The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

I‘ 4 ,„" E ROY INSURANCE COMPANY, ered proviBi A L onally pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict. c. 110 CA PITAL £ 2 ,000,000, in 100,000 SHARES of £2O each The incorporation of the Society was passed and regis tered before Mons. Guenin, N'otaire Royal, at Paris, on the Bth and 9th of December last, 1841. PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY. (CALON'S COMPANY.) , The Company has been for some time prepared to ten- PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. der to the Government for this line, according to the j o . : _ JAMES LAWRENCE, Esq., Mayor. conditions hitherto required. 11 . 11 is Booker, Esq. J. Bramley-Moor e, Esq. Capital 16 9 ,500.000 francs, or £6,500,000, in 325,000 ;,_ J. Sanderson, Esq. Henry Killia., Esq. Charles Turner Esq. R. Bieddhurst Hill, Esq. shares of 500 francs, or £2O each. Deposit 50 francs, or £2 each share. .p.''Z'and Molyneux, Esq. Fsirticis Maxwell, Esq. j tto llorsfall, Esq. rchibald Sinclair, Esq. FRENCH DIRECTORS. Willi Pownall, E sq . T hos. L ee, Esq. Monsieur Hen r i B ar b e t, M a i r d e l a v ill e d e R ouen, Ge Jones, Esq '/ William Blain, Esq. Membre de la Chambre de s Deputes, Commandeur de o . 11 . 33 ,J• Wainvright, Esq. Richardß Harbord, Esq. la Legion d'Honneur. ~.----- vrnas Bou g h, E sq, David Cannon Esq. Monsieur Calon, jeunertan qu i er , a P ar i s . 7. HendersonYMoore Esq. R o b er t M`Andrew, Esq. Monsieur Laveisai*e, Negotiant en Metaux a Paris, Chevalier 40-tei Legion d'Honneur, et Lieut.-C o lonel Robert D udgeon, , Esq. Esq. 1 Thomas Dover, Esq. Esq. I Samuel Holme, Esq. de la 4me Legion de la Garde Nationale. Monsieur Alphonse Laurent, Ancien President du Triba • THE ad . , vantages derivable to a commercial and popu- Banque Chambert, Lefebre, Cie., Adminiatrateur du en I ns Town like Liverpool, from the establishment of Pro • sur ance Company composed of an extensive local Chemin . de Fer d'Orleans a Bordeaux. . . eela kiet ary Monsieur . le Baron N. Lavenant, PropriLtaire a Paris, mutually interested in its welfare and suc- Nhhwill be readily understood and appreciated by the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. For tVithaut comment, especially at the present time. Monsieur Armant Donon, Associe de la Maison Calon, th e w.ta bject , jeune. and to meat the increasing demands and trok. le hea of a large and influential body of Merchants, Monsieur Luzarches, Ancien Maitre de Forges, Admini poo, AIL 4 .., strateur et Sousmissionaire du Chemin de Fer d'Orleans , Lin Owners of Property in the Town of Liver joLand N eighbourhood, it is proposed to found a a Bordeaux. 4sB"er,-STOCK FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE ENGLISH DIRECTORS. Aet of parliament under the provisions of the recent W. ORMSBY GORE, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Calbt;niergarliainent for the regulation of Joint-Stock Thos. Chapman, Esq. Charles W. Graham, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. W. Mitcalfe, Esq. 1 e t t r i? e . ed Sir R. Jenkins, G.C.B. Of Settlement of the Company will be prepared, With ; I c ing all needful and necessary clauses in connection BANKERS. M. Calon, jeune, Paris. ‘5l. the at Act, to secure as well the permanent interests London Joint-Stock Bank, London. Th , Proprietors as of the Public. Liverpool Union Bank, Liverpool. tor e e a 4 .t of Parliament for the registration of Insurance National Provincial Bank, Manchester. 0,, e plea does not allow more than Ten Shillings for 1111141!Indred Pounds of Capital to be called until the National Provincial Bank, Bristol. ofq , Zttratio n of the Company. A Deposit, therefore, Messrs. Smith, Bothers, and Co., Hull. 410tnle '3 , hilli ngs per Share c an on ly b e rece i ve d on th e ENGINEER. mad e 4 '; a Call o f Ei ghteen Shillings p-r Share will be J. M. Rendel, Esq., F.R.S. a furt h er he c omp W Borradaile, Esq., 20, Ki ng ' s A rms -y ar d, London.lete registratio n o f th e C om p an y, an d SOLICITOR. mouth s Call of One Pound at the expiration of two • ?er a Prospectuses and For ms on whi c h t o ma k e app li cat i on . apel. Peso desirous of becoming Subscribers will please for Shares are ready at the offices of the Company, 19, at eat' ot le t t er, to Mr. B OOKER , S o li c it or , 46, C as tl e - King's Arms-yard, London; an d no applications can be ra_l4,,cpref.ehreenra c o g ol v4 attended to except on the Forms above-mentioned. By order of the Board, ll be given to parties e ff ec ti ng Insu ts"-----___!!!___l the Company. GEORGE BYAM, Secretary. WTHE IT H ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. ti reference to the above Company, no applica. pARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY . 148 kt Sh can e received after the 29th1 (CALON'S COMPANY.) Should any unforeseen circumstances prevent the con- S. BOOKER. cession of this line of Railway this year, the amount of deposit paid on the Shares will be returned to the Sub scribers. _ _ _ 44erPoo/, 21/h / a rciwrals' if CHELMSFORD AND BURY RAILWAY. CU AIRMAN. Thomas Hallifax, jun., Esq. ENGINEER,. OTI Robert Stepenson, Esq. .4 is HEREBY GIVEN. that NO F . UR- Nei —4EB APPLICATIONS 11.,SHARES will be ved after the 31st ins•al e o „, 8 Y order, DAVID BARTIE, Secretary. —PanY's Offices, di, Margate-street, 20th March, 1845. By order of tife'Board, GEORGE BYAM, Secretary. 19, King's Arms-yard, March 17, 1845. P.S. Applications for Shares are received in printed forms, at the offices of the Company, at this address. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY PROM PERTH TO INVERNES`S. THE Sub-Committee of In qu i r y regar di ng th e este blishment of a direct line of Hallway communication •0.14 A `1 between Inverness and the South of S co tl an d, b eg to infi- GH, COLER A INE , AND PORTRUSH mate, that arrangements are in a state of forwardness for O ra ICE RAILWAY. immediately bringing before the Public the PROS raeneEr IS HE GIVEN, that the Parlia th ta PEciv sof a LINE of RAILWAY from PERTH to Vl i e ah oy (07 Contract and Subscribers' Agreement in INVERNESS, whick, in conjunction with the Caledo- E . Tp l e Z° ll3 nanv will lie for Signature, at the Office of nian, and Scottish Central, and Inverness and Elgin Rail tllol'‘gert, ','"'As CdEwnsorr &oakgill - Share Broker, ways, will form the main central lime of communication p . (wn .E.t.buildings, Dale:strea, Liverpool, TO-MOR. connecting England and the South-of Scotland with the k",e day)ho„.'unes the 26th of March instant, between whole Northern Counties.„.#r this route, which is about 'llatetioiderl T . lock A.M. and Five P.M. where the a miles shorter than? projected route by Aberdeen, a are required to atten. and execute the same. direct communicat,oi not only with Edinburgh and the South, but alsurifta Glasgow and the whole West of Scot -, laud, will be opened up; and the Cattle, Sheep, Agricul tural Produce, and other bulky commodities, which form the staple productions of the North of Scotland, and -which, from their very nature, are incapable of bearing the ,great additional expense of carriage by a circuitous route, will . find an easy access to Falkiik and the other towns and markets of the South. This, therefore, is the only line by which the productions of the North can receive the advantages of cheap railway -communication, for which purpose any other line must be comparatively inefficient. G. and C. ANDERSON, 1 Joint Interim CHARLES STEWART, I Secretaries. March 17, 1815. it ,. °U N AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, i, R EDUCTION OF TARES 4N -E IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after Atil,e Ens- MONDAY, the 24th day of March iritant, I,'"illii`,"'S BETWEEN LONDON and SOL TH- P,tli /s:" by the SEVEN and NIYE O'CLOCK TRAINS, ''a4 - r tnd DOWN', will be REDUCED to 16s. First 1)018" ant 12s. Second Class, and BETWEEN LON- 1 I, ls " G OSFOR I' to 17s. Erst Class, and 135 . . Secom di4tB"vithSuc halterations • e I, Fare,'l)() 9 1)4 1 ..n 4 "`I after the same day, First and Second Class 1, 11 (It' e KbICETS will'be issued at every Station at a Re : iek et 4 cf. ut One-third , the present Fares, These i lt h 'eti4'. 7lll not be transferable, but will be available . for 1 4° ` ' :I°r4 eY on the day a issue, with the exception of be Il e ' s v'ed up h c d a eturnah, ..Jaturd7s of each week, whicl Y or m "ze on either the Saturday, or succeeding Sun,,oclay. 18€4 Ai r y order, \,.....,..!......_, eh: 1845 T - A. MORGAN, Secretary. H£ E LI: AND BEDFORD RAILWAY. ‘ 4, h „Provisional Directors of the Ely and Bedford 'llat,—tulvaY Co any beg to inform the Shareholders t er , with ay • ni p ~,_ It i nfl iew to remove objections entertained by se 'ld oential Proprietors of Land between Huntingdon . t , (ll' et w . •ord to the I ,, iii e,. a ti__ ieconstruction of the portion of the Line \,-,,' tri e i i ,,'''e . Towns on the ground . of its interference v urk ts,„:!e, in the same direction, of the London and . 1 - ' ll' liwaY Company, and in order to avoid the expense . t he Ni 'reatened o p 't . n from that Company, th€y, in 'rear ooth of JaruPi l a ss , ° v "'° entered into terms of mutual 111, ieli el ' i e"t with ar- L i and York Company, under il', th,,_ the ot".on. 'er s „`Y e greed to apply in the present Session for 17, , en p,'' aonstruct only so much of the line as lies bte 'l'i -..", nd Huntingdon, and the petition for leave o 14, i , " the Bill has been presented to the Howse of th , in a i e cle ei ,. o accordance with this arrangement. . Should ii, (l4l l3ete l " of the Board of Trade on the subjec t . of the ii"freorldir.}t'nogi tNhoisrtetiern lines be confirmed by Parliament, will be the only one capable of Il'ict; Itailwavompany l Con to the important Dis 'will, .etween Redf,73ceornr.piria h oie nL,h e next Session, ant. , Huntingdon, and the Directors m:ea silre on, "poly for powers to carry out the Inverness, GLASGOW HARBOUR UNION RAILWAY, To connect the Harbour pf Glasgow throughout the Entire Length of the North Quay, with the Canals and Railways on the North of the City. CAPITAL, £150,000, in 6,000 SHARES of £25 each. DEPOSIT, £2 10s. per SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Honourable Lord Belhaven and Stento. North: Dalrymple, Esq., of Fordel, William Graham, Esq., of Lancefield, John Tennant, Esq., of St. Rollox. Robert -Steuart, Esq., of Carfin, William Houldsworth, Esq., of Belvidere, Mark €prot, Esq., of Garnkirk. James Lumsden, Jun., Esq, John Houldsworth, Esq., of Cranstonhill, William Roberton, Esq., of Lachope, With power to add to their . number, CONSULTING kNGINBER,- George Stetmason, Esq ENGINEERS Messrs. Lewis Gordon and Laurel - Kell ill, Jun.,-Glasgow Biorder, PARLIAMENTAIOrAGENTS. Robert Lamond, Esq.,lxTriter; Glasgow. Messrs. •Ricbardson and,. Connell, Solicitors, Fludyer street, Westminster., THE PLANS ARE DULY DEPOSITED, IN TERMAOF THE -STANDING ORDERS OF PARLIAMENT S , . W WILLIAMS, S 'Nbard. street, W ecretery. Lonion, 20th March, 1845. Pllltym.- 1 4p._ (1 .. AND DERE HAM RAlL\NrAl n '. ereham iT,„_ kai,_ra visional Directors of the Lynn and 11°:t' kit; Ya Cotripany beg to inform thethe Shareholders rd 0F T rade consideration consideration d ofßeport a of the tl i gl'eltc upon the propose Norfolk . and Suffolk k' D / ' hwe' inter ith the , utmost respect for its decisions, IPllti, a ined toproceed to Parliament this Se- O 5 : 1(1 th 't the Petitioi p i r for leave to bring in the Bill 4rd rsented t o - day. The reasons assigned b' the „,,,. rrade for recommending mending Parliament to postpone '' "l e PI t° this project t be, lst—The proposal t .k e oil v°4,nters " confineheir operations to Taking 4 waY bet to confi 411 t1 i 'rese w een Lynn and Swaffham, .drsopriumigeto,r, and (i1y..,...,,°t the remaining portion of their r 'l ' l ht ''s he themeinabiliy cf the Board to procure s c uc e b da h la, . t tlabl e t1i 13 ; 4 the to give a positive opinion as to t e 14„1tenti'orSt Point it is.only necessary to state that it is Nl: l.s to of the Directors to apply this Sessio . n u for Titherl th.llstruct the tekole line from Lynn to Dei e . ,am , R ' "eood, that the estimate of Traffic mentioned fi 'eott t 9t e •St a , was Prepared by Mr. Pare, the well-known 110n t ,,a , ,Y c`, 1 18 ! , 'yho is ready to support it before a Parlia en- to r , ` 4 it ) th tilztottee, while the Counter-Estimate, m :e Iva; ° fa R e T"ne Report was furnished by the Propr.. .. Will Aatt Navi ti 'withwhich the proposed Rail -44 ,a s t , ga_ on, tri ea 4 1l oth the y eo,iceive materially int, ifere. j ) 1 ,1) s t ,, t4 e th„ e ,, r 'respects the Report is so favourable to the 'ar a l';' w'„ti,e Provisional Directors cannot but ana l'lllent -, , v iY, le winoet confidence, that their appeal to , s be successful. 58 ~ -,,Y order, .5...„ . , 4.0, 46 W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary. ard-atreet, Londo March 20, 18-15. TT has been repeatedly suggested to the Proprietors an d IT Traders on the Canals and Railways terminating on the outskirts of Glasgow to the North, that a direct Rail way communication from thence to the Harbour would be highly advantageous to them, and a very profitable un dertaking in itself. A mature consideration of the subject, in reference to the present circumstances of the traffic between the Ca nals and Railways and the Harbour, as it has increased with the progressive extension of the Trade of .Glasgow, has led to the present proposal for bringing together in one Central Station, and at a small cost, the Harbour of Glasgow, the forth and Clyde Canal, the Union Canal, the Monkland Canal, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway, the Ballochney Railway, the Slamannan Railway, the Monk land and Kirkintilloch Railway, the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, the Wilsontown and Morningside Railway, the proposed Caledonian Railway, the proposed Scottish Central, and the proposed Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Lochlomond Railway:; and, from this Station, to send the whole traffic directly to the Harbour of Glasgow by a tunnel. The Line of Railway by which it is proposed to effect these results will be in a continuous Tunnel, and will therefore cause the least possible interference with exist ing public or private rights. The Board of Trade have re frained from giving an opinion on the Line, but have re ferred it in all its bearings to Parliament. The Tunnel will be carried at such a depth under the surface, that, in any circumstances, there can be no ma terial damage to private property. It is ascertained that the ground to be passed through is favourable, being chiefly Indurated Clay, andto a certain extent Sand Stone Rock. A short Branch from the Station at Cowcaddens will unite the Edinburgh and GlLsgow Railway with that Sta tion, and another Branch, with a Depot for Goods, will unite the cut of Junction Canal at a point convenient for the trade of the Nlonkland and Forth and Clyde Canals. The total estimate. including ample compensation for damages, is under £150,000. The down traffic, comprehending coal for inhabitants and public works in Anderston,for export, and for supply of steam-boats ; iron for export, and fur consumption in founderies in the district adjacent to the deOts at Bishop street and Hyde Park -street, and sundries, has been as certained to amount to 390,000 tens per annum. AND DEREIIAM RAILWAY, To , r 5 111)-- -I 1 r ' l l'oß OP THE _LYNN ADVERTISER. fp, by bolleserve in (your paper of last week a statement 'NosNr:PPosin /' °Tgentlemen calling themselves a committee whose a re tg, t 1215 line of Railway, that six persons_. in IN or hi arid s "„,,e.e mentioned are the only 0 I tit ' i ll iay ou„."1k registered as shareholders pers i n n a . the line. t hi)4 l 4l o ' iliay not be true, but whether regist_er e e s d id o es r 4,1, co„e,lll)lZaAns' Persong in Norfolk and Suffolk b '''or -4 'de r - I,, e `i bY the committee who are shareholders to . fo r ' that -auie mount. nut, after all, is this the lu ti e o s n potllieto iesencerns the, public ? The Priaciel que fit or / . whether the line would be a public bent tteht'r:llkirle the f, answer will suggest itself; o every person, 274 1“ 111 i1 e a.. 4 - Ns are to be had at Lynn for 18s. or 20s. per -' e a 11' • 411 °l* 9° - e i iig In the neighbourhoodof Swaffharn for li°at4o;7',.. and in the neighbourhood of Der , eham o a m t o t 4; %WI, when they might be conveyed . fr an. et 4 pre„,..4%. Id. per ton per mile, and other merch that tlit th l ' et. Y gr urt :Ti, a Railroad must he wanted, and l 'itr i e eotarljl- benefit to the inhabitants of this portion n %1 i' l t Lar,rt• That an ersons as Owners or Occu ttli.nlaeeile-oriea the neighybLrhood of Derehano sh o ou p l o ci s b i f „ 1 , k ,...1ach ~ Zazy as to lend their names to an p . 1,,0*-"th:hieeit7_s.iire, appear s to be most extraordinary, ctild Is t for ‘it.. not require a very nice calculator to ti. 4r ati,"e at ern 1.00 acres of land a man . occupies, it i t6B at the ' c ut £25 per annum into his p ocket . n rk 4 eilit t , R. wearof carriges, labourers' wages, Scc., in ao r eet, Rhin' rail i corn, &c. to t 'e:pi to ;1. gettingnowwcaOst7-ll tw give da i y n s''ourney of man and TO :41 ' 16 0 4 i 13° thiog of atollsoand wear of carriages for 1111,0 t the earn carried to Lynn or Norwich. %la ae. Person.. opponents, 0 cadd I ;Ii ye t) , ear ~ whose names appear E .'s 9 1) . 1 ? v, Pl 'osi t i e inde,llestly solicited promiseo tn n a n t they r.,,tlntert, / eZusined against all expenses attending the . "Y ' t he "t iullY aware, having been told so by se ile 001. _Parties the 1' h h are gene ti reAqht that each yes, ..ut I think t—ey a name to PerSOH !Nilo. has put . his 41:41,111 liabler4fotr° PPose the line in parliament is indi : el ell proceed, the expenses, which may be recovered tn.ere,tings l --and therefore if gentlemen who n ri, 'Ole, and a very large one too, in putting an ''tie 5 609 ) 0o th e h a 'ft, 0 or rneasure, if it were possible, choose Aare % o S'aelf, if U,OO in the opposition, I should conto .-,rltonse),thin_4 aoominal opposing party, that on ht th !'i l 04 1 / 4_ B tit, lilmre.than the bare word of any interested bil;•iiiie,o.°l the; I,'l”r' th,, , Nth rl ild 1 44 1 1 lie I feel interested in the to s. k re,. i l on the no fear that it will be one of the best . c) _stl D , l. leh _ , east Side of the kingdom, and one which wri i n 'lu e t wijliitt, particularly the Yarmouth folks ougb t 'at s. ° ell their force if they have an eye to their 4411 Sir ? 440 at obediently Yours, A. SHAREHOLDER. . . From the nature of the traffic, the Railway ca❑ be worked at the least possible expense by a system of self acting inclined planes, from which circumstance Id. per ton, as under, is an ample allowance_ The present average cost of delivering goods from the Upper Levels to the Harbour Quays and in Anderston, is one shilling per ton. It is proposed to reduce this in the first place to an AVERAGE of SIXPENCE PER TON, PUT ON BOARD,—thus not only saving Sixpence per ton of Cartage, but, what is evidently of importance to trader and consumer, there is no loss by breakage, nor expense for transfer from the wharfs, &c. The Up Traffic, or Cartage from the Harbour to the Upper Levels, is 30,000 tons. The present average ex pense is One Shilling and Four-pence per ton. It is pro posed to REDUCE THIS TO NINEPENCE PER TON. From this it appears that the following revenue will be realized : Down traffic 390,000 tons. Increase, from improved faci lities of transport, may be reckoned one-half, but say only one-third.. 520,000 tons at 6d.X13,000 Up traffic ........ Increase as above 30,000 tons. 10,000 10,000 tons at 9d.£ 1,500 Atr. QS, 1815 £14,500 Allowing Id. per ton for expense of working the 560,000 tons There remains a net revenue of £12,167 or Eight per Cent. on the proposed capital of .£150,000. In this estimate nothing has been included for the pros pective receipts from the Gonds traffic of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the ScoVish Central and Caledonian Railways, for which, however, every provision has been made in the proposed scheme, and included in'the esti mates. Looking to this source of increase of traffic, up. wards of Ten per Cent. on the proposed Capital may rea sonably be expected. Applications, in the usual form, for a limited number of Shares, from Parties of undoubted respectability, will be received by Messrs. lawiN and ASPINALL, 3, Ex change-street East, Liverpool, till Thursday, the 27th in stant inclusive. Glasgow, 22d 3farch, 1815, TII E ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the CHESTER and BIR KENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY, on the subject of the SALE of the said COMPANY.tethe Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, wilrbe held, at the CLA RENDON Rooms, South JOtn• street, Liverpool, on SATURDAY next, the 2Qtlf instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. wm,TAm JACKSON, Chairman' Birkenhead, 22d March, 1845. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY, I WITH A BRANCH TO STRATFORD-ON-AVON CAPITAL £600,000, in SHARES of £2O each. DEPOSIT PER SHAPE. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to Act 7 and 8 Vic., cov. 110. PROVISION AL COMMITTEE. J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool. W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham. John Adams, E sq ., Serjeant-at-Law, London. F. P. Barlow, Esq., London. Colonel Charles Oldfield Bowles, North Aston Park. W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near B inbury. John Crosthwaite, Esq., LiverpoDl. Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Kirtlington, Oxton. Robertson Gl a d s t one , Esq. Liverpool. J. Gardiner, Esq., Southaro....' J. Haddon, Esq., Leamiution. Lawrence Hey worth, Esq., Liverpool. Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool. John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston. William Marsh*ll, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leices shire. William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham. Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington. J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol. John Moss, Esq., L verpool. Charles Russell, Esq , M.P., London. Francis RuffordlEsq.,Bellbroughton,near Stourbridge John Roskell, Esq., Bath. Major-General Smith, Rugby. Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington. T. H. Thorne, ESQ., Leamington. George Walker, Esq., Bletchington, Oxton. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. Birmingham—Messrs. Attwooci,Spooner, and Co Bristol—Messrs. Mites, Hartord, and Co. Liverpool—Messrs. Mess and Co. Leamington and Warwick—The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company ; the Warwick and Leamington Banking Company. SOLICITORS. Leamington and Warwick—Messrs. Patterson, Haynes, and Hanbury. London—Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall. Liverpool—Messrs. Clay and Swift. THE object of this undertaking is to establish the most direct and efficient railway communication that can be formed between Birmingham and Oxford, connect ing, by the shortest possible route, the whole of the Lan cashire manufacturing districts and seaports with the South of England and its long line of coast in the British channel. The existing lines afford but a very imperfect and circuitous communication through London ; and it is singular that the competing lines of railway now before the public do not supply the deficiency, or provide for the objects now contemplated. Under these circumstances, there can be no doubt that this railway will confer essen tial benefits on. the districts through which it is intended to pass, as well as on the commercial and industrious classes of the North ; and a very cursory inspection of the map will satisfy the inquirer that the line is so peculiarly situated as to command an unusually large amount of through traffic, independent of its local resources, which are very great. It cannot fail to be observed that the Birmingham and Oxford Junction will save a considerable distance on the route towards the coast, besides furnishing to Warwick and Leamington the most desirable railway communica tion for the traffic between those places and Oxford, Reading, &c., while the cheapness of construction and excellence of the gradients will enable the company to convey passengers and goods at very low rates, such as would not remunerate an expensive line, but which are calculated to afford an ample return for the small capital required for this undertaking. The railway will commence by a connection with the Grand Junction Railway at Birmingham, and proceeding in nearly a straight line hyWarwick and Leamington, fall into the intended Oxford and Rugby line near Fenny Compton. The entire distance from Birmingham to Oxford will thus be abott'62 miles. The Stratford-on-Avon branch will join the main line at Warwick or Leamington. From Stratford-on--Avon to Moreton-in-the-Marsh, by an improvement of the existing Railway, a distance of 14 miles, the communica tion from Coventry, Warwick, and Leamington, will be complete to the Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and from thence to Cheltenham. It is confidently believed that this extension of the Ox ford line to the Grand Junction Railway at Birmingham, taking Leamington ar.d . Warwick in its course, will furnish such strong corroborative proof of the public importance and necessity of the Oxford and Rugby line, now promoted by the Great Western Company, as to ensure its success in Parliament. If the broad gauge should be adop►ed, arrangements have 'been made with the Great Western Company, to run dispatch trains between London and Birmingham in less than three hours—and also to pro vide, at low rates, means ofconveyance for every descrip tion of traffic, whether of passengers, carriages, horses, cattle, or merchandize and minerals. The Provisional Committee, however, promote this measure as one of great national importance, and do not intend it to be contingent in any degree on the .success or failure of the Oxford and Rugby Railway, but they will be guided in the final selection of the line, in the principle of construction, and in the mode of working it, by the evidence which may be adduced during the present session, and by the result of the applications now before Parliament, as far•as they may appear consistent with the experience still to , be obtained on the relative merits of the systems. They need only add, in conclusion, that if the Oxford and Rugby line is successful, the capital of X 600,000 will be ample, as the country has been carefully examined. No engineering difficulties exist, and there will be no tun nel throughout the line. The landed interests affected by the proposed Rail way are very favourable, and the bill will be applied for in the next Session of Parliament. Applications for Shares may be made, on or before the 29th instant, to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, No. 449, West Strand, London, , or to any of the Provisional Committee. References to Bankers must be given where the parties applying for Shares are not known to any of the Committee of Management. London, 15th March, 1845. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD FORM OF APPLICATION To the Committee of Management of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of £2O each in the proposed Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Railway Company, on the terms and con dition% of the Prospectus, and I undertake to pay the deposit of £2 on each share alloted to me, and to sign the necessary deeds, when required Dated the day of , 1845, Name Place of abode TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE ABERDEEN AND INVERNESS RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN, —I am aware that the appli ca ti ons which were addressed to you by certain legal gentle men in Aberdeen for the :use of your names in promoting the very desirable object of Railway communication to the Counties North of Aberdeen as far as Inverness, be yond the expression of a wish to establish this means of transit, contained little or no information as to the details of the scheme by which it was to be carried out. That these details were not supplied arose from the simple fact that they were not in the possession of the parties who made the applications. It is true, indeed, that Mr. Gibb, the engineer, had previously made a cursory examination of the country over which the proposed Railway was to ' pass, but certainly no survey had been made, nor any .communications held, as they ought to have been, with the parties locally interested, more particularly with the parties in the northern counties. While, therefore, it is not surprising, that ,you should have lent your names to a design so laudable in itself, it is to be regretted that this was done without more careful inquiry into the bear ing of the scheme to which your names have now been attached. It is natural that parties interested in the South Aberdeen Railway should wish to secure the whole northern traffic for Aberdeen, and that the project should be warmly seconded by the proprietors through or near whose estates the proposed Northern Railway:is in tended to pass. But it is not the less certain, that either as a connecting Line between the Northern and Southern Counties of Scotland, or as affording local accommodation, the projected Line is a total failure. The Report of the Board of Trade is founded on in your Prospectus as approving of the extension of Railway com munication beyond Aberdeen, according to the surveys which were represented to them as then in p rogress; b ut this sanction cannot, in any view, avail the parties, seeing that it was given in ignorance of the plans for a much more extended and direct line of communication with the South. Neither does it by any. means appear, from that Report, that the Board considered it an indispensible part of the system of Railway communication to the North of Scotland, that it should be formed through Aberdeen. " The Scottish Central Line to Perth," they state, "must be assumed as the basis of a system of Railway commu nication for the Northern portion of Scotland;" and rightly so,—for, from this point necessarily diverge the great Lines of Railway towirds the whole North East of Scot land on the one hand, and the North of Scotland on the other. Both of these require separate lines of communi cation; and to compel the injurious one to be depend en t on t h e other, would be to place it i n an disadvantage. So long ago as April last, a Committee of Inquiry, which embraced nearly the whole Noblemen and Gentlemen, and Commercial Interests of the North, was formed through out all the Northern Counties, with the view of ascertain ing the most direct and effectual line of communication between Inverness and Perth,—that being the point of convergence of all the Railways in the Central District of Scotland. Under their auspices a Survey has been com pleted for a line of Railway from Perth to li7erness, through the valleys of the Spey and Athol ; and it has been an nounced, that the Prospectus of this line will immediately be issued. The Engineer's report shows that it can be con structed at a very moderate expense, the works being light and simple, without tunnels or heavy wo r k s o f any description, and with only three bridges of any magnitude. The gradients are for the most part of the very best work ing character, and the steepest such as the Board of Trade, in their recent Report on the Scotch Lines, sanc tion, as proved to be capable of being worked with ease and safety pp Eitglish lines with the heaviest traffic. Then, in regard to distance. The length of Railway, by the circuitous route by Aberdeen, is, as nearly as can be computed, certainly not less than .... 204 miles. The exact distance has not been stated in your Prospectus, because, as there is every reason to believe, the surveys have even yet not been completed— While the direct route to Perth is only ...... 134 miles. Making a difference in favour of the latter of.. 70 miles. Is it to be supposed that the seven Northern Counties are to submit to being sent round by such a detour? It is quite plain that the Aberdeen tine, as a main trunk, can be no boon to them ; as the bulky articles, which form the staple of their produce, could not be forwarded by that line to the south, except at a cost which may virtually ex clude them from the market ; and all travellers to the North or South, besides loss of time, would be taxed with a heavy per tentage corresponding to the increased distance. Look ing to it locally, on the other hand, this line affords no accommodation. Elgin and Inverness have already ex ercised their undeniable privilege of providing themselves with a line, with which it is the merest wantonness in any other party to interfere. This line has received the sanction and support, not only of the whole local interests, but also of the public, for within one week Shares to more than three times the amount of the required capital have been applied for. Again, the Counties of Banff and Aber deen do not receive from the proposed Northern Line the Railway accommodation which they are entitled to expect, and which can alone be of service to them. In the anxiety to procure a short through line for the No r th, it i s ma d e to pass along the least productive portions of these coun ties, leaving the numerous towns and villages, and the thriving and highly-cultivated lower districts of Buchan and Banffshire, which sooner or later must have a Rail way of their own—totally unprovided for. These facts prove how hasty and ill-considered this project has been ; and, as a further evidence of this, the line has been so selected as to run for 16 miles out of Aberdeen,—and these necessarily through its most productive part—nearly parallel to a Canal, which fully meets the wants of the district. One other remark as to the statistics of your Prospec tus. The population of the Counties through which the trunk line and branches pass, is there stated at 384,094, —being. as might be demonstrated, fully three times the real number within the operation of the line. But what is still more extraordinary is the increase in the Traffic which the projectors have discovered since the publica tion of their original Prospectus of sth February last. There the passenger traffic was stated at £67,000 The goods at.. £115,000 Which, after deducting for workingand ex penses one-third of the gross amount.... 38,330 Left a surplus oE ..... £76,677 or about 7 per cent, on the estimated cost. The months which have elapsed since last October, and upon which the Traffic in your second Prospectus is founded, are ne cessarily the least favourable for traffic throughout the whole year ; and yet the traffic has been raised, — The passengers to The goods to, . .. „ 76,413 the latter, by the way, being a proportion as large per mile as that of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway,— Which, after deducting a third for working and expenses.... £174,716 58,238 Leaves or very nearly £50,000 more than the projectors were able to raise their traffic to scarcely six weeks previous; and this, too, although the very important branch to Fort George has been abandoned! If the Public rely for their dividend of 10 per cent. upon such loose state ments as these, they deserve to smart for their sim plicity. H ow are you to explain the fact, that the traffic returns of the Inverness and Elgin Company, who un deniably occupy the best part of the line, are just in the proportion of about one haft' to this imaginary estimate of fraffic,—being only £31,145 for 444 miles? The conclusions from these premises are inevitable. Ist, That as a through line this Railway will be useless to the whole country north of Elgin;-2d, That it does not afford the local advantages which justify an outlay so great ;—And 3d, That instead of the promised dividend of 10 per cent., the project must, for the reasons already stated, be a ruinous one to the Shareholders. It will be for you, Gentlemen, to consider whether it would not be more proper, instead of lending your countenance to a project so crude and ill-digested, to direct your attention to the formation of a line, which, while it afforded suffi cient communication with Elgin on the west, would re ally meet the wants of the Counties of Aberdeen and Banff; seeing that the proposed direct Central Line from Perth, with the Railway between Inverness and Elgin, furnishes to the Northern Counties all the local accom modation' as well as direct communication with th e south, which they require. SCOTUS Edinburgh, 20th March, 1845. PROSPECTUS OF THE INVERNESS AND ELGIN RAILWAY, Passing through the Towns of Nairn and Forres, with Branches to Findhorn, and Lossiemouth or Burghead. CAPITAL, £300,000, IN SHARES OF £2O EACH DEPOSIT, £1 PEEL SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE The Provost of Inverness The Provost of Elgin The Provost of Nairn The Provost of Crornarty Andrew Belford, Esq., of Glenfintaig Donald Cameron, Esq., of Lochiel Sir Duncan Cameron, of Fassfern, Bart. Arthur Cant, Esq., of Millfield Alexander umming, Esq., Merchant, Inverness Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch Patrick Dewar, Esq., Banker. Nairn John Ferguson, Esq., Wine Merchant, Inverness George France, Esq., Wester Lovat Robert Fraser, Esq., Brackla. Simon Fraser, Esq., Merchant, Inverness E. S. Gordon, Esq., Advocate, Edinburgh General W. A. Gordon, of Lochdh, C.B. Donald Grant, Esq., Dean of Gould, Inverness Patrick Grant, Esq., County and Sheriff-Clerk of Inver ness-shire Thomas Houstoun, Esq., Kintradwell Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, of Grange and Fountainhall, Bart. John M'Ewen, Esq., Merchant, Inverness Neil M' Lean, Esq., Factor on the Estates of Kilravocb, Cantray, &c. Cluny Macpherson, of Cluny Macpherson Major Nl' Pherson, of Glentruim Major D. M'Pherson, Inverness James Macgregor, Esq., Factor for Lord Abinger and others Dr. John M'Kenzie, Kinellan, Commissioner for Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, of Gairloch, Bart., and for Colonel Hugh Baillie, of Redcastle, M.P. William Mackenzie, Esq., of Muirtown Mackintosh, of Mackintosh William Mackintosh, Esq , of Geddes, Convener of the County of Nairn George Mackintosh, Esq., yr., of Geddes John Mackintosh, Esq., Wood Merchant, Nairn Colonel D. Macpherson, Burgie House John Malcolm, Esq., Senior Bailie, Nairn David Monro, Esq.. of Allan Archibald Hill Rennie, Esq., of Ballilisk Arthur J. Robertson, Esq., of lushes Bailie D. Rose, Inverness Hugh Ross, Esq., of Crowarty John Bethune Ross, Esq., Advocate, Edinburgh Colonel John Gray Ross, of Strathgarve John Ross, Esq., Berbice Cottage, Inverness William Simpson, Esq., Merch an t, I nverness Andrew Smith, Esq., Senior Bailie, Inverness Captain J. Stewart, of Lesmurdie Charles Waterston, Esq., Manager Caledonian Bank, Inverness (With power to add to their number.) ACTING ENGINEER. Joseph Mitchell, Esq., F.R.S.E. BANKERS. _ _ The Caledonian Bank, Inverness, and its Branches The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh Ditto Ditto, Glasgow Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Martin and Ross, Edinburgh Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, and Charles Stewart, Esq., Inverness. IN submitting to the Public a scheme f or th e construc tion of a Railway along the south shore of the Moray Firth, and connecting the towns of Inverness, Nairn, Forces, and Elgin, the Committee consider that there is no situation in Scotland which affords a more certain prospect of profitable investment. The country through which it passes is nearly a perfect level. The length of the line, with the b ranc h es to t h e ports, is 414 miles. The main line passes from Inverness to Elgin, through the towns of Nairn and Ferrets. The whole adjacent district is rich and fertile, and contains a large and thriving population. It includes ten of the most important market towns of the north of Scotland, in which at least 50 considerable markets are annually held. Within this district also, and branching off to the south of the main line, lie the fertile valleys of the Spey, Find horn, and Nairn, and the Great Glen of Scotland, be tween which and the different towns along the line, and the sea.ports, there is an eztensive and daily-increasing intercourse. This district is so situated, that all the main highways from the north and west, including those by the ferries of Kessock and Fort George, centre upon it. Besides the ports of Inverness, Nairn, Findhorn, Burghead and Los siemouth, it comprises the basins and quays of the Cale. donian Canal, and the military station of Fort George. Along the main line from Inverness to Elgin, besides a large passenger traffic by posting and private conveyances, there are eight daily coaches (four each way.) The traffic must be greatly increased when a more rapid communica tion is opened up between the termini and the intermedi ate towns and villages. . Another and large additional traffic will be brought upon the line by the London, Leith and Aberdeen steamers, which call at Lossiemouth , and Bu rg h ea d , l an di ng the i r passengers for Inverness, Nan!), and th e country b eyon d, at either of these ports, instead of taking them, as at pre sent, by the circuitous route to Invergordon, where they are detained for several hours. The line will also afford great additional facilities to the trade which has hitherto been carried on by a steamer and sailing vessels plying between the Mo ra y an d N a i rns hi re coast and the Little Ferry in Sutherlandshire, as, on the opening of the railway, regular and efficient steam com munication between these points and others on the Sutber land and Caithness coasts, will necessarily be established. By these arrangements, in addition to the existing traffic by land, and that carried on by steamers to Inverness, the greater part of the traffic, both in goods and passengers, from Inverness to Sutherland and Caithness, will be brought along the line. The inquiries into the traffic, which have been carefully made, shew the following results : The annual number of Passengers of all sorts, and doubling those by Coach and other c,n veyances, between Inverness and Elgin, and the towns along the line, according to the Parliamentary Rules, amount to 87,640, which, at the average of 4s. for each pas senger, yields . . £17,528 0 0 For Mails and small Parcels, &c.. The probable Revenue arising from the trans port of Carriages, Gigs, Horses, Dogs, &c. taken at an aver ge of only three per cent on the Passenger Traffic, the per centage usually taken in similar lines being five, yields 52) 0 0 Cattle and Sheep General Merchandise, Heavy Goods, includ ing Stone from the Quarries in Morayshire and Nairnshire to the west, Timber, Farm Produce, Coals, Manures, Fish, Spirits, &c. 7,500 0 0 Goods Traffic on the 8ranche5.......... Passenger Traffic on Ditto .. 468 0 0 £31,145 0 0 The engineering works of the line, from the unusually level nature of the country, and its passing over a light gravelly soil, are of a very simple character. There are no tunnels or viaducts, and the country abounds in all the materials, with the exception of iron, necessary for the construction of a railway. The capital has been set down at £300,000, and the revenue as above stated, after deducting the usual allow ance for working expenses, and assuming one third of the capital to be borrowed, according to the ordinary practice of railway companies, at the usual rate of interest, shews a clear return of upwards of eight per cent. It is proposed, in the first place, to lay down a tingle line of rails, with the usual passing places, until the traffic shall be more fully developed. The bridges are, however, to be built, and the land purchased for a double line. Besides the advantages above enumerated, arising from the local traffic, there are other and important sources of revenue, to which it is proper to advert. The west end of the line will connect with the Caledonian Canal, which originally cost £1,000,000, and on the improvement of which £200,000 are now in the course of being expended by Government. These improvements, which will be completed before the Railway comes into operation, will greatly increase the navigation, both of steamers and sailing vessels on the canal, along which, even at present, two steamers ply twice a-week, while a large and powerful steamer is to be placed, on the opening of the Canal, in the direct Liverpool trade. The whole of this extensive traffic from Glasgow, Liverpool, &c.,towards the counties of Banff, Nairn and Moray, must necessarily pass along the proposed Railway. On the other hand, towards the east, the line will be continued by the contemplated railway from Elgin to Aberdeen,—thus connecting all the towns and manufac turing districts on the west of England and Scotland, through the Caledonian Canal, with the rich agricultural country to the east of Elgin, and onwards to the city of Aberdeen, and other towns on the east coast of Scotland. Besides constituting an important link in the direct east and west communication of this part of the kingdom, the present railway must of necessity form the northern out let of the contemplated great direct Central Railway from Perth to Inverness, in continuation of the Scottish Cen tral and Caledonian Railways, thus completing the short est possible line between England and the southern coun ties of Scotland and the north ; and, from its position in this respect, the Inverness and Elgin Railway will become the channel through which will flow the whole traffic be tween the north and south. The Capital will be divided into 15,000 shares of £2O each. The parliamentary deposit of five per cent to be paid upon the shares being allotted, and the Subscribers to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscriber.' agreement, when required. Power will be taken to pay interest at four per cent. on the amount of the subscription paid up till the line is opened, and no Subscriber shall be answerable for more than the amount of his subscription. Applications for Shares to be made, in the form an nexed, to Messrs. G. and P. ANDERSON, Solicitors, and Mr. CHARLES STEWART, Solicitor, Inverness, the I've rim Joint Secretaries; to Messrs. MARTIN and Ross, 37, Castle-street, Edinburgh; Messrs. EDWARD WCALLUM and COMPANY, Stockbrokers, and Mr. WILLIAM CLEL LAND, Stockbroker, Edinburgh; Mr. JAMES GRANT, Writer, and Mr. GEORGE GATHERER, Writer, Agents at Elgin; Mr. WILLIAM SCLANDERS, Writer, Agent at Forres ; Mr. ADAM DAVIDSON, Town-Clerk, Agent at Nairn; Messrs. SETON and REID, Sharebrokers, Glas• gow ; Mr.W.H. OLlPHANT,Sharebroker, Perth; Messrs. OSWALD, GEORGE, and COMPANY, Sharebrokers, Aber deen ; WM'S. SCOTT, CARTHORN, and SCOTT, No. 16, Throgmorton-street, London ; Mr. W. S. I. MAY, Share broker, and Messrs. FRASER and TAYLEUR, Sharebro kers, Liverpool ; Mr. HENRY WODEHOUSE Sharebro ker, Manchester; Me ssrs . G RAYSTON and EARLE, Sharebrokers, York; and Mr. JONATHAN DREWRY, Sharebroker, Newcastle. (FORM OF APPLICATION.) TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE INVERNESS AND ELGIN RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN,—I request you will allot me Shares, of £2O each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be al lotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. _ _ I am, Gentlemen,your obedient servant Profession N.B.—As applications for the Shares have already been received to an extent greatly beyond the whole Ca pital, the Committee beg to intimate that no applications can be received after Thursday, the 27th current. March 18, 1845. To THE EDITOR OF THE COURT GAZETTE.-Sir,- Being myself very sceptical with regard to what are usually denominated restorative preparations, my wife had some trouble in persuading me to try a preparation for the purpose of attempting to recover my hair, of which a fever had fully deprived me ; when about sixteen months since I read in your Court Gazette of adridge's Balm of Columbia, (of 1, Wellington-street, Strand, London,) and I allowed my wife for three months successively to rub my head as often as, I believe, the directions required. As a constant reader at the rooms here, of your parer, I have to thank you for the successful experiment, for I am happy to say my hair is now as thick as ever it was, and 1 hate every reason to speak well of the Balm of Columbia which I certainly obtained through you ; thrrefoie I am, sir, your truly obliged, J. G. Glasgow, May 20, 1844. . • • --- We have been requested to corroborate the receipt of the above, which we have much pleasure in doing, having heard of the vir:u's of the Balm of Colurntia in otier instances.—[En. C. G.] OLDRIDGE'S BALM causes Eyebrows to grow, prevents the Flair from turning grey, and the first appli cation causes it to curl beautifully, frees it from scurf, and stops it from falling off. Abundance of certificates of the first respectability are shown by the Proprietors, C. and A. OLDRIDGE, I, Wellington-street, Strand, where the Balm is sold, and by most of the respectable Perfumers and Medicine Vendors. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and lls. per bottle. No other prices are genuine. A - sk for OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, 1, WELLINGTON-STREET, LONDON. ._. .. - . Sold by respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and Sta tioners. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. The Commission was not opened until half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, owing to the unavoidable de tention of the Judges at York, where the b'xsioess has been unusually heavy. Mr. Justice Coltman arrived in town by special train, at 3 o'clock, p.m., on Sunday, and after opening the commission yesterday morning, pro ceeded in the High Sheriff's carriage to St. George's Church, to hear divine service. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Brooks, Jun., and the assize sermon was preached by the High Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. Jona than Brooks, senior Rector. The text was taken from the 15th chapter of St. Paul's first epistle to the Corin thians and the 52nd verse. On Mr. Justice Coltman's return from church, the Proclamation against vice, profineness and immorality, was read over. There are 63 prisoners for trial at the present assizes. Of these 10 can read well, 4 can write, 22 can read and write imperfectly, and 27 can neither read nor write. The following gentlemen were sworn of the Grand Jury : William Blundell, Esq. of Crosby, Foreman James Lawrence, Esq. Liverpool. Sir Thomas Braucker, Knt. Liverpool. James Asp nail, Esq. Liverpool. Henry Ashton, Esq. Wooltoo. Hugh Hornby Birley, Esq. Broome House. Henry Booth, Esq. Liverpool. Richard Blundell Hollinshead Blundell, Esq. Deysbrook , Thomas Case, Esq. Thingwall Hall. . . John Chippendale, Esq. Chectham John Crosthwaite, Esq. Woo lts,n. James Dearden, Esq. Rochdale, Richard Edwards, Esq. Roby Hall Jacob Fletcher, E:4l. Allerton. Robert Gladstone, Esq. Withington. Adam Hodgson, Esq., Everton. Thorns , Moss, Esq. Otterspool. Harold Littledale, Esq. Liscard Hall Nicholas Robinson, Esq. Sedgley. John Robison, Esq. Mere Hall. Clement Royds, Esq. Mount Falinge, Gilbert Winter, Esq. Manchester. ... - His LORDSHIP addressed the Grand Jury to the fol lowing effect :—Gentlemen of the Grand Inquest, the calendar on this occasion is, considering the recent dis charge of the gaol, somewhat numerous. There are a number of cases of manslaughter, and there are also cases of murder, or rather, more charges than one of that de scription, which will be brought before you. Gentle men, amongst those charges there is one which, with re spect to the person on whom the murder is alleged to have been committed, is of more than ordinary im portance. That is a case in which a police officer is said to have been killed in the execution of his duty. The - law pays necessarily a very high regard, especially to offences of this nature, because every resistance to the officers of the law mu! t be put down and prevented whenever it occurs, if the officer conducts himself with propriety. It is a case to which I would direct your attention particularly. There is another case also in the calendar in which a policeman is charged as the offencJer. That case, however, does not appear to amount to any thing that can be considered as a charge of mur der ; but he is charged with having caused the death of a child by an improper discharge of his duty. As the law will protect officers in the strict discharge of that duty, so . the law mu s t b e wa t c hf u l to see t h at they exer cise their authority with discretion and propriety ; and if, in consequence of the want of due discretion, the death was in this instance occasioned, the officer must of course be responsible. In this respect the case must be considered as one of considerable importance. Gen tlemen, there is another case of murder which stands No. 67 in the calendar, not indeed in the printed calendar, but in the calendar which lies before me, and which has been brought in and inserted since the calendar was printed. In this case a young woman is charged with the murder of her own offspring. A coroner's inquest was held ; she has been committed on their verdict; and the charge will be brought forward against her in that shape. It is one of those cases which are, unfortunately, of frequent occurrence, and in which undoubtedly there appears to have been considerable ground for a serious in quiry. How the matter may turn out in the result it is not possible to anticipate, but 1 am disposed to think there is sufficient ground to lay the charge as the coroner's jury thought proper to lay it. Gentlemen, there is another case of the same kind, No. 29 inthe calendar ; but I should pre sume, from the investigation that has taken place below, that that was not so serious a case as the former, as I per ceive the party was only committed for the attempt to conceal the birth of the child. In that case the bill will be presented for your consideration. Owing to an acci dent, the depositions have not come into my hand, and therefore 1 have had no opportunity of perusing them ; but you will take the circumstances into consideration, and if you think a higher offence than that of concealing the birth has been committed, you will, of course, find the bill accordingly. Gentlemen, I am extremely sorry also to observe that there are in the calendar, two charges of a nature of which we have, unhappily,:more in this country than we used to have heretofore—l mean charges of attempts to administer poison. Gentlemen , the nature of the charge in both cases appears to be this : the parties stand accused of having mixed some poisonous ingredient into what was being prepared for the food of some per sons of the family. Fortunately in neither case was any of the mixture taken, and, therefore, the parties are not, fortunately for them, liable to the capital charge ; but still they are liable to be indicted and punished in case they should be convicted of "having attempted to administer" —these being the words of the statute. If a party lays poison in a place where another person is likel y to come, and lie takes it, although the party laying it was ab sent at the time it was taken, that is, in point of law, an administering, and the party is liable to the capital punish ment ; and on the same ground if he lays it with the in tention that the party should so take it, that would bear out the charge in the indictment. Gentlemen, there are several cases of wounding which will be brought before you. They are not, any of them, of a peculiar sort, with the exception of two, upon which I should wish to make a few remarks. There is, undoubtedly, one case of great importance, for the party is charged with having com mitted a very violent and outrageous assault on the per son of another, and wounding him; and it would appear as if the motive had been that the wounded person was con tinuing at his work when others turned out, an offence that must always be looked upon as one of the gravest nature. There is another case which I mention because of this peculiarity in it—that the man a•ho sustained the injury is a deaf and dumb person. 1 apprehend that, probably, you will find independent persons, besides the indi v id ua l himself, who will prove the case sufficiently to warrant you in exercising your judgments upon it ; but there are, in terpret what am told, some persons in attendance who will what the deaf and dumb person signifies, so as to enable you to ascertain what his account of the transaction is, and, if you find it necessary to have any such interpreter, he will be sworn in court and sent before you. Gentle men, amongst the cases of wounding, or cases analogous to wounding, there is a charge against a prisoner who stands No. 66 in the manuse;ipr calender. He is accused of having thrown vitriol, or some corrosive fluid, upon the person of a young boy, named Thomas King; and it is, perhaps, not a case of that description in which there was any considerable malignity, in a moral sense, upon the part of the prisoner, who is described iu the calendar as a boy about the age of fifte-n. He seems to be charged with using a squirt, and with having squirted on the young child a quantity of some corrosive fluid—an act s certainly, of great wantonness. Perhaps he might not have been fully aware of the mischief to occur in such cases. However, if he did it designedly, and was at all aware that it was an injurious act, he would be liable to be charged with doing it wilfully and mali• ciously, because malice in law does not mean more than doing an unlawful act with a knowledge that it was an improper act. It does not require any extraordinary de gree of individual malice. If he does it designedly, and with the knowledge to which I have ref: rred, that answers the legal description of malice, although the prisoner in the prt sent case is certainly very young. Gentlemen, there are several cases of burglary that will be brought before you. These, generally, appear not to have been attended with very much aggravation. There is one case, No. 31 in the calendar, in which there appears to have been a good deal of violence used. Four persons were concerned in the transaction, but one only will be brought before you, so far as lam aware. There is another case, No. 28 in the calendar, rather of a peculiar sort, inas much as no property was at all stolen. 'I he party seems, still, to have got into the house at night time, and to have been caught after he had left. If there be any evidence to show that he might be considered as having in tended to steal, you are aware it is not necessary there should be any actual theft, if he broke in with the intent to commit a felony. He alleges that be only went there to visit the servant maid ; but you will ascertain whether or not there be sufficient ground for putting him on his trial on the charge of felony. Gentlemen. there are unfortunately several cases in the calendar of injuries to young females. Of course, with regard to the child upon whom any of these offences may have been committed, if she is under the age of ten, all question of consent is immaterial. Between the age of 10 and 12 consent is so far material that the party under such circumstances is not liable to be found guilty of the felony but only of a misdemeanour; and you will have to consider for which of those two offences you will put the party under charge. And in reference to these cases, and also to a case which is No. 48 in the calendar, I shall feel obliged if, when the bills come before you, you will proceed as soon as convenient to consider them a n d t o return them into court, b cause it not u i nfrequently oc cGamreoantrthkiee;mr t b ehn il e l , oc curs that when matters of the kind are investigated the petty jury do not think themselves warranted in finding st t h h h e e o su p e adar are e i ee alls preferred tthe guilty e bills will be forwarded to yo u as soon as pos-ible. i The Grand Jury retired to thei r room an d s ho r tly after c o a f s cases er w f h te c( the li n yl e a , s r as e en r u d o ow i f se h in y l t o el.l f a remark sent several bills into Court. STABBING ON THE lIIGH SEAS. Samuel Brown, 22, remanded from last Assizes, was indicted for having, on the high seas, stabbed one Lance lot Reid, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. It appeared that the prosecutor was captain of a vessel called the Sir Charles Napier. and that the prisoner was a seaman on board. On the homeward voyage from New Brunswick to Liverpool, on the 18th of November last, the captain went on deck and directed the watch to reef the sails. The prisoner, who was one of the watch, re fused to obey the order, whereupon a struggle ensued be tween the parties, blows were struck, and the captain was stabbed in the stomach. The mate attended to him and performed a surgical operation, and after the arrival of the captain in Liverpool, he was some time confined from the effects of the wound. A knife was found close to the place where the struggle took place, and it was proved - that it belonged to the prisoner, and was spotted with blood. The jury found the prisoner not guilty of the felony, but guilty of the assault. He was sentenced to imprison ment and hard labour in the House of Correction for two years. BIGAMY AT MANCHESTER Win. Steel, 26, was found guilty of having, at Manches ter, feloniously married Mary Ann Shaw, his former wife, Eliza Darbyshire, whom he married at Sheffield in the year 1839, being then alive. Sentence deferred. WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO MURDER John Warburlon, 35, was indite ted for having, at Bury, unlawfully wounded, with intent to murder, Martha Too, otherwise Martha Toon, wife of William Too. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the count charging him with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Sentence deferred. ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROl3 .„._. Robert Mal!alien, 18, Josiah Orme, 24, and James An.. drew, 17, remanded from last assizes, were indicted for having, at Ashton.under•Lyne, violently assaulted one Lydia Rusk, with intent to rob her. The prisoners were convicted of an aggravated assault. Mallalieu and Orme were sentenced to 9 calendar months' imprisonment and hard labour, and Andrew to 6 calendar months' and hard labour. It was arranged that the Mint cases should be taken at the sitting of the court this morning. The court adjourned at fire to nine this morning. The Grand Jury dined with their Lordships, at their lodgingS, St. Ann-street, last evening. Mr. Justice Wightman did not arrive from York until yesterday afternoon. His Lordship will commence the Nisi Prius business at nine this morning. SUPPLY OF WATER.—The Guardian Society of this town is memorializing the highway Board and the Town Council, Praying. for the adoption of a system which will insure the inhabitants a cheaper and more abundant sup ply of water. ACCIDUNT AT THE RAILWAY TUNNEL, MONK'S Fl3ltltY.' - An accident, which, happily, was not the ca use of any material inj ur y, occurre d, on :Saturday morning, at the railway tunnel, Monk's Ferry. As the half-past ten o'clock train from Chester was proceeding down the tunnel, the carriages acquired an undue velocity, owing to the guard not having put on the break in sufficient time, and dashed rather violently against the butlers at the end of the station. It was alleged, by some, that, in a case of the kind, the buffers would be torn away by the over whelming force of the collision ; but we are happy to say that they withstood the shock, and that the carriages were instantly stopped, The collision, as may be supposed, was very severe, but none of the carriages were broken. The carriages were knocked passengers w - againstho were in eachthe first or e s Tu t w a h.e n obr d syee - stand-up" - hae ' er.. passengers in the fi rs t an d secon d c l ass, b ut , with the ex ception of a f ew , th ey a ll escaped uninjure d . Mrs. Ar thursitti sitting na o e n , e s o i sister-in-law e t i r ) - e i n ir in i t a o s A c l a r r . ri aSgaeu-st,u oppositeel fl oltn et,o herwas relative, M rs . Gill on, an d w h en t h e co lli s i on t oo k p l ace chin M rs. s ttlroiklmineg againstbadtwo m o r f s. h G er iti f o r , o i ri s t fo te r e e t b l e i d b r . dies were immediately removed to the Monk's Fell.; Hotel, where they were attended by several t.trgeons.t. In a few minutes they recovered. The directors have made such arrangements as will effectually prevent a simi lar accident from occurring at any future bine.--