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~ , SII REWSBU RY, WOLVERHAMPTON, DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman. The Hon. ROBT. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman. John Benbow, Esq., 31P. W. Richford Collett, Esq., M.P. W. Fechney Black, Esq. James Clay, Esq. Richard Norman, Esq. Stephen Phillips, Esq. Richard Smith, Esq. R. A. Slanoy, Esq. Sir W. Young, Bart. In consequence of the repetition of Advertisements signed "Thomas 11. Smith," and an " Original Shareholder," the Committee of Ma nagement think it their duty to publish the names of that Commit tee, as the best answer to the latter anonymous writer, and to caution the Shareholders against being misled by any statements which might be made at any meeting called by Thomas H. Smith, of whom the Committee of Management know nothing. The Committee of Afanagemer.t take this opportunity to state, that the surveys thorn Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton are nearly completed, and that the surveys from Wolverhampton to Birmingham are being made under the direction of a joint Committee representing this Company, the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Birmingham Canal Company, the whole under the immediate super otendence of Mr. Robert St;phenson By order, 3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1545 GEO, KNOX, Secretary. TGREAT NORTHERN AND SOUTH- Ens DIRECT RAILWAY F1.03L HUDDERSFIELD TO DERBY. . (Provisions`ly Registered.) Capital, 1,5000,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. Deposit, 2/. 2a. per Sh ire. (In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.) BANKERS. London—Messrs. Mast - rmann and Co. Iluddsrefield—The West Riding Union Banking Company. ENGINEERS. CONSULTING ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq. ACTIN° EN WEER. _ _ _ SOLICITORS —Messrs. Battyc aiiZ,l;;:anel Mr. Robt. T. Robinson, Haddersleld. LONDON AGENTS—.IIeSSIS. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-lane. The object of this railway Is, in conjunction with the intended lines from Huddersfield to Halifax and the North, to connect, in the most direct route, the Important and increasing manufacturing towns of Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, and Keighley, with the metropolis and soltth of England, and at the same time to complete the Intended chain of railway communication from Glasgow and the ror4h, by the shortest and most direct route, with London, and from the south to Glasgow, and other parts of Scotland. It is intended to continence by a junction with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway (for which an Act of Parliament has already been obtained) at or near Hohnfirth, and to proceed from thence through the last-mentioned place to Woodhead, and across the Man chester and Sheffield Itallway there, thence to or near Athersage, Nether Padley, Iroggatt, Bubnell, Bakewell, Matlock, Cromfor4. and to follow the course of the River Derwent to its junction with the North Midland Station near to Ambergate, and from thence to Helper or Derby. The present route from rinddersflell to Derby is very circuitous, being nlw Si miles, whilst by the intended line the distance between those places will be reduced to 51 miles ; and will also be the most direct communication that can be formed tetween Glasgow, Carlisle, Settle, SlOpton, Caine, Keighley, Halifax, Huddersfield (by means of the projected railway,) and the counties of Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton, ficdfind, and London. It will open the extensive anti celebrated stone quarries and coal mines of West Yorkshire, and afford an inexhaustible supply of coal and stone to the Midland and Southern Counties, and at the same tine open fresh markets for the products of the celebrated Derbyshire mlnes,—the cost of which, from the increased facilities of direct transit to be affdrsed by this railway, will be materially lessened ; an I at the same time the markets of the manufacturing towns, of West Yorkshire will be rendered infinitely more accessible for the corn, wool, chase, and other productions of the extensive and fertile agricultural districts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and the south. The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and return are in preparation. There are no engineering difficultles in any part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases, whilst by far the greater porti at of the southern part of the line will be constructed at an unusually small expense. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at 4/. per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference in the al lotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Huddersfield and Sheffield, and Huddersfield, Halifax, and Keighley lines. The names of a large and influential Committee, with a detailed prospectus, will shortly be published. All comm•niications relative to the line, as also applications for shares (in the form below). accompanied by a satisfactory reference, may be made and aldr3ssed to the Solicitors, at whose offices every necessary information will be given. FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provision d Committee of the Great Northern and Southern Direst Railway from Huddersfield to Derby. Ccntlemen,—l hereby request that you will a'lot me share. of 201. each In the above proposed railway ; and I hereby undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, or any lesser number of shares which may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full. ........ •• ••••••••• Profession, Trade, or Occupation ...... Residence in full • • • • • • • . - ............ Place of Business (if any) Name of Referee . ........ ............. Address of Referee Date •--• • • . ...... ... INORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY, FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidder minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, forming the shortest and most dpsirable Communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the °ilium Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 2!. 10s. per Share. (Being In accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. The lion, Douglas Kinnaird Pultency, 4, Parliament-street, White hall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester it ,ilway Jelin Boor, Esq., Tuthury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the Derby and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways John George Norbnry, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone, Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral Rail ways Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., 'Macclesfield and London, Director of the Direct London ar.d Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways Clement Tabor, Esq., Cornhill, London, Director of the London and County Bank, and of tile National Loan-Fund Assurance Company Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane, London, Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Railway Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Newport, Salop, Director of the bihropsiiire Mineral Railway Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esq-, ironmaster, Holly Hall, near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway George H. Fourdrinier, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Direc tor of the Shropshire Mineral Railway John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill, London William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Wltney, and Cheltenham Railway William Millington, Esq., Ironmester, Summerhill Works, Tipton, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish town William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands Junc tion Railway John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, magistrate, and Deputy-Chairman of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director of the Manchester, Liverpool, and great North of England Union Railway, of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the London, Holyhead, and Port Dynllaen Railway William Tomkinson Riley, Esq., Milifield Works, Bilston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot teries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leels. and Shropshire ➢fineral Railways _ Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire , Railways Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the Direct Lond.sn and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and Bro"eley Railways Rev. Matthew Yatrnan Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, near Church Stretton Charles Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-square, Director of the Shropshire Mineral H rilway Rer. Thomas Iluinphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway James McMillan, Esq., Manchester-bnildings, Westminster George Yonng, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Spratslade House, Longton William Ottey, Esq., Longton John Ashwell, Est., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains borough, and Statnrdshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester Railways William George, Esq., Weston, near Mach-Wenlock Thomas Goddard , Esq., Bank House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., Wilden Iron Works, near Stoure rt Director of the Dudley, Madelcy, and Broseley Railway. ° ' BANKERS. Messrs. ftogerd, Oldliz, and Co., Clement's-lane, London The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall The National Provincial Bank of England. Newport 3frfeirs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury SOLICITORS. Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, London Ed nund Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop William Milton, Esq., Kidderminster (Silbert Brows, Esq., Shiffnal. LOCAL AGENTS. William Burdett, Esq., Manchester Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston Thomas Griffin, Esq., Chelton, Staffordshire Potteries Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq., Newport. Sscarraar—J. Stevens, Esq. Temporary Offices, 3, Abehurch-lane, London. This line of Railway will commence at the junction of the Man chester an•:d Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grind Junction Railways, at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed from thence through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and Shiffnal, in Shropshire,. thence through the flourishing town of Kid d,trminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester to the Important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will, also, in conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan sea, Merthyr-Tydril, and Herz ford Railways, form the mast advan tageous route from Swansea aryl the iron districts of South Wales, to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull. The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will form a junction with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug gaga may be convoyel to Safford, Derby, the Midland C ount i es, Staffordehlre Potteries, Sheffiel 1, and Hull; and, in addition to the carr:age of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and Kid lerminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the north of Eng:and, and Scotland—will secure a large passenger traffic In the district through which it passes. The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in length, and be tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance at least 20 miles, and the Journey can be accomplished, at the pre sent rapid rate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a junction line, connects Itself with some of the most Important rail ways in th e kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and densely r ,pulated iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its course Passes through a rich agricultural country. It must, there fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffic to pay a high rate of interest on the capital required. There are no enginee to ;tang' difficulties in the country through the line is intended the whole being which on reference to the map 01 , nearly on a level, and which accompanies the prospectus , the line will appear straight, and that it cannot be surpassed he superior advantages it possesses, and the same termini. by any existing or projected lines, between It will not interfere with any o ling will be requi re d . ratunental Property, and no t unnel- The liabilities of the Shar eholders', II 1 he limited to th e amount of their subscriptions, a n I Interest will b v further calls, tYom th e d ate of the sevte.raalllowed on th e d eposits and the line. p a yments to th e opening of Prospectuses, with Maps and Forms of Application 13.- had from the Secretary on application for Shares, Call of the Company, 3, A , lch irch-lane, London; ftrioie temporary offices Local Agents; also front the following Brokers. v i l l z. the Solicitors and 2, Birchin-lane. London ; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, • Co ltessrs. LY" ' kenhead ; Mr. R. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. trt.rih-liittreet, Bir- George, Liverpool; Messrs. Solnnes and Tripp, lir motie, St. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; awl Messrs. Green andOldham, Ta r a '. chester ; to whom Applications for Shares may be addressed. It will be necessary that reference be made t, a Banker, aiolicitor, or petsoa of responsibility. FORM OF APPLICATION. TO the P:oNislonal Directors of the North-Weetern Trunk Railway, 3, Abchurch-lane, London. Gentlemen—r request you to allot me Shares in the Nowt Western Trunk Railway; and I undertake to pay the Deposit of 2/. 10s., and all farther calls upon the same, or sueh lesser number as you may allot to me, ani to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract when called upon to do so. Datel this day of , 1843. I 431, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, Christian and Surname in 11111— Residence.. ...... ........ 14d62100 Or I.e. re re it /.1111;.. fHE S UN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1845. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. IRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLES FIELD RAILWAY, Fornunj Junctions with all the great and Important Railways in Great Britain. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 600 COl., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit V. 2s. per Share. This important line. commencing at the terminus of the Man cheater and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town of Sheffield, will proceed in a direct course by or through Hope, Hathorsage, Castleten. Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the great canal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the projected Man chester and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesfield, the total length of She line being nearly thirty miles. This junction stands In the very centre of the entire railway sys tem of England, and will complete the chain of railway communi cation between the river Humber, the towns of Sheffield and Mac clesfield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wichee of Cheshire, the City of Chester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Bangor-Ferry, and the Harbour of Holyhead. All the necessary arrangements are in pro gress to proceed to Parliament at the ensuing session. A detailed prospectus, containing the names of an influential Pro visional Committee, &c., will be published in a few days. Meantime applications may be made to the Solicitors, Messrs. 7attarna and Fry, 62, Mark•lane, London ; and G. A. Coleman. Esq., I, New Inn, Strand. By order, GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary, GRAND TRUNK RAILWA f, Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction Railways, with a Branch from Derby to Ashby-de-la. Zonch. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shams of 29/. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. Sir John Edmund De Beauvoir, Bart., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director of the Eastern Counties Railway William Simpson Potter, Esq., 7, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park. Di rector of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the Irish North Midland ltaliwAy James Beech, Esq., the Shawe, Staffordshire, and Brandon Hall, Warwickshire Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Direct Western Railway Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Dendre Valley Railway Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and Abergaveony Railway Hugh Henshall Williamson, Esq., Greenway Bank, Neweastle-under- Lyne, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Stephen liutchinson, Esq., London Gas Works, Vanxhall Henry Cave Leahy, F..sq 5, St. James's-square, Director of the Great Welch Junction Railwaye John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction Railway Daniel M'Mahon, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Star fordshire Junction Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Thomas Randle Andrews, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway William Griffiths, Esq., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway Joseph Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Edmund Gulson, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway William B. Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the Direct Lonci-m and Exeter Railway Martin Siutly, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park. Director of the Direct Western, Dablin and Belfast, and London and South Essex Railways. Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the Oxford, South ampton, Gosport and Portsmouth, and Direct Western Railways. Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway ilenry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Junction Railways Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con sail Hail, near Cheadle, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand di:Motion Railway Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagn-street, Montagu-square Robert Chaplin, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Edward Mammatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch John Beavington, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch T. S. Kirkland, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works Joseph Bostock, Esq., Breedon-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Lime Works James Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Harvey Wyatt, Esq., Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and of the Dudley, Madeley, Brossely, and Iron Bridge Railway Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick. and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct Railway Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, War wick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct Railway John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Joseph Can ington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire William Field, Esq., Rugeley, Staffordshire Samuel Ginders, Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Agent to the Right Hon. the Earl of Talbot, K.G. R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis trate of the County, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Director of the Direct Western Railway James Lamb, Esq., llyde Park-square James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater and Minchead Railway C. 11. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu -street, Montagu-square George Augustus M`Dermott, Eaq., Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle ander-Lyne Wm. Tulle& Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Wm. Clods Braddon, Esq, Regeney-square, Brighton George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-crescent, Hyde Park John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole raine Railway Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby Railway John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway, and Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn Fields, Wolverhampton Henry Turner, Esq., Brewood Hall, Brewood, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Henry Scott. Esq., Banker, Waterford, and 17, Pail-mal? Lewis Adamis, Esq., Bastbrd Hall, Stoke-upon-Trent Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Banker, Leicester. Baxxxas—The Union Bank of London. STANDING COUNSEL. Charles Howard Whitehuret, Esq., Q.C. J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A. ENGINEER--J. U. Rastrick. Esq. ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Nicholson, Esq. Sol-teams—Messrs. Watts, Jalsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely place, Holborn SECRETAIY—SamueI Stanway, Esq. The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the Loughborough station on the Midland Countits line, and pro ceed through the Yale of Sheepshead, to Pegs Green Colliery, near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Rail way, and from thence through the coal-fields of Swanaington and Cole-Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will thence proceed across the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of Seal, Clifton Camprille, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby Railway, which it will cross near to Elford Park Farm, and thence traverse the Valley of the Tame until it reaches Alrewas, where it will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley line now in progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South Staffordshire line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Bir mingham. From Loughborough the line will be further continued to Asfordby on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, now in progress, and by means of this latter line, a direct intercourse will be opened with Melton Mowbray and the various towns through which that route pastes to Peterborough. By means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk reaches Coiwich, and there meets the proposed North Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potteries to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, thus completing its route, and forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Juncti on Ralways. This branch of the Roe was formerly surveyed by Mr. Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that no engineering difficulties exist. The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, and thence by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to the ferry at Weston Cliffs, and so prose d to Kings Newton and Melbourne. From the latter place it will pass by the village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, where there are extensive limo-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat ing by a branchline with the lead, lime, and coal works there; thence by the Lount Colliery to Worthington Rough, where it will follow the line of the Cole-Orton and Swannington Railway until its junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near tho Pegs Green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the proposed Nottingham and Birmingh , m, and with the proposed Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as ft line for passengers Is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a completa junction between those two great thoroughfares, the Mid laud and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby to -.la-dZosoueuhthearnnotlihneers ncoowmptineteprjourrneetsiso.nthbuestwoepeen.intshea direct N As o b rZea de Grand Staffordshire, w an li e t ic r e a s fil te e, rs the ir e, G s r t line of communicati on t o a l l parts of the kingdom. will 'Sblirmro the eire most iro direct and to nethfeo Leicestershire, n coal flel is, to the Burto n b rewer i es, to North and South P Wales, and Ireland to Scotland, and all parts of the north, and to the easte southern, and western parts of the e mp i re. It will also be the nearest and most direct communication from the east to the north western manufacturing districts, as well as become the great from all parts of the kingdom to the midland counties of Englanrodute The mineral resources arc of the very highest order. The Moira coal-field is Inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold alone comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of seven feet, with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The sub stratum is yet to be worked. There are beds of Kennel and main coal at Cole Orton of equal quality. though net of equal depth with those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire coal strata. It is needless to describe the beneficial results which must arise from this opening of the midland Coal district to the Lon don and southern markets. At Staunton Haro ld and Calke exist rich veins of lead ore, no w I n full course of working. The properties of the Breedon, Staunton Harold, and Ticknall lime are so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of traffic for so valuable a commodity into m ire remote districts must bo of the utmost importance to the practical fanner. In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand Trunk will fall in with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser viceable for paving and building purposes, and for which a ready market would be found along the line. The country also abounds in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used in Birming ham and elsewhere : these markets will thus become opened for the quarries at Chellaston. A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware of Wooden Box and Griesley Potteries. Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs will be ander the Control of the Committee of Management, to whom power is given to allot the shares and apply the fiends of the Company in payment of all proper expenses in the formation of the Company and otherwise. rower will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime the Committee of Management take power, to alter or extend the lines, to make branch lines, to abandon any part of the line, to raise addi tional capital, and to enter into arrangements with any other Com pany or Companies. Application for shares must be made to the solicitors to the Com pany, Messrs. Watts, (lalsworthy, and Galaworthy, 19, Ely-place, Holborn, Loadon ; to the Secretary. at the 0171C03 of the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; and to the following LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolverhampton E. Kem Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley Messrs. Koary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent Thomas Piddock, Esq., Asiby-de-la-Zouoh F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough Charles Ilriesley, Esq., Lichfield Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester. Also to the following : EES. Lond on — Messrs. nil, Fawcett, SHAREBAOK and Hill, Threadneedle-street Measm Harris and Sons, 'Change-alloy Mr. A. Sym, T o k enhouse-yard Livcrpoo llle ssrs. Townley and Whiteheadßristol—Mesors. Tate and Nash Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronheha Messrs. Weatherburn and Jennings Birmingham—Mr. J. It. Lane ..N.nShreeadwrflerrlrdclt-1-7113ter:srrIVN:Ti ll lit a Wa rTi . w i e l ll cals'l a nTi : c l a Senot Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp Wakefield —Mr. S. H. Armitage Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer Worcester—Mr. W. Miles York—Messrs. Grayston and Erlo Blaekbarn—Mr. Thomas Boardman Southampton —Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun. Exeter—Messrs. 11. 13eatunout and Co. Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-mann) Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes l i fllliatzts and Suantlantl gem% Fagg 8 44 Gfe THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, and HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMTANY. From Tunbridge Wells Direct to Hastings, with a Branch Line from the same place to join the Brighton line at Lewes. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 750,000 E., in 30,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Thomas Farneombe, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Westminster Bank John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London, Meopham Bank, Tun bridge, Director of the London and County Joint-stock Bank, and of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Major James Oliver Lindam, K. 11., New-street, Dorset-square, Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales Railway, and Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway William Cory, Esq., Commercial-road, Lambeth, Director of the London and County Joint-stock Bank P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square Frederick Harrison, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale, Director of the London, Edinintrih; and Dublin Life Assurance Company Joseph Barker, Esq., Macclesfield, Cheshire Alexander Prince, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-ficlds, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shropshire Mhieral, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways William Case, Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor-square W. Bulkelcy Glasse, Esq., 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and South Crescent, Bedford-square The Rev. Lewis Evans, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, South wood-terrace, llighgate Stephen Hutchinson, Esq., Bromley, Kent, Sole Proprietor of the Bromley Gas Works The Rev. George Kenrick, Battle, Sussex, and Regent's-square, London ✓ Captain George Lind, Waterloo-place, Brighton IL Ladell, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Railway Henry Wardle, Esq., London and Macclesfield, Director of Reming ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway Thomas Carlisle, Esq., St. Leonard's-on-Sea, and Clifton, Bristol George Clement, Esq., Hastings Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Union-court, Broad-street, and Macclesfield, Cheshire Thomas Robinson Williams, Esq., Director of the Patent Woollen Cloth Company Lewis Rime, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk Reginald Read, Esq., M.D., St. John's-square, London The Rev. Samuel Andrew, Wadham College, Oxford, and Highgate - - (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT IN LONDON. Thomas Carlisle, Esq. R. Ladcll, Esq. William Case, Esq. Major James 0. Lindham, K.H. W. Bulkeley Glasse, Esq. Alexander Prince, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. Henry Wardle, Esq. ENGINEER IN Cnizr.--Charles Blunt, Esq., C.E. STANDING COUNSEL—John WOubrey, Esq. SouciTol-0. L. Lloyd, Esq., 49, Doughty-street, Redford-row, LOndon. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Scrivens and Young, Hastings Messrs. Martin and Sons, Battle Messrs. Barclay and King, Mayfield. SECRETARY (pro tenn.)--Heur3 L. Freund, Esq. BANKER, IN LONDON—The London County Joint-stock Bank. DISTRICT BANKERS. The Branches of the London and County Joint-stock Bank at Tun bridge, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton At Hastings—Messrs. Smith, Hilder, and Co. The object of this Company is to effect a direct communication, by railway, between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, and also be tween Tunbridge Wells and Brighton. The Hastings line (about twenty-six miles in length) will commence at Tunxidgo Wells, and run near Frant, Wadhurst, Lamberharet, Etchingham, Hurst Green, Robertsbridge, Whatlington, and Battle, having its terminus at the western extremity of Hastings. The Brighton line (about twenty-two miles in length) will com mence at Tunbridga Wells, and take a direct course to Brighton, passing near Mayfield, Rotherfield, Uckfleld, Little Horsted, end Lewes, where it will form a junction with the line, which is nearly completed, between Lewes and Brighton. The numerous visitors and inhabitants of the fashionable watering places of 'Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and Hastings, will thus not merely enjoy the means of rapid communication with each other by railway —an advantage which ought to have been supplied to them before this—but will also have, respectively, when the proposed line from London to Tunbridge is formed, a continued and direct railway to the inetropolis. The area embraced within these lines of railway is justly remark able for the variety and value of its agricultural produce, being one of the most extensive hop districts in England, and not inferior in general fertility to any part of the kingdom ; and when it is consi dered that the metropolis is the principal, indeed, it may almost be said, the exclusive, market for its productions, the profits arising from the conveyance of those productions alone must form (inde pendent of passenger traffic), a very large source of revenue to the Shareholders. Even from the already developed resources of the extensive, wealthy, and populous districts through which the Company's lines will run, the most encouraging estimate of results may be justly en tertained, and when the Hastings Dock and Harbour Company (which has already been provisionally registered) shall have carried into effect the proposed improvements, the line from that town to Tunbridge Wells must become one of the most profitable in Englanf, as it will then be the great highway ,of continental tourists. The route from London to Paris, by Hastings and Dieppe, is decidedly the most direct, as well as the most interesting, which a glance at the map of Europe will satisfactorily show. To the towns of Hastings and St. Leonard's the greatest advan tages must accrue from the establishment of a railway, bringing them within two hours of the metropolis, and, through it, by the great lines of which it is the focus, connecting them with every por tion of the country. An immense increase in the number of their opulent visitors must necessarily be the consequence, the climate of that part of the coast of Sussex being universally considered equally salubrious as the most favoured parts of Devon. The Company have in contemplation the formation of a branch from the most convenient point on their Hastings line to Winchel sea and the town and port of Rye, or to connect that line with the Hastings and Ashford coast line; either of which objects can be carried out at a very moderate expense, and must considerably in crease the valise of the principal project. To the Inhabitants of Lewes ant Brighton, the advantages to be derived from the Hastings line must be great. It will give increased facilities for the transport of the produce of the districts through which it passes, and will complete the railway communication be tween Canterbury, Maidstone, Chatham, Rochester, and other towns In the county of Kent, and Brighton, Chichester, Portsmouth, South ampton, and other imp ntant towns in the western parts of the country. The existing trafflc in passengers and goods (which must be ma terially increased by the establishment of railways) a,:e too well known to regaire a detailed statement In this prospectus, and cai• not fail to secure to the shareholders a large interest on the capital invested. A preliminary survey of the country has been made, and no part of it has been found to offer engineering difficulties of more than or dinary character. The liability of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions, and in the allotment of shares a preference will be given to landowners on the respective lines, and other parties locally interested. Power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent. per annum, on all calls, previous to the opening of the lines. The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the power of making alterations in the line or branches, and of adopting the at mosphe-ic pri iciple, if advisable. They are also determined on giv ing strict attention to economy in the expenditure of the capital, and will thereby be enabled to guarantee low charges for the con veyance of passengers and goods, and there can be no reasonable doubt, that when the traffic is fairly developed, the full rate of 101. per cent. will be paid, amid a surplus lefi, for branch lines, or a reduc tion of tolls. The strong feelings in favour of a direct line evinced on the part of the public in Hastings and surrounding neighbourhood, the support of the landowners and agriculturists, with the numerous and strong assurances received in favour of an independent Company, leave no doabt of the successful Issue of an application to Parliament for an Act next session. In order that every attention may be secured to local interests, ar rangements are now being made to add the names of gentlemen of influence and property I i the counties of Kent and Sussex to the Provisional Committee. Applications for shares, with a reference, may be made in the fonn annexed, to the Solicitor, or to the Secretary pro. tern., at the temporary Offices of the Company, No. 76, Basinghall-street, Lon don, and to the following Sharebrokers :—in London, Messrs. J. and T. Mexon, Broad-street ; In Liverpool, B. P. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-buildings ; in Manchester, Messrs. M`Lean and Dinwoodle ; in Bristol, Messrs. Wreferd, Nicholls, and Co. ; in Leeds, Messrs. Whalley and 'Thompson, Bank-street; in Gloucester, J. N. Balme, Esq. ; in Cheltenham, Joseph K. Baker, Esq. To the Provisional Committee of the Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and llastings Junction Railway Company. _ . Gentlemen,—l hereby request you to allot me Shares in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, of any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 12s. 6(i. per Share thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds when required. Name ...... ....... • • • • • • • • •• • • ..... Address Profession or Businecs (if any)....... Reference.... ..... . ...... ........... PROVISIONAL Y REGISTERED. LEEK and MANSFIELD RAILWAY, forming a Junction between Boston and Holyhead, and uniting, by a direct line, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and Nottingham shire, with the Counties of Chester, Lancaster, and Stafford. Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord 11ossmZie, - lOicilieiii;;ant of the county of Monaghan The lion, Francis Curzon, Barrow, Derbyshire Sir William Magnay, Hai t., Alderman, and late Lord Mayor of Lou- don ; a DireCctor' of the Great Luxembourg, and of the Direct London and Holyhead, aad Port Dynllaen Railway Companies W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen ; and of tke Great Western, Southern, and Eastern Counties Railway Companies Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Rushland Hall, existing or projected, but will materially add to the traffic of all, 'id prove to them a most valuable auxiliary. Commencing at Leek, it will form an extension of a line already in course of construction ; and, passing through Winster and Ashover, at or near Mansfield, it Will unite with the Sheffield, Newark, and Boston, the Derby, Gainsborougb, and Great Grimsby, and the Nottingham and Mansfield Railways; or, should it be considered more desirable, the point of junction may be with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, at Retford. Although not possible adequately to appreciate the importance of this line, a glance at the map will show that it perfects the communi cation from Boston to Holyhead, and is called for by public necessity. At present there is no direct canal nor even an ordinary turnpike road for the purpose of transit of the various and inexhaustible pro ducts of these extensive mineral districts. On the one hand, the bulk of the cattle and other agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Not tinghamshire, and the large quantities of flour and malt made at and near to the towns of Mansfield and Newark, find their way to the western markets by circuitous routes, the cost and delay attending their transmission being enormous ; and, on the other, the products of the paint manufactories, and of the Barytes works at Ashbourne and Cromford, and other minerals, are now sent many miles out of the direct course in order to reach their destination. From its junction with so many railways, and affording a direct communication through the country from east to west, it is scarcely possible to compute the amount of passenger traffic which may be expected on this comparatively shortline. Power will be taken in the Act to allow interest at the rate of 41. per centum per annum on the deposit-money, as well as on all calls, from the date of each payment till the opening of the line, or until a dividend be declared ; and the liability of subscribers will be limited by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their respective shares In the undertaking. . _ Applications - for sharer to be made, in the usual form, to P. A. Burrell, Esq., solicitor, No. l, White Hart-court, Lombard-street; and to the following Stock and Sharebrokers vlz., in London, to Messrs. Ilitchens and Harrison, 18, Threadne •dle-street ; Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-buildings ; T. Uzzielli, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street ; to Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby ; Messrs. Chapman and Elliott, Nottingham ; E. B. Schofield, Esq., Sheffield ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Man chester ; and Messrs. J. Wills and Co., Liverpool. T[lE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. . . . _ Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed, the Banker's Reeeipt will be exchanged for Scrip. By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary. Sept. 12, 1845 R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) FIRE INSURANCES. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Pre miums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th day of October next. ASTLEI"S ROYAL AMPHITIV , ATRE OF ARTS. rROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. . _ Approbation ! approbation! appr”bation ! n'ghtly bestows Its gra. tifjiug meed upon the present novel Egyptian Hypodramatic pro. duction. Fourth Week of the gorgeous, classic, equestrian, dramatic spectacle of THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and The Lily of Memphis and The Horse of the Pyramids, with new startling effects ; twenty Tableaux, in which Fgyptian Games and Chariot Races are introduced. _ _ New and varied scenes of Equitation, introducing the combined talents of the French Artistes. The Entertainments each evening will conclude with an entire new Afterpiece, entitled JONATHAN ; or, the Man of Two Masters. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Equestrian Tuition giver as usual. Acting Manager and Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING IVill be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with Locke's Original Music. Macbeth, Mr. H. Hughes; Macduff, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Banquo, Mr. Fredericks; Duncan, Mr. Heslop ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. H. Vining; Hecate, Mr. Leffler. To be tbilowed by LES PETITES DANSEUSES ANGLAISES (under the directi o x o f Mr. F r ampton) in their celebrated " Pas de Fie:us," and " Pas des Moissoneurs :" in the course of which , a " Pas do Cinq," and a " Pas de Fantastique." To conclude with a new Nautical Drama, entitled COM STAR BOARD ; or, Nancy, the Seaman's Pride. Supported by th' entire strength of the Company. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the /lex °Mee, tom Eleven to Your. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. FIFTH WEEK OF THE COMET. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificent MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chimpanzee. THE MAGNIFICEN T MODEL OF VENICE, THE PROMENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivalled Band of the Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED, introducing aßepresentation of the COMET, which takes its Arial Flight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model; And, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotte AQUATIC TABLEAU, Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake; The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will be introduced. fins, combined with the leux D'Artifice, the 4alut. and Disch•:rge of Rockets from the Castle and surrounding Heights wilt form the most BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carniyora at Half -past Four; Pelicans, &c., at Hers c 4110,0 lialt-s0 40111 4 50 01 44 P lO O l7 Limit, NOTICE. VOL. IV. of the NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, WILL BE READY I OR DELIVERY WITH THE MAGAZINES On the Ist of October. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mailhorough-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have referred the question of a correspondent who writes from Chesterfield to the proper authority. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, SEPT. 24. riIEnmoMETER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 52; Noon, 50. BAROMETER, 30.3. WIND E ; cold dry weather with sunshine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Marling .. 20 minutes after 8 I Evening I minutes after 9. 47, 4, c : f _••• „ ' Dresden, on the 15th instant, a supreme decree was presented by the Government, relative to the religious movements of the coun try ; and, in the usual course of business, it was about to be referred to the first deputation, when the Minister de Kcenneritz arose and explained the motives which led to the decree. He pointed out like origin of the Friends of Light, their principal tendencies, and their proceedings with respect to the Evangelical Church; he explained the position of the Church with respect to the State, and justified the Ministerial edict of July 17, against the numerous attacks directed against the latter. lie declared the object of all the efforts of the Friends of Light to be, " to substitute the variable sentiment of each period for the eternsl word of God," and assented that such doctrine led on the one hand to Atheism and Pantheism, and on the other to a greater constraint than had ever been known before in' matters of faith. When this address was over, Burgomaster Weimer proposed that this decree, as well as another relating to the Dissenters calling them selves German Catholics, should be referred to a special deputation, appointed for the purpose. This proposition was seconded by Prince John, and adopted unanimously. The first of these decrees was the same day presented in the Second Chamber, and referred to the exa mination of the first deputation of that body. The next day, M. Todt, in the same Chamber, proposed that they should also reply to the speech from the throne, as well as the Upper Chamber. After some dissmssion, the motion was carried by 57 votes to 14." On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Funds were flat, and a good deal of fluctuation had taken place in Shares. 'Those of tbe Great Northern Railroad rose at one time to 355 f. prem., but at the close fell to 3451. The 'Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 85c.; the New Loan, 841. 10c. ; tha Five per Cents., 118 c. 10c ; the Orl, Rai!road Shares, 1,267 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,092 f. 50c. ; Havre, 895 f. ; A v i gnon , 0301 ; Vierzon, 755 ; Bordeaux, 705 f. ; Boulogne, 6401 ; Troyes and Monte r, an, 525 f. ; Basle, 285 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 39. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 27f. 50c. premium; ditto (Calon), 9f.; ditto (Ganernon), 141.; ditto (Lapinson niere), 6f. 50c. ' • Northern Line (Rothschild), 345 f. • ' ditto (Rosamel), 421. 50c ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 321. 50c.; ditto (Decan Lebeuf), 33f.; Paris and Strasburg (Gan neron), 151. ; ditto ( Hinguerlot),l3f. 50c. ; ditto (Bcchet), 6f. ; ditto (Isot), 101. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 20f. ; ditto (Drouillard), sf. ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f.; ditto (Lefevre), 10E; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 35f.; ditto (Lecointe), 22f. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Moriondale), 10f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 71 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 16f. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 6f. 50c.; ditto (Carette), 10E ; ditto (Colbert), 21 ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 47f. 50c. ; Maubeuge (Kysaens), 2f. ; Dijon and Mul hausen (O'Neill) If; ditto (Allegry), if ; Dieppe (Sel- Beres), 50f. ; Caen (Delamarre), 71 ; Fampoux, 20E MARSEILLES, Stn . . 18.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,060 f. ; Boulogne, 655 f. ; Vierzon, 7901; Orleans and Bordeaux, 717 f. 50c. LYONS, SEPT. 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,056 f., end of Sept. •, Paris and Orleatv, 1,277 f., ditto ; Paris and Rouen, 1,105 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 785 f.; rleans and Bordeaux, 706 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 23. . Anglo-Belgian — Luxembourg Boulogne and Amiens.. 13V, Namur and Liege 5% Bordeaux &Mediterran 138 Orleans and Vierzon Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Bordeaux 14 Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2% 'OverYssel OOO .•• Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) 3 Central of Spain .. — Ditto (Ganneron's). 3% Dendre Valley ... 2M Ditto (Calon's).... - 2 1 4 Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 11% Paris and 0r1ean5...... Dieppe & Paris Junct. .Paris and Rotten . 43 Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg East Indian Grt Northern of France De. (Compte deL'Est) (Laflitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Do. (Le Boeuf) — Royal North of Spain. 2% Do. Peppin le llalleur -- Sambre and Meuse .... 8% Great Paris and Lyons. 2M Strasbourg and Basle . Great Western Bengal %ITournay,Jurbise, Lan- Jamaica Junction 5% I dent, and Hassell... Do. North Midland 2% , Tours and Nantes Do. Extension Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe.. 4%Verona and Ancona 3% I Lyons and Avignon.... West Flanders DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The celebrated com poser, Adolphe Adam, who has written the music of the new ballet to be played here on Saturday next, arrived on Tuesday to superin tend the rehearsals. AWFUL. INSTANCE Of SUDDEN DEATEL—Tues day an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, at the Duke of York, Swan-lane, Rotherhithe, on the body of Mr. Charles Dermes, aged fifty-five. a timber merchant, who died under very awful circumstances. It appeared that on Friday last the de ceased was employed in measuring the cargo of one of the Baltic vessels, and appeared in excellent health and spirits. Suddenly he was observed to stagger and fall down, and upon one of his assistants going to his aid, he appeared wholly insensible. A surgeon was sent for, who immediately attended, but pronounced the deceased quite dead, probably from the rupture of a blood vessel. The Coroner asked if any of the crew were present, but it was stated the vessel had sailed. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the me dical evidence. ALARMING AC CIDEN T.—Tuesday afternoon, be tween three and four o'clock, an accident of a most alarming descrip tion occurred to Henry Forsyth, Esq. It appears that that gentleman is on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Apjohn ' a lady residing at Ken sington New Town. In descending from his dressing-room, he un fortunately forgot that three or four steps intervened between that and the landing-place. The staircase being somewhat dark, he missed his footing, and was precipitated over the balusters. In his descent Mr. Forsyth caught at the handrail, which gave way in his grasp, and he fell to the foot of the stairs with fearful violence. Me dical assistance was immediately summoned to the aid of the unfor tunate gentleman, who it was discovered had sustained a compound fracture and dislocation of the right arm, besides several severe con tusions of a very alarming nature. THE FOOT HURDLE RACING AT WEST DRAYTON. --Tuesday, the silver cup, which was open to all England for com petition, came off near the King's Head at West Drayton. The con testing distance was to run over a quarter of mile of ground, and to leap ten hurdles (5 feet 6 inches high), placed at equal distances. The spectators were numerous. The entries for the race were—John Smith (the Regent-street Pet), Patterson (the Flying Tailor), West hall, Martin, and E. Smith (of London), and Maxfield (the North Star). In betting, the Pet was taken against the field. The neces sary arrangement was made, and the men came to the starting mark attired in racing costume ; the signal was given, and the men bounded away; the Pet took the lead, and cleared the nearer hur dles in admirable style : he was closely followed by his opponents for two hundred yards, when they fell off; the Pet maintained the lead, and wen the cup very easily, his opponents not having a chance with him. The race for a silver snuff-box was won by Martin, of London. THE NEW JUDGE OF THE WESTMINSTER COURT or REQuEsrs.—Notwithstanding the election of Mr. D. C. Moylan to ' the office of Judge of the Court of Requests, in Castle-street, Leices ter-square, the several parishes in Westminster on Saturday pro ceeded to the election of Commissioners of the Court for the ensuing year, under the Parochial Act. This had led to some remark in Westminster, as it was generally supposed the judge was appointed in the place of those gentlemen, and the question is asked, what part are they to take in the decisions of the Court? If simply as a jury under the directions of the judge, it is expected that many will not serve, as the qualification required is a high one, and confines the selection to the higher classes of tradesmen. And, again, it is said, if the commissioners are to decide irrespective of the judge, his office will be a useless one. It seems that the Learned Gentleman cannot take his seat until approved of by her Maje ty at the next Privy Council. The salary is estimated at about 1,2001. a year, and it is expected that under this new arrangement a snore commodious court will be erected in the place of the present incon.enient office. THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY, LONDON.—ThiS corps, of which Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert is Colonel, proceeded from London to Woolwich-marshes on Monday, under the command of Captain Iselin, and carried on practice with one iron and two brass six-pounder guns, at 650 yards range. Lieut. Rooke had charge of the range, and the river being moderately clear of vessels, there was not much interruption to the firing, and the practice was very good. Twenty rounds were tired from each gun. THE RICHMOND RAlLWAY.—Tuesday the works on this line of railway were commenced with great activity at Wandsworth, and before the end of the week the entire line will be occupied by excavators and bricklayers. The contract has been taken by Mr. Knill a person who has had much experience In railway matters, and has executed some heavy contracts ou the Great Wes tern line. This railway will have its terminus in the Broadway, Richmond, and traversing almost a dead level, as well as keeping in a paral'el line with the upper Richmond road, will pass through the upper side of Mortlake, cross East Sheen-lane, Barnes Common, on which there will be a station adjacent to the Hammersmith-bridge, New-road, and continue with very little cutting to Putney. Here, upon a portion of tho estate of Temple Leader, Esq., M.P., a cutting commences, which will be carried through the High-street, over which a very handsome bridge, fifty feet wide, wU, be thrown, and a station will be erected. The cutting continues to North Fold, when an embankment succeeds, and is carried to the high road leading from Wandsworth to Putney, over which a bridge will be thrown, and then commences the most difficult part of the undertaking. A viaduct, 300 yards in length, consisting of 20 arches of 26 feet span, and three arches will be those crossing the Wandle, the canal, and the mill-streams. A great portion of the viaduct tra verses an extensive osier bed, the drainage of which will be extremely difficult. Thr ee mill one of bricks will be consumed in the erection of this viaduct, and Its estimated cost is 18,0001. The railway after wards crosses the Lower Wandsworth-road, at which point there will be a station, and a continued embankment unites it with the South-Western Railway at Falcon-bridge, Battersea, where there will also be a station. The entire line is positively to be opened in the early part of May next. INFLUX OF SHIPPING.—A great number of vessels have arrived in the river and different docks within these two or three days, from China, the East and West Indies, the different colonies, and indeed every part of the navigable globe. No less than upwards of 150 vessels reported at the Custom House on Monday alone, and the long room of that establishment was literally besieged by the captains of the different vessels tendering the reports, or authentic accounts of the cargoes, according to law, which requires the master of every vessel to report his vessel and an account of her cargo within twenty-four hours of arrival. The present influx is remarkable, as, althaugh the weather has been very blusterous of late, the winds have not been adverse to the arrival of ships in the Channel. This timely spur to business will be much felt and estimated at the different dock establishments, as, from the extreme sl-ickness and consequent want of employment for the numerous poor and hard-working labouring men at those places, a great deal of poverty and want has existed in the neigh. bourhood. The present pressure appears also to extend to Liverpool, as in two days nearly sixty reported, and the day before very nearly an equal number of vessels arrived from all parts of the world at that great mercantile and commercial port. THE DESERTER'S FEE.—A question having arisen as to the payment of the fee of 2s. to the magistrate's clerk for making out the commitment of a deserter, the military authorities referred to the Secretary at War, and have been informed of the re gulations established at the War-office, dated April 23, 1835, viz. : . . That the fee in question should be paid by the party receiving the reward for apprehension ; or, where no reward is offered by the public, proved inconvenient, and was, therefore, altered by memo randum, dated April 25 1840, which directs that this fpe, as well as that to the civil practitioner for examination, shall in the first in stance be defrayed by the gaoler into whose custody the deserter is committed, who is to be repaid by the escort sent to remove the pri soner from custody. NIGHT BA L LOON ASCENT AT CREMORNE GARDENS, —Tuesday evening, Mr. Henry Green, in company with a gentle man of the name of Williams, made a night balloon ascent from Cremorne-gardens, which was stated to be' the last of the season, and which was unfortunately attended with nearly serious conse quences to the adventurous aeronaut, arising from the improper construction of the firework machinery, which was attached to the car of the balloon, and which 'WAS the manufacture of a pyro technic artist of the name of Baker. As this was the first occasion of two persons making an aerial excursion wills fire works, the weight of which was about 301b5., it was necessary that the gas should have greater power. To give the gas an increase of power, it must be deprived of a great portion of its carbon, and which was effectively done under the direction of Mr. Kirkham, jun., who is attached to the Chelsea station of the Imperial Gat manufactory, from which the gas was supplied. About nice o'clock Mr. 11. Green and his companion entered the car, when the frame-work which contained the pyrotechnic exhibition was at tached. It was now, however, found that the mode of ignition hitherto adopted, which was by means of a fusee or percussion (and which is a course practised by Mr. Southby and Mr. Darby), so that the discharge does not take place till the aerial machine has attained so high an altitude that to those on terra firma there can be no danger, was not to be pursued, and that a match was to be applied. Everything being in readiness, Mr. 11. Green was released. At the same time ties match was lighted, and this before the balloon was free from the earth almost immediately communicated with the fireworks, which commenced discharging a shower of fire among those who were close upon the ba loon. The effect was mo mentarily appalling to them ; but before they had time to recover from their state of alarm, there came a rapid discharge of Roman candles, which were projected to the fence that was formed to pre vent the ingress of the company. The utmost consternation now prevailed, and many ran away for their protection. Some alarm at the same time was raised fur the aeronaut, as some of the Roman candles ascended toward the balloon, while one of the candles set fire to the gas, which immediately ran towards it. Fortunately the machine escaped uninjured, but there is no doubt that the aeronauts were In a state of great alarm. The gas was promptly turned off by order of Mr. Kirkham. Some ladies fainted, but there was no report in the gardens of any one having received any personal in jury. The balloon went in a westerly direction. . THE RUSSIAN STEAMER VLADIMIR.—This beau tiful vessel, which has been lying alongside Waterloo-quay for the last few weeks, has attracted the notice of large numbers of our citizens. She is of a handsome model, which, however, being some- what different from thit of the steamers we generally see here, has made it an object of far greater attraction. But the beauties of the vessel do not consist solely in the handsome exterior—the interior ' fittings are in a style the most superb, and at the same time sub stantial— not gaudy and superficial, but massive and apparently en during. What is called the Emperor's cabin is situated on the deck, and its fittings up are of the most superior description. The vessel, as we stated in a former number, was built by a Liverpool company for the Emperor of Russia. She is manned partly by English and partly by Russian sailors. The principal steward is a Scotehman, and the other an Englishman; and the engineer —so much for old Scotland, the scientific characteristic of whose sons has put their services in request on every sea and in every clime—is a Paisley man of the name of Thomson. The vessel, we vathotsod, t o s su , 4 71 Pt C I4 X gOsolutt-AINAVAgltwf • . . ___.." HAYMARKET THEArfIUE• t A id e • A one-act verslon of the French farce, Ba Iri at of was produced at this theatre on Tuesday, mid cr the ti tl A Cabinet Question. The adapter was Mr. Planate i tha t hero was Mr. Buckstone. It is needless to a; id t Tors fl i ; ttiumphantly successful. Thus runs the story. (Buckstone), the foreman of a cabinet -make r, has a t th e risk of his life, stopped a pair of running horses, • en a j o as „ opal saved the life of a lady of high rank. The lad - mo ss Tom, who is dressed in his best, and than hir ain .'"' ts pe interesting manner. The heart of the c abine t-mom fire; he declares to the lady that he is Alfo 'as° Mo ne y and from that moment loses his time and V'S ur n ; ;, o o -fi tle , deavouring to sustain his assumed character suet u6sitlit to win her heart and hand. He neglects hi old oWeet,ni Miss Rosewood (Julia Bennett), his master's neice, w, ll° " - ti m e loves him, and at last, on being ordered to take OM e g.00" 3 ,„" his lady of his love, he positively refuses to be Se en b 3" b d. "01. working-dress, and is about,to leave his service, not orithsf hie ing the entreaties of Miss Rosewood, when the 11 1,1 k s t, t his love enters, and he is discovered. He now di lcove.rs that hal lady is engaged to a young man of family, -who I . e,.":, t hes o n wn as a boy. The young man is poor, but Pottssol;iot, 't rich, by discovering for him a secret drawler i n li f e NO in which is found his uncle's will, leaving On la c: o4 Of course a double marriage takes place i an 4 titted ro il : becomes Mrs. Tom Polish. Buckstone the character of Polish. The dialogue is writ len Witb 's g , titio point, and, from the rising to the falling of the audience . was in a roar. It was announce AO r rePe amidst a hurricane of applause. _ Arr THE LATE EXPLOSI ON OOL WICH. in," 4 Sir{,—Perhaps you will admit the inclosedla SPaCeby widely circulating and valuable paper. It lit tur e, ou icnarles, draw some attention, and prevent, iu fat al results. it h fear The recent and awful explosion, attemled ' of life, at Woolwich, last week, has made a clu e P t"" on the inhabitants, and has called fortfa botrl r e .r g e s air astonishment in all, that such a system of eat t eli hisee s , b le terial so destructive as percussion powder' fr o g' e " means of steel chisel, should in these days of el Jig/. a lto} and superior chemical knowledge be for a 11 00 1 e r l skill en Without wishing to call in question the s 2Fer l ,„ have o ' n practical knowiedge, of the talented office rs / 1 2 - i e s,st, c a ".; direction of that department, I must, to sa, fi.P 6 „ O f"; 11 cider that great want of the necessary precan Ifis 4l . n " t eodo u . 1 of those whose immediate duty it was to s app The dangerous and inflammable work, was evic lela-k,tors " e a simple-minded tyro of the establishment m elt„, oe h ' i e danger and the effect of steel and gunpowder its " E iji , to each other. I trust this sad warning will weight, and induce those who have charge oC fur a gs, stores to be more cautious, and employ for theld and much more simple, means for those operative v ote d soaking the fusees, &c., in water for 24 or 48 h °,1;010,eo prevent any accident from explosion, and secure • % e re P r o, from danger. The doors also of all the rooms' operations are carried on should be made to orN 3 1 0 sr e , , Trusting -these remarks may be taken kindly , as %IVO." tended fr;endlv, by ?Kite/ Woolwich, ept. 22. --- -- LLOYD'S SHIPPING-.t.,vic" LONDON, SEPT. 24.—Wind this day at noon IT 50 1 ' 0 ' breeze, and fine clear weather. , defer DEAL, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. D ILOII t a . Colombo ; ltestauracas, Nunez, Bahia for HambuirfiPan , Pa o la . '" the River, and sld., Devo, Sproat, Ceylon ; Ann En n • l a. $9! Dalhousie. Sid. Golden Spring, Sydney ; Mary Cathe,r* roof: New Zealand ; Kingston, Harwood, Adelaide ; afer a l lf Batavia; Islander, Gordon, Demerara ; Clarendon, Ilei:Taio!'' Renfrcwshire, Burns, Dalhousie; James, Cumming , St ' art foundland, with the rest of the outward-bound. New Orh al COI; DOVER, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. off, leariton, Adams, Ne , Cooke, &Walnut Bay ; Mercy, Quebec. 6 41 C0 PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Kandia rt ,: a kOs eutta ; Childe Harolde, Lilly, Bombay ; Susan Crise, ,ar ia Good Hope ; Prince Albert, Sebor, Now York. av' 01, Anna Sem 23.—Wind E.N.E., fresh br.. jesi 0 0:3 01 , Anna Robertson, Russell, Salhanha Bay. Off Per t, jis 4 York ; Flora, Labrador; Kron Prinds Oscar, Arvskng, aao. and proceeded for Antwerp. 0 04 r. RAMSGATE„ SEPT. 23.—S1d. Stewarts, Fisher, Cap e of , Hercules, Wilson, Galveston. ores' ; SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Hannah, Boys, aa , TORBAY, SEPT. 22.—Sid. Adele, Pelham Rio JanV o , FAVERSHAM, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Wansbeck,i Cloarn e al, el , Or Euphemia, Crockett, Queec. et dre BRISTOL, SEPT. 23.—A b rrd. Nonpareil, Murray, An OW' Brunswick ; Reliance, Quebec ; Columbus, Howlinb' Pollock, NEWPORT,Ot, ' n M'ltyre, Dalhousie. aa - -at lt of ch" SEPT SEPT. 23.—S1d. Margaret Forbes, = vaas ; - LYTHAM, SEPT. 21.—Sid. Union Rose, St. Stepa 51 d. i Anna, Dowson, St. John's. CLYDE, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Shamrock, Shannon, P ietc :etire' Diogamn, Leitch, Calcutta; 22, Brilliant, Brown, D ern , Pi ° Duman, SEPT. 21.—Arrd. Cushla Ma Chree, BO" ro af i k ward's Island. . NeY (l3 o° l9' KINGSTOWN, SEPT. 22Arrd. Bristol, St. John's , - KINSALE, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Felonia, Banrick, Plete g ' op eita Exchange, Crosby, St. John's, New Brunswick. „13 F GALWAY, SEPT. 16.—arrd. Victoria, St. John's, .e‘e" MO" LONDONDERRY, SEPT. 15.—Sid. Envoy, Mason, S t ' Brunswick. _NEWRY, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Br o th ers , V a lp e y, St. 0re., 11 ., °1. STORNAWAY, SEPT. 18.—Arrd. J ess i e , MaLeod, OFF WHITBY, SEPT. 21.—Sapphira, Brown, Que be tiall,rb Isll , HULL, SEPT 23.—Wind W.N.W., light.—Newteu , ""a s itona/P 4 Matthew, Harrison, Quebec. A clinker-built boar ,. p la t. S pero p was passed, on the 20th inst., in the North Seaa,avel'oraa lon. 2'30 E., and a topmast, by the Tremont, Taylor, n'" of P p ;IP 0 LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23.—A small brig, with the ne ° ,, c a4P ) her quarter boards, apparently laden with deals, ''or ' t o black, with white tops, was passed on her beam-en ds d ere c r lat. 41, lon. 49, by the Champion, arrived at Saguill, r ;ta BRIXHAM, SEPT. 23.—The Veloce, Pynoublane , Lb. Monte Video, slipped an anchor and chain and caw s pl te, this morning, leaky. a nti i Y a a P i ,* LYTHAM, SEPT. 22.—The Isabella, of Whitehaven , - ,, t 0r a4 4, of Maryport, which were on their beam-ends at the Ribble, 17th inst., righted on the following flood, "' ol die:o4 petted off next spring -tide without --Car t o n s,muchalamage- n o Pi . STORNOWAY, SEPT. 18.—A vessel of about 150 t 45, a $ ta waterlogged, and abandoned, was passed, 17th ult., by the Jessie, arrived here. DUNBAR, SEPT. 22.—The Lively, Denly, of and It, $ llyaa Leith, drove ashore this morning upon the sands dura.„.oo 3e c ca'a at N.E., but expected off without damage should the "to ( ' ° o, 4 ' rate. The Antelope, Gordon, of this port, from Stet tin os been driven on shore four miles to the eastward, an d considerable damage, but is expected off. MARLBOROUGH-STREE T e' William May, a man of decent appearance, with h' '. 0- e el wa s charged with begging. + r , to Will Rainey, one of the constables belonging Society, stated that about eight o'clock last evening , a osa raaa, o l. soner beg of several gentlemen in Pall-mall. Witne ss .411, 0 4 make a statement of his having m' t with an accident ann, and that he had but just come out of the Westrajaca os On searching him Is. I Id. in money was found in 1315 of t #o o also a quantity of broken victuals. Oda ar Sir. HARDWICK asked the defendant if he wished tp, aao. in answer to the charge against him ?—The defende n a at to true he was begging, as the constable had described, tiOlsela he duced to do so to make up a sufficient sum to purc7 o lo t ing, being market morning, some fruit to sell abou t 0 0 6 / support in an honest manner his wife and two childreT,,eatl, The constable said he had made inquiries, and had eln'e" the prisoner had not been either an in or out patient I ."' p eeao Hospital. e The prisoner said that part of the representation h a , li ao do d o obtain charity was certainly false, but he was induced lase000:01 fact of his having just returned from transportatio n ; gi r ) 4 , ,fif € l . o o tented to seven years' banishment, but after serving I r , Pi: De half he obtained his discharge, and was returning „asit' ate", family, whom he had left in London. When at Por t s''' 4i pifr his arm, and was obliged to go into the hospital ther e. bees 'alit Mr. liattowicz asked how his wife and children he d . oft while he was away from them ? The prisoner worked far their rnaintena. cc Ito the best way she con"De a'? a, ar j td The wife and the two children were brought torW 0. 0 , 0, Their clothing, though ragged, was remarkably d e la( ore, child was a very fine-grown girt, about nine years ' t , 0 1 , pia ail youngest a strong healthy boy, about seven. The la c aa te t j , ov. rked hard to support the children and herself, n' „ t i t eo tt aai l At was:absent, and if he now could sell a little fruit W u ` tee ,aii`pe' might manage to obtain a livelihood without troubliniftral e' e r' Mr. HARDWICK said that begging could not be pet h a te circumstances, but in this case the prisoner should +e of the circumstances under which he was placed. t• I ' 4 He was ordered to be discharged, with a caution 1 -,7 ` before the Court again. The prisoner, with much emotion, expressed hi' release. a EAST INDIA H 0 USt v00%60 The Directors and Proprietors of the East India Detiee terly general Court yesterday, in Leadenhall-street , fe' er taking into consideration the petition of Akhoond Ilanerry s4' Metaram and Dewan Marano, deputed to this aeu°4ol6 0 0. 4 ' A.meers of Sinde ; and also to hear certain charges P r ' Lieut.-Col. Ovens, late Resident at Staters. Did At twelve o'clock Sir Henry Willock, Mr. Hogg , r at ,a 1 be derable body of the Directors, entered the theatre. Ar a. Mr. Peter Gordon, the Proprietor, who, it will b e rc cl op re , 0 already tested the power of the Court to elect its ovr fl o see' determined this day also to bring the question t° „ uot , ' , tP, that view had taken the chair at least a quarter or 5'0,1 pied 7otir On the entrance, therefore, of Sir Henry Willock r, scene of indescribable confusion ensued, the Chairra3aeOria. m • Hon. Proprietor to vacate the chair, which the latter p oo r ool i rit ri e ground that no chairman had yet been elected by th e r• trine did The officers of the Court were then called in, and de aloe, lifted completely out of the chair, and placed en t " no ttor,4 . more immediately used by the Directors. It we!„ .. s o, Pee V to hear amid the noise what was said by the Challa" O A 5e or Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, who, with half a dozen oiea!' _ar ing at once, but as nearly as we could judge, the „ 4 , n i " was entering a protest against the proceedings. meg t' Silence being somewhat restored by the clerk rean- tot e of the last meeting, ‘a • 11 ,4 „ire . ,t0l Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE then rose, and said that h e . t "pir'poe; on a question of privilege which involved in the to r th e , r al, vitality of that Court. lie was surprised to find t hat 15 vitality of that Court. lie was surprised to fled pld"1 0,1 had, on a previous day, reeived a rule I' urP ° ' c oll ci a $P • for many years esteemed obsolete, for the be eluding the public from the gallery. NOW' s aoW , s V,(s to with a resolution. he would endoavonr t ° sal 11 ,0 Y? first place, that the rule Itself was worthie s . s 4 l , that even supposing it good, it did not apply to „.„. e ry ta,4 Sergeant Gazelee) would be the very last to refug e ' ha d ) e r the lion. Baronet who then filled the chair, but li, s yrsoo V o ril4 why he claimed it as a matter of right. Ho (31r* ' ll it l ed sa r'l e +l affirmed that the Hon. Baronet had no more righ t ApP' ,011'0P It was claimed by the same rule which had he el id is-uat fie to exclude the public, and he would ask why, i there? Ja e , lwa , to one part of it, they did net respect it as a w at parr t o d.„6! that those who entrenched themselves behind th atsi d a , e) a s 4 1:r t a e c j i more rht to do so than they (the Proprietors e, it T ,- i to • 1 5 e , to now ho would show from the bye-law itself, that In a pog o posed to the constitution of that Court, as ealli v a l a nle' e at c r eon, By the bye-law It was ordained that no Propriet e ir . ; a a W a d tV r gen of stock to the amount of 5001., could be nero t ao ij, rje a o o Court. But by the charter this was declared Lr4rocaoeraeva4 they were not bound to respect s had (T , a ch :„ E ta„t . i,o l , a l then read the charter, which had no be pr V , ' o o r This showed that every Proprietor load a right t0,,,, di0 g ,rica carrel what became of their bye-law about Proprietor! n: rie tar pe: o only being allowed to be present ? The Honadni os t n e ,oo o o l o 9 e o a case of a bye-law of last century, proaidm,g ru aten t t ieo. r por t o holding an office of emolument under the Go , e , ut eor!„,ol Director, being decided against by eminent leaaa a , arla a eo,a ri t a, ground that no departure could take place frono .i_aaariarn:tooaatei( without en Act of Parliament. Under these c or st:`; pr i l t)l , re u , astonished at the xcsion of the public. D looe' r ae ° e ra' a Directors doing so. e In lu tkis free country it was Wa s in tn rr that deliberations of the kind which that Cour !: ad ja to entering upon were open to the public. They I ;oae edj ;i' !" , think they would succeed in ma*, mg on their no t t _ The people of this country, he was satisfied, As would conclude by moving that the gallery a a we" the public. r si ttlah 0 1 " Frontle t° Mr. Geoaae THOMPSON, and another 016 0 ,10 , s ir conded the motion. erectors ci. - , e Ayo The CHAIRMAN said that he and the Da a jesel v an ? c i d la'? desire that this debate should be conducted 3,l‘orapDarealalegeeof the fact that such a course was adopt. d arose _ cs 0 03 1 .0 0 0 ;Tale ei° curnstance that on a late occasion a Propri etor rte about town, Inviting the public to be P a r -wito, to a e,,a, of those notices many persons had asseinbl e "'„ e a. A t ot I , t ie the argument, had expressed their feeling Cirefore fei t or 0 1 ref , jor down the displeasure of the Court. Ile th ajga tty, duty to preserve the respectability anl sca gean e ` n ter .. .%;' o l by acting upou the bye-law which the Leale u bt were e Ce n. ele' to. Upon that law he acted, and if anY ( r fe u r it to t1 : 0 its validity, the better phisl be to 1: c uair 00 who could also decide upon claim to toay ie the n° i atieo' chairman of the East India Company. That' h e ar') th e P b yr, c ei the proper mode of settling these questions. 8 ar pe . Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON supported at som flu ty o uts a_ ide ;Vs> Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, on the ground of the tu,e: sa ouP 0 07: e . When he came to the door of the theatre, na, „lane of P er e that Proprietors holding 5001. stock should at iso w ` ci a, t By what authority did they Pu t ? They 1t eot i o e f a 0 der Why did they assume those Pon' er la n ut airra...0 19 .00 ther illegal. They had no snore right ‘a a• ea rive o ct i e,,,,a , than they had to come to his dwelliagtunt."eirdusien 1-"" his domestic comforts. He was sure such an wig , $ FOR THE REMAINDER OF ,-- 1 -Ifi, SEE THE SUPPLEMEIVT Tv ~r<-......e.,--.- .4.6.,......r.....-____--- --- ;. rit - pry - _ ii • . :::: of THIS DAL ~.. - sitit g. - ,-, --- fo ls t ill London : Printed and Published by Mu t office, OO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sul , t be Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy,. r klic/(13, TJAurlditi, September 24yr. Lancashire, and Regent's Park, London ; Director of the Soul Staffordshire, and of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Compa nies ; and on the Committee of Management of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq.. Elmswood House, Leeds, Director of the Leicester and t'edford Railway Company James Bowns, Esq., merchant, Mansfield Richard Broomhead, Esq., Mansfield Joseph Brown, Esq.. Deputy-Chairman of the Erowash Valley Ex tension, and a Director of the East and West of England Junction Railway Companies William Chadwick, Esq., a Director of the Erewash Valley, and of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport,and Portsmouth Railway Com panies John Chambers, Esq., the Hurst, Alfreton John Churchill, Esq., a Director of the Manchester and Birming ham Continuation, and of the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport Railway Companies Nathan Cooper, Esq., Mansfield The Rev. T. L. Cursham, D.C.L. the Vicarage, Mansfield The Rev. William Cursham, Mansfield John Dodsley, Esq., Skegby Hall, Skegby Thomas Dowglasse, Esq , St. John's Wood, a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Robert Forman, Esq., Abbot's Hill, Derby lomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield Smith Fowler, Esq., Nottingham Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey, a Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway Company Thomas Kirkland, Esq., Mansfield George Lawton, Esq , Ditchleys, Essex, a Director of the South Mid land Railway Company Stephen Lewis, Esq., a Director of the South Wales, and of the Man chester and Rugby Railway Companies The Rev. William Linwood, M.A , Mansfield C. Lowden, Esq., Di rector of the Richmond Railway Company George Miller, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, a Director of the Manchester and Rugby Railway Company, and of the Central Rail way Terminus Company Thomas Minnett, Esq., merchant, Mansfield Ambrose Moore, Esq., a Director of the Dendre Valley Railway Company The Worshipful the Mayor of Nottingham John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., &c., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park ; a Director of the Irish Great Western, and of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Companies George Perry, Esq., Mansfield John Pickersgill, Esq., Tavistock-square ; a Director of the Birken head, Chester, Mold, Ithuabon, and Vit'e of Llangollen, and of the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction Railway Companies The Rev. John Poole, M.A., Mansfield J. M. Bowles, Esq., Leicester Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale, Chairman of the Preston and Wyre Railway Company Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; a Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, and of the Huddersfield Railway Companies IsN'e°rttlthgliokain-street, Grosvenor- square ; a Di rector of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Robert Thomas Railway Company Watkins, Wakefield,E W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. , a Director of the Erewash Valley Extension and South Midlands Junction Railway Companies B. B. Williams, yndham-place, Bryanstone-square ; a Di rectoroiflltiahme sL' Esq., and Manchester Direct Railway C ompany (With power to add to their number). CQMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. ..,__ WILLIAM HUGHES HUGHES, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. CHARLES DICKSON ARCHIBALD, Esq., Deputy-Chalrman, The Right Hof. Lord Rossmora Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. Sir William Magnay, Bart. Frederic Hewett, Esq. J. R. Atkinson, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. Jaseph Brown, Esq. John Pickersgill, Esq. William Chadwick, Esq. Robert Watkins, Esq. The Rev. T. L. Cursham, D.C.L. BANKERS. The London Joint-stock Bank ; the Union Bank of London The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Notting. ham and Mansfield North and South Wales Bank; Liverpool Messrs. Clement Royds and Son, Rochdale Messrs. Fowler, Gaunt, and Co., Leek and Congleton The A-shbourn Union Bank, AshbOurn and Uttoxeter. Exotsr.zaa—Messrs. J. B. and B. Birch. SOLICITO2B. John Bothell, Esq., 78, King William-street P. A. Burrell, Esq., 1, White Hart-court, Lombard-street. SzcitzTaxx—Ernest Charles Jones, Esq. P oOSPECTUS. This railway, not exceeding thirty-three miles in length, is pro lected for the purpose of forming a junction between Boston and Holyhead, and uniting by a direct line Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire, with tho counties of Chester, Lancaster, and Stafford. =l a , tiat9 wriaptutiQu with no Qug 4t tbe Wats st mist LIFE INSURANCES. 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KEELEY [mmense Attraction of " Open Sesame ; or, a Night with the Forty Thie'res"—Great Success of " l'eter Jenkins." MIS EVENING be performed a New and Original Comedietta, entitled FETER JENKINS; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Frincipal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, A.. Wigan, Turner, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Dawson. l o be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, Miss Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with OPEN SESAME; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, F. 3latliews, Turner, Yar nold, and Keeley; Miss Hodson, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss hicks, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley, _ _ the Box- office le open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan , iorn Ten till Four. • 1(ITA" 2-1113 LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, MO The intelligence from India and China, though not of a striking character, is not the less important. In the vast extent of our Indian possessions peace prevails, the influence of the British name is paramount, and none of the adjoining States, however they may dislike the spread of civilisation, justice, and mercy, or dread the extension of our dominion, seem at all disposed to quarrel with their powerful neighbour. This universal peace at the present moment cannot be attri buted to the policy of the new Governor-General, for, in fact, he is hardly ever heard of. He remains in phi losophical retirement at Calcutta, engaged in devis ing plans for the improvement of the country, such as making roads, encouraging steam enterprise, educating the natives, and reforming the administration of justice. Tkese are noble pursuits, and do high honour to. Sir HENRY HAR HINGE, but at the same time no unprejudiced observer can deny that he owes this leisure, this vacation from warlike du ties, almost entirely to the wise and spirited government of his calumniated predecessor. Lord ELLENBOROUGH during nearly the whole of his short reign was engaged in military expeditions, forced on him, in fact, by the policy of Lord AUCKLAND. After what had occurred in Affghanistan ; after the deceitful conduct of the Ameers of Sinde, and their intention, manifested beyond the possibility of a doubt, to take the first advantage of difficulties or disasters in which the British forces might be involved, he had no alternative but to occupy the country or compel the Ameers by force to give such security as would put every means of vengeance out c,f their power. They declined the latter. They chose like madmen to try their strength against the whole power of England, and what with the judicious plans formed for their subjection, and the admirable manner in which they were carried out by Sir CHARLES NAPIER and his gallant army, they were utterly defeated, and their country was finally annexed to the British t:ominions. The grumblers at home, and the selfish and prejudiced, perhaps venial writers abroad, did everything in their power to lessen the value of this great accquisition, heaped endless abuse upon Lord ELLENBOROUGH and Sir CHARLES NAPIER, said Sinde would never repay the cost of keeping it in subjection —nay more, it would be the grave of every European who ventured to reside in a district exposed to all the diseases caused by swamps and malaria. And when owing to igno rance of the seasons and accidental circumstances, fever broke out in some places, and affected several regi ments, they rejoiced over the result, appealed to their prediction, and called upon the Government at the Home and the Indian Board to renounce the conquest, restore the Aineer, , , and consequently shut up the navigation of the Indus, and break off all communication by that great river between Bom bay and the rich countries in the north of India. Even the hostility of the Affghans was disregarded, and the British dominions, as well as the whole of the Punjab, were to be exposed to their excursions fur the purpose of mortifying ELLENBOROUGH and NAPIER. The Government, however, would not listen to their charming; and to the mili tary occupation of Sind', and the watchful eye of its Gover nor, may be entirely attributed the respectful dis tance at which AKBAR KHAN and his predatory hordes keep from the country of the Five Rivers, now, from its distracted condition, such a tempting prize fur the ruthless Affghans. Of this there cannot be the least possible doubt, yet not one Indian journal that we have seen attributes the important circumstance to the real cause. These jour nals, too, are utterly silent about the unhealthy state of Sinde, for the best reason in the world, because it is, in fact, more healthy than many of our Indian pos sessions, and the troops, when properly located, are per fectly satisfied with their condition. Steam navigation is increasing daily on the river, the producti,ns of countries through which it flows for fifteen hundred miles are mutually exchanged, employment is given to the inhabitants, and the whole population of Sinde, said to be so ardently at• tached to the hunting Ameers, would regard as the greatest calamity the return of their old masters. In the meantime Sir C. NAPIER is actively engaged in putting down everything like aggression from the west ; he is placing the Government of the interior on a stable and rational basis ; the people are not, as formerly, harassed by endless exactions nor denied justice; slavery is abolished, and merchants, and traders, and shopkeepers, carry on their business with as much security and with as certain prospects of returns for their labour as in the most civilised and well regulated communities. These are great triumphs, and are the more to be prized, as they have been accomplished in oppo sition to the almost unanimous opinion of the " fourth estate," and either disowned or reluctantly acceded to by the great body of the India Directors. We never had but one opinion on the subject, and the result, we are ready to admit, even surpasses our most sanguine expectations. Madrid journals of the 16th inst. have been received. The QUEEN, according to some of them, had been much benefited by her journey into the provinces. Two magnificent equi pages, a present from the Queen of ENGLAND to her MA JESTY, had arrived at Astorga. We find no additional intel ligence in these papers respecting the proceedings of the court-martial appointed to try the rioters. The payment of the new . income-tax, it is said, was made without any serious opposition in the provinces. The Captain-General of Cata lonia is determined to put down all resistance to the authori ties by the most summary means. The Clamor Publico says that functionary sent lately for the editor of the Foments, a Barcelona paper, and informed him "that if he inserted any thing in his paper capable of alarming the province, he would hang him f. om the flag-staff of Monjuich, as a warning to all other journalists." No business was done on the Madrid Bourse on the 16th. A French provincial journal, the Bien Public of Macon, the town represented by M. Du LAMARTINE, gives an account of a meeting of the Council-General of the Saone-et-Loire, at which that eloquent orator delivered a long speech, and, from what we can gather, very much to the purpose. It related to the circular letter from the Minister of Public Instruction, calling on the departments to raise funds for gratuitous education in the colleges of the chief towns. M. DE LAMAR TINE highly approved of the Government plan, but thought it might be extended, and not apply only to colleges, but to primary schools for the lower classes. But that was only one of the sound doctrines inculcated by the Hon. Deputy; he turned his attention to the struggle at present going on between the University and the Church, and decidedly took a part with the former. He strongly reprobated the attempt made to entrust the education of Frenchmen to the clerical body, which he said would form a new and complete feudal system, and bind the human mind to a body that founded their faith on traditions, and delighted in retarding the progress of knowledge. These are plain truths. They do honour to the speaker, and form a noble contrast to the bigoted schemes of cer tain parties in Ireland, who would restore the power of the Jesuits, and make them the visitors, and gwardians, and principal teachers also in the new Irish academies. The progress of this encroaching sect is pointed out in the Consti tutionnel, and ought to be a warning to such men as Sir ROBERT INCII" who joins with Mr. O'CONNELL in den'unc ing the plan of the Government, which effectually deprives these dangerous teachers of all manifest influence in these colleges. The Constitutionnel, after giving the early history of the Jesuits, states that they have now fourteen provinces, viz. :—Rome, Sicily, Naples, Turin, Spain, Paris, Lyons, Bel gium, England, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Maryland, and the Missouri. On the Ist of January, 1838, they had in these provinces 173 establishments and 3,067 members; oa the Ist of January, 1841, they had 211 establishments and 3,565 members ; and on the Ist of January, 1844, 233 establish ments and 4,133 members; having thus, in six years, in creased by 60 establishments and 1,066 members. In 1844 the number of members was increased to 4,527. It thus con cludes its remarks " The success of the company of Jesus has been constant during late years in all the provinces. It has everywhere gained ground ; it has everywhere extended and consolidated its empire ; but the most marked progress has been made in Paris and Lyons. The object of the principal efforts of the Society in our days, is not the conversion of Pagans and infidels ; it has not, as it had two centuries ago, more than 2,000 missionaries in the Indies, Japan, and America; proselytism in distant countries is now only a commercial specula tion, an affair of money. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith paid to the company of Jesus, in 1844, the sutn of 336,092 f. 32c. for 134 priests, 30 novices, and 61 brothers, whom the Society had devoted to the service of the missions among the infidels. The field of battle chosen by the Jesuits in the nineteenth century is Europe— Europe, which has thrown off the Papal yoke, but which the I'ope and the Society of Jesus would bind by new chains at the foot of the pontifical throne. Such is the position of the Society of Jesus in the world. There is little we believe changed in the provinces of France. The fathers are there divided into small groups, but they are not less numerous, active, or wealthy." _ _ . On Friday, at Eu, the KING, the QUEEN, Mme. ADELAIDE, the Duchess D'AUMALE, and the Prince and Princess of SALERNO, drove out at two o'clock, accompanied by the Minister of Commerce, the Prefect of the Seine Inferieure, Col. DUMAS, the Marquis DE BRANCACCIO, and several ladies of honour The royal party returned at 5 o'clock. On Saturday the KING, accompanied by the Ministers of the Marine and Commerce, General D'HoUDETOT, and his orderly officers, took an airing in the park at Eu for two hours, returning to the chateau at half-past tive o'clock. In the evening his MAJESTY received Captain LAURENCIN, of tifb Navy, and the Colonel of the 12th regiment of the line. The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS arrived on Saturday afternoon at the Tuileries, where the Prince and Princess DE JoINVILLE came from St. Cloud to receive them. According to the Paris pipers great excitement prevails at Dresden, caused as well by the opposition of the Lower Chambers to the Government as the progress made by the new religion propagated by M. RONGE. The following is an Outline of the proceedings in the Chambers : :41-tho pot pis or to VPVis ;clamber athow. la* . , a ot. ,• •-4 re] Nate ( ' 4 t t),„ IN, In r i ; `@ he s e " , an( n w . ull th e j-sr +m t 4d of k it a( leir a • ' • °l ° t c , Sy b : e*t i t : : 4 84:11 tt44l,ld:Ail l r :Eu t : T el i I: : 31 ( I the b q fr 4 ) ber. followi Sep Ikttziy 1,..