The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, MIS, ADELPHI THEATRE. An adaptation of the French drama, entitled Le Canal Sa int - Martin, was produced here last evening, and popu lar as the drama is in Paris, we augur that its popularity in London will be greater still. It is one of those pieces -which are techn - c•aly called " dimes of interest," and In the present instance the term is certainly not a mis nomer, for the plot is of that nature that from the besin- Wog of the piece to the end, the attention of the spe ta tor is rivetted to tl.e stage. The hero of the piece is a certain Motisieur Martial (Mr. Webster), a gentleman at large, alias an accomplished scoundrel—accomplished in every sense of the word, with the manners of a gen tleman, the dress of an exquisite, and the morals and imperturbable sa ng f o ld of a Mephistophiles. Ile is the ate of a gang of thieves, and among others whom they . determine to plunder is a certain Monsieur Laroche (0. S mith), a rich timber merchant, a man of wealth and character, emplo l ing a great number of workmen, the foreman of whom, Robert (Mr. Lambe* t), is a rough honest fellow, the beau ideal of an " ouvrier." Laroche has an only daughter, Clarisse (Madame Celeste), who is devotedly attached to Armand (Mr. Worrell), his clerk. Laroche is absent from Paris, and Martial contrives! to insinuate himself into the confidence of Ar mand and of Clarisse. lie manages to keep Armand out all night, and takes advantage of his absence to rob the st house Laroche re ' urrs—his daughter dreads his ess, and en d eavours to devise means to replace the money and to prevent his kno w i ng o f th e ro bb ery w hi c h has tak en place. Am ong the stolen property is a port folio, containing spers,froin ss hich Martial learns that Laroche is no other that; Pierre Bernard, a noted pirate and murder er . It app,,ars tlat he bad met Bernard for merly, and at one introcluces himself to him, and ad struck dresses him as Pierre Barnard. The old man, horror , grants him an interview at ten o'clock at night on board his boat, and thus ends the first act. The second act opens in th e ca bi n o f t h e boat. It is nine o'clock, and Laroche dismisses his workmen, all but Robert He has discovered the robbery. Clarisse and nce Armand enter—he drives Armand fro m hi s pre leaves se, him and he b 3 h av?s harshly to Clarisse, who roach* heart-br, ken at his cruelty. R o b e rt re s him, and the n we hoar Clarisse is in fact Ro ert's daughter—that Robert, condemned to the galleys at Malines, bad met - with Laroche, who had adopted Clarisce, then an infant, as his child, on condition that Robert should never betray his tearet ; and that. after Robert had served his time out at the gall ys, Laroche Is id taken him into his service. He sends Robert from him, promising to behave more kindly to the child, and as the clock strikes ten, Martial enters, armed. La roche accuses him of robbin g his house, and tells him that he could only have acquired his knowledge from the c ontents of th e papers. Martial, with the most perfect coolness, says_" Then I will tell yeti something that is not in the papers," and ps to relate that he ad seen, 20 y ears before, iff the r e ialst of Newfoundland, h the ship of Bernard wre cited, and had seen him (Ber nard) murder Laroche and his infant daughter, and then escape on shore. Martial had been a cabin boy on board tie ship, and the only person, except B rmard himself, Mho had escaped from the wreck. His reason for adopting Clarisse is thus evident —he had passed himself as the rial Laroche on his return to Prance,- and taken possession of his property. He comes to terms with Martial, promises him large sius, and taking hits off his guard while drinking a glass of wine, touch, s a spring, and through a concealed trap tumbles Martial into the river. At this instant Clarisse enters, sees the murder, and is horror-struck. The next scene is at Belvilie, the garden s of which are beautifully illuminated in honour of the fee.; which Laroche gives his w or k men there. Clarisse i s b rought there to join in the festivities—but she is miserable ; Laroche explains to her that the man she hae?seen killed was an enemy of the family, who had spoken slightingly of her mother—that it was &ne cessary crime. Armand then enters to entreat his for giveness, which is freely given, and Laroche promises to marry him to . larisse, and desires him to go and pre pare for the wedding. Armand has scarcely quitted them when, t o - the horrir of Laroche, Martial enters. Ile had been fished up by Barbillon (Wright), a pro fessional diver, who often throws children into the water to get the rewar for pulling them out again, and restored by the Hurn . ane i-uciety. He demands 12,000 francs and the hand of Clarisse a. s the price of his silence. This interview is interrupted by the arrival of a gendarnaiere, bringing Robert ft prisoner. Robert had beets seen to leave the boat, a few minutes before Martial had been picked up under it, and auspicior rested on hire- Martial, with the utmost sang f. oid, takes advantage of circumstances, denounces Robert as having attempted to murder him, and Clarisse, out of affection to her supp ose d father, dares pat reveal the truth. t t The second a c t conc l udes with this very effective situation. In th e thi r d act Clarisse is informed of h she er horrible destiny—t o we d M art i al ;to save her father, con sents to the loathsome marriage. Meanwhile, Mar tial's companions are about to share ng the plun der, as they susp ec t hi m o f i int e ending to to watchch ea w t them. He invites them to them, having, in the meanhil. t : the police to hare the m arres ted o'n riven their arrival. l ti t7o n be tu rt has escaped from prison, but, before he leases France, .he determines to have a lest look at Clarisse, and goes to the wedding for that purpose. On the b wedding-day the b groom. On seeing Alartitil enter as the bridegroom, , Robe r t can no longer contain himself. He rushes tr ward,. declares himself hee father, and refuses to permit her happiness to be sacrificed to a villain. Relieved from the tie which lanad her to L•trovh,', she et once declares Robert's innocence ; aril Laroche does jus tice on himself by shooting himself through the head- The gang are arrested on the de nunciation of Martial, and as the worthy is about' to calk off he is also taken into custody, for the i retn°- - rs of his mune. have in their turn denounced him, and the curt tin fall, us they are march, di n t to prison. W e neia e s ew rto reatar'advatape than in the character of alarliel. It i g s a r piece "of acting. The imperturbable ccolness--theg pe t erfictself possession—tha presence of mind that eothine. can for instant shake —the shrewd mother-wit, ever ready ' to take advantage of the slightest circumstanc e thst may saise—the suavi..er in mode yet To titer in re—all that goes to the making up of the co quasi g , ,ntlemanly and ac mplished blackguard, tv-re a e y a• mot e completely deli neated. Webster's Alarti The acting al is a p er f ect stu d y f or a n actor. It a of Celere was i n t eit - e l y, pa i nfully interesting. is part admirably adapted to her powers, and she does it a mp l e justice. Wright, a the dish g gentleman, a h o has a love affair with Milanie, a gris e t te (excellently performed b y Miss Wo with olga9-- a , workman, Paul B e d ford, as Galon, a drunken Nix my D o ll y " sort o f song , entitled Blaze away, in the singing of which he is assisted by a little Paul, an urchin about three-and-a-half feet high, who is almost as comical as the great leviathan of fun himself—and kunyard as John Cabot, the English tiger of Martial (a sort of minor Jacques Strop), afforded, by their humour, an aAreeable relief t o the mere serious porti o n s of the drama. The scenery is exquisite, and the en scene perfect. I n f act, i t is a regular good Adelphi piece, and will have a long run. The house was crowded to the ceiling. PRI ,ESENTATION 'ANEW COLOURS TO THE 65TH REGIMENT. This regiment was on Wedncs ay, the 27th inst., resented with new colours by the lady of Ge-erel T. Grosvenor with all the usual ceremonies oh afternoon on such occasions. At three o'clock in e afternoon the 65th Regiment was formed in li: e l fin the square of the barrack ground, Artillery Barracks, Brompton, the old colours beingin the centre. On risen the ground appearedthe prin c ip a l o ffi cers of the gar andn their ladi es, and, as the day was remarkably lie, th e ceremony drew together a numerous body of sPeettors. Sh ort l y after three o'clock General Gece— ttor, e, accompanied 1 y his lady '1(1 the lady V Colonel 1t„?-erilior, with Sir Thomas Wiltshire, Bart., K.C.8., and c,FetVe•Major O'Brien, of the garris 11, with other officers, arrived in front of the line and were _•°,l ed with full military honours. The officers e'leaict_ eolour-sergeants then advanced with the old (;,, :ultra, preceded by the band, playing the " British formed,rn!ties The usual evolutions were next per• The and 60 old colours were removed to the re:.r. ti p anew colours were then uric sod and crossed on the e4 e , "um. awaiting the coeseeration. This part of the ri se : l onia( Was perfermed by the Chaplain of. the gar leg t : d t he Rev. Dr. Curteis, who delivered an interest % bieli„l"St effective address, concluding by soliciting rel tente l ftrem. the Almighty nn the colours about to be a u ativ ae : t he regiment. The lady of the Gentrel t i ers ' told s o lP and, addressing Cot net b ‘ eni_or .i , e t r he e : , :tfi c. - en ee th at le rs of the regiment, expressed I h i Ple asur --, under the colours she had the honour and y e , , °to w,. arrrooat: Pre sent, they \you'd rietinue to de er'e the • adve nee pa of their country. The Ensign standing; by It T . ~,:t, wi z " Ensign Stephen Blake and En-ign . H. God 'wall received the colours—the hand play inn 4, 1 h e Colo/4" z ? the Queen." The General, who is &r the Li °f an o t t rith,e 65th, briefly , addressed . the regiment. .nru.B.. •‘..o.tonel Henry Senior returned thanks to the 6 ., r nsvenor for the honour which she bad done to toi o ,;`", in thus presenting the reg , i , rre rit . . with new tu n , • 8. " Those standards. Marlene he said, " wig! aer '. l ttute our soldiers' honour in whatever country the w e vie e of our Queen may re •", I promi:e you, letad. us. Wherever in h name of the ~,g A l n ierit, that they shall he feithfully guarded, -e'", defended as 13 , cotnes British soldiers." Then tit,"eressing the soldiers, he said—" Soldiers of the 65th tegitnent. You have heard the promises I have just 1334(1e to ni your name. I confidently rely on your enabling fiei, lfi them, by guarding these standards with 1 3 , -41/ve rY, with loyalty, ►and ail h disciplit e." The cere ,en,Y haying been concluded, the regiment closed i i a p l n ta, and marched past the General in slow and quick e .l '°, and the regiment was then dismissed. Its strength eel of I lieutenant colon 1, I major, 4 captains, d 7 Itbalterns. 4 staff officers, with 24 sergeants, 12 runi ;", and 330 rank and file. The officers of the ,, regiment rswere .leurned to the Sun Hotel, Chatham. C i e eir Thomase al4 f"r in the large room of the hote . ve Colonel Willshire and Brigade-Major O'Brien f we h r e e regimen t the visitors on the occasion. The band o t Wuhanwas present, and played at in'ervals. The t General presented the offi Trs, on this occasion, very superb gold vase, standing nearly two teen Ill h i l l eight, for tlt gold vase, standing nearly two teen t, the service and ornament of their mes* le ta e '" e * The non e .e( s r e rnmissioned offic( rs, as well as :he ~,,,;n, ef the corps. were regaled at the General ' s t xl:ense i tl L a good and substantial sliper. The General and I . s lady left Chatham yesterdae p , fel. Woolaich. A n election took place yeA 4 ently fir the jwiveshi) e , td !, Westminster Court of Reqursts. There were liurteen ~iOluates, and the following were the numbers at the ckse } l an (Revising Barrister), 44 Le 13. - eton, 26 ; Beckett, -""" ,Keane,_ 20; Campbell, 14; for the rest n t a vote. IRE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—MANCIIFSTER. 11 1 , 1 ,_ n e ee our last, the weather ha% been uninterruptrdly fine ; t b _,, d, however, so far, by repeated eltaNze 01 vrt,.(l and flue -1.1:,1('Ils of the barometer ealeulattd to in•pire some doubts as ‘l4lcou tiouance.—Manchester Guardian. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AN SCOTLAND, D TOW/ AND IRE 4S IN ENGLAND, LAND. NAMES or RAILWAYS. Aberdeen ••••••• • • • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Fortar Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry ..... Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan.&Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (is& at 734 dis.) Ditto Half Shares Birmlnghm & Oxiid.Junc. Blckburn, and Preston.. Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stamtrd and II irm Brighton, Lewes, & Haat. Bristol and Exeter...... Ditto New.......... .. Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales Junc. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. Junc Caledon. & Dumbar. June Caled. niau . • .. • . Ditto Extension • • • Cambridge and Lincoln• Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Ralf Shares Chester and H lyhead Cheltenham and Oxford. Chichester and Brighton, Churnet Clitheroe Junction • • . • •• Clydesdale Junction Cork, Biackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon . ..... • Cork and Killarney . • • • • Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal Canterbury and Dover Coventry and Leicester Cornwall... ••• • • • • • Derby and Crewe . Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern .. • •• Direct Norwich.. • • .• • • Dublin and Belfast Junc. Dublin, lielfast, & Colr. e Dublin and Drogheda. • • • Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Ditto New ... -••• • • • Dundee and Per. h .. .• Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) .. •• • • Eastern Counties . Do. Perp. spr Ct., No 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union ..... Ditto Extension • •• • • Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • • Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Grant, - n Do. Pref. 5 per Cent • • Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles . . Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon • .. Enniskillen and Sligo.. • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr. • • • • • Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock . • Ditto New........ Ditto Preference • Olasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction ......... Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Quarter shares .. Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths Grand Union . Great Eastern & Western (ft Grimsby &Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Irind) Ditto Extension . - .... Great Munster.. • • .. Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. Do. New 30/. Shares .. Great Western ....... . Ditto Halt Shares Ditto Fifths .......... GuiltYd, Farelim,& Ports. lixrwfeh . . - .. .. H udrstid & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfleld and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough.. Hull and Selby • _ . Ditto Quarter Shares - Ditto Half Shares Inverness and Elgin .. - • Isle of Jersey . Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions . •. Lancaster and Carlisle Lancaster and Preston .. Leedi and Bradford .... Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk.... • Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingi:am Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Litnrek, Ennis, 8c Kil. Jnc. Line“ln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. Se Cat N. of Eng. Llverp)ol and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl, Ormskrk, & Prstn London mid Birmingham Ditto Thirds . • Ditto Quarters . - London and Blackwall .. Loa.&Man.(Rendngton's) London and Brighton. Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •• • • Ditto New . •••• • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich • Do. Pret: or Privilege. • London and South West rit Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 50/ Shares.. Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York ....... Ditto (ilawtry)....... London and Windsor.... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeowl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enulskilln Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds .. _ _ Ditto Half Shares : Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminghni Ditto Quarter Shares - _ . Ditto New Quarters Do. Con. & welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matik Man. Sher. and Mid. June. Manchestr& Southainptn 31idland.. ..... •• • • Ditto Fifths • Ditto New .• Do. Con. Binn. & Derby Midlnd Gt Westni (Irish) Do. Extension t.. Sligo Nen - esti & Daringth J unc Ds. ew (Braudling)•. Newcastle and Berwick • • Newelstle and Carlisle • . Niwestle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergas•enny Newry and Enniskillen •• Newark and Sheffield • • North British • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • N orthern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares .. North Devon .•• • • •• . • North Kent • • North Staffordshire .... North Eastern •. North Union (A) • ... • . Ditto (8)........ North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares .. • . North Western North Wales ••••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon •• Ditto New.. Not., Belyoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness .... Portsmouth Direct • • •... Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • . Do. I'rcf. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Exton.. Manton.; & W. End J unc Rugby, Worcestr, & 'Ting Scottish Central • • .. • • • • Scottish 3lidland • ... Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto ditto (No. 2)— Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln. Sheffield and Rotherham Shrcwsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Dudl,& Bir Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrws, 11 erefd,& N. Wales Slamannan ......... • . • . South Devon . .... • • • • • • South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. Do. (155.33/. 1 .8d.) ~ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond . • . staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South \Vales . • • • • • • • Tean and Dove Valley Trent Valley .• • . ........ Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath • • •• • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford a • d Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfil,Wiek & Dub Wakefield and Bradford.. Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire.. ..•.•. Worcester and Tring.... Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Hall Shares.. Welsh Miiland• • • • • • • • • • We t Porn;;ill•• • West Yorkshire .... • • • • Wilsontwn, 31. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich.. Ditto New . • ..... • • York and Carlisle ..... • • York and North Midland Ditto nail' shares Ditto Searbro' Branch Ditto Selby . .. . Ditto Extension ...... Yorkshire S. Glasgow TN 20% PAP la% P 1 p 1 4% 217 7. 3 / 4 PI 15S — s6d 13' 12056 d 4o 18 1814 4 4% 2%. 212 103% 214% 5 175 139% 17859 47% 22% 16% 8% Iti IA Am ;5859(11 148891 6 1. 1 68s9dj 181/ 17% $l4 7% 4 1 ,4 p 81s3d I 44s pl 148 13! 4756 d 60s p 26% 33s p !2 - 3s6pl I I ,34s 13 7%p HULL, STOCK EXCRANGE.- - ihe shares, 22%—London and , AUG. 30. sales are— 70s6d h7s6d 74s 16756 d; 1283 pl i 24 32s p Mull New, ind Selby, Half Li. 168,—Black- 7don, burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 104—Eastern Union Extension, 3X—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 5% — North Wales, 3/. 3s.—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2 4 —Derby and Crewe, 54—Direct Northern, 24—Dublin and Galway, 4—East Lincolnshire, 60s.—East Coast, 30s.—Glas gow and Dumfries, 3/. 2s. 6d.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., I/. 12s. 6d.—Gramd Union, 33s.—Great Eastern and Western, 148.—11u1l and Gainsborough, 15s.—Leicester and Bedford, 3%—Leicester and Birmingham, 41s.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, s%—London and Bir mingham Extension. 25s.—London and York, 7%—Man- chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 94--Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 4%—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 3/. 10s.—Not tingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 40s.—Nottingham and Boston, 325. 6d—Nottingham and Mansfield, 3% —Rugby, 2% —Rugby and Huntingdon, 35s —South Midland, 7% 4 — Sheffield and Lincolnshire JunCtion, B—Shrewsbury and Trent Union, s—Tean and Dove Valley, 3—Trent Valley Continuation, st/3—Wakefield and Bradford, 54—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 355. YORK, ACTG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten • sion, 3/. 6s. 3d.—Manchester and Birmingham New Quar ters, 12 1 / 9 —Midland. New, 26 1 4—Newcastle and Darlington, New (Brandling), 41 1 ,4—North Biitish, New, 10—York and North Midland Extension, 25—Clitheioe Junction, 5 1 4 — Grand Union, 3 1 / 2 —Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 224—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6 5 4—Leicester and Bedford, 4 3 4—London and York, 7%—Newcastle and Berwick, 26 Sheffield and Lincolnshire, B—South Midland, B%—Welsh Midland, 4%—West Yorkshire, 164. SHEFFIELD, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 61—Newcastle and Carlisle, 112 1 /._,•--Derby and Crewe, 47 , 4 —Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 5 1 / 2 —Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 10 1 /,—London and Windsor, 275. London and York, 71j—Direct Northern, 214—Man chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6% —Nottingham and Mansfield, 3%—Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber gate, 4%—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 2 1 4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire. 7 1 4—York and Carlisle, 5%. liUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCIIINGE.—The sales' are—Nottingham and Boston, 3%—Shrewsburv, Hereford, and North Wales, 51/2. Leicester and Bedford, 4N—Grand Union, 31 6s.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 3 1 / 2 —Great Grimsby and Sheffied Junction, Quarter Shares, 6l,6—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7 1 / 2 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7:r 4 . MANCHESTER, SHARE MARKET. The following circular has been issued by Messrs. Railton of Manchester : This market continues to attract improving confidence since allocated shares not in scrip ceased to be acknowledged. It has thrown dealing more into the hands of capitalists, where it ought to remain. In stirring times like the present, when so much enterprise is on foot to promote premiums by the unbounded increase of provisional railway directorships, got up by every strained effort—it may be useful to again put before our friends as a counterpoise what so long stood a part of our circular, at and after the latter part of the year 1840, as follows : " Inexperienced persons purchasing railway stock as a security for income, should give preference to well-tried finished works, paying sitisfactory dividends, and the least exposed to rivalry from contending lines or canals. They will answer the best for investment and bring the greatest value when re-sold. Works in progress are of very uncertain issue for profit till laid open to the public, and are therefore the best in the hands of the original projectors, or persons understanding their merits, till proved by the traffic they can secure. Experience shows that they generally fall to a heavy discount, however specious in promise, before income is obtained; and when completed, their worth is regulated in public opinion by a comparison with other securities, ac cording to the dividends they pay, and the confidence they corn Bland." And with this in view, they will be hard learners indeed if they suffer themselves to go materially astray at the pre sent time. _ _ The roving habits of railway directors'of old boards, now so rife for the promotion of new schemes, in which they are the most individually concerned, may confuse and damage both the old and the new, if shareholders do not keep a watchful eye on the proceedings of these gentlemen, so as at any rate to keep all interests moving honourably, equitably, and simultaneously together, and thus prevent those bickerings and mistrusts which are always so fatal to the prosperity of their concerns. It is much to be feared that established lines are more than ordinarily suffering by the wild and endless projects hunted after by individuals that ought to be employed at home fulfilling the duties they are pledged to for the interests of the shareholders at the public works with which they are already connected. When their masters are away, railway subordinates are also tempted to pay less attention to their duties, and particularly in lines where there is no general manager to direct or be referred to when occasions occur, and which must be frequent in railway affairs. One railway well managed is quite enough for the conve nient care of a board of directors, to protect the public against personal disaster on the one hand, and the income to shareholders on the other. Or if they do multiply other interests under their patronage at all, it should only be in such degree as their original undertaking can be served ; but how to bring back or allay this insatiable thirst for director ships of the most disjointed nature, and to place them on a sound working footing, will be a matter for the earliest at tention of Parliament ; and to avoid mistake in the mean. while, if railway gentlemen in this locality will inform us how many concerns they are engaged in as directors, they shall have all the honours arising from their extended pa tronage set before the public, with every merit they so emi nently deserve. A nicely condensed tabular form would be convenient for reference, and would most clearly avoid any future errors in describing them—thus, for instance, from amongst many who eminently figure as aspirants for railway fame, we may quote a gentleman lauded in the Hampshire Independent as the Railway Viceroy, and who certainly seems as worthy of extensive fame as any literary or scientific D.D., M.D., or F.R.S. And if abbreviated titles of honour mean anything, this gentleman is entitled to the following appendages to his name, as signifying the relation in which he stands to diverse railway interests : • • * • • * * * * 11 , Esq. T. V. M. and G. J. ; G. J. • ' D. C. of the M. B. M. and M. ; D. of T. V. ; W. L. or L. S. and P. ; D.C. of I. of W. ; M. and S. ; M. and W. ; L. and B. • P. and W. E. and D. J. ; W. M. ; Y. and C. ; and D. and W. and L. ; B. S. and B._ ;C. J. ; F. P. and W. J. 'Tis not every mortal that is gifted with the attribute of übiquity. Hail ! more than mortal ! ! ! ! ry EXETER, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-North Devon, 2- South Wales, 6 -South Devon, 36-Exeter, and Yeovil, 1 /, prem.-Bristol, New 12-Exeter and Crediton, 83; 1 . EDINBURGH, Atm. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen ' 3/. 58.- Aberdeen, Banff, an d El g i n , 2/. lO s -Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Armagh and Portrush,2l. -Banffshire, 24 - British and Irish Union, 3/. Bs. 6d. - Belfast and County Down, 3/. 155.-Cambrid ge an d Li ncoln, , 31. 17s. 6d.-Cl y d esdale 3/. 10s. - Caledonian, 11/. Caledonian Extension, 3/. JlOusn.--ctiCona,le9t2nsi.afind.a-ndDiDreteimt Northern, 2/. 4s. 6d.-D un d ee and Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. - D un d ee and Perth, 51. - Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 15s.- Edin burgh and Glasgow, 904-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 15 5.-Ditto, New, 15/. - Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 10s. - Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261. - Ditto, Preference, 17!. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 2/. Is. 6d. -Ditto, New, I!. 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 16s. - Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 12s. - Glasgow and Ayr shire, 711.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Ditto, 17s. 10d.- Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 18s.-Glasgow and Garn kirk, 41/. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, IL 125.- Glasgow and Greenock, 21/.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.- Ditto, Preference, 2/. - Great North of Scotland, 3/. 55.- Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Kilmarnock and Ardros san, 5/. 155.-London and York, 6/. 10s.-Monkland and Kirktritilloch, 334-Morayshire, 11.-North British, ex one fifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 5s -Ditto, One-fifth, 8/. 55.- North Wales Mineral, New, 6/ 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/ 28.-Scottish Central, 71. 145.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.- Shrewbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. ss. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 14 145.-Slamannan, 18/. IN.-South Mid land, 9'.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 16s. Gd.-Tean and Dove Valley, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 11. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK. YORK, SATURDAY, AUG. 30.—This day, at noon, the first general meeting of the proprietors of the above rail way Was. held in the Directors'-room, at the York station, G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Several shareholders were present from a distance, and the meet ing was very numerously attended. The CHAIRMAN .stated that the meeting had been called pursuant to the Act of Parliament, and certain resolutions would be submitted for their approval. The Directors were not prepared with any report, and in deed they had scarcely anything to report. They had not yet been able to obtain the accounts of the expense of obtaining the Act. He had seen in the public papers the cost stated at 50,000/. ; but he was happy to say it would not be 20,000L—(Hear, hear.) Probably from 12,000/. to 13,0001. would be the outside.—(Renewed shouts of " Hear, hear.") It was a matter of gratifica tion that they had obtained the Act without any com promise; they parted with no shares except those re served for the landowners ; they fought the battle on principle, and they had won it. Ile admitted they had done so under great hazard ; it was a bold step to take, and he did not think he should again incur such a serious responsibility ; but having been successful it was a sub ject of coneratulation. He might state that the Direc tors had already let twelve and a half or thirteen miles of the line beginning at North Shields. Probably the line would not be opened so soon as he bad previously mentioned—he thought it might be August before this was done, independent of the two bridges, which would take a longer time. He concluded by moving the first resolution—" That the Directors appointed by the Act of Incorporation do continue in office, viz , Mr. Hudson, Mr. It. Davies, Mr. James Richardson, Mr. Nicholas Wood, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Plews, and Mr. Tee. " The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, having moved other resolutions for the appointment of officers, which were carried unani mously, next brought forward the proposition for con curring with the other railway companies who had agreed to contribute towards the erection of a statue to Mr. George Stephenson, on the proposed bridge over the Tyne, and to the presentation of a piece of plate to that gentleman. The resolution for subscribing 2,0001. for that object was carried unanimously. The Lord Mayor of YORK then proposed, " That the Board of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company be instruct= d to confer and arrange with the Boards over which Mr. Hudson presides, as to the best mode of offer ing a suitable testimonial to that gentleman, as an ac knowledgment for his able and efficient services." The resolution was carried with acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, after returning thanks for this mark of their esteem, proceeded to make the following obser vations respecting the competing line which had been defeated, and on the reckless avidity for railway specu halm's. He said that during the few weeks that the con test in the Parliamentary Committee was going on he had never experienced greater mental anxiety. He was the first witness examined against the proposed atinos p!,eric line, and lie never entered the bo x w ith suc h a feeling of heavy responsibility in his life, for he knew the importance of the first witness making an imp ress i on on the Committee. Ile trusted, indeed he knew, that he was successful in doing so, and nothing could exceed the gratification which he felt when he heard the Chair man of the Committee declare that the preamble of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Bill had been proved. —(Applause.) To the latest period of his life he should remember the pleasure he experienced when right triumphed over wrong.—(llear, hear.) Lord liowick had no doubt a right to bring forward a competing line, and perhaps he was justified in doing all he could to sup port the atmospheric principle ; but when his Lordship found thi't, according to their own traffic tables, his line could not convey the traffic on the line, he (Mr. Hu& son) did consider that the further steps which were taken in behalf of the Northumberland line were unjustifiable. But he was diverging into matters of detail. All this was a tale that is told: it was fur them to eejoice in their success, and to look forward to making their line worthy of the support which Parliament had given them.— (Hear, hear.) He had the strongest feeling of respect for the gentlemen with whom he was associated, and anything which he could do, by night or -by day, should be done. He only hoped that parties would not rashly embark their property in every scheme which was projected, and that they - would recollect that, after all. there was only a certain ameunt of traffic in the country for all the companies to carry. It was quite wonderfill to parties behind the scenes to see with what facilities railway companies could be formed ; the names of influ ential parties were lent, without those persons thinking of the responsibility which they thereby incurred ; but a day of reckoni ng wou ld come , t o l d man y of th e ines now projecti,d will be ruinous concerns.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think that.any new company could injure the undertakings from Rugby to Barwick, with which most of them were connected ; the proprietors of these were united together in iuterest and feelings, and, by continuing to promote the public benefit, they would best secure their own individual athantne. Had they been speculators, anxious only to accumulate money and gain a short-lived popularity, they might have done so by lending their names to new schemes ; but the Directors with whom he was connected and himself had studiously abstained from this course, and endea- voured to keep a sound and healthy feeling in the country relative to these undertaking , . A 1 their rail ways were based on national utility. Their first objec. was to connect England and Scotland, and then to make such branches as were required by the country. What ever others might do, he would never retaliate by the formation of competing branch lines ; he was frequently urged by letter to do so, but he always threw these letters aside, for he thought any Director who allowed passion to mislead him in such a matter, was unworthy of the position which he held.—(Hear, hear.) The meeting then separated, the whole business not having occupied three-quarters of an hour. having r egar d t o th e, l engt h , t h an anyth i ng we have I hitherto done. 4th. We have travelled over the 5 miles in 6m. 455. when working one engine only, and in 6:n. 14i. when working engines at both stations (as intended in prac tier), viz , the middle and the ending, to propel the train. sth. To do the distance in the above time, which in eludes the time of obtaining our speed and coming to rest, the maximum speed was 70 mites per hour. 6th. The practical result of our working was to baat the Brighton quick train, having given it one minute law', and then started from rest, while the Brighton train passed the spot where we were standing at full speed. dr ,wn by two locomotives, and continued with unabated speed, and was in fact going as fast as it could when we overhauled it four miles beyond where we tar tP d. 7th. With a train . of eight carriaAes and abotit two hundred persons, we stopped K ith the brakes on the in cline rising 1 in 50, and started again nearly as free a% on the level ; on the whole the results are beyond what we led any, one to expect, and I trust it will not be long before I have an opportunity of showing them to the South Devon Directors. The b,st evidence of the value of Mr. Satnuda's report was to be found in the fact that since its put - dire:ion, the value of a share in the South Devon line had all eady risen 5/, and he confidently believed that as future expe riments became known, the value of shares in rail wa% constructed upon this principle would be greatly in creased. He would now call upon the secretary to read the report, anti he did not doubt that the unanimity which had hitherto marked thtir proceedings would also upon that occasion be found to prevail. Mr. CARR then proceed-•d to read the REPORT. _ _ Your Directors have the satis'action of submitting to you the half-yearly statement of accounts close .1 to the :loth June la".,t, and which exhibits the following results: Total receipts as per Account, render d to 31st Decem ber, 1844 Z197,392 17 6 To 30th June, 1845 Disbursements to 31st Decem ber, 1844 £ 91,574 17 5 ~ To 30th June, 1845 rising a contribution in aid of the Cornwall Railway to the extent referred to in the report. The resolution was unanitnnusly agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then read a resolution approving of the propot.:ed c ntoiiution in of the several Itries it in the :ch-rne of the Noi ii Devon Railway Conipau. whit h was a2conded • by Mr. ra.iNcE, and carried unar.irnotßly. The resolution approving of the assistance proposed to be given to the Torbay Branch, was seconded by Mr. E. NETTLETON, and carried nern con. ASHBURTON AND NEWTON RAILWAY.—UpOII a re- Eolution sanctiuning a contributhin to this project, should the Directors think tit, being read, Mr. T. W. Fox te tin m itior he resolution was then agreed to, with an alteratio n suggested by Mr. Derry, which sanctioned assistance beint , given zo any railway designed to connect the traf fic of Bucklasth igh and Ashburton with the South Devon In reply to Mr. PRANCE, the rEtAIRMAN statPd that no power; Nvoubi be required with reference to the S,,nth Devon Extension I:n,s. Mr. Muncu htving allud , 4l to a report in genersl cir ealtvion, that the Great Western Railway Compa7ly had withdrawn its support from what was generally known as the Cornwall Railway Company and hari thrown its influence into the scale of the proposed Central Railway Company, . - Mr BARLOW, Director of the Great Western Rail way, denied in lo !o that such was the fay t, stating Cud, committed as they wero to the support of die We,t Cern wall and Cornwall Ralways, they st oild oppo,e the Central Company in every way possitde. The CHAIRMAN, with reference to this subject, re marked that both the West Cornwall and South Corn wall lines were secured to the Cornwall line, and could not consequently be added to the Central line. De. Milter was now requested to take the chair, and, upon tEe mltion of Mr. T. W. Fox, a vote of thanks was unanimously given to Mr. Gill and the Board of Directors, and the meeting separated. SOUTHWARK ELECTION. MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF SIR WM. MOLESWORM. A district meeting of the electors of Christchurch, Wackfriers, was held at the Duke of Wirtemburg public-house, Hatfidd-street, Stamford -street, for the purpose of hearing an exposition of Sir Wm. Mules worth's political opinions. At a few minutes after seven o'clock, Sir William, ,ccomp ',flied by same of the members of his committee, entered the room aid was received with loud cheering. Mr. BRADY having been called to the chair, briefly explained the causes which had prompted the Hon. Barr. to come forward, and concluded by introducing him as a candidate for the Borough. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH said that before pro ceeding to an exposition of his political sentiments he shy ted advert to the other candidates who were in the field. The one was %Er. l'ilcher, who was decidedly opposed to bin in principles ; and the other was Mr. Miall, who, def.-ated in argument, descended to per sonality.—(Cheers, cries of " No, no," and great con fusion.) lie (Sic Wm. Molesworth) had been first accused by Dr. Price of gross dishonesty, and Mr. Apsley Pellatt called all those dishonest who supported him, because they did net think as he did.—(Cheers.) Mr. Pellatt had denounced him as unfit to be their representative in Parliament, because, forsooth, he had been educated in one of the English universities.— (Cries of " Shame.") Did he consider the being edu cated at one of these universities was a crime ? (Cheers.) It it were a crime, he acknowledged himself guilty.—(Cheers.) He had been educated at Trinity College. in Cambridge, where Sedgwick and Whewell were the tutors. (Cheers.) If it were a crime, it had been also committed by the greatest times in the country—the most intelligent., the most distinguished in literature, in science and the arts.— (C..eers.) He would put it, therefore, to them, if the very fact that there he got his education should disqua • lily him from being their representative ?—(Cries of " No. no.") But the Rev. Mr. Miall had asserted that he was insincere with regard to the voluntary question, be cause ha happened to possess some property in the Church of England. Now he acknowledged that be did possess such property.—(Cheers.) He inherited it from his Miter, and could not suppose even the Rev. Mr. Miall could blame him for retaining it.—(Cheers) He did acknowledge that his personal interests were to a cer tain degree opposed to voluntaryism ; but notwithstand ing this, he did solemnly declare that he was in favour of the voluntary principle.—(Cheers.) Could not the Rev. Mr. Miall conceive a notion higher than mere per sonal interest ? Did he think that there was no other feeling existing but self-interest ?—(Cheers.) Did he think that truth, sad honesty, and justice, were fled, and that the governing principle in every breast was self, self, self ?—(Cheers.) Did he think that some men were not independent °none' to hold opinions opposed to their personal interests ?—(Continued cheering) Aye, and to act up to them.—(Great cheering.) If he entertain( d such degrading views of human nature—(Cheers and great confusion)—he repeat. d, that if Mr. Miall enter tained these degrading views with regard to human nature, he was greatly to be pitied.—(lncreased confusion and great cheering.) But he would ask the Ro.v. Mr. Miall whether he himself supported voluntary principles from interested mo tives, or with dishorn st views ?—(Tremendous up roar.) He (Sir Wiliam Molesworth) believed he d:d not, and he only wished that the same jus tice might be rendered to himself in return.—(Cheers.) Ile only wished that Mr. Miall would suppose that his (Sir William Moleswoith's) feelings were equally just and honest as his own.—(A Voice in the crowd—" Oh, he's a systematical, methodistical, atheistical humbug.") (Roars of laughter, which stopped the proceedings for some time.) lie (Sir William Nlolesworth) might state, in reference to his connexion with the Church of Eng land, that when asked to give ground for the erection of Dissenting chapels on his estates in Devonshire or Cornwall, he had dune so.— (Cheers.) He had been ac cused by one man of gross dishonesty ; by another wall having received his education at' he University of Cam bridge—(Derisive cheers)—and by a third with insin cerity, because of his connexion with the Church of England. Nay, lastly, the Rev. Mr. Miall had endea voured to excite against him every fe ling of religious rancour and animosity, and, inquisitorial like, he had presumed to summon him (Sir William Molesworth) before his tribunal—(Cheers)—he had poured upon his head all the vials of religious wrath, and bad stigma. tised as dishonest those who had honoured him with their support.—(Cheers.) Yes, Mr. Miall had called upon the electors of Southwark to shrink from him with horror.—(Cries of " Shame.") He (Sir William Molesworth) was, in consequence of an inaccuracy in the morning pap ra, reported to have misrepresented Mr. Miall's opinions. From those reports he had been led to believe that Mr. Miall had promised, in the event of his being returned for Southwark, that on the very first opportunity Le would, in his place in Parliament, test the opinions of the House of Commons on the voluntary qu ‘stion, by moving the appropriation of all the revenues of all religions.—(Cheers and confusion, which for a time impeded the address of the Honourable Baronet) He did believe that Mr. Miall had made such a promise, and, in eon sequence, he (Sir Wm. Molesworth) had presumed to inform him that such a motion would be considered by all practical men in the House of Commons as wild and extravagant.—(Cheers.) He had suggested to him to try, in the first instance, his hand upon the Church of Ireland.—(Cheers.) But it appeared that he had tnisre preented the Rev. Mr. Miall, for all he now promised was merely to adopt that very suggestion and to propose the appropriation of the Irish Church revenues.—(Cheers.) Why he (Sir W. Molesworth) would, if returned for them. do vein what he had already in Parliament done, cordially support such a motion.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Mr. Miall might have considered that he would be but adopting the well-known motion of Mr. Ward's, which he (Sir W. Molesworth) and other lion. Members had voted for, long before Mr. Miall's name had ever been heard of.—(Cheers.) In fact, this mountain of the Rev. Gentleman's had pr duced a ridiculously small mouse.— (Cheers and laughter.) But Mr. Ailed had also pro mised that if returned to Parliament he would move for the rescinding of the grant to Maynooth.—(Laughter and cheers.) Easier said than done.—(Cheers.) It was an idle threat, a mere brutum fulmen. Why they knew that in order to make such a motion it was necessary first to receive the sanction of the Crown. Now let them fancy the Rev. Mr. Miall.—(A voice, " He is not a clergyman; he never was." Another voice, " He is ;" great confusion.) Sir W. MOLESWORTII—Once a clergyman, always a clergyman. (Cheers.) (First voice—" He never preached." Second voice—" He did." First voice— " Where ?" Second voice—" Smithfield." Roars of Taaght•-, diet ring, and moist admired confusion.) t them fancy his reverend friend Mr. Miall going to Sir Robert Peel and asking permission to make such a motion. Let them fancy him also givirg as a reason, that in order to defeat Sir William Moles worth in Southwark, he bad been obliged to promise his supporters to get the Mayrnoth grant rescinded.— (Laughter.) He would let them imagine the Prime Minister's reply.—(Cheers.) But was the very promise to make such a motion not a positive insult to the Irish people ? Mr. O'Connell had said to his fellow-country men—(A voice, " Down with O'Connell.") If they wished to put down O'Connell then let them do justice to Ireland.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell had told his countrymen that from the days of Queen Elizabeth Eng lish legislation towards the sister country had been but a continued series of blunders.—(Cheers.) Then, would they, the electors of Southwark—would they l If the f f th th e e a Rev. Mr. Miall commit the crowning blunder whole by bringing forward such m ot i onthen indeed y wished the repeal of the union wi t h I reland, they would send ffrn suchig and fresh in minasMr . s tf l i t a s ll up to on Pa th r e lia p m en e p n i t e , to heap fresh su C ed h edt s a n r s id ta g te rea h t i c s o p n n fu li s t t i o ca n l .) p T ri h n e ci li pl o e n s . B . of d t r h n a n t e c t o t u h n en try p . r — nee (eer He was in favour of triennial Parliaments, the vote by hal'ot, and the extension of the suffrage.—(A voice— . y ou were once for immediate and univt rsalsuffrage.b"y) He pointedly denied it. It was, indeed, asserted Mr. Feargus O'Connor, in a handbill headed " Miall and the Charter," that he (Mr. O'Connor) bad heard him thrice, in the year 1836, aovocate immediate and univer sal suffrage. Ile again denied that he had done so. He affirmed on his honour as a gentleman that he never had. —(Cheering and great confusion.) His character and that of Mr. O'Connor were before the world, and he was very confident that his assertion would have quite as much weight with the people of England as that of the former gentleman.—(Great cheering.) After some other observations the Hon Baronet sat down. Mr. Wm. HAwEs, in a short speech, proposed the usual resolutions, pledging the meeting to support Sir Molesworh in his election. Mr. MEEK seconded, and it was carried almost unani roon.-ly„ Sir Wm. MoLEswonnt then proposed the vote of thank> to the Chairman, after which the meeting (certainly one of the noisiest yet held) dispersed. BRIGHTON AND CHICHES rEn. A general half-yearly tr eeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Saturday, at the London bridge station. Mr. Hotham, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided on the occasion. The report set forth that the Worthing branch would be completed by the Ist of October ensuing, and the line completed to Chichester, by about February, 1846. The directors expected also to carry out, ere long, the ex tension of the line to Portsmouth. It was considered the arrangement coma to at the meeting (f the sth of August, to transfer the line to the London and Brighton Company, would be completed by the 12th of September, when the purchase money would be ready. The Chair man informed the meeting that, at the present time, there was only 1501. due upon calls. On the 30th of June there was an unpaid balance on calls of 7,3201. The arrangement come to with the Brighton Company, he had little doubt, would prove satisfactory to the pro prietors. He was glad to say that the terms named for the transfer of the line at the previous meeting had been met by the Brighton Company in the most satisfactory manner. The Chairman concluded by moving the adop tion of the report, which being seconded, was put and a?Teed to. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman an d Board of Directors the meeting adjourned. lIUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD. nUDDERSFIELD. AUGUST 30.—The first formal cere mony in the construction of the Huddersfield and Shef field Railway took place yesterday, at Penistone, where the first sod was cut by the Right Hon. Lord Wharn cliffe, Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council. At one o'clock in the afternoon, a procession was formed to meet Lord Wharncliffe at the Penistone station of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway. It was headed by a band of music, and was composed of a number of gen tlemen from Huddersfield, Sheffield, and the surrounding locality, end including the whole body of the Directors of the Huddersfield and Sheffield line. On the arrival of the train at Penistone, Lord Wharncliffe was found surrounded by the Hon. John Stuart Wortley-, M.P., Lady Georgiana Wortley, and several other members of his family. His Lordship, attended by the Directors of the Railway and a large concourse of eager spectators, proceeded to remove the sod. He then, without any further observations, proposed " Three cheers for the success of the Sheffield and Huddersfield Railway," which received the most hearty and unanimous response, and were followed by three cheers for his Lordship. The procession then left the ground and proceeded back to the town. At two o'clock, about seventy of the gentlemen present at the ceremony sat down to a sumptuous collation at the Church School room. Joseph Armitage, Esq., Chairman of the Com pany, presided. On his right sat Lord Wharneliffe ; Wm. Bradley, Esq, Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; and George Crosland, Esq.. Huddersfield ; and on the left of the chai. man sat the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, the Rev. Mr. Stanhope, John Parker, Esq M.P. for Sheffield ; and Joseph Brook, Esq , of Huddersfield. Many complimentary speeches were made; and Lord Wharnclitle, in returning thanks when his health was drank, said he felt assured that the work they had that day commenced would be one of the greatest means of rendering that part of the country prosper ous. The proceedings throughout were very spirited and gratifying. The company rose at about seven o'clock in the evening. CLYDESDALE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The first general meeting of the Shareholders of the Clydesdale Jt.vction Railway Company was held on Friday, in the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, James Dunlop, Esq., of Clyde Iron Works, in the chair. A report by the Directors, describing the business they had done while obtaining the Act, was read. The Directors, in the report, besides recommending that the Board of Directors should be increased from twelve to fifteen, farther stated that they had also directed their atten • tion to the acquisition of a goods depot near the harbour of Glasgow, and a more suitable passenger station than the one contemplated near the Greenock and Ayr Railway Station in Eglinton-street ; and they are hope. ful that both will be secured in a manner satisfactory to all parties, and such as will afford the best accom modation for the pubde. They also had directed their attention to the branches necessary to be formed for the full development of the Clydesdale traffic, and for the accommodation of those districts near the line, which are full of unopened minerals, and are at present excluded from market by the want of railway commu nication ; and they f ee l conv i nce d that the iss ue o f additiona stock would secure those contemplated ex tensions of the original plan, and make this line one of the most useful and remunerative of the Scotch railways." Oa the motion of James Lune len, E sq ., Lord Provost of Glasgow, the meeting appointed Mr. Dixon, of Govan colliery, Mr. Bain - , of Morrieton, and Mr. Downie, of Crossbasket, as the new additional direc- tors. Before the conclusion of the business, the chair. man stated that he had great pleasure in intimating to the shareholders that the directors of the Caledonian o j m u p n a c n t r on ha n d a p il r w o a p y o , sed to the Directors. of th e to amalgamate these t wo C t i ` t ,e lay im idh p ev a sad n ya ie Cle s, on conditions very favourable to the Clydes dale Junction. As the proposal had, however, o n ly been made yesterday, sufficient time had not been given for the due consideration of the proposition, but he had no doubt but the amalgamation would take place, and on terms which would be exceedingly advantageous to the shareholders of the Clydesdale Junction Railway Company. ' SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. (Abridged f rom t h e Ply m outh Herald.) The third hale -yearly general meeting of the South Devon Railway Comp an y wa s held at the Royal Hotel Plymouth, on Saturd a y, Th oma s Gill, Esq , ALP., i n t h e chair. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the common seal of the Company be affixed to the register of shareholders, and it being agreed to, he proceeded to scHress the meeting upon the objec's now contemplated by the Board of Di rectors. He remarked upon the circumstances attendant on the postponement of the Cornwall Bill and the South Devon and Tavistock, and Launceston and Tavistock Bills. He then detailed the steps subsequently taken, and referred to the meeting held at Truro en Tuesday, all of which is already before our readers. Re ob served that the measures adopted would deprive the Central Railway Company of any pretence to go to Parliament for its approval of the scheme started by them, as the Cornwall Railway would be so constructed as to connect the northern and central parts of that county with Launceston and the North of Devon, arid provide ample accommodation for the inhabitants in every part of Cornwall. He regretted th e postponement m ember of the C omm i ttee who inves of the South Dcv+ n and Tavistock, a n d T av i stock and Launceston Lines, a nd believed th at would not have occurred had any u t ir m t e t d h ethe Committee atmospheric a system of t ract i on b een appointed on these Bills. A s i t was, however, they would be taken up in the next sesr,ion at the point where they left off; and the only reas on f or regrett i ng the postponement, was not that there was t h e s li g h test doubt of their b e ing; sanction( d b y t h e lt gislature, but because had the Bills passed last session the lines would most probably have been opened at the same time that the Railway to Plymouth was finished, which could not now be dot e. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to the new projects to which it was int e nd e d t h at t h e Com pany should be asked to give their s anct i on b y a ff or di ng a portion of the required capital. Il e ant i c i pate d that very great advantages would result f rom the construction of the North Devon, and oth er ra i lways referred to in the notice convening the extraordinary meeting, and he entered at some length into the details, which were very similar to the particulars given in the report subse quentlyHe next spoke of th e d that grea t b ene fi t h a d resulted tate of teat ', h had taken pl ace , as th ey had now the benefit of seeing the resu l ts o f t h e experi ments upon the Croydon Railway, w h ere b y a consider ablesfrom sum of money would be saved in the outlay, the annual expenses would be diminished, and the line per fected in a way which they could hardly otherwise have hoped for. Amongst other things, it was now found that, instead of having a stationary engine at a distance of every three miles, one placed at a distance of five or six miles would accomplish the work, and in proof of the highly satisfactory nature of the experiments made upon the Croydon line, Mr. Gill read a letter from Mr. Samuda, in which that gentleman stated -Ist. That we obtained a vacuum of 27i inches in 5 miles of pipe, working only one engine over the two sections to obtain it, nut only once, but every time with ease. 2d. When the engine is stopped, the vacuum allowed to be destroyed by leakage, it t•ikes two hours to reduce the barometer to zero, (though at Dalkey 15 minutes would be all the time it could be maintained above the zero point), the leakage being here less than i horse power per mile. ad. The facility of obtaining the vacuum is greater, .£321,066 19 0 272,127 8 3 Shewing a balance In band on 30th June, 1844, of 48,939 10 Less Parliamentary• Deposit with the Account ant-General £37,689 10 9 Since the 30th June, the period to which these ac counts extend, a call of 51. per share has been made; and your Directors take this early opportunity of stati , g that the progress of the works will require their calling for another instalment, at the expiration of the interval pro vided by the Act of Incorporation. At the last half-yearly meeting of Proprietors your Directors referred in their report to the advantages which they anticipated would result from the construc tion of the Cornwall Railway ; and they were authorized by you to subscribe the amount of funds which it was then proposed to contribute towards the formation of that line. The Cornwall Railway Company not having obtained their Act during the past session, have now de cided on applying to Parliament for an improved and more extended line ; and with the view of furthering the attainment of so desirable an object your Directors re commend not only the renewal of those powers which were conferred upon them in February last, but also that you should authorize their increasing your subscription to an amount not exceedi ng 200,000/. in the whole, if it should appear to them expedient, when the scheme for enlarging the capital of that company is laid before ths.m. In regard to the South Devou Amendment Bill for the Plymouth extensions of your line and branch to Tavistock, your Directors have merely to report that this Bill and the Bill for the Launceston and South Devon Railway have received the sanction of the Committee of the House of Commons, but that their further progress has been postponed until the ensuing session. Your Directors have now to bring under your notice those projects in extension of your own ;me, or in sup port of other Companies, which circumstances require that they should prass upon your consideration earlier perhaps than they would otherwise have thought ad visable. NORTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The most important of these projects, and the scheme to which it is prop,sed that •lou should afford a very decided support, is that of the North Devon Railway Company, which, while it supplies a desideratum in railway communication to the northern and central portions of the county, will also conduce in a material degree to the interests of the South Devon line ; and it is gratifying to know that the scheme has received the cordial support of the county and of the public generally. The advantages which may be expected to accrue from the North Devon Line having been fully consider ed at meetings of Directors of the Gnat Western, the Bristol and Exeter, an d t h e S out h Devon Bail way Corn• panics, it was resolvad to recommend to their several proprietors to contribute jointly one-half of the re quired capital ; and your Directors now submit fur your approval that the South Devon Railway Com pany subscribe 375,000 L as your proportion of that contribution. TORBAY BRANCH.—The construction of a Branch to Torbay and Dartmouth, from the South Devon Line, at or near Aller, has long been contemplated by your Directors, and the proposal would have been submitted to your consideration at an earlier period if the neces sary arrangements could have been made for applying to Parliament during the past session. Your Directors have great confidence in the advantages likely to result from the formation of this Branch, and they therefore seek your authority to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session for an Act empowering you to carry this object into effect in such manner as may appear expedient. The surveys not being yet complete, your Directors are unable to place before you the details of the line, or estimate of its probable cost ; but they have reason to believe that it may be constructed at a moderate expense. :ASHBURTON AND NEWTON RAILWAY.—Your Direc tors report that a Company w hich proposes to connect the town of Ashburton with the South Devon line, at or near Newton, lately applied to them for assistance, and believing that the line will prove beneficial to your inte rests, your Directors are disposed to entertain the ap plication favourably ; but are not yet in possession of sufficient information to guide their decision. They, therefore, propose that you should confide to them such powers as will enable them at their discretion to afford to the promoters of this scheme that amount of assistance which may appear desirable. Your Directors have now to refer to the state and progress of the works. Some del tys hare occurred which were not anticipated when the last report was presented to you, but your Directors now look forward with great confidence to the rapid completion of that portion of the line which it has been their anxious de sire to open at an early period. Although themselves much disappointed that any delay should have arisen, your Directors feel nevertheless assured of the great benefit that will be derived from the opportunity thus afforded of effecting improvements in the general con struction of the works ; and they still entertain a con fident expectation that the entire line to Plymouth will be opened within the period originally contemplated. ENGINEER'S REPORT. Between Exeter and Dawlish the works are rapidly drawing to a close. A little delay has occurred at Cockwood, in consequence of the extreme sofcr , ess of the mud, which is unable to carry the weight of the in tended embankment. A timber viaduct has therefore been designed ; it is in progress, and will shortly be completed ; this will meet the difficulty, besides affording other conveniences to the inhabitants of that part. At Dawlish, the arrangements which have been re cently made have met with the approbation of the in habitants, and will shortly be complet4 d. All the tunnels along the coast are on the point of being finished. At Teignmouth, the tunnels and covered way are equally forward, as well as the works to within a short distance of Newton. Near this place some delay has arisen, from the difficulty of obtaining possession of certain land which prevented the progress of the work at a heavy cutting. This work, however, is now carried on by night as well as by day, and it will shortly be finished. From Newton to Plymouth the works generally are in a satisfactory state of forwardness, and are being pushed on with vigour. A considerable portion of the permanent way has been laid, and nearly all the materials for the first portion of the line are now on the ground. The Atmospheric pipes are in active pregres . and a portion of them is ready to be laid in succession to the permanent way. The engine houses up to Dawlish are in course of con struction, those at the Exeter end a• e ready to be roofed, and the machinery in a few days will be in course of erection. In the course of a month or six weeks a locomotive engine will be run over the line as the permanent way advances for the purpose of consolidating the earthworks. In conclusion, your Directors have the pleasure to con gratulate the proprietary on the successful result of the experiments which Pave been recently made upon the Croydon Atmospheric Line, far exceeding their most sanguine expectations ; and it is highly gratifying to your Directors to find that their views, as to the efficacy of the atmospheric system of traction have been thus amply realised. THOMAS GILL, Chairman. After a short conversation on the subject of the allot • went of shares in the North Devon Railway Company, Mr. PRANCE, with reference to the letter which had been read from Mr. Samuda, inquired as to the truth of a statement which he had heard : that as the carriages upon Atmospheric Railways approached the termination of each section, the speed was so sensibly diminished as to leave them almost at a stand still, so that there was nothing like an equilibrium in the rate of travelling ? The CHAIRMAN replied that he had mu .11 pleasure in answering the inquiry. So far was the statement from being correct, that it was found upon the Croydon line that the barometer stood 261 at one end and 27i on ar riving at the other end of the five miles, showing a very little difference in the two extremities. Mr: PRANCE then observed - that ning had baen said as to the probable connexion of the Cornwall Railway with the South Devon line. _ . The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Brunel had received in structions to attend to the recommendations of the Com mittee of the House of Lords, and that until the result of that gentleman's survey was known, he would not be in a position to give them that information which might be desired upon this subject. Mr. D. DERRY then seconded the adoption of the re port, and it was unanimously agreed to. This concluded the business of the ordinary ha:f yearly meeting. THE EXTUAORDINARY MEETING. The SECRETARY having read the notice of the Extra ordinary Meeting, The CHAIRMAN rose and proposed a resolution autho • TUE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS. The following is a summary of the recent operations of h e Buesiane in the mountains of Circassia. We have drawn it up fro:n tine article in the Journal des Delp.V, whic•h contains, be ide- , the efficiel news last received at St. Pt ter-shut-re, certain inortant details extracted from some privat e 'letters : The expedition of the General-in-Chief; Count Wo ronzoff, se( ins to amount to this, that, starting from a point of the line of the advanced Russian ports north of the Caucasus, he has described in his march an arc of a circle across the meuntains,ultimately falling back on anotherpeint of the slid line. The campaign lasted altoge thersix weeks. The southernmost point of the curved line described seems to have been Dargo,the residence of the lteaum Schamil (who may be considered as the Abd-el- Kader of the Caucasus). Between Andy (the p..int at which the previous intelligence last left the Count and his expeditionary force) and Dargo, the Russians had to enceunter the greatest ddliculties. After crossing the great chain of mountain; called Retchel, they descended by abrupt anti deep ravines into the thick forests of Itschkrey, which they traversed by pails scarcely pew ticable, the expeditionary force occupying a breedth of twenty vests. The Cecassians had raised barricedee, constructed of felled trees, the r) where across the valley occupied by the Awes'. The Russians had to dislodge the mountaireers at ill° poise of the he) onet from toe ry one of these bar lee, which were 2i; in number. disposed, one after the ether, over a length of a fight leagues (something more than 20 miles). The hisses of the Russians are described as enormous, whilst their enemy, filing from behind cover, left behind them scarcely- any dead. At length the Rus sians reached Datge, which they destroyed, the lem o n himself having previously set fire to it. The pleke i s de scribed in the Russian account as the greet rampart et Schamil's power, but other accounts represent it as a vil lage composed merely of a collection of mud edifices, and situated on a height overhat:nig a deep gorge. It i s 20 leagues south of the line of the 'Trek, and about r clui distant from the Caspian and Black Seas. At Dergo the Russians halted, but the mountaineers were not idle. A convoy of provisions (of whieh the invaders were much in want) and munitions of w r, had been dispatched front Andy. Count Wiletenzolf eet ached. from his main force at Dargo, Lieutenant -Gem ral Kluelte of Klunegan, with a orluinn of six battalions, fo r pieces of mountain artil lery, and some cavalry, to go and meet this cony. ty already escorted by a strong column. The troops, both in going to meet the convey and in coming back with it, had to encounter the most obstinate resistance in the forest. It was the very line just tray( rsed by the Russian army. but already the Circassians had returned in nutoders, and con structed fresh barricades. On the 23d of Jul', especial:y, on their return to Dargo, the Russians had to sustain a most long, obstinate, and furious encounter. More than 400 Circassixos were left dead on the field. But the loss of the Russians was very great. Two of their Major-Generals (Pussok and Viktoroff) were killed. The mountaineers. succeeded Ia capturing 900 mules loaded with provisions. Their ammunition fitting them, they drew their poniards and rushed upon the Russians, endeavouring to pierce their ranks and to convert the fiAitteg into so many single combats. It was chiefly the officers that they singled out for their fury. Ultimately the scanty rem nants of the convoy re/lolled IVoronzuff. But, mean while, he had himself been most unexpectedly attacked on all sides by an enemy, which he imagined to be dispersed. It was at the very moment that Te Derain was being sung, by I.is orders, in honour of the fete of the Empress. The object of the Circassiacs was to divert him, whilst the convoy was being attacked. When Woronzoff at length left Dsrgo, it was to return to the line of the advanced forts. This return would seem to be voluntary according to the Russian accounts, as if the great object of the expedition had been secured by the capture and destruction of Dargo. But the private letters describe Woronzoff as in fact interrupting the course of his ope rations, when he thus turned round on his return north ward to the line of observation. They represent him as yielding to necessity, because his troops were so deci mated and harassed, and in such want of provisions, that he could undertake nothing more with them. On his new route Voronzoff had to carry the f trtified heights of Tserihery, which were occupied by the troops of Schamil, and, descending along the left b tnk of the river Aksai, he reached Chougal-Berdy, where he halted having traversed a road that was all along bristling with intrenchmeets, from each and every one of which he had to dislodge the mountaineers. The fighting seems to have been incessant Meantime Mejer Gene ral Freitag having assembled in alt haste seven battalions and a half, together with 300 Cossacks and 13 ph cos of artillery, advanced from the line of forts. to meet the General-in-Chief. When Woronzoff and that Freitag had reached Miskit, he left Chougaleßerdy, and, after some further fighting with the enemy, succeeded in ef fecting a junction with the clivisien that had thus come to his assistance. Finally, on the Ist of August, the two united bodies of Russians arrived at Guerzel-Aoul, on the line of advanced torts. A studied obscurity prevails throughout the official report in the Journal of St. l'aersburg, and without the assistance of the news in the private letters it would ho difficult to understand the operations. The St. Peters burg Jc,u , nal 'effects to consider that great things have been accomplished by the expedition, but the Debuts asserts that IVoronzoff, with his military tatents and the large force at his disposal, has c empl, rely fail. d in his efforts to subjugare the mountaineers, nod that it is proved by his falling back, after his secceas at Dargo, on his line of operations, which be was nut even able to reach without the assistance of General Freitag. It was considered (says the Debut.) that a great disaster would have befallen him, but for the advance of Freitag, ;or he was blockaded by the mountaineers, and without provisions. Altogether the campaign is held to be one without any result, so far as the progress of Rus-.ian domination in the interior of Circassia is concerned. Prince Alexander of Hesse, who was serving in the army of the Caucasus, has given it up, and is on his return to St. Petersburg. Finally, IVoionzeff has dispersed his troops throughout the gar risons and cantonments on his line of observation. HOLYHEAD ROADS AND fiAlt- BOUlt. &c. There has just been issued, by order of the House of Common', the Twenty-second R-port of the Commis sioners for the Improvement of the ll , dyhead Read., &c. The following are the more material portions thereof : In pursuance of the directions con'aincd in the 124th section of the Act of 4th George IV.. c. 74, we lay before your Honourable Howe two reports of our engi neer, Mr. John Provis, dated respectively the 31st and sth of May, 1845, the former of the state, condition, and repairs of the road from London to Shrewsbury, and the latter from Shrewsbury to Holyhead Harbour, and tl o Menai and Conway- bridges. We also lay I • ore your Honourable House an account of the sums received and expended by us during the year ended sth January last ; and we have further in serted accounts, the first of which contains the particulars of loans to the amount of 83,7001. advanced on the secu rity of additional tolls, out of the Consolidated Fund, and expended by us in various improvements on the line of road betwcen London and Shrewsbury ; towards the repayment of which there has been paid into the Ex• chequer, on account of the principal sum ativanc, d, 43,372/. Bs. lid., and 25.727/. 2s. 104 d. on account of interest to the sth of January last ; at which period there r, mained due in respect of the said loans, for principal, the sum of 40.3271. I Is. Id.. and for interest, 16,8171. 108. 9441., making together 67,145/. Is. 10141. which is in course of payment. The second account contains the particulars of loans to the amount of 54,1001. advanced, on the security of additional tolls, by the Commissioners for the loan of the Exchequer•bills for public works, to several trusts of the road between London and Holyhead, and xpended in various improvements within those trusts ; of which sum of 54,100/. there has been repaid 2,106/. ss. 5d., and 12 4661. 15s. 2d, paid on account of interest to the sth of January last ;. at which period there remain e d d ue i n res Fe et o f principal, the sum of 51,993/. 14s. 7d., and 2,1411. 9s. 6411. on ac count of interest, making together the sum of 54,135 i 4s. 14d., and which is also in course of payment, LINCOLN, A. MILNE, Whitehall-place, Aug. 5, 1845. CHARLES GORE. The following are extracts from one of the documents inserted in the appendix. THE MENAI BRIDGE. The whole of the iron work was painted, and a coat ing of pitch and tar was given to the timber platform, wheel guides, &c., during the last summer ; every part of this bridge and its approaches is in a proper state of rep9ir, with the exception of a trifling portion of the paved roadway, which will require to be taken up and relaid HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. The dredging of the packet berths which was in hand when I made my l as t year's report, has since been com pleted to the required depth, and the skirts of the rock near the west end of the north pier have been cut away that the saw-pit at the large fromr dimensions , the weather, with a without suff ic i en t p ro - G to rc t a h ov e ming l p e l v Da e ion l ctokfh having was s gt u o r bo r e o es u nm n a d ml i l n ,a g ad ne s u d t r a p r oper new one roofh a has to cover it, h te e c e t n i o c n o o to s t t r h u e c twedorokfmlae A now building, consisting of a store- room, with s sail-room above, has been erected in the dockyard for the use of the Admiralty establishment, and others hay ing vessels under repair. The lighthouse, gashouse, and other buildings con nected with the harbour works, are in good order, with the exception of the harbour offices, which are now being repaired. Th e pi er, quay walls, road, &c., are also in good order. The number of vessels that entered this harbour in the year 1844, exclusive of Queen's ships, mail-packets, and pleasure yachts, was 942, the registered burdot of whiek was M,931 tons. COTTON SPINNERS' RISE Or WAGES.—We RTC in formed on good authority that at a meeting of the master cotton spinners of Glasgow and neighbourhood, held here daring the present week, it was resolved, after some discussion, to advance the wages of the workers from 5 to 10 per cent. on their present rates.— G:asgow Saturday Post. FRESH FlSH.—Salmon is very nearly done for season. The supply has fallen off earlier this year than last although the season upon the whole has been better. The price at present is 10d. to Is. per lb., grilse 7d. to Si. The liming fishing is nearly over on this coast, and number. of our fishers have gone not th for the remainder of the sews. We were informed that a goodly haul of herrings was obtained in the Crinan on Monday night last, which will be profitable to the fortunate fishermen. Whitefish have scarcely come in yet. here, but in a week or two they will be more plentiful and of better quality. We learn that the oyster fishers in Lochryan are making great preparations for commencing operations for the season, and a lot are expected at the Hamilton-street fish mart early next week.— Greenock Observer. T ''T N