The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN' NCT, OCTOBER 1, 1845.

THE REGISTRATION.
MIDDLESEX.

IMPORTANT DECISION.-RIGHT OF SHAREHOLDERS OF A
BUILDING SOCIETY TO VOTE.

Monday Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., held his court at
the Green Man, Bethnal-green, to revise the parish lifts
dr the district. Mr. James and Mr. Fetch attended as
agents for the Liberal party, and Mr. Payne for the

" Tories.
Richard Henry Ashford claimed for share in eight
eehold houses, which share is of the annual value of
40s. and upwards. Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4, Cooper's-gardens,
and 5,6, and 7, Little Manchester street. The claim
leas obj.eted to by the Tories.
Mr. James stated the facts of the case, and supported
them by putting in a deed of settlement, and the con-
veyances of the several properties. He said that
twenty-one persons entered into a deed of settlement or
agreement to pay into the treasurer's hands two shillings
• and sixpence per week, to a society to be called " The
47"
• house Property Association," the object of the association
• to be, to purchase or take freehold hereditaments for the
perpose of repairing and letting the same for the equal
'tweet-it of the members, and the proceeds arising from
jeine stock to be collected and received and added to
the ea7)ie.l in accumulation for tio benefit of the share-
r; hol-'er,,, or divided, as they might.'agree. It appears thpt
in the yelr 1335 the fund had enabled them to purchase
, a
f:erbelel estate, again in 1842, and, on another date, 4
third freehold estate, which' was purchased with the
re- ;of the society, and conveyed to live trustees, in
flee with the deed of settlement, the purchased
proje.ley_ now yielding to each shareholder eighty shil-
lings and upwards per annum. And Mr. James con•
tended that, although it was conveyed o trustees it was
purchased
.with the moneys of the claimants, and they
Varpittelatoslutti.quttabli. interest in the estate, sufficient to entitle
the stetute of 8 Henry VI., cep. 7, to the ri-ht
to ve.le: end in suppert cf his argument quoted the de-
.. ci,een of the Common Pleas, in the case of Baxter, ap-
-
Felent, and Newman, respondent, decided last May.
Mr. PANNE contended that they were not in the abso-
lute'-receipt of the rents, and therefore the names could
7 ta,ot.be regained.
tA^r. Mr. Ashford was examined, and proved that if the
char-hollers wished it they might receive the rents, in-
-7 stead e f allowing them to accumulate.
The Coutee• said it was clear the claimants had an
estate.siNheity, and that sufficient value had been shown
entitereaeh to vote. Nineteen had been shareholders
score than twelve months. He should, therefore, decide
their claims to be good. It was clear these persons joiner/
their stock together to reap an advantage from the rise
in the value of the property they might purchase, and he
raw no objection to it. The other two names were
strale off. Tids decision will induce shareholders of
building societies to claim to vote, and will place it in
ower of the workieg classes to obtain the franchise

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with their savings.
The result of the eay's revision was a majority in
f:w;ur of the Liberal party of 143, making a total ma-
jority up to this time of 832.

POTA Ti P ROT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The anxiety caused by the above-named epi-
demic cannot: fail to draw the attention of every friend
of humanity. I, tLerefore, need offer no apology for
offering a suggestion, which may probably be of the
utmost importance to millions of our fellow creatures.
-Upon examination by the microscope, the disease in
the ptato appears to me to be caused by an insect re-
sembfing the teams tribe. which first burrows under
the skit,, and then extends its ravages to the heart of
this most useful tuber. From this view of the subject,
I am inluced to suggest to your agricultural readers the
Lat's' i:y of getting their crops out of the ground as
'i,!ily ss possible—to give the potatoes a good washing
-e-water mixed with sulphur—a thorough cleansing
eritif e.,1.4 spring water being premised, in order to free
them from all remains of soil, and allow the former Et.p-
plieation to get at and destroy these destructives. By
these simple means I am led to hope that the further
proo-e,s of the disease stay be arrested, which other-
wis no doubt continue to progress after the potatoes
are huused and pitted.—l am your obedient servant,
E. W. HOWEY.
Bromyard, Sept. 29, 1845.

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TH. IRON TRADE.—The ucual preliminary meet-
ing of the ironmasters of South Staffordshire, preparatory
to the general quarterly meetings, was held at Dudley on
Thurs.-lay last, and was very numerously attended. The
proceedinps of these preliminary meetings are considered
strictly private ; but we may state generally that the actual
business resolved itself into a confirmation of the late ad-
vance of 20s. per ton upon bar and other sorts of manufac-
turel iron. It was, hoT,-.ever, apparent, from what trans-
.pireo., that, though prices. were "thus flied, there was a very
elm-1g f,aelitiF, that another advance would shiwtly take place.
otvlAg ti.oihe immense demand for railway iron ; and some of
ironmasters present expressed their determination
omit sales at the existing rates. It remains to be seen
vhetber any further rise will be declared at the quarterly
meetings next month. Most of the ironmasters, we under-
stand, complain of being too full of •orders.—Birmingham
JOU rn al.

ACCIDENT BY GuNrowDEß.—Monday evening,
between live and six o'clock, an accident occurred to a youth
ton rears of age, named Searle, residing at Hop-gardens, St.
Yariin's-lane, by an explosion of gunpowder. The boy, in
company with several companions, had purchased a quantity
o' gunpowder, and rolled some of it up in brown paper, very
tiglit, fir the purpose of making a loud report. The boy
In:col-v(1 a light, and holding it to the paper, it immediately
.It.ileaf. and shattered his right arm nearly to the shoulder.
report and screams of the unfortunate sufferer brought
assistance, and he Was removed to Charing-cross
Hospital, where, on his admission, amputation of the arm
was obliged to be performed.
SHEERNESS, SBPT. 27.—An accident, which had
well nigh terminated in the destruction of all concerned, oc-
eurred in the dockyard yesterday afternoon. A party of
sllipwrights and labourers, to the ntunber of from twenty to
twenty-five, employed on the Fury steam-frigate now build-
ing by task and job work, were about laying down a "shelf-
piece," a large plank of English oak of nearly wton in weight,
which they had conveyed to a stage erected for planking the
topsides of the vessel, when one of the wooden supporters of
the stage gave way, and the planks of which it was composed
snapped like a reed and precipitated eight or ten of the fore-
most men, very fortunately not to the bottom of the slip, but
to a stage about fifteen feet below, on which another party
were employed planking the vessel. Had they fallen to the
bottom of the slip, all must have been killed. Another for-
tunate incident in the catastrophe was, that the stage which
gave way was above the wall shores which support the vessel
on her keel, and thus the immense shelf-piece and the greater
number of the planks which gave way slid harmlessly away
. from those employed under. As it happened, however, it was
Serious enough ; for, although there have' been no broken
bones, ten men have received several severe wounds and
bruises, which it is feared will incapacitate them from work
11,r some time. Of the men employed under, only one re-
'ceived atry--Consideraisle injury, the rest having escaped by
running away when hearing the supporter giving way.
PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SEPT. 22.—An
immense number of communications on the disease of the
potato were announced at this sitting. Amongst them was
one in which the name of M. Clerget, the inventor of a new
process for making potato flour, was particularly mentioned.
Nearly all the papers concur in declaring that the disease
with which the potato is affected is not poisonous. M. Cler-
get has at this moment before the Academy some specimens
cf his production, and we think we shall render a service to
the public in stating the object of his invention ; for if the
potato crop has been a failure this year in some parts of
ynrspe, there are others in which it is rich both in quality
and quantity, and it is desirable to show to what important
uses this vegetable may be applied. Everybody knows that
large quantities of starch flour are made in France from the
potato, and that it is much used in domestic economy; but
this flouri is unfit for panification, and by the peculiar pro-
cess that it undergoes, the taste is far from agreeable. The
float- made by M. Clerget contains not merely the starch, but
also the fibre of the potato, with its bran ; it is free from un-
pleasant taste; it will keep for several years where the best
wheaten flour would decay or materially deteriorate, and
made into bread or biscuit it is light of digestion, and exceed-
ingly nutritious; mixed in the proportion of one part potato
flour to one part of wheaten flour, the bread is better than if
made from the flour of wheat exclusively, and is about 30
per cent. cheaper. The flour obtained by M. Clerget from
the potato is equal to nearly one-third of the entire mass,
namely, 20 per cent. of the starch principle, and 10 per cent.
of the bran and fibre. His process is a scientific application
of the old woman's process of mixing potatoes in the making
of bread. This is well known. The potatoes are first boiled,
then dried before a tire, and rubbed up with the wheat flour.
M. Clerget produces the same result in the form of flour,
omitting all the extraneous and useless portions of the vege-
table, and providing for commerce on a large and improved
scale a means of subsistence as cheap as it is wholesome.—
M. ihot made another communication on the polarisation of
light, but it adds nothing material to what has already been
stated on this subject.—M. Geoffroy read to the Academy
tl:e instructions prepared by a Committee for the scientific
voyage to Bresil and Mexico of M. Felix d'Arcet. They are
very comprehensive, for they comprise all the various ques-
tions of geology, zoology, medicine, agriculture, and che-
nistry.

A FIGHT AT A UILIAPEL.—A regular row occurred
on Sunday morning last at the Primitive Methodist Chapel,
Dawgreen, Dewsbury, in consequenbe of one of the mort-
gagees (who is also one of the trustees) having sold his mod-
g sp. to another sect (it is said the Baptists), and engaged
to give rossession to their preacher on Sunday morning last.
This havieg got to the ears of the other trustees and Sun-
day.-school teachers, they secured the keys of the chapel, and
on the arrival of the minister and some friends an attempt
wail made to obtain them by force, which was the cause of a
general row. It is said as many as seven battles were going
on at once out of doors, besides the tumbling over forms, &c.
in the schopl, the children running screaming home, and the
teachers eventually ejecting the intruders. The chapel was
not opened for service until the afternoon, when all went
quietly on 9-3 usual, and the concern is now put into the
hands of the lawyers.—Halifax Guardian.
NOVEL EXPERIMENT WITS! MONSTER FIRE BAL-
LooNs.—Three monster fire-balkons were let off from dif-
ferent parts of the metropolis by Henry Wells, Esq., editor of
the iLrosiatie Magazine. By means of an ingenious con-
trivance three thousand bills were distributed from them in
various lots, which passed through the atmosphere in a most
amuzing and Extraordinary manner, resembling as closely as
pos•Pole the descent of an immense flock of birds. Mr.
Wells tested successfully an invention of his for the purpose
of extinguishing the fire when the balloon ig in the air, so as
to prevent dangerous consequences at the descent. The bal-
loons were constructed of ornamented silver paper thirty
six feet in circumference.
TiiE Moons.—Grcuse-shooting continues good.
Sir IL INlreux, Mr. Arabin, Mr. Pole, Mr. Broadhurst, and
Mr. Majositunks, have had first-rate sport at Dundriggan,
baying barged I,IGO brace, including black game anlltar-
migin, besides six red deer. R. Creyke,
Vaughan, Esq., at Corelmony, have bagged ung..w and E.
brace of grouse, four roe, deer, and two stags; La.rdliPopoha6T,
E'q., and two friends at Dalmigavie, have terminated a
g scazon, having killed 800 brace of grouse. Last week, Sir St.
George Gore, Bart., bagged to his own gun, at Achnadar
rock, 317 head, including grouse, black game, hare, and.
snipe.—lnverness Courier.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 26.—The August
shipeare arriving together in London, and as the cargoes
they bring are large, the trade there are holding off, expect •
log seine reaction in prices when these are ready for the
znarket ; this cause has also made us qdiet here this week,
and the transactions have not exceeded 500 hhds., but at
ftdly former prices ; we have very little more direct supply
to expect here this season, and consequently importers show
much firmness. Refined goods are rather dull, and pur-
chases could possibly be made on easier terms than was
practicable lad week.—Bristol arecule.

-.t\ THE CORN-TRADE.
(From the Mark lane Express.)
By the official account just published, it appears that
the stocks of Grain, Flour, and Pulse under lock in the
United Kingdom were as follow, on the sth instant :
Wheat 444,4081 aAg lust which Wheat ......330,893
59 Earley
Oats ...... 89,712147 there were on L thesth fS
eY- Oats
Rve 2,546
Rye — ternber, 1844
Leans 48,073 Lean5......... 4,810
Peas
Peas
The difference in the quantity of wheat on hand is not
very great ; but it must be borne in mind, that at this
period last year, one of the most abundant crops gathered
for years had just been secured, whereas at present a
proportion of the harvest is still abroad. and that part
saved is of decidedly inferior quality, besides being defi-
cient in quantity to the acre. What might then have
been considered a good stock cannot now be regarded
as such, and unless the reports of the indifference of the
yield are greatly exaggerated, and the failure in the potato
crop proves much less extensive than it is represented to
be, ive shall unquestionably require an extensive impor-
tation from abroad. It therefore becomes a matter of
interest to ascertain whence assistance, in case we should
require it, is to he had. Over a large portion of conti-
nental Europe the result of the harvest has been wore
ihau:picious than in Great Britain, and stacks of
old wheat having previously been reduced into a very
narrow compass, it would nut be an easy matter to
si cure important supilies without paying high prices.
Dantzic is nearly the only place in the 13.. !tie where any
great quantity of wheat is held, and there tlse total
amount falls materially short of 500,000 quarters. At
Rostock, Stettir, and most of the other Loner Baltic
parts, the old wheat seems to have been completely ex-
hausted; and there will hardly be time before the setting
in of winter for supplies of moment of the new crop to
be brought forward. Holland and Belgium have for
some time been drawing supplies from the Baltic, to
say nothing of the shipments of bonded wheat from Eng-
land to those counpies. It appears, therefore, that a-
) owl what may still reach us from the Canadas and the
United States of America, and a moderate quantity from
Dantzic, no material assistance can be expected from
foreign countries until the spring of next year. Under
these circumstance's it is not to be wondered at that
holders of parcels in bond here should have raised their
pretensions, more particularly as a fall in the duty may,
after the important advance which has recently taken
place in prices of English, be reckoned on with some
deer, e of certainty.
The reports which have reached us since our last, re-
specting the progress made with the harvest in the
north, are not of a character to allay the excitement
previously felt on the subject. The heavy rain which
fell up to the 21st instant was succeeded by dry, but
unusually cold weather. Sharp frosts were experienced
on the nights of the 22d and 23d instant, arid though
the temperature has since risen, the shift of wind to the
southward threatens a return of wet. The interval of
dry weather has hitherto been of too short duration to
admit of much corn being carried, and the extreme cold
has prevented that not before ripe making much pro-
gress towards maturity. It is, therefore, feared (and
not without reason) that the more backward parts of the
kingdom may fare even worse than the south; and as
the reports of the yield from the forward districts do not
by any means improve as thrashing is proceeded with, the
estimates of the results of the harvest become daily more
discouraging. These considerations have had their
effect on the minds of sellers as well as buyers, and,
with a greater inclination to purchase, less disposition
his been manifested .to sell. The upward movement.
his, consequently, continued, and at some of the princi-
pal markets materially enhanced terms have beau paid
for wheat.
At Liverpool, on Tuesday, a great deal of excitement
prevailed, and important bargains were closed at very
high terms. Not only was free wheat quoted 6d. to 9d.,
and bonded 6d. to Is. per 701 b. higher than on that day
.week, but all other articles rose in nearly the same pro-
portion. Flour of British manufacture rose 4s. per sack,
and foreign 2s. per barrel, whilst eats, barley, beans, and
peas, as well as oatmeal, met a ready sale at advanced
terms. Later in the week holders raised their preten-
sions still further, and good qualities of wheat, whether
free or in bond, were on Friday held 2d. per 701 b above
Tuesday's rates.

The advises from Hull of Tuesday, though not so
lively as those from Liverpool, are, nevertheless, of a
decidedly firm character, and the business done there in
wheat was at prices 2s. to 3s. per quarter above those
current on that day se'nnight. A similar enhancement
was also paid at Leeds on Tuesday, with rather a lively
inquiry for the article. At Wakefield, on Friday, the
business done was not very extensive; the advance of 2s.
to 3s. per quarter demanded, being paid with reluctance.
The reports from the western and north-western
parts of the kingdom are of a very firm tone. At Bris-
tol, on Thursday, old wheat was quoted 45., and new 2s.
per quarter higher than on that day week, and both
sorts were in fair request. The Birmingham market, on
the same day, was well supplied with wheat • notwith-
standing which, prices 3s. to 4s. per quarter above those
of that day se'nnight were realised.
In the agricultural districts the advance has been
quite as great as at the chief consuming towns, and at
the principal shipping ports on the east coast a good deal
of business has been done at rates from 2s. to 4s. per
quarter above those previously current.
A week or two must elapse before these high sales
can come into the returns, and it is probable that the
duty may advance a step before it begins to recede; ulti-
mately a much lower duty may, however, be expected.
By our Scotch advises we learn that harvest opera-
tions, which had been interrupted by the heavy rain that
fell between the 16th and 22d, had again been actively

resumed ; it will nevertheless, require some weeks of
dry weather to get in what is still abroad. The lively
reports from the south had caused sellers of wheat to
demand materially enhanced terms. At Edinburgh, on
Wednesday, the article rose about 3s. per quarter, and at
Glasgow the rise amounted to 2s. 6d. per boll, being
equal to ss. per quarter. Much anxiety was felt there
to ascertain in how far the potato crop had been injured
by the disease so prevalent in England, but as nothing
very positive is stated on the subject, we are inclined
to think that the mischief is not great in that part of the
kingdom.
From Ireland the complaints in regard to this matter
are, however, becoming general ; even along the
west coast, where the crop was previously stated
to have escaped injury, the root has, it is stated,
been discovered to have been attacked. In the
southern parts of the island the bulk of the grain
had, we are informed, been got in, and even in the north
the fields were fast being cleared. On the whole, we are
disposed to think that the harvest will turn out better in
Ireland than on this side of the Channel. The rise in
the English markets had had the effect of causing an ad-
vance in the value of both wheat and oats.

The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been
rather liberal, 8,401 quarters having been reported up to
this (Saturday) evening. Of this quantity a large portion
is from Lincolnshire, being the first receipts thence of
the new crop. We have seen samples of several of the
cargoes, and find the quality very much inferior to that
of last year; the condition is, however, tolerably good,
and a less proportion of old will be necessary in grinding
the Lincolnshire wheat than what will be requisite to
make good flour of that grown in Kent and Essex. The
bulk of the arrival from the first-named county has gone
to the millers direct, and the quantity exhibited at Mark-
lane has ta en comparatively small.
Neither on Wednesday nor Friday was there much
wheat on sale ; and, though the fineness of the weather
had some little influence on the trade, factors remained
extremely firm : so far from making any concession,
they seemed rather disposed to raise their pretensions.
The business actually done was not important, but
buyers had to pay fully Monday's currency for what
they required for immediate use. The transactions in
free foreign wheat have likewise been on a restricted
scale, owing partly to the want of fine qualities, all that
has recently arrived from abroad having been landed
under lock. Superior Dantzic and good heavy qualities
of red hare been taken in small quantities at very high
rates, and other descriptions have not in any instance
been sold cheaper than on Monday. Bonded wheat has
been inquired for; the extravagant prices demanded have,
however, prevented important sales : for moderately
good red, 465. to 475. per quarter have been asked ; and
a cargo of fine Rostock was, we believe, placed at 505.
per quarter ; for Dantzic and other favourite varieties
equally high prices have been demanded.
The enhancement recently established in prices of
flour has been reluctantly paid by the bakers, and the
contracts closed have not been so large this as the pre-
ceding week. Bonded flour has been held very high,
which has checked business.

•
With small arrivals of barley, and an improved de-
mand, prices have steadily moved upwards. The sales
made on Wednesday were on terms which could not
have been obtained in the beginning of the week, and on
Friday the advance amounted to fully ls. per quarter on
Monday's currency. There has not been much barley
in bond off.red of late, and the samples exhibited have
been held at very high rates.
Malt has met with more inquiry during the week,
and has risen ls. per quarter in value.
A few small parcels of English and Scotch oats have
come to hand, the former consisting of new Lincolnshire,
but the Scotch being of last year's growth. We cannot
say much in praise of the new English, the samples
which have hitherto come forward being mostly mixed
with green corns. From Ireland a parcel or two of good
quality have come to hand. Old oats, notwithstanding
the large arrivals of foreign (32,659), have, throughout
the week, met a ready sale at fully previous prices ; and,
unless the supplies are followed by further liberal re-
ceipts, there is little chance of any decline occurring.
The inquiry for beans has rather slackened, and the
article was obtainable on slightly reduced terms at the
close of the week.

Peas were also somewhat difficult of disposal, and cer-
tainly Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper than on Monday.

DREADFUL BOILER ERLOSIONo--FIVE LIVES LOST.
—On Wednesday forenoon last, about eleven o'clock, an ac-
cident of a most awful nature occurred at Batley Carr, near
Dewsbury, whereby five men lost their lives. It appears
that the boiler belonging to the scribbling mill of Messrs.
Day and Newsome was too small for the work which is re-
quired to be done, in consequence of which the safety valve
had been overweighted and cause the explosion. The names
cf the men who have unfortunately lost their Jives are John
Foster, who'had to take care of the engine, John Stead,
Martin Leather, John Clarkson, and Joseph Brook. Foster
has left a wife and one child. The other four men had only
just gone into the boiler-house before the explosion took
place.—Doncaster Gazette.
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sham, and Exmouth (Daw's line), % p. —Ditto (Head's),
14
•p —Eastern Counties, 214—Ditto, New, 7% p.
HUDDERSFIELD, Sim'. 29.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grand Union, 4%—
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 41—Leeds and Liver-
pool, 314 p.—Worcester. Shrewsbury, and Crewe, 41/2.
SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 29.

STOCK Excr4ANcit.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 21
—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 2214—London and Brighton,
7414—South Eastern, No. 2 (New Creation), 131/4—Cale-
donian, 14—Derby and Gainsborougb, 4/. 4s.—East Lincoln-
shire, 61/2—Goole and Doncaster, 61/4—Grimsby and Shef-
field, 2214—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 48—Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, 5/. 18s. 6d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid-
land Junction, 81/4—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby,
63/4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 8/. Is. ad.
HULL, SErr. 29.

STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darren,
and Bolton, 11—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 41—
Axholme, 40s. 6d.—Cambridge and Lincoln, New, 5
Chelmsford and Bury, 2%—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 43/4
Derby and Gainsborough, 59s.—•Direct Northern, 3—East
Coast, VA—Glasgow and Dumfries, VA—Grand Union, 414
—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 17s. 6d.
—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 51A Leicester
and Bedford, 41. 4s. 6d.—Liverpool and Leeds, 3%—London
and Birmingham Extension, 2%—Manchester, Liverpool,
and Great North cf England, 605.--Nottingham, Erewash,
&c., 6%—Nottingham and Boston, 4%—North Staffordshire,
12s.—Norwich Direct, 125.—Rugby and Huntingdon, VA
—South Midland, 71. 153. 9d.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire
Junction, 73/4—Trent Valley Continuation, 314—Welsh Mid-
land, 41. 11s. 6d.—York and Carlisle, 514—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, Si. I s. Bd.

YORK, SErr. 29.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington Junction, New (Brandling), 53—York and North
Midland, Extension, 30--Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming-
ham, and Leicester, 4%—Grand Union, 4th—Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Junction, MlA—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
North Eastern, s—Leicester and Bedford, 41. ls.—London
and York, 6%—London and Manchester (Rem.), 43A—Man-
chester, Buxton, Sze., 91—Newcastle and Berwick, 193/—
North Western,- 614—Welsh Midlands, 436—York and Car-
lisle, 5.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAAL

ADIALGAMATIOIT WITH THE LONDON AND BER— MING-
-
HA:SI CONFIRNED.—The Manchester and Birmingham
Company held a meeting on Monday in the Corn Ex-
- change, Hanging Ditch, Manchester, for the purpose of
• the directors submitting to the shareholders their report,
_ containing the terms upon which it was proposed to amal.
gamate with the London and Birmingham Company.
921 ii The meeting was very numerously attended, and Mr.
9014 Worthington, deputy. chairman, presided.
5 The SECRETARY then read the directors' report, which
2% stated that in pursuance of the fifth resolution of the
half-yearly general meeting of the company, held at
the Corn Exchange, Manchester, on the sth of
September, a deputation was appointed at the follow-
- ing weekly meeting of the directors, with instrue•
Lions to renew negotiations for an amalgama-
_
bon of this company on terms likely to be generally
acceptable to the proprietors. That the deputation,
consisting of J. P. Westhead, Esq., chairman of
the company, William Rawson, Esq., and Thomas
Thompson, E.g. (the earliest opportunity of communi-
cating to theAondon and Birmingham the fact of their
appointment
.having been taken), proceeded to London
Monday,,4be 14th inst., accompanied by the law
clerk and seglietary of the Company ; that the London
and Birminoiata Company named a deputation from
their body, ditt3eiSting of George Carr Glyn, Esq,, the
chairman; Themes Smith, Esq., and Thomas Cooktey,
Esq., to receir and to treat with the deputation from
the Manchestr and Birmingham Company; and that a'
meeting was'Nrranged to take place between the re-
- speetive deputations on Tuesday, the 14th inst., at
twelve o'clock, noon, at the Euston station' ; that, after
a conference of several hours' duration, an arrangement
for an amalgamation of the two Companies was imme-
diately entered into, subject to the ratification of the
Proprietors, upon the following terms :—The present
nominal capital of the Manchester and Birmingham
Company is 2,100,0001., represented by the following
_ shares :
30,000 shares at 40Z each, all paid up,
amounting to
30,000 ditto 101.-41. ditto 120,000
_ 60,000 ditto 101.-2/..ditto 120,000

26 I Making altogether 1,440,000
Remaining to call up on the quarter shares 660,000

The Company are also empowered to capital-
ise their existing debt of

2,100,000

700,000

£2,800,000
It is considemd that the 660,0001. remaining uncalled up
on the quarter shares will be required to complete the
works and undertakings of the Company, as already
sanctioned by Parliament. The Manchester and Bir-
mingham Ceinpany are to accept such dividend for the
current half-year, terminating 31st Jan. next, as the
profits of th&r own Company will afford. From the Ist
February to 31st July, 1846, the London and Birming-
ham Compa cy guarantee a dividend to the Manchester
and Birmingiliam Company after the rate of 8 per cent.
on their paitTs up capital of 1,440,000 ; and from 31st
July, 1846, to Ist February, 1847, a dividend after the
rate of 9 per cent. on the capital of 1,800,0001, or on so
much of it as. shall have then been called up. And on a
like rate of dividend from Ist February to 31st July,
- 1847, on a plu'd-up capital of 2 100,000/., or upon so
much thereoti as shall have then been called. From 31st
54 July, 1847, to the same date in 1848, the Proprietors
- will be entitl, Id to dividends on their capital of 2,100,000/,
- or so much thereof as shall have been cared up equal to
- that at the ti'ane payable in respect of the same amount
_ of stock to the London and Birmingham Company ; and
- from the 31st of July, 1848, the Manchester and
Birminghatit Proprietors will be entitled to the
same rate of dividend as the London and Birming-
- ham Proprietors received on ther entire capital
- of 2,800,000/, such part, if any, of this capital as
may not be then called up being debited with inte-
_
- rest after the Tate of five per cent. per annum. It is in-
- tended to apply, in the next session of Parliament, to
- effect the amalgamation of the two Companies on the
terms agreed upon. The Manchester end Birmingham
- Company are to be at liberty immediately to capitalise
their existing loans of 700,0001. by an immediate issue
of new stock, which will give four new shares of 10/. to
.. the holders of every then existing 401. share, and a new
- share of 101. to every holder of the then existing
quarter-shares ; but beyond the payment of a deposit, it
-53( is not intended to call up the capital represented by these
3% new shares until, under the terms of the above arrange-
- - ment, it will become entitled to a participation in the
full amount of ,dividend payable to the London and Bir-
__
- mingham proprietors, viz., from the 31st of July, 1848,
- to the Ist of February, 1849. It is proposed, therefore,
to make arrangements to issue to the proprietors
- who may be registered as such, in the books of the
- Company, on the Ist of November next, 75,000 new
Othat is, of every holder in the line
of Birmingham
- 101. shares, wlaich will be distributed in the propor-
tionsneeedr 1201. Manchester and
101. shares, and so on in the like proper.s toe threek, a
four
above-named
jou vr
n-
s
o
tien for the hol iers of quarter shares. The two Companies
- are to participate pro rain in all future issues of stock,
- which may be required in any joint undertaking for
4% which Acts of Parliament have to be obtained. Your
2% Directors coralially agree with the deputation in sub-
- witting their arrangements for the approval of the pro-
-
prietors."
Mr. THOMPSON then came forward and read the reso-
_
- lution, which was to the effect that the meeting should
- confirm the terms of amalgamation proposed, and should
give the Directors power to carry them out. In pro-
- posing the resolution, he entered into a long and de-
- tailed explanation of the report, with the view, as he
- said, of enabling the proprietors to understand
- thoroughly what the plain and precise nature of those
- terms were. He congratulated the shareholders upon
having come to this arrangement, but he bad no doubt
but their line would, in a few years, reach the maximum
- value to which law had limited railway property-
- namely, 10 per cent., and therefore, in their negotia-
tion with the London and Birmingham Company, they
had taken care to come to no arrangement in which that
- fact was not kept in view, and formed the basis cf their
bargain.—(Cheers.) The present meeting had been
called in order to give legal effect to the arrangement,
- but a special meeting would be called in a very short
time for the purpose of finally closing it. In order to
prevent any misunderstanding, he wished it to be dis-
. tinctly understood that the interest which this Company
• would have in the Trent Valley would be included in
▪ this bargain. He mentioned this fact in order that the
shareholders should thoroughly understand their posi-
• tion. The railway mania had now attained to such a
• height, that he understood that there were no fewer
than ten projects on foot for making a more direct road
from Manchester to London.—(Laughter.) The esti-
mated cost of them was 23,000,0001, on which a deposit
had been paid of 2,300,0001, which no doubt would,
be disposed of by lawyers and engineers. However,
he believed that this Company was the only one that
would really make a new line to London by Mac-
clesfield and Lichfield. He then called attention to
the advantages which the Company had offered to the
public within the last three years. Amongst those he
enumerated were, that they had made reductions of from
22 to 28 per cent. in the charges by the first-class car-
riages, and the time occupied in the journey to London
had been also much lessened. He said that in the late
negotiation with the London and Birmingham Company
the deputation had been met in a courteous and in a busi-
ness-like manner, and no diTosition whatever was
evinced either to drive a hard bargain, er to take the
least advantage. In answer to a question from a Share-
holder, he said that this Company would have no parti-
cipation in any stock issued by the London and Birming.
ham Company antecedent to this arrangement, but that
they would participate in all future issues of such. The
capital of this Company was limited to 2,800,0001. What
the capital of the London and Birmingham Compan3
was he could not say, but whatever it was under existing
Acts, this Company would share in all future issues in
proportion to the amount of their respective capitals.
2% Mr. ltawsoie, in seconding the resolution proposed by
Mr. Thompson, spoke at great length on the value of
the shares of this Company. He also expressed his con-
viction that no other Company would be allowed to make
the line by Macclesfield and Lichfield but this, fur it
would be ridiculous to have three lines all t sinning pa-
rallel to each other 'in the same direction. He would
wish to disabuse the public mind of the impression that
the London and Birmingham Company had too much to
do. He would rather see a train start every ten minutes
than as at present ; it could be easily done if they had a
little more station-room. He concluded by denouncing
the many chimerical schemes that were now in the mar-
ket, and said he would never take shares in one of them.
The resolution was then put, and unanimously
adoeted ,• after which
The CHAIRMAN read a letter. from Mr. Westhead,
tenderipg his resignation as Chairuntu of the, beard, but
the meeting resolved to send a deputation to request that
he would retain the President's chair, and keep it per-
manently.

A vote of thanks was then passed to the deputation,
and also a special vote to the saute effect to Mr. Rawson
individually, for the manner in which he had effected
the negotiation.

its being chosen for such purpose, it would then become,
from a small town, a large and flourishing sea-
port. The Commissioners for inquiring into harbours, ex-
pressly state that it would be, had it good communication
with the interior, the best port for landing and shipping the
West India mails. They say that its waters are perfectly
safe and tranquil in the most tempestuous weather, so that
the mails could at all times be put on board, or landed, and coals
be taken in. It is riot our object to otablish a comparison be-
tween Falmouth and Dartmouth t bulitiastifficient to state that
Dartmout h has merits of its own, which Make gooditsclaim tog
large traffic. The Dartmouth and Exeter line gives the
necessary connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Railway
at Exe:er, and so with Bristol, Gloucester, Biritingham,
Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and the north; white the
Yeovil lines, or other direct lirtes. will give the main thing
—a , short communication with the metropolis: Brixham is
another important point which is accommodated by this line.
Brixham is the port of Torbay anchorage, and has shipping
belonging to it of 20,000 tons, besides fishingl craft. Brix-
ham employs 1,500 seamen, and the merchants are very tle-
sirous of having railway-accommodation. Torquay, an ad-
mired watering-place, is now a steam-boat station to the.
Channel Isles ;,ttnd there are also the towns and stations of
Paignton, newton, Chudleigh, and Moretonhampstead.—
Exeter Paper.

DEATH OF JUDGE STORY.
This eminent man is no more. `I He died on Wednes-
day evening at his residence in Cambridge at a quarter
before nine o'clock. His pulse had teased to beat and
his hands were cold before eight o'clock. His dis-
ease was stoppage of the intestines, or internal strangu-
lation, which two years ago caused the death of Hugh
St Legarti, Attorney General of the United States, then
Oil a visit to Boston.

Joseph Story was born in 1780. He graduated at
Harvard University in 1798. He was appointed Asso-
ciate Justice of the United States, by President Madison,
in 1811. In addition to the duties of Judge of the Su-
preme Court he devoted much of his time to the Cam-
bridge Law School as Daue Professor of Law in Har-
vard University. His commanding talents as a lawyer,
and the peculiar felicity with which he imparted to
others the rich stores of his own mind, gave Harvard
Law School a pre-eminence over all other similar insti-
tutions.

It is a painful coincidence that the principals of our
two great law institutions, Harvard and Yale, should
have passed from the scenes of their labours to the world
of spirits with but a few days intervening between their
deaths.

The fame of Story was not confined to our country.
He bud a deservedly high European reputation. His
name reflected honour on the high post of honour which
he held. Jay, Ellsworth, Marshall, Story and others have
given character to the Court and made it what the framers
of the constitution intended it to be, the crowing glory
of a free and law abiding people. Few of the great
men who have given lustre to tin? Supreme Court have
done so much for the clear exposition of its laws. Mar-
shall and Story rank side by side in this respect. Cool
judgment, great learning, firmness of character, strict
integrity, a clear head and pure heart, rendered him
eminently fit for that place, now vacant, and which we
fear cannot be filled. A substitute we may and will
have—his equal we cannot expect to find. The lofd-
ne:,s of his intellect, the purity of his gentle spirit—
the magic spell with which his cony-rsation charmed
his hearers, made him the idol of every circle in which
he moved.

But this is neither the time nor place to write his his
tory or his eulogy. While we bow with submission to
the overruling will of Providence, we may be permitted
to mourn the misfortunes of our country in the loss of
her brightest jewels—Thompson, Baldwin, Story. taken
from a single department of our Government in so short
a time. Truly we are fallen] upon gloomy days when
star after star fades from our horizon, leaving us in com-
parative darkness to mourn their setting, ulas ! never
again to rise in that sky where their light is so much
needed.—lV eta York Tribune.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN NORTH AUDLEY-STREET.
—On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Bed-
ford, in the Board-room of St. George's Hospital, respecting
the death of John Gill, aged sixty-seven years, a glazier. It
appeared in evidence that, on Wednesday afternoon last, the
deceased and several men were employed in repairing a
house in North Audley-row, North Andley-street. They
fixed some ropes round a piece of lead weighing about a
hundred weight, for the purpo-e of raising it to the roof, and
when it was about twenty-five feet from the ground the rope
suddenly snapped asunder, and the lead fell upon the de-
cealed. He was removed to the above hospital, wherein he
died shortly after his admission from the effects of severe in-
jury to the brain, fracture of several ribs, and other injuries.
Verdict—" Accidental death."
EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE' OF CRANBERRIES.—
Mr. Richard Cleminson, maltster, Millom, is the owner of
a certain field of rough land containing about eleven acres,
which formed a part of Millom Marsh previously to its in
closure. From this field he has taken the astonishing quan-
tity of six bushels of very superior cranberries, and it is
estimated that there are four bushels that yet remain to be
gathered. Taking the value of the article at the moderate
rate of Is. per quart, it is pretty evident that Mr. Cleminson
will realise a greater profit by his crop of cranberries than
if he had used the inclosure for pasturage. The field,
previously to the berries being plucked, presented a very
pleasing appearance to a distant spectator, as it seems to
be covered with a cloth of the most vivid crimson,—Lan-
caster Guardian.
A JEREMY DIDDLER CAUGHT.—Mr. Edlin, of the
Bull Inn, Trumpington-street, was visited on Saturday
morning last, by a plain matter-of-fact looking German, who
sported a black wig, and claimed intimate acquaintance with
several of the resident fellows of the university; he stated
he was " came up" to attend lectures. Upon the faith of
these representations Mr. Ellin supplied him with the best
his house afforded, and on his application for a loose box, to
hold a horse he expected by the rail, actually lent him a
sovereign till he could get a remittance from his bankers,
Messrs. Roberts and Curtis, to whom he wrote, giving Mr.
Edlin the letter to post. On obtaining the money he ab-
sented himself from the house all night, which aroused the
suspicion of Mr. Edlin, who watch d him on his return in the
morning, and finding him packing up his not very extensive
wardrobe, gave him into the custody of a police-constable,
who brought him before the borough magistrates on Thurs-
day last. The 'gentleman, who exhibited a deal of cunning
in his cross-examination of Mr. Edlin, and repeatedly begged
he might have a private interview with the magistrates, was,
to his utter astonishment, remanded till Tuesday on a
charge of obtaining a sovereign from Mr. Edlin on false
pretences. After an attempt to conceal his name, he ad-
mitted it to be Julius Rees, and that the letter to Roberts
and Curtis for a remittance was altogether a ruse. Mr.
Edlin's bill for eatables, &c., was somewhat over 41.—Cam-
bridge Chronicle.
BANKING HOURS.—At a meeting of the Bank
managers, held oa Thursday, it was resolved that public
business in all the banks should, after the last week, close on
Saturday at twelve o'clock. This step is taken in conse-
quence of the passing of the Act of last session of Parliament
regulating the issues of the banks. The returns of notes in
circulation are to be made up on Saturdays after the close of
business, and to do this correctly exchanges of notes will, in
the first place, require to be made. The change of hour will
be no boon to bankers, who will be kept much later at work
than formerly.—Glasgow paper.
SHEEP SALES IN SUSSEX.—The sale of the Stone-
ham flock, consisting of 370 ewes, 240 lambs, and 23 rams,
took place on Thursday, when, in spite of the inclement
weather, not less than 300 persons were present, including the
Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Sheffield, Mr. Bryant (of New-
market), Mr. Jonas Webb (of Babraham), besides represen-
tatives of the Marquis of Bristol and the Duke of Manchester.
The entire company having, by invitation of Mr. S. Gran-
tham, partaken of a substantial collation, the sale com-
menced. The price of the one-year ewes ranged from
655. 6d. to 78s. ; the two-years from 48s. to about
765., the best pen of all fetching Si. 155.; the three-
years ranged from 50s. to 1008., the prime pen reaching
71. 15s. a head; and the full mouthed, from 3/. 15s. to
61. 15s. The general run of ewe lambs was from 30s. to 355.,
the prime 40s. eaob. For rams the prices were not so high
as expected—from 24 to 46 guineas. Rain lambs were sold
at from seven to ten guineas, but a few realised as much as
13 or 14 guineas. Altogether, the flock realised to Mr.
Grantham 1,1911. 19s.—On Saturday Mr. J. Ellman's annual
sale and letting took place at Glynde, when 300 ewes were
disposed of at an exact average of .555. each. The one-year-
old ewes ranged generally from 48s. to 515., one or two lots
reaching as high as 545. and 575. ; of the two and three year
old sheep there were only three lots, which were sold at 425.,
435., and 445.; the aged excited a spirited competition, three
lots fetching 725., 765., and 78s. a• head, while the prime pen
of all was purchased by Mr. Jonas Webb, at five guineas
each. A Live-years-old rain was knocked down to the Earl
of Chichester at 25 guineas, and a three-years-old fetched
the same sum. Another three-years-old was knocked down
to Mr. Rigden, while a two-years-old fetched 18 guineas.
We hear that several lots were purchased by a gentleman
from Scotland.—Brighton Gazette.
DEATH OF THE REV. MR. WILLIAMS.—EXTRA-
ORDINARY VERDICT.—On Saturday an inquest was held on
the body of the Rev. H. P. Williams, by Thomas Gamble,
Esq., county coroner, and a respectable jury, to inquire into
the cause of the demise of the above-named gentleman. It
appeared in evidence that, in 1831, the deceased resided in
county Cavan, and was a magistrate there; that he received
threatening notices; and that he was ultimately shot at.
The jury agreed to the following finding, on the evidence of
Mrs. Williams, Dr. Williams, Dr. Makey, and Dr. Waters :
" We find that the Rev. Henry Frederick Williams died on
the 12th of September, 1845, at Tramore, from the effects
of a gun-shot wound inflicted on him on the 22d of July,
1834, near the village of Virginia, in the county of Cavan,
by some person or persons to us unknown, and from which
he had been constantly suffering." That is—Mr. Williams
had lived eleven years and two months after receiving the
wound.—Waterford Chronicle.

THE STOCK 1441/CHANGE AND THE " STAGS."—.The
Stock Exchange people have found it necessary to order a
railing to be erected at the end of Capel-court, to prevent
the intrusion of the "outsiders"—.persons who deal in scrip
and allotment letters, but who are not admitted among the
regular brokers. These gentlemen carry on their dealings in
the open air, principally in Bartholomew-lane, but if the
weather happens to be inclement they rush up Capel-court,
and create such.an obstruction that the brokers are unable
to obtain admission. There has been a large increase in the
.number of unauthorised dealers during the last few weeks,
a,,d judging from the huge packets ot scrip and letters which
are hawked about, business must be extremely brisk. It is
a curious fact, that persons who have been for years wan-
dering about London in a state of almost utter destitution
have been metamorphosed into sharebrokers, and appear in
" the Lane" amongst their brother dealers in attire which
would reflect credit on the skill of a West end Schneider.
STATE OF TRADE.—WhiIe work continues abun-
dant in many departments of our local trade, in the harness
shawl line' there has been a considerable reduction in the
number of hands employed within the last ten or fourteen
days. The manufacturers in this department seem quite re-
solved to keep their stocks down to fie demand, although
there is still a good deal doii“ in the finer descriptions of
goods. In striped shawls of various fabrics, and In a great
variety of tartan fabrics, there is a strong trade doing, but
the complaint of low prices is general both with manufac-
facturers and workmen. With present rates the one class
are unable to sustiiu loss, or any reduction in prices from
the present low rates; and the workmen have to toil hard
for but women or children's wages, which afford them but a
bare subsistence.—Glasgow Saturday Post.
A letter from Chateauneuf de-Mazenc (Drome)
states that, on the night of the 21st inst., a dreadful storm of
hail, rain, and lightning, burst over the neighbouring coun-
try, and did considerable damage. Several of the smaller
streams became swollen from the immense fall of rain, and
carried away their bridges. The beadle of the church of
I3atie-Rolland was killed by the electric fluid, when ringing
the bells in contravention of rile regulati,n, which forbid
such an act. Other persons are also said to have bat their
lives, but nothing certain was known when the letter was
written.