The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-29 00:00:00

S RAILWAYS " BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. RA ',WAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT IVEN'ERN ANDTBRISTOL AND EXETER It will be seen from the following notice, which was issued on Friday evening, that the Great Western Board have re solved upon seeking Parliamentary powers for completing a dVect line of railway from Hungerford to Yeovil, and then to Exeter. Our readers will recollect that the Great Western have an Mt empowering them to carry a line to Hunger ford : " Great Western Railway. "The Directors give notice, that they have entered into the arrangement (recently published) for the permanent possession of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, subject to a fixed rent-charge, for the express purpose of promoting, with perfect fairness to that Company and a due regard to the in terests of all parties, the very best direct line of railway, on a continuous broad gauge, from the south-western ports of Cornwall and Devonshire, through the city of Exeter, to the metropolis, thereby affordii g also a comprehensive scheme of railway communication in the district between Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter. " The public importance and even necessity of such a line has beekreco,„;nised by Parliament. " Thil Dire7tors will, therefore, recommend to the pro prietors, at a special general meeting, to be held on the 7th of November, to undertake the extension of their own line from Hungerford, through the Pewsey Valley, to Westbury, with a branch to Marlborough. By a short change in'the direction of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, between Westbury and Frome, the main western traffic, direct from London, will reach Yeovil within a distance of 12G miles, of which 91 miles of rail way have been either constructed or already sanctioned by Parliament. "Authority will be sought by the Directors at the same time to form a new Company, for making a railway in the district through Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, upon the same principle as adopted in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Company, of associating the landowners and influential resi dents of the country with some of the Directors in the ad ministration of the affairs, upon similiar conditions, of gua rantee and prospective increase of dividend, for a permanent lease of the railway, to be worked in continuity with the other Great Western lines. " The surveys and plans are already in great forwardness, and notices will be given in order that application may be made to Parliament in the approaching session. By order of the Three "CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, See. "Paddington Station, Oct. 24, 1845." We understand that a length of railway, which it will be necessary to construct to complete the direct course west ward, from Hungerford to Yeovil, will be thirty-three miles only, and that it will bring the latter place some half mile or so nearer London than any of the projected lines via Salisbury. This determination of the Great Western Company must have an important bearing upon the interests of the various narrow gauge schemes for supplying portions of the West of England with railway accommodation; and there cannot be a doubt that it will have its due weight with the shareholders of the Bristol and Exeter Company, at their meeting on the 7th of November. _ It is not our intention, neither is it our inclination, to touch upon any mere personal or party matters than may be as sociated with the now pending question of leasing the Bris tol and Exeter line to the Great Western Company. Such topics can tend only to embarrass a subject which requires to be seated with great calmness and discretion. The question is not one merely between the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Companies; it is one which involves a considera tion of the wants of the public, of the favour shown to direct lines by the Legislature, and of the movements of opposing parties; and therefore it is that we re„;r•et so much personal and hostile feeling should have been exhibited at the meeting of Bristol and Exeter shareholders, held at some solicitor's office in the former city a few days since. We really cannot see that abusing Mr. Saunders, the secretary of the Great Western, whose only fault, by the way, appears to be a most able and unwearied devotion to the duties of his office, or ridiculing a man like Mr. Brunel, can in any way tend to bring about such a state of feeling as should exist among a proprietary when they meet to discuss a question seriously affecting their own pecuniary interests. We doubt whether the relations between the Great Western and Bristol, aid Exeter are properly understood. When the Bris tol and Exeter people were in difficulties, the Great• Western Company stepped in and efficiently relieved them. The ques lion of a direct line between Exeter and London has (we understand) been the subject of frequent communication be tween thshtwo boards, and it is stated that the Great Western directors filve never hesitated to express their conviction that the wants of the public and the views of the legislature would, inevitably, sooner or later induce the construction of such a railway-. Whether such conviction mixed itself up in the negcciations which led to the leasing of the Exeter line by the Great Western Company, We shall not presume to discuss; but that the necessity of a direct railway commu nication between London and Exeter ought to, and, . indeed, must form a material ingredient in the debate to take place on the ith of November next, not even the holders of the Bristol and Exeter " thirds," with 10 or 12 premium upon 21. paid up will, we are sure, attempt to dispute. If a direct I;ne be carried between Exeter and London, the through traffic will necessarily be lost to the Bristol and Exeter line. What proportion that traffic bears to the whole traffic upon the railway we know not; it is, however, considerable, and its abstraction would, we hesitate not to say, leave the Bristol and Exeter Proprietors a dividend by several per cent., less than that which the speakers at the meeting held in the solicitor's residence, at Bristol, seemed to think might be realised by repudiating the bargain made between the two companies, and handing the concern over to Mr. Hudson, whose purchase of lines are not, if we are to credit the writer of a clever letter in yesterday's Times, likely to pro dnce the great results it was promised would flow from them. ,That sue,' a view of the question has been taken by the Di recto - is of the Bristol and Exeter line is evident from the fol lowing circular addressed by them to their shareholders:— " Bristol, 30, Broad-street, _Oet,ls, 1845. Sir,—l am desired by the Directors of this Company to transmit to you the inclosed copy of the additional agree ment entered into with the Great Western Company, for the sale to that Company of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and to inform you that a special general meeting of the Pro prietors will be held on Friday, the 7th of November, at the White Lion Hotel, in this city, at one o'clock precisely, when the agreeinent will be submitted for their consideration. " In concluding this provisional agreement with the Great Western Company, the Directors have endeavoured to take a comprehensive view of the position of the undertaking.com mitted $ their management, and they cordially recommend to the shareholders to confirm the agreement, as placing their property on a permanently advantageous footing. "Zling the responsibility that attaches to them in con ducting a negotiation of this nature, the Direction have taken the earliest possible moment, after the confirmation of the agreement by the respec ivo boards, to lay it before you. °I have the honour , to be, Sir, your 65edient servant, " J. B. BADHAM, Secretary." We perceive that, at the solicitors' meeting already re ferred to, the voluntary increase by the Great Western Di rectors, of from four to five per cent. to the Bristol and Exeter Company, for the remainder of the lease—namely, till 1849 and a further increase to six per cent. at the expiration of ,the :ease, is treated with derision. The increase will give *the Bristol and Exeter Proprietors an additional 20,0001. per annum ; and we are inclined to believe that, with a com peting direct line from Exeter to the metropolis, the Bristol and Exeter Company would not find this an insignificant portion of their gross annual traffic. With respect to the line now projected by the Great Western Company, between Hungerford and Yeovil, no one can doubt that it will meet with the most favourable consideration from the Legislature. The Company already have Parliamentary powers for con structing lines which will complete the system of railway communication between the manufacturing districts of the north and the siuth-west of England. This, in connexion with the other branches already thrown out or promoted by them, for accommodating various of the populous districts not served by the present trunk line between London and Exeter, and with the lines now projected, leave unriccommo dated, between London and Exeter, but a small amount of population indeed. A glance at the map of country will show that the purposed line from Hungerford through the valley of the Pewsey, and by a deviation of the Wilts and Somerset line to Yeovil, will accommodate several densely populated districts. True it is that its construc tion may endanger the success of a direct line be tween London and Exeter, by Salisbury, and thence through a comparatively barren and thinly populated country, to Yeovil. Whether a railway be made through such a line of country, and whether it would, in competition with that projected by the Great Western Company, pay its 'corking expenses, are questions which we leave to the wisdom of the Legislature to decide. —Railway Standard. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM. The following, gathered from official sources, shows the comparative mileage of passenger traffic on the London and afirmingham, for the half-years from the 30th June, 1839, to 30th June, 1845, with the half-yearly receipts from all kinds of traffic. For the half-year ending Passengers. Miles Travelled. Receipts. June 30th, 1839 December 31st, 1839 341,420 22,284,830 343,910 June 30th, 1840 December 31st, 1840 394,688 25,931,163 495,040 June 30th, 1841 December 31st, 1841 413,272 27,1.56,212 429,023 June 30th, 1842 December 31st, 1842 407,840 26,563,216 420,958 June 30th, 1843 December 315t,1843 419,963 26,983,482 432,357 Juno 30th, 1844 .. . December 31st, 1844 480,637 31,122,185 450,478 June 30th, 1845 From the above statement it appears that since June, 1839, up to the present period, the receipts of the London and Birmingham have been nearly doubled. On Tuesday last the first sod was lifted on the Caledonian Line, between Gretna and Ecclefechan, by Mr. John Bell, farmer. The promoters of the Somersetshire Midland propose, it Is presumed, as a precedent for other projects, to lodge the amount of their deposits forthwith in the hands of the Ac countant-General. _ _ Last evening the Directors and officers of the amalgamated Manchester lines dined together at the Albion Hotel, to cele brate the union of the two lines, and on the occasion of the Directors baying yesterday, out of the Company's deposits, amounting to 460,0001., invested 200,0004 in the Three per Cent. Consols. WELSH MIDLAND.—On Friday a general assembly of the Proprietors of the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal was held at the Shire-hall, Brecon, fur the purpose of taking into con sideration the terms offered by the Welsh Midland Railway Company for the purchase of the canal, when the bargain made by the Committee of Direction was fully confirmed without a dissentient voice, on the motion of John Powell, Esq., chie partner in Clydach Ironworks, seconded by G. J. Lloyd, Esq., of Dinas, two of the largest freighters on the canal. After the business had been concluded, the Canal Company enter tertained the deputation of Directors of the Welsh Midland at dinner, at the Castle Hotel, where Joseph Baily, Esq., M.P. for Worcester , and principal proprietor of Nantyglo and Beau fort Iron. Works, presided; and in the course of the evening expressed his strong approval of the plans of the Welsh Mid land Company, and announced his intention of supporting the project with all the influence he possessed, both in the House of Commons and out of it. Other gentlemen of in fluence in South Wales expl essed the most decided opinions in favour of this line and its branches. BITOIINGHAM AND WORCESTER DIRECT.--The first meeting of the Provisional Committee was held at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham, on Thursday ; Mr. Richard Spooner, M.P., in the chair. The arrangements of the promoters were a pproved and confirmed, and a Managing Committee ap pointed, with Cull powers to carry i n t o e ff ect t h e undertaking. A meeting of e Proprietors of the Worcester and Birming ham Canal will shortly be held, at which the terms of an arrangement between the Railway and Canal Companies will be submitted. STAFFORDSHIRE AND NORTH MIDLAND JUNCTION.--On Thursday a meeting was held at Ashbourne, the Hon. and. Rev. A. Duncombe in the chair. The names of several land owners residing in the vicinity of the projected line were added to the Provisional Committee. The secretary stated that lie had received applications for upwards of 130,000 shares, and since computing that number, a letter bad come to hand intimating that an influential company had offered to take a considerable portion of their capital, if the committee thought proper to allol the same. DIRECT BIRMINGHAM AND LEICESTER.-A meeting of the Provisional Committee was held on Friday, at their offices in Birmingham. Mr. G. F. Muntz presided. From the report of Mr. W. 11. Purdon, engineer to the company, it appears that the whole of the surveys have been com pleted, and that the plans and sections are now being en graved. Although an opposition was at first offered by some of the influential landowners of the district through which the line passes, it appears that it has been entirely withdrawn. It was announced that the whole of the de posits had been paid into the hands of the bankers, and no doubt existed that the whole of the standing orders would be complied with. SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, AND LEEDS, AND GREAT GRIMSBY, POTTERIES, AND GRAND JUNCTION.—A meeting of the Proprietors of these undertakings was held on Fri day, Mr. T. Carr in the chair, when it was resolved that the Great Grimsby, Sheffield, the Potteries, and Grand Junction Railway, having expressed a desire to consolidate with the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Company, the Provisional Directors of the latter appointed a deputation to confer with the deputation from the former, when, after the most mature deliberation, the Provisional Directors of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potterie., and Crewe, although anxious to avoid an unnecessary Parlia mentary contest, were convinced it would be injurious to the interests of their subscribers, and without any public advantage, to identify themselves with a rival line from Sheffield to the Staffordshire Potteries, in opposition to those which have been so long before the public fur supplying railway communication between Sheffield and Buxton, viz., the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, and Man chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railways. They therefore felt that their only course, consistent with a due regard to the interests named, was to preserve the integrity of their project from Buxton to Stoke-upon-Trent and Con glettn, uniting at those places with the North Staffordshire line. BIRMINGRA3I.—ShouId the various railways now projected for the Midland Counties be carried into effect, Birmingham will become the centre of three-and-twenty lines. Some of those in the immediate vicinity are, however, in progress of amalgamation, which will reduce the number of projects very considerably; but, after all, it is now certain that this town is about to realise the great advantages which its central posi- tion naturally commands. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.-Mr. Brunel visited Carmarthen on Monday last, and after minutely inspecting the plans, de cided that in lieu of the numerous cuttings and tunnels which must inevitably be constructed if the line, be brought direct from Kidwelly through the parishes of Llangendeirne and Llandefeilog, its course should be throught the Ferry Side; but it will still cross the Towy at the spot first in tended. An important Parliamentary document was printed on Saturday in respect to railways. Under the Joint•stock Companies Act, which came into force in November last, various returns are annually ordered to be presented to the House of Commons, which returns, now furnishe 1 for the first time, are of a lengthened description, whence it appears that, from the Ist of November to the 7th of June last, 355 joint-stock companies were provisionally re gistered, of which no fewer than 252 were railway compa nies; and in an appendix it is stated that between the 9th and 30th June, as many as fifty-seven railways were pro visionally registered, on all of which registrations a sum of 5/. was paid. In the month of May last about 80 rail ways were registered, and 17 from the Ist to the 7th of the following month. One railway company was com pletely registered, and four of the same class have no tified their intention to abandon their plans. It seems that of companies that had existed, out of 965, only 105 were railways ; and, as already mentioned, of provisionally registered companies, out of 355 there were 352 railways. The fees received from November to June amounted to 2,164/. in England. In two months after the operation of the Act the registration fees were 5901.; in the next three months, 310/. ' • and in the following two months and seven days , as much as 785/. ; making a total for registration of 1,6901. CONTINENTAL LINES. AMIENS Ta BOULOGNE.—The following are the accounts presented in the report read at the late general meeting:— Receipts. f. , c. 1. Calls 2. Interest on money not paid in at the appointed time 127,502 79 3. Exchange on money sent from London... 4,689 90 Total Expenses. 1. Preliminary expenses in forming the Company, surveys. &c. 2. General expenses of administration and furniture 3. Engineers 4. Rails, &c. ... .. 162,284 12 Total Which taken frcm the receipts leaves a balance of This balance is thus employed : Caution money And sums disposable in bonds and bills Balance at bankers' 809,163 18 1,596,893 75 7,650,000 00 2,650,895 76 The interest of 4 per cent- granted by the statutes during the period the works are going on, counted from the date of each call, will be paid to the shareholders on and after November, for the year ending October 23,1845, at Paris, at MM. Laffitte and Co.'s; at Boulogne, at M. A. Adam and Co.'s; and at London, at Messrs. Masterman and Co.'s. Each share is entitled to a sum of 4f. AMIENS TO BOULOGNE.—The municipal council of the latter town :have approved by a great majority of the ter minus of this line being placed at Capecure on the exercise ground. The Chamber of Commerce hae also approved of that locality. It is -presumable, therefore, that the plans presented by the company will not meet with any serious opposition. NEVERS TO CLERMONT.—A company has just been formed at Paris to send in proposals for this railway, as well as for that from Moulins to Roanne, the Marquis de Itaigeanot, peer of France, being president. The preliminary surveys are being urged on actively. CIIATILLON AND TROYES.—Both these towns are to have branch lines on the Lyons Railroad. The necessary surveys are completed, PARIS TO LYONS.—Three new companies have lately been formed for this line —one, that of the maitres de poste; the second, the Compagnie du Commerce, which, however, does not give the names:of its board of Directors; and the third, that of the receivers-general. Of these three companies, the first would have no difficulty in making up its capital, had it entered the lists earlier; the second requires a capital of 305 millions, which it will be almost an impossibility to find at this late hour; the third, the receivers-general, are so strong in local interest, that they will be sure to obtain their funds, if the Government permits them to stand for the line, which Is not yet certain. PARIS TO STRASBURG.—A new company has opened a subscription for this line, under the presidentship of General Anthouard. The name is an unlucky one, as the Anthouard company for the Orleans and Bordeaux line was, it may be remembered, rejected by Government. Pains TO STRASSURG.—It may not be uninteresting just at the moment the day for the adjudication of this line is announced, to state what are the names of the Companies now formed for the line. They are nine in number, viz. : Hainguerlot, Ganneron, Aymard (better known in France by the name of the banker Gentil et Fol), Becbet, Caumont- Laforce, Doudeauville, De Hell, Arnoux, and Anthouard. The three last have not, it is thought, made up their capital, nor will they be able to do so. A fusion is talked of between the other six. ------- NORTHERN OF FRANCE.—The double way is completed as far as Pontoise, and a single one to Clermont, a distance of 40 English miles. An experimental trip was made this week as far as Creil, by M. Onfroy de Breville, head engineer of ponts et chauss&, who directed the works on the first section of the Northern line; M. Petiet, another engineer, and M. 3. Pereire. THE GRAND SURREY CANAL COMPANY. A special general meeting of the Proprietors of this Com pany was held yesterday, at theifi offices, 2, White Lion court, Cornhill, to sanction the sale of the canal, docks, &c., to a railway company, the namo of which did not transpire during the progress of the business. Frederick Heish, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Direc tors, presided on the occasion. The meeting was opened by the usual formalities ; and, after the Secretary had read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN called on him to read the following report : " The very important question which the proprietors are this day especially convened to consider being stated in the advertisement that has been just read,your Committee would express, before entering into details, their earnest desire that a matter of such moment as the disposal, by sale, of the entire property and vested rights of the Grand Surrey Canal, may have the serious consideration of every proprietor. "Since the annual meeting in April last, various projects have been brought before your Committee, and in giving at tention to such as held out any promise of benefit to the Com pany, they have not permitted the consideration of them to interfere with their attention to your general interests. "The offer which is the reason of your being called toge ther, is for the entire purchase of your property at 250,0001., which, after liquidation in full of the loan-note capital, would yield to the Proprietors of the stoc k a return of 601. p e r share , still leaving a surplus for contingencies of about 8,7001., and which the Committee unanimously recommend for your adop tion. "Should it be approved, it will be necessary at once to em power your Committee to carry the same into effect; o andit t being the intention of the parties treating to app l y Parlia ment for an Act in the ensuing session, your Committee have had the agreement and conditions drawn up, and which are ready for execution, the purchasers being all in attend ance, and prepared, on their part, to pay the deposit of one thousand pounds agreed upon." The terms of agreement were then read, which set forth that the 250,0001. should be paid in the following manner :- 1,000/. to be paid on the agreement being sealed ; 9,000/. in next February, the Canal Company having the power to ex tend the term to July, should it be deemed necessary; 140,0001. six months after the Railway Company had ob tained an Act, possession being then given to the latter ; 50,0001. twelve months after possession was obtained; and the remaining 50,000/. two years after such possession, in= terest being allowed at the rate of four per cent. on the paid up capital. The CHAIRMAN having called on the Proprietors to express their opinions on the proposed sale, M 3 Stmsorf expressed himself against the sale on the terms proposed. He considered that 1,0001. down on the completion of the agreement was not sufficient. Had the railway company proposed 10,0001., he would have con sidered they were really in earnest. Mr. Alderman Wnsorf thought otherwise. Ile considered the proposition was a fair and advantageous one. and ought to be accepted by the meeting. He would move that the report be received and adopted, and referred back to the Com mittee, to be by them put in execution. The motion being seconded, Mr. SIMON moved, as an amendment, that• the sum paid down, on the seal being attached to the agreement, be 10,000/. instead of 1,000/. The amendment, with some difficulty, obtained a seconder, and on being put was negatived by a large majority. The original motion was then carried almost unanimously. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. THE LATE RIOTS AT CHARLTON FAIR.—Six corporals of the gentlemen cadets have been reduced from their rank, and one hundred and thirty of the privates have been ordered to be confined to their barracks for a stated period of time, as a punishment for the late outrage at Charlton fair, and breaking out of the barracks. All the damage committed by these young gentlemen has been amply repaid to the injured parties. The Master-General of the Ordnance has taken a most merciful view of the case, as on the last occasion of the disgraceful riots at Charlton fair and Woolwich races some of them were expelled the school. _ u N Y: EL L - TIMED LIBERALITY.—The Ri g ht H on . E ar l D le, owing to the failure of the potato crop, has most to g hn e antei his o o ntel estates, t l gen e rously return e d tuens,d ra eat two- t hirdsh n u a s h fifty has e tgt o l a f agd etahresenbrin his thei f great the heartsa odfallotmentsmweolire timed liberality.—. Essex Herald. r-* THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1845 THE " TIMES" and the RAILWAY SYSTEM. (From the Sentinel, October 25.) We may well question the purity of that public virtue which aids and abets the very enterprise it unceasingly con demns, and are justified in doubting that consistency which daily takes sums of money to a large amount for circulating what it pronounces delusive and fraudulent. Such, however, is the conduct of the Times, which publishes double supple ments of railway advertisements, and then declares to the world that its columns are the medium by which swindlers may plun der the unwary. It certainly does not express itself in these very terms, but the spirit and tendency of its writings justly bear this unstrained interpretation ; for, if nine-tenths of the schemes which the Times advertises are designedly con cocted to extract the deposits, without any intention, on the part of the projectors, to go before Parliament, on what moral principle can the Times justify itself in giving ruse to such schemes? Why does it not virtuously refuse the advertisements? Will its numerous readers be deterred from speculating, when they hear that the Times is receiv ing, perhaps, a thousand pounds a day from the funds of organised cheats? Would not the impression on the public be far stronger, were the Times to drop its supplements, and avow its resolution no longer to circulate advertisements of a dishonest character? This is the test by which we would try the mercantile morality of the Leading Journal. The Times asks, " Can any one deliberately expect that the thirty millions will be really forthcoming ? Is it pos sible that the hundreds of thousands of shareholders can really pay ten per cent, on each of the many millions of shares now in the market ?" These questions are not fairly put. It is assumed that three hundred millions of capital are about to be invested simultaneously in railways, and we are asked, whence the ten per cent. on that sum, or thirty millions, are to be found ? The assumption is erroneous, and the reason ing built upon it falls to the ground. In the first place, the competing lines will coalesce after a trial of strength ; secondly, many lines will be abandoned; thirdly, some years must elapse before the schemes which will ultimately succeed, can, by possibility, receive the sanction of Parliament. Therefore instead of three hundred millions, one-third of that sum will be sufficient for all the lines, and many years will elapse be fore the state of the works will require its advance. This capital will not be invested simultaneously, but gradually, and at intervals, so that, in whatever view we consider the subject, there appears to be net the slightest cause for panic or apprehension. The general argument of the Times proceeds on the prin ciple, that no public work is to be undertaken in any country unless it has heaped up in some cellar or store a certain quan tity of gold and silver. The intelligence of the people is not to contrive, the physical strength is not to execute, any un dertaking, unless the precious metals are within their reach. Their presence alone is to give activity to the brain and the muscles. Nay, more, however necessary any new works may be, even the reclaiming of waste land for the supply of defi cient food, they must not be commenced unless a certain de posit of some ounces of gold or silver is lodged in the hands of a public functionary. It amounts to this, that none but rich people or rich nations are to make any progress in civili sation. The absurdity of this argument will be obvious, if we merely consider, that man did emerge from barbarism and arrive at a very improved social state long before gold or silver mines were discovered. Now, had the law, as it exists in England, always existed among all nations, it is very clear that man never could have emerged from barbarism ; this reas( ning is fundamental, and at one blow destroys all the quackery of the bullionists. If it were contended, that the supply of iron being limited, railways, :into whose construction it enters, must also be limited, we should admit the force of the argument, since it is physically impossible for man to increase the quantity of iron. He can only extract what is deposited in the bowels of the earth. But the case of money is widely different. Money is purely conventional: it may be multiplied indefinitely. Just as population increases and industrial operations are expanded, so may money be expanded. Money is the servant of labour, not its master. It is the instrument or tool with which labour works, and the visible, tangible, convertible produce of labour becomes the substance and reality of which money is the sign or symbol. Hence it follows, that the only real limitation to money is the limitation to pro duction, for wherever there is property, there the holder of such property ought to be entitled to create its representative in money. Under such a system civilisation would proceed rapidly and safely, since nothing more would be required in a state than industry, heads to contrive and hands to exe cute. The Birmingham Railway, for instance, is a visible and tangible property. It is as much so as a gold mine, and its revenue is as certain as the revenue of the Customs or Excise. On what principle, then, can it be contended, that the pro prietors of the Birmingham Railway ought not to be per mitted to circulate representatives of their property in the shape of money, say Birminghamr. Railway notes? Is there any tradesman in London who would refuse to take such notes, were they in circulation ? Now let us suppose that this Birmingham Company desired to extend their line, and that the estimated cost of such extension were computed at half a million. Why should they not have the power of issuing notes to that amount, and thus, on the security of the existing line, create the extension line? Would the con tractors refuse such notes, or the labourers, or the tradesmen who supply the labourers? These notes would be money in the sense in which we understand that word. Now let us look at the monetary system under which we live. We have made the commodity gold a privileged metal ; we have fixed its price by Act of Parliament, and made it the standard measure of all other commodities. It is the master, not the servant, of British industry. Heaped up in the Bank cellars, it lies there in sheer uselessness; other metals are constantly performing some industrial func tion, but this aristocratic metal reposes in. true lordly idleness. Merchants, with feverish anxiety, look at the Bank weekly returns, to ascertain how many ounces are added to or substracted from the heaps; andwhen it is moved away to the Continent, the intelligence of the wise and the labour of the industrious are absolutely prostrated. Yet our brains are not disordered nor our sinews unstrung ; our productive power, our capability to direct the plough or the loom, are just in the same condition ; but the wisdom of Parliament has said, " People of Britain, 'unless gold abounds in the Bank cellars, you shall not eat your bread in the sweat of your brow ; we will aggravate the primeval curse, and sentence you to beggary and want; unless the graven images of the precious metals are brought back to their subterranean temple in Threadneedle-street.' When, then, we are told by the Times, that we have not MONEY enough to execute the projected railways, we ask— What does the Times mean by money? lf, by he term, it understands bits of bullion in the shape of sovereigns, we agree that we have no sufficiency of that metal ; but, we deny that bits of bullion are MONEY ; they are commodities, not money ; and then the question arises, Are public works in the immediate execu tion of which millions of operatives are employed, and whose completion adds, through reproduction, to the permanent wealth of the empire, to be suspended or abandoned, because one particular metal may be wanting? Is that to be the condition on which alone industry and intelligence are to be PERMITTED to exercise their active and self-sustaining use fulness? We admire the Times for its noble denunciation of the poor-law ; but when it upholds a monetary system, which is the true parent of union workhouses, and now at tempts,' through panic-mongering, to throw the labouring classes out of employment, we blush for the ignorance or dis honesty of the Leading Journal. We will proceed a step further. The social destiny of man is progression through labour. The more that labour is em ployed under the direction of science, which itself is only skilled labour, the greater will that progression be. In an enlightened country labour can only be checked by the crime of war or the folly of legislation. The brain is ever ready to contrive and the hand to execute, and accumulations of property are the exponents of their combined work ing. Since the desires of man are insatiable, there is no natural limit to consumption ; and hence, under natural views, by which we mean the constitution of humanity, there never can be over-production. But, he who consumes, must produce an equivalent, and that he will do under the stimulus of the desire of consumption. Nothing more. then, is wanted than a proper distributive agent, by which produc tions may be interchanged. That agent i 3 money. If you limit it, you limit both consumption and production, and you do limit it, when you enact that gold, at a fixed price, shall be the sole distributive agent. When the gold quits the country, the country is then in the state of a street, along which the thoroughfare is impeded, by repairing the sowers. In both cases, distribution ceases. Adam Smith has compared money to a road. We widen and multi ply our roads as trade and population increase; but, most inconsistently, we narrow and diminish our money. Our accumulated property, visible and tangible, swells from year to year, yet we will not allow that property to augment the number of its symbols or re presentatives., Thus we make every description of property subservient to that particular property called gold, and there fore the holders of the gold are the masters , the absolute and despotic masters, of all the skilled and unskilled labour in the country. More than that ; if the gold is exported, the fo reigner does in effect become the temporary master of British property, for large quantities of that property must be given to the foreigner to get back the metal. Our conclusion is, that if railway proprietors are wise, they will unite together for a repeal of the money laws, and insist on issuing their own notes on the guarantee of their respective lines. THE LATE STORM. (From the John o' Groat Journal of the 17th instant.) The wind on Wednesday week blew from an easterly direction, and raised in our bay a swell greater than any of our oldest citizens ever remember. To look from an 7 direc tion, the sea presented a scene of wildness and terrific fury, which no pen can adequately pourtray. The mountain billows, as they dashed against the shore, drove every. thing before them, and covered the ground to an incre dible distance with spray, so much so, that a number of corn fields are entirely destroyed, and at several sta tions along the coast, boats which were supposed to have been drawn up far beyond the reach of the sea are much injured. During the continuance of this fear ful gale, a great number of vessels passed our shores, some of them bearing signals of distress, and it is much feared that many a sad and heartrending tale of woe will have to be told as the result of the storm. So far as we have learned, no great injury has been done in or to the harbours or creeks along: our coasts. At Pultneytown harbour, it was once feared some disasters might occur amongst the shipping lying there, as the sea was making a clean breach over the South Quay, and even the inner harbour, hitherto considered secure, was in a state of considerable commotion with the swell. Providentially, however, no injury was done, save the break ing of a few ropes, every precaution being taken by all con cerned to prevent the occurrence of any catastrophe. "During the gale, a Russian brig, name un k nown, since put into Longhope, had the mate and one of the seamen washed overboard. The cook had three of his ribs broken, and others of the crew were more or less injured. At the b b e e en dr a e d a d d e ed d that, together, it will present a catalogue of loss , both by sea and same time stancheons and rails were carried away, and th e cabin skylight broken. A vessel from North America was also driven ashore at Longhope, but it is expected she may be go tuff nthewithout iv h o much e damage.ws ofe land, of the most deplorable character. In the interior of the ga l l t e is shall lav much i toe country, the storm raged with unabated violence, and a tremendous surf along the coast, that, between good deal of injury has been done to the crops. Such was the Pulteney town and Scarlet, several dead ling and skate were found lying in the fields;:at a considerable distance from the high water mark. On Sabbath, the gale moderated, and we were favoured with a lovely but most delusive day; . for, on Monday, the storm again broke out with great violence, and the sea raged with extreme fury. On Tuesday, the weather became once more traquil, and we would fain hope that we will now be visited with more genial and agreeable times, for at least a few weeks, until the precious fruits of the earth shall have been wholly taken in in safety. " It seems there is much loss of shipping in the Orkney Islands, particularly in the islands of Sanday and Stronsay, but the full particulars had not reached Kirkwall at the time the steamer left. Accounts had been received of two wrecks at Stronsay and three in Sanday—names net given. We are also informed that a large vessel, supposed to be from the Baltic with timber, was also lost, with all on board, off one of the Zetland islands." Such has been the failure of the 'corn crop in the upper districts of South Carolina, that conventions have been held, and resolutions adopted to apply to the Legislature of the State for aid in purchasing food.—New York Journal of' Commerce. An RIG HTON, LEW ES, TUNBRIDGE ALP WELLS, GRAVESEND, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY, with Branches to Chatham and-Maidstone, Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. (Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and:B Viet., c. 110.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Sir John Key, Part. . Wm. Kuper, Esq. The Mayor of Gravesend John Brough, Esq. T. M. Cleobury, Esq. Nath. Cumberlege, Esq. H. C. Curtis, Esq. John Kerschner, Esq. S. H. Powell, Esq. W. White, Esq. R. W. Keate, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co Clement's-lane. Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co. Charing-cross. At Lewes—Messrs. Molyneux, Whitfield, and Co. CoNsurrixa ENGINEERS—Sir John Macneill and Jas. Thomson, Esq. ENGINEER—B. Albano, Esq. and Wm. Laxton, Esq. C.E. SOLICITOR—In London—George Smith, Esq. 24, Golden-square, and 2, Guildhall-chambers, BasTnghall-street. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe and Sharbuid, Town-hall, Gravesend Messrs. J. and E. Blaker, Lewes. SECRETARY—Mr. James Ellen. Offices, 11, Adam-street, Strand. _ The object of this undertaking is to bpen a direct line of railway to connect the Northern, Eastern, and South Essex Railways, by means of a steam-ferry from Tilbury Fort to Gravesend, with Tun bridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton. It is contemplated to proceed from the Eastern Counties Railway at or near Marlow station to Tilbury, crossing the river by a steam floating-bridge to Gravesend. passing by Cobham, Snodland, Mail ing, and Hadlow, to Tunbridge, thence by the South-Eastern Railway to Tunbridge Wells, passing Uckfield to Lewes, and thence joining the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to Brighton. - An inspection of the map will clearly show the great importance of this railway, whether considered in a local or national point of view, forming, as it will, a most useful chain of local communication for the fertile and populous tracts through which It passes. It will bring the Northern and Eastern Counties, the month of the Thames, and North Kent, into direct communication, by way of Brighton, with Dieppe and Havre, and thus form, in conjunction with the railways now in progress on the Continent, the shortest possible route to Paris and the Mediterranean. By this railway the large population of the north-eastern coun ties, numbering nearly two millions, will have a direct and easy com munication with the whole of the populous and important counties of Kent and Sussex, without going round to London, and thereby avoiding the inconvenience arising from the unconnected lines north and south of the metropolis. The utility of this line to the naval and military service, both in times of peace and war, for the conveyance of troops and stores, is evident. With the existing railways and those now in progress in Kent and Sussex, a most complete system of local communication will Le effected ; and as such, the project has been received with the most distinguished approbation and pledges of support from the principal proprietors altng the line, and the corporation of Gravesend have promised their entire sanction to, and will cordially support it. The ground has been carefully surveyed, and found to present no difficulties to the formation of a good working line. The existing local traffic has been 'ascertained to be amply suffi cient to fulfil the requirements of the undertaking ; but a large ac cession of valuable traffic cannot fail to be the result of the increased accommodation thus afforded to the public, and rendering the und.r taking one of the most important as well as productive lines of rail way in that part of the country. The Committee reserve power to themselves to form branches from Snodland to Chatham and Maidstone. The liability of the Shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be a?- piled for In the Bill to allow interest at four per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applications for prospectuses, and also for shares, may be addressed in the usual form, to the Secretary, at the Office of the Company, 11, Adam•street, Strand ; George Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Gulden square, and 2, Guildhall Chambers ; Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Gravesend ; Messrs. J. and E. Blakcr, Lewes ; and also of the fol lowing sharebrokers : Messrs. Field, Son, and Bayley, Warnford-court, Throgmortcn street, London Messrs. Harris and Sens, Change-alley, London Mr. M. L. Pritchard, Liverpool Messrs. Gardiner and lkap, Manchester Mr. Isaac Ironside, Sheffield Messrs. Hirst and Brooke, Leeds Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth Mr. J. B. Mundy, Bath Mr. A. Moffatt, Edinburgh 31r. Wright, Birmingham Messrs. Peet and Son, Nottingham Messrs. Sohms and Tripp, Bristol Mr. Brand, Glasgow Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Mr. John Pollock, Bradford Messrs. Tihary and Simpson, Hull. RIGHTON, LEAVES, TUNBRIDGE 111. WELLS, GRAVESEND, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY, with Branches to Chatham and Maidstone. The Managing Committee beg to give notice that no Applications for Shares will be received after MoNnsv next, the 3d November. They have much pleasure in stating that the engineers are pledged to complete the surveys of the whole line to be formed by this Com pany- between the eastern counties and Tunbridge, by which the connexion with Brighton will be contpleted, and also the branches to Chatham and Maidstone, in sufficient time for making the ne cessary deposits required by the standing orders. By order, JAMES ELLEN, Secretary. 11, Adam-street, StrAnl, Oct. 28, 1845. THE LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY, and SPALDING JUNCTION RAILWAI , giving, with other formed and projected lines, the nearest route from Birmingham, Coventry, and Leicester to the Eastern Coast, and a communicatim from Birmingham, via Nuneaton, Leicester, and Melton Mowbray, to Spalding. (Provisionally Registered.) Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-crass. Capital 600,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. eack Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PIOTISIONAL COMMITTEE. "fit'ynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. for Leicester, director of the Brandon and Spalding Railway William Corbet Smith, Esq. Eittleswell-hall, High Sheriff of Lelces tershire The Hon. C. P. Tißiers, M.P. Chairman of the Northampton, Eau bury, and Cheltenham Railway The Hon. Major C. Napier, Rugby, director of the Peterborcugh and Nottingham Railway - General Johnsen, M.P. William Collins, Esq. M.P. Ralph Etwall, Esq. M.P. Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director of the Brandon and Spalding Railway Matthew Gisborne, Esq. Walton-hall, Derbyshire Joseph Ellis, Esq. Glenfield-lodge, Leicester Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. director of the East India Company Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S. Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside Josiah Wilson, Esq. Stamford-hill George Meek, Esq. Russell-square John Clement Muting, Esq. director of the National Bank of Ireland Francis Valentine Lec, Esq. director of the Eastern Counties Railway Richard Heaviside, Esq. Briuhton William Ettwall, Esq. Longstock-down, near Stockbridge, director of the Southampton and Manchester Railway William Shadbolt, Est. chairman of the Greenwich Railway Com pany T. E. Bigge, Esq. Bryanstone-square Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N. Headley-grove, Surrey, director of the Nottingham. Birmingham, and Coventry Railway wlVEalscifeY W' Valentine Knight, Esq. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park Samuel Kumpson, Esq. Little Sutton, Sutton Coldfleld, Warwick shire Frederick Pearson, Esq. Piccadilly W. f A t . hes Wilkinson,W E ll r k e i ns Railway Down, Stoke Newington, director Herbert Ingram; Esq. Swinshead-abbey, Lincolnshire John Tathan Banks, Esq. warden and magis-- trate of Louth, Lincolnshire William Gresham, Esq. Aderman of Lin- Provisional Directors coin of the Great Grime- Samuel Trought, Esq. Loath, Lincolnshire by, Louth, and Lin- William Ward, Esq. M.D. Horncastle Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbournc-house, cola Railway. Sheffield, director of the Isle of Ely, Wis. beach, and Lincoln Railway The Rev. J. B. llLidebrand, rector of Saxby, near Melton-Mowbray, Leicestershire John Thomas Raworth, Esq. Leicester, provisional director a the South Union Railway Nathaniel C. Stone, Esq. Rowley-fields, near Leicester John Eames, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Frederick Cayley Worsley, Esq. Imberhorne-house, Sussex, director of the Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway John Smith Mansfield, Esq. Essex-court, Temple Charles Hance, Esq. Alexander-square, Brompton Thomas Bridges, Esq. Marwood-liiil, Devonshire Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby Douglas Fox, Esq. Derby John D. Cooper, Esq. Ashbearne, Derbyshire, director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Henry F. Gisborne, Esq. Derby, director of the Tamworth and Lei cester, Coventry and Nuneaton Railway John Hamp, Esq. Catton, Derbyshire Joshua Harding,. Esq. Roslistion, Derbyshire Nathaniel Nadin, Esq. Stapenhill, Derbyshire J. Nadin, coal proprietor, Newhall and Swadlincote Collieries, Derby shire R. Sherratt Tomlinson, Esq. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire Charles James Mason, Esq. Fenton, Staffordshire Joseph Nunneley, Ese Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire William Little, Esq. Peterborough, director of the Peterborough and Nottingham Railway I. P. Balubrigge, Esq. Derby, director of the Derby and Crewe Railway J. C. Williams, Esq. M.D. Nottingham Henry Smith, Esq. Gainsborough William Lister Sharp, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Derby and Great Grimsby, and of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway. COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT. Chairs an—Wynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. Deputy-Chairman—Josiah Wilson, Esq. Thomas Wakefield, Esq. ' John Smith Mansfield, Esq. Ambrose Moore, Esq. George Meek, Esq. Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Capt. Gustavus Evans, lt.N. John D. Cooper, jun., Esq. CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes For, Esq. ENGINEER—John Hughes, Esq. BANKERS. The London Joint-Steck Bank, Princes-street Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, Leicester Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Melton-Mowbray The Stamford, Spalding, and Bostan Banking Company, Spalding Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby The Burton Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent. flomcfroas—Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms-yard, Cole man-street ; Abraham Bass, Esq. Burton-upon-Trent. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS —Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates, Parliament-street. SECIUTARY—WiIIiam Itanyard, Esq. The first object of this line is to connect the town of Birmingham, Coventry; and Leicester, with the eastern coast by the nearest route, and to supply an important link St communication between the tows of Spalding and the eastern coast witk the Western and Midland districts. Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Dercham, Lynn, and Holbeack Railways, the lice will proceed by Bourn, Witham, Castle Bytham, South Wythara. and Wymondham, to a point on the Syston and Peterborough line of railway near Melton- Mowbray, thus forming, by the Syston and Peterborough and Mid land Counties Railway, as almost direct route to Leicester, and thence to Coventry and Birmingham by the proposed Coventry, Nuneaton, Leicester, and Birmingham Railway. The projected line will form the most direct communication be tween the eastern and midland districts of the kingdom, and will, by means of the proposed lines across the county of Leicester, via Bur ton-upon-Trent to Stafford, bring the markets of Lincoln, Norfolk, Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to each other by ntany miles than any other line of railway,. It will form, with otherninjected railways, an almost direct line across the kingdom, from Yarmouth, via Norwich, on the east, to lberystwith, via Newton and Shrewsbury, on the west. The entire length will not exceed thirty miles. There is no tunnel ling, cutting, or embanking of any importance necessary; the line from Bourn to Spalding, a distance of about twelve miles, is very level, and may be constructed at a small cost. It will secure the advantages of railway communication to a tract of Country at present destitute of this accommodation, besides open ing out sources of trade undeveloped for want of tlso means of transit. The central midland districts have felt greatly: the want of direct communication with the coast ; and this line will at once supply the eflciency to the greater part of Staffordshire and Leicestershire. It will afford a transit for the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lei cestershire coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent upon supply from the north at high prices: it will also secure the ad-van tages of an unlimited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works, to the agricultural districts of Lincoln, which are at present only supplied at very high rates; and, in return traffic, the midland dis tricts will ohtain the advantage of a direct transit for the stock and agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Norfolk. Several proposed lines of railway converge at Spaldiv,g, which is the nearest point on the eastern coast for the midland counties, and connected by the River Welland with the German Ocetv e. The proposed capital will be sufficient for the cone ,ruction of the necessary works and every subsequent expense ; "and the income derivable from the traffic in passengers between 13, rmingham, Co ventry, Leicester, Derby, Melton, Spalding, and Bo ,ston, the trans port of corn, cattle, and other produce of the gi - eat agricultural districts through which the line passes to the plan cipal consuming districts, and of coals, lime, and staple commoditi es for the inland districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the a 'inlay. • The Parliamentary surveys have been comment) and are now in active progress, and contracts have been enterod into which en sure sufficient time. for compliance with the standing orders. Forms of application for shares, plans, and prospectuses fluty be had of the Solicitors ; also at the offices of the Company. 4, Tra falgar-square, Charing- cross, where applications for shares, aCCOM panied by respectable references, may be addressed to the Provi sional Committee. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Meltorr Mowbray, and Spalding Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me st ,ares of 201. each in the above railway; and I undertake to accept the same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me. sub. ,ect to the re gulations of the Company. and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay when required the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Big are. Dated tbts day of 1845. Name in full Profession and Profess Tonal Residence Residence in -t •••••••• ...... . Reference... 00...,......•••••••••• G REAT GWENDRAETH VALE AND WELSH JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Directors have much pleasure in stating the engineer reports that the surveys are proceeding rapidly, and that he will hive everything in pefect readiness so as to enable the Directors to apply for the Act in the ensuing session of Parliament. WIRE and CHILD, Solicitors, 9, St. Swithins-lane. D ENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. The Directors' Report to the shareholders in this undertaking, containing a detailed account of the present position and future prospects of the Company, with a second Report of Mr. George Rennie, their engineer, a map of the line, and much statistical in formation subjoined, is now published, and in the course of delivery at the Company's offices JOHN 31`TAGGART, Chairman 11, Old Jewry-chambers, London, Oct. 17, 1845. G REAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. At a PUBLIC MEETING of the Iron-masters, Landed Proprie tors, and others interested in the Mineral District of South Wales, held at Tredegar, on Monday, the 20th inst., It was moved by JoaN RUSSELL, Esq., of Risca, and seconded by JoaN EVANS, Esq., of Dowlais, and resolved — That the thanks of this meeting are due and be given to the de putation of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company for their attendance here to-day; and to Mr. Ward in particular, for his very able statement of the views and intent:ons of that Company ; and, that it is the opinion of this meeting, the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, as the first to project and prove the practicability of direct communication between Merthyr and Here ford, deserves the support of the Mineral Districts of South Wales. October 24, 1845. )UTCH, PRUSSIAN, HANOVERIAN, AN I) BREMEN AND HARBOURG RAILWAY. Several statements having been put forward respecting lines in the North of Germany, in connexion with Hanover, notice is hereby given, that the Prospectus of the authorised lines will be published about the Ist of January next. Any immediate publication is with held, in consequence of the command of the superior and competent authorities, and the gentlemen connected with the recent deputation to the North of Germany are prohibited, by agreement, from pub lishing their prospectus until the above date. The public should know that the line from Hanover to Bremen is actually in the hands of the respective Governments, subject to conditions existing with*.he gen tlemen lately forming the deputation. The lines proposed will connect the Oberyssel Railway with the North of Germany by Westent Hanover, and proceed to llarbeurg. An influential direction is in readiness to appear, when the publi cation of their names is sanctioned by the authorities. Any information necessary for the satisfaction of the public will be given at the office, No. 18, Austin-friars, City. J. NOLAN, Assistant Secretary. BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER DI RECT RAILWAY. No further application for shares can be received herein, tke sauce having closed on the 15th inst. The Committee are actively engaged in the consideration of the applications, but in consequence of their immense number, some days must elapse before the letters of allotment can be posted. A. A. FLINT, Secretary. Dated this 21st day of October, 1845. T HE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM GAINSBOROUGII, ANI) HULL RAILWAY. Capital 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 21.2 e. per Share. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 VW.. cap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, The Right Hon.. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Cheshani-place, Belgraye• square The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester The Right Hon. George R. Dawson The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-squaro The Hon. Cecil Lawless • Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey Sir William Lowthorp, Hull William R. Collett, Esq., M.P. Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P:, Birmingham George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P., Birmingham The Worshipful the Mayor of Hull C. S. Foster ? Esq., high Sheriff of Staffordshire G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire iron trade Thomas Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Iron works, Staffordshire W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London John Aston, Esq., Birmingham F, ederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway William Broackes, Esq., Cork •street, Burlington-gardens Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc tion Railway George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesham-place, Belgrave square Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Craud Junction Railway Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London Dock Company Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore-house, Stafford Joseph (=Mott, Esq., Birmingham Charles James Heath, Esq., London James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Railway Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handsworth, Staffordshire, and Crookhay Ironworks, West Bromwich Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South ampton Railway William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Francis l'arker, Esq., Manchester Archibald F. Paull, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Director of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Biro mingham Railway Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Augustus Tulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Herts - Samuel Walker, yaki., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of the South StafftmiShire Junction Railway William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and - . . Southampton Railway John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham Samuel Keurick, Esq., Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire Robert Peasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Holyhead hallway : William Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and Ely Railway Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull , : • John Wells, Esq., Hull Wakefield Pim, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin. coin Railway Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham C. S. Cotterill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf- fordshire Junction Railway Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford- shire Junction Railway Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton John Barker, Esq., Chillington Ironworks, Wolverhampton, Di- • rector of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway ehristopher Musgrave, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Birmingham John Dixon, Iron Master, Wolverhampton Charles Greatrea, Esq., Walsall, director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway (With power to add to their number). SOLICITORS. Mears. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De lahay-street, Westminster ; and Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Pardon, Esq. BANKERS. The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham. LOCAL AGENTS. Hull—Messrs. Frost and Mosa Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq. SECRETARY—Edward Hart Hart, Esq. ..._ . . OFFICER—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and 36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham. It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull, at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite. Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29 miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid land Counties Railway The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament. From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the- Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between Birmingham and Hull. By this project the advantages will result to the public of A Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham, Birmingham to Gainsborough, and from Birmingham to Hull; and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham., and the other towns already enumerated. The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the line, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its suesese in Parliament. Asa considerable portion of the line of communication is already made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this great national undertaking will be materially shortened. Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu nication between the Important seaport of Hull and the mining and manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large traffic in timber, fern, metals, &c., may be confidently expected. The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir mingham to Hun, the port at which the exports are shipped to Ram burgh, the German States, and the North of Rurope ; and from the sonveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and oattle from the southern, western, and midland counties. A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking. No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The usual power will be taken to allow Interhat at the rate of four per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the lines. No applications will be attended to without a reference to a member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi cates, of which duo notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by any party making default In the execution of those deeds will befor fei ted . Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers, viz. :—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ; Mr. 11. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Ilitchins and Harrison, 18, Threldneedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorno and Son, 2, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs. Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr. James Robinson Lane, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and hull Railway Company. I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in the capi tal of the above-named Railway ; and I will accept the same, or any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.. Dated the day Of 1845. }tame in full ............. ...... , „ Place of Business or Profession...... Residence Business or Profession ........ ...... 5ignature..................: • • Name, Residence,l .... „„.. , ..... znd Profession ... ......... ..., of Referee .. • . ..... ........ ... T HE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM, GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY. No Application for Shares in this Company coo be received after MoNoss', the 27th instant. EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street, MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham. Oct, 10, 1045. ISLE OF ELY, WISBECH, AND LINCOLN SHIRE RAILWAY CpAIPANY. The Committee of !..lanagement have the pleasure to announce that tills Company is amalgamated with the Wisbech and Hunting don Company, under the title of the " Huntingdon St. Ives, Wis bech, and Sutton Union Company." Notice will be afterwards given of the time and mode of exchanging the Isle of Ely, Wisbech, and Lincolnshire scrip, for scrip of the - saine value in the amalgamated Company. No separated allotment will now take place for the Com pany which had been projected under the name of " lluntingdon, Wisbech, and St. Ives Union ;" but in the allotment of the remaining shares of the amalgamated Company, a preference will be given to the Isle of Ely, Wisbech, and Lincolnshire holders, as well as to holders in the London and York, and Rugby and Huntingdon Com panies. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM WILDE, Secretary. 25, Gresham-street, Oct. 27,1845. B IRMINGHAM AND ABERYSTWITH RAILWAY, Connecting the Sea-coast of Wales with the Midland Counties. (Provisionally Registered). A Prospectus, with an influential Previsional Committee, will b 6 published in a few days. In the meantime, any information may be •btained at the temporary Offices of the rompany, No. 163, Fen church-street, London, where applications for Shares, in the usual form, may be addressed. CHARLES J. HOLMES, EDWARD GARRETT, Joint Solicitors. WILLIAM BRINTON, GI RE AT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE. (L AFT ITEI3 COMPANY.) The holders of English allotments who have not received the Circular Report of the Directors, dated 17th instant, may receive a copy of it by applying at the office, No. 62, King William-street, City. The forms are ready, which require to be signa for the pur pose of receiving the constituted shares, together with the amount of the surplus of the deposits 18th October, 1845 ED. AIME, Sec, IE PROJECTED NORWICH and WEST NORFOLK RAILWAY, by the valley of the Wensum. We, the undersigned (owners and occupiers of land, in the district proposed to be traversed by the above Railway, and in its immediate neighbourhood), do hereby give notice, that we have come to a re solution to oppose the above project by all means in our power, as we are of opinion that the entire division of West Norfolk will be much better supplied with railway accommodation by the projected NORWICH AND DEREHAM DIRECT RAILWAY, in connexion with the Lynn and Dereham Railway, and the projected line from Dereham to Fakenham and Wells; and we are also of opinion that the DEREHAM DIRECT LINE is entitled to the decided pre ference of the public, from the additional advantages which it affords as a direct communication from Norwich, not only to the ports of Lynn and Wells, but also to the northers districts of the kingdom. BAYNING, Honingliam Hall. T. T. BERNEY, Morton Hall. N. MICKLETHWAITE, Taverham Hall. CH IRLES KETT TOMPSON, Witchingham Hall. HAMBLETON T. CUSTANCE, Weston House. (Upwards of one hundred landowners and occupiers have signed the above declaration). All persons desirous of opposing the above line are requested to send their names to Messrs. Blake, Keith, and Blake, solicitors, Norwich. Norwich, Oct. 25, 1845. On the 31st of October will be published, price 25., OLMA N'S MAGAZINE. No. IX. Art. 1. Notre Dame des Victoires. 2. Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Brougham. 3. The Countess Clemence. By the Editor. 4. The Irish Hornpipe. 5. A Tale of Oxford Life. 6. Monthly Catholic Correspondence and Intelligence. I ondon : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street ; Cumming, Dublin; Stevenson, Edinburgh ; Booker, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers. -~:~ ~ T PUBLICATIONS MR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, In three volumes, post Bvo., price 1/. 1 ls. Gd. boards. A RRA H NEIL; Or, TIMES OF OLD. By 0. P. R. JAMES, Esq. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. ABD -EL -KA DER AND THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.—The important nature of the late struggles of Abd-el-Kader and the Campaign of Isl", which has at tracted so much attenton, and been copied by some of the daily papers from the UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE for October, is continued in the November Number of this eminent professional pub lication ; which Number also contains, with many other Interesting papers, " The Duties of the British Admiral," which should be atten tively studied by all Officers interested in the question of Naval Re tirement. Tho " Hints on Military Distinctions " will come home to the breast of many a veteran both of tile Army and Navy. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Elegant Pocket Edition, price ls., by post Is. 6d. D R. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. . . " To be or not to be, that is the question."- '—Shakspeare Contents:—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence-0i infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Esperi• once, Cases, &c. &c. Also Companion to the same, price le., by post Is. Gd CHASTITY ; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings). These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in• discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive conskleration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalhe , 147, fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till 9. P'OURTEENTII EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 33.6 d., THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the System n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The banefu effects of indulge- ce, &c., are fatly pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By it. and 1.. PERRY and Co.. Consulting Surgeons, Lemlon. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, E ERN ERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21. Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox. ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. We regard the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaints hitherto llttle understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable Lnpression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exolusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles, price 11s., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which I Is. are saved. The Live-pound cases may be bad as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching out and purhying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those pairind affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Priee I Is. and 335. per bottle. 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THE CORDIAL BALM or ZEYLANICA. ; or, Nature's Grand Restorative, possesses wonderful efficacy in all cases of its, head ache, weakness, heaviness, and lowness of spirits, dimness of sight, nervous debility, irregularity, and weakness. Sold in bottica, price 4e. 6d. and 11s. each, or the quantity of four in one family bottle for 331., by which one I Is. bottle is saved. The 5/. UNA may be had as usual. BRODIE'S PURIFYING VEGETABLE PILLS, Is. 1%d., 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and Ils. per box. These Pills are the most effectual cure for every disease in both sexes, including secondary symptoms, and all external diseases of the skin, without hindrance to business. Cold by all medicine vendors. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is necessary. Messrs. BRODIE and CO. are in daily attendance for Consultation at their residence, 27, Montagu-street, Russell-square (near the British Museum), London, froze 11 in the morning till 8 in the even ing, and on Sundays from 11 till 2. Only ono personal visit is re quired to effect a permanent cure. QPORTING APPAREL! L . , Let all who are foul of the use of a barrel Come to MOSES and SON for their " sporting apparel ;" These garments are Just the right thing for the field, And the choicest of taste in their make is reveal'd. Much depends on the dress that a sportsman has got With regard to becoming an excellent shot; A garment too tight would prevent a just aim, And the sportsman would thus de depriv'd of his game. Then ye who are fond of the use of the barrel, Come to MOSES and SON for your " sporting apparel." The line sporting garments which MOSES' produce. Are nicely adapted to general use ; And you'll never consider these garbs are beneath A city parade, though design'd for the heath. A sporting coat, purchased of us, seems to say, " I'm suited to any and every day;" And as for its service, you need not to doubt, Ten chances to one that it ever wears out. Then ye who ars fond of the use of the barrel, Como to MOSES and SON for your " sporting apparel.* LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Beaver Taglionis ....... 0 8 Chesterfields or Codringtons ........................ 0 10 D'Orsays, Attols, Pembroke, and every description of Winter Coats ...... • • ....................... ..... 1 5 0 Boys' Winter Coats in every style ..............from 0 8 6 Winter trousers, lined .... Doeskin, ditto.. Dress Coats, edged ..... .. ....... ............ • • 1 0 0 Frock, ditt0........ • • • ......... Poll Collar Ve5t............ •• • Double-breasted ........ - ......................... 0 2 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic 0 18 6 Ditto, Winter I „ ................ 0 3 0 Liao, ditto Vests MADE TO MEASIIRE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely Milled cloth Great Coats, velvet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0 Tweed Wrappers .................................. 0 18 6 Ditto Trousers 0 8 6 Winter Trousers, in all the new patterns .• .......... 112 0 Doeskin 0 10 6 Best quality, or dress do .... . Ditto, best quality made .............. Frock Coats ......... ..... ....... ...... ............. 1 13 0 Ditto, best quality made . ...... ..... .......... 3 3 0 Cashmere Vests.. .... • • ..... . ............... 0 8 Satin do., plain or fancy 0 12 0 Boys' Hussar mad Tunic 5uit5...................... • • 1 6 0 Great Coats ......................................0 14 6 IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved of, exchanged, or the money returned. Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino des, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Frday till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve o'clock. CAUTION.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or its the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reeving. They h the no connexion whatever with any other establishment, in or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to rrevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, Mfaeries, or 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS. A B. SAVEliflcf§iig§, - 140. 9, Cornhill, Lib. a London, opposite the Bank of England, invite attention to a splendid variety of Rosewood, China, Bronze, and Ormolu CLOCKS; they go for eight days, and strike the hours and half-hours. Price Four Guineas, Seven Guineas, and Ten Guineas each, and up wards. The performance is warranted. A Pamphlet, with detailed lists of prices, and illustrated with sketches, may be had on application, gratis, or sent to all parts Of Great Britain and Ireland, postage free, 113 answer to a paid letter, THE public is most respectfully informed that Messrs. NICOLL have received permission, accordhig t/1,1 specification in the Act 6 and 7 Vict., cap 65, to alter and °thaw; adapt the coat, known as the REGISTERED PALETOT, to suitable for winter wear, and it is now being made of a thicker 111._, terial, viz., of milled Llama cloth ; it is waterproo f e d by the ar, method, which, it is well known, does not unnecessarily conilaealtio heat of the body, but the material, when thus operated upon, re ni ffo t as porous as other that has not undergone this process , tile but being that it does not sop, and will turn a stout shower a raja , not that of 24 hours' duration. Nicoll's Registered Paletot for vib!`cii, wear is a -garment that is warm without being heavy vf„l'jber. even far travelling, the necessity of wrapping up g CU. some manner, has of late years been found needless, distances bef: so much shortened by present railway and other conveYara',,t Nicoll's Registered Paletot, used alone as a morning fro ck cox gins over another, is found to be a most agreeable garment for wal`jiiot exercise ; and from the skilful way it is formed, it does ~d confine the chest or shoulders, but has an equally neat o _ m in gentlemanly appearance when worn in cold wet weather, three the evening over a morning or dress coat. The price ls guineas, that for summer wear being two. It may be for served that those principles are retained that has obtaine d the the Registered Paletot the patronage of more than one _,;;;‘, 'Crowned Heads of Europe. The Prince Consort, rill, George of Cambridge, the chief members of the Court, P;, cipal families in the kingdom, who it is well known 1, distinguished in their taste for perfect neatness of dress. The Irif tered Paletot having therefore necessarily excluded anything o f or outré in appearance, would alone recommend itself t o the flo r_ the respectable members of the middle classes, was it not may ; sieted by its moderate price, being for ready money. It maY. De i v a tained of the principal tailors of the chief provincial cities ; oily most of the respectable firms are appointed agents, any on the part of others will thus by the public be at once detect' such attempts, when known, will be visited by the penalties pr e 1 ,3 01 in the Act beforementioned ; and in furtherance of which rejt, of fifty pounds will be paid for information that may lea a d ~urc onviction of such parties by H. J. and G. Nicoll, 114, Reg' street, London CLARK'S NEW LIGHT.-IM MEN SALE. Perfect Lamp at last. All who require la' P , t a o in- - ited to see it. The least trouble, the most economical, , rho greatest light of all. True to description it stands unmatelid.o-00 Vesta and Gem Spirit Lamps are defied—hi claim equality all . 0 to is ridiculous. An immense sale is already going on , fo r all do o l n (a y purchase the best of lamps. Constantly burning for insPec. ti ae d at well as two other New Lights just Patented), all will b 4 sat is " i vest CLARK'S General Lamp and Royal Wax Candle Depot, 447,000 Strand, exactly opposite Warren's blacking mannfacW i l'A ogle write down address. Any lamp pillar can be fitted, L ,d lamps of every description sold at wholesale prices. GREAT CITY IMPROVEMENTS. The following report, which was presented at the of Court of Common Council by Mr. Harrison, the Chairtivof the Finance Committee, is considered as a strong to proof lay the citizens that the Corporation are deternunneu the do all in their power to promote public improvements i Eck City. The report was agreed to unanimously, and Sent to ihe Committee t be carried into execution. Con v To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, ;t oil mons of the City of London, in Common assembled. that "We, whose names are hereunto subscribed do certify oth the Court having agreed to our recommendation on th e e s ub* ult., contained in a report then presented by us upon ti f l fec tiog ject of applying a sum of 20,0001. annually towards e an public purposes and improvements within the Ci t Y'_ the the Chamberlain having prepared and laid before tr bab le usual quarterly statements of the actual and Pr ' h fot receipt and expenditure and surplus of the CitY c_ 4 'o46, the past and the current quarters ending sth of Jan, t his and the said statements showing an actual balance a; Joa , time of 13,5001., and a probable surplus by the sth el co t ho next of 19,4791., we thought proper to direct at 00 ,, bi application of the sum of 13,5001. above referred to, ordering the Chamberlain to place the sums to the O f the of the fund created by the resolution of the Court 4 t ho 25th ult., the same to be considered as an accoun.,; c ar sum of 20,000/., payable to that fund in respect of t," b " e rent year, ending on the 25th September, 1846, a e t ~` „ t oll posal of the Court, or such Committee as may be in t o - c eedo to expend or apply the same; that we therefore s u g gesti on to consider whether it was desirable to make any s u g b fo th e of a financial character to the Court, previous!): 400 expiration of the time within which notices should r.es-toni in case of application to Parliament in the ensuing ra tion and it occurring to your Committee / that the C° r _r a toa e l have been for some time past in a position to borrotwhe ro c at 31 per cent. per annum, and contemplating ra te agt e bility of such a state of things lasting, or at aq. c f er ing recurring, our attention was directed, while cons',„ ei dat fi , subject generally, to the moneys charged by arli g " .° o the Bridge-house estates,for the purposes of rebuildiew ! ,1 1 1 , s bridge and repairing Blackfriars-bridge ; and ,l' h e ivil ber' attended by Mr. Scott, principal clerk to the li fts sti f ,V a tt he informed us that the original charge upon;, a ttte` - ' ea ti rents of such estates was the sum of 431,000 1 . , e"' t hey r of the consolidated fund, in various sums, du rin g e aole'the 1826 to 1830 inclusive, and in respect of which ; that fir ment were paid at the rate of 4/. per cent. in t ,Tl by re r sur a said surplus rents had been subsequently Cl 3r ' f a rthe r wa s ment, with the sanction of the Court, Oh:. "Ullichtbera towards the repair of Blackftiars-bridge,P 3 „ r a of w icll ,h the raised at 4/., and part at 43 per cent, 3 "' ther W" — now remains unpaid 73,100/., making, toge charge above-mentioned, a total of 504,100/. won be 0 _ 1 ; " That your Committee, considering that !L'_ trot e _ o viously of great advantage to the Corporatioi.ilterest, to the said estate, to effect the reduction ef, ora tioe v t. " o so large a sum of money, and as the 01 r a position such reduction would be placed in for OLD!, effect further charges upon those estateeesni..ig It to v v v public objects, if thought desirable, and d e u to sugg est ei BlL rt within our province, as a Finance Commeiottne control of the Court plans by which the funds underdtobreim t proved, beg lea" .„ ought to be in any y meeting of Par: give the necessary notices previously may be obtained under th° recommend that it w asltoeuTcln be 3reeferrteod tthoe liament, in order thatt p owers for reducing the interest upon, sanction of Govern a committe e estates, so that the tit" -ted shoulti the value of money,at any paying off, time saidmmecOonuer Courts s msoaychbaergeetpinowthereedßrtiodegfreec-htottlbi reduction sugge. , r ren d e r such a step a c "Edward tica Harrison. Wm. Lister. R. N. Pend, Jas. Anderton• Thos. Challis. Samuel Wit ° Thomas Watkins. Thos. HO. ',Vm. Hunter. Thos. Lott. _S. Poland. J. C. Prier. ,t James Lake. Thomas Tagg' e Ol l • DUBLIN, Ocr. 27.—The case of Thomas C p u l)1 ,1 ", l Duffy, Esq., Magistrate of Henry-street Police•od ice ; evdr, which was specially fixed for this day. (Monda):p, about a quarter before six r.m. by his being adle„,j'e had been tried at the last commission for the 0 , 5 for ' and the jury did not then agree, although loc ked of night.e k CLOSE OF THE HARVEST.— Another fine seasonable weather has enabled the fal111)-0.the t° late districts of the north of England to ot her • a nt,, sidue of their crops of grain in tolerable condi ti 4sid e , r ,: ti t ie prepare for the sowing of their winter seed. ' be en the protracted state of the harvest, there has, the actual loss of either straw or grain. Some (I`l,Ae hoes crops remain in the fields, but many of there n „, - 1 , - , sec, ° ," already secured, and that in fair condition. ' l 7- Eng'd crop of clover in Yorkshire, and in the north of 111; generally, has been unproductive, an a cases the cost of mowing and hart I pre" ; ,., been at least equal to the value of t"" are The potatoes are now principallv thered , train for being so, in this and ihe ga neighbo ural Fci of Lancaster, and there are certainly more deca)irti ,°, than usual in these counties; but if the other reqes,ll'; the country, and particularly if Ireland had be eil ,ie„ fortunate, there would have been no potat° ll loll ,4 ' - er turnips—particularly the Swedes and the yellow', w ill c oy have still a very flourishing appearance, gese r mi s tainly exceed an average crop. The hay W ye 'sad t his good in quality, as well as abundant in quantityl4.s ja c comprehensive prospect of the harvest of , 18 „ n cea country, neither the farmers (considering the au v ` - w 'll hs of wheat) nor the consumers of farm produc e iie l d',. l nearly so great reason for complaint as was atP r „ e te uib er. the month of August and the latter part of Leeds Mercury. it• „la DINNER OF THE GRESHAM COMNIITTx." f o pe", 01 'ALBION TAVETM.—Yesterday, after the ceremoeY e ares7pi• the Queen's statue in the itoyal Exchange, t he 00110 Committee dined at the Albion, to commemorate„vg, the versary of the opening of that magnificent hailcu+lsples,oo superb service of gold plate made for Messrs. P` c her , ,,ht proprietors of the tavern, for her Majesty's table , . s l oop* ceremony took place last year, was on this occasie n orl s va into requisition, and the entertainment was of t he rate order. Mr. Richard Lambert Jones was in tbe,.. k e f , the evening was passed with the utmost conviviao" twee' a . be, o il. FIRE AT CHELSEA.-011 Monday rnornina , , o crm one and two o'clock, the premises of Mr. Groves , b'were he as man, and cheesemonger, of Keppel-street, Chelse 3 ' t beir " he ir covered to be on fire. The family were asleep i t !! A d, t 'Air when alarmed, and they with some difficulty eu . „ e- 04 9 escape in their night-dresses. A mounted exl ,l ::orti °l )itit patched to the engine station, and by the greanarsetdcs the firemen they succeeded in extinguishing tu' i damage auntil donethe to etnhteirest furnitureck was destroyed, premises. 811111" ' vb$t ner the fire originated is unknown. 4 ,g f Er~ b 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Dangerous °careLtea pelas, attended with Swelling and Inflammatio je ste r "'" e g ‘ ,l 13 1 Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—Extract of a East Keal, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, October 3, 1 843 Llit ure a to announce to you a most wonderful cure ivr ° ,7y se myself by your Ointment and Pills. I had ` w ith s w ,, e os attack of erysipelas in my right foot and anc' e ' T w as 0 1'0 ing and inflammation to an alarming extent. no lto ho t to move without the assistance of crutche,s. I l e o to eminent physician to no purpose. However, p i ll , 1 " v i i two weeks, by the use of your Ointment all c d,, n ' S igne d Jc!. „ s of cured, to the surprise of all who knew me• Pre' e- Gildon, a farmer.—Sold by all druggists, and to Holloway's, 244, Strand, London. 11°11 tf, [ADVERTISEMENT.j —BOTANIC WATE R pd, GREASE. —When the hair is becoming thin, and, is the the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the hear,.....,the pi, of the two above-named articles, applied a lternat el Y it oul a co tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a r 0 4 0 and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any furthe was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renort7ty es °. preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin's account of the Borth A 7 and the length of hair obtained by some of the 7_ lo l So:_; Buis aced the rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. 119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first introcl iii t he O i ls of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and._'_r but 0 1,. mals, recommend the public to purchase none °tot:honors their names and address printed on the pot, or the li c a .,00 r their obtaining a spurious article. All vegetabl e the hair are worse than useless. the l ~ BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at the Government -buildings, re" . " f oto 'I of of James Jeffery, Esq., of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Westover, Isle of Wright, the f the Ilay. William a'Court Holmes MX of a son. ...toe, O a Th O a n ek t e h r e ay 2 , 4 o th f a in s s o t n .,.at Stockport, Cheshire, the wife o ' et On the 26th inst., at Montagu-street, Montagu---.ft - Francis Roose, Esq., of a son. the Lady Aug ustos On the 27th inst., in Cl arg es-street, ort uSl it°ll' Clarence, of a daughter. On the 27th inst., dirs. T. R. Legg , F oaley-road, of a daughter. G l3l l H , John n n pthoepell,thEsocif.tig,trlt Elansgit,naeterN:iteAßßct. I ociiiaED.ariCshsaurcßho.slia,°oniy—ciatigt`t er T. Cobham, Esq., of Ware , H ertfordshire. ca t On the 25th inst.. at Christ Church, Marylebone , to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of the late Captain 11011" Regiment. DIED. nson• 3i, On the 23d inst., at Lut w y che Hall, Salop, h ,of On the 23d inst., Ann , wido w of William illissett, house, Hampstead, aged 71. On the 24th inst., In Kentish - to wn, Thomas Orchar d, _ d E A 84 . On the 24th inst., at Dulwich , Cha rles Druce, Esq., age On the 24th inst., at London-wall, Mr. Nell, aged 7 r 8 :,„,.d, vi f On the 26th inst., in Portman-square , General Lord Strafford. G.C.B. ce, ° On the 2d ult., at Nussurabad, Bengal, dirs. Portly vs , tam John Fordyce of the Bengal Artillery-. of Upper-street , On the 2., Mr. William Cayley, 1 1° ' 'dished by_ MIIRDO YOUNfteuirojatv Lady St aiw London : Printed and Pahl's__ aw Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,trand, in t ee - - the Savoy, 111 the County of Middlesex, We 29, 1940. This inst t l 4 , e t t 3 With r e 483 ared h r 't “ titt , orfe] VV I ; a Or 4 13a3 syt,,, e 44 PZeaYei' 1, 11 LlS—a r .r p+i Lt Akios (l , ; k ~ t L (4 . 1 , ckt 04 414--- ; It. 1. the each Ju=t published, by John Churchill, Princes -street, Soho. IT E AL THY SK I N. jiA. A Practical Treatise on Healthy Skin, with Rulcs for the Medical and Domestic Treatment of Cutaneous Diseases. By 111ASMUS WILSON, F.R.S. Illustrated with sixty-three figures on steel. "Now, the number of square inches of surface in a man of ordi nary height and bulk is 2,500; the number of pores, therefore, is 7,000,000, ant the number of inches of respiratory tube, 1,750,000; that is, 145,833 feet, or 48,600 yards, or nearly twenty-eight miles." —Page 42. ..~''% _. I