The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-21 00:00:00

'T TIE SUN, LOWDON. MONDAY EVENING, SE PTEMI3Ert 21, 1846.

qi
ready for delivery, commanded a'steady sale, at
114 4111
,prices. In all other kinds comparatively little was
•Notwithstanding the show of Oats was small, we
' trite to report a slow inquiry for that description of pro-
t,,:et at 1,2
N 3 ,-re.y, but at nothing quotable beneath, last week's
t Itt3i; v.try few Beans were od offer, yet the sale for them
.hvio'ew, at late rates. The best parcels of Peas supported
es quotations. In other kinds next to nothing was
1.110Z,1a Flour a moderate business was doing, at our
°llll-.
Ithett__ STrarI:CTIMPF.RTZ MTASURE
^,4Bex Kent," I Malt—Chevalier .. 66s to 678
bittollea• Nen,— 498 to 568 Oats—Yorkshire and
lc te, New 62s 67s Lincolnsh., Feed. 2,5 295
°11.91k and Lin- Potato
bltt:°ln, Red. • ... 505 57s Youghal and Cork, ,
„" 'lite ••• . • . 565 64s Black. .• • 258 285
-"ed •••• • —s —8 Cork, White..... 24s 315
41-14, :• —s _
Scotch, Feed. .... 265 30s
N 7 'W, •• ••.••• • . • • • ... 34s 36s Beans—Tick .•. . • .... 36s . 395
••• • • 36s 37s Pigeons .... • • .... 46s 505
111it5in4.14ng..... 30s 32* Pease—Grey. ........ 40s 415
-••• • • • • 378 42s Maple... •• • . 415 42s
114t....2va1ier ........ 43s 44s White .•• • • • 505 545
fliffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 545 58s
8r0..... ••• • .. 598 64s Flour—Town-made .• . 485 46s
ltiag— •••••• • • • .. 52s 55s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 44s 51 s
Wiliam]. Ware 64s 65s Stockta & Norfolk 40s 42s
Ile • SIVEITHPI:ZZD.
kit 1, imports of live stock from abroad into London in the
tided] telt have been considerable—those at the outports de-
-Inr,l ow the increase. With this increase we have to re-
Silk;;;verY great improvement in quality, in that of the
tile,' 41 Particular; and it is an instructive fact to notice
ti),,l6reat difference in the general condition of the arrivals,
hirPartd with that at previous corresponding periods of the
tktit,;i4,anY of the Sheep which have lately come to hand
tt'ed k-bs'gris of crossing with our Downs and other black-
‘teti-'eeP ; and, altogether, they exhibit more aptitude to
The
than we have ever before noticed.
'" following table shows the arrivals since Monday last :-
4 LONDON.
'1,14))1'1,,n."Ce. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
,kner"dro ......... 20
trtn tti ...... 129 115 160 42
h‘rtr ew ... 1,549 16 ,43
......... 10 100 7
$ lag ............ 203
total
onto London IGO
—High........ 282
............ 49
Itltter, HU LL.
s'nn ..... . 100 136
nand totals
The `e,s_tWs ..... 591 777 2,379 16 127 36
Lad -fal'eve exhibits a total number of not less than 3,926
,we•
r°al ions kinds of stock. In addition to these arrivals
Lunditinnages of fresh meat have been. received in good
b Wnile from Ireland, about 200 Pigs have come to
see. As, several vessels have Nen again dispatched
14, Vad for the purpose of loading cattle for London and
;Ituid3l3 ens, large imports may be expected this week..
• f"011 to the above arrivals 100 Beasts and 300 Sheep
1111,h ended from the Rotterdam steamers this morning,
Aottogether with 600 of those which arrived last week,
1149heep and Lambs, and 27 Calves, were on sale to-day.
Nti' the whole found buyers at full prices. From our own
districti the number of Beasts were large, but of
eel quality. Prime Scots, Herefords &c., moved off
k3', at full Iconspries but mcst other. kinds number hd;
,pail
we cannot ider them cheaper. Theof
t'ort;, from the northern counties comprised about 2,000
me horns; from the eastern districts, 300 Scots and Short-
' ~11,1\ from the western and midland counties, 700 Here-
; from other parts of England, 200 of various
• h"roin Ireland 14 Beasts, and from Scotland, 30 Scots.
!th,-h_nlhers of Sheep were seasonably good, but not so large
"441;7,exhibiteil for some time past. The Mutton trade
tlitt:,lv*, at an advance in the quotations of from 3d to 4d
p‘ the best old Downs readily producing 5s per Sibs.
let:
Were in good request, at a rise of 2d to 4d per 81bs, at
~ktllatva g,,owd clearance was effected. In Calves and Pigs, the
',lttc't which was moderate, a good business was doing at
ellrrencieS.
for Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
s. d. s. d
pOnd •••. 2 10 3 0
, „(p.ality ditto- a

641 2,219 16 85
NEWCASTLE. -

PLYMOUT7I,

- - 30 -

160 - 12 36

s. d. to s.
Second qualityditto 4 2 4 4
lledditte 4 6 '

1,;;',1e dltto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolledditte 4 4 8
t4e Ye °xe 3 8 310 Southdown Wethers 410 5 0
Ses°tB n..
Ditto th 1 to„ •••• .. 4 0 4 2 out of e woo
lo`es h"Lie •
Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs .. 3 8 4 6
14,.,'LL ditto 4 8 410 Small Porkers .• 4 8 410
41or-kh'alves ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs —l6 0 20 0
"""P .3 10 4 0 Lambs •• •.• • 5 0 6 0
1141 SUPPLY AT MARKET.
4'125
• Sheep. I Calves. Pigs.
29.320 170 589
der ,ItZVTGATE AND LEADENNALL.
limited supplies of country-killed Meat have been
tkirect tilhither since Monday last, but those offering slaugh-
-046111,, :he metropolis have been seasonably good. Each
IhN, 'rime geat— Mutton in particular—has commanded
it,'l,lll, steady sale at fully previous quotations; but the
`'f,Ngt,'l,2•lld inferior kinds have hung on hand. With
”r" ".eat we have been well supplied, and the whole on
k4i b •
1,46„, een disposed of at good prices. The country
htti urine the week have amounted to about 40 carcases
Wilorit.., 100 ditto of Mutton, 50 ditto of Veal, and 140 ditto

4tit ._ At per stone, by the Carcase.
\'•atel.i,,, 3. d. to s. d. N. d. to s. d.
thiddii'l. •••• • • 2 8 210 Mutton, laferfor .. 3 6 310
~\ Driti,„ lig ••• • 3 0 3 2 middling.. 4 Cl 4 2
' pri narge .. 3 4 3 6 ,
ale prime
ell•• small .. 3 6 38 f Pork, 1arge....... 3 6 4 2
...•'• •• • ..• 310 4 8 i - small . ..... .• 4 4 410
Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s Bd.

IV' ns ZIOD,OUGH HOP MARKET.
IttC:Withstand" the supplies of New Hops ar y
fq the timeg f -ear and of very fiuperior quality,q.the
It atbi has
become
o 3 ,
';b ome steady, and a large business is doing,
!ted (though comparatively' low). prices. The duty is
iquirOL, while many are disposed to back it higher.
4..°(kei °wing are the quotations of New Hops: Sussex
401, 75s to 85s per cwt • Weald of Kent, 82s to 92s
and East. Kent, 94s' to 126 s ditto.
040tra•Xt AND SPZITALPIELDS.
nlerailave still larger supplies of Potatoes on sale; but their
trortr Tlality is bad. Selected samples are in good request,
Purti;,,, te 120 s per ton ; but the inferior samples may
at from 30s to 60s.
I he , WOOL.
IPT9,9ntePtorlQ3 ;.! Wool into London during the past week
'IIP, 810 h.-site, bales from Sydney, 621 bales from Port
rgh ',ales from Larmee.•on, 164 bales from Ham-
‘l,t 1.,' arid 32 bales from the Mauritius. Tau public sales
L-41t) hgreBBing steadil • ; most of the psteels offered having
;"tlYers at full prices.) On the whole, there is more
ip4aVeEnglish Wool, but we can notice no improvement
Tbia TALLOW.

11/4; Market is very firm, and , prices are advancing,
N. 15 not much Old Y.C. left of good quality, and some
pr Parcels on hand may now be had. at 425., but fine
'tter._'.l small parcels on the spot is 435. 3d. per cwt.
,1,10,_ ward delivery there is but little doing, buyers as well
limerettaere shy. The prices at St. Petersburgh (according
rs received to-day) are firm, and a fair business
`oli, l'he coselaid down here is 435. to 435. 6d. per cwt.
• 44110 W 41s. 6d. net cash, at which there are buyers.
Iltp3/4RMENTS in CHURCHYARDS.
Aden
AT ST. ANN'S, SOHO.—('THIS DAY.)
:114; In °ruing a public vestry for this parish was
itili"n Pursuance of a requisition by several of the
Sehltabilta, to consider the propriety of closing the
'tretrcl and preventieg any further interments
514:, as being prejudicial and injurious to the health
kr,
[parishioners.
klbej,_°Lunu6l Bunsor, the senior churchwarden, was
sett
the chair.
vestry previously proceeded to the election of
41,,,,' four commissioners for the Court of Requests for
A,Thriater and the Duchy of Lancaster.
k'titl'it'llAiumesi said, that since receiving the requi-
-0 di he churchwardens had examined the churchyard,
t'lli.0;;;, unot find it worse than it bad been for the last
ve years, and they did not see the necessity of a
),"tialjutehyard, which would necessarily entail on the
Neh a very considerable expense. submitrLtle"ll therefore, had no proposition to to the
,-41 Lout would be happy to hear any suggestions that
Offered, or take the sense of the meeting ou the
bger
i*—AvAGE moved for a committee of inquiry on the
tt• i"'°f the requisition, as there was a general feeling
),,N be parish that the churchyard was in such a state as
th, ht prejudicial to the health of persons_residing
:114 Vicinity. It was well enough to say that there
L(1444110 much ground to complain as formerly, and he
Ali admit that there was not, but that was merely a
tier
fil'el°2l of an evil which should be looked boldly in
The evil was the vested interests of the
oe and others, but if there was an evil fifteen
17 heir when the parishioners had to interfere for
eOn health, what must it be now that thousands
Prli„"%d been buried, and they had had to dig through
NSix feet under ground to get to a depth of twenty
*0 Makdgrcund? It was true the burial fees had
NaYaised, to restrain the interment of non-
t)tt,toners, but nevertheless very strong grounds of
titaint still existed.
ketp'• Ron Ens, a surgeon, seconded the resolution, and
itr,that the eyes and feelings of all persons in the
4,4'1T were shocked by the scenes in the churchyard.
da considered, with Mr. Savage, that the evil ought to
Illei*:ked full in the face, for the sake of humanity, and
tho ?reservation of health, and that the committee
I'4l dbe appdinted. Medical men, with few exceptions,
hit:t. well awere that churchyards in the vicinity of ha-
ttlit.l°''s were injurious to health. Himself and several
sad had come forward to urge this for the interest
%,e°mfort of common humanity ; he therefore hoped
iikiwpila meet, not with opposition, but with a spirit
' b'n'lness,—(Hear, hear.)
r. ea
1e et °raw, of Cirencester-place, spoke to the same
qie
ei,
Yaan rd d fin rom having suffered from living near the
r4u the Savnoy.
the e CLIAI" AN said the burials had decreased within
fifteen years.
ThArlliStlioetEn inquired in what ratio?
'4l ESTRY CLERK—In 1833 there were 500 a year,
;c/w for three years the average was 220.
of th.„erli gentlemen addressed the meeting in support
„ Th. tr„,esolution.
,t4at uRAIRMAN said the authorities were quite willing
"otikj keommittee should be appointed, and every facility
" afforded to the committee.
4PI•
e—e remarks having been made on the broad prin-
ketr Of t iurious tendency of churchyards in the
°Polihs,e the resolution was agreed to.

44t141:19 AND BRADFORD RAILWAY.—The dripping
iitc.ei,,af the Thackley Tunnel has caused great dts,atis-
-44:4 among third-class passengers, many of whom
ItiCseatErged from the tunnel wet through their clothes,
tlirt;',4llY a lticly's finery has been spoiled by it. The
keti,:°l.B,however, have hit upon a cure or a partial re-
titiffur this. They are about to sheath the tunnel
rtiataelal plates from an inner roof impervious to the
„,•4ritcif We shall in a few weeks be enabled to state that
•klio °l'd is in possession of an elegant railway station.
"Iroar°El pillars and girders to receive the root are
set;sl fixed. We hear that litigation is likely to arise
t ~1:1 this company and the canal company respecting
"t of road to the traffic department of the station.—
Paper,
a
si?, per.
Wed'(4ULAR STATE OF • THE ATMOSPHERE.—On
Ilern nesdaY evening, about half-past seven, as two gen-
litNen Were going towards Ihadtugton hill, just at the
of air towards Marston, they passed through a current
it di' as hot as if coming from the mouth of a furnace.
14414 not extend more than twenty feet. In ord rto
ItteraY theniselves they retreated a few steps and then en-
-144 the line of the current again, when they met with
4414 e readte—Oxford Chronicle.

BANKRUPTCY.-(TUIS DAY.)

IN RE BEATTIE AND co.
In this case the bankrupts had carried on business to
a very great extent, au Levant merchants end gimrral
shippers, in Nicholas-lane, Lomblrd-street. Their debts
and liabilities were very large, amounting to ahuut
350,0001., the greater portion of which was mixed up
with foreign houses.
To-day was appointed for a dividend, but was occu-
pied in receiving proof and
It is expected that uiti❑-.ate:y a very good dividend
will be realised.
It is impossible at present to say what the amount or
probable amount of dividend will be.
The partners in the firm p:osed their examination,
and obtained their certificates without opposition.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Commissioner Phillips, recently appointed to this
Court vice Sir David Pollock, the new Chief Justice of
Bombay, took his seat for the first time in company with
the Chief Commissioner this morning.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.(

OLD COURT:

The eleventh and last session but one, of the present
mayoralty, was opened this morning by the Record, r,
Aldermen Gibbs and Fan-brother, Mr. Sheriff Chaplin,
and Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire.

The grand jury having been sworn,
• The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge.
He said, Gentlemen of the grand jury, the pre-
sent calendar contains a list of two hundred
prisoners, who are to stand their trial for the offences
that are severally charged against them. There is rea-
sop, however, to apprehend that this number will be
considerably augmented in the course of the present
week. Among the offences enumerated in the calendar
there is a charge of murder; there is also a charge of
manslaughter, committed under peculiar circumstances ;
there are two charges of rape, four charges of robbery,
and no less than twenty eight charges of cutting
and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily
harm, in the county of Middlesex alone. I 'can-
not revert to this circumstance without expressing
the opinion which the Court has time after time ex
pressed in reprobating this crime, namely that it is on
the increase. Until a recent period the use of the knife
was comparatively unknown, but I lament to see that
every succeeding calendar proves that cases of this de-
scription are more common, and there is every reason to
believe that the offence is equally on the increase
throughout the country. By the provisions of a recent
statute, where, as in cases like these the evidence in the
judgment of the petit jury falls short of the full charge
of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, the
mitigated charge of assault can be sustained ; but that,
as I have-stated, is a question altogether in the province
of the petit jury to determine. But if there is evidence
of the use of the dangerous weapon, if a wound is proved
to have been wantonly and wickedly inflicted with
the intention of doing the person assaulted an
injury, then it will be your duty to bring in a bill for
the aggravated assault, and so put the case in course of
further investigation. Gentlemen, with regard to the
charge of murder, it is a charge founded upon very
peculiar circumstances, the deaths which the person
charged is represented to have occasioned arising from
the taking of a drug, or rather a vegetable substance,
which is callt d the " deadly nightshade," and, I believe,
beda donna, which the pris, ner is said to have hawked
about the streets, and sold with a recommendation as to
its excellence for tarts and other purposes. The pri-
soner represented it as a safe fruit ; but he appears to
have known its character from another circumstance—
he appears to have known that it was a deadly poison.
Now, gentlemen, the evidence of his selling that which
he was aware 'was a deadly poison will greatly depend
upon the testimony of a chemist, who was in the habit
of dealing with him as a man of judgment in
the matter of herbs, and .one who was able
to discriminate between the deadly nightshade and other
noxious herbs, and those which were harmless. lam
unwilling to go into the details of the case, lest I should
prejudice the cause of the prisoner; but I must refer
generally to your duties in the particular cae in ques-
tion. Gentlemen, your inquiry will be directed, first, to
see whether this act of the prisoner was an act of wil-
fully selling and recommending as wholesome what he
knew to be deadly poison. You are to see that this
knowledge of the character of the vegetable substance
referred to is made out to your satisfaction, and that he
therefore wilfully, maliciously, and wickedly sold this to
the individuals who have suflered by it. If this is proved
to your satisfaction, then, gentlemen, you have evidence
on which to found a bill of wilful murder against him.
If, on the other hand, you find that he made a False re-
presentation of a knowledge he did not possess of the
wholesomeness of the articles for the mere pur-
poses of - lucre, and without really possessing
a knowledge of the narcotic properties of the
herb; it you find that he sold it without any intention of
putting human life in danger, but with a reckless disre-
gard of future consequences, then at least you can bring
in a bill charging him with the crime of manslaughter if
death were the consequence of his culpable negligence.
It is lamentable to find, that not only the lives of a man
and boy were sacrificed in consequence of having eaten
of this deadly nightshade, but that, in addition, five or
six other persons were obliged to be taken to the hos-
pital, suffering from the effects of this poisonous vege-
table. In conclusion, if you found that this was a fatal
mistake arising from no criminal negligence of the pri-
soner's, then it would be your duty to bring in no bid at
all. There is also a charge of manslaughter against a
person who had charge of a railway engine. The pri-
socer was alleged to have mi!conducted himself while in
the management of that engine, by running into the last
carriage of a train which had arrived shortly be-
fore at the station, thereby causing the death of
an individual in it. It is , the bounden duty
of every one who undertakes the management
of an engine to be fully competent to do so. There are
certain signals established on every line; there is a '
whistle attached to the engine to give notice to other
carriages upon the line; there is a certain rate of speed
to which they are limited when approaching a station,
and it will be your duty therefore to ascertain whether
these signals were displayed on this occasion, and whe-
ther the other means for the prevention of accidents
were duly attended to. In the present day it is almost a
matter of necessity for persons travelling to go by rail-
ways, and where, therefore, the lives of many individuals
may depend upon the prudence and experience of one
person, it is highly necessary that that person should be
held strictly bound to-exercise all due caution. You
will therefore inquire whether this unhappy accident is
really occasioned by a misfortune over which the pri-
soner had no control, or whether it was to be attributed
to his culpable negligence. The Learned Recorder then
adverted to the charges of rape, and after briefly stating
the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 George IV., in refer-
ence to the administering a noxious material to the fish
in the Hampton Court waters, concluded by remitting
the grand jury to their duties.

GUILD HALL.-(THIS DAY.)
A man, who gave his name as John Smith, was
brought before Mr. Alderman liumphery and Mr.
Alderman Challis, charged with having wantonly broken
a pane of glass, of the value of 30/., in the shop window
of Mr. Walter Chetworth, No. 15, London-street.

The prisoner admitted that he had wilfully done the
mischief of which he was accused ; and he gave the
excuse which has lately been very common for such
wantonness in the City, that "he was in distress, and
wanted to be sent to prison."
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY ordered him to pay a
penalty of SL, or go to prison for two months.
Prisoner—Thank you, Sir.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY—I regret that I have not
the power of sending you to six months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.
The prisoner withdrew from the bar, apparently quite
satisfied with the result, and exhibiting not the slightest
compunction for the serious hzjury he had inflicted on
Mr. Chetworth.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Cousins was charged before Mr. Henry with
attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself -into
the river at Hungerford- pier.
A ragged and most wretched-looking young man, who
said that he had been a draper's assistant, stated that
at about half past twelve o'clock this morning he was
lying in one of the barges near the bridge, and saw the
prisoner deliberately walk along the pier, and tumble
headlong into the water. Ile at first sank, on rising
to the surface swam towards .the place where witness
was. As soon as he got near-enough witness gave him-
his hand, and helped him to swim towards a post,
which he laid hold ot; and so supported himself until
witness went to a barge near that in which he was, and
got a rope, by means of which the prisoner climbed into
the barge.
The prisoner said that he did not intend to drown
himself. He was rather intoxicated, and did not per-
ceive the water until he found himself in it. It was
evident that he had no thought of drowning himself, or
he would not have exerted himself to swim, as the wit-
ness had proved be did.
Mr. HENRY said he did not suppose the prisoner in-
tended to kill himself, but this ought to be a warn-
ing to him to keep himself sober for the
future. His worship then put several questions
to the witness, in answer to which he said, that he was
now in very reduced circumstances, but had bet n an
assistant in a draper's shop in Vauxhall, but left the
place about six months ago of his own aeoord. He had
not been able to get another situation since.
Mr. HENRY said he would discharge the prisoner, but
he thought he ought to give the witness something by
way of recompense for his trouble. As, however, he did
not suppose he could give much, he (Mr. Henry) would
give the witness 10s. cut of the poor box.
The witness took the money, and looked as if he could
hardly persuade himself of its reality.
The witness said he would give the witness " what he
could," as he thought he owed his life to him.—He was
then discharged."

THE DANGER OF CONGREVE LIGHTS.—On Satur-
day night, between eight and nine o'clock, a large pile
of boxes containing cougreve matches, discovered to
be on fire in the shop of Mr. Cocks, oil and tallow-chand-
ler, 11, Broadway, V.' estmuisttr. , From the highly in-
flammable nature of the stock great fears were enter-
tained, when one of the shopmen had sufficient pre-
sence of mind to throw a wet cloth ova the burning
boxes, and was thus enabl, d to carry them into the
centre of the roadway, the only damage sustained being
their destruction.
WILFUL DAMAGE TO PUBLIC BATHS.—At Mary-
lebone police office on Saturt ay, William Bardwell, an
architect, was fined 4/. for having wilfully damaged one
of the baths at the Public Baths in George-street, New-
road, by pouring some strong acid on the enamel, which
caused it to peel tiff.
SECOND egbps OF PEARS.—We have received a
number of accounts of pear trees bearing a second crop
this year.—Westmoreland Gazette.

PROCLAMATION OF THE COUNT

DE MONTEMOLIN.

Spaniards,—My dignity and my sentiments render
it my-duty to await the result of events which I see
without astonishment about to accomplish themselvesin
Spain; I could have wished to hold to what I announced
to you in my manifesto of May 23, 1845. I then made
known my principles; I told you I had no other desire
than to draw our country from the abyss into which she
is plunged, to bring about a lasting reconciliation be-
tween all parties, and to give you the peace and hap-
piness of which you have so much need, and which you
so well merit. The results have not responded topy
efforts, and your hopes have been deceived.
" Your duty and my word of honour impose on us
new efforts to fulfil our mission.

" Spaniards, the moment which I have sought to avoid
with so much care, at the price of your sacrifices and my
own—that moment is at last come ; it would be a dis-
grace for you and a stain on me to show ourselves less
to-day than we have been up to this time in the opinion
of Europe.
I know no parties, I only see Spaniards, all capable
of contributing powerfully along with me to the success
of the great cause for which Providence reserves me. I
therefore call you all to me ; I hope in you all, and I
have no fear of any one.

" The cause which I represent is just, no obstacle
must impede us in saving it ; success is certain, for I feel
sure that you will all answer my appeal, full of zeal,
active, and brave.
" I implore you and recommend you not to think of the
past. The era which is about to commence ought not to
resemble that which has precded it. Concord must be
established among all Spaniards ; let the epithets of
parties cease ; let hatreds and remembrances of injury
be buried in forgetfulness.
" Institutions conformable to the spirit of the time we
live in, the holy religion of our forefathers, the free ad-
ministration of jucCee, respect for the rights of property,
and a cordial amalgamation of parties, lo} these are the
principles which guarantee the possession of that happi-
ness which you so fervently desire.
" I will adhere to what I promise and what I offer,
and in the moment of success nothing will be more
sweet, nothing will give me greater satisfaction, than to
see around me neither victors nor vanquished.
" I thank you for all you have suffered, for your con-
stancy and for your prudence. The admirer of your
courage and your exploits, I shall know how to recom-
pense them on the field of battle.
" CARLOS LUIS.
" Bourges, 12th Sept., 1846."

except strong easterly winds from Jamaica to St. Thomas,
and as far north as latitude 31 deg., thence to Fayal
moderate south-west wind.

The emancipation anniversary celebrations seem to
have passed off with unusual dulness.

We have our usual file; >f West India pipers, but,
with the exception of congratul,..lions on the improved
state of the weather and prospects of the crops, they
contain no news of importance. We gather from the
Jamaica, Dispatch that for many years the island had
not been visited with so long and uninterrupted a series
of favotirable weather as had been experienced since the
latter end of June, and never had the growth of cane
been so remarkable. The indications of a continuance
of this seasonable weather were still apparent; indeed,
in some parts of, the island the fall of rain still con-
tinned, and the next year's crop was expected to be pro-
portionably increased.

TRADE BET WEEN GIBRALTAR

AND SPAIN.

The following memorial to Lord Clarendon, the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade, has been agreed upon at
the meeting a the board of the MaLchester Commercial
Association, and has been, or is about to be, forwarded
to his Lord:hip:
" To the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, President

of the Board of Trade.

"The Memorial of the Directors of the Manchester

Commercial Association,

" Respectfully St howeth—

" That your memorialists beg leave to direct your
Lordship's attention to the injurious position in which
the merchant.: of Gibraltar are placed by the peculiar
policy adopted towards thew by the Spanish Government.
"That by a decree of his fate M,justy Ferdinand VII.,
goods of British manufacture lawfully admitted into that
countr►', such as linens, woollens, &c., and British colo-
nial produce, were, if shipped from Gibraltar, burdened
with a very heavy extra duty, and Spanish vessels bring-
ing goods from Gibraltar, or even touching at that port,
lost their national character for the vo) age, forteiting all
the privileges to which they would have otherwise been
entitled.

" That the pressure of this enactment was so severely
felt by the parties above referred to, that it was found
necessary to have recourse to the protection of the British
Government, and in the year 1837, after repeated remon-
strances made to the Spanish Guvernment, and by the
able intervention and unremitting exertions of your
Lordship (at that time British Ambassador at the Court
of Spain), which services continue to be most gratefully
remembered, the obnoxious measure in question was
withdrawn, and the beneficial result became speedily
apparent in the restored prosperity of Gibraltar, and the
increased vitality of its trade.
" That in the year 1841, the Spanish Government
having framed a new tariff, the former spirit of hostility
was unfortunately revived, which has again had the
effect of almost annihilating all legitimate mercantile in-
tercourse between Gibraltar and Spain.
" May it therefore phase your Lordship to adopt such
measures as in your wisdom may appear most calculated
to restore the merchants of Gibraltar, in their dealing
with Spain, to the same position in which they were
placed in the year 1837, through your Lordship's ener-
getic and able intervention.—thud your," 84e.—Manches-
ter Guardian.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SUREWSBURY AND EIRMINGHAM.

SHREW SAIUR Y, SATURDAY EVENING.—The first general
meeting of the shareholders was held to-day at the Lion
Hotel, Shrewsbury, Mr. 0. Gore, M.P., in the chair.
There was a full attendance.
Mr. Keene, the secretary, reed the directors' report as
follows:—It is with much satisfaction that the directors
meet the-proprietors for the first time under the provi-
sions of the Act of Incorporation, which obtained the
royal assent on the 3d of August, 1846, aftera strenuous
opposition during two sessions of Parliament, on the
part of the promoters of competing schemes. In conse•
quence of the period to which the contest was prolonged
in the last session, and which, if an arrangement had not
been effected, would have prevented the Bills of this and
other companies being introduced into the House of
Lords in sufficient time to comply with the resolutions
of that House, and whereby Shropshire and the South
Staffordshire mining districts might have been deprived
for another year of the railway accommodation 'so much
desired, and the shareholders in the several undertakings
put to great additional expense and anxiety, the direc-
tors of this company, with the concurrt nee of other
parties in friendly alliance with them, and with the
sanction of the Committee of the House of Commons,
suggested terms of arrangement by which the eh-
jcct of this company, in securing one conti-
nuous and unbroken line of railway communication
between Shrewsbvry and Birmingham, and thence to
London, will be obtained. The report then preceeds to
state the terms of arrangement approved of by the Group
Committee. Their substance, so far as the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham Company, as between Wolverhampton
and Birmingham, the main line proposed through Tip-
ton, Oldbury, and Sanethwick; was sanctioned, with a
branch to Dudley, and will be executed under the sepa-
parate powers of the Act of Incorporation of the " Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway
Company," at the joint expense and for the joint benefit
of the London and North-Western, this company, the
Birmingham Canal, and the public, in four equal parts;
each party being represented on the board of manage-
ment by an equal number of directors, as between
Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The following ar-
rangement with the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and
South Staffordshire Junction Company was proposed
and agreed to:—That the line of railway from Shrews-
bury to Wolverhampton, with the branch to Coalbrook-
dale, laid down by the engineers of this company, should
be carried out and executed; that the power should be
retained to make such portion of the line of the other
company as by a short diversion out of the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham line near Wolverhampton, might, if
requisite, enable a station to be formed on a lower level
at Wolverhampton, and that the capital, as between
Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, should be found equally
by both companies and the direction formed, and, here-
after continued, of, two-thirds elected by the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham shareholders, and one-third by those of
the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford-
shire company, which terms of amalgamation have been
ratified by the shareholders of the latter company at their
first public meeting. As between Shrewsbury and Wel-
lington, the line is to be formed at the joint expense,
and be the joint property of this company and of
the Shropshire Railway and Canal Company; and the
latter company is also to have power to run over the line
of this company, and to use their station at Wolver-
hampton upon terms to be hereafter settled. As the
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire
Junction shareholders are interested only as between
Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, and not in the share
of this company between Wolverhampton and Birming-
ham, two classes of shares are to be created; the one,
Class A, for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham share-
holders, and Class B for those interested only between
Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton. The amalgamation
as to capital which was effected in December last with
the Dudley and M:deley Company was then made
known by advertisements and circulars to the share-
holders. By the arrangement then made a sum of
110,000/. was transferred to the credit of this company,
and by the terms of the amalgamation a SUM of about
25,0001. will have been obtained when the affairs of the
Dudley and Madeley Company are finally wound up,
towards the expenditure previously incurred by this
company. The next topic adverted to in the report was
the capital of the company, which is fixed by the Act at
1,300,000/., divided into 52,000 shares (Class A) of 25/.
each, with power to borrow any sum not exceeding one-
third of the capital when one-half of the sum has been
paid up. In order to comply with the Act, the present
shares have been reduced in the proportion of five shares
with 21. 10s. paid on each, to four shares having 31. paid,
the surplus of 2s. per share to be returned wish the new
certificates when they are issued. In order to carry out
the' amalgamation with the Shrewsbury, Wolver-
hampton, and South Staffordshire Company, it is
provided by the Act of Incorporation, that it shall
be lawful for the company to reduce the nominal
value of the -shares in this company to such
an extent, and to create such number of new
shares of such amount as may be necessary for
ensuring the shareholders of the other company
an equate participation in the capital between Shrews.
bury and Wolverhampton. The directors, therefore,
propose to create 52,000/. shares of the Class B, of the
nominal value of 101. each for the shareholders of the
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire
Junction Company. When the amalgamation with the
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire
shall have been completed, the amount of calls on shares
of Class A will be restricted, so that the united capital
will not exceed the total amount authorised to be raised
by the Act. The directors have determined to proceed
with the works with all convenient speed. They hope
to make arrangements, and to obtain possession of the
land between Wellington and Oakengates, and to let the
contradt for that portion of the line in the course of the
present year. This forms the heaviest part of the work,
as it includes both tunnels. The other contracts will be
let in sufficient time to have the whole of the marks
finished and the line opened contemporaneously through-
out from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton. The plans
and specifications are also directed to be prepared for
the station at Wolverhampton; and as the directors have
been in possession of a portion of the land for some time,
they expect soon to let this contract, and to commence
the erection of a station sufficiently commodious for the
railways centering in Wolvei ham; ton; and it is hoped
that the superior advantages of the high level will be
proved such as to render unnecessary the construction
of any other station. Specifications of the rails and
chains are ready to be sent to various manufacturers,
and the contract for these will be forthwith entered into.
The directors are glad to state that, with the calls which
must be paid upon class B, so as to contribute an equal
amount to the shares of class A to the amalgamated scheme,
there will be funds sufficient to enter into and prosecute
the contracts reterred to, without making any call on
the present shareholders, payable within the twelve
months from the passing of the Act. The directors have
had under consideration the question of extensions, or
branches, from the present line. At present they 'have
only directed their engineer to make the necessary sur-
veys for an extension of the line from the station at
Wolverhampton to the Grand Junction line at Willen-
hall, thereby effecting a communication from Shropshire
towards Walsall and Lichfield; as the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley line forms a junction
with the Grand Junction line north of Wolverhampton,
both will supply the place of the Showhill and Portobello
branch, not prosecuted through Parliament. The direc-
tors have also in contemplation to extend the Coalbrook-
dale branch, so as to make it beneficial to the district,
and with which a convenient junction might be made of
the line frum Dudley to Madeley, which the directors of
this company feel under a pledge to prosecute in the
next practicable session of Parliament. In the short
period which has elapsed since the passing of the Act it
has been found impossible to collect all the accounts and
adjust their settlement, but an abstract of the receipts
and expenditure has been drawn up. The directors ex-
pected that after taking credit for the sum received from
the Dudley and Aladeley Company, and the proportion
of the expenses incurred by this company, both in the
last and preceding session of Parliament, in respect of
that part of the line between 'Wolverhampton and Bir-
mingham which is to be repaid to this company by the
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Com-
pany, the preliminary expen-es up to the date of the
Act of incorporation will be less than 10s. per share,
which, considering the severe struggle that has been
carried on since the early part of 1844, and the value of
the undertaking secured, the directors trust will be most
satisfactory to the proprietary. The directors have
taken power in the Act to allow four per cent. on the
deposit and on all future calls. Interest on the deposits
will be paid from the respective dates of registration,
and shareholders wishing to anticipate calls will be al-
lowed interest on all amounts paid in advance. The
shares registered amount to 47,000, and, in order to
clrriplete the register, the remairder will now be put
into the names of the original allottees. The report
concluded by recommending the appointment of di-
rectors and auditors, and the continuance in office of the
present secretary, Mr. George Knox.
The SECRETARY then proceeded to read an abstract of
receipts and expenditure to August, 1846:

now actively engaged in making the Parliamentary
survey and working drawing-5.
After a good deal of desultory conversation on the
terms of arrangement entered upon with the Birming-
ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Company, and
the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,. and South Stafford-
shire Junction Company, the re-election of the following
gentlemen as *directors was proposed, seconded, and car-
ried unanimously :—Messrs. Wildarn Ormsby Gore,
M.P., the Hon. Henry Clive, M.P., John Benbow, M.P.,
William Rickford Collett, M.P.. Wm. Collins, M.P., Wm.
Techney, Block, James Clay, Stephen Phillips, Richard
Smith, George Probyn, William Bennitt, William
Chance, Richard Heath, Joseph King, and Wm. Austice.
Pursuant to the recommendation of the directors,
Messrs. Benjamin Collett and Richard Law were ap-
pointed auditors, their remuneration being fixed at 201.
each per annum.

Mr. BLOCK proposed, and Mr. PIERCY seconded the
motion, " That Mr. George Knox be continued in the
office of secretary, at his present salary of 5001. per
annum, until the opening of the line ; and in considera-
tion of the very zealous exertions of this gentleman, that
a sum of 3001 be presented to him, in ord"r to testify
the sense which the proprietors entertain of his services
generally, and more particularly in having been instru-
mental in effecting the amalgamation with the Dudley
and Madeley Company, an arrangement whereby the
opposition of that company, as a competinc, scheme, was
avoided, and the position of the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Company materially improved."
The resolution was carried unanimously.