The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

THE INCOME-TAX.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Knowing that your columns are always open to
the cries of the oppressed, and that you are always
ready and willing to render your assistance and to give
your advice to such as are sufferers by the conduct of
others, I venture to bring before your notice a case of
as great hardship and punishment as can well be accom-
plished under the Income-tax Act, except the one of
Messrs. Fielding, of Todmorden. _

I have been a small manufacturer of hats in this place
for nearly thirty years ; I have always fulfilled m
en-
gagementsy
during that period with punctuality. N one
of my creditors have been paid less than twenty shillings
to the pound value, as my receipts will prove. I have.
with great care, industry, and frugality, raised a small
family, and also saved a little against old age. Never
did an execution from any of the courts of law enter my
house until the Bth instant, when the collector of income-
tax, with a police officer, entered my warehouse, seized
and carried away five pieces of silk plush, of the value
of 401. and upwards, and in five days after they sold, by
public auction, so much of the silk plush as satisfied their
demands for a presumed income-tax upon my trade for
the year 1844, ending 1845—not upon a real income, but
upon their presumption of my income for that year.
Now, Sir, I did not receive the income. The Commis-
sioners have taxed me for that year ; consequently I re-
sisted the payment. If I had received the income, I
would have paid it on demand. I gave the Commissioner
an exact account in figures (as near as I could come) of
my income for that year, and as no person living but
myself knows what my income is, I do conceive a great
hardship has been dealt out to me in surcharging me
above my statement; and in having my goods seized, car-
ried away, and sold by public auction by men that ought
to protect me by securing to me just laws, administered
by just men, is, I conceive, as great an oppression as
any man can suffer.
If you consider this case worthy a place in your
valuable publication, you are at full liberty to make use
of all or any part of the same, as I trust my name and
address is a sufficient guarantee of its correctness.
Springfield, near Manchester, Sept. 15.
(Here follows the name of the writer, with his address.)

SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM READING IN BED.—One
of those accidents which we have so often to record occurred on Sun-
day morning, shortly atter ono o'clock, to Mrs. Elizabeth Vernon, a
lady of independent fortune residing in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
square. For some considerable time past this lady has been 1 bour-
ing under an attack of rheumatism, for which she was in the habit
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of taking opiates to alleviate the pain, and was accustomed, upon re-
tiring to rest at night, to read in bed. About the hour stated the
female domestic, who slept in an adjoining room, was awakened by
Ifiostit,rlirltalraymi,i,ll of fire, and on proceeding to her mistress's chamber,
before Mrs. hangings of the bed enveloped in flames, and the unfortu-
nate
cured,andthe fire extinguished ; but we are sorry to add, that not
dangerously Vernon,b who is an aged lady, was severely, though not
received from Barber, in
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,
WELSH MIDLAND.
WORCESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.—To-day the Provisional
Directors and officers of the Welsh Midland Company at-
tended at the Star and Garter Hotel, in this city, for the pur-
pose of affording to the inhabitants and landowners whose
interests may be affected by the proposed line, an opportunity
of inspecting the plans, and also for the purpose of hearing
stay suggestions relative to the line, the objects of which are
to connect the manufacturing districts, and the seaports of
South Wales in the Bristol Channel, with Birmingham and
the great manufacturing districts of Staffordshire, thus form-
ing a perfect communication between the great mineral dis-
tricts of Staffordshire, the salt districts of Worcestershire, the
manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Worces-
tershire, Warwickshire, and Nottinghamshire, and the sea-
port of Liverpool, with South Wales and the numerous
works in its mineral field. Since the original plan was pub-
lished, several modifications have been made. Originally the
l'we from this city proceeded yid Bromyard to Leominster and
Hereford ;but this route has since been changed, so as to take
in the fashionable watering-place of Great Malvern, tunnel-
ling through the hill, and approaching within three miles of
Ledburv, and proceeding to Hereford.
A preliminary meeting was held at one o'clock, for the
purpose of p inting out the line upon the Ordnance maps.
At this a large number of landowners on the route between
Worcester an I Malvern attended, and to whom the engineer,
Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Sidney Hall, pointed out and explained
die line as now intended to be taken. They appeared to be
astisiketory.
At three o'clock the deputation again attctded at the
Star and Garter, for the purpose of laying before those in
tweeted the general features of the undertaking. The de-
putation consisted of Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, M.P., and
Mr. J. Palmer Budd, deputy-chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land Company ; Mr. Acker, M.P., J. Hegan, Esq., a Di-
rector of the Manchester and Leeds Railway ; J. Parry de
Winton, Esq., A. S. M. Maskelyne, Esq., S. Beale, Esq.,
Director of the Midland Railway; and J. N. Foster, Esq.,
who were attended by Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Hall, engineers ;
Mosinee Parker, Rose, and Norton, the solicitors ; Mr.
Pritchard, secretary, and the following local solicitors :
Mr. Hughes, Worcester ; Mr. Manes, Leominster ; Mr.
Cleave, Hereford; and Mr. Collie, Stourbridge. Amongst
the landowners and others present were Sir A. Lechmere,
Bart., and T. C. Hornyhold, J. E. Williams, 0. Mason, H.
Lakin (Lord Beauchamp's agent), J. Dowding, C. Griffiths,
Yemen, Strawley ; J. H. Allen, T. Jones, Sherridge ;
James Best (agent for Earl Somers), G. Farley, J. Herbert,
J. D. Onley, E; Corles, T. Waters, J. W. Lea, Vice-Chair-
man of the Severn Improvement Commission ; J. M. Gutch,
E. Pidcock, J. hill, town clerk ; and M.. Pierpoint, Esqrs. ;
Revs. G. Williams, and Griffiths, besides numerous trades-
men and merchants.
Mr. 4. PALMER Bunn, a proprietor, of the Ystalyfera
ironwotles, in Glamorganshire, rose, and on behalf o the
Directors of the Welsh Midland, directed attention to
the objects of the line as detailed above. The line, he
observed, had been originated not on the Stock Ex-
change or by speculating lawyers and engineers, but was a
&ona fide scheme, sot on foot in the South Wales district,
and cordially supported all along the route.—(Hear,
hear.) It proceeded from Birmingham to Kiddermiuster,
Bewdley, Leominster, and Hay, direct to Swansea. Then a
line from Worcester proceeded to Malvern and Hereford,
another line deviating to Gloucester. At Birkenhead they
would hawe! communication with the Irish Sea, and access
to the whole system of English railways. They had no
need to advertise for capital, for plenty had already been fur-
nished to them ; and, in allotting the shares, if they had
neglected any application, it was on account of the impos-
sibility of granting it. At Hey there would be a great fork,
one prong of which would proceed to Hereford and Worcester,
and the other to Kidderminster and Birmingham. The line
proceeded on to Carmarthen, uniting with the sea coast, and
giving access to Cardigan and Newport. By it the present
distance between Ireland and London and Ireland and Bir-
mingham would be lessened by many miles. The line would
Lave every element of traffic, seeing that it embraced the
agricultural district of Breconshire, Herefordshire, Shrop-
shire, and Worcestershire, the copper, iron, and tin works of
Glarnorganshira and Monmouthshire, and the iron and coal
fields of those counties and of Staffordshire. It would also
supply a quick transit for coal and lime. At Brecon the
main line joined with the Carmarthen and other lines, and
also united with lines now existing in those mineral dis
tricts. At Llandillo it connected the Llanelly district by
means of the Llanelly Railway, and it joined the Taaf Vale
Railway at two points, one at Merthyr, and the other at
the terminus in the Aberdare Valley, thus opening a free and
entire channel of intercourse to the central parts of England.
With regard to Newport, there was a scheme for a line of
railway from that port to Pontypool and Abergavenny. The
Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Company, had pur-
chased the tram-road from Abergavenny to Hereford, at
which latter city they would join the Welsh Midland, and so
bring up the produce of the Monmouthshire mineral fields to
Hereford. He could not conceive under what paucity of in •
formation any one could have dared to say that the Welsh
Midland line did not accommodate the iron trade of the South
Wales district, for it did accommodate it in a way which no
other scheme could possibly pretend to do.—( Hear and
cheers.) It had been said, that by means of a line running
east and west, they would be able to accommodate all the
ironworks; but their engineer declared the impracticability
of such a line. Their (the Welsh Midland) junction with the
Newport and Abergavenny line would afford all the accom-
modation required. After some further remarks on the
impracticability of the Eastern and Western line, Mr. Budd
said it was their wish to conciliate all parties, consistent
with the success of the measure, and the general interests
of the Shareholders. The plans as regarded Worcester,
would be so devieed as to make a junction with all the
different railways brought to this city—(Hear, hear)—and
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
among the rest. Looking to the South Wales line, they
found gradients in it worse than 1 in 60 ; on their own,
lin 100 was the greatest. They would therefore, be ena-
bled to work with the most rapid speed of railway tra-
velling. They had also made beneficial arrangements with
many canal interests at Hay and Brecon, which would
afford them advantages not possessed by others. The
Welsh Midland would, doubtless, in the next session of
Parliament, be the great line of the session ; and,
looking at the various features of their case, which
would have the advocacy of the same solicitors, who
in an arduous campaign of 76 days, had triumphantly car-
ried the London and York scheme through Parliament.
He had no doubt that the fullest success would attend them.
Unknown to him as were the deputation who now attended
to lay before that meeting the plans of the Welsh Midland
Railway, they would not call linos the meeting at once to
decide in their favour, but would leave them to digest the
features of the undertaking; and he doubted not that they
would ultimately give the Company their full support. The
plan which they had adopted of attending meetings of the
inhabitants of the several districts to endeavour to conci-
liate, in preference to asking them at once for their suf-
frages, had hitherto been attended with the most satisfactory
results.
Mr. STALLARD, wine-merchant, then put a number of
questions to Mr. Budd, with the view of ascertaining whe-
ther or not the mileage of the plan had not been increased
since the first prospectus had been issued; and whether,
therefore, the amount of capital proposed to be raised, would
not require to be increased.
Mr. BUDD and Mr. ACKERS, in reply, stated that the Bre-
con and Merthyr Junction Company, which would join them,
would bring in a capital which would be at their service. The
original plans had been altered, and would perhaps continue
to be varied further. If these called for an increase of capi-
tal, they had not the slightest doubt that every farthing
which they might want would be easily raised.
Mr. STALLARD then asked upon what gauge the line would
be constructed?
Mr. BUDD replied that they were in the hands of the royal
commission, which commission, he hoped, would effectually
stop the plague of gauges. If the commission decided that
Worcester should be the determining point, he could not con-
tthhadstnaofftorbaseehnir originally nral Rlyug lebryou Lhdt
con-
ceive how that could injure the interests of the city.
Mr. STALLARD then put the question to Mr. Budd,
outwhetheri
n thesitp p
olrVteol Welsh h
h Midland
sanoldi
Tring scheme).
Mr. Buien—Most decidedly not.
Mr. Seetiletan—Did you not say, when you were examined
before the committee of the House of Commons, that the
South Staffordshire line was to join the Welsh Midland?'
Mr. Bunn—Decidly not. I said it would form a junction
at Worcester.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Oh.")
After some further conversation,
Mr. WATERS (Clerk of the Peace for Worcester) inquired
at what point it was intended to cross the Severn at Wor-
cester ; whether above or below the present bridge ?
Mr. Grans, the engineer, said that was a point on which
mn
they wished to hear the suggestions of the meeting.
Mr. WATERS then asked whether the bridge would be an
byth
a
notice thateoti a
commission
bridge m
opeiiorGsothlusid bsariidd lie hardly saw the necessity for an open
bridge?
bridge ; on which
Mr. WATERS said, that as connected with the Severn Im-
provemlenvotu,l,h, e
be would alt
oopnpocesged, give him
and the citizens of Worcester.
Some further discussion ensued, which was at
an end to by
Mr. GUTCH, banker, who proposed a vote of thanks to the
deputation. lie was glad they had followed the precedent of
the Groat Western and Eastern deputation, in not asking of
the meeting a resolution in favour of them.
Mr. STALLARD seconded the vote, and Mr. B. HUGHES
acknowledged it.

REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE BARNET AND
NORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
On Wednesday last, the 17'h Inst. a meeting of the parties inte-
rested in the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction
Railway was held at the Victoria Hall, Barnet.
The meeting was convened for the purpose of receiving a depu-
irecoshfow the
Esq Co
tation, consisting of the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley,N.P. for Bristol,
wardHalpin,
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g., others
solicitor,o of the
FrancistiDirectors
wrsi W. A Hill, Esq., R. H. Mackenzie, Esq., M.D , William H.
m,p Company,.
consulting E d-
engineer, for the purpose of explaining the objects of. the under-
taking. The deputation met a party of gentlemen residents in the
vicinity of the proposed line at the Green Man, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to the Victoria Hall. Amongst those present were John
Hey Puget, Esq., Benjamin Smith, Esq., the Rev. Stuart, the
Rev. John D. Thompson, with numerous gentlemen and trades-
men from Barnet, Finchley, and the surrounding districts.
Jonx HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, having been called to the
chair, E. ELKINS, Esq., at the request of the Chairman, read
the requisition, signed by a numerous and respectable:body of gentle-
men in the town of Barnet and its vicinity, convening the meeting,
After which the CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting as follows :
" Gentlemen, it is quite unnecessary that I should detain you with
many observations, as the meeting will be addressed by several
other gentlemen who will enter more fully into the details. I have
taken the chair with a desire that the proposition contained in the
requisition which you have heard read should have a fair hearing.
We have had several projects far railways coming near Barnet, but
none of them contemplated making a terminus in the town of
Barnet. This project seems to have a greater claim upon our sup.
port than any other. Barnet has been well nigh ruined by rail-
ways as it is by railways that we have been injured, it is by
railways we must endeavour to recover ourselves. (Cries of
" Hear, hear.")— As you will be addressed by those gentlemen who
have come here from London, t hey will put you in possession of the
merits of the undertaking far better than I can, it will not be neces.
sary therefore for me to occupy your time longer.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. F. H. F. BERKELEY, M.P., rose and said—Gentlemen,
I appear before you in the character of Chairman of the Provisional
Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Rail.
way, who have the intention of constructing a lino of railway
between this place and London ; it has already received consider-
able support and encouragement from a numerous and highly
respectable body of gentlemen in Barnet, and the vicinity through
which it is intended to pass. I am directed to state to you, that we
have a desire that you should have a direct and immediate comrnuni-
cation with London. I am not aware that of all the numerous projects
set on foot for forming railways, any one has been proposed which
will give to the town of Barnet this advantage. The only line
which bears upon Barnet is the London and York, and that does
not come within two miles of the town ; in addition to which, at
present it has met with very considerable opposition. Even if the
Bill passes, it will be three years at least before it can possibly be
completed, and then they will not grant you a terminus in the
town of Barnet. Now, gentlemen, permit me to point out to you
why this line will be of considerable advantage to you all.
It must be of the utmost importance to the town of
Barnet to have a terminus, and ultimately be the
means of resuscitating it and the whole neighbourhood. The
Vag/ 6°1,441111g important town of Barnet, the outlet to the

north, is new neglected, and well nigh ruined by that powerful
agent, steam ; the prospect of many an honest man blighted, the
tradesman and innkcepe7, who once was in a prosperous state is
brought low and his profits decreased; in fact, Barnet presents to
me the ideal of that beautiful picture so ably described by Gold-
smith as " The Deserted Village." All that celebrity, for which
it was famed, is now no more, and why, gentlemen is this ? It
possesses within its neighbourhood in regard to scenery, what
few spots can boast of; if you have a railway, the good peo-
ple of London can enjoy those beauties, and at the same
time be the means of increasing your trade. You will find
that in a short period pauperism will decrease, and the poor
man will again hold up his head, and become prosperous and
happy. I have been in the habit of travelling by this read fre-
quently—this, the first stage on the great northern road out of
London—where, I may say, hundreds of coaches formerly passed
daily, there is now scarcely one, owing to what, gentlemen?
Why, I need not tell you that it is owing to the march of that great
power steam, which has made such rapid strides within the last few
years. This has caused many a broken fortune and aching heart.
No doubt, unpopular as it may be to some, for the good people of
Barnet to oppose the power of steam, is useless. As steam, then,
has been the ruin of Barnet, by steam it must be revived. Gen-
tlemen, look at the effect of steam conveyance on the town
which may be called the sister town of Bsrnet. I allude, gen-
tlemen to Hounslow, once the outlet to the Great Western road,
but now almost deserted. The Great Western Railway, as you
are aware, runs within two and a half miles of Hounslow, but
notwithstanding that the people found the loss and inconvenience
so great that they determined themselves to have a railway direct
to Hounslow, and one is now actually projecting, and
doubtless will he carried out, this will prove to you,
gentlemen, that very little, if any, advantage is to be gained
from a main line running within a short distance of a town. Let
us look to facts, gentlemen. Before the Great Western Railway
had been in operation six weeks, more than 600 horses were dis.
charged from Hounslow. The ruin that fell on the coach proprietors,
to say nothing of the different tradesmen, and the sufferings of the
poor was beyond credit. It is true the Great Western have a
station within two miles and a half of Hcunslow. Has that been
an advantage to Hounslow ? Certainly not. The Great Western
Railway Company were profuse in their promises as to what
they would do for the towns in the neighbourhood of their line ;
branches were to be constructed in connection with the main line,
so as to afford benefit to the contiguous towns, but what did they
do gentlemen ? Why, nothing at all: the moment they suceeded
is, quieting the people by promises, and procured their line of
railway, they left them in the lurch. Be cautious, therefore, gen-
tlemen, of relying upon promises. The proprietors of houses and
the tradesmen of Hounslow found it necessary that they should
partake of some of the advantages of steam. Wbat had they done?
Why set on foot a direct line.--(Cheers.) Some time since I was
solicited by the people of Hounslow, and the property of my family
being close by, I accepted a Directorship. I will now state to you
an extraordinary fact : since the railway to Hounslow has been
projected the town has begun to revive, and it now becoming in
a prosperous state. The houses are rising in value. I appeal to
any gentleman here, whether I could illustrate anythinibetter than
by referring to the sister-town of Hounslow to show the depreciation
of property in consequence of the railway having passed by it : it
is a remarkable fact. Now, I lately have had occasion for a friend
of mine, in fact, a relation, to look out for a house with about fifty
acres of land. For this purpose I visited most of the house-agents in
London, and I found that houses might be obtained cheap where
there was no communication with railways, and that houses in the
neighbourhood of railways increased in value; one in particular,
the terms demanded were reasonable for the first three years, but if
taken for a term, the rent increased to an immoderate degree. Upon
my asking the reason, the house-agent replied, " Don't you know,
Sir, a railway is anticipated? We have the promise of a railway, so
that in letting houses for a term of seven years, we expect an increase
in rent for the last four years. Now, gentlemen, what kind of
persons are likely to benefit the town of Barnet? It is not the
man who is about to take land, or cultivate landed property ; but it
is the man who requires a comfortable house with a little garden
attached, the tradesman, the lawyer, the barrister, who, after he
has realised a certain sum of money, is only too delighted to pass
his time in some secluded part of the country ; but you will find
they will not do this unless they have some facility for travelling
to London and back by railway. If the carriages leave two or
three times a day, thus affording easy communication, clerks can
visit their employers if need requires their immediate attention,
and men of business can come to town and return without diffi-
culty. If you have a terminus in your town, houses which are
at present vacant would soon become tenanted, property will rise
in value, trade will flourish, and the dreadful pauperism which
now prevails will no longer continue. I may say, without exagge-
ration, that the London and York Railway cannot be finished
within three years; the present railway will be finished in one
year and a half. In offering this to your consideration do we ask
you for anything ? No, not even a subscription. We simply
offer it to you for your benefit, and if it suits you, you may avail
yourselves of the railway, as a means of conveyance. One more
remark I would make before concluding, and as it appears to me
to be a very important one as regards this town, I would tell you
that in offering you this railway, we shall be enabled to do away
with a complaint which, I understand, is very prevalent here, viz.,
that fuel is so dear. Now, as you will perceive by reference to
the plan of the proposed line, we shall be in direct communication
with the Thames, and enable you to obtain this important article
at a much cheaper rate than at present. I think it would be need.
less to dwell longer on this point, because it must be obvious to all
that the benefits it would confer on the inhabitants of the town of
Barnet and its vicinity, and particularly to the poorer classes, must
be considerable. In conclusion, gentlemen, I must beg to return
you my sincere thanks for the patient and attentive hearing you
have given me upon the present occasion. (The Hon. Member
sat down amidst long and continued cheering. )
Wiaatam A. HILL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, after having con-
gratulated the meeting upon the eloquent address of the Honour-
able Member for Bristol, said, he would ask them in what posi-
tion the town of Barnet new stood, and where was her brilliant
display of wares in the shops that formerly were exhibited?
When he looked around him, he was sure that some great
change had been wrought by the gigantic arm of steam. The
Hon. Gentleman who preceded him stated that, that which had
brought misfortune and difficulties upon the town must be
looked to for succour, and with this he perfectly coincided. He
wished it not to be supposed that he and his friends had come
there as a band of adventurers. If they looked at the pros-
pectus, headed as it was by so respectable names, he was certain
they could not entertain such a thought. It had already been
stated, they asked not for money, •r that the meeting should
pledge themselves to incur any liability. All that was required
1
was, that they should be permitted to come into the town of Barnet,
and carry out the project. He would only ask them to say, after
a careful consideration of the matter, whether the railway would
be advantageous or not to the town of Barnet ? He was
anxious to cause it to rise like a phoenix from its ashes, and to
become a more important town even than it was before. He
begged to refer gentlemen present to the map of the proposed
line. They would perceive, that it would afford direct communi-
cation with the River Thames, east and west, and also several of
the principal lines of railway in the kingdom. He had no doubt
many present were feeders of cattle; if, then, they wanted to
ship their beasts they could do so without that injury which fie.
quently occurs if driven to any distance. Here (reference being
made to the plane) they would have a direct conveyance to the docks
and all parts of the river. Again, they would find, on the other
side it would be connected with the London and Bir.
mingham, and Great Western lines of Railway continued
by the West London Junction, at which place it is contemplated
to carry the line over the river by a bridge at Battersea, to con-
nect the latter line with the Southampton Railway. Every re-
flective mind must see the advantages a railway would eford to
the town of Barnet. The traffic has now fallen to decay ; if this
m itoe them
one word
abranch
upon
from
be carried out, thousands of persons who never visited the town
will do so. He regretted, on entering the town, to see so many
houses vacant, which he alone attributed to the want of an easy
conveyance.
another railway—he alluded to the London and York. He would
was Before
som ecosnorciluodfin
se give
line. He would ask the gentlemen present, if such
caution the meeting not be deluded by promises. He
he would sayv
under-
stood
were the case, if the people of Barnet would give their succour
to the proposed company, which he represented would restore
m the there
main gPro
them to their former glories ? Why ; if a main line were made,
it would not come within a mile and a half of the town. He
would tell them that no reliance was to be placed on such pro-
mises. The Gloucester and Birmingham Railway Company en-
tered into an arrangement with the people of Worcester to give
them a branch railway if they did not oppose their line; they
did not oppose it—they confided in the promise—but no branch
branch was ever made to Worcester, and that once flourishing
place was reduced in the scale of cities. In consequence of this,
what has taken place! Why, the people of Worcester said they
would have a railway of their own, and it has now become the
focus of railways. He would pledge himself to bring the proposed
line of railway into the town of Barnet. His honourable friend,
the member for Bristol, had stated one advantage to be derived
from it, and which appeared to him to be of vast im-
portance, viz., the conveyance of fuel. He would un-
dertake to say that the Clay Cross coals might be delivered
at a cost of 18s. to 20s. per ton in Barnet—being a saving of at
least 12s. or 14s. on the present price. In conclusion, he must
beg to thank the meeting for the attention they had displayed,
and at the same time he would take this opportunity of acknow..
]edging the great warmth and, he might almost add, the affection
with which he and his friends had been received by the people of
Barnet and all other places they had visited on the proposed line.—
(Cheers.)
HENRY Hammosn, Esq. of Wentworth Lodge said , Finchley, ,
that residing in the parish of Finchley, through which the proposed
railway was intended to pass, he had been requested to solicit the
inhabitants of Finchley to gave their support to the present under-
taking, which he readily acquiesced in, feeling confident it would
be the means of conferring great benefits upon the place and its
vicinity; and he was happy to say that during the three eveniags
he had been enabled to devote to the matter in going through
Finchley, the population of which is scattered over a large extent,
he had procured the names of 32 of the most respectable inhabi-
tants who were all extremely anxious for its completion ; that out
of all those he had been able to see there was but one dissentient.
He had no hesitation in saying that had he an opportunity of call.
ing on every parishioner, 17 or la 'out of every 20 would have
consented to have given it their support. He could only say, that,
as an inhabitant of Finchley, he would do all in his power to pro.
mote the undertaking.—(Cheers.)
FRANCIS Wmnaw, Esq., of Hendon, consulting engineer, said,
that in the absence of the gentleman who had surveyed the pro-
posed line, and who, from press of business was unable to attend
that day, and at the solicitation of the Committe, he attended before
the meeting to afford information to any question they might think
proper to put. He was a freeholder on the proposed line, and so
impressed was he with the importance of railways that he thought
that if the people of Hendon had been aware of the meeting they
would have put off all other engagements for the purpose of being
present. He had called on many of the most influential and re.
spectable residents in the neighbourhood of Hendon, who all said
if the intended railway did not cut through their ornamental pro.
party, they would give their consent and support. It had been
asked why so circuitous a route had been taken ? He would an.
swer that by stating it was their object to avoid Hatnpstead, which
is 400 feet above the level of London. This it was that precluded
their making a more direct line ; but he thought that could not
make much difference, for distance was calculated by time in rail.
way travelling. The whole distance between Barnet and the
intended terminus in London might be performed in half an hour.
He thought it was not certain
that the present projected London
and York line would be carried out, on account of the engineering
difficulties. He was employed to lay out a direct line between
London and York some years ago. The line then chosen was
through Cambridge, thence to Peterborough, Lincoln, to York.
This was a beautiful line, and presented no difficulties. This line,
as gentlemen were aware, as far as Cambridge, was already com-
plete, and ito doubt existed in his mind but that it would be carried
on to York. lithe projected line to Barnet is not carried out, the
people of Barnet cannot say for certain that they ever will have a
direct line to Barnet. If the other Company should succeed in
obtaining their bill they will say, "Two miles is near enough."
It seemed to him, therefore, that if any other Company would
promise a line in writing the people of Barnet should not reject this;
for if they obtained the other, the people of Barnet would have a
twofold advantage. He begged they would mark the con-
venience in -having a terminus direct into Barnet. The
people of Barnet would then be enabled to go from their
doors and get direct into London in half an hour. With
regard to the engineering, he thought great merit was due to the
gentleman who laid out the proposed line. It might, perhaps, be
said, on looking at the plan—whY not take a more direct line ?
But he considered that the present was a more judicious selection,
for many reasons, which, if time permitted, he could fully explain.
Communication can be had with all trains on the London and
Birmingham Railway; besides this, they will have direct commu.
nicatien with the Northern and Eastern line near the Seven
Sisters; also the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, and all
the main lines diverging from the before-mentioned railways. He
was happy to say there were no engineering difficulties throughout.
In conclusion, he begged to add that he should be happy to give
any answer respecting the engineering questions that might be
put to him. As a freeholder in the vicinity, he hailed the present
undertaking as one that would confer great advantages on the
town of Barnet and the adjacent villages through which it vial ins j
tended to paa...(Clireers.)

Wm. H. HALPIN, Esq., said, that the meeting having heard the
facts connected with the railway so lolly and ably put before them,
he was sorry to tre.pas, on the time t the met ting, bur -in
duced, from the great interest taken in the projecter; line by the
presence of the numerous and highly respectable body assembled,
to offer a few remarks. The present projectors did not come as
mere speculators. With the means and friends they possessed, it
would have been easy to select any other spot for speculation ;
but it arose from a desire to connect the town of Barnet with the
metropolis, in order that it might keep pace with other towns of
the same importance. He supposed, if the promise were kept to
make a line within two miles of Barne, the other Company would
not pay the cost of making a branch to it, they would expect the
people of Barnet to pay for a feeder to their line, and deprive them
of the advantage of visiting their friends at Hendon and Finchley.
If left to the branch promised there would be but one straight line
to London, and no intermediate stopping places. The projected
line is intended to open a direct communication, as will be seen by
the plan annexed to the prospectus (reference was here made to
the various places mentioned in the prospectus through which time
intended line would pass) to a great number of important places
hitherto neglected.—(Mr. Halpin then read a long extract from
the work of Mr. Wishaw, C. E, where it was stated, on good
authority, that in certain parts of Scotland, where formerly there
had been scarcely any communication, since a railway had been
established the number of persons who travelled by the line was
almost incredible, showing that, although traffic may not take place
between isolated spots, it does not arise from the non.desire of
communication, but the want of a cheap and easy mode of con-
veyance.

The CHAIRMAN said, that having heard the statements of those
gentlemen who formed the deputation of the Barnet and North
Metropolitan Railway, now was the time, if any gentleman present
wished to put any questions, to do so.

After same questions had been put by various gentlemen, and
answered to their satisfaction,
The CHAIRMAN put the following resolutions, which were
carried.

Moved by J. SPENCER, Esq., seconded by the Rev. J. D. TROMP..
sox, and carried unanimously,
That it is the opinion of this meeting, that a direct railway
communication between the northern districts of the Metropolis
and the Town of Barnet, is of vital importance to its prosperity,
and is now imperatively called for.

2. It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH, Esq., and seconded by
Mr. JOHN HOPWELL, and resolved unanimously,

That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other
projected lines does most unhesitatingly declare, that the proposed
Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the
town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto pro-
posed to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one
which will afford to the residents of the town the advantage of
a sta.ion; and that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and
all others having an Interest in Barnet and its vicinity : and that a
petition be presented in favour of the line immediately uw,n the
assembling of the Houses of Parliament ; and the meeting Wedges
itself to further the views of the Company, and resolves that a
Committee be appointed to promote the object, and secure the in-
terest of the Town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of—
Benjamin Smith, Esq.
Mr. John Hopewell
Mr. George Bower
Mr. James Hill
Mr. James Cooper
Mr. Brunt

Mr. Spencer
Rev. Alexander Stuart
Rev. John Dawson Thompson
(With power to add to their number.)

3. It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and se-
conded by J. SPENCER, Esq., and resolved unanimously,

That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon.
F. H. F. Berkeley, the Chairman and the Deputy-Chairman,
and the other members of the deputation from the Barnet and
North Metropolitan Junction Railway Company, for the able
manner in which they have laid before the meeting the project of

the Company.
4. It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W.

W. HALPIN, Esq., and carried unanimously,

That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for
his impartial and able conduct in the chair.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine service on Sun
day afternoon in Whippingham Church. The Countess of Gains-
borough, Lord Byron, Colonel Bowles, and Colonel Arbuthuot
also attended the service.

Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken an airing on
the sca beach.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their accustomed walk yes.
terday forenoon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Mr. L. Gruner had the honor of attending at Osborne, and
laid before her Majesty and the Prince the proofs of his publi-
cation of the decorations of the Garden Pavilion in Buckingham
Palace Gardens.

Sir William C. Ross, R. A., bad the honor of taking the bust
sittings yesterday (by command of her ➢lajesty) for the portraits
of their Royal Hignesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the
Princess Sophia.
Earl Delawarr had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday.

His Excellency Baron Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, had an
interview on Saturday with Lord Aberdeen at the Foreign office.
Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence in Whitehall.
gardens yesterday on a visit to Mr. H. Baring at his seat in Nor.
folk. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers also left town yesterday
for Norfolk.

Lady Malcolm and family left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave.
street yesterday for Brigton.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The town settling was not more satisfactory than the one
at Doncaster. Two rather heavy accounts stand over alto-
gether for future arrangement, and in many others consider-
able balances are yet unpaid. Great inconvenience arose
from the absence of several parties, of whose ability and dis-
position to pay no doubt can be entertained, and great was
the grumbling thereat. On the whole, although we retain
our opinion that the settling ultimately will be good, we
must admit that up to the present time it has been of a very
opposite character. The betting, such as it was, commenced
late in the evening, and requires nothing more than a quo.
tation of the prices :

CiESARWITCH STAKES.
Even on the field agst thirteen
7 to 2 agst Kent's lot—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary
12 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's The Baron—taken
20 to I agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Keshing
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's General Pollock
20 to 1 agst Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wyatt's Remorse
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa
22 to 1 agst Mr. Carr's Deodara
23 to 1 each agst Remorse, Lady Wildair, Agis, and
Wee Pet, in one bet.
20 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's lot—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's West Countryman—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. F. R. Price's Kismet.
The following 13 were taken against the field in two or
three bets of 500 each :—My Mary, Discord, Lightning,
Agis, Nottingham, The Baron, Wee Pet, I-am-not-aware,
Lady Wildair, Remorse, Jenny Wren, Ma Mie, and Hope.
DERBY.
11 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken'
20 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo
20 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead.
The sale of Sting to Mr. C. Gill having been cancelled he
has been purchased by Lord Edward Russell.

BRUSSELS, SEPT. 18.—The Monarch steamer, from
Hull, has brought 44 sacks of potatoes to Antwerp, and the Ant-
werpen steamer 92 sacks. Large quantities of potatoes are expected
from different parts of England and Ireland.
REDUCTION OF FARES.— The South-Western and
Brighton both announce a great reduction in their fares, to com-
mence on the let proximo, when the fares by the latter from Gosport
to London by every train will be the same as from Southampton to
London ; the fares being 16s. first class, and 12s. second class. The
Brighton having made the requisite increase in their stock of car-
riages, are induced to reduce their fares, in conformity with the an-
nouncement of Mr. Rowland Hill, the Chairman, at the last meeting.
The fares by the third class, or Parliamentary trains, will be 4s. 3d.,
second class 55., first class 10s., accomplishing the distance in two
hours and a half.

FATAL FALL FROM INTEMPERANCE.—Mr. Baker
held an inquest on Saturday at the King's Arms, Prospect-place,
lackney-road, on the body of Ann Tyrrell, aged sixty-three. The
demised was the wife of a superannuated ward beadle of Bishops-
gate, and resided in Prospect-place. On Friday last she had been
drinking freely of spirits, and had fallen in her room several times
during the day. About five o'clock in the afternoon, her landlaly
heard a noise on the stairs, and on going to ascertain the cause, she
found the deceased lying at the bottom of the stairs, with her head
bent under her, having evidently fallen down the whole flight. Mr.
King, a surgeon, was called in, who pronounced her to be quite dead,
having broken her neck. Verdict, " Accidental death."

DEATH OF SHERIFF MACDONALD.—It is with un-
feigned regret we announce the rather sudden and premature death
of James Macdonald, Esq., advocate, one of the Sheriff-substitutes of
the county of Edinburgh. Sheriff Macdonald was in the full pos-
session of health, and in the execution of his official duties not many
days ago, having sat on the bench in the Sheriff Court on the
10th instant. Mr. Macdonald's sister, with whom he lived,
was seized with small-pox, from which disease this lady is now
recovering. It is supposed the Sheriff had caught the malady, but lie
was also considered in a fair way till Tuesday morning, when he
grew much worse, and expired at ten o'clock at night. Mr. Mac-
donald, who we believe was in his forty-fifth or forty-sixth year,
was greatly respected as a clear and upright judge, and as an amiable
man; his early death is, therefore, a subject of deep and sincere re-
gret to all who had the happiness of bis friendship and acquaintance.
—Scotch Reformers' Gazette.
MESMERISM.—A girl, named Mary Farriss, aged
14, an inmate of the Cork workhouse for two years, was presented
to the Board on Wednesday. It appeared she had been deaf for four
years, and incapa' de of receiving instruction in the school of the
house, owing to the infirmity. She was mesmerised last week, and
to the surprise of all present, during the sleep, answered questions
asked in the usual tone of voice. To-day she has replied to questions
put In a whisper.—Cork Constitution.

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1:NGLISII THEATRICALS ON THE CONTINENT.—We
understand that the English company at present performing on the
Continent, under the management of Miss Davenport, has been most
successful. The Ilamburgh papers speak in the most flattering
terms of the performances of that very talented young lady. The
English performances open en the 23d at the Italian Theatre in
Amsterdam with Romeo and Juliet, Miss Davenport, of course, ap-
pearing as Juliet. The English company at Amsterdam are to play
alternate nights with the Italian company.

During the last two days near 200 ships have
arrived in Sunderland harbour, which is at present quite thronged,
and business, which, from the absence of ships, was in a great de-
gree suspended, has now resumed a very lively appearance.—New-
castle Chronicle.

COLOSSEUM.—The following distinguished per-
sonages visited this interesting place of amusement during the past
week:—The Earl of Denbigh and family, the Earl and Countess of
Shrewsbury,. Princess Gartichoff and family, Bishop of Jamaica and
family, Lord and Lady Beaumont, Lady Kenmore, Lord and Lady
Montague, Lord Lincoln and family, Lady Elizabeth Lowther and
faintly, Lords Rokeby, Sudely, Wilton, Chelsea, Fielding, &C. ; the
Russian, Brazilian, and Sicilian Ministers, and family.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER FROM FOOL-
IIIRDINESS.—On Saturday evening Mr. Baker held an inquest at the
Spakspeare's Head,
Shakspeare-walk, Shadwell, on the body of
Emma Bywater, aged 25. The deceased was a single woman, and
resided at No. 7, Husband-street, Golden-square. On Saturday night
last, about a quarter past twelve o'clock, the deceased and a female
named Costien, together with three men named Dobson, Boyes, and
Salter, who had been drinking together all the evening, agreed to
have an hour's ride at that unseasonable hour, and went and hired a
boat of Mr. Tomlinson, of the Adelphi. They all got into the boat
and proceeded to Vauxhall-bridge, when they agreed to return and
go together to Greenwich and spend the day. "I hey accordingly did
so, and when about midway b,tween Blackfriars and Southwark-
bridges, the boat was carried by the force of the tide against some
barges and upset, and all the persons ill it were thrown into the
water. All, however, were saved with the exception of deceased,
whose body was not recovered until Friday morning, when it was
found floating off King James's-stairs, Shadwell. The coroner and
jury commented in strong terms upon the conduct and foolhardiness
of all the persons engaged in the transaction, and a verdict was re-
turned of " Accidental death."
DARING ROBBERIES.—On Sunday the police re-
ceived information of the following daring robberies :—From Os-
borne Feats, Esq., the priory, Hounslow, while in the course of re-
moval by van to Slough, a satinwood chest of drawers containing a
variety of choice articles in silver, silver plate, &c., at present not
properly described. Amongst the articles is a massive pair of silver
grape tongs or scissors. From the pocket of a gentleman on Fish-
street-hill, a purse containing sixty sovereigns, and two 101. notes.
And from a field near Maiden-lane, King's-cross, two ponies, one a
black horse and the other a bay mare pony, the property of Mr, erg-
Ur. live% of Willto.ra-etruidi Islington.