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fork, and where it would throw off one branch to Ely, and
the other to Stowmarket, and thence to Ely. So far then as
the Ipswich and Bury line and the Thetford and Bury line
were similar, the evidence and the speeches world be the
same. But be should observe that the branch to Thetford
was to be abandoned.
It was then agreed that this course should be adopted.
Mr. Everott, a hardware manufacturer at Birmingham,
was called by Mr. Calvert, to show the superior advantages
of Ipswich as an exporting port to Germany and the other
continental districts bordering the Baltic. The goods would
generally go by Rotterdam, but the goods for France would
go by London.
To that
re-
plied, tthheattl re-examination
business at of
HulYlr;aßd
they were now making new docks. AsrlaLrLgYelythinecwreittstneedss
Mr. Webber, a merchant of Ipswich, dealing in oil-cake
and linseed-cake, imports about 1,000 tons
and
nannually,
a large quantity of which hel sent to Newmarket
of it went into Suffolk andti
Cambridgeshire,neighbourhood, e
e'is at present limited, from the
expense of carriage.
andhot tthh
e
of
If this line were made, it would, he
his trade e h
the whole
tradew h
ad l anded goods at
aLnytnicni,pataerkda, quadruplee H
difference
freight as between the
Baltic and Lynn and the Baltic and Ipswich is
as 35. Gtic ' 61-. 3s. 9d., but this is far more than
counterbalalsesit'hy the saving of the internal carriage. -His
trade with Warwickshire and Northamptonshire would be
largely increased by this line, especially in rape cake, which
is extensively used as a manure where it can be obtained.
But many of the mills in Cambridgeshire have been stopped
by the cheapness of the imported article. There is a preju-
dice against Yarmouth as a port, because vessels cannot ap-
proach it at all states of the tide.
The cross-examination of Mr. Calvert elicited the fact that
the witness' trade only extended to Bury, Newmarket, and
the neighbourhood, but the validity and tendency of the evi-
dence were in no respect shaken.
To the reexamination of Mr. BAGELLY the witness replied
that Ipswich and Harwich are preferable to Lynn, in conse-
quence of the sands of the last place being dangerous, and the
dock being a dry one, while vessels can obtain refuge in
Harwich harbour at all times.
Mr. John Muskett, steward of the Duke of Norfolk, stated
that he bad lived at Bury for forty years, that he farmed
1,000 acres of land on his own account, and had managed
upwards of 2,600 acres for the Duke, though at present he
had much less of the Duke's in his hands. The Bury dis-
trict is extensively arable, the whole produce nearly being
exported to London, or sent into the western and manufactu-
ring counties. He had been one of a committee, in 1836, for
the formation of a line like this, and great disappointment was
felt at the Eastern Counties line stopping at Colchester. As
much as 70,000 quarters of barley are grown in the neigh-
bourhood of Bury, which was forwarded to Hertfordshire
and Bedfordshire, where it was malted, and there sent for-
ward into the manufacturing counties. The trade would
certainly be greatly increased by the railway, and a great
advantage especially would be obtained in the article of
coals, which now cost 30s. a ton. There would
be benefit in the competition of Lynn and Ipswich for the
supply of that article to Bury, as also with the parties who
would bring them from the interior. The witness also spoke
to the peculiar nature of the Mildeuhall population, which
he described as ge .erally scattered. There is also this supe-
riority in the Ipswich and Bury line, that it follows the
course of the old coach road, and it gives generally more
accommodation to the district.
Mr. Macnamara, a carrier, was called to show the
4uperiority of the line of traffic through Bury to London.
There atT now eight coaches by Bury to London, five by
Newmarket, two by Colchester, and one by Chelmsford,
which averaged nine passengers each journey.
Mr. ABBOT!', a wholesale butcher at Bury, stated that on
an average he slaughtered 300 sheep and 10 bullocks
a week. A great portion of the meat is sent to the
London markets; and if this line were opened, he should
send all his meat by railway, as well as the living animals.
He could say that there was a large number of pigs sent by
railway from Cambridgeshire, and as many as 100 beasts and
500 sheep are now sent weekly to London, by railway, from
Bury market.
On cross-examination, the witness replied that large num-
bers of cattle came from the north to Bury.
Mr. J. P. Everard, a wool merchant, stated that the firm
to which he belonged bought as much as 600 tons of wool.
every year, and testified generally to the advan-
tage which would be derived from the railway by the dis-
trict in which he resided.
On cross-examination, the witness stated that he had been
a party last year to the Chesterford and Bury line, which was
fioß abandoned.
Mr. Fairman, a mister in a large way at Bishop's Stort-
ford, where he made upwards of 12,000 quarters a week,
which he sent to London, he spoke of the advantage the
line would occasion to the district, giving the preference to
the Ipswich and Bury line.
Mr. Briant, of Newmarket, stated that there were 58,700
quarters of wheat, and 25,500 quarters of barley sold at
Newmarket in the year 1845, as well as a considerable quan-
tity of oats, which are brought from the fens chiefly, to the
whole of which a great benefit would be wrought by the con-
struction of the railway.
The Committee here adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

GROUP MIX.
OLDHAM DISTRICT.

The Committee assembled to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr
Divett in the chair, when
Mr. Schofield was recalled, and described the course which
the Oldham districts line was intended to take, dwelling es-
pecially on the advantage of the termini, and the reasoning
was equally applicable to passengers and goods.
A map of Oldham was submitted to the Committee, show-
ing the way in which the several termini would respectively
affect the different manufactories. The number of hands
employed in the cotton manufacture in the township of
Oldham are 16,726, and the numbers of those represented
by the signature of the parties to the petition is 10,690.
The amount of horse power in the township is 2,795, of whom
the petitioners possess 1,951, leaving the balance of both
items to hostile, indifferent, or opposing parties.
Mr. Scholfield was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant
WRAWGHAM, with a. view to show that the access from the

y:orkshire coal fields to Oldham would be as advantageous
by the other lines as by the Oldham districts line. The
Hud lersfield aid Manchester line, when finished, will give
a thn,,ugh traffic from Saddleworth to Liverpool. So far,
therefor.e, as Ashton and Rochdale are concerned, this line of
the prop-niers is uncalled for. If the Birkenhead Bill passed,
there woub.-1 not only be the two stations proposed by
the promoteZs, but the central station, and a second
also at Mump,,, but then they would have to go three-
quarters of a mii.e round, and they would also have to go
down a gradient of one in twenty-seven, and there would,
besides, be the great interference with the manufactories
and other property.
Mr. Blackburn described generally the extent of the coal-
.

field in the neighbourhood.—
On cross-examination the Nritness stated that he knew
little of the Yorkshire coal-fields, and he conceived that

coals might be brought by the Huddersfield line. Nor could
he say that the best household coals could be delivered in
Oldham at 6s. 94. and the engine coal at ss. 6d. But he
might say, that if coals could be delivered se much cheaper
it would be to the interest of the Hollingwood proprietors to
shut out the Yorkshire coals.

On re-examination by Mr. RUSSELL the witness stated that
the Birkenhead line might accommodate the collieries but
Would not serve the copperas mines. _

To the CHAIRMAN, tie replied that the whole of the capital
for the Oldham districts group of lines is 700,000/. and that
of the Birkenhead line alone ii 480,0001.

-- ---
Mr. Ev.ing, . of, the firm of Evans, Bsrker, and Co., coal-
owners, at .RoYton, said that he concurred with thelast wit-
ness in all that he had affirmed. His firm seht out 100 to
200 tons a day to Manchester. They were carted to the rail-
way at an axpeose of 10s. a ton, and they were carried by rail-
way to Manchester, suffering a great deterioration .in the
transit by breakag;e, while if this line were constructed, they
would save both the cartage and the deterioration. On this
line they could send. a much greater quantity. They also
sent a large quantity ;to Rochdale at an expense of 2s. 6d.
a ton for carriage, besid,'s breakage, but if the railway were
made Vie cost would onl.r be'4d., which w6uld be saved to
the inhabitants. Theie alight alsl be an opportunity of
founding an iron trade there., Taking all the circumstances
into consideration, he should s'.ly that if the Birkenhead line
were made R,oyton would remaoi just as it is, while, if the
Oldham diAricts line were made, it would open up a commu-
nication with Rochdale, Saddleworth, and all those places in
the neighbourhood. '

On cross-examination, the witness replied that the mines
extended all under the town of Royton, the centre of the
place being about I miles from the station of the Manches-
ter And Huddersfield Railway. From the proposed Oldham
districts line the distance to the station would be about

half a mile, but a pit might be sunk close to the line. Hecould, bowever, give no positive information as to the
quantity raised. but in his own mines large quantities were
sent both to Oldham and to Manchester.
A conversation ensued upon the tolls, when the Committee
decided that whatever preamble might be approved of the
tolls aboard be directed quite according to their discretion.
At this paint,

The CHAIRICSII stated, as had been previouqly stated,
that, viewing the comprehensive nature of the Oldham. dis-
trict scheme, the Committee conceived that for the purpose
of working out a great coal field, that was superior to, the
Birkenhead line; and they thought that some arrangement

~
might be entered into between the parties. But Mr. Ruisell,
the-counsel for the promoters, replied that such a compromise
was not likely to be effected.
Mr. Bentley, a cotton-waste dealer and iron-founder, at
Oldham, gave evidence generally as to the nature of the
traffic around Oldham, the goods being conveyed by 'cart at
au ciperlse of 7s. 6cl. a,ton„
Further evidence was adduced, but so similar that its only
object was to strengthen the force of that previously given.
The Committee adjourned at five o'clock.

GROUP XLVI.
This committee re-assembled to day at twelve o'clock;
present; r. Bramston (chairman) and the other Members.
NENA-7c nnan aRLINGTON, DUItRADT
and altistiollitLAND, and WrATI.MOUTE
• 141131 -IPILTTLC U E and n 22.11.14 C 21.7. S.
The Clauses cf the amended Bill were gone through.

GROI 1.1.

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ramvlATzuzi 11: TVlrrirrnza., KITH
The Committee 2ElELazzicuEs.
at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 21-s°.nvs referred met to-day,
(chairman), Lord Ossulstou, the Pon. resent, Mr. C. Wood',
hill, and Air. Welby. A. Cole, Captain Pol-
Mr. Henry Robertson, examined by. Mr. ly ,„
Is the., engineer to.the line. has preparrYth
sections, and does not find any engineering dime.ule_
ties of consequence. There are no tunnels, and only
one level crossing. The steepest gradient on the line is lin
82, and the sharpest curve has a radius of 20 chains—that is
at the junction of the branch with the main line.
London and
Birmingham ata, curve with a radius of only 8 chains. The
length of the line is 4 miles, 2 furlongs, and 3 chains. The
turnpike road crossed upon a level is so bad that it is almost
disused. It has an inclination of 1 in 9 for a distance of 300
yards, and if lowered would be inundated by the adjacent
canal. If it were raised it would destroy the water of the
canal. The length of the branch line to Ffrewyd is a mile
and one-third, and the steepest gradient is i in 80. There is
a joined estimate for three branches, amounting to 65,0001.
60.0001. of that is required for the Llangothlen branch. The
estimate for the eeviation is rather more than 43,000/., and
the length of it is 2 miles and 27 chains. The steepest
gradient is l in 83, and the sharpest curve has a radius of half
a mile. There are no level crossings. The formation
of the deviation will save 30,0001., and the station will be
placed in a much more advantageous position. The
summit level of the line is 15 feet lower, and the branches to
the iron and coal works will be made with less difficulty and
expense. The working expenses will be about 40 per cent.
on the amount of the traffic.

By Mr. CHAMBER3—Has been before engaged in railways.
Has been engaged in two, one of which is now partly at work.
The length of the L!angothlen line is 41} miles. It is pro-
posed to make an occasional station for certain trains at the
junction of the branch with the main line. There are ample
funds for such a station, The junction is formed .ve,ry.nearly
on a level. Will say that the whole length of the branch,
4i miles, is moderately easy, and neither difficult nor ex-
pensive in its formation. The high road to Llangothlen is

very hilly, and the branch line runs parallel with that road
for two-thirds of the distance. The greatest distance
i between the line of the road s fifteen chains. The
greater part of the railway will be in cutting, varying in
depth from 18ft. 31n. to nothing, The road itself is a
cutting. The railway does less damage than railways
usually do, but it certainly does cut through a great deal of
the cultivated land. If the damage done were to be esti-
mated at 20,0001. his estimate would be destroyed. The line
only goes through half a wile of the Trevor Hall estate.
Does not think that Trevor Hall will be injured by the Hue;
is rather of opinion that it will be improved.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve
to-morrow.

GROUP LIII.
This Committee, consisting of the Hon. E. Lascelles
(chairman), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Hildyard,
Capt. Dalrymple, and Mr. R. Clayton, re-assembled to-day
at the usual hour.
SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL
(CHESTER TO WOLVERHAMPTON).

Mr. Sergeant KING[ AKE resumed his address in opposition
to this scheme, and said, that in dealing with this matter they
were first of all to take into consideration that by the stop-
ping up of this canal they not only interfere with that par-
ticular canal, but indirectly they would affect the large out•
lay of capital in the improvement of the navigation of
the Severn, and they would inflict an incalculable
injury on the internal commerce of the country. According
to the evidence of Mr. Scott given before the Select Com-
mittee, to which he had alluded on the previous day, no less
a sum than 617,0001. had been expended in the formation of
the Birmingham Canal, besides 400,0001. additional in the
construction of mineral branches flowing into it. Now, if
this Committee sanctioned the scheme before them, they
would render that large outlay useless. But, in addition to
that, they would affect other canals in Staffordshire,
Warwickshire, Coventry, Oxford, &c., which joined
the canal under consideration. They would also affect
the present water communication between Manchester and
Shrewsbury. He would call witnesses who would in the
most distinct manner prove that they, in common with the
public, derived considerable benefit from all these canals,
and that if this scheme were sanctioned they would suffer
great loss and inconvenience. What was the case set up
by the promoters? The proprietors of the canal for some
reason or other had not derived as much profit from
their undertaking as they anticipated. But such a view
as that was a very partial one, and before the Committee
sanctioned the conversion of the canal into a railway, he
besought them to take into consideration the great damage
which such a decision would inflict on the proprietors of the
other canals of which this was a link, and whose undertak-
ings were far more important and expensive than this. If
they decided that this Bill should pass, they would
disturb the whole internal water communication of the
country, and not only the proprietors of those canals,
but the community at large, would be seriously in-
jured. The decision which the Committee might give
upon this question would be the first given since the sitting
of the Railway and Canal Amalgamation Committee, and he
had no doubt that the decisions that would hereafter be given
on similar schemes would be affected by that decision, and
he therefore hoped they would pause before they decided that
the scheme should be sanctioned. He did not think that it
had been satisfactorily explained how this canal had failed
as an investment. The proprietors had from time to time
tried various schemes to make it profitable, aud the consequence
of those schemes had been the continual dwindling of the
traffic, and diversion into other channels. He believed that
they had not justly dealt with the public. He believed that
they had obtained, as late as last year, an Act under false
pretences, and that while they pretended to be seeking for
powers to improve the canal as a water communication, they
in fact were preparing the way for the present scheme of
converting their canal into a railway. He would nos come

to the last'pointonwhich he should- address the Committee,

and that Was, whether this line was to be a rival with any
other line of railway? Would it afford any competition? Ile
happened to recollect having heard his Learned Friend Mr.
Austin distinctly stating to the Committee, in opening the
promoters' case, that it would not be a competing line. This
scheme was, in fact, suggested as an alternative line for
heavy traffic. Now, his Learned Friend must, of course,
have been instructed to make that statement. Mr. Stephen-
son had distinctly repudiated the notion that this line was
to be the means of transit for goods between Birmingham
and Liverpool, for he said the Grand Junction would
ewer carry the traffic of that district. Birkinhead
and Ireland were the points aimed at by the pro-
moters. But were the public to be deprived of the
advantages which this canal (the best outlet to Liverpool,
according to the evidence of Mr. Scott) offered them in the
sending of their traffic from the inner districts of the country
to Liverpool ? Mr. Stephenson had said that this scheme
was not to be looked upon as a mere line between Wolver-
hampton and Nantwich, /cc.; but that it would form a most
important link in railways hereafter to be formed. Now he
should like to know by whom this and the other lines were
promoted. It was evident that this scheme was not promoted
by an independent company, who intended to struggle with
the powerful railway companies in the district through which
it passed. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany had, in fact subscribed 250,0001. to the scheme, and he
suspected that it was a sub rose# scheme of that as well as
the Grand Junction and the London and Birmingham Com-
panies. There was no doubt that it would be associated with
them. The Chester and Holyhead Company, in which the
London and Birmingham were more than greatly interested
(and in turning to Mr. Stee's evidence he found he admitted

the fact) were also subscribers to this undertaking to the
amount of 300,000 J. Now, the Chester and Holyhead was
ruled, as every man knew, by the London and Birmingham.
If this scheme were sanctioned people in the district in ques-
tion would be left to the tender mercies of the Grand Junc-

tion Company, and the Committee would thus cripple the
commerce of that district which,with the present water commu-
nication, had prospered to a considerable extent. He main-
tained that the promoters of the scheme had not fairly presented
the case to the Committee, and had, with great ingenuity, no
doubt, left upon him the great burden of presenting it fully
and fairly before them. They had represented it to be an
unimportant and isolated canal. It was not so, it formed, as
he had previously said, a most important link in the water

communication of the interior of this country. The witnesses
whom he should call would prove it to be so. The Learned
Sergeant concluded by hoping that the Committee would
give no vete upon this scheme until they had the other
schemes, of which they had been said to be a part, fully
laid before them, lest they should give a decision which they
might hereafter regret.
Mr. MACAULEY then proceeded to call in support of the
case represented by the Learned Sergeant,
Mr. John Barker, ironmaster, Wolverhampton, who stated
that the commerce of that district would be much injured by
the drying up of the canal in question, inasmuch as there
would then be but one means of transit for their
goods, the proprietors of which would be the
Grand Junction Company. A meeting was held at
Wolverhampton on the 12th March last (which was
convened by the Chief Constable in compliance with
the requisition of the principal portion of the iron masters,
&c., of that district), to take into consideration the Bill now
under consideration. At that meeting, which was a very
stormy one, in consequence of Mr. Stee, the agent of the
Canal Company, and others interested in the progress of the
Bill taking part is the proceedings, resolutions ware agreed to
deprecating the conversion of the canal into a railway.
Cross-examined by Mr. LAING (one of the Learned Counsel
for the Bill)—Had given his active support to the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton line. Supposing there were
a clause in this Bill to compel the Company
to carry heavy traffic at one penny per ton, such
goods would be carried from Wolverhampton to Liverpool
at Bs. 6d. per ton, being Is. less than the amount charged
by the present canal proprietors. This scheme had his ,sup-
port at ene time, under certain stipulations. 25,000 tons of
iron ore arrived in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton
every year from Ellesmere, and he believed that if that ore
was forced to be carried by the Grand Junction Company, a
very considerable tax would be imposed on the ironma.stPrs.
Loid Dalhousie did not, in reply to the deputation that
waited upon him last year to represent the non-desirable-
ness of converting this canal into a railway, say that, after
giving the subject full consideration, he believed it would be
well to sanction the present sclieme.
Mr. lIILDYARD (to the witness)—You have told us, that
it is your opinion that the Manchester and Birmingham and
the Grand Junction C-impanies would be very glad if the
preamble of this Bill should not pass. What reason have
you for saying so?—Why, they think that it is imposing a
tax upon them, and would have the effect of driving them
into a bad bargain with a worthless line.
Mr. Thomas Bagnall, iron-master, Wolverhampton, gave
similar evidence to that of Mr. Barker. He believed that
the failure of the canal was owing to bad management.
This scheme would be of no use to South Staffordshire, and
his candid opinion was, that, even if the canal were dried up,
the public would not be a whit better off by the construction
of this undertaking.
The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow,

GROUP LVI.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of
the I3ills cornpriQed in this group re-assembled at the usual
hour this. morning ; Mr. Ewart in the chair.
ENFIELD AND EDMONTON.
The case for the promoters of this scheme was resumed,
and nearly the whole of the day was. occupied in hearing
general evidence in favour of the line.
Mr. Seymour, the surveyor of the line, proved that the
line would require 9 acres, 1 rood, and 33 furlongs. The
value of the land, house property, &c., to be taken for the
line, he estimated at 9,6431.

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Name of Company. er of Paid. , Price
Annum. Share.
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Australasia •.•••• • • • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 27
Britsh.North American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45
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Colonial.. •
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London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
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Union of Australia .• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25%
Union of L0nd0n..... Si. per cent. ,50 0 0 10 0 0 11
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Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ s. d.
Albion •• .. .. .. .•• • • • 3/. 105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Era. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine.. ••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 61,8
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Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6%
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Eng. & Scot. Law •• • • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2:9 0 ; 2%
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Freemasons' ... ••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
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Guardian .... •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48
Imperial Fire .. ••• • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240
Imperial Life •••• • • .• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 161 A
Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29
Law Life ••••• • • • • . 1/. Ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 52
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 634
London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 14%
London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
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Plicenlx .... - - 205
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Rock Life............ 4s. 50 0 010 0 4%
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Sun Fire ......... • • - 210
Ditto Life ........• • 11. 6s. - - 49
Universal Life
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Annum. Share.

East L0nd0n...." •.•. 81.
Urand Junction .... •• 31. 10s.
Kent • • . • 2/. 10s.
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Lmdon 5/. pr cent. I Stock. 1133 s
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British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 223
Commercial Bank 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 161
National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 15
Union Bank of Scotland 7311. pr cent. - 50 0 0 93
Western Bank •• • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 83
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 714
Clydesdale Bank. •.• 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131
Eastern Bank 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4%
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per eerie - 50 0 7%
City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 259,
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. - 91
North British Incur 53(1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28
Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22
Edinburgh Life Incur 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 183
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74
Ditto, Shares 75. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 184,
Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 16
olasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 74
Glasgw&Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 163!
Gls,gw & Garnktrk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40,y
Dundee & Arbrothrtall. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39
Standard LifeAssnrnce.lsl. per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 9
CANALS.
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Names of a 4 ,) IDividend Names of a 4 › per
nd
Price.
Companies. per Companies. 41 Annum.
m Annum.
XI
Aahtn & Oldh 97
,51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z1113; 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 98
Barnsley.... 1160; 12/. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 38
Basingstoke-1100 - - Neath ... •• . 100 17/. 340
Brkiik&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. -
Cromford.... ;100 141. 150 Peak Forest. 78 3/. 68
Dudley 100 4/. - Regent's •.• • 33 1/. ss. 2234
Derby • • .1100' 6/. 73 Rochdale .... 85 41. 77
Ellsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropshire .. 125 81. -
Erewash ...1100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. lOs. 130
Forth & Clyd: 1001 41. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11
GrandJunctn 100, 71. 9534,Stffrd&Worc 140 28/. 290
Grand Union 100; 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamorgnsh .1172 13%1. 210 ,Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 315
Glstr & Brklyi 00 - - Strtfrd on A 79 11.10 x. -
Grantham . .150 121. 100 Severn andl
Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. 26 1/. Bs. 32
Keunt & Avis 39 7s. 6d. 10 Trnt &
Lancaster 47' I/. 105. soy, .h. 50 30/. -
Leeds& Livrp 100; 341. 520 , Thaws &Med 19 - -
Leicester ....1140' 10/. 105 IWorcstr &
Leicstr &Nth; 831 4/. 60 I Binning. 78 21. 44
Loughboreghtl42, 701. 850 iWilts & Brks 67 11. 11

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT. OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 9.
THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF DEVON.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Greenwood followed on the
other side, when
The COURT, after a short consultation, allowed the manda-
mus to p.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
• WHITEHALL, Jrivz 8, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. George
Russell to.the church and parish of Cromarty, in the pres-
bytery of Cbanonry and county of Cromarty, vacant by the
death of thefter. Adam Hall, late minister thereof.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 9.
The Qtiedn' lies been graciously pleased to appoint George
Crowe, Esq,,.. now her Majesty's Consul at Patras, to be her
Majesty'S Consul General in Tripoli.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Thomas Wood, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Bengazi, to
be her Majesty's Consul at Patras.
WAR OFFICE, JUNE 9.
4th Light Drageons—Lieut. R. Portal to be Captain, by
purchase. vice Magan, whoNviceceteipiseolsarta;de,Cl 0;
Jrunnete H. D. Slade to be
C. Brandreth, Gent.,
tf
i6t 13'
uteht Cornet,e
Dnarna Dragoons—Cant. bbnyys —1)1)i:cholla sta::el, W. Arkwright to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. H. Crichton, who retires; Lieut. W. H.
Carrot to be Captain, by ;purchase, vice Arkwright; Cornet
Sir W. C. Morshead, Bart., to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Carrot; .R, G. Manley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Sir W. C. Morshead, June 9.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant and Captain R. P.
Dawson, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards,
to be Captain, vice Tynte, who exchanges, June 9.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant J. T. Waller, from 16th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Blandy, 'who ex-
changes,June 9.
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant A. Blandy, from 15th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Waller, who ex-
changes, June 9.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain C. K.
K. Tynte, from 11th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant and
Captain, vice Dawson, who exchanges, June 9.
2d Foot—Lieut. D. W. G. James to be Captain, bypur-
chase, vice Wingate who retires ; Ensign H. E. Redmond to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James; C.. Squire, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, rice Redmond, June 9.
6th Foot—Lieutenant D. F. Ogilbv to be,Captain, vice
Reed, who retires; Ensign W. E. Robertson to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Ogilby, June 9 ; Ensign H. P. Gore
to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Blaydes, who retires,
June 10; F. W. Gore, Gent., to be Ensign, by purChase, vice
Robertson, June 9 ; R. P. Norris, Gent., to be Enisign, by
purchase, vice Gore, June 10.
11th Foot—Surgeon A. West. M.D., from 99th Foot, to be
Surgeon, vice Hadley, who exchanges. June 9.
14th Eoot—W. Lloyd, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Teller, promoted on the Staff, June 9.
20th Foot—Major G. Minter, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Major, vice C. Smith, who exchanges; Capt. L. D.
Gordon to be Major, by purchase, vice Minter, who retires ;
Lieut. W. Baring to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gordon ;
Ensign A. Beatty to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baring;
S. D'Arcey Kelley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Beatty, June 9.
25th Foot—Ensign Sir R. Barclay, Bart., to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Pinder, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet
the Hon. H. Wrottesley, from the Royal Military College,
to be Ensign, vice Dowson, promoted in the 29th Foot
Gentleman Cadet A. H. Dixon, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, vice Sir R. Barclay; J. H. Cumming.
Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wrottesley, appointed
to the 43d Foot, June 10.
29th Foot—Captain H. H. Kitchener to be Major, without
purchase, vice Barr, died of his wounds; Lieut. F. Coventry
to be Captain, vice Kitchener; Ensign C. S. Dowson, from
the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Coventry, March 25.
35th Foot—Ensign C. Russell to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Henry, who retires ; F. L. Digby, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Russell, June 9.
3Sth Foot—Ensign G. Hume, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hurly, who retires; L. H. Daniel, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hume, June 9.
39th Foot—Major E. Bond, from the 53d Foot, to be
Major, vice Havelock, who exchanges, May 24; Gentleman
Cadat W. H. Wilson, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Fitzgerald, promoted in the 62d Foot, June 9.
48d Foot—Lieutenant 0. A. 0. Gore to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Coulson, who retires, June 9 ; Ensign and
Adjutant J. Wasp to have the rank of Lieutenant, June 8;
Ensign F. H. Synge to be Lieutenant, vice 0. Gore, June 9;
Ensign the Hon. H. Wrottesley, from the 25th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Synge, June 10.
49th Foot—Lieut. W. H. C. Baddeley to be Captain by'
purchase, vice Chalmers, who retires; Ensign F. J. Bamfy' Ide
to be Lieutenant, vice Baddeley; T. E. Platt, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, June 9.
tn
53d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. Havelock, from 39th
FbFeeoboL.t,iietiou.
Lieutenant,
70th Foot--E, be Major, vice Bond, who exchanges, May 24.
62d Foot—Ensign J. R. S. Fitzgerald. from 39th Foot, to
nws j
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79th Foot—Lieut. T. J. Reeve to bo CaPtaint by PurCll43o,

vice Napier, who retires ; Ensign W. M'Cormick Fairrie to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reeve ; A. Maitland, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fairrie, June 9.
92d Foot—Lieut. A. H. Tattnall to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Ormsby, who retires; Ensign R. W. Duff to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tattnall; T. R. Gilles, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duff; June 9.
97th Foot—Ensign W. G. Bindon to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Loftus, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons ;
Gentleman Cadet F. W. Bannatyne, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice linden, June 9.
99th Foot—Surgeon H. Hadley, M.D., from the 11th Foot,
to be Surgeon, vice West, win, exchanges, June 9.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieut. W. G. Bindon,
from the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hunt, promoted,
lA. I June 10.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon J. T. Teller, from
the 14th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice
'N„ Robertson, appointed to the 6th Foot, June 9.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Eden, of
the 56th Foot, are Morton Robert, and not Robert Morton,
as previously stated ; the Christian names of Lieutenant Bel-
lairs, of the 7th Foot, are Edmund Hooke Wilson ; the
Christian name of Ensign Bellairs, of the 49th Foot, is Wil-
liam only; the Christian names of Ensign Quill, of the 35th
Foot, are Henry Francis.
2d West India Regiment—For Ensign R. A. Dagg to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice A. J. Macpherson, ap-
pointed to 24th Foot, April 14; read, Ensign R. A. Dagg to
be Lieutenant, vice Miller, promoted; for Ensign R. C.
D. Bruce to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, promoted, March 15;
_ read Ensign R. C. D. Bruce to be Lieutenant, vice A. J.
Macpherson, appointed to 24th Foot, April 14.
INDIA BOARD, JUNE 8.
.74 The following further list of noncommissioned officers,
!inis gunners, and privates of the East India Company's Ser-
WI vice, killed in the recent actions on the Sutlej, or who have
13 subsequently died of their wounds, has been received at the
East India House :
. ARTILLEnY.
44 Third Troop First Brigade Artillery—Bombardier Patrick
Shea, died at Ferozepore, from wounds received in action,
Jan. 25.
First Troop Second Brigade Artillery—Gunners—William
Davis, died at Alorah, 29th Jan., from wounds received in
action ; John Mason, killed in action, at Aliwal, 28th
14 January.
Second Company Sixth Battalion Artillery—Gunner—
;34 James Smith, killed in action, near the Sutlej, 13th January.
N Third Troop First Brigade Artillery—Gunner—Roger
i% Aitken, killed in action, 18th Dec., 1845.
1% Third Troop Third Brigade Artillery—Gunner—Charles
King, killed in action, 21st Dec., 1845.
INFANTRY.
'cr's. First Bengal European Light Infantry—Sergeants—Martin
5 O'Connell, killed in action, at Sobraon ; Silvester Meehan,
4s. killed in action, at Sobraon, Feb. 10, 1846.
Corporals—George Stone, killed in action, at Sobraon ; John
,Y 8 Roney, killed in action, at Sobraon; Joseph Kennedy, killed
; in action, at Sobraon, Feb. 10.
Privates—John Gurley, killed in action, at Sobraon ;
) Philip Buckland, killed in action at Sobraon ; William
Lynch, killed in action at Sobraon; Richard Butler, killed in
action, at Sobraon ; Thomas Bryan, killed in action, at So-
- braon ; Michael Flaherty, killed in action, at Sobraon;
ice. George Bencroft, killed in action, at Sobraon ; Peter Doyle,
killed in action, at Sobraon ; Henry Hayes, killed in action,
at Sobraon ; Samuel Doyle, killed in action, at Sobraon ;
Peter Lawler, killed in action, at Sobraon ; Jonathan
Hoane, killed in action, at gobraon ; Thomas Dowker,
killed in action, at Sobraon; John Mason, killed in action,
at Sobraon ; Robert Geddes, killed in action, at So-
braon ; Samuel Sexx, killed in action, at Sobraon ;
John White, killed in action, at Sobraon ; John Sharkey,
killed in action, at Sobraon; Samuel Middleton, killed in
action, at Sobraon; Win. L. Corbett, killed in action, at
Sobraon ; John Crutchley, killed in action, at Sobraon ;
-John O'Brien, killed in action, at Sobraon ; Brien Olohan,
killed in action, at Sobraon; ohn Parsons, killed in action,
at Sobraon; NVin. Church, killed in action, at Sobraon;
John Grant, killed in action, at Sobraon.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, .Tuns 5.
~, Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieut. NV. Swinton to
78 be Second Captain, vice Harvey, retired on half-pay; Second
Lieut. W. H. Moody to be First Lieutenant, vice Swinton,
May 26.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 8.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Lieut. W. N. Hardy
to be First Lieut., vice Atkinson, deceased, May 26, 1846.
The dates of promotion of the under-mentioned officers
have been altered, as follows :—Lieut. W. E. M. Reil?p April
3 ; Lieut. W. B. Saunders, April 6 ; Lieut. H. T. Fitzhugh,
April 13 ; Lieut. W. H. Moody, May 4, 1846.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding
of Yorkshire, and of the city and county of the city of York.
Second West York Regt. of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
J. T. Armitage to be Lieutenant, vice J. Brook, who retires;
U. W. Brook to b e Cornet, vice Armitage, promoted, June 1.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of
Somerset.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—H. B.
IA White, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Capel, promoted ; C. F.
IN Moore, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sanford, promoted, June 4.
S. WHITEHALL, JUNE 1.
!2t, The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Peake, of Slea-
ford, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
! ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Jurut 6.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Alexander Blucher
Smith, of Melksham, in the county of Wilts. Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
John Gisborne, merchant, Coleman-street, to surrender
.Tune 17, and July 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-szreet ;
Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Commercial Sale-rooms
Mincing-lane.
John Wright, druggist, Oxford-street, June 16, at two,
ice. I and July 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alm-
ger, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Tilson and
Squance, Coleman-street.
Jesse Smith, cheesemonger, Brunswick-parade, Islington,
June 17 and July 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street;
Pullen, Basinghall-street.
Edward Weeks, hothouse-builder, King's-road, Chelsea,
June 18, at half-past twelve, and July 20, at eleven, at the
li Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-
gCsliatham, Kent, June 18,
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at half-past eleven, and July 20, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Old Jewry Chambers,
official assignee; Butler, Toolley• street.
Francis Freeman Phillips, coach maker, Bristol, June 22,
and July 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol ; Biggs, Bristol.
John Child, grocer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, June 23, and
July 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Leeds ; Fidday, Temple, London; Brown,
Wakefield.
John Scott, flour-dealer. Sheffield, June 26 and July 10,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee, Leeds; Tattersall, Bedford-row, London; Chambers,
Sheffield.
Frederick Sly, currier, Truro, Cornwall, June 18, at one,
and July 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Bennallack, Truro; Stogdon, Ex-
eter; Courdillon and Sons, Great Winchester-street, London.
Charles Gallimore, pearl button maker, June 19 and July
14, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. ' Valpy, offi
cial assignee, Birmingham ; Wright, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

T. Turner, D. Brade, and C. Schwind, merchants, Liver.
pool—third div. of 24. and 11-16ths in the pound, any Mon-
day, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Banning, stationer, Liverpool—first div. 4s. 24. in
the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
W. L. Brown, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 3s. 71d. in
the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
H. Gardner, merchant, Liverpool—second div. of 4id. in
the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
G. F. Fairciough, money scrivener, Liverpool—second div.
of sd. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
G. Middleton, wine merchant, Nottingham—first div. of
os. Bd. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Christie, Birmingham.
R. and J. Campion. bankers, Whitby--fourth div. of 2s.
Bd. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynas-
ton, Leeds.
J. Walker, jun., butcher, Leeds—first div. of 3s. 2d. in the
pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
S. Elliott and J. Allen, corn factors, Wakefield—first and
final div. of 2s. lid. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office
of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
W. Collinson, Shipwright, East Butterwick, Lincolnshire—.
second div. of 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Freeman, Leeds.
W. and 11. Bell, seed crushers, Hul—second div. of qd.
in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Free-
man, Leeds.
R. Marshall, stone mason, Deptford—third div. of 3id. in
the pound, Jude 6, and three following Saturdays, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Durtnall, ironmonger, Dover—third div. of is. 10d. in
the pound, June 6, and three following Saturdays, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Fowler and G. M. Linthorne, tea-dealers, Little Tower-
`:street—first div. of 2s. 64. in the pound, June 6, and three
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.
Alexander and Richards, warehousemen, Upper Clifton-
street, Finsbury—third div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, June 6,
and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abehurch-lane.
W, W. Butcher, commission agent, Great Marlborough-
street—first div. ol3s. 10d. in the pound, June 6, and three
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church. lane.
G. C. Bridge, grocer, Maldon—first div. of 2s. 104. in the
pound, June 6, and two following Saturdays, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchurch- lane
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. W. Sanderson, baker, Great Russell-street, Covent-
garden, June 30, at half-past twelve—J. C. Adams, woollen
warehouseman, Basinghall. street, June 30, at half-past
eleven—J. Mann, woolstapler. Norwich, Jun 30, at half-past
one—T. Streeter, draper, High-street, Camden-town, June
30, at one—H. Turner, cowkeeper, Theobald's-road, Bedford.
row, June 30, at half-east twelve.
In the Country.
J. C. Chambers, needle manufacturer, Insley, Warwick.
shire, July 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—
J. Harford and W. W. Davies, iron masters, Bristol. July 9,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—S. Pilling, wine mer-
chant, Gateshead, Durham, July 2, at half-past eleven, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Wallace, grocer,
Durham, July 2, at half-past ten, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court—J. Thompson, anchor manufacturer,
Sunderland, July 2, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court—J. Rowles, worsted manufacturer,
Leicester, June 30, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court
—C. Swinburne, plasterer, Middlesborough, Yorkshire,
July 2. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Kirkup, coal merchant, Providence-wharf. Rotherhithe,oiwich:
June 30—J. Wilson, cabinet-maker, Hill-street,_
June Woolwich,
June 30—J. Tebbutt, auctioneer, Cambridge, j
and W. Ablett, drapers, High ,Holborn, June 3 011—B. M.
Ryder, grocer, Kingston-upon-Hull, j iron
master, Sheffield, July 3-1-1. Hali, cattle dealer, Slera,YSie'males-
mouth, Northumberland, June 30—G.
cer, Exeter, Jujneeweller,
30—
liams.
Bristol. June 30—R. Goodridg
J. Johns, confectioner, Grosevieengro,rorhsotruenedtsdWitezt,
June 30—
G. June 80—J. R. Ellis, brass on
G. Brown, banker, Shiffnal,fShni-opshire, June 30.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. L. and J. W. Lewis, drapers, Strood, Gloucestershire—.
J. Kilvert and W. H. Evans, surgeons, Bath—G. Smith, sen.,
A. Elder, and P. Stewart, booksellers, Cornhill—A.
and E. Forster, brush manufacturer, Wolverhampton J
and G. Gay, merchants, Queen-street-place, Southwark-
bridge—J. Shoolbred, G. Cook, and H. Brown, Tottenham-
court-road (so far as regards G. Cook)—J. and E. Grisbrook,
Woolwich—J. G. Turner and W. Price, stockbrokers, Leeds
—G. H. Newton and H. Peck, c.
Jeme_nt manufacturers, King-
ston-upon-Hull—R. Hyslop and J. Dubois, c al merchants,
Gosport—J. Ridgway and J. Taylor, grocers, Staleybridge,
Cheshire—A. Tagliabue and F,-Ciceri,• thermometer manu-
facturers, Brook-street, Holborn—W. George, and J. Shew-
ring, porter-bottlers, Westbromwich, Staffordshire--H. Bury
and J. P. Crewe, engineers, Church, Lancashire—T. 13i*

wisle, W. Birtwisle, J. Havdock,y and W. Preston, cotton
spinners, Great Harwood, Lancashire—G. Long and G.
Taylor, auctioneer, Stafford—J T. Holland and T. Cross,
railway contractors, Attleborougb, Warwickshire—J. 'may
and W. Fitch, stationers, Old Fish-street. hill—J. Jesse and
W. Bevan, surgeons, Ardwick, Lancashire—E. Brown and
G. Trafford, carriers, Louth, Lincolnshire—J. Catchpule and
C. Williams, goldsmiths, Regent-street.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Robertson Nicoll and Thomas Nicoll, iron merchants,
Dundee, June 15 and July 6, at one, at the chambers of
Messrs. Neish and Pattullo. Dundee.

Hugh and Milian- Brown, stockbrokers, Glasgow,
June 15 and July 13, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Steele,
junior, 'Glasgow.

ESSEX AND SUFFOLK RAILWAY

A special meeting of the proprietors, shareholders, and
scripholders of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern, in pursuance of the
sessional orders of Sir Robert Peel.

The chair was taken at one o'clock by Robert Bevan, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the deposits had been paid
upon 38,325 shares, at IL 7s. 6d. a share, which amounted to
52,696/. 17s. 6d , and that their expenses had been something
like 25.210/. 18s , which left a balance of 27,4591. 19s. to be
divided among the shareholders. They could not tell exactly
what could be returned per share, but, they proposed to such
as would give a release for all future claims to pay thirteen
shillings, and to such as chose to risk the other course a
present payment of eleven with a claim upon the future
assets of the Company when they had more clearly
defined what their liabilities were.
After some discussion the resolution was adopted, and a
vote of thanks having been moved to the Chairman, the
meeting separated.

GALWAY AND KILKENNY
RAILWAY.

A meeting of the holders of scrip and bankers' receipts in
this Company was held at the London Tavern yesterday, at
12 o'clock, in pursuance of the sessional orders of the Houses
of Parliament to have a copy of the Bill submitted for the
consideration of the meeting.
Mr. EMERY, in the absence of Mr. Wyse, M.P., took the
chair, and c died on
The SECRETARY, who read the advertisement, and after
that the directors' report. It stated that the line was origi-
nally intended to go from Kilkenny to Galway, but subse-
quently that portion between Galway and Ballinasloe
was abandoned. The Bill was accordingly introduced into
the House of Lords for a line from Kilkenny to Ballinasloe ;
however they were opposed there by the Great Northern and
Western Railway, aid it was deemed more advisable
to confine the undertaking for the present session
to the first twenty-six miles from Kilkenny rather
than incur the expense of a severe and protracted
contest. •The capital of this altered line was placed
at 225,0001, divided into 11,250 shares of 201. each, all of
which had been taken, and the deposits paid upon, `them.
The report further staled that an arrangement had been con-
cluded with the committee of management of the late Kil-
kenny Junction Railway, whereby the interests of that Com-
pany were united with those of the Galway and Kilkenny
Company.
The CHAIRMAN said the meting had heard the report,
copies of which had been handed them, read by the secretary.
He would only detain them a very short time while he ex-
pressed his views of the line and the, advantages derivable to
it from the locality through wnich it passed. At first
the original project was to have proceeded for a
very considerable distance, but at that time when this
line came out, though it was a momentous undertaking, people
thought little of it before they embarked in it. However, it
was always considered to be tact in the mariner, when he ex-
pected squalls, and certainly saw the appearance of a coming
storm, to make with all haste for the nearest harbour
for safety. The directors of this Company, though
they took ne credit for prophecy, or for seeing
further than other people, had endeavoured to copy the ex-
ample of the mariner. They began to see that as the pro-
ject originally stood they would meet with opposition from
the Galway and Dublin line, which competed with their
scheme for 30 miles ; they therefore entered into compro-
mise, and stopped short. It was then their intention
to carry the line through to Ballinasloe. Though thus
altered, the line came again into competition with
the Dublin and Cashel line. Such were the evils to which
concerns like railway projects were continually liable. They
at last got into the House of Lords, and their Lordships
recommended them to alter their position, and confine them-
selves within their means, with which recommen-
dation they complied. The directors determined to
stop short at Cuddagh, a small place on the line near
Abbeyleix. By making these 26 miles they brought
themselves into connexion with the great central district of
Ireland, where advantageous junctions could be formed with
lines already made or making. There was, besides, the
prospect of continuing on to Ballinasloe, as was at
first intended, yet that was a consideration for the
future. They were now in a positien to go to Parliament for
these twentv-six miles of the line, and to treat with the
Dublin and Cashel Railway Company, although till it really
became a Bill by being passed, the directors had no power to
enter into treaty with any line whatever. Till then there would
be no neeu for any further call upon the shareholders
for money. Their line was originally one hundred miles long,
but was afterwards reduced to 70 miles, for which distance
it had been surveyed, and the expense of so doing incurred ;
it was this which made their expenses appear comparatively
heavy. He thought it would be worse than madness to
stop short where they were, and not to go to Parliament for
this Bill. The expense of doing so would not be
a sixpence per share; and in their present po-
sition the directors could not enter info the mi-
nutia of those treaties which were in the course
of negotiation, they could not make a detailed state-
ment public at present; but be was sure that the treaties
which were in progress were such as when known would
receive the approbation of the shareholders. They ought
to consider besides that the line which they proposed
passed through a district most favourable for its ct.nstructioc,
presenting no engineering difficulties at all, and the expenses
of making it were of a kind seldom exampled in England or
Ireland. Their return on the whole seventy miles, as at one
time it was intended to be made, had been calculated at 8
per cent.; but the present portion, twenty-six miles in length,
lay in a more favourable part of the country, whence he ex-
pected that the return would increase in amount. Having
concluded his observations, he was proceeding to call on the
solicitor to read the Bill, when
Mr. SNOW begged to ask whether a sufficient amount of
capital was represented in the room.
The SECRETARY said there was considerably more than
one-third of the capital of the Bill, which in all was
225,000/.

An Hex.. PROPRIETOR could not recognise one-third of
225,0001. as being one-third of the capital of the scheme for
which he engaged.—( Hear, hear.) The shares in that were
at 251., and issued with a view to raise a capital of one mil-
lion, as the prospectus he held in his hand testified. He did
not believe that there was one person in the room who held
a 20/. share.
An Holz. PROPRIETOR said it was important to know whe-
ther one-third of the capital was represented in the room. If
one-third of 225,0001. was considered sufficient to constitute
the meeting he protested against being considered as assent-
ing to the power of the meeting to enter upon the subject for
which it was called.
Two other shareholders joine l in this protest.
The SOMCITOR read the sessional order, stating that one-
third of the capital to be raised under the Bill constituted the
meeting with legal powers to proceed, and 225,0001. was the
capital so proposed to be raised.
An Hon. PROPRIETOR said that was not the original Bill,
and they had nothing to do with it.
Some other observations having been interposed, the Soli-
citor was at length permitted to proceed with the reading of
the Bill. When this was concluded,
The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution approving of the Bill,
and giving the directors power to prosecute it before Parlia-
ment.
Mr. HULSE seconded it.
Mr. VICOMBE asked what number of shares had been paid
upon of the first allotment?
The Soucrrott-10,856 shares.
Mr. VICOMBE asked if the directors had no more than these
10,856 paid unon out of 40.000 issued, what power they had
to go on with the line at all ? He thought they ought to have
called the shareholders together that they might say whe-
ther they would go on or not. But, instead of that, they had
taken up a line of seventy miles, and afterwards reduced
even that curtailment to a line of twenty-six miles in length.
For his part, he would rather stop altogether, and make a
sacrifice, if necessary, at once.—( Hear.)
'the SomciTon, in answer to a question, stated that the
original number of shares allotted was 38,247.

A PROPRIETOR asked whether, if the Company's affairs
were wound up now, the shareholders would receive back,
in terms of the prospectus, 11. per share, 102. being retained
for the preliminary expenses?
The SOLICITOR explained that at that time it was neces-
sary to go before the Board of Trade, and obtain its sanction
to their proceeding to Parliament, and it was with a view
to meeting the expenses incurred there that the words re-
ferred to had .been inserted in the prospectus.
Mr. SAINTESBURY asked how this change in the amount
of capital to 225,000/. would affect the 28,000 shares which
had been allotted but not paid upon ?
The SOLICITOR was of opinion that as they had not signed
the contract deeds, the Company had no power to sue them
for their proportion of any expense.
Mr. SAINTESBURY moved, as an amendment, "That the
affairs of the Galway and Kilkenny Company should be
wound up."
Colonel BARLOW seconded the amendment; at the same
time he begqod to say that he attributed nothing dishonour..
able to the directors, though perhaps they might be charged
with a want of judgment.
An Holy. PROPRIETOR wished to know how many of the
original allottees had signed the contract?
The SOLICITOR believed the original amount of capital,
then, was about 600,000/., and that three-fourths of that
amount was signed for.

The CIIAIRNIAN stated that they had nothing in view
besides the interest of the shareholders, which was identical
with their own. The directors, then, were willing to
I p edge themselves that they would incur no expense beyond
that for obtaining the royal assent to the Bill, and that they
would call the shareholders together and lay before them
their position, leaving it with them to say whether they
would then go on or not.
After some further observations and questiong. the sub-_
ject was pressed to the vote, when it appeared that....oyt..of
6,640 scripholders represented, there were,. asseVisli 4885
s-
sents, 1.755; majority for proceeding with the 3,130.
Colonel Baar.ow moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman,
which was carried unanimously, and the meeting broke up,

Baocoir
in the gardens of njsOtaNbEl constable . of— °One AS adtali :tir
was going his rounds
named Payne,e
c , when he saw a person endeavouring to con-
moArnNingr,inalbToAnTtOtßwelCo
afflabehind a tree. He went up and took him into
his arrival at the station-house he was re-
" THE BOY
cognised by another constable, named Macdonald, as a
custody,e Buck-
ing
aeia ii 0 r ,mi namedm s
Peand
oAnlex a n d e r Raid, whom he had apprehended
son the 13th of May snoring in a tent which was erected in
the gardens of Buckingham Palace. He then stated that he
was a deserter from the ship Raleigh, and that as he had no
money he had gone into the royal pleasure-grounds to sleep.
Inquiries were made, and it was found that he was truly a
deserter from the vessel in question, and he was then sent
down to Portsmouth, to be punished, according to law, on
board. Great surprise was therefore expressed when be was
again discovered, and it was supposed that he must have
some sinister motive in going to the garden a second time.
A message was dispatched almost immediately to Bow-
street for Mr, Hall, the chief magistrate, to attend at the
Home-office, in order that a private examination might take
place. The prisoner was remanded, in order that further
inquiries might be made, and he is now an inmate of Tothili
fields Prison.

CHURCH PREFERMENTS.—The Counteis of Listowel
has presented the Rev. Anthony Thomas Hudson, 8.A., to
the rectory at Winterton, Norfolk, to which benefice the
Rev. Gentleman has been instituted by the Bishop of
Norwich. The Bishop of Lincoln has instituted the Rev.
James Hildyard, Fellow and Tutor of Christ's Col-
lege, Cambridge, to the rectory- of Ingolsby, near Grantham,
Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. N. C. Lane, on
the nomination of the masters and fellows of Christ's Hos-
pital.