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ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE., NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, S ept. 1. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL and a Special. Jury.) GERARD, BART. V. MITSPRATT. This was an action brought by Sir John Gerard, Bart., li to recover damages for the injury alleged to have been sustained by him from the alkali works of the defer idant, situated near Newton, adjoining the Liverpool and Man chaster Railway, in this county. 'The trial occupied the whole of yesterday :And the Wander part of to-day. The tall chimney of the defendant's works is a strik. lug landmark at the junction of the Liverpool and ingham Railway with the Liverpool and Manchester, a , ad well known to all travellers on the line. Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Cowling, ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Brandt, and Mr. Pashley for the defendant. Mr. MARTIN stated the case to the jury, and gave tb.e substance of the evidence as it afterwards appeared from the testimony of the witnesses. The plaintiff, he said, was a baronet, whose family was of very old standing in the country, and he resided at New Hall, near the defendant's premises, where he occupied the family Seat; one which had descended to him from his an cestors, and which they , bad, through a long series of years, embellished and improved. Mr. Muspr:Att, the defendant, had formerly been the propriktor of •certain alkali works in Liverpool, but bAd been obliged to remove from thence, in consequence 4r indict ments which were preferred against him for,. a nuisance, and had established his works at Newton, ad;,oining the Sankey Canal. Very shortly after he core.cn' enced the manufacture complaints were made o y e.ie neighbours of the injury which they sustained. isAc.ions were com menced ; but in consequence of the epression of a very strong opinion by scientific men. tnat means existed of preventing the injury complairA of, legal proceedings were stayed. Mr. Muspratt. raised his chimney to an enormous height, and the 'result of this was that the gas, which did the mischief, being emitted into the air at a greater height, it trav elltd further before it reached the :ground. In cons,...pence the plaintiff, among others, was injured by The gas emitted was muriatic acid gas. It had . a great affinity for water—on a damp day it enmbir.ed with the moisture in the atmosphere, and, being ` . .tarried along by the wind, came in contact with the trees. and hedges, and condensed upon the leaves an'; branches. Its immediate effect was to destroy th e leaves ; the bark then became affected, and thr., final xesult was to destroy the trees altogether. ID"? to the Mime of the establishment of these works there were no plantations more healthy than those of Sir john Gerard. He would show, that since their establishment they had been injured to an enormous extent, he would trace that injury to the vapour emitted from Mr. Muspratt's chim ney, and would then claim 4 the hands of the jury an ample remuneration for the damage which had been sustained. Wiliam Daniels —_f am gardener to Sir John Gerard, and was also gardener to the late Sir John. It is my che,y to look 0:., - ter the gardens, and the timber as well. I entered the service of the family when, I suppose, from nseventy to eighty acres of plantations were laid cut; and for some time the timber continued in a flourishing con dition. In the years 1837 and 1838 I perceived some thing going wrong with the timber. The shoots began to be less luxurious, and in the winter they died off. This effect has continued up to the present time, and is particularly observable upon all the trees which face the chimney. I was at first unable to account for the cir cumstance; but in 1833, '39, and '4O, I examined, with other persons, different woods belong ing to the'plaintiff. In 1840 I exami ne d t h e woo d s at New Hall, with Mr. Whalley, and found them very bad facing the chimney, which lies S.E. of New Hall. Some of them perished every year. Those that were struck we eut down. Such 'trees as were sheltered were not so bad as those ex posed to the works. The alders and sycamores stood best. The oaks were very bad. Generally, in that part of the country, the trees were most luxurious on the south side; but now they are best on the north side. Since 1840 we have cut down many thousand trees, from one hundred years of ancient wood to five years. The bark of those facing the chimney has perished, that on the other side is better. Ordinarily the vapour comes out of the chimney about a yard in breadth, and on a foggy day it settles on the woods like a sheet. I observed the vapour twenty-six times in 1841. In 1843, 1844, and 1845 I observed it frequently, but did not make memorandums. In 1846, from January to the 30th of June, I felt it thirteen times. On the 21st of March last the smell was very bad from the chimney, it smelt all day in the canal wood. The weather was _then foggy. Ther e are t h ree woods in the vicinity of bi.r John's house, and also a young plantation. There rare besides the Vista plantation and the Haydock boun dary plantation. The woods are now in a very bad state. In cross-examination, the witness stated that many collieries have of late been opened in the neighbour hood. There are also gas works. Twelve or fourteen chimney have been erected since 1822. There are other :Audi works in the neighbourhood. Has not ob serrrad the effect of the vapour upon the fruit trees or flo..wers. There is a clover field outside the boundary of one of the injured plantations, lying between it and the defendant's chimney, which is in a luxuriant state. There luxe a number of rabbits on the estate. The estate is strictly preserved. On re-examination, the witness said that they had taken 5(.`,0 trees out of a plantation called the Town Field plantation last year. Had to take a great many de ..d trees out off the woods every year since the chim -:.tey was erected. James Unsworth—l am a joiner and builder living near Sir John's plantations. I have resided there for the greater part of my life. I have been employed since 1816 on Sir John's estate as a joiner, and have been also employed as a timber valuer there. In 1816 the woods and plantations were very healthy. There was some fi:ae, old, full-grown timber there, above one hundred years old, and eighty feet high. The estate was then very well stocked; the soil was good, and everything ap peered in good health, until the years 1836-7, when I observed the timber decay both in the tops and the foliage. The tops became dead. The middle part of the large timber, which was exposed to the vitriol chimney, became of a brownish colour, and the hark would not feed. I then attributed this change to the vitriol works. The small timber decayed in pretty much the same manner as the large. The effects have been worse since 1839. Up to 1829 I valued the timber; since then I have been a purchaser almost every year. I have purchased altogether about 1,2001. or 1,4001. worth. The trees which have been cut down were in a bad state. A great many of them had not arrived at their proper growth. They were cut down because they were de cayed. Alder, sycamore, and some beech have escaped; ash, oak, and elm partially; poplar, willow, &c., have been most injured. The greatest injury has been done on the south-west side—the side facing the vitriol chimney. James Foster, a gamekeeper to Sir John Gerard, was next examined—He stated that his business led him to go a good deal through the woods upon the New Hall estate. Knew Mr. Muspratt's chimney very well. Had seen the vapour rising from it on many occasions. It had a very disagreeable smell, and affected the eyes very much indeed. It was worst upon damp foggy days and at night. Had tracked the vapour for a consider able distance among the plantations. Remembered par ticularly observing it on the night of the 2d of November last. The wind was then blowing from the east as near as he could think, and the vapour was then on the Smithy wood very strong and thick. Was sure that it came from Mr. Muspratt's chimney. Remembered also observing the vapour very strong at New Hall on the 21st of January, about nine o'clock in the morning. When he first saw it he was going from the house to the stables, not thinking anything at all about the vapour, until he smelt it very strong. Went then into the field near the Big Oak wood, where he could see Mr. Mus pratt's chimney. Saw the vapour coming from it from nine o'clock until eleven. Saw it coming in the direction of the wind, and tracked it amongst the trees of the plantation. Saw it again on Feb. 21. Was at the - Waggon load plantation, and saw the vapour rising from tto chimney, and settle amongst the trees of that plan tation. It was very strong, and made him cough a good deal. Had lived with Sir John Gerard fifteen years. The woods were always very healthy before the establishment of these alkali works. The trees had been getting worse every year for the last five or six years. The young trees and the old ones were equally affected by the vapour. A great quantity of trees had died dur ing that time. A great many trees had also been cut down in consequence of the injury they had sustained. In cross-examination, the witness denied that the wood called Smithy wood was very wet. He examined it by digging there lately, but it was after wet weather. There nas then a good deal of water apparent. Rabbits and hares bark young trees a little when there is snow on the ground. On re-examination, he said that both in the wet land and the dry the trees had looked well before the erec tion of the alkali works. The trees were generally too old to be injured by game. Joseph King—Was agant to the Gerard estates, and In the habit o f go i ng over thetn twice a year. Had done so for upwards of 30 . years. There was a good deal of ornamental timber about New Hall estate. When he first knew it the timber was all in very good condition, and very healthy. It was very different from what it was now. There had been a great change in it during the last five years. Had observed the woods par ticularly about three weeks ago. The leaves of most of the trees were considerably discoloured. The tops were stag-horned, that is, without foliage at all, and the branches standing up like bare spikes. Had P articu• lady noticed an o a k o f a b out twenty years' growth, which was about 40 or 50 yards from the drawing-rooni window, within the garden-wall. A great many leave ; ; were lying under that tree quite parched U. Had not the least doubt the injury was caused by these alkal', works, and was not owing to the dampness of the soil.. Had observed the same effects upon two poplars a t Everton, eeused some lime since by Mr. Muspratt' s work, in Vauxhall-road. On cross-examination. the witnnss stated that Si r John Gerard had an extensive colliery on his own estat The smoke from thiwent on the trees. George Lyne was 'butl,T to Sir John Gerard. ll:rad lived with him thirteen years. Had seen the vap , , i,ir from Mr. Muspratt' s c hi mne y a b ou t th e h ousr . window of the dining•-room opened on the side of t l e house facing the works. had observed frequently tlis t the knives became tarnished after being laid for dint, et . , and also the brass wore in the room was often tarnish ea by the admission of the 'vapour when the window w as open. Had frequently observed the vapour. The smell of it was very pungent and disagreeable. Did not gc much about the fields, but had observed several trees in the neighbourhood of the house quite dead. Mr. William South, a surveyor of the roads ; Mr. William Me:eor .a surveyor and l an d agent, living at Newtox ; Mr. W. I, rihwe:l, agent to the Rev. Mr. Hortaby, rector of Winwfck ; Mr. William liertnot, a farmer in tie plrish of tVinsvick ; Mr. Richard Nor man, a far ner at Newton ; and Mr. John Ward, a cow keeper at St. Ifelen',4, liorc testimony to the appearance , and effect o the vapour from the chimney. It could be,; THE SUN, LONDC) THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1846. traced from the chimney among the woods. It was I white, and very pungent, producing coughing, and causing the eyes to smart. They imputed the decay which was visible among the trees on Sir John Gerard's estate and the neighbourhood solely to its influence. Mr. Thomas Green—Resided at Arvistock, in Den bighshire, and had followed the business of a timber surveyor nearly fifty years. Was called upon in the year 1840 to survey the damage done to the trees on Sir John Gerard's property, and again at Midsummer last. , The trees were very considerably more injured than in 1840. He believed the soil was favourable to the growth of timber. Had observed the position of Mr.'Musprates, chimney; the trees most exposed to it were the traost damaged. A great 'amber of them were absolute:ty killed. The heel was also much injured. The 'were many thousanzls of the trees affected. He hay; Ira doubt the injury was done by the vapour from the works. The trees, that showed the effects of it now arould die in a few s . ", ears if the cause continued. Hen of t' a e injury d one . Th e i n j ury act Aide a valuation r Ally done to the present time amounted to 5,8251. 12s-, without including ssny prospective damage at all. 1 4 ..43 'had no doubt that if the works remained every tree wor Ald be destroyed. Had made the valuation in comr4n-, with Mr. Whalley; it occupied him four weeks. The witness stated, the2s in forming this estimate ho had taken every tree et ) '.;ich seemed to him to be damaged. Mr. Joseph Whr;tley confirmed the evidence of the preced:ng witnee s ., Mr. Adolettus Manbert, land agent to Sir John Gerard, gave similar: testimony as to the decay of the plantations. William Reynolds, Esq., M.D., examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was a lecturer on chemistry, and had be stowed a great deal of attention to the study of che mistry. Was generally acquainted with the nature of the articles manufactured by Mr. Muspratt. There was undoubtedly a noxious vapour arose from the manufac ture of alkali, but when the apparatus was carefully constructed, the escape of vapour was to some extent prevented. The gas emitted was muriatic acid gas, which had a strong affinity to water or damp. On issuing from a chiramey such as Mr. Muspratt's, it would have, in damp weather, the appearance of thin white smoke. It wo'ald depend in a great measure upon the state of the atmosphere as to whether it would fall at a short - 7,istance or be conveyed to a greater distance. In a dry atmosphere it would perhaps float a distance of four or five miles before falling near to the earth. The moisture given out in the manufacture of the material was un doubtedly noxious and injurious to vegetation. It had a strong pungent smell, and made the eyes smart. It likewise affected respiration a little. Its effects upon the leaves of trees would be, when weak, to turn them brown, and when strong, to curl them up and make them crimp. Leaves were certainly essential to the health of trees; without them they would soon die. He had been over the plantations of Sir John Gerard's estate. There were a vast number of trees injured to a great extent. He could suggest no other cause for the injury they had sustained than the gas emitted from the manufactories of alkali in the neighbourhood. Cross examined by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY—The effects he had seen were only to be attributed to the noxious gas from the alkali works. It was not possible for him to assign any other cause. If the quantity of gas evolved from the chimney were only as one cubic foot to 10,000 cubic feet of air, he did not think it would have any effect upon vegetation at all. He could not say to what extent the gas would be diminished in its passage through a flue of 500 feet in length, and a chimney of 300 feet in height, having also to pass through a descending current of water. He did not know whether, after floating through the air for two miles and a half, its strength would be decreased or ren dered innocuous; it depended, no doubt, to a great ex tent, upon the state of the atmosphere at the time. He thought grass was less susceptible of its influence than the leaves of trees, as the former was always growing. He should think it probable that, if a strong volume of the gas was to pass over a field of grass its effects might be visible; but of course it depended, in a great mea sure, upon its strength, and the length of time it re mained. Did not think that plants were quite so sus ceptible as trees, the latter being much higher. The flowers might be affected, and yet the plant not be in jured. By Mr. MARTIN—Was aware that means bad been tried to condense this gas, and prevent its escape alto gether, but he believed they were ineffectual as to the entire prevention. The body of gas was too powerful to be overcome by the water through which it was caused to pass in its passage up the chimney. As far as his experience went, he had never known any means effectual in preventing the escape of muriatic gas. John Lindley, Esq., examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was a professor of botany in the University College of Lon don, and vice-secretary of the Horticultural Society ; had devoted a considerable number of years to the study of botany. Had examined the timber on the estate of Sir John Gerard. Had found a great number of trees dead. Had examined the soil in places, and found it very good land ; had done so in places where there were trees actually dead and dying. Trees seffering from damp exhibited an entirely different appearance. Their leaves and bark were preyed upon by numbers of insects. He had examined several of the trees carefully, but they bore no evidence of having been injured in that manner. The injury at its outset was most apparent at the extre mities of the upper branches. He had observed in many instances that that side of a tree which was pre sented towards the alkali works was more injured than the opposite side. The alkali works of Mr. Crossfield as well as those of Mr. Muspratt had been pointed out to him. Ho had also particularly noticed six Scotch fir trees, which, from their age, must have been at one time very healthy. They were planted on a hill in the form of a lozenge. The one immediately fronting to wards Mr. Muspratt's works was quite dead. The two behind it were dying ' • and the other thr ee , w hi c h h a d in some measure been protected by them, were comparatively uninjured. This had struck him as a remarkable case, and he had, therefore, particularly noticed them. The muriatic acid gas emitted from the manufacture of alkali was well known to be injurious to trees and vegetation generally. The trees he saw had undoubtedly been affected by it. He had no doubt the appearances he had witnessed amongst Sir John Gerard's woods were solely to be attributed to the noxious vapours in the atmos phere, and not to any natural causes. Wherever the trees had been protected, by being in hollows or other wise, they were at present uninjured ; but if the alkali works were continued to be carried on, he had no doubt all the trees on the estate would be even tually destroyed. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant MURPHY—The stag-headed appearance of some of the trees, such as had been described, might sometimes be caused by defects at the roots. It was a common result in bad soils. Could not say whether apple trees were very susceptible of injury from the effects of the vapour. He had noticed that oak and ash trees were affected soonest. If flowers were subjected to the vapour they would doubtless be destroyed, although the plant might not be injured. If the vapour that passed over a clover field in bloom was sufficiently strong, it would no doubt destroy it. It was not possible to say what strength would be necessary unless by actual experiment. By Mr. MARTIN—He had seen no appearance of bad soil on Sir John Gerard's estates that would cause the stag-headed appearance to trees which had been spoken of. By the JUDGE—Had seen no natural causes which could account for the injury done to the bark of many trees ho had examined. Had ,particularly noticed a beech tree that was somewhat exposed towards Mr. Crossfield's chimney. On the side which faced it the bark was rendered quite hard, and very difficult to be peeled off, while on the opposite side of the tree there was no apparent injury done. There might have been some very few instances of a tree being diseased, when the others around it were in a comparatively healthy state, but it g enera ll y h appened that three or four tre es near together were all alike affected. Mr. Sergeant Munrisy then proceeded to address the jury, and went through the evidence adduced in sup port of the plaintiff's case, contending that the suppo sition that this injury had been caused by the vapour from the defendant's chimney was inconsistent with the fact of the flowers and grass remaining uninjured, and isolated trees being affected, not whole clumps, as might be expected if the plaintiffs case were true. The neigh bourhood, too, was full of chimneys, some of them on the plaintiff's own estate, which were always pouring forth gases, which more or less might affect vegetation. It would be shown by a great mass of evidence that farms more exposed to these vapours than Sir John Ge rard's estate were wholly uninjured ; that the decay of the woods on that estate was referable to peculiarities of soil, to bad draining, and neglect, and by the evidence of scientific men, that the vapours emitt e d f rom t h e de fendant's chi mney were incapable of producing the effects alleged. Thomas Tebay—l have for several years been the steward and agent of Mr. Bacgs, at IN instanley, ad joining Sir John's. I was requested to make an ex amination of Sir John's Woods and plantations in August last. I made it. It lasted three days, and was a very minute survey. At Smithy-wood there are ex tensive plantations. The oak, ash, elm, beech, and other forest trees there are healthy and well managed. The trees in the other part of the park are withered at the top from injuries from storms and effects of wet soil. There was no appearance of external causes having produced this effect. [A report made by the witness of the state of the other woods was put in and read. The purport of it was to show that the trees were generally healthy and foliage luxuriant.] Where trees had been affected they consisted chiefly of single trees amongst others. I think there was not a tree upon the estate the decay of which might not be attributed to natural causes. tha l t t a tw pp e e lr a e red o , r o fourteen t he years ago cross-examinationheaot attended n this ded w i a t s t h n es s e ' representative of Mr. Beggs at a meeting held at New ton, the object o f w hi c h was to indict Mr. Muspratt for a nuisance. Jonathan Binns—l live at Lancaster, and am a sur veyor and valuator. I have been conversantwith timber for years. I surveyed Sir John Gerard's estate in compan y with the la s t w i tness, and have embodied the resultof my observations in a report. [Report put in and read. This report also represented the trees to be healthy and luxuriant. He attributed the decay ofof some the trees to the want of thinning and drainin g.) John Shaw --I am a lands cape gardener , and made the survey of Sir John's estate in compan y with the last two witnesses. Dampness of the soil, I consider, has affected the ash and oak trees. The lower in point of drainag e in manyparts , ground i s d e f ect i ve duce unhealthiness in woods. The and that would pro north-west winds were very much dead; the trees treeson lea exposed t o th e the opposite side were heal h i er. Natur al ing from bad mana gement, have causes, aris decay. produced m uc h of the Cross-examined by Mr. MARTIN —The appearan moss and lichen is not an i n li cation always of th ce of un soundness of a tree ca use d b y a wet soil. uror e survey lasted three days. Th e fi rst was wet in the mnin. She nocond flee; iliad the thirdYerY Wet toward g Wet. There a r e estate, which have wassa e ad wiith y treiveneoncingaluym. PnbsTeeohnfe trees sr ial on the Now saturated nal transplanted, tu planted, and t .fle are dead and dying. The ash are the most n• ..thealthy trees, gene rally speaking, on the estate. a'hey are generally in jured, The oaks at'e .sielely, b ,at not to the extent of a quarter. survM e r- William y Ilenders':a and Mr. Henry Whit e , l an d 0r5,..4-ve 5.01- ; ; ese l .4r testimony At th,e 'concluslen of their testimony the Court ad iQurasta till this morning. tit the sitting of the Court, the first witness examined 'was Mr. Samuel Curtis, who said that he had been en gaged in the nursery business for fifty years, during a great portion of which time he had been with the Duke of Newcastle. He had near 4,000 acres of wood land under his management, and about 20,000 acres altogether of meadow, arable, and wood land. Was at present in the employment of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, engaged in laying out the Victoria Park, in London. Had had considerable experience in the plant ing of trees. Surveyed the woods of Sir John Gerard last week, and took particular notice of the different plantations. Went through the Haydock boundary plantation. The surface of that part towards Mr. Mus pratt's works was very healthy. Went into New Hall wood. Saw the butt-end of a large beech tree that had been cut down near to the boundary wall. It was in a direction facing Mr. Muspratt's works. The general appearance of the woods in the neighbourhood of New Hall show of good health. The foliage on either side of the canal was very good. Saw a few trees which were rather bare at the roots, which could not be ex pected to look healthy: they were a few which had formerly stood upon banks. Examined the garden, and thought the appearance of it very flourishing, but only obserVed it from the terrace. Many of the woods were deficient in drainage. A hole which had been previously dug was full of water, although it was a dry season. There was also a good deal of dry land, where the trees did not flourish in conseqta nee of the strong and rubbly nature of the soil. The root had penetrated as far as the soil was good, and when they had decayed for want of sustenance, the trees became stag-headed. Generally speaking, the woods looked well. Thought the causes of such decay as he observed were quite natural. Had noticed the effect of the wind upon the trees. The whole of the trees of that part of the country have an inclination in one direction. Saw trees on the New Hall estate which were inclined from the northwest towards Mr. Mus pratt's works. The luxuriant foliage of these trees was_ invariably on the side facing the works. In the butt of the large beech tree that was mentioned, there was evidence of decay from natural causes. The tree was ripe. Observed several others along the boundary wall that would never be much better. They were ripe and full grown. The leaves generally were full grown. The insects which were upon the leaves of the oak gave them an olive-green colour. Sycamore leaves, generally in the autumn, have a blotched appearance. Extreme drought wculd bring on a premature autumn. Walked through a clover field outside the boundary wall. The vapour from Muspratt's chimney would pass over it bAore reaching the plantations. It locked very well, and had no appearance of ill-health. The more recent plantations have all been made when the trees have been too advanced in growth. The young plantations were very foul. There was no appearance of any tool having been applied amongst them. Saw a good deal of game. The country had the appearance of being preserved. Hares and rabbits damaged young plantations very much. Did not see that any care had been taken of the planta tion. The Scotch firs in the plantation generally are doing well. On the average of the last six years should think that they had grown a foot each, and in some instances two feet. Cross-examined by Mr. MARTIN—The fir trees I ob served in the Haydock boundary plantation. Went over the New Hall property twice, once on the 25th, and again on the 29th. Was accompanied by Mr. Johnson, an attorney. Supposed he was sent for through Messrs. Lowndes. Met Mr. Johnson in Liverpool, he believes at Messrs. Lowndes' office. He accompanied me merely to point out the different plantations. Did not see much injury that had been done by the hares and rabbits. Should think the clover he saw was a second crop. The first crop might have been grazed, and then laid up. It might have got into the state in which he saw it in six weeks afterwards. Did not think it was a rich country. It was principally coal. There were some very fine trees where the soil was deep enough for them. There were large beech trees in the Haydock boundary planta tion. There was a large oak. There might have been other kinds of trees, but could not say positively. Did not inquire whether the beech, the stump of which he saw, had been blown down or not. There were a great number; if ash trees in the plantations. Did not think that one-half of them were dead or injured. Did not inquire as to the age of the trees when planted out, but, from his long experience as a planter, should think they had been planted when nine or ten years old. A number of witnesses, resident in the neighbour. hood, were called, whose testimony went to show that their premises were exposed to the action of the vapour, and that notwithstanding no injurious effects resulted. Mr. William Adel Miller, M.D., professor of chemistry at King's College, London, stated that he had, in con junction with Dr. Brett and Sir Robert Kane, of Dublin. conducted a series of experiments at Mr. Muspratt's works the greater part of one day. Muriatic gas is un doubtedly evolved. Part of it is condensed, and part of it escapes into the air. The gas arising from the de composing chamber passes through a flue separate from the smoke flue into a tower, filled, as he was informed, with coke, through which a stream of water was flowing Water was admitted from the top of the tower from a cistern placed there for the purpose. The gas ascend ing would meet the water and be absorbed and diluted. The gas which was conveyed into the tower was evolved from six reverbatory furnaces—an older method—these opened to the works through doors, through which the materials were stirred up from time to time. A strong current of air passed through the doors in consequence of the flues being connected with a long horizontal main flue opening into the high chimney at its base. A stream of water was flowing through the flue which wouldcondense aconsiderable portion of the gas. Had no means of know ing how much escaped, but he analysed the air as it passed from the main flue into the chimney at different periods of the day. He found the quantity of gas dif fered at the two different periods, which must necessarily be the case, because the evolution of gas is greatest soon after the charge is first introduced. At that period there is a larger quantity of gas given off. The furnaces were all in active operation. The muriatic acid gas, when in the largest quantity was in the proportion of one part to 1,866 parts of atmospheric air. On the second experi ment it was one part in 6,500. The vapour has the greatest tendency to fall in damp weather. By the JUDGE—No gas escaped from the top of the tower connected with the decomposing furnace. Ile put his nose to it to ascertain the fact. Examination continued—The vapour was carried to a greater distance in dry weather. The manner in which the fume entered the air was in a constant revolving motion. In that manner a large surface was exposed for gaseous diffusion. As it went along, the quantity of gas in the column was diminished. That was one of the causes of the dilution of the gas as it passed the country. In his judgment the gas would not travel two miles in damp weather. Evaporation took place to a greater extent in dry weather, and when evaporated the gas could descend. The gravity of water was some hundred times greater than that of air. He was of opinion that the gas would be diluted to the extent of fifty times in half a mile. Did not think the gas would be appreciabe at a distance of two miles. Cross-examined by Mr. MARTIN—If the eyes of per sons were affected at the distance of two miles or two miles and a half from the works, the gas was certainly appreciable. There was other vapour besides that from the chimney which would affect the smell and the eyes ; it was sulphuric acid gas. Both ' eases fio Ned f rom M r . Muspratt's work s . W as engaged last Friday in making his examination. Came down last Wednesday according to appointment. The specific gravity of the vapour is greater than common air. Re-examined by Mr. BRANDT—It may be smelt when its quantity is extremely minute : it is the most pungent gas in existence. It might also affect the eyes when in a very diluted state. Sulphureous acid was produced to some extent by the burning of coal. By the JUDGE—His experience of alkali works was chiefly derived from the examination he made last week. White vapour might arise from steam ; it was no posi tive indication of the presence of muriatic gas. Steam would disperse after flowing a moderate distance, perhaps one hundred or two hundred yards. Dr. Brett, examined, gave similar testimony. Mr. MARTIN replied ; and his Lordship having summed up, the jury, after being in consultation about two hours, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1,0004 OLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. FORGERY.—A young man, named James Hyde, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having committed forgery upon the banking-house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. Mr. Thomas Evison, cashier at the banking-house, stated that on that morning the prisoner presented a cheque fur 321. 12s. 6d. at the counter. Witness asked him how he would have it, and he said in two 5/. notes, :Ind the rest in gold. Witness suspected the genuine ness of the signature, and referred to the book, having cancelled the cheque before he had arty suspicion of it. lie found the signature differed from that in the book, and he wrote across the cheque the words, " Signature differs." lie was directed to send the prisoner round to Mr. Fowler, and the prisoner went and was detained. The prisoner said to that gentleman that his name was Williams, and that he lived at No. 32, Weymouth -place, [hackney -road. Mr. Bushe, of the firm of Bushe and Mullins, so icitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgery and Fraud, conducted the prosecution, and here produced a cheque f0r5145.6d., and the witness said he h a d p a id t h at c h eque, which was also a forgery, to some person, but to whom he did not recollect. The prisoner said, " I confess it." Mr. Henry Pedley, solicitor, of No. 59, Fenchurch street, stated that he kept an account at Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's bank, and that the prisoner had been a messenger in his office for some months. He did not send the prisoner tea the banking house that morning. The cheque produced was nut in his handwriting, but he believed it to be in the prisoner's. It was forged, and had not been done with his authority. tie believed the cheque produced by Mr. Bushe, for 51. 4s. Gd., purporting to besigned by him, to be in the hand writing of the prisoner. He kept his cheque book in a drawer locked in his office, and that morning he tried in vain to unlock his drawer, and he found there had been a small portion of the wood -work taken away, so that the drawer would open with the lock shot, and he saw ttvo small pieces of iron upon the desk. He had left his drawer safe on Tuesday afternoon when he left town. put of his cheque book he missed some cheques, numbered e 5399, being the same number as that upon each of the cheques produced. He paid the prisoner six shillings a week regularly, and the last cheque he drew was for 71. to a Mr. Vincent, on the 31st of August, and he sent the prisoner with it to the bankers' to get it changed, and on that day Mr. Vincent went out of town. The cheque produced for 361, 10s. 6d., purporting to be drawn by witness, and bearing. the same number, viz., 5399, was a forgery. Alexander Scott, one of the Mansion-house officers, stated that he was sent for to the banking-house, at half-past eleven o'clock on that day, and he apprehended the prisoner there on the charge of forgery. The pri soner at witness's request emptied his pockets, and handed to witness the cheque for 361. 10s. 6d., and the piece of paper, on which was written "22 in gold, and two five-pound notes," a duplicate, and twopence. The prisoner was remanded till Friday next. A strapping woman, named Mary Wilson, appeared to complain against her husband for having refused to support her and her children, who thus became charge able to the parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate. The woman said that she had been married to the defendant about 13 or 14 years ago at the Church of St. George, Bloomsbury, and he deserted her in Church row, Bethnal-green. Mr. Child (solicitor for the defendant)—Whose child is that you have in your arms ? Complainant—Whose child ? It's the child of a man of the name of Osborne who used to work with my husband. Mr. Child—l believe you are in the family way now? Complainant—l am. Mr. Child—And whose child is that ? Complainant— Why, that's Osborne's too, and no mistake. The parish officer—ls your husband in work and able to support you ? Complainant —Fie is able to sup port me and the family. He has from 30s. to 403. a week, and I have been obliged to get relief from the parish. The LORD MAYOR—And you want your unfortunate husband to support you and the children which are not his? Complainant—Osborne used to help me to sup port the children, but he has left me for another woman, that he has married. I can't support the family, and what can I do if I get more babies? Mr. Child—But is not a third child you have, who is older than the child you say is Osborne's, also his? Complainant—No. I had two by my husband, and the one I carry will be two by Bill Osborne. He has de serted inc as well as my husband. If I get ch ldren in this way its not to be expected that I can keep them. The fathers ought to keep them. An officer from Worship•street, who utt,,,da at the police, court, said that he was present when the woman stated to the magistrate that two of her children, as well as the child she was great with, were Osborne's babies, and the oldest alone was her husband's. Ile bel'eved that Osborne was willing to support his own children, but the woman was such a diabolical wretch that it was quite impossible to regard her in the light of a human being. The LORD MAYOR—It is quite impossible that I can think of compelling the pour man to support such a wretch. The children must be pie tested. I shall there fore postpone the case for a week, and think of some remedy in the meantime. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. Edward Honeyball, the well known brewer of Stamford•hill, was placed at the bar before Mr. Green wood, charged with having feloniously received a stolen gelding, the property of Mr. Thomas Colson, an ex tensive brickmaker, residing at Mercer's -terrace, Upper Holloway. Mr. Robinson appeared for the prosecutor, who stated that he bought the horse in August, 1845 ; it was stolen on the 21st of September. On Monday last he found it in the possession of the defendant, who said it had strayed into his field, and insisted on detaining it till he was paid 211. for its keep and other expenses. He said he had advertised the horse in three papers, but ad mitted having fail e d t o do so u n til s i x months after it had been lost. - The prosecutor added that he was at a loss to conceive how the horse could have strayed into the defendant's field, which was more than six miles dis tant from the paddock whence it had been stolen. James Foddy, the prosecutor's foreman, also posi tively identified the horse, and stated that it must have been stolen, as the paddock was securely fenced, and there was no aperture to admit of its passage. In answer to the charge, Mr. H , bier emphatically denied that there were the slightest grounds for such an accusation against his client, who was a person of the highest respectability, and said that the prosecutor and his witness were evidently mistaken in the identity of the animal, as he had abunctint evidence to prove that it had actually strayed into the defendant's field a month before it was alleged to have been stolen, and he should also prove that the horse had been extensively adver tised in the ensuing March, and that every effort was made to trace its owner, but without success. Mr. Robinson said, that several other servants of the prosecutor, and alsti the original owner of the horse, were present to prove its identity; but Mr. GREENWOOD considered the evidence wholly in sufficient to substantiate a charge of felony, however successfully it might be advanced in support of an action of trover, and he should, therefore discharge the defend ant, with the assura nce th a t nothing had transpired in that Court to militate azainst his character. THAMES. Richard Ronan, a boy about 14 years of age, the son of respectable parents, who was for some time employed as collector of tolls in the Commercial-road East, sus.. rendered on bail before Mr. Brederip to answer a charge of defrauding the trustees of the road. The lad was collector of tolls at one of the numerous side bars on the road, where his labours ceased at nine o'clock every night, and he had no right to collect any toll after that hour. During the last fortnight, however, he had gone to another side bar after that hour, and col lected toll there. Mr. BRODERIP, when he consented to take bail for the appearance of the prisoner, made some observations on the irregularities which prevailed in collecting toll on the Commercial-road. It appeared that a number of boys were employed for this purpose at the side streets, where there were no.tollhouses or gates, and he had when riding been run after himself by lads who ran from the side streets and demanded toll. Travellers, who were strangers on the road, hardly knew what such a practice meant. The system ought to be altered. On the prisoner surrendering himself, Mr. W. Baker, jun., clerk of the trust, said that the trustees had taken into consideration the extreme youth of the pri soner and his contrition, and did not intend to prosecute him. They, however, wished it to be distinctly under stood that if any person offended in like manner here after, the trustees would suffer the law to take its course. Mr. BRODERIP said the conduct of the trustees was highly creditable to them. He would not stand in the way of mercy, but allow the prisoner to depart. Mary Ann Irwin and Frances Lowrey, women of the town, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with violently assaulting and robbing Michael Ostrowski, an old man, a Polish refugee. The complainant stated that ho obtained his living as a shoemaker, and lived at No. 7, Devonshire-street, Commercial-road. On Tuesday morning he was coming out of a public-house, when he met with Irwin, of whom he bad some previous knowledge. She asked him to give her something to drink, and he did so. She then asked him to go home with her. He foolishly accepted the invitation, and when he reached her lodgings, he took a shilling out of a handkerchief, which contained a so vereign and eighteen shillings more, and asked the wo man to procure more liquor. She immediately made a snatch at the handkerchief, and took it away from him, money and all. A signal was given, and the other woman, Lowrey, came in. The handkerchief and money were thrown to her by Irwin, and she ran away with them. Irwin also tried to escape, but he prevented her, and seized her by the waist, on which she beat him in a savage manner, and rendered him nearly insensible. He was covered with blood, and wita difficulty escaped from the house, and gave informittion to the police.—The pri soners were committed for trial. LAMBETH. Louisa Arney, Julia Arney, Charlotte Arney, Emma Arney, and Henry Arney, were placed at the bar for re examination on a charge of felony. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. s ß e i p b p u o l k n y f o a r s t t h o e r p e 1 4 u s o i r n e e r a s . a T .g e h e v a p a r op fe e r r t i y t a i n e e q e u y e e s;i a o n n e e w a t e s the t office. appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Thomas Blaydes, was a retired banker, having estates in Yorkshire, and a mansion at Englefield-green, near Egham, Surrey. The elder prisoner, Louisa Arney, entered his service as housekeeper in November, 1843, at a salary of 401. per annum, and a system of plundering by wholesale must have been shortly after begun, and carried out up to the period of her arrest on the 9th of August. At the time of her engagement with Mr. Blaydes she represented rself as a widow without family, the fact being that she had four daughters and a son living at No. 17, Hart ford-place, %Valworth. Mr. Blaydes having on the Bth of August last got certain information as to the removal of property from his house, applied at this office, and went with Sergeant Morton of the police force to the house in Walworth,' where the four daughters of the prisoner were residing, and found in their possession such a quantity of his property as justified him in giving the three elder girls into custody, as guilty receivers of the property stolen. Nothing appeared to be too large or too small for the housekeeper's notice. The goods displayed for identification included every variety of article in domestic use up to a mattress and a feather bed, with bed linen, bed curtains, window curtains, car pets, stair carpeting, blankets, counterpanes, decanters, sugar basins, wine glasses, looking glasses, wine and brandy, and, in fact, the table of the police-office gave the court the appearance of a miscellaneous sale room. The defence attempted for the female prisoners was, that the elder prisoner was entitled to take the articles as perquisites. Mr. ELLIOTT committed the female prisoners for trial and allowed the son to be at large on his own recogn' zences, to appear if called upon. WESTIIIINSPPR. Biehard March, William Biter, and James Clarh, thret privates in the Scots Fusilier Guards wore Ohaited wi th the following out rage , an d .etto,a; d Stockwell and Alfred Withers, civilians, were charged, the former with assaulting the police, and the latter with inciting the populace to rescu e t h e other prisoners. Biter, who wa s d runk, sallied with h i s two m ili tary companions out o f a beer-shop in Great Chapel-street, on the previous evening, with an evident determination to amuse themselves by insulting and ill-treating any person who had the misfortune to cross their path. Biter commenced operations in Orchard-street, by kick ing over a poor woman's stall, loaded with crockery ware. The next exploit was throwing a poor deaf organ grinder and his machine into the road ; and the third knocking down a man named Burrell, who has the charge of New -square, because he interfered to prevent their doing mischief at the expense of the humble resi dents in that locality. Burrell, who in his fall from the effoct of the blow, had his head cut, fetched the police, who in vain for a length of time endeavoured to secure Biter, but w ere o b structed and assaulted by his "com panions in arms,,"4 crowd of 500 or 600 persons as. sembled, and it was not until the arrival of a large party of the police that the three military defendants were captured and anything like order restored to the neigh bourhood. Withers, in the course of the riot, used language calculated to excite the mob to rescue the mili tary, and Stockwell on being repeatedly requested to remove from the entrance to the station, struck one of the constables a violent blow. Clark received a good character from a sergeant of the regiment, the other two were spoken of but ques tionably. Biter wns fined 51., or two months' imprisonment ; Marsh, 51., or six weeks'; Clark, 31., or one month ; Stockwell, fourteen days without fine; Withers, 205., or ten days. jAji t :••••,* •idLP 7.f r` It•i' .4 1 14 . 4' 4 t n DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS MOUTH RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The first ordinary meeting of this Company was held this day at the London Tavern, for the transaction of general business. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., took the chair. Mr. B. S. YOUNG read the report. The CHAIRMAN then, after commenting on the severity of the struggle in which the Company bad been engaged while getting their Bill, proceeded to point out certain mistakes in the spe, eh of the chairman of the South-Western, at the recent half-yearly meeting of that company. He then read long extracts as reported in a newspaper, and apologised for having used the words " madly" and " stupidly," in speaking of the allee-rd breach of agreement by the South-Western. The chairman, having reported the statement of Mr. Ch:plin, with regard to the Brighton Company having broken off the agreement, concluded by moving the adoption of the report, which was agreed to. The director s were then appointed, and 1,200/. was voted as a remuneration for their past services, the same sum being also voted for the succeeding year. Mr. Young was appointed secretary, with a salary of 400/. per annum, and a resolution was passed, autho rising tne directors to take the necessary steps for car rying into effect the amalgamation with the L ou d on , Brighton, and S ou th Coast Company. Two auditors were appointed, at a salary of 201.; and, after thanks to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. THE GREAT EASTERN Aid D WESTERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A preliminary meeting of the shareholders of this Company to, k to-day at the London Tavern, in pursuance of the following advertisement : We, the undersigned, being respectively Shareholders in the Great Eastern and Western projected Railway Company, in virtue of the powers given by an Act passed in the present session, cap. 28, inti tuled " An Act to Facilitate the Dissolution of Certain Railway Companies," having left at the registered place of business of the said Company a requisition calling on the Members of the Provisional Committee of the said Company to call a meeting of the Shareholders of the said Company, and the said Committee having neglected or refused to comply with the said requisition, do by the authority aforesaid hereby call a meeting of the Shareholders of the said Com pany, to be held at ,the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, in the City of London, on Thursday, the 3d clay of September next, at Half-past Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of -deter mining whether the Partnership or Company formed, or intended to be formed, shall be dissolved, and in what manner the affairs of the said Company shall be wound up. As witness our hands the 21st day of August, 1846. R. W. COHEN, HENRY SMITH, W. H. OXLEY, FRANCIS PAWLE, PREECE and EVANS. The meeting, as it appears by the advertisement, was intended to be a general one of the proprietors, but in consequence of some informality in the notice, the meeting was made only preliminary.to one to be held a week hence. At one o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting, a great number of shareholders were present, and Mr. J. F. Maubert was unanimously called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, upon taking the chair, after ascer taining that none of the genth men of the committee of direction or any of the provisional committee were pre sent, observed that there was no way of making the wishes of the shareholders known to those gentlemen but through the medium of the present meeting, aided by the press.—(llear, hear.) He thought it was due to the whole body of railway shareholders that the present meeting should come to some strong resolution upon the subject on which they had met. Looking over the prospectus of the present Company, he saw thenames of persons of the highest standing in the country, and, considering the course that had been pursued, they must excuse him if he said that it was something like an attempt to induce the public to take shares in a company by the weight of their great name; and that when the winding up of the concern came they were toiled non est inventus. By the prospectus, those gentlemen stated that the expenses were not to exceed 10s. per share unless a public meeting was called to sanction a greater expenditure; upon those terms the shareholders had awed, they had paid their money, and now they were offered 15s. per share to be returned. He considered that the shareholders had a right to re ceive a return of 21. per share, and he hoped they would be satisfied with nothing less.—(Hear, hear.) • Mr. COHEN said that he had endeavoured for months to get something like a statement of their accounts, but to no purpose. He had called several times at the office of the Company for that purpose, and had always been met by the statement that they were only waiting for the passing of Lord Dalhousie's Act, whin a statement would be made of the state of the Company's affairs, and a proposition made for its dissolution. Now, what was the fact? Th e Bill f or t h e G reat E astern and estern Railway Company had been thrown out, and yet the directors were going on from day to day inserting expensive advertisements in the newspapers, and squandering the money of the shareholders in every possible way. Notwithstanding all this, the share holders could not get them to call any meeting, and they were left in total darkness on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted the meeting would come to some strong resolution on the subject. The CHAIRMAN observed that the directors and com mittee of management proposed to return 15s. per share, but they would not do so unless the scrip was given up to them.—(Hear, hear.) Now what was the object of that. Why to enable them to use it against the other proprietors.—(Hear.) He thought they were bound with all their might to resist such a proceeding. Several shareholders here stated that they had called several times at the office of the Company, and could obtain no informatibn with respect to the prospects of the Company. Mr. SPACEMAN said that the present meeting was only preliminary to one to be held on Saturday or Mon day week. This course had been rendered ne cessary in consequence of some informality in the notice that had been given of it. He had re ceived several letters from shareholders in the country, stating their determination to co-operate with the shareholders in town in their exertions for the dis solution of the Company. He had letters to that effect from Barnsley, Bradford, and Newcastle. The men who, before the passing of Lord Dalhousie's Act, said they had not the power to dissolve the Com pany, were now doing all they could to pre. vent its operation, and among them were the managing committee of the Great Eastern and Western Company; for after he had served the notice upon them they were going on spending way or fifty thousand pounds for the purpose of getting into their bands a sufficient quantity of scrip to prevent the share shareholders constituting a meeting if they called one.— (Hear, hear.) It was a three to say they could not hold a meeting because Mr. Ward had sustained an irre parable loss. A PROPRIETOR-It don't prevent his attending the Italian Opera.—(Laughter.) Mr. SPACEMAN considered the course pursued by the managing committee most disreputable.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. BLURTON, a Worcester shareholder, said that the proprietors in that city were determined not to accede to the proposition of the managing committee. Some considerable discussion then took place, which ended in the adoption of the following resolutions : " That we, the shareholders attending the meeting, hav ing been induced by the terms of the prospectus issued by the Get at Eastern and Western Company to: become holders of shares to a considerable amount in that Company, upon the understanding that our lia bility to expenses should not exceed 10s. per share without the sanction of a general meeting of shareholders, and no such meeting having been called, we hereby determine to take such steps as we may be advised to obtain the return of 21 per share. " That a Committee be now formed to protect the interests of the shareholders, and to communicate on the mode they may deem most expedient the result of their inquiries, and that Messrs. Webster, Cohen, Spackman, Smith, and Maubert, be such committeemen." Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES). oNE CLSIN PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns....- 96 :.,% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 gli 96 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 34 per Cent. Annuities ..... LongAunuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 10 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Stock • . ,..... ....... .269 India Bondi, 1 ...,,..,..- •,... .... Ditto tinder LOOM .. ...... BO Jo South Sea Stock • - • - - 106 1 / 2 Ditto OM Apnuitiea , ii . e . ;:i . i 964 9G% tlltl3 Neil , Annuities co -1301 s for Account.... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 1 1 / 2 d —-- p m . 21 D,itto R 1.% , 113..5....41.6....... lg £1" 96 1 A 94 3 4 9614 9834 10 7-16 104 259 pm. Ditto S;ail ... rm. 2f TC _ O n CLOSING PRE Or A ..r(..olll:cri Istri4:lo4 07 .1kicx ritICE &lends Ayres 'kinds, 6 Der Cent 43 4h attoAPcount ... . 43 trithidol• Dtmtl6 ..i;A;ek4“.;::.144. . 1 7 4 34 Granada I3onds, 1 per Cent 2IP / ;, 2,1 N Ditto Defend 3 ,":; 5% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 6 141a 26 , Y , a Ditto. Account ..... ... . 26%4 26% Po:titguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 46 • Ditto, Account 4 6 14% 46 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 . —2 7 1 i Ditto, Account • 27 % 1 A l ia 25 A Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent — 39 Ditto, Account ..... .. 39 38 1 / . 2 39 1 / i 39 38% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 42 Ditto, for Ac coun t 43 Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch, 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. 597 8 60 59 5 4 59 % Ditto, 4 per C en t. Certificates —.95 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen • 15 Amber.. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% .... Aylesbury and Thame.. 1% Belfast & County Down 2 ;‘ 2 ...... Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 atto New 17% Birmingham_ and Ox- ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 % — ••••••• Boston, Stamfil, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... 50% Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto Half Shares.-- 21,s 1%% Ditto Extension ... .. 2%...... ...... . .... Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s ...... Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% 11.4% Central Kcnt ester and Holyhead.- 27% — •• •-•••••••• ()helmet and Blythe Chester and Manch es t er 42 5 . Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... • Clydesdale Junction l5 Cork, Blackrock, and Paseages Cork and Killarney -. 2% Cork and WaterfOrd ... 1% — Cornwall Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2%...... ... I .erby and Crewe 2% Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shard. June. 2% — Direct Manchester ' (Remington's) Ditto (Itastrick's) 5, ‘ 4......• —•• ••. ......... Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublie and Galway..... 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 7% Eastern Counties Counties 141. 165....... Ditto New lOl. 16s. — Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.......61.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13a. 4c1... Do., York Ext ens i on .. 105....... 2% . - EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union 35 .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 814 — Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1% — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... East Lancashire East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Ditto, New ... 12 1 / 2 — Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 7 1 / x Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 5M Glasgow, Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., M Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Glonc.,Abetystwith, and Central of Wales 1%...... .. Goole, Doncaster, & c . .. 42 5 . - Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2% — •• •• GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and 'Nest (Ireland) Great Menster ... 21 4 Great North of Scotland 21A...... ....... Great North of England-100 229 230 230 Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . — Ditto, New - ';reat Western B5 - Ditto % Shares 50 — Ditto M Shares Ditto Fifths 2O (1 uild ford, Fare'm, Ports. 5 ..... Harwich ano Eastern Counties Junction ... 2 ...... Hull and Selby Ditto , „I Shares Do. Ralf Shares 25 Inverness and E1gin...... 2 ..... Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9 Do., do, and Norwich 2 1 / 2 — Irish North Midland ... 1 % — Killarney Junctions l l4 Kendal and Windermere 1 1 /, — L dicaster and Carlisle... 45 Jo. New - 5 Lame, Belfast, and Bal lvmcna Leeds and Bradford 26 Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. — - Leicester and Bedfard... 225. Leeds and Dewsbury ... 17% Lei , elater end Tam w., &c. 425....... 1 / 2 dis. % dig. Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .. ... Lpeol., Mrtchstr, Si New castle Junction London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. Do. New Ditto Extension London and Brighton SO Ditto, Fifths London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d — Do. Guttman. 5 per cent. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — - Do. Preference ...18117s 2d .•• London, Hounslow, and ' Western - .. ...... • ••• ••• London and N. Westernloo 20 51 Do. Quarters .. Do., do., New Shares.. - ...... ......... Ditto Fifths Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% Do., New 14 Shares (G. J.). — Do. 40/. Shares (L. M.) 6 Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 73 71% x d ...711 x d Do. New Consol. Bths 40 - Do. Neer Do. New -- London and York 2 l,x ..... 2% 1 1 .. Do. % Shares London and Windsor • 1%... .. .. • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil . - ... -........... 2 %...... 1% Londonderry& Coleraine 12% «............ Londonderry and Ennis killen 12% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l5 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths 3 . .... 11 Do. Sixteenths ... 64 — Do. Extension 42s. 2%% p Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do Quarters (A)...... 5 •••••• Do. Quarters (B) ... 5 Do. Quarters (C). 1 Manehester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... IN I A, p Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction - ••• — Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 1%4 Midland Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd & East. Counties 2%.....• Midiend Great Western Irish Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ..-.. ••• ..... ...., - Do. New Newcastle and Berwick 15 2B Do North Shields ... 25 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Newport & Abergavenny 2 %...... Newry and Enniskillen 4% — ..... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston ... .. Ao• ••• ••• ........ •• Norfolk .. . ..• Do. Half Shares Do. Tenths 2 .. ... 226 Do. Extension North British ...........25 Do. Half Shares Do. Fifchi 5 Do. Carlisle Extens. 1 1 % 4M% ...... ~ North of Norfolk 2% - .... .... ..... Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Scrip (iced. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2% — --- --- North Staffordshire...-. 425. --3% p . North Wales .• Northern and Southern Connecting Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham & Mansfid. % P Oxford; Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, NVitney, and Cheltenhe.m.. Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 -, ............... Portsmouth Direct 3 3% — ............. Preston and Wyre 25 •••• ""'•' Do. IShares .. , ... ......... Reading, Guildford, and _... . 26 1 A 214 n p 78 Ui p 1 1 4 140 • 2. 24 38 1 4 /634 ... 4N3 34 P 5, 8 a, Reigate ..... 8 •-•-• ......... ••...• Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick ....... .......... 425. Scottish Central ......... 121 2O ........ ...... Do. New .•• ............ 2 1 /., — Se6V. l B/1 Midland lO Do. Extension 2% hqillelii i Buxton, Leek Potteries,anderewe... 1%...... Sheffield & Manchester 100 - •• • Do. Quarter Shares... 8 fihnwslitiry and Birm... 2 1 /..... 3 2 3 4 Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. June. 2 1 ,4 Sligo and Shannon l% South Devon... 35 South Midland 42s. P:crntli & Midlands June. 425...... - South F3tra9rdshireJunc. 2 1 ,4 South Eastern & Dover 33% Do., No. 1 Do., Ne. 2. Do~ No. 3 Do.. Ne. 4 St. Alban's, Hatfield , an d Hertford Junetiori ... 425. — Stainei and Richmond... 1 1 ... Statibrdsh. & Shropshire 214 South - Wales 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- 2 3 % par 25 3 4 17 19 3 4 in ..... 4% nieron's Stet. Coal 2 ...... Taw Vale Extension 2 ••• •••• Tring, Reading, and Basings_toke 5 14 - YAW pf Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole Warwickshire & London 425. Warwick and Worcester 425. Waterford and Kilkenny 8 .. — ..... • ........ Waterford and Limerick 22% — ............ '.. Waterfd,lVxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin ... 1% Wexford, W aterford, and Valentia Wavenev Valley - ...... .... Welsh Midland 4 2 23 4 .. ...... — 3 p ...................... West Riding llnion ... . West Cornwall 2 —• • ............ West London,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carl ow ... 2 1 ,4 — .............. Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ros ' and Gloucester 42s. ...... ............... Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow ..... ....,... . 2% — Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby . 42s. York and Carlisle 2 3% --- York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Sharea .. 25 Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Selby 36 .... ......... Do. Extension Do. East and West Rid- . ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo. Belgian Barbadocs .. 1 .......... 7 .... Bouiogne aria A miens... 14 ._., ..... ... ••••• Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux. Toulouse, and Cettc (Alackenzie's)... 2 .. Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 .... Calais, Dunkrk, and We st Flanders 2 ...... ............... Calcutta and Diamond Harbour .... 75....... ............... Callao, Lima, and Pacific . Coast .... Central of Spain ... . Ceylon Demerara 2 l/4 ...... ._ ............ Dendre Valley 4 — - ............. Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 2% Fampoux & Hazeb rou k 4 _6 1.. .................................... . ,................. ?. . 1 .: Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. -• .............. Great Western Canada... 31/ Italian and Austrian 3 — Jamaica S.Mid.Junction ' 1 Jersey ....... - ... 1 • ........ •••• Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . ...........•••• Luxembourg... ......... .. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 ............... Madras -... . Madras, Nellore, an d Arcot l /8 Madrid and Vale n ti a .... 2 ... ......................... Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege Nu of France Constituted 5 North Jamaica............ 1 Orleans and Vierzo n ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 * ....... Over Yssel 4/ 3 s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen ............... , .... Of.. •• ..... Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 8 .... ............... Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic fours and Nantes Con stituted ... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders . 6 JOINT STOCK .; BA --- NR I S :. .. ........ 7. .... ... Australasia British North American 50 4_3 1 % .. .. .................." Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint Sto c k lO ... ..... . •••• • London & Westminst e r. 20 ............... National Prov. En g la n d. 35 National of Ireland 221,4 — ... ......... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Union of London lO ............ ..• , MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. , RAILWAY SH ARE MAR-" , lin" 1 1 LANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 2. ...,. ,t9igha',74o' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, , i 4 °` 3 p.-- - v Boston, 9-16 dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junetioft, 4 to.anlaiyalc burn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 1-16 dis. -Boston, Stamford, and, .:ilties, 00, 111. dis .-Direct Northern, 11.16 c. dis .-Eastern Ct ) ,." d rre!,,.., Extension, 1 15-16 p. -East Lancashire (late Blackbur n u , n iss- u, 04 9% p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.- Grand Union. ~,ge1..,., • II 11 " ci ' 4 'rill Great Grim.sby and Dock Extension, 1 5-16 tits.- sla g, , „: 0 Manchester Railway and Canal, 2% p.-Ditto Etstah_ 04 ' K O, Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7% p.-Lancashire rio_,,,, Yorkshire, % ids.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3 dis.-Leicester i rp %'i, Op - , 7-1-' dis.-Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, % p. - L i %irtaing„ s ter kirk, and Preston, 4% p.-London Manchester, and - matie',4oll# Quarters (A), 8 13-16 p.-Ditto, ditto (B), 8 13-16 P.,., , it initorir and Leeds, Extensions, 2 15-16 p. - Manchester agd o° ` ion .e, 01( , % dis.-North Eastern, % dis.-North Western, % P. -- , „ anu, c , . tricts, % p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1-16 p.-Prestt pr s, Do' s• Halves (8), 7-16 p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Qu a " - aria 'AO % p.-Ditto, ditto, No. 3, % p. - Shrewsbury, Oswestrf, er n c , , ter, 1 dis.-Shropshire Union, &c., 1-16 ills-South -1 :1 0 0, Dover, Consolidated, No. 3, 5 54 p.-Trent Valley N l "' 97: n lies: % p.-West Riding Union. 3'3-16 p. „LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East LancasinTs,-- 41 ,- Ditto, Blackburn and Preston, 8% p,-Huddersfield a u '' a nd '3S4 ter, 2% p,-Ditto, Extensions, les. 6d. p.-Huddersd e ;,DarA t te, field,7% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 43% p.-Leeds and p 0 .- r aga p.- Ditto, Extensions, 3s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 31 Ct,ag. New, 3 34 s. dis.-North British, Half Shares, 6 p.- - /D ie st 11 ` . ...tart, Branch, 3% p.-York and North Midland, East and ' -8 11 c i,,, 12% p.--Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 9, : bire , 6s• Gr atic! Stamford, and Birmingham, 12s. dis.-Buckiligha m rdis." - ,,, OP Direct Northern, 15s. dis.-East Lincolnshire, 135. ."' piste''' . Os. Union, 14s. dis.-Goole and Doncaster, 13s. dis.- -0 - I ',, eat . gasterToed' Western, 335. dis. - Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Noll"„oer 1 0 '3: ta pon its. -Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 11s. dis. -1, 4 2 1e : 5:„. !. --- sDe t i el oi d: ford, 9s. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, and Driffield Junction, 16s. p.-North Western, 5,:i iiirraing o rit' Rotherham, and Goole, 12s. 6d, dis.-Shrewsbury anusL 20' 10s. p.-Shropshire Union, par-West Riding Union , shire ,and Glasgow Union, 40s. dis. r' r HULL. SEPTEMBER 2. c o g, ...,° r , o rell: STOCK EXCKANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Colin D ' ur n, 1 /' , 0 4 tension, 2 %-North British, Half Shares, 1 7......p1ae15: , pr oton, eo jii and Bolton, 11-East Lincolnshire, I ls.-Fleetw oon _. 3,1. --- '„ 00 1, West Riding, 75. - -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, :/1-f.'__Live_7rop., and Dewsbury, 21% -Leicester and Tamworth , 3 ';d, p- - 1 Dal' Ormskirk, and Preston, 4/. 4s. p.-North Western , 6s ' e ger o °' ic shire Union, 425.- West Riding Union, Si. 35. - L e ford, 12.5. 6d.-South Midland, 16 p. s. ~ and YORK, SEPTEMBER 2. 2 , Ta iting.ittcer &rocs. Excaastaz.-The sales are -Ambergate, ly), Ili was tle Boston, 21. N.-Ipswich and Bury (Cambridge an d !' . ,-, and? le p r ittial ter, Tanaworth, &c., 11. 175.-Liverpool, Manchealto an" an d, S Junction, 2 1 ,4 -London and York, '2l. 3s. 6c1. - M a ti nti 311 " • ,fington , Junction, 21. 16 5. - Manchester, Buxton, Matiockf e a nd P a ' --rip New,Newcase and Berwick, 2314 --N ei'Veg s 95. 6d._ ,f i ci r an d 11U -North British, Carlisle Extension, nd N o rth 3 4 ' Western, 1% -West Riding Union, 5 %-liork 4 e (East and West Riding Extension), 133. O a° f 1. EDINBURGH, ,SEPTEMBER , 9 / 159- - 0 gal Srocg EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Aberd ec „„ l ; 28L - Pi tt ( ';i3l l 'r and Bathgate, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Arbroath and fro - d. ,.....Ayr and , p .oti Shares, 151. IN.-Armagh and Portrush. 12 '", a ~.--British allo doi aaa way, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Belfast and Count)" D elyr -r 11 145.--Ca le JO ° it o /*.e w ' • Union, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, Extension, 11. 135.--Caledonianl7all.l7Dpil Central, 11. 7s 'ld ' 4 5 Junction, 24/. 10s. -Cornwall and Devon 1) dee " i SS. Is.- tin , i 1 j Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 21. Eastbreath, Indiant .- Railway,it to. New. 1 . 2 - 3/ E . a l s O t S . E(ll l,l l i N eg ' ni t D'artoll, 1/. 28.-C 1 ) • 10 10 21. I DlttO, 1 13 ,.;" / :' los' --- Batligate, 21. l6s.- -Edinburgh and I " '" g " v ' New, I ' 1 5 $' 171. 15s. - Ditto, Quarters, 17.. lOs. -Ditto, ditto,ov, ..,.., -0-tVifued,e.elLands._Ferth, 2, . ~ 0 Edinburgh, Leith, D i I 181.-Ditto, 1,0, Newport,l efore 2 :4 2 :3: i 16. ditto. ......rtle fun 1 .!`",.,......P. 1 ' .. .... - Glasgow and Ayrshire, 761.-Ditto, New Stock, 401. 1',7 89 , 6 , a ie , E E .li l n ni b ) u U r r g e' l l t i and asi P s 4 i t i t ; ' l l . le r 2 .; l a . . i - " 7 1B0 : 1 . 1"1 1 '5: 0 :" :t7f - and Quarter Shares, 181. 155.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 2 :, 017, Glasgow, Dutntries, and Carlisle, 1/. 1-Isl.-Glasgow ~a ' ,l , ,,oice v / Junction, 11. 13s. 6d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401. -1 "„ - i t o, ',,, - ,g, neral renninus, 91.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 10s Stock, Stock, Si. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow , al- ,goo''_ e r and Ardrossrui, 1/. 10s.- Glasgow, Strathaven and Lesn''' --i''' 1 IN.-Granton Junction, 10s. --Great North '• ' l ' lid 15s. c j;i of sec), 1 r b oil r i , ness and Elgin, 17s. Gd.-Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 5 a . ,: - t +3I O A, --- 3fas s. t l ' id a . l - 'd Lo lj n al dr and Fork, 1 9 .0 1 r . - k, L 2 o l ud S o s n .- , itri it s t t o o , l, and Sent", ' I I/. r!271 , Midland and Eastern Counties. 155.-Newcastle li 3 ttto , t;'‘ rtl - British, 35i. IN.-Ditto, Halves, 16/. 155.- - ; .-_, rth 9l• J 1 Mon to Carlisle, 41. 7s. 6d. - -Ditto, Fifths, 71. 15s. - , ° ,,K, - 1 • 105' shire, 61.-North Wales Mineral, 181. 155,-Ditto , -''''' 19t. ~,ab. Central, nc` 6(1.-Perth and Inverness, I/. Its. 6c1.-Scottisli, _.,ja 10x 3 , Ditto, New, 9/. N.-Scottish Central teid t. • 31idlan , ~,,fe .. 1/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction 12s.- Scottish ~ ,- o '_ stir Scottish - outhern, 11. 175.-Shrewsbury and HerefornA 05. „.„....... a S i ll id are. , , rw ic6, o . bury, Oswestry, and Chester, Si. 55.-South Midls 'aled d ° 2 2 7 1 1 : ::'''' ling and Dunfermline, U. Gs. 6d.-Stirling and 111 din Strathern Junction, 21.-Wishaw and Coltness. 471.55. W i t' T l):e ef —3. OSTEND, WEDNESD AY , S EPT . 2.—0 e r with her family and two carriages, arrived here 3 wIP ain - si' l l, the General Steam Navigation Compere f r cte 1314 c Triton, after a delightful trip of only ten hoar* wall. A y Of IRTHS On the 27th ult., a t the ß Derwen. Shrops hire, th e •-• Edward o Oswell, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn-fields of a e°l3 f ""• On the 31st ult. at Hon 1 Berks, the lady ° Hodges' Esq. , of a so • ui. ey , cin u er• On the 31st ult. the wife of the Rev. W. Harrison, of bent of St. Michael's, Pimlico, of a son. On the 31st ult., the wife of J. Itandall, D 3cl *' Vernon-place, of a son. virestolit On the l e t i ns t., i n B at h, th e w if e of Charles " Esq., barrister-at -law, of a son. rs J °sBllll On the lst inst., at Park-place„Leyton, Es sex, '"' • Tuc On th ker, 3.1 of a son.ntatlld/ e let inst., at Bocking, Essex, Mrs. J. . of a daughter. --- HARRIED imris; On the 31st ult., at Walcot ChurCh, Bath, Richard ~ Pittar, Esq., to Mary Anne, youngest daugh ter of the lat Pe On Smit, the Ist ins h t , ~ a Esq. t St. Pa ncras New Church, Percival W. ,; gory Forster, Esq., to Anne, third daughter of the Bev. Walker, of Fitzroy-square. h 1 1 On the Ist hist., at St. Mary 'q, Paddington, Dig -5 ' ick ssioini re o , f t t o b e 3 l i a a t r e y, Jo e h ld u e Turner , 1 1 drnauerg,hEtesrq.'o, foalfding to n, W ars - v - . of Howley Villas, Maida-hill. On the Ist instOlave's, SoutahnlwaErak7Tst:aoff2mj:ja:i Leadam, Esq . of Tooley-street, surgeon, to Georg,__o_ Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Isaac Saunaa' ' Rector of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, Blackfriars. DIED On the 30th ult., at his residence, Sea Lawns nalsrlisb' James Powell, Esq., in the 69th year of his age. the Widow of the On the 16th ult., at Fulham , Susa nna, late Alexander Mundell. I . 13 el l er- On the 22d ult., at Bridgewater, Mr. J ohn Lomax wick, aged 24. On the 27th ult, Mr. Henry Robottom , o f St. John-street- -tar ' road, Clerkenwell, aged 56. e •T On the 27th ult., in Baker-street, P ortman -EP Jackson, Esq., aged 75. On the 29,.h. uit., at East-bill House, Hastings, Bayley. u e nry F. On the 23d ult., at Berlin, Sevilla, daughter of ... e d 4. Howard, Esc s 1-, Secretary to her Majesty's Leg?•tion,.gc ewis, Oa the 2Stli ult., at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 1 1, . l'' only child or G. Miller, Esq., of Goudliurst, Rent. ~,o c e On the 31st ult., at Dover, the infant son of Jobn P. Phillips, of Culham, Oxfordshire. .... Miss Eliza 1 2, rLi of J ,° ' et London: Printed and Published by AXED() YOU-,, t , p ~ „ ren Strand,Printer, at The Sun Ofilcc, N 0.112, Strand , .. lo u '; :u p 6or of the Savor. in the County of Middlodegt Th t•mber a 1846 • - 50% / dis IX 2% a /i P 2315 78 221 / 2 0 4 1/2 69% 63 v ;;. ~c ..... 3' ,4 56 16 6 , 4 ..... 14 ..... Ir7P