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ther in the matter, or to attribute improper conduct to any
parties."
(Signed) G. BENTINCK.
EXETER.

The subject, we understand, was brought before the Club
by one of the Stewardq, at the request of a gentleman whose
conduct had been impugned, and, as his betting-book
proved, without the slightest possible foundation.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NE W MARKET—TUESDAY NIGHT.

ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.

Handicap Plate of 501. for three-yr-olds and upwards, A.F.
—Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; Little Hampton, 4 yrs,
Bst ; Welbeck, 4 yrs, 7st 101 ; I-am• not-aware, aged, 7st
101 b ; Alamode, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Duc-an-Durras, 3 yrs, 7st
71b ; Sister to John o' Gaunt, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ; Alice (h b),
4 yrs, 7st 31b ; Pergularia, 4 yrs, 7st ; Longitude, 3 yrs, Est
91b ;
Kesheng, 3 yrs, Est 91b ; Leopard, 3 yrs, Est 91b •, Little
John, 4 yrs, Est 71b-; Master Stepney, 3 yrs, Est 71b ; Colleen
Bawn, 3 yrs, Est 71b; Scarlet Runner, 3 yrs, sst 71b; Jet,
3 yrs, sst 71b.
Subscription Plate of 50/., for two and three-yr olds. T.Y.C. :
—Energy, 3 yrs ; Master Stepney, 3 yrs • Nell Cook, 2 yrs ;
Miss Love, 2 yrs; Miranda, 2 yrs; Blackbird, 2 yrs; Ter-
rier, 2 yrs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sows. each ; the winner to be sold for
150 sous:—My Old Back, aged; Khorassan, 5 yrs; Doctor
Hill, 4 y-rs ; Devil to Pay, 4yrs ; Skeleton, 4 yrs ; Alamode,
4 yrs ; The Attorney, 3 yrs ; Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs ; Colleen
Bawn, 3 yrs.
Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes.—Polka, Bst blb ; Free
Lance, 9st 31b ; Fugitive, Bst llb GI een Pea, Bst ; Chamois,
Bst ; Tugnet, Bst ; Dexterous, 7st 121 b ; Curiosity, ist 101 b ;
Benevolence, 7st 91b ; Tell, 7st 91b ; Regalia, 7st 91b ; Col-
lingwood, 7st 91b ; Morocco, 7st 81b ; Mecca colt, 7st Gib ;
Cerberus, 7st 21b ; Guzman, 7st 21b ; Sister to Fickle Vs
Rose, 7st. . .

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—The new sliding scale bids fair to enjoy a. short though
by no means a glorioos existence. For three brief years it has suf.
fered the singular infelicity of not answering either of the purposes
for which it was devised : it has neither procured a good price for the
farmer, nor a sufficient supply in the hour of need. The fourth year
hss come, and, with it, the emergency which was to test the virtues
of the scale. Now is the promised day which was to unite those
much desired contraries, dearness and abundance—to bring up wheat
to 70s. a quarter, and to pour millions of quarters through the Cus-
tom-house. But behold, instead of the regular operation of the
sliding scale, a coup d'etal ; instead of a long foreseen emergency, a
sudden surprise—instead of a splendid proof of Ministerial sagacity, a
- sudden disclosure of the most inexcusable folly. The wheat crop is
by- this time ascertained to be indifferent in the quality, and short in
the yield. So it is generally throughout Europe, in some
countries even worse than in England. The accumulations of the
corn-growing districts have been reckoned up with t lerable cer-
tainty, and found wanting. The Continental prices aro at this
moment rivalling the English prices. The potato panic, which
has so mysteriously risen and fallen, is much too universal
not to be well founded. If there has not been a serious
failure. never was there so wide-spread and so audacious a conspiracy
to terrify the world. The result is a commercial phenomenon almost
unparalleled. At this moment it is impossible to say in what direc-
tion the currents of human food will run for the ensuing twelvemonth
—whether from Ireland to England, or England to Ireland ; whether
from Odessa. to England or to Belgium ; whether from England to
Belgium or vice versa. Where there are so many calls, the pos-
sessors are beginning to discover the value of their store. From one
end of the continent to another the fortunate holders are beginning
to hoard corn either for wealth or for subsistence. There is a
rising cry to open the ports or even to prohibit exportation.
In Ireland the calamity seems imminent. Sensible people are counting
the months. Next January say some, next April say others, dire
scarcity will begin her reign. The cry has at last reached Down-
ing-street, and to-morrow, it is said, there is to be a Cabinet Council
to discuss the famine question. It is then to be settled whether the
ports are to be opened by an order In Council, or whether, as some
think necessary, by a special session held for the purpose. Such is
the early catastrophe of the sliding-scale. It is impossible not to
wish an end to this ill-fated contrivance by any means whatever.
We are convinced that its existence so far will be found to have seri-
ously aggravated the difficulties of the next few years. England,
and indeed all the civilised world, has just embarked in a vast aggre-
gate of enterprise beyond all former precedent, and beyond all mo-
derate computation of our powers and resources: Works have been
undertaken, and wealthy companies have been pledged to their ac-
complishment, which will require the labour of millions, all to be
supported out of the existing store. At any price, labour, iron, stone,
wood, food, and other raw material must be procured, for the works
once begun, it is ruinous to stop for the smallest breathing time. The
pressure on existing capital bids fair to be greater than at any former
era of our eventful history. So great a human effort, one so
far beyond the probable powers of man, demands every possible
alleviation and assistance. For our own part, we do not hesitate to
express our conviction that the undertakings to which 'England is
now irrecoverably pledged, not to speak of those which are further
meditated, almost require another whole harvest, another whole
year's supply of the necessaries of civilised life. Putting the future
out of the question, we laid ourselves under the necessity of procur-
ing by any honest means an immediate supply. Whatever course is
adopted at to-morrow's Council, it is, we believe, certain that the
ports will be opened by same authority, and for some time. The
authority is a constitutional question ; the time is one for common
sense and common feeling to decide. To open the ports and then to
shut them, to lay on duties and then withdraw them by a special Act
of the Legislature—by an effort of the whole nation represented in
Parliament—seems so impossible a folly, that it is scarcely worth
while to discuss its propriety. The sliding scale was to discharge this
delicate office. That elaborate piece of legislation, that wheel within
wheel, has failed. Will a succession of special Acts be a less cumbrous
affair? Will a living sliding scale— not so much Parliament as an actual
convention of the nation assembled for this purpose—be a more na-
tural and praCticable plan ? It is impossible to suppose—that Parlia-
ment would meet and prorogue with the intention of holding another
extraordinary session in order to watch the progress of the scale—
that the Legislature will stand, like Justice in the Westminster Hall
cartoons, everlastingly poising the scale—everlastingly re-adjusting
the fulcrum, weighting the beam. Such is the happy and honourable
conclusion of the Premier's master policy. The nation is forced at
last, on its very knees, to do what even fouryears back it might have
done as au act of justice and humanity. Famine now extorts from
our grasp what might have been even regarded as a willing boon to
universal man. So far Sir Robert Peel has degraded us to the reign
of slavish fear and brute necessity. Once we might have declared a
free trade in corn, now we must. The only consolation is that per-
haps the work will be more effectual, though less prudent. Four
3-ears since it might have been a fixed duty, now it is total repeal.
That is all the landowners now gain by their devout subjection to Sir
Robert ['eel.
POST.—The mercantile newspapers seem to be exceedingly pleased
at what they now consider the certain doom of the corn-laws. They
rejoice in what they are pleased to term the clear and intelligible in-
dications of the public mind that these laws must be abandoned.
The evidence to which they appeal consists of speeches which have
been made, or letters which have been written, by Captain Row,
Mr. Escott, and Lord Ashley. We own that we should not ourselves
have chosen these persons as the most adequate expounders of the
public mind. Nor do we think the mercantile newspapers would
have done this honour, had they not made up their opinion before-
hand that anything which gave hope of tire repeal of the corn-laws,
must be in accordance with the public mind, and must be clear, and
must be intelligible. The case of that l.igh authority the Hon.
Captain Rouse is rather peculiar. He is a much misunderstood
gentleman. Some after-dinner reportersanimated with the zeal of a
corn-law repealer, and probably with something else, told the
world through some newspaper that the Hon. Captain had made a
flaming anti-corn-law speech. This was copied into all the other
newspapers, and the weight of the Captain's political reputation was
added to the repeal cause. At the end of a tortnight, or so, it was
discovered by this M.P. for the metropolitan city of the empire that
the newspapers had made a corn-law repealer of him. He wrote to
say that he was no such thing—that he had said nothing like what
had been attributed to him, but, on the contrary, had maintained
that restrictions upon the import of foreign corn were wise and neces-
sary, and that the relaxation of the restrictive system so far as re-
garded import of colonial corn from Canada was unwise. To no pur-
pose, however, has the Hon. Captain written. Even the Times will
still have the Captain out in the same rank with Lord Ashley and
Mr. Escott, to vouch against the corn-laws, and to make him (on the
strength of an erroneous and repudiated report) an„expounder of the
clear and intelligible opinion of the public against Legislative protection
of British agriculture. This is the way in which that poor monster, the
public, is pulled about by the ears. Writers of newspapers and Members
of Parliament take equal liberties with that monster. Each drag:.
him his own way, until at last the monster, partly frightened and
partly enraged, kicks up his heels and rushes madly forward, roaring
and bellowing and tossing about whatever he fancies for the moment
to be an obstruction. Such is the folly, such the madness, which
every now and then sways the gravest affairs of national concernment
in countries which are governed by what is called public opinion.
We are told that a repeal of the corn-laws would soothe the general
irritation, and would mifetter commerce from unnatural restrictions.
The commercialists think, of course, there are no human beings to be
cared for but themselves. Little does it matter to them that between
four arid five millions of people in Great Britain—two-thirds of them
able-bodied men—would find the business by which they live injured
everywhere, and in many localities utterly destroyed, by this altera-
tion of the law. This does not concern them. Their sympathies arc
only with busy towns—where there are steam-engines heaving
and straining hr the midst of smoke and noise—where
there arc busy, bustling, speculative men—where there
are smart talkers, and news-rooms, and reading-rooms,
and mechanics' institutes, and a hundred contrivances
to rive wealth and effrontery the advantages which modest merit
seeks in vain. Such communities as these, in which the philosophy
that the weakest roust go to the wall, and ought to go to the wall, is
openly and impudently professed, are those alone which are cared for
by the commercialists and their organs. The scattered ham ets of
the country are nething to them ; and, because moth rig to them, arc
nothing in the estimation of a Minister whom no spark of generous
feeling ever visits—whose mind is the condensation of a compting-
house, and his best eloquence a balance-sheet of opposing items o 4
argument, set forth with the coldness of an arithmetician. The main
question is this—does the business of agriculture in this country re-
quire Legislative protection in order that it may be carried on ?
Would that business be extensively given up if protection was aban-
doned? Would it take another form than it wears at present, and
become a business which would give less employment to the people
than it gives at present? If these questions can be answered in the
negative, the corn-laws are not wanted. If, on the other hand, they
must be answered in the affirmative (which we believe they must be
it answered truly), then the Legislature which abandons protection
deserves to be abandoned by the people, and to suffer destruction at
their hands.
CHRONICLE.—We hear that it is the intention of the Cabinet to
consider the railway question generally, and the proper mode of
dealing with it in Parliament, at one of their earliest meetings
Most people will say that they are not only right in their determi-
nation, but that they ought to have done it long ago. It was
matter of notoriety last session that everybody was doing too much
except her Majesty's Ministers ; that the Speaker was over-worked
—that the Committees on standing orders was over-worked—
that the Committees on Bills were over-worked—but, that the
only paid persons in the State were standing at ease, and doing no-
thing. Mr. Estcourt looked at Sir George Clerk as a day-labourer
surveys his overleoker. The one was continually active, the other
continually idle. The one was unpaid for over-labour, the other was
paid for doing nothing. But this is the least part of the evil. The
truth is, a new pressure has come upon the Legislature, and they
have not tire means of meeting it. Sir Robert Peel praises indus-
trious committee-men, and has already rewarded Mr. Darby
for his septuagint in group XX. But the machine will not work.
Another seed time has come, and when the crop is ready for the
sickle there will not be labourers to reap it. In agricultural affairs
we have the advantage of Irish assistance, but in railways our ju-
dicatures must be Saxon. But whether there are labourers or not,
the thing does not work. Too many Bills must pass in any given
year, whether your system be equal or unequal to the pressure, so
long as the system continues as at present. There is a want of ge-
neral control—a want of some superior committee, or some superior
tribunal, which shall deterniine how many millions may safely be
expended. The individual Committees decide only upon the
Bills, and deal with them, either l'or approval or rejection,
on the merits. They do not take into account financial or
monetary questions. They consider whether the London and York,
or the Caledonian, is a good line, not whether the country can
afford it within the next three years. They are assembled to do
justice between the parties. They have nothing to do with the
state of the exchanges—nothing to do with the proceed-
ings of other Committees—nothing to 'do with the important con-
sideration of the pressure of their decision on the country.
We have laboured in vain, whilst everything was at premium, to
bring this before the public, but to no pnrpose. We have laboured in
vain to bring it before her Majesty's Ministers, but ineffectually. Sir
R. Peel stood aloof, saw forty or fifty millions voted without an
cbservation, and would still, we verily believe, stand aloof another
year, were not the symptoms become alarming, atatthe necessity of
some Ministerial intervention beet-me apparent. He must now,
malgre lui, make himself a real First Lord of the Treasury. To Trim
the country looks for safe pilotage in the monetary convulsion that
may ensue. His reputation is financial, or nothing at all. When
millions and tens of millions are concerned, it becomes a Government
to show itself. But what, it will be asked, ought to have been done,
and what can be done at present? Our own notion is, that her
Majesty's Government last year, in conjunction with the Bank of
England and tine Treasury, should have predetermined in
their own minds how many millions might properly be
voted for railways. Having done so, they should have
adopted some mode of selection, by which those which pressed most,
on the ground of public convenience, should have had precedence. It
would have been difficult, no doubt ; but all useful things are so ; and
Governments are established for the prevention or solution of such
difficulties. It would not, however, have been impossible. A selec-
tion might have been made by the Board of Trade, and would have
met with public support, had the reasons been obviously of a public
character, unconnected with private interests. If the Board of Trade
had taken such a course, instead of attempting what was imprac-
ticable, and therefore done imperfectly, we should have avoided half
the mischief, perhaps half the gambling, certainly a great deal of the
confusion that has occurred. But it could not have been done with
effect without far more energy, and far more determination on the
part of Sir Robert Peel to support his colleagues, than was witnessed
last year. They do not commit such follies in other countries. The
consummate pedantry of such proceedings Is the peculiar glory or
reproach of the British Parliament. But be this as it may,
a committee, or a commission, or the Board of Trade,
or any authorised tribunal should have selected the
lines which required precedency. There might no doubt
be mistakes—there are mistakes, and have been always ; but there
would, at all events, have been all due !ream to avoid them, and
we believe that they would scarcely have occurred. Nothing, hew-
ever, of the kind was done. Everything was in confusion. Let us
now see what must be done next year. For our own parts, we have
nothing to recommend but what may be gathered from the observa-
tions already made. If Government consider that it is safe to spend
any more money in 1846, they should first say how much. They
should then set themselves to some mode of ascertaining what the
lines should be. Now, it is manifest that the lines which have al-
ready made some progress should be the first to receive a decision.
In fact, whatever be the state of the money market, it cannot be bad
enough to justify any further postponement of those parties; but
with regard to others, we would leave the selection to a commis-
.ton. If this is neglected, Parliament must, of course, deal with
Individual Bills as before, and three or four times a greater number
will inevitably pass than is compatible with public safety.

RELATIVE CLC
RA ILWA

PRINCIPAL CITIES Al
SCOTLAND,

NAMES or RAILWAYS.

Aberdeen ...... .......
Airdrie and Coatbridge
Arbroath and Forfar • ...
Ditto Half Shares • . • .
A rinagh, Colr., & Fortrush
Bandon and Bantry .
Belfast and Ballymena ..
Belfast and County Down
Birknhd,Lan.&Ches.Jne.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss.at 714 dis.)

Ditto Half Shares • .
Binninglun &Oxfrd.June.
Blckburri, and Preston..
flick burn, Darwn,& Boltn
Bolton, W feint, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter • ... • •
Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Cale,lon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon. & Duinbar. June
Cale& Wan .•...........
Ditto Extension ....
Oambridge and Lincoln..
Chester and Birkenhead..
Ditto New Shares ....
Ditto Half Shares • ...
Chester and Holylwad
Cheltenham and Oxford..
Chichester and Brighton..
Churnet Valley . • • • .
Clitheroe Junction ......
Clydesdale Junction .....
Cork, lilackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon ...
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford
Cork and Youghal
Canterbury and Dover...
Coventry and Leicester..
Cornwall . • . • • • . • . • •
I and Crewe .......
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth
DirectMan.(Remingtou's)
Direct Northern • •
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Coirne
Dublin and Drogheda....
Dublin and Galway . • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •
Dundee and Perth .• • • • •
Durham. and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2)
Eastern Counties . • •
Do. New ' ..... • • •
Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No. 1
Do. do. N 0.2
East Dereham & Norwich
East Union
Ditto Extension
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dam.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares •
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peehles.•
Edinburgh and Perth....
Ely and Huntingdon • .
Enniskillen and Sligo • • • •
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Fitwood, Prstn, & W. Hid.
Ganiklrk and Glasgow • •
Glasgow and Ayr. • • •• • •

No Derby betting.
NEW MATCHES.

Thursday—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 9st 71b, agst Mr.
G. 11. Moore's Wolfdog, 7st 71b. A.F. 200, h ft.
Friday—Duke of Bedford's Prologue, Bst 71b, agst Mr.
Meiklam's Grimston, Gst 71b. A.F. 100, h ft.
Duke of Bedford's Black Cat, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's
Miss Whip filly, 7st 71b. T.Y.C. 50.
Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst, agst Lord Exeter's Wee
Pet, 7st 101 b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft.
Saturday—Lord Glasgow's Physalis, Bst 51b, agst Mr.
Payne's Sir Francis, Bst. T.Y.C. 100,11 ft.
Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Mecca, Bst 71b, agst
Lord Glasgow's Emilia filly, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100, h ft.
Either horse running in the Nursery Stake allowed 31bs.

THE SAVOY CHURCHYARD.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,— At a time like the present, when the public health seems
to be an object even with the Government, you will not perhaps
consider me a serious intruder upon your time in directing your
attention to one great source, not only of originating, but of exten-
sively propagating, disease. The churchyards in and about Lon-
don are perhaps some of the most prolific sources from which ori-
ginate malaria, and all its direful consequences, and I think I shall
not have much difficulty in enlisting your powerful co-operation
in endeavouring to expose and suppress these nuisances, when I
call your attention to one in your own immediate neighbourhood.
I allude to the Savoy churchyard. At all times there is a most
noxious effluvium from this churchyard, and when (in a heavy
dense state of atmosphere, as at the present time, and as has been
for the last five weeks) a grave is opened,* the stench and emana-
tions are really intolerable, and truly deserving of public reprehen•
sion and denunciation, as most fertile causes of producing and
spreading pestilential disease. A corner for this communication
will much oblige, yours truly,

D. CRONIN, M.D.,
Physician to the Strand Dispensary for Consumption, &c.
14, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, Oct. 27, 1845.

* Several graves have been lately opened within the last month. In
one' day there were in this small churchyard no less than three
open at the same time, the noxious exhalations from which were so
overpowering as to produce on myself faintness, succeeded by violent
retching. I have had to keep the windows battened down for seve-
,id days, during which time I was obliged to burn myrrh, aloes, and
other chlorine pastiles, and failed in overpowering the putrid odour.
Several medical gentlemen who called on me at the Dispensary have
complained of this noxious exhalation.

_ - -
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greenock..
Ditto New.. .........

JOSEPH ADY AGAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Ditto Preference • ..
lasgw, Dmfries, and Car.
I ilsgw, K lima rnck, & Ant
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster • •
Grand Junction .. • .
Ditto Half Shares • • . •
Ditto Quarter Shares .
Ditto New Quarters • •
Ditto Eighths
brand Union .
Great Eastern & Western
tit ( irimsby &Dk Extens.
(it Grimsby and Sheffield
(it Stlirn & Wstrn (hind)
Ditto Extension
Great Munster • • • •
Grt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England

Ste,—The inclosed letter is one of a numerous lot received in
this neighbourhood from the notorious Joseph Ady. If you think
it worth noticing in your Sun daily paper, it may prevent many
of your readers from being victimised.—l am, &c.
Colne, Oct. 26, 1845. T. THORNBER.

"The undersigned is able to inform you of something he believes
considerably to your advantage on receipt of twenty shillings for
his trouble, by post-office order, on Whitechapel or otherwise.
" Respectfully,
" JOSEPH ADY, Acccountant.
" No. 5, York-street, Charlotte-street, a quarter of a mile east of
Whitechapel Church.

" A housekeeper forty years, and personally known to each of
the Aldermen of London.
" October 18th, 1845.

Do. New 401. Shares
Do. New 301. Shares ..
i;reat Western .........
Ditto Half Shares ....

"Voluntary Referee—The Right Honourable Sir Peter Laurie,
Deputy Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House every day before
eleven o'clock, who will seo justice done you, free of expence,
except postage', which you must pay both ways.".:

Ditto Fifths ..........
Gulllt•d, Farehm, & Ports.
Harwich . .•.
tairsflii & Man. R. & Canl
liuddersfield and Sheffield
and Gainsborough • •
(lull and Selby ••...•..
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Inverness and Elgin ....
Isle of Jersey .....
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray ....
Killarney Junctions .....
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Lancaster and Preston ..
Leeds and Bradford ....
Ditto Extension ......
Leeds and Dewsbury.. • .
Leeds and Thir5k........
Leeds & W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford ...
Limerick and Waterford
I,itnrek, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
l.iv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
!,iverpool and Manchester

IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER
THE NEW GAMING ACT.

RIGHT OF STAKEHOLDERS TO RETAIN STAKES.

BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY NIGHT.—A decision of itself unim-
portant as to the amount in dispute, but of the greatest consequence
to the sporting world as regards the question involved, was given
this day by Matthew Davenport Hill, Esq., Q.C., Recorder for the
borough, at the Mayor's Court. The facts of the case are briefly
these :—The plaintiff and defendant are both publicans, residing
in this town. • At the close of the past year a wager was made be-
tween the plaintiff and a man named Barber, to play a game at
"put," the plaintiff staking
ii. 55., and his opponent I/. In con-
sequence of a dispute having znisen in the course of the game, and
Barber affirming that he had won, owing to some mistaken play on
the part of Smith, that party at once threw down his cards and re-
fused to play any further; at the same time denying that he had
lost the game, and asking for his money from Mr. Chattaway, the
defendant, who refuted to give it him, but handed it over
to Battler. The consequence was that Smith sued
Barber for the 11. 55., and the case came on for trial
this day, when Mr. W. Morgan appeared for the plaintiff and Mr.
T. Harding for the defendant. A witness having been called by
the plaintiff's attort.ey, who proved that the money was paid into
the defendant's hands in his capacity of stakeholder while the
game at cards was being played, Mr. T. Harding said he thought
that that fact having been admitted by the plaintiff's witness must
put an end to the case—to show which he would refer the Learned
Recorder to the 18th section of the Act of Parliament recently
passed to " Amend the law concerning Games and Wagers," in
which it was enacted, " That all contracts or agreements, whether
by parole or in writing, by way of gaming and wagering, shall be
null and void ; and that no suit shall be brought or maintained in
any court of law or equity, for recovering any sum of money or
valuable thing, alleged to be won upon any wager ; or which shall
have been deposited in the hands of any person to abide the event
OA which any wager shall have been made. Provided always that
this enactment shall not be deemed to apply to any subscription, or
contribution, or agreement to subscribe and contribute for, or to.
ward, any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the
winner orjwinners of any lawful game, sport, pastime,:or excercise."
The Recorder having looked over the clause and the Act in
general, expressed some surprise at the construction of it, and
said, that if the Parliament were obliged to. put a reasonable can.
struction upon all the Acts that they passed, he was afraid that
they would not often find time for a recess. Although the Le-
gislature might think that by preventing actions being brought
against stakeholders, they should be tatting an end to parties en.
trusting stakeholders with money, he did not anticipate any such
result, nor did he think that they would retain the money for their
own use, but give it to the parties they might deem the winners,
and of course such a decision would be final, as no remedy could
be obtained from the stakeholder.

Dian Half Shares ....
Ditto Quarter Shares..
'.lverrl, Ormskrk, & Prstn
London and Birmingham

1 )itto Thirds.. ...; ....

Ditto Quarters .
',option and Blackwall
Lndn. °std. & Chltnham.
L tuition and Brignton • • .
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
i,ontion and Croydon ....
Ditto New . ••• • • • •

Do. (luarant. 5 per Cnt.
t.onilon and Greenwich .
Do. Pref. or Privilege..
f,ondon and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares..
1)o. New, 401. Shares..
London and York
Ditto (11 awtry)
London and Windsor....
Lomb', Salsbury, & Yeovl
London,terry & Coleraine
Londozelerty & Enniskilln
Lynn and Ely . • .. • • •
Lynn and Dereham
Manchester and Leeds ..
Ditto half Shares ....

After hearing Mr. Morgan, who sought to explain away the
meaning of the clause, but without effect, the Learned Recorder,
presuming that playing the game in question was unlawful, decided
that the plaintiff must be nonsuited.!

IRELAND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

Din.tri, Ocr. 27.—The weekly meeting of the Association was
held this day, J. P. Somers, Esq., M.P. for Sligo, in the chair.

])itte Quarter Shares..
Ditto Sixteenths • •
Stanelre r and Birkenhead
Hanel ieqer &Birminghin
Ditto ..luarter Shares..

Ditto New Quarters ...
80. Con. & Welsh June.
annhestr, Boltn, & Bury
Mnelistr, Buxtn, & Matik
Sian. Shef. and Mid. June.
Mancliestr & Southamptn
Midland
Ditto Fifths • • • •
DIV o New ...

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Mr. O'CoNNELL observed that he had received an elaborate letter
from Mr. John Augustus O'Neill, on the subject of the horrible
potato disease that was afflicting the country. He would abstain
just then from having that letter read.

At the termination of the proceedings, for which we are unable
to find room, the rent for the week was announced to be
il4Bl. 15s. 11d.
The meeting then adjourned.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRMINGHAM LAST NIGHT.
—We regret to state that an accident occurred at Birmingham
yesterday evening (Tuesday), which terminated in the death of Mr.
Simmonds, the highly efficient and much-esteemed secretary of the
Birmingham Insurance Company. It appears that yesterday of
ternoon Mr. Simmonds, in company with Mr. Mills, a cabinet
maker, residing in New-street, went out for the purpose, as is sup-
posed, of enjoying a ride, and that about seven o'clock in the even.
ing the carriage in which they were seated, and which was drawn
by a spirited pony, was observed passing along Suffolk-street at a
rapid pace. When near the bottom of a hill in that street the car.
riage overturned, and the two gentlemen were precipitated into the
middle of the road, where they lay until they were raised by parties
who came up to their assistance. It was then found that Mr.
Simmonds was quite insensible, and that Mr. Mills, although not
so severely injured, was only able to state where he resided. A
conveyance was procured, and the two gentlemen were at
once conveyed to the residence of Mr. Mills. Surgical attendance
was promptly rendered, but without the desired effect as far as re-
gards Mr. Simmonds, who expired (it is presumed) shortly after
the accident occurred. Up to this hour (10 p.u.) Mr. Mills re.
mains in a state of insensibility, but it is expected will ultimately
recover. Owing to the hour at which the accident occurred, and
the distance from the residence of the parties to the spot, we are
unable to furnish our readers with an account of the origin of the
accident. _

~Vv
Died, at herhouse, Edinburgh, on the 11th current,
Mrs. Frances Ingram Spence, widow of the late Rev. John Thomson,
minister of Duddingston.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS.—The town was curiously
amused a few weeks ago with the rumour of a private performance
of Ben Jonson's Every Matt in his Humour, which took place at the
little theatre belonging to Miss Kelly, in Dean-street, Soho; and
highly eulogistic whispers were circulated concerning the apt ability
of " Boz," the accomplished John Forster, and the numerous wits
connected with Punch, who sustained the leading characters. The
audience consisted of the most distinguished literary men and critics
of the day ; and their testimony to the merits of " the players "
evidenced in their consummate tact and perfect knowledge of stage
business—seems to be warm and universal. Stimulated by the suc-
cess of the experiment, a second performance is talked of; and we
have not only some reason for knowing that it will take place on
Saturday the 15th of November, but that his Royal Highness Prince
Albert will honour it with his presence. The " company "in the
former instance included the names of Charles Dickens, Douglas
Jerrold, John Forster, Mark Lemon, Dudley Costello, Leech, Frank
Stone, and others of kindred repute ; and we presume there will be
no alteration in the arrangements when the ghost of " rare Ben "
summons them together again.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUP-
PRESSION OF VlCE.—Within the last few days the greatest consterna-
tion has been caused among the vendors of obscene prints in different
parts of the metropolis, in consequence of immense seizures which
have been effected by the officers of this Society, not only of books
and mints of a disgusting character, but also of copper-plates and
letter-press amounting to several tons, which must put a check is, if not
entirely abolish the trade in such articles, as all the goods found have
been removed from the different premises and destroyed. In two
shops in Holywell-street, Strand, there were seized no less than six
thousand prints, several hundreds of books, copper-plates, and other
articles, upon which very high prices were placed, together with the
autograph letters of persona who had correspondence with the
establishment for such articles. In Wych-street, Strand, and Fleet-
street, similar seizures have been made ; and in Russell-court, Drury-
lane, the enormous number of sixteen thousand prints, coloured and
plain, have been taken and destroyed, with other property of the
same description. A Custom House officer was also in attendance, by
whom French prints and books were seized, as not having passed the
Custom House, and for which duty could not have been paid.
CLEARING THE RIVER THAMES.—During the last
fortnight Captain Fisher, R.N., the principal harbour master, jab
been engaged in removing by explosion, three vessels, sunk te-
tween Northfleet and Sea Reach. The weather has been extremely
favourable for the operation, which has been most successful; the
cylinders containing the gunpowder used on this
aocaccahsaloonnewteladreeonf
as improved construction, and so well placed that
with stone was nearly all destroyed by a single charge. This mode
of clearing the River Thames of wrecks is proved beyond all doubt
to be the most expeditious as well as the least expensive, and re-
flects great credit on the Corporation of London and Capt, Fisher,
for the effectual means taken to preserve a free navigation.

DEATH OF M. FORTIQUE, THE VENEZUELAN
MINISTER.—We regret to have to announce the sudden death of M.
Fortique, the Venezuela. Minister, at his residence in Wimpole-
sireet, yesterday morning. M. Fortique had lately returned from a
diplomatic mission to Sweden, and had complained for some time
past of cough and difficulty of breathing, but not to such an extent
as to excite the alarm of his friends. It is, however, the opinion of
Mr. Erichden, the deceased's medical attendant, that the immediate
cause of the fatal result was a neglected cold and inflammation of
the lungs. M. Fortique was about 45 years of age, unmarried, and
much and most deservedly respected by the corps diplomatic in this
country.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—Late on Monday night
Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at the Bakers' Hall, Harp-lane,
Tower-street, on the body of Thomas Cooper, aged 28, tide-waiter in
the Customs. It appeared from the evidence that, about a week ago,
the deceased had been reprimanded by his superior officer for absent.
ing himself from duty without leave. This appeared to have a great
effect upon his mind. On Saturday last he reported himself "sick,"
and on the same day took a lodging at the King's Head Tavern,
Harp-lane. On the following morning the servant went to call him
at ten o'clock, when he replied that he would be down in a few
minutes, but not making his appearance at eleven o'clock, he was
again called, and his door was found to be fastened. The police were
called in and the room-door burst open, when the deceased was found
suspended by a piece of rope from the rail of the bedstead. Verdict—
" Temporary Insanity."
PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY.—Yesterday
a special general meeting of shareholders was held at their offices.
Mr. Malin was chosen chairman. He stated that the meeting was to
take into consideration a plan for increasing the capital to 500,0001.,
in order to meet the largely increasing operations of the company, not
galvanizedclienofrtaihlesi,rbpoailteern-tplates, andall ireonth,
ebrutdesalcsoriph.!
tions of iron, which the company manufacture in Staffordshire and
tohnelyir i :l
generalthe p e coperationsiala article
Wales, and for those purposes it was proposed to call up immediately
100,0001. of the increased capital. The motion having been seconded,
was unanimously adopted by the meeting.

Do. Con. Binn. & Derby
&Mixt l;t Westrn (Trish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newest I & Daringtn June.
Do. New (Brandling).•
Newcastle and Berwick..
Newcastle and Carlisle..
Nwestle, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenwy
Newry and Enniskillen..
Newark and Sheffield . • •
North British • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto New Shares . • • •
Northern and Eastern

Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dls.)
Do. Quarter Shares
North I►evon
North Kent . • • • • • ......
North Staffordshire ....
North Eastern..
North Union (A)........
Ditto (B) • • ......
North Wales Mineral....
Ditto New Shares ....
North Western .. • •
North Wales • •
Norwich and Brandon ..
Ditto New.. „ „
Not., Belvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston..
Noll., Er wsh. Val. & Mae.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. June
Oxford and Worcester ..
Oxford and Cambridge ..
Perth and Inverness ....
Portsmouth Direct......
Preston and Wyre
Ditto Half Shares ....

Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div.
Freston & Wyre Extens.
Richmond & W. End June
Rugby and Huntingdon
Scottish Central • • .. • • • •
Scottish Midland • • • • • • • •
Slieftkid and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto ditto (No. 2) •
Ditto ditto (No. 3)• •
Sheffield and Lincoln • • • •
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry Ss Grand June.
Slu•ewsb., Wor., & Crewe
Slaws ,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir
ithrwsbry & Trnt
Shrws, I lerefd, & N. Wales
Slamannan . • . • • • • • • • • • •
South Devon . • • • • •• • • • •
South Midland • • • • • • • • • •
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I
1)o. (155.33/.65.8d.) „ 2
Do. (ids. 301.) „3
Staines and Richmond . • •
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales • . • • • • •
Tean and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley
Do. and HolyheadJunc.
Vale of Neath • • • • • • • ..
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Coun.
Wexford and Carlow • •
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub
Wakefield and Bradford..
Wakfld, Penteirct, & Gool
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London .
West fan icashire
Worcester and Tring....
Whlteharen and Furness
Do. New Half Shares..
Welsh Midland..

150
87
35
2%

5p

4%
156%

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West Cornwall
West Yorkshire
Wilsontwn, Id .& Coltness
Wiita, Somrst, & Weymth
Wilts, Somrst, & Southam
Yarmouth and Norwich
Ditto New .
York and Carlisle ..
York and North Midland
Ditto flail Shares .. • .
Ditto Searbro' Branch
Ditto :,elby
Ditto Extension .. •
Torkabi I a St Glsgow Unn

ISING PRICES OF
Y SHARES
Tint
rD TOWNS IN ENGLAND,
ASD IRELAND.

1 2 5-; IA

G~
2tS%

6IA
4
160

IN
1%,
24

.....
11359

a
125

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2%pi

EXETER, Ocr. 28.

2.. p 1
486dp1

8 P
1-3 P

4%p

124 s p

1 4386p1

IClos'd:

within the last fortnight, and I
of them are wholly insigni&
therefore soon be expected :--

London and Birmingham ....
London and Brighton .... • • ••
Great Western .....
Bristol and Exeter ...... • • • •
London and South-Western
South-Eastern and Dover • • • •

SrocKIE XCHANGL—The sales are--Exeter and Crediton,
53/4—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % p.—North Devon,

THE'STIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING.. OCTOBER 20, 1845.

DA—Exeter, Topsham, sold Exmouth Mewl's
Central Cornwall and Devon, % p.—South Wales, 5j
Cornwall, 3 lA—Bristol, New, 91-A.

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SHEFFIELD, Om 28.
STOCK saes are—Derby and Gains-
borough]' 2%—Grim-by and Sheffield, 1634—Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, 4—Sheffield and Lincolnshire,
411—Wakefield and Harrogate, 3%.
HULL, OcT. 28.

The demand for shares at low prices is very great to-day,
and far less disposition evinced by sellers to quit ; indeed the
market is decidedly better. The sales were—Hull and Selby
(10 per cent. guar.), 100—Ditto, Half Shares, 21—York and
North Midland Extension, 2514—Great Grimsby and Shef-
field, Quarter Shares, 434—North British (Dalkeith),
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 134—Axbolme, s—Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 4—Derby and Gainsborougb, 2%—Dud-
ley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 314—East Lincolnshire, 326
—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 3 4—Great North
and South Wales and Worcester, par.—Hull and Barns-
ley Junction, 21. 6s, p.—Leicester and Bedford, 21. 3s.—Lin-
coin and Wainfleet, Bs. 6d. p.—Liverpool and Leeds, 3%—
London and York, s—London and Norwich Direct, 9s.—
Nottingham and Gainsborough, 7s p.—Nottingham and
Boston, 31. 13s. 9d.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 214—South
Midland, 6/. 3s. 3d—Wakefield and Bradford, 3%—Welsh
Midland, 3.
YORK, OCT. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington, New (Brandling), 47%—North British, New, 4t4
Ditto, Carlisle?, 326—York and North Midland Extension,
2314—Axholme, s—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and
Leicester, 2—Grand Union, 214—Leicester and Bedford, 226.
—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4%—Lon-
don and York, s—Newcastle and Berwick, 'OA—North
Kent and Direct Dover, 314—Welsh Midlands, 3%.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES EX-
TENSION, AND TUE CAMBRIDGE AND
WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY.

Yesterday a general meeting of the Provisional Committee of
the Eastern Counties Extension, and Cambridge and Worcester
Direct Railway Company, was held at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of forming a Committee of management.
Mr. RISING (a director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester
Railway) having been called to the chair, observed, in reference to
the importance of a direct line of railway between Cambridge and
Worcester, that an unbroken line between the two great centres of
traffic, namely, that of the Eastern Counties pt Cambridge,
and that of the mineral districts connected with Worcester,
through which the proposed line would pass, was an undertaking
likely to be combined with the greatest future advantage, as
well as with the best chance of pecuniary success. Such a line
would also serve as a junction between several important railways,
as the London and Birmingham, the Northampton and Peter-
borough, and the proposed line from Warwick and Leamington,
to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of England, the
effect of which he thought would tend greatly to enhance the value
of their plan. He then stated the object for which they were called
together, and remarked that he had no doubt they would be able
to select from their provisional committee a most powerful and im.
portant acting committee. _

Mr. D. C.l-11cos then proceeded to give a statement of the
proposed line, which he stated, after commencing at Cambridge,
which had become the traffic centre of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, by the line of railway intended to be formed by
that company, would pass in to Bedford, go to Olney, and
cross at or near the Blisworth station of the London and Birming-
ham Railway, where it will communicate with the Northampton
and Peterborough line; it will then advance westward, and cross
the Oxford and Rugby line at or near Fenny Compton to Stratford-
on-Avon, joining there the proposed line from Warwick and Lea-
mington to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of Eng-
land. Continuing its course through Chester, the line will go direct
to Worcester, and thus terminate the great centre traffic for the
mineral and manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire, Shrop-
shire, and North and South Wales. The proposed line does not inter-
fere with any existing railway, and presents an unbrcken line be.
tween two great centres of traffic. Negotiations have been entered
into with with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, whose sup-
port and co-operation will be ensured for obtaining the line, and
an arrangement has also been made with the proposed Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Company, which this line will join at
Alcester, by means of which the Eastern Counties traffic will pro-
ceed to Worcester. The directors will have power reserved to
them to amalgamate with any other existing or projecting com-
panies. The project promised the most important results as son-
nected with the Eastern Counties.
A Committee was appointed.

MIDLAND RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

INQUEST ON THE BODY OF MR. BOTELER, Q.C.
After the examination of several of the officers of the Company
and other witnesses, whose testimony went to show that there
was great blame due to Wheatley, the driver of the assistant
engine, for neglecting the orders given him,
Mr. Palfreyman stated that Wheatley was ready to answer
any question that might be put to him, or to make a statement, if
desired.

Wheatley then described that he saw a white light and then a
red one. That on finding he was approaching them, he told his
stoker to put on the break. He immediately also reversed the en-
gine, but it was too late, and just as he was preparing to jump off
the collision took place. He was thrown on the ground.
The Con°Nna then read over the whole of the evidence, and
mane some observations as he proceeded.

The jury were then locked up for half an hour, after which they
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Thomas Wheatley.
Wheatley had been present during the inquiry, but when the
verdict was delivered it was found that he had decamped.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The share market was decidedly better. Now that
the first excitement has passed, and much of the rubbish that
before encumbered business has been removed, prices exhibit a
healthier appearance, and are progressing towards a fair value. The
settlement in several of the new scrips to-day was effected with
ease. The account of the last fortnight, which will be arranged
on Friday, promises less difficulty than was at first apprehended.

The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille, which, at the
English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOod. per ounce fur standard gold,
gives an exchange of 25 44 ; and theexchange at Paris on London
at short being 25 57k, it follows that gold is 0.53 per cent. dearer
in London than hi Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 430 per mark,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13s. 7W. ; and the exchange
at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 7f, it follows that gold
is 0.12 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on Lemiun is 1091 per
cent., and the parof exchange between England and America being
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.18 per cent.
in favour of England ; but the quoted exchange at New York being
for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above
difference.

On the amalgamation of the various French projects with the
Great Northern of France, it has been customary to return so
much of the deposits originally paid as exceeded the amount of the
deposit required on the shares of the "constituted" line appro.
priated to the original shareholders. The directors of the Pepin
Lehalleur project have, however, formed an exception in this
respect. Instead of returning the whole difference, they have de-
tained Ss. 6d. on every "constituted" share (one of which is appro.
priated to the holder of every 12 original shares), on the somewhat
indefinite plea that it is to cover "expenses." The other com-
panies not having required anything for "expenses," and it having
been generally believed that the interest on deposit libel the state of
exchange between the two countries were quite sufficient to cover
all preliminaries, the holders seem to think that a particular ex-
planation of thisdeviation from an usual course is required.
What was anticipated with respect to the bankers giving infor-
mation about railway deposits proves to be quite correct. A cor-
respondent, who has applied to one of the leading houses in Lom-
bard-street, was referred to the " Committee" of the Company in
question, with whose permission, but not otherwise, the state of
the balance would be made known. On the other hand, few of
the companies seem disposed as yet to volunteer the information.
It will evidently therefore take some time to get at the truth,
though ultimately it will come out.

in
Parties the City interested in railway stock are watching with
some solicitude the effect which the exposure and fall in price of the
mere visionary schemes and bubbles may have upon the old-esta-
blished undertakings which having got into steady work are
paying good dividends. In all such cases it is not to be expected
that they can wholly escape from the influence of the general
alarm, principally because persons who are in want of money to
fulfil obligations for scrip will part with solid stock rather
than allow their credit to be injured. In the ordinary state of
business buyers and sellers balance each other, and there occurs no
excess either way; but the best securities cannot stand under any
sudden pressure, and this seems just the case at present with the
tried descriptions of railway property. Unless, then, there exists
some reason to the contrary, they will soon regain their former
estimation, as the prudent capitalist who has kept aloof from the
prevalent infection will always have funds in hand to purchase
what the other, through his distress and folly, is obliged to throw
away, or to part with at a great sacrifice. Great fluctuations in
railway shares have necessarily, however, this injurious conse-
quence—that they prevent timid persons from resorting to them
for an investment, and even one instance of the kind may produce
both a deep and a general impression. None of the companies stand
in a much better position than the Great Western, yet the fact that
a purchaser of 10 shares in its stock, less than a year ago,
would be now at least 1,0001, the poorer by the transaction,
must render a return to the confidence formerly enjoyed a long and
difficult work. This great depression has not been wholly pro-
duced, as it need hardly be stated, by the present crisis ; though
the property has materially declined since the publication of the
Bank notice. Annexed are the variations which have occurred

it is gratifying to obserre that some
:ant, and that steadier markets may

October 14.

October 27.

ilighest.l Lowest. I Highest.) Lowest

218% 217 217 214
70 6814 6314 GO
162 160 149 145
101 99 90 85
77 77 75 72
41% 411 A 38 37

CHRONICLE—The "standing order," regulating the pay.
ment of railway deposits, to which we alluded yesterday, provides
that It shall not apply to any railway Bills which have been before
Parliament during the present session (that is, session 1845). and
which may again be introduced in the next (1846), or which are
already provisionally registered, or the subscription contract for
which may be already executed, or partly executed, on the 29th
day of July, 1845 (not 1844, as stated yesterday by a misprint),
but with respect to such Bills a sum equal to one-twentieth part of
the amount subscribed shall be deposited as before provided—that
is to say, previous to the presentation of a petition for the Bill. The
Act, which is ',printed in the appendix to the standing orders,
namely, the Ist and 2d Vic., c. 117, enacts that every sum paid
Into the Bank of England in the name and with the privity of the
Accountant-General, shall be paid in and placed to his account
there pursuant to the method prescribed by the Act 1 George IV.,
c. 35, which Act simply provides that, when any persona are
ordered to pay any sums of money, or any Exchequer-bills,
bills of exchange, or other negotiable securities into the Bank
of England to the account of the Accountant-General, the party
so ordered shed' pay the same into account in the name of that
officer, and shall take receipt for the same from one of the cathiers,
" which receipt shall be delivered to the Accountant-General." It
is not the money or securities that must be delivered to the Ac-
countant-General, but simply the " receipt," and there can be no
legal obstacle, therefore, in the way of an arrangement between the
banks who hold the railway deposits and the Bank of England to
have the required amount at their credits in the books of the
Bank, so that when the Speaker's order is issued for paying the
deposits to the Accountant-General, the amounts may be trans-
ferred from the credit of the banks to an account in the name of
that officer. Such railway companies as may have invested their
deposits in securities may make the arrangements with the Bank
of England themselves, and have the amount transferred to the
credit of the Accountant-General. It does not appear to be neces
nary that they should realise their securities, hut they may be
placed to their credit at the market price of the day, the depositors,
of course, making good the difference should the market price de-
cline, and receiving the benefit of a rise. Last year the Accoun.
taut. General insisted on being paid in " money," strictly so to
speak ; that is, in coin and notes, and would no doubt enforce the
same rule again, unless the deposit banks and provisional com-
mittees of railway companies take steps to arrange the business in a
more easy and convenient manner.

To use inferior hay, cut all the hay and straw to-
gether; then form a gruel of offal grain and linseed cake ; steep
the grain and cake for may-eight hours; mix it hot, 'press it
down and leave it forty-eight hours. The cattle eat it eagerly and
thrive on it.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Ocr. 27,
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Elizabeth Lucy
Countess of Desart to be one of the Ladies of the Bed-
chamber in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Cathe-
rine Countess of Dunmore, resigned.
ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 14.
Corps of Royal Marines—T. B. V. Fitzgerald, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant; J. T. Haverfield, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant; J. Sangster, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Mi-
litia—C. James, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 22.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewsbire.
Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia—A. Campbell, Esq ,to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, Oct. 20 ; P. Maitland, Esq., to be
Captain, Oct. 18; A. Pollock, jun., Esq., ti be Captain,
Oct. 20.