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William A. S. Westay, Esq„ Hyde patk• place, London Nicholas Ee.q. Killingwolt.h. I•lewcza,t e- upon-Tyne. ENGINF.ERS. 116 boo. Stephomon, Esq. T. E. Harrison, Esq. SOLICITORS. Mcssrs. Burcbdl, Kilgcur, and Parsons, 47, ParNalntnt-street, London • " Henry Toogeod, Esq. 2f2, Parliament street Messrs. Rawstone and Nilsen, Preston, SZCIIETARr.—W. H. Ingram, Esq. • The attention of the Provisional Directors having bens called to the inn.ortance of mating an extension to the town of Ripon, they have determined to construct a Israr.ch from a convenient point on their main line to the town of Ripen, where it will jails the Leeds and Tbirsk line. The Provisional Directors have at once consented to adopt this snggc•stion, considering that this branch will open a means of railway communication to a very rich and important district, and will afford a valuable addition to their original scheme. The country through which this Frio is intended to pass is ex tremely favourable, and the expected traffic will amply compensate for the additional outlay. The capital required for constructing this extension will be raised by the issue of additional shares, which will be divided amongst the holders of she Original Scrip as soon s , s the Directors are able to make the necessary arrangements for that purpose. By order of the P.nard, W. 11. ING II AM, Secretary. GREAT WATERFORD, KILKENNY LONG FORD, AND SLIGO RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Pursuant to the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110. Capital, 1,000,0001., in Shares of 23/. each. Deposit, 2/. 123. 6d. per Share. PROVIEIONAL COMMIIILE. Lictetenant-General the Right Hon. Lord Bloomfield, (.C.B. Nensgh, Tipperary Lord Steplien Chichester, Orineau, Ant Jim The Eight 1-lon. Lent Edward Chichester, Li, Cheshamplace, ant Oak(leld, Donegal, (Erector of the London and Exeter Direc Railway Lieutenant. Colonel Nathaniel Cameron, Dan.y_Graig, near Swan. Glamorganshire The Hon. Francis Henry Needham, Ikforne.park, Newry, director of the Hull and Holyhead, the Newry and Carlingford, and the Lincoln and Northampton Railways Sir James Doriclas Hamilton Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey Sir William Ogilvie, Bart. Brompton :'Sr James Eyre, Bart. Lower Brook-street,,director of the Ports mouth and Langston Dock Company Parer, Count D'Alten, J.P. Grenanstown, Nenagh Frederick Led will, Esq. J.P. Dunard, Roscrea Micl.aal Lethalll, Esq Dairies John Park in , on, Esq. F.R.S. director of the South Midland, and Rareq. Darby, and Manchester Railways C. D. ArellihaN, E. F.R.S. Rutland-hall, Lancashire, and Re gent's.park, director of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway R. M - B:ain, Esq. director of the Great County Down Railway F. Carcitl, Esq. director of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway William Kirkpatrick, Esq. director of the Newry, Armagb, and Londonderry Junction A. C. Jeffry, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Newry and Carling ford Railway George H. Thompson, Esq. Greenwood Park, County Down Edward Ward Jackson, Esq. merchant, Liverpool, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway W. Douglas, Esq., merchant, Liverpool, director of the London and Edinburgh Railway J. Irvine, Esq., merchant, Liverpool, director of the Oxford and Cheltenham Railway Captain Edward Smith, R.N. Greenwich Major Wornum, 11.E.1.C.5., Cheltenham George Spry, Esq. Surafton, Surrey, director of the Portsmouth and Langston Dock Company Jahn M. Cottle, Esq. Leamington, director of the Direct Birming ham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway Major Arnsinck, director of the Direct Northern Railway William Gibb, Esq. Manchester, director of the Birmingham, Ox ford, Reading, and Brighton Railway John Onions, Erq. Breseley, Salop, ironmaster, director of the Dudley, Madely, and Broseley Railway, of the Grand Junction and Cambrian Railway, and of the London and Dublin Approxi mation Railway S. E. Sieben, Esq. Manchester, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway John Boyd, Esq. magistrate, Seneschal of Newry John Thorn, Eq. Bioseley, director of the Grand Junction, and London and Dublin Approximation Railways W. H. Cooper, Esq. Shrewsbury, director of the Birkenhead, Bir mingham, and Brighton Union Railway D. W'. Whitehead, Esq. Manchester, director of the Direct Bir mingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway Henry Keate, Esq. Shrewsbury, director of the London and Dublin Approximation Railway Alexander John Gordon, Esq. Linley Hall, %Vest Broseley, director of the London and Dublin Approximation Railway William Birmingham Costello, Esq. Wyke House, Brentford, director of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Robert Medill, E.g. merchant, director of the B:rkenhead, Bir. mingham, end Brighton Union Railway Isaac Taylor, Esq. Monkmoor, Shropshire, director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford. Reading, and Brighton Railway James Millman Coley, Esq. Bridgenorth, director of the Cambrian and Grxid Railway Robert Baugh Blakemore, Esq. director of the Shrewsbury, Wol verhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway Richard Lambert, Esq. Leyston.hall, Sudbury, director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Henry Diiiley Cockbutn, Esq. Woolwich, Kent, director of the Swansea and Loughar Railway William Henry Kebbel, Esq. Glebe-house, Kilby, Leicestershire John A. Layard, Esq. 40, Keppel.street, ltussell.equarc, director of the Hull, Birmingham, and Swansea Junction Railway Henry S. Coleman, Esq. provisional director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway, and of the Direct Manchester, Leeds, and York Railway (With power to add to their numbers.) DkNKtRS. London—Messrs. Spooner, ATt;ood,and Co. Birmingham—Messrs. Attwoods and Spooner Manchester —The National Provincial Bank of England Liverpool—Liverpool Union Bank Duldin-13ank of Ireland and its Branches, the Provincial Bank of Ireland and its Branches, and the Royal Bank Ile!fast—Northern Banking Company and its Branches CoxsourtNo Esucver.a— Sir John M'Neil, LL. D. and F.B.S. SOLICITORS. _ _ In London—Thomas Nies, Esq.,:),COPthall.court In Dublin—Messrs. F. G. Tinkler and Robert T. Cummint, 9, Upper Gloucester street, and I I , D'Olier.street. PARLIX:UENTARY :TEXT —George Lewis Smyth, Esq. 2, Derby. street, Parliament street. SECRETARY—S. T. Jones, Esq. The length of this line will be SO miles, serving as a direct main trunk connexion and continuation of two other important lines ; one in the course of formation, viz.—from Kilkenny to Waterford, and the other, the Midland Great Western Extension to Sligo—of whose success next session the requirements of the country and the intrinsic excellence of that project forbid any reasonable doukt being entertained. The aggregate of the ttree lines will be about 170 miles, traversing, almost in a straight course., the entire centre of the island, from its principal port on the North-wear, to its principal port on the South-east ; intersecting, ditricts whose teeming fertility is proverbial even in Ireland, and opening up Somers of mineral and manufacturing wealth hitherto neglected, or discredited; because deprived of those facilities es: enlist to their profitable development, which it is the object of the present undertakiug to supply. Interfering with no existing interests, and not susceptible ofbeing itself menaced by future schemes, the Greet Waterford, Kilkenny, and Sligo Railway appeals to public consideration on grounds more important than probably anything of a like nature yet broached in Ireland. %%Plena the slightest Increase, the present traffic would guarantee an unusually lucrative return upon the investment of the capital raped for; aid such is the peculiar nature of the country, that the completion of the line must be productive of vast advantages to the nation generally, in furnishing an inex. haustible home supply of costly and indispensable commodities of universal consumption row circuitously imported over Sea; while it must also hold out irresistible inducements for the loca tion, along its route, of British and foreign enterprise, wealth, and skill. This is the only line in Ireland embracing the principal— almost the exciusive—seats of native coal and iron. At the southern terminus of the eighty miles about to be con structed, coal in illimitable quantity and of the finest quality abounds ;--at the northern terminus the same may be said of iron, though ibr want cf the means of smelting, the ore 11: - .s been turned to :line or no account on the spot, and of course a market at a distance is unattainable by present modes of conveyance. The advantages of thus bringing these coal and iron mines into justa position nccd not be enumerated ; and it would be equally superfluous to die( II on the pecuniary inertia of a line which, in i addition to the distinguishing feature just mentioned, aecemmo. rates an agricultural interest surpassing that of any area of the same extent in Ireland. Commencing at the ♦Vaterf,rd and Kilkenny terminus, in the latter city, the line will pars, almost midway, through the great grazing and corn growing districts of the Queen's and King's County, Wtstumath, and Longford, touching at or near all their principal towns, n,mely—Freshfield, Ballyragget, Durrow, Ba nakill, Abbeyltix, Baileyrowan, Mountrath, Maryberough, Mount. melliek, Portarlington, Geasbili, Tullamorc, Phillipstown, Kit th.gg_in, Clara, Moats, Baliymahon, and Longford. The population is upwards of oae million and a quarter, more than one-half of the inhabitants of tie towns being engaged in trades and manufactures. Hence the passenger traffic, computed with great care, has been moderately estimated at 90,337/. per annum ; white the live stock cif the district was valued in 1841 at 3,639,035/. the conveyance of which must Cevolve upon this Company. A vast increase in both these items may with certainty be anticipated, fur the following, among !navy other reasons:— Ist. By the junction at Longford with the Midland Great Wes. tett) Et , :tc nsion, much of the produce cf Sligo, now going a 354 mile voyage to Livcrp,:ol, and much more that hardly pays the cost of rearing, because of the isolated position of that county, must comea;ong this line, directly communicating with so fine a port as 14 - at - et - ford, the nearest to Bri.,tot, and to the profitable markets of the south.we,.t of England. AII writers on the capabilities of Ire. land base enforced - the necessity of throwing open Shgo to such in tercoursc a, is here offered, and the recent data of the "Times " ' Cominissioncr more than confirm the propriety of such suggestions. 2d. Being met at Langford by the Limerick and Belfast Union, thicti, like the majority of the Northern railways, Buds a common focus at Clones, the principal markets of Ulster, Central Leinster, end the East of Munster, are rendered mutually availab!e by this line. And, 3,11 9. No line of any considerable length can Le constructed in Ireland without becoming, in a greater or less degree, an auxiliary to this line ; nor can any be projected to its material detriment, unless r unning precisely parallel from terminus to terminus. The suitability of the proposed E3O miles, for engineering pur poses, may be gathered from the fact, that the line w ill cross both the Grand and the Royal Canals, the summit level of the former being 279, and of the latter, at I %lullingar, only 32 0 feet above the level of the sea, and few elevations along the whole route are , rea ter. In Longford county, on the Roscommon and S l igo border. the line slightly skirts Lo•igh All en ; chile the Midland Great We:tern Extells;fm, immediately after, enters the valley of the Arigna, the liis:o-y of the iron-works on whose banks so long and fatally in_ uenced industrial enterprise in Ireland, though happily even there prosperity is now rapidly becoming manifest. The extraor dinary abundance and unequalled excellence of the Iron this district are a matter both of history and prese nt notoriety. Txo c:nturies ag, - o, when charcoal could be procured for smelting, it formed a large article of export to London, being prized as we now prat Swedish and Russian only for mei, chat cables, 'THE LIVETZPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND . A. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. EXTENSION TO RIPON. PROVIMONd L DIftECTORS. George Hudson, Dq. M P. York William Hutt, Esq. M.P. Gibside, Durham Donald Maclean, Esq ALP. Witton Castle, Durham Christian Alltusen, EF.q. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, director of the Newcastle upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway George A.slilin, Eq. Mark.lane, London James Burt, jun., Esq. Manchester, director of the Chester and Birken:wad Railway Ch:.yton, Esq. Losteck-hall, Prestcn T. R. Wilson Ffrance, E.sq. Rawcliffe.hall, Lancashire John Hartky, Esq Catteral-hall, Settle Jonathan Hayne, Esq. Blernficid-road, Maida-hill, London Patrick Kilgour, Esq. Woodside, Aberdeenshire, and Hamilton. terrace. St. John's• wood, London William Nicol, Efq. Liverpool, director of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway li. Oliveira. Esq. F.R.S., Upper Hide street, London Francis Parker, Esq, Manchester Charles Turner, Esq., Uncle-head, Liverpool Char irs Ward,ll, Esq. Westhourne.teirace, Hyde Park-gardens, .~~ .~~~ TBE S 7\ r , LONDON', MONDA V - EVENING OCTOBER 20 181 and the like—and of treble and quadruple the value of British iron. Dr. Kane, in his invaluable volume, " The Industrial Re. sources of Ireland," adduces ample reason for anticipating that the transport of coal (especially the anthracite coal of Kilkenny) Into the neighbourhood of Lough Allen, and the improvements in the preparation of peat fuel, will restore the supericrity in this article, which the singular richness of the mineral should secure to the locality. The reader is referred to the foregoing standard authority (second edition, 1845) for the fullest and most satistac. tory information on this point ; - and also for a complete confirmation of what has alrcady been imperfectly glanced at, as to the results certain to spring from the contemplated railroad. Not only does the railroad about to be mode by this Company couple the iron and coal works of Ireland in a direct and continu ous line, but the route abounds with numerous other elements of manufacturing and commercial greatness, all of which will be called into active vitality as this undertaking progresses. In estimating the magnitude of this project in its entirety, as extending from shore to shore through the heart of Ireland, it is hardly possible to exaggerate the importance of the proximity of the noble harbour of Waterford to the English coast ; and these advantages must every day increase in proportion as railway com munication between London I.ncl tha southern counties improves. A much extended Provisional Committee will shortly be pub. fished; meanwhtle the co-opera!ion of all influential residents along the line is invited, to whom every information will be afforded on application, personally or by letter, to the Solicitors, or at the Offices of the Company, 16, I'insbury-place, south, Lon don, where Pro:pectuses may be, had, and also of the following Brokers,—Mr. James Thomas Berkeley, 18, Threadneedle street, London; Messrs Lynill and Berlsn, and Mr. J. Fernyhough, Manchester; Mr. Hampton, and Messrs. Powell and Lowndes, Liverpool ; Mr. John Watson, and Messrs. Kirk and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Lucas and Co., hirmingharn ; Messrs. Tugg and Hodgson, Hull; Mr. Peter Dixon, Glasgow; Mr. James Nicholson, and Mr. Charles Couper, Edinburgh; Messrs. Ed wards and Son, Bristol; Mr. W. Bolton, Stratford-on-Avon; Mr. B. Cowderoy, Reading; Messrs. Warburton and Cross- land, Sheffield; Messrs. Hall Brothers and Company, Chel tenham ; Messrs. Wilkingson, and Mr. T. S. Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. H. S. Easty and Co., Southampton; Messrs. Cape and Son, Derby; Mr. Charles Wikens, Northampton; Mr. Samuel Col. linsan, and Messrs. Potts and Levick, Nottingham; Mr. Mason, Bradford, Yorkshire; Mr. Mills, Worcester; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. Richard Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr. W. Crowell, Halifax ; Mr. T. Btrardmen, Blackburn ; Mr. E H. Armitage, Wakefield; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry ; Messrs. Bardwell and Son, Sheffield ; Mr. S. Weatherburn, Huddersfield ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, and Messrs. Windram and Son, Let. tester; and Mr. T. R. Evans, Snot) Mall, Cork. SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, AND BRISTOL, BATH . , and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY, 70, King - William-street, City (Entrance in Clement's-lane). Capital 1,500,00 W., in 60,00 Shares of 251, each. Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. COLISIITTLE OF DIRECTION. Sir RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B. E.T.D., Chairman WILLIAM HUGHES II tiGliEt4, Esq. F.A.S. F.L.S. Alderman, Deputy Chairman R. Hopkins AlWatt, Esq. M.D. George Harrison, Esq. William Bradley, Esq. • I Frederic Hewitt, Esq. George Augustus Brown, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq. James Clift, Esq. Colona Nicoils Grittin Curtis Galt, Esq. Thomas S. Richards, Esq. The Committee have the gratification to announce the accession of Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.11. E.T.D., as Chairman of the Company, and of Wi!lians Bradley, Esq. of Manor Oaks, ShMlichl, Chairman of the 'Area Western Railway Company as a member of their Direction. They have also to state, the Engineer and Surveyor of the Com pany, in their reports, furnished by order twice a week, continue to give the most sati,flictory assurances, which ;Jae, it ht-yond a doubt that they will be in every aspect prepared to go to Parinunent in the ensuing session. NOTICE.—The Share-hat closed on the IGth inst. In consequence of the extraordinary number of applications for shares in this Company, and the anxiety of the Committee to render an impartial and fair allotment, some days must necessarily elapse before their laborions duties can be completed, immediately after which notice will by given, by advertisement, of the day on which Letters of Allotment will be issued. By order of the Board, R. H. GADESDEN, Secretary. T HE DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, and DEVONPORT RAILWAY. By Chudleigh, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh. (frevisionally Registered.) Pursuant to 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 110. Capital, 1,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 2/. 12s. ed. per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Lord Graves, Thantkes, Plymouth The Right 'Worshipful the Maser of Exeter The Hon. F. H. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P. John Stewart, Esq- M.P. Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis, C.B. Exeter Lieutenant-Colonel Newell, E.I.C.S. Seaton William Ilole, Esq. Park, Povey Tracey, Devon J. B. Dickenson, Esq. 55, Curzon-street, London Colonel Sir H. Bayly, Burley Villa, Lyme James Jones Tanner, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter Edward Spencer Curling, Esq. George-yard, Lombard-street George Thomas, Esq. Winchester-house, Broad.street, director of the London and Hounslow Railway Company Joseph Henry, Esq. South-street, Finsbury, director of the London and Hounslow Railway Company Francis Chambers, Esq. St. Dunstan's-hill, director of the London and Hounslow Railway Company Major Durban, Newport-house, near Exeter Sir William Twysden, Esq. Bart. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Company Charles Tanner, Esq. Plymouth Major Selwyn, R.E. Exeter William H. Tanner, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter John Eyre Kingdom, Esq. Elm Cottage, Exeter ' Benjamin Salter, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter Captain Edward Foord, E.I.C.S. London George Pearse, Esq. Bradninch, Devon Major Arden, E.I. C.S Hill's. court, Exeter William Curling, Esq. Hunedon -house, Herts Samuel Burford, Esq. merchant, Poultry-chambers, London Joseph Sayell, Esq. Exeter George Watts, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter George Lewis Hollingsworth, Esq. Winchester.houae, Broad-street and Godstene, Surrey Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq. merchant, Cornhill, London George Parbury, Esq. Russell-square, director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company Richard Gray, E - q. 5, Adam's -court, Broad-street, merchant, di. rector of the Wisbeach and Peterborough Railway Company Robert Arscott, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter Thomas Worthy, Esq. Exeter Joseph Thompson, Esq. director of the London and Brighton Rail.. way Company Edwin Williams, Esq. Exeter Francis Thomas Rodd, Esq. Doddiscombsleigh, Devon John Brightman, Esq. Regency-square, Brighton, chairman of the General Maritime Assurance Company William Lambert, Esq. Exeter William George Harrison, Esq. merchant, Hillhouse, Tooting, and Bucklersbury John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 153, Piccadilly, director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company E. Hunt Roberts, Eq. St. Leonard's, Exeter Robert J. Trewman, Esq. Weir Cliff cottage, near Exeter George Braund, Esq. Exeter Captain Tanner, 1.N., Exeter Thomas Western Snell, Esq. Southernhay, director of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company Edwin Force, Esq. Exeter Major Williams, It M., Mount Radford, Exeter Charles Hubbard, Esq. Exeter Captain Berkeley, Dix% field, Exeter Joseph Hopgood, Esq. Exeter, director cf the Liverpool and Derby Direct Railway Company Jonas Levy, Esq. 15, Tavistock square, London James Henry Toswill, Esq. Pitt-house, Chudleigh S. T. Shairp, Esq. banker, Totnes Samuel Maunder, Esq 3, Mont-le-Grand, Exeter Sir John Osborn, Bart. Kensington William Gambier, Esq. Sacomb park, Herts, director of the Chat ham and Portsmouth Railway George R. Peppercenne, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Chat. ham and Portsmouth Railway Major William Snow, Old Cat endish street, Cavendish.square It. M. Preece, Esq. Park-square west, Regent's.paik Captain F. Chemier, Esq. R N., llalkin-street, director of the Fampoux Railway J. M. Cottle, Esq. Leamington John Blackburn, Esq. Leeds, director of the Oxford and Chester Railway John H. Herbert, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square Thomas S h eppes son, Esq. Cheapside, London Major Thomas Eales Soady, Emma-place, Stonehouse Samuel Seger Bastard, Esq. Higher Summerland, Exeter Thomas Neale, Esq. Browne's Lodge, Reigate Thomas Besley, Esq. Exeter- John N. Hall, Esq. Clifton-place, Exeter J. S. Dewdney, Erg. Bedford-circus, Exeter R. T. Abraham, Esq. Heavitree W. Watson, Erq. Leamington Charles Richards, Esq. Exeter Samuel Davies, Esq. Exeter J. D. Osborn, Esq. St. Sidwells, Exeter N. W. Besley, Esq., Southernhay, Exeter Charles Justice, Erg Collumpton R. Richards, Esq. merchant, Chudleigh Capt. JOhn Davies, R.N., Seaton William Bates, Esq. Mincing-lane, London George Henry Drake, Esq. Exeter (With power to add to their number.) soticrreas. London—Messrs. Fyson and Curling, 3, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry Exeter—Thomas Fiend, Esq. 5, Bedford-circus Plymouth—Messrs. Woolconsb, Square, Stephens, and Prance Devonport— Messrs. Beer and Rundle ENGINEERS—John Baldry Redman and A. H. Bampton, Few, SECRETARY (pro tem)—F. G. Farrant, Esq. LOCAL A GENT—Chudleigh—Charles Langley, Este BANKERS. London Messrs. Currie and Co. Cornhill Exeter Messrs. Sanders and Co. Exeter Bark Messrs. Milford and Co. City Bank Devon and Cornwall Banking Company • WestofEpnrogylainncdiaainßdaSnokuth Wales Diet , ict Bank National Torees .....Devon and Cornwall Banking Company National Provincial Bank Plymouth ...Naval Bank Devon and Cornwall Banking Company National Provincial Batik Devonport...Messrs. Hodge and Norman Devon and Cornwall Banking Company National Provincial Bank. The Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonpert Railway will commence at the Exeter station of the projected Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester line, and proceed direct to Chudleigh and the river 'feign, where it will join the Brixham and Torbay line, thus opening a direct communication with Newton, Torquay, Feign. ton, and Brixham. From the Teign it will proceed over Hovey Heathfield near the Potteries, passing the rail of the Haytor Granite Works to Ashburton and Buckfastleigh; at the latter place it will join the proposed Totnes, Buckfastleigh, and Ashbur ton Railway, and will then continue its course by South Brent, Ivy.bric'ge, and Plympton, to Plymouth and Devouport, Cringing these importent towns witty!) five hours of London. The advantages offered by this line of railway are, that it in the most direct ; it will bring Chudleigh within nine miles of Exeter, and by joining, Its the valley of the Teign, the Dartmouth and Tar bay Railway, will afford that very important line the shortest pos. Bible communication with Exeter and the metropolis. It is the nearest arid most direct route to the Important manufacturing towns of Ashburton and Buckfastleigh; and whilst affording to this large area populous manufacturing district the greatest accom modation will also open a desirable road, for either exporting or convesing into the interior the valuable slate, lime, and minerals found so abundantly around Chudleigh, Ashburton, Staverton, and Buckfastleigh. The promoters of this company, however, consider its most im portant feature to be the direct access it affords to the Royal Arsenal and the ports of Plymouth and Devoirport from the me tropolis, the city of Exeter, and the north of England, saving a distance of not less than twelve miles between Exeter and Devon. port; and by the connexion of this line with the Exeter and Yeo. sit Railway, effecting a further saying of thirty miles in the direc tion of London and the counties of the eastern coast. This junc tion affords a still stronger point, it will put Plymouth and Portsmouth, the two great naval arsenals of the kingdom, in direct communication with each other, an advantage which Cannot be overrated,andwh difficultiesichnootherr which line can han offer. render lher engineering Atmospheric line are confirmed by daily experience, de more necessary this direct communication. ave beset exi the ience, South and Devon thus n The promoters of this dircet line, therefore, looking at all its features, its national i mportance, the accommodation it affords to the Admiralty, the fertile, densel y - p o pulated agricultural distri c t s I it will traverse, the manufactures it will revive and support, the quick access it presents to Plymouth and I),vonport, with a popu lation exceeding 130,000, confidently anticipate the favourable de. cision of the public, and the earnest and vigorous support of the Government. It is evi dent this line embraces all the desiderata of a grand trunk line—viz., great public accommodation combined with safety economy, and speed. The Committee have much pleasure in stating that they have received a report from their engineers which is in all respects most satisfactory, and that the fulkst arrangemeats have been made for applying to Parliament in the ensuing ses.ion. Mims, 5, Bedford-circus, Exeter. Applications for shares may be made to Mr. Goulding, Warn. ford-court, and through all respectable brokers, in the annexed form, to the solicitors of the Company, and to the secretary. To the Provisional Committee cf Management of the Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway. _ . I request you will allot to me s h ares of .. 25/. each in the above railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Comp Any ; also to sign the necessary legal documents, and to pay, when required, the deposit of 2/ 12s. Gd. per share. Name (in fu11)... ...... Profession, if any, and Professional Re silence, in full Residence (in fun) Date Signature of Applicant Reference, with Name and Address of Referee Witness to Applicant's Signature Residence, &c., of Witnets TRECT EXETER, PLY MOUTH, AND DEVONPORT RAILWAY. No Application for Shares in the above Railway will be received after MONDAY, the 31st instant. By order of the Canrnittee, F. G. FAR RAN r, Szcretary, pro tem. 5, Bedford.circus, Exeter, Oct. 15, 1845. B UXTON, M CCLESFIEL D, STOCKPORT ; AND WARRINGTON R IILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. (The PrJvisional Committee having been before advertised, will nol be repeated.) PROSPECTUS. This r tilway is intended to form a ccl:fleeting link between the railways which, travel sing the eastern and midland counties, ap proach Balton; the railways which from the south approach Maccles field, and the railways which communicate with Warrington, Liver pool, Birkenhead, Lancaster, and the north, Fleetwood-upon-Wyre, and Bolton. Commencing at Buxton, it will pass by a route which, from actual survey by the Company's Engineer, has been reported perfectly practicable for locomotive power, through the popu!ous and thriving manufacturing district of Bolllngton to Presthury. where it will form a junction with the Maeclestleld branch of the Manchester and Bir mingham Railway, thereby completing a connexloon with the popit lens boroughs of Macclesfield on the one hand, anu Stockport on the other ; thence passing through Handiorth and Wilmslow to Altrin-, cbam, it will there avail itself of a communication with Manchester, by the Altrincham and Manchester branch of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, and with Warrington and Stockport, either by independent brane es, or by some of the newly-projected lines, e- may be arranged. It will then proceed to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, at a point of communication betwaen lie, yon Junction and l'arkside, and thus complete, 1y means of the exiting railways, the communication w ith B o lt on , L ancas t er , an d th e nort h , and with Fleetwood and Liverpool. The great advantages of this communication between the south east , rn and north-western districts of England, will be evident by a coret-ry view of the map. It will be the most direct line from Not tinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and the adjoining dis tricts, to the north-western parts of England (north of Chester), and must command a considerable thorough traffic. It will also open a communication with the salt districts of Cheshire. The length of the railway and branches will be about 36 miles. There aro no engii,eering difficulties, save in that portion of the line which lies between Buxton and Millington, and the report of the enginuer thereon is very satisfactory. The directors are happy to say, that there are no residential proper ties interfered with ; that the line will be heartily concurred in by the landowners ; and that the country through which it passes is thickly inhabited, and would afford a revenue independent of the thorough traffic. The plans are In a state of forwardness, and will be in readiness to be lodged, in conformity with the standing orders of Parliament. A considerable portion of the capital Is reserved for landed pro prietors and those locally luterested. Powers will be applied Ibr In the Act, to authorise the payment of 4/. per cent. interest on the culls, until the completon of the line. Until the Act is obtained, no shareholder is liable further than the amount of deposit, and afterwards, no further than the capital sub scribed. The Acting Committee of Provisional Directors will have full power, until the Act is obtained, to make any modification and altera tion in the proposed increase or diminish the amount of ca pital—to abandon any portion of the line or bfanehes—to propose and apply for any aduitional branches, and generally, to enter into any arrangements with any other company or companies, which, to such Acting Committee, may appear reasonable or advisable. Application for Shares may be addressed to the Sdicitkrs; or to the following Sharebrokers :—Mr. Joseph Fernyhough, No. 1, St. Anti's-square, Manchester; Messrs. George Baker and Son, 29, Thr , adneedle-street, London ; Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, London; Mr. Joseph Aspinall, 2, itoyal Bank building Liverpeol ; Messrs. Beardshaw, Kershaw, and Forbes, 12, Park-row, Leeds; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol; Mr. Mobert Bean, jun., Hull ; Mr. William Chapman, Nottingham ; Mr. John Anderton, Bradford ; and Mr. Balme, Gloucester. And further particulars may be learnt by application to the Pro visional Committee, at their offices, No. 1, Bank-street, St. Ann's square, Manchester. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Btu on, Macclesfield, Stock port, and Warrington Railway. Centlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of 20t. each in tho above railway, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of October, 1845. same in full .. • • ...... • . • Place of Business or Profession .......... Residence.. • ...... • .... •• • • ............ Business or Profession Usual Signature •.. ••• • • • ...... • Reference .. DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY. In reply to the numeron3 inquiries mzde of the Committee of Management, they beg to announce, that in consequence of the number of Shares applied for having exceeded one million four hun dred thousand, considerable delay has nece• sarily taken place in making the allotment, which, however, will be completed in a few days. The Committee have the satisfaction of stating that the surveys and Parliamentary plans are in a very forward state, and that all will be ready for the neat session of Parliament. 2A, Poultry, London, 17th October, 1845. By order, T. 11. SAUNDER 3, Secretary. • BUXTON, MACCLESFIELD, STOCKPORT, and wArutiNoTox RAILWAY. NOTICE—No applications can be received for Shares in this Railway after the 25th lust (Signed) COPPOCK and WOOLTAM, Solicitors to the Provisional Committee I, Lank-street, St. Inn's-square, Manchester, Oct. 18, 1845. SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEI , ;K, POT TERIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY. be Committee of Management beg to announce to the subscribers to this undertaking that the whole of the deposits have been paid, the surveys nearly completed, and that everything will be finished in ample time to comply with the Standing Orders of Parliament, so as to enable the Committee to obtain the Act at an early period of the ensuing session. The Deeds will be ready for signature in the course of a few days, and the times and places where they may be executed will be duly announced. JOHN J. MINSHULL, Secretary pro tem. Leek, Oct. 20, 1845. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED, Pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict. c. 110. PORTS:MOUTH AND LANGsTON RAIL WAY AND DOCK COMPANY. Capital, 2,0r0,000/., in shares of 25/. each. Deposit 2/. 12s. &I. per Share. No Shareholder to be liable for more than the amount of his shares. Offices, 46, 31oorgate-street. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, Norfolk The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester The Right Hon. Lord Edward Chichester The lion. G. A. Hamilton Chichester, K.P. The Hon. Wm. Dawson Darner, Parkston-lodge, Poole Sir John Owen, Part. M.P. Ori.lton-house, Lord-Lieutenant of Pem brokeshire, Vice-Admiral Of the coast, Governor of Milford Haven, &c. Sir J. Douglas Hamilton Hay, Bart. Rose Croft, Surrey Sir Win. Ogilvie, Bart. Brompton Sir Samuel Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak -park, near Winchester, De puty-Lieutenant fur Hants Captain Sir Wm. Henry Pierson, It.N. West-house, Emaworth, Hants Sir George Rich, Lowztdes 'street, Belgrave-square Sir James Eyre, 11, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P. Plas-Cock, Anglesey, Chairman of the Weld' Midland Railway Captain C. A. Manning, Portland Castle, Resident Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Portland and Dorset Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, Northend-house, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Greive, Green-park, Bath Major Charles Jasper Selwyn, Royal Engineers, Exeter, director o the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Captain Hahne, Royal Engineers, Exeter Daniel Tupper, Esq Queen's Receiver, Guernsey Edward Woolmer, Esq. mayor of Exeter William Gordon, Esq. M.D. F.L.S. Hull George Spry, Esq. Surbiton, Surrey Henry Vie, Esq. Colchester, Receiver-General of Taxes for Essex anti Suffolk James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton and London, director of the Southampton, - Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway John Boyd, Esq. magistrate, Newry Benjamin Collett, Esq. Grafton Manor House, Broomsgrove William Douglas, Esq. merchant, Liverpool Captain Edmund Norincott, R.N. Blacklitath Francis Bo) le Garty, Esq. director of the Birmingham, Oxford and Reading Junction, Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Railways ltev. George Ingram, Chedburgh Rectory, Suffolk Edward Ward Jackson, Esq. Edge-hill, Liverpool, director of th 7 Staffordshire Potteries, Liss rpool and Manchester, and of the direct Liverpool and Leeds Railways James Irvine, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction, and Liverpool and Bolton Direct Railways John B. Bankhead, Esq. director of the Great County Down Railway Win. Kirkpatrick, Esq. director of the Newry, Armagh, and Lon- HedienriKljiertiecin,tigEohnsaqi.ne,loaxrefomrdo:stit-letail,ll,inSgh, r a e n s d ystt n srs .g i, it t o li n re ß cto di r w o a f y. the Di rectltobert Medal, Esq. m ereliaiitdiref t to i r of the Direct Birmingham, ot O p x ta fo in rd l , v lt in e . a T di r i: i g ig . haanaid Worcester. D. IV. Whitehead, , d E ire m et . o 3 r la o i f le tl i t i e es G te r r e , a a d t ir Cl a u t y l ao D thse D I R.N. Solihull, We' u y ic r k - Thi n re a w Oxford,sheii, illseqa.dminga,ncahnedstßeiri.,gldtitluenetßaGylor. 3;he Dir:reecieltt::eerdisnanngd- Ma i jo h r .e J rP o ° h ° n l TR.aliCr•o.afty, deputy-chairman of the Chester and Coley,Manche's- T a t y aH E „ s a ct y . Bridgertorth, director of the Cambrian and 1' ' r yo o e t e nr Directub ri3di,ndiirlienegthoarinof, James Grand te rJunctionll Direct ni a R n l w ,ctWest Broscley, director of the Rob. Baugh Blakemore, Esq. Director of the Shrewsbury, Wolver hampton, Bi n Directlfn aLboanmd London analste E , x E e s t q e r . w o h . x a H n f iip ret t i t o , ) ee 7 d d iEnsg tenth aEsiihsd u Staffordshire q. i Brigl treoyyii,hdi tiaari Railway'iway F. Esq. director of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway A director of the Direct Western, and n ' Liverpool, director of the Direct Birm:nalutm i.nArtpupartorsxtir Sussex nxßailway , A. Ox 1r London.r.Cei(loo. Gordon, Reading, u a. Charles Hurst, Esq d Junction ßil and Cain m'o-al3:the Direct • Geor g eW'linu l libT(.lo:'trieldar:3l'l,-asis.eqhLd ' esel3Satimle:rrgielhilwlgtlost°ll ; '%u'vl'iallaYish lnaster director of the Dud -. John Onions, Esq, Broseley, Salop, iron -master, 3fadeey, and Broseley Railway ; Crran Oxford, and Reading Hallway Birmlnahatn, s the Dudley, hladeley, and Isaac John Thorn - , Esq. Broseley, director of a ; y s i tll . l , l I D noo ub i l ,, ln s A ii p ro p p r s o u x i i r m e: at d io ir n ect o a r and Dublin Approximation Railway Weitiock, Salop, magistrate Richard Tinter field, Esq. Mile Broseley ; the Grand Junction and Cambrian , and the London Robert Enfield, managing John Reginald Riddle, Esq. Bycullah House, Andrew Riddle, Esq. Bryanstone-street , Portuian - square, s d a i t i a .e i c ri t i o t r an of o t f i t w ite Le E e x d e s te a t i • i . d D r o ,ol h do es ri te i r m , iahn,daylVeyinouth Railway Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol Richard Lambert, Esq. Leyton Hall, Sudbury George Henry Thompson, Esq., Greenwood Park, County Down (With power to add to their number') SOLICITORS—Messrs. Coverdale and Lee, 4, Bedford-rosy, London. ENGINEERS—MeSSTS. Rennie. SECRETARY—George N. White, ESQ. BANKERS. London--Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Company Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool Manchester—The Bank of Manchester Birmingliam•—Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Company Leeds—The Leeds Banking Company Portsmouth , -Messrs. Grant and Company. Successive Administrations, from the time of Mr. Pitt, have recog nised the importance ofestablisleng at a point of the southern Coast of England, within an eligible distance from the Metropolis, a Har bour with docks and svarehouses for bonding merchandise, whereby all vessels front the westward may save the delay and expense of a voyage up channel, and avoid the risk to which that tedious and clangeroua itayigati9ll ucceogarily expozo them. no political cen- sideratim, •vhich originally suggested the formation of such a har bour arc, tifeourse, infinitely strengthened by the revolution effected In naval warfare through the agency of steam ; while the vastly im proved modes of transit between London and the provinces invest such an undertaking wi h a commercial importance which could pot have been previously anticipated. On the whole southern coast, from the Land's-end to the Nore, Langston affords the only harbour adapted to the combined purposes here indicated. Its proximity to thegreat naval depot of Portsmouth —the unequalled excellence of its anchorage—the capacity of its basin—the ease and safety with which, at at all times of tide, it will be accessible to vessels of every bmthen, establish its nautical supe rio_ ity ; while with London, only C 6 miles from the docks, a rapid communication Is ensured by railway. The promoters !rave great satisfaction in announcing that the un dertaking has received the approval of the Lords of the Treasury, of the Board of Ordnance, and of the Woeds and Forests, whose sanc tion is a guarantee fer the Intrinsic excellence of the measure on public and na.lonal g - ounds. A grant of Clown lands for the site of the Decks has been obtained, subject to stipulations nicst favour able to the Company. The circumstances under which the land is secured will allow of such a reduction in the scale of charges and the expenses of ma nagement, compared with those of similar establishments, as mu-I at once command an extensive business; to.d the Ceramitteo feel as sured that they may recommend the undertaking as an investment likely to prove highly remunerative. The plan inclosed with the prospectus exhibits the situation of the intended docks and warehou•as, and of the adjacent localities in cell ncxion with the harbour. The area proposed to be inclosed by the boundary wall is '220 acres, of which it 0 will be appropriated to docks, and 120 for warehouses, quays, roads, &c. Of the immense extent of the commerce for which these advert- taxes are available at Langston, some idea may be aequidfr - on - ; - tie subjoined data, taken from the official retur ns p reseL t e d to Parlia 111ClIt during ie last session : Tonnage of vessels registered at Portsn:euth, for the year 1844, 13,623 tons :—Of coasting vessels entering the pert of Lor.don, dut I g 1843, 2,901,271 tens :—Of ships entering London from the colonies, during the seine date, 4,2,805 tons —Of vessels entering from foreign ports, during the same. date, 814X2 tons :—And of general shipping, entered during the same ported, 1,317,671 tens. Total, 5,539,962 tons. The sources cf the contorplat«l traffic and consequent revenues of the Company are sufficiently obvlcus to those who are at all ac quainted with the nature of the import, export, and coasting trade of the country ; but to the public generally the following statement may be necessary. The inducements to shipowners and merchants to adopt Langston are of the strongest possible nature, for not only me the well-known perils of the Channel altogether avoided, but the saving on a voyage up and down Channel, a distance of three hundred miles each way, would be, on a vessel of 150 tons, 551. Its 6d.; of 300 tons, 1021. 2s. ; of 600 tons, 2281. ISs. 6d., and on ens Of LOCO tens, 358/. Ms.—exclusive of the saving of insurance, the difference of port charges, pilotage, light dues, seamens' wages, and various other items of expedlture, familiar to every merchant and shipowner. Though it is impossible to approximate to an accurate estimate of the proportion of phis vast trade likely to be secured to Langston, yet it must be evident that much of it must be secured, and that even a fractional part of it would alone constitute a very extensive busi ness. But it will be apparent that a large proportion must be concen trated at the Langston Docks, when it is considered that a great por tion of the goods igiportedjs housed and bonded for exportation ; that such goods cannot be deposited so advantageously as at Langston, to which the privileges of a Londed port are already accorded by the Treasury ; and that thence merchandise may he re-shipped and dis patched to sea more speedily and at far less expense than any other port in the United Kingdom. In connexion with the extreme eligibility of Langston for bonded warehouses, it should be mentioned, that by tile railway to be con structed as indicated on the plan, awl by railways new in operation and in the course of construction, mercantile samples may be as regularly exhibited in the etEces of the Londe n brokers, as from the East or West India Docks. By this mode of conveyance all descrip tions of light goods tray be fi rwardcd to the metropolis, while a most ecommic transit to the same destination is secured to heavy trer- ellondire, by the canal alrea4 opened between the haiboor and the Thanes, Au Important source of emolument may also be anticipated from the large home market in colonial produce and goods borne coastwise, now furnished by a circuitous and expensive route to the populous towns of Portsmouth, Havant, Portsea, Gosport, Fareham, and Chi chester, and the Muth ;lid the South :Midland countie . Of these places Langston will naturally have the exclusive supply; and the population whose wants in the co nsump ti on o f these commoditi es w ill i Le thus adiuMstered to, amounts to considerably upwards of one million, of whim 120,000 are engaged in iraile and commerce. This result is obtained by taking mercy the counties of Hants, Sussex, Wilts, and Dorset, though a much more comprehensive area may icasouably be included, as certain to participate 11) the advantages which Langston, of all harbours on the southern coast alone pre. seats. Thus this depot for articles consumed within the Lmited circle described, is in itself sufficient to crefVe a market that would wai rart the construction of the proposed docks and bonded ware houses. The combined advantages of the locality for all purposes contem plated by the Company or required In a national or mercantile point of VIOW, leave no doubt of the complete success of this great commer cial pojtet, IN hitt, while it distorts no existing interests, is calm la t«I to develope fresh resources of the ceuntry, and stimulate indivi dual enterprise to a degree to which no mere private speculation af fords a parallel. At present, the rate of Intel est is estimated at 7 per cent. ; but the most cursory analysis of the merits of this undertaking must de monstrate that such a calculation is considerably below the average of Ines cantile probabilities. Until an Act of Parliament he obtained, the affairs of this Com pany will be under the control of the Provisional Committee of Ma nagement, which shall have full power to effect arrangements with the projectors of Ws undertaking for the purchase of their interest in the site for the docks ; and to effect any other at raugementswhatso ever in anywise relating to the said railway and docks. Copies of the Proepectus and Forms of .Applicaiion for Shares to had of Messrs. Coverdale and Lee, solicitors, 4, Bedford-row, London; Messrs. Johnson, longden, end Co., 22, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Lynill and Berlyn, and Mr. J. Fernyhough, Manchester; Mr. Hampton, Messrs. Powell and Lownses, and Messrs. Neilson, Liver pool ; Mr. John Watson, Messrs. Kirk and Co., and Messrs. Rhisdale, Leeds; Messrs. Lucas and Co. Birmingham; Messrs. Tugg and Hodgson, Ilttll ; Mr. Peter Dixon, Glasgow ; Mr. James Nicholson and Mr. Charles Couper, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Camplin, Dub! n ; Mr. T. It. Evans, (South Mall) Cork ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol; Mr. W. Bolton, Stratford-on-Avon ; Mr. B. Cowderoy, Reading ; Messrs. Warburton and Crossland, and Messrs. Bardwell and eon, Sheffield; Messrs. Hal (Broth, rs) and Co. ' Cheltenham; Messrs. Wilkingson, and Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. H. S. Easty and Co., Southampton; Messrs. Cape and son. Derby; Mr. Charles Wikens, Northampton; Mr. Samuel Coalmen, and Messrs. Potts and Levick, Nottingham ; Mr. Mason, Bradford, Yorkshire ; Mr. Worcester; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmtr, Plymouth; Mr. Richard Hine, Macclesfield; Mr. W. Crowell, Halifax; Mr. T. Boardman, Blackburn; Mr. E. Armitage, Wakefield ; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry; Mr. S. Weatherburn, Huddersfield; Messrs. Payne and Freer, and Messrs. Windfall] and Son, Leicester ; and at the Company's Offices, 46, Moorgate-strcet, London. CEYLON RAILWAY COMPAIN Y. -- 'The Provisional Committee have completed the allotment of shares in the capital of this Company, and they regret that in con sequence of the immense number of applications for shares from parties interested in the colony, and the limited number the Com pany had at their disposal after providing for residents In the island, they have been unable to comply with the request of many highly respectable and influential parties ; and those who do not receive allotment letters will be pleased to assign the failure of their request to the cause above.. The Letters of Allotment will be issued forth • with. By order of the Board, D. I. NO.AD, Secretary. 8, Brotal-street-buildings, Oct. IS, 1845. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. The Provisional Committee have the satisfaction of intbnning the Shareholders of the Company that an arrangement with the Eastern Counties Company has been entered into fir the construc tion of a lime from Cambridge to York, as an extension of the northern axd eastern I ne. By this arrangement, the capital of the Cambridge and Lincoln Company will be represented to the extent of 1,500,00/. in the new stuck of the Eastern Counties Company ; and the Provisional Com mittee propose to admit the holders of their new shares into the full participation of all the advantages of this arrangement, th e expenses already incurred by the Company being equally distributed over the whole capital. By order, HENRY BAR NETT, Chairman. C. P. RONEY, s ecretary. 30, Great Winchester-street, 19th Oct., 1845. TWITH RAILWAY, influential Provisional. Committee, will N. In the . meantime, any information may t, Connecting the Sea Coast of Wales with the Midland Counties. B IRMINGHAM AND ABERys (Provisionally Registered). rut obtained at the temporary Offices . of . the Company , No. 163, Een lodspiencatufse,wwidtahysa:n church-street, London, where applications for shares, in the usual forin, may be addressed. CHARLES J. HOLMES, EDWARD CAIIBETT, Joint Solicitors. WILLIAM BRENTON, IRISH GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN to GALWAY) RAILWAY; The DEEMS of this Company viii LIE for SIGNATURE, and old Scrip will be Exclunged, at the offices, 1 9, Moorgate-street, London, from Ten till Four o'clock daily, until SATURDAY, the 25th inst. The deeds will be in Liverpool some time during the following week, of which due notice will be given. The duplicate of the letters of exchange will be issued with all possible dispatch, of which parties who have not yet received such letters are requested to take notice, and to excuse the delay which has been occasioned by the strict in veitigation entered into, as to the respectability of the Scripholders. FITZSTEMEN FRENCH, Chairman. 19, Moorgate-street, Oct. 4, 1845. Pion, by the pro• AlL to W N A o Y rlhan, by way of Oak-hamPRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT, THE DIRECT LINCOLN, GRANTHAM, and Market jtN D II i N tr ° b( R ) r ' o r u n g A h , M a P u T d " thence it jected South Midland, with extension to Cainaborough. (Provisionally Registered ) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. (With poser to increase the capital.) Liability limited to Subscription. This line will also be a feeder to the several projected lines to Great Grimsby. _ . ..... _ .. A detailed prospectus will shortly be published. Communications may be a•ldressed to the Secretary, J. Browne, Esq., 7, Whitehall place. London. :;rß a rr i o : m le sl :en , GEls ULNE HOUsEHOLD FURNITURE, Cabinet and Horizontal Pianofortes, Table and Bed Einem rich Cut Glass, 130 dozen ul Fine AKii‘ngl-straenetd, Covent-garden, on Crusted Port and Sherry, and a Capital Iron Door, &c. t SB h E e r , ll' 4 t t Sh at their October, tphelliS PURR will I M 'itii)Ay E , UNREDEEMED PROPERTY, pledged in months prior to October, 1544, with Mr. Grant, of London-wall, Pawnbroker. - -Fourp(At, tent, and French bedsteads and hangings—; rime goose beds, mattrases, and beiding—chests of drawers—wash stands--sets vf mahogany chairs—dining, pembroke, card, 100, and sofa tabies—a noble cheval glass—chimney :and pier glasses—elegant curtains—table and bed linen—large Brussels carpets and hearth rugs—fine paintings—cutlery —and other effects. May be viewed and catalogues had ou the day previous to, and morning of, sale at the offices of the Auctioneers s 0 y ERE]:GN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Notice is hereby gig en, that no further Application for Shares in his Company can be received after Tursnly, the 28th day of Oc :ober Instant.—By order, GEORGE CUMMING, Secretary. 5, St. James's-street, London. WANTED, a GENTLEMAN to fill the office of SECRETARY of the LIVERPOOL STOCK EX CHANGE, who will receive a Salary of not less than 8001. per Annum, and will be required to give Security to the extent of 8,000/. _Applications, accompanied by testimonials, to be addressed to D. Keilson, Esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Stock Exchange. PUBLICATION S. Now ready, Second Edition, with Portrait, Bvo. 125., of LORD HILL, Commimder of the Forces. From his Journals and other Sources, supplied by his Family and Friends. By Rev. EDWIN SIDNEY. Joint Murray, Albemarle-street. This day, post Svo., 2s. 6d., THE PALL of the JESUITS : being the Twenty-tfth Number of " Murray's Home and 'Colonial Library." John Murray, Albemarle-street. READ THE RAILWAY COURIER AND STO. 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L'Epoque will be forwarded to English sub. scribers from Paris direct, and will he delivered in all parts of Gteat Britain and Ireland, subject to one halfpenny postage to be pall o.: delivery. ftEORGE SAND, "Le Peelle de l‘lonsieur Antoine," a new Romance, by the celebrated Madame D BDEVANT, is now publishing in LE COURRIER DE L'EUROPE. Bohain's French Newspaper, printed in London since 1840, and con taining in iti weekly number all articles of interest, literary and political, which have appeared in Paris up to the day of publication. Price 6d. stamped for post. Published by Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill, an 10, Wellington-street, Strand. LORD BROUGHAM on the POLICY OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The following extract of a letter from Lord Brougham to a friend in France appeared on Saturday in the Obse• voteur F.ancais, a journal published in London:— " I have jr.st, my dear Count, received your amiable letter of the Bth curt.; and though I hope to see you be fore the middle' of October, I will not leave you without an answer to the question you ask of me—a question , a bleb, in my view, is a very important one. " You wish to know whether the entehte cordiale is with us a rational as well as a cordial feeling. You sly you think that it is an affair between one sovereinn and another, rather than between one people and the other ; and in support of your doubts you quote the much-to-lc-regretted expressions which I acknow leego have been used by several papers among us allO know nothing, and by several persons in Parlia ment who should have known better. " Do not believe a word of it, my dear Count, and do not let a single doubt remain on your mind on the sub ject. I have no hesitation in assuring you that there is nothing more cemin in our policy here than the good feeling of all parties towards France, and that nothing would to more unpopular than the slightest coolness between the two Courts. ". The very persons who are supposed on your side the water to die at least dispos( d to the tnainterance of friendly- relations, are the friends of peace, and they would show themselves so if ever (which God forbid) the slightest appearance of misunderstanding should he manifested between the two Courts. Even if this feeling, should only exist, as you suppose, between the two Sovereigns themselves, that would of itself be most ithpottant f r the good cause. The great qualities of the Prince you possess, and who, happily for Europe, governs you, are well known ; and as regards our Queen, I can assure you that she has known how to attract the most profound respect, and has merited the greatest con fidence on the part of all men of any consequence here whose support :s n oral anything, from the admirable talent she has shown for business, and for that firm and loyal character r. hich is so seldom met with in princes, and still more rarely (pardon my want of gallantry) in princest,es. " If you do not see in this a new pledge of good feeling, yen will be of my opinion when you read the correspondence and journals of Lord S., which you will receive from the Ambassador. You will there see how much the personal prejudices of the grandfather of our Queen influenced both the exterior as well as the interitr policy of this country during the whole of his lifetime. " Still I confess that my uneasiness as regards several persons in your country, men who stand high, and who are in reality not bad men, have not entirely disappeared. " I am of your opinion, and I believe that these same persons, some of whom I admire and esteem sincerely, if they were in the ministry, would never be the insti . gatori of a v‘arlilee policy. - That is quite simple. But after having excited the mercurial spirits of Paris (ex cuse the phrase)—after having driven the cafe;, the salons, the journalists, the half-pay officers, the agi tators, and the agitatresses (you must again forgive me) to desire war, how can we be sure that their power would he sufficient to calm the storm raised by their spirit of faction ? " It is only for the purpose of upsetting the ministry (you say) that these gentlemen preach hatred to Eng land—to that England who loves and respects France, and who has never ceased to do full justice to all her military and civil glories. But who will be the guarantee that in upsetting the ministry they shall not destroy that pacific existence which they themselves would be sorry to destroy, and which they wish only to inherit. " I can perfectly understand the project of an heir who desires the death of his predecess, ,r in order that he may succeed to the possession of his fine house ; but when I see that same heir not only alerming the owner by cries of fire to indnce him to save himself by the win dow, but also setting lire to the house, in the hope of being able to extinguish the fire after its possesor shall have brcken his neck, I most certainly cannot understand the wisdom cf such a project, any more than I can its morality:. _ _ " If These gentlemen should succeed, and if the good intelligence should cease between our two countries, we who are the friends of peace shall not be consoled much by the reflection that the war was provoked without any such intention. ‘• There are some of your friends to whom, if I mis take not, my ideas may be easily applitd ; endeavour, I beg of you, to had them back a little towards more healthy and more philanthropic principles. " As to what you say about Ireland, your thunderbolts of war need not reckon upon that part of our empire— nothing can be more weak than the anti-English party there. Our Government has shown itself resolved tf, permit no outrage of its authority there ; and we tenon here (a thing of tvhieh you are profoundly ignorant in France) that all these harangues and these xneetings Ireland are nothing but :sound and zmoke. The agita- tors want to get rr;t:ey, and the other chiefs love noise but none of them will move a single step, and I can as sure you that no ene thinks of it the least in the world In the meanwhile our Government has done much t, gtve contentment to the Fork of Ireland ; on the othr nand, their_ priests al.:: divided among themselves, while the agitators do not know now vihat to do. " That that country has grievances is quite true, bu the greater part of them arise from abuses which legis, lutors know not how to remedy. These evils have the-is source in the se cial system, and in the distribution r' propc,rty—evils wh'ch the very maddest of their agita. tors themselves have never dared to attempt to touch." AMERICAN WHEAT.—HARVEST.—TI - e St. Louis Era says, the new crop has just cemmenced arriving freely: and should the upper streams continue even in their present difficult wage for navigation, we may expect to see, in the course of three or four weeks, large quantities of wheat pouricg into the market ; even at this early period there are thousands of bushels of the new crop lying at the landing along the Illinois,' Upper Mississippi, and Missouri, waiting shipment. All the boats which have reached this port from above fir three or four days past, have come down with as much as they could possibly get along with, and many of them, particularly those from the Missouri and Illinois, had to refuse more wheat than would have loaded them twice over in a fair stage of water. The wheat harvest has indced been. a magnificent one. From every quarter the cry is plenty; on the Missouri, Upper Mississippi, and Illinois, the average yield over the crop of last year will be fully 83 per cent. ; and in many sections of the country full 50 per cent.; add to this the superior quality of the grain, which appears to be uniformly of nearly the samequality, and there must be a great surplus ; how, when, and where it is to be disposed of, remains to be seen.— Washington Constitu.ion. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A CORONER'S INQUEST. —On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Bedford, the Coroner, held an inquest at the Rising Sun, Great Scotland-yard, respecting the death of Charles Augustus Simpson, a child about five weeks old, under the subjoined circumstances:—The parents of deceased reside in Great Scotland-ye rd. Mary Paskell, deceased's aunt, deposed that she had attended deceased ever since its birth, and it was a very healthy child. On Monday morning, about eleven o'clock, witness went out with de ceased and its mother, and got into a steam-boat from the Adelphi-stairs to London-bridge. On their return from that place deceased cried a g( od deal. Witness then gave the child to its mother, and as they lauded at the Adelphi-pier blood was seen oozing from deceased's eyes and nose. Wit ness proceeded with deceased to the Opthalmic Hospital, in Charing-cross., and on their arrival there deceased had ceased to breathe. A warm bath was ordered, but it had no effect; life was quite extinct. Deceased was subsequently taken to Dr. Leonard, of Craven-street, Strand, who consi dered that death bad been caused by the breaking of some blood-vessel in the vicinity of the lugs. The jury was com posed of fourteen gentlemen, ore of whom, by his views of the case, gave rise to the utmost coefusi,,n and uproar. The juror in question was of opinion that the medical gentleman ought to have been on the inquiry, as, in his absence, there was no evidence to show h ow deceased had come by its death. In addition to which, the necessity of a post mortem examina tion was urged, while twelve of the jury were unanimously of opinion that such a proceeding would be totally irrele vant, and not assist them the least in the decision of their verdict. After a sebne of great uproar, it was ultimately de termined by the coroner sending for Dr. Lennard, who came forward end gave corroborative evidence, and at last a ver dict of " Death from natural causes" was recorded. The in quiry lasted several hours. TUE NEW ROYAL EXCLIANGE.—The statue of Sir Thomas Gresham, ty Behnes, has, during the last few days, been fixed in the niche in front of the ruw Royal Exchange, at the east end, and under the cupola. hrnAcomnr, Ocr. 18.—This delightful and roman tic watering.place has been full of company the whole summer, and has now a large influx of company; the public rooms were crowded ith a fashionable audience, who were highly amused with Mr. Lover's Irish Entertainment. There has been a prejudice against this town as a winter residence under the supposit:on that the north of Devon is unusually cold at that season, but this is rapidly wearing off; so that this pleasing spot is now likely to have two seasons, many more families than usual having taken home for the winter. rQ CRIP STOLEN.-CAUTION. !k. Whereas, a letter containing Four SCRIP CERTIFI CATES in the " WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS. and GLOUCESTER RAILWAY," described below. which was put into the Gloucester Post-offece, on Fainar, Ocrober 17, addressed " Mr. Wm. Miles, sharebroker, Foregate.street, Worcester," has not reached its destination, and there is every reason to balieve that it hvs been stolen, All persons are CAUTIONED against purchasing such Scrip, and a REWARD of 1 EN POUNDS will he given for any infor. matron respecting it. There is some reason t , ) suppose that the Scrip may have reached Bristol Description of the Scrip Certifi. ernes .—Five Shares, Nos. 451 to 455; Ten Shares, Nos. 25,641 to 25,550; Ten Sharer, Nos. 25,551 to 25,560; Ten Shares, Nos. 25,561 to 25,570. Auy information on the subject may be addressed to Messrs. Cliffe and Co., Gloucester. ELEGANT LITERARY AND PICTORIAL PRESENT Now ready, in 1 vol. Bvo., richly bound, pric 31s. lid., nA.I.L. E VENINGS ,AT HADDON Edited by the Baroness DE CALABIZ ELLA, Aud superbly embellished with 24 Steel Engravings by the First Artists, from Designs by George Cattennole, Esq. This work for,r s the most splendid and attractive Gift Book that has issued from the press for some years. Flic literary portion has been contributed by many of the most popular writers of the day, and the living claracters who compose the dramatis persome include several of the most celebrated peisomtges who figure in the fashion able, the literary, and the diplomatic circles. The whole of the illustrations are from designs by George Ca:termoie, Esq., executed expressly tbr this wori, and they have been engraved m the very finest line manner by the' most dirtingushed artists. Henry Col Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW _NOVEL. Now ready :A all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE ATTRACTIVE .MAN. A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Authoress of "The Vie.tr of Wre%iiiii," " The Widow Barnaby,' Henry Colburn, Vuhlislier, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, In one vol. Bvo., WORLD OF WONDERS. WITH ANECDOTES and OPINIONS CONCERNINCi POPULAR SUP.ORSTITIONS. Edited by ALBANY royNTz. Richard Bcntly, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DR UItY-LANE THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE FAIRY OAK. In which Messrs. Borranl, Burdini, Allen, unwell, Harley, Miss Rainferth, Miss Fitzjao,es, Miss ('ollett, and Miss Helen Lane will periorin. Attar which, will be repeated a Nev Grand Ballet Fa'itastique, entitled TILE MARBLE MAIDEN. /nuke Laurent deal edieis, M. Pichler; Prince Cosmo da Medici., M. Petipa; Massachio, M, Albert ; Asetvio, LottLce ; Princess Beatrice, ;Mlle. Adele; the tatue of Hebe, Mdlle. Adele Dumilatre. TUE:ATE, iIA Y THIS EVE.N INC; Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Anderson ; Mons. Deschappelles, Mr. James Bland; Pauline Desch:touches, Miss Helen Faucit. After which, NICHOLAS FLAM. Nicolas Flan, Mr. Farrell. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. TIII4.AIIcE %GI AI., A DLLPII.I. THIS EVE! III(1, Will be repeated "I HE WICEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. In wi 'eh Messrs. 0. Smith, Selby, Stoker; Mrs. Yates, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam will pc, form. To be followed by TAMING A TIIITAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphcbia. In which :A., cs:•rs. Bc„iford and Wright, Miss Woolga., Madame Celeste, &c, will pLrawm. To conclude with SEEINO WRIGHT. THEAME 1:;./ Y AL, 1,1 CLAIM Tins EVE.N ING Will be repeated THE LAS i 2 OF TH BRAVOES. Irincipal Characters by Messrs. Keeley - , F. Matthews, F. Vining, Bender I ar nal, and Miss Arden. After which, a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR. To be followed by a ;New and Original Comediutta, entitled PETER JEliKl.tili; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Frlncipal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Min.tiOWS; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Dawson. To conclude with AL IDDIIi and ih..3 NVOIiDERFUL LA.3IP. PRINCESS'S Ti!EATRE, ONFORD-STAEET. THIS EVENING Will be performed KING LEAK. King Lear, Mr. Macreadn Cordelis, Mrs. Stirling. After which, KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. NEW STRAND THEA'CRE Open evL ry EVENING.—NOVELTi and EXTRA ATTRACTION. PIIILEIPPE will continue to repeat all his most popular and peculiar MAGICAL DELUSIONS, which are nightly received with the most en husiastic approbation. The CH lARINI FAMI!,Y are en7ived, and will appear on the Tight Rope, end dance their cele brated Pas de Cwur. Mdlle. Kopbel (ou la file des dears) will per lbrm her most popular Pas de Caractere. To conclude with the as tounding and inexplicable Chinese Experiments, entitled the MAGIC BASINS and GRANDE MENAGERIE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be revived the favourite Drama of GWYNNEIII VAUGHAN. Supported by Mean's. Waldron, C. Boyne, Brookes, G. Wild, Kate Howard, &c. Afier which, SKETCHES IN INDIA. To conclude with THE BOYHOOD OF BACCHUS', ASTLEY'S ROYAL SIPHITKEATRE OF AlttS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER MR. W. BATTY. Continued career of success ! Spectacle extraordinary ! Magn'- ficent effects,. peculiar scenic displays, pict.irial groupings, and unique appointments, combined with interesting incidents, por traying the pc: Mier sagacity and high training of the Double Stud of coloured Barbs in the truly imposing Hspodramatic production, entitled, THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and 'ilte Lily of Memtdds And The Horse of the Pyramids, in which the whole Company will appear. To which will be added, au entire change of the' Arena novelties, embracing the united talents of the French and English Equestrians. The whole to conclude, each eveninz, wiih the Equestrian Melo drama, taken from the French, entitled LE COUPE GORGE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVEICLNG Will be performed THE ROVER'S SECRET; or, The Bridge of St. Martin's. M. Martial, Mr. S. T. Hicks; William, Mr. H. Hughcs ; Clarisse, Mrs. Henry Vining. After which, Pions. I'LEGE and FAMILY'S extraordinary per formance on the Tight Rope. To conclude with OLIVER TWIST, supported by the whole Company. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, OCT. 20. TIIERIIIONETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 58; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 50.12. WIND N.N.W.; fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-tRIDGE THIS DAY. Han,inc .. 30 kinnaitei after 4 j Evening .. 48 minutes after 4. rt , $) )?‘',7-%i AA * aY : 4 :04S ts_ Vk„ " 1,7 F. II A 'I ° • SECOND EDITION. " &c, Akfl i gitg = 4lll''' LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1845. There are few institutions more important to civilised society than a good domestic police. There are none in the heads of which the powers confided by the State are so liable to abuse. It would seem as if to the func tions of arrestirg criminals and personally detecting crimes, a latitude of authority were necessary which was i❑ itself productive, in :hose who exercised it, of that criminality which they are charged to take cogni zance of in others. Such a tendency is attributable, perhaps, in an equal degree to the m cessarily inferior diameter of the class of men who will consent to become members of what may be called the "Criminal Executive." But it has been always reason ably enough presumed that in consideration of more careful seh ction, increased pay, and improved superintendence, the character, as well as the efficiency of a domestic police, may be certainly enhanced where it has become, from its inadequate establishment, very much deteriorated. Now this, precisely, is the process Which was adopted on effecting the substitution of the New Police constabulary, or Metropolitan Police, in the place•of that most dilapidated of constabulary staffs— the "Old Watch" of London. Whatever objections of a constitutional nature might be, and really were, urged against Sir ROBERT PEELS half •military and ostenta 6ously organized "pen-d'a r inerie"—and they were grave ones—nothing could be excepted to the establishment, and pay vs hick he assigned to it, except, indeed, on the score of its excess. This pay since the riginal constitution of the force has been in creased, both to the various officers, superintendeuts, inspectors, &c., and the sergeants and men ; —and still -store recently, the salaries of the two Commissioners were fixed at a scale which reached the utmost verge of liberality. Under these circumstances, the public has a right to expect on the part of the men the best conducted deportment and attention to their duty ; on the part of the Commissioners the most exact and careful superinten dence over all the arrangements and details of he force. But we lament to observe that the cases of flagrant delin quency on the part of constables of this well-paid, well appointed, and very favoured body seem to increase every year, both in number and character. It is a scandal to the whole body that such numerous instances of attsmptcd extortion, subornation, pilfsring, violence, and cruelty, should have to be brought under magisterial notice in the period of a few months, as those in which we find policemen implicated as prin cipals or accessories. A collection of such cases, care• fully extracted from the reports of our district police - offices and the records of the Central Criminal Court since the passing of the 10 GEo. IV., in June, 1829, would show—we are convinced—a larger aggregate of criminal effences by police-constables than could be brought against any other body constituted under • equally favourable regulations and inducements for good conduct, and bearing similar proportions as to t'ieir aggregate force, the relative numbers of officers a - id men, But we do not propose, now, to enter upon any of the ohjeetions of principle, or the confide rations of policy and expediency which we could adduce as bearing on the general question of the merits or demerits of this scheme of police. We have merely to direct at tention to two cases that. we published in our impression of Saturday last. The one (copied from the Devizes Gazette), to the effect that a man, formerly an inepector of the Wilts police, is in custody at Bath, charg,el with stealing a silver hammer and a cash-b x containing 80/. The other is the case of a police-constable of the F di vision, charged with having absconded "from the force'' with 201. received by him "in his official" capacity. This man, having apprehended a woman on suspicion of robbing a sailor on the preceding night, attended with the culprit at an early hour on Friday morning befare the inspector at the Bow-strest station, and handed over to him five 51. Bank of England notes, two gold sovereigns, and 21s. in silver, which he said he had fouiri on the prisoner. This money uns given back to the policeman when he brought the charge, in due course, before the sitting magistrate.; he was ordered to return the poor seaman one of the• 51 notes to enable him t ° joist Caledonil, at Plymouth, and he was beulld to return the rem Aider to the inspector. before 1 00° he had reported the ci,se—to await further proceeding s, and t•o be secured fur the sailor. This was not done. On the following evening he was reported " not 011 daty." The suspicions of his " superior r.:fficer.," w*C re immediately aroused. It was ascertained he had O' scowled from his lodgings ; and he was som discovere in a house of a like infamous character with th'' t in which the sailor had been plundered. 20/ 7s. wer e found undcr the bed in which he was taken, and he acknowledged it was part of the money he had ear be.zatd. Oa the first of these cases, the examination of the ac cused not being before us, we shall make no further comment at present, than to observe thst the impute d delinept- nsy is of a kind which has become so common a charge of Lae against constsbulary officers of this description, that it almost csases to shock one, as it assuredly would do, bad net tile frequency of such au' nouncenients neutralised the impression they ought 0" turally to produce on the public mind. On the latter case, we cannot help arriving at the conclusion, that, in spite of all the nauseating atfcctatioa of military arrangements end gradations of rank, ul'i ch these police affairs always exhibit, this system of eon' stabulsry is a very vicious anal imperfect one. W bell the under-constabla took charge of the money at fue r or five o'clock in the morning, why wa s it Iv; turned to him by the upper-constable, instead of being duty entered with all p a rticular s , on the " sheet "—aci,nowledged ssme proper prin rs° form to the under-constable—and brought lore and hY the upper one (i. e., " the superior officer ") befere the magistrate, on bringing up the case for hearing ser.ae hours arterwa r d s ? T o return money un d er su ch or" curustances was at least to subject it to new jeoPar 4 .! to the ultimate loss of the plundered seaman ; for lb' delinquent, GUY, of the !F division, without dreatanlg of the embezzlement he afterwards committed, rag i) , & have innocen;ly lost it in the very first street brawl 11j wh'ch he might lfave been called upon to interfere ela . way home. And then, what were the superior Officer' f about, when they found th a t thi s " p r i vate ," i ns tead ° A returning from the office straight to hi s i ns p ec tor, e n 'i paying over the money, according to the "genera orders" of the "service," did no t a ppear 11 " the station all day=to let the matter stand over till the " evening muster or parade," when he was first repor ted " not on duty ?" A littl e a l acr i t y, an d managerr. ee , might surely have tracked th e o ff en d er t o his hitr 3 b place long before he bad ch ange d or expen d e d one a tb e 51. Bank notes, the property of the sailor? It is obst° lls to common sense that such a s y s t em o f re t urn ing la° ll x el found on the person of a p r i soner t o one o f these in ccrs, is to expose him to the double damser of teraP tie : flint to the commission :of a crime—and sets's, 11 ° /. '; the lawless community through whose haunts he i s obliged to move, to outrage and violence againo himself, under the i m p r e ss i on t h at b e car rie d booty about his person duri ng a - cer tain 1 3° ' 0 tion, at least, of the day. We find that cg Inspector, DODD, said, " it was the duty of all consta h l or to attend at the station-house after the disposal he charges with which th e y were concerne d, to re port t er result of the examination, an d t o d e li ver u p wh ate : f s property might come i n t o th e i r h an d s . Thi s w as ili zr- ,;`, 1 done without any exp r e ss di rec ti ons flora the inspeftor" duty." And why do there exist no such express (h i re ; tions? Is it thought th a t it wou ld b e cons id er ( din tre A cats, forsooth, to the p o li ce - consta bl es to i s sue se- ii instructions, on the ground that they would il ls a doubt of their pos s ibl e suscept ibility t° , ha t temptation of theft ? W e are a t a l os S to nuargine 7 . 0 ease they have made out to be entitled to exeroPti °ll ,,.. l p es such ordinary precautions on th e p art o f their s- fi g riors. The prisoner, C Ily, is stated to be " 11 1 ° L , s u sa man of highly-respectable connexions. He ha d Sea in the police forc e ab ou t s i x mont h s, h a ving muc h -e bought out of the army by hi s f r i en d s ." W e , 'CrY o f suspect that this st a t emen t suggests t h e true hi'tur. many other cases of p o li ce - consta bl e il c linque °- s'iss There is too little vigilance exercised by the C ' rs o- sioners in ascert a i n i ng t h e mora l character and qu-f„.." cations of candidates f ur sulioission into their " 011- ' o s or too touch importance ascribe:l to the sznaW'ssos their appearance, and, chose all, to the eircurustt' of their having previously belonged " to the " I°' as the reporter phrases it. We stated on Saturday that the time was " me 1". cl settling the long. agitated question of the corn- 10 ' 6 ' s4 f• expressed a hope that another session would not be o r fered to pass without the adoption of measures f° finally setting it at rest. Indeed it was impossible t 4) read the speeches made at agricultural meta/ 4 , independent even of Sir R O B ER T FEEL'S • known inclination, to come to any other conelus'u''' Still it is gratifying t o fi n d th a t a new antb °l : l 4 ll has been added to tho s e w hi c h h ave already enreare",,,: the authority of an acti v - e an d b ene fi cen t legis l3 ; one, it is true, who wakes no pretensions to an) I ' A his ledge of Cabinet secrets, but who, nevertheless , fre lu political principles and station in society, is entithal to O s fullest credit—a e mean Lord Assuan , . Ina late add re d s , to his constituents, the electors of Dorsetshire , bi' u t r ao ship says, "I will seize this occasion to touch ' lO subject of the corn-laws, and the certain result a b t at present movement against them. It appeari to Ine f t- ae their destiny is fixed ; and that the leading we n °;; great parties in the Legislature are by no means (- '1 1 „, 11 -; dined to their eventual abolition. The debates of ea': session have left no doubt on this head : both th e can. didetes for power, and the occupants of it, aPPT ( t itat' o e s so much more closely than a t an y f or mer twri °l " et most of the hearers w ere ind uce d to hch"e; that le their difference was l ess a ma tt er of P rjj Oin than a question of tine." This eow ill -g• it lf a strong supporter o f th ese l aws is std" c;ajit il, remarkable; but what f o ll ows i s more reufark u bie tit L i o as it is evident the agriculturists theurselves — " 511 ,. a ce rather say the landlords—are resolved to run 3 with the League, and know their fate without delay Now is the time to strike. Such another 01)P urfu r n or e, may never occur, an d hi s L or d s hip, t here advises the l an dl or d s t o cens id er i n idlat w6),,thl can break the force of a n i nev it a bl e bl ow . TlfeY ° 0 1) 0- ) do it in his opinion by o ff er i ng terms f or a gradual, t, ti. " lition ; "for," say s h e , "y ou h ave , a t tbii ote o the power to offer s uc h t erms ; th e i r i s n o certainty rility you wi3 retain it much longer--cur actual Pr °s .P: r fal must come to an end ; a nd th en th e w ide an d :i le t ,, oa pressure of comm e r c i a l di s t ress , w ith the he 3 " i' tlie the one side, and the i n diff erence on the othe r ' u nc isl great political c hi e f s , w ill l eave you, i n au hour us es fi:bio difficulty, altogether without a refuge or resouret'• s ell is consolatory intelligence, and we may, from this a 5 as from other symptoms, re g ard th e , proposed ell SC of o l the great question for the en s u i ng ses sion. be e s „, SC „iga the crops, and the certainty o f i m portation grain, cannot fail to have given Sir E. Pexi- gib: the easiness with regard not only to th e curreeuP jaht peace of the community. A large importation drain the country of gold, and delve us to tb e eig a. cessity of again begging succour from our bours. On the other hand, if prices collti" ue k of and the half-starved Irish, not to sini r iveri the poor classes in this island, ar e e to despair by want, the d a ng e r may be still mere .„a palling. Ile is thus pla ce d i n a difficult co' iti°ll n i :aaa must naturally be anxious t o t a k e every ratioutli: U 0 to prevent, for the future, such a concurrence ffro toward circumstances. This question, we learn the th e various quarters, occupies a bove all ot aers o attention of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, a nd oath cision may be. expected by the beginning of e the We have little doubt of the result. It is said t' . t oe Duke and the Premier cannot a gree on the con ay wa y should be adopted; and that a s plit of the Cal'i lle . a a he be the consequence, but we place no confidence „ os c orn' rumour. The Duke knows; how to obey as we" v , Sir mend: he has entrusted the reins of Governa 3 " t i Lir . rot . ROBERT PEEL—he has already yielded to his P aai a conciliating Ireland, and he will not thw art 11 ; t artr measure so intimately connecte d with his 111° „ Gee' system, and so essen t i a l t o th e existence of a Tory vernment. We have received Madrid Journals cf the 1 1 t h 3c . 0 7;1" 3 -.1.- inst. Those of the former are chiefly filled with par"h'irtb dof the gr ' and.levee held in honour of her 31A05T1.6 - per' so ay, which was attended by at least thirteen hundred ,0 ns. A- general amnesty was expected to appear incrst Gazette on the 12th inst. It was confidently etateuiog Madrid that General BRETCON, notorious for his it l6ll et i, and atrocious proclamations in Catalonia, had r4.sigliti3,l Others state that lie had been dismissed , as his conduct ~,, become so insufferable that ninny of the official aatlioric under bine had refused to act. 'The re:npo states that O.: Company who had received the concession of the 31 00 ` 'dr r) Iron Railway line had deposited 5,000,000 reels (s°',,,lfil in the bank of San Fernando, as a security? or e xt r act of a ment of their engagements. The follovring letter, dated Cadiz, Oct. c, appNrrs in the Caste:fa/1ov'; nor felucca guarda costa Jupiter left this port last weeliy i l iu r it o. suit of a smuggling vessel which hoisted Engli,lL eu t the The commandant of the Jupiter, nevertheless, &a l s ,,terst smuggler, which sought reruge in the Gibraltar w uit of whence an English steamer immediately started in Pur s e „ i pte the Spanish guarda-costa • the latter , was, ... ~ions -' , s enough to reach the port of Cadiz. Serious disci-- Aoct. arisen on thesubject between the governors of the tire f' which,as u ,•• • • s .al, will turn to our Onnue." the lltli No transactions f,,,)ek place on the Bur±e 0 21 - or l2th. extracta Die The Paris papers contain a variety of intelligcncetta without interest. We are glad to runt tallow* °I •••41„. 11; 4ustls j 4li3 elneil In t tot 9n l y t In th e ti eu i rt f ore trade,