The Express. — London, England, 1850-01-28 00:00:00

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S•TUaDAT NlOlll. ,debit, one of the largest towns in th• district clauJ. is Yerkahire, his this day gradated • ',nougat aaiastia•, by ttie Isoklieg of • pro meeting to the large roots of the Now Mill. Great has brio mode to secure the attendance of a watt. r ad Isodowncre art teuest.farmers, hat the •as m y ineltimdut, mid the r umber of ag.ieul .4 mach km than had Amu anticipated. Placards pored is the district, and the atteadaaes of &limit's to firm won/able to protection to sillily , a e Imptested, bat at the Memel 'Bootleg (19 Wabash) 'es colt a small muster, the meeting loin* ebui of lies Waal& The ; roreecisgs were past too, at skirls time them ma. • good sties :id v 4 ~1.61214' had been pieced at the bottom of the cmiug tree trade moth s, tad os one of them was the word* " Peel, Cobilim, and Bricht for weer." occurred is the appointment of chairman, bat sir. John Richordsoa, of Lisighorough, • member Lcirty of Frieocs, was propo,cd. lits nomination, co utposed bas the We-inters, o•thougb he was ly p nutted to tasto the *hair. Mr. ton, a priittr ~ 1.1.14iT, oaring explained that ►e could act impar- :LAIRMAN made some rather lenghty remarks, pvt oe which was, that it was quits true the people aeatvetiou, mit what they required was protection trona :sawn; sad motets they couAgat that it was of very , ohm's:mg yrotemioa tor anythis4 ties. (Applasee.) ,u.tht the suffrage ought to be eateuden, athl that tat ,riple allianos " of the chutes, the army, and t.,.e idt,t to be ntarmed. And belthawise was GI opinion y wanted pm:urethan against the irresponsible power magrotram Y Levying wad expendlbg the county : ,...out the swatrM at tae rave •a) eel, It.L.IINS, a testratramer, bn,tl; moved, amidst ,tan, a resolution, exons.ive ot the opiciun of the it the meat:mg, tut the pus:at egricultural charms ;tent up** the am:putt:l of tn. prictiple of tree ~,ttleultural produce, tad that it is impossible Mr the unpretecurd, to compels with tvnign• tr d as we aro with heavy taxation. Lenoir RICMgESLEY .the Rev. C. Cater) ibe tiaollitiols, Mint alas et "Dons with your ate. to this tenthstion as amendment Iris pro fit. HUTTON, to the ed,t that iris trade so Mr emu taws eapeetadwar, and they earnestly prayed .d.r.tiss be made to the impeetattou of groin. Ha r.l toot indention had had Ike elect of musing the Metre.. warm the worki.g elesees, that protection b.tuti.ed the immen, ri-o that the t retest move ',tour of a 'stern to probiri too duties had arisen On to Mita those Mate watta had been imposed Ist organ faille of prices than at present coat. . C. DUANiti. of 0 utechw ugh, saornd.d the .rat, stetting that it would or impireible to radon n; ttr if it was muted It:, the iarl.eutent,Dol4llo, by and ato the consAnentre. it rem to decide whether th, y wets for tree trade and at kt netts:tire duties and dear corn. (eaten ) pro v aiiiices were Men put to tne rote, sad then ty -etwilstabis majority to meow or the ameed- nioved • resolution for • petition to be pre , ler Majesty, pnyiog that eh* would dissolve par ts older that tho sense of the crontry mitt be to tee best twee of avoiding threstoneo Al:11160X seerandee ties 111014011, mute a WWI al'lN. alums WAS propostd, praying her llojeszt to ti • ;,rntort inking, awl to cal sun lota the wkw w naid wry so a greater intent thi pziacipliss MM YOd Of LS, losicomaiag tin nassilsonr, obiervid that i., "oils it Wm colunty week hillow the 'Lymph been wet theta by lir Lawson, of Boriughbridgi, hit his farms tavalotil to silt multi pilots, (lay noble their tissues to he. by thors pricer. (Chien.) acectionot was mho adopt 4 after which tho momiag MEETING AT BRIGHTON. • sixth annual meeting of the SiWWI Society P.a.:eine of Agriculture and Na ire Induitry vu Saturday, at the Old Bbip Assembly Roans, ]high. .be Duke Or RICRXOND (president of the sacie:y; e chair; and scamp those mesa( were the Earl of M P., mad R. resew, EA., 11 P. Dole cf ItICIIIIOND-o i t is rut necessary for me up the time of this meetiog a: any lingth. It is not to mem!, myself in jiving advice to the farmers of ad—l have nu right so to do; bet perhaps, as the teat of this oxide, yea will not thiuk 1 am taking too on myself if I venture to esy • few word. es mums I think we all ought to pursue. heir.) In the lint pk.c, no man can deny Oro is streegth. Unforrenarely, the great butt at led interest of this 'misery has been that It never has er days naited haeli torten in sae sarong body of itk MO ether claws. Now, by your hay* joined now.: Association. we have now hrostd a busy of sots • part of the coaster, ortmiating of landowners, land rs, "idealism] labourers, eLluowners. ehipbu4Jers, •de employed in Warr tirades, firmly muted toge rh the determiaatioa to bring be:ore the NM the emustry grievance to which we know we have art 76joetlyazpas rd. (Hear, hear.) We, the fume's .Ln•.y, will always be ready to compete with to. of toe weed, if they wall give us fair play ; t cermet he said that y.u, pay ire tee of tessaion you do can cemyere oath the of o her countries, who pay little or no taxation. s 441 aware, if you do not wish to employ your N y mare bound to maintain th .m. You are bound -on them either in the WOrkt.otiro or oat of the ur. rut in foreign countries no such law a nista. roue cmstries they only employ those men whom ,b.k they can employ peofitable, and they care not iao stoat becomes of duns oat of work. (Hear.) .at ta mfre, their labovers live on toad which we t : Cso to our dogs in oar kennels. (Hear, tem.) r. s 30, then, is to be fir c and determined. I by violence t 3 Mersin any ohject which you ; bar I ask you to show yuurselees free born to a, out fearing to earns your rerievanors in gay %nate you think you have • right to obtain I sak van not to be beaten down If niesnos should be sneered at and laughed at ; bet c entry I Look to the opini of the people of cur • time to come to a right and just principle. •ha right must have &misfire over wrong ; sad n r or later we shall letlllll to that fair 'Oersted pro , ail domestic industry without which this country snow to be great. (Cheers.) I therefore room. ri to steadily pantie the object which you have in I you by every exerituti sal means in your attempt to set rid of • goverrenest in whoa we rave he slinbtest coati limos, became@ we know what own individual opiniocs may be, they have %odor ' truckled to • knot of free trade numufacturars, and • writ led, not constitutimally, permit me to say, by ~ r of that party who got rid of protection to domestic (fleas.) I will, maniere, delay yon no Lougee , o ask you to allow the motetary to read rim, and then to rah you to do your net rid of the government that toes not merit ewe of the people, and Owe in their Meld usen in you have coafidance—(hear, Rear)—tad then I recommend you to leave in the kande of those who mid them that difficult point of getting back that perfection which, at the same time teat it will tend to aft: of the agricultural interest, of owner, occupier. urn, will brad also to promote the wclf..rs ant the ty of all slaws of our fellow-enbjeets, be those fellow employed in sericulture, or be those subjects em ta toe manufacturing or to the shipping interest of 'atty. JOHN PANSEURST thee read the report, the Aorta of which are emb:died in the speech of the Richmond. lIADWBIL, in moving the adoption of the report, Adana thet the fanner, in order to enable him to come nth the foreigner, mat bans a similar exemption from oat general taxation as that enjoyed by the foreigner. L H. BIOG (of Bingham), in seconding the resoln rp t into a stridence/ statement, prepared by himself, produce and expenses ni fa►a.ing ha the Weald of According to this, a farm of 100 serge yielded a hers nation at tiOs. a gurney, and involved a ion of 176 i. . present pilots; equivalent to half the rent, halting whole of the tithes, pad rstes, highway rates, and Sawa% balk. rim was adopted; and oa the notion of Mr. wended by Mr. 41.1131641 CAT?, the seesueittee of meat wee reelected. S. Bt. - .0 and Mr. G. Orarmtit aildremed meet t• riling for the impossibility of farming in E•tgiand 11. prices; and Mr. J. ET.I.%IAN followed on :he some It adduced no new argument in favour of protcrtion. thimics to the chairman, who acknowledged tp. mast, closed the proceedings. EAT OF TIIE PROTECTIONISTS AT BEDFORD.- ericy morning a public county meeting, convened by igh Sheriff, in pursuance of a requisi'ion e'gned by s vet fire hundred persons resident in the county, was the Shire hall, in &Allard, in order to take into :anon the present distressed eta.e of the agricultural r interests, and to adopt such measures as to the : may stem best for wearing equal and joet protec •very class of the eennamni, evident foreign competi• rh, chair was taken by Mr. H. U. Brandreth, the stiff, and in • 'ow minutes the hall, which is repe -1 oldiog between six and seven hundred people, was A to iocsovenienee, the agriculturists arid artificers .e.parently pretty equally balanced, the preponder en,, luting is favour of the farmer. Oa the pin ker the their, we noted Lord St. Jobe, the Hem. 'revue, M.P., Sir George Osborne, Bart., Colonel .!..nel Gilpin, die. There was also present a strong • t tree traders, under the leadership of Mr. Willie, ence.ofecturer of Luton, Mr. White, and some other ▪ The chairman's opening observations were to with attention ; but the speakers in supp•mt of ,• ueioas—of whom only three attempted to address vios— encountered such persevering interruption Hiseh Sheriff, twiner unable to obtain a hearing for for himself, declared the meeting dissolved. .0, the proceedings were most disorderly throughout, :see was roosted to ny either party. runomeT Parrnomi.—A Woromter cone- "A discs of the protectionist petition adopted Worcester meat/ meeting has lain is the entrance THE FRPRESB, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1850. ppoottneh~ of the Guildhall here for the two lest days, Wedues• stay. and Thursday. Oa Wedaesday tt resaiud tea signa tures sully, sad to-day (whet day) about 40 Imre, on:y about 30 taniere hare signed out of keu 2 to 300 atteading market. I eselou you a handbill Inviting signatures, and eastbar haled by the free traders sad paraded vu boards Woes lbe pins when the pstitiou lay Great efforts ere Wag saada. sad if no &r pu atans are ot it is certainly ilea no vast of effort on the tof the langdlords. RAILWAY MEETINGS. MIDLAND COUNTIES. ♦ spatial methiog et the shareholders is this company, resident to Lievorpeol. wen held on Saturday in the Clarendon Roses, b hist appointing a committee to watch Oyer elks company, and more parties. larly the Hal l ineetiree at Derby. lliTllll BT/41111. la i yiss setae to the chain. A. W. YLIZ, atter referring to the statement lodide had been placed in the hands of the shareholder by the directors, mid it might be saue:actory to those who woe pleased with a multiplicity of figures, but to phin men of business he had met with none who were satisfied with it, either as a business or a Anew:dal document. Certain gen tlemen connected with Liverpool had recently sent a memo. real to the directors of the board, which was as follows : To the Chairman and Directors of the Midland Railway Company.—Gentlemen,— The financial statement lately issued your board has painfully impressed the nueler signed with the conviction that the affairs of the comeany are such as to require the earnest and prompt co-operation of all the parties interested is seeing the property of the company from utter ruin, and that this sad result eau only be averted by 101.10 immediate and decided measures, having the sanction of the great body of proprietors. But previous to the adoption of the necessary predminery steps to aware such emoperation, we beg to iccieire what you yourselves contemplate towards redistabhahnie that confidence which, in 0001•50• with many shareholder, we avow we do not entertain to the board as at preemie constituted ; and also, if you propose instituting any reed-don or inquiry into those' seraneemeuts which must before long cause • total suspen sion of dividends on the unewerenteed stock; and, in sews, to satisfy the preortetors se to the honesty sod good Lath of the past management, and its efficacy for the future." Inis memorial was signed by 20 respectable ebarsholdere, sad they received the following reply: " Midland Railway, Derby, tad Jan., 1850.—1 n reply to the letter by you to the chairman and tremors of the com pany on the subject of the Mamie:al statement lately issued by the board, and requesting to know what they contemplate under the present canumstances of the company, and who thee they propose to institute any revision of or impairy into the guaranteed engeenaceos of the company, I am to inform yon that as tee latter has beta fully inquired into, and well known to the shareholders the the public, and have best submitted to the public, and received the sanction of th e general and special ge neral meetings of the proprietors, ravened for the purism, and have also recited the sanc tion of parliament, and could not be altered witheut breath of faith, the directors do not propose to institute any tension of or infinity into those engegements. But as to meainms for the improvement of the unguareuteed stock of the come piny, the attention of tee directors has been devoted to the ' auNect for some months past, and I am directed to inform you that amongst other results they have dinithithed the number of passenger trains, 'emceed the speed cf travelling, leo her as they were under their control, and have re vised the safaris* of the officers, and the wage; of the servants employed, and halo made such other reduction of expenditure at appeared to them compatible with the safety of the pia Wiz and the efficiency of the service ; they are also endeavo4riop to increase the traffic by frendly arrangement with otter companies, and by all other means in their power are *twang to °thin better rates weeneve r it appeal: prat ecab.e. lhey believe it is by the aeoptiou of such measures re tee es tee reduction of expenditure on the one hand, wet iceres4 of the receipts upon the other, that they can eon peewits the interests of the sharanolden.—l am, dcc., J. 1. Bell. secretary, Otc." The speaker, in continuation, condemned the lease of the Leeds and Bradford hue at ten per Lent. Not ouly had the, darect3rs agreed to guarantee the Leeds and Deadest Com pany ten per cent., bat they had assumed all their lishiltheS. After admitting that the Leeds mud Bradford lime Ninth!, he believed, pay is iteelf, he drew attention to the licereley and Colas portion of the lime, the longest perilous of the Leeds and Bradford Company (which was also in:heeled in the lease), and tepee-reel an opinion that it would never pay any dividend. After 'Niacin for some time further in couderenetion of this lease the speaker 'zero par ticularly blamed Mr. Waddle/Asia in cons.quence of his con nexion wen the treneaction. He was goeeg to more a num ber of resolutions, said in doing so he aught say that it war row the t.ahioa to blame stereheldere for ladiflereuee to their intimate. Bat men of Moines knew that it was ins passiele to leave home on such matters without Jr-curling both incovenience and expense, and they had aright to trust to those whom they appointed to catch over the interest of their property. He then referred t a the I resent poidi se of the Midlaid stock Resold that the orig:nnl Midland seek, upon which 6,555,000 e. hat been paid, vas In the market equiva lent to 2,949,7501. • the 77,245 501. shares open which ?Al. had bees paid, add winces amounted to 2,317,130 e, was worth 5e5,7151.; sad the Birmingham shit DeiLl , upon which Kiethed. hid been paid, was worth 214,6e0:. ; that was to say that property on sthloh th.T• was a paid-up ca pital of 9,550,3104, was actually at the present time not worth mere than 3 731,965/. He thought meting I could more pointedly prove the necessity far investigation. Without wishing to say that the Leeds and Bieteesei lease could be voided, he said he wee sure that the time would COMO when their leases would have to he rev sad, bet ewe he did think that they could not be tended out. They were tea onerous. After expressing an opinion that the shareecHeet soul 1 not have confidence in partici who had been connected with Mr. Hodson in the carrying out of these leases, he concluded by moving the following resolutions Roolved—That the ecetteted and divided portion of railway shareholders generally, the in severiecce el leaving their own occupations, aed the attendant expecats, prevent that general attendance and full expreaskna of opinion et special and general meetings wt ich is expectel to preserve the value of railway property and se maintain due response balities on the put of the managers sad officers. " That with the view or meeting this evil in parr, so far as the Midland Railway Company is concerned, a committee of Midland proprietors he now formed, to represent the share holders reticent in Liverpool end its locality, and to secure a toll and proper representation of their wishes at ell meetings if the company, and especially at the ensuing half-yearly meeting. " That the committee be denominated the Liverpool com mittee of tailway proprietors, and that the following pent *- men be appointed members of such committee.—lyre Beans, Dams! Mather J. H. Mecrea, A. 11. Wylie, Henry Newman, and R. Syd ney, Rego. " Tat such committee be Matra-Wed to place itself in cam =oak:at:lea with, and to keep a lift of, the names of all the proprietors of Midland eta*, resident in this locality. and urge the adoption of a like movement on the part of shareholders resident in the direness. " That tke committee be requested to nominate a depute ties to attend the ensuing halt yearly meeting at lferby, and that all shareholders tledrous or seeing efficient and reopen. sible management be requested to support such deputation, either personally er by prosy. " That this meeting considers it more important to the Manus of the malmsey to establish the princip.c of rotation en the elation of tiirect.as ' rie and ..t with this vie w direc ton retiring by a rotation s hould be ineligible fcr rt•election for the space of twelve months. " That the deputation be therefore instructed to take the proper measures to secure the election of two gentlemen of known ability and character to succeed Mr. Paget and Ur. Bode, the directors who retire at the ensuing half-yearly meeting. " That a subscription be cow entered into to carry out thee objects, and that the shareholders be requested to Ingo, in the name of the meeting, the accompanying pita:ion, one to the house of Lords, an one to the HUMS of C.,m mons, praying for a thorough investigation into all the awes wkiek have demise: railway property, and that such petition shell be transmitted for presentation to the Right Hon. Lord Montag'', and to the Right Hon. H. Labels. .here, M.P., Preent of the Bard of Trade." Mr. SYDNEY seconded the motion for adopting the result:ion ; and, in the mane of his observation', said that Mr. Radios was indebted to the Liverpool shareholders for easing hie" of his position as chairman of the board. lie said %tat the arrangement with the London and North Western Company was not working well for this company. And, after expressuog an opinioa that the lease with the Leeds and Bradford had been obtained by fraud, he con cluded by urging that some steps should be taken to upset it. Conslderab'e discussion lock plata, in the coma of which adverse opinions were espreaed, but ultimately the resolu tions were carried with one dissentient and the following memorial having been agreed to, the meeting broke up : "To TIER tiONOVILAELM TEE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT Assziamen.— May is please your honourable house —The nadenigked, be iog shareholders and proprietors of stock is various railway companies, represent that railway property now constitutes a large proportion of the wealth of the United Kingdom, and tart may individuals have no other resources than the in come derived from their investments in such property. That the total suspension of such Weems in some instances, and its continual decrease in others, is most seriously felt by many thousands of her Majesty's subjects, and must in some mea sure affect the prosperity of the country. Your petitioners, therefore, pray that your honourable house will be plated to appoint a wad committee to inquire auto all such causes and to adopt such measure' relating thereto as may seem good to your honourable house.—Liverpool, Jan. 26, 18.50." NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. VA following is the report of the directors to be submitted to the half-yearly meeting at Stoke-ukun-Trent, on Wednes day next. " The directoes submit to the!, proprietors the report of the engineer, which states that—Of the works under contrast there only ramain to be oompleted the Newcastle and Sand bath branches. The completion of the first named ken been retarded foe reasons that I need ir,t refer to. The latter is in such a state of forwardness as to enable you to open it with a short notice. The other portions of the lints opened, amounting to 1124 miles, as stated to you in my last report, are in excellent working condition, some of the clay cut tings end embankments only having shown symptoms of slips. The line has been subjected to annual ileo/s, with out emtaining any injury worth mentioning. Since my last report, much has Leen done towards the completion of the different stations and sitlings along the line. The new warehouses at Stoke are in use, and the old one is be' anteertad into a workshop for Mr. Wright. The joint station is aiso very nearly sanpises. wed halm winked fur wane time. N amerous swinge lave been etestrested kir the accommodation of the mineral Walk and some farther works of this deeeriptios are yet required. Tne branch line its Lord Oranville'a weeks is in hand, and will be open for nettle Ina very short time. At present the works are at a stand, on account of the company not his( able to obtain possession of some of the lasi. Since my lam report the ac counts for contracts Na. 4 and 6 have been adjusted have now only to refer to the work ng of Mr. Wright'. eentract, and to inform you that it is in even way meet stir ! factory to me, both as regards economy ' the meletenances of the rolling cook, end the conduct of the Moffitt. 1 may here observe that, as it was mainly on my reeommendation that the directors contracted for the maintenance and work ing et their redline stock, it has been witi mush satisfaction that the result of my extensive inquiries into the stet eddying this work upon eons, of the best and most economically managed railwa ys has been to corvice me that the cost upon the North Bthefordshin Railway is as little, if not less, than the amount paid for similar work on any railway is the Caked Kingdom." In compliance with a wisk expressed at the last half- yearly meeting the director have appended to the balance- aheet details of the expenditure, with such explanation as the limits of a report will allow. It will be nen that, after payment of all exposes, there remains an aeailable balance of 8,3691. 9s. IA, exclusive of the reserve of 5,7131. do. Id. for depreciation of rolling stock and permanent way, the first calculated at per mile run, as set forth in Me. Wright's contemn.* and the other at the rate of 7,0001. a year, as estimated in the last repave The direetors have, in the monthly return', rreseeted to the sharebeliers as accurate a statement of the receipts and expenditure as the einem stances would permit. These chows profit of 11,1311. Is. ld. for the five months ending Nov. 30, to which, calculated on toe nine principle, may be added about I,ooo'. for the month of Decem ber, making an estimated balance of about 12,0001. This, however, has been reduced by a re serve for bad debts of 0001., by withholding • portion (1,4221. 172. 114.) of interest received on calls accruing pre vious to the current half year, and by charging a larger amount of hack interest on debentures than was contempla ted when the roturna were made out, leaving the balance 8,3601.95. Id. as before stated, excised's of the heavy claim for arrears for through teethe, *inn the opening of the line from C.dwieh to Macclesfield, which the directors have reason to genet they will be enabled to establish ageint the London and Nortb Western Railway Company. With slight exception, this actual ernent result Lu been obtained en tirely from the simple. on the canal, and the local traffic en the nil. 0182,776 tons ofgoods carried, 73,186 have ben local; ant of 443,862 persons travelling on the line, 11,609 only have been through passengers. And it is to be remerked, that while a local trite, entirely in its infancy, has realia-d a certain profit beyond the expenses incurred, the expenditure for the stall and appointments, is calculated to carry on the whole the. ugh traffic of the line. The directors have not concealed their opinion that the local traffic would regain time fur its development. Notwithstanding that every eb cede has been throws in its wa7 by other companies, the experience of the first six menthe of the complete openine of the line, has given no cause fur dieccuragement„ The through traffic which belongs to the line, as well from its natural position, as from fleeing engage ments, has been hitherto witband. The directors, during the protracted negotiations and correepondence on this sulen, exercised the utmost forbsannce, and eshattred every e ffort to bring a'rout the set:lenient of their just ' by an amiable ret. roan el every point in discussion. It ' was only on the failure of these treat they found there was no alternatiee but to institute legal proceedings for the en. tenement of the right, us toe company ; and having rein ! bandy adopted this course, they led it incumbent upon them to Le guided enirs ly by the adr.ee of their sonnet), in alluding to the matters in litigetian. "It had been the wish and ietention of the direc'cre to lay before the shareholders the whole COnespondenee which has taken place, and teey are prepared to do this so soon as the proper moment shall arrive ; but anxious as they are to afford u full explanation of the pilicy thoy tree adopted in tht:r relations with the L-nelcn and North Western Company, they are advised that it would not be discreet OT prefer to enter into details of pr..reediega which have been coup minced, aid which, males there be an immediate armee most, must become matter of judiciel suvestigatien, sad fur which they are led to expect a favourable result. STATEMENT or Aucov ITO ... . • The capital amount to the 31st Decembee last, shows re ceipts to th. awnat of 1,289,078/ 6.. 34., and diabursemeats =multiuse to 3,203,6761.198.8 d., leaving a balance of capital of 80,4.11.5.. 74. The r.ilwey revenue amount for the half Jun shows ree.lots to tne amount of 52,2261. 6 a. 74., and itishumemsats 40,2271. Os. working cup,. m es and mem bred for depreciation. le.s i , g e balance o f pr; fit amounting to 11,3011. 6s. 24. The natal revenue accJunt "for the tosif.year exhibits reetints from all sours-II as 63,384'. 9s Bd., and ezpenses of working and manage ment 2.1,7891. 16a., leaving a Wants of 36,6/41. 16a Th. g. card revenue aoccua: sh two en avirlabh, balencs quount. Eng to 8,3691. 91. 14., on the half year. ruder the head of payments it sppears that on capital account, 1.370,2531. 2.1., kis been paid - tor the construction of 1121 miles of railway opened, and 11.1 unopened, Mending also Um gas works at Stoke Station, the in achintry for the workshop,, mad the sidiors, rails, chairs, Soo., have cyst 322,4721. 9s. 11d. The several stations, with their earth work, s,disags, furniture, thg, have coat 223,3141. 10s. bil. The locomotive stork her nog 117,3371.4 d., the carriage and wahron stock, 125.0661.5 m. Amon g the expenses of managemsot we tied, secretary*. valet, 1,4151. per :.ntum ; mansger's seise, 1.2721. ; au4it office, 671/. 14- ; sod efigin.er's (nice, S-realts' &slates and wars kr the railway per annum are 1:1,7:,12. Is.; and wages anti salaries ter thee-Inal. 'l-clotting the manager, surveyor, accountant, &e., 5 , 9541. llt. 41. Boris NVALEA.—L numerous meeting of thaftholders, landowners, and others, in Pembrektshire, intense, d in the completion of this line,was held at Hi.verfordwest on Wedues day, Earl Cawdor in the' chair, when resolutions were passed expresaive of surprise that negotiations were in progress be tween the Great Western sad South Wales to abandon the line west of Swansea, and that they be called upon to fulfil the pledge oristina!ly given, that the line should be extended frora the junction wilt the Great West. rn to the cult of Pembrokeshire, and that to discontinue the line at Ssrunea would be a violation of their act of 'ardente nt. A c:mmittee was appobitei to watch the proceedings of the directors. Tut DUALIX AND BELFAST JUNCTION.—On Tuesday a deputation, consistiog of representativ.s of this railway, supported by repreveutatives of the Dublin and Drogheda itailway, Belfast and Ballymena ll.ilway, the Belfast If a bour. Commissioners, the Town Council of Belfast, and the Chamber of Commerce, had an interview with the Lord Lieutenant, for the }Autos, of urging on him the propriety of recommending ado to wards the completion of the junvion railway, so as to make a continuous line of railway between Dublin and Belfast. The deputation, we tinders; and, were very graciously received.—Northern lf'hig. • Tlues.half.pence pet mile run, for eath !wanton's engine; ten abl.llnp per day when tied and DU mile..ge kvt ; one-buth of a pane per mile ran, Pe each timt ea." or /monadic carriage; one eighth of a penny per mile run, for each fecund clam carriage ; one. teath of a penny per mile run, for each tiara claw, earrtAge ; one. twelfth of a penny per mile ran, for each hone ben, luggage va,), macs, ar abet vehicle. MUSIC. Le CAlD.—Tbia very antusicg opera bonffon, by Arabroisa Thomas, 'hounds in sparkling and delicious melody, and obtained great SUCCUS last year at the Opera Comique, Paris. It wall be produced this evening, 3ldlle. Chinon sustaining the part of " Virginia." Pan's popular opera of Ls Maitre de Cmgelle will also be perfurtusi on this occasion, M. Chollet playing the tale of " Bareabe." DRAMA. TILE Itorta. THEATRICAM—In consequence of the death of Mrs. Hartley, who decease we announced a few days since, the Queen has graciously excused Mr. Earthy from appearing in the forthcoming dramatic ?atomism, at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty had previously commanded the representation of " Henry 1V.," with the view of wit nessing Mr. Darthy's representation of Sir Jobs Falatlf. That play, Iz compliance with her Majesty's exprem with, will now not be performed, but Charles XII., and the Hon. Edmund Phipps' translation of " King lienti's Daughter " will be represented in its stead. MELANCHOLY AFFATIL—OE Friday Mr. W. Carter went into a lorg inquiry at the Smith's Arco, New Park street, Southwark, respecting the death of Mary Ann Weed, age i twenty two years, who came by her death in the fol lowing extraordinary manner : The deceased was the wife of a lighterman residing at No. 5, Exyrson•plaes, Bankside. On New Year's-eve the deceas .s 1 wee confined week a daughter, and progrened very well until the night of the sth inst., when symptoms of delirium came en. De ceased was frequently seen by Mr. Candle, the surgeon, of Great GuUdtercbstrest, who gave the nurse particular orders not to leave the deceased fir a momea', nor to let her go from her sight. The deceased became so much worse that a relation went for Mr. Caudle, who attended, and found the deceased so alarmingly altered, and in such a dangerous condition, that he questioned the nurse as to what she had been giving h'r, when she admitted that she had allowed the deceased to drink a gists of heir. Mr. Candle having remonstrated with the nurse, left the room, and shortly after his departure the deceased got out of bed and asked the nurse to let her go below to see her husband, who was asleep in the parlour, which was acceded to. Deceased had not been gone more than two minutes, when the nurse went in search of her, and, to her astonishment, found the street-door open, and the deceased mining with only her night-dress or.. An alarm was raised, and every etach made for her, and although every possible effort was made, the deceased was not discovered until Wednesday last, when she was found in the river, off the centre arch of London bridge, by a waterman. The jury, in strong terms, eon• demnedtbt thnduct of the nurse, and ultimately a verdict of " Temporary Insanity" was recorded. Fille ant LOSS OF LIFE IN THE BuItOUOIL- 011 Saturday pkorning, between eight and nine o'clock, some person' parsing along Princes-street, Union-street, South wark, observed - a quantity of smoke issuing out of the house No. 5, Princeestreet. They knocked at the door, and found that the person living on the ground floor was not aware of any casualty having occurred on the premises, but on reaching the front attic and opening the door the room was hand to be enveloped In one sheet of flame. Several pinions, at the risk of their own lives, rushed into the room, and found an old man, named Askew, about 75 years of ego, surrounded with fire. He was in his night dress, which was blazing, together with the bed and the furniture in the roma By a vigorous effort he was dragged out of the room, carried Into another apartment, and a surgeon seat for, but before one arrived he had expired. The lire was confined, by the combined exertion of the firemen, police, etc, to the go" en which it occurred. From a partially smoked pipe bring afterwards found at the bedside, it is supposed that the de owed had been smoking in bed, and by that means caused she terrible disaster. TIM MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. Meet the D Nip News.) ALLEGED REDUCTION OF WA E$ CON SEQUENT ON FREE TRADE. Mucnsavaa, JN. 25. Will any of the readers of the Daily New , under take to define the word " benefit p" The Morning Pod of Friday makes an assertion which leads one to doubt if some new raeaaing does not attach to the word in protectionist circles. An antedate is told of Cobbett that when he was emir an d years ago leeturing in Sussex, a knot his admirers had assembled at a market dinner in Chichester, and were discussing the merits of his eloquence, when a sturdy old farmer who had listened with evident distaste to what passed, burst forth with the question, " Can any of you tell me any benefit that Cobbett or any of these talker have ever done ?" " Perhaps," observed a little cynical fellow in the company, who seemed at once to have app rec i ate d the intellectual ca pacity of the questioner, " you will first tell us what you mean by the word ' benefit ?' " "Benefit," repeated the farmer, "benefit—benefit means benefit; anybody knows the miming of bene fit." It was evident, however, the farmer could not give the definition, and his embarrassment at such a trifling difficulty affordea much merriment to his tor mentors. Now it is to be feared that the Morning Post, which just now assumes to be the farmer's friend, is in a similar difficulty as to the meaning of this word. " The advocates of the policy of import duties on all foreign goods that enter the home market" says the Post, "must on no account concede that free trade has benefited any class of British producers." New, the question is— What does the Morning Post conceive to be a "benefit to any class of British producers ?" Is cheap bread, cheap sugar, cheap coffee, cheap beef and mutton, a benefit to any class of British producers? Is an ex tended trade, with plenty of employment, and good wages, a benefit ? Because, if so, we down here—in the manufacturing districts—can readily furnish the Poet with an answer. I have before me, at this mo ment, a copy of "Buro e ' s C ommerc i a l Glance" for last year, published by Grant and Co., Corporation-street, Manchester, showing the results of manufacturing industry in these districts, so far as cotton is con cerned, from the commencement of 1815 to the end of 1849. And amongst other tables is one which gives "the quantity of yarn spun in England and Scotland" in those years. The results shown in this table are so striking, that unless the Poses notion of benefits received are very peculiar, even its obtuee nese may be penetrated. Here is a copy of it with a slut fitly different arrangement: QrANTITT or YARN SPUN IN INOLA,D AND PrOTIAND TN TWA TEAM 1814 1643, 1616, 1917, 1019, 1849. Pounds weight. Total quantity o! eottca ye= spun in 1814 418,377,41) tt 19 ~ 1645 9. 99 91 11146 495033.109 It It 99 1617 r/ 9. ~ 164 1 1 50,226,661 9/ 99 lll9 561,921,413 berme In 1919 our tho pmoos year By these tables it further appears, that of the W 8,921,433 lbs. of yarn spun is 1849, 333,023,7011 be. were spun in England alone. This stock of yarn was thus (Imposed ot : Exurbia k yarn ........ ihr. 144,12C,e1r. Ihtto as Weal Dat , u manufactured goods (1,193,337,903 yards) ..„ 231,214,171 Quattty sent to Ireland and Scotland ha ported in mixed manductune and other arth I. a DALince kft fur home ermsumpUon and In stock, at the end of 1819 Total lie. 333,023,701 It would thus appear that the quantity of cloth and yarn consumed by the home trade during lest year, with that left in Mock undispoeed of at the end of the year, was 98,729.075 lbs., against 102,720,489 lbs. for 1848, and 80,821,523 nu. for 1817. It should be 'dated also, that of these balances the stccke on hand were very small at the end of the last and preceding year (especially at the end of last yetr), showing that the demand for the home market as well as the foreign had exhibited a considerable increase. Now hete is evidently a vast increase both in the quantity of goods manufactured and disposed of in toe cotton trade, both for borne conaumntinn and t export; the question is, whether the 'Morning Post sees any benefit to the country or to "any class of British producers" in ad this? The (illicit) alluded to in the Morning Post is one in which it professedly indicates to the prwectio-irs the policy and line of argument they are to take in parliament in the coming session. They are "on no account" to "concede that free trade has b cab d any class of Britian producers." But this is not the onfy difficult task which the Morning Post assigns to the party. Wiley are to attempt a renewal of the absurd statements of Lord Granby, at the close of last session, that workmen's wages have everywhere decreased in consequence of msre I work and free trade. And by way of ertting the protectionists a good example how to tell a goat, roand, bold lic with befitting grace, their admirable preceptor thus initiates his first lesson:—" In the cotton manufacture we confidently assert tlaet it will be found that the reduction of wages has been at least 121 per cent.; but." he continues with amusing sim plicity (not to use a harsher term) " statemen.s for every trade should he obtained, in a form well veri fied, each as to bo received by the house as conclusive evidence on the point !" Now, it is tlu; extraordinary mendacity of the Port as to the reduction of wages by 121 per cent. in the I cotton districts as a consequence of free trade which is the chief inducement to this letter. Most assuredly when the protectionists have "obtained" rich state meats "well verified," they will deserve honeeter leaches than the Morning Post. I have, by way of fore-hadowing to some extent the success they are likay to meet with, beers at some pains to get together a Mile information upon this point for the pres-nt letter. I have been to some of the very larva and to seine of the smaller houses engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods, and so far I have not heard of one in which a reduction of wages has taken place since the repeal of the Corn-laws. And it is no little pleasure to know, that whilst collecting these facts information has incidentally falirn in my way, which will he of no slight interest to some of your readers beyond the mere refutation it will give to thin absurd statement about the reduction of wages. For, in many Mee, I learn that the opera tives are not only fully employed, end have cheaper food, :but; that they are mare comfortably situated, assume a more independent attitude, are more cared for and respected by employers, more temperate, and more intent on seltimprovement then mill hands of past generations. I have called, up to this time, on , about 30 mill-owners. But I should not perhaps, without their ccnsent, be justified in publishing names ; it will be a sufficient guarantee to the reader that I place the name@ of those mill-owners from whom the most tangible and detailed ieetements were obtained on the margin of the manuscript for refer ence to by the editor, should inquiry be made in :vele et to any of them. In a general way, after the natural surprise was overcome which the announcement created, that any one could suppose there had been a reduction of wages at a time when hands are in full employ, and good workmen are looked upon as some thing of a treasure not to be treated as dirt, 1 found the manufacturers mostly courteous, and ready enough to give a straightforward ammo.. Some of them were not prepared to go into statistical accennts, bat most of them at once took down their wages books for a series of years for reference, with a view to con firming their statements, which, without exception, went to show that there had certainly been no reduction of wages, though, in some instances, there had been an advance. In one mill, more par ticular reference to which I shall probably make in a future letter, the manager told me they bad given their workmen an advance of 10 per cent. That mill was in the country. In Manchester, however, gene rally speaking, there has been no change fi r years. In one very large mill, employing 1,600 hands, there had been a reduction two years ago, but not since the Corn Bill had gone out of operation. This was the single exception I met with as having occurred for years, out of all the inquiries I have mado. Most of them invited me freely to inquire more particularly from their workpeople themselves, and put the question to workmen who happened to come near us in the mills—not only whether there had been any redaction in wages in their own case but in any other mills is the town or neighbourhood P And this last question was one to: which the wo:kpeop!e themselves are sensitively alive at the Fermat mo ment, for they are ready, in any case of the kind, to seise it as a pretext for demanding an advanee them selves. One millowner observed that his workpeople came in a body only last week to solicit an advance. !de told them that, in the present state of the market, with the constantly advancing price of the raw material—. and having that morning missed a large order for goods bosun the rate offered was the sixteenth of a psany abort of the amount which would have left him a profit—be could hardly afford to pay an advance. " We dare not reduce wager, however, " he observed; "we should have a strike immed i ately. I scarcely /Teak to my weavers now," he ad ded, " about a deduction for spoiled work; if such a thing is only hiated, except in very gross eases, the answer comes as firmly and independently as can be conceived, leave the mill first—there is plenty of work now.'" Amongst other mills, I milted one of an extensive firm who are spinners, and weavers of the description of goods called heavy domestics—a branch of the cot ton trade that would have felt the advantage of a re duction of wages at this moment more decidedly than any other ; because in the present high price of the raw material goods in the production of which the consumption of cotton is large are manufactured to great disadvantage. In the present state of the market, the amount paid for labour is less an element in fixing the price of production than the quantity of dear cotton consumed in making such fabric.. At this mill the proprietor obligingly gave me the result of an investigation of his book., showing the average amount paid to each description of hands in his establishment per head per week during the last six years. A more desirable statistical table for showing the utter worthlessness of the Morning Post's assertion about the reduction of wages could not have been thrown in my way. The following is a copy: Dew Iptles at Wcrkers. 1844. 1843. 1841. 1 1847 I 1648. 113:9. --- o. d. s. d. 8. d. is.cl. 1 6. d . 8. 0. °orders —male l3 61 13 8 11 4 1 7 9 1 12 0 12 0 Do. female 8 14 BlOl 6 6 8 4 8 9 8 6 81"21176 & p iece " 1 10 04 12 0,11 10 I GlO 11 7 12 0 (angle St male) Two4oora semen lO 1 9 9 11 810 419 9 0 9 S Do. halms— 4 7 4 6 4 8 21 , I 48, 4 8 Nechonlos 23 4 TO 6 20 12 ' 10 6 19 3 THE SAVINGS' BANKS DEFALCATIONS. MANCILIISTEIi, TAN. 2G. The defalcations at the St. Heler.'s Sayings Bank are found to be from 12,000'. to 13,000/. This, however, is indcpendent of any further deficit which may he discovered in upwards of 100 dereitors' books not yet rent in. The most singular point in connection with this robbery has been the immunity the guilty parties were suffered to enjoy titer the discovery of their frauds, whilst offenders of less impor tance, forstealic.g 6d., world hese been handcuffed and taken to peol on mere suspicion. The local autorities, after a fortnight's time for consideration, however, seem to have bethought themselves of their duty. It. th John and William Johnson were taken into custody early in the week, but, sn appearing before the magistrates, theirs xamination was post poned till Monday next, and they were est at litetty on giv ing bail for a thousand pounds each,—that is, two sureties tor each of 25W., and their own reccgnitances to the amount of 6001. each. In the meent!me, ad their private property is advertised for sale, including houtebedd furniture, plate, equipages, and conservatories of plants. The Rochdale Savings Bank aoetants have been fully examined, and it would appear that no farther attempts ere being made to save the uepositors fr um less. The friendly sotietisa—these unenrolled--are said to have determined on etitioning rarer cement on the auhjeet of their claims. The private trade creditors of Haworth, the deceased actuary, are also maid to he claiming to COMM in as j Ant partieipators in the asset,. Sheol f the clams of all theee pars es be atbnitt.d, the dividend will probably be under 10e. in the pound. IRELAND. DUBLIN, J.Y. 24. Apprehensions are very genet a* ly entertained for the peace and order of the a-gregate meeting of the eitizene on Monday next. It is quite certain that a Protectionist mob is organized to disturb the proceed ings, and that every effort will he made to defeat the object of the meeting, both by the popular eloquence of Mr. But: and the factious clamour of the Rev. Mr. Gregg and his followers. On the other hand, satis factory preparations have been sat on fact by the free-traders, and a committee which bits at the Man sion-house has been appointed to straw up resolutions. The meeting will be a very crowded one. Lord Castlereagh has published an excellent and important letter defendin.: free trade against some of the attacks made upon it by the protectionist Wad i rda in their late abortive crusade for high rents in this country. The letter is addressed to the High Sheriff of Down, the chairman at the Dowepstnek meeting,at which the nrct..:eiotists suffired so signal a defeat, and is called forth by the resvlutione adopted by the few routed landiords who talkiest in the County Rooms. The papers to-day publish the addren presented yesterday to Lord Ruden, and his lordship's reply ; thus reviving once more the unpleasant recollections of the Dolly's Brae atrocities, and the ore-s;ditd justice of the Cast!ewellan bench of magistrates. 'The address, which obtained extrmtive public:ty at the time it was adopted, come two months lance, was pre sented by a deputation of noblemen and gentlemen, among whom were the Earls of Mayo and °lenge!, Lords Density and Soirdale, Mr. O. A. Hamilton, M.P., Mr. I. Napier, M.P.,!Mr. Grogan, M.l'., Mr. Hans Hamilton, 111. P., &o. Lord Roden endeavours by dint cf special pleading to mako out a case in his reply ; and sums up his deism:ea, follows : I lank back at all that has happened in a spirit of candid retrospect, and what do 1 rind : I treated au assembly as lawful which no mat at the time suspected of illegality. I advised the assembly io the very spirit of peace. 1 ilia not till them to scatter and has:sin. I s - .:enled at my o district sessions as a magistrate of the county. Th.: evidence produced negalved the charge which was made. and !I re. lased to submit the accused to false imprisonment. tinder these circumstances, the sentence was passed u2aa me, to which you refer. I now oomplain of nothing .;ersonal to myself, this having benn all st.Haetori.y capl.in d by tittle who have, I thlrk, throu;h me, inflicted a grievota injury on tee indnpendent character of the magistracy of Irtland. 'she Evening Post gives in its commercial sum mary a gratifying awitint of sonic appearancos of improvement which are beginning to chow themselves in this country: One gratifying fact (says the P.tat) we are able to state with some degree of certainty, which would go tar to prove a tendency to reaction—we mean the increase of the circu lating medium, caused by tits legitimate regatirements of business—an increase slow in its progress, and therefore the more likely to arise from circumstances that will have a per manently beneficial effect. We have been assured thatsome of the principal banks et issue have received applications from their branches in the country for an in crease of money to meet the local requirements of trade, which, within the last few weeks, have been steadily aunnentie g. The famine had produced an enormous de crease of 04 circulation in Ireland. From December, 1846, to August, 1849, there had been a uhnination of the circulating medium to the extent of fully one half. On the sth December, 1816, the (3110 istuca of the various banks in Ireland ammnted to 7,839,5301.; on the 11th of August, 1919, they weed reduced to 3,633,0724, shoeing a faliing-off, in less than three years, of more than one half, thus leaving the floating capital of the country reduced by more than 69 per cent. The last haJatlaly return, dated the 99.11 Decem ber last shows that the circulation of the Irish betake stood at 4,634,5031., a cdasidcrsble increase as compared with the amount iu the August previous. HOUSE-LEYELLINO.—NIFLANCITOLY OCCURRENCE. —A poor man, named John Hickey, a tenant of P. it. Welch, on the lands of Newtown Alf..!en, cams by his death under the tollawing melancholy cirettrastrlcts, on Tues.lay last. Ho received from his landlord .31. for parting with his little holding of four and a halt acres, en condit•on of pulling down his own house; and while engaged in this hard, heart-breaking operation, the walls ot his cabin fell upon him, crushing him to instant death. —Kilkenny lemnal. INIORTANT MEETING AT KINI:SCOURT.—A regal ',Wm was issued a few days ago, calling a parochial meeting at King-court, in Cry m, on Wednesday last, the 23rd inst., " to cemider the land question, a:.° the subject of protec tion, and to ascertain the eciatimeats of the people, in order to have then embodied in a petiti or. tv he forwarded to par liament." The requisition was signed by two Roman catholic clergymen, and others. The no etiag ,es accordingly held. Upwards of j,OOO people were pr; r, when free-trade and tenant-right resolutions were carried unanimously.—Anglo- Colt CLANS ; TIPTIt Or, Boma Clue ( Barrett-Lennard Pet. Bateman Job. Batty Calm Blich Joh. Blacker Trin. Blanchard Trin. Blunt Pemb. Borradalle Trio. Buttemer Emm. elmplyn Trin. Clement Pet. Dalby Joh. Daniels Qtr. Dummergne Cans *Farrell Down. Fish C i i us Hale Emm. Heath Christ's laihn• Trin. Maddy E. D. SIXTH Or, Third Clue of Aitken Joh. Alison Trin. *Banana Ten. H. Bias Trin. Zoo %by Jes. Brenton Joh. *Browne Qn. tbattenmrth Job. Cheswick Job. Chesshire Pet. Claxton Trin. &t e Trin. IL J: h. DATIIIOIIS Trin. Eccles Ti M. Every Clare nom cautens' Gilder Joh. Grainger queens' Orsertt Trin.. ' Gabbing Joh. a urne T Ti. Ilmlfletd Joh. Hague Joh. Hamilton Triu. Hayward, G. A. Juh. *Melee, Trio. •Hilton Corpus. Hoare 'rota. Holston The. az VENI Or, Fourth Class Aro= Ital. Bador tlw t•ns' Pa:Ur (Lire • Brett r , t.ui Brooks Jon. Cann Chriq's Capron Joh. Carroll Clirlit's Ci Emm. Ch nttl apma ey n GUI. Colnalman Jon. Crichton Stuart Trin. Davison Jesus Hamad aria. Ordh;ary Degree. )(eddy, n. W. Trin. •Yontwocoarle .Irh. Moore Trin. Morley Job. Itorrli Pet. Mount/41d Jon. Owen Trin. Payne num. Pontitex Jch. Potter Pet. Rote kh. *Shipman Cotta. *lnter Trin. Taylor Orrptta Thurnel Juh. •rerney Trin. Turner, C. C. Trin. Valpy Clare Whltmarih Queue' Woocluoueo Job. CLAIM ; Ordiesry Degree. Runner Jells °Lvov Corpus Loyouck Cuth. Ledo= Trio. *Leeson Cath. Maltby job. Mantel Trtn. IrLorg Queens' Plaintiton Queens' Potter Joh. Pronyn Min. ntrynarla Trio. Rich:adorn Trio. Rubber& Ttln. Salt Trio. Matto Pet. Smith Trio. Smith (lama' Soden Christ's Story Trln. Taylor Joh. Tartwell Einm. Thorp Ktntn. Wentworth Corpus Weston Joh. Whi! , , Corpus Wittinvn Jolt. Wananta, E. Joh. Wag Joh. C;ASSI ; Ordinary Dcgree. Kum lora. • ll.r.vy Trio. H. • 10 ..7 Clare EniglW Quzerta. Lem Mr: Xs Lewis CEri.t's Longinus* Queens' Moloso Trio. IsvAud Ten. Ramsdell Cola. H. Wasp.= Cult. IL • Ti escMao Eas o n, Woods J: h. CiLnst'd MINT. I Hall • Meek Newby Can ratrett Barlard Ten. Grecn Griotith (hrc Tne asblve het was issued by the examines last evening, but to late for transmission by the last tram from here. At a congregation holden tWa day, ail the gentlemen whoee names were printed in the Liat of Hutton, proceeded to their B.A. degree, with the exception of the : Brace, Hon. T. C., Jesus; Begot, Trinity; Btavenison, Csies, Deere, Smr.rt, Sidney (lowlier, John's. At the same congregation the gentlemen whose names are given in the above list, with the exception of such as have an asterisk afflict to them, took their B.A. degree. et,INARY or lemmas wen oannuau DOGMA 1850. couers. "!' I ..2 tr 11. ,:1 _ • ; 1 F.. ii i f'4 .11 . F. I_ l _l•_il____:i ILi - -.1.-;, St. JuWe ...„. ..... '11! 0. 6. II 27 •I 21101161 4' I; 27 Trinity I a 1411 , 1: 21 22 ,41.12,22 1 S: 2 23 Cafur Minutiae' 1 2 al CO l 13 I 1" 7.,' 7. 2 :. 4 Clare learen's 2, I 4 1, 2. ‘.l :, : li Cotpue • 9 ~ I, .. 1 , 3 1' 11 .. • Christ's Jeeue Trinity 112:1 1 1 (, 1 4 1 44 • St. Peter's j 1. 31 1 1 0! 4 .. t' 6 :1 1 :. 1• 1 WAlney Pviutzok• • 0 I 2 41 2 ~ I. I !, , . i 2 s:. Cali:ulster j i.;; 0' 21 " 2 . 314;221ene .. O, 0. 1 41 1 :2. 1 4 1. ~ 2 I.)J,thiSfir _(.. 1 0 , C, I '.., .. t,' 1 if 37145 . 0. 3!13T :3f.!44, s9,i Totals in 1649 3 if ".• J 119 3: H• 99.22', LI,T Or Qcseraetaxs, who, having obtained motberna deal honenra. hero peered With Credit the rx , mincion in the Greek Testament , Ecclesiastical History, and Palsy's Mon' Philosophy; Soden, Jobu'l; Bret': er, ha's ;CI e-:es, Christ's ; Cheatham, Chric'r ; E. S., Trinity. Sur nes Prizes.—The examination for them priz = wiit take place on blarlay. Use 28 h , Tu.slay, the iJcL, and Wednesday, the 30th of Jamey. Ox.rena, Jew. 2 1 .—0011.1'1:, Cita tiTIE COLLril PIC ViOZI will be •:eld in this call. ie ol Friday, .h. • Much next, of a scholar, open to natives of the C.; Lincoln. YZETERML.VT6. _~ Rev. Arthur Andrew Oralsw w Saw tut V., c - r. of Gloucester; 1,076:. and residencv ; cse:ot by tl of the Venerable Archdeacon Oral .w; pat., Nits F.:•• Newport-house, Herefordshire. Rev. T. Tbitodosint, to Burwertou R., Sa'op, din. Refer; nine, 129/. • pat , Rev. J. Churmu. Rev. I'. lioblason, to St. Bertlelorrlew t. C., Livi n.Gol ; pre.. trt•ees.. Rev. R. LOT. to Glanon•Jzzu-Lanea3ter P.C., die. Man.; pats., tenures. Rev. M. M. Maxwell. to Redden on-the-Wall V., North umberland, dio. Durham ; s;dne, 2 , 521., with ree - ricnce. R.., J. A. L. Aire y, to he auotheinaticsl of 3ler chaLt Tailors' Schroer. Rev. E. Rarer, Fellnw Evtit ^ 11. ;e, to to master of Cle Grammar-school, Contwali. VACANCITS Char:wood R., Surrey, diu. WlT:eh-net ; value 41. 0 1.. voi:h residence ; pets., the representatives ot the let, Wy. Fleury Wise,4ec. Taplow R, Backs, die. Oztarl ; ve7ne 3291., with rui denoe ; pa% Laid Chu ; v. E. 'Stab", dee. Odehurhli V., Wendel:shit?, di,. Worst! ter ; ;:u. 14N., with residence; pat., T. W. Knightle!, Big.; 1121, H W;er. dec. Frampton V., D:rsrt, dia. Situ; rem 12d1.; wits real deter ; pat., R. B . Taplo4 R.. Bucks. dlo. Oxford; sett: rsi• donee ; Lord Chancellor. The Mathematical Mutership of Durham &tool : Rey. J. A. L. Aire y promoted. Shipdhaco R.. N.:1401k, dia. Nor. ; yaks 1,120! r..- sidenee; pat., Rev. B. Barker, 4..0. Kirkby P.C., Liverpool ; va.uo 521. ; pate., trurcri ; R. Cort, doe. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL CAXIMIDOII, JAN. W. QUIL2TIJNISTe NOT VIDATES PAR ItOXOT:Be. MATHIIMAZICAL Ex-tumults —r noon. Hoskin, 24. A., Jesus Cohere. itiobnetl Feripteon, MA., Pembroke College. CLASSWAL Arthur Fru:Lei+. Banat, M.A. Knot's College. Hubert Ashton Holden, M A , Trinity Cale. EXAMlNititi IN Tun Acme, ETISTUILS, ECCLIBIABTICAL RIBTOUT, AND namv.--George XL. Kiog's Joint rower, IILA. Nabroke College. ' YOURIII CLUS ; or, First etsas --- OrOniiaary . Dwee. Adagios Trill *Johnson Coque, Bone lrin. Kelly Lotman. Barry Tea. Kemp Jon. limner Cath. *Ulna Diu. Itirchant Calm Lyue, W. U. Tula. •Illontheld Trail. •Sluzpitorsort Pet. Ammo Queen's Norton Prmb, Wee cilia. 01.101 Ctius Carmichael ret. Fadley Job. %Wing Jolt. Payne Corpus Colt 'Trill. Follow Thu. Parks Odus ilekering Conn. sitras MeV& •Pollard Queens' &Wawa Mart. fledrelek Thu. Erie Thu. Simpson, W. IL Joh. ()MIMI Jolt. Turner, J. A. Trim Holcombe Gams' Welter.. Job. flit Teta Willoughby Qom' NAVAL. INPrIZIN AT TITE ROYAL NATAL HOPPITAL. STONt uovsz.—An inquiry at this establhenwent has been the subject of considerabie gossip in she naval sad cannel circles at Plymouth and Devoarri. The in e airy was a price's one, but it is currently reported to here arisen arm :he Inspector, Dr. R to, retusine a riqaese of the Celeala- Superintendent (Capt. J. Toup Nterelm) to to ferniehed certain information as to modes of indeed muerte"—, reeuese whieh the doctor considered aetogether extradudidel, a• don that ground he refused compliance. Atter much edictal er reeper.dence, Dr. Ate requested 'as might he ens tended uetil the matter was (racially dealt! d. A curt of inteii, therefore, ordered by the Aentiralte, and Sir Was Seee tt, Director-Goneral of the medical deeartment, was ee,ei sty sent to this port to he present at the inquiry. The merthers of tne court were Admiral Sir Willion Bali tinge, G.C. H., Commander-in-Chief, president; Vice-Admiral Fir J. hie .uie, Ban., Superintendent .f the Deekyard ; Cate. W. J. Hepp e Johnstone,l H.M.S. .teincourt ; end Ste * Willi.= Barnett, saluted by John Irving, E.g., the s tete,: to the Cimmaader-in•Chief at Deeonpert, The it quiry C3rt maiced at ten o'clock on Weritie Jse, and list.,! past four o'clock rn that day. I: is said that at the ~ - , e nacg of the ecurt, Captain Nicolas protested againtit.Shirmllfu".rßtheerr nett being • member of the court. The result of the ieluiry will only be made public by the steps the A.dluireity may shirk proper to adopt ie respect to the parties c : need. The court re-assembled on Thursday, at lielt-paat one o'c,ock, e t a i antthedth evide nc er "te aroseis l wu attendeatbcirt:tltigoeulhf itdco m e courtofe fo r eland . ea onaa annoyance T d t :h B l i f rs c N e l W a l :y i !!s c tl e 1 1 . 4: .) d t !L e i , conduct, shown towards him on the previous dry, be cue of the °Sixes concerned in the inquiry. Sir Wiillim - Burgett I:ft Davenport for Landau by ixpre.st train on Friday. ADMIRALTY. JAN. 26. —Ar menet ‘t .NTS. —To Cueitt: et a Swett Nader, W. 1.. Setroell. Gladiator : &caul M ester, T. Yeatatan ; Clerk, C. G. Norman. PONTSMOCTII, JAN. 27.—Ilaleigh, 50, Commodore Sir T. Herbert. K.C.8., arrived in St. Ileleu'a Read, yesterday afternoon and saluted the port admiral's deg. Tins rooming she weighed anahor and came up to Spithead. As sta.: s used from Rio on the 14th of Noreuab, r, her detee he, e been anticipated by the last packet. Raleigh is oribred nut har• bear at this port to be paid off.—Contest, 12, C iinnialder the lion. J. W. 8. Spencer, arrive.' at Mukha from Ports mouth and Devone.ort, VS route for the Coast of Ariel, on the 10th last., having on her mops e euceen:et.el meet tre • Beaudoin weather.—Sprightly, a:. v., nada braes on Thurs day for Davenport, with sapernumerarica for the frigate Arians*, and returned to poet yesterday.—Ajax . 5.; , is being rigged for commission ley the dockyard Fitters and men of the steam ordinary.—Dauntless, at. fr , as in do,.k, and will he ready for commission on tee Is; partaeno.— C rineefa nne tro e mrs U rcont.t ate i a lis m iuissimbhie sare reis: el ppobe t w o lu iteme wor l i , th w tsuhr ill . s h t e snei i p. i l ai .cu d r c d ff e n to dhe l rep o p er t:a : ne w t a yt DEVONPOUT, JAN. 27.—The Viper, 6 , Lieut. Reim ILI.. nard, arrived from the Nirth American and West Indian station, and on Friday sailed for Sleeveless, to hi paid off. The Stromboli, steamedoop, Commander Lard Amtlina Beanclerk, arrived on Thursday from oohing in the Chips of the Chaunel. The Sprightly, steanatender, arrived on 4 .F iwa rida m y i a l r e i d th b e a u p p irn uie u n tu r e rnar,tcs she again e fr re om tur r a e , t a tanto ntlt tli , an, same d m ha e basing The lioeherter, lighter, Sudwicks, matter, put in here yea tetday, laden with stores, bound from Pembroke te Dept• teed; she lett last evening, and went up the Channel. The Atetheili, 60, Capt. T. Al. C. Symonds, is making rapid Pre- !