The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-20 00:00:00

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' reitt e4 ti! e tiO 0 en e o P ton e N ue , ,e r l ) ° igt f I , - t wit P DOVP O "POO; L eo f L og ot 0 , rites 6 do, ',AP )ti sa n e u. r ent D r. , c loc fe „ . 0 teE ` r eo o l os' l ,o fi e 7ril "flier t 1 ). o c ov CA o . ,ip t 4 O , a St' e,; 4 31 GO dill be Ad 4, 1 t ye 01 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, .1845 U'OURT CIRCULAR. It DM"; 'WEDNESDAY.—The rainy state of the weather trevented th.e Queen and the Royal Family Princes thifi morning. From the same cause the Royal from leaving the r eu rtli rsi c o e n s . were prevented from going out on a shooting ex 1r Fier. :R „,.. o yalll r gh o n o e n s . s th e Duchess of K en t v i s it e dth e R o y a l amil a y this ft ein PIP. n j t 'i l . a iesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their S, ' ." , glinesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of ...2 42 C0 Cobourg and Prince George, walked out for some LITe in the afternoon in the pleasure-grounds. Lord and Lady Stanley are expected to arrive this even i ng At the Castle. Her jam Maria al Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna _ son, and the Baroness de Spetb, 1 v341 circle at dinner will jo in the The ea . ~ band of the Grenadier Guards will attend during • ' lnn er. Her M ajesty'sp rivate band will afterwards attend In the Castle. 4 deputation of merchants of the City waited on the Earl 1:1,11; Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office, to present a me orial of British meichants and residents at Buenos Ayres 4 1 ,0 , i, n ‘ the state of affairs in that country. The Duke of Wellington visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Ecclesiastical. Comnthsioners for England had a Iteeting Yesterday at the office in Whitehall-place. There Were present the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Bishops of London, W inchester, Bath and Wells, Ely, Norwich, and Devon'ord the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Earl of ziaand Lord Ashley. Di s tigh, t Honourable Sidney Herbert has arrived in town. fro m the es were received yesterday at the Colonial-office the Gov ernor Qovernor of the West India, Colonies, and also from I) 2 avernor of the North American Provinces. ti„,l4Patebes were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo- , 1 /4office for the Governors of the Mauritius, Ceylon, and ``°llg-Kong. Ma THEATRE. Th e _m ai . th e den Aunt is the title of a new esmedy, from _Pee of Mr. Richard Brinsley Knowles, R. B. produced last night with complete success. Mr. to which was eewles is the son of the illustrious author of Virginias, te en n! he has dedicated this his first dramatic produc we ',and he has proved himself " the worthy son t o . f en a li a r tpY sire." Mr. Knowles, jun., has evidently taken n ,,.. l ather as his model, C tatt ee that but there is nothing of servile ere . about him. It might have been supposed strs eeived some assistance from his father in the con eleri,on of his comedy, but the play itself bears internal s e : s eee to the contrary. It is the work of a . young b t h 11---uone but a young man could have written it—ut ar c3 t 4 .°ll ng Man is a poet and a dramatist, and is capable whi c h ea , t things. The comedy is written in blank verse, tir a p,"„'s ill general easy and flowing. Like all young oe; a "StSi Mr. Brinsley Knowles is rather too fond of of ° 'Neches, but that is an error which easy th e 7.4rrecton. He adopts, also, the fashion of eone°C,est dr amatists in making many of these speeches kr. „ - " ; (1 e With a couplet. The comedy opens with a liri n- 'n a street in London, between Montague (Mr. , l ear Mal), a ret 11 that and Bevan (Mr. Caulfield), and from that we D , their ol companion, Percy Sage, has . just ,Wh ilr b - “7 4 , to town at the wish of his uncle, Sir Simon, bas -ts ves he has been • to Paris, while in reality Percy !l ththe t „ - T r er been further than Dover, having been detained ere i; ; 7 !he charm s of an unknown lady, who refuses hast Pligh t - ", ;ler name, but to whom, nevertheless, he 74 4 ° 7 ills troth. This Sir Simon Sage hi!s been or la st a- i ci :, a [ ll 3' feud with a certain Peter Wilmot, but leer! t e l i i - "tne, Siru mere caprice, he chooses to most 4 Pri ei , l „ -- te him. Simon Sage is, in fact, the ei-8 of mortals, as Montague observes of him : of;3 1- ont. C apr i ce mocks all surmise Si r S o n, ea and in th a t commo dit y W ' t een passes all! Ho is one of . those li hose follies years instead of wearing out, eve Worn in ! Full of his own opinion, I,._!rieddler, nothing thriving that he touches, ~, 0 doing every thing in Wisdom's pa _ _.,, ,it. & " 408 e special minister he thinks himseli I Iji q) . , 4l°ll himself (Farren), and Peter Wilmot (Til- Z i 'lN il t ° ,v , enter, and we find Sir Simon proposing to sjokir the r econciliation by a double marriage, he sil • rop ° • ruo t i lung to wed Mistress Sarah (Mrs. Glover), 3 sister, "love of whom," as he says, 4 An somewhat turned a sober-minded man 'se Youthful toys a of verse and tender tokens, ~: 's„,rid moved to face the priest at sixty years Lnil" II " ith vows for life of constancy ;" s Ol sL er eY, his nephew and heir (Mr. Hudson), Yrs "") Wil t'f *r daughter, Catherine (Mrs. eitll,o4°llll-0. Peterine c s on a se l nts to this arrangement, al 8i n would much rather secure the whole of tltll.l/ !mightill° 21 Property by wedding his daughter to iir.S.iiaoti, 11,1611134.1 f. ?a w e next s 'it' B ho self r d the uncle see te n l e lin t g ak h es is p n la e e p e he a w t th the e ilsY s s ti e r f ne he vvese 4l married, is about to dilate upon irepat. tarried life, when he is thus interrupted by Patient Is eity.... 11:110e er s'y S. Pray, Sir, save yourselfj It is , COl. xvOuld not, I would marry, Sir; .A. ~1 113 '. wisli • I think of it by day 44 doteam by night. And I would marry, not n's do, and clergymen, to gain Ante for gravity and trust to cure _ To siek of soul and body; nor as rakes lso i d l4t gli had characters ; nor thriftless heirs— To e,, what industry lacks heart to do, . Ba tas e the purses folly emptied for them , T o set sir Simon's nephew ought to marry— A "et e xample to society 4, 4 ,v t ir tvh tl el l bt.enefit the universe at large." Ca cheffe l . herey discovers that his uncle his bespoke eli 4 es l eis and will not let him wed he y object to h - s , lse at pays to al l as d 'ier vows of love that he can never hope to ls Otte' W ith this scene concludes the first act, which A nd A oen,aild deservedly applauded, throughout, for it thelt4 set ' ° °d poetry and vigorous writing„ ..m T o h n e asned ilislees with a scene between Sir Si the former tleiNhe(4, in which the latter persuades k its3nti i 4° is a much more suitable match for him N; 't th ' and the knight consents to . The 4tli , thanughter, and to discard the sister. Iti ter - L °- „ s Zes tO Wilot's house, and after a short leivpwaitit:.4,..ticohnsPoefa announces to his daughter . the Sir Simon, we find the knight him- Lti the maiden aunt Sarah. o s ,_ "A good-hearted soul, NI i ,-, no never saw a tear in any e7e, lit i l ‘hlto 'slit her own kept it company,' tti k t e Wab tirtei ng to her that his wooing had been merely F e ast ,or friendship gallantry, and politeness,. and IS Lail r ;:i in „g% This scene was admirably acted by i ll orter a ii - ,", 1 41M Glover, and drew down shouts sif s t Oti p ro - ' applesue. H av i ng got rid of the aunt,. .Sir dams‘tee girl tollo the niece. She is a gay, lively, '4l'' Wr il -9 quiz the foolish old PeNtreis she •disposed to I too'9e, " completely overpowers him by her No, and telling hi m he knows not how to 'elf ,s`lrag,, him she finds he loses heart h. she . t aea," 4 his i t 14 ', until at last the old knight throws im 1)ti o r ,' B ' sod :14eies, Pays her the most high-flown com,,plin it'as'°litii""eng,th endeavours to snatch a s.. 0 t ' l d t- t° kis n ' s aYs the fair Catherine, " I will give you the d,, t ght. -8 111 , ( '• ' " Name it," exclaims the amorous i lhi e ," t e, sel sans 'atch me, if you can," is the reply, as N ' 4 SC .. " of? and throws a chair ;nand way, over these the eetitables and breaks his shins with . the ? 4 ulh e°ll act concludes. The third act opens in , I . ,b 3, ?rr the fixing Farclns of Sc. James's,. we presume, tee 8 4 t ne time of the play in the first . half lathe'qhp setseeth The the niece are -1, a nd - eentnry. Inc aunt and . 4 ,'lth'i, r 'ae h w" discover from their conversation, that Itl Of 4te lrla e t e rs : l f, is the ' fair incognita of Dover, who sh e h th e ~, tne heart of Percy Sage, and that, know -141'444 eon! e l : ,f4d between Sir Simon and her father, ( )1 1 er, a sled from her lover her name. She is . , hits ass°°l„swhat of a coquette, and will not admit / %ili ' , p a nt that she loves h " I'm sure you love sl it e till e ls u t Ti h t e au nt. '‘ NoY' n. declares Catherine ; to p,, w Q.,41,,, replies-. il a g eo ' a ir, then, you met him every day vat 4 week and more? Was it by chance? V a t he uncommonly strange thing . Chance is! y , e , rath er ,0 sins, like charity, it hides; h,4ol3',BLtogether blots them out . n s , lett Was Le blame for what he had no hand in, i3,tioil not meant —was never once foreseen— it4t Of 01,),elled-..sotne svay—as a thing might drop eh4ltva3,:f(louds ; tho', very strange to say, Tii,ttte do exactly where we'd have it ! lie eeser',sesPegrace, who, in all his life, ki,lait4 hiea proper action yet. li,,,?talt e3 s. hand to nothing but he blunders; 4i7tis R„:;seneighbour's pocket for his own; Ail's the auses without fault in the pleader ; '4 l l ' lil v't°ng medicine and kills the patient ; . It l e ,.'! an awkvard kis' makes poor young ladies, t: sa deBj e gnin greatu a re v s e l n the world, TBy e se an- cat the same place and hour, hi tut ZU i n ' t 7 2 . WllO never for a moment . ae ,s pa, elq, and r walks to meet with anything 14 4 dr„,:sak e trees, and charming scenery." 4 4) "do .'" deliehtfull g iven by Mrs. Glover, Is gheNl re ' Yg ' NI rti Peated rounds of applause. As she, is Ivi llis to stelFe note longer, by keeping up a foolish mas ih tli k et t° ei s itt ue heart which for her sr.ke was t ' Ri r Pe, elillp .everything, Percy himself a,ppears in N '-- •-te is with two ladies, the one "a pleas- V ol tth et, b *O s , . to the'r intriguing artful mother, Y our i : I,7desartendoaffat.hini i :o . rld, has married 1/4„1,:l'o.;41,:ela:t ripe_iior„t Years ati., , ea t h e eY s sea 7,a,rs se endaughters without portions ti°4le!4 an wishes a dv ised to gs home, but is thus remon by her aunt : itb s u , s v ,er stolerN What ! see ?et i „ms er a bluer fore your very eyes, t‘te , 1 0 11 and ) shift to save the spoil, sor Qse ta me it in the robber's hands? t'dA„ arq - stile? is i t ell on o , an , onif . home, indeed! Die rather! ',,ss eh, aim to hu,aclaim,your property! I,'_ sr if c ;:io . t ear ;3 r, ce he s no true lover -4,',0 4 1 ; 4 will, the' ,out should you find, as much i _` 4 11,, i s gh it eff 3 '. ve coaxed him past recall, A _ INisss,e, se th s , 'with what good grace you can, I 1 1 1 s te a a rr 2w - Xl i f t e g t rd ..mornin-g 1 .7--N . ow sweet niece, • 1 41, hie, ss thy h me barbed with jealou, a t„ ,-,:ecv.arld hst et e Xt what quality's within is iiit'l4l4llglY she . u ni) tersa„, sc ene kdoes hide and listen, and overhears rqwiliii %, t red by tkuetween Percy and Catherine, which . e . r e i'erin e drew' appearance of Sir Simon, where to a , t 3 off , ~t ) Pee e „ Ps Jier glove, and, having hurriedly ea where rather Et ) j E Zlplai' ll i t ; •o . !fleet her . there on the morrow, then,,atl. 1)411 .y. insolencepQr,eyl;sUasi•onoiishhitilsentat this i n conductdaring e v iiik i s qu i Nfr l ,„ ? , 44".',udly , Inor.e increased when Sir Simon, ~_ see 01 ! deei_9r his insolence, sn from him h„,':eY ca tin `kle, ei7ring that the lady is highly(Sir Simon's) . 4,1' whe t( 0 be ll 411 "gea him to fight for the glove. ~.‘. 4 s; eve that th girl will ii i t 'ale w a „ " 4 ;30 4 na e 4 1 1 :: . t i t : t a r t e yons' the e s lady, 3' so: y h o lle u er r r et u n io n c l l in e a might have been thine: I •49 sli , s ha nd corertek h In i 1 th e pl ace lii p u t yg.. a .,h k _,e capso i /1 her clai ni° t's heart ° 'l 11;1:::;11 iizttlitt:shiltglel:otvnwe ______ll e : Swear, but I th e xt l iat hi:lcie find th . e °l% : In the opentinlg7slevelii ei;th a et " a Issehtelatizing all flirts all his the niece iattissallierr eec Urr e d 11311,a'deri aunt informing Sir S r S;ion. and Percy in woad e i. tithe.erminion Of the tto re,..Y-garden e:s mciulce h e :' aod of the dei 'WI into a jest—she loves him not—she is rejoiced he has renounced her ; but when her father enters and an mounces that she is on the morrow to wed Sir Simon, she at once declares that wed him she never will; and the maiden aunt, having in vain attempted to shake his resolution, determines to counterplot him. Percy is then announced, and he reproaches Catherine, who confesses her love for him, with her conduct to his uncle, believing that she still intends to wed the old man. This mistake, however, is soon cleared up by the interven tion of the maiden aunt, who urges' the lovers to instant flight ; but just as they are about to obey her injunction Peter Wilmot enters, and, locking his daughter up in her room, turns her lover cut of his house. Their good genius, however, is present in the person of the maiden aunt, whose injunctions Percy promises implicitly to obey. The fifth act opens with the arrival of the guests to the wedding. Percy arrives with them, and congrae tulates his uncle on his good fortune, and willingly re signs the lady to him. Old Sir Simon is rejoiced at this sudden change in his nephew's sentiments, but he is observed to'be fidgetty and uneasy. The priest comes not, and the bride has not yet made her appearance. Peter goes to Seek the priest, the guests withdraw, and the maiden aunt goes up to Sir Simon, asking him what is to be done. Now Sir Simon has, the night before, received a very mysterious letter on the subject of his marriage, which heti given him some uneasiness. Di vers strange inuendos had been whispered into his ear by divers of the guests, and this question from the aunt puts the Poor knight into a regular pucker, She draws him to questioe her, and at last, after much hesitation, she tells him that her niece is mad, and has vowed to dO him some grievous harm, and raves of aconite and secret ways of death, and insists on wearing deep mourning at the wedding. Catherine herself ap proaches him, and attempts to remonstrate with him on his folly in insisting on the marriage, while Sir Simon, who is convinced of her madness, watches her with fear and trembling. At length he consents to renounce his project of marriage with her ; and when she gratefully endeavours to seize his hand to kiss it, he roars out for help, believing himself in the grasp of a madwoman. Percy and the others enter, and of course Percy and Catherine are made happy, and so are Sir Simon and aunt Sarah, but after a different fashion. Sir Simon would fain IA ed the maiden aunt, but she wisely deter mines to remain single, replying to Sir Simon's offer— " No : von and I shall live Good friends unmarried—wedded in the wish And constant care to see these young ones happy!" The play was well received throughout ; but towards the conclusion there v, ere some slight express sions of disapprobation ; they were, however, imme diately drowned in most vociferous applause ; the non contents gave up the contest, and the play was announced for repetition every evening without a dissentient voice. The principals were called for at the conclusion, as was Mr. Brinsley Knowles himselF, who bowed his acknow ledements from what we may be almost justified in calling the author's box. In the production of this his maiden effort, Mr. Brinsley Knowles was most efficiently supported by the artistes and by the management. Farren and Mrs. Glover wore .perfection ; Hudson made a very spirited Percy ; and Mrs. Seymour gave a light, agreeable, though somewhat sketchy, version of the spirited and volatile Catherine. The play was put upon the stage with the greatest attention to the scenery and decorations ; its mounting was superb. The house was a bumper. ADELAIDE GALLERY. RE-ENGAGEMENT OF PROFESSOR KELLETI Professor Keller and his corps of living statues commenced a second engagement at the Adelaide Gallery on Monday. The poses plastiques of these wonderful art ir . ; classical and graceful. Whether they '„- c 3 are most truly ive us tableaux vivans from pictures, or representations of the master-pieces of sculpture, they are equally firer !. Certainly Professor Keller and his corps are at the he .a o f their profession. No one has yet appeared who can P:eproach them either in beauty, form, or grace of position. The gallery is crowded, both morning and evening, duitag the performances of Professor Keller. THE CLEANSING - TEIE STREETS OF THE CITY. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS' OFFICE, GUIL D HALL. On Tuesday a numerous deputation from the Association for the Promotion of Improved Paving, Cleansing, and Drainage, established in March, 1842, at the head of which was the President, Mr. Charles 'Cochrane, waited upon the Commissioners of Sewers, at Guildhall, upon the subject of the following letter, directed to the Commissioner by the Se cretary to the Association : " 20, Vere-street. Nov. 17, 1845. " To the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. "Gentlemen,—l am instructed by the President, Vice- President, and Council of this Association, most respectfully to submit the following proposal to your consideration:—That you will be pleased to permit this Association to demon strate, at their own expense, for a period of two months, to what state of perfection the streets may be kept clean, by the employment of a given number of men throughout the day, in the undermentioned pl aces : —Th e area surrounding the Royal Exchange, to the extent of from 50 to 60 feet; Threadneedle-street and Throgmorton-street, Finch-lane, Tokenhouse-yard, King-street, Guildhall, Gresham-street (late Cateaton-street), and 200 yards along Moorgate-street, giving employment, it is supposed, to about 30 men. lam particularly instructed to observe that it is the furthest from the wishes of the Association to interfere with, or affect in the slightest degree "the interests of the scavenging contractors; so far from it, they,will consent to convey the manure and other dirt collected during the day to such deposits as may be pointed out by the contractors. " The deep interet, Gentlemen, which you take in the promotion of clean public thoroughfares—the readiness with which you raised the street-cleansing contracts this year from 4,5001. to 9,oooL—the good results which have attended on this increased outlay, making the streets of London cleaner than all others in the metropolis, while the sanatory condition must be greatly improved—the grand efforts made by the generous citizens of London to supply, by means of voluntary subscriptions, baths and wash-houses to the poorer classes, in order to encourage habits of cleanliness amongst them—and, finally, the undisputed fact that, by the main tenance of the cleanliness recommended by the Association in the public streets, permanent employment can be given to many thousands of the deservit , poor in the United King dom, so much to be desired during the inclement winter months; all these things induce the Council of the Associa tion to hope that the Commissioners will readily accede to their present request, as they are convinced that the example of clean streets, which they are s ) anxious to be displayed under the auspices of the municipality of London, will be speedily imitated in every town and borough throughout the United Kingdom.—l have the honour to be,,Gentlemen, with the greatest respect, your obedient humble servant, " .L M. DAVIES, Secretary and Surveyor." Mr. COCHRANE and the other gentlemen of the deputation, after having urged the necessity of complying with the request contained in the communication, stated that the good effects of adopting a general plan consonant with the views expressed in it, would be of the highest description, and that the Association entertained not the most remote doubt that the citizens of London would, after the experiment, join with unanimity in commendation of the principle, and the mode of accomplishing it. Mr. PEACOCK (the Chairman of the Commissioners, of whom about thirty had assembled) said the necessity for watching over the public health was increasing daily, and the commissioners of the City sewers were rejoiced to observe how zealously and diligently their neighbours were exerting themselves to prevent the consequences naturally arising from a densely-populated neighbourhood. The Comniissoners of Sewers for the City had, in the spirit of the resolution to do all they could for the public health, determined to compel the contractors to fulfil their contracts to the letter in cleansing the streets, and had on that morning fined three of them for neglect of duty. They felt great interest in the p:0- posal of the- Association, approved of the experiment, and most heartily concurred in allowing it to be mad, for the term specified, with the consent of the contractors for the time being. It would (Mr. Pte cock ;added) be desirable that the experiment should he made in :tie immediate neighbour hood of the Royal Exchange, its the Poultry, and in King street, Cheapside. Some of the Commissioners said they hoped for the assist ance of the'press on this :occasion. Mr. PEACOCK said Ile wa, sure of the support of the press, judging from what had been done by that power when its influence was much inferior to that by which it was at present distinguished. The Commissioners of Sewers were, be infol.med the deputation, engaged in endeavouring to bring some fire-escapes of a new construction, and ap parently calculated to be very efficacious, into use in the City of London. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASHDOWN PARK COURSLNG MEETLNG—Nov. 18. THE DERBY STAKES FOR DOG PUPPIES. Mr. Lawrence's Loyalist boat Mr. Bowles's British Oak. Captain Wyndham's Wtnnybald beat Mr. Rake's Rock e t. Sir P. H. Fleetwood's Fleetwood beat Mr. W. Etwall's We-wont be-Beat. Mr. Etwall's Etonian beat Mr. Brooks's Barabbas. Mr. Gordon's C,ockfighter beat Sir P. H. Fleetwood's Fa vourite. TTIR OARS STARES FOR BITCH PUPPIES. Captain, Wyudham's Widasa beat Mr. Bowles'a Bronze Star. M:. Etwall's Enford Lass (Skip) beat Mr. Lawrence's Lkmprev (Eel). Mr. W. Etwall's Wigwam beat Mr. Miles's Mossey. Mr. Bowles's Baby Blake beat Mr. Gordon's Camlet. Mr. Lawrence's Lucile Gratin beat Captain Wyndham's Winner. Mr. Etwall's Eaglet (Ring(love) beat Mr. 3files's Milli cant. Mr. Charlton's Creeper beat Mr. Bowles's Brambilla (drawn). Mr. Etwall's Whittle beat Mr. Gordon's Countess. CUP 40 GUINEAS. Mr. Bowles's Brocade beat Mr. Miles's Mistley. Mr. Gordon's Crape beat Mr. Lawrence's Lothario. Captain Wyndham's Walberga beat Mr. W. Etwall's Wants-a-Name. Mr. Rakes's Regina Victoria beat Mr. Etwall's Wit's-end. Mr. Lawrence's Linda beat Mr. Miles's Merlin. Captain Wyndham's Wei7d beat Mr. Bowie's Bras-de-fer Mr. Brookes's Belter beat R.dkes''s Rebecca. .•• Mr. Lawrence's Lady WHIM: beat Captain W - Witchcraft. , yndlaana's BETTING .AT 141A-NCII ESTER.- lIIESDAY DEEM'. • 15 to 2 a g s t Sting-18 to 1 p at Broca.rdo-25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot-25 to 1 a rr Spithead-25 to 1 agst lago -30 to 1 agst Malcolm-40 1 agst Manilla colt-40 to 1 agst Fancy Boy. 1,000 to 15 a- CHESTER CUP. (taken). t Nereus (taken)-1,000 t o 15 ags t Magnet 00CIET7 OF BOILER -MAKERS.--The fifth anniver sary of this Society took place on Tuesday evening at the Star and Garter Tavern, Arbour-square, Stepney, when nearly 250 members of the Society sat down to a good substantial din ner, which was served up in a manner that reflects great credit upon Mr. Hubble, the proprietor of the Tavern. The feast was one of a purely social character, and was enjoyed with a gusto that was truly gratifying to all who feel a plea sure in witnessing those who contribute so largely to the wealth of the country throwing aside, as it were, the cares and anxieties of life, and making themselves, for the moment, merry and happy with their fellow-labourers. The practical value of the Society in respect to the trade is generally appre ciated by its members, and binds them together for good and worthy purposes. The which was presided over by Mr. J. Yale, having been i:isposed of, the wives and sweet hearts of the male portion of the company joined the party, and a dance having been got up, the festivity of the evening was kept up to a late hour, when all retired highly delighted with the arrangements made for their general comfort. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EXETER AND WEYMOUTH. [The following is a continuation of the report of the meet= ing held at the Guildhall, Weymouth, on Monday afternoon, which was not concidled when the post left] : EDWARD STRICK, Esq., on the part of the proposed Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast Junction line, said, while I admire the tact of the Hon. Gentleman who last spoke, yet could not but regard his statements as clap-trap to catch the people of Weymouth—l allude to his putting the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line in opposition to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. We approve of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and quite agree in all the arguments 'employed in support of that line : they are so many arguments in our favour. The question is, will not a coast communication westward be of advantage to Weymouth. Our line furnishes facilities for persons coming from North Devon, and other places in that direction, which no other line will so well supply. Your best policy will be to support such a line. The engineer of the Great Western Co mpany has stated that it will be to their interest to complete the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line ; and why ? Be cause it would feed their own trunk line. But he has not said a word about their line from Bridport to Exeter. This new scheme of theirs would be of advantage to Bridport and Dorchester, but it would be death to Weymouth, and I would ask your calm and deliberate opinion whether a line that connects you with the west coast would be detrimental to your interests. The gentlemen representing the Great Western attempt to convince you that their proposed line from Bridport to Exeter provides accommodation equal to that we offer you, but advert to the map. By their route you are to go to Bridport aid Maiden Newton, just ten miles longer than the way we propose to take you. Here then is a saving both in time and expense, and is this no advantage? I would again repeat that it is to the interests of the people of Dorchester and Bridport to support their scheme, but it is to your interests to support us. Give us then your free and frank opinion as to which of these two linen will be most beneficial to yonr interests. BARLOW, Esq., Director of the Great Western Com pany, on the behalf of that company pledged himself for the fulfilment of whatever promises they made to the people of Weymouth. Does not the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway give you a safe and excellent line ? Which Company was earlist in the field? Did not the Great Western come for ward and assist you when no other Company would? and common gratitude should lead you to give your support to any line which that Company may carry out. lam quite sure that the Directors of the Great Western will direct their attention to the improvement of the town, and encourage the formation of any Company having that object in view. —(Hear, hear.) I therefore hope that you will be prepared to supportthe scheme of the Great Western, and rest assured that what they propose will be carried out to its full extent. EDWARD STRICK, Esq., - rose to complain of the conduct of the Great 'Western in corning forward several months after they had possession of the country. When their plans were announced and matured, the Great Western, borrowing the idea, and in the eleventh hour, comes farward with a competing F;eheme. He very much questioned whether the Great Western intended to carry out this as well as many etb:er of their schemes, and in confirmation of his opinion - ne would read a letter which he received from a Mr. Chap man, at Warminster. (The letter was to the effect that the Great Western Company were ever actuated by a selfish spirit, and never consulted the interests of the community. They projected no new lines until other companies came forward to supply the wants of a district. That in regard to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway scheme, they had already broken faith, and it was the belief of the Wiltshire people that the Great Western Company was not sincere in their proposal of constructing a line to Weymouth.) Some interruption followed the reading of thisletter, which when subsided, the meeting was addressed by C. SANDERS, Esq., Secretary of the Great Western Com paoy, after a few preliminary observations, proceeded to direct the attention of the meeting to the relative merits of the va rious schemes introduced to their notice. He said I wish the matter submitted to your reason, and would ask whether it is best for you to be connected with the Great Western, with all its ramifications, or with the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester line? When I had the honour of appearing here a twelvemonth since, I was told that a coast railway was not what you desired, but a communication with Bath, Bristol, the midland counties, and to the north of England. Your language was, Give to us a connexion with the interior of the country that will best subserve the interests of Weymouth. We have given you such a line, and is it now to your interest to neglect us for the purpose of adopting a more direct line to Bridport? The promoters of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wes-mouth line admit that the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth line will benefit Weymouth, and they wish it success, and yet advocate a line which, if constructed, will intercept the traffic of that line. You are this day called on to make choice what line is best for Weymouth, and not what is best for the Great Western. I maintain that the 'Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, with its continuation to H unger f or d an d Westbury, and to Exeter in the other direction, will best supply your wants. If by your vote you adopt the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line, you may perhaps lose both lines. (In referring to the letter which was read, charg ing the Great Western with breach of faith and neglecting the public interests, he said it was a most unjustifiable attack and that it did not contain one word of truth.) Do you think that the Great Western Company, after incurring the expenses of procuring the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill, would abandon it? yet such is the insinuation of that letter, and I cannot refrain from saying that it is a most libellous and infamous letter, and that it ought not to have been in troduced. In again referring to the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth line, I admit that it is a shorter line to Bridport, but that is not the question for you to decide, Will you identify yourselves with that line, and which would de prive you of another line giving you so much greater ad vantages ?—(No, no.) Look then well toyour interests, and not take up with a Company who is looking for an alliance with the line to Southampton. Such a connexion cannot benefit you.—(No, no.) Would the London and South- Western Company seek the re-establishment of the mail packets to the Channel Islands? We (the Great Western) shall have a clear and undivided interest in doing what we can for Weymouth. We wish you to be a large importing port—(Hear, hear)—and as I believe the day is not far distant when the Government intention of establishing au harbour of refuge at Portland will be carried out, the formation of docks and other improvements will necessarily follow. I look to you to place confidence in us, to support us, and rely upon it you will come to a right conclusion. Mr. HOPKINS, in reply, begged again to repeat that they were not opposed to the Great Western. We were first in the field; our surveys were made, our capital subscribed for, and then the Great Western Company, as was usual with them, comes forward, and says we will adopt a line which shall swamp this Company. I will ask why' did the Grat Western now come forward to construct a direct lin:, to Exeter, of which the Bridport line forms a branch, —was it with a view of serving the district ?—(Hear.) Our Company comes to Weymouth, and says to you, you have a railway to the east, a railway to the north, and we will sup ply you with one to the west. lam told that such devia thins are contemplated in the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway; that the line cannot be completed without a new Acrof Parliament. Mr. Hopkins then directed attention to the desirableness of a coast communication westward, as offered by the Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth Company, and as regarded the gauge they intended to adept, they had not yet decided. They were waiting the report of the Government Commission, who were brfestigating the relative merits of the two gauges. Sir JOHN AUDREY stated that though the Directors of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway contemplated a deviation of a portion of their line, yet that would not pre vent them from commencing on those parts of the line where no alterations are intended. Mr- J. F. HODGES thought the meeting was not in a con dition to came to an unbiassed decision. They had heard gen tlemm advocate their several projects, in which each had their separate interests. I will, as a Weymouth man, give my honest and fair opinion. I am not identified with either scheme; I hold no shares in these or any other railway companies. In looking at the country through which the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast line proposed to pass, I find it is for twenty miles a competing line with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. lam of opinion that the line in itself would be injurious to the interests o Weymouth, and if we act in good faith to the Great Western we are bound to support their line. The Great Western is called a great monopoly, and why? because it forms a com bination of talent and enterprise which entitles it to our sup port. They promised us the Wilte, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and they have obtained the sanction of Parliameas for that line; and though there appeared to be n ue deiv .. its commencement, we are assured th- t t in - ass2. delay will be an improvement i n result of that line (the Exeter, Dorchest,- ~,ustruction. Is thi s ne w benefit -e, and Weymouth) calcul a t e d t o lines it say no ; and f or thi s r e a s on , internal _ „ i s deemed th e mos t va l ua bl e t o an i mporting are al Weymouth? p.. port.—/ ,rfear.) Look at the line of country through which ilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway passes. It also connects you with the middle and the north of England, and it is from these places that the great stream of visitors come to watering-places.—(Hear.) What advantage will it be for Weymouth to be connected with other watering places? We have to consult our own interests. The Ex eter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast line connects us with Bridport, but what are we to expect from Bridport? and farther westward, what do we meet with but watering places, which are all rivals to Weymouth? The distance from Weymouth to Bridport, by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, is twenty-five miles, by the Exeter, Dor chester, and Weymouth Coast line it is fifteen; but the po. pulation between this and Bridport coastwise is to small that there is not even a turnpike-road, and the only coach from Weymouth to I3ridport is obliged to go through Dor chester in order to mak it pay. The saving of a few minutes between Weymouth and Bridport is a matter of small impor tance ; besides, is Weymouth in a condition to take up so many Schemes F—(A voice—" We are not called on for our money.") I admit it; but the construction of a line rested on the probability of its paying. I think we shall not be acting judiciously in separating ourselves from the Great Western, and would urge on you to give them your strenuous support.— (Hear.) We cannot better bring out the resources of Weymouth than by connecting ourselves with BEIOI a powerful and spirited Company.--(Cheers.) He concluded by moving the following resolutlpn : " That the interests of this, borough and port will be bet COUSUIM by the it4Y mpgrt sod SuMagguent of the inhabitants being given to the Wiltsi Sonierset,mad Wey mouth Railway, upon the reliance of their proceeding as rapidly as possible with the construction of their line between Dorchester and Weymouth, and affording assistance to .the general improvement of the harbour. " That it is therefore inexpedient to give any encourage ment to the competing line, proposed as the Exeter, Dor chester, and Weymouth Coast Junction Railway. " That the extension proposed from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Yeovil and Bridport, towards Exeter, called the Exeter Great Western, will be serviceable to this port, as affording railway communication with the intermediate towns of Crewkerne, Chard, Axminster and Honiton, as well as with the city of Exeter." Capt. MANNING seconded the resolution. Mr. ARDEN, the local agent for the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line, proposed as an amendment— " That it appears to this meeting highly desirable that a coast railway communication between Weymouth and Exeter be made, in order to afford increased facilities to visitors frequenting Weymouth thaw a survey of an intended line having been made by the Directors of the Exeter, Dor chester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway, and its details fully explained, this meeting considers it perfectly adapted to serve the above purpose, and hereby pledges itself to support the same, and respectfully requests their county and borough Members to further it in Parliament." Seconded by Capt. MEECH. R. Gonnox, Esq., requested to be permitted to say a few words before the resolution or the amendment was put. I congratulate Weymouth in having so many companies to court their patronage.—(Laughter.) I hope you will con sider that it is not for your interests alone that they thus came forward.—(Hear.) They hare their own interests to serve, and it is for you to consider how you can promote their interests in conjunction with your own.—(Hear, hear.) On a former occasion I recommended you to make the Great ;Western your friends; well, have they deceived you ? (Hear.) I am told they have not ; other lines are being con structed, but the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth show no symptoms of a commencement; but can we wonder at a little delay when we know what a demand there is for efficient hands? Why, the master of our workhouse has just deserted us, and is employed by some railway company at the rate of ,wo or three guineas a day. We have no reason to clout their sincerity, but as another Company is present, this is a good time to ask them what they intend doing for the im provement of the harbour and the port generally, and I will take this opportunity of urging on the merchants, and those who have the management of the harbour dues, the necessity of reducing those charges so as to place you on an equal foot ing with the competing ports of Bridport and Poole. If the present charges remain until you are connected with Poole and Bridport by railway, I am told that coals can be im ported at either of those places, and conveyed to Weymouth, and sold for a less price than they can be landed for at Wey mouth. If the harbour dues cannot be removed, I want to hear Mr. Sanders and Mr. Brunel say that we shall have a harbour and docks elsewhere, and thus make you indepen dent of the corporation ; and, to carry out those views, I shall propose that a committee be appointed at this meeting, to confer with the Great Western, and see if the port of Wey mouth cannot be materially improved.—(Hear.) Was. ELIOT, Esq., here read a prospectus of a company to be formed for the purpose of constructing docks, and other wise improving the port of Weymouth, but which, not meet ing with general approval, was withdrawn, and a committee was.formed in accordance with Mr. Gordon's suggestion: Mr. SANDERS said—l am not prepared to make any spe cific pledge as to the intentions of the Great Western Com pany with regard to the port of Weymouth, but this I will promise, that if you appoint a committee, I will undertake that the Directors of the Great Western and the Directors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway shall appoint a committee, and they shall sit down and examine the ease in a business way—(Hsar, hear)—and my committee will be quite ready to bear their portion of relieving you from your harbour debt, and also to aid in other ways in the improve ment of:your port. (Mr. Sanders took occasion to deny the statement made by the engineer of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth line, that they (the Great Western) had come forward at the eleventh hour to construct a direct line from London to Exeter. The construction of a direct line had long been contemplated by the Great Western Com pany, even before the commencement of the last session. of Parliament. He also denied that the concession of the clause inserted in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill (that they would not oppose a direct line to Exeter) at all led them into difficulties, or caused them to make alterations in any of their plans.) The Great Western could not in good faith have come out with their scheme at an earlier period,•on account of our connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Company, but as soon as their arrangements were made with that Company our plans were announced. And as to the charge of occu pying the ground of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line, I never knew, until I received a letter from Wey mouth a few days ago, that such a company as the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast Railway was in existence. Our projected line from Bridport to Exeter has already ob tained the sanction and support of all the Noblemen and landowners in that part of the country. In conclusion, I would say, trust to us, and we will not forsake you ; we will carry out every plan we project; for though we may be fools enough to make them, we are not knaves enough to forsake them.—(Cheers.) The amendment being put, not half a dozen hands were held up in favour of it. The resolution, being submitted, was carried with acclamations. Thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting was dissolved. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY 'COMPANY. CHESTER, MONDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK.—At one o'clock this afternoon a special meeting of the proprietors in the North Wales Mineral Railway Company was held at the offices of the company, in this city, for the purpose of taking into con sideration a proposal for amalgamating the said company with the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Rail way Company, and in case of such proposal being assented to, of adopting such measures.in relation thereto as may be necessary and expedient. Mr. Wm. Wardell, banker of this city, chairman of the company, presided. The advertiseMelit Convening the meeting having teen read, The CEtAttmot then addressed the proprietors. He said they had met to take into consideratidu a proposition of greater importance to the interests of this company than any matter brought before thein singe they had been incorpo rated. The dose connexion which subsisted between the North Wales Mineral and the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway was such, that it behoved each, for their mutttai interest, to unite in working the two lines in the Most harmonious and profitable manner. The greater portion of the traffic, he presumed, would be through traffic in connexion with both railways. It was, there fore, 'their interest to consider the two companies as man and wife, having one common purse, and one common object. What possible b ene fit or goo d could arise from having two separate and distinct committees, separate staffs of officers, separate establishments for engines and carriages, and the making and repairing of them, and to keep books of accounts against each other fbr every sixpenny parcel that might be brought over one line for the other? It must, therefore, be evident to every one connected with these lines that it was their common interest to unite, and make one concern, or, in the ordinary phrase of the day, to become amalgamated.—(Hear, hear.) The advantage was so clear that he need not put it a any other shape; and the only point for their consideration to-day was the terms upon which the amalgamation was proposed to be carried into effect. They had been the subject of mature deliberation on the part of both the committees, as well as private conversa tion, sounding each individual member of the committees, and ether influential holders of stock; and at the recent con ference of the two committees, after very long, calm, and dispassionate discussion, which lasted for many hours, the terms were adjusted, he was happy to say, to the satisfaction of every individual who attended the meeting. Every indi vidual ° member of both committees who attended that con ference was satisfied they were coming to a wise determina tion in recommending jointly to the proprietors in both com panies the terms of amalgamation which would now be read. Mr. KELSALL, the law clerk, then read the terms of the amalgamation, and the' following resolutions were founded upon them : "That the Company be amalgamated with the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway Company, upon the terms agreed to at a joint meeting of the directors of both companies, held at Chester on the 28th of October ; as follows that the 20/. shares of the North Wales Mineral Railway Company, when paid up, shall be held as 261. 13s. 4d. of paid up stock of the amalgamated company; and the 101. shares of the North Wales Mineral Railway Company, when paid up, shall be held as 131. 6s. Bd. of the stock of the amal gamated company, and shall draw dividends accordingly. And that the 201. shares of the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway Company, when paid up, shall be held only as 201. of the stock of the amalgamated company. " That the North Wales Mineral Railway Company shall be entitled to receive the whole of the wocee4 0114 dividend 3 derived from their own lines, until the 6hrewsbury,Oswesiry, and Chester Junction Railway shall be opened throughout. " That the capital required tb r construct i ng the branch lines to be brought Ib tie the cum^. in session of Palliament shal t . I . ile issued co the shareholders of both companies, as aft all'J. l ;amated stock, in the proportions of one 10/. share for every 20/. share in the forth Wales Mineral, and in the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railways, re spectively ; and one 10/. share for every two 101. shares held in the North Wales Mineral Railway. " That the Directors be empowed to take the necessary steps to carry out the foregoing resolutions.': • . The CamiistArt said, before he proposed these resolutions, he would make one or two observations, to show the prin ciple upon which the Directors had arrived at these terms. They had taken an account of the expense of making one railway, and, as far as they could, of the proportion of traffic that there would be a material increase of traffic upon the upon each line. They had certainly come to the conclusion Mineral Railway over that of the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction. This they were decided upon, and consequently the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway could not be put upon precisely equal terms with their line, which would cost something more per mile in making, and the traffic not be equal. The exact propor tion would be as four to three. If there were 71. to divide the Mineral would take 41., and the Oswestry 31. Sup -144 to divide, the MinAs..l realise EA 4nd the n 1 the guaranteed iegrhet h 77vestry 6t. Which was the same proportion, Sup pose there were poeurbleeedn,t, appose the Mine r al f were ;appose in that case the Shrewsbury might make eight per tent. t thell the div'r dend could not ad vance above eight per cent. Should ten per cent. be made the position of the Company would be this, that while it was receiving only eight per cent, the other and weaker partner would be receiving ten per cent. Again, supposing six per cent. were guaranteed as a fixed sum to the Oswestry ; it might not realise that ; but you presented, at all events, the possibility of its receiving more, however prosperous the joint lines might be. A precisely parallel case had happened within the last few days, viz., the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Companies. The Great Western divided eight per cent., and the profits of the Bristol and Exeter were estimated at six per cent.—pre cisely the samefigures he submitted to the present meeting ; but in that case the proposal was, that the Bristol and Exeter should not at any time receive more than six per cent. The Shareholders, however, contended that ultimately the line would pay eight per cent., and they renounced the agree ment made for the= by the Directors, and justly go. Now they (the Directors of the North Wales Mineral) proposed the Satire proportion of eight to six, and upon that basis to become amalgamated. If the profits were larger, then the Oswestry would receive their proportion as six to eight ; if they were less than was anticipated, they must submit to an equal reduction with the Mineral. The sub ject, therefore, was brought before the Proprietors on a prin ciple to which he thought they could hardly object, because, whatever prosperity might attend one would also apper tain to the other, and they would move on in pari passe in profit and loss. That there would be great economy in this there could be no doubt; nor could there be any doubt that the advantages would be more. More comfort and pre cision in the management must necessarily follow from the union. The advantages, therefore, he thought, were wholly in favour of the amalgamation. With these observations, he begged to move the resolution. Mr.HAnarsorr. asked if the conditions explained did not apply only to the present capital? In all new stock they would be equal. The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, and added that another question would shortly b e b roug ht forward, namely, the necessity of creating a very considerable addition to the existing stock, for the purpose of completing the branches to the collieries, and in some other directions, which would be either feeders to the main line or matters of defence against projected schemes; and this additional stock was to be granted to the amalgamated companies, share and share alike.—(Hear.) In reply to a question. The CHAIRMAN said that the branches would be to Llan gollen, Wem, Welshpool, &c. He then mentioned that three fourths of the Proprietors of the whole stock had sent in their proxies, consenting to the amalgamation, and that in order to save the standing orders, the notices had already been published in the Gazette.s The Rev. Mr. LYON then econded the resolutions, and they were unanimously carried. The Rev. Mr. LYON asked when the new shares would be issued ? • The ClTAlRMAN—lmmethately ; and we shall require the usual deposit of ten per cent. Mr. ROY (Secretary)—They are 10/. shares, and the de posit will be 11. each. The meeting then terminated, SHREWSB URY, OSWESTRY, AND CHESTER JUNG TION RAILWAY. CHESTER, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.—At one o'clock to-day an extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors in the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway Com pany was held in this city, " for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposal for amalgamating the said company with the North Wales Mineral Railway Company, and in case of such proposal being assented to, of adopting such measures in relation thereto as may be necessary and expe dient." The chair was to have been taken by Wm. Ortsby Gore, Esq., M.P., but ho was unable to be present, and Mr. Wm. Wardell, banker, deputi-chairman of the company, consequently presided. The CHAIRMAN, after announcing the object of the meeting, said the advantages of the amalgamation must be so obvious, that it would be quite unnecessary for him to say more than one word in furtherance of it. It would be perfectly ridi culous, in a line of only forty miles long, to have two com mittees, two sets of officers, two sets of engines and car riages, together with books to be kept against each other of the transit of goods passing from one over the other.—(Hear, hear.) In fact, the undertaking was an united one. A large portion of the traffic must pass over• both lines; and it was certainly desirable on all accounts that there should be one action through the whole. At the meeting of the North Wales Mineral Company yesterday, the resolution for amal gamation was unanimously carried, and he hoped they would to-day be carried by this company with the same unanimity. I Mr. KELSALL, the law clerk, then read the resolutions, as follows : " That the company be amalgamated with nie'N f Orth; Wales Mineral Railway Company upon the terms agreed to at a joint meeting of the directors, held on the 28 + October last, as follows : "That the 20/. shares of the North Wales MiThera,l Rail way Company, when paid up, shall be held as 261. 13s. 4d. of paid up stock of the amalgamated company ; and the 101. shares of the North Wales Mineral Railway Company, When paid up, shall be held as 13/. 6s. Bd. of the stock of th 6 amal gamated company, and shall draw dividends accordingly; and that the 20/. shares of the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway Company, when paid tip, shall be held as 201. of the stock of the amalgamated c o mpany. " That the North Wales Mineral Railway Company shall be entitled to receive the whole proceeds and dividends de rived from their own lines, until the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway shall be opened throughout. " That the capital required for constructing the branch lines to be brought befoie the ensuing session of Parliament, shall be issued to the shareholders of both companies, as an amalgamated stock, in the proportions of one 101. share for every 20/. share held in the North Wales Mineral and in the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway Com panies respectively. and one 101. share for every two 191. shares held in the North Wales Mineral Railway Company. " That the directors be empowered to take the necessary stens to carry out the foregoing resolutions."' Mr. W. PErPrrr inquired whether the estimate of traffic was taken from the difference in the value of the lines, or . whether it was a perspective view of it? The CHAIRMAN replied that the resolutions had been agreed to at a conference of the two boards, after a long awl most deliberate examination of the merits of each line. He was glad to tell the proprietors that the terms agreed to were satisfactory to both. They were founded upon the cost of construction. The cost of constructing this line would, be cause of the large viaducts upon it, be materially more than the construction of the mineral line; at the same time there would be a large through traffic upon it. Taking into account the capital and all other data, it was considered that the pro portion of four to three would be the fair and proper propor tion to amalgamate upon. Mr. PRPPITT said there was a line projected from Birken head to Flint and Mold ; and he asked, if a line should be made in that direction, whether it would not injure the North Wales Mineral, and add to the traffic on this (the Oswestry) line? The CHAIRMAN said there were various projects in agi tation affecting their lines, and the directors had not closed their eyes to them ; but they could not now consider them. They had their acts, and a certain traffic upon which to form their calculations. Mr. J, 11. Ross, one of the directors, said that any lines in the direction of Mold were not in opposition to the'North Wales Mineral. Their line went to Wrexham, and there fore was not a competing line with any to Mold. Assuming the traffic to be equal on both the North Wales Mineral and the Oswestry, the Mineral was so much inferior in cost, that it was thought fair it should have some advantage upon the first amalgamation. The CHAIRMAN then formally moved the adoption of the resolutions; and the motion was seconded by Mr. PErrrrr, and carried unanimously. A PROPRIETOR asked if any portion of the Oswestry line was opened kefore the amalgamation was effected r the profits would go to that company only? The CHAInMAN replied that there was a reservation of this sort in favour of the North Wales Mineral promoters, and of course the same reservation would apply to this company. Mr. 3. B. Ross said the reason of that was, because the North Wales Mineral had first got their Bill. He begged to congratulate the promoters of both companies upon the amalgamation which had taken place. The two companies separately might have occupied but a very trifling and small position in the eyes of the world; but united they made one company, with one line of forty-six miles long. extending from Chester through the towns of Wrexham and Oswestry, to Shrewsbury. The amalgamated line would have a large traffic from Liverpool, Manchester, and Chester. both in pas sengers and goods, to the counties of Salop, Chester, Den bigh, and Merioneth ; and as it passed. for 14 miles of its length, and at about its centre, through the great mineral field of North Vales—the minerals from which, even now, were carried in large quantities towards Chester and Birkenhead upon one side, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham upon the other—the traffic in this branch would necessarily be very great. In this way these lines, as amalgamated, would be possessed, not only of a large goods and passenger, but of a large mineral, traffic. Perhaps the line might pay as a goods line, or a passenger line, or as a mineral line only; but taking the three together, it would certainly be a ten per cent. line, and one ot the best in the country.—(Hear.) Brilliant as these prospects were as to the line itself, there were yet brighter prospects in the extensions which were contemplated. They were owners of half the capital, and half the direction of the line from Shrewsbury to Hereford, which would put them in connexion with the Great Western, the South Wales, and the Welsh Midland Ilaii?raYs , bring ing on this line the iron of South Wales, and tii';.• Passenger traffic from Bristol to Liverpool; while, upon the oisler there were two competing lines from Shrewsbury to Birn2 n g" ham, of one of which their chairman (Mr. O. Gore) wk. ° chairman ; but whichever of them got their Bill, it would greatly increase the traffic in the directions of this now amal gamated line. He expected, therefore, that this line would ultimately become the great trunk line of the west, ,extend ing from Chester to Hereford upon one side, and to Birming ham upon the other. If, then, their prospects were so great from the local traffic between Shrewsbury and Chester, what must they be when the line was carried out to a connexion with the London and Birmingham and the Great Western, as it was certain to be?—(Cheers.) A more gratifying posi tion wrd impossible, and both companies, he thought, would beers.) 4 :ia be pleased with the measures adopted ....C . C• have every reason to-day and yesterday. A vote of thanks was then prZ'sented to the Chairman, on the rnotlon of Mr. FOLLIOTT. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the comp!jment, said it was quite certain this would form the direct line froni Liver pool to Bristol and from Bristol to Southampton on one 8;2% and to the Land's End on the other. It would command the whole of the traffic of the south-west of England, and, therefore, he thought there was every prospect of this being a most successful undertaking. The meeting then separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18. STOCK ExcriANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead and Holy head Junction, I%—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 8 1 ,6—Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool ) 2814—Buckingham shire, 3—Chester and Bi r ke n h ea d, New Shares, 47—Derby and Crewe, 51; —Eastern Counties, 214—East Lincolnshire, 276—Grand Junction, 233—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32 Ditto, Eighth Shares, 21—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. M.), 55 1 ,E —Great Eastern and Western, 3 1 ,6—Lancashire aizil North Yorkshire, 2%—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 43-Li verpool, Preston, and North Union, 2—London and Birming, ham, Quarter Shares, 24 3 A—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 31/6—Midland, 145—Ditto, 401. Shares, 21 3 4 — North Union (A), 206—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 6%—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 29s.—West Riding Union, 7 1 ,4—Datch Rhenish, 8 1 ,g. MANCHESTER, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, No. 2, 12—Grand Union, I%—Huddersiield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 9 cum new—Lancasbire and North York shire, 2 34—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 51. 12s.— Manchester and Birmingham, 71—Manchester and South ampton, 376—North Staffordshire, 61.45. 6d.—North Western, 3 71 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3%—West Riding Lnion, 71. 2s.—Great Paris and Lyons, 2v 2 . • LEEDS, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Midland, 145 1 / — Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5% — Leeds and Bradford, 42 3 4—Ditto, Extensions, 38—Leeds and Dewsbury, 20 c. IL—Newcastle and Berwick, 134—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 16%—Wakefield, Ponte fract, and Goole, 34—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4%—Direct Northern, 2/. 4s.— Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% — London and York (Bawtrv), 4—West Riding Union, 7% — Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 15s. p.—Lancashire, York shire, and North Eastern, Bs. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, ss. dis.—Leeds and York, par—Leicester and Bedford, 19s. p.—North Western, 3%—Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber gate, 3—Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, ss. p.—South Midlands, 4 p.—Wakefield and Bradford, 2s. p.—Wake field and Harrogate, 225. 6d. p. HULL,Nov.IB. Nov . _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrnsh, I%—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., VA—Derby and Gainsborough, 11,4—East Lincolnshire, 2/. 16s. 3d.— Grand Union, I%—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 25s.—Liver pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4 3 / 4 —London and York, 434 —Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 3. ss. 9d.—Notting ham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 3 1 4—Nottingham and Boston, 3—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2%—North British, Dal keith, 6. TEXAS-ITS NATURAL ADVAN TAGES. (From the New York Tribune.) The following letter from a friend in TeXas, who fought annexation fairly till beaten, and then looked down to see what could be done there, gives a very glowing picture of the fertility and natural resources of the new El Dorado. All it says of these is doubtless true, yet there is another side to the picture, made up of fevers, mortality, shallow rivers, miserable harbours, &c. Yet Texas, redeemed from slavery, would be a valuable territory; cursed with slavery, it is as undesirable as the plague. What avails fertility and a ge nial clime, where labour is performed only from fear of the p, - 31 p ; Virginia was as blest by nature as Texas is ; so were the Carolinas; but slavery has desolated them all. The site of Jamestown is a worn-out and abandoned field; the rail roads traverse the richest sections of the south only to reveal exhaustion antl one decaying house surrounded by clusters of negro huts where freedom would have planted a busy, thriving village. But let our correspondent speak : " Corpus Christi, Sept. 20, 1845. "My dear Sir,—l write you from the seat of war—or rather of peace—for here there is neither war nor the rumour of war. I have conversed with more than twenty Mexicans during the last thirty days that I have been on the frontier, from this point 150 miles inland—Mexicans direct from the other side of the Rio Grande and all concur in saying that there is no movement on that side, that there has been none, and will be none, rumours to the contrary notwithstanding.. The Mexican provinces bordering on the Rio Grande desire peace, and would with extreme re luctance join any military expedition. There will be no war, unless our troops are ordered to pass the Rio Grande ! The army, under General Taylor, makes a noble appearance—quiet, orderly, well-disciplined. "I have now finished my travels in Texas, and only wait an opportunity to embark from this place to Galveston, and thence I shall embrace the first opportunity to return to the north. I have seen nearly every portion of this country: frontier settlements, Camanche Indians, and all else worth seeing. "The general feature of the country is that of an inclined plane, sloping gradually towards the south-west, including in its breadth from the Sabine to the Rio Grande, about 400 miles. The rivers run parallel to each other from the moun tains to the sea. This general feature of the courtry natur ally divides the soil into three districts—the mountainous, the rolling, and the level, or sea coast. The level region ex tends along the whole coast. It is not .more than 30 miles wide on the east, but expands to near 100 miles on the Colo • rado, and then gradually diminishes ags2in towards the Nueces. From this region, the rolling or middle district extends back from 150 to 200 miles. The preva. l ling character of the coast region is rich alluvion, often of gre..:t depth. I have seen it over 30 feet in thickness on the banks of the Brazos, above Washington. The coast is free from stagnant water; nor have I seen what might be called a swamp of any injurious extent in the country. " As one ascends the Brazos, Colorado, Gaudaloupe, and San Antonio, the middle region rises in gradual undulations, above the alluvial region of the coast, extending in some places 200 miles before it blends with the mountain district.. On few parts of the earth did the eye ever rest on more good land, rich rolling prairie, interspersed with wooland and fine streams of pure water, than is contained within this middle district. Of the spotless, pure world of flowers, I may not here speak ! "Of the mountainous region I have seen less, but still enough to form, I trust, a pretty accurate estimate of its capacities. Beginning on the Rio Grande, at the junction of the Rio Puerco, spurs of the Sierra Madre branch off to the: north-east, skirt the head waters of the San Saba, cross the Colorado, and finally melt away in the woodlands of the upper Brazos—spurs of this range of mountains project southwardly down the rivers Medina and Gaudaloupe to the vicinity of San Antonio. These mountains are not usually high ; abound in groves of cedar, pine, ash, oak, and other trees. The finest valleys of alluvial soil lie and wind throughout the whole range, susceptible of irrigation, and of the highest state of culture. The &des of the mountains, and even many of their summits, are adapted to agriculture. A million of inhabitants will yet find subsistence, comfort, and wealth, in this upper region of Texas. " Such may be called an outline of this country, so famed of late as the seat of diplomacy, of revolution, annexation, war, truth, and humbug. Beyond all doubt, it is a country of great value—superior on the whole to any portion of the Southern States. It is similar to portions of Louisiana, ex cept that it has neither the rank undergrowth nor the putrid swamps to poison the atmosphere, and produce sickness and death. In the low alluvial soil of Texas, intermittent fevers prevail, as they have ever prevailed in all new countries where the sun is first let in upon the vegetable deposit of ag_es. " Capital and labour find a good market in Texas. The cotton planter will possess decided advantages over his com petitor in the States. The soil is more cheaply and easily prepared for the plant and will produce more to the acre; the season is longer, and early frosts do not prevent the planter from picking all he can raise. From the Sabine to the Rio Grande, cotton may be cultivated with the greatest facility. " The capacities of Texas for the culture of the sugar cane can scarcely be overrated—the Brazos river alone and its tributaries afford more and better sugar lands than is watmed by the 'Mississippi, and this does not embrace one-fifth of the sugar lands of Texas! "All the grains of the north may be grown in this country.. I have seen sugar cane, cotton, wheat, corn, rye, and pulse: growing in the same locality in Western Texas, and it would seem difficult to say to which the soil seemed best adapted. Tobacco and indigo succeed well, and will one day become articles of export. The culture of silk in the region of Sart Antonio was successfully tested by the Spaniards. For grazing and stock raising of all kinds, you can scarcely . go amiss—the whole country is one perennial, self - sustaining pasture. " Slavery, except in name, can never extend to Northern and Western Texas—if for no other reason, because it can never become in those parts a profitable investment. " The people of Texas, as a body, are law-observing, peace able, intelligent, and hardy. You must not judge of them from the turbulent and unworthy few who came there in earlier times—many of these have passed away. Fifty peace able citizens come here and settle ; no note is made of it— one notorious scoundrel flies from justice, takes up his abode here, and every paper in the 'Union heralds the fact. "From this time forward the trade from Texas will go north —to New York and Boston; for there will be the consump tion and outlet of her staple productions, and thence will be mainly derived her supplies. Indeed, coosidering the capa cities of this country for the culture of the great staples of sugar, cotton, and wool, no price could have been too large for its acquisition, save that of a violation of our constitu tion and a sacrifice of our national honour. " I have filled my sheet and can write no more, though I feel as if I had scarcely touched upon any of the thousand other matters that crowd upon me—these I leave for the social circle when we meet." WINDSOR, TUESDAY EVENING.--The rumour, which has been current at Windsor since Tuesday last, that Mr. Neville was about to receive a Government appoint ment, which would necessarily compel him to vacate his seat for the borough, resolved itself this morning in a more de finite shape ; the report (which is generally credited) now being, that Mr. Neville is to have a commissionership (said to be of Customs) to which a salary is attached of 1,200/. a year. In that event another election for the borough would not be far distant. -------- CONTEMPLATED INCREASE OF THE FIRE BRIGADE. —lt is in contemplation of the directors of the various fire insurance-offices to increase the number of brigademen, and to form the whole body into a police fire brigade. The cause of the required increase arises from the number of firemen required to keep watch day and night on premises where fires have occurred, to guard the property saved until it is removed, or arrangements made with the directors of the fire-offices. The forming the force into a police brigade will be advantageous to the public, as the metropolitan police con stables will not be required to remain on the premises. WEST INDIA MAILS.—The steam-ship Thames, Philip Hest, R.N., commander, arrived at Southampton at seven o'clock on Tuesday, after a rapid voyage, with fine and moderate weather, arriving much before her time. Her dates are—Demerara, October 20th ; Tobago. 21st ; Trinidad, 21st and 24th ; St. Vincent, 27th ; St. Lucia, 27th ; Martinique, 28th; Dominique, 28th; Guadeloupe, 28th; Antigua, 29th; Montserrat, 29th; Nevis, 29th; St. Kitt's, 29th; 30th ; St. Thomas's, 30th,; St. Jago de Cuba, 20th ; Jamaica 24th ; Jacmel, 26th ; and Puerto Rico, 28th. She brings 40 passengers, and generally a small freight.. The Thames brings no news of importance. The islands were generally healthy. The Dee left Jamaica for Carthagena and Chagres the 16th of October. The Tay was at St. Thomas's on the 31st of Oc tober, the Spanish sloop-of-war Churruca at St. Jago de Cuba the 18th, her Majesty's ships Imaum and Galatea at Port Royal the 31st, and the Spanish man-of-war Habanera, 16 guns, at Puerto Rico on the 28th. DEATH OF THE Ray. DR. WADE.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Three Com passes, King-street, Golden-square, upon the body of the Rev. Arthur Savage Wade, D.D., lately residing at No. 9, Clarence-place, Pentonville. The deceased, who was in his 58th year, was well known in the political world. He was the rector of a church in Warwickshire, and independently of that he enjoyed a private income of 2,0001. per annum. Francis Butt deposed that he was in the employ of Nicol and Co., tailors, &c., 114, Regent-street. About ten o'clock on Monday morning the deceased gentleman came into the shop, and having chosen a pattern, gave an order for a dress coat. He then walked from the rear of the pre mises towards the door, and while talking, his foot slipped, and he would have fallen had not witness gone to his assist ance. He immediately exclaimed, "Oh ! I have lost the ,:se of one side." Deceased attempted to say something more, b ut his articulation was so indistinct as to be quite incompre bensib2e. The aid of a medical gentleman was immediately g r man procured. in soon atier ten on Monday morning, to see the de- Mr. Brett, surgeon, stated that to Wade,t Witness s s s having found al l e d edical treatment if possible, as ith him, but finding paralysis in fcreeasqueedn, t w ly hom met he haitiroin at t e rpecauonhyokiznmeodweetiotniba,bgeshD. is r.. sinuia him in creasing, bled him at the arm, the issue of which seemed favourable. He was sub.aerently removed to .29, Silver street, where ho was again v; sited by the medical gentleman, at a quarter to four, who then found him in a dang e rous state. Ile never rallied, and expired shorav after four o'clock. This surgeon attributed the cause of death to apoplexy. The Coroner briefly remarked on the melancholy nature of the case, and the jury recorded a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, "Died from apoplexy." A BOAT CAPSIZED.—LOSS OF LIFE.—On Thurs day last the following melancholy accident happened off the mouth of Weymouth harbour a boat from her Majesty's revenue cutter Rob Roy, was making for the port, with a. press of sail, the wind blowing strong from the south-east,. when off Newton's Cove it drave her bows under water, and. she immediately capsized. The crew consisted of five indi viduals; the whole were immersed in the sea; one of thenr was unfortunately drowned, not being able to retain his hold on the boat, which was keel upwards ; the other four held on till assiatance came, which was afforded as quick as pos sible ; they were ranch exhausted, but happily saved from their perilous situation. The sailor drowned, a young MD, was named Tucker ; his body has not yet beta found.-'- Sherborne Journal. GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATcn.—Yesterday the long match between Bradshaw and Bee, two well-known pending t The Pedestrians, came off near the Black Dog, at Bedfon men are of the London fancy, and hive acquired consider ableetie reputation. They were matched for 25/.. d la side, ' road. former to travel 20 miles, and the latter 19 mi es ecn his They were to start together, and the first deal 1 g d 13 of bettin respective distance to be the winner. g A d o the first was made on the race. They conclude fifth mil e in nine minutes, and kept well together; at the mile Bee took the lead ; his opponent walked steady, and kept close up. At ten miles Bee was in a pp arent ease and walked firmly, while Bradshaw seemed rather distressed; the dis tance had been covered in 93 minutes and 10 seconds. - They rattled away till the 13th mile, when Bee exhibited symp toms of weakness, and was attended very carefully by his friends; but the distance and pace had told heavily upon him. Ho, however, was urged to continue, and he kept on the road, and at the 17th mile he was quite exhausted. Bradshaw, in the meanwhile, had stepped away, and had a ttained a good lead ; and Bee finding lus loist., gr ound irre coverable relinquished the race, and Bradshaw went in an easy winner, and accomplished the 20 miles of road in three hours and twenty minutes. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LVADON, Nov. 19.—Wind S., moderate breeze and thick weather. DEAL, Nov. 18. —Wind W. to MV., strong.—Arrd. Hebe, Mosey, ,saldanha Bay ; Highbury, Walker, Jamaica ; Re newal, Yarterts; Miramichi ; Argyle, Metis ; Robert Bruce, Quebec. Arid freno the River, Beaufort, Bartlett, Belize ; Dart, Newton, Madeira. The Robert Bruce, arrived in the Downs, from Quebec, experienced a hurricane lat. 45 lon. 42, carried away fore and maintopmasts, &c„ and was on her beam ends for 12 hours, having at one time 12 feet water in her hold. COWES, Nov. 18.—Arrd, Gilbert, Green, Porto Rico. CLYDE, Nov. 17.—Sid. Samuel Anderson, 3P/Cellar, St. Thomas ; Union Mount, Demerara ; Dalmarnock, Burns, Valparaiso. CORK, Nov. 16.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Sea, Godfrey, Trinidad, with loss of boat, bulwarks, stanchions, &c., having been struck by a sea on the Bth inst., while lying to in a gale ; Jewess, Greggs, Prince Edward's Island ; Jane, Saun ders, Newfoundland. Sld. Favourite Lass, Rhodes, St. John's, New Brunswick. • SHIELDS.—Arrd. Nov. 18, Bolton, Newham, Quebec. Sid. 17th, New Zealand, Calcutta. HARWICH. Nov. 18.—A loaded brig was on shore on the Cork Sand this morning, but came off without assistance, and proceeded with loss of anchor and chain. BEAUMARIS, Nov. 17.—Acrd. Royalist, Quebec. RUTLAND nun, Nov. 12.—Arrd. Bolton, Quebec. Sea, Godfrey, Trinidad. Cortir.—Ari4 13. _:` .. 7d. Samuel, 11PLean, Miramichi. hi. ~Tov - Cid. Satan Cape of Good Hope. mart, in enter- ELYMOUTH, Nov. IY. tilt,EttAattProilt, Nov. 17.—The ma r .— broke her ing the liartoilr to-dar t struck on the ba r, a n y 4 ' the rudder, and subsequently gronnifted en the eastern side harbour, but was assisted off; is making water. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 17..—The London, of Banff, and the Flora, Beaton, were in contact Yest erda y , off Flarnbro' Head; the former received considerable damage. --- PRICE OF Gorm.—The premium on gold at Paris is 114 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1 col a. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 44; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 60, it follows tha t, gold is 0.63 per cent. dearer in Londan than in Paris. By avices fromHamburgh, the price ,of gold is 432 per mark, which, at the English, Mint price of Si. 17s. 100. per ounce f 'crir standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 84 ; and the , exchange at Hamburgh ,on London at short being 13 9, i't follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer ill Loiadoz ' tau Din Ilaxaburst • HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, 13 5 ,6—London and York, 4 1 / 2 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 5 1 1 —Great Eastern and Western, VA—Hudders field, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 7%—North Western, 31. 16s.—South Midlands, 5. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Man chester, 125 1 4—Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 5 3 %—Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 1 3 4 —Leeds and Bradford, New Shares, 37 1 4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 31. lls. 6d. —Wakefield and Harrogate, 21. 3s. 6d. YORK, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, New, 22 York and North Midland Extension, 26 1 ,4—Newcastle and Berwick, 1338—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 31.3 s 6d. —London and York, 4 3 / 4 —Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester, I%—Grand Union, 1/. 16s.—Leicester and Bedford,l%. BRISTOL, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, B—Bristol and South Wales Junction, 3—Great Western, Quarter Shares, 17—Midland, New, 23—South Devon, 30—Dutch Rhenish, 8. EXETER, Nov. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Crediton, s —Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % p.—North Devon, 1 4— Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth (Head's), 3 4 p.— Central Cornwall and Devon, 1 4 p.—Taw Vale Extension, 1 -4 p. —South Wales, 4 3 4. GLASGOW, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath gate, 65s.—Airdrie and Coatbridge, 7 1 ,4 —Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 50s.—British and Irish Union, 75s.—Caledonian, 41—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 59s.—Dundee •and Forfar Junction, Is. 6d. p.—East Indian Railway, 50s.— `Edinburgh and Peebles, 50s.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, .50s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 975. 6d.—Glas gow, Partick and Dumbarton, 50s. 6d.—Great North of Scotland, 675. 6d.—Lanark and Lothians, 71s. 6d.—Lesma hagow, 775. 6d.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 925. 6d.— Perth and Inverness, 50s.—Scottish Central, 16—Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 42s.—South and Midland Junction, 342.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 555. DUBLIN, Nov. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bandon and Bantry, 1 1 / s —Cork and Youghal, 1 3 4—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 71h—Great Southern and Western, 20 3 / 4 —lrish North Mid land, I%—Killarney Junctions, 2%—Limerick, Enniskillen, and Killaloe Junction, 4—Waterford and Limerick, 7%. — Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, I%—Wexford, Water ford, and Valentia, 1%. MR. SHRAPNEL AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. We published on Monday a letter from the Duke of Wel lington to the late Colonel Shrapnel, highly eulogising the merits of the celebrated shell which bears his name, and for the invention of which his Grace thought him entitled to " very ample reward," and professed his readiness " to assist by every means in his power to procure a reward for Lieute nant-Colonel Shrapnel." We now subjoin a letter of some what opposite character, addressed to the representative of Colonel Shrapnel, who during his own lifetime had been in duced, by the Duke's representations of the advantage to the public service which would arise from the enemy not being made aware of the peculiar effect of the shells, to forbear from pressing his claim : " Strathfieldsaye, April 2, 1842. " Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his com pliments to Mr. Shrapnel. " Colonel Shrapnel was a servant of the public, who ren dered services to the public under former Boards of Ordnance. Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington cannot constitute himself, or permit others to constitute him, as the solicitor general for favours for the families of all who have rendered service to the public; they must apply to those who are in office. " Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance, must be as well Wormed as the Duke of Wellington of the merits of Colonel Shrapnel. He is the person to be applied to, and not the Duke of Wellington, who is not in office. " He positively declines to apply for Mr. Needha►n Scrope Shrapnel in any manner, or to any authority."—Times. THE ST. KATHARINE'S WHARF. The alterations and extension of the - wharf on the west side of the entrance to St. Katharine's Docks, and between it and the irongate wharves adjoining the East Tower-stairs, known as the St. Katharine's Steam Packet Wharf, which had become absolutely necessary in consequence of the great increase and extent of traffic now carried on there, not only with respect to vessels trading to and from the north eastern coasts of England and Scotland, but also the Dutch, Belgian, and French ports, are now completed. The facilities, therefore, now afforded there for the land ing and housing, for the short period only that house-room is required for such articles, in conse quence of their necessarily quick delivery, of foreign cattle and provisions of various descriptions, and also the im mense importations of fruit, which, if the great increase du ring the past season may be taken as a criterion, will next year be of a still more extensive nature, besides the large quantities of cattle, meat, and edibles of every kind brought by the steamers from the Scotch ports, are beyond compari son sunerior to any place on the banks of the river devoted to similar purposes. Over this extensive warehouse or shed, or whatever it may be termed, which is on the ground floor, and opening from the river quay, has been constructed a room of very large dimensions, exceeding one hundred feet in length and proportionally wide, lighted with gas, and having a counter along the entire length of the place for the examination and delivery of the baggage and passengers arriving by the foreign packets, and where, on an emer gency, or the arrival of two or three, or even more vessels, at the same time, four or even six landing waiters of the re venue, with their proper complement of subordinates, can be conveniently employed, and thus afford unequalled dis patch to the public in a matter of so much interest and importance to them. This is a vast improvement on the former place, in which one officer only could be accommo dated, frequently to the great delay and consequent incon venience of the public. The baggage, on being landed, will be hoisted through a trap into this new floor, in the pre. se ,:e of the officers, and in the most complete and satisfac tory m :nner. Great facility and safety are also afforded for the landint,' of private carriages, and other baggage of bulk and value t ::: , longing to families returning home from abroad. In erb:"ling this place the comforts of the en lost sight of, for, instead of public have not U a mere cage, subject to the cold being obliged to sit in :Is an hour or more their turn and draughts, waiting perha' least of it, was particularly to be called—which, to say the after a long sea voyage, disagreeable, especially to the ladies, , trop place and egress and where the ingress to the examin,: staircase has been also was at the same door—a separate erected at the east end of the wharf; leading :o a nice com fortable apartment with a fire, and the walls hang with prints of various kinds, and information respecting foreip and English places of accommodation for the amusement and use of the passengers, while they are awaiting their turn to be dispatched to their destination, and other corn fetts also of great consideration to both sexes have been duly considered and provided. A door opens from this apartment into the oft,eial compartment, and when the baggage of the parties is ~ ..,;aL n ined and delivered to them, they are con.• ducted from the opposite end to another door, leading through the original examination place isut of the building, thus avoiding all crowding or confusion. It may be remarked, here into the street the lug= also, that through an opeijng gage can, if required, hoisted without damage into be again b e waiting for its reception. any conveyance which may Altogether, the improvements and Iterations at this wharf cannot fail to prove most satisfactory ,;_o the public generally - —=----- --- .. BRITISH MUSEUM.—At the last or dinary meeting of the Institute of British Architects a letter NV OS read from Mr. Edward Hawkins, of this establishment, stating thou the Council had appropriated a room solely for the' r 1 .leloin_ of British antiquities, and inviting the co-op e ration ,* a reception of British antiquities, and inviting the co_operaton of arch teas tinder whose notice these ch iefl y came. It was stated that this' attempt, w hich had previously been made, a n d u e c , ie .li v ad s always failed in beiricr i n t ro duced for want of t. , which would now be aftlwded in the extensive collec ion of h Lord Prudhoe, th ro ugh ti;:e inst r umentality of the Britis Archaeological Institute. Hoax.—Yesterday morning the following trick was resorted to by a man i larned John Foster, a baker, r esiding in the Gray's Inn-road :—His wife ha his drunken d been com pelled to separate fr om him in cons,lquence of habits, and having heard that she had _lately acquired some money and furniture by the death of an uncle, he tried every expedient to prevail upon her to return to him, but without effect. Yesterday morning, as a last resource to procure an interview, he caused a message to be conveyed to her, in forming her that - he was dead; and, with the assistance of some friends, he laid himself out as if dead, covering himself over with a sheet.' The supposed widow was not long before she arrived, and upon removing the sheet to have a last look at the departed, she found herself clasped iu the arms of a living husband. Mutual explanations ensued, and there is every prospect of a happy reconciliation,! FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, he 4`-ree and fom o'clock, a most frightfur and fatal acci twecl"-- l at the Unicorn-yard, Borough, to a youth, dent happeneu .. .., -hnut twelve years old, the son o f a named James Tame, N . , . 'fr. Matthew Balla, the omnibus coachman, in the employ of n-.tunate boy wins on the top proprietor of Brixton. The unlnk. , d while he was getting ~,, of an omnibus standing in the yard, 4 t a wuned him be down the horses suddenly started off, atis. tween the gateway and the wheels. e pp° litt.le fellow was ascertained w th left should er, several inimediately taken to Guy's Hospita , h le . re it was h ri t had awderseushtraoikneedni,aadnrdeadthfuellvonugnsdwolenTr,e ex e which proved fatal. He ex mission. An inquest was heplidrelda e t nsively ilacerated, hour st night on e diet of about an h institution, and: the jury returned a vend at that bi te; his ad 4, A m :dental 040