The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-25 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIG ENCE. Ye CT LONDON AND EXETER. this ih ia - , , wa and Anchor the rday afternoon a meeting of the shareholders of KnitdlL_ Was held in the (,ro , convened by Mr. Healy, late a member of I.. rd of management, and several d o . t n he s r of sh th a e reehuoroltift-s, tes u Were dissatisfied with the procee a of Management. Three o'clock as th , . four before the b • °claim. to be taken, but it was nearly ustliess commnced. was the hour named tipter con siderabl e man i festations esseehtleme present, Mr. H accompanied ealy, of impatience hy by ths teil o and nDr. se veral other o f the requisionists, came into " r 044, when Dr. Lane was called to the t chair. sji.le requisition callin meeting i'mport worth that the provisional committee w a a nd s r h e a a r t eholders 441 have submitted to them matters of g eas e. b ee i, Another document was next reada,nawgbiincglicohp,ao.d_ 4,1 1 11 larlvarded to the members of the managing , :s„. wes. ,ee, ~,• d anu to ones._ u. th e i (suing on them to atten , eel. s , . te to al, the minutes and account-books, and other doc lu.. relating to the company's affairs. the isse". liouastosavoans stated that he a f t i t h e e nd_ p e r d o , 1j; 4 .. It° ' of the Company, on behalf of ot:',e,ct9rs. tisement being Re might inform the shareholders i4141,1' behalf, that previous to the advertisement that present, li ned ta i 'e ., u by Mr. llealy and his Meet's, calling the present to!Tis e „,„"o : ;', the Directors had stated by advertisementthes. are. pr,s:rchately after the 30th they would conienh s and fully explain all matters to them. the cottl,rlat_ hale every one officially connected night and day, Wors'i'Y was ? gaged, e n body and soul,.with h t the Bo ot h gto get ything ready d the offi •II ts• h f deecate hare- NI, sf le rectors, ,therefore, ore, daygestting for the s . hold,' the COrnpany preparing documents was required against the end of the is 4 s , when every moment of their time the 29th. ready far Parliament. The 30th t w o as on l Sun - T il ~O that they would really only have more important workuit rectors considered they had much °le af ° ti? than to come there to discuss thetveprivate piqu e or quarrel. They_ . h ld rs that, under th e eu , ' 0 want of reipect to the shareholders arem e proper to attend. tters arising The euthstances, they did not think _of opinion it ai r use of th e I )hectors had been signified byth in e t n u ot t i h c e e pei`s4ated. among the gentlemen as they l e4t s;:vh,leh was to the following effect: 4th ,hettsg was without their sanction, a- OlareCe w ould be convened by authority. do eiders wait till after the 30th, and he had no effect: — That came h th a a t t th o e u p t r h e e - Pres (.t't eiders necessarye explanation would .co begiven. these matters. tip . TreY not Prepared to go in of the kind meet i;_qatv aienied that there had been t any advertise atauci teed hy the Board of Managemenen il ed him to 1.0 11, e , y. Air. liollingsworth, and t hat th 't• lin advertisement had be signed, the e ciaeri had been sent into the country to executed the iTtotaising that after it returned and e a h p a pear g ed, stating t i t's. ir /; ete ,,, t a wont give a fair and satisfact w o a ry s '4, 4''"lng dealaid about the 30th ~,,14,zrit--(1 (My) mentioned that n a o c +hew would have issued such an exP e l m aa b a er . best i' a ti had plenty f time to prepare a proper they bad ,ro u , s , e shareholders but by their ce_ment. ti t) '' /natters t such a pass that . now than a ofoNmoriva s n t y e t e o - f little better Littl e , / . 4 ~4,ed upon the company as very intempe- b g o: t i ll , 0 s o t • cond n u n c o t t u h n e ate to, k'ir. Healy was proceeding in a whole te ead t, accusing the Directors with being IN ts_ 'eroselves, and of sending an attorney tsp,el'o), when lit was stopped by a t amidst ttektf,o of disa pprobation, and at leng s amidst ex as_htoamreepdreto- Pretec-4°4fasion aud uproar, retracted l t o h u e d e a t t n eh d general 4r. e a PPIka to 3,11. Hollingsworth.) was a sub 'tribe "stet wish Mr. k if Mr- Healy -,, let him ~,, rt o ~,,,_ eto now eiheu.s) the conspaoy,—(Uproar, and cries of ti es r , I IE.t y Vth s ,- 0, th e ,t,-. s Poko at some further leng e t o h nt i idlsresve'sleeetleet.ditillgs of the Directors, enpgr thate c a - It to I)'• Ilellingswowreh they d p blished, N tre t 1 1 .141 t hat that g was tl il e o an had given it a distorted referred to t h su a ch as he had r en e n p dd r i sented he Iv i l i ) r• i ' ,,e o' l B ? t li t ', B , ° as yl make it tell in their favour. as and 's-0 wished to address the 'late e ° thos e 1 •Ie • concerned in impeaching tee s ,. ~ to the th neg ment %sr' time committee of ma n nage tt le r.,6 tee ietere t From the f ~,orspb,. a s sof the Compa the . ir repre in push 01`.cklies"!_ei s first announced, up till t t h h e em middle Zi tiVie o'ralu_kdvnce had been made y irtg'sts. t4nY forward beyond issuing in the City ; no u,'etaties"! offices were secured steps takei . i to ,ko:Vyshty jon.strueted ; no Practical some adver sitting in . a Iss,' la th e (s " toe Company. They At th:7l!iesiea.,,:suad.rant, when they should thheavce City. At in 011441,1:ea with the great interests o ec iae lui W I: of their affairs a gentleman w . as u i_nt w ro a d h uc h e i d s e j a k ekle s _ ?se position and abilities, joine to thiakpally 4with the press, were calcul . ated of Aar gemettigre,at impetus. Offices, in consequence with them, 4 e pro • 44 ' (Mr Healy's) connexio ive the sat_ tided kept . tit,44a were e City ; regular minutes regular teilPt ofhusi ; everything was put 1 which that t o bea n 1 ness• Yet mark the treatment respect . nto of a all pro ,4, t to, seir, la i t race ' at their hands. With t stsl e , Proceed.oJr. Costello) had in an A w 4i d - elliei e tngs been considered one I, i ',_ eet lit services to the line, from f his eahrluy could ,v:eseif its ° l l it I t ii haveas promised that I. he ) 7 1 4 o nly 4 vaoUld 4 d for this 10te1_4414.0. Po promise, but at last a . per l io o _ n the al beexienrgteda place on the board.. At first it th e 'llt Of the'ByNag to take place immedi ki t i c iclt e q t,uar!as, when meetings wouldhub thus been h b e e l e d n a long t s , , aad t, th e line. Though he had t Ottoy) tkoeugh he had exerted himself much for the e 'arsd agat eppointment had never been confirmed._ pro ems et for hi , he saw another g e . b ts i„, Wh o s . tese.f, but when nner h had L4otisae'',E4l used great exertion and great ability NO (b r ~,'a their favour, treated in the m . a ( 440_ 9ie ,4,`_estello) could not avoid him-expresesni,ngcoinei ,,s 74itth th,4,...5cr he had done, especiallywh 4.,11,,' roduee7, Proceedings, two or never been Is t 4of he; ° d to the directory who had who had thei r ari"e, and one or them, a baronet, influence in three parties had IV beh alf Y' ('"Xertion, or used any local been tlea,consege' Placed in the chair. And what had aban lieest "e e of that appointment ? The s loes • ef the : iik_ sec, e extension to Fa m 1;11; esatie4lstaoce, when it was considered that opposing 4 1 .. (th 1:14r1 was connected with the s. Lae bliss], Con and Devon Central R . ailw y) gab "NC 'lad opposed that proceeding, and-9arties. ss4, ''eseited the ill feeling of certain n Drrectors skas„" tOoes tell()) did not accuse the ''altal'd the e li N he; only said they had cruelly. mis et,, oett , 0, oe. They had given up the extension to ,tth‘ e `,,_ ° o t o w ", e 3' had permitted he rival line to that e . A . 451 ." ie •sieh it had r f rtred,to amalgamate with R a il way at ''latiltit'tolt°ellae'(i°ll With e referred to amalgamate with I' the S th-Western h I R H ue - ;so that the vvo ° u u ld have a direct corn heer tide th e y Whole way Y to the ns-End. ttt e lsivo e up its oallowed the. Great I 'l l t° h 1 ; . 1 e Y had Western° taking the least rißa ree asur PPositiou without neotinh! Iti th ts ta elit a .es whatever. These were points of h t ve qa shitr iaiost the Cotnmittee ; and the question I the de:eolders was, to , s 'al thscet• ' l ', by the infusion of fresh blood, save v would they allow the line to lits;l4e th::,roia ? Ile would therefore, take lea_ k/'ti,itnitt's444edirtt,u'etialtioeweistigef r zi C ut.i a : ny, " That under the G' eel of ( i ) add the following gentlertheenDtoirteheetoCraontbe lev°l4e st"agernnt The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Mr. feeol. o_ll. isher, Thomas Paul, W. A. Hill, Dr. ;;lt. ii.utt.ello, Richard Power, and A. Abraham." trolltautl4l`,KEsizte seconded the motion. 4 A " 14as Put and carried with four dissentients. tieq• Is ec lot then ,hit'atio 40,Ai .Proceeded to give a long explanation .n. ki, 4of hi' With the board of management, in vi set e tatioelf, and in inculpation of the Directors. NeP.'rsonai eof his address which was in many parts le r I lltro c h l to admit of re ' orti g was, that when he IlkY INtipd to n i , the board pmattner; were managed in a t ala e o t ffic e i 4 l t roalitier• Ile was instrumental in putting 'ati lt 4 tweet ° tproper order and in getting regular Nt o f N s ',., s t.e had Previous) y opposed ©an IPotet °l th e in "' ll ea as Seer t - t - t - li com 14 t,, ti.piteity and e ary o e . member Vie, ~, ove auri ,_, .z. the other from being a rac li, ..1104e ,s„,°,`:', I:i.rectors, a .nd a medical man in I py—the ,Za1:4414:1 Iv il hi:47 had manicocasioned antagonistic feelingstr. ti;lvesee7,l,:'Y of the Directors. He at . . 1 ~il,.!ter4_l:alaeal 4.'nienirecent treatment he had met with, ;t7 Vtale i'stlie, tal,aitnthe board . , to his opposition h he Icr, had ,` ° nth, which, through the influence e° eeald ge t no abandoned. Seeing, therefore, 0% f..eneth _ no redress from them, be determined '641,, se e i.) faelierPsont meeting, and call upon the Direc ell li., 14 , 1 45 i thealt° Meet him on the charges he had to kt diiii:' tillti--It l 11 ' ad rde r t , 3 a a Private pique.—(" Chair I T - nth• • oruer!") He maintained i t was so, 4., `ere tee gt o d, with I„rd eties , the shareholders. .1 I gee t e was nere thrown into great uproar_ by . 4 k with lam4a aft • Nt o . eqnside, en?ptin to speak at once, and it ti, p. pit Nasfaele. difficulty the Chairman succeeded 1 4t;i , Ant. tu_Par_ative order. This done, )ItollobttLettliest 411 a resolution—" That after hearing /' % that the B ad e ' rie a l Y, this meeting feels bound to N," e tit R,,,net of the Managing Committee to -14. Ild eeiltst!eMar--(Loud cries of ‘. No, no," " Yes, 11);,ir, 11%1'e/4.0'1.1 chairs) tok tsAttes. s,._ aeconded the resolution. 4 a tle uat the with"PPort e motion at some length, de -1 11 " Il e th ettil e °f M IT "3' at —r. isealy- Was a private matter. ktitt at•t_atil t4.eontleerned the Shareholders most ma- N o l• qd itie o i l Y,_ l ight to take it up. There were mat e,. tl, leh wetAinction with the Chairman of the Coen etill lesiek p a e of the greatest importance. For his bad 0,1,444, h rrY) did not think that gentleman's II s, ,_es ~,ee of any advantage to them. Above '4 osthat hi-'ltectors ought to have been present that ee,s4.lr, He al y sides could have been heard. In jus sitioe:4 „.:, he would support the resolution. a,',4,1, was puZ'aeat confusion ensued, in which the reso ared by the Chairman. to be car t,s‘gis,uir,Zke7r, genZetesi `olse Lake, ' c orr ect '" Pro.tested against the decision as t ! t 4 t, b ut th and wished the show of hands to be t ocee s e Ulairman refused, andabruptly dis g. ITt4,e9TTjas kedi 'rteu,„"Gliikt---i------..... altq rset:.4%, S ssru AND GAINSBOROUGH. ' i dt ' l4 at L il t °I tl onae.---Last evening (Friday) a ei r r ,ati oa . i sio. a o p shareholders in the above line h, ‘zait,4itlue repl:, 'aeange Roams, to take into con ot, t‘a b y b oron Ply the directors of the Nottingham la, .he 'llwitscr. °f to to a memorial presented to 414,5144 4trrday'p°4l,lo of the shareholders in that line 'lti 1, • Alde '°4a. Amon st those present we •kV 4YI, r alae Sh• g °a° ~45ee',1%•,11).r, Peisiu sTruso, Messrs. Fowler,g'vil4o4l,ki, it l''&3B, darec'' J, 13x11 Pfungst, Sparrow, L N t 'l l 4, 41, czt,. ibles, I tl . l, I F , i o t h h t z t i 1 1 , D P a e v s is r u c n e : ‘vii!ite. .11tass, 01.4,stirand several othger gentlemen. 4titsSitet'iklia°w, Melde.rolan StIIPMAN, seconded erjs p ti ou __ at eti t ,_ 0.; niith Fowler took the chair, ko su3,,o_t 4 ti,(A,l eurnstances respecting the pre ;l!tha,,e4odealie(r I to the directors to dissolve the t 1,414%. • 'Ton Mr. Eyre to read the memorial 441e'l StAt"Alsi th 11414)1,1,1mo, w presetit elo observed that many of the gen rauly„_oot Et il?!qy bEeatis_n 119 t ?ailed upon to sign the ttl of 4 i t of the char tI t he individuals who prepared it td, N. e uireotoeholders. Since that meeting 0 /lo isrse who were opposed to the me- LA tavour of it. They were Mr. . ropr i e tel I:ulOs':ns 3 ' 1 4 le • rl n an AssJ i ° t ; insfetr,-- n at hod b~neenleQra o f 'ad T he TbeJer' e ndant ,t John n t n defeocbto Peron *of e re : , e d by t b ` s i. la t the g ! r o ' thig '1: be r not OPP. e4 i , can agion „. pot ithdri4l ON . ) DA B) t yoSidifit i , s Cbgrg d / "A' r; )11, 3 , 13 4 ,:i0 . ,ir too' o cieVt c o r ood Di P - e lfi' fit li )0 0t4 f o' big - 0 1 e d t, ter gr )of er r 100 a • lief rell:,ca .(16 1 * r e f t he 1,8 ich fere-its • 1,16 poo t ,/, ide".esL l •e e JO trs drti o t t yr • 13 nt le i i' t d3t S.l 0 9d the Pr t' io w e vo w bo it ie A• To rq' 14 0 5 , 1 ; re' ,11 tr f (10 1 ° I, by e o e 11 P Qfl oo, or— fo' o l o toug to it b r e t ot e re' to tP corf r ion - fill to ... 6 1 to a t t t¢ v Ol. SOl. ce t, r 1 ),, pefo' North, Mr. Cullen, and Mr. Munck ; there was a fourth I would pass on the south of, and within a short dis dirt ctor, but he had no authority to mention his name. tanco of the race ground and under Mansfield-road, so Mr. W. TAYLOR proposed a resolution to the effect— as to allow of the road itself being untouched. They that in reference to the above project it would not be ex- ' would go to Parliament with a mile of railway and its pedient to carry out the views originally entertained furthermost station already in their posses-ion, having ss ith respect to it, especially in the deprefsed state of the I arranged for its purchase with Messrs. North, Wakefield, money market, and the marketable value of the scrip in ! and Company, agreeing to pay them so much per mileage the said company, and that the amount of 40,000/. and ' for whatever coals they would have to take along it to upwards in this town having been drawn out of its their present terminus near the canal at Old Radford. natural channel, causing a complete paraly• is of business, At or near their station at Cinder-hill, they would come especially as that amount is, as it were, lying dead, and into contact with their line from Mansfield, which, or no part of it likely to be returned, except at ruinous some other equally eligible for the purpose of the Mineral loss, it is respectfully, yet earnestly requested that the Company, would no doubt be constructed. Thus a committee of management do take the above matter source of supply of other kinds of coal from all the coal into their serious consideration, to this effect, viz., that fields up the Keen Valley up to the neighbourhood of the money now left in their hands be returned to the Mansfield, would be opened, and these coals would be shareholders, as soon as arrangements can be made to received at Cinder-hill Junction from such railway along that effect, minus the expenses already incurred. In the Mineral railway. In the first place, it was intended consequence of the general panic, and the change in that Nottingham should profit by an increased supply of monetary affairs, it was now deemed the wisest course co:.1. ; this railway would come across other means to abandon the line, and for the money advanced to be of communication, and thus would draw supplies from repaid minus the expenses, because, although at one various quarters. They would by this railway be time this line was considered to be a very favourable enabled to obtain coal of all descriptions (which now one, it was not thought so now ; the fact was, that two they could not do without making a transit of, in some other lines had been projected subsequently to starting cases, as much as twenty miles), which could be brought the Nottingham and Gainaborough line, viz., the Gains- to Nottingham, and to be delivered by them at a price borough, Newark, and 'Nottingham, or Trent line, and per ton of two shillings less than is now paid, although that supported by the powerful influence of the Midland the price at the mouth of the pit Were not lowered one COmpany, with King Hudson at its head. It appeared farthing. Other details there were which could not be that a large portion of the deposits for the intended fully gone into, or be made here the subject of discus- Nottingham and Gainaborough were from the inhabit- sion, The public would be protected from monopoly, ants of this town, and he felt that if they were repaid, and low prices would invariably be secured to them, be minus the expenses, a large circle of individuals would cause its construction would materially increase the be relieved, and trade would be benefitted. supplies, and the Company being vendors, and bound Mr. GEORGE SPARROW seconded the motion. not to pay themselves more than 10 per cent. on their Mr. RP. Cox 'rose and said, that he should oppose outlay, the difference in cost would be clear gain to the the resolution just read, which was to memorialise the consumers. The capital for constructing the line, in- Board of Directors of the Nottingham and Gains- eluding the branches and all working expenses, would borough to abandon their line. On looking around not be more than 50,000/. or 60,000/. The original he saw a number of gentlemen who were shareholders, capital of the Company, it was proposed, should consist and others who would derive a considerable advantage of 40,000/., in 4,000 shares of 10/. each. by this line being abandoned, and would also be the Mr. WOODHOUSE, their engineer, had stated that the means of getting up other lines to a premium in which engineering would be found to be light compared to what they were interested. He had paid great attention to he anticipated, as those who knew what Nottingham rock the varions lines projected from this town, and had come was were aware that they would be enabled to construct to the conclusion that the Nottingham and Gainsborough it without difficulty. was the most important and best. Ho conaidered it was Mr. W. TAYOR said, though the plan was feasible and better than the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, the useful in relation to Nottingham, he felt that unless it Erewash Valley, the Nottingham and Lincoln, or the included the large manufacturing suburbs (Radford, Nottingham and Manfieid Railway put together, and Basford, and Carrington), that it would be incomplete ; they were now called upon to abandon this line, as it and, therefore, it was now proposed to accommodate, was not conceived to be a legitimate scheme. The de- by branches and depots, those districts. The mere cir posits had been better paid up than any other line in cumstance that at Cinder-hill was a large supply of coal, England. Mr. Taylor talked about two lines being in lying more proximate than any other equal supply, re progress, one of which was stated to the town to have quiring less than two miles of rails to bring it to a depot been abandoned. He perceived. from the report of the from whence it might be cheaply carted to the doors and board of directors, that the Nottingham and Gains- furnaces of consumers, and further that, as such line borough line was in an advanced stage, and would be en- would, in all probability be intersected by the Mansfield, abled to apply to Parliament with a view of obtaining Ambergate, or other proposed railway, in the valley of it. The allotments in the rival line had not been paid the Lean, had induced them to terminate the Mineral up, and he was sure the Gainsborough, Newark, and Railway at Cinder-Hill. Nottingham Railway was bound to fall to the ground. Mr. H. M. WOOD entered into a lengthened descrip- It could not be prepared for Parliament, and he believed tion of the route of the line, its gradients, and the esti the projectors of it had abandoned it. Their wishing to mated cost of its construction. The plan was looked at amalgamate with the Nottingham and Gainsborough with considerable interest, and appeared to be generally was for the purpose of abandoning their line, and he approved. was of opinion that - the Nottingham and Gainsborough In answer to Mr. Felkin, Mr. WOOD said, the reason line was a legitimate one. There were a great number the line passed on the Nottingham side of the race who had embarked their capital in this line for the pur- course was, because it would not then involve the de pose of making something by it, but which investment struction of any buildings, and would thus avoid oppo had unfortunately turned out a bad speculation, but they sition and expressions of unkind feeling on the part of must make the best of it by selling out, and let it take those whose property would otherwise be injured. The its own course. He would say, if they acted honestly towards the shareholders, they would recommend that the board of directors be requested to call a meeting of the shareholders at large, and present to them a full report of the position in which they now stand. If that report was not considered satisfactory to the whole body of shareholders, or three-fourths of them, then a resolu tion may be passed this evening for the directory to abandon the line, which he should have no objection of supporting. He had several friends who had embarked their capital in it (the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway), and who were anxious it should be carried. Let us go to Parliament with a determination of wish ing to carry it out. He moved " that a deputation from this meeting wait on the directors of the Notting ham and Gainsborough Railway, for the purpose of advising them as early as possible to call a meeting of all the shareholders, for the purpose of placing before them a full report as they possibly can, as to how they stand with regard to the Nottingham and Gainsborough Line." Mr. W. TAYLOR said he thought the object of the meeting would be attained by Mr. Cox's amendment, and therefore he would withdraw his motion. Mr. JOHN Lenton, seconded Mr. Cox's amend ment. Mr. Cox said it was generally known that he was in timately acquainted with one of the solicitors of the Not tingham and Gainsborough Railway, and through him he had collected a few facts, which were publicly ., stated, as to - the terms upon which the amalgamation was offered. He would relate the terms as near as he pos sibly could. The Gainsborough, Newark, and Notting ham Company, had expended from 1,2001. to 1,5001., and they would abandon this line in consideration of tlie Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway paying their expenses. The Board of Directors of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway very properly rejected their proposition. In the memorial he found the names of two or three who were not share-holders, and who had not signed the Parliamentary contract, and one was a shareholder of the Derby and Grant ham line. He could also state that only three of the Mansfield gentlemen who signed the memorial had shares allotted to them, and therefore the others might have considered it as a gambling speculation, in which they had thought proper to embark. Mr. Cox proceeded to assert that the Nottingham and Gainsborough line was the best that had been projected, and that when Mr. Bateman, the eminent engineer, first learnt that the capi tal proposed was 800,000 L, he said that it was too small, and that it ought to have been 900,0004 but now that he had been over the line (and he was at present in Notting ham) he said that the land was so barren that it might be purchased for so low a price as to reduce the capital to 700,0001. He (Mr. Cox) must say that he blamed the Directors for their apathy and want of energy. When he heard of this meeting to abandon the line, he was anxious for an amalgamation, and had hoped that Mr. Danks, Mr. Bradley and other gentlemen would have pushed on the Nottingham and Gainsborough line. He was satisfied that it would be the best line. Hull had increased two-fold within the last two years, and they were laying out fifteen acres in making new docks. There could not be a more decisive proof of the importance of that port, with which the line they wished to give up would have another line in direct communication. It was quite clear that this was a far better route than the other. After observations from Mr. Felkin and Mr. Wake field, Mr. Surnwi observed that the Gainsborough, Newark, and Nottingham Company said they had no thing to beg or propose. He would give them a short history of No. 2 line. He did not know anything of No. 2 line until he met Mr. Bean, who said, "my plan (meaning the Gainsborough, Newark, and Nottingham) has floored yours ;" but Mr. Bean did not see the great leviathan behind him ; he did not see the great man called Hudson, and the Midland Company, which must be with them, cat and run. Their proposition was, "will you (the Nottingham and Gainsborough) un dertake to pay our expenses, which will be 1,5001., or— that fatal word or,' about 2,000/., and we will abandon our line." This is a brief history of No. 2 line, who had nothing to propose nor anything to offer. They would like to put their hands in our pockets, and take 2,0001. if they could catch hold of it. Mr. WAKEFIELD resumed, and after a few more obser vations, concluded by moving the resolution originally proposed by Mr. Taylor, which was seconded by Mr. Steegmann ; but that resolution having been withdrawn, Mr. Cox's amendment became the original resolution. The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, when nearly the whole of the meeting voted for it. On Mr. Cox's resolution being put, only twelve held up thttir hands for it. The following gentleman were afterwards appointed a Deputation to wait upon the Directors at the next meet ing, viz., the Chairman, Messrs. Felkin, Shipman, Steeg mann, and Bell. me, as deliimaied On the plan, does not Cut through any house ; it does not affect a single brick. The height of the viaduct necessary would be 40 feet • this would be so constructed as to pass free of the Alfreton road. The line would be a single one all the way. He (Mr. Wood) had discussed the probable expense with Mr. Woodhouse. and he'had agreed with him that the estimates were within the amount to be required. Mr. HARRISON, representing Messrs. Barber and Walker, said they would send their coal to Nottingham for 2s. per ton less than at the price proposed, if the line wero carried forward to Watnall, and providing the com• pany would reconsider their plans, and consent to post pone the scheme to another session of Parliament, so that some means might be proposed to bring Messrs. Barber and Walker's coal to Nottingham. A lengthened discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Harrison and Brentnall, agents of Messrs. Barber and Walker, and Messrs. Cripps, Booth Eddison, George Parkin, Felkin, Taylor, Plant, and others took part, which ended in the meeting being adjourned, to give _ _ Messrs. Barber and Walker, and other coal owners (if desirous) an opportunity of conferring with the acting Committee as to the propriety of extending the line to Watnall or other districts, in the event of other compa nies not gaining Parliamentary sanction to those projects which would render such extension unnecessary. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS . LIVERPOOL, Nov. 24. STOCK 'E` XCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 64-Boston, Newark, and. She ffi eld, 2%-Caledonian , 9 4-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3-Derby and Crewe ' 4 1 ,E -Grand Junctio n , 227-Ditt o , 4 01. Shares (L. M.), 52%-Leicest er and Birmingham, 1%-London and Birmingham, 2 13-London and York, 3%-Direct Northern, 1 3 / 4 -Manchester, She ffi eld and Midland, Fifth Shar es , 114 -Midland, 139- Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19-N or th U n i on (A) , 204-Ditto (B), 14`2- North Staffordshire, 4 : j l -Nottingham and Boston, 2'4-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 15-Trent Valley, 16-Dutch Rhenish, 7'. MANCHESTER, Nov. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Bideford and Tavi stoek, 17s. 61 -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, 7-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 3-Ely and Hun tingdon, 5 1 A c.-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 2 11-16- Glasgow and Dumfries, 24-Leeds and Thirsk, 11%-Lei cester and Birmingham, 215.-Leicester and Tamworth, 475. -Lynn and Dereham, 64-North St a ff or d s hi re , 5/ . 3 s . 3 d . -North 'Western, 62 5.-Nottinghan and Mansfield, 25 c.- Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester, 2 3 A c.- Oxford, Worcester, ar.d Wolverhampton, 15%-Shropshire Mineral, 475. C.-South Midland, 61. 2s. c. BRISTOL, Nor. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 80-Ditto, New, 63 / 4 -Bristol and South Wales Junction, Ex tension to Monmouth, 13 4-Manchester and Southampton, 2% -Midland, New 18 %--Vale of Neath, 3%. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 24. • STocx EXCNANGE.-The sales are-Sheffield and Man chester, Quarter Shares, No. 3., 61. Is. 6d.-Goole and Don caster, 2 3 / 4 -Grimsby and Sheffield, 10-Sheffield and Lin colnshire, 31. I ls. 6 d. - -Wakefield and Harrogate, 2%. LEEDS, Nov. 24. STOCK ExcitANGE.-The sales are-York and North Mid land, Scarborough Branch, 504-Huddersfield and Manches ter, 7 %-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 17-Leeds and Brad. ford, 42% cash-Ditt o , Extensions, 38% cash-Leeds and Dewsbury, 13 cash-Leeds and Thirsk, 103 9 cash-New castle and Berwick, 1 0 3 4-Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wol verhampton, 15 cash-Wakefield Pontefract, and Goole, 30 c. n.-London and Y or k, 31. 75.-Sheffield and Lincoln, 3% -Direct Northern, 13 4-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 333:-West Riding Union, 6%-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 12s. Gd. dis.-Grand Union, as. 6d. p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 7s. p.-L ee d s an d Li verpoo l Di rec t, 10 s . dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 6s. 6d. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2 3 4 p.-North Western, 2/. 195.- Wakefield and Bradford, 2s. 6d. dis.-Wakefield and Harro gate, 7s. 6d. p.-Welsh Midlands, 2%. HULL, Nov. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 6 1 ,/ s - Leeds and Think, 12 3 / 4 -Cambridge and Lincoln, 3,i- Grand Union, 1%. _ _ THE SUN, LONDON, TITESLIA.Y EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1845. CHINESE POLICY. It is to be hopod that the importance of our relations with the Chinese empire will not be estimated by the amount of intelligence which generally reaches this country by the overland mail. Little correct and ex plicit information on this subject appears to find its way to the Indian journals. A few hasty private letters, communications dictated by the overflowing bile of some officer living in a sort of exile at Hong-Kong, and the highly-coloured statements of merchants, whether pros perous or unprosperous, added to the meagre articles of a half-starved press, constitute the sole basis on which they erect their speculations. There is, conse quently, little reason to be surprised at the narrowness of their views and the general indecision of their lan guage ; and still less cause have we to wonder at the vague, shifting, contradictory notions of such of our Contemporaries here at home as live in helpless depend ence on such guides, in all that relates to the policy of the further east. To do the Indian press justice, however, we must admit that it has recently put forward corrorter views, respecting China:and the Chinese, thanits habitual copyists in Engla n d, w h o , a ff ec ting to be for once inde pendent of their teachers, have fallen into the grossest errors. When we argued some time back that it would be impolitic to restore Chusan to the Chinese under pre sent circumstances, the fickle oracle of Printing House square, with tolerably well-feigned indignation, de nounced our suggestions as highly profligate. With a sort of Malay energy, which so frequently urges that journal into the practice of running a-muck, it flung itself into an offensive attitude, and prepared to make a surrender of reason to its destructive propensities. But happening to be more familiar with the facts of the case, we were enabled, by a very few plain words, to still the rage of our Contemporary, and may hereafter, perhaps, enjoy the advantage—if advantage it be—of having it as our coadjutor in this matter. We repeat, therefore, that Chusan ought not to be evacuated. Not because it would most likely, in that case, fall into the hands of the French—though that, we are prepared to maintain, ought to be an additional in ducement for us to do justice to ourselves—but because the Mantchoo Government of China has not fulfilled its engagements with us. The most factious and prejudiced journalist will probably admit that there are more ways than one of breaking a treaty, and th a t th e mos t cun ning and subtle infraction is as much a breach of com pact as a gross and clumsy infringement. This truth, which, out of deference to common sense, must be recog nised, will supply us with sufficient reasons for insisting on the retention of Chusan. We formerly rested our arguments chiefly on what has taken place at Canton ever since the peace ; but facts are coming forward singly, and invested with no pomp or :Appearance of in terest, which ought to be regarded as still more signi ficant and conclusive. In reality, the Chinese authorities carry on the war against us still. They have only changed the phenomena of hostilities, and for material imple ments substituted others, fashioned in ethical and poli tical forges, which they trust will prove far more effec tual. In plain English, the Mandarins at all the con sular ports, acting of course under instructions from Pekin, are labouring to undermine the foundations of our commerce, and, by instigating the multitude to put in practice a perpetual system of annoyance and auda cious insolence, to drive us from those much coveted markets in disgust or despair. They who understand the civil polity of China will be able to perceive how this may be done, though the Chinese people be gene rally well disposed towards us. Mobs under such a despotism as that of the Mantchoo are swayed by two impulses—the one natural, which they would obey if they could; the other communicated to them by autho rity, which, as a rule, they must obey. When engaged in persecuting an Englishman under the eye of the Mandarins, they overact their part in order to ward off from themselves the suspicion of favouring the outside barbarians. It signifies little to their victim, therefore, that in their hearts they are sorry for what they do, and prefer their commercial visitors from the sea to the ruthless tyrants from Mantcheoria, to whom their own want of courage has given an irre sistible ascendency over them. But, however this part of the question may really stand, every communication we receive from China may be said to lay before us fresh proofs that the Tartar authorities are resolved to render the treaty with Great Britain as nugatory as possible. Our exclusion from the trade of the north-east coast be yond the thirty-second degree of latitude, may be matter of regret, because it was in that part of the empire that we might have found the best market for our woollens; but the fault was our own, and arose out of that hasty and pedantic diplomacy which has so frequently marred our prospects in the east. The Chinese had a perfect right to overreach us if they could. They were not bound to consult our interest. All they had to do was to watch over their own. Accordingly, nothing can be further from our intention than to blame them for what must be regarded as our own blunder. But that system of petty vexations—that constant obstruction of our trade—that fanatical and ferocious persecution which has beets unremittingly carried on against our countrymen at Canton—and those clandestine hostilities which have been incessantly pursued against natives of all ranks who either favoured us while we were in force in the country, or are suspected of having a leaning to 'wards us now—these things, taken collectively, consti tute a good ground for entering into fresh negotiations with the Government, and dernandingother conditions, which, from its character, it may be more likely to fulfil. Meanwhile we may, without the least shadow of injustice, retain possession of Chusan, where an im mense trade with the Chinese could b e carrie d on with little chance of unpleasant collisions between us amd them. As has been repeatedly shown in time of !war moreover—and wars will one day or another unquestionably arise—the possession of this island must prove of the highest importance, commanding as it does the entrance to the Yang-tzL?-Kiang, which has justly been denominated the great artery of the empire. But it is as a means of preserving peace that we are Chiefly disposed to value it. Under present circumstances the renewal of hostilities may, in our opinion, be con stantly looked for, considering the evil disposition of the ' Mandarinz, and the kind services which the emissaries of certain friendly Powers are so actively engaged in per forming for us in China. To prevent the evil conse- quence; of these and other causes of misunderstanding, we have no representative at the Court of Pekin or on the coast, for Sir John Davis is little better than a cypher. All his energies evaporate in squabbles with the British merchants at Hong-Kong ; and if this were not the case he is obviously quite incapable of coping with the subtle diplomatists of China. A new mission to Pekin, there fore, might be very prudently undertaken just now, and the ambassador who should conduct it would find suffi bient employment for his abilities, however keen br brilliant they might be. He might remove much misunderstanding, -and postpone conside rably the period of inevitable collision between the two countries. We say inevitable collision, because it would, in our our opinion, be wholly impossi ble to preserve for any great length of time purely pa cific relations with such a Government as that of China. Despotisms are like children, easily forgetting past dis asters and chastisements, and prone to provoke fresh ones by acts of petulant caprice. In the actual posture of affairs, however, an able English statesman at Pekin Might possibly check the tendency of the Mantchoo Court to insolence and injustice, and thus preserve it for a while from those humiliatio ns which it seems at present to be courting ; for great prepararations, we are told, are making for resistance or aggression new im provements being attempted in military di sc ipline, in the fabrication of arms, in the science of tactics, and in the erection of fortifications. They discern clearly enough what is about to happen, partly from knowing their own designs, and partly from observing the inevitable course of events. It remains to be seen whether they will find us prepared for the struggle or not ; but there will cer tainly be considerable danger should our interests in that part of the world be confided to no abler hands than those of Sir John Davis.—Chronicle. ' ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON BOARD A BLACSWALL STEAMER,—Yesterday, at about a quarter to one .o'clock, as the Railway steamer was passing Erith, on her way to Gravesend, the after-deck passengers were alarmed by the report of a pistol from one of the deck cabins, the door of which was fastened inside. On forcing it open, a young man was found with his head and arms resting on the table, and a pistol, just discharged, in one hand. He at first appeared to be dead, but on being raised he looked around him, and said that he bad committed the act himself ; that he had come on board prepared and determined to put an end to his exist ence, and expressed a hope he had succeeded in giving him self a fatal wound ; that his friends had driven him to it ; and that he did not want any of them to know anything about what he had done. Immediately on being landed at the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, Mr. Hodges, the master of the workhouse, was sent for, and, at the desire of the unfor tunate young man he bad him removed there, and at once attended by Mr. Saunders, surgeon to the establish ment. After a lengthened examination of the wound, during which the patient, with great self possession, directed the operators where to search for the ball, which he said he felt in the back of his neck, the gentlemen declared it to be their opinion that the ball, which penetrated at the upper part of the bridge of the nose, pretty nearly as high as be tween the eyes, had either lodged in the neck or spinal bone, or striking upon that bone, and being repelled by it, had fallen into the oesophagus, and had been swallowed as it passed into the stomach. With the probe, after various trials by both gentlemen, the lodgment of the ball could not be discovered; and, the external wound having been dressed, the patient was put to bed in the sick ward, after repeatedly refusing to give his name, or state who is friends were. On his shirt was marked the name of " H. J. Colebrooke," and the same name within the leather lining in pencilling on his hat. He is about twenty-two years of age, in person slight, and about five feet five inches in height. In his coat-pocket was found a pistol, powder-horn half-full of powder, and in his waistcoat-pockets some percussion-caps and a silver pen cil-case and metal pocket-comb. In his pantaloon pocket there were Is. 6d. in silver. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—A gang of four or five fellows are now going through the country dressed in the garb of sailors, offering for sale a set of apparently handsome decanters. They pretend to have come from a foregn port generally Hamburgh, and that the decanters were for a friend or relative • but running short of money, they are re luctantly compelled to part with them. They have duped several Falmouth folks during the past week; for, upon ex amination, the articles were found to be worthless trash, neither of the set being perfect, and all the refusal of the re gular trade. They are not licensed, and they decamped from Falmouth in a hurry, having ascertained that the police were on the look out for them, and are by this time, probably offering their deceptive wares in some other town in the county.— West Bnton. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe-Co burg, left the Bricklayers'Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway at a quarter-past eleven yesterday morning for Folkestone, where they embarked ou board the South- Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company's steam • ship the Queen of the Belgians, for Boulogne. The chairman of the South Eastern Railway and Viscount Torrington and Mr. Brown, directors, were in attendance on their Royal Highnesses, who were accomp anied b y the Count de Jarnac and Colonel Wyld. TUB Nk.NV DEAN OF CANTERBURY.—It is said that Sir Robert Peel has bestowed the vacant deanery at Canierbury on the Rev. Wm. Rowe Lyall, Archdeacon of Maidstone, and brother, we believe, of the Member for the City of London, INFRINGEMENT AND ABUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srn,— Although not personally known to you, and feeling that my present address may excite a prejudice against me and my cause, yet such is my opinion of the generosity that actuates the minds of the guardians of the English press, that I am induced to entreat of you to lay before your readers the gross injustice with which I consider myself treated, and the flagrant violation of civil, social, and natural rights that I think have been perpetrated in my person on an American in this country. In the spring of 1841 I arrived in this kingdom with a capital of u p war d s 1 0,000 1 ., a l arge port i on of which I invested in saw-mills, machinery, &c., at Hull, but from subsequent vexatious, illegal, and unjust proceedings, I was compelled to relinquish my business, and to sacrifice, in a great measure, my property. In June, 1843, having in my possession some Treasury notes on the United States of America, I was, at the in stance of Messrs. Bush and Mullins (solicitors), arrested, and by them charged before the magistrates at Guild hall with havin g comm i tte d a forgery on parties in the United States. On the ri-presentation of said solicitors, who prayed for a remand to enable them to procure evi dence from the United States to support the charge against me, I was subjected to remands from time to time for the period of four months, during which time I was confined in the Compter prison. On the sth of October, 1843, I was taken to Guildhall for the purpose of obtaining my discharge from the city magistrates. The prosecuting solicitors, anticipating that I should be discharged, as they had not been able to procure evidence to substantiate the charge, they had obtained a warrant from her • Majesty's Secretary of State, and on it had me removed before the Bow-street magistracy, assuming that the city magistrates were not competent to adjudicate the charge against me. After a patient investigation be`bre Mr. Jardine I was discharged. The charge at different examinations had assumed different forms and features to suit the purposes of my prosecutors. My funds in Londoe, to the amount of between three and four thousand pounds, had been attached ; my papers, accounts, and even my most private correspondence, were in the course of proceedings seized and examined, and the prosecution then assumed a civil form. Messrs. Bush and Mullins, on the ground that I was in debted to J. Little and Co., of New York, had me thrown into the debtors' prison. In order to obtain my release I was compelled to leave my money under at tachment as security, whilst I consented to a c om m i ss i on being sent to th e United States, that the prosecution might if possible rake up evidence against me. Two years expire, and that commission is not fulfilled, and I have been subjected to the vexatious proceedings of a bill of discovery. In the meantime I instituted suits for damages to my person and property, and for the reco very of my money held under attachment. The Re corder appointed the 7th of October for a hearing of the case ; but the prosecutors aforesaid defeated my object and the arrangement of the Learned Recorder, by having me arrested on the sth inst. I was sick : I had for weeks been confined to my bed ; I had just risen from it. I was taken upon a warrant obtained through the medium of his Excellency the United States' Minister. I was confined in a cold cell at the Bow street police station, and on the next day brought before Mr. Hall, who, upon ex parte statements and the deposi tions upon which he granted the warrant, and without affording me an opportunity to rebut those statements, committed me for transmission to New York for trial. The old charge of forgery is renewed against me and in an article of this kind I cannot trace its ramifications, but I solemnly say the ch a rg e is f a l s e, th e prosecution unfounded, and the evidence adduced to sustain it con tradictory and paradoxical in the extreme. But were I guilty,"which I again emphatically declare I am not—l contend that my arrest is illegal. I have been arrested and committed under the International Treaty, which was not ratified until August, 1842, whilst the crime with which I am charged is alleged to have been com mitted in April, 1841. The Constitution of the United States of America expressly states that no " Bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." Hence my arrest and imprisonment is quite at variance with the Constitution of my native country, and every prin ciple of English law and justice. I have applied for and obtained a habeas corpus to have my case disposed of by high legal authority in this country, before I am forced out of it a prisoner to New York. lam convinced that Englishmen, who are proverbially lovers of fair play and equal justice, will denounce as tyrannically illegal, un just, and oppressive, the treatment I have received, and am still subjected to, in their land of freedom. Apologising to you, Mr. Editor, for thus trespassing upon your time and valuable columns, and hoping that the persecution and suffering I endure will be deemed an excuse for this otherwise unwarrantable intrusion, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. C. CLINTON. Westminster Bridewell, Oct. 22. THE NEW BISHOP-DOING HOM AGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - - Sin,—As the new Bi s hop, after his con s e c rati o n, will be required to do homage to her Majesty, 13. fore he will be entitled to enter upon the temporalities of the see, perhaps the following extract, explaining the grounds upon which the Crown claims the right to ecclesiastical property, and also the form of homage required to be performed, may not be uninteresting to many of your readers. Extract from the preamble of Act of lit James I. c. 3. " Whereas all the Archbishoprics and Bishoprics within this realm, were in ancient times founded by his Majesty's most noble progenitors, Kings of this realm, and in respect thereof, his Majesty is lawful and rightful patron of all and every of the same," &c. &c. BISHOP'S OATH ON DOING HOMAGE. , " I - Bishop of - will be faithful and true, and faith and truth will lead unto you, our Sovereign Lady, and your Heirs, Kings of the United Kin g d om o f G reat Britain and Ireland, and I will do, and fully acknowledge the services of the lands which I now claim to hold of you, as in right of the Church. So help me God." I am, Sir, yours &C., WITNESS. Ilfracombe, Nov. 12, 1845. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. yonr paper of Saturday last I observe a letter from Sherborne terming the report of the railway meet ing ,held at Weymouth on the 17th instant, a part of which appeared in your journal the following day, as in complete and inaccurate, inasmuch as Sir John Audrey is named as a Director of the Great Western Company instead of the Weymouth, Somerset, and Wilts Company, and that Mr. Eliot is described as taking the opportunity of informing the gentlemen of the Great Western Com pany of the dissatisfaction, &c., instead of the gentlemen of the Weymouth, Somerset, and Wilts Railway Com pany ; and further, Mr. Bt unel is made to say that the engagements of the Great Western are very numerous. So they are, I doubt not ; but Mr. Brunel did not tell the meeting so. And Mr. Hopkins said nothing about the Great Western monopolising the whole of the south coast, nor is it evident how they can monopolise the coast at all by an internal line. In reply, allow me to ob serve that it is immaterial whether in the delay of the construction of the works at Weymouth the complaint is directed to the Great Western Company, or the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Company, as, virtually, they are one and the same company. The Great Western Company having been the originators of the line, car ried it through Parliament, and have since leased it to themselves in perpetuity. Mr. Brunel did tell the meet ing that the engagements of the Great Western were numerous, and that those engagements would not cease until after the 30th November, and words to that effect are attributed to him in the report of the meeting which ap peared in the Dorset County Chronicle (a copy of which I forward you). And, lastly, as regards Mr. Hopkins, I copy an extract from his speech as reported in the before mentioned paper, where, in speaking of the two competing lines, Weymouth to Exeter coastwise, and Bridport to Exeter, with branches to the coast, he says, " Was it to be endured that the Great Western should have the monopoly of the country, and that 1.0 indepen dent Company should carry out a line however its supe rior merits might recommend it ?" I admit that my report is incomplete, as, had I sent a verbatim one, it would have occupied an entire page of The Sun. It is though substantially correct. I should have been at a loss to understand why your cot respondent had so trifled with: the columns of your paper had I not good reason to believe that he had an engagement from a morning paper, and was annoyed at being forestalled by the report first appearing in The Sun.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Weymouth, Nov. 24, 1845. YOUR REPORTER. ACCIDENT AT THE OPENING OF THE BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY.—The Brighton and Chichester Railway was opened yesterday (Monday) as far as Worthing, General Pasley having certified that the line, although only one set of rails is as yet laid down between Shoreham and Worthing, is fit for traffic. The first three trains from Brighton, and the first two from Worthing, went ' through, carrying a considerable number of passengers ; but the third train from Worthing, which starts fifty -five minutes after twelve o'clock, on arriving at Lanieng, within a short distance of the residence of the late Sir Thomas Lloyd, Bart., met with an accident which intteirn rupted the traffic for the rest of the day. At the sio question two horses wers drawing a train rat f her earth waggons on a temporary line of rails, or r permanent rails which are laid down for about the this locality; and the driver neglecting a h t a h lf a o tn i ile tl in e started off into the permanent line r J pre caution of holding the leading horses k i y l t s l t i o e .u hr t id e l s e, t t h h e e animal engine was coming up, and the tender, which clran over it. The tender a (rails just i s n advance of the the horse when engine, knocked down the horse was capsized off the rails,' but remained on one of the rails engine was also thrown over and falling over be tween the front and hind wl:eels, killed it on the spat. The Fortunately, the pace of the so as to obstruct the passage. fur two hours, train being slow, none of the passengers . were injured; but in consequence of the accident they detainedwere when they were removed to another train and p roceeded to B r i g hton. All subsequent trains were more or l ess d e l ayed, the whole of the afternoon being employed in an endeavour to get the engine and tender righted. The driver of the horses was taken into custody and handcuffed. NEW ZEALAND.—lntelligence from Cook's Straits, to the 17th May, came to hand yesterday. There had been no outbreak, but it is clear there will be one as soon as the Government attempt to remove the natives from the valley of the Hutt, which has been three times paid for. Raupahara, one of the chiefs concerned in the Wairau massacre, and to whom the money was paid fur this land 14y Governor Fitz roy, had been to the Hutt to endeavour to persuade the na tives to leave, but they treated him with perfect contempt. The Government must either give up New Zealand or force the natives from this land, which has been so dearly paid for; and whenever they attempt to give the settlers posses sion, then will the scenes of the north be re-enacted in the south.—Sydney Morning Herald, June 19. Earl Ducie has consented to take the chair at the Anti Corn -law meeting, to be held in the public rooms, Broadmead, Bristol, on Friday, the sth of December. Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and Milner Gibson, 111.P.5., will be present on the occasion. Mr. C. Villiers, M.P., is also ex pected.---Bath Journal. REPLY OF THE DIRECTORS TO THE DEPUTATION. In compliance with the arrangement made last night at the meeting, the gentlemen forming the deputation waited upon the Directors of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company, who received them courteously, and after deliberation verbally stated that they had unanimously resolved as follows :—" That the board will furnish the deputation with a list of the Shareholders, and act on the decision of a majority whether to carry on or break it up, if they legally have power to do so." A written answer was requested, but in the absence of their solicitor declined. I hnva received a letter from Mr. Wells, solicitor, since the meeting last night, stating that the Gainsborough, Newark, and Nottingham line is not abandoned, nor in tended to be, and that everything connected with the surveys and levels is going on, that plans may be depo sited with the clerk of the peace. NOTTINGHAM MINERAL. NOTTINGHAM, SATURDAY.—A public meeting of the acting Committee and Shareholders in the Nottingham Mineral was held in the Exchange-room, on Thursday evening last, and was attended by many of the gentlemen and principal manufacturers in the town, amongst whom were Messrs. A. Wells, Sewell, S. Parsons, G. Sparrow, J. Walker, Cowen, Duclos, Nunn, Felkin, W. Taylor, Plant, Dr. Watts, Cort, Cripps, &c. Mr. T. HERBERT, mayor, took the chair, and stated that the object of the project was the establishment of a mineral line from Nottingham to the coal country at some miles distant. The Nottingham Mineral was a plan fraught with as much importance as a water or a gas company, and would be found to confer an equal benefit both upon the Shareholders and the town. From the lowest computation that had been made, there was no doubt that coals would be brought to Nottingham at such a rate as would make them two sh:llings per ton cheaper to the consumer, and the profits derived would be such as would enable the Company to pay 10 per cent. interest to the Shareholders upon the capital in vested ; thus a benefit would be derived by individuals, and a general benefit would be conferred upon the com munity. _ _ Mr. FELKIN, merchant, said they were now on the eve of laying before Parliament the plans they bad prepared ; and before any great expense was incurred, it was right they should show the plans to the various supporters of the undertaking. The line commenced at Burton Leys, and passed under a portion of the Fo rest Hill by a tunnel. From the crossing at Hyson Green-road there would be two short branches, one leading to within a hundred and fifty yards of the Ce metry, at New Radford, up which carriages would be drawn by a stationary engine and a rope—this would supply New Radford, Old Radford, Old Lenton, and the neighbourhood of the park and that elevated part of the town, with coal and other minerals and the other PROJECTED RAILWAYS. Notices that application is intended to be made to Parlia ment, in the ensuing session, on behalf of the undermen tioned schemes, appeared in the Gazette of last night : Norfolk Railway—Thetford and Newmarket branch. Staines and Henley. Leeds and Bradford (amendment). Swansea and Loughor. Wilts and Gloucester Junction. Grand Junction Extension. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal—Shrewsbury to Stafford (Canal line). Eastern Counties, Barking, and Thames Junction Railway, and Coal and Coasting Dock. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company (Newtown to Crewe). Louth and Gainsborough Direct. Midland Railway —Erewask Valley branches. Nottingham and Erevrash Valley. London and Blackwall—Extension branches. South Midland branches. East Derebam and Norwich. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction. North of Norfolk. Great Kent Atmospheric. Oxford and West Drayton (Great Western Junction). Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Oldham, &c., branches). Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Cooper bridge branch and Huddersfield Diversion). Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction. Manchester (or Ardwick) and Saddleworth, with branches. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halsted. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company—Shrews bury and Stafford. West Bromwich and Shrewsbury, and branches. Poole and Great Canford (Southampton and Dorchester junction). Cornwall Railways. North Staffordshire Railway—Liverpool Extension. North Staffordshire Railway—Main line through the Pottery District. North Staffordshire Railway—Chumet Valley Line. London and South-Western—Wootton, Sutton, Bingham, and Yeovil branches. Bristol and English Channels Connexion. Welsh Midland Continuation from Carmarthen to Car digan. London and York (Great Northern) Railway—Stamford and Spalding Branch. Rugby and Huntingdon Junction. London and York (Great Northern) Railway—Wakefield and Leeds Branch. Welsh Midland Extension Railway—Kidderminster to Birmingham. Welsh Midland Extension Railway—Leominster to Stour port and Kidderminster. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire. Leicester and Bedford. Gloucester and Hereford Canal and Worcester Railway (in connexion with the Welsh Midland.) Radnorshire, Aberystwith, and Welsh Midland Junction. Welsh Midland. Brecon and Merthyr Junction (in connexion with the Welsh Midland.) Avon and Severn Valley Railway. London and Croydon (amendment). Leeds and Bradford (amendment). Shropshire Mineral Railway. Eastern Union—Norwich Extension. St. Albans, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction. Truro and St. Agnes. Manchester aid Hyde. Wakefield, Ossett, and Dewsbury, Direct and Atmo spheric. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (amendment). Leeds and Bradford Extension. Midland Railway Extensions—Swinton to Lincoln. London and York—(notice to re-introduce the Bill). Boston, Grantham, Leicester, and Midland Counties Junc tion. Wisbech and Fletton. Whitby, Pickering, Thirsk, and Great North of England Junction. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (amendment). Norfolk Railway Extensions. Nottingham and Gainsborough. Syston and Peterborough—Branch to Rugby. East Lincolnshire. Great North of England Railway (purchase). Midland and Leeds and Bradford Railways. Lancaster and Carlisle—Orton and Newcastle-on-Tyne branch. Northamrton, Banbury, and Cheltenham. Great Bolton and Garston (Lancashire). Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction. Bristol and South Wales Junction. Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction. Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool. BOSTON RAlLWAYS. — Municipal Corporations are doing, at last, what a few years ago it would have been thought infra dig. to have attempted. They find that rail. ways will come within their locality, an d they are taking mea sures to turn this to account. The Corporation of Bos ton have formally resolved, that " in consequenc e of several R ai l wa y Companies having given notice of their intention to have their stations and shipping quays for Boston out of the town, whereby the trade would be seriously inconve nienced, as well as the property in the town greatly depre ciated in value; this Council feels called upon t o p ro t ec t th e i n h a bitants as much as possible against such .injuries; and are, therefore, resolved to oppose in Parliament all such Companies as shall determine on having their stations out of the town."—The only Company which will actually run into Boston, (its terminus being at Doughty Quay, in the heart of the town,) is the Boston, Grantham, Leicester, and 11 0 1 tii).laarnlidamCoenutntnieesxttnscs= Railway Company, which goes THE BOOTY TAKEN IN SINDE.—We understand that a grant has been made to the captors of the booty taken in Sinde by the troops under Major-General Sir Charles Na pier in February and March, 1843. The amount of bullion and treasure is stated at upwards of 400,000l.,—what the value of jewels, &c., may be is not known, but they will pro bably realise 100,000/, so that not less than halt a million sterling will fall to be divided among the captors. To the troops who were stationed in Siude at the time of the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad, but who were not actually . pre sent at those battles, a specific portion (we believe one sixth) is allotted. The residue is given to the forces engaged in the battles, after deducting what they have already received under the head of extra batta on this account. 'the stamp duty paid into the Bank of England on account of the bul lion and treasure amounts to upwards of 21,0001.—Allens's Indian Mail. AN UNPRONOUNCEABLE NAME.--A Scotchman, named Alexander Finney, drowned himself in Coneyocketies Creek, near Buffalo, on the 12th inst., while in a state of in sanity. If lie had tried to pronounce the name of the creek it would have answered his purpose quite as well, by choking him.—Bostan Bee. YORK, NOT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Ber wick, 9%—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 21. Ms.—Lon don and York, WA—Grand Union, 9s. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2% p.—Welsh Midland, 2%. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Drury version of Le Diable a Quati e was pro duced here last evening, and Mr. Bunn has very judici ously restored to it its old English title of The Devil to Pay. Every playgoer knows the plot of that excellent old farce, and there is a great deal in knowing the plot of a ballet beforehand, in not having the attention dis tracted from the dancing by the endeavour, in nine in stances out of ten, the fruitless endeavour, to unravel the story. Many an unsuccessful ballet might have had a long run, if the management had had the precau tion to circulate a programme of the plot beforehand. Hence it is that all ballets founded on known stories are invariably successful. This is by far the most splendid version of this very popular ballet that has yet been pro duced in this country, and it will be long memorable in chcerographic annals for having introduced to an English audience Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri, who, if we mistake not, is destined to hold not only the highest rank in her profession, but to be considered as the founder of a new school of dancing. Her figure is a model for a sculptor, her features are regular and beautiful, not with the mere beauty of form, but with that beauty which is so rarely found com bined with regularity of features, the beauty of ex pression. These gifts of nature have been brought to the highest perfection by art; to the joyous abandon of the style of Cerito she adds the neatness of execution, the graceful force, the artistical finish of Fanny Ellsler. She sustained the character of Mazourka, the Basket maker's wife, and not only was her dancing of the highest order • of chcerographic excel lence, but her acting was delightful. Nothing could exceed the rich humour of her paysanne grande dame in the second act, when she awakes and finds herself a countess. Her opening pas, too, with W. H. Payne, was very fine, but the triumph of the evering was the grand pas de deux in the second act, with Monsieur Bretin (a new engagement and first-rate dancer). Her tours de force in this pas were perfectly marvellous; but everything was done with such exquisite grace, such refined taste, all was so artistically classical, that it was only on considering what had been accomplished that the spectator could become aware of the great power which must have been necessarily excited, and of the consummate art by which the fact of the exertion of that power had been concealed. The engagement of Flora Fabbri will turn out one of the greatest hits that Mr. Bunn has yet made. She was admirably supported by Mademoiselle Julie Dabas (also a new engagement), a very pretty girl and an exquisite dancer, and Madame Petit Stephan, who acted the part of the Countess, and whom we are glad to see again re• visiting the scene of her former triumphs. The " taming of the shrew " scene was admirably given by this lady and W. 11. Payne, who, as the basket-maker, was excessively humoureus. Wie land, who was the dancing- waster, elicited roars of laughter by his exceeding quaintness. The piece is superbly got up, the costumes are gorgeous, and ttie scenery is exceedingly beautiful. The last scene, more especially, is a miracle of splendour. The grouping of the sylphides in this scene was one of the most beautiful tableaux ever seen. It is needless to say that the piece was pre-eminently successful. It was re ceived with the most rapturous applause by one of the most crowded houses ever assembled within the walls of old Di ury, and itis destined to a long and lasting popu larity. The principal dancers were honoured with the usual ovation at the fall of the curtain. It was preceded by Wallace's opera of _Vas itana, which seems increasing niehtly in attaction. The house was crowded to suffo cation from the commencement of the performances, and the audience was most attentive to the delighful music of this opera, which should certainly be heard twice to be properly appreciated. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS. A pleasant one act drollery, it might almost be called a monopolylogue, was produced here last evening, un der the title of Le Serment de College, of which Lafont in the hero. Le Serment de College is an oath taken by two German collegians to share their fortunes tokether for the future, but, on leaving the college, the youths are, of course, separated by the world. One of them (M. Lafont) turns out a thorough mauvais sujet, and, after various disgraces, turns strolling player, and strolls over the world, meeting with various piquant adventures in the course of his wanderings. Having returned from Batavia to Germany sans six sous mail aussi sans sougi, he offers his services to a German Prince to manage the Court Theatre. Judge of his sur prise on recognising in the Prime Minister of that Prince his old college friend—the man of the oath. To the utter dismay of the Premier, who is the very beau ideal of a Premier, as far as decency and decorum are concerned, our scape-grace demands the fulfilment of the oath, and requires a share in the premiership, or, at all events, a seat in the Cabinet. Now the German Premier does not exactly ily " that there Are three courses open to him," although it is evident that there are, and that he may either banish him from the dominions of the Prince by force, or endeavour to induce him to leave by a bribe, or, lastly, give him what he desires, a seat in the Cabinet. The Premier would fain take time to deliberate, but the man of action gives him no time. It is of importance to the interests of the Premier's Sovereign to obtain a treaty from Baden. This the Baden ambassador refuses to sign. The actor-diplomatist recognises in the wife of the Baden Minister an old playfellow—has an interview with her, and it is only when she puts the treaty signed by her husband into his hands that this prince of managers and manager of princes consents to remember to forget her. There can be no objection to take so skilful a diplomatist into the Ministry, and ac cordingly he is hailed by his college friend as " his right honourable colleague." The acting of Lafont was admirable. Nothing could exceed the perfect gentle manly ease of his impudence and the coolness of his as surance. Le Sermel was preceded by Ca6erine au la Croix d' Or, in which Lafont appeared in his old character of the sergeant, a fine piece of rough and truthful acting. He was most efficiently supported by the pretty Made moiselle St. Marc, who as Catherine was most interest ing. The house was well and fashionably attended. Ssnious RonnEur.—During the hours of church service on Sunday evening last, the house of the widow Wrightson, who carries on the watch and clockmaking busi ness, at Walham-green, Fulham, was broken open and robbed of the following valuable articles :—A silver hunting watch, maker's name, "Geo. Allen, London , No. 2 , 9 90 ;" silver ditto, " Bird, London ;" ditto, "Wm. King, London, No. 99,398 ;" ditto, "Geo. Graydenf Dublin, No. 12,598 ;" ditto, " J. Morland, London, No. 121 ;" silver double-bottom watch, without name or number; ditto, No. 122, maker's name un known, "1. C." engraved on the inside case ; metal watch, the name unknown, but it is supposed to have been made in Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square; silver watch, name un known—" George Moore" engraved on the out side case ; three empty silver watch cases, and an empty hunting-case, with glass in the centre ; and a pair of silver spectacles. A young man named Yates, who resides in the neighbourhood, and who was observed loitering about the house at the moment Mrs. Wrightson quitted the premises on her way to church, has been apprehended,and held in custody until-Friday, when he will be examined before the magistrates at Hammersmith. WILL OF LADY HOLLAND. — The statement which first appeared in the Observer, and was from thence copied into several other newspapers relative to Lady Holland's be quest to Lord John Russell, is incorrect. The facts are these Ladyship has left her Brixton property (the value of which is estimated at about 1,500/. a-year to Lerd John Russell for his life. At his death 5001. per annum out of the same property is to be paid to his Lordship's children, the remainder reverting to the offspring of her Ladyship's daughter, the present Lady Lilford. We understand that her Ladyship's other children and grand children are very slightly remembered, if at all. Her page comes in for an an nuity of 150/. a-year, in addition to 50/. per annum left by the late Lord Holland to the same individual, and all the mem bers of her Ladyship's establishment ate more or less pro vided for. Mr. Metcalfe Babington, her Ladyship's medical attendant. receives a legacy of 1,5001. and annuity of 501. To Mr. Macaulay her Ladyship bequeaths a legacy of 100/. ; to Mr. Luttrell, one of 300/. ; and smaller sums to many of her personal friends. A picture in Holland House is left to the Queen, " if her Majesty will deign to accept it ;" and the Hon. W. Cowper receives her Ladyship's collection of " 11. B." caricatures.—Post. SIR CIIARTETNAI'IER.—The Town Council of Edinburgh, at their weekly meeting on Tuesday last, on the motion of the Lord Provost, unanimously voted the freedom of the city to Sir Charles Napier, who, it seems, is at pre sent on a visit to the Scottish metropolis. Scotel4 Reformers' Gazette. RECEIPT STAMPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am induced to solicit the indulgence of a corner in your extensively circulat e d j ourna l , i n refer ence to stamp receipts. Having resided some years in the metropolis, my avo cation has afforded me ample opportunities of witness ing the wholesale manner in which an important branch of the revenue is defeated and evaded, by the almost universal practice of traders and merchants in the City giving mere simple acknowledgments, (frequently in a book kept generally for the purpose by commercial houses) thus avoiding stamps ; and, indeed, receipt stamps are rarely considered necessary by a very large number of houses of business. The Government cannot be aware of the immense ex tent of this illegal practice, if so, the official authorities connected with this particular department of the revenue (who, I believe are pretty well paid by the country for their services) must treat the matter with impunity. If other branches in their public capacity, as the Customs f,,r instance in cases of smuggling, are so exact in re quiring, und er h eav y pena l t i es, th strict letter of the law, ought not this lucrative department to be equally vigilant ? I would humbly submit for the consideration of the Legislature, that a uniform penny receipt stamp be made compellable, and the only legal discharge for all amounts above a certain fixed sum ; and I firmly believe such an enactment would prove of equal advantage to the revenue, as I am quite confident that under the pre sent system many hundreds of thousands, yea, millions of pounds sterling, are annually paid without a stamp ; whereas, by a uniform compulsory Act, as suggested, no one, would think of paying or receiving mosey with out the stamp, and books of such stamps would then be universally kept by every house of business, and be also i❑ general requm at private houses. In connexion with this interesting subject, I beg leave to name the heavy duties on fire insurance policies, so detrimental, by preventkg many, who would otherwise avail themselves of the advantages of these provident institutions. I sugg, st these brief considerations during the Perlis mentlry recess, and if deemed worthy of publicity, I hope the nation will thereby derive relief and advantage from the next Ministerial Budget. Trusting you will excuse the length of my remarks, allow me to remain, Mr. Editor, very respectfully yours, A COMMERCIAL MAN. Brighton, Nov. 24th, 1845. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg left the Castle at twenty minutes past nine o'clock this morning, en route per Great Western Railway to the Bricklayers' Arms station, via South Eastern Railway, to Folkestone for Boulogne. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Madame Angelet and Baron de Wan gun heirn. Her Majesty and Prince Albert accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, took leave of their illustrious visitors at the door of the principal entrance. There were also present, Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting, Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux, Maids of Honour, Viscount Ilawarden, Lord in Waiting, Captain the Hon. A. buncombe, Groom in Waiting, Lord Charles Wel lesley, Clerk Marshal, Colonel Bowles, Master of the Hausehold, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Equerry in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent. Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, at • tended the Prince and Princess to the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal Family were all taken their accustomed airings in the forenoon; and the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken for riding and walking exercise in the afternoon. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit. Lord Portman took his departure this morning. There was no addition to the royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Sunday, Yesterday morning the Royal Duke, attended by Baron Knese beck, left town for Paultons, to honour Mr. Sloane Stanley with a visit A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Manchester, Mr. Mark Philips, M.P., Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P. Mr. Alderman Kay, Mr. Robert Hyde Grey, and th• Town Clerk of Manchester, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing -street. Lord Granville Somerset (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) arrived in town yesterday from the Con tinent. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee-meeting yesterday. There VI eco present the Bishop of London, the; Bishop of Ely, and the Earl of Devon. Lord Starley arrived in town yesterday evening, from Knowesley Hall, Lancashire. Lord \Marnelifre has returned to town from St Leonard's. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of Hong Kong. Despatches were received Lt the Colonial-office from tide Governors of New South Wales, and South Aus tralia. A. HEAVY BLOW AND SCPRE DISCOURAGEMENT. - When Dr. Chalmers and his now so-called " Free" adherents ruled the roast in Glasgow some ten or fifteen years ago, nothing would satisfy them but to build no fewer than twenty additional churches in this city and neighbourhood, ostensibly "to excavate the heathen," so they said, but in reality to smother the Voluntaries, then denominated " the vermin." Their love for the Church of Scotland in those days knew no bounds. It never en tered into their noddles that they would play any reel of Bogie against her in any Canonmills-hall, far less that they would dash any of her " wee bit endoomenties" away from them fur ever. No such " Disruption" was ever contemplated by them at the period we speak a And so they testified, affirmed, and declared in the most solemn manner, both verbally and in writing, both in pulpit and in hall; both in civil and ecclesiastical courts and records, that those twenty Churches were to be built and to remain in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland, absolutely and unconditionally, in all time coming. " Retract ! no—not a hair's-breadth !" Very well. The " Disruption" came. The " reel of Bogie;' sure enough, was played out, in a state of feverish ex citement to many, and to the grief and regret and dis may of others. led into the free vortex without rhyme or reason, and occasioning sobs and tears yet unknown amongst other innocent parties, ruined or victimised thereby, all through the instrumentality of a few stub born, vain-glorious ecclesiastics, who wished to become little Popes in this kingdom, above the sovereignty of the law, which rules all other denominations of man kind. And when these parties, after all their cantripa, saw that they could not sweep the establishment (in which they themselves had so long nestled) from the face of the earth, they then tried, by process of law—yes, by process of law—which they formerly contemned, as witness their own conduct in the ever memorable Auch terardy case, they tried—and we cannot too often repeat, because it signally expose's their own folly and most glaring inconsistency ; they tried, by process of law, in other words, by a good, thumping Court of Session law plea, to sever the connection between these twenty churches and the Establishment, to roup them, yea, to sell them, and to divide the free residue or proceeds thereof amongst themselves. This was certainly a new process fur " excavating the heathen," on their own professed original principles. But the law of the land keeps people to their own engagements, voluntarily and solemnly undertaken by them ; and it is well that it is so, otherwise this would be a miserable world for schis matics of various kinds. The law of the land preserves social rule, established order, and constituted rights ; and, acting on these principles, it has just turned the " free," and we presume we must call them the very pious, pursuers out of court. It has told them that they cannot sell these churches and divide the proceed* amongst themselves. It has told them that they oan not subvert their own declarations, or deface, or alter, or destroy the title deeds to which they became willing parties when in their sound and sober senses ; but they must abide by these through good and evil times, at all hands and against all mortals as law will. The Court of Session, therefore, per Lord Robertson (ordinary), has just dismissed the process of these " free- and-easy" pursuers, and found them liable to their Erastian oppo nrightentspirnincailpl leexwirsreesj oice An a d t t e h v i e s ry , an m d an s o ay f s t r a s t e th an ey d havejust been served right. Bnt what a noise we shall hear about it in the " free organs ! They will try to bamboozle their " fre e " ad herents, or to mystify the matter with the usual cant about the headship, and the Erastian thraldom, or other things of that sort, so rife of late in this " free be nighted land. But common sense and calm reflection should tell them that theyhayseo,fohuegrhet waendqudlesteloymlefiatevde with their own weapons ; and them for the present.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette. STATE OF TRADE.--Trade continues in a flourish ing condition, nearly every manufactory being in full work. Although this briskness is pretty general, yet a slight de pression has taken place in some branches, particularly in the button and fancy glass line, where some of the people are put on short time. The building trade has not been so good for several years ; journeymen can scarcely be obtained. —Birmingham Pilot. BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF 1 LADY BY MElt HUSBAND AND SON.-At the Petty Sessions at Carrick fergus on Wednesday, Mr. Richard Battersby and the Rev. John C. Battersby were called upon to answer the charge of Mrs. Battersby, for having committed a series of assaults upon her during six years past. The complainant was wife of the former, and mother of the latter of the defendants. Mr. Davison appeared on behalf of Mrs. Battersby, and, from his statement of the case, it appeared that his client had been subjected to numerous indignities, and though she had brought her husband a fortune of 4,0001, she was all lowed little more than the necessaries, and few of the com forts of life. The round of her ordinary duties was, for a long period, more those of a domestic servant than of his wife • besides which, she had sustained, several times , severe bodily injury from assaults made upon her by her son, with the connivance of her husband. Witnesses were called to substantiate these allegations. Mr. Jackson appeared for the defendants, and after lie had called witnesses, the ease • was left for the decision of the bench, which was given as follows ;—Mr. Richard ißacth, o Battersby, n default, , i au d dt a h u„ the Rev. rtnnedßafot; tersby, to be fined two months, and to give security, themselves in 500 i. sack, and two sureties in 250/., to be of t h e peace towards Mrs. Batterby.—Banner rf Ulster. TIIE POTATO DISEASE.--A communication from the Poor-law Commissioners was laid before the Hertford Board of Guardians at their last sitting, authorising them to employ the poor in the workhouse in extracting the flour or starch from diseased potatoes, free of expense to any poor person who should send them to the house for that pu —Chelmsford Chronicle. ':----