The Sun. — London, England, 1847-10-28 00:00:00

FREE TRADE WITH INDIA . On Tuesday evening a public meeting was hei ld in the Eastern Inst itution, Commercial-road, the purpo se, as announced by advertisement, of aff rrding an :opportunity to Mr. George Thompson, M .1 1 ., of delivering to the electors and non-electors of tie, Tower Hamlets, and all others interested in the manufacturing, commercial, and trading prosperity of the country, an address on the important subjedt. of free trade with India, in connexion with the condition and prospects of Great Britain. The chair was t aken shortly before seven o clock by Mr. Francis Ca rnac Brown, a and well acquainted with the of fairs of and who has a large estate on the coa ,t of Malabar. Itungo Bapojee, the agent of the de.; posed Raja of Sattara, was present on the platform. After a brief introductory speech from the CILAIR- MAN. Mr. GEORGE Tnomrsoss said he thought it right to admit, in the first instance, that he had sought this opportunity of addressing them on this question. Recently sent by their suffrages to the Ho-use of Commons, he felt it his duty to ask for an occasion of bringing before them the nature of a cueestion, in which he had for many years taken a sleep in terest, and one which he should feel it his duty in the House to which they had sent him, and out of doors, to make it the subject of public discussion. He entertained but little doubt he should receive osed their approbation of the cou rse he prop to pursue, equally certain that, before they separated that even ing, they would share in his convictions of the in terest to the worl'll at large of the question he was about to bring before them.—(Hear, hear.) The subject they had met to discuss was free trade with India, in connexion with the condition and prospects of Great Britain. That text might appear to be a restriction of the topiCs usually embraced under the name of free trade ; but the subject, as it bad been announced, extended to another result, viz., the at tainment of the overthrow of slavery and the slave trade, an effect following naturally, necessarily, and inevitably, from the attainment of the former object. A few words on the subject of slavery, though this was not an anti-slavery meeting exclusively, would bring him naturally to the objects of their discus sion, and enable them the better to trace out for themselves the true bearing of the several topics to which he had referred. In the United States of America—a country boasting the excellence of its political institutions, its doctrines of equality, its religious freedom, and its powerful organizations for the propagation of the gospel—in that country every sixth person was a slave. In that country sixteen millions of free men had banded themselves together to hold in hopeless bondage three millions of their fellow-subjects. The case was the same in the em pire of Brazil. Spain had another million, and France and Holland, in their colonies, parti cipated in the tyranny. Notwithstanding the abolition of the slave trade in the year 1808 by England and America, on the authority of Buxton, which never yet had been called into question, a thousand human beings were slaughtered in the African trade, in their own villages, or died on their way from the interior to the coast, or expiring on the middle passage, were thrown into the deep ; or sur viving all those dangers, were employed in the sugar plantations of Cuba and Brazil. In that way Africa, at the present day, was annually plundered of 400,000 of her children.; Slavery began from the hope en tertained by avaricious men of obtaining the products of the earth free of all charge of labour. Animated by that motive, the Spaniards enslaved the Mexicans, to employ them in their mines. The Caribs were enslaved from a similar view, and the prospect of em ploying them in the cultivation of the sugar-cane, led to the enslaving of the Africans. The Hon. Gentleman then referred to Mr. Carnac's pamphlet on India, from which he made several extracts alluding to this portion of the subject as regarded India. There would be hope for the slave, he continued, if England would only be just and wise ; but inactivity and supineness only operated as tacitly sanctioning the most cruel outrages on the unalienable rights of humanity, and the statutes of the Almighty. Having given a brief sketch of the Indian em pire geographically, politically, and socially, the Honourable Gentleman proceeded to explain the natural facilities of the soil of the country for the production of cotton, and the capacity of the population fbr prepafing it. He showed, from the evidence of Mr. Rickards, a member of the Council of Bombay, and others, that if the cotton-grower of India had not to yield one-half of his crop to the Go vernment, he would be satisfied, as he was now obliged to be, with far less than he was compelled to ask. It was therefore evident that but for the chartered monopoly of the East India Company, taking, the cotton crop at its entire price, and return• ing one-half op account of land-tax to the proprietors, the price of the best Surat cotton in London would up to this time have been 2141. per pound. It had varied, however, from 11d. to 13d. Notwithstanding that enormous price for the un manufactured article, if the several items of its pro ductions were deducted, it would be found that the grower did not realise more than a halfpenny in the pound. It was impossible for Great Britain to look to India for a supply of cotton, whilst these heavy im posts remained in force, and Gen. Briggs said he was prepared to demonstrate that proposition on official evidence. The cultivation of cotton was no mystery. In all America only half a million of slaves were employed in producing it. Only give men the pro spect of gain, and they would produce it from a piece of fine and, as large as Yorkshire. There was, an fact, monopoly in it, but not mystery ; and the organized exactions in India of collector after collector, only showed how a country could be desolated by the tyranny of a man. The con nexion between this subject and slavery was obvious, and, had time permitted it, he was prepared to show that the planters of New Orleans had declared the cotton tree to be the palladium of slavery. The sub ject was a vast one, and of vast importance to the interests of the kingdom. It was connected, more over, ;with the liberty, happiness, and activity of 200,000,000 of their fellow-subjects, and with their leave, he would bring it prominently before the public and the Parliament, and do his best to procure re dress for the injustice and hardships to which he had called attention, trustissg to their assistance and encouragement in prosecuting that glorious object.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the following resolutions, observing that he had no doubt of the concurrence of the meeting in the several propositions there laid down : " That it has been demonstrated to this meeting that India, a vast British possession, peopled by mil lions of peaceable, intelligent, and civilised British subjects, has been gifted by nature with the capacity of producing every tropical raw commodity, which the capital and industry of England require for the constant and profitable employment of her population, or for the supply of any of their other wants. " That it has been further demonstrated that Eng land, although the mistress of such a possession as British India, is rendered year by year more depen dent for the supply of raw cotton, which is the staple of her principal manufacture, and one of the main supports of the public revenue, upon the United States of America, a foreign country; and that England is also dependent upon the same country for the supply of the tobacco demanded by her population—both the cotton and the tobacco being the produce of slave labour. That, consequently, the domestic peace and prosperity of this country, and the stability of a large portion of the public revenue, are made dependent— first, upon the vicissitudes of the seasons, to which the cotton and tobacco plants, in common with all other productions of any one country, is liable ; secondly, upon the maintenance of amicable relations between this country and the United States, and be tween the United States and other countries; thirdly, upon the submission of a numerous and increasing servile population, and the continuance of internal peace among the slave States of America. " That this exclusive, unnecessary, and unnatural dependence perpetuating as it does the slavery of millions of men—is the source, to a great extent, as is now experienced, of existing calamities, and manifestly._ pregnant with future evils to the best in 'crests of England. That the free agricultural popu lation of tome__ of B ritish India would be the natural cus tomers I this country in the exact measure that they dities for permitted, become the producers of commo dities showne wits of England. That it has been British subj ec t s thatare these intelligent and deserving with the pr o d uce o f rendered incapable of competing the the burdens imposed upoljnited States, by reason of " Therefore resolved—That soil and industry : people of England, for the sake it is the duty of the Ike of England, of India, and of the enslaved thruu require of the Legislature the immediateg°the world, to energies removal of all imposts which depress the agricultll the native population : and the institution gi s e t s r strict and impartial inquiry in India into the condition of the natives, and into the conduct and the acts ti9l : out of the peculiar government ruling over theta affect their well-being and retard th • ena, pros perity." Mr. WILLIAM HowITT having secondel the reso lutions, the question was put, and the resolutions unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. ----- SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—OPENING A RAILWAY CHAPEL AT GATCOMBE.—ThiS interesting ceremony Took place on Sunday, the 17th instant, being the appointed by her Majesty as a day of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest. The Lord Bishop of Glou cester having granted a license, the service was per formed by the Rev. W. Ma!pass, curare of Blakerey. The situation of the building is most picturesque, being :gx_ri quiet bay, close under a high rock, crowned with dy while the Severn rills rapidly by and spreads .v. t trime expense, of water in its front, bounde d b y the :at and very beautiful scenery of Stroud, Berkeley, .flouter Journal, I RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST-ANGLIAN.—FURTHER OPENING OF THE LYNN AND ELY LINE. This line, which has been for some time past at work for a portion of the distance, was on Monday opened throughout, so that, in connexion with the Eastern Counties line, there is now a direct commu nication from London to the port of Lynn. A brief history of the line may not, on the present occasion, be uninteresting to our readers, although, of course, sufficiently familiar to the shareholders. The com pany originally consisted of three distinct companies, the Lynn and Ely, the Lynn and Dereham, and the Ely and Huntingdon, the whole of which were projected towards the close of 1844, just as the railway mania, the consequences of which so many have had occasion to deplore, was beginning to take root, and obtained their Bills in the session of 1845. The Lynn and Ely line, with a branch to Wisbeach, was originally laid out so as to be constructed both cheaply and expeditiously ; when, however, the Bill got into Parliament, the pro moters found themselves opposed by those power ful bodies, the Bedford Level, the South Level, and Middle Level Corporations. It may be here explained that these level corporations are, in fact, drainage companies, and the ground of opposition was, that their drains might be obstructed by t h e bridges of the railway company, and a clause was obtained from Parliament to the effect that no bridge should be built by the railway company which should not be approved by the levels' corporations. The re sult of this was, that although these corporations have no bridge themselves between Ely and the sea with a greater opening than 40 feet, they compelled the railway company to build one with a span of 121 feet 6 inches, and with openings of 30 feet on either side, by which means the originally estimated expen diture has been considerably increased, what was originally estimated to cost 300,0001. having actually cost 420,0001. With regard to the bridge across the Ouse, although the levels' corporations have a bridge of their own of 40 feet span on the level, they com pelled the railway company so to raise theirs as to leave a clear way of six feet from the underside of the bearers above the level of the banks, which has caused not only great expense, but great delay, as the land, being of a particular spongy description, considerable trouble has been incurred in obtaining a firm foundation for the superincumbent mass of earth necessary to form the embankment, almost as much having sunk out of sight as is now visible. On the Wisbeach branch, not yet opened, a bridge, which was estimated to cost 10,0001., will actually cost 37,0001., viz., 7,0001. for a temporary bridge, and 30,000/. for the permanent one. This expense is caused by the opposition of the Middle Level Corpo ration, who only obtained their Act of incorporation about twelve months prior to the railway company, and who, while they have absolutely fourteen bridges of their own, with three arches of about forty feet span each, have compelled the railway company to build a bridge in one arch of 100 feet span on the square, or, as the bridge at the point in question is on the skew, on an actual span of 120 feet. Nor has the company alone had to suffer from the oppo sition of the levels' corporations, but, in consequence of the passing of the Clauses Consolidation Act, which prevented the company from summoning a jury to decide on disputed cases of compensation, but to go to a referee, the most frightful sums have been de manded, and in many instances obtained. In one case, a proprietor of draining mills made a demand for 1,9001. for " loss of wind," from obstruction by the embankment of the railway, which is only eighteen feet high, and the nearest point of the embankment being 150 yards from the mill ; and not only was the demand made, but, on a reference, 1,0001. were awarded against the company. At the close of 1845, or early part of 1846, the three companies agreed to amalgamate, but in consequence of its being too late to go through certain Parliamentary forms, the Bill authorising the amalgamation was only obtained in the last session. Subsequent to the agreement for amalgamation, but prior to the Bill being obtained, an agreement was also entered into for leasing the lines to the Eastern Counties Company, but the Le gislature refused to sanction it. Yesterday, the line from Lynn to Ely being com pleted and approved by the Government Inspector, a dinner was given by the inhabitants of Lynn to the directors of the line and various friends. In order to meet the inhabitants in a becoming spirit, the direc tors started a special train of upwards of thirty car riages, which conveyed about six hundred of the in habitants of Lynn and the surrounding districts to Ely, where a promenade luncheon was provided at the Bell Inn. Having joined the special train on its re turn from Ely to Lynn, we had an opportunity of inspecting the line, which is almost a dead level, and appears to be extremely well constructed. The most noticeable work of art on the line, and which a large number of the guests alighted from the carriages to view, is the bridge 'across the Ouse, which, as we have before observed, in consequence of the oppo sition of the Bedford Level Corporaticn, has added much to the expense of the line, while it has delayed its opening nearly twelve months. The viaduct is 150 yards long, and consists of ten side openings of 30-feet span each, with a span over the water way of 121 feet six inches. The method adopted to support the roadway over this great space is by suspending the platform from three timber bows, each formed of three-inch deals, united by oak trenails; the suspension rods are of wrought iron ; each rod has been proved to be equal to a strain of 20 tons, and as there are 72 of these rods, the weight they are capable of supporting is 1,440 tons ' • but the greatest weight which they will be required to carry will not exceed 310 tons, of which the platform is 160 tons, and the greatest load which is ever likely to be placed upon it is about 150 tons, On Saturday the bridge was tested with this weight before Captain Wynne, the Government Inspector, When we are in formed it sunk five-sixteenths of an inch, and it is stated that it will not sink under any circumstances more than about one-eighth of an inch further. The train which started from Ely shortly after three o'clock arrived at Lynn, where it was received with the spirit-stirring strains of a military band, the firing of cannon, and the cheers of the people, shortly after five o'clock. At half-past six o'clock about 150 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner in the Town-hall, the Mayor, T. A. Carter, Esq., presiding. Mr. George Hudson, M.P., Mr. David Waddington, M.P. (the chairman and deputy-chairman of he Eastern Counties Company), Lord George Bentinck, M.P , Viscount Jocelyn, M.P., Mr. Abdy, M.P., and others were expected to attend, but were prevented from doing so from a pressure of business or illness. Amongst those present we observed Mr. H. C. Lacy, M.P., the chairman of the company ; Sir W. Foulkes, Bart., late chairman of the Lynn and Ely Company ; Mr. C. P. Roney, the secretary to the Eastern Coun ties Company ; the Rev. J. Edwards, Mr. J. S. Valentine, C.E., and Messrs. Le Strange, J. B. Whiting, F. Cresswell, R. Pitcher, R. Cruso, sen. and jun., William Armes, George Hogg, Edward ' Everett, F. Ingle, F. ;Cushman, F. H. Patten, G. Useplhf,aFm., H. U w p i h ls a o m n: J. Robertson, U.v.Bartr C. E. Pa Partridge, ge, J. W. Howlett, E lett: G. B. Newmarch, &c. The festivities of the evening were much enlivened by the presence of an excellent military band, which played various favourite airs during the dinner, and of the choristers from Ely Cathedral, who sung va rious glees and choruses with much taste. The cloth having been removed, " The Queen" and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were duly honoured. Mr. ARMES rose to propose a toast which he was sure would be most warmly responded to, Before doing so, however, he might perhaps be allowed to make a few observations. He had witnessed that day the opening of the railway throughout from Lynn to Ely, and he had no doubt it would be productive of great benefit to the port of Lynn. In proposing the toast he held in his hand, he would state that, in his opinion, the directors of the East-Anglian Com pany had done themselves great honour by the way in which they had carried out the line. The scheme had not been got up with the mere view of putting money into the pockets of needy specu lators, but with the laudable object of at once benefiting those who invested their money and the ' town of Lynn, and in that spirit he was happy to say it had been carried out.—(Hear, hear.) The di rectors of the company had always met the inhabi tants of Lynn most cordially, and whatever they had had occasion to ask for had been most promptly ac corded. It was first proposed to have the station a mile from the town, but a meeting having been held in the Town-hall and a communication made to the directors on the subject, they at once determined to bring it further into the town. They had also un dertaken to ask Parliament for power to construct wet docks, which he believed were indispensable for the prosperity of the town. The Hon. Gentleman then went into some details relative to the Norfolk Estuary Company, which he strongly recommended to the support of the gentlemen present, and said that he had no doubt that if they assisted themselves they _ ln wouldc conclusion, n a e l l s a o s i h o anv,e thethe supp ort Hon. Gentlemanth the proposed railway company. health of M r . H. C. Lacy , M.P., and , the directors of the East Anglian Railway Company.' The toast having been drunk with three times three and one cheer more, Mr. LA C Y sa id he rose to ret urn hi s b es t th an k s for the honour conferredup considerorl himself and coll e a gues . He could not, ho wever, the compliment as due to them that the directors of Anglian Company had been invited to that splendid entertain_ given voluntarily and unasked by markinginhbi tants of Lynn, but he looked upon it as their approbation of the great system of railway s , He believed that it was unparalleled that the inhalai tants of any town should invite the directors of a railway company to such an entertainment ; at least he did not recollect a similar case.—(Cheers.) H e could assure them that it was the wish of th e di. rectors of the railway company most cordially to unite with the inhabitants in promoting the welfare of the port of Lynn—(Hear, hear)—and any sug gestion the inhabitants had to make at any time would be most respectfully attended to ; and with respect to the advantages he expected the railway company would confer on the port, they would en deavour so to accommodate the traffic that it might become the leading port in that part of the coast for the commerce of the world. That company owed its existence to the desire of the people of Lynn for such a means of communication, and it was taken up, not as a means of making individual profit, but with the view of benefiting the district; and so well had that view been carried out that, notwithstanding the extraordinary times which they had had to pass through, they had never had the slightest difficulty in getting money to proceed with their works. — (Cheers.) He did not believe that there was a single director in the East-Anglian Company who did not wish to confer the greatest possible good on the town of Lynn, and by doing so, the company would be promoting their own interests—and they might always trust to parties going the right course when it was their own interest to do so.—(Cheers and laughter.) He felt that that day the town of Lynn had made a great step on the road of improvement. The opening of the railway was the first step ; the new estuary, when they got it, would be the second ; their wet docks would be the third ; and indeed he could see no end to the prosperity which awaited them.—(Cheers.) He hoped that ere long they would be enabled to obtain their Estuary Company, and he could assure them that it should not want for any assistance the railway company could give them. 'lt was much the fashion at the present time to decry all railway companies as mischievous. Now he did not think there was any reason for such a course. He was not going to defend what gamblers or needy speculators had done with respect to rail ways; he had no doubt there had been great suffer , ing by some parties, but there never yet had been a good from which a partial evil had not arisen.- -(Hear, bear.) It was not in nature that they should be wholly free from evil; and if men proposed good projects they could not always help a few shares getting into doubtful hands. The charge which had been made against the railway companies was, in fact, more justly due to the Legislature itself, which had caused a great portion of the mania of 1845 by the encouragement it gave to competition.—(Hear, hear.) That was a system which could never exist among railways, for there was nothing to prevent companies which were competing to day becoming united to- morrow. Now the result of that encou ragement of competition was, that a large portion of the great companies, in order to secure their traffic, were obliged to apply in 1845-6 for lines which, under other circumstances, would not have been re quired before 1855-6, or even 1865-6. Then, again, there was a certain great man, who, having taken a spade in his hand to cut the first sod of a railway, made a speech in favour of direct lines, and that gave rise to a mania in favour of direct lines. (Hear, hear.) Now, direct as their line was, he had no doubt that if any one had brought out a di rect Lynn and London line to save one mile, that it would have been eagerly sought after.—(Laughter.) It had been said that the railways had disarranged commerce and made England poor. Now, he could not see how that could possibly be. He could not see how a country was made poor by a system which gave to a large body of the people good employment, good wages, and good food.—(Cheers.) Poverty arose not from people being employed in the pro duction cf capital, but from their injuring capital. When he spoke of the poor as injuring capital, he meant to express that any man injured capital who lived, and ate, and did not work.—(Cheers.) Now, the great fault was the idea that money must be represented by gold. Gold was no more use to ninety-nine out of one hundred than any other con vertible medium would be. Two pounds and a half of iron, in the form of an axe, was of more use to many than the same weight in gold would be. The great cause of the present difficulties was the exist ing currency laws, which were radically wrong, and must be altered.—(" Hear, hear," and " No, no.") They were told that their currency rested on a broad basis of gold, but that was a gross error. If that was the case, they ought to have gold to represent the 14,000,000/. which had been lent by the Bank to the Government. Now, he could recollect that, in 1825, only 1,300,000 sovereigns were in the Bank of Eng land. Now, when they declined so low, they surely did not represent the currency of the country. What had happened before might happen again ; and, sup pose the gold in the coffers of the Bank got down to fifty or one hundred sovereigns, how could they say that the 14,000,0001. was based upon gold ? The law, it was evident, was bad, and it must be altered.— (" No, no;" "Yes, yes.") He had merely given his own opinion on the matter. He believed that railways conduced to the prosperity of the country, and, hoping that brighter times would arise, he trusted the great- companies would do everything in their power to show the futility of the argument that the commercial distress was caused by them. After apologising for the absence of some of his colleagueP, the Hon. Gentleman again returned thanks, and pro posed " The Mayor and Corporation, with prosperity to the town and trade of Lynn." The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the compliment, and expressed the gratification the corporation felt at the opening of the Railway. Mr. WILSON proposed " The health of Sir W. B. Foulkes and the ex-directors of the East-Anglian Railway Company." Sir. W. FOULKES acknowledged the compliment, and begged to be allowed to explain why he had re tired from the direction. He had never been a rail way speculator, and had only joined the Lynn and Ely for the purpose of benefiting the port of Lynn. When. the amalgamation between - the three companies took place it was necessary to reduce the number of directors, and he retired, foreseeing that he would be succeeded by Mr. Lacy, who was so much better ac quainted with railways than he was. The Hon. Baronet then alluded to the necessity of the people of Lynn doing everything in their power to promote the interest of the Estuary Company, and stated that arrangements were making which he believed would insure its success. The next toasts were, "Mr. J. C. Williams and his colleagues, the solicitors of the East-Anglian Rail way Company ;" " Mr. W. Williams, the secretary of the East-Anglian Railway Company ;" and " Mr. J. S. Valentine, the engineer of the Company ;" the whole of which were appropriately acknowledged. Mr. WILSON said the next toast had reference to a great company with which the East-Anglian Com pany were about to work in connexion. That com pany had been long in operation, and it was well known did everything they could to promote the in terests of the district with which it was connected. He begged to give "Mr. Roney, the secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway, and the directors of that company."—(Cheers.) Mr. RoNEY rose to return thanks for the honour conferred upon the company with which he had the pleasure of being connected. In doing so he had to apologise for the absence of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Waddington. The former gentleman was engaged at Sunderland on particular business, otherwise he would have been present. Mr. Waddington, he knew, had been most anxious to be present, and arrangements n o w n a b e s y y s ) s u p s r u e e as been e detainedhad made bnyo tfboa arrived his business, sd c s o h mie which(% g d o l rh Roney) • special eo l sw t e r do a u i had d u a t s he ld deeply regret. He (Mr. Roney) felt great pleasure in baying had the opportunity of being present at that entertainment, which reflected credit alike on the inhabitants of Lynn and the directors of the East-Anglian Railway, in whose honour it was given. He begged to assure them that the directors of the Eastern Counties Company had desired him and the other officials to give every facility to the traffic of the East-Anglian Company, and nothing should be want ing on their part to carry out the wish of the. directors in that respect.—(Cheers.) It was the first time he had been in Lynn, and he felt extremely gratified, both at the events of the night and the flattering re ception he had received.—(Cheers.) " The Press," "The Ladies," &c., having been given, the chairman vacated his seat about a quarter to twelve, when a number of the company returned to Ely by a special train. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGIIAM, BOSTON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION. A meeting of shareholders in this company was held at the London Tavern yesterday, in consequence of an advertisement having appeared from the direc tors calling a meeting for the sth of next month, to consider an offer made from the Great Northern Company to lease the line at a guaranteed dividend of five and a half per cent. upon its cost for three years after its completion ; and the option to each shareholder of exchanging for Northern stock at par, after the line from London to York has been opened, or else five per cent. in perpetuity—some por tions of the Ambergate line being abandoned, and the shares reduced from 201. to 8/. each. In their advertisement calling the meeting, the directors, how ever, state they cannot recommend the adoption of the offer. Mr. Mitchell having been voted to the chair, a letter was read from Mr. Badger, a gentle man who was elected to the direction at the last general meeting, recommending the adoption of the offer repudiated by his co-directors, and resolutions were carried thanking him for the trouble he had taken, and declaring it to be the opinion of the meet ing that it is in every way legitimate and desirable to reduce the magnitude of the undertaking within the limits presented by the financial capabilities of Northern y three-fifty the present proprietary and the actual requirements l i of the district for railway accommodation ; that it is far preferable to accept an alliance with the Great Company9n iis the th p e ri a n b c a i n p d le on o m f a en n t ex of pe a nd h i e t a u v re reduced and needless sectio n • , the security of a guaranteed minim= dividend, d an the option of great pro. spective advantages, than to remain committed to much larger responsibilities, with returns altogether unsecured; and that the shareholders be requested to support personally, or by proxy, an alliance with the Great Northern Company, in the absence of an eligible offer from other companies. The meet ing concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice CaEsswELL and Mr. Justice MAULE.) THE TRIAL OF JOHN OVERSTON FOR SHOOTING AT MR. CRAWLEY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury for the prisoner. He said the question for the jury to de cide was not whether the prisoner was a person of sane mind at the present time, for that he admitted, but whether he was of sane and of sound mind when be fired off the pistol at Mr. Crawley. The fact of his having taken two pistols with him and trying to destroy Isis own life, after attempting that of the pro secutor, and the circumstance of his having written the letter which was produced in the Court relative to the disposal of his affairs after his death, were the main reasons upon which the medical men he should call founded their opinions as to his sanity. In cases of insanity, it was generally found that the attack was immediately proceeded by some vexation and disappointment occasioned by family misfortune and pecuniary distresses, and in the present case there could be no doubt that the prisoner's mind was worked up to a state of insanity, in consequence of the proceedings which were taken against him by Mr. Crawley. Thy Learned Counsel, after dwelling upon some of the particulars in the case, read extracts from a work on insanity, publi s hed by the S oc i e ty for the Diffusion of Knowledge, and also from other works, for the purpose of showing that insanity arose in most cases from moral and not from physical causes. He then concluded by an urgent appeal on behalf of the prisoner, and proceeded to call the fol lowing witnesses : Sir John Easthope, examined by Mr. HUDDLESTONE —H e said, I have known the prisoner for twenty years, and whilst I considered him a very sensitive man, I always found him very kind, humane, and obliging. Mr. 'rite, architect of the Royal Exchange, who was deeply affected whilst he gave his evidence, spoke highly of the prisoner's character, and stated also that he had known him for a considerable num ber of years. He saw him about two months before the unhappy occcurence, and he noticed a change in his manner. Mr. W. John Hall gave similar testimony, and said he considered him quite incapable of managing his affairs when he saw him shortly before the oc currence. Mr. Tillard, solicitor, gave evidence to the same effect. _ _ A clerk in the office of Messrs. Parker, solicitor, stated that he had noticed a great change in the pri soner's manner, arising from the state of his affairs lie was the most docile client he ever was acquainted With, and it appeared to him that his memory had greatly failed him. Mr. Henry B. Hall, accountant, who had known the prisoner twenty-two years, said he saw him on the morning of the 14th of August about nine o'clock, and he appeared to be in a very excited state of mind. During the last three years he had lost about 3,800/., and to that and other misfortunes he attributed the great change which had lately been observed in his conduct. Several other witnesses were called who had known the prisoner for many years, and they concurred ge nerally in the foregoing evidence. During the examination of the sisters of the pri soner he wept much, and appeared greatly affected. Dr. Connolly, chief physician of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, stated that he had for many years directed his attention to cases of insanity. He had had an in terview with the prisoner, and had read the deposi tions and heard the evidence given, and his opinion was that the prisoner at the time of the occurrence was not of sound mind. In innumerable cases he found that pecuniary and domestic troubles had deprived persons of their reason. He had known several cases analogous to the present. This opinion was subse quently confirmed by the interview which he had with the prisoner. Cross-examined—l am of opinion that the pri soner was not aware he was committing a guilty act at the time of the occurrence. Mr. "Winslow and Mr. Strette, surgeons, stated they were of opinion, for the same reasons given by Dr. Connolly, that the prisoner was of unsound mind, and incapable of knowing the moral nature of the act when he committed it. The case for the defence having been concluded, Mr. LAURIE was heard in reply. Mr. Justice MAULE summed up and explained the law to the jury. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity. Some persons applauded in the gallery, but it was immediately repressed. The prisoner will be confined during her Majesty's pleasure. Hannah Williams, aged 20, was indicted for cut ting and wounding James Newbold, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. The prosecutor, who described himself as a hammer man at an iron foundry in Itotherhithe, said that for some months prior to 'September last he had been keeping company with the prisoner, but he had broken off the connexion. On the 13th of September, as he was going to his w ork along Rotherhithe-street, the prisonera sgoin g to eanae up to him and sa id s h e un d ers t oo d h e wbe married t o ano th er young woman , and he replied that he was. She then said that if he did she would be revenged either upon the girl or upon him ; to which he rejoined, that if she attempted to harm either of them he would knock her head off; and upon that the prisoner cut him in the neck with a knife. Upon being cross-examined, the prosecutor ad mitted that the prisoner was a girl of good character, I and it appeared that he had seduced her while in a respectable situation, under a promise of marriage. He also said that when he was out of work the pri soner had given him money and clothes, and that she had also provided him with food when he was in dis tress; but notwithstanding this it appeared that he had abandoned her and formed a connexion with another girl, to whom he was about to be married The injury inflicted upon him by the prisoner was of a very trifling character. Mr. CLARKSON, in addressing the jury, commented with appropriate severity upon the base and unmanly conduct of the prosecutor; and he said he was sure they would not convict her of the felonious portion of the charge, even if they should feel themselves com pelled to find her guilty of an assault. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault, and at the same time recommended the pri soner to mercy, on account of the previous provoca tion she had received. Mr. Justice CaEsswELr„ in passing sentence, said he quite concurred in the opinion expressed by the jury ; and there was no doubt that the conduct of the prosecutor had been most base, profligate, and disgraceful. Still, however, it was impossible to overlook entirely the use of a deadly weapon ; and he therefore felt compelled to sentence her to a further term of imprisonment of one month. Upon the application of Mr. BODKIN, the trial of the charge of manslaughter, arising out of the ex plosion of the Cricket steam-boat, was postponed to the next session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Robert Smith, a young man of respectable appear ance, was brought before Mr. Alderman Sidney for final examinatio n , charged with stealing thr ee um brellas from th e shop door of Mr. Williams, a manu facturer on Ludgate-hill. Henry Barnard, a shop keeper, near the Elephant and Castle, was also put to the bar, on suspicion of having purchased them knowing them to be stolen. thief e Another person was apprehended on t he s p ot as the inthief, upon th e t es ti m ony of a stranger who was passing, and h e wou ld have been in great peril of b inno cent person egvsecunorimrnegmn,dintetnreetddbhefnoiamrussentllfaethen was aware some othffe police on the follow ingence had not the real was in jeopardy, but because he had failed in th e o bj ec t w ith which he committed the offence. The innocent man was discharged. Mr. Elliott, a medical student, of North place, West-square, identified the prisoner as the person who snatched up some umbrellas from Mr. Williams's door and ran off with them. The shopman speedily rushed out, but he seized the wrong man, and this so engrossed his attention that the prisoner got clear off. The shopman proved that three umbrellas were stolen, and one now produced was one of those three. It occcurred about a quarter after seven o'clock on Saturday evening. Henry Mills, a City policeman, stated that the pri soner came up to him on Sunday evening, and asked him if he was on duty there the night before, and had heard of three umbrellas being stolen. Witness told him he had. The prisoner then said that he was the person who stole them, and he wished to surrender to justice. Witness said he might then walk with him to the station. Going along witness asked him what was his motive in surrendering. The prisoner said he hoped to be sent out of the country, as he found he could not get a living here. Witness asked what he had done with the property. The prisoner de scribed Mr. Barnard's little shop in Surrey-place, and stated that he sold the three to him for ss. Witness went over to the shop, and Mr. Barnard stated that he had only purchased two for 3s. 6d. lie produced one, and said he had sold the other. On account of this discrepancy in their statements, and the low price he had given, witness took him into custody also. Barnard protested he had only bought two, giving 2s. for one, and ls. 6d. for the other, which had been used. He put one at the door and one in his window. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY inquired what was the wholesale price, and whether journeymen did not oc casionally make up goods and hawk them at lower prices ? Mr. Williams said the wholesale price would be 3s. each, but they might be hawked at a lower price in the mode the Alderman had supposed. Barnard said he could get them up at 2s. himself. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said he should discharge Mr. Barnard. The price given was not so low that a guilty knowledge must be inferred, and the fact that the umbrella was exposed in the window without the least attempt to alter or disguise it, was opposed to the presumption that Mr. Barnard was conscious he had bought stolen goods. Mr. Barnard was then examined as a witness, and confirmed on his oath the statement he had made before. The prisoner re-asserted that he bought the three umbrellas for .ss. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY questioned the prisoner as to the cause of his singular conduct. The prisoner said he was a single man. He was a tailor. He came up from Birmingham a fortnight ago to find work, but he found it impossible to do so, and he had no friends who could help him. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said there was sufficient evidence, without his confession, that he had com mitted an impudent theft in a great thoroughfare, and he therefore committed him for trial. BOW-STREET. John Quad, described in the charge-sheet as a surgeon, of a, Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, was charged with hying attempted, by forcible means, to obtain an audience of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, in Dowsing-street. From the statement of a messenger in the Chan cellor's office, and police-constable 101 A, it appeared the prisoner had acquired a notoriety among the Go vernment officials ,for the frequency and intrusive character of his 7isits to Cabinet Ministers during the past four years, with the view of representing his alleged claims upon the country, and requiring of the State a just recognition of them, and a speedy liqui dation thereof in the current coin of the realm. On some former occasons he had been fortunate enough to get an interview with the Chancellor ; but, as his claims were repudiated by the Government, they had since declined having any conference with him upon the subject. Not long ago he presented himself at the door of Sir Robert Peel's residence, in Whitehall-gardens, and, forcing himself into the hall, demanded the immediate presence of the Right Honourable Baronet ; upon which the porter, it seems, of his own responsibility, ejected him from the mansion. On that occasion he applied to the magistrate at Bow-street for some means of redress ; but his worship advised him, if he really had any claims on anybody, to adopt the usual legal remedy. Yesterday, however, he called again at the Exchequer-office, and requested to speak with the Chancellor; and, on being refused admission, became so violent in his language and behaviour, and tried so hard to effect an entrance by forcible means, that the messenger and assistant-secretary, Mr. Trevelyan, were compelled to hand him over to the care of a police constable, who conducted him to Bow. street. The prisoner declaimed against the advisers of her Majesty for having so long resisted the just demands of an injured subject upon his country's bounty. His 1 claims, he said, had been admitted by the Right Hon. Chancellor Baring, but the State, unhappily, had not the honesty to meet them. When he came to that court for tmuisterial advice, he was referred to the " usual legal remedy." Surely, he contended, he was not acting incon',istently with that advice, when he quietly applied at the Exchequer- office for a personal interview with the Chancellor. The fact was, he had to endure more than human patience could bear up against. His demands upon the state had been esta blished beyond dispute, and its refusal to liquidate them reflected discredit on the nation. Mr. JARDINE would not discuss the justice of his claims. If they were genuine, the law affbrded him ample means of redress. At any rate, it was quite clear that Ministers of State, if they repudiated such claims, had a right to be protected from the annoy ance of his importunities. He should therefore re quire him to enter into his own recognisances in 100/., and to find two sureties in 50/. each, to keep the peace for three months. MARYLEBOIVE. Shortly after the disposal of the night charges, a considerable degree of excitement was caused in the vicinity of the court, owing to it having become known that the father of Anne Simmons was to be brought up for examination as a receiver of a large amount of property, forming a portion of somewhere about 2,0001. worth, which, he alleged, had been stolen by his daughter from Messrs. Marshall and Co. Vere-street, Oxford-street, in whose service she had held a situation as shopwoman during a period of nearly three years. The particulars of what tran spired, on Tuesday, when Anne Simmons was examined, were inserted in our paper of yesterday, and it will be remembered that a large quantity of silks, satins, lace, and other articles of a most costly description were found in the boxes of the prisoner at her em ployer's dwelling; and that Allison, 88 D, the officer engaged in the case, discovered amongst some of her papers the address of a gentleman named Hickman, occupying chambers in Lincoln's Inn fields ; a large amount of property being discovered therein, the greater part of it was identified by Mrs. Marshall, and he (Mr. Hickman) admitted that he had been on terms of intimacy with the accused woman, with whom he had slept at his chambers on the night of Saturday, the 16th inst. It will also be borne in mind that Mr. Hickman was present during the proceedings at this court on Tuesday, and that, from what transpired in the course of the in vestigation, Mr. Broughton, at the conclusion thereof, ordered him to enter into his own recognizance in 2001., and to procure two sureties in 1501. each, for his being forthcoming at the next inquiry ; he as serted that he should be able to prove his entire in nocence, and the required recognizance having been given, he was liberated. At two o'clock yesterday Benjamin Simmons, the father, 60 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged as a receiver of a large portion of the plunder. He was brought up from Market Harborough by In spector Tedman, of the D division. His residence was at a village called Gumby, near the place first r a e l lu ee d i s e e d d t b o y , A a i nd r. I.‘ i i t a ra3pbpaeared he t a h n a d t, t b f e r o mi i n s p n e f e b t r o m r a p t i r o o n . ceeded to his (the prisoner's) dwelling. On being made acquainted with their business, the prisoner, after some hesitation and denial of guilt , delivered up a large hair trunk and a wooden box, which were bound to contain an immense amount of silks, satins, &c., which were identified by Mr. Marshall as be longing to him and his partner. Prior to these things being given up a search warrant had been obtained at a late hour in the night from a magistrate living neeclard, on Mr. Marshall's n near the spot,andhe(theprisarneand that prisoner) had previously of r vi(usly declared, his daughter being mentioned to him, that he knew no thing about the boxes, nor was he at all aware of any robbery having been committed. Mr. Lloyd, lilk-street, Cheapside, was the solicitor for the prosecution, and a clerk from the office of M r . Humphreys attended for the prisoner. The investigation, which lasted nearly two hours, excited a more than an ordinary degree of interest, arising from the magnitude of the robbery. The prisoner, acting upon the suggestion of his legal adviser, reserved his defence, and he will be brought up again next Tuesday, on which day Mr. Hickman has been bailed to appear. It was rumoured that in the course of a few days another person, supposed to be implicated, will be in custody. WORSHIP-STREET. _ _ Yesterday a young fellow of notorious character, named William Maize, was charged with assaulting and seriously injuring Julia Rose, a girl fourteen years of age, the daughter of a fruiterer at Cambridge heath, Hackney. The girl, who was obliged to be supported into the witness-box, stated, that while watching a stand in front of her father's shop on the preceding afternoon, the prisoner came up and in the most daring manner began helping himself to the fruit, and upon her re questing him either to return, or pay for what he had, he struck her such a violent blow upon the temple that she was sent reeling a considerable distance, and fell down in the road. Before she had time to rise the prisoner renewed his attack upon her, and kicked her about the body so savagely that she became insen sible, and then attempted to effect his escape, but was pursued and secured by her father, who sent for a po liceman and gave him into custody. She had since been in a state of acute suffering from the effects.of the prisoner's brutality, and was then under medical treatment. The surgeon called in, and the policeman corrobo rated this statement, and the prisoner, when called guepiolenrafolrdehniisaldeoffenaelle, ilaatviwn le ed against him, Mr. HAmmur, sentenced him to pay t he fullpenalty of 51., or in default to underg o two months imprison gascaolnfigned himself to a imprison ment in the House of Corr ection. that The penalty not being paid, the prisoner was re moved in the ' rmpoeririnnginogf htihseullat6coilhe:piiwntrnslayt-s. said that re condemned to death in July pr l i a es s t t : , the prison of Orleans at daybreak lie Bo was ud brought who fromw a s and e s a twaii et cot eh eh e p , o t hoa l enaaiddtschsecaibecdortoi assizes 18 : ecd n t o ):n.; o f h re a e cb g t ht i :: ito u: nios i s or e t h n ft e o eher t d mo l t h y m : s f a , de oe dno a aff , c bri c )i): o ieeca m ,i roni Ibm p s.eo a .ed n uel i a c co m d panied by b enaa y z 11;:. what evert 0 th e as much]. When brought out he paid no attention words of the ecclesiastic. Just before being . affixed to the fatal plank he kissed the crucifi moment after he had m o d t 9 exio. W ith fervour ; a NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27.—The following are the 1 results of the cruise of the Blenheim (74, reduced to a 56, and equipped and stored as a steam guard-ship) • in the North Sea, from the Bth to the 15th inst., under the superintending command of Captain Aus ten, the steam officer of Woolwich. Greatest speed obtained, sailing and steaming c =blued, before a single reef topsail and top-gallant breeze, 81 knots per hour ; sailing alone, with the same breeze, 41 knots. Greatest speed obtained under steam only, but running before a moderate breeze, 61 knots; and running against the same breeze, 51. Expenditure of fuel, full steaming, 36 tons for 24 hours. The Meeanee ' 80, building in Bombay Dockyard, we are informed by letters to the 11th of September, has been attacked by that destructive insect the w bite ant, and, although not seriously and irreparably damaged, has been eaten away to such an extent as to lead to the belief that had not the discovery of the attack been made she would have been so much in jured as to have required a partial reconstruction. A quantity of old canvas lying near the ship, and which was found on moving it to be quite destroyed, led to the ship being examined ; and fortunate it is she was ex amined, as a portion of her;under water inner planking was found quite destroyed by the ravages of these destructive insects. The brigs Jumna and Nerbudda are free from the attack. Great progress was being made at the above date in building the steam-vessel in Bombay dockyard. A short time since the Board of Ordnance, in con sequence of the increase of the fortifications, closed the old sallyport stairs, for many years used by the licensed watermen of this port for embarking pas sengers to the ships at Spithead. A memorial having been forwarded from the watermen to the board, com plaining of the serious injury to themselves and in convenience to the public (which was transmitted through Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Governor of the garrison), the board have replied, through his Lordship, that they have favourably considered the prayer of the petition, and will make the waterman a new landing place close to the old one, which is in course of construction, and will be opened for the use of the public in a few days. The Netley tender arrived last night from Devon port, with supernumeraries, principally newly entered hands for the Asia, 84, fitting at Sheerness. These are ordered to remain here until that ship arrives at Spit head. The Netley sailed for Devonport this afternoon with supernumeraries for that port. The Amphion, 36, Captain W. J. William, is or ' dered to take on board a quantity of stores for the squadron at Lisbon, immediately. It is not likely she • will sail before to-morrow. _ _ The Bellerophon, 78, Captain R. L. Baynes, C. 8., had all her sails and stores, &c., hurried on board this morning, in order that she might be taken from the jetty to her hulk, the Victorious, to make room for the Sidon steam-frigate to come alongside the yard. Orders have been received to-day to expedite the preparations on board the latter vessel for the reception of the Earl of Dalhousie. These prepara tions had been previously suspended, but she is now ordered to be ready by the Bth of November, and the men are to work extra time to complete her, if ne- cessary. The Stad Von Amsterdam, Dutch Indiaman, Captain Zodkiel, 890 tons, which was brought in here in distress, from Ilavannah, sugar laden, in August last, has had her repairs in the dockyard com pleted, under the superintendence of M. Vandenbergh, Netherlands Vice-Consul, and will sail to-morrow for Amsterdam. _ _ Wind S.S.W., moderate breezes weather cloudy, with light rain at times. TRANSPORTATION. (From the Launceston Examiner of March 31.) Private Secretary's-office, Government House, March, 1847 Sir,—l am directed by his Excellency to lay before you a series of Questions on the subject of trans portation ; and to request that you would carefully consider them, in connexion with such of the gentle men and others in your neighbourhood who are com petent to form opinions on the subject ; and that you would return to me the Questions, with such Answers as you may be able to give to them, as soon as possible. His Excellency has thought it desirable to take this mode of ascertaining the views of the inhabitants of the colony on this very important question, in order that he may be in a position to lay before the Secre tary of State a clear statement of the views and wishes of the colonists on a subject, which, although of very great importance as regards the welfare of the com munity, is yet altogether unconnected with other matters of public interest, and should, therefore, be considered with reference only to its own merits. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) C. E. STANLEY. [QUESTIONS.] 1. 1)o you consider it desirable that the trans portation of convicts to this country should cease altogether ? In considering this question, you must balance the moral evil which you say, and which I am quite prepared to believe, does result from the presence among a limited, and comparatively speaking a con densed population, of a large number of convicted felons, against the material advantages which you have enjoyed from their presence, and which you do to a certain extent still enjoy, in a reduced coat of labour. Ido not mean that you are to balance the pounds, shillings, and pence, which you may individually or collectively gain or save by the labour of the convict, against any amount of moral evil, however small it may he ; but that you must consider fairly whether greater evils may not arise from the shock to society which a sud den cessation of the supply of labour may, and indeed must cause, than can be considered essentially con nected with transportation under a proper system of management. You must consider whether, under the circum stances of the colony at present, you are in a position to be able to raise the price of labour, so as to enable you to hold out inducements to the labouring popu lation, whether bond or free, to remain with you in preference to seeking another market in the neigh bouring colonies. You may fairly assume that, if you do not raise the wages of labour to something near the amount of those paid at Port Phillip and South Aus tralia, your best labourers and mechanics will flock to those colonies, leaving only with you the aged and infirm 2. If you think it desirable that convicts should still continue to be transported to this colony but in reduced numbers, what number should you consider would be adequate to the wants of the country in order to keep up a proper supply of labour ? You must take into consideration, that a large proportion of those convicts who will in the course of a few years obtain conditional pardons will (should the market for labour remain in its present state) flock over to Melbourne or Adelaide ; and, therefore, that the supply of men's labour will, in all probability, be diminished by about 3,000 men annually for the next two years. The average duration of the sentences of convicts appears to.be about 74 years ; if, therefore, any given number of convicts are supp o sed to be landed in this colony annually, by multiplying that amount by 74 you will arrive at about the number who, in the various capacities of probationers, passholders and ticket-of-leave men, will be resident in the colony at any given period. 3. You are requested to state what alterations in the regulations respecting the hiring of passholders are desirable, with a view to rendering the labour of the convict of more benefit to his employer, keeping in view at the same time the necessity of encouraging habits of industry, steadiness, and regularity of con duct in the convicts. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES.—Last evening the half-yearly meeting of the Benevolent Society of Blues was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of electing three pensioners, and transacting the general business. Thomas Hughes, Esq., one of the Vice. Presidents, took the chair. Sarah Spencer, John Willis, and Thomas Delafons, were de clared the successful candidates, and in accordance with annual custom, each successful candidate was presented with one sovereign from the funds of the institution. The report of the directors, and a statement of ac counts, which showed a balance in the bands of the treasurer, amounting to 148/. 18s. 7d., having been read and adopted, Lieutenant-Colonel Pettingol was, in accordance with the suggestion of the directors, elected a vice-president. Mr. Perkins then moved that in all cases of legacies bequeathed to the society, the executor first named, or the acting executor, should en joy during his life, the same privileges in respect to voting, as would belong to the testator, in respect to such legacy, subject to such qualifications as might be contained in the rules. The motion was seconded by Mr. Webb, and carried. It appeared that the society has distributed, during the period of its existence, gifts, "loans, and pensions, up war d s of .5,2001, an 9 in in addition, has funded more th a n 6,0001. Consols, the dividends arising from which have enabled it to supply the wants, and to soothe the declining years of forty aged pensioners, of whom there are now eighteen living. Votes of thanks were passed to the president, secretary, and chairman, after which the meeting separated. LEFT-1 ANDED GRATITUDE BY A PUBLIC COM • PANY.—Most of our readers are aware of the great con venience afforded by a pier attached to Vauxhall-bridge for steam-boat passengers to land and embark. It has been opened two years and a quarter, and in that time has produced fifty per cent, profit upon the outlay or cost of it. At the general meeting of the company in May last, the gentleman who proposed, contrived, and industriously attended to its construction was turned out of the committee of directors in which he had been for the last fiteen years, through the machination of a cabal formed for that purpose. It remains to be seen wi.etlit r the hixt guile, ul meeting, ctmvehed tor the 4Lia of November, will confirm the above determination of the last. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is net so good to- day as yesterday. There was a slight improvement in London and North-Western, and Midland sold at 110 1 to 112. We close at the following quotations.— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 16 1 / 4 —East Lancashire, New Quarter, 1 1 4 dis.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 4S—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 3 dis.—Ditto. Fifths, p —Ditto, 32/. Shares, 4% dis.—Ditto, Fifths, (late West Riding Union), 2% c. dis.—London and North- Western, 155—Ditto, Quarters (L. and B), 1216 p.—Ditt ° ' New Quarters, 6% p.—Ditto (Manchester and Birming-• ham), 80—Ditto, Quarters (A and B), 3% c. p.—Ditto, ditto Now (0), 3% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 3% dis.—Ditto, 10/. Preference, % p.—Midland Stock, 110—Ditto, 401. Shares, 42—Ditto, Halves, 1% dis. —Ditto (B. and D.), 84—North British, New Thirds, 1 /4„ P• —North Staffordshire, par—Preston and Wyre , 3372-- Shrewsbury and Chester, New, 1,4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 2SI A2 c.—Ditto, No. 1,4% dis.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, NO. 2, MANCHESTER, Ocionxa 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Fast Lancashire , 5 1 % dis.—Ditto, New Qu rters, IYa dis.—Huddersfield and Man" Chester Railway and Canal (22/. paid), 4% dis.—Lancash ire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par—Ditto, 32/. (late Extension), 5 1 / 4 dis.—Ditto ( West Riding Union), 2 3 4 dis.—London and, North- W cetern, 150—Ditto (Manchester and Birming ham), Quarters (A), 3% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 316 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 3 35 p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quar ters, No. 2, 16—Ditto, Preference, 5-16 dis.—North --- tish, Thirds, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 3-16 C. dis. Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. ad. Shares, 1% dig.-- Shropshire Union, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and DON'S'', No. 9,2% dis.—South Staffordshire, 1% dis. —York, Nen'• castle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, % p. LEEDS, OCTOBER 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc—Ambergate, Notting.' ham, and Boston, 1% n. dis.—East Lancashire. 5 dis. —Dto, New, 5 n. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 1% dis. —East and West Yorkshire, 5% dis.—Great Northern, 5% dis.—Hudder r field and Manchester, Thirds, 20s. n. dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2 3 A dis.—Leeds and Thirskt 17 n. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.—North Halves, 11 1 4—Ditto, Thirds, 3s. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 123. 6d. dis.—North Staffordshire, 7s. 6d. dis.—North- Westernl2s 454 n. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, . 6d. p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding), 6 n. p. ( SHEFFIELD, OCTOBER 27. 1' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Great Northern, 5 / 1 , dia.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), Preference, 4s. dis.-Midland, New, 1 3 4 di s ' -Ditto (Sheffield and Rotherham), 30-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2, 1 p. HULL, OcronErt 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The hectic flush of the Londoena r ; ket has much surprised the dealers here, it being the r a ' opinion that the present rate of discount, as fixed by the Ministry, does not warrant the present rise. Although sellers were plentiful at the improved prices, buyers bought wrig l extreme caution. The sales are-Leeds and Thirak, 16;4, dis.-Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.-North British, 27- - Ditto, Quarters, 2s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 25. Pd. dis.-North Staffordshire, par-York, Newcastle , and Berwick (Orig. N. and B.), 28 3 . EDINBURGH, OCTOBER 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen,_ 294 -Airdrie and Bathgate, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 261.-Ditto, Halves, 131.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 2s. 6 d. Caledonian, 351.-Ditto, New , 17 s. 6e1.-Cal --; 6d.-Caledonian Dumbartonshire, 1/. 10s.-Clydesdale Junction, 501. 10 8 ."" " Deeside, 31. Bs.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 6V Dundee and Arbroath, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 1, ML-Ditto! New, No. 2, 341.-Ditto, New, No. 3,3/. 55.-Dundee Northern Junction, 1/. 53.-Dundee and Perth, 29/. 10s• - ' Ditto, New, 131. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, 21. Ss.-Ea st of Fife, 4/. 5e.-East Lothian Central, IL-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 4i. 45.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 971. CK dis r ' -Ditto, Halves, 131. ex div.-Ditto, New Halves, 41. 50 ' -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 151.-Ditto, Preferenc e, 201.-Ditto, New, 31. 145.-Ditto, Quarters, 2s. 6d.-Ei ll f burgh and Northern, 161.-Ditto, New, 135.-Ditto, Ne:d port, 51. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 135.-Edinburgh as Perth, (New Co. ), 15s. -Ditto, Halves, 55.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 951.-Ditto, New Stock, 371. lbs.-Ditto, Hall e* No. 1,4/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7L-Glasgow' Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 3 81 . 1.55 ' -Glasgow General Terminus, 10/. 10s.-Glasgow an d Greenock, 16/. 10s.-Ditte, Halves, W.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 195.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 81. Great North (4' Scotland, 17s. 6d.- Great Northern ( 18 1 Direct Northern), 2/. 1 Is.-Ditto (late London and Y ork), -North British, 251.-Ditto, Halves, 111.-Ditto, Quarter!! 4/. 45.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 9s. 3d.-Ditto, 11. 18s.-Ditto, Fifths, 51. 55.-Scottish Central, 231.- Sc tish Grand Junction, 55.-Scottish Midland, 15/. 1 05 1 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, OswestrY, And Chester, 181.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3L-Stirling Midland, 71.-Wishaw and Coltness, 44/.-York, Newcast'ef and Berwick, 1231.-Ditto, Extensions, No. 1, 11/. 108.01 Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 10/. 55.-Direct Bombay and bin dr ,,; Is. 9d.-East Indian, 11. Os. 3d.-Great North of 10/ Is. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras, ls.-Madras, Nellore, Arcot, ls. 6d. GLASGOW, Ocronsu 26. tz STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen , 2671 e int.—Ayr and Galloway, 40s.—Caledonian, 3414--Ditt°l New, 19s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 455. 6d.—G l3 ' i g °l4 Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 9S—Ditto, 401. Shares, 39% -- " Ditt* Halves, No. 1, s%—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 7 3 / 4 —G l3 l ° L ' Dumfries, and Carlisle, 7 1 ,,i —Glasgow and Greenock , 1 "_„„ Great Northern, 495. Great Southern of Madras„, Manchester and Southampton, Bs.—North British, 11 ,, 1 "; — " 1214—Ditto, Thirds, 33s.—Scottish Central, 2 3 % es ENON CHAPEL.—As soon as it was ascertained tb.aiti the trustees had resolved to remove the bodie s l Y ingl ng e the cellar under Enon Chapel, several tenders weresolo in for the job. One contractor offered to fill 1113 an empty coffins with the mortal debris scattere d about, remove them to a public cemetery , for 18s. 6d. eV?, which in the aggregate would form a round sum, as it 0 calculated that there are 400 bodies in the cellar. An' other proposed to gather the mutilated human rev:ll6,ns and pack them in the coffins for 2s. 6d. each, leaving W e bodies on the surface Trepared for deportation elsewhe re ' A third cut lower, and offered to do the latter work O r Is. 6d. each coffin. To the credit of the trustees, wh e t when they rented the place from the Baptists, were 0 ' aware of the contents of the cellar, they rejected sue wholesale jobbing, about the disposal of the betli es ' which they will not allow to be removed unless in a 73: spectful manner. So disgusted and horrified was B. Cabbell, M.P., by the spectacle he witnessed in 1 7 n , cellar on Tuesday evening, that he sent yesterday , a cc) for tribution of ten guineas to the " Metropolitan SocleYy s , the Suppression of Burials in Cities and Towns." ral other gentlemen have imitated his example , an" - tributed more or less to the society. PLOUGHING MATCH.—On Tuesday, the West den t Agricultural Association gave their Annual Plough eilt u r Match and Cattle Show, on grounds near the Tig Head, Lee. The ploughing began soon after nine in t"- ; morning, and in a few hours there was a display of 10 ' cellent furrows. The efforts of skill were admirable' and the day pass e d off to the entire satisfaction of 0 0 patrons of agriculture. There was a numerous app ante of farm ers , attracted by the show of cattle. Aft e * the proceedings of the day, the company dined a t tbi White Hart Hotel, Bromley. DAVIS'S STRAITS FISHERY. The following a' count of the D a vi s 's Straits fishing was received her e eil f Sunday last : —L e rwick, October 18.—By the arriva% the Prince of Wales off Scalloway, this day, we hale th following farther intelligence from Davis's Straits. L 6111,1: bore up from Exeter Bay on the 24th of Septen we s h where she loft the Joseph Green fleuching her seventi fish, and had seen most of the other vessels 5h1 1. ,1 before, Reports the loss cf the Caledonia on tbe, - 5 0 of July ; crew saved. Dundee.—Ad v ice, 8 6*"' „ -- 6; tuns; Alexander, 3 fish, 16 tuns ; Horn, 5 fish, 6 0 tu e ," f Princess Charlotte, 5 fish, 55 tuns. Hull.—Pr ir tr u a Wales, 7 fish, 62 tuns ; Abram, 3 fish, 23 tuns; A - ", Gambier, 3 fish, 26 tuns ; True Love, 5 fish, G 5 tt l° , o . William Ward, 2 fish, 35 tuns. liirkaldy.—Cli ie t s ; 4 fish, 48 tuns ; Regalia, 3 fish, 25 tuns. Newne s t, -- 0 5; Lady Jane, 3 fish. Aberdeen.—Pacific, 4 fish, 3 3 7,, -- o h St. Andrew's, 3 fish ; Mary, clean. Peterhead .--- 4° '„ - ; ; Green, 7 fis, 70 tans ; Resolution, 2 fish, 28 tn.. - 6 , Traveller, 3 fish. America.—M'Lellan, 9 fish,l4o —Dundee Advertiser. EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON. A gentle : n i l.; residing in this city, on going to the window ° ,; s st sitting-room last evening, Sunday (Oct. 24), at brillian t nine o'clock, observed in the heavens a most • zodiacal light extending from N. W. to S.E., in a f l at midical form ; it was more than 90 degrees in l i the and stretched almost to the moon, which crow ne- r ; ..bt top of it. It was of a deep red colour, and to the and left of it were white streaks in the same I n T " t he the whole being more intense towards the wen t * 1, 3 no • midst was a beautiful star, and this striking li-eho menon moved slowly westward for half an hour, Iv it gradually disappeared.—Devonshire Chronicle. Tt is DARING VIOLATION OF VESTED BIGOTS. the pro' calculated that by the removal of the record s to rate posed place of general deposit, no less than 20,000 dl3 of will be deprived of food and shelter. Why 811 " 1 a these unhappy animals, like the six clerks, receive handsome " compensation ?"—Punch. MARRIED. Sir On the 26th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Marylebotle, Julia, John Trollope, Bart., M.P. P. for South Lincolnshire, to Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 13art0 of S t/r- manby-park, Lincolnshire. On the 26th inst. at St. George's Church, Hanover-s 4 Sir Charles Isham;Bart., of Lampert Hall, North: alert; shire, to Emily, youngest daughter of the Rig ht Hon. the ' a Mr. Justice Vaughan and the Dowager Lady St. '___22.l_•___.------iu' DIED. las. On the 23d inst., in Richmond - terrace , P addington, Sarah Brereton, aged 95. 01 35 On the 26th inst., at Little Cornwell, Berk e, Mr. Th° Horwood, aged 59. On the 25th inst., at Rutland-gate, Catherine g3r/' daughter of W. H. Brabant, Esq. le l' On the 25th inst., Joseph Fidler, Esq. , of Carabersr terrace, aged 74. Ign On the 25th inst., at the Crescent, Lower Edmonton, Charles Man, aed 79. emelt- On the 25th in g st., Mr. Thomas Walker, lat e of the ..7• -- Exchange, aged 63. Charles On the 26th inst., in Sussex-place, Regent's-parh) Keene, Esq. .°- i n the On the 23d of August last, in the Islan d of Cep ' Ve Onnerable Archdeacon Glenie age 64. the 20th inst., at Syden P ham, d Kent, Mr. John Trehearlif farmer, aged 71. On the 25th inst., at Heath•mount , Mallard, relict of the late Mr. W. Mallard, aged 6 t....---- - . - ..-....... _ , ..- -------r•—_77---:-..- ~„: ii2r Ls,. '..,,,: Pr etc I ~, Publi,slK-1 ';; Meli.i.)4) 1-oUl4l4)in , 01 -rni:ecillot Stuid, Prutter, at The Sun Offic.e., No. 112, Strand, the 2 2 6, of the 6avey, in the County of Middlesex, Thurodkrt 1841 1 Hampstead, Mrs. T 1 wit 22 1 ] t , Th a oily ] °PES Ma Thurs 3 aki 4, anc Pr c 6 knd Stant ,110 ukr e , Dick, arm, Oct - ire 1111 •• the 'Zan ( ald tom ze st . Uolt Ira n at att a Rin wh, BIRTHS. :1* 0 On the 22d inst., at Stoke B isho p , near Clifton, the wma Edward Barges, Esq., of a daughter. On the 23d inst., in Gordon-square, Mrs. Chri *stoPh ir Heath, of a son. t v it On the 23d inst., in Victoria-road, Kensington, Mrs. T , • Pott, of a daughter. AO On the 23d inst., at Elm-grove, Peckham, S ur rey, th e of Henry Smith, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Leadenhall-stre e t, the wife of l ar. . Duncan, of a son. , Jobil On the 25th inst., at Lark-hall-rise, Clapham, Mr-- Paterson, of a daughter. Ch street, the 26th inst., Mrs. Ri c h ar d Walf o rd, of street, Bedford-square, of a son . ____.------- ~~ ~~ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, IM7.