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MA NCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT 1 B&ILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. .Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,700,0001., In 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. eaovnnoecee COMMITTER. The lion. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andl Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park I a Joan Westerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker a: Pr John Pine, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di- ne rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com- Darcy 2 >7, William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of 2' London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff far es Pants *' James Henry Attwood , Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square Nit g .4 eloorge Adam, Esq.. White Lion-court, Cornhill jean reagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern -a Railway lorseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng land Junction William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street _ a Capt. George Prabyn, Bryansten-square Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of En,g- 4 lee-1.1 Railway Ican. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of g London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex Tae Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square &lir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square far Henry Richardson, Classiii House, Southampton 311 William Wynne, 6, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Ch iirrnan of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London telr John Hare, Langham-place Tae Mayor of Newbury, Director • the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway de la Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office 7 he Res% J. Harvey Ast worth, Nec bury Y. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall tunnel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich lames Atty, Esq., Rugby James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester Fleury Barlow, Esq., Rightleld, iltockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of tae Chester and Man 'Lester Direct Railway Ewe Beaver, Esq., Manchester Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company tleataas Browne, Esq., Bedford Cispiedu Burney, Gosport It Ilßean Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Drittate, Esq., Sheffield Charlee Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Vreetor of the North Wales Railway Thames Brittain, Esq., Manchester George Burnam!, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde Park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director' of the North Wales Mineral Railway lamb Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London W. R. Boyce, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and West of England Railway ?leery Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zoneh Siebert Br well, Esq., Upper Thames-street William ley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field mad Manehester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West ern Railway George Berrett, Esq., Southampton Lleateneat-Colonel Bs/Priem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Weary Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane, London H. Barney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Resell, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louts Sitekland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood Robert Boman, Esq., Donnington House, Stara-on-the-Wold, Glow matenhire W. Bailey, Esq., Weelverhaeripton Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor meter and Oxford Railway P. F. Cloesman, Esq., Mincing-lane Jolla Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director at the DEMON and Cornwall Railway a. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London -bridge Shlward Chapman, Eeq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradook, Esq., Leicester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direst Western Railway Peewits Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square :elm Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir mingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square G. Coleuhoen, Esq., Weimer Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway lames Consterdine, Esq., Manchester ,70116 1 , b Craig, Esq., Queen -square, Bloomsbury Wesel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Deyitre , Esq.. 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Richard Dyatt, Esq. ' Froeford John Aleock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Copt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight IL S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and &Colt Railway P. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon Irtillem Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square /*ha Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great Western Railway Firmstone, Esq., of Highfields, Wolverhampton George Firrnstone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stoarbridge W. I. Gray, Esq., Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds E. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryaestone -square William Gibb, Esq. Manchester Jean Gould, Esq., Esq., Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire leas:met Rainer., Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford shire Railways Joseph Ropgood, Eeq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Hornby, Esq.,Blackbrirn 9•erge Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield' John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq., Manchester Jelin Haddon. Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail way Company Joseph Haden, Esq., iron master, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway W. Sledges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Ryde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lou den Railway Company Sohn Ramming, Req., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway 2'. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. H. Moon, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway Getwe Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D.. Sheffield /OM Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West elf England Railway Millar Jenkinson, Esq., Marlborough-square. Salford labiarge Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol Y. Clarke Kimball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq.. Gloucester-read, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway Jean Enid, Eeq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Nelson, Esq. Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway IL. W. King, Esq., Amblicote Hall, Stourbridge Edward Lemon, Esq., Southampton William Leehmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway Remy Legere!. Esq., Wood-street Jolla Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich mend Railway James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester Joseph Limiter, Esq.. Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company Captain J. H Leckie, Richmond, Surrey Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq. 25, Hyde Park-square , Director of the Tring , Reading, and litanstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park Mille, Esq., Newbury Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines Jolla Maileson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the great Indian Peninsular Railway W. Moline, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Mariam Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington R. F. Mushet. Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford John Marsball, Esq., Hornforth Hall, neat Leeds, late May or o f Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Markland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester James Marshall, Esq., Brlnnuigton Mount, Stockport Robert Millington, .Esq., Ordsall House, Retford,Nottinghamskire G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas al`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street William Nash, Eon., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the Tort and Carlisle Railway atoms Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental ataam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Matt ahieter Direct Railway P. ()Weald, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver pool Railway *sorra Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsiey Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Eeq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di reetor of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent Railway Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard N. Philippe, Esq. She ffi eld John Perk!, Esq., WolYeihampton Rickard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby At. primes, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company, Southamoton Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director or toe Whitenaveu auti Farness Railway !'bathes Phillips, Esq., Cam He berwell, Surrey John Thomas Price, Esq., ald Grove, 'William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Itteherd Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George Bougemont, Esq. 9, Chester-terrace, Rege nt's Park, Director of Me North Lonion junction Railway Tboulas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq. Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq.:Bloomfield-road, Maids Hill ILivaley Sager, Esq.. Dail Grove, Collie, Yorkshire zairel Sangster, Eel:, Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com pany Melor Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director of the East and `West of England Junction ernes Shaw, Peg Salford "lin 814 `"tu'InHarewood Lodge, Cheshire Bvtlfamn eidebottom,,ieq., Etheron-house, Cheshire Davie alltaer Eeq. , tan, Rhodes, near Manchester Amend Bloconk ck , 'Eq., Newbury ttristapber ithepliat,l" I.lXesqw.b,4ryßristol, .Glo p rea st, te t r i, See , Devon , xstqh,.Director of the Bristol and . aid and Cornwall Railway Companies Railway L y near Halifax, ‘‘,": t i,,, th P "% l u a . e n ! m t eed sq . s r. T)irect e ;t ' Director of the Li e'. Bridge Simpson; y, "entrY Walter Shei - 're — , Esa., Z.lisreiei-pguatrdChaens,trmanilydePofarthke Richmond Railway John Stewart , Esq.,lll.P. for lo'ralettlon. Director of the E as t and Wert of England Railway T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield Dorado Sm4h, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester W. TebbuttrEsq., Manchester Director of th e Joseph Thompson, Eeq., John-street, Bedford-row, London and Brighton R T: otnas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. Tinker, Eeq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire Matthew retell!, Eeq., 62, King William-street, Director of the Len. tits snit South Western Railway Charles B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas YarleY , Ern., Shorsten Hall, Melton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director Of the Richmond Railway Baillamln Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay Jan Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield Fire and Life Insurance Company Ge. , rge Whitmore , Esq. , A ustin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North Kent Railway ale ma* Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the !Yarmouth and Waverley alley Railway 1)1 , 11.1 Watney, Req. distiller, Wandsworth, Surrey W. F. Wonnington, Esq. Walsall With Wlllock, Esq., Bir mingham V. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol A. E. Wylie. Esq., Liverpool alLotral ,H. Wave% Esq., = Halifax Yfaluo FaganShD. Oar WorksoP Paul Ferdinand WiHart, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Man chester Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford House, Stretford' Alderman of Manchester, and Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton John Woodcock, Esq., banker, The Elms, Wigan, Director Of the Liverpool and Bury Railway John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapson, Northamptonshire George Turner, Esq., Minton Hill, Director of the South Stafford, Oxford, and Southampton Railways William Halliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Di rector of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway Captain James Johnston, R.N., Director of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire Potteries Railway Char:es Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Diretor of the Great Leeds and London Railway Williams Banks, Esq., Roney-lane Market, Director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London Charles Higgins, Esq., Bedford, Director of the Manchester, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, Ingham Grange, Leicestershire John Gardner, Esq., Southampton, Provisional Director ,of the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway Edward Wadd'iove, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways Edward Welch, Esq., Leamington Provisional Directors of William Hunter, Eeq., Leamington the Rugby, Warwick, Captain George James Hunter, Leamington and Worcester Rail- J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington way Jarues Weld, Esq., Archers Lake, Southampton Charles Greatrex, Esq., J.P., Walsall William Halcomb, Esq., Poulton House, Marlborough Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway R. A. Thicknesse, Esq., Beech Hill, Wigan George Hunt, Esq., Southampton Pierce Bevan, Esq.., Frickleton Hall, near Wigan John Lamprey, Esq., Marchwood, Southampton Major-General Smith, Rugby James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight-abbey, near Manchester Joseph Brook Esq, Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds and Newbury Railway (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. liasterman and Co., London. The Union Bank, Manchester ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF. ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstono Baker, Esq.. C.E. SOLICITORS. John Bethel], Esq., King William-street, London. Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Higson and Robins, Manchester That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is now fUlly admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be adopted ? The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be constructed being only 78, instead of 170 to 180 miles. A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby toMacelesfleld, as an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,000/. judiciously applied in thepresent perfe,cted state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater real economy, both to the Company itself in the saving effected in the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance, to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to Manchester. _ . Those considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by ether parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country, obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company. The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects, in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported in the House by very influential parties. Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by which additonal lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon don on the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for. This line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route, and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company. The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek. The Company has made arrangements with the North London Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost mportance to this line. Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded that a line that will attain such important results at so small an outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and without interfering with any existing vested intemts, must meet with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent investment for capital. The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of the shares. The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent. interest in all calls. Application for detailed prospectus, maps, and shares, may be made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 76, King William-street, City, London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Grinle, and Sutton, 22, North side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill; Messrs, Mackenzie and Laurence, 3s, Cornhill ; Messrs. Barclay, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Mr. William Marshall; Messrs. Houghlard and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. 11, Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. I'. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint and Toatal, Hull. Thomas Varley, Eeq., Shorstin Hall, Molten Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest Mill. near Worksop W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Railway (With power to aid to their number). BA'SKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co., London The Union Bank, Manchester SOLICITOR—John Bethel, Esq., 78, King William-street, London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. ENGINEERS. Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, John Belcher, Esq. SECRETARY—A. owllt, Offices of the Company, 28, Mcorgate-street. This Company is formed for making a railway from Liverpool to Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and proceed along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to within a short distance of the Whiston Inclined Plane, and thence branch off in a south-easterly direction, through Warrington, Knutsford, and Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail way), and from thence through Ashbourne to Derby. The whole length of the proposed line will be about sixty-six miles. It will be seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway Will form the shortest route from Liverpool to London and effect a direct chain of communication between Liverpool and Derby, and will thence, by means of the Midlands and other railways, open an unin terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete midland communication between the eastern and western parts of the kingdom and the importantinterrnediate manufacturing districts. The most important feature in this railway is that it forms the shortest road from Liverpool to London. Tile distance by it, with the Manchester and Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only 168 miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the Trent Valley Railway 2004 miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in one instance, and 12% in the other. And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between Liverpool and Darby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles, thus decreasing the distance by any present existing railway, at least 46 miles; an advantage which carries in itself the conviction of the necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to eonnect more immediately two such important towns, especially when these towns are but the foci, as it were, for other railways from still more distant localities, as before adverted to. The distance also from Manchester to Leek (where the proposed railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% miles, making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 56 1 / 2 miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results. But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it will also be the most direct route from Liverpool to London. The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of junc tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man- chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to London 83 miles; thus making the whole distance from Liverpool to London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route. With regard to the traffic and other details connected with the working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication with each other, in order to convince the minds of all that the source of revenue thus derived will be immense. . _ There are no engineering difficulties connected with the forming of the line. __ _ __ _ _ _ The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 4/. per cent. interest on all calls. _ _ FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and lingby Direct Railway Company, via Macclesfield. a aaa I request you will allot to me - shares of 201. each hi the capital of the above-named tawny, and I will accept the same, or any less number and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. _ _ Dated the day of 1645. Name •• Address . • ..... Profession . ..... . • Reference • • • • .. • . . MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and have satisfied the Committee that the country is perfectly practi cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus putting the matter of time and money beyond a doubt. r HE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY JL DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, Tia MACCLESFIELD. A certain portion of the shares in this Company will be apportioned to the Scripholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth Railway Company, and will be allotted among those gentle men who apply, and who produce their scrip between the 3d and 7th day of October next, to the persons named below, when their names and the number of their shares will be entered, and a proportionate number of shares in this Company allotted to them, at 78, King William-street, City ; or, at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; Messrs. Sharp and Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Newbury ; Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, solicitors, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis and Co.,Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. Land, Bristol ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; Mr. Kershaw, Hud dersfield ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax ; Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Manchester. THE MANCHESTER rnd RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD. The Directors have the utmost satisfaction in announcing to the public that their arrangements are approaching completion, and that by the union of this Company with the projected Liverpool and Derby Railway, their scheme is rendered the great Trunk Line of the kingdom, forming beyond all possibility of competition the most direct Line from Liverpool to London, as well as from !Manchester to London, effecting this great object with less injury to important existing Railway interests, than any other scheme that has already been, or is capable of, being projected. THE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY C. No further applications for Shares in O this MPANY Company can be re ceived after MONDAY, the 29th September instant. THE LIVERPOOL an d DERBY RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital 1,500,000/., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. is. per Share. ntOVI9IOI,TAL COMMITTEE.. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and' Birmingham Continuation Railway John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard -street, banker Sir John Phie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-squar e George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Junction William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway Captain George Probyn,Bryanston-square Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng land Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London, The Hon. George Browne, Lovrndes-square, Bolgrave-square Sir Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London Colonel George Diabrowe, Chester-square, London Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport George Bovill, Esq., Miliwall, Poplar John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian Railway Company W. Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield John Churchill, Esq . 4 - Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 24, Endley-street G. Colqnhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and Wales Railway E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway James D. De Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester Samuel 'Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Director of the East and West and Birmingham South Stafford shire Railway James Home, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon don Railway Company William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Leekfield and Birmingham Railway Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway Willis n Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England Railway Jerdine, Esq., Piccadilly Charles Kelaon, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway ' ( t rw ,; R:mi t ialft n iail o mn: t iaj t ,m , ey. E .ltie :q :L . ya , en :t ed , k A ie d , e i l t a i i e d h e m -p o l n ac d e , , S D u i rr rec ey tor of the Richmond Railway J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond n ßlaekheath-park, Deputy Chairman of the G. lngham Continuation Railway Director ßailway of the Manchester and Rugby Direct N .an7'dP(lllaungnb:yED.7l.r.,e' cetitPirmaaiirwiLaa p arliament -street, Director of the Manchester of the Brighton, Lewes , and Hastings Win. Nash E Esq., Director of th e Manchester and Rugby Direct Wm. aU N w ic a h y olson, a y rbury, George il, Esq., Russell-square, Dire c t or of the East and West Ra of England Railway Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehave n and RailwayFurne.as- - Geo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's -park, Director of the North London Junction Railway T. 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Published by John . Neale, 59, High Holborn, and sold by all Booksellers. COURT CIRCULAR. Wntneon, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, took their accustomed early morning walk in the private pleasure grounds around the Castle. On the return of her Majesty and her R,R1 7 4 CONfittrtfrAlß,, , thrjPofrentOlriirslitstitlkg in the royal preserves, attended by the Marquis of Ormonde and Mr. Anson. The Prince returned to the Castle about two o'clock. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual airings this forenoon in the grounds adjoining the Castle on ponies, and for walking exercise. Their Royal Highnesses were taken out on ponies and in a carriage in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Baroness de Spaeth, arrived at her residence, Frogmore House, in a carriage and four this afternoon from town. The Queen and Prince Albert arrived in a pony carriage at Frogmore House after the arrival of the Royal Duchess, to pay a visit to their illustrious relation. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, was in attendance on horseback. In the evening, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Lady in Waiting (the Baroness de Spaeth) dined with her Majesty at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at twelve o'clock yesterday, in a carriage and four, from the Continent. Her Royal Highness left Calais at five o'clock yesterday morning, crossed to Dover in the Princess Alice steam-packet, and from Dover travelled to town via South-Eastern Railway, proceeding to the Bricklayers' Arms station, from whence the Royal Duchess went to Clarence House. Her Royal Highness was attended by Baroness de Spaeth and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Boroness de Spaeth, left Clarence House for Frogmore Lodge. Mr. John Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Postmaster-General had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. We are authorised to state that Mr. James Wet tenhall, the publisher of " Wettenhall's List" for the Stock Exchange Committee, is not the Mr. Wettenhall who was accused a few days ago of having spat upon a Mr. Street,and that the defendant upon that occasion never has had ios now 111 . growing Cowling, a fin e any thing to d o w i t h the publication of that list. EXTRAO RDINARY C ROP OF PEARS.—In the orchard f ofM e a r i o s p ey o li f a r m e p ar to: be,Ginlogutchese second tershire,onthtehree same tree this year. LOSS OF THE HYDERABAD AND CARINGA. PACKET. (From the Calcutta Star of Aug. 7.) We have been favoured with the following extracts from a letter by the captain of the Hyderabad, giving an account of her loss : " We left Sydney on the 3d of May, and had a tedious passage to the edge of the reefs. When within a hundred miles the weather became squally. On the 18th, at day light, saw the reefs from the decks; kept working under easy sail till noon, and found that we had drifted fifty miles to the northward. On the 19th, kept beating about till the 23d, in hopes of regaining our position, but we found ourselves even still set to the northward. I then made up my mind to run through the above passage (the Murray Island one) ; unfor tunately the ship drew too much water, although in Flinder's Chart there is twenty-five fathoms marked where the ship struck, and in Horsburg's Directory it says—' A fine clear passage.' We found no more water on the shoal than fifteen feet ; everything available was thrown overboard ; and a stream anchor carried out to the deepest water. Night coming on, the ladies with some of their luggage were put into the long boat. About seven P.M., during a gust of wind, the ship slipped off the red into deep water. After anchoring, we found the ship began to settle fast down, gain ing on the pumps about two feet per hour. By midnight both pumps were choked. All hands were summoned to the boats where they had been previously placed. At two A.M. all hands being in the boats and fast astern, the ship began to settle fast by the head. About three A.M. the main deck blew up and the mainmast went. The ship then sunk, having her trucks above water. We then steered for the York Islands, being in the track of ships proceeding through the Straits, where we arrived on the 29th, and finally at Booby Island on the 31st, where I made the best arrangements I possibly could, with our scanty stock of provisions, for the long boat to proceed on to Port Essington. On the Ist of June, having embarked 28 persons, and having five pieces of pork, 25 of bread, and 100 gallons of water, I set sail for Es sington, having brought Master Melville andys, Miss Mary Sandys, and their nurse, Mrs. Murphy, in the long boat. We arrived safe on the 6th, and I had the gratification of seeing the remainder of the crew and passengers brought in by the schooner Shamrock on the 7th. As the schooner was not large enough to accommodate the passengers, the com mander thought it better to remain till the Fly surveying ship came in, who will, in all probability, take them back to Sydney." The Shamrock, as we announced, managed to convey some of the passengers to Ceylon, whence they have come on here. The children mentioned above, have arrived safely at Singa pore. Among the horses, it appears that 12 were Govern ment property; the others were on private speculation. As some anxiety prevails in town upon the subject, we give from the Sydney Morning Herald the following item : " The passengers on board the Hyderabad, Robertson, were—Mrs. Betts, three daughters, and son, Mr. J. C. Lyall, Mr. A. Ford, Miss and Master Sandys, Dr. Child, Mrs. Mur phy, Messrs. J. Knowles, John Stewart, James Broderich, G. P. Lynch, James Mason, Christopher Laurel, Colin Munro, David Peacock, Edward Brown, John Stacey, W. Philip, and E. Hall. She exported, among other items-11 horses, J. 14. Bettington ; 9 horses, C. Tbrosby ; 12 horses, A. W. Dallas; 41 horses, John Mackay; 26 horses, Dr. Child ; 4 horses, T. S. Morton ; 3 horses, G. A. Lloyd ; 3 horses, A. C. Brown ; 2 horses, E. Hunt. The Caringa Packet, Chillcott, which was bound for Ceylon, carried Lieut. Blackall, Ensign Bloomfield, Mr. E. Lord, and Mr. Henry Van Deerlin." (From the Madras Atheneum of July 26.) The interest you always take in matters regarding navi gation and the welfare of shipping has induced me to lay be fore you the following particulars of the unfortunate loss of the barque Caringa packet under my command. We sailed from Sydney on the 26th of April, bound for Ceylon and Madras. Nothing of any note occurred until the sth of May, when we passed about twelve miles to the eastward of Wreck Reef ; the wind then veered to the E.N.E., and not being able to clear Alert Reef and other dangers, bore away to pass to the westward. On the 7th of May, at sunset, shortened sail so as to pass through some dangers known by the name of Tregosis's Island, on the Bth at noon passed them in sight, and shaped a course N.W. by W. for Lizard Island off the N.E. coast of New Holland, when at 9.45 P.m. the chief officer, who had the watch on deck, discovered something of an unusual appearance ahead. He called me, but, before I bad time to order the helm to be put hard a-port, the ship struck with a tremendous crash on a reef and stewed broadside on. Immediately found seven feet water in the hold. I ordered the masts to be cut away and the anchors to be let go, for fear the vessel should be driven over the reef and sink in deep water—not being able to descry anything around us, but a foaming sea. I then held a consultation with the passengers and officers, when we decided to remain by the wreck until daylight if possible, the sea now breaking over the ship with tremendous violence. Fortunately the masts had gone clear of the ship without injury to the boats, which we now secured well. Daylight, as you may suppose, was looked for by all on board with the greatest anxiety, when, to our great joy, a small island was discovered not more than half a mile from the ship. The wreck now lying more steady, being well hove up on the reef, ragged a pair of shears and with great difficulty succeeded in getting the boats out without injury ; we then commenced to save what pro visions and water we could get at, and at night all hands went to sleep on the island. At daylight again went to the wreck, and found that during the night the sea had beat violently over her, and her decks and topsides had partly se parated. We managed to procure a few more casks of water, and some spars to construct a raft, our boats being only three in number, and not large, they were not sufficient to carry all hands the different of 1,200 miles before it was likely of come to any place of succour. The raft I constructed was as follows—Four spars, lower yards and top-masts, placed at *al distances, five cross pieces with empty water casks lashed between each cross-piece ; the whole well bolted and lashed; then came four upright stanchions, and a platform laid over all. Lashed on a 100 gallon cask of water and sent all hands on. It appeared to meet our expectations. We then got the boats up on the beach to repair, found the cutter much • damaged, covered her bottom with tarred canvas. Everything now being ready, the day fixed f.mr our departure was the 21st of May. On the morning of this day mustered all hands and allotted them to their respective boats, having a crew of 24 men and the chief officer in charge of the raft. The Lasears refused to proceed ; the Tindal came to me and said they would rather we should proceed in the boats, as they had now suffizient water and provisions for three months, and no doubt by that time we could procure assistance. This opi nion being unanimous, we decided to man the boats, the crews of which were as follows :—Long boat, 3 passengers, second mate and myself in charge, the rest of the boat being occupied by provisions and water ; cutter, 1 passenger, 2 sea cunnies, 3 lascars and chief officer in charge; gig, carpenter, 2 seacunnies, and Mr. E. Lord in charge—making in the whole 15 souls. At 4 taut. on the 21st left the island with a fine breeze from the S.E. ; on the 22d it blew hard, with a heavy sea, but being a moonlight night, it enabled me to keep the boats together. We were much pleased to find the boats behave so well, but as you may suppose it was a constant scene of baling. On the 23d it still continued to blow, and the sea running very high we now had to expe rience a very melancholy accident, which threw a gloom over all hands; for about eight P.M. the gig was capsised by a sea, and, I am sorry to state, Mr. E. Lord sunk to rise no more ; the rest of the crew were saved by the cutter and my self. Proceeded on our voyage —daylight moderate. Lizard Island in sight, We now found the weather we bad expe rienced bad not only damaged our scanty stock of provisions, but had also made the water brackish. On the 25th entered the Barrier Reef, and steered for Booby Island, in hopes of falling in with her Majesty's ship Fly. Our next anxiety was that of the natives, as we had to pass through the group of islands noted for the inhospitable character of the people, and where the ill-fated crews of the Eaton and Stirling Cas tle, a few years back, were barbarously murdered ; and had we been perceived in our defenceless state, no doubt we should have shared the same fate. We saw several of their fires on the land, but I passed through under the cloak of night. On the tenth day arrived at Booby Island, where we found the crew of the ship Hydrabad, of 600 tons, from Sydney, bound to Calcutta, having lost their ship entering Torres Straits. Fresh water was procured on the island, and we managed to do pretty well, in the way of provisions, with the oysters and a few fish I caught at times. On the 23d the schooner Shamrock hove in sight. I immediately went off in the boat, and was rejoiced to find an old pas senger on board, and that the schooner was bound to Ceylon. I need not say that we all met with a most hearty reception from Mr. Hasall and the commander. He came to anchor, and took the crews of both ships on board, in the whole 62 souls, and proceeded for Port Essington. The commander of that place, Captain M'Arthur, has promised that every exertion shall be used to promote the dispatch of a vessel for the relief of the men left on the island. After remaining three days we again sailed, bound for Ceylon, with the fol lowing passengers :—Captain Robertson, of the late ship Hydrabad, and four passengers, myself, chief and second officers, and three of my crew. To Zr. Hasall, owner of the Shamrock, as well as to Captain Browning, the commander, we all owe a debt of gratitude for their generosity, attention, and kind treatment to us during the voyage. The position of the danger on which the Caringa packet was wrecked is as follows :—Latitude 16 52 30 south, longi tude by the means of 20 lunar observations 149 55 45 E.— the chronometer showing a longitude of 149 55 E., variation of the compass 9 degrees E.; rise of tide at springs 5 feet ; the island about 10 feet above the level of the sea, surrounded by a reef dry in some places at low water, the wreck of the vessel bearing N.E. by half a mile, and the whole of this danger does not exceed 4 miles in circumference. Another small island we observed to the S.W. about four miles, and apparently a safe passage between the two, although the charts show a clear navigation from the Tregonis island to the coast of New Holland in a N.W. direction. It is my opinion that other dangers exist, for on the 3rd night after leaving the island in the boats I am certain we passed in the vicinity of other dangers, although we saw nothing at daylight. I have the honour to rernain,nitrs FALLING IN OF A PORTION OF DUBLIN-STREET:— About 12 or 15 feet of the road way in Dublin-street, which is in course of being tunnelled for the Edinburgh and Gran ton Railway, fell in betwixt two and three o'clock on Friday morning. The common sewer, which overlies the tunnel, was, it appears, unusually flooded by the heavy rain which fell on Thursday evening ; in consequence of which the bot tom of the sewer began gradually to be undermined by the water soaking through, and forcing in, the roof of the tunnel, which, at this particular spot, was supported by beams of wood, prior to being arched over in the usual way with brick. Having once got a downward outlet, the current could not be restrained, and the workmen were obliged to desist from their operation in this portion of the shift. The vacuum formed beneath the sewer by the destruction of the roof of the tunnel, ultimately brought down th., superincumbent mass, forcing two of the beams and a giantity of rubbish into the tunnel. Several feet of the sewe► have in conse quence been destroyed, together with the lipes of the Water Company, which rested upon it. The damage done to the tunnel is, we believe, comparatively trifling; but it will take some time to repair the rent made in the street, which is rather formidable, being about 15 feet long 8 feet broad, and fully 10 feet deep.—Edinburgh Advertiser. WORKHOUSE COOKERY.—The disclosures in the Andover Union have thrown quite a new Nht on the science of cookery, which not even the inspiratica of a Soyer could have hit upon. That ingenious chef de Clisne has blended together poetry, pastry, and politics with considerable skill; he has invented a creme d'Anyleterre, consisting of charms borrowed from the female aristocracy; butthose ingredients, imaginary and unsubstantial as they are, trust be considered as solids when compared with the materils used for consti tuting the dishes served up to the paulks in the Andover Union. Butter, according to New Pool-law Cookery, is made from the skimmings of grease-pots, and parochial tea is made from boiling old leaves which lave already had their strength drawn out of them. A now Cookery Book, edited by M`Dougal, the master of the Andover Union, is evidently a desideratum in culinary literature which even M. Soyer's universal genius has hitherto bft unsupplied.— Punch. FIRE AT LEWES.-Intelligence reached us late last night from Lewes, of a destructive fire on he farm premissa of John Ellman, Esq., the eminent breed!r of Southdown sheep, at Glynde. The flames were visibleat Falmer, a dis tance of eight miles. We regret to say teat a large barn was entirely consumed ; but none of the inhabitants of Lewes, who flocked to the spot to render assistalbe as soon as the alarm was given, had returned when olr informant left Lewes (at half-past nine o'clock).—Brightog Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EIVENIN G, SEPTEMBER 27 1845. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES—TnuIsnAr. The Bedfordshire Stakes of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft. Two miles. Hon. G. Ong ley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs ... (Sly) 0 1 Hon. G. Ongley's Ferns, aged Mr. Coleman's bl g The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 6 yrs 3 0 Mr. Coleman's ch c Young Eclipse, 3 yrs The Town Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added. Heats, One mile and a quarter. Mr. Coape's ch cby Bentley Emma, 3 yrs (Marson) 1 1 Mr. Stephenson's bf by Jerry, out of Pastile, 3 yrs Mr. Coleman's br g The Devil-among- the-Tailor, 6 yrs 0 8 Mr. Death's b h Isleworth, 6 yrs ••• • ••• 2 0 Hon. G. Ongley's bk f Symmetry, 3 yrs Mr. Turner's ch h Hampton, 6 yrs Mr. Messer's b c Chatham, 3 yrs The Corporation Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. Three quarters of a mile. Hon. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs (Sly) 1 Mr. Messer's b c Chatham, 3 yrs ... Mr. Coape's ch cby Bentley, out of Emma, 3 yrs ... Hon. G. Ongley's b m Mouse, 4 yrs dis The Farmers' Plate of 60 sovs. The second, to receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes. Heats, from the distance-post once round. Mr. G. Higgins br g Correrr b io, 6 yrs (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Westley's b f Solitude,3 yrs Mr. Price's br fby Saracen, 3 yrs Mr. H. D. Bolton sgrg by Voltaire, 6 yrs 3 4 OSWESTRY RACES—WEDNEsDAv. The North Shropshire County Members' Stake of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr Worthington's b c Dr. Husband, 4 yrs...( Marlow) 1 1 Mr. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs ......... .. 'rhe Oswestry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile and a half. . Mr. Standish's ch f Susan, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1 Mr. Collins's br g Brunel, 4 yrs The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 40 added. Two miles and a quarter. Mr. W. H. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs ..... • . . .... .._, 1. • ~ Hon. E. M. L. Mcstyn's b f Stream, 3 yrs 2 The Town Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, a mile and a half Mr. Standish's ch f Susan, 4 yrs... .... ...... (Marlow) 1 1 Mr. C. Phillips's bf by Physician, 3 yrs 3 2 Mr. Collins's br g Brunel,4 yrs ... WALSALL RACES--THURSDAY. The Walsall Handicap Stakes of 10 soya. 5 ft, with 20 added. A mile and a half. Mr. Hawkins'e Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs ....(G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. FlintofT•s The Rhine, 5 Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Tempest's b g T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs 4 A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Raworth's b c Idolater, 3 yrs --(Bradley, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Flintoff's ch f The Elbe, 4 yrs A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Sheppard's March-the-First filly, 3 yrs ..(Styche) 1 1 Mr. C. A. Parker's ch f Whitelock, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 4 yrs ... 2 dr. LEINTERDINE RACES—WEDNEsnAr. The Warden Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 10 added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Wollaston's ch g Firmin, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Warman's ch m Victress, aged, and Mr. Gill's b m Drops of Brandy, 5 yrs. The Hurdle Race, of one soy. each, with 5 sous. and a whip added, was won in three heats by Mr. William's Tinker beating Mr. Warman's Victress, and Mr. Cresawell's Kate .Nickleby. A Sweepstakes of one soy. each, with a saddle, bridle, and purse added, was won in two heats by Mr. Wollaston's Firmin beating Mr. Oseland's Linnae, Mr. Williams's Tinker, Mr. Gill's Drops of Brandy, and Mr. Hall's Harkaway. ORSELL RACES. The Ladies' Whip, added to a sweepstakes of 10s. each, was won by Mr. W. Borthwick's b g Scott, aged, beating Mr. Creed's Queen of Trumps, aged, and Mr. Newcome's ch f British Yeoman, aged. The Orsell Stakes of 2 goys. each, with 10 added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Barry's Malvina, beating Mr. Creed's Old England, Mr. Wolton's Chance, Mr. Stevens's Miss Prettyman, Mr. Shackell's Orsell Lass, and Mr. Newcome's British Yeoman. The Club Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 5 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Wordley's The Artist, beating Scott, Miss Prettyman, British Yeoman, and Old England. MONMOUTH RACES WEDNESDAY. The Monmouthshire Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Ball's b c Rein Deer, 3 yrs Mr. Morris's f Eveline, 4 yrs 0 3 2 2 Mr. Gough na Mazeppa, 4 yrs 0 1 dr Mr. Kinard na Norna Creina Mr. Knowles's ch h Tariff, 6 yrs ... 2 dr The Hendre Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr. Smith's ch g Sands, 5 yrs Mr. Powell's Delamere, 5 yrs Mr. Knowles's ch h Tariff, 6 yrs .. ... 2 3 Mr. H. Dyke's bk h Mystic, aged 4 4 The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Maul's Charity, 5 yrs Mr. Rogers' Chevy Chase, 3 yrs Mr. Hall's Eve, aged 0 1 dr Mr. Vivian's Jack Easy, aged 3 3 dr Oxberry--*Mr. F. Powell's b c Holloway—Duke of Rich mond's b c Tug-net—*Duke of Richmond's b c by Slane, out of Voluptuary—Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender. The Town Plate of 50/., for three year old colts, Bst 71b; fil lies, Bst 31b. D.I. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 91b; fillies, Bst 61b. Cambridgeshire Course. The winner of the Derby or Doncaster St. Leger, 101 b extra; of the 2,000 Guineas, Grand Duke Michael, or Great Yorkshire Stakes, 61b extra. Lord Albemarle's Alexandrina—*Duke of Bedford's Pro logue—Lord Glasgow's br f by Bay Middleton, out of Im pertinence--*Mr. S. Stanley's c Paultons—Mr. Jaques's b c Moulton—Lord Verulam's c Maynooth. Match—Duke of Bedford's Captain Phoebus, Bst 131 b, agst Mr. Payne's Collingwood, sst 131 b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. We have placed an asterisk against the horses will , at New market and in training. Dilly's, Kent's, J. Day's, and Mr. Osbaldeston's are expected daily. THE WEATHER-THE HARVEST. ULVERSTON, SEPT. IB.—Since last Saturday evening we have had very broken weather, rain every eight or twelve hours, but mostly during the night except yesterday. Har • vest operations have gone on with little interruption. To day ('i hursday) the sample loads put down in our market exceeded those of the past three weeks; there were about 61 of wheat, and of oats about 37. Millers and dealers came for ward freely on opening the sample loads of wheat, yet the selling was rather tedious, particularly where the sample proved less desirable. Selling prices 6d. to Is. less than last week, arising more from the number than the demand, which was good, and all were sold. For oats a disposition to make early purchases appeared general, and the attendance of mil lers and dealers appeared more numerous than on previous weeks.—Kendal Mercury. The corn crops are nearly won on the banks of the Tees. From the banks of the Coquet we have received the following brief report:—" The weather has now become beautiful, and the fields of grain are fast coming to the sickle. Little wheat, however, is yet cut, except in Bamburghshire and along the coast. Where the crops have been long lodged, the deficiency of yield and inferior quality of sample will be found great. Reapers are plentiful, and obtain Is. 6d. per day, with vic tuals." Since this was written we have had heavy rains.— Gateshead Observer. CHAUMOUTIL—In this and the neighbouring parishes the different sorts of grain have generally been securely housed. The yield of wheat is, in almost every instance, much less than it was last year, and the sample very inferior. Barley is most abundant. The potato crop is a sad affair, as there is scarcely a field that has not been attacked by the distemper so prevalent throughout the land.—Somerset County Gazette. A change has occurred in the weather in the neighbour hood, and we presume that it pervades the whole country, calculated to excite serious apprehensions respecting that portion of the wheat and barley and potato crops which re main in the fields. During the last three or four days rein has fallen to the depth of nearly an inch and a half. Yes terday the rain hardly ceased throughout the day; and we regret to say that there is no immediate prospect of a return of dry weather. The temperature has, however, fallen barely a degree. In the south and west of England, little grain re mains abroad, but in the more backward parts of the country the sickle has hardly been called into activity. Thus the weather is still an object of solicitude, not only as regards wheat, but especially with reference to the potato crop. A continuance of rain would rapidly extend the disease which has destroyed or rendered unsaleable so many of these escu lents —Bath Gazette. For the last eight days the weather has been unsettled. We stated in our last that a weather prophet of reputation, at present resident in Jersey, had predicted a winter of severe storm and tempest. His prediction, uttered as it was before the storm of the last few days had as yet shown any indica tion of its coining, seems destined to be realised, and so far as physical appearances would seem to foreshadow, the storm which has now begun will continue some time before we wit ness its departure. It has been frequently observed that should gales supervene about the period of the equinoxe., considerable reliance may be placed upon the probability of a protracted course of boisterous weather, and farmers and others acquainted with this fact always conduct their opera tions with a prudent foresight. We understand that the western districts of England during the last eight days have been visited with weather equally boisterous with that which we have ourselves experienced ; but that in themore northern quarters of the empire scarcely a drop of rain has fallen within the last three weeks. In this we recognise a benevolent dis pensation of Providence, for the harvest being always later in that district of the country, opportunity is thus afforded to the tillers of the soil to gather in their produce.—Jersey Times. Harvest operations have been in a great measure sus pended this week, owing to the inclement state of the wea ther. Monday and Tuesday were dull, raw, and unfavour able days, and on Wednesday rain fell in torrents, render ing out-door labour out of the question. A considerable quantity of rain also fell on Thursday morning, and the at mosphere was very chilly during the day. Yesterday, how.• ever, we are happy to say a change for the better took place—the sun shining from its rising till its setting, in a beautiful blue sky. Reports from all parts of the country as to the state of the crops are of the most cheering descrip tion. A short continuance of warmth and sunshine, which we hope for, will insure more than an average harvest.-- Scotch Reformer's Gazette. We are sorry we cannot say the present week has been a favourable one for harvest operations. Monday and Tuesday were tolerably favourable days for out-door work, but on both Wednesday and Thursday, and particularly during the nights of both these days, the rain fell in tor rents. Friday was a splendid day in every respect, and such was the strength of the sun and wind during the fore noon, that in several cases the farmers commenced " lead ing in" by the after part of the day. Everywhere the fields present a splendid appearance. They are thickly studded with stooks, and many parks are to-day crowded with busy reapers. On the whole, we should say, there is as near as may be one-third of the crop yet to cut.— Glasgow Post. Up to Wednesday evening the weather has been every thing that the farmer could wish —warm, bright, and breezy, and harvest operations were going rapidly on. The fields were covered with numerous bands of reapers, before whom the golden grain was quickly falling, and as rapidly rising again in the large and thickly planted stooks. On Wednes day, however, the atmosphere became overcast, and in the course of the evening rain began to fall, and continued with little intermission throughout the night and during yester day. This will retard the ingathering of the crop for some days ; but, with a few weeks• more of fair weather, the whole will be secured in good condition. We regret to learn that a disease of a peculiar description is very prevalent in the potato crop throughout the country, and that it has made its appearance in several fields in this district. The disease is quite inexplicable. A fine field of bear was cut last week at Achriachan, in the neighbourhood of Tomantoul, one of the highest districts of Banffshire. We are sorry to learn that in many of the higher glens and straths a pretty severe frost was experienced on the nights of Wednesday and Thurs day last week. In many places, particularly in low marshy situations, the potatoes have been very much injured, the stems being completely withered down. In these places some partial injury has been done to the grain crop, but the injury has been limited to small localities.—Elgin Courant. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Derby Railway Company. I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 23. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired. Dated the day of , 1845. Address Profession ••..••.... • • • • . • • ....... Reference ......... . THURSDAY. The Chippenhatn Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Heats, twice round. _ _ _ Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Morris's Eveline, 4 yrs Mr. Southby's Europa, 5 yrs 3 dr The Monmouth Hunt Hurdle Race of 3 sovs. each; with 10 added, two miles, was won by Mr. George's Gipsey, beating Mr. Dyke's Mystic, Capt. Jones's Novice, and Mr. Newman's Ragged Jack. A Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added, for beaten horses, was won in two heats by Mr. Rogers's Chevy Chase, beating Mr. Day's Mazeppa colt, Mr. Powell's Delamere, and Mr. Hall's Eve. CANTERBURY RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, 12st each, winners extra. If entered to be sold for 200 sovs., allowed 31b ; for 150/., 71b ; for 100/., 141 b ; for 50/. 211 b. The second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Robinson's b m Wasp, aged,l00/. Mr. J. Hornsby's br g Donald Caird, 50/. Captain Boucherett's King of Rome, h b, 100/. The City Members' Plate of 50 sous. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., if demanded, &c. Heats two miles. Mr. Shelley's b f Alkali, 3 yrs ... ...... (J. Brown, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Nunn's b c Dalesman, 4 yrs ... Mr. Scott's ch g Bonnet Rouge Mr. Shakspeare's b f Tipoe 4 dr A Sweepstakes of 2 sows. each, with 25 added; the second to save his stake, and the winnner to be sold for 80 sows. if demanded, &c. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Mr. White's br f Teresa, 4 yrs (J. Brown, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Sherrard's c Jew Boy, 3 yrs The following also started, but bolted :—Mr. Plant's Can terbury, 3 yrs; Mr. Cook's Petrowna, 3 yrs; and Mr. Hobbs' Bavarian, aged THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs., three-year-olds, Bst 21b ; four, 9st 61b; five, lOst; six and aged, lOst 31b. Heats, two miles. Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 4 yrs (Bell) 2 1 1 Mr. Dockeray's bl f Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs ...... 1 2 2 Lord Caledon's b h Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs 3 3 3 Mr. Lumley's br c Correct Card, 3 yrs 4 4 dr The City Plate. The winner to be sold for 120 soya. if de manded, &c Heats, two miles. Mr. Shelly's b f Alkali, 3 yrs (Hornsby) 1 1 Lord Caledon's b h Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. Scott's ch g Bonnet Rouge, aged A Sweepstakes of 2 sow. each, with 20 added, one mile, was won, in two heats, by Mr. White's Teresa, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Hobbs's Bavarian, Mr. Cook's Petrowna, Mr. Plant's Can terbury, and Mr. Shakspeare's Tipoe. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 20 added, two miles, were won, in three heats, by Mr. Wolton's Lady Susan, beating Mr. Mount's Gaylass, Mr. Minter's Lady Viper, and Mr. Hornby's Donald Caird. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. The following is an outline of the best looking First Oc• tober list that has been seen for many years : TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old 7st 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged ; 9st 61b. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 71b ; four and upwards, 9st. T.I. .C. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs. if demanded, &c. _ _ _ _ _ The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sons. each, h ft, for the pro duce of mares covered in 1842 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. One to the post. Lord Exeter's c (dead) by Colwick, out of Macremma— *Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Mecca—*Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Lucetta—*Colonel Peel's f Samphire— Colonel Peel's ch c Elnathan—Mr. Wreford's, junior, b c West Countryman—Mr. Wreford's, junior, b f Wit's-end— Mr. Wreford's, junior, b c Wooden Wall. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three years old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. A.F. Lord Exeter's Golden Fleece—*Lord Exeter's c Adrianople —*Lord Exeter's c Wood Pigeon—*Lord Lonsdale's c by Jerry, out of Turquoise—Colonel Anson's b c Kedger—Colonel Peel's Seaman— *Colonel Peel's c by Slane, out of Cobweb— Mr. Watt's b c Adonis—*Duke of Bedford's Leopard—*Lord Stradbroke's Idas—Lord Albemarle's Scarmentado—Mr. Payne's c Sir Francis—Mr. Wreford, jun.'s, b c Worthless— Lord G. Bentinck's b f Pug—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Pulse— *Mr. Newton's f sister to Ma: Mie—Lord Albemarle's Zorn* , rift. - ;.`implinrzotaxtO - ult - 41 - ICrfs. each, h ft, for two-year olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. The last half of Ab. M. The winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes to carry 61bs ; of both 91b extra. The winner of any other sweep stakes or plate 31bs extra ; those by Arabians, or out of Arabian mares, allowed slbs. Lord G. Bentinck's b f Princess Alice (31bs extra)—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Dawdle—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Malvoisie— Lord G. Bentinck's b f Ennui (31bs extra)—Lord Chester field's ch c Snake—Mr. Cooper's Madcap (31b extra)—Mr. Gratwick's f by Elis, eut of Cestus—Mr. Gratwick's f by Elis, out of Frederica—Mr. Herbert's ch f by Elis, out of Delightful Mr. Herbert's b c by Venison, out of Pet—"*Mr. Marson's Pawnbroker—Mr. Matthew's b f by Venisen, dam by Lambtonian—Duke of Richmond's ch f Cuckoo i3lb extra)—Mr. Watt's Bin—Mr. Watt's by Mel bourne, out of Nitocris—Mr. Watt's b c (dead) by Mulatto, out of sister to Baveno. Match—Duke of Bedford's Prologue, Bst 131 b, agst Mr. Payne's Coßingwood, sst 131 b. T.Y.C. 200. h ft. WEDNESDAY. Fifty Pounds for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four, Bst 81b; five, Bst 13Ib ; six and aged, 9st. D.I. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for two yrs T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, and only 5 ft„ if de clared by ten o'clock the evening before running, to go to the second horse, for three yrs old and upwards. D.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two year olds, Est; three Bst 41b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st 11b. R.M. The winner to be sold for 150/, if demanded, &c. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three year old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. D.I. Lord Lonadale's b c by Jerry, out of Turquoise—Mr. Ford's The Attorney—Lord G. Bentinck's b c Cowl—Lord G. Ben tinck's br f Longitude—Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cock pen—Duke of Richmond's br f Refraction—Mr. Greville's Alarm. Match. Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 61b, agst Lord Maidstone's Arcanus, 6st 131 b. T.Y.C. 50, h ft. THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three year olds, 9st 21b; four, lOst 71b; five, list; six and aged, list 41b. R.C. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for two year olds, 6st 101 b ; three Bst 81b ; four and upwards, 9st. Rutland Stakes Course. The winner to be sold for 70 sovs.,if demanded, &c. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sous. eacb, 20 ft; for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. From the Turn of the Lands in. The winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes, 71b extra • all other winners previous to the day of running, 31b extra. Lord G. Bentinck's b c Green Pea—Mr. W. R. Brown's b f Moonbeam—Mr. .11901C3 b f Buttress—*Mr. Phillimore's IRELAND. Dunn rx, SEPT. 20.—For fifteen years past there has not been such a variety of qualities in wheat as that of the pre sent harvest. Judging by the samples we have seen, and the accounts that have reached U 9, a considerable portion of that crop must be very good; but it is equally certain that a large proportion is middling or inferior. We shall soon behold the singular spectacle of a high price for wheat in our own mar ket, and a high duty upon the admission of foreign wheat. The general averages regulating the duty will be kept down by the quantity of damaged and inferior wheat thrown upon the market—the duty will, consequently, advance to the maximum rate, while British and Irish wheat of good qua lity must command a high price. At our Corn Exchange yes terday, there was an advance in the price of wheat, and prime qualities are likely to advance still further. The wheat crop, according to the most careful calculations, will be under an average, and but for the providential change in the wea ther towards the close of last month, it is now manifest that the failure would be disastrous. The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser says :—" Respecting oats, all our reports are favourable. The crop is described as very good in quality, and likely to yield considerably more than an average. There can be no doubt that the disease in potatoes is producing very destruc tive effects in Europe as well as in America. But we rejoice to find that its ravages are comparatively limited and partial in Ireland. We have sought informarion from the best sources, and have arrived at the conclusion, that although in some instances there will be considerable loss, the potato crop, taken altogether, is likely to be abundant and excellent in quality." _ liALLismuorom, SEPT. 19.—We have made inquiry into the state of the potato crop throughout this county, and we are happy to be enabled to state that very little injury has been sustained from the disease so prevalent in other counties. OMAGH, SEPT. 19.—Round by Dungannon, and indeed in every part of the county, the wheat, oats, and barley crops are unusually productive, but the potatoes certainly will not be as abundant as we anticipated, though in very many parts the crop is far over an average one. MARYBOROUGII, SEPT. 20.—The operations of cutting and saving have been renewed with increased vigour; but large tracts of wheat are still uncut, and much of the oat crop is still unripe, ENNISKILLEN, SEPT. 18.—There has been no season for many years past that promises so highly for the farmer as the present. Every crop is crowned with abundance, save only the potato, which, we are sorry to say, has been injured by rot; but, from everything we can read, by no means so in jurious as appearances in other parts, both at home and abroad, indicate.—Enniskillen Chronicle. _ _ SEPT-- 1 8p-,--lil'utAre, and, although in the wornout soil, under potatoes, there may be some failures, as far as can be at present collected, there is fully an average crop ex pected. Until the full time for digging the general crop, in the latter end :of the next month, a close estimate cannot be formed; but where the new or good ground has been tried, the potato is both productive and good. The wheat crop has some partial blight, and it may be estimated by a reduction of somewhat less than one-fifth. Referring next to oats, the crop is as abundant as any of the last six years. We have conversed with a gentleman who has gone over nearly one hundred miles of the county, and he states that the crop is as fine as ever witnessed.—Clare Journal. STRIKE OF THE IRON-STONE MINERS AT CONSIDE. —ln consequence of the continued strike of the iron-stone miners, at the Derwent Iron Works, Conside, near Shotley Bridge, Superintendent Hall, and a party of the Durham rural police, proceeded on Tuesday to eject several of the workmen from their houses ; but, in consequence of the miners assembling in great numbers, he was obliged to desist until he ebtained an additional number of men. On the following day, the suuperinteudent having received a reinforcement of men, he ejected about fifty families from their dwellings, amidst the shouts and menaces of the miners, who occa sionally assailed the police with a shower of stones. Inspector Hall, however, exercised the utmost forbearance, and fre quently warned the people to desist; and, on returning from the village, although followed and hooted, and pelted with stones, be prudently withdrew his men, in excellent order, to a distance, until the mob dispersed. The strike still continues.— Tyne Mercury. WORTHY OF IMITATION.—The Earl of Falmouth, wishining to encourage upon his Cornish estates a more general cultivaton of green crops in connexion with an im proved system of cropping, has offered for the farms which have been best cultivated and cropped handsome premiums, in proportion to the number of acres which the farms may consist, beginning with farms exceeding 200 acres, and ending with cottage tenements containing not more than 25 acres. The crops which must have been grown in succession are—l. Wheat, or other grain suited to the soil. 2. Turnips, mangel-wurtzel, and other roots. 3. Barley or oats. 4. Grasses. 5. Grasses. Tenants have the option of growing a crop of rape (for consumption by sheep upon the land) in the sixth year before wheat. It is proposed to inspect the farms of the competitors in the months of July and August, and to award the premiums in the mouth of October follow ing.—West Briton. The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Erne, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Leitrim, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Thomas and Lady Louisa Fortescue, &c., are among the guests of the Earl and Countess of Claacarty, at Garbally Park, county Galway. NEW RAILWAY STATION IN BELGIUM. ~ A Company, called the " Anglo-Belgian Consp.anyse has formed a plan for establishing a new port in . th . Belgian territory, at a short distance from Dunkirl.ro The scheme has caused great excitement among certal.. parties in France, who seem to regard Belgium as ru much under the influence of England. The fe lhiwin h g e are extracts from some of f the Paris journals on the subject : s National.—" The Commerce de Dunquerke bas dram attention to a prospectus which has been issuesl!s4: some mystery by an Anglo - Belg ian Company. ..s P s f Company proposes to construct , within a kilerc erchall"l atre s our frontier on the Belgian coast , a p ort for m_ shipping, to be called Adinkerque Point, and to serve, the head of the Belgian railroads, communicatingwin Dover by a regular packet service, and thus assuring_r_ our neighbours the whole transit of goods and 1 3 7 tv sea era which takes place between England and a grF_ lt part of the Continent. The establishment of a Bele% port at the extremity of the harbour of Dunkirk 157 fact which, if executed, loudly accuses our Ministers .1 incapacity; it proves that, notwithstanding all the son' s fleas made by us in favour of Belgium, this little king popp; dom is quite under the control of the English Yet is it just to say that the Belgian Governracittou_ss not a right to establish a port on any point of its shores not a right to establish a port on any point of its T his that it may think fit? We think it certainy has. inl .ers fact causes us an immense prejudic e, and our M.e.t_is ought to do all they can to prevent i t being c arried l t u bo w t effect, but since Belgium has been made a killg.,_d chl t i o ks, kingdom has the incontestable right to inaa e , . va t o f build jetties, and facilitate on its coasts the Orl i ), is which bin merchant vessels. This is an evil, but one necessary consequence of all the faults that hare , heaped on each other for the last fifteen years a re a subjtct of Belgium. In 1830, nothing was e asier 17 . : to unite Belgium to France, or at least to bind the v t e r,, countries together by treaties, such as *could pre ,_ 11 : either from entering into enterprises unfavourable to T s other. Since then we took up arms in the gm chivalrous manner to free King Leopold from the u'it agreeable presence of the Dutch.. We there 11 ) ! f much money and the blood of many brave sold!eirss:d 1 ' our army. In exchange for our sacrifices, we could and ought to have exacted some guarantees for the o of or and taken precautions to assure the well-bein g t he commerce. We did not do so, preferring tru st t.. 0 to gratitude of King Leopold, whom we had taken Mr s. i mud of the rout of Louvain to fix on his little 0 1 7, h ' Leopold has no memory of the heart. We can rePre7o', him with the fact. But where is the treaty wh ich P o e vents him from placing his Government and "`„ D teys country at the service of the English, his real ec" easy men ? In fins, four years back nothing Unionsshi t h than to form with Belgium a Customs' "'An. would have served as a counterpoise to the ZollvatrLs Here it was not alone before the English the French Government gave way. It wishektsase Union, but did not dare pronounce in favour of it, unT a i r twenty or thirty manufacturers who supported the A,u 1 .1. IA try were unwilling to see their produce competed vflr Belgium. The leaf of the English, the leaf 0 f our interes riliaPo Minerel and of M. Fulehiron, was the cause e ii leaving Belgium in a state of isolation. And YO 00 0 not true that if the Customs' Union existed, Il e P e v a; would ever have thought of making a Be l o ll .. that within a few steps of Dunkirk, and thus ruill is ef o r port, so dangerous to our commerce, and so full h e at t he rims reminiscences of our naval power? New t w ith. fault is committed, its consequences must be put p o rt °t But the fact of the project of establishing thejoern; Adinkerque being authorised by the Belgian _.4 soul ment shows that that country has entered heart a" o re into the alliance of the Governments whic h ° Tog a l/ most cause to distrust. Belgium, notwithstandl sits. that she owes us, acts prejudicially to our illr. r r ig ai What we have to do is to use reprisals, to Withdroowo l ibe• her the commercial advantages which we hav w o rks, i f rally accorded her, and to require th at the in,neo they be executed, be carried out unde r the sue Or of French Commissioners, in order that in case we are and disembarking no danger may result to lls• WW I I much mistaken, if, in case we assumed such all ti g w ool", with respect to Leopold, the Belgian Chaelherissts °` permit him to expose himself to the just rePr France." r thiS P re' Commerce.—" Some journals, in speaking o f ~, c onsi r ject, appear to us to have much exaggerates' os o s ee quences in a commercial point of view. n :V vi e p e o a r n td. call g s that the competition presented by the more dangerous than that of Neuport and Ostenso ry cannot, besides, prevent Belgium from resPill(sgineis, sible advantages from her situation. It is 00r ""; On on the other hand, to profit as much as we can fro pi our own position. The only point of view 00 or Or could oppose the construction of this pol l /I v c lon bs frontiers is the military one. There is rletrlxplseers that the French Government ought to densanci,f,t. Ir tions from the Belgian Government on this sult,ae 11:1 cannot allow an establishment, which may lo to h e the hands of our enemies a means of aggre ss°, constructed at our very doors." ceotr° Courrier Franfais.—" Adinkerque, beconie thetos of the communications of England and the c: bu t i t : : would not only ruin the Belgian port of OslenT a ger ' competition would be fatal to Dunkirk. The ",:of P re' imminent, and the Government ought to thill'. ito Gir ci venting it. But how? Will it forbid the B e he °pose vernment to allow a maritime establishment t017,4,5en at Adinkerque, under the pretext that it woul d -- ope se the prosperity of Belgium ? Will it endeavour teorybere the progress of communications amongst cur tea irr neighbours? Would that be an equitable: ID - W I telligent intervention ? Would not fie l g: s a n - elf ; a right to reply :—' Improve your e ..1 - ;. v " ; : l i, munications if you dread our notr i de s' allow us to ameliorate ours. If you do i. a rs e to enter into the path of material improvelnet :coorshf Government has allowed itself to be passed ill con ffr s 't by all the Governments of Europe, is that are -will 1)0r we should remain behindhand also ? If r tl i s s ie °- s1 yourselves go in advance, do not throw obsts s 4 e s way. You have no right to do so.' A s sured " fi e i' e ' be difficult to reply to such objectons. Bu t e o r h e lig eci n ot duced to such a state of abasement as to he we cse - e n oppose advancement amongst others, beoall se i ' t 0 15 ," f realise it ourselves ? If such be the case , J e pe oPl e o i our abdication as a civilised and progressive,frOhe r We are the very lowest of nations. We sre relit '-,! the prosperity of Belgium, and want to Pesoiefs;, from progressing ! In truth that would be too sP iti g ti t l e d Fortunately there are other means of 0 1 ) P °5 ,, O r fl ruinous project. Why has this project heet-poto when Dunkirk is close to Adinkerque? Is l3°. line w iti the natural point of junction of the transit daitiollo, London to Brussels ? Why then found s h , ,: 6 01/ 0 6 1. port? Is it not because the travellers and our , our s " - s i• ing from England to Belgium are stop P e a, /,. 0 00 1 ",fe toms' line? Remove that barrier, throw tr k - pill b „"0' cation open, and certainly the port of Dullki r- s es o ;" ° t o nothing to fear from the Anglo-Belgiall a,,,inao°oo The line of transit will choose the port red i s l e le e ;re that which is to be yet formed. That is the we 0 ; 0 1 of preventing the competition with wh ie n "worl" v d menaced; every other expedient would be ast ll be ' us. with I ! , t is by progress that progress m COr . ::;:----- : • v pp .i..t. er s THE MUKDER OF MR. & o riE, l l I', CHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.--Trb e fcur rtv eic' o 6 , charged with the murder of Mr. PeacoP, 5 ' beenfe 1 " about a mile and a half from Birkenhead, having Co t ,' jor close of the last examination removed to Chest,ebreir it,' was determined by the magistrates to take ; ac or''!, 4 , examination here, instead of at Birkenhead, on' - 110 1 `,„" s V the Nisi Prius Court was fixed upon. vistsu.. ce l r isli ' D ot did not damp the ardour of the lower class °L , i viii;',,icdc present. Such as could afford travelled by the iri sin ' if , - g 0 , great numbers left their homes as early as live si-c d b e- 0 1e. in the morning, and walked to this city, the res at Cil a tecl one time actually crowded with pedestrians • O a r or °,,' di e the court doors were besieged long before the hou ',toes TV for the examination. About half-past e leveu °t i ..cf• ben c ale' following magistrates took their seats on the Clar k, Rev. R. I. Fielden, the Venerable Archdeacon . 0 6 1 J. D. Case, J. R. Shaw, W. Jackson, and The prisoners Tallant, Lynch, and No w s .4i, „g placed at the bar, as was also the approver is tits - • Ar st es% The depositions of the witnesses taken at th,ettl'et res et tlo nation were then read over, the only additional •1105,2116r0b' any of the prisoners being an answer from M r ' of t he rei r i witness who went up to Mr. Peacop at the bradtilaiewbiell ob bery, and who received a blow on the forehes", t bc dO O dered him for a time insensible. He stated of " i the hamwr, which was found in the house of "T" 0' ofe fit such a stick as he was struck with.lA • tvr then l ino • Mr. . Chew, the attorney for the prisoners, i ,„. od'„, t i,, permission to ask Burns (the approver) a '',l l 61 1 ', 0 t I. ' questions, which was granted by die bench, w" nectio - that he must confine himself to questioris r . o ' 6 otter...ere the f.ubiectstssiSeasersass. _ _ ----0-- - f. 0 - roloc A l ebb on the 31st of December last, at half-past ses'''' s , - ill i n: e 'l' l morning; that he walked to Chester all the Ws t icnrisol'.. l , there only saw some " navies," whom Ilet dii : 9 r l r , O tt :rol l :el told him there was no chance of his getti v ei t .:C l I'. 0'1,1, 3 were working for Bd. and 10d. per day. '`"- ( 1,00 16 ' 'B ' c in Chester many minutes. Went into no -- t fi ve o, s ve back, and reached Birkenhead about Ilsh . "Prelalki illi‘, s t e 1 in the evening. Was never in any prison i" P i committed any robbery on his brother or sister. an p oo p l. pair of trousers belonging to his brother-in-11r, ' W as ( I° • , e , " e 4 them, but did not account that robber'', as ''.oo ,ll ,i ' oa tii 'l , his sister. Does not know a man named .scisti7sreive;olo,Po read pamphlets in his presence Was at schotgaria te ll but could not be taught to read.. When ja •`- not ' ~d by money obtained from his friends, but wc slci io rr ,450:111 eel those friends were. ~a ci pp- ... 00 C‘ re Several witnesses were then called, wh° P,,,b0 a% ish e s the road on the night of the robbery, a nd l eo s po ut illeie having seen persons about the shop and near, tot, but tlio Barns stated he and his fellow-prisoners ba.' gni ~y• fl' were unable to identify the prisoners 0 b ll(' °lie r'of persons. The night, however, was very dark l(1 of Thomas M'Convill was then , called, : 0 1. d , - il i -- the sa " on t '; o soner lodged with him about three wee]" in the ol,',1( December last, and for four or five day s ‘s i o nic 4 ; dCt e a January. On the 31st of December he left afte r ofra ass 0 o'clock in the day and did not return un til, i. , cit , sn tosS in the morning. Witness saw him at eight 0 cAu t i o g ill ~, where he had been so late, and he replied " g%, , t o !`,;,• He was never out so late except on that occasidepose“o 01 : - $ . Joseph Farrell, a mason, living at Oactoot,hat he I: jo g c ll prisoner Burns having worked for him ; • t hout b ' and industrious during that time, a nd left W 1 f the P'''t charged. nuto gerka f0 e r 5,4 8 1 It was then proved by Mr. Vickery, works at Birkenhead, thatth prisoner's lol_ d i l c :a ill 1 , / ,, 1 0 lic # , t „ company. 'Conant, Lynch, and Nowlaa ii h Or wsi al 11; e rev gang in laying pipes in the streetg. I,Yric troi the $ of the gang, and was entrusted with the 0 1 ' 4 ,,feril so • o er 3 On the 23d of December Lynch worked at 13 : t ilie P l " • 40 In cross-examination Jr. Vickery gaVs' good character, as sober and industrious y e p, . lis cl fi l l i ' eY'ss t The prisoners were then asked whether tafJ eit . a tte r '; i gss o t to say?—They said they should leave t:barevseitAr Mr. Chew said, in law there was no ess' e 0 the teed; s o ' the prisoners, as it was impossible to bel'ev,.oboroo- v., that villain Burns, unless substantially ec'" ..„4 , 1 r , ,5 . , T 1 ,9 i r VA , " SV`' .1 7 er ir THE _REMAINDER 0- , n fp.- SEE THE SUPPLEMENT i - ,oi THIS DAY. „10 1 10 , ..,onoYvkto.' of Mu: M ille ? 0, ondon : Printed and Published Th e S rn ' clinc tbe *". fla w- , No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Strand, in' the Precinct of the g oy, Sa , 44 1111(1611""P 6 AturialY l gfe -P Waft 27, 01" --- -7: ' • go liar fr o , Wil, , .1 ue a au,' leit