, since the home tra d e amounted to 300,000,0001., which was far more than the 'saga trade. They would lea effects of these means when their eustenara took but 200,000.0001. worth. 01 the 6,400,00 M. varied as income tin, 3,200,0001. were paid by the land, whilet the whole sum paid by the manstacturet. am tented to little more thaa 1,000.000/. If they felt stub Arrow is this manufacturina and commercial whiny, how rand they manage to get on at all in Ireland, which mussel purely suseisicursil, in lull competition with the whole word ? Fur his own part, he aid not see bow they were to go en at all. tubeTte wee told the measure had bon peeved, end ought not alt e r. d ; he, however, did oat think that a measure which was niiitioi all classes ought tr be like the laws of the Medea sod Persians, which c h a nged not. The mating that gay would decide that they ought to be altered. They were setting an it:ample to England, In having the fin: aud open meeting. (Hest, heat.) Sir B. WRAY (who up ho wads! a storm of uproar, 90 as to be amply mad 'ibis), earl that he bad an aniesdnient to propea, which he sidled to be sami tt couned to he calmest been be cone sederetwa. (Great imandon.) The try bad traced by Sir R. Peel. who had deserted his colours. (Greet contain, lighting, ike ) He declared himself for reptiles& lion of tasatira. ( gore fighting.) There was another rat o e. ' rest arising in the country the was the aristocracy f wealth, and they should be made to bear their share. Something should be dose for agriculture; under present prices, it was Shane' impoeible for the twiner to pay general sad local tazes. It tithes, as had been stated, were vested on property, they were vested lot the original rupee, the Lippert it the poor, and ant solely to be demoted to the support if the neaten. (The Stant hers arose to Me a psi, that It was quite inspoesiide to hes the rat el the speake'r's ohaertatr.a.) His amendment was to the follow. tag effect : —That this meeting views with alarm the depassod eoaditi a agriculture. Teat ten property is eschicaely battened with the payment„ local razes under the head et tetra*, ascii-rata, poor s. highway rates, a large pot ties of oranty raus and lanAtaz, to the sweat of upwards N 14 million, that this meeting humbly sleben their case to the erased sad issandiate essideratioa el parlimant, that WI timetiooot whatever nature say be remodelled, and so *frogged as to comprise am equal and jut assesseseat for tuitional, geseral, sad heal purposes, trios ever) species of prop, sty, whether the sane may corselet of piteous( or real property ; Id that money, trade land, bout s, and all other property may be compelled to bear its fair and just props Ina el anima and local Undies." Mr HUGH moos in the ameadsrat. Mr. DIYETT, M.P. eta antis forward wee received with hissing sad beniseg, and essayed in vain to anis a hearing. He amid he understood trots the sheriff that the maim' kat beta conversed for diseseden. (Upton and fighting ) They were Send to hear. (Hisses.) He wend oat lava the hostage until he timid's a besting. (Great h e, tad ?Ave groans lor Given.) It Was the first tins e bad set the bourse yeomen of Deals, and he wee Pony to find they were afraid to hear preventrea nether.) He would use the Merman not their respected regrew a nue Sir J. Y. Basile The lamas ban been gulled, and were asking to be gulled again." He objected to bale maim aad amendment. He did cot see much dill, reach in either ; therefore he opposed them both. You come and talk and ask for what you call full and ffectual pr %twine, mid fulloolish enough to I :pact you will get it. Yon hare had but not effectual protection. The amendment says fall and fair protection, but he contegde,no protection could be fair. The farmers of d En g land bad ever been the victims of protection. It was a landlord's question. and no one else's. In coasequence of the great noise which bid been kept op behind him, be e ne platform, he had not been able to hear what had said on the other side, but, WOW what he could gather, it appeared to b e y m ere like election than protection speeches. Bet that seatteeed little, a they bad had toe mush of the humbug of prot,.!tion They had said in 1816 they could rot grow eau ‘ ,.ed,,,r 80s. per quarts, sad all the corn laws Were te; keep up the pries of bread. It was oily within a f ew Nee as that they had had free trait ; and whet a miserable e a t ; . seey mast be to be ruined in that time. Th abate the eg,:enfacturers ; but could they do without them? What weekl .11" do with their surplus popolatiou ? —what with your mice, it labourers,•With WI Of seven n, now half-starved, 0 it was not for the manila& e e aten of the country ? He ii.`" that , in cossequene of the raise that it ja matiamd, ~ould not hear his own voice. an he rah move as an amend:anst that dm meeting be Awaited. Lord EBRINGTON, aaaaa ,led the ame ndment in a few °barratries, which were Spite The HIGH SHERIFF refwed to put dm last amend ment. put the second, whisk was rejected, only ahou' 60 p noes voting in favour of it, lie then pet th a original 11 "tinn , which was carried by a very DtVolllarg P. e 'majosaritidy. 000- Lord EnitINGTOW and Mr. r, DI the' duet of the High Sheriff was unfair, and prote s ted siebh:t Trin sonar, they said, had been celled tit diso ,an. wn, id the question had been put before any dismission tea p Mr PORI ER (a raid free trade Led not be a g• idol by the voice of the people, tat by the treachery o, thee. 11110 •net. returned 13 prat. at item. lle moved that the pi-tiro he eitculated throughout the cowry. Mr. GEORGE 1 URGER (smother Logo: farmer) es • telled the resolution. The HIGH SHERIFF put the motion, which waecarrier a . Mr. lU f USK, tenant wren. r, owe. d that the sheriff be re grated to present the petition to her Raj, sty, that the Duke of Richmond and Lord Clinton present it to the H use of Lords, and the county m saber to the Howe of Ceasiania, sad that they be requested to support the pros. r. BUTLER said, as it was the lint time he had emus beton toe public, he felt te was tomato' in whines. tag that they had been about to give their cassias a jolly good Saltine, and he might say good bye to ties Wide test country. The rewlatina was put sad carried. Sir J. Y. BULLER, hi P., felt it was right to attend thou that (lay. although he did so at great inrnnve. isnce. He was delighted to °twang the spirit displayed there that . ay, sad that actuated the present assembly in the eas - In yard (Cheers.) It ought always to be as agreeable duty t r a county member to attend • meeting convened by the High Sheriff; te Lim it was most particularly pleasing. They bad dune him the honour of plating in his bends a pe tition to the Commons' house of peritonea% and he should do el, in his prose to furoard their prayer, sines he could 00 so conscientious'y ; as he tnlieved,.if the country cootthaed much luoger to import foreign promise we await lose the pierce of employing the people. During the ton =oaths of toe present year they had imported immure quantities of Gneiss provision*, and be must lay that the introduction of that amount of foreign food displaced their own produce rad their own labour to that extent. (Cheers) We bad imported seven millions of quarters of corn, which must have beta produced by much labour, end they wire therefore compeller,* to pey wages to the foreign producer instead of 'heir own lab AMID. It was entirely a question for the labourers, tor what was the use of having bread at a penny a pound it they had not a penny to purchase it with, lilts the Irishman who said that in hie country egas were a peony the dozen, but seimitud that he was obliged to come to linglthrt te get the penny. Sir T. D. ACLAND sail he attended there, although obliged, by so doss, to neglect a sacred duty w • noble and lamented Inead. He felt it was due to them and Morel, to attend there that day. He envied their representative, and his colleague, Sir John Yards Boller, the p-sizion he would be in of being able to rmiport the prayer ot their pati nae. (Greet rioting) It was their simple duty to pay due respect to the wishes of their constitnents. (Catalina in, cad cries of " Why don't you do yours.") He weld lialtlfe them that be had not an interest oininct frogs theirs. (Gnat fighting and rimiog.) They had not put the question to their inee-otarin• as to what amount of support they capes ett pe from them. (lairs cued dirtirbance. tie had gives his opinion on that point an months sinceothen he bail b, ea invited to attend a meeting noosed- ng_the sition of the agricultural body. (Great elaswins.) Els had act then h•bitstsd to .spree" his opinion, sad be very much re potted he could not Sala with their other repro , mauve., but at the same time sympathised as deeply with tne °novas which he admitted at present existed as any 0110 could; but tie recalls. ted drones a , deep, and suff. ring great, as that complained of at present. (This olisserestias wsa r,estsed with I, fe 'fel yells and rioting, ia which the physica e were nut forgotten.) He supposed it was by t he younger awe that the distr.,' he alluded to was disputed, an they seem by their rid station to assert that the ogrie.ltunst bad never before , xperienoed distress like the preeent. II reco llected equal, if not greater, distress when prices le tel just alter the weir. But it wee Impossible for Will to nap* to 111111 bark to that GOWN of pe.,14.11116 which stabs men after stelosinars, and parliament altar parliament, hart bees seise on, roe Intry years, with a view of °pealed ill trades. It wos tinnily impossible for each aseetings—ate, thirty -a* eseetin. s--te obtain a return of protection, which ease 'for elan, statesman alter statesmen. and parliament after parliament, had bast loggia la abolishiog. ROCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—On Thursday, be 20th rest., the pup). of the Rev. R. Whiston, Head- Muter of the Catheurel Grammar. oehool, olierter, pre sented him with a richly-worked and valuable too-envies, as a token of their sincere gratitude for his pas. kindness and gamin es, unit of their best wishes for the f u ture. Too 01 lowing is the inscription thereon " Vire Reverend • R dont. Whist's, Coll. SS. Trim. Apud Cantab. Soeio Reruns. Iletsokn, Reg. Apu'l Roffensea. Archidarealo D.D. Di even Pteatinta Orate lino/Janne Feasts. in Futuna, Pre ante., Die. XV. Ante Ksl Jan.. An' ce Salutis 1649." C ming at mach a time. an from • d melt e * quarter, this tea im rani evelem tail to he i t itifyina to the supporien of Mr. Wei.- ten agai- et hie ezpitular persecutors; at ail event., it -how , that, in the op no'th oe weist inter. st-rt. t h at learned gentleman i . not " unfit to Maumee the school. " EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT WANDSWORTH. —Tester y movong, ono . half past seven, one of Sir d t Burnete's, the eminent distiller's, wagilons was panne Gilder the railway bridge, Liner North-street,Wandetworth , and which i. el a' to the station, when are empty . pipe CAW in emtact wok the arm of the arch, the collision causint ask' three note, containing beandy. rum , and gin to be h. The cute were sone in by the lutes of the fall. and the valuable content. instantly fl ioded the road way. No none, had the tact become known that • large quantity of spirit. had ben •oilt than droves of men and boys flocked to the spot and lapped up she spirits. The corm quinces were such as might b tepee... 4. Some men employed in tin scij gas works IF tame &ch eek's, others were wade drunk, dune and with great difficulty were prevented doing injury to them selves The Ives is metiouoy stated at from 701 to 10111 fire bridge s said not to be the height required by the act of Parliament. and it would not admit of an omnibus with pan meters ..n it Weillg under it ROYAL NAVAL. BCHOHL.—The half yearly distri bution 'if prizes of this ionisation took place page-may at the establiahnunt, New-cr n Admiral B tone, C.B ' was in the stair Admiral the Hon. E. K nox, Admiral Falcon, Sir J. Liddell. IVII•Tfl naval ciaptaii.s, and also several ladies w. re pr. cent. T e mildest having opened the pro n. gs ty • brief address to the students of the mho I, the report of the Rev. Dr. Crumbing, the head muter, was read l by Mr. Bunn, the secretor , . It was of a highly satisfac•ory chateau. Priz aof riot ly b .und and valuable wsirke were then distributed to the billowing young gentlemen : Acheson, It bias n, Morris, Welch, Stephetee„ Aii her, Dieken, C irowell, jut.., D nham, Dawkins, II on !field. /loaders, and riper. Several others were then honourably mentioned. The or dical attendant's report was then reed. It • d that even during the prevalence of cholera not a cam of th et diora-e or even diorama occurred is the school ; tree pupi • of which continued to re joy their lions:eon d bealn. The president having again addressed them in Gen gratutitory inn.• the once dings terminated. Pbl Z ET.—THE STYX. —Not et is given in last alike* Ga,:ett, that the ace iant sales of the peers eta erste./ from the colour , ot the *lave-vessel (lent Cud', il At lea b n., y he! Maj• sty's etvam-v. awl 8 yx, Bury Eq , mina invade- (i.er Itl.jesty's ship Miswrote in conipany 1. on 18th F b 1818, will be rest -treed in the High Court A.mitAtti, ou or after the 2Sth J . WOODHIAD Asent. FRAUDS ARISING OUT OF TILE TRUCK SYSTEM. — Oar readers will collect that Nott ingham ee. Aureole) , were the ems revers for the meting the ono Mansfield line rai.way, w , ich has recently been completed. As is send villa person.. engaged in extensive undertak nos, they kayo been in the habit of giving the men in their employ Mabee, of tickets for 3. . and 55. each, in part payment of obi wars. These ickeee, which were signed by the con feasigr. .gent, Joh n S toter, the men have token to cliff r elit Leadsmen au the town, and have obtained go at' ast for , them. Th i s se .ettee has ben tarried ea for tom - tim • p Uses lielpts have. this last week, been called in. for the of pay ing the amount of t hem (s me where &boa , 27;1s cash to their holden. On this bel'.g dose, it was efiseovered that shoat 1001. worth were f rged ; and, all s he contractors will not pay them, the l ose in some case• wi b very severe. N.. 1 else can be had as to who the forgers are. We cannot coat in too strong larguege armrest a sy-tem like this, wherebs the poor mat , because te er cent.•tor wants • small *trance of m..r eye i made top ay nearly 20 p it. —Noring/inen J own/ Oarßtett RYBRITS.—The trade in Ostend rabbits has iecressed --it h in the last tour years to a very .nrinieing extent, There are two laTiTalll avers week, th• General II cam Navigation C unsay's vcrels f ailing from o.tssi on W e deor-dav and Seterdey with piles of cases, containing elbow 120 rabbits oast esee, earplug hoes Slhe. to 6 be each ra bbit. OA Saturday evenings in pa rticular, Lead• shall market presents the a puniest" of an extensive ton; it is densely crowded with *hotted* buyers from all parts of the gasteepoli• , and by lar ie number. of artist• a and michanim with their wine to provide for their Sand .y`o ditser. It is eel enough that the Comm Women of C us toms s hould have ruled that ra bbi's should pay • duty of five per cent Ali, ough proeid o:s in genteel are tree, they have clamed rdabits under the head of game, but they anent con. nred go by any one elec. Whilst the sucking pig is imported . 1 as en animal du y tree, the rabbit is Mused Ili der the heed of poultry, nutwithranding that the terms "fish, fleas, i sad fowl" clearly demonstrated to our mind that the is porters of rabtrt. are no more liab'e to the sett the importer. of sucking tip. But the trade were , o much inconvenient. d by the Imposiios, as the delay and incon venience they were subjected to in Ye cleaner at the Ccotorn-hemse, consequently a salesman of Lsadenhall. market, Mr. George finding all remonctruce wish the subordinates of the customs useless, at once determined to mernorialiso the b sir& Be represented the great l • frm delay in an article o such • perishable nature as the Ostend rebhit. He called attention to the incon venience Peke, fern the detention of hundr.d. o of their r individuals who Ihilt r the supply to put n Sunday table ; he terribly brought under the notice of the enomi-oioners that the delay canoed a deuces tion of the Sabha'. by turning the bueiness of Sat u rda y y night into •rtf• - • 1 . y morning ; an d happy are we t that the Board of C 40012 1 ,1 gave a ready ear to the enema violist; we ate aloe g lad to bear witness tote present annuity of the of under the board's direction.. Com- Mr. Brooke also waited on the Geriersl Steam Navi,vation pany, and wee ourrationly rewired by the secretary ond animism whet not only promisod, bat have actually afforded every facility which wiud, weather, steam, and good Neuman- I ship can afford to Witt the " good vessel " to her destined port in the proper time for market ; and thus the praise. worthy manic. mint or the C immiriurrs of CultolDS, the ! energy of the General Steam Navigation Company, sod Moe a exertions o' the 6.1 swan roubl e the poor man to porches. whole animal tor hie Sunday's dinner at • cost of la., mad afford" to his more weaithy neighbour the opportunit y of a "dainty dish," B e th • vigilance of all pouts Kenn of a in that delicacy of Blmar, and which delay, its aseemat its perishable nature, would otherwise reader Weethlaiso Plemeirein• Daiip List. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. DECISION OF THE RAILWAY COl it 1 SS lON ERS. This line, th 3 construction of which has been ales .‘t brought to a standetid, most now, it will be seen by the following notice, mint to the Great VIA stem Company by th • Itoilw.y Onnonseioaen, be imasedia•ely actively pro ceeded with. Subjoined is a copy of the letter referred to : "Oni.e of Commissioners of Railways, Whitehall, Dee. 15, 1849 " em directed by the Commisaiosers of Railways in'orm you that they have careuly considers the 1 memorials that have been presented to the heard, complain log of the inconvenience sustained by the public, and indivi• dually, in costs quence of the non-completion of the Ozford, Worcester. and Wolverlitaaps w Railway, and calling upon the Commissioners ra. Railways to exercise the powers vested in them by the 8& 9 %ie., c. 184, te e. 131. That the commissioners have also hat ands' c,nsederation the state. menta, written and verbal, of the Osfor t, Worcester, and Wtoverliampton Railway Company exyreesiag their inability ender eating circumstances to prom , d wi h the completion of the lioe. and the espial:rations written and verbal of the Great Western Railway C ompany, in answer to the applies demi made to the board calling on thGt company to complete the railway. lam directed to state that the °commissioners are sashar d, after a careful inquiry and report made by else of their own officers, and by the admis-ion ma le by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamnton C anoany *ha: the company is neglecting to proceel with the construction of their hoe, and that tnere is no returnable security that it will be completed withia the time limited by the arr. " Under these circumstances the commissioner', after we ighing well the provisions of the statute in c-ran. cion with the statements made by the Great Western Company in relation thorax,. are of opialdi that it is incumbent upon them, in exercise of the discretion eaten in them by the legislature, to tall upon the Great Went. ra C riopsny to pro ceed with the construction of the lice ; and I am cirected to state, that unless within one month fr m the dist, of this letter the commissioners of railways have some satisttctory grounds for believing that efficient arm gemente will be made for unstring the completion of the line within the time limit. d by law, they e ill feel it their duty formally to require the Oreat Western Railway Company to enter upon the Oxford, WOTOMPIIf, and Wulverbampton 11silway to proceed with the construction thereof, anct to kltiC.S. all the powers of the Oif. rd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail. way Act in relation thereto. " I am also to inform yon that a copy of this communica tion will be fowarded to -the Oxford, Worcester, and W ol verhampton Railway Company. " I have the honour to be, sir, y3VIT obedient servant, " H. D. HARNESS, Capt. Royal Eneineen. MR. CHAPLOUTH-WES TERN IN AND THE RALON WAY. DO AND S IL N Mr. Chaplin has addressed the following letter to the proprietors ot this railway : London. Dee. 16. Fellow-Shareholders, —It it with regret that I feel myself call. d upon to address you on mature seating my indi vidual position, but I em assured that you nut . give me your indulgent attention. The board of directors el this company have, until lately, enjoyed your unlimited confidence. I believe they have been 'eland to it ; hat recently, the depression ot our pro- perty appears to have caused a general soreness and vissatis tattoo, and has led some at least r. f your body into unittat auspicton and distrust, until, at last, we lind open chsrges, or hull more objectionable insinuation• of dishonourable and c:rrupt conduct, made against men who, at must, have only been guiay of co-operating with the shareholders at large in ' the furtherance of p 'kitty and of measures which the ex perience we hues purcbased bee shown to be erroneous. 1 hag that I ma. ir.t be considered as era Vag any of there charge", it, as regards these a high apply - ,o the board 4enera ly, I utter no re mark ; but the board having, with my 1.11 concurrence, challenged an inquiry into vur conduct, I p.stpone espial's:iota on pinta affecting them as well as coysP. articular I he complaint, in my pticular ass, is that I hats been , and c,ntinue to be, in arrest in reap , et of calls ; and that, uevertheless, matters have been so costrit , d, that I have re• WWI d.vidend on calls in arrest at a higher rate than the interest • Ws which 1 have been surged. The latter charge is woolly 'without foundation. I have never received ur been credited with a divitl.nd at a nigher .a'sf than the interest with which 1 have been charged. Tne banter charms I admit ; and although I do an in the c Miler ce that the explanation 1 am about to sive wit .Icus, me with all bur .nd impartial men, I snou.o ' do myself injestice it I tailed to its , ' that to have been in any arrest , *Mist acting as your chairman has occasioned me pain. I joined the directi o n of this company in 1837, and be earns your chairman iu 1843. Previously to my connexion with it I had been eneatted in the largest coaching business in the world, and was induced to transfer my cap.tal ions the London and South sSi estern Raillery, beceess 1 foresaw the great change which must take place it, the means tli public communication ; and !run the first moment of my connesien with this cowpony it wes m. inteuti.m to transier, as circumstances should allow, a large proportion of my roperty into it. Wneiht r, in 1843, when 1 wss ceded to your chair, I was. a whether I nave since that time been, vie most proper venom toocsupy so prsminent a positim in the undertsking, you wall permit me to say was a question for yourselves rather then tor me ; hut having limn honou vat by your seleaion, I clams to her. dev3ko to your service the best part of the time, mind, and mmey et my disposer ; sod if I have not wdhdrawn my property from every other Mem:- mint, I have at least concentrated it in your undertaking, sod Moos immedititely connected with it, sufficiently to synce my costidence, anu to make my interests and your o wn identical. I speak of this as no merit. In my opinion, the man who may happen to hold the chair in this or any other railway company should be one who bas such a pecuniary stake in it astir guarautee the unity of his duty and his interest, and .ho, alter maturing, according to his own best judgment, and fairly discussing with his coproprietor* the measures deemed advairegeous to the company, is prepared to 1 tam-eit, time, mind, and pro/crty into the promo.ion throw 01 them. teseweing your assent to this proposition, I shall take oc casion presently to state to you the extent to which I have embarked in our undertaking. In the meantime I wouli odterve treat this has been done to the sacluelun of every . other Enghsh Railway Investment (except Lett no single prof or silted with the South Western Railway has received your sanction and approval without also receiving my aid in time and mosey) ; that in le4o, oa a deputation fr 01 France attendant; a meeting of the directors, and sum. quint' y of the propel tors of this company, inviting aid in the forma tion of the Pan, and 11, neen ltaiiway, I embarked largely in that coecerii, with the sole view, in the first instance, or opening a line e: communication between Paris and the coas opposite to 8 utbacep:on ; that I subwieue tiny took a aim:- lag line of e o..duct r e specting the Rom n and li 4 ere :in, *, lied lastly, that our much-abused steam-packet. have, on like considerations, beta supported by me until my motives have be. n there alitoeuepect.d, although those who have watehe my stake in the tweet concern migot have men, if they would, that it was impose:hie I could profit by any urinal me at with such an adjunc t if it was in fact prejadie,il to the origival undertaking Neither, fellow* hareuolde orre, have I,r iii weed times or bad, demoted my co.pprietors, my p Gad opinions, by withdrawing my iuvestmetit or tin .king in sheers, but I have had en with steadiuess and coneeney I reed not reamed you that when I joined your under- Weal, and whi a, . a 1843, I was c tied to the chair, the London and South Western Railway was comparatively at el.. din t.s estent I wish your attention to the additions ethic u le ye sate. gaently been made to ix capital, and COLO. 14111110 , iy to my holding in it. I will only carry you back to the autumn of 1844. Wisely or not, it was then thought tees cheat, and you luny epproved it, that our extension to Weter.oo biidee, ant line. to Yeuve, Newbury, Di lcott, and Sevin 0 , , should b. proj•c•rd, and that sapi , al sbould be raised for thee pur pees. New shares win' ae: °rawly agreed to oe create, are t wire offered rateably to the proprietors , They were ,t a large premium ; I teak my rateable proportion, not a elan mere, not a share less, and m stock in your concern wee by the ooe ration double.ly The schemes which h d thus I ess i de. caned were, in toe beginning of 1845, to . c..nsiderable *sent a bandoned, and an aerengement come to. under the sane ion of the B end of Trade, of a different tr.aracter. It its details it was very us al .able to myself, teat I i epezielly el-proved it e n oust ground, vie , that it premised a se Alement of the railway c•nemunice io e of the du rice to ',hien it referred, and taste ed to us a in :deride, but, es I maim( d, a secure share' in them. It is immaterial to my present puree le pint out how, by the current of public opinion, and the I e .ndact of parliament, these expectations were blew* to the I I w ads. Menntiese, the struggle in the Psetemouth district Landon t vele 1 suited in the uncti in by parl smut ot the Deect Lo o:raund P , sc re;se w o hi ut e n h Line, b ut obuir.dtherefohredrabstetan: wadi coatis amornihon.ngesalt,‘Ottuhtriinte perialiesplot'llhdneeelfeue::Besehlagainsting P a n t t a h P"d e pi D e i m ree . i b u t y m P t , h . t e i h t:n a tsu blli tti re l Line wool I be greatly improved.therefore dte mined to execute those portions, and for that purp.ee R e vers ni cemary, in Clamber, 180, to create and is•On Tinos, of generally taken up, "'though some were left o n band, and some remain ad at this moment. I ag-in took my rateable proportion—sot a share more, not a share less. Having . send m le eapiel in 1845 than was reciesary for the more limited regions for which parliament then a n sided you powers, I will only remind you, that this surplus was almorbed by schemes which with your sanction wire be uakt be ,re puha cent in 1848, so that wnen in the au t u mn of the' year it was d e termined to snake applicati di for extensions to Raster and the Land's End, a. well as f r tattoo othsr objets nearer home, it was Wand necessary to raise as entirely new capital for those p opuses. In the meantime, so tar from parting with any of the shares which I had hitherto held Li your undertakinr, and realising thereb the large premiums of those days, I had increased my baldirg, and in /4 ivember, 1848, was a proprieter of '2,948 £4O s - arts and 420 I:40 shares, including my propor tion of Ten - h•, which then or immediately afterwards were is course of consolidate an. IA N eiember , 1 848 you were called together for the doa ble p ried. of considering what applications should be made necessary parli• " to ce ment in the next sessio u, and of making the tie:Auto.* ot capita, The result was one of the largest er mine erheh I remember . o hays seen sines my connezion • lames:ill e ased the largest eropeietort In sash of those unde r. ......s e swee t re entice not tai,thertlnotibewlthstanding the pireal na :en w Ln ommi theeelbar e a d; Lamy " I X t r a pco mmaigui tes by thc that rot not kosetanolythesonmer.elinephal slosould was mercecleaed by tbe kefee 10 pedlar flrother party. with the Sou,h Western ; and a errermination (not carried by a bare majority or with a cold consent, but sanctioned with snanitniey and with the moat warmth and cordiality) in embark is , measures laValVatif the expenditure, supposing all of them had te 'reapproved by pa: Lenient, of newly awn and a had mil.ons of money. It is difficult, in the present times of depression, to wane. the feelings of those dale of excitement; but I must not have it inferred that these grave subjects bat bean under the discussion of the proprietary al the meeting of November, 1846, alms. On the contrary, for two years previously the directors had bees taunted by many of your body with their slags giso policy ; and at the three general meetings which preceded that of November, 1844, their gradual Aga donment of a quieter line et conduct, and their adhesion to the clernes of extension which then so mach occupied the public mint, bad been received with acclamation. This determination rendered unwary • farther lime of capital, doubling the then meant amount of your stock, and the scheme of raising such c.pital was submitted to you in full. Woe this occasion the sew stock bore a slight pre. mium only. Following say former c liras upon similar oc casions, 1 at awe declared my option to treks my rateable proportion —not a share more, not a share lees. By the middle of December the applicatiems by the proprietors were seen so far to fall short of the amount deemed necessary to be allotted, that my °ol ivine' and myself thought it expedient to provide for an absorption of a further amount of the new stock, and to do so upon such terms as should prevent injury to the previous 'Hotta's. Oa the part which, jointly with others, I there upon took as to such further subeeriptione, I purposely omit any remark; but, as regards myself, finding that the measure which was deemed expedient for the interests of the com pany couli only proceed on my taking • largeshwe in Garry - iog it out, T acted accordingly, and the consequence was the addition of 3,000 new shares to my then alreseiy sufficient investment in the company. Had I declined this subs:rip. tiers, as 1 most assuredly should have done if I had felt at liberty to follow my own inclination alone, I might have been spared the present explanation • By these additional takings, voluntary and involuntary, I had become a holder of stock in your concern in January, 1847, to the following extent 800 Original 501. Shares 203 Eigtiths 40 2,052 New fkl. Shares (1845). 178 40 „ „ 3M Tenths 50 „ „ 39 ditto 40 „ 5,672 6° " (144 } Now Thirds. 381 40 It may be objected that my holding and subscriptions were beyond my means; but I trust my assailants will share the satisfaction I have in stating, that there need, even in the present time of distrust, not be the remotest apprehension of my inablity to pay my arrears at a short nonce, whenever the money is really wanted toryour purposes. At the 'Me time, as regards my second subscription, is December, 1846, I doubtless then telt, as I now feel, that, should it be neces sary, the circumstances under which I so subscribed would be favourably considered by my co-proprietove, and that I should not be driven to undue sacrifices for tne purpose of meeting an engagement which I entered upon to serve the general interest, and not my own individually. Of course, if I could, in 1846, have foreseen the course wl-ith events were about to take in 1847, 48, and 49, it would have been easy to dispose of a poreion of my shares at high prices ; but, as a feeling of extreme confidence induced me to invest to largely in your undertaking, so also I was s trongly disinclined, as the market value ot our property fell, to , o soy act which should appear to evince any distrust in its soundness. Thus I permitted the year 1847 to pew. and I admit that at the close of it there was an undue aaaaaa of calls standing against my name, although. I beg it to be observed, that. early in 1847 I had securities deposited with your treasurer consismrably more than equal in value to the amount of my anear. I have already denied in foto the charge that I have at any time received dividend on calls in ; but b, fore passing to matter subsequent in point et date, I must, in order to displace that charge more completely, state that in 1845 1 advanced the company 43,0001 , without teenri . y, and at a ow rate of interest. This loan was either absorbed in calls which fell due from me in the year 1846, or by cash pig ments by the company, and I only refer to it because it was the means of opening a ledger account between mewl( sad the company, on the credit side of which will be found my loans, and on the debtor side my calls, with the ermpasp repayments in cash. When, therefore, in the latter part of 1846, and during the year 1847, further calls anl de positsl on new stock became papal le by me, they were debited I against my same in the ate• ve.mentioned ledger account, and' I no luger stood in the list of sharehol .ers in arrear of call t It has been awaited that this was eons fur the purpose of enabling me to receive dividend tat the higher rate which the company were then plying on the dividend bearing part of their stick) upon amounts I had never re .By paid. eibilst I was only charged interest thereon ; or that at least such a contequence rewired from it. This neither was nor could be the case. Th- shares on which I was then in inter bore no dividend, and the rate of inter, at on tho • bearing interest wea at 4 per cent. oat, whilst I was on my wear rightly Outgo& with 5 per cent. This explanation mutt convince you that the carrying of my arrears to my debit in the I. dger, and thus apparently relieving me of them as arrears in no way affected the rate or smount ot should rec e ive should pay on the ens side, or of the dividend 1 should receive on the other. In the court., of the year 1048, the before-mentioned ledger balance or arrear was coosiderably reduced, and in February, 1849, entirely discharged eith interest at live per cent. The pressure for mons y which came upon the com pany is the autumn of 1847, although o' course it pressed equally upon my resources, ca led on me to make more than ordinary sacrifices in this respect ; anti although I still de n-rosined to retain my South- Western shares, and had by the French revolution been prevent , d realesi, g the particular pronerf): which 1 had invaded to bring home f.r perma nent investment in the South-W , stern eine, I paid during the sieteen months egisning October 1847, upwards of 100,0001. into your each , goer in sitiefaction of calls and interest, in addition to previous payments to about the same amount, In December, 1647, came the creation of preference stock. On th.s . cession, at conaders , le inconvenience, I took up my mumble proportion—sot a chary sn re —not a >hare less; and I ptid my deposit of upwards of 9,0001, en - irely 'Rein sire of the above-mentioned arnoun.e. I hold these share still, and, with them, the further amount of shares making the total holdiug mentioned at foot § It has then bent through n.y de ermsnation not to turn my bark on the South-Western itedway, or to depreciate the property of my co proprietors b. large sales of their -.tack, and by my inability, on the other hand, to testis without inordinate sacr.fice, toe other property to white I have rel. rred, that I hive been, end .t II em, in setter of calls, although I am no' aware t - at the comaeny'a interests nave really suffered thereby, MI I believe that much sour , mischief would have been don.. had I et • time when our shares were in a state of undue depression been found a considerable seller , 1 And I feel the 'trotted confidence that I shall receive from all such of you as will exercise an eoprejudice 1 judgment in t e melee so indulgent coosideraiian of the einueptanceit which have occasioned my &mare; it meet he eoreeded that those cir cum•eances comprise • d -votion to S u- h- Western interests, ace riling to my Indents. ding of them, ot no ordinary c e arac ter, and also a series ce poloie.l aod co mmercial events beyond parallel le mod. en trines. To my own personal lows from these cause" I am un willing to make any allusion : V.ey are sufficiently oteviou., but much of them lam cont• at to hear, be it only for the eake of the irrefragable proofs which your own record b " of ad my l a rge and steady holding , through d times and , afford that I leave acted with sincerii and honesty, and have not sought to inspire in others a confidence wuich I have not myself entertained. It mg uerhsys be observed, teat in this long address I have attempted no vindication of the past management and I of yo u r undertaking. It is b eside my resod purpose am free to admit that , with the expel- nee of 1849, there is much that we must wish usdone in fns acts of p mous years All of us may be wise after the event, hut it is for fools or knaves to pretend that they nni have ha such such alter acquired wisdom wisdom from the beg' g. I make n We are all large sufferers, an 4 I am mast the pr.-stest; bit if we make the proper use of our resent depression, and, instead of quarrelling among ourselves, and making charge!. or casting imputations, which have no justification in fact or faitnes., we devote ourselves to the careful winkin g tore and development of our property, there is yet prospery for us. At all events, if peace and confi4ene• can le restored in our camp, I am not ahout to change my investment made. ; b u t with regard to suggestions which have been that the management requires modification, I will at once state, and 1 do it neith-r under excitement or alarm, that I have on several occasions lore I held my present posi tion endeavoured to procure a successor more capable of ad vauciog the general interests ef the c nap thy ; and, so soon as the coming meeting sha:l have paeued over, and the com mittee, which will be then appoin ed, shall hive acquitted us of the corrupt conduct and motives which have been im puted, I, for one, shall be perfectly ready to accede to measures for iefusiog 'due admixture of new blood into the direction. I am, fellow ebareholdere, your 'althfig W. J. CHAPLIN. • It will, perhaps, be observed that at the period to which I am now referring the es rip in our" Io° bate • small prew Wm. It did so ; but my further aulrerlption was made upon terms which disa bled me ;had I been so inclined) to teepee th.,t premium not be , inasmucplaced h as it was part of the anniggesent that the scrip should tbe pof those wb took It for some month s afterwards ; and from oresston the latter period down to the present hoopportunity (bad there here • desire to Inure case) Sas existed for selling other wise thin at a comiderable diesuant 4 , Nevertheless the sum ma cif interest ern charged against my secount se against all War madders in wear. t Parts and Rosen shares 101.)„ of whisk I thee held and tr,w hat upwards of 1,000, were, in December, leiT. worth MOT* than 401. per share. The revolution brought them down at once to 'Ol. per share. Bourn and Havre shares fell in • 'Smiler or greater ratio. Viz. Stock .............................. C 19,130 0 PAID. New fitie;ree, 1943 £3O 40. 3,103 . 99,348 10 40 „ DI ........... 7,046 0 Thirds, 1046._ „ 11,441 ............... 38,015 0 Predwenee, 1848 „ 2,207 .............. 11,033 0 Total paid .. . ... ... Z 194,3 74 10 The arrears. excluding opti calls, amount to 48,145/. 6s. fel., and consist of two calls of N. on the New Iberia of 1043, and two calla of If. 13s. kt. each on the Tanis of leak 1847. My latter arreers p, eat been written off, or Unmarred to a ledger amount, but stand simply ageing my name as aniare, bearing internist Ere seat. • RAILWAY ACCIDENT,—A little girl named Fawcett, daughter of a pate layer, ernuioyed on the Leeds and Brad ford railway, was accidentally run over on Tuesday last, and instantly crashed to death. The accident occurred mar Bolton Bridge. The child train ngaged in taking her lather's w ith in dier, and seeing an up-approaching, the girl stood the rail on the opposite side of the way, and ran e I doing so down train pasta ever her.—Ztradford Observer RAILWAY MEETINGS. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND. THE HULL AND SELBY PURCHASE SHARES. Yesterday there was a spells' eat-wing of the ahareh lier. of it. York and North Midland Railway Company, at tie De 13-ey Rionas,York, for the purpose of submitting to their consideration the resolutions passed by the directors and the committee appointed at • weed general meeting held on the 29th ult., with respect to the best mode of dealing with the question of the purchase of the Hull and Sethy Rsilwey, and the piaerenee shares created with that object Another purpose of the meeting was to receive the fourth and final report of the committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the company. H. S. Tlionnote, Bsq., the chairman of the company, prattled, and there was an average attendance of share holders. The business of the meeting wee commenced by Mr. SWANN, the chairman of the committee of investi gation. who rose to present their final report to taro share holders, the principal item in which referred to the Yorkstire and Lancashire Company, and he would allude to it no further than to observe that he was extremely happy to be able to intern the ahareholden that an opinion bad been named the day before, which was ex ettaingly favourable to the opinion entertained by the committee as to the liability of the Yorkshire and Lancashire Company to join the York and North Midland in the Hull and Selby lease. (Hear, hear.) The next item was the accountant's report, the most important part of which had re ference to that most actor:nests account--the suspense account the committee could come to no other conclueion than that it would be best for the interests of the share holders to put this to capital. (Hear, hear.) Before he sat down there was one point which he felt bound to ant n Lion, because it had been the cause of much differeece of agreement and discussion between the din ctors and the committee. He alluded to what might have been considered as an interference on the part of the committee with the board is choosing new directors (Hear, hear.) There could be no question that the committee enjoyed the confidence of • very large number of the shareholders, and the board as at present constituted wee, he thought, if the shareholders would just reflect, poeitively—(a voice— " a seltelectea body.")—Yes, a self-elected body. At the same time he was bound to state, from a conversation he had had with the chairman,that he believed the preeent board were • xceedingly anxious to fill up future vacancies with the best men that could be found. He moved that the fourth and final report of the commi•tee be received and adopted Mr. STOCKS seconded the motion, which was then put and carried. The CHAIRMAN then passed a high eulogy on the com mittee of investigation, and concluded by moving the thanks of the shareholders to them for the time and atter tion they hat divot, d to the discharge of the duties that had devolved upon them. Mr. PRICE seconded the motion, which was carried, but not unanimously. There were three or four hands held up against it. Mr. 8 *VANN acknowledged the compliment. He hoped that the board, in its inture constitution, would work well and for the good of the company. The CHAIRMAN then introduced the Hull and Selby purchase question, and moved the adoption of the following tntions, which had been previously circulated among the ahareholders: " That it is expedient, for the interests of all classes of shareholdets, that the terms ou which the Bull and Selby preference shares were created on the 26th Oct , 1846. be modified u Ohms Aad that an act of parliament be applied for in the ensuing session to carry the ume into effect. " 1. That the guaranteed dividend, at the rate of W. per Ant. on the 101. already called up in respect of thou:shares, Asti cease from the Ist of July, MO ; and that tor the future the amount of capital shall be entitled, in pups miry, to • preference dividend at the rate of 48 per cent. per annum. " 2. That the sum of 161. pershars remaining to be ultra up on ih ire shares shall he entitled in perpetuil to a prefe rence dividend, at the rate of 61. per cent, per annum, from the respe•itive times of milling the same up. " 3. That future calls on the preference shares shall be mad., only for the purpose for which they were originally created, of completing the purchase of the Bull and Seib' Railway, it and when the completion of that purchase shall be resolved upon, or for paying off the debentures of the company. •• e. chat the holders of the prefereree shares shall be en titled to the benefit of any rividend above the leveret guaranteed rates of dividends which %beholders of the general stock of the crop my m.y receive " The CHAIRMAN adde4 that they had Milted a proviso to give the company, power to pay off Me preference shares, if they sln.ulit deem it expedient. at par. Mr. LLOYD (one of the late Committee of lnvestigatior ) thought art wuulu be a monstrous thirg if the were to agree t o uarantee in perpetuity tu one description' f sti ck, whilst the other might get no d vidend at all. His own opinion was, the propuition should be deferred till the February meting. Toe LORD MAYOR (Mr. Seymour) seconded Mr. Thompson" motion. . lion i and that steps be immediately taken to tefer the settlemei t ro.:ltUhiY. matterNSON , b ri e f dideatennchedestetoe, theale o b p a pose t-r d ar th ly e ni m e e a , s t u in r: : and he waved an amendment, " That the further considers 1 of this question to a fair and equitable tribunal." Mr. LLOYD seconded the amendment proposed by Mr. Joynsor.. II • thought that there need be no alarm about getting there debentures renewed at 5 per cent. when money was not worth more than la or 2 per cent. He knew no line, the bliahton line excepted, which bad had its affairs so thoroughly inve.tiffated, and which was so worthy of purchases in the row/krt. A brit( discussion then ensued, after which the rrsolutien was put to :he 'meting, toe word " another" I.r a .' fair and evahlt" tribunal, being substituted. On a division the amquendment was lost , sou the original resolution was CAT fit d by a large majority. A further reso:ution was then carried, authorising the directiho to die• effect to the resolutions. Mr. SHOOTER entered a protest against the frio7utions which had ores adopted, amidst muck noise caused by panics leaviog the room. A vote of thaulu to the chairman terminated the birth's' of the n.te ins. -- _ NORTH KENT. A very large meeting was held at Dover on Tuesday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of supporting the application in the ensuing session for este 'dishing the N ink Kent Ride/ay. The Magog. presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the processing', satd he felt that the estobiisbment of the N.tr.b K. nt line of rail way from Lonnon to D nee would be of vital importonce, not only to the port of Dover, but to the kingd m peat rally. (Hear, hear.) Mr. RICE, M P.. proposed a resolution to the effect Oust the I.t.ie county of Kent aff tiled no proper commutdcation with London, n• Inc to the wont of railway facilities. Mr. J. IS KNOCKhB seconded the resolution ; which was can ad. Mr. TAYLOR said the grestrst possible advantage would accrue to the prt of Dover by the tormotion of the propsoied railway, particularly IN it would be msde to communicate aith teat gee national work, the Harbour of Refuge. (Hear, hear.) The Doke t I Wellington, the government, and the Admiralty, and several influential nnolemen, ap prove 1 of the pr .yet and hat: promised to support them in carrying it out ) bir J. TYLDEN, lI tn., thought great a ivantages would result Ir. m the proposed line, as i ts throughout England. 8 vent ether gentlemen sdd.essed the nieetinis, ant a committee bavins been apptiated to conduct the hill throw parliegsent in the session a tote Of tOILIIItt to the etheingan clue el the proceedings. FATAL EFFECTS OF a TRIAL OF STRENGTH. —A fatal ad or took phac on Sunday last at the house of Mr J ahn Adam on, the Travellers' I no, Brushy Common The unfortunam sufferer is Richatd Massey, pro m prietor of a quarry at Wick. r-ley, who was drinking in the ablve house on Sunday lair, and shortly titer one o'clock on the day a men nano d M. tylls happened t i be present, when the con vets Won turhed upon the surest mode of turning a man out o' a h..u.e. G e word brought on another, and a ilia was feint* ahtly complied with by Moody. fbe y laid bold of each other,w ben Meas . y, who straggled hard to throw his op potent user h s heat, was overpow• red, and he fell foreword with his head d•,ubled,and having the wtight of his antavonon upon hint, his neck was put out, he turned black Maw di ately, and anoth• r pers,n present, tamed Hint, made cc eff et to put it N • Aloes were struck on either side, und Massey Ifit h r bi- d at the nose or mouth. He sea cot, yi d 11 , •rn. to Wickersley, where he espir d on the fol lovind ig. An inquest wee held on the body on W,n• . a u, la.t, f•r , T baclur, Esq , coroner, when it w..a clearly .hewn that there was to blame attached to any w e but the deceased himself, and further, John Gmham, ot wkk er .-ey, woo a we the deoease ' sits o'clock un SJnoa) night, beard him &dare on Iva de Abbe& the . himself aloe .. was to blam -. T... was lurther corroborated by the falser of the d. c• as d The coronet Bummed up in his usual *be manner. and s v. r tic , in sec ddance was given, ewinerat.il M o ody !rem Nam. —Doncaster Gazette. ALLEGED POISONING OF A HUSBAND ET ins WIFE. —Tea:rode' at r. ova Mr Carter held an imp at at the the King's ad, Mimbism, br'ore • retractable jur. on 'be body Hong`; Ba ia. Salvor, a superannuated police c onstable, of the F ch‘....,... tam death was supposed to be caused by poison administer. d by Lis wife, for the outline. of ob taining th. , fun•-r maw from a Forester's Saudi Sci ty Toe thetas. d nbe 9-It inst., aster a long se d ' a ram•iur bay.sig been sat afloat in the neighbourbo al rt•a , I he had 11 en paiaard, f! was deemed necessary to bold a isqucst ant t•• ingite.e a pit mortem examinari.in, duty which wois ; ors crf . em-al by Air Clark, a me ted by Mr Parrfs. onSatariay last cud the dec.ased was buried on Sunday, in ths twee ua of 1.r.0 cm:nurse of persons. Ye...groat 1 Mr Clark was lea rimed. and in answer to the corers , rotated that he was o: o.neina that d , ceased died from typhus tee , r of long a ding, and that it , blame: U attached to any , n Mr. Parr.' , the .•th• r surgeon, g timilsr evidence, and after a short enouthitioe. the jury returned a veraio, f " Died frngs natural calms." REPRESt.NTATIon OF LIMERICK Col.:NTT.—Tt:e protectionis a are actually caavo ssing read f•r vote- i • su pport of a can a•s- to replace Mr. D al iakeon y whose denth , although h • is •.n.• • f their own, thee are indecently ant lel. pating. It Vie 1100 1 0 and Irish tree traders will un to .ad act, they hay .• their 101W.t to 1 ' 0r . . 4 t any pr tit candidate in the county ot Llateica.—Lumwrock Reantasei MAGNIFICENT eI r 01 8 , 7 1 0 O Q , iG. af EST obri. hTi W e ood e oh r n : c a b • qn : . neat b —Ll d e . 1 h t :o u i n i m fi cent rum of a hospital n' Green••ck for shipwrecked and distressed sprisua.—BritieA Army Despatch. THE LAY CLERKS AND THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY. [Er= the Kent 'bred j Some months et( ce the lay clerks presci.ted a mist resotetful y worded memorial to the Dean and Chewer of Canterbury, setting fit h the miserabty inadequate is ary ovsigntd to them, and the impossibility of their providing out of it a deviant maintenance for themselves end their feal ties. In reply to this, a preposition in writing ens wads during the recent audit in which the Dean and Chapter *Ur to iocressa the stipends of II e Icy c!erke by " shilliog foe every day on which thee rive attendance at both the m. th ing and evening serc.c.•." Tots =Milt, on an average, produce as increase of ten, twelve, or perhaps fit sea pon..ds per ant tau to the f. r:y already riassivorl—little enough, the reader will my, mot my, quite ins Emma f the require ments of the most humbleminded probational man among them. But mark the condition which wit attached t, this niggardly and closely -ealculata d boon ! They were only to receive this "shilling" on condition of th it eonekntirg to retire on • petition of " 251." per annum, wh , "in the judgment ot the Dean and Chapter," th, y wee: " disgnali fi,d ' for th e situations they b ed:—at pr sent they hold their appointments for life. So, that for • relations aug mentation of ten or fifteen pounds they were to give up the life tenure of their present appointment, value 401. (ant in one cue we believe 601) per annum, and place themselves wholly at the mercy of the Dean and Chapter's caprice or resentment. What constnutis " isetpocity "in the eyes of Demos and Chapters may be seen in the case of the head master of the cathedral whom at Rochester. Any member of the lay clerks' body, who had made himself obnoxious to the church authoriti-s by m wing in the matter of this me moritl, for instance, might be found " diequatified " next week, next month, or tilt year, be dismissed end lose half the men he would otherwise have been receiving from the tathedral fund. Of course the lay clerks looked on this propoofindo as nothing but " • mockery end a snare " and repli d by an answer, still moat reipecttully worded, stating that they could not ei,ent to the condition of the offer. On this they receive a 'scenic reiiinder, reminding them i.t a way wh eh say.,nrs more of a threat that th, y al, eady re ceive more than the " statutable sum " assigned them :—ths writer, or authors, forgetting or omitting to say that this statutable sum "of some 41. or 51. was calculated by the founder proportionally t the incomes of the dean end canons, end that if this proportion were still observed the stipends of the lay clerks would be such en tg need no augmentation nor to occasion any complaint on the part of the recipients. Here, then, the matter rests at present. A column, and pro fitable state of feeling must exist between the dean, preben daries, and lay clerics when they assemble together daily at divine service ! Tote facts require bat little comment. Immediately upon this—we will not say whetter post Aoc nr propter hoc—one of the signatures to the related of the Dean and Chapter's cffer, who had been far four years on probation as a las clerk. "17. Lyon, received an official inti mation that be was .imequalified," and he is dismissed ! A significant exemplitication ot the real meaning ot the '• con dition" above rsterred SPORTING. HUNTING APPOINTNIEN [S. Her Idajeety 'a stag hounds, Monday, Broom Hall Hut Wednesday. Bedlont Tall Gilts ; Friday, Hillingdon-11. Mr. Meynell Ingram' , hounds, Monday, L • siey ; Thum day, Bretby Park; Saturday , Yozall Lodge—a quarter to 11. Sir It. Sutton's hounclii, Monday, Keythorpa Hall ; Wed nesday, Bsining Park-11 ; Friday, Brook , by—ball-past 11; Saturday, Glantielil-11. Mr. Hillier's hounds, Mneday, Baiithby by Louth; Wed nesday, Mareham on-the Hill; Friday, Latish); Saturday, Salmotiby —half-put Suffolk hounds, Monday, Kaitford Tollgate; Thursday, Itougham quarter to 11. Linlithgow end d e a ns nds, Monday, Ilopeton House ; Tlntroday,Chemp Oats; Saturday, Polkem siet—balf-paq 10. Fite hounds, Molday. lcdds Whin ; Thursday, Itaith North Gate; Saturday, Walhalla Tull. har—half-paet IU. Duke of Boautort'a hounds, Monday, Dyrhato Park ; W. dit.sday, the Msrmaul. Christian rlladWrd ; Friday, Ithood Ashton; Sitar !ay, Yu e Hocks. Mr. A. Smith's M..nday, Clatford. Oakcuts ; Wednesday, Wherwell Wood : Friday, Potion Firs ; Satur day, S,eery Wall-11. but Kent bounds, Monday, New Barn ; Friday, Barham- terser. Lord Elcho's bowels. Monday, Roddam; Wednesday, FeScission—half-put Id. Athenton• hounds, Monday, Cricket's Inn ; Wednes day, Packington ; Friday, Three Pots—quarter to 11. Ease and Suffolk linunds, Monday, Stour Wood ; Friday, Botfordarree. Ileythrop hounds. Monday, Great Trw; Wednesday, Addl iron (louse; Fr-day, Formingent-greve ; Saturday, "broke —half-nut le. Mr. Duke's - hounds, Icr.day, Islip Town-end; Wed nesday, St ke Wage , Thursday, Oren ton Village; Saturduy, Chesterton Vinage—half-past 10. Warwickshire hounda Monday, Walton; Thurslay, Mittord- bridge ; Friday, Burley Village ; Saturday, Eds'one Village—hale-Pat 10. Worcestershire hounas. Monday, Cogent Elm; Wednes day, Tiddesley Wl; Frida, Lackey —Wids: 10. dbury hound% oo Monda y Dymock Villa l ge ; Fr;day, Idundartield Stoi all-paat 10. Keret edshirs hout.da, Monday, England's G ire ; Friday, 10th milestone on the Ahtr„avenny road. Brighton harriers. Monday, Peonies ; Wednesday, Thun d r's Barrow ; Friday, Dyke—quarter to 11. Brookside harriers, Monday, Newmarket Hill ; Thursday, 'relive. tithe Tye—hall - -P st 10. Crsaley and Horsham hounds, Monday, Duke's Iliad, C.ipthorne ; W. dnisisy, Siingfold village; Friday, Crab 'free—quarter to 11. Upon on-Severn barriers, Monday, Hanley Common Turnpike; Friday, Pendoek--hall past 10. Mr. latiiia's hors .da, Monday, Cock and Bottle, Morden. Cott.= lat hounds, Monday, Clipsham ; Wednesday, Ori n sthutpe ; Tbard.y, Brook Hall; Saturday, Rochart— hall past 10. Earl Fitz elitism's hounds. licieday, Holm. Wood ; Thurs day, Weybridga Weed. Friday, Caatoe lianglands-10 Duke of Rutland's hounds, Monday, Cold Harbour ; Wed nesday, Belvoir ; V.ureilay, Broarewster—half- past 10. Donniiier on brands. Mondry, Draycott village; Friday, Col o.ton Hall. Bidawor.h hounds, Monda Sati“ y, Kampala Inn; ThuWrsdaAßy, Maw irth Moor Top , day, Norton Village—- past 10 Mr. Lumley's hounds, Monday, Shooter's Hill ; Wed nes lasi, B iroby Moor Thursday, Barlbrough Hall ; Fri dav, Dalt .11 Isar—Lit'. , tat 10. Branham Moor iinds, Monday, Bark Crag ; Wednes day, Milford; Friday, Swann Mill ; Sativday, Garford Bridge—half-past 10. It itlord bounds, Monday, Lound Hall; Wednesday, Thurgarton Prio y glay, Ossington ; Saturday, L ingwith Lodue—ball past 10 L Yarborough's Loulols, Monday, Lusby Crossroads ; Wolin I.y, Biro's Village ; Friday, Normanhy Clump -11. o Lori Hary B .ntio cies hounds, Monday, Fisherton Long Wo ; Wednesday, Hackihorn ; Thursday, Brunt Brough ton Vii ge; Frill iy, l'ott.r Hill Bar; Saturday, Brat tlehy-11 Sir Tattoo Sykes'a bounds, Monday, Raisthorp : Wed d,y , Windmill, Stockton Forest; Friday, Pity.k. him—half put 10. lionierneis hounda, Monday, Banningholate ; Wednes day, Houiehron all ; Thursday, Frodiugham Bridge ; Sa turday, North Dalton—halt Sa p, 10. C ieshire hounda, Monday, Marbury ; Wednesday, Twem low Hall; Thursday, Bradfield Green; Friday, Booth's Ink—half-past 10. Sir W. W. Wyon's hotted% Monday, Boreatton ; Thurs. day, &Adj. ; Friday, Pentrebychan ; Saturday, Grediogton —hail-pao 10. Nosh Staffordshire hennas, Monday, Chippenball Wood; Wednesday, Betley ; Friday, Walgherton Lodge, Dodding ,n paat 10. Shropshire hounds, Monday. Tickwood ; Thursday, Windmill, on the Puele road ; Friday, Crucbton—quarter 11. 13. at Essex hounds, Monday, Parilleld Green ; Thursday, Stoke Green ; Saturday, St. Ann's Czstle—halt-past 10. NAVAL. RaLTT, DEC. 21.—APPOINTIM11.—TheeStisfai 0 Y — L'eu comet: W. H. Hemel). PAaton—Lieut.-nant : J. rk.-Iey.—PkOMOTIONS.—To be Commander R. W. Suckhng, J. T. N. Waicwrieht, en 4 W. N. L. L ckyear. To be Surgeons: J. A. Corbett and J. Fiber. KING'S COLLEGE.—PD.OPOSID NEW A sp cial court of governors and proprietors of King's Coh g r was held ysterday, at the College, Somerset-h• we, to consider the propriety of making a grant or loan towards the .r, atoll of a new hospital. the bishop of LnEd in pre -idrd, and stated that. in cznsequence of the munificent offer of an au nymous tndivid ial of 5,000 f. towards the *pi al, 'he present meeting had been tor versed for the carp tee of aidtng this worthy object. The hospital WAS a ru• at essential adjw:et to the college, and on y needed ex •. ',shin to make it one of the most valuable hospitals I. the met osolis. An opportunity was fame presented which, if all-mad ro p.'., the honkal must for a long time ba an int ,rf et ihsta ut on. The college was iscreasing every year, and the hosral ought to keep peen with it One rroprietor ha I sowed his motes . . against may ovary being dvasced tar thie mop sae un it the proprietors had reserved a div.dend on their boast.; hut he (the bishop) did not t..ink they were systricted tr ,m doing anything that might Is rrgat wise enuipleting he college. and carrying not its .diciency. Ho 1 tdario men read a letter from the Key Dr. J• If, the principal of the college. who was u navoidably absent, ex pressing his full approval of the propo•al. W. Cotton, ssi•l hs • hop d Ase present opportunity would r.ot be of twilla hit wt• quo, endowment for • hospital. He had it on the high. r - authority that a hospital of 120 patients did •of off rd ,utficient memo for the suraicel ducat on of the pap Is in Kio:'s College. He moved-=' Thw, in pursu ance dt h • re oussendstion of thr council this c urt do •no thin a g-ant o' .5,000/ hi be paid ,o th e ernimittee for "coluonfailKs'hg al l i s s CAeite rm eu r d e n n io t n e i n as dow th m e a n.tcr, Eq . seconded the motion, which was put and awe d s un•inirnousli. Mr. Alderm e n C M.P., in moving a vote of thanks to the Bishop tor prisidtng, si p hi• osviction of the necessity of a hospital on a more • a mat. Sir R. H. Inglis, hi P., seconded the t H he ne s :r u,i s . n o ° . r : d uc Pe n rtsolution. which was agreed to, end the pioceedtngs then terminated. P