The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-27 00:00:00

-- Mr. RHODES said that he wished to say a few words in reply to the last speaker. He had purchased 450 shares at 12 premium, and he still retained a large por tion of them, and in his opinion the arrangement sug ges:ed at present would not entirely meet his views. In February, 1843, it was proposed to extend the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway to Newport, and it was proposed to the shareholders to take shares at a guarantee return of five per cent. The calls were to be made immediately, as the Directors were supposed to want the money. Afterwards, in consequence of a rise in the market, the Directors said that they would make no call on those shares, and as they had been bought at a premium, many of the shareholders suffered severely, especially those in the country. The CHAIRMAN said, that in that case the Directors did not want the money, and they did not make a call on the shares in order that it might be an inilucement for taking them. The call could only be made when the bands be came due, and he would say that the Directors had con ducted themselves in that matter so as to cause a benefit to the Shareholders. lir. Elton Es said that, as they did not want the money, aecordirg to the Chairman's statement, what would they have done with it if the calls had been made ? The CHAIRMAN said that they would have had to con sider how to employ it. Mr. FELL said that it appeared to him that the Share holders in this railway who took two new letters of allot ment would have five percent. guaranteed to them, and a share in the profits in case they returned more than that amount. But they had no protection against any ex travagalce in the working cf the line. The amount of the working expenses was to be thirty-six per cent. They had six Directors in a body of eighteen Directors in the Eastern Counties hoe, being just one third. Six to cope with twelve, and in case of any separation of the :Northern and Eastern from the Eastern Counties, what guarantee had they that the line would not be worked at a great expense by the Easton Counties, who had undertaken to work it ? The CHAIRMAN said that the working of the line could not cost more than the sum mentioned, viz., 36 per cent. The question did not apply, and it would be impossible, as they had no severe gradients, to get it up . ess high as 36 per cent. Mr. PELL asked if the expense did not on the Eastern Counties amount to more than 36 per cent. on the traffic ? The CHAIRMAN said, that at the first starting of any line the expenses would be great, in consequence of the difficulty of organising a large staff of servants, but when they were properly organised the expense would not be more than 36 per cent. A SHAREHOLDER, whose name we did not hear, rose and said, that the proposition was one that the Shareholders ought not to agree to. The Eastern Counties shares were now at a premium, and it was not to be supposed but that if four and a half millions of money were to be raised on new shares, that quantity of shares would send those now at premium down to a disc cunt. Besides, in his opinion, the amount of money that they would require to raise on new shares would be nearly 9,000,0001. instead of 4,500,0001. Mr. WILLIAMS said that their receipts were at present nearly 7,0001. per week, which would give a dividend of five per cent. on the capital. They might assume that if the working expenses of the line did not exceed 36 per cent., which would give about one-fifth of the receipts for working, that if they received 1,2501., the profit would amount to 1,0001. They had every reason to expect an increase in their traffic, and he looked forward confi dently to the time when they should receive 10 per cent. There was every reason to believe that, in a short time, the dividend would be six and two-thirds, and why should they give that up for a guarantee of 6 per cent., having a prospect of 10 per cent., independently of their York traffic? The least offer that could have been made was a guarantee of 7} per cent. The CHAIRMAN said, that if such an offer were made, they could not have any chance of participation in their future profits. The question was, however, one of mere speculation, and those who chose to be content with what they had already could do so, while those who chose to take the chance of more had an opportunity of doing so. Mr. GURDEN said that he did not see how they had any right to bind absent Proprietors by their proceedings of to-day. They were an adjourned meeting in order to consider the remlution that was laid before them at their last meeting ; but as the resolution brought forward to-day was to. tally different, he could not see how they ought to be binding on persons who were absent. He should like to know the effect of the proposition on Vie quartereehare holders if it were carried. If they declined taking any part in it, they would receive nothing fur four years, as 6 per cent. was already guaranteed for that time. He had great respect for Mr. Hudson, but if he were with him sitting at that table, he had no doubt he should be able to point out to him some better way of protecting their railway right and increasing their profits. Under all the circumstances, he for one gave it as his opinion that the plan was one that it would not be wise to adopt. Mr. WARD said that the point mooted by Mr. Gurden, whether the absent proprietors shall be bound by what ever is finally determined on in this meeting is decided by the words of the Act of Parliament, which bind all absent Proprietors by whatever is done by the majority in any duly announced meeting. At the same time he must add, he was sure there was nothing in the meeting adverse to the interests of the Eastern Counties Proprietors; they had met them (the Eastern Counties Shareholders) a fortnight ago; propositions were laid before them, and their objections had been met in all fairness. It was said the Eastern Coun ties Company must have an alternative; the Directors went accordingly to the North Eastern Company's Board, had got an alternative, and now brought it before them, vet it is said to-day the Directors have given no notice of the meeting. They certainly wish no advantage over the E 'stern Counties. Gentlemen knowing the meeting had been adjourned ought assuredly to have been present. He would not go into the details about the workine expenses, as they have been introduced to the meeting. He did not see what advantage the two Companies could derive from going into a scrutiny here of each other's expenses, and cutting them down to the lowest sum. - Mr. Hudson's name had been mentioned, and with that good feeling and respect which it deserves. That gentleman, it ought to be remembered, had gained his name for his economy ; he has in every case reduced expenditure, and been thereby able to return a very large dividend to the Shareholders. One word as to the amount of receipts. The Eastern Counties Shareholders will have 6 per cent. up to 1847, during the construction of the Norfolk line ; that line, when made, will throw the whole traffic along the main line, and they will come in for their share of the profits on the whole traffic.. Mr. Gurden had prophesied often, but falsely, in that room. Mr. Gurden had said the shares of this Company would fall ; the market gives the answer. He said he would oppose the amalgamation ; if he had done so successfully, it would have been the ruin of the two Companies, fur in making the arrangements they had not only been liberal to others, but also to them selves—they saw that the amalgamation would be for the mutual good of both. He thought a very valuable pro position bad been laid before them. Those who chose the 6 per cent., who are unwilling to speculate, will re ceive the 6 per cent., and afterwards share in the profits. ie the other hand, those who are willing to speculate may have two shares, and iii case of failure have their de posit paid back to them. Unless amalgamation of the two lines be accomplished they will be a great bar to each other's interests. Competing lines will certainly start. The calculations of a gentleman who had already spoken, giving an issue of 7,8, 9, and even 10 per cent., can only lie realised by shutting out competing lines; and the mows to that is amalgamation, and nothing else. Mr. Huxenv had supported the proposition made at the last meeting with great pleasure, much more than at the present, when the relation of the North-Eastern to the Eastern Counties is as one-third to two-thirds, one third more instead of one-fourth as proposed last meeting. - Mr. RHODES (of Leeds) was certain that the Eastern Counties Shareholders would agree, that if the Bill in Parliament be obtained they have obtained a great good. Messrs. Levi and Luck will sustain no loss, they run no risk—this is all borne by another Company. Mr, TIASTIE, M.P., spoke shortly, in commendation of the proposition. The CHAIRMAN now put the resolution to the meeting, when 35 voted in favour, and 4 against it. Thanks were moved to the Chairman and the Directors. As the meeting was about to dissolve, The CHAIRMAN reminded them that Mr. Hudson at Cambridge had again suggested an amalgamation be tween them and the London and York. Mr. Pyne had kindly offered to carry the suggestion before his coed jutore, but nothing had reached him from that Com pany. Ile thought that the position of the London and York Company was now different from what it was, and such as to lead the Proprietors to see that their interest lay in amalgamation. All railways start with these objects, return for capital, to meet the in terest of the landowners, or that of the merchants; they started with the first object before them, the last had assuredly left them. The cut made by the North Eastern Counties up to Hitchin saves much; there is but one mile of difference between this line and the London and York, but the London and Yurk line up to that point is carried through one-fifth of the way by tunnels. He had no doubt that the London and York would lila. :nattily unite with them, and they would certainly re ceive them with all liberality. SAMBRE AND MEUSE RAILWAY COMPANY. The hal f-y early meeting of this Company was held yes terday at the London Tavern, at onQ o'clock. The CHAIRMAN (Y. P. Richards, Esq.) said that, see i ng q,O 'holy present, be thought they had better pro eeed to business. The SECRETARY then read the notice convening the mee ting, after which he read the report, from which it appeared that since the meeting of the 11th of March , the Directors had been engaged in carrying out the views of the Proprietors, and that a deputation from the Board of Directors had proceeded to Bel gium, and made the necessary arrangements for constituting the Company a societe anon yme, and that with respect to clauses conferring on them all the advantages and privileges of a publ_; company, their interests had become carefully attended to. They had also been permitted to deviate from the line laid down in the convention, and fre.h surveys had been made in con formity with the same. It also stated that there would be no increase of capital required for the present, and that the French and Belgian Governments had declared themselves most friendly to their undertaking. The CHAIRMAN said he did not consider it necessary to trouble the meeting with the cash account, as it had been printed and distributed among the Proprietors ; besides, it had been prepared merely for the satisfacti of the Board of Directors. There was one thing, however, with which they should be made ac quainted, and which was far from being unim portant. He alluded to the report of thei r .ngineer.—(Hear.) lie had, however, to state, with respect to that report. that it had been made some time Til - since ; and that as Mr. Henderson had only arrived last night, it was impossible for him to pre pare a pedect report of their position at the present moment. But there was one c i rcumstance which he would put the meeting in possession of — namely, that that report contained many facts to show that they were in a prosperous condition. He attached mu ch importance to the opinion of their engineer, Mr. Henderson, with respect to the mineral features of the country through which their line was to pass, from that gentleman's long experience of the mines in South Wales. He would not detain them any longer from hearing that report. The SECRETARY here read the engineer's report, which stated that he (Mr. Henderson) had made a careful survey of the line from Charleroi to Walcourt over the first section of which he had passed, and was confirmed in the opinion he had previously expressed as to its ex cellence, and in fact, that it was the best line that could possibly be adopted. He also felt bound to bear testi mony to the richness of the mineral districts of.Laniffe and Moriolme, and that no engineering difficulties were to be encountered in that portion of the line which extended from Marembourg to Vireux. The coal districts of Charleroi would be also worked to a considerable extent, were only a quicker mode of transit afforded, and this the proposed railway would yield. The report then went on to speak of the other portions of the line, in their mineral and engineer ing attributes, and awarded a very high degree of ex cellence to them in thsse as well as other points. The CHAIRMAN said that, reverting to the report they had just heard, it would be evident to them that the greate t difficulties with which they had to contend had been surmounted ; and they also had a sufficient sum to carry on the work, without any further demon!. He had to acknowledge, on the part of the Directors, the willingness and alacrity with which the Proprietors had responded to the calls that had been made on them. The instances to the con trary were very few, and these were cases which were owing to the absence of the parties from this country. They ss ere now in a flattering condition. Their liabili ties were limited to the sum which they had subscribed, and the statutes by which this most desirable point had been guaranteed were drawn up with a just con sideration of the interests of all the parties con cerned.—(Hear, hear.) There was one point of these statutes to which he wished to direct their attention, namely, with respect to the qualification necessary for those attending them. The Bel gi in Government was very firm in restricting the right to interfere in the proceedings to those who were registered Proprietors. But they were not inclined to adhere to this regulation. The delay that had oc curred was amply compensated for by the opportunities it had afforded them of improving their line of railway. At first their line had reference almost entirely to the mineral traffic, and consequently there would be necessarily induced a slower rate of speed than that which would be achieved by the passenger trains. He had no doubt that there would be before long a company established for the purpose of making a railway from Charleroi to Paris, and the French and Belgian Governments were both anxious that this should take place; and, should such be established, it must be obvious that the greatest benefits would accrue to them. He had also to allude to a circumstance that was extremely cheering—that was, that an increase had t;ken place in the district through which their line was to pass ; and this, from inquiry, was found to be no less than 80,000 tons of iron. Their railway would effect a diminu tion in the cost of this most essential commodity, and therefore generate an increase in the quantity which would be conveyed along the line. They would com plete their line from Moriolme and Walcourt in a short time ; and from what he had just stated with respect to the traffic, they were determined to make a double railway for the first sixteen miles of their line. He had himself been frequently in Belgium for the purpose of inspecting the roads, and they were certainly very good. However, that which led from Belgium to Charleroi was not by any means suf ficiently convenient, notwithstanding that a considerable traffic in iron was carried on, which, as in the other cases to which he alluded, would no doubt be greatly increased by the proposed railway. Having gone through the principal features, he would conclude by proposing that the report now read be received, adopted, printed, and circulated under the direction of the committee, premising that he was ready to answer any questions that might be put to him, and that a meeting would have to be held at the seat of the Company in Brussels, which should be duly announced in the Belgian papers. A PROPRIETOR here inquired as to what had occurred in the interval between the drawing up of the report and the present period. The CHAIRMAN said the only thing that had taken place was the sanctioning of their line as far as Walcourt. The resolution having been seconded, was carried unanimously. The thanks of the meeting were given to the Chair man and the Board of Directors, and acknowledged by ,he Chairman. The meeting then separated. MEETING AT LYNIE REGIS. On Monday the Mayor, Captain Bennett, R.N., con vened a public meeting, pursuant to a requisition from the local Board, to take into consideration the present state of the Lyme Regis and Taunton Railway, end Lyme Regis Harbour Improvement Company, and to receive from Messrs. Waring and Goddard, the deputa tion to the London Board, their report of the same. The worthy Mayor having been called to the chair, introduced the object of the meeting. F. WARING, Esq , after detailing the whole of the operations of the Managing Committee to the present time. and their intentions for the future, stated that little doubt e as entertained that the Company would re ceive the Government support, and that in a few weeks such a plan would be prepared for the proposed harbour of refuge as would form a complete barrier to any rival scheme in the next session of Parliament, and that by the following session the measure would be so carefully prepared and matured, as to ensure its final adoption as a great national work. The following resolution was then moved by EDWARD 0. LEE, Esq., and seconded by JoaN DRAYTON, Esq., " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the London Board of Directors for the courtesy displayed in their attention to the wishes of the meeting of the 12th inst." —Carried unanimously. Sir HENRY BAYLEY requested that his thanks might be given to the Board of Directors in London, as well as to the public of Lyme Regis generally, fur the way in whist) his name was alluded to, both at the public meeting and in the minutes of the London Board of Directors. Sir Henry referred to the delicate position in which he was placed with regard to his previous connexiee with a competing line, and intimated that the time might not be far distant when the barrier to his taking a more active part in the affairs of this Company might be removed. It was then moved "That the project of the Lyme Regis and Taunton Railway, and Lyme Regis Harbour Im provement Company, continue to receive the support and cordial co-operation of the inhabitants of Lyme Regis." Mr. BuaFooT pointed out the, advantages of this m-a sure to the merchant, to the manufacturer, and, above all, to the meriner who, having gone into distant regions fur supplies of wealth for his native country, too often perished within sight of his own dwelling from the want of a harbour of refuge, after encountering the dangers of a foreign climate and a tedious voyage. lie touchingly dwelt upon the dreadful sacrifice of life and property that had come within his knowledge during the last forty years from the want of such accommodation at this place, all other ports in the west bay being bar har bours, and utterly unsafe for vessels to enter in gales of wind. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Mayor for his kind service on this and previous occa sions, and the meeting separated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE EAST LANCASHIRE. BURY, TUESDAY.—An extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the Eagle and Child, in this town, yesterday, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of confirming an agree ment entered into by the Directors, with the Directors of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, and the Liver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway, and other matters relating thereto. The chair was occupied by Mr. JOHN GRUNDY, the chairman of the board of Directors, who called upon the secretary to read the advertisement convening the meeting, which being done, Mr. RICHARD WALKER read the report of the Direc tors. The report stated that the Directors had entered into an agreement with the Directors of the Blackburn and Preston Railway to amalgamate that line with the East Lancashire line. That the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Company had determined to renew their ap plication to Parliament for the necessary powers to construct that line, and if successful, which there was every reason to believe they would be, there would be secured to the public a direct communication with this important and densely populated district. That the Directors felt that they would be liable to the charge of neglecting the interests of the Proprietors, unless they embraced the earliest opportunity of securing an independent access to the port of Liverpool for the traffic of the immense popula tion which they claimed to accommodate. With these views they had entered into an arrangement with the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Company, that in the event of their line receiving the sanction of Parliament, it should be amalgamated with the East Lancashire. That the necessary notices had been given for an appli cation to Parliament for increased powers to improve the gradients, and to construct branches to Crowshaw, Booth, and Bacup, as these were likely to become very lucrative adjuncts to their main line. That to effect these purposes it would be necessary to raise an increased capital, and the Directors pro posed to create new shares to an amount no exceeding 300,0001. That powers be given to the Directors to oppose any projected line which might interfere with the interests of the East Lancashire line. After a length ened discussion, in which the Chairman, Mr. John Grundy, the solicitor to the Company ; Mr. John Har rison, Mr. Richard Walter, and several other gentlemen took part, the report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting separated. OPENING OF THE MACCLESFIELD RAILWAY. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Yesterday was a great day for this town and ne i g hb our h oo d , an d great were t h e rejoicings on the occasion of opening the railway from hence to the 'Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle Huhne,.in this county. Th e strugg l es of t h e inhabitants of this town have been lon g an d strenuous, i n o rder to get a direct r railway communicati on w i t h Man chester, the commercial intercourse betwe. n t h e two places being very great—indeed the latter i s th e on outlet which the former has for its staple production';. The first attempt to connect the two towns by means of the "modern innovation" was' made, WO believe, in th e year 1836, and defecated. The South Union, as it was called, entered into strong hostilities against the Man- SUN LONDON, THURSDAY _ MORNING. NOVEMBER 27, 1845. chester and Cheshire Junction, both sharing a similar fate after an unprecedented stfuggle. At last the Man- I chester and Birmingham Bill passed, but clauses were inserted in it binding the Company to construct the Macclesfield branch. The line was completed so fur as to be capable of being worked last week, and was in spett d on Friday last by General Sir Charles Pasley, the Government inspector of railways, and pronounced fit for the public use. Arrangements were made by the Directors to open the line yesterday with éclat, and the people of that borough likewise took part in the public rejoicing. At eleven o'clock in the morning a special train of car riages left the Macclesfield station amidst great cheer ing, the hills and approaches to the line being com pletely crowded with people, and arrived at Manchester in 37 minutes, the distance being 17 miles. At Man chester they were met by the Directors of the Man chester and Birmingham Railway, and a numerous party of gentlemen, and at a quarter past two they re turned to Macclesfield. The line diverges from the Manchester and Birmingham line at Cheadle, Hulme, in the county of Chester, passing through Cheadle, Moseley, Bramall, Poynton (where it crosses the turn pike-road), Adlington, Bretley, Titterington, and Prestbury, to Macclesfield, there being one tunnel about 250 yards along the line. Unfortunately the weather was foggy, otherwise magnificent views of the seats of Sir Salisbury Humphreys, Bart. ; C. B. Legh, Esq , M. P. ; Thomas Legh, Esq., of Lynn, and Shrugley Hall, would have been obtained. The train and visitors were saluted with loud cheers upon their arrival at the station. A procession was at once formed, headed by a band of music, and the gen tlemen proceeded to the Town-hall, where a splendid collation was provided for the occasion. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed John Brocklehurst, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Grimsditch, Esq.. M.P. ; J. P. Westland, Esq., chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham boards ; Mr. Rawson, Watkin Lees. and Edward Tootal, Esqrs., directors ; George Wright, Esq., mayor of Mac clesfield ; John Key, Esq., mayor of Salford ; J. Peek ford, Esq., mayor of Congleton ; Hon. T. A. Erskine, Wm. Hill, Esq., Charles Gibson, Esq., town-clerk of Salford ; Thomas Brodrick, Esq., &c. &c. The festi vities passed off with great eclat ; and a great number of toasts and sentiments having been drunk, the party broke up about nine o'clock. York and Carlisle, Lowestoft and Beccles Railway and Drainage. Chester and Manchester Direct. Great Western and Uxbridge. Huddersfield and East and \\ est Coasts Direct. Preston and Wyre Railway Harbour and Dock Company. Manchester and Birmingham branche'. Newcastle and Darlington Junction—Branches and Dock London, Newbury, and Bath Direct. London and South Western (amendment). Newmarket and Chesterfield. Gainsborough, Epworth and Leeds, Wakefield and Ponte fract Junction. Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Union. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct—branch to Frimley. Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal Company.. East and West Yorkshire Junction—Harrogate, Knares borough, and York. London and South Western branches. Maldon and Braintree. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole—Methley, Askern, Moss, and Oakensbaw branches. Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth. Manchester, Hebden-bridge, and Keighley, and Leeds and Carlisle Junction. Newcastle and Carlisle Railways Extension and branche.. Branch Railway from the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Allenheads. Manchester and Leeds Extensions. Preston and Wyre Extension, and Darwen Junction. Direct Lincoln, East Redford, and Sheffield Junction. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds—branch to Sudbury. Shrewsbury and Llanwddyn. Shrewsbury and Portdynllaen. P or tdynllaen and Bangor (amendment). Eastern Union, Cambridge, and Ely Extension. Eastern Union and Harwich. Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire. Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. Llynvi Valley and South Wales Junction. Whitehaven and Furness Junction branches. Great Welsh Central Railway. Bedford and Normanton, with branches. Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct. LA W INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Nov. 26. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat in his Court in Lincoln's Inn to-day, at two o'clock, for the pur pose, as stated yesterday, of hearing the case of DAVIS V. COMDERMERE. The question in the case is of no public importance. His Hosoua made the order as prayed. The writer of a ramble over the North British line from Burnrnouth to Dunglass-bridge sums up his tour as follows :—" Upon the whole, judging from other rail ways, the North British may be said to be executed in a fair average !manner, although occasionally it is clear that cheapness of construction has been carried a little too far. The curves are very numerous, and some of them quite sharp enough. The manner in which all the parish and farm roads have been altered at the crossings reflects little credit on the Directors." The Bangor and Portdynllaen line is being marked out, with a view to the commencement of operations. A railway, on an inclined plane, has been constructed from the five doors of the central masthouse at Ports mouth Dockyard, to run the mast trucks from the stores. The railway has at length been laid over the bridge at Carrow, and goods are now passed in trucks along the line from the Thorpe station to Trowse, and thence to their destination. A vote of thanks has been passed by the directors of the Shipwrecked Fisherman's Society to Mr. Hudson, for his grant of a free passage in third class trains for all shipwrecked seamen to the north. The bridge across the Dee and great viaduct en tering Aberdeen are forthwith to be placed under contract. A few nights ago several lights were seen in a field noted for its quantity of rabbits ; the farmer awoke his assistants, and hied to the field, in the expectation of finding poachers, but instead he found a body of sur veyors. He invited them to his home, and they " made a night of it." A few days ago some surveyors applied to Mr. Curling, the proprietor of a farm at Fulbrook, near Quainton, for leave to make a survey. He at once re fused, at the same time informing them that if they per severed in their determination he should resist their in tentions to the utmost, and " have the law on them." The surveyors urged the absolute necessity of their making a survey, and the proximity of the 30th, but the farmer turned a deaf ear, and they left, but at midnight they returned and finished their thsk, and were miles away before the farmer learned he had been so adroitly outwitted. CENTRAL STATION IN BIRMINGHAM.—The announce ment that the London and Birmingham Company have abandoned their intention of erecting a central railway station in this town, has created great disappointment ; but we are glad to hear that other companies aro pre paring to carry the project out, should the London and Birmingham not at once state what their intentions on this subject really are. A branch line, of about three miles in lengtb, has been surveyed from the main line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway to Warkworth harbour. It will open an immense coal field belonging to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Earl Grey, Mr. Cresswell, M.P., Mr. Smith, of Togston, and Major-General John Grey, of Morwick. the produce of whose valuable coal mines may be shipped at Warkworth by means of this branch. -Berwick Warder. sidered that included all. Another action was brought against Holmes. Witness's action was settled by each party paying half the costs.—Verdict for the defendant. WOOLLEY AND ANOTHER V. SMITH. The plaintiffs are the owners of a vessel called the Robert, In June last the defendant chartered the vessel to go from Liverpool to Ichaboe for guano. On arriving at that island, however, after a delay of 96 days, without being able to ob tain a cargo, through the great number of vessels (400 sail) waiting, they sailed for another island, but were equally un successful, and, therefore, went to St. John', New Bruns wick, where a partial freight was obtained ; the difference was 470/. at 41. per ton, besides demurrage, at 51. per day, and 1.41. for the passage of the supercargo. Verdict for 1,643/. 3s 9d., after deducting freight from St. John's, and plaintiff taking demurrage for twelve days only. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William Wood, porter to the Horticultural Society, was brought up fair further examination, charged with having stolen from the person of Mr. Noah Peck, coal merchant, Lower Belgrave-street, 1201., in Bank of Eng- land notes. ➢ir. Humphries attended for the prisoner, and in the cross-examination on the evidence given at a pre vious inquiry, elicited the following additional part:- culars : The prosecutor was at the bar of the Royal Standard public-house, about eight o'clock on the morning of the 21st of October. He had 120/. in his pocket, in bank notes, which ho had received on the 13th of October from the Union Bank of London. He pulled out his notes, in consequence of a bet which he made on a horse race. The prisoner Wood, and another man, who had also been taken into custody, but who had been dis charged in consequence of insufficient evidence, were near him, and they saw him produce his money, and replace it in his pocket. Prosecutor discovered his loss in the public-house, but could find no clue to the thief. He advertised the notes twice, once as having been lost, and once as having been stolen. Had no knowledge of the numbers of the notes, except from information obtained of the loTs from the Union Bank. Had discovered that the prisoner had ob tained change for one of the lost 51. notes at the house of a publican named French. Had communicated with Wood, who promised to use his best endeavours to as certain the parties who had committed the robbery. The prisoner obtained no information, and was even tually given into custody. Mrs. French proved that she gave change to the prisoner of a 5/. note. The prisoner wrote his name on COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 26. (Sittings after Term, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) OVERSTON V. WILSON. This was an action of trover brought to recover a quantity of furniture, to which the defendant had pleaded that he was not guilty. Mr. Granger appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. V. Lee for the defendant. The plaintiff was an upholsterer carrying on business in Oxford-street, and the defendant a gentleman of propert3 residing in the country. Some few months ago the de fendant let one of his houses, or a part of it, to a person named Mrs. Martin, but she subsequently failed to pay the rent, and her goods were seized under a distress. The plaintiff then made his appearance, and put in a claim for part of the goods seized, alleging that he had let them to a Miss Standish Gill, the niece of Mrs. Martin, but the defendant, having some doubt of this, refused to restore them, and hence the present action. Evidence having been adduced in support of the plaintiff's case, in the course of which it was elicited that the goods in question were not sold, and that the plaintiff had given notice to Richardson, the auctioneer, and who acted as the agent of the defendant in the distress, not to deliver up the litigated goods to any one without his authority. Mr. LEE addressed the jury for the defendant, remarking that the case involved a question of law and a question of fact. The former, of course, his Lordship would have to de cide, but the latter rested entirely with the jury. Well, then, the question of fact for them to decide was, whether these goods were the property of the plaintiff or not. He should call a witness to prove that the plaintiff had declared that they were not his property, and he was sure the jury would decide on this point in his favour. The next point was a question of law. It had been proved by the plaintiff's own witness that he had given Richardson notice not to part with the goods, and it would be for his Lordship to decide whether the plaintiff could main tain this action, having by his own act debarred the defendant from having power to restore the goods. The Learned Counsel concluded by calling Mrs. Storey, and in reply to a question as to where she resided, she asked, Who's to pay me? Mr. V. LEE—Oh, you'll be paid your expenses ma'am. Witness—l don't know that. The LORD CHIEF BARON—What are you, witness ? Witness—l am a milliner and dressmaker, and support my family with my labour. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Yon ought certainly to be re munerated for your loss of time. Mr. V. LEE—Will you take the word of the defendant's attorney to see you paid ? "Witness—Who is the defendant's attorney ?—(Lain•hter.) Mr. V. LEE—lie is a respectable practitioner. Witness—l don't know that; but, at all events, I won't take his word. The LORD CHIEF BARON—WiII you take the officer of the Court's word to see you paid? Witness—Certainly, my Lord. The LORD CHIEF BARON suggested then that the defend ant's attorney had better deposit 2/.. and this having been done, the witness allowed herself to be examined. She proved that the plaintiff had declared to her that the goods in question were the property of Mrs. Martin. Mr. GRANGER having replied, The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up with great minute ness, observing that the case involved no question of law. It was simply a question of fact, and all the jury had to decide was, whether the goods were the property of the plaintiff, and had the defendant been guilty of a conversion of them. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict that the goods were the plaintiff's, but they did not think the defendant had any intention of converting them to his own use. The LORD CHIEF BARON—That, in fact, is a verdict for the defendant. Foreman of the jury —No, my Lord, we do not find a ver dict for the defendant or the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF BARON—What do you find, then? Do you find that the plaintiff let the goods to Mr. Martin ? Foreman—No ;we find that the goods were his, but that he did not let them. The LORD CHIEF BARON—I think, Gentlemen, you had better retire, and reconsider your verdict. Foreman—My Lord, we have considered it, and we find that the goods were the plaintiff's, but the defendant, we think, did not intend to use them. We do not wish to say who shall have the verdict—the plaintiff or the defendant. The LORD CHIEF BARON suggested that the parties had better consent to withdraw a juror. This suggestion was ultimately adopted, and the jury discharged. the note. To a question put by Mr. Peck, the witness said that the prisoner came back to her on the same afternoon on which she had given change, and asked her if she had parted with the note, and being told that she had parted with it, he replied, " Oh, its of no consequence." The note now produced had the corner torn off, and as the prisoner put his name on the corner of the note changed for him, witness could not swear that the note now produced was the note received from the prisoner. Mrs. French stated that he paid two 5/. notes to a Mr. Sneezum. Mr. Sneezum said that he paid a bill with some 5/. notes, but could not speak with certainty that the 51. note ❑ow produced was one of the notes he paid away. A clerk in the house of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., proved that he received three 5/. notes from Mr. Sneezum, in payment of a bill, and that the note now produced was one of the 5/. notes tendered by Mr. St.eezurn. Mr. Humphries contended that the evidence against the prisoner utterly failed. A clerk in the Bank of England proved that the note in question had been paid into the Bank of England, from the house of Messrs. Smith and Co. The corner of the note was torn off, as was usual at the Bank, but the corner had not been preserved. Mr. MALTBY said he was not aware, until just now, that three 51. notes had been paid into Messrs. Smith's bank by Mr. Sneezum. It was possible that the third 5/. note might be the very note sworn to by Mr. Peck, and as the identity of the note with the note changed by Mrs. French was thus lost, the charge against the pri sower could not be sustained on the evidence before the Court, and, therefore, the prisoner must be discharged. CLERKEN WELL. RAILWAY BUSINESS.—Mr. Joshua Archer, an engra ver, residing in Southampton-terrace, Pentonville, ap geared to answer the complaint of Mr. Stockley, another engraver, of St. Martin's-lane and Great Russell street, for not delivering up certain plates, upon which the plans and sections of railways were engraved. Mr. Ripon appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Wakeling for Mr. Archer. Mr. Ripon said his complaint was, that Mr. Archer had not delivered up plates of the Cambridge and Lin coln Extension Railway and of the Doncaster Branch, which had been given to him for engraving on last Mon day week. Mr. Stockley and Mr. Archer had done business together for a considerable time, and it very much surprised him that Mr. Archer had not acted with the same punctuality on this as on former occasions. The time for lodging the plans and sections in the Par liamentary-office would expire on the 29th instant, so that the delay became tenfold more serious. Mr. GREENWOOD asked why the plates were not deli vered up? Mr. Wakeling said the plates were then with in the precincts of the Conrt, and he would quickly ex plain why they had not been delivered. His client should have been the complainant or prosecutor on the present occasion, and in truth he would be so ; for en the pre vious day he had taken out a warrant for the apprehen sion of one of Mr. Archer's workmen, who had been induced to leave his master's employment, and who was ROW in the employment of Mr. Wilde, of Charing-cross. the engraver. His client had been under the impression that Mr. Stockley had, with another person named Philips, been privy to inducing two of his (Mr. Archer's) men to leave him, and the whole had much the appearance of a conspiracy. Mr. Stockley was a good deal employed by Mr. Wilde, and Mr. Archer assisted him. Recently, however, Mr. Archer had got a great deal of other railway business to do ; and although he employed fifty men, the loss of two efficient hands, such as Loosell and Weddell, who had been spirited away, would be much felt, and cause much embarrassment, particularly as the period by which all the railway plans for the ensuing session must be deposited was so close at hand. Mr. Ripon said he could not account for the delay, but it was supposed that Mr. Archer had been engaged for some rival companies. Mr. GREENWOOD said, he thought that if a Parlia mentary Committee were informed that either party had withheld the plans and sections of the other, or were privy to such a practice, it would take care that no ad vantage should be gained by such proceeding. Mr. Wakeling said if that charge rested anywhere, it was upon the other side. Mr. Archer would be seriously injured by the withdrawal of these men. The Company had lost nothing, for the plates were now in readiness, but would not be delivered up unless the amount of Mr. Archer's claim, 201., was liquidated. Mr. Ripon was about entering into the case, and called Mr. Stockley as a witness to prove the delivery of the plates. Mr. Wakeling objected. In the first place, the Magis trate had no jurisdiction where the amount was above 151.; and, secondly, Mr. Stockley could not by the Act be allowed to prove his own case. Mr. GREENWOOD dismissed the complaint. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, Nov. 25. STOCK ExcnaNcrit.-The sales are-Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 16% p.-Grand Junction, 227-Ditto, 40/. Shares ( L. M.), 48 %-London and York (Bawtry), 3 / 4 p.-Midland, 139-North Union (A), 204-North Staffordshire, 50s. 6d. p. -Nottingham and Boston, 1 p.-Shrewsbury and Here fordshire, 4s. p.-Dublin and Armagh, dis.-Great West ern Canada, 1 4 p.-Jamaica, 29 p. MANCHESTER, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2% -Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 1 4-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1-Glasgow and Dumfries, 2 1 4- Grand Union, 1%/-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6-Isle of Wight, 3-Lancashire and North York shire, 485.-Leeds and Thirsk, 10 1 4-Leicester and Bedford, 275.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 3 1 c.-London and York, 3-Manchester and Birmingham, 67-Ditto, Quarters, 10-Ditto, ditto, 8-North Staffordshire, 945. 6d.-Notting ham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 3-Preston and Wyre, 32- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 21/2-Sheffield and Man chester, Quarters, No. 3, 5 1 < . LEEDS, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great North of Eng land, 49-London and Brighton, 59-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 p.-Midland, 139-Sheffield and Manches ter, 6/. Is. 6d.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 16 cash-Leeds and Bradford, Extensions, 40 cash-Leeds and Dewsbury, 18 c. n. cash-Leeds and Thirsk, 10% cash-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2 3 / 4 -London and York, 3% 8 -Sheffield and Lincoln, 3-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1 4- London and York (Bawtry), 2 1 / 2 -West Riding Union, 5% Great Eastern and Western, 20s. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 35. p.-Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, par-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 13s. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 6s. 6d. p.-Manchester and Birmingham Continua tion and Welsh Junction, par-North Western, 2 3 /4-South Midlands, 2% p.-Wakefield and Bradford, 10s. dis.-Wake field and Harrogate, ss. p.-York and Carlisle, 10s. dis. lIULL, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, Quarter Shares, 19%-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 13% c. n.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3% -Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 1% -Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 1% -Nottingham and Boston, 1%. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 4% -Leeds and Thirsk, 12- London and York, 3 3 / 4 -Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3%- Great North and South Wales, par-Guildford, Farnham, and Portsmouth, 21A-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 5/. 3s. 6d.-Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, 1%. YORK, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-York and North Mid land Extension, 18 3 / 4 -London and York, 3-Leicester and Bedford, I LA-North Staffordshire, 4 LA -Welsh Midland, 2 1 4. BRISTOL, Nov. 25. S TOC K EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, New, 6%-Bristol and South Wales Junctien, Extension to Monmouth, 1%-Caledonian, 9 LA-Cornwall, 4-Midland, New, 17 1 4. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Cambridge and Lin. coln Extension, 2-Leeds and Dewsbury, 13%-Manchester. Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 5-Sheffield and Lincoln shire, 3 1 4. GLASGOW, Nov. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 6-Airdrie and Bathgate, 61s. -British and Irish Union, 655.-Cale donian Extension, 605.-Cornwal and Devon Central, 405.- East Lothian Central, 455.-East Indian Railway, 355.- Edindburgh, Glasgow. and Dumbarton, 235.-Glasgow General Terminus, 10% -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 19-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 17 -Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle, 525. 6d.-Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ardrossan, 80s.-Great North of Scotland, 655. -Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, Ms. 6d.-Lesmahagow, 65e. -London, and Hounslow,3ss.-Paisley, Barrhead, and Hur let, 905.-Scottish Central, 15 1 4-South Unions and Pot teries, 35K-Strathern Junction, 60s. DUBLIN, Nov. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bandon and Bantry, 3 -Dublin and Belfast Junction, 7-Dublin and Drogheda, 80-Great Southern and Western, 20 1 4-The Midland, Great Western, Railway and Canal, 4%-Ditto, Extension to Sligo, 2-Irish Great Western, Dublin to Galway, 3 3 / 8 -Irish North Midland, 3 8 -Killarney Junctions, 1%-Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 1%. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 26. ,Sittings at Nisi Prius, after Term, before ➢ir. Justice ERLE and a Middlesex Common Jury.) WOODNUT V. 110 AD AND OTHERS. - The defendants in this case were members of a certain benefit society, in connexion with which a baking society had been established, to which latter a sum of 501. had been lent by the plaintiff. It appears that the bakery was established by the managing committee of the benefit society as a safe investment fur their superfluous funds, the original Society having been, up to the time of their engaging in this unhappy speculation, a 'rery flourishing concern. Being obliged to borrow a sum from Mr. Woodnut, in order to enable them to carry on the bakery, the members of the managing committee signed a contract, agreeing to give to Mr. Woodnut all the proceeds of the business until his debt should be paid. The names of these persons were all put down, either by themselves or by their consent, being pre sent with one exception. One Kent, who was not a member of the managing committee , but was a m e F nber of t h e s ociet y , the secretary of a branch socie t y , and one of the persons eng a g ed in the baking concern, was thought so important a person, that it was considered necessary to have his name too, though he was absent, and had not authorised the putting down of his name. A person nestled Lighthouse took upon himself to settle this matter by putting down Kent's name himself, and afterwards obtain ing his consent. It was for a portion of the 50/. lent on this occasion that the present action was brought, but, unfortunately, the action was against all the per sons whose names were attached to the contract, including Kent. It was attempted to prove that Kent had afterwards ratified the contract and accepted the debt, but the witness who was to show this only said, "He did not know that Kent made any objection " when he heard of it. It was also repre sented that as Kent was engaged in the bakery, paid certain sums of money towards it, and was entitled to a certain share of the profits (if any), he was a partner in the con cern, and liable for the debts of the society. The defence was that Kent was not liable for the debt, not having signed the paper, not having given his sanction to the use of his name, and not 'being a partner in the bakery ; and that Kent not being liable, the plaintiff could not recover against the defendants, of whom he was one. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing up, observed that there were two points for the jury to c onsider—first, whether Kent sanctioned the putting of his name to the paper, and so accepted the debt ; secondly, whether he was a of the committee. He (d partner in the concern, and liable for t he debtsr. Justice Er le ) thou g ht there was no evidence at all to show that he acknowledged the debt, and if the object with which persons join such societies be considered, it could hardly be held that a person being a member of it was liable for the committee's debts. This was a society in which persons give certain sums towards a fund to assist them in distress, and not one in joining which they intend to accept any liability. It was, therefore, his, ( Mr. Justice Erle's) opinion, that the jury must find a verdict for the defendants. The jury having consulted for some time, The foreman said, " We find for the plaintiff, with the exception of Kent."—(A laugh.) Mr. Justice ERLE explained that if the plaintiff had not brought his action against Kent, the verdict would be for the plaintiff; but if the jury thought Kent liable, they must, as he had been included, find for the defendants, as otherwise, the Th plaintiff could re the whole debt from him. e jury accordingly cover f ou nd for the defendant. COURTOF -REVIEW, Nov. 26. His Honour, the Vice •Chancellor Knight Bruce sat to day as chief judge in bankruptcy, and disposed of severe cases, none of which possessed any points of inters - it excel - , to the parties concerned. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE and the LORD MAYOR.) The second edition of the " Calendar," exhibits an increase of thirty charges, principally petty larcenies. Catherine Jeffreys was convicted of uttering a counterfeit sixpence, aggravated by her having been previously proved guilty of the same offence.—Sentenced to 18 months' im prisonment. Fl ancis Cope, a postman , a g ed 18, pleaded Guilty to two indictments, one charging him with stealing a post-letter containing a sovereign, and the other with stealing a letter, the property of the Postmaster-General. Several respectable persons gave him a high character for previous good conduct. The LEARNED JUDGE then, in an address replete with feeling, pointed out the evils which resulted faom the want of principle in those holding public situations, and expressed himself determined to show by a severe example, that such conduct should be adequately punished. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the period of ten years. The r emaining part of the day was principally occupied in hearing a charge of a most disgusting character. The prisoner was named Charles Carter, a hair-dresser, and the offence having been clearly proved, The Learned JUDGE ordered the wretch to be removed, that due consideration might be given to the judgment to be passed upon him. The offence is a capital one. John Good, a Post-office letter-carrier, was indicted fbr stealing a letter containing a half-sovereign and some shares in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company, which were laid, formally, to be the property of tier Majesty's Postmaster-General. Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Bodkin, conducted the prosecution. Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The facts of this case lay in a very small compass. The prisoner was a letter-carrier attached to the Charing-cross branch of the General Post-office, and on the evening of the 17th November he was engaged in sorting the letters at the desk, and while so engaged Abbott, another letter-carrier, saw the prisoner take a letter and crumble it up in his right hand, and then put it in his trowsers pocket. He shortly afterwards left his desk, and upon information being given by Abbott of what had occurred, the inspector of the letter carriers proceeded to the water-closet where the prisoner was found with the letter in question, which turned out to be one addressed by a stockbroker in the City, named Bohn, to the secretary of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail way Company, 419, West Strand, and which con • tamed a half-sovereign and the transfer of ten shares in the above Company. The letter had not been opened, but it was stated that West Strand was not within the prisoner's delivery, and that he had no business what ever with the letter in question. When the prisoner was taken into custody he declared that he had no intention to do anything wrong with the letter, but that, finding it acci dentally among his own parcel of letters, he had picked it out intending to put it in the proper delivery, and being sud denly required to go to the water-closet,he was follo restori wed and taken into custody before he had the opportunity of a n d the letter. When the prisoner was before the magistrate at Bow- street, he made a statement to the effect, that lie had picked up a piece of paper under his desk, and that was what the witness Abbott saw him crumple up in his hand. Mr. BALLANTINE made a very ingenious address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and contended that the story told by him was by no means an unreasonable or an impro • bable one ; and that, at all events, there was so much doubt in the matter as would justi f y the jury in acquitting the pri soner, particularly when they considered the very serious consequences that would result to him from a conviction. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up the evi dence, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was then arraigned upon a second indict ment, charging him with stealing another letter, containing a sixpence and a fourpenny-piece, the property of the Post master-General. In other counts, the prisoner was charged with embezzling, secreting, and also with destroying the letter in question. In this case it appeared that, on the 3d of November, the ' prisoner was engaged, as usual, in sorting his letters at the SECONDARIES' COURT, Nov. 26. (Before Mr. Secondary Porraa.) JURYMEN FINED.—In consequence of the repeated non.. attendance of the jurymen in this Court, the Learned Secondary, in accordance with notice given on last Court day, tined the following gentlemen 5L each :—Mr. Thomas Simcox Lea, Thomas Methold Waters, Chas. 11PKinuell, and George Parbury. DENNIS V. HOLMES. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 71. for board and lodging. It appeared that the defendant's brother George had formerly lived with the plaintiff, and the de fendant and other brothers had frequently visited him. According to the plaintiffs witnesses defendant was there at one time ten weeks. For the defendant, however, George Holmes was called, and deposed that he had lodged with plaintiff altogether for four years—the visits of his brothers and sisters to him were without any agreement with the plaintiff. There was no additional bed or room. There was no fixed price of 14s. a week, but the different articles were sent for and booked to him. He was not in such good circumstance 4 as to pay, but he paid 101. in November, 101. in December, and 51. after his brother left. Defendant had also made plaintiff a present of a piece of cloth for a coat, Witness had been sued for 221. Be, Con- Charing-croft, branch, when he was observed by Abbott, the ' chester, cotton-spinners—Dec. 17, J. AshbarrYa ---- 11°Iin jjBe:r. witness in the former trial, to handle a letter in a suspicious Hereforhhire, farmer. to manner, and immediately afterwards proceed to the water - CERTIFICATES to be granted unless cause sh°lgn be closet. He followed him,' and found the door fastened ; but the contrary on the day of Meeting.Dec.,s. it appeared that the prisoner was enabled to leave the closet S. El hick, victualler, Bermondsey-street, P i.. c ' n or without observation, and Abbott shortly afterwards saw him White, surgeon, Portsmouth, Dec. 19—R- B. C la n. Pratt , in the street, in the act of tearing up paper. He picked tip ber, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Dec. I 8.--- D e c. 16-' 4 ' the fragments, and found they had formed part of a letter, but wine-merchant, Berners-street, Oxford-street,,„ i m Dfiddle it appeared that he made no mention of the circumstance to H. Limes, butcher, Richmond, Surrey, Dee. 16— Ziyilliaalet the Post-office authorities until the transaction referred to in ton, hay-salesman, Aveley, Essex, Dec. 18— J. '• E. B a O the former indictment occurred. The fragments of paper, master mariner, Clements-lane, City, Dec. 16—uf cturer of upon being carefully put together, turned out to be part of a victualler, Bristol, Dec. 18—R. Sugden, rut° ilie, Broom letter addressed by a young lady named Puckle to a silk- worsted goods, Keighley, Yorkshire, Dec. 18— Dec.lc,- mercer named Wilks, in Regent-street, and in which were and T. Preston jun cotton-inners, Mancheeter, v's.'"_, _l6 inclosed a pattern of silk that Miss Puckle required, and also G. Y. Peers, "Ironmonger-lane, C plumber, Maccles fte/ a sixpence and a fourpenny piece, as the price of the article. J. L. Machu, silk trimming manufacturer, A police-constable also proved, in corroboration of the Cheshire, Deg. IC. - statement of Abbott, that about the time he referred to he heapside, Peel , d, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _kers s. llareD: rdsc ,. saw him picking up some pieces of paper near the Charing cross Post-office. J. Macfarlane and W. M. Burt, Manchester, hea mre, -- -C. Barclay and M. A. Frost, Birkenhead, C k b ro kete Mr. BALIANTDIF . , .., on behalf of the prisoner, commented tioners—J. Musgrave and B. A. -Brown, Leeds, stec ~.„g e ri in severe terms ikon the conduct of the witness Abbott in A. and H. Andrews, An 1- lace, Islington, paPer'7,,,o4 , not making any mention of an occurrence which, if true, _J. Whitworth, J. Spear, ge and J. Brogden, Manchest.er;.„,. amounted to felony, for so long a time afterwards, and he and Street Cleansing Con a 3. (as far as regards.!•lllo:o urged the jury to disbelieve evidence that was given under den)—E. and W. Hunter,Liverpool,ili quarrymell---I'„rvr. • such extraordinary circumstances. and J. Clara . B. 1 Yorkshire, flax-s Pion" l y. The jury foundthe prisoners Guilty, and upon the verdict 0. Dobson an iw l ' ii ( t 3r e, Ei r ie ib r , k iouse, p, Liver - 001, stockbrokerrAide being returned, he declared he was quite innocent of the Lamb and I'. ' Ax ' ford, 1.7 -am p - r• street, Islington , Batter'reedlll'e, offence. He said he had been nineyears in the service of the linen warehousemen—WTEeverett and E. Woods, ,Aer3 Post-office, and for nine years before was on board a man • builders T. and T. b Dorsetshire, LTbit.e, of-war, and no charge of any kind had ever been made —W. Hartley, M. and M. Pillng, Wall Stones, Le 700,.. against him. fulling miller'. (so far as regards W. Hartley)—', water The Loup CIIIEF JUSTICE said there could be no doubt in house and J. Whitfield,Aldermanbury, City, carPei;street, the mind of any person who had heard the evidence, of his facturers—G. H. Dosseher and F. Habighorst, k l ier in , c 4 l ker, a nd guilt, and the offence was one of such great magnitude that Whitechapel, sugar refiners—W. Batkin, T• 1.1 . " r osow it was the duty of the Court to pass a severe sentence. He J. Broadhurst, Longton, Staffordshire, ear then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years. facturers—B. Dick, jun., and J. Gibson, NUle t i ) d_ s hare" In the course of the day the grand jury came into Court,iludderglen'abato• Hull, brewers—E. Jones and W. Dyson, and returned the bill referred to on Tuesday by the Recorder brokers—C. Arnim and P. Romyn, Stockton,,,o4oott• again "not found." The fie *man, addressing the Lord Chief commission h en V 1 tt sen., and Gr• " Bowi merc ants—G. looco , b litters. Justice, said that the grai d jury, after examining all the mi r vn ON v-mews, Gray's Inn-road, ut witnesses, were of opinion that the intent to murder had not j ” S• Dec• 19 ' been made out, and that the case was merely one of an SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION • np _ _, aggravated assault. It was understood that a bill charging James Wallace, Glasgow, manufacturer, Nov' ', 1,, , e, PP • ' this offence would be sent before the grand jury. at. 2 o'clock, at the writing chambers of 31r. ‘..".. Glasgow. at 12 o , c elre Peter Barrie, Glasgow, flesher, Dec. 1, 22, I $ the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. 2 o'c lock' John Barr, Glasgow, victualler, De c. 3, 24, at klard the office of Mr. Tennant, Glasgow. ,r , nzer- be Robert Gracie and Alexander Gracie, jun. , ew - a, et t Glencairn, cattle dealers, Dec. 1, 20, at 12 o'c l°c " heuse of Mr. Donaldson. Minnibive, Glenc airn• „ 45.) MARKET NEW S.--(YE BitO tbs CORN-EXCHANGE „ A _ 8 ,4 The supply of English Wheat here being " lira ;al descl' es Y attendance of buyers tolerably good, the sale for , .. sto 0 .t tion of grain was firm, and Illonday's a dvaneec i l, iirl l 7: steadily supported. Selected parcels of free f . 0 11 1 7;:i0r 0 00 7 produced very full prices, but the middling and little e ttgri e t s i bl i as well as the stocks in bond, commanded very a 0 the I The best malting Barley was in request, wuil . ts tio of grinding and distilling sorts ruled alio:4 ; o l io The supply of Malt being small, the inq uir y lb had $ O O Oats at full prices. For all descriptions o f vie, Fl o or inquiry at previous quotations. Bean s, Peas, an By as dear. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Isaac Jessop, 19, and Thomas Ticer, 19, described Its ser vents, were indicted for stealing five bank notes, value 5/ each, six sovereigns, and 18 0 pieces of silver , the property of Robert Boothby Heathcote, in his dwelling-house. Mr. Charnock conducted the prosecution, and Messrs. Ballantine and O'Brien defended the prisoners. The Rev. Thomas Boothby Heathcote stated, that he is rector of Chingford, in the county of Essex. On Saturday, November 1, he had in his possession five 51. notes. Twc of them were old and torn, and three of them were new. He had received them about three days before from the bank ing-house of Messrs. Child and Co. There were alsc six sovereigns and about three pounds iu fourpenny pieces. The property was contained in a writing-case in his study, the key of which was placed in a shaving case. On the morning of the 3d of November he had occasion to go to the writing case, and on unlocking it he found that it had been opened, and the gold, notes, and silver had been re moved, but a good deal of valuable property left untouched. The prisoner Jessop was in his service for about a year, but was dischargod in August last, without a character. He knew that witness kept the cash in the writing case, and he also knew that the key was kept in the shaving case. On the morning of Sunday, at a quarter to eleven o'clock, he saw Jessop going towards his house. On speaking to him, when he was taken on Tuesday, he admitted that he had been to the house to speak to the kitchen-maid. Ticer had been to see hint while he was in the service of witness. They ap peared to be old companions. The Rev. Gentleman was cross-examined at some length by the defending counsel, but nothing material was elicited. James Ellis stated that he is a farmer's labourer. Knows the two prisoners, and has known them for some time. On the evening of aturday, the Bth November, at about half past eight, he was in their company in a beershop at Wood ford. Witness called for a pint of beer, and paid for it. The prisoners did not pay for anything, and did not allege any reason for not doing so. Jemima Iladley stated that she was in the service of the Rev. B. Heatcote. On Sunday, the 2d of November, Jessop came to the house. That was at half-past eleven. There was no person in the house but witness and the nursery-maid. He had formerly been a fellow-servant of hers, and had paid her some attention. He had been in the service about fifteen months. He remained at the door about half an hour, and made an ap pointment to meet her at church that afternoon. She met him according to the appointment and saw Ticer in his com pany. They walked a part of the way home with her, and Jessop made an arrangement to meet her between seven and eight that evening. She was punctual to the appointment, but he did not come. He resides with his father and mother at Chingford. Her master's study is in the middle of the house, and can't be seen from the hall door. She did not see Ticer with him on the Sunday morning. By Mr. BALLANTINE—Has been sent away in consequence of having been seen speaking to Jessop. She has always known him as a respectable young man. During his fifteen months of service he had ample opportunity of committing a robbery if he felt so inclined. 11. Wright, a horsekeeper at Chingford, proved that he knew both the prisoners. He saw them near the house of the prosecutor on the morning of Sunday, the 2d of Novem ber. They were not walking together. He merely nodded to them, and they bowed their heads in return. Isabella llodley stated that she keeps a beer-shop at Wood ford. Both the prisoners were there on Sunday, and drank together. Frederick Robert Sawter stated that he resides with his father, who is a hatter in Aldgate. On Monday, 3d of No vember, Jessop came into the shop. It was about eight • o'clock in the morning. He had no hat, and said that • he had lost it. He purchased one for 12s. 6d., and tendered a 5/. note in payment. It was a ragged one ,and witness refused to take it. He then tendered a new note, and wrote his address on it as " Mr. Wm. Thomas, 19, Norton Folgate. The note produced is the same. Witness put a small piece _ of paper inside the lining as it was too large. Should know that paper again as his father's writing is on it. Is certain that the prisoner is the person who bought the hat. I !James Brown, a shopman to Mr. Dumpley, a shoemaker, in Aldgate, proved that on:Monday, 3d of November, two young men came into the shop and purchased two pairs of shoes. They also had some buttons sewed on their old boots. They tendered a 5/. note and witness gave them the change. The note produced is the same. The shoes produced are the same also. Witness knows them by the private marks on the toes. The old shoes produced are the ones on which the buttons were sewed. Joseph Goodman, shopman to Messrs. Moses and Son, proved that on the morning of Monday, Nov. 3d, the two prisoners came into the shop and purchased clothes to the amount of 8/. They paid for them with a 5/. note and three sovereigns. The coats and trowsers produced are the same that he sold to them. Mr. Frazier, a clerk and cashier in the banking-house of Messrs. Childs and Co., proved that the prosecutor kept an account there on the 29th of October. He drew acme money by a cheque. The two notes produced were given to him fn payment of that cheque. Frances Jessop, the mother of Jessop, proved that he left his father's house on Sunday, Nov. 2. He did not return until two o'clock on Tuesday, when Ticer came with him. They carried two parcels, but did not open them before her Jessop got 10s. from his father on Saturday evening, for the purpose of going to London to get employment. He had been out of is situation for three months previous to the robbery. Wm. May, a police-constable, proved that he took the pri soners into custody on Tuesday, 4th of November, at Mr. Jessop's house. They had the parcels produced in their-pos session, He told them why they were taken, and Ticer said, " It is a bad job, our going away on Sunday night." Other constables, who bad the prisoners in their custody after the last witness, proved that they gave entirely false accounts of their possession of the clothes, alleging that they had purchased some of them at Gravesend, and the remainder in the Borough. This closed the case for the prosecution. Messrs. Ballantine and O'Brien then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners at some length, and called several wit nesses who gave Ticer an excellent character. The COMMON SERGEANT summed up at some length. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners. The Rev. Prosecutor then recommended the prisoners to Mercy. The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced Ticer to one year's im prisonment and hard labour, and Jessop to be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years. ARRIVALS. Wheat. 1 Barley. 1,410 qrs. 1 4,620 qrs. 500 669 Malt. 2.440 ars. WHITECHAPEZ . yew, A ss Beef. 23 8(1 to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s t hs to 4s ( Beef and Pork, 3s 8d to 58 4d per Blbs 'TA R A 01° Prime and Pork sold freely ; other kinds " at our quotations. oats 3, eik w - • 4,100 go. 7,99° 1,760 English • • • • • • Irish ••• • • • • • Foreign . • • • • • 7,340 MAIZE, OR INDIAN C°l"N• (From the Aew York Albion.) „ f r • 13. t t We have great satisfaction in s tating tha cott, Member of Parliament for Winchester, g a t 1. 11, 4 in the House of Commons, that he should, e a bide next session, move that maize or Indian al; ' r ee,... o .—fr admitted into the ports of Great Britain f r &he .0 It would be affectation in us not to exPr ess - rodU ctl o sg cation a we feel on reading this notice. The ° jos 1 ,4 0 0 nd use of Indian corn into the British isl es '„ o OPP been a favourite object with us, and we have ,ibios..o occasions advocated it in the columns of thel'Agibte;o the year 1842, we addressed a letter to Lor" - j e ster et then in this country, on the subject, and the 14111 0 subsequently published in a pamphlet. Tihisjidd has had a wide and general circulation, anu.-rsttti° last year has been the subject of much colt ° o ar,' England among many of the leading statenteliwialreal ticians of the country. We had also the n for t" receiving a letter of thanks from Lord Abere lee- • information which it contained. L oro'; st But an innovation of this kind, upon t,". e h ; 0 11 01 ," laws of the kingdom has, and will meet with a d/WI position. The agricultural protectionists, P r ' co rp .4 0 ciently annoyed with the inroads made on tb L e u a sirrito by Sir Robert Peel, will, of course, resist Wide r:10 sure ; but we are not without hopes--nait 49%0 have the fullest confidence that when th e t r tiPpei case are fully known, and the question s b o House of Commons for discussion—that 4 jt 5 will appear so palpable as to disa rm hostility; tb° therefore be the business of Mr. Escott , e n ,r a ht, I° , ol tlemen who view the plan in a fa vourable Pea l s SP' its advantages laid before the public durielf Be st ur That the scheme will stand the to st of the ;11 "d r Ligation we do not for a moment doubt! ePottlilli dices can be conquered to any reasoaaele dor have no fears for the result. tarill e s , / That the people of England will voltlD- notoP Indian corn as an article of food, We (1 o °l prejudice, ierab indeed, will, in the first instance,,,isCAl e obstacle in the way of its successful o'o but we look forward to times of scarcity witilarceldto have failed, when bread is dear and m oney ttr g at f „ the poor in the manufacturing towns ar e , feevA, destitution ; when soup houses are openeo to feed ing thousands—then, when such a disastrous pe rt J,"11 1 arrive, will the Indien corn be properly re,itliteborool# dition to soup houses, let mush and Potle b e n° oodr, - t v ,i opened, and the plate of mush or slice ~` t e rror given to the hungry, who will certainly aPrifora l ,.,a .- 1; it be borne in mind that the maize in eithei n nutritious and wholesome, and palatabletw° ti,„ try soned with a little sugar or molasses, 01.;;;;g0 preferable in England—treacle. In o°T: f t, 0 ,7 0.. c0 h 4 facts, let one other fact be also kept ding,/ .„0" that the plate of mush or slice of pud ° rer, 05. comitant sweetening, can, if the dutY od d prepared at the cost of one halfenny, e e n . - 1 4 w ;l5 , in quantity to satisfy the appetite ol - JO" person. These facts, with correspoh ding A to. A re:k published in the pamphlet before adverte,) otile But it is not as human food only that "L e n li f to c i ° f 03. mend the use of this article. It is well "°- 0 a 0- . 0 mirably adapted for hogs and poultrY le:dclert4e" cows, the meal when mixed with g reee,f r tb,„ e j eminently useful. If introduced and ase',,, fur 10 9 poses in England, the land which is 11°- heat Ate barley and oats could be appropriated to 1 - es ot - 0 0'd and the higher and the more valuable arti c liaalf N oe l tural production. One theory indeed is, 9. 00 15 e" c o :i There is a want of superficial surface 'lirosiitoilaf Great Britain to provide food for their le e tis ell: o , e f lation, it is therefore wise and expedient to 0 11110* there for the better class of prodoetdi°r;d t h v from f, reign countries what may be o °l-e ti t be and cheaper articles of food. 0 . 0 IF j 0 The commercial considerations attach'saosioio,l, ject should net be overlooked. If W i f ! , of ff annual demand for ten of boa 1311 „ 0 . Great Britain and Ireland, that le f el‘r vO , ife t i ° bil l ,. lay a bushel would constitute an ar- fi e the United States, amounting t e • f all Pta I# c dollarF. The returns for this W ou ld, ' l3 , - or L e bo - be made in British goods of some s° l. l o th ° , or pit capital for investment; and is either e%,elfs'y,f,eoo, tiou would be highly conducise to th,, e ..,0, countries. The Jersey, the Virginian,lh etr:itee' sylvanian, and Ohio farmer, would fe e , l ', (3 1:0 1113 ,4' new demand for one of the great staPA le i - 0 43 f4C - 0 1 4 01 ° the soil ; he would feel that he was 7 ",,„ 3 .0" . 01 0 „a t: 1(), °1 country that was able to pay for it spea,--cocooll surance that his corn would not he c l e an e e i rj- 0 0 40 cents. a bushel, but would cannlati-gidera'ata:osll" and remunerating price. Such a ee,; ke r tend to preserve the peace between t'" e fal t" by showing the people how mutualll tic " each other. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. A. H. Chambers, sen., and A. H. Chambers, jun., New Bond-street, bankers—first div. of 9s. in the pound, on Sa turday next, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch -lane, City. A. H. Chambers, sen., New Bond-street, banker—first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday next, and three follow ing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. J. V. Barber and W. Marshall, Walsall, Staffordshire, bankers—second div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. V. Barber, Walsall, Staffordshire, banker—second div. of 6s. 24. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. W. Kesselmeyer, Manchester, merchant—first div. of 2s. 7d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. A. H. Simpson and P. H. Irvin, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, engineers.--first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follet t, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Bennett, Little Birch, Herefordshire, cattle-dealer—first div. of Bs. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. Sharratt, Walsall, Staffordshire, saddler's ironmonger— second div. of Is. 10 1 / 2 d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. Webb, Oxford, apothecary—first div. of 2s. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. 11. Haynes, Scole, Norftlk, innkeeper—first div. of Is. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry. W. H. Baldock, Canterbury, banker—third div. of 10 1 / 2 d in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's -place, Old Jewry. J. Groombridge, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, licensed vic tualler—first div. of ls. in the pound, any 'Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's- place, Old Jewry. T. R. 'Withers, Rumbridge, Hampshire, brewer—first div. of 7s. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Ed wards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Lewis, Birmingham, card-board manufacturer—first div. of 9id. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Birmingham. I'. W. Green, Leeds, bookseller—second div. of ss. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. T. Bousfield, Lincoln, ironmonger—first div. of ss. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. B. Wrigley, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, woollen cloth-manu facturer—first div. of 7s. sd. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. E. Lawton and T. Kay, Rochdale, Lancashire, iron founders—first div. of 2s. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. Dec. 20, T. Shaw, Southampton, wine-merchant —Dec. 20 W. Parsons, Wood-street, Princes-road, Lambeth, corn dealer—Dec. 20, S. Davies, Somerset Wharf, Bank Aide, coal merchant—Dec. 19, W. Best and J. Snowden, Southampton, infers—Dec. 20, R. Evans, J. Foster, S. Z. Langton, and T. Foot sr, Barge-yard, Bueklersbury, East India merchants — Dec. 16. T. and T. P. Trapp, Church-street, Southwark, tallow - indlers—Dec. 16, J. Peake, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex, miller—Dec.l6, J. Miller, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, patent sail-cloth manufacturer—Dec. 16, W. C. Knight, Great Suffolk-street, Southwark, builder—Dec. 16, D. Bid mead, Bread-street, Cheapside, warehouseman —Dec. 18, J. H. Limes, Richmond, Surrey, butcher —Dec. 19, J. Courtney, ' Bristol, banker—Dec. 19, W. Jones, Park, near Cardiff, ship builder—Dec. 19, J. Raleigh, T. S. Goode, and W. Holland, Manchester, merchants—Dec. 17, J. Carruthers, Blackburn, linendraper---Dec. 17, W. Brown and T. Proton, jun., Man- 1 SOO .----------"....1. • e • r ti f 4,0 A Pe e .„ o 9,h .;e 1 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—DeafbeSS all''''.he CO'sotivirt, Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent inte n d . 0 , - 00 0 ' - ,1 post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, ~.„,1,1401".„ tle.street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instrulnenut; ears'..,elitstAii Conductors, when fixed in the cavity a t-. 0 .. P-„,,, Ai r, comfortable, nor more perceptible than hoOlroe,,iOaio, wool in its place. They enable individuols ?', t elle lli e r ee ll o e j t and o j o o i f n i extreme ngen e d r e a a l fn ao e s n s v o e f rs 4 a o t ioann,d 50 to eheri distant low speaker at church, thaenadtrte7 ;I t . tbot i i° t fr gf fi conversation into the ears to such an °„ te e i, 1 4 40 011/ severe cases deafness cannot be obser' o i,h n ijoo,' ofe Ear Cornets, French, German, and P a e leso rg iot, isS and Improved Hearing Trumpets of eve a pPq tr itril , of those instruments have received tll, re at v d i e ce,,to r ;, Royal Society and Royal Institution of V -OEO newly-invented Spectacles, immediatelY it , you co stly, extremely . imperfect vision, it is brought t% Tele' s d Y• el l i, and original state. Also, Achrool4oo. ~,pb . 0 001 Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution --1' oectetod,o,oo4 mons, Opticians, are net in any WAY crbboorP es,, il yeni of the same name in their immediate neig kee VA, r t . part of the country. To prevent mis ts ri;stre",gtee Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albert's lfr - th %/- opposite the York Hotel, and 25, .-' eti burgh. Gil t „of e / tti el.u' ..l o 6 /LBW. imills,vv. , On the 3d ult., at Cavrnpo re, UPPe' , a L ~, i Baker, 9th Bengal Cavalry, of Canada, ,„, wit ., _v. On the 18th nit., at Prescott, "• iiv - or oug ht m en O. pa Black, Royal Canadian Rifles, of a ice, Ico r/ ,0 1 On the 20th tilt., at Goldings, Baalsg'"'" of a son. -,,,,r0, O iß. 1 0 0e f On the 22d inst., at Weston-sup er -A..— la P" d a daughter. oil , ill' f* On the 23d lost., at Wandsvrorth -con,in 044 O P Donald Monro, Esq., of a eon. / ent o e, 'O 4 to On the 23d inst., at Cornwall-terrace, 4. 5011 .... ef• of a daughter. et, i t°6 al it 4 On the 94th inst., at Guildford-sir or ~ cis Thomas Sanders, Esq., barrister - a t-law, 10 01$13 0 1 O , 1 ° 1 MARIEIII3. 010.ter 0 On the 25th inst., at Trinity Church; dolt Esq., of Lynn, Norfolk, to Mary, You ng° Parker, Esq., of Chessington, Surrey. P e' clu• - 07 DIED• p ose,. 111 : 11 ,v, e4 , 0091 ; 0 0 , On the 16th inst., at the ResidentiarY I ti , o lo_,, e ya • Ann Elizabeth wife of the Rev. Canon, n Ar ofl3ew /D P° / - •, On the 18th inst., William Lawson, t'sq _on, , berwell-grove. . 1 ,11 go 1‘0 1 ! v ,d e On the 20th inst., at Goulden-terrat'eehl,"o4. „fir Lawson, son of J. Lawson. Esq., of Sn°42jchtot. jo ol• ,f' On the 21st inst., in lllndo-street, 1 • la t Ileew- 9.0? Glilies, widow of the late J. Galles, L•D 0 ,0 0 1 A On the 21st inst., at Islington. 10' Richard Needham, Esq. 0 0 ds4 . fl eP", ..tel On the 22d inst., at York, Miss Comet ' of ' ll' te‘ b d i n O g n i, oi the i.p 1 2 a 3 c d e , i inst., Camberwell.t . , E. Copley, Esq. lAest io IV ° On the 23d inst., Edward, the e— r of Holloway. Ifi lell Elizabeth, daughter a r de ll : nr#4o - ed bY rr London: Printed ana Publish ,110. 110 e Strand, Printer, at The Sun 0111000efs of the Savoy, in the Coital ° I 37, 1540. PROJECTED RAILWAYS. Notices that applieatioa is intended to be made to Parlia ment, in the ensuing session, on behalf of the undermen tioned schemes, appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday night : Tean and Dove Valli'', and Eastern and Western Junction. Dorking and Brighton and branches. Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction. Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle. Eastern Union (authorising purchases). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester; Wars borough, Chapeltowo, Dukinfield, and Glossop branches. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester—Whaley. bridge, and Hayfield branches. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lone, and Manchester—Peak- Forest and Macclesfield Canal purchases. Eastern Counties Junction and Southend. Chelmsford and Bury. Eastern Counties branches. Huddersfield and Manchester Railways and Canal (Brad ford br.n , ,h). Midland Union, Burton-upon-Trent, Ashby-de-la-Zonch, and Leicester (with a diverging line to the Trent Valley Railway at Atherstone). Hull and Selby (power to sell or lease). Leicester and Birmingham, with a branch to Coventry, and other branches. Fletton and Skirbeck. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Leicester and Stam ford to Boston and Wisbech). Harwich and Colchester. Birmingham and Worcester Direct, with a branch to Red ditch. Liverpool and Preston, and Manchester and Southport. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Worcester and Shrewsbury). Erewash Valley Railway branches. Direct Birmingham and Leicester. st!etfield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway; Sh•-(field and Lincolnshire Railway; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway; Grimsby Docks; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Amalgamation). Furness Railway Extension.