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sired information, or to submit to the inspection of the
deputation the books of the company, to call a general
meeting of the shareholders.
A vote of thanks having been given to Major Rich-
ardson, for his conduct in the chair, the meeting then
broke up.

DUICH MAIL.
THE HAGUE, OCT. 22.--THE SECOND CHAMBER OF
THE STATES-GENERAL.—SeVeraI projects of law, with
the explanatory memorial, were presented to the Cham-
ber in this sitting. Among them was that for determin-
ing the employment of the surplus of the colonial re-
venue for 1845, which, according to Art. 59 of the fun-
damental law, is to be regulated by ten. It results from
this project of law that the excess of the surplus of the
year 1845 amounts to the sum of 4,718,311 f., which will
serve to cover in part the expense of the budget for the
same year. It appears also that the total revenue
amounted to 33,104,346 f. Another project of law was for
the propagation of the law of the 18th of December,
184.5, containing measures to encourage importation of
provisions for the term of eleven months, that is till the
Ist of October, 1847. The nature of the pro-
pagation is stated to be, that " Though the
accounts which the Government has received res-
pecting the state of the harvest of this year shows that,
in all probability, it will not turn out so unfavourably
as last year, it is very far from being a good harvest."
The disease which has affected the rye this year and
the repeated appearance of that which affected the po-
tato-crop last year, have had an unfavourable effect on
the produce, so that it is probable that they will not ex-
ceed the half of an average crop. Most other countries
are affected in the same manner, in consequence of which
prices are everywhere high, and likely so to continue, for
which reason the Government feel it to be its duty, to
extend the law for the importation of ♦arious articles of
provisions duty free.
THE HAGUE, OCT. 23.—1 n the sitting of the States-
General of this day, a message was received from his
Majesty, with a project of law for completing the
budget of the 6th of March, 1844.
ARNHEM, OCT. 21.—T0-day several more rich per-
sons have passed through this place, with the intention
of emigrating to the United States of North America.
At the beginning of this week a miller, advanced in
years, with his wife and two children, passed through
for the same purpose. Most, if not all, of these emi-
grants complain that, on account of the pressure of the
many heavy burdens, they can no longer find a subsist-
ence in their own country.
THR HAGUE, OCT. 22.—His Majesty has been pleased
to select, from the three candidates proposed to him,
the llon. Mr. Bruce, who was president last year. Mr.
Bruce, on taking possession of his seat, delivered an
address to the Chamber, expressing his gratitudg and
satisfaction for this new mark of the confidence of his
colleagues, and of his Majesty's favour.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 24.
STOCK EXCHANOE..—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos-
ton, &c., 7-16 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 4% p.—East-
ern Counties, York Extension, 1 5-16 p.—East Lancashire, New, 3%
p.—Huddersfleld, Halifax, and Bradford, p.—Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 2% p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and
Manchester, 2 k p.—Ditto, New Branches, 1 % p.—Liverpool, °mas-
k irk, and Preston, 4% p.—London and North Western, New, 14% p.
—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3% c. p.—Manchester
and Leeds, Fifths, 534 p.—Ditto, Extension, 15-16 p.—North
British, New, 13-16 p.— Sheffield and Lincoln, 1% dis.—Shropshire
Union Railway and Canal, 3-16 dis. —South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, 5-16 p.—West Riding Union, 114 p.
LEEDS, OCTOBER 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a considerable increase in the
amount of business transacted in shares this week, and prices are in
many instances higher. East Lancashires, Huddersfield and Shef-
fields, Dewsbury and Huddersfield and Manchesters, North British
Quarters and Extensions, Matlocks, as well as London and North-
Westerns, Midlands, and Manchester and Leeds, are all improved in
value. In new stocks a considerable advance has to be noted in
Onnskirks ; Leicester and Bedfords have also been done rather ex-
tensively at better prices, and West Riding Unions, whilst' seem to
have been extensively' beared," are in demand for delivery prior to
registration. Ambergates and Shropshire Unions have improved on
the report of amalgamation and, purchase, the former by the Mid
land and Eastern Counties, the latter by the North-Western. There
have also been some very extensive purchases made In Birmingham
and Oxfords, with rumours of a similar character. The sales are—
East Lancashire, 4% p.—Ditto, Blackburn and Preston, New, 3%
p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2 p. Huddersfield and Sheffield,
3% p.—Leeds and Bradford, 43% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, a p.—
Ditto, Branches, 1% p.—Ditto, Extensions, 78. 6d. dis.—Leeds and
Thirsk, New, 3% dis.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 1 s. p.
Newcastle
,and Berwick, 10% p.—North British, Quarter } Shares
(late Carlisle Branch), 535. c. n. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 14s.
6d, p.—York and Newcastle, New, 12 p.—York and North Midland
(East and Westilliffing), 12% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston,
78. p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 20s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefle:d, and Mid-
land, 15s. dis.— Leicester and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis.—Liverpool, Ones-
kirk, and Preston, 41. Gs. 3d. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, Ils.
p. —West Riding Union, 3%.

, OCTOBER 24.
STOCK Exenswor.—TllClLL o-day there has been a general advance in
prices, particularly in Ormskirks and Awbergates, which close firm
at prices marked. The tendency of the market is decidedly upward,
and as strong buyers are still active, no decrease in the value of
the better stocks is expected. The sales are—North British, Quar-
ters, 658.—Ditto, New Quarters, scrip, 15s. p.—Ambergate, Notting-
and Boston, 2/. 18s. 9d. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4% p.—
Shropshire Union, 4s. W. dis.—west Riding Union, 31. 6s. 6d. —East
Indian, 17s. fid.

YORK, ER 24.
SToca ExcarAmm.—The saIesOCTOB
are—Apabergate, Nottingham. and
Boston, 3—Direet Northern, 134—Eastern Counties. York Eaten-
lion, 31A—London and York, 11. 16s. ex dlv.—North British, Half
Shares, 15% —Ditto, Quarter Shares, 31. 4s. ex new—Ditto, Exten-
sion. 1/. Ga.—North Western, U. 25.—York and Newcastle, New, 17
—York and North Midland (Selby Extension), 38—Ditto (East and
West Riding Extension), 171. 18s. 9d.

INURTheTonEa 23.
STOCK EXCIIANGEE.- D
Theß salesl are-Aberdeen, 15/. 10s.-Airdrie
and Bathgate, 41. 55.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half
Shares, 151. 10s.-Armagh and Portrush, 12s. GL-Ayr and Gallo-
way, 1/. Is. 6d.-Belfast and County Down, 35.-British and Irish
Union, 21. 35.--Caledonian, 221. 10s.-Ditto, New, 11. 105.-Caledo-
Man and Dumbarton, 11. Gs.-Clydesdale Junction, 32/. 10s.-Corn•
w.ai and Devon Central, 11. 140.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-
Direct Northern, 11. 10s. GLI.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37L--Ditto,
New, 25/.-Dundee and Perth, 231.-East Indian Railway, 165.-
Ea.“ of Fife, 198.-Edinbnrgh and Bathgate, 2/. 10/J.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 714 105.-Ditto, Half Shares, 18/. 10s.-Ditto, Quar-
ters, 18!.- Ditto, ditto, New, DM-Edinburgh, Leith, and Grauton,
181.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. IN.-Edinburgh and Northern, 101.
50. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 21. I Is. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21.-
Glasgow and Ayrshire, 681. 105.-Ditto, New Stock, 361.-Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 171. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 71. 155.-Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 11. 125.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 13s.
9d.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40/.-Glasgow General Terminus, in.
10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 161. 105.-Ditto, New Stock, 8/. 15s.
-Ditto, Preference, 11. 135.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan,
11. 12s. 6d.-Granton Junction, 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 12s.
6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 10s. 3d.-London, Bristol, and
South Wales, 11. 3s. 6d. -London and York, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Half
Shares, 11. 155.-Midland and Eastern Counties, IN.-Newcastle
and Berwick, 261.-North British, 341. N.-Ditto, Halvs, 15/.--
Ditto, Quarters, cum now, 31. 16s.-Ditto
New Quarters,e scrip, 11.
68.-Ditto, Fifths, 61, 10s.-North Staffordshire, 4/. Is. 6d.-North
Wales Mineral, 191.-Ditto, New, 9/. IN.-Scottish Central, 221.-
Ditto, New, 91.-Scottish Grand Junction, 10s.- Scottish Midland,
111.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, N.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Chester, SL-Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. 25.-Stirling and Mid-
land, 2/. 165.-Strathern Junction, 2/. 2s. 6.1.-Wlshaw and Colt,
ness, 471. 10s.

LOW OCTOBER 23.
STOCK Excuswar. —GTheASG sales, are—Aberdeen, 151.—Caledonian,
New, 28s. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 24%—East Indian Railway, 16e.
3d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 701.—Ditto, New, 181.—Glasgow Ge-
neral Terminus, 9%—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, 71.
13s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 34s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ardrossan, 26s.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 31s.
6d. scrip —Glaszow Harbour Mineral, 28s. 6d.— Great North of India,
65.—North British, Quarters (with new), 74s.—Ditto, New Quarters,
scrip, 268.—Scottish Central, 201,(.

NEW INVENTION IN RAILROAD MACHINERY AND
TRAVELLING.—A considerable improvement has just
been effected in the application of a propelling power to
carriages on railways by an officer at Vienna. It promises
not only to supersede the atmospheric principle in moving
heavy bodies up a plane of considerable elevation, but also
bids fair to remove the possibility of a recurrence of those
appalling accidents which are of so frequent occurrence
both in England and France. The inventor is Captain F.
Freisauff von Neudegg, who formerly directed the eciii.
ta ry studies of the sons of the Archduke Charles of
Austria; and so great seems the confidence inspired as
to the complete success of the new principle, that the
celebrated engineer Gunther, from whose locomotive
factory the greater part of the engines on tlieraiinlwveayns
of the southern states has proceeded, not only answers
for its perfection, but has undertaken the construction
of similar crrriages at his own expense The
locomotive's
tion consists in making the advance of a whole train quite independent of the :adhesion of the&
wheels to the rail on which it moves, and by con-
veying the propelling power of the engine to
the axles of all the carriages, thus making their advance
depend on their own adhesion. Each carriage 'becomes
thus a locomotive, distinguished from the real locomotive
only by the circumstance that the motive power is not
independently applied, but it is imparted to it by the
engine-carriage. The whole train is thus enabled to
ascend any rise that may occur above the level of the
railroad which the engine, if alone, would be able to
ascend. The same officer has also invented a break, by
means of which a train may be conveyed down-hill with
perfect safety, and at an equal rate of speed. The re-
sisting power is placed without the line of road. Carriages
built on the principle of Captain Freisauff have been
tried at the great steam-engine factory of M. Gunther at
Wien-Neustadt, and have been found to most
fsoarntgyuint
he
eexpectations.On a
deadweliinge hahtovfi n6goao in
(minimum) rate of one and a half German miles (eight
English miles) an hour, and conveyed the same down an
inclined plane with perfect safety.—Literary Gazette,
Oct 17.
PORTUGUESE GRAPES AND ONIONS:--TO show the
extent to which the importation of
these fruits av
taken place within the past four or five days, in cone
tinuation of our former notice of the subject, the follow.
ing, the most extensive of the arrivals, may be particu-
larly noticed as being beyond all former precedent of
previous seasons for the supply of such articles. One
vessel, the Countess of Liverpool, from Lisbon, brought
1,099 packages, being an entire cargo, of grapes ; the
Speedy packet, also from Lisbon, 914 packages of
grapes ; the Anemone, from Oporto, 848 boxes, baskets,
and strings of onions, and 58 packages of grapes ; the
Little John, from Lisbon, a complete cargo, consisting
of the large number of 1,134 packages of grapes ; the
Jack-o'-Lantern, from Lisbon. 1,395 packages of grapes
and other productions ; the Black River packet, in ad-
dition to an extensive cargo of wine and other produce,
353 boxes of onions ; the Ellen, from Oporto, nearly 400
packages of onions, &c. ; the Mary, from Lisbon, 678
packages of grapes, 163 boxes of onions, &c. ; the Ade-
lina, from Lisbon, 1,126 baskets of grapes, and 105
chests of lemons ; the Victoria, 437 packages of grapes
and a variety of other fruits ; and, finally, the Lusi-
tania, from Oporto, 102 packages of grapes and 1,409
packages of onions, the whole the produce of Portugal.
It may with truth be remarked that the supplies of these
fruits from the southern states under notice have been of
almost unparalleled extent. This may be readily ac-
counted for, owing to the facilities which the extraor-
dinary fineness of the weather this summer has afforded
for their production. We have before particulayly al-
luded to the unusually large supply of Ilamburgh grapes
this year, and borne testimony to the excellence of their
quality, which is undoubted and universally remarked,
and it is now a matter of well-known fact, that the vin-
tages throughout the whole of Europe (England not ex-
cepted) have this season yielded a supply of grates
which, for quality as well as quantity, has perhaps not
been equalled, or, at all events, excelled in the present
generation.

ACCIDENT TO MR. NEWDEGATE, M.P. FOR NORTH
WARWICHSHIRE.—On Friday the above-named gentle-
man was thrown from his horse, whilst hunting in the
neighbourhood of Atherstone ; he sustained very severe
injuries, but hopes are entertained of his recovery.