The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, SPECULATION IN 1845. A curious document came to light on Saturday in the shape of a report from the Registrar-Generel of Joint stock Companies, to the Privy Council for Trade fur 1845. It forms a gigantic index of upwards of fifty fo lios to the doings in railway speculation for tae past year, and can be likened, in its length and curious dice closures, to nothing else but the ramifications of a Welsh pedigree or Homer's catalogue of ships. An in teresting biography or book upon bubbles might be wrou , ht out of it in the hands of a judicious selector. It is, moreover, a mirror of that memorable period of na tional hallucination when every bubble was invested with a value, as the true offspring of the joint-stock genius of England, by the then reigning epidemic of speculative cupidity and caprice. In the return every scheme is impaled as nicely as ephemera in the folios of a naturalist. Each scheme is accurately named and numbered, so that all whom it concerns may take notice and see how the multiplied schemes that came out starred with premiums have given up the ghost of a moonshine existence, and found a plaee in the catalogue of all defunct things . This list is an eloquent doge of the wild spirit of project and speculation that charac ter! e.d the past, and will be highly useful to the pos terity of specul ;tors and projectors in all time to come. The report is but a record of the establishment of the evil of a plethoric speculation, without at all unveiling the disastrous and uncalculating consequences that fol loe ed the most puissant period of speculation in the wor.d's history; consequences that can only be ade quately arrived at by diving into the depths of woe and Whitecross-street, which is said to be half peopled with speculators and projectors, who had a chief hand in the late railway game of hazard. The lift consists of fifty-three pages, and contains the titles and specifications of 1,520 schemes, the off spring of 1845, the majority being for railways, water companies, banks, insurances, mines, and an immensity of other joint-stock corporation. The year opened with a mere handful, but as the days rolled on and the fever became fiercer, they doubled, trebled, and quadrupled in quantity, until, in September, October, and Novem ber, they came thickly thundering on, at the rate of from 100 to 300 and 500 a month, and an average in September—the most prolific of months—of from 16 to 46 each day, or 457 in the month, as will be seen by the following analysis of the return. In December, wizen the panic rang- the tocsin of alarm, and the excite ment was gradually subsiding, the climacteric was 31. The f Hewing shows the number of projects registered each month, with the aggregate totals for the same : Number registered. Total. In January l 6 February March Al Aril 52 May . 81 June July August • 175 September October November December ..... 31 To' i 1 schemes registered from January to D e c.?mber The periA, it is well known, gave rise to the moat whimsical and Quixotic schemings, and we select from the on , - thousand five hundred and twenty! some . of the mo,t amusing anomalies and nondescripts. - The People's Colliery Company. Melides Anglo-Franceza Mining Company. Biographical Dictionary Society. St. Marylebone and Paddington Joint-stock building and Trading Company. Agriculturist Cattle Insurance Company. White Knights Improvement Company, now called White Knights Estate Company. Tehaantepec Colonization and Canal Company. Greenwich Bath Company. York-street Flax-spinning Mill Company. Bury A thenmarn Company. Lancash ra and Yorkshire North -Eastern Railway Company. Patent Ccncentrated Tea Company. wi g t e a J. int- stock Brewery Company. ToVesbury Oyster Company. N.eional Lai - A -draining Company. Patanr Fuel Company. .aatherham and Masborough Public Bath Company. Wiidrr's Burton Brewery Company. Hull Cotton-mill Company, now calledKingstonCotton mill Company. Victoria Dock and Grand Union Railway Company. National Joint-stock, Loan and Discount Company. Brist. , l and South Wales Junction Railway Extension Line to Monmouth Company. Quaftertown Cotton Joint-stock Company. Economic Draining Tile and Brick Company. General Oceanic Telegraphic Company. Catholic Law and General Life Assurance Company. Northern Loan Association. Church of England Cemetery Company. :aational Land Drainage Company. llighbridge Market-house Company. Lancashire One Hundred Pounds Money Company. Drapers' Fire Insurance Company. Ocean Mutual Marine Assurance Institution. New Protecting Society. Norfolk and Suffolk Ramoneur Association. Australian, Sydney, Paramatta, Liverpool, Richmond, AT,d Windsor Junction Railway Company. Mert.e,ntile Bill of Exchange, Diacount, and Loan Com p, n National No - idows' and General Life Annuity and As ,arance Society, now called Widows' National and (aneral Life Annuity and Assurance Society. Fitlelity Guarantee Society. London and Ab-rdeen Granite Company. Patent India Paper Manufacturing Company. Marine Glue C mpany. - Weithana Lake Ice Company. Tehuantepec Ship Canal and Colonization Company. Patent Cork-Cutting Company. Ilarw•ch Pier and Docks and Birmingham and Central England Grand Junction Railway Company, now palled Harwich Docks and Birmingham and Central England Railway. Hull Worsted Mill Company. Wylain's Steam Fuel Company. Practicable, General, and Invalid Assurance Company. Dacca. Sugar Company. Burnley Cotton Twist Company. .I)efender Company, now called Property Protection and Insurance Company against Fraud and Robbery. Great Hibernian Central Junction Railway Company. Universal Guarantee Society, now called Surety Society. Craig Ddit Slate Company. Patent Timber Company. Great British Advertising Company. Railway Club House, Chambers, and General Goods Depot Company, now called Bank Approaches Im provement Company. British Class Journal Company. National Glass Company of Ireland. General Commercial Telegraph Company. National and General Harbours Company, by the adop tion of Sleigh's Patent buoyant Sea-barrier or artiti ficial Beach. Railway Carriage BuilOing Company. Great British Railway Company. • Great. British Extension Railway Company. Hinckley Union Mill Company. Prosser's Patent Wooden Railway Guide-Wheel Com. pany. Dudley, Wolverhampton, Tamworth, Syston, and Leicester Railway Company, now called Dudley, Viol verhampton, Walsall, and Tamworth Railway Com pany. British and Colonial Provident Life Assurance Annuity Endowment, and Freehold Investment Company. Liverpool joint-stock Railway Bank Company. Thames and Scheldt Steam Navigation Company. Burnley Building Company. Manchester Auxiliary Investment Company. Bridlington Quay and Public Rooms Company. Wolverhamptim, Wallsall, Stamford, Peterborough, and Norwich Junction Railway Company, now called IVolverhampton, Walsall, Leicester, Peterborough. Norwich, and Great Yarmouth Junction Railway Company. Burnley, Bradford, Leeds, York, and Hull Direct Union Railway Company, now called Ribble and II utnber Junction, or Preston, Biackburn, -BurnLey, Bradford, Leeds, York , and Hull Direct Union Rail. way Company. Mutual Investment Society. Fitzroy Investment Association. hind Sugar Refining Company. Great British Railway Company. Roy:ti Irish Glass Company. Nev Share an I Stock Exchange Company. L..trion Railway Company. Royal Grand Junction Railway Company, uniting the London and South-Eastern, the London and Brighton, the London and South- Western, and the Great Western Railways. Westminster and Charing-cross Building Company. London and Liverpool Direct Railway Company. Coake's National Railway Company. , C hurley's Cotton Twist Company. General Canal Steam Haulage Company. Philadelphia Steel Works Company. Metropolitan and Brighton Sea-Water Conveyance Company. 'Provincial Sewage Manure Company. Great City Shambles Company. Midland C ainties Coal-Fields Railway Company. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Ti ansit and Coloniza tion Company. Universal Railway Contracting Company. Joint-sto.k N-aspaper Company. Ulster Irish Centralization Railway Company. London Circles Railway Company. Railway and General Gas Company. London and Harrow-on-the-Hill Direct Railway Com. party. Railway Land Investment Company. London Concentral Exchange and Junction Railway Company. Victoria Aqueduct Company. Inland Ports and Sea Ports Ship Railway and Goods Traffic Company. Ist'llilU3 of Darien, Atlantic, and Pacific Junction Rail , a y, Harbour and Dock, and Steam Packet Company, now called Isthmus of Darien, Atlantic, and Pacific Junction Railway Harb our '' , Docks, Canal and Steam Packet Company. Northampton General Cemetery Company. • Metropolitan Necropoli, or Grand Eastern and Western Cemeteries Company, now called Metropolitan Necro poles, or Grand Eastern and Western Cemeteries Com pany. Sheffield Coal Consumers' Company. Bradford Sanatory Building Company. Metropolitan and Great Western Junction Railways of Cana la. Company, from Toronto to London (Canada), now called Extension of the Great Western Railway of Canada from the district of London to Toronka THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, ATRIL 14, 1840. tirect City South Union Atmospheric Railway Corn pany. Thames Tunnel and Metropolitan Suburban Junction Railway Company. Manchester Di-tract Circle and Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company. Atmospheric Rapid Mail Conveyance Company. Great Ind, penden tL(lndon, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool Direct Railway Company. United Iron and Railway Extension Company. Paddington and Saint Albans Railway Company. Dublin Coal Ship Company. Railway Contracts Company, Royal Irish Railroad Carriage Company. East of England Locomotive Engine Building Com- pany. Patriot Association. Mal !bar and Commands' Coasts Junction Railway Com. pang. Somersetbhire Lighting Company. Devonshire Lighting Company. Law Chambers Society of Ireland. Norwich Church of England Burial GrounclCompany. British Patent Naphtha Company. Union Joint stock Building Company. Hibernian Coal and Peat Consumers' Company. Liverpool Stock-Exchange Building Company. Draining and Flooring Tile Pottery and Brick Manufac- - turing Company. Great Metropolitan Artesian Water Company. England Life and Invalid Hazard Assurance Company. Grand European Mining and Manufacturing Iron Com pany. Miniature World, or Grand National Association. Grand National Association for the Profitable Employ ment of Capital, Skill, and Labour in Trade, Com ' merce, and Agriculture. Dublin Omnibus Conveyance Company. South London Newspaper Company. Patent Fibre Manufacturing Company. National Investment and Benevolent Land Association, for the Encouragement of Agricultural Labourers and Small Farmers. Adelaide Railway Company. West Kent Hop Company. Central Union to the North of England Railway Com pany. Hereford Cottage Association. Litherland Land Company. National Philanthropic Investment Company. Senator's Screw Ship Company. This disposes of section No. 1, of companies " pro visionally" registered in 1845—amounting to 1,520. Section 2 professes to give a list of companies, 57 in number, " completely " registered during the same period, and amongst these figure The Manchester Bonding Warehousing Company. The Ipswich Paper Mills Company. The Victoria Park Cemetery. The Patent Fuel Company. The Patent Cork-cutting Company. Section 3 informs us that there have been no cases during the year in which application has been made for the entercement of penalties for failure to register, and result of the proceedings thereon. Section 4 gives a list of those provisionally, but not completely registered during 1.45. It is principally a recapitulation of the previous list, and gives a total of 1,484. Amongst its originalities are:—The Provincial , and Foreign Water Company. the British National Brewing Company, the Tollesbury Oyster Company, the General Post-office and Great Metropolitan Junction, the Great European Railways Company, the Great Bri tish Advertising Company. Sect. 5 affirms that no change has been made during the year in the return of the regulations made by the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade with regard to the returns required to be made by companies. Sect. 6 consists of a return of persons appointed to the office of registrar of joint stock companies, and other officers and clerks, with their salaries, &e., 1845. From this it appears that there is-1. George Taylor, for merly first clerk, appointed assistant-registrar, " with a salary the same as formerly returned." 2. George Craw ford, appointed assistant-registrar for Ireland, in the room of Ponsonby Arthur Moore, resigned at a salary of 2001. 3. Stephen Pritch ird, appointed clerk in the room of John Young Jameson, deceased, at a salary of 801. Sect. 8 furnishes a return of the amount of all fees paid at the offices for the Registration of Joint-stock Com panies, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110, during the year 1845. It is as follows : FEES AT THE HEAD OFFICE IN LONDON. X. s. d. Quarter from Ist January to 31st March 463 11 9 I Ist April to 30th June 1 , 609 7 3 ff Ist July to 30th September 4 , 032 19 5 •• Ist October to 31st December 3 , 750 1 4 Total £9,857 19 9 FEES AT HEAD OFFICE IN DrBLIN. Quarter from Ist January to 31st 11a-ch 57 11 3 Ist April to 30th June 65 16 7 Ist July to 30th September l5l 12 3 19 Ist October to 31st December 230 0 9 Total . .E 505 0 9 9.857 19 9 Total ...£10,363 0 6 The fee on capital of companies completely registered is at the rate of Is. for every 1,000/. in the case of pro visionally registered companies, and 6d. for every 1,0001. in the case of companies registered as existing. Section 8 says that no change has been m tde in the return of the scale of fees appointed by the Lords of the Treasury for the services to be performed by the Re gistrar, anti of the respective amounts of such tees. Section 9 states ihat no ea-es in which companies have failed to appoint auditors, and of th.- proceedings taken thereon during the year, have come within the knowledge of the Registrar. Section 11, the return of the number of bankruptcies of joint-stock companies, and of the amount of the debts and assets of such companies, gives the name of the Forth Marine Assurance Company (date of fiat, 2 , 1 July, 1845), but states that the amount of debts and liabilities have not yet been ascertained.—Chronicle. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS.—SUBSIDENCE OF THE PRESTON VIADUCT.—This viaduct consists of 27 arches, and it crosses the turnpike-road from London to Brighton, near the Brighton terminus. It has been finished several weeks, and the principal portion of the wooden centres supporting the arches taken away. On Saturday morning the men engaged in ballasting the line over the viaduct discovered symptoms of the middle arch, which crosses the turnpike-road, having given way. Workmen were immediately employed in placing timber to support the arch. It was found to have sunk a foot or eighteen inches, and will have to be taken down and rebuilt. This arch was of wider span than the o'hers, and was the only elliptic arch in the viaduct. Some persons ascribe its subsidence to its being built in that form, but it is more probably owing to the continued wet weather, as another of the arches has since been found to be cracked. They will have both to be taken down and rebuilt. The line was to have been opened in May, but in consequence of this untoward event the opening most be deferred probably for six weeks or two months. Thousands of persons visited the spot yester day, it being within a mile of Brighton. WINDINGS UP.—The i hareholders in the following companies have called meetings, to be held during the current week, to consider the propriety of forthwith winding up their affairs :—Taw Vale Extension ; Lan cashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern; Leeds and York; Wrexham, Nantwich, and Crewe Junction ; 80-ton, Newark, and Sheffield ; London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct ; East Coast ; Central Devon ; London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster ; Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia; North Staffordshire; Chester and Manchester Direct • Direct Birmingham and Lei cester ; Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ; Du , )lin, Belfast, and Coleraine ; British and Irish Union (Dum fries to Portpatrick). From our official returns (gays the Railway Chronicle) it appears t hat the amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was 124,0731., thus ac couoted for:-59,516/. for the conveyance of passengers only ,• 33,2611. lot. the carriage of goods ; and a re mainder of 31,296/. for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned; being an increase over the corresponding week of last year of 24,3571. (To ren der this comparison fair, the opening of new lines should be credited in the calculation as included.) , . VALE ow NRATH.—A meeting of the inhabitants of Aberdare was held at the Town-hall last week, to peti tion Parliament in favour of the immediate passing of the Vale of Neath Railway Bill. A resolution was adopted to the effect that the proposed line would prove of meal - eatable benefit to Aberdare and its neighbourhood, from the connexion it would establish between it and Merthyr and Hirwain ; and still more advantageous from the facilities it would afford of cheap and rapid communica tion with Neath snd Swansea, and other important towns to the west of Neath. A petition to the House of Commons in favour of the line was adopted, and en trusted to Sir John Guest, M.P., for presentation. CORK AND WATERFORD. —A meeting of the Exeter shareholders in this undertaking is to be held forthwith, Mr. C. Hubbard in t he chair, to consider the propriety of winding up the affairs of this Company. ay with Lord and Lady Palmerston dined yester Marshal Sebastiani.—Galignani's Messenger. UNCLE SAM TERMINATING THE " JOINT OCCEr• PANCY."—The New York Herali has a pictorial device o Uncle Sam painting a new sign and name for the " Oregon Dispensary," and underneath is printed, "Uncle Sam, chief partner in the late firm of Sam and Bull, announces to the world that he is resolved to set up business in Oregon for himself, and terminate the joint occupancy which has here fore existed. Gentlemen having adverse claims to the ter ritory, will please step up to the War Department and receive payment in powder and ball. He believes himself fully capable of giving perfect satisfaction to all such cus tomers. His chief clerk, Mr. Polk, will attend to the matter." DETERMINED SUlClDE. —Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock. a determined suicide was committed by James Branch, a groom in the service of Candon, Esq., of Little Chelsea. The unfortunate man had, on Saturday, received warning from his master to quit his service in a month. Afterwards he stated to his fellow-servants that he was fearful his master would not give him a character, and he appeared much dejected. Yesterday morning he received orders to bring the horse and gig from the stables to the house, and, having been gone a considerable time, the foot man was se to the stable to know the cause. On entering the stables, b nt e di scov ered the groom suspended by a rope to i sometimes m o e n t e i m of es a beam, quite dead. those outlying border parishes c _ shepherdther e are AN ORTHODOX DocAnwhoelrde •• h h with his old dog, at the pans c urc , was a regular attender, more quadrnpeds than bipeds hurch on a Sabbath-day His down to the disruption. But at that evenful era he quitted dog, the Establishment, and joined the Free Churc h. however, no friend to newfangled highflying notions, coald by no me ns be persuaded to change, but, while his master trudges every Sunday to hear the minister of his choice, away he trots doggedly to the place and the preacher be has been ' accustomed to.—Border Watch. WATFORD FARMERS' CLUB. DISCUSSION ON TENANT RIGHTS. On Tuesday, the Watford Farmers' Club held its half yearly meeting, when the question of "tenant rights" was introduced for discussion by Robert Clutterbuck, Esq. There was a good attendance. Mr. CLUTTERBUCK, in introducing the subject of " tenant rights," made the following reinarks:—lt is quite undeniable that the establishment of farmers' clubs, has not only called forth during the last few years a very considerable amount of local and general information, bat has enabled the individual members to impart to their brother agriculturists the result of that experience, which is the basis of all improvements;—they have effected, perhaps, even more positive good, by offering to landlord and tenant that neutral ground so long wanted, on which both parties have a fair opportunity, in the spirit of ami cable discussion of drawing attention to points of prac tice, which they may have found either to be prejudicial to, or as likely to advance those mutual interests which ought to be inseparable. Investigations carried on in this spirit cannot fail, whilst they elicit much valuable mat ter, to encourage the growth of kdielly feelings, and mast have a natural tendency to draw more closely together those in whose union lies their real strength. All will admit that in these times the farmer can only hope to obtain a living profit from his occupation, in proportion to the amout of capital he has invested; to the energy and intelligence he employs in carrying out such a system of husbandry and rotation of crops as are best adapted to the peculiarities of the soil he cultivates. Increased production and economy of management must, in future, be his sheet anchor. The well-being of individuals, and the general interests of the community at large, demand equally, that when the period or mode of occupation can be shown to deter the tenant from adopting au improved mode of husbandry, such relaxation or change should be made without delay, as might promote those mutual advantages, which, as between landlord and tenant, I have before stated to be identical, and can only be per manently advanced by their cordial co-operation. The. result of experiments prove, day by day, that we have yet further to develope the productive powers of the soil; but in no point of view are they of more importance than as involving the solution of the problem whether agri culture, as yet in its infancy, may not, by affording In creased means of support to the labouring classes, absorb in its onward progress a large portion of what has been so long called our surplus population. While the manufacturer, by the aid of machinery, can in crease, as the tide of prosperity serves, his power of pro duction, and during periods of depression may contract at will his sphere of operations—the routine of hus bandry. comparatively monotonous in ita details, admits of no such interruptions. Every step in advance entails the necessity of employing a greater amount of manual labour, which must in itself be of better quality, and would therefore be fairly entitled to more liberal re muneration. The management of valuable stock and implements imparts to labourers a feeling that they form part of a well-organised economy, and they are thus raised in the social scale. Who then is to fix limits f 0 that spirit of inquiry now so generally lighted up thrsugh the length and breadth of the land, as to the means of substantial comforts and contentment, or of physical, and, consequently, moral improvements, we may thus be the mettles of providing for this portion of our fellow-countrymen ? The philanthropist may devise plans, whether of colonization, emigration, or the allotment of land, calculated—in his opinion— to afford temporary rt lief ; but employment is the legitimate, the most natural source of en couragement to those whose capital consists in the labour of their hands. It is in this most essential, most vital point of view, that the science and practice of agriculture offer the greatest inducement to us to redouble our combined exertions. We can never impress too earnestly upon landlords, tenants, and labourers, that in thus working together -we not only al vance the public go. d, but must best forward those indi vidual interests which come home ss naturally to each and all of us with such peculiar force. On referring to the discussions of the numerous farmers' clubs through out the country, it is impossible not to be struck with the importance so very generally attach d to the subject which I am to bring betore you this day, namely, " Tenant Rights." I shall confine myself to giving as shortly as I can a general outline of the question as it now stands, and leave others more competent than my self to fill up those blanks which can only be supplied by long practice and experience. They say a " fellow feel ifig makes us wondrous kind." I am myself in occupa tion of some land from year to year. I have felt and do feel the uncertainty of the tenure ; that it cannot fail to be detrimental to the investment of capital and the ad vancement of agriculture ; whilst, on the other hand, as a landlord, I shall endeavonr to point out those relations which appear to be mostconducive to the mutual advantage of both landlord and tenant. After some consideration, it is my deliberate opinion that it would not only be im practicable to frame a legislative enactment which would meet the difficulties of the question, but that, by the agitation of that point not only much valuable time would be lost, but that during the discussion feelings and expressions might possibly find vent, which might in reality postpone a final settlement satisfactory to both parties. In every instance where a tenant is prepared with sufficient capital, I entirely agree with Mr. Cuth - bert Johnston—there can be nothing like " a good, a long, a liberal lease." Indeed, I can hardly conceive that, under ordinary circumstance., any man would be rash enough to invest a large amount of capital in a farm without a lease ; but even then great care must be taken that the covenants are drawn by a person of prac tical experience. On the other hand, the landlord who grants a term of twenty-one years, and thus parts with all control over his property for so long a period, must necessarily, in self-defence, make fur his own safety such arrangements as may guarantee him not only the im pr,vonient of the farm, but such as will profit e for its being handed over to him at the end of the term in as good condition at least as it was at the commencement. It is clear that there must be many instances in which existing tenants could hardly be able to give this guaran tee ; the difficulty of the question lies in this point only, how those tenants who hold from year t-3 year can re ceive a guarantee for that outlay of capital which at the time of their quitting may fairly be said to be exhausted in the land, and which would fairly entitle them to com pensation. If practical farmers will attentively consider this question, and bring forward each his own views, there is but little doubt, looking at the anxiety on the subject so generally expressed, that any judicious land lord will avail himself readily of such information, and feel himself bound by interest, as well as a sense of jus tice, to forward, as far as in him lies, the settlement of this question of tenant right. It would be the best sale guard against the uncertainty of that ill-defined term. "customs of the country," which leads so often to liti gation, causes, in many instances, feelings of irritation and dissatisfaction, and, when investigated, generally fails to.protect the landlord, on the one hand, from the deteriorated condition of his farm at the end of a term, thereby rendering it more difficult for him to procure a good tenant to enter on a bad holding; and where a tenant has already expended money which gives him a fair claim to compensation, it is equally incompetent to enforce payment by the landlord of what, under a better understood system of " tenant rights," would be enforced as a matter of simple justice. Lore ESSEX thanked Mr. Clutterbuck for the manner in which be had brought this subject before the Club. lie was ready and willing to give his word and his hoed to remunerate his tenants for all permanent and unexhausted improvements, or to afford any other security to his tenants to induce them to farm in a liberal manner. his Lordship also stated that the late Lord Leicester would only let farms at the tate of one acre to every ten pounds of capital, and his Lordship also thought that one drawback on the land in some localities was the fact that farmers held too much for their capital. Atter some discussion, Mr. CLUTTERBUCH proposed the following resolution, which was unanimously agreed to :—" That the ques tion of tenant rights' is well worthy of consideration, as equally calculated to promote the interests of both landlord and tenant, and the advancement of practical agriculture.' " After the discussion, the members dined together at the Essex Arms, the Earl of Essex presiding. When the cloth was removed The Earl of ESSEX rose, and after some prefatory re marks relative to the affairs of the club, said—At uo period of our lives, at no period in the history of our country, has it ever been, I think, so absolutely neces sary for all who are connected with agriculture to exert themselves to the utmost, not only to advance themselves in the profession they have chosen, but even to keep their heads above water. (Hear, hear.) That prop on which you have been accustomed to lean for years past, and which you have been accustomed to con sider as conducive to your success—that prop, I believe, is ahout to be removed. That broken reed—protection, which you have long been accustomed to depend upon, is about to be taken from y o u, an d th ere f ore I thi n k ou will agree with me that if ever it was essential, it is now more than ever essential that you sho u ld exert your selves.— (Hear, hear.) No doubt, by a great mea sure of this sort, as by all great measures, however beneficial they may be to the great mass of the country at large —by all great changes, I say, such as this, some persons must suffer—(Hear, hear.) On this occasion there are two classes of farmers who are more liable to be injured than any others. The first class comprehends all those who have hitherto been farming without capital—men who, I should say, and I say it with greater freedom, because I believe there are none here who are in that situation—men who never should have been farmers at all ; bec ause it is clear that if there is an occupation in which, owing to the vicissi tudes of the seasons, capital is absolutely necessary, it is the occupation of farming. I, therefore, frankly and freely say that if those who are farming from hand to mouth, as it is termed—men who ought not to be farmers, should suffer from this change, however much we may be sorry for the individuals, yet we shall not be surprised. — (Hear, bear.) The next class of men is those who, hav ing capital, possess not sufficient confidence in their own energies, or in the productive powers of the soil, to em ploy that capital to the best advantage. With regard to that class, I must say, that if, in addition to their unwillingness to employ capital, they should also feel an unwillingness to throw over their deep rooted prejudices, and many of those antiquated ideas which still exist in the breasts of many farmers ; if they feel unwilling again to go to school, and to benefit by the advantages of science, and the expe rience of others, both of which are now so lavishly offered them ; if they are unwilling to enter the race of improvement which is now so general throughout the country—to those men I must say, as their best friend, that they should leave their profession before they to-e the remainder of their fortunes.—(Hear, hear.) For if they determine to stand still while others are advancing, they will find that those who are possessed of more energy and enterprise will outrun and cast them down. —(Bear, hear.) These are the classes of men who I believe will suffer most from the great changes which are about to take place ; but there is another class who have capital, and who, I believe, cannot better employ it than by putting on the land; for of this I am convinced, that if you behave liberally and handsomely to the land she will return a liberal and haurlsome interest,. Those men who have the courage to avow and toti v i t r . o i s o v tli o t v s •e — r t t h h o e s i e r any - Lent prejudices, and who possess minds sufficiently to induce them to adopt all known inspro men, I to lieve, will live to see the day when those mea sures will confer the greatest benefit upon themselves and the country, and they will arrive at a pitch of prosperity hitherto unknown. They will find that which they have hitherto been disposed to depend upon is most fallacious ; they will find that it robbed them of one half the energy which, as Englishmen of intelligence, they ought to possess e they will find that they have hitherto been ignorant of what they themselves are capable of doing, and of what the soil of Ens:land is capable of producing ; they will find themselves as ig norant in those reseects as a man who, having been ac customed to go upon crutches all his life, is of what he could do if the use of his limbs were restored to him ; they will find that what is commonly called " high farming" is the course which they must. in future pur sue ; that they must not fear liberally to use the great advantages of farming with sheep and artificial manures, which last I look upon as a positive gift of Providence ; irbove all, they will find it necessary to increase their quantity of live stock ; they will find it necessary to have such crops of turnips that they may still continue to keep as large an amount el sheep as they now do, and still las atria to carry a third, or a f unit, of the crop to the yard to fatten bullocks, and thereby make such an increase in the quantity and quality of the dung as shall repay them.—Uttar, hear.) I believe it is more for the advantage of all of us to grow four quarttrs an acre at forty shillings, than three at fifty shillings. So, with regard to meat ; I should wish to see so great a quantify of meat raised in this country that the farmers could afford to sell it at two-thirds of the prices it is now fetching. What would be the consequence of that ? Why, that those ' who now eat meat once or twice a week at the utmost would eat it two or three times a week, and thus, as re gards the producer, the increased consumption would more than equal the diminution in price. Now, with respect to the manufacturers, I believe that this measure will prove most beneficial to them, and I am firmly con vinced, from the sympathy which exists between the ma nufacturing and the agricultural interest, that, whatever is advantageous to, and conduces to the prosperity of, the manufacturer, must conduce to the interest of the agriculturist. One great cause of the prosperity of the manufacturer was this—notwithstanding he has had taxes of all sorts to contend with, and also a high tax on the raw mat, rials wh:ch he manufactured, he has proved himself superior to all the other manufac urers of the world, and has competed with and beaten all the world ; he has employed his capital liberally and ski! fully. On all occasions he has adopted the new improve ments in mechanics, and invariably profitei by the advantages which science, in its various branches, could confer upon him. And I would venture to hold out the same inducement to you, and say, the judicious and liberal employment of capital 'will enable you, as it has enabled the manufacturer of this country, to cempote —and that successfully—with the wide world. Many of you, no doubt, have been surprised, after hearing me address you not long ago at the meeting of St. Albari's on the subject of the corn-laws—you must have been surprised, I say, to hear me express the sentiments I have just uttered.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I own—and I do so with ri feeling somewhat akin to shame—that the sentiments I then expressed were adopted by me at the time when Providence first cast me among you, previous to which period I took but little interest in this subject. I found myself cast among those whose lot was fixed to the soil, and whose whale interest and prosperity were dependent on the soil. and at a moment when the subject of the corn-laws first became most interesting. With that facility which most people are too apt to show in adopt ing opinions that apparently favour their own interests, I adopted the opireens of those among horn I was classed, and I tithe shame to myself when I say that I did so without duly inquiring and fairly considering the subject. I continued to maintain those opinions until I saw that the questisn was coining to a crisis, and then I found, after deep consideration and strict inquiry, that those opiaions were erroneous. I saw that the crisis would shortly arrive, when, in the House of Lords,l should be called upon to give a vote up on this question, and I then felt that my pre conceived opinions, however honest they might have been, were not sufficient grounds on whish to give a vote cn this deeply impertant subject. I felt that as a Mernter of th - e House of Lords, I was bound to reconsider the quss tion—as an honest man to give an unbiassed vote, and therefore, to devote the same attention and give the same good consideration tit every argument and state ment made on ene side of the question as, I am ashamed to say, I had hitherto given ouly to those on the other. The result was, that I came to the conclusion that the fears which are entertained on this suejeet will prove erroneous. I have already stated that I believe the new measure will be productive of great good. When I consider the progressive state of the population of this country—a population increasing a thousand souls a day—l cannot believe that the farming of this country, however much it has improved, can possibly keep pace with the increase of the population. When you con sider that the first want of all people is a sufficiency of food, I think you will allow that the measure is jus tified by the circumstances of the times; and I would have you take my word for it, that the employment of capital and the exercise of skill will not be injurious, but will produce this effect—that both the employed and the employer will be ultimately more happy and prosperous. I beg, in conclusion, asuin to propose " Long success and prosperity to the Watford Farmers' Club." H. CLUTTER/117CE, EA., proposed the " Health of the Earl of Essex," which was drunk with hearty cheers. The Earl of EssEx returned thanks. S. NIAJORIBANKS proposed the health of' Mr. Clutter buck, which was drunk with cheers, told suitably re sponded ti). N. lIIBDERT, Esq., differed with his Noble Friend (the chairman) in the view he had taken of the corn-law question. He was not disposed to take the most gloomy view of the effects of the Government measures, but he thought that they had been introduced with a rapidity and precocity which would occasion extreme difficulty to those whose capital was engaged in agriculture. "I, for ono (continued Mr. stibbert) will not despond, for I think that when these measures shall have been fully brought into operation, at the end of that time, either by the increased demand which will arise in consequence of these measures—a(' Hear, be.ir,' from Lord Essex) —or in consequence of the increased facilities which will be given to some of the operations of farming; or. perhaps, in consequence of all of us corning down in some of our demands—Jiver, hear) —agriculture may, at the end of that period, be as progressive as it is at present." After a few other speeches and toasts, The Earl of ESSEX proposed " The health of the Tenant Farmers," advising them to keep their courace up, and assuring them that, in the end, " they would be more prosperous and better farmers than they had hi.hert been. The company then separated.—Hertford Mercury. MEDICAL REFORM. On Saturday evening a large meeting of the general committee of associated surgeons was held at the Fr.- e was especially convened t advisable to be adopted at innhaesdip)enriejsb:ieari'arlatvteeeornnoin.unc' the i t 'h u e r s (7 tA ii es ting furtherance of medical reform. Mr. BoTToatuY, surgeon of Croydon, and president of the committee, took the chair ex-officio. Mr. OTTLEY, the secretary, announced that Dr. Fer guson, of Bath, and Mr. Noble of Manchester, had joined the asseciation. He also stated that some time since a deputation from the association had waited upon the council of the Royal College of Surgeons to inquire as to any maisures the council contemplated, and al though the deputation was promised an answer early in February to their inquires, and to their suggestions of medical reform, no reply had as yet been received. A meeting of the National Association of Medical Prac titioners was to be held shortly, and though its manag ing members had volunteered no communication with that committee, it was desirable that there should he combination in their efforts. As to the council of the College of Surgeons there was a hope of amicable agree ment with them ; therefore it was wisdom for the com mittee to act for itself with the sanction and support of the profession at large, and with powerful unanimity place their grievances, and the remedies for them, before the legislature. Mr. LEWIS considered that the Lancet, in the thirteen resolutions it had published, had fully explained the points requiring the co-operation of the faculty. lle feared that Mr. Wakley did not receive upon the subject efficient support in the House of Commons, and wished to know from the Hon. Gentleman wheth r, under the circumstances, he was prepared t o bring before the Legis lature a Bill on medical reform? Mr. Waxta:y, M.P., said it was his intention to do so at an early period, whether support in Parliament or not. lie waited it erely to see what ste p s the profession generally Nished to take, for he knew tnat no Bill would be carried unl ess it were strongly a nd generally sup ported by m e di ca l men . Sir James G raham had told him an-I Mr. Berkeley, M.P., when the y presented to him the B r i s t o l memor ial, to which a thousand medical practitioners' signatures were attached, that he (Sir James Graham) would support any measure suggested by the great majority of the profession.—(Hear, hear.) Let cal corporat r it . i . them, therefore, agree upon a Bill, and he (Mr.Waftley) would place it in the hands of the Home Secretary, who, no doubt, would lulfil his promise, and use his influence practitioners w re hampered in passing it. As long as there was dissension amongst the members of the profession nothing could be d"u". He though he was by hasty pledges given to eerrupt tnedi tinanitnous. If they wr-re, the Miiiisti r would feel it his duty to bring the am, lioration of their condition, as sug Bested by them se l ves , to a suceessful issue —(Hear.) With respect to the council of the College of Surgeons, r li s e , 4 pr u o p v o id n ed Si t r hf: T g uemneeiralGraham, the faculty at large would recollect how it had been humbled... and insulttd by that exclusive body, whose p . r m i vt.teemnes, granted by Parliament, were intended for o ti f ,' b bent-fit of the whole profession, and by consequence, the public, and not fur the advantage of a few self interested and avaricious in • dividuais. The power 'far liament had ' granted to the council Parliament could take away, but it would not do it unless the profession en masse urged the necessity of it. The voice of the profession should be universal and general in dAnandulg the alteration •a in the - constitution of the council. They could not expect P ar li ament to interfere in their beha lf so lung as dissensions 1 d amongst themselves. prevailed e Distinct n • leernlgs were held in divers places —there !vasneither regularity nor unanimity in their proceed ings, and so long as they we re absent their exertio ns would be futile. He advised the formation of one ge neral body actin,. harmoniously,the result of whose .., simithan , , e"us and harmonious efforts would end, he cm.itufenlly prAicted, in complete su ccess.—(Cheers.) He would suggest a g .nerai e,nvocation or ruedica! cen gross, to be chosen: by members of the faculty in their several counties, and to sit and decide upon the items which medical reform required, and explain them to the Legislature. The favourable inclination of the Minister should be taken advantage of, and a Medical Reform Bill, drawn up under the general sanction of the profession, should be placed in his ban•;s. He begged to state em phatiea!ly that he considered it quite useless to make any further communicati , n to the council of the College of Surgeons, and he offered to take any part, nu ntatter humble, difficult, or active, the committee should assign him.--(Cheers.) Mr. JoffEs, of Portland-street, agreed that this object coeld only be accomplished by amalgamation and unanimity. It Mr. Wakley had but hitherto been shut out from the deliberations of the committee, they would have had by that time the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons at their feet.—(Hear) He hoped to see the distinctions disappear and the profession merge into one general faculty. A member suggested the drawing up of a Bill by the Committee. Mr. WAKLEy, M.P., said his Bill was nearly ready to be produced before an aggregate meeting of the surge, us of the united empire. He would recommend the forma tion of a sub-committee, to ascertain the resolutions about to be proposed at a meeting of the National As sociation, in order to submit th,•m to the next meeting of that committee, to which ineeiing d, legates from the different medical associati,• , ns should be invited. This next meeting might be tnade the promoter of a great movement, provided unanimity were made the order of the day. A sub-committee was then formed, consisting of the Chairman, the two Secretaries, and Messrs. Bloxam, Yelrsley, and Lewis, to carry into effect the sugges tions of Mr. Wakley, after which the Association separated. . MASSACRE OF THE CREW OF THE SHIP MARY. We regret to state that information has at length ar rived announcing the wreck of this vessel, and the dreadful fate of her crew, who sailed on a whaling ex • pedition about three years since to Sydney, thence to Woodlark Islands. The particulars are obtained from a survivor, named Valentine—the only one—seven of the crew having perished in the shipwrta, and the re • training 28 were horribly massacred by the natives of Woodlark Islands. The escape of Valentine is most extraordinary. lie is now on his passage to England, having been rescued by the crew of the brig Tigress. From his statement, it appears that the vessel arrived at Sydney in September, 1843, and proceeded in a few days direct for Woodlark Islands, and reached them in the month of November, having had favourable winds all the time, as well as remarkably fine weather. The Lady Anne and the brig Tigress, he says, accompanied them. They cruised upon the north-west side until the 21st of that month, when the weather changed, and be fore 12 at night an awful storm came on. It sprung up at about 9 from the westward, awl afterwards veered round to the north-west with such fury as to destroy their small-boat, galley, bulwarks, &c., and sweep away all on deck. The next morning matters were worse. At 12 o'clock their main and mizen•masts were carried away by the force of the hurricane, and at four the ship struck on Loughlin's-reef, where she became a total wreck. The crew took to the rigging, where they remained exposed nearly forty-eight hours before the sea had sufficiently abated to enable them to construct a raft to gain the shore. In the meantime several of the crew, including the chief mate, Mr. J. Settle, perished. On reaching the share, several natives came down, and kindly treated them, by furnishing cocoa-nuts and provisions, and aft-r -wirda conducted them to their village. The master, Captain Stein, on finding there was no chance of speak ing with a ship, resolved to build a small vessel that would enable him and his men to proceed to sea. Ac cordingly all hands were set to work to save as much of the wreck as possible, and in this they were fortunate. For nine months they enjoyed the utmost friendship with the natives and received a good supply of ,uch provisions as the island afforded. Suddenly, how ever, just after the launching of their newly built schooner, and within a few days of their intended departure, they (it it was supposed in retaliation for some offence committed by one of the crew) came down upon, and murdered Captain Stein and six of the men. Having no provisions whatever on board, and being with out water, the survivors endeavoured to treat with the natives ; the latter, however, resisted their relanding, and they made for Woodlark Island in a six oar. d whale-heat, a journey which occupied five days, during which they subsisted on sea birds and fish. Here they were kindly received, and remained preparing for lengthened voyage. unil some natives of the Loughlin Island arrived, and apprised the chiefs of what had occurred there, when the natives rushed to the spot where they were encamped, and massacred the whole of them. Valentine, who it appears was in an adjacent wood, escaped. The poor fellow erdured the greatest privation, being compelled to make the wood his habita tion for several weeks. Having been the means of say ing the life of a native, he contrived to make the party aware of his perilous condition, who assisted him to a distant pa, t of the island, veaere the Tigress brig soon afterwards anchored to obtain water, on board of which he instantly found refuge. RAILWAY SIT 'RE LEEDS, APRIL 11. The absorbing topic of the week is the business-like and bold, yet most wise, declaration of the Premier, relative to the suspension of new Railway schemes, and the winding up of the affairs of such as a majority of the proprieto a are wishful to abandon. Some such measure as that alluded to is rendered imperatively necessary by the exigencies of the times for the relief of the commerce of the country, and the improved value which will be attained through the alteration by all dividend paying stocks, will tend greatly to the permanent establishment of railway prosperity; while the facilities proposed to be given for obtaining returns of deposits, cannot but give relief and satisfaction to the most needy class of speculators. The only draw back to the general feeling of satisfaction at the prospect of carrying out of the views i f Government on this subject is, that in an bridle cr,minate suspension of all new schemes, bond fide ones, and such as are really needed for the proper development of e \living lines, and for the accommodation of the manufacturing districts, will suffer along with the worthless. The delay Is, however, but temporary for the good ; and the cautious policy proposed will eventually prove, even for the better class of schemes, much more judicious than peas ing them now when money is required so largely for the completion of lines in progress. The fluctuation of prices has not been consider able this week, and upon the various markets better appearances are manifested ; there seems a little disposition to make investments, and some scrips are recovering in the increased prospect of a speedy divi sion of what remains unexpended. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Extension, 25 dis. —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 275. 6d. dis. -- Newca.tle and Glasgow Direct, 225. 6d.—Northumberalnd and Lancashire, 21s. dis. —West Riding Union, YORK, Aram 11. _ _ _ STOCK Excu.satoz.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 11. lc-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), 6s. 6d. - Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 1/. 23.- London and York, 11. 45.-Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2.-Newcastle and Ber wick, 17 %-Neweastle and Darlington Extensions, 7% -North Bri tish, Carlisle Extension, 1% -York and North Midland Extension, 31% -Ditto, New (EastEDß aml West Riding), 814. INURGH, Aran. 8. STOCK Excussma.-- The sales are -- Aberdeen, 15-Airdrie and Bathgate, 435.-British and Irish Union, 3-Caledoniaii, 51. 155..- Caledonian Extension, 245. 6d. - Cornwall and Devon, 325. 6d.- Direct Northern, 315.-East Indian Railway, 7s. rid.- Edinburgh and Ilathgate, 40s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Northern, 265. -Ditto, New port, Is.- Ditto. Lochgally, ifs. tid.- Edinburgh and Peebles, 215.- Edinburgh and Perth, 455. -Forth and Clyde Junction, 355.-Glas gow and Bell ast Union, 225. 6d. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 225.- Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 345. ii.-North 611ritish, 241. 10s. -Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 31s. -Perth and Crieff Direct, 335. -Perth and Inverness, 245. -Scottish Central. 121. 175.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 225. Mi.s Burdett Coutts, with her charnsteristie vene. rosity, has given 501. to the testimonial, raising for the widow and family of the late respected superintendent Pearse, of the Metropolitan Police, whose exertions in saving the Crown jewels at the fire at the Tower of London deserved the highest commendations, as also his efforts in subduing the Chartists of Bethnal-green. Notwithstandihg 15 years ser vice, there is no pension for the widow of persons in his stati , ‘n. DIvIDEND UPON A BANKER'S ESTATE.—SOIII:' half century ago there existed in Bond-street a banker's establish ment, kni.wn as Messrs. Strange, Dashwood, and Co. About 4-5 years have elapsed since the house suspended payment, and several dividends up. , n the estate have at considerable intervals been paid. ithin the last few days we understand a sixth dividend of Bd. in the pound, making in all 13s. 4d has been in course of payment. The firm, we believe at ti period when it stopped payment, comprised two M.P.'s, and two, if not three, Scotchrnen ; and (some of the elder mem bers of the banking fraternity will probably recollect) stood, if we mistake not, in this wise, Messrs. Strange, Dashwood, Welwyn, Agnew, and M‘George. DEATH OF HENSHAW LATHAM, ESQ., BANKER. It is with feelings of the deepest regret- that we have this day to make the painful announcement of the death of our highly-respected townsman, Henshaw Latham, Esq., whose loss will be as severely felt as it will be universally deplored. !Sr. Latham was taken ill yesterday morning at - his resi dence, Marine parade, Dover, and expired about an hour afterwards, from an attack of apoplexy. Mr. Latham was, we believe, in the 64th year of his age. During very many years he had been looked up to as the leading man of this town, and had been several times mayor. He was one of the Barons of the Cinque Ports, who were deputed to bear the canopy at the coronation of George the Fourth—the last occasion when that ceremony was observed. He was Consul at this port for France, Holland, Bremen, Lubeck, and Meeklenburgh ; Vice-Consul for Sweden, Norway, Den mark. America, Hanover, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain, and Rio de la Plata. He was agent to Lloyd's and Treasurer of Dover Harbour; and since the dece ase of late lamented father, he was head of the very old and 15 highly respected banking firm of Latham and Co., Dover.—Dover Chronicle. A SOLDIER'S Doo.—Sergeant O'Neill, of the 3d Light Dragoons, writing home to hi s friends from Ferozepo , e on the Bth of January, communicat es the fall of his brother in the battle of bloodkee, and adds, " he had a little dog that was with him through the whole charge ; and his comrades in C troop came the next day and asked me not to remove it from the troop, and they would respect it in remembrance of him, which I, of course, acceded to, a nd it accompanied them every foot during the next two days' fighting, and is again safe with them." MRS. WALKER F ERR AND.—This lady died on Sunday, at Paris, in which city she has fer some time been staying for surgical aid, haying a cancer in het-In-eat. We he c regret t eor s t a te that her last sufferings were very great, tanc having extended down her arm. Tier remains S will he wrought to Bingley for bur ial on Saturday (this day). he was the daughter of Mr. Moss, banker, of Liverpool. Her loss will be greatly felt in Bingley, where, amongstother acts of beae volence, she allowed several fields to be set out for spade husbandry.— Mercury. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.--WooLvvicH, APRIL The Lightning steam. vessel, Master-commander Petly, is under orders to leave Woolwich to-morrow, to convey the widow and family of the late Captain Clavell, one of the captains of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, to Whitby. The Dragon steam-frigate was towed down the river to-day from Blackwall. The Athol troop-ship arrived at the dock yard, Woolwich, to-clay from the West Indies, having on board M jor Itoslarid's and Captain Tomkvns's companies of the. Royal Artillery. The Ordnance Corps: The men returned unfit for duty assembled at the Ordnance Hospital at one o'clock on Saturday, April 11, for the inspection of the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, to be pensioned according to their various services. The men are to be discharged ea the 14th, and will commence their pensions on the 16th of the present mrintb. THE LATE BRIG %HIER GENERAL TAVI.OR —llriq 2 - dier •General Taylor, C. 8., 29th Regiment, who was its the late battle on the Su! k, was grandson of the lat e killedohn ~, ,_, ...... Baker, Esq., of St Stephen' ,, , near Canterbury, minx years M.P. for this city, whose eldest danaliti r married C , lld.fin Taylor, killed at the battle of Vinteira, and who ateward, was united to Colonel Munro, commandant 'at Dover, and now at Dublin.—Kent Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY, MANSION-HOUSE. ' CORN ZXCHANGW. The Lord Mayor received the following letter on the The arrivals of English Wheat, up to last week, coastwise subject of the manni-r in which the regulations made by as well as by land carriage and sample, were on a very limited the Court of Aldermen, and confirmed by Mr. Baron scale, though of somewhat improved gtolity. Of Barley, Platt, are attended to by the steam-boat proprietors : Nlait, Oats, and all other articles of home produce, the re " April 11, 1846. c:ipts were small. From Scotland, no grain of any descrip -,b" -vw Ireland, ly about 11,000 "My Lord,—l beg permission to call attention to the shameful manner in which the steam-boats on the Thames are crowded. In coming yesterday from Graves end, I was really shocked by what I witnessed. If it is necessary to confine the number of passengers in a cab or omnibus, how much more necessary is it in a steamer? The companies seem disposed only to pocket as much as they possibly can, without regard either to the conveni ence or seety of the public; not that I wonder at it, for a cabman would do the same if the law did not prevent him. You have the power, and, I trust, the disposition and determination to put an end to this abaurenable practice. Were you to go to Grave-end to-morrow, you would require no evidence stronger than your own eyes to assure you of this fact. I look with absolute fear to Monday and Tuesday next, being Laster time, and en treat you to take the matter under your contr. I.—l have the honour to be, your Lordship's obedient s:rvant, " Palace-road, Lambeth." " J. F. ASTON. The LORD MAYOR said with reference to the letter, that he was pert'. oily ready, as he had frequently stated upon ether occasions, to enforce the regulations cf the Court of Al iermen, whenever cases should be brought before him in which it might be proved that any viola tion had taken place. He had invited the public to look to tie instances of overcrowding, vud to assist in applying the remedy by summoning the offending parties before him. It had been stated, upon authority, that .the commanders of the steam vessels, which so constantly took trips up and down the river, were in no one case licensed, and it was only necessar:,• to summon such commander to convict and to punish them. The penalties for each trip were very consider able, as were the penalties for carrying a greater number than was allowed by the regulations to be con veyed, and for in other respects infringing the rules ; but it was absurd to suppose that the Lord Mayor should be expected to employ persons to do that which the public ought to do for themselves. A lad, who appeared terribly frightened, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having at tempted to pick the pockets of several ladies on board one of the steamers, at London Bridge. The complainant, a gentleman, who was with his wife, on board the steamer, stated that he saw the prisoner put his hand into the pocket of a lady, after having followed others with apparently the same object. The prisoner had, it appeared, gone on board the steamer, atter having a orked hard all the week, in order to prepare himself for a matrimmial enterprise, in which he had appointed to engage on that morning at 9 o'clock. He had delivered all his earnings, with the ex ception of the pence of the excursion to Greenwich, into the hand of the young woman to whom he was to be united ; and he little thought that, uron his return from the twopenny worth of recreation, he should fall into any other arms than these which were ready to receive him with affection. Into the possession of a great policeman, however, it was his unhappy destiny to be transferred, at the moment be was looking out for the smiling reception he so naturally expected on the eve of consummation. in came to hand; while from Ireland, only about Wheat of Oats came fresh to hand. The imports of Foreign Wheat and Beans were large—upwards of 26,000 quarters ,of the former, =4l 10,000 quarters of the latter having been landed in bond. Fresh up to-day, the receipts of English Wheat were again small; however, the stands exhibited a comparatively limited number of samples. Notwithstanding , it was what is termed a holiday market, the atter dance of both town and country buyers was tolerably extensive. The finest Wheats commanded a steady sale, at, in some few in s t ances , a trifle more money. In the mid dling and inferior kinds, comparatively little was doing, yet previous rates were pretty generally supported. At the close of the trade very few parcels remained unsold., The accounts which have reached us by this morning's pelt, respecting the appearance of the Wheat plants are very satis factory. As hut few parcels of foreign Wheat have been lately released for home consumption, the show of that article was very small, owing to which the holders demanded higher rates for all descriptions As these were not submitted to by the dealers, the trade may be considered heavy at late rates. Several parc e ls o f f or ei gn Wh eat un d er l oc k were pressing forward for sale, but as the speculators evinced con siderable caution, so little was doing in it, that prices were almost nominal. The same may be said of other grain in bond. All kinds of Barley—the show of which was small—met a somewhat inactive demand ; yet the value of the malting qualiti'2s was fairly maintained, and a good clearance of such was effected. The supply of Malt was extremely small; still, however, the malt trade was by no means active, at late rates. Having a very small supply of Oats from our own coasts, as well as from Ireland, there was rather more inquiry for that article, at, in some instances, an advance in the quotations of from 6d to Is per cwt. It is now pretty well ascertained that the arrivals of Oats from Ireland for some time hence will be extremely small ; this, of course, has imparted firmness to our trade. Beans—the supply of which was tolerably good—met a dull sale, at barely sta tionary prices. In 'Peas, rather more business was trans acted, and white boiling qualities had an upward tendency- The Flour trade was dull, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 643 to 65$ Red, New.... 518 to G5B Oats—Yorkshire and • Ditto,White, Old.. 37s 70s Lincolnsh., Feed. 24s 23$ Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe • • 30s 32$ coin, Red... • . 523 65s Youghar and Cork, Ditto, White.... • . 558 68s 81ack....... 23s '2 9 Irish, Red........ 518 54s Cork, White..... 243 2 21 Ditto, White .... • • 538 57s Scotch, Feed..... 26s 30 1 aye—Old • • • • .. • • • • • • 368 388 Beans—Tick . . 34s 41$ New. • • • • • • • . • . 383 45s Pigeons • • • 433 490 Barley—Grinding..... 24s 951 Pease—Grey. ........ 3gs 410 Malting . ........ 31s 34s Maple..... Chevalier • • • • 37a 388 White ....... 48s 538 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers . s4s 5 64 f01k............ 588 62$ Flour—Town-made... 55s 671 Brown . • • • • • • • • • • 578 60s Suffolk . . 485 498 Kingston and Ware 63s 65s Stocktu & Norfolk 46s 4SI FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat—Dantzic • • • • • . 578 to 63s Beans . • • • • 398 to 441 Hamburgh • . 56s 62s Pease • • • • • • • • 41s 4 711 Barley .. 228 28s Flour—American ....• —8 •—$ Oats--New .. 2ss 271 Baltic ..... • • • --s eed .. 22s 23s SMX Since Monday last the arrivals of foreign stock in the port of London have been considerably on the increase, and of improved quality, they having amounted to 21 Oxen from Hamburgh, 150 Oxen and Cows, together with 350 SheePr from Rotterdam, and 76 Oxen and Cows, 151 Sheep, and I Calf, from Harlingen.. To-day we had on offer 250 Oxen The LORD MAYOR desired to hear evidence as to he character of the prisoner, for the sake of the girl to whom it was said he was to have been married, as well as for the sake of public justice. The complainant declared that he was anxious to set the prisoner, who. he was told, hid never been before accused of dishonesty, at liberty. and hoped that his Lordship would consent to discharge the young man. The shopmate of the prisoner stated that nobody could work harder than the prisoner had worked for the last two years to his knowle and nobody had ever heard a tittle against his character. The risoner's mother said that from his infancy not the slightest imputation had been cast upon her son. If his Lordship wished, he could see the young woman, who was waiting to be married to him, and who had in her possession all his week's money, with the exception of a shilling, ninepence halfpenny of which had been found on his person after his Greenwich excursion, so that hie refreshments could have cost him no more than one halfpenny. The LORD MAYOR, who did not wish to put the girl to the blush, saw no reason why he should not agree to the suggestion of the complainant, and the young couple started off in the hope of prevailing upon the parson to excuse their want of punctuality in consideration of the awkward cause of it. BOW-STREET. Two young men of highly respectable appearance, named G eorge Griffin and Henry Smart, were charged with assaulting the police at a promenade concert, at Covent-garden Theatre, on Saturday night. It appeared from the evidence of policemen A 17,179, 110, and 20, and of Superintendent Pierce, that on Saturday night there was a disturbance at the concert, which originated in a dispute be tween the police, headed by Superintendent Pierce, and a gentleman who had been seen by him to pick up a trinket that had been dropped by some person in the promenade. This person refusing to give up the trin ket, the police attempted to take him in custody, but ware prey , nted by the crowd, who " hustled" and hooted them. While this was going on, the prisoner Smart came behind policeman A 17. and knocked his hat down over his face. He was immediately seiz , d by policeman A 179, who took him to the station-house. About the same time policeman A 110 was endeavouring to keep back a mob who were driving him and the other policeman from their places, and preventing them from arresting the person who held the trinket. This polieeinan was several times pushed and hooted by the prisoner Griffin, who several times warned him that he must take him into custody if he did not desist, and he ultimately did take in charge. Both prisoners went quietly to the station house. The disturbance was so great that the police were oblieed to send for a reinforceinent. The prisoner (Smart) said that he certainly did at tempt to bonnet the policeman, but he had no Intention either of creating a disturbance or of hurting the police man—in fact he only did it in fun. The other prisoner said that he did not intentionally push against the policeman; he was thrown against him by the crowd, who pressed on him to that he could not help it. In support of this statement he called two witnessf-s. Mr. Jones, the person who was observed to pick up the trinket, was t , en examined. He had several times attempted to force himself on the attention of the Court in the course of the case. He stated that in the course of the concert he observed a person near him, who had a stick in his hand, attempt to " hook up" a trinket which was lying on the floor. He said that "two could play at that game," and accordingly picked it up. The superintendent (who was in private clothes) imme diately came up to him, and said he must give that up. Witness did not know that this was a superintendent of police, and he refused to give it up. The police thee seized upon him, and teok him to the station house. He 1.-ft the trinket at the station-house in the charge of the inspector who was there on duty, and he was then . diseharced. Mr. HALL commented at great length upon the case, and remarked particularly upon the feat that Griffin treated the charge wish levity, and laughed while the evidence was being given. He said he must make a distinction between the person eho acted thus and the portion who showed contrition for his conduct. In carrying out this principle, Mr. Hall fined the prisoner Smart (who " bonneted " a policeman) 5/ ; but committed Griffiths ; (for merely " pushing" a policeman) to the House of Correction for nine days. The p• i, ,, ner and indeed every person in court, was astound, d at ;his decision, which was followed by a general murmur of uncontrollable indigtettion. The prisoner Smart imm , diately paid the fine. and Cows, and 240 Sheep, from Holland and Germany, the demand for which was in a very sluggish state, and prices were not supported. In addition to the above, 80 Sheep have been received from the Cape of Good Hope for breeding purposes; while at Hull abo u t 140 b ea d of stock have come to hand from Rotterdam, a few of which have found their way hither per railway. Amongst the foreign stock on show this morning, we observed two very superior Oxen, consigned to Messrs. Vorlef and Morgan, which carried off the prizes at the last Ham' burgh Cattle Show. As might be expected, these animals attracted considerable attention from those dealers present- As is almost invariably the case on a holiday Monday, the supply, of home-fed beasts here to-day was limited, but full/ adequate to meet the wants of the butchers, whose attendance was by no means numerous. For all breeds the demand therefore ruled heavy at barely, but at nothing quotable be neath, last week's prices. The highest figure obtained for the best Scots did not exceed 4s 2d per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk , E: sex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,600 Scots, home' breds and short horns; from the western and midland countiefle 230 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c. ; and from Scotland 8 00 Scots, chiefly polled. The numbers of Sheep were unusuallt small; nevertheless, the Mutton trade was very depressed , and some difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearanc e at previous quotations. It must be observed that the prices in the table below refer to the Sheep in the wool; those shorn selling at Bd. per 811 y. lower. From the Isle of Wight , 20 Lambs came to hand. The Lamb trade ruled dull, at last Monolay's figures ; viz., from ss. 6d. to 78. per Bibs., being decline in those paid on Friday of from 6d. to ls. per Sib& Calves were in short supply, and steady request, at late rates. In Pigs very little business was transacted, at about otr tionary prices. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. a, d. to s.d Inferior Beasts .. •• 2 6 3 0 Second qua lity ditt o 4 4 4 6I Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 C oarse - woo ll e dditt o 4 6 1 Prinie large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0 Prime Scots ...... 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool ^""64 Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs ...... 3 6 Prime small ditto .. 5 2 3 4 Small Porkers 4 S 5 Suckling Calves - ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs 16 0 20 i t: Inferior Sheep • • .3 10 4 2 Lambs .......... 5 6 7 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. "veg. I Pigs. 2,576 14,460 51 280 NEVTGATE AND ILNADDNNALL. Since Monday last the arrivals of country-killed meat for. our markets have been on the increase, and of full averag e quality. The supplies slaughtered in the metropolis ha" been moderately extensive, yet the general demand bas ruled steady. Lamb, about 600 carcases of which have NO ) to hand, mostly per railway, has sold at an advance of from 1 6d to Is ; Veal, 2d to 4d per Sibs. ; th e va l ue o f ot h er kinds (4 meat being steadily supported. About 40 carcases of foreig i l beasts, and 90 ditto of sheep have found buyers, at AI: quotations. At per stone, by the Carcase. • s. d. to s. d. Beef. inferior...... 2 4 2 6 M u tt on , inferior .. 6 2 . d i " 13 : 1 - middling .. •• 2 6 2 6 middling.. 310 1 6 - prime large .. 210 2 2 prime ... . 4 4 ' 4 - prime small .• 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 : • Veal .............. 4 6 6 4,- small ........ 4 6 ' LLON D'S SHIPPING. LONDON, APRIL I3.—Wind S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. DIAL, APRIL 12.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W. fresh.---St. Ann's, Sierra Leone; Jeannette, Hei, Porto Rico, and shi. for Copenhagen ; Swan, Blanchard, Boston. Acrd. from the River, Jane Catherine, Hewitt, Cape of Good Hope; Caroline, ditto and Madras; Lalla Rookh, Martin, Hobart Town ; For titude, Garbett, Quebec; Prince Albert, Taylor, ditto; Isa bella, Kol, St. Andres. Arrd. from the River and shi, Me dora, Cousens, Jamaica; May, Mitcheson, Demerara; Blanche, Anderson, Cadiz; Cynthia, Nosworthy, Newfound land ; Rebel, Long, St. Michael's. Sid. Geroroni, Viseuvich, Pernambuco. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 11.—S1d. Jane, Bridges, Quebec. PLT3IOUTH, APRIL 11.—Arrd. Juliet, Erskine, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind S. Arid. Harriet Hun his, Davis. Calcutta; Magnificent, Verrill. New Orleans; Forager, Alexandria; Valparaiso, Di xo n, Valparaiso; Broom , White, New Orleans; Isaac Newton, Lambert, ditto; Sa battis, Cox, Apalachicola • Niagara R uss ell. New York. Off port. Jessie, Apalachicola ; Frankfield. Wilhelmina.-11, The Sarah, Thorripzon, from Chinchas to England, with a cargo of guano, has been condemned at Valparaiso. lints and aid. for Bristol OFF POINT LTNAS. — "..." h •tle of a work which has a p n o d w m u upnetn Sorel." This " EMILIA. WYNDHAM" is t-e f production claims the highest honours which can Tehiaswnaredwed to the successful novelist. jAuustthiesreodf ,f ‘ r T orn wo t O he ld pr M . es e e ns' fr T em ale t s h " e It possesses the un usual merit of being a picture of society as it exists, with out once recurring to features that have been made familiar in preceding works; but it has even higher merit than this —in being a story as beautiful in its construction as it is wholesome in its tendency; and is likely to be more bene ficial to the reader, by strengthening his' confidence in the influence and stability of moral worth, than can he antici pated from the masa of publications, continually thrust before the public, that assume to have a moral object. 'FEE SURREY STAG HOUNDS.—This celebrated pliolc o f hounds, which were about to be relinquished, will now be k ept on under new arrangements. Mr. Robinson, of Croydon, Is to be the master. THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUE —This distin guished club will have their first match this season on the 20th of May, and the Challenge Cup. Match will come off on the let of June. CONSUMPTION OF FOREIGN BRANDY,—Since the re duction of duty upon this article the quantity taken out of bond has more than doubled et this port —Bristol Journal. SNOW STORM IN THE PEAL—On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday last, a snow storm occurred in the Peak, very unusual at this time of the year. Had the same quantity of stow fallen more about the middle of the winter months we ahuuld have heard of shill! tr disasters to those which occurred at distant intervals of time during the lac, two centuries-- a period of time comprising all epoch in traditionary chro nicles. —Del 11 Gazette. Eighty or a hundr-d thousand ball cartridges are often tired in the course of a military action without killing or wounding more than 500 men. HEAVY FATLUiE. —The extensive house of Messrs. Carne and Telo was announced on \Vednesday as having stopped payment, with liabilities exceeding 100,000/. in amoun t ; some statements reach a much higher aum. The liortaigh Bank, it is said, is a ee r y IlrTe creditor on this, as on o' her 'Teen; ly unfertmiate eotioens; a eircum.tan.' , '"t has reduced the value of shales in that establishment front a handsome premium to a positive discount. —Liverpool Mercury. Lamb. 6s Od to 8s Od. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Cols's. rigt 60 700 62' Scotland • • •..• ...... Yorkshire .•.•.•. —.••••••• •• •• 90 650 700 Limeoloshire .... Norfolk •.•••• •• •.•• •......... 120 160 ._,.. 200 Suffolk ••••••—••..•••• •• •• •• •• 80 230 ...... 150 Cambridgeshire .. •• •• •• •• •• •• .. 80 200 200 (Sea .. •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •••• • . 30 100 160 220 Surrey •• •• •• ••••••••••• •• •• • 50 300 300 300 Devonshire ...... Wiltshire • ... Other parts ........... - ........ 200 300 300 200 _0 — Total .. Previous week's arrival.... • • 715 2,610 450 3,280 Diference since oar last ...• 185 450 510 216 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. For choice parcels of Hops— the supply of which 18 v ei l s small—we have to rep or t a stea d y i nqu i ry, at full pri c es otherwise, the demand is in a s l ugg i s h s t ate, an d the _el tions are with difficulty supported ;—Sussex Dockets ' 51 1 to 71; Weald of Kent ditt o , 6/ 5 s to 7 / 3s; Mid Kent dit 717 s to 9155; East Kent ditto. 915 s to 10/ 10s; Mid ge n bags, 71 to 81; East. Kent ditto, 71 15s to 9l ss. 21011017G8 ANT) SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of Potatoes in the Pool from most /LW'S— including foreign ports, being considerably on the increst and of good quality, the demand is heavy, and prices still drooping , —York Reds, 9.5 s to 110 s ; York Regents/ to 100 s; York Shaws, 40 s t o 7 0s; Scotch Reds, 70i to Bo . " Scotch Blues, 60s to 70s; Fifeshire Reds, 70s to 755. WOOL. Since Monday last the imports of Wool into London ha ve consisted of 179 b a l es from Bilboa, 319 ditto from Sevi": 125 ditto from the Cape, 25 ditto from Odessa, 146 ditto fr°: Alexandria, 38 ditt o f rom H am b urg h , an d 4 di tto fro m Antwerp. Although the supplies of Wool on offer privatq are by no m eans l arge, the general demand is in a slugg 's state, and prices are with difficulty supported. TALLOW. During the past week there has not been the slip htest variation in prices. There is, the time of the year co ns ; dered, a v er y f a i r demand, although confined to the lil y diate wants of th e -t ra d e. T own T allow is also in gooa, mand ; the l ea di ng h ouses obtain 41s 6d, whilst others oil accepted rather leas. The Great Western sailed from Liverpool for NBA York on Saturday last. Sh e takes out about 130 passage'''. and a good cargo. rsl Baron Parke. Lady Park e an d d aughter, an d Gene be arrived in London on S unday morn i ng , by to. v o . General Steam Navigation Company's Mail Steam-shiP lumbine, from Rotterdam. sh;pl.ll7; G eneral arrived Se a n a t N il s i v a i e g k a w ti a n l n i P C ie o r m y p es a t n e y rd 's a : m ing, after a tine passage of eighteen hours, te o al r l; n Francis i le family embarked at the pier, on Saturday, on b oar d t , APRIL 13.—Lord steamer Magnet for Dieppe, en route for Paris. [ A DvERTISFMENT ] —DR. RINNI AND ROLL° AA T OINTMENT. —Dr. Binns, who is one of the principal physicians it n ef islAtid of Jamaica, has expressed himself in the following m a " t. Oln respecting the surprising h ea li ng properties of Hollows'''. __. o; ment I have made many t r i als of this ointment in ca se s e chronic ulcs, which several years ' experience In th e West ` n ift taught me to cc nsider incurabl e . .ri st am now happy to say .01. all cases it was really an d truly efficacious." (Signed) l4l i F.S.A., S C. 0." Holloway's Ointment win cure ' , n in e. however long standing, likewise the mast obstinate cases of 's o t' evil or scrofula.— Sold by all medidne vendors, and at Professor oway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 9th i ns t.. at Rothley Vicarage, the lady of the Sep' W. Acworth, M.A., of a daughter. Itef' On the 10th inst., at Hatchana, Surrey, the wife of th e er . Augustus K. B. Granville, M.A. incumbent, of a asug l j t tg. On the 11th inst., at Croom' a -hill , Greenwich, Mrs.e Busk, of a daughter. te a, On the 11th inti., at Mile-end, the lady of Alfred fi Esq., of a ann. 0 0 On the 11th inst., at Montague House, Hammersmith' _ wife of Thlinss Griffiths, Esq., surgeon, of a daug hter. oil* On the llth i ns t., i n U pper G ower - street , Bed________ ,. ford -et i Mrs. Tait, of a da ug ht er . - _ MARRIED. g „, odd/ On the Bth inst., at St M arv ' s , S wansea , Mr. 14 ° 8— v irEtel* of Islington, to Sarah, seco n d . daughter of Thomas " Esq., of Swansea. sh" On the 9th inst., at Linslade Church, Buckingh ato James White, Esq., to Lu c y M a tild a , second daughter Osborn, Esq., of the former place. On the 9th inst., the infant child of G. M. On the 9th inst , at Rothley Vicarage, the wife of tile W. Acworth, M.A. On the 9th inst., at Warrens, Wilts, Beatrice Ca th erill youngest daughter of George Edward Eyre, Esq. j On the 9th inst., John Fearne, second son of fir ' Nell', of Glengall-grore, Ol Kent-road. Johi l On the 9th inst., Carolin d a. youngest dang hte ' Stackhouse, Eqi„ the Grove, Camberwell, aged 37. , ev la On te 10h inst., in Alfredlace, Bedfoni-square, Hawker h , Esq t ., F.S.A., Clarenceux King of Anus, ag .. ..ed °l o bs On the 10th inst., at Grove-place, Hackney, Gardiner. On the 10th inst., at Randolph-street, Camden -town, Or' John. Doyle. On the 11th inst. , at Shacklewell, Ann, wife of W illis° Gregory, Esq., aged 77. i•rinre:. Published by 'MEM TOI`I,IO,De% Strand, Printer, at Me Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the r+l - p el of the Sam, In the County of Middlesex, Tae 47+ 14, 1114‘