The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 3 1545.

" A nice afser-dinner song for a party of gentlethen ; and'
a nice chorus for a conviyid meeting, wasn't it?'
" On the white man dine and sup! •
Whet your teeth and eat him up l'"
" Symbac y" is an excellent article on the pro-
po-ition brought forward by the Socitty for the Einan-
ctitio:: of Industry som:a f-w weeks ago, for effecting
the re4oration of Queb, c from the calamitcus condition
into which she has been reduotd by the two conflagra-
tions that have laid two-thirds of that city in ashes. We
are glad to find, such an advocate as the reviewer of the-
doctrines we have repeatedly propounded on the subject
inv:dyed in the title of this e,siy. We quite concur in
hold'ng with him, that of al the schemes forelfecting
the desired object of re-establishing Qnebec, " the most
philosophical in conception, and the most easy and safe
in execution, luems to be that. suggested by the Society
in question." But we shall deter further commentary
till we hare this writer's next promised paper to demon-
strate that " the mere that which is meant by 'money'
departs from its character of a symhol, the less it is
fitted fur the uses which it is intended for." Truly, the

time is not distant at which Robert Peel Hill dis-
cover tbat there is moro in " currency " than is
dreamed or in Lis philosophy (!!) a that question.

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING
MAGAZIIVE.

We have but one chapter of St. Giles and St. Jamrs
in the present number. St. Giles, attired in decent
livery, arrives in London to attend on young St. James,
who has engaged him as a grown. On hi: way to St.
Jam s's square, he passes the Old Bailey, and si-es
tifttien hutron beings hanging in front of Newgate. The
author thus proceeds,— .
" Reader, pause a moment. Drop not the book with sudden
indignation at the writer who, to make the ingredients of his
story ' thick and slab,' invents this horror. No ;he but copies
from the chronicles of the Ohl Bailey. Turn to them, Incre-
dulous reader. at d you will find that on the balmy morning of
the twenty-third of June, in the year of our offended Lord, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty- four, fifteen human beings
were hanged in frtint of Newgate . death-offerings to the lass
and virtues of merry England. it was the first day, too, of the
new drop; and the novel engine must be greeted with a gallant
number. Fame has her laurels : why should not Justice have
her ropes? There was, tot., a pleasantry—the devil, if he joke
at all, must joke after some such kshion—in trying the sub-
stance and capacity of a new willow-, hy so much weight of
human flesh convulsed in the death struggle. And so—great
was the legislative wit ! there were futeen to be strangled. A
great example this to an erring, law-breaking world of—the
strength of timber I
" The Lords of the Privy Council had met, with good King
George the Third at their head, to correct. the v cei of the
land. There was death for the burglar—death for the footpad
—death for the ,heep- realer—death, death, death for a hundred
different sinners. The hangman was thOocial physician, aid
was thought to cure all peccant ills. Horrible, ghastly quack!
And yet the King's Majesty believed in the hideous mounte-
bank, and every week, by his Lords of the C,uncil -- the
wise of St. James's—the Magii of the kingdom—the
starred and gartered philosophers sod philariviropists—
every week did sacred royalty call upon Jack Ke.ch
to cure his soul-sick children! Yea; it was with the
hangman's fingers, that the father of his people touched the
people's ill. And if, in sooth, the malady was not allayed, it
was for no lack of paternal tending, since we find in the Old
Bailey Re.-cister—that thing of blo id, and bigotry, and igno-
rance—that, in one little year, in almost the first twelvemonth
of the new drop, the hangman was sent to ninety-six wretches,
who were publicly cured of their il's in the front of Newgate !
And the King in Council thought there was no such remedy
for crime as the grave; and therefore, by the counsel of his
privy sages, tailed not to prescribe death-warrants. To reform
man was a tedious and uncertain labour : now hanging was the
surework of a ,iiinute."

Faint with horrilr at this disgusting sight, he seeks
refuge in a public-house, and there is met by Tom
Blast. He hopes Blast does not recognise him. St.
Giles his his pocket picked by an urchin who takes re-
ft re with Blast. St. Giles would fain recover the hand-
kerchilf which had been a gage de amour, and Bias'
makes the boy who had found it deliver it up. St. Giles
is about t u give him money, when Blast interpses,—
" "Tisn't right ; not at all proper; not at all what I call
natral'—and here Blast whispered in St. Giles's ear—j that
money should pass atween brothers.'"
Yes, St. Giles's mother was dead, and left this
wretched orphan to the care of Tom Blast., who was
training him for Newgate and the gallows. The next
article is a thoroughly " German " defence of optimi,m,
and then fellows, perhaps, the best account that has ye'
appeared of the pilgrimage to the Holy Coat at Ti eves,
by the Englishman in Prussia. " The Poor Man's
F lend " is a biting satire, biting from its very truth
fulness :

" The Poor Man's Friend ; the best of friends,
A friend when others fail ;
For he the starving poacher sends.
To banquet in a jail."
Pine Apple Shot" is a quaintly-told story of Mr. and
Mrs. Pratt, who, having a pinery, flattered themselves
that they possessed a mark of ari,tooratic distinction,
which neter could become vulgar. But, alas ! Inter-
course and enterprise have made another onslaught into
the stronghold of the exclusives of the earth. New Pro-
vidence pines are sold in the street of London at one
penny a slice, and Mrs. Pratt, muttering the words
" French Revolution," dies of cheap pine-apples. The
account of the " Colony of Mettray, near Tours, for the
Reformation of Young Criminals," is a very valuable
contribution. It is entitled " The Child and the Cri
urinal." In the article " Serving the Country," the true
meaning of that much abused phrase is properly
laid down, and confined within just limits. As tie
writer truly observes, it is " a gross injustice to describe•
the men who serve and fight in any cause for a stated
hire as serving their country." Coventry Pattnore con-
rributes a fanciful poem, entitled " Young and Old
England," and Juniper Hedgehog, Prince of Cabmen,
indicts a letter to Sir J. 'Tyrrell, on an eulogy passed by
him on the Duke of Wellington at Cons,rvati,e
Maldon True-blue dinner, at which the thronot
quoted the words of some one who said the
Duke was the greatest man who had appeared
since the time of our blviour, adding,'• if that
Ilnguage is too strong to apply to him as a man, his
claims on the country c.mid n t be overrat,:d." Most
severely, yet most justly is the utterer of this blas-
phemous trash rebuked by the indignant cabman, who
if he lashes his horse as he does his - Bait. must
stand in some danger from the officers of the Animal's
Friend Society. Of the remaining articles in this Num-
ber we would commend to Ihe especial attention of our
brother lilt •ratews, the ar.i !le on " The Position of Men
of Letters." It is a paper, by the study of which we may
all prvfit.

Everything in the room which he had occupied was carefuLy
destroyed, including bedstead, bed furniture .tables. chairs,
and other utensils.- Every silver or metal article used
by the prisoner was melted clown. The chamber he bad
tenanted was entirely renovated, its walls scraped and repainted,
and doors and window frames burn!. On the burial registry
of St. Paul's cemetery, his age is statt d to base been f .rty-
five yea;.s—an obvious and premeditated inaccuracy, as he was
at least thirty years older. The precautions enforced in regard
of " Le Masque de fer" during his captivity in the Bastile were
all calculated to excite the public !otiosity respecting him to
the highest pitch.
When he assisted at mass, he was expressly ordered neither
to speak nor exhibit himself, and soldiers stood by him with
loaded muskets to enforce obedience. He was accustomed to
he indulged in every gratification consistent with the severity
of eh's,- incarceration, particularly in his inordinate love of fine
linen, lace, and rich plate. From the year 1671, until his
death, 'le Masque de fer' hid never been removed from the
custody and immediate surveillance of St. Mars, His iv story
antecedently to 1671, when he must have been upwards of
thirty years old, is a blank impenetrable mystery ! It is stated
that the prisoner one day wrote his name on the hack of a
plate, which a servant, thinking thereby to pay his court to the
governor, placed in his hands, and was rewarded fur his
officiousness ley the loss of his life. On another occasion, when
confined at Pegnerol, the mask had contrived to write some
communication upon a shirt. which a peasant found floating
upon the water of the castle ditch, and brought to the go-
vernor. St. Mars rigidly questioned him, and was apparently
not satisfied with the peasant's assurance that he could cot
read, for, two daytafter, the man was found dead in his bed.
' Le Masque de fer' beguiled his hours of captivity with music,
and was a proficient on the guitar. By the surgeon of the
Bastille. who was occasionally called in to attend him, be was
described as being a very well-made man, with a clear brown
skin, and a soft pleasing voice. It is alleged, that the day
after the burial of • le Masque tie fer,' the gravedigger was in-
duced, by a heavy bribe, to re-open the grave, for the purpose
of examieing the body, which was discovered to have been de-
prived of its bead, in lieu of which a large stone had been
substituted. Louis XV., during his minority had been vary
solicitous to know the secret of le Masque de fer ; which,
however, was only revealed to him by the Regent, Orleans, on
the day he assumed the reins of government. The young king
was observed to receive the important communication with
much appearance of interest and emotion, and heard to
' Eh bleu, s'il vivait encore je lui donnerais sa liberte !'
Perhaps the most plausible of the theories extant with re-
gard to le Masque de fer,' is that which supposes him to have
been an elder brother of Louis XIV. , the well-accredited off-
spring of an intrigue of Anne d'eutlich, whose legal legitimacy
it might have been so difficult to dispute, that to conceal its
existence altogether appeared the most obvious course.

After all the theories broached and volumes written upon
the question of "le Masque de fer," the subject remains as
deeply involved in mystery as ever. He has been at times
supposed to be the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Monmouth.
the Superintendent Fouquet, the secretary of the Duke of
Mantua, an elder or younger brother of Louis Xi V., or the
Comte de Vermandois, a natural son of Louis XIV. by Mdlle.
de la Valliere. None of these eonjec'ures, however plausibly
handled, carry conviction. Every record tending to throw
light up ►n the identity of this remarkable captive, had been
carefully suppressed. Louis XV. was heard to say, in refe-
rence to the conjectures rife respecting him, " Laisse-les dis-
puter, personne n'a encore dit la verite sur le Masque de fer."
One day the hue de Choiseul pressed Louis XV. on the sub-
ject, but could obtain from him nothing more." Sinot. que
de tout ce qu'on avait imprime jusque la sur le Masque deter,
it n'y avait pas un mot de vrai ; et que de toutes les conjec-
tures qu'on avait faites la-dessus, it n'y en avait pas une de
vraie." Napoleon vainly endeavoured to ascertain the real
history of le Masque de fer, and was known to have ex-
perienced bitter mortification at finding himself foiled in all his
attempts to unriddle the mystery. Louis XVIII. being ques-
tioned on the subject, drily replied, " C'est un secret de
f ►tnille."

Vol. XXIII

The FARMERS' —MAC;AZIAE.
No. 111., Old Series.
A Hereford ox, the property of John Hudson, Esq , of
Castle Acre, Norfolk, supplies the subject of a capital
engraving by way of frontispiece to this very good num-
ber of a most able and useful periodical. An Essay on
Trees, by a Practical Farmer, illustrated by three en-
gravings, will well repay the trouble of a perusal. There
is an infinite variety of matter in this number's bill of
tare—a capital dish of " Joint- stock Banks," and a
" stout" contribution on " Ale and Beer." The number
of papers is 'o great, and they range over such a mass
of subjects, that we are too puzzled by over-abundance
of choice to select any as more worthy than others
of beivg extracted. We must add, however, that this
mattazine is out of all comparison the cheapest " two
shillings"' worth that we know of.

s.: 4
NAMES os RAILWAY 6 ri

Sept. 'Sept. 'Sept. Sop
2. 2. 2. 2,
4%

Aberdeen -• • • • • • •
Airdrie and Coa;bridge .
Arbro.4ll and Forfar ...
Ditto Half Shares ..
I
Arinagh,Colr,ez Portrush 2% 23;

Bandon and Bantry
Belfast and Ballymena • .
Belf-ast and County Dowu
Birmingham and (Mister
Do. New ass .at 7 dis.)
Ditto Half Shares —
Birminglun &Oxtril.June 6
Blekburii, and iteston
Blekburn, Boltn
Bolton, % & Liverpl.
Boston, Stainfril and Milli
Brighton, Lewes, & Bast.
Bristol and Exeter..

1-g -
-

16N1 17

33 136
IN, 2%

Ditto New
Bristol and Gloucester • .
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union • .
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon.& Dunbar. June
,nian .••• • • • • . 12%1 1214 12%
Ditto Extension ••• • • . 3% 3% 4
Canibri4te dud Lincoln.. 5 • 514
Cite-ter and Birkenhead.. 68
'AV° New Shares •• G 5
Ditto Ilan' Snares •• • • —33 N
Ch.:ster and 11 lyhead •• 21% - -
C hel nh am and Oxibrd.. —3% .1
Chichester and Brighton..

.5-653;11

dliurnet Vac.), • • •• • •
Clitheroc Junction ......
Clydesdale Junction ....
Cork, Illackrck & Passage

Cork and ..• .. • •
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford • • ..
Cork and Youghal ••••
Canterbury and Dovcr...
Coventry and Leicester..

5% 5%1 -
11% I -

2% - -
2% -
4%
sqi -

17056 d
1,756 d,

!G7s6Ll',
5111 I

Pi -

55i 7-
- I -

Cornwall . • - • •
Derby and Crewe . • • • • •
Direct Lou. and Manclistr -
Diss, Beccles, & Yannoth 2% - -
Direct Northern ••• • • • 3n 3% 3%
Direct Norwich .•.- • • . • -' - -
Dub' u and Belfast June. 91/4 9% -
Dablin, Belfast, & Coln e
Dublin and Drogheda • • • •
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •
Ditto New .• • • •• • •
Dundee and Per It . • •
Durlunn and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1) -
Ditto (No. 2) ..
Eastern Counties .
Do. New... - -
Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No I 1% -
Do. do. N 0.2 %p 28
East Dereham & Norwich 1% -
East Union ..... • . • • • • .
Ditto Extension • • • • •
Edinbgh, Gins., and Dunn. -
Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 91
Do. Quarter Shares •• • -
Do. New Quarter Shares 1)
Edinb. Leith, and Grantcn
Do. Prof. 5 per Cent • •
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles • •
Edinburgh and Perth .. .•
Ely and Huntingdon . • ••
Enniskillen and Sligo.. • •
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow ••
Glasgow and Ayr. • -• •
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greenock • •
Ditto New..........
Ditto Preference • - -
Glasgw, Dinfries, and Car.
Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster ..
Grand Junction
Ditto Half Shares • . • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto New Quarters • •
Ditto Eighths • • • • • . • •
Grand Union ... • • •• • •
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield -
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Irind) 26
Ditto Extension ••• • • • 131/4 -
Great 3lrmster • • • • -
Gt Northern of Scotland 3% -
Grt Northern of England 223% -
Do. New 401. Shares ••
Do. New 301. Shares
Great Western • • • • • .• • -
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Fifths
Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports.
Harwich .•• • • •
Iludrsrid & Man. R &Can
Huddersfield and Sheffield -
Hull and Gainsborough • • -
Hull and Selby . • -
Ditto Quarter Shurcs.. -
Ditto Ball Shares • -
Inverness :01,1 Elgin ...• -
Isle of Jersey ..........
Kendal and Windermere -
Kingstown and Bray .... -
Killarney Junctions .., . -
Lancaster and Carlisle .. 16
Lancaster and Preston .. -
Leeds and Bradford .. • . -
Ditto Extension .. •• .. .--
Leeds and Dewsbury •• • • - 40 40
Leeds and Thirsk •••• • • • • - 211/4 2013 -
Leeds &W. Riding June. - 18 4 l 8 -
Leicester & Birming..am 2 p VA Az
Leicester and liedibrd ... 3t4 p 41/4 4
Limerick and Waterford -
Limrek, Ennis, E.:. Kil. Joe. -
LincOn, York, and Leeds -
Li v. M: u.& Gt N. of Eng. -
Liverpool and Manchester -
Ditto Half Shares •• • • -
Ditto Quarter Shares . • -
Liverpl,Orinskrk,& Prstn -
!_ondon and Birmingham 225
Ditto Thirds. ..... ....
Ditto Quarters ••• • • •
London and Blackwell • •
Low.&Man.(Remington's)
London and Brighton. -
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon -• • 261
Ditto New . ••••• • • • • 11/4p
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. -
London and Greenwich 10
Do. Pref. or Privilege • • _
London and South West rn 79
Do. New Cons. Eighths
1)o. New, 501 Shares..
Do. New, 401. Shares..
London and York .. • • • • • •
Ditto (Bawtry) . • • • • • •
London and Windsor • • • •
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 31/4
Londonderry & Coleraine 4%
LondoirdetTy & Enniskilln 3
Lynn and Ely ..........814
Manchester Lynn and
p eartetthi ain
Leeds... : :
2185
Ditto Half Shares ..
Ditto Quarter Shares • .
Ditto Sixteenths ,' . • • -
Manchstr arid Birkenhead -2% 31/4
Manchester & Birminglim 72 - 74
Ditto Quarter Shares . 13 13 12%
Ditto Now Quarters . . _ 11 10%
Do. Con. & Welsh June. -3% 4
Manchestr, Bolin, & Bury _ - _
Nlnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk 9 p 914 9%
Man. Shef. and Mid. June. ...... 81,6 10%
Manchestr & Southamptn _ _ _
Midland . • . . . - 176
Ditto Fifths ••.•• • • • • • _ -
Ditto New .. .... . 26 - -
Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 134 - -
Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) . _
Do. Extension to Sligo _
Newcstl & Daringtn June. 33 5% -
Do. New (Brandling) . • - - _
Newcastle and Berwick - -
Newcastle and Carlisle _ _ _
Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. _ - 5
Newport & Abergavenny 314 - _
Newry and Enniskillen 3% 4 -
Newark and Sheffield . -6% 5%
North British ••••• • • • • • 304
Ditto New Shares • .
Northern. at:cl Eastern
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis )
Do. Quarter Shares
North Devon .• • • • .. . • • •
North Kent • •
North Staribrdshire ....
North Eastent.. • • • • • • • •
North Union (A) .. .. - ..
Ditto (B) • .
North Wales Mineral....
• Ditto New Shafts ....
North Western •••• • • • •
North Wales
Norwich and Brandoa .•
Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • •
Not., Bel,,oir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston
Nutt., Erwsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Binning. June
Oxford and Worcester -
Oxford and Cambridge -
Perth and Inverness .. • •
Portsmouth Direct - •
Preston and Wyre • • • . •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Do. Prof. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div.
Preston & Wyre Extend.
Richmond &W. End .1 unc -
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2%1 1%
Scottish Central .... •• • • - -
Scottish Midland • -
Sheffield and Manchester -
Ditto Quarter Shares • • -
DittO ' ditto (No. 2)• • -
Ditto • •ditto (No. 3) • • -
Sheffield and Lincoln. •• • -
Sheffield and Rotherham -
Sbrowsbry & Grand June. - - - . _
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crowe 5% 5 4% -
Shr.vs.,Wolv., (turn, &Mr 81/4 8% 91/4 _
orwsbry & Trnt Val. Vt. 4 5% - _
Silly's, ItcrefilA N, Wales 5% *- 5 ._..
Slamanuall •••• • • • ...... - - - -
South Devon ...•..• • • • • .-„ - - 33
South Midland •••.• • • . • • 7,4 87 8% -
Scinth Eastern and Dover 48 4) - ~
Ai. law oss. 324.) No. 1 Wi 2313 - -
Do. (iss.33/.65.8d.)., 2 16h - - _
Do.. (iss. 301.) „3 9 8% 9% -
Staines and Richmond ...• 31/4 ,
St.tif9pdshire ft Shropeldre -11 l Q - _
Stitiing liittl Ltunfermilue - - - -
South Wales.. ••••• • • • • • 61/4 - - -
Tears and Dove Valley • • - 3X --_
Trent Valley ...... • ..... •20 - - •
-.
Do. and liolyheadJunc. 31/4 3!ii 31/4 -
Vale of Neath ••• . • • . ••- --_- - -
WlBt London, 014 §ll4-ies -7 7:7 -,
WM. gna kgotp,rn Coo. -7 ,
Wexford a,rl Carlow •• • • - - -
Warwick and Cheltenham - - -
Waterford and Kilkenny - - _
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick & Dub 2% 2%
Wakefield and Bradford • • - --
Watffil:Pontefret, 4 Gool 7
4,11/001 oft iiiirroote
Warwick and London .• • -
West Lancashire... ..... •-
Worcester. . and Tring •• • • -
W
hlteltaYfn end 'Vrie:4
Do; svw llklf attires ••• -
Welsh Midland • . • • • • • • • •
We t Cornwall •• • -
West Yorkshire • • -
Wilsontwn, M.& Coltness •
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth 436
igTlO44l-Iqiiii VOCIVIcii• •
-Ditto New . .. - • ..... ---,,,
York arid Carlisle .• ••• • • 8% 554 714 -
York and North- Midland 109 ---_ - _
Ditto• Half Shares .. • • - - - -
Ditto Scarbro' Branch 54% - _
Ditto Selby .•••• • • • • • 77 „ - - -
Ditto Extension - - _
Yorkshird & Glasgow (In. - - - -

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1: -- • BtlL, RGII, AVG. 44 -.--
STOCW ExcitANGEmr-ThO are—Aherdeen, 3/. I
Aberdeen, 13anfr, and Elgin, 2/. 10:I.—Arbroath and

far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Armagh and Portrush,
21.-Banffshire,Britist -and Irish :Union, 3/. 1 Is.-
Belfast and County Down, 3/. 155.-Cambridge and Lincoln,
3/. 10s. - Caledonian., 12/. - Caledonian Extension, 31.
1 Ls.-Caledonian and Diunbaitim, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale
:Junction, 10/. 2s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 21.-Dundee and
Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, IV. - Dundee and
Perth, 5/.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Edin-
burgh and GLisg-ow, 90/.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto,
New, 151. -Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton,
1/. 103. - Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 251. 10s.-Ditto,
Preference, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 21. 2s.
-Ditto, New, 1/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 17s.
6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, I/. 135.-Glasgow and Ayr-
shire, 711.-Ditto. New tock, 22/..- Ditto, 17/. 103:-
Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 18s.-Giasgow and Garn-
kirk, 41/. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. Is. 6(1.-
Glasgow and Greenock, 211-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-
Ditto, Preference, 2/. - Great North of Scotland, 3/. 75.-
Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. &J.-Kilmarnock and Ardros-
san, 5/. 155.-London and York, 6/. 103. -Nlonkland and
Kirkintilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 11.-North li!itish, cx one-
fifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 91.5 s -Ditto, One-fifth, 81. IW.-
North Wales Mineral, New, 6,5 s -Perth and Inverness,
21 55.,,--Scottish Central, 7/. 14:.-Setatish Midland, 21. 75.-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 155.-Shrewsbury
and Hereford, 1/. 155.-Slamannan, 18/. 10s.-South Mid-
land, 9'.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. 175.-Tean and
Dove Valley, 3/. 15s. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow,and
1/. 165.-Wishaw and Colt ness, 39/.
HULL, SErr. 2.
STocK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder-
land, New, 4:,4i-Eastern Counties, 20!!:-Ditto, No. 2,20 s -
London and Croydon, New, 365.-Preston and Wyre, Half
shares, 914 Blackburn. Darwen, and B dton, 1014-Eastern
Union Exiension, 31,4 -Huddersfield and Manchester Railroad
and Canal.2o -North British, Half Shares, 9%-North Wales
414-Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 3-Cambridge and
Lincoln, 4:-Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 4-Direct Northero,
31/-East Lincolnshire, 3:156 p.-East Coast, 235. p.-Glasgow
and Dumfries, 314-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 414-
Graad Union, 455. p.-Great Eastern and Western, 21s. p.
-Lancashire and West Yorkshire, 555.-Leicester and Bed-
ford, 3% p.-Leicester and Birmingham, 3%-London and
Birmingham Extension. 355. p.-London and York, 7%-
Manchester Buxton, and Matlock, 91A-Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland, 9 -Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire,
6%-Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 50s. p.-Notting-
ham and Boston, 49e. p.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 31/.2-
North Western, 6-North Staffordshire, 7-Rugby,
2-
Rugby and Huntingdon. 55s -South Midland, p.-
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 71A-Shrewsbury and
Trent Union, 51/9-Staines and Richmond, 3:,1/1-Tean and
Dove Valley, 21/, p.-Trent Valley Continuation, 4-Wake-
field and Ifradford, 514 p.-Welsh Midland, 514-York and
Carlisle, 6%-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 455. p.
YORK, SEPT. 2. _

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten-
sion, 3/. lls.—Great North of England, New, 34—Midland,
New, 26:5i—Newcastle and Darlington unction, New
(Brandling), 451/4—North British, New, Io4—York and
North .Midland Extension, 251/2—Cambridge and Lincoln, 4
ex new—Clitheioe Junction, 6—Grand Union, 4—Leeds
and York, B%—Leicester and Bedford, 434—London
and York, 7/. Bs. 9d.—Manchester, Buxton, &c.,
10—Newcastle and Berwick, 263x—Nottingham. Erewash.
and Ainbergate, 514—North Staffordshire, 71/4—Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, 71/2—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North
Wales, s—Welsh Midland, 51.4—York and Carlisle, 64.
SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 2.

STOCK. EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 175—Shef-
field and Manchester, Quarter shares, No. 1, 181/—Derby
and Crewe, 51A—East Lincolnshire, B—Goole and Doncaster,
4—Grimsby and Sheffield, 1734—Griinsby Railway and Dock
Extension, 9—London and Windsor, 42s.—London and
York, 73%—Direct Northern, 31;,—Leeds and Thirak, 21—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction,) 2%—Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, 63i—Wakefield and Harrogate, 70s.—
Welsh Midland, 51A—York and Carlisle, 61A—Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux, 1211 A.
EUDDERSFIELD, &yr. 2.

STocK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Essex and Suffolk,
7s. 6d. p.—Grand Union, 31,4—Glasgow and Dutnfries,
—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2014—Huddersfield and
Sheffield Junction, 16% ex new—Leeds and Thirst, 22—
Manchester, Birmingham, and Welsh Junction, 4%—Not •
tingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, s—Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire, VA—Yorkshire and Glasgow, 4%—Shrewsbury, Here-
ford, and North
.Wales, s—Clitheroe Junction, 51/2.
EXETER, SEPT. 2.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—North Devon. VA p.
—Exeter and Yeovil. %_p.—Exeter and Exmouth, % p.—
South Devon, 36—Aberdeen, 4%.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.
Nxwey RYz SEPT. 2.—ln compliance with a requisition very
numerously signed by the principal inhabitants of Newl‘ury and
its vicinity, Who " are anxious to promote the construction of
this (Betbell's) lint: of railway, being convinced of its great
importance and value to the locality," a public meeting was
called by the Mayor, and held to-day at the Mansion-house,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means
of furthering the undertaking. The meeting was very nu-
merously attended. Amongst those on the platform and
around it were Alderman Hughes Hughes; George Adam,
Esq., of London; Joseph Brown, Esq., R. Etwall, Esq.,
M.P. ; Wm. Chadwicke, Esq., London; John I3ethell,
R. Watkins, Esq., Rev. Dr. ilinney, Rev. J. H. Ashworth,
Mr. E. Slocock, Mr. C. Slocock, Colonel Burslem, Mr.

Wosey, Mr. W. Gray, Mr. Hulbert, Mr. Westlake' Mr.
Sharp, and many others of the leading persons of the
neighbourhood. Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken
by the Mayor of the Borough, and the requisition for con—
vening the meeting having been read, the L hairman called
on Alderman Hughes Hughes to address the meeting.
The worthy ALDERMAN observed that he was a member of I
a drpu'ation from the provisional directors of the Oxford
and Southampton Railway Company, who had come to
Newbury in order to express to the inhabitants of that dis-
trict the anxiety of the board that their project should be tho-
roughly understood by all those whose interests it affected
(Cheers)—and also to gather their sentiments with regard to
the undertaking. In point of fact they had come to ask their
suffrages on its behalf, and, as far as he was enabled to judge of
the value and the reception they had met with, he was sure
those suffrages would not be refused.- (Cheers.) He would
not detain the meeting by entering into any details or explana-
tion of the scheme, as there were several other gentlemen pre-
se t who were anxious to do so ; he would only say that he was
confident the railway projected by Mr. Bethel! was well calcu-
lated to benefit, not only this town and neighbourhood, but the
kingdom at large, and he would therefore promote it by every
means in his power.— (Cheers. )
Mr. BETMELL next addressed the meeting. The plan of
the line he said had been laid before him by the engineers
(Messrs. Birch) ; it was not projected by himself; but he saw
the important advantages which must arise from the construc-
tion of it, especially to this locality, and he at once formed a
company to undertake the work.—(Cheers.) There had been
very little difficulty with regard ,to that part of their proceed-
ings ; for in point of fact the project met with universal sup-
port.—( Rear, hear.) The merchants of the north and those in
London, as well as the shipping interests in Southampton, were
all in its favour.—(Cheers.) The Board of Directors of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company had declared
their intention of giving the line their most strenuous support
—( Cheers) ;—and with reference to the public confidence, he
might state that although the scheme had only been adver-
tised four days they were deluged with applications for per-
mission to subscribe.—( Hear, hear.) From Southampton
alone they had offers enough to make up the whole amount
of capital required. All those who were acquainted
with the progress of railways throughout the kingdom must
be acquainted with the improvement they had effected in
every village at which they touched.—( Hear, hear.) New-
bury had not at present any railway communication with
other parts of the country ; but if the proposed line
were constructed, it must be obtious that such an im-
portant town as this, having a great market for agricultural
and other produce, would be considerably benefited
( Cheers.) Of the importance of a direct nuke), communica-
tion between the manufacturing districts and Southampton
to the latter place a proof was given by the increase of traffic
since the opening of the South-Western line; and Mr. Ed-
wards, the collector of customs there, gave it as his opinion
%, that if a direct means of communication were established, the
-7' amount of exports would in one year be raised from
one to ten millions.—(Cheers.) There could be little doubt
• also that in twelve months after this railway wasopened New-
bury would be enjoying increased prosperity in proportion with
Southampton.—( Hear, hear.) It was intended that the line
should commence from a point a little north of Winchester and
short of Andover-road station, proceed to Whitchureh, near
. Newbury, and from thence to Didcot, where it would join the
- Oxford and Didcot line leading to the north. Upon looking at
- the map, it would be seen that it was the most direct line from
Southampton to Oxford. It would connect also Gosport
and Portsmouth with this district, and also the important
_ market towns of Newbury and Winchester. —( Hear, hear.)
- They would thus have an opportunity of sending their grain
- at a cheap and rapid rate to be shipped round the coact, and
- also of forwarding it to the Government victualling-yards.-
- ( Elear, hear.) In addition to this they could send their oak
timber to the dockyards of Portsmouth ; and not only would
they do this, but they would open a direct means of t•affic for
- manufactures to all parts of the world from one of the most
- convenient ports in the kingdom —( Cheers.) Such matters
- as these could not fail to be capable of the most beneficial re-
sults. He believed there was another plan of making a line
- in this district, which included a branch to Swindon ; but he
_ thought it was a most important point for the Newbury people
- to secure a direct line through their own town.—( Cheers. )
- It was also suggested, when this project was first laid before
- him, to have a branch to Swindon ; but he declined adopting
the suggestion, because he hid not the means of communi-
_
eating on the subject with the managing parties of the Great
Western Railway. But he was prepared to te:l the meeting
- that when those managing parties bad been asked if an under •
- standing upon the point was not come to—that is, if they re-
- fused to make a direct line from Newbury to Swindon, and the
people of Newbury wished that such a line should be made, the
Oxford and Southampton Company would be prepared to un-
dertake it.—(Cheers.) Irrespective of mercantile traffic, it
would also be found that there was passenger work enough to
warrant the construction of this railway. It would be connected
with a point which would lead to every part of the kingdom.
The formation of this company had led to the formation of
three or four other companies for various lines. One of them,
which was projected to run from Rugby to Manchester,
through Macelesfield, would shorten the distance between those
two places by 15 miles ; and as the distance from Southampton
-- to Manchester, by the Oxford and Southampton line, was
under present circumstances shorter by six miles than the dis-
- unce from Manchester to Southampton viii Cheltecham, no
less than twenty-one miles would be saved by adopting the
scheme under the consideration of the meeting.—( Cheers. )
-- The traffic also would be at infinitely less cost than on any other
line.—( Hear.) There were many other advantages connected
with the project, with which he would not trouble the meeting
by detailing them. The traffic between the important town of
Birmingham and its neighbourhood would be secured by it, and
it was quite clear that it must have the support of the Govern-
_
ment, inasmuch as it would afford great facilities of sending
military and naval stores from one end of the kingdom to the
other, —( Hear, hear.) Before he sat down he begged leave to
mention another important matter. It was positively ascer-
tained that the line could be opened within twelve months
21i from the time the Bill sectioning it had received the royal
3 assent; and the road would be laid down by the engineer in
2& such a manner as best would consult the wishes of all the land-
- owners whose interests would be affected by it.—(Cheers.)
Mr;CtiAnwicKE, a gentleman who said te had consider-
- 7
able experience in the construction of railways, said he thought
that the engineers had done ample justice to all parties in laying
ent this line. The pi incipal difficulty in suggesting lines of
railway was to avoid interfering with valuable property. and in
this instance much engineering skill had been exhibited in
avoiding the domain of the Eall of Carnarvon, without at I
detracting from the usefulness of the work.—( Hear.c.
another line proposed he saw tpauy difficulties,
vs h hbeiatr. w)ouln
`-d
he 141p04t ;ropossihle to encounter, especially In th° neighbour-
-
boo I of Ilslay.
The Rev. Dr. 13ts:Neir then came forward, and congratu-
lated the meeting upon the value of the project and the success
-- with which it was likely to meet. flel moved a resolution to
the effect that the line known as Bethe I line afforded the stn
direct means of commuuication between Southampton and
Didcot, through the town of Necybuyy, end wag dose,ving of
oieir support and that co;dially undertook to suppott it,
all legitimate means, and would • request their representa-
10s—
tives in Parliament to further the same accordingly.
w„,.. Mr. E. SLococZ having seconded the resolution,

Mr. ETwaLL, M.P., said, as a member of a deputation
from the towns of Southampton and Andover, he wished to
ask when it would suit the convenience of the meeting to hear
an explanation with regard to the projected railway from South-
ampton to Andover and Newbury?
Alderman If uonEs Iluatias said, although the promoters
of the line now under consideration had been refused a hearing
at the meeting recently held at Southampton, they were not
disposed to follow the course adopted at that meeting. 1 hey
had been, he understood, most di-courteously treated at that
meetin... but they wished to act on the principle that " fair
play is a jewel," and would be anxious to hear any arguments
that might be advanced on behalf of any undertaking, although
different to their own.—( Cheers. )
The resolution w• a then put and carried.
The Rev. J. H. Astrtvotorti, in eloquent terms, stated that
his experience as a dere} man enab'est him to sly that railway
communicati in had conferred great benefits on society gene-
rally throughout the kingdom. In no district, hoe ever,
was it more wanting than in North Hants, and, in tsinuch
as the I.ne now proposed would achieve his desire, he
hoped it would be adopted. He moved a resolution to
the eff,et that the inhabitants of 'the northern division

the county of Ilants would acqiiire by the pro;,osed line
ready access to the county town and episcopal cl,y, and an
advantageous outlet to the productions of,their dAtict.
The resolution was seconded by Colonel LURSLEM, and
passed unanimou,ly.
dlr. J. T. WAsEr strongly advocated the propased line, and
said tl.at although it would pass through a considerable portion
of his property—he might say i 6 miles of it—and perhaps create
a serious i jury, }et so convinced was he of the utility of the
road, he wou.d give it his bet support.—( Cheers.) tie moved
a resolution to the effect that the continuance of the lit.e would,
in its northern progress, afford considerable accommodation

to those who frequented the important sheep markets of
Ilslay.
Mr. HumsF.wr seconded the resolution, which was earr'ed.
Mr. \V. GnAY entered into a variety of statistical de-
rail:, in order to show the ben, fit of the railroad
tri,ffic, and said he was convinced that the present scheme was
pregnant with good results. He proposed the next resolution.
to the effect that the population of Newbury, which embraced
60,1:00 inhabitants within an area of 10 miles, the abun,!alice
of the agricultural produce, and the acknowledged excellence
of the markets, entitled the district to increased commercial fa-
cilit ie9.
Mr. C. SLococl seconded the resolution, which passed.
Mr. WESTLAKE said, as a merchant of Southampton. he
begged to state that he gave his entire approbation to Mc.
Bethell's line of railway ; and he was also enabled to state at
the opinions of the merchants of Southampton accorded wi:h
his own on this suhj. ct. —( Cheers.) He proposed that the
rapidly increasing importance of the town of Southampton de-
manded the most speedy and direct communication with the
trading districts of the north.
The resoluion was seconded by Mr. EDWARD SHARPE, and
adopted.
Mr. PARSONS then came forward to address the meeting as
a member of a deputation from the Southampton, Manchester,
and Oxford Junction Railway Company. He spoke at consi-
derable length and in eloquent terms with regard to a rine
which that Company had to propose, not, he said, in opposition
to Bethell's line, for he did not come there to offer opposition to
it, but he wished to bring under their notice two lines which
he said would combine advantages equal to Bethell's line and
the Direct Manchester and Southampton Railway, which
latter roads would cost two millions of money, whereas the lines
he had to propose would only cost 900,000/. He proposed to
make two branches, one to Swindon going through Hunger-
ford and Highcl-re and the other through Ilslay to
Didcot, which would afford means of communication by
railways to all parts of the kingdom that could not be
given by Mr. Bethell's plan. It had, he believed, been
hinted that he had stolen Mr. Bethell's plan—( Hear, hear,
and laughter )—but if the proper registers were searched it
would, he believed, be found that his line was registered, if
nor before or as soon as Mr. Bethell's, at least within a day or
two afterwards.—( Laughter.)
Mr. BE, HELL. --W hem was your line registered? Mina was
registered on the 7th of August.
Mr. PAR4(nig• Minot cam:4y Laughter)—but I
assure you, upon my honour, I had the scheme in my head
before then. He disputed not the utility of Mr. Bethell's
railway, but he thought that two lines, giving great facilities in
an alricultural district like this, would be more Elyantageous
than one,

ETWA Lt neat proceeded to address the meeting, and to
introduce his project on behalf of the Southampton, Andover,
and Newbury Railway, and some interruption took place.
The Honourable Member, hoaever, detailed his plans, and
stated that a prospectus of the Ilne would appear in a few days,
and he had no doubt it would be received with satisfaction by
every person in that neighbourhood.
Ali. BETHEL'. was heard in reply, and stated that Mr. Par-
sons had pirated his plan.
Mr. PARS() s denied the assertion.
llr. Blasi ELL then asked Mr. Parsons to produce his maps,
and he would show him that he had done so.

Mr. PARSONS said he could not produce his maps. He had
unfortunately lost them on his way down from London.—
" Oh, oh," and laughter:). _ .

Mr. CHADWICKE said-he would show from Mr. Parsons's
own plans that it would be impossible for him to carry it out
so as make the line west of Ilstay.
Mr. PARSONS =Then I will take the east side.—(Great
laughter. )
'I he discussion then terminated.

Mr. WATKINS then moved and Mr. BARRETT seconded a
vote of thanks to the Mayor fur his impartial conduct, which
was unanimou-ly passed.
The late hour of the evening at which the proceedings of the
meeting were brought to a close precludes giving more than an
outline of what was uttered by the speakers.