The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

Mbittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. SPECIAL MEETING OF PROPRIETORS (THIS DAY) The CHAIR.MAN (in continuation from our Afternoon Edi tion) said—With regard to the carrying of goods, it ,was, their intention to allow private parties to carry on the line, but if complaints should be made that carriers abused that privilege, then the directors would he prepared to enter upon that department, and would take care that the public , were properly accommodated. In carrying out the amalgamation between the two companies considerable difficulties, had arisen; but he believed that what had been agreed on was, generally speaking, the best that could have been done under the circumstances of the company. He would now address himself with regard to other companies having a relation to these two. There was the North Staffordshire line, a scheme that was not like many of the ephemeral projects before the public, but one that would command a large local traffic, and which was supported by great local interests. In respect to that scheme, stipulations had been entered into which were mu tually satisfactory to all the negotiating parties; and a pro posal to the shareholders of that Company had been made that would prove important to their interests, and which he had no doubt would be accepted by them at the general meeting of that body, to which it was to be submitted. Then with resaect to another project, the Birmingham Canal one, the arrangements with that Company would remain exactly as they were before. That Company would go for ward in connection with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and Birmingham Railway Company as previous to the amalgamation. Next respecting the Sheep shire Union Railway, arrangements were in pro gress for an alliance with that Company, which would secure to them the London and Birmingham line, the whole valley of the Severn from 'Worcester to Cxewe. With regard to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, they would stand in precisely the same position as prior to the present arrangement; and as it respected the opposing Com pany, supported by the Grand Junction Company, a pro position for an amalgamation of the two had been proeo3ed. An offer had been made .to them by which a beneficial interest in the present scheme,- under a properly defined arrangement, would be secured to their Shareholders, The result of this general arrangement would be peace be tween all interests, and the carrying out of a plan that would secure a mutual and lasting advantage to all partied concerned. Though it was not usual to submit ,a report at a special meeting, the present business was considered SO important that one had been drawn up, Which would be submitted, embodying the principal . featires of the amalgamation. After that had been read,he would be prepared to go into the details on which it was founded, should it be desired of him, or to afford any explanation that might be required. There was one other point beforohe had done. The capital accounts of both. Companies were about to close ; they would, however, be opened GREAT WESTERN.. RAILWAY again in 'a short ' time. He was not prepared at COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) present to say more than this ; but he hoped shortly that a ' SPECIAL MEETING. ' . . small distribution of stock would have to be made to the pro. A special General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Great prietors consequent on that close. It would not, in all pro- Western Railwaf was - held this day, at the station, Paddieg bability, be very much, but as soon as e it was ready for dis- ton, for the purpose of taking into consideration the terms of tribution he would take care that every Proprietor was an agreement entered into with the Directors of the Bristol apprised of it by circular. The Hon. Chairman concluded and Exeter Company for the, leasing of the lattei line, and his address amidst considerable applause. also for the purpose of determirring upon a plan'for making a The SECRETARY then read the following report :-- direct railway from• London to Exeter.` Chitties Batten, Esq., e The Directors, in pursuance of the notice which they eop,, presided. • ' - have given `Of the'presenE meeting, have to recommend the- - • .The'SeeaterießYlia 4 ritig read the advertisement convening adoption by the Proprietors of an agreement of amalgama- the meeting, tion, which has been concluded by the London and Birming- The CHAIRMAN rose and said, that the purposes for which ham and Grand Junction Boards, subject to the approval an d t h e Di rectors h ad thought tit to convene the meet i n g ng h a d confirmation by the Proprietors o f eac h C ompany respect i ve l y been fully stv.ted in the a d ver ti semen t which had be e nj ust —the object to both parties being that the amalgamated read. The terms of the agreement wit h the Bris to l and Companies should be subject to all liabilities in common, and Exeter Company had already been receive the same rate of dividend cu t o f one common fund. rectors of that railway, and r e published by the Di- The relative circumstances of each Company in respect of ex- to all present. They had, howe ver, e bee n in consequencene in cluded in the kho known penditure, revenue, income, and share capital, were fully con- p or t of the Directors of the Gre a t Wes i tern, which -would sidered, and a balance was definitively struck by which the afterwards be read by their Secretary, and those present must adjustment was regulated. In virtue of this adjustment, the necessarily be fully acquainted with them. The circumstances London and Birmingham capital is taken at 8,653,7501.,and the which led to that agreement could be very briefly related. Grand Junction at 5,788,560/., making together a consolidated In the rage for extended railway communication several fund of 14,442,316/., and f o r the f u t ure di v id en ds of the projects were started for the purpose ofemaking a more direct amalgamated companies are to be calculated, and for -06 and central line to Exeter and the West of England. The purpose the receipts are, from and after I st July last , to con - course was open to them (the Great Western) to resist those atitute one common fund. In regard to the management lines in Parliament. They might contend that a direct of our amalgamated concern, it is mutually agreed communication was afforded by the Bristol and Exeter line that for the first five years there shall be held one and the other new lines along the coast, and they might mutual board, whose meetings shall be held monthly, show that no direct traffic could exist to support or as may be found convenient, to consist of mem- a third line. They would have been assisted bers selected in the first instance from the present in this opposition by the report which bad direction of each Company, in the proportion of eight London last year emanated from the Board of Trade. and Birmingham Directors to six Grand Junction—the But it appeared to them that this course would have been a united board to discuss and settle all matters of general very hazardous one, and that it would look as if they ne policy. The London and Birmingham line proper being glected the requirements of the public or the wants of the worked in respect of all details, under a committee sitting iu district. The project of a more central and direct London, composed of twenty. four Directors, and the Grand communication had taken firm hold of the public Junction line , proper being worked as res p ec t s a ll details mind, and the claims of Falmouth, Plymouth, and the other under a committee sitting in Liverpool, and com- ports of the west, recommended that they should endeavour to posed of eighteeen Grand Junction Directors, or supply the want in question. The South-Western Company sub-committees of either respectively. Considering had undertaken to complete a line for the purpose of afford the great and obvious importance to both parties ing accommodation to those parts. The South-Western, it of an arrangement which gives a common interest to lines was true, did not, as a body, collectively directly suppt so circumstanced as the London and Birmingham, and Grand such a line, but the leading proprietors of that c ompany,t Junction Railways, the Directors think it unnecessary to do a public meeting, denounced the agreement which . was more on the present occasion than refer to the obvious be- made by the Great Western Company, and it had nefits which must be derived from a combination of the re- been ostentatiously put forth, that the solicitors and en sources of the two Companies under one common management, gineers were embarked in that line ; and some of the pro and the increased means which will be therebyafforded of pro- prietors stated also that, although . the Directors might feel viding for the convenience of the public, and of adopting such themselves bound by that agreement, still they (the proprie• moderate rates and fares as will be felt to be satisfactory to tors) were at liberty to come forward in spite of it, to lend them. The Directors h av e f ur ther to recommend the adop- their aid to the adverse line. It seemed to them,therefore, that tion by the: Proprietors of an alteration, agreed to on the the only security and defence which they in that case ' poet- I6th of Septemb e r, i n th e agreemen t o f the amalgamation sensed was the somewhat hazardous result of a Parliamentary between the London and Birmingham and the Manchester investigation. They thought, therefore, that the wisest and and Birmingham Companies, which was approved of at a the best course was for themselves to take the more direct former meeting. The terms of those alterations are, that the line to Exeter and the west—(Hear, hear)—by capital of the Manchester and Birmingham Company shall an amalgamation of interests with that Company. be taken at 2,800,0001., 700,000/. of which is not to be They thought it also fair to consult them, and to offer a par entitled to any dividend before Ist February, 1849, but may ti c ip a ti on i n th e sc h eme . Th e y me t an d discussed the ques be capitalised at any time. The po wer o f th e Manchester tion ; but before the discussion closed, it was intimated by the and Birmingham Company under the Acts to raise an addi- Directors of the Bristol and Exeter that they thought tional capital are not to be exercised without the consent of there were some preliminary matters that ought to pre the London and Birmingham Company. The London and cede the question they were then met to discuss. Birmingham Company are to guarantee to the Manchester They asked what were to be the permanent relations and Birmingham Company a dividend of 8 per cent. f rom t h at were to su b s i st b etween t h emse l ves an d th e Great Ist February to the 31st July, 1846, on their paid-up capital Western Company? What were to be those relations at the of 1,440,000/. From that date to the Ist February, 1847, at the termination of the lease? Was that lease to cease, or to the rate of 9 per cent. per annum on the portion paid up of be renewed, and, if renewed, in what form, or on what terms? the capital of 1,800,0001. from the 31st July, 1847, at the same They (the Directors of the Great Western) were not very rate, and the portion paid up of the capital of 2,100,0001., d es i rous t o ag it a t e thi s ques ti on . Th e y thoug ht and from and after Ist July, 1848, a dividend on the same ea- it would be more judicious to po.tpone the pital at a late equal to what may be paid out of the united consideration of this question to a further period, when the property of both companies to the London and Birmingham result of the present changes would be known, and when Proprietary. On the Ist of February, 1849, th e capital of they might be able more correctly to estimate and know from 700,0001. will be placed on the same footing as the capital of exrerience what was the real value of the Bristol and the 2,100,000/, making the total capital of 2,800,000/. . Exeter line. They were, however, bound with that " The Directors have only to observe., in con c l u sion, that C om p any , an d cou ld not s h r i n k from the risk the arrangement with the Manchester and Birmingham Com- to which they might be exposed. The meeting pany, now submitted for confirmation, is simply a modi- was convened for the purposes of business; the parties came fication of terms which they thought it f.n. the interest of the .to it with a really bone fide intention to enter into sorne.ar- London and Birmingham Company to agree to." rangement. The Directors of the Bristol and Exeter pro- The CHAIRMAN—IS it your pleasure, gentlemen, that the posed to them, as the basis of - the agreement, a report now read be adopted? I beg to propose a resolution perpetual rent charge. That was agreed to, end to that effect, and also that it be printed and circulated among the discussion turned chiefly on the terms o f the the shareholders. rent charge. Those terms had been for a long time The resolution having been seconded, was unanimously before the public, and those present were therefbre aware carried. that some portion of the proprietors of the Bristol and Exe- The CHAIRMAN—I have now to propose to you a resolution ter Railway had objected to them ; but he could not help to the effect that the Birmingham and Manchester thinking that their opposition had . arisen from not suffi- Companies be considered as one, and be amalgamated as ciently comprehending the principle on which the to capital and in all otherrespecte. Hon. Proprietors would see agreement was based, or from not having taken time to exa that that resolution pre 4erved their interests to the full extent, mine their on - n actual position. The rent which they had the capital of 2,800,000/. being united with their own. They engaged to pay to the Bristol and Exeter ,Company would also perceive, from the circumstance that interest was had enabled the Directors to give to their share to be paid in September, in that point also a due regard was had holders a dividend of 4 per cent. By this not only to the interests of the Company, but to strict equity. agreement they could give at . once 5 per cent., The advantages which they would derive from this amalga- which would be for the three and a half years of the lease illation were almost self-evident, because the real capital of one per cent. additional. At the expiration of' the lease, by the Birmingham and - Manchester Company had not been fully the terms of the agreement, they would be called on estimated, as the increase in their profits of late had been to pay them a dividend of 6 per cent. The payment .of very considerable. If any Honourable Proprietor should. this _dividend rested on very speculative , and con desire him to enter into the details he was perfectly jecturel grounds as to the degree of traffic rued the ready to do so, as they were in the room at other resources of the line. There . could be . no the present moment, in the statement to which allusion had doubt that the North Devon and the lines now projected already been made. These would convince any one who would pour some considerable traffic on to this railway, but, should hear them, or take the trouble of perwing them, that again, they must recollect that the Bristol and Exet eitrans if any excess of advantage were on either side it was on the ferred to them a great liability for the construction of their London and Birmingham Company in this agreement merely. line, and if a central line were made there would 'be little He confessed that there were other considerations alsOthat in- question that a portion of traffic would be withdrat en from d need them (the Directc re of the London and Birmingham COm- the Bristol and Exeter, perhaps more than that. -which pany to enter upon that agreement amongst the most prominent might be expected from the new lines. Under_ one cg,ntin of which was a desire to prevent the Birmingham and Man- gency they used to pay 5 3 / 4 per .eent. instead of ' 6/. ; chester line falling into rival hands. He would conclude by but he trusted that was a contingency not likely to arise. proposing the resolution which he had already submitted .to It had been assumed that a difference of one qi uarter them. per cent. would cover any loss likely to - arise Mr. Eerrwester.,.M.P., said that it was already known among from the making of the central line, but • the the shareholders that he was not altogether satisfied with reason why this per centage bad been retained was I a very the arrangement that had been made; but he had :now, to - different one. They were aware that . they were giving the state that he had been canvassing for proxies to give effect to Bristol and Exeter Company a certain dividend, tau 1 they his views. He considered that the accounts to which the Hon. retained this quarter per cent. as a security that tee e Pro- Chairman had referred should be laidbefore the meeting, before prietors of that Company would join the ranks off their they were called on to agree to the terms which this resolution opponents. This meeting had , been made special embodied. There was one difficulty which strongly_ e pre • for the purpose of obtaining the consent .sof' the vented his entering into the views of the Directors. What shareholders to certain new lines, in addition to the I Bristol he alluded to was, the compact that had been entered into and EXeter. The Chairman then recapitulated the outlines as to the leasing of the line within twelve months. of the new schemes, which are fully detailed in the rt port of He conceived that the Directors of the Birmingham and the Directors. The lerel of the line, as far as Yeom 11, had Manchester line, did not act with the great wisdom they con- been examined by Mr. Brunel, and he reported t shat the ceived they had done in entering into this agreement, or that country might be deemed an advantageous one for the pur indeed either party had made so advantageous a bargain as poses of a railway. The Chairman concluded by. calli eig upon it appeared was thtegeneral impression they had :done. For the secretary to read tha report, instance, they knew that new lines would detract Mr. SAUNDERS then read the reporteasfoelows e-s. . -- from them as .much as they would get by their aural- e The directors have found it necessary to cotorene este present gamation. The consequence was, in' fact, that they would spelial meeting for the. purposes referred to in tvo note' vs,--the have.to pay eight or 'nine per cent. in conjunction with the one being to consider and decide upon a conditional ailrel _meat for Grand Junction, .'. He did not conceive that the Birming- the permanent tenure of the Bristol and Exeter Raketwale , and for ham and Manchester should be considered in exactly the t h e pu re h as e of 'the property of that Cornpany,,--a1e.. 0 0, ies, to de. same light as the other two companies, and receive as large termine what lines should be brought before Parham:l%W t n the next a proportion of. the benefits pecuniary as well as otherwise. session f or i m p rov i ng th e ge n era l ra il wa y communl 'e X tl oft o f any With these.vie ws h e should not hesitate to express his dis- tow ns , or district of country , Wog to the south of the (1 reatWest. West satisfaction at the decision of the Directors. Perhaps the e ra Railway, in connexion- with the tragic of thisfine. . :' . ' views, they had taken were wise, and in the main j)oints. ' " The arrangement with the Bristol and Exeter 10 alwaY Com unobjectionable, hut w hil e ealetaatiene thev were ienorant of the figures pany is recorded in two agreements, dated I Ith, . .)ctober and upon which their Were based, lie could ' not con- 6th instant, which are appendedto this report, and 'trill be sat). ceivo. that -it should occasio n dbareholders, Should, not evi nce uch unqualified rise s e approval that individual i v o ifd theua l miffed for con fi rmation. arrangement. The bar" It is-eight to premise that this measure his not' bee. a proposed frustrate the views of rival 'was, in fact,' made chiefly to at this time from any desire of your directois to obtain by antici. companies, but strange to say patin a renewal of the lease, which . will only expire In I 849. this . was not the ground called to express their approval which they were " ' ,It would have been in, many respects more sitisfica , !Ty, if the . . that -- it was asserted would be o r f ea l it. The isedi was e g n a l i y n .qiiestion could have been left open for future adiustro e.nt, when what the depression - in their funds would' b so that in theCircunistances atfecting the permanent value - of the E istol and fact here there were no such:evident profitsaloatonce' obtained AS the ' repot would lead, them lo imagine. Under t 'Exeter Railway could have been better known and appreci a fed, but after having candidly stated to the directors of the Ist" dot and stances, he begged td' sae-, that he considered h ' " eireenri- ;Exeq . Railway their opinion of the necessity of forminge shorter betters if time were' afforded them to investigate these-wo be line between Exeter and.London,' a measure which did nor; - aezat of . the and to arrive at A just conclusion, figures,' being longer deferred, they felt it due, in the relative poaitio ' no t 'with 'The CHAIRMAN ear Ihe certainly was aware of the op* ' , two companies, to endeavour to effect some equitable settlerai 'I I I ~ y entertained by the hoe. member whose presence amon - ‘hR5ll". that company before they entered upon any *active mean eees re gat thein wai always so agreeable, though he differed with them - oh promotng, the direct line to Exeter. mod! fled In the present ()cession He was not, however, aware that he' .' It will be seen that.tbe first agreement bas been . it, en had gone to the lengths which he himself bad stated, namel one respect, by the supplemental agreement of the 6th hu& .., in canvaseing for proxies. However, he would meet t h e- teredintp at the request of the directors of the Bristol, and 1 ‘', ieter Hon. Gentleman, and he trusted that before the meeting Railway Cohn in order to equalize the cans on their din ' ere " was over that the non. Gentleman would be convinced that - sher . es. .If ,confirmed by the general meetings of the two t Inn " the position he had taken in reference to this subject ?ars, a p plication will be made to Parliament in the, next sea On was not justified, and that he would alter the his to , - . aely e _ provisions into effect. views. "He should recollect what were the exact eireum-, whie l h 'h are d l i i r k ec e to rs are strongly impressed with the advantai Tee Stinces. The Directors of the Manchester and Birminehano gompany alyndttoo be secured both to the Great Western Rs, li e the public ; by ln Co - npany had no doubt been hurried in firming the decielon * :waythe approaching „ won ofr an active efforb to promot e, i.. _ they had arrived at, by the knowledge of the opposing lines which Will contribute, with the Great two portions of new line,. that were coming into existence. In fact, he had no hesita- • merset, and Weymouth liner, to - form Great Western and the Wilts, Se - tion in stating that all the advantages were on the side Of , : the metropolis and Exeter, as the orm one direct railway betweei . ' the London and Birmingham Company. The agreement: 'ports in the English channel: best access t o t he e°iniutb.westerti, with the Birmingham and Manchester line, respecting the " Ist. By a prolongation of the " - ' ' • perks Indite ' • • nte .. Railway from 6* per cent. which - they were to receive, was based upon a Hungerford to Westbu abo ut Si milea--with branches' calculation of the rate of traffic in Ju1y,1835. Now, they , to Marlborough and raises . • , . • . ' had . lint thirty miles of their line in operation, and they - ' , e 2d. By a railway from the Wilts, Somerset, and:We calculated the cost at 34/ , could be nothing Trace% fairer than that at - per mile. There , t line, at Yeovil, to Exeter—about 51 nilles•—With a connect. c culetion, and if gentlemen would consider ' , in g • fora =omen , line from Bridpert" to Axminster, ind a branch to Sid:" •t, they wo u ld see that there was an increase Mouth. in the profit s of ler did not deny that per cent. on every third mile. He " The distance from London to Yeovil by the first-mentioned by a desire to prevent the line been actuated strop 1 g-Y line will only be 126 miles ;of which 91 are constructed or auttio bands of those who were hostilleetin question falling into tme rised to be made for other purposes. The directors recommend influenced them in that vert,en_aotthem, and the reasons that that the prolongation of the Berke and Hants Railway shall be ap. 4 . otad pmibiy be conceived ! 1 ... were the strongest that plied for in the same manner as was adopted in the cue If th e DM II 110 trusted/ there fo re , that • Qr the thcorposation of 4* Coyorisb. - - - • :- ' P Mr. WILLIAMS was also desirous of knowing whether a meeting of the Proprietors of the Grand Junction Company was now taking place at Liverpool, and also one of the Bir mingham and Manchester Company. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting of the Birmingham and Manchester Company had already taken place, and he was in hopes a meeting was now taking place of the Grand Junction at Liverpool, at which similar resolutions, to those proposed at the present meeting, would be agreed to. the resolution was then put to the meeting, and declared to be carried unanimously. • The CHAIRMAN then proposed another resolution, by which the Proprietors gave authority to the Directors . to apply to Parliament fur powers to carry the pro posed amalgamations into effect. In proposing this re solution, the worthy Chairman stated, that if it should turn out there was any technical mistake with re spect to notice each 'company was pledged to the other to apply in a future session for the powers -required. • The resolution was carried usammously. Mr. ELIAS MOSELEY, of LiverpOol, then moved - a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Directors, which wasteconded by Mr. Williams. and carried unanimously. • The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, assured the prairie, tors that neither himself nor the Directors would relax in their endeavours for the interest of the proprrietors or the conienience. of the public. They were now. preparing to enlarge the station in Euston-square,• and were endeavour ing to obtain an entrance into the heart- of the •City, in Which •he had no- doubt • they would- be . sue, Cessful ; added to this, he had •been informed by an influential individua',!that Ft was determined to have a railway from the City to•the West, India Docks, and' should. such be the case, he need not say_IIIM much that Company would be benefited thereby. In conclusion, he begged to: thank the proprietors for their confidence in the Directors and himself, and ventured to hope that what they were now doing ar.d proposed to do, would be adequate to the wants of the public. , The meeting then broke up. Honourable Gentlemen would not object to the line of con duct which the Directors had deemed it their duty, under the circumstances, to pursue.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PEASE—That the, directors bad done right in• the course they had adopted. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the , meeting, and declared it to be carried with only one dissentient. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution agreeably to the terms of the report with respect to the Grand Junction line. In doing so, be thought it right to say that the point on which the Proprietors had a right to ask some ex planation was the reason why, on the amalgamation, the Directors bad acceeded to the increase of stock of the Grand Junction. The reason was, that the property of the Grand Junction line was of the value of a 21. dividend over the London and Birmingham line ; or, in other Vorcls; the Grand Junction was in a situation to show larger - property, upon which they might pay 12 instead of 10 per cent. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know whether the proposed amalgamation with tke Grand Junction Company included the previous amalgamation that had taken place? The CHAIRMAN said that it included all. _ " With regard to the other portion of line, the directors think It will be bestaccotnplished by the formation of a separate . Com: pany, similar in all respects to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company; and upon the same stipulation'of a guarantee for the lease of the line when made.' . Youpg, osicial. assignee, .Leeds; Wiglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn, London; Smith, Leeds. Charles Norman, coach-builder, Cumberland-mews, Edgware-road, Nov. 18, at twelve, and Dec. 12, at two, at the 06tIrt of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Mardon and Pritchard, Christchurch-buildings, Newgate-street. " The directors have -the pleasure to state that they have al ready obtained the premise of the most influential local support to that measure; and they cannot entertain a doubt of its complete success, if authority be given at this.meeting to proceed vigorously with it. _ _ . - MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price CU) rent of Nov. 7.) SUGAIL—To-day there was a strong desire manifested to purchase British Plantation Sugar, the business transacted was extensive in, every description, and for all purposes ; the advanced rates pseviously established were fully sup ported, making the rise for the week is to 2s-per cwt., and some of the: brokers have scarcely any Sugar remaining for sale. REFINED.—The borne trade have come forward with increased freedom this week, and the market has been nearly cleared of refined goods at advanced ratee, making the rise during the last two weeks ls 641 to 2s per cwt. • The town and country trade are desirous to get well stocked with all descriptions on account of the falling off there is in the quan tity being produced. the large consumption there is still . go ing on, and refined being cheap in comparison with raw Sugar ; the difference between - standard -Lumps and tine yellow West India being only 8a per cwt. Mauurrius.—There has been an increased desire mani fested to purchase every - description for grocery and re fining purposes,this.week. Although the market has been more supplied, still an advance on previous rates - of is 6d hats taken place; indeed, in some eases the rise has amounted to 2s per cwt. , Yrivately several parcels have been disposed of, indeed, the whole of the Mau ritius • on offer has: been cleared off the market ; still there are several town and country orderstinexecuted. EAST Isana,.--This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in excel lent- request privately, and 1,345 bags at auction sold at stiff .rates vizi fine strong yellow Dobah kind at 6 0s, good 56 s 6 d , middling, Mauritius kind 535 , 6d,- damp 53s 6d to 56s 6d, washed 52s 6d to 55s 6d. 'Sugar drainage damaged 49s 6d In "s' + B p e r c IvS. ' FoaEtws.T,—;o-day there was rather more invir3i . 'after Foreign Sugar, and ,full' rates are - paid.-- The private sales for the week, are 150. chests 9f -Bahia, at 27s for white, and g2s .per cwt for brown. - •.,• • •- .Monaays.—;This afternoon 300 puncheons_ -10 bhds of parbadoea Molasses at auction.were. taken in at 23s to 23s 6d per cwt for middling new, being above the value, but the chief part has aim* been 501 d..; • • ConekE.--This. afternoon Mocha -Coffee was in good de mand—and 120.--bales at public sale were sold at stiff rates, ti ‘ e yellor eleanish garbled at 68s .6d • to 70s, good 65s to 67s 6d. good mid 64a 6d to 6536 d. Ceylon - is sought after, but adVapred rates beingasked, checked business, and 1,282 ,bags at pablic sale were only in part sold at a rise on former rates - of 6ti .per cwt...—good ordinary pale fetching 49s to - 49 s 6d, rather ragged 48s- to 48s 6d, real good ordinary ,50s 6(1, fine ordinary- yellow 52s to 56a 6d, fine ordinary pale Plantation 65s t 0,650 .6d, :pea-berry 64s to 655, Triage 325. Qf Malabar 556. bags at auction taken in at' 40s for good ordivary green. Ot West India 56 cases were brought for ..... • " The pledge exacted in the Wilts, Somerset, and- Weyniouth Railway Bill, that an improved communtcation should be given from that railway tolvards the cities of Bath and Bristol, has led to the adoption of a short line (about seven- miles) 'between Brad. ford and Bathampton, there to join the Great Western Railway; and this, if sanctioned by Parliamentary.' enactment; will be con= structed by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymbuth Company, to be worked by this company under-the lease. " A brai.ch line of about 11 miles is recommended to be made from the Great Western Railway, at Tiverton, to the Somerset- , shire collieries in 'the districts bet Ween Tirnsbury and Radstock, which the directors consider to be very important. 'ft will afford the means of conveying over the main line a verflarge quantity o(coal - which is extensively used' for consumption throughout the country, and some passenger traffic will be obtained to increase the advantages of the new branch. "The attention of the Board has,been long giien to the . question of affording to a very populous district within a few mileis of Lon don the advantages of railway connexion With this company. Looking to such accession of traffic even over only a short dititance of the main line,-as being ez,tremely valuable for' the purpose. of assisting hereafter the extension of this railway further into Lon don, the directors think that no time should be lost in promoting it with that view. • •" The line referred to would unite with the Great Western Railway ataEaling, and would pass through or near to Breotford, lilewortb, - Twickenham, Hounslow, and;Staines. . The country is . .very, level, and the earth work would not be heavy, but the character of. the property is, in many portions, valuable. Tbi poPtilation of the . diptrict io, however, much more than proportiOnally great; and the Directors believe it will be very remunerative. The - great saving of expense in - bringing such a line to join this railway at Ealing, lnatead of iktriniptingto obtain a separate entrance luta the west_ end: of .LoOdon, must .be au •obvious public advantage';' and the DireetpriLdo sidt - .tesitate to recommend ,the- measure for your adoption. • " C. 'RUSSELL,' Chairman." •. •The CIIAIRM'Ati, in moving the adopijon' - of the tepOtti said .that if any: gentleman wished to make any-Obierirations, that' , • was the time ,to daso. . • - • • ' .; • ' ,• Mr. Momus said,.before the motion was put, hi should be glad to hear the Chairman give skefeti - ethe liabi— lities ,of the Bristol and Exeter Company. The CHAIRMAN said theliabilities would amount` to abotlt, 4;500,000L . , but it must be remembered that,. with the Jiabi Ades,. they took. the :shares and - interest in - :various new schemes,-to which. the BristOl and , Exeter' Company were entitled t 0,,, --...-. ...., . . -..Mr.:Mohnas suggested that all their futihe half-yearly re ports should contain a statement of the number 'of shares, and the company in which they had an interest. He had heard it . stated. that :the Great Western Company held ibout one-haff of the abates in the Oxford, Worcester, and WolverhaMpton .line, but he thought this must be a mistake. ' , . • -The CHAIRMAN. was understood to say it was. He pro .rnised, that - , the suggestioh of: the Hon. Proprietor should receive every atte.ntion. - . . . Mr. MORRIS asked whether thdre was any proSpect of their entering into an arrangeniant with the Kennet and Avon Canal Company ? He understood that the Proprietors of that undertaking were anxious fot an irrangernent, and were favourable to the Great Western Company. The CHAIRMAN replied tbat none whatever had- been made:, • . • • • . Mr. Plural. _HATWARD protested that ;the... - Itemtet and Avon Canal Company had no vested rigid's - th:•the'iliStrict, as some Hon .Proprietors assumed they had, and grew somewhat warm in his comments upon the Directors for leaving out Devizes, Bridgewater; the Vale of Pevrey, and Salisbury Plain, in their , scheme, for making a direct Exeter line. - . ward, . and fetched former prices. SPlufs,—ThiS afternoon at public sale 317 bags of white Pepper were sold at the full value, viz.—middling quality at 4id to sd. OfNutmegs H cases were only partly disposed of at easier rates. Penang gdod brown went at 63 9d, middling 6s, small 5s &1,. wormy 2a 3d. Singapore good brown but wormy, 6s ad,„ middling bold sound 6s ' small 5s 6d to 5s 9d, very low 3s 6d, worthy 2s sd, broken is 9d. 4t cases in the shell went.at is 9d. 1 case of Mace, mid 4s, 40 bales 40 bags Java Cinamon were taken, low bad flavour at Is, very low 9d. Of Cloves 6 bags- and pockets wens offered, and apart only sold, and •dark Bourbon at 100. Cassia Lignea is less wanted, and 264 cases at public sale were taken in at stiff rates; middling 21b bundles at 655, low middling 62s 6d to 635, good ordinary coarse 60s, mouldy 60s per cwt. Of Pimento. 80 bags were bought in at 4d per lb for midding dull. Of -Malabar Ginger 68 cases and 1,380 casks were Offered and sold at 22s to 27s per cwt. TEA.—Public sales are declared for Tuesday ; the quantity advertised- at present is= 15,200 packages. There has been less inclination manifested to purchase black, but holders are reluctant to take lower - rates. In Congou only a limited business has been transacted in any kind this week, but in the value little variation has taken place. Pouchong. is held. for 5d to 10d for low to good quality, but there has not been much business transacted. Hyson has met with a dull sale, and prices keep low. Twankay is not offered on lower terms, but there has been little doing. Although prices rule low for. Imperial and Gunpowder,• still few buyers are to be met with. Fnurr.—Of new Zante or Cephalonia Currants none have arrived here at present, but of Petras there is a good supply, second quality at 495, best at 50s, and part of a cargo changed hands at 48s. Of Valencia Raisins the ar rivals have - been large this week, sonic much heated and out of condition, of which prompt sales must be made, and these are not worth more than 38s ; the fine sorts 40s. Of new Muscatels there is but a small sup ply-, and for which rather high prices are obtained. Of New Turkey. pulled Figs fine quality is more sought after. Rum, BRANDY AND HoLLANDs.—There has been a lively demand for Leedward Island Rum this week, and a further advance in prices of Id to 2d per gallon has taken place : in deed nearly the whole on show has baen cleared off the market ; in all 400 puns have been sold at 2s id to 2s 2d per gall proof strength. Jamaica is held with firmness, but there has not been much doing for home consumption or exports- tion ; the quantity on show is but moderate. Demerara is held with firmness, and a fair demand has been experienced. Calcutta is wanted, but the stiff rates insisted upon checks business. A further -diminution has taken place in the stock of all sorts. Rum is still cheaper than it was last season at this time. In Brandy there has been less business doing, and the rates taken ire rather under those previously quoted. Geneva is held with firmness, and is wanted for ex portation at 2e.2d to 2s 4d: fine for home consumption is fetching 2a 7d to 2s 10d. Ons.—For Linseed Oil prices have given, in consequence of the •largeness, of ,the quantity there is being produced. Rapeseed Oil is much in request and brings stiff rates,. the supply being small. For Palm prices continue to go down, 31s Gp to 32s being taken fur fine and 278 to 31s for low to, good quality. Cocoanut is much wante dllolders of Olives are more willing to realiseSeal Oil has been puachased cautionly although a further decline in prices has been submitted to. There are ready sellers:of Cod at 281 lOs to 291, but few pur chasers. Although prices rule very low for Southern, still the demand does not improve, and only small parcels have been disposed of. Holders of Sperm are inclined to sell, ne vertheless a good - demand has been experienced privately. The value of African. Ground Nut Oil is 401. to 461., and American Lard Oil 421. to 441. par tun. TALLow.—The demand has been extensive for Russian on the spot this week, and the rates paid exhibit an ad vance on those previously quoted of 3d to 6d per cwt. For delivery a good deal has been done at improved rates. Mer chants manifest much firmness, and the trade are inclined to keep up full stocks on account of the large consumption that going on. HOme made Tallow has met with eager pur chasers at 41s 6d to 42s per cwt nett cash. For all other kinds the demand has been good, and stiffer rates have been given. Mr. MAJOR Coma remarked, that the dividend they , were to pay to the Bristol and Exeter Company was to be s:r t per cent, in the event of any -competing line on the narrow gauge between London and Exeter being carried. Now he could see no reason why the - same proviso should not be made in the event of a similar line being carried on the broad gauge. They were, independently of this contingency, to pay six per cent., but their own dividend might fall below that sum, and it was only just to consider that the Bristol and Exeter might fall too. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., was uncierstocd to ask what wer3 the receipts of the Bristol and Exeter, or upon what data they had calculated the 61. per cent.? The CHAIRMAN was sure the meeting would see the neces sity for his not answering the question. It might have the etlect of creating dissensions at another place, where, he hoped, the question they were then considering was being disposed of. . Mr. SMITH said he should be glad to hear some information upon the probable cost of the proposed extensions. The CHAIRMAN said the capital of the Yeovil and Exeter Company would be about 125,000/. They calculated that the line from Hungerford would cost from 500,000/. to 600,0001., and _the other extensions would cost about 15,0001. per mile. The Radstock branch would probably cost 10,0001. per mile.. Mr. Sierrii asked if any effort had been made to come to terms with any of the competing lines. There was, for in stance; the Yeovil and Dorchester and the Direct Western, which they might advantageously come to some. arrange ment with. The CHAIRMAN replied that the only competing line which would be embraced in the new company was a line running -to Bridport. • They did not deem it expedient or advisable to arrange with any other line. Mr‘-krneeFrozsY. wished to know whether the main line to Exeter would embrace the important towns .of 'Devizes, Trowbridge, and Walthsow ? The Clime-max replied, that as they acted upon: the prin ciple that the line would be a direct one, they could not con sistently include the towns mentioned by the Hon. Proprietor. Besides, there were engineering difficulties in the way. Those towns, however, would be accommodated with branchee. Mr. ATHERSTONE and Mr. BERNAL, M.P., pointed• out to the meeting that there were competing schemes in the field, which proposed to overcome these engineering diffi culties, and place the towns named upon a main line. These lines were supported by those towns, and they therefore urged upon the Direction the necessity for taking this matter into their serious' consideration. Mr. SANDERS, the Secretary of the Company, replied, that all these matters had been duly and carefully considered, and the result arrived at was to have nothing to do with any of the competing projects. An impression had gone abroad that the Great Western Company was connected. with one parti cular competing project, because the name of the secretary to that project was Sanders. Now he begged to state that that gentleman was not related to himself, nor had the Great Western any connexion with the line in question. After some further discussion the resolution was put from the chair and carried unanimously. The agreement for the leasing of the Brislol and Exeter line was then confirmed, and the Directors haVing been authorised to take whatever steps they might deem expe dient and necessary for carrying a Direct London and Exeter line, a vote of thanks ' was pa.ssed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IS BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY IVILDF-N V. TIIE LIVERPOOL GAS COMPANY• Sir THOMAS WILDE, on the part of the plaintiff in the above case, moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted in the above case, in which the jury had given a verdict for the defendants. The action was brought to recover compensation for the injury done to the plaintiff's house by the explosion of a body of gas which had escaped from the pipes by which he bad been in the habit of receiving a supply of gas. Ten days previous to the accident the defendants bad received notice that the plaintiff did not require any further supply of gas, yet did not stop the supply to his house; but continued to send in gas into the pipes, until it acquired such force as to escape from the pipes. On the part of the plaintiff it *as contended that the defendants were bound to stop the supply, and on the other hand it was represented that the plaintiff having_ a gasometer in the , house, bad the means of stopping the supply himself. Sir T. WILDS observed that the Company ought not to place reliance on the power of the plaintiff to stop the supply, as no person not understanding the mechanism of the gasometer would be willing to meddle with, it,. and run Om risk of injuring it,--The rule was granted. COURSE OF .EXCHi Amsterdam' CF l2 1O Ditto, at sight l2 7 Rotterdam 2U. 12 11 Antwerp 26 15 Ramburgh M.B. 13141 Alton • _ _ N GE—(I'HIS DAY.) Gibraltar.••••••••• Leghorn 3O 75 Genoa 26 10 ?dihut .. . ... ..... -- Venice ........ Naples ... . .. Palermo, per 1191 Lisbon 53 Oporto.. ......... ... . Rio Janeiro 24 Bahia ...... ... . - Buenos Ayres NewYork,2ldyssight Philadelphia - . PIUCES OF BULLION, TER 02. Foreign Gold, bars....£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doublootis..... 0 0 0 New Dollars o' 0' 0 Silver in Bars .'0 411 Paris,3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, a saonths 26 5 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 1221 Petersbnrgh, 3Us — Berliif , Vienna, effee. Ho 10 7 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36% Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona ' Seville THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) . , IfIANKTUPTS. . , . - • Charles Draper, licensed victualler, Bishopsgate-street Without, to surrender Nov. 14, at one, and December : 2o, at twelire; nt the .Court of BankruPtcy. Alsa ger, o ffi cial as signee,.Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Smith, Wilmington-square. William Hay and John Alfred Tioterton, oilmen,. London road, Stutey, Nov. 15, at two, and Dec. 20, at.twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, S . aanbro4- court, Basingliall-street ; Loughborough, Austin-friars. John Elliott, surgeon, Pavement, Finsbuiy; Nov.. 15, at one, and Dec. 13, at two, at the Court of Ban4ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Taylor, North-build in s, Finsbnry-circus. William Harding, sen., mason, • Johnson-Street, West minster, Nov. 19, at two,' and Dec. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambtook l court, Basinghall-street ; Depree, Laurence-lane, Cheapside... Moss Davids, fishmonger, Paternoster row, Nov . . 18, at half-pist one; and Dec. 12; it twelve, at the Court o.k Bank ruptcy. Groom; O ffi cial assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Pancras-lane, Cheap Side. Samuel dorclecai' Levi, commission agent, Leadenhall street, Nov. 14, at twelve, and Dec. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Court :of • Bankruptcy. ' Graham; Official assignee, Coleman-street;' King, St. Mary Ake. Hugh . . Cumainghim, 'publisher, Strand, Nov., 19, at two, and Dec. at, twelve,: at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official iSsignee, Baslnghall-street ; Laurence and Plows, Buckletsbtiry. - • • •• John Wright, calico printer, Brinscall-hall, ' Lancashire; Nov. 20, and Dec. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. FraSer, official assignee, Manchester: Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris; Temple, London; Goulden, Manchester. Ralph Pearson, grocer, Chorley. Lancashire, Nov. 20, and Dec. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester; Sutton, Manchester; Hui ton, Bolton-le-MborS, Laneashire. Joseph Gainer, dyer, Bridgend, Gloucestershire, Nov. 24, at twelver, and Dec. 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. 'Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Brisley, Paacras lane, London; Paris, Stroud. Williain Hope Lyon, cotton broker, Liverpool, Nov.' 18 and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District, Court. Morgan,•Official assignee, Live Tool ; Cotterill, Throginorion street, London ; 'Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. • Evan Meredith, - draper, Liverpool, Nov. 21, and Dec. 19, at twelVe, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and Co., Temple, London ; - Birdwell arid Co., Liverpool. ' Henry Liptrot, shoe maker, Wrexham, Nov. 21, and Dec. 19, at tw e lv e , a t th e Liverpo ol Court. Morgan, official lasignee, Liverpool; Nicholls and Doyle, Bedford-row, Lon lon ; Cunnah, Chester. Samuel Rhodes, worsted spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire, Q T• 20 anti Dtcl 9, at elm% at the La* District Court Tii.V SUN; LONDOS, ,PRI . DA? EV_ENVNG, NOVEMBER 7, 1845. LITERATURE. THE O'.D ONOGHUE ; a Tale of Ireland of Fifty _ _ Years Ago. - This number brings the very striking story of O'Do noghue to a close. Like most of these periodically-pub lished romances of real life, the catastrophe seems too precipitately brought about; and the charm of probabi lity, therefore, expires at precisely that period of the narrative when its presence is most necessary to vivify and give effect to the closing tableaux of its action. But with this and other defects there can be no doubt this " O'Donogbue" is still destined to , be one of the standard novels of its class. There is just enough admixture of , political excitement to enhance, without overlaying, its purely dramatic character. Mark O'Donoghue, after a hair-breadth escape from the plot contrived by the exe crable villain Hemsworth to secure his capture, and to subject him to the ignominious fate that would in evitably follow on his being taken, inflicts a signal chastisement. on Hemsworth by throwing him out of the window—and after being challenged and pursued by some English dragoons, effects his passage, and is again on the eve of being made prisoner, when his generous rival,. Captain Travers, rescues him, makes him mount his own charger, and bids him " God speed .!" Mark subsequently gets himself put on board one of the French dispersed squadron near Bantry Bay. Hemsworth dies a violent and appalling death, well merited by his crimes. The spirituelle and beautiful Kate is united to Mark ; and the wedded lovers, after a lapse of some seven or eight years, revisit in peace the desolate but romantic scenes in which the young Irish man had passed his boyhood, and he then returns to his permanent establishment in France as an officer in her armies. • ON CHRONIC DISEASES of the SKIN; their various Causes and Cure. Dr, de Prati is already so advantageously known to the public as a medical reformer of 'great sagacity and success, that we were prepared, to expect from this Essay on Chronic Diseases much of the careful study, extensive research, -and: original thinking, in which it certainly • abounds. Any man who, having ability and learning abundantly sufficient to give him - a conipiehensive knowledge of the various systems of pathology which have obtained, both in ancient and modern times, is end Owed with that quick ness of perception, and that accuracy in combining re• sults, which Are constantly invigorated by observation founded on extensive daily experiences, ought to be able to -rise superior to the trammels of all systems when his own convictions,-thus founded and thus forti fied, happen to be at variance with them. It is Dr. de Prati's praise to fulfil . this notion of what should be looked -tor from a clear, "poWerful, and unprejudiced. intellect. He passes in review'the theories or discoveries of eminent predecessors in that branch of medical in vestigation which he has here selected for discussion ; but while rendering justiee"to their labours, he preserves a tone of sustained critical discrimination, which, un biassed by all his respect for such great names as those of Malphigi and Cheyne, Willan , or Bateman, Alibert or Fohman cannot repress. His painful investigation is divided into many heads, as Tinea Capitis (T. Fur. furacea, T. Scatulata, T. Lupinosa, and other forms of that disgusting malady); Herpes ' or Tetter; Leprosy; Ichtbyosis; Acne and Vs rus; H. Cireinnatus or Ring worm; Mentagra, &c. The "Appendix" contains some important notices of " a few .of the medicines employed by the author in the treatment of chronic cutaneous dis orders." This little work supplies a very valuable con tribution towards the remedial treatment of some of the most common, and, at the same time, most cruel diseases that afflict humanity. MAGAZINES CON fINUED. BLACKWOOD.* " Humboldt" The Railways " are both able articles, discursive, it is true, and full of play and fancy, like some of the best productions of Maga, but, at the same time, abounding with information, with a generally correct knowledge of the subject, and if not always coming to a proper conclusion, throwing forth new ideas and placing common-place matters in an interesting light. The review of Humboldt's last production is the best instance we have seen of the loose, yet useful and fascinating writing, which distinguishes this Magazine. It is prefaced with a long introduction, and. like the in troduction to Sallust's History of the Cataline Conspi racy, might serve for any work whatever. It would do for a book of travels, or a novel, or a history, or a treatise on railways, a volume of sermons, a tragedy, a comedy, or a farce, and if the reader were not led to form an idea of what was to follow from the beading o f the article, he would imagine that it was a lecture on edu cation, delivered by some teacher newly installed into the London University, or a Birmingham College, or a Mechanics Institute, while to his surprise he would find it referred to Chimborazo, and Nundidevi, the rapids of Orinoco, the pampas and lianos of Brazil, and the snakes, alligators, and panthers of the New World. Speaking of the Oxford student the writer says, " His head is full of Homer, and Virgil, and /Eschylus ; he could tell you all the amours of Mars and Venus, of Jupiter and Leda ; he could rival Orpheus or Pindar in the melodies of his Greek verses, and Cicero or Livy in the correctness of his Latin prose, but, as unfortunately he has to write neither about gods nor goddesses, but mere mortals, and neither in Greek verse nor Latin verse, but in good English prose, he is utterly at a loss for thought or expression." This would apply equally well to every trade, profession, or pursuit, with the exception of perhaps one—the drudgery of an usher at Eton or 'Harrow ; yet it refers only to the labours of a traveller who takes a fancy for writing a book. Cambridge is treated with the same ceremony. The Cambridge man knows how to solve cubic equations, is a master of loga rithms and the differential calculus,, but as the world is neither a geometric world nor an algebraic world, a world of conic sections or fluxions, but a world of plains and mountains, of lakes and rivers, of men and women, flesh and blood, he finds his knowledge of little or no avail. Specimens are then given of the travels of some celebrated scholars, amoni others Clarke and Heber. and all are thrown into the shade when Humboldt appears, because the system of education in Germany is different ; and an Englishman who has spent the best part of his youth in making " nonsense verses," is totally unable to com pete with the Prussian, or Bavarian, or Saxon instructed in all the elements of useful and general science. We admit the truth of the censure, and only wish that th,-. monks of Oxford and Cambridge would make the same admission, and mend their manners. The article on rail ways furnishes deep matter for reflection, while it posses ses the same discursive character, and displays the same eccentricity. One part of it struck uses peculiarly charac teristic of the Scotsman, prudent, cautious, argumentative, and seldom forgetting either himself or his country. Allusion is made to the countless schemes for new lines, and plans are proposed for making selections which shall bring those most useful into operation. Among others, boards are recommended--•one for England, another for Scotland, and another for Ireland ; but Scotland, of the three, has by far the strongest claim for preference on the part of the Prime Minister. And wby ? Because the manufacture of kelp was destroyed some ten years ago by a wicked Cabinet Minister (we believe Poulett Thomson is referred to) largely connected with foreign trade ; by whom, without inquiry, and without warning, " the market was thrown open to competition from without, barilla imported, and the staple pro duct of the north of Scotland annihilated." " There is now," adds the writer, " a great opportunity of giving us a reasonable compensation, and "in the event of a restriction, we - so far claim pre cedence." This, however, is only a little episode, the article altogether is written in a good spirit, and laughs to scorn those croakers who would crush the enterprising spirit of Englishmen, because one speculation out of twenty might fail. We give here a brief extract in proof, and subjoin some verses from a rhapsody by a Provincial Committee of Contributors," too long for insertion entire : THE GRAND GENERAL JUNCTION AND INDEFINITE EXTENSION RAILWAY RHAPSODY. Though the farmer's hope may perish, While in floods the harvest lies, Speculation let us cherish, Let the Railway market rise! Honest trader, whosoever; Sick with losses, sad with cares, Quit your burden, now or never, Cut the shop and deal in shares. Spendthrift—short of drink and dinners, Half-pay-captain, younger son, Boldly throw while all are winners, Laugh henceforth at debt and dun. Come, ye saints, whose skill in cavilling, Shock'd at skittles,"cards or dice, Thinks, except for Sundaytravellirg, Railway gaming is no vice. . Hither haste, each black-leg •fellow, Quit the turf or loaded bone ' • Like your brother-black Othello, Own your occupation's gone. • Tribes that live by depredation— " Bulls" and " Bears,",and birds, of prey • See the coming spoliation, Scent the premiums far away. "Stags!" your rapid forms revealing, Show awhile•your front so bright, Then from your pursuers stealing, Vanish sudden out of sight. a • Now no.more the Ragfair dealer • Hints with horrid breath " Old Clo' ; Putting forth another feeler, "Any. shares ?" hp whispers Every papees'a prospettts;-'' • ' Nostrums, news, are at -amend ; . " Easy shaving!' don't atlcct us, Silent even, " Tho Silent Friend." . • Morison resigns his bubbling;''' Lazenby has lost his zest ; Widow Welch has ceased from troubling, Weary Moses is at rest.' Every station, age, and gender, Deep ;within the torrent, dip; • Even our children, young and tender, .Play at games of nursery scrip. * • Countless lines, from Lewes to 'Lerwick, Cross like nets the country soon; • Soon a railway (Atmospheric,) Speeds our progress to the moon. Traversing yon, space between us, • . Soon the rapid trains will bring Ores from Mars and fires from Venus, Lai of lead from Saturn's Aing; . , Belts from Jupiter's own factory,• . Mercury from Maia's Son; And when summers look refractory, Bottled sunbeams from the sun. 'lf 'too soaring, too seraphic, -•Seems to some that heavenward tack, -T'otl•er way there's much more traffic, Though not many travel back. • We find that this magazine was , punctually. deliveteci as usual, but mislaid by 001110 accident La The Sun . cptlift From tie OA PUBLISHED EVERY TITEADIT LONDON, FRIDAY, JOINT-STOCK Name of Contpatiy. Australasia • • • • • • • • Britshliorth American Commerela lof London Colonial.... . ........ Londn and Westinin,str Lobdon Joipt-Slock . • getropolitan Protincial of Ireland • • Ditto, .. • • National of, Ireland . • Nat. Provincial of L'ug. Vitt°, Nevi. • • •• • • • • Union of Australia— • . Union of London. • • • • Dividend per 6T. per 'cent. • 41.'ret 'cent. 51. per 'cent: 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. :per cent. 8/. pet cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. per C'ent. !jai List, AND FRIDAY EVANING NOVEMBER 7. MAXIM. Amount of Share. Price Paid, X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 90 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0• 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 47% 24 15% 25% 14% s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 - 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 1 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 1100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 SO 0 0 ueSVMAILMCII C.COMPANIES. Name of CompanY. Albion . ..... Aniance,Brit. and For. Ditto. Marine. • • • - • Atlas :• •-• •• • ••• *' Britian Commercial oe l .l•Lif° - c Co ro ttt 4 sr: ! : . Eagle • •-•.•- • ..... •••'• Economic Lifb .• •'•• Eng. Sc'fie,Ot. Law Life. European Life • • • • • • • • Freemasons' • " • • 0 1 !20 1 0):•• ••••••••tr ••• ••• qtlArdian ••,•• • • t • • •• •-• • riciPetial, rite, • • •,• •, • ! finperfal ▪ • • • • • --Indemnity Marine'. • • • Law Life • • • • Legal and General Life` London London §lllp., .• •• • • • If atine •• • .• . ;... •• Med. InvildEt aen'.•Life h• National Loan Fund. .liationat Lite Palladium Life.... ..... Pllcenix Protector Provident Life • Ito& Lite .:.. Royal Exchange 11 11 Fite • • •••• •2•• Dittp Life %. • • Universal Zi a • • . Divlitend per .Annum. Amount of Share. 4 s. d. 5 00 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 •50 0 0 1000 0 0 50 0 ,O 20 0 0 20 0 0 -Stock:- 100 0 1) 500, 0 0 100 0 0 109 0 0 100 - 0 0' 5000 26 , 0 0 •25 . 0 0 1000 :o 50 .0 8 20 00 100 0 0 ' 50 0 0- 20 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. off 0 31. 10$ 6 percent. 6/. per cent, 138. 6(1. pr sh. Is. per shars 5/. per cent. at. C9s. and 61.55. bs..l per ct.,l & 305.ba. ga. per cent. 5% per cent, '5l. per cent. .61. per cent. 51. per cent. 121. per cent, 12s. 1.11. &Us. • ss. ' 10N- • 51. per cent. 5/.'per dent.. 8 1 . per cent. 51. per cent. 3/.,p.et.& 64. pqr 11. ss. ' 45. .sT:per cent:' : 10s. /..pr ?nt. Nvii:T*Arvv.ciaBS, ' - .!; " Dividend 2. , TamR: Or:Company.- .4' - • Per , •Amotint of I red. share. F: ast !'• 4, d. too 0 0 40'1 3 4 100 0 ioo• 0 -0 63 12. •9 Grand " 31. ,11.. 10s. ' 1 VA hlll • • r•k,c11.... 31. per cent. 1 We4t-Mtddleeez ko t pr ct. , ~ ,_ Price. • ..,- • ,•• t;* I ..1 - i' Dividend . Names of . ..ii 'Dividend Names of -. z 0 Price. ozniiiiailiei. ,1 per rPrke * C9raPan ies ' .3 An P uu r in • ..,. • • -.. : A i iin . -4 : : • -,....._:.,.........,,....-,........ :------- - -- - - - . : • ..€ l• ":, , • -- • - ' • X Aohtn& °hilt - 971 - 51.5svitc _72 • Monmouthsh 100 91. ' 160 Ashby-d-le-7r113, .41., ~ 70 mntgomrysh 100 51. "98 • Barnsley., -060 i. 12/. , 180. , Macclesfield. 1001 - . is ' Baidnkstoke:.lloo, __ _ Meath .. •• • • 100 • 20/. 365 BrknkicAbrgllsOr' 54' ' 'B5 N ott i n gham . 150 , 12/. , 260. Cromford..4.loo • ' 18/1 1 150" Peak f orest . 78 31 . 40 .- Dnd10y....... 100. • 41.. .-- •• Regent's •• • • 33 'IL 253 k Derby r _.• •, t • 11101, • gt. -. •103 -.... R oc hdale .. • • 85 41. 54 rAlsmre&eksjl33, l • U. . -80. Shropshire •.. 125 ' 81. - Erewas)i .. ••,, 1 1p0 - , 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 7 /. 101 . 123 ''toi - th &Clydrlool' ' 4/. • - D o .j,,itld St 12 61. p. c. 11 GraudJnnetni 1001 '' ' 71: , i lb° Stffrd &)p orc 140 281. 440 Grath 1 UnIcin1100; IV Iog. ,-- Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh .1172. 13%1. 210 Stourbrldge.. 145 201. - ()Ist:4c Brkl3 - 1 001 - - , tr/./rdon AV •79 11. 10s. - aranihani .., 1501 12/. ' 100 Severn and l 26 11. 88: - liuddeistiiii , 67? . 1:_. - .. 20 ' Ny e ßall.j Keturt & Aviii• 391 7e;' 64. • ' ' & I ‘ l il2 Trnt r u 50 30/. • - Lantaster... 471 1/. 10. •' 40 eel, % s "' UeedskLivrPtloo', .. 341. 4. - 525 - Thams &Med 19 -- •30 Leicester .. ••i 1 4Q loi , , 106 . Worcsfr 4 78 4/. 49 belcstr &Nth , 83. 4/. ' 62 Binning. Loughboregh(l42l 701 - 850 Wilts.& Bits 67 11. 4s. 11 A fire bruice :out on Wednrslay morning in the stables of the Bel( Inn,,at. Thetford, which were entirely con sunied, as well as thirteen horses and eight sets of harness, the property of Mr. &!).41 gdwigda. Paid. X s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2.10 1 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 250 0 0 2 0 0 An paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 . 10.0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 lb :0. 0 _2 p 0 10 0 5 0 0 '2 0.0 .1 0_ 0 10, 0 ..0, 0 10 0 6 15 0 Price. 16% .6% 142% 235 1614 29 6% 15% 15% 10% 3 2% 9% W. 2s. 210 1i 2s. What a" gradient through Avernus ! What. a curve will Hades take ! .When with joy the Shades discern us, How Hell's terminus will shake! How the Pandemonium Junction, With the Central will combine, Rattling both without compunction Down the Tartarus incline! Phlegethon no more need fright us, For we've bridged its fiery way; And the Steamer on Cocytus Long ago has ceased to pay. Charon—under sequestration Does the Stygian bark resign, Glad to find a situation As policeman to the line. Thoughts of penance need not haunt us ; Who remains our sins to snub? Pluto, Minos, Rhadamanthus, All have joined the " Railway Club." DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE: . • Notre Dame des Victoires" is an impressive and romantic story of a dream which has the effect of re claiming from a career of wild dissipation-and impend ing death Casimir Dolatour, the last descendant of an ancient , and illustrious house in Languedoc. The writes Touches for the truth of this. extraordinary vision, its precedents, and its results. It is somewhat too sustained an affair, like the dream in M. Scribe's " Victorine ;" but, otherwise, it is picturesquely conceived and elo quently told. Mr. S. F. Buckingham's. " Mary• Queen of Scots and Lord Brougham" is a very needless re sumption of the argument which has been raised—and successfully—in twenty other quarters, to prove the .bigoted fallacies that have been ihdulged in by the .neble''' historian of the -" Lives of Men of, Lettets in the Reign of George the Third." Unless Mr. BUckingham innocently labours under the delusion that the clever ex-Chancellor is an histo rical or polemical authority safely to be trusted,we cannot understand, how such a writer as Mr. S. F. Buckingham can have brought himself to suppose that he could con- . tribute any new light, or adduce any fresh facts, to corro borate the ample and really able vindication of the unfor tunate and persecuted Mary, which has lately been coms pleted by Prince Lubanoff. All that was necessary to ' .be done, in the shape of critical abstract, for the purpose of introducing the extensive work, of the distinguished Russian to`the great bulk of the English reading public, had been already unexceptionably peforrned in the pages of the. Athenajn. We are the more disposed to offer this remark, on account of the threat with, which this paper Concludes, ." To be continued." " The Countess Clemente," by the editor, is continued ;- • and these chapters have some good groupings and clever situa tions. The " Hornpipe" is a mortally long one ; and though its "Sketch of the Scariff Mountains" is graphic and fresh, it is disfigured by local politics, and a dash of moreover„that have no interest for the general readei. " A tale of (Word Life"' iS a'brief but very _graceful poem on the untimely fate of a student—the young .Vernon-who, having formed an unfortunate connexion, finally destroys himself by plunging into the Isis. Here are some exquisite pencillings of the abode, and of some lineaments of the " frail Ellinor:"— " A little on I pased ; and stood before A latticed cottage, where a streamlet foams Through cowslipp'd grassplot ; and the jalouse o'er Hung many a rich red rose or droop'd around the door. " Upon the casement lay a soft white hand, Which ever arid anon was rais'd to pull Some odorous bud that dangled from its stand; A dazzling arm it was, right beautiful ; And o'er it were a pair of dark eyes, full And gleaming ;—the eloquent deep passion shone On that wild youthful brow. The beds of- Gul Were not more delicate than the tints thereon ; Like rose-ting'd silvery shell, on tropic island thrown. " Too much of dreaminess, perhaps, there lay In the soft form and the voluptuous eyes; The tissued robe, perhaps, was over gay— Yet did I -gaze, and gaze in mute surprise, Watching to catch her lips' sweet melodies. For lips so - lovely must speak soft, I trove* ! To stand and mark such charms is little wise : But pencill'd lashes, but enchanting brow ! In girlhood's flush, how fair, frail Ellinor, wert thou !" A discovery of intercourse. with this fair one ensues. He. rushes forth in all the self-abasement of con scious guilt:— " How calm, how beautiful! no wild wind's rage Had stirr'd the baby-bloom upon the trees; But o'er the rose- clad little parsonage Wove they their big green arms :—the odorous breeze Bore to the near churchyard its melodies, There where his steps above his grandame's grave A thousand times had strayed, while round his-knee 'l'win'd the long grass, that all spring through did wave O'er the grey burial stones that spoke Christ's power to save. " And overhead, a woof of orange light Was shot through the blue vestment of the sky; And there was that deep silence of the night, That rustling of an angel's pinions by, That wondrous music of tranquillity All Nature's lovers love." The catastrophe, although it savours somewhat of too close, but perhaps involuntary, a recollection of Milton's Lycedas, is eminently poetical:— " Surely this woe is far too great to bear, Surely''twere better, omy soul, to die ! • Ye cold cold waters spread so brightly there,. Ye are not colder than earth's charity- 7 Father, no father hest thou been to me— One sin, one shame, and all thy love of old Ilath flown for ever, ceas'd for aye to be; • My love for thee is changeless and untold— Wherefore thy will so stern, wherefore thy heart so cold?' He said, and pluug'd where fresh and graceful fall The many lilies with-their garlands green ' • • Upon the waters, like a coronet For nymph, by haunted dreamer dimly seen, • Rushing with foam-white foot the waves between.— The waters closed around him and before, And stirr'd the broad-leav'd lilies; and a sheen Of sparkling drops glitter'd each calyx o'er. ' Then slept the ruffled lake—and Version was no more lg THE RAILWAY REGISTER. The present number commences with the second of the valuable series of articles on railways in Ireland. This article - is illustrated by a map of Ireland, sitowilig all the railways existing or projected. The writer goes at great length into the question of the social iniseries,of Ireland, their causes, and remedies. The cause is easily perceived ; it is the selfishness of the Irish landocraey, which has ever considered property and power as every thing, man as nothing, and has deprived man—willing, hard-working man—of the market for his labour. " The conclusion to be drawn from all these Statements Is, that there is no market for labour in Ireland, nor for the .produce of labour. -It has been shown, however, that there are abundance of natural products in Ireland, which, by the application of labour, might become valuable in exchange, and give, a fair return for the labour employed upon them. The effect of laying clown a system of railways in Ireland would be to give immediate employment to labour, in the first instance in the necessary works of the lines themselves, and afterwards to open free communication to the labour market of the world. Their effect will be to introduce civili sation and the abodes of peace, where landlord's cupidity has sought to civilise by destroying the miserable abodes of his tenants." In this conclusion we entirely agree, and we look upon railways as the forerunners of a long career of pros perity to Ireland. The papers on Indian railways are continued, and we have the ,first of a series of valuable papers on metropolitan improvements. The various railway schemes of the month are commented on, and in various instances illustrated by maps, and altogether the present number of the Register fully sustains the high character which this most useful periodical has already acquired. THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE. No. XX. This useful periodical is continued with great ability. We cannot entirely subscribe to all the notions an nounced in a paper on " The Effect of - Railway Calls on the Currency and on Credit;" but it ought to have its just effect with the public, by disabusing their minds of the foolish fears which have been expressed so vividly by some of our contemporaries as to the melancholy effects to be anticipated from the payment to the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery (or rather to the Bank of England), at nearly the same time, of 20,000,0001. sterling, or more, in the deposit of 10 per cent. on the capital of the -railway schemes to be submitted 20 the next session of Parliament. "Irish Banking under the New Act" is also a very useful paper, drawn up, as we are informed in an introductory note, by a practical Irish banker of great experience and authority. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE (Old Series) and Weekly Journal of Proceedings affecting the Agri. cultural literesj. The embellishment of this number is a portrait of long-woolled wether sheep; bred by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Oakley Farm, Bedfordshire. We have often expressed our sense of the general utility of this periodical, and of the practical ability and perfect candour with which it is conducted. The present part in every respect sustains the well•merited reputation which the Magazine has acquired with a widely-ex tended community of readers. The melancholy aspect of the potato crop gives a degree of painful, as well as of important interest - to two pales, entitled, respectively, "•the Potato Murrain," and " the Potato Disease." TILE HOUSELESS POOR.—During the last season the Committee of the Houseless Poor voted the sum of 1001. for the fitting up of a washing and bathing apparatus for the inmates of the Eastern•Asvlutn,' where, in the short spade of nineteen evenings, 987 individuals availed themselves Of its advantages. On the closing of that asylum the apparatus was placed • at the disposal of an Association for Promoting Cleanliness amongst the Poor, which Association commenced its operations by allowing necessitous persons to wash and bathe gratuitously in, the building ; and such was the avidity, with which it had been resorted to, that the number of those who have washed and bathed there amounts now, at the end of twenty-two weeks, to 24,027. Although a small allow-, , - iilice of soap is made to each bather, and of soap and soda to i each washer, the expense does not quite amount to three 'halfpence a-head. STATUE OP SIR JAMES SHAW, THE LATE CRAM BERLAIN OF THE CITY.-It is by no means generally known that a 'statue is about to be erected to the memory of Sir James Shaw, who preceded Sir William Heygate in the office of Chamberlain of the City of London. The statue is to be made by Mr. Fillans, the sculptor, and to be placed in .Kilmarnock, where, we believe, Sir James Shaw was born. A plaster of Paris cast, from a splendid model of the statue, was some weeks ago sent by Mr. Fillans to the committee at Kilmarnock appointed to carry into effect the wishes of the townspeople, for approval. They unanimously approved of the cast, and the sculptor is now at work on the block. The statue is to be colossal, and to stand on a granite pedestal fourteen feet altitude. [ADVERTISEMEN T.] —The fame of Holloway's Pills, in the care of headaches, dimness of sight, deranged stomachs, and disordered livers, as likewise in restoring strength and vigour in cases of debilitated constitutions, is so great, that even in the East Indies the different castes and natives are taking but little other medicine than these famous Pills. One native agent in the Presidency of Bombay sold lately, retail, fifty three dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extraordinary cures performed by these Pills, when all other means fail, is truly wonderful. Females will find this a most admirable medicine.—Sa by all druggists and at Protestor Holloway's tivablishanut, 244, Strand, Lioniich 0 V E MBER MI ST S ' Once more November's month its reign resumes. 'Mid cheerless prospects and proverbial gloom.s ; No cheering beams of sunshine can we trace— The sun appears afraid to 'show his face. The fading leaves and flowers of Autumn say, " Farewell! good folks ; we'd call another day." This is the time when people Should obtain -- - Extra attire, to suit the Winter's reign ; Each gentleman should buy an over-Coat,. As winter's season is not far remote ; For such a famous article resists The influence of the dull " November Mists." November's month to chilling damp exposes. And calls aloud for Warm Attire from MOSES ! MOSES and SON are Winter's greatest foes; Their. Coats exellido cold damps. and rain, and siolls• When once their Coats for Winter you behold. YOU'LL not have ANY feart of catching cold. You'll see that they'll preserve the wearer's form. And bring it safe through every Wintry storm. Then, don't FORGET this lesson to REMEMBEA, Put come and buy a Coat for cold November I ,X S. Beaver TaglioniS •••• • • • ••••••—•••• • • • . .. • • •' from 0 A Chesterfields or COdringtons ..................., . ....O. I° D'Orsays, Att.ols, Pembroke, and every description of Winter Coats ••.. • • —•••••• • • • • • • - 5 ° ••••• • • • . s Boys' Winter Coats in every style .. •• •• from :0 ', i Winter trousers, lined .... • • •....... ~.....• .....•... 0, 4 w Doeskin, ditto. .• 0 1 A 0 6 Dress Coats, edged ......••• —.. Free:, ditto. ........ . . ....• • . •-• ••• • .. ~.„ ~ „„- .... . h 0 Poll Collar Vest. .., .... • ....• •....... ••••• ..•. 41 I Double-breasted .. • . ... •:••••• • • • .• ...............• 0 16 1 Boys' Hussar and Tuni . e•suit:i• -•• .. Ditto, Winter I rousers... .:. , .. ... ..... . Ditto,. ditto Vests .. :......, ••• :.•-. ;.- LIST OF PRICES. BEAD? MADE.. MADE 'TO MEASURE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely •1 - b ° 12 Stilled cloth Great Coats, velvet conar and cuffs 1. 16 - 6 Tweed Wrappers ..... ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • ;• A ° 6 6 Ditto Trousers •. .. 6 12 Winter Trousers, in all the new patterns Doeskin .. . . - 1 6 Best quality, or dress de .••.••••••• •• • • • •• 1$ Ditto, best quality made .• • • •• • • •• •• • • 2 lb 0 Frock Coats ...• ••• • • • .'. • .. . 113 a Ditto, best quality made • . ••• • • 3 3 s 6 Cashmere Vests ...... •-• • ........ • -...: •• a . ia 0 Satin do., plain or fancy •••••• • • • • • • •• .`4" Boys' Hussar and Tunic suits•-• •••••• • • • • • • •• • •'" 0 14 Great Coats •• • • ••••••••••••••••••, . The New Work, entitled the " MonarCh Mar t, " with full difee,tleS for self-measurement, may he had, on application, " Yost F.ree;•l, DEFORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if aot aPPr ° exchanged, or the money returned. . Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale. ao. iIIr Wo.llen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, des, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church.' • N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment train 4 ' 4 W/ 0 Friday till sunset on Saturds.3 , when business is resenziod /PA bus o'clock . . . CAUTION.—E. Moses and Son are *bilged to ilea' OP ?or against imposition, haying learned that the untradesminliN e rs, 01 nood ef tting connected with them, or its the same.so: l o.• Tbef m been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious astitis. Ol have no connexion whatever with any other establishment; 11 of London, and these who desire genuine Cheap Clothing sit•°'? s lii c tevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154,,.M:40.11 4 0. b Aldgate, opposite the Church . - to' THE public is most respectfully informe te Messrs. NICOLL have received permission,. accordhl:4oo specification in the Act 6 and 7 Viet.; . cap 65, to alter and rtor', PI adapt the coat, knOwn as the REGISTERED PALETOT , suitable for winter wear, And it floi , s , being made of a thick& 0 4 terial, viz., of milled Llama cloth ;it is waterproofed tr o method, which, it is well known, does not unnecessarily een_oitl° heat of the body, tint the material, when thus operated upon,- r: oel. as porous as other that has not undergone this.-precess, being that it does not sop, and will' turn' stout 'shoWer tur err not that of 24 hours' duration. Nicoll's Registered Paletot for,;,il-0 wear is a garment that is warm without being • heavy' „ r a", even the travelling, the necessity -of wrapping up in , 11-'71.10) some manner, has of late years been found needless, allutS",oset so much shortened by present railway and other ecazire, or Nicoll's Registered Paletot, used alone as a morning frog ' 9 :2,04 over another, is found to be a most agreeable garment fig' _," 07, exercise ; and from the skilful way it is formed, it d°";. confine the chest or shoulders,- but has an equally gentlemanly appearance when worn in cold wet weather , OF the evening over a morning or dress coat. The price. ts 0 0# guineas, that for summer wear being two. It may - 1:) ! A served that those principles are retained that has ilitaitT7 the Registered Paletot the patronage of more than one... Crowned Heads of Europe. The Prince Consort, George of Cambridge, the chief members of the Court, oft cipal families in the kingdom, who it is well linologlr distinguished in their taste for perfect neatness of dress. Tb6,010.i tered Paletot having therefore necessarily excluded anythitig' t oe or outré in appearance, would alone recommend itself t o the 'lto or the respectable members of the middle classes, was it not fu o 'l,oo lr ., sisted by its moderate price, being for ready money. It Infilitliit;fi tained of the principal tailors of. the chief provincial citl eo; only most of the respectable firms are appointed agents, anr,tdl on the part of others will thus by the public be at once deice)... such attempts, when known, will be visited by the penalties P'fisr... in the Act beforementioned ; and in furtherance of vehicle *T i p t 7. of fifty pounds will be paid for informition that may.lo„/ conviction of such parties by H. J. and G. 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