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THE SUN,
__LONDON, SAT ORDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22. 1849

tions of some of the directors, who did not believe it
would produce much until the line was opened
throughout to Norwich —(Hear.) With regard to
the traffic on the Sudbury Extension, he believed it
amounted to about 101. per week per mile.
Mr. FIELD was not convinced of the necessity of
raising the new capital at the present moment ; but
as the directors placed themselves under great per-
sonal liabilities he would not object to the creation of
capital.
In answer to questions,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the company had the
power of re-issuing the 3,000 Ipswich and Bury for-
feited shares with a preference interest not exceed-
ing ten per cent., but the directors had not yet called
any meeting to consider the subject, nor did they pro-
pose to do so.
The motion for the adoption of the report having
been carried with one dissentient,
The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution for raising
the new capital of 125,0001. The directors only pro-
posed to raise one half of the amount they were
authorised to raise by the Act of Parliament, know-
ing the disadvantages under which they laboured in
raising capital till the line to Norwich was completed,
and that amount being sufficient to enable them to
meet their present engagements, and open the line
to Norwich.
Mr. MUSKETT was satisfied that the traffic on the
line to Diss would never he developed until it was
completed through to Norwich, and he was therefore
not going to oppose the raising of the money.
The CHAIRMAN said that the line would be opened
to Norwich for the sum proposed to be raised, assisted
by other resources of the company not yet realised—
viz., 21 101. yet to be called on the shares, arrears of
call, and surplus property.
The motion having been carried,
The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution for creating
the new shares on the terms stated in the notice
calling the meeting—viz , 7 per cent. for three years,
6 per cent. for three years, and 5 per cent. from 1855
in perpetuity.
Mr. FIELD opposed the resolution, feeling assured
that the stock would not be taken up, especially as
their 6 per cent. guaranteed stock was at a discount
of 7 or 8 per cent., though that stock being guaran-
teed in perpetuity was certainly more valuable than
that now proposed to be created. He should be glad
to hear that arrangements had been entered into with
the creditors of the company to receive guaranteed
stock in discharge of their claims; and if so, he
thought they might be induced to take 5 per cent.
stock.
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did he think it likely that any such arrangement could
at present be carried out.
Mr. FIELD believed that the stock proposed to be
created would never be taken up, and urged the ne-
cessity of getting in the arrears of calla as early as
possible. In order to induce the payment up of the
calls in arrear, and to raise the necessary funds for
carrying out the works of the company, he begged to
propose, as an amendment on the motion of the chair-
man—
That the stock be raised in 5/ shares, at a guaranteed
dividend not exceeding 10 per cent.: the company
having the power to reeem the shares at par, at any
time after the ist of December, 1352, on six months'
notice being given."
Mr. BROOKE seconded the amendment.
After some discussion the amendment was adopted,
and a series of resolutions passed to carry it out.
Mr. JOHNSTON moved—
" That at the next meeting a return of the number of
Sunday trains run on the line in the months of May,
.Tune, and July, 1849, the number of passengers of each
class carried, and the number of the parties employed
on the line on Sundays be laid before the proprietors."
The CHAIRMAN said, that the directors had already
limited the Sunday trains so that none ran between
the hours of 10 A.M. and 6 P M.
Mr. MUSKETT seconded the motion, though he
hoped that no steps would be taken to limit the ac-
cotnmodation to the working classes on the only day
in the week which they had to themselves.
The motion having been carried,
Mr. FIELD said, that the opening of the line to
Norwich would necessitate arrangements being en-
tered into with the Eastern Counties Company, and
he hoped in doing so the directors would endeavour to
have some arrangements come to for the use of the
Fenchurch-street station. -lie would be also glad to
know what had been the result of carrying parties on
the line on market-days at one fare.
The CHAIRMAN said that during the last session,
when the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Amalgamation
Bill was before Parliament, the Eastern Union Com-
pany took no part in opposition to it ; but he did sug-
gest that a clause should be introduced into the Bill

rot. getting som• arrangement made by which the
whole of the eastern lines might avail themselves of
the Fenehurch-street terminus.

Mr. BRUFri in reply to the other question of Mr.
Field, be4ged to sta'e that there had been a great in-
erease in the local traffic, both in the number of pas-
sengers and the amount of money ; the local traffic,
in fact, being more than five-eighths of the whole.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con-
cluded the proceedings, which lasted upwards of three
hours.

IRISH GREAT SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN RAILWAY.
DUBLIN, SErr. 20 —Yesterday the half yearly
meeting' of this company was held in the Board•room,
at the King's-bridge Terminus. Mr. Edward M.Don•
nell, cnairm in of the company, presided.
The SECRETARY read the report for the half-year
ending the 30th of June, in which the directors, after
expressing their regret at the death of their late re-
,pected chairman, Mr. Carr, announced that the works
were so far advanced that the line would be opened
to Blackpool, in the suburb: of the city of Cork, early
in October, and that they had given the necessary
notice thereof to the Railway Cornmis,ioners for their
inspection. The report then proceeds :—" The de-
pressed state of the country has rendered it inexpe-
dient to proceed with the other branches. From
these statements it will appear that the actual cost of
constructing the main line, exclusive of 146,0001. in-
terest paid to proprietors and debenture-holders, will
be 15,4001. per mile, and including the purchase of the
rolling stock, interest, and every expense which can
he fairly put to the debit of capital, will he about
17,8001. per mile. This sum, although exceeding
former estimates, cannot be deemed extravagant. This
excess has been chiefly caused by the high price
exacted for land, and by the advance in price which
took place in 1845 and 1846 in every material re•
quired for the construction of the railway. It must be
satisfactory to know that for this sum all the works,
including stations and warehouses, have been con-
structed is the most substantial manner, and a suffi-
cient stock provided for working the entire line to
Cork. Several branch lines were subscribed to under
the authority of Parliament, and by votes of the pro-
prietors in the years 1845 and 1846, in the belief that
they would prove valuable feeders to the main trunk ;
but, in consequence of the calamitous state of the
country, it was not found expedient to proceed with
any except the Irish South-Eastern Railway, from
Carlow to Kilkenny; and the proprietary of that
company has been so diminished by insolvency and
forfeiture of shares, that the directors found it neces-
sary to obtain an Act of Parliament to reconstruct the
company, and limit the works within the powers of
the remaining solvent proprietary. As ten miles of
the railway have been already opened, and only 11
miles more are required to complete the comrnunica-
i non with Kilkenny and with Thomastown, near
Waterford, your directors deem it prudent not to
oppose that mea,ure, and they now call upon you for
a vote for 40,0001. to enable them to perfect this
company's subscription to that undertaking. The
effect of this new Act will be to abandon the con-
struction of :the line from Carlow to Wexford,
and to reduce your subscription to the Irish
South-Eastern Railway Company to 90,000/. from
150,0001., the amount contemplated by the former
Acts. In consequence of the number of shares for-
feited in that company, it is estimated, from the
contracts already taken, that the cost of constructing
a single line from Carlow to Kilkenny (21 miles)
will not exceed 8,0001. a mile to the present proprie-
tors, and that the line when completed will, in ad-
dition to its own earnings, bring a considerable in-
crease of traffic over the main line. The directors had
hoped that their subscriptions to the branch lines
could have been defrayed, and the extension to the
River Lee completed, with the capital of 3 333,000/.,
which they were authorised to raise for the construc-
tion of the works to Cork, but this has been found
impracticable, for the reasons already mentioned; and
they are obliged to apply to the proprietors for a
creation of further capital of 300,0001., authorised by
the several Acts of Parliament, to cover all the com-
pany's engagements and liabilities. Tney do not,
however, contemplate calling up the chief portion of
this increased capital for a considerable time, but
they deem it essential to the safety and credit of the
company to make provision for every contingency.
The annexed statement will above the traffic receipts
and working expenses for the past half-yar, subject to
the result of the settlement with the Post-office, for
the conveyance of mails, now in the course of arbitra-
tion. The receipts have not increased in proportion
to the last 38 miles opened. Such increase could not
have been expected during the depressed state of the
country, from an extension which touches on no im-
portant town, over which no goods or cattle have yet
rbeecetniocarried
atto wt
raarffid sc)?Cork
d( wohveicrh
wish
itchhe noantluyratlh
rdeie-
through passenger trains run daily. The directors
have also observed that the third-class carriages, at the
low rate of three farthings per mile,intended for the
accommodation of the poorer classes, continue to b
terxatveenlslievresl.y used bhyast,hien
tmheidirdleopiannitoln,u,pm be
drd ec i t n lassesec e -
sary to have a more marked distinction f
mad ebetween
the first and second class quick trains, and the third
class or Parliamentary train."
After stating that the working explisis of the line

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS
Thomas Smith, 70, and Harriet Smith, 27, were
found guilty yesterday of feloniously sending a letter
to Sir Walter ItocklitTFariuhar and others, demand-
ing money of them, with menaces, and without any
reasonable and probable cause.
Mr. Ballantine was for the prosecution, and Mr.
Bodkin and Mr. Iluddlestone were for the prisoner.
A point of law being reserved, judgment was re-
spited.

- James Beale, aged 29, pleaded Guilty to an indict.
rnent fur misdetneanour, in having unlawfully at-
tempted to obtain 1001. from the corporation of Lon-
don by false pretences.
Mr. Clarkson was for the prosecution.
The offence imputed to the prisoner was that he
had endeavoured to obtain the sum in question by
way of loan from the trustees of one of the City
charities, known as Wilson's Charity, by falsely re-
presenting himself to be within the conditions upon
which the money could legally have been advanced.
He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in
Giltspur-street Compter.
THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
THE ALLEGED "ANIMALS' FRIEND SOCIETY.”--.
John Parry Henning, 55, Henry Roberts, and
n pretences.
appeared
I‘i
r. t
money
Ibyobtssoe
Thomas Croton, were indicted for having obtained
for the prosecution, at the
instance of the Mendicity Society; Mr.
Parry ap-
peared for Croton. The others were not defended.
Mr. ROBINSON, in opening the case, said that the
false pretence which would be proved against the
Prisoner Henning was, that he represented himself as
an authorised collector, and the secretary to a society,
called the "Animals' Friend Society," and had re-
ceived sums of money from different parties upon
those representations, whilst, in fact, there was no
such soci-ty in existence, except such as was consti-
tuted by Henning himself in his own person. There
was a society, called "The Society for the Preven
Lion of Cruelty to Animals," which bad begun in
1847 or 1848, and of which a person named Gom-
pees was the manager and secretary. The only
manner in which Henning had anything to do with
the latter society was, that he had been
an assistant to Gibbons, a collector in the employ
of Gompertz. Henning, however, set up an "Ani-
mals' Friend Society" on his own account, and though,
in the prospectus of the society; there were the names
of Viscount Templemore Lord Templeton, Sir
Charles Forbes, Admiral Vernon, Hon. Miss Vernon,
Lady Ann Beckett, Sir Edward Page Turner, Sir
Augustus de Clifferd, Admiral Munday, and other
titled personages appeared as patrons and patronesses
of the society, it would be shown that these names
were used without the knowledge of the distin-
gushed persons indicated, and that, in fact, Henning
was himself the society, the committee, patrons, direc-
tors, manager, secretary, treasurer, agents, collector,
inspector, and constables. There was a document
purporting to be a report of the committee of the
society, and as this report contained the names he had
mentioned, the prisoner, by circulating it amongst
the aristocracy, succeeded in obtaining many subscrip-
tions ; for many of the nobility, seeing the names of
noblemen with whom they were acquainted, and
persons of rank and station, associated with the
society, would be disposed to aid it by con-
tributions. The report stated that the committee
had sincere pleasure and gratification in being
enabled to state that "through the example thus set
by England, their Majesties the King of Prussia,
the King of the Belgians, the late King of Bavaria,
and Pope Pius IX., have passed laws for the protec-
tion of the inferior animals throughout their dominions.
In the kingdom of Bavaria alone there are seventy-six
societies established for the suppression of cruelty."
The whole, from beginning to end, was a tissue of
flagrant falsehoods, and was no doubt got up en-
tirely by Henning. If any body gave a subscription
to Henning. that subscriber was immediately made
either a patron or comniitteetnan ; and thus it was
that such names as the Hon. Richard Denman, the
Hon. Frederick Chichester, Viscount Templemore
and others appeared in the prospectus. Even the
landlord of the house in which Henning had a bed-
room was made a committeeman without his know-
ledge. It would be shown that Hing h realised
from 121. k.) 14.?, a week by thisom system ad
of -frau],

had been very moderate, the report thus concludes : When taken into custody, a paper was found at his
—" The directors, ever unwilling to hold out delu- I lodgings which purported to he a report of a commit-
give expectations respecting this undertaking, have tee appointed by the society to audit the accounts,•
deemed it their duty from time to time, in the midst and it stated that the committee held a meeting on
of general despondency, to express their confidence the 14th of December, for the purpose of consider-
in its final success. They still entertain that opinion, ing the financial position of the society, at the Duke
strengthened by the experience of its partial openings, of Clarence public -house, Landon road, Southwark,
the moderate cost (no longer an estimate) of the line but no meeting of the kind ever took place. The
and its appointments, and the low rate, compare. case against the prisoner Croton was that his name
tively, at which the traffic can be worked. The net appeared in the report as the collector, arid as regarded
earnings of the past year are shown to be 104,161/., Roberts, evidence would be given that he had on
derived from a portion only of the railway, and many occasions received money from subscribers.
during a period of unprecedented distress—a sum The question, therefore, in respect of those pthoners
nearly adequate to cover the interest at 5 per cent. would be, were they part of this system of swindling,
paid on the borrowed capital, and 4 per cent, to the or were they the dupes of the prime-mover of the
proprietors during the same period, together amount- whole concern—Henning. He (Mr. nson did
ing to 106,365/. When, therefore, the line shall be not intend to press the
charge strongly against Ro-
,
completed from terminus to terminus, and the traffic berts and Croton, but he should prove the facts, and
snore developed by the reviving prosperity of the leave them in the hands of the jury, and he was per-
country, the directors confidently anticipate a very suaded that they would receive no injustice from them.
large increase to that revenue." After several witnesses had been examined in su
On the balance sheet it appears that the receipts of port of this statement, p-
the company from the commencement, including Lewis Gompertz. was called. He said he was secre-
deposits, calls, loans, traffic revenue, Post-office !ker. tary to " The Society fur the Prevention of Cruelty
vice, and liabilities of the company, were 3,607,932/. ; to Animals." That society was still in existence. It
and the general disbursements under their respective had never been defunct. The prisoner Henning had
heads, exclusive of stores on hand, 16,4051.; balance no connexion whatever with it. He had, hr
in banker's hands, 8,418/ ; balance in hand on ac- been an assistant to a person named Gibbons,oweve who,
count of current expenses, 2,94 F/.; and sundry was in the employ of the society of which he (wit-
amounts due to the company, 55,3431.—amounted to ness) was secretary, but he had no authority what-
-3 524,818/. The revenue arising from traffic for the ever to receive subscriptions on his own account.
halt-year amounted to 89,0521 ; and the expenditure Cross-examined--Never asked Henning to get
for the same period was 36 675/., leaving a net ba- persons to serve as committeemen for the society.
lance under this head of 52:3771. Henning—Why, have you not been the society
Sir J. MACNEILL, engineer in-chief, read his re- itself tor more than two years ?—(A laugh.)
port, in which he gave a very satisfactory account of -Gompertz—No.
the state of the works. Henning—Upon your oath, when was the last
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the meeting of your committee held ?
reports, said that in consequence of the death of their Gmnpertz—On the 19th of July, 1849.
late excellent chairman, the duty devolved upon him Mr. BULLOCK said he could not allow these ques-
of filling his place, however inefficiently, at that board. tions to be put. They were entirely foreign to the
But he was happy in having the co-operation of Mr. case.
Boothby, now the deputy chairman, Ante English geo. H,,noing—l wish to show you, my Lord, that he
tleman who had taken great interest
of the company, and who had taken great pains to in- The COMAILSSIONER---We have nothing to do with
troduce the undertaking to the attention of English that, and I cannot allow the questions to be put.
capitalists. He congratulated the shareholders on Mr. ROBINSON said, at the conclusion of the case
the speedy termination of the stupendous work they for the prosecution, that he was not in a posi
had engaged in only four years ago. In December, press the case as against Croton and Robtion to
erts, who
1844, the first sod of the railway was raised, and in were accordingly acquitted.
December, 1849 there would be completed and in Henning was then called upon for his defence, and
full and perfect operation 188 miles of railway be- be proceeded to read a statement, occupying about a
tween Dublin and Cork, thus connecting the two quire of foolscap, to the jury. He complained tart oaf
principal cities in the kingdom within a few hours' was the victim of a malignant feeling on the part of
travelling.—(Cheera.) He referred to the cost of the Mendicity Society, who had taken up this prose-
construction, which was perhaps something higher cution ..at the instigation of a rival Animals'
than the original estimate, and attributed the increase Friend • Society which• had been established
of expenditure in that regard to the enormous cost of in the City a few months ago. He
land, and stated that the very landed proprietors contended that the society was a bona fide
whose properties were most served by the company one ; and, to show that he had not acted imp
roperly
were amongst those who had made the most tzar- iu making " patrons "of tho.‘e who had subscribed
bitant demands.—(Hear, hear.) In more than one to the society, he argued that the correct definition
case in the Queen's County they were made to pay of the term "
double and triple the amount of the value of land
grahs, " patron was, according to lexico-
benefactor " and, as a subscriber to the
through which the railway ran, and he was of opinion societyer was a benefactor,; he thought it did not matter
that unless the Government by some enactment whether he were described as patron, benefactor, or
would takesteps to protect railway property in that re- subscriber. Had time been allowed him, his society
spect, the system of exorbitant charges for land would would have been established on a sure and solid basis;
cripple, if not totally destroy railway speculation in but, as it was, it had effected much public good, and,
Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The management of the solemn) y, he said, before God and a jury of his
railway had been singularly felicitous, and the best country, he would declare that the good of the
during the half-year there was proof he could adduce in that respnot only nohich the only objects he had in view, and that his heart
enterta
the persons of passengers or property of the motivesined nothing even akin to sinister or selfish
.
company in engines and carriages had been endan- Mr. BULLOCK having summed up,
gered from one end to the other of the line.—(Cheers.) The jury found Henning Guilty and Acquitted
Before he concluded he would take the liberty of Croton and Roberts.
offering his advice to the shareholders, and particularly Henning was then sentenced to twelve months'
to his English friends, not to sacrifice their shares. imprisonment.
Englishmen had tried their capital in every country It was stated to the counsel for the prosecution,
in the world before they made a trial of Ireland, and although proof could not be adduced, that Henning
now having come amongst us to invest their capital had succeeded in obtaining above 1,000/. by this
with a liberal hand, he hoped none of them would be fraud.
induced to dispose of the shares they held without In the course of the day, the two men, Myers and
giving the Irish undertaking a fair trial.—(Hear.) Murphy, who were convicted yesterday, were brought
The motion for the adoption of the reports having up to receive sentence.
been unanimously carried, the meeting was then Murphy was ordered to be transported for seven
made special for the purpose of authorizing the direc- years, and Myers to eighteen months imprisonment
tors to lease the Irish South Eastern Railway, a line and hard labour.
projected from Carlow to Kilkenny, a distance of 21
mites, half of which is open for traffic, and to empower
the directors to raise a capital of 312,0001. on 50,000
new char.-s of 61. ss. each. It was proposed that a
deposit of 1/. ss. per share should be paid in January
next, and she remainder would be called in by instal-
ments, over a period of three years, but that the only call
in 1850 would be the deposit of 255. in January. It was
further provided that the deposits and calls on those
new shares should bear interest at 6 per cent. to the
holders, and that when fully paid up, the holder of
eight shares should have all the privileges of proprie-
torship, in common with the holder of an original
shale. The necessity for raising this new capital
"trot- e from the relations in which the Great Southern
and Western Company was involved with the South-
Eastern, inasmuch as they had subscribed for 90.0001.
to the capital of the latter, which at its foundation
had 50,000 shares, and that number was now reduced
to 18,000. The directors advised that that company
should be reconstructed, and with that view they called
upon the shareholders to authorise them to lease the
South Eastern Railway for four years, at 4 per cent.,
in order to make the capital invested in that company
available to profits. A resolution to that effect
having been moved, seconded, and unanimously
adopted, and thanks voted to the Chairman, the
meeting dissolved.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STE I:ET.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE BURIAL. GROUND
AN TOTTENHAM COURT-ROAD.—YeSterday a gentle.
man, whose name did not transpire, waited upon LVIr.
Henry, the sitting magistrate, to ascertain if he had
an authority to issue an order to compel the
managers of the burial-ground adjoining Whitfield
Chapel, in Tottenham court-road, to have a family
vault opened for the interment of an elderly man, who
had died within the last few days, and which, upon
application being made to them in the usual way,
they refused to accede to, giving as a reason that
proceedings had already been commenced against
them by the Board of Health for an alleged violation
of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention
Act, which had lately been brought into operation
forthe discontinuance of interments at several burial-
grounds in different parts of the metropolis.
Mr. Heriar said it was entirely out of his power to
interfere, particularly as there was at present a
summons pending between the Board of Health and
the managers of the ground in question ; and he was
given to understand that the Learned Counsel, Mr.
Clarkson, who was retained for the defendants, had
already given an undertaking to the Board that no
more interments would be allowed on their part
until the case was disposed of at this court.
The applicant said he attended on behalf of, the
widow of the deceased, and he was induced to concur
in the opinions expre.sed by her other friends, that
the refusal of interment was, a hardship of no ordi-
nary character, inasmuch as the family had, some
years back, purchased a portion of the ground, in
which was constructed a vault capable of containing
five bodies, and up to the present time there had been
only two persons buried in it ; besides, being eleven
or twelve feet in depth, it was, on that account, not
likely to cause such a nuisance as had been, perhaps,
justly complained of in other places.
Mr. HENRY considered that so far the managers
might, at a future day, be answerable to the owners
~f the vault, but the question to be determined upon
-he summons that had been granted was, had the
Board of Health, under the provisions of the Act
under which they intend to proceed power to prohibit
interments taking place for the future in that ground,
and until such a point is decided aiter hearing the
arguments of counsel, the managers were certainly
bound by the undertaking given by their counsel to
keep the ground closed; at the same time, as great in-
convenience may be caused by the postponement of a
funeral until such decision is known, he would re-
commend that the body should be interred in some of
the cemeteries out of town.
The applicant, in reply, said that, as a general
question, there could be no doubt as to the propriety
of such a course, but he respectfully submitted that
there was great difficulty indisposing of vested rights
in such a summary manner as the Board had con-
templated.
Mr. Banat said it might be a matter of future
consideration how far tbe• managers were bound to
make compensation for the loss of the vault which had
bsen purchased by the family of the deceased ; but,
after the undertaking that had been given on the part
of the defendants, it was impossible that any inter-
ment could be suffered by them for the present to
take place.—The applicant then withdrew.
L. 4 318 E TH.
DISTRESSING CASE or MURDER.—YeSterdliy, after
the night charges had been disposed of, Henry Wat-
son, aged 35, who had been for some years a waiter
at the United Service Club, was placed at the bar
Wore Mr. Elliott on the fallowing-charge, as it
appeared in the police-sheet—viz., " With the wilful
murder of Louisa Charlotte Watson, aged sixteen
months, his own daughter, by drowning her in a
water butt, at No. 21, Wood street, Lambeth-walk,
in the parish of Lambeth."
The first witness called was Jane Watson, an in-
telligent little girl, who deposed as follows—l shall be
eleven years of
age next October, and live with the
prisoner, who is my father, at No. 21, Wood-street
Lambeth-walk. Last evening, at about half-past six
o'clock, I put
my youngest sister, Louisa Charlotte,
who was about a year and a half old, to bed in the
back room of the first fl
,or, and at that time my father
was in the kitchen. I returned to the kitchen, but
went up stairs in about ten minutes after, and then
saw the child where I had left it, in the bed and
asleep. At this time my mother was out, and on her
coming home, about a quarter to eight, I heard my
father tell her he had put the child into the water-
butt, and she went and took it out.
Mr. ELuorr.—Did you hear your father say why
he had put the child into the water- butt ? Witness.—
No, Sir ; I did not.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Did you observe your father go
up stairs after you had ' bean and- seen your father
asleep ? Witness-4 did not.
Mr. Cecil Conrale Watkins said—l live at No. 134,
Doris-street West, RPunington, and am a compositor.
I have lodged with the prisoner three years, but left
his house on Weduesday last. Mrs. Watson having
agreed to wash for me, I went to her house last even-
ing to speak to her about it, arid also told her where I
had removed to. On my getting up the steps at the
door I saw the pri,oner going into the
kitchen by
area
the steps, followed by his
wife. I knocked at the door, and heard a scuffling
in the passage,
and the children cry loudly. The door
me, a nd exclaimed,
was opened by Mrs. Watson, who entreated me to
come in, and ou
my doing so I saw the prisoner
wandsstanding at the end of the passage. He rushed to-
Mr. Watkink:l have. drowned the ohi d." I said,
What have you done ?" and he replied, " I have
drow my child "Take me into custody,
in the water-butt." I then went
into the yard, followed by Mrs. Watson; and on re-
moY eing the tad
groin the wAterAlutt fouud the child

there. Mrs. Watson and myself took it out of the
water, and the child seemed perfectly lifeless and cold.
I ran for Mr. Jeffree, a neighbouring surgeon, who
promptly attended, and u'ed every possible means to
resuscitate the child, but without effect. I said to
the men, " You wretch how could you do such a
thing ?" and he replied, " I did it to sive its soul ;"
and repeated that expression twice or thrice. When
I first went to live at the prisoner's house, there
did not appear to be anything particular about
him. He was always very quiet, and did not appear
to care for any society but that of his children, of
whom he appeared to be excessively fond.
The prisoner, who was guarded in the dock by two
constables, here dropped upon his knees and wept
bitterly for some minutes, but soon recovered suffi-
ciently to allow the examination to proceed.
Mr. Watkins proceeded to say that after he had
lodged there about eighteen months, Mrs. Watson
spoke to him about the then state of her husband,
who at that time complained of his head, and appeared
very feverish. Mr. Jeffree, the medical gentleman,
was at that time called in, and the result was that
the prisoner had been sent to Bethlehem, where he
remained until March last. For the last two or three
weeks witness had observed a great change in the
prisoner, and was afraid from his appearance that he
would do someting. He was very desponding, and
could not be drawn into conversation, but always
appeared remarkably fond of his children.
Mr. John Jeffree said I all a surgeon, and live in
Paradise-street, Lambeth. Last evening, about eie ht
o'clock, I was called to the prisoner's house, where I
found a female child lying on the table in the kitchen.
It was wet and cold, as though just taken out of
water. I_put it into a hot bath and did everything I
could to restore animation, but without success. Ihe
child had evidently been dead some time, and had
died apparently by drowning. There were no marks
of violence, and the appearances were those of It person
who had died from drowning. I asked the prisoner
how he came to do such an act, and he said, having
lost his own soul, he did this to save that of his child.
He also said he had lost his soul, and was eternally
damned. I asked him how he came to think so, and
he said he had been reading some religious books at
the club that fully confirmed his views on that sub.
ject. I have known the prisoner for four or five
years, and attended himself and his family up to No-
vember, 1848. During that month, and on the occa-
sion mentioned by the last witness, I was called to
the prisoner, and I then found him ii) a low, despond
ing state, and cn this occasion it was that he made
use of the expressions about losing his soul, and his
neing eternally damned. A correspondence then took
place between himself and the secretary to the club
to which the prisoner was servant, and he then re-
commended his removal to a place of confinement.
He was then sent to Bethlehem, and he (Mr. Jeffree)
had not- seen him from that time until the evening
before, when he was sent for to his house, as Le lied
before stated. Mr. Jeffree placed before the magistrate
the correspondence that passed between himself and
Mr. Willis, the secretary to the club, from which it
appeared that when Mr. Jeffree recommended him to
he placed under restraint he had given it as his opi-
nion that the prisoner's delusions were those of a reli-
gious character, and stated that, from what he had
witnessed, he was of opinion that they were not easily
removable. Mr. Willis, on the part of the club, ex-
pressed the deepest anxiety to do everything that was
necessary for the poor man, whom he described as
an old and faithful servant of the club, and the result
was that he had been seat to Bethkhem. On tnat-
o:•casion the friends of the poor man expressed them-
selves in strong terms against Mr. Jeffree, and attri-
buted the loss of his (Watson's) situation and his
confinement to his precipitancy and representation;
but of this charge he was completely exonerated by
the committee of-the club, who, in a letter from their
secretary, expressed it to be their opinion that he (Mr.
Jeffree) had acted in the most kind, prudent, and
considerate manner; and which ought to insure for
him the thanks and gratitude of the wife and family.
The next.witness was Sergeant Walsh, 3 L, who
merely said that the prisoner was given into his cus-
tody, and he heard him acknowledge at the station-
house that he understood the nature of the charge.
The prisoner, who when asked if he wished to say
anything to the charge, replied "Nothing," was fully
committed for trial. He was in so weak and
wretched a state that he was obliged to be assisted to
the cell.

LI V ElifiP./.1., SEPT. 21.
&met( Excx A NOE.—The share Ina! ket was e...ceedingly
heayy to-day. The -translctions wre few, arid prices lower.
Divers, however, remain ',rm. The sales are— Ualedo-ian,
Great Northern, 13 dis. Lancaster and York,
Consul. Fifths. 644 dis.—Ditto, Preston and Wyse (No. 1).
38;.% —Loudon and North-Western, ltH -- Ditto, New Quar-
ters, par—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ;No. 1),
guarinte '
ed 7 till 185?, 124 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 10%
Midland, SO--Ditto, Halves, 19A dis.—South-Eastern and
,over, 181,E—Ditto (No. 4), 5. York, Newcastle. arid Ver-
wick tG. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 5% dis.
MANCHESTER, SEPT. 21.
STOCK EXCHAti4 ft.-- -The transactions to-d,y were as f.l-
- :—Caledonian, Preference, 94 ex div. Clitlieroe, Pre-
Irrence (B), -1714 Manchester and Leeds, 37th dis.—Ditto,
Fifths, 6:% die. Ditto, 32e. Shares, 11 dis.—MancheNter and
Birnringham (C) Quarters, lA and Bury, 18
dis.—Old Sheffield, 211/2—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 .13-r6
Ditto (Registered), 6 11.16—Wrist Riding Union, 634 die.
—Great IVestern, Quarters, 11.4 dis.—London arid North-
We-tern, 10914—Manchester and Sheffield, Vre!erence, 10A
—North Staffordshire, 7 15-16 dis.
BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 21.1
STOCK EXCHANUE.—In consequence of to-day being ob-
served As a day of general humiliation, no business was trills-
acted in our share market.

YORK, SEPT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions tc-rlay were as
follow: Great Northern 71. 6s. 3d North-Western,
Preference, 2/. 39.--York, Newcastle. and Berwick (New-
castle Extension), 11% cx in. Ditto G. N. E.; Pur-
chase), 3!,f,.

GLASGOW, SEPT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.. - The transac ions to-day were as
follow:—Aberdeen, Preference, 6%—Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 71 —Glasg ,w General Terminus,. 9—Glasgow, Barr-
head, and N, ilston Direct (New), 755. - Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ayr, 48—Ditto, Preference, 101/B—Glasgow and
Greenock, Preference, 71. I 1..

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THE LONDON GAZETTE
The folloAwiDn
1849.
The place,
consequent on the decease of Admiral of the Red, Sir
Charles Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8.:
Admiral of the White, Sir John West, K.C.8., to be
Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue, Sir Graham E•len Hamond,
K.C.8., to be Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admiral of the Red, Zmbary Mudge, to be Ad-
miral of the Biue.
Vice-Admiral of the White John Allen (a), to be Vice-
Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Edward Hawker, to be Vice-
Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red, Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White, 11)6 Parker. C. 8., to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Edward Henry A'Court
R. pington. to be Rear-Admiral of the White. .
Captain Sir James John Gordon Bremer, K.C.8.,- to be
Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Retired Captain Abraham Lowe has also been promoted
to be Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed in
the London Gazette of Ist Sept., 1346.
ADMIRALTY. SEPT, 19.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Qiar.
termaster Henry Verb() to be Captain, vice Captain John
Collies, placed on half- pay; S.-cond Lieutenant George
Leslie, to be First Lieutenant, vice Varlo, promoted.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicester.
Prince Albert's Own Leieestershire Yeomanry Ca
valry—Cosmo George Charles Ncvill, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Lord Bateman, resivied, May 23.
WHI ME/ALL,- SEPT 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Frederick Willem
Jscomh, of Hudderifield, iii the County of York, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court ot
Chancery.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD, SEPT. 21.—The arrivals this week are
good of most articles. There is a steady demand for
bath old and new wheat at an advance of Is per quarter.
Oats and shelling fully realise last week's prices. Beans
sell slowly and. rather cheaper. Not much new barley
offering; prices rang.-.. from 28s to 31s.

New.
WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel : s. 8.
-Suffolk. Essex, and Kent, red ... 45 to 48
Ditto, white 4S 53
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 43 —46
Ditto. white ... 47 50
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 43 46
Ditto, vrhite .. 46 —5O
Yorkshire. red .., ... 43 —46
Ditto, white ... 46 50
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. _
Lower Baltic and llamburgh, red...
Med,terranean, red ...
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:
Norfolk and Suffolk... ...
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
. Scotch
Grinding per 80 stone ... 20
Foreign 24 28
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b :
Ticks ... ••• ••• ••• •••.
Foreign ...
•••
OATS, per stone:—
Healing 9d to lOid
Feeding ... —d to —d
Foreign ... —d to —d
SHELLING, per lotA of 2611 b 'l4 25
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:—
Blue and white boilers
Grey au:! Feed

Old.
a. to.
45 to 47
48 61
42 -45
47 (0
42 45
46 49
42. 45
46 - 49
41— 48
41 44
34 37

ARRIVALS. ~.„
Qre. 1 Qrs
Wheat ... ... ... 12,240 1 Rapeseed ... .... ...
Barley ... ... ••• 107) estiellieg ... „, 497
Bats
...
..,,
~, ,„ te;ee Linseed .. ... .. Beane... ... ... ••• 1,0;6 Melt ..• ... . • ...
Peas ... ... ••• ... titie I Flour ... ... .., .„
I
LIYERPooL,• 'EI'T. 21. The wil d eine-- Tuesday hav-
ing been uteaviaireele ter eriva!te the supple:* Irma
Ireland and Coestwise, us well at from abread. are ,a-
cat dingly ii7lit. 'the (lip .ror in the same time lei,e
been uniteportent. The a (-Atte r up to 3 ,Ittif rd .1 was
fine, but we have since ban a good deal of rate. The
trade ha., c -ritinte-il steady tor bete wheat an flour. but
no transaetions of any na.neerit have bi en reported. Toe
potato di-eese appeare gene- ally to be on the increase,
and In iien corn has I.; constque, ce been he d with con-
siderable firmness. although several parcels have b eu
di:posed of at a little under the e2urenie rates of rues
day. We note no change in other articles. At this
day's market there was a fair aft ndance of the trade.
Wheat met a good consumptive demand at the full prices
of Tuesday, low quelities in some iesierices, commerding
a small advance. Flour, with a fair inquiry, fully ,up-
port. d late rate. Indian corn was held firmly at Nit
prices, but very little business resulted. Oats and oatmeal
met a moderate demand at our previous quotations.
Beans 6d per quarter dearer. Barley and peas without
change.
NEWBURY, SEPT. 20.—The quantity of wheat pitched
in to-day's market is a fair average fur the season of the
year. The trade opened by a larger advance being re.
quired than millers were willing to accede to. At an
advance of is to 2s per quarter there has been a pretty
good clearance effected, but still some hold fur a larger
advance. Of barley there is some quantity on offer, a
few samples of fair malting quality realising about 30s
per quarter; other sorts in pro,ortion. Beans, oats, and
peas, slack sale, at unaltered rwes.
EXETER, SEPT. 21.—Cattle Market—There has been
a fair supply of beasts and stock of all descriptions driven
in—prices remain near the same as of late. Fat beef
sold at 8s to 8s 61, and in some instances 8s 9d per score.
Some fat French oxen were offered at 101 each, but were
driven away unsold. Steers were 8/ to 111 per pair; the
latter figure was refused for a prime lot of eight steers.
Barrenere were not much in demand, some rough but_
locks were sold at about 4s 6J per cure; but gteid fresh
barrenera were worth 5a to 6s 6if. Cows and calves,
71 to 131 each. There was a moderate supply of sheep,
fat ewes at about 4#d, and withers 5,1 per lb. A lot of
Leicester breeding ewes, most of them fat and in good
condition, which were annoonc,d as the pr petty of a
gentleman who intended to change his fl ck fur South
D.,wns, were sold by auction at from 35s to 40s each.
Pork Carcases.—A very good supply, the largest we
have had for some months. Prices were lower, ranging
from 7s to 8a ed per score, but the most' business was
done under Bs. Pannier —Turkeys, 4, 6,1 ,0 5s 6d each ;
geese, 5s to 6s ditto ; ducks, 3s 61 to 5s per couple ;
fowls, 2s 9.1 to 4a ditto; partridges. 2i 6tl to 2s 9,1 ditto ;
rabbits, Is 9,1 to 21 ditte ; pigeons, 101 each ; hares,
2s to 3s each ; roasters, 4s to 53 ditto ; butter, 101 to
Ild per lb; eggs, 16 to 18 for Is ; potatoes, 6,1 to 8,1
tier score ; turnips, 61 ditto ; onions, 81t, fur 61. Corn
Exchange.--The attendance to-day has bLen pretty
numerous, but up to one o'clock ne great sireke of busi-
ness had been done. Prices were barely a simile higher
than last we-ek. Good new wheat selii -it 5s to 5: 3d pi r
bushel, a small lot or two made 5s -lid, and far one
sample 0' very prime old wheat, 5e 61 was given. There
has not been much forei4ll wheat on of Inferior
French red soli at 38a per qr. Fel- prime white ditto,
47s per qr was asked. but this must be eoesidered a
merely nominal quotation. Belle), 3s 6,1 to 3, 9.1 per
hushel ; new oats, 2a to 2s 2d ; old , ditto, 2s 61 per
bushel. The miders gem-rally have put up the price of
fl.mr Is per seek, aced it sells at. 30. to 32i per suck of
280 hs;- but 31.4 the more c,-ite, .1i figure.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 6.
The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas, at Westminster, huh appointed Ashley Maples,
of Spalding. in the county of Lincoln, Gentleman, to he
one of the Perpetual ilommissieners for taking the ac-
knowledgments of deeds to be exectre‘l by married
women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fine,
and recoveries, and for the substitution or more simple
modes of assurance, in and for the parts of Ilelldud,
the county of Lincoln, olio in and fer the parts of
Kesteven, in the same county. .
BANKRUPTS..
Thomas Shaw, victualler, Wolverhampton, to sun
render, Oct. 2 and Nov. 6, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham;
Riley, Wolverhampton; Smith, Birmingham.
George Webb, wine merchant, Tamworth Stafford-
shire, Oct. 13 and Nov. T, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Ward, Stafford ; Smith, Birmingham.
John Hogan, shipwright, Hakin, Pembrokeshire. Oct.
9 and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee. Bristol; Morgan, Haverford-
west ; Whittington and Gribble, Bristol.
John Dale Harwood, ironmonger, Liverpool, Oct. 3
and Nov. 9. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Chester and Co.,
Staple Inn, Brabner and Son, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Wilcox, Little Bell-alley. Moorgate-street, tailor,
Oct. 13, at &even—T. Barrett, Oxford, timber merchant,
Oct. 15, at twelve—J. Gilbert, St. Luke, ironfeunder,
Oct. 15. at half-past eleven—J. Nutter, Cambridge,
miller, Oct. 15, at one—R. S. Roach, Cateaton-street,
cap manufacturer, Oct. 15, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
Sarah Whitehouse, E. Whitehouse, end A. White-
house, Tewland, Gloucestershire and Monmouth, tin
plate manufacturers, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court.
Bristol—T. Bamford, Little Town, Lancashire, woollen
manufacturer and farmer, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the
Court, Manchester—J. Hall end.R. Hall, Elton, Lanca-
shire, bobbin turners, coal grinders, and red liquor ma-
nufacturers, Oct. 16, at twelve, at the C-.urt, Manchester
—W. Sarginson and M. Rigby, Bury, Lancashire,
joiners, the. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T.
Barraclough and J. Everitt, Southowram, Yorkshire,
woollvn spinners and:woollen ru.rnafacturers, Oct. 12, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds—C. F. Cotterill and W. H.
Hill, Wslsall, Staffordshire, merchants, Oct. 27, at
twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Hail, Kiegton,
Herefordshire, miller and corn factor, Oct. 25, at twelve,
at the Court, B:rtningbaia—J, Bickerton, Newtown,
Montgomeryshire, flinneldraper, flannel manufacturer,
and wool dealer. Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Court, Liver
po-,l—J. B. Prichard and J. R. Croft, Liverpool, oil
merchants, Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—
W. Harris, Wrexham Paper Mills, Denbighshire, paper
manufacturer, Out. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool. _ _

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the, Court, :Ruinghall-street.
D. N. Fi"her. Lynn Regis, Norfolk, tnusicseller, oet.
13. at one—S. Yorke, Caiiihridge‘hirc, upholsterer, Oct.
13, at hull-plat eleven—S. Prentice, Slough, ironmonger,
0(4. 20, at eleven—J. Wright. Northampton, corn and
coal merch silt, 0.3: 13, at twelvr.
- In the Countrv,
dealer in wine
andiLkEpiirliist,a,Pvl=l°l4;i'ailidl'iii)lumei(l=7,ll(i)reAt'. 19, ai eleven, at
the Court, Bristol—W. Eddison, lia,,lriek, Yorkshire,
1, eeds W. Rain s d en,
jbca:tW):),:uota.t.ilteotta.;B4,l;.lll:al.h.t,G,eytrhitie,rark(ijiah)ruit,i
errest::,
t'Ancy woollea manuraeturer, Dec. 4. at elev. lA, ut the
Court,
painter and dealer in paint and colours, Oat. 11, at
Birmingham—J.
14, Leven,
17. till:I:lb:71,f, i
vL,rpei,ft:.lohTle:
Smith,ilurer rk:h°11g1:51110: Yal'h,t' eSelatearvff;r°,;:stht.i re, scriv.4ner, Oct. 16, at
helve. at the Court, Birmingham—R..Raby, Preston,
Lancashire, hatter, Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Man-
chester.

BRISTOL SUGAR, SEPT. 21.—A s't.illi t Of bi-
1.
ness only hcs been this week at torerwr prices,
the sal ,s ',Mee our la.t tieing to 450 t
West India, ehicfle from 36r ro 38,• ni a. t‘'W hh Is of
Bailrol,a-A at frond 38s to 40,:; in other ilyseriptio;is .:f
r:sw sales ,ire reported. continues
(wry.
KNARESBau', SEPT. I9.—Th. market was barfly sup-
, plied with gr,in, con,equ-ntly pric a little im-
proved. Toe samples of new wheat ,hown to-day were
very fine, and in good condition. Wheat, 5s 9J to 6s 3d,
betvsa 4.: 31 to 4s 9d per bushel, barley 26. to 28s, oats
203 to 244 per quarter.
SCARBRO SEPT.. 20.—The vvi,a'her is exceedingly
fine, and our farmers have almoit all stopt at home to
secure their corn. Wheat, both old and new, is readily
taken at fully last week's price's, very little doing in
either barley or oats. Lt flour no change.
Sgrle 19..—T1a prices of wheat, So., in.

By the Vice-Chancellor, Oct. 12.
T. 'rindle, South Shields, banker and abipnovner--T.
Pro tor, Preston, spindle and flytnaltor—,p, Wright,

Coalbiook-dale, Shropshire, coach and omnibus proprie-
tors—J. Worthy, Hartlepool, Durham. builder.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVEi).
T. Hammond and A. Murray, railway contractors—
E. Clark and H. Messenger, Dartford, Kent, innkeepers
—G. Li,ckwood and 11 M. Beaumont. Hobeck, rirk-
shire, elolti finishes—W, E. Smith, and J.
Gihson, New Church-streer. Berinoudsey, ship ch millers
—H. H. Budgett and H. Budget', Brist.l and
wood hill, Gloucestershire, wholt-sale grocers7J. .‘loore
and tL Brown, Loughborough, Leicestershire, malcsters
—R. Ward, M. Hall, W. Bradley, and I. Worinald,
Drighlington, Yorkshire, railway contractors—H. Ro-
berts and W. Ogden, Minchinhampeon, Glouc,st-rshire,
drapers—A. Burnie and J. S. Richardson, Old Bond,
street, tailors—W. Willi Lins and W. Gruen,
merchants—Mary Fouracre and J. Barlow. tan-
dish-with-Langtree, Lancashire' miners and coal mer-
chants—S. Wild, J. Ai:drew, J. fla;gh, Betty Stelfox,
and W. Pownall (as far as regards Betty Stelfox and
W. Puwnall), Athershaw Moor, Lancashir-, coal pro-
prietors—W. R. Harris and T. J. Winter, Essex-street.
Strand, attorneys and solicitors—J. Handley, R. Bonne,
and S. Fox, West Leigh and Manchester, coal miners
and coal sellers— R. Pow. J. Fawcus, R. Wylatn, E.
Glynn, and J. Ritson (as far »s regards J. Ritson), Cor-
senside, Northumberland, Ridsd sle Iron Conmpany.
INSOLYENr PETITIONERS.
Thomas G. Blocksidge, Madtley, Shropshire, plumber.
Thomas Haigh,
Eli Gledhill. Huddersfield, journeyman weaver.
William Caldicott. Oldbury, Woreesterahire, engineer.
SCOTCH SEIVESTRATIONS.
D. Leslie, Glasgow, bak,r, to meet within the Roy a
Exchange Sale-rooms, Glasgow, Sept. 26 and Ocr. 17
t one. '

J. Young, juts., Glasgow, merchant, to moot within
Contrie's Royal Motel, Glasgow, Sept. 25 and Oct 16,
at two.

J. C. Bell, Dundee, merchant and agent, to curet
within the British Hotel, Dundee, Sept. 27 and Oct. 18,
at twelve.
H. Allen, Edinburgh, stock broker and dealer in
skh4rea, to meet within the rooms of Mr. P. S. Fraser,
Edinburgh, Sept 28 and Oct. 19, at one.
A. 'lacphersoa, Inverness, t.otel eper, to meet
within the Caledonian Hotel, Inverness, Sept. 27 and
Oct. 18, at twelve.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending September
18, 1849, is 2 s. 9d. per cwt.

RAILWAY- • M A'RKETS.
BRISTOL, FJCPT. 21.
STOCK ET:CRAM/E.—Mere was a tolerable amount of
business transacted to-day, but prices were drooping The
sales are—GreAt Western, Quarters, II iv dis.— Ditto, New
lit shares, 8 dis.—London and .Noi th- Western Stock, 1044
—Midland Stock, 49 ex div.