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V3:,fl) - trl) _XlAfton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. with population. lie moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Gun said he had examined the plans himself and he could assure the meeting that they contained de fects and omissions which it would be no easy matter to get over. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said he was connected with the line in question, and cerainly the information Mr. Gust had given them was contrary to everything he had heated respecting it. He understood that the plans were all correct, and as a whole he was convinced the line would pay and he trusted it would ultimately prove successful.. He regretted that the Board had so long neglected Portsmouth, but he hoped their future concession to that town would show that they were desirous of making some atonement for their past neglect. They ought to have some of the men of Portsmouth on tha Board, and now that there were vacancies in the direction, he would suggest that the Proprietors should fill them up themselves, and not leave them to be filled up by the Directors. Be was glad to hear the . Chairman admit that he had placeed too much confi dence in the opinion of the Board of Trade, and he hoped that henceforth their policy would teach the Great Western Company that they would be dic tated to no longer. There was one point to which he wished to direct the attention of the Chairman; It would appear that they were again going to bring forward their Epsom project. Now, did the Directors think it worth while going on with this scheme, the competing line having obtained its Bill ? Tile Cuatastax said the proposed line would involve but a trifling outlay, while it would prove a great ac• commodation to the public. Owing to the expen , .e of working the atmospheric system, he had little doubt that they would be able to compete advantageously with the Croydon line, and therefore it was that they recom mended the proprietors to proceed with the scheme. After some further discussion, tin, resolution was put and carried unanimously. Resolutions in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report were then proposed from the chair, and after lengthened discussions upon minor details, they were unanimously adopted by the meeting. In answer to a question, Mr. Uxidi explained that the number of new shares were 46,500 of 501., and 6,000 of 401, upon which the Directors had power of calling 251. on the first, and 20/. on the second, and one of the resolutions gave them the power to call up. The CHAIRMAN said this closed the business of the' meeting, but before they separated, he wished to bring under their notice a matter of considerable impor tance. At their last meeting a sub-committe3 was appointed to consider the best means of improving the steam navigation between Portsmouth and France and Southampton and France. The chairman of that Committee was then present, and he trusted the lion Gentleman was in a position to give them hopes of their ultimately succeeding in the object they bad in view. Mr. TITE said the Committee had found the navigation most defective, and they thought the best plan which could bo adopted was to break up the two existing steam companies, and thus put an end to the local rivalry which at present existed. This could only be done by the formation of a new company, who could purchase the boats of the old company for about 150,000/. ; but no new company could be termed unless they guaranteed them a dividend. He should therefore propose, as the formation of such a company would tend greatly to increase their traffic, that the Directors be empowered to take steps to promote a new company. Some opposition was offered to this proposal, bnt it was ultimately adopted by the majority of the :share holders, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the Meeting separated, after a very protracted sitting. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held this day at the station, Nine Elms, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors, and considering the measures to be taken with respect to several projected extensions during the forthcoming. session of Parliament. Mr. Chaplin presided. The notice calling the meeting having been read, The SECRETARY then proceeded to read the report, of which the following is an abstract: — The Directors, after stating . that the importance of the measures for consideration must excuse them for; calling the proprietors together at that time, said— n ith reference then to the formation of the projected lines to Epsom, to Chertsey, and Egbam ; to Farnham and Alton ; to Salisbury from Basingstoke, liy Whit church and Andover, and from Ramsey to Redbridge, your Directors will only remind you that they have uln rdy been fully autho. ised and, requested by your pro prietors to proceed, and everything has accordingly been done which your Directors have deemed advisable in the promotion, of these several projects. The Directors then add, that they had further investigated the extension to London-bridge, and they . unhesitat ingly r come e :ded , the measure ; they recom mended also, that application should be made to Par liament .for an extension branch to Hampton-court. The Directors had OR former occasions entered so fully into explanations with respect to the Guildford and Chichester and Portsmouth and Fareham lines, that they did not feel called upon to state more than that, in addi tion to the prosecution of the Bill now pending in the House of Lords for the portions of railway between Guildford and Godalming, and between Fareham and Portsmouth, the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth • Company - would apply in the coming session for powers to wake the remainder of the line to Chichester, as originally:proposed, and, with a view to the improvement of their scheme, they have added to it branches to Petersfield, Chichester Harbour, and the dockyards at Portsmouth, with further stations and accommodation for general purposes at Portsmouth. An agreement had been come to whereby the London and South-Western Oompany would become half-owners, with. the London and Brighton Company, of the Portsmouth and Fare ham Extension of the Brighton and Chichester Railway, sanctioned by Parliament in the last session ; and the Directors treated that a more complete scheme, even than that of last session, would be presented to Parliament without any material increase of expense. It remained for the Directors to ex plain the provisional arrangements made with refe rence to the lines west of Salisbury. The scheme to be presented to Parliament would embrace an entire system of railway communication from Basingstoke to - the Land's cud. '1 he projected line of this Company from Basingstoke to Whitch_urch, and Andover to Salisbury, would be continued by the lino proposed by the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company, t o Yeovil by the lines and branches of the Exeter, -Yeovil, and Dorchester Company, to Exeter, and by the Cornwall. and Devon Central Line to Fal mouth and Penzance. The entire capital of all these lines wc,uld be 5,900,000/., and of this amount one fourth was to be transferred to the London and South-Wt stern Railway Company, who would thereupon immediately obtain a corresponding share in the management of each of the undertakings. Each of the several companies would separately apply to. Parliament for powers t i construct its own line, and should the applications for all be successful, it was pro p° el that the London and South-Western, Lon don, Sal.bury, and Yeovil, and Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Companies should be amalgamated, aed that:the present debenture debt of the London and South-Western Company, amounting to 630,000 i, should bee, me a charge upon the entire undertaking. As re garded the capital for the works proposed bytheDirectors. exclusive of the lines west of Salisbury, they proposed to provide for it by calls on all the shares of the Com s patty whereon calls remained unpaid, ana by exercising the powers of borrowing, obtained by the Company in the last session. The Directors having exhausted all the points to which it was necessary to allude, concluded their report with a repetition of their unabated confi dence in the soundness of the prinCiples and continued prosperity of the undertaking. Toe CHAIRMAN then rose, and stated that the objects which they had that day met to consider would be re ferred .to by him as briefly as possible. They would find that the circumstances in which the South-Western Compaq) , was placed with regard to the Great Western Company sere fully explained in a pamphlet which had been extensively circulated among the shareholders, and it would only be necessary for him to make a very few observations upon that subject, The Directors' report, which had just been read, mentioned the various projects' which they lied in coesemplation to propose to Parlia ment. Tceir policy hod been fully explained on former occasions, as well as their desire to enter into terms of friendly relations with their neighbours on the left and right of thin, for the purpose principally of avoiding that fluctuation in the value of their shares which they had sometimes experienced. He was happy to say th3t in thie they had partly succeeded. 'I hey had en tered some time before into friendly terms with their neigh!) ours en the east—he meant the Brighton Com pany, and they had had no cause to regret it ; and she late negotiation entered into between the Croydon A4rnospherie and the Brighton Company proved that the interests of the South- Western Company were nut fi n prgotten, and it . was, therefore but right that good_ faith .should be exercised towards them in return. They njoiced that such an agreement had been entered into, for while it left the coast between b'euthempton and Brighton fully supplied, it enabled the S o uth- Western Company at any future time to accom modate these districts without any intervention front other parties. lie thought the meeting would agree with him that; at least, there was no ne cessity for the interft renee of the Atmospheric Con puny, which never •ha I, and never could have, any justifiable cause for supplying this country, and even if they did get powers from Parliament to make their line, he would venture to say that it could never be road's remunerative to the parties themselves. It was in per uanee_ of this policy that the South-Western had. in t he latter end of 1844, tried to carry out an agreement with the. Great Western, but that Company de cl'ned to entertain any proposition until the Board of Trade should have made their report. The MARKET INTELLIGENCE. B. ard did bake its report, and they (the South-Western) met the 'Great Western Directors a second time, and . (From the London New Price Current of Jan. 20.) endeaVoured 'to' bake some arrangement. They sue- , SUGAR.—To-dav importers of West India Muscovado Sugar evinced firmness; notwithstanding the large p u bli c c,•eded, bat on .entirely . different principles from those thea had proposed in October. The meeting would un- sales that were held of other descriptions, they obtained rices eual those of yor q a fai derstand that the arrangement had been sanctioned by business was transacted in Frida grocery fall alities and u retinh:g and qualieies. r the Board of Trade, which had, in fact, constituted them- The private sales reaching 400 hhds and trcs a large business selves at biters in the matter. The Board was at that would have been transacted had Merchants slightly given time supposed to be most influential, and quite capable way in prices. 'A public sale of 100 hhils of Barbadoes went of controlling the conduct of any parties disposed at the previews currency: to do 'strong. The agreement had been most religiously REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with sabered en by them,' despite of sundry strong expressions, more freedom by the home trade, and it was (tiff:cultic,' buy more esp. chilly from some of their northern share- at former rates—the closing ,prices were 64s to 64s 6d for hoh'ers. This state of things went on until October, 1843, standard, and 635. to Os. 60 for brown grocery lumps. Bonded when the tire :t Western Company proposed a line from Crushed Sugar met with but little attention, but was Newbury to llungerford, and so on towards Exeter, in not to be had' under 33s 9d per cwt for first quality direct contradiction to the agreement with them. lit the This afternoon two parcels, amounting to 7,383. bags, 35 fir. t piece, they had broken . faili by proposing to casks, were submitted to- public competition. The trade were disposed to operate, mercha n t s di s pl a y e d fi rm n ess , an d make the line, at all without giving novice to t h em or (o.the Board of Trade. He thought, a'so, that, they nearl y the whole sold at and after th e sa l es a t f u ll- mar k et rates : the principal portion consisted of the better kind s o f lid broken faith with the conditions entered into with y e ll ow . the house of Lords, on the getting of their Wilts arid EAST INDIA..'Phis afternoou the r e were s i x public sales of Stem rset Act. They (the S o uth - Western) in giving Bengal Sugar , comprising 11,673 bags': the principal portion ratherwas disposed of in consequence of merchants submitting to up the lines west of Salisbury, did so only for the time ; they but remained passive until a probable requirement lower rates for white, and 6d to Is per cwt decline for should be "shown, of which the Board of Trade were. to ye ll ow. Fone tost.—Th limited business transacted in Brazil has be the judge.. When that requirement could be shown been at prices rather under those previously quoted for all then - they (the South- Western) were to hare been description, and the private sales are only 8o chests of the par tea to have supplied it. The line they Bahia, fine . brown at' 20s and comm o n , white at 23 5 -p er (the ti l e at W e stern) were making'was calculated in a cwt. At auction 90 barrels of Pernambuco were disposed very great degree to interfere with the traffic on the of middling soft white at 23s to 245, low' 20s to 225, South-Western; and this lie (the Chairman) considered dimp and washed 20s to 21s; 200 mats of Savanilla, mid another bieach of faith. The Chairman then entered at dling damp bright yellow 20s 'to 21s, washed 19s, and consith rable length into a comparison of the advantages fine damp yellow loaves 2la to 22s per cwt.. Yellow Haven to Bridport and other towns on the west coast, from the nah has met with little attention, although there are sellers pl a n s proposed by the South Wes'ern and Great upon further reduced terms. Still the busihess transacted Western Companies. The Great Western charged privately has .been extremely limited, and none has been them, in return, with break 'n e e faith. Why ? Be- offered at auction. In wbire we have heard of no trans cause they • proposed to construct a line in their actions. All other kinds of Foreign have-been sparingly dealt a in, although there . are . sellers upon rather lower terms. own distriet; and they also charged him (the C hairman) , O f li vannah the stock is'still less than it was last season , with proceedings or rather a covert chara c t er . T o that but of all other kinds of Foreign it is much larg er. For brown charge he' would ' reit reply. He, if not a M em b er B raz i l pr i ces are much the same as they were in 1845, but for , or Pat Bement, like the Chairman of the Great all other kinds they show an advance. • Western, ' - was the representative of eleven millions COFFEE.—This afternoon there was •no public sale of any of property,_ and he could, therefore, as little description of Coffee, but 2,800 bags of Ceylon; 900 bales of &afford to trifle or . misrepresent, as Mr. Russell could.-- Mocha, 180 packages of Rio, and 45 casks of Berbice are de (Clvers.) It. was perfectly ridiculous to say . that they dared. Ceylon was disposed of to a fair extent privately, lael.relinquished the country west of Salisbury, beeaue good ordinary pale brought 49s to 50s per cwt. The aiid b stock less West India at this port is 539 casks 1,579 brls and they had for the time ceased 'to prosecute the bales,e ansattr Ceyloni was last year ; but of • Mocha it is 728 Soultampton and Dorchester Railway. He regretted ,T , , ,, s9 s o l b es afs th gr a Sa a t t er, ha b t ti of other East that he had been induced to yield such confi- India sorts it is 29,267 I til t e , Feet e the 'decision 'of the Board of Trade as it TEA.—lmporters of all Lseription n s continue is firm i hi ts into error. Now , he would not say one ness, and refrain.from offering any at public salee In Congou w ord there has been a good deal done by the town and country wi h respect to the extension to trade, but no further advance can be quoted • previous rates Waterloo and London-brideree. The meeting could not eon ecal from itself the great b adrantages which - would at- are, however, well supported, . esp ecially- for the low and mid tend a tz=rminus at the latter r h i a dge. Sir Lionel Goldsroid, sorts, which have been the most in re quest. he wie'sed to ittfortn them, to fallroposed to bring his Sprees .....Te-dav there was a little business transacted Eastern line on to ti.eirs, in fact , into their Company. privately in, black Pepper, and at auction 94 bags of The Chairman, after some further saying, that be should b sold at barely the former value, fair light black rather stalky observations, con- • but free from dust went at 244 to 2%d, sea damaged first chided by inquiry that might be made b c glad to answer any class 2V e d,, second ditto 2d, third ditto 1%cl; white met Fry-edit. y any of the shareholders with little attention, am' 120 bagsat public sale sold at rather Mr. C ese had listened with great lower rates, middling went at 31,1 d to 3%de and one lot of Chtortea•.'s address, and it contained attention to th e good quality 44 d. • • much which e a Senues —lna or D tcrs of Jamaica Rum .submitting to peens g-atifying to 'himself, and must be equally ' rather • - •all • ' so t „ under those previously quoted ;for kinds tempted tee te. sling generally. He, however, wished to exporters and the home trade to purchase with more freedom; know from the Chairman if he was aware of the a fair business has been transacted, the quantity sold amount tact, that the Cornwall and Devon central line ing to 300 puns plain quality 30 to 34 per cent. over proof at pased through a barren part of the county, and was 3814 to to 3s 4d, better 32 to 36 per cent over 3s 6d to 3s Bd, and not likely to prove a remunerative line, if Parliament vourend''somrstisi parcels at 4s to 4s 44 per gall° i. of the high fla unt• •.se.f it to he made. It aveided the populous and Demer _ here are s . t ill few parcels to b• met with. Instrong ara a large business bas been tr mitieral districts of Cornwall, and lie knew, of of lower rates havi.:g been subin'tt d ansacted in consequence hi is own knowledge, that the plans wet e mend has been only for small parcels. The ? h o e r Calcutta the de so &leo nee that. it would have little or no chance of r c e h c e e a ived t s i in a ce this day week has been larce!eul'i. a t i i i ty k i o n f i ß s y e fi ett'vg theouell the Standing Orders' Committee. Was , very firm th a n atlley ( - ta w se •e; i e at this time last season. Prices rule tt ad% iseb . e then, for them to adopt the line in this state i , large extent were made since this day and purchases to a of things ? He thought not, and he hoped the meeting ! several parcels have-been taken for shipping. Of Genes a would pause before they adopted the recommendation 1 Rice.—To-day Bengal met with attention, and privately ef the report and the Chairman, of Viking it up. - 1 several parcels were disposed of at stiffer rates. At public Mr. .Asnasi assured the Hon. Prorietor that be : sale 350 bags were sold—good middling white at 16s 6d to 17s. was in er. or in suppos ing h • plan s of ta. the - 1 1 Turmeric damaged 15s 6d, sea . and sugar damaged 14s Gd, wail ana neve line 14 class 13s Gd to 14s, 2nd class 13s 6d, 3rd n central were d e fe ct i ve, for ' - -e had ! sea-damaged, ~ learned from the seer A perly drawn up • f tars that the plans had been pro- • - all itbdrawe. Cleaned has been p and deposited ; the shares had all been ' Spanish were put up and w taken up, and th e l in good demand privately. way prepared to proprietor° were in every . I FRUIT.—The trade take only such descriptions and quan- ' every prospect of succesgsn. I to Parliament with ! titles as will supply their, immediate wants. Two.public worild pass over a barren district , bu t true that the line • sales were attemp ted, at which there appeared very little , but it . bored that this part of the works could must be remem- , sold. cotnparavely speaking, a trifling e be constructed at, I Woon.—The business transacted in all descriptiens has be remembered that after it passe d'Pense ; but it must . been to a small extent only, and' the rates takee are ba n this barrenness is maz e into dietricts that were thickly - studded ' atizerraz.—Rough has met with more attention,§mce ~ - AUSTRALIAN AGRICUt TURAL COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the Proprietors of the Australian Agricultural Company was held this day at their offices, King's Arms-yard, Mooigate-street, John Studholme Browning, Esq., the Governor of the Com pany, being in the chair. After the usual preliminaries, The CHAIRMAN read the report of the Directors, which stated that the improved prospects of the colony fully justified the anticipations which they expressed at the last general board of Proprietors. The expenditure of the Company ha I been revised, in effecting which they had received the cordial co-operation of Captain King and the other officers; and, although no improve ment had taken place in the sale of live s•ock, and there had been a still Wither diminution in the sale of coals, yet, by the reduction of the expenditure, the result of the Company's operations for the year 1844 showed a considerable improvement in the balance of receipts over disbursements, as compared with the three preceding years. The same causes which were last year mentioned as having restrained the cultivation,. had continued in operation. The crops had been good, but a large quantity, with the barn in which it. was kept, was burnt by lightning. The whole loss amounted to 1,350/. Besides this loss, between seventy and eighty sheep were killed by the bail stones in a storm. The report then went into a long and minute detail of the number, age, &c., of the various descriptions of Eve stock, which appe a r e d t o g i ve grea t sa ti s t ac ti on to th e meeting. The clip of the sheep stock amounted to 613 bales of wool, weighing 182,1511b5., which realised good price- , , there being an advance of 3d. per lb. The whole receipts of the year enabled the Dirt ctors to declare a dividend of 11. being at the rate of 3/ 6s. Bd. per share. The part of the report, hom, ever, to which the greatest importance was attached, was the letter of the Under-Secretary of the Colonies, communicating to the Governor the deter ' mination of the Colonial Secretary to allow the Company to sell 500,000 acres of their land. The report was unanimously agreed to without an discussion. The Governor and other officers were re-elected, and thanks having be( n voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) _ MARQUIS OF HEREFORD V. LORD LoirrnEn. Lord LANGDALE. in giving judgment in this case, said he could not consider that the legacy in question was given on the conditions that were urged, but was bequeathed to the Countess st,bject to the payment of an annuity of 3001. This annuity was to be_ purchased with 3,000/. The conditions under which the legacy had been given were complied with, and, therefore, he was of opinion that she was entitled to the legacy. ... THE SUN LON DON, TOES DA Y EVEN I NG, JANUAR, Y 20, 18-16. last Tuesday ; holders have shown more firmness, and re frain from bringing any to public sale; by private contract several parcels have been disposed of upon former terms. English hasßefined been has purchasedbeen of o t r o e a freedom.fai r extent. Nitrate of Soda Itspicio.—The Quarterly sale of East India commenced to day, and during the progress 132 chests were withdrawn, and 9813 chests have passed the sale. The attendance of foreign and home buyers was exceedingly small, and the biddings throughout the day have been very languid. Pro prietors, in order to support prices, hare bought in a considerable proportion ; the quantity which was sold, however, went off very unevenly at the following rates as compared with the October sale's prices. Bengal, ordinary to good consuming qualities 2d to 4d discount, ordi nary to middling shipping ditto 2d to 3d ditto, a few lots of good ditto par to 2d ditto. Kurpahs, middling about par, ordinary and low 2d to 3d discount ; Madras, middling 2d to' 3d ditto, ordinary and low 3d to 4d ditto. Proprietors have bought in 483 chests, leaving 590 sold. The Bengal went from 2s 8d to 4s Ild, and the Madras is 6d to 2s 8d per lb. The total quantity declared for sale was 7,705 chests. Otts.—The market having keen more liberally supplied with Southern previous rates have not been supported; a good demand, however, has prevailed. Seal has been pur chased with caution, and holders experience difficulty in keeping up prices. Holders of Sperm are unwilling to fur ther reduce their prices; but there has been little passing. The Stock of Cod and Seal is large, but of Southern it is rather small. There has. been a falling off in the demand for Cocoa Nut, and prices are not so firm. Rape-seed Oil has been sparingly dealt in. and can be obtained on easier terms. In Olive only a moderate business has been transacted, and prices are not so firm. No further decline has occurred in the value of Linseed Oil, the crushers heinz less inclined to rea lise. Palm has met with less attention, and must be quoted a little cheaper. Lard Oil is still dull of sale, and may be had at easier rates. TALLOW. —The rates paid for Russian have been fully equal to those of this day week, and on the spot there has been a good business transacted, fine P. Y. candle bringing 43s 3d per cwt, for delivery in the next two months several contracts have been entered into at 43s 6d. Home mule has been much in request, and advance in the value has taken place. The business transacted in all other descriptions of of Tallow has been at firm rates. FIDE LONDON 61AZETTF. (THIS EVENING.) LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, HOUSE OF LORDS; JAN. 19, 1846. All Peeresses on announcing their intention of being pre sent oil the occasion of the opening of Parliament, on Thursday, the 22d instant, will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at this office, before five o'clock on Wednesday the 21st of January. No Lady can be admitted into the body of the House, except in full dress. No strangers will be ridinitred, except by a ticket from the Lord Great Cham berlain. The doors will be opened at Twelve o'clock. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 19. The Queen ,has been pleased to appoint William Hope,, Esq., Major in the Army, to be Clerk of the Legislative Council of the settlement of the Cape of Geed Hope, FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 19. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick B. Wells, as Consul at Bermuda for the United States of America. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh. The Dean of Guild of the city of Edinburgh, and his suc cessor in office for the time being, to be Deputy-Lieutenant; J. Gray, Esq., to be ditto; J. 0. Mack, Esq, to be ditto; W. Duncan, Esq., to be ditto; J. Ritchie, Esq., to be ditto; D. J. Thomson, Esq., to be ditto; J. G. Thomson, E.q to be ditto ; the Baron Bailie of Portsburgh, and his successor in office for the time being, to be ditto ; A. Jamieson, Esq., to be ditto ; R. Richardson, Esq., to be ditto; the Baron Bailie of Canon gate, and his successor in office for the time being, to be ditto; A. Berwick, Esq., to be ditto; J. Clark, Esq., to be ditto ; the l'rovost of Leith, and his successor in office for the time being, to be ditto, Jan. 16. • CamtnissiOns signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. W. Davis, Esq , tube Deputy-Lieutenant; W. Evetts, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 16. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—The Hon. H. G. Spencer to be Captain ; P. A. Holloway, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 10 ; G. A. S Fane, Esq., to be ditto, Jan. 12. Commission s by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetahire. Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia—J. J. Smith, Esq. to be Colonel, vice the Earl Digby, resigned, Jan. 15. Commissions by the Lieutenant of Forfarshire. Forfar and Kincardi e Regiment of Militia—D. S. Robert son, to be Captain, Dec. 31, 1845. WHITEHALL, JAN.. 15. _ _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Richard Southern, the younger, of Walsall, in the county of Stafford. Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Lewis, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire. BANKRUVIS. William Ward, auctioneer, Manchester, Jan. 30, at two, and March 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee,. Birchin-lane, Cornbill ; Newtion and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctor's-commons. Thomas Prentis Hawley, cheesemonger, Jan. 29, at half past eleven, and March 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Akager, official essiggnee, Birchin-lane ; Fisher and lie Jersey, Aldersgate-street. - William Bald% in, victualler, Notting-hill, Middlesex, Jan. 30, at eleven, and March 6, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. William Whitmore, Basingball-street, official as signee; Dimmock and Burbey, Sise-lane. Sir John Ross, Knight, banker, York-road, Lambeth, Jan. 30 and March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. John Henry Banks, copper-plate printer, Great Newport street, Middlesex, Jan. 30, and Marc! 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Wootten, Tokenhouse-yard. Francis Glass, woollen factor, Basinghall. street, London, Jan. 30, and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green. official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence and Flews, Bucklersbury. Thomas Dean, victualler, Cherries-street, Tottenham-court road, Jan. 31, at ore, and March 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinoliall-street ; Parnell and Co., New Broad-street. _ _ Vicioire Susanne tirsule Lenormand, milliner, Jan. 29, and March 3, at the .Court of Bankruptcy; Graham, Coleman street, official assignee; Mardon and Prichard, Newgate- street. John Ricketts, grocer, Gosport, Jan. 29 and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry; Bell and Co., Bow Church-yard. Henry Fricker, innkeeper, Southampton, Jan. 29, at twelve, and March 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham bers • Wilde and Co., College-hill. Christopher Blacktnore, tailor, Cork-street, Feb. 6, at one, and March 3, at twelve, at the Curt of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Wilkinson, Lincoln's Inn fields. David Marks, pen manufacturer, Hounsditch, Jan. 30, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 25, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Swan, Doctors'-commons. William Griffin, jeweller and silversmith, Cornhill, - Jan. 28, at twelve, and Feb. 25, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street. buildings ; 'league, Crown-court, Cheapside. John Jarvie and James Rowley, silk-manufacturers, Man chester, Jan. 30, and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester Disttict Court. Powdrell, official assignee, Manchester; Ab bott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. John Radbone, broker, Alcester, Warwickshire, Feb. 6, and March 6, a! twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Jones, Alcester. Richard Paris, innkeeper, Ragland, Monmouthshire, Feb. 2 and March 3, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, -Bristol ; Brisley, Pancras-lane, London. John Denbigh, wool merchant ; Bradford, Feb 3 and 26, at eleven, at .the feeds District -Court. Freeman, official as signee, Leeds; Walker, Furnival's Inn, London ; BLtck burn, Leeds. John Bainton Gillett, dyer, Bradford, Feb. 3 and 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assigne, Leeds; llartlev, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. Robert Agare, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull, Feb. 2d and 23d, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, offi cial assignee, Leeds; Hicks and Co., Gray's-inn; Galloway and Bell, Hull ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. Robert Kilpatrick and James Smith, rope manufacturers, Liverpool, Feb. 6, and March 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, Duncan and Radcliffe, Liverpool. Daniel Wynne, innkeeper, Colwyn, Carnarvonshire, Feb. 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Oldfield, Holywell, Flint shire; Jones, Liverpool. COURSE OF EXCII Amsterdam CF. 12 91 Ditto, at sight l2 51 Rotterdam 2U. 12 10 Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona kNGE -- (THIS DAY ) Gibraltar..... Leghorn .. Genoa Milan.. Venice . Naples ...... 40 Palermo, per 1191 Lisbon 524 0p0rt0..... Rio Janeiro .... Bahia . .. . Buenos A`•rei •••-• NewYerk,2ldyssight Philadelphia PRICER OP lummox. PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 . 8 New Doubloons.-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 94 Silver in Bars-- 0 4 11* Paris, 3 days' sight,— 25 75 Ditto 3 months 26 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maivie Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin Vienna, effee. Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona . . Seville — MILITIA BALLOT.—On Thursday evening a large meeting was held at Mr. J. J. Homer's, Dolphin Tavern, Hackney, to form a Militia Substitute Society. Mr. C. Green presided, and addressed the meeting on the necessity of providing, by mutual assistance, against the unenviable honour of acquiring fame in the militia service. He was a loyal subject, but his love for her Majesty would not tempt him to leave home for military glories. He felt great pleasure in enrolling himself a member of the society, under the auspices of Mr. Homer, whose character guaranteed his respectability. Mr. Homer was a lover of peace, and earnestly hoped that the exertions of the press, aided by the laudable efforts of the Peace Society, would be successful in averting the horrors of threatened war. No reflective poli tician, however, could shut his eyes to the fact that our friendly relation with America was likely to be disturbed; in which case, the Government contemplated the formation of the militia troops. To retain husbands, brothers, sons, and lovers in fatherland, their society was farmed; and he was sure that its rules were founded on a basis that would ensure general approbation. The rules were then read from the chair, and agreed to; and after the appointment of a treasurer (Mr. Homer), and secretary, a large number of in habitants, comprising many licensed victuallers of Hackney and its vicinity, were enrolled. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE.—SUSPICIOUS CASE.— On Wednesday evening, er early on Thursday morning, a murder is supposed to have been committed, in a barn be longing to Mr. Charlesworth, at Longnor. On some of the servants going into the barn on Thursday morning, they dis covered a female's cap upon the ground, saturated with blood. The cap was trimmed with pink ribbon, and appeared to be one that had belonged to a respectable person. We do not hear that there were any indications of a struggle having taken place in the barn, but there were considerable quan tities of blood on different parts of the floor, and near to the cap an open razor was found likewise deeply stained with blood. A long track of blood was traced for a considerable distance on the road which leads from the barn. Diligent search has been made by the police and the inhabitants of the district, without success. What renders the affair most mysterious is, the fact that no female or ether person in the neighbourhood is missing.—,3facclelfiel4 Chronicle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Porrrsmounr, JAN. 18.—Admiral Sir Charles Og!e, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at this port, gave another entertain ment at the Admiralty-house on Friday evening, which, being the last of the series, was upon a scale of princely hos pitality and splendour never before equalled in this establish ment. The Flag-Captain (Sir Richard Grant) and nearly all the naval, rmlitary, and civil officers at the port were present, together with the nobility and gentry of the county, with their families. These magnificent entertainments, given at the Admiral's expense, have been conducted upon a scale of liberal and impartial hospitality highly to the honour of the gallant chief. All have been invited, from the Admiral- Superintendent and General commanding the garrison forces, down to the naval cadet and military ensign ; from the bishop to the curate, the legal and medical body; in short, none have been passed over who were eligible as guests of the Commander-in-Chief of the first naval arsenal in the world. The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., is to have her mid ship-magazine moved further forward, her bow and sternpost altered, and other "improvements" made below, too nume • roux to detail—similar to those in the Queen. The fatal accident on board this ship arose out of the mu tinous conduct of a party of marines left in charge of the ship after the crew had been transferred to the Victorieuse hulk, pending the repairs. A sergeant's guard (a ser geant, corporal, and eighteen privates) was left on board to keep watch during the night, but it appears, instead of performing _faithfully that important duty, they broke open one of the store-lockers, and regaled themselves with wine and spirits until they became intoxicated. About ten o'clock on Thursday night the policeman on duty challenged the ship, or party left in charge, accord ing to the rules of the dockyard, when a corporal (one of party left in charge of the ship) appeared at the port at which the brow or gangboard was placed to answer the challenge, and he missed his footing, fell into the dock, and struck one of the shores as he fell, fracturing his skull and ribs in a dreadful manner. The party were immediately "relieved" on board the Rodney, and placed under arrest, where they remain pending a court of inquiry. We have since been informed that the " relief " also _got drunk. No commissioned officer was left onboard the ship, or such dis graceful conduct could not have happened. The Scourge steam bomb vessel, Commandef Caffin, is having the old mortar beds of the /Etna fitted to her, and another wooden bed made at Woolwich. She will leave the basin on Tuesday or Wednesday. The 23d instant is the day named for her going to sea ; prior to which, however, we are informed the sea Lords of the Admiralty will take a short trip to the back of the Isle of Wight, in her, to witness the firing from the mortar and long 56, and the respective effects upon the vessel. We are also told by those most likely to know, that the complement (145, officers and men) given to this vessel will be very inadequate to her requirements. She is to be fitted with an electro-galvanic apparatus for transmitting communications from her paddle boxes, or bridge connecting them, into the engine - roam , whereby in any kind of weath• r, day or night, the proper directions may be given to the engineers for their guidance, instead of the mode at present adopted of shouting down below "Goon," "Ease her," " Back her, " Stop her," &c. The ap paratus being portable, may be moved to any part of the vessel, and is therefore not confined to the use of the officer' on the bridge or paddle-boxes ; the steersman may `save it, or the " look- wit" forward. A trial of the efficacy of this admi rable invention was made on Friday, in the lecture-room of the New College in the dockyard by the inventor (Mr. W. J. Hay, chymical referee of the establishment), in the presence of Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart. ; Captain Sir R. Grant ; Captain Chads, of the Excellent ; Mr. J. Fincham, master shipwright ; Commander Caffin, of the Scourge ; Com mander Otter, of the Sparrow ; Mr. Watts, assistant-mas ter-shipwright, and other distinguished and scientific officers, when the application was found to succeed most admirably. The extreme simplicity of the invention -astonished every one present, and no ene more so than the Gallant Port-Ad miral, who expressed his gratification in warm terms to the scientific officer, the originator of the application. The ex pense of fitting the apparatus is a mere trifle (about 31.) and only one passage is required for the wire. Yesterday another distinguished party of scientific officers Visited the lecture room, and witnessed the interesting experiment, which was pronounced lay all to be eminently successful, and far superior to every other mode of communication with the engine-room now in use on board steam-vessels. The Grampus, 50, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from Woolwich. She saluted the Port Admiral with 17 guns just inside the Nab, which *as acknowledged by the St. Vincent. This splendid fri gate came up in beautiful style. She hove in sight under topsails, courses, top-gallant sails and royals, jib, flying jib, and spanker ; wind very light from E.S.E., tacked when to the westward of the Spit Buoy (the wind having shifted to he opposite quarter, west-north-west), and stood over to wards Sea View, again tacked, in top-gallant sails, up counts, and ran down to her anchorage, just ahead of the Superb, under her three topsails and jib. She shortened sail in a very smart style, and appeared to be worked in a very easy and seamanlike manner, which is saying much, considering she is shorthanded, is a heavy frigate, and corn parativelv new in all her equipments. When she has completed her complement, she will receive advance here, and sail fur the Pacific station to join the squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour oa the coast of California, touching at Buenos Ayres. Commander Watkins takes passage in her to join the Modeste, 18, one of the Pacific squadron, to the com mand of which vessel he has just been appointed, vice Baillie, promoted to the rank of captain. The Fairy Royal yacht tender, Master Commander Roberts, went out again yesterday on a short excursion. The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, put in at Madeira on the 25th of December, smallpox having broken out on board. he Apol'o troop-ship, Commander Radcliffe, arrived at Rio on the 17th of November. _ _ The Rhadamanthus steam-sloop, Master Commander Laen, is about to leave Cork for Corfu, to bring home about 300 invalids. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, flag of Rear-Admiral Pigot, the Crocodile, 26, Captain Maxwell, and the Dee steam-vessel, Master-6kmmander Driver, were in the Cove of Cork on the 14th inst. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenants—F. A. Ellis (1836), A. Grant (1836), the Hon. M. K.rr (1837), T. G. Drake (1841), C. E. Rowley (1843), W. Crooke (1823), A. Miles (1827), C. A. Wood (1841), and A. P. Ryder (1841), to the rank of commander. Mates—C. Douglas (183 S). C. Baskerville (1838), W. II Conolly (1838), C. Atkins (1840), A. Luckraft (1841), E. G. More (1842), G. I. Lock (1842), W. T. F. Jackson (1842) V. G. Hickley (1842), F. Mavnell (1842), C. B. Hore (1843) the Hon. F. A. C. Foley (1843), and G. C. Campbell (1843) to the rank of lieutenant. .Assistant-surgeon — T. Somerville (1837) to the rank 01 surgeon. APPOINT3IENTS. Captain—W. Broughton, to the Curacoa, vice Sir Thomas Palley, sent home with dispatches. Commanders—W. H. Hall, to the Electra; T. B. Brown, to the Snake. Lieutenants--E. Burstall, to the Porcupine; J. R. R. Field, to the Penelope; W. A. Hood, to the President; A. Wilinchurst and T. D. Sullivan, to the Excellent; W. H. Conolly (additional), to the President; C. Atkins (addi tional), to the Hibernia; A. Luckraft (additional), to the Collingwood ; E. G. Hore (additional), to the Vindictive; W. T. F. Jackson (additional), to the Hibernia; V. G. Hick ley (additional), to the Vindictive; G. C. Campbell (addi tional), to the President; H. G. Morris, to be Flag to Ad miral Sir Charles Ogle ; A. Fletcher, to the Resistance; A. R. B. Carter, to the Snake; and A. D. Gordon, to the Electra. Masters—P. Chown, to the Snake; W. E. Hyne, to the Electra. Surgeon—T. Somerville, to the Cleopatra. Paymasters and Parsers—W. F. Maturin (acting), to the Snake ; C. S. Giles (acting), to the Electra; S. H. L. Giles, (acting), to the Scout. Midshipmen—T. D. Williams, IL W. Corneck, and A. L, M. Montezuma (additional), to the Carysfort. Naval Cadets—R. Kennett, to the Rodney; the Hon. A. Drummond, the Hon. A. Hay, C. D. Moultrie, G. D. David son, and A. C. F. Ileneage, to the Carysfort; R. Wynniett, to the Rodney. Clerks—J. Woodruff, to the Bittern ; T. Ley, to the Scout. COAST GUARD. Removals--Lieutenarit E, J. Vottles, from Rickhurst Pag ham station, vice Slntighter, remignecl, THE COUNTY MAGISTRACY. Among the provincial complaints of magistrates, by their not duly attending to• their duties, inconveniencing the public, Nottinghamshire is not in the arrear of some other counties. The following, from a Nottingham paper of last week, shows a " second edition" of neglect in that county. Country justices are fast paving the way for stipendiary magistrates in the provinces. The Nottingham papers says : —" From a communication which has reached us this week, we learn that from the latter part of last July, till the be ginning of September, the inhabitants of the Retford district were much annoyed and inconvenienced by the irregular at tendance of magistrates. Week after week passed, and little or no business was got through, owing to the absence of I these gentlemen from the sphere whose duties they had undertaken to fulfil, We are also informed that in conse quence of a few of the parishes which formerly belonged to the Retford district, being now included in the recently formed Worksop division, the meetings at the former named place are to take place only once a fortnight, instead of weekly as before. "Now, although we have no wish to meddle with matters which do not concern us, we do feel bound as journalists, labouring in the cause of the people, just to remind our worthy friends who Mutineer justice, that there are such things as public duty and public convenience, and that until such things are transported as outlaws, they should stand foremost in the minds of all public functionaries. We know that these things are very irksome occasionally, but then we also know how easy it is to dispense with the cares of office, if they are but willing to renounce its honours. The old say ing that' Every sweet has its bitter,' is most true. and we do think that those who accept the one should brave the other. We do hope that these remarks will be received as good humouredly as they are written ; and would say in con clusion, good sirs, pray have mercy_ on the long vexed pa tience of the poor neglected public. ' _ flll3.=al----A--_------ MARYLEDONE VESTAY.—On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, in the chair, Mr. Michie begged to ask Mr. P. Laurie whether it was true that the office of clerk of the peace for the county of Middlesex was not a sinecure place ; and also whether it was or was not the intention of the magis trates to increase the salary of that sinecure officer, in the shape of fees payable out of th e county-rate. Mr. Laurie said there wa s suc h a thi ng a s that alluded to by Mr. Mi c hi e going on. The office of clerk of the p eace for Middlesex was at the p resen t ti me occu pied by a party who never did any duty hi mse lf , granted by th e A c t o f P ar li a ment to appoint a deputy . He but who availed hi mself of the p rivilege thought they had no right to interfere with a man who re ceived a moderate salary, and who chose to pay another for doing his duty, providing hone duties were performed pro perly ; but wh en h e f oun d s t e ps being taken for making a schedule of fees to such a person, affording a remuneration out of the pockets of the rate-payers, to the amount of 5,000/. per annum, he thought it was propei that some check should be put upon such reckless expenditure. By the proposed schedule of fees, the clerk of the peace was to receive Is. lid. for every printed circular sent to a magistrate. He was to have Is. for every summary conviction that took place at any police court, and one guinea for every time his deputy was called out, of his office to seak to a com mittee. He (Sir. Laurie) was one of the Committee on the Schedule of Fees, but he had not attended. until lately, and when he did he was utterly surprised at what had taken place, and had, with the aid of some o f her members, suc ceeded in reducing some of the items. The m ostormobitant as nstrous thing in the wh o l e a ff a i r was , th a t these fees , ex they were, were, to the extent of three• fifths of the en are amount, to g o t o th e / c l er k o f the peace, who ne ver, on an y occasion, eve n pu t hi s f oo t w ithin the walls of the Session House. He (Mr. L aur i e ) hoped that the vestr y wo uld urge upon the m ag i strates of t h e coun ty who were membe i ' s of the Board, to use every th m en d eavo ur to defeat so nefarious ir.. j ob. 11 r. Mi c hi e said he would at once ado p t the suggesof Mr. Laurie, andve notice of m otion for Saturday next. give Mr. Tritton, as churchwarden of Tr init y district, applie d fur to consider the a committee p r opriety of appropriating' the surplus pew re n t s o f th e c hurch to the erectio n of a rec4or y house, which, after some discussion , wa s a g reed to. 'The vestry they separated, .. . rADVERTISEMENT. THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIIIECT RAILWAY. 7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—My attention has been drawn to an advertise ment, which appeared in your columns on the sth inst., containing certain resolutions, passed at " a meeting, most respectably attended, of landowners and occupiers of land, held at the Bear Inn, Vantage, the 12th of January, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of opposing the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway Company for an Act of Parliament to form their line." At this meeting Philip Smith Coxe, Esq , presi led. The Chairman, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Robey were ap pointed trustees cf a fund to be raised for opposing the Bill in Parliament, and ;.o be deposited in the bank of Messrs. Barnes and Medley. These three trustees, with Messrs. Barnard, I)earlove, and Goodwin, were formed into.o committee for the general direction of the busi ness ; Mr. J H. Ansell was app iinted secretary ; and Messrs. Bischoff and Coxe were requested to undertake the conduct of the proceedings. The resolutions of such a meeting, w!rose future ope rations are to be carried on by a chairman, committee, trustees, bankers, solicitors, and secretary, are calcu lated not only to attract public notice, but to excite some little apprehension en the part of those to whose objects, however well matured and honourably supported, this formidable array is opposed. The readers of your jour nal, and of other papers in which probably this adver ti,,ement has been published, may reasonably consider that the opinions of " a meeting, most respectably at tended, of landowners and occupiers of land," whose re solutions were " moved, seconded, and carried unani mously," are entitled to respect, as embodying the sen timents of a large proportion at least of the residents in the vicinity of %Vantage, on a subject of great local in terest ; and the public in general, who of late have most prtil!rly viewed with scrutiny, if not distrust, all proposals for the construction of railways, may be in duced, by the resolutions to which I refer, to class . " the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway" amp ngst those which are undeserving of local or general patronage. The opinions and resolutions of the recent meeting a'. \Vantage, on which I am desirous to make a few com ments, are the following, viz.:— "That the suggested lines of railway from Oxford to Salisbury direct is quite wicalled for, inasmuch as there is neither passenger' or goods traffic along the proposed line requiring such accommodation, and, consequently, that whilst a great sacrifice of private property must take place, no adequate, if any, benefit can possibly arise to the public by the formation of such a line," arid " That, as the line throughout presents one unbroken agricultural district, possessing, within easy distances, markets and fairs, amply stifficient to absorb all the produce thereof, the scheme in question appears a more wanton speculotion of the day, possessing neither merit in itself, OR a reasonable prospect of a return for capital required for the undertaking." It is difficult to conceive language more condemnatory of " the suggested line," than the terms in which " the meeting of landowners and occupiers of land" have thus promulgated their " unanimous" opinion. A semblance of truth is ingeniously shed over the premises from which the gentlemen present at the meeting, have drawn their. authoritative conclusions ; and could, if capable of proof, warrant, in some measure, the strong terms of reprobation in which they have publicly ex. pressed their determination to " use their best endea vours individually and collectively, to defeat the pro p Iseci measure in Parliament." The first resolution declares " that the suggested line of railway is quite uncalled for." lad ,pt the language of the meeting for the purpose of showing that this declaration is literally untrue. This line of railway has been actually called for, both orally and in writing, as I will proceed to prove. On the 24th of October last, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Abingdon, convened by the Mayor, in compliance with a requisition forwarded to him, was held in the Council Chamber there, to consider the expediency of the proposed Oxford and Salisbury. Direct Railway. At this meeting, numerously attended, the iNfayor presided, and the following resolution, proposed and seconded by members of the Town Council, was unaniously passed : "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway would be beneficial to the town, and was therefore deserving of their support." And on the sth of November last, being a market day, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Wantage and the adjacent district, called by advertisement in the eleven newspapers circulating in the counties of Berks, Wilts, Oxford, and Somerset, and also in the Times newspaper, was held, not at the Bear Inn, but in the Town-hall, to consider the expediency of this line being formed. At this latter meeting, also numerously at tended, Thomas Goodlake, Esq., of Letcomb Regis (a parish immediately adjoining \Vantage), one of the Ma gistrates for the county of Berks, took the chair, and a resolution, with scarcely a dissentient voice, was car ried— "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, passing near to the town of Wantage, eill he highly beneficial to the town and its neighbourhood, and is therefore entitled to the suppurt of the inhabitants."_ _ _ . So much for parol evidence produced from the towns of Abingdon and \Vantage, distant about ten miles apart, and adjoining the line of the proposed railway. My do cumentary testimony to prove that "the suggested line" is called for is the foll.wing, viz. In the course of a very few days, in the month of No vember last, testimonial , , " approving of the line. and desiring that it may be speedily formed," were signed by inhabitants of every city and town directly affected by it in the following numbers, viz.:— Inhabitants of Abingdon 2C Hungerford - oxford - %Vantage Landowners, farmers, end dealers attending Wantage Market Inhabitants of Salisbury ---136 , ... 73 Making a total of. Evidence of the meetings at Abingdon and Watita4e is to be found in the London and Provincial newspapers. The inclosed copy of the testimonials, sent for your own satisfaction, bears out the latter 'assertion. And, as re gards the Wantage testimonials (which 1 select for the especial attention of the gentlemen present at the recent meeting), I appeal with confidence to the whole of that neighbourhood, when I assert that the signatures repre sent an amount of wealth and intelligence fully en titled to the deep respect and serious attention of the public at large. The gentlemen present at the recent meeting assert, in their resolutions, that " there is neither passenge - 5' nor goods' traffic along the proposed line requiring rail way accommodation," and that the line throughout pre seats one unbroken agricultural distric , possessing, within easy di:lances, markets and fairs, amply sugi cient to absorb all the produce thereof." True, it is, "and pity 'tis, 'tis true," that at present there is but little traffic along the whole line of ..he proposed line, but there is a great deal of traffic on parts of it. There is no public conveyance between Oxford and Salisbury, as the residents in those cities, and the districts north of the former and south of the latter, know to their incon venience. The most expeditious means and channel of transit, are by the Great Western and South-Western Railways via London ; for a traveller between Oxford and Salisbury, unless he be furnhhed with his own car- Huge, or hire a conveyance for his s p ecial use,cannot travel by any public means b etween the one city and the other in a less time th an from twelve to thirteen hours; and then instead of pursuing a direct line of 56 miles, he must take a circuitous route by Marlborough and Swindon. It would be absurd to argue, that because there is not at the present day a large and increasing agriculture u traffic between any two given points, &toss a district of country capable of almost incalculable improvement, tl; a-h nting, hitherto neglected, and to a great extent allowed to lie t w r a a s : t s e i , t and t r h d e e r d e , fo n r o e i a m petu s favouritegivleon the c a e l y for no to no improvement is to be attempted, no faciliti es o f o or manufactures; the inhabitants to be deprived of those railway appliances, by means of which they know that other parts of the country have been greatly bcnefitted, and that the progress of science, intelligence, and in dustry is to be arrested at each of the termini. The same argument would contend that a large proportion of the intermediate province shall remain a wild, unculti vated, and desolate plain, and the whole be preserved as a memorial to posterity f the ignorance, as well as the selfishness, of the present " landowners and occupiers of land." Oa this part of the subject I cannot do better than give the following extract from a speech made by Mr. Towle, of Oxford, at the Wantage meeting, on the Oth of November : " He was satisfied that the formation of a railway was all that was required to raise the property of Wantage and its neighbourhood to a level with that of any other part of the country. At present they were under great disadvantages. Their poor had to suffer all the priva tions of other neighbourhoods, with the additional ca lamity of scarcity of fuel. Coal, in his neighbourhood, cost at present 255. per ton. He was close on the limo of the Great Western Railway, but received no benefit from it except in quickness of transit. Their line had been very expensive, and probably they could not afford to carry for less, and they were then charging within a fraction of 2d. per ton. lie himself paid 10s. per ton for coals in Bristol, and 245. 6d. when he got them at his mills near Oxford. The promoters of the Great Western, previous to its formation, promised that 80,000 tons of coal a-year should be carried to Oxford, but they had grievously disappointed the public in that respect.—(Cheers.) The formation of the line would almost double the value of the land and its produce. At present their hay, straw, and corn were sent into the manufacturing districts where it was sold at the prices which the same articles fetched that were grown in the neighbourhood, the whole expense of the transit failing on the producers. The neighbourhood was one of the best in the world for manufactures. Witney ought to have several tall chimneys. an . to turn their wool into blankets. Abingdon ought to make large quantities of coarse carpeting, instead of sending their wool at a larg, expense into Yorkshire. Mr. Hudson had stated bef re a committee of Parliament that one engine would con vey 95 wagons, at the rate of 18 miles an hour, each waggon conveying five tons of coal, at an expense , f about 9d. per mile, and his opinion was that a railway passing through a neighbourhood was equal to bringing a coal mine into it. In his judgment coals ought to be supplied at 12s. per ton." And Mr. GoOdlake, the Chairman, concurred in these remarks, when he expressed his opinion that " the gen tlemen who formed the deputation deserved the thanks of the meeting and of the town of %Vantage for their efforts towards bringing a railway into the neighbour hood. He must say that as far as fox-hunting went, gentlemen might be injured by railways, but the pros perity of the country and its inhabitants, the warming them in winter, and feeding them through the whole of. the year, was of far more vital importance than such sport. When he looked at the faciii ies which would he afforded for the importation of fie 1 and the exportation of produce, he thought they had reason to rejoice that a railway was about to be formed near their town. Under these circumstances, having determined that the line would be beneficial, he trusted that the inhabitants of \Vantage would give the scheme as much encouragement as they possibly could."—(Cheers.) I admit—and having quoted the sentiments of Mr. Towle and Mr..Goedlake, I am per!ectly willing to do so—that the proposed line passes materially over an agri cultural district, but by no means over an unbroken one. The town of Abingdon, neglected in an unaccountable manner by railway proprietors and promoters, cannot be considered as a purely . agr i cu l tura l town. There are two highly respectable manufacturing and trading esta blishments there, employing between them (as I have been personally informed by their proprietors) not less then one thousand five hundred hands ; and there etre moreover, between thirty at.d forty p ersons o f respecta bility engage dus master manufacturers. In the article tonnage alone the inhabitants of Abingdon would be benefited to ,a very great amount by the proposed line, which would bring a railway close to their town, instead of requiring them, as at present, to send their goods to a station between three and four miles distant. The pitched market, established within the last twelve months, ut %Vantage, and which is steadily improving, owes much of its prosperity to railroads, being regularly attended by dealers from remote parts of the country, who would never otherwise have dreamt of dealing in corn there, At Salisbury, in consequence of the same expectant faci lities, it is also contemplated to establish a pitched market, and the inhabitants of that ancient city look forward anxiously to the edvantages to be conferee d upon them by railways, for enabling them to resume the exercise of their almost unequalled water-power, and again to flou rish in those manufactures of cutlery and flannels for which they were formerly most justly famed. The lines of railw a y i n p rogress an d pro j ect i on w ill necessarily make Oxford to the north, and :Salisbury to the south of " the suggested line;" two points from whence radii will. diverge like the outspread fingers cf the human hand. From the manufacturing districts of Lancashire. the West Riding of Yorkshire, Warwick shire, Staffordshire, and Norfolk (to some extent)— frem the mineral, and especielly the coal regions of South Wales, Staffordshire, and several of the midland counties, the products of industry will, by means of the proposed railway and its adjuncts, be brought at a much reduced price into this agricultural district," whilst the .prodPce of .a land whose capabilities of pro duction remain to be tested, will be unmeasurably aug ne, nted in the staple articles both of food and clothing, the means of transit diminished in. time and expense; and the 'private property which the members of the late meeting weakly imagine would be sacrificed, will be (as has always in similar cases been proved) very largely increased. It appears, however, in the opinion of those gentle-- men, that " the scheme in question is a mere wanton speculation of the day, possessing neither merit in itself nor a reasonable prospect of a return for capital required for the undertaking." They have a perfect right, I ad mit, to entertain this opinion, but, as I will presently en deavour to show, they have no right to publish it. They do net, I apprehend, imagine that any persons of the pre sent day are so deeply imbued with the principles of universal philanthrophy as to construct a railroad at their personal expense, for the mere satisfaction of conferring a material advantage upon the town of Vantage and its neighbourhood, highly respectable as the inhabitants undoubtedly are. They cannot, I should suppose, con ceive that modern benevolence is so universal as to in clude their " unbroken," and, as some people believe, neglected " agricultural district" in a rapidly advancing system of general utility, without thinking that the pro molt rs of an honourable, useful, and, as has been shown, highly approved project, may also look forward to an honest participation in the general good. The principles, however, upon which this railway has been brought for ward, were ably and truly developed by the Chairman of the Committee of Manweement, at the meeting held at Wantege, on the - sth of November: — "He assured the' meeting that it was the determina tion el the directory to carry out the measure if they possibly could. It was a bona fide scheme, and the Di rectors proved it to be so by their acts ; they were not asking persons to furnish them with money, taking the chance of having it returned,. but they had themselves provider: the necessary funds for carrying on the sur veys and preparing the necessary parliamentary docu ments. Their engineer was bound to finish the survey in proper time, and would be a loser to the extent of 1,0004 if he failed to do so. He was, therefore, bound by his own interest, as well as for the sake of his pro fessional reputation, to finish the survey by the time ap pointed. He could assure the meeting that every attest • tion would be paid to laying out the line, it being magi featly the jut rest of the promoters of the line to inter fere as little as possible with valuable property." In corroboration of this statement, I have Only to re mark that the principles thus laid down have been acted upon to the letter; the whole of the Parliamentary plans, sections, and books of reference have been depo sited in ad the necessary offices, and with all the ap pointed authorities ; the requisite notices have beer. served upon the landowners, lessees, and occupiers (hence these tears!), and all the standing orders have been fully complied with. The sneer which the gentlemen of the late meeting have thought fit to introduce by way of " sting in the tail" of their resolutions is utterly unworthy of fair and honcurable opponents, I allude to the original inser tion of the names of persons in the list of the provi sional committee. To say the least of it, the charge is deplorably stale, and, in the terms used, it is not true. It was, however, fully and satisfactorily explained, both at the meetings I have above referred to and in the pub , lie press. I refer your readers to that faithful record of daily occurrences, which in these days of enlighteninent and intelligence seldom errs—l believe I may say, never materially errs without detection and exposure. There is something justly imposing in the resolutions of a public meeting, and a very large majority of your readers would believe that those to which I have taken the liberty to refer, were passed in such an assembly. The formula which they adopt, the functionaries whom they appoint, the style of serious business which they as sume, impress the mind with imaginary multitudes, im portance, and solemnity. A resolution, proposed, se conded, and unanimously passed, implies, in the estimate of the humblest understanding, an explanatory speech, a confirmatory address, a brief appeal to surrounding numbers frOin an independent president, and an un opposed vote carried by loud acclamation, or silent show of' hands. The excitement and exhilaration of a popular assembly have often produced great and unexpected effects, and in 'the present day, when many signal re sults have been worked out by means of public meet ings, those. who desire to operate on the mind of the many, are apt, wisely enough, to resort to this course to effect their object. Nor is there a better expedient for giving publicity to opinions, whether o f a political ten dency, of local interest, or for the purpose of proraul gating or opposing a public project, Having thus dealt, and I hope fairly, with the resolu tions of the meeting, " most respectably attended byd about land owners and occupiers of land , " I will say one word the meeting itself. I learn, from local information, that the meeting consisted of seven gentlemen only; from the same sourer, that Mr. Coxe, the chairman, is a member of the very respectable firm of Bischoff and Coxe, the solicitors to whose care the proceedings in Parliament in opposiCion to the " Oxford and Salisbury Railway Com. pany" are entrusted ; and I further learn that Mr. An sel!, the secretary appointed at the meeting, is the manager of the Wantage Branch Bank of Messrs. Barnes and Medley (the bankers of this self•constituted committee), whose principal establishment is at Far• ringdon. Let Your readers glance over the names of the chairman, committee, trustees, bankers, solicitors, and secretary, and they will find that the whole of them were present or represented at the meeting of seven gen tlemen at the Bear Inn at Wantage. Thus we find in Mr. Coxe the united Characters of chairman, solicitor, trustee, and committeeman; in Mr. Stone and Mr. Roby the two latter functions; and in Mr. Ansel!, per sonally and by representation, the somewhatincongruous duties of banker and secretary. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Z. HUBBERSTY, Secretary, Moorgate-chambers, Moorgate-street, Jan. 19, 1846. MARY HOWITT'S NEW NOVEL, " THE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE."—We have no hesitation (says the John Bull) in pronouncing " The Citizen of Prague " a splendid romance. All the characters, from the Empress Theresa and her Minister Kaunitz, down to the faithful serving-man, are admirably pourtrayed. Magda, which, after that of her grandfather, Thomas Thyrnau, has evidently received the author's most elaborate touches, is a beautiful creation. Count Von Lacy, the Princess Morani, and the Princess Therese, are each of them finished portraits. The deep in terest which the work inspires is unabated to its close. 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SIR CHARLES IVOLSELEI, IN RE PLY TO THE EDI 1011 OF THE SUN. Strt,—The Sun of the 30th December has been this dap sent to me. It contains an article on a certain l etter dreSsed to the a orking classes in the manufacturing distnctE through the Stockport Advertiser. Had there not been soT s :, thing pithy in my letter you would not have noticed 4;4 fore I had meddled with it, had I been the editor of The 'l' I would lowe been sure of my facts. that You as Sir, and you get into an argument on o _ Iv as-urnption the ' Earl Talbot " has no labourers!" some that the Earl's " personal exertions" are not brotif-_, into action, to-cause fe-sooth he lets his estate, and des not cultivate himself " You assert " that the Earl is 3 "L e ' r , aria among landlords, as he must pay his tenants' la b°lll. ,of in the cultivation of Hs states, because he can have ' l ,l O - 0 9, his own;" oral, to finish with assumptions and as s t, e p " ep erie you say the Earl liar, except servants, grooms, gam e Nonu one to pay the 12s. a week wages to. .oat w, Sir, just give me leave to tell you, not one of .7 Lb assumptioil or assertions has even a semblance of W I therein • than c• old not have pitched on two men more aprePo',,, (8' Lord Talbot and Mr. Cobden, " as the iespective reP; of tives thel ended and trading interest. , for the purrtely instituting a comparison between them;" for,'unfortna'bet for all your assumptions, Lord Talbot is certainly th, e n d in farmer, and one of the most extensive cultivators of ' 4 ' . a nd all England, employs an immense number of labourer!: le farms in the first-rate style; and as to his LordshiPhs.,it ip sonal exertions," on that score l i e is certainly not to ; 0 110 the back ground even when compared to Mr. Cobden' in iba the printer of daffidoWndillies is a man of more aleedhta world than the one who produces food; then, - Lordship would be obliged to knock under. t o f I thank you for having given me, at any rate, a Pa r , Barn' titles; but why not have added " the matter-of - f act boa net ?" and I think by the time the public bas read the s tet o f they will have found out that a little more of `2 11 ,,, t fact" from The Sun would have given greater effe ct t article. N efartg td ow, Sir, allow me to repeat my advice to the MO - s p ing workmen. I did not "guess" that Mr. CobdenVonosa is 5,0001.; I gun sed it was so. Mav I ask V, I out of " roa blood and sweat do the other "ten times that ano unt ibir r assert it to be, come from ? hy, his workmen, to be sur e , e ibat fore. when the abominable corn-laws are repealed' ° real ° with the more abominable Currency Bill 0f1819,1 tell tb, e ,14 5 to have their eyes on the maters' gains, for I alitt e al° think they have got profit enough for any reasenaf tal. already! And as the League promises a * che a rr workmen, e'en let them have it without the masters— . out Halves!" w ool; • lam not " a prot ec ti on i s t" i n y our sens e of tilF , I principle I detest the corn-laws. But, Sir, mo st Let Leaguers seem t o h ave f orgot t h e or i g i n o f them. ~f-tee,,, just put you in mi n d o f a " matter o f f act ," by waY l ' lug up my character. At th e en d o f t h e war the nan' A pbtbs, return to a metallic currency, but, unfortunately, the7,ll'7, doubled, and both Whigs and Tories sa id t o Peel , . 1s 01; t do away with the paper currency, give u s the c°, 113 „ ~ e vl t there, then, was the bargain. Now, Sir, you wil l f ' - ea't", leave to say it is somewhat sly in the League, an ds° t l' of, t e dishonest too; to wish to do away with only a P a,. ',; bargain. Let us only have fair play, and the come in from Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; t°'‘' ' a fore , opinion, the bane of England is not the corn-la ws Peel's Bill must be added to them.—l am, Sir, your ° servant, WOLSO I' Jan: 16, 1816. of tbi [lf the "matter-of-fact" Baronet had read thearticiso ors 30th of December, on which he comments, he ig,°,. 11 , 4 found the following passage :—"Now, if Earl TocobTif to employ himself • in productive labour, as Mr:„,teiu re does (if he were to cultivate his estate himself , h olp h il letting it), he too would have an inco m e of mors, A t- holio per cent. on his capital—that is to say, he Woo' of three per cent. on his capital invest e d pl u s the PI 0'0 • labour." It is out of his profits as a farmer, a n Of his interest upon capital as a landowner, that P - 0 01 bot pays his labourers. He pays no labourers' w a g:Wi t ; his three per cent., so that our position r e nne t' pY touched. As. to the " matter -ef-fact" D a r - CO L ' 110 sumptions and assertions with regard W Nr• o oie • to capital and profits, we think we may venture t ° own words, and say to him, "Now, Sir, just 0 0 4 3 " ef e "„.f tell you, not one of your assumptions or assertions ort s i selublance of truth therein." With regard to t he , we l'' o t law, we have ever denounced it as energetically the corn-law, and an Anti-Gold Standard Leagnel, A py it shall be formed, shall have our best support. "pss' 4 ce bargain as that alluded to, by " the-matter-of- e s e i Af t 0 , was entered into between Peel and the. Lan u iqil ► cracy, such a bargain is as illegal as it is [l3swr i .er and this statement of the. " matter-of-W e y e O v it if it be "matter of fact," more than justifies to t t , terms which have of late been app „ors e rt conduct. The "matter.:of-fact" Baronet has ib r) bo „ Il o t agitating for a repeal of the, currency-law, 1 -I t ioht said a word about a repeal of the corn-law. Leaguer retort upon him with some effect his n od c 4 l 0 you must give me leav e t o sa y it i s somew hat 5, - 3r what dishonest too, t o w i s h t o d o awa y w ith o °`l the bargain ?"—ED. Sun.] LONDON SESSIONS. 'F. D. LEWIS v. RATLIBOI"a TO THE EDITOR OF THE Sv., - ;,j o ';' lj e4 Sits, —The report of the above trial in r - „ - s ice,or of the 12th inst. containing errors which Bre; be cil t if materially to mislead the public mind, we heg,.`p pis o ,o of the following ' corrections:—The name of ~,t7 0 1,t0 is "Francis David Lewis "—not "J. D." .. te - t zl t`' l of the account against the Company was Td• tel e ~01 4061. Os. Gd., out of which, in reply to an the' r e question from the defendant' s cou nsel' as to t " he was out of pocket," M r . L ew i s sta ted 0° - d otip hundred and fifty pounds," —not 2501. as i 100" making an obvi ous diff erence o f an a dditions his liability to the papers. „ toto We have hith er t o a ll owe d t h ese m is-statem ent ' unnoticed, but on findi ng th e l as t mentione d e ;ee operated to our pr e j u di ce, we are compelled to this counter-statement equal publicity. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, n ifs' LEWIS and Pt' SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE O TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. Although far below the average of former Yde business transacted yesterday afternoon sho w ' 110 dency towards improvement—more decidedly kt le t ever, on the Chester Cup than the Derby* . t 13°) event there were three distinct " pots "-- - -v e ,c del , d Warp, and Mi c key Fr e e—their prices rangil* rev y Y 50 and 33 to 1, and closing, as n e ar as we e re °/ to guess them, at 35 to 1. Several other bets l'i/orre4l at the previ,ets quotations. Bey o nd a marke d go t ? inert in Spithead, whos e s u pp orters w ould ht' ve re tie,o at the prices quoted, the Derby transactions s e 001 1 of interest; and the only bet s o n th e Oaks " ce t - e i , Ac t. 10 agst Cuckoo, a nd 700 to 20 ags t Fanta': o ol Newmarket Handicap promises to be a bad bet° 0 1,4 Two or three parties were disposed to take ocic ls, o# only bet laid was 1,000 to 25 agst Pugilist• prices:— CHESTER cur (ACCEPT . OR NOT)* .00 35 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower' 35 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Warp -taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—takel l 40 to 1 agA Mr. Merry's Wttinstone—takel,,,tokeo _41 1 '14 Nto 1 agst Mr. Cutaert's Queen of TYn- 0' - 50 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn' 1,000 to 20 agst Lord Howl h's Mermaid—take n _ w ii 50 to 1 agst Mr. W o tr en d en ' s Mi ss Burns -44'i _ FO to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Flattery ~,- 41 1 50 to 1 ugst Mr. Pattison names Li tt l e Cassu'' DERBY. tO 11 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Stin g —take 6 ken 14 to 1 agat General Shubrick's Brticardo--ta l i 27 to I agst Colonel Anson's lago—take 30 W 30 to 1 agst Mr. E. Fifers Spithead—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm 33 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser —t. Av 35 to 1 agat Mr. Meiklam's Fancy Boy-15 101 :j of•Y 40 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—t. o nk s `d , 1, 1 100 to 25 agst Duke of Richmond's Tug Net--t,; 50 to 1 apt Lord Exeter's Galata colt—t. 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Worthington's Sharston--"' or f times 1,000 to 40 agst our Lord Albemarle's Smuggler o'll AI3 d u ;ph us—taken. OAKS. a 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentin c k's Cuckoo--tak en 35 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fants t' takel l " ° "l° s ic—, The Liverpool Steeple, Flat, and Hurdle 1 1 5 0 rd, off on the 4th of March. The horses for "' t he `' )l lk which 1001. will be added, must be named 011 , - 4 1, ; 0 0 1 inst. ; and for the Hurdle Race on the 22d 1 - sett, r l , will be added to the latter. The entry for Lor. e u e bro Plate of 501. on the Flat, will be on the 12th of DISEASED POTATOES A GAIN .—Th e u se Of ,e, potatoes in Ireland by the destit u t e p oor i s becoowrsV" expected, a fruitful source o f f ever an d disease. A" jce crease in the number of f ever pat i ents h as take hospital of Fermoy.—Banner of Ulster. be is BIRTHS. t e l ) On the 14th i ns t., a t C a stle Connell, th e lady of ;Pi Dwyer, Esq., of a daughter. di e On the loth inst., at Albert-road, Regent's-par t " 17( of S. Tomkins, jun., Esq., of a son. A' On the 15th inst., the lady of W. Boulnois, ES t i . ' tV Of road, St. John's-wood, of a son. le On the 15th inst., at Yeasemore Rectory, tlie.:1 0 0 Tr Rev. Thomas Archer Houblon, of a daughter, still-; On the 16th inst., at Hans-place, the lad,' ° I i ill Is Wood, Esq., of the Inner Temple, of a daughter. , 4y °' On the 16th inst., at Woodhall, Norfolk, the i le o# Rev. Francis Daubeny, of a son. of l On the 16th inst., at Wimbledon, the lady 00 Bowden Eaq., of a d ghauter. o re, On the 17th inst., in Montagu-place, Montagil's4 all' lady of W. R Kelly, Esq., ot a daughter. f 9'' _ On the 17th inst., in Oxford-terrace, Mrs. Allat,' " • HARRIED. r ptAi ° A lf On the 25th of October, 1845, at Poonah, - 3 ii i ,r/ I fr e Heatley, of her Majesty's 22d Regiment, to Julia ~ 0, ts eldest daughter of the late Major-General P. Fee ° )( f ' Bombay Army. av" A ni Ile d be On the 13th inst., at Trinity Church, Whi teb „ 1 ,- d ts' d John Senhouse Jackson, merchant, to Georgian,i'"" h," Atir , eldest daughter of R. Pennington, Esq., Captain an Royal Cumberland Militia. 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