The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE• Mr. W. Cubitt, in his evidence before the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons or. the Westminster bridge and New Palace, gave ,the following testimony with respect to the former. This evidence has just been issued in a printed form by order of the House of Com mons;— What has been the annual expense of the repairs of the bridge under your contract? About 14,000/. Do you wish the Committee to understand that 28,0001. have been expended on the repairs of the bridgs since the date of the report of a corresponding Commit tee of this House upon the subject of Westminster bridge, made in the year 1844? No ; I believe that there has been about 90,000/. spent altogether, and we commenced in the year 1838; it was in that way that I arrived at the answer I have just given. If it should be stated that at any period during the progress of the works which have been carried on under your contract, the surface coping of the bridge has been so reduced, and the state of the masonry of the arch has been so deteriorated that the water could be seen from the upper surface of the bridge, do yo u or d o y ou not believe that such statement is the fact? During the progress of the works we had part of one or two of the arches out and replaced, and while the stones were out of course the water could be seen. The question did not refer to any such deliberate act of architectural skill on your part or that of Mr. Walker, but whether, in defiance of such architectural skill, there ever did or did not happen an occasion in which, to your knowledge, in an arch, not under your immediate supervision at the time, there Ras such a chink as that the water was seen through it?—Most certainly not. Was - there any period at which nothing but the stone work of the arch itself remained?—Only while we were clearing the arch for the purpose of taking out the stones and reinstating them; just during that time some of the masonry was of course cleared, and there was nothing, but stone. At such time was the water visible through the ma sonry?—Most certainly not. Then any such statement would be an incorrect de scription of the actual condition of the bridge, so far as your knowledge of the facts is concerned?—Most ab surd such a statement would be. _ _ _......_ ....„.. ..... What is the_ annual expense, or is there any annual expense now going on in respect of the bridge?—We have done nothing to the bridge for the last twelve months, I think. And there is no running expense at present incurred upon it ?—There is some expense, inasmuch as the cofferdam has to be sustained, and that is undergoing deterioration and loss of value. There is the expense to keep it up, the loss of value and the interest of capital, and so far there is a continual expense. What would that amount to in a year ?—lf the com mittee would permit me to answer that the next night I come, I will do so ; it is a very small matter. Whaterer that expense may be, it is an expense which is purely loss, in the event of your contract not being continued ?—Yes, exactly so. When will your contract be completed?—That depends so much upon what the Commissioners may please to order us to do, that I cannot state with certainty. I am speaking uow of the existing contract; sup posing that to be completed, when will you have com pleted the work ?—Our entire contract includes the taking off of the parapets, and the lowering the road and repairing, and the putting up a new parapet instead of the present balustrade. And lowering the footpaths?—And lowering the foot- paths and re-paving the footpaths. If we were now directed to go on with all that, and to use our or dinary dispatch, we should get through it in about two years. What i 3 the total amount of your contract?—There was one contract in gross for specific works amounting to 70 odd thousand pounds. When was that begun?—l think in 1838. When that 70 odd thousand pounds is expended, sup posing your contract to be completed, in what condition do you think you will leave the bridge as regards safety? I ought to say that along with that contract for a specific sum, there was a running and conditional contract for other works, the amount of which is to be ascertained by the quantities, and we have already done considerably mere than that 70 odd thousand pounds. Taking the two contracts together, what is the amount ?—There was no ascertained amount, as far as I was a party ; the engineer reported what he thought would be necessary to be expended upon the bridge. What is that ?—I do not know what it was. Supposing those contracts to be completed, in what condition would the bridge be as regards safety ? The safety of the bridge had en original de fect from a want of even and solid foundation. Now, the works that we were employed to do were never intended to remedy that defect; nothing short of getting under the bottoms of the piers, and securely - under-pinning them, could have done any good with re• gard to preventing any future subsidence of the bridge, which subsidence has taken place ever since it was built. But there were two other things that our contract was to provide against: it was apprehended that from the lowering of the bed of the river by the letting through of the water, from the removal of London bridge, the ground would be taken away from under the piers them selves, that the bed of the river would be lowered, and the water would get under the piers and wash away the foundation, and the piers would go down in consequence of that. To remedy that defect, we were employed to do what Mr. Walker had recommended, viz., to drive a girdle of piling round each particular pier. How deep?--"Lio go 15 feet into the earth. That was one object of the contract ; the other was this, that the bridge having been built of a stone liable to be acted upon: by frost between wind and water, by the rising and Mine- of the tide, our contract was to cut allay all the face of that stone, and to substitute new Bramley fall stone. In fact, to case it with a harder and more durable stone? Yes ; to cut away the Portland stone, and to substitute Bramley-fail. How far has that work proceeded?—That has been done to all except two piers. hiss any settlement taken place in any of the piers round which the piles have been driven ?—Ycs. Does the settlement go on steadily and regularly ? There was a very eonsid,rable settlement in the year, I think, 1842 or 1843 ; I am not quite clear which ; one of the piers settled as much as nine inches. Had the piles moved at all?—The settlement did not take place till after the cofferdam had been removed ; till then the water had got round and covered it, and we have never been able to see that girdle since. _ What guarantee have you for the future safety of the bridge, if that settlement has taken place?—l should say, that in such a bridge as that, nine inches, though sounding very large, does not produce any great distor tion, and it might go many times nine inches without being unsafe. Do you mean that the foundation of the pier might settle many times nine inches without endangering the arches?—You must remember that the arch is 7t) feet span, and if you were to draw with a pair of compasses that line, and bring your springing down nine inches, two or three times over, you would find after all that the line was not so altered as to be very materially cen spieuous. Then, in your opinion as a professional man, though that settlement may go on, there would he no real danger to the bridge ?—I have said that it might go many times nine inches ; but I have not the slightest notion that it will do so ; if I thought it would go down twice nine inches more, I should strongly recommend the pulling down of that pier, and the reconstructing it. Has any other pier sunk which has been surrounded by piles?—The one further cast of that has gone down a few inches, I do not exactly know how much, but I think ,• two or three inches. Have they all sunk a little am not quite sure whether they all have sunk a little ; I think that some of them have not sunk at all. Was the sinking gradual or irregular ?—For some months it was pretty nearly regular. And then came to a stand still ?—And then, when it lad gone nine inches, we commenced taking off the road ; and from the time we commenced taking off the road, for many months it did not move at all ; but it has moved two inches, or thereabouts, I am told subsequently. I say, "I am told,'•' because I have never examined it with instruments, and to the naked eye there is no evi 4g:fence of its having moved ; but Mr. Walker has had it carefully levelled from month to month, and I under :stand that during a couple of years it has gone two inches more. When was the road removed? The road was re ved in October of that year 1843. Will you favour the Committee with your opinion as us professional man upon the safety of the bridge for the traffic which has to go over it?—l have no apprehension (that the bridge is at all unsafe for the traffic that has to go over it, to any extent. In your opinion, from the settlement that has taken place, do you think any sudden accident could occur ; or do you think any alteration of the structure would be so gradual as to give ample warning ?—I think that any sudden sinking is utterly out of the question. Then, in your opinion, there would be ample warning of the approach of any actual danger ?—I think so. And do you think the structure would be durable for many years to come, when all these contracts were com pleted, when the piers were completed, when the casing 111 " completed, and the superstructure are lightened and (xYmPleted?—There is always that great question, which 1 be lieve fi r st gof finrstledto the doin g anything to the bridge, of °pinion thatthethebed of th e r i ver . S ome peop l e are ,will go on to a great extent. If there should be any endangered. e river, the bridge would be PROPOSED NEW DuiVit ETROPOLI TAN BHT The minutes of evi,knee taken 1), , c, committee on Westminster-bridge, and " the Select I.,ce, contain the subjoined. Mr. J. Walketrbiantehwa wit ess examined : Hai it ever occurred to you that, with u view the ) mtnunication between Lambeth an d Pimlico, o & iv other ground , it would be expedient to remove the bridge to the south of the new palace at Westminster id to cross the river from a point below the Victoria Tower to a point below the church at Lambeth?--I have beard that proposal, and I have considered it. Would it or not open a good comtriunication between the new region of London in the neighbourhood of Bel- Lave-square and the great railway communication s near ondon-bridge, passing through. Lambeth ; and in an swering that question, you will bear in mind also the probability of a new bridge being erected from Charing cross to the Lambeth shore (a Bill for which is now be fore the House of Commons), for the accommodation of the ordinary traffic of London, in substitution of the present foot bridge ? —The case the Hon. Chairman puts, of 4 bridge at Charing•cross, alters a good deal the feature of the whole. I think, as regards placing the bridge to the southward of the Victoria Tower, if that were the bridge which was to give communication be tween London and the North, it would be a very incon venient thing to :the courts and the Houses of Parlia ment, from the crowd of carriages that would be con stantly passing in front of them ; and Ido not see, as far as regards the public accommodation, much benefit that would result from it, because, a little further to the southward is Vauxhall-bridge • and also in the streets which bound West m i ns ter-bridge, on either side, par ticularly on the Surrey side, there is a great mass of pro perty which would be very much injured if the bridge were taken from them. There is also a communication ir.to the parks. I think Westminster-bridge, leading directly into St. Jam es 's-p ar k, i s an i m p or t an t feature in it; and as regards the Houses of Parliament themselves, I do not know whether Mr. Barry prefers the north end or the south end of the Houses of Parliament, for the position of the new bridge, but certainly, to see the Houses of Parliament to perfection, I think the bridge should not be far removed from them. I think a great deal of the beauty of the Houses of Parliament consists in detail, which would be very much lost if the spectator were far removed from them. And it would subject a vast mass of property to great deterioration?—Yes, there can be nothing more direct than the present line from Westminster-bridge. Looking to the traffic that comes to Charing cross, do you think that the bridge would be conveniently situated if it were on the south side of the new Houses of Par liament, as compared with the present position?—No, but the Hon. Chairman put the position of a bridge being built from Charing cross for the accommodation of that traffic. As regards position, a position southward would not be so convenient for the general traffic as the bridge in its present position?—No; and the traffic passing in front would be a great nuisance to the Houses of Par liament. Do you know the object :at all of the enlargement of the Charing-cross bridge ?—No. You do not happen to have heard that it is connected with railway communication from the south-east of England with Charing-cross ?—No ; I do not know the fact. lam aware that there are ♦ery few bridges by which a railway has not been proposed to come across the Thames to London, but I was not aware that this projected bridge at Charing-cross was particularly in tended for railroads. If that should be the object of the parties, it would be fatal to the use of the bridge for general traffic ?—Yes ; unless it were made available for both purposes. If you changed the position of Westminster-bridge you would have to buy property on both sides of the river ?—Yes. That would not be the case if you retained the position of the present bridge, whether it were repaired or re built 2—No. Therefore it would be more economical to repair or rebuild than change the position of the bridge ?—Yes. Is the river equally wide further up, south of the Victoria Tower ?—No, the river is narrower there. The narrowest part of the river almost is just opposite the Penitentiary ; it gets narrower as you go upwards from Westminster-bridge to the Penitentiary, But the extent of navigation is the same ; as many barges and lighters pass under the bridge now as would pass under a bridge further south ?—Very nearly the same. Therefore it would be more inconvenient to the navi gation building the bridge over a narrower part of the river?—Yes ; and then I presume that the new bridge would not be built without a road being made loading to the westward to the parks. The approaches to the bridge would involve the out lay of a considerable amount of money ?--Yes. If the bridge were built from Lambeth-stairs there would be no expense of approaches there, except en larging the street that comes down to the ferry ?—lf it were simply a foot bridge, the expanse would not be very great ; you would let the present streets take their chance, but if you were to make a substitute for the present Westminster-bridge, you must, I apprehend, hare approaches to it. Might it not be connected with the present proposed street which is determined upon ?—I do not know the particular line of the street which is determined upon. Across Westminster, near Westminster Abbey, and running up to Belgrave-square ?—That would be a fine opening. _ . . Then - , on the other side, at Lambeth-stairs, there would be no expense in approaches except enlarging the Palace ; the traffic across Westminster-bridge at the present has two streams, one going to the parks and to that immense community living about Belgrave square, the other to Charing-cross ; if the terminus of two railways is to be established on the Surrey side of the Charing-cross-bridge, and Charing-cross-bridge is to be converted into a commodious carriage bridge fur communication with the termini of the railways on the southern side of the river, all the traffic upwards to Charing-cross will never pass by Westminster bridge, but will go direct by the bridge at Charing moss ; in that case would it not be expedient to build Westminster. bridge on the south of the Palace, so as to open a more direct communication for all the im mense community coming from the Borough, and Kent, and Surrey roads, with all the great community spring ing up at Belgrave-square and Eaton-square, and on to Knightsbridge and Kensington, and at the same time w ith the lower part of Westminster ?—With this under standing, that I suppose if there be not a bridge at Charing•cross, Westminster-bridge had better remain where it is. If I were to state the objections to the re moval of Westminster-bridge to the south of the new Homes of l'a.rliatnent, they would bo these two—the de terioriation of property which is now the great thorough fare, and inflicting upon the Houses of Parliament% great deal more passage in front of them than there is at present. _ _ Would the Charing-cross-bridge relieve the Houses of Parliament of a great deal of the inconvenience ; the traffic proceeding across the present bridge, and going up Parliament street to Charing cross, is very inconve nient to parties going to and returning from the Houses otTarliatnent ; that traffic would be carried across the br:dge at Charing-cross ?—Yes, but they have the Waterloo-bridge now, and if that were made free, that would relieve the traffic a good deal. 1)o nut you think that the traffic across Westminster bridge, going in two directions, the one up to Charing er•,ss, and the other to the lower part of Westminster, to Belgrave-square, is so immense, that it requires two bridges instead of one, to supply it conveniently ?—I must say, I do not think so at present. I think the traffic want; a wider bridge, but not two bridges. Do you think that Westminster-bridge can be made wider with safety?—l have stated how far I think it can. You have known several bridges built in the metro polis in your tima, across the Thames, by private sub scription ?—Yes. 1)o you know any of them that has paid th e subscri bers ?—Nn ; none has so nearly paid as the bridge which I built, Vauxhall-bridge; and that has not paid well to those who paid 1001. for their shares. THE REIGNING SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE. We extract the following from the Deutsche Allge meine Zeituny :- 0: the fifty-two sovereigns reigning in Europe, two of them have reached their 70th year—the King of llanovcr, the oldest sovereign in Europe since the de cease of Gregory XVI., and the King of the French. Of the other sovereigns, thirteen are between 60 and 70 years of age, fourteen from .50 to 60, eleven from 40 to 50, eight from 20 to 30, and two have not yet reached their 20th year, namely, the Queen of Spain, who is only 16 years 3 months, and the Prince of Waldeck, who is not yet 16. Of all the sovereigns the Prince of Schaumbourg-Lippe has reigned the longest of the time, if his minority be counted. He has reigned for nearly sixty years. Two have reigned for more than forty years equally counting their minority ; four from thirty to forty years ; nine from twenty to thirty years ; twenty one from ten to twenty years ; the fifteen other sove reigns, of whom three ascended the throne during :1845, have not reigned more than ten years. By counting the reign from the date only of majority, not counting the years in which a sovereign was still a minor, the longest reign is that of the Duchess of Parma (32 years 7 months), as the Princes of Schautnbourg- Lippe, of Lippe and Schwarzbourg-Rudolstadt and the Duke of Saxe-Meinengen, reigned many years before they reached their majority. Six sovereigns are un married, nam e ly (i n d e pendent 2.--/ of the Pope), the Grand Duke of Me cklenburg - &!hwerin, the Duke of Bruns• wick, the Princes of Reuss•Schleitz, Reuss-Ebersdorf, and of Waldeck. The King of Hanover, the Grand Dukes of Hesse and of Oldenburg, the Duke of Nassau, are widowers; the Duchess of Parma is a widow. The Sultan is a polygamist. The Elector of Hesse has con tracted a morganatic marriage. The thirty-nine others contracted marriages suitable to their rank; two have been married thrice, eight twice. Of the forty-six sovereigns married or widowed, thir teen have no children. Of the thirty-three others, after the Sultan, comes Prince of Lichtenstein, who has nine children. The King of Bavaria and the Prince of Lippe have each eight ; the Grand Duke of Baden seven ; six other sovereigns have each seven—three only one. Fif teen sovereigns have grandsons ; the Ring of the French has fifteen ; the Emperor of Russia, the Grand Duke of Hesse and of Saxe Weimar, and the Prince of Hohen zollern Sigmariagen have each six. As the Duke of Saxe Altenburg has only daughters there are thirty-two sovereigns who have heirs presumptive ; fourteen have collateral branches for successors—twelve have brothers; the Queen of Spain, her sister ; the Prince of Hohen zollen-Hechingen, the son of his grand uncle. Six sovereigns have no fixed successors ; they are, in dependently of the Pope, the Duchess of Parma, the Dukes of Brunswick, of Anhalt-Bernberg, of Anhalt- Cohen, and the Prince of Reuss-Ebersdorf. Of forty six hereditary princes and heir-presumptives, the eldest being the the Prince of Reuss-Schleitz, 57 years and 2 months, the youngest the Prince of Reuss-Greitz, only 9 months of age; 20 are married ; one has contracted a morganatic marriage, one is divorced for the second time, sixteen have children ; Prince John of Saxony has nine. sovereign families ; Landgrßavueo In the course of last year, eighteen deaths took place three reigning Princes, Pope Gregory XVI., Francis IV., Duke of Modena, the Duchess Philip A.nhault ess of Hesse-Homburg, one ex-sovereign, naparte, ex-king of Holland ; the Dowager Louis sister, Princess (Properly speaking princess hereditary) of ~ :v 3 ej o i t lin e r of the reigning duke and his of Prussia, aged 72 and 71 the late Landgrave of Hesse years, both sisters Homburg ; Prince gem russia, uncle of the present d ag a e h d al 6 f a ; ; tphreinheeerreti9itli tam of the Netherlands, aged Hesse king, n and thal-Barchfield, aged 21 •arirrince of Hesse -Philipp uncle of the reigning prince, Co n Charles of Waldeck, Reuss Kostritz, aged 78 ; C t O g u e n t ; Count Henry of Blesterfeld, aged 74 ;. the Grand Vine. and of Lippe. Russia, daughter of the Grand Duke etsh Mary of 22 ; Princess Augusta of Nassau-Usingeu, marriedal' aFed the Coimt de liistuark, the •diy9rce4" w if e of to the Landgrave Louis of Hesse-Homburg, who died in 1839, aged 68 ; Maria Luisa, Princess of Spain, wife of the Duke of San Fernando, aged 67 ; the Princess Dowager Leopoldine of Liechtenstein, born Princess Esterhazy, aged 58 ; Princess Louisa of Hohenzol'ern Hcchingen, widow of Baron Her von der Burg, aged 72 ; Princess Caroline Louise, of Schaumburg Lippe, sister of the reigning Prince, aged 60. Among the births, 16 are especially worthy of notice ; those of the sons of the King of Naples, of the Queen of Portugal, of Prince Luitpald of Bavaria, of the Prince-hereditary of Reuss-Greitz, of the Prince-hereditary of Sardinia, of the Prince-hereditary of Schaumburg Lippe, of the Duke Eugene Erdunams of Wurtemburg, of the here ditary Prince Charles of Hesse-Philippthal, and of the Count Jules of Lippe Blestcrfeld ; then those of the daughter of the Queen of Great Britain, of the Duke of Nemours, of, Prince of Liechtenstein, of the Princes Louis of Naples, Peter of Oldenburg, and Augustus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. In 1846 the following marriages took place in Sover eign Houses:—that of the Queen of Spain with her cousin the Infant Don Francisco; of the Duke of Mont pensier with the Infanta Louisa of Spain; of the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg with the Grand-Duchess Olga of Russia; of the Princess Mary of Holstein Blacksburg (widow of Colonel Lasperg) with Count Alfred of Hohenthzl-KOnigsbruck; of Count Henry IL, of Reuss- Kostritz, with Countess Clotilda of Castell ; of the Here ditary Prince of Monaca with Countess Antoinette of Merode. We may notice, in conclusion the divorce of the Prince Royal of Denmark from his second wife, a Princess of Mecklenberg-Strelitz. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking was held yesterday morning, by adjournment from the offices of the company, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of giving the executive an opportunity of answering a number of questions contained in a requisition, which had been forwarded to the directors, upon certain points connected with the affairs of the company; Mr. J. N. Daniels, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. Captain RICHARDSON, the chairman of the requisi tionists, after taking exception to the manner in which the directors convened the meeting, proceeded to state the points which the requisitionists wished to have answered and cleared up. A short while ago a meeting of dissentient shareholders was held at the George and Vulture Tavern, when he was elected chairman, and he took down the questions which the dissentients desired to have answered by the directors. Subsequently he addressed a letter to the directors requesting them to appoint a time for meeting a committee of shareholders, to have explained to them fully the present position and future prospects of the concern. The directors declined to give such an in terview, or to answer the questions contained in the letter requesting it, thinking it would be detrimental to the best interests of the proprietors. A requisition was then presented to the directors requesting them to convene a special meeting of the proprietors, for the pur pose of requiring the directors to give full and explicit answers to thirteen questions, which the committee of shareholders hack propounded to the directors. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know how many shares the dissentient shareholders held. The CHAIRMAN replied 300. A SHAREHOLDER—How many does Captain Richard son hold ? The CHAIRMAN replied five. Captain HICHA.RDSON retorted, that the smallness of his interest in the concern only showed that he was actuated purely by a desire to benefit the great body of the shareholders. The first question he put was, what amount per passenger is received by the Black wall Railway Company, for pier dues and passage money from Blackwall to London, from the steam-boat companies which land and embark their passengers at Blackwall? Mr. lIIcKsoN said that if the questions were to be put and answered seriatim, they would be kept there till midnight, and, as he thought the questions involved a want of confidence in the executive, he should move as an amendment, that the meeting considers the proceedings of the committee uncalled for, and begs to convey its sense of full confidence and approval to the directors on their past conduct. Mr. MAratioT seconded the amendment. Mr. LEVY objected to this mode of meeting the ques tion, and declared that many of the queries could be put and answered with advantage to the shareholders. It was unfair, when a simple and straightforward question was put, to get up a cry that those who proposed it wanted to turn oat the directors. Sir IsAAc LIONEL GOLDSMID suggested that it would save time if each question was put and answered as the directors thought proper; and if they declined answering any one of them, it would then be for the meeting to ex press an opinion upon the subject. The CHAIRMAN said it would seem the directors were being blamed for acts and resolutions which the share holders had agreed to themselves. Now this very question was put at their last half-yearly meeting, but the meeting refused to let him answer it ; and, was it likely after that they could disclose to a few what the many had decided they would not hear? The same terms which had been accepted by one steam-boat company had been offered to all ; and he solemnly declared that the directors had always acted in a way which they thought was best for the interest of the shareholders. Since the present direction had been in office the value of their shares had been doubled, and he promised that, if they were let alone and allowed to: go on acting according to their best discretion, their value would be still further enhanced. He could not disclose the minutest details of their management, and he must, therefore, throw himself upon the meeting, and decline to answer the question. He believed he had mentioned that they offered the same terms to each steam-boat company. Mr. PELLASTER—NO, no. The CHAIRMAN called upon the Hon. Proprietor to name the company that had not had offered to them the same thing. Mr. PEL " LASTER—The Diamond. The CHAIRMAN replied that not only was the Dia mond Company offered the same terms, but, for the sake of peace, they were offered better.—(Hear.) He would now state that they were in communication with parties connected with both the London and North-Western Company and the Eastern Counties, and he was glad to say the negotiations were likely to end in such a way as to advance their interest and increase their traffic. They were also negotiating with the East and West India Docks Company, and on all points they were strenu ously exerting themselves to improve their position and increase their traffic. Arrangements had been made with th e i r eng i neer f or immediately proceeding with their extension line, and there was a prospect of its being open anzi ready for traffic by October next. The line to the docks would shortly be ready for traffic, and he could state that its cost would not exceed from 75,0004 to 80,0001. lie complained that the requisi tionists had not treated the directors with due and proper courtesy, and, although they only held a small interest in the concern, they had actually arrogated to themselves the power of offering the line for lease or sale to the Eastern Counties Company. He had now generally answered all the questions which were contained in the requisition, and he hoped the meeting would absolve him from g oi ng i n di v id ua lly or minutely into each question. It was clear, from the report of the Metropolitan Commissioners, that their line was an exceedingly valuable one, and if the directors were let alone he was confident the shareholders would eventually have good cause to rejoice at the course they had pursued. If any share holders were dissatisfied with the general statement he had given, of course he should be most happy to give any and every gentleman all further information ho Might require, if he would only call personally upon him at the office.—(Cheers.) Mr. D. W. HAUY EY was glad the meeting had been called, because it had given their Honourable Chairman an opportunity of clearing up the doubts which pre vailed upon the subject of the :negotiations that were going on with other companies. He was perfectly sa tisfied with the explanation, and he thought, when it went forth to the world, there would be few share holders disposed at present to part with their interest in the concern. Captain RICHARDSON also expressed himself partially satisfied with the statement, and wished to withdraw his questions. _ The amendment was then put, and carried by a very Large majority. A vote of confidence was then passed unanimously to Lhe directors. The CRAIRMAN,having acknowledged the compliment, proceeded to move that the remaining 106,000/. of the debenture debt should be converted into capital by the issue of 16,000 additional new shares of GI. 13s. 4d. each, to be offered to the holders of existing stock in the following proportions, namely, one new' share for every six of the 48,000 old shares upon which all calls shall have been paid, one for every six of the 24,000 new scrip shares upon which the fourth instalment shall have been paid, and one for every two of the 8,000 251. extension shares upon which the call shall have been paid, and that a deposit of 11. 13s. 4d. per share shall be paid upon allotment, and the remain ing Si. paid by instalments of 11. per share, at intervals of three months. The resolution was seconded by Dr. BOWRING, put from the chair, and carried unanimously. The meeting then broke up. PASSENGERS TO AND FROM LONDON RAILWAY STATIONS. The subjoined extract from a letter written by Mr. C. Pearson to the Metropolitan Railway Commissioners contains some curious facts with respect to the above mentioned subject. It it from the appendix to the com missioners' report : Her Majesty's commissioners hate tiower of colirse to call for returns from the various railway companies of the ?limber of passengers which arrive at and depart from their stations in vehicles and on foot. distinguish ing those who go to fthd Penni the city from those who go to and from the west-end; such accounts are kept at least at some of the stations, and hhere this informa tion cannot be furnished, traffic takers (after the hurly burly of Whitsuntide is over) might be appointed to ob tain a week's returns. I do not hesitate to affirm that the following striking facts will be drawn forth t—Of the passengers going to the City from the Prigliton, Croy don, &c., station, much more than four-fifths walk, be cause the station is close to the centre of business, whereas in regard to the distant stations the proportions are reversed, and of all the passengers coming to or going from the City to Paddington and the Euston square termini, upwards of four-fifths ride, because those stations are distant from the City. at he tt I :Tr Bricklayers'haaedmdr ei a n i 1r relation oa s nu t A a dt t or i Em o ta n hss et a obh t neea-square. e t u w ioanfr e ept . r ho o eli Cross, and Citynoa s n f t dedaai:sdhttaeohnfescat distance, ao i a o twbi n oionnu a gst t the Dover, Maidstone, Croydon, and. Brighton Compa- THE MINI, LONDON, WEDNESDAY k VEN IN G, JANUARY 13, 1841 vies to have their station close to the City, they had, Mu! the Great Western and Birmingham, been con demned to drop their passengers at those distant stations, it cannot be matter of doubt or speculation, but is matter of certainty, that, instead of one-fifth, all the five-fifths of the passengers for the City would h ave b een o bli ge d to finish their journey in an omnibus or other vehicle, and the narrow approach over L on d on b r id ge wou ld h ave been encumbered with five times as many vehicles from the stations as now pass over it. The erroneous opinion which prevails as to the amount of ♦ehicles from tho railway stations is largely due to the fact that a vast number of omnibuses have displayed, in conspicuous parts, the name of some railway, as if they were engaged in conveying passengers to and from the stations, whereas they do but pass by the stations in their passage to and from their own resting and starting places in the various parts of the suburbs of the metro polis : for example, there are 160 omnibuses, which go from Chelsea, Islington, and other places, and make a resting place at the Greenwich station ; "Brighton, Dover, and Greenwich Railway," is conspicuously dis played on the omnibuses, but so little have they to do with the railway, that upon an average of three days the whole number of persons conveyed to or from the station by those omnibuses has not averaged two passengers each, and they bare been almost entirely persons going from the station to the west-end of the town. Every omnibus to the Brighton, Dover, Croydon, &c., station, goes to and from the west-end of the town ; they are solely required for the accommodation of other than City passengers. The same may be said of the Blackwall station ; the omnibuses from Chelsea, &c., rendezvous there precisely the same as five hundred omnibuses a day to and from Paddington rendezvous at the corner of Princes-street, Lothbury. It is an incontrovertible fact that the amount of the passenger traffic in cabs and omnibuses bears scarcely an appreciable proportion to the whole amount of the City traffic by similar vehicles ; and it is a fact equally capable of proof, that (what little increase railroads furnish is almost entirely supplied from the distant termini. From every train, there is a vast number of persons who have to come to the great City establishments to transact their business and return to the country on the same day ; by the same token there is a vast num ber of citizens who make equally short visits to the pro vinces. A carpet bag is the full extent of their equip ment, and to and from the Brighton and Dover station they may be always seen walking over the bridge, but to or from Paddington or Euston-square they are obliged to cab it, racing through the streets of the City to a great waste of time and money ; if my plan be adopted they may walk from their place of business to or from the station in Farringdon-street without encumbering the streets, and each passenger may save half an hour in time, and half-a-crown in money e4ch trip—objects, which in this age of competion, are not to be despised. When last before the commissioners, I ventured to point out the serious interruption to the business of the City, which was occasioned by the opening of large establishments in our confined streets, for the reception and distribution of goods carried by the railways. I have since that time pursued that branch of inquiry to a great extent, and the information I have obtained does far more than confirm the statement I before ven tured to make. In consequence of the desertion of the old inn-yards by the coaches and waggons, which are now superseded by railroads, many of them have been taken as receiv ing houses by the great railway concerns. These houses and yards are chiefly in the very narrowest and most confined streets ; they answered well enough when the arrivals of coaches and waggons were few and far between ; but now when they are converted into suction pipes, drawing together the whole trade of the City to the stations, in carts and waggons, they create the most serious interruption to regular trade. These establishments are being magnified and multiplied in our narrow streets, and the leviathan waggons and vans of the proprietors are daily to be teen in all direc tions canvassing for business, sometimes creeping about the streets, having a few articles at the bottom of the waggons with their names as "carriers by railway " dis played upon the vehicle, as if by way of advertisement ; and at other times they may be seen with loads over hanging on each side the foot-pavement of the narrow streets and lanes through which they pass. I earnestly hope the commissioners will not lose sight of the fact, that the most inconvenient and expensive system of conducting the goods department of the rail way business is entirely called into action by the great railway establishments having their goods stations at too great a distance from the seat of trade to enable parties to take their goods to the terminus at once. By the ex. isting practice, the goods, whether taken by the carriers or by private parties to the receiving warehouses or yards, have to traverse the streets twice; and generally speaking have to be twice removed before they are placed in the railroad carriages. If the goods station for the northern railways were north of Holborn-bridge, where I propose it should be, once passing through the streets aril one removal would suffice, thus economy of time and labour would be happily blended with a greatly in creased convenience to the public. Goods of every de scription would be less exposed to danger by removals, and they would reach their place of ultimate destina tion frequently before, under the existing system, they can be placed upon the railway truck. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 9 p.- Ambergate and Eastern Junction, 3s. 9d. p.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1% p. ex int.-Birmingham and Dudley, 61/, p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 107, 4 p.-Buckinghamshire, 7i 4 p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 49 1 / 2 --Chester and Holyhead, IN dis.-East Lincolnshire, 21a p. ex int.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, New, VA p.-Great Northern (Nos. 108,001 and upwards), s p. ex int.-Hud dersfield Canal and Railway, 4 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis. ex int.-London and North- Western, 197-Ditto, New Quarters, 12% p.-Ditto, Fifths, 17 1 p.-London,; Man chester, and Birmingham, Quarters, (II), 7% p.-Direct Northern, A p.- Manchester and Leeds, 30 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 6 1 ,4 p. -Ditto, Halves (late L. and B.), 5N p.-Manchester and Southampton, is. 3d. dis.-Midland, 129-Ditto, New, p.-Newport, Hereford, and Abergavenny, 1 1 / dis.- North Union (A), 22 3 -North-Western, % p.-Sheffield, Ro therham, and Doncaster, % p. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 61. 3d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Chester, New, is. 3d. p.- Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 p.-Ditto (B), X ; p.- Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 6s. 3d. dis.-South- Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, 2 p.-West Riding Union, 435. 9d. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 7 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 1% dis. -Paris and Lyons, par. MANCHESTER, JANUARY 12. STocn.- EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, % p.-Birmin g ham, Wolverhamp ton, and Stour Valley, 334 p ,- Buckinghamshire, % Caledonian, Halves, 7-16 p.-East Lancashire, 3% p.-Ditto, (London and York), p.-Ditto. R eg i stered, % p.-Ditto, p.-Glasgow an d Dumfries, 1 1 4 p.-Great Northern Extension (scrip) , 1 4 P.-Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, 1-16 dis.-London and North-Western New, 12. 7 g p.-London Manchester, and Birmingham, 76-Man che rp.-Manchester, Shef field, and dis.-Manchester and Southampton,nLdi n dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 13-16 Nor th-W es t ern , 11-16 p.-North ern C ount i es Union, 3 / i dis. -Oldh am Alliance, 11-16 P.-So u th -E astern an d D over, and il s Leeds,sn te, tt Eighths, eion, l 7 9: 1 1 66 401,4-South St a ffordshire, 1 % 13.-West Riding Union, 2 3 2 16 p.-Wharfda le ( late North-Easte rn ), % dis.-York and N ewcast l e , Preference, 5% p . LEEDS, JANUARY 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting- New Shares, 3% p.-Ditto, New Scrip, ham, and Boston, 4s. IL - Birmingham and Oxford June- West Yorkshire, 4s. dis.-Glasgow and dis.-Ditto, New, 2s. 6d. p.- floc, 111% n. p.-East Lancashire (Blackburn and Preston), D 3l u i l . u p i n . r : F e P s E 7 a l Bs / 8 1:iti :., tn I d Great Northern (late London and York), dis.-Ditto, and Drifeld Junction, 295. C. p.- 12s. 6d. p-Huddersfield and Manchester, 0/ 1 , n. p.-Leeds p.-Ditto, ExtensionP Ditto, Pre- Leeds Extensions, 1% -.- (sc D r i ir tt ) o : Exten sionl7s. 6d. G.), p.-Midland, Preference, 4% Thirds, 234 p.- p.-North British, faise Manchester Pre ference, (late s i t r xe s ‘ k rv , apak. l :. Ditto, Quarters (late p Northern Counties Union, 153. dis. - North-Western, 13s. n. -Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 12s. 6d. p.-Wharf- Carlisle Branch), 2% 6d. dis.--York and North Midland, Pre• dale Junction, Bs. ference, 11 p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Ss. 6d. dis. -Leicester and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 4/. 6s. and Leeds and 2N p...-Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, NULL, JANUARY 12. 2% p.-Great Grimsby STOCK EXCHANOK. -The sales are-Hull and Selby (10 in 2o co s l . n d s i h s. i - re Great Northern (London per cent. guar.), 107 -Leeds and Bradford, 77-North L and Thirsk, Preference, 28s. p.- British, Quarters, 705.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 17s. 6cl. p. --Ditto, Thirds, dis. scrip-Derby, Staffordshire, &c., l j es A a N r u e A - R G Y r l e 2 a . t Northern (late and dd , Is 2, n / n . re klffi6) e s , . 13d 6 14 d LE Extension,eaesdta Shropshire Union, IA 16s. new scrip. p.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, D sa 9 Direct Northern), 75. p.-Ditto (late London and York), % p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1% n.-- STOCK EXCHA S N II G E E F . - F r i r E b L e Manchester Grimsby, and Sheffield, 121. 10s. shares, 1 4 dis.-North-Western, 14s. and Goole, Bs. p. G LASGOW, JANUARY 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 251,4-Ayr and Galloway, 465.-Caledonian, New, 595.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 445. 6d, ex in t.-Direct North ern (scrip), 605.-D un d ee and Arbroath, New, No. 3,55 1 -Dundee and Perth, New, 141A-Dunblane, Dou ne, and Ca lender, 878.- East of Fife, 545. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 561. 6d.-Edin burgh and Perth, 575. -Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, New, 71.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 69 3 %- Glasgow, D um f r i es , an d C a rlisle, 6/. 14 5. - Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 4:0 -Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 77 8 . -G reat orth of Scotlan d, 575.- Great No (Direct Northern Reg.), 855*-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 61 x. -Manchester and Southampton, 388. 6 d.-North British, New Quarters (scrip), 325. 6d.-Scottish Centr a l, 21 34-Scottish Grand Junction, 295.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 7%. A Lasso , .---A parson, 's'ho could better preach of was patience than p rac ti se it, found n s m heavheisgrany son t dchildren inhis always ir o ri n t e ate d d ay wh o e n n e h o e f these little children w as standing by his mother's side, and she w as speaking to him of heaven. " Ma," said he, "I d on ' t want to zo to heaven." "Don't want to go to 64 No, ma, I'm sure I don't." " Welljnst ` l„, ` o W n ,h t y h n o o ? t, ,, my ,, \svonhy ?:; es , , , l vv h i ol y pe g h ra e n w dp il a l.7 ill be there, as soon as he tees us, ho will come scolding along , and say, ' Whew, wh ew ! what are these boys here for ? ' I dent want to go to heaven if grandpa is going to be tht,tr," STORNOWAY, DEc. 31._WTithin the last fourteen days three cargoes of oatmeal, and two of Indian corn meal, have arrived at this port. The former is retailing at the quay at 245. 4d. per boll of 140 lbs., and out of the, stores at 255. ; the latter at 18s. per boll. The above, with the largo importations still expected, will dissipate all fears of a scarcity of food in this island during the winter and spring, though, no doubt, many of the poorer cl asses will find considerable difficulty in procuring a sufficient supply for the support of their families. —Ross-shire Advertiser. PIG IRON MARKET. --GLASGOW, JAN. 9, 1847. — The market has been quiet this week, but prices have gradually stiffened —sales having been done during the week at 765. to 765. 6d. for three-fifths No. 1, and two fths No. 3. We q_uote the market firm at 772. 6d. cash for mixed ;N - 08,—Glasgew Argus. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, JAN. 11, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John M'Phcr son Grant, Bart. to be one of the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the room of Sir George APPherson Grant, Bart., deceased. WHITEHALL, JAN. 11. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Samuel Grey. Esq., to the office of one of the Clerks of her Ma.. jesty's Signet, in the room of John Gage, Esq., deceased. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 12. 11E3II3ER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Worcester (Eastern Division) —George Rush out, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's Ist Regiment of Life Guards, in the room of John Barneby, Esq., deceased. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and of Kingston-upon-Hull. East York Militia—John Todd, Esq , to be Captain, vice Shore, resigned, Dec. 3 ; Marmaduko Jerard Grimston, Esq., to be Captain, vice Clubley, resigned, Dec. 4. WHITEHALL, DEC. 10,_1846. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Viner, of the city of Bath, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS'. John Parsons, baker, Medway-street, Westminster, to surrender, Jan. 21, at two, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Holmer and Son, Bridge-street, Southwark. Joseph Thomas Hoskins, boarding housekeeper, Black heath, Kent, Jan. 26, at half-past one, and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Lawrence and Plows, Old Jewry-chambers, Old Jewry, City. Robert William Samson, coal merchant, Essex-wharf, Strand, Jan. 21, at twelve, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Thackthwaite, Essex-street, Strand. John Barrington Elworthy, draper, Bridgwater, Somer setshire, Jan. 21, at twelve, and March 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Green, official as signee, Aldermanbury, City ; Reed and Langford, Friday street, Cheapside ; Pain, Bridgwater. John Pickard, jun., hatter, Exeter, Jan. 21, at one, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court ; Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Geare, Mountford, and Geare, Exeter ; Finch and Co , Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Gemmill, jun., ship-broker, Liverpool, Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Kearns, Red Lion-square, London ; Todd, Liverpool. Andrew White, ship owner, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, Jan. 19, at half-past ten, and Feb. 23, at one, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry, London ; Moyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. W. hart, hatter, Whitechapel High-street—first div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, on Saturday. Jan. 9, and two subse quent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. C. Poile, merchant, Rye—first div. of 6s. 4d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 9, and two subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Evans, silk mercer, Bristol—a div. of 2s. 5 1 / 2 d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. H. Deverill, corn factor, Stoke-upon-Trent—first div. of 33. 4d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. _ _ DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. C. Killick and J. Sadd, paper stainers, Blackman-street, Borough, Jan. 22, at one—F. Glass, woollen factor, Basing hall street, Jan. 22, at eleven—L. Kennedy, pawnbroker, Rochester-terrace, Stoke Newington, Feb. 3, at half-past twelve—F. Kerr, bookseller, Harley- street, St. Marylebone, Feb. 4, at twelve—H. Docker, oilman, Pall-mall, Feb. 4, at half-past twelve—J. Hunnybun, ironmonger, Cambridge, Feb. 4, at half-past eleven—J. Holstead, tailor, Hampstead road, Jan. 22, at eleven. In the Country. J. Parsons, edge-tool manufacturer, Wolverhampton, Feb. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court —W. Parfitt, engineer, Bristol, Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—D. Davies, sen., an tl D. Davies, jun., flannel manufacturers, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—T. Rees, brewer, Liverpool, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court R. Barker, druggist, Manchester, Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—J. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, jun., flax manufacturers, Leeds, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Eckstein, ironmonger, High-street, Notting-hill, Feb, 4 —J. Vowles, teazle dealer, Compton Bishop, Somersetshire, Feb. 4—D. Cook, wheelwright, Liverpool, Feb. 2—W. Barker, hosier, Nottingham, Feb. 5—G. Chesterton and J. Woodall, glass manufacturers, Birmingham, Feb. 10—J. Jarvis, wine merchant, Cannon-street, City, Feb. 2—T. Miller, oilman, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, Feb. 2—R. Baker, farmer, Christchurch, Monmouthshire, Feb. 2—F Holmes, ship builder, Little Yarmouth, Suffolk. Feb. 2—J. Jenkins, cowkeeper Symond's-street, St. Luke's, Feb. 2. PA - RTERSIIIPS DISSOLVED. T. Lees, jun., and J. R. White, jun., land agents, Man chester—W. Smith and W. Scampton, cheese factorsLeices ter—R. Banner, S. Clegg, and W. Law, patent metalization timber manufacturers—J. Smith and T. Boabery, linen drapers, Regent-street—J. Young and J. Farrell, City—R. 11. Price, J. B. Deakin, and W. Dent, attorneys, Wolver hampton—W. Barratt and W. H. Rickards, calico printers, Manchester—P. Heron, A. M.'Kean, and S. Tetley, stuff mer chants, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards P. Heron) — R. P. Church and J. S. Wood, cotton brokers, Liverpool—E. Jones, and S. Huggins, builders, Liverpool—J. W. and S. P. Carr, ale merchants, Colchester—T. and J. Holyoake, pin manufacturers, Redditch, Worcestershire—J. Porritt, J. Moorhouse, and J. Cunliffe, cotton spinders, Tottington Higher-end, Lancashire—J. S. Miles and R. Benin, East India agents, Cornhill—W. Hendry and J. Glover, iron founders, Charles-street, Drury-lane—J. Leach and W. Milligan, worsted stuff manufacturers, Wilsden, Yorkshire — W. Howard and F. Binns, chemists, Paddock,' Torkshire—J. H. Ridsdale, G. Ridsdale, and J. Rogers, share brokers, Wakefield, Yorkshire—J. Schofield, W. Cookson, J. Kirk, T. Marshall, and 11. Goulding, cotton warp makers, Aldniond bury, Yorkshire (so far as regards 11. Goulding)—J. and J. Atkinson, linendrapers, Leeds—M. Ainsworth and T. Thompson, cotton waste dealers, Oldham, Lancashire—H. Holland and W. Matthews, brick makers, Preston, Lan cashire—G. Tanner, sen., and G. Tanner, jun. o tailors, Chip penhain, Wiltshire—J. and W. R. Hall, merchants, Liverpool —l'. Thomson, sen., and T. Thomson, jun., stone masons, Cambridge—J. Garratt and J. W. Beal, ale dealers, Roch dale—G. England and T. Davies, haberdashers—J. Bentley and R. Bradbury, cotton waste dealers, Oldham, Lancashire —A. Wright and W. Lucas, refiners of nickle and cobalt, Attercliffe, Yorkshire—G. Street and M. M'Evoy, hop mer chants, Borough—E. Lyne and S. Peter, attorneys, Liskeard, Cornwall—J. W. and A. Furness, confectioners, High Hol born—lL S. Cuming and C. Stokeman, linendrapers, Wy combe, Buckinghamshire—G. Duxburg, J. Ingham, and J. Seaton, engravers to calico printers, Manchester—D. - -T. Sharpe and R. Hale, butchers, Paddington-street, St. Mary lebone—T. Welch, W. Welch, and T. Wood, ironmongers, Kidderminster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Patrick Sandeman, upholsterer, Edinburgh, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Nielson, Edinburgh. Arthur Abercomby, insurance broker, Banff, Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, at one, at the Banff-hotel, Banff. Donald Fraser, glass merchant, Edinburgh, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, JAN. 4.—The Herefordshire transport, with the 54th Regiment on board, arrived here on the 2d instant. The 54th will relieve the 88th, and has been disembarked at Fort Ricasoli. The 88th will embark on the 7th instant for the West Indies. The little cutter Research, employed on the surveying service, has arrived in Malta. She was on her passage down taken in tow by the Jackal steamer, but cast off in a heavy gale of wind, which she weathered in beau tiful style, having orly sought shelter in Syracuse for six hours to procure water. There lay the Royal Yacht Club's Sapphire,Mr. Blaydes,who gave a dinner to Lieut. Spratt and two officers of the Research. The Research is only 35 tons, but is a staunch boat. At Zante and Navarino upwards of 400 vessels of all nations had sought shelter. Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, has, by the last advices from Eng land, been appointed her Majesty's First and Principal Naval Aide•de-Camp, Tice Admiral Lord A. Beauclerk, deceased. _ - ___ A private letter from Corfu, dated Dec. 22, says— "On the 20th we had a letter from the Trident (she was to have relieved the Ardent, Mr. Waghorn's ex press boat), by one of her own boats, stating that she had unfortunately broken down in her machinery off Cape St. Mario de Lenca, on her way to Trieste, and had with difficulty reached Tignoso lighthouse, in the North Channel, where she anchored and requested as sistance. The Meteor was sent down, and on the 21st towed her down to Corfu. The damage is in one of the rods connected with the air-pump. Patterns for new machinery have been sent to Malta, ar.d here the Trident must remain till new ones have been sent." The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, with the London nail of the 19th ult., due on the 30th ult., had not yet arrived. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, Erin reached Constantinople on the 13th day from England and Malta, including stoppages—an extraordi narily quick passage. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Those of their Lordships who honoured this port with a visit yesterday, after visiting the Dauntless, and the new basin, dined with the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., at the Admiralty-house. This morning Captain M. F. F. Berkeley left by train, at half-past eight, leaving Lord John Hay and Captain Eden to finish the sort of demi-inspection which it was their object to effect. These gentlemen left at half-past two. The Hyacinth, 18, Captain F. Scott, which sailed yes terday at noon to be paid off at Sheerness, returned to Spithead this afternoon in a disabled state, having, ap parently, run on board some vessel in the night. She came in under a fore-sail, maintop-sail, and maintop gallant-sail, and on her anchoring it was apparent tbat she had lost the end of her bowsprit, the foremast being secured by runners and tackles to the knightheads. Her fore and wizen topgallant masts were down, and her crossjack and mizentop-sail yards either down or carried away. It is most probable under these circumstances that her orders for Sheerness will be cancelled, and that she will be paid off here, as it will cost too much, both in time and money, to refit and send her to the eastward. The Thetis, 36, Capta i n H. J. Codrington, C. 8., sailed this afternoon, with s upernumeraries and stores, to join the squadron of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., at Lisbon. • The dockyard riggers are making great progress with the new steamer, the Dauntless, and she will be ready in procee(_,. her engines. a few days to P . - ' PRICE or GOLD.—The premium on gold at ..'aris is 10 per milk., which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of i 5 40 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short be in g 25 55, it follows that gold is 0.39 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 431-1- per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 81 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 6, it follows that gold is 1.05 per cent. dearer in lituaburgh then in Lyndon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBOIVE. BURGLARY, AND FORTUNATE RECOVERY OF PRO• PERTY.—A young man named Samuel Proctor was bsought before Mr. Rawlinson, on the following charge : Sergeant Walker, 5 D, deposed that yeterday morn ing, about two o'clock, as, he was on duty in the Harrow road, he met the prisoner, carrying under his arm a handsome rosewood box, and on asking him whose pro perty it was, he replied that it was his own, and that he manufactured such articles for sale. His replies to other interrogatories were ♦ery evasive and unsatisfac tory, and in consequence witness conveyed him to the station-house, on suspicion of having committed a rob bery. The box was opened by order of the inspector, and from some papers which it contained, it was sup posed to belong either to Thomas Wukley, Esq., M.l'., or to one of his relatives. The prisoner stated that he saw three Irish boys together, and that one of them concealed something behind a lot of timber. They then went away, and as soon as they were out of sight he repaired to the spot, and found the box, which he took possession of. The Magistrate ordered the box to be sealed up, and remanded the prisoner till Tuesday next. In the course of two hours after the case had been thus di-posed of, Sergeant Walker came into court with Mrs. Wakley, sister in-law to the Coroner, who identi fied the box in question. She resided at No. 7, Queen's terrace, Bayswater, and her opinion was, that the rob bery was committed shortly before the discovery was made, by one who had secreted himself in the house. The box was here unsealed and opened by Mrs. Wak ley, who found in it, amongst other things, a 5/. Bank note and several sovereigns. Ste had no reason to think that anything had been abstracted. SOUTHWARK. CONFESSION OF ROBBERIES.—John Gordon, a tall military-looking man, was charged on his own confes sion with having stolen various articles of clothing from persons lodging in the same houses with himself. Policeman Gadden stated that, while on duty in Tooley street on the preceding night, he was accosted by the prisoner, who asked him if he had received information of the robbery of a quantity of wearing apparel from the house of a Mr. Waggener in that neighbourhood. The reply being in the affirmative, the prisoner said, that he was the man who had committed the plunder, and, he added, that he had only been a week out f prison. When he was taken to the station-house, he delivered up a silver pencil-case, and at the same time mentioned that it belonged to a person whose clothes he took away from a house in which he 'id lodged one night. A witness was then called, who stated that, about a fortnight ago, the prisoner came to lodge in the same house with himself, and that one morning the prisoner got up at an early hour, and while witness was asleep possessed himself of his cost, trousers, waistcoat, and shirt, and also a sum of nine shillings, with which he escaped. Another witness, named Reeve, stated that he lived in Morris's -court, Tooley-street, and that while there the prisoner came and took up his abode there. One night, on a recent occasion, witness went to bed early, leaving his clothes on a chair by the bedside. When he awoke in the morning he found that they had been stolen, and that the prisoner had absconded. Some of the articles were found in the prisoner's possession. Mr. SECKER said he should commit the prisoner on the two charges, and that the other parties who had been plundered by him could attend before the grand jury, and prefer other bills against him, if they consi dered it requisite._ DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT IN AN OMNIRUS.—James Morris, a mlthematical instrument maker, was charged with very disgusting behaviour in one of Drew's Cam ber well omnibuses. Dr. Mullinder, secretary to the Provident Clerks' Society, stated that he got into one of Drew's omnibuses on the preceding afternoon, to go to Peckham. They had not proceeded far from Gracechurch-street when the defendant also entered the vehicle, in which were several persons, and amongst them some ladies. The defendant at first rendered himself very disagreeable by the lan guoge he used in the presence of females, and where he was requested to desist he became still more offensim and actually became sick, or pretended to be so, and, vomited in the omnibus. Witness and the red 01110'. passengers called to the conductor and requested. ha would insist on the defendant getting out The niOrnert,' however, the request was made, the defendant began to swear, and made use of such abominable language, threatening witness and others, that he was given into custody. The defendant said he bad been dining with the cap tain of an Indiaman, and had drank too much wine, which disordered his stomach, and that the jolting of the omnibus produced sickness, which he could not help. Mr. SECKER said such conduct could not be tolerated, and he should therefore inflict a penalty of 40s. and costs on the defendant. LAMBETH. IMPRISONMENT FOR ASSAULTING THE- POLICE.—Mr. William Head, a butcher, carrying on an extensive busi ness in Last-street, in the Walworth-road, and George Lockman, a zinc manufacturer, in the same neighbour hood, were charged with having violently assaulted three police-constables. It appeared that at a late hour on the preceding night the prisoner Head had. quarrelled with his brother-in law at the Horse and Groom public-house, in the Walworth-road, and having commenced a fight, the parties were turned into the street. Head, who was drunk, struck his brother-in-law in the presence of the police, and was given into custody for the assault. The police were about to remove him to the station-house, when he became outrageously violent, and not only assaulted a sergeant and two constables with his fists. but kicked the two latter in a most savage manner. Head was rescued from the custody of the police by the persons who had come out of the public-house with them, and was taken to his own house. Cockinan, who took an Active part in the rescue, and who also assaulted one of the constables, was taken into custody and locked up on the charge. The prisoners seemed to treat the matter very lightly, and said that if the police had not unneces sarily interfered, the family dispute might have been settled. Mr. ELLIOTT observed, that imprisonment being the only punishment to deter persons in their station trom committing such violence, the - sentence of the Court was, that Head stand committed for twenty-one, and Cock man for fourteen days, to the County Prison. _ _ The prisoners implored his Worship not to send them to prison, for as tradesmen it would be a serious injury to them in their business, besides casting a stigma on their characters through life. Mr. ELLIOTT, however, remained inexorable, and at the usual hour the prisoners were removed by the van to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, to be there imprisoned during the periods above mentioned. THAMES. GENERAL FLORES' EXPEDITION.—CoIoneI Richard Wright, Consul-General of the State of Ecuador, in South America, and aide-de-camp to General Flores, surren dered before Mr. Yardley, with his bail, to answer a charge of misdemeanour, in violating the provisions of the Foreign Equipment and Enlistment Act, the 59th of Geo. 111., cap. 69. • The proceedings lasted a long time, but the evidence was td the same effect as that adduced on previous exa minations of the parties charged with having taken part in the expedition. The witnesses examined were Cap tain Harvey Tuckett, Mr. William Leigh Butts, Mr. Gabriel Maturin, and Sir William Ogilvie, Bart. The last-named witness said he was promised the appoint ment of aide-de-camp to General Flores when the expe dition reuched the Ecuador, and that he had been to Limerick to procure recruits. He stated, however, that those he engaged at Limerick were to go out as emi grants, and consisted principally of artizths. One of the witnesses for the prosecution openly avowed that if he had received the 651. compensation money which had been claimed, he would not have appeared as a witness against Colonel Wright. The defendant was ultimately ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Shaw put in the names of respectable bail, who were accepted, and Colonel Wright was liberated. An exciting scene immediately afterwards took place outside the court. Captain H. Tuckett no sooner reached the street than he was arrested by two Sheriffs' officers, who led him away amidst the groans, hisses, and exe crations of the people connected H ith the Ecuador expe dition. Some of them offered personal violence, when the police interfered, but not before a scoundrel with a heavy stick bit him on the back. Captain Tuckett was aved from further injury, and was escorted by the po lice some distance before the mob left him. EARL FITiWILLIAM ' S PERSIAN HORSE.—Rossoul Khan was purchased at Tabuz, in Northern Persia, by his present proprietor, for the purpose of introducing a new blood into England. Captain Shee (in the service of the ICing of Persia, from whom he was purchased) gave the following history of him :—He was bred by the Tekeh Turcomans, a tribe wandering on the banks of the Oxus or Titron, and famous for their horses. In a foray made upon a neighbouring tribe, the Ilezarehs, his master was killed, and the horse was captured. He did not, however, long remain with his new master, wh( was slain in a foray, and the horse, which had now established a name, was bought from his third master by the Chief of Karoee, Mahomed Khan, for 16 men slaves, the average price of a man slave being about 35 Persian tomauns, or 171. sterling. Mahomed Khan tried the powers of the horse, and galloped him against a number of his best horses, all of whom he beat. The Khan gave him over to one of his most daring captains, Rossoul, who had the temerity to make a foray close upon the camp of the Qrince Royal, Abbas Mirza, whilst the English officers were with him, and in that foray re-captured that extra ordinary wanderer, the Rev. Joseph Wolf, whom, when he could not sell him for a larger sum than five tomauns (2/. 12s. 6d.), he released, and sent to Mesl:ed. For this temerity Rossoul was haunted down, and he and hie chief destroyed by the prince, and eventually the horse came into the hands of Captain Shee. The horse has all the peculiarities, and, eminently, all the excellences of the breed; he is cathammed to an extraordinary degree; very long from the bone to the hoof, and extremely fine in the neck and shoulder. His speed, wind, and endur ance are his characteristic qualities. The horse is at 1 1 present in the possession of Earl Fitzwilliam. 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