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Doors to be - opened at Half-past Eight. ~..-.-111111 CLOSE OF THE CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION AGAINST JOHN FROST.-FIFTH DAY. THE CRISIS. MONMOUTH, SATURDAY EVENING.-11ecase for the prosecution has closed to-day, with the examination of Mr. Thomas Jones Philips, by whom Mr. Frost was arrested. Sir F. Pollock's speech on the part of the prisoner will be delivered on Monday, and there can be no doubt it will sus tain the high reputation which that eminent advocate has already attained, and to which he has gained so great an ac cession by his conduct of the prisoner's defence. As to the time when the trial may be expected to close, it must depend much upon the decision which may be come to, whether tes timony will be tendered on the part of Frost ; but it would appear from the respite granted to the petty jury, but to terminate on Wednesday morning, as if the judges, as well as the counseL for the prosecution and the defence, enter tained opinion that this trial may possibly close on Tues day or Wednesday. The judges took their seat at nine in the morning. The following witnesses were next examined.—Thomas Watkins, john Harford, William Harris, James Emery, John Parry, W. Roche, John Phillips, Chrhtopher Kicha gan, John A4tthews, Richard Pugh, Edmund Lloyd, Joseph Stockclale, W H. Williams, Moses Scard,' Thomas Watts, and Thomas ihillipsj after which, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL. — This, my lords, closes the Case for the crown. . . Sir F. PoLLocx.—Perhaps your lordships will not call up on me to speak at this late hour ? Chief Justice TlNDAL.—Certainly not, Sir Frederick, unless you yourself wish it. At the request of the foreman, orders were then given by the Chief Justice so that the jury might be enabled to take the air, not only during the evening, but in the course of the next day. The court adjourned, at a quarter to 4 o'clock, until Mon day morning. (From Fraser's 3fagazine for January.) No one who has witnessed the events of the last three years will venture to predict, with any degree of confidence, the course Which affairs will assume even in the next three weeks. Marvellous have been the hairbreadth escapes of the Melbourne cabinet, and it may be that their " run of luck" is not yet exhausted. Still, it must be admitted, that, in the ordinary course of human events, it would be held to be to tally impossible for the present ministry to stand a single week after the opening of the corning session. Their ma jorities were ten, five, and two in the spring of the present year. Since then, they have suffered two or three secessions, and several seats are vacated by change of office ; in two or three of which cases, at least, they may calculate on a cer tain loss. They are, then, at the present moment, in a mino rity in the House of Commons ; and even the returns made to the new writs, when issued, will fail of bringing their num bers up to even the smallest possible majority. With the present House of Commons, then, they cannot get on.— That, except on some new contingency which has not yet occurred, may be:looked upon as a settled point. What,. then, is the next step ? The ministerialists them 7 selees are now beginning to talk unreservedly of a dissolution. This is the natural, the constitutional course. Knowing them selves to be possessed of their sovereign's confidence, and as suming, also, that " the people " desire their continuance in office, it is not only a proper thing—it is even au imperative duty,to appeal to thegeneral constituencies of the country, to decide betwam them and 328 opponents, who beard them from the opposite benches, and harass and perplex every movement of the administration. - Not decidedly outvoted in the lower house, then, and yet annoyed by so strong an opposition, the Most natural thing for the ministry to contemplate is an immediate dissolution. And we cannot doubt for a moment that such a step is fre quently under consideration, in the private meetings of the cabinet. _ _ %/V.,/ ••••,.• The main difficulty, or doubt, however, that would suggest itself here, would be, whether there was any reason to expect, from a dissolution, any addition to the ranks of their adherents; or whether it was not rather more probable, that such a loss would be experienced as would snatch the reins of government immediately and irretrievably, from their hands. Still, however, the question would return of what was to be done ? To remain in the present state of " dead lock" seems impossible ; resign, it had been previously resolved, and " by her Majesty's special command," was to be the very last step resorted to. What then remained, but to try the only remaining alternative, and to rush upon a general election ? Upon the hypothesis, then, that the Melbourne ministry will remain in office as long as it is possible to do so, we have a right to look for a dissolution immediately after the meet ing of parliament on the 16th of January. Or supposing them to come to the conclusion that such a step would amount to an act of /do de se; and to prefer a simple abdi cation ; then we have Sir Robert Peel at once in office ; and it is impossible to doubt that his VERY FIRST STEP would be to appeal to the country at large, on the broad and tangi ble question of, Will you hare a Conservative government or no ? Either way, then, every conservative constituency in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland, ought to be prepared, beibre the 20th of January, with its candidates, its committee, and its sinew's of war. To every such body we put the question, in the most earnest and emphatic tones that we can com mand, ARE YOU READY ? If the conservatives, or, in other words,. if the educated, intelligent, moral, and religious inhabitants of the;:e islands, are but properly aroused to the impor an of this, the final struggle, we may expect, under the blessing of God, a return of the days of peace and order, and security. If not ;—if from their own inactivity, or from the inherent vices of the Reform bill, the coming struggle shall prove abortive, then may we indeed resign ourselves to despair, or turn our hopes to other and happier regions. But we will not even allow our imaginations to picture such :an issue. We know that the conservatives can win. the approaching battle ; and we will not permit ourselves to suppose that they will lose such an opportunity. - THE MARQUIS OF NORM ANBY AND T. B. ADDI SON, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE QUARTER SES SIONS AT PRESTON. (From The Bolton *Chronicle.) • - • - Whoever expects justice, reasons,-or gentlemanly conduct at the hands of her Majesty's ministers, may expect some- - thing farther of swine than the,nasal sound which is generally anticipated. The.tools of the: administration partake of-the, degraded . character of their employers : " like master, - Eke man," is a proverb no less ancient-than true, and,..especially applicable to the whig ministry and their dirty .rnytinidons. . lu October last, a man of low character, who is in the ha bit of spitting his venom at all persons of respectability and character, wrote to Lord.Normanby, stating, that Mr. Addi son, the airman of tU Quarter Sessions, at Preston, was in the habit Of inquiring from the chaplain .of the . ga01,., re specting any confessions made .to him by the prisoners corn-. mitted for trial, and that Mr. Addison made use of inform, tion thus 'proCured in the prosecution of his judicial inquiry as chairman. Lord Normanhy, without taking the least trou ble to ascertain the real character of the calumniator, directed Mr. F. Maule, his secretary, to address a letter to M r. Addison, • calling upon that gentleman to . produce a full statement of the case, to vindicate himself froth the grievons'eliarge'pre ferred against him. Mr. Addison in reply explained that the chaplain was bound by a certain clause in an act of parlia ment, for .the regulation of gaols, to present a report to the magistrates attending at the Quarter. Sessions, and that this report he (Mr. Addison) always perused. Mr. Addison in dignantly repelled ttw : accusation so aeadily entertained by_ his Lordship, and inforined the sweet " Matilea' of the Home Department, the pride and glory of the " Minerva Press" the life and soul of the circulating librarieS, that his lordship was mistaken if he supposed that he (Mr. Addison) was his Lordship's subordinate ; and startled Lord Flimsy with the intelligence that " though he might insult he had no power to degrade him ;" since the county Palatine was out of his " sweep of control." This reply brought a second letter - from the Home Office, in which Lord Flimsy declared his intention of laying Mr. Addison's insulting letter before the Lord Lieu tenant,in order that the magistrates acting with Mr. Addison might judge of the tone in which a subject had dared to ad dress so high a functionary as the ex-Viceroy of Ireland. On Wednesday last, new year's day, a meeting of the magis trates was held, and the letters read, when lo ! the magis trates so far from coinciding with Lord Flimsy, declared their sense of his tyrannical and unprecedented interference in the following resolutions which were unanimously carried : " Resolved unanimously—That the magistrates here as sembled much regret that any charge against a gentleman occupying the very important and respectable situation of Chairman to the Sessions, should have been entertained by the Marquis of Normanby, without, as appears from the documents produced, due inquiry having been previously made into the station, character, and motives of the accuser ; and coj4sequently, this Court considers Mr. Addison justi fied taMer all the circumstances, in writing the letter to Mr. Fox Manly, dated the 22d day of October, 1839. "That the Magistrates assembled take this occasion to record their high sense of the ability, patience, and integrity with which their Chairman, Thomas Batty Addison, Esq. has for fifteen years, at a considerable sacrifice of profes sional emolument and bodily health, gratuitously_ discharged the numerous and oppre4dive duties of his office. ' "That copies of these resolutions be transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Lieutenant, the Chairman of these Sessions, and to the magistrates of the Hundreds of Amoundness, Blackburn, and Leyland. (Signed) Jos. Bushell, Chairman, Joseph Feilden, J. Fowden Hindle, William Marshall, Gardr. Baldwin, Thomas Robt. Wilson France, William Carlow . , Robt. Awthertone Rawstorne, Richd. Edward Alison, James Simpson, Wm. Birley, Corns. Bourne, S. Horrocks, jun., J. Nowell Farrington, R. C. Browne Clayton, J. Master, John Austen." Among the signatures of the magistrates will be found the names of gentlemen of all shades of politics ; the chairman, indeed, Jos. Bushell, Esq., is a Roman Catholic, and a strong Whig. We need not add, the Home Secretary has no juris diction in the county, the Chancellor of the Duchy being the only authority. EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF MOPERTY OF A FRAU DULENT 13.114 KRUPT.—About the end of last year,-a person absconded from Manchester with goods to a large amount, and in debt some thousands. In February last, one of the creditors consulted Messrs. Beswick, solicitors, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham, as to the best mode to be. adopted for the recovery of his claim ; and on the 21st of that month, a fiat in bankruptcy was issued out by those gentlemen against the party. The necessary papers were then prepared and duly authenticated by the authorities here, for the purpose of seizing the books and property of the bankrupt at Sidney, to which place it was discovered he had gone under a false name. A messenger, who was on the point of leaving for that colony on other business, undertook the execution of the.warraut against him ; and upon arriving at Sidney, be succeeded, after considerable trouble, in seizing a vast quan tity of papers of great value to the estate, and upwards of one thousand five hundred pounds' worth of property. The messenger to whom this important trust was confided was Mr. Badham, sheriff's officer, Cannon-street, Birmingham, in whose praise too much cannot be said for his activity on this occasion. The colonial office was consulted previously to the document being sent, and gave every assistance to fur ther the exertions of Messrs. Beswick.—Birminyharn Advertiser. THE " SPORTING AMATEUR."—The sporting, or, as he is termed in the bills, " the distinguished amateur," who, to decide a wager (?) " is bound to appear at a certain number of theatres in a given time, "went on" last night to per form the character of Pierre, and such an exhibition—to call it acting would be preposterous—it has scarcely ever been my lot to witness. The " amateur" read some portions of IN‘llich w ont " I: o t u m e b o e the text sm oo thl y enoug h , an d w h en h e a tt emp t e d t o ac t h e Coates" honoured with; but to was greeted with p rec i se l y t h e same d escr i pt i on o f a p p l ause 4 twentyo s r e e thirty poor years r e el ago, 2 noble villain, to say the worst of him, and &serving of a better friend than the vacillating JaSier—cut and mangled in the way he was, would have almost made the talented but eccentric Kean leap from his grave at such a profanation which was perpetrated on the boards of the Windsor Theatre last night. The audience, in order to keep up the farce (for it must be said that they were in the very best of humours imaginable) called the " amateur" before the curtain at the conclusion of the tragedy, and he was not slow to obey the summons, when, after making some half dozen most un- Pierre-likc bows, retired " amidst thunders of applause." The house was very respectably filled, and must have proved one of the most profitable of the season. This " distinguished amateur," who made "his first (?) appearance on any stage" last evening, is announced to play the Duke Aranza in th e " Honey Moon," to-racreow. I question the policy of the manager " trying it on" " a second time. It was" all " v ery well f or "once in a way . b ut ditto repeated is sometimes hazardous in enterprises of this nature. SPECIAL COMMISSION. . . TRIAL OF THE CHARTISTS AT MONMOUTH. THIRD DAY—THURSDAY. Tlie,judg•ers took their seats npon the bench at five minutes 'past nine o'clock precisely, The prisnner Trost was at the Same moment placed at the bar. Sir F. POLLOCK, in addressing the bench, wished, he said, to know from their lOrdShips if his client was not now to be placed in the same situation as. if the, point that had been made yesterday was deci•.led in his favour? Chief Justice TINDAL said that the course was, where there was a point at all doubtful, or any difficulty occurred, iewas reserved for the decision of the judges. Sir F. Pommel( did not wish to be understood as object ing to that course generally ; but •the Attorney-General .being then there, might, he thought, make a difference as to the course pursued. In the event of its being their lordships' opinion that the objection ought to have prevailed at the .trial, Mr. Frost was to be placed in the same situation as if it had prevailed at this moment. Chief Justice TINDAL.—If the judges consider that it ought to have prevailed—certainly. The.ArronNEY-GENERAL.—If that should be so, Mr. Trost will be placed in the same situation with all her Majes ty's subjects. This case does not differ from any other case. In reply to a question to a remark from Sir P. Pollock, Chief Justice TINDAL said, here the position of the pri soner will be precisely the same as if we had now decided in his favour. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—It will be like the case of all others, where a point has been reserved for the decision of the judges at Westminster. Baron PARKE.—If the prisoner should be convicted, and the point now reserved be decided in his favour, a pardon will, on the recommendation of the judges, be issued as a matter of course. There is no instance of reserving such a point, as if it were made at nisi prius. The first witness examined was Samuel Simmons, who de posed that he lived in the parish of Woolas, in the borough of Newport. Sir Frederick Pollock raised an objection to the description of the witness; The prisoner, Frost, was entitled to have the name and place of abode of the witness. To say the parish of Woolas, in the borough of Newport, was, in the opinion of the learnealgentlernanea misdirection ; it should have been in the borough o7IN - ewport, in the parish of Woolas—it was part of the parish, and St. Woolas was not in the borough, or any part of it. After the examina tion of the witness had proceeded to some extent, in the absence of the municipal act, that document was brought into court, and the objection was overruled by the learned judges. A number of witnesses were examined respecting the out .break in Newport on the Memorable 4th of November. At the head of the mob was Frost the mob were armed with guns, scythes, sticks, pikes, mandrels, pieces of iron, roast ing spits, and long staves, and such kind of weapons. me witnesses were examined minutely as to the proceedings before the Westgate Inn,—the attack of the Chartists on it,— firing of the soldiers, and all the subsequent scenes of hood shed,' which our columns at the time detailed so minutely, and which are so familiar to most of our readers. The last witness called was. Sir Thomas Phillips, mayor of Newport, at the time of the outbreak. We give the most striking parts of Sir Thomas's evidence : I received intelligence of the approach of persons to the town till between eight and nine o'clock on Monday, from different points of the road, and at last I sent a request for troops to the barracks soon after baybreak, and in conse quence thirty. soldiers, I believe, were sent to me, under the command of Lieutenant Gray, Sergeant Daley, and Sergeant Armstrong. When Lieutenant Gray arrived he formed the soldiers in front of the house, and I requested he would march them into the back yard. There are two gates to it, through which carriages pass on the east side of the house. The gates are in front of the street. I returned through the house ; and having gone into the court yard. and coming thence, I saw the military go into it. They were formed in the yard, and I desired the gates to be closed : and they were fastened. I then took Lieutenant Gray into the room at the east end of the house, and said the soldiers might go in there, if he approved cf it, as a proper position. He did approve of it. I soon after went into the front passage, hearing the people were in the town, and I ordered the special constables to come in, and the door to be closed. It was afterwards opened, and given in charge to two or three special con stables, with orders not to let any one enter. I then went into a room above the commercial room, which has a bow window, through which I could see a body of men passing the wing of the house formed in a column. They were regularly abreast of each other. They were all armed, some with guns and some with long spears or pikes. I stayed a short time there, and ran down to the passage below, and when I got opposite the bar, I saw the heads of the column in the door way, or close upon it. They were standing with weapons by their sides, as they appeared to me : they carried them ver tically. 1 ran to the room in which the soldiers were, and said, " Lieutenant Gray, load immediately." I believe Lieut. Gray opened the middle shutter of the window, and opened that to the left, and I felt my left arm benumbed, and saw two holes in my trowsers, and saw I had been wounded in the hip, from shots fired outside. The soldiers fired into the street and into the passage. I saw one dead body of a man who fell close to my feet. I think the firing did not last more than ten minutes. Lieut. Gray knew I was wound ed, as I. mentioned it to him immediately ; but I do not know if I told him before the soldiers tired. The special constables had not guns; they had only staves, to my knowledge. As far as I know, peace was soon after restored, but 1 was oblig ed to give up the charge of the town to others. The wound in my arm was severe ; the other was a flesh wound. I did not leave the room till the affray was over. The present ma •yor (Mr. Hawkins) was with use all night, giving directions. '1 he night was wet and windy. Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY.—I am an attorney, and was in partnership with Mr. Protheroe to the close of 1839, frain-Jone ' .18U.• I,li:is's - ahem, and am interested in coal mines- have_ not. mentioned Frost's name during the exa usination.liitt I lowe e koown. hint about seventeen or eighteen ye a rs. : was well acquainted with hint, during the progress of, thereform bill, but had no intercourse with him before then, There .had been a difference between him and Mr. -Protheroe. There mere an action and two indictments by Mr. Protheroe.against Frost ; but I do not know of any cid .ference-aiuce then,-whiele was in 1821. I met Frost at .the time of the refoein.hill e 4tail on other occasions also. I had opportunities of Obesetaing public conduct. _Sir Thomas continuance of his cross-examina tion, said—l am not certain as to the allusions I made re specting a majority. of 37. I attended the Usk meeting, at which the high sheriii was to have presided. That was a county aneetiug... I might havethen made some observations in allusion to the majority of the House of Lords. I believe I. did . say sotothin. - . concerning the majority of 37 in the House of Lords- .rthink I.did make some observations re garding it. I have no doubt of it. I cannot tell what it was that I said. I censured the majority, but as far as my recol lection goes I did not use offensive terms. I believe I did not use offensive terms. "I believe I did not say what their deserts should be, or what they should meet. I believe I did not wish that the majority should meet the fate of certain parties in France. I believe I did not. I believe I alluded to what occurred in France. I may have alluded to the pre decessors of the present King of France. I have no recol lection of having said that the 35 should meet their fate. I I have no recollection of having said anything of the kind. I will not undertake to swear that I did not, as I have no recollection on the subject. At that meeting I made allusion to the Bishops. I know ofno serious disturbances. in New. port before the last. I remember having heard that the pre sent Duke of Beaufort was insulted during his canvass. This occurred between seven and eight years ago. I was not pre sent at those disturbances. I was not then either mayor or magistrate. I have no recollection of the part taken by Mr. Frost in those Occurrences. At that time Mr. Frost and I differed. Some heat might have been .shown ; but during that period I witnessed nothing reprehensible in him. This brings to my recollection that he said something severe against Inc. I think that during those times there was no thing tending to riot. I had an opportunity of witnessing his public conduct during his mayoralty. He was a magistrate three years. I would rather not answer whether 1 found fault with him as a magistrate. I believe he act&l on the impression that he was right. I would rather say that Mr. Frost thought he was right. I have lived in Newport 20 years. I cannot say that his conduct as a private individual and head of a family has been such as it ought to be. I know nothing of him as the head of a family. I took the question put to me in two branches. I know nothing of him as the head of his family, in his relations of private life. I have seen Vincent. I was present at his trial, which was conducted by the magistrates at the instance of the govern ment. I considered that to be a goverument prosecution. The magistrates were local agents, who conducted the pro secution through the means of their clerk. Vincent was convicted at the last assizes. Ido not know whether the supposed treatment of Vincent was the subject of public complaint. ATTORNEY-GENERAL —I object to such a question. Mr. KELLY,-4 have a right to ask whether the treatment which Vincent experienced was the subject of a national complaint. Chief Justice TINDAL.—I suppose he received that in formation from newspapers. The paper should be produced. Mr. KELLY.-1t is sufficient if it was a matter of no toriety. CHIEF JUSTICE.—There are various way! of ascertaining such information, by public newspapers, Ste. Cross-examination resumed—l know-of no complaint of ill treatment, but through papers conducted by himself, called the TVestern Vindicator. I did not know that the apart rnent of Vincent was a subject of discussion among the ma gistrates. I did not act:with the county magistrates. I know of no such meeting. I attended a public meeting in the spring of thsayear, when It Wes ;greed to present an address of loy alty to the'QUeen, aiid resoTutioris were passed td support the lawful authority. This meeting was produced by meet ings previously held. I was in Newport the whole of the day of the 3d Nov. On the previous Thursday I received such Intelligence that led inc to order special constables to be sworn i is i nt i as, (Sunday)ti n jrl o ue t cs t i ii n toi nt c lris o eg n att do s t e i,nt q n ib; tn at t e 0 6 m f anything t n t e a . t a 0 - o On 1 S I a o t c u c r u d r a y o g t a h t a e t s e . AAs superintendent early au o fopeoli lockce o t o n h s a u v n e d t a l lye cnigh ton- prisoners were first taken... They were brought before my colleague and myself at the Westgate. I should say that the saym o b taFh d , art i s ot k i s ; e nth r oep s wr e s ottl that caei streets esewcniwi him,nee nien t u ifeir t elo e e s maDr a eu f i was te minutes Mr. wounded. la f t e r s w h a o r u d l s d . I t keo r f e a ß t n e l a e u n f t o . r t N l v a c s a n n o d t i d t then e i t h er mayor or magistrate. :1; Re-examined by the ATTORNEY -GENERAL—I cannot re collect that I made allusion at the meeting to the French re volution in the way that Mr. Kelly suggested—then or at y, and Thomas W a lk er any other time. Serjeant Dal 'clock on F r id a y ewe Captain t e ß x a a s m i nGerda.y , mo T r i l e ing c . ourt then adjourned until nine o .2 c k t h itehfe j MONMOUTH, FRIDAY EVCNING. lorSaisrhFil;;Ptoottih.oec(kiesaoidtlifoenwoifshceadpttaoincaGllrtahye.attention of their s u i s tt u i e n e g To:NtohAe L. —ouvrtoat nine o'clock thi s morn i ng, you wish the deposition to be p read ? to see th lord Sir F. '3 Rave you permission .1. ot.t.ocx copies of the depesixt;_would first ask for your lordship's e depositions. Mr. )3aron PAR not been furnished with nothing. I have nothi i i . .., Sir P. l'ot.Locic.-- 9 1‘r N ? t I have been furnished with papers, and from which illixt what I have found in the news- Mr. Baron PARKE.--comytee abstained as much as possible. fdr. Ido not know vi,)hesthof the depositions were ap plied Sir F. PoLLocK.—I do noterN you had them or not. making any complaint upon the p'oli's,h, to be understood OS Having looked over the deposition, Iti lam making none. to your lordships, but Ido not feel • eel very much obliged it 41 nece ss • • tain. Gray. y to call Cap- The examination of Matthew William s .1,, George Lloyd, James James, James Samuel, Henryrnes Hodge, William Howell,. James . Woolford, Joseph Anthony, Smith, Nickol Hawkins, and Jo hn- Parsons, wa s then John proceeded with. An order was granted by the court, en the written appli cation of Sir F. Pollock , fo r the admission of Mr. Thomas and Mr. O'Connor to the gaol , at a ll reasonable hours, for the purpose of seeing Mr. Frost. -• . ', ,T h e court adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. ~s 3p-Jes *so )44, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. It would be of little use'now to inquire into the particular circumstances which have produced the present ruinous de preciation of railway property, unless by doing so we could at the same time hit upon a remedy for the evil. A variety of causes, acting together, aided in their effect by a pressure for money, more severe and of longer duration than any within our remembrance, have contributed jointly in creating. the embarrassments under which we labour; but even if we could discover all these and trace their various workings, we must not suppose that merely their removal—the lifting up of the weight which has- prostrated our energies—will pro duce at once and of necessity the healthy revival. which is so greatly to be desired.. We cannot expect that the injudicious investments, made during the delusion and over excitement of speculation, will, on the return of prosperitk, reaSsurne their original features, and again hold out their golden pro- mises to our grasp,—that the entanglements of bad manage ment will unwind themselves, or that the mushroom capital, the fictitious names, the compounds of insolVency and fraud which have been introduced into our various lists of share- holders can be got rid of without the use of stringent and well-directed measures. A certain aniount of loss lutist of necessity be endured. Sacrifices--in some instances heavy ones—must be submitted to before the market for railway property can arrive at anything like steadiness ; and it will require all the judgment and circumspection which we can command to determine in what manner and to what extent these sacrifices must be made. Of the numerous railways for which Acts of Parliament have been passed since 1836, and which are now in course of formation, not more than half a dozen can be enumerated whose shares are at a premium. Upwards 'of twenty are at a ruinous discount, and nearly the same number are not even quoted in any of our markets, and are probably unsaleable at any price. In most or these undertakings a considerable outlay has been made. In some the works are half com pleted ; in nearly all the land has been purchased, contracts entered into, and capital sunk, the conversion of which into anything except that for' which it has been embarked is . now impossible. The question then remains to be solved 7 --wbat course must-be pursued with respect to these undertakings ? Can they all be carried through and completed, or ought some of them to be abandoned for the present, even at the loss of the capital already sunk? If their completion, at the enormous individual sacrifice which, must ensue, is resolved upon, what course must the directors pursue in order to raise the necessary funds fiOn the most favourable terms, and what must those share4ohlers thi Who . are Pledged aud.legally bound, although.from eireutnstatleys unable, to supply those funds ? These questions require serious consideration, and it is fully time that they should beconsidered. Let us there fore look our position fairly in the face and grapple boldly with its difficulties. We shall postpone for the present the inquiry as to the possibility of completing all the different undertakings, which having sprung into existence during a season of almost un paralleled excitement, are now languishing under the revul- sion of feeling which has succeeded it. So far as some _Ol these are concenied, time may possibly solve the difficulty for us. But with respect to those, the prosecution of which at all hazards is determined upon, we will endeavour to point out the course of proceeding which is open both to directors and their shareholders. The present position of most railways which have called up 15 or 20 per cent. of their capital, is this :—The parliamentary deposit, say £5 per share, has been fully paid, or nearly so ; but on making a call for a second £5, a deficiency arises. Shareholders, perfectly solvent perhaps, have sold out, but in the haste of speculation have not completed and registered their transfers so as to become relieved from responsibility ; whilst those who have purchased, not being recognised by the company, do not feel themselves compelled to pay. Other shareholders, who have purchased merely for the temporary purposes of speculation, cannot conveniently pay, yet still hold on in hopes of a change ; and from both. these causes arises the first symptom of difficulty for the directors. Fur- ther calls increase the arrear and the entanglement, until at length the concern is placed in a dead lock. In the meantime the price of its shares has gone on decreasing, and (worst symptom of all) dissension has arisen between directors, and their shareholders, who, instead of working together, relying upon each other for the support necessary to enable them to attain their mutual object, have become antagonist bodies. The directors have contracted liabilities, and must have funds; the shareholders have lost confidence, and will not, or have speculated rashly, and cannot supply them. Under these circumstances, the act of parliament points out two courses of action for the adoption of the directors. The first is, to forfeit and sell all shares upon which the calls made are two months . in arrear ; and the second, to'proceed at law against each individual shareholder for the amount which may be dile from him in respect of the shares for which he is' regikered. It the .former course were adopted, no difficulty would arise, provided the shares forfeited were worth the amount paid upon them, or any part of it. But iu most cases sueli shares are at present at so 'great a discount that their forfeiture would be an actual bonus in favour of the non-fulfilment of his contract on the part of the share holder. Directors must therefore consent to relinquish a emtsiderable portion of .their estiniated calm l of resort tt the_?alternative of law proceedings. This-.alternative it is which most companies are at present einbrileindjand its con sequenees- amidst a mer'eantile eiimmunify thretito to be, so serious. that we may be excused If ) ' : .exprgsg Akin& 01 of its policy and its justice. : 0 s o! In the first place, witiraysPeet-talhe - plicY - of Ctinipelling or attempting to compel 'evercj , ' t shareholder of 4 public .un del:taking, without discrimina,k, L *we do not see how discrimination can be madewiiheOlhe , imputation of undue preference); to perform what, tiretitmitances, whether arising from previous indiscretion or unforeseen wants, have ren deted hini unable to accomplish without involving himself in ruin, we think that serious difficulties present themselves. We must confess that we should snot envy the situation of a director, who in the excercise of his duties, was compelled thus to drag on an unwilling constituency ; neither should we be able to look with pleasure upon an undertaking, every step of whose progress_ towards completion was marked by individual suffering. To enable any undertaking to proceed Satisfactorily, there must be a mutual confidence between those who administer and those who provide funds ; and in the case of a company so situated this could never be the case. It is true, payment Might be compelled and works might go on to some extent ; but expenses would accumulate at every step. The shareholder who one day had yielded to . the powers of the law, would, on the first opportunity, get rid of his shares and his liability, by transferring both to some man of straw, whom it would be in vain to sue. Others would be driven to insolvency or bankruptcy, and their shares thrown back upon the hands of the directors. A constant struggle would exist between those who wished to escape from their liabilities, and the directors whose aim would be to retain them in those liabilities, and the. market would be con stantly glutted with an unsaleable and unpopular stock. But this is not the whole of our case. We have-proceeded on the supposition that the .directors and a large portion of the shareholders were unanimous in favour of the stringent Course pursued. But how long, we ask, would such unanimity remain? As the share list got diminished by the constant secession of disgusted or ruined parties, would the remain der continue to pay up with ready cheerfulness ? We think not. Some portion might wish to pause, and for this purpose would strive to secure the election to the board, of those en tertaining the same views, and hence recrimination and dis sension would arise, and sink the undertaking yet further in the eyes :of the public. We must remember too that a portion of the capital of all railways is to be borrowed upon the security of its stock, and upon the stock of such a com pany who would lend ? It may be said this is too black a picture. It may be, but we do not acknowledge it to be so. To a greater or less ex tent all these difficultiei will arise, and some of them have already arisen, and, it must be recollected, that we have not as yet the experience of ally railway having been completed, where the means have had to be drawn compulsorily from its shareholders . . We have, however, this fact in evidence, that on lines merely unpopular where additional capital has been required for stations, locomotive power, or warehouses, (and what line has been completed without such additional means being required ?)that new capital has had to be procured at a sacrifice, in some instances, of one half the amount paid by the original shareholders ; and it will be sufficiently obvious that any line of conduct which tends to produce unpopularity is detrimental to the true interests of the company which adopts it. With respect to the justice of the compulsory measures now adopting towards shareholders, we shall not trespass much upon the attention of our readers. It is true that on the part of those who haie embarked in any public under taking, a contract has been made which ought to be binding ; but it is also true that many such contracts have been made under circumstances of delusion and misapprehension, as to their extent and nature, from which those who originated the undertakings in question, can scarcely acquit,thernselves of some degree of blame. It is well known that many schemes have received the sanction of the legislature, the sterling value of which is more than doubtful ; and where the judicial powers of two houses of parliament have confessedly failed in detecting imposition, the more limited opportunities of coun try shareholders may well have allowed them to be led into unwary and unwise engagements The nature of railway pro perty, its liabilities, and the legal modes of transfer have been little understood; and many ignorant persons have been in .duced, by the persuasion of others, to embark their little sa vings in schemes of which they knew as little as the pen with which they signed their ruinous engagements. Others hav ing so embarked have afterwards sold, but for want of proper information have omitted to transfer; , and although their in terest in the undertaking has long ceased, their. liability re mains, and they can be compelled to pay calls upon their shares, whilst they cannot legally regain an interest in the property for which they are paying. Under all circumstances we think that there exist strong grounds both of policy and justice to induce directori of any public undertaking to weigh well their steps before com mitting themselves to extreme measures. They had a duty to perform towards the body of shareholders, whose repre sentatives they are, but they have also a duty to perform to wards society ; and in the exercise of that duty they are bound to use the great powers entrusted to them with mode ration and forbearance. They may possess the previoqs. in structions, or receive the subsequently expressed approba tion of the companies they represent' for the course which they are pursuing ; but this fact—and it is a strong one — should be present in their remembrance, that the act of par liament which authorizes their proceedings, and legalizes the meetings of proprietors from which their power is delegated, expressly provides that those whose inability to pay, or whom want of confidence has placed in the position of defaulters, . . haVe no voice either td advise or .control, their power of vot ing, either in the choice of directors or on any other matter, ceasing whenever they have become in arrear of payment. The acts of those directors are consequently not those of the body which constitutes the company, or of the representa .tives of : that. body, but only those of a portion—the richer portion perhaps.--;-using their power against the other. We fear that we have trespassed upon the patience of some of our readers, but the subject is painfully interesting to many. In our next we shall endeavour to suggest a course of proceeding which may prevent some of the evils which we deprecate. Since the above was in type we have been led to notice some remarks upon the same subject, contained in the leading article of a contemporary—the Railway Magazine—to the whole tone of which we strongly object, as evincing too much the spirit of a partisan. We shall not here attempt to con travert his views, having already admitted the abstract justice of some of them ; but to one opinion of our contemporary we must strenuously demur, and the more so as its too ge neral entertainment by railway boards has contributed to many of the difficulties under which they and their share holders arc now labouring. The opinion to which we allude is, that " If a man takes shares in a railway to become a permanent holder, it can be of no importance to Inn whether the shares are at a high premium or at a heavy discount : he cannot gain by the one or lose by the other." Now we cannot imagine a more mischievous error than this, although conveyed in the shape of a truism. To a man who takes shares to become a perma nent holder—that is with a view to receive certain dividends — the market price can be no object, until that man wants to sell or mortgage. The market price of shares during the progress of an undertaking cannot directly interfere with the amount of its dividend when completed, although, indirectly, we have shown that it may affect the cost of its completion. But, we may ask, how many men arc there who embark so permanently in any investment as to leave out of their calcu lations the possibility of changing their minds ? Who will embark in an undertaking to-day whose shares to-morrow he expects to be able to buy for half the price ; or who, taking into consideration the chances of mortality, and the strange turns of fortune even during life, will invest. his capital in any property which, in case of emergency, cannot be made available ? Why, no one but a madman. The fact is, that this very inattention to public opinion, as it operates upon the value of all share property, has been one of the main sources of injury to the progress of the railway system. The merchant, the small capitalist, and the trades man, looking round them for an investment for their savings, might select the shares of a sound railway undertaking, pro vided they saw value for value. In the opinion of such men a thing is worth just what it will sell fur; and the article which they buy must be one which, like other property, can be readily sold, or upon the security of which they can pro cure funds if required. They have no faith in the security of an article, the value of which is purely imaginary, and de pendant upon contingencies to be determined some four or five years hence ; and consequently these, the most valuable description of shareholders, will carry their capital to another market. We deprecate, as much as the Editor of the Railway Magazine can do, the truckling of directors to the whims of every shareholder, or the convenience of every needy specu lator. Their duty is a plain and straightforward one, from which no inducement should lead them to deviate. • If their course of proceeding is right, public opinion will go with them, and if it does not the cause can only be found in a want of correct information as to their views and prospects, and that information they are bound to supply. We have no wish to see directors of railways operating in the share mar ket to create exaggerated hopes of profit ; but we do think it their duty to prevent, if possible, the circulation of un founded prejudice, by which their undertaking, and those embarked in it, may be depressed, and that duty can be per formed without in the least degree overstepping the path of proper dignity, or exceeding the powers confided in them by their shareholders. It is of paramount importance to the successful progress of a public undertaking that its shares should always bear a fair, and if possible a steady, and even a high market price ; and we think that, on consideration,the Editor of the Railway Magazine will admit that be has been somewhat hasty in his assertion to the contrary. 4 ,` NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. —The directors of this railway have bee►► induced, by the progress of the works, and the approaching completion of many contracts, as well as the payments becoming due for engines, carriages, &c., now in course of delivery, to issue the £5O shares which they are empowered by their last act to create. L► the present state of the money market, however, they have thought it right . tO'Offer . the 'new shares of £5O each to the proprietors or original shares, at, the price of. £.40 per share ; the new £5O shares will be entitled to the same dividend, pro rata, as the original £lOO Aares, that is, one-half. The first instalment of £lO per share on the new shares is payable on the 15th of January ; and we understand• that the other instalifwnts will be called for at short periods. The directors are confi dent that the capital' raised' by the new shares will coMpldte the untlertaking-Leeds Intellipencer. We have here a striking' instance of the 'SaCiid'ei which public companies were compelled to make in raising capital, whilst their shares are at a discount. The North- Midland Company's shares are now at a discount of about 12 to 15 per cent.,' and to raise the additional capital required, they have to present to those who accept these new shares a bonus of 20 per cent. LANCASTER AND PRESTON RAILWAY. On Thursday a special general meeting of proprietors in this railway was held in the Town Hall, for the purpose of au thorising an application to 'parliament for a bill to enable the directors to raise money for the completion of the line. The, meeting was thinly attended, not more than twenty or thirty persons being present. George Burrow, Esq, took the chair. The Secretary having read the notice of meeting, The Chairman observed that it was not a very pleasant thing for the directors to come before the. proprietors to ask fOr more money, but when he stated the causes which had rendered such a step necessary, he thought the proprietors would be satisfied that the necessity had arisen from circum stances that could not be foreseen. The sum for which they proposed applying was £12,000; not that the suns would at once be wanted, but looking at the probability of the line being carried further north, and at the contingencies which Might be expected to arise in other respects, it was considered better at once to ask for power to obtain all that, would be required, including .such contingencies. It was calculated that the whole line of 20 mileS would cost £20,000 a mile.. That would be 477,000 in addition to the £330,000 already paid. • The'surplus for the contingencies would then be the difference between £77,000 and £125,000. The first item he would advert•to, as having with others made this application necessary, was that of excavations, bridges, and contingen cies. Under that head the original estimate was exceeded by £ 32 ,372. This arose partly from the circumstances of the standing'Orders having been altered during the progress of the bill, by which they were obliged to extend the width of • bridges and all manner of work connected with them. The next ma/ter was the land. It was estimated that the cost would be £25,000 and odd, whereas the sum. actually paid was more than £90,000. That, of course, included large amounts awarded for compensation. Mr. W. Satterthwaite asked what was the compensation for Preston iand alone ? _ _ • The Secretary replied that the first mile on the Preston side would alone cost £40,000. The Chairman—The next item was £lO,OOO which they had put down for stations ; for engines and carriages, they had put down £26,000, though only £14,000 would be im mediately wanted; then there was £l5OO to the North Union Railway for raising their levels ; for law £13,000, surveying £3lOO, deputations £953, the Direction £llOO, and other matters, making in all an item of £31,000. The Chairman then read a letter from Mr. It. Garnett, in which that gen tleman expressed full concurrence in what was proposed to be done. He observed that such a letter coming from one who, with his family, held 1-10th of the shakes of the Com pany, was entitled to some weight. Before sitting down he would allude to one matter. A great object with the Direc tors hail been not to lose time in the completion of the line, and he had to announce that there was every reason to be lieve that it would be opened at the appointed time—that was in June of the present year. The great difficulty was the work at Galgate, but that was overcome. The next difficult part was the Wyre embankment. Air. Locke had been over, and he had made such arrangements that he was sure that would be completed also in ample time ; so that unless any thing unforeseen should occur, the line would certainly be opened next June. Nine miles of permanent rails had already been laid down. He concluded by saying, the Directors were ready to answer any questions that might be sent. Mr. Bushell (of Myerscough-cottage), asked if the deed signed by the original proprietors gave power to make this application to parliament without the consent of the whole body of proprietors ? Mr. Swainson replied that they were not then acting under the deed, but the act of parliament, which conferred full power. Mr. W. Satterthwaito asked how the money was to be raised? The Chairman said either by new shares or by borrowing, or by both. Mr. Bushell then moved a motion to the effect that a bill be applied for to enable the company to raise £125,000 ad ditional. Mr. W. Satterthwaite seconded it ; and inquired if the sum required to meet contingencies was not very large ? Mr. T.- Higgin replied that if the line was carried north many things would be wanted, for the conveyance of mer chandise and so forth. Mr. Bushell asked if the land for the stations was pur chased ? The Chairman said it was, but that the stations were not yet fixed. The resolution was adopted, as was also one to enable the direatorS to appoint a committee of their body to watch the progress of the bill through parliament. The draft of the bill was read, and it was stated that the bill was almost a co py of the 'one passed last session for the Londo n and Binning ham •Bailway. The meeting then broke up. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Some time ago 'We published a comparative statement of the traffic on this line for a few of the months in 1838, and the corresponding of 1839. We are now enabled- to corn.. plete it to the end of the two ycars. It will be seen that with 37 per cent. of additional distance opened, the traffic has actually increased •76 per cent. ;. that is, the increase per cent. of receipts has b ee n twice the increase per cent. of th e distance. Such a fact' must he highly gratifying to the share holders, since it proves that great as the present traffic is, there is every prospect of its being considerably augmented as the successive parts of the line are opened. We should not at all be surprised to see this and the Birmingham Com panies double their present traffic as soon as all is complete and their funds come_ fully into operation. COMPARATIVE TRAFFIC FOR 1838 AND 1839. 1838. 1839. London to Maidenhead. London to Twyford. £6,913 2 8 £12,710 0 0 7,154 10 5 12,360 17 5 7,579 19. 1 11,449 15 11 6,259 19 2 11,365 10 11 4,438 1 9 8,455 8 9 4,969 4 11 9,544 6 6 July August . September October November December £37,314 18 0 ... 100 £65,885 19 6 176 Or as. Distances Or as. 221 miles 100 LEAMINGTON RAILWAY. The projected line fronr Coventry to 'Leamington and Warwick, is about eight and a half miles, and we understand that the celebrated engineer, Mr. Stevenson, has gone over the same, and expressed a most favourable opinion. of the fac lity that the country offers, and the comparative'y low rate at which it may be completed. It has been submitted to the directors of the London:and Birmingham Railway Com pany, who highly approve the same, and have promised to render every assistance towards its accomplishment. We learn also that the Earl of Warwick, aware of the advantage it will prove to the towns of Warwick and Leamington, will support the application to parliament. We should be happy could we add that Lord Leigh was a warm supporter ; but al though his lordship did oppose the line at first proposed (at which no one Ought to feel surprise, as it cut direct through the magnificent park of Stoneleigh, and passed near to his noble mansion), yet the amended line leaving the latter at a distance of two miles, removes these great and formidable objections, and we doubt not that his lordship will, seeing the great advantage it is likely.to prove to the public, be induced to act with his accustomed noble and well-known liberal feelings, and consent to the line as now proposed ; by so doing he will . probably make some sacrifice of personal feelinn - , but he will benefit his tenantry by giving greater facility for conveying their produce—save them the present not trifling expense of keeping the roads in repair, which are too much cut up by the constant traffic of coal carts and nu merous other vehicles, that pass along to Leamington, will also afford great accommodation to the public, and considera bly benefit Coventry, Leamington, and Warwick, the towns near which he dwells, and which mainly consume the produce of the respectable tenantry on his princely estate. The immense number of persons who, with their fami lies, visit Leamington, from London, Manchester, and Liverpool, and being engaged in the learned professions or mercantile pursuits, can be absent, therefrom, for a short time only, (leaving their families at Leamington,) Would be enabled often to visit them when 4} or 5 hours only were occu pied in the transit each way, and which would be the Case if the proposed Railroad was adopted ; but who, after travelling 90 or 100 miles in 4 or 41 hours, are dragged along the remaining ten in. but little less than half the time ; thus, to and fro, are three hours of valuable time sacrificed, which might be saved ; and if sued how -many more persons would avail themselves of such a delightful retreat from the fatigues of body and mind ! The greater the number of visitors at Leamington, and the more convenient, cheap, and expediti ous the transit to Coventry, the more would that city be bene fitted by such additional number of visitors to whom its mag nificent churches, noble hall, and other antiquarian remains must always be.objects of interest. Let but Coventry lend a helping hand with the influential projectors, aided by the spirited inhabitants of Leamington, and success will, we trust, speedily crown their exertions.—Coventry Herald. *EEIZI4Y RETURNS OF TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS. Passen- P.mile Panile Passeng NAME. Cash. I gers. pr.wk. p. day. per day X. X. X. Birmingham — 106881 95 131 South Western — 2186 371 51 Great Western .. 2007 651 j 9+ Greenwich 25999 8961 2361 3.3 i 3714 Manchester& Leeds 11585 6451 471 6 1 1655 Birming. &Derby — 787 204 I 3 York &N. Midland 20421 3981 271 j 4 291 Croydon Midland Counties 37984 3234 21 3 5421 Eastern Counties 5155 7361 Glasgow & Ayr...: 13861 231 Ulster — - - EARTHQUAKE IN DORSETSHIRE (From the Lprne Reyis Correspondent of the Shipping Gazette.) One of the greatest convulsions of nature ever on record, or that has taken place within the memory of man in this neighbourhood, has occurred in Dowlands and Bending Cliffs, situated between Lyme and Axmouth harbour. Various ars the Opinions formed respecting it—some attributing it to the long-continued and heavy rains, others insisting on its being an earthquake. if we may judge from its effects, it certainly has every feature of the latter. We . are no strangers to the occasional sliding of the cliffs on this part of the coast, both east and west ; but here is presented a scene of awful grandeur. The above cliffs, which are very lofty, are about three miles west of Lyme Regis. On Christmas-eve, Mr. Chaple, the tenant of Dowland's estate, invited his workmen to the farm-house, to regale them for the evening, among whom were the occupants of four cot tages, situated on the common at the foot of the cliffs. On their return home they found considerable difficulty in opening their doors, but. took but little notice of it. On rising on Christmas _morning, they discovered a settlement of their houses, and becoming alarmed, removed their goods with all speed, and retired to Dowland's farm, about a mile on the top of the cliffs, for safety—and very providentially too, for shortly after an immense portion of the top cliffs, con sisting of between forty and fifty acres of arable and pasture land, with all their crops, together with the common below, sunk to a depth varying from 50 to 200 feet, two of the above tenements being completely buried, Whilst the Other two are shattered to their very foundations. The scene presents a spectacle not easily described—gigantic rocks having been rent asunder, lofty trees buried 'beneath the mighty - mass; with- only their- tops visible ; large 'fields, with their,crons, separated, one part here and another there ; immense precipices formed, awful chasms which appear bot tomless, the whole of which strike the beholder with terror and amazement, and present a striking view of the Almighty - ,power of Him " who holds the mountains in scales, and the hills iii' a balance."' 'The length of cliffs affected by this - -shock is more than two-miles, - and perhaps in breadth about ,pne, : encompas:sing - about a thousand acres. But perhaps the nkost remarkable phenomenon of the whole is, that, immense "Arid' ponderous . 'rocks - in front of this scene of action have 'been' foreed by the concussion from their beds, where they :have reposed for ages, under the bed of the ocean beyond low-water mark, and make their appearance in pyramids and - different forms--in some places foety and fifty feet above the - Sand, and have wonderfully formed a sort of harbour, whilst thvbeach7adjoining the land remains unmoved. Boats have entered . t.his naturally-formed harbour on the eastern side, which is shallow, and found in the middle three fathoms of water: Outside the rocks thus formed, towards the sea, is abdut'five - fathom - s at •high- water. Thousands of persons have already been to visit this extraordinary scene. No doubt but it will attract numbers of the nobility and gentry to Lyme Regis. The celebrated Penny Cliffs, which are situated be tween 'Lyme and Dowlands, and which have been so much admired for their romantic scenery, sink into comparative insignificance,—their lofty rocks must " hide their diminished heads" when compared with "the grandeur and sublimity which Dowland's Cliffs will in future present. The cele brated Dr. BuCkland, of Oxford, the eminent geologist, who has been res'ding in Lynie for some time past, has prolonged his stay, in order to explore and view the wonders of this phenomenon of nature. He states that he never witnessed anything equal to it in England. It is to be hoped that his, or some other able pen, will gratify the public by a full and proper description of the scene. • (From the Taunton Courier.) On Christmas Eve, about six, the residents in the houses and 'cottages along the coast, between Lyme and Seaton, were alarmed by a convulsion of the earth, attended with fearful 'sounds. This astonishing occurrence was succeeded by rei terations of the phenomena; and it was soon ascertained that a course of mischief was in serious operation. On arriving at a part of the coast called Dowlands, a quarter of a mile from the sea, it was found that a large portion of the land, on which there were several cottages, orchards, and a coppice, had been separated from their s it es , l eav i ng huge chasms in a lateral direction along the coast, between Sidmouth and Seaton, to the extent of upwards of four miles. The convul sions of the earth continued at various intervals from the night of Tuesday the 24th instant, to Friday evening, the 27th instant, having within that interval occasioned the pros tration and subsidence of buildings of various descriptions, and the displacement of large tracts of soil, a loss of property to a considerable extent, among the sufferers by which is Mrs. Inman, a respectable resident of Bishop's Hall, near this town, whose loss is estimated at upwards of z£2,000. Mr. Hallett, of Axmouth, and Mrs. Dare, also suffered heavily by the event. A huge rock, 50 feet high, appears in the sea off Culverhole, nearly a a quarter of a mile from the spot where the principal scene of mischief presents itself. The sound ings were being taken around the newly formed rock on Saturday. No lives were lost by this event, although several of the occupants of cottages, who had left home to spend their Christmas-eve, found, to their astonishment, on their return, no other vestiges of their dwellings but those presented by the roofs and chimneys, discernible above the chasms in which their habitations were engulfed. The new road from Char mouth to Lyme is utterly destroyed. Whether the occurrence above stated be attributable to an earthquake, or considered as the result of the slow-working processes of nature, which, as foreseen by naturalists, 'and asserted by Mr. Bnckingham in his lectures in the town of Lyme, a few years ago, will gra dually encroach upon the shores of the channel, as has already unquestionably taken place elsewhere on the British coast, is at preSent problematical. The visitation, to whatever cause it may be referred, besides the destruction of property, has occasioned great alarm and anxiety among the owners of buildings and estates in the vicinity. Multitudes of persons from all parts have been, for several days past, rushing into Lyme, Seaton, and Charmouth, eager to ascertain the nature and extent of the catastrophe. The total loss of property is estimated at.six tlinusand potnids. Mr..Cliaple, the renter of the estate called Dowlands, upon which four of the destroyed cottages stood, succeeded by great exertions, ou Wednesday, in saving the lives of 28 of the poor occupiers, and having employed nine carts, secured most of their furniture. On the following morning, the cottages had sunk up to their roofs. The cliffs on the coast do not appear to have suffered eny dis ruption, all the mischief being inland. MADEMOISELLE TAGLIONI. — The painful reports in circu lation of late, respecting the bad state of health of Madlle. Taglioni, have this week been contradicted. Letters from St. Petersburgh announce that this celebrated dancer made her appearanCe on the 4th December last, in a ballet in three acts, called L'Ombre, of which the first rep resen t a ti on was for her own benefit. The success this piece obtained is due, by all accounts, not only to the admirable talent displayed by Madlle. Taglioni, but also to the magnificence of the sce nery and the beauty of the music. There is one scene in the second act which is highly spoken of. It represents a garden of flowers, on which Madlle. Taglioni executes a figure. At the back of the theatre there is a lake, on which Madlle. Taglioni, who performs the character of a shade, dances a few minutes, and then vanishes. During the ballet Madlle. Taglioni was encored ten times by the audience ; and on the following day the emperor sent her a splendid ornament, studded with diamonds and turquoises, .as a testimonial of the delight he had experienced. RAILWAY CHAPEL.—Many of the readers of the Morn ing Herald may remember th a t i n the early part of the last year the attention of the public was directed to the Sabbath desecration committed by the men employed on the railways. A remonstrance, signed by all the clergyof Cheltenham and many of the inhabitants, was addressed to the directors of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union railway. These gentlemen, with the greatest promptitude, expressed their strong disapprobation of any work being carried on during the Lord's Day. The contractors as cordially and promptly acquiesced in the instructions of the directors, and it was im mediately discontinued—the necessary occupation of keeping up the fires being alone persisted in. 'lt was, however, soon remarked that the laboUrers being unoccupied On the Sabbath, at a distance from their homes, and unprovided with such ap parel as they would naturally like to appear in at a . place of worship, were exposed "to more temptation to intemperance and irregularity, and it was suggested by the Rev. Francis Close that a temporary building, expressly for the use of the workmen, shoUld be erected, wherein he himself would statcdly perform. Divine service once every Sunday. A subscription was immediately set on foot, and a large chapel has been erected, in which there are now three services every Sunday. The workmen have expressed their thankfulness to the Rev. F. Close for his exertions.—Morning Herald.. LIVER THEATRE. WAYLETT has the honour to announce, that her IV-1. BENEFIT will take place on FRIDAY NEXT, the lOth instant, being the last night of her engagement ; when will be performed, the Grand Opera of THE MAGIC VEIL! OR, THE FAIRY LAKE. • The Fairy Zeta.. (As performed by her at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane.) After which, the Interlude of the LOAN OF A LOVER. Peter Spyke.. Mr. Hoskins. Gertrude.. Mrs. Waylett. A variety of New Ballads.—Dances by the Corps de Ballet. To conclude with JACK SHEPPARD, Tickets to be had of Mrs. WAYLETT, NO. 1, Cases-street, Clayton-square ;- and at the Box-office. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Second Week of Mr. DUCROW and his extensive London National Establishment. PHIS present TUESDAY EVENING, Jan. 7, and dur ing the week, an entire change of the whole Spectacle. At Seven o'Clock, for the. first time out.of London, the Per formance will commence with the Grand National Equestrian Spectacle, called THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM; Oa, THE CAMP OF THE WILDERNESS. The whole arranged and produced by Mr. Ducrow.. - • To be followed by splendid FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP. In which Mr. and Madame Ducrow will appear. The whole to conclude with, for the first time in this town, a new, interesting French Military Drama, under the title of THE CONSCRIPT. Eugene, (the Conscript,) by Mr. Ducrow. Doors open at Half-past Six, and Performance commences at Seven o'Clock. Lessons in the Polite Art of Riding given daily. THE TIMES, AND THE ENSUING PARLIA MENTARY' SESSION. PARTIES wishing to Subscribe to THE TIMES, during Jl the ensuing interesting Session of Parliament, must make application immediately to L. T. GASKILL, 45, Lord street, when they will be ensured of the Latest Editions. The EVENING MAIL, Published at the TIMES Ovvicz, Three Days per Week. Advertisements forwarded daily. - L. T. GASKILL, Agent. TO CORRESPONDENTS. As we have kept our columns open to the very latest moment practicable, in expectation of an arrival from New York, we have been obliged to omit our Literary Notices, as well as several other articles intended for insertion. They shall appear on Friday. :i ktberpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANCAI?I" 7, 1840. We have been favoured by a respectable firm with extracts from private letters from Monte Video and Buenos Ayres to the 25th of October. From these it appears that Rivera, by the last accounts, was en deavouring to get outside of the Entre Rianas, so as to gain the open country, in which he would have great advantages, more particularly as the French Admiral would keep the town for him with his sailors and , about 1,000 resident Frenchmen, who had received arms. It was, however, thought that Rivera would not be able to effect his object, being too closely watched by a su perior force; indeed, it was expected, from the best information that could be obtained, that Monte Video would soon be beseiged by the Entre Rianas, under Echague. From Buenos Ayres the news is far from satisfactory. It is stated that there was, on the 22d of October, no more prospect of the blockade being raised than the day it commenced. Great things were expected from the Buenos Ayrean forces under Echague ; but if he should even expel Rivera, the French will not be driven out of the river by him ; and should Rivera, on the other hand, prove victorious, a great deal would re main to be done before Rosas (the Governor of Buenos Ayres) could be driven from his post, so that the ter mination of the blockade seems to be an event very far distant. The quarterly tables of the revenue, which were pub ished on Saturday night, furnish us with the follow ng particulars : On the net produce of the revenue, for the year ending on the sth of January, 1840, there is an in crease of £824,395; the total income of the year end ing sth January, 1839, having been £44,176,014, while that for the present year amounts to £45,000,409. The last quarter, as compared with the previous quar ter, shows a very considerable and disproportionate falling off. The deficiency is in the following items :-- in the Customs a decrease of £75,083; in the Excise a decrease of £199,919; in the Taxes a decrease of £1,990; in the Post Office a decrease of £14,000; in the Miscellaneous a decrease of £17,297; in the Im prest and other Moneys a decrease of £83;068; and in the Repayment of Advances a decrease of £16,826. The - total decrease is £408,183, which, after de-- ducting an increase 'in the Stamps, leaves a net decrease of £324,245. This is a very serious de falcation, which can only be accounted for, in part, by the reduc . ..ion in the rates of postage, which only operated upon the last 23 days in the quarter. It will be observed that the principal item of decrease is in the Excise department. This may be, in some measure, attributable to the spread of teetotal principles. The Whigs have to face parliament with a very sorry account. The longer they continue in office the more deplOrable do our financial affairs become: It would appear to be the policy of our present reckless admi nistration to bring matters to as bad a pass as possible, in order to incommode, annoy, and embarrass their successors. The subject of immigration into the West Indies and British Guiana, upon which we have felt it our duty so frequently to dilate, must force itself upon the early at tention of Parliament, during the approaching session. Its importance, in a commercial point of view, we pre sume, no one can for a moment dispute, especially at the present crisis in the monetary and mercantile affairs. of this country. The unequivocal manner in which the ministerial organs have recently spoken out on this topic is a satisfactory evidence of the manner in which. the question is regarded at the Colonial Office. favourable impression has already been made upon government. It becomes the mercantile classes of this and other towns to do all in their power to strengthen that impression. As far as lies in our pro vince we shall neglect no opportunity of endeavouring to further a measure which we believe to be fraught with such momentous consequences, not only to those who are directly interested in the colonies and the co lonial trade of Great Britain, but to the manufactures and operatives of this country. It is not, however, sufficient that the press should urge the subject upon public attention. Meetings should be held for the purpose of bringing all the facts of the case more pro minently before the country and the legislature; and petitions should be got up and forwarded for presenta tion to parliament. 'We see that the Anti-Corn-Law agitators are "stifling heaven and earth" to carrY their monopolising schemes into effect. Why should the merchants of Liverpool, and others connected with the colonies, remain dormant ? As we have already stated, our object in giving such' prominence to this question is, to urge upon Govern' went the necessity of devising some well organised scheme—either, by means of ships of war or transports under British Commissioners—for affording a free immigration to our now free colonies from all parts of the world. This should be done under such a systece, and under such stringent regulations, as would preclude the least shadow of ill-treatment of the poor imun' grants, either on their passage, or after their location. An opportunity would thus be afforded for rescuing from starvation, and from the degraded barbarism 01 uncivilised life, hundreds of thousands of our fellow' creatures, especially in Africa and Hindostm—an or portunity which would be seized with the g reatest avidity. Those unfortunate creatures would thus be' come a happy and contented peasantry—living under the guardianship and protection of British laws—and consumers of our vast surplus wares and merchandise. It is confessed, on all hands, that this country want° new or extended markets for the sale of its manufee' tures. To provide these is the object, at least the ostensible object, of the opponents of the corn-law°. But why resort to the hazardous experiment of crush' ing the landed and agricultural interests of Gree t Britain—the best customers which our manufacture r° possess—for the sake of conciliating those power ° which have hitherto shown such little sympathy wlth this count r y, a nd which have so niggardly reciprocate a , any relaxations in our system of restrictive dutie s ' What guarantee have we that the continental powe rs would permit us to reap any of the anticipated beneO ts of a free tr ads in corn ? Have they not manufactur e° of their - own which they. have shown .every dispositiols to foster and encourage.? . Have they not evinced °4 . unremitting , o zeal in excluding the manu f ac t ures of tili; country from every possible co m p e ti t i on w ith t hose their own ? If we want secure markets for our wan°