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N ~.n. ; ...4..--'l,-. , s , . - - —• T4RN, BRENTFORD, . .....i ', 0%. , ' TERMINUS JUNCTION - • • v'' Ril .r. -, 1 •' • ~ # ?, x . --- L.. - A n'47:. :•,,,;, ~.' ' Ift influential meeting of the inha bi , 1 . . I . ~. • • ~, , orth, Heston, &c., took place on Sat' • -'l,. , -,:!,,:. rt - ...... •n, Hounslow, for the purpose of meeti ~,41. ~x , ,,,E4:0 . the Great Western , B r entf or d, an d ccntraf • :itr.lt-"A ..ction Railway Com?any (Page's direct line), andhearing from them the route theyintended to pursue, and to determine whether the support of the inhabitants ought or ought not to be given to the line. The object of the deputation was also to ascertain the wishes of the inhabitants or the town'and neightbulhood of Hounslov as to the sites for stations, &c., provided theycame to the resolution of supporting the line. ..ong thi Influential gentlemen present, we neticed Henry Pownall, Esq., of Spring-grove, Hounslow, Chairman *I the Middlesex Magistrates ; Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq., of SoUthall, a Middlesex Magistrate ; Henry Wehb ignith, EN. ; James Stanborough, Esq., the incumbent of lounslow ;and several other gentlemen of influence, and pos 'easing property in the neighbourhood. Mr. Page, the en gineer, was prevented from being present, in consequence of engagements in another part of the country; but his absence was supplied by Mr. Wilkinson, one of the solicitors of the Company. The meeting, which was announced for twehe o'clock, commenced its proceedings shortly after that hour.' The object the Company have in view will at once be seen from the following prospectus :=--- "At several large public meetings held in October last, at Brentford, Isleworth, and Hounslow resolutions were unani mously passed in favour of establishing a railway communi cation with the metropolis, but the difficulty of obtaining a suitable terminus in London induced the principal promoters of the undertaking to postpone bringing the scheme before the public. " Th is impediment has now been overcome, and by a proposed junction with the Central Terminus and the Thames Embank ment Railway, parties travelling by this line will be enabled to proceed directly to the heart of the metropolis ; and by the united railways, which will ramify from this point, to almost every, part of the country without interruption. "By the intended junction, also, with the Great Western Railway, at or near West Drayton, and by the intersection of the Birmingham Railway at Kensington, these important lines will be supplied with direct access to the Central Termi -11113 and thence to the City, or to the southern and eastern lines. "The propesed line passes through or near Pimlico, Chelsea, Brompton, Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, and Turn ham-green, to the town of Brentford, and thence to Isleworth, Hounslow, and West Drayton. " This line is singularly free from engineering difficulties ; and, although there is almost a complete continuity of town and village throughout the whole distance, / yet, from the care with which the line has been laid down, so as to avoid property covered with buildings, and to take advantage of open and unoccupied spaces, the value of the ground to be purchased will not be nearly so great as, from the nature of the localities, would be inferred. By the adoption of the atmospheric principle, or some equally eligible mode of work ing, the annoyances, inseparable from the locomotive system, will be obviated, and the advantage of almost constant trains, so indispensable to this densely-populated district, will be secured. " The population of the various places at which stations are proposed to be erected on the present line is not less than 200,000, and to give some idea of the large amount of traffic which may be calculated upon, it may be stated that the present annual income derived from the carriage of pas sengers, by omnibuses alone, amounts to above 100,0001. ; under these circumstances, no doubt can be entertained of a very ample return for the capital required. for this important work." HENRY POWNALL, Esq., Deputy Chairman, wasa.unani mously called to the chair, upon : taking athigh, he saidathat, in obeying the call of so respectable ankingi!entlal,a, nacer', log of the inhabitarts of Hoinailo* and its neighbourhoeida he thought he could not do better than commence the, few observations he felt it his duty to make, by congratulating them upon the altered state of public feeling from what it was when they met that time last year, in that very house, to suggest the propriety of establishing a railway from Hounslow and its neighbourhood to London, and thereby to raise Hounslow to its former position. At that time it was considered by some to be a visionary scheme; by others it was thought impossible for any man, or any body of men, to call for that degree of inquiry upon which might be founded the basis of the future regeneration of Honushiw, and the establishment of her pristine youth. Hounslow was con sidered a worn-out town. She was forgotten as one of the principal places at which the proprietors of coaches, in their palmy days, delighted to honour ; and her decay in age caused her former admirers to desert her. Happily, however, things were changed. Her youthful charms must be considered as having been restored, f.T she had now no less than nine suitors ter her favour.—(6aughter). Gentlemen were now beginnin t ,a - to anticipate success to the scheme of bringing a railway to Hounslow.— (Cheers). It would be an anomaly on his part to occupy the attention of the meeting by debating the benefits of railroad communication—those advantages were already well known and admitted ; neither was it necessary for him to call the attention of those present to the depressed state of Hounslow and its neighbour hood since the great traffic on railroads had been established. —(Hear, hear.) That was sufficiently apparent in the decay of their town. They had witnessed since that event how much private property had been depressed, and how trade liad become stagnant in Hounslow and its neighbourhood; in short, they were half a century behind the age in which they lived, from not having that means of communication with the metropolis which many other towns possessed.— (Hear, hear.) They all knew that it was much easier to go from London-bridge to Brighton than from the Bank to Hounslow.—(H.ear, hear.) Houses now would not let in a district where a railway did net traverse—(Hear)—bat where one did, the value of property was increased, trade flourished, and enterprise and industry met with its reward.—(Hear, hear.) Was that the case in Hounslow? (No, no.) As a proof that it was only necessary for those present to take a glance at the- situation of the district now and formerly— (Hear, bear)—the very inn in which they were that lay assembled formerly employed no less than 25 pair of post horses daily—(Hear)—to say nothing of stage coach traffic, and more than 1,000/. a-year was paid by the proprietor for post-horse duty alone ; but now, if they took the whole road to Bagahot, they would not probably find 15 horses kept, where formerly there was I,soo—(Hear, hear.) Now, what was the cause of that ?—the establish ment of railroads. And was Hounslow and Brentford, formerly places of so much traffic, to be prevented from having a rail road, also, to place them in the position they once held ? (Hear, hear.) The fact of there being so many competitors clea'r'ly established the value of a line through llonnalwa and Brantford, and showed what the feeling of tht pialte was upon the subject. No doubt the inhabitants et such locality would prefer a line of railroad best calculated to suit their own purposes, but it must be remembered that railroads were public undertakings, established for the good, the con venience, and the.intereat of the public at large, and that it would be unwise and impossible to lay them down upon the consideration of individual interests alone.—( Hear, hear ) They were -to be established for the interest of the community at large, and that alone.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he believed that the line it was his pleasure to advocate (and this was the first railway he bad ever been connected wirf• • was Page's direct line. He supported it because he cop-' it thl best that had been yet submitted to the W.' . thgilr'convenience, and also for the beneßa _Adered ,ac, both for of the neighbour oaear, hear.) He believed ...'antages over the other proposed .a:o doubt, when it came before Parha . result would be.—(Hear, hear.) The pro - commenced at or near the station of the Great Railway Company at: West Drayton, travelling through Harlington and Cranford to Hounslow, Brentford, Hammersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, and ultimately terminating near Hungerford-bridge and Charing cross. Ii was intended that it should be on the atmospheric principle, tke practicability of which had been tested and proved beyond a doubt, both on the Dublin and the Croydon Railway, where it had been found to be highly advantageous, and there Could be little doubt of its coming shortly into general operation.—(Hear, hear.) On the latter railway a speed of upwards of sixty miles an hour had been obtained, and, on one occasion, such was the rapidity with which it passed a train going to Brighton, that the persons who were in the carriages upon the atmospheric line thought that the Brighton train had stopped.—(Hear, hear.) The atmospheric princVe, also, was more applcable, perhaps, to the present, than many "other lines, because the traffic was short, and the stations near each other; and the cheapness and the conve nience rendered it desirable in every locality.—(Hear, hear.) He had now pointed out many of the advantages that be longed to the proposed line; but, added to this, they had at the proposed stations along the line a far greater population than any of the stations hitherto fixed around the metro pelis.—(Hdar, hear.) At Greenwich they had about 42,000, at Blackwell, 21,000, Croydon, 26,000, Eastern Counties, 44,000, London and Birmingham, 90,000, South Western, 20,000; while within the fifteen miles which the proposed railroad was intended to travel, they had a population of upwards of 100,000.—(Hear.) Within that range at present a great number of omnibuses were employed, the income from which during the last year was between 50,000/. to 60,000/. Then they must take into consideration the wealth of the different districts through which the line was proposed to pass. Look at Brentford. One distillery there paid more than hall a million a year for Excise.—(Cheers.) There were also hive soap manufactories there. There were large flour mills at Isleworth, and coals that were now brought by an expen sive rate Would, when the railroad was established, be con veyed at ri much cheaper rate. The trade of the market garners would be greatly improved by the line, as it would open the north to them.—(Hear.) There was another ad vantage, too, in a moral point of view, that would be obtained. Hounslow . and its neighbourhood was a peculiarly healthy district ; it:was blessed with a good soil, high and dry, with plenty of water, and there could be no doubt, when the rail road was established, that the mechanics of the metropolis would avail themselves of it, and have houses for their wives and families in the neighbourhood, they going and returning at a cheap-rate night and morning. This had been done in the neighbourhood of Leeds with the best results. He be lieved that the effect of railroads on the morals of the popu lation would be great indeed, that the immense importance of such communication was only just beginning to show itself, and he was not one of those who anticipated a panic from the movement that had taken place with respect to them.— (Hear, hear.) He considered that the period in which they lived pointed out the necessity for laying down fresh roads and modes of communication throughout the kingdom, and there could be no doubt that the greatest possible advan tages would accrue from rapid communication between town and town, and kingdom and kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) It would increase the civilization of mankind, extend the bene fits of commerce, and diffuse happiness and prosperity over the habitable globe.—(Hear, hear.) If any one doubted the*, let them look not only to their own country, but to the Continent, where the establishment of railroads was forming communications between towns and places that had compa ratively no communication before.—(Hear.) For his own part, he believed that the peace and prosperity of any country was greatly ptomoted by the success of railroads ; he was sure that they were highly beneficial for that part of the country in which they lived, and although he had not hitherto taken any part with respect to any railroad, yet he had interested himself in thi s b ecause h e b e li eve d th a t it wou ld b ene fit tite neighbourhood and himself also.—(Hear, hear.) The worthy g.ntleman concluded an excellent speech by calling upon hood through -which it passed.---''' that it combined so many ad lines, that there was ment, what thi. posed lin BENJAMIN JonN ARMSTRONG, Esq., of Southall, to move the first resolution, which was to the following effect :—" That ito was highly desirable that railway communication should be established between Hounslow and London as direct as the nature of the county will permit, and following the course of the old coach thoroughfare." He thought it most extraordinary, that while lines of railway had been diverging in every direction in leis populated districts, that that netgh bourhood had for so long gone on without one, and been almost foigotten.—(liear, hear.) The line they had met that dav to advocate appeared to him to be the best that hadhitlier to been put forward; that it was extremely needed; and that it deserved the attentive consideration and support of the in habitants, not only of Hounslow and Brentford, but of every part through which it was proposed to pass.—(Hear, hear.) He congratulated the inhabitants of those districts in the re spectability of the Provisional Committee—(Hear, hear.) That body was not formed of high-sounding names, meaning nothing, but of all the talent and property in that part of the county.—(Hear.) They had the Earl of Devon as their chairman—a nobleman, he was happy to say, of business habits, t and who would support the undertaking b e idle Lords.— (Haar, hear.) It would to theysinayt4eHouse of had not Ive- Gen the ea any le deposi rules, laws o WS Fr TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EITENING, OCTOBER 13, 1845, rnctny contemporaries to deal with, but there was this advan ta;e on their line, that it did not cross the Thamesonce, while sohe of the other lines proposed to cross it twice.—(Hear, bear.) Calculations no* were not how many miles from Loudon, but now many minutes, • and ha thought it wals time that some such calculations ' should begin at Hounslow.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the present line, it must be remembered that though it had many competitors, it was the first that was proposed, and that the intention of the projectors was not merely that of creating a company, but to carry out the proposed object to the fullest extent.—( Hear, hear.) It was intended to carry it into the focus of the City and the heart of the west-end of London. He thought the project had the best chance of succe,s, and he was sure it deserved it, as it was more advantageous than the others, and would be carried out at a much less outlay of money. HENRY WEBB SMITH, Esq., of Hounslow, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. JAMES MONTGOMERY, Esq., of Brentford, moved the next resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting, having carefully considered the statements that had been made with respect to the proposed line, was of opinion that it was highly calculated to improve the town and neighbourhood, and that it presented prospects of far greater advantage than any other. jAMES STANBOROUGH, Esq., of Isleworth, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. BENSON, the incumbent of Hounslow, moved the third resolution. He could not withhold his approbation horn any measure that was calculated to improve the town ani neighbourhood of Hounslow, as he believed the present was It had been reported that the inhabitants of Hounslow were indifferent with respect to railroads, but that report, he thong/4 had been denied by a meeting t hatl had taken place in that very room some time ago. He thought there could be no doubt that Parliament would allow the inhabitants of Hounslow to have a railroad, and it therefore became their duty to coisider which was the preferable line. The Rev. Doctor concluded by proposing the following resolution • " That the lit.e projected by Mr. Page was peculiarly entitled to the support and consideration of the town of Hounslow, and the meeting pledged itself to support it." G. S. C. CAMDEN, Esq., seconded the resolution, which wtis carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Page, the engineer of the Company, was unavoidably absent, but that Mr. Wilkinson, one of the solicitors of the Company, wished to make a few observations to the meeting in his absence. Mr. WILKINSON then addressed the meeting. In the po sition in which he stood, as the substitute for Mr. Page, he was anxious to state to the meeting that they were in a better condition than any of the other proposed companies ; because they had ascertained with accuracy the line the rail way would take, and they had adopted measures that would give them greater advantages than any other railroad, with regard to their central terminus. It would not, however, be wise for him at present to state the means by which they would arrive at so desirable an object; at the proper time and place they would be made public— (Hear, hear.) He might, however, say that they were in a posi tion to refute the objections that had been made, that they took the public to Milbank, and there left them in the mud. They intended to do no such thing; they would take them into the neighbourhood of Charing cross to a terminus which, when it was known, would be admitted to surpass any other that had yet been thought of. —(Hear, hear.) They had also a plan under consideration which their line would be connected with the Blackwall by Railway. The Great Western Railway had destroyed the town of Hounslow and Brentford, and it was proposed by the present line not only to reinstate but improve it. One of the principal features of the line was a good terminus near Charing-cros, entirely independent of any general terminus whatever, and as to the success of the line he thought it could' not be a matter of doubt. Thb•CtimprAN, in answer to a question from an inhabitant of Islewortb, assured him that, in the projection of the rail road, the intereSts of that town had not been forgotten, neither would those of the new towns that might spring up. On the motion of Mr. BAMFORD, seconded by Mr. POOL TON, a vote• of thanks to the Chairman was unanimously agreed to, for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. The Cu (roux returned thanks, and the meeting sepa rated, all present being convinced that the support of the line was greatly to their own interests. GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, AND CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAIL WAY. BRENTFORD, SATLIRDAT.—A similar meeting to the one held on Saturday at Hounslow, at twelve o'clock took place at the Castle Inn, Brentford, at three o'clock; for the purpose of receiving the deputation from the Great Western, Brent ford, and Central Terminus Junction Railway. Most of the gentlemen who were at Hounslow were also present here, and there was a goodly display of the wealthy inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood ; 'among whom we noticed Captain Strutt, Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County, and several others. Henry Pounall, Esq., who was chairman at the meeting at Hounslow, presided, and precisely the same resolutions were adopted as were agreed to at the meeting in that town. Those resolutions ; were moved and supported by Captain Strutt, Major Jelf Sharp, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Montgomery, and others. In the course of the meeting it was stated that the proposed course of the railway in the neighbourhood of "Westminster had met with the approbation of Mr. Barry, the architect for the nett/ Houses of Parliament, and that the Company was on the best terms, and acting with the utmost cordiality with the Thames Embankment Company. The same feeling that existed at Hounslow in favour of the projected line appeared also to animate the inhabitants of Brentford, every resolu tion being carried without a dissentient voice. third from Heytesbury to Salisbury. Arrangements are commenced for the purchase of the land required by the contractors so as to afford every facility for the prompt per formance of their engagements. The preliminary steps are being taken by the engineers to enable the Directors to let the contract on the remainder of the line with as little delay as possible. By a clause inserted in the special Act of this company, it became the imperative duty of the Directors to give their early and serious attention to the comparative merits of the lines which would afford a more direct commu nication between places on this railway and the cities of Bath and Bristol, than that by the junction at Thingley. The necessity of such a line was recognised by the Legisla ture, and the stipulation that it should be carried out, in addition to the main features of the original design, was as sented to conjointly by the Great Western Railway, and by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Companies. The Directors , most anxious to fulfil their engage ment in the bowl fide spirit and meaning of the clause, have carefully weighed the relative advantages of the two modes of communication that presented themselves—the one by a line from Bradford, to join the Great Western Railway at or near Bathampton, and the other from Radstock, to join the Great Western at or near Twerton, between Bath and Bristol. The result of this investigation, has been, under the advice of their engineer, Mr. Brunel, and in concurrence with the Great-Western Company, that the former line is, under all circumstances, preferable, as combining the greatest public accommodation for the object in view. The application for the junction line between Bradford and Bathampton ,will enable the Directors to comprise in the same Bill some diver sions of the l'ne rendered desirable, and also in concert with the South Western Company to take measures for connect ing the two railways at Salisbury. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to Mr. Smith, said, that if there was yet sufficient time for depositing the plans and sections, application would be made next session for powers to make the proposed line to Radstock. He also, in reply to Mr. Johnstone, said the Directors were alive to the value of the line-from Frome to Radstock, and had not the remotest idea of giving it up. The report was then adopted, and Messrs. Cooper and El liot, of Staverton and Weymouth, were appointed auditors, with an allowance of 501. per annum, and the secretary's salary was fixed at 6001. per annum. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution confirming the agreement with the Great Western, which was put, and cat - ried unanimously. Other resolutions in conformity with the recommendations of the report were also carried unanimously. The Directors' allowance was then fixed at 1,200/. per an num, and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr. Saunders, secretary of the Great Western Company, the Chairman, and Directors. SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, DUDLEY, AND BIRMINGHAM. SHREWSBURY, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. To-day a meeting of the shareholders of this line was held at the White Lion Hotel, in this town, with the object of placing before them a report of the Directors respecting past proceed ings, and the course intended to be taken for the future. Twelve o'clock was the hour fixed for the meeting, by which time there was a goodly number of gentlemen present, the large hall of the hotel being nearly filled. Amongst those present we recognised, besides the Chairman, Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P. ; the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P. • P. C. Whitmore, Esq.; Sir J. R. Kynaston, Bart. ; J. A. Lloyd, Esq.; George Pritchard, Esq. ; John Pritchard, Esq. ; Richard Smith, Esq. ; Edward Haycock, Esq. ; John Thome, Eeq. ; James Oliver, Esq. ; Charles Wilding, Esq. ; James Webb, Esq. ; Edward Williams, Esq. ; James Watkins, Esq. ; H. Keate, Esq.; Thomas Groves, Esq. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and said their affairs were in a most flourishing condition. Out of 28,000 subscribers to the scheme 27,000 had signed the subscription deed.—(Loud cheers.) The Dire* tors, at what time they might consider best, hail the power to call a meet ing of the Shareholders. A petition had been presentedfrom the town of Shiffnal, signed by one hundred most influential and respectable inhabitants of that place, desiring that a line might be made to pass through that locality. That petition had been taken into consideration by the Committee, and they would, he had no doubt, be able to supply the wants and wishes of not only that town, but every other on the line of railway—(Hear)—so that the interests of all might be served in the best possible manner.—(Hear.) In the whole scheme it was the wish of the gentlemen connected with it, that a station should be found as near the centre of Wolver hampton as possible. On this point he was most happy to say that in the present Bill this very site had been selected for a station, and land in accoriance had been obtained in the most eligible part of the tows- The subject of railways was at present the all-engrossing subject of public consideration, and every thriving town was anxious to be supplied with that accommodation in the best possible manner. This was to be expected, and. they (the Committee) had been most anxious to give all those residing along the line of commu nication the means of being well served.—(Hear.) He was pleased to state that the parties to whom he referred had acted towards" them (the Committee) and the Shareholders with the greatest good feeling. Mr. J. KNox, the secretary, than read the following re port The Committee of management, in preparing their pre sent report, do not deem it necessary to recur to negotia tions with other railway companies, which were the sub ject of discussion during the past year, and were then explained to the shareholders by advertisement in the public newspapers, but would simply advert to the fact that it was as early as the month of March, 1844. that this Company was established for the purpose of pro viding railway accommodation between Shrewsbury, the towns of Wellington, Shiffnal, and Wolverhampton, and which scheme was extended in the month of May following through the populous and important mining districts be tween Wolverhampton and Birmingham, and was the first project then brought forward for the supply of railway ac commodation to the, great interests there embarked. Sub sequently, further extensions were deemed requisite to nect Shrewsbury with the traffic of North Wal.es, ae,e t o communicate with Chester, by joining a line Peen Mojected called ' The Cheshire Junction,' which rendered necessary the addition - which was made at that time 'co the capital of the Company. Surveys of the whole of tF,e pre7jected works were made, and the engineers and survey - ors *alert employed were from time to time urgently pressed by your Committee as to tieir early and correct comp.ktion, 'and which direc tions the Committee were constantly aseiered were carefully attended to. Plans and sections for the main line from Shrewsbury to Birmingham, and Of the extensions and branches, were deposited in due time. These, with the traffic tables and othee. data in favour of the entire scheme, were then brought under the consideration of the Board of Trade, who reorted strongly in favour of the main line from Sluvwstarry to Birmingham. as best crlculated to supply the wants of the district, and as an independent scheme most entitled to the favourable consideration of Parliament, the Board of Trade at the same time intireiating that a postpone ment of the extension and branches, was expedient. which suggestion was acted upon by yo'ar Committee. The sub scribers are aware that owing to over pressure of business on the engineers and surveyors in preparing the plans and surveys, various errors and omissions were made therein, which, upon an active opposition on standine_ ; orders, proved fatal to the Bill being proceeded with in O w last session, an inconvenience shared in common with this Company by many others from the same cause, and only av oided by some companies by mutual compromi:ses with their *opponents ; nor were the opponents of this Company more successful, as their Bill was thrown out on similar grounds of obitection. While the Committee cannot but, greatly regret this postponement of railway accommoda tion, they at the same time feel that the delay has enabled the present very a'ole engineers of the Company, Mr. Robert Stephenson and - Mr. William Baker, to make considerable improvements 'in laying down the line, and particularly between Welverhampton and Birmingham, where your Com mittee, by a union of interests with the London and Birming ham Raileeay Company, and the Birmingham Canal Com pany, ha'ee been enabled to obtain a railway more beneficial to the ''eistriet, cheaper, and more safe. This portion of the maid - tine will be constructed as far as practicable along the barks of the canal, with a line diverging from Oldbury to Dudley, and rejoining the canal line near Tipton, and will be the joint property of the three Companies, each furnishing one-third of the capital, and the whole being managed by a joint committee of three members from each board. Very great additional public accommoda tion will also be obtained for the towns of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, :by providing excellent central stations in immediate connexion with, and to be used by other important lines of railway, at the former town, by a proposed station near the Free-school, and at Wolverhampton, by the purchase of several acres of most desirable land, adjoining Queen -street; and a communica tion with the town of Shrewsbury is proposed, in connexion with various lines projected therefrom, in a manner beneficial to its trade, and convenient to the inhabitants. The requisite copies of plans and sections are now nearly completed, and will be ready for deposit in ample time. This Company has been invited to form an alliance with ' The Shropshire IThion Railway and Canal Company.' In the event of the schemes of both Companies being sanctioned by Parliament, ar rangements have been made by which an identity of in terests will be secured. The Committee feel that the per manent interests of the Shareholders are by those arrange ments very much promoted; nor can they doubt that the scheme, which has been thus more thoroughly mature-9, will receive the same local support which was given when the Company first came forward to afford railway accommoda tion to the district, and in promoting which it will always be free to consult the convenience-and prosperrty of the dis trict, unfettered by other and conflicting interests. The com mittee would add, as a proof of their earnest desire to benefit the trade of the mining district, that in conjunction with the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, they have pledged tnemselves that a clause shall be introduced into their respective Bills, limiting the charge far conveying coal and iron to one penny per ton per mile, including locomotive power, carriages, and other charges : a concession not only beneficial to the trade in respect of the district supplied by their lines, but also from its having enabled them to obtain similar reductions from other bodies. The attention• of the Committee, though mainly devoted to the successful carry• ing out of their trunk line from Shrewsbury to Birmingham, and to a connexion with the Colebrook Dale and Madeley district, has been also directed to certain extensions in a sub sequent session, which it is believed will be advantageous to the Shareholders and the districts through which they will pass, and which, at a subsequent period, will be more fully explained. The various accounts against the Company have been carefully examined, and, with the exception of one claim only, have been discharged. The expenditure to the present time, inclusive of the above claim, amounts to 29,9434 4s. 10d., as per the accompanying abstract ; and when it is considered that this includes the cost attendant upon the formation of the Com pany—its enlargement—the various negotiations that have been entered into—the surveys, and other requisite pro ceedings attendant upon the projection of 100 miles of ing d long nlueh attendance expense), mil d' witnesses on standing orders in su pp or t of their own Bill, rtail way active ( a portion contests, sf and in opposition to other competing s c h emes , and the sub i sequent proceeding in the group committee of the House ef t t he a n vi ec o e u ss s a ly ril o y ee la as rg io e n Commons, the amount will not appear greater than might have been expected under the circumstances. There thus remains a balance of 40,000/. applicable for the further prose cution of this important measure, and which sum has been lying at interest since it was withdrawn from the hands of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, where it was deposited in compliance with the standing . orders in Parlia ment. The usual deeds for pm oceedings in the next session have been prepared, and the Committee gave public notice to their Shareho:ders that those who were desirous of with drawing from the undertaking might receive the whole of their deposits without any deduction for expenses ; such deeds have, however, been already signed and new scrip issued to the holders of upwards of 27,000 shares out of the 28,000, and it is probable that as to the few shares not yet exchanged, it is owing to the parties not having seen the advertisment or ether accidental causes. Mr. Slaney and Mr. Norman, two of the members of the Cr mmittee of management, retire at the present time, and your Committee will therefore endeavour to strengthen their hands by the addition of suitable members from among the Shareholders. In the meantime they hope to receive important assistance in the labours of local Committees, which have been appointed in Wolverhampton and Shrews bury. In conclusion your Committee will continue to dis charge their duty to the Shareholders by a firm and tem perate support of their undoubted c'aims before Parliament, and. an anxious Attention to the wants of the locality." THE ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE WAS AS FOLLOWS : Preliminary expenses Commission to Sharebrokers 334 Engineering, surveying, and lithographers paid £8,097 Balance of claim by Sir J. Rennie - 9,402 General law charges paid to solicitors and local agents PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES. Paid Parliamentary agents Paid solicitors, local agents, and agents on oppositions Paid Parliamentary printing.. . ..... 747 Paid expenses of witnesses, legal and survey ing, before Parliament - 14,273 Paid advertising and printing Paid furniture Paid office expenses, rents, salaries, &c. £29,943 A long and irregular discussion ensued respecting the items contained in the account for the Parliamentary expenses being so great, in which Mr. Abrahams was the principal speaker. That gentleman complained that the details were not explicit enough ; that Mr. Collett, at a former meeting held in London, had stated that the preliminary expenses were only about one-seventh of the paid-up capital, or under 10,0001., whereas it seemed 30,0001. had been expended, yet the Bill had never passed beyond the Standing Orders Com mittee. He considered the meeting should be adjourned to London, to be held there on a future day; and that, in the meantime, the accounts should be fully inquired into. He concluded by moving a motion for adjournment. The Chairman and Secretary, as well as several other gentlemen present, repudiated anything done by the meet ing referred to, as it had been improperly called, and denied that Mr. Collett had stated what Mr. Abrahams had attri buted to him. It was averred that what Mr. Collett (who was not present at that meeting officially) had said was, that the amount paid out to that time was equal to about one seventh of the paid-up capital. He did not say that that was the whole responsibility incurred. In fact, at that time it was impossible to say what was the total amount due, as the accounts had not been collected in. _ The motion (after some further irregular discussion) for adjournment was put, and negatived by an o verw h e l m i ng majority, only four or five voting for it. Thanks were voted to the Directors, who dined together at the close of the proceedings. Valley line, in the neighbourhood of Nuneaton, or to be ex • tended to the London and Birmingham Railway at Coventry. In connexion with the Swannington Railway, it is intended to c:Anmence a branch line a little to the north of Bagworth, to join the Midland Counties line at the Ullesthorpe station. It is also intended to connect the Leicester and Swanning ton line, at Leicester, with the Midland Counties near Knighton-bridge. It was expected that some discussion would arise at the meeting above referred to relative to the lines to be made in this neighbourhood by the Midland Com pany; but in consequence cf the absurd exclusion of re porters, on the ground that the affairs of the Company had not been reported for the last seventy years, and that it would be useless to do so at the eleventh hour, we cannot notice the proceedings further than to state that Mr. Harris, of Leicester, surveyor, is engaged in surveying the pro posed extensions and branches, which altogether amount to about forty-five miles. The Midland Company, by their agreement with the Proprietors of the Ashby Canal, enter upon it within half a year after obtaining their Act of Parlia ment for these lines. CONVERSION OF THE BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON CANAL INTO A RAILWAY.—BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.-.-A special meeting of the Proprietors of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal Navigation was held this afternoon at the White Lion, Broad-stree', in this city, when resolutions were passed for applying to Parliament in the next session for powers to convert the canal into a railway. A deputation from London, in connexion with the Jersey Railway, arrived in that island on Sunday last. PETERBOROUGH AND STAMFORD.—A contract was entered into with the Directors of the Midland Railway, at their meeting at the Derby Station, on Tuesday last, by Mr. William Worswick, railway contractor, of Sileby, Leicester, for the formation of a new branch line from Peterborough to Stamford, distance of twelve miles, far the sum of 47,0001. ; the work to be commenced in a few days, and completed in eight months. SYSTON AND MELTON.—On the same day, the Directors of the Midland Railway accepted a second tender from Mr. Worswick, to form a line from Syston to Melton, a distance of nine miles and a half, for 48,060/., to be completed in the same time as the Peterborough and Stamford. HARWICH LINE.—We understand that the arrangement between the Eastern Counties and the Eastern Union Com panies is, that the latter shall be allowed, unopposed, to con struct the Harwich Railway from Manningtree ; and that it shall be leased to the Eastern Counties Company. The time —two years—for which the Eastern Counties Company were bound to take Braithwaite's Harwich line having expired, and nothing having been done, they consider themselves re leased friar' their contract with that concern.—Bury Post. PROJECTED LINES.—The following is a summary of the number of new schemes before the public, and the amount required for deposits. It will be observed that already there is more than one scheme, and nearly a million a day for the entire year, exclusive of foreign projects :--New railway schemes for session 1846, to the 7th of October, 1845 United Kingdom, 399 schemes; amount of deposits, 28,994,0741. ; amount of capital, 329,290,000/. Foreign schemes, 70; amount of capital, 197,280,000/.; amount of deposits, 17,689,7501. The solicitors of the Dover and Bristol have got together a powerful connexion, as indeed they have done with most of their lines. They are the parties who brought out the South Staffordshire Junction, now at 4 premium ; the Lei !es ter and Tamworth, 6 premium i the Shrewsbury and Here ford, 1# premium ; and the Staffordshire and Shropshire, 2 premium —Railway Herald. BEDFORDSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, AND ESSEX JUNCTION. —The above projected line of railway is somewhat novel in its character, inasmuch as amongst its other purposes, is that of the port of Maldon, in Essex, probably suggested by the success which has attended a similar course, pursued by the directors of the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Junction. It is urged that the port of Maldon can be rendered available, at a comparatively small outlay, for vessels of 500 tons, and that their owners would thus save the time and expense of discharge they are subject to in London, besides giving them the opportunity of leaving their cargoes nearer by so many miles to the eastern and adjacent counties. The line itself is to commence by a. junction with the London, Birming ham, and Dunstable Railway at Dunstable, to have a branch from thence to Tring, likewise accommodating the towns of Dunstable, Luton, Wheathampstead, Hertford, Ware, Har low, Chelmsford, &c., and termlnating at the port for which it is partly designed. The whole of the country through which it passea-is very level, and has already been surveyed and favourably reported upon byMr. Fulton, the engineer. DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—It would appear that the chain of railway communication will be completed between the River Humber, the towns of Shef field and Macclesfield, the Potteries of Staffordshire, the Salt Wiches of Cheshire, the city of Chester, the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks, Bangor Ferry, and the harbour of Holy head, by the above line. This is to be done by junctions with all the important railways, commencing at. 'the Sheffield ter minus at Manchester, and proceeding in a direct course through some thirty miles of manufacturing country. Mr. Sandiforth, Mr. F. Griffin, and Mr. J. H. Taunton are the engineers by whom the line has been already surveyed, and the direction is composed of that class of wealthy, yet " working men," by whom the first railways were conceived and established. NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY.—Amongst the new schemes for supplying railway accommodation to Gloucester, Worcester, Tewkesbury, and towns adjacent, as well as for foming the shorte.st and most desirable communication be ween Liverpool, Manchester, and the northern parte of Eng land, and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel, is the North- West Trunk Railway. It is to commence at the junction of the Manchester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and proceed from thence through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport and Shifnal, in Shropshire, thence through Kidderminster to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Railway at Gloucester. By this means it is intended to prove the most direct route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester, to the ports of Gloucester and Bristol ; indeed, the most direct one from the north of Eng land to the Bristol Channel. It will also, in conjunction with the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swansea, Merthyr Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form an advantageous route from Swansea and the iron district of South Wales to Liver pool, Manchester, and Hull. The line will cross the Shrews bury and Birmingham Railway at Shifnall, and the Shrop shire Mineral Railway and the Trent - Valley Union at New port. The proposed line is to be eighty-seven miles in length. Application is intended to be made for a direct line from Southampton to Kidderminster. IRISH RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—The operations on this line have commenced, and are likely to be carried on with spirit, and we hope with complete success. Mr. 1 fenright, contractor for the second division of the works, planted his flag on the lands of Castle% hite, by the side of the mail coach road, yesterday morning, and set fifty men to work sinking a foundation for the centre pier of the viaduct, which crosses the road at this spot. Great numbers of labourers were offering, and those se lected seemed highly delighted at the prospect of em ployment thus opened to them. The liberality of Mr. White, J.P., the owner of the land, in thus giving pos session of it at once, has enabled the contractors to pro ceed with the operations, and we are informed that ar rangements are satisfactmily progressing for the com• mencement of the works along the whole extent of the line.—Cork Reporter. IRISH WEST COAST.—We have been given to under stand that the Irish West Coast Railway Company have determined on extending their line to Cork, by means of a direct line from Limerick, thereby affording the greatest facility for communication, and the least ex pensive mode of intercourse, between those two impor tant cities.—Evening Mail. CLONMEL, KILKENNY, CARLOW, AND WICKLOW RAILWAY COMPANY.—The above Company, which, we believe, is generally known as " The Great Western," from London to Bristol, have already commenced the survey of their various lines, particularly the foregoing, of whose success there is no doubt whatever, as it has met with the support of nearly all those interested in the welfare of the counties through which it is to pass. These enterprising capitalists have appointed William Elliott, Esq., their solicitor for Carlow, and the entire branch to Kilkenny.—Carlow Sentinel. Ross AND KILKENNY, WITH EXTENSION TO CARLOW. —Mr. Valentine, the engineer for this Company, accom panied by Mr. Aher, was in Carlow during the past week, making surveys in this neighbourhood in con nexion with the above NEW BRANCH RAILWAY TO THE TOWN OF DONEGAL. —We understand that last week a meeting of the Direc tors of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway was held, at which meeting directions were given to their so licitor and engineer to have the requisite Parliamentary notices served, and the necessary surveys made, with a view to the introduction of a Bill, during the next session of Parliament, for the construction of a branch railway from the main trunk, near Strabane, to the town of Donegal, passing through Castlefin, Stranorlar, and Ballybofey. This is not only a legitimate, but likely to be a highly advantageous, undertaking, which cannot fail greatly to enhance the value of shares in the Derry and Enniskillen line. Along no less than twelve miles of the contemplated line there is not a foot of elevation, while the rich and fertile valley of the Finn will thus be opened up to all the busy activities of trading enter prise.—Ballyshanuon Herald. KILRUSII:KILICEE, DUBLIN, AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We find that Mr. Curving, the Irish solici tor of this line, Mr. Lindsay, the engineer, and Mr. Horneman, of London, hare arrived in Kilrush, as a de putation, and that they have already waited upon seve ral of the gentry interested in the undertaking, and have been most favourably received. Mr. llorneman and Mr. Lindsay have been over the line, and have examined the capabilities of the harbour, and we understand the result of their observations is most promising. We know of no project, among the many which the enterprise of the age has started, of a more truly national character than the one now under consideration, connecting as it does the important north-eastern towns of Belfast, Armagh, Newry, and others with the western coasts of Ireland, and thus establishing a new and hitherto neglected in tercourse with Scotland; while a reciprocal advantage is offered to the inhabitants of the north-eastern and mid land counties, by giving them an approach to the ne arest port to America and the West Indian Islands. It is scarcely necessary to dilate upon the natur a l advantages which Kilrush possesses in every way, situate as it is upon the noblest river in Ireland—the Shannon —and the benefits which must be conferred upon the whole district along the line—a district, we believe, unprovided at present with any means of com munication with the places named. We also learn that the Committee have determined upon extending the line to the beautiful watering-place o f Kilk ee — a ste p w hi c h, we are sure, will be hailed with delight by the fashion ables who resort to that highly: f avoure d s p o t. Thi s . add ll about six miles to the l eng th o f th e original line. . From our own kn ow l e d ge o f t h e l oca li t y, an d it s peculiar aptitude for railway purposes, we consider this extension a most judicious proceeding, as very likely to remunerate the shareholders.--Clair Journal. HIBERNIAN GREAT CENTRAL.—Mr. Nicholson and assistants are actively engaged in this neighbourhood si rveying the line of the proposed Great Hibernian Central Junction Railway, for which Messrs Robert Hamilton and Co. are solicitors. This line is projected for the purpose of connecting all the great lines of the north with thoEe of the south of Ireland, and opening up the centre of the country. Surveying parties are also engaged making out the railway from Dublin to Galway, so that it seems Athlone will become the con verging point for direct communication to all parts of Ireland, still enabling it to maintain its position as an important military station. The merits of the other lines are already well known to the public, and there cannot be a better guarantee of the merits of the Great Hibernian Central Junction Railway, than the mimes of the respectable solicitors who are forming the Company. ...Athlone Sehtind. SALE OF RAILWAY SCRIP.-The sale of this very in- 1 teresting description of property, by Mr. Marsh, at his auction-rooms, this day (Saturday), was most numerously attended. The auctioneer stated that he had several hundred shares to dispose of in the various lines at pre sent in high estimation with railway speculator-. The first lot put up was two shares in the Cork and I3andon. The shares in this line, Mr. Marsh observed, would be as productive shortly as the Pipe Water Company in London, where the holders were getting ten thousand pounds for every hundred.-(Laughter) This lot brought 71. 10s. a-share. The next lot put up was ten shares in the Killarney Junction, which commenced at 31., and was knocked down at 41. per share. A letter of allotment for ten shares in the Cork, Passage, and Kinsale, 2/. 2s. deposit, was then put up. One of the company reminded the auctioneer to be cautious in what he was doing. Mr. Marsh-I do not think we are im portant enough in Cork for the Solicitor-General to take notice of us.-(Laughter.) However, I would rather not sell the letters, and we had better proceed wish the sale of the scrip. The above lot was then withdrawn by the auctioneer, and ten shares in the Great Munster were substituted. The deposit paid on this line, of which the survey was almost completed, was 21.105. The shares were knocked down at 21. ss. The shares in the Clonmel and Thurl s, deposit 2/. 12s. 63., brought 3/. 7s. 63.. I3andon and Bantry extension (ten shares) 2/. 7s. 6d.-second lot, ditto. Ten shares in the Cork, Blackrocic, and Passage (river line), put up at 2/., sold at 21. 17s. 6d. Twenty shares in Bandon and Ban try 2/. ss. Ten shares in Armagh and Londonderry Junction (deposit 2/. 103.) 21. 17s. 6d. Ten shares in the Killarney Junction, which the auctioneer pledged himself would be up to 71. a share in the course of a fortnight, were knocked down at 31. 17a. 6d. Bandon and Bantry (third lot) ten shares, at 2/. 4s. Cork and Waterford line, ten shares (deposit 1/. 10s.), sold at 2/. 7s. ; second lot, ditto, 21. 6s. Several shares in the Cork and Youghall were put up, and withdrawn. Thirty shares in Clonmel and Thurles brought 31. ss. per share. Dublin, Dundrurn, and Enniskerry (ten shares), at 21. 15s. The auctioneer closed with the sale of the above.-Cork Reporter. IRELAND. REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN KERRY. KILLARNEY, OCT. 6.—The demonstration in favour of a repeal of the union, and the first which occurred in this county since the commencement of the agitation, took place to-day, at which at least 50,000 persons were present. The place selected for the meeting was a field on the borders of the lower lake, from which the view of the magnificent scenery of this romantic region was perfect and enchanting. Mr. O'Connell, who stopped in Tralee yesterday, arrived, ac companied by Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. J. H. Dunne, jun.; and Mr. Primrose, about three o'clock, and was accompanied to the place of meeting by the trades of Tralee and Killarney, who formed themselves into a procession, and with bands and banners met him about a mile from the town, from whence they proceeded in the same order to the meeting. The procession arrived on the ground about four o'clock, immediately after which the chair was taken by Kean Ma bony, Esq. The CHAIRMAN having thanked the meeting for the honour conferred upon him, the first resolution was proposed by Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, and seconded by the Rev. Bartho lomew O'Connor. Mr. DANIEL MAHONY, of Dunloe, J.P., having expressed a desire to oppose the resolution, and to declare his reasons for disapproving of the repeal agitation, then addressed the meeting. He said he came there to pay every respect in his power to the liberator of his country, for differing as he did from him on the subject of the repeal of the union, he yet en tertained the highest regard for him, and believed he was thoroughly determined to promote the welfare of his coup try. As he (Mr. Mahony) could not concur with him, he felt bound' to come forward and oppose the resolution then proposed for the adoption of the meeting. There were two modes adopted of putting down the repeal agi tation, of which he did not approve, namely, prosecution and persecution, for he believed the only means to put it down was argument—and argument alone. Their ob ject, of course, was to get a repeal of the union, but if that took place there should be a reform in the Irish House of Commons according to the increased popu lation ; but more than that was necessary. The Libe rator had often said that the golden link of the Crown would be preserved at all times; but he ( Mr. Mahony) thought that the complicated relation which existed between both countries required more than that. That golden link would, no doubt, be preserved by the existence of the King, or the Queen, a Regent, a Consul, or an Emperor; but the most im portant duties of the State were to be discharged by an Irish Parliament; and in doing so, he bad no doubt but that it would come to blows with English Legislature. Mr. Pitt had foreseen that, and directed all his energies to bring about the union. In all their political movements it was necessary they should take such steps that it should not be deemed ne cessary to recede; but, in the present instance, be thought such would be the case, and that considerable mischief would be the consequence. He maintained that a repeal of the union would bring about a collision between the countries, unless the terms of the contract were previously arranged ; and he looked in vain in any of the speeches in the Concilia tion-hall, or elsewhere,for any plan in which such termswere proposed. He would not trespass further on their attention ; but to thank them for the kindness they evinced towards him, and the patience with which they listened to his observations. Mr. O'CONNELL then said that he was always, proud of the men of Kerry, but he was that day doubly proud of them. It had been said—and what lie would not be said ?—that as those tumultuous meetings of the people which took place in so many parts of Ireland, no one who differed in opinion with them would have any chance of being heard. That was scattered through the press : but oh, what a contradic tion to that falsehood was given that day ! He would say , that haughty England, and all those who opposed the legis lative rights of Ireland—that they were liars and profli gates, when they asserted that the people would not listen to the arguments of those opposed to . them with patience and courtesy, who spoke sentiments directly at variance with their own. They bad contradicted that falselwod -most nobly that day in the case of Mr. Mahony. There was not certainly a more respectable gentleman in the county than he was; he belonged to a most respectable and ancient family —he was independent in fortune, and, therefore, entitled to be heard anywhere ; and yet although he promised to resist the question of repeal by arguments, what arguments did he use? The first thing he said was, that a collision would take place between the English Parliament and the Irish Parliament— that a collision did take place formerly on the question of the regency; but then he admitted that the repea;ers were right in the opinion they entertained on the subject. What argu ment was that against repeal? He said they admitted the right of whatever sovereign or regent, consul or emperor, who reigned in England, to claim the sovereignty in Ireland. He (Mr. O'Connell) objected to consuls or emperors, for they would have none but a king or a sovereign, like their beloved Queen, God bless her.—(Cheers.) His excellent friend, Mr. Mahony, had no other argument against repeal, but t he ques tion of the regency; but then he said that a great many other questions remained to be settled. Why, that was an excellent reason for repeal, for as matters then stood, England had all the settlement to herself—lock, stock, and handle; and in order to have their share of the bargain, it was necessary to have the control of their affairs.:lf a man went to the market with a cow to sell, he would not entrust her fur sale to the butcher, who wished to buy her for his own use, yet that was the argument of his excellent friend. Now he (Mr. O'Connell) contended that that was an argument for a repeal of the union, and he most respectfully solicited him to join with him in having Ireland for the Irish, as well as Scotland for the Scotch, and England for the English. He (Mr. O'Connell) appealed to those who heard him if the shadow of an argument had been advanced against repeal by Mr. Mahony. There was a gentleman who came to argue with them, and, like Balaam, instead of cursing the union, he blesses and prays for it.—(Cheers.) It was the greatest triumph they ever had, and he was doubly pleased with the men of Kerry for listening to the argument of an opponent as they did, without the slightest interruption.—(Cheers.) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman, after impressing on the minds of the people the necessity of preparing for the registries, so as to return two Repealers for the county, con - eluded by impressing on those who heard him the necessity of registring their votes, in order to give their suffrages for a representative who would represent the repeal interest in the Houses of Parliament, or, as they are called here, the British House of Commons. A petition was then read and adopted, after which the meeting separated, and the vast assemblage returned to their own homes without the slightest disturbance. THE DINNER. A dinner took place in the evning, at which 500 persons were present, and certainly, considering the insulated condi tion of this county, it was most numerously attended: The chair was taken by Mr. Denis Shane Lalor, at whose right sat Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr.' Maurice O'Con nell, Mr. Kelly, M.P. for Limerick, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell, M.P. for Kerry; and at the left, the Mayor of Cork, the Mayor of Limerick, J. H. Dwyer, jun., of Dublin, F. T. Meagher, Esq., John Primrose, Esq., &c. " The healths of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family" having been given, The CHAIRMAN, in a speech of an hour's length at least, gave "The health of O'Connell."—(Great cheering.) Mr. O'CONNELL then said—How strange, and almost (fantastical it. is, that I should begin a reply to so bril liant a speech as that delivered by your Chairman, by telling you a simple truth, that I shall be laughed at.—(Great laughter.)—l Oa% of course, be sneered at, yet I speak the words of soberness and truth when I assure you, that the great object of my political life is to prevent a separation between Great Britain and Ireland.—(Cheers.) He was convinced that the connexion with England may be, ought to be, and shall be, prolonged, during his life, because he was thoroughly persuaded it was for the benefit of both countries; but after his death, if he knew anything of the expression of the eye of his countrymen, or the determina tion of their looks, the connexion between Great Britain and Ireland would be in exceeding great jeopardy.—(Hear, hear.) He was labouring for the continuance of that con nexion, not as it then was, but for the mutual advantage of both, or the day will arrive when Ireland will endure it no longer.—(Great cheering.) He was glad of the great in fluence which lie possessed—he was proud of the manner in which lie was obeyed—for without the least power to carry his wishes into execution, his commands were obeyed with an alacrity which even surprised himself.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) was glad of that. One of the most power ful throes of his heart was for the connexion between both countries. He would submit to that—he would not rebel against it where it was useful to both, and not destructive to either. His object was, as a loyal subject, to make the connexion beneficial to both countries, and yet he could not help thinking that he had the strongest wish to be beneficial to Ireland.—(Cheers.) lie who differed with him, and lie should not have to go far to find him, lie had no hesitation in arraigning him as a sepa ratist and a traitor to England and Ireland. They may, no doubt, treat the multitude with contempt—they may object to their going "betwixt the wind and their nobility"—but he for one could not, nor wculd not, look on them as good Irishmen, or good subjects, if they did not assist him in placing the connexion on such a basis as to make the throne of their beloved Sovereign secure, and her authority extended throughout the entire of her dominions.—(Cheers.) Sup pose he (Mr. O'Connell) had the good fortune of meeting a lord in the streets, and if he condescended to speak to so hum ble an individual as hiMself, he would ask him if he thought that the Irishman did not understand and was not perfectly aware of the injustice inflicted on him by the repeal of the union ? The lion. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to treat of the evils of the union, and concluded, amid loud cheering, by proposing "The Health of the Chairman." The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. Mr. MAtnucE O'CoNNEu. proposed •' The Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland," and, after other toasts, the assembly broke up about eleven o'clock. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMATE. Another section of the Roman ic clergy of the arch diocese of Armagh, those resident in the Dundalk district, have published the following declaration, similar in spirit to that adopted by the clergy of the Dunleer district : " At a meeting of the clergy of the Dundalk district of the archdiocese of Armagh, held in St. Patrick's Church, iu,Ditii dalk, on the 7th of October, 1845, after the rising of the Conference, the Very Rev. Dr. Coyne, P.P., and V.G., in the (hair, the following resolution was. unanimously adopted:—. RAILWAY DEPOSITS AND THE CURRENCY. A wiseacre, when railway matters are named, shakes his head—though there may be little in shut—and says, " Alt! wait until the railway deposits are paid into the Bank of England, and see what a crash must follow from the contraction of the currency." Such a Solon—and you meet with one in every room where half-a-dozen people have assembled—such a Solon has an idea that the floating capital of the country is to be abstracted, and that the deposits are to be paid into the Bank of England, to the credit of the Ac countant-General, in sovereigns or bank-notes. Let us see how the ease stands. The new railway projects will require a capital of about 300,000,000/. One-fourth of these projects, will not and cannot receive Parliamentary sanction. This does not matter, however. The standing orders of the Lords make it imperative for ten per eent. upon the re quired capital of each nrojeet to be paid into the Bank of England, to the creak of the Accountant-General of the Court of Exchequer. This makes about 30,000,0001. to be so paid, The procese will probably be this. The deposits have been lad b ed, in each case, with private bankers, who will only have to increase their credit with the Bank of England, by depositing the additional securities, which the use of these deposits will enable them to obtain, and without the actual transfer of one roleau of sovereigns, one ounce of silver, or one bundle of hank-notes, the re quired thirty millions will be transferred from their ac counts to that of the Accountant-General. If the rail way companies please, they may take the deposits from the private banks, and invest them in Government secu rities, yielding them interest. The money which they so invest—and this will be done in most cases , as security to the shareholders—will become ready money in the hands of those who dispose of such securities, and thus will be restored to the national circulation, instead of being " locked up," as the alarmists anticipate. We have taken the case of British projects. As re gards foreign, there is a difference. From ten to fifteen millions will be taken out of the country by these, and the public will thus be deprived for a time—and at a time, too, when the money is most required—of the use of so much capital. The very fact, however, of our being able and willing •to spare so much money for foreign projects—some of which are excellent invest ments, we admit—fully shows how abundant are the national resources, how extended is the individual enter prise which thus employs them.—Railway Express. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH. CIIIPPENRAIL WILTS, WEDNESDAY.—This afternoon, an extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, was held at the Town-hall here, to receive a report of the Directors; and also to apply for authority to construct a line from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, towards Bath and Bristol ; and also to take into consideration the agreement with the Great Western Railway Company, for the lease to them of the line. Mr. Walter Long, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The CHAIRMAN, on taking his place, congratulated the Proprietors on the success which had attended them in Parliament. The contracts had already been entered into for the construction of the line to Salisbury. The levels and gradients were good, and there could be little doubt that the greater part of the hue would be com pleted in a very short time. Mr. Brunel, the engineer, had given it as his opinion that it would not be long ere the whole line would bo in immediate and active operation.— (Cheers.) It had all along been considered a reasonable thing that the line should be extended from Bathampton to Bradford, and Mr. Brunel bad given it as his opinion that it would be most advantageous for the company to carry that intention into effect.—( Hear, hear.) By the 61st: clause of this Act, it was incumbent upon the Company to make a line in that direction, or from Frome to Radstock. Mr. Bru nel reported, that the line from Bathampton to Bradford would, on the whole, be most advantageous to this Company, and the Directors intended to recommend to the meeting to adopt that line.—(Cheers.) This line would open a commu nication that was much wanted from the neighbourhood of the Great Western to Devizes, including Bradford, Trow bridge, and Westbury, and at the same time place their own undertaking upon a firmer foundation.—(Hear, hear.) He hardly knew of any railway that passed through so marl) , towns of consequence as did this proposed extension. He did not think it was likely they should have to call upon the Shareholders for any money at present, for the deposits would not only meet the expenses of the Act, but leave them plenty to go on with.—(Cheers.) Mr. C. It. SAUNDERS, the secretary, then read the report, which stated that an agreement for the l e a se o f th e li ne to be worked by the Great Western Company, upon a minimum dividend of four per cent. per annum, with an increase of half per cent. in proportion to any dividend exceeding eight per cent. per annum on the amount of their own capital, had been executed under the powers conferred by the subscribers in the first instance, and since ratified by Parliament. The terms of that agreement were in strict conformity with the fundamental arrangements between the two companies, and would be submitted for the approval of the meeting. The report went on to state that the Directors are now engaged in selecting a person well qualified to fill the situation of secretary ; and they recommended that the Company should fix the salary of that office at 6001. per annum. The ex penses incurred up to the passing of the Act have not yet been accurately ascertained, owing to an unexpected delay in the delivery of some of the Parliamentary and profes sional accounts. The amount already paid, together with the accounts of the solicitors, as far as they have been yet received, or adjusted, is 26,01 C/. ls. 4d. The Directors are preparing for the delivery of every account or claim standing against the Company. Interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum d e,ina u lage r yh i a nogyfaeftattehrhree, and te a construction of the line will be made payable half yearly,tiAuiespcto the 30th of July and 31st f December in periodswarrants caref utol willrcs re-survey r b evey has Proprietor.been transmitted ee a Sincewm i a th dt i eh n eoafp pass ing ey. whole line, and the result has been satisfactory, as indicating some reduction in the extent eel of the works on that part of tfohre. rail way l'he central lir.e has been stak e d out f rom laid out and i which had been Weymouth line to c t o h n e t ra G c r t e e a d t tnearly o Burton. 'lh e o o Western Railway, at Thiley , junction with the WeySalisbury , and from the contracts for the works o n th e w h o l e lis been agreed for with experienced an d responsibleabury have contractor a , in three separate divisions; the first extending _from Thin g l ey to Staverton, the second thence to ileytesburv, and the LIVERPOOL! AND BURY. This afternoon, at one o'clock, a general and extraordi nary general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the Clarendon-roomy, Liverpbol. Mr. JAMES BRANCKER, the Chairman of the Board of Directors. took the chair, and in opening the business, congratulated the Shareholders upon the success which had attended them in their Parliamentary campaign, without having paid too dearly for their whistle, the ex pense of obtaining the Act being less than 30,000 i. lie read an anonymous libel which had been put into his bands, cotaining some false insinuations against the Bocrrd of Direc tors. The fact was, that at the latest period before going to Parliament the necessary quanity of shares had not been taken up, and they were short of the means of going to Par liament. The shares were then at a discount, and Mr. Cross thwaite, one of the Directors, came forward and took up 1,500 shares, on account of which he was liable to the Com pany to the extent of 70,0001., but he (the. Chairman) had only fifty shares, which he now held. Mr. THO3IPSON, the Secretary, then real the report, which stated, inter alia, that the Directors had taken the requi,ite steps to secure the immediate comrne•.icement and the vi gorous prosecution of the works. On this subject they refer to the engineer's report. They haw thought it right to make a call of Si. per share, which is payable on the 18th instant. The Directors have now to communicate to the Proprietors the result of their negotiations with the Man chester and Leeds Company, referred to in the notice conven ing the meeting. The importance of a connexion with the Leeds Company early forced itself upon their attention, and believing as they did that an intimate association between the two companies must be conducive to.the best - interests of both, the only question appeared to them to be the terms on which such an union could be effected. The Leeds Directors met them with similar views, and, after a pretracted discussion, the gentlemen deputed by the two boards agreed upon terms of amalgamation, which the Directors have much satisfaction in unanimously recommending to the sanction and approval of the proprietors. A memorandum, embodying the pro posed arrangement, will be submitted to the meeting, and it' confirmed a resolution will be proposed, conferring the re quisite power upon the Directors to carry it into effect. Upon the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was adopted. Auditors having been appointed, Sir Thomas Brancker was elected treasurer. Captain PORTER, after alluding to the anonymous circular which had been issued respecting the chairman, moved that the sum of 1,200/. be placed at the disposal of the Directors, for their services. The motion was passed. Mr. THOMPSON, at the call of the chairman, rose and said that the proposed extensions hy.d been published. They had extensions to the town as yearly as possible to the Ex change. They had also effected a junction with the North Union Railway at Wigan. The Owns'Aw moved that the Directors be empowered to take the necessary steps for proceeding to Parliament for such branches as they thought proper. The resolution was passed. Mr. DAP:RYSIHRE read the memorandum of agreement entered into between the Liverpool and Bury and Leeds and Maneaester Railways, which was to the eflect that the corn- Par : ,es should be amalgamated, and that there should be issued 9° 0,000 shares of 501. each ; that a dividend be paid to the Shareholders of this Company upon the opening of the line of one per cent. less than the Leeds dividend for two years ; and that there be two Directors of this Company added to the board of the united companies. Mr. GRENFELL then rose, and stated that he had consider able difficulty in inducing the Leeds Company to accede to the terms now agreed upon. At the former interview the amount of shares given to this Company was only 16,500/., and he was not quite satisfied with this offer, but he im pressed upon Mr. Houldsworth the fact that this would form an opening from the east to the west coasts. Mr. Houlds worth felt the importance of this fact, and with the greatest difficulty, at the latest moment, he was induced to give an increase to the Liverpool and Bury line of three thousand and odd shares.---(Applause.) A number of questions were put by different Shareholders, with the view of ascertaining the precise effect of the agree ' meat, and it appeared that the result would be that each holder of fire shares would receive one share in addition to those which he formerly held. After observations from Mr. H. ASHWORTH, of Bolton, and Mr. PEASE, of Darlington, Mr. TURNER moved that the consideration of the question be postponed for a fortnight. Upon a show of hands, the motion was carried by a ma jority of about three to one. Mr. CaossznwArrE then informed the meeting that he would now place at the disposal of the shareholders the 1,500 shares which he had taken. upon the condition that he be repaid the sum of 6,000/., which he had advanced.—(Loud cheers. ) Mr. Ilrancker having left the chair, Mr. Grenfell took it, and recommended that the meeting should place 500 of these shares at the disposal of the Directors. The proposition was agreed to, and a vote of thanks to Mt - Crossthwaite, after which the proceedings terminated. CAMBRIDGE ANTI) LINCOLN EXTENSION, AND LINCOCN,YORIC., AND LEEDS JUNCTION. A numerous meeting of the projectors of the Cambridge Extension lice took p l ac e yesterday aftern oon , a t th e B u ll and Mouth Hotel, St. Martin's-1-grand, and was attended by several gentlemen from the principal towns on a line. Amongst the gentlemen pl9sent we observed the R. W. Atkinson, Esq., of Leeds; • Viscount Dillon, of ;Belgrave square ; Sir Henry Webbe, Bart. ; Major Beresford, ALP ; Major-General Parlby, CB. ; Thomas Parneomb, Esq. alder man ; John Black, Esq., of Leedif ; W. L. Sharp, Esq.. of Gainsborough ; R. Hobson, Esq., M.D. ; J. Blackburn, Esq.; H. E. Smith, Esq.; John Bradley, Esq., of Sheffield; A. S. Levy, Esq.; Lieutenant-Colonel George Morton, Benjamin Clements, Esq., &c. Mr. J. R. W. ATKINSON was called to the chair, and said the project had been brought forward last session, and though it was then comparatively unknown, yet if they had been earlier in the field they would . have been in a better position. At that time the merits of the line were not fully understood. The application for shares had already been almost over whelming, for upwards of two hundred thousand hail been t'emanded, and every hour fresh applications for allotments were being made. Two gigantic undertakings were now struggling for a victory, which, if obtained, would, without doubt, prove unavailing to the victor. The immense and Wealthy population of the country between Lincoln and York, and between Lincoln and Leeds, were left unsupplied with railway accommodation. No less ambitious of ac complishing a great public benefit, the projectors of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Junction Railway had adopted Lincoln, with 30,000 inhabitants, York with 40,000, and Leeds with 152,000 as the termini of their line ; and, calcu lating upon the ultimate success of the Cambridge and Lin coln Bill in the ensuing session of Parliament, proposed to complete the whole line of rail from London to York and Leeds by the execution of this design. Leaving the terminus of the Cambridge and Lincoln line at Lincoln, the proposed line would be taken by Saxilby and Lea to Gainsborough, where it would cross the Trent, and then to Haxey Gate; :whence a branch would issue to Doncaster. At this latter place a communication would be formed with pro jected lines from Manchester and Sheffield to the port of Goole ; and by this arrangement a communication would be opened with the coal fields of Elsicar and Silkstone,—a species not inferior to that of Durham and Sunderland,—as well as with the limestone quarries at Warmsworth, so valuable for building purposes. Proceeding to Thorne, the - line would reach Snaith, and continuing its direct course westward of Selby, near to which it would ba crossed by the Hull.and Selby Railway, would have its northern termini at the city of At Thorne, or some convenient point near to it, an auxiliary line - would emanate from the main trunk to Askern, and either by means of the pro posed branch of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Line to that place, or by an independent course, as might hereafter be determined upon, would run through Ponte fract direct to Leeds. By this means the whole of the manu facturing districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire and Lan cashire would be rendered easily accessible. This line would be the shortest between Lincoln and York, Lincoln and Leeds, Lincoln and Selby, York and Selby, and York and Hull. The gradients throughout were so favourable, that none exceeded 15/ feet in the mile, as instance unparalleled, if the length of it were taken into consideration. There would be no tunnel ; the works would everywhere be light ; no invasion of ornamental property was necessary; and the local interests had expressed themselves favourable to the project. An interest of ten per cent. on vested capital was confidently expected, exclusive of a fair allowance for work. ing expenses. The line was surveyed last session, and was now undergoing another survey, and from the accounts they had received the first favourable impressions of its practi cability were fully c on fi rme d. He had no doubt th e y would go to Parliament next session with a certainty of carrying it through. A resolution was moved for the purpose. After considerable discussion, in which Major M. Cooper, Mr. Potter, Mr. Ja r di ne, an d M r. Willi am son took part, sug gesting an additi on to the list of local and London members of Committee, resolutions relative to future proceedings were unanimously adopted. ASHBY - DE-LA-ZOUCH AND MIDLAND. A short time ago the Midland Company purchased the Swannington line, and afterwards the Ashby Canal. The proprietors of the latter held their half-yearly meeting on Monday, at the Queen's Head Inn, Ashby, when a dividend of 2Z per cent. o n th e half-year was declared, and it was stated that the receipts for the last half-year were 500/. more than the corresponding half-year of 1844, and upwards of 7001. more than the corresponding half-year of 1843. The object of the Midland Company in purchasing the canal is to extend the Leicester and Swannington Railway by a branch commencing near Colville, and passing through Ashby-de la-Zouch, Moira, &c., and terminating in the Derby and Bir mingham Junction, near Burton-on-Trent. A,branch will also be made, commencing near Moira Baths, arAlproeeeding along the present route of the Ashby Canal to join the Treat " Resolved—That we have real with inexpressible disgust and indignation in the Pilot newspaper, of the 29th ult , an article calculated to tarnish the hi,;ll character of the Ifost Rev. Dr. Crony, our beloved and venerated primate, asserting that he was incapable of attending the meeting !!! the prelate: at Maynooth, for the election of professors to MI the vacant chair in that college, owing to the unusua l state of his mind, and that, from a similar cause he was under the necessity of retiring from the public discharge of his duties, and of living in retirement for some time past. " Knowing that this slanderous and, unprincipled a rticle is not only a vile calumny, but a cowardly and sacr ile g ious libel on tl . e character of the pious and faithful hea d of the Catholic Church in Ireland, we consider it our duty to de nounce it, and hold it up to the honest execration of a ll p e r; tions of the Irish public who 'love truth and hate falsehoodt. It is scarcely necessary for us to add that the followi n g t ! c „' are notorious to the prelates who attended on that o reas ' ° : t at Maynooth, to the professors and students, who were Nr!il nesses of the uninterrupted attendance of his Grac e fur successive days in the college, presiding over its deliberatiorm. and taking a prominent part in the examination of th e o l h e i t spective candidates for office. We are happy to add that .31 Grace, as usual, continues in the perfect enjoyment of Dieu' and bodily health. "St. Patrick's Church, Dundalk, Oct. 7,15.15." eol This resolution is s'gned by thirty-one clergymen , t hin of whom are parish priests. CAPTURE OF SLAVERS. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, JUNE 29.—Her Majesty's A sl° t ° h P e Helena, 16, Captain Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart, s n'3 Mutine, 12, Captain R. B. Crawford, anchored in Shae- 0 kay, on the 14th of June. The Helena left Mozambique 0 the 14th. and the Mutine on the 17th of May. , to Both ships have made captures and brought in slav e “a the great benefit of the colony. It would appear that vit h Helena captured an Arab vessel of about forty. tons, phi , eighty-three slaves, off Cape Delgado early in April• sited vessel was, however, destroyed ; being altiigether unadl to encounter the Cape gales, during the winter miarthF:,,o Her Majesty's sloop Sappho, Captain the Hon. Li r vet Hose, had likewise captured and destroyed a small s 3 about the same period. ntfl , The Mutine's cruise, although short, has been so e ve , we that we think the leading facts worthy of notice: anu ti eg have to express our regret, that whilst vigorously prose cu " l „ her duties, she Had the misfortune to ground near the (arred mane River on the 26th of April last. This accident e tc Off in full pursuit of a large slaver, nor was the Mutine gt er y for the lapse of two hours, with the united exertions of e , individual on board, all vying with each other for the Pre"', servation of their beautiful vessel ; this, strict discipline; tea, blued with a hearty good-will, was at length happilY ef Last not, however, without the loss of her guns, which were to overboard, with the exception of one chase 18• pounder' fl ee On the slaver perceiving the accident which had b e ' f a ll her adversary, her medley crew, composed of Brazilians ..est and e shades, Portuguese, blacks, and Yankees, cheered I,l.'ery lustily, and renewed efforts were made for escape, 3ftr possible stitch of sail packed on. Nothing daunted , th e ilo t, tines worked away; the water was started, and guns; „ig and many heavy articles, immediately followed; 13 0 d; struck on a falling tide, no time was left for looking r° l - a irlf and, when at last the little brig was once ina,r e fw hicti launched into deep water, the mainbrace was splice ( ' ‘. ever ensures Jack's wannest approbation), and sai l to again ordered to be made in chase, instead of waitinsEa, ascertain damages. Three hearty cheers burst forth ~,r ( at taneously from the crew, and off she went a second ta l ' e - d to half-past ten o'clock, a.m.) after her friend—now redu c f g u lly a mere speck on the horizon, having had a clear star t o tw m elve iles. The wind varying from two knots to an eight• knot hr ,f ec h l isl et —out boats and in again was the order of the day- hero not to throw a chance away, was often repeated ; an` o3 ‘l o it may be observed, the want of quarter-boats was full) . manifest, the in-and-out system not only occasioning a' but much inconvenience and considerable risk. s eer With every, disadvantage, thanks to the recent ior folf ments in English naval architecture, the slaver w as h ors'. done up, and captured just before sunset, after a sever' of tbo chase. The health of Mr. Fincham, the constructor it to Mutine, was drunk with three-times-three, in comn i lwa s his talent for having built so fast a craft. The sia c f a bout found to be the Brazilian barque Princeza Imperial , ° hiv es; 400 tons, equipped, provisioned, and watered for 1, 0 . 0 1 ' 0 1 0 she had, by an admission of her crew, already realis e ' e hicioe fortunes for her owners, having escaped from the Moaa,l. 2, 500 in the years 1842, 1843, and 1844, with upwards e l slaves, worth fully 200,0001, It has; been ascertained that the Princeza had herettrir sailed under the American flag, with whale-boats on tehalsged ters, and so fitted in all respects as to pass for a vess el in a whaling expedition. e f On taking possession of the slaver, the masts we r . ar ds swinging to and fro, the wedges driven out, the 10 '; heoll the rigging let go, two stanchions chopped away' T orte' sawn across during the chase; in fact, every measure che stic, 3 to to make her sail ; she has since been sent for ag' l „ T. to Sierra Leone in charge of Lieutenant the °"' Pakenham. f the tel ly Captain Crawford speaks in the highest terms 0 , ; duct of the first lieutenant, George M e nds, and all a t i . s re , sa" and crew, in extricating the Mutine from the 5 "% 0 014 bringing to a successful termination a chats menced so unfavourably. rid p rix ' $ The Mutine had the good fortune to make a sea ° Bo ya on on the sth of May, whilst becalmed at the head of . as der Bay, where she was watering. A suspicious sail ' h se opus' cried from the masthead, having a light breeze in t The boats were sent in pursuit, under Lieutenany`,„steti Lieutenant the Hon. F. Curzon, and Mr. Furneae-;..Tatio._ A spirited and well-directed chase of some hourssr"e" ars; took place, which ended in the capture of a g vessel, having upwards of 220 slaves on board. I l le gal,' crew, 25 in number, were as savage-looking a set o ela nd as one could desire to fall in with. They were w r with with Tower muskets, loaded to the muzzle, togetue,rhef. formidable spears and creeses of every denominat i linneel however, seeing our jolly tars nothing loth for aS C i t la,. deemed it most prudent to jwnp overboard and t bo i led; at swimming for the shore, at the moment we dr ov; this experiment several, including the captain, vr 3s , t ,„ b 0 e,,,, 5 ti in the act of plunging, diving, and stabbing at ( " A ",. s l), nine Portuguese slave-dealers were found in the `', d - he 01 4 neither colours nor papers of any description cout covered. This prize, being found old and leaky , : es " t ee for taking the slaves to the Cape of Good Hope, wa s $ by Captain Crawfoni's orders. „ e d of It further appears, that from information rece`,seneigs slaver (with 350 slaves) having put in for water in t t(! ) , ise` t bourhood of Boyanna Bay, the boats of the tea k again again despatsthca on the 6th of May, in charge ea otri ce c r Mends and Mr. Funicular, Admiralty mate. r . , :( he , 0 soon fell in with the object of their search, nor did ' a c alke r, perceive the proximity of the boats until within hc esir'j length distance, and actually fired into; a waS' 0. 4 promptly hauled to the wind made off, sa illitg end sweeping in good style. This vessel was steered ted ne!a i , ably conducted by a Senor Quemlae, a man of re T i e SP 3 ' ll3 ; and resources, said. to have been an officer in t s es fr_„' 0 navy, and to have had repeated hairbreadth es , r fr i f the cruisers on the western coast, as also off Cub mi l e s mi les a. this occasion the Spaniard led the boats fully 3 d . ,ijnir" the land, and succeeded in getting clear about '" alga e when the breeze increasing left the boats without ate tbs o. During this most exciting chase, it is painful ta r ese fien ds , slaves were actually thrown into the sea b l v t b forth ° P t ier This horrible alternative was, no doubt, resorteu tla pose of impeding the boats. Oue poor creature YL S " to ba s , the oars of the pinnace, and many others are s "PP Utia e t al' perished. Mr. Renaud, the Master of the M „ ic ised $ 'lately coming up at the time in one of her boatMicever:l4 seven negroes in the last stage of exhaustion. 1-1,", little spit its, judiciously administered by that cii . e t t oo p` sod relieved them. AS the Mutine, with nearly A t efitt /ng o' l including slaves and prisoners, was still empler - - wa s t he watering at the head of Bovanna Bay, the cutter j ot. 4 nder j ai and sent off on the 7th, with a strong party(' ea ,t, A, or Hon. F. Curzon, to examine the inlets of the c w ith e iLi ce, to Bembatooka Bay, in the hope of falling iulatter Quemlae, but without success; on reaching the t he Eab e le Lieutenant Curzon paid his respects to the king; f 20 ta e t o officer was received and saluted by a guard the Aust,s of white military costume, similar to that worn by `f a ll d ie ` le soldiery. His Majesty, who was attired in the ry toler ios e• a post-captain of the British navy, spite `l e fthe s m g English, and expressed his entire dis.approbatiotrieeently co' trade, informing the Lieutenant that he hadbeing it' an Arab captain who put into Bembatooka li! ro p er!! o f gaged in the traffic. Before the English office!' a boftif e ly eo act* ted to depart, his Majesty insisted on discu ssing excellent champagne with him, and also very are made a present of poultry, vegetables, fruit, 80 d oher e 'he' The slaves brought in by the Mutine, and tan de e" said to be in a very healthy state. her es ter. The Mutine is getting ready for another cruis e , inch, dy having been made good by her Majesty's s hi t ° , m oo- It has been ascertained that she receivcd mage whilst on shore. et ' LOSS of the SCHOONER "PA OF GREAT YARMOIJTe-ed I,lod The following is an extract of a letter rec t he from their agent at Vigo . , ea to British Consul at Vigo, by the chief ma it must iiso "We forward to you • a copy of the lettteer oifrrtithre vessel Packet, of Yarmouth, which vesselga ll the posed sunk at sea, in order that Mae( 10 "_ I e ll aS rs ish behaviour may be known of the Committee,o,,he w" humane proceedings of Jose M. Puente, master " 1 . t vessel Sabina. sept. 20, "Brig Sabina, lying in Vi g o, 0 01 6 "British Consul, Vigo. etas to t r aish yo'll' with — h s b , ei t n e g a a e q ß u r a i i t n i s t h y s e u tt bj l e v c i t h emboldenthee_l schooner Packet, of Great Yarmouth. The 1 df . . l .;, r i a ee 41 " 00 4.1, _ s° , t u n a l3 ' o : _ ri . the tl command of H. Barker, sailed from Port e , a nd 1 ; ) . .b s sif e ' 29th of July, with a full cargo of c•sffee, a i3ar ker: tr iee . 4l : having six men on board, besides 11 ilar ker „" to On the 7th of August, the said 1 1 . -- e ,,, e steo_. cob! On the 17th of. August Mrs. Barker fron a ' st put on board of the barque Catherine, J e "0 0 to Swansea, which was complied `with._dreadful bal l f us es the packet was dismasted in a most_ a f r on on the 22d of August spoke the barque lou r ht ; the cre gerr to London, and remained by us all n 4 ,1 „ eons of t . e e the rudder slack, the wood-lock gone, baa ru .. of Ll'. post started,. would work no more, but if_ . !_u k anirr ye se , l .e said ek E e t a , p b i d e . ing Since ten t e l i t i e ief ! i t n h a o te, f A an u d g n u ,ls s e. t e t o. 7,:t e l i t f, at ding .•el bottom was tight I remained on be in wt in ge ttiabi s d p th a a c t ke k t 7 n l t d o try-sails, &c., small sails, in hopes of I - liu a i n sa d t w v o es Ea i a l si.i_citige:o3fat;heoo • distress, but to my loss and misfortune z . a tr t ; ie tee i _l e u ep a sp s a a r f e e p s l o a m ce e . and in a most dreadful situation I was trying to . e ver. and nights, pumping and steering, saltt t h e helm , c oal e ;e pt. and the sun so powerful, drying 0, , d flee orosie i nto r "ods tract a vessels. At last, so much water a u : t ieete ev e"; whole fram.. My legs swilled at d fling, at ten , my strength failing, the pumps..g.n.___ 00, the joyo 3, I was taken on board the brig Sabina, ceiveu, and d he ing tite, ti o eJ to Vigo, where I was kindly re canta in o cen' er checked, the sea then very high, tu n ' 05 'heardt ; s hoe , ' 1 11 Y formed there was only one person a jac ket ' t and 1101 J her boat, into which I got wit ~o ek fas h ole! t he lo g feet three feet .„ be see body, leaving the Packet with stocking, the ship's papers .and rticulars 0 (1,0 'in lat. 39, long. 45. All other pa A cpoi)i log-book.—Your obedient, Elias •••• Si C t . 'VA S'. • [ ADVERTISEM ESTI— NONErgottow,yridge,.ooo THE ror..nowa so CASE OF CURE 1. 1 r e di e a Mrs. Jessie Anderson, living near t 1 s r ik h d et n i c te. ti ri ti ; 0 , burgh, suffered from lowness of spirits ' f strength a nd a P l : iL l sPi. t ,, 14 4 of sight, together with a want o . a cons : i c e tr) try ied with .4 pied her d eat er a 30 symptoms were accompanied .v..ed phlegm, and likewise much windy spa until a ladY ad:relief, _I'S) ld been of any service to her, unher imisedia t . e her Wooor, " Holloway's Pills," which gave r s,_ was t of o f pro f 0 g. fortnight made her as well as eve nu tabiis" —e hie l el' at the es spe cta nio l ' (also Holloway's Ointmen t) _t all r e d by almos g e- 0 0 ' Holloway, '244, Strand, an ct ised world. to' le Jo medicine throughout the civil' e _ _ me C ol d, he oda The weather has again n e t sca n in i" to, itlEtOt.ao' and excessively wet, and we are yet earl) ,r be 900' tuber. A cold spring, a backward weaer of re ars ' 0 , long winter before us—such is the t " 1 re to state, a, counts of the potato crop, we reg- - D. .. l „hesn 1 1 °- firmed in this part of the country.—..' ~.® t A % . 1r) Corn most of Fi seqll4 burnt certir _ . Toth T etk rar k.,,, 41,4 t\ d "%ok 4%, '4l \ , 4 t,