The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-04 00:00:00

THE CRE W AS AN AUXILIARY.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
The screw, both as a principal and as an auxiliary
trh°l36ltug power is now being rapidly adopted ; and,
the
the success' which has attended its adoption into
Presteam-ship Great Britain, as demonstrated by her
eeent voyage to New York, will undoubtedly remove all
Par..„itidice which may still exist against it, and lead the
plate of
we believe it will, to its almost universal use in
14) of the paddle-wheel, the information we are now
_rouut to lay before ow readers sufficiently attests its
P ,ress as an auxiliary.
We have previously noted its adoption in this latter
-eatia.eity into the new line of communication about ,to be
4Pened between this port and Constantinople ; and we
platenrw enabled to state, that not only is it contem-
ea,. to adopt it, between Liverpool and the
„s', but that within a short period it will be in
r'''eusive use in packet lines brtween this port and
th'iri(nla Rens of the continent of America... , No less
thrfe iron vessels, to all of which it will be fitted,
ire being built by Messrs. James Hodgson and Co ,
tran
shipbuilders, of this town ; one an iron ship, of
(1;,,,'"e hundred tons burthen, with engines of one hun-
-4`l and eighty horse-power, the first of a new line of
milers to ply between Liverpool and New York
B:el:aid, one of six hundred tons burthen, with engines of
,-`t! hundred horse-power, the first of a new line of seven
Mersey destined to run between Rio de Janeiro- and the
; and the third one for Buenos Ayres. All these
pat''' he fitted with the screw propeller and Grantham's
'nt direct action engines. Nor must we omit to point
Peeial attention to the fact that all these vessels are
e
,!streeted of iron.
bln addition to these, a steam packet ship has lately
een Constructed at Boston, in the United States, and,
ahleng advertised to leave New York on the 6th instant,
the 26th
be expected to arrive in the Mersey towards
26th instant. This vessel is intended as a pioneer of
pttetegular line of steam packet-ships ; and her steam
slrieurstishireiad s
intended for use during calms or to make way
sower
winds—in fact, whenever advantageous
e
motive power may be described as follows :—A
r,l.llletising engine of 170 horse-power, consisting of two
arnders, of twenty-five inches diameter and three feet
farr4e, working at right angles ; two boilers, with two
hi %aces each, fourteen feet long, by seven wide and nine
te.hisnti;etabiLeowing-engine and blowers, so arranged as to be
ow:V. and to be only used occasionally to raise
; one heater ; and a propeller of nine-
nl-a-half feet extreme diameter, constructed entirely of
17englit copper and composition metal, which revolves
Zt°4ft the rudder, the main shaft coming out close by the
tliriV°st, and supported by a stout brace attached to
by The propeller can be shipped or unshipywd
te,,ieetatd of a shaft corning ont of the ship above the
Rint„'ll4l.t, and is entirely within the contr6J of the en-
the engine-room. • The mechanism within first
ur rigs in the lower shaft from the hub of the
Feller iy' then, by turning the upper shaft, the pro •
the "Mught uyp to th flat or the siern, entirely out
eharaetater, arid in a fewe minutes the ship assumes the
i pfier her. °fu packet-ship, without anything to drag
every i, ,„
Ite engine-room is floored with cast-iron ;
L
"ilees • :eetion is given to the woodwork near the
"d bet; "d the chimney comes up through the pump
trunk. wneett decks, and is surrounded by a ventilating
the shi "-here is also a powerful fire-engine, with which
!Pee .tr:,.1343" be wet fore and aft, below and aloft. The
forty.,-" up in the lower hold of the ship is about
The b e.`'eu feet in a direct line forward of the stern-post.
1400 i
sonillers.together being but fourteen feet wide, leaves
eessibi,e,.ee la the wings for coal bunkers, which are ac-
the bet both fro_
trunktWos
znfae‘irvieeevr in the outside of the ship as well as in
Besides. the space indicated, the
around the smoke pipe, there are
;ylinder hettendirtsda.ilarakelksiosn.
Coming up through the poop over the
ore and
tt The between decks is otherwise clear
lam for aft, heads
crew being accommodated in a top-gal-
runs t eeutle, and the cabin passengers in a poop which
o and includes the mainmast. There are also van-
-171;3 Improvements in the construction of the bow. The
will have accommodation for thirty cabin passen-
her, and ample room fur cabin and steerage passengers
" well-ventilated between decks. She is expected
t 0 makeake
five complete voyages per annum, making her
passages
, in an average of thirteen to twenty days, the
4tinituum being thirteen and the maximum twenty-five.
As an illustration of the advance of steam communica-
tion, we refer our readers to a paragraph in another
Column from which it will be seen that the novelty of a
active American steamer may be expected shortly in .the
Mersey. Since the above was writtenwe have noticed the ar-
rival in the Mersey of another vessel in which the screw
c.rnhined as an auxiliary—the Q E. I)., from Mon-
tNaL The date of her departure from that city not being
glint:, we cannot state the length of her voyage.

Aberdeen • • • • • • • • • -
Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbroath and Forfar • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Armagh, Coln, & Portrush
Bandon and Bantry . • •
Belfast and Ballymena • •
Belfast and County Down
Birklihd,Lan.&Ches•Jnc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss. at 7 die.)
Btu) I lalf Shares • • • •
Binninglau&Oxfal•Junc.
Blekburn, and Preston..
Illckburn, DarwitAt Bolin
Bolton, W Liverpl.
Boston, Statnfrd and Birin
Brighton, Lewes, & Bast.
Bristol and Exeter • • • • •
Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • "
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union • •
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon. & Dumbar..Junc.
Caled,nian .• • • • • • • • • . • •
Ditto Extension .• • • • •
Cambridge and Lincoln • •
Chester and Birkenhead
Ditto New Shares • • . •
Ditto Half Shares • • •
Chester and Holyhead • •
Cheltenham and Oxford
Chichester and Brighton
Chitrnet Valley . • • • • • • • •
Clitheroe Junction • • • • • •
-Clydesdale Junction .. • • •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon . • • • . • •
Cork and Killarney •
Cork and Waterford • . • •
Cork and-Youghal • • • • • •
Canterbury and Dover
Coventry and Leicester
Derby and Crewe .•.. 7
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, &Yarrnoth
DirectlNlan.(lteming,ton's)
Direct Northern . • •• • •
Direct Norwich .• •
Dublin and Belfast June
Dublin, Belfast, 8D Coln! e
Dublin and Drogheda• • •
Dublin and Galway . • • • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •
Ditto New .• • ••• • • •
Dundee and Per•h • • • • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (Np. 2) .....
Eastern Counties . • • .• • •
Do. New • • • ...... .
Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No. 1
Do. do. No. 2
East Dereham & Norwich
East Union . • • • • .• • • • • • •
Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Ediubgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares • • •
Do. New Quarter Shares
',din b. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent• •

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Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth.. • •
Ely and Huntingdon • •
Enniskillen and Sligo.. • •
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Fltwood, Prstn,& W. Rid.
Garnkirk•ard Glasgow • •
Glasgow and Ayr. - • • • ..
Do. Quarter Shares . • .
Glasgow and Greenock • •
Ditto New . • .-•• • • •
Ditto Preferexce • • •

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GrasiW,Dinfries, and'Car.
Glsgw, Kilrnarnek, & Ard,
Glasgow and Belfast Un.

Goole and Doncaster • •
Grand Junction . • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • •

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Ditto Quarter Shares

Ditto New Quarters
Ditto Eighths •• •• ••

Grand Union . •• •• •• . ••
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (hind)

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Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Great Minister,. • • • • • .
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England
Do. New 401. Shares • •
Do. New 301. Shares ..
Great Western . • • •• • • • •

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Ditto Hale shares ..
Ditto Fifths . .....
Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports.
Nitrwich . • • ••• • • . • • • • • •
Hudrstid & Man. B. & Canl
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough
Hull 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 Thirsk•. • • • . • •
Leeds & W. Riding Junc.
Leicester Sr. Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford .• •
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Alan. & Gt N. of Eng.
LP; erriol and Manchester -
Ditto Half Shares •• • •
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Liverpl, Ormskrk, & Prstn
London and. Birmingham 225
Ditto Thirds. .....
Ditto Quarters •••• • • • 28%
London and Blackwall .• 10%
London and Brighton •• • • 77% •s•-,
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon • • 27 27
Ditto New . ••••• • • • • 1%11
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt.
London and Greenwich • •
Do. Pref. or Privilege • •
London and SouthWestrn 78%
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares • • 15
Do. New, 401. Shares.•
London and York .• •• • 6% 7% 7%
Ditto (Bawtry) ..... 6
London and Windsor •• • • 1% 2 1%
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl—
Londonderry & Coleraine 5%
Londonderry & Emaiskilln
Lynn and Ely ••.• • •
Lynn and Deroham .• •• • 5
Manchester and Leeds • . 214 216 220
Ditto Half Shares • • • 101 101 -
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto Sixteenths • •
Manchstr and Birkenhead —3%,
Manchester & Birminghm 66 -- 73
Ditto Quarter Shares • • 11 13% 12%
Ditto New Quarters . • 10 11% 10%
Do. Coll.& Welsh Junc. —3% 3%
Manchestr, Bolin, & Bury
Alnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk B%p 9% 9%
Man. Sher'. and Mid. June. —9% 10
Manchestr & Southamptn
Midland.. ••••••• • • • • • • • 174 173
Ditto Fifths ••••• • • • • •
Ditto New •••• • • • . 26% 27
Do. Con. Birm.S, Derby 135 —3lldlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) —3%
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newestl & DarlngtnJunc. 54%
Da. New (Brandling).• —.
Newcastle and Berwick • • 17%
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
Nwestle, Durban), & Lan. 4% 5 43
Newport & Abergavenny 3
Newry and Enniskillen.• 3% 4
Newark and Sheffield .• • —6%
North British .•:.• • • • . 30% 33%
Ditto New Shares. • • ••• 10 `.
Northern and Eastern • 68
• Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
DO. Quarter Shares • • -
North Devon
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., Beliroir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston..
Nott., wsh. Val: & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. June 11889
Oxford and Worcester • • 10% 11% 11%' 11
Oxford and Cambridge .. 41s6d I
Perth and Inverness • • •
Portsmouth Direct •. • • • •
Preston and Wyre
Ditto Half Shams
DO. Pref. 5 par CtrOuar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. 9%1
Preston & Wyre Extens. 71534
Richmond &W. End June -
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2% 2%!
Sottish Central • • .. • • .•
Seottisit Midland • ... • • • •
Sheffield end Manehoster
Ditto Quarter Shares,. =.
Ditto ditto (No. 2)• .
Ditto ditto (No: 3)• •
Sheffield and Lincoln.. • •
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry& Grand June. 8
Shrewst„ wor„ & Crewe 5% 5% 4%1
shrws.,woiv. it Air 71i 8141
ghrwsbry & irnt Val. Ur. 31.4
Shrws, Ilereill,& N. Wales 4% 4 4 •
Slartlannan ..... .... •• • • —
South Devon .• • ••• • • •
Swath Midland.. •••• • . .• 8 8% 85
Sout4 g4WVit W.P9vPr 484 48%
D.o.New(iss.34.)l4p,
Do. (155.33/.68.6d.) „ 2 1.4%
Do. (iss. 301.) „3 9% 18153 9ii
Staines and Richmond .• • 3
Staffordshire &Shropshire 4
Stirling and Dunfermline
SGutiilCl4s4:: • ir • •. • • • •
Teen and Dove ......
Tient Valley .• • • • ,• ,
Do. and HolyheadJune. 3% -aN
Vale of Neath • • •• • • • • •
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Coun.
Wp44.114 sad Carlow • • ...
Wa,rwiek airq ChelAilllilip
WaterfOiS IC-UkePAY 77 7' -•-`7
Wratrfd,WO ,Wieli& DUD pi •„,-
war:Ptiod&rt4 I3ca3 r • -,
Wakfld, Pontar4, qpm.
Wakefield and Harrogate ,
Warwick and London .• • -
West Lancashire •..Lancashire........—
Worcester and Tritig
Whitehaven and Furness
N. kicei Shares • •
Wish 414 4% 4,
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2034

Ai4 ACT FOR THE PROTBCTION
OF MERCHANT SEAMEN.
A. most important measure, aTecting the werare of
that numerous and useful hod; of men. the iailorsofthe
fletchant service, received the royal assent on th last
‘lny of the :essOn. It ro doubt elevate the charac-
ter, improve tie habits, and better the condition of sea-
enk elk—all objects of the highest importance to the man-
"tne profession. The crimps. lodging-house-keepers,
'gents, the self-styled " shipping-masters and others,
v`t1;11110 loLger be able to prey on seamen, and defraud
in-en of thar hard-earned wages. The baneful traffic
Incintnee vows, which has brought so many to the cri-
,naV courts and the hulks, will cease, and owners and
triulents of ship-4 will no longer be imposed upon by the
board h 0 whc frevently send incompetent persons on
atil's able seatnurt, who are unable to hand, reef,
"1 pr(;l°' do any pars of a seaman's duty. This Act
7,t tiAt homeward as well as the outward bound
11,,,,?"1, -V14%114'17"0s " laid-sharks" in London, Li-
t° 10 k "'tsnioutit, and other gre,at ports, will
'States, ° out rey. Ihe preamble
"'event! that the for other
tain Years st;',". seamen of
.thpis kingdom have been
kPerB°llS typo lijt"ed to grievous impositions by cer-
-- 'uoarcj ""c Undertake to procure seamen to enter
saint sh'!lereha
nt ships who have no interest in the
and •Iftell3.B:th abate this evil, it is enacted " that from
-0 , 10th of September next, the Board of
requisit7
an license such persons as they deem to be
tselieblieliceosrell
tfiohiavned,
ewnghaogme,ay be desirous to take out
supply, or provide
liceter _selneyed on board merchant ships ;
.and every
upon such
e 11511 be granted for such periods, seasmueehn
e and shall be
rei3O:l:itl upon such security
a le upon Such eonditionbsetinsgttrßnoard of Trade
did et any tlfli or times appoint." No person not being
ter.!licensed, ore not being the owner, part owner, mas-
t,ur Person in charge ofa merchant ship, or the ship's
vLuand shall hire, engage, or supply seamen for ships ;
no 'pers on, whether licensed or not, other than the
o`art owner, master, or person in charge of a
te han.t-ship, or thei ship's husband, to demand or ob-
tainerthe register ticket of any seaman for the purpose,
~,,,andaeurtt.he pretence of engaging him on board any
erch
ship. No seaman is to be received on board
ship
-svho ltaa been hired contrary to the provisions of the
-a;:uceptr.ylit
emildtyrevnot exceeding 201. to be imposed on
or PP e
ta
every seaman hired, engaged, or
and for every register ticket demanded
penalty contrary to the Act, and a similar
..,„s Y.wl be incurred by every owner, master, or
•;"1,1).. hu.sbluid receiving any seaman on board not
Any person employing any unlicensed
;gent to provide seamen for merchant-ships, or any
Person,
foperson
, knowingly employing any unlicensed
.ciedvin, r Lee same person to forfeit any sum not exd-
ilose 20/-, and, in addition thereto, shall forfeit an
t vernis license. It will be seen that the Act will afford
Y wholesome control over the crimps, for the loss
eitt4tneir licenses will stop their career at once. The 7th
ive,:,,esnacts, that no advance note for wages shall be
tick: :`) any seaman until six hours after the ship's ar-
rna"d
,'"oe been duly signed, and then only to the sea-
ijiniself, unless such wages, or advance of wages, be
to th'l' money, in which case the payment may be made
%ft, e seaman ;himself at any period most convenient
of r the .-tigning of the ship's articles, and all payments
he ~,,,cs contrary to the provisions of this Act shall
the and void. Fur cashing an advance note of 21.,
ki) ,"ews charge ss. interest, and compel the sailor
kt rurchase clothes to the amount of 305. more, or
"ast clothes alleged to be worth that sum ; but
reality the sailor gets fur his advance note for
`!1111:11,t`fa pay clothes worth about 155., and .ss.
"Yeit','", and the Jew realises one hundred per cent.
tif *le transaction. If all owners and masters
sea-
The Would advance money instead of notes to sea-
-,`Vite shameful impositions would be abolished.
any Pe.; cluse is one of the best. It enacts " that if
froor 1;8°11 shall demand or receive from any seaman,
mast ~" Any person other than the owner, part owner,
IllipAor pi /lon in charge of a merchant ship, or the
'tliati",,,,l'usband, requiring seamen, any remuneration
'tlecbi,-,fr, either directly or indirectly, for and 'on
Lseat''' of the hiring, supplying, or providing any such
e -„ean, he shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not
to eh-443 g 5/." The sections already referred to apply
9th t;,,Protection of the outward bound sailors. The
hoin-11". 10th sections more particularly refer to the
ilt,-"vard bound, who are indeed subjected to "grievous
tribe tons, and " great injustice" from the whole
akk, '3, land-sharks, who soon make a clean sweep of
1101,1. No sooner does a. vessel arrive within
se-01- 0.
' a British port than it is boarded by the veriest
the in existence who firs obtainpossession o
4:tirsi-ter'a hammock,, chests, antd clothinpg, and then
ATl°d„-;" him a snug berth and good treatment ashore,
-terwards pluad him of his bard7earned wages.
e 9th clause --statescr
that it Shall not be lawful for
y
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Person (other than any officer or person in her
--- "VS service or employment) to go on boar
iii Aierehant vessel arriving or about to arrive at the
kr 0! her destination, before or previous to her actual
rival dock or at the quay or place of her discharge,
shout the permission and consent of the master or
firi°!l in ch,,rge of the vessel, under a penalty of 201.
I, 10th clan: enacts that no person shall, on board
Itterchant ship, within twenty-four hours after her
nrc'tval, solicit seamen to become lodgers at the houses
aeAalieensed perseynk, or take from any ship the chests,
a:Zing, or other eicects of seamen, except under their
in''crial direction, or wit;lout the permission of the
v aster or Person in chow. The penalty for a viols-
-00 of this clause, which will pt.f an end to the ^uting
Pieta and the disgraceful brawls on board ships, is 5,.
11_4e 11th clause inflicts a penalty cd- JO/. on lodging-
-o,4se-keepers receiving remuneration fur the boarding
sailors for a longer period than is actually due, or for
4171ecting to return moneys or effects belonging to sea-
n. The 12th clause directs the recovery and applies-
al! 01. Penalties, and states that "In all cases of com,
A apint made by or on behalf Of any seaman under this
the evidence of such seaman shall be received and
ken, notwithstanding he may be interested iu the
better" For non-payment of penalties offenders may
committed, either with or without hard labour, for
,e`,,L'Y time not exceeding six calendar months, The Act
'ices into operation this day.

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RESCINDING OF THE RULES AND
ORDERS FOR THE DISTRICT ASYLUMS. -

It appears by the following document sent by the Poor.law I
Commissioners to the Churchwardens, Overseers, and other
parochial authorities of the parishes of the " Western Metropo-
litan
Asylum District," that the hostile demonstrations against
the recent orders for forming the district asylums for the house-
less poor, have induced the Commissioners to rescind them.
" THE SOUTH-WISTERN METROPOLITAN ASYLUM DISTRICT.
" To the Board of Management of the South-western Me-
tropolitan District Asylum : To the churchwardens and
overseers of the poor of the several parishes respectively,
comprised in the said district: to the clerk or clerks to the jus-
tice or justices of the petty sessions held for the division or
divisions in which the said district and parishes respectively are
situate ; and to all others whom it may concern.
" Whereas by an order bearing date the 30th day of July last,
the Poor-law Commissioners did order and declare that the
following unions, that is to say, the St. Saviour's and Wands-
worth and Clapham Unions, and the several parishes of St.
George the Martyr, Southwark, in the borough of South-
wark ; St. Mary, Lambeth, and St. Mary, Newington,
in the county of Surrey, which said several divisions
and parishes are situated within the district of the
metropolitan.police, should be combined into a district, to
be termed ' The South-Western Metropolitan District,' for
the purpose of providing and managing one or more asylum or
asylums for the temporary relief and setting to work therein of
the destitute houseless poor persons who are not charged with
any offence, and who may apply for relief or become chargeable
to a poor-rates within any of the unions or parishes above-
mentioned ;
". And the staid Commissioners did thereby order and declare
that a Board of Management should be constituted for the said
district, which should consist of the ex-officio members entitled
to act according to the provisions of the last-recited Act, and of
twelve members to be elected as therein prescribed ;
" And whereas, by an order bearing date the 11th day of
August instant, he Poor-law Commissioners did prescribe
certain rules and regulations for the observance of the Board of
Management of the said district, and did direct that proper
officers should be appointed to carry into effect the orders and
directions of the said Board, and to assist in the administration
of the relief of the poor in the said district ;
" And whereas it is expedient to rescind the said last recited
order :
" Now, therefore, we, -the Poor-law Comniissioners, 'in
pursuance of the authorities vested in us by an Act of
Parliament passed in the 11,11 year of the reign of his late Ma-
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled ' An Act for the
amendment and better administration of the laws relating
to the Poor in England and Wales,' do hereby rescind the
said last recited order, and every matter and thing therein

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contained.
" Given under our hands and seal of office, this 30th day of
August, in the year 1845.
(Signed) NICHOLLS.
„EDMUND W. HEAD."

The Earl of Dalhousie arrived in town on Tuesday
night from Dalhousie Castle, Scotland.
EFFECTS OT THE STORMS IN FRANCE.—At Ma-
rolette, a little village near !flamers, in the department of the
Maine-et-Loire, several houses were unroofed, a la Asmodeus,
by the violence of the hurricane of the 19th ult. ; and the
electric fluid, after having consumed the greatest portion of the
furniture and melted all the metal in one of them, struck two
persons, who remained for several hours in a cataleptic condi-
tion. At the farm of Butte, near the source of the river,
several lofty trees were torn up by the roots, and almost en-
tirely stripped of their bark and branches. A sow in the farm.
yard was dreadfully burnt, and lay the next moment a 'beep of
cinders. On the Ballau road t person employed in the fields
during the time when the tempest was raging most furiously
paw several trees torn up and hurled to a great distance, and
his companion was lifted from the ground, and thrown into the
midst pf a thorny hedge. The poor wretch was fearfully
bruised and pricked by the thorns, and could only be extricated
from the hedge with the assistance of some peasants, who were
eompelled to make use of their billhooks to cut out a passage for
his body.
NEW LINES qr bTEAM•VESSELS,,,,NeW lines of
steamers from this country to distant parts of the world Grp'
constantly forming. On Wednesday last the Novelty sailed
from Liverpool for Constantinople, as the first of a monthly
Anti of steamers between this port and the Turkish capital. We
see by the Times that steamers have just begun to run between
London and Leghorn, and in a short time the line from Liver-
' to Rio and the River plats will commence operations.
-4.rorise has Dow established steam communication
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with the following ."4"1
mark, by the Hull line ;
many, by the Hull and London 4...
Belgium, and France, by the General 6,-
sets ; to the north and south of Spain and to Portut,
Peninsular Company's vessels ; to Italy, by the new line trot..
London to Leghorn ; to Malta, the Levant, and Constanti-
nople, by the new line front Liverpool ; to Egypt, Arabia,
Ceylon, India, Sincapore, and China, by the Oriental Steam
Company's vessels; to British America and the United States,
by the Cunard and Great Western lines from Liverpool; to the
West Indies, Mexico, and the north coast of South America,
by the West India line ; to Peru and Chili by the West Ccast
line. To Brazil and the River Plate by the line now building
in Liverpeol. The only British colonies of any importance
which have not now the advantage of steam communication
with the mother country are the Cape, the Mauritius, and
Australian colonies.—Liverpool Times.

An St. Pgtol SbUrg to porth ppr.
-14..ps to Hamburgi to Holralid,
Coropeoe§ vp§-
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Wilts,
Yarmouth and au.
Ditto New. • • • • • • • • - -
York and Carlisle . • , 614
York and North Midland ilO
Ditto Half Shares ,• •
Ditto Scarbro' Branch
])itto Selby
Ditto Extension . • • tSIA
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al zonmlN.—The potato crop in this neighbourhood,
jee4l,c4t without exception, are all spoiled; there are many con-
MI Ltres as to the cause of this great calamity, but it baffles
, T
t, he effect on the poor who generally depend on this
°P or their winter's support,, will, it is feared, be very serious.

HULL, San. 3. •
STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Countlee So,
2 18s. 9d. p.—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 2334—Lona=

, .041 on, New, 36s p Preston
A:IYTT)
TOWNS
TINLSANIND.
ENGLAND,
Ilton aln7d TB: B 8
•--le-4-2 1-2":4--- cOL-------------.O:I4ISTI3:I3HG(A)PRREIsC Wyre, Half share
as txreat Grim,(by and S' heTffie-Lldr'QuNarterlN4,
and B9lton, 101/6-Eastern Union
r4eld nd ion, 22—Lyn-n and
PRICES
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upton, 11—Armagh,
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11ELA.TIVE --114( kburn, Da • .
s. 3d.—Bandon and Bantryg 2 ........
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Shares,
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BOOKSELLERS' PRO-qv/,v
° 14.
I PRINCIPALRCAIITLIEWs 13,aEniAxd:
06,80:: ::. ,
0, 4
ir e ),
.1)
it erpool,
2—East Lincolnshire, 3/. 18s.'
RETREAT. the
.51anchester, and Newc‘as-
A very numerously and fashionably attended dejeu. 453/14;-_110 '
d Worceste Ha
nd lf Shares, 10—North Wales,
fourchette took place yesterday, at Abbot's Langley, on onrush 3/ I
".
--------i-e----7..11, Newark, and' •
occasion of laying the first atone of a building intended to be _ SCOTLAND, AND Doss. &c•, 3 '—Direct Sheffield. 7—C
devoted to the purpose of forming a comfortable asylum for - ..i er; It . • Northern 31/ . oventry, Nuneaton
annuitants of the Booksellers' Provident Institution. This —._--___ Id 1 , 4
- 14 a 1 9d. p•--East Coast, 15
8. P.—GI ~,, •
institution was establised in 1837, and recently its prosperity Co 1 eernt sail:1:13n: —:
'-'
•
14 ,
~,, o A Grand Union, 41s. p.--L- , a,,,,0ur and Durnfri,s, 234
-4- ; 8
has been such as to induce the Committee to form the design ITAIIES or RAILVirIYS .a -. P. A.= --. I tbs Junction. 6 —Londo and
of establishing a residence in the neighbourhood of London, C., A
;3 ;•4 ° ____ T.ondon and York n Birmingham Extension, 37s
7—London . 6d.
where, the annuitants of the society might enjoy those comfortson,. ~._ y'. and Manchester Re-
- - Sept.l-Sept ISept Sept. Sept. anchester •(
•
and that quiet retirement so desirable to secure for those do- Sept. Sept. •. . 2 p......._ F•. . 1 Buxtoti, Matlock, 9/
3 3. .3' 3. 3. 2. ' mington's) - '''''. Erewash 84,,, '4 , • '
serving members of the bookselling trade and their widows •‘, _- —76 s NT .' , ', antiN ottmgham
who may be rendered incapable, at an advanced age, of pro- 4% .7's 16s. 3d.—'Nottitigna..., "ttinguam and Mat fi ld 31
4. , ls e ,
,-- 24% Belvoir, and Grantham, 4-- ' ordshire,
viding for themselves.7—Rugby and
'
This intention they have been at length enabled to carry '--- , —North Western, 1' North 6t:“.. , / ^----Silrewsburand
——A— —, Huntingdon, 41s—South Midland; 't ~.,, . , c)2,/ t:
into execution, owing to the munificent kindness of Mr. 3% 3 /8 p.—U ake-
_ .__, 1 D Vali ' -
!a Herefordshire, 2 sii—Tean an( . ove b., ,
Dickenson, who gave the intitution, for that purpose, a __ ' .1' old - d Bradford ' 5 p.---Wehli Midland, b.—York and
beautifully-situated piece of land, opposite the King's Lang- — ——4ae an
~ , . u .
08.. p
—4% —'
Carlisle, 61/2-lorkshire and Glasgow mon, .s. .
ley station of the Birmingham Railway. A more delightful la% 11% ORK, SEPT. 3.
site could not be selected for the projected building, lying as it
_ .33% -- —'' __
does in a highly cultivated and picturesque district, and poi- 3YI r-- STOCK Ex.cHANGE.—The sales are--Eastern Union Exton •
r-s.'"
die.)
-7
—' • 3'7—Great North of England, New, 31—Midland,
ses,ing the advantage of being so near London, almost within a ,itto Bad' Sharec •• - ---: —— _
few yards of one of the termini of the great northern artery ofc 5% — ti•('D' ''' 'Y I d (Q.'ll) r ''• ') -
New, 26)6 or :an North Midland.A. % salp ,r 7
OBinubngnaxPilrlislounn .. i.:litilet oe Junction, 5,1 Grand Union, 3 i—lnds and
communication, the frequent passing of the trains on which, in
Illilecl-ks.huurran, Darwit,3; Bolin - 10 10
such a rural district, will rather serve to remind the inmates of York, 1054 Leicester 'land Bedford, 4/. BF, 9d.—Liverpool,
P.olton, W i:.tita, & Liverpl. 3436 -3/ —7" Ormskirk, and—
l'reston, 734—London and York, 7—Man-
asylum of the busy and anxious bustle from which they Boston, Stainfrd and Dim —57 s _ _
shall have escaped, than to unpleasantly interfere with the calm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. -- —— cheater, B St- 101/ %, , -ti D "I''m ind Lan-
the
uxton„., 8--. ,v.ca, o, ti, .. , .
and quiet retirement of this asylum. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • •
'2 casliire, 514—Nottingham, Erewash. and Ambergate, 54-
12 tr.' 1114 —— Warwick and London, s—Welsh Midland, 5'i—West York-
The building will be a very handsome specimen of the Tudor Ditto New ..• ••••• •• • • _ ___ __ $
architecture, from a design by Mr. H. Cooper, and the cost, of Bristol
aann Gloucester
aies
V Jun.c.. --
—2% shire, IS. ,
its erection will be defrayed by a fund especially contributed— -,!,s
Briosh and Irish Union•• 4
for that purpose by the members of the trade and by many
. Caledoa. and Ayrsh. June
other persons favourable to the object ; and as the fund in- Caledon.&llumn.- *—
creases, additions will be made from time to time of other - -
buildings, in such order as they may be required.
The inmates of the Retreat will be selected from the Bork-
sellers' Provident Institution, and every member of the Asso-
ciation will be entitled to vote at their election, the manage-
ment of their affairs being entirely placed under a Committee
annually chosen from amongst the members.
• The day was peculiarly favourable for the Performance of the
ceremonial, and a very numerous party, graced by the yresence
of many of the fair sex, evidently enjoyed the rich and varied
scenery in the neighbourhood.
At one o'clock a procession of the stewards was formed, who
accompanied the' Earl of Clarendon to the spot fixed on for the
deposition of the foundation stone, which was surrounded by a
tasteful canopy for the accommodation of the ladies, where, as
old Chaucer would say :
" Neither Pbcebus' beams could to them thronge,
Nor Eolus' sharpe blasts could works them anie wronge."
At two o'clock the stone, which contained in a hollow space
specimens of the various coins of the present reign, was placed
in its position, and mortar applied with a silver trowel, in a
most workmanlike manner, amidst deafening cheers, by Lord
Clarendon, after which a prayer was read by the vicar of the
parish, and the party proceeded to a spacious marquee, where
a sumptuous repast was provided for them.
The Earl of CLA RE NDON presiding. The Noble Chairman
proposed, in eloquent terms, the usual toasts which the loyalty
and patriotism of Englishmen claim precedence for on ailpublic
occasions ; after which he again called for a bumper, and said
that he was about to propose to the assembly a toast which he
felt confident would receive the warmest approbation of every
individual present, connected as it was so intimately with the
purposes of the Booksellers' Provident institution.—(Cheers. )
That excellent institution was established in 1837, for the pur-
pose of affording pecuniary relief to members of the trade, or
their widows, who were overtaken by age or infirmity, without
the means of providing sufficient comfort under such circum-
stances ; and that institution had been since conducted in a
manner which was so perfectly in accordance with the intentions
of the founders,,that it had attained a very deserved and high
degree of prosperity.—( Cheers.) There had been no appeal in
the newspapers in its favour, nor had its meetings been presided
over by persons of high rank, yet, notwithstanding, it had
been successful to such an extent as to obtain notwithstanding,
or five hun-
dred member, and a corresponding amount of subscriptions.—
( Cheers.) The society felt the great advantage which they
could confer if, in addition to pecuniary relief, they were also
enabled to grant the comfort of a quiet retreat in the neighbour-
hood of London, where members of the society who received
assistance might also have an asylum in heir old days, in which
they might enjoy those comforts and that quiet so essential to
their condition, and that design was most benevolently assisted
and encouraged by Mr. Dickenson—(Cheers)--who gave for
ever the piece of land on which they were then assembled, for
the purpose of affording facilities for the erection of such an
asylum, and it was now placed in the hands of trustees for that
object The building would be proceeded with at on' e, and he
was happy to be able to state that it was to be in a style of
architecture which, having in view the purposes for which it
was deigned, must be pronounced most appropt iate and well-
judged, and reflected great credit 'on the good taste and
judgment of the architect, Mr. Cooper. It was to consist
of seven houses of four rooms each, with every suitable con-
venience, so that each member would have a separate and in-
dependent dwelling; and there were also two larger rooms
in the plan, one to be devoted to the purpose df a committee-
room, and another a ball for the assembly of the inmates,
which hall was, he was happy to say, to be fitted up as a
library.—(Hear). It was unnecessary to detain them with
a description of the more minute arrangements, but they
were all to be in strict accordance with proper economy and
a due regard to the comfort of the inmates. The objects
contemplated in this retreat were such as ought to com-
mand the sympa+hy, not only of those connected with the
bookselling business, but of every class in life ; for that trade
was almost sui generic, and possessed the strongest claims
on all, from the highest to the lowest in the land. When
persons enjoyed the advantages that were derived from the
extensive diffusion of enlightenment and civilization, they
seldom thought of the great enterprise and risk which were
required in order to produce that diffusion of knowledge—they
seldom thought of the cost and anxiety which were required
to carry it into effect—they seldom considered what a lottery
was the business of puhlisiing.—(Hear, bear.) They seldom
considered how difficult it was to discover beforehand the intel-
lectual taste of the public, or what might he called, perhaps,
the caprices of public opinion. against the decision of which
it was hopeless to appeal.—(Hear, hear.) He felt that the
interests of the booksellers were identical with those of the
public, and therefore he felt that in aiding to confer this benefit
on them the public were conferring a benefit on themselves.—
( Cheers.) They ought to recollect that the booksellers was
the medium through which the principles of religion and
patriotism were spread abroad. They ought not to forget
that through their exertions knowledge was diffused amongst
all classes, and their morals improved,. whilst their enlighten-
ment was,
increased.—( Cheers.) He should, therefore, with-
out further preface, give " Prosperity to the Booksellers' Pro-
vident ,Retreat."—(Loud applause.)
The health of the Noble Chairman was then drank, after
which the health of Mr. Dickenson was most warmly received,
and several other toasts having been .proposed, the company
separated, very much delighted, not only with the benevolent
purpose which had called them together, but with the
agreeable manner in which the day was spent. A sum of
6001. towards the fund for erecting the building was subscribed
before the party separated.

SHEFFIELD; SEPT. 3.
STOCK EXCHANCE.—Me. sales are-London and Croy-don .
New, 365. p.—Midiand, Sheffield, and Rotherham,37—York
2nd North Midland Extension, 25N —Caledonian Extension,
`l',i and Lincoln, 514—Derby and Crewe,
enlpsi&-, s—Griaisl'y Railway and Duck Extension
B... London and - Witt ls3r, 41s.—Lon lon an Y. ec, 73/4.
Dtr.ec Nurtuern, 3 /2-111anelitls: er, Shetlield,-and Midland
Junction,l2—Nottingham and Mansfield, 3%
—Shrewsbury
and Herefordshire, 7Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, 514
Wakefield and • Harrog4to, EQS,—Welsh Midland, 5 3-16.
- • LUDDERSFIELD, SE r.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales aro-.Cambrldge and Lin-
-
eolil,.6lA.Direct Northern, 374—Easex and Suffolk-, 225. p.
—Grand Union, 314--Glasgow and Dumfries, 55s.—Hud-
dersfield and Manchester, 221,4—Huddersfield and Oheffield
3% Junction, 29 c. n.--Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North East;
em, 4—Leeds and This*, 2:54 Leicester and Birmingham,
3% p.—Manchester and Biritenl44-4 0.001111460121 355. p.—
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 6:s4—West oyirtfiiira, 1914
(Mallow Junction, 6%—;Newark; Sheffield, and Boston, 776.
• EXETER, SEPT. S •
STOCK Eten 414.16 =nu sales, are—Exeter, Yeoril, and
.
7---NOwark and Dorcheer, Devonin_ll.4-Ke.ter, Topsham,
9% and Exinou h, % p.—South 116von, 3
Shef-
field 71/ Eastern Counties, 21—London and Blackwall,
1

- 103/
3% 4. EDINBURGH, SEPT. I.
- STOCK EXCIiitNaE.--The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 10s.-
- Arbroath and Forfar, 25L-Dato, Half Shares, 151.-British
- and Irish Union, 3/. 11s.-Caledonlan, 131..=--Caledonian Ex-
- tension, 3/. 1 ls.--Clydesdale Junction, 10/. 2s. 6d.-Direct
- Northern, 21.-Dundee and "Arbroath, 371. Is 6d.
. Ditto,
_ New, 18L-Dundee and Perth, U.-Edinburgh and Bath-
-- gate, 21. 178. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgorw, 9a-Ditto,
- Quarters. 211. 155.-Ditto, New, 15/. - Edinburgh, Glas-
gow, and Dumbarton, IL 105.--Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
: ton, 25/. 105.-Ditto, Preference, 17/. 10s.- Edinburgh and
_ Northern, 2/. 25.-Ditto, New, 11. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and
_ Perth, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrohire, 711.-Ditto, New
- Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 4147,-Glosgow and
- 'Greenock, V.-Ditto, New Stock. 101. 58.--,Ditto, Prefer-
- ence, 21.-Glasgow, Dumfries. and Carlisle, 2/. Is. 6d.-Great
North of Scotland, 31. 75.-Invernefis trod 11.- 2s. 6d.
7-London and York, 6/. 103. -Monkland and girkintilloch,
- 331.-North British, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 91.55 -Perth and
- Inverness, 2/. 55.--Scottish Central, 7/. 145.-Scottish Mid-
land, W. 75.-Slamannaq, 18/. 105.-Stirling and Dunferrn-
-214 line, 1/.. 17s.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
• MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. -
MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—The half-yearly meeting of
the Proprietors of the Manchester and Leeds Railway was
held to-day at noon, at the Palatine Hotel.
At the conclusion of the half-yearly meeting, a special
general meeting of the Shareholders will held, for the purpose
of authorising the Directors to create an addittnnal number of
shares, for raisin, further capital for the Manchester and Leeds
Railway, the Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool Junction
Railway, and the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railways
respectively, amounting to 1,209,1001. ; also, for paying off
the mortgages, which amount to 881001. And for taking
into consideration and deciding upon certain arrangements be-
tween the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company and the
Leeds and West Riding Junctian Railway Company, the West
Yorkshire Railway Company, the Huddersfield, Halifax, and
Bradford Union Railway Company, the Huddersfield and Shef
field Junction Railway Company, and the Leeds and Brad-
ford Railway Company, in reference to the making of new lines
in the West Riding.
There was a'crowded attendance of the proprietary.
HENRY HouLnswoaxw, Esq., Chairman of the Board of
Directors, took the chair, and said this was the eighteenth
half-yearly meeting of the Manchester and Leeds Railway
Company, and he trusted that the statements which they
would have to lay before the Shareholders would confirm the sa-
tisfaction which the Pioprietors had been pleased to express
since the eimmencement of the undertaking.
Mr. DUNSTAN, one of the,clerks, then read the report of
the Directors, of which the following is an extract :
" The satisfactory state of trade daring the period on which
your Directors have no toreport, has produced its natural and ex.
pected effect upon the income of the company. Although an im-
portant reduction was made early in the year on the passenger
fares and in the rates nn certain classes of merchandise, the
receipts of the six months present an increase over those of the
correspon .ing period of last year of 23,8921. 12s. 9d.
•
Towards this bUNI the passenger traffic has con.
tributed
And the goods traffic

£6 618 14 11
17,273 17 10
£23,892 12 9

6-
14 The gross income of the six monthsanionnts to £153,279 10 8
8 The working expenses, including rates, taxes,
and duty, to

•
Showing a balance of £101,232 12 7
The progressive increase of business is shown in the following
comparative statement :--
PASSENGERS.
Number booked in six months, viz., Ist January to 30th Juue.
1845. 1844. 1843.
Ist Class ............ 63,814 42,751 40,128
32dd
aCnldas4s
th...C.1 ..... ;...... 612670,190 143,823 130,941
,493 487,031 381,570

T0ta1......... 851,497 673,605 552,639

Mdes travelled... 12,167,480 10,024,141 7,935,339
: The accounts show that the gross receipts of the twelve month
have been 315,093/. 19s. Bd.; and the gross disbut cements, in
. eluding allowance for depreciation, 110,2471. Os. 2d. ; leaving a
. profit on the year's business of 204,851/. 19s. 6d. ; which shows net
• a return of 6b per cent. for the year on the total expenditure.
Since the Ist of January, one call entitled to dividend at the
I present period has been received, increasing the paid-up capital
to 1,487,389/., and by the annexed account, No. 2, it will be seen
that the total sum expended from the commencement in 1835,
- to the 30th June last, has been 3,372,240/. 93. The net ba-
- lance on the six months' business, applicable to dividend, is
- 60,3441. 2s. 6d., which, added to the undivided surplus of the
- previous half-year, makes a disposable balance on the present
occasion of 67,901/. Bs. 9d. (as per account No. 4). Your
Directors recommend that a dividend of 4 per cent. for the
- half year upon the paid-up capital be sanctioned, viz., a 18s
- on the 1001. shares ; 1/. ss. 4d. on the 50/. shares, and the
- usual 2s. per share on the quarter shares, all subject to tht
- income-tax. On the subject of their late proceedings in
_
Parliament your Directors have to report that they. have
_
- been successful in obtaining the following Acts, viz. t-
- An Act to raise additional capital ; an Act to make
- a branch railway from Todmorden to Burnley, also a
branch from He} wood to Bury, also a branch from branch
331,
Oldham to Mumps; an Act to make a Junction between the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway arid this Company',
-
- line ;an Act to make a line from Wakefield to Goole. In
the case of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railways
Bill, which bad been favourably reported on_by the Board of
Trade, one part of the scheme, extending from Cooper &idly.
to Huddersfield, was, after a week's contest, granted by the
Committee of the House of Commons to whom it was re
ferred, to the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway Company,
and another part, extendin. from Dewsbury to Leeds, to the
Leeds and Dewsbury Company ; the remainder, however,
comprising about three-fourths of the whole, was, after a
farther contest of two weeks, assigned by the same Com-
mittee to this Company, but the Bill was subsequently lost..by
an unexpected decision of the Committee of the House of
Lords. In respect to the Bill for authorising the amalgama-
tion with the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway
i
Company, it was postponed until next session, n consequent:,
of an objection on standing orders; but every needful ate;
will in the meantime be taken, and provision made foe
carrying out and obtaining from Parliament its sanction te
the existing agreement between the two Companies. The
r 'total capital which the Company has power to raise under their
various Acts of Parliament, now amounts to 4,720,900/, of
which is already. capitalised 2,509,600/, remaining uneapi-
talised 2,131,3111. but deducting 60,000/. (part of the capital
under the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Act, not yet con•
vertible), it is proposed to divide the remaining 2.071,3001.
into 103,565 shares of 201. each, to be caned fifths, and to
allot of such shares to each registered proprietor (less the
fractional parts of a share) a value equal to 75 per cent. of
the nominal amount of the aggregate stock standing in his
per share upon the
name on the 20 t h day
call or
drtehdit.eahp':eposrieitslisenuifiet 1 Soi.fe pitheemebeerrt.i
fi c
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ai
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shall be payable on or before
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first instancenext,butthe
time of the remaining calls
afterwards upon the
upeprotrindtshewhoreongirtesmsttoyf
htheethnnenwohworks, and
t expedient to pay off the mort-
. ,gage debt, jr is anticipated, however, that at least, 71. per
. share may be called up within the next three years. It is also
. . proposed that the new shares shall participate in dividends int-
• mediately in proportion to the nominal amount of the said
- shares, subject, howeier. to a deduction for interest at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum Upon the proportion from time
_ to time not ,04 up, such proportion being determined by the
ofd
which,
_ amount paid up at the commencement of each half year. They
- have now the satisfaction of reporting, in furtherance of the
- objects proposed, that they have made arrangements for apply-
operation will be beneficially
, under the title of the
-• ing to Parliament in the next session for an extension of rail-
-I:pYjaealrartitre t
o Ashton, and also a
: ways in the neighbourhood of. 01,dh;10
()Whale District hailways company, in conjunction with local
,-- pexaretrteesclQtfo pirtnueonteeethwehscohseemceoin question, Undor an agreement
with the West Riding
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‘oll:atkaoineeedi,:,
as branches of the parent
ects have been moat favourably received
with your sanction,
- will
irbt
elinaeppltioedllniVl
hetyonth,isboetobnipany
- line ; and that the proj
n by the inhabitants of the populous distrios through which they
are intended to pegs. They
reed with the Directors of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and
toole Company to proceed at once (the consent of the land-
owners having with the branch from
tale Goole to the North Midland line at Metbley, to connect
the port of thole directly
Pontefract and Goole
with Leeds. which was made a con-
to seek powers to extend it in a south-
easterly by Parliamentbeen
allnretabdeY
Bill; and further, in applying for the formal sanction of the Legis-
lature to that branch,
easterly direction fora son point on the. Goole line to a junc-
ion with the London and York at Askern, thus connecting Leeds
more iiirecily‘ with Lineoltishire and the south. Thu atiteution
Of your Directors has also been drawn by parties of loss)
00r,,,,. to the rich in-
th riiTier4l di lying be.t ween Horbury on
the
Manches.ter and Leeds line and Sheffield, a tract of country
unprovided with railway accommodation, containing an active
Popu!atien,,including the town of_ Barnsley, and the connexion
Of which distr.ct with the populous valleys of the Calder and
the Aire it appears a desirable and legitimate object to pro-
pote.
iinter into an a
ft is pronc;sed that your Oireetors be' aetheriged to
grjoinimt Witlftlie promotcr; of the line, on the
basis pf the arrangement With the' Wakefield, f`Oniaraet, and
'CrOle Company. The Meat iMportant measure, however,
Which your Directors bap adopted i 4 ref retina to the nex