The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-16 00:00:00

Pran All tit ; be ire ro t ' ° ,1 tbAl r v ti I e ,seC' fl o f O r , Ai* ($ 0 of to ----- Manchester trade, found it npcesssry to apply to some of the gentlemen connected w"...ti that trade in Lout,. to u,,port them. They were re f erre d to me b y some o f th e lea ling houses in 9 1 ,e trade; here, an d I was r equested to report my opinion, not of any line, but of the propriety of their uniting with the a PPlicants. Before I was able to report upon the prudence of rtiPn with capital and influence, uniting with men not known to Possess either, I was sent for to a meeting of " the Board" tti Cornhill. and was told that the landlord was urgent for his rent; and I was asked to pay that rent and take the Solieitor -1_,113 of the Compa n y. I declined the office, but made the r,nsance, that I might have time to report. The result wa ta, r at union was no t th oug ht desirable, and the matter died. 441 • Remington's name was used on that occasion. About this time, in the year 1844, Mr. Mulock advertised that he Ind taken up Mr. Remington, and intended to form a Company. )4r. Mulock also found it necessary to obtain the support of the t rade ; he sought it, and was referred to me. He came to me, wows. *flied by Mr. Wedlake, of the firm of Cowes. r ale, and a Wedl ke the well-known and respectable solicitors , in Lo n d on. !n consequence of this, I again had an interview with the Principal h ouses i n t h e trade in London; and they gave me in troductions to many of the leading firms in 'Vatic - I - tester, whom I saw On the subject. my return, I made my report to those who deputed me; and they resolved that it was not desirable then to form a corn- Deny, Mr. Mulock and Mr. Remington thought differently, and they adverti ed a Company, with the names of gentlemen as a P rovisional Committee, w•io afterwards resolved that the Com- Pany should not proceed. formingg all this tirne the enly question was the pr opriety of a Company, not the merits of Mr. Reming:on's choice of a ih m . • The gentlemea who instructed me knew, without the aid of eithe r of us, that a straight line is the shortest, and that the zlightest practicable, would be the best, and this of itself ed the route. , The docume n t which was then prepered by me, and signed loeyssifloan, simply nyofthe leading houses 'in the trade, and is in my Pc's stated— That a more rapid communication between London and Manchester by railway ,s of the highest necessity. " That it is of paramount importance to the trade and manu factures of the kingdom that such communication between the metropolis and the northern parts of the country should not be Pendent upon one line of railway only." These statements the subscribers understood and could tjt in a l i ci It would have been absurd and bootless to have asked xtl e reattilo men to express an opinion upon the engineering " it ' of a line of railway not in being. ai r th e i .• Remineton informed me that he bad not rurreyed 411 ° su4ested, but said that he had gone over the court so a s t o enable him to say with confidence that his line _al the on l y li ne t h a t cou ld b e f o rm e d, and I believed it. He batnaturally anxious to obtain the appointment of engineer , °at he was unknown to the parties by whom I was requested to Let, and they were desirous, if the matter proceeded, to have t he line to be chosen approved by an engineer more generally own. He was unwilling to have this reference made, except t ° one gentleman, and the matter ended. It is fortunate for me, now that the absurd imputation is lasde ainstfilching" his line, that I have found the map of the line which he issued in 1840, and on comparing It with the map he now issues, I find that the two are essen tially different. In IE4O his line ran to Leicester, taking the Midland Conn '' 4 'es Railway the whole distance from Leicester to Derby ; re !arising at Derby it proceeded to Leek and :Macclesfield, neither touching Cheadle or Uttoxeter. does sHi present line does not touch the Midland unties, and nOt go to Derby, and whoever knows an C yt o hing of the riflintsy, or has Mr. Remington's present map, can see the t portaet and extensive change which this necessarily makes u ctween the two. He has, then, so far as making red lines on 'nap gives title, entitled himself by a chesp and easy process t ° two lines, and his friends accuse me of filching one, but do bat condescend to say which. They at the same time proceed t ° show a motiveless plunder for a valueless abstraction, by ac cusing me in a second count of not publishing any line. A s to his first line, Mr. Remington said it was impossible to ? l ake a better, and I have his printed plan before me, asking 241 840 four millions to make it. Te make his second line so essentially different, I have his Plan and prospectus before me, asking for three millions to make i t . I have also before me another of his prospectuses, asking for 'caldtal of five millions to make it. dil e i e C rin as g he sasef he has carefull gone over these various and lines, his judgment must be sadly at fault. Had th e t ra d e d etermi ned its avail themselves of his services, i, would live been necessary to have drawn ,his attention to t hese serious variances, but that neeessity did not arise. f "Ir. Remington's friends have, in their sFeeclses, con founded t h e f ormat i o n of a Company with the drawing of a l .: 11 e on a map, end lieve assumed the chili - sill absurdity that to 'tie a lin e on a tea gives a title to the Hue of road and to the °nice (=nzillerr. 1 , 8 0 f,r from taking either of Mr. Rieni:ngi on's abstractions, uave net even been guilty of the 5.n of originating " The 'Area London and Manchester Railway Company," which is ?tally the offending point. In this yeer Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, as they assure ! ti c , without knowing anything of Mr Remington or ever hay g beard o f hi s lines, reeistered and a Ivert 1-ed, without my k nowledge or privity, a Direct Line from London to Man- Viester. They also applied so some of the principal houses in he trade, and were referred to me; and then, and not till then, di ll' hear ir. , might then, as Mr. Remington did, have registered another 'imnpany by adding another word to vary the title, but I was 4 ' 4 guilty of th e folly of endeavouring to establish two Cam- Panies for one purpose, and of wasting the funds of both; but as the trade here was of opinion that a direct line must, and O ught to be formed, with the consent of Messrs. Su dlow and C 0.," Inv name was added to theirs, and I was requested to Inlet:nit the, views of the trade here to their friends in Man chester, which I did—received their authority in writing again, as the house here thought teat signatures given a year before °tight not to be used when circumstances had altered, and opi nions or interests might have changed. far from adopting either of Mr. Remington's lines, the ean ag i„- e•ommittee of this Company determined to have a sine surveyed for themselves, and they gave authority to Mr. RS nc- to pent .nally survey the country, and give them his opinion of the best direct practicable route for a line. If ruling a line on the map between given termini constitutes ownership, I admit Mr. Remington's title to as many lines as e rules, and I have not interfered with his efforts to realize them, His friends confound the formation of a Company with the making, or rather the marking, of a line, and scold me be se the trade have themselves formed a Company. uThat is the cause of a thing without which it would not be. ltl r . Remington had been appointed engineer to the Com :7 they would not have heard of this preposterous claim to u semde the engineering world from an important tract of coun t:l. But, because a young man has published a map with a f i ne rul e d upon it an d has asked the public to grant him, first , ° . ll r millions, then three, and afterwards five millions to realize 1 : 1 3 crotch e t, h e ar gues that the country for railway purpo ses is ta booed to all other engieeers. 'rill ayeuppos that previously to the aimformaion of our great e l l some aspi..ing tyro had published ap with an im guible or a singularly difficult line, had then contended that v e London and Birmingham, and Great Western Companies, z j r e bound to take bias a. an engineer, and that the great e I nds of the engineering world ought to be ' shut out from the 11 , -Qunt rY he had marked upon his map, would the railway : hose have listened to such irnane drivelling? And could ta 9 o who contended for so wild a theory have hoped to sus "l their charace a for sanity whilst upholding it? li Veril % th ose w ho hold such twaddle in the Tewn - hall of 2anchester, sink in intellect below Johanna Southciatt, for addres-ed herself to the ignorant, but they go to the 2 1 2 ens and the Areopagitw of railway science to pub lish their tui ty. Mr. Remington cannot be ignorant that in 1840 many ob 35tions were mooted against his line, and that , am on g st other s erious objections, it was stated that it required at one place an embankment eighty-one feet high, and three miles long, and ° old have taken eight-en years to form it. tl Heing accused of stealing his b- to the widely different sumstris, I am bound to repel : l e accusation ; but I confieemyself s eqU:red upon the face of his own athertiseme nts to show that their product was not worth stealing, and that as those for whom acted have capital and character to lose, it was my interest 10 avoid committing them to a gentleman whose reputation as a ll engineer his yet to be won. and to steer clear of a line pre. rlliled by it s p ar e n t in so unformed a state that he did no t a °w, when he offered it ter three millions , that it would re -1"e five to matere it. . divaßemington, or the friend wh o wrote the article in the Express, says I stole the hesem ready made." I tasnre them I have not stolen the embankment spoken of. I do not a ff ec t engineering knowledge, but, irrespective of th e embankment Allied to, a very moderate qutntity ofcaution ^nultt induce ant o .e to p u.e, ere he ads e ,l a t eropany to adopt a p l an f or w i nc h ucts wide as those Mr. Remington a ' named had b. en asked by its p' eet. I have not, an , ii thus assailed. said a word depreciatory of this t e utleman's plans; for railroads are not made by verbal squab ,lin,l4l ; but 1 am sure that you will feel that, b..ing accused of • 'nag) practice," " filching," and " stealing," if 1 had left the I!l_lputations unnoticed, I might, and should probably, have "en tak en t o h a v e admitted because I gad not denied, -charges b lade iii language so gross end injurious. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, W. H. ASHURST. P.R.—Since writing the above, I have had put into my ;nd. the Morning Herald of the 23d of May last only, and f there find tnat 3 . 1 r. Remington advertised his line, and asks 1 1 °I. Two Millions only, in 40,001 shares of 501 each ; and I f a te also had brought to me a prospectus, issued by him in 1844, 4 1' 1 _ 1 : Direct London, Manchester, and York Railway. For `nig he asks Seven Millions. Have the York Company stolen their line from him ? y asking severally two, three, four, and five millions for his rnposed excursion to Manchester, he proves that, apart from . 4 " morality of the thing, it would be egregiously foolish to any line from so vaeiable a Genius. LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. , A meeting of the inhabitants has just been held at R ochford, ".0 take into consideration the merits of this line, which pro 144's to supply south Essex with railway facilities, and to open emmunication between London and thit coast by a line from b e Stepney station of the Blackwell Railway, to the port of b arnham, on the river Crouch, with branches to Grays, Til. "7 , Southend, Barking, Rochford, Ockenden , and the agri tehldatir.ural towns in the district. Mr. A. Holt White too k the Tite, the architect, in the absence of Mr. Locke, the tltKineer of the line, and Mr. Tyerman, the solicitor to the i rmfmny, accompanied by Mr. Flower, architect, of Southend, ttended foe the T purpose of explaining the project. rrE opened the proceedings by stating that an Act had be e" passed for extending a braniih of the Blackwell Railway to baj e le Eastern Counties line at Stralford, and about a quarter of thi s from the Stepney station it was pr o p osed that South Essex line should branch off. It would then raa the Regent's Canal, and about a mile and a half arther e the river Lea ; it would then pass through V est Ham and Plaistow, close to the town of Barkirig keeping midway between the high road and the river, 3 near as they could eastward, close to Dagenham a Drench was thrown off to Tilbury Fort. The line then ! f satitrued midway between the too villages of North and k nown as near the estates of Sir 'l'. B. Lennard, te l logtu as Belhui, whose support they confidently hoped to re iet It then continued between Brentwood and the T hames, and t o u c hed upon the high road at a point near 1, iorkfo r d, pass i ng nort h o f R ay l e i g h, to a point near Hockley % P i and continued in a straight course by C anewdon ~.41le the C rouch ; a branch turning south on the other si de Plurnherow Mount, would pass Roch f ord a little east, and continue in that dire ct i on to Southend h u e gradients were extremely favourable, there were no ine els t no formidable cuttings , Rochford would be 37 es fron t Fenchurch-street, and Southend 40 miles. The t : e „vvould form a new and a shorter route than at present 4 , 1 `! l e continent ; vessels might conveniently stop and unload : ‘-rou t h at ste , and then send their cargoes by rail to 131ackiivall, of having to go up the Thames and encounter the na tolion of the Pool. The distance ty this line. from the coast lig til ls would be 200 miles, to Rotterdam 173, to Antwer' 46 ,.. to Ostend 98, to Dunkirk 77, to Calais 75, to INlarg:. ',t ot The present distance to Hull from the Pool was 262, to tOu ter dans 214, to Antwerp 210, to Os. end 1:A, to Ukirk H tt, S, and to Calais 111. The Crouch at low Was deep enough for the navigation of the largest cul- tiers, but it was said that an improved access at the mouth o the river would be an advantage. The committee had, however, been informed by pilots, and at the Trinity Board. that such an objection only arose from the want of a good channel being buoyed off. The river being now used only by ships of unimportant burden, no pains had been taken respecting it. It was not intended to have docks; but, as the shore was steep on this side, by continuing the line into 15 feet of water, by means of a pier, colliers might trauship their coals into waggons adapted to the rails, and which would also travel upon the ordinary road without un loading, which system had been also propose•i on the London and York line ; such waggons could be taken off the line at a point the most convenient. The Provisional Com. mittee depended a great deal upon the traffic of coals from this branch to the east of London, thus avoiding many of the pre sent heavy charges, and also the delays so constantly occasioned to vessels on the Thames. As he had before said, the line crossed the river Lea and the Regent's canal, and at convenient points ; coals might Le supplied by these means to the parts north of the line. With regard to Barking, there was a con siderable fishing trade carried on; there were a great many populous villages down the line to that point, the inhabitants of which would, to a great exter.t, take advantage of railway communication. From the Crouch there were great facilities for communication with many parts of the Continent, and that river being by rail only 40 miles from London, an express train might gain in an hour that point on the coast at present only attainable by a very long and circuitous voyage. To Ostend and other places there would be a considerable saving of time, though the distance might not be shorter. Ile need hardly say that the terminus being in Fenchurch-street was a great advan tage to an agricultural district ; nothing could be more con venient than a station there. Mr. JAMES GILES moved and Mr. KELWORTH seconded the first resolution in favour of the line, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. TYERMAN adverted to the great benefit to the agricul tural interest that must ensue, by affording a quick and cheap conveyance of the agricultural produce, in which this county so richly abounded. At Crouch there would be a commodious place for embarkation and debaikatien. After some observations from Messrs. Rankin, Keyes, Comfort, Taber, Lucas, Giles. Baker, and others, thanks were given to the deputation for their attendance and explanations. THE RICHMOND RAILWAY.—The royal assent hav ing been given to the Act empowering a Company to make a railway from Richmond to the Falcon bridge, Battersea, where it is intended to join the South-Western Railway, surveyors have for several days past been ac tively engaged in marking out the line, and estimating the value of the various properties through which this line will pass. According to present arrangements, the railway will be commenced in the Brouclw eye Richmond, where a handsome terminus will be erected. It wit' then run nearly parallel with the Richmond• road, as far as East Sheen, leaving Kew a mile-and-a-half dis tant on the left. It will afterwards cross Barnes common, having a station as near to the high read leading to Hammersmith-bridge as convenient, and run ning alongside the Upper Richmond-road, will cross Put ney High-street by a cutting of from twelve to eighteen feet in depth, over which a bridge will be thrown to continue the old thoroughfare. This cutting will be continued to North-fields, Wandsworth, where a viaduct will be commenced and carried across the road leading from Wandsworth to Putney, through a row of houses, called Point Pleasant, across some marshy land to an extensive osier bed. Here the excavation will have to be carried eighteen feet deep before a foundation can be obtained for the viaduct, and in consequence of the tides overflowing this part, it will be the most difficult undertaking on the whole line. Continuing the viaduct, a double-arched bridge will cross the Wandle, after which the works, meeting with little engineering diffi culty, will be rapidly continued to their termination at Falcon-bridge, Battersea, where men are already at work. There will be stations at Putney and Wands worth, and the whole line will be opened on the Ist of May next. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—It is intended to begin near the Southampton Docks, and thence by Redbridge on Southampton Water, Romsey, Stockbridge, Andover, Ludgershall, Marlborough, Swin don, Cricklade, and Cirencester, to Cheltenham, where it is to join the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. The effect will be to reduce the distance from South ampton and Birmingham sixty-four miles, to Manchester and Liverpool seventy-seven, and to Chester eighty three, besides which it will save fifteen miles between Swindon and Cheltenham, and eighteen between Ciren cester and Cheltenham. One of the most interesting facts in connexion with Southampton, and one of the most pregnant proofs of the vast benefits which may accrue from railway accommodiation, is the vast increase of the trade of Southampton ; for whereas the exports of Southampton in 1832 were only of the declared value of 62,1631, in 1845 they will exceed 3,000,000 L, while the number of passengers embarking and disembarking for foreign ports is 10,000 in each year. The connexion of this line with the port of Southampton will of course create a most valuab:e traffic, but there is also a considerable local ttuffie bet .veen the towns of Andover, Stockbridge, Romsey, Redbridge, and other towns in West Hemp shire with Southampton, which is now the great port of that district, and which with its increasing resources is calculated to become the port for a great part of the south of England. The great obstacle at present to ves sels unloading goods at Southampton is, that they can not obtain return cargoes ; but the present line will give them access to those districts which will provide the re quisite supply, and so greatly extend the trade of the port.—Railway Herald. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS (HASTINGS, RYE, AND ASHFORD Erressioe ).—On Friday the Bniehton and Hastings Ashford Extension Bill received the royal assent. The confirmation of the fact received here on Saturday oc casioned a most lively feeling of congratulation in the breasts of every one connected with the trade and prosperity of the borough. The joy of the inhabitants was expressed in every outward form, the town band paraded the streets, the church bells were rung, boys and men huzzaed, and the tradesmen met and toasted " Success to the Rail way" at railway speed. By the passing of this Act of extension the full hopes and wishes of the inhabitants are consummated. A new era is about to dawn on us. By the completion of this line, direct communication will be opened with the whole of the pleasure towns of Kent. From the progress of the works between this place and Brighton there is little doubt that the line will be opened by March next as far as Bopeep. The completion of the remainder of the line to Ashford will rest with the South-Eastern Company, the Bill with all it powers as obtained by the Brighton and Hastings Company being handed over to them. The Act expressly provides that the tunnels into the Priory and the whole line shall be commenced simultaneously, that the line shall be completed within three years after the passing of the Act, and that if it is not completed in that time no interest shall be payable on any part of the South-Eastern capital until it is completed. This is an assurance of a speedy realisation of our hopes. By it Rye harbour, which will be doubtless much improved by the expenditure of 10,0001., will be made avail able to us ; and ultimately we may entertain hopes of seeing permanent harbour here.—Brighton Guardian. CHELTENHAM AND OXFORD.—The committee of this un dertaking met on Saturday, at Cheltenham, when Mr. Brunel gave a detailed account of his survey of the line. Captain C. B. Lindsay was appointed Secretary. It was announced that the deposits on the proposed capital (360,0001.) had been paid to the amount of 30,0001., had been invested in Exchequer bills, and that the plans and sections were in a state of for• wardness. CHELMSFORD AND BURY.—This Company have deter mined to extend their line to Thetford, so as to give the nearest and most direct communication between London and Nor wich, without diverting the traffic from its old course. CALEDONIAN.—Last week, on the commencement of the works, orders were given by Mr. Wilson, superintendent of the work, for the erection of a number of comfortable houses at Evanhead, for the accommodation of the workmen employed on the line, which are nearly finished. NORTH SOMERSET.—A contemplated line of railroad, designated " Ploughman's line," is occupying a good deal of public attention in North Somerset. It is proposed to make a line intersecting the country nearly midway from north to south, forming a junction with the Great Western at a convenient point between the cities of Bath and Bristol (say at K eynsham), and another with the Bristol and Exeter at Yeovil, penetrating Mendip at or near Marsbury Dip, and travei sing; centrally the Mendip coal fields. The ad vantages of this, over any other of the contemplated lines are, chat whilst it will afford a sufficiently easy route to the metropolis, it will open a direct way to the manufacturing dis tricts. ard the northern parts of the kingdom and South Wales; and all ~rill furnish a cheap channel of transport for the bulky trusures of the Mendip mines southward, to an unlimited ex tent.— Hampshire paper. WELSH MIDLA ND. —Svrveys are now being made be tween Leominster and Kidderminster, and between Kid derminster and Birmingham, with the view of effecting a direct communication between the mineral districts of South Wales and the manufacturing town of the midland and northern counties, that portion of the line between Leominster and Kidderminster being already determined on, and it being the intention of the Wel h Midland to carry out the continua tion from Kidderminster to Birmingham in case no similar line shall be projected by some other company acting in co-opera tion with them. Mr. Charles Lawrence has been elected chairman of the Grand Junction in the place of Mr. Moss, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone deputy chairman. The Manchester and Birmingham have it in contemplation to construct a branch from their main line at Knutsford to the salt mines of Cheshire, affording accommodation to Stock port and Ashton, and supplying coal from the coal-held of Poynton. A new station is about to be erected on the Eastern Counties line, at Hatfield Peverel, near Witham. The Directors of the Grand Junction have determined on making a further reduction in their fares. The fares will be for travelling by select or express trains twopence farthing per mile. The fare for first-class passengers is to be reduced to twopence per mile ; the charge for second-class passengers will be five farthings per mile ; and the third class will remain at one penny per mile. Sausau KY BRANCH OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN.—The formation of the branch line to Salisbury, from the South- Western Railway, is proceeding throughout the whole extent of the line with the utmost expedition. It is confi dently anticipated it will be opened as early as May next. The preparations for the branch from the Great Western line, on the other side of the city, are also in very active progress; and it is said that a strong effort will be made to get this line opened to Bath as early as the line to Dishopstoke. The liberal wages offered to induce men to labour on the works is likely to prove inconvenient to some of the agriculturists in the vicinity during the harvest.— liampshire paper. Wissiecu. —A meeting was held at ;Visbech on Friday, to determine upon the most advantageous measures to be taken for securing railway communication between Wisbech and the metropolis and the manufacturing districts. The meeting was very fully attended. The Mayor stated the object of the meeting. Several speakers followed, and in the end a Committee was appointed to carry out the views of the re quisitionits. LYNN AND ELY.—This Company propose to extend their line from Wisbech to Spalding, in Lincolnshire, with the view of affording to the port of Great Yarmouth, the city of Nor wich, and the ports of Lynn and Wisbech, a direct line of com munication with the Northern and Midland districts. That portion of the Whitehaven Junction Railway, extending from Maryport across the Derwent to Workington, is expected to be opened for the conveyance of goods and passengers befone the close of the present Lear.— Cumberland Pacquet. C ANTERB URY AND OVER D RAILWAY•—The Directors of this Company have determined on extending their line to Hems Bay. The necessary surveys and estimates are nearly completed. RAILWAY STATION AT LEWES.—The Friars at Lewes, which has been from time immemorial the resort of the judges while on Circuit, has been purchased with a view to transform p it into the station for the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings ate -`hldr REDUCED STEAM-BOAT FARES.—ThUrSday, t. r the first time, several of the above-bridge steam-boats started from London to Westmin,ter-bridge, at the reduced fare of 2d., for eadh passenger. lAug.l4. 1 3% .ug.l4. ,ug.l4 27% RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. London ' i p 4 : 1 1. " I cheater. l Bristol. I York. Leeds. lAug.l4. lAug.l4. Hull. !Aug.l4. iliudders field. lAug.l4 'Sheffield Glasgow, Aug.l4. Atig.l3. Dublin. Aug.l3. 51/s e dorm! ooF ,il' te" tne I of i t tb e I V‘e 1 6 P"'nf it DIP ,i r ti { the old C°- the —(,.: t '' 1 rtin a l re av )„c:er do s°'. radia l stop e r ' ol . ny. 0 144 t hel c r • ps " o ° o 4 . 11 , 5 i0e , ied of b r ti, eve r lII' tipo is v cf • P jj ' IP ;PO; 1" 11 ' t ,le o ►r 1)0' etr 'ri fer , I.. r s et' „ ti P " s, THE SUN, LONDON, SATUADAI .14OR.1,TING, AUGUST 16, 1845. 53/ 1 1 1% - 10% 8% 4 1 / 8 121 — s. Gd. 261 A 15 54 5% ...... 2314 ..--, 4% 7% 61s. 193 T. 9d. 8 1291/ 16 1 2 12: 675. 4% 3 34 5% 46% 565. ed 15 1 4 10% 251/2 2 1 % 10% 9s. p 614 14% 26% 16y 8 14% 425. p' 28s. pl 41. 19s. 2 4 I/2 41 S. p 2 % 23% p . 14/1356 1/19,66til 234 30s. p Is.6d.p 60s. p 104 575. 2/. 14s. 348. 89% 21s. 234. 6d 42/. 6s, 7% 5/. 18s. 355. 6d. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Lazarus, clothes dealer, Marylebone-lane, to surrender Aug. 22, at two, and Sept. 26, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basiughall-street; Lewis and Lewis, Ely place. William Parsons, corn dealer, Wood-street, Princes road, Lambeth, Aug. 26, at half-past one, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; M'Leod and Stenning, London street, Fenchurch•street. David Davis, dealer iu regimental and court dresses, Jernsyn-street, St. James's, Aug 22, at half•past eleven, and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard ; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. J. T. Taylor and T. P. Watkinsm, plumbers, York terrace, Regent's-park, Aug. 26, at eleven, and Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Grimaldi, Stables, and Burn, Copthall court. George Frederick Kerschner, victualler, Castle Inn, Holloway, Aug. 22, at half-past ten, and Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Fisher, Queen square, Bloomsbury. John Marsh, grocer, Brewood, Staffordshire, Aug. 23, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Bittlestoa, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson, Wolverhampton. John Cadogan, jun., warehouseman, Brecon, Aug. 29 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Adamson, Ely place, London. Jacob Richard Owen, sharebroker, Aug. 25 and Sept. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Blanchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, Lon don ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchest PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 12, 1845, is 345.:41 per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. (Dividends, &C., in our next.) 11% SOUTHWARK ELECTION. - MEETING Or THE FRIENDS OF SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTIL—Last evening __. an influential meeting of the electors of the borough of South: wark was held at the Queen'a Head, High-street, to devise means to secure the return of Sir William Molesworth to Par- -Lament. The Committee formed the previous evening was enlarged to one hundred, and the canvassing books delivered out with the intention of commencing the canvass the beginning of the week. Certain explanations were given of the course which had been taken by the Reform Association in bringing "ir William forward which were deemed satisfactory to the great body present, also with regard to his views on the May nooth question. On Monday evening a general meeting of the electors is announced to take place at the Bridge Hotel, at which it is stated Sir William will make his first appearance. To-day his address was forwarded to every elector in the borough, 6,000 in all, so by this time every voter has a copy of it. The other candidate, Mr. Jeremiah Pilcher, issued his address at six o'clock in the evening. Beyond this we did not hear of any movement in his favour. Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey has declined standing as a candidate at present, having , intimated that to be his intention yesterday forenoon to a depu - I tation of the electors that waited on him. 2% SUNDERLAND ELECTION.—STATE Or THE POLL ♦T THE CLOSE.—The numbers at the close of the poll were:— 11 ndsen Thompson 497 Majority for liuthoa —l3o CHATHAM. DOCKYARD.—The Right Hon. the Earl of Iladdington, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir W. H. Gage, G.C., the Right lion. H. T. L. Corry, with Captain Brandreth, Director cf Engineering and Architec tural Work s ; the Hon. Captain R. S. Dundas, Storekeeper General ; Mr. Loyd, the head engineer of works at Woolwich Dockyard; and Mr. Pease, private secretary to the Hon. T. L. Corry, visited Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday, the 12th inst. Their Lordships, on landing at the Queen's stairs, were received by a guard of honour of the Royal Marines, consist ing of two sergeants and 50 rank and file, under the com mand of Captain Finmore, with First Lieutenant Henry Bremer and First Lieutenant A. Ramsay, who bore the Queen's colours. The band of the Royal Marines, on their Lordships passing, played " Rule Britannia." Their Lord ships were received by the Captain-Superintendent, Captain W. H. Shirreff, and other officials of the yard. The purport of their visit was to inspect the store-houses, ropery, and anchor wharf ; after which they inspected the ships building and those in dock, and also the mast and boat-houses, and the paddle-box boats built for the Retribution steam-frigate, now in dock, which are beautifully made, being each 39 feet 9 inches in length, and each capable of containing 250 persons. Their Lordships, after further progress, proceeded to the saw mills, when Professor Airey, of Greenwich, introduced his model of a saw-machine for cutting timber in various shapes, to • which it is understood their Lordships will give their atten tion. Their Lordships t after inspecting the new metal mills in course of completion (the roof of which is of very beautiful construction, made of iron), and inspecting the im provements now being carried out by Messrs. Baker and Co., returned to the residence of the Captain Superintendent, where they partook of a luncheon, and at half-past 2 o'clock pro ceeded in the Admiralty barge on board the Janus steam sloop, which vessel was cast off from the sheer hulk, and pro ceeded under steam down the river with their Lordships and Captain Shirreff, followed by the Black Eagle Admiralty steamer. The rate of the speed of the Janus was about three miles an hour, the wheels revolving about five times in a minute. On its arrival in Gillingham-reach their Lordships seemed to have had enough of _the vessel, for they left it, and proceeded on board the Black Eagle to Sheerness, at which port their Lordships dined, at the Port Admiral's residence. BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The printed regulations in every book of instructions delivered to every engineman, and to all the officers and servants of this railway, prohibit the em ployment of an engine at the back of any train, except under special circumstances ; and on inquiry recently made from one end of the line to the other, the answer is that no such instance has ever yet occurred. Acccrding to a Vienna letter of the sth inst., the Emperor of Austria has issued a Cabinet order that no new grant for the formation of railroads, within the empire, shall be made to private companies until the year 1850. By this period all the railroads now in construction must be fi nished. This determination will prevent capital from being absorbed in these undertakings, and at the same time put a stop to the in ordinate speculation in shares. In June last, the aggregate number of passengers by the Austrian railroads was 1,103,000, being 87,000 more than in the corresponding month of last year. THE RISLEYS ON THE CONTINENT. —The conti- nental papers continue to teem with the most enthusiastic en comiums on the performances of the Risleys, father and sons. So great has been their success in the principal cities of Europe, that they have been obliged to forego engagements amounting to twenty thousand florins, in order to open in Paris at the Porte St. Martin, at their stipulated time— the first week in August. One of the Vienna papers contains a long and highly complimentary notice of their appearance at the St. Joseph theatre, in that city, last month, where they took the phlegmatic Germ fns by surprise. The Vienna critic says, " The beauty of the performance of the ltisleys does not con sist so much in the exhibition of muscular strength as in their adroitlelasticity and their indescribable grace. The father is a fine handsome fellow—the boys beautiful children. The spec tator is surprised and delighted at their feather-like leaps, and their bounds are as daring as if their bodies were made of India rubber, instead of veritable bone and muscle. Their elegant silver dresses, the variety of their feats, the novelty, and above all the refined and classic taste that marks every phase of their performance at once stamped their popularity in this city. A hurricane of applause followed their efforts, and the ballet which introduced them, by M. Pickier of Brussels, contributed much to their success." GLASGOW ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.—It will be seen, in reference to the advertisement in another column, that a singularly interesting work is about to be published, by subscription. It is a republication of the old Glasgow Courant, from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of October, 1746, which gives a complete detail of the movements and romantic adventures of the Pretender. The work has been undertaken by William Meikleham, L.L.8., solicitor, in Glasgow, and secretary to the University. He is the son of :Professor Meikleham, and is in possession, we believe, of the only copy extant. As a record of news, notices and advertisements of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, the work will be a great curiosity, and, there cannot be the least doubt, that it w ill be greatly prized by all lovers of ancient relics, and others, desirous of perusing the records of their forefathers.—Ex tracted from the Liverpool Mercury of August 8. LITERARY CURIosITY. —The learned Secretary to the University of Glasgow is about to publish a perfect literary and political curiosity —the old Glasyvw Cuurant, from the 14th of October, 1745, to the 13th of Octoteer, 1746—which gives a complete detail of the movements arid romantic ad ventures of the Pretender. As a record of news, noti ces , an d advertisements of the inhabitants of Glasgow 100 years ago, we have every reason to believe that Mr. Meikleharn's is the only copy of this paper in existence. The particulars of the mode of publication will be found in another page. We understand that so eeger are the p 3 ople of Glasgow to possess this curious record, that several hundred copies were subscribed for in one day. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.--Thursday, the bakers of the east and south end of the metropolis raised the price of the best bre id to I. and 10d., an d th a t of the s econd quality to 8A.1., being an advance of one halfpenny in the four-pound loaf. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total number of deaths registered in the metroplitan district for the week ending Saturday August 9, 1845. was 918, being an increase in the number registered during the previous week, of 91. The number of deaths from disease during the week ending August 9, was 870, being an increase on the previous week of deaths from disease of 58. The deaths from diseases of the organs of respiration during the week ending August 9, were 204, while those from epidemic and contagious diseases A mount to 190. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRNIINGIIAM RAILWAY. ADJOURNED INQUEST. On Thursday was resumed the inquiry into the death of Mr. Charles Dean, before Mr. Thomas Walley, Esq., ALP., at the Orange Tree Tavern, New-road, St. Pancras, near the ter . _ minus of the London and Birmingham Railway. John Hulse, the railway policeman, was recalled. He stated that the luggage train being three-quarters of an hour behind its time on the morning of the accident, it of course remained longer than usual on the up-line. Has written instructions as to the time of starting. They were delivered to him about four months since. Considers Captain Bruyers, superintend ent, as his master. Is subject to tines for neglect of duty. Does not know of any person being fined in consequence of the late accident, nor of any of the railway servants having received notice that they would be dismissed. Has been in his present situation on the railway for a year and eight months, and during that period the time appointed for the starting of the luggage train has been altered several times. Its time of departure has been made earlier- The Liverpool Mail should have arrived at 22 minutes past five o'clock on the morning of the accident. During the last three months the luggage train has some• times started to its time, and sometimes it has not—the dif- ference in the time of starting varying from two minutes to half an hour. Ilas knownoielnigage train to leave at a quarter-past six o'clock. The time of starting was a quarter past four o'clock. That occurred some time ago. The clerks enter the time that the train starts. The time is registered exactly. It is not his duty to make any report in ease of the train being late, unless some accident had occurred. Believes that the clerks on guard make a report. The starting of the train is entirely under the control of Mr. Frost, the clerk. The guard is bound to wait until he receives the invoice and the signal from the clerk. Mr. Frost holds the office called weigh ing clerk. Mr. Frost is under the control of Mr. Mills, the superintendent of the goods department. Did not see Mr. Mills in attendance on the morning of the accident. Has seen Mr. Mills in attendance on the starting of the quarter-past four o'clock luggage-train. He is present, perhaps, once or to ice a week. Cannot say under whose authority Mr. Mills acts. Captain Bruyers does not attend at the startmgof the luggage train. He has the general control of the railway. Has seen Mr. Bruyers at the station as early as nine o'clock in the morn ing. Recollects that within the last three months the train has started later, but does nut recollect that it has once been an hour and a half behind the time. Thu proper time for the arrival of the Liverpool train is twenty-two minutes past five o'clock in the morning. The engine was driven by Hums worth. Has known the engine to arrive as early as it did on the morning of the accident, but that was some time back. There was nu whistle to signify the arrival of the mail-train on the morning of the accident. Mr. WAKLEY—And is there no one on the spot to point out the danger of leaving a train on the up-line when a mail train is expected ?—The witness said that there was not. Ile con • sidered the accident was owing to the untimely arrival of the Liverpool mail-train. He also said he was in error when he said there was no whistle. lie heard the signal whistle in the tunnel and the cutting, near the station. Saw the funnel of the engine a very few seconds after the whistle, but there was no time to do anything to avoid the collision. There is no bell for passenger trains, but one is wrung to show the arrival of cattle or goods trains. The bell for cattle or goods is at the mouth of the tunnel. Witness cannot always hear when it is wrung. . . Captain Bruyers said, he resides at 65, in the Haymarket. Is the general superintendent of the London and BirMingham Railway. Has no fixed time fur his duties. Humswerth, the driver, had a book of instructions given to him. His arrival at too early an hour is provided for by the fifth article of in structions, which enjoins him to take a time table with him, and regulate his speed according to it. The fifth article men tions no punishment consequent upon a breach of its regula tions. The time-keeper of the tram is the upper guard. The engine left Trigg at 20 minutes pa.t four on the morning of the accident. The strict time for starting is 21 minutes past four. The engine arrived in town at three minutes past five ; thus performing the distance in forty-three minutes. The dis tance from Trigg to the spot where the accident occurred is more than thirty miles. The train arrived nine minutes before its time. The proper time allowed to run thirty miles is sixty one minutes, but three minutes are allowed for stoppage, so that the distance is performed in fifty-eight minutes. A Juror—Has Humsworth, the driver, ever been fined for being before his time before this accident ? Witness—Yee, he has. Mr. WAKLEY—Do you know this for certain ? Witness — I believe he hat, but 1 cannot say for certain that he has been fined. Mr. WAK LEY—Was he reported to you? Witness—Yes; he was ten minutes before his time at Leighton, on the 24th May, and came into collision with the goods train. He was reported to me on that occasion. Mr. WA K LEY—And you reported the fact to the Directors? Witness—Yes; there are directionsgiven that in foggy weather no train shall come farther than Chalk Farm-bridge, and that the whistle shall be kept constantly going. Humsworth was then called into the room, upon which Mr. WAKLEY said it was his intention to have called him as a witness, but in consequence of the evidence just given he could not do so. If he (Humsworth) wished to call any wit nesses, he would have an opportunity of doing so. It would be well for him to watch the proceedings, as there was a great deal of responsibility attached to him. Mr. Mum, the Deputy Coroner, then read over Captain Bruyers' evidence to Ilumstvorth. Mr. WAKLEY—It has been shown that the proper time for the starting of the goods train was a quarter past four o'clock. It does not appear that there was anything to delay it on the morning of the accident. The witness here observed that he had already stated that the York mail contributed to delay it, as did also the fog. Mr. WAKLEY—Do you attribute blame to any person? Witness—No. Mr WAKLEY—Then what is there to be corrected? Here is one train 48 minutes behind its time, and ano.her 19 minutes before its time, and these facts must be attributable to some person. Witness—The goods train was detained by the fog, the York mail by the delay of goods and the trouble of forming the train. The length of the train was not so much as 350 yards. Allowing 15 feet in length for each of the 47 waggons, the length would be 235 yards. 'lle guard of the tram is bound to remain until he is instructed to leave by Mr. Frost. The signals at the Camden Town Station are a red board by day, and a red light at night. If the weather were foggy, the signal could not be seen. The policeman has no in structions to go down to the tunnel with the light when the weather is foggy. Humsworth handed in a statement of the time of his arrival for corns time past. It differed slightly from the one given in by the last witness. He in some insances admitted a greater number of minutes before time than the foregoing statement presented. Captain Bruyers said, in reply to a question from the Co roner, that the engine-drivers generally carried watches, but they knew the time by long practice, and also the speed at which they were going. Humsworth was never reported to him for his premature arrivals, nor was he punished. M. Berry is the superintendent of the locomotive department. There is no specified amount of fine for arriving before time. It is quite a discretionary power. Witness does not engage the drivers ; that falls within Mr. Berry's department, and witne,s has no control whatever over it. The book of instructions is about to be revised and remodelled. Mr. WAKLEY then asked Mr. Frost if he had any witnesses to call. It appeared that he had the control of the train, which was behind time when it was struck. If ho had any statement to make it would be listened to by the jury ; but he had a right to say that it might be used against him afterwards. He might, if he could, show that delay was unavoidable, or that it was a part of the system of the railway. Mr. Frost said that great difficulties often wesented them selves with regard to the luggage-trains, and rendered it im possible to get up the train for the appointed time. Mr. WAKLEY asked for the record of the time of starting of the luggage-train during the past month, and it was sent for. Humsworth then expressed a desire to call Wm. Finch, one of the engine-drivers of the luggage-train. William Finch was accordingly called and sworn—lie stated that he was an engine-driver belonging ,to the London and Birmingham Railway. Was present when the accident oc curred, and was engaged in oiling the engine of the goods-train. At five o'clock witness remarked that the mall was nearly due ; she would go off the line. He accordingly backed the engine ; but it was ordered back on the line to have some waggons at tached. The number of engines was 67. He obeyed the order, and went down as far as Chalk Farm-bridge, and there stopped. A delay of three or four minutes then occurred be fore the collision took place. Did not see the engine until it was close on his own. Heard the whistle, but there was no time to get out of the way. Has known Humsworth six or seven years, and has always known him as a good driver. Had crossed the main rails about four times on the morning cf the accident. Cannot say who should be blamed for the delay of the luggage train. It had not more waggons titan usual at tached. Has had as many as seventy or eighty waggons and three engines to the luggage train. Has received no instruc tions with reference to his time. The rate allowed for goods is twenty miles per hour. Has driven passengers. There are certain times to stop at the stations, and the engine must be true to that time. John Sheppard, a stoker, was examined—ls stoker to the engine which Humsworth, the driver, was on—the Liverpool mail—at the time of the accident. On leaving the tunnel, the signal of " all's right" was made by the policeman ; remembers the fact distinctly. The engine was going at the rate of eight or ten miles an hour when it struck. Could not see the red signal on account of the fog. When there is anything in the way on the line, they expect a signal at the mouth of the tunnel. In reply to the CORONER, Capt. Bruyers said the cost of such an engine as No. 91 would be about 1,400/. George Walker, the foreman of the locomotive department at Camden-town, was then called, and said the value of the engine was at least 1,0001.; the value of the tender 300/. Mr. WAKLEY summed up. After going through the main features of the evidence, he said that there had been no evi dence to explain the cause of the premature arrival of the train. These arrivals were explained by Captain Bruyers to be dangerous. The irregularity of the arrivals and departures involved serious consideration, and the only wonder was, not that an accident had taken place, but that many more accidents had not occurred. The Coroner al'uded to the difficulty which existed as respected the law in this case ; and observed that the parties most in peril in this case, in consequence of the accident, were Humsworth, the driver, and James Frost, whose duty it was to forward the lug gage train according to the instructions which he had. At the same time, he could not but observe upon the want of precise ness which existed as respected instructions to the servants of the Company, and the want of a system of fining the men for being either too early or too late in their arrival at, or their departure from, the stations. The jury retired at half-past three o'clock, and returned at a quarter to five the following verdict :—‘t We find that the deceased, Charles Dean, died from an injury to his left leg, caused by accidental collision of trains on the London and Bir mingham Railway, near to Camden-town ; and that the engine No. 91, belonging to the Company of that railway moved to the death of the deceased, and that its value is 1,0001., and they make a deodand of the said engine to the extent of 1,000/. In delivering this verdict, the jury express their opinion that the rules and regulations of the London and Birmingham Railway Company for the guidance of their servants have been carried out very inefficiently for some time past ; and further, the jury consider that' the area of the Camden-town station, and the system of rails there laid down, arc too much cramped consis tently with the public safety." CLONMEL, AUG. 13. FROM A CORRESPONDKNT.) —I beg leave to inform you, that the weather since Saturday evening has been very fine —this day is beautifully so. If it continues so for ten days the wheat will be generally cutting here, and the crop will be an abundant one. By reference to one of my former letters, you will find that I was right as re garded the quantity in the hands of factors and millers. A field of wheat in the suburbs of this town is being cut down this day. We never had so good a crop of barley, oats, and o Ea TO TE SONS or BUNS.— e learn from tP:etia)/t:lNiNerse•rness HR W Courier that the inh a bit ants of that city gave a grand dinner on Wednesday week to the sons of Burns, who are at present on a tour in the Highlands. Upwards of ninety gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Caledonian Hotel, and the evening was passed in the true spirit of old Highland hos pitality. The honoured guests were presented wi.,11 the free dom of the city. RUNNING MATCH ON WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—On Thursday morning the 120 yards' race between Warne and Tit brig came off, over the stipulated distance, on Waterloo bridge. The stakes were 10/. At the start Warne took the ead, but was quickly passed by his opponent, who won easily oue lard. THE ROBBERY BY CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICERS. At the Th:mes Police-court on Thursday the parties charged with purloining five watches from a case in the West India Dock, on the 23d of June, 1842, and Henry Osborne, fur re ceiving the property, knowing it to be stolen, were brought before Mr. Broderip, for final examination. The Court was crowded to excess with persons connected with the Customs department and the Dock Companies, and the knowledge that other robberies of a similar description hid been committed, and that 1,000 sovereigns had been stoh'p from a box on its way from a merchant's counting-house to the ship Stag, bound to Calcutta, which mast have been effected by the connivance of some persons connected with the Customs, gave additional interest to the proceedings. Soon after twelve o'clock, William Stickland, the pro prietor of the Wheatsheaf public-house. in A nthon v • street, St. George's-in-the-East, who, at the time of the robbery, was in the employ of the Crown as a Custom-house officer, and Edward Lewis and William Bonham, Cestom- house weighers, together with Henry O•borne, landlord of the large public-house called the Crooked Billet, No. 1, King -street, Tower-hill, were put to the bar, the three first charged with stealing one gold and four silver watches, the property of Messrs. Savory and Son, Col nhill, and Osborne with receiving the property, knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and Mr. Watford, solicitor of Customs, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown, and the following legal gentleman were retained for the defence —Mr. W'ylde ( with Mr. Clarke, solicitor), for Stickiand ; Mr. Pigott (with Air. Taylor), for Osborne; and Mr. litottllestone ( with Air. Williams), for Lewis and Bonham. For the better understanding of the proceedings yester lay, it may be necessary to give a short summary of the evidence adduced on the part of the Crown on the last occasion. On the 2.3 d of June, 1842, a case, containing clocks and watches, was forwarded to No. 1 wat•eirou e in the West Italia Dock for exportation, from Messrs. Savory's. The case was a deuble one, the inner being of tin, soldered, and the outer of wood, screwed down, and the watches were deposited under the clucks in the inner case. It was opened in the shed, in the presence of the prisoners Bonham, Lewis, and Stickland. and another Custom-house weigher, named henry Richard Turner (who has been admitted as evidence for the Crown), for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the property. Two of Messrs. Savory's clerks were present at the examination, and when it had concluded, the eases were again soldered anti screwed down, and lett in charge of the Customs. After the depariure of Messrs. Savory's clerks, it was stated that the prisoners lionliatn, Lewis, and Stickland, and the accomplice Turner, broke open the cases, purloined the watches, and, after a fruitlesa attempt to dispose of them to a Jew, named Moss, they were entrusted to Stickland to sell, and he afterwards reported to his confede rates that he had obtained 20/. for them, and gave each of th e m 51., reserving the same amount for himself. More than twelve months elapsed before the robbery was discovered, when Messrs. Savory received a communication from their correspondent in the West Indies that the case had been plundered of the watches, arid that only the clocks had arrived. Messrs. Savory had to make good the loss. Strict inquiries were made, and a reward of 50/. was offered, but without success, and it was not until lately that a clue was obtained to tire thieves and the receiver. On Friday last, Inspector Haynes, of the detective force, went to Osborne's house with a search warrant, and in the course of a long conversation he had with him, he admitted that he bought five watches of a man he did not know, and whom he never saw before about three years ago, when he kept the Lamb in Lamb's Conduit-street, and delivered to the inspector a gold watch with his wife's initials engraved upon it, and a silver watch which bore his own initials, and said he sold one of the watches to Mr. Yeo man, a job master, in Guildford-street, Russell-square, who produced it at the last examination, and another to Mr. Taylor, his solicitor, but he could not recollect what he had done with the fifth. The two watches received from the prisoner, and the one produced, were identified by Messrs. Savory's clerks, and the numbers upon them tallied with the numbers inserted in Messrs. Savory's books. It was nut shown that there was any connexion between Osborne and the Custom house officers, further than what was deposed to by the ac complice, who said that about the time of the robbery he heard Stickland mention Osborne's name. It was also stated by Haynes, that when he apprehended Stickland at the Wheat sheaf, he directed his wife to send for Air. Osborne to look after his cellars. Yesterday Mr. Ballantine said he had further evidence to show that Stickland, Bonham, Lewis, and Turner had access to the shed and the case, and were employed in the West India Dock on the day in question, June 'A, 1842. Mr. John Robinson, clerk to Mr. Savory, who was examined on the last occasion, was again called, and proved that a packet of watches for exportation were delivered by hint to Mr. Faris, another clerk, who saw the cases delivered ire the West India Duck. Mr. Henry Webster, a watch and clock maker, stated that en the 4th of September, 1842, Mr. Osborne brought hint two silver watches, and directed him to engrave upon one the initials " H. 0." (the prisoner's own), and utpen the other J. G.," and he did so. In the course of the following October the prisoner brought to him a gold watch and directed hint to engrave Airs. Osborne's initials upon it. The pri soner, at the same time, asked his opinion of the value of the watches, and he valued the silver watches at 61. each, and the gold one at 12/. The prisoner said he was going to buy the watches of a friend who was in want of money, or that he had bought them. Alr. William Skinner, an appointer of weighers in the Cus toms' Department, was examined at considerable length, and he stated that Bonham, Lewis, Stickland and Turner were ern . ployed in the West India Dock on the 23d of June, 1842. 'Their names were ticketed off as they answered to them in a book which he produced. lie also produced an appearance sheet for the same day, w ith the signatures of the pr isoners and the accomplice upon it. The four men were employed as ship ping officers, and they would be in No. I shed to examine the packages anti their contents. William Laycock said he was an apprentice to Mr. Wales, tinman and brazier, in June, 1842, and recollected solderirig a tin case containing clocks anti watches, in the West Bella Dock. He recollected Stiekland was there, and be believed Bonham was also there, but he could not Teak with certainty of him. He recollected Stickland sending lira upon an errand to inquire after some shrimps. lie at first refused to go, but Stickland earnestly pressed him to do so, and I roinised him a ' jolly good glass of brandy-and.weer on his return. lie at last consented to go en the errand, and, instead of shrimps, brought • back some whitebait.—(Laughter.) When he returned with the shrimps—he meant the whitebait—Stickland and others, were in No. 1 shed, close to the case, drinking braetly-anit- water. In answer to questions by Mr. Broderip, the witness said he opened the case and soldered it down again. Ills business was always in No. I shed, except on one or two occasions. Tur ner, the approver, was here put forward.] Witness said he recollected him very well indeed. lie was in the shed at the time. lie was sent for the shrimps after he had soldered the case. --, ~..-. Mr. John Taylor, solicitor, was called, and stated that he bought a silver watch of his client (Osborne) in the autumn of 1842, and gave him four pounds or four guineas for it. lie (lid not pay Osborne any money, but took it in part payment of a debt for professional services. The watch was handed to Messrs. Savory's clerk, who iden tified it as one of those stolen from the case, and it was given into the charge of Inspector Haynes. Joseph Moss, an elderly Jew, was then sworn. his evidence created a great sensation, and was often interrupted by the laughter of the auditory, who were much amused, as well as disgusted, with his odd manners, and his flippancy. He said he was a general dealer, and lived at 3, Elizabeth-street, St. George's-in-the-East, and dealt in anything and everything. —( Laughter.) He did not know any of the prisoners, but he might have seen them. Mr. Ballantine— Will you swear that you never saw any of— Moss, hastily—l will swear it. Mr. Broderip—Don't answer so hastily, sir. Moss-1 might and I might not have seen them. Mr. Ballantine—Have you ever seen them or not? Moss -1 don't know, Sir ; l'il swear it. Mr. Broderip admonished the witness, and told him to recd. lect he was on his oath. Did he mean to swear, on his solemn oath, that he had never seen any of the prisoners ? Moss— Yes, Sir. Mr. Broderip....km 1 to understand distinctly that you never saw the prisoners? Moss—Perhaps I have seen thew. Mr. Broderip—Have you seen any of them within twe:ve months, or two years, or three years? Moss—l may or I may not. What do you press me for ? I don't know.—( Laughter. ) Mr. Ballantine—Can you recollect having seen them in June, 1842, or about that time ? Moss-1 don't keep dates. Mr. Ballantine-1 want an answer, yes or no. Moss—l had no books in 1842. Mr. Ballantine—Are you in a large way of business ? Moss —No; and I keep no books about watches, or anything el se . Mr. Ballantine—l have not said a word about watches, Mr. Moss. You have anticipated me. Mr. Broderip was about to ask the witness a pestion about his " general dealings," and he anticipated it by answering that he was a respectable general dealer.—( Laughter. ) Mr. Broderip—You can't look into my mind, and if you answer in that way I cannot believe a word you say. How long have you been a general dealer? Moss—Twenty years, your Worship, upon my word. Mr. Broderip—And you have never kept any books? Moss —None at all—not one, Sir—none. Mr. Ballantine—Did anybody call upon you in 1842 about some watches? Moss—l don't recollect. Mr. Idallantine—Did you ever go to the West India Docks to inspect any watches ? Moss-1 did see watches. Mr. Ballantine—Where did you go to see the watches ? Moss—Where did I go to? Mr. Ballintine—Yes. Moss—You ask where Igo to see them ? Mr. I3allantina— Yes ; now answer the question. Moss— I did not go to see them, they were brought to me. Mr. Ballantine—By whom, Sir ? Moss—By neither of these men (looking at the prisoners). Mr. Ballantine —Who brought you the watches? Moss— Turuer, the accomplice, brought the watches to my house. (This answer caused a great sensation in court, Turner having sworn on the last occasion, that Stickland took the watches to Moss's house. ) Mr. Ballantine—Will you swear that Turner brought the watches to your house? Moss—Will I swear it? Yes. lie called upon me, and asked me if I would buy them at a price. %offered hira 18/., I think, for five watches—one gold and tour silver. Mr. Ballantine—Do watches come within the meaning of the term " general dealer ?" Moss—Yes, and diamonds too. Mr. Ballantine—And jewels ? Aloss—Yes, and jewels and money, anything—all general dealing.—( Roa rs of laughter.) Mr. Ballantine—The watches were le ft with you i Moss them, and To ne ll v l e r. r —Yes. them' Moss—Yes. Mr. Ballantine—Did you return Tu A r l n r e . r. Ball H an e ti e n a e m — e ß t e o tu m r e n a t to persist that you never saw them afterwards. saw any one Turner before. Mr, Ballantine—Have you ever been at the West India but Turner about those nhdemd w e a mt t o c a h nw e dh s eo ? dnit h? M Moss—Yes, y es , I do. A r e e la q r: u ently. Dock,l have lr M i 3 been r al . la ! v n i t o i acquaintedpo you u t Mr. Ballantine—Did you go there about June, 1t3.1•?? 310,5 I mean to swear that 1 was not there six months be fore or after that time. Mr. Ballantine—Now look at the prisoners (the Magistiee directed them to put on their hats), and tell me whether you ever saw them before or not, Moss—They never came to my house at all. me ll . lr. M ß o a s l s l_an N t v in un, e Did you ever see them ? you understand Then, I never saw one of them before ; that's coming to the point at once.—(Laughter.) They have not come to my house, and therefore 1 can't know them. Mr. Broderip—Did you ever have any communiestion with the prisoners about the watches ? Moss—Never. Mr. Broderip—And never went to the West India Dock'.' Moss—Not for six months before or afterwards. Mr. 13allantino said he could not carry the case any farther, and submitted that there was ample evidence to justify the magistrate, and that it was necessary for the ends of justice, that Moss should be compelled to find bail far his appearance at the sessions. Unless Moss was compelled to enter into sureties there was no certainty of his appearing at the ses sions, and if he did not find bail he ought to be detained in custody. Moss—No, no, I'm not a receiver, but an honest man. Mr. Bro3erip said that Moss was very hasty, and desired him to stand down. He certainly felt it to be his bounden duty tc.. order Moss to enter into sureties for his appearance at th sessions, and unless he did so, he would have to remain iq custody. Mms—Will your Worship answer sae a question ? Broderip—Stand down, Sir. I don't sit here answer questions. It you do not find bail, I shall commit, NAMES OF RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Arbroath and Forfar . Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down liirknhd, Lan. & Ches, Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. N ew ( iss. at 7 I/ 2 dis.) Dkto Half Shares . hirmiughm & Oxfrd. June. Blel:burn, Chrly, & N, Un. Blackburn, Darwn, & Bolton, Wigan, & Liyerpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Haat Bristol and Exeter Ditto New .. Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian . Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham and Oxford Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction Cork and Bandon Cork ankl Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal Coventry and Leicester Cornwall .... Diss, Beccles, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast Juuct Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath - Ditto New... Dundee and Perth Eastern Counties Do. New ... Do. Perp., 5 pr Cnt., No. l Do. ditto N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinbgh, Was., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow... Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quarter Shares Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New Ditto Preference ...... Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths Grand Union . Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & Wstru (Irelnd) Ditto Extension.. Great Munster ......... Great Northern of Scotlud Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, Shares Do. New, 301. Shares Great Western Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Fifths Aug.l4. 3% 314 41i2 ...... 26% 10 1 A 2% 3% 3% 2% - SIA 19% 6 % P %P 2% 87 21% 11% 4 1 1 1 GuiWird, Farehm, & Ports llarwich Iludrstld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Half Shares. Ditto Quarter Shares Inverness and Elgin Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions........ Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds and W. Riding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ettnis,& Kil. June Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Presto London and Birmingham. Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters London and Blackwall Lon. & Alan.(Remington's_ London and Bright on Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Ditto New Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent London and Greenwich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South West ern Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 50/. Shares Do. New, 401. Shares London and York London and Windsor Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderr y } & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely ••• Lynn and Dereham... Manchester and Leeds ..... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Alanchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend. Manchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk Midland... Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons. Birm. & Derby Midland Gt Westm (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nwcastl & Darhngtn June Do. New (Brandling) Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen ... Newark and Sheffield North British . ..... Ditto Half Shares Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire North Ea-tern North Union (A) Ditto (B) North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales Norwich and Brandon Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston... Nutt., Erewsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield OxfOrd and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness .. Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre. Ditto Half Shares Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div Richnind and W. End June Rugby, Worcester, & Tring Scottish Central ....... Scottish Midland..... Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb., Wor., and Crewe Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb,Herefd,&N.Wals Slamannan South Devon . South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 Do. (iss. 33/.65.8d.) „ 2 Do (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond Staftbrdshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales . ••• Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead June West London, Old Shares West End & Southrn Coun Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub \Vakfid, Pontefrct, & Goole Wakefield anbi Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring W bitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares Welsh Midland West Cornwall West Yorkshire . Wilts, Somrst. & We7rnth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares 53% 36 10% 1 77 1 4 58 - 10% 97 11% 2% 2 1 % 2% . . . . . . 1 532 3/ - 141% 15 15% 14% 15 1 / 2 425. 6d. 3 3 / 4 ..... 31/2 6 1 4 Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby 24M 1 1 / i p 7% 44 L 94 84 3014 30% G 3 10% 6% p [75 26 133 314 2 1 h 2A 31 1 1 8 1 70 ...... 31 4 P 43/ 3% 3% 40 - 39 1 / 4 71,4 5 % 2% 7 21/, 130 16% 12% 2 15-16 3% 3% 3% 214 p 5 4614 5 1 191 2~ 2% 3% Ditto Extension..... 22% 5 % 31/ 8 _ . . . . 2 3/ 3 32 18 p 53/4 3% G.l'/s 14% 107% ...... 26 4 23% 3% - 14% - 2894 k7; — . 6d. 124 7 3-16 31% Si. lle. 1 5 75. 6d. 5% FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Auc. 15, 1845. A dispatch has this morning been received by the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, from the Earl of Aberdeen, K. T., dated Chateau de Bruhl, 12th August, 1845, stating, that the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Albert had arrived, in good health, at that place, on the even ing of the 11th instant, having disembarked at an early hour of that morning at Antwerp ; and that her Majesty was met, at Malines, by the King and Quet,n of the Belgians, who accompanied her Majesty as far as Verviers ; and that, at Aix-la- Chapelle, her Majesty was received by the King of Prussia ; and, after seeing the principal objects of inte rest and curiosity in that town, was conducted by the King, with every mark of honour and distinction, to the Chateau de Bruhl. CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 15. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. CITY OF CHICHESTEIL—AEILIE Lennox, Eq., com monly called Lord Arthur Lennox, Clerk of the Ord nance. BOROUGH OF 'WARWICK.-Sir C harles Eurwicke Douglas, Knt., one of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. . . . ADMIRALTY, AUG. 9. Corps of Royal Marines.—Second Lieut. C. M'Arthur to he First Lieutenant, vice H. C. M. Hawkey, absent without leave. WHITEHALL, JUNE 12. The Lord Chancellor has appinted Ralph Darlington, of Wigan, to the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. 418. 2 % 34 2 1 4 p 11 3 / 4 3 / 4 6 1/9 .... 3% 109. 3% 10% 31% 6% _ 64 7% - 2!li