The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-24 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. There was a very numerous attendance of members, in conse quence of the appearance on the paper of business of the fol lowing notice :—" To receive a report from the Improvement Committee, on the petition of the Direct London and Bir mingham Railway Company to treat for premises within the City for the purposes of railway termini, recommending the proposed sites as desirable for such purpose." From the general appearance of the Court, it might be inferred that complete unanimity existed in favour of the proposition to convert Farringdon-market and the site of the Fleet Prison into termini. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The LORD MAYOR, before thelaQl;m of the day com menced, stated that he had a communication to make to the Court. In pursuance of the report which had been made to the Corporation on the subject of the imperfect and irregular lists of governors, he had sent to each of the Royal Hospitals notice for the attendance of the governors on Wednesday, the 22d instant, in order that the respective lists might be re ceived and confirmed. A correspondence had taken place between Mr. Trollope, the Clerk of Christ's Hospital, on the part of the Hospital, and the Town Clerk, on the part of the Lord Mayor, in which the right to call a Court of Governors claimed by the Chief Magistrate was asserted by the Lord Mayor, and denied by the President, Alderman Thompson, who declared that he could not recognise any right of his Lordship to hold a Court of Governors, and refus'd to give his sanction to such proceeding. The President of St. Tho mas's Hospital, (Sir John Price), in answer to the application for a corrected list of the governors, stated that, as the subject was an extremely important one, an adjournment was con sidered necessary for inquiry, and the question was postponed for the purpose of obtaining accurate information, at the same time that the President disclaimed all intention of offering the slightest disrespect by anything which might appear to be an error in the list. The authorities at St. Bartholomew's Hospital expressed their decided opinion that the Lord Mayor had no right to hold a Court, or to summon the governors, or to demand lists. His Lordship then detailed the circumstances of his reception at Christ's Hospital on the preceding day, nearly as they were represented in yesterday's account of the refusal of the officials of the institution to admit his Lordship, or to recognise his power. Having read all the correspondence, and in a very clear manner given an historical statement of the transactions, his Lordship in formed the Court that he had determined to call a Court of the Governors of all the Hospitals on Wednesday next, at three o'clock, in the Guildhall, in order to receive and confirm the amended lists of the governors.—(Cheers.) It was his in tention to hold a Court of Common Council on the Thursday following, for the purpose of reporting the result of the meeting of the governors.—(Hear, hear.) Some of the members suggested the propriety of refusing to apply the City seal to the Christ Church docqaets until the serious misunderstanding which existed should be removed ; but the majority were of opinion that such a course would be illegal as well as undignified, and it was abandoned. IMPROVENIENTS AT HOLBORN-HILL. A petition from Mr. James Moon, having reference to the great railway projects of Farringdon-market and the site of the Fleet prison, was then read. PETITION LN FAVOUR OF THE GREAT RAILWAY PROJECTS IN FARRINGDON-STREET. Mr. WIRE said that the petition which he had to present to the Court was of such a description as not to require any comments from him. It was in support of the vast schemes of improvement which had been propounded to the Court a short time ago, and was signed by between 600 and 700 of the most eminent merchants, bankers, and wholesale and retail dealers in the City of London, who were aware of the importance of such a change as it recommended.—(Hear, hear.) It was quite impossible that a petition from so highly respectable a body should not meet with the most attentive consideration, and in order to prove to the Court that it possessed peculiar claims, he should read a few of the names of the petitioners. There were attached to the docu ment, amongst others of high station in the mercantile and banking world, Messrs. Cook and Gladstone, St. Paul's-church yard ; Messrs. J. and F. Cooper, Messrs. White and Green well, Cheapside; Messrs. Leaf; Coles and Co., Old Change ; Messrs. Jones, Lloyd and Co., Messrs. Groncock and Co., Bow-churchyard ; Messrs. Lea, Bousfield, and Co:, Wood street; Messrs. Brittle and Co., Messrs J. and R. Morley, Messrs. Bradbury, Greatorex and Co., Aldermanbury; Messrs. Meybvn and Grant, Cheapside ; Messrs. Capper, Morley awl Co., Watling-street; Messrs. Salomons and Co., Old Change; Messrs. Johnson and Nephew, Watling-street ; Messrs. Liddiard and Co., Friday-street ; Messrs. Lupton, White, and Co., Bread-street, &c. &c. &c. The following is the petition : " Tel THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. " The Petition of the undersigned Merchants, Bankers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers, and others engaged in or connected with Trade and Commerce in the city of London, " Showeth,— That we have heard it is proposed to construct a great trunk line from Battle-bridge to Farringdon-street, I ir the use of such of the Northern, North-Eastern, and North ,Western Railroad Companies as shall be desirous of availing themlelves of it, upon payment of such fair remuneration to the company constructing the same as may be agreed be tween them. " We have heard that the company promoting this great undertaking are desirous of purchasing from the corporation of London, at its fair value, the site of Farringdon-market, which we are informed is so little needed for the purposes of a market, that the receipts from every source have not since its erection defrayed the costs of management and repair. " We understand that the company propose to take the site of the market, and other adjacent property, for the pur pose of establishing snacious and convenient stations for the accommodation of passengers only, for which the width of the street, its central situation, and the number of its outlets to all parts of the metropolis, appear, in the judgment of your petitioners, to render it eminently well suited. " We have further heard that the promoters of the plan propose that the site of Field-lane, Saffron-hill, West-street, Sharp's-alley, and other wretched localities to the north of Holborn-hill and Snow-hill, on each side of the intended railroad, shall be used for the erection of temporary depots for merchandises and goods coming by railway from the manufacturing districts, and that goods and cattle arriving by rail shall be passed to their destination from those spots without in any manner crowding the stations, or incommod ing the passengers in proceeding to or from the terminus in Farringdon-street. We believe that a project of this nature will largely con tribute to the public convenience and accommodation, and will be productive of great advantage to the trading interests of the City of London. " We do therefore most respectfully request that you will give to the promoters of this undertaking the requisite facilities for establishing the terminus fer passenger traffic in Ferri ngdon-street. " It is proposed to take site of Farringdon-street, and the new street with as much property on both sides as may be requi site. It is then proposed to effectually remedy the evils of Holborn-hill, by forming a level road (the entire width of the street) from Hatton-garden t) Sea Coal-lane, to be car ried on 'arches at an altitude of 26 feet above the lowest point; these spacious arches will form communications and warehouses for the :station. it is then proposed to make a new street, 65 feet wide, from St. Bride's Church to Hatton gai den which is to be use d, an d a con ti nua ti on ma d e h ome to Guildford-place. Branch streets are to be formed on arches from Charles-street, Hatton-garden, and from Vine street to Clerkenwell-green, and it is proposed to widen the Old Bailey, next to Ludgate-hill. The terminus is proposed to have three approaches, the principal entrance to be across Farringdon-street, at about the Fleet Prison. to make an ap proach from the new street for omnibuses and carriages to and from Paddington, the west-end, Bridge-street, &c., and the third approach rom the Old Bailey for omnibuses and carriages to and from the City, Islington, &c.; the two latter entrances will be on moderate high ground, and the three entrances thus placed will divide the extensive traffic, and not form any interruption to the great thoroughfares of Hol born and Fleet-street. Finally, it is to be observed that the valley is especially adopted for this important object, whilst by diverting the traffic it affords the means of a most efficient remedy for Holborn-hill ; the high ground at Hatton garden and Skinner -street is attained by easy acclivities—the first by the new street and the other by the Old Bailey. The foregoing is an outline of the design proposed to be sub mitted for the consideration of the City authorities and the following four railway companies—viz., the Great Western, the London and Birmingham, the Direct Manchester, and the Ea-stern Counties. The petition was, after a few words from Mr. Asittnigr, who said the subject demanded the attention of the Court in a particular manlier, in consequence of the vast alterations ant improvement contemplated in the vicinity, referred to the Improvement Committee. Mr. LOTT requested to be informed whether the gentlemen at the bar were not petitioners in favour of the Direct London and Manchester Railwayy One of the petitioners replied that some of them were, and some were not, petitioners for that line. Mr. Lorr said it appeared to him that there was something exclusive in the object of those who sought to introduce the railway into Farringdon-street. Mr. WIRE, said he could easily satisfy the Court that there was nothing at all of gn exclusive character in the course pursued by the supporters of the Direct Manchester line. He held in his hand the petition which had been presented at the last Court. It had no exclusive object, but prayed for a great general central terminus, available to all parties. — (Hear, hear.) Knowing that it would be of incalculable advantage to the public if termini to the great railroads from the northern parts of England were established in Farring don-street, the petitioners applied for facilities to the Corpo ration. The gentlemen whose names were attached to the petition in favour of the project were too much interested in the establishment of free-trade principles to advocate any thing of an exclusive tendency, or calculated to lead to a monopoly.—( Hear. hear.) Mr. BEDFORD said that some persons who were exclu sively engaged in the sale of vegetables and fruit in Farring don market, had spoken to him on the subject of the losses they must be subjected to, if the market was converted into a railway terminus. They hoped that before the alterations were commenced, a fair hearing would be given to them, in order that they might show the extent of the evil to which they would be subjected.—(Hear.) Mr. AxnErrron said that. if the people of the market were receiving great profits, it would be no more than fair that they should pay their rents a little more punctually. He assured the Court the collecter of the rents had no very agreeable task. He looked with great confidence to the re sult of establishing termini in Farringdon-street. If such measures were not adopted, away the trade of the City would inevitably go where the rapid facilities of intercourse was encouraged. He could see, in his imagination, towns imp.oving and rising up by the extraordinary powers so in geniously suited to augment the traffic of the country, and the City of London must, if she meant to keep pace with the general impulse, avail herself of the opportunities which now presented themselves. He admitted that, some time ago, he was diametrically opposed to the introduction of railroads into the City ; b u t 'he had corrected that error—(Cheers) — and he now was as much for as he had been formerly against the project. He did not know whether the exact sites pro posed were the most eligible. If, upon strict inquiry, any other were found preferable, the Court could easily make its election, Mr. R. TAYLOR said the appeal of the people of Farring don-market deserved attention. They were the tenants of the Corporation, and it would be only a fair measure of jus tice to them to refer their case to the Market Committee, and obtain a report of the extent of the injury likely to be in flicted. He held in his hand a petition from Mr. Jolley, a respectable fruiterer, but as no notice had been given in the business paper, he could not use it as a petition, but would adopt it as part of his speech. Mr. Jolley declared that his trade, and the trade of the whole of the fruit-salesmen, and market gardeners of Farringd on-market, depended on the continuance of the market, or upon the formation of some market near the spot ; and he respectfully prayed that in any steps to be taken by the Corporation, due regard should be paid to the interest of the tenantry of the Corporation, and to the securing to the inhabitants of the City a sup ply of fresh fruit and veget a bl es such as they at present enjoyed. The claims of the tenants were respectfully described and admitted by the Court. Mr. Kixot said they must take very good care, that t in the progress of the extensive changes which were about place, the demon of stock jobbing would:not be allowedototte terfere with the purity of their actions , but that the general good would influence the whole of their proceedings. Mr. WAKTON declared that he had no doubt of the bene ficial speculation of the introduction of railroads with the great public neighbourhoods of London, but it was a question with him whether Farringdon-street was as eligible as other places which could be mentioned. He was of opinion that it should be referred to a Committee to consider whether it would be better to have a terminus in Farring;don-street, or on Clerkenwell-green.--(Cries of No, no.) He believed that the authorities at the Sessions-house would be glad to dis pose of that building, and he hoped the subject would be looked at with attention by the Court. Mr. STEVENS said he considered the introduction of the railways into Farringdon-street, greatly beneficial as it doubtless would be, was insignificant in compgirison with the vast improvement which it would lead to in the vicinity, by removal of the horrible nuisances round about, and the demo lision of the acclivities of Holborn-hill and Snow-hill. Such a combination of advantages would soon produce an extraordinary effect. Mr. NORRIS said a few words in favour of the project, and the petition was unanimously referred to the Improvement Committee. The sum of 500/. was voted for the education of poor children in Southwark, in aid of what is called the Southwark fund. THE RAILWAY TERMINI IN FARRINGDON.STREET. The Court having been occupied till a late hour in tran sacting the business, it was determined to postpone the bringing up of the report on the petition presented at the last Court. The postponement caused some dia satisfaction. REMOVAL OF THE UNIVERSITY. Some time ago, while inserting a statement that a pro posal had been made for purchasing the University of Glasgow, by several railway companies, our disbelief of the statement, or rather of its practicability, was rather inadvertently expressed. We learn, however, that there is a very near prospect of such a scheme being carried into effect, and thht already active measures have been taken for its accomplishment by the Caledonian and other lines. As a preparatory step, the lands of Woodlands, lying immediately to the west of the city, have been ac quired as the proposed site of a new College ; and such arrangements are in progress with the Principal and Pro fessors, as will transfer to the railway companies the whole of the buildings and grounds at present occupied by the University, so soon as the requisite Parliamentary powers have been obtained, and new buildings erected. The exact terms of the arrangement have not yet trans pired; but we understand that Woodlands has been pur chased for 27,0001., subject to a feu duty of 1801. per annum; and we have heard it stated that the purchase money of the present College, with the grounds attached, will be 105,0001. Though, on first thought, the proposal to remove our old and venerable University, to make way fi ir a railway terminus, appears startling, yet on reflec tion, we have been led to regard the arrangement as avery way beneficial. The present position of the College is. far from being what it ought, as the site of a seminary of learning. It stands in the centre of one of the most densely peopled districts of the city—in point of health, both as regards professors and students, it is highly ob jectionable; its close proximity to lanes so pestilent, morally and physically, as the Havannah, and the Vennels, bars it from everything exteriorly pleasant or agreeable ; while it is now at a very inconvenient distance from the homes of a great majority of the students. Woodlands, on the other hand, is one of the most attractive situations in our neighbour hood—so elevated as to prevent the risk of ever being covered in with surrounding buildings, commanding an extensive and delightful prospect, and enjoying a pure and wholesome atmosphere—requisites of vast importance to the comfort and well-being of persons de voted to study. It will, at the same time, be much more convenient for the pupils belonging to the city, while for those who come from the country, ample accommo dation can be obtained in the vicinity ; and it is, more over, advantageous as being in the neighbourhood of the Observatory and the Botanic Gardens. In so far as the University i I concerned, therefore, we would regard the proposed change as highly beneficial ; while to the dis trict in which the College is at present situated, i t would also be exceedingly advantageous. The tide of business has for many years been rapidly receding from High street and the older parts of the city, a tendency which the railways at present in operation, with their termini set down in the west and south, has materially increased. The appropriation of the college grounds as a grand terminus for the railways approaching by the north and and east would, however, restore to the ancient quarter of the city a portion of its former lif e an d act i v i ty . High-street would again become one of the centres for business ; the property branching from it might be ex pected to be opened up and improved ; th e V enne l s would be in some degree renovated; and an increased amount of prosperity thrown over the entire district. Looking therefore at the matter in these and other points of view which might be mentioned, we are inclined to regard the proposed arrangement as a very important im provement for the city.—Glasgow Argus. RAILWAY DEPOSITS. (From the City Article of the Morning Chronicle.) We are told to-diy, in the end of an elaborate and strangely involved argument, that " the main question recurs, and we can neither give an honourable nor a rational explanation of what has become of the 30,000,000/. and upwards of railway deposits." This is a fair confession at last. Our Contem porary admits that he has made a mess of it, ' and gives up the great railway deposit question as a bad job, which he finds neither honourable to himself nor rational. The very lame and impotent conclusion at which our Contemporary thus acknowledges he has arrived, does not surprise us, for sometimes these deposits are held by him to be in the banks, and alarm is anxiously sought to be aroused by considering how they are to be got out of their hands. Next day, nay, almost next paragraph, the pea is under another thimble. It is taken out of the banks, and the delinquent money-lenders are brought forward to the bar of public opinion for thimble rigging, arraigned to answer the charge "of utter improvi dence in the employment" of the money, and " in bolstering up bad railway schemes with the money belonging to the good ones." Here, at least, we have an admission that there are some " good" schemes amongst the flock, and this from such a vituperative customer, is an admission worthy of notice. It is to be regretted that, instead of using means to confound the whole in one heterogeneous mass, our Contem porary hasnot exercised his position and influence in endea vouring to establish a due distinction between them, so that he really good schemes might be known, and their just value appreciated. The most imminent danger of the move ment consists in its immensity, and the want of discririlina tion which the public have committed by embarking their money in every scheme. The duty of the public press was to warn the public of their error—to endeavour, by argument and the force of facts to repress the extent and impetuosity of the spirit of speculation. But, instead of following that course, our Contemporary: has " run a muck" against the whole, and endeavoured to prove himself a true prophet of mischief, by leaving no stone unturned to bring about the " storm" which he thinks is certain. The public mind is now at least easy as respects the payment of the railway deposits, and also as regards the employment which they have been put to by the banking interests. It is known that they have been regularly paid on the letters allotted. True, the actual amount paid is not ascertained ; bat there is every reason to believe that the sum of 30,000,0001., which it has been computed at by our Contemporary, is a gross exaggeration. We have grounds for stating further, that the bankers in London, the establishments who have been the chief recipients of the deposits, laugh at the notion of not being ready to account for them on a day's notice. 'We have made some inquiry, also, regarding the country banks, and although we cannot speak with the same confidence in regard to them, yet we believe that they have been cautious in their investment of the rail way deposits, knowing that they must keep them on secur ties negotiable at all times. Indeed we hear that the deposits are not left many weeks in their hands, as a resolution from the Finance Committee speedily follows payment, ordering the proceeds to be paid over to the London bankers on behalf of the Company. We may add that the deposit of 10 per cent. is only required by the standing orders of the House of Commons on those schemes which were not provisionally re gistered previous to some day last July. Those projects provi sionally registered prior to the day fixed, are entitled to go through the House of Commons we believe, under the old depo3it of 5 per cent., although this exception is not adopted by the House of Lords. The promoters - of these schemes may, however content themselves with payment of the 5 per cent. until their Bills pass the Lower House, and if they ba rejected by that branch of the Legislature, the other 5 per cent. will not be required of them. of t E h e a ASTERN in e a fCOUNTIESraiIway •1 L W .—Under th e p res ti ge monarch as the chai rman o f t h e Eastern a s have already beg an t o assume advantageous as p ec t than they , h Cfoatrint moreies line, matter have hitherto worn. A most unaccustomed degree o regu larity characterises the arrival and dep ar t ure of the itraias which are no longer allowed to crawl along at the pleasure of a single imbecile and " used up" engine, but we haves ure ac tually seen with our own eyes two engines affixed in fr on t o f a train of ordinary length. Delays of hours are now dwind ling down to one hour or so. The clerks and officials are also on the qui vine, and the nonchalant indifference which we formerly had so much occasion to admire, has given place to measures of activity and politeness it is wonderful to behold. There still wants, however, much reformation in many of the existing arrangements about the station, where a degree of exclusiveness and favouritism prevails which it would be wise to amend. In patience and Mr. Hudson there is, how ever, great comfort. A special general meeting of all the shareholders is advertised to take place on Thursday week, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern, when we presume the new system, which is to renovate the pecuniary and other energies of the line, will be enunciated by the chairman. With regard to the attendance of the provincial shareholders at this meeting, we think it would be advisable to follow the example of the Birmingham and other companies, which, on such occasions, convey the shareholders to town free of ex pense. We have scarcely any doubt that now this plan will be adopted on the Eastern Counties. „ rOST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following notice, issued by command of the Postmaster-General, was put up yesterday in the hall of the General Post-office, and at the various branch offices : " General Post-office, October, 1845. " Much inconvenience having arisen from letters addressed to places on the western coast of America, forwarded via Chagres, being detained in the post-office of the isthmus for the postage due for their conveyance between Chagres and Panama, the Postmaster-General has decided for the future to inclose all letters so addressed in a packet, to be directed to her Majesty's Consul and Packet Agent at Panama, who will be instructed to forward the letters, if possible, to their several destinations, by any opportunities which present themselves. In like manner, the British Consul at Panama will make up a packet monthly for this office, containing letters which may be forwarded to him from places on the western coast of America, and will prepay the transit postage on it, so as to insure its transmission to the United Kingdom. To cover the postage, which will be payable to the post-office of Panama on the packets thus addressed to, or forwarded by the British Consul, an additional rate of ls. the half-ounce, 2s. the ounce, &c., will be levied, on and after the Ist of No vember next, on all letters to and from places on the western coast of America, making the total rate on such letters 2s. the half- ounce, 4s. the ounce, &c." THE SIMPLON.—An English gentleman, writing from Domo d'Ossola, on the 15th, says—" On descending from the Simplon village towards Domo d'Ossola, there are four places where the road is completely broken up in conse quence of the late torrents. Carriages now can only pass by being unloaded, and forced over the rocks by a large body of men, as the road is utterly unserviceable for horses. There is every prospect of the road remaining in its present state, as it now would have been quite impassable had it not been for a lnoiee s ilia p asb i a r hlar i er t ti ed gentleman, who, having been obliged to leave his carriage, hired a number of workmen to render it at all prac itil'all'ieeisioet, been,b,rreidiggi ac e andoriee partcarried aw away." the viaduct near Domo d' Os d Moncorvo, Po y rt e u s f .e tzb . linister, transacted busi SUN, e LONDON, ) i)5 W,„ - TrIE RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RA ILWAY SHARES IN THIS PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. • s' g NAMES OF RAILWAYS. 'es p. LS O c t. oct. oct. Oc 23. 23. 23. 23 434 5 9 I 1 1 1 1 1 g q Aberdeen • • • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge • • - Arbroath and Forfar - Ditto Half Shares .. • • - Armagh, Coln, & Portrush - Bandon and Bantry .•• • • - Belfast and Ballymena • • - Belfast and County Down - Birktilid.Lan.&Ches.Jne. - • Birmingham and Glo'ster - - Do. New (iss.at 7% die.) - - Ditto Half Shares .. • • - - BI rminghm & Oxfrd June. - -- Melanins, and Preston - - Dick barn, Darwn,& Bolin - - - Bolton, igan, & Liverpl. - - Boston, Stamfrd and Birm 1 4 p 5656 d Brighton, Lewes, & Bast. - - - Bristol and Exeter - Ditto New .... •••- • • • • - - Bristol and Gloucester • • - - Bristol and S. Wales June. - British and Irisk Union - Caledon . and Ayrsh. June - Caledon. & Dumber. June - - Caledonian Ditto Extension •• • . 4 4% I - • Cambridge and Lincoln •• 5 5 % 1 5 % - Chester and Birkenhead - Ditto New Shares .. • • - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham-and Oxford - Chichester and Brighton - Churnet Valley . • •• • • - Clitheroe Junction ••• • • • - Clydesdale Junction Cork, Blackrek & Passage - Cork and Bandon - Cork and Killarney ..• • • - Cork and Waterford • - • Cork and Youghal .. • • - - Canterbury and Dover - - Coventry and Leicester 2 - Cornwall • • • . • ... • • - - Derby and Crewe ... •. • • - - • Direct Lon. and Manchstr - - - Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth - - - DirectMan.(Remington's) 3> 3% 33 I - Direct Northern • . 2% - Direct Norwich .• ••• • • • - - - Dublln and Belfast June. - - Dublin, Belfast, & Colme - Dublin and Drogheda - Dublin and Galway ... Dundalk and Enniskillen - Dundee and Arbroath . - Dundee and Perth • • - - Durham and Sunderland - - East Lancashire (No. 1) - - - Ditto (No. 2) . - - - Eastern Counties .• • .... 213( 2 2214 22 Do. New • ..... 714 p 13 % Perp. spr Ct., No 1 -p - - Do. do. N 0.2 - p - - East Dereham & Norwich - - East Union ... ........ - - Ditto Extension ••• • .. - - Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. - - Edinburgh and Glasgow.. - - Do. Quarter Shares •• • - - Do. New Quarter Shares - Edi nb. Leith, and Granton -- Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. - Edinburgh and Northern - Edinburgh and Peebles • • - Edinburgh and Perth • . • • Ely and Huntingdon • • .. Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr - Fltsvood, Prstn, &W. Rid. - Garnkirk and Glasgow • . - Glasgow and Ayr - Do. Quarter Shares.... - Glasgow and Greenock .. - Ditto New . • • - Ditto Preference ..... - Olasgw,Dmfries, and Car. - I llsgw, Kilmarnek, & 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 - Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. - Gt Grimsby and Sheffield - flt Stbrn & Wstrn (hind) - Ditto Extension - Great Munster.. • • - Grt Northern of Scotland - Grt Northern of England 217% - Do. New 401. Shares .. 49 - Do. New 301. Shares .. - - Great Western ......... 145 - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Ditto Fifths •.•• • • • 33 - 11ttl1erd, Farehm, & Ports. - - Harwich .• • ••..•• • • • • - lltirsfid& Man. R. &Canl - Huddersfield and Sheffield - Hull and Gainsborough.. - Iran and Selby .. •• • ... 103 Ditto Quarter Shares.. - Ditto Half Shares - Inverness and Elgin .... - Isle of Jersey ..... - Kendal and Windermere - Kingstown and Bray .... - Killarney Junctions •• - Lancaster and Carlisle .. 48 Lancaster and Preston .. - Leeds and Bradford • • - Ditto Extension ......- Leeds and Dewsbury.... - I,eeds and Thirsk ........ - Leeds& W. Riding June. - •- - Leicester & Birmingham 1% p 51s 2% Leicester and Bedford ... I SA p 2% - Limerick and Waterford - - - - Limrck, Ennis, & - - - Lincoln, York, and Leeds - - - Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. - - - Liverpool and Manchester - - - Ditto Half Shares - - - Ditto Quarter Shares.. - - - Liverpl,Ormskrk,& Prstn -6% 7 London and Birmingham 215 220 - Ditto Thirds 43% 44% - Ditto Quarters - London and Blaskwall - & Chltnham - London and Brighton. 64% - Ditto Consolid. Eighths I - London and Croydon . Ditto New . • ••• . • Do. G uarant. 5 per Cnt. 9 x 1 - London and Greenwich . - - Do. Pref. or Privilege.. - London and South Westrn 73 Do. New Cons. Eighths - Do. New, 501 Shares.. 1' Do. New, 401. Shares.. - London and York ... ••• • Ditto (Bawtry) . • • .... London and Windsor.... Londu, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londunderry & Enniskilln Lynn and Ely .......... Lynn and Dereham ..... • Manchester and Leeds .. - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Ditto Quarter Shares.. - Ditto Sixteenths .. •• • • - Manchs r and Birkenhead - Manchester &Birminghm 81 Ditto 4uarter Shares.. 13 Ditto New Quarters .•. 11% - DJ. Con. & Welsh June. - - Manehestr, Boltn, & Bury - 91110188, Buxtn, & Matlk 4%p - 8%1 - Man. Shef. and Mid. June. - 6 6 Mancliestr & Southamptn -3% 21 Midland .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Fifths • • •' • • •• •• WV° New .• • • • • • • • .• Do. Con. Birtn. & Derby Miillu.l Gt Westnl (Irishl Do. Extension to Sligo Newest 1 &DarlngtnJune. Do. New (Brandling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. Newport ,& Abergavenny Newry And Enniskilleg • • Newark and Sheffield . North British • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern • • Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 die.) Do. Quarter Shares • • North Devon . ...... • North Kent .. • • .. North Staffordshire •• • • North Ea5tern......... North Union (A) • • • • • • • Ditto North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares • • • • North Western •••• • • • • Monk Wales •••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon . • Ditio New • • • • • • • • • • • • Not., Belvoir, & Oranthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nutt., Er yeah. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester .. Oxford and Cambridge .. Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct.... • Preston and Wyre • Ditto Half Shares • . 4%1 - I N - 1 -- 314 - 20 - 2% - - 1 - 4%1 4%1- 414 - - -7% - -3% - -p 51,4 - - 258 - -57 N - - 25% - 2% 2%, 2% mil - 19)41 - 4% r- 14 I 13MI - - 22% - L4)41 13)4 2141 - 12 I - 5 %1 5% - 8 % 1 imi 7:: 15%1 15% 13 2% 1 27%1 2-8 5% 5% 5 23% - 68 I - 4 4 - 4 p 7% 6% gli - =:. 4% 41ii - 54f -: 5%! i :---- - - I "4 - -7% NI 8,4 1 - 42%1 42 - IOU: - Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens, Richmond Ez W. End June Rugby and Huntingdon... Scottish Central Scottisli Midland ...... •: dd and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto ditto (No. 2).. Ditto ditto (No. 3).. Sheffield and Lincoln.... ._. Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry& Grand June. _ Shrewgb., Wor., & Crewe Iv Shrws ,Wol v., Dudl, & Bir Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Us. p 2ti Shrws. I lerefd,& N. Wales Slatuanitan .• • • • • • • • • • .• - South l)evoit .••••• • • • • • South Midland ••••• • • . • • 4 South Eastern and Dover 3 7 I— r Do. New (iss. 32/.) No. 1 Do. (155.33/.65.8d.) „ 2 1134 (iss. 301.) „3 Staines and Richmond .• • 2M Staffordshire &Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline - South Wa1e5............ Tean and Dove Valley • , Trent Valley .. • - - 2%! 2141 _ [NI _ ...._ [ 5 15 34 ! - 5 I -__. 1%1 2 [6%1 - 1 Do. and linlyhead June. Vale of Neath • . • • • • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford aNd Carlow .... Warwick ani Cheltenham Waterfbrd and Kilkenny Watrfil,Wxfd, Wick & Dub Wakefield and Bradford.. Wakfld, Pentairct, & Gaol Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire.... • • • • Worcester and Tring. Whiteharen and Furness Do. New Half Shares.. Welsh M West C0rnwa11.. ........ West Yorkshire ........ Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness Wilts, Sof nrst, &NVeymth 5% Wilts, Somrst, & Southam ITi Yarmouth and Norwich.. 28 Ditto New . .......... York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto [Tali' Shares .... Ditto Sealtro' Branch Ditto Selby • • •• • • I Ditto Extension ...... 25 %I Yorkshire &Glegow Uan. %I - - 5 % I -6 3NI 35J 4X iii - Ipi - 4% - 534 - - 6s pi 125 s pi :NI 2i%l= 20s p 10e p 1. - . ppi - 5 I- I- 17 I- I- 51 - I - NJ- 1- 4%1- I- 508 64 pi _-- 1 2 18%1- I_ 5 - 14p1 _ , 5 0 - lii 4ls _ 40% 21ip EXETER, Ocr. 23. STOCK ExCIIINGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, lA p.—Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth (Daw's Oct. Clos'd! Oct. 23. --. I 22. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1845. line), 1 / 2 p.—Ditto (Head's), ',Zi 3 p.—Central Cornwall, gip, —Taw Vale Extension, % p.—Bristol - and , Exeter, New 10 1 / 2 —North Devon, 1 / 2 p.—South Wales, 6—Eastern Con: ties, 23. seconded by Mr. Guy, and unanimously agreed- to ; after which the meeting, which lasted nearly four hours, separated. SOUTHAMPTON, PETERSFIELD, AND LONDON DIRECT. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. —This afternoon a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Southampton, con vened by requisition to the Mayor, was held in the Town hall, for the purpose of securing to the inhabitants a more direct communication with London than they at present enjoyed. Thomas Griffiths, Esq., the Mayor, took the chair, and among th 9 gentlemen present were Alderman Lobb, Dr. Hunt, Thomas Bradley, Esq., Alderman Towner, Alderman Steere, W. J. Le Feuvre, Esq., George Borrett, Esq., and Messrs. Woolridge, Rogers, F. Cooper, and Abraham, mem bers of the town council, and a large number of the most in fluential inhabitants. The requisition, signed by upwards of 400 of the most in fluential residents of the town, having been read by Mr. Pearce, the Town-Clcrk, Alderman Loss said that, as Deputy-Chairman of the Provisional Committee, the duty had been imposed upon him of bringing the project before the meeting: Its main object was to unite the important borough of Petersfield with the town of Southampton, bringing into communica tion with both a large and valuable agricultural district, sur rounded by towns, although not termed great, of consider able importance, which would be embraced by the railway communicating .with the port of Southampton. The line had been surveyed by the engineers, who had sent in their report, which the Committee considered as most satisfactory. The line as proposed from that town would commence as near the centre as possible, and, passing over the Itcbin, proceed on to Durley, from Durley to Bishop's Waltham, Corehampton, and East and West Meon, passing over Win chester-hill. Hero a tunnel would be required of about a quarter of a mile in length, which could be constructed without risk or danger. The soil, too, was most favourable, being :hard and consistent chalk. As the crow would fly, the distance from Southampton to Petersfield was twenty two miles and a half—( Hear)—making only half a mile dif ference. The gradients, too, were most favourable; the greatest in any part of the line was I in 150, and in general it was lin 200, With the exception of a small curve at Corehampton, it is a direct and straight line to Petersfield. Having pointed out the course of the line, be might say that with regard to the stations they must remain untouched upon at present, but he could assure the meeting that the sole views of the Company were the interest and prosperity of the town of Southampton and the borough of Petersfield, and that the whole of the surveys would be made in suffi cient time to enable them to go to Parliament in the next session. With regard to the route the proposed line was to take, he begged to say that the proprietors of the land be tween that town and Petersfield had not offered any opposi tion to the line, nor did he think there would be any.— (Hear.) In addition to bringing Petersfield into immediate contact with Southampton, there was another and more im portant point to be gained. It would bring them in a more direct, cheaper, and better communication with the City of London and its docks—( Hear)—by means of a direct Ports mouth line, or any other that might be successful, which must pass through Petersfield. Then, again, there would be a communication with Brighton and Cheltenham, Brighton and Dover, and other parts, which must materially benefit and increase the trade of the port of Southampton. They might be asked, did they, the promoters of the scheme, expect op- , position from other companies? He did not know of any; but if there was, the answer would be, that they neither feared it or dreaded it, as they were an independent line. He had received a letter from the chairman of an influential company, stating that no opposition to the undertaking would be given on their pact.—(Hear.) Mr. J. R. STEBBING moved the first resolution —" That in the opinion of this meeting it is of great importance that a line of railway should be formed between this town and the borough of Petersfield, and that the line proposed by the Southampton, Portsmouth, and London Direct Railway Company is eminently calculated to promote the interests of the town and port of Southampton, as well as the rich agri cultural district through which it will pass." Mr. P. BotattErr seconded the resolution, feeling convinced that the proposed line would be of the greatest importance and benefit to the town, and much to the interest of its pro moters.—The resoluticn was carried. Mr. F COOPER moved the second resolution—" That in addition to the great advantages resulting to this town from a communication with the large market-town of Petersfield, the proposed railway will eventually form the best and most direct line of communication between the port of Southamp ton and the docks of the City of London, thus affording to the mercantile and trading interest a better and more direct means of transit." Mr. J. HILL seconded the resolution, which was carried. In answer to a question from a gentleman in the body of the meeting, Alderman Loan said the Company was not pledged to any line at Petersfield to run to London, but that the Committee would adopt the shortest and most direct. Mr. SPOONER proposed the next resolution—" That a pe tition to both Houses of Parliament be presented, embody ing the principles of the projected scheme, and praying the Legislature to agree theretor." This was seconded by Mr. H. WOOLRIDGE, and carried. Dr. CLARKE moved, and Mr. JOLLIFFE seconded, the fourth resolution—" That the Members for the town and county be respectfully requested to support the prayer of the petition by their votes and influence in Parliament. On the suggestion of Mr. ANDREWS, it wac agreed that the terminus for the proposed line should be in the Oundle or Hogland, near the centre of the town, as the most convenient spot to be obtained. A gentleman who was present on the part of the South Western Company said it was the intention of that Cm pany, as soon as possible, to carry the terminus of their rail. way into the City.—The meeting then broke up. OGMORES AND GARN VALES, AND PORT OF CARDIFF UNION. Wednesday an adjourned general meeting of the provincial directors of this proposed line of railway was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to confirm certain reso lutions agreed to at the previous-meeting, which took place on the 18th ult. ; and to fill up the list of members for the managing committee. The Hon. Viscount Ingestre, M.P., occupied the chair. Besides the Noble Lord, there were present :—The Hon. Wm. Gore, Sir George Prescott, Bart., the Rev. H. R. Fowler, the Rev. Thomas Gronar, Major Moorse Cooper, Capt. Hewitt, Richard Hastley Kennedy, Esq., James Mor rison, Esq., F. Meymott. Esq.,Esq., Evan Pritchard, Wm. S. Potter, Esq., Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., Archibald Spens, Esq., Philip Vaughan, Esq., E. L. Richards, Esq., Barrister at-Law; W. R. James, Esq., Solicitor to the Company, &c. The Noble CHAIRMAN opened the business by stating that they were met to confirm the resolutions come to at the meeting held at Mr. James's offices on the 18th, respecting the construction of lines of railway to connect the vales of Ogmore, Fawr and Ogur Faah with the port of Cardiff. Mr. James would be able more explicitly to place the matter before them, and he, therefore, called on him to read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mr. Jamrs said that, after what had taken place at their first meeting, little would remain for him to Say respecting the merits of the proposed scheme. Founded on the resolu . tions then agreed to, he had embodied the advantages of the lines contemplated in the form of a prospectus, the reading of which would be sufficiently illustrative of the merits of the project, without an address from him. The length of the main line would be 18 miles, and the branches up the three valleys 16, making in all about 34 miles to be con structed. The branches would commence at Blaengwr in the Vale of Ogwr Fawr ; from Blaengwr, in the Valley of the Gaivr ; and from Blaengwr, in vale of the Ogwr Faah ; and the three would concentrate at Bryn Centhin ; from whence the main line would pass by Llanharran, and join the South Wales Railway near the port of Cardiff. The country through which the lines passed was of the most favourable kind ; there where no heavy cuttings, expensive bridges, or embankments required ; the gradients were likewise very easy, so that the line would be executed at the cheapest cost. To facilitate this, there was on the spot abundance of stone and other material for the efficient construction of the works. The project was supported by powerful local interest, and all the landlords who had been consulted had given in their sanc tion and approval. Twenty miles of the line would pass through property abounding with coal, iron, lime, black band, and limestone, all of which products had not at present the means of transit to any market whatever. The rising and important town of Bridgend would be greatly benefited by the scheme, and it was intended to join a junc tion near that town with the South Wales Railway. He moved that the minutes of the previous meeting, which con sisted of a decision to organise a committee for the for mation of the company in question, be confirmed. The motion was seconded, and unanimously agreed to. Several gentlemen were then named on the managing com mittee, after which Mr. RICHARDS, counsel of the Company, said he had seen several most influential parties who had been in Wales, and who gave the most flattering accounts of the manner in which the schemes had been received. Amongst others Lord Duncannon's steward declared that not only his Lordship, but all the leading gentry of the district, were in its favour. The meeting shortly afterwards adjourned. FOREST OF DEAN COMPETING RAILWAY. Tins SPEECH HOUSE, WEDNESDAY.—The Speech House, the place of assembly for the foresters, when public questions have to undergo discussion, was well filled to-day by the proprietors of mines and minerals, and other influential persons called together, "to take into consideration the merits of the various railway projects affecting the forest, proposed to be brought before Parliament in the ensuing session, with the view of obtaining the most comprehensive and perfect railway communication with the different ports on the Severn and Wye, and the trunk railways of the dis trict. Thomas Rosser, Esq., was called to the chair. Mr. PHELPS said the line with which he was connected proposed to afford the necessary communication with the Severn to the forest, and that it was then to meet the South Wales line at Chepstow The immediate object of the project was to connect the forest with Monmouthshire and Glamorganihire, and surveys were in progress for connecting the line with Pontypool and the Taff Vale. The advantage to arise from connecting the forest with the counties he had mentioned were somewhat novel, because there an immense consumption existed of what was called red iron ore which was brought from Lancashire and other counties, and some small portion from the forest. The opinion, however, was that the forest was of itself able to supply all that was wanted, if the means of transporting it by means of a railway existed. It was one grand feature of the scheme he repre sented, that it would open a direct communication with con sliming districts, and not only so as regarded the minerals, but the produce also of their farmers. The port of Ch e p s t ow , the only legitimate one to which the forest was entitled, woul.l also be opened up, and that also was a prominent fea ture in the scheme. Mr. GUY rose to move another resolution, that the meet , ing approved of the line of railway, but reserved a full con sideration of where the station was to be; and that the meeting would adjourn to that day week, when they would consider the alternative plans which the Company might propose. Mr. Moss seconded the resolution. Mr. NIGHTINGALE moved simply that the meeting adjourn. A long and angry squabbling followed the proposing of these resolutions, each contending that their resolution should be put. It was at last suggested that the movers and seconders of the different motions should retire to another room, and agree in one resolution. This was agreed to by all the parties except Alderman Fricker and his seconder, Mr. Ranyard, who insisted that their amendment should be put to the meeting. With much persuasion they were re luctantly induced to comply; but after being absent for some time, the parties returned to the room and announced that all were agreed in one general resolution except the two gen tlemen who had from the first opposed the retiring. The general resolution was substantially an approbation of the line, with a request that the Company would make the station at Kingston, if practicable. This last clause gave some dissatisfaction ; •it was altered so as to seem that the meeting appro ve d of the line, on the understanding that the Company pledged themselves to make the station at King ston, if practicable. Still, this did not meet the views of the alderman and his recorder, who again insisted that their amendment should be put to the vote. The other party agreed to ad o p t their amendment, with the exception of the last clause, which was to the effect that, so soon as the Com pany laid before them plans fer a station at Kingston, they would give the line their cordial support. This omission, however, did not satisfy the worthy alderman ; and, after many angry retorts upon each other, several ineffectual at tempts to effect an agreement, and two or three failures in putting the question to the vote, it was at last agreed to vote on this question, whether the general resolution should be adopted with the clause referred to, or without it. BRISTOL AND EXETER. On a show of hands being taken, 36 voted for the omission MEETING TO OPPOSE THE DIRECTORS' AGREEMENT. of the clause and 35 for its insertion. The resolution in A meeting of shareholders in this Company, was held on support of the line was, therefore, declared to be carried. Monday, at Bristol, for the purpose of considering the pro- Thanks were then prop ose d to th e M a yor and Ur. Kent, priety of opposing the provisional ag - reement entered into be _ , tween th e Di rectors o f th e G rea t Western and Bristol and iir.l4icxorstWfully coincided in the resolution which they had pa4sed last week, that the wants of the forest could be best supplied by the South Wales, under the sanction and patronage of the Great Western Company, in connexion with the South Wales and Monmouth,. and Hereford and Gloucester, and Dean forest lines. He thought that it was exceedingly desirable that an arrangement should be made with the Severn and Wye proprietors; but if all amicable overtures should fail, he did not think it possible that Par liament would allow that company to continue to lock up the produce of the forest.—(Clisers.) Mr. JACKSON read a letter from Mr. Brunel, stating that both the Great 'Western and the South Wales Companies were anxious to afford more comprehensive accommodation to the forest than was contemplated last session, that mea sures were in progress for establishing additional ports on the Sevens, and doing other things for the benefit of that district of country. Mr. ORD (one of the deputation) then addressed the meet ing, expressing a hope that, as he had become connected with the forest as a proprietor of property, he would have frequent opportunities of meeting them. With respect to the Rochnar project, with which he was connected, he could assure the meeting that his only object was to assist in carrying into effect the best possible means of accommodation ; but time could only show which was best. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Phelps and to Mr. Rosser, after which the meeting separated. - ":,,1 Exeter Railway Companies, for the sale a the works of the latter to the former Coinp.aiy. The chair was taken b y W. Crosse, Esq., a larg e p ro p r i etor . H. BitrrrAN, Esq., insisted that the proposed sale to the Great Western Company would be ruinous to the interests of the Bristol and Exeter proprietary, and recommended that no time should be lost in organising an opFosition to it. Mr. SIMOOE denounced the agreement as most unjust and derogatory to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and proposed that Mr. Badham, secretary to the Company, should be requested to attend, in order to explain to the meeting the motives by which the Directors had been influenced in con senting to the agreement. The resolution was opposed by Mr. TRIPP, who strongly denounced the agreement as being ruinous and unjust, and such as it was an insult to the understanding of the pro prietors to advise them to accede to. If the Directors had been in a position in which they could not help themselves, their assenting to such terms might have been under stood, but, under the present circumstances of the Company. they had betrayed an amount of ignorance which would henceforward lose them all confidence as railroad directors. He strongly opposed holding any conference with the Di rectors or their Secretary until the day of the public meeting. Mr. HALL, also condemned the agreertient as an improper one, and recommended attention to the country shareholders in order that the directors might not carry their point by obtaining their proxies in favour of the agreement. The motion to receive Mr. Badham was put, and it was resolved to oppose the agreement, for which purpose a Com mittee was appointed. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION FOR NOTTINGHAM— SPECIAL MEETING OF THE NOTTINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL. Norrwcatax, WEDNESDAY.—To-day a special meeting of the council was held in the Guildhall, commencing at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The meeting had been specially convened by the Mayor, on account of a requisition, for the purpose of taking into consideration the most advantageous railway communication for the town of Nottingham, and also for the sale of land on Burton Leys. Mr. Alderman CULLEN said the requisition had been handed to him to sign, and he had put his name to it with a degree of feeling upon the important situation in which Nottingham is placed, with regard to railway communi cation from all parts of the United Kingdom, which he supposed was a fact well known to all the gentle men present. Greater facilities being required than it now possessed, it became important to consider which way this important object should be acquired. If travellers go to the north, they have a long round to travel ; and if they go to the south by the present railways, they have to suffer great inconvenience by changing carriages, and to endure tiresome delays. In short, whether going, north, south, east, or west, every species of inconvenience is experienced, or a total v ant of conveyance by railway is felt. Whether the council would do anything to counteract these evils, he, of course, could not say, but being one of the requisitionists, he had felt it his duty to bring the subject forward, to give an opportunity to gentlemen to express their opinions. Looking at Notting ham as a commercial town he was bound to say it ought to be placed on a better footing than it now is, and that a de finite course as to railways should be adopted, to place the town in its right position, He wished, before any motion was made, to hear ether opinions on the subject. Mr. TAYLOR thought that a commitee should be appointed. Mr. T. WAKEFIELD said he believed there was only one opinion that Nottingham, from its importance and central position, does not possess that railroad communication to which it is entitled, and which it ought to obtain. He should be sorry in any respect to render himself liable to the imputation of having cast any reflection upon any existing railroad, or any newly projected one, and in his remarks he wished to call attention only to those points calculated to enable the town, through the medium of the Council, to secure the best line of communication, as he thought, out of the com petition which bad arisen and capital being expended, they had the opportunity of doing. If travellers go direct to Lon don from Nottingham by railroad, the charge is 30s. by first class ; but if a ticket be taken to Leicester the fare is 6s. 6d., and from thence to London 225., making 11.8 s. 6d., or Is. 6d. less for the short distance than the long. Why the inhabitants of Nottingham should pay more than the inhabitants of Leicester, he could not say. In communicating from Not tingham to other towns, perhaps it might be said the inha bitants had no right to complain, bnt the change of carriages and delays were felt to be of great inconvenience. If he wanted to go to Sheffield, he should have to travel thirty or forty miles further than he ought to have to go, and the same with regard to Manchester and other parts of the north. This he considered was not a position in which Nottingham ought to remain. He thought they ought not to forget the central and advantageous position of Not tingham, and the necessity of a direct line from London through Nottingham to the North. A direct line from Nottingham to Mansfield, continued as proposed by the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railroad, to Manchester and Sheffield, would shorten the distance to these places, and to all parts of the North, at least thirty-five or thirty six miles. He was happy to say, as far as Nottingham is concerned with the north, that arrangements have been entered into that will secure the important object of shorten-. ing distances, as an arrangement had been entered into on the previous day between the Sheffield and Manchester Com panies that will effect it, and that the junction between Great Grimsby and Sheffield had also been taken on a lease, with a guarantee of 5 per cent., and a participation in the profits arising from the union. This circumstance will give to Nottingham an opportunity of securing a direct communi cation with the north of England, and also the eastern parts of the country. He believed that a direct line was wanted from London through Bedford and Kettering, to Nottingham and Manchester, but of course it was a subject for consideration hereafter, as to whether it would be de sirable to avail themselves of an opening on this line or not, or whether any other line offered greater advantages. As a preliminary step, he would move, " That Nottingham does not at present possess that direct communication by railroad to which, from its importance and central position, it is entitled." Mr. BRAN seconded the proposition with very great plea. sure. After a brief discussion, the motion was carried unani mously. Mr. WAKEFIELD then moved—" That a committee be appointed for the purpose of securing, as far as possible, to the town of Nottingham the most direct railroad communi cations, and that whilst the committee will he expected to report what routes of railway will be most advantageous to the town, it shall be no part of the province of such com mittee to report upon the comparative merits of rival schemes." Mr. BEAN seconded the proposition.—Carried unanimously. The following were then appointed as the committee : Mr. Heard, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Thomas Herbert, Mr. Bean, Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Vickers, Mr. Wakefield, Mr. H. Leaver. The Council then broke up. YORK, Ocr. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Y or k an d N ort h Mid land Extension, 27 1 A—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingha m , and Leicester, 2% —Derby and Clainsborough, 3 1 / 4 —Grand Union, 21A—Leeds, York, and land, 10s. p.—Leicester and Bedford, 2% —Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 4 1 / 4 —London and York, 5 1 4 — Newcastle and Berwick, 15'4—Welsh Mid lands, 3. HULL, OCT. 23.? There has not been so much anxiety to realis?, from on the old lines, as might have been expected from the ac counts received from other markets ; on the whole, the day's transactions closed with more firmness, and a strong im pression that most of the lines of any intrinsic value had seen their lowest. The sales are—Eastern Counties, New, 8 3 % — Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 23—North British, Half Shares, 5% —Armagh, Coleraine, and Purtrush, 21/4—Ax holme, 455. p.---Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 2%—Derby and Gainsborough, 2/, 16s. 6d,—Dudley, 111adeley, and Iron Bridge, 12s. 6d. p.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, 6: 3 / 4 — Hull and Barnsley Junction, 3% p,—Leicester and Bedford, 2%—Lincoln and !ffinnileet, ss. p.—:Liverpool and Leeds, 3%—London and Birmingham Extension, 2 3 / 4 —London and York, 4X—London and Norwich Direct 10s.—Notting ham and Boston, 4 North Western, 4%—Rugby and Hun tingdon, 2 3 4—Shrewsbury' and Trent Union, 37s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 3%, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDDLESEX AND SURREY JUNCTION. A meeting of the inhabitants of Kingston• upon-Thames was - heldon Wednesday, in the Guildhall there, convened by the - Worshipful the Mayor, to consider the propriety of support - ing the Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railway, which is intended to connect Uxbridge, Southall, Brentford, Houns - low, Twickenham, Kingston-upon-Thames, Croydon, and Epsom. Winuax Row, Esq., Mayor of the town, stated that it - had teen his pleasure as well as his duty to call the inhabi - twits together to consider this line; because, as it passed through the parish, and all of them were interested in it di _ 2% r ectly or indirectly, he thought it but fair to give the inha bitants an opportunity to express their sentiments upon the - subject, and at the same time to bring forward those who - were connected with the line, that they might be ready to - give any explanation or answer any question, not only as re garded the style of architecture and design, but also as to the particular direction of the railway. Mr. GAISWORTHY stated that this railway was proposed - to commence at Uxbridge, and proceed to the Southall sta tion of the Great Western Railway ; it would th en p rocee d to Hounslow, where it would connect itself with one or other of 4% the proposed lines from London to Hounslow. Leaving Hounslow, the line would pass through Whitton, Twicken - ham, Teddington, and Hampton, to Kingston, and crossing - the Thames, would join the Kingston station of the South - Western Railway, whence it would proceed to and terminate - at Epsom. As regarded the interests of Kingston, it would connect them both with the Great Western and South - 'Western Railways, and some of the proposed new lines to - Hounslow, and it would give them direct communication to - the north. But the mode in which the Company proposed to deal with the station at Kingston was perhaps the most important point to which he would direct his attention at this meeting. The engineer and the surveyor, he might - state, had taken very great trouble in endeavouring to ascer - taro the feelings of the inhabitants, so that they might place - the station in such a way as would give most accommodation to the inhabitants of Kingston without damaging the pro perty in the town. The station was intended to ba made at Hampton-wick, and the line of the railway would be brought - through the Queen's Meadow, up near to the new town, but beyond it, so that it might not affect the property. The oh - jest of having the station at Hampton-wick was to bring it as near the centre of Kingston as possible without damaging - the town. No one could doubt that a railway communication - between the towns he had mentioned, containing on the ag-. - gregate such a numerous population, would be of general ad - vantage to the country. The question was, how it was to - be effected with the least disadvantage to Kingston? From conferences he had had with he engineer and surveyor, he - found that there was no opposition to the line, and that the - station was supported by many of the inhabitants. If a ma - ority thought otherwise, and that the station should be - made immediately and directly within the town, he would -- state that the Committee were most desirous to meet their wishes in that respect. - Mr. MITCHELL asked if there was no feeler thrown out to - join the Birmingham Railway, so that there might be a com plete railway communication north and south ? Mr. GALSWORTHY said there were at present many lines 23 proposed to Uxbridge, and so on to the north, so that it was 16 difficult to say which would be chosen ; but that there would - be a north line through Uxbridge there could be no doubt - whatever, and this Company would get the benefit of it. Mr. RaNYARD asked whether there was any plan proposed to have a railway from Epsom to Reigate, so that they - might have a communication with the Dover line? Mr. GALSWORTIIY said the country between Epsom and - Reigate presented considerable difficulties, so that no line - was at present proposed; but he did not doubt the increasing - traffic would justify- the making of a line, and then this line would be connected with the South •Eastern Railway. Mr. KENT thought they ought to confine themselves at - present to what would benefit the town of Kingston, as the - inhabitants of Uxbridge had confined themselves to what - would benefit them. Mr. MERCER said he had been at the Uxbridge meeti ng last week, where there was a great deal of confusion, no fewer - than twelve lines having been presented to them for their 2% consideration; but at last one gentleman got up and move d - that they should have a line direct from London to Ux bridge, between the Great Western and Birmingham lines, _ with two branches-the one to run from Uxbridge to Ox ford, and the other from Uxbridge to Aylesbury. Now, the - line to Aylesbury would join the Birmingham line near that - town, while the other would terminate at Oxford. Now, if - they looked at the map they would see that this Uxbridge and Epsom railway was in a direct line leading parallel with 4 % the Birmingham to Aylesbury, while they would also have - the advantage of the other branch to Oxford, both of which - would be of amazing benefit to this part of the country. - The course of the line would take away a small corner of the - paddock at Bushy Park, without, however, doing the &lightest injury, and he was happy to say that Lord Lincoln had given his consent to the measure, as it was proposed to - put down a private station within the royal demesne. From - the foregoing statement he thought they would see that this - line would ultimately connect them with the five principal - railways in England-the Birmingham, the Great Western, the South-Western, the Brighton, and the South-Eastern. - He had only to say further, that at the Uxbridge meeting - a gentleman of great influence in that neighbourhood, Mr. - Hubert De Burgh, declared positively that there should be a railroad from Uxbridge to West Drayton, his property ex tending all that way. Now, if they looked at the plan, they would see that here was a scheme altogether inde _ - dependent of theirs, which would go from Uxbridge to - West Drayton, from West Drayton to Staines, to Woking, to - Dorking, and so on to the South-Eastern line. There was, therefore, the more necessity for them to use their most strenuous exertions to obtain this line, for if they did not, - another line would be adopted, which would ultimately prove - of great injury to them. With respect to the station, no - one would be more anxious for it on this side of the river than he would, if it was to be for their advantage ; but he - did not see that the proposed station would inj ure th em . : Alderman FRICKER, as an old inhabitant of Kingston, - could not consent to the station being out of the town. If - the line was so altered as to make the station near the centre of the town, he would support it; and he was satisfied the greater portion of the inhabitants would do the same. He was satisfied that to have the station at Hampton-wick, and not at Kingston, was contrary to the interests of the town, and - contrary to the interests of the line. Alderman JortEs was of the same opinion. • Mr. Guy said the inhabitants might prefer the station on this side the bridge, but as it would destroy the ancient town . of Kingston, and cut up their market-place, the thing was • impossible. The gentlemen who were so much in favour of • the station being on this side the river ought to point out some rational method of carrying their wishes into effect. They ought to show some practicable means of placing the station nearer Kingston without injuring the town. He and his friends on the other side of the river did not care much where the station was placed; but the inhabitants of Kingston ought to remember that there were the interests of others to be consulted as well as their own. The population of Hampton-wick was about 1,600 ; that of Hampton about 4,000; and the population of other places in their neigh bourhood considerably exceeded the population of their ancient and valued town of Kingston.---(A laugh.) If they placed the station in such a position as to be of little or no avail to the Middlesex side of the river, they would find him and all on that side their bitter opponents. Alderman JONES, to make their proceedings regular, would move that the station should be on this side of the river, and as near to the town as possible. Mr. DAWSON, on seconding this motion, expressed his re gret and disappointment that the promoters of the line had submitted its details to them in such a loose and unsatisfac tory manner. He thooght it would be better to adjourn this meeting, in order to allow the engineers to prepare and lay before them such plans as would enable them to judge of the line.-( Hear, hear.) Mr. KENT said it was incumbent upon the meeting first to decide the general question, whether or not they should have a line from Uxbridge to Epsom, through Kingston. He had no hesitation in saying that that was indispensable, and he believed the meeting was unanimous on that point. He therefore moved, in substance, that this railway would be of great benefit to Kingston, and materially tend to increase its trade and prosperity. This was without reference to Mr. Jones's motion about the station, which would be decided afterwards. Mr. JONES would not allow his motion to be put aside in that way. Alderman FRICKER moved another amendment, that the interests both of the town and the railway would be most effectually served by the railway forming as near the centre of the town as possible, and by having a station in the town, and that on the Company producing such plans, the meeting would give the line their most cordial support. Mr. Itaxitann seconded the amendment. SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION. On Tuesday afternoon a numerous and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Woodstock and its vicinity was held at the Town-hall, Mr. J. T. Palmer, Mayor, in the chair, amongst whom we noticed B. Holloway, Esq., W. Turner, Esq., W. Hunt, Esq., E. Cole, Esq., Captain Dewes, H. Smith, Esq., H. North, Esq., and Messrs. M. G. Kirby, W. Norris, T. Higgins, G. Shuffery, W. Morris, H. Morris, W. Eder, &c., for the purpose of receiving a deputation from the London Committee of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Company, and to consider the effect which railways were calculated to have upon the town and its interests. The deputation consisted of the Mayor of Buckingham, Captain Dewes, W. C. Turner, Esq., B. Holloway, Esq., E. Cole, Esq., M'Murdo, Esq., and W. B. James, Esq. Mr. SHUFFERY said that he considered that the proposed line, the South and Midlands Junction, was calculated to be of the greatest advantage to Woodstock, and therefore he most cordially should propose this resolution— " That it is highly desirable that a railway communication should be brought to Woodstock, and that it shall be as direct as the nature of the country will admit of." Mr. KIRBY had great satisfac , ion in recommending the proposed line, and in secondieg the resolution. The resolution was unanimously passed. The MAYOR of Buckingham observed, that in every case where a railway was projected it was the duty of the pro.. moters of the particular line to go down to every town through or near which the rail would run, and consult the inhabitants upon it. This company had adopted this course of proceeding, and the deputation from the committee was now before the inhabitants of Woodstock, with the hope of re ceiving their approval and support of the scheme.—( Hear). The surveys of the line were so forward as to make it a matter of certainty that all the plans and all the maps would be deposited long prior to the period marked out by the standing orders—(Hear, hear, hear). They would then be in a position to go to Parliament in the ensuing session —(Hear, hear) —with every prospect of suc cess. It had been intended that they should have had a meeting at Bicester yesterday, but to meet the wishes of the inhabitants the Company had consented to postpone it until after the 30th of November, the day upon which a ll th e p l ans and all the maps, and a ll the sections must be deposited in the Parliamentary office. With respect to the course which it was proposed that this line should run, he would briefly state that it will originate at Bicester, by a junction with the Oxford and Cambridge ' line, through Wolverton, in connexion with the Eastern Counties, and would thus afford facility of intercourse with the metro polis, in one direction, with Stafford, the Potterie , , Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, in the other. Near or at Woodstock, close where the line will come, the Oxford and Rugby, and Worcester rail way will cross, presenting thus opportunities of entering the two great arteries of the kingdom—the Great Western and the London and Birmingham, the former at Didcot the other at Rugby.—(Hear, hear). The line will then pro ceed to the manufacturing town of Whitney, where a com munication will be opened to the Stroudwater district, by means of the Oxford and Cheltenham line; thence it would tend directly S.E., leaving Bampton to the east, until it reached Lechlade, where a considerable entrepot for merchandise had been established. The line would thence proceed onward till it fell into the Great Western at Swinden. It would thus open a continuous railway communication with London eastward, and with Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Gloucester, Cheltenham, and Stroud, west ward, and thence, by means of the Gloucester and Abervst with projected line with the whole of north and south Wales. —(Hear, hear, hear). There was, however, one feature pecu liar to the line, that it would have the effect of continuing the narrow gauge lines of the north with those of the south, for it would cross the broad gauge at Swindon, without the least inconvenience or impediment to the general traffic of the Great Western.—(Hear, hear). Individually, he felt great interest in this line, for it would be in connexion with two others with which he was associated, the Cambridge and Oxford, and that which would join the Bedford and Bletchley lines.—(Hear, hear). He was confident the inha bitants would already have seen the advantages which had been derived by other towns from railway communication, and that they must be anxious to enjoy equal benefits themselves.—(Hear, hear). Mr. H. Moßnis proposed a resolution of support. Mr. SHUFFERY seconded the resolution, which was put, and unanimously agreed to. Captain DEWES then moved the third resolution, which ran thus—" That petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament, in favour of the South and Midlands Junction Railway, and that the peers connected with this district of the county, and the representatives of the borough, be re quested to support the same."—(Cheers.) SCOTTISH LINES. ScorrisllEcr NORTIIEN JUNCTION.—The promoters of this scheme state that, by adopting their line of railway. the communication from England northwards will be very materially lessened The line proposed to effect this is stated to be six or seven miles in length. Joining the North British at Linton, it proceeds to North Berwick, where the passengers have to cross a well-organised ferry to Elie; a branch of one mile in length then brings them upon the east of Fife line, thus forming a most important communication between England and the North of Scotland, at a saving of at least 23 miles. SCOTTISH MIDLAND EXTENSION RAILWAY.—The usual statutory notices for this radway were yesterday given on the church doors of Brechin and other parishes through which the line is proposed to run. The Scottish Midland Extension unites with the Scottish Midland at Forfar, from whence it runs by the thriving manufacturing town of Brechin direct to Laurencekirk, where it unites with the Aberdeen line-thus filling up the link of 24 miles or therpl , y that wa ranting. cation . betwern Pert the most direct o'" id _Vicrdees. ,wai. )‘: SCoTTISH SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAIL • contemplated undertaking has excited a most extrs.er';',' interest. The number of applications for shares. In i : l3 been quite unprecedented. In the form of apPhel, t n id2 applicant was directed to state whether he was a'" scrip in the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway, and l o re extent. It was from this imagined that the si!nP e h sentation of the applicant that he held so many of suc to would give right of preference. Accordingly th e 4 l r es of scrip professed to be held by applicants for p ito far greater than the amount issued for the orign j a i taking. Directions were given to the holders of senP he I railway to exhibit it to the amount repr esen t e d to st The disappointment or perpl ex ity of some gentle nlen f intimation makes us rather suspect that in the form cation the greatest candour has not been exercised. „oft STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE EXTENSION PA L- o p e, This line has been brought ou t un d er very protnising,:itiS, Its object is to aff or d accommo d at i on to t h e bighlY," - ,eror.: district of Strathtay. It i s t o j o i n th e Perth line at Dalguise, and extending along the river, Iv; the 10' western terminus at Aberfeldy. The promoters being, for the most part, the landed proprietors of the ,eo,' no Parliamentary opposition is anticipated. The " e that" of the line is eight miles, and the prospectus states ~t hi st! ground is highly favourable, and the promoters. Priv2o,o. handsome return for the capital to be employed, VIZ R 4 to ", TYNE VALLEY JUNCTIO N AND E AST LOTMA N •-• —We understand that the Tyne Valley Junction ? co o Lothian Central Railway s have amalga m ated, O u st pro'` an arrangement with the North British, which 'nu tt y r of the highest advantage to the district of the cognsee, posed to be accommodated by these lines. In c° 1 1 0 4 : of these arrangements, and the terms on which t . of been brought about,7we understand that the Iss ne tr eso stock of the Tyne Vall e y h as necessar ily been e— , limited. FOREIGN LINES. pit BELGIAN AND CONTINENTAL DIRECT TROK e sebei COIIIPANY.—A line to co mmence a t T ermo de, on t he communicating northwards with Terneuse, an d P o d Gill e ; southwards to Assche, Hal, Nivelles, Gosselles , 3 betO!, and joining the State Railway, about Montigny and Chatelet, and terminating at frontier town of France. The length of the lino 19 leagues, and it is designed as th e first of a series O f ,01°I direct to the mouth o f th e Ad r i at i c S ea. C a pita!, e. in 60,000 shares of 20/. each ; deposit, 5s- 6 , h 4rt5 , j el PARIS AND LTONS.—The Minister of Public n o ); to Fourvieres, whence he could view all the varinny c ril;: sites for the terminus of this important line. li e 0 10 S! 4 proceeded to Perrache and examined, kith the m poe' t ;i tention, the nature of the place and the spac e „,P,,;:ter „}I , one of the projects for this purpose. The I "' i chie l 'oe made a similar examination at Brotteaux ; a fte h r ok j ie rr Demon followed the line of quays on the right ,"„ -- ,,P o „'di. Saone, where he tested the state of the importalu,';,o l " gineering) there being carried on chiefly un der' 1 01 rect ion. tbe PARIS AND SCEAUX.—The announcemen t that t is , i be of art on this line would shortly be begun is errese2totocit state of the works of ar t an d earthworks is sti eb „.e„ Committee, conformably t o th e C a hi er des Chs r e t berd authorises it to withdraw its deposit according le b , of gress, has demanded the reimbursement of four-fi!i t o caution money. With ou t th e hi n d rances oPP e ' e v iork'' nuous wet weather, we ma y sa f e l y say th a t these , 01 1 1 gun in May last,' would now be terminated. n t °PO' TOURS AND NANTEs —lt seems that the ditTere nc ii expressed by the press and the municipal e lpes °l tr inquiry on the various sites proposed for the tell s 0 0 0 line, has made th e Mi n i ster o f P u bli c AV ° s pe ll ir hend that this question, which bore at first O w til o e t ta of but local interest, has now become one aff e : ttibift, to terests of the country at large. We are assur e s wil l , sll e, purely theoretical inquiry, a practical iliqturY an urlsre, on the spot by the special engineer of road s , the who will be charged not only with examinine, proposed sites, but also with inquiry into 0 ( 101 ° pe rt!: each to the wants of commerce an d to the i li a' , Pr• ec t& France. Convi nc ed th a t t h e T ours line—Or , ,Isl speaking, the Paris and N an t es —h as not ,_% solely in the interest of the city of Nantes— ce r this railway is but part of the immense n e 0 0 100 4 eventually cover France, and which cannot b e ro gli. , o o , isolatedly, M. Dumon wishes to investigate t u b :00 ° 0 0 1 ! question of the terminus, which will not be t t aiall s a lf v the Nantes line alone, but which must be the i "..st , ,t;tet, railways centring in Paris from the south and the Orleans, Tours, Bordeaux, Angiers, p s i l ool it should not be forgotten, is one of the Pnt'l, o ` the kingdom, not only by its present posi' °- ' future prospects. i' UNIVERSITY INTELL— TOf OXFORD. the e s, Aq „ The following notice s h ave b een i ssue d : ePt ,„ "In the Convocation to be holden on Thuir„ r 23d instant, at ten o' c l oc k, th e names o f the fo,,,,.' °c iot,D„oi i ' men, who have been no m i na t e d S e l ec t Preanhe'd of Samuel Wilberforce, D.D., of Oriel College , O b oe r e Page Saunders, D.D., of Christ Church, wh o that office , will be submitted to the House. re it. JO' "The Rev. Francis Baring, M.A., Christ Cli o n e g o o "The Rev. Arth ur P enr h yn Stanley, ALA"' 11S. versity College. • Chlu ice SYnforra, Vice- 0 d ijr.te 4 , "Wadham College, Oct. 21 1 845." f " The Senior Proct or w ill rece i ve the nut" ve "" a for examination this term, either from thou"' tutors, on 'd o ck. " Saturday, the 25th inst., from one to two " Monday, the 27th inst., from two to four 0 el " Tuesday, the 28th inst., from twelve to three sotrs oPitio " Each candidate must give in a list, s i o g i r rs name, of the subjects and books in which he ho ieg be examined, together with certificates of his sponded and B.—The having sat in the schools. „ired• matmatriculation paper is also req e yd " Maalen Collee, Ot. 22 1845." " The Regius Professor ofHebrew proposesbt:r rG tlf° lectures on the Psalms on Thursday, Novel ist ci s o'clock. nee °rl goa tile° pe "The two elementa r y c l asses w ill comin f „e oe se, the 27th, and Tuesday, the 28th instant. . u ". the W,' is intended for those w h o are just commenewe' the ru di° el' the other for such as, b e i ng acqua i nte d a lv e it h rew require instructi on i n th e hi gher parts o f " Those under the degree of 111. a t e w attended the elementary lectures, and any who wish to have certificates lectures, are requested to call at the Profess °r „f tou pd, Saturday, the 25th instant, between the hours " ire four. need Pe " Any members of the university who cl ile d o 7i a li l t us e ° : struction in addition to that riven in the Pub,l.,leto the recommended by the Regius Professor to apply J. B. Morris, M.A., Exeter College. "Christ Church, Oct. 21, 1845." _ ----------!------_,,,%, co , NAVAL IN TELL IGEZ I , tl . oil / MALTA, Ocr. 15.—There is but little news et - ii$ 111 : ranter, and none of any other, since my last- r SVc ien tl i ' l f Lieutenant Mapleton, of her Majesty's steavoe ci g o o has been subjected to a court of inquirv, for_, h , s e lle° t ii",, ej vessel on shore, in coming from Corfu. This e" - s ad l'" 0 0f was fully and honourably acquitted of all blarae' lal 0 ski 0 the highest encomiums from the court on the . oe, tif ° 00'' in which she was got off without injury- gad , 11 I Her Majesty's steamers Jackall and Blood" t bel.ik vessels lately built in Glasgow, arrived here 0. 1 4 t bel t l ay Bth instant. They are sharp iron boats, ploug 1 " hai o ,sli a bafa latterrwt from t rr h de ratee :Gltth3l hasg Glasgow, knots expectationowf r ,en per td n hee e ree or of .t. them, This he m, sp ed as, 10 the ir v, ~, ), , a r r e o g 1 i ° 1 ph eouformerirnotnh their u we m iart b el e or r g e b. d y k y l i t a il :T x : l s; ro e; it a I d ilieren ce 11 ..li t.be petted; hence probably the cause of the „A A , ' speed. ive- , Her Majesty's steamer Polyphemus has arr or atber d ,l mails from the lonian Islands and Greece. gr. I' atiri• A court of inquiry has been sitting on ,„ en tlf o ' Assistant-Surgeon of the Jackall steamer, re'" ;t tritop , ,, here, on charges of inebriety. The result has "'he ir 4 to fr , t jg ay but a court-martial will, it is said, result fr° - j a lse vsy The Jackall is under orders for the lonia," in the ' .l, lieve the Spitfire, Which will be employed - lo'' sick wit" service. ,I,,ig - ' el ' 1 The French Government has resolved on "" g a r i c,re e `,, the communication between Syra and Mal t %it n icee ° .,ll 4 13 as also with the direct communication ttoos, lies, A,.0 and Egypt. The line, with the above exe e P pirO u te ib ' tinue as usual. The direct steamers betwe e " he ir r ° h theiAn Alexandria, xhefaorosnri‘pdri Etaajnle . gst t tol o ya u A i h sy i tod n renoi g agrume a t Malta, „ tb froi° t et . e ht r .e Geyser is to lea l s: e e r Y ; t i t t b ig: il .l ! i le ig o s f P t : ,, i i:- Hancock, R.A. ; Lieutenant Cunn ke in res g s h bs in s " ,er: . " , il l :it:a t l' ic:ll6- ment, on six months' sick leave ; MT. gutter' ° 3,1 tenant superseded, and Mrs. Millar, tbe '' ~ b .o t, TiieT C a o g n i r e, a f n r d em er sMeialltarha,PateteehnnetagtVolcano• „41$ °' a il F with th,e,`-pie , °' inst., has just arrived. The Acheron, Wit jkleo,ol through France, arrived last night. e ,,,01 , v ; The French Government steamer Caire, ": h ieb OA, re' has arrived. She left on the 10th inst., ea b 01 e r from Calcutta had been telegraphed. op. and 'e 13 ou The Caire has experienced a little dam "to P quire some tinkering ere she can be prePs'' - of be trip. if cerS 10 de The Levant mail has arrives. ~e o po Some acts of politeness passed between r... es , tbe Majesty's ship Orestes and his Royal High n a il , Montpensier on his visit to Greece. er Jars' APPOINTMENTS. , 0 steal° Assistant-Surgeon Lyall, to her Majes t y 4 vice Protheroe, dismissed that ship- • r ois• 0 4 Assistant-Surgeon Protheroe, to the Hibe esty , o au ~ Assistant-Surgeon Simpson, to her MAI 11 8 " lw FAT vessel Bonetta, vice Armstrong. Assistant-Surgeon Armstrong, from $039 r1111 I (re-appointment). ha s l e f t .m oil• Bonetra t ° fet Her Majesty's surveying-ship Beacon v etlindr the Archipelago. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—The St. t, 19° ' - iat ° Vincencornitts, of A Spithead, but is returning stores prior to off, m bo i u ra r i to si b r e c p . a o id gle, B and t., rcee-mcoamiamaids:rio. nae chief. The Vanguard, 80, Capt. Willes is in the ' - n,aeoP oo be7 . 4 -' havingt b ail will be detained some days. the tides time`t:cll: much to admit of her going out. In them e."_, l, iii ..eo se .t . determined to step her mainmast further the I v o v a s It t ur r doubtless much improve her sailing, Rodney. The mast has been taken gout „,., , isn i e making the alteration. the P iitig has returned to her station to rejoin The Sylvia cutter, having replenished .riP "al Channel Islands. harbour , 3 05 The Centaur steam-frigate is in the ~.r i pes• 0 01, for navigation to the Thames, to get her n e . ! I . 01919 . to The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-CommaZer k repai red iine e lea stores caenadele,;ser,„A docked on Tuesday, to get went,.n ! he st. ti Te jo; The extra marines who out i ," by 31r. ; a il l ~ al' The Contest, 12-gun brig, building °Tess- 11 %e -° ha t,,,,thie-w_becire,, 0t.,11.: Pr° ,,, 11 5 Cowes, at his dockyard, is very rapidly . n d 0 ,1 , t m h a ie ke di u v p hi h m e l r y c e o e m te p rd le a m y. ent of hands disembarked 'lliviitec,coof t ie ,i a t P presents a most beautiful model. 1 arriv. -- st. p St i r e zt a io n n d . rea S d h y e ifis,rpllaaankneehdiaugp byto her the blislgtee,isf,peembe: to The Satellite, 18, Commander Rowley, ._ ust. 1., le ft it Ayres from Monte Video on the 11th . r . 4,, t * Ou ga . 1 . ,,,ag, ° The Vulture steam -frigate, Captain iti , w ,g n. , the 30th of August. The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain t. 1 , ,,ip Helena for the Cape of Good Hope, en route to l'''' let osee Ayres for Monte Video on the 13th of Au tri ll° raiso on the 19th of July from Rio. _._ . _, e, Bar The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. /Ivo' `The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamiltong, uasrrived att.,o THE .RE2PLAINDER O 711 E OW ° FOR SEE THE SUPPLEMEN FT TO THE THIS DAE vi) 5 6 ii London: Printed and Published by 311.11W0 A- 1 1 - So• 1 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oilic e t 0 u pti Strand, in the Precinct of the S 'troy, • the va PilidcUesex t Friday, October 24, 1845. --_ at At on th At li of Li, Co, 114114 Cal flag t to the inancl (1840 to the the s, F. D. • Pay tnion. Sur /lath e itsist ; to th e Se e( Alid 14A e PO th e th t tr I, tt riDa `qttir, c .,!*zo 4 41 `, 1, i *h"t k 4 >. _\