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The first g enera l meeting. of this Company since re eelvi"g their Act of incorporation, was held yeverday, ! , t half past twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern ; Sir William Wynn, Chairman of the Directors, presided. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement call ins th e ine , ting, the CitatamAN said that, according to an Act of Farliament they had convened the meeting as Share tiol•fers i n that Company, with the view o laying the state of affairs hef .re them, and therefore, in the first Place there would he shown them a statement of the money h re .eted, and in the second place, the manner in which it " won expend e d ; and he trmted that after seeing '" os e they would be satidied that their money had been !IPengled • in such a way as to induce them to place con zKlinize in the Directors they had chosen. fle was him self an advocate for railways, and in this case the COM vanY, he thought, had nothing adverse to fear from a ny Other Company. There might be particular obstacles to the construction of railways, but, in general, he was s ure they va e all were calculated to benefit the country advant age , and to classes of society. The wealth of the more opulent, and the labour of the humble, were alike e nhanced by the formation of these lines. The markets were increased, because articles were brought to them c heaper and more expeditiously. In the next place, the increase of railways promoted knowledge, and it pro tooted health by facilitating communication with distant Places, and giving means of recreation which before were nbe ever thought of. Thus admiring railways, he was, might say, an admirer of them all. Merionethshire, %hich bordered their line, was intended to be intersected b y two lines from Worcester, one taking the sea-coast, i ‘nd the other the inland country ; but he would refrain • . giving an opinion upon them until the plans were rreloped. Thenif he were honoured by still being in the "'ectory of the North Wales, he should be happy to state his sontimcnts as to the mode in which either would 'Let L eon tne interests of that country, but he thought th at either would benefit them in a considerable degree. b e would say one wor d as respecte d I re l an d . I t wou ld e Observed that one of their ports, Port Dynllaen, was hs ° l ) Posite Wicklow, and this would be, therefore, a much i: o ' er e direct ro u t e t o p ass engers and traffic from London _ bublin. Th e present route was most c i rcu it ous , an d `Protect like the present was, therefore, likely to yibld : I ample r e t urn to i ts pro j ec t ors . He would not trouble m 71 1„ With further remark ; but, before sitting down, he lit V not help expressing his decided opinion that this to ih w°ll ld be a benefit, not only to the shareholders, but The Secret-r Mr MARRINER, then read the report as follows )' * tlt_The Directors ' — have taken the earliest opportunity of calling 1,.7 s hareholders together to congratulate them upon the pass 11R or the Act incorporating this Company, which Act received k li i. rDyal assent on the 2lst July last, and have much pleasure a lp rYing before them a short statement of its present position ‘4, Prospects. e,„'he district of country which this line is to traverse, is that i s the Bangor, in the county of Carnarvon, to Port Dynllaen, th e ' same county ; the latter opposite i a sea-port, situate on le coast of Wales, immediately the pert of Wicklow, tit it posseses great natural advantages, and the copa -1 of being made a most commodious and safe harbour. ,a project having been formed in the month of Aueust last to ie'noect Port Dynllaen, by means of a railway, with Ches. ei r st a ,nd Holyhead line, and thereby with the manufacturing W a reta in the north of England, and the mineral districts of se hr es ? the Directors consented to become, in conjunction with lit a ' highly respectable landowners connected with the loca te .the promoters of the line, feeling convinced that, if car pot into effect, it would be productive of great benefit to that !'f the country, and yield an ample return for the capital rred for its construction. p ratia t _tYle time this C'impany was projected, other parties had uted a line of railway Irons Bangor to Carnarvon, and had 6 erred considerable outlay in surveys and other matters, and ligalterder to prevent the serious costs which competing in Par ra!, "t With an opposing Company would have entailed, an an. hl_flement was entered into with those parties to give up their 4 :2_ . 0 the promoters of this Company, which was eventually L'ecl into effect. ta,„ 4 ring th e progress of the Bill through the House of Coro the Compqny had to contend with the opposition of two 'linable landowners, one of whom petitioned against the Bill, th er ° Pposed it b e f ore a C omm i ttee of the House, but subse ties, arrangements were made to the satisfaction of both par the the House of Lords an attempt was made to impede s4,4P,togress of the Bill, which, however, proved unsuccessful, th e Act was obtained without further opposition. es e ,"'ing thus given a short statement of the origin and pro of the un d erta ki ng , t h e Di rectors f ee l muc h gra tifi e d i n li teti .ahle to inform the Shareholders that they see no impedt bee,„ in the way of their proceeding with the preliminary steps tee,,,;,"rY to be taken for the construction of the works, and 14, i f"ngly intend to make immediate arrangements with the s eiti ° wriers on the line, for the purpose of securing early pos tai," of such l an d as ma y b e requ i re d, and they c o nfide n tly Ce rti et that one portion of it, namely, that from Bangor to Th arY ° ll ; will be finished in the course of next summer. to e balance sheet attached to this report, which shows the Spp r Xlienditure up to the present time, is submitted for the vtith u a t ion of the Shareholders, and the Directors remark 146L,Pleasure, that the whole of the prelirninaay cost in este 44'ng the Company and obtaining the Act of incorporation, vi, b ot amount t o 7,5001. kith a view of securing the advantages which will be neces po,_Y conferred on the undertaking by the exercise of the re contained in the Port Dynllaen Harbour Act, the 81,:etors have great satisfaction in being able to inform the I,Z holders that tbe necessary arrangements have beet? made 1p i t. 'ne prop r i e t ors o f th e h ar bour to purchase their interest 11 ( 1 1 c onclusion, the Directors beg to congratulate the Share tl,-71 upon the favourable state of their affairs, as well as upon to,,.asonable prospects which present themselves with regard 'ue future success of the undertaking brl"Testeser OF CAPITAL ACCOUNT TO THE PASSING OF .141 27 THE ACT. T,- p 2l . 1 815. s . d. roprieto rs f or D epos i ts on 11,890 Shares ... 14,862 10 0 )1 Shares Forfeited 110 tt Premium CM shares ts Interest allowed by Bankers 4 13 10 £16,714 13 10 C t , B y 1 4:igti lneering and Surveying Expenses on Account of Law Expenses and Par- I lamentary Charges in obtaining the Act I, R e Of Incorporation and Expenses of Offices, Salaries to p re ile , ,etary, Clerks, &c. 672 7 4 682 0 8 inary - Expense's, &c. . q,,_ "ting and Stationery... ... ••• At , 7ertising Exponses eellaneous Expenses 6O 4 6 12,107 1 10 ' a nce in hand £16,714 13 10 it tv„ i% CUAPMAN said that while the report was brief tri tt r g roost valuable , and they ought to be particularly 4 eh te ":€ l that their Chairman, who had so kindly con (Ct," to preside over them, was a native of IN:ales.— rtt n :, t ,!•) Her was glad to find that that beautiful and of - " ;1 "c country was beginning to attract the attention li4eaay companies, and he was very sure that this 111 4,,, - ""gh a short one, was of a most valuable character, rel t i %hi in a considerable ' degree completely alter the th4 l , e r's of England with that sister country. He tlWaht the Directors merited the fullest confidence from lis t i B ,, h4 reholde r ,, for the masterly mariner in which they kry' r rit (1 their Bill through Parliament, and, in one Itt,,,; le ular instance, he was sure they in the highest de totahrieted Kith the utmost foresight, namely', in not kti v r il iok with a n opposi n g line. lie should, therefore, e e that this report be received and adopted. DisuwooD seconded the motion. li e e report was rece i ve d unan imously. tom3olticns to the following effect were moved, se and agreed to That : the Directors named in the Act be confirmed. ' 11 1 .1 hat Mr. James Pyke, of Westbourne Grove, and app • N e atalia Edgington, of Duke-street, Southwark, be 'itit auditors. Ike ti ~b l ftePIIIAN inquired if any remuneration had et gat Iveri to the Directors ? and being answered in the OCD:•ve, proposed, that, for the first year, 1,000/. should tiiiilitited as a remuneration for their services, to be . I jih e 'L B.:4nually among them. Ml▪ l e e CITAIRMAN said, that after conferring with his i l ig tl es, he was appointed to say that 7001. would be b• t r ,araPly sufficient. Th e 'IIAP3fAN thought that if 1,0001 . were allowed to '`h as the maximum sum, it would be all the better. th: Directors might then imit themselves to 7001., it l' gh"old feel so i, dined. Ori,r resolution was then put to the meeting in its 4° 4 1 form, and carried unanimously. t le ttt , r *, Nona's proposed that Mr John Marriner be ecretary, at a salary of 3001 per annum. t kte r e SRAInmeN passed a high tulogium on the cha- T h " or the latter gentleman. ko, N e resolution was seconded, and also carried unani flndkrY,* IS.'° O XE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman 11 1 4 'rectors for their past conduct. He was sure that Ar0,, t 1 41 voted to them would not be too much, for if the , 4 11e4 ls e 01 th e Ch airman o f t h e G reat W estern were ful 4iyhii that C ompany wou ld a l so b e ex t en d e d t o P ort tat i ) erl, thus entailing a greater amount cf labour on T h : l 2.!-.etors of thr North Wales. s. returned thanks, and the meeting ad "ItTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY. Th e HALF-YEARLY MEETING. ;Otti r , - „"alf- yearly mee ti ng o f th e Sha- e h o ld e ra in this ; i e Iti lii " t lY Was held a t one o ' c l oc k 3 es t er ' a y, i n the Board r(a'f, ' the Company, at the Station, Shoreditch, r a'-erson, Esq Chairman of the Company, in 111 ( , Ile b usiness o f t h e meet i ng was o p ene d by axing ,h old kcsal of the C ,, mpany to the register of the Share ".B, afte r which - the - Secretary read the following Pqt f roth th e Di rectors : tf ell, Directors have to report that the dividend, at the rate J une eent• per annum, for the half-year ending the 30th W v e am iast, on the respective ' Shares of the Company, will ~tion"'e on the Ist of September next (subject . to the de 1/, ; 41. p r operty-tax) and will be as follows 7 . 6 ( 1 . per Share on the Registered Shares (451. paid). lstr r ` r Share on the Registered Shares (20/. paid). the per share on the Scrip Shares (351. paid) . - vs "klf t,f le Nort hern and Eastern Ilaway for the e Pd 30th ute last amount to 45,759!. I s., innereasge ' of t 2 49 ' 5/. 6s. 9d., as compared with the cor -4,y C rl g Portion of the year 1844, the same length of rail -111„-°thg been o n at both periods. *arbitration re fer red to in your Directors' last report, !l the th('„"i'l,ntred account ' of a contractor, has not, on account Puleed'ilusual pressur • of Parliamentary business, been con ,",etti,t,,' There is, L however , no other impediment ; and they `ee ne tt that the matter will be brought to issue previous to All general meeting. hti qd rith er o f e gagem ents of the Company outstandingat the '41114 tue n amalgamation are satisfactorily progressing to 4- Yl, e a•og of the line throughout from London to Norwich Vrtatibceouth took place on the 3'under the most f.a btielery ituspices andw ith every prospect of the most satis tle2D"'• works The w have been completed with a degree l l —Ili " in the formation of railways, the whole having th e "eu within twelve months after the Act by 9 l td tiaatension of the line from Newport to Cambridge, * q ta f tdarl was sanctioned , had received the Royal Assent. . ILI — "ad Edward Mangles has retired from the dt- V4 k14, 1 ,' ; b i nthe es r eman i tig 'w a i l ' bee, welve, bar sutEcient to toe Act, it is not proposed to fi ll up t e vacancy. The three Directors retiring from office by rotation are, Mr. Bagehaw, Mr. Kenna , d. and Mr. John 51asterman, jun., and the Board recommend these gentlemen for re- election. According to the statement of account f.,r the half year eir_lng 30th June, 1845. appended to the report, the r:ceif , ts, including a balance of 8,9941. 14s. 5d., brought over from ;he previous half-year, were 37,372/. 10s. 5d., and the disbursements 22,0011 9s. 7d. ; leaving a ba lance in h7lnd of 15,371/. Os. 10d. Of the amount ex pended, 15,4531. 10s. 2d. had been expended en the Newport Extension; the remainder on general expenses, excepting a debenture repaid of 3,0001. The general statement of receipts and expenditure from the beginning till the 30th of June shows the for mer to be 1,137,870/., and the latter 1,122,4981. 19s. 2d. The CHAIRMAN then rose to address the meeting. He said he was sorry that the number of Shareholders pre stnt was not greater, as be had something agreeable to say to them in addition to what was contained in the report. It would be recollected that some time since the Eastern Counties Railway Company capitalised their debt of 710,0001., by creating new shares at par. In csesequence of this a question had arisen whether a cor responding right was not vested in the present Company. The matter am brought by the Direc tors of the present - Company under the con sideration of the Eastern Counties Board, where every attention was paid to it. After some discussion it was mutually agreed, in order to remove every legal doubt that might exist as to the respective rights of the Companies to capitalise their debts, to draw up a case involving the point under consideration, to be sub• witted to a competent legal authority. Sir William Follett was fixed up n, but, unfortunately, before the case could be submitted, that gentleman died. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly acid Mr. Roundall Palmer were next selected, and the case which was to have been submitted to Sir William Follett, was placed before them. The opinion of these two gentlemen, he was happy to say, was entirely in their favour. It ,was hardly desira ble that the whole case submitted should beread,though, should it be required, the seer• tary would do so. The last paragraph, however, contained the whole that was material. The Chairman then read the concluding por tion of the case, the whole of which he stated had been submitted to both Companies, and by them agreed to. It contained two questions, and was to the following effect—lst, Whether the Eastern Counties Railway Com pany had the power to capitalise its borrowed money without the consent of the Northern and Eastern Rail way Company; and 2d, Whether the Northern and East ern Compay had a similar power without the consent of the Eastern Counties Company. Both questions were answered in the affirmative. The consequence of this was, that this Company has a right to capitalise its debt, the same as the Eastern Counties Company had done. la the course of the business a resolution would be pro posed to this effect. The mode in which it was pro posed to be done was, as the debt was about equal to one-third of the paid-up capital, to issue shares at par in the proportion of one new share to etch present share, such new shares to be guaranteed 5 per cent. on the capital pad up on these new shares, and afterwards to participate in any di visable fund over and above the payment of the Five per Cent. dividends. Thus, those who held 3.000/. just now, would have their shares increased to 4,0001. At present. should this course be agreed to, only a small deposit would to required as an acknowledgment on each new share. A SHAREHOLDER inquired in what proportion the deposits on the new shares would be required to be paid up ? The CHAIRMAN said that the payments would be re quired in proportion as the several items became due. During the last half year, as would be seen by the ba lance, 3,0001. debentures had been paid off. The sums owing were payable at the following dates :- 80,5001., the 15th of January, 1847 ; 50,0001. in Sep• tember of the same year ; 56,8001., 15th January, 1849 ; 49.7001., January 15th, 1852 ; in addition to 67,8001. for the Newport Extension, due the 30th September, 1848 ; making the total of 304,8001. due. The money would have to be raised in proportional sums to redeem these obligations. Resolutions were then proposed and carried that the report he received and adopted, and that a dividend in agreement with its recommendation be declared. Afterwards a resolution, embodying the plan for the capitalization of the debt of the Company in the manner named by the Chairman, was submitted to the meeting and agreed to. The three retiring Directors were then re-elected. Mr. TOZER asked whether the dividend of 51. percent. declared would be paid on the 27,745/. received from shares during the past half-year ? The CHAIRMAN replied most certainly. A. vow of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and ;he Board of Directors, and the meetirg separated. HAYLE RAILWAY COMPANY. The general and special meeting of the Shareholders of this railway was held yesterilay, in their offices, Old Broad-street- buildings, at half-past two o'clock. The time advertised for the meeting was two o'clock, but, owing to the nonattendance of Proprietors, business was not commenced until the former hour. Abel Lewis Gower, Esq., the Chairman of Directors, presided. 'The Secretary, Mr. FLEMING, having read the adver tise : ment ca , ling the meeting, the minutes of the two pre vious meetings were read, and confirmed. The CHAIRMAN said that the report the Directors had to lay befar, the Shareholders was little different to whet had previousiy been submitted to them, unless it %Nero the r.• ; .Jet that the West Cernwall Raikay had not received the sanction of Parliament in the last: session ; hut they trusted that in the year to come they wt u'd be more, successful. He had to state that a resolution would be submitted to the meeting, trusting that they would allow the Directors to enter into negotiations with the West Cornwall Company for the sale of the Hoyle Railway. They had been invited to do so by the f,rmer Company, contingent, however, upon the West Cornwall obtaining the sanction of the Legislature in the next session. He therefore, before submi;ting any of the resolutions, would propose that the meeting receive and adopt the report, with the ex ception of such parts as would be affected by the reso lutions about to be proposed to them. The report was then read, received, and adopted. Mr. VIGUELLES then rose to move that the Directors be empowered and requested to enter into negotiations with the committee of management of the West C.,rn wall line, having for their object the sale of the Hayle Railway. As one of the promoters of the West Cornwall line, he could assure the Proprietors present that this Company had lost their Bill, simply from the manner in which they attempted to run over the Ha) le line. He was convinced there was a traffic sufficient in the West Cornwall districts to pay the capital which might be invested in a railway. He knew, also, that a line from Truro to Penzance must run over their (the Hayle) railway ; but having satisfied the proprietors of the latter line by purchasing their qires, he could conceive of no opposition, provided the West Cornwall altered their line, and that he be lieved was the present intention. An Horr. PROPRIETOR seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. Mr. BAGUELS proposed that James Austin, Esq., and Henry John Wenthrope, Esq., the retiring Directors, be re-elected ' • and John M•Donald, Esq., in lieu of Mr. Moat, resigned. Mr. M'DoNALD said, that as the auditors had had great trouble with the accounts of the Company, and as they had received as yet no remuneration, he proposed that a sum of ten guineas each be placed at their disposal, as a remuneration for their services during the last three years. After thanks had been voted to the Chairman and Directors, the meeting adjourned. VALLANCE v. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN. - - - St R,—ln the reports which have appeared in some of the papers of the above trial, grossly false statements having been made in regard to myself, 1 request the favour of your inserting the accompanying official document.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, C/ESAR ADAM MARCUS, Count de Wuits. York-street, Gloucester-place, Aug. 13, 1845. " 1, the under-signed Christopher Kreeft, Consul-General for the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, do hereby certify that Caesar Adam Marcus, Count von Wuits, was born of Christian parents at Schwerin, on the sth of March, 1810, and that he is the son of the late General Demetrius Count von Wuits, actual Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to his Majesty the King of Poland, Stanislaus the First, and Knight of the Order of Saint. Stanislaus. " Given in London ut supra, " CHRISTOPHER KREEFT. " Meeklenburgh Consulate, 9, Billiter-square, August 12, 1845." DREADFUL OUTRAGE AT WEST TILBURY.-It is our painful duty to record an outrage scarcely exceeded in the annals of crime, which occurred in the parish of West Tilbury, on the night of Sunday last. At about half-past ten on the night in question, a person, said to be of the name of Rutledge, a master blacksmith, at Brentwood, was returning in that direction, with his wife, from Tilbury Fort. When about half a mile below the parsonage they were met by three privates of a regiment stationed at the fort, preparatory to their embarkation on Tuesday, the sth instant, on board the barque Ramilies for the West Indies. The woman was at the time acme distance in aivance of her husband, and was attacked in the most ferocious manner by the men in question. Her cries brought her husband speedily to her assistance, who was in stantly knocked down by their bludgeormand received such severe wounds in the head that he is now lying at West Tilbury without any hope of recovery. The miscreants then directed their violence once more against the woman, and all three are repre sented, notwithstanding her vigorous resistance, to have com mitted a capital offence upon her person, the details of which are wholly unfit for publication. They then stripped their viciims of the property they had about them, and made off in the direction of the fort. By this time, however, the cries of the sufferers had collecte3 persons from the neighbourhood, who pursued and captured the villains, who were taken next morning before the Rev. H. S. Hcle, at Grays, and by him remanded. The accused are Irish, and are said to have been intoxicated, having been drinking the whole evening at West Tilbury. On Tuesday they were brought before the bench of Magistrates at Orsett, Essex, upon the twofold charge of high. way robbery and violation. The examination had been post poned from a former day, the complainant and his wife being too ill to attend, owing to the injuries they had received, and from which, it is feared, that one of the parties is not likely to recover. After the examination of the prosecutrix, the Chair man a , ked her if she could swear positively as to the prisoners being the party by whom she and her husband were assaulted ? The prosecutrix said she had not the least doubt as to their identity. They were committed for trial at the next assizes upon both charges. SERIOUS COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An accident of a very serious character occurred on Saturday morning last at Moira Colliery. near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, from an explosion of hydrogen gas in the Bath pit, from the effects of which three persons died and fifteen others were seriously injured, several of whom are so dangerously hurt as almost to preclude the hope of astir recovery. An inquest was held on Monday before J. Gregory, Esq., Coroner, when it appeared that the gas by which the explosion was caused had exuded from the roof of the pit, and that Do blame was attributable to the managersof the cellisiy. Aberdeen Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Coln, & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birktilid, Lan. & Ches, Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss.at 7 1 ,4, dis.) Ditto Half Shares ... Bi rm in glim & Oxfrd. June. Blekburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Hast Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester .... Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares ... Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton... Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction . Cork and Bandon Cork ankl Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Toughal Coventry and Leicester Cornwall . Diss, Beccies, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich ...... Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New......... Dundee and Perth. Eastern Counties 1)o. New ... Do. Perp., 5 pr Cnt., No. I Do. ditto No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension ... Edinbgh, Glas. ' and Dun]. Edinburgh and Glasgow... Do. Quarter Shares Do. Neri Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh add Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeov & Durclistr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quarter Shares Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New Ditto Preference ...... Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car Goole and Doncaster. Grand Junction. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths Grand union Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & Wstrn (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Monster ... Great Northern of Seotlnd Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, Shares - Do. New, 301. Shares.... Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports Harwich . Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Guinsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Half Shares. Ditto Quarter Shares Inverness and Elgin Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions. Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds and W. Riding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennig,& Kil. Junc Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters London and Blackwell Lon. & Alan.(Remington's) London and Brighton Do. thisolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Ditto New... Do. Guarantd. 5 percent. London and Greenwich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cone. Eighths Do. New, 501. Shares Do. New, 40/. Shares London and York London and Windsor Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Quarter Shares ... Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend. Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Midland... Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons. Lirm. & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo .. Nwcastl & Darlingtn J unc Do. New (Brandling)... Newcastle and Berwick ... Newcastle and Carlisle .... Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen ... Newark and Sheffield North British . Ditto Half 5hare5... ..... Northern and Eastern ..... Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Sharts North Kent North Staffordshire North F.a4ern North Union (A) ...... Ditto (B) ..... North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales Norwich and Brandon Ditto New Not., lielvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston Nutt., Erewsh Val. & Man Nottingham and Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wvre. Ditto Half Sfiares ...... Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar. Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Richnuld and W. End Junc. Rugby, NVorcester, &Tring Scottish Central ....... ..... Scottish ...... Sheffield and Manchester.. Ditto Quarter Shares ... Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb., Won, and Crewe Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb,lierefd,&N.Wals Slamannan South Devon . South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 32/4 No. I Do. (iss. 33/.65.8d.)„ 2 Do (iss. 30/.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline.. South Wales Trent Valley and Holyhead June West London, Old Shares West End & Southrn Coun Wexford an,d Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny \Vatrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Wakefield and Ilarrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness 1)o. New Halt Shares Welsh Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire . Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth Yarmouth and. Norwich Ditto New York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension. - 2%p 13% 15% 425. 6d. 3 3 4 5% 10X 1 78 1 4 23 1 4 OA PI 10 3 4 81% 4 3 4 3% 7 3 2:y• 4?2 87% 30% 1756% pl 37 233/4 2 1 2% 31. - 88 69 59% - 3p 244 5% 3% 39 11/1. - 2 1 / 2 7% 214 4 3 / 4 2AI p 3% 4 7 / p 45 1 / 2 15% 3% 54 5% 30 41 4 201 90 7% 64 10% 9% 3 43/4 Ils. 3d, 3% _ 35% 129 1 / 2 121/2 5% 46% 2A 15 1 4 27 3 4 ...... 4% THY; SUN, LONDON, FRIDA% MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1846. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE RAILWAY INTELLIGtNCB. NEW STANDING ORDERS. Yesterday the new Standing Orders relating to the passing of Railway Bills through the House of Commons, as amended for use in the ensuing session, were issued. Two alterations are to take place in the appointment of Committees. The Select Committees on petitions fur private Bills are to divide them selves into Sub-Committees, " each consisting of seven mem ber: at least," and to make regulations for the transaction of business. The Committee on Standing Orders is to consist of " eleven" instead of " seven" members—five to be a quorum. PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. The following are the new provisions introduced to meet the cases of such Railway Bills as were before the House last ses sion, and which are likely to be introduced in the next : NE-TENTH PART OF THE AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED TO BE DEPOSITED.—" That previous to the presentation of a petition for a Railway Bill, a sum equal to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed shall be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England, if the railway is intended to be made in England ; or with the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of exchequer in Scotland, if such railway is intended to be made in Scotland; and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland, if such railway is intended to be made in Ireland. Pro vided that the above order shall not apply to any railway Bills that have been before Parliament during the present session, and which may be again introduced in the next session, or which are already provisionally registered, or the subscription contract for which may be already executed, or partly executed on the 29th of July ; but with respect to such Bills, a sum equal to one -twentieth of the amount subscribed shall be de posited as before provided." The following are the new Standing Orders applicable to such Bids ashave been ordered to be engrossed in session 1845 : NOTICES IN NEWSPAPERS AND GAZETTE.—" That the promoters of such Bills shall give notice by advertisement for six successive weeks in the months of October and November in the London, Edinburgh, or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and in the local paper or papers which may usually be in circulation in the part of the country through which the line of railway is proposed to pass, of their intention to present a petition fur the re-introduction of any such Bill." COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHETHER PETITION BE THE SAME as THAT IN 1815.—" That upon any petition for leave to bring in a Railway Bill, which shall be presented to the House during the session of 1816, and referred to the Committee on petitions, the Committee do examine whether the said peti tion be the same in substance as any petition for the same pur pose, and from the same parties, which was presented in the session of 1845 ; and in that case, whether any Bill brought into the House in pursuance of such petition in the session of 184, was pending in either House of Parliament on the termination of such session ; and if so, whether a subscription contract, as required by the standing orders, binding in the usual way the subscribers to the undertaking, has been entered into and is valid at the time of such inquiry, and whether the deposit of Si. per cent. upon such subscription is lodged in the manner re quired by the standing orders." IF PETITION SAME, STANDING ORDERS TO BE HELD TO BE COMPLIED WITH.—" That in such case, and on proof of such notice having been given as aforesaid, and in case it should appear that such Bill had, at the end of the session of 11345, been pending in the House of Lords, or if pending in the House of Commons, had been ordered to be engrossed, the standing orders with respect to any such Bill shall be held to have been complied with." COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHETHER BILL BE THE SAME As THAT IN 1845 —" That the Committee on any such Bill do examine whether the Bill be in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the session of 1845, and that in such case no evi dence shall be received by such Committee; but that on the reception and adoption by the House of a report from such Committee, that the Bill referred to them is in every respect the same as such former Bill at the last stage of its proceed ing in this House in the session of 1845, such Bill may be ordered to be engrossed without any further proceeding in re spect thereof." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. FRIDAY, AUG. 8. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP X OF RAILWAYS. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD BRANCH) BILL. Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on Group X of Railways, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprised in the said group, together with the re port of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that, in the case of the London and York Railway (Sheffield Branch) Bill they had heard counsel in support of the said petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that they had examined the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satis faction. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. ADJOURNED INQUEST. LITTLEBOROUGH, AUG. 13.—The inquest on the body of Richard Peaks, the stoker, who was killed by the accident which occurred near this village on Monday, the 4th inst., was resumed at twelve o'clock to-day, at the Falcon Inn, before Mr. C. C. Lewis, coroner for the county of Essex. The same gentlemen who attended on behalf of the Com pany on the former occasion were present on this—viz., Mr, Duncan, solicitor ; Mr. Hanson, manager of the traffic de partment ; Mr. Phipps and Mr. Lawlord, engineers of the line; and Mr. Fernihough, superintendent of the locomotive department. Ile first witness called was NAMES OF RAILWAYS, London. ) Liver pool. lAug.l3. 1% lAug.l3. 11% 11 1 % 251% 3fan- I Bristol. chester. lAug.l3. 11% lAug.l3. York. lAug.l3. Leeds. Aug.l3. Hull. lAug.l3. 2 4 914 Rudders- I field. lAug.l3. Glasgow. I Dublin. Aug.l2. fAug.l2. -- 3% 11 1 , 104 2% 3 - 214 1 3 / 4 31/ 20 I 6% p 2 3 / 4 87 21% 4 1 % 121 s. 3d. 52 1 / 2 11% 50 14 1 / 2 15% 2514 11q 30% 225 05 23 22% 3 1 4 1p 31% 2% 6% 2% - 1200 11,2 3 / 4 p 2 1 A - 14% 2% 1245. 6d. 1 3 / 4 14% 14% 14 1 ,4 22 3 9-16 43 / 4 224 4 3-16 194 1393 A 3% 30s. p 10s. p 39 6% 7% - 7 32f2 3 7-16 3 1-16 - 51/2 814 i.- 14% 2 5 1/2 9s. p. 15/.195.6d 14% 13% 14% 15s. p 475. 6dp 163 s —. 6d 31s. p 4% 71. 14s. 174 1 4 26% 23% 141.193. p' 140 - 3.6d.pl 7% 10% . . - 4 3 / 4 18L 18s9d 31 1 ,4 81.1183 d 3/.85.9(1. -- 31/2 43 /4 23% i% 14% 15% 14% 3/.l6ap 107 24% 22 2 % 159 — s. 6d, 31. 12s. - 4'Ai 61. 4s. 3/. 365. I 4 34 31. 18s. 2% 1 ?~ General Pasley, who gave the following evidence :—I came down to inquire into the accident the day after it occurred, and first proceeded to Chesterford, and thence to the place at which the accident happened, in company with Mr. Phipps, Mr. Hanson, Mr. Jackson, and several other per sons whom I did not know. Sir. Law ford joined us after wards. I saw two second-class carriages, the tender, and the horse-box on different parts of the line, near the spot at which the accident occurred, and from which they had been removed. The rails and everything else had at this time been replaced. The accident, as I was informed, happened about a mile from the end of the incline, and a mile and a half from its summit. I was shown a rail where the engine ran off, and I questioned the engine-man respecting it. I also asked questions of Mr. Jackson, Mr. Handle, jun., and others. I had a good deal of conversation with Sir. Phipps and Mr. Law ' ford, but they did not tell me they were present at the acci dent, and 1 did not question them as to matters of fact. From what I heard from these persons and from the examination made, I formed an opinion as to the cause of the accident, which was, that it must have arisen from excessive speed in descend ing a gradient stated to be 1 in 157, along a curve of which the radius was stated to be two miles, on a new railway not thoroughly consolidated; and I think it possible that the outer rail of that curve may nut have been raised quite so high as is usual in curves in proportion to the radius. On seeing the rail I formed the opinion that it was split by a downward blow, such as it might receive from the jumping of the engine. The engine-man said he thought that the wedge of the joint must have got loose, that the end of the rail was consequently thrown up, and that the flange of the wheel of the engine striking against it caused the fracture of the rail and the accident; but I was not of that opinion, because, in the first place, there was no mark on the end of the rail, such as the wheel would certainly have made if it had come in contact with it in that manner ; and because, in the next place, there was a mark on the surface of the rail, and on the splinter which had been separated from the rail, showing that the blow must have been downwards. Still the jumping of the engine must have been excessive to cause the rail to split. Cox.) N yeti think there was any irregularity in the line immediately before the spot where the engine went off? General Pasley—ln a railway newly opened it is possible for a subsidence to take place in a particular rail, and for two or three of the sleepers to be a little deranged ; but still in that case no accident would happen if the speed were moderate. On the other hand, if the speed be excessive, a very slight subsi dence is sure to cause an accident. The CORONER—Having regard to the state of the line, and to the incline where the accident occurred, what, in your opinion, is the speed with which a train might proceed on it with perfect safety ? General Pasley—l should think it might proceed at the rate of 18 or 20 miles an hour with perfect safety. The CORONER—ShouId you consider any speed beyond that attended with danger? General Pasley—Not if the road were well consolidated. The CORONER—I am speaking of the line as it is. General Pasley—l think on descending such an incline on a newly made line the steam should be altogether, or nearly shut off. The CORONER—DO you consider the speed of 30 miles an hour an unsafe speed on this particular part of the line ? Ge neral Pasley—l should think it so until the road was perfectly consolidated. But I consider that the speed of the train in this case must have been excessive from the result s because, if it had been going at a moderate rate it would have stopped, not have run so far, or left the permanent way and run over to the batik. In fact it would have stopped upon the permanent way. 1 was once witness of an engine going off the line, and it stopped at a distance of 20 yards from the spot at which it left the rail. (It may be as well to state here that the distance at which the engine was found from the split rail, at which spot it went off, was found to be 153 yards.) On that occasion we were going at an exceeeingly slow rats. '1 he CORONEIC—Are there any other reasons why you think that the accident was caused by excessive speed ? General Pasley—As I said before, the curve may have contributed to it. 1 have seen an engine thrown off the rail by a curve. '1 he CORONER—Did Air. Phipps and Ar. Lawford agree with you in that opinion ? General Pasley—l don't know. I did not question them, as they had nut been present at the ac cident. Mr. Lawford told me he got down from the train before the accident occurred, hut he said he thought that the speed had been excessive the stage before he descended. I supervised and reported on the line before it was opened. 1 cannot say I examined every part of it. I examined it so as to enable me to form a judgment as to the general state of the line and its fitness for traffic. The line was in very good order, much better than many other railways which I have inspected, and on which no accident has happened. It is impossible to examine the position 6f every sleeper and every rail separately. Instead of a day, it would take me a month to do so. I in spected this line from one end to the othtr, and I must say I consider it one of the best lines, and in the best order, of those I have inspected. A juror—Did yon examine the incline on this part of the line yourself ? General Patley—l of course saw all the in clines and curves, but how am I to examine them without taking the level and radius of each ? 1 can only judge of them by iny eye. The juror—l think you said that the outer rail was not suffi ciently high, and that the accident might be in part attributed to that circumstance ? General Pasley—lt did not so occur to me at the time of my survey. 'fhe juror—Would it not be essential that you should have subordinate agents who would co-operate with you for the pur poses of a more minute examination ? General Pasley—l have an assistant; but if you mean that I am to examine in detail every rail, and every curve, and every gradient, and every sleeper, then I say that such a course would occupy months instead of days, and would besides be perfectly unnecessary, as there are platelayers all along the line to see that all is right after each train passes. It is only necessary on new lines to go cautiously at first. On one railway, which I inspected, I reported that a viaduct was too weak, and the railway in con sequence was not opened for a fortnight, during which the ne cessary alteration was made. But if you expect me personally to examine every detail connected with the construction of the railway, yoit expect what is impossible and unnecessary. The juror-1 do not expect anything of the kind; but I think that where there are curves and inclines, there ought to be a close examination of them. General l'asley—l have examined many hundreds of miles of railways, and have seen trains run off of curves the first day, and, therefore, 1 say, that the trains ought to go slowly on curves and gradients until the railway is well consolidated. Having repeated his impression as to the cause of the accident, the witnes s proceeded to say—So long as an accident appears a mystery, it operates against railway travelling ; and I always, however mysterious it may appear before inquiring, find, upon inquiring, a clear solution of it. Iu a railway not properly consolidated. one or more of the sleepers may sink a little, causing a slight subsidence of the rail, but sufficient, as hap pened on the Northampton and Birmingham Railway, to throw the engine off the line. Then, again, a particular state of the rail tnay have the effect of throwing a train off the line if going very quickly, and not if going slowly. The Great Western Railway sent up their express trains under circumstances which bad not given rise previously to any accident; lAug.l3. 3% 10% 3% Ks. 91. 9s. 1% ..... 7% 35~. 235. 25% 12 , but before long a very alarming accident occurred, although hot attended with loss of life, the train being turned over an embarikinent. The same thing happened to the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway. Fur three years their trains had been passing over a viaduct bridge without the sign of accident, but the moment the express train ciime the bridge proved too elastic for it, the engine was thrown off the rail and overturned, the tender rolled down the embankment, and the engine-man was killed. lam not afraid of speed. Had I been on the engine to which the accident happened on this line, I dare say I should not have quarrelled with its speed, but have shared the fate of the fireman. The CORONER—That I have no doubt of. We all wish to go fast when it is our own case; but I think we often wish to go faster than we ought, or there is any necessity for. Mr. R. S. Best, a student of Queen's College, and a first class passenger by the half-past eleven o'clock train on the 4th inst. (who was also examined at the inquest at Cambridge) said, that he was accustomed to railway travelling, and did not think the speed on that particular occasion at all extraordinary for an express train. He had travelled much faster. He had gone sixty miles an hour, and did not think the train on Mon day week went beyond forty miles an hour. At the time of the accident he conceived they were going as fast as at any other period of the journey, perhaps faster. Did not observe the beat of the engine, nor any slackening of speed between Wendon and the place where the accident occurred. A mo ment or two before the accident he had observed a good deal of oscillation in the train. Mrs. Mary Dickson examined—l was a second-class pas senger by the train. I have travelled a good deal by railways. I did not consider that we came down at all fast. I returned on the following Wednesday much quicker. About one minute before the accident took place I observed a motion in the carriage I was in ; it was more a jumping than a rocking motion ; I had not observed it jumping or rocking before. After leaving Wendon station, I thought we were not going so fast as before. I made the remark to a gentleman in the carriage with me, and he said, " We are on new ground, and that, I suppose, is the reason why we are going so slow and steady." I am quite certain we were not going so fast after leaving Wendon as before. The jumping of the carriage was like going from sleeper to sleeper, but I am certain the carriage was not off the rail, for I looked out of the window and saw that it was not; in a moment after came the shock. Mr. Best was re-examined, and said that a moment before the accident he felt the carriage he was in rolling from side to side, but felt no jumping until it had got of the rail and on to the sleepers. William Bonnett examined—l line in Fetter-lane, London. I was a passenger by the train. I was in the second-class carriage, next the horse-box. I consider that the train came very fast from London. I have been in the habit of travelling every other day on the line as far as Stortford for the last three years, but never before went by a quick train. I observed the carriage I was in to shake very much all the way from Wendon. I mean from side to side. I did not remark any jumping. Just before the accident I think we were going faster than before. I thought so before the ac cident occurred. I thought so only in my own mind, I did not say go to any one in the carriage with me. I am the driver of the Magnet coach. I was greatly shaken by the accident, and had my hand much hurt. Abraham Sarnord examined—l am a farmer. I came by the railway from Brighton on the morning of Monday, the 4th instant, and afterwards by the half-past eleven o'clock train from Shoreditch. I consider that we went from that to Wen don quite as fast as on the Brighton line, and from Wendon to the scene of the accident we went, I think, faster. It was so re-marked by a person in the carriage with me. Just before the accident happened I observed a little swinging of the car but not much. I was in the second-class carriage ; it was next the horse-box. About two days afterwards was speaking to a person who got out of . the train at Wendon, and he remarked, that we started from Wendon at a very rapid pace. I have not travelled above half-a-dozen times by rail- ways. At the suggestion of Mr. Duncan, solicitor to the Company, Mr. Lawford was called to satisfy the jury as to the outer rail of the curve, where the accident happened, being higher than the other. He said—l perfectly well know that curve. In some parts of it, but I cannot say whether on the precise spot where the accident happened, the outer rail is higher than the inner. It was completed nine months ago, since when engines and waggon trains have been constantly passing over it, and I should say it was perfectly well consolidated when opened to the public. I have no recollection whatever of stating to General Pasley that the speed of the train to Wendon was excessive. In my former evidence I said, and I now repeat, that it was not ex cessive, and that the train proceeded steadily to that station, at which I got out. I observed no oscillation in it ; if I had I should have apprehended some accident. The CORONER having observed that he believed there were no other witnesses to examine unless medical witnesses, whose testimony could be of no use on the occasion, as they all knew how the deceased met his death, A medical gentleman, whom we understood was sent for when the accident happened, stepped forward, and produced a letter, requiring his attendance as a witness, and demanded to know if he would be allowed his expenses. The CORONER thought not, at least he was not legally en titled to them. When he (the Coroner) required medical witnesses he always summoned them himself, because unless he did so, he had no power to pay them. The Surgeon— Should 1 have been justified then in not obeying this letter ? '1 he CORONER—Certainly, under the Coroners' Act. The driver Young having been tendered as a witness, The CORONER said he would hear any statement Young had to make, but would not examine him on oath, because he could not tell whether the jury would hold him responsible or not. Young declined to make any statement, but Mr. Fernihough, superintedent of the locomotive department, wished to say, that from London to Stortford the speed allowed was very great indeed, so much so, that do what they might, they were sometimes unable to keep it up. If not up to time at Stortford, they endeavoured to make it up at Wendon. On this occasion they did so, and there was, therefore, no necessity for travelling after they left Wendon at a greater speed than was allowed, that being on the average 30 miles an hour from Stortford downwards. The engine-men had instructions to make up lost time within certain limits, and were liable to reprimands, and ultimately to dismissal, if they did not do so. but, since this accident occurred, it was not intended to make up any lost time on the new road. The CORONEIL then briefly addressed the jury. They had to consider whether this accident had arisen Irom the negli gence or recklessness of the driver, or was the result of a casualty over which he' had no control, and which could not have been prevented by any ordinary care upon his part. If the latter, their verdict would necessarily be " Accidental death;" and then came the question as to whether the jumping of the engine arose from overspeed or from any depression or imperfection on any part of the line. As regarded the engine itself, it appeared that it was in perfect working order; and, as regarded the line, nothing, according to the evidence, could be discovered in it sufficient to account for the jumping of the engine. If General Pasley's evidence were to be relied on, and it was supported by various facts and circumstances, there appeared to him (the Coroner) very little doubt hat the train was going at a greater speed than it ought; that that speed caused the engine to jump, and that the jumping split the rail. They were told that the speed from London to Stortford was exceedingly great, and that from Stortford to Cambridge it was allowed to be on the average thirty miles an hour. According to the evidence of Mr. Fernihough this train was going at, or over thirty miles an hour. Now, considering this to be a new line, that would appear to be much too great a speed, although for that speed the engine-driver would not be responsible, as it was allowed and required by the Company. The Company, no doubt, imagined that they might go at that speed with perfect safety to themselves and the public. That also must have been the opinion of General Pasley when he inspected the line, otherwise he would have felt it his duty to report to the Com pany that they ought not to allow a train to go down the in clines at a quicker rate than 18 or '2O miles. When he in spected the line, he, no doubt, thought that they might be descended with safety at 30 miles an hour; he had since altered his opinion, and he now felt that they could not be descended with safety at a greater speed than 18 or '2O miles. The decline was stated to be only lin 157. The curve, according to Mr. Phipps, was a very slight one, and a train, in his opinion, might with safety descend it at from 30 to 35 miles an hour. His (the Coroner's) impression, as far as he knew of the subject, and he had learned something of it from the numerous inquests he had held, at which it necessarily came under his attention, was that there must be more than ordinary risk connected with these curves, unless the greatest caution were observed; in fact, every accident which had come under his notice had taken place at a curve. Taking all the facts of this case, be thought it was tolerably evident that the jumping of the engine going down this incline and along this curve, was occasioned by a much greater speed than ought to have been employed. Whether that amount of speed was such as to implicate the driver and make him criminally re sponsible was for the jury to say. He would only observe that his instructions were to go rather better than thirty miles an hour, and according to Mr. Fernihough he was not exceeding that at the time of the accident. On the subject of the speed the evidence was very conflicting, and in his opinion, although he did not offer it for the guidance of the jury, it was not sufficiently conclusive to justify a verdict of man slaughter against the driver. If they discharged him from all criminal responsibility, their verdict would be accidental death, and the only question remaining was as to the deodand. During the last session of Parliament a Bill was intro duced for the purpose of doing away with deodands by a Noble and Learned Lord, and supported by other Noble Lords. Whether the Noble Lords were shareholders in railways or not, he did not know—( A laugh)—but the Bill was thrown out by the Attuney- General, and the law, therefore, stood as it did before the introduction of that Bill. It was in evidence that the engine at present, and after deducting for injuries, was of the value of 1,400/., and it was competent to the jury to levy a deodas.d for that amount, or any portion of it which they might think fit. The jury were then left to themselves. They deliberated for about two hours, and at four o'clock returned a verdict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of 1501. on the engine, accompanying the verdict with the following remark ;—" The jury beg to express a hope that no swift train will be allowed to run upon any part of the line below Stortford until it has become much snore consolidated and settled. They also hope that no train will be allowed to run without at least two trucks between the tender and the passengers' carriages, and that posts or marks may be at once put up showing where every incline begins and ends" PRIZE MONEY. (From the London Gazette.) Losznoli, AUG. 12.-Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of her Majesty's ship Dido, who were actually on board and entitled to share in the proceeds arising from boun ties granted for the destruction of pirates in the Sakarran river, island of Borneo, on the 19th of August, 1844, that the distribution thereof w i ll be made on the 25th inst., at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi ; and where the lists will be recalled for three months. Captain, 5001. 6s. 9d. ; first class, 120/. 4s. 2d. ; second class, 72/. 2s. 6d. ; third class, 361. Is. 3d. ; fourth class, 24/. Os. 10d. fifth class, 12/. Os. sd. ; sixth class, 81. Os. 3d. ; seventh class, 41. Os. 1 Id.-J. Woodhead, agent. WESTMINSTER, Auc. 12.-Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of her Majesty's steam-sloop Hydra, Horatio B. Young, Esq., commander, who were actually on board at the capture of the Cyrus, on the 6th of June, 1844, that they will be paid their respective shares of the slave and tonnage bounties arising from the capture of the said vessel, on Monday, the Ist of September next, at No. 14, Grea.tllGbeorge street, Westminster ; where the unclaimed share will m a e n de re calledr , 1 ( ; md co e m lass, 3 189/. 7s. ; first class, 11. Bs. 81d. ; third class, , seventh class, class, 5/. 4s. 91d. ; sixth class, 31. 9 • tud 1/. 14s. Ild.-liallett, Robinson, and Co., agents. 15/. 14t1.41d5.. ; I f l on d rt _c 5 % '1 5 . .5. , 1 . 01 : 7d. , o al n l in the p a s u o i r ij p e r c o t, - letters t a t a e g r g s e r st e i c o e n iN t ' l e i al t a t i l i s o t r a t i , l st mans of the the notion a ha re sgpaistolioleensens:Olhnnulteladrinohjuanv for their foundati on map numerous . op i d ) fo e i sesrAtenardii ni gc l 'ye ti v ooa fe rn : n. nr nbi thee b o y r Gen dn o a v i c r ( m a e s 11 s t u , r vi v •: , t y h s t h s n e y i., that the lines should be added to the present Ordnance maps , A doubt, whether the maps now published by the different companies can be safely relied on, has given rise to the suggestion. Another letter refer , to the circumstance that, in spite of the increase of deposit, from 51. to 101. per cent. by the Howe of C , :mmons, railway advertisements are con stantly appearing, on which only 1/. 7s. 6d. on the share of '251. is required. If the practice is founded on a belief that the standing order doss not apply to companies previously regis tered, such belief, is completely erroneous, for, on the oecasien of the debate ou the subject, an amendment designed to set this limit to the maw, Was lost, Timm IRELAND. ORANGE SOCIETY-LORD HEYTESBURYS LETTER. DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING.—The following is the letter of the Lord Lieutenant, announcing to Mr. Wat son the determination of the Government to remove him from the office of dcpaty- lieutenant. This letter may be considered as a warning to all lieu tenants, deputy-lieutenants, and magistrates, that any participation on their part in the Orange Society will be followed by dismissal. Although this letter has been kept back by Mr. Watson, it has been studied by the Orange leaders. and they have, in consequence, shrunk from the course first proposed to be a•'.opted at the Orange mon ster meeting in Enniskillen on Tuesday next. The writ to supersede Mr. Watson from the commission of the peace in the counties of Antrim and Down was for warded by the northern mail this evening : " Dublin Castle, 31st July, 1845. _ " Sir,—l am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant, stating —in answer to that which inquired of you, as a deputy-lieutenant of the county of Antrim, whether you joined in the resolutions of the Lisburn Orangemen, or signed them as chairman ?.--‘ that you signed the resolutions alluded to as chairman, and not as deputy lieutenant.' " rlis Excellency has received this answer with deep regret. " It must be in your recollection that the subject of Orange societies has anxiously engaged the attention of the Crown and the Legislature. " On the 25th of February, 1836, his late Majesty King William the Fourth, in reply to an address of the House of Commons, praying his Majesty to discourage Orange lodges, expressed himstlf to the following effect :-- " .1 willingly assent to the prayer of my faithful Commons, that I will be pleased to take such measures as may seem to me advisable for the effectual discourage ment of Orange lodges, and generally of all political so cieties excluding persons of a different religious faith, using secret signs and symbols, and acting by means of associated branches. It is my firm intention to dis courage all such societies in my domimions ; and I rely with confidence on the fidelity of my loyal subjects to support me in this determination.' " The intentions of his Majesty, as thus expressed, were without delay adopted and enforced by the Legis- !attire. " In an Act of the same session (6 and 7 William IV., cap. 38), on a subject not necessarily involving the question, opportunity was taken of inserting provisions (sections 8,9) which opposed the strongest practical im pediments to the assembling of societies constituted as Orange lodges are described to be ; and a subsequent Act, specially directed to the purpose (2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 74), put an end to their legal existence. " The subject was again brought under the notice of Parliament in the past session, when this Act 1111.3 re newed by the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 78 ; and a Bill is now passing through Parliament for its further con tinuance. _ _ " Tale law beimg thus unequivocal, and the sense of the Legislature thus deliberately pronounced, you have nevertheless thought fit, while bearing the commision of the peace and the OLT of deputy-lieutenant for the county of Antrim, to attend and act as chairman of a meet ing at which certain resolutions were passed, en titled reso lutions of the Lisburn Orangemen, and of which the fol lowing passage forms a part t---‘ Resolved, that we deem it essential to take immediate steps to re-organise the Orange Institution in this county, and that the county secretary be forthwith requested to convene a county meeting.' " hits Excellency cannot reconcile your concurrence in such a resoletion, and your acting as chairman at such a meeting, with the duties incumbent on you as a justice of the peace or as a deputy-lieutenant. "As a magistrate, you should carefully guard and warn the people against breach of the law, should they appear likely to violate it. You have incited them to re-organise societies which the law prohibits. " As a deputy-lieutenant, you should be an aid to the lieutenant of your county in all lawful measures tending to preserve its peace. You have encouraged assemblies, the result of which, in an adjoining county, has been a formidable affray, attended with loss of life. "In allowing the Act to expire which prohibited flirty processions in Ireland, her Majesty reposed a willing confidence in the loyalty and good sense of her Irish subjects. That confidence has not, in the main, been disappointed. Successful exertions have been made by many of the most enlightened, patriotic, and influential of the magistracy and gentry toe ards the prevention of armed displays tending to excite breach of the peace, to alarm the peaceable, and to perpetuate discord ; and the country has had the advantage of owing their discon tinuance, not to the penalties of an Act of Parliament, but to the laudable discretion and loyalty of the people. " Among those who have thus merited the approba tion of her Majesty, and the gratitude of their country, you have not been found. On the contrary, Sou are among the few of your station who have concurred in advising the renewal of an illegal association, whose proceedings have heretofore given occasion to frequent and sanguinary conflicts between different classes of her Majesty's subjects, of the lamentable character of that which has recently occurred in the city of Armagh. " Under these circumstances his Excellency feels bound to deprive you, as far as in him lies, of an influ ence and authority derivable from the offices you have hitherto held under the Crown ; and a letter has been addressed to the lieutenant of the county of Antrim, intimating your removal from the office of deputy lieutenant. " The Lord Chancellor has your conduct under his consideration with reference to your commission of the peace. " It is not without feelings of extreme regret that his Excellency has arrived at the decision now announced to you. " lie has been informed that you have attained to an advanced age, possessed of the respect and esteem of those by whom you are surrounded. " It is painful to his Excellency to place a mark of dis approbation where it seemed so unlikely to be called for ; it is equally painful to him to deprive a gentleman of a trust which he has long enjoyed, and of which he has been hitherto considered entirely deserving. " But in proportion to the station and rank in which you are placed, and to the esteem with which your general conduct has invested you, must be the effect produced by your precepts and example in the county where you hold an office of trust under the Crown; and his Excellency feels bound in your instance to demon strate to the public that it is his firm determination to be influenced by no other considerations, in the exercise of the functions with which he is invested, than those which relate to the maintenance of the law and the pro motion of the public welfare in that part of her Majesty's dominions in which the supreme authority has been com mitted to his charge.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) E. LUCAS. " James Watson, Esq." THE ARMY. DunniN, Auc. 10.—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Vander meulen shortly succeeds to the command of the ;3:1, by the appointment of Colonel Love to the Adjutant- Generalcy of Ireland, at present filled by Colonel T. E. Napier. The 66th Regiment, un , 3er Lient.-Colonel Goldie, arrived at Gibraltar from Cork on the 22d July, in the Resistance troop ship. Captain Lord Charles Kerr is transferred from the extr , , to the ordinary staff of Aides-de-camp to thu Lord utenant's establishment. CORK, AUG. 9, DUEL PREVENTED. —A reneon t re took place on Thursday evening between two gent lemen, w hich it was feared would have terminated in a hostile meet ing. The facts of the case, as we have heard, are as follows :—The parties alluded to are Mr. Silver Charles Oliver, of Sun-lodge, and Mr. Edmund Burke, of Prospect. The latter was riding home to his residence from this city on the evening named, and when about rounding the corner of Ship-street, leading to the Glanmire-road, he observed three ladies passing towards the Packet office. Mr. Burke instantly pulled up his horse to allow the ladies to cros , , and before he had time to move on, Mr. Oliver, with another gentleman, drove up in his gig. The gig calue in contact with Mr. Burke' s horse, and struck him on the quarter. Mr Burke's horse rushed forward into Ship-street, and an altercation ensued between the gentlemen of such a nature that it induced a gentleman present, uncon nected with either, to report the circumstances to the Mayor, when informations that a duel was apprehended were sworn. A warrant was immediately handed to head-constable Condon. We were informed that, on Thursday night Mr. Oliver was arrested at his residence by the active head-constable above-named, brought to Cork, and made to enter into the necessary recognizances before the Mayor, to keep the peace. Yesterday morning, about half pa-t five o'clock, Mr. Burke was also arrested, and on being taken before his Worship he entered into similar recognizances. THE IRISH NAVAL SQUADRON.—Her Majesty's ship Tartarus, Captain Wolfe, has returned to Carrigaholt bav, to resume her survey. The Stromboli, Captain Fi,her, R.N., has returned to her moorings at Tarbert, in the Shannon. The experimental squadron, consisting of eight large ships of the line, is expected to arrive at Cork about the 16th inst. The Marquis of Conyngham, in the Flower of " a a 3 r , oiv and pulled to over i,anchornhis agtigTtaorbeiriti,fru(s)hn, where e he visited Colonel Vandeleur, and thence proceed e d to Kilkee, where he remained two hours—the fir s t came visit to his large hereditary estate on the western coast of Clare—and next afternoon had the pleasure of enjoying the beau Sheriff, ce l rmi s ft c ,: : e n tt oi e n r g 3 n , l c a nna :. b oG : i t ai l li l iwi s sa i e l y i e t s ohi C ei d r ' rc t i l l l ru e or‘ r ls. i dn v a e yt r o: as he sailed up the Shannon to Limerick. s c e ° ; l :4: ;' G ree' acw .ba .. ) i s. y at a bp s eu the site ft,r a provincial college. tboy‘ : t l ,l l l,i e e Corporation Ballinhassigrca Carew O'Grady, of (,ar, cir Cork ar:sa. : ll3v ‘ . i : t ) h t Father(f f i e 3E re rs s th ( 2 i e t . : l P 3 :, l 7 . i r c ; e t — h a e n L d s o t r Mathew, 1/. 'There is to be another fair at Ballinhassig on Monday next. HUGHES'S MAMMOTH CIRCUS.--Wednesdnv Graves end presented a very gay appearance, as the townspeople, dressed in their holiday costume, lined the principal streets and windows, for the purpose of witnessing the entree of Hughes's Mammoth Equestrian establishment into that town. The master of the menage, Mr. Wild, displayed great skill in driving fourteen spirited horses, attached to the band's elegant carriage. He went through narrow streets and turned short corners in a masterly manner. But perhaps the most extra ordinary portion of the public show was a magnificent eastern state carriage, which was drawn by two elephants, splendidly deccratcrllwith crimson velvet trappings, fringed with gold lace. After the long procession of carriages had passed, the stud of five horses followed, ridden by tho male and female artistes belo,ging to the establishment. 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