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acted under some powerful hallucination which
deprived them of the exercise of their ordinary
faculties. The infinite pains Mr. O'Connell took,
however, on Monday last, to convince his
audience that the release of himself and friends was
altogether owing to the wisdom of this truly Spartan
minority, and that with two exceptions, all the other
judges are wiseacres, wholly unacquainted with the
law of conspiracy, and equally unfit for the duties
they have been called upon to perform, would lead
us to infer that he hardly recognises it himself. The
only three judges in the United Kingdom who are,
according to his account, entitled to respect, are
Lord Cottenham, Lord Denman, and Lord Camp-
bell. Of the first of these noble and learned persons,
he declares that " there never was so good a judge ;"
of the second, that no dignitary of the English
bench " has ever shown himself what Lord Denman
has ;" ankl of the third, that, besides having " a
thoroughly Irish heart," and a "shrewd Scotch head
to guide it," he had informed him, on his visit to
Ireland, that he had become " thoroughly Irish."
We will not ask what Lord Cottenham must :feel
when informed that he is the best judge that
"ever lived;" neither are we disposed to inquire of
Lord Campbell at what rate he estimates the com-
pliment here paid to him and his colleagues, at the
expense of nine-tenths of the judicial learning
and virtue of England. But we very much doubt
if Lord Denman will not be disposed to apostrophise
himself with the inquiry, " What evil have I done
that this man should praise me." The object of
eulogies from such a quarter—eulogies associated
with the vituperation of colleagues whose learning
he cannot fail to appreciate, whose sincerity he
knows to be beyond all price, cannot be misunder-
stood. We mistake Lord Denman greatly indeed,
if he will not regard such praise as the last
thing which a good and great man ought to de-
serve. The speech which has suggested these remarks
differs but little from the agitator's ordinary orations.
As a sample of its impudence, we may notice that he
declares that the reversal of the judgment was on the
merits (! !!) and not on any technical ground (!!) ;
and as a proof that his late retirement has at least
taught him some prudence, we,may instance the total
absence from his address of all threats of more
monster meetinge. He has even got a pis alter for
a College-green Parliament. We need not add
that it is one which is destined to bring grist to the
mill. He proposes that 300 deputies from Irish
repealers shall meet in Dublin on a certain
day; their qualification being the " handing in" of
1001. each. They are not to be allowed to initiate
anything, but, so far as we can gather, are simply
to act as the " drag-wheel of the movement."
The " value to be received" for their cash would be
their power of "stipulating terms with her Majesty's
Ministers," and they might even hope to control
" that cursed contumacious little English dog," the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and that " vinegar cruet
on two legs," the Attorney-General for Ireland.
What more can they desire for their 300/. ? Mr.
O'Connell's opinion is against calling more monster
meetings ! Who will venture to say that the prose-
cution has not brought forth good fruit ? or that the
leisure afforded Mr. O'Connell in Richmond Peni-
tent'ary has not tended to induce wholesome re-
flections ?

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

A Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors of the
South .Eastern Railway was held on Tuesday at the
Company's-room, London Terminus.
Mr. Baring Richards, Esq., Deputy-Chairman,
took the chair.
The requisition calling the meeting having been
read,

Mr. Bnowsr said he wished to know the number of
registered shares opposite the name of each Proprietor
The CHAIRMAN said that was a question which he
would not answer, as he did not think they had any
right to inquire into the private affairs of any in-
dividual.—(Hear, hear.)
for the months
The Secretary then read the report, from which it
appeared, that the gross revenue of the South Eastern
AltfaAihns ,
,otif Jul
v.
was
4.9.17
A.
n 4
whichrniu:L 9.(IfICA, a i..adrice cis
from the account presented to the Proprietors on the
25th of May, making in the whole 82,705/. lls. 7d. The
working expenses have amounted to 40,9944 Os. Gd.,
leaving a net profit of 41,7111. 1 Is. hi. The charge
for interest on loans amounts to 25,1131. 3s. Gd., of
which 21,9681. 2s. 2d. has been passed to the debit of
revenue, and 3,145/. ls. 4d. arising on unproductive
capital, to the debit of the capital account. The sums
of 21,9681. 2s. 2d., and 1,1941. 13s. 10d. (which
appears on the credit side of the harbour account,
as for tonnages and passengers by steam-packets, but
not received) being deducted from the general
balance, leaves a sum of 18,5411 15s. Id. divisible
amongst the proprietors, or six shillings per share on
the shares paid up, and ninepence per share on the
shares created in Februsry last, leaving a balance of
6981. 15s. Id. There is also a sum of 11,7601. 19s. Bd.
in the hands of the Company upon the general inte-
rest account, and of 4551. 1 ls. Bd. on the transfer fee
account, both of which, in consequence of the com-
pletion of the line to Dover, can be carried to the
credit of the dividend account, if the Proprietors so de-
terminemay be added 1,5671. 15s. pre-
i 3h e,7f841. 6s. 4d. for dividend purposes,
unallotted new shares, or an ad-
ditionalanniidur„l A
which,
s utt mohae
aidedsale
to the before-named 18,548/ 15s. ld.,
paid up, ls. 5d., or 10s. 6d. per share on
, and ls. 31d. on the last issue,
itwehaoevuislid)gagrei:ea balance of 1,0951. 1 1 s. sd. The
working expenses have amounted to about
fifty per cent. upon the gross receipts.
The report went on to state that the terms of a lease,
provisionally agreed upon with the Directors of the
Greenwich Company, would be laid before the meeting.
It then referred to the expediency of a line through
Woolwich to Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham, Sitting-
bourne, Faversham, and Chilham, uniting with that
and Ramsgate, in the valley of the
from Rochester and Maidstone,
present Maidstone branch, and
forming
communication across Kent and Sussex ;
tausoolntsroiCoaarinnn,
glineCanterbury
ufrom
thel
the
Canterbury and Ramsgate branch
to Sandwich and Deal. The Directors have also
talcen steps for making a branch to Tunbridge-wells,
might be advantageously extended to Hast-
ings,They had also concluded an arrangement for a
lv'atisihof the Whitstable Railway. The general out-
lines of these projects have been submitted to the
Boardected e
fo
opened in the present month. The report then re-
ferred to the projected railroad from Boulogne to
Amiens, which would afford the means of travelling
r
from London to Paris within the day, which would
f Trade,
rat
secure to the Dover line the traffic to and from Paris
and the south and east. In conclusion, the Directors
referred with satisfaction to the amounts exhibited by
the traffic returns during the past weeks of the cur-
rent half year ; and trust that a continuance of re-
ceipts, exhibiting a similarly favourable comparison
with those of the preceding year, would afford at its
close a substantial dividend, and would place the
South-Eastern Company in an advantageous posi-
tion for the important financial measures to which,
in 1845, the contemplated extensions of the line must
of necessity give rise. The account showed a balance
of 51,798/. 12s. 4d. in the hands the Company.
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said it became his
duty to move that the report be received and adopted.
He regretted that there should be occasion for more
discussion than usual at the present meeting, and that
the management of the proceedings had not devolved
on some person more competent than himself. The
Directors and Proprietors might differ, or each might
differ amongst themselves, but when those differences
arose he thought they
hav could be better settled by meet-
ing together than by having recourse to anonymous
letters in the newspapers.—(Cheers.) A notion had
gone abroad that it was the intention of the Directors
to force on the Proprietors a plan by which the in-
terest of all money to be raised for their future
schemes was to be defrayed out of the traffic of the
present line. Nothing more unsound or preposterous
could have been suggested. That plan was adopted
for making the Maidstone line and other works of
the Company, because the dividend was small, and
they thought it better that it should be given for that
purpose than to divide it, and every person must feel
they were amply compensated by a plan which so
much helped to raise the value of their shares. The
Proprietors were at perfect liberty to do what they
wished with their own. -With regard to the
goods' traffic, an opinion prevailed that the present
plan adopted was not a good one. He had some
doubts of that himself, but he confessed, after inquir-
ing into the subject, that doubt was removed, and he
hoped as this was a matter of serious importance no
gentleman would make up his mind on the subject
without full inquiry and due deliberation.—(Hear,
hear.) The Directors could have nothing in view
but the advantage of the Company, and he was sure
not one of them would sacrifice the good of the Pro-
prietors to his private interest. His inquiries led

him to believe that some alterations might be made
with advantage with regard to the goods' traffic. By
diminishing the present charge on parcels, an addi-
tional share of business would be thrown into their
hands. With regard to the accounts, the traffic
trade profit of the last four months was 18,548/.
There was also 11,6601. arising from the interest on
arrears which, though not fairly to be considered the
traffic of last year, was available to the Proprietors
whenever they thought fit. There was also a sum of
1,5761. arising from the sale of shares, which, though
not a large sum, might be added to the dividend.
The dividend declared was smaller than it would
others\ ise be, because they were now treating of four
months instead of six; but it was a great point to
have made a beginning, and he felt confident, when
they were able at present to receive so much as 7,0001.
in one week, that they would go on prospering, and
that those who now held South-Eastern shares would
never have occasion to regret that their property was
invested in the concern.—(Cheers.) They had many
difficulties to contend with, but they were
now progressing. They had sources of traffic
yet unopened, others only partially deve•
loped, and some still in embryo. The Chair-
man then referred to the various lines mentioned
in the report, from which considerable profit was
expected. With regard to their want of success re-
specting the Hastings line, he believed it would ulti-
mately turn out to their advantage; for owing to the
perseverance of Mr. Barlow, they had found a line in-
finitely superior to the one formerly proposed, as it
would bring Hastings fourteen miles nearer to Lon-
don. With regard to the Greenwich line, he had re-
ceived a communication from that Company, stating
that they had accepted the terms offered by this
Company. _ _ _

liRITCHARD wished to know from the Chairman
what was the cause of the great expense in working
this line ? The working expenses were fifty per
cent., and that was an extraordinary expense.
The CHAIRMAN said that was a per centage on the
receipts, and that must be according to the amount
charged for carrying.
In answer to another question,
The CHAIRMAN said that they carried lime, coal,
and cattle. With regard to the goods' traffic, it
should be borne in mind that they traversed an agri-
cultnral country, and that agriculturists were not so
quick in availing themselves of new improvements as
manufacturers were.—(Hear, hear.) They had the
river communication to contend with also; and where
expedition and punctuality were not much required,
they could not expect to cope with a cheaper mode of
conveyance by water. _ _

Mr: APGREGoR said that it appeared to him there
was not a very strong desire on the part of the Direc-
tors to afford the information to the Proprietors. He
lived in a distant part of the country, and having
been in communication with the Directors for a long
time, he must honestly say he did not get such in-
formation as would give him confidence in the
management of the concern. The Chairman had
alluded to anonymous letters in newspapers. He had
nothing to do with them. He was there representing
a large body of Proprietors in Liverpool. A meeting
of Proprietors, most numerously attended, was held
in Liverpool. Those who composed it were men of
business habits, well acquainted with railway mat-
ters, and they came to a resolution that change was
required in the system of management. They were
fully impressed with the belief that the system of car-
rying goods required alteration. It might be very
well to talk of future prospects—he should desire to
see what they had on hand at present well managed.
—(Cheers.) He felt convinced, and he spoke the
opinions of a large body of Proprietors in Liverpool,
that a change of system was necessary for their pros-
perity. There ought to be a list of prices, setting
forth at what cost goods could be conveyed for a cer-
tain distance.—(Hear, hear.) The public had a right
to know at what cost they could send goods.—(Hear,
hear.) He was of opinion that the Company should
be carriers of goods themselves. He was of opinion
that the accounts were of such a nature as to require
thorough examination, and that each source of ex-
pense, and the amount, should be specifically stated.
He and his friends in Liverpool had not found jpilt.
the s'istern or; which they proceeded. lie should
propose, as an amendment to the motion proposed, a
resolution, " That the accounts laid before the meeting
were not satisfactory, and that a Committee be ap-
pointed, under the provisions of the Act of Parliament,
to examine the same, and report thereon at a future
meeting; that a dividend should be declared from the
Ist of October, 1843, to the Ist of July, 1844; and
that a change in the system of carrying goods was
necessary, for the advantage of the public as well as
for the Company." To show that he was not ani-
mated by any factious motives, he would leave the
appointment of the Committee in the hands of the
Directors themselves.

Mr. WALTER said that he was a London Proprietor,
and was at first prejudiced against the opinions enter-
tained by the Liverpool holders, as they were called ;
but, having attended the meeting in Liverpool, to
which the gentleman who spoke last referred, and
having listened to the practical and sound views urged
there, he altered his opinions, and he became con-
vinced that they were right.
Mr. CORDWELL, M.P., said that he was afraid the
meeting was likely to be led away from excitement.
His own opinion was, that everything should, as far
as possible, be known to the Shareholders. Their de-
sire had been to do so, and there was not the least
intention or desire on the part of the Directors to
keep anything concealed. They had all a consider-
able interest at stake, and they all desired
to arrive at the same result.—(Hear, hear.)
As to the declaration of a dividend larger than was
declared by the Directors, there was no intention to
raise any obstacles or interpose difficulties. It was a
matter which rested entirely with the Proprietors
themselves. The Directors held the same opinion
which they held in November last, and in that opi-
nion the Proprietors concurred. If the Proprietors
held a different opinion now they had only to say so,
and there was an end of that matter. The Proprie-
tors would have the advantage one way or the other.
They might have it in meal or in malt, but they
could not have it both ways. With regard to the
carrying question, every person must regret the ab-
sence of their Chairman, Mr. Baxendale, who had the
longest carrying concern in England. It would be
most desirable that he should be present before any
definite arrangement was come to upon that point.
The subject occupied the serious attention of the Di-
rectors, whose only object was to make the largest
amount of net profit possible. If they were of opi-
nion that investigation should be made into the
subject, and that the whole carrying trade
should be revised, they had but to say so. With re-
gard to the third question, which was a question as to
a change of the whole of the Directors, he for one felt
no umbrage at what had fallen from Mr. M‘Gregor.
He had other avocations to attend to, and he should
be ready for one to resign his seat at the Board. He
only desired that the Company should prosper, and if
it prospered better in other hands than in those of the
present Board, the mercy to him would be doubly
blessed. If it was the wish of the Proprietors that the
first two questions should be carried, they had it in
their own power to say so. But if the third were
carried it would be for the Board to say whether they
would any.longer continue to act in the position they
now occupied. The Proprietors had only to intimate
their opinion, and the Directors would take their own
course. They might perhaps say it was right for you
to dissemble your love, hut why did you kick me
down stairs ?—(Cheers.)
Mr. M'GREGOR said he did not impute anything to
the Directors. He did not intend by his resolution to
affect their continuance in office.
Mr. BROWN seconded the resolution proposed by
Mr. M`Gregor.
Mr. SMYTHE said, that if the resolution proposed
were carried, it would be impossible that the present
Board could continue to occupy their present position.
It appeared to him a most strange proceeding that
without any specific charge being brought against the
Board of Directors, such a resolution should be pro-
posed.—(Cheers.) The Directors had their confidence
in times of difficulty, when no Liverpool gentlemen
with long purses came forward to support them.
There was no reason why it should not be continued
to them. Now, with this feeling, he should meet with
a direct negative the proposition which had been
made,
Mr. SCOTT seconded the motion. As long ss he
had been a Proprietor no promise had been broken,
and every expectation held out had been fulfilled on
the part of the Directors. The shares had risen
under their management from 221 to near 40. Now
that they were or, the threshold of success, it was
most surprising to turn round upon them, and say
that they had no confidence in them.—(Hea, hear.)
That was not the course of dealing among gen-
tlemen, or men of business;
he was a stranger to it.
A discussion at some length ensued, when
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment. There were
five gentlemen in the room who held up their hands
for Mr. M‘Giregor's amendment; the remainder of

the meeting (which was a crowded one) held up their
hands against the amendment.
Mr. PRITCHARD then demanded a poll, amidst loud
cries of " Shame, shame."
The CHAIRMNN —Mr. Pritchard has a right to do so.
Mr. GILBERTSON asked whether they could not ad-
journ the meeting?

The CHAIRMAN said it rested with the meeting
whether they would adjourn or not.
Mr. CARDWELL said that as he was informed there
were 50,000 Shareholders, and that there were on!y
6,000 registered proxies, the best way of testing the
feelings of the Company would be to adjourn the
meeting. He thought it was only fair and proper
that their statements should go before those gentle-
men whose proxies Mr. M‘Gregor held. They might
perhaps be then induced to change their opinions. It
was clear that the sense of the meeting, with the ex-
ception of two or three persons, was with them, and
by adjourning the meeting they could see how many
of the other 44,000 Proprietors were with them.
The CHAIRMAN said that they had not as yet got
through any business, and as there was matter of im-
portance to the Company, the leasing of the line to
which the Greenwich Company had agreed to, be
considered, he would put it to those gentlemen who
demanded a poll, whether they would not allow the
meeting first to proceed with this matter, and then to
go to the poll, which must necessarily occupy a con-
siderable time, on the question of adjournment.
Mr. HA:Nur:l'ON begged of Mr. M`Gregor not to per-
severe in such a vexatious manner. Sufficient had
been said to awake the attention of the Directors to
the point to which he wishei it to be directed, and
much more would be gained by his not proceeding
further than if he pressed the poll.
Mr. APGREGOR said he would not yield. He had
asked for information and he could not obtain it. He
thought there must be some ob:ect in this concealment.
The CIIIIRNIAN said they should then go to a poll.
He hoped no gentleman would leave the room with-
out 'registering his votes.
Scrutineers were then appointed to take the votes.
The scrutineers retired at half-past four o'clock to
take the votes, and did not return till half-past nine.
Mr. IhmllaoN, one of the scrutineers, then came
forward and said that, as one of the scrutineers, he
had examined into the state of the votes on the pre-
sent occasion, and he begged to state that, agreeably
to the opinion of the solicitor with regard to the
proxies handed in on the sth of the month, there was
a majority against the amendment of I,7ss.—(This
announcement was received with loud cheers )
Mr. PRITCHARD said that he also was one of the
scrutineer4, and though the solicitor had decided that
the words of the Act of Parliament meant that there
should be five clear days given, the words in all other
Acts of Parliament were that three clear days should
elapse before the day of meeting. The words in this
Act of Parliament required that the proxies should be
transmitted five days before the day of meeting. Ac-
cording to his view, there was a majority of 2,135 in
favour of the amendment.—(Groans.)
The CHAIRMAN said that as this was a legal ques-
tion he would not give his own opinion, but he would
read the words of the Act of Parliament. The Chair-
man then read the clause in the Act of Parliament,
from which it appeared that the proxies should be
sent five days before the meeting; which, he appre-
hended, meant five clear days. He should now pro-
pose the adoption of the report.
Mr. APGREGOR asked whether five days' notice had
not been given. He protested against the meeting
proceeding under a doubt—(Groans, and: cries of
" Sit down.")
Mr. PARKER seconded the adoption of the report,
which was put, and carried with acclamation.
A resolution was then passed and carried, declaring
a dividend of 10s. to I ls. 6d. on the old shares, and
Is. 34d. on the shares paid in February.
A resolution was then agreed to, adopting the pro-
position for the leasing of the Greenwich line.
A resolution was also passed, authorising the Direc-
tors to take the necessary steps to obtain an Act of
Parliament for the North Kent line.

Mr. TEGG proposed, and Mr. LEVY seconded, a vote
of confidence and thanks to the Directors, with accla-
mation.___. • 11U
institute a full and impartial inquiry into the carrying
system, and they would wish to have some gentlemen
who entertained views similar to those expressed by
his Liverpool friends on the Committee. Ile was
sorry that the Liverpool gentlemen had left the room,
but communications would be made on the subject
with some of the Proprietors in Liverpool.
The CHAIRMAN then read a memorial from certain
of the inhabitants of Dover, against Sunday travel-
ling. The subject was left in the hands of the
Directors.

The meeting separated at 10 o'clock, having con-
.inued nine hours.

ELECTION FOR CHAMBERLAIN.— At three o'clock
yesterday the numbers were:—Mr. Alderman Brown
2,201 ; Mr. Heppe], 63. There has been a report cur•
rent during the last few days, amongst those who at-
tend Guildhall that some informality has taken place in
the proceedings of the election likely to render it of no
avail. It is said that the objection exists in the fact that
Sheriff Musgrove did not receive a► notice to attend
upon the day of nomination as one of the returning
officers.

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STATE or TRADE.—The market, both for goods
and yarns continues in the same quiet and inanimate
state which has prevailed for the last three or four
weeks. Very little business has been done, buyers
generally endeavouring to obtain the advantage result-
ing from the recent decline in the price of cotton ; but
as spinners and manufacturers are very generally working
to order, they are not at present much inclined to
make any material concession in prices.—Manchester
Guardian.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 9.
—There has been a good demand for the coarser kind of
flannels, at prices the same as those of former weeks.
The finer sort of goods has been less inquired for during
these two preceding markets. Wools have undergone
very little change of late, the demand continues steady
and prices firm. It is reported in the market to-day,
that there was a rather brisk demand for wool at the
Bristol fair last week, but no change from the present
prices.—Manchester Guardian.
LARGE SALMON.— A few days ago an excellent
salmon, in prime condition for kippering, was caught on
one of Mr. Allan's banks, near Newburgh, which weighed
no less than 5 llbs.
CASE OF MURDER IN THE PARISH OF CAMPSIE.—
A case of murder, we regret to state, took place in the
parish of Campsie, on Thursday forenoon. The pers., n
murdered belonged to Campsie, and was named John
Dunn, or Dunion, and the murderer's same is John
M‘Lauchlane. Both of the parties were engaged a;
reapers on the farm of Auldtown, we have been in-
formed, and a quarrel having taken place on the harvest-
field, M'Lauchlane assaulted Dunn, struck him below
the arm with his reaping-hook, the point of which
having entered his heart, he died instantaneously.
M'Lauchlane's father, we have likewise heard, was con-
cerned in the quarrel. The murderer immediately
absconded, and so far as vie have learned, has not yet
been apprehended. MiLauchlane, it appears, is an
Irishman, who had worked for some years at Kirkin-
tilloch as a plasterer's labourer, but for a few days pre-
vious to the fatal occurrence, had been employed as a
shearer in Campsie parish.—Glasgow Argus.
THE HARVEST.—In consequence of the exceedingly
favourable weather for the last ten days, the harvest is
general in this vicinity. On Tuesday, Dr. Dickson, Kep-
poch, took in two stacks of barley ; Mr. Ross, Hum-
berston, has nearly completed his harvest, as well as Mr.
Lawson, Bakerhill, and others. For some days there
have been merry fields of reapers on the mains of Tel-
loch, at Conan, &c., &c., and with Captain Munro,
Teaninich, who commenced barley cutting about ten
days ago, and has some of the same barley now in the
steep for distillation. As to the probable result of the
crop, we think it will be found excellent as to wheat and
a short
coming and good as to oats, but there will be
coming of straw. The potatoes will be of excellent
quality and bulk, and a far superior crop to last year.
The turnips look well, but we have hearthat the bulb
has been damaged by an insect, and the produce isvery
problematical ; swedes are free from tin, taint. Fruits
and garden stuffs are good and abundant.—Ross-shire

Advertiser.
I,e number of boats at
HERRING FISDING.—T..
Peterhead prosecuting the herring fishing is 401, and
up to this date they average ninety-eight craps each.
Along the coast several sales of full branded herrings
have been made at 17s. At Wick the total average for
the season is ninety-eight trans. By the latest accounts
from Ireland, prices vary from 225. to 235., but sales dull.
Freight to the Baltic ports are from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d.
Irish ports Is. 6cl. to 2s. Salt may be obtained at 20s.
per tun. At Fraserburgh the average is under seventy
crans—no sales.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
PROVIDING AGAINST A RAINY DAY.—A young
stealer of umbrellas by wholesale has been committed
for trial. The boy, whose name is William Booth, is
only fourteen years of age, and comes from Hull, where
his father keeps a lodging-house. He had been collect-
ing umbrellas in the neighbourhood of Canwick and
Branston, and has been committed for taking one from
the house of Thomas Quip. He took it down and said
it wanted repairing, and although the children in the
house told him it did not, and that he must not take
it away, he first cut the wire and let the bones down
and then bore away his prize. Those umbrella collectors
sell the whalebone fur 161 per lb.—Lincolnshire Chro-
nicle.

(From Tuesday Night's Gazette.)
Railway Department, Board of Trades,
Whitehall, Sept. 9, 1844.
Referring to the notice in the Gatette of the 23d t
August, announcing the intention of the Railway Doan?,
to examine into certain schemes therein enumerated: with
a view to the presentation to 'Parliament of minutes or.
reports therein, in the event of their becoming the sub-
jects of application to Parliament, the Board hereby give
notice that it is further their intention: to examine, with a
similar view, into the following sehenies, viz :
I. The scheme proposed for extending railway com-
munication through South Wales to Pembroke and Fish-
guard.
11. The Trent Valley scheme, from Stafford to Rugby.
111. The Churnet Valley scheme, from Maccles,seld to
Derby and Tamworth.
IV. The proposed branches of the Grand Junctiora
Railway Company, to connect Shrewsbury, Dudlwy, and!
the Potteries with their line, and to shorten the distance.
to Liverpool by means of a new line across the Mersey,
leaving the Grand Junction line near Preston Brook.
V. The Leeds and Thirak scheme, and, in count xiou
with it, other schemes proposed for connecting Harrow-
gate and Ksaresborough, with the Great North of Erg-
land or York and North Midland Railways.
VI. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Junction scheme,
from Blackburn, by Burnley, Skipton, and Keighley, to
Leeds and Bradford, and, in connexion with it, the
Blackburn, Burnley, and-Accrington, Leeds and Brad-
ford extension, and other schemes for accommodating
portions of the same district.
VII. The Scottish central and other schemes. for ex-
tending railway communication north of the Forth to
Stirling, Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen.
VIII. The Lynn and Ely scheme.
IX The Belfast and Ballymena scheme. •
X. The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston scheme.
The principal points into which inquiry will be made,
in connexi n with the abova schemes, are as follows:-
Ist. The ability and bond fide intention of the pro-
moters to prosecute their application to Parliamentnext
session for Bil!s to authorise the several undertakings. •
2d. The advantages to be obtained, in a national point
of view, in completing or extending important lines of
railway communication.
3d. The amount of local advantage afforded to the
towns and districts more immediately affected.
4th. The engineering circumstances of the line, so far
as may be necessary to form a general judgment of the
character of the undertaking.
sth. The estimates of ca-t of construction, and of
traffic and working expenses, so-far as may be necessary
to judge of the probability of the line being completely
and efficiently worked, in the event of its being syno7
,:tionid by Parliament, and with a view to drawing a
comparison between the merit of competing lines of
rail way.
The inquiry, in conformity with the recommendation
of the fifth report of the Select Committee on Railways,
will not embrace questions of private property or in-
terest, w hich will be reserved altogether for the consi-
deration of the Legislature-.
(Signed)
C. W. PASLEY.
1). O'BRIEN.

DALHOUSIE.

S. LAING.

COLLISION IN THE IRISH CHAN-
NEL, AND LAMENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE.
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.—We deeply regret to state
that this morning, shortly after two o'clock, the Dublin
mail iron steam-ship Iron Duke (600 tons burden) came_
into collision with the brig Parana (200 tons), outward-
bound from this port for Montreal, about three leagues
to the eastward of Point Lynes Light, by which the
the latter vessel was nearly cut in two, and so, sudden
was the accident, that six of her crew, including her
commander) (ont of eleven on board in all), Isere .
thrown into the water, and perished. The brig,.it ap-
pears, had a light on her poop, and her mate also ele-
vated the binnacle-light in his hand, and shouted to-
wards the steamer when he saw her coming rapidly into
dangerous proximity; but, as he conjectures, he was not,
heard, owing, probably, to the noise of the engines, and
the steamer, before the brig could effectually alter her
course, ran into her abreast of the fore hatch. The
night was thick, or what seamen term " dirty," and it
were improper to attribute blame to either party, from
the information we have yet received, though it is de-
rived from both parties.
The fullowingiis a copy of a report from Lieutenant
Parsons, RN., with which we have been kindly
favoured :—" At 2 15 A.M. on the 10th September, struck
the Parana, a brig of about 250 tons, with general cargo,
from Liverpool to Montreal, out one day. Her captain
and five of her people went down, three jumped on
board the Iron Duke, and two were saved by the boats,
which were launched for that purpose. Captain Wilson,
who perished, is stated to be the principal owner, and
has left a wife and family. Lynas Light bearing W.
three leagues when the collision took place.
"GEORGE PARSONS."
From the mate, an exceedingly intelligent seaman,
and three of the crew, we learn the following particu-
lars :—Tke brig Parana, Captain Wilson, a vessel of
200 tons burthen, sailed from Liverpool yesterday, with
a general cargo, for Montreal. About two o'clock this
morning, when about six miles to the eastward of Point
Lynas Light, made a vessel, that proved to be
the Dublin mail steam ship the Iron Duke. Saw her
bearing down upon them, but was no way alarmed.
The brig had no light fora ard, but a poop or high quar-
ter deck, and no bulwarks on the quarter (merely a rail),
and a towering skylight about three feet above the deck.
in which a was fixed As the F framer neared the
pen mat ne conjectures lie was tot heard), and la me-
diately took the light from the binnacle and held it up,
but without effect. The bri; was on the starboard tack,
steering about S.W. half W. when she was struck by the
steamer a little abaft the fore rigging, between that and
the fore rigging and the foretop-nest backstays, and.
went through the starboard coomings of the fore hatch,
and reach the larboard ones, thus nearly cutting her in
two. Ia this situati in four of the crew managed to
get on aboard the Iron Duke by the bowsprit, and the
mate, who ran aft to call the captain, who was lying
on the lockers, got entangled with some of the
wreck, and was severely though not dangerously hurt.
Ile was eventually saved by the boats of the steamer,
but how he has not the least recollection. The mate, as
well as all the seamen we have seen, positively state that
the engines were not stopped until after the collision took
place— but that the night was exceedingly " nasty."
The names of those saved fromthe brig were—Willivan
Ilichell, mate (badly hurt); William Cover and John
Martin, seamen; John Craig, cook and steward. An-
other man, whose name we could not learn, was also

saved.
Those drowned were—Wilson, the captain; Alexander
Stewart, second mate; George Coates, seaman; also the
carpenter and an ordinary seaman. The captain was, it
is stated, a married man, and has left his wife and five
children in this town to deplore his loss.
A subscription was immediately entered into on board
the steamer, on behalf of the survivors, and, we learn,
very soon amounted to 401.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN ARTISTS.—It is surprising
how partial every nation, except the English, is to their
own artists ; a Dutchman will prefer the high finish of
his Mieris and Gerard Dow, his Ostade and Berghem ;
the Fleming will celebrate his Rubens and Vandyke.
Tcnicrs, and Rembrandt ; the Frenchman will boast of
his Le Brun, Le Sueur, Bourdon, and dispute the merit
of his Pouissin even with Raphael ; while the Italian
looks on them all with contempt. And even in Italy,
every provinco contends for the precedence of its own
school against that of all the others ; whilst the English-
man is pleased with everything that is not the production
of England.—Northcote's Life of Titian.
SEA. SICKNESS A REMEDY "TOR JAUNDICE.—Mr.
Percy narrates a case of jaundice which had existed for
three or four months, and 'aas cured by a violent attack
of sea sickness, followed up by brisk aperients. Within
twenty-four hours, several small gall stones and a quan-
tity of inspissated bile were discharged, and the patient;
soon rccovered.—Medical Times.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SEPT. 9.—The crops here .
are good ; the price of wheat is falling. Potatoes are
plentiful, and selling in the market by the farmers at
to 3d. per stone of 141 b. Herrings, at Shields, ere
selling at ten to twenty for a penny. In this town they
are six for a penny. All this abundance is, doubtless,
the result of the patriotic exertions of the Anti-Corn-
law League.
We understand that the visit of the King of the
French to her Majesty is now definitively fixed for the
early part of next month. It is arranged that his
Majesty will embark at Treport on the 3d of October;
and proceed at once from Portsmouth to Windsor. The
Queen of the French will not accompany his Majesty ;
but it is expected that King Louis Philippe s,ill be
attended by two of his Ministers, and by his youngest
son, the Duke de Montpensicr.
MONSTER MUSIIROOM.—A mushroom was gathered
on Tuesday last in a field belonging to Edmund Hornby,
Esq., of Dalton Hall, which measured thirty inches in
circumference, and was upwards of one and a half inches
late
eben
e
thick.—Westmorland Gazette.
TUE RIVER STEAM-BOAT PIERS.—The proprietorsl
of the various floating piers which have of
e
the
Thames, t o u t bothfor h
on thee
Mi
embarkationd dl e s xand debarkation of 'lnd Surrey shores of
steam-boat passengers, have very,hc recently received the
to regulate the navigation of
following circular :—" Sirs—The committee appointed
use
etheof rsitevearm-Tbatheam
caused a survey, by competent persons, to be made of the
various floating piers for the eThames
warepassen-
gers in the river,
and
are unsafe, and an from their report that the same
obstruction to the inshore navigation,
the committee have directed a model and plan to be pre-
pared by their officers of a suitable pier on piles, which
in every case will be required to be substituted for those
now in use have • I the directions of the committee to
.n .orm you that the plan and model will be read for
your inspection at the Town Clerk's-office, Guildhall,
within fourteen days from this date, immediately after
which the committee will be prepared to receive an ap-
plication for a license to construct a pier in that form in
substitution of that which now adjoins your premises.—l.
am, Sir, your most obedient servant, N. SAUNDERS,
Water Bailiff. Mansion House, Sept. 5, 1844."
DARING ATTEMPT AT STEALING A LETTER BAG.
—lnformation was on Tuesday circulated to all the sta-
tion-houses throughout the metropolis, that on the' morn-
ing of Sunday last, the Sth instant, a desperate attempt
was made to rob the postman at Beckenham, in Kent, of
his letter-bag. It appears that between eight and nine.
o'clock that morning, as the postman was proceeding
along Hays-lane, in the parish of Beckenham, he was
attacked by a man of gipsy appearance, who, seizing
the bag, attempted to wrest it from his hand. A des-
perate, struggle, however, took place between them, and
footsteps being heard approaching, the fellow took to his
heels across the fields. The fellow is described as about
twenty-four years of age, five feet ten inches high,
dressed in a flannel jacket with blue buttons, corduroy
trousers, a red handkerchief tied round his neck, but uo
hat or cap.