The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-08 00:00:00

tr;+ - • t 4 , 14 r‘s. THE S : UN TLAvANTS AND THEIR . • Pail; tray ; sly a !- ft, ,lic. ( . and are th e d..p.,fie h - for t :7,e reninnera;i , n of their h jt o LtL e 7 pr o e ti pa rrh;ed :roes of A cf l , seri , y ( if the cOrnuinnit TheY the 1 r..tfic such as,could not have been until they were fast being realised. Pope has V ii euled D.rvden for the extravagant wish ltttered by one of Les ranting fic-rocs " Ye pqi.,ds, annihilate ,both time and space , And make tiro lovarS haPpy ;" p but merchant s h ave obtained what was denied to lovers ; Bteai ll has " annihilated time and space," but the happiness to be conferred depends ,upon th e use to b e ma d e of the ad vantage. We are not of those who view the progress of railway specu rlations with unmixed alarm, " though the cry is .still, they lt n e le i l advent apAtettr . s - tcr'Us advantage . to asses, 'they producers and consumers. into imm di at ' bring the e contact ; they dispel that: mystery which ignorance of ° Perations of each. others,threw over the . relations by -"lett they are- united-; -they---enable labour'to circulate ; , ati r d !hey create lie* varieties 'einPldjitient for an in tetitt4: anionPOPnlatio;: ; T pc;it • contiLtiektexAMisiert must hasten „!, downfal of` op, for. .persou.s... will not long - "'nre that the value of immense , amount of pro loplY should be made to. depend ..cn - the most variable t . des and. 4the 'Most uncertain Of 'ClianceP. Pro. tl e rl t „*L°T,B W ill nOt endure•thnt the price - of"sli4ies should be m g - „,'"uned hy'the bal•kinetei.,,:Just at this 80 , 1 7 - eat, while the r oinvestments so ab lneaLttentiPtl.lls.to prevent men.from looking forward to the ti on - "f securi ng em's returns, the-questien r of the petpetua.• Wip°f traffic may to some extent escripe'notteC - ; 'but it must l e at g no d istant date,; - dnd then' the railway aristocracy Sr tthout that their only safety - js in perfect - freedoln of trade. ha R'ee adepiiiig the golden dreams of. a recent writer in Review--at: least- to -their , full 'extent—.we prere'4,2V°Adeiikt belief railways will originato great.im ine,;,7elltnigrielture ;• they supply to 11Yellirere - gre4t lota r 9 t' et ma for his produce ; and a.l' soon 'the learn:rs ,liatinctly perceive what they are now beginning to lheir,„_th4f. th enrosperity depends upon the prosperity of the r „`''timiters, hey . will identify their interests with those of tealC„aallfeieturers, and see that they are themselves in whielf iltiumfacturers, and dependent upon the economic laws T he render trade prosperous or otherwise: his ~,PiVress railway -8 ha.S Shown that each successive v oitfu s ;;;,,. duress;i which' has prodnced much misery and !lot •,;"' the commercial world, must be attributed Its ;„-- 'want . capital, but to want of facilitiei for leboh'l4'etnitnt in the remunerative employment of ag ts "t liad our commerce been unshackled twenty . years ~,ZPital would not have been 'sunk 'in distant mines, it ce - si t a 6l i n "foign- bans. It wee - sent abioad . because test r i i e - 4 '. , not lie Profitably employed at home. Our to "ve laws fixed a limit to production, and tyrannically 40 fa ro !' 7 industrial pursuit, " Thus far shalt elm! go, and 4rroCatt-' Monopoly aped the attributes of the Divinity, and . ;eapn v, "3' set itself up in the place of Providence. English .id 4 tes ti,Y l eseaPe front its thraldom, sought refuge in adven bor'dered on insanity. Sm' Since that tim . e monopoly 'lti teli g ' itl Y relaxed its grasp ; the bird of prey, indeed, still keen,e,,ll,.btit the talons no longer rankle in our sides. A dlttaret cu nine investment has been opened to us,. and its i,,,, °41 e.iti gi ., 41 . 1 t5e . , must 'sweep away - everyti7ing that impedes -"el*-"weE4Enent, and its necessary consequence, the free ...ent of _British industry,— The League* .. • _ CP% -4 ILWA V EXACTIONS. ill th, Qllc/ s h . Pint Number of the Ninth B. dish Railway io alp I PPing Journal, a new Railway Paper, published Tik te ew.) t iv t 'et, ea ,:.aai great desire on the part of every one-con ,u_qle,r. t i k t il .the management of public conveyaecer, ti ," 4 11,, here be carried on by means of coaches or 'alai -.? ateam=hoats or railways, to screw and exact VI a r..,kt. ,TM. r'..ue the very last farthing that the latter can h 5,„,,, ,ch s — .44 V. ,r2.. 1 2 . tii .it to i)./ ~...eniatran, on the part of these individuals, I , e, I et not hew they can make their trades profit utit Y lamer 4 , 1 , !Icip,. i .. f ag the tlemend on fair and equitable term-. ' ?ap e ,' t actt, they can give inferior accommodation. tilisitie charges; mit altogether amounting to actual it 1 1 th 4, upon travellin. !„ I ,: t e i,: ' ,."2" of steam-links and coaches, however, t , or 411 eut to them, as i t act p ai . r emedy: .!he high s , as and the pit'ilic road: plant belonging to the medium' 11 n r44 sai l 1 "hick they move; and consequently, steam it-I,:with 1..40,1:T05e steam-boats, and coaches , coaches. seas ' itte r 7, . 1 ‘ 1 : aYs, as yes, it is a very different matter— ,Ne i s ' . pas the monopoly all to itself, and the con ti, ktia f i ; sl au ~ we have remarked above, that the Nis ! \ '', ll , t 9 te l aeted, and the least possible aecommolation lb vr, h ,at simple and suffering body—the public. tr :",t Ite t .. with no ill-will whatever towards railways lte t °r we ro e °P the pen to denounce this error—for tkivits; out' call it--on the part of proprietors or di-- Ilig s „ s _t , on the contrary, it is with the most friendly Rafe relrards them and their purses that we do so, thth:' encenviced, that unjust as the system is to 'l,4lk4ir; sPoi.t.h,l it is so, .in as great a degree, towards ki tie 4 41 , iici their constituents. k ,, 4 t lis, i ry ef railways in Scotland, as yet, is smell; th t e I s'as e eli customary when the charges by these tt Itiii ~ eotaplained ef, as being excessive, to point to ti: ii t'tit e 7.‘`Z i her rates imposed in England ; but that, we tlio, kil t i „ l k/ argument at all : we wish to view Scot-. kr" ,tzi, - , 31 As pertaining to the country in which toth` , ei -1 and therefore the system laid down l'4 . lfee is li h illr tlat'ealellt should accommodate itself ta t :daai s k u t ,gss habits, and means of the Scottish people. %. t h tre 4 7' al'e a richer people than the latter ; that is, • L ot,'N b ere individuals amongst them who can afford ss, t , ,, a „,,, best and second-claas carriages, and, there tasil la,Y be said that the railways are mainly sue titti. N . th e a I k t se elasses,—the working people being, in I N 4'11,1 at Prohibited (excepting , in a few cases) from. 1 13,4 4 C. 11 l t ' 1,.. 11 s But in Scotland it indifferent : there 't a 4tri tr. ' country, enough of first and second-class ti tei ll klisi l „ support railways ; and, consequently, if ki t i ti'lleltgatetn were adopted, similar to that exers 14 a 4 Gr,s kt tugham and London, the South Western, TO 4Cud Junction our establishments might shut to It ) gether - ' ,coti, L • las e , • le t ` ll 4%, .., ar rive(' at, therefore, in Scotland seems Yst„Plyth siring accommodation, and charging fares, 1 ,4 0, b ut Possibly can be, approaching to the English I Vtlai e ' nn lY modified to such extent as will admit iihttithAtr)llit4,.titolitlulrna qau.tyclainvttio74.rath,vataswinillusc7hbmmitontoutras;el will ; pay th a l s than dividend: . 0 t at e dire consequence ? - People -grumble and . , tik I tte), itrs, which, of course, the latter don't . 11 11 ' th at kis,: i 21 1,, t; but these grumbling's, in .the course. i ‘t tit l Lthey ;" 0 such a respectable form, as we shall tit'4 .‘ . " ' ell the Legislature,andaffeseit is that IPs l '' Y Pl3rit - find nit theirmistake - I , h ei , . tors fin tp„ i 4 ye,: It is toe) late. i t4 4 titl Nl ,. ) ki sit it tle thing, to be sure, for a set' of di-" ' :loth I a r , a „,.; splendid board-room, with courteous It' I, a n 1,:'711 secretaries at their sides, and upon qtaailoor•tatilue.er chairs, to 101 l while they hear plans itt iodic L'S as c 4. °WU especial behoof ; but there are it t P ":1 ) " (1 , t i °ll Pnlttieea -of. the House -of Commons, , ii th l t .. 4oy rai , ti ere is a House of Lords ; and as tr`hBi' 11. al : W4 3' r 0 rt, exists but what may improve 4 4 the secs t h e teiisi in here, - or protect its interests .t4irsusither.re ; it hap pens so that the gentlemen c.f Ji t Vt, th e b _Cl_tt °rut ci chairs may find themselves t t ,has t lioilla, r ,," of a Parliamentary Committee, and thi rd 8, w Qeitt 4h,, 7 7. with humble witnesses, while the fate a„.a._liss h,„:' lies in the dictum. of five discreet ~ I ttl s 4 ,a 1 , 4 : 4 a far greater sympathy and respect for Ipi tla t qlea i? ri tt P rs, than :for Lords of the board a t alh t he i,, somehat tli poor third chimer at last find t„; t, hi t he 4.,a_ thina better than a horse or au ox, la s : . rs e 3 / 4 , 0 •3 1 1 . 1 " loeus standi," inore dignified than t‘ k , c at,, t4 il4 l , ue'elodered, be-frozen, be-rained upon, Yal tt Yesii . • , , - 4,,,k,,, i * eir ng, under these 'circumstances, must it 1144,144144a0r1f0r4reed directors, to find that their nicely- Na t o , sr of i___:xtentling their sway and monopoly ''llse it 'I"N. knocked upon the head, and the 0, 0 , iliacot,.4o,ll:oBraircinaittee turned' against them, by the ''A r 1i ‘ ,., t1 for year Pin countryman, who grephically re 'tQktOrtle, ',lblig ed s ' he and the rest of his compeers t,, 3 "Jet tr , to submit to heavy . exactions and i t h i q. , lt i: 4l tii i'v ....TtlYin6, four or to be . cariie . d in . open . car t o h at Lh ' , La or five miles of their village. ,it t ,:liat ed : e , Poor girl's bombazette gown, with 4, 4 1.4 1 1 4 , a L t itt t•;l n l a `; 1 .. t ; and the labourer's Sunday . hat with 14 bllltl she n udge ; hi " the goodivife s well-hained Nal d:3'es, t he 0 stain —not to mention the cin tet t t , . 4 44_ , •eoughs and colds, the consump i oil s _ 1 4, w. all memorials of the railway system, ' 1,365,393 82 4,,iii'•;th,,",43,-if:se_,ecit-aonvcier,,t_i_ble facts . in grave array, against, . • 50 Corresponding month of 1844......... 1,205,166 Ntr e :IQUI R , . ueY.eoted directors. The ..In 4pendence - of Brussels' s'ates the results of the . t ° what fl, lie s 4artlPPed it • may be considered by those working of the line during the' month of Ai!gust . to be . most 41,, At o rati,, f° to St. Stephen's, as being too fa- in satisfactorv.- The increase in the income is evident; and, fact, exceeds all expectation. In August last the increase 01, 11 te„,_kise rc , G ",_r such a grave subject- but which fm ,„ pi ''. , ti c".4kee ‘"e reader, is a true picture ' of what g6 - 6 - 004 e trOm baggage; 7,000 f.; and from - merchandise, ngers over the corresponding month of' 1844 was 4 % t s lito t .• tti t tlil:f th Vi e ` b 73,0001. The difference_ between the produce 'of July and th" e, tits diff er real(' up for the day—the pro 14000E from the baggiiie; August is 140,000 f. in favour of the latter month, 108,00X' . .t.'4, 4 7 t5 % .te -. :„ • teaks Bills retire to their temporary of which proceed from travellers, ~,_ _ . t t r 4l lll,S t' i7: . Y .' .l, s ie 9ll :"a - half hour's quietude. ensues; and 18,000. from merchandise , fhough there was a diminu, 1, 4 1 14 h it? to- eab ,Ist puny , fat gentlemen throwing 'tion in the' quantity'and weight of the latter: In - July the Lti l ,- , p il i 'Pofe ihn . - 1, cits 'Met' 'twixt 'CharingicroSs and ritlivay'conveyed3s3,2s6ordinarypassengers, 'tti t trig - 6 , folov r i n .. .- - that number rose t 036, ~:, , . 2'tsif;othooe. ki t4 gt,,,t4 at ,esti vass. g, and sweating, in the midst B e li ci 9 us o i l e ti l It 4 eggi ng `lay A 2 -- her-e- is no white-bait dinner li k , i:t it ,:e t i t, ' tge i rt. „‘rter their :fatigues—instead of re- more, and that in anionth of bad weather, atid . unta‘ 911 .. 1:able' for tr ' avelling.' • This' Mcintli is that during_ which foreigners, .i t tqs, 4 eon tol , a ljort atiii a:pleasing securitr—they - travel nioaf;antithae whieli our own tourists choose for tra- , veiling. ! As these two kinds eftravallers u . silal . lytake . alae . 1,: 1 h k 2 t i .„ 141 58,1;,.„1,°r1 with" wigleianonniel; energetic carriage's of-the first' and second Blass; •We ,ire tine diStialait- , , 4 , t re e , ks-'l.lT‘li the new' solicittirs, there to consider tion of these travelleri•anibrigst mei/IRMA &aka modified, V l 4 t k, e% . gems ; e 'TXatilinti tion. of : Sonitt plyable singularly : thus, while in ,sonie the, pr t o o p t or i ti l o l ligt r li; v :l i t 4 't las t e t ti . redee.... ~aiuncil POSeetii oi - lgr..Sergeant ber of *ayellers _ea.' tilligens_ala the I l kt., 4 lti tis. it t ' l , l og , i ik gl e their shattered case. . • per cent:, it rose m A l ly to tz•N, .elld ir . fi . • l . l gu . a_t t014_ 3 / 21. iir_ . _ !h l NI , ti. 4 wipti .tii , a consultation of dectoro. Over a cent; the - prop - pla i t:m - 0/aq flamer - *Tao totik en. paces t lt k t lN tile, e giett hi P difference, that thefe4ii43, in in the cliars . s , !sha ca rose from' 24 in Jane, to' 274 in July„ k i iii h N, I I th e , gilt meet' r , .- ' ' - and to ai in Auguk3t, and consequently: the ,prhpotilon .. z . f . , ~, 't i h , ' ,:,h l .l.;&:‘ , ll4tlst' thgain next day, ..and the learned Il places taken in the carrniges'of tlie railway deseended to 6 . b 'd s that i , 1 , t 1.1011 .4 h t h e r r :V o tt s 4 .l, 4 v lr i e P s o n w h er . iof erOgnetice . apd p - r cent.; to t 0•54.1-. It is probable, . esi e , i . sts„ 'as sis -- .s seo, 'l., --- e ..a. ease before--such hits .per - continuance . of the rain induced a portion of the travel , , s s .4t . I• &Mr...., .... from the latter to the l l 'ati ' bsii . , r - *-0: 0 ,, 'uv• - .the Committee sit like chars-a-hams, rind in' hers Usually going by tha railway carriage. 4 to pa, by . the sendiii . g Others . r r i s °it ` 41 .--- a , s r lrigs rerturb IA the it ash °n • They diligence, • The traffic cf foreign travellers, and_ e ,watering_ . chits, k - " ,,e 4 tBvi n T 4 s ii e 'r .s usn . cin again withbrefahless .season.:ea, dixed:also,an, in4"ease . in , the . mean product.,of each the months of June, te, tlll hit' tead, cue pervades---the chairman, travellers nr the gences it %as in k l a -ais .„ --- a s , _ • ing of the uommittee as 3 , .1 '''''"'" 4 ul e firit' • ss • Jul • and August, 41. 30c., 4f. 58c., and 4f. 82e. ;' for the 1 1, c ' 4 ; a t , llqe t i on -mlr-Avith th e Cureaddeck and 'kti:tB,,, h,,,, 1 j r pal : t h e 4 Branchts-tho. Drumbungo . c i p i y.: °n The carriages the product was If. o'e., lf. 08c., and chars-A-ha a n r c r s ia 2f. 35c , 2f. 51c., and 4f. 61c. ; but for the let Sit „ l A.: 1vf,', 1 , 43 : - Out rush the latter, not • I F. if. 76c. in June to lf. 92c. in July, and to 2f. 13c. general 6 mean product upon all the passengers \AI sZci '.' a , h, p - '" ii g *and . hallooing on the rosei ' '1 7 1 1. - - -During the first eight months of 1844 the total th t)f . - r. 1 :7%1w,, ' ' 4l l l l trivhi! th f ' stead ' ll ' u us 7 235 674 f. 35c. and within the same period of , LI ,eh,, tito ~ nip._ ...,, . . e ()rater b , , income .was . , ~ _ et„ . • t 14, -. lont;',,•th.nu thinking and in fact, the present - . year • 8,0a4,001f. 4 ' c. It - is supposed that the re 11 : ° 'le :,ra ~;„a t. have list g ' ot the ' last sell- ceipts, which in the whole of 1E44 were 11,230,000 f., will 'lp%b- Iht , x . ~;',!..'lli t he l)). j - . v 'Thiv 'tib' . ' l ' ° Y means c i which ICI ay -1 DneLerss Arm Joibmr.—The Minister of Public Works 1* I" 4 i'ls ' ''- '...--. - . ' ' '' - '" ---1 " . " Iw " - ' 'hiiidetermined that this railway shall immediately be un erations shall ' , 1 , 11. r,11,„ . ,N ), .. 4 , 1 , , , i 1, —..... ....., . .. ______, .. _ , _ , , derken, l a_nd that, for greater dispatch, the op divided into two stations, one at the river Loing and the f'' tt'A,... 41 i.t.1 t‘,4-il,t- RAILWAYS. . ' be rbetween the Loing and Joigny. DIEPPE, AND FEC Ml' —Mr Newman, principal V4, , ,.-- N s; ._ . - strii L mp AN > • -- • HAVREi A • • VT I % ki'2,;l/iSt, t , 5CR111 E ,,,.. , , 1 - - AMo ITS 1 V'l' Ira 41 of i nk ' ( kalif ' , ' 3 • ' • eni.,. 'n -chief Of the toads of 'lt i ‘t , iI t t h e ton of the Ch b' f C • ' l s a i,tl . 4 a , r o ,,_ sob kr i b am Chamber o om- nuns a ..•neer of the -Havre-road, is (says the Journal des Che -e Fir) apeointed engineer-i Or ') le, t.glir "b .. ors for share in the above Havre am, of eee a . " - j. ~,,, _ _ ah , :: , lore the Co s -''' r inn The works will commence under his • ~,, t, ‘ A 414.43, VefirtiOn 'nen t ur Royal of Paris on direction in a few , tAt cant , ~. by the Rots.of the 30,000 shares granted a the two lines ~ka. been •, , tit tl i alleti n .schild Company after the . whic:i will be erlti". divided into three sections, each of days. To hasten their execution the whole WV I eneincer It is hoped lt:b.iti -1 e ls t ntli the result fM 1 be opened by the Ist o ay, 1847. iti l ti lt ag, in , , of s e ,_ of the appeal was i that both these blies Zvi: :, tared to a. si u ,•,. - • , •1 tl • working of two new 4 '41 1 1 ;'',,t a 't iti L sSiti "t i . t _ i , l e el P ai `t m ni s b o t T. _t4e Charatter o r c em „ ! A. treaty c ,t,,,1,„1,d I,,,t•y ee _i the Havre Company and that ' 4 It, . f 4 - 7_ v o i d Faalleur 3 ~.,_ aeveral sU , scribers for iof Dieppe ch%•ges the first win;'' l'' , • t‘ ti tih o Ltlttlsi, i ' a ' 4 con"qu'eurime!orpt,liwhich the direc- , lines to bran,,, upon . principal It will iv , . id ~ .This treaty is the "double 4,,th,,trl toun,,Seri of eight e non-payment of .41.1vantegeous to bothcompanies. t"urtk. sst i cse 4l -- --ss for a A l. . b s. t days p resented by a i employ„,, and the chances of accident on the common trunk, a ‘ , tri • li e Aaja •• "aarreau, 'sapenea the case , ;.and, has the advantage -of proportioning the , ex a penses of els th_ _ that his client, a gentlerasn i wo6aing to the activity of the traffic—that itt;tb tue'arnoant - • 1,4;4 ta :l_ .1.1 t! path 4 Ihrcctors of June for two hundred 'of the receipts. As soon as a second instalment is effected, accorded him on'y one f which will not be long hence, the shares of the roads of P 19130 ROUEN AND HAVRE.—A question of•conaiderable import ance to Messrs. 11Mackenzieaid Brassey, the contractors uppn the above line, has just been brought before the Court of Ces sation. It, was an application to annul previous judgment obtained by the administration of imposts of the city of Rouen, condemning Messrs. Mackenzie and.-Brassey to pay duty or import upon sdine materiel, stones, &c., dug from one part of the ground through which the _railway pa.ues, to be used at another. The circumstances of the caee were,-that -during-the-excavations a considerable quan tity of flint and various kinds of stone were fbtind, and used at whatever part of the works it was required ; 'and upon this the administration of imposts claimed the usual sum per load. This claim was resisted on the ground that the materiel SIRS all mixed together just as it had been found, an integral part of -the, soil ; but the administration refused to allow the objection, and in thirteen months the amount of impost reached the sum of 108,006 f. 70c. The Court, adopting the argument of M. Moreau; for Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, annulled the previous decree of the Cour Royale of Rouen. The question will, however, come before another Court' of Appeal. PARIS! AND STrta4surto.--The4Commerce says it isj now almost certain that the adjudication. of :this line will take place early- in - November, and that the ordonnance would appear very soon. RECEIPTS or THE BELGIAN RAILWAYS.-The- following was the amount of traffic -on the above rail rays 'during August last • Francs. Cents. Passengers Baggage ... • • • 65,067 73 Merchandise Extraordinary sources hundred and fifty, and requested him to' make the first pay , ."• T . ,' of the i . t.h.)\ , .iuly tr. • • . the -shareliokters to ea et :AIL, a; •V , l as possible, without fixing any decided time. The Pepin Lehalleur Company had not, iri fact, any . neCessity for theSe funds wail the publicatiou pf the royal . erdennanCe. On the 2d of August the royal ordonnance appeared, and allowed the several companies competing for 'the :execution of the. northern line until the- 25th of August 'to deposit the " caution money," amounting to 30,000,000 for the principal line of the north, and 6,000,000 fo r th e branch froin , Fain poux to Hezebrouck. The subscribers, then, who had not • paid, hastened to-pay their instalments' ; but on 'Saturday, the 9th of Augur:, he crowd was_so - great at 'the plaCe where the money Was received, that all 'who 'presented therrolves could notbe.attended to. Several of them took their money on Monday the - .fltl4 . but - the - offirers-then - refused to receive it—at lean for the:present -At that time ntlutiaiiiiria were pending between the-Cempany and - that Of Rothschild 'Ur uniting, and- as4soon as-the-fusion was . effected,"the refirahl to receive the first instalment became definitive: By the treaty between he Companies, Rothschild accorded' t o • leur 30,000 shares ; repreeertieg in value - 15,060;000' frahri, upon the ,800,000-sharee repesenti '050;000;000 francs for the-sole-line-of. .0e- -north. If M. 'Pepin Lehalleur had dis tributed the 30,000 shares between all the subscribers, they would have , had a right to one share for every twelve ; but ia-eensequenea-of the omission of their names, those retained on- .the -list -had one' share- -for 'nine. He (the Learned Counsel)--maintained -that nattier_ _M. Bureau_ nor. many other subscribers, -having nu propcin notice-Of payment of this first fifth, had asmnicla right -to be admitted-upon the list: of shareholders - those .retained-upon it,.. and , veneladed-that the Conit,.wQuid declare valid. the:offers-1 ~ e y; hod•made:. The. execution of such 'a division would be, simple; for : the;Pepin- Lehalleur Company 'would only have to,give them cone share out of every twelve. M. Mealba,nett pleaded the case of M. Lagondeix, another .pf..tho'osubaeribers. By a letter of the 7.th. ofAtigust, addressed- to 't he Pepin-fiehalleurCottqvatiy, M. Lagondeix aubseribed4or 2;oftd-e''s ivs'orsoo francs each, amounting to a sum of 1,000,000 :franc-s.: A tetfreicrarii, calling for the first instalment of 200,000 francs within.eight days, was dated Ist of August, but bore the post-mark of the 9th of that month, for the half-past eight o'clock evening delivery.. The period of eight days, then, as regards M. La gondeix, would not consequently expire until the 16th. He presented himself to pay his instalment Of 200,00 francs on the 11th of August, and on the follewing Monday, but 'they refused . to receive it. As a question of right, M. La gondeix differed essentially from that of the other sub scribers,- since •he -did not receive the lettre until so long after date. id. Chaix d'Est-Ange then addressed the Court for M. Pepin Lehalleizr and the Directors of the Company. He said he was sure the Court would confirm the previous decision. The act of the Society passed : before Mi Casimir. Noel, notary, recognised as - shareholders only those wile had, according to article 7, effected the.. payment of the' first fifth on subscribi ng , a n d required' the other payments to be -made .at rs period- subsequently indi ca!ed by, publication in .a judicial- journal; but for the first instalment this publication was not necessary. It was even at the moment of subscribing that the - first instalment should be paid. Subscribers presented themselves in crowds ' it was true, but very f e w of the m were ' eager to comply with the conditions of the act of the Society. So true was this, that M. Pepin Lehalleur, bound to pay the "caul ion money of 36,000,000 francs," for the two lines on the 25th of August, was not able to obtain - from the subscription in both England and France - more than 15,000,000 francs for the Northern line, and 3,003,000 fir the branch, so that he had not more than half the capital necessary. In such a -position as MIS he should listen to the proposition of theßothscbild Cothpany. Was this fusion contrary to the .law? Certainly not' In the - discussion in the two Chambers, all the speakers, and the Ministers, agreed- that two or more companies might legally unite. .The subscribers who had been so slow he fulfil their engagements chenged their minds when they heard of the fusion announced by the newspapers: It was then that they awoke from their 'apathy, and came forward to claim their stares. It was attempted to prove an exception in the: :ease. of :M. Lagondeix.' So,' there was a difference. M. Laondeix produced th e c i rcu l ar b ear i n g t h e postmark of tl.o 9tbof August, when everybody knows it was not the post stamp which made - the - date certain. Nothing would .be easier; after receiving a letter by a messenger or porter of • a cominereiril house, than to - put: it. in the post -some days after wards, in order to give it a false date. He did not say that M. Lagondeix had employed • this- ruse, -but he 'referred' to the date of theletter, which limited the - period to: eight days, though it might b‘t possible that for certain reasons it i'veS not sent to hinanntil the last day but one, Violet him know that he had not morntban one day-to-make his 'paynierit in. The letter alluded- to was, however, dated . 'August 1, and the real offers werenot made until 'the 17th,' More than 'fifteen days afterwards. They (the Company) had besides 'good reason to . think that M. Lagondeix was not' their real ad versary—that another pleaded in his name. It appeared that he; had sold -what interest he might , have had in the Company. But with respect to the lettre cr nvis; it 'Was evident that it could not have - been 'written before the 9th,' for the- application of , M. Lagondeix for shares was only two days before. M. Fermium, the- - Advocate-General,' next- -addressed, the' -CourtJi --The action was of -consider-- able - -importance.. -Independently- •of , private interest, the public interest -was in -some measure concerned in - it.. ,Justice should not come to the aid of Sobbing and speeula=' lion. ~-The decision of the. Chamber of- Commerce 'appeared' to be _founded equally. -upon, equity =and laws- It was not 'for those who, neglecting the fulfilment of their engage ments, had perhaps forced the Pepin Lehilletie Company to unite with• a company more powerful than itself,--to comptain of the fusion_ which their faithlessness had. rendered neceS - -' sary. The subscribers were sufficiently warned of - time of payment by the actof the Society, and by the subse quent circular.. This cause was -governed 'not only , by the article 1 4 1.76,-ibut-'also by the , article 11,696' of thte . cOde'CiVild tinder the, head of -La eente. The Court, after a delitdrie• tion of half an hour, confirmed-the decision of therribtritaf of Commerce, and .levied the- cost of the'proceedingS upon the- appellants. The distribution .of the shares 'will there fore immediately.take place. The works on the atmospheric railway intended to ex lend to the St. Germain -Railway are now carried on actively. It-is- known that the`inmospheric tube was to be laid down from. Nanterre to the Place du Chatea de St. Gan - min.... From .Nanterre: to thesare of Picq, it . will make use of one of the..other roads,. thus describing a • curve' to 'the right of the old road, and crossing the roads of Chalon and Alontessan, in the ward of Vezinet, by means of two bridges already finished; it' will proceed towards the Seine near. the: -bridge of Picq. . A viaduct of twenty. arches will. follow these two bridges, tow in a very advanced state, and -afterviarcls-a tunnel two hundred metres 'in 'length: This also is nearly finished. LeaVing the tunnel, a deep cutting is made in the forest of Si. Germain,, another tunnel not so long as the first is coxiStrnoteronposite to the avenue of Loges. -The railway named La Ceinture submitted now to in quiry; and the plans which lie at the Prefecture of the Seine, will be 12,459 metres length at the, part already ender consideration, arid will be constructed -for . the purpos e of communicating ' between the - Si.', Germain, Rouen, th e North Lyons, and . Orleans Railways. . -The expense. of tire line isestimated at 3,500,000 f. The starting point will be. BatignolleS The road will pass behind Montmartre and Clig naucpurt to -the extreme north of-Li Chapelle, pf La Virette; and of La Petite Vilette '; will pass underunderielleyifleby.means of a tunnel 'opening above . Charonne; afterwards cro,sing St. , Maude, the plain, and -arriving at the extremity of Birey, it will cross the Seine on at bridge to- reach the station of the Orleans litter tt un )ra e ui even the m eg nt be (ire,t. shriter , d pot onl Lud 10 but r assisiang 111C1S, the t . vent far 1 0 ev" 1. were cross'lo: solicitor, woe thing i n y . L . . ioo pp na l tab' iatever in otesl .ge of nded on 111 1, y d n av us 1 ' Do 3 inhabint nation. tege 0. ,arisbionetet COV t e bir gr . %rig a :viser? plied In lb , e n r,o , :1 : 13 of tbe t o r it requis,te Ward. tol oho bl deliver ei " o ho the Ptrsc 3fi ner's father" And that P.. „ 1 th e Severs( os P r o f rather or priSuflerS ' P c ! is s Ilse Der ri 7 ' re the Fg T G. co y. 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Div arc luOu' or if, ' o b i eo l itid r ed ol lsl l • the r aeY 4 and 5° toll'" t, r o e rio di e t tb p, vos 1; 1 ; 1 orde r or or .t_ 4 # b , o e 7; ‘ ,... e t t ; e l re ta P se ' s e CO b erk leo pi hr z its setae of ' dto .e tote ier, ate eg il l er o Co 14 °llse o r the pa , 0 0§ e ierg, uet stl e j ri.f w l pg q ti l rl er ar bi it as in igtursiitl / t. et I ; .1 I t!, LONDON WEDNtgbAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1845 ! and Fecamp will he quoted •at the parquet. In a few days ald . Livorpo. 1. „ • .ND 1 - 114 ckf Sere , • o , ..lr,i'be,top.atiug of the- Baltic S9a Do. ; '`v! , Y) qati.Zi,euutun,ter kaii - way was . (7penb:l- t i the pull c with ureatiOaemonv antt. show. This line- has been completat in an incredibly short space ~o f time, viz•, , five niontbs, and with the exception of the terminus et Rends bur.4, which 4s not yet:finished, .it is found to •answer.per 4Ttly, The zeal of the. directors and engineers has effected this great result. It is now fully shown that the line Ope rates most aavantageously for the traffic of west• and south Schlesein, and its construction having cost no more than . 43,750 t, there can be no doubt of the returns being very great. , 13AMBE4G_ ANI?„ 1 4 1 ,cktiENF.4L,..--The-Royal North Railway froin 13ant,lie,rg Licbtnnfvls will be opened on th e ilstli.in s f., and the journey may then be performed in three 'hours:- -It 4 144tiagY104.4y,mi1e5..,,4.4 thlktont.uszci 4.Xiii413111i0..-,-,Thie..line was , opened-on e I'st `OrOctober with all the usual ceremonies. -•-- TELEGRAPHs IN AtTpiMA.....:-:Severai. s engineers, have left Vienna For Trieste;,: comit:ti t s*ited by the , Austrian Govern ment, t() ,, Gar1111.1c1,149.; telegrapbic, communicati on , between Trieste . ancl Venice.. Withreapect to the great projected line of telegraphs, it is to be commenced on -the Lline -between ' Vienna and §)vt;rzEnt..t 2 .44.7--C9r4ereuces,of engineers and.-statesmen are Beniilild in Turin, for theipurpose of constructing a rail way between T. 1 . 2 4 1 1,1494g 1 1 Burden to.the liodensee. • GREAT SEA — S:ERP_EN,T. `account, duly aethenticated,,as will ibe seen, we eopyfrom the 'last number of ' the Woonsocket (R. I.) Patriot.. The statement 'of Captain Pewers we give ver6atinr. -It was sent to the Woonsocket paper by Mr. C. D. Byroii, :atho dates his letter, Newport, September 8. The daY on which it was seen' was "the ,Monday previ3us (September I), sihile_lhe ship 'Cthe Albatross) was becal me d o ff S ton i ngtbn, Ct., about fiVe* mites off land.. We would n o t ridicule:these researchesinto natural history ; but we must say that this story is long, ;tough, and hard to swallow. If true, however, it shows that antiquity cannot begin to compare with modern times. Hydrargos Sillimanu was • not a circum stance to the Genus Stoningtonii. We copy from the Woonsocket Patriot. Any hats that may follow are due at that office. "The wind during the day had been light from the N.E., and at about half-past, two p.m., while almost be. Calmed, one of the men who had gone-aloft discovered him about one point off the lee bow, distant quarter of a mile. I immediately went aloft, taking with me an ex eellent sea-glass, and stationed myself on the maintop gallant crosstrres. :As he neared the vessel, I . was enabled, from my elevated position, 'to observe the peculiarity of his shape, and to reconnoitre all his move ! ments. When first seen he 'was lYing on the surface of the water, with his head and nearly the entire length of his body in sight. In this position he remained for about fifteen minutes, without any apparent motion, though from his gradual 'proximity to the vessel, it is evident he must have been under same latd.vay. After this, he slowly changed his course, so as to- bring his body athwart.our bows, and agsin appNtred to remain station ary, until by the current, and slight puffs of a ind, we bad drifted silently into his immediate neighl:nurhOs)d " - The sea - being unusually smooth and clear, the view which was now afforded could nut well have been better, .and the opportunity to talk, it was eagerly embraced by all lana. I should think his length could not have fallen far short of 70 feet. The bead appear: d to be much the largest ,and most formidable part, and was of an oval shape. The end of the upper jaw appeared to be square, and very bluot; that of the un d er part was not .nluel; dissimilar in shape to that of the ordinary snake. About ten feet from the extreme point of the head. and on either side, was located a thin apron or ea. of flesh, of about four fCet in length and ono in width. Directly in rear, sad just, below, appeared a large full. orhiit eye," lor a dark e(,lour,. With an elongate horizontal pepil, surrounded by. a white. outline., Under the throat and about On a line with the eye, appeared two enormous fins or flippersywhich seemed to be his main dependence in giving headlong motion to the huge mass of living flesh which Ily behind them. Abort eight or ten feet still farther back, and near the 'sartitce of the water,— two other fins' bebaine' visible; these were about six feet long, rather narrow, and quite thin, They lay hori2t - intally on the water, and were occasionally. moved to and from the side:with a sculling . motion. Thi s circumstance led t o the conjecture that they might have been designed pa material aids iu turning the body to the 'right or left. The ridge of. the back was considerably notched, and at equi-distances of two or three feet, sharp transparent protuberances, of a vermillion Celour, ap peared, to the number of fifteen ; after which the back . became - smooth trelarsts discoverable. Theie r points or horns were about eight inalies long, starting with a dia meter of perhaps four in e hes, and gradually, t a p er i ng t o an extreme point. "It'isnot impossibl e thi s singular ar tangenient may hiv e been wisely ordained to serve as 'weapons of self-defence. The termination of the body 'as - quiteamail a ending_ with a callous or bony projec tion (Moat four feet. in length, and nearly white. The entire body appeared to be shielded in a corn plete coat of mail, of a dark brown hue, divided into regular joints, passing around 'the body, which were slightly opened and shut by the motion, occasioned , wheh ly'rn ! head to the sea' This singular exterior covering would present an invulnerable barrier against the ttagli nf any aquatic enemy who 'Might chence to, seek ,the citadel of his life. Its ex treme 30.0exibility was -thoroughly tested before we parted company,; by - several well-directed shots of a rifle, which left no visible impression whatever, and did no seem to disturb his eqtfilibrium even the slightest de , greee.z:. " At about half past three we were so eoptigious to each other, that fears began to be entertained for, the safety,q the vessel. I came clown from aloft, and-or dered the sweeps to be put out, to get steer-way" on her, order to,avoid a collision, as.-be was then lying broadside to' just under the bow. At this critical jtincture a scene of confusion , and alarm occurred which can, only be imperfectly described. The oars were scarcely in the water when a terrible eommotion was heard directly-under the -4. forefoet.' I. jumped forward at' once to the staysail 'lettings, , and 'yoking down; 'ciYulif"lee " nothing.'but ,one cemplete, caul-, dron of bubbling,„ and boiling, foam, as white as unstained snow. Whether: the serpent • had taken s t orm at discoverin g his proximity to the-vessel, + or from the noise made by the oars as they were-dropped into theawater,,,l could.not tell. In another instant the' commotion ceased, and the monster breached frontthe" water - head Wtming - up - in nearly - a - perpa;licu- , 'sr line, until hi* head str uc k t h e martin i?* with Sucih, force as to part the guys, and c.irryanray the' flying jib boom near the boom-iron. The,co4qmssion was so se vere that the whole ship trenibled beneath it, and the countenance of every man outboard _was blanched with fear. Had I not been holding on to the f)retopmast stay at the time, I should doubtlessly , have-fallen then board. Immediately after this he slowly settled U,Way; and entirelydisappeitred fiofir Sight. - • .' " ' It being now about four o'clock,. and 'the wiiid:be ,ginning fr4 l ntf 'the southward 'and eastward, We hauled our taeles ' abbard,'sheeted" home' the topsails t , and, gathering headw a y on the stood in for,,,tlfa Nothing more was, seen el the leviathallm 004gli every eye. on „loard Jong and in , tently searched for his whereabouts. Weeth, , r this strange inhabitant ..of thedeep is the , same. which had been so often seen and described by others, or .u -snrne new visitor itt-oti&-waters-,' I have no nel,ni 'of knowing. I can only say that its appearince waif novel` , and intereitlnglif - OW!' high ilt degree, and differe4 en, tirely in' its constructiqn; tixe, and colour, frem,any tenant of the dsep wblefieversaree under my observe. , tion, during a nautiCal,life of 25, years.—JAßEZ POWER/0 —New York Triburie. The , weather, - during' Friday' and Saturday, way such as entirely to suspend all harvest. operations in 0 1 6 gnarter.' . Wrbm'alinut ten o'clock 'on Thursday night till the afternodn'eSituriihy;'theid was an almost 'continuotia tali of heavy rain. On Friday, the Water of Leith, the Esk,and number of the small rivuletS in our 19cality,', were more charged with Water than they have been know n to be4roithe last twelve 'yen:is. They not only overfloweil their . banks, but in many parts in'the low and flat grounds flooded whole fields to the depth of afoot or two. A 'number of law; lying houses .were flooded, and', their inmates Were glad to run for their lives, 'the water being from 'three to five feet deep in their domiciles: - 'From . ' this tither alarming state of , the weather, a sudden change took place on Saturday evening. The wind got round. to the north, and a sharp f'rest prevailed through the night. Yesterday 'the sun shone, 014 again with almost unwonted splehdolir ' with not a single speck Of . a, cloud to Ide'seet?itf thb'clearblue sky; and this rnornirig,the hamisphdre is bei . ghtry studded Should We,dt,aye, a_ few , weeks of this, all fear's with regaidjo i Llie llaryest, wAt' be•oven— Caledonietn' llfereary . of ;trcuidaY: —* • . ''.A HigT TO SitTIOER - S ppulk ;1040,-77 . The following simple ,method of detecting adulterated ;snuff: may. be:relied upon;—Take a Pew' Pinches of snuff ! lay it. nu, a hit of. paper, and indent a small hole in it with.,youriiilgUr then fill Thiega?, Tfthe,smiff . h . ove and, boikioraa i , ther effervesces),you-may be assured that ..there ,acque thing .cexceedingly, hurtful,; bath to tha nose,and,somaeb., When the: snuff ispure the vinegar sinksiquietlyithrsugh 'Countq dealers 'should . try-this, simple plan with; evo,ty: bead of snuffthey receive before selling to their customera, which would prevent ,the, cry of sore noses, They ..1163 ran the' risk .:art he . cusicp. 3eizib g it ja. their, ,poaseasion,, .if f4citind impure. %BOXFOAD.—.-. I )isr,Eitsvii•:AFFEAT_ WITH ,THE,..EO, ' S LICE.'.;•-tiify Du, Friday morning last,_as Rogars, , Carlo,..Ben , 'n'et;.aud another policeman (all ..under. Superintendent Rev , 'of the Western division) were on duty, and when near to -We, 'residences of sorne suspected thieves, near to Poistead.Heatb,. .they suddenly' came • across, three .men, when .a ~ desperate. encounter; ensued., Bennet . and his companion being,fore• • most, were the first to make the: _attack,. and, when-Carlo 'and R!!)gers came o rrp, .Bennet.had,closed with hisman,..an, they were,both upon the ground, the other policeman wasA being kept at bay, by one. of.the,villains holding over:him in one hand a tremendous bludgeon, and in the other a pistol. Rogers, however, in coming up at all hazards of his life, made a, desperate rush, and ultimately .succeeded in felling the man to the ground, and secured him with the hand-cuffs., The villains had each a bludgeon ; one of them had also two sacks, a brace of pistols loaded, two dark lan terns, list shoes, and a hard brush. The two men that are taken are father and son, by. the name of Humphery; the third man, it being so very dark, managed to get. away. They are supposed to be the party who the same night broke the letter-lock upon the door of a malt-offlen at -Layham. The two Humpherys are committed to prison to take their trial for the assault.—lpswich. Express. THE WEATHER IN : WALES:4 — A sudden change has taken place in the weather during the last few days,- from a mild, and even warm temperature, to cold bleak winds, and showers, with occasional frosts. The operations of harvest have been cmisiderably checked in various parts of this county. At the end or another week, however, they will be nearly brought to a close. The yield, notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, has proved much better than-was expected.—Carmarthen Journal. • • A GIRL KILLED ET • A 1 4 '0E6E' HAMMER. - -A daughter of Mr. Nicholls, of the Bedford Foundry; Tavistoek, aged rather more than eight yearti, came to her death under the tialcwing circumstances. Thursday hitt she was in the smithery too near a man who was striking. She Was standing behind the man, who did not see her, find while lie' was swinging the sledge he struck her on the head. She lingered until Sunday morning when she expired.— rlimouth Time& FRENCH ACADEMY. of SCIENCES. Smerie6 ov SFPT 29 . • The communications this da,;,,r were mxceedirigiv numerous, and on a great variety of 6 u 6 jects, bat, generally speaking they. were not of cemtnandiri interest. There . Were Several on the disease of the potato, without, - however, addirig at all to the hifermation has already been obtained on that subject. Mr. Keller, an efAcer of - the British navy, sent in a paper in which he declares absurd and foolish the theory of tides adopted in scienee.- • • M. Gary sent in a note on a new mode of making sewers, which furnishes us with an occasion for expressingour regret that the system-of cleansing sewers by flood-gates, the inven tion of Mr. Roe, in England, and for which Mr. Carpenter is patented in France, has not been tried iseParis after the vefy; liberal,offerepf)fr. Cerpekter i ect theinudicipality to make the. 'Mare his own expense. Several communications were made. respecting meteors and whirlwinds, and improvements .in. mathematical instru ments, several respecting new ch,emicel.,compounds, and two containing new syste ms o f atmospheric railroads, making the total number on this subject before the Academy at least one hundred. M.Nnfa:s read bid first part of an interesting paper on the nature of the. milt, o.cliff:eient a n i ma l s . He Ob se r v e s that the milk or:lieihiV4oue" anira'ate always contains four orders Of substanc e spert of, their food, viz., the albuminous represented by the cese,uni,_ the fatty substances represented by butter, the 'saccharine ,portion of their food represented bethe S tigaiqmil,„eradau l ally,•the salts of different kinds which exist iri„,aNttie tissues of these animals: In tlke milk_ of, carnivorous animals there is no sugar,- and there are only the albuminous, fatty., end _saline substances, which form the general constituents of' meat. If,-however ; bread be added to the. food of these, animals, the sugar of milk will be found, although "not in large quantities. 111:: Dumas, concludes his,paperby,statiegth a t his investigations haVelettabl&l him toarrive a - Ca .. Perfect analysis of milk. Boussingault Made a communication relative , to a new ammoniacal manure. Having remarked that magnesia,- ;the basis of which has always been regarded-as injurious to vegetation, was found in the ashes of. all vegetables, and in la proportion 'in accord with the quantity of..phoaphorus also found in the ashes, and of that of the azote, which enters into the Composition of plants, he was led to infer that vegetables must assimilate with ease and advan tage the ammoniated-magnesian phosphate.' Being desirous of verifying this by experiment, he planted on the Ist of May last - same'darly maize' which had already . ger minated i n t wo series of pots, into th e halfof which he had poured 15 grammes' , (about half an ounce) of double phospbated salt for each pot. The two series of pots were then placed in the open ground. During the first twenty, , five days the vegetatation was the same with both series"; after that there was a difference in . favour of the pots which had been watered with the phosphate. On the 25th of July the plants in them were double in height to those of the other series, and Ve diameter of the stems was two-thirds thicker.. By the 25th of August the • proportion had diminished; the height of -the plants watered by the phosphate was then only one- third greater, and the size of the sterns double. At the moment of their coming to matu rity, the phosphated plants bore two sound ears, and one that had failed to come to maturity; the other plants had only two ears each—viz.: one complete, and one that had failed. This -was not all ; each grain of the ears of the phosphated p'ants was double in weight to that of -the non-phosphated pl ints. M. Boussingault concludes, therefore, and with great reason, that the salt. in que , tion may be used with great ad vantage as an artificial manure. M. Arago communicated t 6 the Academy, in the name of M. Breguet, one of the commissioners appointed by the Government to report on the electric telegraph from Paris to Rouen, a note on a neer mode 'of transmitting signals. With a pile- of - Bunsen of eighteen element, says M. Arago, rind in all weathers, it is possible to communicate between Paris arid Rouen with A single wire, the two extremities of which are placed in a hole or well. No return wire is needed. We are quite sure that neither M. Arago nor M. Bregriet le(nild have made this communication to the Academy it' they had been, aware that it has no novelty, neither would M. Bregeet have taken credit to himself for a discovery w hi c h w as long since made by another. indivi •'nal• What is here announced as new is only part of the telegraphic system of Mr. Bain, which is: at work in Scot land, and is patented in France by the purchaser of the in vention, Mr. Boggett, of Londne who happens, we under stand, to be atthis moment in Paris, as also Mr. Bain, with a very important improvement in the insulation of the wires. Mr. Buggett's telegraph, which works with a single wire, was exhibited here long before the e l ectric tele graph was established on the Paris and Rouen Railroad ; and as the expense of putting it up is only one-fourth of that of the telegraph in questian, some, members of th e A ca d emy of Sciences, and o th er persons, who saw the model at work, were astonished that a trial on a large scale should not have been made of his plan. It has been stated lately in some of the journals that the Government has et length resolved, on the ground of economy, to adopt Mr. Bain's system. We trust that if, as we have every reason to believe, the improve ments announced by M. Arago really form part of Mr. Bog gett's patent, no attempt Will be made to deprive him of the fair commercial advantagee attached to his p a t ente d r i ght. Amongst the recent iniproOments made by Mr. Bain in his telegraph are a rapid mode of communication from station to station of railroad, still with a single wire, by which means many accidents are to be prevented, and-also a very simple mode of printing by electricity any Government dispatch. Mr. Wheatstone's apparatus for printing is highly ingenious, but it is complicated and tedious as compared with the new mode. M. Bravis communicated to the Academy some interesting information on halos and,pazhelions, and on the white rain bow. All these phenomena are due to the same cause, viz., the refraction of light through water in its different conditions. The ordinary rainbow due te e refraction through an ordi- nary clorult -lialbs and ParhelionS, which are images coloured by the sun dispersed in variable. numbers over two circles always placed alike, are due to refraction through crystals of snow: • A 'Paper was received from M. Leverrier on the last pas sage of' Mercury over the disc of, the sun,, This comme nce d in Europe on the evening 'of the Bth of May last, and did' not come to a termin a ti on unt il a l ate hour of the night, but was not visible in our hemisphere. This was not the case, dowdier, in America, where the ,entire . phenomenon was Leverrier hie received an account of the obser vations-made at Cincithati'hy Mr. Mitchel, and has verified the , correctness of them by the tables of Mercury which he published recently. ' .•A letter was received from M. Martin de Moussy of Monte Video, stating that, he perceived t wo t a il s , detached from each oth4r-to'tlie'comet of 1845. • 111.tertrillon inforMed the Academy that he had invented a peirfectinachine far . ' Polishing lookingeglasses with much gredter effect than is now the case. : I ,l'bere!were great many Medical communications towards the dose of the sitting, amongst them was one by M. Sedille, of Strasburg; on the anapastie treatment,_ in.eancer, whi c h. ike, states to-haVe been Very successfdl. 11f. Vietdde; a PliyOmfan of , l qarlifuhe, "gives the result of some experiments on the_ reqpiretiiin of. man ,under, different circirmtkreiltek Audit Affehdt tours of -the day, but we do not find in it much that is new, the Aedre ,sebject, thaving been treatallittriat'lnkth in a communication which was made to the Ac,M, my several menths. ago.. The - writer: ,states' that the respirations arc increased in the, proportion of ,1,7.2 upon 14 per minute'rifter eating: lle adds,, that the , proptntion of carboic acid giy - cn out bY the lungs is Almost Instantly Ililiniftied'aft6edrfnkin4epirituous liquors, and that this continues for nearly twe'hours. A mate - Was received from M. Pierre, in winch be states that the disease and 'death of animal s are Attributable to the same cause—the parasilisrh'hf worMilGetlignoesi. eo . • • ISEASE" OF-"*THE 'POTATO . XN BELGIUM ASIY.EINTULAND. At this moment, when the disease of the potato in 'various districts in England seems to be rapidly spread- ing, the following paper on the subjeetwill be read with extreme interest . ; •• A general disease, as our -- readera are perhaps aviar'7' has attacked the'potatoei Iti'Belgitini, and it seems that the crop of that first-rate necessary eSculent is .very seriously endangered COfintry. Th e disease ..,aid to threaten also the Potato Crop in certain parts . ef .Fratiee. We r e pUbli s h, t h eref .re, the advice which M. Atorrr, professor o f A gr i culture in thelJniversity Ling . has Odreallikitto. the,publio,, in. a-letter in thi. l'ideriendence, a Brussels paper. M. Morrell, after saying that the evil had prev.alled.intßelgiuta -forseveral years; though to a loss alarming degree, proceeds The real cause of' thesdvil Wm- fliegtis; or sort or mushroom, a Mouldering wirfehlhit teiiriied will classify iindel their genus botrydis, but which, agriculturists,, or withoht fureffeir sotiiiii,tioh, win call a; spot, a blemish, blotches, and which theiwillattribete, some to humidity. and sine to dryness..-some anbad wind come from Franct, and some t) insects. It is not, however, matter of indpfference to know :the . true cause of the pheno *non, for that knowledge will put 'us in 'theivay of diminshing or destroying the evil, if it is possible. "For some time-I have been following, day by, day, and step , by step, theprogreSS . by 'keeping my observation fixed on semi kaki fields. The disease decidedly begin s with the leaus t ,aecl the top of the leaves; I have even 'seen Ae.tsileSsters.: and fruit attacked first. A part of the green tissue, however, loses its hug 'and quickly,terns.to yellow; the.spot soon becomes more at the bottom , _ and it is always a t th e l ower sur f ace (it•the leaf, A r on the fruit that , a whitish down makes its " ire appearanceai ft) day or othe4layo f hut `Ond . after the formation of the yellow spot. By applying the micro-.: scope, yott theirsee that thiydoymproced k*cial a'fungui, skr, amids the numerous .hairs that cover the iritsee,pi t tle,of, the )44-.of.the potato. -.••" This reitshi•oeth,is.of.t4e sal:ea:WM:aye but it b ree d s amazingly, and re re end* 7iitetelf•by"thousand s. Its stems are formed of litgestrtught hallow threads, which' bear on thoir *Awaits one or:lgnore rathes al ways di`:Afed into two, and at the end of the se " *ltches repro dkictive, bodieiwate found , which' ha ve tffefoil a of litlf which have the form of a nyllimetze l , in size, en d : v s' e ;= , !Ass. It will be said that this ks e'vey4o. 4 l Y ,_, y ou to dp ~sn.much 'initehitt'bberatigivg.° that - the itch is not disease 'less to be pay& 4eAllas,,A4le-acarewhichr.pe a. e ,. ;Ames it' can be ara t otilliq the ala , Uf tile microscope, 'After the formation of :,the • Vert, and the delelOpinentAC t h ct 44 0 - di5....00 , . the leaf of the 'potath; 'the 'stalk - receives the deleterious 'influence, Here' - arid therfkata ,epidermis turns . brown; and bracken's And following. with the'' Misirtosteffe 'the Phitse'of it byithe rind that the evil , you perceive that •,.. attacked. The morbid agent carries its,action from the. .rind on to the epiderrniS, and though,the epidermis does not always disclose mushrooms, it is not theless for that - istruck with death. Whoevel.has notions Of vege. table physiology will easily ucilerstand these effects. sap modified into living J into vegetable blood, is formed in the loaf, when it descends by the rind the stem and the root. Here this sapis diseased, it carries death ; it bears the poison of the leaf to the stern,; and the latter perishes. Indeed, as soon as th e b lack spots show themselves on the stems; the leaves d r y .. , madie ; they fall to the ground prOPagath?g, Unfortu nately, the source of the Oil, or depositing its germs in the'earth. - presently point out means of stoppi ng th isr fatal' communication. "The infection soon descends into, the tobercule it self. If the disease follows, its course, the tubercule mortifies forthwith. A potato is not a root but a real' branch, whence it follows that it'qubercule contains a marrow, which is the *stable 'part to be preferred, and a separate rind • between the marrow a n d t h e rind, there 'is a z one o f vessels, %ilah represent wood. This construction is app:n,r2nt to any. one Who choolPs to cut a fhiti'llslice of Fotatoe, and :place it between his eye and daylight. The infection , attacks that part whiih on ,reseiNes the sal) its e I escont that part by which the mi,ebid agent has itself CO/110 down. When a potato is attacked, y , , u perceive series of hvidi, brows,. or vel4oiv-spots,. aometiiiii's grey" and blackish, and the series extends over the whole of the ligneous zone. By following the progress of the evil upon a great ptimbpr of tainted tnhercules, I have .. . . ! . . been able to gee how the evil, by one continuous progress, nt:langthclkehei thri liefiliifielf of the 'potato, and cor rupts the vegetsble entirely. . The skin of the diseased potato . c.'mes off eily ; the flesh no longer cracks tinder t e knife, a fiatai T t liquid drips f rot ujise potat o , a musts , and pres , ,P!l,4u t rini tna l smell; analogous to the smell of mushrooms recently cut manifMs itself, and occasions considerable nausea. The very animals re= fuse to eat of a food that may be considered as hurtful as deleterious mushrooms themselves. " As soon as the . inside of the potato has mortified, three days at the utmost are sufficient for the botrydit to make its Way to the exterior. The white ( fluorescence shows itself-in:the eyea,of the. Q,b,eretiler, - and then it spreads itself like little tvhite"fleeces upon the surface • that-irrortnclish at first, - bat 'which finishes,by.invading the whole of the tubercule ; then. the potatuo iti '1M0._,,,,,. ._,,,,,. • -.• ..: , gether:destr9yed.' , " The etitilleging' traced lo its SOMTP, ' the cultivato r must dirpghia'attect ion to the destruction of the fungus Or nauairoona, for it is unfortunately but too true that all the parasites of this genus once introduced into a country, Mnaiq there and propagate. This year the epidemy has been general ; the' germs that exist every where ;--thousands and thousands of Propagules, if their numbers are not dirßipiShed", by times, will next year be attacking the pfants,.imd •it will then .be more difficult than ever to eradicatevthe scourge:' ~, "It is essenti a l t o :adopt the, folloWitigprecautions :- 4 " - 1; When, then': the leaiies ,are decidedly spoilt, cut them down• forthwith and burn theiti on the spot, in stead of taking them away. The ashes may serve to be scattered on „the 40i1,,' „ /A.-collecting them ; shake them as little as possible. I have seen Ivitfr• regret cultivators cut down the diseased leaves and keep them in heaps on the field, or throw them over thediedges. It is preserv ing the sFoprge fiar,tbA foilowing•y ear. " 2dlv.* When certain. varieties or certain localities are free trona' the scourge, at the time of the harvest, it is always prudent to burn the leaves, for a field may appear secure from the botrydis when it is not so ; se veral leaves are attacked ; these leaves throw the pro pagules on to the tubercules which, being preserved for purposes of reproduction, will spread the plant the following year. " 3dly. If the tubeicules themselves are attacked, it is essential to take them out of the earth, and to speedily choose amongst them, which is an easy pro ceeding, for habit soon enables one to distinguish be tween the tubercles that are tainted and those that are not. The tubercules that are still sound must be turned to account as soon as possible, for they are not noxious so long as the rind does not become yellow. The smell alone is sufficient to indicate the development of the disease. The diseased tubercutes must be burnt. " 4thly. In order to obviate the disastrous conse quences of a scanty harvest, it would be important to adopt in our country the practice now prevalent in Scot land of cultivating potatoes during winter. " sthly. As it is infinitely probable that the tuber cules which will be preserved for putting in the ground will be infected with the spawn of the mushroom, it would be advisable, by means of the Government or in ' the course of commerce, or in some way or another, that ' our ' cultivators should have at their dispasal for re production tubercules perfectly pure and non-infected, and in that respect the potatoes of Pennsylvania or of Ireland would snit us extremely. The present scourge is unknown in these two countries. You must be aware of the German potatoes,. in which the high gangrene, the crispure, and the ulceration of the tubercules are but too apparent. The occasion of the proposed importation on a lame scale should be seized to introduce into our country the varieties the most useful to our soil. 6thly. Should the agriculturists persist in using for re-production the tubercles harvested in the country this year, it will be necessary to submit the tubercles to the agency of linie, as is practised with wheat, barley, oats, and all plants that are liable to the invasion of parasiti. cal bodies. The process ought to be by the immersion of the tubercles, because a study of the botrydis shows that it is the eye of the pototo. a point that is most often sunken in, that is attacked. The lime -water should. therefore, bathe this lethiferous eye; 25 kilogrammes (501h5.) of lime, a quarter of a pound of sulphate of copper, and three kilogrammes (6 lbs.) of marine salt, for twenty-five liters (quarts) of water, constitute a pre paration, the utility of which in the destruction of para site plants has been recognised by a great number of well informed cultivators. • " ithly. In the plantations, whether of the winter of 1845 or of the spring of 1846, it is essential to plant with potatoes only such districts as are as far as pos• Bible removed from the districts annually infected; for it is clear that the chance of transmission by the pre servation in the soil of the spawn of the mushrooms is much greater in plantations that are close to each other than when the plantations are at a greater distance. " Bthly. When M. de Martins 'visited Belgium and investigated, in our different provinces, the state of our potatoes, he informed me, in one of his interest. ing conversations, that the cultivators on the banks of the Rhine had observed that the dry gangrene attacked oftener the potatoes planted in the afternoon than those planted in the morning, and he explained the phenomenon by a very simple fact. When the sun has passed the meridian, the heat of the coatings of air is at its maximum; this heat accelerates the vitality of the plants; their propagales float about more easily in a dilated air; theinseets, in their flight, disperse more easily a mass of little bodies of which the atmosphere is the vehiculum, an-I the dissemination of these germs is then at its maximum too. , The cultivator is then in the very midst of this atmosphere, and the potato which he is planting has to go through it too ; the potato gathers on to it the spawn, which is thus sown with it, and there then happens to the potato, what happens to the corn that has not been submitted to the action of lime-wat er — name l y, t h at the poison grows with the plant, and at a later period attacks it and kills it. Cultivators, consequently, would do well to plant theirpptatoes inihe morning. " 9thly. The use of lime and of marine salt with a slight Mixture of sulphate of c-'pper, is, as I have already said, of acknowledged efficacy in the destruction of the germs of parasite plants.. Consequently, to powder over with such a mixture a soil that his been planted with disesied potatoes, is a good operation for destroying in that land the germ of the scourge. The operation ought to be strongly-recommended everywhere. lordly. The .preserving ot the potatoes th a t s h a ll have escatied . the scourge this year, in cave!, cellars, &c., 4411 certainly-be to deposit the spawn of the mishronm 'in those very places. The cellars must be thoroughly leaned, and scoured WWl' lime, which will destroy the seawn4 and , then.scattering- Hain or ground coal on the soil where the tubercles have been spread, will conclude the series - of Pperationi, the most rational end the most certain for destroying, if it is possible, the evil at-its root. " Membereo " CH. MORREN, f the BoyalAeademy of S c i e nc es , & C ., Ste. " Leige, Aug. 18, 1845." THE ARMY.--POATSM6 uTH OCT. s.—The 68th Regiment o f F oot (Durham Light Infantry), under the cora- Mand of Lieutenant -Colonel Lord William Panlet, was in . spected on Saturday at Portsmouth,'hy MajorGerieral Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham who expressed himself highly gra tified with it s interior arrangement in guarters, and its steadi ness and precision in the field... The Major-General and his '.taff dined * lthltfe - "officers in the Colewort Barracks. Capt. Phipps' comm lny , i g.qffarterea at Tipner Point (Ordnance 'station) ; Captain 4`Beath's, at - FOrt Monckton; and a de .thehment of thirty 'men, under 'Ensign Lord Minton, at Marchwood (Ord nance.station),•near Southampton. FATAL EFFECTS 01 , QUACKERY.—On Saturday 'afternpon Mr. Baker heldah inquest at the Fountain, James 'Street, Green-street, Bethnal-green, - on the view of the body of Mary Anne Price Maddox, aged ten. years, the daughter 'of weavers living i n James-street, - who was alleged to have . 1110 from th e i mproper administration of herbs as medicine. Tt -appeared that the deceased had been in a good state of health till last Sunday week, when her mother was advised ti l go to a herbist, named Mellett, residing in the same street. He prescribed Some pills, which were composed of a red and white powd er , and gave a quantity of herbs, which she was to' boil in a quart of water, and which w as t o b e re duced to a pi n t and a half. Of this she was to drink as ifilich as she pleased. - Deceased, however, derived no benefit. The sickness which first affected her, and for which the pills and herbal drink had been administered, remained. The mother again .ealled upon-Mr. Kellett, who recommended the same stuff. Deceased died on Monday morning last, and on a postmortem examination by Mr. Sm ar t, surg e on, Cambridge heath, deceased was: found to have died from an ulceration of the greater portion of the lower intestines, which had been brought on by typhus feriee.•,,The,Coroner having cautioned ,114,nfothlr against applying t 6 -quack mediCines, observed,_ that. had her child - received - proper medical assistance it iflight have beenAlten alive. :Verdict,'" Naturanleith.”. ,•• THE NAige,UARD STEAMEILi. , -011 her way from Glasgo* to"Dublia this 'ateamer went - ashore in a fog near Belfast tough. After remaining aground for about three hours, ishe floated, O'ff, :without, we are happyto say,' any Accident. She lift Dublin for Cork -at nine o'cloek• last evening, and arrived at Passage to-day, after g splendid run of .fifteen hours from Dublin, against a strong head wind.— ,corh, sdutherit Rep', tee , , . • , 'BRAINTREE FAIR:This important 'fair was "'held On'Thursday and Friday last, and as respects the supply of Stock of most descriptions;"sing' thd 'lnsiness ,done, the ac counts that have reached us are Of.the most favourable cha racter. The number of sheeptuid.lambs -exceeded the supply of any fermeryear, nearly 120,000 - being penned ; there was also a fair average number of bußocks in'the fair ;"and and the -4vhOle' were -in , 'very "exc'ellent condikjOit horses there , was a full sirpply„.clganding a —larger number iii usial of very ; s4perfee, : eget„ colts.: -The attendance, tab," of repeefible buyers was -nunierouspeespecially on 'Thursday,. .and large! ”purchases- - were - 'made 'at good,. liMeed at considerably advanced rates which contrasted favourably with the low prices produced by the panic on the tariff in 1842. Friday Morning Wag wet and unfavourable, 'and consequentlythere was a smaller attendance of buyers, - but still he rates a the previous day were well maintained, and a considerable deal of business was transacted. The supply of' hops, generally an important feature at this fair, avas,Dowing- to the backwarkness of the season, smaller than was ever seen there befare ; in fact, the picking not being overver3- few conld be Lagged in time to send to this mart. For 'those that were pitched, from 81.8 s. to 9/. per cwt. was ;asked, but few sales were effected at this rate, many being ofopi nion, notwithstanding the unfavourable reports from some of the large hop-growing districts of the kingdom, that these prices will not be maintained. This was the first fair held since the alterations at the Hyde Farm, and the making of the new arrangements; and a correspondent states there were complainta amongst some of the large dealers that the space purchased and fenced in for the stock is much too con fined; for should the fair increase at the ratio it has done for the last twenty years, it will soon be literally crammed. The space - allotted to the horses, he says, was much com plained of as insufficient; and he adds, a hope is expressed that'the new proprietors of the manor will p urch ase the ground for the purpose before it is,occiip 3 buildings,' lnof jed t, se 6h ei r if t gef, m aid en . t of the fair far more difficultwhich would d e x re pe n n d s e i sr-e. tire'-7 BEVALEY Boßouoit -REGISTRAITION:--The revising for this borough took place - Mt Weanesday last, in the town hall,:before J. Wharion; Esq., the barrister: W. F. Clark., very ably stipported the Liberals, and E. W.•Silister; - Esq., the Tories. The following is the result of the revision:— Liberal freemen struck off, Tory ditto 7; Liberal bous2- holders struck off, 4; Tory ditto, 10.—Liberal gain, 10.- lull4dvertiser, FLOODS IN THE NORTH. NEWPASTLE-ON.TY.NE, SATURDAY.—A great. quan tity of rain has . fallen in this district within the last few days,' which 114 - swelien the rivers, and done considcre,ble damage .to property in-their margins. On Thursday the rain descended in 'torrents all day, and yesterday the-Type, - at . high water in the afternoon overflowed i t S b anks . for - , ,several miles, covering all the low grotindi near .11exham and Newburn, carrying away the corn produce- of several fields is stock, and doing serious injury to - the potatoe and .turnip crops. The quay at. Newcastle was covered with water, and the cellars-in the neighbourhood completely inundated. •Datiing.the ebb tide the current was_. so strong as t o Catty Cray iii7e:riff i i,p,,,,pl* from, theirmoorings and the atilong the shipping. in the- harbour was very extensive. The Ocean brig-was driven on,the :Herd Sands, antVtliegea 13 'bl - baking 'dyer her a such manner that it feared she will become a total wreck. The David,of Y,armoutis, had -her- mainmast carried mate of and the D over steamer lost her foremast. Tile thate.of the A.Vlantic,Jof- Shields: W:4 killed by,the breaking of a warp, and the 13 /psktiatiianier was driven against the Brig John with such - violence-este stavein her quarter,' . and #.l2(i: Was only kept limn sinking ii ! h.,flie.'kreateit diffi cu l ty, her funnel bring also cartieslA.way. It is impossible at presen t to,e, ll llMerAtc....theeasualti es -t be t have . ocetrteetkiii - !,the ex lent -of damage is not 'ytt,f4ity:agOrtaineir.• . The. Liar- hour was a . pontlef e sceneOflconfusion, from the vessels adrift'; several wherries were sunk,- and indeed it - was impossible .for a small boat . " tO Ifre:";l3liicilice boat had as-nartsiw-escito; aving just got out between -two vessels, wheu,they avers( driven-togetherwith great vio 7 A'kreat number •-of bowsprits have !keit:broken, and,an immense pild Ot braten warps` has been collected in Young's - dOckyard by' the police, who are protecting it till claimed by the owners. .The ebb-tide to-day has brought down large quanti ties of hay and corn, a cow, several sheep, and a horse, and from these indications, it is apprehended . the da mage done. in the west, of which only very partial accounts have been received her. is very great. The Blaydon station of the Newcastle and C ar li s l e Railway was knee-deep in water ; and the line for several miles was covered.' The garden grounds about Hexham are still under water, and it is feared that the entire potato crop in those places will be destroyed. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH.—Henry Ball, a drummer attached to the band of the Royal Marines, was was drowned on Saturday evening, near Charlton pier, Woolwich; and the body was first observed by one of the convicts employed at the west end of Woolwich dockyard yesterday forenoon, and taken charg e of, t h at a Coroner's inquest might be held upon it. It appears the boy had left his residence, in Frances-street, Woolwich, to proceed by the last boat up the river from Charlton pier, to join some of his companions; and he was observed in the fbre part of the vessel, by a female passenger, playing with a rope imme diately after leaving the pier, and while doing so he over balanced himself, and fell into the river. The female imme diately acquainted the Captain of the Nicbcl Woolwich steam-packet of the circumstance, and he backed the vessel hnd remained near the spot for about ten or fifteen minuos; but the body did not rise to the surface, which renders it pro bable that the deceased had been stunned in passing under the paddle •wheels. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 3.—The English steamer, Rapid, which recently commenced running between Har lingen and London, was towed back to the Helder, on the 29th ult., in a damaged condition, and with six feet of water in the hold. It had on board 75 cows, 15 of which were drowned or otherwise killed. The last arrivals at the Texel were the Thomas and Joseph, from Newcastle; the Clara Dorothea, the Paragon, the Shencliffe, and the Isis, from Sunderland; and the Jantina Hendrika, from Hull. The number of passengers on the so-called Dutch Railway, for the month of September, was 67,264. The receipts amounted to 69,411 florins. The Hague papers announce the sudden death of Herr C. de Bordes, commander of the order of the Dutch Lion, and Attorney-General in the High Council of the Netherlands. EASE IN WALKING, ILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE PARED LEATIIER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above Into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles always ready on sale. Established In 1767. No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. PUBLICATIONS. THE FIR THE RAILWAY S T A N DARD WILL AP PEAR ON SATURDAY. NEXT, OcrosEß 11. This Journal will be as large as the Morning Herald, and contattl 64 columns. 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Published at 27, Coleman-street, City, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 rola., THE STORY OF •A FAVOURITE. By Mrs. GORE. " The scenes, c h aracters, incidents, and modes of social life pour trayed in the ' Royal Favourite ' are strictly of the present day; chosen with that infallible •tact and intuitive perception of whatever is characteristic, depicted with that finesse, which are the marking intellectual features ofits author; and that ease, grace, and buoy ancy, of style, that wealth of wit and humour, and that unsurpassed knowledge of the manners of the ante, which were probably never combined in an equal degree in any one writer."---Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. R OY A L Just published, by John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho, 'TEAL THY SK IN. A Practical Treatise on Itealthy Skin, with Rules for the Medical and Domestic Treatment of • Cutaneous Diseases. By ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S. Illustrated with sixty-three figures on steel. ";vow, the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordi nary, height and bulk is 2,500; the number of pores, therefore, is 7,000,000, and the number of inches of respiratory tube, 1,750,000 ; that is, 145,833 feet, or 48,600 yards, or nearly twenty-eight miles." —Page 42. - • G REAT EASTERN 'and WESTERN RAIL. WAY. f . • „. • • Abergavenny i Sept. 29, 1843. At a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of this town and neigh bourhood, convened by public requisition, and held here this day, The-Rev. WM. POWELL, Vicar of Abergavenny, in the Chair, It was proposed by Mr. DANIEL, seconded by Mr. Isaac, and unani mously resolved That this meeting, being deeply convinced of the necessity and ad vantage of direct railway communication between the town of Abergavenny and the great iron district of Monmouthshire and Breconshire, and finding that this district is embraced in the grand schenie of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, does most cordially approve of Its plans, and is determined to render it all the aid it CAR command. WILLIAM POWELL, Chairman. t was Proposed by Mr. J.' A. iiloaaadv, seconded by Mr. W. W. SECRETAN, and unalmously resolved-- That the thanks of this meeting be offered to the Chairman. "LONDON AND • WINDSOR RAILWAY, ..KA through Kaightsbridge,• Kensington, Hammersmith, Turn ham-green, Arentford. Hounslow, Bedfont, Staines, and Old Wind sor, to Windsor, with an alternative Line from Staines to pass by DeWitt to Windsor. Capital, 500,0001. • (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, sap. 110.) COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. CHAIRMAN—Major CHARLES L. BOILEAU, Castclnau, Barnes Charlei Goodwin, Esq., Battersea Sir John Hare, F.S.A., Langliam-place Robert William Keate, Esq., •15, Albemarle-Street Thomas R. Kenip, Esq., Abchureh-lane William Kuper, Esq., amberwell S. H. Powell, Esq., Brixton Captain M. H. Sweny, R.N., Brompton Captain F. Bayly Wardreper, H.C.8., Brompton Walter White, Esq. Fitzroy-square (With limited power to add to their number). 40frixEns--Slr John Macneill and James Thomson, Esq. SOLICITOR—George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square. This line of railway has met with general approbation, and its im portance cannot be questiOned, traversing, as it will, a locality totally excluded from the benefit of railway communication, though, it may be said, one continuous town, for a distance of ten miles, and a densely -populated neighbourhood, the property around*hich is Open, Rat, and of a highly favourable character for the'eonstruction of a line of railway. , In addition to the.sid*antage of a • direct communication between the tWo royal residences at London and Windsor,_ avoiding the .de and : inconvenienc of. three . different Conveyances, and reducing' the tithe requisite for the entire journey to • thirtt - niintifes, the pro posed line will afford to Barnes, Kew, Isleworth, Bagshot, Ascot, Sunning-bill, and Egham, all abounding with tlegant villas and a wealthy population; -, an easy access AO tontitm, and form the main trunk for a direct COmmimication to Exeter, Falmouth, and the *hole of the south-West of England; •It 'will also afford a reedit' to reach , Hungorford-bridge. on • the' 'sollth sloe of ttiO Rl* by tbs ' Richmond Railway, ltiflnealiS Of a'brincleirdiii ]Rich mond. . • - - - The Committee have much pleasure kr adding that the surveys art made, the deposits have-bean' duly psAd, , tlie rtiihdtientitrYpbn tract is signed and completed. By order.' Office, 30, Re,gent.street. r •E: BELL ; secretary. MANCHESTER, BUXTQN;'": " MATLocii; and MIDLANDS JltiretitoN AllrmAy . EXTFENSION OF TlMEpolt 4EQIISTAT OF SCRIP. Compahy's Offices, 27, George-greet,Vaitchester, Sept. 24, 1845.. The Cdramittee of Managemen ktY l -112t1CalhattY-have this da resolved, In exercise of the powers vestedit them y bY..tle bscribers' agreenierit, to - INCREASE tteCIPITht. Of this Compa Su ny by the stun of 600,0001., for the purpose of carrying out, certain branches and extensions of *their ori ghitil"findertaking ; and they have , further resolved to InereaSe'tht deposit uPon the,shares of., this Com pany to 21. 25., in obediende tb The new requirements of the House of Lords. New capital, upon which a like deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be payable, will be allotted in the proportion of one new for every two existing shares, to those parties who shall, on or before the 14th day of October next (to which day the Committee have extended the time for registry, with a view to the convenience of distant Share holders), deposit at the Company's offices, for registry and exchange, the scrip now held by them, with a statement and application _ in the annexed for m , an d (i n the case of parties not being _c_n - . 1. 0. 1 1 n lottees of shares) a sa ti s f ac t ory reference to some party orl re spectability. The requisite order to one of the Company ' s receive ill the t. bankers to 4 increased deposit , - and a letter of allotment h ot,,f_onesatyst.. after w registry issued, in the case ororiginal allottecs, with of the scrip, and in the case of other parties so soon as the Committee shall be satisfied of their sufficiency. Scrip, in respect of which parties shall fall to take the neces sarytared deposit within the specified steps for payment of the req uired period, will be fortbited. Form of application may be obtained on application to the Se. *watery. HENRY TOOTAL, Deputy-Chalrrnan. FRED. WRAGGE, Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Committee of Management o f t h e Manchester, Buxton, Mat. leek, and Midlands Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—Herewith are scrip for shares in the Man ehester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway Com pany, in respect of which I request you to issue me new scrip ti m eda I agree to pay such deposit, and to execute such deeds and agreents as you may require. I further request you to allot me new shares i nit Com pany, in respect of which, or of slich number as may be ted to me, I agree to pay the deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary COntract and Sub seribers'Agreernent, as and when I may be required. Description . . • • • ... • Address in full .. . ...... •••.. • . • • - - - ees • • '4 * Ail Nrna mist Do att the /And-writing of the applicant. ' zr I 4`r ro, *ft f' R ;f. ( yy , ; , BRIGHTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT • • • • RAILWAY. The OFFICES of this COMPANY arc REMOVED ti 3CMoot gate-strect. Octohor 6, 184,5. * FREDERICK PENNY, Secretary. BRIarIITON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT RAILWAY. • „ No farther APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this COMPANY can be RECEIVE after 3lonnar NEXT, the 13th instant. company's Office, 34 , M oorgate-st FREDE ree RI CK PENNY, S e c ret a r y . EXETER, , DORCHESTER, ANTAH WEY MOIiTHJUNCTION COAST RAILWAY:' ' The Committee of Management beg to Inform the public that the shares in this Company are now in coarse of allotment, and that they (thb Committee) intend issuing.the Letters and Allotments as soon as the rpq uieita txtipaiitatictn Jaws taken place into the application for By order, Oct. 2, 1845. :••• FRANCIS CREW, Secretary. . . PARIS AND STRASBURG RAILWAY. (CAUMONT LA FORCE'S COMPANY.) The PravlsionaB(3ommittee are now engaged in allotting the shares in this Company. In consequente Of the immense number of appli cations, the letters of allotment cannot be issued till the end of the week. Order; - 1 . Guildh a ll Ch D. GWYN.NE, S ecre t ary. ambers, Ilasinthatbdireet, October 7, 1845. • THE PRE LIMINARY AN.NOUNCEMENT. 1- AUDDERSMLIY . and LIVERPOOL ' TAR ECT RAILWAY, By Rochdale, Bury, fud B Oll o P,„fortning the , shortest practicable tani!errcan Liferpool tO Leeds, Hull, and Goole. , "*. I .. , aprrai'L2A,ooo4, in 62,500 Shares of 20/1 each. Deposit 21.:25. per Share. London —Messrs. Gl yn, HaIIIfax,BANEEICS. MUls, and Co. Huddersfleld—The Halifax and Rudders/rigid Union Banking Coln.. patty. EOLICITOZS. Nevv - street, Huddersfield. Mr. William Bark e r, Messrs. Brook and F reeman ] The object of this undertaking is to form a continuous line of rail way from Leeds to Liverpool, by extending the lines already made, orSanctioned by Parliament, from their respective termini at Hud dersfield, in Yorkshire, and Bury, in Lancashire, through the inter vening country between Huddersfield and Bury, for which extension a line of railway only 25 miles in length is requisite. The proposed line Will cominence at the Huddersfield station, between which place, and Leeds Parliament has already sanctioned the lonisation of rail ways, and Prom Huddersfield the proposed line will proceed by way of Hillhouse, Birchencliffe, and Lindley, and thence along the valley between Stainland and Greetland, through Baik!sland, the Vale of Rippouden, and by Rochdale to Bury, in Lancashire, where it will join the terminus of the Liverpool and Bury line of railway. In addition to completing a direct communication from Liverpool to Leeds, Hull, and Goole by the shortest practicable route, and by a• much smaller outlay of capital thaii by any other proposed line, it will provide for a large and important manufacturing population, hitherto without the advantage of railway accommodation, an outlet to the south by means of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway, and to Manchester and North ant South Lancashire by the railways above mentioned, and by the Leeds and Manchester Railway, by a proposed junction ther ew ith a t R ochdale. This line when co m pl ete d will, in addition to the advantages which , it presents as a through line, pass through a succession of valleys thickly studded with mills and manufactories, consuming a large quantity of raw materials and coal, all of which are brought from a distance, and transmitting to other districts the produce of their in- . dustry, for which purposes a line of railway has become absolutely necessary, and there can be no doubt that an ample return will be realised for the outlay of capital required. .., The Cdstance between Huddersfield and Rochdale by the present' line of railway is thirty miles, which by the proposed railway will be reduced to seventeen miles. The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the right of en tering into any arrangements with existing railway companies that may appear desirable. And power will be taken by the Act of Par- , liament to allow interest to the shareholders at the rate of 4/, per cent, per annum on the amounts paid on their shares from the respective time, of payment to the times of opening the railway. Applications for shares may be addressed, in the subjoined form, to any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers, viz. —Messrs. Hill, Fawcett and Hill, Threadneedle-street, London; Mr. David Kinnear, Edin.. burgh ; Messrs. W. Moore and Co., Messrs. J. Gatlin' and Co., Messrs: Wilson and Hellawell, Mr. Thomas Parrett, Sr. Frederick Turner, i Messrs. John Atkinson and Co., Messrs. Tempest and Co., Messrs. Mooney and Hickes, Huddersfield ; Messrs. John Young and Co., Mr. C. E. Langdon, Leeds ; Mr. Hervey, Mr. Charles Clay, 111essrs. Crowther and Brook, Halii•ax ; Mr. John Brooke, Dewsbury ; Messrs. Cameron, Bagenove, and Taunton, Messrs. Lloyd and Price, Liver- • pool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, and Messrs. Lynnill and Merlyn, Manchester; or to the Solicitors to the Company. The names of a highly-respectable and influential Provisional Committee will be published in a few days. Huddersfield, Oct. 1, 1t45. FORM OF - APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me share of 201. each in this undert a ki ng , an d I engage to accept the sames or any less number that you may allot to mae, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and to slip the Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement when required. Dated the day of , 1845. Name in full Residence. .. ..... ... • ................ • Profession or Trade (if any) ............ Place of Business (if any) ...... ••• • • • : Reference.. •• • ............ •• - - - - -- - - TUNBRIDGE AND RYE HARBOUR DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Frederick Lowrance, Esq., Registered Projector. Capital 500,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. Temporary Offices, 94, Cheapside. MY/SIGNAL Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton CGS/MITTEL George Ballard, Esq., Sandblast William Bestow, Esq., 20, Surrey -place, London, Director of the Commercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Company Robert Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, London, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway J. Benson, Esq., Park-place Villas, Maida-hill West, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway John Bishop, Esq., Bedlam John Blunt, Esq., Director of the London Docks Company, and Great Eastern and Western Railway John Bryant, Eisq., Highgate, Hawkhurst Alfred Bush, Esq., Queen-square, Bath, Director of the Great North and South Wales and Worcester Railway Capt. James E. Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portmai-square, Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway Captain F. Chamier, Malkin-street, Belgrave-equare, Director of the Hazebrouk and Fampoux Railway Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Rugby and War wick Railway W. X. Collis, Esq., Humsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf ford and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., 6, Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial Bank of London , Robert Cciok, r4q., Gainsborough Miles Dormer, Esq., 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street John Mercer Durrant, Esq., Theobald's, Hawkhurst Thomas Mercer Diarant, Req., Theobald's, Hawkhurst Edward Evans, Esq., Stones-end, Borough, Director of the Commer cial Life Assurance Company Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway George Fred. Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway John Hilder, Esq. Old-place, Sandhurst Lewis Hofftnan, isq., Inner Temple, Director of the Dover and Bris tol Railway D. T. , Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-claurehyard, Director of Reming ton'sDlrect Manchester Railway Sir Win. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean; and Gloucester Railway William Phillips'Lamb, Esq., Ockham Rouse, Sussex, Director of the Dover and Bristol, and ,Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Rev. G. A. Lamb, D.D., Iden, Sussex Kensington Lewis, Esq., Stafford-place and Worcester-park, Surrey, Director of the Lynn and Wisbeach Railway James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Thomas Gybbon Monypenny, Esq , Hole-park, Rolvendon, Kent, Director of the Dover and Bristol Railway E. W. Morris, Esq., Pembury, Tonbridge Wells, Kent, Director of Great North and South Wales Railway ' Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, Director of the London and Manchester Railway Jas. W. Peppercorn, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Haze brouk and Fampeux.Railway R. M. Preepe, Esq., Lothbury, and 24, Park-square James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Director of the South Midlands Junc tion Direct London and. Manchester Railway Francis Reeves, Esq., Delmonden, Hawkhurst Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcester, Director of the Great North and South Wales Railway Company Francis Roose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montague-square James Russell, Esq., 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Trills', Reading, and Basingstoke Railways . W. Stark, Esq. ' Rockhall's-lodge, Cricki ewood James Saynes, Esq., Great Dover-street, Borough Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, Director of the Avon and Severn Valley Railway George Smith, Esq., The Lambs, Staffordshire John Taylor, Esq., It oxton, Director of the West-End and Southern Counties Railway Robert ToOth, Esq., Swift's-place, Cranbrook Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Director of the Dover and - Bristol Railway (With power to add to their number). Bapri cta -- Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. 'Escuixxits—Francis Giles, Esq., and Alfred Giles, Esq. STANDING Coutism—Francis Barrow. SOLlciroas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Willis and Neve, Cranbrook Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook Messrs. Beechamand Upperton, Hawkliurit• S wan-tar—E. A. Lamb, ER. • PROSPECTUS. Maidstone), This line will pass in a direct course from Tunbridge, via Paddock Wood (thus connectin g it se lf withaidstone), through the parishes n Notthiam, Peasmarsh of Beckley, Horan:louden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, .Benenden, Hawk hurst, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newende , _ , Beckley, Iden, and Playden, to the town and harbour o f Rye, and at it will embrace a large extent of adjacent countr y, present unpro vided with, aad much requiring, the admitted advantages of railway transit. The length of the line will be about 55 miles ; a great portion of it will pass through a level country, and the remaining part ig fret§ froth e i ri s ay ous outlay , material e an ng d it is noineering t expected to be difficulty, or works likely ft) requ ire any • any residences - or ornamental property, necessary to interfere With The 4.911,18,4ar ditst , t l 4certO Ryes alld - all the other places embraced by this line, will raoconsiderable. The capital required is estimated not to exceed6oo,oool:' ' ' During the last session of Parliament application was'niade for a similar line, partially embracing the same country, when it was shown in detail by evidence .produeed before the Cemmittee that the contemplated traffic, after deducting, 404. wer.dent. , 'for working ex pences, , would leave a large per tentage span the inVested capita/. hat line waa been seletted"; bit . 'with an intimatio n th a t th e port of Rye was en reietcted oll t the4roustd,th a t th e b eat d i rect i on ha d no t titled toa direct railway communication with the interior of the coli a ti; 'try, in the best direction towards London, 41'heprAetit 9 4;t e g: :„. 1 • been N 13041,1104 pis intimation, - taking advaritage 4.7 411 t embraCes • defects whin Xppeared upon , that investigation; recehOto other and a more lilopulous and productive country, and passes in a ' Jim "' line to London, and will have the benefit abetter iderablyinereased, direct More numerous lines, the sources ettrattla w =ne assail during the last and there is everyreason.to believe, fr0T_ .......tp, entertainm „,„ .„.. e . session, that the present plan wi ll be , 14 ,,Tr' . -„, . ~,,, .0 q‘.7- ' i f 7 Legislatare. • 1 . , if - " .' i-x tae infi l heaeffrOf a ' ' The chief object is to open the po rt ons• and . Vrbducif* iherict, ' point at lvhicleir - eihr avid! imion.,49 , the . . in the di,rSe.,t}en 4)f i' 49 ( l -- ,Mtemplated lines. ' railway communication, through .. . P b a e Pul st itself of the existing an c particularly coals, withlinie and other manureik' • iat importance are of gr The imports of 8.174 to the country through which this line will • . . -. and give the opportunity of great improve. • the demand for pass, and a cheaper and better mode of transit will much increase • heart of the chief hop district of the king dom,and communicating- important cattle district of •-• meat A ra i in w th il e y cultivation ot diiuroc ugiti,gi,ctoh'neonf, timber, b a e d r j , a: n o: hoppo country, les, also pr Romneyutis,tabett great p u p b a l re a o d f va th nt e age. . . Rye is admitted to be the best outlet and quickest route a t The its termi n us port oMarshfßlyinvi to Paris and to other parts of the Continent, and there Can be no doubt if a direct railway should be made to Rye, with a moderate - • improvement in the harbour, that it would be much adopted, peril- cularly as a national and commercial communication with France, ' and by persons travelling on business. . . Application for shares and prospectuses to be addressed to the Se- • . cretary, at the Offices, 94, Cheapside ; Messrs. Willis and Neve, Soli- tors, Cranbrook ; Mr. John.. Eliot Wilson, Solicitor, Crattbr,ok ; or to 'Messrs. Beecham and' Upperton,, Solto, , flaWkhurst ; and to. ' • the following Brokers :—London—liessrs. Pepptveente and ' CO., 2, Old Broad - street ; Messrs. Preece and EvansrLotlibury. LiVer , pool — Messrs. Alston and Gage ; Messrs. Reynolds and Son. Man chester —Mr, John Duncuft ; Mr. John O'Niel. Leeds—Mein*. L and C. Reardshawe 4 Messrs. Wellbelovag and Co. Bristeli--afesars - .: Tate and Nash. Birmingham —Mr. Jamely:rearsott. Bradford- ' • Messrs. Safiagel iHntchinson and. Co. Worcester—William Miles. ... Cheltenham -Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exot er — _, 21r. Thomas , • Sandtbrd. Southampton — Messrs , Eastrotind Sons, Edinburgh-- ' , Mr. Robert „ Allen., . Glasgow—Messrs. Black and •Co ; Messrs. Ito'- • . - ._ chafinan and Aitkin. Aberdeen—M r . Willi am G ordon. Dfiblin-- ......_.! Messrs. Bruce and Symes. ' • . . FORM OFIAPPLIC.IPTION r bit gittRES. To the Provisional Committee of the Tunblidge - iind Bye 'Hazbour , Direct Railway. -; • • I .request you 'will alrot to' me plea of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and • rfillt:jacce,pt tho,e , ant a• - • any r less ni•mber, and pay the deposit of '2l'; per stnge,,and ogt% -- the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribire - Agreenient When re quired._ 1845. D.tted the day of Name •••••• .• Address ........ Profession.• • • •• .• • • Reference•• • ****** • OftCis, S 4, C4ceri ie. a ' ' 7 ~ ) -rte-