The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-14 00:00:00

. TH . .... ...... ._ _ COFFEE.-To-day there was little desire shown to purchase 41) vbttigion Mocha Coffee, and 222 bales at pub lic sale were nearly all it i , ;„ , taken in, good ordinary brownish at 54s to 565, and middling , greenish 62s being full rates. In Native Ceylon there was little I ' . BUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock business transacted, and 33 5 bags at a u c tion wereonl y in part ' sold at barely former rates, good ordinary selling at 48s, tine I • ordinary 508 sea damaged 40s to 445. 15 bags of plantation , 'IIIE LONDON UAZ L ;Tr ri? Peaberry ta k en in at 85s. Of Bahia 286 bags were taken in, I 0 • country damaged at 28s, sea damaged, first class 265, second 1 (THIS EVENING.) 255, third 23s 6d, fourth and fifth 22s 6d to 23s 6d per cwt. t lOLASSES.-There has been an extensive demand for I -- ege - WHITEHALL, Nov. 12, 1845 • every description of West India, and the rates paid have I The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the been rather above those previously quoted; indeed, nearly I church of Oxford, em- the whole on show has bee n bou g ht u p . Ben g al Treacle is I Dean and Chapter of the cathedral c hat see, the same m uch wanted, and stiffer rates are paid. The stoc k of Mo - I powering them to elect a Bishop of t lasses is considerably less than last year. Of Honey the 4 being void by the translation of the Honourable and Ri g ht 1 R everen d F a ther in God Dr. Richard Begot, late Bishop market has been nearly cleared a t much hi g her rates. thereof, to the see of Bath and Wells ; and her Majesty has Cocoa.-There has been little desire shown to purchase I also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, West India, yesterday 442 bags of Trinidad were only in I Samuel Wilberforce Doctor in Divinity, now Dean of the part sold at rather lower rates. Foreign is little wanted, and collegiate church of ' Saint Peter Westminster, to be by theta Prices are on the decline. ' Feurr.-There have been large arrivals of almost every I elected Bishop of the said see of Oxford. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 13. description, but yet there has not been that active demand as The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick usual in the middle of the month of November. New Zante J. Bush, as Consul at Hong-Kong for the United States of 495, the quality fine, but of which a very small quantit y . has been taken. New Patras 49s to s()s. New Valencia Raisins ' America. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 8. of good quality are sought after at 40s, but most of the re- MeeioneNnuM.-Iler Majesty has been graciously pleased cent arrivals are almost unsaleable at 36s to 40s. Muscatels to approve of the 74th Foot resuming the appellation of the in laers of fi ne uality are scarce, and obtain very full rites; a parcel of line Cbesme Raisins in barrels are being 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, and of its being clothed P accordingly ; that is, to wear the tartan trews, instead of the taken slowly at 38s, New Sultana Raisins 755. . . Oxford mixture; plaid cap, instead of the black chaco ; and Seices.-This afternoon the quantity of Nutmegs offered the plaid scarf, as worn by the 71st Regiment. The altera- at public sale was 151 pkgs, but the trade were desirous to tion of the dress is to take place on the next issue of clothing, operate, and nearly the whole sold at an advance on former on the Ist ef April, 1846. rates of 2d to 3d. Of Mace 55 pkgs were brought ferward WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 14. and sold at v slight improvement in the value. White Bth Regiment of Foot-Lieut. J. le Marsden to be Captain, Pepper is nrt much wanted. Of Cloves 20 bags and 16 by purchase, vice Malet, who retires ; Ensign J. Stone, to be chests were mostly sold, goood Penagn at 2s to 2s ld, mid- Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marsden; E. D. Lyon, Gent., dling is 10d, and Zanzibar 10d to 10 1 4 per lb. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stone, Nov. 14. TEA.-Importers of Black are unwilling to submit to lower 16th Foot-E. J. Kennedy, M.D., to be Assistant-Sur- rates, notwithstanding the increasing stock, but the busi geon, Nov. 14. ness transacted by private treaty has been limited in all de 1418th Foot-J. H. Dwyer, A. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon scriptions, still the rates previously established are in almost vice Fraser, who resig ns, Nov. 14. every instance supported. Congou of common sound qua 44th Foot-W. H. Mansfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by jr-.nt lity is not to be had in the private market under 10c1, chase, vice Dunkin, who retires, Nov. 14. and clean Ponchong under 6d per lb. The market has a 55th Foot-T. S. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur- dull appearance for Green, and it having been well supplied, chase, vice Gordon, promoted, Nov. 14. a decline in the value of nearly every kind has taken' place ; 79th Foot-Lieutenant W. M'Call to be Captain, by pur• notwithstanding the moderate rates that prevail, the trade cease, vice Douglas, jun., who retires; Ensign 0. Graham to are not inclined to purchase more than their present wants be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Call; H. J.lStreeteGent., require. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, Nov. 14. Rule, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been a con -93d Foot-Ensign R. H. J. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by siderable increase in the demand for all descriptions of Ja purchase, vice Douglas, promoted in the 2d West India maica Rum this week : the home trade have pur- Regiment; W. F. Elliott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, chased eagerly, and for exportation a good business vice Stewart, Nov. 14. has been transacted ; the rates paid have been Riffle Brigade-A. W. Clifton, Gent., to be Second Lieut- rather above those previously quoted. Demerara has e enant, by.purchnse, vice Tinting, who retires, Nov. 14 been in excellent request, and prices have risen 2d 24 West India Regiment.-Lieut. G. Douglas, from 'the to 3d per gallon for strong descriptions. Leeward 93d Foot, to be Captain, :by purchase, vice Nicol's, who re- Island is greatly wanted, and prices are still on the as tires, Nov. 14. cendancy. The supply is not ample for the demand. Cal- Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment.-Lieut. E. S. Claremont cutta has been in good demand, and advanced rates are to be Captain, bs' purchase, vice Jones, who retires; Ensign given. The quantity in the market is not sufficient for W. 11. Kingsimlll to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clare- the demand. The stock of all kinds is on the decrease. mont, Nov. 14. Brandy has been purchased with caution, and prices are on WHITEHALL, Nov. 5. the decline; Geneva has been in good demand for exeorta- The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Turner tion at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, and fine for home consumption bring Boyd Twisleton, Esq. to be the Fourth Pecr-law Commis- 2s 7d to 2s 10d. The market was very firm for English Corn sioner. Spirits at lOs 6d nett cash. Poor-law Commission Office, Somerset-house, RICE.-Bengal has met with less attention, and although Nov. 14, the market has been but moderately supplied, still a decline This is to notify, that, on Wednesday, the sth day of No- in prices of 6d per cwt has taken place. Madras, however, yernber instant, her Majesty, pursuant to the provisions of has brought full rates, and is wanted, but there is not much an Act. passed in the fifth year of the reign of his late Ma. to be had; 17s 6d to 20s have been paid according to quality. jesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Of Java the market is without supply; large parcels amendment and better administration of the laws relating would find buyers if offered for scale, and at stiff rates. to the - poor in England and Wales ;" and of another Cleaned Rice is wanted, and prices rule very firm. The sup- Aet, passed in, the second year of the reign of ply of every description of Rice is much less than has been her said Majesty, intituled "An Act for the more the case for many years. In Sago a good business has been effectual relief of the destitute poor in Ireland," appointed transacted at stiff rates; for Sago Flour a good deal has been Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton, Esel• of the Inner Temple, done at 213 to 235. Of Jamaica many parcels have been sold, Barrister-at-Law, to be a fourth Poor-law Commissioner, con- and prices have risen to 20s to 22s per cwt. A good demand jointly with the three Commissioners appointed by virtue of has been experienced privately for Arrow Root, and prices the said first -mentioned Act ; and that, on the 12th day of are on the ascendancy. November instals", at Serjeants'-Inn, the said Edward Turner CocHurEAL. -There has been little desire shown to ope - 1 Boyd Twisleton took the oath required by the first-mentioned rate, and former rates have been with difficulty supported. Act, before the Honourable Mr. Justice Pattesen, one of the Irenreo.-There are few shipping orders for any descrip- J ileums of her Majesty's Colut of Queen's Bench. tion of Bengal, and the home trade still operate with much By order of the Board, caution : for the good and fine qualities last quarterly sale's E. CHADWICK, Secretary. rates are insisted upon, but inferior may be had upon rather POOR-LAW COMMISSION OFFICE. lower terms. Madras and Kurpah are dull of sale, and former • London, Nov. 14, 1845. rates are with difficulty sustained. This is to notify that, in pursuance of an Act passed in the Ons.-There has been only a limited business transacted second rear ot the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, in- in Linseed Oil for home consumption this week, although tit tiled ." An Act for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute there are sellers at a reduction on previous rates of eel to 9d l'eot in Ireland," the Right Honourable Sir James Robert. Per cwt. For forward delivery there ate few buyers to be George Graham. Baronet, one of her Majesty's Principal met with. Rape Oil is wanted, and the supply being small Secretaries of State, has required Edward. Turner Boyd prices keep firm. Cocoa Nut is held firm, and is still wanted. Twisleton, E-q., one of the Poor-law Commissioners, to carry For Palm a g ood demand has been ex p erienced, but holders the provisions of the said Act into execution. • are inclined to sell. Olive met with little attention. Cod Oil By order of the Board, has been purchased with much caution, and there are sellers E. CHADWICK, Secretary. at 28110 s. Although prices rule low for Seal, still the trade WHITEHALL, Nov. 11. operated with caution. In Southern there has been little The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Bryan Jones, business transacted. The low rates that prevail for all cont of Newtown, in the county of Montgomery, Gent., to be a mon Fish Oils it is eepected will be the cause ere long of pro- Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. clueing a much better demand. sperm has been purchased - BANKRUPTS. with more freedom, and prices are firmer. John Lnke Boorman, silversmith, Gravesend, to surrender TALLOW.-This afternoon, at public sale, 342 ,packages of Nov. 24, at twelve, and Dec. 20, at half-past one, at the south American Tallow were sold at 40s 3d to 41s 6d, infe- Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook- rior 38s 3d to 39s 3d ;87 casks New South Wales fine 43s 9d, court, Basinghall-street ; Matthews, Arthur-street West, good 41s 6d, middling 39s to 40s 9d ; 4 casks East India 41s ; London-bridge. 70 casks of first sort St. Petersburgh yellow candle 41s 6d John Smith, hardwaremare Jewin-crescent, City, Nov. 24, per cwt. at half-past one, and Dec. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman- LATEST PRICES OF SHARES bury ; Smith, Wilmington-square, London. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES George Clayton, builder, Queen's -place, Holloway, Nov. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO M 24. at one, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee„ Sambrook. court, Basinghall-street ; FAMES' STOCK. Wilson. South-square, Gray's Inn. ---.......--- David Froeschlen and Simon Price, tailors, Dover-street; From t'me Official List, Piccadily, Nov. 25, at half-past twelve, Dec. 16, at twelve, at PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENrNO. the Court of Bankrupcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street, London : Pike, Ohl Burlington-street. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14. William Henry Bond, ale and beer merchant, Bow-lane, ZOITZT-STOCIE EAMES. Cheapside, Nov. 25 and Dec. 16, at one, at the Court of Dividen4 Amount Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chain- Name of Company. per of raid. Price leers; Maley and Co., Old Broad-street-buildings. Annum. Share. Thomas Standen, brewer, Pudding-lane, Maidstone, Nov. - 21 and Dec. 20, at two, at the Court of Renkruptcy. Fol- £ s. d. 4 s. d. Lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Australasia •.••• • •• •• 6/. per cent. 40 00400 0 32 Bower and Son, Chancery-lane; Hart, Maid tone. Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 00500 0 47 Commereia lof London 5/ per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 I 24 George Davis, saddler, High-street, Southwark , Nov. 26, Colonial... . 51; per cent. 100 0 0 2 5 0 0 ! 15 3 and Dec. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell , Londn and W - es - tm ... ins •• ir 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 2534 official assignee, Coleman- street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 ' 13 34 James Emmins, builder, Princes-road, Notting hill, Nov. Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 710 0 25, at half-past one, and Dec. 30 , at eleven , at the Co u rt of Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 47 Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry - sham - Na ti on al mtt ewo,% l' of I re lan d ': .. •.. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24 . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 tete bets; Rhodes and Lane, Chancery-lane. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Lucy Lang, lodging -house keeeper, Charter-house-square, Ditto, New. •••• • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Nov. 26, at one, and Dec. 24, at two, at the Court of Bank- Union of Australia •• • • - 25 0025 0 0 24% ruptey. Dean and Co., Saint Swithin's lane, City. Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 John Newburn, builder, Oxton ' Chester, Nov. 27, and Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, WALTER-V70 2 ,1ES official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Furnival'e-inn, London. Dividend Amount i 1 Richard Bentley, hosier, Liverpool, Nov. 27, and Dec. 30, Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court Morgan, official Annum. Share. - 1 assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry, Lon , -•-•-• s, d. don • Pemberton, Liverpool. , X I Henry Lewis, joiner, Birkenhead. Nov . 28, at twelve, and Fast London... •••• • .. 81. 100 0 0 - 230 Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 46 13 4 - 92 Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, Kent •• • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - - official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and Co., Temple, Lon- Vauxhall' :::::::::::: 51. per cent. 100 0 0 - - don ; Cross, Liverpool. West Middlesex .. •• .. 4/.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 -• 130 PRICE OF St7GAR. The Average Price of Sugar computed from the Returns INSURANCE COMPANIES. made in the week ending Nov. 11, was 365. 5-ed, per en-t,ex- Dividend Am ount elusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on Name of Company. pero f Paid. Price• the importation thereof into Great Britain, Annum. S h a re. ,S s. d. £ s. 4. ! BANK OF ENGLAND. Albion ••••••• • • . • . .. 31. 10, 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 (From this Night's Gazette.) Ditto Marine.. •• •• .•. •. 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, Atlas .•• • • • British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 71 i cap. 32, for the Week eading on Saturday , the et h da y of (eerici,llled.leGen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6.74 November, 1845. County .... ••••• • • • • • 31. 100 8010 0 0 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. .s. and - Crown •••• • • • • ...... 9 fs. 14000 5 0 0 - X. X . el. ss. bs. ' Notes issued ...... 27,202,365 Government debt 11,015,100 "g le •• • Other securities... 2,984,900 Economic Life .• • &30s.bs. Gold coin and bill- Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 lion 11,670,074 European Life 531 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 1 20 Silverbullion... .. 1,532,291 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ....... ..... .. • • 61. per cent. Stock. - 14234 £27,202,365 , £27,202,365 Guardian .••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Imperial Fire .. Imperial Life. ••-• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16.34 Dated the 13th day of November, 1845. Indemnity Marine- • • 11. sh. & In. 100 0 0 5 13- 1 • 29 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Law Life . ..... ...... 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51 X. X. Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% % London Fire ••••• • • • . 105. 2.5 0 0 12 10 0 15 Proprietors' capi tab 14,553,000 Government secu- London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% Rest Public deposits (in- Dead Weight Me d. Invlld & Gen. Life - SO 0 0 20 0 3 eluding Exche- Annuity) quer, Savings- Other securities 14,234,438 National Life.... Palladium Life • ..... banks, Commis- Notes Phcenix .. .. . ..... .. .. 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 210 sioners of National Gold and silver Protector Life •••• . • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Debt, and divi- coin 520,583 Provident Life •••• • • -1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 dend accounts) 5,340,731 Rock Life. •••••- • • • • • 41. 50 0 010 0 414 Other deposits...... 9,134,243 Royal Exchange : •• • - 51. per cent. Stock. - 186 Sun Fire •••• . • • • .• 61. 105. Ditto Life .. • • • • • .. • 1/. 6s. Seven day andother - - - -1 18 bills -...-....--- £33,395,889 - £33,395,889 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dividend Amount ' Dated the 13th day of November,. 1845. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-- (THIS DAY.) -. £ a. d. £ s. d Amsterdam CF. 12 10e Git•raltar... ..... ....... - e Bank of Scotland ••. • • 61 . per cent. - 100 0 0 17 4 Ditto, at sight l2 7 Leghorn ...... ..... ... 30 7 5 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 166 R otterdam 2U.12 11 Genoa .. 26 10 British LinenCompsmy 8P per cent. - 100 0 0 230 Antwerp - Commercial Bank -• • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 169 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice..,, .......,„,„ .... National Bank ...... .. 6/. per cent. -••• 10 0 0 16% Union Bank of Scotland 731 1 . pr cent. - 50 0 0 9 8 3, Altona - Naples ......... ...... .. 391 Western Bank •••• • . • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 6 Paris,3 days' sight 25 75 Palermo, par oz. 1194 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 ' N Ditto, 3 mouths 26 5 Lisbon s2f Clydesdale Bank. •• • - 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 1 k t , . • 5/. per cent. - 1520 10 0 0 0 00 .; i Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 10 Rio Janeiro . ... 24 7%1. pr cent. - Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - i Frankfort on Maine.. 122 e Bahia •-•.. ...... - City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 815 0 . i Petersburgh, 3 Us.. - Buenos Apes - Scottish Union Ins• Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 i Berlin NewYork,2ldyssight - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 s Vienna, effee. fie-- 10 8 Philadelphia - tneur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. ' 4 Trieste, ditto - 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 Madrid 36e Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21}v Cadiz Bilbao - New D0Ub100118..... 00 0 Edtn. & Mag. Railway 51. per cent. 50 0050 0 0 72 Ditto, % Shares •• • . 51. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 18 Barcelona - New Dollars OO 0 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 8020 0 0 243¢ Saville - Silver in 8ar5..... 00 0 Waspy & Arshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 72 21asgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 2231 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Glsgw &Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 Dundee & Arbrothßall. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. eel (From the London New Price Current of Nov. 14.) Standard LifeAssurnce.l 51 per cent. 150001 2 10 0 8 - SUGAR.-To-day the rates previously established were fully supported for West India Sugar , brit in consequence of CANALS. the scanty and indifferent show, the business done was ex- - tremely limited, and the rise in price 6d to is per cwt. e 'of Dividend REFINEI).-Te- day Refined goods were taken freely by Names of ~.., Dividend r.,,.... Names e ner Price. Companies. 2, per ''''" Companies. et r the home trade, and prices keep on the ascendancy, brown 4 Annum. rn Annum.' c 6 lumnpF, according to quality, fetching 65s to 66s Gd, and -- standard lumps 675 to 67s 6d per cwt. In bonded Crushed £ i X s u gar a good deal has been done, in consequence of 34s 6d per Ashtn& 014 h 97 5/.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh 10 0 91 . 160 c,‘ t being taken for first sort. Ashby-d-la-Z l ll3 4/. ;7 0 Mntgomrysh 100• 61, 98 I MACitiTius.-There has been a strong desire manifested Barnsley.. - ; 160, 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Basingstoke- 1 100 - - Neath •• • • •• 100 20/. 36.5 to purchase every descripti on, an d further aevanced rate a re Brknk&Abrgllso, 5/. 85 Nottingham. 1 50 121. 260 offered freely, but the supply at market has proved insu ffi - Cromford ....IMO' Hit 150 Peak Forest. 78 32. 40 cient for their wants; all the parcels on offer privately have Dudley 1 100 4/. 1 - Regent's •. • . 33 11. 25 35 r beer. spirt bought. up, establishing an advance on last week's IFVbetnrT _ rates ~f (el to 1 s for yellow, and is to 2 s pe r cwt for brown Erisewas i Chs 133, 41. 80 Shropshire • • 125 8!. - 1 32/. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 123 and grey qualities. Forth & Clyd , 100 , 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c* 11 EAST IN DIA.--This afternoon three parcels of Benga l S u g ar GrandJunetn i loo' 71. 100 Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 440 were offered at public sate, a mounting to 5,70.5 bags soft Grand Unionlool 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 brown, of which the chief part consisted, met with less at- ( t ll s a t m r ant i . 1 1 , 7 0. ! ) 13%1. 210 Stourbridge - 145 201. - tention, and a part only sold, at a decline on formor rates of Grantham . Y . 11501 1 - 21. 10-0 Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. - Severn andl :Is per cwt. Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wye Rail. 26 11. Bs. - FonzioN.-Notwithstanding the advanced period of the Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 22 Trnt & Mr-1 . n , - - season, and the limited demand that still exists , yet holders Lancaster 47 11. 10. 4o sey, y i sb.s "" "v• of Foreign Sugar display firmness, and have refrained from teersterLivrP 100 i M. 525 5 T ss h , ams&Med 19 - 10 ofTering any at public sale,• at present none is declared. Of Lei c es e t s rez ;ill 83! 4/. 1 22 'Brier:VT 78 41. 49 white Brazil only small parcels have been sold upon former Loughborogh 142, 701. 850 Wilts & Ikkal 417 fr. 4s. it terms. Brown is held for the former currency, but the only transaction worth noticing, is that of a floating cargo of 400 chests of Bahia at 22s 6tl per cwt, to be delivered at Gotten- It is said that Mr. Charles Ross, one of the Special burgh. Holders of yellow Havannah are not inlined to r further reduce their prices, although there are few orders Comm i ss ioners of the Property and Income Tax , will have sorts of Foreign there has been the Commissionership vacant by the death of Sir John in the market. In other so Mortlock, l ittle passing, but prices cannot be quoted lower. Dividen4 Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price Annum. Share. a. d. 4 a. d. Australasia •• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32 BritshNorth American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 47 Commercia lof London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 I 24 Colonial... ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 I 15% Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25% London Joint-Stock . • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13U Metropolitan ...•• • • •• 25 0 0 7 10 0 Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 47 Ditto, New. • • • • .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24% National of Ireland 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 19% Nat. Provncial of Eng• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 Ditto, New. • • • • •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia • • • • 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 SOIREE IN THE BELFAST DIS TRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM. (From the Northern Whig.) On Thursday evening last the annual soiree was given to the patients in the Lunatic Asylum, by Dr. Stewart, whose humane and effective system of management entitles him to all praise. On entering the apartments where the entertain ment was given, and which were tastefully ornamented with evergreens, and brilliantly lit, we were greatly struck with the appearance Which their inmates presented. There was none of that violent or outrageous conduct which we are apt to associate with our ideas of madness—on the contrary, there was among all the patients, with but a single excep tion, a prevailing quietness of demeanour; and, but for the occasional wiltness of their glance, and the incoherency of their expressions and conversation, one would never ima gine, for a moment, that they were other than sane men and women. In one of the apartments appropriated to their use, on the evening in question, at the end of which there was a plat form erected for the visitors, a considerable portion of whom were ladies, there was a pianoforte and a violin ; the latter instrument was played, in an astonishingly correct and mil -1 mated manner, by one of the patients, while a number of others, male and female, joined in one of the most extraor dinary dances it was ever our lot to witness. It would be impossible to conceive anything more fantastic or cadre than their movements. One girl, with a pair of shoulders like a Hercules, performed a most remarkable summersault, to the infinite amusement of the whole company. They all seemed to enjoy the exercise. and kept up the dance with great spirit fur a considerable time, relieving each other by turns. In passing through the room adjoining that in which the dancing was going on, we fell into conversation with one of the patients, a keen-eyed, middle-aged man, who was pos sessed with a wonderful idea of his own dignity and majestic pretensions—" Do you know," said he, " what's all this about ?—I cannot, for the life of me, conceive what all those ladies and gentlemen are doing in there; but perhaps they're fond of amusement, and they have come to see the dancing— that's just it. Maybe they are the Royal Family—ah 1 if they are, I'll speak to them. Do you know what it is—l have been shamefully treated—l have been made a prisoner of wrongfully, by men who compassed my defeat, knowing, that if they thus secured me, my claims to the throne would be forgotten and neglected. I am heir not only to the throne of England, but to the thrones of France and Scot land. If I have said anything offensive to you, I hope you will forgive me; but you know it is an exciting subject to converse upon—to be heir, as I am, to the thrones of Eng land, Scotland, and France, is a matter of some importance both to myself and the nation at large; and I certainly do think, that if the public considered my case with the atten tion and respect due to such a proceeding of the State as has involved me in ruin, and by which, as you sec, I have been made a prisoner, that immediate steps would be taken by the Lord Chancellor, if he have any honesty in his soul, to restore me to that position in society whiCh I once oc cupied. Ah ! here comes the Queen !" Just at this moment a very beautiful girl, leaning on the arm of a gentleman, approached. "Ab, your Majesty!" cried the patient, "won't I have your Majesty's gracious pardon ? Are not you the Queen of England P" " Not exactly," replied the lady. " Oh ! well, then, if you're not the Queen of England, you must be the Queen of Spain. You laugh—there con be no doubt of it—you are the Queen of the British Isles—your Majesty, I kneel before you (kneeling down), I again entreat your Majesty's smiles—l hope you won't forget the'pre ferment though. The Prime Minister, as your Majesty very well knows, is under deep obligations to me : and I don't think I would be expecting too much, if I asked you to make me an Admiral. Such an appointment lam fully entitled to; it would only be commensurate with the ser vices I hare done to the State, leaving my pretensions to the throne out of the question altogether. And your Majesty, perhaps you may not be aware of the fact, but I can inform you, that I have fought and bled in the cause of truth, and in support of those principles which placed your Majesty, and your royal ancestors, upon the throne of these realms. Why, I should like to know, am I to be kept here—it is a very wearying kind of life, and my faithful subjects—God knows what is to become of them in my absence ! The Le gislature are imperatively called upon to investigate the mat ter; find that with the slightest possible delay." At this particular place, the heir to the throne became very incoherent; and, his attention having been caught by some object, he rambled away from the group. In a retired corner of the dancing-room, surrounded by a number of the visitors, was an intelligent-looking man, who had been for some time an inmate Of the Asylum, reciting an extraordinary piece of composition. This man was a poet, and the verses were his own. He dwelt upon those passages which he himself admired, with great emphasis; and was evidently highly gratified with the applause of his auditory. Opposite the poet, in another corner of the room, was a patient, who, we were informed, had been a graduate in Trinity College, Dublin. He was a man of quiet demeanour, and, judging from his conversation, which was plentifully interlarded with quotations from the Greek and Latin Fa thers; a scholar of no mean pretensions. He gave some long passages from the " First Book of the Aneid," but could not commence with the words of the poet, till he had gone over the four lines of doubtful parentage which precede that exquisite production. He afterwards recited some of the most striking passages from " ' Homer's Iliad," dwelling, with rapt and solemn air, upon the sonorous and grand sounding syllables of the magnificent Greek. He said he delighted in the Greek tragedies above all other writings—there were a loftiness of sentiment, and a dignity to be found in them, for which, in other compositions, we looked in vain. The Latin playwright Terence was the only one who at all ap proached those inimitable writers in spirit, and grandeur of conception. Leaving the classical enthusiast, we came upon an old Armagh choir man, who was seated at the piano, thundering away, with the most exemplary perseverance, at " God save the - Queen." He afterwards played some snatches trom the antisjue Cathedral services of the seventeenth century ; and a minor chant of Dr. Woodward's. He had quite the organ style and touch, and had, evidently, been accustomed to that instrument. It seemed to us, that he imagined he was seated at the organ, from the peculiar way in which he shifted, in the fingering, and the sustaining effect he gave the music, by his manner of grasping the chords. One of the visitors afterwards played for him the College Chant, and Dr. Battishill's in E. "Alt," said the patient to him, when he had done, "you're not so goad a player new as when you were organist of St. Patrick's!" The dancing and amusements were kept up till ten o'clock, the utmost harmony and good-humour prevailing among the patients ; and the visitors shortly afterwards departed, pleased with, and astonished at, the entertainnient they had been spectators of. We cannot conclude without expressing our warm admi ration of the benevolent and excellent system which has been adopted by Dr. Stewart towards his patients, with such signal success. The harshness and cruelty of the old mode of treat ment are, in this valuable institution, entirely done away with ; and the freedom from personal restraint enjoyed by the patients, so fait from being an evil, has been attended by the most beneficial results. The following composition was taken down, from the dic tation of the poet mentioned in the foregoing sketch, and sung by him before several of the faculty, who were present on the occasion : SONG. THE VILLAGE BARBER TURNED QUACK DOCTOR. A village barber born and bred, (I trimmed them in a minu'e); Made something of t'outside the head, Though there was nothing in it; I learned to bleed, and stumps to draw; But ne'er lock jawed the Proctor; So up to London went, 0 la! And set up for a Doctor ! SPOKEN—But I couldn't forget my old trade of periwig making, so I depended all upon puff—cured patients that I never saw, and killei; all that I did see; so, to prevent ac cidents; I invented a new medicine, that would neither kill nor cure—got a patent for it—cured their purses of a ple thora, and my own of a galloping consumption ! But the main chance was my maxim and motto, so I drove along in the Capacity of a Quack, quack, fol- de-rol diddle-lal-de-daddi 0 ! Quack, quack, &c. My patient knew as well as I ; And, so the way I nicked them, • Was let them live or let them die, I'd never contradict them ; Whate'er they fancied, that I tried— If cured, my skill was shown, Sir; But if, as oft it proved, they died, The fault was all their own, Sir, SPOKEN. —Patient—Doctor, I'm very ill. Doctor—Let ma feel your pulse—put out your tongue; ah I your complaint's a polyphosbia, as we say—vulgarly, a diascordium 'of the binary duct. Patient—Duck, Doctor? I believe it was a wild duck did me all the mischief. Doctor—Well, well; we'll soon tame the wild duck—you shall have a narcotic, a cathartic, a sporific, and a sudorific. Patient—Soap and suds, Doctor? I'll never be able to swallow them. Doctor— Well, then, you shall have an anodyne. Patient-0 yes; I should like to dine—pray, Doctor, what may I eat? Doctor —Well, what do you like • best ? Patient—l likes goose and gravy soup, Sir. Doctor—have them, by all means—no thing's so good for the bile as goose and gravy soup; but avoid a wild duck as you would a Quack, quack, fol-de-rol, At last I published, through the town, My patent, simple sirrup, My name got up, and then went down, ( made a pretty stir-up. _ : i . 4811 complaints 'twas sure I 1 worst of ills to smother, i itwas, for it would cure 4 . I*t a s well as t'other.' it was a charming composition : sugar, \l. 1 1 I Llmagnesia—sweet, sour, hot, and cold. • t t Calculate t for all cures, I don't know what " I Temedicine took whilst they took the me lt • I 111 (money, so somebody was the better 11r 3 proved its utility, and the stamp duty t . .41 • The physicians fretted, the surgeons L.., V Or ) t thapothecaries in a big passion. But a t I ' l t : ) ;while in the stream of popularity, 1 / 4 • o't• on a swimming trade, which is very natural for Ducks that swim over the water ! Chorus—Quack, quack, fol-de-rol, &c. THE MANDARIN AND THE ENGLISH LADY.—The degraded position of females in China is well known. No thing astonishes the Chinamen who visit our merchants at Hong-Kong so much as the deference which is paid by our countrymen to their ladies, and the position which the latter are permitted to hold in society. The very servants express their disgust at seeing our ladies permitted to sit at table with their lords, and wonder how men can so far forget their dignity. A young English merchant recently took his youth ful wite with him to Hong-Kong, where the couple were visited by a wealthy-mandarin. The latter regarded the lady at tentively, and seemed to dwell with delight on her move ments. When she at length left the apartment, he said to the husband, in his imperfect English, " What you give for that wifey wife yours?" "Oh," replied the husband, laugh ing at the singular error of his visitor, "2,000 dollars" This our merchant thought would appear to the Chinese rather a high figure, but he was mistaken. " Well," said the. mandarin, taking out his book with an air of business, " 'spose you give her to me, I give you 5,000 dollars." It is difficult to say whether the young merchant was more amazed or amused, but the grave air of the Chinaman con vinced him that he was in earnest, and he was compelled, therefore, to refuse the offer with as much placidity as he could assume. The mandarin was, however, pressing, and went as high as 7,000 dollars. The merchant, who had no previous notion of the value of the commodity which he had taken out with him, was compelled at length to declare that Englishmen never sold their wives after they once came into their possession, an assertion which the Chinaman was slow to believe. The merchant afterwards bad a hearty laugh with his young wife, when he told her that he had just dis• covered her full value, as the mandarin had offered him 7,000 dollars for her.—Liverpool The expenses of conducting the municipal election of four councillors for Richmond, Yorkshire, are estimated at 3,0001. Aowillll=Aft THE SUN, LONDON, PIIIIVAY IVITN'ING,_STOVEMBPAR _l4, le4/5, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTII DEVON. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—An extraordinary general meet ing of the shareholders of the South Devon Railway, pur suant to the Act of Incorporation, was held at the Royal Hotel. The meeting was fully attended. Mr. Thomas Gill, M.P., the Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The Secretary, Mr. Carr, having read the advertisement calling the meeting, which said that the object of the meeting was to consider and determine on the expediency of contributing Hinds towards the construction of an intended railway from Exmouth towards Exeter, to join the South Devon Railway at or near the Countess Wear-bridge; to consider and deter mine on the expediency of agreeing to such alterations and extensions of the intended railway from Launceston to Tavistock, as may be adopted by the Launceston and South Devon Company, in consequence of the projected formation of the North Devon Railway, and of a branch in extension of the Cornwall Railway to Launceston; and to consider and determine the expediency of increasing the amount of sub scription to the Launceston and South Devon Railway ; to empower the directors fully to carry out the several objects aforesaid, and to raise an additional capital for the above purposes ; and also to authorise the directors to borrow the amount authorised by the Act of Incorporation, to be bor rowed by the company on mortgage or bond, as the same shall be required from time to time for the purposes of the, company, in the manner prescribed by the said Act. The eHAIIMAN then said, when the directors last had the pleasure of meeting the shareholders, several plans had been announced to them, which the directors had recommended to their attention and approval, and which they had been pleased to approve of, and to pass resolutions with a view of carrying the schemes out. It was hardly necessary for him to refer to these plans specifically; but he would state that the first was in reference to the Cornwall line, with a view of extending and- improving which a sum not exceeding 200,000/. was voted in aid of the undertaking. For the North Devon Railway, the directors were authorised to contribute 375,000/. The Torbay plan had been then, as it was now, not sufficiently advanCed to put the meeting in possession of the actual estimate the directors had been authorised to carry out: and as regarded the Ashburton and Newton Railway, the shareholders had been pleased to empower the directors to expend such a sum as, in their opinion, they might think expedient. To carry out this last-named scheme, the di rectors had thought it their duty to contribute 20,0001. There were other schemes in contemplation, but the di rectors were not in a position to bring theist forward. This had led to the calling of the present special meeting. The first proposition of the directors was to ask the approval of the meeting in order to enable them to contribute a sum of money for the construction of a railway from Exmouth to Exeter, which would go over three or four miles of the South Devon line. It would join the South Devon Rail way at or near the Countess Wear-bridge, and then take the course from Topsham to Exeter. It had been the opinion of the directors that they would be consulting the interests of the proprietors in assisting in the formation of this line to the extent of 15,0001. The second scheme was that of the Launceston and South Devon; the necessity to adopt certain alterations and extensions having arisen in consequence - of the projected formation of the North Devon Railway, to which they had already contributed 375,000/. It was in tended to take the course from Okehampton to Launceston. It had been thought expedient on the part of the engineer, and that opinion had been confirmed by the directors, that the line originally to have been carried from Tavistock to Launceston should take a different direction, to meet the views of the North Devon Railway, thereby effecting a direct and central line. The new arrangement would have the effect of lengthening the line some three or four miles, which would of course be attended with increased expense, but there were corresponding advantages, inasmuch as the traffic would be brought from the northern and central parts of Cornwall, and the northern and central parts of Devon as well. This ex tension of the line would cause the necessity for an increase in the amount of contribution, and therefore the directors, though not in. a position to state_ the actual amount the line would require. believed that a sum of money varying from 150,0001. to 200,0001. would be requisite to carry it out. At least at the present moment they considered it expedient to ask the meeting to sanction the directors contributing a sum not exceeding two-thirds of the estimate. For the purpose of putting the meeting more fully in possession of thewhole of the object for which the present meeting had been convened, he would state that there was one other circumstance in refer ence to the schemes brought before them—namely, the direc tors called upon the proprietors to sanction the directors borrowing an amount of money necessary to pay the required deposits. in the present state of their affairs it seemed to the directors by far the more prudent and legitimate course to borrow the money, as they were empowered to do by Act of Parliament with their approval, than to have recourse to the issue of whole or half-shares—a circumstance which he be lieved, even if it were not deprecated at the present moment, would be deeply regretted hereafter, because, strictly speak ing, they were not in a position to issue shares until they obtained their Act of Incorporation, and the object of bor rowing money was to be enabled to pay the deposits neces sary before going to Parliament. The proposition which the directors submitted was, to enable them to borrow, if they felt it expedient to do so, money to the extent permitted by the Act of Parliament—namely, 366,5001. They had been prevented doing this before, because the amount of money to be raised by calls had not reached the limit which the Act prescribed to enable them to borrow money on deben tures, or mortgages, or bonds. This limit involved the raising of one-half the capital, and the last call made put them in that position. This proposition, if agreed to by the shareholders, would have the effect of protecting them from calls for some time to come. He thought this plan of very great advantage, both upon the ground of the terms upon which the money could be obtained, and the more prudent and legitimate plan which it presented for paying the requi site deposits in respect of the new schemes which the share holders hid sanctioned. The first resolution which the direc tors recommended the meeting to adopt, authorised the direc tors to contribute 15,000/. towards the construction of an intended railway from Exmouth towards Exeter, to join the South Devon Railway, at or near the Countess Wear-bridge. Mr. T. W. Fox strongly recommended that new shares should be issued to meet these new schemes. That course had been adopted in a great many other lines with which he was connected, and he thought it a very proper and judicious one. This suggestion led to considerable discussion, the CHAIR MAN remarking that it would almost amount to dishonesty to issue half-shares till the Acts of Parliament had been ob tained for the making of those lines which alone rendered it necessary that they should borrow at all. Mr. S. DERBY saw no difference between their issuing new half-shares, and new companies requiring payment of deposits before their Acts were obtained; but, in reply, It was stated that there was a great difference, because people, it was said, would buy into the South Devon Com pany, and pay larger premiums on the half-shares, thinking, at the same time, that they would enjoy all the advantages that they would be entitled to if they had been original shareholders. The feeling of the meeting was clearly against th , plan of issuing half-shares for the present, and the reso lution proposed by the Chairman was carried unanimously. The next resolution relative to the Launceston and South Devon line was then proposed from the Chair, upon which a discussion arose, in which Messrs. Fripp, Whiteford, Wool combe, and others joined, as to the advantage of the altera tions- now proposed, by which the line will be carried round three or four miles further, by way of Lydford, instead of through Milton Abbot, and thence to Tavistock, as was at first intended. This is done in order to connect it with the North Devon line, and with the Cornwall line, by which a central course will be given, via Crediton, on from Exeter through Cornwall, on the broad gauge. The resolution having passed, the directors were next empowered to borrow the sums required for the purposes now agreed to. Some questions were then asked of the Chairman as to the progress of the works on the coast, and that gentleman stated that they were most satisfactory, and that there were no engineering difficulties, nor any other difficulties but what would be got over in regular course of working. The state ments about difficulties had been got up by interested parties who were opposed to them. There were now about eight miles' length of pipe ready, and seven miles of permanent way. The only difficulty was that they could not get the pipe cast fast enough, although they had three foundries regularly at work, and would employ more if they could get them. In reply to questions from Mr. PRANCE, The CHAIRMAN stated that there was no truth in the state.• ment that lately went the round of the papers, relative to an improved and more direct line being also constructed by this company. The Hon. Gentleman declined, however, to state when any part of the line would, in his opinion, be ready for opening. BRISTOL AND EXETER. Yesterday a meeting of proprietors in the above company was held at Bristol, for the purpose of considering what mea sures should be adopted in conseauence of the recent decision at the late general meeting not to sell the line to the Great Western Company, in accordance with the provisional agree ment of the Directors of both companies. Mr. Stone, of Bath, having been called to the chair, Mr. J. S. Truer rose, and in a long and eloquent speech described the merits of the Bristol and Exeter line, and showed how entirely inadequate to its value was the sum of 6 per cent., offered by the Great Western Company for the purchase of the line. The period had arrived when they must either sell their line or work it independently, and it was said that they could not do the latter ; but there could not be a greater mistake, except that which led some people to believe that they were entirely dependent upon the Great Western, as if their whole traffic depended upon their connexion with London. But it should be recollected that if they acted independently, they would not only en sure the friendship of their Great Northern neighbours, but also of the intelligent South-Western Company, who would act with the Bristol and Exeter Company if the Bristol and Exeter would act with them, but who were too intelligent to lend themselves to the advancement of Great . Western intereets. Thee were then told that if they did not assent to the terms offered by the Great Western they would have a direct line. He could assure them, however, that so far from being apposed to a direct line they would ad vocate one properly formed, and which woulcLiot be preju dicial to their interests. There was another consideration, which was, whether they should lease their line—he thought if they did so they were lost for ever. As an instance of this he would cite the case of the Hull and Selby, the property in which had never increased in value since the lease, nor had the shares gone up; but it had been said that 5 per cent. was a good return for their money. They should, however, recollect that persons did not embark their capital in railways for the sake of 5 per cent., but for an increasing revenue to meet increasing expenses. If a man went into Consols he knew that he only would receive a certain per centage for his money; his revenue would never increase, while his ca pital might ; but in railways suchwas the development of traffic that both his revenue and his capital might increase, so that in the end, instead of leaving his children 20,0004, he might be able to leave them 40,0001. Though ho thought it would be highly impolitic to lease their line, an amalgama tion would be another question ; but then they should take care with whom they amalgamated, and that they were not in a worse position than themselves. They should not be deluded by an apparent dividend. People in London were too wise to be deluded by the mere show of a dividend, for a man might say, if you will lend me 100/. I will pay you 50 per cent., but the party to whom the offer was made would naturally say, show me the position of my 100/. Allusion had frequently been made to the cheapne ss b y which their line had been constructed, but no allusion had hitherto been made to the political influence of the Bristol and Exeter Com pany. They were all aware that in the south-west of Eng land the greatest opposition was felt by numerous companies to the Great Western projects, and that in the next session of Parliament that Company would meet with much greater opposition than they expected. Now it should be recollected that the Bristol and Exeter Company held the key of the south-west. After some further observations Mr. Tripp moved the following resolution : That, reviewing the history of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the proceedings of its directorate; looking at the fact that the Great Western Railway Company has been gradually extending its branches to the prejudice of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and taking possession of ground which ought to have been occupied by the latter Company, and this without opposition on the part of the Di rectors of that Company, and without any extension by them of branches from their railway; looking also at the oppressive terms of the lease of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, granted to the Great Western Railway Company; calling to mind, too. the fact that in the draught of the Act of Parliament, submitted to the Proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, at their meeting in . last, a clause had been introduced, the effect of . I,Ach was to give a right of pre-einption to the Great Western Rail way Company, and looking, lastly, at the terms of the late provisional agreement, so justly rejected by the almost unani mous vote of a verylarge and influential meeting of the share holders of the Bristol and Exeter Railway on the 7th inst., this meeting cannot but consider the close connexion which has hitherto existed between the Directors of the two Com panies, and the employment by the Bristol and Exeter Rail way Company of the same engineer and other officers as the Great Western Railway Company, to have given an undue influence on the side, and in favour of the latter Company, and to have been highly detrimental to the interests of the former ; and that this meeting now contemplating the pre sent situation of the two companies, and deeming it to be ab solutely essential, whether it be ultimately determined by the Bristol and Exeter Company to sell or to work on its own account its railway, in order that the interests of the Share holders in that railway may be freely and justly considered and dealt with, that their Directors should be in a position as unconnected with and free from the control, counsels, and influence of the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, and their officers as pos , ible, and should have a ,separate staff of officers of their own, do most respect fully request the Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company forthwith to dismiss from their councils all ofli.:ers in any way .connected with, or interested in, or under the in fluence of, the Great Western Railway Company, and to call in as the engineer of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Coin pany, either Mr. Stephenson or Mr. Locke, or some other disinterested eminent engineer, and to request such engineer immediately to survey their railway, and to report as early as possible to a general, or special general meeting of the Shareholders, upon its present condition and traffic, and fu ture prospects, and whether any, and what steps should be taken by the Directors for the advancement or protection of the interests of the Company, either by forming branches or opposing the projects of other companies in Parliament ; or otherwise, as he may deem expedient.—That a deputation, consisting of the following gentlemen, viz., Mr. Stone, Mr. Daniel, Mr. Buckley. and Mr. Lucas, be requested to wait upon the Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Corn. pany, and lay before them the foregoing resolution." The resolution having been seconded, the meeting was addressed by several gentlemen. In the course of the dis cussion, Mr. Bedon, who had been a Director, observed that he knew that the Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Com pany* were acting under Great Western influence. When he was on the Directory he had opposed the lease, and had done so honestly, but because he had done so it had been intimated to him that he must retire from the Directory. He was in ill health when he received this intimation from the secretary. Still his blood boiled, and if he had published the facts then in his possession he felt assured that their Directors must have gone out passive as they were.— (Hear, hear.) He had been down the line yesterday, with a view of ascertaining the state of their traffic, and had asked the officials if the traffic was increasing, and the uni form answer he had received was, that it was increasing amazingly—indeed, so fast was it increasing that they were not able to transact the busiuess, and that the Great Wes tern Company did not give them trucks enough, or they could at this moment do half as much business again. The resolution was then put, and carried with two dis sentients ; a.,; also were resolutions appointing a committee for general purposes and to act with local committees, &c., and to obtain subscriptions. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—British and Irish Union, 34—Chester and Birkenhead, Half Shares, 244 — Derby and Crewe, 514 —Edinburgh and Perth, s—Grand Junction; Quarter Shares, 47—London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 42—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, I%—Midland, 137—South-Eastern and Dover, 36. MANCHESTER, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Exten sion, 3%—Cambridge and Lincoln, 81s. 6d.— Dudley, Iron Bridge, and Shrewsbury, 2 3 / 4 —Eastern Counties, 20%—East Lancashire, No. 1, 18 1 / 2 —Glasgow and Dumfries, 29i—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 3%--Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 8 3 / c. n.— Leeds and Thirsk, 13—Lei cester and 13edfoid, 1 15-16—London and Manchester (Rem.), 2:j 4 —London and York, 4%—Manchester aril Birmingham, 70—Manchester and Southampton, 3%—North Staffordshire, s%—North Western, 3%—N ot tingham and Boston, 2% — Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 3%—Oxford, Worces ter, and Wolverhampton, 17—Sheffield and Lincoln June-' tion, 3 Sheffield and Manchester Quarters, No. 3, 6 Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6—South-Eastern and Dover, 35=Trent Valley, 15%. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, Sheffield, and Rotherham, 35—London and York, 41. 11s.—Mau chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 51. 1-Is.—Notting ham, Erew•ash, and Ambergate, 3—North Staffordshire, WA —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3►%—Wakefield and Harro gate, 2% . _ _ BRISTOL, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 7%—Midland, New, 18 1 h—Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, 3—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 4%. LEEDS, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—London and Croydon, 20—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10% p.—Midland, New, 19 1 / 2 —Leeds and Bradford, 42—Ditto, Extensions, 38 1 / 2 —Leeds and Dewsbury, 18 c. n.—North British, New, 48 —Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 38—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 4 1 / 2 —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 1 4 — West Biding Union, 7—Grand Union 7s. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 4s. p.—Leed s an d Liverpool Direct, 2s. 6d. dis.—Leeds and York, par—Leicester and Birmingham, 10s. p.—Leicester and Bedford, 10s. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 p.—North-Western, 3%—Notting ham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 3—South Midlands, p.— Wakefield and HarrogAte,,lGs. p.—York and Carlisle, 3/. 4s. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 13. STOCK ExcitAxoE.—The sales are—London and York, 4%—Grand Union, I%—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad ford Union, 8/. 17s. 6d.—Hull and Holyhead, Ss.—Leicester and Birmingham, Bs. Gd. p.—North and South Junction, 245. 6d.—Nottingham and Boston, 12s. Gd. p.—North Western, 3i—Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, HULL, Nov. 13. _ _ STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Tho sales are—Londun and Brigh ton, 60 L4-:-Aberdeen, 7—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 14— North British, Half Shares, 31. 18s. 6d.—Ditto, Dalkeith, 578—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., IL 16s. 9d.--Derby and Gainsborough, I%—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 275. 6d.— London and Birmingham Extension, IN—London and York, 4%—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 278. YORK, Nov. 13. STOCK EXCITA.KGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 20— Ditto, New, 6% p.—Newcastle and Darlington, 56—Ditto (Brandling), 45 1 / 2 —York and North Midland, Ex tension, 2, l ,i—Newcastle and Berwick, 12 3 A—North Bri tish New Carlisle Branch, 3—London awl York, 4% — Cambridge and Lincoln, 4—Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir mingham and Leicester, 14—Derby and Gainsborough, 1 3 / —Grand Union, I:Y 4 —Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 3s. p.— Leicester and Bedford, I%—Welsh Midland, Vi t . GLASGOW, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate, 60s.—Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 525. 6d.— British a nd Irish Union, 73s.—Caledonian, 9 1 4—Caledonian Extension, 3 1 4—Caledonian and Direct Northern, 55s.—East Lothian Central, 60e.—East Indian Railway, 475. 6d.—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 22s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 575. 6d.—Glasgow General Terminus, 12—Glasgow and Greenock, 20 1 —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 41.98. —Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 575. 6d.—Glasgow, Partick, and Dumbarton, 24—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 655. Lanark and Lothians, 3k—Perth and Inverness, 465. Perth and Crieff, s.—Scottish Central, 1514—Scottish Southern, 50s.—Scottish South Midland Juncton, 475. 6d. —Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction 445. 6d.—Sla mannan and Bo'ness, 3—Stirling and Dunfermline, 533.6 d.— Strathern Junction, 655. EDINBURGH, Nov. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 71.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. 2/. 65.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. -Armagh and Portrush, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Dumfries, 2/. 155.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/., 10s.-Banffshire, 2/. 153.- Belfast and County Down, 31.-British and Irish Union, 3/. IN.-Caledonian, 14/. 158.-Caledonian Extension, 3/. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/. 95.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 3/. Os. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 51. 7s. 6d.-Carnwarth and West Linton, 21-Chelmsford and Bury, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 20/.-Cornwall and Devon, 2/. 10s.-Deeside Railway, 6/. 2s. 6d.-Direct North ern, 21. 7s. 6d.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 5/.-Dundee and Arbroath, 361.--Ditto, New, 171.-Dundee and Perth, 8/. 55.-East of Fife, 21. 10s.-East Coast of Scotland, 25.- East Lothian Central, 31-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 4/. ss. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex new, 701.-Ditto, Haif Shares, 171.-Ditto, Quarters, 18/ -Ditto, Ditto, New, 13/- Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 21. 155.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmos pheric Direct, 21. 3s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 24/. IN.-Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, 4/ 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 1/. 55.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 1/. 155.-Edinburgh and Peebles, ex new, 2/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Perth, 5/. ss-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, .21. Os. 6d.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Glas gow and Ayrshire, 721.-Ditto, New Stock, 23/.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 21 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and „Belfast Union, 31 4s. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 31.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 2/. 10s. 6d -Glasgow and Garnkirk, 451.-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/ 10s.-Ditto,-New, 10/. 15s. -Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 3/. Is.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 41. 10s.-Gran ton Junction, 2/. 3s. 6d.-Great County Down, 34-Great North of Scotland, 3/. 10&-Great North and South Wales, 155.-Inverness and Elgin, 21-Lanark and Lothians, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Larne and Ballymena, 2/. 25.-London and Houn slow, 21-London and 'Manchester (Rem.), 31. 55.-Lon don and Manchester (Rastrick), 51. 103.-London and Wind sor, 1/.-London and York, 5/.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 21. 175. 6d.-Morayshire, IL -Newry and Lon donderry, 2/. 10s.-North British, ex new, 221-Ditto, Halves, ex new, 51.-Ditto, Fifths, 5/. 10s.-Ditto, Car• lisles, 21. 17s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, New, 5/. 10s.- Perth and Crieff, 2/. 10s.-Perth and Inverness. 2/. 9s - Scottish Central, 15/. 10a.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 21 155.-Scottish Midland, 4/. IN.-Scottish North Western, 2/. 145.-Scottish South Midland, 2/. 9s. 6d.- Scottish Western, 2/. 125.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 7s. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 61.-South Midland, 6/. 155.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 21. 11s.-Stirling and Midland, 30s. p.-Strathern Junction, 3/.105.-Surrey Grand Junction, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Tean and Dove Valley, 21.-Tyne Valley, 3/.-Wishaw and Coltness, 57/. DUBLIN, Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Belfast and Bally mena, 64—Cork and Youghal, 1 3 A—Dublin and Drogheda, 81—Great Southern and Western, 20 1 4—Great Southern, Clonmel to Thurles, 2—Midland Great Western, Extension to Sligo, 2—lrish Great Western, Dublin to Galway, 3 3 4 — Irish North Midland, %—Killarney Junctions, 14—Water • ford and Limerick, 7 1 / 2 —Waterford and Kilkenny, 3—Ditto, Extension to Carlow, 7 / B —Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, I%—Wexford, Waterford, and Valentin, 14. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. BACHELORS OF MEDICINE.-1845. • FIRST DIVISION.—Matthew Bains, King's College; Frede rick James Brown, Univer,ity College; David Peter Evans, King's College; Frederick John Hensley, King's College; Alfred Jackson, University College; John Ody, King's Col lege; Thomas Palmer, Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland; Charles Bland Radcliffe, Leeds School of Medicine; Samuel Hop kins Steel, King's College; William Phillimore Stiff, Uni versity College; Robert Bowie Walcott, St. Thomas's Hos pital ; Charles Matthew Wayte, Guy's Hospital ; Ewing Whittle, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. SECOND DIVISION. Thomas Herbert Barker, University College; James Duncan, King's College; Archibald Reu foord Ridgway, London Hospital. BACHELORS OF LAWS. FIRST DIVISION.—Edward Mulhallen Marum, Carlow Col lege ; Phillip Anstie Smith, University College. A small Dutch cutter has been seized at Hull having on board upwards of 7,0001 b. of smuggled tobacco. The captain and crew arc all in custody. ~gr:rie~r SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. TAMWORTIL THURSDAY NIGHT.—The ceremony of " turn ing the first sod" of this important railway—which, as our readers are doubtlessaware, is intended to shorten the present line of communication between the metropolis and the manu facturing districts of the north by a direct line from Rugby to Stafford—took place yesterday on a plot of ground in the vicinity of Tamworth. Sir Robert Peel having consented to perform this, the first mechanical operation in connexion with the undertak ing, a great deal of interest has been excited in the locality during the past fortnight, and a very considerable influx of visitors arrived in the town during yesterday and this morn ing, for the purpose of being present on the interesting oc casion. The Right Hon. Baronet has also taken the opportunity to assemble at Drayton Manor a circle of gentleman, several of whose names are well known in connexion with the prin cipal railways in the kingdom. These include the Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P., the Hon. Captain Carnegie, M.P., Mr. George Hudson, M.P., Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., Captain A'Court. M.P., Mr. Edward Tootal, Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Railway, the Mayor of Manchester (Mr. W. B. Watkins), Mr. R. Creed, Secretary of the London and Bir mingham Railway, &c., &c. This morning was ushered in by a merry peal from the bells of the church steeple, and as the day advanced, the in habitants of the surrounding districts poured into the town in large numbers. Three o'clock in the afternoon had been the hour appointed for the ceramony to take place, but long before that hour the open space in front of the Town-hall, where it had been arrangsd the procession should form, was densely crowded with spectators. At one o'clock the Mayor and Corporation sat down to a very handsome dejeuner, provided by the Directors, in the ToWn-hall, at which Mr. Edward Tootal (in the absence of Mr. Edmund Peel) presided. Ample justice having been done to the creature comforts, • "The health of her Majesty" was drunk with every mark of loyalty and respect. After which The CHAIRMAN gave "The health of the Mayor and Cor poration of Tamworth," eulogising that body for the uniform assistance and support they had given to thepromoters of the Trent Valley Railway. The Mayor of TAMWORTH returned thanks, and proposed "The health of Mr. Edward Tootal," which was responded to with great enthusiasm. • Mr. TOOTAL returned thanks, and next gave the healths of the Vice-Presidents of the day, Mr. Booth, of Liverpool, and Mr. Smith, of London. The toasts haying been duly responded to, and appro priately acknowledged, The 'CHAIRMAN next gave "The health of Sir Robert Peel," remarking that the Right Hon. Baronet had the destinies of nations in his hands, and that coming from a commercial district as he (the Chairman) did, he did not hesitate to say that Sir Robert Peel possessed to an unlimited extent the confidence of that class of her Majesty's subjects. The nation were looking to the Right Hun. Baronet with the utmost confidence, and he (the Chairman) trusted that the measures which he would propound in due season would have f'or their object the benefit of the great mass of the inhabitants of this country. The toast was drank with enthusiasm, and at , this period the Chairman retired to join his co-Directors, who were pre paring to . receive Sir Robert on his arrival from Drayton Manor. After some delay Sir Robert's open landau drew up at the entrance to the hall. Here the Right Honourable Baronet was received by the Directors of the railway and the members of the Corporation. Sir Robert was accompanied by Lady Peel and Miss Peel, the Hon. Colonel Anson, and the Mayor of Manchester. Captain A'Court, M.P., rode on the box of the same carriage. Five or six other carriages followed, containing the guests at present enjoying the hospitality of the Right Honourable Baronet. The procession was now marshalled, and moved through the principal streets of the town in the following order : Officers to clear the way. Labourers bearing implements. The Mayor of Tamworth (Mr. F. Hunter), Succeeded by the following members of the borough corpora tion : Mr. Buckerfield, Mr. Nevill, Mr. Hall, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Braman, Mr. Robinson ' Mr. Browne, Mr. Hamel, Mr. F. Hamel, Mr. Woodcock, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Netts, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Willington, Town Clerk. Band Of Music. Banners. The Carriage of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, followed by other Carriages. The Directors of the Railway. The Engineers and Contractors for the Work. Operative Smiths, Carpenters, Excavators, &c. The procession, after making the circuit of the hall, and proceeding down the principal street, passed into the Lich field-road, and thence to a plot of ground, about half a mile distant from the town, adjoining Staffordshire-moor, where the line of railway had been marked out and inclosed for a considerable distance. As the procession moved along the Right Hon. Baronet was loudly cheered by the spectators, and on reaching the ground it was with the greatest difficulty that a sufficient space could be cleared for him to perform the required opera tion. At length, an opening of about three yards square having been secured, Mr. E. PEEL then addressed the Right Hon. Baronet as follows :—Sir Robert Peel, it devolves upon me, as chairman of the Trent Valley Railway Company, to address you upon this interesting occasion; and although I regret exceedingly, and I do not hesitate to express my regret, that that duty has not fallen into abler hands, and upon some person more conversant than myself with railway matters, and more capable of giving expression to the feelings of those Hon. Gentlemen who are connected with me, yet I shall ever feel proud that my name has been connected witk the proceedings of this day; for I am confident that we are assembled here on this occasion to witness the commencement of a great na tional undertaking, and one calculated to confer lasting bene fits on the inhabitants of those districts through which it will pass.—(Cheers.) Sir, I am deputed to offer to you our sincere and united thanks for the kind manner in which you have com plied with our wishes ; that you should commence the first mechanical operation of this undertaking .; and it will ever be an important event in the annals of this railway that the "first turf was turned" by the Prime Minister of this empire. Cheers.) We know, Sir, that you supported the mea sure, but we are sensible that on no occasion have you unduly exercised on our behalf that influence which you possess from the position you hold in the councils of the country.—(Hear, hear.) We know that you supported our measure, from the connexion you have with the town of Tamworth. You felt that you were accomplishing your duty when you did all you could to assist us in passing our Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, we have been several years endeavouring to arrive at the position we have now the pride and happiness to have at tained, and upon all occasions when we have been struggling with a powerful opposition—an opposition now happily united with us—we have always received your most steady and strenuous suppot t.—(Cheers.) Sir, the object of this railway is to connect the great manufacturing districts of the country with the metropolis, and to facilitate the inter course between Ireland and London.—(Hear, hear.) You were aware of the advantages which this line was calculated to afford, and 1 may safely assert, that no part of your duty is ever more agreeable to you than when you lend your aid and assistance to promote a work of public advantage and utility.—(Hear, hear.) I should be ashamed of my self if I did not participate in those feelings which I know are entertained by those whom I have the honour to address, for I am sure that this railway will con fer upon Tamworth the greatest possible advantages.— (Hear, hear.) I believe there is little doubt that Tamworth will be the great centre of England, and I have reason to be lieve that a central post-office will be placed in this town.— (Cheers.) Such being the advantages which we can all duly estimate, and considering my long family connexion with this town—considering also that the borough has long been represented by members of my family—l repeat, I shout be ashamed if I did not participate in those feelings whit. I know are entertained by every inhabitant.—(Hear, hear.) I shall not detain you longer. It only remains for me to place the implement in your hands—an implement which I trust you will ever retain as a memento of an undertaking which you have so conscientiously and consistently sup ported—(Cheers)—and I have every reason to hope that this work, which has been so auspiciously commenced, will be completed in a manner not only satisfactory to those more immediately connected with the railway, but ‘ to the public in general.—(Hear, hear.) I beg new to propose " Prosperity to the Trent Valley Railway." The sentiment with which Mr. Peel concluded his address was responded to by the spectators with great enthusiasm, and the spade —or, to speak more correctly, " navigator's tool," above referred to—having been handed to the Right Hon. Baronet, a momentary pause ensued, after which Sir R. PEEL, resting on. the handle of the implement, spoke as follows Edward Peel, Mr. Mayor of Tam worth, and gentlemen, I have great satisfaction, in my capa city as one of the Members for this borough, -in being present upon this occasion. I have always attempted to reconcile the performance of those public duties which official station impose upon me with the duties which I owe to my constituents—the inhabitants of this borough; and I see no occasion whatever why that official station should prevent me from tieing present at a ceremony interesting to my constituents and to the inhabitants of this district. —( Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in that capacity, as a represen tative of this borough, I have given a cordial support to this undertaking. I gave it that support from a sin cere belief that it was calculated to be beneficial to this district in the interests of which I naturally take a warm concern ; but I supported it also from a conviction that the success of such an undertaking would be conducive to the public welfare.—(Cheers.) I thought the public welfare would be promoted by the estab lishment of a more direct and more immediate communica tion between the metropolis, on the one hand, and Dublin and a great part of Ireland, on the other—between the metropolis and the west of Scotland—between the metroplis and that great commercial and manufacturing district of which Liverpool and Manchester are the capitals.—(Hear.) It is probable that, on the completion of this railway, Dublin will be brought in point of time within 14 or 15 hours of London—that a letter posted in London on the evening of this day may be answered from Dublin on the morning of the day but one afterwards; that is to say, that Dublin, in re spect of Post-office communication, will be in exactly the same position that this town occupies at present.—(Cheers.) I have every reason to believe that Manchester will be brought within six or seven hours of London. I said on a former occasion that Manchester might be brought within eight hours of London, and the statement was rece i ve d w ith incredulity'; but I am sure I am not guilty of exaggeration, when I state that Manchester and Liverpool will soon be brought within six or seven hours of London.—[The ex press trains already regularly perform the distance be tween London and Liverpool in six hours. The - Premier, however, doubtless referred to the general traffic.] It was, therefore, from a conviction on my part that a great public benefit would result from the establishment of this line of railway that I was induced to give it a warm and unremit ting support.—(Cheers. 1 I gave it my support on account of my connexions with this borough, in the belief that it was impossible that a town could be placed on the immediate line of communication between the metropolis and the most im portant portions of Great Britain—in point of wealth—in point of population—and in point of commercial enterprise— without deriving great advantage therefrom.—(Cheers.) I know it has been said that the passage of a railway confers no advantage upon a town—indeed, that it may be produc tive of considerable personal disadvantage. All must admit that it may be productive of individual and partial disadVan tages—that some innkeepers may complain of a diminution of traffic, and that some .retail dealers may complain of a dimu nition oft heirprofita. It is impossible to deny this—it is impos sibe not to regret it. But what is this but saying:that for the great body of the community you have substituted a cheaper and a better mode of communication, and given them access to a wider market ?—(Loud cheers.) • So far as the great body of the people goes, there is no question but that to be placed on a direct line of communication between the metropolis and Manchester and Liverpool and Dublin and Glasgow can be other than an advantage.—(Hear, hear.) There is another. reason why I rejoice at being pre sent here. lam about to commence an undertaking which connects that locality, which is the seat of my property, and the place of my residence—a place upon which I look with those feelings of affection natural to us all—l am about to connect this town with that glut nuunifacturipg district of me, • - * P . which Manchester is the capita), and which is so Ma y represented on the present occasion by the May or e p l a n ,r chester.—(Cheers.) And now, gentlemen , a s I 11 n - o utag e portunity of addressing this company, I will take a,, I of it to give some advice to the directors of this raite:Noud assure them there are many persons in this neight%og to who have made sacrifices of pr i va te feeling in consell,o,o, give up their land for the purposes of this ra ilway:- - 7 0 1 / 4 _, t hat hear.) They have given that consentfrom the convicti/: arid this undertaking was one conducive to the pu blic Vac" r ot the that considerations of private inteprost should not obst, vot public good; and also from the knowledge that they etr`esav giving it to one of those ephemeral schemes proposed con for gambling speculations. They h ave given theiroolo sent in the confidence and .belief that the dlirec railway are men influenced by the honoarable an t6trp . i e ti° o ll .l 4 conferring a public benefit on the distrieta with vilo cu itt ach eot s oil are themselves immediately connected, lookiug to any pecuniary gain they may derive, as to the g e r eo jeti acknowledgments of their fellow-citizens for pabli i c g oal rendered.—(Cheers.) Now the promoters of th's wil be exposed to formidable difficulties, and g reat n o sition from other railways proposing to pass thr°Lifterst, same district ; arid if this is not the best rail London and Manchester—if this is not the most directof to munication with Manchester, I fairly say, in the face constituents, that no consideration of local benefit or t... e. " tage would prevent me from supporting another sai.h.,o (Hear, hear.) But the way in which the Director Tv/ establish their claim to a continuance of the privilleg:ita pessess, is by being enabled to show that they coo of greatest degree of velocity with a correspoading fietbst safety to the traveller.—(Cheers.) They "lusts h°d e eel tee ettee o f they have neglected no precaution that can have to diminish the risk of accidents—the frequent occurr,iiislg. which shakes the public confidence in railway trei e " par They must make the sacrifice of pecuniary gain f° r t e l the' pose of taking those precautions—they must show i t i „ l have consulted the comfort of tithe Classes of ra - ter P tir vellers—of poor as well as richy must be bet_s.....tet vided with comfort and accommodation for all clas -e , i ii,bl third as well as the first ; and if they are wise, they ! outa ge moderate fares and comfortable accommodatio.', ert,oeeot that spirit of locomotion cn which, after all, the pet,'" e d,iise prosperity of railways must depend.—(Cheer s. toe d them to take this course from a comprehensive vieW o z i f own permanent interest as well as for the public r o ds oo if they do - that, then I shall, in "turning t he first throat/ this day, not only be commencing a line of railway.,_., the Trent Valley, but I shall be laying the °b,founds:lo permanent and prosperous company, which ° , l . e claim to Parliamentary support more pow' t he - union of great companies—more powerful than ,_„ c ' bol t vassing of Members of Parliament—a clai m to Pouricileg port, which will be founded on the proof that P e .ebit c conferred on a company has been exercised for th r. do tf advantage. I will now proceed to that part ef, 1 1.10 .14 ; which consists in "turning the first sod" of this 00'700 The Right Hon. Baronet was loudly cheered on 01 tb f his address. The Right Hon. Baronet here dexterously filled re' wheelbarrow with sods, and after wheeling it a fog E el turned to the position he had previously occupied, w'reaser Mr. WATKIN, the Secretary to the Con - wan'' , I ) him withe following address : " TOT HE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, 0 -A l lt " The Directors of the Trent Valley Railway ha ve - tolts,,o the pleasure of commencing those mechanical opers.,,,say, means of which their lengthened struggle will speedfor. tb its consummation, and they sincerely thank ?.' 0 ; thel; readiness with which you have consented to aid,, i i 2e gta l ,. their crowning labours. They derive the happie st from the fact that the Prime Minister of the err o aero i i found it not inconsistent with his position, t h e trie le So, duties press upon him, to share with them this important day—but they dwell with greater r ete ee ; more peculiar pleasure on the fact that one wi° s „ e failet l gi identified with the most momentous improvemente yieel times should have selected this undertaking asw . e at especial support and consideration. :se Is ' " To the inhabitants of Tamworth the oeea s iv,o - unusual interest. They cannot fail to see in the iwl.siell" meet of this undertaking the seeds of great ath rttri rs Of t ); their town, restoring as it will to this locality tu: t he , , e li tages which have been withdrawn from it, open so so of resources of the Valley of the Trent, and achiev' n qi c e e ia for them as for the empire, the more extended bringing into closer communion the metropoli s of lee io and the metropolis of commerce and manufactures,,ittagto " The Directore fervently hope that the afi v " - ,, l ticr,he which the county of Staffbrd is now about to Pi - e d t 044 will, in due time and with befitting care, be exte tl ' o hei remotest districts, and that ene whose enlightened P o tiO t i given new energy to the commerce of England , 4 1 , 1 reit tir his care and support to those great undertaking s W"• IP the commonwealth more closely together." Tre ats Mr. TOOTAL here proposed three cheers for the to„te ley Railway, which were given with great enthlis i° , for ` 4 , Mr. YATES PEEL suggested the same compliroco' 1.001'4 ladies who had favoured the proceedings with th eir „ P eeds ° and having been cheerfully responded to, this P r '' ea terminated. • ifigbiPt° The spade, originally intended for the use of t he s ly f° . 4' Baronet Baronet on this occasion, was manufactured eXPr'fee purpose in Sheffield, but upein being examine ] :;1 mittee appainted to attend to the arrangements, g b t too Coand at a very late period, Messrs. El it t i , p li oo ° it Co., of Birmingham, were instructed to loaLl a billgot; el:ctro silver plate, which they succeeded in °'"„. o time. The metallic part of the spade is in elec,"'oli and shaped somewhat in the form of an heraldic s '' . tb preserving the characteristic of a spade, 0 11 engraved the arms, crest, and motto of the Rin;re a wain ronet, and underneath the following inscrip . ion , oty, of the Trent Valley Railway, from Stafford to Pl." t< 6i` commenced on the 13th day of November, 18,15.0,, c uo ut/ olt occasion the first sod was turned by the Right d Sir Robert Peel, Bart., upon lauds in the par°* . to tr worth and county of Stafford." And upon the, the official seal of the Trent Valley Railway Ce lt/P e et gether with the names of the Chairman, Edmund The, the directors, engineers, solicitor, secretary, tie. t heib i ro or "tree," is formed of a piece of old English oak, put divided into two branches, forming the halod` e n ' t b i g o r appropriately carved with oak leaves, acorns, Sec,'„„ l e'sl' e 'illl polished. The wheelbarrow was of the finest 0,„a;, hagany, richly carved and ornamented with the 41. rot Right Hon. Baronet. Sir Robert, on leaving the, to carried off the spade, exhibiting it from his ca rt spectators who crowded around. The directors give a dinner this evening to t t oett]ii employees of the company, at the King's Anna bas o r which Mr. J. Stephenson, one of the contractors, et, taken to preside. e ?„ The whole of the arrangements of the day IT:. admirably carried out, under the direction of itu r '„ i Lief , who superintends the construction of the lin e, contractors. The dinner party at the manor this evening' the .Right Hon. the Earl of Talbot, the -) 1°1 / a • fr. I' l o Anson, M.P., the Hon. Captain Carnegie, 1q.1 7 . 9 ,. V ; flo Ricardo, M.P., Captain A'Court, M.P. Mr- "'; dire c e . e d , M.P., Mr. Houldsworth, chairman of the board e t; of the Manchester and Leeds Railway; Mr. W• ;s ell eg. 4 the Mayor of Manchester; Mr. T. Hilton, of 31 1 1 0 nef o r Captain Cleather, Mr. Richard Creed, and t 11 %. 9 c C„,'te members of the ' board of the Trent Valley Ile", eKer party :—Mr. E. Peel, chairman ; Mr. E. Toot s ," of P ,t J chairman ; Mr. T. Smith, of London • Mr. T. BooT'a c iety' pool ; Mr. J. Hornbv, Mr. J. P. Westhead, Mr. " e aat f° lD" Mr. T. L. Gooch, the engineer, as well as the folloi'vlogeiV hers of the late board :—Mr. J. Ridgw v, Mr. Mr. E. Tootal, Mr. T. H. WanklYn a Nfr. solicitor, and Mr. Watkin, the secretary ' to the con i r ,ter Mr. Brassey, contractor to the line. , e re b e got The same party, with one or two exceptions , 111- 1 410 tallied last evening by Mr. Edmund Peel, at Bone t he bl e b Among the toasts proposed during the evening wit,„' ; ,et t at of Mr. Hudson, by Sir Robert Peel. The Baronet complimented the Hon. Member in N'crY, AO, y terms upon his successful career, so much so that I",elie' formed Mr. Hudson was completely overpoWere" rose to return thanks rose to return thanks. 4 44 FATHER MATHEW.—We have much ple, a f te r 9, the Cork Reporter) in presenting the following, 1 ;40 or i e l readers. It comes from that distinguished litu' 7 , o celi 0 0 , Dwarkanauth Tagore, whose munificence and P. late oat we have already had occasion to record, during I ;„ j 'aise,„'", to this country. We are delighted that this j o yi'L f ,' o d i l has confided the execution of the work to a fo ci p. c 'olT s ; man, for, we are proud to say, that Mr. Ethr lar l i s e, ''.;ci, t ' is a Cork man, and takes his position with Ma c - o f il l ' .. olV and Hogan, in maintaining the high reputation g ill 0 0 for native talent and genius. We hope ha will relle'i to 6(1 ciently long amongst us to enable his fellow-ei tii b is P' 0 advantage of this, his first visit for many years t ° f A city : . w-,,0, (‘ My dear Father Mathew,—The bearer of this. , 4 of ifo ( is c( mruissioned by me to undertake the pain% to,,, 1 1 0 ; portrait, which you have been so kind as to pren l- a I froil,'", Mr. Leahy is, I believe, alreadAknown to you, e h igfe e , re s"l sured that he will, under the circumstances, fulfil ion, task in a manner that will do justice to his subject. Pi t wa t v o , endeavoured to express the high honour and Ell all i ro it , felt at making your personal acquaintance, Ala *to it 'doubly anxious that my countrymen should heh ° ho 'ili l the walls of my house, the portrait of the man IV' i deemed his contry from the national stigma tin' 0 're ° was held so long. OO A " Believe me, my dear Father Mathew, with e' fr ioaa, the highest esteem, to remain ever your attache,;,oo" , " DWARKANAUT.I I ' ~, fe Iv l i e " St. George Hotel, Nov. I, 1843." h oe t , DEATH OF LADY MARY COOTE.—We •ed ili tre l ; cord the demise of Lady Mary Coote, who excoei-:f 6 early part of the week, at her residence in C h oc Le ts Grosvenor-square. Her Ladyship was the dalth e Le' last Earl of Bellamont. Her m or t a l remains wil l V ~,5 1 in South Audley-street Chapel. ro il o tlY, GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITVI„ - $ 10 0 0 1 1 1, terday a special general meeting of the patr () ,m f , o„f s g i be',l porters of this excellent Institution, and an elec i Vp. 'Po Oto tants,:took place . :at:the Hanover square Roo4o, .'",; to er c do o " o , Esq., treasurer, in the chair. There was ' A very n r - 0, l' il eil ) 1 ' influential attendance of the patrons, patron'„ , - 00 0 " ili3, scribers. The receipts to the last ,audit 9- ii tia sl l , o l 11,959/. 18-r, and the expenditure, intluding e r ; ll 4/. 1';',,40, 1 1 deeds, and investments, &c., left a balance of 1, ";i be' 4 ' - 's l ) ° ' The provident fund figured 15,000/. The gert . er'f r ote 11 the meeting having concluded the annuitants OctioV sixty candidates were elected. ,_ A tO ~ ~,, Mr. Buck, M.P. for D( von, we are g i To . . no P it recovering from the effects o f an acc id en t the owier stst i i met with while walking a. few days since -~4 re . ) ;: d ai state of the roads his foot slipped into a len'i r octe" - was found on examination that the bone wilg - above the ancle. le r/ ••_..'.,.....e5t A R BIRTHS „,... Albe'' j ol" On the 11th inst., at Walthamstow, Essex, su" . ' Iti l 4 of a daughter. ,,01 #1 ee lrP On the 11th inst., at Greenwich, Kent, the wife -1 , - I' f " Sma'man Masters, of a son. he °f .eil , On the 11th inst., at Weill% Somerset, the w- r Esq., of a daughter. , 4 jaffe 4 0 6 On the 12th inst., at Clapton-square, Hackney', 31 - . i R Smith, of a son. ~,, o°' On the 12th inst,, at St. John's, Southwark, •,---' S of of a daughter. 4 o 4 e est e i c. MARRIED. A you ,'' r, d ic On the 1 lth inst., at St. Pancras Church, Y;dvrar"' - 11 0 ' e dil$' to of 0:- the late John West, Esq., of Park-village Vest , daughter of John James, Esq., Secondary of Lon don , square. . de, DIED. „ e d 7 3 1 A •r- e On the let inst., a t Arnersharn, M rs , C. J u dge, abb IF' d . r et" On the 7th inst., in PhP.adelphist-place, HO.' • . ,I.;' Carlen, Esq , aged 62. L dre, '' On the Bth inst., a t V, Orthr , L o d ge , Muck:lllo' ° Esq., aged 62. rtos'e. Pi On the 11th inst. at Camberwell, Mr. Thomas - 0 1' On the 9th the ~C' Charles Badham, M.D., Fit .% sci. , ,e , On the 10th 'dist., at Torquay, Hambly KilePr' or garter street, Gros', enor-square. - g# On the ',nth Inst., the Rev. Joeepli Proctor, 1)..-. , . rifle 1i5..1, Cambridge , aged 4 111 0“* " Orr the 10th inst.,' t Gbinraror, no" Potts,l -.':Sq.,"of Chestr, at On the 10th inst., at'Yofheldte6*Martha eldest sum . 6 4° ' i ter of the late air. J. 1,4 ern :, napel, ma ii I' _ ... , i . x . , age 11;1 _On the 11th inst. at T 4 ' -- - lal PF 3 ' t . e ad , Mr. W. Strachan, Q' of °"°l .„. 4 00, he . I; ev London : Printed and Pu' bushed by mult ri° ''' d wfr P lir. Strand, Printer, at 7714 - 1 12 Strsio- - ' a Sun Office, /No. . f r iditi' of tin savoy, to tits , c oun ty o f buchltege-s , 14, 1b45, L I. Th .„ 1N ---A ~Lon 1 Ot• The .... NA t4 lttl bti Th t ttib L e 's ' Ilia or te r n tb ' t D 4 tte 1;c to fl 4 at, 4, l 'A: 4 44( eli,,