The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TAFF VALE. On Weine;day the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors rras held at Bristol; Sir J. Guest in the chair. Mr. AIORCOM (the secretary) read the Directors' re port. in which were the following statements : " The receipts during the past half year amount to 24,894/. 193. 11d., being an increase of 2,202/. 12s. 9d., as compared with the last half year, and of 6,480/. 18s., as compared with the corresponding six months of 1814. The profits of the past half year (after payment of the working expenses, the interest on bonds and capital st.r!k, and a dividend equal to 5 per cent. per annum on 6,000 quarter shares) amount to 6,309/. 25., which, with 579/. Bs. 101., undivided last half year, will give a dis posable balance of 6,8881. 10s. 10,1., from which your Directors recommend a dividend to the holders of - original shares, at the rate of 31. 14s. 61. per cent. per annum on the amount of capital standing to the credit of each old share on the 31st of December last, or 2/. 6s. I Id. per share for the half year. This will leave 3s. ld. per share to be added to the capital of the original share, viz. : Amount of each old share on 31st Dee., 1844, ns per last report Sum authorised to be placed to the credit of each cicl share half yearly Less dividend now recommended 2 6 11 0 3 1 £125 16 11 £126 0 0 In pursuance of the resolution of the special general meeting, held on the Ist of April, the Directors took measures for obtaining an Act of Parliament to enable them to carry out the agreement made with the Mar quis of Bute on the 14th November last. The period of giving notices of applications to Parliament fixed by the standing orders of the House of - Commons having elapsed before the agreement with the Marquis of Bate was mada, and the Committee of that House refusing to suspend the standing orders, as in many other in stances they had done, your Directors regret to say that t. he Bill was thrown out. The formation of a double line as far as Navigation House is in progress, one fourth of the distance (from Cardiff to Llandaff) being nearly finished, and arrangements made for the completion of the remainder. During the last esbion of Parliament, the Aberdare Railway Corn- Tany obtained an Act for joining your line at Navigation House, distaat from Cardiff sixteen miles. When the great extent of the coal-field thus opened, and the pre ference the Aberdare coal has obtained all over the world for steam-packet purposes, are taken into con sideration, it may safely be asserted that the increase of trade which will be thus brought on the Taff Vale Rail way can hardly be overrated. The erection of blast furnaces contemplated by Mr. Crawshay Bailey on his very extensive mineral estate, through which the Aberdare line passes, holds out the prospect of still increasing revenue to this Company.. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to inquiries from Mr. Price and others, said the 76 forfeited shares would be sdld in the market. Mr. OVERTON said he considered that the Directors ware exceeding the powers vested in them by the Act of Parliament, by expending their capital in making a double line before they had accomplished the purposes fur which the Company was formed. It was intended that a branch should be made to Dowlais. This had not been made, nor, as far as he could ascertain, were there any preparations for making it. He had no doubt that if the Company were to make that branch t• at it would yield a large profit. Indeed, he had no lieaitatioh in saying that it would not only return five per cent. on the i outlay, but it would yield from 3,000/. to 4,0001. a year to the present line. For some strange reason this branch had never been made, and he (Mr. Overton) insisted that the Company were bound to make it before they could expend money in making a double line. The CHAIRMAN said, if the Hon. Proprietor would Tool( at the Act of Parliament, he would find that the Dowlais Company had taken powers to make the line themselves whenever it might suit them to do so. With the great capital which that Company possessed, there could be no doubt that if it had appeared to them de sirable thay would have made it. At present the Di rectors did not deem it judicious to recommend the Shareholders to do so. _ . . Sir J. Gue-4, Mr. C. James, and Mr. R. H. Webb were re elected Directors. At the close of the meeting the forfeited shares were put up to auction, and realised from 1401. to 1411. MIDDLESBOROUGEI AN!) REDCAR. The Directors of this line celebrated the passing of the Bib for this line by a public dinner at Redcar. The . line having been staked off preparatory to obtaining the contract, the Directors and several of the Shareholders walked over the course, and visited the dock branch of the Darlington and Stockton Railway, on a convenient pact of which the Middlesborough station-house is intended fqr the Redcar line. The tut-, we mey here state, branches off the former line, near the docks. and skirts the Tees and the sea banks, p ,s sin„ Ormsby flail, Normaliby Hall, Wilton Castle, Krleethom, and other places of interest, which were poin!ed out to the company as they went over the line. Oe nearing Coatham, a village about a mile from Redcar, the Directors were met by a number of influential gentlemen belonging to the neighbourhood, and escorted into the town by instrumentel music, banners, and a oonsidq.eble namber of the inhabitants, who evinced rn enthusiestn in the proceedings that has never, we ere stmt., been witnessed on any previous occasion in licheir. The town had quite a holiday appearance. The inhabitants, to a great extent, suspended all bush nee; for the day, and flags and colours were displayed from most of the houses. On reaching the site in tended for the station, where, by the way, a tent was e: - eeted, and to t supplied to about 500 females, the direc tors eroceeded to the Red Lion Hotel, where they partook of a sumptuous entertainment, Mr. Wilkinson pre ; supported by Mr. C. Dryden, as Vice-Chairman ; Messrs. Pease, jun., Henry Pease, B. Flounders, J. 0. Hepkins, Natf.aniel Plews, Edw. Oxley, H. Birkheck, of • le;orwich ; John Harris, Thomas Newsham, of Yarm ;F. ' Mewburn, sen., F. alewburn, jun., J.W. Pease, J. Middle ton, C. C. oXley, Dr. Harper, T. 13. Gommersall, John Dolphin, of Hunter House ; Thomas Macnap, John Biker, of Thirsk, and others. The dining-room was decorated with flap, on which were inscribed " Mid dleshre' and Redcar Railway—Cursu pernir at littora (swifc in its course it tends to the shore), and to the Bishop-Auckland and Weardale Rail wa: C npauy—Fit via vi" (it becomes a way by force). va ety OF toast, were proposed and responded to, air ngs others, " The Directors of the Middleborough an, fear Railway." The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. The undertaking in which they were concerned must, he said, be deeply interesting to the commercial classes. Looking to the various channels of communication by various rail ways already formed :or in progress, and to the connexion speedily to be formed with Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire, no one could fail to see the great benefit this district would derive from the railwae. When they considered how completely it stood prayed that the improvement in agriculture had gone hand in hand with railways, they must agree that both were inseparable interests. When they saw eretneres, mineral, veeet,ble, and chemicel, an 1 the pro thee) of the land thus manured brougnt from one pl ac e to another with such facility, and when, above all, they sew that collisien of mind which enabled one farmer to compere his position with another in a different part of the ceuntre, they saw enough to show the advantages of rail ways to the egricaltural interest. OxFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON. -- A public diener was given in the Market place, at Stow onohe-Wold, last week, to H. G. Bushy-, Esq., of More ton, and Robert Boman, Esq., of Donnington-house, to commem trate the passing of' the Oxford, Worcester, and 'Wolverhampton Railway Bill. The Rev. R. W. Hippes ley presided, and several addresses were delivert d, the respective speakers concurring in the conviction that the proposed line would he of incalculable aivantage to the slistricts through which it passed. The staking out or the line 13 being proceeded with, and the ground will shortly be broken. GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN.—We learn that this Company- is prepared to adopt the wide gauge from Pirmingharn to Swansea, and to meet the wishes of the itth thitan s of Great Malvern and Ledbury to the fullest extent, by making communication with these towns either by the retain line or branches therefrom.— War cezte, Chronicle. The proprietors of the Sornereetshire Canal purpose to convert it into a railway. A rumour has reached us that Mr. Hudson has avowed his intention to wring out a new line of railway between Lull and "4 - efanchester, passing through Howden, and eaviag 25 miles in the entire distance between the two termini. This act of hostility to the Manchester and Leeds Cerapent is said to have followed an intimation that Vie latter Company intend to divert, so far as it is pessibie, the Manchester export goods tr a ffi c f rom H u ll to Goole,meens of the Wakefield, Pontefrect, and Goal e iieilaty.—Eastern Couhtiei Herald. The system a hich in any huskers have adopted, of ad vanoing upon railway shares as security, has con tributed much to the diffusion of the mania for specula tion, and to ae unnaturally high state of prices. Two thirds of the quoted value, it is understood, is generally lent, and the money, as long as it lasts, is in all probe- bility employed in fresh speculations.—See rue/. WHITEUIVRN JUNCTION.—That portion of the White haven Junction Railway, extending from Maryport acroes the Dement to Workington, is expected to be opened for the conveyance of eceris aed passengers be fore the close of the present year.—Cumberland Parquet. SC() am LINES. EDINBURGH AND IIAWICK.-A special general meet ing of the Proprietors was held an Monday, at Gihts's Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, Mr. J. L•airmouth, of Dean, in the chair, wham on the mation of the chairman, se Bonded by Sir James Forrest, a requisition concurring in the sale of the line to the North British Railway Company, was carried unanimously. The chairman 5.11 , 1 the holders ofshares of the Hawick :"Ine would now become ho ders in the North British, the former being hereafter an integral part of the latter. Ho might mention that it was intended to form the line all the way to Carlisle, and that there was the prospect of ar rangements being made with two of the principal pro prietors in the district of the country through which the lime to that town would pass, by which arrangement the formation of the line all the way to Carlisle would be proceeded with previous to obtaining an Aet of Par liament. He trusted they would arrive at Carlisle as soon as the Caledonian line, and by that means keep the tra,ffie in this district of the Country on their owa line. People would tako ad vantage of the Hawick line in preference to the Caledonian Railway, as the country was much more popu lous, m re beautiral, and in every respect much more attractive. M... Millar. the engineer, was desirous that the Company should get possession of the land as soon as possible, in order that the inure expensive und tedious portion of the line might immediately be proceeded with, so that within a year of obtaining an Act of Par liament, the hue might be open for traffic for the whole distance from Edinburgh to Carlisle.—(Hear, hear.) The line from Dalhousie Mains, southward, had already been staked off, and as contracts had been entered into, the works would forthwith be commenced. NORTH BRlTlSH.—Subequently a meeting of Pro prietors in this line was held, when a res'2l:..inn*oi transference of the llawick line was agreed to, together with resolutions withorising the Directors to raise 400,0001., by the issue of 32,000 new shares, to be divided amongst North British holders—one share for every 251 share. ABERDEEN.--On Monday a meeting was held at Mont rose, when resolutions were passed requesting the Aberdeen Company to delay for a short time the exeeu. of their plan of entering the town by the east, being satisfied that, by a mutual arrangement, a line far more natural, shorter, and less expensive, may he de termined on, without detriment or prejudice to the interest of the company, avoiding numerous level cross ings, the links to the dock, the house of refuge, and the race-course. GLASGOW AND AYR, BARRHEAD AND GLASGOW, AND ARDROSSAN LINES.—The proposal for an amalgamation of the above lines, which was broken off some time ago, has been again revived, and is likely to be brought to a favourable termination. The amalgamation of these railways would be mutually beneficial, as it would lead to a lame saving in the management. The united li nes would a the most profitable in the kingdom.—Ghsgow Chronicle. IRISH LINES. DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN. DUBLIN, Atm. 20.—Yesterday the first meeting of this Company was held at their offices in Talbot-street, in pursuance of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act. G. HOYTE, Esq., who presided as chairman, stated that the meeting shoul•i be attended by proprietors holding at least one-twentieth part of the Company's shares. Ile regretted that representatives of the necessary amount of capital were not present, so that in point of fact the meeting was not legally constituted to do that which the Act of Parliament directed them to perform. The Di r-ctors, however, were most anxious to afford the Proprietors every information in their power ; and they had prepared a report on the state of the concern, which, together, with Sir John Macneill's report, relative to the engineering department of the line, should be read. Constituted as the meeting was, they could not transact the business contemplated by the Act cf Parliament, which was of an unimportant nature, so far as regarded the stability of the Company, namely, the salaries to be paid to the Directors and secretary, and the appointment of auditors to audit the Company's accounts. Mr. G. V. PORTER asked the solicitor how many shares he thought were represented at the meeting? Mr. KANE replied that there were representatives of 478 shares in attendance, and the Act of Parliament required that there should be 750. After some conversation relative to the shortness of time allowed by the Companies Clauses Act for the in dispensable preliminary arrangements, Mr. KANE, solicitor of the Company, read the report from the Board of Directors, in which they "con fidently anticipate that the total outlay for legal, engineering, and parliamentary expenses to the time of the passing of the Act, will be co vered by the sum o!' 13,0001., an amount which, considering the circumstances under which the Act was obtained, and the late period of commencing the preparations for Parliament, is more moderate than might have been anticipated." The report proceeds, "In the progress of the Bill through Parliament, an ar rangement was made, at the suggestion of the Parlia mentary Committee, with the Newry and Enniskillen Company, regarding the competing portion of the two lines which run from Clones to Enniskillen, by which the construction of that part is to be executed by the Newry and Enniskillen Company, who are bound by the terms of their Act to complete it within three years, and on its completion this Company is to pay one half its cost, and to become joint proprietors, paying half the expense of maintmanee, &c , thus having the free use of the line for the whole of their traffic for an outlay equal to only one half its cost. Your Directors consider that, in every point of vie w,this arrangement is a very advantageous one for this Company. Sir John Macneill, the Company's engineer, is proceeding with great expedition in the detailed survey of the line in order to the purchase of the land ; and by his report it appears that the expense of construction will in many instances be considerably less than the estimate made from the former surveys for Parliament." Ihe report concludes by stating that the works will be urged with great expedition, and it is ex pected that the whole may be completed for public traffic in 18 months from the time that the contracts are made. On account of the legal impediment referred to, the report could not be formally adopted at this meeting, but several shareholders expressed themselves highly satisfied with its contents. Mr. KANE also read the report of the engineer, Sir John Macneill, who says—" I have no hesitation whatever in stating that the line may be completed and opened under my original estimate. The experience I have had in such undertakings, and the fact of more than eighty mile-, of the Great Southern and Western Railway havir- 4 : be „ lately contracted for considerably under Itiy Parlia mentary estimate, justifies me in giviLg this opinion, the accuracy of which the shareholders and the public will soon be able to test, fe,r I am in expectation of having all the plans specifications of the two first contracts rea lay the end of this month, so as to advertise for tenders ; and as the Earl of Roden has been mot;i, liberal in the arrangement made with him for the purchase of the land required fur the railway and the terminus and station at Dundalk." In conclusion, Sir John Nlacneill says :—" The large . steamers plying between Liverpool, Glasgow, and Dun dalk now come up close to the quays, and will he enabled, as soon as the railway is comp!eted, to load and unload to and from the railway carriages without a second transhipment ; and when it is considered that the west coast of Ireland will be thus brought within three hours or three hour; and a half of the eastern part, and within fifteen or sixteen. hours of Liverpool, it is, I think, is fair presumption that a railway which will effect such an object must prove re munerative to the shareholders, more especially if con structed cheaply-, and worked economically, which I have no doubt will b• the case in this insta•.ce. Besides the line from Enniskillen to Sligo, I have surveyed another line from Ballybay to Cavan, which is also about to be undertaken by an influential and powerful Company (the North Midland), and which will also prove a most beneficial feeder or branch to the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, as it will ope❑ the whole of that country to the nearest seaport, where the agricultural produce is at present sent by common carts, the number of which on market days is extremely large. On the whole, therefore, and considering the increased track of Dundalk, the prospect of most important branch rail ways and extension of the line being constructed, anil the certainty of its being cheaply made, I have no hesi tation whatever in stating that I consider the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway en excellent and useful under taking, likely to prove beneficial to the country and re munerative to its proprietors." 15nm:in—The tr,flic on this Railway (25 miles opened) was, for the week ending 17th August, 18.15: Passeligers, 13 009, amount 4611. 14c. Id. ; goods. 131/. 1 Is. 44.-5931. ss. sd. Corresponding wee k o r last year :—Passengers, 11,373, amount 409/: 12s. 4d.; goods, 122/ 124. 3d.-5321.45. 7d. THE PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF COUNTY DOWN LlNES.—Difficulties have arisen in the way of the above measure; , such as seem very likely to prevent its a^com plishment. A meeting of the shareholders of the Belfast and County Down, and the Newry, Banbridge, and Belfast Junction Railway, is called to consider and decide upon the suhject. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN.—The Directors have made a call of 51. per share upon the Extensions to Limerick and Cork. tion :of the points we have endeavoured to illustrate. These are:- 1. London and Manehe.ter Direct (Iletulilly..._ . :: 2. Derbyshire, Stafford ~....,a- s ). Jur' -- ...... —.Lee, and Worcestershire 3. Sheffield and South Staffordshire. 4. East and West junttion. 5. Leeds, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire. 6. Chester and Manchester. We consider Remington's London and Manchester Direct Independent Railway to be one of the mo:t im portant projects ever brought before the public. It will pass through or near to St. Alban's, Bedford, Ket tering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Ashby-de-la- Zouche, Burton, Utbxeter (with a branch through the Staffordshire Pateries to Crewe), Leek, and Macclesfield, to Manchester, The places which we have marked in itates have now no direct railway communication. Lon don is the starting point, and Manchester the terminus— the actual capital of the country, and the real capital of the great manufacturing districts, being thus brought into direct and rapid communication. The district of which Manchester is the centre comprises the important towns of Bury, Bolton, Rochdale, Ashton, Oldham, Mac clesfield, Stockport, &c., and the population is nearer 1,500,000 than 1,000,000. It cannot be denied that a district so important requires other than a circuitous and dilatory railway communication with London, and the centre of the kingdom. Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Welsh counties, besides Scotland and Ireland, must inevitably feed such a line, by an abundant supply of goods and passengers. The branch through the S affordshire Pot teries (a district yet without a railway) mint be im menselyproductive. The direct East and West Junction, although a com paratively short line, will possess commanding advan tages. It is to commence at Kidderminster (at the sta tion of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway), proceed through Tenbury, and Leominster, and Hereford, where it will join the Hereford and Monmouth, and other lines converging from Here ford, and running through the west of England into South and Central Wales. It has been decided that Port Dynllaen shall be the terminus and port of the communication. line from London to Dublin. The direct route of that railway will be through \Vales, by Ludlow, and into Tenbury ; whence goods and passengers brought by it can have the shortest and quickest transit by the East and %Vest Junction to the midland and eas tern counties. On the other hand, a new and direct communication will be opened, through this line, be tween South Wales and the west of England, and the great manufacturing districts of Lancashire and York shire, with ready access to the more nor,hern parts of England and the whole of Scotland. The Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway is intended to continue the line of railway which we have just described. It will run from Uttoxeter through Rugeley, with a fork to Dudley on one side, and to Wolverhampton on the other. At Dudley it will join the short line to Kidderminster. To Wolverhampton it will give the incit:culable advantage of direct communication with the agricultural district of the Dove Valley, of which Uttoxeter is the capital. East Staffordshire, with its immense agricultural, min ing, and manufacturing wealth, will thus be brought close to Wolverhampton ; .while the rich mineral dis tricts of Derbyshire will, for the first time, b.. thoroughly opened. From Uttoxeter, by Remington's Direct London and Manchester, there will be communication with these great termini, south and north. Wolver hampton, which has hitherto gained so little by the railway system, cannot fail to benefit immensely by this line, which will place it in a very commanding position, by opening new outlets for its important manufactures. It will thus be placed in advantageous rivalry with Birmingham. _ Another section of this great project is the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Stafford,hire Direct Railway, commencing at Uttoxeter—which seems in tended, by position, to be the key-stone, as it were, to a most extensive series of railway communication—this line will proceed through Huddersfield to Leeds. The line, passing through the most picturesque, part of Der byshire (and opening that beautiful county to tourists), will give Leeds a direct railway through South Stafford shire to Wales, and the West of England ; and what is no less importance, to Southampton—thus saving a great circuit which must now inevitably be made, Owing to the want of direct lines. The mineral produce to which it will give a ready outlet, north and south, is of incalculable value. New markets will also be opened for agricultural produce, for building materials (with which the district abounds), and for a supply of wood from Needwood and other places. We would venture to sug gest the great advantage of carrying a branch from Ash bourne into the Derby, and ' Gatnsborough line near Belper, which would introduce the traffic of at lcast 200.000 inhabitants. NATIONAL S Y SIE of ttAILWAYS (From the Ba4way Express of yesterday.) The advantages of the direct lines of railway corn• munication arc so obvious as to require neither com ment nor recommendation. The whole system of tra velling has undergone a great organic change within the last twenty years. Instead of creeping on at the snail pace of eight miles an hour—the mails did not average more than ten and a half-,---we have learned to complain of thirty miles as too dilatory. Nor is there any duubi that even double that speed will be readily and safely accomplished within the hour, ere we are much older. The word is " Forward," and Science is busy, even now, in devising means by which that gulvance may be car ried out. We are by no means sure—so great have already been the triumphs of science —that, in the ful ness of time, some mode of travelling will not be dis covered by which even 100 miles per hour may be ac complished. Meantime, let the public have the, full ad vantage of all the "aids and appliances to Loot" now at their service. • The direct line from Cho;ler and Birkenhead to Man chester, also belongs t the series. The effect will be to restore Chester tr.., the commercial station she once held and should :all occupy; to bring that city into direct cc'T'n'::ateation with the manufaeturine• districts, and to "...Jae Manchester with the docks of Birkenhead. Holy head will continue to be a considerable port of transit and intercourse between England and Ireland ; this line places it in connexion with the great manufacturing towns of the north of England ; and connects North Wales, Shropshire, Hereford, Gloucester, South Wales, and the West of England, and, superseding the cir cuitous routes by Crewe and Birkenhead, will save eighteen miles in one instance and twelve in another. Anotther line has been started connected with Birken head ; Two cannot answer, though one would yield large profits, and we would recommend an amalgamation as likely to benefit the projectors and the public. In - deed, we are inclined to think that the principle of amalgamation might be advantageously brought to bear upon some of the other lines. We think that the shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction. the Sheffield and South Staffordshire, the East and West Junction, and the Leeds, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire lines, should properly be combined—and thus the great series we have described would consist of two lines instead of six. One line, that from Lon don to Manchester Direct, the other from the West of England to the manufacturing districts of the Ni•rth. Taking a general glance at the statements which we have thus made, after close examination of the dif ferent lines now proposed, we perceive that if they be carried out, not only Manchester and Leeds, but the North of England and Scotland, will have the most di rect communication that can be made with London— with Southampton and the south of England—with Bristol and the great clothing districts of the West— with South Wales and the agricultural counties which border it—with North Wales—with Ireland—with Ches ter and Birkenhead—with Worcester, Gloucester, and Cheltenharn—with Wolverhampton and the Midland manufacturing districts—and with the yet unopened Staffordshire Potteries and the rich mines of Derby shire. An essential point connected with these lines remains to be noticed—the respectability of the • Direction in each case. When we see men of wealth, judgment, in fluence, and character, heartily aiding such projects, and not sparing personal exertions and money to aivane e them, we cannot entertain a doubt of the stable grounds upon which they are based—the sound principl,s upon which they have been formed. On the other hand, the companies formed to carry those lines into execution, and ,confer permanent benefits upon the public, have been most fortunate in having, as their " right-hand," a solicitor with that energy and judgment which unite boldness in design with caution in action. We have had personal knowledge of that gentleman for many years, and have often had occasion to admire his grasp of mind, his untiring devotion to business, and his comprehensive ability in carrying out whatever objects he might have in view. We shall take an early opportunity of showing what railway lines, whether in operation or in course of formation, directly bear upon and must serve as feeders to the great direct trunks which we have been describ ing. The traffic which must flow from these sources is considerably beyond what may be imagined, and will show that those projects have not been lightly entered upon. [ADVERTISEMENT.] LONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAYS. Sir,—Amid the hosts of railway schemes intruded on the public attention, I have been much struck with the prominence the two direct independent, London and Manchester lines, commonly called Remington's and Ashursts, have assumed. The daily, the weekly, papers seem to be crowded with advertisements of these schemes, sometimes as many as five or six in one paper expatiating on their respective merits—why is this ? Are the public at the present time so devoid of railway excite ment—so little disposed to gambling, that it is only b y dint of published meetings and accumulated e‘avertt?e ments, repeated, as has been the case ; . - .1 reference to these projects for months, till the eye an 1 ear are wearied with them, that the seat railway speculators and the public are to be it:ld:aced to take shares ? Or is it that these lines are truth so vast, so little trusted to by sensible cal;:ialists, so marked by want of real strength in theie committees, or of sterling merit in their o,':).ject t so late in the day, and so little likely to be. ..;uccteisful in the inevitable contest with existing i!eterests, that they require lengthened and inordinate puffing, even in pre:ent times, to force them upon the market. Looking at the matter as a plain person, I cannot but think the latter is the fact, and I will adduce some few of the many reasons that have struck my mind with conclusive - force in reference to these prejects. Take, for example, Remington's line. If the weight of London and Manchester really supported it, would months have elapsed before the shares were taken, wifen in ordinary schemes the shares are allotted and paid for in as rattly weeks. How many of the landowners art, on the committee ? Without something of !ended sup port, can ihey hope to get through the standing orders in any reasonable time ? Will their surveyors even have permission in all places to survey ? This is doubtful,. especially when it is considered that in many of the district schemes the owners of miles and miles of the land through which the lines would pass are on the committees. Again, look at the absurd opposition of Remington's line to existing railways, take, for instance, the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, already made from Manchester by Stockport to Macclesfield, though not opened for part of the distance. Why, Remington's is laid out as an independent and competing line from Macclesfield to Manchester, consequently it must pass, not at the distance of a mile or two from the Manchester and Birmingham, but absolutely parallel with it at the distance of a few hundred yards most part of the way, at times almost running against it, in a manner unknown in the annals of railways ; another viaduct would probably be required through Stockport, -and fresh mills and houses to be cleared away. The expense of the present line from Manchester to Macclesfield has been stated, and, I believe, not understated, at 40;0001. or 50,0001. a mile, and it has been questioned whether the Macclesfield . Branch would pay, at any rate it has not yet been opened. Ho* absurd, then, to supposa - - that Parlitiment will suction such unheard of oonipetii• The acceleration of speed, great as it is, has not yet done for the public all that it could and ought to have done. Our lines of railway have been so formed that they do not take the shortest routes. In almost every instance they take circuitous routes, and thus, whatever speed may be obtained, the prAnged distance is a bar to the qui , ke.t transmission of goods and passengers. If this object he sought, the means must be DIRECT INDE PENDENT RAILWAYS. On the Continent, this principle is universally recognised, and hence the admirable 're sult—viz., the sho test lines from place t 9 place. ;:n this country, hitherto, the formation of railways 'nits been almost independent of control or check froea the po wers that be, and the natural issue is, our mart lines of rail way run zigzag, take a bend here, an a an angle there, and have been made, in fact, to ecetniunodate particular districts and towns rather than t'ae community at large. When we speak Kof " dirt lines," we d o no t mean that a projector is to take the reap, draw a line from one terminus to the other, and deolare eiut to be the un deviating course of the future railway. But we do say that a direct line so drawn should be ever held in view by the railway projector, as that which should be tie guide-track as far as possible. No occasion, if a mountain be in the direct way, to cut through it, or to run a via duct over an extensive valley, when hill and hollow can be avoided, with lessened expense, and very slightly in creased distance, by the skilful divergement of the rail road to the right or to the left ; but the straightest line should ever be adhered to when it is in the power of the engineer to do so. His aim should be to "annihilate both time and space." by taking the shortest mite and using the most rapid means of transit. So universally is this principle in course of recogni tion, that we venture to predict its adoption to the fullest by the Legislature. Our opinion, formed upon no light grounds, is, that in the next session the Parliament will take a decided line for the public advantage, and give the preference to such Bills as have for their object direct and independent railway communication between important termini. The Freat trunk lines must be the shortest that can be made. One great chain of direct independent railroads has been laid before the public, and the favour with which the series has been received affords the best confirma- Lion ag • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY_—u Y Pi .; e 4_Ni - NG, AUGUST fd. 3, 1845. BeSides, the London and York line has almost passed through Parliament ; this proceeds in its course from London to Mefferd, and here would be another competing parallel litre the former, equally nut of the question. The independent line, of course, does not intend amalgamating, or its very fundamental propositions of independence would fall to the ground. Again, look at the capital as an evidence of weakness, this was first stated at 3,000,Q00/., but this being too palpable it is now stated at 5,000,0001. w It is ell known, however, that the London and Blrmingham cost near 8,000,000/. Is it conceivable then, even with modern improvements, that a line of nearly twice the length will cost much less ? Besides this, as I have sometime seen noticed, the Manchester and Buxton, Midland Counties, Leicester and Bedford, and London and York, would form °le complete line, and the London and Birmingham, Trent Valley, Chur net Valley, and Manchester and Birmingham, another complete line, from Manchester to London ; these would surely be sufficient for the Manchester traffic, which, according to the late returns of the Grand Junction, was only 17,000!. a year on their line, and do away with any necessity for the vast undertakings alluded to. And I have good authority for believing that the London and Birmingham and the above lines in connexion with it will be absolutely nearer, as between London and Manchester, than Remington's project. One more remark, and I have done—l cannot but confess my surprise that some of the inhabitants of the, intermediate towns seem to have been induced to sup port the independent lines, which seems especially absurd as regards them, for the very pecial object and distinguishing intent of the above schemes, is to give the great :termini of London and Manchester a direct line independent of the district towns ; there is to be little or no stopping for cross or luggage-trains, or waiting for local traffic, nothing inatkrially to interfere with the unimpeded transit from end to end. And yet these are the projects, those very intervening places (which are professed in some measure to be neglected), think it well to support I, Surely, after what has been said, it a ill appear to any person exercising reasonable rctld•ction, that it did not require that the chances of success should be divided betwcen Ashurst's and Remington's projects, to detract anything from their respective merits. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, • AN OBSERVER: London, August 21, 1845. EXPERIMENTS ON THE LONDON AND CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC LINE OF RAILWAY. A series of private experiments have been conducted on this line of railway, and will be continued for the next few days, for the purpose of testing the powers of atmoTheric propulsion, and the molt marked ant d, Bided success has - attended all the experiments that have been hitherto performed. The question as to the power of a•cending inclines was completely set at rest by an experiment which may be regarded as an experimental& erucis. A train was brought to the foot of an incline of 1 in 50, and stopped, so as to depriveit of any power it might have acquired from the impetus of its pr2vious progression. It was then pro pelled by the atmosphere up the incline, and that which many of our most eminent engineers have declared en impossibility vs as accomplished with the greatest ease imaginable. Atncng other re sults that have been obtained, we may mention that the five miles' length of tube has been exhausted in its whole extent, the barometer being at the time at 271, and that the piston has traversed its whole length. As we before said, the experiments are not yet completed, but, as far as they have gone, they demonstrate not only the practicability but the supe riority of the atmospheric mode of propulsion. The train was frequently propelled at the rate of eighty miles an hour. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant C. L. Barnard to be First Lieutenant in the A.rtill:ry Com panies of the Corps. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. COAL IVIAIMET. Prices per ton at the close of the market :—Holywell Main, 16s 6d; Ord's Itedheugh, 15s; Taylor's West Hartley. 17s; West Hartley. 178: Wall's End Hartlepool, 18s 6d ; Wall's End Kelloe, 18s; Wall's End Adelaide Tees, 18s; Derwent • water Hartley, 15s 6.1, Morgan's Stone Coal, 23s 6d. Ships arrived, 3. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 22.) SUGAR.—'Ito day importers of West India Muscovado Sugar were more inclined to realise, but submitting to a slight re.luction on former rates, tempted buyers to come forward with increased freedom, and a large business was transacted in every description for the scale and re fining purposes. At public sale 273 hhds 57 tierces and 63 barrels of Bt. Lucia, were all sold, but ut a decline on former rates of 6:1 per cwt, good yellow selling at 49s 6d to 50s, good middling49s, middling47s 6d to 48s 6d, low 46s to 46s 6d, good grey 48s 611, middling 47s to 47s 61, low 45s 6d to 465. 145 hhds of Barbadoes went rather, cheaper, but the whole sold, fine yellow at 535, good sls 6d to 52s 6d, middling 49s to 51s, and low 48s per cwt. In all 970 were sold to-day, making the total sales for the week 2,40 hlide and tierces. REFINED. —To-day several purchases were made in Refined Goods by the home trade, brown lumps at 66s to 66i 6d, and standard 67s to 68s per cwt. Of Bonded Crush, d Sugar there is yet very little offering for sa!e. MAURITIUS.—There are ready purchasers of all qualities, and the rates offered are fully as high as they were on Friday last, but privately little is to be had, and none has been submitted to public competition. For auction on Tuesday 7,000 bags are declared. EAST INDIA.—in brown Bengal an extensive business has been transacted, and higher rates are paid; indeed the market has been nearly cleared at 37s to 395, and better quality at 40s to 42s per cwt ; the home trade have been tne chief buyers. White is much wanted, and stiffer rates have been given. Of the genuine Dobah sort there is yet little to be had, and for such high rates are offered. Of Madras none has again been brought to public sale, much inquiry has pre vailed, and the few parcels on offer by private treaty met with eager buyers at prices showing an advance on those of the last auction of Is 6d to 2s per cwt. Holders of Foreign East India have confidence, the stock being re duced to 61,583 bags, &c., which is 89,526 bags, &c., less than it was last year. Manilla is held with firmness. Java has supported the former value, but there has not been much business done. FOREIGN—The accounts come to hand from the va rious Continental markets being highly favourable fur Foreign Sugar, cause holders here to hare confidence, and none of any description has been brought to public sa le. Yellow Havannah has been purchased with more freedom, and the rates given are fully equal to those of this day week. Brazil is much wanted by exparters and our refiners working under bond, but the quantity at market is still small, although buyers are willing to pay stiffer rates. Porto Rico is wanted at 25s to 26s per ewe, but there is little to be had. All other sorts of Foreign are wanted, and stiff prices are offered, but few parcels are to he met with. MOLASSES.— rho demand has been active for all descriptions of West India, and prices are still going up. Bengal Trea de is wanted, but there is little to be had. TEA.—An increased desire has been manifested to purchase all descriptions, and for Black prices have assumed an upward tendency, but in the value of Green there is little improvement to notice at present. Mer chants -manifest firmness, and still refrain from offering any at public side. COCOA.—With Foreign the wants of the trade are not yet supplied, and the supply has again become small ; prices are firm, and rule at 36s to 41s per cwt according to quality. Pritish Plantation has been purchased with increased freedom, and the rates obtained are fully equal to those of this day weele:, COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee mat with less attention, and 892 bags at public sale were mostly taiten in at 48a for good ord pale. Of Costa Rica 3,810 bags were ()tiered, and chiefly sold at stiff rates ; fine fine ord colour} at 59s to 625, and second class 40s to 47s ; 132 bags Manilla sold at 41s 6d to 42s 6d for fine ord green, 41s 6d fur repacked, 35s for sea damaged, which was the full worth ; 76 bales Mocha went 2s above. RICE.—To-day the market presented a flat appearance for Bengal Rice ; 3,201 bags were offered at public sale. 11, 7 after 500 bags had been disposed o f at 12s 6cl to 15. for good middling pearly white, b e i ng a d ee li ne on t h e ra t es of the last auction of 4 3 t o 5 s per cr.vt.; the remainder was all withdrawn, the brokerelai being inclined to sell any more at the reduc a d S P a r 8 ate quantity S P IRIT S,— or Jamaica Rum of all qualities prices rem as sold sales has t b o e.e a n fair :s extent o pu have ns. Leewardbeen m Island has met w i t h l ess attent i on, an d prices are not so firm. l d a e d n Demerara has been in fair demand at former rates. Calcutta has been purchased with caution, but holders have refused to accept lower rates. For Brandy there has ben a lively demand, and a further advance in prices hai taken place. Geneva has been in good demand for export, and prices have advanced to Is lld to 2s, flue fit for duty has been selling at 2s 3:1 to 2s 8,1. Tne market is very firm for British Corn Sprits, and the supply is not large ; 10s 2tl per gallon is the value, nett cash. hanno.—There has been more activity in the market for East India, but the heavy stock, and the favourable accounts of the forthcoming crop prevents any improve ment in prices from taking place. SPICES. —This afternoon at public sale 608 bags M.dab tr Pepper were chiefly sold at the lug worth, heavy brown at 3id, sea dAtnagel first class 3 el, se cond class 3+.1, third class 31, Tar dam iged 2il tee 30. 3 barrels of Cayenne Is Bd, slightly damage d Is. 11 bar re l s o f Jam dm Ging , .r taken in a t 91 for good quality, SALTPETRE.,—T o day 945 bags of Madras Saltpetre were submitted to public competition, and sold at rather lower rates, th is to say, at 23s 6d to 24s for good white, 13 tee 12 per cent refraction. OILS.--This afternoon at public sale 30 tuns of Sperm Oil were withdrawn; 50 tuns of Southern sold at 25/10. to 27/ 5s for low to fine; 100 barrels of Palm 24s to 29s per cwt for low to fine. Ta.u.ow.—This afternoon at public sale 60 casks 100 skins of Thrall were sold at 40s to 40s 6d, 484 casks of Odessa 40s 3d to 40s 61, 410 casks of Australian 37s 6d to 41s 9d, and 415 packages of South American 36. 6d to 40s per cwt. BANKRUPTS. John Sims, wheelwright, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, to surrender, Sept. 1, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashley, Shoreditch. Benjamin Ling, timber-dealer, Fore-street, Limehouse, Aug. 28, at twelve, and Sept. 26, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane, Cornhil I ; Norton and Son, New. street, Bishopsgate. John Kirkman, butcher, Lupus-street, Pimlico, Sept. 1, at half-past one, and Oct. 3, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Turner, Mount-place, Whitechapel-road. Edward Thomas Hogg and William Neale Walton, wine merchants, Duke street, Adelphi, Aug. 29, at half past eleven, and Oct. 2, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Shirreff, Line Inn-fields. James Mantle Pratt, wine merchant, Berners-street, Oxford -street, Aug. 29, at half-past two, and Oct. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee, Guildhall-chambers ; Lawrence and Plows, Buck lersbury. Thomas Howell, hotel-keeper, Queen's Head-passage, Ne wgate• street, Aug. 29, at eleven, and Oct. 9, ut twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Treherne and White, Bucklersbury. Nathan Solomons and Elcazer Solomons, shoemakers, Church-lane, Whitechapel, Aug. 29, at two, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Court of—Bankruptcy. Penn.:ll, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; \Vatic) n, Worship .street. Robert Sugden, worsted manufacturer, Bogthorne, Yorkshire, Sept. 2 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn ; Rudd and Co., Halifax ; Bond, Leeds. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEtIALL, Atro. 21, 1845. Sir James Robert George Graham, Baronet, one of her-Majesty'sPrincipal Secretaries of State, has been pleased to appoint William Blamire, E-1., and George Darby, Esq., Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales. ADMIRALTY, Aua. 16. - Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant H. Fleming to be Captain, vice W. Ford, retired on full pay ; Second Lieutenant IL W. Gwynne to be First Lieutenant, vice H. Treming, promoted. • - - John Holman Suckling, ironmonger, Birmingham, Sept. 11, at eleven, and Oct. 7, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Gray's Inn, London. -..~,; PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 19, 1845, is 345. lOd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im • portation thereof into Great Britain (Dividends, &v., in our next.) BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) Nn Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Rth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 16th day of August, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ...... 29,075,905 I Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion ... 13,086,136 Silver bullion... .. 1,989,769 £29,075,905 J. R £29,075,905 ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. it, 1845; IPARTMENT. Dated the 21st dad• of Augu: BANKING DE .E. Proprietors' capita 114,553,000 Rest .. Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi- Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11.679,359 Notes 7,494,205 Gold and silver coin 603,898 dend accounts) 4,969,963 Other deposits 8,973,401 Seven day and other bills £33,219,306 Dated the 21st .day of Augu. £33,219,306 F.LSEY, Deputy Cashier. "it, 1845. COURSE OF EXCHA/ Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6 R Aterdam 2U. 12 84 Antwerp 26 0 Harnburgh 31.8. 13 14 Altona rGE.—(YESTERDAI.) Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn ......... 30 60 Genoa Milan Venice .... . ..... Naples ...... 40 Palenno, psr oz l2Ol Lisbon s3i Oporto Rio Janeiro ... 23 Bahia • Buenos . 4 y,•%58.. NewYoik.::7dyssight Philad~~;l is piumr.4 1;7 RULUON, TER OZ Foreign ;old, bars. £3 17 9 Portuga' '39ld Coin :3 17 5 New Poubbons 0 0 0 New D:.."ars 0 4 Vi Silver .!. Furs 9 0 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Frankfort on Maine 1221 Petersbiugh, 3 Us.. Berlin Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona 'Spills NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.-Accounts from thesquadron to the 10th inst. have this day reached us, which state the Queen to have proved herself the best of the three.deckers, and the Canopus the best of the two deckers, in all the trials which had taken place up to the date of our letters. It is also stated that the Trafalgar, Vanguard, and Superb, were the sternrnost ships of the squadron, the latter universally so, and her performances altogether had been throughout the reverse of her name. The appointment to the command of the Excellent, gunnery. ship, vacant by the appointment of Captain Sir T. Hastings to the Ordnance department as storekeeper, has been conferred upon Captain Chads, late second in command on the China station, in the Cambrian 36, with the broad pendant of Commodore. We are glad our anticipations of the 25th have been confirmed. There Is not on the navy list a man more deserving of the post conferred upon him. The Mercury, Second Master-Commander Scarlett, arrived this morning, from Brighton, whither she had been dispatched on Tuesday, with Sir Charles Rowley and household. In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, President, Athol, Adver ture naval transport, Rhadamanthus and Echo steamers, and Sylvia cutter. In. Dock—Prince Regent, Trincomalee, Amphitrite, Centaur and Scourge steam sloops, and Leander frigate (building). In the Basin—Nelson, Carnatic, and Carysfort. At Spithead—No man• of-war. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Henry Ducie Chads (1825), late of the Cambrian, to the Excellent, gunnei y.ship, vice Captain Sir T. Hastings, re. moved to the Ordnance department. Lieutenants—F. Martin, H. A. Kerr, and the Hon. M. Kerr, to the President; C. J. Walton (additional), to the Vindictive. Masters—J. T. Russell (1837), to the President; B. Simpson, and G. A. Winters (second), to the Dee. Paymasters and Parsers--J. M. Hope (1814), to the President ; W. B. V. Farrar (1841), to the Siren, vice Cunningham, ap pointed Secretary to Rear-Admiral Dacres. Surgeons—W. H. B. Jones, M.D.; J. J. W. Roberts and J. Cockin (assistants), to the President; F. Anderson (sating assis tant), to the Victory. Chaplain—Rev. A. Browne (and naval instructor) to the Cro— codile. Naval Cadet—C. Montagu, to the President. Midshiomen—A. D. Mercer, to the Canopus; F. G. Probyn, to the Ilthernia. SHEERNESS, THURSDAY.—The Russell, 74, in the basin, in ac. cordance with a recent Admiralty order, is being further advanced by having the hreectiings of all the guns fitted complete, and hay. log two main and fore and one mizen topmast put on board, with several small stores not formerly provided. The Dove lighter is busily employed under the riggers, in con. vcying the topmasts, &c., for all the other advance ships at this port. The Ocean, 80, Captain R. Arthur, C. 8., Is to take up moor ings near the dockyard, and be fitted to carry her full armament, so that she may be available en an emergency. The Sappers and Miners, under Captain Alexander, R.E., are busily employed lining out the ground for the new fortifications. Wooden profiles are up, showing the height to which the works are to be carried, to assist contractors in taking the contract. The works surrounding the barracks, and to extend in a semi.circle up the Medway as far as the dockyard wall, are to be carried consi. derablY higher than the old fortifications, while those to extend down the beach as far as the magazine and the termination of the fosse leading from the Medway are apparently to be on a level with the old works. In Harbour—Ocean, 80, flag-ship pro tem. ; Raven, 3; and African steamer. CRATMAM, Avousr 22.—The Active, 36 guns, having had her bottom coppered, and Sir H. Davy's protectors placed on her bottom, was undocked on the 18th instant, and placed in ordinary. The Cumberland, 70 !guns, was taken into dock on the 19th inst., to be fitted as an advance ship. The Retribution, steam-frigate, in dock, fitted for sea, is nearly ready for the pendant, and is expected to be in commission the beginning of next week. The Bult.dog steam-frigate will not be launched before the end of September next, by which time the contractor will have her engines ready to be put on board. The Janus steam-sloop.—This unfortunate and most expensive craft is having her engines again taken to pieces, for the purpose of endeavouring to discover the cause of her failure. The whole of the smiths on this establishment have commenced during the week working by task and jolt, from five in the morning until seven o'clock in the evening, to bring up the arrears of iron work. THE IRON TRADE. STRIKE OF THE COLLIERS AND PUDDLERS. We regret to learn that the partial strike of the puddlers, in the parish of Tipton and other parts of the district, is likely to be fol lowed by a general turn-out of the colliers and ironstone miners. Notice was given a fortnight since to the puddlers, that the reduc tion of one shilling a tun would be generally adopted by the mas ters, and as the notice expires this day, it is expected that opera tions will be suspended in most of the works in South Staffordshire. The thick coal colliers. with the stone-getters, have also had no tices in the district west of Dudley, for a reduction of sixpence, bringing the wages of the former to 45., and the latter to 35., per day. These notices expired last Saturday, and hundreds of men are now perambulating the neighbourhood in every direction, watching the pits at work, and threatening those who continue in employment at the reduced rates. From the measures adopted by the " turn.outs," it is expected that all the mines in the district will very soon be at a standstill. This state of things, in connexion with the expiration of the puddlers' notices, will cause one of the greatest strikes hitherto witnessed in South Staffordshire. It is difficult to say how the disagreement will terminate, as the masters have resolved not to submit to the—terms of the workmen, and the latter seem equally bent on enforcing • their demands. The stocks of coal are very limited, and should no immediate arrangement be come to, the masters will be obliged to blow out their furnaces, and thus throw out of employment all the hands engaged in the manufacture of iron. It is to be hoped that matters will not be pushed to this extremity, as the men and their families are already in a state of great destitution ; and although they may obtain partial employ. ment in field labour, this resource cannot last long; and while they continue " at play," workmen and colliers will flock in from other districts, and take their places in the mines and at the fur. naces. We have been informed, on what we deem good authority, that by the stoppage of three furnaces alone in the parish of Tipton, during the present strike, the puddlers have sacrificed in wages 1,000/. a.week. Thus 15,0001., which would otherwise have found its way into different channels of industry, giving employ. ment and bread to hundreds of families, is irrecoverably lost, and this unfortunate state of things is not only to be perpetuated, but widely extended, producing discontent and want in a district which, in the present state of trade, possesses all the elements of long continued prosperity. Regarding the price of iron, it is difficult to arrive at anything like a correct conclusion as to the actual Position of the market; but the certain, and not very remote supply of rails, &c , required by the companies whose Bills have passed through Parliament, and the general exhaustion of the stocks held by consumers, combine to give increased stability and prosperity to the trade—Birmingham Journal. ~--~1~ _ SUPPOSED CASE of POISONING. BATH, Ave. 22.—This day the inquest on the body of Lieut.- General Dick was resumed at one o'clock, before the Coroner, Mr. Bn?lish, at the Lamb Inn, Stall-street. areavesi barrister: and Mr. Smith, solicitor, attended on behalf of the executofi. The CORONER said, he was sorry to have to state that it would be necessary again to adjourn the inquiry, as Mr. Herapath, whose evidence was most essential, was engaged at Bristol upon a trial at the assizes as to a patent right. Mr. T. Barrett, the surgeon it ho made the post mortem examination of the deceased General's body, was in attendance, but it would not be advisable to take the scientific evidence at two sittings. There was, however, a wit ness present who had come from Trowbridge, and the jury could, if they pleased, receive his testimony, or they could adjourn at once. The Jury said, that as they were now assembled, they would pre. fcr going on as far as they could. Mr. Joseph Cuff was then sworn, and deposed, that up to the 13th March in the last year, he lived in the service of General Dick as butler, at Catherine.place, Bath. The body exhumed some days since in the Abbey Cemetery was that of General Dick. Ile died on the 13th of March, at about one o'clock. In the morning he appeared to be in his usual health up to twelve o'clock. He took his breakfast as usual at eight o'clock, his usual breakfast hour, and at half•past ten o'clock he read prayers, according to his general custom. There was nothing then at all unusual in his appearance. At a quarter. past eleven o'clock witness took up his chocolate as usual. Witness put the sugar into the chocolate cup and the cook poured the cho. colate into it. Witness left the chocolate with the deceased and presumed that he drank it, as he afterwards saw the cup emptied of its contents. He was at this time sitting in a back-room behind the dining.room, which was usually occupied by young Mr. Thomas as a sleeping-room. Mr. Thomas was the General's grandson. When this chocolate was taken to him deceased seemed as usual , he made no complaint of illness. At about half-past twelve o'clock a friend of his, Captain Hutchison, called to see him. Witness went into the room and announced him. The General then looked altered ; lie was paler than usual, leaning back in his chair, with his mouth partially open, and his eyes looking dim, as if he were drowsy. Witness announced Captain Hutchison, and he said, " Very well, Cuff; I will go to him." Witness then asked the Captain into the drawing-room, and went himself into the dining-room to lay the cloth for luncheon. Mr. Thomas then called out from the sitting room, " Cuff, come and assist me " He went in, and saw the General on his hands and knees by the bedside, and Mr. Thomas trsing to lift him up. Mr. Thomas said, " the General has had a lit, Cuff." Witness could not see the General's face, but he was still, and did not struggle at all. Witness assisted Mr. Thomas, and sat back in the General's chair, and they got the General off the ground, and sat him on his (witness's) knee. He gave one sigh, leant his head back on witness's shoulder, and his mouth fell more open than before. After that he exhibited no signs of life. He was never subject to fits, and had not been ill before. Mr. Thomas left witness in the room with the deceased, and went to fetch Dr. Spry, who was In attendance in three or four minutes afterwards. Mr. Thomas followed in abcut a minute, anti Dr. Daniel also came, as did Captain Hutchison. Dr. Spry tried to bleed the de. ceased in the arm and in the temple, but only one drop of blond came. He had been dead half an hour and more before any of the servants or family knew of it. They knew that he was very ill, but not that he was dead. . _ The witness was here taken ill and fainted, and his evidence was interrupted for a time. On its being resumed, t he cm inned— Mr. Thomas cautioned witness not to tell them he was dead, fearing that they might tell the General's daughters and frighten them. Mr. Thomas afterwards said to the gentlemen that he thought they might bury the body without an inquest, as he did noL went a stir to be made in the house. Witness did not know of anything besides the chocolate having been given to the General. He was not in the habit of taking medicine. Never knew of his drinking peppermint-water. He had not been sick at all during the morning. Witness observed nothing unusual in the choco late cup when he took it out of the room. Saw no glass or medi. eine bottle about. There being no other witness in attendance, The CORONER adjourned the inquest till to-morrow at 1 o'clock when it will be held at the Guildhall. HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE NEAR ROUEN. The Memorial de Rouen of Wednesday contains the following sad account of the effects of the storm in the immediate neigh. bourhood of that city : " A frightful event occurred yesterday to fill all our district with consternation. A rather violent storm had broken over Rouen about noon ; the rain had fallen in abundance, and some claps of thunder were heard, but there was nothing to presage the horrible disaster which has desolated one of the richest and most industrious portions of the arrondissement. " At thirty-five minutes after twelve a furious whirlwind arose in the valley beyond Deville, commencing at the Houlme. It first carried away a part of the roof of the factory of M. Itouff, then, gaining force as it proceeded, it overthrew several small buildings, broke down trees and hedges, and destroyed crops. Further off, buildings were unroofed, and others were literally crushed in. We have seen some in which the ruins, the furniture, the corn, hay, &c., were so confounded with the uprooted trees of the field, or gardens which surrounded them, that it is impossible to say where the buildings stood, or where was the garden. The scourge, moving with the speed of lightning, carried to a distance some parts of the ruins, then uprooted the highest and largest trees, and at last struck three of the principal factories of the valley. Lightning is in fact less rapid than was the destruction of these establishments. _The destruction is so complete that the imagination cannot con ceive it, and no description could give an idea of it. They have been literally reduced to crumbs. To crown the fatality, the event took place at an hour when the greatest activity is going on, and the hands are most numerous. Of the three establishments which have been destroyed, one is is the commune of Malaunay —viz., that of M. Bailleul, and which was carried on by M. Neveu; the two others were situated near Monville—viz., those of M. Picquot and M. Marc At M. Neveu's 120 persons were at work, the roof fell in, and the walls gave way before any person could escape. At M. Mare's, where the number of hands, at work were seventy, the calamity was slot less sudden and com plete. At M. Picquot's the number of persons at work was not less than 180. The roof being first carried away, all those within rushed to the doors, and they became so crowded that only a few comparatively could get out. This factory was finished scarcely a year ago, and the proprietor was blamed for erecting it in a more solid manner than any others of the valley. The cnimney, Which was 150 feet high, tell down to within a few yards of the ground, and I was thrown across the river. The third floor, cut off with wonderful precision, was also carried into the water. The two other stories next gave way, and at last the ground floor was s o completely demolished that scarcely twci bricks remained in their places. All this was accomplished in less than two imputes ; people from all parts hurried to render assistance ; al! the manufactories and workshops in the neighbourhood sent out their men, and at once began to clear out the ruins to save those under them who might be yet alive. Nothing can equal the scene presented at the three principal theatres of this vast disaster. Machinery looms, bars of iron were fractured, and enormous pieces of timber were broken as if they were mere straws, and all lying together in one confused mass. Torn fragments of clothing were seen among flocks of cotton wool, with arms and legs protruding from the heap; pieces of flesh were adhering to the irons, and many parts were dyed with blood. Now and then deep groans were heard : some men and children, preserved as if it were miraculously, by an overhanging beam, were taken out uninjured, but more frequently some severed limb or dead corpse, or a body so mutilated that death would have been preferable to the torture it endured. On the road nothing was to be seen but I,tters or carts, carrying away the dead or wounded. Temporary hospitals were promptly established. Sur geons came from Roues, brought by M. Flobert, and bestowed their care and pains upon all, evert those of whom no hope could be en tertained. The master of the hotel of the Cheval Noir placed at the disposal of the faculty the largest room in his house, with all the linen and every other useful thing which he had then at his command; 26 of the sufferers were laid in the ball-room and in the orchestra. A number of the clergy came to bestow the con. striations of religion, and the Cure of Afonville, dressed in his surplice, recited the last prayers for the dying over those whom the faculty despaired of saving. Men, wamen, and children were weeping over their relations, many of whom were expiring in the most cruel agonies. This dreadful scene was rendered even still more harrowing, when the medical men, in the interest of such of their patients of whom they entertained hopes, required that all persons who could not be made useful should be withdrawn. This necessary demand was executed by the authorities with the most affecting kindness and consideration, but the cries and lamentations it caused were rending to the hearts of all present. At the guard-house at Monville were placed alt the bodies taken out of the factory of M. Picquot. We have seen 17. Two were those of young girls, one that of a woman, and the rest of men and boys. Among these last several had been taken out of the river, into which they had been precipitated from the third floor. Some were entirely crushed, others had their heads and chests driven flat, and some had their heads severed from the trunks. Need it be said that the spectacle was most horrible. When we withdrew from the scat of the catastrophe, at ten at night, we found at M. Picquot's house 25 dead and more than 50 wounded, part of whom could not be expected to live through the night. It was believed that there were 10 more victims stilt under the ruins. Out of three foremen, one was killed, the two others saved alive, but severely injured. The loss in money is estimated at 120,000 f. At M. Neveu's there were 9 killed and 15 wounded, but how many remained underithe ruins was not known. His loss is estimated at 250,000 f. At M. Mare's there were six dead and a great number wounded. His loss is put down at 120,000 f. In all 40 dead and 100 wounded—many of these last mortally. Theaggregate loss is com puted to amount to 620,000 f. for these three establishments only. From one of these phenomena, of which these storms present so many varied examples, these buildings were not destroyed re gularly one after the other, but the whirlwind seemed to have moved in angular directions, and less solid buildings between the spinning mils were left standing. The effects of the hurricane extended upwards of a league and a half in length. The com munes which have chiefly suffered by it are Le Houlme, Malaunay, Monville, Eslette, Cleres. and Anceaumeville. Over the whole of the crest of the hills which inclose the valley of Monville the trees have been destroyed. At Anceaumeville the buildings of a pro perty belongidg N. Barnet have been blown down and the trees uprooted, and also a number of sheep and cows belonging to M. Caron were killed. A gigantic tree was raised upwards of forty yards, and transported to a considerable distance. Roads are ren dered impassable by trees laid across them. Carts, waggons, and other carriages hare been blewn over, and many persons carried far away out of their paths. Among the thousand incidents cited, we may notice that M. Picquot was on his way to his factory when the storm came on, and stopped, and before he could recover his road the ruins of the factory alone were to be discovered. Whilst the work was going on in the ruins at M. Neveu's, cries were heard from him, and the men were directed to turn their attention towards the spot from whence they proceeded. He was found sup porting himself on his wrists, with his back supporting a mass of rubbish, and protecting his mother, who had fallen close to him, and who would have been smothered, had it not been for his admi rable courage. He had remained in this position, forming a sort of arch over her. Both wero taken out without any serious in. jury, but the emotion of M, Neveu was so great that for an hour and a half after his deliverance he could not articulate a single word. A workman who happened to be in the third story of M. Picquot's factory, was thrown into the meadow, where he fell without being hurt. As he got up, and was endeavouring to proceed toward the ruins, he was knocked down by an apple.tree, uprooted by the wind, but he was only slightly hurt. The mutilated remains of two young girls had been just taken from the ruins of N. Mare's, when a woman, who was watching what was ping on, recognised them as her daughters. She immediately gave way to the wildest gr'ef, and, rushing to the river, threw herself in and was drowned. We have said that aid was brought from the town. We think it right to mention the names of the persons who distinguished themselves by their zeal and devotedness. M. de la I'reugne, Secretary-general of the Prefecture, quickly organised the means that were to be employed, sent orders, and gave instructions, which powerfully contributed to render the labours as efficient as possible. M. Ton. gard, Councillor of the Prefecture, remained on the spot as long as he could be of use; M. Dubue, physician at Monville; the Cure, Baron de Monville, the mayor of the commune; M, Loritz, of the H. Edward, and Henry Lemaitre, gendarmerie; M. Genoa, son., M. Durand, of ars indirect taxes, &e. We ought also to mention the Municipal Guards, who k e pt excellent order; a squadron of gendarmerie, and half a battali on of the 21st regiment of the line, who arrived with the surgeon anst assistant -surgeons of the regi ment. M. de la Preugne has demanthad succour from the Minis ter, to be distributed amongst the most neces.,itous sufferers." The Mini3ter of Public Works yesterday received a deputation from the English Committee of the Decal' Leheuf Northern Railroad Company. This deputation was composed of .31r. Francis Mowatt, President of the Committee; Alderman Hughes, of London ; Mr.- Wegnelin, a Director of the Bank of England ; Colonel Barlow, President of the Southampton Doak Company ; M. Adolphe de Milly, member of three Euglish Committees, and their representatives at Paris, and Alderman Sir Maguay, late Lord Mayor of London, who presented the address of the corporation to his Majesty Louis Philippe at hit late visit at Windsor.—Freacit Paper. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alf the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken on sea beach on Wednesday morning, and rode on ponies ip afternoon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House, DI . Wight. On Thursday afternoon the Prince of Wales and thePrhti: Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, taken an airing in a carriage and four through NewPl; Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice rode on ponies 1$ pleasure grounds of Osborne House. In the forenoon Royal Family walked on the beach. His Excellency Daniel Jenifer, late Minister of the VP t ii: States, at Vienna, the Hon. Christopher Hughes, late 4 nister of the United States, at the Hague , and the n William Bonlware, late Minister of the United Statesty Naples, leave Liverpool, by the Great Western steatnert New York this day. SPORTING INT ELLIGENCE. TUNIRIDGE WELLS RACES— WEDNEsDAY•O The Eridge Stakes, of 10 sous. each, h ft, and only 2 ' A d Oared, &c., with 50 added, the second to save his stake• v' mile and a half. (23 Subs, 10 of whom declared) Mr. P. Bolt's Hampton, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Colon) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark named Lady Charlotte, 4 vrs ist 71b... o 3 Lord Glamis's Satyr, 4 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. May's Corinthian Tom, 3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :l id , Shelley's Alkali, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Mr. Hardy'a Little 5 aged, ist 101 b—and Mr. G. Ong'ey's Fama, aged, 94,a After the dead heat between Hampton and Lady OW' the former won by a Leek. The Ladies' Plate of 20/.. added to a sweepstakes of 2°4 each. One mile and a distance. The winner to be EA ° 601. (3 Subs.) 1 / Mr. Lindsay's Sylvanus, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ( Ealing) 2 1 Mr. S. Smith's Beggar Girl, 5 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. French's Alipede,' - 5 yrs, Bst 91b The first and second heats were well contested, s" third was won easily. 'f The Visitors' Stakes of 3 Fovs. each, with 30 Wed t o o start ; the second saves his stake. Tho. winner to be s° 100 sovs. Heats, a mile and a half. (5 Subs.) 1 I Mr. Mathew'. Tub Thumper, aged, 9st 71b • $ Mr. Bell's J. w Boy, 3 yrs, 7st lib Mr. Pybus'b ch g Priam, aged, Bst 1011) Won easy. THU RSDAY. tr 4 The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added, for yrs old. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. ; if ente r '? be sold for 150 sovs., allowed 9lb ; 100 soya., 141 b. ; 50 211 b. Heats, a mile and a half. (5 Subs.) Mr. White's Teresa, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (501.) ...(T. Brown) 0 9' Earl of Caledon's Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs, ( 1501. )••••" Mr. Lindsey's b c Sylvanus.3 yrs, 6st blb (501 ) •5 Mr. Osbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose, 5 y rs , (100/. ) •bl First heat won by three parts of a length, the secon d head. tY The Stewards' Stakes of 3 toys. each, with 30 ackle4loo, second saves his stake ; the winner to be sold for 80 Heats, mile and a half. (7 Subs. ) Mr. May's Corinthian Tom, 3 yrs, 7st...(Mitchell) 2 3 1 Mr. Hardy's Little Dan, aged, 9st 31b ... •. 0 „ Mr. Csbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose, 3 yrs, 7 st . 4lb . ° Mr. Mathew's Tub Thumper, aged, 9st Sib ... I OP Mr. Limes Mainstay, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Thaty, 5 yrs, Zest 91b Mr. Royd's it or . Mr. VI hite's Theresa, 4 vet, est 61b First heat won by a length, second by a neck, and t canter. A Free Plate for beaten horses was won in two heats r j , Smith's Beggar Girl, 5 yrs, Bst 61b, beating , Mr. Bells 01 boy, 3 yrs, 7st, and Mr. Osbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose' winner was claimed. .7 Yr UNIVERSITY INTELLIGEL 4 4I CAMBRIDGE, AUG 22.—KING'S COLLEGB.—Mr. has been admitted a Scholar of this Society. The following appointments have taken place:— e. JO? The Rev. Charles Johnson Cartwright, M.A., of f.,"" College, to the united rectories of Brandon-ferry and w If Suffolk—value, 5001. The Rev William de St. Croix, B.A ,of St. John's Ole. the vicarage of Glynde,Sussex--value, 1321. CO ° The Rev. Henry Watts Wilkinson, of St. John's ll. ' to the vicarage of Walton, with Felixton annexed, in SuO tor i The Rev. William Mockler, of St. John's, to the r 0 Little Bealings, Suffolk. 0 10 The Rev. Charles Holland, 8.A., of Catharine H all► rectory of St. Stephen, in Jpswich, Suffolk. The Rev. William HaywPod lbotson, M.A., of Ifiera. College, to the incumbency a the new church of Sl' Notting hill. CO ° The Rev. George Renorden Kingdon, 8.A., of Trino/ to the cur a cy of Trumpitigton, Cambridgeshire_ e . The Rev. Henry Pot, 8.A., of Emmanuel College, to - of Benthall and Much Wenlock, Shropshire. • ASV ORDINATION.—An ordination will be held on Sunda , 24, by the Lard Bishop of Norwich, at Norwich. bl i bele' EXETER, AUG. 22.—The weather is NW' fin e the lit , rcest is progressing ra?idly. 131 [ADvEwrismtENT.]—tußE FOR Drtopsx - de , 141 - LOWAY'S PILLS ANI) OINTMENT.—Captain Jam " ,- D O the Company's service, re s iding a t B o ul og n e , had bee e thrice within seven months, twelv e q u a rt s o f water R e ro be from him each time; notwithstanding which operati° ° b ° o o, about falling a vic!im to this terrible complaint, when , p menced the rubbing in of Holl o way' s invaluable "' i blire and as r ffectually as salt is forced into meat—besid es sf P ,jl took large doses of his wonderful Pills, which in 0 " .511 , 0 1 effected so extraordinary a cure, as to enable him sin ce , et„'lJ twenty-five miles in one day. Any unnatural swelling body are effectually cured by these celebrated medicitis'Y by all Medicine-venders; likewise at Professor H oll°- tablishment, 241, Strand, London •01 511 11 UNDER TIIE PATRONAGE OF MANY OF THE A LI. EN 'S COMPOUND ANTlv i r e d 2 abd• L 1 PILLS, prepared by Thomas Allen, late Of 14 , e- yrovor member of the It vol College of Surgeons. London, of the Apothecaries' Company, and a pupil of the late ec!: v or celebrated John Abernethy, Esq , ; twenty•tWO clpal Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. During fr trial of twenty years, these Pills have been found an 4 0 10 remedy in cases of indigestion, liver, , and bilious comPi w- Ag e derangements of the digestive organs and obstructionS, e l7 action of the liver and bowels, which occasions more or I yO° lowing symptoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness, acidity , 00,,, sickness, spasms, and flatulent distentions of the ot ° i # bowels, drowsiness anti dimness of sight, an uncomfor ts o 11 , tion experienced at the pit of the stomach soon after eat i mity feeling of a weight of oppression, appetite impaired, bres_nar, cult, tenderness about the region of the liver, bowels irreg"irftte, times obstinately costive with languor and depression of °I . ) 4 OeN In boxes at 1!41., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Sold by 3 1 • D 1. • Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, London; 1 . 1 .0, 1 Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street; and retail by 00 druggists. Agent for Mile-end, Mr. Wilkes, DrUggi ,t- 9 g LORI) ELDON'S APERIENT rl i ' f li r> l habitual Costiveness, have been the mean i . ° pee cure to many thousands ; they are peculiarly adapted il w " we" both sexes who are of sedentary habits ; they are eat'Llotl nobility and gentry, and are the mildest and most ORA nine extant. P e‘ I'4d., rA Sold in boxes at Is. 2s. 9d , and 45. /- Barclay turd Co., 95, Farringdon-street ; Sutton and `asi;sticei Churchyard ; Newberry, 45, and Edwards, 65, St. r l o d PO' 150, Oxford-street; an by all respectable Druggist , a et.' Venders in the Kingdom : and wholesale, at 13. C res t Apostle, London. prig. 40e TESTIMONIAL TO LORD ELDON'S e the Sir,--I have subjected to a carefui chemical analyste_.o pared by you, and mist them to consist of effectual but ai e , without any mercurial preparation whatever, Y0uL 1 . 'p.,. 1 2 A. TIRE, 13,Charlotte-street Redford-square. London. st Just published, 16th edition, 2s. 6d., free by Pos t, js a la' T envelope, 3s. 6d. A - 6 HE SECRET COMPo ce ov a Medical Work on the baneful effects of , too Infection,edion, with means of restoration; wherein the C O influence of mercury on the skin are pointed out. - By It. J. BRODIE and Co., Surgeons, Lon",flita' - eo 9 `, Published by the Authors, and sold by Sherwood , ra i .,,'' a elo'.4A Hannay and Co., 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; 4, ',lc ton-street, Soho ; Noble, IIL Chancery-lane ; th' 1410' street, Covnlit-nr.irden; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-s , '' .st reet,V;te Wood, High-street, Birmingham ; Newton, Chure.,,, h w e( pool ; Westmacott, Manchester; Heron and Co. 6 , r, r eis street, Dublin ; Ker, 16, Leith-walk, Edinburgh ; Union-street, Bristol ; and by all booksellers in t 0 d i e ii 00; OPINION OF VIE rims. M o i s es/Ail' " This is a work of great merit, and should be Pla c aid i t op' of every young man who is suffering from past follS c - a teia 0 01 It contains many valuable truths, and its perusal Inns in many ways."—The London lercantile , " xl " tet ;- t i id 500 THE CORDIAL BALM OF ZEYLAt , '; ; ?„„' of 5 W 0 01. Restorative, poeeesses wonderful efficacy ii ca' — o ese`',l s. o , weakness, heaviness, and lowness of earits, dinalleststiee,.pg fa", debility, irregularity, and weakee , 's. Sold i n bo t -4 efl'' and I Is. each, or the ettentitv by which one lls. bottle ie. anted. The 51. cases MO caf e • four in one family be (et BRODIE'S PITRIFyiNG VEGETABLE PILLS , ( r e cta 01 - 4s. 6d., and I Is, pc, MY. 'rhea! l'ills are the Most c . ,, p tefil- - "eol.'00 every disease le both sexes, ineltaliag secondary 8,3,,‘'.1000410i° 00 external diseases of the skin, without td:drance to tee' i t all medicine vendors. Consultation tee, if by letter_e • o dr,- detail of cases is necessary. May be had, wholesale all the principal patent medicine houses in Lon don. c 0 Messrs. BRODIE and Co.. are in daily attendance forDostai at their residence, 27, Montague-street, Ru5eT.11.00, ,,:91. f e , II in the morning till 8 in the evening, and on S . `,.eit e"" Only one personal visit is rept red to effect a pereaau- FOUATEENTH EDITION ot the SILENT Feb - Frailty, with Coloured Engravilig' o os l fiforit Just published, price 21. 6d., free by post (in a seal „ oi l 1 7 0 0 501 THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Mea l so d orie V. neir the Infirmities of the Sy , tein in both sees' 111, of the reproductive powers, with means ot resteratt ... !" t rete° effects of indulge- ce, kc., are hilly pointed ou t. gravings ; followed by observations on 31arriaga:,. 9 001 1,1 0.514 By It. and dat L. PERRY and Co., Consult ngtea elf Published by the Authors, and may be ha sndC°coo 063' 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STRE ET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-rOF ; li an3s ierld ,* or t -, lord-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhail-stre et ; street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. end' o° ° • 9 .` We regard the work before us, the Silent ser ies 0 0 0.0 0 embracing most clear and praetical views of _rntti 0; 1 0 hitherto little understood, and passed over by a 7 - 010 0 ' Meal profession:, for what reason we are at a Pro s l _a 00 * e pie however confess that a perusal of this work has 7 . _ en d. too.oo impression on eur minder, that we not only rt cOni s n i ud eeing' l o , '" wish every one who is the victim of past toljY, "it ,:retion, to profit by the advice contained Is its Pa*:;0110.i , " - 00 The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM 15 3,0000 , 00 1 gm to the cure of nervous debility, irregalaritY , dwebilitleo, petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, t-tle a mity Os d '"iefr excess, fee. In bottles, price I Is., or the 'lu As ....pea ° 0 01? bottle for 33e., by which I Is. are saved. The rcE, 1 DP, be bad as tisn el. FqSEe' evit to p• p The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE "- sea. # far searching oat and purifying the blood fr0.n,.., an the head, thee, and body, ulcerations, e t`T„ t cti i 7, 4 . ' affections arising from impruper treatment or th 4fr ot removing secondary symptoms, and all eruption 9d' Ss. 9 4 ' (1 0" I.s. and 335. per bottle. rice 010 , PERRY'S PURIFYINCI SPECIFIC or ict / P t? end Hs. net* box, are the moit effectual remedy coo ° W ir hs l4 mation, kc., without hindrance to business. detail at Consultation tee, Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for r .. w . t eete . , l : o If by letter. It. Minute ..ieittle n -% P til l° 4 s - deuce, 19, Berners-itreet, oxrerdstreet. _e_nunitai 5 till e. On Sendeye from till 13. Ono Per' - cesesry toa , r ,, et a p wrntripnt ernes. .................m..............m.............••••••......-- Soa COte th e A 1311iTilz , . Sout h r On the 19th inst.. at Laurie-terrace , of William I lentch, Esq. of a sou. loceftbe ry On the 19th inst., at ' the President's i f e o• Christi College, Oxford, Mrs. Jame senorris, II sident of Corpus Christi College, of a 1 11° P .4 RR I EP. „.00000; On the 19th inst., at Garrock New 7," o gest aylor. of Wakefield, to Maria, the ) 0 ,f the anti. Mr 3. Bettmv• AI? or DIED. -.,,_ its te of On thi, 21st inst., at Cambridge, A.fr. 191°3 as eras t!i ( e ) 1 j a i t t e he M 2 r. l s t bookseller. Oil the 20th inst., at Havant, Sophioifillit . 0p,...tr r ef' 13rol ~/ or ro:rvo lest., NVise. in Pelhain-place, John Day, ,A.A , Itec;o: of North Tuddenharncml b et t On the 22d lest., at Elfra-road, 13rixtoo, P" crei ce o ' Esq ,of Gresham- treet, City. , of the Oa the 221 inst., SaiiitaDonald, I'M" 7l ,14 Ltiwer Edini,ntori, aged 78. -- - i -. i9 1 ______---- ir o . i ____----- .., T TBDO ' "r 40' I.")nAm.:: ?ninon and Published b 7 01 ; .. 004 Vlo' 0. 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