The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-13 00:00:00

611520 COUNTIES RAILWAY. Amin. 12, 1846.—An accident occurred on this line between Edmonton and Ponder's End to a special train that left London for Chesterford this day at 1 30 P.M. The cause is at present unknown, but an immediate and full investigation will take place. The speed of the train was about 43 miles an hour, as the secretary and super intendent of the locomotive department were on one of tile !engines, noting it by their watches at the period of the accident. The directors announce with much satis faction that there has not been loss of life, and that two persons only are injured—one a guard, who is pro nounced by the medical gentleman not to be in any danger, and a porter, who has suffered a slight contu sion. The Deputy Chairman of the Company and a director, who lives in the vicinity, arrived shortly after the accident, and the line was cleared and put in working order within two hours of the arrival of the necessary apparatus. DESTRUCTION OF A WARE HOUSE BY FIRE. On Friday morning, about twenty minutes before two o'clock, the warehouses occupied by Messrs. Peter Jack son and Co. furriers, wool merchants, and silk plush manufacturers, Auburn-street, London-road, was dis covered to be on f/re. The discovery was made by the police, and no time was lost in communicating the intel ligence to Mr. Rose, at the police yard. When first seen, however, the fire had made considerable progress through the building, and although Mr. Rose and a com pany of firemen, with the Thames engine, reached the place a few minutes before two o'clock, the blaze was distinctly visible to them as they went along Portland-street. The building, indeed, was then on fire from the top almost to the . bottom, and the flames were issuing from the windows. Water was flowing abundantly from one of the plugs which had been opened, when the engine arrived. An "upright" was fixed into the plug, and the water came with such force, that it was easily conveyed by means of canvass hose, to the top story of the building, which is five stories high. The Mersey, Niagara, Water Witch, and Thetis engines were on the spot soon after wards, making five engines altogether. 'Three of them were quickly got into play , the water being directed upon the building both at the back and front ; but it was four o'clock before the flames were effectually sub dued. The roof fell in soon after the arrival of Mr. Rose, and the entire building may be said to be gutted, with the exception of a portion of the ground floor, used as a counting-house. The outer walls, however, are quite perfect. One of the gables adjoins the warehouses of Mr. Frederick Schwann, merchant, and Mr. B. Gibbons, nail manufacturer; the other gable faces Messrs. Plant and Son's cotton mill, from which it is separated only by a narrow street running from Auburn-street to Upton street ; and behind the building destroyed is a yard nearly filled with sheds, which extended to the premises of Messrs. Cottam and Travis, ironmongers. Notwith standing, however, the contiguity of so much valuable property, Messrs. Jackson and Co.'s warehouse is the only building which has suffered injury, a fact which says much for the exertions of the firemen, and thejudi cious. conduct of Mr. Rose and Mr. Thomas Rose, in giving their directions. The police, to whom much praise is also due, assisted by other persons, succeeded in getting some goods and an iron safe out of the ware house at an early period in the progress of the conflag ration. Showers of sparks flew in the direction of the large warehouse of Messrs. Patchett, M`Kay, a n d C o . carriers, but effectual precautions were taken by the fire men, police, and persons connected with the warehouse, to prevent it from being set on fire. It is supposed that the total damage done to Messrs. Jackson and Co.'s warehouses aad stock of goods, will amount to about 5,000/. The stock is insured in the Sun fire office for 4,000/., and in the Protestant Dis senters', for 1,0004 The building, which belongs to a brother of Mr. Jackson, is, we understand, insured in the West of England office, for 2,2001. Its dimensions are 16 yards by 9 yards, and it will probably cost from 1,0001. to 1,2001. to restore it. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Jackson locked up the premises a little before nine o'clock on Thursday night, and at that time everything appeared quite safe, and no smell of fire was perceptible. The fire is supposed to have commenced in a room where no fire had been used on Thursday, though Mr. Jackson had been in the room with a light, which, however, he used with the greatest caution. Every opinion, therefore, as to the cause of the fire, must be mere conjucture. Captain Willis was present in the course of the morning. Owing to the hour at which the fire broke out, there was a much less crowd assem bled than is usual on such oceasions.—Manchester Guar dian. THE WEATHER.—THE FLOODS. We had an almost continuous fall of rain, night and day, for five days, up to Wednesday, when there were indications of better weather. To-day (Thursday) the sun has come forth in all his glory.—Hull Packet. RUINOUS EFFECTS OF THE RAINS.—Among several instances of injury done by the recent rains, we have heard of none sal disastrous as has proved to be the case with an industrious individual on the Anlaby road. The party, with whose name even we are unacquainted, lately hired a worked-out brick field near St. Stephen's Church, and on which he had expended the earnings of his whole life to raise a new soil, and to stock it with seeds and plants for the supply of the vegetable market, when the deluge—for it has lit-rally proved one on the face cf his two or three acres—has completely destroyed all the prospects which in his honest industry he had contemplated.—Hull Packet. FLOODS IN THE EAST RlDlNG.—Hundreds and hun dreds of acres on the low lands around Hull are now under water. Between Hull and Beverley, and Selby and Brough, numbers of fields present the appearance of one vast lake, . and in many places the drains and water courses are undistinguishable from the land on either aide. On the road from Hatfield to Hull the highway in one part, is covered with water knee deep. It is said that the land in the East Riding has not been so gene rally and heavily fivodtd for 30 years, and unless we speedily have dry and windy weather, very injurious effects are ant'xipated, especially with respect to the crops of spring corn.—Hull Packet. FLOODS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The floods now covering the valley of the Trent are higher than have been known for many years. The whole of the works on the line of railway between Nottingham and Newark are at a stand-still in consequence; and the Midland Railway, between Nottingham and Red Hill, is covered in tiao places. The destruction of property in various directions by this calamity is considerable, and very many lives are reported to have been lost; but this, we believe, is without foundation.—Lincoln and _Nottingham Advertiser. THE FLOOD AND ITS CASUALTIES.—The almost inces ant rain which has fallen since Saturday, has caused this town and neighbourhood to be visited with a larger flood than has been seen for many years past ; and though rumour with her ten thousand tongues has whis pered many distressing tales, yet after careful inquiry and visiting many of the villages on the banks of the Trent, we, believe that little has occurred beyond what is ordi nary in cases of this description. The inundation is cer tainly very extensive, the meadows and lands adjoining the Trent, north and south, fir many miles being an almost unbroken sheet of water, and several newly built bridges and portions of works in the course of erection, hay stacks, hewn timber, cattle, and property of a moveable character, have bean swept away. At present, how ever, notwithstanding the extraordinary reports in cir culation during Tuesday and Wednesday last, we have not been able to discover that a single human life has been lost. Before noticing particularly the reports in cir culation, we may remark that so large a flood has not taken place during the last twenty years, and so rapid was the rise on Tuesday night, that a general expectation prevailed, as a portion of the line of the Midland Rail way between Beeston and Keg worth was under water, that the trains to and from Nottingham would not be able to proceed on their respective ,journeys. This, how ever, has not been the case ; little or no difference has been made in the railway communication of this town. The works on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway in the Meadows and East Croft, adjoining this town, have been entirely suspended, the water having covered the whole of the land, with the exception of the Flood-road, leading to the south from the town, and we believe that along the whole line the men have ceased working. At Gonalstone, a bridge built by the railway company, over the Dover Beck, on the property of John Franckiin, Esq., gave way on Tuesday morning. and considerable damage was done by the flood. The entire streets and approaches to whole villages on the banks of the Trent are covered with water several feet deep, and the labouring poor are without employment. At Stoke, Shelford, Hoveringham Ilazleford,Bleasby,Fi s k er t on , &c., the ordinary roads are quite impassable to foot passengers, and ev en d angerous to persons on horseback, in gigs, carts, and other vehicles. Between Hazleford and Bleasby the water was so high on the horse-road on Tuesday and Wednesday as to prevent approach by any means, except by boats, the hedges in many fields having quite disappeared. The communication from these villages having become so difficult, will in some measure account for the extraor dinary reports alluded to, though so widely circulated within the last three days, remaining uncontradicted. Late on Tuesday evening we heard that an accident had occurred in the neighbourhood of Fiskerton by the sudden rise of the waters of the Trent, and that many lives had been sacrificed. On inquiry as to the nature of the accident, we were informed that 16 persons, engaged upon an ozier bed, had been suddenly swept away by the flood. On Wednesday morning we received a private letter, stating that on Monday afternoon, a boat laden with coals and soap, on the river Trent, was upset be tween Hoveringham and Hazleford, owing to the over flow of water, and that three men and a woman on board - had perished. This piece of intelligence led us to sup pose that probably the report of the accident at Fisker ton had taken its rise from this circumstance. Being unable to obtain any satisfactory intelligence, we deter mined on making personal inquiries on the spot. On arriving at Bulcote, we heard that a foreman of the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway had positively stated there that morning, that 18 men had been drowned near Fiskerton, and the inhabitants were won dering how this event had occurred, and who were the sufferers. At Lowdham and Bleasby no further intelli gence could be obtained, and at FOrerton the villagers were quite astonished to hear That such an event was stated to have occurred there. They could not say what had happened elsewhere, as the flood prevented com munication.but no person, to their knowledge, had lost his life at Fiskerton or in its neighbourhood. Hazelford was so deeply flooded that we could not approach the village, and after passing along the road above a mile in water, we re turned, and took a circuitous route to Hoveringham,where we found the villagers also quite ignorant of any such circumstance. One individual had heard of an accident said to have taken place at Harem, near Newark, where a bridge is being built over the Trent, but he, like all others, merely related it as a report. At Bartan we saw the inan:who was said to have originated the report, and he bold WI Shit be had jtill Arad ale WII9I. WU a fa. brication. The public may, therefore, be assured that the story does not contain any truth whatever. The fine weather, yesterday, has caused the flood to abate very fast ; and if the weather keeps fine for two or three days, the meadows will again resume their , onted ap• pearance.—Nottingham Journal. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, APRIL B.—ln the sitting o' the Second Chamber of the States-General to-day, the project of law on civil pensions, was adopted by a majority of 36 to 16, after a discussion, in which several Members de livered their opinions, and the Minister had answered the objections made to the law. The HAGUE, APRIL B,—The President of the Second Chamber of the States-General proposed to-day, and the Chamber agreed, that the debates on the projects of law, respecting an indemnity for the military inun dations, shall commence on Monday, the 20th of this month. 1 APRIL 9.—The accounts from the river announce an extraordinary rise of the Rhine, which, on the 6th of this month was at 18ft. Bin. at Cologne, had risen on the following day to 23ft., and on the Bth, was at 23ft. 9in. AmsTERDAN, APRIL B.—To-day being the 22d anni versary of the birth of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimer, was observed with the usual festivities. Welch, the shopkeer, and his son, who ha been in prison about three months, on account of the fire which took place in December last, have been set at liberty by order of the tribunal of this district, as there did not appear eufficient grounds for further proceedings against them. APELDOORN, APRIL B.—We are assured that her Royal Highness Princess Albert of Prussia, intends to favour us by stopping two or three days at the Loo, on her journey from the Hague to Carneni. ALPHEN EN RID, APRIL 6.—We learn that last night about fifty persons, each carrying a bundle, and coming from Belgium, passed over the heath, and were attacked by 11 police officers on the line, who, by raising an alarm and discharging their pistols, dispersed them, and ob tained possession of 26 bundles of the ♦alue of 5,000 florins. THE HAGUE, APRIL 9.—Mr. Gevers, his Majesty's Minister, President to the Courts of Baden, Bavaria, and SVurtemburg, has been honourably discharged from his officer as Minister of the Court of Baden, by a reso lution of his Majesty of the 31st of March, with thanks for the services he has rendered. By the same resolution Mr. T. G. Trours, his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Athens, is appointed Minister Resident to the Court of Baden, with direc tions to have his residence at Mannheim, there to act as Consul General, and M. T. M. Roist Van Lunburg, at present acting as Counseller of Legation to the King's Embassy at Vienna, is appointed Charge d'Affaires and Consul General at Athens. His Excellency M. Mercier, Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of the Belgians, with an extraordi nary mission to the Court of the Netherlands, arrived at the Hague yesterday evening. CAUTION TO DISHONEST BREAD BAKERS. In so numerously a populated place as Hull, there are thousands of persons who have not the profitable oppor tunity of baking their own bread, and such persons (and they are mostly of the poorer classes) are frequently liable to the dishonest stratagems of bread bakers. Of late, numerous have been the complaints, not only in letters addressed to ourselves, but at the weights and measures office, as well by persons who have purchased of the bakers and in provision shops. of loaves of bread considerably deficient in weight. Those parties have urged us to expose the bakers and dealers, and they have urged the inspectors to summon such shopkeepers before the magistrates ; but the inspectors find that this would be wholly beside and beyond their sphere of duties, and we believe they have usually intimated to the complainants that the remedy is wholly in their own hands. But it seems to be very little known, that there is an Act in existence which imposes a penalty on any baker selling bread otherwise than by weight. We shall therefore, notice two or three of the principal provisions of this act (the 6th and 7th W. IV. cap. 38)' which passed in July, 1836, and is usually called " the Bread Act." This statute, after repealing the several acts relating to bread to be sold beyond the limits (specified) of the city of London, including those which enacted the assize of bread, by the second section makes it lawful to make and sell, offer or deliver, bread made of flour or meal of wheat, barley, rye, oats, buck-wheat, Indian corn, peas, beans, rice, or potatoes, or any of them, and with any common salt, pure water, eggs, milk, harm, leaven, potato, or other yeast, and mixed in such proportions as they shall think fit, and with no other in gredient or matter whatever. The 3d section authorises bakers to make bread of any weight and size. The 4th section is the important one. It enacts.— " That from and after the commencement of this Act, all bread sold beyond the limits aforesaid, shall be sold by the several bakers or sellers of bread respectively beyond the said limits, by weight; and in case any baker or seller of bread beyond the limits aforesaid, shall sell or cause to be sold bread in any other manner than by weight, then, and in such case, every such baker or seller of bread, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding forty shillings, which the magistrate or magistrates, justice or justices, before whom such offender or offenders shall be convicted, shall order and direct: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent or hinder any such baker or seller of bread from selling bread usually sold under the denomination of French or fancy bread or rolls, without previously weishing the same." The Eta section requires bakers to use the imperial avoirdupois weight of 16oz. to the pound, and its aliquot parts; and imposes a penalty not exceeding 51, or less than 403. for using any other weight. Then the 6th section requires:— " That every baker cr :teller of bread beyond the limits aforesaid shall cause to be fixed in some conspicuous part of his, her, or their shop, on or near the counter, a beam and scales with proper weights, or other suffi cient balance, in order that all bread there sold may from time to time be weighed in the presence of the pur chaser or purchasers thereof, except as aforesaid ; and, in case any such baker or seller of bread shall neglect to fix such beam and scales, or other sufficient balance, in manner aforesaid, or to provide and keep furuse proper beam and scales and propc'r weights or balance,or shall have or use any incorrect or false beam, or scales, or balance, or any false weight not being of the weight it purports to be, according to the standard in the Exchequer, then, and in every such case, he, she, or they, shall for every such false beam and scales and balance, or false weight, forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five pounds, which the magistrate or magistrates, justice or justices, before whom such off,nder or offenders shall be convicted, shall order and direct." The 7th section requires bakers and sellers of bread, delivering by cart, &c , to be provided with scales, weights, &c., for weighing bread ; and imposes a penalty for refusing to wei4h, if required, any bread purchased or deli•"ered out of such cart, in the presence of the purchaser. Then fdlow various clauses relating to the adulteration of bread ; and the 10th requires all bread made of mixed meal or flour (other than wheat fbur) " to be marked with a large M, under a penalty not ex ceeding 103." By the 20th section, informations may be laid before the acting magistrate or magis trates of the district (or borough), any one of whom may issue a summons, and, on hearing, convict; the 25th section giving an appeal against such conviction to the quarter sessions, whose decision is to be final. It is, therefore, clear that any person finding that the bread purchased by him is deficient in weight, may pro ceed at once by information at the borough police-court ; and this appears to be the only way in which frauds of this nature can be investigated and punished.—Hull Packet.: A rumour is current in military circles, which we notice with the utmost reluctance, and in the hope that this public allusion to it may elicit some authorised contradiction or explanation. It must have struck our readers that in the official accounts of the recent victories in India the praise so justly bestowed on the extraor dinary valour of her Majesty's 3d Dragoons, 16th Lancers, and other cavalry regiments, did not include the 9th Lancers. This latter corps must be well known to our metropolitan readers; it was frequently reviewed on the parade in St. James's Park by his late Majesty and his revered consort, Queen Adelaide, and the distinction of " Queen's Own" was conferred upon it. The regiment, before its departure for India, was commanded by Lord Rosyln, the present master of the Queen's Buckhounds and no body of men could have been in a higher state of discipline and efficiency. It is, therefore, with surprise and regret we hear that in the late transactions it wholly disappointed the general expect antniesno, f th o a n t e t o b f is o c i ir e circumstance is is serss a i t r tri u u tgh te tte d eu tit gs, h h e at b no a d cl ihr w ea a ct r t d ia - t has been deemed necessary by court of inquiry into his conduct. —. Observer. A laughable incident occurred at Romsey Abbey Church, en Sunday morning last. An out-asked couple, a " navie" and one of the factory ladies, presented themselves to be united in the indissoluble bond of matrimony. The ceremony performed, the officials naturally looked for their fees—the lergyman received his, but the clerk and sexton heard w:a rueful countenance that none were forthcoming for them the husband stating that the parson was quite enough to marry him, " without them other two fellows." As neither threats nor entreaties could prevain on him to alter his determination, it was resolved to try the effect of a little confinement, so the happy couple and their attendants were locked into the vestry; but here, however, consolation under trials was not wanting, for being armed with their pipes and a match, they comfortably enjoyed themselves for more than hour, till the arrival of people for morning ser vice compelled them to be dismissed, the fumes of the to bacco rather offending the olfactory nerves of some of the more sensitive part of the congregation.—Brighton Gazette. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIDN.—At a recent meeting of the Committee of Management of the Hospital for Con sumption and Diseases of the Chest, held at the Hospital, Chelsea, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham, offered to contribute 501., providing nine similar subscriptions could be procured, for the especial purpose of aiding the fund for furnishing of the new hospital, recently erected at Brompton. His Lordship's benevolent intention has been followed, by Philip Rose, Esq., Robert Vyner, Esq., James Alexander, Esq., Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan, Sir Robert Fitz Wygram, Sir John Kirkland, and R. Beazou de Beauvoir, Esq. EASTER TERI4.—The ensuing term will commence on Wednesday next, upon which day the Lord Chancellor will entertain the Judges and members of the inner bar with the usual Easter Term dijetiner at his Lordship's house, whence they will proceed to Westminster Hall, about one o'clock. CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday, while some men were engaged in removing a hedge in the vicinity of Wheeler's-street, Birmingham, they discovered two copper plates, evidently constructed for forging IL and 21. notes of e f ar org ed ed to n h o a t v es e Bank b th e e ena qu e an f England, of h o a f t da a t r e a lB b l e t i . eve T d he t r o e a b p e p placed between the plates ; but owing to the length of time they have been concealed, they were almost reduced to P9wdet Th• plate. have Wee fvrirerdecLte the Beak 9f ugludt COURT OF ALDERMEN, THE CITY PRISONS. A Court of Aldermen was held at two o'cloek on Saturday. The Remembrancer informed the Court that Lord Sandon had given notice in the House of Commons that it was his intention "to call the attention of the House to the state of the prisons under the jurisdiction of the city of London." Alderman COPELAND said, he felt no hesitation in de claring that it was his intention to second the motion of Lord Sandon, who, he supposed, contemplated the ap pointment of a committee to inquire into the state of the gaols. He, at the same time, should take particular care to suggest that the report of the inspectors of prisons appointed by Government be referred to the committee. Anything so grossly erroneous and absurd never issued from the lips or the pen of man as the representations in that notorious report. It was impossible to conceive any composition which contained falsehoods more glaring than those which abounded in the descrip tion of her Majesty's gaol of Newgate.—(Hear, hear.) He had already gated his opinion of the report he alluded to, and of the spirit by which it had been dic tated, and those who visited the prison saw that there was no exaggeration in his censure. The prejudices of the inspectors were, in fact, altogether frightful, and it happened that their judgment was so blinded by the force of those prejudices, that they involved themselves in the difficulty of contrasting the managemeit and arrange ments of Newgate with those of Reading Gaol, one of their favourite specimens of what a gaol ought to be.— (Hear, hear.) It was impossible to let such a notice as the City Remembrancer had just given to the court pass without urging the Government on to an inquiry, which must have the effect of completely stultifying the specu lations of the inspectors ; and if the Court were of opinion that he should adopt the course, which struck him as most reasonable, when the motion of Lord Sandon should come forward he would certainly take care that the injurious representations of the gentlemen appointed to inquire into the condition of the city prisons should undergo a strict investigation. The inspectors had never ceased to declare the gaol of Newgate was in every respect an utter abomination— and what was the opinion expressed by disinterested people who visited it ? The grand jury, who had been just discharged, bad visited Newgate, and expressed their surprise and satisfaction at the state of the prison. —(Hear, hear.) He was in the prison at the time of their visit, and he entered in the book the opinion they had expressed. Mr. Cobden had visited Newgate in the apprehension of finding it a complete Augean stable, and he also expressed unaffected surprise at the difference between the character given and character deserved.— (Hear, bear.) It was in fact quite impossible not to feel the strongest indignation at the calumnious matter contained in the voluminous reports made by the inspec tors, and he trusted the Lord Mayor would appoint a day for the consideration of the question, of which Lord Sandon had given notice, in order that every facility might be afforded to the committee, which would no doubt be appointed.—(Hear, hear.) The LORD MAYOR said he should feel great pleasure in appointing a day for the consideration of a subject of so much importance. A day will be appointed for the discussion in the course of next week. THE CORPORATION AND THE GOVERNOR OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The Lord Mayor laid before the Court a corre spondence upon the subject, of the dispute between the Lord Mayor and the Governors of Christ's Hospital, from which it appeared that the latter have made ample concessions on the point of the Spital sermons at Christ's Hospital. His Lordship had determined, in consequence of the refusal of the Governors of Christ's Hospital to recognise his authority in the appointment of a preacher of the Spital sermons on Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday, at that institution, to cause the Spital sermons to be preached at the parish church of St. Bride's, and had issued summonses accordingly. Such a proceeding upon the part of the chief magistrate, who manifested throughout the whole affair a disposition not to abate one jot of the privileges or dignity of the mayoralty, had, it would appear, a very considerable effect upon the Governors of Christ's Hospital, for it was announced in the Court that, in all probability, all differences of opinion between the corporation acd Christ's Hospital were at an end. A letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury was read. It expressed much regret that any opposition of senti ments should exist between the Corporation and the in stitution of Christ's Hospital, and very plainly indicated the venerable Prelate's opinion that the course pursued by the Lord Mayor was sanctioned by custom. The Court ultimately came to the resolution of making the following arrangement, in consequence of the com munications received since the last day of meeting from the ordinary authorities of Christ's Hospital, viz. : that the first Spital sermon should be preached on Easter Monday at St. Bride's Church, and that the second Spital sermon should be preached on Tuesday at Christ Church, Thus the extraordinary scene which was anticipated of a decided authority as to the preaching of the sermons has been avoided. The Bishop of St. David's is to preach the morning sermons in the two churches, and the Rev. Charles Fare • brother, the chaplain to the Lord Mayor, is to preach the evening sermons. It is necessary to state that a respectful form in the hospital's report, which was meant to hare been omitted when the dispute was at its height, is to be introduced, and appear in its accustomed terms. The Court expressed much gratification at the very firm and resolute manner in which his lordship asserted the privileges of his fellow-citizens, and the Court ad journed. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. G. Daniel, Esq., in tho absence of the rector, was called to the chair. PROPOSED COUNTY PRISON AND LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. JOSEPH inquired if the vestry had received any information respecting the steps proposed to be taken by the Middlesex magistrates, in refereac:, to the County Lunatic Asylum, and the new prison about bei❑g built. Sir P. LAURIE said, that he was not at the last meet ing of the magistrates, but his nephew was, who in formed him that there was a deal of mysterious secrecy in their proceedings. It was however clear, that Sir James Graham was opposed to their views regarding the silent system. He (Sir Peter Laurie) looked upon the silent system as the most dreadful punishment that could be inflicted. It had failed in Ame.ica, and would also fail here.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. C. ELLIOTT having spoken upon the subject, it was intimated that the vestry would receive the earliest information of the final decision of the magistrates upon the County Lunatic Asylum, and the proposed altera tions in the prison discipline. NOMINATION OF CHURCHWAIMENS. The following gentlemen were nominated church wardens for the ensuing year:—Mr. Charles Elliott, churchwarden for the parish on the part of the vestry ; Mr. W. Elridge for Trinity; Mr. C. Carr for St. Mary s; and Mr. Stephen Grange for Christchurch. POLICE IN TELLIGEN CE MANSION-ROUSE. IMPORTANT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO STEAM VESSELS.—On Saturday, Captain Rose, commanding one of the Greenwich steam vessels, was summoned before the Lord Mayor for having acted on board without having a license from the Waternien's and Lightermen's Company. Tho question comprehended the important one of overcrowding steam vessels to the great danger of the lives of the people, and the interest excited was pro portionably great. Mr. NeWb - en, the solicitor to the Watermen's Steara Uoat Company, attended for the defendant. - - - Mr. George E. Nias, Gracechurch-street, printer, stated that on Monday last he went on board the Prince ,if Wales steamer at London-bridge, and observed that they had not got the number of passengers which the vessel was authorised to carry painted on the boat, in conformity to the rules and regulations passed some time ago by the Court of Aldermen. He paid fourpence for his passage to Greenwich, and he observed the de fendant acting as captain while he was on board. The trip the vessel took was from Hungerford-marketto Greenwich. Witness inquired at the Watermen's and Lic 4 htermen's Hall and found that the captain was not licensed. The witness, upon cross-examination by Mr. New - bon, said the boat was not overloaded on the occasion, but his determination to proceed had arisen from the fact that a short time ago he had been on board a steamer which was most dangerously crowded, and that not having had evidence enough to prove his case against that vessel, he had resolved, in order to prevent future danger to the public, to prosecute the very first vessel which he should find acting in opposition to the rules and regulations ; and the vessel named in the summons was the first. lie took up the case upon purely public grounds, and would be regulated as to his future opera tions by circumstances. Mr. Bangan, clerk of the Watermen's and Lighter men's Company, stated that Captain Rose was not li censed to use a steam-boat in the river for the purpose of conveying passengers. The captain was a freeman of the Company by servitude, and had been made free on the 11th of December, 1834. In answer to a question from Mr. Newbon, Mr. Good man (the chief clerk) stated that the date of the bye laws passed by the Court of Aldermen was Sept. 29, 1845, and the date of the settlement of them by the judge was Dec. 22, 1845. Mr. Bangan, in cross-examination, said that no licence had been granted to any captain since the passing of the rules aid regulations, neither had any been applied for, neither had the Court of Watermen taken any steps to carry out the rules and regulations. The above was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Newbon said he at once admitted that the defend ant was not licensed under the regulation alluded to, but he submitted that laws, in order to be efficacious, ought to be general,•to cause a beneficial operation ; and in the present case there had been one vessel, and that belonging to a small and newly-established com pany, marked out and selected for prosecution, at the same time that it was well known that long-established companies were constantly acting in opposition to the arrangements made by the Court of Aldermen. Mr. Nias (the prosecutor) declared that he knew nothing whatever about the circumstances of the com pany to which the steam-boat belonged. His object was to prevent the calamities which every one who had any feeling and thought anticipated from the overcrowd ing of steam-vessels. Mr. Newbon said he had no reason to doubt that Mr. Nias was actuated by the best feelings; but it was really too bad that all the other vessels should be al lowed to escape, and one which was, perhaps, the best regulated on the Thames, should be shot at. The LORD MAYOR said it was his duty to listen to any charge brought under the Act, and that if Mr. New bon chose to bring charges for similar offences against other steamers, his oorapligns elmild be ottuded t 9 114 h *Tull likierity. Mr. New bon said the fact was, this Act and the laws and regulations were considered to be a mere dead letter. They were completely inoperative, How was it possible that the captain of a steam vessel could prevent the public from rushing into his vessel? When the Black wall railroad brought down 500 or 600 passengers, who was to prevent them from rushing on board the steamers in waiting? If the City would be so good as to supply the vessels with policemen to prevent the overcrowding, the thing might be manageable, but under existing cir cumstances it was altogether impracticable. He was aware that some remedy was necessary, but to attack a new company for the purpose of trying an experiment was quite unfair and ungenerous. The LORD 31Aroa intimated that the case was proved. Mr. Newbon said the company had no alternative but an appeal. The case must be laid before the Court of Queen's Bench. The LORD MAYOR—I consider the case established, and I shall thank you, or any other gentleman, to supply me with similar cases; and you may depend upon it I shall convict upon every one which is so well proved. The defendant was then fined in the penalty of 405., or seven days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. The defendant appealed against the conviction at once, mid entered into bail accordingly. DISGUSTING CASE.—A man, named Michael Adams, who stated that he was a printer, was charged with having exposed himself before three very youthful females on Saturday morning. Three distinct cases were proved, and the defendant said he had been out drinking the whole of the night before, and knew no thing about the matter. lie argued, too, that the chil dren had followed him, and not he the children, and that of course, if anybody appeared to be culpable, he was not the person. The LORD MAYOR sentenced the defendant to be im prisoned in the House of Correction for fourteen days, WESTMIA STER. A case of a very extraordinary character was brought under the cognizance af the magistrate on Thursday and Saturday. The public may be aware that of late a number of private soldiers have, in consequence of a recently-discovered defect in their enlistment—that, we believe, of being enlisted in one county, and attested in another—claimed their discharge, and many in the Guards have been within the last few days re-enlisted. On Wednesday last, Francis Bowen, a private of the Grenadier Guards, received the enlisting money (a shilling), and on the following day was brought by the sergeant-major to this Court, and w as attested ; but at the time of his attestation he expressed his dissent whilst before the magistrate, and tendered the " smart," as it is termed, claiming his right to be discharged. The sergeant-major objected to take the smart, but the recruit continued to dissent under the 37th clause of the Mutiny Act. The sergeant-major objected to take the money ten dered as above, as it was one of the regulations of the military that, having government property in his posses sion (firelock, belt, &c.), it should be delivered up at the barracks to the proper authorities. After some conver sation it was arranged that, as Good Friday is a dies xon, the recruit should come before the magistrate on Saturday without prejudice to his right as regarded time topay the " smart." The soldier applied for the sergeant-major on that morning for him to attend with him before the magistrate, but the sergeant-major said he could not come at all without an order from the Commander-in- Chief, and the soldier or recruit attended at half-past one alone, and asked his discharge. Mr. Burrell re commended that he should wait till two o'clock, at which hour a sergeant and an escort made their appearance, and the former said that he had received orders from the commanding officer to take the man back to barracks, his first enlistment being good. Mr. BURRELL said that he had nothing whatever to do with the first enlistment. The recruit had done all that was required under the Mutiny Act, if prepared to pay the money claimed (smart and keep). The recruit, who was in the uniform of the regiment, produced the money. and again claimed his discharge. The sergeant refused to take the money. His instruc tions only were to take the man to barracks. The recruit having paid 11. 4s. into the hands of Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, as smart and charges since, Mr. BURRELL discharged him from the second enlist ment, but he was immediately taken into custody by the escort. At the close of the court, the soldier or recruit's wife complained that her husband was confined in barracks, and that they would not allow her to see him. Mr. BURRELL said he could not assist her in any way. He had no power to interfere. THAMES. William Frazer, a man of rather respectable appear ance, was charged with fraudulently obtaining a quan tity of cutlery, the property of Messrs. Hems and Son, cutlers, 37, High-street, Whitechapel. According to the evidence of Mr. William Hems, and his shopman, Henry Gough, the prisoner went about half-past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, and stated that he wanted some articles of cutlery, as he had taken the Nag's Head public-house, in Hounsditch, and desired to see some knives and forks, some to be used in the taproom, and others of a superior quality for the parlour. The purchase was made to the amount of 3/. 10s., and the prisoner desired that they should be sent with a bill to the Nag's Head, when the amount would be immediately paid. Gough accordingly took the articles to the Nag's Head, and inquired for the prisoner, who came from the parlour, without his hat, with the perfect air and manner of one who was master of the house. He invited Gough into the parlour, and having given him a glass of ale, said, "I suppose Mr. Hems would have no objection to take one pound in copper, which was agreed to, and the prisoner went out as if to get the money, taking the articles with him. It is needless to say that the prisoner, who had nothing to do with the Nag's Head, disappeared with the property. He was subsequently traced by a police-constable to a house in White Lion-street, and taken into custody, but no portion of the property could be discovered. He was fully committed for trial. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUICIDE. (From the Dublin Evening Post of Thursday). Last night, at nine o'clock, James Kirwan, Esq., City Coroner, held an inquest at Abbott's Hotel, Prince's street, on view of the body of Robert Heinekey, Esq., proprietor to the Bilton Hotel, Sackville-street, who came by his death by taking a large dose of laudanum. Isaac Newton, the porter in Abbott's Hotel, stated that deceased came to the house after six o'clock in the morning and engaged a room, and told witness to bring him up hot water ; he asked far a quiet room ; brought up the water, and deceased locked the door, telling wit ness not to call or disturb him. Mathew Doyle, head-waiter in the hotel, stated that he knocked at the door between three and four o'clock, and heard the deceased snore d ee ply ; th e d oor was locked witness, with a s ergean t o f p o lice, and into the room ; wen t t o th e b e d, Ai r. inside, Thomas, a nd went and saw deceased very pale, and his chest was heaving or drawing very heavy ; he was in a dead slumber, not able to speak ; saw three bottles, which had " laudanum poison" marked on them ; there was a letter directed to Mr. Bunn, and also some papers relative to a will got on the table with a watch and lls.; Mr. Abbott came up at once and sent for a doctor. Here the following letter directed to Mr. Bunn was read:— "Bilton Hotel, Dublin, April 5, 1846. "Dear Friend, —Many, many thanks for all your kindness, Forgive your poor friend —but life has be come insupportable, and 'ere you view this his trouble and anxiety will be at an end. Let me be interred at Howth as quietly as possible. Continue your kind friendship to my poor wife. I see no prospect of being anything but a trouble to her, and after a time I hope my loss will be her gain; she is harassed in mind and body. Matters cannot go on as they are, and it is better I should be out of the way as I am only a con tinued source of anxiety and trouble to all in connexion with me. My unfortunate c o n stitution of mind is the only cause, but this I cannot overcome, and though it must be felt severely at first I shall soon be forgotten; m a i f s e e w rab s l h e or li t fe ye o a r plrswacie me in a lunati c asy l um, a stillll' or even month s , must end my greater burden to my family. Pity and forgive your poor weak-minded friend, and the best and last good wishes of your unfortunate friend are for your happiness and prosperity. "R. HEINEKEY. " • Who can administer to a mind diseased ?' I have struggled in vain, and cannot endure a lingering death. " See Gresham as soon as you view this." The Coroner read a letter directed to himself from deceased, as follows : " Sir—This is probably the first note you ever re ceived from one on whose body you were likely to hold an inquest on. My object in addressing you is, to save you and the jury all unnecessary trouble. The cause of my death is two or three ounces of laudanum, administered by my own hand, and the only reason I can give for the cowardly act is, the mise rable state of mind I have been in for some time past. Neither you or the jury can form an idea of the horrid nervous feelings I have in vain struggled against. I hare been a trouble and constant anxiety to all around me ; although I have had no real cause, and feel, in m y p resen t state of mind , that al- a r s e my death will be f or th e a d van t age of my dear wife and life d i and such sef family. I shall soon b e f orgot t en; but if I live, my own incapacity to manage even t h e most trifling con cernspt r o o a injure . my and, perhap s , en d in great loss No ono can conceive my of horriblefeelivnagitiLable business, Although I have no right to hop e , I do trust in a merciful Creator to forgive me. M y d ear wife and f am ily are affectionate and kind, and no blame can be attached to any of them. My own morbid constitution of mind and nervous ex citement makes me d read the approach of each day, and I can endu re i t no longer. May the Almighty forgive his wretch e d creature. * “RoBT. HEINEKEY. "Howth, 6th April, '46.—To the Coroner.” After the examination of some medical gentlemen, the jury found a verdict that "Death was caused by de ceased having taken a very large quantity of laudanum, while in a s t ate of temporary derangement." EXECUTION of SAMUEL YARHAM, THE YARMOUTH MURDERER. NORWICH, S ATIIIIDAY.—ProbabIy no culprit has ex piated his d readful offence on the scaffold, and has created so much sensation from the peculiar circum stances attending the commission of the crime, as the wretched man Samuel Yarhana, who suffered the ex treme penalty of the law, for the murder of Harriett f t heu l character,wret c hed 1 e a a n e d Candler, at Yarmouth, at noon this day, on the drop at the castle of the city. At twelve o'clock Yarham made his appearance on the stood which en con tinued th e gau foe fir s scaffold. The yell of the ulace was of a most fright bolt was drawn and the unhappy into eternity. His sufferings were very groat. . We were credibly informed that the culprit has given a full confession of his guilt in writing, which he desired might 110$ be mule known lu au throe days igtor 145 cloths ,w t the hafesenwltamhueinnfeuahtteels RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SPECULATION IN 1845. A curious document came to light on Saturday in the shape of a report from the Registrar-General of Joint stock Companies, to the Privy Council for Trade for 1845. It forms a gigantic index of upwards of fifty fo lios to the doings in railway speculation for the past year, and can be likened, in its length and curious dis closures, to nothing else. but the ramifications of a Welsh pedigree or Homer's catalogue of ships. An in teresting biography or book upon bubbles might be wrought out of it in the hands of a judicious selector. It is, moreover, a mirror of that memorable period of na tional hallucination when every bubble was invested with a value, as the true offspring of the joint-stock genius of England, by the then reigning epidemic of speculative cupidity and caprice. In the return every scheme is impaled as nicely as ephemera in the folios of a naturalist. Each scheme is accurately named and numbered, so that all whom it concerns may take notice and see how the multiplied schemes that came out starred with premiums have given up the ghost of a moonshine existence, and found a place in the catalogue of all defunct things. This list is an eloquent eloge of the . wild spirit of project and speculation that charac terised the past, and will be highly useful to the pos terity of speculators and projectors in all time to come. The report is but a record of the establishment of the evil of a plethoric speculation, without at all unveiling the disastrous and uucalculating consequences that fol lowed the most puissant period of speculation in the world's history; consequences that can only be ade quately arrived at by diving into the depths of woe and Whitecross-street, which is said to be half peopled with speculators and projectors, who had a chief hand in the late railway game of hazard. The list consists of fifty -three pages, and contains the titles and specifications of 1,520 schemes, the off spring of 1845, the majority being for railways, .water companies, banks, insurances, mines, and an immensity of other joint-stock corporation. The year opened with a mere handful, but as the days rolled on and the fever became fiercer, they doubled, trebled, and quadrupled in quantity, until, in September, October, and Novem ber, they came thickly thundering on, at the rate of from 100 to 300 and 500 a month, and an average in September—the most prolific of months—of from 16 to 46 each day, or 457 in the month, as will be seen by the following analysis of the return. In December, when the panic rang the tocsin of alarm, and the excite ment was gradually subsiding, the climacteric was 31. The following shows the number of projects registered each month, with the aggregate totals for the same : Number registered. Total. In January l 6 February March April May June July August September October November December ..... 31 Total schemes registered from January to December The period, it is well known, gave rise to the most whimsical and Quixotic scheming& ' and we select from the one thousand five hundred and twenty! some of the most amusing anomalies and nondescripts. The People's Colliery Company. Melides Anglo-Franceza Mining Company. Biographical Dictionary Society. St. Marylebone and Paddington Joint-stock Building and Trading Company. Agriculturist Cattle Insurance Company. White Knights Improvement Company, now called White Knights Estate Company. Tehuantepec Colonization and Canal Company. Greenwich Bath Company. York-street Flax-spinning Mill Company. Bury Athenreum Company. Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Railway Company. Patent Concentrated Tea Company. Wigton Joint-stock Brewery Company. Tollesbury Oyster Company. National Land-draining Company. Patent Fuel Company. Rotherham and Masb9rough Public Bath Company. Wilder's Burton Brewery Company. Hull Cotton-mill Company, now called Kingston Cotton mill Company. Victoria Dock and Grand Union Railway Company. National Joint-stock, Loan and Discount Company. Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway Extension Line to Monmouth Company. Quartertown Cotton Joint-stock Company. Economic Draining Tile and Brick Company. General Oceanic Telegraphic Company. Catholic Law and General Life Assurance Company. Northern Loan Association. Church of England Cemetery Company. National Land Drainage Company. Highbridge Market-house Company. Lancashire One Hundred Pounds Money Company. Drapers' Fire Insurance Company. Ocean Mutual Marine Assurance Institution. New Protecting Society. Norfolk and Sutiblk Ramoneur Association. Australian, Sydney, Paramatta, Liverp oo l, Ri c h mond, and Windsor Junction Railway Company. Mercantile Bill of Exchange, Discount, and Loan Com pany. National Widows' and General Life Annuity and As surance Society, now called Widows' National and General Life Annuity and Assurance Society. Fidelity Guarantee Society. London and Aberdeen Granite Company. Patent India Paper Manufacturing Company. Marine Glue Company. Weriham Lake Ice Company. Tehuantepec Ship Canal and Colonization Company. Patent Cork-Cutting Company. Harwich Pier and Docks and Birmingham and Central England Grand Junction Railway Company, now called Harwich Docks and Birmingham and Central England Railway. Hull Worsted Mill Company. Wylain's Steam Fuel Company. Practicable, General, and Invalid Assurance Company. Dacca Sugar Company. Burnley Cotton Twist Company. Defender Company, now called Property Protection and Insurance Company against Fraud and Robbery. Great Hibernian Central Junction Railway Company. Universal Guarantee Society, now called Surety soci e ty. Craig Ddu Slate Company. Patent Timber Company. Great British Advertising Company. Railway Club House, Chambers, and General Goods Depot Company, now called Bank Approaches Im provement Company. British Class Journal Company. National Glass Company of Ireland. General Commercial Telegraph Company. National and General H arbours Company, by the ado p• tion of Sleigh's Patent buoyant Sea-barrier or artiti- ficial Beach. Railway Carriage Bantling Company. Great British Railway Company. Great British Extension Railway Company. Hinckley Union Mill Company. Prosser's Patent Wooden Railway Guide-Wheel Com pany. Dudley, Wolverhampton, Tamworth, Syston, and Leicester Railway Company, now called Dudley, Wol verhampton, Walsall, and Tamworth Railway Com pany. British and Colonial Provident Life Assurance Annuity Endowment, and Freehold Investment Company. Liverpool Joint-stock Railway Bank Company., Thames and Scheldt Steam Navigation Company. Burnley Building Company. Manchester Auxiliary Investment Company. Bridlington Quay and Public Rooms Company. Wolverhampton, Wallsall, Stamford, Peterborough, and Norwich Junction Railway Company, now called Wolverhampton, Walsall, Leicester, Peterborough, Norwich, and Great Yarmouth Junction Railway Company. d' Burnley, Bradford, Leeds, York, and Hull Direct • Union Railway Company, now called Ribble and Humber Junction, or Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Bradford, Leeds, York, and Hull Direct Union Rail way Company. Mutual Investment Society. Fitzroy Investment Association. Hull Sugar Refining Company. Great British Railway Company. Royal Irish Glass Company. New Share and Stock Exchange Company. London Railway Company. Royal Grand Junction Railway Company, uniting tho London and South-Eastern, the London and Brighton, the London and South-Western, and the Great Western Railways. Westminster and Charing-cross Building Company. London and Liverpool Direct Railway Company. Cooke's National Railway Company. Chorley's Cotton Twist Company. General Canal Steam Haulage Company. Philadelphia Steel Works Company. Metropolitan and Brighton Sea-Water Conveyance Company. Provincial Sewage Manure Company. Great City Shambles Company. Midland Counties Coal-Fields Railway Company. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Transit and Coloniza tion Company. Universal Railway Contracting Company. Joint-stock Newspaper Company. Ulster Irish Centralization Railway Company. London Circles Railway Company. Railway and General Gas Com Company London and Harrow-on-the -Hill Direct Railway Com pany. Railway Land Investment Company. London Concentral Exchange and Junction Railway Company. Victoria Aqueduct Company. Inland Ports and Sea Ports Ship Railway and Goods Traffic Company. Isthmus of Darien, Atlantic, and Pacific Junction Rail way, Harbour and Dock, and steam Packet Company, now called Isthmus of Darien, Atlantic, and Pacific Junction Railway Harbours, Docks, Canal and Steam Packet Company. Northampton General Cemetery Company. Metropolitan Necropoli, or Grand Eastern and Western Cemeteries Company, now called Metropolitan Necro poles, or Grand Eastern and Western Cemeteries Com pany. Sheffield Coal Consumers' Company. Bradford Sanatory Building Company. Metropolitan and Great Western Junction Railways of Canada Company, from Toronto to London (Canada), now called Extension of the Great Western Rainy , of Co* tomtt, distriot of Edon to Taut% Direct City South Union Atmospheric ,Railway Co - pant'. Thames Tunnel and Metropolitan Suburban Junction Rail way Company. Manchester District Circle and Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company. Atmospheric Rapid Mail Conveyance Company. Great Independent London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool Direct Railway Comp any . , United Iron and Railway Extension Company. Paddington and Saint Albans Railway Company. Dublin Coal Ship Company. Railway Contracts Company, Royal Irish Railroad Carriage Company. East of England Locomotive Engine Building Com pany. Patriot Association. Mall, bar and Coram andel Coasts Junction Railway Com pany. Somersetshire Lighting Company. Devonshire Lighting Company. Law Chambers Society of Ireland. Norwich Church of England Burial Ground Company. British Patent Naphtha Company. Union Joint stock Building Company. Hibernian Coal and Peat Consumers' Company. Liverpool Stock-Exchange Building Company. Draining and Flooring Tile Pottery and Brick Manufac turing Company. Great Metropolitan Artesian Water Company. England Life and Invalid Hazard Assurance Company. Grand European Mining and Manufacturing Iron Com pany. Miniature World, or Grand National Association. Grand National Association for the Profitable Employ. ment of Capital, Skill, and Labour in Trade, Com merce, and Agriculture. Dublin Omnibus Conveyance Company. South London NewFpaper Company. Patent Fibre Manufacturing Company. National Investment and Benevolent Land Association, for the Encouragement of Agricultural Labourers and Small Farmers. Adelaide Railway Company. West Kent Hop Company. Central Union to the North of England Railway Com pany. Hereford Cottage Association. Litherland Land Company. National Philanthropic Investment Company. Senator's Screw Ship Company. This disposes of section No. 1, of companies "pro visionally" registered in 1845—amounting to 1,520. Section 2 professes to give a list of companies, 57 in number, " completely " registered during the same period, and amongst these figure The Manchester Bonding Warehousing Company. The Ipswich Paper Mills Company. The Victoria Park Cemetery. The Patent Fuel Company. The Patent Cork-cutting Company. Section 3 informs us that there have been no cases during the year in which application has been made for the enforcement of penalties for failure to register, and result of the proceedings thereon. Section 4 gives a list of those provisionally, but not completely registered during 1'45. It is principally a recapitulation of the previous list, and gives a total of 1,484. Amongst its originalities are:—The Provincial and Foreign Water Company, the British National Brewing Company, the Tollesbury Oyster Company, the. General Post-office and Great Metropolitan Junction, the Great European Railways Company, the Great Bri tish Advertising Company. Sect. 5 affirms that no change has been made during the year in the return of the regulations made by the Committee of the t'rivy Council for Trade with regard to the returns required to be made by companies. Sect. 6 consists of a return of persons appointed to the office of registrar of joint-stock companies, and other officers and clerks, with their salaries, &C., 1845. From this it appears that there is-1. George Taylor, for merly first clerk, appointed assistant -registrar, " with a salary the same as formerly returned." 2. George Craw ford, appointed assistant-registrar for Ireland, in the room of Ponsonby Arthur Moor e , res i gned at a salary of 2001. 3. Stephen Pritchlrd, appointed clerk in the room of John Young Jameson, deceased, at a salary of 801. Sect. 8 furnishes a return of the amount of all fees paid at the offices for the Registration of Joint-stock Com panies, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110, during the year 1845. It is as follows : FEES AT THE HEAD OFFICE IN LONDON. X. s. d. Quarter from Ist January to 31st March ... 465 11 9 PI Ist April to 30th June .1,609 7 3 Ist July to 30th September... 4,032 19 5 Ist October to 31st December 3,750 1 4 If Total.. P 9,85 7 19 9 FEES AT HEAD OFFICE IN DEBLIN. Quarter from Ist January to 31st March 57 11 3 Ist April to 30th June 65 16 7 Ist July to 30th September l5l 12 3 Ist October to 31st December 230 0 9 Total .. Total . X 505 0 9 9,857 19 9 £10,363 0 6 The fee on capital of companies c , mpletely registered is at the rate of is. for every 1,0001. in the case of pro visionally registered companies, and 6d. for every 1,0001. in the case of companies registered as existing. Section 8 says that no change has been mlde in the return of the scale of fees appointed by the Lords of the Trasury for the services to be performed by the Re gistrar, and of the respective amounts of such fees. Section 9 states that no cases in which companies have failed to appoint auditors, and of the proceedings taken thereon during the year, have come within the knowledge of the Registrar. Section 11, the return of the number of bankruptcies of joint-stock companies, and of the amount of the debts and assets of such companies, gives the name of the Forth Marine Assurance Company (date of fiat, 24 July, 1845), but states that the amount of debts and liabilities have not yet been ascertained.--Chronicle. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS.—SUBSIDENCE OF THE PRESTON VIADUCT. —This viaduct consists of 27 arches, and it crosses the turnpike. road from London to Brighton, near the Brighton terminus. It has been finished several weeks, and the principal portion of the wooden centres supporting the arches taken away. On Saturday morning the men engaged in ballasting the line over the viaduct discovered symptoms of the middle arch, which crosses the turnpike-road, having given way. Workmen were immediately employed in placing timber to support the arch. It was found to have sunk a foot or eighteen inches, and will have to be taken down and rebuilt. This arch was of wider span than the others, and was the only elliptic arch in the viaduct. Some persons ascribe its subsidence to its being built in that form, but it is more probably owing to the continued wet weather, as another of the arches has since been found to be cracked. They will have both to be taken down and rebuilt. The line was to have been opened in May, but in consequence of this untoward event the opening must be deferred probably for six weeks or two months. Thousands of persons visited the spot yester day, it being within a mile of Brighton. WINDINGS UP.—The h a reh old ers in the following companies have called meetings, to be held during the current week, to consider the propriety of forthwith winding up their affairs :—Taw Vale Extension ; Lan cashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern; Leeds and York; Wrexham, Nantwich, and Crewe Junction ; Boston, Newark, and Sheffield ; London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct ; East Coast ; Central Devon ; London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster ; Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia; North Staffordshire; Chester and Manchester Direct ; Direct Birmingham and Lei cester ; Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ; DuWin Belfast, and C o l era i ne ; B r i t i sh and Irish Union (Dum fries to P or tp a t r i c k). From our offi c i a l re t urns ( says the Railway Chronicle) it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on nearly 1,800 miles of railway, was 124,0731., thus ac counted for:-59,516/, for the conveyance of passengers only ; 33,2611. for the carriage of goods ; and a re mainder of 31,296/. for passengers and goods together, not respectively apportioned; being an increase over the corresponding week of last year of 24,357/. (To ren der this comparison fair, the opening of new lines should be credited its the calculation as included.) VALE OF NEATIL—A meeting of the inhabitants of Aberdare was held at the Town-hall last week, to peti tion Parliament in favour of the immediate passing of the Vale of Neath Railway Bill. A resolution was adopted to the effect that the proposed line would prove of incal culable benefit to Aberdare and its neighbourhood, from the connexion it would establish between it and Merthyr and Hirwain ; and still more advantageous from the facilities it would afford of cheap and rapid communica tion with Neath slid Swansea, and other important towns to the west of Neath. A petition to the House of Commons in favour of the line was adopted, and en trusted to Sir John Guest, M. p., for present_ iaton. R _ Coax AND WAT FoRD.—A meeting of the xeter E shareholders in this undertakingis to be held forthwith, Mr. C. Hubbard in the chair, to consider the prop r i ety of winding up the affairs of this Company. DISSOLUTION of RAILWAY COM PANIES. The following is the official letter from the Board of Trade, detailing the previsions of the intended measure on the subject of the voluntary dissolution of projected railway companies:— " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, " Whitehall, 9th April, 1846. "Sir,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to communicate to you the following information, with a view to your making it known with the least possible delay to those provision.. ally registered railway companies to which it relates. "It is the intention of her Majesty's Government im mediately after Easter to propose to Parliament a Bill to enable any railway company, which at the time of the passing of the Bill shall not have obtained an Act of Parliament, to dissolve itself. "By the Bill it is intended to provide for the calling of a meeting of the shareholders either by the managing body, or by a given number of shareholders, at which meeting it is intended that the holders of a majority of the shares in the company, or the holders of three-fifths of the shares belonging to those present or represented by proxy at the meeting, shall have the power to deter mine upon the dissolution of the company. "Due provision will be made for a sufficient public notice being given of the time and place of meeting, and of the mode in which absent shareholders are to be re presented by proxy. " Upon the dissolution being carried at the meeting, the property of the company is to become vested forth with in certain persons to be appointed for tho purpose of winding up . the concern, and, a f ter di sc h arging the UskilitieS t -fcr up, the ourplcr.. ' " The actual holders of scrip are to be taken as shall holders entitled by themselves, or their proxies, to al tend the meeting.—l have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, (Signed) " JOHN LEFEVRE. " F. Rogers, Esq., &c. &c." " Joint Stock Companies Registry Office , " Sergeants' Inn, April 11, 1846. " Gentlemen,—l annex a copy of a letter whtch have received from the Lords of the Committee of FrA v ; Council for Trade, and which I am directed to conle 3 u° l ; cate to such provisionally registered railway eon/Pal: g r as it may con cern . I f orwar d i t to you, as Ido not p. ceive that yo ur com p any h as notified to this office ei tbe 2 its dissolution or its incorporation by Act of Parlisreellb " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " FREDERICK ROGERS, " Register of Joint Stock Companies." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LEEDS, Aran. 11. id, vet The absorbing topic of th e wee k i s the b us i ness-like an d bo' most wise, declaration of the Premier, relative to the suspense new jtallway Schemes, and the windi ng up o f the a ff a i rs of such a majority of the p ro p r i etors are wishful to abandon. Some l b - , measure as that allud e d t o i s ren d ered i mperat i vely necessar y exigencies of the times for the relief of the commerce of the country' and the improved value which will be attained through the alte rati l by all dividend payi ng stocks, will tend greatly to the perrn . . A agen tc establishment of railway prosperity ; while the facilities prepo' — _-d be given for obtaining returns of deposits, cannot but give satisfaction to the most needy class of speculators. The only dray" back to the general feeling of satisfaction at tine prospect of carr.W out of the views of Government on this subject is, that ill an In" b criminate suspension of all new schemes, bond fide ones, a nd . s a u n c ti as are really needed Mr the proper development of existing Ilne' uf f e i for the accommodwinn of the manufacturing districts, will s along with the worthless. The delay is, however, but temporarY.ie the good ; and the cautious policy proposed will eventual*" Prod even for the better class of schemes, much more judicious than Pi: o , ing them now when money is required so largely for the colnP l er . of lines in progress. The fluctuation of prices has not been conek...., able this week, and upon the various markets better appearance , manifested ; there seems a little disposition to make investments , ,7 some scrips are recovering in the increased prospect of a spesclY relief buTip sion of what remains unexpended. . - NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Amt. 11. 25 dit STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are—Caled on i an E x t e nsion, 4 —Glasgow, Duinflies, and Carlisle, 275. 6d. dis, —Newcastle Adiji,, Glasgow Direct, 225. 6d. - -Northuinberalud and Lancashire, 211. —West Riding Union, I!,', p. YORK, Aram 11. STOCK York teiision, iIExICBII.—ANGGrEa..--(iTuhredosille(sNaorteti—ngEla.smternanCdouLnyntlenS),, Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 1/. 2s.—London and York, I/. 4s. ? no , chester, Buxton, .Matlock, and Midland, 2.—Newcastle and wick, 17 %—N ewcastle and Darlington Extensions, 7% —North tish, Carlisle Extension, I%—York rind North Midland Exten 3 1 1 4—Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 84. , Aram 8. STOCK EXCHANGE. ED IN BURGH —The sales are—Aberdeen, 15—Airdrie and Bathgate, 43s.—British and Irish Union, 3—Caledonian, 51. Caledonian Extension, 245. Cat Cornwall and Devon, 325. u" Direct Northern, 31s.—East Indian Railway, 7s. 6d.—Eclitib .. .? r ;. and Bathgate, 40s. 6d.— Ed i nburgh and Northern, 268.—Ditto, • port, Is.—Ditt o . L oc h ge l ly, 11s. bd.—Edinburgh and PeebleS, 21s Edinburgh and Perth, 4 58.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 355. —° ,.1 gow and Belfast Piston, 225. 6d.—Glasow Dumfries, and Ca r 1 47,41, 22s.—Glasgow an d D undee Junction, 34a. &I.—North I,British,: 10s.—Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 31x.—Perth and CrieffDirect , —Perth and Inverness, 248.—ScOttish Central, 121. 178.—Stirling ° Dunfermline, 225. OPFER lIIIINES IN SOUTI I AUSTRALIA. (From the Adelaide Observer, October 4.) The commencement of operations at our g eld northern mines is attended with circumstances almos t " if not altogether new, in the history of mining. C eonsecutively with the depa r t ure o f t h e fi rst part,e l , men engaged on " owners account," sixteen dreg have been sent up to bring away the first lot (thirty' two tons) of the copper ore ; and, judging from * l l O has been seen, examined, and performed, we shall, these first probability, have to record, that the value of tul e — t , first dray-loads, raised by a few hands, within the P'„'" seven days, will amount to 700/.--a very pretty begT e ; ping. But were the English market price offered la the Mining Ass oc i at i on, we understand they W°ll'._ guarantee to deliver a th ousand tons in four moo'," and allow a liberal deduction for freight and charges. lndeed it is diffi cu l t to speak prospectively of theo, mines in mea sure d terms, more especially as th e y are fa r exceeding the most sanguine predictions of the first di o ' coverers and expl orers ; an d as we have no w i s h 4 cherish any undue expectations, we shall, upon T. present oc cas i on, as i n future when we chronicle °, assured succ ess o f t h ese undertakings, limit ourse lve f : as much a s p oss ibl e, to actual facts and occurrences , but it would b e un j ust to the respective owners a t 5O northern and southern divisions of the property, now,. much the subject of discussion, did we omit to n otice high promi se , now more than ever afforded, of the T • rn o unerative e m pl oyment for the capital embarke d i n t° "Burra Creek Survey." The productive operations instituted by the northers propriet ar y, upon their moiety of the twenty thousa nd e , acres, have a l rea d y so far removed from their investrneT, everything of a speculative character, that scrip,, changing hands at 50 per cent. premium, and we yen! , belie ve t h e most cautions matter of fact curni udgeort i l the col ony ( i f there be such) would fain screw out tP price of a share at a handsome premium, if offered hu"e, by a needy holder, constrained to realise. Little beyond exp l oration of tine and Batts e surface, • fev tory exami na ti ons of specimens of copper ore, having bees yet ca rr i e d out by the proprietors of the southern moi l we are on l y enabled to say that the first favouru b o impr e s s i ons have been abundantly confirmed ; and 1 11 probability the mineral riches will rival those ahead) . obvious i n the ad j o i ning property. At all events,.• competent authority has estimated its value at 50,0001. coin" Nor ere all the energies of the " copper mining" fists likely to be expended upon the great mineral su., r ; vey in the north. A requisition has been lodged 10 2,., the proper authorities for the survey of several squai:, miles of mineral land, abounding with copper, in • district of Mount Barker ; end such is the general ' O , pres'Aen as to the difficulty of obtaining sufficient tonisto port for our superabundant metalliferous wealth hi c „,„ unrefined state that the proposed erection of smelting " e , riaces will be carried out at ne distant day, under circn7 ro stances which offer increased encouragement the tri er they are subjected to inquiry and examination. to We are h eart il y g l a d to l earn t h at i t i s i nten ded , gratify th e c i t i zens w i t h a s i g h t of several loa d s o f e coined treasure—not because " seeing is believing! not to tempt them : o make inviting communications to ttr": (f or both i n B r i ta i n or upon t h e cont i nent o f Europe A.,,r both at h ome an d a b roa d t h ey w ill b e a bl e to j u dge themselves) ; but th a t t h ose w h o h ave b orne the btiran and heat of th e d a y i n esta bli s hi ng our hi g hl y snece . ,. s _ l l ; colony, may d er i ve encouragemen t as we ll as gr atifies; lion from a sight o f t h e nat i ve cap i ta l which seeni destined to infuse life and energy into all our c ollate", undertakin g s, wh e th er agricultural, pastoral, or merea', tile ; and to stim u l a t e i nto powerful and salutary Ocer,,f cise the inv en ti ve f acu l t i es and productive industry' which this pri,vince has already furnished so eneAr bright examples. When it was asserted of the c o l ony, soand before it s capa bili t i es were apparent to everyhedY:; comprehensio n , t h at i t a b ounded " with all the elemelle; of' wealth and p rosper i ty, " it was asked,al ai te e r: r a e t a e r l s y il , g u: : the desponding and the credulous, " Where are the pre tended el ements ?" If it were possible that such a question cou ld b e propounded now-a-days, the attach e d colenist might point to some of the countless flocks as herds which bedeck our verdant and nutritive pes tll- • rages ; to the " smiling" corn-fields, which have re" moved all lack of breed, and rendered our garners hi sufficient—to our fruitful vineyards, orchards, and ga r ; dens —to th e t ens o f t h ousands of unen cumbered scree which i nv i te t h e l a b ours o f the husbandinan—an i ,;, lastly, to the sub-soil r i c h es , w hi c h seem to promise t`ll Government a full treasury, and the governed a gel„le, t r : exemption from penury', and ex u lti ng l y ask, " Wle - elements of w ea lth an d prosperity do you find wanting --------- ,ICIIEST COPPER MINES IN THE WORLD.--Extrilel from a letter dated Eagle River (Lake Superior), 1 t ', 13 .:f 21, 1846 : —" W e are now taking out a large amount v the silver roc k , h aving struck it at the depth of 60 fee , : The di gg i ngs have never looked so well since I lin/- known them a s at present, and I f ee l conf i dent they Will: improve as we progress. I have now a party of men f4 O work on th e bl u ff s on a well-defined vein of 40 f ee t 1 width. At Copper Falls they aro in a fair way to ( . 0 ; tonish the world. Child s h as struc k a mass of nal°, Copper in the cen t re o f hi s s h a f t, w hi c h exten d s en tirely' - across the shaft, 10 f ee t, an d i s equa ll y l arge w here enters the rock as at any part of the mass. He has sup. over nine feet on th e s id e o f i t w i t h out any appearallre of coming to its termination in that direction. At 0 Pittsburgh Comp any ' s work on the Bluffs they h av e , rich and well-defined vein. The North American Core: pany have a good prospect. Their location takes the rich vein of the Pittsburgh Company in less than half mile from the riche,t point on the vein. The vein 011 which Mr. Childs is at work (Copper Falls) has been traced on to the location belongin g to the North-Wester n Company, of Det ro it. A t Eagle Harbour the prospee; is very flattering. There are not more than two load()` three locations where they are a t wor k b ut what 10 , well," On Wednesday next, being the first day of Easte r Term, the Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges au t Queen's Counsel at breakfast, at his house in Gr e° George. street. Sir J. Graham left town on Saturday for Folkestone: On the 9th inst. at Rothl i e lf y r V il c i S a . rage, the lady of the Be lt. W. Acworth, M.A., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Hatcham, Surrey, the wife of the Re f ' Augustus K. B. Granvide, M.A. incumbent, of a daughter. On the 11th i ns t ., at Croom's-hill, Greenwich, Mrs. Georg° Busk, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Mile end, the lady of Alfred dea d ' Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Montague House H ammers mith, the wife of Thomas Griffiths, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. . fe , On the 11th inst., iu Upper Gower-street, Bedford-Elul' Mrs. Tait, of a daughter. lIARtZIED. dd, On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Swansea, Mr. Moses 70•,- of Islington, to Sarah, second daughter of Thomas Wa lt ' s "' Esq., of Swansea. On the 9th inst., at Linslade Church, Buckinghano ll iT James White, Eq., to Lucy Matilda, second daughter es Osborn, Esq., of the former place. DIEB. On the 9th inst., the infant child of G. M. Ogilvie, Esl if On the 9th inst , at Rothley Vicarage, the wife of the P'"' . W. Acworth, M.A. e• On the 9th inst., at Warrens, Wilts, Beatrice Catiw— youngest daughter of George Edward Eyre, Esq. 1 S. On the 9th inst., John Fearne, second son of igiC• Neall, of lengall-grove, Old Kent-road. On the G 9th inst., Carolina, youngest daughter of 3 : °/111 Stackhouse, Esq., the Grove, Camberwell, aged 37. n it On the 10th inst., in Alfred-place Bedford-square, Jeser Hawker, Esq., F.S.A., Clarenceux King of Arms, ageS l On the 10th inst., at Grove-place, Hackney, ar• Gardiner. On the 10th inst., at Randolph-street, Caniden-tonrl3, )11-* John Doyle. On the 11th inst., at Shackle-well, Ann, wife of Gregory, aged 77. London: Printed and Published by N'JIIDO YOUNGt, of 114 Strand, ;Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, ia tho rrecSl, of the saTor , in the Conety of Dikutlem, 211911c10f. 11, 11141.1 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING," APRIL l3, 1E46.