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ISM " lb .~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN' NCT, OCTOBER 1, 1845. THE REGISTRATION. MIDDLESEX. IMPORTANT DECISION.-RIGHT OF SHAREHOLDERS OF A BUILDING SOCIETY TO VOTE. Monday Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., held his court at the Green Man, Bethnal-green, to revise the parish lifts dr the district. Mr. James and Mr. Fetch attended as agents for the Liberal party, and Mr. Payne for the " Tories. Richard Henry Ashford claimed for share in eight eehold houses, which share is of the annual value of 40s. and upwards. Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, Cooper's-gardens, and 5,6, and 7, Little Manchester street. The claim leas obj.eted to by the Tories. Mr. James stated the facts of the case, and supported them by putting in a deed of settlement, and the con veyances of the several properties. He said that twenty-one persons entered into a deed of settlement or agreement to pay into the treasurer's hands two shillings • and sixpence per week, to a society to be called " The 47" • house Property Association," the object of the association • to be, to purchase or take freehold hereditaments for the perpose of repairing and letting the same for the equal 'tweet - it of the members, and the proceeds arising from jeine stock to be collected and received and added to the ea7)ie.l in accumulation for tio benefit of the share r; hol-'er, , , or divided, as they might.'agree. It appears thpt in the yelr 1335 the fund had enabled them to purch as e , a f:erbelel estate, again in 1842, and, on another date, 4 third freehold estate, which' was purchased with the re - ;of the society, and conveyed to live trustees, in flee with the deed of settlement, the purchased proje.ley_ now yielding to each shareholder eighty shil lings and upwards per annum. And Mr. James con• tended that, although it was conveyed o trustees it was purchased . with the moneys of the claimants, and they V a rpitt e latoslutti.quttabli. interest in the estate, sufficient to entitle the stetute of 8 Henry VI., cep. 7, to the ri-ht to ve.le: end in suppert cf his argument quoted the de .. ci,een of the Common Pleas, in the case of Baxter, ap - Felent, and Newman, respondent, decided last May. Mr. PANNE contended that they were not in the abso lute'-receipt of the rents, and therefore the names could 7 ta,ot.be regained. tA^r. Mr. Ashford was examined, and proved that if the char-hollers wished it they might receive the rents, in -7 stead e f allowing them to accumulate. The Coutee• said it was clear the claimants had an estate. s iNheity, and that sufficient value had been shown entitereaeh to vote. Nineteen had been shareholders score than twelve months. He should, therefore, decide their claims to be good. It was clear these persons joiner/ their stock together to reap an advantage from the rise in the value of the property they might purchase, and he raw no objection to it. The other two names were strale off. Tids decision will induce shareholders of building societies to claim to vote, and will place it in ower of the workieg classes to obtain the franchise ,~ ~~. with their savings. The result of the eay's revision was a majority in f:w;ur of the Liberal party of 143, making a total ma jority up to this time of 832. POTA Ti P ROT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The anxiety caused by the above-named epi demic cannot: fail to draw the attention of every friend of humanity. I, tLerefore, need offer no apology for offering a suggestion, which may probably be of the utmost importance to millions of our fellow creatures. - Upon examination by the microscope, the disease in the ptato appears to me to be caused by an insect re sembfing the teams tribe. which first burrows under the skit,, and then extends its ravages to the heart of this most useful tuber. From this view of the subject, I am inluced to suggest to your agricultural readers the Lat's' i:y of getting their crops out of the ground as 'i,!ily ss possible—to give the potatoes a good washing - e-water mixed with sulphur—a thorough cleansing eritif e., 1 .4 spring water being premised, in order to free them from all remains of soil, and allow the former Et.p plieation to get at and destroy these destructives. By these simple means I am led to hope that the further proo-e,s of the disease st ay be arrested, which other wis no doubt continue to progress after the potatoes are huused and pitted.—l am your obedient servant, E. W. HOWEY. Bromyard, Sept. 29, 1845. c i i:1 ha TH. IRON TRADE.—The ucual preliminary meet ing of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire, preparatory to the general quarterly meetings, was held at Dudley on Thurs. - lay last, and was very numerously attended. The proceedinps of these preliminary meetings are considered strictly private ; but we may state generally that the actual business resolved itself into a confirmation of the late ad vance of 20s. per ton upon bar and other sorts of manufac turel iron. It was, hoT, -. ever, apparent, from what trans .pireo., that, though prices . were "thus flied, there was a very elm - 1g f,aelitiF, that another advance would shiwtly take place. otvlAg ti.oihe immense demand for railway iron ; and some of ironmasters present expressed their determination omit sales at the existing rates. It remains to be seen vhetber any further rise will be declared at the quarterly meetings next month. Most of the ironmasters, we under stand, complain of being too full of •orders.—Bi rmingham JOU rn al. ACCIDENT BY GuNrowDEß.—Monday evening, between live and six o'clock, an accident occurred to a youth ton rears of age, named Searle, residing at Hop-gardens, St. Yariin's-lane, by an explosion of gunpowder. The boy, in company with several companions, had purchased a quantity o' gunpowder, and rolled some of it up in brown paper, very tiglit, fir the purpose of making a loud report. The boy In:col-v(1 a light, and holding it to the paper, it immediately .It.ileaf. and shattered his right arm nearly to the shoulder. report and screams of the unfortunate sufferer brought assistance, and he Was removed to Charing-cross Hospital, where, on his admission, amputation of the arm was obliged to be performed. SHEERNESS, SBPT. 27.—An accident, which had well nigh terminated in the destruction of all concerned, oc eurred in the dockyard yesterday afternoon. A party of sllipwrights and labourers, to the ntunber of from twenty to twenty-five, employed on the Fury steam-frigate now build ing by task and job work, were about laying down a "shelf piece," a large plank of English oak of nearly wton in weight, which they had conveyed to a stage erected for planking the topsides of the vessel, when one of the wooden supporters of the stage gave way, and the planks of which it was composed snapped like a reed and precipitated eight or ten of the fore most men, very fortunately not to the bottom of the slip, but to a stage about fifteen feet below, on which another party were employed planking the vessel. Had they fallen to the bottom of the slip, all must have been killed. Another for tunate incident in the catastrophe was, that the stage which gave way was above the wall shores which support the vessel on her keel, and thus the immense shelf-piece and the greater number of the planks which gave way slid harmlessly away . from those employed under. As it happened, however, it was Serious enough ; for, although there have' been no broken bones, ten men have received several severe wounds and bruises, which it is feared will incapacitate them from work 11,r some time. Of the men employed under, only one re 'ceived atry -- Consideraisle injury, the rest having escaped by running away when hearing the supporter giving way. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SEPT. 22.—An immense number of communications on the disease of the potato were announced at this sitting. Amongst them was one in which the name of M. Clerget, the inventor of a new process for making potato flour, was particularly mentioned. Nearly all the papers concur in declaring that the disease with which the potato is affected is not poisonous. M. Cler get has at this moment before the Academy some specimens cf his production, and we think we shall render a service to the public in stating the object of his invention ; for if the potato crop has been a failure this year in some parts of ynrspe, there are others in which it is rich both in quality and quantity, and it is desirable to show to what important uses this vegetable may be applied. Everybody knows that large quantities of starch flour are made in France from the potato, and that it is much used in domestic economy; but this flouri is unfit for panification, and by the peculiar pro cess that it undergoes, the taste is far from agreeable. The float- made by M. Clerget contains not merely the starch, but also the fibre of the potato, with its bran ; it is free from un pleasant taste; it will keep for several years where the best wheaten flour would decay or materially deteriorate, and made into bread or biscuit it is light of digestion, and exceed ingly nutritious; mixed in the proportion of one part potato flour to one part of wheaten flour, the bread is better than if made from the flour of wheat exclusively, and is about 30 per cent. cheaper. The flour obtained by M. Clerget from the potato is equal to nearly one-third of the entire mass, namely, 20 per cent. of the starch principle, and 10 per cent. of the bran and fibre. His process is a scientific application of the old woman's process of mixing potatoes in the making of bread. This is well known. The potatoes are first boiled, then dried before a tire, and rubbed up with the wheat flour. M. Clerget produces the same result in the form of flour, omitting all the extraneous and useless portions of the vege table, and providing for commerce on a large and improved scale a means of subsistence as cheap as it is wholesome.— M. ihot made another communication on the polarisation of light, but it adds nothing material to what has already been stated on this subject.—M. Geoffroy read to the Academy tl:e instructions prepared by a Committee for the scientific voyage to Bresil and Mexico of M. Felix d'Arcet. They are very comprehensive, for they comprise all the various ques tions of geology, zoology, medicine, agriculture, and che nistry. A FIGHT AT A UILIAPEL.—A regular row occurred on Sunday morning last at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Dawgreen, Dewsbury, in consequenbe of one of the mort gagees (who is also one of the trustees) having sold his mod g sp. to another sect (it is said the Baptists), and engaged to give rossession to their preacher on Sunday morning last. This havieg got to the ears of the other trustees and Sun day.-school teachers, they secured the keys of the c h ape l , an d on the arrival of th e minister and some friends an attempt wail made to obtain them by force, which was the cause of a general row. It is said as many as seven battles were going on at once out of doors, besides the tumbling over forms, &c. in the schopl, the children running screaming home, and the teachers eventually ejecting the intruders. The chapel was not opened for service until the afternoon, when all went quietly on 9-3 usual, and the concern is now put into the hands of the lawyers.—Halifax Guardian. NOVEL EXPERIMENT WITS! MONSTER FIRE BAL- LooNs.—Three monster fire-balkons were let off from dif ferent parts of the metropolis by Henry Wells, Esq., editor of the iLrosiatie Magazine. By means of an ingenious con trivance three thousand bills were distributed from them in various lots, which passed through the atmosphere in a most amuzing and Extraordinary manner, resembling as closely as pos•Pole the descent of an immense flock of birds. Mr. Wells tested successfully an invention of his for the purpose of extinguishing the fire when the balloon ig in the air, so as to prevent dangerous consequences at the descent. The bal loons were constructed of ornamented silver paper thirty six feet in circumference. TiiE M oons. — Grcuse-shooting continues good. Sir IL INlreux, Mr. Arabin, Mr. Pole, Mr. Broadhurst, and Mr. Majositunks, have had first-rate sport at Dundriggan, baying barged I,IGO brace, including black game anlltar migin, besides six red d eer. R. Creyke, Vaughan, Esq., at Corelmony, have bagged ung..w and E. brace of grouse, four ro e , d eer, and two stags; La.rdliPopoha6T, E'q., and two friends at Dalmigavie, have terminated a g scazon, having killed 800 br a c e o f grouse. Last week, Sir St. George Gore, Bart., bagged t o hi s own gun, at Achnadar rock, 317 head, including grouse, black game, hare, and . snipe.—lnverness Courier. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 26.—The August shipeare arriving together in London, and as the cargoes they bring are large, the trade there are holding off, expect • log seine reaction in prices when these are ready for the znarket ; this cause has also made us qdiet here thi s wee k , and the transactions have not exceeded 500 hhds., but at ftdly former prices ; we have very little more direct supply to expect here this season, and consequently importers show much firmness. Refined goods are rather dull, and pur chases could possibly be made on easier terms than was practicable lad week.—Bristol arecule. - .t\ THE CORN-TRADE. (From the Mark lane Express.) By the official account just published, it appears that the stocks of Grain, Flour, and Pulse under lock in the United Kingdom were as follow, on the sth instant : Wheat 444,4081 aAg lust which Wheat ......330,893 59 Earley Oats ...... 89,712147 there were on L thesth fS eY- Oats Rve 2,546 Rye — ternber, 1844 Leans 48,073 Lean5......... 4,810 Peas Peas The difference in the quantity of wheat on hand is not very great ; but it must be borne in mind, that at this period last year, one of the most abundant crops gathered for years had just been secured, whereas at present a proportion of the harvest is still abroad. and that part saved is of decidedly inferior quality, besides being defi cient in quantity to the acre. What might then have been considered a good stock cannot now be regarded as such, and unless the reports of the indifference of the yield are greatly exaggerated, and the failure in the potato crop proves much less extensive than it is represented to be, ive shall unquestionably require an extensive impor tation from abroad. It therefore becomes a matter of interest to ascertain whence assistance, in case we should require it, is to he had. Over a large portion of conti nental Europe the result of the harvest has been wore ihau:picious than in Great Britain, and stacks of old wheat having previously been reduced into a very narrow compass, it would nut be an easy matter to si cure important supilies without paying high prices. Dantzic is n early the only place in the 13.. !tie where any great quantity of wheat is held, and there tlse total amount falls materially short of 500,000 quarters. At Rostock, Stettir, and most of the other Loner Baltic parts, the old wheat seems to have been completely ex hausted; and there will hardly be time before the setting in of winter for supplies of moment of the new crop to be brought forward. Holland and Belgium have for some time been drawing supplies from the Baltic, to say nothing of the shipments of bonded wheat from Eng land to those counpies. It appears, therefore, that a ) owl what may still reach us from the Canadas and the United States of America, and a moderate quantity from Dantzic, no material assistance can be expected from foreign countries until the spring of next year. Under these circumstance's it is not to be wondered at that holders of parcels in bond here should have raised their pretensions, more particularly as a fall in the duty may, after the important advance which has recently taken place in prices of English, be reckoned on with some deer, e of certainty. The reports which have reached us since our last, re specting the progress made with the harvest in the north, are not of a character to allay the excitement previously felt on the subject. The heavy rain which fell up to the 21st instant was succeeded by dry, but unusually cold weather. Sharp frosts were experienced on the nights of the 22d and 23d instant, arid though the temperature has since risen, the shift of wind to the southward threatens a return of wet. The interval of dry weather has hitherto been of too short duration to admit of much corn being carried, and the extreme cold has prevented that not before ripe making much pro gress towards maturity. It is, therefore, feared (and not without reason) that the more backw a rd parts of the kingdom may fare even worse than the south; and as the reports of the yield from the forward districts do not by any means improve as thrashing is proceeded with, the estimates of the results of the harvest become daily more discouraging. These considerations have had their effect on the minds of sellers as well as buyers, and, with a greater inclination to purchase, less disposition his been manifested .to sell. The upward movement . his, consequently, continued, and at some of the princi pal markets materially enhanced terms have beau paid for wheat. At Liverpool, on Tuesday, a great deal of excitement prevailed, and important bargains were closed at very high terms. Not only was free wheat quoted 6d. to 9d., and bonded 6d. to Is. per 701 b. higher than on that day .week, but all other articles rose in nearly the same pro portion. Flour of British manufacture rose 4s. per sack, and foreign 2s. per barrel, whilst eats, barley, beans, and peas, as well as oatmeal, met a ready sale at advanced terms. Later in the week holders raised their preten sions still further, and good qualities of wheat, whether free or in bond, were on Friday held 2d. per 701 b above Tuesday's rates. The advises from Hull of Tuesday, though not so lively as those from Liverpool, are, nevertheless, of a decidedly firm character, and the business done there in wheat was at prices 2s. to 3s. per quarter above those current on that day se'nnight. A similar enhancement was also paid at Leeds on Tuesday, with rather a lively inquiry for the article. At Wakefield, on Friday, the business done was not very extensive; the advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter demanded, being paid with reluctance. The reports from the western and north-western parts of the kingdom are of a very firm tone. At Bris tol, on Thursday, old wheat was quoted 45., and new 2s. per quarter higher than on that day week, and both sorts were in fair request. The Birmingham market, on the same day, was well supplied with wheat • notwith standing which, prices 3s. to 4s. per quarter above those of that day se'nnight were realised. In the agricultural districts the advance has been quite as great as at the chief consuming towns, and at the principal shipping ports on the east coast a good deal of business has been done at rates from 2s. to 4s. per quarter above those previously current. A week or two must elapse before these high sales can come into the returns, and it is probable that th e duty may advance a step before it begins to recede; ulti mately a much lower duty may, however, be expected. By our Scotch advises we learn that harvest opera tions, which had been interrupted by the heavy rain that fell between the 16th and 22d, had again been actively resumed ; it will nevertheless, require some weeks of dry weather to get in what is still abroad. The lively reports from the south had caused sellers of wheat to demand materially enhanced terms. At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the article rose about 3s. per quarter, and at Glasgow the rise amounted to 2s. 6d. per boll, being equal to ss. per quarter. Much anxiety was felt there to ascertain in how far the potato crop had been injured by the disease so prevalent in England, but as nothing very positive is stated on the subject, we are inclined to think that the mischief is not great in that part of the kingdom. From Ireland the complaints in regard to this matter are, however, becoming general ; even along the west coast, where the crop was previously stated to have escaped injury, the root has, it is stated, been discovered to have been attacked. In the southern parts of the island the bulk of the grain had, we are informed, been got in, and even in the north the fields were fast being cleared. On the whole, we are disposed to think that the harvest will turn out better in Ireland than on this side of the Channel. The rise in the English markets had had the effect of causing an ad vance in the value of both wheat and oats. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been rather liberal, 8,401 quarters having been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. Of this quantity a large portion is from Lincolnshire, being the first receipts thence of the new crop. We have seen samples of several of the cargoes, and find the quality very much inferior to that of last year; the condition is, however, tolerably good, and a less proportion of old will be necessary in grinding the Lincolnshire wheat than what will be requisite to make good flour of that grown in Kent and Essex. The bulk of the arrival from the first-named county has gone to the millers direct, and the quantity exhibited at Mark lane has ta en comparatively small. Neither on Wednesday nor Friday was there much wheat on sale ; and, though the fineness of the weather had some little influence on the trade, factors remained extremely firm : so far from making any concession, they seemed rather disposed to raise their pretensions. The business actually done was not important, but buyers had t o p a y fully Monday's currency for what they required for immediate use. The transactions in free foreign wheat have likewise been on a restricted scale, owing partly to the want of fine qualities, all that has recently arrived from abroad having been landed under lock. Superior Dantzic and good heavy qualities of red hare been taken in small quantities at very high rates, and other descriptions have not in any instance been sold cheaper than on Monday. Bonded wheat has been inquired for; the extravagant prices demanded have, however, prevented important sales : for moderately good red, 465. to 475. per quarter have been asked ; and a cargo of fine Rostock was, we believe, placed at 505. per quarter ; for Dantzic and other favourite varieties equally high prices have been demanded. The enhancement recently established in prices of flour has been reluctantly paid by the bakers, and the contracts closed have not been so large this as the pre ceding week. Bonded flour has been held very high, which has checked business. • With small arrivals of barley, and an improved de mand, prices have steadily moved upwards. The sales made on Wednesday were on terms which could not have been obtained in the beginning of the week, and on Friday the advance amounted to fully ls. per quarter on Monday's currency. There has not been much barley in bond off.red of late, and the samples exhibited have been held at very high rates. Malt has met with more inquiry during the week, and has risen ls. per quarter in value. A few small parcels of English and Scotch oats have come to hand, the former consisting of new Lincolnshire, but the Scotch being of last year's growth. We cannot say much in praise of the new English, the samples which have hitherto come forward being mostly mixed with green corns. From Ireland a parcel or two of good quality have come to hand. Old oats, notwithstanding the large arrivals of foreign (32,659), have, throughout the week, met a ready sale at fully previous prices ; and, unless the supplies are followed by further liberal re ceipts, there is little chance of any decline occurring. The inquiry for beans has rather slackened, and the article was obtainable on slightly reduced terms at the close of the week. Peas were also somewhat difficult of disposal, and cer tainly Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper than on Monday. DREADFUL BOILER ERLOSIONo--FIVE LIVES LOST. —On Wednesday forenoon last, about eleven o'clock, an ac cident of a most awful nature occurred at Batley Carr, near Dewsbury, whereby five men lost their lives. It appears that the boiler belonging to the scribbling mill of Messrs. Day and Newsome was too small for the work which is re quired to be done, in consequence of which the safety valve had been overweighted and cause the explosion. The names cf the men who have unfortunately lost their Jives are John Foster, who'had to take care of the engine, John Stead, Martin Leather, John Clarkson, and Joseph Brook. Foster has left a wife an d one child. The other four men had only just gon e i nto t h e boiler-house before the explosion took place.—Doncaster Gazette. CitomwELL.—As a good deal of discussion is gGing on just now as to whether Cromwell shall have a statue or n pb o o r ge i se, t s i m oan a c y a so notf t k e le u vn n . in Se o s n t i i h n foe g r i t nf o aec k iei n yo o fa w that there is in the f which C oo p er painted the celebrated portrait C pri ro n m t i s nw el et l lh e l r ,e anm in das C ft am reorm,s - Lodge, at Sidney College. It wasx e e r n to Mr. Mason by f the Cs unablee O s le o. g n e e to of andtgget the late Dr. Ellibttai, form.rly uncle of the celebrated comedian of that name. Dr 'll cast, even e t v e e m n as th t r e e r a , t t e ri nin ed g e l v a e w ry pr , means tnos proceedings, regain butwpaao it back.— Cambridits Caronick. sham, and Exmouth (Daw's line), % p. —Ditto (Head's), 14 •p —Eastern Counties, 214—Ditto, New, 7% p. HUDDERSFIELD, Sim'. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grand Union, 4% — Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 41—Leeds and Liver pool, 3 1 4 p.—Worcester. Shrewsbury, and Crewe, 4 1 / 2 . SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 29. STOCK Excr4ANcit.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 21 —Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 22 1 4—London and Brighton, 7414—South Eastern, No. 2 (New Creation), 131/4—Cale donian, 14—Derby and Gainsborougb, 4/. 4s.—East Lincoln shire, 6 1 / 2 —Goole and Doncaster, 6 1 / 4 —Grimsby and Shef field, 22 1 4 —Huddersfield and Sheffield, 48—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 5/. 18s. 6d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid land Junction, 8 1 / 4 —Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 6 3 / 4 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 8/. Is. ad. HULL, SErr. 29. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darren, and Bolton, 11—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 41— Axholme, 40s. 6d.—Cambridge and Lincoln, New, 5 Chelmsford and Bury, 2%—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 4 3 / 4 Derby and Gainsborough, 59s.—•Direct Northern, 3—East Coast, VA —Glasgow and Dumfries, VA—Grand Union, 4 1 4 —Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 17s. 6d. —Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 5 1 A Leicester and Bedford, 41. 4s. 6d.—Liverpool and Leeds, 3%—London and Birmingham Extension, 2 %—Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North cf England, 605.--Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 6% —Nottingham and Boston, 4%—North Staffordshire, 12s.—Norwich Direct, 125.—Rugby and Huntingdon, VA —South Midland, 71. 153. 9d.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 7 3 / 4 —Trent Valley Continuation, 3 1 4—Welsh Mid land, 41. 11s. 6d.—York and Carlisle, 5 1 4—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, Si. I s. Bd. YORK, SErr. 29. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar lington Junction, New (Brandling), 53—York and North Midland, Extension, 30--Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming ham, and Leicester, 4%—Grand Union, 4th—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, M l A—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, s—Leicester and Bedford, 41. ls.—London and York, 6%—London and Manchester (Rem.), 43A—Man chester, Buxton, Sze., 91—Newcastle and Berwick, 19 3 / — North Western, - 6 1 4—Welsh Midlands, 436—York and Car lisle, 5. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAAL ADIALGAMATIOIT WITH THE LONDON AND BER — MING - HA:SI CONFIRNED.—The Manchester and Birmingham Company held a meeting on Monday in the Corn Ex - change, Hanging Ditch, Manchester, for the purpose of • the directors submitting to the shareholders their report, _ containing the terms upon which it was proposed to amal. gamate with the London and Birmingham Company. 9 2 1 ii The meeting was very numero us ly a tt en d e d, an d M r . 90 14 Worthington, deputy. chairman, presided. 5 The SECRETARY then read the directors' report, which 2% stated that in pursuance of the fifth resolution of the half-yearly general meeting of the company, held at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on the sth of September, a deputation was appointed at the follow - ing weekly meeting of the directors, with instrue• Lions to renew negotiations for an amalgama _ bon of this company on terms likely to be generally acceptable to the proprietors. That the deputation, consisting of J. P. Westhead, Esq., chairman of the company, William Rawson, Esq., and Thomas Thompson, E.g. (the earliest opportunity of communi cating to theAondon and Birmingham the fact of their appointment . having been taken), proceeded to Lo n d on Monday,,4be 14th inst., accompanied by th e l aw clerk and seglietary of the Company ; that the London and Birminoiata Company named a deputation from their body, ditt3eiSting of George Carr Glyn, Esq,, the chairman; Themes Smith, Esq., and Thomas Cooktey, Esq., to receir and to treat with the deputation from the Manchestr and Birmingham Company; and that a' meeting was'Nrranged to take place between the re - speetive deputations on Tuesday, the 14th inst., at twelve o'clock, noon, at the Euston station' ; that, after a conference of several hours' duration, an arrangement for an amalgamation of the two Companies was imme diately entered into, subject to the ratification of the Proprietors, upon the following terms :—The present nominal capital of the Manchester and Birmingham Company is 2,100,0001., represented by the following _ shares : 30,000 shares at 40Z each, all paid up, amounting to 30,000 ditto 101.-41. ditto 120,000 _ 60,000 ditto 101.-2/..ditto 120,000 26 I Making altogether 1,440,000 Remaining to call up on the quarter shares 660,000 The Company are also empowered to capital ise their existing debt of 2,100,000 700,000 £2,800,000 It is considemd that the 660,0001. remaining uncalled up on the quarter shares will be required to complete the works and undertakings of the Company, as already sanctioned by Parliament. The Manchester and Bir mingham Ceinpany are to accept such dividend for the current half-year, terminating 31st Jan. next, as the profits of th&r own Company will afford. From the Ist February to 31st July, 1846, the London and Birming ham Compa cy guarantee a dividend to the Manchester and Birmingiliam Company after the rate of 8 per cent. on their paitTs up capital of 1,440,000 ; and from 31st July, 1846, to Ist February, 1847, a dividend after the rate of 9 per cent. on the capital of 1,800,0001, or on so much of it as. shall have then been called up. And on a like rate of dividend from Ist February to 31st July, - 1847, on a plu'd-up capital of 2 100,000/., or upon so much thereoti as shall have th en b een ca ll e d. F rom 31st 54 July, 1847, to the same date in 1848, the Proprietors - will be entitl , Id to dividends on their capital of 2,100,000/, - or so much thereof as shall have been cared up equal to - that at the ti'ane payable in respect of the same amount _ of stock to the London and Birmingham Company ; and - from the 31st of July, 1848, the Manchester and Birminghatit Proprietors will be entitled to the same rate of dividend as the London and Birming - ham Proprietors received on ther entire capital - of 2,800,000/, such part, if any, of this capital as may not be then called up being debited with inte _ - rest after the Tate of five per cent. per annum. It is in - tended to apply, in the next session of Parliament, to - effect the amalgamation of the two Companies on the terms agreed upon. The Manchester end Birmingham - Company are to be at liberty immediately to capitalise their existing loans of 700,0001. by an immediate issue of new stock, which will give four new shares of 10/. to .. the holders of every then existing 401. share, and a new - share of 101. to every holder of the then existing quarter-shares ; but beyond the payment of a deposit, it - 53( is not intended to call up the capital represented by these 3% new shares until, under the terms of the above arrange - - ment, it will become entitled to a p art i c i pat i on i n the full amount of , dividend payable to the London and Bir __ - mingham proprietors, viz., from the 31st of July, 1848, - to the Ist of February, 1849. It is proposed, therefore, to make arrangements to issue to the proprietors - who may be registered as such, in the books of the - C om p an y, on the Ist of Nove m b er next, 75,000 new O that is, of every holder in the line of Birming ham - 101. shares, wlaich will be distributed in th e propor tionsneeedr 1201. Ma nc h ester and 101. shares, and so on i n the like pr oper.s toe threek, a four above- named j o u v r n - s o tien for the hol iers of quarter shares. The two Companies - are to participate pro rain in all future issues of stock, - which may be required in any joint undertaking for 4% which Acts of Parliament have to be o b ta i ne d . Y our 2% Directors coralially agree with the deputation in sub - witting their arrangements for the approval of the pro - prietors." Mr. THOMPSON then came forward and read the reso _ - lution, which was to the effect that the meeting should - confirm the terms of amalgamation proposed, and should give the Directors power to carry them out. In pro - posing the resolution, he entered into a long and de - tailed explanation of the report, with the view, as h e - said, of enabling the proprietors to understand - thoroughly what the plain and precise nature of those - terms were. He congratulated the shareholders upon having come to this arrangement, but he bad no doubt but their line would, in a few years, reach the maximum - value to which law had limited railway property - namely, 10 per cent., and therefore, in their negotia tion with the London and Birmingham Company, they had taken care to come to no arrangement in which that - fact was not kept in view, and formed the basis cf their bargain.—(Cheers.) The present meeting had been called in order to give legal effect to the arrangement, - but a special meeting would be called in a very short time for the purpose of finally closing it. In order to prevent any misunderstanding, he wished it to be dis . tinctly understood that the interest which this Company • would have in the Trent Valley would be included in ▪ this bargain. He mentioned this fact in order that the shareholders should thoroughly understand their posi • tion. The railway mania had now attained to such a • height, that he understood that there were no fewer than ten projects on foot for making a more direct road from Manchester to London.—(Laughter.) The esti mated cost of them was 23,000,0001, on which a deposit had been paid of 2,300,0001, which no doubt would, be disposed of by lawyers and engineers. However, he believed that this Company was the only one that would really make a new line to London by Mac clesfield and Lichfield. He then called attention to the advantages which the Company had offered to the public within the last three years. Amongst those he enumerated were, that they had made reductions of from 22 to 28 per cent. in the charges by the first-class car riages, and the time occupied in the journey to London had been also much lessened. He said that in the late negotiation with the London and Birmingham Company the deputation had been met in a courteous and in a busi ness-like manner, and no diTosition whatever was evinced either to drive a hard bargain, er to take the least advantage. In answer to a question from a Share holder, he said that this Company would have no parti cipation in any stock issued by the London and Birming. ham Company antecedent to this arrangement, but that they would participate in all future issues of such. The capital of this Company was limited to 2,800,0001. What the capital of the London and Birmingham Compan3 was he could not say, but whatever it was under existing Acts, this Company would share in all future issues in proportion to the amount of their respective capitals. 2% Mr. ltawsoie, in seconding the resolution proposed by Mr. Thompson, spoke at great length on the value of the shares of this Company. He also expressed his con viction that no other Company would be allowed to make the line by Macclesfield and Lichfield but this, fur it would be ridiculous to have three lines all t sinning pa rallel to each other 'in the same direction. He would wish to disabuse the public mind of the impression that the London and Birmingham Company had too much to do. He would rather see a train start every ten minutes than as at present ; it could be easily done if they had a little more station-room. He concluded by denouncing the many chimerical schemes that were now in the mar ket, and said he would never take shares in one of them. The resolution was then put, and unanimously ado e ted ,• after which The CHAIRMAN read a letter. from Mr. Westhead, tenderipg his resignation as Chairuntu of the , beard, but the meeting resolved to send a deputation to request that he would retain the President's chair, and keep it per manently. A vote of thanks was then passed to the deputation, and also a special vote to the saute effect to Mr. Rawson individually, for the manner in which he had effected the negotiation. its being chosen for such purpose, it would then become, from a small town, a large and flourishing sea port. The Commissioners for inquiring into harbours, ex pressly state that it would be, had it good communication with the interior, the best port for landing and shipping the West India mails. They say that its waters are perfectly safe and tranquil in the most tempestuous weather, so that the mails could at all times be put on board, or landed, and coals be taken in. It is riot our object to otablish a comparison be tween Falmouth and Dartmouth t bulitiastifficient to state that Dartmout h has merits of its own, which Make gooditsclaim tog large traffic. The Dartmouth and Exeter line gives the necessary connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Exe:er, and so with Bristol, Gloucester, Biritingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and the north; white the Yeovil lines, or other direct lirtes. will give the main thing —a , short communication with the metropolis: Brixham is another important point which is accommodated by this line. Brixham is the port of Torbay anchorage, and has shipping belonging t o it o f 20 , 00 0 tons, besides fishingl craft. Brix ham employs 1,500 seamen, and the merchants are very tle sirous of having railway - accommodation. Torquay, an ad mired watering-place, is now a steam-boat station to the . Channel Isles ; , ttnd there are also the towns and stations of Paignton, newton, Chudleigh, and Moretonhampstead.— Exeter Paper. DEATH OF JUDGE STORY. This eminent man is no more. `I He died on Wednes day evening at his residence in Cambridge at a quarter before nine o'clock. His pulse had teased to beat and his hands were cold before eight o'clock. His dis ease was stoppage of the intestines, or internal strangu lation, which two years ago caused the death of Hugh St Legarti, Attorney General of the United States, then Oil a visit to Boston. Joseph Story was born in 1780. He graduated at Harvard University in 1798. He was appointed Asso ciate Justice of the United States, by President Madison, in 1811. In addition to the duties of Judge of the Su preme Court he devoted much of his time to the Cam bridge Law School as Daue Professor of Law in Har vard University. His commanding talents as a lawyer, and the peculiar felicity with which he imparted to others the rich stores of his own mind, gave Harvard Law School a pre-eminence over all other similar insti tutions. It is a painful coincidence that the principals of our two great law institutions, Harvard and Yale, should have passed from the scenes of their labours to the world of spirits with but a few days intervening between their deaths. The fame of Story was not confined to our country. He bud a deservedly high European reputation. His name reflected honour on the high post of honour which he held. Jay, Ellsworth, Marshall, Story and others have given character to the Court and made it what the framers of the constitution intended it to be, the crowing glory of a free and law abiding people. Few of the great men who have given lustre to tin? Supreme Court have done so much for the clear exposition of its laws. Mar shall and Story rank side by side in this respect. Cool judgment, great learning, firmness of character, strict integrity, a clear head and pure h ear t, rendered him eminently fit for that place, now vacant, and which we fear cannot be filled. A substitute we may and will have—his equal we cannot expect to find. The lofd ne:,s of his intellect, the purity of his gentle spirit— the magic spell with which his cony-rsation charmed his hearers, made him the idol of every circle in which he moved. But this is neither the time nor place to write his his tory or his eulogy. While we bow with submission to the overruling will of Providence, we may be permitted to mourn the misfortunes of our country in the loss of her brightest jewels—Th om p son , Baldwin, Story. taken from a single department of our Government in so short a time. Truly we are fallen] upon gloomy days when star after star fades from our horizon, leaving us in com parative darkness to mourn their setting, ulas ! never again to rise in that sky where their light is so much needed.—lV eta York Tribune. SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN NORTH AUDLEY-STREET. —On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Bed ford, in the Board-room of St. George's Hospital, respecting the death of John Gill, aged sixty-seven years, a glazier. It appeared in evidence that, on Wednesday afternoon last, the deceased and several men were employed in repairing a house in North Audley-row, North Andley-street. They fixed some ropes round a piece of lead weighing about a hundred weight, for the purpo-e of raising it to the roof, and when it was about twenty-five feet from the ground the rope suddenly snapped asunder, and the lead fell upon the de cealed. He was removed to the above hospital, wherein he died shortly after his admission from the effects of severe in jury to the brain, fracture of several ribs, and other injuries. Verdict—" Accidental death." EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE' OF CRANBERRIES.— Mr. Richard Cleminson, maltster, Millom, is the owner of a certain field of rough land containing about eleven acres, which formed a part of Millom Marsh previously to its in closure. From this field he has taken the astonishing quan tity of six bushels of very superior cranberries, and it is estimated that there are four bushels that yet remain to be gathered. Taking the value of the article at the moderate rate of Is. per quart, it is pretty evident that Mr. Cleminson will realise a greater profit by his crop of cranberries than if he had used the inclosure for pasturage. The field, previously to the berries being plucked, presented a very pleasing appearance to a distant spectator, as it seems to be covered with a cloth of the most vivid crimson,—Lan caster Guardian. A JEREMY DIDDLER CAUGHT.—Mr. Edlin, of the Bull Inn, Trumpi ng t on - s t ree t, was v i s i te d on Saturday morning last, by a plain matter-of-fact looking German, who sported a black wig, and claimed intimate acquaintance with several of the resident fellows of the university; he stated he was " came up" to attend lectures. Upon the faith of these representations Mr. Ellin supplied him with the best his house afforded, and on his application for a loose box, to hold a horse he expected by the rail, actually lent him a sovereign till he could get a remittance from his bankers, Messrs. Roberts and Curtis, to whom he wrote, giving Mr. Edlin the letter to post. On obtaining the money he ab sented himself from the house all night, which aroused the suspicion of Mr. Edlin, who watch d him on his return in the morning, and finding him packing up his not very extensive wardrobe, gave him into the custody of a police-constable, who brought him before the borough magistrates on Thurs day last. The 'gentleman, who exhibited a deal of cunning in his cross-examination of Mr. Edlin, and repeatedly begged he might have a private interview with the magistrates, was, to his utter astonishment, remanded till Tuesday on a charge of obtaining a sovereign from Mr. Edlin on false pretences. After an attempt to conceal his name, he ad mitted it to be Julius Rees, and that the letter to Roberts and Curtis for a remittance was altogether a ruse. Mr. Edlin's bill for eatables, &c., was somewhat over 41.—Cam bridge Chronicle. BANKING HOURS.—At a meeting of the Bank managers, held oa Thursday, it was resolved that public business in all the banks should, after the last week, close on Saturday at twelve o'clock. This step is taken in conse quence of the passing of the Act of last session of Parliament regulating the issues of the banks. The returns of notes in circulation are to be made up on Saturdays after the close of business, and to do this correctly exchanges of notes will, in the first place, require to be made. The change of hour will be no boon to bankers, who will be kept much later at work than formerly.—Glasgow paper. SHEEP SALES IN SUSSEX.—The sale of the Stone ham flock, consisting of 370 ewes, 240 lambs, and 23 rams, took place on Thursday, when, in spite of the inclement weather, not less than 300 persons were present, including the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Sheffield, Mr. Bryant (of New market), Mr. Jonas Webb (of Babraham), b es id es represen tatives of the M arqu i s of Bristol and the Duke of Manchester. The entire company having, by invitation of Mr. S. Gran tham, partaken of a substantial collation, the sale com menced. The price of the one-year ewes ranged from 655. 6d. to 78s. ; the two-years from 48s. to about 765., the best pen of all fetching Si. 155.; the three years ranged from 50s. to 1008., the prime pen reaching 71. 15s. a head; and the full mouthed, from 3/. 15s. to 61. 15s. The general run of ewe lambs was from 30s. to 355., the prime 40s. eaob. For rams the prices were not so high as expected—from 24 to 46 guineas. Rain lambs were sold at from seven to ten guineas, but a few realised as much as 13 or 14 guineas. Altogether, the flock realised to Mr. Grantham 1,1911. 19s.—On Saturday Mr. J. Ellman's annual sale and letting took place at Glynde, when 300 ewes were disposed of at an exact average of .555. each. The one-year old ewes ranged generally from 48s. to 515., one or two lots reaching as high as 545. and 575. ; of the two and three year old sheep there were only three lots, which were sold at 425., 435., and 445.; the aged excited a spirited competition, three lots fetching 725., 765., and 78s. a• head, while the prime pen of all was purchased by Mr. Jonas Webb, at five guineas each. A Live-years-old rain was knocked down to the Earl of Chichester at 25 guineas, and a three-years-old fetched the same sum. Another three-years-old was knocked down to Mr. Rigden, while a two-years-old fetched 18 guineas. We hear that several lots were purchased by a gentleman from Scotland.—Brighton Gazette. DEATH OF THE REV. MR. WILLIAMS.—EXTRA ORDINARY VERDICT.—On Saturday an inquest was held on the body of the Rev. H. P. Williams, by Thomas Gamble, Esq., county coroner, and a respectable jury, to inquire into the cause of the demise of the above-named gentleman. It appeared in evidence that, in 1831, the deceased resided in county Cavan, and was a magistrate there; that he received threatening notices; and that he was ultimately shot at. The jury agreed to the following finding, on the evidence of Mrs. Williams, Dr. Williams, Dr. Makey, and Dr. Waters : " We find that the Rev. Henry Frederick Williams died on the 12th of September, 1845, at Tramore, from the effects of a gun-shot wound inflicted on him on the 22d of July, 1834, near the village of Virginia, in the county of Cavan, by some person or persons to us unknown, and from which he had been constantly suffering." That is—Mr. Williams had lived eleven years and two months after receiving the wound.— Waterford Chronicle. THE STOCK 1441/CHANGE AND THE " STAGS." —. The Stock Exchange people have found it necessary to order a railing to be erected at the end of Capel-court, to prevent the intrusion of the "outsiders" —.persons who deal in scrip and allotment letters, but who are not admitted among the regular brokers. These gentlemen carry on their dealings in the open air, principally in Bartholomew-lane, but if the weather happens to be inclement they rush up Capel-court, and create such.an obstruction that the brokers are unable to obtain admission. There has been a large increase in the .number of unauthorised dealers during the last few weeks, a,,d judging from the huge packets ot scrip and letters which are hawked about, business must be extremely brisk. It is a curious fact, that persons who have been for years wan dering about London in a state of almost utter destitution have been metamorphosed into sharebrokers, and appear in " the Lane" amongst their brother dealers in attire which would reflect credit on the skill of a West end Schneider. STATE OF TRADE.—WhiIe work continues abun dant in many departments of our local trade, in the harness shawl line ' there has been a cons id era bl e reduction in the number of hands employed within the last ten or fourteen days. The manufacturers in this department seem quite re solved to keep their stocks down to fie demand, although there is still a good deal doii“ in the finer de scr ipti ons o f goods. In striped shawls of various fabrics, and In a great variety of tartan fabrics, there is a strong trade doing, but the complaint of low prices is general both with manufac facturers and workmen. With present rates the one class are unable to sustiiu loss, or any reduction in prices from the present low rates; and the workmen have to toil hard for but women or children's wages, which afford them but a bare subsistence.— Glasgow Saturday Post. A letter from Chateauneuf de-Mazenc (Drome) states that, on the night of the 21st inst., a dreadful storm of hail, rain, and lightning, burst over the neighbouring coun try, and did considerable damage. Several of the smaller streams became swollen from the immense fall of rain, and carried away their bridges. The beadle of the church of I3atie-Rolland was killed by the electric fluid, when ringing the bells in contravention of rile regulati,n, which forbid such an act. Other persons are also said to have bat their lives, but nothing certain was known when the letter was written. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENi SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. 4 . NAMES or RAILWAYS ' gl )-1 • g .; g 4 2 t P -P z 5 q Sept. ISept. rSept. rep 29. 29. 29. 29 , Aberdeen Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry . Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Bit knhel•Lan. & Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster 129 Do. New (iss .at 7% dis.) 31 Ditto Half Shares .... Birminghm&Oxird.Junc. Illekburn, and Preston.. Blekbum, Darwn,Se Bailin Bolton, A igtur, & Liverpl. —3 7 1 A 311 Boston, Stamftd and Birm 1% p 2%1 3 Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter ••• • • • Ditto New............ — Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caleden. and A yreh. Ju nc Caledon. & Dumber. Julie Calecb Man .• ••••• .. • • 115 1 15 1 4 I 1144 1 14 Ditto Extension ••• • • • 4 86s6d 41, Cambridge and Lincoln.. 514 1 :,',' 5!.y Chester and Birkenhead.. —.— Ditto New Shares •• • • Ditto Half Shares ,• .. Chester and H. lyhead .. 20% Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley ..... .... Clitheroe Junction Clydesdale Junction ..... Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon ... .... Cork and Killarney .. Cork and Waterford .. Cork and Youghal .. Canterbury and Dover.. Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall . • • • • • • ........ Derby and Crewe ....... Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beccles, & Yarmeth Directillan.(Remington't) 4% 4%1 Direct Northern .... .... 2% 3 61s3d' Direct Norwich .• • • • • ... 1 Dublin and Belfast June. 9 11 Dublin, Belfast, & Coln. e Dublin and Drogheda.... 92 - Dublin and Galway .•• • • 5% - Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath ... Dundee and Perth .. •• • • 8 Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) 23 Ditto (No. 2) .. 10% Eastern Counties .• • .. 22 li 21 1 4 213( ii Do. New ............. 8 p 11% 121' Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No. 1 p Do. do. No. 2 p East Dereham & Norwich East Uni0n............. Ditto Extension • • • • Edinhgh, Glas. ' and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares •• • 18 Do. New Quarter Shares 11% 11 Edinb. Leith, and Granton -- 28 Do. Pref. 5 per Cent • • Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth • • Ely and Huntingdon • • .• Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, 'Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Gamkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr . .• •• .. Do. Quarter Shares •• • • I Glasgow and Greenock • • Ditto New.. ......... Ditto Preference • • . (navvy, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Pa. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction ......... Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares • . Ditto New Quarters .. Ditto Eighths ........ 223¢ Grand Union ....... .... 4% 4% 4%1 Great Eastern & Western 3% 3% Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthm & Wstrn (hind) -- Ditto Extension .. •• -- Great Mun5ter.......... Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. 50 Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western ••• • • .... Ditto Half Shares .. • • 92 Ditto Fifths •.•.• . • . 36 Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Idarwieli . • ... .. .. .... 11udrsfld&Man.B.&Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough.. Hull and Selby.. ...... Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares ••, • Inverness and Elgin • ... Isle of Jersey ••••• • • • Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions ..... Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston Leeds and Bradford •• • • Ditto Extension .. .. Leeds and Dewsbury.... 34 38 Leeds and Thirsk .. .. .• . • 17% 21 Leeds &W. Biding June. 13% 14% Leicester & Birmingham I % p6ls6d Leicester and Bedford ... apl 4% Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares .... i Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl,Ormskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds •• • ... Ditto Quarters .• . •... 25 3 1 "London and Blackwall .. 9 Lndn. Oxfd . & Chltnliam. London and Brighton • • 173 Ditto Consolid. Eighths J London and Croydon 23% Ditto New . -•.•• • • .. 1)o. Guarant. 5 per Cat. London and Greenwich • • Do. Pref. or Privilege.. London and South Westra 783 Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. 16 16 Do. New, 401. Shares.. 12 London and York .• ••• .. G% 6% 6%1 Ditto (Bantry) .• • • • London and Windsor • . 3Z Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 4 Londonderry & Coleraine 514 6 Londonderry & Emaiskilln Lynn and Ely .... • • • • • • Lynn and Dereham .• •• • Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares —• • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths .• •. • . Manchstr and Birkenhead _. 3I Manchester & Birminghm ~. 90 e 0 92 ___ Ditto Quarter Shares . • 17 174 Ditto New Quarters . 153( 14% 14A Do. Con. & Welsh Junc. —3% Manehestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, &Malik 9% p Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr& Southamptn Midiand................ 169 171 Ditto Fifths •.—•• • • •• Ditto New ......• .... 263 26 Do. Con.Birm.& Derby Midlnd Gt Westru (Irish) 4% Do. Extension to Sligo Nervcstl & DarhigtnJunc. 83 62 De. New (Brandling) 53 52 Newcastle and Berwick.. 203 Newcastle and Carlisle • • Di wcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen.. 7 3 4 - - ? - 21i - 2 , ,i• - - 4 u 15_35! 19 1 A 1 , - 4 1 ,i, 43y 1 -5. 5%1 5 - 3% 31A -37 i - -4% - 3%1 3 % 3% - _ 7,1 ,i 5 --,,i 241 - - 23%l - 32% - - 1 - 23 I 24U1- 42X 43 - Ils 36d I - 1 - 52% 1 - - I - 241 2%1- 7%1 - 149 67M 5%i ..._ Newark and Sheffield . North British . • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern .• Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 56% Do. Quarter Shares .. North Devon • • ..... •• • • 3 % North Kent • • • • •• • • 4% 89s3d North Staffordshire • • 4% p 6% 7 North Eastern •••.• • • • • . 5% 7% North Union (A) ••.•• • • • 220 Ditto (8)........ North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares • • • • Nei th Western •• • • • • North Wales ••••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon Ditto New . • . • • • • • • • • • Not., Belvoir, & Oranthm Nottingham and Boston.. Non., Er wsh. Val. &Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester • . Oxford and Cambridge Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct...... Preston and Wyre • • Ditto Half Shares • Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar - Do. Pref. b per Ct. & dlr. Preston & Wyre Extern'. Richmond &K. End Juno 12 Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring —3% Scottish Central ...... 11% 11 Scottish Midland-- • • 433 - Sheffield and Manchester 146 145 Ditto Quarter Shares.. 19% 19 Ditto ditto (No. 2).. ig Ditto ditto (No. 3).. 12% 12 Sheffield and Lincoln.... 894 4% _— Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand Jane. —8% Shrewsb., Wor., & Crew e 4 4, 1 4 4% Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,& Lir 8% 9% 9%1 Sluwsbry & Trnt Val. UR. 2% 3 , 5, 4 Shrws, lierefd,& N. Wales Slamanns.n .• • • • • • • South Devon . • . • South Midland ••••• • • • • • 7%p South Eastern and Dover 43% Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 Do. (155.331.65.8 d.)., 2 Do. (iss. 301.) •• 3 Staines and Richmond .• • 3 Staffordshire 8c Shropshire TsSoteitiartFangsvdaalnDesdo.vD.e.inif..erm. Valley . 3141 23 6 Trent Valley .• ..... ••• • • 18 1 1 9 w W D e e s s o t t . :L ant n o l'i n d d d eli & o a nt i , Y. thr O h. l e d ad. .3 . c j ha • o an un res .c. .. _7 32 42% 41 Vale Wexford aed Carlow •• • • Warwick and Cheltenham 3%, Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wrcni,Wick& Dub 1% Wakefield and Bradford.. Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London ... West Lancashire • Worcester and Tring• .• • Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares Welsh Midland West Cornwall.. West Yorkshire • WiLsontwn, lit. & Coltness Weymth 5 8c I AI Wilts, Somrst, Yarmouth and Norwich — Ditto New York and Carlisle . York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branch I Ditto Selby • Ditto Extension Yorkshire & Glasgow 1/n - 6941« 4 3; 4% [3683 6% 15 1 41 164;1 I. 2%1 - 2%1 - - 51ii - 42%! 694 j viAl =:. 841 _ - 1 - 454 I -- --- - 111889; io%l 9% 4% % m 1 4 I 4 5341- s x _ i I sSdl —7886 - -59 s - -5% 14% 15% 83s —17256 d —73 s 74 370 s 23 57s6p' Ibis p 155 s p 1 6 %P j j 20,3 pj - - - - 9h i - - P I 1 i.B 13d1 162561 - 6k - 154. 6d l 56d 10%1 - - - 6%p 1 1 71‘ - j49s 1 p 1 60s 8 - 1 s pl 4% - - 1 - b% i i 5 - 9s pl 1 EXETER, SEer. 29. STOCK. EXCIIMIGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Crediton, 61 4--Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorcheater, 1 p.—Eseter, Top- it. 'Sept. Sept. Sept. 1 . 29. 26. 27. REGENT'S CANAL. A meeting of this Company was held yesterday, at their rooms in the City-road, for the purpose .of consi dering an agreement entered into by the Committee of this Company with the Central Railway Junc tion Company. The chairman (Mr. Parker) called on the secretary to read the terms of the agreement, which was to this effect—that 5,0001. was to be paid as" caution money," in case the Railway Company did not fill up its lists by the 31st of December ; that in the event of their Bill passing, 500,0001. was to be paid to the Canal Company, with another sum of 500,000/. to be liqui dated in yearly instalments ; that, in the event of the Bill being defeated on the standing orders, 10,000/. was to be paid to the Canal Company ; and in case it should be lost on the merits, and that it was intended again to submit it to Parliament, 100,0001. should be forfeited to the Canal Company. This agreement was approved of by the vast majority of the Proprietors. Seven or eight, however, supported an amendment to the proposal, that the seal of the CoMpany should be appended to it, on the ground that the deposit money should be 50,0001., in stead of 5,0001. To this suggestion it was answered that the railway Company proved the bond fides of its undertaking by giving such a sum as 5,0001. to the Pro prietors of the canal Company for the trouble of meet ing ; that the first payment of 500,000/. was equal to the value of the canal property (the shares being now at 25 premium), and that the additional 500,000/. was clear gain. The committee of the Canal Company also de clared their reliance on the power of the Railway Com pany to fulfil their engagement in every particular. The meeting concluded by adopting a resolution to the effect that at a future meeting provision should be made for the secretary and servants of the establishment of twenty years' standing. SCOTCH LINES. EDINBURGH AND PEEBLES. A numerously attended meeting of the — Provisionai Committee was held at the Royal Hotel, in Edinburgh, on Wednesday, Sir J. Grahame Montgomery, of Stan hope, Bart., in the chair. F rlie report stated, that after careful surveys, con ducted by Mr. Stevenson, the Company's engineer, on both sides of the Eslc, the Committee had finally selected a line, commencing at a point upon the Dalkeith branch of the North British Railway, four miles from Edin burgh, and proceeding along the north bank of the Ebk, by Loanhead, Lasswado, Rollin, Penicuik, Wellington Inn, and Eddlestone to Peebles, as the best which could be found, whether with a view to the expense of con struction, the general accommodation of the district, or the amount of probable traffic. The report further contained the terms of a lease of the line which had been entered into with the North British Company, subject to the approval of the Provisional Committee, on a guaranteed interest of: four per cent. per annum, with one-half of the surplus profits after deduction of work ing expenses. Mr. CHAMBERS stated that, with the contract filled up, the amount of the first call paid, the surveys completed, or nearly so, and an arrangement made with a powerful ally to work the line, nothing was now wanting but the sanction of Parliament to effect the object which has been all along steadily held in view—a direct communi. cation between Edinburgh and Peebles. As respects the junction of the line to that of the North British, it had not been settled on without lung and anxious considera tion. It had been found, on investigation by the engi.. neer, that it would be more advantageous to join the North British than either to have an independent ter minus or to join with the Caledonian Railway. To have attempted the latter, coming in to the west of Edin burgh, would have cost nearly 100,0001 more than the plan finally adopted. Some patties had urged maintaining an independent footing and terminus ; but this would have been most unwise, The great thing with the line was to reach the heart of Edinburgh, and also the sea, and this double object mould now be achieved. The line from Peebles, as stated in the report, would run into the Hawick branch of the North British line, at a place called Cairnie, not far from Newton Kirk, and from thence the trains would bring the traffic of the Vale of Tweed anti of the Esk into the centre of Edinburgh, or carry it onward to Leith or Granton, or to Glasgow and the west of Scot land. Trains would likewise be able, from the point of union, to run on to l)alkeith or Fisherrow ; while, on the other hand, the coal and lime fields of this part of Mid-Lothian would be brought into direct communica tion with the interior. Another thing was to be held in remembrance. The length of line to be made would only be twenty-two miles, without any great works, the course taken being wonderfully level and easy ; and reckoning the portion of the North British line to be gone over, the total length of the railway from Edinburgh to Peebles would be twenty-six miles, a distance which could be accomplished in little more than an hour. If the practical engineering advantages were considerable by adopting this arrangement, so he thought were the financial. The company, on handing over the line to the North British on the proposed lease, were to be guaranteed four per cent. on their capital ; and, so far, this formed a sure and good investment. But besides this, after taking a sum for expenses of working the line, the North British were to pay this company half of the profits, which may ultimately bring the return on capital to a considerable per centage more. Per centage, however, had not been a primary object with the projectors of this company. They desired a line of railroad to serve the traffic on the Esk, as well as to and from Tvveedale ; and that to all appearance bad been secured by obtaining the co-operation of the North British Railway Company, which, for its own sake, he was confidently assured, would do all in its power to assist in carrying the Bill through Parliament. Mr. Chambers concluded by ex pressing a hope that, laying aside all jealousies and pre po,sessions, the landed proprietors of Peebles shire would join in rendering assistance to a measure so fraught with advantages to the district. Mr. CHARLES COWAN congratulated the proprietors on their present prospects, and expressed conviction that great advantages would accrue from the line, not only to the agricultural interests of Peebles-shire, but to the whole of the manufacturing interests of the Esk. The report, on the motion of Mr. A. FORRESTER, was adopted, and the committee were authorised to sign the agreement with the North British.. EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE.-At the last meeting of the Committee—the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan in thecbair—Mr. Grainger's (the engineer's) report having been considered, it was resolved that it would be expe dient, with the view of improving the line, and making it more direct and efficient, to alter the route originally proposed, as as to cause it to diverge from the Edin burgh and Glasgow at a point about half a mile to the westward of the Ratho station, and from thence to keep on the south side of the Upphall Valley to Bathgatc , ; that as it was become the great trunk line between Edinburgh and Glasgow, it was also expedient to form it with double rails, and toincrease the capital to 200,0001 By this means it is conceived the great viaduct over the Almond Valley will be avoided, as well as viaducts and tunnels. EAST OF FIFE.—At the last meeting of the Magis trates and Council of the burgh of Pittenweem, a letter was read from the Secretary of the Edinburgh and Nor thern, soliciting them to desert the East Fife line, hut the Council resolved to continue their countenance and support. _ _ _ The survey of the Aberdeen line by the west into Montrose is completed. GLASGOW, STRATHAVEN, AND LESMAHAGOW.—At a meeting of the provisional committee, just he:d, it was resolved to carry a branch to Muirkirk, 13 miles, making the distance between Glasgow and Muirkirk under 29 miles. Lord Eglinton was in the chair ; and on the motion of Lord Belhaven, seconded by Mr. 11. E. Crum, the Directors were authorised to issue new shares for the purpose, in the proportion of one new for every two original. ABERDEEN.—On Friday several large contracts for the masonry and earthworks were entered into. RAILWAYS IN LuicoutsmuE.—Several meetings have lately been held amongst the leading men in Lincoln, to consider the propriety of forming a company for the pur pcse of constructing a railti•ay from Liner'ln to Leverton, a station near Retford, on the Sheffield and Grimsby line. The first meeting was held at the Black Goats Inn, on Saturday night last, present—the Mayor, in the chair, Messrs. William Rudgard, H. W. Brook, Edward Rudgard, Broadbent, Alderman Blyth, Gresham, Wilkinson, Olding, jun., Marshall, and Middleton. After much discussion, the following resolution, proposed by Mr. Alderman Rudgard, and seconded by H. W. Brook, was adopted :—" That the railway communication between Lincoln and Man chester, to the centre of the consuming districts, being in complete from the rejection, by the Committee of the House of Commons, of the line from Retford to Lincoln, proposed by the Sheffield and Lincoln Company —proposed that a com pany be made for the formation of a line of railway to run as direct as possible between the town of Retford and the city of Lincoln, and that all present form themselves into a committee for the purpose of carrying out the undertaking, and that this meeting be adjourned to Monday, at eleven o'clock." Afterwards the proposed direct Lincoln and Hull line came under discussion, and seemed to be in high favour. On Monday the gentlemen met again and discussed the matter, and it was resolved that a deputation be formed to wait upon the inhabitants of Retford, to secure their co-operation. There seems but little doubt that if the gap between Lincoln and Retford be not filled up by the Sheffield and Grimsby Company (and we do not believe it will), the Lincoln capi talists will take the matter up with spirit, and carry it through, as the line in question would, when completed, form the most direct route to Manchester and the consuming districts for the produce of the greater portion of Lincoln shire. There is a general expression of regret in the city that the people of Lincolnshire have not a single repre•enta tive on the Great Grimsby and Sheffield line or the Notting ham and Lincoln line, although Lincoln is the most im portant town, and the centre of the most important district on the re-pective lines of the two companies referred to, and an effort is to be made to remedy this injustice. In Lincoln there are already no less than four sharebrokers, and there is some talk of having a railway exchange for the trans action of share business of every description.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. DARTSIOUTII, TORBAY, AND EXILTER RAlLWAY.—Arrange ments have been made within the last few days for a co-ape ration between this Company and the Taw Vale Extension, the Cornwall and Devon Central, the Exeter, Dorchester, and Yeovil, and the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Com panies; so that there will be one continuous line of rail way with the same gauge, and without change of car riage, from the London station of the South-Western Rai►way at Huncrerford-bridge to Brixham, Dartmouth, &c. By the Taw Vale Extension a direct railway will be opened between the harbours of Torquay, Paignton, Brixham, and Dartmouth, on the English Channel, and those of Barnstaple, Bideford, and Ilfracombe, on the Bristol Channel, and the long contemplated scheme of con necting the two channels with a direct line to Loudon and Falmouth, will be effected. It is scarcely surprising that this line should be supported by the local parties, when it is considered of how much importance it is to Dartmouth to have railway accommodation and in the shortest line possible. Dartmouth is one of the finest and safest natural harbours on our south-west coast. Its situation and natural advan tages particularly fit it for a packet station. In case of EXTENSIVE FIR i"= . • :„ht W I PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—About halt-13° °bill the evening, another most alarming I; re broke ' 3 ' lll 4'ooe; engine-room of the saw-mills bel a 7'ng t M , e , s h sr.4l. bij s.. -. , ne the ... °' e t iga.- and Beal, Coxside, and in a short ings, about 130 feet in length, were it 1P nveloPt'd i ngt iL ne ° I , Immediately after the alarm a n ; 'en, th ; e h e— • 3v 1, 1 ‘; the West of England Assurance w C s N I ttnYt % .„ll ic % ti ''s dexterity, was on the spot, which °wm- 6 00 n 1 - °ll lo 6 ° - the engines of the 14th and 15 h a :i ' 4 - 17° r: s ' tbe° -. engine, and one from the Dockyard, tr wl ' lic - ;1 3 i1 155 11 „5 fire under control. Unfortunately iv i l l :: ‘ , - „i e 4 a su jo l if going on in the water works, d e y s43 ' supplied the tanks had been severed. .r. It beialitfottilise:f° water at the time greatly retarded the' oper-- engines. activeet Among the officers present who took .en r r..- 11). directing the proceedings, we noticed B to P -. l. 6 o el3 W esterl i Hon. H. Murray, Commander• in-Chief of_ h t " a a - a nd %g uy° District ; Col. Oldfield, R.A. Majors 110 'a u ".,,, - 131 069e r g d ; of the 16th Regiment, and ajor Giles l itV .don , a ' P. .E.L yne, Esq., Major N. Lockyer, ' G. CI%) Prance,. Esqrs., magistrates. r the less at Itiimpossible to give an exact estim: 0 3 °' - bUil dl4 present, but it is very great, from the fact: of t he , r operl being well stored with valuable timber. l'he 'CO I/11t1 was insured in the West of England ;11 . 'd the Offices, in about 2,0001. ;, nelle" The origin of the fire is still a mystery, i bil d t • i i t t r)% r`Jtj h ee 'n rally conjectured to be the work of an in cz 1 ,1 1 g W t) two fires have taken place in these very fOtO'' I —I). the last twelve months. ST. PETERSBURG.It' a i I t he de" SEPT. 11.—" The, system of Russianish r a n o 6 r e , pendent provinees of the empire, has recei veil; bei t "h ° ' o phcation. I am assured th a t the Ern Pelcl/4' for quitting St. Petersbur g b, s i gne d a new coL s e . be German provinces, based upon the laws of P w- ro the conquest of them provinces, which w er e A Lt" - t h dependent on Poland. Those of Courland 01 3 ge enjoyed a franchise a n d l oca l i ns titutions f nit w aies ei German fr, system, and particul ar ly on that of the .`"--.10/4 towns. Peter the Great and his suceosacortsteal accorded them a separate and exceptional %g, tr° ,; ? legislation and public institutions. 1i.n0...,//"sel*-; as they did, the corruption of a flu 04'1 4 1 t ° ( l h these provinces were careful never to gritiveZir ody so characterised, but on the cont o f tb their own magistrates with the entire COla;nioisg,,,,' own affairs. The step of the Emperor in- u re p - r SU g s put them upon the same footing with the et o f provinces, has, therefore caused the greatesit "*"..ts' e , e j The nobility Courland and Livonia are b i r , - ;rib ll ` high discontent, and the more as they have , . c° , o " s se; to raise that empire to the power which it no' l9 ,r bel, s e Jacken, Witgenstein, Pahlen, Witzingerode , o l e xec to those provinces, and moreover are men v , '": e a high influence ov e r th e d es ti n i es o f the en 3 P' 1 ' °- ;re c `•The tidings of the disa s t e r in Circassi sti.olers pletely confirmed. P u bli c o pi n i on holds th ea ocoe particularly to blame for their occ urrence, e ~pc°l3,: m of having sacrificed an army and g iv ' ,• 13 ott l°° ,:st siderable resources, i n hi s o b s ti na te deter w , 11 ' follow a plan of cam p a i gn di sa pp ro ved of 0 7 0' generals. loran tbs! " The Emperor at first wished to name G el f joo ronzoff Prince de Dargo, b u t on the represenit2;oobei,r, such a step would be felt as an i ns ult by Wr6 ; cill nit s,lf, he received simply the title of 'Prince. feel' s e ing, however, that the General might possibl) at receiving a title gen era lly b es t o wed as a re " i ani 4 : l/ for signal victorie s , th e E m p eror himself couir3 , the matter to him in a pe rsona l i nt erview. ct; ‘ / • tt " elf "All the Imperial f am ily are a b s ent from ijiclola burgh, with the exc e pti on o f t h e Grand Dakelvtf who alone remains to watch over the trancla l security of the empire."—Chronicle. gdo ciST' oo . CITY OF LOND ON G ENERAL P E NSION . - , e tf Monday the general an nua l mee ti ng of this s°- ;01,' re place at the office, 36, C o l eman - s t ree t. J. P. l ia Y: t l presided. Mr. H. F. Ri c h ar d son , th e secretarp ; 0 0 - io lls , port, from which it appeared that the society 5 the l y a highly prosperous st a t e; th a t a ft er defraying . he ban dji items of expenditure, an d l eav i ng a b a lance in a , e a' their banker, they would be enabled to invest by sir .10P,tio lion to 6,1041. already placed in the funds. At tm ,;er nual festival in June, at which Sir Edward ntl i t 'ij to l e ti presided, the subscriptions and donations arnon a ct r i e O c te o 3 I Os. The number of recipients of the benefits 41 %,;. g ed, 5 41 t: was sixty, each male member of whom had. 1 . 116 e.., January last, 1/. 4s. monthly, and each fet n ' - decte w ito repnrt was received, the different officers were . den t thanks were voted to the Marquis of Bristol, Fre, Society. It was also announced that the Matelo t , °doer. to albane would take the chair at the next annual The ) 1 0$ THE LATE EXP LOSION AT WOOLWICH.' pic ot c h. fatal explosion in th e R o y a l L a b ora tory dePa ri IC ° caused a most stringent order to be issued by burn, C.B.—that th e in sees or d ere d to b e broken IT it 15fv " boiled," and not split up for the future, by ; it possible an accident can occur. As a further prece. ke ei rt floor is constantly saturated with buckets of damp. It was intimated at the Arsenal, on S!! t n a o / pa , te r, the Board of Ordnance had granted a pension of et-ea('' to the daughter of Mr. John Crake, the late roc k t ., del t o who lost his life by the explosion in the Laborato Jritute.ot ment. A pension of 12s. per week has also been 0 1 0 each of i the widows and orphans of the other Inc j i! a iol, their lives. This, with the subscription being jet - ic ed; c , place the unfortunate families iu comparative inurollA EAT resen t SHOAL OF WHALES AT STRODINESS. re sell ,jog CIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon our harbour P i W oe , ha e lively and exciting scene, a shoal of small w e alf/e Jeet entered it, and gambolled about for a cons id ::, cro c , „Jo% keenly pursued by a number of boats. There w.f., town,, ii te• spectators on the quays, almost all the houses t " ag er ';: e its emptied of their inhabitants, to witness the beeper for The efforts made by the finny tribe to preserve iot teis ti to water t,t; strenuous as were the attempts made by their P a i r ecti, ° l 0 their destruction. Often did they fly from one to de' another, seeking to escape, causing the h o ats eateh iag th e and fro, and stagger like a drunken man," t hr f e er 3 in tgu a struction to all around them, and awakening• h , the "ot' minds of many who were anxiously cont em Prtle in tl tc h i 0 of the tight. The darkness of night closed d t he hig and deeply moving spectacle, and awl, on e o t , 0 gaming their freedom. There was only a inn a ' f regt, e d the measuring about seven feet. This is a matter ° Enh eale, re at the shoal was considerable, and had success ficc ° 4ls 41f means used to secure them, it would have Fr om blessing to the place. But what is still to lief°. al regretted, a young man, a ship carpenter, helonigiat other town, got his leg entangled in a coil of rope t° d sole ° ill; poon was fixed, and the boat in which he all, w hich o rt men were was suddenly overturned by a a s ' ec erl, e oc• struck, and he must have been dragged to sea, e a .i t i f ou' has has been made to get his body in the harbour " f oil' . f eA cess. By this very melancholy dispensation o nly s o r ye been unexpectedly dep r i ve d o f a son, yaw' m ore t o rgA minutes before, left them vigorous in health, no b'dio each other till th e judgment of the great day.-- fig Witness. Ftvw f t ae THE DUKE DE MONTPENSIER.--T'earrivtil 1000 P Orient of Smyrna gives a long account of the ce rf Duke de rdontpensier in that city on the 2d nis i ,' w ith e a lio from it that his Royal Highness was receiVe I, e for ray mark of respect due to his dignity, and that ', y the Toe frigate Inconstant fired a royal salute of 21 gu P r t e ,:a l a, e diak sion, the seamen who manned the shrouds at a fter ht're tie giving three hurrahs in honour of his arrival. whe. r aa the Prince went to the house of the French Cen' l o f 601,: jef it received the Catholic clergy, with the Arehhisllc' t , at their head, and subsequently the French wan a e iere at Smyrna. Congratulatory speeches, con tain ' tiencrh'Cca.,ll - of attachment to the King of the ~e s o d i et , made by the Archbishop and one of the Deputies co ot h is merce of the French subjects, and short but : s . p ress e replies were made by his Royal Highness , lvli t r i el iced• A ga grateful sense of th ..kiud thenrecetio that he exd. ) ,.' s h i aentder s , Prince then visited several of public estah?,. or the , - „jt' laid the first stone of the intended new buildinba cateeti: t be of Charity. In the evenhig his Royal High o ul consu o rs l at dinner the Archbishop ' ;"if the , l4 A .r a lls se tile Commanders of the Cerf,lncontant and - - t r ite , - of tne French residents, and afterwards era- Goiner, on hie way to Athens. r i . l i sse e s, , e 3 d 4 i r „:t s , THE GANIE LA \ I :„ S ,' (From the Carnarcon lien - A meeting of the Commissioners of was held at the.Tewn Hell, Dalgelley, ( to i hear appeals. The Commissirmers Doctors` Evans and William., and Ws: re. E llis ' - se al, as also pl. and Evans ; the Rev. George Phillips v but did not appear to take ary part in th e bustniribeherist D oseph Roberts, ag. - --d 11 years, )f gr. , ov e oluwchryd Mine Agent, was surchai g ed ter %%fa certificate he had been convicted by the teag i6ll4 trespass in search of game. 1 on hi s Edward .Tones, a groom to Sir R. W. V iluV an 'llot in oath d said, that on the Ist of June last, lit. law 9 0' 6 to 11 ):13 pirhese2ni ilweeer:, ii field near the turnpike road'.-at about to nitminut'esas-not i the morning (the witness here said, 1 .h i' e ,"' tbo certain of the day without i lec kin ,ata in efflor 2naura ' - ' 4- lierTer had, and on doing i r. ,- ;ictli said b e b v , a i s t e tv ) il i : :e93 ( I )l l ,s t(t..C , •. : rnmis..ioners wanted to. see the pry i'er' n ear t° ',dimly refused). We , a. the appc Dan t g ° out. the hedge ,aed break a snabre, saw and take. t Witnes - s then showed if lf, d tit e. appella. bed imst an 1, - .b e , ray. Witness followed an , I Overtook 'hill), bu" night +lie n•r• thrown ) the hare:. away. Had seertthe mares . „ ce d glad Dot °`) , w l . it I re, and had determined t ) watch. whuther the hare had been b ' l be ong, por ido l I was very garnei.s.h.d two 6 The appellant in his ;a bare titer° fin defence. said, that be l's , ed. nd lambs at the time, and that once . of theta had strs).. t he s i t i nw e rta i ry l e al ba l en g ei o a l ut le soeo c k i h u e t i i t : a.an s s e ,a a 3 r ,. ch of it and saw t ha „l, llBTe i;e, ~,,r ' i l afraid the t S4 hl Never had set a snare • • • d a thong— an'drhreeliCe in his Me. and had n seeing the hare when he went tc . the field. o bibler charge.. ,emltev:rw7):010201171;roor„t of thought . his story ferY P Oh ays The Cr ' own Surveyor asked f frra case in order . •rs c•• mssion' the opinionof the judges there( to , but the eioav -. declined doing • so. 4 in Ellis Jones , ithorg es, a respectable fa: Ea ner, vras su d 01 the same . manner, having been - previously fine-„,,l„qbaer Richard Lloyd,gamekeeper ''. • hereW. v a'" . to Sir were g am said, he had . watched a cover twhere vi' i n it d in th • lie e morning saw a trap . with a live harp e so d _t t i___ e c e rcealed himself; and pre: ently appellant est° s o. killed the hare, and took it w tri the trap 11 do the then showed himself when Appellant /at° "- i. hare. . OP The appellant said that he b std set the 04 ' l ` l 3 e ha re vermin t _ ie , and on coming in the vorning fourd t o f 1 0 l re. He killed it at once, in o rtier to put it out 9 i n to miseries, and then threw it as ray to rtVOid gettia,, ,0 lie beg9e ° • trouble •. he had ver then. Theybb ha „ , r _ I •1 tell them that so nu; were th e..har es (ma !' did farm, that it was a neroug wonder he coat 'd pay his rent. much damage. The Commissioner d a cted cell , . thunght be ha _to,' humanely, and in accordan, ee wit h their oath to 0 re . scientiously, relieved him of • tind 1115 t la•e charge , fused a case. it is iMP °5' What the surveyor will a.ttalnal 4to do now, h both Bible t decisions.. The keepers looked' " unutterable dill in . their " informing " b a re " dependent gentlemen, career bein g *nitrated yeconatq gentlemen, to whom ato thanks of th At y 01 am due for standing out boldly - a gainst • the ° ye ' the abominable laws relative to g a me. ....... tiZ°efi ) „ N eeti a a l twc