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Or TTIE IMPOR TA T ETIN '21.W7 VALE It C P V. REJECTION OF DEE AGia.:EMENT li' ::11E BRISTOL AN!) EXE CE:?, I'lll A special ganeral m,-, g - of the r•-. ; i,t,-r.td pr, prietors Of this comhny took place on Satura.y, at thf , London T avern , f or a the purpose t'l mnsiderin 4 tiiv pro priety of afiopting or rejecting a provisional agree, ment, bearing date the sth of the present month, for the sale of the railway, docks, and I% orks to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. The meet.ng was attended by a large and infl.iential number of the proprietors. Emanuel Cooper, Eq., reek the chair shortly after )ne o'clock. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the meeting, The CHAIRMAN observed that their first business way to lay before ;;he shareholders the report of the directors The SECRETARY then read the following report " Your directors have much pleasure in b jug able to report to the shareholders that the Bill for the Exten sion of the Taw Vale Railway from Barnstaple to Credi tor' passed both Houses of Parliament, and received the royal assent on the 7th August last,. " The Bill had to compete with the Bideford and Ta vistock and the North Devon Companies, both of whom failed in passing the Committees of the House of Com mons on standing orders. " The North Devon scheme was brought forward by the Great West, rn, the Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Railway Companies. The Bill was strongly opposed by the North Devon Company both previously and subsequently to their failure in the House of Commons, and the influence of its supporters was used against it by petitions, witnesses, and otherwise, after the Bill had succeeded in passing both Houses on standing orders. Overtures were made to your directors by the Parliamentary Committee of the Bristol and Exeter Company to enter into a provisional agreement, subject to the passing of the Act, for leasing or selling the line to them, or for an amalgamation of the two companies. " These negotiations were broken off, because the Bristol and Exeter directors declined to use their influ ence to have the opposition to the Taw Vale Bill discon tinued. " Some weeks afterwards the negotiations were re sumed, when the Bristol and Exeter directors agreed to use their influence to have the opposition to this Bill withdrawn, and their negotiation terminated in a memo randum, dated 26th May last, which will be laid before you subsequent to this memorandum. Your directors regretted to find that the opposition to this Bill was con tinued with much vigour, and that, with some exceptions, they could not calculate upon the cordial support of the Bristol and Exeter directors, for although the agreement was adopted by the Bristol and Exeter board, some of their most influential members were so wedded to the North Devon scheme that they, as members of that Committee, voted for the opposition being continued against the Taw Vale Bill; and other members of the North Devon Committee, viewing the conduct of the Bristol and Exeter directors, in privately arranging with a line which competed with their own, and which, if successful, they calculated would prevent their scheme from being car ried into effect in a future session of Parliament, as a breach of faith, were much exasperated, and, conse quently, the future opposition was conducted with in creased energy and much asperity ; the effect, there fore, of the arrangement with the Bristol and Exeter Company upon our Parliamentary progress, was, on the whole, otherwise than favourable ; but your committee are happy to inform you that, after a protracted opposi tion in the Commons Committee on Merits, the Com mittee were unanimously of opinion that the pr eam bl e o f our 13111 w as proved. Lord Morpeth, in giving this opinion, used the following terms:—' The Committee have come to the decision that the preamble of the Bill has been proved with reference to its own merits as a local, independent line.' "After the Bill had passed the House of Commons, your directors considered it expedient to call public meetings at several places on the line of the railway, which were largely attended by the country gentry, landowners and inhabitants of the districts, and they are happy to state that resolutions, expressive of a warm in terest in the Bill, were unanimously adopted, and peti tions to the House of Lords were numerously signed in its favour. " There were four petitions against the Bill in the House of Lords which your directors succeeded in ar ranging, and the Bill, therefore, passed through the House of Lords without opposition. " Your directors have proceeded to embody, in a more extended form, the proposed arrangements with the Bristol and Exeter Company, the draft of which, dated the sth instant, signed by some of the Bristol and Exe ter directors, and by two members of your Board, will be laid before you, and, in terms of the advertisement, submitted for your adoption or rejection. "Your directors regret that the terms of this draft agreement, although they are the best they could obtain after protracted discussions, do not, in their opinion, carry out either the letter or spirit of the agreement entered into in May ; the differences are set out in cer tain resolutions transmitted to the Bristol and Exeter Board, which, with the resolution of that Board, will be laid before you. " Your directors, notwithstanding these important differences in opinion between the Bristol and Exeter directors and themselves, did not feel justified in breaking off the negotiation. The whole fact will be laid before the shareholders, that their decision may be taken thereon. " Your directors have ordered the needful surveys, preparatory to contract of the line from Barnstaple to Crediton, to be proceeded with. They have also directed the resurvey of the Bideford branch, which was lost on standing orders last year, and the survey of a connecting line of about six miles to South Molten, which was in• eluded in the Parliamentary contract, but fur want of time not finished with last session. " Your directors have much satisfaction in stating that the works between Fremington and Barnstaple are satisfactorily progressing, and that the information they continue to receive confirms them in the opinion that the railway and docks will not only be beneficial to the country but profitable to the shareholders." The reading of the report was frequently interrupted by the cheering of the proprietors. The CHAIRMAN said the report st&ed the opinion of the directors, and rendered it unnecessary for him to say a word with respect to it, further than put it for the adoption of the meeting ; after which they would pro ceed to the more immediate business of the day, namely, the consideration of the Bristol and Exeter agreement. Mr. JOHN BROWN, the Deputy-Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Company, wished to ask one or two questions of the chairman before the report was adopted, because, unless he did so, the report might cause an unfair im pression to go abroad with respect to the Bristol and Exeter Directors, which he was sure was not the wish of the Taw Vale directors. He wished to know whether the Bristol and Exeter directors, after they had entered into the arrangement with the Taw Vale Company, had not carried out those arrangements with good faith, and whether they had not assisted the Taw Vale Company, as much as they could at their interview with Earl Fortescue, to induce hen to withdraw his opposition to their Bill in Parliament. The CHAIRMAN said that alth. ugh the directors of the Taw Vale Company had the greatest confidence in Mr. Brown, the Deputy• Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Company, they could not shut their eyes to the course that had been pursued by that company towards the Taw Vale Company. That company had actually subscribed, or was to subscribe, a large sum to the North Devon Company • and at a m eet i ng o f t h at com pany, resolutions had been come to to oppose the Taw Vale Company in Parliament.--(llear, hear.) The di rectors of the Taw Vale Company had certainly caleu• lated, that on entering into the agreement with the Bristol and Exeter Company, they would have received their active exertions to remove that opposition; but such had not been the case.—(Hear, hear.) With regard tp the proceedings before Lord Fortescue, the directors of the Taw Vale Company had waited upon his Lordship, he being the onlyeepponent of their line, and, after a long interview, and on its being stated to him that the Taw Vale Company were about to enter into an agreement with the Bristol and Exeter Company, and that the pro bability was that the North Devon line would not be proceeded with, his Lordship stated, that if he was satisfied upon that point, he would withdraw his opposi tion. It was stated at that meeting that the signature of the Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Company could be obtained to that effect ; but, upon application being made to the Bristol and Exeter Company, much hesita tion was displayed to assist the Taw Vale Company.— (Hear, hear.) Other interviews took place with Lord Fortescue, and upon its being pressed on some of the di rectors of the Bristol and Exeter Company, that they ought to do ail in their power to remove all opposition to the Taw Vale Railway Company, and that if they did not do so it would be a breach of good faith, Mr. Brown stated that he would do nothing to compromise his board ; Mr. Rawson, who was there, observing that that was not his way of doing business, and that he did not like it. Mr. BROWN said that he felt at the time great hesita tion as to giving; any pledge on the part of his board, and he felt the same hesitation then ; but there was no hesitation shown on the part of the Bristol and Exeter Company to do all in their power to enable Lord For fescue to withdraw his opposition. Mr. WATSON observed that all communications on the part of the Bristol and Exeter Company had been con ducted in good faith. The Taw Vale proprietors had been told that nothing would be done with them till some decided opinion had been come to with respect to the North Devon. Mr. THORNE thought it was apparent from all that had taken place, that the Bristol arid Exeter Company had determined upon opposing the Taw Vale Bill, after they had entered into an agreement with that Company. —(Hear, hear.) The great object the Taw Vale Com pany had in view, in entering into an agreement with the Bristol and Exeter Company, was that all opposition to their Bill should be withdrawn ; and he would put it to the meeting.whether the conduct of the Bristol and Exeter had not been decidedly the contrary to that which might have been expected.—(Hear, bear.) Upon the interview with Lord Furtescue, he (Mr. Thorne) did all he could to draw from Mr. Brown an answer to the question. whether the directors of the Bristol and Exeter line intended to subscribe to the North Devon, and he could not get a direct answe r from him—(llaar, hear.) He thought the Bristol and Exeter directors were very much in error, and totally forgetful ot that they had done, in stating that they had k ept good faith wit h t h e Taw Vale directors.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. Fax said that it was quite clear, when the ar rangement was entered into with the Taw Vale di rectors, the Bristol and Exeter directors could not answer for the withdrawal of the North Devon Line ; all they could do was to answer for the withdrawal of the opposition of the Taw Vale Company. The directo rs o f he Bristol anti Exeter board had done all they could for Ole Tare V. rerneeny, and he unhesitatingly as- l and taken as nayahle to them. And further, that in the ea.l eaeurree neon which their COll. " event o' the said fixed annul retynaent secured to the sail Bristi and Exeter Railway Company beiiie ,sir. flee ,Hielor of t he Taw Vale Coca- ereven e'er cent., twelve per c , :nt., and so on pact, eetee ei keens ee„ a Mr. Fripp-, whether, after i progressively. tl:e dividend pee:tele to the proprietors of the eetli of s- lose w' -.i gn ed the ageei-ment with i the said 'Paw Vele Railway and f)eck Company shall be the t ao Vaie - Comp ee del net vote on the North six per cent , seven er coat., and se on progressively ; Devon scheme fogy :- st the Taw Vale Company ? •teeh rates of dividend s;eciively shall be secured (Great cheeri.ne.) to them accordingly by the company ;n whom the said Mr. FRIPP (wit's some warmth) said that that was Bristol and Exeter Railway. with its bre.nolees and ex nen her the time nor place to answer such a question tensions anwesaid, shall become vested. But if the Mr. WILKINSON would leave it to the meeting to Bristol and Exeter Company amalgamate with any form its own inference upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) company not paying ten per cent., and the consideration The CHAIRmAN thin put the qeestien, that the rep r t agreed to he arc: pled and taken by the said Bristol and ~ f the directors be ri ceived and adopted ; and, the Exet er R a il way C ompany , f or di spos i ng of their said motien having been si-conded, he d ec l are d it to be railway with its branches and extensions aforesaid, shall carried unanimously. He then called upon the secretary be stock in the company contraetiug to t.ke the same. to reed the f illowine agreements : then the proprietors of the said Taw Vale Runway a nd e BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY, Dock Company shall have, and be entitled to, a fixed AND TAW VALE RAILWAY AND DOCK rent of per cent., until the company with which the COMPANY. Bristol and Exeter Rdlway Company becomes atnalga " COPY AGREEMENT BEFORE THE TAW VALE RAILWAY mated pay a dividend of ten per cent., and then the Taw EXTENSION ACT WAS PASSED. Vale proprietors shall be entitled to a dividend of five "Le-rdor!, 26th May, 1846. per cent., and shall also nave and be entitled to share in " Memorandum for a provisional agreement between all new stock created by the company with which the the Parlia men t ary C omm i ttee of the Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Exeter Railway becomes so amalgamated, Railway Board of Directors arid she Directors of the after such ten per cent. dividend shall have been attained proposed Paw Vale Railway anti Dock, and Taw Vale in the proportion which the Taw Vale stock, or the t 3 Railway Extension Company,contineent upon the passing stock to be issued as aforesaid, shall bear to the whole of an Act in the present session of Parliament authoris- stock of the company with which such amalgamation as ing the construction thereof. aforesaid may take place. " The works to be constructed to the satisfaction of the " 12th. That for all moneys paid by the said Bristol engineer of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. and Exeter Railway Company, under this agreement, " The line and works to be taken to when complete by until they are in possession of the said railways, dock, the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, with all rights and works, they shall have a lien thereon and a right and privileges conferred by the Acts of Parliament or thereto. otherwise upon the Taw Vale Company. " 13th. That, during the construction of the said rail " Interest to be allowed on the deposits and calls of ways, dock, and works, the number of the directors of the Taw Vale Company at four per cent. per annum the said companies shall be increased to eleven, under from the time of payment until six months after the the powers of the thirty-sixth section of the said Taw opening of the line for public traffic, such interest to be Vale Extension Railway Act, passed this session, and charged to capital, after •which a dividend to be paid that the following be six of such directors. viz., James half-yearly by the Bristol and Exeter Company of four Gibbs, John Browne, Patrick Miller, William Watson,' per cent. subject to an increase in the following rates. Charles Bowles Fripp, and William Rawson, together " Onpaid-up capital-4i- per cent. when the Bristol and with five other qualified proprietors to be notninnt,d Exeter proprietors receive 9 per cent and appointed by the Taw Vale Railway and Dock 5 per cent. when 10 per cent. Company. 6 ditto when 11 " " 14th. That in the event of the death or resignation 7 ditto when 12 " of either of them, the said James Gibbs, John Browne, and so forth. Patrick Miller, William Watson, Charles Bowles Fripp, " During the construction of the works, the board of or William Rawson, before the said railways, dock, and directors to consist of eleven members, of whom six shall works are completed and opened for general use and be appointed by the Bristol and Exeter Company, and traffic, the vacancy shall be supplied by such other the remaining five by the said Taw Vale Railway and qualified proprietor as shall be nominated for that pur- Dock and the Taw Vale Railway Extension Company. pose by the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, JAMES GIBBS, Chairman. EMAN. COOPER, Deputy and be proposed by either of the others of the said JNO. BROWN, Chairman of the Taw James Gibbs, John Browne, Patrick Miller, William War. WATSON, Vale Extension Railway Watson, Charles Bowles Fripp, and William Rawson, CHAS. B. FRIPP, Company. and so from time to time with regard to the death or Wet. Rawsore, GEORGE HARRIS, resignation of the director or directors introduced or J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. JOHN WHEELTON, added under this article. JOHN SHARLAND, " 15th. That in the event of the death or resignation War. CORY, of either of the five directors nominated and appointed J. G. FRITH, by the Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company under GEO. HENRY HARRIS, the thirteenth article before the said railways, dock, and Secretary. works are completed and opened for general use and " COPY AGREEMENT. traffic, the vacancy shall be supplied by such other quali e " After the Taw Vale Railway Extension Act was fled proprietor as shall be nominated for that purpose passed, and made when the directors of that company by such five directors as aforesaid or a majority of them, met the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company, and so from time to time with regard to the death or re 4th and sth September, 1846, to carry the minutes of signation of the director or directors introduced or 26th May into effect. added under this article. "An Agreement between the Taw Vale Railway and " 16th. That sucledeed and Act of Parliament as are Dock Company of the one part, and the Bristol and necessary to earry tfie above agreements into full and Railway Company of the other part. fair effect shall be settled on behalf of the said Taw Vale " Whereas an Act was passed in the first year of the Railway and Dock Company by Mr. Josiah Wilkinson, reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled and on behalf of the said Bristol and Exeter Railway An Act for making a Railway from Penhill in the Company by Mr. Charles Savery of Bristol; and in case Parish of Fremington, in the County of Devon, to the they differ thereon then the same shall be settled between Town of Barnstaple, and for constructing a Dock in the the parties by Mr. Robert John Hall who is finally to said parish of Fremington, to be called the Taw Vale decide thereon in all respects. Railway and Dock. " Witness our hands this fifth day of September, one " And whereas another Act was passed in the last thousand eight hundred and forty-six. session of Parliament, intituled An Act to amend the "On behalf of the Taw "Oa behalf of the Bristol Act relating to the Taw Vale Rail wa y an d D oc k . ' Vale Railway and Dock and Exeter Railway " And wereas the several works by the said first Company. Company. mentioned Act a u th or i se d are i n course of construction. EMAN. COOPER, JNO. BROW NE, " And whereas another Act has been passed in the GEORGE HARRIS, . WM. WATSON, present session of Parliament, intituled An Act for GEo. HENRY HARRIS, WM. RawsoN, amending the Acts relating to the Taw Vale Railway Secretary. CHAS. BOWLES FRIPP, and Dock, and for making an Extension therefrom to J . B . BADHAM, Secretary. the E xeter an d Crediton Railway in the county of The SECRETARY then read certain revolutions of the Devon.' directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company of the " And whereas the directors acting under the autho- 9th of September, at variance with these agreements; rity of the said Acts have entered into a treaty with the a letter of the 18th of September from Mr. Badham, the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company secretary of the Bristol and Exeter Company, with for the sale of the railway dock and works authorised to reference to them : and also the following resolutions be constructed by the said Acts, which were come to on the 22d of September by the " Now therefore the undersigned on the part of their directors of the Taw Vale Company:— respective boards, to negotiate and conclude an agree- " Resolved, That the draft agreement of the sth inst. meant in this behalf, subject only to confirmation by the is not in accordance with the letter and spirit of the pro proprietors of each company, have this day met and visional agreement entered into by the Parliamentary mutually agreed as follows: Committee of the Bristol and Exeter Company and the " Ist. That the directors of the Taw Vale Railway directors of this company in May last. and Dock Company shall, with all convenient dispatch, " Because, Ist. The B stock of the Bristol and Exeter construct and finish the railways, dock, and works Company, p ro p ose d to b e i ssue d b y this company, is authorised by the said A c t s , so as that the same shall deprived of its rights of participating in its proportion of be finished and ready for general traffic on or before the all new creations of stock; this right being restricted first day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty- until the Bristol and Exeter proprietors receive a divi nine. dend of ten per cent., although no such restriction was " 2nd. That the said railways, dock, and works with mentioned when the agreement in May was entered into all requisite stations, offices, warehouses, goods and or contemplated by the directors of this company. passenger sheds, engine-houses, and other buildings, " 2d. Because the introduction of new branches into fences, roads, spare lines, turntables, water reservoirs, the draft agreement of the sth inst., the stock of which is cranes, weighing machines, and appurtenances shall be to receive a dividend greater than the dividend to be paid ' constructed and finished in all things to the satisfaction to this company is an infraction of the agreement, inns of the engineer for the time bein g of the Bristol and much as the agreement of May was entered into with Exeter Railway Company. and upon the statistics of the main line only, and inas "3rd. That if the said Bristol and Exeter Railway much as the introduction of these new branches into the Company decide that a continuous double line of rails be agreement will materially lessen the dividend which the laid down for the opening of the line for general traffic, proprietors of this company are entitled to. instead of waiting for the decision of the B , ard of Trade, " 3rd. Because the representations and statistics of the referred to in the fifth section of the Taw Vale Extension Parliamentary Committee of the Bristol and Exeter Act passed this session as aforesaid, then such continuous Company, submitted in:May to the directors of the coin double line of rails shall be laid down accordingly. pang, showed that the minimum dividend, which would "4th. That when the said railways, dock, and works be paid to the proprietors of this company, would be with the requisite stations, erections, buildings, coave- 41 per cent., with a probable early advance to 5,6, or !deuces and appurtenances are completed to the satisfac- more, per cent, independent of the advantage of the par- Lion of the engineer of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Ccipation in new stock; whereas the draft agreement of Company, they shall take possession thereof, and be liable the sth instant, presents little prospect of more than for all future repair, save and except that during three 4or 41 per cent. at any period, and limits the dividend years from the time of the opening the said railways, to 5 per cent., with great uncertainty of any participa dock, and works, or any part thereof, for general traffic lion in new stock. and use, all re-construction and repair arising from slips "4th. Because the dividend which in the provisional or subsidence of earth or from detective construction of agreement of May was to rise proportionably with the the said railways, dock, and wo r ks, and the procuring dividend paid by the Bristol and Exeter Company to the and laying all additional materials and ballast, shall be proprietors of their stock to 6,7, 8, or more per cent., is done and performed by the said Taw Vale Railway and in the draft agreement of the sth instant limited to 5 per Dock Company, or by the Bristol and Exeter Railway cent., the proposed equivalent for this reduction, being Company, as part of the capital account for constructing in fact only part of a right, the whole of which the pro the works of the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock prietors of this com p any are j ust l y ent i tled to. Company. " sth. Because the issue of the B stock is, under the "sth. That the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company draft agreement of the sth instant, delayed till six shall provide all requisite plant of every description ne- months after the opening of the line, which delay was cessary to conduct and work the said railways and d oc k not mentioned in May, and will be highly injurious to at their own charges in all things. the proprietors of Tuw Vale stock, inasmuch as they are "6th. That the sa id ra il ways , d oc k an d works, with during this period deprived of all the rights and psi all tolls, rights and privileges, shall be, on the cemple. vileges which under the amalgamation they are enti tion of the works as aforesaid, conveyed or transferred to tied to. the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Company as their "6. Because, instead ofappointing a board of directors own property, absolutely and for ever ; and that the said of the united companies, which board was by the agree- Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and the said P a w merit of May to be reeulated as to the respective num- Vale Railway and Dods Company, shall unite in making here appointed by each company as such hoards are the n.:ceesary application to Parliament for an A c t usually constituted, and the powers of which were to be during the next session to carry this agreement into limited to superintending the construction of the work s , effect. the draft agreement of the sth instant displaced five "7th. That the said Bristol and Exeter Railway Corn- members of the Taw Vale board, and gives to pang shad undertake the ditties and responsibilities im • the Bristol and Exeter board the appointment posed upon the said Taw Vale Railway and Deck of a majority of the Taw Vale board, the effect of which Company, under the aforesaid Acts of Parliament, from will be to place in the hands of the Bristol and Exeter the time of the said railways, dock, and works, being board, the sole and uncontrolled power of dictating the open for general use and traffic, except as to the repairs terms of the deed proposed to be entered into, and the during three years from that time, as provided for by the terms of the Act t o b e applied ...for; then, alth oug h nonai fourth a r ti c l e . nally, these important matters involving diverse in " Bth. That during the construction of the works the terests of the two companies, are to be arranged by the said Taw Vale Beltway and Dock Company shall pay Bristol and Exeter and Taw Vale boards. The Bristol their proprietors interest at the rate of four per cant. and Exeter directors will have the whole power, and the per annum on the payments made and to be mad e by interest of the Taw Vale proprietors will be at their ab them from the respective times of payment thereof, in- solute anti uncontrolled disp Jsal. eluding interest at the ra'e aforesaid on the capital stock 7th. Because the draft agreement of the sth instant mentioned in the twentieth clause of the said Taw Vale gives to the Bristol and Exeter Company the power to Railway Extension Act. And further the said interest lease or amalgamate with any other company withont shall be so paid up to the expiration of six calendar consulting the Taw Vale Direc'ors, and upon terms months from the tune that the said railways, dock, anti which prejudicially limit and restrict the rights of the works shall be opened for general use and traffic, and be proprietors of this cernpany. charged and added to the capital account as part of the Bth. Because the Bristel and Exeter directors will cost of construction. net engage to adopt the Bideford and South Bolton 9th. That from and after the expiration of the said branches, although the Taw Vale Company are bound, six months tile said Bristol aril Exeter R a il wa y C oin . in good faith, to the inhabitants of those districts to party shall pay the !tail Taw Vale Railway and Deek apply to Parliament for powers to construct them. Company a dividend of four per cent, per annum upon " That these resolutions be f irwarded to the Bristol the full amount of the capital paid up to the share- end Exeter direetere, anal that they tied the lette r of th e holders thereof for or in respect of the construction of the Bristol and Exeter Company of the 19th instant, b e l a id said railways, dock, and works, including the capital before the proprietors on the 26th iestant, stock mentioned in the last article, the same to be The Cuententet believed teat ntw the ei hole of th e payable half-yearly, with the following augmentation s facts with regard to the prop ssals if the Bristol and from time to time, that is to sly:— Exeter Convene-, and the Taw Vele Gempany were be " When and so long as the Bristol and Exeter Rail- fbre the proprietors. The Tall/ Vale Company- abided way proprietors obtain 9 per cent, from their line with by the agreement of the 26th of May, but the Bristol its branches and extensions, then the dividend payable arid Exeter directors appearel to him to abide by under this agreement shall be 43. per cent. And whose nothing but their own construction of it.—( Hear, bear.) and so long as the dividend so obtained by the Bristol Having stated thus much, he had nothing more to do and Exeter Railway proprietors shall be 10 per cent, than to say that he should be happy to hear any obser then the dividends payable under this agreement shall b e vations that propriet we , might think proper to make, and augmented and be 5 percent. And when and as long as put any resolutions to the meeting which they might the said Bristol and Exeter Rail wa y pr o pri e to r s r ece i ve thi n k i t necessary to propose .—(H ear, h ear.) 10 per cent. as last aforesaid, then in case the said Bris- Mr. WILLIAMS, as a large shareholder of th e T aw tol and Exeter Railway Company create any new stock Vale Company, thought it behoved the meeting to con or the purposes of their railways, then the proprietors cider well before they decided upon adopting the agree of the said Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company shall, went of the sth of September, us by adopting it they in addition to the said augmented dividend of 5 per cent., sold themselves at once and for evor to the Bristol and be entitled to participate in such new stock in proportion Exeter Company.—(Hear, hear.) He knew that the to the amount which the B stock them issued bears to present company had been proposed in the utmost good the whole amount of the stock of the said Bristol and faith.—(Hear, hear.) He had no doubt that it would Exeter Railway Company. meet the wants, in a great measure, of the districts " 10th. That the capital stock of the Taw Vale Com- through which it passed, and that it woull ensure a piny shall be represented by a new stock in the Bristol good return to the proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) lie felt and Exeter Railway Company to be created within six certain that a traffic would take place upert the line that months after the opening of the line, which stock shall would ensure six per cent. to the shareholders.—(llear, be called B stack and shall have secured to it all the ad- hear.) The proprietors had nothing at all t do with vantages defined in the last article. And that such new the question whether genii faith had been kept by stock shall have the same representative power by the directors of the Bristol and Exeter line with the voting at the Bristol and Exeter Railway meetings, as if directors of the Taw Vale Company.—(Hear, hear.) the holders thereof held a corresponding investment in The question for them was, whether the agreement of Bristol and Exeter stock, to that paid up on the new or the sth of September was one calculated for the interest B stock aforesaid, of the proprietary.—(Hear, hear.) His humb'e opinion " 11th. Provided always that nothing herein con- was, that it was not ; and that, therefore, they ought tained shall prevent or restrain the proprietors of the not to sanction it.—(Ltear, hear.) The agreement, it Bristol and Exeter Railway C , mpany from disposing was true, had not the sanction of the directors, but it' it of their railway, and branches ann ext e nsi ons , includin g had had, he should have considered it to be his duty to the said 'raw Vale Reilways and Dock, to any other have opposed it.—(hear, hear.) He considered that the railway company on such terms and under such arrange- directors were entitled to the best thanks of the preprie had meets as they think proper ; but in the event of their tors for their great exertions in their behalf in Parlia. so doing, in consideration of ens fixed annual payment to meet, where they had succeeded in carrying their Bill, thought leeen their oppofsreittli gm they the ynd b s ) . ' — a ( H gr e e a a r t , be secured to the said Brist - 1 (T - e t' Exeter Railway pro- notwithstan w tr o i prietors, not exceeding ten - .ent., then the dividend company, receivable by the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company hear.) All that had been stated by the directors of the shall he assumed and taken at the maximum of ten per Bristol and E'xeter Company about the proprietors of cent., although it may not have attained the same. And the Taw Vale Company getting 6 per cent., or 7or 8 the rate of five p er cen t. h e r e inbefore mentioned to be per cent., in his opinion went into thin air. —(Hear, thereupon pay a bl e t o th e ,proprietors of the Taw Vale hear.) Added to this, the Bristol and Exeter Company Railway and Dock c om p a ny § hall be accordingly deemed offered them no cleans of makjng their railwAy—Wear, hear)—and as they were to make the railway with their own resources, he thought they might as well do so at once and have nothing to do with the Bristol and Exeter Company.—(Hear, hear.) In the agreement of the sth of September there were about 14 or 15 ::buses, and 12 of them wera decidedly in far , ur of the Grieco' and Exeter Company.--(Hear, hear.) It was ail very well for the Bristol aati Exeter Company to say they Were geiing to sell themselves to a great com pany—that they were to get S per cent —and then the Taw Vale would get 5 or more ; that might be all very well, hut he thought if once they ent( red into the agree ment of the sth of September, the conduct of the direc tors of the Bristol and Exeter Company would be like that of a representative of a borough that was now in schedule A, who, when remonstrated with for not pro tecting the rightse of hie constituents, said—" I bought you, and I have now a right to sell yon."—(Cheers and liiiehter.) Mr. Willianie contAaled by netvittg the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the proviti pal agreement of the sth of September, between the directors of this company and the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company, is not beneficial to the proprietors of this company, and ought to be rejected."—(Cheers.) Mr. STUTELEY seconded the motion. Ile, like Mr. Wieliains, would have opposed the adoption of this agreement, even if it had been supported by the direc tors, because it eas all on one side.—(lfear, ar.) No doubt the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company had acted rightly in endeavouring to make a good bar gain for their proprietors, but it was the duty and inte rest of the shareholders of the Taw Vale Company equally to take care of- their own interests, and at once ea) , they would have nothing to do with the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company, or their one-sided proposition.—(tlear, hear.) Mr. Maunnier supported the resolution. He con sidered that the second agreement was a complete doing away with the flrstee-(Hear, hear.) Mr. FRIPP admitted that if the proprietors of the Taw Vale Company thought the agreement of the sth of September was against their interests, it was their duty to reject it.—(Hear, hear.) It was, however, his belief that the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Com pany only carried out the provisions of the first agree merit in the second.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") There were some points in the agreement which, on the first blush, might appear unfair, but he thought, upon considera tion, they would be found not to be so. The directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company thought they had offered extremely fair terms to the Taw Tale Com pany; he considered that securing to them four per cent., and giving them the chance of the profits of' an other line. was a most fair proposition.—(Cries of " Oh, oh:") The directors of the Bristol and Exeter Com pany were desirous of leaving the whole question of the adoption or rejection of the agreement with the Taw Vale proprietors. Mr. J. BROWN defended the course he had pursued when with Lord Fortescue. It was at the present meeting that he had first heard of bad faith on the part of the Bristol and Exeter directors.—((lear, hear.) Ile did not rise to oppose the motion, but he thought it was too bad for the Taw Vale directors to make the insinuations and charges they had done against the Bristol and Exeter directors. Hitherto he believed the directors of both companies had acted with good feeling towards each other, and it was for the proprietors of the Taw Vale Company to pursue any course they thought proper.—(Hear, hear.) He begged most distinctly to state that it was in consequence of the resolutions that had been agreed on with them before Parliament that Lord Fortescue had withdrawn his opposition. He could assure the meeting that whatever might be said of them, the directors of the Exeter and Bristol Company, in all they had done, had been actuated by the most Oonourable feelings. Mr. THORNE denied that the offer made to the Taw Vale directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company was a liberal one, or such as they had a right to expect.— (Hear, hear.) It was unnecessary for him to say one word with respect to the probable traffic on the line of the Taw Vale Railway; it was enough for him to state that all parties in the districts through which the rail way was proposed to pass were unanimously in its favour, and were ready to assist them to the utmost of their power. They were also equally unanimous in objecting to the agreement proposed by the Bristol and Exeter Company —(Hear, hear.) The lion. Newton Fellowes had stated his opinion to be that the Taw Vale line would pay an excellent per tentage if even there was not a single passenger carried on it.--(Hear, hear.) As for himself, he (Mr. Thorne) firmly believed that the line would neither be a four, five, or six per cent. line— (Hear, hear)—for he had no doubt that before three years had elapsed it would be a seven or eight per cent. line.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Wemeriesoer, the solicitor of the Taw Vale Company, having been present during the whole of the discussion that had taken place between the Bristol and Exeter directors and those of the Taw Vale Company, felt it incumbent upon him to say' a few words to the meeting, particularly as some of the observations that had been made seemed to reflect on the gentleman with whom he was acting. He would not attempt to im pugn the fair dealing of the Bristol and Exeter board, but he thought it would be in the recollection of the gentlemen connected with the Bristol and Exeter Company, that the reasons miduced by the directors of the Taw Vale Company for objecting to the agreement had been urged and argued at considerable length. When the agreement of the sth of Sep tember was under discussion, there was an evident disinclination on the part of the directors of the Taw Vale Company to consent to the agreement. Those obtections were urged upon them, and it was stated over and over again that what was known of the feeling of the proprietors precluded any hope of the di rectors of the Taw Vale Company carrying the agree ment at a meeting of the shareholders.—(hear, hear.) Moreover, when the agreement was about to be signed, and when the language was, that the gentlemen who signed it authorised it on the part of their respective hoards, the Chairman of the Taw Vale Company re fused to sign it, and it was altered, so that it might be considered at a future period.—(Hear, hear.) It was not signed as a concluded agreement, but as the minutes of the result of a conference, and the result of the terms the Bristol and Exeter Company were willing to agree to.—(Hear, hear.) Now if there was any imputation attempted to be made that the Taw Vale directors had acted unfairly, he thought he had displaced it. He could not but confess that there had been for some time in the minds of the directors of the Taw V a l e C ompany a f ee li ng that they had not been fairly used in the House of Commons by the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Company.—(Hear, hear.) And under that feeling, and a desire on the part of the Taw Vale directors to do all they could for their proprietors, they had deter mined to submit the agreement to the proprietors— (Hear, hear)--their negotiations with the Bristol and Exeter Company having been made upon the faith that when that line was free they were to pay to the Taw Vale proprietors 9 per cent. He would leave it to the shareholders to say whether the agreement of the sth of September would have that effect.—(Hoar, hear.) Now he (Mr. Wilkinson) had been into Devonshire, and he could vouch that it was the opinion of all parties on the line that it would turn out to be a most excel lent one.—(Hear, hear.) Shale of the parties on the line had so excellent an opinion of it that they would rather take sharer; in it for the purchase of their land than money—(dear, hear)—and others preferred shares for their timber to the payment for it in cash.—(Hear, hear.) All this, he thought, showed that it would in a very short time turn out to be a far better than a 4 per cent line.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIB3IAN then put the resolution to the meet ing, and declared it to be carried ustanimously. Mr. J. BROWN would not demand a poll upon the re solution, but begged to state that he dissented from it. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to the question °fa proprie tor, said, that the directors would consider themselves at liberty to treat with any company for the lease or sale of their line, and if such a proposition was made to them they would call a meeting of the proprietors as they had done that day, fur the purpose of obtaining their sanction or disapproval of such a proposition.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MAUBERT wished to know whether the directors had fixed arty time for the re e sistration of the scrip ? The CHAIRMAN said, that with a view to the present meeting they had fixed last Saturday, but they had con tinued the receipt of scrip up to the present moment.— (Hear, hear.) He had put the seal to the list of pro prietors that day, in order that the votes, if necessary, might be taken in the proper form —(Hear, hear.) They still, however, continued to receive scrip, it not being competent to them to refrain from doing so, even if they wished it, which he could assure the proprietors the directors did not.—(Hear, hear.) Thanks were then voted to the chairman for his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. We have seldom witnessed such unanimity amongst a large body of shareholders as appeared to prevail en this t cession, and although it was the first Sieeial Ge neral Meeting since the passing of the Act, such was the confidence the proprietors seemed to piece in the directors, that not one word was said about the ex penies of carrying the Bill, or upon any financial matters. T B THE HOUNSLOW MILITARY TRAGEDY. The worst fears for the fate of the witnesses examined at the inquest held upon poor White, late private of the 7th Hussars, are, we regret, likely to be realised. We understand one witness, who, in consequence of his superior attainments and conduct, had been elected pre sident of his room, and whose advice was followed and example imitated by his comrades, was, after giving his evidence, removed from the room and placed in another, over which a corporal swayed authority. Another, who is most respectably connected, and whose conduct as a soldier is beyond even the breath of censure, having, after he gave his evidence like a soldier and a man of honour, interested himself in raising a subscrip tion towards the erection of a monument to White's memory, was ordered to attend the colonel's quarters. He did so, when the following dialogue ensued Colonel—l understand that the men are raising a sub scription to build a monument to White. Is such the fact? Soldier—Yes, sir. Colonel—l am also informed that you are making yourself conspicuous in collecting that fund. Is that so? Soldier—Yes, sir. Colonel—Are you aware that by so doing you are guilty of a breach of discipline, and expose yourself to punishment? Soldier—No, indeed, sir, I am not; and this is the first time that I have been told so. Colonel—You do put yourself in that position by such conduct? Soldier—l hope not, sir; indeed, I can scarcely believe it, for I cannot conceive what crime there is in raising a monument to a deceased comrade. Colonel— Well, well, you will see it. You may retire. The soldier accordingly obeyed the mandate to retire, as he did the order to attend, but the intervit w with his colonel neither lessened his zeal in collecting subscrip tions towards the monument,,nor their amount. The one continued as fervent as ever, and the other con tinned to be raised without the slightest diminution. Poor " holloa" Mathewson, whose Lack was torn to pieces by the sanguinary lash because, without know ing whom he was addressing at the time, for he did net see him, he cried out " belles" to a question from the sergeant, appears to be an unfortunate man. Ile is now a prisoner In Hounslow barracks awaiting his trial by court-martial. It appears that last Sunday he was on duty at Hampton Court, when his mother, accompanied by his brother-in-law—just discharged from a Lancer regiment, and whom he had not seen for nine years— visited him. He asked his sergeant, who was corporal over him when he was a prisoner, previous to his late punishment at the ladder, to allow another soldier who had agreed so to do to mount guard for him, as he wished to spend a few hours with his family. This favour the sergeant peremptorily refused, although ha had allowed a similar and a greater liberty to another soldier. After that the sergeant followed him to" Trophy-gate," where he mounted guard, and where, according to his (the ser geant's) statement, he abused and threatened him. The sergeant accordingly reported Mathewson, and put him under arrest. The colonel, upon the sergeant's report, ordered a district court-martial to be held upon Mathew. son for the undermentioned charges, as contained in a copy handed him, and of which the subjoined is also a copy : " Charges preferred against Private Thomas Mathew son, No. 995, 7th Hussars. " For insubordination on or about the 20th of Sep tember, 1847, when on sentry at the Cavalry barracks, Hampton Court, in using threatening, disgusting, and abusive language to Sergeant Major Robert O'Donnell, of the 7th Hussars, his superior officer, by saying, you —, I will break both your heads, or words to that effect. F ormer conv i ct i ons will be brought in evidence upon trial. "SERGEANT LAURENCE, 7th Hussars. " Head-quarters, Hounslow, 25th September, 1846." Such is Sergeant O'Donnell's eharge, the truth of which Mathewson denies. The court•martial was not held yesterday, but it will take place on Tuesday, and that, too, under the officers of the 12th Lancers, who have relieved the 7th Hussars. This is so much in favour of the prisoner, for both General Comyns, the colonel, and Lieutenant-Colonel Stowe], of the Lancers, are as mach Opposed as the officers of the 7th are favourable to hugging ; and the further delay to Tuesday is also in favour of Mathew ' son, for had he been tried yesterday, young officers would have composed the court-martial, whereas he e ill be tried on Tuesday by veterans, whose humanity and bravery are equally acknowledged, both by the men of the 12th Lancers and the public. In fact, even the privates of the regiment deem themselves insulted by having so unpleasant a duty imposed upon their officers, whom they look upon as kind mentors, interested in their welfare. Even now the Colonel of the Lancers allows Mathewson's friends to visit him ; and Sergeant- Major Mahon, who accompanies those visitors to the guard-hou,e, orders the men on duty to retire, so that any private conversation that the prisoner may desire to have with those friends shall not be interrupted. This kindness Mathewson gratefully acknowledges, and it leads him to hope to find justice and merry at the hands of the gallant officers who will be his judges. His heart broken mother had an interview with him yesterday, and immediately afterwards wrote to Mr. Welcley, who has pledged himself to throw the shield of I is protectien over him and every other witness examined at the in quest. It now remains for the public to do their-duty, by, in the first instance, furnishing Mathewson with proper Irgal assistance, of which he sill be allowed to avail himself, and that they should do this very day. [ file above appeared in the Sunday Times of yesterday.] Another account states that Mathewson declares that, contrary to military discipline, the srrgeant was unac companied, the regulations requiring that he should; when visiting a sentry, be accompanied by two privates, which not being the ease, Mathewson will lose the benefit he would otherwise have of two witnesses of his own rank. He also complains of a district court martial being ordered instead of a general court-martial, as at the latter he would have had the advantage of legal as sistance in his defence. HE , URNEY DIARY AND LETTERS.—NO expla nation appears to have been given as to the cause of the de lay in the publication of the sixth volume of Madame D'Arblay's Diary, which must therefore remain, we suppose, a literary mystery: This new volume will be read with as much zest as any of the preceding. Among the royal per sonages who figure in it are, George 111., Queen Charlotte, and the. Princesses Royal, Elizabeth, Sophia, Amelia, Au gusta, and Mary; the Duke and Duchess of York, the Prince of Wirtemburg, the Princess Charlotte, the Duchess of Glou caster, the Prince of Wales, King William the Fourth, the Prince and Princess of Orange, and the King of Hanover; and among the high nobility are, Lord and Lady Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, the Marchioness of Buckingham, the Earl and Countess of Derby, Lady ynthes, Lady Strange, Lord Maeartney, Lnrd Whitworth, &c., &c. [ADTERTISEMENT.]--T HE EARL OF ALDEOROUGH AND Ilor.toway's Pru.s.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. 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Also-the most powerthl Achro matic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution — Messrs. S. and B. Solomon, opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to IN had at 9, AlbeillitkrleltrOete P1C . 0 0 441. 1 41 oppclite the York 1190.1. TIIB LATE CABS OF FATAL MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW.--At an inquest held recently, by Mr. Wakley, M.l'., coroner, he made some remarks on , the frequency of cases of de a th ar i s i ng f rom th e eff e cts o f in • juries to the skin, arid said that since the la te inquest at Hounslow, on private Frederick John White. of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, who died from the effects of the flogging he had received, his attention had been more particularly drawn to such cases, which he f oun d averaged five each week. Until that inquest such cases were confinei chiefly to burns and scalds, but the evi dence given by Mr. Erasmus Wilson had proved that the same fatal effects might arise from other injuries to the skin. That fact had just been confirmed in a very extraordinary manner. Mr. Hawes, M.P., the Under- Secretary for the Colonies, had a day or two since com municated to him, that by a report just received from Dr. Motherwell, the superintendent of convicts in Van Diemen's Land, as to their condition, it appeared, by a discovery be had made, that two very important effects were produced on the convi c t s b y resort i ng to corporal punishment, viz., inflammation of the chest and disease of the heart, the very causes of rrivate White's death, but which wer e ascr ib e d b y four out of the five surgeons examined to sudden change of temperature, Mr. Wilson being the on l y one who ascribed it to the injury to the skin occasioned by the flogging the deceased had re ceived. Mr. Heming, Mr. Chard, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Stocker, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Rope were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E ENING, SEPTEMBInt 2B, 1848 THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE. On Friday and Saturday a number of persons visited Mr. Wyatt's studio to inspect this extraordinary statue previous to its being placed on its pedeStal. The time appointed for the removal is -Tuesday m( ruing, at ten o'clock, when 40 dray horses will be employed in trans ferring it to tee portico at Hyde Park-corner. The Duke visited Mr. Wyatt's studio a few tlays ago, for the purpose of inspecting an equestrian statue of the Queen, now in the hands - of that distinguished artist, when he also inspected his own statue. Ile expressed his ad miration of that of her Majesty, but delicacy prevented him saying anything of his own. The statue is forty tons in weight. What the amount of labour is which has been expended en it may be inferred from the fact, that nearly six years have elapsed since the artist re ceived his commission fur its execution. It is a magnificent production of human ingenuity. Its ex traordinary dimensions have an overpowering effect, but it will appear considerably reduced in &ee when it is placed on its pedestal, which is to be eighty feet high. Mr. 'Wyatt has no apprehensions of any difficulty occurring on Tues day in carrying the statue along the sir: ets or in tatting ittnthe elevated place destined for its reception. It will be recollected that much discussion took place in the House of Commons, previous to its prorogation, upon the pro priety of selecting this position for the colossal statue, the chief objection being, that it was contrary to every principle of good taste and every rule of architectural de sign, to place one of the largest figures ever cast upon one of the smallest arches ever constructed. The site, how ever, was clung to with great tenacity by the committee who have superintended the work, and the Government gave their consent to the statue being placed upon this arch for a limited period, in order that the best opinions might be tak en u p on th e a d vantages of the situation. The committee appear to be perfectly confident of ap probation from every quarter. All the necessary :ar rangements have been perfected with admirable preci sion. On Saturday se'nnight the great statue was placed upon the vehicle intended to convey it to Hyde Palk corner. This machine is a most ponderous affair, and weighs no less than twenty-three tons. The procession, it is thought, will pass through the Harrow-road, the Edgware, and Hyde Park. It is worthy of observation, as showing the veneration with which the Duke is re garded by the soldiers who fought under him, that great numbers have applied to Mr. Wyatt to ascertain if they would be allowed to form part of the procession on Tuesday. The group is understood to represent the Noble Duke as be appeared at the battle of Waterloo, mounted on his favourite horse Copenhagen, and in the act of direct ing some important movement. The costume is that of a field-marshal, but the warrior also wears his custom ary short clerk, which the artist has skilfully draped. In order that the legs of the horse should be capable of bearing the great weight they now sustain, it was found necessary to cast them in solid. The other portions of the work vary from one to three inches in thickness, with strong ribs internally, to give additional strength. Some of the dimensions are as follow: —The height ap proaches 30 feet; girth, round the horse, 23 feet 8 inches; arm of ditto, 5 feet 4 inch es; f rom t h e h orse ' s hock to the g roun d, 6 feet; and from the horse's nose to the tail, 26 feet. The head of the horse measures air feet, and the knee joints of the animal are as large in circumference as the body of an ordinary man. Tee eyes of the horse are burnished, as are also the spurs. reins, and metal appointments, &c. The estimated cost is about 30,0001. NTRAL CiIIiVIINAL COURT OLD COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Samuel Allen was indicted for stealing a chronometer watch, value 40/., the property of J. 11. Markham, Esq., on or about July, 1836. The witness referred to in the previous statement hav ing arrived, Mr. DOANE stated the case to the jury at considerable length. The prosecutor deposed that he is a captain in the army. The watch in question cost him 45 guineas. It Was safe shortly before it was missed. He made the loss known to his brother officers, who knew nothing about it. Inquiry was set on foot, and suspicion fell on the prisoner. John P. Burke, a beer shopkeeper at Kensington— Knows the prisoner. He married his sister. The wife of the prisoner gave him a watch, or offered it, for safe custody. It was a very small gold watch. This (pro duced in a bag) is the same. The witness was subjected to a severe cross-examina tion. He had had the watch by him a good while, and knew from the prisoner that be knew all about it. Witness did nut know to whom it belonged. He said he picked it up. When the wife of the prisoner was applied to she said she had a silver watch, and a metal one, but never had a gold one. The policeman who apprehended the prisoner at the beer-shop of his brother•in-law at Kensington, stated that when he (lid so he told him on what ground. The prisoner said " Oh, very well ; I'll go with you." He denied the robbery, and defied proof. A great number of witnesses were examined in the case, which certainly was a most entricate one. Mr. BALLANTINE, with confident energy, addressed the jury, and remarked upon the length of time which had elapsed since the watch was missed, a proof that, it ill obtained, it might have been disposed of years ago. Other persons had access to the barracks, and it might have passed through forty hands before it reached the prisoner. He commented severely on Burke, who had nearly tried to ruin a relative, who had long been an honest and good soldier. The jury, almost under the direction of the Court, returned a verdict of Acquittal. The witness and relative (Burke) will not easily forget the remarks made on his conduct as informer. DISCHARGE BY PROCLAMATION.—The grand jury having returned, igncred bills preferred against the fol lowing prisnners ; they were discharged by proclama tion, viz.:—Maria Cook, aged 23; Catherine Plumridge, 31 ; and Alice M'Lean, 20. This is rather a singular instance, there being only three ignored bills out of 240, inasmuch as it sometimes happens that they form one sixth of the calendar. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A real Irishman of the name of John Burke appeared before Alderman Gibbs to give evidence against a fellow named Richard Garter, who looked like a coal-whipper, on a charge of robbery. The complainant walked into Court in a state of evident excitement, with his hair starling on end, his large neck and chest bare, and his eyes staring. He did net seem to understand much about the business upon which his presence was required. Charles Everett, brother to a licensed victualler, at No. 31, Tower-street, stated that on Thursday evening the complainant, wh o had 13.en . hopping in ICent, walked d into the house with-four sovere:gns, the fruit of his hard labour, stitched up in the waistband of his breeches. Witness persuaded him to have the money in care of the house, and next morning the prisoner, who had been hanging after the poor man, applied for it, but witness, of course, refused to let any one have it but the owner, to whom the sovereigns were returned with a caution as to the person who had so unwarrantably applied for them. As the ' complainant seemed to be rather unacquainted with London life, witness determined to watch him to the steamer in which he was about to depart for Ireland, En I had not gone far when he observed the complainant and the prisoner go into a public-house, where the former laid down upon the table the four sovereigns, and the prisoner took up three of them, stating that he would take the owner to Dublin, and keep his money safe for him. The complainant contented himself by pocketing the odd sovereign, and the prisoner then en deavoured to get away by stratagem, and certainly would have escaped if proper means had not been taken to securc him. In the station-house the prisoner denied that he had the money, but afterwards delivered it up, not, however, withuut a threat to mark and do for the witness when he should get out of " quod." John Burke was then called, and confirmed the state ment of Mr. Everett. The prisoner mid he ha I off red to take care of the money for the pr,secutor, and intended to return it to him when he got to Ireland. Alderman GIBBS sAid !he complainant was very nearly losing his money, and he ought to 13:r very much obliged to Mr. Everett for the trouble he had taken. As fur the prisoner, he should send him for three months to hard labour in Bridewell ; and be should send an officer to the Dablin steam-packet with the complainant, for fear he should find any one else by the way who would offer to take care of his money for him. The 'complainant expressed his grateful acknowledg ments for the kindness of Mr. Everett and of the I magistrate. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 26. SrocK ExCLlNce..—The sales aro—Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 1 5-16 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 8% p.—Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, % c. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 4% p. —Liverpool, Orrnskirk, and Preston, 3% p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport. % dis.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (13), 7% p.—llitto, ditto (C), p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, I %► p.—Manchester and Southampton, 183. 6d. die. —North' Staffordshire, 2 5-16 p.—Preston and Wyre, 30%—Sheflield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, % dls. —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 9-16 dis.—West Biding Union, 2 p. LEEDS, SEPtEMBER 2G. STOCK ExCHISGE.—There is a continued depression in the share trade, and prices keep declining all round. The advancing price of corn, the failure of the potato crop, and; the uneasy state of political matters abroad, are the chief causes which affect the markets pre judicially, and we do not see any prospect of speedy improvement. Local stocks are very dull—ending Dewsbury's, s p. ; Huddersfield and Mancliesters, 18s. 6d. p.; Huddersfield and Shetilelds, 5 p. ; West Ridings, 4/. per share ; Thirsks, Si. 10i. dis.; Gritusbys, dis. East Lancashires are in tolerable demand, but many have been thrown on the market, which causes them to end a shade lower. Leeds, Wakefield, and Midlands are not better in pries, although an anticipation exists of a favourable arrangement with a neighbouring eompany. Bradfords are firm at 44%. The sales are—East Lan cashire, 8/. ss. 6d. c. p. —Leeds and Bradford, 44% c. p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, 1 c. p.—Leeds, and Thirsk, c. dis.—London and Brighton, 5951—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 494. 6d. p.--York awl North Midland (east LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Siptember 23. IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING ARTICLED CLERKS. —On Saturday Mr. Ashurst, solicitor, of Cheapside, at tended before Mr. Commissioner Shepherd, and com plained that, in a matter of bankrup•cv in which he vr:, concerned, his articled clerk, a gentleman of family and •tation, was not allowed to be heard. Mr. Commissioner ►SHEPHERD said the -question of respectability did not affect the matter in dispute. It was desirable that uniformity of practice should be ob served in all the Courts, and that there :,ihould Le no encroachments upon the privileges of the bar. Mr. Ashurst said, the encroachments were upon the attorneys who had practised for many years in this Court. The judges allowed clerks to attend sum monscs, and without replying upon his Honour, he would suggest that an articled clerk was in a very different posi tion from a mere clerk, inasmuch as the Court . might require that he should register himself, and would al sways have a controlling power over his admission, if he misconducted himself. The attorneys had never ex • perienced any interference or difficulty until the gentle men of the bar exhibited so much anxiety for the half guinea side motions. Mr. STURGEON remarked that after that observation it would be unair to barristers to allow attorneys' Jerks to practise, ucless barristers' clerks were also permitted to plead. He had no doubt his clerks would be enal4Ed to make many side motions, if allowed to do so. The Learned COMMISSIONER decidcd that he could not disturb the present practice of the Court, and Mr. Ashurat's clerk was therefixe not heard. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Baron PLATT., MURDER.—TRE LATE SALE OF POISONOUS BERRIES. —John Hihiard, a country-looking fellow, was indicted for the wiltul murder of Thomas Parker, by administer ing certain noxious and poisonous berries called the deadly nightshade, he representing the same to be whole some food, &c. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Bonnix stated the case on the part of the prose cution. The prisoner stood charged with the crime of wilful murder; but he would at the outset admit that the pvidence was not sufficient to support that serious charge; but still it would, in his opinion, be sufficient to warrant the jury on finding him guilty of the minor offence of manslaughter. The prisoner was a countryman, and had for many years been in the %shit of collecting herbs, berries, &c., and afterwards them in the public streets. On the 15th of August he was in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, where be offered certain berries for sale, which he re presented as sweet and wholesome ; and among other persons who were induced to purchase some of them of him was a Mrs. Parker, whose husband kept a beer shop in Whitechapel. He told her they were very sweet and nice, and would make an excellent pie or pudding. She bought some, and, it being the anniver sary of her wedding, made them up into a tart, of which she and her husband partook. Soon after having eaten it, they were both taken very seri ously ill. Medical assistance was immediately called in, and every attention possible was paid to both of them. Notwithstanding which, the husband died on the following day; the wife remained in a very dangerous state, but ultimately recovered. The Learned Counsel was about to call his witnesses on the part of the prosecution, when he was interrupted by Mr. Cianicsow (who appeared as counsel for the prisoner) who said that the Learned Gentleman need not call any witnesses to prove the statement which he had made to the jury, as he (Mr. Clarkson) was not in structed to dispute or deny any one of the facts of the case ; but his defence would be that the prisoner was ignorant that the berries were of a poisonous nature at the time be sold them. Mr. Baron PLATT, in summing up the evidence, told the jury that they might altogether dismiss from their minds that part of the indictment which charged the prisoner with murder ; the only qu'stion for their con sideration was, whether the offence of which he had been guilty did or did not amount t 3 anslaugther; the Learned Judge then comment. d on the facts of the case, and having done so, I.ft it to the jury. 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Just pubitshed, Twentieth Thousand, In a sealed envelope, price 2s. 64., or pest paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage fititmP b direct from the Author's residence. ‘7, I ELP. PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise bj en the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Tenth and Maturity Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs , v a a re rio p z i g u tru ced ct i u n re t s h , solitary habits, and other t e h x e Pl injuries the i rtha t excesses. With Practic a l Ob servat i ons on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, onos Debility, Local and C onst i tut i onal Weakness, and other diseases the Urethra. em os , e ly and fit/lotions, and showing n , Matriculated of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of tho University al Society, Licentiate a Ly SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON. 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, Londo Member of the London Ilospital e. Medlc Apothecaries' Hall, CONTENTS London, .1.; ei), & F TH. 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On the 25th inst., at Canonbury, John Fishwich, Esq. On the 25th inst., Frances Übank, widow of the late 104 Pilleau, .Esq., of Kennington, Surrey, aged 69. London: Printed 'and Published by XIIItDO YOUNG, of So. 114, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofllee, No. 112, Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county uf bliddlenan s 014 MOW. air tewber 2d, 11346, . and West Riding E x t ens i on ) , 11 % p.—Cittheroe Junction. Iss dis.—East and West Yorkshire, 255. dia. s.—Lancashire, Yo n ne., and N , rth-Eastcni, 295. dis. —Leeds, W a k e fi e ld , and Midland, - ,,d dis.—Leicester and Bedford, l Is. dis.—Liverpool, Ormsktrli, Preston, 41. IBs. p.—Midland and Think Junction, les. e • North Staffordshire, 2 P. — North-Western. par—Sheffield, Now ham, and Goole, Is p.—West Riding Union. 4/. Os. ed. BULL. SEPTEMBER 2q. STOCE ERCITANGE.—The sales arc -North British, Carlisle, Amberga:e, Nottingham, and Boston, 40s. 6(1.--• Boston, stsint°. and Birmingham, Ios. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Prestou.' , : 3 —North U n Western, 2a. p. — North Staffordshire, 2/. e s . ed. p.—.15:,,e4 g nion, ,I .—Graud Ninon, 124. 91 .. — Leicester aad DCO'' Ile.-64. SHEFFIELD, atATll=3l5l all ~,,.• 11, STOCK EXCLANOE.-Plie sales are-G reat G rims b y and Shen& Extensions, 134 dis.-Ditto, Quarter Sh are s, 16a. dis.-Ditto, D o '„ - , 2% die.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midl an d, 10 s. 6d. clic -11,Itutclig 9 " ' and Lincoln Union, 1 dis.-Sherlell and Lincoln, % dia. • NE WCASTI, E-UPON-TSETTEILDEn 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian Extension, 1 1 1. dis.-Durham and Sund er l an d , 2934-Liverpool, Ormsklrk, raid rn . • ton, 41. 6s. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick (North SLlelds), I I 3 i i P. YORK, SitrrEstims. 26. ,a. 6d. Procs Excrustor..-The sales are -Leicester and Bedford, +,,..,,,, -London and York, 11. 18s. Gd.- Ditto, Half Shares, 11. ils.-gAn and Driffleld Junction, 2/. 135.-Manchester Buxton, Matlock, o n o Midland, 3 3i - North British, Carlisl e Exten s ion, 3/. 16s. Gd. -.N 6 4 ,4 tafforcishire, 4/. as. 6d-West Riding Union, G. Is. 6d.-York an Newcastle, New, 101 i. ENBURGH, S Errnalia 23. STocs E zeta:roc. - DI al The ses are -Aber m deen, 14/. 7s. lid.-Ai re s .l and Bathgate, 41. 55.-A r b roath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, SP„ Shares, 15/. 10s.-Arm ag h and Portrush, 128. 6d.-Ayr and Untl, way, 11. 6s. 6d.-Belfa.st and County D own , So.-British and Ir' Union, 21 . 33 . - Caledonian, 15/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, It. 7s. f , d'r ; Caledonian Extension, ii. 14 s. 6d . -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 44 . - Clydesdale Junction, 287.-C ornwall and Devon Central, 11 :; %,,, -Deeside Railway, 21. 7 s . Gd . - Direct Northern, 11. 145. -Dunn,°, and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 24/. IN -Dundee and Perth, 25 " 75. 6 , 1.-East Indian Railway, 133.-Fast, of Fife, 19s. 6,1.--Edill' burgh and Bathgate, 21. 159. Gd.-Edinburgh an I (1 - la , gow, 7 3, ,* , Ditto, mar Shares, 14/. 10 3 . - Di tto, Quarter+, 187. -Ditto, db.." New, 181.-Edinburgh. Leith,:caton, 171. IN.-Dine, F re t : ference, 207. ISL.-Edinburgh an 1 Nort h er n, 101.-D , rte, :s ewP°' ' 21. I le.-Edinburgh and Perth, 11 18 0 . - Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 18s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69i. 55.-Ditto, N ew Stock, 364. : Ditto, Quarter Shar es , 171 . 15s. - Glasgow and Belfast U n i on , 21. ' 0- • W.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, I/. 1 Is.-Glasgow and Pun: dee Junction, 11. 135. Gd.-Glasgew and Garnkirk, 39/. 10s.-Gl a2. gow General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. IN.-Pi tt° New Stock, 8/. IN.-Ditto, Preference, 11. 135.-Glasgow, Kilinsr . nock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 12q. 6d. - Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesil hagow, 21. 198.-Granto n Junction, IN.-Great North of Scotian I 14s. 6d.--Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, N.-London, Bristol, to n , 'euth Wales, 1/. 35. 6d. -L ondon and York, 21. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, 10 11 Shares, 1/. 155.-3lidl an d an d Eastern Counties, IN.-Newcastle san d Berwick, 27/. 158.-North British, 36,. IN.-Ditto. Halves, la , 76. 6d.- Ditto, Quarters, cum new, 47.- Ditto, Near Quarters, Scr l P , 11. 4s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. ss.- North Staffordshire, 51. 179. 6d*" ... North Wales Mineral, 181.-Ditto, New, 9/. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Cer tral, 191. IN.-Ditto, Now, 9/. 12s. 6 d.-Scottish Central and Oa: donian Junction, 1/. 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In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths , nature, of huraan disappointments and their ways of relief. it is 1 1 °` contended that every reader shall become his or her own physicia n any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that W e should knew the simple principles of our own organization, the lane whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthS states depend, the duties that are expected of us la our indivi4ET: capacities In the family circle, and the terms on which the healthy , " happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein ti it , imparts°. health will be found to be in our *ern keeping, and happins ee . _,.; within the attainment of all ; by the sentiment hereof in our duty to ourselves, we secure the lib e advantages on our offsPri nB to follow, and finally by the cultivation sf our faculties, which is in consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body WI be exalted to the summit o f per f ection, as best becomes the killkue` of God's creations. The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit. 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