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clients upon two lines, without reference to their peculiar circum fences. In the first place, the distribution of the gradients is a fact often .)f much more importance than their absolute inclination. A line of an undulating character, with steep bdt short gra :Bents, alternately rising and falling, may be often worked at as much advantage as one where the inclines, although less setep, are of greater continuance. On the other hand, where the inclination g)f the line is concentrated upon one or two gradients of such length /Ind severity that assistant power is required at any rate, it may be comparatively unimportant whether such gradients are a few feet iin the mile more or less. In this way lines which have gradients of 1 in 70 or 1 in 80, distributed over them in short lengths, may be positively better lines, i. e. mole susceptible of cheap and ex :peffitious waking, than others which have nothing steeper than 1 411 100 or 1 in 120. Another important consideration with reference to gradients is tbe nature of the traffic. It may be conceded that although gradients of 1 in 50 or 1 in 100 may be perfectly surmountable by the locomotive engine, they involve a certain loss of power as compared to lines of less inclination. Where the traffic is of such a heavy nature, that the full, in nearly the full power of the locomotive engine is rendered ama ilabie with the ordinary trains, any increase in the in dinatiort must require extra power and extra expense; aed therefore, up to a certai::3Vint, increased original outlay in improving gradients may become produejve of eventual ecohomy ; also, where high speed and great punctuality are very important, as upon a long line, forming a link in a very extended communication, good gradients, If attainable at any moderate outlay, may be very de sirable. But in the ordinary circumstances of a line dependent not so much on a heavy through-traffic which can be concentrated upon a few trains a day, as upon a local traffie, requiring frequent and light trains stopping at numerous stations, it appears perfectly well established that, in a commercial point of view, it is unwise to enlarge, beyond a certain point, the original outlay for the sake of arriving at perfection in gradients. Such a small proportion only of the total cost of working, is dependent, under such circum stances, upon gradients, that the interest upon any considerable additional outlay is far more than equivalent to any possible saving in working expenses. The interest upon the extra cost of construction, occasioned by a slight improvement in gradients, would often be sufficient to defray not merely the additional, but the totslcost of locomotive pnwer upon the line of inferior gradients. Experience seems also to establish that under these circum stances, i. e., of a large local traffic, with frequent trains, light loads, and numerous stoppages, the traffic may be conducted not only with far greater economy to the Company, but also without loss of speed or other inconvenience to the public. A remarkable instance of this is afforded by the working of the traffic between Oldham and Manchester, which has to pass over inclines of 1 in 39, 1 in 48, and 1 in 27 for two miles, the whole distance being seven miles, and the gradient for the remaining five miles 1 in 150. Ten trains are run each way, carrying on the average, 1,200 pas sengers and 300 tons of goods per day, at an average speed of 22 miles per hour. The working of the North Union, Newcastle and Carlisle, and other lines, also affords a proof, that with light trains the effect of steep gradients on speed se very limited. The experi ence of the cases above quoted appears also sufficient to show that gradients ranging from 1 in 100 up to 1 in 50, or even a higher inclination, may be worked underlordinary circumstances with per fect safety. Secondly, with regard to curves. On this point also practical experience has led to a great modi. iScation of the ideas formerly entertained. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway presents an instance of a line which is almost one continued succession of curves, of every degree of curvature, up to eight chains radius, and with steep inclines, being worked with economy and safety. The Manchester and Liverpool Railway Company, in their ex tension line through Salford, have introduced curves, bending in a serpentine direction, two of which have radii of ten and twelve chains respectively, over which all their trains pass daily. The Manchester and Leeds line has two curves of ten chains Tadius, away from any station, and in a gradient of 1 in 82, over which their trains have been worked for upwards of four years, without the slightest accident or practical inconvenience. Having thus stated our •iews as to gradients and curves gene- Tally, we now proceed to examine those of the different competing lines in question. Upon what may be considered as the main line of each system, viz., that from Leeds via Low Moor and Halifax, the difference of gradients is less marked, the West Riding Com pany having here incurred greater expense in order to improve a line upon which a considerable amount of through-traffic might be expected to past. Their steepest gradient is lin :00, at which they have two consecutive planes of about 2i miles each, with a short level intervening, and several shorter planes, alternately rising and falling, and interrupted by levels. The West Yorkshire line has one short plane, at 1 in 93, and in another part a long'rise of three miles at lin 187, followed by l miles at 1 in 107, miles at tin 161, and 2i miles at 1 in 102. It is clear, therefore, that upon these lines there is no very de cided difference in respect of gradients On the second line, from Bradford to Low Moor and Dewsbury, the West Riding Company's line has gradients on each side of the Low Moor summit of 1 in 70 and 1 in 73, with ethers of 1 in 68, of an uneulatiug character, and broken by levels and portions of moderate inclination, the longest consecutive rise being for four miles, at 1 in 268, 1 in 88, 1 in 102, and 1 in 73. The corresponding West Yorkshire line rises from Bradford to the summit, with a planeof 1 in 129, and 1 in 132, and falls on the other side in a continued plane of 1 4 miles, at 1 in 87, succeeded by L miles, at lin 119, one mile at 121, one mile at 158, and half a mile at 1 in 206. On the Bradford side of the summit the West Yorkshire line has an advantage; but on the other side, the continued ascent of 711 miles upon this line, of which the last mile and a half is at 1 in 87, leaves little or no superiority in respect of gradients on either side. As regards the Leeds and Dewsbury lines, the comparison is somewhat similar. The West Riding line is generally of en undu lating character, having an incline of 2i miles as steep as 1 in 60, and another of the same length at 1 in 62; in each ease, how. ever, preceded by a plane of opposite inclination, so as to acquire impetus for the ascent. The Leeds and Dewsbury Company's line, on the ether hand, with the exception of one short plane of 1 in 67, has nothing steeper than 1 in 132, but has a continuous rise of four miles at about this Inclination. The promoters of the West Riding line have in view the appli cation of the atmospheric principle, should its success be contirdaea by experience, to working the steep inclines of 1 in 60, which, being for convenient leng•hs on each side of the summit, are pccu. liarly adapted for that mode of working. In the meantime, however, both lines may be considered as suffi ciently well adapted fur working a ►ight traffic by locomotive power; both as bad lines for a heavy traffic ; but, of the two, the Leeds and Dewsbury Company's line somewhat superior. We, next come to the comparative cost of the two systems. The comparison is as follows : Total length of new Estimated Railway to be made. Capital. Miles. Chains. £ Leeds and West Riding scheme f West Yorkshire .... 33 29 1,600,000 Leeds, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield . 19 62 ... 650,000 This great difference in cost between lines effecting the same general objects, and running for a great part of their course nearly side by side, is explained by two causes :- Ist. By the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dewsbury scheme about six additional miles of new railway are made, running side by side with portions of the existing Manchester and Leeds Rail way, which are saved by the West Riding scheme. 2dly. 'lhe nature of the works, and more especially of the tun nelling, is much more heavy. In this latter respect the comparison stands thus : Tunnelling. Arching. Miles. Yds. Miles. Yds. Leeds and West Riding scheme West Yorkshire Leeds, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield 1 1,408 0 560 The actual cost of tunnels constructed upon existing lines in the district in question, and through similar strata elsewhere, has averaged from about 70/. or 801. upwards of 1001. per yard. Upon the Sheffield and Manchester line the long tunnel of three miles, which is nearly completed, having been in process of con struction during the period when the prices of labour and mate rials were most reduced, will, it is stated, cost about 40!. per yard, for a single line, which is equivalent to about 804 per yard Or a tunnel adapted for a double line. The question of coat is the more important, as we have some doubt whether the traffic, although large, would be adequate to support railways constructed at such a heavy outlay. A great proportion of it would in all probability consist, as at present upon the Manchester and Leeds Railway, of third-class pas. Sengers, who would have to be carried at very low fares; and assuming the lines in question to be sanctioned, they would have to compete for a great part of the traffic that existed, first, with one another, the West Yorkshire Halifax line and the Leeds and Dewsbury being directly competing lines for all :through-traffic ; secondly, with the Manchester and L eds Company, with sahleh, from its greater resources, they would contend at great disadvan tage ; thirdly, with canals, omnibuses, and other cheap existing . . . modes of conveyance. We feel it therefore to be highly impor tant, with reference to the solvency and consequent safe and effi cient working of the great system of communication which it is now proposed to establish for the West Riding, that economy in the cost of construction should be kept in view. Another obvious objection to the great extent of tunnelling in volved in the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dewsbury schemes is, that in a district of such dense population they detract greatly from its utility by rendering a considerable portion of it (in this case nearly one-seventh of its entire length), inaccessible. Another point of importance is as to the junctions with other railways. The West Riding scheme has been laid out expressly with a view to convenient junctions with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, so as to allow the trains in the branch lines to be brought into con nexion and interchange with those passing on the main line, without interrupting the through traffic, and with the least pos sible inconvenience and delay, a point of essential importance, and upon which the running of frequent trains must mainly depend. In this respect the other schemes are inferior, more especially as regards the junction with the Manchester and Leeds Railway at the Dewsbury station. In their junction with another also, the West Yorkshire Halifax line, and Leeds and Dewsbury, show a remark. able discrepancy. Their line is identical for one mile three fur longs into Leeds ; but the sections show a difference of nine feet in level. On'the other hand, the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dews. bury lines show junctions with the I.eeds and Bradford line, in Bradford, and with the projected Huddersfield and Manchester line, in Huddersfield, which the West Riding scheme does not. With reference to this point, we b'g particularly to draw at tention to a correspondence which has passed between the parties, because it appears to us to involve a principle highly important for the consideration of Parliament. It appears from this corres pondence, that in the month of October, or in sufficient time to have laid out their lines accordingly, the promoters of the West Biding scheme applied to the provisional Committee of the Hud dersfield and Manchester line, to the Directors of the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company, and also to the Previsional Cern. snittee of the Leeds and Thirsk line, stating that their .vish was that their lines should be laid out so as to give the most conve nient and advantageous junctions for the (public, with the other existing and proposed lines, in the event of all or any of them re ceiving the sanction of Parliament, and requesting, with this view, that the necessary plans and sections should be communicated to them. •To this application the Directors of the Leeds and Brad. ford Company returned no answer; and the promoters of the Huddersfield and Manchester, and Leeds and Thirsk schemes, gave a distinct negative, on the ground that the West Riding scheme was, to a certain extent, competing with their own, and that they had entered into arrangements with other parties. Altogether irrespective of any question of the merits of the schemes, it appears to us that such a refusal involves a principle which is highly objectionable. The effect might obviously be to place Parliament in the alternative, first, of sanctioning a decidedly inferior scheme in preference to one in every other respect better, because by the favour of some third party the worst scheme had been enabled to show a junction ; or, secondly , of pu tting up with th e inconvenience arising from the w ant o f a rt; junction. We think it therefore deserving of serious consideration whether, as 3 general rule in all such eases, clauses should not be inserted compelling a junction to be made in the best manner for the public, to the satisfaction of some proper authority, and imposing so much of the expense of effecting such junction as could fairly be attri buted to the refusal to communicate plans and sections, upon the party so refusing. In the present ca se it fortunately happens that the effect of Bs ti n t ;c l i p i d r e e t n i t s junctions b fr e o m m a b d e e i n !y made.adoptin g At ► aciterit:rnis not so steep as that of the junction in ilganeheater. At Hadderptleld, there is a difference of about 25 Meet. in level between the tertninus of the West Riding and that of •the Huilderafleld anOlanel4er line, which there is no reason dodbt. might be overcbM proper arra n geme..ts. At Leeds, an alternativeilne is shown, giving a connexion with 'the Leeds and Bradford, andAntended Leeds and Think Railways. Oh the whole, therefore;after a careful examination of the de tails of ttre diffeyent it:krises, we have arrived at the conclusion that the West Riding 'system is in no substantial respect inferior to the competing system, while In the important consideration Of j 000nonly of aenstruction it has a decided advantage. It remains to be seen how far this conclusion may be confirmed or modified by other considerations. The most important feature of comparison between the two sys tems is, as we have already stated, that the West Riding scheme is promoted in amity and connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, while the other schemes are promoted in opposition to it. The argument which has been mainly urged by the promoters of the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dewsbury schemes is, that the wish and interest of the important district of the West Riding was to retain its railway communications in its own hands, under a system of local management. It bas been alleged that the district in question has strong reason to complain of the manner in which it has been treated by the Manchester and Leeds Company; that 'he interests of Yorkshire have been sacrificed to those of Lance 'sire, which preponderate in the direction of that Company, and hat in consequence an intense local feeling has sprung up against he Company, which now demands, as a matter of right, to be eman zipated from an oppressive monopoly. On the other hand, it is replied by the promoters of the West Riding scheme, that the Manchester and Leeds Company has at great risk andat aa enormous outlay, openedlout communicationlfrosa which the country has derived the greatest benefit; that it has set the example of introducing a lower system of charges, both for goods and passengers, than any other leading railway; that the hostility to it in the district Is very much owing to the injury that has thus been inflicted on canal and other interests; and finally, that the local feeling, instead of being, as is assert,cl by the other party, decidedly adverse to a connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, is, on the contrary, decidedly in its favour. It is extremely difficult for us to discriminate amidst such con. Siding statements, more especially upon a question so difficult to reduce to any satisfactory test as the actual balance of local feeling among the intelligent and disinterested inhabitants of a great dis trict like that of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and this difficulty is increased by the degree of excitement and party spirit which has unfortunately become mixed up in the question. We can only form our opinion upon such undisputed facts as have come before us in the progress of the inquiry. From these it appears that the Manchester and Leeds Company have certainly been . the means of conferring very great benefits on the community. They have been the first of the great railways to introduce on a large scale the system of low fares and frequent third-class trains. They now run not less than ten third-class trains a day, at fares averaging Id. a mile, and carry at these fares at the rate of nearly a million third-class passengers a-year. The accommodation afforded in the first instance was not what could have been deered, but the Company at once acceded to the repro. sentations made to them by this Department in regard to the cheap Parliamentary train, and provided a superior description of covered carriage, and they have since provided seats and roofs by their or dinary third-class trains. As regards goods, the Company state that they have brought down charges to the public as follows : PER TON BETWIEN MANCHESTER AND MULL, 99 MILES. Before the Railway opened, Now. in 1840. About £ 5. d. s. d. Corn, flour, &c 1 4 0 0 13 0 Cotton twist Manufactured goods The saving to the public by this reduction of cost of conveyance upon the traffic now passing by the various modes of conveyance may be estimated at not less than from 200,0001. to 300,0001. a year, independently of the very great advantage to the manufac turing districts of reducing the time 01 transit to their principal places of export and Import, Liverpool and Hull, to a few hours. As one instance of the benefits resulting to the manufacturing community we may mention, that very recently on a strike of the colliers in the Lancashire district being apprehended, arrangements were instantly made by the Manchester and Leeds Company with other northern railways, by which a supply of 20,000 tons of small or refuse coal, from the county of Durham, was rendered available at a low rate of cost for the e►gines of Manchester, whereby the danger of a stoppage of the mills, and conseque►t throwing nut of employment of thoussn 's of hands, was in a great measure averted: _ _ . • ~~We cannot doubt, therefore, upon the evidence of facts and figures, that the Manchester and Leeds Company is one which is fairly entitled to participate in whatever claim upon the favourable consideration of the Legislature may be cleaved from the plea of services rendered to the public. With regard to local feeling it is less easy to arrive at any decided opinion. Numerous and most respectably signed memo.. rials have been addressed to us by the advocates of all the different schemes : judging from these we should say that not only is the assertion that there exists a strong and almost unanimous local feeling against the West Riding scheme Incorrect, but, on the contrary, that a decided preponderance of local support is in its favour. A memorial was presented to us in favour of the West Riding scheme, which was open for signature for a few days in the middle of December, after the plans and seotinns of the rival schemes had been deposited, and consequently after an opportunity had been afforded to consider the details of the schemes, the general features of which had been matters of constant discussion through. out the district for months previously. It is stated by the memorialists, in their analysis of this memo rial, that it is signed by the Mayor of Leeds, by a majority of the Town Council, and by a most numerous body of magistrates, merchants, mantvacturers, traders, owners and occupiers of mills, manufactures, lands, and property in the district, and chiefly in the immediate vicinity of the lines proposed to be made, and that it represents employment of steam power and labour to the amount of— Horse power employed Hands employed It is stated, therefore, that the West Riding scheme, although promoted in connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Company, and intended to be worked in harmony with their railway, can by no means be looked upon as a scheme promoted exclusively by that Company, or under their undivided control ; but, on the con. trary, that independent local support, and a guarantee for a satis. factory share of independent local management, are among its essential features. Considered in this point of view, the connexion with the Man chester and Leeds Company does not appear to us to be any disad vantage, but the contrary. Indeed we are at a loss to see how the peculiar traffic of the district, consisting, as we have had occasion to point out, of a very frequent circulation among a number of towns situated partly upon the new lined and partly upon the exist ing Manchester and Leeds line, and combined with a thorough traffic which must necessarily pass in a great measure over the Manchester and Leeds Railway, could be worked with any tolerable degree of safety, convenience, or economy, otherwise than by a perfect unity of action and good understanding among the different portions of the extensive system. This consideration also tends to show, that however highly we might be disposed to rate the advantages of competition, the proba bility of securing them would, in the present instance, be exceed. ingly remote. _ _ _ . Supposing the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dewsbury schemes sanctioned with a view to competition, it is evident that all the motives that have hitherto proved so effectual in inducing hostile railway interests to combine, would tell with peculiar force. The independent schemes, from the nature of their works and the heavy cost of construction, could hardly be considered as commercial spe culations entirely free from risk, even if they could obtain the whole traffic of the district without competition ; and when we consider that they would have to compete for most of it with one another and with the Manchester and Leeds Company under great disad. vantages as regards economy of working, from the want of har. mony and arrangement of trains, it seems highly probable that no long period could elapse before the pressure of circumstances drove them into a combination. I As regards the West Yorkshire schemes, these objections apply with peculiar force, since they are absolutely dependent on the Manchester and Leeds Railway for an outlet for a great•portion of their traffic. They are also open to the serious objection of creating monopoly on the one hand, while they propose to defeat it on the other, since they are intimately connected with the Leeds and Bradford Company, with whose line they are in direct compe. tition between Leeds and Bradford, and whose extended line through Skipton and Colne will afford an indirect check upon any attempt on the part of the Manchester and Leeds Company to raise fares, or to abuse its powers. This highly useful check Would be, in a great measure, removed by an union of interest between the line from Leeds to Lancashire, via Halifax, and the line from Leeds to Lancashire, via Skipton and Color. These considerations do not apply to the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield line; and here undoubtedly, by the sanction of the proposed scheme in connexion with the Huddersfield and Man. chester, a direct competition might be, in the first instance, esta. blished, from which Huddersfield might derive benefit from being placed on a through line between Leeds and Manchester. This through line would be shorter also by about five miles than the line from Manchester to Leeds, via Halifax. On the other hand, the connexion of Huddersfield and Dews bury with Leeds and Manchester will be attained equally well by the West Riding Company's line and the Huddersfield and Manchester, should this last scheme appear upon its own merits deserving of the sanction of the Legislature. As a through line from Leeds to Manchester, this route would not be likely to obtain a decided preference in competition with a Halifax route, having worse gradients, and five miles and a half of tunnels, one being a tunnel of three miles in length, constructed for a single line of rails only, and being also not in a position to supply such frequent or cheap trains as a route which combined the traffic of Manchester, Rochdale, Halifax, Bradford, and Wakefield with one another, and with Hull. And, after all, if the through traffic could be diverted to the Huddersfield route, this advantage would only be obtained for Huddersfield at the expense of Halifax and Bradford, places of larger population. On the other hand, the intercourse of Huddersfield with Halifax, Bradford, Rochdale, Wakefield, Hull, and other places connected with the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding systems, would be inconvenienced in an extreme degree by any arrangement that tended to isolate Huddersfield from that system. Having regard to these considerations, and also to the improba bility of such a scheme as that from Leeds to Dewsbury acrd Huddersfield being able to support itself for any length of time in an independent and solvent condition in competition with the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding systems, we cannot besi. tate to express our decided opinion that the advantages off erasi by the latter system in its integrity appear to us to be preferable to any prospect of deriving permanent advantage from a competition between two independent lines between Leeds and Manchester, it being assumed, of course, that the legitimate traffic which would gow along the Dewsbury and Huddersfield line, for the convenience of the public, and fir the accommodation of those places, would be provided for by adequate securities from the West Riding Cora. pony. The question would have stood thus, independent of the volun. tart' offer of any specific advantages or guarantee on the part of the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding Company. They have offered, however, on condition of their scheme being sanctioned in its integrity, terms xhich we cannot but consider as highly advantageous, viz.:-- To subject the whole of the existing Manchester and Leeds R a ilway, as well as the West Riding Railway, and all lines which Parliament may hereafter allow to be constructed by or amalga mated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, to the following provisions:— . . 1. The option of purchase and revision, as contained in the General Act of last session ; the latter option, however, to accrue immediately on the profits reaching 10 per cent. 2. A revised tariff of maximum charges lower than those usually enforced, viz.:— First-class passengers by ordinary trains, 2id. per mile. Second class carriages to be closed and provided with glass windows. . . Third-class passengers, Id. per mile, in carriages provided with seats, and covered, by three mixed trains at least each way per day at the ordinary speed. Coals, salt, lime, &c., Id. per ton per mile, including locomotive power. _ ' - Corn, dour, timber, &c., 2d. per ton per mire. Cotton, cotton twist, wool, metals, &c., 3d. per ton per mile. Manufactured goods, &c., 4d. per ton per mile. An uniform parcel rate, including delivery within one mile Of railway station : a. d. Up to 141bs. 281bs. „ ans. 3. That clauses shall be inserted in their Act binding them to submit to the decision of the Board of Trade or other authority constituted by Parliament for that purpose, all questions of dif ference with other Companies by which the public convenience is affected. 4. That ample security for a due share of local management in the direction b o th o f t h e W est Ridi ng an d M anc h e ster and Leeds Companies shall be provided by the Act. 5. And, finally, the Company pledge themselves to do all in their power to carry eut such arrangements as will be most con ducive to the comfort and convenience of the public, and to attend to any reasonable suggestions that may be made to them at any time hereafter with this view. In addition to the above must be taken into account the greatly superior guarantee which is offered by the Manchester and Leeds Company, an established and prosperous undertaking, with a large revenue for the completion of all the schemes with which they are connected. The West Yorkshire scheme offers no such gua rantee of this sort, except that which is derived from the guarantee of three and a bait per cent, interest given it by the Leeds and Bradford Company, a concern whose total capital is only 400,000/., and which is not yet completed. The Leeds and Dewsbury line has no guarantee whatever. Looking at the forniidable nature of the works upon these lines, the doubtful prospect of a remunerative return, and the position in which they are placed with reference to other lines, we must be blind to all the analogies furnished by railway experience to overlook the con ingency that in the event of the presont period of excitement having passed away before the undertakings are completed, portions of them may be abandoned or loft unfinished for censidera'Ae periods, a result which, from the complete net.work of connecting parts proposed to be established, would be highly injurious, and all danger of which would be corn. pletely obviated by giving a preference, under proper conditions, to the scheme proposed in connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Company. It certainly appears to us, that if the general advantage of the public and of the important districts connected with the railways in question is to be taken as the test in deciding upon the claims of the different schemes proposed, the offer of these guarantees, in addition to the other advantages pointed out, must be held to give a preference to the scheme of the West Riding Company. It may be convenient to include in this report certain other schemes in the same or adjoining districts, and which, to a certain extent, may be affected by considerations of a character similar to those already referred to. The extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, sanctioned last year, to Skipton and Colne, has been mentioned as affording an useful alternative route (tom Leeds to Lancashire. Its principal claim, however, rests upon its being an useful local line, opening up a considerable extent of country hitherto unoccupied. From Shipley, where the line branches off front the Leeds and Bradford Railway, up the valley of the Aire, to beyond Kele!)ley, the line traverses a district of considerable and increas. ing manufacturing importance in the worsted trade, of which Brad ford is the chief emporium ; and the connexion of this district with that town and Leeds must be looked upon as very desirable in completing a sysrem of railway communication for the West Riding. Beyond Keighley the line traverses an agricultural dis. trict, of which Skipton is the centre, from which large quantities of prokince are sent to the densely.peopled manufacturing districts in the vicinity. Both as affording a means of transport for this pro duce, and for the excellent lime of the same district downwards, and as giving facilities fur the cheap conveyance of coal upward., the line promises to confer much local benefit on the towns and districts which it traverses, both on the Yorkshire and Lancashire side. Ire gradients are good and easy, and there seems a fair pro bability of a traffic sufficiently remunerative on the capital of 500,000/. required for its construction. We are accordingly aware of no public grounds why it should not receive the sanction of Parliament. The Burnley branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway from Todmorden appears almost a natural consequence of the other ex tensions connected with the last-mentioned line, which will place Burnley, a thriving manufacturing town, with a population of 11,000, in railway communication with Blackburn, Preston, Fleetwood, and the whole north of Lancashire. This Branch, which is only eight and a half miles in length, and estimated to cost 2-10,0001., will thus connect many of the large and important towns on the Manchester and Leeds line by the shortest route with the North of Lancashire, besides affording local accommoda tion. We are aware of no opposition to it on public grounds, and of no public reasons why the sanction of Parliament should be withhe:d. The extension of the Manchester and Leeds Company's present Heywood Branch for four miles to Bury, is opposed by a cam peting line from Bury to Heywood, proposed by the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Company. Of the utility of the Branch, as giving a connexion between Bury and the populous districts beyo,d, with Oldham, Rochdale, and, through the Manchester and Leeds Railway, with Wakefield, Leeds, Hull, and the eastern part of the kingdom, there cannot be a question, indepen dently of the success of the proposed Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool line, of which, if sanctioned, it is an indis pensable link. The Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Company have, accordingly, included it in their scheme, but they will be equally satisfied to meet the Manchester and Leeds line at Bury as at Heywood ; and, accordingly, the question appears to lie between the Manchester and Leeds, and the Rossendale Company. With re_ard to this point, the Manchester and Leeds, and Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Companies, contend that, upon public grounds, it would be highly inexpedient to place a short link of four miles in what must, in all probability, become an important through-line of communication from some of the chief manufac. turing towns of North Lancash.re to the east of England. in the hands of a Company like the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, formed for quite different purposes, and avowedly seeking the pos. ses , ion of this branch merely as a protection against possible com petition. A more inconvenient arrangement for the public could hardly be imagined than that a mile and a half to Heywood of the short line of less than six miles between Bury and the Manchester and Leeds Railway should be in the hands of the Manchester and Leeds Company, and the re maining four miles to Bury in that of an independent Com pany, with no identity of interest. This argument appears to us decisive, in addition to the advantages which the Manchester and Leeds Company are in a condition to offer for conducting the large local traffic between Bury, Oldham, and Rochdale, and the places on their line. Had the Heywood Branch not been con. structed, it might perhaps have been a question, whether the whole line up to the junction might not have been placed in the hands of the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Company, of whose scheme it is a component part. But as the Heywood Branch is already made, there can be little doubt that it will be better, even for the purposes of the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool traffic, that the junction with the Manchester and Leeds Railway should be at an important town like Bury. We have to report therefore, that, on public grounds, it ap pears to us that the branch of the Manchester and Leeds Corn. pany is preferable to the competing scheme of the Rossendale Ccmpany. The Barnsley Junction.—This is a line 94 miles long, with an estimated capital of 300,0001., proposed for the following objects : I. To afford an alternative line from Manchester to the east, by making a short cut from the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, at the Penistone summit, to the North Midland Railway near Barnsley. 2. To give a communication both to the east and west for the manufacturing town of Barnsley and the surrounding district. 3. To open up the Silkstone coal field. It might have been doubtful how far the two first objects would have bean sufficient to justify the requisite outlay of capital, or to Ward any prospect of adequate remuneration, more especially as the line, from the steepness of its inclination, being a continued rise of 1 in 95 for 9 miles, from near Barnsley to Penistone, is not well atiapted for through-traffic. The opening of the Silkstone coal field appears, however, to be an object of very considerable importance, more especially with the prospect of a great extension of Railway communication throughout the eastern and central counties of England. We think, therefore, that if this object is properly attained, it is sufficient, in connexion with the other two, to warrant the construction of the Barnsley Junction line on public grounds. Representations have been made to us, to the effect that this object is not properly attained by the line in question, which is said only to skirt part of the coal field at a level too high for con venient access from the principal pits, in order to attain the eleva tion necessary to carry a line with locomotive gradients to the Penistone summit. This is a point upon which, if we had been able to command more ample means of investigation, we should have been desirous of obtaining more accurate intornaa tion, being of opinion that the opening up of the Silkstone coal field for transport towards the east and south, ought to be consi dered as the primary and paramount object of the line in question' We'" must content ourselves, however, with directing the special attention of the Committee on the Bill to this point, and stating that in expressing an opii.ion that there are no sufficient public grounds to prevent the sanction of Parliament from being given to the Barnsley Junction line, we have proceeded on the assumption that the line does, as represented by the promoters, open up in a proper manner the Silkstone coal field. The Huddersfield and Manchester, and Sheffield and Hudders. field Junction, are also lines connected with the district in ques tion, the consideration of which we reserve for another report, as they appear to us to depend upon questions of detail not materially affecting any of the lines already enumerated. In conc:asion, we beg to draw attention to the passage of the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of last year, in which it is stated, in recommending that reports should be made to Parliament by this Department upon railway schemes, " That no such report should be held to prejudice the claims of private persons, the examination of which should be altogether reserved to the Houses of the Legislature." _ In submitting to Parliament, in conformity with the recommen. dations of that Committee, the results at which we have arrived, with a view to the information and assistance of Parliament in forming a judgment upon the schemes ix question, in so far as our report may be available for that purpose, we are anxious that it should be distinctly understood that we have arrived at these re. sults solely upon public grounds, and to the exclusion of all consi derations how far such results might require to be modified by a due regard for private rights and interests. DA LHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LA ING. LATE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST. The adjourned inquest upon the body of James Delarue, the unfortunate man who was so barbarously murdered in the field near Haverstock-hill, was resumed on Saturday, be fore Mr. Wakley, Mr. G. I. Mills, and a mostrespectable jury. From the observations made by the Coroner on the last day, and the expectation that the prisoner would be brought up, a considerable crowd thronged all the avenues leading to the Yorkshire Grey, on tiptoe to see him, and the inquest- room itself was thronged with the respectable householders in the neighbourhood, among whom we observed the Rer. Thomas Ainger and other clergymen, the churchwarden and over. seers of St. John's, and other persons of public note in the parish. - Mr. Lander attended, as before, to observe the pro- ceedings on the part of the parishioners. The prisoners were undefended. Precisely at twenty minutes to ten o'clock the Coroner entered the room, and the names of the jurymen having been called over, the Court was opened by the parish constables. Inspector Gray was called into the room, and he was asked by the Coroner if he had, agreeably to his instructions, called upon the Governor of the house of Correction relative to the production of the prisoner at the Coroner's court ? Inspector Gray replied in the affirmative, and that the governor stated he could not give up the prisoner without the order of the committing magistrate. He had then proceeded to Mr. Raw. linson at the Marylebone Police-court, who verbally ex pressed his wish that the Coroner's request should be complied with, and communicated that desire to the Governor of the Gaol. Under these circumstances, he (Inspector Gray) had not gone back, feeling assured that the prisoner would be produced this morning in the custody of the proper officer. Mr. WAKLEY—Then the prisoner is not here. Inspector Haynes—He is not, Sir. Mr. WARLEY said that all these difficulties had arisen, in the first instance, from mismanagement a t Hampstead. On the first sitting of the inquest he (Mr. Wakley) had given instructions that he should be informed at the very earliest period if any one were taken into custody. There had been a person taken up on suspicion of being concerned in this murder. Now, by the evidence of the policeman Scotney, it appeared that he had been taken into custody at half-past one on the morning of Wednesday, yet no information had been forwarded to him (Mr. Wakley) until nine o'clock of the same morning. It then appeared to him to be perfectly useless to call the jurymen together, particularly after he had been informed that the prisoner had been conveyed from Hampstead to . Marylebone about the same hour that he had received his information. He should wish to know the pre cise hour he was taken away Inspector Partridge— About seven o'clock, Sir. Mr. WAKLEY—That was two hours before then. All this difficulty and contention, so unseemly in a court of justice, was solely to be attributed in the first instance to mismanage ment. lie wished to know from Inspector Gray why in tbrination had not heup conveyed to him at an earlier hour ? Inspector Gray stated that hp had forwarded a letter to the Coroner between the hours o f two and thre9 of the same morning. Mr. WAKLET believed that the ease was otherwise. The letter,informing him of the circumstance had been received at nine o'clock. If things had been managed as they ought to have been there would have been no difficulty with the police court. They should have proceeded with the inquiry, and they would ha've had the priponer before them without any necessity for his going to the polie.esciirt at la Such a thing had happened in the case of Marchant, 4101 - 0.4 ip4r7 dered a girl in Cada,,e•an-square. He had not gone before the magistrate at all. There should be no difficulty at all, for if they were a court of justice why should there be any hesita tion in allowing the prisoner before them ? In the case of Crouch, also, it was in (Mr. Wakley's) option to have TRH SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARell 3, 1845. sent him to the county gaol at once, the Coroner's jury having returned a verdict of "Wilful urder" against him. But, what did he do? He told the policeman to whom the warrant had been given not to execute it immediately, as the magistrate might wish to have the prisoner produced befbre him. He (Mr. Wakley) addressed a letter to the Home Secretary, and, on the day before, an answer wa3 returned by him. He would read that answer : " Whitehall, 28th FA., 1845. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt cf your letter of this morning, representing that you have adjourned the inquest cm the body of James Delarue, and that yen trust there may be no im pediment to the production of Thomas Hocker, who is now in custody, charged with his murder, at the adjourned inquest. " Sir James Graham has no objection to the Governor of the New Prison producing the prisoner Hocker, in the custody of his own officer, at the inquest, on receiving a requisition from you to that effect; and he will direct that this inlbrmation shall be given to the Governor. This course Sir James Graham hopes, will prevent all difficulty; but it must. be understood that the prisoner is to appear before the `majstrates, on his remand, with which the course proposed by you is not to interfere. — l have the honour , &c. • a T. Wakley, Esq." " S. M. PRICLITPS. That letter appeared quite satisfactory for the purpose. In spector Gray received his (Mr. Wakley's) requisition to the Governor of the New Prison, and his (Mr.Wakley's)instruc lions to the inspector were, that if he not receive a dis tinct answer lie should come at once to him at the House of Commons. The inspector was not to blame. There ap. peared every reason to be perfectly satisfied with the com munication he haul received from the Governor of the prison. He (Mr \Vakley) had afterwards received a letter from Mr. Kilsby himself, .and that also he would read to the jury. The following let ter was then read:by' the Deputy-Coroner : " New Prison, Clerkenwell, Feb. 28, 1845. Sir,---.I b - g leave to acquaint you that upon receipt of your letter this evening, requesting the production of the prisoner, Thomas Henry Mocker, before your inquest to morrow, I informed Inspector Gray, the bearer thereof, that the communication which I had received from the Home office, signifying that Sir James Graham, the Secretary of State, had no objection to the production of the prisoner at the inquest, did not sufficiently authorise me to send the prisoner without an authority from the consulting magis trate, or to disobey the order of the visiting justices of this prison, posted on the 20th of June, 1842, a copy of which I have subjoined, but that I would send an officer to accom puny him with the documents to the committing magis trate, who would probably give an authority to deliver the prisoner to the police, for the purpose required. The committing magistrate declined giving such authority, but intimated that he had no objection to the production of the prisoner before you. " I regret, therefore, that I have no positive order upon the subject besides those contained in the w arrant of commitment and the minute referred to. " Under all the circumstances, however, I have thought it my duty to send the above documents for the perusal of such of the visiting justices as can be communicated with early to-morrow morning, and shall be guided by the answer I re ceive. " I hope this will reach you before you leave town in the morning, as I am extremely anxious to assure you, that in the event of any diSappointment taking place at the inquest, I have done all in my power to comply with your request in the absence of definite instructions. " I have the honour to be, &c., " THOMAS KILSBY." The order of the visiting justices, to which he referrel, was this : (Copy of the Order.) " 2.11:W PRISON.-VISITING JUSTICES. " June 20, 1842. " Resolved,—That it appears to the Visiting Justices that the keeper will not in future be justified in sending any pri soner committed for re-examination by a Magistrate on a charge of homicide before the Coroner, in order to be present at the inquest." Now, unless the Governor had received a peremptory order from the Secretary of State, he (Mr. Wakley) was not surprised that he should have acted as be had done. But lie was certainly surprised that Mr. Kilsby had not before re membered that this resolution of the justices was standing upon the books of the gaol. Thus the matter stood. 'The prisoner was not present, and, under those circumstances, he was disposed to recommend that the inquiry lie further ad journed till half-past nine on Monday morning. He would re peat, then, what he had said on the last occasion , that if it was the j ury'sdesire to go on with the inquest in the absence of the accused person, that person being only remanded, and not committed for trial by the ivagistrase, he (Mr. Wakley) would start no objections; he would subject the jury to nu further inconvenience, but go at once with the investiga tion. If it was their opinion that they should go on in the absence of the accused person he would do so, but he had endeavoured, since he had been appointed to that office, to discharge its duties with advantage to the public. The utility of the Coroner's office wasa subject of the greatest importance that could arise in this country. The office was calculated to ensure the greatest security to the liberties of the subject, and unless the Court had the power to have be fore it the person accused of the murder, the very foundation of the office was gone. Let them suppose that a time of commotion might arise. Such had been, and such might be again, and that a public meeting was called to complain of certain or general grievances. The people might entertlin one opinion with regard to the right of public meeting, and the persons in power might entertain another and a very dif ferent opinion. He did not mean to refer to the present Go • vernment, but to whatever Government might be in power at the time. The people, he said, might entertain one opinion and the Government another, and the latter might require that the meeting should at once disperse. Sup posing that they did however meet, and that human life was lost, that either the police or the soldiery in the discharge of what they conceived to be their duty might commit an assault on the pe.)ple who had as sembled, that four or five, or ten or seventy, or a hundred might b 3 concerned in this slaughter, and it might be that all this waste of life might arise from the violent conduct of persons in office. An inquest would be held on the bodies; the jury would sit to sift the inquiries and to investigate the matter. A. B. would be called and he might say that he saw the police fire and kill a man, woman, or child as it might be. They might ask him the question " Do you know the police man's number ?" "I do not." " His name?" "I do not." " Would you know him again if you saw hint ?" " Yes." " Where is he "In the custody of the magistrate." They wanted him at the inquest, but he was not present. Now would it not be impossible to identify the guilty party in such a case? In Ireland several lives were lost in a some what similar manner. A number of the police were put into gaol, an inquest was held upon the persons killed, the police men were not identified, and none of them were put upon trial. Such a case might occur in England. Such was his opinicn ; but if the jury did not consider with him, and if they wished the investigation to proceed, he was willing to go on with it. Several of the jurymen — Oh , no ; not in the absence of the prisoner. Mr. WAKLEY then referred to the medical evidence given in the case of the murdered man Delarue, and stated that such evidence could not be commanded by th e mag i s t ra t e , who i was therefore obliged to take t from th e C oroner ' s cour t. He alluded also to the pow . er exercised by a Coroner's jury, of at o once committing a prisoner fer trial w ith ou t th e i r d ec i sion le u the grand jury at the s ces ingsubjected srinr non sessions. He el le ,concluded nl to fc- Ipua t ds h et e irevisionanbnyeo again morning. a Monday fn recommending the ad- j Mr. Hazard (a juror) thought that there was no •thich the deceased person came prisoner, but to record an ne cessity for any further adjournment, as the business of a o C p o i r n o i n o e n e as s j t i o iry the was manner not to o b y try by his death. When they had done this, he considered that as honest man they had d on e their duty, and that it was all that was repined from them. He did not see what they had to do with trying the a ccused party , and if they returned a verdict against some person ( , ) , r persons u n known—(Cries of "nonsense, we must adjourn, &c., from the otherjurors)— Mr. WAKLF:v said he must put an end to any discussion of such a nature, because, however good a mm's resolution might by, his reasoning might be very bad indeed. Mr. Hazard—l am at liberty to give my own views. Mr. w A.KLE y—Oh, certainly; but they may not be cor rect, you know.—(Laughter.) The inquest was then adjourned till Monday. At a later period a communication was received from the Governor of the gaol, stating that the prisoner would be in attendance, if wanted, that day. The details in connexion with the murder of Mr. Delarue are hourly, through the exertions of the officers of the detec tive force, b e ing brought to light ; and the discoveries stated to have been made since the lastatljournment of the Coroner's inquest tend to throw great suspicion on, if they are not found directly to implicate, another party, who, although not in custody, is under the surveillance of the police. During Friday the cesspools at the house of the ae cused's father, as also at his lodging in Victoria-terrace, were searched, with a view to ascertain if there were any other evidences of guilt secreted there. Th e poor father o f the alleged murderer offered e ver y facility to the police, and in assisting them in their search he himself discovered amongst some rubbish a diamond ring, of which he at once gave them information, and accompanied Inspector Furlong, of the S division, to Marylebone Police-court, whets! the ring was ex hibited to the magistrate. It has been since shown to the deceased's brother, who at once identified it. On further search being made, the gold chain described by Mr. Daniel Delarue as being attached to his brother's watch when he last saw him alive was discovered, and there are here and there spots of blood, clearly indicating tha tit was taken from the body after the murder was perpetrated. Another disco very which more clearly brings the murder home to the ac cused, and which proves the cold-blooded atrocity which ac tuated it, has been made. The public are already aware that a letter was found on the deceased person appointing to meet him at a certain place, and which bore the signature "Caroline." Among the papers at the supposed murderer's lodgings has been discovered an exact copy of that letter,. and ou their being compared the handwritings (which has been proved to be that sof Thomas Henry Rocker) in both are identical. The letter found on deceased's person had the envelope stained with blood, and the infe rence therefore is, that on the murderer discovering what it was, he returned it to the deceased's pocket, in order to allay suspicion. A third black kid glove, cove red with blood, was found in the clothes of the deceased, and, on its being com pared with the one discovered by the police at Hookers resi dence, it is found exactly to match. The accused's brother, James Mocker, still in custody at the Hampstead station, is exceedingly communicative, but avoids all mention of the murder. lie was visited on Friday by Captain flay, ono of the superintendents of police, and Mr. Superintendent Carter. The former also visited the spot where the murder was committed. On inquiry on Friday at the New Prison, it was ascer tained that the prisoner had made no statement respecting the sanguinary deed with which lie stands charged. He exhibits the same indifference as at the police-court when before the magistrate. At intervals lie becomes exceedingly taciturn, whilst at other times he cheerfully enters into conversation with the turnkey. At no time since his com mittal has he alluded to the murder of Mr. Delarue, but on hearing on Thursday that his brother had also been taken into custody by order of the Coroner, he for a few minutes be came somewhat egit4toO, hut, having made no remark, he shortly resumed his former firmness, He hsss net t l epp visited by any of his friends since his flatland- i It appears that Government, on the very day on the night of which the supposed murderer was captured, bad deter mined on offering a reward of 100/. for t he apprehension of the murderer, and it is alleged that Watson was aware of this, and wes thus induced to give the information. The evi dent reluctance of ills person afterward s to come forward, and a declaration made by day that he would not do so on Saturday, induc eo roner to bind him over in the sum of 5 01 . , a nd it is understood bins having been /Warden ed the Thurs that his movements have been strictly watched by the police ever since. autho- THE SUGAR DUVI - Es'.—Wp have heard from rity on which we can rely, that the new antics onsugar are tO come into operation until the 14th of March, e ven although the re solutions should be passed by the House of Commons on Mends)", which was the time stated when they were to commence. routes slowly on. INCOME-TAX„--The very grunt delay in making payments to officers engaged under stonernoa Act (Act‘e, we SOO hove it shortly), is producing a rg and stronger feeling. 11 ' 0, rof W; t 4 1 .4 Pz4 out Of pocket, the repay daY l'oor eocouragelnel.4 oat Aug" vrievesAnce • this : 7 (kront a Correspondent.)—(We Uhl Stii4: Ili; 0114 N SVOuld rejoice to learn that the income-tai gatherers 'tad held It meeting oq Marston Moor or Kennington-common, and resolved tO give up their QbnialQus calling.] LA W FST TELLI GEN CE. COURT OF CHANCERY. March 1. IN THE MATTEL:. OF THE LT LOW MARITIES. The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied his Lordship the whole morning. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES :c RAILWAYS. BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, ASSIZE IN TELLI.GJNCE. now: 17.1 R(1717 . tfoi d, .111 a eh 1. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron LDERSONO Thomas Wade, 21, groom, was charged with having feloniou ly and maliciously fired a barn, at the parish of Watton, in the occupation of William Kemp:o Mr. Bodkin with Mr. Ballantine condo recd the prose cution, and Mr. Charnock and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel for the presecution, and the evidence, that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecetor, who occupies a farm called Bardolphs, near Watton. as groem, for nearly two years,. at the time the fire happened, ‘ehich was en the evening of the 31st Decernher. On that day he had taken out his master's riding horse without per mission, and when he returned, apparently sliAhtly in toxiateil, his ma=ter ordered the cook rot to give him any beer at his dinner. lie wa; very angry in con=e quence, and s,id that he would have the beer from his master before night. Nothing particular occurred until the evening. to-tween seven and eight o'clock, when the prisoner twice went to one of the servants for a light, and upon one occasion it was remarked that there were small pieces of straw sticking to the candle. A witness was ex , eninerl, who d• posed to the fact of seeing the prisoner go from the stable towards the barn where the tire broke out ; and an attempt was mad, to show that almost immediately afterwards the barn was found to be in flames. When the prisoner was apprehended, he de clare-d that he had nothing to do with causing the fire, and that if he had, it was an accident. These were the princ'pal Feints of the evidence in support of the charge, and one of the prosecutor's servants a!,o stated that a short time ago, the prioner said to her that he won dered there had not been a fire at " Bardolphs" before, as his master used a threshing machine. Mr. CDA RNOCK made a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called several witnesses, who gave him a good character. Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Not guilty. Stephen Boswell, 21, George Warboyv, 22, and Fre • derich Jeans, 19, were indicted for being unlawfully in the night-time armed with guns and other offensive weapons, upon certain enclosed land belonging to the Marquis of Salisbury. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Boswell and Warboys, and Acquitted Jeans. The prisoner Boswell, who had, it appeared, been several times before in prison, was sentenced to twelve, and Warboys to six, months' imprisonment and hard labour. Thomas Andrews, 18, _Joseph Bail, 19, and S ;mei White, 20, were also indicted for a similar trespass upon the land of the Earl of Essex, at Watford. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28. RAILWATB. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. l'rioe. Annum. 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Northern of France - 20 0 0 4 0 0 5% Orleans and Vlerzon.. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1634 Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 8% Paris and Lyons...-. - 2 O 2O 0 0 2 0 0 2% Paris and Strasbourg.. - 120 0 0 2 0 0 2% Paris and Orleans..... - I 20 0 0 20 0 0 47 Paris and Rouen ...... 2/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 42% R nen and Havre .... - 20 0 0 12 0 0 2934 • Errata in last Tuesday's list. -Read Paris and Strasbourg 2% 14 instead of Rouen and Havre ; and last price of Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, Dudley and Birmingham, 4. The prisoners pleaded guilty. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoners to be kept to hard labour for four months. James Lash. 56, was charged upon three indictments with forging orders for the payment of money with in tent to defraud George Jacob Bosanquet, Esq. The prisoner, pleaded guilty to all the charges. He was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. In the course of the day Mr. Clarkson applied to his Lordship to discharge the recognisances of a person named Oldfield, under the following circumstances: — It appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel that a bill of indictment was found at the winter assiz,'s against the defendant and several other persons, for having, as was alleged, kept a booth for gatublitis purposes at the Gorhainhury races last year. The trned Counsel intimated that as he said doubtless for good and sufficient reeson the prosecution had been abandoned against ail the defendants except who, knowing that there was no found ttionfor the charge against him, insisted upou taking his trial, and he had served a notice to that effect upon a pram) named Moses Jacobs, who had represented himself as being the pro secu:or of the indictment, but thst individual now dented that he was the prosecutor ; and the defendan - , being unable to find out who the prosecutor really was, could not serve any other notice, end was therefore unable to free himself from the indictineet. He was now in attend ance, ready to take his trial, and as no one appe ired to prosecute, he trusted the Court would otsler the recog nisances to be discharged. Mr. Baron ALTFRSON, having con,:ulied with Mr. Straight. the clerk of assiz s said he could not at pre. sent take that coarse ; but he would allow the defendant to enter into his own recognisance to appear and ansas r any charge that might be preferred against him, and dispense with his finding any sureties. CIVIL SIDE. _ _ _ The Lord Chief Justico arrived at Hertford shortly iaefore ten &cluck. and soon afterwards took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court. W,BB V. FRANKLIN, This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a labourer, to recover compensation from the defendant, who, it appeared, was a gamekeeper, for the seduction of his daughter. The action was undefended. Mr. GRIMSTON, who appeared fur the p'aintiff, stated the circumstancis under which the action was brought. The parties were in an hurdlle station of life, and the defendant had he,n on intimate terms with the daughter of the plaintiff for a eonsi lerabbt period of time, and she at length became in the family way by him. Some attempts had been made to induce him to do the girl justice, but as he declined to do so, it was fou,ld neces sary to adopt the present pro,:eeding, and the defendant having suff.red julgment to go by &fault, it was for the jury to say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to fur the injury he had suffered. Eliza Webb, the daughter of the plaintiff, was then examined, and she briefly proved the facts as stated by tha Learned Couniel. No evidence was offered as to the means of the de fendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE briefly charged the jury, and left it to them to say, under these circumstances, to what amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled.. The jury found for the plaintilf—Dainages, 30/. SCRIMGCOUR V. CHILD. This wa,; an action brought by the plaintiff, a stock broker, residing at Totteridge, against ;he defendant, who is a farmer at Edgeware, upon a horse warranty. It appeared that the plaintiff had purchased a grey gelding of the defendant for 321., under a verbal war rsnty that he was four years old and sound. It was alleged, on the pait of the plaintiff, that he was only three years old, and that he was lam , , and on these ground; the action was brought. As is usual in horse ewes, the evidence was of a very conflicting character. The jury f;ventually found f,r th., defendant. MIS El ASSIZES. ENNIS, Feb. 25. LIBERATION OF O'CONNEL L.—Edward Browne stood indicted for having maliciously set fire to a stook of oats, at Authangan, the property of David Conway. David Conway sworn—Was in his' field on the night of the Gth of September last; his oats were in stook and he saw the pri, , oner go over the ditch, and deli berately place a sod of red fire under one of stoop:; he th , n went off, and the stook was burnt el but two =heaves. . . . Br Mr. COPPINGER—This oocurred Ott t i t , oreNing ui the 6th of September? Witness—lt did, Sir Betoi.e I bring the matter to your memory, tell me had you any fulling out with Browne a short time bite re ? had, indeed. Was it not the night of the rejoicing for the Ltborator, Mr. O'Connell, and the State inartyrA that your stook of oats was set on fire? Indeed it was. Was not every field in the nvighboui hood in a blaze that night? They were, and all the ditches and moun tains too. —(Laughter.) That was a great day for Dan, wasn't it ? It was, and for the country and repeal.— (Laughter.) Then you are a repeal warden, I supp , ,se? I am, Sir And sure it is noz, possiiale you would grudge a stook of oats to be lit up In coinrw-tnoratlon of Dan's release from prison? It it was asked freely, I wouldn't have hindered every ; took in my acre and a half to be in a blaze that night —(!,,tu:ht r.) Was there great shouting and rejoicin2 all around you ? Oh, indeed y n don't know but the half 'of it.— (Laughter ) What was the value of the stock con sumed ? About Is. 6d. Did you deduct the price of it from the Repeal rent ? I did not, indeed ; far be it from me, or one of my generation.—(Laughteco COPPINGER then addres-ud the jury. as:erting that the pris-Aier was not actuat,.d any vindiedv., f.eling in setting the oal - s on fire—it was an evening of general rej-icing and illimiination. The prisaner was acquitted. EX TRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT TOOTI'•2 G. Much excitement prevails at this moment in the parish of Upper and Lower Tootin:, in con equence of it% bung currently reported thlt an individual, who wnt - by the name of Anne Welch, and was 83 years of age, and was generally presumed to be 4.1 the f ema l e sex , having, after death, been discovered to be a man. 'rhe reporter has instituted the most diligent inquiries on the spot, and, although every attempt has been made by certain parties to hush the matter up, he has succeeded in obtaining the f dlowing parti: ulars, waich may be relied upon as authentiur—The oleceased, Anne Welch. as sh., was called, had lived at Tooting upwards of half a century. Fur a period of nearly 30 years, he was cook in the service of a highly respectable family. arid entered that service as a woman. The lady who engaged him is still living at Tooting, and is at a very advanced age. The name of the family is. for obvious reasons, omitted. The deceased remained in this lady's service until he was 57 years of age, when he left it to marry the parish clerk. whose name was Robert Welch, and who had been twice a wide ver. This man was also a schoolmaster. This extraordinary alliance existed without the remotest ' suspicion on the part of the inhabitants. The parties lived in perfect harmony- for upwards of si* years, when Welch died. Of late years a woraan, said to be a sister to this individual, has been living with him. The de ceased regularly partook of the sacrament. For the last twelve months this extraordinary indivi dual resided at the house of a gardener named Watford. It was after the death of the deceased that the discovery of the real sex was made, lvery attempt, however, was made to keep the matter a profound secret, but a woman named Fletcher, who was at:the laying out, has informed Sergeant Longbottom of the circumstance, and is willing to make oath as to the truth of the state ment before a magistrate. The deceased was buried in Tooling charehyard on Friday afternoon ho was in terred in the grave of Robert Welch. The coffin, for a remon that requires explanation, is braced round with iron ; and when it was lowered into the grave two large pieces 4f wood were driven in crosswise, to prevent, as we pregume, its being removed clandestine!y. The de ceased was buried in the name of Anne Welch, and the Rev. Graves, thp re4d the Wirral .res pealing a 1. ., wor4s, "4s it htis pleased thee to take the soul of our dear sister." ty's list. —Read Paris An( iavre ; and last price of S irrningham, lb. Wolver- SOINT-STOCK. BANES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per Of raid. Price Annum. Share. - ----- A s. d. X s. d. Australasia .. Britsh North American 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London ; 51. per Cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 • 2134 C010nia1..... Londe and Westminstr ' 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2734 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4434 Ditto, New. ••• • • ... bl. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 57. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 1634 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 3734 Ditto, New......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... - 25 0 0 25 0 0 27 Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 123( • INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. .£ s. d. Albion ••••••• • • . • • . . 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 7234 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine. Atlas . • • British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Cleriel,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County .. •.•••. • • • • • • 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 r 9s. and 1 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 1 61.55. bs. Eagle Economic Life ... ..... [ s B, l) 3 c o r s e b t s i 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng. & Scot. Law Life.. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 234 European Life •••• • • • • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freema50n5'...........!. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe . - 142 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 10 0 503( Imperial Fire •••• - • • 12/. per cent. 5 00 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16 Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life .. ... •• • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 4534 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% London Fire ••••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16 London Ship Marine ••••••• • • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 bled. Invlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund- 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.... ••.• • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 934 Palladium Life .• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 2 Pliwnix .. - - l'rotector Life Provident Lite........ I/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Lite. • Royal Exchange 5/. per cent Stock. - 188 Sun Fire • - Ditto Life .. ...... .. 11. 6s. - - Universal Life •• DOCXS. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. I per ' of , Paid. Price. lAnnum. I Share. — —. ' X 5. d. £ s. d. Commercial ... iast and West India l'ast Country London ' Stock. I 117 St. Katharine ••••• • • • , 5 per cent. Stock. ! 109% Southampton .•••• • • • ! 4/. per cent. ' 50 0 0 50 0 0 WATEU.VIOXXS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a, d. East London.... Grand Junction ...... W. 46 11 4 90 Kent . • . 21. 10s. 100 0 0 G 5 Va.xliall West Middlesex .... • • 4/. IGs.pr ct. 63 12 9 . 127 LIST OP SC,ITVLSII COMPANIES' PAICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. a. d. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 16834 British Linen Company Si per cent. 100 0 0 226 Commercial Bank • • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 16734 National Bank 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 I 15N Union Batik of Scotland 7141. pr cent. 50 0 0 57 , Western Bank.. • • • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 76 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7 Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 14• X Eastern Bank.. Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Rank 51. per cent. 5 0 0 7% City of Glasgow Batik . 51. per cent. 8 15 0 1 334 Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Seotind 5l. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Incur Si. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 24% Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18N Edin. &Glam. Railway 434 1. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 6534 Ditto, Shares.. • . 4341. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 1614 Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4)4l.percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 66 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 1234 Olsgw &Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. i 28 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 411, POLICE INTELLIGTNCE, (SATuHDA7.) MARLP.OR U Gli-S TRE ET. John Stock, cab-driver, No. 48, wus put to the bar he' fore Mr..firirdwick, ch arge d u n d er th e f o llowing Yell lions c rsatristanees. From the evidence o f th e police it appeared that pac e " constable Clark, C 55, was on duty in Crown-street shortly after twelve o'clock, when he saw a cab standil at the corner of ti v Lorge-ard, will the prisoner s eat ' the box. Stupectitig from the general appearance of matters that sometlfug wrong was going er, he " k it e d towards the cab, b u t h e h a d h ar dly Pribc ee-t ' many paces before th e p r i soner sa w him, . ti e lld in .tantly called out t o some one i n th e yard, " 11°- a comes a bobby," meaning a policeman. A man mediately rushed out of the yard, jumped on til e box, and the cab dro ve o ff ra pidly. The police man followed and stopped the cab, and looked into it, but seeing that it was empt, after taking the numhe! of the driver's badee and of the cab, ho allow , d the caa to proceed. The Lolicem , .n then rieutned in o Georg e ', o' yar.l, and looked about ill,- place. Ir a retired pa rt tho yard he f rend a w,•11 ilre , sed man lying side. On his attetnr 1.0• t. it he perceic the man up , he was lying in a pool of blo o d, which had flowea rro pon . h e ll a wound on his 11,-ad. With the assi-tance of another constable, the injured man was taken to Mr. Keno)' a ur. eon, No. 57, Bigh-atreet, to have his e•ou n Soil. The wuunded e.an, whose name is Green, clerk to a mercanti!e firm, was conveyed hole,. to his lor;gings. at. No. 46, Berwick-street, where at prevent lies in a state of a ime dancer. The occ il ; ace having been duly rep or t e d by th e constable to I". serge.ant at the station-house, S:Tgeant Wells lni i r ee e , dintely set about. finding the cabitan. After co 0"% able difficulty be succeeded in 'racing him to his ine_tb,„e r ,,,, house, No. 3, Perry's-court, where he was in bed. -11 1 , - pri!=coner, when questioned, admitted that belied been wir e the wounded man the weer night, with a friend. but i ce declared hehan not been near George-yard. The P° ll . o sergeant brought the cabman away, and took in to Berwick-street. The wounded man no W i c ' i e n , saw him than he got i n t o a v i o le n t rage. and 0 ( Oared that the cabman was the rascal who had st r : h i s him with ~ r,methirg (supposed to be the butt-cat ° i de a whip) over his head. It is supposed that the wo' an, man, after drinking with the cabman and anooer ni k - e d had been decoyed into the yard and k l r e t he down, with the view of robbery, but tha t t h e m stg'.'den appearance of the policeman :'care d ea from their prey, as the watch and money O ,L, - the were found untouched in his pocket. In der'''"/,,,„, a n, prisoner said that he knew nothing about the ge e 7ip t esa but the man who was with him did. The get , ..- - a .„,y treated them both to gin and water, and then we with the other man. Prisoner followed down u ni ste d street with h:s cab, because the gentleman had s t nee that he wished to hire him to take him a short dis! iti g from town early the following morning. The foll" certificate was read : IA tier " I certify that I have e xam i ne d M r . G ree n, of No wick. street, and that he has received a severe wound ea temple, and at present is not out of of danger. D. "57, High-street, Mar c h 1, 1845." veri " JOSEPH KENNY, -- 1 • Mr. HARDWICK said the case at present wore to serious aspect, and it w ou ld b e necessary, therefore iiice remand the prisoner, not only to give time to the 1 1 ' e to to procure additional evid ence aga i ns t him, hat 1, 0 5 0 14 enable them to find out hi s com p an i o n. Se therefore, remand him until Saturday next. LLOYD'S Sl' p piN G. a fn e. LONDox, MARCH I.—Wind easterly, fresh breeze DEAL, FEB. 28.—Wind S. E. to E., fresh breeze. _ o pt, Macedon, Hong-Kong; Harri e t, J ama i ca; British Mee t . to Mobile, and Ilenrietta, New Orleans, and the whole of outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E.S.E., ; Arrd. Susan, Sevill e , for L on d on , ou t t we l ve days, 53i f j h 3 ,; 1 5r°1 0 4 DARTMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Ar r d. B a lti c , C a diz, for _ L o p' mast sprung, and other da mage; Cl y d es d a l e , Lisbon f o r don, seven days ; sails split. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Arrd. H.M.S. R o lla, East-, 'Os , FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E. f res h gales.--4:;No• oder' Jones, Ichaboe. Off, At a l an t a , Ri o f or Hamlrargb , ` 1 " 21' Brinsen, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for R o tterdal . Swedish brig Donna Ma r i a , Rio Janeir:,, for Ham bUrg frk A WHITSTABLE, FEB. 28.—Th e se l ooner E mera ld, t got ashore on the Middl e S an d t o-day, but came ofr 3O water, and proceeded for 4, to River. &ma ,if COWES, FEB. 28.—1 t bl ew very h ar d l ast night'—but E.S.E.—A foreign barq ue i n t h e R oads drove nulee,',, o . uls:, to received no damage. Th e G usta f Adolph, from Antwerp, which arrived here 26th, was struck by a — o r on the passage, lost b oa t s , & c., an d met w i t h o ther ( 13 4 OFF DOVER, FEB. 27 —J ames Cruikshank, Demecr3leedi' LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind S.E., fresh.— Sld. f or New Orleans; Hiberni a , St J o h n ' s, N ew Brunsiv,i°,".; Joe dora, China ; Col c h es t er , Ad en, Lima; Rio, Gamw„sialot' Landell, Magistrate, an d Mary Hannah, Africa; Havannah ; Tinamara, Cecera, Oronoca, Au ustura , ser ge" g A, • Philadelphia; Stephen Whitney, New York; s to p. Halifax ; Dash, Newfoundland. Off, Tartar, Charleea CLYDE, FEB. 27.—S1d. Cashmere, Scotsman, P e : Jane Christie, Trinidad; St. Fillan, Newfoundlallu'ubsr CORK, FEB. 26. Arrd. Caroline and Eliza Keith, Mary Winch, Bingham, Rio Grande. et Brix YARMOUTH ROADS, FEB. 21.--Arrd. Lark, steal :l- . ham, with damage, having been in contact. „) MARKET NEws...._(sATURA—AY tor COVENT-GARDEN. sa e Al Although, for the time of year, we had a fair awe f Eor ply of most kinds of vegetables offering, the de nl f i r , be fr o steady, at fully last week's quotations. Fruit was A 'j ty,., to request, at late rates : Potatoes from 33 - 65 ""0 per cwt. ; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Carroo , Is to 7s ; Coleworts, or Greens, 3s 3d to 4s ; Is to is 9d per dozen bunches; Apples, 2s to 4s; Y e 1 ,e1 ,4, 8s; Spinach, 6d to 3s; and Onions, 2s to 3s per bsobettli, Forced Potatoes, 8d; Pine Apples, 8s to 10s; le„ c d , b 411: Is to is 6d per lb.; Savoys, is 3d to 2s per dozen; r',.;esu' v er barb, Is 3d to 2s 3d; ditto Asparagus, Os to 8s; Pi o 55 , 0 ' d 2s to ss; Brocoli, 2s to 4s ; and Celery, 15 ; bundle; Oranges, 5s to 10s; and Lemons, 83 to French Beans, 2s Gd to 3s per hundred. ;t o', 1170 , AT8 AND TABADIIIVIEA / I, 0 11. 2 te. We had a very extensive supply of both Games n i o ,o r * - 75; owing to which the trade was heavy, and Pre.„ v " - 3s l f" t t• were with difficulty supported. Fowls sold at fr0 1 " 3 , ; 1 :0 and Chickens, 2s 6d to 5s per couple; Hares, 2s to o 5s ; 0 0 ridges, 2s to 3s; Turkeys, 3s to 7s; Pheasants, 45 t ore dr Geese, 5s to 7s each. The supplies of Meat being 0 01 adequate to meet the wants of the buyers, the g e f frorf o d; mend was heavy, at barely st a ti onary pr i ce s. IL ee to 61 to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3 s 8d ; Veal, 3s hi” 0 d Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per 81b s by the carcase. NEWPORT. 11 ° 6,1; Prime Mutton sold readily at full prices, o u , i 351 0 kinds of Meat were heavy. Beef, from 29:',. 1 ,,56" Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and r°' 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. tl O ZIZIa.INGSGATE. There was a large supply o f Fi s h, ow ing t°,:,, t bet - , 0 9, trade ruled heavy, on somewh a t eas i er t er ms : rOi ti to 18s ; Cod Fish, 2s to 8s ; Plaice, 2d tc 4d ; a nu s A llu °ll ' 2d to 6d each ; Mackerel, 16s to 18s per 120; per lb.; Soles, 2s to 2s 6d per pair. WiIITECHAP3I37.. We had a sluggish general demand, at barelf to prices :—Beef from 2s 6d t o 3 s 6d ; M ut t on , 29 8 " Veal, 4s to ss; and Po r k, 3 s t o 4 s p er 81b s. 111 WUNGERPORD. bet Each kind of pri me M ea t was i n stea d y regg— ;earl — all other articles the trad e was inactive, at previous OP BREAD. lis S t. The prices of Wheate n B rea d i n th e MetroP°" 1 0 0 701 to 7id ; of Household ditto, sid to bid per 4lls Raw Hides, at per stone of 14Ibs RRET :—B.est Steer- 4d; 5s 601 to 5s 10d ; Middli ng Hid es, 4 s 8d to 59 D er s"," 0 01 ditto, 4s to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, 3 , 49 sr Market Calf, 6s Gd t o 8s ; Long-woolled SheePi s 6 4 ; 3 Short ditto, 3s 4d t o 4 s ; L am b Ski ns, is 3 11 t° Shearlings, 6d to Bd. 1111.1 r "iiI.ARZISTS 3I . IOS to .11 l°'; SMITHFIELD. —Coarse Meadow Hay, ful ditto, 4112 s to 5133; fine Upland ditto, 51 11 t ,,lf Clover Hay, 4/ IN to 5118 s ; Oat Straw. fl 16 sup 9°Pr Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. A fair 11 " Os t and a sluggish demand. l o s to ' III° CUMBERLAND.—Coarso Meadow Hay, 31 •--, 0.10 useful ditto, 4/14s to 514 s ; fine Upland ditto, O 6; to 1 " Clover Bay, 41 8s to 51 16s; Oat Straw, 1 " - blf Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Trade tolera 4 11 at full prices. t° sl 6 .0 WRITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 7t to, 1 11-- useful ditto, 41 128 to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 41108 to 61; Oat Straw, it l oder" Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. Supply -- trade firm. AKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY: , o eo /01 'Th ere large supply of Wheat to this day's market. Fine I LA to D ge'',.. lN where sales s l a n l i e t s flZl e fe e r tr i e o c r t g ed ua . litßicesstarbtomust of Barley a to rle l y s. g l i Ls t s e f l o a d eari et : 0 0 ; in tf In without t d ch e oo m unt a s n de , ! Iv a ui a t et deviation e t week's f tu ' s he e. prices. Oats e at of the Jtioto decrease in the ports of Ramsgate and Milford, the salary g eil ing surveyor at Ramsgate has been rorluee"' be 1 11 clerkship at Milford abolished. Ramsgat e is to ~e for the future as a port of the fifth class , lasteffO o iN . 1 ;% ,urth class, in consequence of the fallings ° a bel trade there, which is now very limited, Ba rnb- 0 104 resorted to principally as a harbour of refug e ' AO for purposes of trade. ring 0 0 ', thi ° SHOCKING DEATH OF Miss JANE - s in s 0-, her inquest was held yesterday upon the rewilio,, of t ot lady, who was in her 84th year, at the ma ns nears hsd brother, Sir R. Chester, near Hertford. n 91;crioelc. the the deceased, on Tuesday last, about three° oo of t he gone into the kitchen, where she direieetfet: esiodnee;eoe j us servants to go up stairs. When saucepan on the fi re boiled over, and t o ,i . 0 4 10 endeavoured to remove it, when her soa' elo ped b y fire, and she was immediately en v ha rd iv flames. Her cries for assistance were '• to e e ons tj a the servants, who endeavoured by every un til 63° 1" tinguish the flames, but could not do so Da • he t f, , , , r e tu a n rm at s e , l f a a d e y e. hcande:bt,eeanndmolostw lerproufslifiebtibtoaril:.ol.o3l,ot, deceased continued in the greatest ag9nY t - o the it o'clock at night, when she expired, sensible deer f d th e r ale ' 2 The (kroner and jury having ed Iry r , gret at the shocking occurrence, return " AccHental death " expressed 0 ANIA.N.S. ±Hentalcloat t Dividend • ishiliP Natnos of 1 i t Dividend p r i ce. C N ol it u m pa es ni o e f s. t„, vcr price. BIRTHS. Companies. i A per co Annum.' 2 Annum. gene Powys, of a son. - On Thursday, Feb. 27, in Somers -place, Mrs. orr, X 0 41. Ashtn&Ohtit, 97 5/.55. p c 72 Monmouthsli 10 , 81. - 160 , prematurely of a , daug _ King,' 4 sO ._ 0 0, Ashby-cl-la-Z!ll3' 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100, 51. 98 On the 22d ult., the wife of Mr. C. T• , o r, Of 11 . .,0 La ay _ d o A. Barnsley •• • • 1160, 12/. . 180 Macelestleld . 1001 - 15 On the 24th ult., at Little Ormesby, gra o v n e, t i l ;:, ie sq l . 4th ult., at Tours, thehltaedz of John t,,,••• portn iall ,ao• llnstugitnko !ioo l -, 5 Neath .• •• • • 100 201. 365 On the 26th ult., at (ilcitteeider:p: - ..zt o f aw lirknk&Abrg 150: 5/. ' 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. 260 Cromford , 100 , 181. 164 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 the wife of Sir W, St Iso oll4l* Dudley lOO, 4/. 80 Regent's .... 33 1/. 2434 ---------------;-,„ '''',ARBIE D. Mr. - Derby Ellsmre&Chs 133. 41. 58 ,Shropshire •• ID ;A 120 s' ' On the 24th ult. . Lawrence C',,,r -e, Bart'' Erewash . 1100 32f. , 14(1 Saiii4 ijoat 150 1. 10. 123 tO el'f I,'At.tl - ,4ii Ciy.cl lae' '• 41, ins Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 . Miss E",:id ,of A I b a a t n- t ; tFrea:tc, rEasegCehnutr'sc-bp."' k' GrandJunetn:loo 71. I 140 Stlrrd &Wore 140 28/. 480 DIED _ s treet, ' J. 501 Grand Union 100 IL 10s. 25 !Shrewsbury.. 12. 15/. 230 On the 25th ult., of croup, at 41, Queen ,C. 4 rdirib tink ittio Glamorgnsh . 172 1,),',/. 2lO Stourhridge.. 145 20/. 360 Jaw., Isab , Ala Smith, Glstr & Brkly, 00 - 8 Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s.- 30 landscape gardener. hirer P stOrs Grantham • . :130 121. ' 185 Severn and 1 ~ On the 25th ult., at Toeltington, Glouce . II i' Huddersfield. 57 - : 20 Wye Rail. 3 26 1/ ...„ .. 30 Peach Peach, Esq., aged 78. - ---- Vl 4- 'li Kcnnt & Av - n; 39 7s, 6d. 10 (.I'w,tBr .; - --,., --- yO, 1 i i.menst /l • - II 50 30/. 450 - ---- • ,----. ------ -- ,rtßpt./ pp* r y , 4 911. 1- "§ &1141') " 3 .4i . • 610 4ThamS &Med IS - Leicester ...second daughter of Mr. ,010 10 L -,r.- -- : ... - C 'r 7 Zttaki Zid Pubbhad by 1 ,,,, _ . of6ce, c4 oll .;;iu 101. 139 I Worcstr & / '•:.-: , 1•,-. f';tritml. I•rititer. at The Su" .'"-- s o 7s 4L 50 LeicstrSiNtlii 83 4/. i 70 I llinning.i Loughborogh!l42 701. ;1050 Wilts & Mks 67 1L 4s. Stra ,•., in !:, . P - ,,,,,,,, , : - of the SavVY, in Middlesex, Monday, March 3, 1845. .... % e (4, h ka4 to cb 4 04 ' 1 Ap t gi h ult., at Tockington, u0.,..--- 0 Esq., aged 78. • 1 4 - ; - 4 ? ''''': -- -- -- iriiii II! \ I 'Y 'l 't 4 . , - : --- -- ---- ivRDO p• r ~..,.: ...r,.... Published by A , nf 6ce. col of ik, 1 4; ( 1 1 :1' ) . ;tr.ii , d. l'rititer. at The Su? , ,2" - t he t,' i , '' P - ,...:,- :- of the Savvy, la t he l fl Monday, March 3, 1845. 1 1 / 4 .11. 411 t.. 14 ' , ) /ri ..." ..- 4 E ___ _. NIL