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London, England, 1846-07-17 00:00:00

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Luxerutioum
Mount and Liege 6 .... 3%..........
Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. 13% tA ........
Orleans and li.4rdeanx •• 6 •• • • 8% •• •• •• ••
Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 5 ..........
Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... 27% 28
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DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

A meeting of the shareholders in this scheme w.ts held yes-
terday at the King's Head Tavern, Pnulry, at twelve, for the
purpose of detertnining whether the Cotnimny should Le
dissolved. •

21r.
LAWRENCE moved that Ar. Challis &lined
take the e:,air.

Mr. A:dermal) CHALLIS, having taken the chair, said he
di l so ino-t reluctantly, hut his rcluctanor, was altituether on
own .iccoant, and nt L in any way- arisiagrart of any cif
cumstances c.inneeted vith the Com.;any. lie nad eitt,r,d
into railway in:ittei, fir-t with all ite reluctance which
one eintiii do who hal forest en ail that had suhse-
queot:y occurred. T..is railway rdr.rded another ex-
anntl,t of the unbippv issue, of this kiwi of speculation.
I: started with good prospects, no energy was wanting to
, urge it forward. and thy• lin-, which IT'S at first believed to
e,ott one, had beets jtvt:ifit-,i by everything ,t hied
'-int.te taken Owe. The Gre4. West. co during the
' teAshat.hati had ten or twt-lve Bids thrown out
without. oppo=sition on Ito, p.r. of . this ;
anti others had twit with s.tccese, becaosc the Flit
pr,iposesi devia'ett f! in dtr,, t cour,c, which
pang had adepte''. H • assured the sttareltvld,r, iii
• it was to tinV.le •-elteme. • taken up will a view to
the aggrittiii-ement of a few ittaividt,Als• The
e Intnitiee believed at the time that - the scheme was a
good one, and would certainly succe;,d; f hey enteredl
into it. in good faith, and by their conduct hag them -
selves honest men. Although he had-attended their n't,er-
ings -less frequently than tn,her!% pi he had at tentleii,
could assure them that the interests ofthe shareholder* were
cousidere.d. There had been no jobbing; everything bad been
done to ecoltonise expaur'e ever since it was tt,,en that the
line would lint sumer], at least in the present Parliament.
Indeed, he last two or three months had been occupi,,d
in cutting down the bills, well knowing that railway
committee men were considered fair game. He salt
the line was proposed, ' a provisional committee was
registered, and a good and able engineer, in whenn
the company could trust, namely, Sir John Mactteil was
selectel. The line WAS surveyed, the plans dt-psited, atm
the number if shares tssued' were 1,400,000, but this
number the committee cons;dered it proper for the :eettrit.
of the ,onipany to redo e to I 20.000.Theents,Itiati:;,-.1
,AT a ill;-.A6174t,
the.
IA ;lie (-oily .3it tee do
in these a cte.,esia?,:aritil.eb,:vt that they nh,o,tsuglop7rt,
liiiantin)l)eeitot ir'tutlrttti'ctilai:adrilwt‘tiges.aiNT coo .
ill fur
cthey were ircumstance,?
0.• 00,v bust theshares allotted to ttpqn. As he had already
wild, the G-tmmitt,e faun that moment cittsidered only ho,
they could reduce the expenses, and be asked the confidence
of the shareholdes for the committee ; he courted inquiry,
and the closest scrutiny of all the iithir, of the et4l4lm"Y•
Tire SECRETARY having read the advertisement calling the
meeting, _ _

lii-ch ,fr, Co:eman, and Gordon Thompson were
lipp?int,(l eers.

The accounts of the Company were then read, showing
reeeipts. 41, po,i s 04, stn amounting to 44,8134, a.. 41 on the
cr,dit side iriyrnents for engineering gni. surveys, 11,:3311.;
tor law. 10,575/., at d other iniscellaneorts accounts, to the
amount or abort. 8, I 0../.. I,2aving, a balance of 14,9701.
The CIIAIitMAN expected that the Company, if dissolved,
would pay, after meeting the outstanding
accounts, 25, or
30s. a slur re, He hoped teat the meeting, instead of declaring
a bankruptcy, would simply dissolve the Company.
..r. Aileron Slim ay -moved that this Company be, and
the same, is, hereby dissolved.
Captain I..sotomr seconded the motion.
Some discu,sion ensued on the question of dissolution or
bankruptcy, 411 d %i hat the effect would be on the assets of the
Cotnpany.
The motion was put to the vote, and the scrutineers hay-
ing made up the numbcrs,
The CHAIRMAN declared it to be for dissolution. with-
out bankruptcy, 2,845; neuters, 140 ; and said that as
not one-third of the, shares had been represented, he
atijourned the meeting to this day week, at one
o'elock for two, and between this and
that time that the
o!ncers of the Company would take the opinion of a prof:es-
smnal man as to what position they stood in. A dissolution
would put them in a worse condition for the recovering of
the outstanding deposits not paid up.
A vote of thanks hav:ng been moved to the Chairman, the
meeting then adjourned.

WOOLWICH COMMON ON FIRE )11 Monday the
wadding from one of the guns of the Royal Artillery ignited
the grass on Woolwich Common. Had not the fire been
Promptly suppressed, it might have done conside:able mis-
chief.

TTLE CRARGII or KILLING ♦T Braurtsonim—Oa
Wednesday night, at eleven o'clock, the jury who sat in the
use of the girl Martha Minors, at Birmhighero; returutd a
Tegtot of it I'd' 143'

FLANDEIiS Al A LI: AND DUTCH.

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THE IliqUE, jt:LY 11.—His Majesty the King arrived
here this rooming, at nine o'clock, on his return front
hit excurion to Friesland. -

TEE HAGUE, JULY 12.—The King again left th•
Hague this morning, for Soetsdyk, whence his Majesty
will go to Arnhem, to be at the races at that pace tow
morrow. Towards the end of the tronth his Majesty
will go to Luxemburg.
TnEllAatiE, JULY 13.—The Government has ity ceired
a dispatch from the Envoy of the Netherlands at St.
Pet rsburgh, data the Ist of this month, accompanied
by a note of the Chancellor of the Empire, Nessehock..
of the same dat-, announcing that the tara of the 15th
(27th) July, at w hich, according to a preceding enures-
!ion, the uklse of the 19th of June, 1845 should be or
oc:dile to the flag of the Netherlands, being on the
eve of expiring b,tore the neo)tiation between the WO
Governments could terminated, it has pleased his
.7‘l:%josty the Einp:r,r of all the Hussies, agreeably
to the desire cxress.d by the Envoy of the
Netherlands, in the name of hi.: Government, to
order that the faculty provisionally granted
tilt the 15th (27th) of July, 1846 (the ships of the Nether-
lands to itcp:rt indirectly goods into Russia
.without
being i4ubject an tLe incr. ase of duties of Customs or-
dered by tee okqse of the 19th of June, 1845), shall be
prolonged r this year till the expiration of the,navi
gation season.

BR osskis, JULY I I.—The Senate, in its sitting to.4lart
Adopted severa! p ,-,j*setA (4. law.
JULY 12. —Ttwir f:-.ties received Sir Hamiltoo
Seytu to, the English Minister.

The King pre!:idto in a Council of Ministers, July 131
'the Senate, itt its sitting to-di,y, heard the report 01
the Chevalie r de B-thuile, On the projvct of law relative
to the Convention with France. It then formed itself
into a Secret Committee, to hear the communicatiOn ofi
tie Jli shirr of Foreign Affairs respecting the negotig•
;;ins which prey, ded the convention.
•-.le Independence announces the departure of gr.
Me-Teir r, a Ina, it says. i- to take place to•day or to'
morrow. Ti.is ,tateinelit is at least premature. Nothing
was decided yesterday or has been decided to-day re-
sp. c ing the tieparture of Mr. Mercier.
The train from Paris to Brussels direct, which left
1 :aria yes.,erday !Milling at seven o'elock. arrived in our
city at ten.o',.hoek. If we mention the hour of its arri-
v,i,at is oot t • complain of it—we have a more
alit t•bstre.oior. to make. Me learn from a inaveller
who may he relied on, that the train -consisted of 28,
perhaps 30 carriages ; it was, therefore, as considerabiey
perhaps more so, than on the day when the late cacao'
;rophe tot-It place. It is to this point dila,
the sake of, the public, we think it our duty'
to ea!l the attention of the directors of the Company,
A lwrge truis h,s always more chances of danger than a
-mall one. It may be remembered that when commuoi'
,a-ion by railway was first introduced into Belgium, the
trains wore always divided, so that no more than ten or
t.velve carriages attached to one locomotive. After th.e,
,evident of the Bth of May, 1842, it was judged that 1,
was desirable to avoid, as far as possible, the union er
two loComotives. In the present instance two loco:
motives were afteehed to the train which leaves Paris s'
,even o'clock In the morning, because the train, is divided_
it Douai ; one half proceeds to Lille, and the other W
Val, nciennes and Brussels; but might not two trans be
sent from Paris, instead of. one very long train, leavl
it necessary that an interval of half or three-quarters 9
-hour' blraild elapse between their departure fro
'- Paris ? By this regulation it would prevent those'
lamentable-accidents whic`A we have had to notice of late'
• DUTCU irtiNDS.--448TEHDAM, JULY 13. •
Mney.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent•• ',••••••• • 61 61,4
Ditto, 3 per Cent . • ••• 73% 731
Ditto, 4 per Cent.... • 94% 95% •
Amort Syndic. :3% per Cent..........
Ditto, 3 'xi per Cent
Commercial Company, 41f per Cent 176% - 177%
East India Loan, 4 per 94% 95
Exelhuige on London, at sight . ... ••. 12 25
Two months... ••• • • • 12 15
•
On Liamburgh, at sight .... 35 75
Two months..... ••..•• • • •• 35 31
On Paris ........ •••• • • • • 37
Tw0m0nth5......... ••• • •• 56 75
-Ditch Papers. July 14.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JOLT 10.
It 11 i sMoney
St. Schuld 5ch.,.314 per Cent . 9611 9511
Pros*. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. •• -
Foreign Exchanges . . "• ••••• 23r a
6
Exchange on London, 41 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24%
49"
Ilaniburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months.l4B%.
Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months •• ••• • • • 79 2-3 704
universal Prussian Gazette, July 1 I.
fIAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, Jim' 9.
• Bills, manet,
kustrifin 5 per Cents ... ..... ........ 112
Bank Shares . - • 1590?,
Anglo-Russian Loan .........• 106%
Russian 5 per Cent., Ham!). Certificate. 10114 101
Ditto let series Inscription .... •....... 101%
Ditto, 'lope and Co., 3d and 4th series•• :
Ditto, in Certificate ,. •• • • ••• • ••
Newl)
itto 4s
tperg ;tezo t... Hope
•. : C..
p:e.en..r-t.c...e..
;•
5_929%
Spaniel' New 5 per Cent •• • •
per
Ditto 3 per Cent 299 291,
Anglo-Portuguese Loan,
ThitophitAtoct3ozp-ilelr)(ett;t2.
---
Polish New 4 per Cent. tstan, 1844.... 79% -"
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .. 86).t
National Bank 5hare5............ • • Qr.,/
• •
LqIA.N F 1./B.—Bausima July 14.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .•• • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ...• ••
• • •
Loan of Tiiirty Millions, Four per Cent• • • •
Ditto Three per Cent
Dttt ritirty-seven Million ditto •• • • •
Ditt.44l(to, 1540.
..... • • •• • 101
.......
Mt n:41844 ..... . ..
• Ditto, 1,136.. .......... ttlo
_ •
Ditto, 11-4.48 ••..•• • • • • •••••• • • • • • .. 74
Ditto of the City, 1832 • .
• Ditto, 1843 •••• •••••••••••• 1004
Bank ofßeigiutn...... , ......• .• ...... 916
if Ira aselS l'?:aers. July 15.
AUS'T'RIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JOLT 8.
5 per Cent. Metalliques lll% -
4 per Cent. ditto- •• • . • • • • wog
3 per Cent. ditto.. ............ 744
Loan, 1834 .. •. • ......... •••••• • • .• • ... 154 g,
Ditto, 1839 ..
Bank Shares • • • • • • • ..... • • • • • ..... .• • • 16:',0
Esterhazy's Loan ...• ••

RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... 184
Gloggnitz • • • • • • • • • • •• • . . 134
............
Vienna—Milan .. 115
Leghorn • • •• • 10634
l
Sienna .................. „ „ .......... 86
Grosetto • • .............. 9334
Oldenburg .... „„
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Pestola „ „ „ „ • • •• • •
ApennPesth
inen .....• • ......... •••••• • • • • • •
......................... ••••
—Allgemeine Zeltung. July 11.

CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.—It has been, all:
fidently made known to us, that, in the event of the Ges"%B
merit purchasing the invention of Captain Warner, 'a'
Russian Government is prepared to pay a large earn to
money to a gentleman ~f cur acquaintance, who claiin%g
have a knowledge of Mr. %Varner's invention, upon b"it
put in possession of the secret. We have also been infort%
that the negotiation, which had been before entered Kt° ;
,ind stb quectly lopped, has been re-opened.—The Pates
rHoPOSPD FREE TRADE BANQUET AT WOLYSO'
ri.uterow.—A public dinner is to take place at the theaTi7
about the end of the present month, to which the WTl7_O
r. Villiers, M.P. for the borough, is to be- invited, in hally,e,
of the suocessful issue of his labours in the free-trade'ca‘a_e'e,
Mr. Bright, and several distioguished advocates a 'Leif
tride principles, intend to honour Mr. Villtera with t"
presence.—Worcester Chronicle.
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SA! E n Es.—A t Messrs. Foster's ronF.
Wednesday, there was a s,le of pictures, some of which wets
1.-eribed as the works of Ludovieo Casco, Tenierse- Car'
The prices fir which these paintings n'sr.
"
;
down were Tema, kahly low. A'• St. John and the
Lund)" was sold 6.r 5/. 10A.; a tine land,eape' said to be n.r,
only ftlehed •21/. Titer" was i• b.autitttleabinetltOW
oi,-o Carucci disposed of for 4IL, the best specimen put for'
d
tthTjasieets
present,tluai
iirlesgef,ti
lgehdpe.irni
aisfttaihtirgstis,bati_tezeshe
osos, etirtr::
appeared)
a):n' ittetoanrdmi induces
s° to interest
h
at
`.:eve been att.ii;etl, whereas, toooften, ambition—misdiredt
;erthition—enly is, to the eye of judgment, lamentsW
conspicueus.
AT
THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE CASE', - A
BRIGHTON.—TIe Rev. Timothy Gibson, senior curate et
lecturer of St. Matthew's, Bethnal-green, who performed "ay
marriage ceremony in the recent most extraordinary 03.„
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which came b..fore the Brighton magistrates last week, ,
addressed tle toll wing letter on the subject to the Tinits •
"On the Ist of o:tober, 1845, a gentleman, who signed him'
self in the my-rings register of St. Matthew's Church, S 0
to
E lward Greville Halltbrd, of Lewes, Su-sex,' was married
Sophia Dillieg, a servant in the employ of Captain Dunning.
of Brighton, a: it hom he deserted within three weeks after
marriage. The young woman saw hitn in Rrighton about to
forting ht since • eltallengfd him as her hu, band; and, at the
no:lance ot her frktot., took the tie c••ssary
diary measure!
for obtaintn:.; from him a maintenance. The case was hearts
y:•*tetatiiy at. Brighton before a full bench of magistrates'.
Captain Allen in the chair. I attended for the purpose at.
identifying Mr. Half rd. Shortly after I entered the Conj.!
berurean i - I trail seen Sophia billing or any one whom
knew, the gentleman in question came into court and Wit
his seat at the table in front of the bench. I immediate',"
handed Up a paper to the chairman, of which the following 1s
a copy To the Worshipful the Bench. The clergyman
new in court who married Sophia Dilling, at St. Matthew :I;
Church, Bethnal-greoi, to a gentleman who signed himeeu
Edward Greville Haltbrd. That gentleman the clergyrnis
has not seen sleee the day of the marriage until this niorning:
but he is now hi court, and if any one of the magistrates trill
ask him the clergy man will point him out to the whale
Mitt' When the ca-e came on for hearing, all the witnesses
were ordered out of court. After a considerable time be"
elapsed, the atterney who bad attended to conduct the case
came to me and said the case had broken down, and lit!,
been dismissed, although not a single witness bad been caller
on the side of the young woman.' .
FATAL RAILWAY A CCIDENT.—BIRMINGRAN,
tWED'
ktintqhueest
Wellingtonwas H
held before
ot
e
Commur.ication-row, upon the body of William Stock, the
railway guard, killed at the Barnt-green station, on the bstr's
Dr. But Davies,
iningham and Bristol Railway, on Monday afternoon. 1.11
boroughiafternoon
e Conroo o nne ra ,
only important evidence was that of Mr. 1%1•Connell, the
chief engineer of the company, who deposed that the
deceased had no right, according to the regulations of the
Cortip,iny, to traverse the roof of his carriage to join COra'
pany with a friend behir.d. His (the deceased's) duty vat;
to remain in his seat at the break. Witness also deposes
that the bridge was sufficiently high to admit trains an
passengers through without danger. The deceased stood
upwards-of six feet high, .and it he bad stood where
he ought to have stood, or sat, no accident could bav-
occurred. The space between the floor of the place Whij___,
the deceased sat and the at-Cli of the bridge was six feet sit
inches. No accident had ever previously occurred at On
bridge. The coroner, in his charge, observed that there did
not appear to be any substantial accusation against the COt;
pany. It seemed to him to be an accident. The kiln tirw.,‘
the direction of the worthy coroner, returned a verdict v:‘
" Accidental death, with a deodand of Is." The offices '5.
the Bristol and Birmingham Railway were. in attendauCe9,'
necessary, to prove that not the slightest blame was lII'
tributable to the company. Mr. Saunders, the secretsr'S
evinced the; greatest concern-for the family of the decf?l,A,
end it is understood that an atter4t made-to
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