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

THE TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTRMI3EIt, 1, 1846.

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IVIARKET INTELLIGENCE. 1 POTATO FAILURE IN DORSET-
SHIRE.
eularly recollected the transaction, as he had a suspicion (From the London New Price Current of September 1.)
that they would hear further aboutit,and inconsequence Yeovie, AUG e6.--Our inquiry into this alarming
SUGAIL.—To-da West India Sugar was archased re-
made a particular memorandum in the book. Upon being : luctantly for all purposes,y although there erePsellers in most disease brought u--3 to Yeovil, a large and Unportant
pressed for adnore particular address, he said Linen Hall,place of hie ieess, with a considerable market twice each
' eases 6cl per cwt. under the ratesof Friday, and the quante y
week. Ilere we found the potatoes for sale full three-
Dublin, and Funival's Inn Hotel, London. He appeared sold by private contract did not exceed 170 lihds and tierces.
fourths infected, some of the early ones even more; the
much agitated, and upon being asked to put his name 1 Ht. public sale 179 hhds G tierces of Barbadoes were chiefly
to the note, he appeared nervous, and asked others , disposed of. country growers around bringing them in for sale in
present to do it. Rem:m.o.—To-day there were sellers of Refined goods upon prodigious quantities, many not half grown nor ripe,
Mr. Thomas Ager corroborated the evidence of the further reduced terms, still the home trade operated with selling them for what they can get, rather than take
last witness. He was also a clerk in the issue depart. caution; the value of brown lumps is 61s 6d to 62s 6d, and them home again. The only potatoes apparently sound
ment of the Bank of England. Witness supplied standard lumps 63s to 63s 6d. Bonded Crushed Sugar is not ' are the round reds, many of which are grown in this
the gold for the notes to the prisoner, who to be had on lower rates, but there was not much business county, yet such is the fear of the cottagers that they
asked a porter to carry it for him to a cab outside the transacted; Ist sort is worth 33s 6d to 34s per cwt. . . ' are digging them up before they are half grown, fearing
Bank. The prisoner then left the Bank, and wit- MAURITIUS —This afternoon there was little passing pre-
the disease will also spread to those; no where can be
vately in Mauritius, but 844 bags at auction sold at the full .
ness followed him. Stated that he was sorry, , seen a plot but what has all the leaves dead, and the
value, and brought 50s to 52s for fine yellow.
but he must have the money back to EAST IxozL.—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal Sugars 1 stalks dying fast, leaving the most abominable stench.
reweigh it. The prisoner said it was all right, but ulti- consisting of 3,297 bags, were brought to public sale, and, ' The turnips along here are also much diseased, and
mately came back, the money was reweighed, and the nearly the whole sold, but in some cases the rates taken. daily spreading, the tops pierced with innumerable punc-
prisoner went away with it. Had no doubt of the iden- were rather under those previously current. . tures or holes, then turning of a sickly yellow, after
tity of the prisoner. elorsesses.—The business transacted in all sorts of West which the root becomes rotten through. The carrots
Mr. Iligman, chief clerk of the issue department, India has been extremely limited, and prices must be re- and parsnips are also much diseased, the tops, dying
gave the same evidence he did on Saturday. He had no girded as nominal from 19s to 24s per cwt. The stock is ~,ay, nod the lower part of the roots rotting. The
still on the increase, especially of the low and middling sorts. onions, of which there are many acres growing here, are
doubt the prisoner was the party who came to the Bank In Bengal Treacle the operations are upon a more extended
. also more than half destrayed; we proceeded on to
with the notes, and obtained the gold. scale, and the parcels sold were at 21s 6d to '22s for good
Mr. Payne, an inspector of notes in the Bank of quality. Honey has further declined in value. SIIERI3ORNE, fise miles from Yeovil, and through se-
tilifeitr h
el (
diseaset e toes
England, stated that the prisoner, on the 20th of July, Foiseuse.- To-day 1,758 boxes of yellow Havannah, im-
veral villages right and left leading thereto, where we
applied to him for gold for the notes, stating that the ported by a foreign ship, were offered at public sale, and sold heard the gent rtrie,latc(imoi
palnimnot'nti
"thatt,r
two, all
commission fur transmitting money to Dublin was so in consequence of merchants lowering their prices Gd per cwt I were diseased;
heavy, that he thought it better to take it over himself. TEA.—There has been a brisker demand ter the lower kind ! centinued to Tread as rapidly as it has thine for the
Witness had no doubt of the prisoner's identity. of Congou during the last few days, hut better prices are I last month, they will not have a sound potato to cat."
no.t obtainable Pouchong has met with a dull sale, and I Here we found several plots of rough reds not at all in -
Early, a porter of the Bank of England,:recollectt d the d h
are look: d e In G' re n lie-e has be li I:ableusia- 1 &coml., which we hear
.t e growers had been strongly
prisoner coming to the Bank in July. He was going
pnescsestransactedu,gando ifn,parcels were to be resseedn for I advised to let remain in. the ground, and to preserve
away in a cab, when he was called back, and afterwards further decline in the valueP would be thepresult : the. trade
them with great care, which they (it is said) have pro-
he left in the cab, which was at the gate of the Bank for only purchasing sufficient for their immediate wants notwith- The kidneys called " I,Vimborne," are
twenty minutes. standing the moderate rates at which there are sellers. mired t() do'
dreadfully infected, to the. extent of more than two-
Leonird Dean, hall-porter of the Bank of England— Fine Scented Orange Pekoe has met with little attention, and
thirds, though fine in size, yet rotten to the core or
Carried the gold to the cab, and he believed for the is only worth 2s per lb.
prisoner at the bar. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was sparingly heart ; the red-nosed kidneys are also much diseased,
Mr. Bushe said he had completed the first branch Of dealt in, and 1,953 bags 6 cases at auction were only in part though not yet fit to dig. The chief dependence for
hit evidence, and ho would now call evidence to show sold, upon easier terms. Jamaica is little wanted, and 52 the poor's subsistence during the winter around this part
casks at public sale were nearly all bought in. is on the potato, and those this year are nearly all de-
what occurred at the apprehension of the prisoner.
RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice was much sought after, but strayed. The poor agricultural labourers
James Dyme, 8,268, cab-driver of 262 patent safety further advanced rates being insisted upon checked business • frantic with d • and their fanii-
lies are almost despair and grief, exclaiming
cab—Was hired at the stand, Gray's Inn, to drive to the privately, and, the sound of 1,650 bags at public sale was " What shall we du this next winter?" as many farmers
Bank. The prisoner looked like the gentleman who taken in is to 2s above the value, that is to say, good bold
around here last winter were not giving more than 7e.
hired him. After reaching the Bank, he stopped about new pearly white at 21s. low middling broken, and dusty,
per week, and they have expressed their determination
three-quarters of an hour, and received four or five bags 19s but sea damaged sold at 13s Gd to 17s per cwt.
of money, when the gentleman ordered him to drive to S'PlCES.—Cassia Lignea is little wanted, and the market
already to give no more this. Some asserting that only
Furnival's Inn. Just as he was about to drive off, the being better supplied, prices are declining.; there has been 6s. will be their price after harvest—that they will not
porter came out, and after saying something to the little business deue privately, but 100 chests at auction were be enabled to give more. If so; famine must be the re-
prisoner, the money and he went inside, and he sold. In black Pepper several purchases have been made pri- salt, and that in its most dreadful form, as mint', no
(witness) waited ten minutes longer, when the gentleman vately in all descriptions, and some parties will not sell at doubt, will be driven to eat this poisonous diseased escu-
and bags came out, and he drove to Furnival's Inn. He t„l;eavtioon6sdriestette
Nl,,aVlhuieteufbgebeeunall.turchnemdelivtitohLasutbioetei,nanid lent, which the medical gentlemen pronounce as likely
was going inside when the gentleman said, drive on, and gOod request privately, and gthe supply lv being small, pricesn to produce fever of the most malignant .nature. At
he (cabman) went up Gray's Inn-lane, up John-street, are firm. Nutmegs are little wanted,p arrivals continuig to STURMINSTER, twelve miles from Yeovil, and four or
towards Russell,,,quare, when the gentleman told him to be large, prices are on the decline. Mace has been only five villages on the way, we are informed also of the
direful effects of this pestilential disease, and the dread-
go on to Montague-place, what number he did not know, in limited request, and prices are not so firm, arrivals having
but he (cabman) took out the bags, and laid them down been on a more extended scale. Cloves are not cheaper, but ful offsets likely to follow the fast decaying and the
in the passage of the house they stopped at. The house few transactions have taken place. Ginger is now much principal food here of the poor. Already sickness sits
was half way up on the left-hand side. wanted, and having a fair supply, prices are lowered for upon the now half-famished labourers and their families.
Cross-examined by Mr. Woolf—He thought there was East and West India. What must follow the total destruction of their winter's
a gentleman in Court more like " the fare" than the SPIRITS.—To-day the limited business transacted in East food no one can foretel, and many shrink here from con-
prisoner. The witness being asked to point out one and Vi est India Rum_
_wills_ at_ prices in_ favour of buyers; templating or discussing this heart-rending topic.
for
rall parcels were sold. 2s 5d for proof Leewards, at Is 11(1
person more like, pointed, amidst considerable laughter, Gardens most of the poor have; but what are they
Calcutta with certificate proof strength, and at 3s 6(1 to
to the secretary for the railway company, of which 4s for low to good Jamaica. now to them (the occupiers), covered with disease, in-
prisoner was the chairman. lerineo.—East India has been purchased with much stead of yielding, sustenance, as in other years, such as
Mr. Howe 11, who had been extensively employed by caution by exporters and the home trade, although there to carry them through the long and dreary approaching
railway companies, never did apply, by himself or are sellers rather under the rates of the last quarterly sale. winter? It is not only that their potatoes are rotting,
messenger, for 101., and never received such. Spanish is dull of sale, and can be obtained upon rather but their carrots, onions, apples, &c., are also fast de-
Mr. James Davies, a director of the company—Wit- lower terms. caging, and also the greens are scarce, from the long
ness was present at a special meeting of the board on OILS.—A good demand has existed for Southern Oil, and hot weather destroying many early planted. The tur-
the 21st day of May, 1846, when the then supposed importers having supplied the market sparingly prices have nips, too, of which so ninny were allowed to gather and
ruled firm; the parcels disposed of privately were chiefly for
fraud was discovered. The chairman took the chair at
The home consumption. There has been little desire evinced partly live thereon last winter, are this year also
tainted to a great extent in this county. We here saw
a meeting held on the present day week (Aug. 25). 1
to operate in Cod Oil. Holders of Seal are unwilling to several pieces of the rough reds still sound, though the
secretary read the minutes of last meeting, and the circular lower their prices, but there has been scarcely any demand
convening the one then held. The secretary produced from exporters since our last report, and the home trade have haums were dying prematurely this summer, full two
the banker's book. One of the directors, showing the been cautious in their proceedings, taking only sufficient tbr months before this time. At
book to Mr. Richardson, asked him, "Do you know , their immediate wants. The quantity of Sea Oil on offer STALDRIDGE, twelve miles also front Sherborne, and
anything of this?" He said, " I do not. I think the privately is however larger than it was. Holders of Sperm through other hamlets, the complaints were not quite so
first thin.• to he done is to see our bankers." Witness then are not inclined to further reduce their prices, and supply the general, though the tops were found dying. There ap-
said, " I think we had better wait till Mr. Fry arrives." market less freely. There has been a good business trans- pears to be another hard.• potato similar to the rough
acted in Palm privately, and notwithstanding the con- red grown here, through the skin of which the disease
A conversation ensued, but witness could not remember
the particulars. Certain resolutions were come teat the tinned arrivals prices are firm. In Rape Seed Oil has not as yet penetrated ; many are pulling up the tops
board. a good deal has been done. For Olive the demand and leaving the roots in the ground, which appears in
Mr. Pulsford (secretary), then produced the minute, has been active, principally from the home trade. Linseed some instances to stop the spreading of this direful
which did not appear of vital importance to the ease. Oil has been in good demand for home consumption, but plague. It appears difficult to make the country people
George Russell, 34 City Police, apprehended the pri- there being an increased quantity on offer, any material im-
believe it as being wiser to let the potatoes remain in the
provement in prices has been prevented from taking place
soner on Saturday last in St. Mildred's-court (the offices and 24s per cwt are the rates accepted for parcels on the' ground than to dig them up now. There is a chance
of Messrs. Bushe and Mullins). He was searched, and spot. The arrivals of Oils have not been much moment for the potato Is lien covered over with the earth they
six keys were found on him, five of which were now since this day week. grow in, and none when they become exposed to atmos-
produced. He said, " Supposing that all the Bank TALLOW.—The demand has been brisk for Russian on the pheric influence. At
clerks say is true, it is my own money ; I have the spot, arel a further advance in the value has occurred, not- Reunnica, four miles from Sturminster, many hardy
power, as chairman, to sign cheques." This was said in withstanding the continued arrivals. Importers show much rough reds aed others are grown, which as yet have 1101
the justice-room. firmness, and some will not sell at present rates, as the trade much suffered from this distemper. The a hite shaws
everywlT•e are scantily supplied. The transactions. for for-
Cross-examined—He was at the house of the prisonerand yellow lemons, with the early walnut and ash leaf,
been to a large extent, and at improved
after he had been examined before Mr. Alderman Mus- ward
lat
es. delivery
Allkindasvonf Tallow have met with increased atten- are more touched than the later sorts, about one third
grove. No violence was offered, as, with the exception lion, and prices are rising. having been found unfit for human food. The poor
of one cupboard, every place was opened with keys. about here will not give them even to their pigs, as se-
Daniel Douglas, No. 13 City Police, went to No. 6, ver.d have found that their swine became sick and
Charlotte street, Russell-square, accompanied by one or wasted away after their eating them for a week or two,
two more. On proceeding to the house his authority One farmer had three pigs died, which he attributes to
was demanded by the persons there. He showed them their having been fed with diseased potatoes. At
it, and in one of the drawers he found a quantitity of CELINE AI3BAS, and within a few miles around, the
papers and a bag containing one hundred, and one fifty, disease has, within the last three weeks, extended most
besides some Bank of England notes. These were sent ulariniiigly ; it is with the greatest difficulty sound po-
off in the cab. Witness remained in the house, and tatoes can be purchased at any price. We heard of Gs.
when Mr. Mullins came a further search was made, and per bushel having been given by the master of a gentle-
a cupboard, of which no keyicould be found, was broken inen's boarding-school here, and the halt of those were
open. not fit fa- food in three days. We were shown a- five-
John W. Murphy, clerk to Bushe and Mullins, went acre field of potatoes, that three weeks previously pro-
with the last officer and assisted in the search. Found mired to be the best crop around--now, upon digging
two pocket-books in the long drawer of prisoner's three rows, each twelve y ards in length, one gallon of
study. Found a bag of gold in the same drawer. sound ones would not be picked out. We were shown
Found a bag of gold in one of the dr&wers of the same plums. much diseased, just picked from the trees ; scar-
desk. Found four 101. notes and two 51. notes in the lot runners not fit fur food, oniens three parts rotten ;
turnips dying away in the fields snore than One-half
same place. S:3 %V both pocket-books inspected. Found
another locked book in the same drawer. Witness having daily increased ill putridity .; appleS, the- very few-there
received these, returned to the office of 13ushe and Mur- are, decaying within a few days after they are gathered.
lins in a cab, accompanied by the prisoner's butler. At ,
MireertnN Pone. the Very atmosphere isinlpregnated
Richard Mullins, of Bushe and Mullins, proceeded to
make a second search on the same evening. On forcing with impurity arid disease ; the air there breathed opc-
open the cupboard, he found the present cash-box, which rating injuriously on the human frame—every field and
was not made till the other evening. On last evening garden beirg in a state of putrescercy--no vegetables
examined the cash-box, and found two packages, each br-ing found wholesome or fit for human food. Fruit
containing fifty sovereigns. also withering, falling off, and rotting. The fields co-
Mr. Bushe sworn, said that on examining the two poc- vered with diseased potatoes, turnips, Sot. The poor
keta he found in a small pocket-book four notes of almost heart-broken and spiritless, dreading the tip-
-501., now produced ; he also examined the other preaching winter, and every face appearing with traces
book and found one 10/., and three 5/. notes, of grief and misery. Returning to Stalbridgc brought
After opening the diary, he found between the leaves us to
two 50/. notes, and behind the cover, which was loose, lIENGRIDGE, which we would not pass by without
he discovered money to a great amount. He found five making a few observations arid inquiries ; fincl.ng two
Bank notes e,f 100/., six of 50/.,_ four of 100/. ; in another or three plots of Lround with potatoes in a much more
parcel five of 100/., six of 501. ; in another parcel six healthy state and appearance than in any other part,
bank post bills of 1001. each, payable to John Powell, during this our inquiry. We were there shown the rough
which made the whole value of property found in reds, large and free from blemish, speck, or apparent
prisoner's house, 3,2251. He (Mr. Mullins) would prove disease, though it must be confessea they have not as
further that three SOO/. had been obtained at the Bank, yet grown to their usually natural size ; the tops are
in exchange for gold, and the same amount in another still green, the haulm sound, and apparently in a grow-
bank. ing state. Other potatoes are diseased, some in the same
Horatio Nelson, stepson of the prisoner, and living at fields more than halt' rotten—the walnut-leaf shaws and
No. 6, Charlotte-street—He (witness) did not know any reds particularly and extensively so. In our next report
person in Montague-place, and was not there within the we purpose going through the other parts of this county,
last twenty-four hours. After some conversation, the hoping, as we proceed further, we may find many fields
witness admitted that he had been in Montague-place, of the old rough reds having escaped this disease.
but he entered into no house there.
.--,7- Mr. BUSHE then craved a remand to a future day, and
requested that the property drawn should be placed in
sate custody.
The case was then remanded till to-morrow week (the
9th of September).

ROYAL COLLEGE of CHEMISTRY.
Yesterday afternoon the annual general meeting of
the members of the above college was held in the rooms
of the institution, Hanover-square. In the absence of
the Earl of Clarendon, the chair was occupied by Ben-
jamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., and supported by the Earl of
Antrim, Sir James Clarke, M.D., Colonel Wylde,
Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Dr. Har-
nett, Professor Hoffer, Dr Daniell, Dr. Aston Key, Dr.
Bevan, Mr. Tito, &c. After some introductory remarks
from the chairman, the report (the first presented to
the members) was read ; i:s details, as might be ex-
pected, bole reference more particularly to the positive
transactions of the institution than to matters of public
interest connected with the chemical art. Since the
establishment in 1844 the total receipts, including
those for the purposes of the new building, amounted
to 5,556/. 195., and the disbursements to 4,517/. ss. 9d.,
thus leaving a balance of 1,033/. 3s. 3d. The sub-
scriptions, &c., amounted to 1,5711, and the donations
to 2,693/. 3s. ; of the latter the sum of 1001. was re-
ceived from his Royal highness Prince .Albert, and a
like amount was also forwarded by his Royal Highness
as the representative of the Duchy of Cornwall. The
donations to the building fund now amount to 1,7631.,
but more than 2,000/. will he required for carrying out
the objects in view. It appears that with regard to the
laboratory, the total cost of the building will exceed the
original estimate, and will amount to 5,0001. Mr.
Blakemore, M.P. for Wells, offered to supply 500/,
.on
fifteen other gentlemen subscribing 1001, each, and by
this means the sum of 2,0001. was raised, under the de-
nomination of the Blakemore Fund, being, it appears,
distinct from the general building fund. In the first
year the number of students was twenty-six, and in the
one just finished thirty-seven, fifteen having remained
from the previous year. According to the statements of
Professor Hoffer, the students had in each session exhi-
bited a considerable degree of proficiency. The fees paid
by them amounted to 5271. 17s. The laboratory expenses
amounted to 9211. 13s. This department will be fully
opened in October next. We may add, that the new build-
ing at the rear of the house in Hanover square is fast
approaching to completion. It extends into Oxford-
street. The foundation-stone, our readers may recollect,
was laid a short time since by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert. The report added, that through the in-
strumentality of his Royal Highness Prince Albert ne-
gotiations had been concluded with the Prussian Go-
vernment, by which, in the event of the college not
succeeding, M. Hoffman will be permitted to continue
his professorship at Bonn. The report having been
agreed to, the meeting proceeded to the election of pre-
sident, vice-presidents, and council. His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert was re-elected to the former post,
which is not merely an honorary one, as the prince has
an excellent knowledge of chemistry, and several times
during the last session satisfied himself as to the pro-
ficiency of the students by interrogatories in the various
departments of the art. The vice-presidents anti council
comprise upwards of fifty members of :the nobility and
gentry, &c., one of them being Lord John Russell.
After votes of thanks to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the chairman, &c., the meeting was dissolved.

AMERICAN SLAVERY.—Extract of a letter, dated
Richmond, July 25, 1845 :—" An unpleasant occurrence took
place in this city yesterday. A man who has a number of
hired negroes in his employment was proceeding for seine
slight offence to punish one of them by whipping, when the
poor wretch, knowing his master's unmerciful nature, im-
plored that he might be hung at once instead of whipped..
This of course would not answer, and after tying the negro's
hands behind him in the usual manner, the employer went
into another room to procure his cowhide, when the negro
taking advantage of his absence rushed from the room,
jumped into the river, and was drowned."—American paper-

111 E LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, AUG. 29,1846.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Strutt,
Esq., to be one of the Commissioners of Railways, and also
President of the said Commissioners.
_ _ OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 26.

MEETING OF THE SOUTH
DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General J. W. Tobin
to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lord Bloom& Id, deceased,
Aug. 16 ; Major-General R. S. Brough to be Colonel-Com-
mandant, vice Wulff, deceased, Aug. 17.
ADMIRALTY, Auo. 26.

PlA:a:arm, 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.

Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant A. S. S. Walsh
to be Captain, vice Captain G. Hollinworth, deceased ;
Second Lieutenant W. M. Mansell to be First Lieutenant,
vice Walsh, promoted.
BANKRUPTS. . .

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 convenitg the meeting having been read,
The CHAIRMAN read the following report :

Jabez Russel, jun., builder, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire,
to surrender September 9, at half-past two, and October 9,
at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee, Basinghall-street ; Church, Spital-square.
George Enstone Phillips (and not George Eustone Phil-
lips, as advertised in the Gazette of Friday last), japanner,
Hill •street, Birmingham, Sept. 10, and Oct. 6, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Roberts, Birmingham ; Austen and Co..
Gray's Inn.
James Barker, builder, Sheffield, Sep. 11 and Oct. 6, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee, Leeds; Moss, Serjeant's Inn, London, Rayner or
Broadbent! Sheffield,
Thomas Yates, cotton manufacturer, Bolton-le-Moors,
Lancashire, Sept. 11, and Oct. 2, at twelve o'clock, at the
Manchester. Hobson, official assignee, George-stree, Man-
Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row,
London ; Rushton and Armistead, Bolton-le-Moors.
Richard and Timothy Crompton, brick-makers, Shrigley,
Chester, Sept. 14 and Oct. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Baker,
Manchester; Grimsditch, Macclesfield; Bell, Broderick, and
Bell, Bow Church-yard, London.
Jonathan Prytherch, grocer, Wrexham, Denbighshire,
Sept. 14, and Oct. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Pocock and
Marston, Norfolk-street, Strand, London ; Cunnah, Chester.
James Gill, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Sept. 16, and
Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple ;
Atkinson, Liverpool.

The capital accounts of the half-ye.ar, 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
" Leavirg a balance
in parliJmentary 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
placed before you. They include a period of 32 days,
from the opening of the line on the 29th of May to the
30th of Jurie--

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

SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.-(THIS DAY.) :

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
fully impressed with its importance, that every exertion
will be made to effect an early openinv, and active ope-
rations have already been commenced upon the line.
The Committee of the house of Lords refused to sane-.

Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale to-day was well at-
ten led, and very good prices were obtained. Some of
the scrips show a considerable rise. The following are
a fiw of the principal saks:—
Louvain ala Sambre £1 6"1•0
Reading and Reigate .. 1 2 0
Northern and Southern Connecting
Oxford, N‘ itney, and Cheltenham 0 10 6
Shropshire Union and Canal
Cambridge and Oxford
Grand Union ...... 0 15 0
Over Yssel
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 3 7 0
Taw Vale Extension and Dock 0 10 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension ......
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Great Eastern and Western 0 18 6
Churnet and Blythe
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 1 2 0
London and York
Manchester and Southampton 1 0 0
Great North of India 0 5 0
East Indian ... ......... .. 0 17 0
West Riding Union
Paris and Lyons
Direct Northern 1 15 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 11 0
Norfolk Extens. to Norwich and Brandon 2 5 0
Boston, Nerftrk, and Sheffield 0 17 0

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

state that there would be no alteration whatever as to

" 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 Devoaport.
" 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, has 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,
addtd 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 authorise,d for carrying out the
several objects proposed.
" You will be pleased to learn from the report of the
Engineer to which you aro referred for particulars of
the state and progress or 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 Gool.—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) " Twos. GILL, Chairman."
Immediately after the reading of the above report,
the following was read :
ENGINEER'S REPORT.

the site of the Plymouth terminus, in ionsequenee of
the altered position of the Cornwall line. 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. He
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 had taken in certain of the schemes
which had failed, the sole object of the directors had
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. He had also
pleasure in stating, that they had agreed with all the
landowners on tise line to Plymouth, up as far as Mutley
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 thought 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, lie 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
lad 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, eke.
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-
rectors 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
he 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 not 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. lie 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 on 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 ct 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 stilted that the 15,0001. did form part
„el the,asse;s, and, that no further proceedings for exten-
sions would be Wien withottetfidirect',Concurrence of
the proprietors. •
Ur. D. PERRY said the central line was the mildest
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 yeats.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, but 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
is 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 report of the directors was then unanimously
adopted.

`• Puke-street, August 15, 184 G.
" Gentlemen,—Since my last report the railway has
been opened to Teignmouth, being worked with loco-
motive power.
" The protracted delays in the completion of the en-
gine-houses and machinery, rendered it improbable that
the atmospheric apparatus could be brought into opera-
tion within such a moderate delay as would justify the
postponement of the opening. The working with loco-
motives has been highly satisfactory, and hold out a fair
promise of the line running remarkably smoothly and
perfectly, when the absence of the locomotive engines
shall admit of more perfect and easy maintenance of cor-
rectness in the rails.

" The works upon this portion of the line are in ex
cellent condition.

" The completion of the line to Newton has been (as
frequently mentioned) hitherto delayed for want of Pur •
liarnentary power over a small piece-of land. The Act
has passed, but has not yet received the royal assent,
and we were insured possession of the ground only a
week or two back, so as to allow of the progress of the
works. A considerable quantity of earthwork, and the
bridges over the canal and the river Teign, as well as all
the works of the station at Newton, remained to be com-
pleted, and depend: l upon the direction of the line.
" Every arrangement has been made to open and pro-
ceed with the works as rapidly as possible.
" I have also made arrangements for commencing and
proceeding with the cot: struction of the line to Torquay,
that very valuable branch for: which the Act has just
been obtained, and with a moderately favourable winter,
I believe this branch might be completed, so far as the
works are concerned, within three or four months after
the opening to Newton. With respect to the line beyond
Newton to Colebrook, I have only to report that the
works are very nearly completed, and that they might
indeed be ready for that entire distance to receive the
permanent way by the end of the year.
"Between Colebrook and the Plymouth station, some
delay has beers caused by the necessity of waiting to
ascertain the result of the application to Parliament for
deviation. And still grew er delay has occurred in pro-
curing the land, the greater part of which we have still

to get possession of.
"With respect to the machinery and apparatus con-
nected with the atino;:plieric system, I am obliged still to
report a very slow progress. The pipes are all cast, and
are laid nearly all the way to Newton, or at least as far
as the permanent way is completed, and the valve is
ready to be fixed; but the engines are not ready and
cannot be yet for some weeks. The delay is unquestion-
ably very much to be regretted; but it has not been
entirely without its advantages. Considerable experi-
ence has been obtained in the successful working of the
Cro; don Railway, and still more in the temporary stop•
page which occurred in the working of that line during
part of the very hot weather of this summer—a difficulty
which had been occasionally threatened was experienced
—the heat passed the point of temperature at which the
composition then used was fit for the work; but this
difficulty was, after some failures, overcome, and, as
frequently results from the successful removal of a ditli-
eulty-a . very great general, improvement, .has been:
effected in•the working of the :valve; and the inconve•,
nience, annoyance, and loss occasioned by the stoppages-,,
has been more than repaid by that general improvement.
"l.kie of our engines has already keen put to work;
the completion of others will shortly follow, and in a
few weeks we shall at least be able to run trains, though
perhaps not entirely dispensing with the locomotive;
and I feel convinced that the
,result will repay you for
the anxiety of waiting—while in the meantime the line is
well worked, and the traffic developed by the use of the
locomotive.

"I am, gentlemen,
• " Your obedient servant,
" T. K. BRUNEL.
" To the Directors of the South Devon
Railway Company."
SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—STATEMENT OF
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS TO JUNE 30, 1846.
Amount received on account of Calls, viz.:—
Deposit of :51. per share £lOO,OOO 0 0
2d Instalment do.
3d Instalment do.
4th Instalment do 99,990 0 0
sth Instalment do . . .... 99,700 0 0
6th Instalment of 101. per Share 186,570 0 0
Capital received in advance ....£54,425
Amount transferred to the 6th
Instalment 47,505 _ _

6,920 0 0
282,300 0 0

Debenture Bonds

Forfeited Shares
liegistration Fees

Amount received of Tavistock Scrip-
holders, their share in the Parlia-
mentary Deposit on the South Devon
Extension Bill

12 10 0
15G 19 0

975,649 9 0

2,500 0 0

978,149 9 0

Audited Aug. 14, 1846.
(Signed) W. IL EVANS.
N. LOCKYER.

[Tln followed a statement of the accounts, which
showed the receipts, up to the 30th of June, to be
863,0511. 16s. 10d. and the expenditure 978,1491. 95.,
leaving a balance in hand of 115,0071. 12s. 2d.]

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS, FROM 29TH

OF MAY TO 30T11 OF JUNE, 1846.
RECEIPTS.

Traffic.
Passengers. 44,364 2 9
Carriages, horses,
and dogs l4 12 0
Parcels

Mileege

£2,419 17 4
94 4 0

£2,514 1 4

Audited Aug. 14, 1846.
(Signed) W. H. EVANS.
N. LOCKYEIt.

PAYMENTS.

Traffic (returned fare)
Expenses.
Carriage repairs 413 14 6
Insurance (stations) 11 13 3
Guards
Police 145 6 0
Porters
Establishments, &c 278 14 8
Locomotive hire 478 17 0
Mileage
Rent, &c., Exeter
station 7l 13 4
Stationery (tickets) 34 17 7
1,247 14 3

1,248 3 9
1,265 17 7

Balance

£2,514 1 4
F. GILL, Chairman.

T. W. For, Esq., seconded the adoption of the report
which was moved by the Chairman, remarking thatit was
the most satisfactory report that had been laid before the
shareholders since the formation of the company. After
other remarks he congratulated the proprietary upon the
fact that several of the schemes in which they have em-
barked, had been thrown out, for had Parliament as-
sented to all the undertakings which the South Devon
Company had engaged to assist, he very much doubted
whether they would have been able to raise the whole of
the money which would have been required in new
shares. He thought that now the Bank of England had
reduced their rate of interest to three per cent. the di-
rectors would c 4 rtainly be enabled to obtain loans on
debentures at much less interest than they were now
called upon to pay. He begged to inquire when the
line would be opened to Newton, and also where the
Plymouth terminus would be situated, in the altered
position of the Cornwall line.
The CHAIRMAN replied, that the directors were afraid
to commit themselves to dates. Neither the engineer,
nor still less the directors, were able to state positively
when the line would be opened to Newton, as so much
depended upon circumstances over which they had no
control. Their expectatim, however, was that the
opening would take place in the early part of November.
They were now happily in possession of the disputed
land, which had been the cause of detention, and having
put a large number of men to work, they holed
to open within the time mentioned. The permanent
way was indeed laid, almost up to the very point. With
respect to the other question put by Mr. Fox, he might