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Wylie because he was misrepresenting facts. He would
add that he had seen Mr. Allport in various cases, and
had never seen enything in his conduct but what was
perfectly honourable, and if gentlemen would read his
letter calmly, and consider that he was but the second
officer of the company, the secretary being the first, and
Mr. Hudson the chairman, they would see that there was
really nothing done by him that a perfectly honest man
might not do.—(Oh!)
Mr. ALLPORT felt called upon to ask for a few minutes
of the time of the meeting, in consequence of the severe
terms in which he had been animadverted upon by Mr.
Wylie. His conscience perfectly acquitted him in re-
gard to the motives imputed to him by Mr. Wylie. He
was the second officer of the company. He received his
instructions from Mr. Close. He knew that companies
were in the habit of making up their accounts to the end
of the week. His own system had always been to make
them up to the end of the month, and be had sent them
in so made up. The account was returned to him to add
the week's traffic, and he did so. He could declare upon
his honour that if every director end shareholder had
come to him and asked him to alter a single figure, he
never would have done it—(Bear, heer)—and ho did not
think his letter would bear the construction put upon it
by Mr. Wylie. Ho had nothing to do with the making
up the half-yearly Lccouuts; he never saw them; his
were merely subsidiary accounts. He never saw the
inside of the boo's at York (as we understood);
he never dictated a single figure or line in
:hose books; he knew nothing about them.—(Hear,
rear.) He merely acted upon the instructions of
the secretary, and his lettsr, taken candidly and fairly,
in the position he held, must he thought, exonerate him
;
from the charges made against hlm.—(llear, hear.) He
would throw himself upon the shareholders.—(Hear,
hear.) From his first cJrinexion with the company in
1844 to this moment ho had never done a single thing
in regard to which his motives could be questioned. Ha
had endeavoured to the best of his ability to serve the
interests of the shareholders.—(Hoar, hear.) He had
worked night and day for them, and he would appeal to
gentlemen who knew him whether he ever neglected his
duties for a day or an hour.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Wylie
never saw him in his life; but be would appeal to those
present whose faces he :anew, though he was not per-
sonally acquainted with chew—gentlemen who had seen
his conduct, and he was quite content to abide their
decision.—(dear, hear.) He had done his duty faith-
fully to the ehareholders, and if he was to be sacrificed
for this one single transaction, he could not help it.
Mr. Rams:ay wished to ask Mr. Allport whether he
considered he was doing his duty to the company when
he was working Mr. Hudson's line, although he was the
company's servant?
Mr. ALLPORT would remind the shareholders that
the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was taken for this
company on the Ist of August, 1848, and immediately
camp onthr the management of this company and of its
servants. He, as the manager of the one, took the other
also; Mr. Close did the same, and so did the engineer,
and it had been worked to this day as part of the York,
Newcastle and Berwick line. True, Mr. Hudson now
had the management; but for whose benefit? It had
been worked purely for the benefit of the shareholders of
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company.—(Hear,
hear.) He (Mr. Allport) had been placed in a most in-
vidious position, this company refusing to have anything
to do with the line. It had been worked for the benefit
of this company, and other parties had borne the losses,
and he had had to endeavour to please two parties. It
was as much worked for the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick shareholders as any one of their branches;
the cash and returns went to Mr. Close. The com-
mittee never could have intended to single his (Mr. All-
port's name out with a view to its being inferred that
there was any unfair management onhis.part.—(A share-
bolder—."ls Mr. Hudson the lessee of the line?") Mr.
Hudson, as chairman of the York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick Company, took the lease of that line for three
years; the matter was not yet decided. He (Mr. All-
port) had not had time to report fully to the committee
of investigation.—(Mr. Ramsay—" Then are you the
servant of Mr. Hudson as well as of the company?")
Certainly not.—(Mr. Ramsey—" You receive no emolu-
ment from Mr. Hudson?") Certainly not; not a six-
pence.—(Mr. Ramsey—" It is reported by the committee
that you are one of his servants.")
Mr. M'LAREN begged to explain that the committee
did not imagine that the words used by them contained
any kind of imputation upon Mr. Allport.—(Hear, hear.)
They merely meant to state a fact which they thought
every one was aware of, as it had been fully explained
in February how the Carlisle Railway stood.—(Hear.)
Mr. RAIVISEY—Mr. Allport, when you sent that
answer to Mr. Close, did not you know it was morally
wrong?
Mr. ALLroRT—I had nothing to do with—(" Oh.")
Mr. RAstsEY—l want a reply to that question—did
not you know that was wrong?
Mr. ALLPORT—If I had been asked to publish ac-
counts, or to make up—
Mr. liamsEy—No, no; answer the question.
Mr. Ai.z.ronx—lf I had been asked to falsify the ac-
counts I never would have done it.
Mr. RAMSEY—Did you not consider it was wrong?
Mr. ALLPORT—It was wrong to publish wrong ac-
counts.
Mr. SIDNEY wished to turn the attention of the meet
ing to the subject of the purchase of the Great North of
England Railway; he considered that the prospects of
the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company were en-
tirely dependent upon the way in which that bargain
was dealt with. He was no repudiator of bargains when
made, though they might turn out to be bad, and could
not recommend taking advantage of imperfections in the
Act; but if in the difficulties of their position a few
individuals, by standing out, forced the company into
such a course, the fault would lie with those individuals.
As to the funds, he thought the directors ought to have
made a call upon those shares by which the purchase-
money was to be raised. He regretted that the course
had been adopted of sending delegates to York from
various towns, and issuing proxies.—(Hear, hear.)
Everything depended upon the persona selected to
manage the company, and as he now withdrew his own
pretensions ho could say this freely.—(Hear, hear.)
lie should object to Mr. M'Laren, who was a banker in
Scotland, and was but a representative of others. He
should like to ask whether Mr. Leachman, who had
also been named, was the representative of another
bank, and what stake he had in the line; and how long
he had been a shareholder.

Mr. MOZLEY, of Liverpool, thought Mr. Wylie, in his
very admirable address, had been rather severe upon
subordinates, whose conduct ought to be looked at with
some allowances, grievously misled as they had been by
those in high positions.—(bear, hear.) He could make
great allowances for Mr. Allport, though ready as any
one to blame what he had done; and seeing that he had
come forward in an open and manly way, he (Mr. Moe-
ley) was not willing so speedily to throw away such an
officer for one fault.—(Hear.) lie had no acquaintance
with Mr. Allport, and never saw him till within the last
24 hours; but had understood that he was a man of high
talent and very fit for his situation.—(Hear.) If he had
committed a fault, it was that of being too obedient to the
orders of those who ought to have known better than to
call upon him to do what he was required to do.—(Hear.)
Besides, it had been by no means a received
point, in regard to railway accounts, that they should
be closed at the end of the month; sometimes they were
taken to the end of the week. But Mr. Allport rightly
slid he had no command over the accounts, and the
shareholders had no right to blame him for the act he
did in his ministerial capacity.—(Hear, hear.) With
regard to the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, it was
plain that the committee did not mean' to intimate that
he had continued in the management of it against their
wish. Let not the meeting turn aside to find fault with
the officials when there was far higher game before them.
—(Hear, hear.) Two questions were before the meeting,
all the rest required time for their development. The
meeting had to say whether they were satisfied that a
board of eight directors was sufficient; and if so, who
should be the members of it ?—(Hear.) Let the meeting
consider whom they would select. He did not know Mr.
Plows, and must be understood as not speaking of his
private character, but must say this—that he had touched
dirt and was defiled. He had done that which disqualified
him for a public situation under present circumstances.
It was to be hoped that they might not be put to the
painful necessity of going to the vote upon this gentle-
man's name, but that some other person might be put
before them in whom they could place their entire confi-
dence.--(Hear, hear.) Some remarks had been made
with reference to sectional interests. Let the share-
holders take no one whom they believed put forward
merely to servo the purpose of particular parts of the
country. What was wanted was a board, whose one
object should be to raise this to a station of respectability
among the railways of Great Britain.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Sidney had brought before the meeting the question
of the Great North of England line. Surely the com-
mittee had set a wise example in going very lightly into
so delicate a subject. As to making a call, suppose the
payments would " come when you did call for them"—
(A laugh)—it ought to be known what foundation there
was before a call was made. They were not prepared to
say, having had no report, whether the whole thing had
not been founded in fraud—(Hear)—and whether it
tnight not be well to go to Parliament and ask for a
committee to examine into that iniquitous affair. Any
board of directors that attempted to make a call or to
sanction the arrangement without a full examination,
unless met in a fair spirit by the Great North of Eng-
land directors, would be guilty of a dereliction of duty,
not only to the York, Newcastle,and Berwick Company,
but to all England.—(Hear, hone.) With regard to Go-
vernment auditorship, he reit it to be a farce, when he
looked round the room and saw so many men of business
capable of managing their own affairs.—(Hear, hear.)
All that was wanted was, that they should do their own
duty efficiently, select proper men, and provide that
they call to their assistance an accountant who should
make out a statement. The committee, however, had
rather undervalued the services of auditors, in assigning
to them a remuneration of 501. a-year.—(Hear.)
Mr. Aws was requested by a number of shareholders
to express their opinion that there ought not to be
five directors connected with the coal districts; there
had been well things as coal combinations: He was re •
quested to propose Mr. T. J. Ward for a director.
Mr. PAGET agreed with the reports of the committee,
but thought there was some want of consideration in
their recommendation that there should be three highly..
paid managing directors. The better mode of managing

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a railway war to give the directors a moderate sum, and
take care that proper servants were appointed.
Mr. LOVE trusted the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Easthope)
would do him the justice hereafter not to attack him
behind his back—(Hear, hear)—and would state that
the representations were untrue—(Hear). He (Mr.
Love) knew he was to be attacked, and expected it; the
gentlemen at Newcastle, who were favourable to Mr.
fludson, had been in secret conclave to prevent his hav-
ing anything more to do with this company, because he
had been fearless in defence of what he believed to be
its interests.—(Hear.) Sir J. Easthope knew that he
(Mr. Love) was absent on the Company's business, and
made an attack upon him as to his desire to be one of the
managing directors. The manager, Mr. Allport, too,
was at the Landon meeting and voted against him (Mr.
Love).—(Rise .)
Mr. ALLPORT rose, and explained that ho did not go
to London on purpose, but was there on private busi-
ness; and, es a shareholder, having a large interest in
the company, he considered he had a fair right to give
his vote on such an occasion.
Mr. PRANGE passed a very high eulogium upon Mr.
Love, and mentioned, that when he (Mr. Prance) was
convinced in February, on seeing the Great North of
England purchase recount, that a gross fraud had been
practised, and when he determined to come down to the
north and expose it, various friends to whom he had
applied to come and stand by him in that undertaking,
when he would be bearding the lion in his den, excused
themselves on one ground or another, and Mr. Love,
whom he had kno an only in the ordinary intercourse of
men engaged in the came pursuit, came forward and said,
" If you teel it your duty to go to York and expose this
thing, you ought not to go alone, and you shall not; I
will go with you."—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) It
was objected to him that he was a member of the
Stock- Exchang,e of London. Why, there was no
commercial community in Croat Britain which could
boast a larger proportion of high-minded and honourable
men.—(alter, hear.) With regard to the meeting in
London, the tendency of Sir J. Eesthope's remarks cer-
tainly was that if there was a connexion between Mr.
Love and him (Mr. Prance), he was objectionable as a
delegate. Sir J. Easthope ought to have apprised Mr.
Love previouyly of his intention to make such a point.
Sir J. EASTHOPE then rose and proposed to go into a
discussion of the charge thus made against him, and was
proceeding to insist that Mr. Love's complaint against
him now was quite different from the grievance he had
ged in his letter; but there were loud calls of
Time," " We shall be here till midnight," and, after
mu la confusion,
Mr. H. MARTINEAU formally rose to order. Instead
of settling who were to be directors, the time of the
meeting was being wasted in a Stock-Exchange
squabble.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN put it to the meeting whether Sir J.
Easthope should proceed upon the subject, and the meet-
ing decide d by a show of hands that he should not.
Mr. M‘LAREN would say a few words] upon the
question of managing directors. The only prospect the
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company had of paying
a reasonable dividend was, he believed, by an entire
change of management. No set of directors, giving a
part of their time from their business, could (as he
conceived) give as much as was necessary.—(Hear.)
Mr. CARBUTT, of Leeds, expressed doubts as to the
mode recommended by the Committee of Investigation.
If there were three managing directors, the whole busi-
ness would ultimately fall into their hands, and the rest
of the directors be ciphers.—(Hear.) He was inclined
to suggest, as the best system of management, to divide
the business into committees, each committee meeting
every week to transact its peculiar business, and the
board meeting once a month or oftener, as might be re-
quired ; thu reports of all the committee4to be made to
the board for general discussion.—(Hear.) If there
were two or three managing directors with 700/. a-year,
there would be continual intrigue to get into that posi-
tion gentlemen whose interest it might serve.—(Hear.)
Mr. Tuomrsoef moved that the principle of appointing
managing directors should be approved. He moved that
the meeting select one managing director to be recom-
mended to:thelsharehoiders at their meeting in February;
leaving it to be decided whether the number of manag-
ing directors should be three, or one.
PHILLIPS thought the question should be re-
sertlerc .

Mr. CONSTABLE, of Otley, moved that the report be
adopted with the exception of the paragraph recom-
mending the appointment of managing directors.
Mr. PURNELL, of Scarborough, seconded the amend-
ment.
On a show of hands the amendment was carried.
Mr. SIDNEY moved that eight directors be appointed,
and that no distinction be made till February.
Mr. PHILLIPS, from Sheffield, moved that the question
of any appointment of managing director be lett to be
decided by the meeting of February.
O❑ a show of hands the amendment of Mr. Phillips
was carried.

It was agreed on the motion of Mr. MOZLEY, to pro.
ceed to tho election of directors.

Mr. THOMPSON, chairma❑ of the meeting, of delegates,
read the list they approved of, viz. :—Mr. Leeman
(York), Mr. Leachman, Mr. M'Laren, Mr. Kipling, Mr.
Ple ws, Mr. Hodgson, and Mr. Hunter, the two latter
trom Newcastle ; and to avoid preponderance of local in-
terest he proposed to substitute fur the name of Mr.
Hunter that of Mr. Love, who had the next largest num-
ber of votes.

Mr. WYLIE moved the omission of Mr. Plews' name
in order ti insert that of Mr. Love.
But it was ultimately agreed to put the names seri-
atim. The names of Mr. Leeman, Mr. Leachman, Mr.
Kipling, and Mr. M'Laren, were adopted unanimousi
There was a largo show of hands in favour of Mr. Plow(
—a number of hands were also held un against him.
Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Wharton, and Mr. Love, were also
appointed.

- Mr. MOZLEY proposed to substitute the name of Mr,
Maude for that of Mr. Plows.

Mr. Maude's name was put to the meeting, when the
show of hands was declared to be in the negative.
Mr. MOZLEY still proposed to go to a poll; when
Mr. THOMPSON assured him that the directors held
proxies more than sufficient to confirm the nominations
made by the majority of the meeting.
Mr. Maude and Mr. Wylie were then elected directors.
On the motion of Mr. THOBIPSON, it was resolved
that a piece of plate, value 100 guineas, should be pre-
sented to Mr. Prance and each of the members of the
Committee of Investigation, as au acknowledgment of
their valuable services.

The thanks of the shareholders were unanimously
voted to Mr. Leeman.

Mr. WYLIE intimated that the motion which he had
intended to propose was to the effect, that the board of
uirectors should be instructed to lay the report of the
committee, with the evidence, before counsel, with the
view of instituting legal proceedings against Mr. Hud-
son and such officers of the company as had acted
fraudulently in the management of iti affairs.
Mr. RAmsEv asked the Chairman to read the list of
those persons who had received dividends, but had not
paid their calls.
After some discussion Mr. Close read the names of
Henry Newton, James Henry and V illiam Richardson,
G. T. Andrews, R. Davies, P. Wilkinson, Gutch, J.
Richardson,,R. Nicholson, G. Hudson, Joseph Lawrance,
J. Close, W. Richardson, Wilkinson, and R. Nicholson.V
After explanations by Mr. W. RICHARDSON and Mr.
W. NEWTON,
Mr. APLAREN stated that the names of Messrs. New-
ton, Richardson, Andrews, and Gutch ought not to have
been in the list, their case being entirely different to that
of the others. _ .

Mr. LEEmAis: explained that those gentleman had
large claims on the company.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
proceedings terminated at a quarter-past six o'clock.

THE SMITHFIELD NUISANCE..—This plague spot
of the metropolis will not, we feel assured, long disgrace
the first city of the world, for 'woof of its filth and its
inefficiency are daily being made public. On Monday
there were many unpleasant scenes with the poor cattle,
over-driven, running into the shops of the tradesmen, to
their injury and to the danger of foot passengers. Se-
veral of the largest salesmen are converted, and can see
full well that they would have increased accommodation
and push a better trade at Islington. One of them states
that he is certain some of the cattle would fetch two
pounds a head more at Islington than Smithfield. Again
there were at market on Monday no less than 5,220 head
of cattle, which is almost more than double the number
the market can accommodate, and of sheep there.were no
less than 29,000 head. Can Mr. Deputy Hicks (" De.
fender of the Filth ") raise his feeble utterance for the
prolongation of such a state of things? Humanity,
common sense, common honesty has condemned it; for
even on the " pocket " side of the question, the Corpo-
ration of London could save 3,0001. a year by its re-
moval. The cholera has left us, but if we leave plague-
breeders such as this market dormant, there is no know-
ing what the summer of 1850 will see amongst us.
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28 will be kept on sale all next week.
His Excellency M. Drouyn de L'Huys, the French
Ambassador, with his I.tdy, and the Secretary of Lega-
tion, visited the London I)N2ks on Monday, and inspected
every part of that ,:stabli,:hment. His Excellency made
the most minute inquiries into the whole of the system
of business carried on there.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
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Fleet, aL ,ei has been returned that ilta4callant and
distinguished Baronet is gritioltio.lltakerkintkaes
Captain W. A. B. Hannltincthe aecotacl44fetary, has
left the Admiralty, for Brighton, for a sbOrt period.
ANNIVERSARY OF TRAFALGAR.—We accidentally
omitted the names of the following officers in giving a
list of the members of the Royal Naval Club present at
the last commemoration of the battle of Trafalgar—viz.,
Captain J. F. Appleby, Commanders Charles Gaytoa
and Jonn J. Robinson. This club will for the future
hold its meetings at the Thatched House Tavern.
MANNING THE NAV F.—Seamen are now comin g in
pretty
,fast for the ships fitting at the ports. The
Leander, 50, Captain
,Dacres, at Portsmouth, entered
above 30 blue-jackets on the 24th, and is now only
about 50 short. The Ganges, 84, at Devonport, entered
24 men one day this week.
The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, will be ready for
the pendant at Portsmouth on the Bth. Grant's appa-
ratus has been completed.
The Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Carmichael,
has drawn charts at Devonport for the Mediterranean,
and is now compete in Barnpool. She is ordered to be
kept ready to start at a moment's notice.
The Stromboli, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lord A.
Beauelerk, arrived at Devonport from Portsmouth, on
the evening of the 221, and left on the following day for
Queenstown for newly-raised men for the Ganges, 84,
fitting at Devonport.
Adviccs from the Cape of Good Hope to the 14th of
August leave the Southampton, 50, Captain Cory, with
the flag of Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., in Sinaon's
Bay, waiting the arrival of the Castor, 36, to be relieved
by Commodore Wyvill. The Geyser, 6, steam-sloop,
Commander Brown, was also there, and the Dee, 4,
steam-transport, Master Commander Filmer, was at
Algoa Bay.
The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, arrived
at Pernambuco, Sept. 7, 35 days from Plymouth, and
left on the 9th for the Cape.
THE MEDITERRANEAN.
We have news from Malta to the 17th of October.
Nearly all the ships comprising the force of the station
being with Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8.,
there are few items of interest in naval matters.
The fleet sailed irons Corfu for Athens on the 10th, the
Gallant Admiral intending to cruise in the Archipelago.
The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., as we
stated on Wednesday, has been ordered from Leghorn
to Athens, to join Sir W. Parker's fleet.
The Thetis, 36, Captain Codricgton, C. 8., has been
ordered to Gibraltar and Lisbon, to try her rate of sail-
ing with the Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fitz-
roy. She arrived at Malta, from Corfu, on the 18th,
but here countermand orders awaited her from the Ad-
miralty to return and rejoin the Admiral.
Captain Adolphus Slade arrived at Malta, from Mar-
seilles, in the Oberon, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Gardiner, on the 15th; and the vessel having
coaled prcceaded at once to Athens to communicate with
Sir W. Parker.

The Bulldog, 6, steam-sloop, Commander A. C. Key,
to leave Naples and join the fleet. The Locust, steam.
vessel, and the Antelope's officers and crew, were to leave
Malta on Friday last with her orders.

NEW MARINE NIGHT SIGNALS.
A public meeting was held on Monday last in the
Tow❑ Hall of Peterhead, of the principal inhabitants,
bankers, shipowners, and seamen, to hear a lecture
delivereel by Mr. Itettin, C.E., from Loud in, inventor of
the railway and marine night signals, and on the New
tidal harbour lights, who gave one of the most lucid
and interesting accounts of the progress made and the
importance of having one uniform system of marine night
signals, and for a more definite tidal night light, to
show seamen the true depth of water during the dark-
ness of the night.
A. Anderson, Esq., shipowner, was called to the chair,
and after a most interesting lecture from Mr. Rettin,
it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of the
Chairman, seconded by G. Made, Esq., of the London
Shipping Company, " That this meeting urge upon the
Harbour Trustees the importance of their immediately
adopting the new improved tidal system; and also to
urge the general adoption of the new signals of distress,
which would enable crews to escape and ofttimes get
assistance in case of shipwreck or other casualties at sea."
As to one general and uniform system of tidal
lights for all harbours, there was but one opinion; and
they did not imagine that any would say a single word
against it, and that the trustees of the Peterhead
Harbour be respectfully requested to adopt these im-
provements now at the commencement of the winter.
It was observed this morning a vessel had en-
tered the harbour at half tido and had sustained
damage, beating on the ground, just for want of this
very use.ul invention of Mr. Itettin's.

SE WAGE MANURE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Understanding that a report of a successful
experiment in separating sewage manure from the water
with which it is associated in the London sewers ap-
peared an evening or two since in your journal, I beg to
give you a much better evidence than any experiment on
the small scale can afford of the efficiency of the prin-
ciple, in the fact that the magistrates of the county of
Glamorgan haling adopted it for collecting the drainage
of the county gaol, works have been erected, which
will be in active operation within a week from this time;
in fact, the first charge of sewage will pass through the
tanks to-morrow. Also, that a work of some consider-
able magnitude, and calculated not only to show the
practicability, but the payability of the method, is now
in course of con,truction, from the plans, and under the
able direction of W. B. Maffatt, Esq., at the Vulcan-
wharf, Puddle-dock, Black friars, sanctioned by the City
Commissioners of Sewers and the Committee of Health.
The gentleman whose experiments you report upoa
seems to parade them as if they were the exposition of
a principle which he had just discovered, instead of being
a very close imitation of a method patented by me more
than three years since.
For a full developement of my method, and the prin-
ciples on which it is founded, I beg to refer you, as I
have already referred the Hon. Court of Metropolitan
Sewers, to the report of the Select Committee of the
House of Commons on Metropolitan Sewage, and to the
evidence taken before the surveying officers, preliminary
to the passing the Act for Incorporating the London
Sewage Chemical Manure Company.
I have no doubt that you will see the justice of
inserting this letter of, Sir, your obedient servant,

WILLIAM HIGGS.
79, St. Mary's-street, Cardiff, Oct. 25, 1849.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—An article appeared in The Sun of Saturday,
Oct. 13, on a case brought before the Doncaster
magistrates—"Philips v. King." Thinking that, ac-
cording to your suggestion, the matter would come
before the Quarter Sessions, we have been silent,
desiring that it might be fully investigated;
but the grand jury having rejected it, we feel it
our duty to offer a few remarks thereupon, relying on
your sense of justice for their insertion. We will
endeavour to be brief.

In your article it is presumed that the question
of registration was raised by Mr. John King and his
friends. It was not so ; it originated entirely
with the magistrates, much to the annoyance
of the defendants, who were anxious that the case
should go on. Mr. John King is not the minister, but
a trustee of the place, and claiming nothing more
than that.

No disturbance whatever was occasioned by Mr.
King, his venerable mother, or Mark Glossop, as
alleg€d by Mr. Marratt ; it originated, was carried
on, and terminated with the plaintiffs. The vestry
was not entered by any of them ; all that was done
was of a protective kind, to prevent injury being done
by the missiles thrown upon their premises ; but in
doing which poor Mark obtained two black eyes from
one of the brethren.

This is the truth, and we are prepared to prove it.
We beg your attention to the following :
This chapel was built for the Congregationalists—
Independents ; the deeds specify the doctrines and
order, but those who have lately frequented it have
instituted a particular Baptist form of worship, in
defiance of the trust deed, and contrary to the formal
interdiction of the whole of the trustees. Surely that
will steak for itself without a word of comment.

As trustees we are responsible, and have a duty to
perform, however painful it may be to act in oppo-
sition to a professedly religious people; but we hope
that whilst doing it we shall not be misrepresented ;
and, from long experience, we know you would not
wilfully misrepresent the most humble.
Yours respectfully (for the trustees),
EDWARD SIDDALL, Sheffield.
Oct. 20, 1849.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLIVICII, OCT. 26.7—Capt.
Aylmer's company, 11th battalion, assembled in heavy
p a sttan a
ro'clocka,for
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fore-
noon marchingo n t
the
guardder_a t
mountinghalf-past 1 -
parade,
of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8.,
Commandant of the garrison, who was accom-
panied by Brigade-Major Bingham and the commanding
officer and adjutant of the 11th battalion. The Lieut.-
General was much pleased with the appearance of the
company; and tho officers, non-commissioned officers,
and men proceeded this morning at six o'clock by rail-
way for Devonport, to relieve Captain Wodehouse's
company, 10th battalion, and the latter are expected to
join at head-quarters to-morrow evening.
FALL OF A RAILWAY VlADUCT.—Yesterday after-
noon an accident of a most serious character, as far as
property is concerned, occurred on a portion of the Pres-
ton Extension Railway. About half-past one o'clock,
thirteen arches of the Ribble-valley viaduct, which was
in the course of construction, fell in with a tremendous
crash. Owing to the extreme wetness of the weather,
the bricklayers were not at work at the time, and fortu-
nately the accident has not been attended, so far as is
let known, with loss of life or injury to any person. It
is conjectured that the accident arose in consequence of
the foundation arches being weakened by the quantity
of water which had collected on the spot.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, OCT. 24.-_4Ve
had the quickest demand for hops on Saturday of any
day during the season; so much so that a clearance of
the market was eff,cted before noon, at an advance upon
all descriptions, of 53. per cwt. The supply from the
growers was very trifling, not amounting to more than
100 pockets, the qucntity in offer being made up from
those left unsold the previous week. New Worcesters,
115 s. to 1405.; choice 1503.; 1848's, 80c. to 955.; choice,
1002.; 184(i's, 50s. to 635.; choice,• 68s. The following
was the number of pockets of hops weighed during the
week:—New, 667; old, 15. Saturday;---Now 656; old
M.... Worn Journal