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o n of °I • o,••n Tb jock . 0 Wil # 'o ' 86 ceedie . anger od: the so d a t he ha ling u CIOP;1 1 r epot :Ot beer) 1, tie )D1 lows:- ..... A ejeCt eu use Of e ll iiso the P y th at t; t ;her, t " or ,1 1 °'i, reql ll ' COUntsl.! :!lomre i "r o , t tow.; u gh t breae ll f eir! f greO t i of, is he ofr re s" ed .nte Le P ° vo A n ' ` b 4 , COI RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SoUTII STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION. On Friday a meeting of the Provisional Committee and supporters of the South Staffordshire Junction line was held at Wolverhampton, Mr. C. A. Forster, the High Sheriff of Stafford, in the chair, for the purpose of re ceiving the report of the Committee of Management re specting the result of overtures for the amalgamation of the Company with the Treut Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction. Amongst the gentlemen present were—The Right Ron. Lord Hatherton, the Hon. E. R. Littleton, C. Fors ter, Esq,, barrister ; G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq. ; R. C. Jones, Esq ; Captain nyott, the Mayor of Worcester ; the Mayor of Lichfield ; P. M. Gladstone, Esq. ; W. Matthews, Esq ; T. Badger, Esq. ; Edw. Terry, Esq., Mayor of Dudley- ; C. H. Bracebridge, Esq. ; Captain Efuish, Secretary to the Grand Junction Company ; J. Mott, Esq. M. Gibbons, Esq. ;E. Elwell, jun., Esq. ; W. Grazebrook, Esq , and many other influential gen tlemen in the neighboarhood. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet ing, said that having so lately met the gentlemen present at Lchfieltl, he had not nine') to remark upon, the prin cipal matter being the overture made to Colonel Anion on 'Deltaic of the Trent Valley and South Midland Com pany, for an amalearnation of interests, but that over ture had been rejected ; and it appeared a battle must be fought, and when they, the gentlemen around him, looked at the position of the scheme they were met to advance, he thought there could he no doubt of the result of the contest, The South Staffordshire Company appeared to be daily ri-drog in public opinion, and the advautag - es the Company offered would, he doubted not, secure a vast suPport in favour of their undertaking. Mr. H. BARNETT, the Secretary, then read the minutes of the meeting held at Lichfield last week, and also the minutes of a Committee meeting, held previous to the pubic meeting, from which it appeared the Com mittee were of opinion that it was desirable that the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway scheme should be carried out, and that no more than 22,500 shares Should at present be allotted. It was also resolved by the Committee that the Wolverhampton and Stafford shire Banking Company be added to the list of bankers to th e Compene, and that several gentlemen be added to the Provisional Committee. Lord HATHERTON thought some resolution should be e °tee to in reference to the number of parties who should b esllowed to become members of the Provisional Com- Zibee, as such appointment, carrying with it the allot 'eat of seventy-five shares, the applications were so n umerous that the Committee could not receive the Whole of them, and he thought it would be better to l eave the 'ratter in the hands of the Committee of management. His Lordship having moved a resolution to this effect, it was seconded by Mr. Thorneycroft, and Passed unartimouily; after which Mr. G. B. THORNEYCROFT said ,he thought it neces- Pary that the gentlemen present should know whether the reports that had been raised and circulated through out the iron districts had any foundation. It had been said that the Grand Junction, by means of the present Company, intended to cross the level of the Birming ham Canal in such a way as to prevent the scheme of the railway from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, by means of the purchase of the canal. He (Mr. Thorney erofo was very glad to inform them that such was not the case, as he had inquired of the engineer, and found that no such thine was contemplated. At the close of the meeting between forty and fifty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner, the sheriff le th e chair. _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in proposing success to the South §taftird Junction, said—ln these days of railway pro jects, every town with its 10,000 inhabitants ought to have the advantage of railway communication; but until t he present proj..ct was started, many populous and im- Portant towns wore left without this accommodation. In addition to the advantages which commerce derives from rail , .vays, he conceived that the interests of agricul ture would be equally benefited by them ; and with re sPect to the p, oposed line, while they had Wolverhatnp tn and Dudley (which might be considered the empo -1.1,5m1 of the trades of the district), while they might say of the country up to Walsall, that it was a fine con suming country ; there was also a good producing country beyond it, through which their line would pass, and he had no doubt their line would have the sanction 2? the population of that district. Since the South 'tatrordshire Company had preferred their claims for Public support, they had been met by a rival company, for their opponents admitted that the South Staffordshire Project was first in the field ; but while he did not blame their rivals fi ona forming alliance, he must say he objected t ' ° _ any other than a fair and honourable alliance, and to t he conversion of canals int.) railways. When the gen -I;!ettien presi nt considered the position of the South Stuf flordshire Company the entire support they had received rem one town on their route, the almost unanimous s uPPort they had obtained from two others, and the !au insjority of the inhabitants who were in their lavonr in the renriinder, he could not conceive on what Found the Lecri.dature could resist the demand for railway accommodation in so populous and important a district. Lord HATHERTON proposed the health of the chair lUan, which was followed by several routine toasts, pro- Posed and responded to by Mr. Crane, Mr. Mutt, Mr. chawner, Mr. Gladstone, Captain Dyott, Mr. Thorney "oft, and others. OXFORD AND CHELTENHAM. A public meeting of the inhabitants of itney, Ox fordshire, was held at the Town-hall, on Thursday last, la pursuance of a requisition addressed to the bailiffs, to eansider the best course for the formation and mainte 11'nee of the interests of the town with reference to the , 'Nected lines between Oxford and Cheltenham. Mr. J. W. Clinch, banker, presided, and Mr. Leake attended on behalf of the Great Western Company. Mr. J. WESTALL remarked that the subject of rail wa3' Communication between Oxford and Cheltenham 1 1 .ati recently been sufficiently before the public. Several li nes had been proposed, but until the independent line Oxford to Cheltenham was brought forward, the town b etween the stood no chance of any direct communicat ion the Great Western and the Wolverhampt on l ines ; and supposing the Handborough branch to be - ' 4 le therefrom to Witney, they would be no near er oxford than at home. The present was the only oppor iZtlitY to carry out and secure a line which wou ld be the n t o th e town. The traffic of the town had e n ascertained to amount to 17,000/.. per annum, and th erefor e theta could be little doubt as to the profit which a railw a y company could derive. B A TEMAN, of Asthally, proposed the first reso 'tan :—" That it is essentially to the interests of t h e of Witney and its neighbourhood to obtain ,:,", secure the best possible railway communi ti;"°a between Oxford and Cheltenha m, and Qr a bY eastward of London , and westward to kmleester, the Forest of Dean, Monmouthshir e, and nth Wales, whereby the traffic flowing thence th t e Pagh Witney. before the construction of the Great eater n Railway would be restored, the trade and ma nlaetures of the; town largely increased , and t he wel t fe re and comforts of its population, especia l ly t hose of Poor, Le I roluoted by the due competition w h i c h mu stl l thereby be excited between the Dean Forest a n d elsh coal-fis Ida, and those of Staffordshire and the nor th, whi c h l a tt e r are readily made available by means 0 the Oxford Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail 'W , a - V, by a bran h to it from any branch lice passing Witney." the E. EARLY, of Witney, manufacturer , seconded 6 believed there Lookieg at the merits of the different lines, ''elieved there were some considerable advantage s in e nandborough branch, but these were benefits wh ich .I„l.believed would equally arise from the direct lin e, .4: 1101 would be a more general good. As a manufac s he expected, upon the introduction of coals at a i ti e need r a t e , t h a t s t ea m might be advantageously used du their town. Thus, increase of labour would be pro theed, the trade of the town would be increased, and e ,, e ondition of the poorer classes would be ameliorated. resolution was carried nem. dis. r ' JOHN EARLY, of Witney, moved the next resolu te," That none but a main trunk line of railway be it, 'ea Oxford and Cheltenham can afford to the public an general, and confer on the town of Witney, such ac -rtno 11:Iodation and advantages, and that therefore the l ad P°sed 6 Ox!Ord, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester s e , ti e Pendent Railway' is best calculated to promote and 4 1 _ 1. ° those desirable objects ; and that the projected a. In', t eemed the Cheltenham and Oxford,' diverging as haNere branch from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver seajton Railway, at or near Shipton-under-Wychwood, ei 1 . 1: 1 1 he most inimical to tile interests of the town and hourhood, by diverting instead of restoring the an resee, and moreover effectually destroying all poi Irea,ltY of future advantages by extension and branches Nv ealc lermini, which a main trunk line offers, while it e atd : increase the distance between Witney and Ox- Ai lid Cheltenham also." carried • WARRINGTON seconded the resolution, which was unanimously. pi tt ,,, e °n 3 raittel/ was then formed to confer with the Corn in favour of which the resolution was passed, con ks °I the following gentlemen :—Mr. J. W. Clench, b "hn Earl titter, y, sen., Mr. Edward Early, Mr. William and 0 ~ Mr. Jait Warrington, Mr. J. Clinch, Mr. D. Westell , _tprn an . tressv °I e of thanks to the chairman concluded the busi . the day. 0 STATISTICS OF THE SESSION. p ri n Prid ay a return was issued, occupying 14 c l ose ly be -lited Pages, g i v i ng a list of 218 Bills for Railway th e ' °re Parliam ent during the past session,.. together with n proceedings upon each, consisting of the date of sitertilltiosla presenqed, of first, second, and third readings,. and receiving the royal assent. From an analysis, t ttiPears that 218 Bills have passed, or partially passed, • tu eßh these processes this session. the ese appear to have been read . a first time, with Pet' t • lce Ption of the following 36, which only presented ord i , i " n s, and were thrown out before the standing trlin:hs :- enhead, Manchester, and Cheshire 116,7°11 and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendmert, rai n a` 'lad Gloucester, Bristol and Gloucester and Bir tiv,;,:nal and Gloucester ; Chester, Manchester, and 1ec 71) % 1 Junction ; Ch urnet V a ll ey, Di rect N ort h ern , eh, t North ern (Lincoln to York), Diss and Col tuei'ter j unction, East Derehain and Norwich, Eastern ')11 4 rld Bury St. Edmund's, Eastern Union and b:twieh, ditto and Harwich Harwich, Harwich and ster n Counties Junction, Hull and Gains liZttngh, Liv erpool and Manchester, North Union, ~atia nd Leigh and Kenyon and Leigh Amalga b„".; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston ; Liverpool, Hilo akirk and Preston (Skelmersdale) ; London mid Btr tinrgsiliea, Londo n and Brithton (Dorking Branch), ditto (~4 1 Bran,A, ditto Wandsworth Branch, London , ...."q t ... - ,?Y cl , c) „ 4 (Kentish Lines). London and bouth ' 1 1411 4 ; (Epsom 13 rancii), Manchester and Buxton, ( 13 irtnin g h am and Gloucester and Bristol and QM /Per), P ort4rlington and Tullamore, Shrewsbury uth Shrew s b ur y a nd Gr an d Ju n ction, do c k ~astern. ditto -Lenisiiam to Tonbridge d Pad•• good Branch, Staines and Richmond, an Sunder. land, Durham, and Auckland Union, Surrey Iron Rail way, Taff Vale, Wells and Dereham. Of the remainder, thirty-eight have been read a first and second, but not a third time, owing to their having. been rejected by the Select Committee on the merits. They are as fellow :—Barnsloy Junction, Birmingham and Gloucester (Wolverhampton line), ditto Cheltenham Extension, ditto Worcester Deviation, Cambridge and Lincoln, Chester and Holyhead (Mold Branch and pur chase! of Chester and Birkenhead), Coventry, Bed worth, and Nuneaton, Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's), ditto Hertford and Biggles wade. Epsom and Dorking, Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Barr head Branch), Goole and Doncaster, Grand Junction, Launceston and South Devon, London and Norwich direct, London, Worcester, and South Stafford shire (Dudley and Sedgley Branch), London, Chatham, and North Kent ; London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire (Extension from Dudley to Wol verhampton) ; London, Worcester, and South Stafford shire ; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Associated Com panies ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction ; Midland, Ely to Lincoln, ditto Swinton to Lincoln, Newark to Sheffield, Northumberland (Atmospheric), Rye and Tenterden, St. Ive's Junction, Sheffield and Line(inshire, South Devon (Tavistock and Branches), South• Eastern (Maidstone to Rochester), Southport and Euxton Junction, Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension, West Cornwall, West Yorkshire ; Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction, York and North Midland (Doncaster Extension), York and North Midland (Goole Branch). Those that have been read a third time, but without receiving royal assent, are five in number, namely, the Cornwall, Leeds and West Riding, London and York, and Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway). The two former were thrown out in Committee on the merits by the House of Lords, and the two latter were stopped short in their further progress for the session on the ground of invalidity of subscription contract. The Di rect London and Portsmouth (a fifth) was thrown out by a majority of two in the Lords, and, with its com petitor, the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth, re mains as yet undecided. The number of withdrawn Bills are ten, namely, the Bristol and Gloucester (No. 2), at its third reading; the Direct Northern, at its first; Diss, Beccles, and Yar mouth, at its third; Eastern Union Harwich, at its first; Erewash Valley (No. 1), at its third; London and Croy don (Orpington Branch), at its first; Manchester and Leeds (No. 1), at its third; Manchester, Bury, and Ros sendale, at its third; Manchester, Leeds, and Hull As sociated, at its second; Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester, at its third. The number passing intact through the various stages of petition, standing orders, first, second, and third read ings, and ultimately receiving the royal assent, amount to 115, and are—The Aberdare, Aberdeen, Ashton, Stalybridge, and Liverpool Junction (Ardwick and Guide Branches); Bedford and London and Birming ham, Belraq and Ballymena, Berks and Hants, Birming ham and Gloucester (Gloucester Extension Stoke Branch and Midland Junction), Blackburn and Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne ; Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction Amalgamations, Brigh ton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension), Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer Branch), Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension); Bristol and Exeter Branches, Caledonian, Chester and Birkenhead Extension, Chester and Holyhead, Clydes dale Junction, Cockermouth and Workington, Cork and Bandon, Dublin and Belfast Junction (Branch to Kells), Dublin to Drogheda, Dunkalk to Enniskelleu, Dundee and Perth, Dunstable and London and Birming ham, Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon), ditto Ely and Whittlesea Deviation, Eastern Union, ditto and Bury St. Edmund's, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hawick, Edinburgh and Northern, Ely and Huntingdon, Epping, Erewash Valley (No. 2), Exeter and Crediton, Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston; Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge ; Glasgow Junc tion, Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr ; Graves end and Rochester, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc tion, Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction), Great North of England and Richmond, Great Southern and Western (Ireland), Great Western (Ireland, Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone) ; Guildford Junction, Huddersfield and Manchester, and Canal ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch), Kendal and Windermere, Lancaster and Carlisle, Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley and Colue) ; Leeds and Thirsk, Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester ; Li verpool and Bury (Bolton, Wigan, Liverpool, and Bury Extension) ; Liverpool and Manchester, London and Brighton (Horsham Branch), London and Croydon Enlargement, London and Greenwich, London and South-Western (Metropolitan Extension) No. 1, ditto No. 2, Londonderry and Coleraine, Londonderry and Enniskillen, Lowestoft and Harbour, Lynn and Dereham, Lynn and Ely, Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton Branch), Manchester and Leeds (No. 2), ditto Burnley Branch and Oldham and Heywood Extensions ; Man chester, Bury, and Rossendale; Manchester South Junc tion and Altrincham ; Middlesborough and Redcar, Mid land (Nottingham and Lincoln), ditto Syston to Peter borough. Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Monmouth and Hereford, Newcastle and Berwick, Newcastle and Dar lington (Brandling Junction), Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields (Tynemouth Extension), Newport and Pontypool, Newry and Enniskillen, North British, North Union and Ribble, North Wales, North Wales Mineral, North Woolwich, Norwich and Brandon Deviation, and Diss and Dereham branches, Oxford and Rugby, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; Preston and Wyre, Richmond, Surrey ; St Helens, Scottish Central, Scot tish Midland, Sheffield and Rotherham, Shrewsbury, Oswestry. and Chester, Southampton and Dorchester, South-Eastern (branches to Deal, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate), South-Eastern (Tonbridge to Tonbridge Wells, ditto (London and Greenwich), South Wales, Trent Valley, Uliter Extension ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole ; Waterford and Kilkenny, Waterford and Limerick, Wear Valley, W est London, Whitby and Pickering, W hitehaven and Furness ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth ; Yarmouth and Norwich, York and North Midland (Bridlington branch), ditto (Harrogate branch), York and Scarborough. These having re ceived the royal assent are in a position to commence operations. Several have already done so, and others are making preparations. LIVERPOOL, ORMSHIRIC, AND PRESTON.—Last week a meeting of this Company was held at Liverpool, when it was resolved to amalgamate with the Blackburn line, and also with the Leeds and Bradford. By this arrange ment the traffic from Blackburn, Clitheroe, and other localities, will go on to the Ormskirk line. RICHMOND.—On Friday a meeting was held at Barnes, Rev. E. Coplestone, the rector, in the chair ; when a Committee, consisting of the Chairman, Messrs. Cross, Palin, Watts, and Ratcliffe, were appointed to treat with the Directors of this line respecting the land required. MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY.—The Committee of Management have given notiee that it is their inten _ Lion to apply to. Parliament in the next session for powers to construct a railway from their main line to pass through Tyldesley, and to terminate by a junction with the Liverpool and Bury Railway, near Wigan, with such branches as may be requisite to supply the wants of the district, and that a survey is now in progress under the direction of the Company's engineer. CROYDON ATMOSPHERIC LINE. —Experiments have been tried during the past ten days on the atmospheric line of the London and Croydon Railway, under the su perintendence of Mr. Samuda, the patentee, and of Mr. C. H. Gregory, the acting engineer, for the purpose of trying the vacuum, testing the working main valves and air pumps ; but as yet no carriage has been taken along the line by atmospheric action, two out of the three en gines only being fixed and finished. The experiments, we understand, go far to show that the apparatus was found to be in an efficient state, and tended materially to set at rest the two great questions raised by the oppo nents of the system—namely, those of leakage and friction. From the vacuum tables it appeared, that the experimenters exhausted fifteen inches in seven-and-a half minutes on the five miles of line; the difference be tween the one end of the line and the other, as indicated by the electric telegraph, being seven-eighths of an inch of the barometer. The ultimate exhaustion amounted to 27.4, which leaves only two-eighths between that and the atmosphere. OXFORD, WITNEY, AND CHELTENHAM. The di rectors state that, having received reports from their en gineers, to the effect that material alterations had been made in this line, whereby the trunk line had been re duced to about thirty-six miles, and that the cost of con struction, including stations, &c., will be under 500,0001., they have therefore determined on reducing the capital to 600,0001. It is intended that the station in connexion with the London and Birmingham and Shrewsbury line, is to be carried under Birmingham by a tunnel. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—An arrangement has been entered into between the provisional Directors and the managing Committee of the Trent and Mersey Naviga tion, by which the Railway Company agrees to take a lease in perpetuity of the Trent and Mersey Canal on the following terms : to guarantee absolutely and with out reservation to the proprietors 5 per cent. per annum interest on the present value of :heir shares (450/. each) with a further contingency in the event of both under takings paying jointly more than 5 per cent. profit. THE, S_UN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1845. IRISH LINES. DUBLIN AND KINOSTOWN.—Traffie for the week end ing August 12, 1845 :—Passengers, 57,607 ; receipts, 1,1971. 12s. 10s. Corresponding week of 1844 :—Pas sengers, 49,957 ; receipts, 9911. II s. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA.—Return of traffic for the week ending Thursday, August 14, 1845 :—Amount re ceived for passengers and parcels, 930/. 9s. ; number of passengers, 15,717. Amount received in the corres ponding week last year, 739/. Is. 10d. OPENING OF THE WORKS ON TUE WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.—This interesting ceremony took place on Thursday, amidst a very large concourse of spectators, including the elite of the rank and fashion of this and the adjoining counties. Among the distinguished personages present were the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady Elizabeth and Lord Walter Butler, Sir John and Lady Power, Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, the Mayor of this city and Mrs. Crare, P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Butler, W. H. Greene, Esq., Mrs. E. Smithwick, the High t , heriff, Sir It. Cox, Bart., Joseph Popo, Esq., Of Waterford, &e. The proceedings were ushered in by the enlivening strains of one of our Temperance Bads ; and the Marquis of Ormonde, taking a spade, turned up the first sod. Baying filled a wheelbarrow, he re moved it, and deposited its contents on one side. His Lordship's labours elicited great cheering, after which P. S. Butler, Esq., addressed the assemblage. He consi dered that the English c.tpitalists who had invested their money in the Irish speculations, were worthy of the highest praise. Our patriotic Mayor next spoke. G. Emery, Esq., said that he, as an Englishman, had been greatly misted LeCore he visited Ireland ; he had been told of danger to life, and loss of property; he had the gratifi cation to say, that such ideas were false. He truste.l that the English and Irish would continue to assist each other, and always preserve friendly relations; but, he would remind the people, that no mon could expect to pick up sovereigns for nothing, and those who expected to win success must labour to deserve it. lie concluded by calling upon the assemblage for three cheers for the Irish people, which were enthusiastically rest onded to by the assembly, who, in return, gave three cheers for Mr. Emery and his fellow directors. The principal per sonages then left the ground, the band playing " The Boys of Kilkenny," and the field was quickly deserted; but we trust that it will soon resound again with the busy hum of men engaged in active labour. The pro ceedings of the day terminated in a file given on the college lawn, by the Directors of the Waterford and Kilkenny- Railway. DUBLIN AND ENNISKILLEN.—We perceive by the Ballysliannon Herald, that a public meeting, attended by Colonel Conolly, M.P., and the leading landed pro prietors of that neighbourhood, was held in Ballyshannon, upon the 9th instant, at which resolutions were unani mously adopted in support of this line. The directors of the Waterford and Limerick have chosen Mr. Saunders, brother to the secretary of the Great Western of England, as secretary to their com pany. The Ulster Railway Company have fitted up their third class carriages with comfortable seats, and divided them into compartments. As a natural consequence, the number of passengers travelling by these carriages will be greatly increased. The arrangement, should, how ever, have been adapted from the first, as was the case on the Dublin and Drogheda line, the carriages on which are among the most comfortable to be met with anywhere. —Banner of Uht2r. THIRD-CLASS RAILWAY CARRIAGES. A return relative to the con% eyance of third-class " Fenny a-mile" railway passengers, with the litho graphed plans of the carriages provided for their accom modation, has been printed, by order of the House of Commons. Of course it is not possible to take advan tage, in the columns of a paper, of the lithographed drawings of the third-class carriages ; but the return gives a faithful description, which will afford the public some opportunity of forming an idea of the leading ar rangements. On the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the number of passengers for whom accommodation is thus pro vided amounts to 54, allowing 6 to a seat. The length of the carriage is 20 feet 4 inches; the breadth, 7 feet II itches; and the height, 8 feet 6 inches to the top of the tilt. There is a glass window at each end to admit air and light, and a canvass curtain on each side over the door. This train travels 371 miles in 3 hours. On the Colchester and Cambridge line, the number of passengers accommodated is 32 ; the length of the carriage 20 feet ; the breadth 7 feet • and the height 6 feet. The size of the spaces for admitting light is 2 feet by 2 feet 3 inches. The space for admitting air and light is at the sides, above the doors, and at the end. There are no glass windows used. The Colchester trains travel 51 miles in 3 hours 55 minutes, and the Cambridge 32 miles in 2 hours 22 minutes. The Grand Junction carries 40 passengers ; the length of the carriage is 16 feet 11 inches ; the breadth, 6 feet 8 inches ; and the height, 5 feet 34 inches. The (inside) size of the space for admitting light is 18 by 181 inches, and for air, 25 by 181 inches. The outside measure gives a length of 17 feet 4 inches, a breadth of 7 feet 2 inches, and a height of 5 feet 8 inches. For air there are 3 apertures on each side of the body between the doors, and for light 4 spaces on each side the body, 1 in each door. The train travels 971 miles in 71 hours. On the Great Western line the number of passengers accommodated is 59 ; the length of the carriage, 20 feet 9 inches; the breadth, 8 feet 6 inches ; and the height, 6 feet 9 inches. There are 4 ventilators for admit flog light and air (situate on both sides), 251 by 13 inches ; 4 others, 151 by 13 ; 4 spaces per shutter, 30 by 15 ; and 4 other spaces, 34 by 15 inches ; no glass is used. The distance travelled is 1181 miles in 9 hours 10 minutes. The accommodation on the branch lines is pretty much the same. On the London and Brighton the length is 17 feet 4 inches ; the breadth, 8 feet 2 inches ; the height, 6 feet 3 inches. 1 here are altogether 50 openings, in the shape of shutters, to let up and down. The distance, 56 miles, is travelled in 4 hours. On the Lancaster and Preston line there are 3 win dows, 1 each side of the carriage (No. 1), and 1 above each door, dividing in the middle and sliding sideways for air and light. The upper parts of the windows are glass. The distance, 20t miles, is travelled in 1 hour 30 minutes. In another carriage (No. 2) there are 2 windows on each side, and above the doors are sliding wooden shutters, all dividing in the middle, and sliding sideways, and over each door. Within the slide is a space for air and light. The windows in carriage No. 2 are of glass. On the Birmingham line there are spaces at the sides, 2 feet 6 inches by 1 feet 4 inches. The distance, 1124 miles, is travelled in 8 hours. . On the Southampton line there are spaces at the sides for air, by closed curtains, and for light, a skylight in the roof ; the ends of the carriages are closed. The space for light, when the curtains are drawn, is 141 feet by 14: 1 2 - feet. There are glass lights in the roof. The distance, 92 miles, is travelled in 7 hours 15 minutes. On the Croydon line there are 8 wooden shutters to let up and down, 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 1 inch ; there are altogether 50 openings for admitting light and air. On the Manchester and Birmingham line there are 8 openings admitting air, 1 foot by 1 foot 10 inches ; 10 spaces for admitting light, 111 inches by 8 inches, and 2, 15 by 112 inches ; and 1 ventilator, and opening for the roof lamp. There is glass used in the sliding panels and doors. The distance, 85 miles, is travelled in 6i hours. On the Leeds and Manchester line there are 4 glais windows on each side ; 1 in each door, and 2 in each side of the carriage, and 1 ventilator in the centre of each carriage side. The distance, CO miles, is travelled in 3 hours 5 minutes. _ On the Newcastle and Darlington line the spaces for admitting air and light are situate in the side of the car riage and in the top panel, and glass vrindows are like wise used. The distance, 38i miles, is travelled in two hours. On the Midland line there is 1 space in each door, or 6 in each carriage ; glass is used in all, 15 by 12 inches. On the South-Eastern and Dover there are 8 wooden shutters to let up and down, 2 feet 3 inches by 2 feet 1 inch. No glass is used. On the Arbroath and Forfar line the situations of the spaces for admitting light and air are on both sides of the carriages, on the upper part of the doors. There are three doors on each side of the carriage. On ene side of the carriage are two panes of glass in each door, and a small wooden shutter above the panes of glass, which opens for admitting air ; on the other side of the car riage there are openings in each door, which are pro vided with wooden shutters that can be drawn up at pleasure by the passengers, so as to close partially or entirely the openings. On the Great North of England Railway there are two windows, with ventilators above them on each side, and a sash opening in each door. Glass is used. On the Newcastle-on-Tyne and North Shields line there are spaces at the sides, but no glass is used. On the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway Company's line there are glass windows for air and light in each door, and in the sides for light only. The regulations issued by the Board of Trade are, that the Lords' Commissioners cannot certify any carriage for these trains to be sufficiently protected from the weather, in the sense of the Act, unless it is capable of being entirely closed, with provisions fur the admission of light and air. PRIVATE BILLS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The following standing orders have been lately pub= fished : " That no private Bill be brought into this House but upon a petition first presented, with a printed copy of the proposed Bill annexed ; and that such petition be signed by the parties, or some of them, who are suitors for the Bill. " That all petitions for private Bills be presented within 14 days after the first Friday in every session of Parliament. " That a declaration, in writing, signed by the agent for the proposed Bill (or some one of such agents), shall be annexed to such petition, stating to which of the three classes of Bills such Bill in his judgment belongs ; and if the proposed Bill shall give power to effect any of the following objects, that is to say:— " Power to take any lands or houses compulsorily, or to extend the time granted by any former Act fur that purpose. " Power to levy tolls, rates, or duties, or to alter any existing tolls, rates, or duties ; or to confer, vary, or extinguish any exemption from payment of tolls, rates, or duties, or any other right or privilege. " Power to interfere with any Crown, church, or cor poration property held in trust for public or charitable purposes. " Power to make a burial-ground. " Power to relinquish any part of a work authorised by a former act. " Power to divert into any intended cut, canal, reser voir, aqueduct, or navigation, or into any intended varia tion, extension, or enlargement thereof respectively, any water from any existing cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigation, whether directly or derivatively, and whether under any agreement with the proprietors thereof or otherwise. " Power to make, vary, extend, or enlarge any cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigation. " Power to make, vary, extend, or enlarge any railway. " The said declaration shall state which of such powers are given by the Bill, and shall indicate in which clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their number) such powers are given, and shall further state that the Bill does not give power to effect any of the objects enume werated in this order other than those stated in the de claration. " If the proposed Bill shall not give power to effect any of the objects enumerated in the preceding order, the said declaration shall state that the Bill does not give puwer to effect any of such objects. " And that a copy of such declaration be deposited at the office of the Board of Trade. " That all petitions for private Bills, with their an nexed Bills and agents' declarations, and all petitions for additional provisions in private Bills, with the proposed clauses annexed, and all estate bills brought from the House of Lords, after having been read a first time, shall be referred to a Select Committce on petitions for private Bills. That there be seven clear days between the day en which the petition for any private Bill relating to England shall be presented and the day on which the sub• Committee shall sit thereupon ; and ten days in case such Bill shall relate to Scotland or Ireland. " That all reports of the Select Committee on Peti tions for Private Ba', in which they shall report that the standing orders have not been complied with, be re ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. `• That all petitions for leave to dispense with any of the sessional orders of the House relating to private Bills be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. " That every private Bill, printed on paper of a size to be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, be presented to the House, with a cover of parchment attached to it, upon the title of the Bill is to be written ; and the short title of the Bill, as first entered on the votes, shall be in accordance with the subject matter of the Bill, and shall ti,,t be changed, unless by special order of the House. " That the proposed amount of all rates, tolls, and other matters heretofore left blank in any private Bill, when presented to the Meuse, be inserted in italics in the printed Bill. "That every private Bill (except name and natura lization Bill) be printed ; and printed copies thereof delivered to the doorkeepers for the use of the Members before the first reading. That there be three clear days between the first and second reading of every private " That this House will not receive any petition com plaining solely of a non-compliance With the standing orders of the House in respect of any private Bill subse quantly to the second reading of such Bill, unless in the case of those standing orders which must necessarily be taken into consideration by the committe e on the Bill. " That on every petition presented to this House re lating to any private Bill before the House, the name or short title by which such Bill is entered in the votes be written at the beginning thereof, and whether such peti tion be in favour or against the Bill, er relating to the non-compliance with the standing orders. "That no private Bill be read a second time until after the expiration of two calendar months from the day the last notice shall have been given in the news paper. " That a breviate of every private Bill (except divorce, name, naturalization, and estate Bills, brought from the House of Lords, and not relating to Crown, church, or corporation property, or property held in trust for public or charitable purposes) be prepared wader the direction of Mr. Speaker, and that such breviate shall contain a statement of Ole object of the Bill and a summary of the proposed enactments, and shall state any variation from the general law which will be effected by the Bill. "That no private Bill be read a second time until three clear days after the breviate thereof shall have been laid on the table of the Hotly, and have been printed. " That no private Bill, or clause, for the particular interest or benefit of any person or persons, county or counties, corporation or corporations, or body or bodies of people, be read a second time, unless fees be paid for the same. " That every private Bill, not being a divorce Bill, after having been read a second time and committed, shall be referred to the Committee of Selection ; and every divorce Bill shall be referred to the Select Com. mittee on divorce " That there be seven clear days between the second reading of every private Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon. " That in the case of railway Bills, if any report made under the authority of the Board of Trade upon any Bill or the obj , cts thereof be laid before the House, such report shall be referred to the Committee on the Bill. " That the report upon every private Bill ordered to be printed as amended in Committee shall lie upon the table. " That a breviate of the amendments made in every Committee on a private Bill be Eubmittcd to the chair man of the Committee of Ways and Means, and also laid upon the table of the House, at least the day previous to the consideration of the report on such Bill. . . " That every private Bill, as amended in Committee, excepting in the cases wherein the Committee shall report the amendments to be merely verbal or literal, be printed at the expense of the parties applying for the same, and be'delivered to the doorkeepers for the use of the Members three clear days at least before the con sideration of the report. " That when any clause or amendment is offered upon the report, or the consideration of the report, or the third reading of any private Bill, such clause or amend- ment shall be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, that such clause shall be printed. And when any clause is proposed to be amended, it shall be printed in e.ztenso, with every addition or substitution in different type, and the omissions therefrom included in brackets. " That when any clause or amendment upon the re port, or the consideration of the report, or the third read ing of any private Bill, shall have been referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders, no further pro ceeding on either of such stages shall be had until the report of the said Select Committee shall have been brought up. " That, in order to afford opportunity for the proper discussion of the reports on railway Bills concluded in the second class, this House will, upon every Tuesday and Thursday, proceed to the consideration of reports on such Bills. " That no private Bill shall pass through two stages on one and the same day without the special leave of the House. " That (except in cases of urgent and pressing neces sity) no motion be made to dispense with any sessional or standing order of the House without clue notice thereof. " Order applicable to such Railway Bills as shall have - been ordered to he Engrossed in Sersion 1845. "That the time between the second reading of any such Bill which shall be brought in in the session of 1846, and the meeting of the Committee thereon be shortened to three clear days, the parties giving the regular notices in the Private COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday from a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence in Richmond Park. His Royal Highness honoured the Italian Opera with his presence in the evening. Yesterday morning the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley street. His Royal Highness also attended the service in Grosvenor Chapel in the afternoon. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Jamaica, and the Governors of the other West India Colonies. Dispatches for the Governor of New Zealand were sent off from the Colonial-office on Friday evening. Dispatches from the Governor General of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North Ameri can provinces, were received on Saturday at the Colonial office. The Rcv. Mr. Perkins preached the sermon yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. Viscount Uawarden, Lord Ernest Bruce, an d L or d Ch urc h i ll, were among th e Nobility present. SPORTING. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The Wolverhampton meeting was an average one. The improvements relative to the arrangements are much to be commended ; still, until the betting inclosure is extended to the stand, and the carriage way extended to the back of it, they cannot be said- to be complete. Tho company was exceedingly numerous, and the im portation of Manchester and Birmingham speculators very great. On Monday we had only three races, and of these the handicap was the most interesting. Sir Charles Monk's mare Glossy, according to my prediction, winning, with 4 to 1 against her. Intrepid, evidently short of wurk, was beaten a long way. This is the third handicap in suc session this mare has won. Therefore her pretensions to be considered the winner of the Goodwood Stakes, were by no means meagre. For the Produce Stakes, only five came to the post. - And again my fancy was realised, the judge placing my selection Carissirna first by three lengths. The Ladies' Purse was won in two heats by another animal out of Dawson's stable, called Surety. THURSDAY.—That day being the Cup Day, was, as a matter of course, fine. It is somewhat singular, that however wet the first or second days of a meeting may be; still, whenever the Cup is appointed to be run for, it is always, with the exception of the Chester one, run for in fine weather. The first race on the card was the Patshull Handi cap, for which six came to the post. The betting men, as I imagined, made Corranna the favourite, and he was backed at even against the field. He had not gone, however, half a mile, before he was completely over paced, lastfiily year'svv ho' showed a marked im provement form, winning by twenty ce d the J on e r her eed lengths. Philip must surely have been amiss, or he never would have cut the wretched figure he did ; as far as weight went, no horse was more favourably in. In the Chillington Stakes, Cherokee, with 21b extra on her, was easily beaten by Twig, much to the chagrin of her owner, who booked her winning as a certainty. The other five that started may be said to have had no thing to do with the race whatever, so completely were they beaten off. In the race for the Cleveland Cup, I was again fortu nate enough to pick out the winner—the old Shadow winning it by four lengths. In spite of Cceur de Lion's defeat for this race, looking at th e pace at which i t was run, the weight ho carried, and the distance he had to travel over, I still consider him the most dangerous out sider in the St. Leger. The Members' Plate went after three heats to the winner of the Ladies Plate the day before. It is sin gular how lucky Daw son is with his platers ; in the com mencement of the seasun with Live -and-let-Li ve h e won almosteveryp in plate worth havin g i n t h e south, and now with this mare the north h e bid s fa i r to be equally lucky. might easily pN EsD Alr—We had only two race s thi s d a y w hi c h have been put into the preceeding one's list. qualities, makin g a s h ock i ng exhi bi t i on In the Ilolyoake Stakes the Jereed filly again dis played her good am ong them Roderi c k, t h e secon d f or t h e oofosoidxwootohderss;takes. Tha Corporation Plate was won somewhat easily by Gwalior from a small field. And thus ended the Wolverhampton Meeting for 1845 TELEGRAPH. ANSTRUTHER.--HERRING PISIIING.—We have now had three weeks' trial of the herring fishing, and, during that time, the takes have been pretty gen4al. Several boats are already well fished, having caught upwards of 100 crans—one boat is as high as 160. The takes on Friday varied from three to sixty-five trans per beat. Ihe pric es h ave f a ll en to 10 1. an d 11 a. per crap. The herrings are of excellent quality.—Fife Herald, NAMES OF RAILWAYS, Aberdeen Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares A rmagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena .. Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. & Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster (iss.at 7 dis.) Ditto Half Shares .. , Birminglan & Oxfrd..lunc. Blchburn, dirty, & N. Mt. Bickburn, Darwn,& Boltu Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stainfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • Ditto New. ..... • • • • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon.&Dumbar.June CaledJ niau .. • • • • Ditto Extension . • . • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto new Shares .I)itto Half Shares . .... Chester and Ii lyhead Clieltotham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley ......... Clitheroe Junction ...... Clydesdale Junction ..... Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon ....... Cork and Killarney ..... Cork and Waterford .... Cork and Voughal Canterbury and Dover. • . Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall . Derby and Crewe ....... Direct Lon. and INlanclistr Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern ........ Direct Norwich Dubl:n and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coirne Dublin and Drogheda.... Dublin and Galway ..... Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and .Arbroath . Ditto New .•. Dundee and Per.h Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire No. (1) Ditto (No. 2) Eastern Counties . Do. l'erp.s pr Ct., No. 1 _ . Do. - do. N 0.2 East Derehain & Norwich East Union ............. Ditto Extension Edinbgh, Glas., and Dun. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares ... 1)o. New Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fitwood, l'rstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr ..• • • Do. Quarter Shares .. Glasgow and Greenock .. Ditto New.. Ditto Preference Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster • Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares • Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths • • • Grand Union . Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstni (irlnd) Ditto Extension ......, Great Monster .. • • ...... Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 40/. Shares . Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western .• .... • • Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Fifths ••• • • • • • • Guilfrd, Farelnu, & Ports. ......... litidrstid & & Card Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough . • Ilull and Selby • . • . Ditto Quarter Shares • . Ditto Half Shares •• • Inverness and Elgin Isle of Jersey •. Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray . • . • Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford Ditto Extension ...... Leeds and Dewsbury • ... Leeds and Thirsk Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Linirek, Ennis, & KU. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares • ... Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl,Ormskrk,S; Prstn !_ondon and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.. • • • • • • • • Ditto Quarters .. • • • • •• London and Blackwall Loi.&Man.(Remingtou's) London and Brighton.. • . Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •• • • Ditto New Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. London and Greenwich • Do. Pref. or Privilege .. London and South Westru Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares • • Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York • • Ditto (Bantry) London and Windsor • • Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & DMA'.lln Lynn and Ely .......... Lynn and Dereham .• • • • Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares i)ittAa Quarter Shares. Ditto Sixteenths ...... Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birmiughin Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto New Quarters... Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnehstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland ................ Ditto Fifths Ditto New ... Do. Con. Birm. & Derby Midlnd tit Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newcstl & Darlngtn June . Do. New (Brandling) Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen • . Newark and Sheffield . • • North British • • • . • • • . • • llitto Half Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern • • Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares .. North Devon North Kent North Staffordshire .... North Eastern ... North Union (A)... ..... Ditto (B) ........ North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares .. • • North Western . ..... North Wales ..... ••• • • Norwich and Brandon . Ditto New • • • • . • • • • • • • Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston Nott., Erwsh, Val. & Man Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness • • • • Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Do. Pref. b per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extend. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Triag Scottish Central Scottish Midland . Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto ditto (No. 2) .. Ditto ditto (No. 3).. Sheffield and Lincoln.... Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir Slirwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrws, I lerefd,& N. Wales Slamaiman .... • • • • South Devon . . South Midland ..... • - South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (i88.33/.68.8d.) ~ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • Tears and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley .... • . • • • • • • Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neat')." ••• • • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford aed Carlow • . • • Warwick and Cheltenham ' Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick & Dub Wakefield and Bradford.. Wakfld, Poutefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire........ Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness Do. New half Shares.. Welsh Midland West Cornwall . . West Yorkshire M.& Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth 'Yarmouth and Norwich _ Ditto New . York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branch RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AN SCOTLAND, 9656 d 268 [D TOW. AND IRE. S IN ENGLAND, rAND. Ditto Selby Ditto Extension Yorkshire.BcGlasgow IiUDDERSieIELD, AUG. 15. STOCK ExcluxuE.--The sales are, New Linea—Armagh, Coleraine, and rortruah, 2%—thuidee and Perth, 33i Grand Union, Ils. 6d.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield June tion, s%—ditto,' Quarters, 31s.—Huddersfield and Man chester, 151 A—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 26 1 / :', Nottingham, Erewash, and AutLergate, 425. HULL, AUG 16. - STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sunder• land, 30—ditto, New, 4 3 / 4 —Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 24—London and Birmingham Extension, 30s.—London and Blackwall, 11%—ditto, New, 4 3 / 4 —Preston and Wyre, Half Shares, 7 1 / 2 %, / —Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton, 9%—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 3 / 4 —ditto, Quarter Shares, 265. Leeds and Thirsk, 14 3 / 4 —North British, Half Shares, B;ii 9 Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 1 / 9 —Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, 40s.—South Midland, 4%—Trent Valley Continuation, 2 1 ,9—Wakefield and Bradford, 525. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, Gs. YORK, AUG. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Eastern Union Ex tension, 3 1 , 4 1 —North British, N ew , 91. I s. 6d. 9/ . —Y or k an d North Midland Extension, 24 1 / I —Leeds and Bradford, 55./ 1 —Leicester and Bedford, 31 —llanchester, Buxton, &c., 8 1 / B —Newcastle and Berwick, 24 1 4. SHEFFIELD, AUG. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Western, ex div.—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 234—Ditto. Quarter Shares, ex div.—Liverpool and Manchester, ex div.—Lon don and Birmingham, ex all—London and Croydon, 24 London and South-Western, ex div.—South-Eastern, No. 1, New (issued at 18 dis.), 18—Sheffield and hlanchest, Quar ter Shares, No. 1, 15% 1614—Ditto, No. 2, 12N—Caled nian, 10 1 4—Clitheroe Junction, 4%—Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 1 4—North British (New), 8 3 / 4 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2/. 19s. 31.—Welsh Midland, 235. 6d. prem.—Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11%. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. From inquiries which we have instituted among the farmers generally:of Somerset, we are glad to be able to state that the late rains have not caused that serious in jury to the wheat crops w hich those who are inexperi enced i❑ agricultural matters were led to anticipate. Some little mischief has undoubtedly been done, but should the weather, which at the time we write is pro pitious, continue unchanged for a week, we may hope that a full average crop will be secured. Even should it prove otherwise, the abundance of the hay crops and the after grass, which will prevent the necessity of trenching on the grain crops for the supply of cattle, will enable us to bear the deficiency (if it be not very great) without much inconvenience. Accounts from neighbouring counties and from distant parts of the coun try represent the state of things as very similar to that above described. A decided improvement has taken place in the weather ; in some places the harvest has begun, and in all, though considerable losses have been experienced, an average crop is expected.—Somerstt Cout•ty Gazette. The weather continues very unfavourable for all sorts of agricultural produce. Harvesting has, however, com menced in some of the most forward parts of Kent, the crops in these places are said to be light. The rains of this week though frequent, not having been particularly heavy, are considered not to have injured the wheat. That this impression is general, prevailing alike with sellers and buyers, may be gathered from the fact that the sellers have brought up large supplies this week to Mark-lane, and the buyers refused to purchase, except at a slight reduction. Complaints are very general as to the unsatisfactory nature of the potato crop.—Doter Chronicle. About 300 acres of meadow, pasture, and tillage land, at Lammas, near Burton Constable, in Holderness, on the estate of Sir Clifford Constable, Bart., have been laid under water by the late rains descending upon this low tract from the higher grounds. One fanner, Mr. Fox, has twenty-three acres of hay cut, and in various stages of gathering, and Mr. Grindall's land was in a similar condition. The sheep were saved on Monday lust, happily without any loss ; they were huddled toge ther on small plots of higher ground, surrounded on every side by water. At Withernwick, in the same neighbourhood, the corn of Mr. Jenkinson was flooded. —Hull Adveitiser. The uneasiness respecting the harvest is now giving way to alarm, and not without substantial reasons. We are now arrived at the period when in most years the wheat crop is safely housed, and yet the sickle is un employed except in a few instances, where the crop having attained full growth is in danger of being shelled in the field should a sudden change occur in the state of the atmosphere. Rain succeeds rain, and to-morrow is bat the counterpart of to-day. Under any circum stances, the quality must be deteriorated to a consider able extent, and the prospect of more than an average crop has given place to an apprehension of a deficiency. —Suffolk Chronicle. The accounts from the East Ridieg—both in the flat grounds of Holderness and the Wolds—represent the crops, and particularly wheat and barley, as very much laid and disordered by the late storms. We are happy, however, to state that the farmers generally seem to think that no irrecoverable damage is done, and should a fortnight of dry weather ensue, a heavy and good har vest will •et be ready for the reapers. The harvest cannot fail to be very late, as three weeks will yet be required for the ripening of the crops. In high, dry, and favoured places, a fortnight will suffice, but these spots are the exceptions within a circuit of twenty to thirty miles round Bull.—Hull ..4dvertiser. (From the We.stern (Exeter) Timrs. harvest has commenced in this neighbourhood. We have had a week's fine weather ; and although we have to-day a few light showers, yet they have had no effect upon the market. This day fortnight wheat touched nearly Bs. ; to-day it barely reaches 7s. ASHBURTON.—Since Sunday we have had most pro pitious weather for the harvest, which is going on well, and in a few days will become general ; the price of corn is already on the decline ; the crops of turnips, apples, and potatoes, will be abundant. TIVEnTON.—The weather, which for the last three weeks had been veryUnfavourable, changed for the better on Sunday night, since which the glass has been gra dually rising, and we have had fine sunshiny days, with a N.W. wind. The harvest has commenced pretty gene rally in the neighbourhood, but the accounts as to its productiveness vary so very greatly that there is no coming to a correct conclusion. Harvest has commenced in the neighbourhood of Barnstaple, and several fields have been carried in prime condition ; and if the weather, continues as it has been for the last four or five days, harvest will become general in the course of next week. The harvest prospects in Cornwall are very favourable for all kinds of crops. An individual fond of, and familiar with, agriculture, after travelling many hundred miles in the north of Eng land, and various parts of Scotland, has arrived at the con clusion that the crop of 1845, in promise at least, is the bulkiest and best that has gladdened the national eye for a lengthened period. Wherever the land is good, and the management what it should be, the wheats, oats, and barleys, are delightfully close and copious in the cardinal point, earing, even where the straw is shorter than was expected in the middle of July. Of the inferior soils tourists cannot speak quite so favourably ; yet, to such as make the proper allowance, it is astonishing to wit ness the comparative fertility which is creeping up the bleakest mountain sides. Between infield and outfield land, the difference is always great in variable climates ; but when the spring months favour moor and mountain cultivation, the ekes thus thrown into the lap of Ceres adds prodigiously to the general store. At the distance of every few years hillmen are compelled to draw on the valleys for the most important of all our staples, meal ; but at present the tables are so completely turned, that, should a favourable back end be graciously vouch safed, they will aggrandise the general market by becoming sellers in place of buyers. From what ever cause, barley is the best of all the white crops, not in one but in every county ; and even expert. enced malsters admit that they have seen nothing equal to present appearances during the last twenty years. In 1844, barley paid better than wheat, and hence the in creased breadth of the culture wherever you wander in Britain or Ireland. For months the grain markets re mained wonderfully stationary, with prices greatly under the Premier's calculation, in announcing the new sliding scale ; but of late the tendency has been decidedly up wards, say, in the case of wheat, ss. per quarter—in all probability occasioned by the speculation more or less inseparable from uncertain weather. That there is a sufficiency of old grain stored, to meet the wants of the country, is a fact well known to the corn factors ; but, as the approaching harvest will be rather a late one, there are many who build on, and endeavour to profit by, this circumstance. Last year stocks were tolerably rife in the end of August ; but at present we are behind a mark so enviable a fortnight, if not three weeks ; and, so far as can be judged at the present time, harvest labour cannot be general before the first week in September. Much, therefore, depends on the future ; and, though every shower that falls is becoming a loss as the season advances, excepting to turnips, it is pleasant to look on the sunny side of things, by exulting in the hope that all will yet be well. From the bleakness of May, the cattle trade was late in beginning ; and after the first rush of grass, lean stock rose too rapidly in price. This circumstance alarmed the buyers, and for several weeks bullocks and heifers were difficult to dispose of at a considerable reduction. But matters are mending in this respect, and again we have something like the natural proportion between fat and lean in the markets of the south. In fact, were it not for the unfortunate distemper that still lingers in many parts of England, the trade in droving would leave living profits to such as have courage to prosecute con tinuously so fluctuating a traffic. Sheep, on the other hand, have paid well during the last twelvemonth , , whether to such as breed or fatten on turnips. Tin. prices of bulbs, which were high in the beginning, fell in the end, and thus enabled many a farmer to save him self, and something more, by the sale of white stock. For the storemaster the present will be an excellent sea son : at such of the Border fairs as are over, lambs sold remarkably well, and generally, at least, may be esti mated at from 2s. 6d. to 3s. above the prices of last year. The fleece is not quite so buoyant ; but the clip was so large that our mountaineers must gain in weight. even should they lose fractionally in money.—lnverness Courier. DANGER TO ST. PETERS AT ROME.—A letter from Rome contains the following :—One of the most splendid monuments of Catholic art, the dome of St. Peter's at Rome, inspires serious alarm in the m;nds of the architects of the city. For a long time past the cupola has been cracked in many places, and ten arches of iron, weighing 60,000 kilogrammes, have been placed so as to prevent its fall. It has just been discovered that the lanternino, above which rises the cress which crowns the edifice, is cracked through and through. The numerous lightning conductors which had been erected by Pope Pius VII., for the protection of the edifice, removes all idea of this mischief having been the effect of a thunder-storm. The lanternino is being surrounded by heavy iron chains, to prevent the cracks from extending. The restoration of the ancient Basilic of St. Paul, on the Ostia-road, and which was destroyed by fire some years since, is almost completed. An English company has just made a proposition to the Papal Government for deepening the Tiber. It demands neither payment nor indemnity, hoping to repay itself by the monu ments of antiquity which it expects to find in the bed of the river. If the Pontifical Government accede to this offer, it is thought at Rome that the Company will have an excellent bargain.— Galipani. CLERICAL INTOLERANCE IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the midst of a season of affliction, which has been added to by the circumstances I am about to relate, I feel much reluctance in at all obtruding on public no tice, and should be content to submit quietly to the con duet which has been shown towards me and my I'llll4, if it were not for a sense of public duty, About four years ago I lost a sister Ey consumption at Carisbrook, in the Isle of Wight. Owing to the state of her health she had resided there several years, and according to her wish, she was buried in the church 3 ard of the neighbouring parish of Gatcombe. The then rector of that parish, Dr. Worsley, made no objection to her interment, though I afterwards understood that he was annoyed by my dispensing with the body being taken into the church, and only having the service ma; at the grave. The undertaker, however, informed me that the Doctor seemed very well satisfied when he re• ceived his fee ; and as the objection was not made offen sively, but simply on the ground that the deceased bad been, and I was, a Dissenter ; and, as it is an every day occurrence in London and other large towns for similar interments to take place, the circumstance had almost faded from my memory, though it was but too welt re membered by those who treasure up every orienca against the exclusive authority of the Church. Little more than a week ago I was called to the .s! ni by the death of another sister. She dial in early wo. manhood of the same fatal disease, and it was but na tural that we should wish the sisters not to be separated in death. Within the time I have mentioned the former rector, Dr. Horsley, had died, and on Tuesday, July :29th, went over to Gateembe to see his successor, Dr. Tons son, accompanied by try brothtr. The Doctor's noel tion of us was most courteous. I asked him if he 1:11 any objection to my sister being laid by the s;de Gf 0 other one ? Ilis answer was, "Of course I can have oljection." He was told that we were not naives of 0 . island, but that my mother and sister had been resdit. some y( ars at Carisbrook. He asked why the brine . l burial had taken place at Gatcombe instead of Canis, brook, and was ll:donned that it was by the wish of this deceased, with which reason he expressed himself sates fled, and then at his suggestion the three of us went to Gatcombe Church to point out the spot. At the church yard the sexton received directions from the Doctor about digging the grave, and, with his concurrence, the day and hour of the funeral was fixed. Nothing could be more definite and better understood ; but on the even ing of the ensuing day I was surprised by receiving the following note:— " Dr. 'Thompson presents his compliments to Mr. Vid ler, and begs to inform him, that upon inquiry he finds he cannot with propriety bury the corpse of the late Miss Vidler in the churchyard of Gatcombe, and there fore must reluctantly decline. " Gatcombe, July 30." It was too late on the evening of the day on which I received this note to go to Gatcombe, but on the follow ing morning I went there. I felt that I had a right to some explanation ; that it ought to be no light thing to induce a clergyman and a gentleman to retract a pro mise. I obtained a second interview with Dr. Thomp son. He was cool and distant, but studiously polite; he had all the manner of a man determined not to commit himself. He said, " That as the death had not taken place in his parish, he had a ri g ht t o re f use w i thout giving any r eason ; hat he thought when he gave his consent the family were in some way connected with the parish (this was not true, for on the first interview he had been told most distinctly to the contrary); that Dr. Worsley had always regretted allowing the former in terment; that he was acting under advice, and should decline giving any other reasons." I admitted his legal right to refuse (my request had been made as a courtesy), but that and all the circum stances he had stated, with the exception of the feelings of the late rector, he hail known when he gave his con sent. Nor could I help adding, that I thought his conduct most unkind, and quite contrary to the teaching of our Great Master, who taught us to do as we would. be done by. To this he answered " That he did not wonder I felt so, but he must do his duty by his parish." And thus the conference closed without one word from him about what I believe to be the real reason of his refusal, viz., that we were Dissenters. This is no doubt what he learnt by the inquiry he speaks of, end for this reason he refused to allow the ashes of two sisters to mingle together who had loved each other in life, had been supported by one common faith in long and lingering disease, and had met the same early death. If I am mistaken in my opinion I shall be glad to be corrected by the reverend gentleman. It is my present conviction that he refused to bury my sister because he had received information (perhaps clerical) that we were Uni•urian Christians. By some strange omission the Dissenters of the Isle of Wight, though a numerous and a wealthy body, have not obtained for themselves any cemetery of their own; and 'have in consequence borne most patiently several petty insults from the establhthed clergy. had there been such a cemetery, Dr. Worsley would have been spared the regret of which his successor spok e , and I and my family would have been spared both pain and expense. After my interview with Dr. Thompson, I determined not to expose myself to another refusal, which at such a time seemed almost like an affront to the departed, nor to give another clergy msn of the same church an opportunity of showing his z , al against heresy. So 1 left the island end crossed to Portsmouth, where, at the High street Chapel, there is a sn•all grave-yard attached. By the kindness of the Rev. H. Ilawkes, the minister of that chapel, and the trustees, I obtained permission for the interment to take place) there last Saturday. Till then I hardly knew whether it might not be necessary to take the rem...ina of my sister to London for a resting place. I refrain from making any comment on the circumstances 1 have narrated; I merely wish to put you in possession of the facts, and if their publication in any , form appears to you likely to tend to correct intolerance, and promote the cause of religious freedom, you are et full liberty to use them according to your discretion. Though writing from Carisbrook, I have given my London address, in order to authenticate my statement.—l am, Sir, yours, etc., WILLIAM VIDLER, Minister of the Domestic Mission Chapel, Cripplegatos 1, Brunswick-place, -City-road, Aug. 7, 1841 DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE OF LARGE TOWNS. The Government Bill (prepared by Sir James Graham) for the improvement of the sewerage and drainage of towns and populous districts, and for making provision for an ample supply of water, and for otherwise pro moting the health and convenience of the inhabitants, is now printed, and avowe dl y for the purpose of being circulated through the country, as the Bill will not be proceeded with unt il next session, the second reading being postponed for three months. It occupies 118 pages, and the head s o f t h e c l auses alone fill seven folio pages closely printed. Ample provi sions are made for the election of Commissioners by rate payers, for the appointment of inspectors, their mode of meeting and conducting business, &c. The publicly interesting portions of the Bill, however, are those relating to the system of drainage and sewerage, &c., proposed to be adopted. Towns are to be effec tually sewered ; and the inspector for the district is to furnish the Commissioners with an estimate of the cost of the sewerage works. All sewers are to be vested in the Commissioners, and to be under their management and control. The Commissioners are to make new sewers where requisite, mills and other obstructions to drainage being enabled to be purchased and removed. Private drains are to be made from houses to communi cate with the sewers, and no houses are to be built without drama. Houses are to be built on a proper level, to be fixed by the Commissioners. Vaults and cellars under streets are not to be made without the consent of the Commissioners ; and drains, privies, and cesspools, are to be kept in good order, and to be subject to inspection by the officers of the Commissioners. The latter are also to cause streets to be cleansed, and dust and ashes to be removed from houses, and they may water the streets. A medical officer is proposed to be ap pointed, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, to inquire into and report upon the sanitary con dition of any town or district, and such medical officer is to perform post mortem examinations when required by the Coroner. The Commissioners may, further, on re port of the said medical officer, order filthy and unwhole some houses to be cleansed and whitewashed, and an inspector of nuisances is to be appointed for superin tending the general execution of the provisions of this Act ; and for receiving complaints and laying informations, if necessary. Slaughter-houses, anc. knackers'-yards, &c., are to he registered, and regulations are to be made for their cleanliness and for their in , spection. The inspector is to make a report on the suf ficiency of the supply of water, and, if necessary, state the best means of increa s i ng it ; an d th e Commissioners may, with the approval of the inspector, contract with water companies for a supply, or may lease any powers vested in them. Power is al s o to be given to pus - chase springs of water, &c., by agreement, under the spreowveirsiroantses, p of the Lands Lan ra d t s es C , la a u n s d es general Consolidation rates, are Act, &e be made, to be levied on occupiers of houses and other Act rates, &c. pro perty, &c., and the Commissioners are to make water TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. &a—Seeing in the Morning Chronicle of this day a letter from Mr. Henry Knill, addressed to the Earl ot Devon, reflecting upon the conduct of Mr. Collett, M.P , in reference to some railway companies, I owe it to myself thus publicly to state that I never in my life purchased or held a share in any company whatever, nor am I either directly or indirectly connected with aoy railway in embryo or in existence. If Mr. linill intends to refer to my younger brother, the Member for Lincoln, he and others will 1 trust in future describe him correctly es " Mr. William Collett, M.P. —Very faithfully, yours, JOHN COLLETT, M.P., for Atiaone. 7, Upper Belgrave• street, London, Aug. 16. MILITARY PUNISHMENT AND D EGRADATION.—..— On Thursday morning a large concourse of spectators assess:• bled eutside the gate of Winchester barracks, to witness a private of the lst battalion of the Grenadier Guards hein; drummed out of the regiment. He had been tried about. three weeks ago and sentenced to receive 150 lashes, oz. which 125 were inflicted, and having su ffi ciently recovered, was brought from the hospital to the parade, for the put.. pose of being expelled the regiment. According to the usual custom, he was led by a drummer-boy, with a halter round his neck, through the tiles of troops, the band playingth.: " Rogue's March." He bad previously borne a bad character., and the offence for which he has been thus expelled was for accoutring himself in the dress of an officer, and stealing some utensils of German silver, under the expectation that they were silver, when he marched out of the barrack-gates without being recognised by ) the sentry. This is the only case of, floggincip this battalion since its arrival, and the first since the gave* have been stationed in this city. 7p P _ 2Np 6 Y9P 2Mp 3% 4-7 i PI 12 - 3s6d 2G I,( 15% 14314 139-16! 3 % 1 39-115; I lip! 2Mp 68s. 60s. 74s 6d, 10% GI p 29 p 8p ss. 42 34 26% 14 14 1 ,4 20 p 45 pi l2s p 15 - 266 d 13;6d.