The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-30 00:00:00

111 --H 'E. ,td, 11 3 1 • public us ibis quentli isll nol Jbot al large I I er i nto!!! winner, Rating' r coil, g li t Cle t gaol° to his the 'SS e stort ip. ilip ing it unning so fferent ng the Ls Wel l Id itos f your P nest arta' there le St. L 00 erallf Ise to' The City Members' Plate of 50 suvs.. added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 it. 't L:e second to save Lis stake. Heats, a utile arid I..Lree quarters. Mr. W. Sadler's Plericsg, 4 yrs.. (A. Day) 0 1 1 Mr. Herbert:A ch li Ajax, aged %Ir. Love's Mobalek, iig - 0(1 WESTBURY AN D BRA I'ION RACES.—WEDNEsaIv. The Iliii:ers' Cup. heats, a mile. and a Oak. Mr. W. Ki!ig'.) , eh to Circe, aged (R. Trees) 3 1 1 Air. Patt,n's b g 1);.1o.nlion. aged Mr. Gilbert's clr g King Cole, ago 2 3 dr Mr. J. White's g rn (2 , ,ty lass; e yr , ••• 4 dr The Yeltiranry Cup. k 1 its. a mite alai a half. lir. Dalemore's eh g Clipper, aged ...(Ownet ) 1 I eh g Mr. Gilding'; in Take your time Alias Lucy, 5 yrs. 2 3 Mr. White's gin Gaylass Mr. Garrett's b g Tobi The Westbury Stakes of 3 sous. each. with 15 added. Mr. W. F. King's eh in Circe, aged.. ...(R. Treen) 3 1 1 Mr. Davis's ch g Victor, aged 2 2 dr Mr. W. Mee's na eh g Adrian, age,' Mr. Buckler na P a t t i clitl,, n t the Brat ton Castle Stakes were woo by Mr. Snntli's Mad cap, and the Pony race by Alice Grey. HERE :FOND It ACES.—WEDsEsOAv. The Produce Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 20 added, for three-yr-olds. Once round. Mr. I. Day's bc by Bubastes (Marlow) 1 Mr. Moss's ch Ravmond Lolly 2 The Herefirdishire Si aiies of lS sovs. eacu, 10 ft, with 50 addi-d. Twice round. Mr. Bosley's eh eby Tipple Cider, 3 yrs ...(Hutchinson) 1 Mr. I. 1) ty's g by Maz ,, ppa, out of Itusk, 4 yrs Mr. Godson's ch f Susannah, 4 yrs— .. 3 The Hunters' Stakes were wen i two heats by Mr. W. Johnstone's b g Ilookev, 6 yrs (Mr J Wadlow), beating Mr. Knowles's eh h Totrilf, 6 yes, Mr. Curtis's Delamere, 5 y_rs. and Mr. R Green nd Grenade, 4 yrs. The Farmers' Handicap Stakes of 50 sovs. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. J. Boswell's b g Breewood, aged Mr. P. Jones's b g Tinker, aged 0 2 1 2 Mr. Fever's b g Veluti, 5 yrs Mr. Woolaston's ch gby 'Armin, 4 yrs ... 2dr TII URSDAY. The City and County Gold Cup of 60 sous., added to a han dicap of 20 soya, each, h ft. About three miles. Mr. Bosley's ch c by Tipple 'Cider, 3 yrs ...•..... Mr. T. Saunders's b m Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yr 5..... ...... 2 Mr. W. Scott na fby Bubastes, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Dixon's Glendower, 5 yr 5........ The other races were not run when our account left. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH. On Wednesl;;the much-talked-of match between the Mol ' logs and Powells came off near the Black Dog Inn, at Bed 7 font, and, from the novelty and interest attached to the race, an immense assemblage of persons were present. The con ditions of the match were—that E. Molloy and his son, fourteen years of age, should walk against Powell and his son, both parties to start together and contend for twelve hours continuously, and the distance of ground travelled over by the father and sun to be added, and which ever side accompiished • the greatest distance within the stipulated time to be the win ners. The stakes were 1001. The Molloys were the favourites at 5 to 4. At seven o'clock the men and their companions were on the road. They entered upon their task with spirit. At nine o'clock the Molloys had the advantage of one mile; they kept steady at their feat, and at twelve o'clock the Dowels had gained rive miles upon their opponents. The Men had now been walking six hours consecutively, and appeared somewhat fatigued. The Molloys had not h , en off the road, partaking only of refreshment as they passed. At three o'clock the rowel's were leading, and had covered sixty eight miles of road between them, and obviously had all appearances of victory. Young Powell was much distressed, and time and distance told heavily against him ; and young Molloy was compelled to relhquish the c , ,ntest, flaying been seized wi , h spasm, fr. In the great exertion he had dergone, having walked eleven milts and a half in two hours. At the commencement the Powells had acquired an advan tage of thirteen miles, and all hopes of winning on the part • of the monoy3 were lost. The Alolloys, however, concluded their labours in verb admiral le style, and had reduces; their arrear to three miles. when the Powells achieved their hard earned victory, having peribruml upwards of ninety miles within the stated tiate. It was the general opinion that had not Molloy, junior, re, ired font the match at an early stage, the Molloys would have pi 4 the laurels. ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB. The sailing match for a cup and cover amongst yachts of this club came off on Wednesday. The following came to station :—The Foam, 7 tons, E. W. Roberts; Rival, 10 R. J. Parkins in ; Mischief, 12 tons, J. D. ; Dauntless, 7 tons, T. Edwards ; Wave, 10 tons, T. Howard. It was a time race, a minure per ton being allowed. Tile Wave took the lead and k•-pt it, inert a, lug ber distance from the others, which continued cif se together all the way down. The Wave was halt a mile or more in advance at Greenhitlse. Soon after rounding, the Mischief overhauled the Wave considerably, both leaving the others a long way %stern. In Gallions the .Mischief came very close in the wak e of the Wave, but the Wave kept ahead and won ty one hundred yards. NAVAL INTELI.IciE:cCE: PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY —llls Sic.liatt Majesty's frigate Urania, 46. Captain Cavahere Giovaia Bartolo meo Lettieri, arrived at Spithead this morning fren, Antwerp, last from Deal. She saluted Admiral Da, res. acting Commander in Chief, with 11 guns (two short of his complement). which was returned by the Vistory, flag ship pro tern. She afterwards saluted the garrison, Which was returned by the Platform with 21. Admiral bacres dispatched his Flag-Lieutenant to the ship soon after her anchoring, and °ff.:red any assistance that might be required, which courteous attention was duly ac knowledged. The Urania is on a voyage more of p.easure and instruction than anything else, and has a party of scientific young officers on board. She is a very fine frigate, and appeared to be well manned and smartly inanceuvred. From here she proceeds to Pl 3 mouth, and ,- thence to Brest. The French yacht Camille arrived in this harbour last evening from Havre, last from Southampton, with the Duke de Caylus, Peer of France, and the Duchess de Caylus, on board. They came to visit the dockyard and other objects of interest at the port. On application, however, to Admiral Dacres to allow them to inspect the dockyard, the gallant Admiral did not consider himself authorised to grant the application, without consulting the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Duke's request was, therefore, sent up t their Lordships by thee French Vice Consul at this port, thriaigh the Consul-General in London, as it is not usual to allow foreigners to inspect the Government works without. special permission. The President, 50, Captain Stanley, fitting for the flag of Hear Admiral Dacres, received her masts on Tues day. She has entered some prime efficient seamen. The Crocodile, 26, Captein Maxwell, sailed on Wed nesday afternoon for Cork. The Fanny tender has gone to Brighton, to attend upon Admiral Reedey. The Blitek vihich arched on Monday night With the First Lortt of the Antniralty and his private secretary, Captain tl,e Leon. R. S. Derides, left on Wed nesday for Woolwich. The Apollo map ship. Commander Radcliffe, came into harbour thi , minim.- to repair defects, having sprung her boweprit, and trtherNi:e damaged herself. The Athol troo i ,-ship, Jinster Commander Pewit, will be ready for sen is. a few eats She was to have be, n ready by the 26th inse, but h.s been delayed. She has bad u coating of the anti corrosive c , mposition, the in vention of Baron Wetterstedt, applied to her bottom, over the copper. 'rite Dasher surveying steam-vessel, Commander Sheringliam, is not yet quite ready for sea, owing to sonic alterations having been found necessary to fit her fur the service r which she is intended. DEvoamorm—The Spartan. 26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B. Elliott, arrived from the North Amertean end Vest India station, last from 17pi!head, on Tuesday. She saluted the flag of Sir John West, and came into harbour yesterday to be dismantled and paid off, having been four y ears in commission. The Express, 6, Lieutenant Commander Herrick, came into harbour on Saturday to repair defects, which having completed, she will proceed to-morrow or Sunday to Falmouth. The Rhadamanthus steam sloop, Master-Commander Lain, arrived on Tuesday frora Portsmouth with the lett wing of the 55th Regiment. which she has disembarked, and taken on board the right wing of the 49th Regiment, for conveyance to Dublin, with whom she has sailed. The Breakwater Lighthouse bell, which is rung in foggy weather to warn the shipping of their position, haelng been found too small for so important a purpose, has been removed, and will be replaced by a larger one. WOOLWICH, AUG. 27.—The Avenger steam-frigate, recently launched at Pembroke dockyard, was towed up the river yesterday by the African steam-vessel, to have her engines fitted by the contractors. The African re turned to Woolwich in the evening. The Dee steam-vessel, Mr. Driver, Master-Com mander, is now ready for sea , and will leave Woolwich for Portsmouth on Thursday. The Caroline, the vessel belonging to the Imaurn of Muscat, in which several fine horses recently arrived in this country as a p r esent to her Majesty, and which wa s ordered to be taken to Woolwich Dockyard to undergo a complete repair, and be fitted with guns, as a mark of her Majesty's approbation of the attention of the Limn, Las been since ordered to be taken to the dockyard of Messrs. Curling, at Poplar, to receive the necessary alterations, and afterwards will return to Woolwich to receive her guns. The Barretto Junior transport-ship dropped down the river from Deptford, on Monday afternoon, to m oorin g s opposite the Royal Arsenal, and yesterday the baggage of the two companies of the Royal Artillery under orders for Halifax, Nova Scotia, was put on board. Major Anderson's company and Captain Stanway 's corn ' Many, both of the Ist battalion of the Royal Artillery Were inspected by the Commandant on Monday, and his Lordship expressed himself highly pleased with their soldierlike appearance. The officers of Major Ander son's company, consisting of Second Captain De Winton, With First Lieutenant Lawrence, First Lieutenant Mou bray, and Second Lieutenant T. E. Travers, and the officers of Captain Staneay's company, consisting 01 Captain Stanway, First Lieutenant Green, Firt Lieute nant Phillips, and Second Lieutenant Barstow, embarked at six o'clock this morning at the Royal Arsenal, and the Barrette) Junior is expected to sail at an early hour to-morrow morning for her destination. The companies are 10 strong each, and Captain Stanway being the Senior officer on board, will assume the command o. the Whole until their arrival at Halifax, Nova Scotia, whet one of the companies will proce , d to St. John s 'e New Brunswick. First Lieutenant Hun. W. Keirrefly and Second Lieutenant Winterbuttom embarked at the same time for a passage to Haiif ec, to join Major Fr. ex.'s company, stationed at Halifax since May, 1843. Dr. Verling accompanies the two companies to Halifax a s medical officer. The two companies to be relieved in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are Captain Mee's and -Major Lock's, both of the Bth battalion ; tire fortr.er proceeded to a foreign station on the itie of July. 1833, and the latter en tl.e 16th of April, 1839. The asila , number of women and children embarked this to - , ruin With their husbands. turd esiehteen still remain. They • will, however, shortly tho uid of a fund eel lected fur that perpose, so that the stealy end indus trious will eitj y every catn:o_t at the stations going to. A match of erkker, ca nt off v no•nki j 1 -- . on f t ,,lntbf ea Common, Let ekoi soul , . of thp office . rs of thr gar- EXETER, AUG. 28. STOCK Exclusorr—The sales are--North Devon, 2% rieon areYortara Club, whiob the former 1.9:3 by nearly Prem.-14eter and Yeovil, %prem...—ExeteT Alld Crediton, 9 . etighty' ru ns :"' t ~ _v THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1845. HULL, AUG. 28. STOCK ExcuANGE.--The sales are—London and Croydon, New, 11. 15s.—York and North Midlai:d Extension, 24 Blackburn, Damen, and Bolton, 10 —Caledonian Extension, 3'4—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 20—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6—Grimsby Dock Extension, 10—Leeds and Tiiirsk, 16!," 2 —East Lincolnshire, 24s.—East Coast, 3s.— Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 31—Grand Union, 20s.—Leeds and West Riding Junction, 15s. — Leicester and - Bcdffird, 3%—Leicester and Birmingham, 21, , . --.Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, London and Birmingham Extension, 19s.—London end York, 6%—Ditto, Bawtry Scrip, s—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 21. 2s.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 2L ss. Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 11. 15s.—Nottingham and Boston, 30s.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 30s.—South Midland, 71/, 2 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 7 Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 63F,—Shrewsburyand Trent Union, 4%—Tenn and Dove Valley, 2—Wake field and Bradford, 82s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 12s. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. A general meeting of the Proprietors of this C,m pany was held on Thursday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, which was very fully attended. Henry Bosanquet, Esq., occupied the chair. After the formal business had been gone through, The CHAIRMAN rose to address the meeting. He said the events ,o w r the last f e. months ,had been, so nu ruerons, that it would be nee.: , :ssary for hisn to pi same- - what in detail into the business of the Company. He congratulated them on the opening of the line of rail way from the metropolii to Great Yarmouth, which had just taken place. An Act of Parliament had also been obtained for a line from Lynn to Ely, to be in con nexion with this railway, By this means they would have a direct communication fro:a the Wash of Lynn to tha metropolis. There was also one in pro. - ; - re,:s from Lynn to Cambridge that would be •f the gre , stest service to the present iine of railway. Two other prof-cts wre under consideration that would bring the east and went parts f the in,tropoli4, as also Woolwich, in connexion with tin it In a short he had no doubt, by the extensions and c.:enicothT lines in contempt ition, they shout t, through their line, have a complete communication from London to York. Ile had also pleasure in st tting that 1111 Directors had secured large warehouses adjoining the East India Docks for their accommodation, at a low rent. This would prove of the greatest benefit to their in'ere , ts. He would now say a few words respecting - their present and future prospects. Though the dividend eras a small one, he trusted it would be the last of the kind. The short- ness of the pillions or the line hitherto completed in volved a greater amount of expense than an elongatk d line would 11.11 re done. The expend s had this year been 48 per cent. on the receipts. As they lengthened their line, however, their expenses would be proportionally reduced ; and he had no doubt ere lung they should be able to declare as large a dividend as the South Eastern Company. 7,5001., a week's receipts, would yield 5 per cent. on the capital, and he was quite perauaded they would soc,n reach that, as their expenses became econo mised. He would next refer to the proceedings of last session of Parliament with reference to the future. Ile complaired of the way they had been treated in regard to the L'indon and York line by the Committee of the House of Commons. It was not, however, their inten • lions to abandon their former position. Arrangements had been made for surve3ing several lines in connexion with that they hail already executed ; and they were determined, with their (the shareholders) sanction quietly, but effectively, to push fon‘ard whichever of those surveyed lines appeared likely to pay the share holders a fair dividend. He trusted the House of Lords would do greater-justice than the Committee of the House of Commons had done.—(Great cheering.) The report was then read, of which the following are the most important features. Since the last general meeting, the line from Bishop's Stortfor'l to Cambridge, Ely, and Brandon has been opened simultaneously with the Norfolk Railway from Brandon to Norwich and Yarmouth. The report of the manager of the goods department, which has been laid before the board, states prospects of large increasing re venue from the carriage of goods and cattle, which will Ise int)A gratifying - to the Proprietors. A return of 7,5004 a week would produce a &video(' of more than five per cent. on the share capital of the Company, and the und-übted prospects of increase which exist, fully justify the expectation that, within a short period, an income, much exceeding that sum per week, will be realised. The accounts of the past half-year, connected with the traffic, are annexed, and they show a net profit of 21,833/. The Directors have, therefore declared a divi dend for the half-year, after the rate of three shillings per share of 141. 163. each of the Consolidated Stock of the Company. The total expenditure on the extension from Bishop's Stortford to Newport has been 156,9211., and that on the extension from Newport to Cambridge, Ely, and Brandon, has been, under Messrs. Grissell and Peto's contract, 573,2801., being the amount of the original estimate, with 3,0001. added for an extra bridge at the paper mills at Cambridge ; and some other additional expenses. The Proprietors will recollect that at a special general meeting, held on the 14th of April last, it was deter mined to capitalise into shares 710,4001. of the borrowed money of the Company. The resolutions then passed have been carried out by the. Directors, and 48,000 new shares were issued, upon which a sum of 41 16s. per share has been paid, and applied to the reduction of the debts of the Company. During the session of Parliament just closed the Directors have been engaged in a long and severe con test with the promoters of the London and York Rail way, and this Company have to complain of the great injustice done them in not having been permitted to bring forward rebutting evidence of any kind, or to ad duce evidence in support of their own plans, before the decision in favour of the London an York line was pro nounced by the Committee of the House of Commons. The Directors, while expressing their conviction of the patience and attention which were bestowed by that Committee on the protracted inquiry before them, must protest, in the strongest manner, against the rights ac quired by this Company from Parliament, being seri ously affected and injured by a decision being pronounced against the Company without their first having a full hearing. Mr. LEvi asked how it was that nothing had been done to fat in a branch from the line to Epping ? He understood the Blackwell Company had some intention of making a branch into that neighbourhood, which would interfere with theirs. lie considered the forma tion of such a branch should be made by the present Company. Mr. DUNCAN said such a line was under the con sideration of the Directors, and a survey would be made to that effect. Should the Directors think it a desirable line, means would be taken to ascertain the seine of the proprietors on it. . . n Several questions were asked in explanation of items in the accounts, to which explanations were given by the Chairman that appeared to give satisfac• tion to the proprietors who asked them. Mr. Divisor; inquired if all the surplus land of the Company had been sold? Mr. DusteAx replied that ad the available surplus land, up to the end of last year, had been disposed of. There was still a quantity of surplus land in their pos session, which would be sold as soon as it was kn..wn that they had no use for it. It would not be prudent to part with it until they knew exactly what they wanted to complete their works. An HON. PROPRIETOR complained of the amount of 1,8001. being voted to the Directors. The London and Birmingham Directors only received 1,700/. ; the Mid- Brighton Company allo we d on ly 1,100/. These were Company allowed but 1. 5001 . ; and the r la a n il d wa l y ll c il o w m a p Y anies that paid large dividends, while this Company, which was almost insolvent, was to pay more than any of them. The most suspicious part of the business was, that a paid servant of the Company had made the proposition. After a few words from Mr. LA MERT in favour of the grant to the Directors, Mr. TIGHT said as he had been personally alluded to he wished to say a few words in vindication. He had held shares in the Company from the beginning, and in virtue of those, as well as from a sense of justice to the Directors, without reference to his official position in the Company, he had acted as he had done, and he had no right to be reflected on.—(Cheers.) He had proposed the grant to the Directors as an independent man, and he did so because he had observed the severe labours they had been subjected to, and if they looked at the busi siness laid down in the report they would see at once there was no parallel between the labours of the present directory and those which had been named. The CHAIRMAN was then about to put the motion that the report be received, adopted, and printed, when Mr. SCOTT said he was a shareholder who hefd a 1,000 shares in the Company, and he came forward with pain =ful feelings to oppose the proceedings of the Board. lie believed their conduct perfectly unexampled in the his tory of railways. While all other railways had pro gressed, and their traffic had improved, the present Company was now called to receive 3s. dividend on each share of 251. He thought ' s change should be made, as matters could not be much worse than they were. Had it not been misfortune or mismanagement, the Eastern Counties Railway would have been in a much better position. Everywhere he went he heard the manage ment of the Directors condemned. He would give facts in support of this view. The first point he would call attention to was the capital account. Four years ago the Directors pledged themselves that the capital would not exceed 2,137,0001. ; in 1842 it was 2,500,000/. ; in 1843 it was 2,784,0001. ; and in 1844 • it was 2,856,0001. They were then told it would not exceed that. But again in February, 1845, without any explanation what ever, it was increased to 2,900,000/. ; and that day it was 2,956,000/. By the Amalgamation Act they were limited to 2,850,0001, on which interest was to be paid, whereas it was now, in round ,numbers, nearly three millions. The Hon. Proprietor then went into the traffic accounts, in which, from a series otcalculations, he showed that, for the last four years, the ratio of income to expenditure had been gradually going against the shareholders. In contrast to the manage ment of the Directors, he cited the Brighton, Midland, and several other railways, in which the working expenses were far below those of the eastern counties line. He hoped some means would be taken to save the Company from the mismanagement into which it had fallen.—(Cheers.) He considered many of the Directors held only a nominal stake in the Company, though all were not so. Th ere were eighteen Directors, a greater number than any Other direction i n the kingdom ; while of these eighteen,.five lived at least 200 miles distant. Could such, he asked, attend to the interests of the Company without great expense ? He considered that some proposition should that day be come to to rescue the Company from its present dilemma. There ought to be a residential directory, not living 200 miles distant. He represented, on the part of himself and friends, who had embarked capital in the Com pany, the sum of 200,0001.; and, therefore, he bad no object in view but the good of the Company. No evil could come of the exposure. There were the Greenwich, the Sheffield and the Rotherham, the Bir mingham and Manchester, the Great North of England, and the Midlands Companies, all of whom had been iin of their affairs. In several companies , espe cially m e lsyusuch a s improvedhad t had the novationn a gernent and care of Mr. Hudson, the value of shares had increased threefold. They wanted a Mr. Hudson amongst them.—(Loud and continued cheers.) He hoped that gentleman, instead of being an ally, would become a member of the board, and he would say that biore many mouths the shares now selling for 19/. would be worth 'l'h© Honourable 1 4 ) ,r°110 4 't.or 0 . 13 C 1 41e (1 ,. I() ri , "tj 'n, reso lu t i o n that me. llu4'ou be Solicited to joi e t h e di rec tion, of m the Company to give the the ben e fit of his groat experience. Ti l e resolution ecoliaiNe.l a series of rea sues, being the substanee of thelivu. Proprietor's speech, for the course proposed. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN (Robert Crosbie, Esq.), se conded the resolution, as far as the invitation to Mr. Hudson Was concerned. The Hon. Proprietor, he said, had referred to several lines which had been improved in the price of their shares, but he should have also stated the fact of the great increase that had also taken place in the value of the Eastern Counties Railway. Ile only regretted the Hon. Gentleman had not come into the field before, when it was with the•greatest difficulty parties could be got to take an active part in their pro ce edi ogs.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. V.• LEE, one of the Directors, said a statement had been made respecting the conduct of the Directors, and he wished to reply. Something was said about the Di • rectors having only a nominal interest. He, for one, held 1,000 shares in the Company, and so satisfied was he of its solvency, that he had that day ordered his broker to purchase 200 more.—(Hear, hear.) When he joined the board the line was not in the hands of the Directors, but in that of a gentleman who re ceived 1,0001. a year. That gentleman's services were dispensed with, and the line came under the manage meat of the Directors. They the is appointed three Ceminitlees—traffic, finance, and Parliamentary Com mittees. The while subject of the traffic ens gone into, by the first, and a great reduction noun took place in this department. Efficient sheds were erected, the stations were much improved, and a roost able superintendent appointed to manage it. The result was, that they had increas; d their traffie 1,1001. week. They also had the line surveyed by Mr. Robert Stephenson. Lsrge and convenient warehouses were erected in anticipation or futu-e traffic, and he had no doubt that the opening of the Colchester line alone woulf bring an addeional traffic of 1,5001. a week. In addition to this, a complete revision took place in the Company's servants, reel no man was retained unless of the most unexceptionable character. Every one who now went along the line would be persuaded of this. The most superior officers were also appointed to the heads of the several departments. The Finance Committee had also effected great good, its labours having saved the Company, by the capitalisation of the debt, to the amount of 7,0001. per annum. Sufficient evidence of the solvency of the Company was shown in the present price of the shares on the Stock Exchange. Ile had himself paid 20/. ss. each for 200 shares that day. The reason why the expenses of the present year were so great had arisen from the large expenses . necessarily involved in the preparations lied Nara outlay arising from the extension of the line. 7,500/ per week would he quite sufficient to pay five per cent. ; and he was sure, if they had patience, by the measures in progress, it would soon be beyond that. There would not be a better line in the kingdom. He was sure it would ultimately pay ten per cent. The proceedings of the Parliamentary Committee had also been not without importance. No doubt consider able expense had been occasioned, but lee was sure the next session of Parliament would obtain it. He did not believe that the London and York line in its integrity would ever be carried ; and he had good reason for sup posing that the extensions which would take place in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire would be such as to afford them a great incteese of their traffic. When a full development of their traffic took place, there was no doubt the Company would be one of the very best in the kingdom. He concluded by reading the names of several Directors who held numbers of shares, ranging from 1,000 to 150 each. The Hon. Director sat down by declaring if they were not satisfied, he was willing to resign his office. Considerable confusion ensued, arising from certain Proprietors complaining that the whole list of the Di rectors, with their number of shares, had not been read, but only a few of the largest holders. After some further discussion, Mr. D. W. HARVEY regretted that anything had been said by Mr. Scott which:could be understood as reflecting personally on any of the Directors. He (Mr. Harvey) did not understand it in that light. He did not wish to curb the wholesome feeling that had set in, still he thought the gentlemen who proposed the course named should state what were their ulterior intentions, and in what manner they intended the co-operation with Mr. Hudson to be carried out. He objected to any vague resolution that was not based on a sound foundation. He was for the fullest inquiry, yet it should be inquiry systematically carried out. He would therefore suggest instead of the resolution confining itself to Mr. Hudson, they should enlarge it, to allow of application to other parties, in the event of that negotiation being unsuccess ful, and that a Committee be appointed to confer with the Directors, and with them to carry forward their ne gotiations—the result of their proceedings to be placed before a future meeting. Mr. Harvey sat down after moving a resolution to that effect. Mr. WOODMAN seconded the amended resolution. Mr. SCOTT withdrew his amendment in favour of that of Mr. D. W. Harvey. The amendment was then put from the Chair, when, after a show of bands, 64 were declared to be in its fa vour and 78 against it. _ _ _ The Chairn — aan was then about to put the original motion, when Mr. Scott denrinded a poll. Another scere of confusion, amounting almost to tumult, here took place, owing to the difficulty of ascertaining the right course of proceeding to adopt. At length it was agreed that those who supported Mr. Harvey's amendment should go to one side of the room, and those who opposed it to the other. This having been done, and tellers ap pointed, there appeared to be—for the amendment, 97; against it, 82. This result was the signal for the mast triumphant cheering from Mr. Harvey's supporters. The victory, however, was bait short-lived. It was stated that Mr. Harvey was not a " shareholder," and that he was therefore incompetent to take part in their pro ceedings. Mr. Harvey said he was a " stockholder," and maintained (amidst a scene which can only be com pared to that which sometimes distinguishes the hustings of a fiercely-contested election) that as such he had a right to vote, &c. The books of the Company were re ferred to. Mr. Harvey's name as a registered proprietor was not to be found, and the Chairman, therefore, found himself called on to decide against Mr. Harvey's claim to be heard. It should be observed that during this scene nearly all the gentlemen in the room were stand ing on the seats. The Chairman, in consequence, was obliged, on two or three occasions that he wished to make himself heard, or, if not heard, to show by his gestures that he had a function to perform, as president of the meeting, to mount the table. Various attempts were made by various Proprietors to obtain a hearing, but all to no purpose. Cries of " Shame" and such like exclamations were liberally indulged in by the op posing parties, until they seemed to grow tired of them. Partial quiet being restored, Mr. HARVEY reiterated his right as a stockholder to move a resolution. He then said he did not vote, he had not been counted. Others said that the Chairman had spoken too late ; he should have objected to Mr. Harvey when he moved the resolution. After a continuation of this tumultuous discussion for some time longer, Mr. SCOTT said, to put an end to all dispute, he would himself move the amendment. The demand for a poll being made the business of the meeting was suspended for it about half-past five o'clock. About half-past eight o'clock the scrutineers who had been appointed to superintend the poll entered the room, and placed in the hands of the Chairman the following result : For Mr. Scott's motion 1,331 Against it Majority -624 The value of stock represented by the majority was £93,498 Minority Mr. SCOTT said the course he had taken had been solely dictated by a sense of duty to himself as well as to the Company. He had submitted his motion to the meeting, and it had, he regretted to say, been rejected. He therefore took that opportunity of stating his entire satisfaction at the manner in which the Chairman had performed the important and onerous duties that had devolved upon him. The CHAIRMAN expressed himself much obliged to Mr. Scott for the manner in which he had referred to the performance of his duties. It now only remained for him to conclude the business of the day by moving that the Directors' report be adopted, printed, and circulated. The motion was proposed and unanimously agreed to The CHAIRMAN then proposed a series of resolutions based on the report. These were also put and carried. The thanks of the meeting to the Chairman having been agreed to, the meeting separated at nine o'clock, haying been engaged for eight hours. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. 4 I a! NAMES or RAILWAYS, Aug. 28. . 0 /Aug. !Aug. .:: .m = A Aug. 27. Aberdeen •• •• Airthie and Coatbrldge • • Arbro•tth and Foriar . • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Armagh, Coln, & Portrush Bandon and Bantry .• • • • Beliast and Ballymena • • Brifast and County Down JS;rlc.nlßl,Lall.B:Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Cdo'ster DO. NVW (iss.at (Us.) i:itto Half Shares • • • • ilinninglnn&Oxird.June. Ith.,burn, anti Preston.. Blekburn, Darw , ,& Bohn Bolton, NV igam, & Livcrpl. . _ Bost.n.Stainfrit and Bina ilrigliton, Lewes, & Bristol atttl Exeter Ditto New . Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales J une. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Avrsh. June Cal , 211011. & Lumbar. June Caled ttiau . • • . • ........ Ditto Extension ...... Cambridge end Lincoln.. Che•ter and Birkehhead. Ditto Saw Shares • Ditto halt' Shares • • • • Ch , ster and IL . lyhead • • Chalt• nhain and Oxfo d.. 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. 4 C0rnwa11.............. Darby and Crewe . .. Direct Lou. ant Manchstr Inss, Iteecles, & Yannoth Direct Northern • • • • • • . • Direct Norwich .•- •• • • • • Dub! n and Itelinst Junc. Dublin, iiellast, & Cuir% e Dublin and Drogheda.:.. Dublin and Clalw , y ..... Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New .• • .... • . Dundee and Per .11 • • • • Durlmin and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) D.tto (No. 2) .. • • • .• Eastern Counties . • • Do. Pap. 5 pr Ct., No 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Derchtun & Norwich East Union .• • • .• • •• • • Ditto Extension • • •• • • Edinbgt, Was., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glaagow.. Do. Quarter Shaves • • • Do. Kew 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 • • • • Lxeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Flt wood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow •• Glasgow and Ayr. •• Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock .. Ditto New. . Ditto Preference • •• • Glasgw, I , rpfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Toole and Doncaster • • • • Grand Junction ' Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto Quarter Sltares • • Ditto \ew Quarters •• Ditto Eighths •• •• •• • • Grand Uutou.. •. •• •• Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn &IVstrii (Iflud) Ditto Extension .• Great Minister • • • • • • • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares • • Do. New :30/. Shares .. rreat Western •• • Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fitths • • •• •• • • •• Guilfrd, Fart, & Ports. Harwich . • .. • - • • Iliffirsfid & Man. It. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield hull and Gainstiorough.. Hull and Selby . ••• • • • Ditto Quarter Shares— Ditto Half Shares • • • Lverness and Elgin •• ale of Jersey 7 . •! • • .. • Kendal and Y Windermere Kingstown and Bray • • • • Killarney Junctions . • • Lancaster and Carlisle • . Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford . • • • Ditto Extension .. . • .. Leeds and Dewsbury • • . • Leeds and Thirsk Leeds & W. Biding Junc. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford . • • Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Binds, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & (It N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto half Shares • . . • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl,Ormskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.. • . • •. Ditto Quarters , • • • • • London and Illackwall : London and Brighton. • • Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •• • • Ditto New . •••• • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cot. London and Greenwich Do. Pref. or Privilege. London and South Westrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. Do, New, 401. Shares London and York . • • • • • • Ditto (Bawtry) . • • .. • • London and Windsor • • • • Louth', Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskilln Lynn and Ely • • .. • • • • • • Lynn and Dereham .• • • • Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto Sixteenths • • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter shares Ditto New Quarters. . Do. IVOSII June. Manchestr, Bohn, & Bury Min:bar, Buxtn, & Matlk Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & gouthamptn Midland.. • ... • • . • • • • • • • • Ditto Fifths.. Ditto New ... Do. Con. Birm. & Derby Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nen•cstl & Daringtn June. Do. New (Brandling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. N o cstle, Durham, & Lau. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Ennisklllen.• Newark and Sheffield . • North British Ditto New Shares • • • Northern and Eastern • Do. Scrip (isa. at 5 die. Do. Quarter Shares • North Devon ...... North Kent • North Staffordshire • • North Eastern. • . ..... . North Union (A)... • .. • Ditto ißj• • • • • • • North Wales Mineral. • • -•_____ Ditto New ahares • • • North Western •••• • • • North Wales •• • Norwich and Brandon • Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • " Not., Belvotr, & Granthut Nottingham and Boston • • Not t., Er wsh. 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 • • • • I)o. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. S per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central . • .. • • • • Scottish Midland • • • • • • • • Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto ditto (No. 2) • • Ditto ditt• (No. 3). Sheffield and Lincoln.. Sheffield and Rotherham Shresysbry & Grand June. Shrewab., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir ihrwsbry & Trut Val. Un. Shaws, Herefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • • • . • • • • • . • South Devon . • • • • • • • • • • Routh Midland .. South Eastern and Dover Do. New (Ise. 321.) No, I Do. (1i5.33/.1.8d.) „ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond . • • Siailladshire & Shropshire Stiriiag and Dunfermline South Wa1e5............ Tean and Dove Valley .. Trent Valley .• • . • • • • • • • • Po. and liolyheadJunc. Vale of Neath • •• • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrti Coml. Wexford and Carlow • • . • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrld,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Waktirwld and Bradford.. Wakild, Pontefri. - 3, fw (iool Wakefield and hiarrogaie Warwick and London . • • West Lancashire. Worcester and Tring • . • • Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland....... „ We t Cornwall West Yorkshire • • • • • • • • Wilson wn, M.& Coltness Somrst, & Weymth V:Ai'month and Norwich • • NW; • York and Carlisle . • • • • • York nod North INlidiancl Ditto Halt' shares .. • • Ditto Searbro' Branch fii{t;, Selby .......... Ditto Et tmtaioii •? • • Yorkshire & Glasgow 'Mn. ," 14. 107 • 504 504 75!.2 23i 2 -4 YORK, AUG. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten • skin, n—Nlancliester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 9 —Midland. New, 26—North Biitish, New, 9 1 4—York and North Midland Extension, 2-I►/,' 2 —Grand 24—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 20—Ditto, Qu,rter Shares, s—Leicester and Bedford, 4 1 A —London and York, 63y Manchester, Buxton, &c., 814 —North Staffordshire, 6 North Western, 51!i—Rugby, 23;11. SHEFFIELD, Auc. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tire sales are—Hull and Sell Half Shares, 231 , —Midland 401. Shares, 26 F—Shetlield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1, 16—Caledonian, 111 d Cambriile and Lincoln, 21A —Derby and Crewe, 34—Goole and Doncaster, 1 9.16 Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 514—Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, bIl/ s —Hudderfiehl and Manchester, 14N—Direct Northern, 2 1• 16—Leeds and Bradford, 55—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 3 , 7 4 —North Western, 51. is. 6d.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 5 1 / 27 -York_and Carlisle, 41A. EDINBURGH, AUG. STOCK Exctratcar:.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 35.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. Its. 6d.-Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15L-Armagh and Portrush, 2/. -Banffshire, 21. Is. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 75.- Belfast and County Down, 3/. 15i.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.-•Caledonian Extension, 2/. 175.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/. 17s. U.-Clydesdale Junction, 91.- . --Direct Northern, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. - Dundee and Perth, 4/. 125.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 95.-Edin burgh and Ghtsg,ow, 901.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 155.-. Ditto, New, 141. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 11. I Is. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor], 26/.-Ditto, Preference, 17/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 11. 18s. 9d. -Ditto, New, 1/. 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 16s. -Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayr shire. 711.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Glasgow and Belfast Union, 31. 18s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 95.-Glasgow and Greenock, 21/. -Ditto, New Stock, 1(3. 55.-Ditto, Preference, V. -Great North of Scotland, 2/. 175.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. 25.- Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 5/. 155.-London and York, 5/. 10s.-Monkland and Kirktntilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 1/.- North 11.itish, ex one-fifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 91. 5s - Ditto, One-fifth, 71. 155.-North Wales Mineral, New, 6' 55.-Perth and Inverness, 21. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 148.- Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ches ter, 41. Is. 6d.-Slainannan, 181.-South Midland, 9/. 195.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11. 11s. 6d.-Stirling and Dun fermline, 1/. 15s. 63.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 391. THE L A ACt:IDENT ON THE - NIOONLIG FIT STEA 11-BOAT. Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, Mr. Bedford, the coroner, and his jury, re-sesemleed at the St. Martin's public house, Duke-street, Adelphi, to resume the inquiry relative to the death of James Purcell, the lad whose chocking face has been already noticed in this journal. From what has tran,pired at the inquest it is manifest that the poor boy's death was the consequence of the negligence on the part of the crew of either the Moonlight or the Prince of Wales steam-boat, and the chief point to which the conflicting testimmy already elicited has reference, is the question as to which of the two vessels was put in motion before the rope connecting them had been unfastened. As the captains and mates of these boats contradict each other in their statements respecting the material fact, the evi dence of the passengers will be probably regarded as the most important. A lighterman, named Maclaren, stated that he was on board the Prince of Wales at the time when the Moonlight came up alongside of that vessel at the Hungerfold Tier. The head rope of the former was thrown over and fastened to the.lar board sponson of the latter. After landing her passengers, &c., he saw the Moonlight going ahead, without having been freed from the other beat, upon which witness called oat, " Cut the rope," it havir.g become too tight to be removed from the sponson. At this moment he saw the deceased boy fall upon the deck of the Moonlight, osie of his feet, wrenched off by the rope, having fallen into the water. He did nut see any one in charge of the rope. He could not say if it was the appointed duty of any one to remove the eye of the head rope from the Prince of Wales boat, but he conceived it to be the duty of every captain to see that the rope had been taken in before giv ing the comnsand to proceed. The captain of the Prince of Wales attributed all the blame to the Hungerford Pier Company, whose duty it was to provide a sufficient number of hands to attend upon the boats arriving at that pier. It was notorious, however. that there was not half enough assistance provided for the large number of ves sels calli , g there. It was possible that the Prince of Wales might have gone a little astern at the moment when the acci dent occurred from the action of the ebbing tide. He did not consider that any blame was attributable to the crew of his boat. Be had known, many similar accidents to occur in con sequence of the insufficiency of piermen to attend to the boats arriving at the pier. A discussion of neatly an hour's duration now tank place as to the admissibility of certain evidence offered by Mr. Cat tarns, on the part of the Iron Steamboat Company, to which an objection had been raised in consequence of the pretence of the two witnesses (Mr. Simmonds and 'Mr. Flemings, passen gers in the Moonlight) at an earlier period of the investigation. Mr. Coppock, the solicitor of the lad's parents, and several of the jurymen submitted, that as the Coroner had determined at the commencement of the inquiry to receive the evidence of no one who had been in the room during the examination of other witnesses, neither Mr. Simmonds nor Mr. Fleming, both of whom had been present, could be heard. Mr. Simmonds observed that his evidence, if admitted, would be found of great importance to the jury in considering their derision. Mr. Firming submitted, that although he had been in the room a few minutes during the former proceedings, he had no recollection of what happened at the time. One of the jurymen proposed that a show of hands should be taken upon the subject, and in the confusion of talking that followed, Mr. Simmonds urged that, as his 'evidence had been taken in writing before he had attended the inquest, there could be no reasonable objection to its reception. Mr. Coppock inquired what Mr. Simmonds meant by his evidence " being taken in writing ?" This was exelained by Mr. Cattarns, who stated that the witness had called at his office, in his (Mr. Cattarns's) ab sence, and that his statements were taken down in writing by his desk. But ho had not seen him personally upon the sub ject, and did not. know him when he was sitting in the room. The CORONER, having been incessantly appealed to for his opinion upon the point at issue, expressed his willingness to wave any objection that might tend to deprive them of im • portant evidence; but he was inclined to doubt whether the witness could be examined after what hail happened. Eventually the Coroner deeded on taking an opinion upon the question before pronouncing his determination as to the admiss:bility of the evidence. Alexander Mills, a wood-turner, deposed that he was a pas senger on board the Moonlight on Monday evening,. the ISth instant, and witnessed the accident. There were two vessels at the Hungerterd-pier when the Moonlight arrived. The eye of the head-rope was attached to the Prince of Wales, and the remainder was lying in a coil in the bow of the Moonlight. Witness saw a youth standing close to it when the signal to " Go ahead" was given by the captain of the Moonlight. The boat moved on, and a man seized the rope, which he tried to jerk off from the Prlnae of Wales's sponson. He failed in doing so, and the deceased, whose foot was somehow entangled in the rope, was dragged against the timber-head. Witness ran to his assistance, and prevented him from falling overboard, but the rope had wrenched off his foot, which had dropped into the river. No one was on board the Prince of Wales, near the sponson, to set the head-rope at liberty. He was confident that the Moonlight was proceeding when the accident happened. The whole occurrence did not last more than two or three minutes after the Moonlight had started. By Mr. Coppock—He did not see the Prince of Wales go astern. Mr. Coppoelc drew attention to a discrepancy in the state ments of this witness and those of Henry Tucker, one of the Moonlight crew, who had deposed to the effect that no one but himself was present with the rope, Which, according to his evidence, was tightened by the Prince of Wales boat going astern. Another passenger named Gordon, of 17, Frederick-place, Goswell-street, stated that he saw a lad sitting on the coiled head-rope alter the Moonlight had arrived at the pier, and witnessed the accident. [This witness confirmed many of the statements of the preceding witness ; but declared his opinion that the rope was drawn out by the Prince of Wales boat going astern.] the Moonlight boat had not proceeded more than a yard and a half when the cry of " Stop her " was given, and the vessel was stationary. Witness picked up the foot of the deceased, and assisted in taking him to the hospital at Charing cross. It was announced that there were several other passengers who wished to be examined, some of whom had been waiting until now (eight o'clock), but were unable to remain any longer. The inquiry was further adjourned to Monday evening, al six o'clock. MILBANK PRlSON.—Thursday the second report of the Inspectors of Millbank Prison, as presented to Parliament in pursuance of the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 26, was issued. The prison is now used as a depst for prisoners until they are transported or otherwise disposed of. Since the last report a large ward has been erected for boys who were too young to be sent to the Pentonville Prison, and too old for Parkhurst, and when practicable they have the advantage of separate confine ment ' • they are inatructed in religious and moral duties, trained to industrious habits, and taught trades calculated to render them useful servants in the colonies to which they are sent. It seems that of 242 boys who have been placed in the juve nile ward during the eight months which have elapsed since its commencement, but three have received corporal punishment; a eonsiderable number have never been reported for a single violation of the prison rules. Matrons have been appointed to convict ships, and materials for work are now supplied to the female prisoners during the voyages. Last year 4,140 S w m ho al h es a , v a e n b d e 3 e 6 n 2 se fe n m te a n l c e e s d ; p t o ris t o r n a e n :s po w r . t e a r t e i osne.nt There th w e e p r r e i s 3 o , n r , of the number 6P5 were sent to Norfolk Island, 2,241 to Van Diemen's Land, 150 to Bermuda, 102 to the invalid hulk at Woolwich, 2!19 to Pentonville, 361 to Parkhurst, and the females (362) to Vll4 Diemen's Land. The inspectors report that the prisoners in Milbank have generally enjoyed good health, the mortality among them has been small, and the number of sick at no time in the year considerable. There were 17 deaths— a less proportion than the average of former years—and three cases of insanity, one of which was disallowed, and the convict (Dalmas) transported, EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT NuTTINGIIAM.—Thurs day the metropolitan police received information of a man ogroed Henry Hayes having absconded from Nottingham, on Saturday afterncon last, after hp.ving plundered hia sister, Mrs. Mary Anne Morris, of property to A large amount. Hayes took with him a black leather trunk, containing a large quan tity of plate, a receipt on Moore and Robinson's bank for 110/., Bank of England and Liverpool notes to the amount of 155/., a yellow silk bag, containing upwards of 100 sovereigns, two gold bracelets set with cameos, with other valuable pro perty. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—OiI Thursday', Mr. Baker held an inonest at the London Hospital, on the body of Ann Caton, aged ?4, who was run over in the Cambride.e. road, Bethnal-green, on Tuesday 4fterno44 a'44 apt . ' r, pair of horses, filled with persons going. to Bow fair. Particulars of the occurrence appeared in our Worship-atreet police report of Wodrlsday. The jilry, after hearin the evidepcp, exonerated the driver of the vehicle from any blame, returned a verdict of Accidental Death. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. The general half-yearly meeting of the above Company was held in the Company's offices, in Darlington, on Thursday last, the 28th inst. George Hutton Wilkin son, Esq., chairman of the Board of Directors, presided, and after briefly opening the meeting, called on Major Parker, the Secretary, who read the advertisement call ing the meeting, and also the report of the Directors to the Proprietors, with a statement of the accounts, from which it appeared that the total receipts were 52,4851. 13$. Ild. ; and after defraying the expenses of the half year, left a balance of 28,8591. 4s. I Id., and re commended that a dividend after the rate of 6 per cent. per annum should be declared. The report also stated that a lease of the railway has been executed by the parties, by which in future the dividends would be 10 per cent. per annum. Resolutions were unanimously above of 31 . per sh ar e on 1001. shares, and 10s. per share passed adopting the r e p ort, and declarin g a dividend as on 401. shares. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. BRISTOL AND EXETER. BRISTOL, THURSDAY EVENING.—This company held their eighteenth half-yearly meeting yesterday, at their own offices, Broad .street, Bristol. Mr. James Gibbs, Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. . • • The CHAIRMAN expressed his regret at the retire ment of their late chairman, Mr. Frederick Ricketts; but he would still remain a member of the Board. Mr. J. B. BADIIAM, the Secretary, then read the re• port of the Directors, which, amongst other matters, stated, that the amount of rent and share of toll due to this'ldonifiany by the Great Western Company, fur the half-year ending the 13th of June last, amounted to the gross sum of 44,951/. 17s. ; that, considering that this was the least productive half of the year, the receipts of the company were very satisfactory ; that they had had a large and steady increase of both departments of traffic ; that the Directors felt the most perfect con fidence in the complete succes s o f t h e a t mosp h er i c principle, which they were about to apply to the South Devon Railway ; and that the delay in opening the line was only owing to circumstances connected with the new system of locomotion ; that the Acts for making branches to Yeovil, Tiverton,Cleavedon, o.2wl.ybridge, and Crediton had received the royal assent that the Bill for the Corn Wall line had been postponed till next session, upon the recommendation of the Lords' Committee; but the preamble had been proved,. and there could be no doubt of its ultimate, s,woess ; .thatthe Pirectors had pa& arkwetuents;by subscrib . ing for 70,000 shares of the North Deron Uompany, by which to secure a complete railway communication for the north of Devon. 15,000 of their shares would re quire a sum of 375,000/., and the remainder to be allotted to the public ; that the North Devon line would join the Bristol and Exeter at Taunton, Tiverton, and Crediton, and would form a very convenient mode of communication with Cornwall ; that Mr. Brunel was now engaged in surveying the most eligible line for a communication be tween the city of Wells and the Bristol and Exeter line; all of which the Directors presumed would meet the reason able requirement of the districts connected with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and therefore recommended the Proprietors to pass resolutions empowering them to carry them out. The report them referred to the state of the Company's expenditure, by which it appeared that the interest on a portion of the borrowed capital had been reduced, and still there remained in the it banker's hands, up to June last, a balance of 39,3011. ss. 10d , exclusive of 2,500/. deposited with the treasurer if the county of Somerset, the 60,000/. then paid for calls on 4,000 shares in the South Devon, and the 4,500/. f 1,500 hi lil in the Cornwall Company. The Directors recommend also the payment of 1/. Bs. per share divi dend for the half-year ending next October. Tile re port then went into a detail of the income and expendi ture of the Company for the half-year ending June 30, 1845, and also of the goods and passenger traffic of the same perkel. When the Secretary had concluded read ing the chive report, The CHAIRMAN made a few remarks upon it, rind con gratuleted the Company upon the prosperous state of their property, which it would be remembered was at one time at 30 diecount. The report having been approved and adopted, the meeting next agreed to resolutions founded on the re commendation contained in it, after which The CHAIRMAN proposed that 200 of their reserved shares should be presented to their secretary, Mr. J. B. Badham, at par, as a testimony of the Proprietors' ap preciation of the valuable services he had rendered. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. MANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON, Arm OXFORD. Ou lir-dn.!sday, a meeting of the promoters of this project was held at the Hall of Commerce, Mr. B. Oli veira presiding. Mr. PARSONS explained the object of the line, and stated that it would complete the midland direct com munication between the northern and southern coun ties of England. The present line was proposed to effect that object, by uniting a line from Rugby to Oxford with the South-Western line at the An dov.r•road station on the one hand, and by a branch line, the Western Union from the Swindon Sta tion, with a station on the proposed line, at or near Ilighclere. The whole of the northern lines would thus be connected with the Great Southern outport of South ampton. It unfortunately happened that a formidable rival had forestalled him in the market—he meant Mr. Bethell's line. But on a comparison being instituted, he felt satisfied that the one proposed by him must inevita bly be preferred. By the direction which Mr. Bethell proposed to take, it would be necessary to make about 150 miles of railway, and to incur an outlay of two mil lions, whilst that proposed by him would require but 59 miles, or say 60, of new railway, and the outlay would be only (taking the ordinary rate of average of 15,000 L to the mile) 900,000/. He was, besides, fortified in the opinion that his line would be more generally preferred by the fact that it went over nearly the same ground as that which had been recommended some time back by the surveyors of the South-Western Rail way, to effect a junction with the Great Western. And although he could not positively state as yet that the South-Western Company would support him, he was in a condition to say that they approved strongly of the plan. There was to be a meeting at Newbury of the supporters of Mr.Bethell's line, and he submitted to the meeting the propriety of sending down a deputation to confer and try if any arrangement could be effected with the promoters of the other line. A deputation, consisting of Major Croft, the Rev. Mr. Fowler, Mr Bigge, and some other gentlemen, was ap pointed to proceed to Newbury. IRISH LINES. ULSTER.—The traffic on this railway (twenty-five miles opened) was, for the week ending 24th August, 1845 :—Passengers, 15,731 ; amount, 5161. 19s. 11d. ; goods, 147/. ss. Bd. ; total, 664/. ss. 7d. Corresponding week of last year :—Passengers, 9,784 ; amount, 376/. 10s. 2d. ; goods, 114/. Is. Bd. ; total; 490. I Is. 101. lursrt WEST COAST.—The Mayo Constitution an nounces an entirely new line, " to complete the chain of coast communication, and form a connexion with lines already established or projected. It will commence at or near the city of Limerick, and taking a northerly direction proceed through the counties of Clare, Galway, Mayo, and Sligo, by a junction with the Sligo and Railway, and accommodating on its route the important cities and towns of Limerick, Ennis, Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Monivea, Tuam, Ballinrobe, Castle bar, Westport, Foxford, Ballina, Killala, Swinford, Streamstown, and Sligo, which town being connected with the north, east, and south, by the different lines through Enniskillen, Londonderry, Coleraine, Belfast, Arma ,, h, Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Vulentia, Tralee, and Limerick, the establishment of this line will cau s e Ireland to present a completeness of locomotive ':a.mnu nication which no other country in the work' enjoys." EXTENSION FROM TEMPLEMORE TO NENAGII AND THE SHANNON.—The Secretary of this Company has been sent over specially by the Board of Directors to Inverse the line from Nenagh to Templomore, and from Nenagh to the Shannon, accompanied by the acting engineers, with a view to have all matters connected with this rail way completed in due time for the obtaining of their Parliamentary Bill in the ensuing session, and that im ' mediately after which the works may be proceeded with without delay.-IVenagh Guardian. lirsosrow - s Asp BRAY.—On Wednesday a meeting of such scripholders in this lino as purchased at a pre mium was held at Judu's Hotel, Grafton-street, and preliminary arrangements NI ere entered into for meeting the Directors of the Kingstown Company, with the view, if possible, of effecting an amicable settlement of their claims. [ADVERIIIEMENT.] DIRECT INDEPENDENT LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIVI - SlR,—After taking ten days to consider of it, Mr. Ashurst has at length ventured to publish a rejoinder to my reply of the 18th instant. I can well conceive that he has been writhing in painful indecision during this in. terval, for in the first instance he favoured me with some ten or twenty lines of this same rejoinder, and published them in your paper, four or five days ago. His friends no doubt told him that this paltry apology for an answer would never do ; and now he favours me with an ex tended edition of it, occupying two-thirds of a column. Yet, with all its length, it is somewhat difficult to ex tract from it a single sentence that can be considered by the most good-natured man at all relevant to the issue between us. It is a common artifice with lawyers, when their case is ball, to make a great splutter and pother about points of no consequence, while they fight shy of all that they cannot answer. And such is the policy of Mr. Ashurst. I accused Mr. Ashurst, broadly and publicly, and in all the newspapers, First, of most culpable negligence while acting, or professing to act, as the solicitor for my line in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844. Secondly, I accused him of supercilious and con temptuous treatment of the Bedford Committee, in 1844, a line of conduct which led to his discharge. Thirdly. I accused hip of fraudulently appropriating to himself the patronag4 of the London and Manchester houses, which had been given to my line, when my line was the only direct line before the public, or in contem plation ; and, Fourtly, I accused him distinctly, pointedly, and clearly, of attempting to defraud me, not only of the patronage which I had obtained, but also of my project itself, after many fruitless attempts to discover some competing line which might at least have the merit of originality, even if it were found utterly destitute of the higher merit of practicability. Such were the charges I brought against him, and in terms so strong and unequivocal, that without a perfect conviction not only of their truth, but of my power to prove their truth, I dared not have expressed myself as I did. Mr. Ashurst has not had the courage, or I should rather say the audacity, plagiarist, pirate, and attorney as he is, to offer answer or explanation to any of these charges, or even to grapple with them ; but has prudently enveloped both himself and his readers in a cloud of dust and confusion, which makes it impossible to guess what the squabble is about. I suspect it is in vain to hope for a reply, although I again reiterate my accusation, and again challenge him to call a public meeting either in Londom or Manchester, with reason able notice, and there meet me and my proofs face to face. Mr. Ashurst is too sagacious to accept the chal lenge. Yet even in this hubble-bubble letter, falsehood vies with bad taste for the ascendancy. I quote his words— " Mr. Remington talks of meetings to support his line. There was but one meeting—that was at Bedford, got up by himself, to aid his project to go to York and Manchester." I answer that there were not less than eleven public meetings held in support of my line at the following eleven places :—namely, Barnet, St. Alban's, Luton, Am pthill, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Ingham Ferrers, Kettering, Bedford, Northampton and Leek. I have on my table before me printed copies of the reso tions passed and published at each of these meetings. I may well say with M r . H ume, " L et hi m take his change out of that 1" Again, Mr. Ashurst says, "I have published no names in support of the line to which I have been appointed solicitor, but such as were given to me in, or subse quent to, June of this year." I answer that Mr. Ashurst has published and prefixed to his prospectus more than 100 names, which were never given at all to any particu lar 1 ne, either of his or mine, but only in favour of direct line," at a time when mine was the only direct line before the public. I have before me a letter of Mr. Shepperson, one of his Committee, and of his active sup porters, addressed to Mr. Rogers, one of the present so licitors of my line, and dated the 16th of October, 1844. inclosing the names of fifty-six houses, most of which are now daily advertised by Mr. Ashurst, but which names were then obtained to sanction my undertaking! Will Mr. Ashurst dare to assert that ho has obtained thQse names to any project of his own since June, 184 b? If he hazards such an assertion, I will re-publish the list with Mr. Shepperson's letter, and leave them all to tight it out among themselves. Bati Mr. Ashurt speaks of " the line to which I have been appointed solicitor." What is this line to which he is appointed solicitor ? Who has appointed him ? Why does he leave it doubtful and indeanite ? It is so strange as to be almost incredible, that to this hour, when Mr. Ashurst hr.s for months been advertising a railway corn ;„::.lay, and ostensibly patronised by high-sounding com mercial names, and has closed tilS share list, and, for anythinz 4 I know or me, received thotisauds by way o , 911.1 :10 1.3'.1 , 132 X, 11 '4 3'4 20 VAP 28,16d1 243% 121% 234 2% 7s 6d . 2*4 32% 15% 15% 2% 5% 1% 212 12% P I 26 I%P 534 2359 d 121 -- 5)4 10%1 53sGd • 73 13 11 77Apl 156 6d 4 '118691 2% 3% 314 2% 17 , 4 1 14 7%1 12653 Ms6d 5359 d, I ,5586 d, 16686d 1 sfi 2886(11 2656 d 122a6d 48% 37% 16% 15 21s p 65s p l6s p I 2%p, -7 %P l 2!.‘ 44 , deposit, with all the prestige of sharernarket quotations and premiums, and London and Yee k arnalgamatiens, ha has no line at all—he has publi-hed no line at all—he has projected no scheme, no enterprise or undertaking, except that which goes by the name of "Remingten's Erie," and which, as my acknowledged line, I have confided to the protecting care of a Committee, who shun all contact with Mr. Ashurst as they would with a walking pesti lence Where, then, is the line to which Mr. Asburst is •the appointed solicitor? His own prospectus describes it, in July lest, as a line by " Barnet, St. Alban's, Dunstable, Luton, Ampthill, Bedford. Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Lacester, Loughborough, Ashby de-la-Z inch, Burton-on-Trent, littoxeter, Cheadle, Lei le, Macclesfield, Stockport. and Mar.ehester." Now this, with one exception, is p; ecisely the line upon which I have been at work for nine years past, varying it slightly by I the omission of Derby, to meet public opinion ; and this is the line, with the same single exception, which I and my patrons stand pledged to bring before Parliament— the exception is the town of Leughboameh, because that town could net be includ:d without making a detour of many miles. Mr. Ashurst, however, is like th e ca d er a eadt!lag,ton omnilm who, to entiee pissengers, will promise to set them down v..ry near Ilampstead• heath. If anybody will be at the try übie ( xateinit g one of the Ordnance maps he lei.' find that Loughberough is many miles out of the direct route ; thit-, through the ingenuity of Mr. Ashurst, there is ail the machinery of Provisional Comrelneea acting Comfdttees, share holder, share marks t, solicito-, and engineer, a iihout any cl iinae object in v'ew, cxeept to netke a line which others heve jected, foster, d, matured, and set:veil ed their meney to to eons; reet, leng before he or his friends theamt of such an undere , king. This fact sill be reeerded by historians hereafter as a proof of the gullibility of the public in this age of rail Nay spevulatiete It is scarcely necessary to acquit myself a second time of the spiteful in finuitions of Mr. Ashurst, that I have capriciously, or ignorantly varied my estimates ; his sneers do not afryct me, but they•may possibly mislead the public; I therefore repeat, that when I cent( mpleted a line to York as well as Manchester, I mentioned 7,000,0004 for the capital; when the scheme was confined to Lon don and Manchester, I limited the estimates to 4,000,0001.: when it was proposed fro ad I a branch through the Potte ries, I increased the eitimate to 5,000,000/ ; the estimate of 2,000,000/., which he quotes with malicious ti iumph, appeared in a prospectus published in my absence from London, and without my knots ledge : it was a mistake, as I readily admit, but oneror which I am not account able, and which was corrected as soon as it was dis covered ; all this was explained in my former letter, nor would Mr. Ashurst have revived the subject if he had not felt that his only chance of escaping detection was to make the most of a mistake. I have given Mr. Ashurst enough to do ; he has found it difficult enough to invent a competing line ; he has found it yet more difficult to meet, without equivocation, the charges I have here repeated ; but I must perplex him yet a little more. Will he have the goodness to in• form the public, who have been so kind as to buy his shares and supply him with money, what ho proposes to do with their money beyond the payment of own costs ? He has not surveyed any part of ' y line at present ; and if this work is to be eounneneed now, I can assure him, and so can Mr. Rastrick, that he will not be ready by the 30th of November; I will do all I can to assist him; and ai my survey and sections are nearly completed, he shall be welcome to them as soon as the solicitors have completed the book of reference. This is very liberal, considerin g th at h e h as appro priated my nine years labour without asking leave; but it will show him that I do not harbour resentment. and am willing to return good for evil ; his shareholders. however, will do well to inquire whether he can avail himself of my liberal offer in time to comply with the standing orders ? If not, I fear that their shares will be at an alarming discouwt before the 30th of Novena ber.—l am, Sir, yours ob.dientlY, August 28, 1845. GEORGE REMINGTON. FRIDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 29, 1845. MEMBER_ RETURNED To SERVE IN THIS PREsF,:efT PAR LIAMENT. BOROUGH OF BELFAST.—John Ludfor Chi c h ester, o f St. George's-place, 113 de Palk, iq cite county of Mid dlesex, Esq., cotnmohly called Lord John Ludford Chi chester, in the room of Sir James Emerson Tenrcnt, Knight, who has atvepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire. The. Leicestershire Regiment of Old Militia—l'. S. Sadler, Esq., to be Captain, Aug. 18. 12, Abingdon-street, Westminster. The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to appoint Dr. James Cowles Prichard, of Bristol, a physician, to be one of the Medical Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Act of Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 100, in the place of Dr. Henry Herbert Southey, resigned, By order of the Comsnissoners in Lunacy, It• W. S. LUTWIDGE, Secret,:ry. POOR-LAW COYI`.':iSSION-OFFICE, SOMERSET - HOUSE, AUG. 27. This ; :s to notify, that, in pursuance of' an Act, passed in ale session of Parliament he!d in the first and second years of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, inti• Riled " An Act for the more effectual relief of the desti tute poor in Ireland," the Poor-Law Commissioners have directed the lion. Charles Skeffington Clements, Assistant Poor-Law Commissioner, to carry the provi sions of the said Act into t x, , cution. By order of the Board, W. G. LUNIL.EY, itssi3tant Secretary. POOR -LAW COMMISSION OFFICE, SOMERSET HOUSE, Auc. 28. This is to ctrtify that, under the provisions of the 7th rerition of the 4th and sth William the Fourth, cap. 78, the Poor law Commissioners have appointed Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton, Esq., to be an Assistant Com missioner of the Poor-laws. And this is further to notify, that the said Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton did, on Monday the 25th inst., take the oath r quire(' by the 11th section of the said Act, before the lion. Mr. Justice Cresswell, one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster. W. G. LUMLEY, Assistant Secretary. WHITEHALL, AUG. 19. The Right lion. Sir Nicholas Conyngharn Tindal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common P eas, has appointed John Saxelbye, of the town of Kingston-upon-(lull, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for the taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the sub• stitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon- Hull, and also in and for the east riding of Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. George Chennell, carpenter, Capel, Surrey, to sur render Sept. 5, at half-past ten, and Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Blake and Tamplin, King's-road, Bed ford-row. John Guy, surgeon, Bury-street, Westminster, Sept. 5 and Oct. 10, ar one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-atreet ; Austin, St. Swithin's•lane. Samuel Cullum Bigmare, straw plait manufacturer, Haverill, Suffolk, Sept. 5, at half-past ten, and Oct. 10, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hare, South-square, Gray's John Redden, coach builder, Cambridge, Sept 9, at half past one, and Oct. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Ccurt ot Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Nicholls , and Doyle, Bullied-row ; llunt, Cambridge. Robert Hutchinson, leather seller, Jewry street, Aid gate, Sept. 15 and Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. John Joplin, draper, Bishop W earmout h, D ur h am, Sept. 23, at half-past two, and Oct. 21, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Marshall, Durham; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury, London. Jacob Richard Owen, stock and share broker, Man chester, September 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George street, Manchester ; Gregory, Fuatkner, Gregory, and Hour dillon, Bedford-row, London ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchester. • William Stopford Harley, hatter, Penzance, Sept. 9, at eleven, and Oct. 10, at one, at: the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Jacobs, Winchester-buildings, Winchester -street, London ; Stog don, Exeter. Joseph Curti'. linen and wool'ea draper, Liskeard, Cornwall, Sept. 9, at eleven, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Exeter District Court. F. Hernaman, official assignee, Ex.e:er ; Sowton, Great James -street, London ; Awls, Cornwall ; Stogden, Exeter. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 26, 1845, is 355. sd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. (Dividends, tke., in our next.) BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, th 23d dsy of August, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 29,022,310 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,032,541 Silver bullion 1,989,769 £29,022,310 i £29,022,310 J. It. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. Dated the 28th day of August, 1845. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors capita 1,14,653,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi dend accounts) 5,393,936 Other deposits 8,408,887 Seven day andother bills . Government secu rides (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11,353,577 Notes Gold and silver coin 580,29:i £33 ; 088,671 J. R. I Dated the 28th day of Auger I-33,088,671 ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. t5t,1845. FREE TRADERS COUNTY OBJECTIONS.—We derstand that the objections by free-traders to persons on the lists of county voters in this and the adjoining counties are to something like the following extent, w hi c h we g i ro only as an approximation :—North Lancashire, 2,000 ; South Lancashire. 2,800; West Riding of Yorkshire, 2,700; North Cheshire, upwards of 1,000 ; South Cheshire, I,soo,—Manchestar Guardian. which r e d ill ad tb• ro xi oO ~`:~ ,-' - h '