The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1846

That the meeting referred to was interrupted by the
entry of the Bow-street officer's, and that the whole body*
thereat present, including your petitioner, was arrested
by them, and was subsequently taken before the Privy
Council ; that the Privy Council proposed to examine
your petitioner, whereupon yeur petitioner, indignant
at the recollection of his former treatment, refused to
answer any questions put to him by their Lordships,
stating as the ground for such refusal, that neither the
line of conduct he had pursued in 1794, in frankly
answering questions, nor the voluntary sworn testimony
of the most respectafsie friends, delivered before the
board, nor the evidence of the king's messengers, ex-
pressly deputed to inquire respecting his character and
pursuits (entirely exculpatory of him as those inquiries
were) had been of any avail for his protection ; but that
he had been subjected by their Lordships to a long and
rigorous imprisonment, and to a prosecution and trial,
ruinous to him in point of expense.
That, should the conduct otyour petitioner on this oc-
casion appear to your Honourable House injudicious,
and ill-calculated to dispose the Privy Council to regard
your petitioner with favour, he submits to their indulgent
consideration, that he was then a mere youth in his
twenty-second year, that he felt that he had been
wronged -by the Government, and felt the wrong the
more because he vans without redress, and that he was
then face to face with Mr. Pitt, whom he believed
to be the anther of his past sufferings, and who menaced
him with a rsopetition of them if he did not answer.
That the, Privy Council committed your petitioner to
Newgatra in which prison he was detained under a war-
rant trarecting " close and solitary " confinement more
thr-ii at year ; that his health being at last seriously im-
P sVred by the length and rigour of his confinement, and
ty the insalubrity of the prison, his medical attendants
advised your petitioner that his life was in great danger,
and this being certified to the Privy Council, though
without his knowledge, he was removed to Reading
gaol, in which prison h© was detained until the month
of March, 1801, during a further period of nearly two
years.
That, before his removal to Reading gaol, your peti-
tioner was informed by the gaoler of Newgate, that pro-
vided your petitioner would agree to quit this country,
and to remain in foreign parts during the continuance of
the war, he would forthwith be released from prison, to
which proposal of expatriation your petitioner peremp-
torily refused to accede, demanding to be either publicly
tried or liberated unconditionally.
That on the 15th day of December, 1800, a petition
I addressed to the House of Commons by your petitioner,
protesting his innocence, and setting forth his sufferings
and wrongs, and praying the House to inquire into his
case, and to refuse, at the solicitation of ministers, to
renew the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, was
tendered to the House by Mr. Charles Grey, afterwards
Earl Grey; and that the reception of the said petition
was supported by Mr. Tierney, Sir Francis Burdett,
Mr. Jekyll, Sir William Pulteney, and other members
of the House, and was opposed by Mr. Pitt, Lord
Hawkesbury, the Attorney and the Solicitor General,
and other members and supporters of the then adminis-
tration, on the grounds that the said petition was dis-
respectful to the Privy Council, and a libel on the cha-
racter of Upton, above-mentioned, a man whom the At-
torney-General, in 1796, had stated in court to be no
longer living; and your petitioner's said petition was not
received by the House.
That, in December, 1800, an Act was passed to re-
new and continue in force the Act for suspending the
Habeas Corpus Act until six weeks after the commence-
ment of the next ensuing session of Parliament; and
whereas the first session of the Parliament of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland commenced on
thu 22d of January, 1801, the Act for suspending the
Habeas Corpus Act expired on the sth of March of the
said last-mentioned year; and the Habeas Corpus Act
was by law in force from the said fifth day of March,
1801, until the 19th of April in the same year, on which
latter day another Suspension Act received the royal
assent.
That shortly before the arrival of the day, the sth of
March aforesaid, when the said Act for suspending the
llabaas Corpus Act would expire, your petitioner was
conveyed from Reading Gaol to London in charge of a
King's messenger, and on his arrival in London was
taken before Mr. Justice Ford, oho informed your pe-
titioner that, on his entering into his own recognizance
in the sum of 1,0001. to appear personally when required,
he would be forthwith liberated. That your petitioner,
anxious, not only to be restored to liberty, but also to
have his character cleared of all suspicion, declined to
accept his release on the proffered terms; whereupon he
was committed, in charge of a King's messenger, to the
Parliament-street Hotel; and, while there, on his parole
given to Mr. Ford, he was allowed to traverse the streets
of London at his pleasure, and from the said hotel he
addressed a memorial to the Duke of Portland, then
Secretary of State, claiming to have either a public trial
or an unconditional release; and that, in answer to this
demand, a new warrant was issued, committing your pe-
titioner, on a pretended now charge of high treason, to
Totbill-fields Bridewell, where he had the option of
either associating with the vilest felons or boarding in
the governor's house, at the charge of two guineas and
a half a week.
That shortly after the said sth of March, 1801, the
day on which the Act for suspending the Habeas Act
expired, your petitioner's solicitor applied to the Court
of King's Bench for a writ of habeas corpus, to bring
your petitioner before the said Court, in order to his dis-
charge ; and that the Lord Chief Justice of the said
Court, Lord Kenyon, after taking a day to consider of
the said application, refused to grant the writ, not as-
signing any legal ground for such refusal, but stating
merely that he did so refuse on his own responsibility.
That the new administration, formed on the retirement
of Mr. Pitt from office, caused a Bill to be introduced
into Parliament for again suspending the Habeas Corpus
Act ; and that your petitioner forwarded petitions to
Parliament complaining of his illegal detention in prison,
and remonstrating against the new aggression upon his
liberty intended by the said Bill ; but that the said pe-
titioners were unheeded, and the said Bill was rapidly
hurried through Parliament.
That on the morning following the renacting of the
Suspension Act, OR or about the 20th of April, 1801, Mr.
Justice Ford called at the Bridewell of Tothill-fields, and
again proposed to release your petitioner, on condition
of his entering into his own recognizance for future ap-
pearance if called upon ; and to this proposal your pe-
titioner acceeded, from his inability to maintain for any
longer period an unequal conflict with the Government,
now that the Legislature had consented again to arm
the Ministers with unconstitutional power.
That on his release from prison in April, 1801, your
petitioner directed his solicitor to commence actions
against the Secretary of State, the Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench, and the gaoler of the Bridewell,
for illegally detaining your petitioner in prison from the
sth of March to the 19th of April, 1801 ; but that your
petitioner's intentions to bring such actions were trus-
trated, by notice being immediately entered to bring in
a Bill of indemnity, and by the passing of an Act, on the
19th of June in the same year, for indemnifying all the
parties who, since the Ist of January, 1793, had taken
any part in apprehending, imprisoning, or detaining in
custody, in Great Britain, persons suspected of high
treason or treasonable practices ; that against this Bill
your petitioner again petitioned Parliament, but in vain ;
and he was thus deprived of the means, and of all hope,
of obtaining legal redress for his unlawful detention.
That your petitioner, when first imprisoned in the
year 1794, had just attained his 18th year ; that when
liberated in 1801 from his last: imprisonment, he had
not attained his 26th year ; so that during the greater
part of the first seven years of his early manhood (a pe-
riod of life which, to most men, is one of enjoyment and
pleasurable existence), your petitioner was undergoing
mental and bodily suffering within the walls of a
prison ; that his little property was exhausted by the
expenses of his vindication and defence ; and the vigour
of his constitution impaired by the disorder induced by
his long imprisonment, added to which your petitioner
had to deplore the loss of a mother who, owing to dis-
tress of mind and alarm occasioned by her son's arrest
and detention, was brought prematurely to the grave.
That your petitioner most solemnly avers that,he was
guiltless, as well in act as intent, of any treasonable con-
spiracy against the King's person or government, or of
any offence that was ever made the matter of charge or
imputation against him, or of which he was eversuspected,
on either of the two occasions when he was arrested and
imprisoned, or on any occason whatever.
That, on your petitioner's release from prison, Mr.
Justice Ford expressed the strong interest which he
felt in your petitioner's future prospects and arrange-
ments, and promised to bear testimony at any time to
the exemplary conduc lot your petitioner during the
seven previous years of his life, and offered to contribute
any reasonable amount of pecuniary aid towards esta-
blishing your petitioner in any respectable business ;
which said offer of pecuniary assistance your petitioner
respectfully declined.
That on the death of Mr. Pitt, in 1806, the Whig
party being called to power, your petitioner made his
appeal to Mr. Fox and the other leaders of that party
for their favourable consideration, intimately acquainted
as they were with his history and sufferings, and zeal-
ous as they had been in Parliament to proclaim his
wrongs; and the Hon. Thomas Brand placed the state-
ment of your petitioner in the hands of Mr. Charles
Grey,f who fully admitted the claims of your petitioner
on the justice of the country, and promised to obtain
for your petitioner, after the close of the then session,
some suitable appointment.. But, before this promise
could be performed, Mr. Fox was numbered among the
dead, and the Whig administration was dissolved.
That the meritorious conduct of your petitioner in the
City of London on the day of the Spa-fields riot, in
December, 1816, was acknowledged by the then Lord
Mayor, the late Sir Thomas Wood, in his place in
Parliament.
That, in fBl7, the Government having again prepared
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Hon. Thomas Brand, stated the sufferings and wrongs
he had endured, and on the ground that such abuses
were the inevitable consequences of the power of arbi-
trary imprisonment, entreated the House not to pass the
Bill; and it appearing to the then Attorney-General, Sir
Samuel Shepherd; incredible that such wrongs should
have been -inflicted on any subject of his Majesty, and
be unredressed, Mr. Brand undertook to substantiate, in
every material particular, the statements in -the said
petition having reference to your petitioner's case.
That, in the debate on the suspension of- the Habeas
Corpus Act in the year 1817, the wrongs done, to .your
petitioner were characterised -by Sir Samuel Romilly
and Sir Francis Burdett as grievous and oppressive be-
yond the reach of any ordinary compensation; and
from Mr. Adam, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. Mackintosh, who
had been his counsel in 1795 and 1796, and from Earl
Grey, Lord Holland, Lord Dacre, and other • public
men high in' station and character, your petitioner re-
ceived continued assurance of their conviction that he
was innocent of crime, of their sympathy with him in

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About thirty-six persons.
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his sufferings, and of their desire and intention, should
it ever be in their power, to obtain for him redress.
That at length, in 1826, on the appointment of Mr.
Canning to be First Minister of the Crown, your pe-
titioner, owing principally to the intercession in his
favour of Sir James Mackintosh, formerly his counsel,
received the promise of a consulship in South America,
and was ordered to prepare for embarkation within a
month ; but scarcely was this promise given, when the
severe indisposition and premature decease of Mr. Can-
ning frustrated again all his hopes.
That in 1830, Earl Grey being First Minister of the
Crown, your petitioner addressed his Lordship on the
subject of his claims, and received in return his Lord-
ship's personal assurance that the earliest suitable ap-
pointment should be conferred upon him; and at length,
on the 31st of August, 1832 (on the representation of
Earl Grey, supported by the strong recommendations of
the Lords Dacre and Holland), Lord Goderich, now
Earl Ripon, then Secretary fur the Colonies, appointed
your petitioner " Assistant Protector of Slaves,' in De-
merara, at a salary of 8001. per annum.
That your petitioner has already solemnly averred his
innocence of any crime whereof he was ever suspected,
or wherewith he was ever charged ; but in case his own
asseveration on a matter regarding his own character
should appear of doubtful credit, he appeals, in proof of
his innocence, to the unquestionable fact hereinbefore
just stated, that he was appointed to the said office of
trust under the Crown ; which was conferred upon him
by a minister high in station and character, responsible
for the fit choice of those he might recommend for public
employment ; and (as your petitioner conceives and
submits to your Honourable House) he never could have
been recommended, as he was, for that appointment, nor
appointed as he was to that office, unless after full in-
quiry it had clearly appeared that he was innocent of
the crimes imputed to him, and was a man whose cha-
racter was without blemish.
That your petitioner, accompanied by his family, em-
barked, on_the 16th of February, 1833, with all his pro-
perty, books, plate, furniture, &c., on board the ship
Isabella, for Demerara; that, on the 19th, the ship was
overtaken in the channel by the memorable gale of that
year, which drove it on the rocks under Beachy Head,
trom whence it was floated by the tide, and finally
wrecked in Pevensey Bay; and after the sea had beat
over the wreck for many hours, your petitioner, with his
family, was rescued from destruction by the life boat, but
all his papers and property of every description were
lost; and owing to his long exposure to wet and cold,
and to contusions and other injuries incident to the
shipwreck, your petitioner was for some time deprived of
the use of his Idwer limbs, and after wards suffered
severely from a disorder, to returns of which he is still
subject, though in a moderate degree.
That as soon as convalescent your petitioner reported
himself to the Colonial-office as ready to proceed to
Demerara; but by this time the question being agitated
in Parliament, whether slavery in the British West
Indies should not be totally abolished, your petitioner
was from time to time directed to hold himself in
readiness to proceed on duty, but to delay actually
proceeding until he should receive further orders. At
length, the entire emancipation from slavery being re-
solved upon, your petitioner received notice, on the 2d
of July, 1834, that the office of protector of slaves, to
which he had been appointed, was abolished, and that
his commission and pay would cease from the Ist of
August, 1834, and that no provision had been made for
giving compensation to the protectors, who would lose
their offices; but your petitioner was assured that his
case, owing to the extraordinary calamity by which he
had been visited, would receive from his Majesty's
Government the' earliest and most favourable con-
sideration.
That during this period your petitioner received on
account of half-pay 2321. 14s. 3d.. and, on the abolition
of his office, a further sum of 2461. 7s. 10d., closing, as
he was informed, the account of what was due to him in
respect of the said office.
That your petitioner frequently saw the Lord Hol-
land, and was also in almost constant attendance at
the Colonial-office, on the subject of new employ, which
was invariably promised to him. That your petitioner
having complained to Mr. Spring Rice, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and to Mr. F. Baring, Secretary of the
Treasury, that he had been thrown back naked on the
shore, in a state of utter destitution, and that his heavy
medical and other expenses had absorbed all the pay he
had received, and had left him in the greatest distress,
he was told that his case should immediately receive at-
tention ; and three days after Mr. Baring informed him
that, to meet his present exigencies, the charge for pas-
sage money and freight, amounting to 2201. 103 , would
be returned to him, and that some more permanent pro-
vision should be made for him without delay.
That, after considerable lapse of time, it being re-
presented by your petitioner to the Lord Holland, Mr.
Baring, and others, that the kind intentions of his po-
litical patrons, in appointing him to the office of" Pro-
tector of Slaves," so far from being of any pecuniary
benefit to him had proved his utter ruin, a further
sum of 3001. was, by direction of Lord Melbourne,
granted out of the Queen's Bounty to your petitioner, in
the name of his wife, to meet his immediate exi-
gencies ; and this grant was accompanied with a re-
commendation, that permanent service should be sought
for him without delay.
That your petitioner's petition and claims having been
again laid before Ministers, your petitioner, on the sug-
gestion of Lord Holland, prepared a memorial to her
Majesty, which the Marqiiis of Normanby undertook
to present, and after a lapse of time your
petitioner was sent for, and received the personal assur-
ance of the Noble Marquis, that he fully admitted the
force and justice of the claim, and would consult with
your petitioner's friends, the Lords Dacre and Holland,
and others, on the best and readiest means of serving
your petitioner; but not long afterwards the Whig Go-
vernment retired from power, and hope again fled.
That on the resumption of the Colonial Department
by Lord Stanley, your petitioner reminded his Lordship
of the disastrous shipwreck, losses, and long suffering of
your petitioner; but his Lordship did not hold out to
your petitioner any hope of employ. That your peti-
tioner then addressed Sir Robert Peel, the First Lord of
the Treasury, and receiving from him a similar answer,
your petitioner then forwarded to her Majesty a memo-
rial, giving a detail of the hardships and suffering he had
endured, and imploring relief from the destitution to
which his disasters, and the long series of subsequent
disappointments, had reduced him.
That her Majesty was graciously pleased to send to
your petitioner a gift from her private purse of 251., and
to say that his memorial had been handed to the Minis-
ter, to whom your petitioner was referred. That your
petitioner then applied to Sir Robert Peel, and was re-
ferred by him to the Colonial Department ; whereupon
he wrote again, stating the circumstances of his case to
Lord Stanley, and was referred by Lord Stanley to his
Lordship's former answer.
That, but for the heavy expenses attending your peti-
tioner's defence at law, his long captivity, the consequent
loss of several years in the prime of his early manhood,
and the injury done to his prospects in life by the preju-
dices excited against him, your petitioner would, proba-
bly, have risen to affluence, and would not have been, as
he now is, at advanced age, poor and needy, and subject
in consequence to the most distressing privations.
That, important to your petitioner as has been his ap-
pointment to an office of trust under the Crown, in so
far as it has cleared his character from the imputations
falsely cast upon it, yet your petitioner submits that his
wrongs, so far as they admit of the ordinary mode of
estimation, remain to this day unredressed. By his ap-
pointment to office under the Crown, his innocence has
been proclaimed ; but as the office was abolished almost
as soon as conferred upon him, tied was productive to
him of loss rather than gain, for the severe and unme-
rited punishment with which he was visited, he has re-
ceived no retribution.
That your petitioner will not now moot the question,
whether, during the period from 1794 to 1802 the dan-
ger in which the country was then placed was so great
and imminent as to justify the Government in suspend-
ing the laws which are the safeguards of the personal
liberty of the subject ; but, conceding that point for the
sake of argument, it is on the following view of the case
that he builds his claim for redress.
That the only legitimate end for departing from the
sacred principles of criminal procedure, is to provide for
the public security in times of great and imminent
danger; that all such departures necessarily involve the
risk of visiting with unmerited punishment some inno-
cent men; that the community, in the protection it thus
receives from danger, profits by the risk it incurs of in-
flicting wrong; and that justice aid policy require that
whenever the innocence of a party unwarily so punished
by the State is rendered manifest, the State should
afford to the party injured full atonement and indem
nification.

That when the Legislature, to ward off danger, has
armed the executive with extraordinary powers, it may
possibly be requisite that for acts done in pursuance of
such powers, but of unquestionable legality, the officers
of the Government should be protected, and that in such
cases, perhaps indemnity bills may be required ; that
such measures, however, so far from absolving the State
from the duty of repairing the wrongs it has unwarily
done to innocence suspected of guilt, on the contrary,
imposes on it the sacred duty of proffering that redress
which it has prevented the injured from obtaining before
the ordinary tribunals of justice.
Your petitioner, therefore, prays that your Honourable
House will be pleased to take this petition into your
serious consideration, and afford to your petitioner such
redress as to your Honourable House may seem meet.
PAUL THOMAS LEMAITRE.
Hammersmith, Aug. 10, 1846.

BITE FROM AN ADDER.—A lad of the name of
Spooner living in Chester-place, in this town, received a
severe bite from an adder on Sunday last. He had been to
get blackberries, in a field near Little Eaton, and while
gathering them his attention was drawn to something
moving in the bottom of the hedge; he looked to see what it
him.
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thinking it would harm him, and while blowing in its mouth,
the ri'ptile suddenly made a spring and bit hint very severely
under the upper lip, which caused his mouth and head to
swell so much that his friends felt alarmed, and thought it
advisable to call in medical aid. The injury he had received
was attended to, and the swelling.of the head was reduced,
but it 1 n-oceeded to the boy's breast, and we are sorry to say
he conti clues in a very alarming state.—Derby Reporter.
EAST INDIA MUSEUM.—On Saturday the Museum of
the Eael India Company, in Leadenhall-street, was closed to
visitors for the entire month of September, for the purpose of
making some improvements in the accammodation as well as
compl King the new geological room for the exhibition cf the
name' pus specimens of fossil remains, &c. brought from Cen-
tral In idle, and to which a large collection has recently been
added by the' researches of Dr. Falconer and others in the
Himal nye mountains.
DE'. FERMINED SUICIDE.—On Sunday a young woman
committed suicide under the following circumstances, in the
River Thames, near Battersea ;—lt appears that the deceased
hirrd 3 boat, giving directions to the waterman to land her
at -Putrley-bridge. During the passage, she pretended to be
asleep, ;but when between Battersea and Putney, slw jumped
overboard and almost immediately disappeared,, floating away
with this tide. Every possible exatio4wws nub to nye the
doconcit but unmenfully. • •,••• • -

DUBLIN, BELFAST, AND COLE-

RAINS JUNCTION RAILWAY.

A meeting of the shareholders in this Company was adver•
tised to be held yesterday, at the offices, 14, Ironmonger•
lane, but there being only one or two individuals in attend,
ance at the hour named, no business was entered upon.

THAMES HAVEN DOCK and RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the
above railway was advertised to be held at one o'clock yester-
day, in the offices of the Company, 84, Basinghall-street, but,
owing to the meagre attendance of members, the business
was not proceeded with until half-past one.
Mr. Esdaile was called to the chair.
The advertisement having been read,
The SECRETARY proceeded to read a report, from which it
appeared that the directors had succeeded in obtaining a re-
newal of their Act for five years longer.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Resolutions were then passed confirming the forfeiture of
shares previously declared, and voting 25 shares to each of
the directors, as a remuneration for the time and exertion re-
quired by the Company.
Thanks having been awarded to the Chairman, the meeting
broke up.

SOUTH MIDLANDS and JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Yesterday a meeting, called by requisition, was held in the
Guildhall Coffee-house, at one o'clock, for the purpose of
determining whether the Company should or should not be
dissolved under the Act 9th and 10th Victoria.
Major Morse Cooper, the Chairman of the Company,
presided.
The advertisement having been read,
The ComasraN said the first business before them was to
elect three scrutineers. That done, they could then proceed
to what was really the play's business.
Captain TYNDALE proposed, and Mr. HADLow seconded,
the election of Messrs. Yates, Spence, and Webb, respective
holders of 300, 350, and 400 shares.—Agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN said it might be in the recollection of many
present, that at the meeting held on the 23d of May last, it
was decided (he might almost say unanimously) that that
Company should dissolve, and that decision the directors had
in the most prompt and energetic manner acted upon. They
proceeded at once to get the money which was deposited in
the Accountant-General's hands, and they were on the point
of obtaining it, when Mr. Kensington Lewis and Mr. Gilbert
applied for, and Obtained an injunction from the
Lord Chancellor. The directors, under these circumstances,
could not help themselves; they however took measukes,
and that decision was reversed. They subsequently-obtained
possession of the money, and they were disposed, nay deter-
mined to give it up at the earliest moment and to the fullest
extent—(Cheers)—that events adruitted—in 24 hours at
least—(Continued cheering)—but' these gentlemen threw
every impediment in the way of the directors—(Cries of
" Shame ")—doubtless for their own purposes; in fact there
was a letter which could be produced to show that
private interests and not the interests of the
shareholders had dictated this conduct.—(Hear.) But he
(the Chairman) (lid not wish to dwell upon that subject.
The result of the proceedings alluded to had, he was sorry to
say, increased their legal expenses, but, as the matter now
stood, they could not remedy that, however they might de-
plore it.—(Hear, hear.) They were met that day for a dis-
tinct purpose; the shareholders could only ascertain from the
Act what their duties were; the directors knew what they
were called upon to do, and he (the Chairman) was aware
what was expected from himself. He would now, with the
leave of the meeting, give an abstract of their financial posi-
tion. The finances were much the same as at last meeting,
when he had the honour of addressing them. Their expenses,
however, were as lie had already stated, somewhat increased
by the proceedings of Messrs. Lewis, Crane, and Gilbert.
First of all there were the receipts, 97,300/. ; expenses for
engineering, &es 5,000/. ; legal charges and local agents, &e.,
7,7001. ; advertisements, printing, &c., 2,300/. ; mapping,
engraving plans, &e., 5,900/. ; making, in round numbers,
20,9001. They proposed, therefore, that immediate distri-
bution of the sum of 63,73 n, being 1/. 7s. 6d. to each share
on 46,365 shares, should be made. This would show still a
balance in favour of the Company of 12,876/. Of this sum,
8,000/. had been handed over to the Manchester and
Scuthampton Company, but that money was now
in the hands of the bankers, under an order
from the Court of Chancery. There also remained
4,876/. for liabilities due to them, but the directors had still
some claims upon theist by different persons—Mr. Higgins,
their engineer, for instance; three surveyors who were em-
ployed by him ; Mr. Crane, for a return of deposits ; and Mr.
'lassie, of Glasgow, for brokerage. Mr. Sykes, he was happy
to inform them, had failed in the action which he had brought
against him (Major Cooper) as Chairman of the Company,
for moneys due to him by Mr. Higgins. It now only re-
mained for him to remind them, that in consequence of the
requisition -sent to him by Mr. Kensington Lewis and others
the meeting was called on to decide whether or no the Com-
pany should dissolve, and whether that should be by act of
bankruptcy or otherwise. He might be allowed to add, that
many gentleman had sent in claims for 1/. 7s. 6d. per share,
which would ere that time have been given but for the in-
terference of the gentlemen he had already mentioned. As
soon as the decision of. that meeting should be published,
the directors were ready to pay, as the cheques were already
filled up.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RICHARD COYNE had come to that meeting determined
to support an honest and honourable board of directors
against an uncalled-for interference ; but yet he could not
conceal his dissatisfaction at the very large amount set down
for legal expenses. He thought that, before this item was
settled, it should be taxed by the Master.
Mr. DurroN (a director) said the solicitor was the first to
suggest that it should be so; and he was quite prepared to
abide by the decision which might be then come to.
The CHAIRMAN said that the solicitor's own charges were
3,700/., the remaining 4,300/. being for local agents.
Mr. KENSINGTON LEWIS asked if the meeting was pre-
pared to grant the directors an absolute release in the condi-
tions specified?
Mr. JAMES (solicitor) explained that the directors did net
seek an absolute release. The shareholders would still be
entitled to a division in such funds as might remain after the
first amount had been paid.
Mr. DUTTON said that not one member of that board had
made one halfpenny. They had been misled by their engi-
neer from beginning to end.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. SPACEMAN was desirous of saying one word. He
was himself a small shareholder, but independently of that
he represented persons, respectable parties from
Scotland, holding to the extent of above a thousand
shares. An attempt had been made to cast aspersions on the
motives of those who had ligned the requisition, but he
thought these motives could be easily explained. They
could not dissolve the co-partnership which then existed
between the shareholders, excepting under Lord Dalhousie's
Act, and therefore it was that the requisitionists called
that meeting.—(Hear, hear.) He disclaimed all inten-
tion of wishing to impute improper or dishonourable
motives to the members of the board of direction, but he had
been instructed by his constituents to this course, for they
well knew that no other dissolution would be legal or bind-
ing.—(Hear, hear.) They were now, however, ready to take
the 11. 7s. 6d., more especially as Mr. .James had informed
them that this did not infer an absolute release.
Mr. R. FISHER moved, and Mr. K. LEWIS seconded a re-
solution, " That this Company be now dissolved."—Carried
unanimously.
Mr. R. COYNE moved, and Mr. WEBB seconded a resolu-
tion, " That the vote of dissolution shall not be taken to be
an act of bankruptcy."--Also carried.
Mr. KENSINGTON LEwls then disclaimed any and every
intention of throwing any imputation upon either the chair-
man or directors of the Company,
The Cuantasassr—Why, this gentleman, who speaks so
kindly, went to the Court of Chancery, and there deposed on
oath that I went out of the country to avoid my creditors,
he knowing at the time that the fact was not so, and yet he
states on his belief that I left the country for this purpose.
Mr. K. LEWIS was now aware that the chairman was not
out of the country to avoid any action ; but he bad men-
tioned his name with fifteen more, and in two cases out of
three he was right.
After a rather warm altercation, in which, occasionally,
more than three or four voices joined, the scrutineers pro-
ceeded to take the votes, when there being more present than
required by the Act, the Company was declared dissolved,
and not by act of bankruptcy.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, the directors
and the scrutineers, which having been responded to, the
meeting separated.

MEETING OF THE SOUTH
DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY.
PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 30.—Yesterday afternoon the
fifth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the
above Company took place at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Ply-
mouth.
Many of the shareholders having felt great interest
respecting the report, more particularly as to the further
opening of the line and the use of atmospheric power,
for which the line is laid down, the attendance was very
great.
Shortly after four o'clock, T. Gill, Esq., M.P., (chair-
man of the directors) took the chair, and the advertise-
ment convening the meeting having been read,
The CHAIRMAN read the following report :
" The capital accounts of the half-year, ending June
30, are submitted to you in the usual form.
"In the accounts of the preceding period, the total
amount of receipts and disbursements are stated to have
been as follows

Receipts. Payments.
£560,998 19 0 £520,942 1 10
" And during the six
months ending 30th
of June, the receipts
and payments have
been
"Leaving a balanco
in parliamentary de-
posits, investments
on security, and in
cash

199,172 12 2

£978,149 9 0 £978,149 9 0
" The first traffic accounts of the company are also
3polath o
cedfbjeufonree_you. They include a period of 32 days,
from the opening of the line on the 29th of May to the

---
During which time the receipts were £2,514 1 4
And the payments 1,247 14 3

Leaving a balance in favour of the traffic

account of £1,266 7 1
" Your directors have to report to you the result of
the several applications to Parliament in which this
company has been directly interested during the session
which has just closed.
" The Cornwall Railway has at length received the
sanction of Parliament, and the advantages which may
be expected from that line in its connexion with the
South Devon Railway are too obvious to require more
particular explanation.
" The North Devon Railway has been less fortunate,
and the failure of this scheme
is the more to be regretted
from its having involved also the loss of the Launceston
and South Devon Railway, and of the Tavistock branch
of the South Devon line.
" In the course of the parliamentary struggle to pro-
mote these objects, considerable expense has unavoidably
been incurred ; but your directors have the satisfaction
to believe, that it has not been without beneficial results.
Projects of a competing character have thus been de-
feated which, if unopposed, must certainly have suc-
ceeded, and would have proved greatly prejudicial to
the interests of this company.
"A branch from Aller, near Newton to Torquay, has
been granted by Parliament ; and your directors are so
rihtieoncs halonuaitee
fully impressed With its importance, that every exertion
will be made to effect an early opening, and active ope-
of the Souse of Louis refused to Mg?
already been commenced upon the line.

tion this branch beyond Torquay, but your directors
still propose, during the next session, to apply for its
further extension.

" The projected alterations and extensions of the line
at Plymouth have now received the Royal assent, and
will, without loss of time, be carried into effect ; and in
consequence of the altered direction of the Cornwall
line, which will cross the Tamar at Saltash, your di-
rectors contemplate forming a junction with that rail-
way by extending the South Devon line to Devonport.
" A Bill has been obtained by the Ashburton, New-
ton, and South Devon Company, for a line from Ash-
burton to Newton, which it is expected will operate as a
useful feeder to the South Devon Railway.
The application to Parliament by the Exeter, Tops-
ham, and Exmouth Company, for a line from Exmouth
which was intended to have joined the South Devon
Railway, near the Countess Weir-bridge, bus proved
unsuccessful.

" Your directors have now to state that they are at
present receiving money on debenture at 41 per cent.
and that with further realisations from this source,
added to the funds already at their disposal, they have
reason to believe no very early necessity will arise for
exercising those powers to raise the additional capital
which the various Acts of Parliament obtained during
the past session, have authorised for carrying out the
several objects proposed.
" You will be pleased to learn from the report of the
Engineer to which you are referred for particulars of
the state and progress of the works, that he contem-
plates applying the atmospheric system to experimental
purposes on some portion of the line at an early period.
" Notwithstanding delays which their utmost exer-
tions have been unable to prevent, and which have been
a source of disappointment to the proprietary, and of
vexation to themselves, it is with pleasure that your
directors congratulate you upon the opening of the line
as far as Teignmouth, on the 30th of May, and upon
the extent of traffic which has hitherto attended its
working. This has indeed far exceeded their expec!a •
tion, the number of passengers for the twelve weeks
ending the 21st inst. having averaged upwards of
10,000 weekly, and the weekly receipts nearly 6001.—an
amount which, notwithstanding the disproportionate
expense incident to a shcrt and unfinished line, worked
by a locomotive power, under merely temporary arrange-
ments, seems fully to justify the most sanguine estimate
of future profit and success.
(Signed) " THOS. GILL, Chairman."
Immediately after the reading of the above report,
the following was read :

state that there would be no alteration whatever as to
the site of the Plymouth terminus, in consequence of
the altered position of the Cornwadline., Mr. Gill then
proceeded to remark upon what had occurred in Par-
liament during the last session, in reference to those
schemes in which that company was interested. Ile
spoke of the alterations which had been made in the
case of the Cornwall line, which would now be carried
across a bridge at Saltash, in consequence of which the
South Devon trunk line would be brought much nearer
to Devonport than it would otherwise have been. Such
a curve would be given to the line as would bring it to a
point near the spot where the Royal British Female
Orphan Asylum, erected at Stoke, now stood. They
had unfortunately lost a useful feeder in the Tavistock
branch, but they had secured the local branches as
well as one to Torquay, which they regarded as most
important. The branches to Sutton Pool and Milbay
would be opened as soon as the main line to Plymouth.
The North Devon Railway scheme, in which they were in-
terested, had proved unsuccessful, owing to an imperfec-
tion in their plans occasioned by the sudden, and very
severe illness of a gentleman engaged by Mr. Brunel to
survey a portion of the line. With respect to the in-
terest which they bad taken in certain of the schemes
which had failed, the sole object of the directors bad
been to promote the interests of their own company, and
to prevent the carrying out of other chimerical Projects,
which, whilst they would be ruinous to the parties more
immediately interested, would also have prejudiced the
interests of the South Devon line. The speaker then
referred to the great amount of traffic upon the line since
the opening to Teignmouth, and which was altogether
beyond their most sanguine expectations. lie had also
pleasure in stating, that they had agreed with all the
landowners on tre line to Plymouth, up as far as Motley
Plain, and that there was no impediment to the opening
to this town, which would take place as soon as the road
could be formed, which would he thougit be about the
same time that the remainder of the engines required
were made, one-half of which the contractors, Messrs.
Bolton and Watts, had agreed to complete within six
months, and the other half within nine months.
_ _

Mr. STEVENS, of London, congratulated the pro-
prietors on the success which the traffic returns
proved would attend the undertaking—an amount of
traffic, he was informed and believed, unparalleled.
It would be recollected that it was a traffic de-
rived solely from passengers ; and he believed most
sincerely, that when the connexion between Exeter and
Plymouth by railway was completed, that the traffic
would exceed the expectation of the most sanguine pro-
prietor. A better line could not have been chosen, or
one which had less cause of fear from competition. That
led him to congratulate the proprietors on the want of
success that had attended their proceedings in Parlia-
ment. They were at least premature. It was folly to
seek to endeavour to extend their works, when they
were struggling to complete that for which they were
first associated. The time for extension of works had
not arrived. Finish what you have done—direct your
energies to that end. Let not your Executive fritter its
time away in Parliament, consuming the calls wrung
from the proprietors in vain endeavours to extend a line
already too great for the powers of the company. He
would recommend them to finish what they had first
undertaken, and then consider whether any further ex-
tension of their works was desirable for the benefit of
themselves and of the public, for whose interest
the concession of the line had been made to them,
and with whose interests their own were inseparable.
Such conduct would at a proper time ensure success
He had at the last meeting pointed out the rashness of
their proceedings in this respect; he believed that they
had originated in times when a sort of furor seemed
to pervade the railway world, and in which they had
nearly all shared—he hoped never to see the like again.
In the conduct of the affairs of the company much time
had been lost, and he would not cause further delay.
otherwise he would have moved as an amendment, that
a report be made, not of the progress of the works done,
but how much of each work remained to be done, dis-
tinguishing the species of each work, earth work, &c.
Every proprietor then would be able to ascertain when
he might reasonably expect the completion of the works,
He observed that the Company had raised the sum of
282,3001. on their debentures. He trusted that the di-
reetors would use every endeavour to complete the sum
which they were authorised by their Act of Parliament
to raise—that they would disregard the Consideration of
whether they were to pay one-half per cent. more or
less, which was a consideration unworthy of a great
undertaking and a great object, when their loan would
be temporary, and if taken from the proprietors by call,
must be raised at 51. per cent. This would have the
effect of preventing further calls, unless for the payment
of debentures, which, cast over a series of years, would
fall light on the proprietors, and would come in happier
times, and mat when they were weakened by unparalleled
calls. He begged the directors not to be deceived by the
reduction of rate of interest made by the Bank of Eng-
land ; it would not affect theirs—there was too much
railway stock. His suggestion would involve, not injus-
tice, for any proprietor, more fortunate than himself,
might advance his upaid call to the Company, or take
up debentures to that amount. He observed that the
working expenses were nearly 50 per cent. on the
amount of the receipts; he assumed that the ratio of
these expenses would be materially reduced en the
further opening of the railway. He observed also that
a sum of about 15,0001. had been advanced in respect of
the projects in Parliament. He was desirous of being
informed whether they did not constitute a part of the
assets, and whether any further undertaking wovld be
attempted without the direct sanction of the proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the 15,0001. did form part
of the assets, and that no further proceedings for exten-
sions would be taken without the direct concurrence of
the proprietors.
Mr. D. DERRY said the central line was the madest
scheme which man's brain ever devised, and expressed
it has his opinion that it would never have received the
support which it had from many persons in this neigh
bourhood, but for the apprehension that, as great delay
had already occurred in the construction of the South
Devon line, some years might elapse before it would
be actually brought to completion. He hoped the
works would be pressed on with vigour.
The CHAIRMAN stated, in answer to questions put to
him, that the directors had no intention of prosecuting
the Dartmouth branch, bat they were pledged to carry
out a branch to Brixham. They would also probably
open the South Devon line to Totness, with the use of
locomotive power, very soon after the opening to New-
ton, should Mr. Brunel recommend them to do so.
After that, the next step taken would be to open the
line to Plymouth with the use of the atmospheric prin-
ciple.

Mr. SAMUDA, the patentee of the atmospheric system
of traction, next addressed the meeting. lie stated that
since the early part of July a new description of compo-
sition had been employed to secure the valves upon the
Croydon line, and the result had been most successful.
The trains had since then been running uninterruptedly,
to the number of forty daily, so that the temporary stop-
page which took place some time since had really proved
a very great benefit rather than otherwise. Upon the
South Devon line, stationary engines of 100 horse power
would be placed every three miles, the cost of steam
power with this system being about 6d. per mile per train
daily, supposing the number of trains to be 40. The cost
of locomotive power would in every respect be infinitely
greater—he might say double. The triumphant success
of the atmospheric principle was in fact now put beyond
all question.

The reprt of the directors was then unanimously
adopted.

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.

The work of demolition proceeds rapidly, and there
is certainly but little trouble required in taking down
the front walls that fill the hollows between the arches
and carry the balustrade; the wonder is that the mass of
loose sand that is filled in behind these walls to support
the footways should not have pushed them into the
river. "To what base uses we may return!' here are
the cornices and carved work, and other ornaments of a
structure which was at one time (as the Select Com-
mittee's report states) "the largest bridge in Europe
that covered water all the year round, and was con-
sidered wonderful, bundled, without respect or dis-
tinction, into carts and barges with rubble and rubbish
of all kinds. According to the present rate, the piers
will in a short time have less to carry, and, should the
bridge fall into the river, there will be less to
fall—both very sufficient reasons, we think, for
the great activity. That the workmen at the
sides of the bridge may not be interrupted,
the road for foot passengers is now between temporary
fences near the middle of what was lately the carriage-
way. The stoppage of footway communications, and
the loss to shopkeepers and tradesmen, as well as the in-
convenience to the multitude of passengers, would be
very great if they were deprived of a foot passage at
Westminster. The evidence before the Select Com-
mittee is not yet published. By the report whiCh we
gave in our journal there appears to have been an
opinion that the present might be used as a temporary
bridge while the new one was bteing built, but that " Mr,
Walker urged, in the spring of 1845, the erection of a
temporary bridge as at that time desirable, and that he
urged it again with increased earnestness before the
late Committee." To secure a passage without danger
may be presumed the principal reason for this recom-
mendation ; the objection was probably the expense, and
the opinion that the old bridge might be made to answer
the temporary purpose. The water-bailiff has visited
the bridge, and is in communication with the Lord
Mayor as to the means of removing the obstruction to
navigation that might be caused by any sudden failure.
DREAD A

—TUE .CCIDENT AT THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
-Last evening, as the workmen were engaged at the ware-
houses in course of erection on the margin of the new docks
at Birkenhead a scaffold gave way, and a number of men
were precipitated to the ground, burying several of them
under thousands of bricks. Four were very seriously in-
jured. They were immediately attended by Mr. Jermatte,
surgeon, who had them removed to the hospital. and admi-
nistered proper medical assistance to them. Their injuries
are very serious, but it is hoped they will eventually recover.
The following is a list of the parties more seriously injured
—Patrick Moran, 33 years, labourer, St. Anne-street; Terry
M'Coen, 30 years, labourer, Oak-street; John Conway, 30
years, labourer, Albert-terrace; Henry Roach, 35 years,
labourer, 4, ood-street. They were all married men—
Liverpool Journal of Saturday.
SAINT GEORGE-IN THE-EAST CHURCH-RATES.—In
consequence of the refusal of the parishioners of Saint
George-in-the-East to make a rate for the payment of or-
ganists and others connected with the performance of church
service, the Rev. Bryan King, the rector, got up a choir, about
three weeks ago, and yesterday preached a charity sermon,
for the purpose of defraying the expenses consequent thereon.
Amongst other observations, he said that he was happy to
think the time had Come when the Church would be able to
do its duty by itself, without calling in the aid of heretics,
sectarians, or atheists. The collection amounted to upwards
of 11/. The population comprises more than 40,000 persons.
ORKNEY.--We are grieved to learn that the potato
disease has at length began to appear in Orkney. It was
loped that these zernoteistands of the deep would have es-
caped the visitation of this destructive malady—but alas for
kW= hope§ Calalonian efitcrory.

A VICTIMISER.
On Saturday, at Guildhall, Henry Thompson perry
alias Alfred William Percy, alias Burgess, alias Smit",,,
journeyman tailor, who goes about victimising It;
licensed victuallers, after the fashion of Deed?' I,
oyster-eater, was brought before Mr. Alderman Sidne,
charged with defrauding the keeper of a coffee-0110P P'
St. Martin's-court, Ludgate-hill. golf
It appeared that he went into the eoffee-roota,
assuming a haughty tone, called for a nice rumesteo
and a cup of coffee. He attempted to slip alf:Lter
soon as he had finished his meal, but the i-"; el
rushed after him and brought him back. .1-1-6jd
first impudently asserted that he had alreadf
his reckoning, and next that he had unfortuaa,tf,
lost the only shilling he happened to have about ;J.
through a hole in his trousers' pocket. The laud;01
thought 'lie was one of the bilkers who go about,
gave him into custody. At the station-house he weske
cognised as having bean in custody several times on Phi
charges. He made his first appearance at this offireffee
May, 1844, having bilked the landlord of DlOO &tied,
house, in Fleet-street. He was then genteelly Oleo
and described himself as a provincial actor. le„,,deii
than a month he was in custody again for having reso,
himself with a dinner and et ceteras, to the amount be
6d. He was committed for a month for assauldegi to
policeman, and on the day he was released he ritll
another tavern, and regaled himself to the amount of
0,
6d., not having a farthing to pay the score.e
feAlfltergteo°othOo,
milting several frauds of the same nature, h
clutches of Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street, for billtieg Pfote
lican, aed he was sent to Westminster bridesvell trifle
months, in default of suretiesto be of good behaviour"The
that term. He was liberated on the 15th instant•_,
prisoner, on being now put to the bar, protested eild it
the jurisdiction of the magistrate. He had protest
the coffee-housc against being given into custodYfroct,
at the station against being detained there ; and, i,ll ter
dealt out his protests at every step. He said his lebtr
tion was perfectly illegal. He had contracted alf be
and that was the most that could be made af it. ,0014 •
had resisted the policeman, and even killed him, "' pot •
be in law only justifiable homicide, because he lee''
in lawful custody, and his detention was an audacilibe
fringemeut of the liberty of the subject. ll°
opinion of Sir T. Wilde and the Recorder of London _64
Ins apprehension was unlawful. The inspector youe
it was so, and in reply to the protest said. "wed
tbie
care about the law—we do as we please." 4-131,0101
seemed to be the fact, for he was detained two ipe
without any charge, and then the police a'asoluteli 7010
gated and instructed a fellow (for he overheard•"iv •
make a false charge, that he believed he was tp
oef
coffee-house to commit felony. The man could 09
comprehend it, and bungled the charge after :sll.
city police had a spite against him, because he 11,tasler
posed their turpitude ; and a constable named
frankly told him if he came upon his beat he Would 00
mediately lock him up on a pretended charge of °oil
upon him. Ile was a victim of conspiraq,
the under clerks hunted up alleged ekla 004
tut ,s to meet the case, when no such
could be found. It was said he went about living tof
and faring well, and could not give a good aecledoilf
himself. It was false. He could prove he worked
The
at his trade as a tailor, and was unable to fare w011:40
City was a lawless place, especially the Compter, wooto
he, an unconvicted prisoner, had been absolateli, 008
work. This was a grossly illegal act, and there niona,
another prison in the metropolis where it wa9.„0,01
(This admission of a personal knowledge of the
la/
elicited a roar of laughter.) n'ltsr_eo
Mr. Alderman Sidney said he admitted the -,1 ista7,
street Cumpter was badly managed, but it was ft its
to suppose that only persons sentenced to hard d the
could be set to any work. The law salletie'ne• oos'
practice, whatever the custom nsight be at other Prl,seoos
The alderman asked if there was any further eel
against the prisoner, or in his behalf ? the Pri:
Butler, the policeman, said he could prove,: ~,eOP°
soner had played off the same trick at a dozen °-
the City. ;
Atieliael Harrington, of Dorset-street, Sp- 0-4
tailor, deposed to the prisoner having worked for • 014er
a tailor, from the day he was discharged till he we's'
again. tlO/
Mr. Alderman Sidney said he did not belie Doe'
prisoner had lost the shilling, but that this was -„(J he
tinuation of the old series of barefaced fraud: °'-gor '
should require him to find sureties for his future
behaviour. 41esti,'
The prisoner asked his employer to become ra,
He said it was only a form, and he would proo3'-000'
he should have no cause to regret it. The master 991,11 def
his head and refused. The prisoner called hl 1, •
but could not alter his opinion of the danger of 1270015,
surety. The prisoner then appealed to the Iflaaeetie"
for mercy, and promised that he would never be -
the bar again. reoog
Mr. Alderman Sidney ultimately took his ellectle'
nizance to be of good behaviour, and discharge"

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BRISTOL, AUGUST 31. ()ion gv
STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tile sales are-Birmingham andltd
Quarters, 32 -Bristol and Gloucester, 52-Caledonian, !".'i
ohester and Leeds Extension, 3 p.-North British, Carlkritle,
sion, 3 k p.-Portbury Pier and Railway Company, 55.--la
MANCHESTER, AUGUST 31. „giatil%),
STOCK ExcEatroa.-The sales are-Ambergate, Noti,
113,,,0001,
Boston, % dis.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11,t, Aid
wen, and Bolton % dia.-Blackburn and Preston, 135‘2
Stamford, and Birmingham, 11,. dis.-Buckingham an ciejr;
Junction, 3-16 dis.-Churnet and Blythe, % dis.-Eastern Ate
York Extension, 1% p. -East Lancashire, 1014 p.-Bas,,%oc,iri#P
shire, 10s. dis.--Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.-Goole, ,P,, OYO‘
and Sheffield, % dis.-Grand Union, 14s. dis.-IluddersfiLtre
and Bradford,2% p.-Huddersfield and Manchester it'` 7iolf Isl
Canal, 2 0-16 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2% -Liverpool and O oar dc
1 13-16-Liverpool, Orniskirk, and Preston, 4% p.-3laneD AO
Leeds, Extension, 2 15-16 p.-Manchester and SouthamPta
-North Union (A),
,222- North Western, 7-16 p.-01(1101/0070..*
% dis.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 3-16 dis.-Sheffield aVi0011,,.004
ter, 108-Ditto, Quarters, No. 3, 34 p.-Shropshire.
dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, P.,0 drity-
Valley Midland, &c., p.-West Lancashire Coast, %
Riding Union, 34 p.-Whitchaven and Furness, 2% dis.
LEEDS, AUGUST 31. Y013401'
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern CountieS, 00:404
tension, 38s. p.-East Lancashire, 9% p.-Greatby OlO
rludd"
field, 2% dis. c.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, ss.
nudd" Y" 66'
Manchester, 2% C. p.-Ditto, Extensions, 10s. ds an ,4
Sheffield, 7% C. p.-Leeds and Bradford, 43% P.-Leeloo' --.'*""
ExtemZesiSV",,,i,
bury, 4% c, p.-Ditto, Branches, 1% p,-Ditto,
dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 3dis.-Ditto, New, 2% dis•-31-gevine,t,,tie„,f
Leeds, Fifths, 814 c. p.-Ditto, Extensions, 2k,P',4"-h" Briwifo9
Darlington Junction Extensions, 101. 85.
Shares, 5% p. c.-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 665. 11,-
tile- 934
ter, and Wolverhampton, 44 dis.-Ambergate,
-1" t nd Piv-sl4-A
Boston, 10s. dis. -Buckingliamsaire, 3 dis.-Glasgow' a 1,a13,7,
19s. dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 12s. 6d.ytj
Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 14 dis.-Leeds, %V dig.
dis,
Midland, 12s. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, Sn• 611, 0,
pool, Orniskirk, and Preston, 4 p.-London and Yor,, tWe.A.,
Mutton and Driffield Junction, 10s. p. s.-Manchester,J.
lock, and Midland, 1% s. p.-North Staffordshire, 14 l7ol°._
North Western, 7s. 6d. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, an„,,..
dis.-Shropshire Union, 2s. 6d. dis.-Welsh Micllands,o.'
Riding Union, 5/. ss. 6d. S.
AmbergEn;ienisiono:ls7,- c.efer
0:$
HULL, AtratraT 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- 4, Notting. ,A,Ol,
ton, &c., 40s. 6d.-Eastern Counties, York
Coast, Ils. 9d.-East Lincolnshire, lls.-Grand tra: 21N 011
and Thirsk, 9%-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchesie`oo. „40 f
ter and Bedford, 12s. 9d.-Leicester and Tamvrnrtrk., 46S.Wre s
pool, Ortuskirk, and Preston, 4 p.-London anon. 6d, IN
_.,°..k513-1'
British, Carlisle Branch, 925. s.-North Western,
bury and Birmingham, 3/. ls.-West Riding Union,
hpao
;.id Glasgo ,v Union, Ifs. 6d.
SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 31. i, aid Man, 0,
STOCK EXCILANGE.-The sales are -Snefileeitied, Extorsiav,
quarters, No. 3, scrip, % p.-Grimsby an di Sh
t Lincolnshire, lod r'
dis.-Ditto, Railway and Dock, 1% dis.-
dis.-Leicester and Bedford, Bs. 6d. dis.-
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Extension, 13s. dis. 01,
YORK, AUGUST 31. yorX'ce:A
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, forth Western,lS•
srth
sion, 2/. 75.-Ipswich and Bury (Cambridge and Ely), 114_,, prf,"-o,_
and Bedford, 145.-London and York, 2% -Maltoll a!`; OP,
Junction, 21. 12s. scrip-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and e_ndot
3%-Newcastle and -Darlington, New, 11% -North Briu:'-pOO
Extension, 41. I Is. -W.-North Western, 134-West 5.1
514-York and North Midland (East and West la.-
sion), 13%.

STS'

OA;EDINBURGH, AUGUST 29. 310.n0v,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, NolL,' Co
Clydesdale Junction, 24 —Direct Northern, 363.—Eas,7,a.te"Kito
23 —East Indian Railway, 16s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Bat "fi /1.-110:4
Edinburgh and Northern, 10/. 7s.—Ditto, Newport, 213'64 /Oil,
burgh and Perth, 455.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 48'432t
British, 3534 —Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 873. '
Ditto.
7%--North Staffordshire, 5.7/4 7s
—Scottish Central, 19—

DESTROYING HOPS.—Tho hop-planters in -. 0, 0
try round the neighbourhood of Gravesend are sal Totteotr,
continual depredations, in consequence of the orei,
strangers in that locality, and men are, in conseqe etl,
ployed to watch the grounds, more particularly en 0,10 Di
Added to the petty depredations of the visitors, et' tli°
been found to carry on a sort of wholesale rata ii
cutting the bine from the poles, and then ret;
sprigs to the multitudes who visit Gravesend. On 50"'frOF
last Henry Edward Hughes, a waterman of Grave,!i,,
detected in carrying away the greater part of ;
one of the poles in Mr. Clinea's garden, at ern39",si 011,,
Itield. He escaped from the custody of the relcafi
him in charge while the constable went for hand ed. 0600'
when overtaken he drew a knife and threatettuotstsjore
them ; but he was ultimately secured and lodgedbirest stiiticorloti
tthahoiecueseeohui at
sntt
county
trialmagistrates
Gravesend,aatg tishterant nest
xsa nt atdq
ußoanorct
Rochester, and
aohnnesd s ?ddto~ 000
at paid.
-01;10
punishment for this offence is imprisonment for rol
o l
po
exceeding three years, or transportation for 15r so
than 19, years. 01.1" 1.0
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A GEwri.EntAN E1°.05 ott p,lO
OF AGE CURED OF A VERY BAD LEG BY HOLLOW 7--undila ',01;"
OINTMENT,—Mr. Richard Stopper, residing At S;il..e safise
folk, had a very had leg, which he was appfeherom;„ yet v.), 00 el..
his life. Although attended by an eminent s: use iv ess,Ot
became so great that it was deemed necessa.l t° BY 01 or-Dll.
Pills and Ointment under the surgeon's inspectio:l; in a fcs
brated rem:-dies alone a perfect cure was effecteu
.aordt*) is Are
The age of this gentleman makes the cue most eat' 0 iv veboi,
he is well known, and the fact may be inquired into, 044 51110
new a clerk to the commissioners of taxes. Theießst bli
sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's
244, Strand, London. 110'
,„41
81.
On the 25th ult., RTHS
at Upper Seymour-street,
square, the lady of R. Hampton Esq., of a sc!n.re,
On the 27th ult., at Brimington DerbYem
n
Coke, of a son. O I
On the 27th ult., at South Bersted, near Bowft,
of William Henry Sutton, Esq., of a son. r,scp ° f
On the 27th ult., the lady of John Yate Le.
wood-park, near Liverpool, of a son. bOit
On the 28th ult., at Tivoli-lawn, Chelten
-
J. B. Campbell, Esq., of a daughter.
c.":
doof
Ownnet-terrace, Southtdt
Mrs.
Lambeth,Alf Alfred
df
a ji Eungghetleb;: .
On the 28th ult., at Selwood Lodge, Tulsa-1104 tof
„,
Thomas Loughborough, Esq., of a son. dep
r a f

MARRIE . f•
to Priscilla, daughter of On the 27th ult., George nose
r
NE'
di nwgahr ad
Tindale,
of

the Hon.
On tel
Covent-garden.
ult.,
On the DIED. et Peel°'.
tt
hontiCitle,lllaetntssioEkSerlr.:aargke,ds7uBrbiki, France.,
Micha , oil,'
li
eHzoi2s:4dtsheußl.t.u,r
Burrell
Ga reeadtf6o7r.d, near Blarlc 1
WOillnothaeg,2d6t:4. ult., Mr. Johnson llawke, r,04
of James' r,
On)Kent, Ate.
coota;
L.
On
On the 27th ult., in Baker-street, Portman-equar.",ol SO.—.
the 27th ult., ElizaatbeSteh3,ltelYle-lideaautgill:ter of gr. ,rvoilor..
Jack,stro",l,---Tri:,:aatterh.cm:
sguimooffifeft.:lo-1. til2l.
London: Printed • ---rrr— 6 1(0115°. rt 64. V
and Published byd, in tut,,, or,
of th . a Save., a. eu. cl„„ilt:„. of plidice*/ ~.'
',tabor 1, 1846.
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