The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

Paul Ferdinand WiHart, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Man-
chester
Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford House, Stretford'
Alderman of Manchester, and Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton
John Woodcock, Esq., banker, The Elms, Wigan, Director Of the
Liverpool and Bury Railway
John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapson, Northamptonshire
George Turner, Esq., Minton Hill, Director of the South Stafford,
Oxford, and Southampton Railways
William Halliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Di-
rector of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway
Captain James Johnston, R.N., Director of the Birmingham and
Lichfield Railway
William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf-
fordshire Potteries Railway
Char:es Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Diretor of the Great Leeds
and London Railway
Williams Banks, Esq., Roney-lane Market, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London
Charles Higgins, Esq., Bedford, Director of the Manchester, Bedford,
and Cambridge Railway
The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, Ingham Grange, Leicestershire
John Gardner, Esq., Southampton, Provisional Director
,of the Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Edward Wadd'iove, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate Railways
Edward Welch, Esq., Leamington Provisional Directors of
William Hunter, Eeq., Leamington the Rugby, Warwick,
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington and Worcester Rail-
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington way
Jarues Weld, Esq., Archers Lake, Southampton
Charles Greatrex, Esq., J.P., Walsall
William Halcomb, Esq., Poulton House, Marlborough
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway
R. A. Thicknesse, Esq., Beech Hill, Wigan
George Hunt, Esq., Southampton
Pierce Bevan, Esq.., Frickleton Hall, near Wigan
John Lamprey, Esq., Marchwood, Southampton
Major-General Smith, Rugby
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight-abbey, near Manchester
Joseph Brook Esq, Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Newbury Railway
(With power to add to their number.)

BANKERS.
Messrs. liasterman and Co., London.
The Union Bank, Manchester

ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Brackstono Baker, Esq.. C.E.
SOLICITORS.
John Bethel], Esq., King William-street, London.
Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Higson and Robins,
Manchester

That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is
now fUlly admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be
adopted ?
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di-
rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen-
diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man-
chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be
constructed being only 78, instead of 170 to 180 miles.
A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this
railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby toMacelesfleld, as
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,000/. judiciously applied in
thepresent perfe,cted state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost
of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater
real economy, both to the Company itself in the saving effected in
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance,
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to
Manchester. _ .

Those considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
ether parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue
valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company.
The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects,
in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties.
Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by
which additonal lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the
shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed
railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great
Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route,
and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and
Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly
interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market
Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek.
The Company has made arrangements with the North London
Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their
station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London,
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost
mportance to this line.
Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public
mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded
that a line that will attain such important results at so small an
outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and
without interfering with any existing vested intemts, must meet
with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent
investment for capital.

The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and
Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of
the shares.

The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent.
interest in all calls.

Application for detailed prospectus, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 76, King William-street, City,
London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the following
sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Grinle, and Sutton, 22, North-
side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill;
Messrs, Mackenzie and Laurence, 3s, Cornhill ; Messrs. Barclay,
Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Mr. William Marshall; Messrs.
Houghlard and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester ; John Wills, Esq.,
Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 Oastler,
Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. 11, Land, Esq., Bristol ;
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef-
field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq.,
Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry
Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. I'. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph
Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint and Toatal, Hull.

Thomas Varley, Eeq., Shorstin Hall, Molten
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller
S. Watkins, Esq., Forrest Mill. near Worksop
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Railway
(With power to aid to their number).
BA'SKERS.
Messrs. Masterman and Co., London
The Union Bank, Manchester
SOLICITOR—John Bethel, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.

CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins,
John Belcher, Esq.
SECRETARY—A. owllt,
Offices of the Company, 28, Mcorgate-street.

This Company is formed for making a railway from Liverpool to
Derby, and will, in conjunction with the Manchester and Rugby
Direct, and London and Birmingham Railways, form the nearest
route from Liverpool to London. It will commence at Liverpool, and
proceed along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to within a
short distance of the Whiston Inclined Plane, and thence branch off
in a south-easterly direction, through Warrington, Knutsford, and
Congleton to Leek (there joining the Manchester and Rugby Rail-
way), and from thence through Ashbourne to Derby. The whole
length of the proposed line will be about sixty-six miles. It will be
seen by reference to the map that this important line of railway Will
form the shortest route from Liverpool to London and effect a direct
chain of communication between Liverpool and Derby, and will
thence, by means of the Midlands and other railways, open an unin-
terrupted route to the more eastern counties, and afford a complete
midland communication between the eastern and western parts of
the kingdom and the importantinterrnediate manufacturing districts.
The most important feature in this railway is that it forms the
shortest road from Liverpool to London. Tile distance by it, with the
Manchester and Rugby, and London and Birmingham, will be only
168 miles, whereas by the present route it is 210 miles, and by the
Trent Valley Railway 2004 miles ; effecting a saving of 22 miles in
one instance, and 12% in the other.
And as regards Liverpool and Derby, the whole distance between
Liverpool and Darby will be reduced by this line to about 74 miles,
thus decreasing the distance by any present existing railway, at least
46 miles; an advantage which carries in itself the conviction of the
necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to eonnect more
immediately two such important towns, especially when these towns
are but the foci, as it were, for other railways from still more distant
localities, as before adverted to.

The distance also from Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% miles,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 561/2
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.
But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in conjunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it will also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.
The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of junc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles
from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 miles; thus making the whole distance from Liverpool to
London 188% miles, instead of 210, by the present route.
With regard to the traffic and other details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the minds of all that the source
of revenue thus derived will be immense. . _

There are no engineering difficulties connected with the forming of
the line.
__ _ __ _ _ _

The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 4/. per cent.
interest on all calls. _ _

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and lingby Direct
Railway Company, via Macclesfield. a
aaa

I request you will allot to me - shares of 201. each hi
the capital of the above-named tawny, and I will accept the same,
or any less number and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required. _ _

Dated the

day of

1645.

Name ••
Address . • .....
Profession . ..... . •
Reference • • • • .. • . .

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.

The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi-
neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and
have satisfied the Committee that the country is perfectly practi-
cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to
state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute
the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus
putting the matter of time and money beyond a doubt.

r HE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY
JL DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, Tia MACCLESFIELD.

A certain portion of the shares in this Company will be apportioned
to the Scripholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth Railway Company, and will be allotted among those gentle-
men who apply, and who produce their scrip between the 3d and 7th
day of October next, to the persons named below, when their names
and the number of their shares will be entered, and a proportionate
number of shares in this Company allotted to them, at 78, King
William-street, City ; or, at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; Messrs.
Sharp and Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Newbury ;
Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, solicitors, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis
and Co.,Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. Land,
Bristol ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; Mr. Kershaw, Hud-
dersfield ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax ; Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Manchester.

THE MANCHESTER rnd RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD.

The Directors have the utmost satisfaction in announcing to the
public that their arrangements are approaching completion, and that
by the union of this Company with the projected Liverpool and
Derby Railway, their scheme is rendered the great Trunk Line of
the kingdom, forming beyond all possibility of competition the most
direct Line from Liverpool to London, as well as from !Manchester
to London, effecting this great object with less injury to important
existing Railway interests, than any other scheme that has already
been, or is capable of, being projected.

THE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY
DIRECT RAILWAY C.
No further applications for Shares in O
thisMPANY Company can be re-
ceived after MONDAY, the 29th September instant.

THE LIVERPOOL and DERBY RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital 1,500,000/., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. is. per Share.
ntOVI9IOI,TAL COMMITTEE..
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and'
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Phie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Director
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London,
late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Captain George Probyn,Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London,
The Hon. George Browne, Lovrndes-square, Bolgrave-square
Sir Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Colonel George Diabrowe, Chester-square, London
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
George Bovill, Esq., Miliwall, Poplar
John Barnes, Esq., Charley Wood, Bucks
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield
John Churchill, Esq.4-Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 24, Endley-street
G. Colqnhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and Wales Railway
E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
James D. De Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester
Samuel 'Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West and Birmingham South Stafford-
shire Railway
James Home, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director
of the Leekfield and Birmingham Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton
Railway
Willis n Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Jerdine, Esq., Piccadilly
Charles Kelaon, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South
Wales Railway
'(trw,;R:mitialftniailomn:tiajt,m,ey.E.ltie:q:L.ya,en:ted,kAied,eiltaiiedhem-polnacde,,SDuirrreceytor of the Richmond Railway
J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond
nßlaekheath-park, Deputy Chairman of the
G. lngham Continuation Railway
Directorßailway
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
N
.an7'dP(lllaungnb:yED.7l.r.,e'
cetitPirmaaiirwiLaa
parliament-street, Director of the Manchester
of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Win. Nash E
Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Wm. aUNwicahyolson,
ayrbury,
George
il,
Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West
Ra
of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and RailwayFurne.as-
-
Geo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
T. Bridge, Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond
Railway
John Stewart, Esq., 3f.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of th
London and Brighton Railway

Applications for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the offices, 73, King William-street, City,
London ; and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester, and the following
Sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
Messrs. Balclay, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Mac-
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Iloughland and Leese,
51, King street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-hall-buildings,
Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ;
Messrs. IVellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ;
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Hud-
dersfield; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter; R. P. Lemon,
Esq., Bath; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Hull.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, and
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to announce that the allotments of
shares in this Company have been completed. They beg also to express
their regret at having been compelled to reject the claims of thousands
of applications of undoubted respectability, and to curtail in almost
every instance the names of those parties whose applications were
entertained. This course of proceeding was rendered unavoidable by
the unprecedented number of applicants which have been received.
By order,
Sept. 26, 1845, WM. PROTIIEROE, Secretary.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.-PHILLIPPE'S
SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES.

M. Philippe has the honour to announce that, in consequence
ofthe unprecedented success of his entertainment at the St. James's
Theatre, he has taken the New Strand Theatre, which WILL OPEN
on MONDAY EVENING, September 29, fnr the exhibition of his
celebrated TOURS DE PHYSIQUE, and surprising feats of
MAGICAL DELUSION. The performances will be varied by the
introduction of many most attractive novelties, obtained during a
recent visit to Paris.

Private Bow, Stalls, and Places, may be secured at the Box-omce
of the Theatre, which ii open from Ten till Five.

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
London : under the direction of JOHN RYAN, LL.D., M.D.
and Professor I3ACHHOFFNER, Ph.D.,' M.A. The COURSE o
CHEMICAL LECTURES and Practical Demonstrations for Medical
and general Students, Agriculturists, &c., tinder the direction of Dr.
Ryan, will commence on the 6th of October.
The STEAM NAVIGATION CLASS for Naval Officers will meet
on the 6th of October, at Twelve o'clock a.m.
The CLASS for RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVERS will open on the
Bth of October, at Seven P.M.

A Class for Instruction in MATHEMATICS is now forming, under
the direction of Mr. A. W. Hobson, B.A.
A Syllabus may be had at the Institution.
It. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary.

PUBLICATIONS.

WANT OF EFFICIENT ARTISANS,

a
E
el =
-le es
Al
r 2 4

.. 1
o__
II
sra

THE BUILDER, an ILLUSTRATED PE-
RIODICAL, No. 138, for September 27, price 3d., contains:
—Want of Efficient Artisans, Cause and Remedy—Stone Porch, Great
Chatfield Church, Wilts, with an Engraving—Specimens of Tudor
Ironwork, with Two Engravings—St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol—The
Evidence of Italian Influence upon Elizabethan Art—Application of
Conic Sections, with a Diagram—Gratuitous Admission to Public
Monuments—The Liverpool Assize Courts—Jottings about Railways
—Works in the Provinces—Notices of Contracts, Tenders, Timber
Sales, &c.
Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers.

THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY
REVIEW, for OCTOBER, contains :
.1-

The Tablet ♦. Freemasonry—Dr. Oliver on Masonic Principles—
The Freemason's Lexicon—Masonic View of the Iliad and Odyssey—
Alice, or the Freemason's Child—College Musings—Jewish and
Prussian Masonry—A Semi-Masonic Sumation Fragment—Col-
lectanea—Grand Lodge—The Asylum—Poetry—Masonic Intelli-
gence—New Order in Bombay—Chit Chat—Obituary, &c.
Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 23, Paternoster-row. Price 3s.

THE FALL OF NAPOLEON;
AN HISTORICAL MEMOIR.
By LIEUT.-COLONEL J. MITCHELL,
Author of " The Life of Wallenstein," " Thoughts on Taetics," &c.
In 3 volt, Bvo., bound in cloth, price 275.
" The general ability and energy of the Colonel's style, with the
high and patriotic spirit of his sentiments, authorise us in recom-
mending to all who relish real manly description and discussion, an
attentive perusal of ' The Fall of Napoleon."—Quarterly Review.
G. W. Nickisson, 215, Regent-street, London.

PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STEWART.
To be reprinted, when the subscription lists is completed, the
first fifty-two numbers, from the only copy extent, of

THE GLASGOW' COURANT,
published during the eventful year '45-'46, which contains novel
particulars of the chivalrous career of
THE UNFORTUNATE PRINCE.

The work will also contain original memoirs and anecdotes of mem-
bers of the illustrious Houses of Hanover and Stewart, &c., furnished
by distinguished correspondents of the British, French, Italian, and
Spanish Nobleese, Highland chiefs, and others.
By WILLIAM 3IEIKLEHAM, LL.B.
Solicitor and Secretary to the University of Glasgow.
Price, handsomely bound and lettered •• ..
Stitched in sheets ..,,..

London: Longman and Co. Paris : A. and W. Gallgnani. Edin-
burgh: Bell and Bradtlite. Glasgow: John Smith and Son. Dub-
lin: John Cumming. New York: Thomas Mann Randolph Meikle-
ham ; and sold by all Booksellers.
Tavistock Hotel, Covent-garden, Sept. 27, 1845.

THE RAILWAY REGISTER and Record of
Engineering and Public Enterprise. Price 2s. 6d. No XI. for
OCTOBER, contains :—Railways in Ireland, First Article—Review of
Continental Railways—Railways in America, First Article —Hallette's
(French) Atmospheric System—The Law of Railways—Great Euro-
pean Railway—Direct London and Exeter Railway, nith a Map—The
Great Eastern and Western Railway and connecting Lines, with a
Map—Jersey Railway and Pier Company, wjth a Map—The South
Union, or Manchester, Potteries, and London Railway, with a Map—
The Cork and Fermoy Railway, with a Map—Railway in Greece—
The Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, Midland Counties, and Birming-
ham Junction, with a Map—The Sheffield, Nottingham, and London
Direct Railway, with a Map—The Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway, with a Map—The Cheltenham, Oxford, and
Brighton Junction Railway, with a Map—The West Midland Rail-
way, with a Map—The Bristol, Bath, and Bridgwater Grand Junc-
tion Railway—Meetings of Companies—New Projects of the Month—
The Markets, besides a variety of Miscellaneous Intelligence con-
nected with the establishment and projection of railways at home
and abroad.

Published by John. Neale, 59, High Holborn, and sold by all
Booksellers.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Wntneon, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, took
their accustomed early morning walk in the private pleasure-
grounds around the Castle. On the return of her Majesty
and her R,R174 CONfittrtfrAlß,,,thrjPofrentOlriirslitstitlkg in
the royal preserves, attended by the Marquis of Ormonde and
Mr. Anson. The Prince returned to the Castle about two
o'clock.

The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual airings this
forenoon in the grounds adjoining the Castle on ponies, and
for walking exercise. Their Royal Highnesses were taken
out on ponies and in a carriage in the afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Baroness de Spaeth, arrived at her residence, Frogmore House,
in a carriage and four this afternoon from town. The Queen
and Prince Albert arrived in a pony carriage at Frogmore
House after the arrival of the Royal Duchess, to pay a visit
to their illustrious relation. Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry
in Waiting, was in attendance on horseback.
In the evening, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
and her Lady in Waiting (the Baroness de Spaeth) dined
with her Majesty at the Castle.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at twelve o'clock
yesterday, in a carriage and four, from the Continent. Her
Royal Highness left Calais at five o'clock yesterday morning,
crossed to Dover in the Princess Alice steam-packet, and
from Dover travelled to town via South-Eastern Railway,
proceeding to the Bricklayers' Arms station, from whence the
Royal Duchess went to Clarence House.
Her Royal Highness was attended by Baroness de Spaeth
and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart.
At two o'clock yesterday afternoon her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, attended by Boroness de Spaeth, left
Clarence House for Frogmore Lodge.
Mr. John Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps and
Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Postmaster-General had also an interview with the Right
Hon. Gentleman.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dispatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were received
yesterday at the Colonial-office.

We are authorised to state that Mr. James Wet-
tenhall, the publisher of " Wettenhall's List" for the Stock
Exchange Committee, is not the Mr. Wettenhall who was
accused a few days ago of having spat upon a Mr. Street,and
that the defendant upon that occasion never has had
ios now 111 .
growing Cowling,
a fin
e any-
thing to do with the publication of that list.
EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF PEARS.—In the orchard
f
ofMeariospeyolifarmeparto:
be,Ginlogutchese secondtershire,onthtehree
same tree this year.

LOSS OF THE HYDERABAD AND
CARINGA. PACKET.
(From the Calcutta Star of Aug. 7.)
We have been favoured with the following extracts from
a letter by the captain of the Hyderabad, giving an account
of her loss :
" We left Sydney on the 3d of May, and had a tedious
passage to the edge of the reefs. When within a hundred
miles the weather became squally. On the 18th, at day-
light, saw the reefs from the decks; kept working under easy
sail till noon, and found that we had drifted fifty miles to the
northward. On the 19th, kept beating about till the 23d, in
hopes of regaining our position, but we found ourselves even
still set to the northward. I then made up my mind to run
through the above passage (the Murray Island one) ; unfor-
tunately the ship drew too much water, although in Flinder's
Chart there is twenty-five fathoms marked where the ship
struck, and in Horsburg's Directory it says—' A fine clear
passage.' We found no more water on the shoal than fifteen
feet ; everything available was thrown overboard ; and a
stream anchor carried out to the deepest water. Night
coming on, the ladies with some of their luggage were put
into the long boat. About seven P.M., during a gust of
wind, the ship slipped off the red into deep water. After
anchoring, we found the ship began to settle fast down, gain-
ing on the pumps about two feet per hour. By midnight
both pumps were choked. All hands were summoned to the
boats where they had been previously placed. At two A.M.
all hands being in the boats and fast astern, the ship began to
settle fast by the head. About three A.M. the main deck
blew up and the mainmast went. The ship then sunk, having
her trucks above water. We then steered for the York
Islands, being in the track of ships proceeding through the
Straits, where we arrived on the 29th, and finally at Booby
Island on the 31st, where I made the best arrangements I
possibly could, with our scanty stock of provisions, for the
long boat to proceed on to Port Essington. On the Ist of
June, having embarked 28 persons, and having five pieces of
pork, 25 of bread, and 100 gallons of water, I set sail for Es-
sington, having brought Master Melville andys, Miss Mary
Sandys, and their nurse, Mrs. Murphy, in the long boat.
We arrived safe on the 6th, and I had the gratification of
seeing the remainder of the crew and passengers brought in
by the schooner Shamrock on the 7th. As the schooner was
not large enough to accommodate the passengers, the com-
mander thought it better to remain till the Fly surveying
ship came in, who will, in all probability, take them back to
Sydney."
The Shamrock, as we announced, managed to convey some
of the passengers to Ceylon, whence they have come on here.
The children mentioned above, have arrived safely at Singa-
pore. Among the horses, it appears that 12 were Govern-
ment property; the others were on private speculation. As
some anxiety prevails in town upon the subject, we give
from the Sydney Morning Herald the following item :
" The passengers on board the Hyderabad, Robertson,
were—Mrs. Betts, three daughters, and son, Mr. J. C. Lyall,
Mr. A. Ford, Miss and Master Sandys, Dr. Child, Mrs. Mur-
phy, Messrs. J. Knowles, John Stewart, James Broderich,
G. P. Lynch, James Mason, Christopher Laurel, Colin Munro,
David Peacock, Edward Brown, John Stacey, W. Philip,
and E. Hall. She exported, among other items-11 horses,
J. 14. Bettington ; 9 horses, C. Tbrosby ; 12 horses, A. W.
Dallas; 41 horses, John Mackay; 26 horses, Dr. Child ; 4
horses, T. S. Morton ; 3 horses, G. A. Lloyd ; 3 horses, A. C.
Brown ; 2 horses, E. Hunt. The Caringa Packet, Chillcott,
which was bound for Ceylon, carried Lieut. Blackall, Ensign
Bloomfield, Mr. E. Lord, and Mr. Henry Van Deerlin."
(From the Madras Atheneum of July 26.)
The interest you always take in matters regarding navi-
gation and the welfare of shipping has induced me to lay be-
fore you the following particulars of the unfortunate loss of
the barque Caringa packet under my command. We sailed
from Sydney on the 26th of April, bound for Ceylon and
Madras. Nothing of any note occurred until the sth of
May, when we passed about twelve miles to the eastward of
Wreck Reef ; the wind then veered to the E.N.E., and not
being able to clear Alert Reef and other dangers, bore away
to pass to the westward. On the 7th of May, at sunset,
shortened sail so as to pass through some dangers known by
the name of Tregosis's Island, on the Bth at noon passed
them in sight, and shaped a course N.W. by W. for Lizard
Island off the N.E. coast of New Holland, when at 9.45 P.m.
the chief officer, who had the watch on deck, discovered
something of an unusual appearance ahead. He called me,
but, before I bad time to order the helm to be put hard
a-port, the ship struck with a tremendous crash on a reef
and stewed broadside on. Immediately found seven
feet water in the hold. I ordered the masts to be
cut away and the anchors to be let go, for fear the
vessel should be driven over the reef and sink in deep
water—not being able to descry anything around
us, but a foaming sea. I then held a consultation with the
passengers and officers, when we decided to remain by the
wreck until daylight if possible, the sea now breaking over
the ship with tremendous violence. Fortunately the masts
had gone clear of the ship without injury to the boats, which
we now secured well. Daylight, as you may suppose, was
looked for by all on board with the greatest anxiety, when,
to our great joy, a small island was discovered not more than
half a mile from the ship. The wreck now lying more
steady, being well hove up on the reef, ragged a pair of
shears and with great difficulty succeeded in getting the boats
out without injury ; we then commenced to save what pro-
visions and water we could get at, and at night all hands
went to sleep on the island. At daylight again went to the
wreck, and found that during the night the sea had beat
violently over her, and her decks and topsides had partly se-
parated. We managed to procure a few more casks of water,
and some spars to construct a raft, our boats being only three
in number, and not large, they were not sufficient to carry
all hands the different of 1,200 miles before it was likely of
come to any place of succour. The raft I constructed was as
follows—Four spars, lower yards and top-masts, placed at
*al distances, five cross pieces with empty water casks
lashed between each cross-piece ; the whole well bolted and
lashed; then came four upright stanchions, and a platform
laid over all. Lashed on a 100 gallon cask of water and sent
all hands on. It appeared to meet our expectations. We then
got the boats up on the beach to repair, found the cutter much
• damaged, covered her bottom with tarred canvas. Everything
now being ready, the day fixed f.mr our departure was the 21st
of May. On the morning of this day mustered all hands and
allotted them to their respective boats, having a crew of 24
men and the chief officer in charge of the raft. The Lasears
refused to proceed ; the Tindal came to me and said they
would rather we should proceed in the boats, as they had
now suffizient water and provisions for three months, and no
doubt by that time we could procure assistance. This opi-
nion being unanimous, we decided to man the boats, the
crews of which were as follows :—Long boat, 3 passengers,
second mate and myself in charge, the rest of the boat being
occupied by provisions and water ; cutter, 1 passenger, 2 sea-
cunnies, 3 lascars and chief officer in charge; gig, carpenter,
2 seacunnies, and Mr. E. Lord in charge—making in the
whole 15 souls. At 4 taut. on the 21st left the island with a fine
breeze from the S.E. ; on the 22d it blew hard, with a heavy
sea, but being a moonlight night, it enabled me to keep
the boats together. We were much pleased to find the
boats behave so well, but as you may suppose it was a
constant scene of baling. On the 23d it still continued to
blow, and the sea running very high we now had to expe-
rience a very melancholy accident, which threw a gloom over
all hands; for about eight P.M. the gig was capsised by a
sea, and, I am sorry to state, Mr. E. Lord sunk to rise no
more ; the rest of the crew were saved by the cutter and my-
self. Proceeded on our voyage—daylight moderate. Lizard
Island in sight, We now found the weather we bad expe-
rienced bad not only damaged our scanty stock of provisions,
but had also made the water brackish. On the 25th entered
the Barrier Reef, and steered for Booby Island, in hopes of
falling in with her Majesty's ship Fly. Our next anxiety
was that of the natives, as we had to pass through the group
of islands noted for the inhospitable character of the people,
and where the ill-fated crews of the Eaton and Stirling Cas-
tle, a few years back, were barbarously murdered ; and had
we been perceived in our defenceless state, no doubt we
should have shared the same fate. We saw several of their
fires on the land, but I passed through under the cloak of
night. On the tenth day arrived at Booby Island, where we
found the crew of the ship Hydrabad, of 600 tons, from
Sydney, bound to Calcutta, having lost their ship entering
Torres Straits. Fresh water was procured on the island,
and we managed to do pretty well, in the way of provisions,
with the oysters and a few fish I caught at times. On the
23d the schooner Shamrock hove in sight. I immediately
went off in the boat, and was rejoiced to find an old pas-
senger on board, and that the schooner was bound to Ceylon.
I need not say that we all met with a most hearty reception
from Mr. Hasall and the commander. He came to anchor,
and took the crews of both ships on board, in the whole 62
souls, and proceeded for Port Essington. The commander
of that place, Captain M'Arthur, has promised that every
exertion shall be used to promote the dispatch of a vessel
for the relief of the men left on the island. After remaining
three days we again sailed, bound for Ceylon, with the fol-
lowing passengers :—Captain Robertson, of the late ship
Hydrabad, and four passengers, myself, chief and second
officers, and three of my crew. To Zr. Hasall, owner of the
Shamrock, as well as to Captain Browning, the commander,
we all owe a debt of gratitude for their generosity, attention,
and kind treatment to us during the voyage.
The position of the danger on which the Caringa packet
was wrecked is as follows :—Latitude 16 52 30 south, longi-
tude by the means of 20 lunar observations 149 55 45 E.—
the chronometer showing a longitude of 149 55 E., variation
of the compass 9 degrees E.; rise of tide at springs 5 feet ;
the island about 10 feet above the level of the sea, surrounded
by a reef dry in some places at low water, the wreck of
the vessel bearing N.E. by half a mile, and the whole of this
danger does not exceed 4 miles in circumference. Another
small island we observed to the S.W. about four miles, and
apparently a safe passage between the two, although the
charts show a clear navigation from the Tregonis island to the
coast of New Holland in a N.W. direction. It is my opinion
that other dangers exist, for on the 3rd night after leaving
the island in the boats I am certain we passed in the vicinity
of other dangers, although we saw nothing at daylight.
I have the honour to rernain,nitrs

FALLING IN OF A PORTION OF DUBLIN-STREET:—
About 12 or 15 feet of the road way in Dublin-street, which
is in course of being tunnelled for the Edinburgh and Gran-
ton Railway, fell in betwixt two and three o'clock on Friday
morning. The common sewer, which overlies the tunnel,
was, it appears, unusually flooded by the heavy rain which
fell on Thursday evening ; in consequence of which the bot-
tom of the sewer began gradually to be undermined by the
water soaking through, and forcing in, the roof of the tunnel,
which, at this particular spot, was supported by beams of
wood, prior to being arched over in the usual way with brick.
Having once got a downward outlet, the current could not
be restrained, and the workmen were obliged to desist from
their operation in this portion of the shift. The vacuum
formed beneath the sewer by the destruction of the roof of
the tunnel, ultimately brought down th., superincumbent
mass, forcing two of the beams and a giantity of rubbish
into the tunnel. Several feet of the sewe► have in conse-
quence been destroyed, together with the lipes of the Water
Company, which rested upon it. The damage done to the
tunnel is, we believe, comparatively trifling; but it will take
some time to repair the rent made in the street, which is
rather formidable, being about 15 feet long 8 feet broad, and
fully 10 feet deep.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
WORKHOUSE COOKERY.—The disclosures in the
Andover Union have thrown quite a new Nht on the science
of cookery, which not even the inspiratica of a Soyer could
have hit upon. That ingenious chef de Clisne has blended
together poetry, pastry, and politics with considerable skill;
he has invented a creme d'Anyleterre, consisting of charms
borrowed from the female aristocracy; butthose ingredients,
imaginary and unsubstantial as they are, trust be considered
as solids when compared with the materils used for consti-
tuting the dishes served up to the paulks in the Andover
Union. Butter, according to New Pool-law Cookery, is
made from the skimmings of grease-pots, and parochial tea
is made from boiling old leaves which lave already had
their strength drawn out of them. A now Cookery Book,
edited by M`Dougal, the master of the Andover Union, is
evidently a desideratum in culinary literature which even
M. Soyer's universal genius has hitherto bft unsupplied.—
Punch.

FIRE AT LEWES.-Intelligence reached us late last
night from Lewes, of a destructive fire on he farm premissa
of John Ellman, Esq., the eminent breed!r of Southdown
sheep, at Glynde. The flames were visibleat Falmer, a dis-
tance of eight miles. We regret to say teat a large barn
was entirely consumed ; but none of the inhabitants of Lewes,
who flocked to the spot to render assistalbe as soon as the
alarm was given, had returned when olr informant left
Lewes (at half-past nine o'clock).—Brightog Gazette.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EIVENIN G, SEPTEMBER 27 1845.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BEDFORD RACES—TnuIsnAr.

The Bedfordshire Stakes of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap of
10 sovs. each, 5 ft. Two miles.

Hon. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs ... (Sly) 0 1
Hon. G. Ongley's Ferns, aged
Mr. Coleman's bl g The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 6 yrs 3 0
Mr. Coleman's ch c Young Eclipse, 3 yrs
The Town Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added. Heats,
One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Coape's ch cby Bentley Emma, 3 yrs (Marson) 1 1
Mr. Stephenson's bf by Jerry, out of Pastile, 3 yrs
Mr. Coleman's br g The Devil-among- the-Tailor, 6 yrs 0 8
Mr. Death's b h Isleworth, 6 yrs ••• • ••• 2 0
Hon. G. Ongley's bk f Symmetry, 3 yrs
Mr. Turner's ch h Hampton, 6 yrs
Mr. Messer's b c Chatham, 3 yrs
The Corporation Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. Three-
quarters of a mile.
Hon. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs (Sly) 1
Mr. Messer's b c Chatham, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Coape's ch cby Bentley, out of Emma, 3 yrs ...
Hon. G. Ongley's b m Mouse, 4 yrs dis
The Farmers' Plate of 60 sovs. The second, to receive 10
sovs. out of the stakes. Heats, from the distance-post once

round.
Mr. G. Higgins br g Correrrbio, 6 yrs (Owner) 1 1
Mr. Westley's b f Solitude,3 yrs
Mr. Price's br fby Saracen, 3 yrs
Mr. H. D. Bolton sgrg by Voltaire, 6 yrs 3 4
OSWESTRY RACES—WEDNEsDAv.
The North Shropshire County Members' Stake of 5 sovs.
each, with 50 added. Heats, a mile and a half.
Mr Worthington's b c Dr. Husband, 4 yrs...( Marlow) 1 1
Mr. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs ......... ..
'rhe Oswestry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One
mile and a half. .

Mr. Standish's ch f Susan, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1
Mr. Collins's br g Brunel, 4 yrs
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 40 added. Two
miles and a quarter.
Mr. W. H. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs

..... • . . .... .._, 1. • ~
Hon. E. M. L. Mcstyn's b f Stream, 3 yrs 2
The Town Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, a mile and a half
Mr. Standish's ch f Susan, 4 yrs... .... ...... (Marlow) 1 1
Mr. C. Phillips's bf by Physician, 3 yrs 3 2
Mr. Collins's br g Brunel,4 yrs ...
WALSALL RACES--THURSDAY.

The Walsall Handicap Stakes of 10 soya. 5 ft, with 20 added.
A mile and a half.
Mr. Hawkins'e Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs ....(G. Whitehouse) 1

Mr. FlintofT•s The Rhine, 5

Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Tempest's b g T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs 4
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, once

round and a distance.
Mr. Raworth's b c Idolater, 3 yrs --(Bradley, jun.) 1 1
Mr. Flintoff's ch f The Elbe, 4 yrs
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats,
once round and a distance.
Mr. Sheppard's March-the-First filly, 3 yrs ..(Styche) 1 1
Mr. C. A. Parker's ch f Whitelock, 4 yrs 3 2
Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 4 yrs ... 2 dr.
LEINTERDINE RACES—WEDNEsnAr.

The Warden Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 10 added, were
won, in two heats, by Mr. Wollaston's ch g Firmin, 4 yrs,
beating Mr. Warman's ch m Victress, aged, and Mr. Gill's
b m Drops of Brandy, 5 yrs.
The Hurdle Race, of one soy. each, with 5 sous. and a
whip added, was won in three heats by Mr. William's Tinker
beating Mr. Warman's Victress, and Mr. Cresawell's Kate
.Nickleby.
A Sweepstakes of one soy. each, with a saddle, bridle, and
purse added, was won in two heats by Mr. Wollaston's
Firmin beating Mr. Oseland's Linnae, Mr. Williams's Tinker,
Mr. Gill's Drops of Brandy, and Mr. Hall's Harkaway.
ORSELL RACES.

The Ladies' Whip, added to a sweepstakes of 10s. each, was
won by Mr. W. Borthwick's b g Scott, aged, beating Mr.
Creed's Queen of Trumps, aged, and Mr. Newcome's ch f
British Yeoman, aged.
The Orsell Stakes of 2 goys. each, with 10 added, were won,
in two heats, by Mr. Barry's Malvina, beating Mr. Creed's Old
England, Mr. Wolton's Chance, Mr. Stevens's Miss Prettyman,
Mr. Shackell's Orsell Lass, and Mr. Newcome's British
Yeoman.

The Club Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 5 added, were won in
three heats by Mr. Wordley's The Artist, beating Scott,
Miss Prettyman, British Yeoman, and Old England.
MONMOUTH RACES WEDNESDAY.

The Monmouthshire Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 40
added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, twice round
and a distance.
Mr. Ball's b c Rein Deer, 3 yrs
Mr. Morris's f Eveline, 4 yrs 0 3 2 2
Mr. Gough na Mazeppa, 4 yrs 0 1 dr
Mr. Kinard na Norna Creina
Mr. Knowles's ch h Tariff, 6 yrs ... 2 dr

The Hendre Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added.
Heats, a mile and a half.
Mr. Smith's ch g Sands, 5 yrs
Mr. Powell's Delamere, 5 yrs
Mr. Knowles's ch h Tariff, 6 yrs .. ... 2 3
Mr. H. Dyke's bk h Mystic, aged 4 4

The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. Heats,

twice round and a distance.
Mr. Maul's Charity, 5 yrs
Mr. Rogers' Chevy Chase, 3 yrs
Mr. Hall's Eve, aged 0 1 dr
Mr. Vivian's Jack Easy, aged 3 3 dr

Oxberry--*Mr. F. Powell's b c Holloway—Duke of Rich-
mond's b c Tug-net—*Duke of Richmond's b c by Slane, out
of Voluptuary—Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender.
The Town Plate of 50/., for three year old colts, Bst 71b; fil-
lies, Bst 31b. D.I.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 91b;
fillies, Bst 61b. Cambridgeshire Course. The winner of the
Derby or Doncaster St. Leger, 101 b extra; of the 2,000
Guineas, Grand Duke Michael, or Great Yorkshire Stakes,
61b extra.

Lord Albemarle's Alexandrina—*Duke of Bedford's Pro-
logue—Lord Glasgow's br f by Bay Middleton, out of Im-
pertinence--*Mr. S. Stanley's c Paultons—Mr. Jaques's b c
Moulton—Lord Verulam's c Maynooth.
Match—Duke of Bedford's Captain Phoebus, Bst 131 b, agst
Mr. Payne's Collingwood, sst 131 b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft.
We have placed an asterisk against the horses will, at New-
market and in training. Dilly's, Kent's, J. Day's, and Mr.
Osbaldeston's are expected daily.

THE WEATHER-THE HARVEST.
ULVERSTON, SEPT. IB.—Since last Saturday evening we
have had very broken weather, rain every eight or twelve
hours, but mostly during the night except yesterday. Har •
vest operations have gone on with little interruption. To-
day ('i hursday) the sample loads put down in our market
exceeded those of the past three weeks; there were about 61
of wheat, and of oats about 37. Millers and dealers came for-
ward freely on opening the sample loads of wheat, yet the
selling was rather tedious, particularly where the sample
proved less desirable. Selling prices 6d. to Is. less than last
week, arising more from the number than the demand, which
was good, and all were sold. For oats a disposition to make
early purchases appeared general, and the attendance of mil-
lers and dealers appeared more numerous than on previous
weeks.—Kendal Mercury.
The corn crops are nearly won on the banks of the Tees.
From the banks of the Coquet we have received the following
brief report:—" The weather has now become beautiful, and
the fields of grain are fast coming to the sickle. Little wheat,
however, is yet cut, except in Bamburghshire and along the
coast. Where the crops have been long lodged, the deficiency
of yield and inferior quality of sample will be found great.
Reapers are plentiful, and obtain Is. 6d. per day, with vic-
tuals." Since this was written we have had heavy rains.—
Gateshead Observer.
CHAUMOUTIL—In this and the neighbouring parishes the
different sorts of grain have generally been securely housed.
The yield of wheat is, in almost every instance, much less
than it was last year, and the sample very inferior. Barley
is most abundant. The potato crop is a sad affair, as there is
scarcely a field that has not been attacked by the distemper
so prevalent throughout the land.—Somerset County Gazette.
A change has occurred in the weather in the neighbour-
hood, and we presume that it pervades the whole country,
calculated to excite serious apprehensions respecting that
portion of the wheat and barley and potato crops which re-
main in the fields. During the last three or four days rein
has fallen to the depth of nearly an inch and a half. Yes-
terday the rain hardly ceased throughout the day; and we
regret to say that there is no immediate prospect of a return
of dry weather. The temperature has, however, fallen barely
a degree. In the south and west of England, little grain re-
mains abroad, but in the more backward parts of the country
the sickle has hardly been called into activity. Thus the
weather is still an object of solicitude, not only as regards
wheat, but especially with reference to the potato crop. A
continuance of rain would rapidly extend the disease which
has destroyed or rendered unsaleable so many of these escu-
lents —Bath Gazette.
For the last eight days the weather has been unsettled.
We stated in our last that a weather prophet of reputation, at
present resident in Jersey, had predicted a winter of severe
storm and tempest. His prediction, uttered as it was before
the storm of the last few days had as yet shown any indica-
tion of its coining, seems destined to be realised, and so far
as physical appearances would seem to foreshadow, the storm
which has now begun will continue some time before we wit-
ness its departure. It has been frequently observed that
should gales supervene about the period of the equinoxe.,
considerable reliance may be placed upon the probability of a
protracted course of boisterous weather, and farmers and
others acquainted with this fact always conduct their opera-
tions with a prudent foresight. We understand that the
western districts of England during the last eight days have
been visited with weather equally boisterous with that which
we have ourselves experienced ; but that in themore northern
quarters of the empire scarcely a drop of rain has fallen within
the last three weeks. In this we recognise a benevolent dis-
pensation of Providence, for the harvest being always later
in that district of the country, opportunity is thus afforded to
the tillers of the soil to gather in their produce.—Jersey Times.
Harvest operations have been in a great measure sus-
pended this week, owing to the inclement state of the wea-
ther. Monday and Tuesday were dull, raw, and unfavour-
able days, and on Wednesday rain fell in torrents, render-
ing out-door labour out of the question. A considerable
quantity of rain also fell on Thursday morning, and the at-
mosphere was very chilly during the day. Yesterday, how.•
ever, we are happy to say a change for the better took
place—the sun shining from its rising till its setting, in a
beautiful blue sky. Reports from all parts of the country
as to the state of the crops are of the most cheering descrip-
tion. A short continuance of warmth and sunshine, which
we hope for, will insure more than an average harvest.--
Scotch Reformer's Gazette.
We are sorry we cannot say the present week has been
a favourable one for harvest operations. Monday and
Tuesday were tolerably favourable days for out-door work,
but on both Wednesday and Thursday, and particularly
during the nights of both these days, the rain fell in tor-
rents. Friday was a splendid day in every respect, and
such was the strength of the sun and wind during the fore-
noon, that in several cases the farmers commenced " lead-
ing in" by the after part of the day. Everywhere the
fields present a splendid appearance. They are thickly
studded with stooks, and many parks are to-day crowded
with busy reapers. On the whole, we should say, there is
as near as may be one-third of the crop yet to cut.—
Glasgow Post.
Up to Wednesday evening the weather has been every-
thing that the farmer could wish—warm, bright, and breezy,
and harvest operations were going rapidly on. The fields
were covered with numerous bands of reapers, before whom
the golden grain was quickly falling, and as rapidly rising
again in the large and thickly planted stooks. On Wednes-
day, however, the atmosphere became overcast, and in the
course of the evening rain began to fall, and continued with
little intermission throughout the night and during yester-
day. This will retard the ingathering of the crop for some
days ; but, with a few weeks• more of fair weather, the whole
will be secured in good condition. We regret to learn that
a disease of a peculiar description is very prevalent in the
potato crop throughout the country, and that it has made
its appearance in several fields in this district. The disease
is quite inexplicable. A fine field of bear was cut last week
at Achriachan, in the neighbourhood of Tomantoul, one of
the highest districts of Banffshire. We are sorry to learn
that in many of the higher glens and straths a pretty severe
frost was experienced on the nights of Wednesday and Thurs-
day last week. In many places, particularly in low marshy
situations, the potatoes have been very much injured, the
stems being completely withered down. In these places
some partial injury has been done to the grain crop, but the
injury has been limited to small localities.—Elgin Courant.