The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

rfirb Miitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. GUILFORD EXTENSION AND FAREIIAM AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. —(THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held this day, at the South-Western Rail way terminus, Nine Elms, for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Company. The meeting was also made special for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors on the subject of selling the under taking, authorised by the said Act, to the London and South-Western Railway Company, and for considering the same, and determining on the expediency of such sale, and if deemed expedient then for deciding upon and fixing the terms thereof. The chair was taken, in the absence of Mr. Chaplin, the chairman of the Company, by G. Best, Esq , at twelve o'clock precisely. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said, that as there were several formal resolutions to be proposed, he would decline entering into the more important subject to which the attention of the meeting would be called — namely , the sale of t his line to the London and South-Western Company. He would therefore call upon the Secretary to read the report of the Company. J. W. HORN, Esq , the Secretary, then read the report as follows: " The Act of Parliament incorporating this Company passed on the 27th of July last, and under the provisions of the Companies' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, a general meeting of the shareholders becomes necessary within one calendar month from such passing. Your directors lost no time in forming the register of share holders, and they caused the fullest notice to be given, in order that the registration might be as complete as possible before the day of your meeting, which, for the same cause, they postponed to the furthest limit allowed by law. "It cannot be without feelirgs of regret that your directors meet you on the present occasion, constrained as they now are to contrast the purposes of your asso ciation with its results. They believe that a more legi timate, useful, or comprehensive scheme than that which was originally proposed by this Company, was never submitted to Parliament, forming as it did the shortest, cheapest, and best line between London and Ports mouth—completing the then remaining part of the coast line between Fareham and Chichester, and giving Chi chester and West Sussex a direct communication with London, through Godalming and Guildford. " Neither can your directors admit, when the integrity of this scheme was destroyed by the Parliamentary decision of 1845, that the measure which was then substituted for it was less comprehensive or beneficial. Parliament had seen fit to place in the hands of the Brighton and Chichester Company the line between Chi chester and Portsmouth. The London and South-Western Company thereupon made arrangements with the London and Brighton Company for the joint ownership and use of that line, and the formercompany were ready to place their interest in it at the disposal of this Company, so that in renewing their application in the session of 1846, your directors were enabled, by increasing the capital of the Company, and by making a conditional arrangement with the London and South-Western Company as to the use of the Portsmouth and Chichester line, again to propose an integral, and the shortest and best connexion between London and Portsmouth, and the same benefits as before to West Sussex and Chichester, with a branch to Mid burst and Petersfield, a second branch to Chichester Harbour, and a third, into the dock-yards at Portsmouth. " It is in vain to repeat that this project was infinitely superior in the judgment of your directors, in every one point of comparison; to its antagonist. A committee of peers decided otherwise ; your directors can only con sole themselves with the reflection that the lines pro posed by this Company were the best for the country at large ; they entertain no doubt but that public op inion will hereafter so pronounce. " Returning, however, to the business more imme diately for present consideration, your directors have to report, that on the rejection of the Bill of 1846, they immediately obtained from the London and South- Western Railway Company the means of repaying to the subscribers of the new capital of 250,000/. (raised in quarter shares of 121. 10s. each, 1/. ss. deposit), the full amount of their deposits, and these quarter shares are accordingly in course of liquidation as the holders present them. "B y the ultimate decision of Parliament, you have acquired powers to construct two inconsiderable por tions of your original line, viz., four miles between Guildford and Godalming, and about eight miles between Fareham and Portsmouth ; and your original capital of 1,000,000/. (divided into 20,000 shares of 501. each), has been reduced to 500,0001., divided into the same number of shares of 251. each, upon which, if this Company shall proceed to execute these remnants of their project as an independent company, it would pro bably be necessary to call from 151. to 17/. 10s. per share. The arrangements between the Brighton and South-Western Companies, which were to have placed at your disposal the interest of the latter com pany in the line between Portsmouth and Chichester, have, by a subsequent rupture between those companies, become unavailable, and indeed would be inapplicable under any circumstances to your present position ; so that the question which has presented itself to the minds of your directors, as that on which it became them imme diately to form ajudgment, and to submit to you for your consideration, is—whether, in the now mutilated state of your undertaking, it would be advisable to carry on the works which this Company is authorised to execute, or to sell them at once to the London and South-Western Company. If the former course were deemed the more expedient, the London and South-Western Company would be your lessees, at a rental of 4 per cent, upon your outlay, and half the surplus profits, to be ascer tained on a mileage proportion of the receipts on your line, and those parts of their line upon which tragic pas sing also on yours might be carried. " Considering that the portions of line granted to you will, with reference to their length, be costly, and that the great expense incurred since your association would, under this state of circumstances, form part of your ex penditure, so that your share of surplus profit could never be great, your directors became unanimously of opinion that it was far better to sell the undertaking at once to the London and South-Western Railway Com pany if fair terms could be secured ; and they deemed it their duty to enter upon a treaty without delay with the directors of that company, in order to submit its results to you at this present meeting, so that, if adopted, he expense and delay attending further proceedings might be avoided. " Your directors have now the satisfaction to report, that, subject to your approval, they have agreed with the directors of the London and South-Western Company for a sale of your undertaking to that company, upon the terms, that the purchasers shall pay all the expense, and take up all the liabilities of this Company of every de scription, inclusive of those incurred to the final settle ment of its affairs, and shall also place in the hands of your directors, a sufficient fund to repay to each share holder in this Company, his full deposit, with interest at the rate of 5 per certum per annum, upon his payments during all the time the money has been or shall be de tained from him. " Your directors recommend you to sanction this arrangement, and they will propose fur your adoption resolutions authorising them to carry it into effect." T. H. HELPS, Esq., objected to the adoption of the recommendations contained in the report of the directors; lie objected to selling their line upon the terms proposed. It was quite true that they had only succeeded in ob taining two small portions of their line. He believed that the line would be worth considerably more than was offered by the South-Western Company. lie had the authority of the directors on a former occasion for that opinion, and he could not conceive that the reason stated in the report, namely the expense of the contest, could possibly have influenced the directors in changing their opinion upon the subject, for surely no directors incurring great think of going to Parl iament without great expense. The question really was, whether the line proved a remunerative one? And upon that point he wished to know whether, the expenses incurred since October last by the directors would raise the average price of their line beyond the average price of the South Western. They bad ob tained the line between Fareham and Portsmouth, and, with a station at Portsmouth, he believed that they could carry a considerable portion of the traffic which was now carried by the South-Western Company ; for it was not to be doubted that there was a great superiority In a station at Portsmouth, compared with one at Gos port. That portion of the line would form a link in the great south-coast communication of England ; and it would also afford communication with Chertsey, Kings ton, Hampton-court, and a number of other places. The line might have extensions, for instance, to Arundel, to Chichester, to Horsham, or to other places in the county of Sussex, which would increase the traffic upon the line. He believed also that very shortly the South-Western Railway would have a communication with Windsor from Woking, and then there would only be one short gap between Godalming and Woking to complete a communication between Windsor and Brighton, and he had no doubt that in that case the London and Bir iningham, or the North-Western rather, would come forward, f orwa r d, and by a line from Tring communicating with Windsor, they would make use of that portion of the then existin g li ne . Th ere was another consideration which was, th a t if thi s li ne were worth anything to its ' present share} old e r s , it was wort h considerably more to the South-W. stern, and he th oug ht that they should have acted mare liberally towards this line than they ha I dune. not only in their present offer but also in their conduct d irin e;.• the late Parliament a ry contest. He be lieved the dire sa ore of the South- Western Company were prfectly hone tr.-able, but he could not help thinking that by the c, istrse of conduct they had pursued most advantageous agreeinents had been lost between this Company and the London and Brighton Company, Il e thought that one compensation was due from them for this loge, and s thought it would be no snore than fair that the Sunda.- Western Company should consent to in corpor,, t^ the il , tiltrord, Chiches ter, and Fareham Railway w th t ei , on n . Ile thought nothing less than this would be satisiactory to the shareholders of the Company. He believed that. foourse would be politic for themselves; they had complex schemes in the Crest, and it would be well for them if th, ?y• would endeavour to stand well in the sight of these peot ile in consequence of their liberal conduct towards subordinate companies. If the South-Western did not set in this manner, he, for one, would be prepared to the amount of his shares, to encourage the directors in prosecuting their scheme in a future session of Par liament. The report we then received and adopted. Several reso lotions were also proposed and agreed to, having for the it object the appointment of auditors, the salary of the s eeretary, and other matters. A resolution was also passed confirming the appoint- Went by tha 'South-Western Company, of Messrs, Chaplin, John Lewis Eyre, George Henderson, and MatthewPziell, as directors of the company. The following twelve gentlemen were elected as direc tors, in the room of those retiring :—Messrs. Best, Currie, Vincent, Eyre, Fuller,: MIT, Mangles, Mar shall, Masterman, Nance, Smith, Lord G. Lennox, and Mr. G. Henty. The CHAIRMAN then moved the next resolution, as follows : " Resolved—That this meeting sanctions and approves the sale and transfer to the London and South-Western Company of the undertaking authorised by the Guild ford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway Act, 1845,' together with all the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, moneys, securities, and other real and personal estate whatsoever, of the Company incorporated by the said Act, upon the terms that the London and South-Western Railway Company shall pay, or to the satisfaction of the directors of this Company adopt, so as to exonerate this Company, all the ex penses, payments, debts, and liabilities of this Company, inclusive of all future expenses incurred in the winding up and final settlement of this Company's affairs, and shall also pay to the directors such a sum as will enable them to return to the share holders the full amount of their respective payments on their shares, together with ten shillings on each share whereon ten per cent. has been paid, and five shillings on each share on which five per cent. only has been paid, without any deductions whatsoever." T. W. HELPS, ESQ. moved, as an amendment, " That in the opinion of this meeting, considering the relation in which this Company stands to the South-Western Company, the latter would only be acting with reason ble liberality in assigning to our shareholders extension shares in that Company, in exchange for shares of the same amount in this Company ; but that the meet ing authorises the directors, if better terms cannot be obtained, to sell the undertaking with all the claims and liabilities for such an amount of South-Western capital as will give every shareholder in this Company one fifty pound share for every 501. of deposit, and a proportion ate share, or its money value, for any less amount of deposit." G. CrATTIE, Esq., seconded the amendment. G. BEST, Esq., chairman, said that the subject of the resolution had received the best attention of the di rqrtors, and he thought the proposition of the South- Western Company a very advantageous one to the inte rests of the shareholders. He would merely state that the expenses already incurred by this Company had been 60,000/., the whole of which would be taken off the hands of the Company by the South-Western Company. 11. CURRIE, Esq., one of the directors of the Com pany, thought that a better arrangement could not be made than the present one. He believed also that in the present depressed state of the money market it would be difficult to raise sufficient money even to com plete the works of the line. Mr. HORSMAN, M.P., thought that in all these matters there was a proper course to be adopted. A course of fairness between man and man included also a course of fairness between company and company, and he did not think the shareholders of this Company should be governed entirely by a principle to get all they could out of the South-Western Railway. So far as his pe cuniary interests were concerned, he should be pleased to have his deposits back ; he thought he might do much better with them ; but he did not think that the South- Western Company would be so soft as to concede to the terms of the amendment, and the consequence would be that the Company would be thrown back upon their original resources and strength. He felt bound to say that constant attendance at the board had given him ample opportunities of stating that the South-Western Company had acted in the most perfect good faith, and in the most honourable manner, with the shareholders of this company, and it was his decided opinion that the offer of the South-Western was a most fair and honourable one, and one which ought to be adopted by this meeting. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know the amount of tl • expenses already incurred. The CHAIRMAN said that the expenses would be about 50,0001. • Mr. GERSTEMBERG opposed the resolution. The CHAIRMAN stated that the reason why Mr. Chaplin, who was the chairman both of the South- Western and this Company, was not present, was in order to give the shareholders an opportunity of stating their opinions unbiassed by anything which he might say, and to remove at once any doubts as to anything he might say being actuated by motives of interest for the South-Western Railway. J. RAND, Esq., cordially approved of the resolution of the committee, and considered the offer of the South- Western Company advantageous to the shareholders of ' the Company. F. D. BURCHILL, , solicitor to both the South- Western Company and the present Company, rose for the purpose of explaining the course of conduct pursued by the South-Western Company towards this Company, in which he fully exonerated the South • Western Company from the charges which had been brought against it. That Company had made arrange ments with the London and Brighton Company, on the faith of which they had made promises to this Company, but, in consequence of a rupture between the two com panies, the South-Western had not been able to fulfil their agreements. A somewhat desultory conversation took place on the subject alluded to by Mr. Burchill, solicitor to the com panies, at the conclusion of which J. W. HELPS, Esq., stated that his opinions on the subject of the sale of the railway remained the same as when he proposed the amendment, and he should there fore press it to a division. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to put the amendment, when by a show of hands there appeared— . _ For the amendment l3 Against it 24 Majority The original resolution was then put, a scrutiny being demanded, when there appeared shares— For the resolution - 1,920 Against it Majority There were 3,5073 shares held by the South-Western Company, who did not vote ; had they done so, there would have been a majority, instead of 723, of 4,223. A resolution, authorising the directors to carry out the terms of the above resolutions, was then agreed to. - „ A vote of thanks was also proposed to the directors of the Company for their untiring zeal and services in the cause of this railway, and for their endeavours to pro mote the interests of the shareholders of this Company. The resolution was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Chairman for the very able and impartial manner in which he had performed the duties of the chairman of this meeting. The resolution was agreed to nem. con. The meeting then broke up. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. (TIIIS DAY.) The third half-yearly general Meeting of this com pany was held at the station of the Great Western Rail way, Paddirgton, at one o'clock this afternoon. Charles Russell, ENq , M.P., in the chair. There was a numerous attendance of directors and shareholders. - Mr. N. ARMSTRONG, the Secretary, having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN, with the consent of the meeting, affixed the seal of the company to the register and transfer of shares, and then addressed the proprietors as follows :—Gentlemen, in the report which has been cir culated among the proprietors this morning, there is contained a statement of all the proceedings in Parlia ment during the session which is just about to be closed. I think we may congratulate the proprietors on the results of those proceedings being much more satisfactory than we at one time contemplated. The South Wales Railway, like almost all established rail ways in the country, was threatened by a multitude of rival and competing schemes, with which the year 1845 abounded. I think we counted at the time no less than 46 t ailways extending through the principality of Wales alone, while not later than the year 1844, great doubts were entertained whether a single railway could be car ried with advantage to the projectors. If we had resolved to embark in an extensive opposi tion to all these schemes, we should:lave wasted a considerable portion of the funds of your company in such opposition, and in preparation for such opposition. Your directors did not think it expedient to adopt this course, and the results which have ensued satisfy them of the prudence of the course upon which they did determine. The greater number of these rail way projects in 1846 to which I have adverted were still-born; many of them in the course of a very short period were withdrawn from the notices of Parliament, some of them failed, and I believe I am right in stating that not more than five or six bearing any relation whatever to the South Wales Company survive this session of Parliament, but of those five or six four at least were in friendly relation with your own line. The measures which have been accomplished, favourable to our own views may be classed under three heads :—First, the completion of the connexion with the Great Western Railway, by the route of Glou cester, which, though circuitous, will unquestionably be come much more important, and much more valuable, than the projected line between Oxford and Cheltenham, when carried into effect. The second combined the divisions ' and improvements of your own line, and two additional projects which are integral p ortions of the So uth Wales Railway—the one to Swansea, and the other to Haver fordwest, conferring very T c l o ie nsi l d as e t rab o l f e th a e d s v e an s t e a h g e e m s, es, l hope, upon those towns• which may be regarded as tribuetaerydertoit companies'—in South aie W s. /k in s Railway, adopted by independent friendly relation with the South Vale Rail way Company, consist of the of Neath Railway, the Llynvi Valley Railway, and Tenby ts NNS.aheuinh dersfoot Railway. These are bridly the 0b .,, e have been accomplished in the last session of Parliament. Simultaneously with the prosecution of these objects, your directors have been engaged in giving effect to the powers they previously possessed. As soon as the re vi-col survey of the line had been completed, steps were taken by your directors for entering into contracts for the formation of the heaviest of your works. These occur in the neighbourhood of the town of Newport and the town of Swansea, and the contracts for those portions of the line accordingly were entered into as early as the month of Match or April in the present year. You are quite aware that the heaviest works must in the first instance be completed over the extent of the whole of the line, and it is useless to, enter upon the construction of the easier portions of the line until these shall have been considerably advanced. Immediately preceding Mr. Brunel's departure for the Continent., he entered into very extensive contracts, contracts which embrace the construction of the entire line from Chepstow to Kid- 1 welly, in the neighbourh oo d o f C armart h en, an d w i t h , the exception of au interval of about thirty miles, close to Carmarthen, and two other short intervals, one being near the town of Neath, and the other near Loughor and Cardiff. Gentlemen, these contracts embrace a distance altogether of 54 miles, and I hope that the proprietors will see that the faith and assurance which the directors gave to you and the public at our last meeting, that we would prosecute the works under our superintendence with the utmost energy and vigour, have been fully carried out. Let me state, also, that the terms upon which these contracts have been obtained are, in the estimation of Mr. Brune], perfectly satisfactory and ad vantageous, and that they come within the limits and estimates originally prepared. (Cheers.) Gentle men, you must be aware that these extensive works cannot be accomplished without demands upon our resources. The directors have therefore, on this account, and on many other general accounts, thought it expe dient to consider whether some arrangement cannot be accomplished with the Great Western Railway Com pany, for the purpose of drawing still closer the rela tions between the two companies. —(Hear, hear.) This arrangement they always contemplated as one of ex treme probability and advantage, and they think that there perhaps can be no period at which it would be mere desirable and more advisable than the pre sent.—(Hear, hear.) Preliminary discussions have in consequence taken place between deputations from the two companies, but your directors have not thought it right to proceed further than preliminary discussions without first obtaining your concurrence, not to the completion, but to the entertainment of the question.— (Hear, hear.) It is an arrangement of such magnitude, that the directors of the Great Western Railway Com pany have thought it right to take such powers from their proprietors; and, guided by similar reasons, the directors of the South Wales Railway Company are de sirous to be armed with similar powers. The principles and objects of such an arrangement were briefly stated by me at the last meeting of the Great West ern Railway Company, and the proceedings at that meeting have probably become known to most of the proprietors who are now present. The objects which such an arrangement seemed to offer were, first to give a more steady and certain value to the shares of the South Wales Railway Company, and to secure to that company the ultimate possession of all the advantages of their own line, and, after a certain time, of the traffic which shall be completely developed and fixed. And in concurrence with those two objects, it must be plain to the proprietors of the South Wales Railway Company, that the proprietors of the Great Western Company will expect to be protected from any disadvantages which may result to them from the facilities which they are willing and desir ous to afford to the South Wales Company. Gentlemen, as soon as the details of this arrangement shall be so far accomplished as to be pro pared to be laid before you, a special meeting shall be convened, and your opinion shall be taken upon it.— (Hear, hear.) lam perfectly satisfied that no arrange ment can be advantageous either to one company or the other which does not provide reciprocal advantages to both.—(Hear, hear.) It will be the object of your directors, in forming any arrangement, to . give this cha racter to the terms between the two companies.—(Hear, hear.) As soon as they are completed they shall, as I have already stated, be made known to you, but the de cision of this question will ultimately rest with yourselves. Gentlemen, I am not aware that there is any other subject on which it is necessary that I should trouble you. I will request the secretary to read the report, and after that is read I shall be extremely happy to offer any further explanations that may be required of me by any proprietor.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the following report of the directors:— " The proprietors are aware, that the South Wales Act of 1845 conferred power on this Company to con . struct a railway from Chepstow to Fishguaid and Pem broke, with a branch from Newport to Monmouth, leav ing the completion of the line to a point of junction with the Great Western Railway a subject for the considera tion of Parliament in this present session. A. Bill was introduced accordingly in February last, which received the royal assent on the 27th ult., and the directors have much pleasure in congratulating you on its being attended with the important result of perfecting, in con nexion with the Great Western and Gloucester and Forest of Dean Railways, an unbroken line, on one uniform guage, from St. George's Chan ne l t o London, crossing the Severn at Gloucester. " Two alternative modes of crossing the Severn were proposed by your directors, and submitted to the pro prietors, which underwent a full and lengtheaed discus sion with the Lords of the Admiralty, one being a bridge at Hock Crib, the other a tunnel at a point a little higher up the river. The tunnel was rejected by the Committee of the House of Commons, and the bridge could not be constructed under the powers of the Act in such a manner as would accord with the views of the Admiralty. " Your directors have always considered it of great importance to improve the access to the very valuable mineral resources of the Forest of Dean. The pro prietors have been already informed of the engagement entered into with the Bullo Pill Railway Company for this purpose. Parlianaentary powers to carry this agree ment into effect were sought for in the present session, but the Committee of the House of Commons having re quired conditions to which your directors deemed it in expedient to accede, they had no alternative but to with draw the clauses of the Bill, but they adhere strictly to the terms of the agreement, and propose to seek powers to carry it into effect at the earliest practicable period, and in the fullest manner. " With the exception of the Margam deviation, powers have been obtained to carry out all the devia tions, branches, and extensions, proposed for the im provement of our line : these have been already enu merated in the report presented at the last meeting, and include, as the proprietors will recollect, branches into the towns of Swansea and Haverfordwest. " Acts have been passed this session for the Vale of Neath, Llynvi Valley, and Tenby Saundersfoot and South Wales Junction Railways, which must be regarded as important tributaries to the main line. "Acts have also been passed for the Waterford, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin, and the Cork and Water ford Railways, which will afford the means of opening out the traffic of the south of Ireland to this line, and in the case of the former of these measures, an addi tional line of communication between England, Dublin, and the northern parts of Ireland, through the interven tion of the South Wales Railway. . _ _ " Parliamentary powers having been now obtained for a complete line to Gloucester, it is important that a rail way should be constructed from Cheltenham to Oxford on the same principle, as a means ot shortening the com munication between South Wales and the metropolis. A company has been already formed to carry this measure into execution, to which your directors will give their cordial support in the next session of Parliament. " Your directors are desirous to submit to the pro- prietors the expediency of some arrangement with the Great Western Railway Company which shall render more intimate the connexion between the two companies, and facilitate and ensure the early completion of the works. With your approbation they will proc e ed to a Legouation for the accomplishment of this object—the details of which shall be laid before you at an early meeting specially convened fur the purpose, but they have not thought it right to conclude a matter of such importance without obtaining in the first instance the specific concurrence of the proprietors. As regards the progress ot the works, your directors refer you to the report of your engineer which is an nexed. " Some difficulty has been experienced in negotiating with persons interested in the land along the line ; but your directors cannot contemplate that any further im pediments will be thrown in the way of the completion of a railway of such manifest national as well as local importance ; and they make an earnest appeal to them to afford all the facilities in their power. " The usual statement of receipts and expenditure is annexed to this report ; andyour directors have thought it: advisable to pass a resolution, acceding to the wishes of many of the proprietors, by authorising interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to be allowed on all pay ments made on the shareholders in anticipation of calls, as sanctioned by Parliament." The ..SECRETARY afterwards read the following report of Mr. Brunel, the engineer:— " I have great pleasure in reporting the very satis factory state of the arrangements made for the con struction of the line. " Nearly the whole of the line from Chepstow (where the power of our first Act commenced), to Kidwelly, with the exception only of that por tion of the line between Cardiff and Neath, which was affected by the proposed Margam deviation, has been let by contract in a satisfactory manner : these contracts, forming an aggregate length of 54 miles, com • prebend all the heavy works between Chepstow and Carmarthen, or indeed Haverfordwest, as the works beyond Carmarthen and to the junction of the Haver fordwest branch are not of a serious character. The heaviest works are in and through the town of Newport, and from Neath through Swansea to Loughor. " At Newport some considerable progress has been made with the shafts of the tunnel and the construction of the bridge over the Usk, and in the neighbourhood of Neath a commencement has also been made by the con tractor.• The portion between Swansea and Loughor was the subject of an Act fur a deviation which has only just passed, but the contracts having been prepared in anticipation, have been let immediately on the passing of the Act, and generally, as far as we can now enter into possession of the laud, we shall be enabled to pro ceed with the works. " Steps have already been taken for preparing to proceed immediately with the works between Chepstow and Gloucester, under the power of the Act just passed." The reports appeared to give general satisfaction, and were received with applause; at the conclusion of which The CHAIRMAN moved that they be approved of by the meeting, and printed and circulated amongst the members. Mr. STterEel—Will this report of the directors give them authority to negotiate with the Great Western? The CHAIRMAN—Yes, to negotiate, but riot to con clude the arrangement. Indeed, our Act requires that before any arrangement shall be entered into between this and any other company, it shall be referred to the proprietors for their sanction, and three-fifths, I thiuk, are requisite to give such a sanction. A ::11. , ittEILOLDER said that he perceived by the accounts that some of the shares had not been paid up, and he wi,hed to know what was the intention of the directors with regard to the defaulters ? The CHAIRMAN said that the circumstance of those shares not being paid up was not in consequence of any neglect on the part of the directors in urging upon the defaulters to pay up the calls that had been made upon them. Those urgent requests on the part of the directors had in most cases been suc cessful, and they would take every step for procuring the payments of the calls as rapidly as tbey possibly could. Of course there were remedies in the bands of the directors, but they were remedies to be resorted to only in extreme cases. The resolution proposed by the Chairman was then seconded and unanimously carried, after which ➢ir. ROCHE said—Gentlemen, before we separate, I think that the thanks of the Company are due to the directors for the exertions which they have made ' during this session in bringing our Bill to its present state of perfection. I see now no obstacles in the way of our proceeding with the objects of this Company, and I have no doubt that the directors con sider the line to be of so much importance as to induce them to make every exertion, as far as prudence will dictate, to complete the prosperity of the line. I shall therefore move that our warmest thanks be tendered to the directors for their exertions on behalf of this Company. Mr. STUTELY having seconded this vote of thanks, it was put and unanimously carried amidst applause. In reply, The CHAIRMAN said, on behalf of the directors I beg leave to express our very sincere thanks for the honour just now done us. I assure you we shall act strictly in conformity with the suggestions of the Hon. Proprietor who has been so good as to move this resolution. We shall exert ourselves most strenuously—we shall adopt every exertion that we possibly can consistently with prudence to carry into effect the important works which have been c.mmitted to our charge.—(Cheers.) The meeting then separated. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES). ONE CLOSIN(i O'CLOCK. PRICES, Bank Stock .. .. • • .• .. • • 209 209 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 96!A 96% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities ~ 95%.0 95% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98% 97% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 1-1 G 10 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. „ „ „ Ditto, under 1,000/. „ South Sea Stock .. „ Ditto. Old Annuities „ 9 5 % Consols fur Account • • •• •• 95% Exchequer Bills. d. • 1 1 4 d. 1,0001... .. •• •. 10 13 pm. 5001 • • .. 10 13 pm. Ditto, Small .... 10 13 pm, ONE O'CLOCK. FUNDS. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ~ „. _...: CLOSIN G PIUC ES. Ditto, Small . • • • • • „ .. 8814 Mexican Bonds, Old, 5 per Cent ~ Ditto, 1846, 5 per Cent .. • • .. 24 24 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 2414 23% 24 '"' Ditto, Small .. • • „ „ .. __, 24 4 Portuguese Three per Cent .. .. 43 44 44 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • „ Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. ~ .. _ 1 Ditto, Three per Cent ~ „ ~ Ditto, for the Account .„ „ .. 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 42% 41% 42% 42% .. - .. 9414 93% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. BUSINESS CLOSIIIO PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... 81;, Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2% .... 1% • ..... Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 65% Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .. . 86 Bristol and Gloucester .. 30 .... 50% ..... 50% Buckinghamshire 423. .... 1 ,4 dis dis. Caledonian .. .. 20 .......... 15% Chester and Holyhead 27% .... 25% • • ........ 25% Cornwall... .. 5 .... 1 .... Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .. 34 Direct Northern .. 2%.... 1% % ..... . 1% Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine .. 2% .... i 8 .......... 34 Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... 1 . IA, Eastern Counties 14L 165..... 22% % 22% Ditto New .. 10/. 168..... 7% p • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. • Ditto, ditto, .. No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. % % p...... % p Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. •• • • 234 ..... . 2 1 4 Eastern Union .. 30 .... . Do. Ipswich & Bury SLEdinunds 9 .... 9% • • ........ 9% East Lancashire .. .. 14 •• • • 23 ••••.• • • • • 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .... ....... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. .. 17 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 534 .. . 2% Goole, Doncast., and ~.heffield, &c. 425. % dis .• • • % dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% • • .34 Great Eastern and Western .. 2% .... .......... 36 Great Western .., 85 .• .. 14734 ••••• • • • .. 147% Ditto, Half shares .. 50 .. 82 8134 81% Lancaster and Carlisle 45 .... 65 65% .. 65% Ditto New .. .. 5 .. 10% • • ........ 105 4 Leicester and Bedford 225..... if 34 dis.• •• • % dis. Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 425. .... 34 clis.• • .... dis. Llverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% .... I%•• • • • ..... 1% London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. • •• • • .... 8 London a d Brighton .. 50 .. . 62% .......... 62% London and Croydon • • 13/. 15s. 9d .. 23 London and North-Western . ..100 ....207 205 Ditto, Quarters • - . .. 2 .... •• • 25 Ditto ditto New Shares • • •• • • 1 5 % P•• • • 15 % p Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 22% ••.. • • .... 22% London and York •• •• •• •• 2%.... 2 1% ........ Ditto, Half Shares 2 .... 1% •• • • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 214 •• • • 34 ••••• • • • • • Londonderry and Coleraiae .. 12% •••• • • • Lynn and Dereham .. 15 .... 12 5 / s .• ••.. • • Manchester and Leeds .. 82 ....114 .... • • Ditto, Fifths .. _ 3 .... 11% .• • • Ditto Extension 425. .... p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 78% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • I P• ••••• • • • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 •• • • I . 74 •••• • • • • Midland ..100 .. . 138 .. ••• • .. Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .... 42% 43% Ditto, New . 1 •• • • I 1%%••• • • • • • Norfolk .. • . .. 20 .• .. 26 ..... . . . . . Ditto, Tenths .. .. • • • • 2 •• • • 2 % 3 A •••• • • • • Ditto, Extension .• .. 2 .... 2% North British 25 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. 11 •• • • 16%% • • 16% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 .... 4 4•• ••• • . • 4 North Staffordshire .. .. 425. •• .. 3 1 ,g p 314 p Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptu. 12% 7% 8.. • • .. • • 8 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 425. 1% 1 dis 1 dis Richmond .. .. 10 .... 19% • • Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 2 %•••• • • • . 2% Shropshire Union .. . 425. %% dis •• .. dis. South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • • 42% • • .... 4!% • , - Ditto. New (lea. at 321.) No. 1. 20 • • .... • Do., New (d 0.331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 16% ..... South Wales .. S 4%14 Vale of Neath 2 .... 1;• Warwickshire and London • . .. 425. % dis West Riding Union 425..... 3 2% ,p.• Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 10 .... 5% 5 York and Carlisle 2(•.., % . • York mid North Midland .. .. 50 .... .. • • Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 .... 12% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Demerara .. 2%•..• 2% Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .... 6 East In Ilan . ss. % . Great Western Bengal .. ss. .... % Italian and Austrian .. .. 3 .... 1% Namur and Liege .. 6 Orleans and Bordeaux .• .. 6 .... 8% Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 5% • • ..... Rouen and ilavre . .. 20 .... Sambre and Meuse • • .. .. 8 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. MINES. Union of Australia, Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3% .......... % dis 2% p 6 :7i 2% 8 5% 27% 4% EGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS) Two-Year Old Stakes. Baron Rothschild's Daughter of the Star Sir G. Heathcote's Carolina c01t... The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes Pine-apple Example Taglioni filly The Queen's Plate. Mr. John Day's the Hero Mr. Moore's Wolfdog IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the inhabitants of the metropolis, praying for the abolition of tolls on the bridges. The Bishop of OXFORD, on behalf of the Arch bishop of Canterbury, laid on the table of the house the twenty-sixth annual report of the Commissioners for Building New Churches. SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this Bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed, and the amendments of the Commons were ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, this Bill was read a second time and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow, after some observations from Lord MONTE ACME. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS' BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL (No. 4). This Bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL (No. 5). This Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. LEASES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PRIVATE BILLS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. EJECTMENTS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. WASTE LAND AUSTRALIA BILL. The Commons' amendments to this Bill were agreed to after a short discussion. The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table papers with respect to New Zealand. The House then adjourned to half-past Three o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The SPEAKER, on his return, announced th:tt her Majesty's gracious eQnsent had been given to several Bilis. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. Several Members of the House were summoned to the House of Lords to confer on alterations made by their Lordships in the " Contagious Diseases Bill." THE LEVANT. On the return of the deputation, Dr. BOWRING wished to know if the Noble Lord the Secretary f or F ore i gn Aff a i rs cou ld inform the House what th e t erms o f t h e trea ty w ere which the Government of R uss i a h a d en t e red into with other na tions respecting. the trade of the Levant? Lord PILNIERSTON said that he was not at that time in a condition to lay documents before the [louse, but he was glad to say that Russia bad shown the utmost sincerity in her desire to overcome any difficulty which might arise in negotiating with the natives, for, with an exceedingly wise and liberal policy, she had foregone many a d vantages w hi c h she_ held in the T 26, 1848. Levant. He could only repeat that Russia seemed most desirous to consult the wishes and interests of the other powers. COLONIES (REVENUE). Dr. BOWRING moved for returns, in a tabular form, for the last year in which they can be made up, of the gross revenues, under their different heads, of each of her Majesty's colonies, exhibiting the costs of collection, and any deductions made in their progress to the public treasury, together with other returns relating to the colonies. After a few words from Mr. HAWES, the returns were ordered to be laid on the table. In reply to a question from Dr. BOWRING. Mr. HAWES stated that Sir W. Pinn received a pen sion of 3001. a year for the services he had rendered. lIAYDOCK UNION LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. WAKLEY moved for returns from the Haydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum, and for the appointment of a commission thereon. He held in his hands petitions that showed the justice of this motion. The Honour able Member then read documents at considerable length to show that very ()Teat neglect had taken place in the management of the asylum at Haydock Lodge, and temaiked upon the appointment of Mr. Mott, in March, 1845, as auditor of the unions in the district, in the midst of which stood this asylum, over which he acted as superintendent. He was of opinion that the disclosures made on this subject reflected far more on certain parties than any disclosures connected with the Poor-law. The mortality in these asylums was always less during the first year. He had no means of knowing what the mortality was during the first year in this instance, but during the second year it was 112 out of 450. The Poor-law Commissioners were aware of this fact, and yet no inquiry was made; and he therefore sincerely hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would take mea sures to have an inquiry into these scandalous proceedings. In the year 1845 an addition was proposed in the dietary tables of the establishment by the visiting magistrates. Upwards of sixty persons had died in the year pre ceding the Ist of October, 1845. The recommendations then proposed had not been carried out, and he thought the proper course would be to deprive the proprietors of this establishment of their license; he was sure the late Lord Chancellor would have cone so, and he did not think the present one would act with less hu manity than the late one. The next inspection which had been made was after the institution had been in existence one year and eleven months. The result of that inspec tion was, that the magistrates were of opinion that the house should only accommodat e 367 persons instead of the 50 who had been compelled to live in this establish. ment. What he wanted of the House was a commission to inquire, not only into the conduct of the managers of this institution, but a l so into that of the Poor-law Commissionsrs themselves. The visitors of Haydock Lodge Lunatic !Asylum stated that they had had the pleasure of meeting the lunatic Commissioners in that asylum, and that on the day of their visit they found that the inmates had one quart of rice for their dinner, with half a pint of beer. The rice was formed into a kind of soup, or rather rice-water. No wonder, therefore, that many of them died from dysentery and diarrhma on account of the water diet to which they were subjected. The Commissioners ascertained that they had bad a similar dinner the day before, and they suggested that the regimen should be changed. The Commissioners of Lunacy were, it appeared, of the same opinion,and thought they ought not to have such dinners more than twice a week. No question there was great neglect some where, and it was the bounden duty of the Goigrn meat to institute a searching inquiry. The fllor tality alone was sufficient to demand such an inquiry —one hundred and twelve demented individuals having died in the course of twelvemonths. Many of the in mates in the coldest seasons of the year:were on y allowed one blanket to their bed. This was a great hardship, especially as the walls were damp, and as the inmates were not fully fed they were more liable to feel the cold. No wonder they died of these diseases. Then the Poor-law Commissioners had decided that a person who held the office of guardian of the Chester field Union could not supply milk to the persons who had contracted to serve it to the workhouse without rendering himself liable to the 55th Wm. IV., c. 137. In another case, that of the Plimpton Union, they had decided that a person could not be a guardian who was the owner of a lunatic asylum, without incurring similar penalties. If the Honourble and Learned Gentleman, the At torney-General, declared that a commission would not be a legal mode of inquiry, he would withdraw his motion, and give notice of his intention to move for a Committee of Inquiry on the very first day of the next session. But, for his own part, he thought a commission was the best and most legal mode of inquiry, and he trusted after the facts he had stated, the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department would appoint one.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. FEILDEN said the proceedings to which the Hon. Gentleman had alluded were perfectly disgraceful, and he had much pleasure in seconding the motion. The question having been put, Sir G. GREY admitted that Dr. Roberts had done a great public service by bringing forward these facts concerning the unfortunate inmates of the lunatic asylum in question. He regretted that the Hon. Member had brought forward this most important subject before so thin a House. All the facts which had been stated with so much force, were contained in the papers which had already been laid on the table of the House. He admitted that those facts showed that private lunatic asylums were in the most deplorable state, and he was afraid that it was entirely out of the power of Parliament to remedy that state. With regard to a Commission of Inquiry, the Honourable Member must remember that the Commissioners of Lunacy were not at all implicated in this ill-treatment of lunatlcs. He admitted that it was most discreditable to any parties employed under the Poor law Commission to be connected with the management of lunatic asylums. After th?disclosures that had been made, he thought that the Commissioners of lunacy ought to direct their most close attention to the conduct of the managers of the Haydock Lunatic Asylum. The only remedy for the evils connected with Lunatic asylums was in the hands of the magistrates of this county, who should immediately set about erecting County Lunatic Asylums. He hoped, in conclusion, that the Hon. Member would not press his motion. After a few words from Mr. R. YORKE and Mr. P. BORTHWICK, Mr. WAItLEY replied, and hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary would make an effectual inquiry into the case bef re the next session of Parlia ment; and if this could not be done, he should feel it to be his duty to move for an inquiry to investigate the circumstances. The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at Six o'clock. li IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 25. POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL. Lord LANSDOWNE, on the order of the day being read for going into Committee on this Bill, said he would then enter into the provisions of it. He referred their Lordships to the volume of correspondence on their Lordships' table, out of which this Bill had originated. He said they would see in that volume all the various circumstances of the distress which existed in different districts in Ireland, from a disease in, and the failure of, the potato crop. The late Government, seeing that, had— and most properly in his opinion—originated mea sures for the relief of the people afflicted under these circumstances. But notwithstandiug this efforts which had been made by the late Government, new prospects had opened up of such distress that her Majesty's Ministers did not think they could allow Par liament to separate without providing for the emer gency. The late Government werejustified in the steps they had taken under the circumstances that then existed. In the second place, the circumstance that occurred was quite novel. Besides, it could be scarcely supposed that the ordinary means to meet the want of food could be immediately and effectively resorted to. The measures that had been taken had the effect of preventing that upward tendency in the price of the staple food of the country which occurred under such circumstances as the present. He would therefore call their Lordships' attention to the fact, that during the last month they bad been sitting they had heard renewed accounts of the distress in Ireland, and were induced to recommend for the adoption of the Houses of Parliament such remedial measures as the na ture of this calamity might require. In doing that, her Majesty's Government, as well as the late Govern. ment, felt the weight of the responsibility that was thrown upon them. They considered that it would be culpable in them, the Government. if they proposed any measure which could in any way terfere materially with the supply obtained through the ordinary channels afforded by commercial enterprise. This he need hardly state to their Lordships, who were very conversant with such subjects, was one of the most delicate operations in which any Government or any Parliament cculd engage, because the inevitable consequence of interfering with the artificial supply of food would be to dry up the channels through which food was ordinarily supplied, as well as any attempt to inter fere with the ordinary principles which regulated the demand for labour, by making the demand artificial in one quarter was liable to the possibility of diminishing that demand in another, and more extensive quarter— the demand which originated for labour from the cultivators and proprietors of the soil. They had, there fore, been endeavouring to avoid both these consequences in the measures that were now placed on the table. With respect to the supply of food, he was enabled distinctly to state that there was ne inten tion, under any circumstances, to introduce food into the country under its agency, because:there was a perfect and just reliance, from all the knowledge which they had obtained ou this subject, and from the successes which had already attended private speculators, after information acquired as to the extent and production of that particular quality of food upon which private specu lation had been brought to bear—he said there was a confident reliance that as the demand grew so would the supply, and that the supply of meal which had already reached Ireland would be followed up by other supplies, which, it was hoped, if they did not alto gether remove the danger of scarcity, that the supply would at least to a great degree diminish that scarcity. Upon that subject, therefore, he had the nega tive to state that the Government would not become the importers of corn or meal, and he had reason to know that the late speculations were suspended for a time within the last six weeks, under the apprehen s i o n th a t t h e Government might possibly again have recourse to that s p ec i es o f commerce, and become importers of grain; but from the moment it was made known to those parties that the Government would not undertake that duty, immediate orders were sent out to a great extent upon p r i va t e account, w hi ch were a t that moment in the course of execution. But he must remind their Lordships that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to undertake the duty of bringing supplies into the country. Whatever was felt of deficiency, would be, no doubt, met by the usual action of trade, or to bring supplies into the coun try. These woulddepend upon the importers, and he would give this emphatic warning to those on whom these sup plies depended, that the Government would in no case at all, except in some extreme exigency, interfere to effect the importation. He would only say thus much, that her Majesty's Government would feel it their duty, in the event of any extreme distress arising, and he prayed to God that it might not arise, but in the case of any such extreme distress arising in any part of the country, the place where that distress arose would be relieved by the provision of work, by which the labourers might earn out-door wages for those who were most distressed, until some sufficient relief was obtained, and the necessity for relief should cease by the generally improved state of the country and the better circumstances of the labourers and their families. In the event, how ever, of any extensive distress occurring a power was entrusted to the Lord-Lieutenant which he should be sorry to see entrusted to any one, however high his character or his office, except on extraordinary occa sions. This power was the ability in cases of exten sive distress, of calling what he would call baronial sessions, and at these sessions the means of compelling the district where the distress: might occur to enter upon such public works as would relieve the distress for the time. ThesNoble Marquis then detailed the other privisions of tho Bill, with respect to giving employment for the people in baronies, half baronies, and parishes. Her Majesty's Government in addition to this measure had brought forward another to encourage public works in Ireland, partly by way of grant, and partly by loan. These were the outlines of the measures he had attempted to describe to their Lordships. He had no doubt that there would be a pres sure for a time, in spite of all the efforts of Government and in spite of all the activity of commerce, but eventually the consequences would be beneficial to the nation, and some ultimate good would be derived from it. Lord MONTEAGLE would be glad if be saw his way clearly, even after passing through great suffering and privation, to the happy results which his Noble Friend had pointed out. He considered that-a - Government dispensing food to the people, a calamity in itself great, could only be justified by the existence of a calamity still greater. The circumstances which had prompted Sir Robert Peel—with great boldness and with greater wisdom—to purchase food for the people of Ire land no longer existed, and, therefore, be did not see that any necessity existed for the present Government continuing the same principles. He said he would pro ceed to call the attention of the House to the second part of the Bill, which was the question of labour. He was sorry to discuss this question, which affected so inti mately the interests of Ireland, when so many of their Lordships were absent, especially so many Irish peers. He must say, that it was his opinion that the Govern ment would be disappointed of the effects which they anticipated from this part of the Bill. He said the diffi culties with which they had to combat were greater this year than those which had met the late Government. That calamity was seen only in the month of November, and prompt means were taken to provide against it; but here, in the month of August, four months earlier, a calamity was foreseen much more extensive and painful. It would be unjust to the other Government, if it was for a a moment attempted to underrate the importance of this measure. A letter read to day from a magistrate, bearing date, Aug. 3, describes the crops as being in the worst of states. From this they might judge of the magnitude of the coming evil. The pressure of this falls, from the circumstances of the Irish peasantry, in a way without example. In a case like the present they would not be continuing the union they were so anxious to preserve, if they were indifferent to the pre sent distress. Should it be said that they should come forward and meet distress in the Scilly Islands and elsewhere, and not feel for the su ff er i ngs o f t h e people of Ireland? He relied upon the law to ensure the ob taining of the benefits they contemplated. He confided, too, greatly in the influence of the Board of Works, and the selection of some of the officers was the most judi cious that could be made. Without the aid of private subscriptions, the grant to the Board of Works would be vain. He spoke the sentiments of a large and in fluential portion of the gentry when he said that they did not require gratuitous assistance, and that they considered any assistance which was not supported by private subscription would be a very dangerous ex periment. But they were endeavouring to renter theird present measure palatable by founding it on the old poor-law valuation. Why, it was admitted on all haads that that valuation was most notoriously unjust, and had been made in many instances for certain purposes which were completely outside the contemplation of the Acts of Parliament. He considered, therefore, that it was a most unhappy choice; but he considered that there was a more fatal objection to it, and that was that it would diminish the out-door relief administered in Ireland. He put it to their Lordships, would it not be very hard to make the expenditure of a gentleman upon his estate the measure for his taxation, and to make the neglect of others the standard of their more alleviated taxation. This was the principle which the present Bill would introduce into the operations of the system of relief. The Earl of WICKLOW could not allow a subject of so much importance to pass by without saying a word or two upon it. He thought Government had shown much good sense in the plan they had proposed, and he promised their Lordships to use his best endeavours to secure its success. He regretted exceedingly that so heavy and sudden a calamity had fallen upon the sister kingdom, but he was sure of this, that the steps Go vernment were taking would insure a sufficient supply of food and employment for the people. lle disapproved of the plan for placing the constabulary force under the control of the Government, because the 50,0001. which it would remove from the burdens on land would in no way benefit the people, while the relief itself was so small as to be hardly porceptable to the landlords of Ire land.—(Hear.) There were several points to which he had wished to refer, but at that late hour he should re frain from doing so, contenting himself with sincerely thanking Hon. Gentlemen for the anxiety they had ma nifested to do all in their power to remove or alleviate the prevalent disease and distress of Ireland.—(Hear.) The Duke of GRAFTON attributed much of the dis tress of Ireland to the bad cultivation of the land, and was rejoiced to see Government evince a disposition to get rid of the evil. After a few words from the Marquis of LANS DOWNE, in explanation, The Bill passed through Committee, and was reported with.ut amendments. It was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. STEAM NAVIGATION BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, this Bill was read a third time and passed. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The NOBLE EARL then presented a petition from the Society of Attorneys-at-Law, praying that they might be considered eligible to be elected as judges under the Small Debts Bill. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. This Bill went, through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow ; as were also the Public Works (Nos. 4 and 5) (Ireland) Bill. The Constabulary (Ireland) Bill. The Leases (Ireland) Bill. The Private Bills Bill, and The New Zealand Government Bill. THE EJECTMENTS (IRELAND), AND THE DRAINAGE OE LANDS BILLS. These Bills were read a third time and passed. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday, when its provisions would be explained by the Earl of Clarendon. THE PAWNBROKERS, AND THE DISTRICT LUNATICS ASYLUM BILLS. These Bills were read a first time, and were ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Their Lordships adjourned at Eight o'clock. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GA Z ETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. -Harrison and Shiels, London—final div. of 3d. in the pound, apply to Mr. Benn, Paradise-row, Stoke Newington. J. Arkell, miller, Stow on the Wold—first div. of 2s. in the pound, Oct. 7, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. J. Harford, ironmaster, Bristol —second div. of 13s. 4d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Biggs, undertaker, Houndsditch, Sept. 22, at eleven— J. Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, Sept. 24, at twelve— R. Brailsford, common bre wer , Enfield, Sept. 29, at twelve— J. C. Staines, tailor, Oundle, Sept. 15, at twelve—J. B. Crampern, coal merchant, Wharf-road, City-basin, City road, Sept. 15, at twelve. In the Country. r a i p n e g r a L m a Lane-end, Districtenclu , Staffordshire,ort—Cooke,M. • Oct.. 0 8 1 , n e a r t , twCeivel,aaltl'ullineeßnidrm Manchester, Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Manch es t er Di strict Court—J. Nield, woollen manufacturer, Manchester, Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Seaton, farmer, Winkhouse, Yorkshire, Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Leeds :District Court—J. Evans, cattl e dealer. ,Haywood_ lodge, Herefordshire, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Edwards, ironfounder, Birmingham, Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham Di s t r i ct Court --T. Wenm an , merchant, Birmingham, Sept. 17, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court.—E. and T. Tomkies, fellmongers, Shrews bury, Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be, shown to the contrary, on th e d ay h erein mentioned. J. Hare, linendraper, New-street, Dorset -square, Sept. 18 —R. A. F. Kingscote, merchant, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street, Sept. 18—W. Morphew, linendraper, Sevenoaks, Sept. 22—R. Brailsford, common brewer, Enfield, S e pt. 29—T . Oakley, farmer, Kingsbury-farm, St. Albans, Sept. 24—J. Dutt, carpenter, Upper-street, Islington, Sept. 23—A. S. Syer, dealer, Sudbury, Sept. 25—C. H. Stonehouse, ship broker, Newport, Sept. 18—J. M. Stark, bookseller, Gains borough, Sept. 16—G . W harf, potato dealer, Boston, Sept. 22—R. Priestley, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 16—G. E. Schults, stockbroker, Liverpool, Sept. 15—W. Nash, grocer, Older bury, Shropshire, Sept. 15—M. Chapman, painter, Devon port, Sept. 15—M. Armistead, milliner, Crawford-street, Alarylebene, Sept. 15—G. and J. Barton, copper -roller ma nufacturers, Manchester, Sept. 15—J. 'Wilkinson, grocer, Manchester, Sept. 15. PARTIIERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Morgan and J. Swift, linendrapers, Sheffield—J. Taylor mid W. Hewitt, common brewers, Great Driffield, Yorkshire —II. A. Johnson and W. D. Ditchett, surgeons, Louth, Lin colnshire—J. Broadbent and J. Lees, cotton spinners, 01d ham, Lancashire--W. Day and J. Stanger, appraisers, Maid stone—T. L. Walker, J. Siddons, and J. M. Watliew, coal masters, Nuneaton, Warwickshire (so far as regards J. Siddons)—R. S. Thom as an d. T. Gillmore, tailors' .1" . 1 an: cheater—J , . and W. Marsh, ca bi ne t makers, ork—J. Turnock and G. Brook, mercers, Hanley, Staffordshire—W. C. and S. Kettlewell, chemists, Leeds—T. and G. Cadbury, cheesemongers, New Bond-street—W. H. Higman and R. Rees, ironmongers, Crown-street, Finsbury—S. and T. Taylor, cotton spinners, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—T. C. liounsell, 5, B. Gundry, J, Templer,, J. CI. Budden i J, dill, and W. Sparks, bobbin-net lace manufacturers, Somersetshire—C. Mott and S. Abel, surgeons, Albany-stree!, Regent's-park—J. and J. Lowden. butchers, Norwich Figgis and B. Eyre, Crown -court, Philnot-lane , City—S• and J. 11. Firth , cotton spinners, Oldham. Lancashire—le Blakeley, D. Milnes, J. Hudson, T. Spedding, J. Ne wsm d: jun.,. B. Rothery, J. Greaves, jun., D. Ramsdell, J. War s, jun., J. Bailey, M. Wharton, B. Scargill, J. Richardson, Mitchell, J. Lister, B. Bailey, G. Ward, G. Wardjun'' • Ward, and J. Greaves, wool carder., Batley Carr, Yorkslntrte, T. Barrett (so far as regards T. Blakley)—J. ' Hartley and T e., jun., cotton spinners, Prestolee, Lancashire—R. Clarke , B , ‘ „ . T. Clarke, and R. Clarke, jun., ship builders, Liverpool Wreford and R. H. Pugh, hosiers, Aldermanbury. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.- Chard, John Hay, grocer, Kilsyth, Aug. 31 and Sept. 22, at ° nB at the ouse of Mr. Bankier, Kilsyth. Andrew Brown, commissiOn agent, Edinburgh, Aug' 28 And Sept. 25, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. 'Aiwa Edinburgh. Mary Gilmour and Company, cabinet makers, Edinbure: Aug. 21 and Sept: 22, at twelve, at the chambers of tai Deuchar, Edinburgh. naer' Robert Glass (formerly designed Robert Glass, jun. chant, Greenock, Sept. 2 and Sept. 22, at twelve, a , White Hart Inn, Greenock. Archibald Barbour, spirit merchant, Johnstone, Aug ie.'' and Sept. 21, at twel ve , a t th e o ffi ce o f M r . Campbell, Pais STILL HUNTING. t There is a small i s l a nd i n L lue h C o nn, not far ais A, from Rinagry, where illicit distillation has been in t ' o , habit of being carried on for many years, owing f rom difficulty of access, though only a few hundred yards , r t ° 8 the shore. On the evening of Saturday last, 03 .1 A t o'clock, Lieut. Thompson and his party, stat i°n Taidf Pontoon, resolved on making an attempt on this ill" - • ff and to effect this two of the party, having taken 0 ee o clothes, swam to the i s l an d, w i t h t h e i r b a yonets be°c(the their teeth. On reaching the island two m e i n : bf only persons on it) att em pt e d t o p reven t their lanuinetbe throwing stones, but were stopped by the men °n o d. main land threatening to fi ro on t h em if they pers eee t in The younger of the two men then got into b e* ' t hs order to escape, and rowed himself a little frail pa shore ; on his refusing to surrender the police fi red s t i l e sank the boat, and immediately the policemen ° fi n t he island swam out a nd save d th e man that was 1 ;0 boat, who had clung to an oar when' it sank, Tv/ - ,01 of the revenue party then swam to the island, Doi soon after a boat with eight men came up and stn' t bs to land and rescue the two prisoners, but dresnal* re' point of four bayonets, and being fired on by t h w e e pt mainder of the police on the main land, they so° pie off. At this time a gr ea t num b er o f th e country P d °to had collected, and a pp eare d ver y mu ch dispo se attack the officers and the four men who were wi th d b ,lse but these having their own fire-arms readYt i an h ,fore those of the four m en on th e i s l an d pile(' "" of them, kept the people a t b ay t ill two 00114 the policemen had come with a b oa t, for- whi ell bich were dispatched two h ours b e f ore , during A ",,'„er time the officer and his party were in much vv e of being attacked, and had to remain in thei r ow clothes, being obliged to go a considerable distan ee a st the water to be heard by those in the island. 1 8 7 01 01 full work and a very large quantity of malt wereLfore on the island. The two prisoners were brought the magistrates in this town on Monday, and I f icfsf each, or three months' imprisonment. On ,'" - co ar last the revenue party from Crossmolina, under tne.oo mend of Lieutenant M'Dougal, and the party staL t et, in this town, under the command of Lieutenant C EO, united, and, accompanied by M r . H en ry P. 0 2 ' abet sub. inspector, proceeded to Coolcarney, ' 6 I4 C seized, we understand, upwards of 200 stone of 01 8 still, head, and worm, and a l arge qu antity of P ° and potteen.— Tyrawley Herald. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS tsi LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 25. T o aspir e ' l i ' sr STOCK EXCUANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, -a, - c ' . ....nir ,is. Cheshire Junction, 1 % p.-Birmingham and Dudley, i F',b 3 ra, ~ ham and Oxford, 3% p.-Boston, Stamford, and Birinun& psi -," dis.-Buckinghamshire, % dia.-East Lancashire, 8% P' „,, 74 earl Ditto, colnshire, % dis.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Half Shar' 'near' ~, Ditto, Quarter Shares, 17 -Great Grimsby and Sheffieldticsion,; 6s. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% p.-Ditto, El 0 ,101 1 10 , p.-Liverpool and Bury, 8 p.-Ditto, New, 345. P. -Live loo .-1)1 0 kirk, and Preston, 9s. p.-London and North Western' u otersif Quarters, New, 16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham , lota, ":01. 8 % p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% p.-Al a "......piti e ' er sli lock, and Midland, 21s. 6d. p.-Midland Stock, 140 ,de , Aliso Shares, 12% p. -North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Norili / Ir it t spares i , i ,-- 53 4 P.-North Western, 6s. p.-Preston and Wyre, 114 1 e y), 4 ler' 7s. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, No. 3 Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Scrip, % dis. - Shr e . w , s ,, b werlis u l sol hampton, and Birmingham, 6s. 3d .-- Shrewsbury . '' " olo's," A (late Barns ury, ivo top, and South Staffordshire, 6s. 6d. dis.--Shropshire Unio n i s clis•i' 35. Canal, % dis.-South-Eastern, 43% -DIU. t, No. 1 (a , func tion , 6 p.-,Ditto Half Shares, 16s. p.-South Staffordshire " t tyniot„., 9d. p.-Trent Valley Midland, &c., I% p.-West BOIL, 734 p.-Welsh Midland, 345. dia.-Belfast and BallYn i ` - Paris and Lyons Constituted, 13s. 6d. p. ~,,d el MANCHESTER, AUGUST 25. „ o ft, .---, dig. -- p 3 .7. D I b i tto, ditt°:oo Srocu EXCRANGE.-The sales are-Boston, s `„ro, l':'l,anca" field, 13-16 dis.-Boston, Stamford, and Birrollig, Ess_':, rres" ' Caledonian, 4% dis.-Churnet and Blythe, 3-1 6 ",-.1 - eetvin i e stera' shire, 8% p.--East and West Yorkshire, "": a lai " d or ton, and West Riding, 14s. 6d, dis,-Great Easteil l ' Af ,.-10 , l ea, I field dis.-Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1% " t , t t Ditto - lits' and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 4 P. and '' jos , y e p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 179.-" Leed- ---.---1°(C), New, 3 dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 87i % p _Manchester _, 8 p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension , 26 2 s , • df .._...2.10rtb ~`'; e il Soutkampton, 19s. dis.-North Eastern, '269 ' 3. '" - Oldham, ii" / (A), 221-Do (B), 152 -North Western, ~ n QuShrewsburY, dis. , head, &c., 1 disc.-Sheffield and Manchester, 4 lr ters ' No ' l ane i' lzir : Ditto, ditto, No. 2, % p.-Ditto, No. 3,_ , ,, ,, - 2 - mingham, % p.-Shropshire Union N O 4, p.-South 3fi c T i i, I , o. South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, ' West Lancashire C is.-Trent Valley, Midland, &c., Par - . 6d. dis.-Whitehaven and Farness. 2 1 4 dis. 0 01 ‘ LEEDS, AuousT 25. R,,,,.. _ s y i and Canal, 34,., 4 9 .- dersfield and Manchester, 1%. p.-lluddersfield and S a i 55. , ,,, STOCK EXCUANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire , h efti c s id, V 4 9,1, p - T- Le D e i d t s to, an ß d ra, B .ie r h ad es f , or l d i 4 p 2 . 3 dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 234 p.-New ,-- 1311,,,,.. Tlilrsk,and D e 3 7l c l i ti s r . y lv_ t ie ) . l Darlington Junction Extensions, 104 p.-North Brit's'' , -- - 1 ". . . ,, I t p.-Leeds e - d s i- and eeds -Ditto, Half Shares, 5% p.-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 21i l s ells; ( , theme Junction, 16s. 6d. dis.-East and West Yorkshire , d er ' ~',J". Grand Union, 13s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire and North Irc alli cl P" ' dia.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 15s. dis.-Leicester a a 9 ,. p-r, ford, 9s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3/ ' 'O r d, Londoa and York, Bs. dis. s.-N or th St affordsh i re , 35 d 11: 5 --D 6 i, Western, 4s. p.-Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 1 6 ' . .,,,„, It% field, Rotherham, and Goole, 20s. dis.-Shropshlre li r i" 3 - 98. 01 °' (W.-West Riding Union, 41. 18s. 6d.-York and Carlisl e ' ~ On SHEFFIELD, Annual' 25. f fi e ld os STOCK Excnswon.-The sales are - Grimsby and She fo l sion, Iss. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 9s. dis.-Ditto,AefAtoe Dock, 1% dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3% p.-Leeds, " 3 3 3 , p.- - ' l l Midland, 155. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Presio,"Lapesi er c j,ev chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 20s. 6d. dis.-- , '“ d P.- - "" e 0 , A 6 • 1, I Lincoln Union and Canal, 16s. dis.-North Western, - 3 i, field and Lincolnshire Extension, 15s. dis.-Sheffield. -i- field , li r al° Potteries, and Crewe, % dia.-Sheffield, Rotherham , Goole, 11 dis-South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 12$. Wl* t ee, r sh* el , HULL, AUGUST 25. ~ IN se STOCK Excusdeoz.-The sales are-Hull and Sal-7' , s2s* iri , 50-North British, Half Shares, 14% cash-Ditto, Carlisleiooooo4 -Arnbergate, Nottingham, and Boston,Le I Is. 6 c 1 . - Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Eis._. --- , 1,: - p.,,'Oe' l ' Tamworth, 355 . -Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock , ' ''' stil. Western, ss. 9d. p.-Shropshire Union, I Is. dis.-Leicester fitton, o,_ ford, 12s. 9d.-South Midland, 165. 9d. scrip. di'' NEWCASTLE-UPON-T Y Is E, Arongr neon 1 96 ' oil STOCK Excuateon.-The sales are-Caledonian Eate a e olfe so n, -Eastern Counties, York Extension, 365. 6d. p. - _, - . I f A F.a., 0 ',1 1 a . North Yorkshire, 11s. 6d. dis.-Manchester and Len ds 2)S - 2%-Newcastle and Berwick, 12% p.-York and Cara' ' ss' YORK, AUGUST 25. s, - rof ) :/ STOCK ExamAstax.-The sales are--Eastern Coii i at t y on tension, 21. 3s. 6d.-Grand Union (Nottingham a n „,,%,.. - ;eicic , ..;,, te h Leicester and Bedford, 12s. 6d.-Neweastle and - 1,-- gall 'lg.' Newcastle and Darlington, New 114 -North British, 0, if so d 17-Ditto, Carlisle Extension, di. Is. acrip-North We5:',, e ...... r Yor ic West Riding Union, 5/. Is.-York and Carlisle, ‘ , l° e" North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 1:‘71. . _.. la's o [ C' Dispatches were received y es terday, at the cif' vg a les, office, from the Governors of New Sonth TT CO lon, the Mauritius, and Gibraltar. tbe .er, WILD NUTMEGS.—The Commissioners o f xr; ? l in o toms have received a communication frorts. one of the Secretaries to the Lords Col lin , l---1 f r o ' fit Treasury, stating that with reference to a letter 90 ,,i[0,_ Lordships, dated the 12th instant, transmitting re a c ' er l of the House of Commons, altering the duty o _ o ~/ 1 11 , , articles (among which was the article nutmeg'' and u fo c 07,1 , • mended by their Lordships to desire that the boal'i n tfi e the duty has been reduced to 2s. 6d. per lb.) he _a a° be °niers of the give directions for the admission of " wild nutrli e g s CoP i o shel l , " at t ohonefs duty London, 00 nthd oeonfo, officers cde. andr per st htoe take oa b ku . of this order have been issued to the several del' a vi r edo hi P w in i t the h d i rport 'ecti duly obeyed, Y el . LOST AND WON ; OR, THE LOVE TEST. , 13 , taw : .UTHOIt OF " THE MAID'S HUSBAND."—" Th is 15 --" °°- chalance in the most important concernsli f e r Ile a of ai ns if toc? t t j i `'o e te t e ; hearts lost and hearts won—of the effects of , 3114; care rt heretofore' es tohfathat he the ; ;eel i rible vengeance of superseded affection—of the ce 6L- born of neglecting the systematic education of children ,01 0 0 move in the highest sphere of society. It is a well ew' s g 01; 0 ° ,1 and consistently told tale ; the dramatis pars ° l B - 02 6 or principles universally comprehensible, and the a er rol, o re catastrophe are the nat ura l consequenc es of ti' wa s. k . ` i - c i. people who have never studied mankind er them e : 0 se;or author has so contrived the story that no eve r ! ea ch 0 ' r o• pated—no casualty foreseen. There is enough of ec tive t o o characters to create a special interest in their resP., jo t r t. ceedings, and there is a su ffi ciency of distinctiT, ~....fdv several dispositions to impart variety to the Wor.• V ll: Journal nitO 144 io s... t o [ADVERTISEMENT.]--TuE EARL OF i. b ., niirO o f 10 AND liouowAv's PILLS.—An astounding cure 11 ` - t i tractis:',.. medicine, after every other means had failed. See b e- 21 , I ; 4 3'''' ' ' lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn , l ae-„ fly'. - ,ery "To Professor Holloway,—Sir, I beg to *eosin tren d WI tlie: pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liv er ,f l ate r , e pre_ct . Which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home 21:1, Ift , 'irih' . 110'1Nlylasy751llocinutrme Ointment) d a is t ea l s ) e ro o r. f Continent, had not been able to effect—nay not Wl,' 0 woe' 110`; Carlsbad or Marienb(igned) .A.lclborongh." 1 :".5, (A ° 9 4 ' i Professor l t r ilo o E;tAbli v s oe dvir° Strand, and of all medicine venders through,'" th e al DO° BIRTHB. Jo h n If - On the 25th ult., at Tangiers, the wife of Jo— of 15 (11 mond Hay, Esq., of a son. r t the , On the 16th inst., at Ordnance House, GosP°" We l" Captain Biscoe, Royal Engineers, of a sou. ~ ni, n e4r 1 ,rysaty,o,l.n..ach volviier, ro. , On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, Patting-a - pg , of aw e verhampton, the wife of the Rev. W. a Gree nstl iYarob 9r e f 14 On the 21st inst., at Glenfenlan, GarelocP,. o p., - ffino rie" shire, the lady of Colonel P. Edmonstone Coug le ' Of daughter. On the 23d inst., Mrs. R. E. Davies, of the 0 1 a son. linoton, the W On the 24th inst., at C anon b ur y Villas, 15 . of Mr. James G. Winn, of a daughter. ($l. On the 20th inst , A M b il er ß d l7 o James TiP a Carrigmore, ED. • Cork, to Adelaide JatmettaDouglas, gtiitll ter of the late Major-Generapeatson, of B eale)°, ll' I r ------- DIED. 6l}it* On the 24th inst., at his residence, in S naith, o 1‘ ,Villia Shearburn, Esq., in the sith year of his ag e it u dow he in On the 13th inst., at Dresden, John Wam only child of the Rev. John Sparling On theilBth inst , at Weybridge Dirs. 111-argaret ''' rinotO On the 19th inst., at Oime b ' near Great ,-'' 1:' , Richard Glasspoole, Esc late s 3'' . 14" S. i Captain .. • • the IN V• On the 20th inst., "Loudon, at Islington-green , 0 1 Stodhart, aged 65. tor On the 21st inst.,• g is., B ee the Rev. John Nottidge, • East Ha ' ' nningtield aged 82. h e Rev. On n • ' the .2d inst , at Notting-bill-square, t D t• r d ' ouglas Lateward: aged 26. t.* -rn its ' a At On the 22d inst ,' at at Field House, New. cross , - -' county' - fell, Esti , one of the justices of the peace for the Kent, aged 57. Liberty.../ London: rinted and Published by ii!► 11111RDO YOUNG, of pre► et/ Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Stranoud.lo4lolo7, of ~ . . /5-40—. savoy► in the Cottaw 01 =Woes) W ;;