The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOisTDON, MONDA MORNi-Mer; OCTOBER 27, 1845.

Capel-court with visages sicklied o'er with the pale cast
of thought, and brokers, who before received them with bows
and smiles, now look coldly at the contents of their pocket-
books, and pronounce them nothing better than " rubbish."
This disparaging valuation is applied to all scrips alike that
do not command a premium, and the scrips of some lines
may not perhaps be much above par at present, which com-
manded 21. or 3/. premium before the Bank of England threw
out the signal to shorten sail ; and the shares of really good
lines are thus indiscriminately mixed up with, and suffocated
by, the bad. We have used our humble endeavours to
stop this evil, not seeking to conceal our misgivings respect-
ing the state of things, frequently urging on the promoters
of new schemes the propriety of postponing them, and il-
lustrating the illusory means adopted in some cases to force
up the value of shares. We have pointed out at the same
time that in the midst of all this abuse and danger, the ex-
tension of internal communication by railways was in itself
worthy of the age, and deserved the support of every friend
to peace and civilisation. We do not, on the whole, believe
that there is much difference of opinion about this amongst
impartial and intellectual- minds. Our contemporary bears
testimony that his thoughts are not at variance with those
who expect immense advantages from the construction of
railroads, but he says, and we have often said the same
thing nearly in the same words, " that it cannot be done all
at once, and the more haste the less speed." Let the public
press then use its influence to induce the promoters of new
schemes to be less impatient, to be less impetuous in their
movements, satisfied that if their schemes be really useful and
brought forward under proper auspices, that they will ulti-
mately receive the sanction of Parliament when there is
time allowed fairly to discuss their merits. Having said so
much upon the general question, we have still a few words
to offer on the deposits. It would afford us some gratifica-
tion if we could discover signs of accordance on this point,
but we have not been able to discover any. After all that
has been asserted and argued, admitted and denied, the pea,
according to our contemporary, is not with the bankers after
all. If they have got it, he says they have not kept it, and
whether it be 15,000,000/, or:twice as much, the money has
not yet been paid. We freely acknowledge that there is no
certainty of the amount that has been paid, but we repeat
our statement, which will be borne out generally by 'those
versant in the practice of the market, that in the great bulk
of schemes the deposits called for were duly paid to the
bankers on allotment. It seems to us that much
confusion has arisen in reference to this matter
from not attending to the manner of payment.
It has been supposed, and very naturally so, that if
the banks have received payments to the amount of ten per
cent. on 300,000,0001., or even on 150,000,000/., that they
would show evidence of pecuniary plethora; they would be
holding out encouragement to the most improvident specula-
tion, and in place of seeking to raise the value of money,
they would find it a mere drug in their hands at the lowest
rates; in short, that they would be up to the eyes in scrip,
and urging the members of the Stock Exchange to take
money from them on any terms. But it must be kept in
view that in the majority of cases, both in number and
value, these deposits were paid into the bankers by cheques.
The parties went with their letters of allotment to the
bankers appointed by the provisional committees on the
stipulated day, and received a receipt for the proper
sum in simple exchange for their own cheques, and
where the person paying had not an account with
the bankers of the company, he gave a crossed cheque
for the proper sum. The operation, therefore, was merely a
transfer in the bankers' books from the accounts kept by A,
B, and C, as individuals, to the credit of D, the name of the
company. The actual amount of deposits in the banker's
hands may not have been increased to any material amount
by payments made in this way for deposits. The character
only of them may have been altered, in so far as the cheques
paid were placed to the debit of the individual accounts of
A, B, and C, and passed to the credit of the companies.
When the transaction was managed again either by pay-
ments from country banks or by crossed cheques, the whole
affair resulted in settling of balances at the clearing-house.
These remarks exhaust the subject so far as concerns the
payment into the hands of the bankers. The next operation
will be to transfer the amount from them to the Accountant-
General, but that branch of the question has been already
worn threadbare, it being, as our contemporary truly ob-
served, merely "a transfer of so many names and figures
from certain accounts in the banks at large to one account in
the Bank of England."
lIERALD.—The Times has at length " let the cat out of
the bag." It has disclosed the motives—or at least one of
the motives—by which it has been actuated in its crusade
against railway enterprise, and its attempts to create a panic
in the Railway Share Market. It charges upon the more in-
fluential portion of the metropolitan press that, in opposing
its efforts to destroy public confidence, it has been influenced
by self-interest, inasmuch as it participates largely, in the
shape of advertisements, in the "profits of the "bubbles"
and " chimeras " they recommend. " The peculiar morality
to which Capel-court has given a local habitation and a
name, may," it says, " have trespassed into the purer regions
of the press." This imputation of corrupt motives against
the entire press, for the Times has the satisfaction of standing
in a minority of one on the occasion, comes with a very bad
grace from a journal, whose character for corruptness has long
since passed into a proverb. If the rumour so pre-
valent on the Stock ;Exchange, in reference to the probable
origin of the onslaught of the Times upon railroad specula-
time be correct, it has very substantial reasons for its policy.
We shall not, however, stop to refute a charge evidently de-
signed to avert the suspicion of bad faith from its authors.
It is clear, from the subdued and modified tone which they
have now begun to assume, that they have discovered that
they have gone a little too far, even for them. The Times of
yesterday. has dropped one-half of its 30,000,0001. of depo-
sits, and is now content to affirm that even 15,000,000/. can-
not be paid into the hands of the Accountant-General
without a most inconvenient drain on the capital of " the
country, and a great convulsion in the Railway Share Mar-
ket.', To arrive at such a result, it is necessary to suppose
that the bankers, to whose custody these deposits are con-
fided, will lock them up in their strong boxes, there to re-
main until their transfer to the hands of the Accountant-
General. But this no more follows than that the
bankers should re-issue them to pay for fresh sheafs
of railway scrip ; or employ them in imprudent
and dangerous speculations. Such an imputation on the
great body of the bankers of England is a calamny as un-
founded as it is injurious. Nothing but an obstinate determi-
nation to create distrust and confusion in the commercial
world could have suggested so damaging an imputation.
Were some 30,000,000 paid instead of half that amount,
it might be temporarily withdrawn from circulation without
any of the evil consequences predicted by the Times. But it
is not surely pretended that the aforesaid bankers will repair
to the Accountant-General at the period fixed upon for the
transfer of these deposits, and pay them over in specie. If
however our readers would fully satisfy- themselves of the
utter absurdity of such predictions as those which have been
multiplied in the columns of the Times during the last few
days, let them turn to the following authentic list of the
sums passed by bankers at the clearing-house in the year
1840

SUMS PAID BY BANKERS AT CLEARING-HOUSE,
1840.

Barclay and Co. ..-.. ..... £107,000,000
Glyn and Co 105,327,000
Jones Loyd and Co 104,000,000
Motorman and Co 90,000,000
Robarts and Co.
Smith, Payne, and C 0...... 64,000,000
Williams and Co 56,000,000
Barnetts and Co.
Lubbock and Co.
Stone, Martin, and Co 33,700,000
Prescott and Co.
Denison and Co. .. 26,863,000
Willis and Co.
Hanbury and Co
Ladbrokes and Co. .. 24,200,000
Curries and Co 17,500,000
Spooner and Co.
Price and Co.
Hankeys and Co
Barnard and Co.
Veres and Co.
Rogers and C 0...—.
Dorrien and Co. ... 8,000,000
Fullers and C 0.... ..... . . ... ........ 7,500,000
Brown, Janson, and Co.
Bosanquet and Co.
Stevenson and Salt 3,500,000
Whitmore and Co.

Total ....

£984,558.000

Clearing in 1839 ..... £954,401,600
Bank-notes
We have here an aggregate amount of nine hundred and
eighty-four millions five hundred and fifty-eight thousand
pounds sterling, without taking into the estimate the Bank
of England, Joint-stock, and West of Temple-bar bankers,
and rtady money paid over the counter by City bankers.
Can anything be more preposterous, therefore, than the as-
sumption of the Times, that the withdrawal of such a sum
as 30,000,0001., under all the. circumstances of the case, is cal-
culated to produce the disastrous results which it has suited
its purpose to predict? We shall return to the subject;
meanwhile, we may congratulate the commercial public on
the fact that the absurdity, not to say corrupt prophecies, of
the Times, have carried with them their own refutation, and
are little likely to be mischievous for the future.

THE REPEALED DUTIES.—The Inspector-General
of Imports and Exports of the United Kingdom, having,
with reference to a minute issued by the Board of Customs
some time back, relative to the amount to be taken on the
importation of certain goods upon which the duties have
been repealed by the new tariff,
Bth and 9th Victoria, cap.
90, of the past session, submitted
a list of articles of foreign
and colonial merchandise, which are not subject to duty,
specifying the manner in which each article will have to be
described in the accounts taken at the time of landing from
the importing vessels, and consequently in the returns
rendered to his office for Parliamentary and other pur-
poses ; the same has been approved by the authorities, and
directions have been issued to the heads of the several
departments in London, and the collectors and comptrollers
of the Customs revepue at the various outports of the United
Kingdom, to take care that the returns of all such
goods imported are to be made to the Inspector. General of
Imports and Exports in strict conformity with the said list,
which specifies with respect to each article whether import-
ations and re-exportations are to be stated by weight, tale,
measure, or value. As a full and particular account of the
names of the different articles upon which the duties have
been ,repealed was published at the time of the measure
being introduced by the Government into Parliament, it
would be superfluous to mention the whole of their names
again. Each article is to be returned in the manner
wich has been customary, or is from the nature of it best
suited thereto, whether wet or dry goods. The values of
of these duty-free goods, in the instances in which they are
to be returned according to the value, are to be ascertained
in the manner as directed by the Act Bth and 9th Victoria,
cap. 86, sec. 23, and the w!iole of them, whether at value, by
weight or otherwise, must be entered and returned in the
manner and according to the form therein described.

I EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—We have received a
variety of statements from those who emigrated to the
United States last year, or the year previous, and they gene-
rally concur, though there are exceptions, in representing
matters in the new world as unpromising and gloomy. Mr.
Redgate has received a letter from a lace-maker, named
Bennett, furmerly of Old Radford, in which it is stated, that
the erroneous accounts sent by emigrants, who, to cover their
own disappointment, write in the most laudatory terms of
their adopted country, are exceedingly injurious, insamuch as
they tempt parties to emigrate who had much better remain
at home. Bennett had heard one poor labourer, thus tempted
abroad, heartily wishing himself once more in Nottinguam
Market-place. The poor man, however, like many others,
has found it to be an easier course to emigrate than to return.
—iVottingluim Review.

THE. POTATO PESTILENCE.--The crops on the light
sandy soil in this vicinity hate escaped tolerably well, though
there are numerous complaints. On heavy soils, more re-
tentive of moisture, "the pestilence" (for so it is not inaptly
termed) is more manifest. There can now be little doubt of
potatoes becoming very high in the market in a short time,
the intelligence from the north, and from Ireland especially,
being so disastrous,—and it will be an act of wisdom for all
who have the means, to immediately lay up a provision ofsound
roots for the coming season of scarcity.—Nottingham Review,

line), % p.—North Devon, % p.—Taw Vale Extension, %,
p.
—Devon and Central Cornwall, .4 p.—Aberdeen, a —South
Wales, 6—Bristol, New, 101,4.
lIULL, OcT. 24.
The morning's meeting did not furnish so much proof of
depression as the accounts from London and the provincial
markets might have led us to expect. At the afternoon
meeting the Bears operated to some extent in light stock,
and the consequence was a fall on the morning's quotations.
Axholmes, which left off in the morning at 565. to 575. 6d.
prem., closed this afternoon at 425. 6d. and 455. prem. Hull
and Barnsley opened at 3% prem., closed at 2% prem.
Derby and Gainsborough began at 30s. prem., and, although
the efforts were great, the price could not be brought below
275. prem. The sales were—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 22
—London and Croydon, 21—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
.„ B—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, s—North
xi British (Carlisles), 374—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 734—Cambridge and Lincoln, s—Dudley, Made-
, ley, and Iron Bridge, 12s. 6d. p.—East Lincolnshire, 314
Grand Union, 214—Great North and South Wales and Vor-
c,ester, I—Leicester and Bedford, 2%—Lincoln and Wain-
- fleet, is. dis.—London and York, 474—London and Man-
chester (Rein.), 3%—London and Norwich Direct, ss.
Nottingham and Gainsborough, 10s. p.—Nottingham and
Boston, 3% Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 2—Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 3%.
YORK, Ocr. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lington, New (Brandling), 50—North British (Carlisles), 334
—Axholme, 474—Cambridge and Lincoln, s—Derby and
Gainsborough, 2%—Grand Union, 214—Leeds and Thirsk,
12—Leeds, York, and Midland, 4s. p.—Leicester and Bed-
ford, 21/—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 5
—London and York, 43jj—Newcastle and Berwick, 13%
Welsh Midlands, 2%.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
WARWICK, BIRMINGHAM, AND NAPTON CANALS.
_
A special meeting of the proprietors of the Warwick and
Birmingham and Warwick and Napton Canals was held on
._ Tuesday last, at the Woolpack Inn, Warwick. There was a
-- numerous attendance. Mr. W. C. Russell having been called
to the chair, the meeting proceeded, in terms of the requisi-
tion, "to take into consideration a certain agreement pro-
-
_ posed to be entered into between the said Company and the
Provisional Committee of the London and Birmingham Ex-
-2% tension, and Northampton, Daventry, Leamington, and War-
- wick Railway Company, and to confirm such agreement or
otherwise; and also to take into consideration and determine
on the propriety of applying to Parliament for powers for
converting the said canal, or any part thereof, into a railway,
or for making a railway along the line of the said canal, or
any part thereof, and to enable the said Company to sell and
dispose of the stock and property, or to lease the tolls of the
said Canal Company, to any company or persons whomsoever,
and to amalgamate with any railway or other company, or to
86 enter into any arrangements or agreements with any other
4% company or persons for the purpose of constructing a railway
along the line of the said canal, and of the Warwick and
Napton Canal, or either of them, into or from any place or
places contiguous thereto, and for raising the necessary capi-
_
tal for the purpose aforesaid, and also for powers to consoli-
date this Company with the Company of Proprietors of the
Warwick and Napton Canal Navigation, and Birmingham
and Warwick Junction Canal Navigation, or either of them,
and for such other powers for the purposes of managing and
conducting the affairs of the said Company as may be_ deemed requisite." In the course Of the discussion which
ensued, Mr. D. Ledsam, of Birmingham, opposed the sale ;
but it was finally agreed, there being no other opposition, to
dispose of, the canals to the railway company, each share-
- holder in the Warwick and Birmingham Canal receiving
175/. per share cash, or shares in the Railway Company to
that amount ; and the shareholders in the Warwick and
Napton receiving 137/. 10s. per share, with a like option.
Six of the directors of the railway company were present
at the meeting, and signed the proper documents for the ful-
- filment of the contract, and a check for 10,000/. was handed
_
over by them to the Canal Company, as a deposit. The
_
_ seals of the two companies were then affixed to the con-
— tract, and the meeting adjourned to the 7th of January, when
the next meeting will be held at the same place. The en-
-
gineer of the railway company attended, and gave a detail
of the intended operations of the company. He stated that
_
_ the whole line of the canal would be available for the in-
tended railway, except about three-quarters of a mile. After
_
the conclusion of the business a large party of the share-
- holders dined together.

MINERAL LINES.
The vast influence which the universal construction of
railways will have on the development of the mineral riches
of the earth, has, perhaps, never entered the minds of many
who are thoroughly conversant with the details of their
several routes; yet little doubt is there but that many
household luxuries—at present denied not only to the poor,
but even many of the middle classes—will come into very
r general use ; among these are marble for side tables, mantel-
_ pieces, wa.h-stands, &c., slates for paving, roofing, shelves,
and safes for provisions, and numerous other productions of
the mineral kingdom will find, in every direction, markets
alike numberless and insatiable. These productions of
Nature's beneficent arrangements have hitherto lain in use-
_ less profusion, only attainable by the wealthy, from the ex-
cessive cost of transit; but when the districts are traversed
in every direction by railways, renewed energy will be
instilled into the owners of mineral property, and these pro-
- ducts raised and distributed among the community, giving
employment to the immediate neighbourhoods, dispensing
_ comfort, and increasing the civilisation of mankind in gene-
-raL It is an interesting subject to notice the peculiar mine-
- rals which each of our projected railways will aid in more
general distribution; and we have selected the following,
stating the productions likely to form a large proportion of
their traffic, viz :
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston—Coal, lime, grit-
- stone
Bridgewater and Minehead—Lime, slate, and copper ore
Bradford, Manchester, and Liverpool—Building stone, coal, &c.
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex—Chalk and chalk rag
Colebrook, Swansea, and Lougher—Coal, copper, iron
Cumberland Union—Coal, lead, slates, flagstone
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire—Coal, lead,
iron, stone
—„, Dudley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge—lron
Direct London and Holyhead—Silver, lead, copper, slate,
stone
_ Erewash Valley—Coal, ironstone, &c.
Great Eastern and Western—lron, coal, anthracite, copper,
lime, salt
Great Welsh Central—lron, copper, silver, slate
Huddersfield and East and West Coast—Coal, stone, lime-
- _
stone
Irish West Coast—Beautiful marbles, lead, iron, slate, and
a hard close-grained gritty flagstone
- Isle of Man—Lead, copper, iron, lime, granite, marble, man-
ganese, pottery clay, &c.
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties—Coal, from Yorkshire and
Derbyshire
- Leicester and Birmingham—Coal, ironstone, manganese,
Eranite, and lime
Leicester, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Stafford—Cannel coal,
lead, iron, granite, limestone, slate
• Mancsto nehester, B
e,uxton, and Matlock—Coal,
lime, building, marbl lead ;
• Nottingham, Ambergate, and Manchester—Coal, lime, grit-
stone, limestone
Oxford and Worcester Extension—Coal, ironstone, limestone
Rhondda and Ely Valleys—Coal, ironstone, limestone
Shropshire
iron,
Shropshire and .S...Torth Midland—Coal, lime, en
marble, &c.
Tean and Dove Valley—Coal, iron, lime
Wear Dock and Railway—Coal
Welsh South-Midland—Produce of great Welsh ironworks,
coal, &c.
Welsh Midland—Coal, lime, iron, copper, tin, zinc, &c.

It is rumoured that the Banks of England and France are
about to make arrangements for the reciprocal remittance of
railway deposits. so as to obviate derangements in the currency.
On Friday a deputation of bankers waited on the Chancel-
- for of the Exchequer to know whether he would take stock
- in Exchequer-bills for the railway deposits.
Arrangements, we understand, have been made for the
amalgamation of the Brighton and Croydon lines.
A communication, amongst other rumours, has reached us
234 to the effect that Mr. Hudson is to join the Birmingham and
- Boston, and that Mr. GI) nisto be the Chairman.
The Tring, Reading, and Reigate line proposes to form a
triangular route, and to establish a triple terminus, by adopt-
-
ing the Birminghaml Railway for its northern, the Great and
South-Westerns for its western, and the Dover and Brighton
- for its southern extremities.
We learn from the Railway Telegraph that at a meeting
- of the Directors of the Eastern Counties Company, on Tiles-
' day, Mr. Bagshaw in the chair, a resolution of thanks was
passed to Mr. Bosanquet, the late Chairman, for the manner
. in which he had presided over the Company's affairs for the
- last ten years, requesting him, at the same time, to retain his
- free pass-ticket over the railway and its branches.
At a meeting of the Kendal and Windermere, on Wedees-
: day, it was agreed to lay down a double line of rails.
DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER. LINES.--The amal-
.
. gamation between the two companies (Rastrick's and Re-
mington's) has been finally concluded. Yesterday the two
engineers met the Directors at the:offices in Moorgate-street,
and gave the board the assurance that the survey of the
line from London to Manchester was completed, and ready
for Parliament.
GREAT WESTERN. The Directors have given notice
that they have entered into the agreement recently pub-
lished, for the permanent possession of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway, subjected to a fixed rent-charge, for the
express purpose of promoting, with perfect fairness to that
Company and a due regard ti the interest of all parties, the
very best direct line, on a continuous broad gauge, from the
south-western ports of Cornwall and Devonshire, through
Exeter, to the metropolis, thus affording comprehensive com-
munication in the district between Yeovil, Bridport, and
Exeter, recognised by Parliament in last session. The Di-
rectors will recollect, that at the forthcoming special meeting
the undertaking and extension of their own line from H unge
ford, through the Pewsey Valley, to Westbury, with abranch
to Malvern, will be considered. By a change in the direc-
tion of the Wilts and Weymouth line, between Westbury
and Frome, the main western traffic, direct from London,
will reach Yeovil within a distance of 126 miles, of which
91 miles of railway have been either constructed, or already
sanctioned by Parliament. A new Company will be formed
for a line between Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, by an asso-
ciation of residents and landowners, with guarantee and
prospective increase of dividend. The surveys are said to
be in progress, together with the necessary applications for
the coming session.

STATISTICS OF GERMAN LINES. •
TRAFFIC FOR AUGUST, 1845.
Luiz AND BERDERElS.—Passengers, 3,129; goods 65,970
cwt. ; receipts, 28,22611. Corresponding month, 1844, 25,06711.
Length 85 miles.
LUIZ AND GMUNDEN.—Passengers, 22,003; goods 81,000
cwt. ; receipts, 28,47911. Corresponding month, 1844, 26,73211.
Length 45 miles.
KAISER FERDINAND'S NORTH LlNE.—Passengers, 71,133
goods, 193,751 cwt. ; receipts, 174,43411. Corresponding month,
1844, 156,12111. Length 210 miles.
A BRUNN (BRANCH TO).—Passengers, 35,879 ; goods,
180,513 cwt. ; receipts, 158,60911. Corresponding month,
1844, 139,727f1. Length 195 miles.
b STOCKERAN (BRANcit To).—Passengers, 35,254; goods,
13,238 cwt. ; receipts, 15,7241. Corresponding month, 1844,
16,3948. Length 12 miles.
VIENNA. AND GLOYNlTZ.—Passengers, 172,600; goods,
144,634 cwt. ; receipts, 132,60011. Corresponding month
1844, 125,01411. Length 50 miles.
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT LINES.—No returns published.
BAVARIAN GOVERNMENT LINES.--.Passengers, 66,993;
goods, 58,000 cwt. ; receipts, 59,376 Rhen. for. Correspond-
ing month 1844. line not opened. Length, 106 miles.
a MUNICH AND Auosnuito.—Passengers, 28,734; goods,
36,030 cwt. ; receipts, 31,558 Rhen. for. Corresponding
month 1844, 30,555 Rhen. for. Length, 41 miles.
b AUGSBURG AND DONAUWOERTH.—Passengers, 111,199;
goods, 13,000 cwt. ; receipts, 9,072 Rhen. flor. Correspond-
ing month 1844, not opened. Length, 26 miles.
C NURNBERG AND BANSBERG.—Passengers, 27,420 ; goods,
9,000 cwt. ; receipts,lB,744 Rhen. flor. Corresponding month
1844, not opened. Length, 39 miles.
NURNBERG AND Fuirrii.--Passengers, 45,770; goods, 228
cwt. receipts, 4,979 Rhen. lion Corresponding month 1844,
5,226 Rhen. flor. Length, 41 miles.
TAtmius.—Passengers, 107,538 ; goods, not known ; receipts,
71,1;83 Rhen. flor. Corresponding month 1844,1 62,236 Men.
for. Length, 27 milts.

BADEN.-Passengers, 258,874 ; goods, 118,896 cwt. ; re-
ceipts, 223,241 Rhen. flor. Corresponding giontb, 1844,
123,242 Rhen. flor_. ; length, 182 miles.
HAMBURG AND BERGEDORF.-Passengers, 25,6531,4, goods,
1,270 cwt. ; receipts, 12,392 mark cour. Correspondiag
month, 1844, 9,286 m. c. ; length 11 miles.
ALTONA AND KIEL.-Passengers, 37,004 ; goods, 130,922
cwt. ; receipts, 73,560 m. c. Corresponding month, 1814
(not opened) ; length 70 miles.
GLUCKSTADT AND ELMSHORN.-Passengers, 6,422 ; goods,
900 cwt. ; receipts, 4,000 m. c. Corresponding month,
1844, (not opened) ; length 15 miles.
RENDSBURG AND NEUMUNSTER.-Opened on the 18th of
Sepiember ; length 25 miles.
BERLIN AND ASHALT.-Passengers, 37,597 ; goods,
41,753 cwt ; receipts 64,837 thalers. Corresponding month
in 1844 ; 64,267 thalers, length, 102 miles.
BERLIN AND FRANKFORT.-Passengers, 25,056 ; goods,
10,770 cwt. ; receipts, 19,821 thalers ; Corresponding month,
1844, 19,285 thalers ; length, 53 miles.
BERLIN AND POTSDAM.-Passengers, 45,439 ; goods, not
known; receipts, 19,173 thalers. Corresponding month in
1844, 17,957 thalers; length, 17 miles. •
BERLIN AND STETTIN.-Passengers, 32,279; goods, 61,122
cwt. ; receipts, 45,114 thalers. Corresponding monta in
1834, 40,679 thales ; length, 90 miles.
UPPER SILESLI.-Passeng•ers, 25,849; goods, 81,745 cwt.;
receipts, 4965 thalers. Corresponding month in 1844,
14,651 thafers ; length, 53 miles.
BRESLAIV, SCH\VERIN, AND FREIBURG.-Passengers,
36,311; goods, 95,133 cwt ; receipts, 25,739 thalers. Cor-
responding month in 1844, 21,150 thalers ; length, 42% miles.
LOWER SILESIA.-Passeniers, 20,930; goods, 1,275 cw t. ;
receipts, 11,257 thalers. Corresponding month in 1844 (not
opened) ; length, 41 miles.
SAXON BAVARIAN LINE.--Passengers, 18,757 ; goods,
36,077 cwt.; receipts, 15,952 th. Correspondingmouth, 1844,
13,959 th ; length. 45 miles.
LEIPZIC AND DRESDEN.-Passengers, 56,876 ; goods, 92,643
cwt.; receipts, 62,906 th. Corresponding month 1844:
57,600 th. Length, 77i miles.
MADGEBURG AND LEIPZIC.-Passengers, 72,429 ; goods,
10,1191 cwt. ; receipts, 66,064 th. Corresponding month
1844, 63,045 th. Length, 80 miles.
MADGEBURG AND HALBERSTADT.-(No returns published.)
BRUNSWICK.-Passengers, 67,509; goods, 112,748 cwt. ;
receipts, 30,791 tb. Corresponding month 1844: 25,687 th.
Length, 45 miles.
HANOVER.-Passengers, 24,349; goods, 32,678; receipts,
15,934 th. Corresponding month 1844: 13,951 th. Length,
41 miles.
DUSSELDORF AND RLBERFIELIL-Passengers, 40,548 ; goods,
1,110,42%cwt. ; receipts, 29,462 th. Corresponding month
1844, 47,818 th. Length, 17% miles.
RHENISH LINE.--Passengers, 56,608 ; goods, 261,967 cu t. ;
receipts, '73,616th. Corresponding month, 1844, 672-46th.
Length, 57 miles.
BONN AND COLOGNE.-Passengers, 90,243 ; goods, 1,348
cwt. ; receipts, 19,098 th. Corresponding month, 1844:
10,709 th. Length, 18 miles.
Total number of passengers in Aug., 1845. L 477,909 ;
goods, 1,455,617 ; receipts in Rhen. flor., 1,755,639. Total
number of passengers in Aug. 1844, 1,183,553 ; goods,
1,242,058; receipts in Rhen. flor., 1,444,989. Increase over
the year, 1844: passengers, 284,356 ; goods, 213,558 ; receipts
in Rhen. for. 310,649.

WEST SURREY AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of the above association took
place on Thursday at Farnham. There was a plough-
ing match in the morning, and the weather being fine,
it attracted a great many of the neighbouring gentry,
who appeared to take a good deal of interest in the ex-
The dinner took place at the Bush Inn, Farnham.
Crawford Davison, Esq., of Pierrpoint, presided ; and
there were also present J. Trotter, Esq., M.P. ; G. T.
Nicholson, Esq., Colonel Sumner, H. Currie, Esq., S.
Nicholson, Esq., A. L. Coussmaker, Esq., Captain Win-
sor, N. Fuller, Esq., &c., and about eighty of the prin-
eipal farmers of this division of the county were also
present.
The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been pro-
rosel and duly responded to,
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Lord Lieutenant and
r.Nicholson, and the Magistracy of the County."
\ir. NICHOLSON, in returning thanks, after express-
ing the pleasure he felt in co-operating in carry-
ing out the objects of this association, said that as
;he chief object they sought to attain was to in-
crease the produce of the land, he thought it
wai a very important consideration whether some
means might not be devised to bring into cultivation
the immense tracts of waste land that existed throughout
the country, and he said that, in his opinion, the fame
of the man who could achieve this would be far greater
than that of any warrior or statesman who ever existed.
'At present these wastes were a positive evil, and tended
very considerably to demoralise the agricultural popu-
letien, but he had no doubt with proper exertion they
might be rendered a blessing, and be made available, and
increase the qnautity of food for their population.—
( Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that the extension of
railways would havea very material effect upon the cul-
tivation of waste land, as by their means they might
have manure, which was almost all they required,
brought to their doors at a very trifling expense. If
they exerted themselves, whether they had any protect-
ing duty or not, he had no doubt that the farmers of
England, from their superior energy, would be enabled
successfully to compete with foreigners, and that they
would be able to produce quite sufficient food for the po-
pulation of the country.—(( heers.)
H. CURRIE, Esq., then proposed " The healths of the
Members for West Surrey," and, at the same time, said
he regretted that Mr. Denison was prevented by illness
from being among them on the present occasion. He
considered they were under very great obligations to
both these Hon. Gentlemen for their exertions both in
the House and out of it, and he was sure they would
receive the toast in the manner it merited.—(Cheers.)
Mr. TROTTER, in returning thanks, said that he also
regretted very much that the state of health of his
honourable colleague prevented him from being present.
His Honourable Friend had been their representative for
twenty years, and his conduct upon all occasions was so
well known to them that it was perfectly unnecessary
and irrelevant for him to say one word in reference to his
services. With reeard to himself, lie had only a seven
years' lease. That lease would expire very shortly, and
he was, of course, unable to say whether it would be re-
newed or not. All he could however do was to tell them
that he should be ready to take a new lease, and pay the
same rents—(Hear, and a laugh.) With regard to what
herl been said by his friend Mr. Nicholson about the cul-
tivation of the wastes, he agreed with him that much
might be done, and he begged to remind them that the
Act relating to draining, which was passed during the
last session, was calculated greatly to facilitate the cul-
tivation of waste lands, it parties chose to take advan-
tage of its provisions. He had lately been in Scotland,
where, upon the Lammermoor hills, one of the most
bleak positions possible to be conceived, he saw turnips
growing upon spots where nothing but heath had before
grown.--(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He thought
much might be done by bringing the large
quantities of waste land there were in this
country into cultivation. At present he did not offer an
opinion how this was best to be-effected, but he would
only say they had an Act of Parliament which gave them
the power of trying how far it was practicable to bring
these wastes into cultivation, if they chose to take ad-
vantage of its provisions.
Mr. TROTTER, in proposing as a toast " The Farmers
of West Surrey," said he agreed with what had been
stated in the early part of the evening by Mr. Nicholson,
that the labouring population ought to have more time
alferded to them than they had at present, and that the
agricultural labourer should have a holiday occasionally
given to him. His wages, however, ought not to be
stopped to pay for his holiday, for he would not enjoy
it if he found his wages short on the Saturday night.—
(Hear, hear.) He had never found the labourer ungrate-
ful, and he was sure they would never regret treating
him with kindness. With regard to the cultivation of
waste lands, he might perhaps be allowed to make a few
further observations. It might be very true that the rail-
ways would give facility to carry manure, but who was to
buy the manure in the first instance ? The farmer
could not do it, and unless he was assisted by
his landlord, the idea of cultivating the marshes
would turn out to be a chimera.—(Hear.) He heartily
wished it could be effected, for it was absolutely necessary
that they should go on increasing their produce to keep
pace with their largely increasing population.—(Hear,
hear.) In order to supply that increase of population,
they required the produce of 116,000 acres of land,
taking it at three-quarters an acre, and they also wanted
20,000 beasts, each of 100 stone, and 75,000 sheep at
9 stone ; supposing each person to consume 750). of
meat a year ; and upon this calculation there would
still be a very large deficiency. When they reflected
upon this, they would see the necessity of leaving no
exertion unspared, and that they need never fear pro-
ducing too much, and their only fear should be that
there would not be sufficient. He had no desire to
alarm them, but he felt it his duty to call their attention
. .

to so important a matter. Last gear they were able to
produce sufficient food for their population ; and, under
the blessing of Providence, he had no doubt they
should be able to continue to do so.—(Hear, hear.) He
believed they would go on with the corni-law they had
at present without any alteration ; and his opinion
was, that the present law should be sustained, and he
trusted there would be no alteration in it.—(Cheers.)
Mr. A. WINKWORTH, in returning thanks, said he be-
lieved the farmers had done all in their power, consider-
ing the treatment they had received. Their interests
had been neglected and their property destroyed by an
apostate minister and the men whom they had sent to
Parliament to protect them.—(Hear, hear, and inter-
ruption.) He had recently met at Guildford a person
connected with mercantile pursuits, who told him that
he thought it was a folly to employ men to hoe wheat,
and he hoped, in a short time, to see wheat at such a
price that it would not be worth hoeing. When farmers
were told this, and saw how they were treated by men
who professed to be their friends, they did not know
what to do for the best.—(Hear, hear.) Their Govern-
ment had made a very liberal tariff to benefit foreign
nations, and they had been met by adverse tariffs in
every direction.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the
farmers of England had been imposed up9n, and, as
there was a talk of a split in the Cabinet, he hoped that
they would look after their own interests, and that they
would not be turned over as they had been.—(Hear.)
The meeting then separated.

WORKSOP LABOURERS' FRIEND
SOCIETY.
WORKSOP, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22. The annual meet-
ing of this Society was held at Worksop on Tuesday.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle was present at the
ploughing matches, and subsequently at the dinner of
the Society, at the Red Lion Inn.
Dinner being over, and the usual loyal toasts having
been given, his GRACE, who occupied the chair, in pro
posing " Success to the Works of the Labourers' Friend
Society," spoke of its objects, and the duties of the em-
ployers to their servants.
The Noble CHAIRMAN said, the next toast he had to
propose was that which related to the objects they had
met that day to celebrate ; and in proposing the toast
he wished to make two or three observations upon it,
although, not being prepared with any well digested
epeech, he was afraid he should not be capable of offer-
ing anything more than a few ordinary remarks. That
day for the first time he was present to witness the
ploughing matches of the Society, and he must say, it
gave him very great pleasure to observe so industrious a
scene, one in which the labourers in husbandry took so
mach pains, in which they were so anxious to distinguish
themselves.—(Hear.) Not only were their praiseworthy
emulations excited by the distinctions of the Society ;
they had a pride amongst themselves, and no doubt they
exerted themselves for the honour of their masters as
well as their own.—(Cheers.)) IHe hoped that
.sort of
emulation would be persevered in by them, because it
not only tended to distinguish themselves as executing
their particular offices with adroitness and dexterity,
'out it also showed to them the great importance in their
Atuation in life of preserving an excellent character.
This would help to make them honest and good men.—
(Cheers.) It would be quite unnecessary for him to
attempt to enlighten them on the nature of this Society,
which they had so kindly, and he must say so patrioti-
cally contributed to support. He was sorry to learn that
the funds were not so good as they might be, but he
hoped very much indeed they would be increased suffi-
ciently to enable them to give not only such premiums as
were awarded by the Society at present, but even to in-
crease them, if it should be found necessary. What-
ever was useful and desirable for the people and bene-
ficial to those around them they would all most willingly,
and, in a British manner, stand up to maintain.—(Loud
cheers.) He must say, it was his humble opinion that,
though this was called a Labourers' Friend Society, be
really did think it was capable of being carried much fur-
ther than merely giving prizes for good worrnanship and
long service. There were other desirable points to attend
to in such a Society. He was sure they would go
along with him, and feel, as he did, that it was very
necessary and desirable that we should all adhere to
those around us ; that we should make common cause
with them, and stand in relation to one another as friends
and neighbours.—(Cheers.) We were all of the same ,
tle,h and blood—all of the same family.—(Hear, hear.)
There must be difference of rank and difference of posi-
tion, but they should never forget that it was their duty,
as he was sure it was their anxious desire, to show the
utmost kindness and benevolence of feeling to those
around them, and gain their hearts and affections as
touch as possible by the way in which they conducted
themselves to them; by studiously inculcating in them
all those moral and religious principles which would
make thtm good men and good servants, and by
watching over their morals, administering to all their
necessities in reason.—(Cheers.) By these means we
should gain their affection, and, with their affection,
their hearty and willing exertions.—(Cheers.) He
did not think it necessary to throw cut such a hint,
but if they coincided with him, he hoped they would
turn their attention to what he bad said—though he
had said it rather loosely—and endeavour as much
us • possible to elevate the condition of their

servants ; and, while they endeavoured to make
them good workmen, and skilful in the arts of hus-

'raising what is lost
Makes the remembrance more dear "—SHAKO°
SIR,—It has been the decided opinion of the Londoe,illio
and some of the most distinguished men in the Rept° eto
Letters, who have devoted the whole of their exisieoofse
the interesting department of literature that biographYts4 t°
much importance that there is no person, let his statl:vfor
ever so exalted, who has not derived amusement arol,l
illation from that mirror of experience, which other ":"t,be
virtues, or misfortunes afford; and, in no instance can it
stronger verified, to show what can be achieved by otie7ies
hob, accompanied with a strong mind, than the life,oll st
above public character in this great metropolis, who onaif
his residence, 4, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-place, all
7th instant, aged 77.
" I knew him well, Horatio."
The Duke's son may go to the University to obtain lealao
sense, and knowledge ; the youth of my Lord Marquis eri
also be sent to Oxford or Cambridge to become a stir jaig
man in society and obtain degrees ; and the Baronet's darid;
boy spend his early days at Eton, to cut a fig tit'ef
ure in the wat
and yet after all the drilling they have undergone, ,beir
prove almost—nobodies, except an importance from
titles and fortunes. Such events are every-day occurrerces_t;
but the late John Jackson, Esq., had none of those adva;,,r
geous helps to give him a lift over his fellows; yet, neve
less, he was one of the most finished gentlemen to be met tint,
amongst men of superior birth and high breeding—and PI
commencement to obtain notoriety only that of a bo%!A
He did not boast of origin, but he was respectably Connell:
in life, his father being a builder. His contests in the P•atv
were only three in number, with Fewterell, a Binning
„s eat
terell who had won eighteen battles, on June 9, 1788.
hat
terell was so large a man, and powerful in the extreme, t
an opinion was entertained Jackson would never
hie:re!
the
knock him down. In one hour and seven minutes
acknowledged enough ! Major Hanger, by commend
,e) vote
Prince of Wales, who wad present, gave Jackson a bat"' At
of a large amount. forhis display of courage and science:.,„b
Ingatestone, in Essex, against George, the Brewer, on Ala.`; 7
12, 1789. George was upwards of six feet. The odds we et
to 4 on Jackson, and lie must have won it in a canterri4s
the rain had made the stage in a slippery state, when Jae', of
fell down, dislocated his ancle, and broke the small boat be
his leg, and could not stand up to fight any longer, h.at
tba
offered to be tied to a chair, and finish the contest, hu
brewer refused.
At Hornchurch, in Essex, April 15, 1795, upwards of at"
years since, he fought with Mendoza for 200 guineas Übe
This contest brought out all the great amateurs—the •"&e.
of Hamilton, Lord Delaval, Sir John Phillipson &e't•tbe
5t04 on Mendoza, but Jackson treated the dais ° and
Jew with the greatest indifference. After the fourth 1.0
by
it was any odds upon Jackson ; the latter held Mendozeit ace
the hair—the umpires decided it,vas fair, and in coneeq° ten
of which the Jew was hit all to pieces. It was over Olio,
minutes and a half; Jackson scarcely touched as to Po°
ment.
married Soon after the above circumstance Mr. Jackson was •L„ttoilf
to a most respectable widow, who kept the Cock at '"evter
in Surrey, when he pledged himself to his wife not to lot
the P. R. any more, and he kept his wend with the etr'reet,
punctuality. He then opened his rooms, 13, Bond-sty
which afterwards became so celebrated and well atteinteAct,
the nobility, gentry, and literary men of the day. I°,ol'be•
it was a fashionable introduction to men of all ranks tonne
come acquainted with the movements of the town ;an the
but gentlemen were permitted to sign their names on the
list of subscribers placed in the most conspicuous part ofthen
room. It was decidedly an aristocratic feature attle the
One little event will forcibly illustrate this rernar".'g on
writer of this article called rather suddenly one Illorni„; to °
Mr. Jackson at the rooms, when he was giving a lesson Alf
nobleman ;he instantly stepped forward to the door--- to
dear boy," said he in a whisper, " be kind enough nat4seit
proceed a step further, his Lordship possesses such r; help
taste and so anxious about his quality, that if he could
it he would not let ally look at him."
Jackson rose rapidly into patronage with the
fortune knocked at his door, and he was called
THE JACKSON I spy
porters idol of the P. R. from the very highest to the loWes a9O
porters and admirers of the art of self-defence. Viewetit
t be
o
teacher of the above art, his qualifications were so rare asjscti
pronounced above praise. His gentlemanly but firm ctietYr
the urbanity of his manners, his great knowledge of ser-0100
and always acting upon that superior acquirement in theltich
impartial manner, placed him in that peculiar situation ebri-
no other man could, or will ever arrive at in the Pot
listic sporting world. The man who could please thleetual
aristocratic and fastidious class of society by his iotebatere,
qualities and observation and experience with human ° e and
and at the same time, and in the same breath, could abw were
subdue the most determined and violent fellows, whicaftail,
to be met with on many public occasions in sporting nad',
must have been "a man to be picked out of ten th°"'"..o-ferre'
In all his decisions on sporting matters which were '''ecaote
to him they haye given general satisfaction. One a°
will suffice
A young man :Of fashion and family, rather addict]der
play, in the early part of his career mixed with id
sons at gambling-houses, not of the most sound chseavraeino
crte_r,entCt
whom he lost 17,0007., and gave, on the impulse of the betcl;oo
his I. 0. U. for the amount of the above sum when liebv was
possessed of the property belonging to his father, weo the
wealthy baronet. Upon the death of his parent,
whether
above sum was demanded, he appealed to Mr. Jas
he should pay it. • .
t- Jacks°
" Have you any doubts on the subject," asked 3-r.i v 01/
" I have," he replied, " nay almost a certainty to
mind."
that you
But have yen any positive proofs to satisfy Me t your
was cheated. I must have proofs to that effec 'decide
thoughts upon the subject is no evidence for me to
1
upon?"
"To tell the truth, as a gentleman and a man of lnu; n
have no decided proofs to lay before you, as to document'aid nther
the subject ; but, from the character of the gamblers,
via_ aaa
circumstances connected with their lives, -I
think Y
sure—l was cheated." eif Yeti
Sir William," was the answer of Mr. Jackson,. beets
have no decided proofs to bring forward that you
.tl_apv;r
the,
e eg
cheated, my plain and straightforward advice ra,t °d
money, and to keep better company for the remain
your life." a it
"Jackson, I thank you," was the reply of the Baronet,
shall." It was paid the next day.
teacher
anaYinsi
The writer of this biographical sketch never saw
any
red
of the art of self-defence appe r so well fortified ag ,like 3
attack as the late Mr. Jackson ; his front aPP7an end he
He always stood on the defensive before his p P
persog.
where their eye suggested, and not to care about their
told them to hit at him on any part of his iueni, body', or
He then generally stopped their efforts, and pointed °,1,101 a
mistakes ; at other times he would Lord,
nobleman was taking lessons of him,
you mO,st
take care of yourself. I shall hit our, and
the
een
loves?, it
blame me if you receive a tap or two from a
Ile Was
areer
early part of his c
managed his instructions with so much ddgFess. that hte
great sporting
apauphinlsraleisatseenehdartdo hhiintite•irv.ithDruarpitaugretsheanclattention
a con-
Mr. Jackson was on a visit
character, residing on his estate aDuring
from Auld Bee"'
blow from
;n an opinion that a
insisted
also a visitor, seemed to enterta.
toilairt.CDroujr-adnodn'.
Mr. Durand
versation about sparring, a gallant colonel
Id had
if the colonel would
on the contrary, and observed
the gloves could not hurt any person.
not omplaio
time, he should c [the
monstrated ; but, at the same
set-to with Jackson, the argument would be practically' a'a

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