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GREAT RAILWAY MEETING.

STRETTON-UPON•DUNSMORE.—In the spring of the
present year we gave an account of the abduction of
a young lady, named Jane Page, from the boarding-
school of Miss Kimberley, at 'Warwick, and the sub-
sequent apprehension of the parties at an hotel in the
Isle of Man. The young la:ly, who is the daughter
of a highly respectable farmer at Stretton, was only
about thirteen years of age ; while George Gardner,
the young man with whom she decamped, was some
years above twenty, and like the girl whom he en-
ticed from school, was also most respectably connected.
On their return from the Isle of Man, Gardner,
after a lengthened examination, was committed to
take his trial for the felony at the last Warwick
Spring Assizes, but in consequence of the intimacy
which had existed between the families, and from
other causes, a compromise was effected, Gardner
pleaded " Guilty," and the Judge passed upon him a
mere nominal punishment. He was ordered to enter
into his own recognisance in the sum ofsool. towards
Mr. Page and his family. Nothing more was heard
of Gardner by the public until the latter end of last
week, when it suddenly transpired that he had poi-
soned himself in the house of Mr. Page, during that
gentleman's absence.
The following evidence, taken before Mr. W. H.
Seymour, Coroner, of Coventry, at the Royal Oak,
Dunmore, will explain the strange circumstances
under which his death took place :
Miss Jane Page (aged 13) deposed that she had
known the prisoner about three years ; that he had
been away for some time past, in consequence of the
result of an investigation some time ago, owing
to his having decoyed her away from school.
About one o'clock on Wednesday morning last
he contrived, by means of a hurdle, to effect
an entrance into the bedroom of witness and
her sister. He seemed dull, and after remain-
ing there some time, during which he spoke
very little, he went into an adjoining room. About 8
o'clock, Mr. Page (her father) left home to go to
Southam fair, and witness then informed her mother
of deceased's being in the house, and about nine
o'clock witness took him up stairs some coffee and
toast ; on going up stairs, about half-an-hour after-
wards, witness observed deceased had not finished his
coffee, and smelling something strong and different
from the flavour of coffee, she asked him what it
was, and he said " Nothing." She left deceased,
but soon afterwards went up again; perceived
then that he had not partaken of his toast,
and saw a small bottle lying on the table empty. He
made no reply to her inquiries as to what the bottle
contained, but appeared to roll his eyes about, and
staggered. Witness advised him to go to bed, and he
did so. She went up to him again about twelve o'clock,
when he was lying on the bed on his back, with his
mouth open, and his eyes shut, but sometimes snored.
She called up her mother, and then told her of the
extraordinary smell she had noticed when he was
taking his coffee. Previous to hi, going to bed
he had washed and shaved himself. Before he laid
down he said he should like to die on the bed. No
one could have gone up stairs to the deceased without
witness seeing, though her mother might have
gone up, for they were busy washing that day. Her
mother was much shocked, and proposed sending for
Mrs. Quinney, a nurse in the village, but did not
send for a surgeon, being afraid, because her father
was not at home. Mrs. Quinney, witness, and her
Imother put the hurdle under the bed, deceased
having pulled it into the room with him. Mrs.
Quinney washed his face, and was then sent for
away. Witness remained in the room with the de-
ceased all day, leaving him only occasionally, and in
the afternoon tried to administer to him some milk,
white of egg, and water, according to Mrs. Quin-
ney's recommendation, but he could not take it: In
the course of the morning deceased told witness thee
he came from the Rugby station, and walked; she
told him she wished he had not come, as it would
cause some unpleasantness with her father, and this
was the reason why she had not told her father of his
being in the house. She also knew he was bound in
recognisances of 5001. not to disturb the family again.
He died while witness was gone to fetch Mrs. Quin-
ney a second time, between six and seven o'clock in
the evening, just at which time her father returned
from Southam fair.

ABDUCTION AND SUICIDE.

DERBY, WE DNESDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday after•
noon a most i mportant meeting of the Middlesex
Railway Comp any, which has lately been styled such
owing to the amalgamation into one court of pro-
prietors of the shareholders of the Birmingham
and Derby, the. North Midland, and the Midland
Counties Companies, was held at the railway station
in this great centre of railway traffic. The late hour
at which it conc;luded prevented a report being for-
warded the saute night.
The meeting was made special for the purpose of
considering the. expediency of, and if thought fit of
sanctioning, an application to Parliament in the
ensuing session, for power to enable the Midland
Railway Comps ny, or some of the company or com-
panies in connexion with them, to make the following
lines of railway or any of them, viz. :-
1. A railway from the Midland Railway at Not-
tingham to Newark and Lincoln, crossing over the
river Trent.
2. A railway from the Midland Railway at Swinton
by Doncaster, Bawtry, and Gainsborough to Lincoln,
and thence passing near Boston, Spalding, and Wis-
beach, to join the Eastern Counties Railway at
March.

3. A railway from the Midland Railway at Syston,
by way of Okehatn and Stamford to Peterborough.
And also for the purpose of considering in what
manner the necessary capital for the construction of
all or any such lines of railway shall be raised or
guaranteed, either wholly or in part, by the Midland
Railway Company; and of adopting such measures
in connexion with the matters-.aforesaid, and for
effecting the purposes above -mentioned, or any of
them, as to:such meeting ma 4 seem fit; and also for
the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, of
sanctioning and confirming an agreement, which will
be laid before the meeting, for the amalgamation of
the Sheffield and Rotherham Canal Ccxmpany with
the Midland Railway Company, on such terms and
conditions as shall be then; proposed ; and on other
special affairs.
The meeting took place in a large room over the
engine-house, the board-room being much too small
for the great numbers who attended. Special trains
from Nottingham, Leicester, Rugby, Leeds, Sheffield,
York, Birmingham, and other places, were in readi-
ness to convey the shareholders back to their homes
at the conclusion, but the regular trains brought them
to the place of meeting.
At two o'clock Mr. Hudson, of York, the chair-
man of the Board of Directors, took the chair, sup-
ported by about 400 shareholders, the most wealthy
of the masses of the " people north."
Mr. J. F. BELL, of Leicester, the secretary to the
Company, read the advertisement;calliag the meeting.
The CIIAIRMAN in a long address, proposed the fol-
lowing resolutions :
" That it is expedient that this Company should un-
dertake the formation of a railway from Nottingham,
through Newark, to Lincoln.
"That it is also expedient that this. Company should
undertake the formation of a railway, from Swinton, by
Doncaster, Bawtry, and Gainsborough, to Lincoln, and
thence to Boston, Spalding, Wisbeach, and March,
there to join the Eastern Counties Railway.
That it is expedient that this Company should un-
dertake the formation of a railway from Syston to Stam-
ford and Peterborough.
" That the Directors of this Company be, and they are
hereby authorised to order the accessary surveys, and
to take all other proceedings that they may consider de-
sirable, with a view to an application to Parliament in
the next session for an Act, or Acts, to authorise the
construction of the before-mentioned line of railway, and
of any other lines which they may consider it desirable
for the interests of this Company to promote, for giving
perfect railway accommodation to the eastern districts of
the kingdom, in connexion with this and the Eastern
Counties Railway.
" That in order to provide the necessary funds for the
purposes aforesaid, an additional capital of 2,500,0003 be
raised by the creation of 62,500 shares of 401. each.
" That such shares be distributed as fbllows :
" 51,339 among the holders of the stock in this Com-
pany, being at the rate of one share for every 100 L
stock.

" 250 among the holders of the 21. shares, being at
the rate of one share for every 50 shares.
" 10,911 to be reserved.: fur landowners and parties
locally interested, and others.
" That provision be made in the Act for payment out
of the additional capital of interest, at the rate of 4 per
cent. per annum, to the holders of such new shares upon
the amount of their subscriptions until the works shall
be completed ; after which such new shares to form part
of the capital stock of the Company.
" That such shares be offered to the Proprietors of
this Company who may be registered on the 11th day of
November next, and that the Directors be authorised to
dispose of any shares that shall not be accepted withi❑
one month from that day in such manner as they shall
think fit.

" That a deposit of 21. be required to be paid upon
each of such new shares on or before the Ist of Decem-
ber next."

The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and
were carried unanimously amid loud applause. Not
a single hand was held up against them.
Mr. J. ELT" of Leicester, the Deputy Chairman,
expressed his pleasure at the cordial vote just come
to. He believed the granting of two Millions and a
half of money to fifteen Directors without any other
guarantee than their own;honour was unparalleled in
railway matters. He hailed it as a bright augury of
success and prosperity, and a death-blow to their
enemies.

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Mr. T. E. DICEY, of Claybrooke-hall, in Leices-
tershire, inquired if the Directors had considered the
advantages of a line down the Erewash valley, saving
much time and distance.
The CHAIRMAN said, it had not been thought of by
the Directors, but they had taken what they considered
the best course under the peculiar circumstances in
which they were placed.
The next subject was relating to the Sheffield and
Rotherham Railway, which it was intended to amal-
gamate with the Midland line.
An agreement was read guaranteeing 61. per cent.
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line. This was also carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said, it would be an excellent ar-
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Mr. RAND, of Bradford, then, in the most compli-
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This was carried amid three loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN having replied, the immense as-
semblage separated.

Miss Elizabeth Page corroborated her sister's evi-
dence as to the appearance of the deceased in their
bed-room.

Mrs. Page deposed, that when apprised of Gardner
being in the house, after her husband had gone out,
she went up stairs, and asked how he could think of
coming there. He replied he did not know what pos-
sessed him. He said he had but one eighteen pence
in the world; that he had been to America, and could
not get work anywhere. Witness went up stairs
again after deceased had finished his coffee, when he
asked for a razor to shave with. Witness left the
room, and forgot to give him one. Did not at that
time see any phial or smell any particular smell ;
and deceased appeared as well and as rational as
usual. No laudanum, opium, or drugs of any kind
were kept in the house. Witness then spoke of the
appearance of the deceased as before described, when
he lay on the bed, about the middle of the day, and
explained why she did not send for a medical man.
The phial now produced she had never seen before,
but certainly did smell something in the room when
called up like that now proceeding from the bottle.
When her husband came home she informed him that
Gardner lay dead in the house. Saw deceased after
he had washed and shaved ; he then looked pale. He
had not written to say that he was coming, nor did
witness know that he was in England. Witness
could not say that she had never heard the deceased
declare that he would die in the house. He had not
slept in the room he died in before.
Hannah Quinney stated, that on going to Mr.
Page's, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she found
the deceased lying on the bed, and, she thought, dying.
Ile could not swallow anything. Ills face was cold
and clammy, and he appeared to have lost all use of
his hands. Did not smell anything particular in the
room. Advised Mrs. Page to send for a medical man,
but she said she durst not.

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MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS:

Jane Page, on being re-examinud, said she took the
teacup and jug down stairs, but did not smell any-
thing particular in them.
Mr. Calvert, surgeon, of Woolston, deposed that on
being called in to deceased he found him lying on the
bed with his clothes on, except his neckerchief. There
was no external mark of violence on the body.
The vessels of the head were full of blood
of a dark colour. Examined the stomach, heart,
and bowels, but in none of these organs
found sufficient disease to cause death. The sto-

varied much in their yield, a large portion coming
extremely short.
TONERIDGE.—Our plantations are now nearly
cleared ; the sample is excellent, and will, we trust,
compensate for any deficiency in quantity.
SEVENOAKS.—The picking in this neighbourhood
is now done, and most of the growers have
weighed off. In taking a view of the past season,
with reference to the duty, it appears that the
hops generally looked well up to the coming out in
bur, when, from some cause which has baffled the re-
searches of all the growers in the neighbourhood, a
most serious blight took place from Underrivers on
the east to the utmost limit of the county westward,
below the hill, which has so reduced the growth, that
in many instances they have not been picked at all.
In the more immediate vicinity of Sevenoaks and
Westerham towns the planters have done well, but it
is computed that not more than 8 cwt. will be the
average growth. The mould has, as we have before
stated, made sad havoc, still there are some very
choice samples left. One gentleman has sold some
very fine Sevenoaks hops for upwards of 11/., and
Underrivew-(the• whole growth) have realised 101.
The opieort is the duty will not. exceed 127,0001.

WEST LONDON RAIL WAY.
An adjourned meeting of the Directors and Share-
holders of this Company was held yesterday, at their
offices, Abchurch-lane.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
FIFTEEN PERSONS INJURED.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE; TUESDAY.— serious Red.;
dent occurred this morning on the'l4 • he Brandling
Junction Railway, by which one of ache passengers was
killed, and fifteen others more or less injured. The ac-
cident arose from the collision of two engines, one of
them attached tea grriage full of passengers on its way
from Shields t(7l%Teffeagtilamokwather Gateshead, where
the line terminates. ~The-train left Shields station ex-
actly at five o'clock, and consisted of an engine with the
tender first, and one passenger carriage, filled with
butchers, on their way to attend the Newcastle cattle-
market. About two miles froni Shields, an engine was
observed coming in an opposite Flireitiont 4tit at so short
a distance, owing to the curvature of the line at this
place, that a collision appeared inevitabl6. The engine-
men at once reversed the engines, and. then leaped off,
and immediately afterwards they came into;violent colli-
sion. Most of the butchers were stunned by the shock,
all of them being thrown with considerable force against
the partitions of the carriage. The next moment they
found themselves careering. away towards Shields, the
carriage, to use the expression of one of the passengers,
" fiying like lightning." At once apprehensive of danger,
some of the passengers began to leap from the carriage,
and it was soon ascertained that the engine was
under no control. Indeed the engineman and stoker
had been left behind, after jumping off, and the engine,
bounding from the collision, was running at an enormous
speed along the line towards Shields, it being a gentle
incline. By the time the train had reached the station,
between fifteen and eighteen of the passengers bad
thrown themselves out, the remainder continuing in the
carriage, ready to jump out when they saw a favourable
opportunity. Fortunately, on reaching the station a
train of four or five empty carriages was standing on the
line, against which the engine drove the carriage before
it with tremendous force, carrying all forward to the
back part of the station, where a strong balk of timber
is placed as a stopper, over which some of the carriages
were driven, whilst the whole were crushed together in
one confused mass of broken fragments. Three or four
yards behind the stopper a low wall enclose this part of
the station, and beyond the wall there is a coal depot, on
slower level by 25 to 30 feet. One of the carriages, torn
from its frame and wheels, was left balanced on the top
of this wall. The engine, after being " brought up,"
still continued to " puff and blow," urging itself through
the mass of broken carriages.
In the carriage next the engine, which had gone from
Shields with twenty-four or twenty-five passengers, there
yet remained five or six
.persons, whose escape under
such circumstances was miraculous. John Brown, who
lost his life, was in the division of the carriage next the
engine, and his head was crushed to atoms by the revo
lution of the wheels, and his body was otherwise much
bruised, he being jammed in between the engine and one
portion of the carriage. In the second division of the
carriage there remained at this time three passengers ;
one of whom, Mr. A. Thompson, says he sat on his seat
incapable of moving, within a few inches of the engine,
and the mangled body of Brown just below and in front
of him, the engine tearing and pressing forward with
furious energy, and gaining ground at every stroke. The
roof of the division was crushed in, and all was a com-
plete wreck. By a desperate effort he got his legs
liberated, and contrived to clear himself of the carriage,
when just at the moment he heard a voice call to him
for assistance; it was that of a strange man, a potter,
belonging to Sunderland, but he returned instantly,
seised him by the collar, and dragged him out. On
raising this man from the mass of mutilated fragments,
Thompson found his own son had been thrown undermost,
and he was thus providentially rescued from premature
death. By this time some one had got water and thrown
in on the engine fire, which was soon extinguished, and
the steam having been blowing off from the first, its
force was spent, and the engines came to a stand. Brown
was taken out alive, but died very shortly afterwards.
The following is a list of the sufferers, and the nature of
the injury they received:—
John Brown, killed in the way described. lie was a
cattle-driver, had been long in the trade, and was much
respected.
Joseph Burrell, butcher, Thames-street, South Shields
Very much bruised internally; face cut, and arm much
injured. Not expected to live.
George Gamble, Church-row, South Shields. Head
and face much bruised; his nose broken, from which a
piece of bone was taken this afternoon. Not expected
to recover. He had jumped out before the train reached
the station.
William Batey, wounded in the face and head ; com •
plains of his back.
William Greenwell, got on the step outside the car-
riage, and was preparing to jump when he came violently
in contact with the battlement of one of the bridges; has,
had his hip dislocated, his ankle-joint put out, and is
much bruised and cut.
John Douthwaite, injured in the shoulder, and other-
wise much bruised. •
John Tindle, his collar-bone broken, and much cut
and bruised.
Anthony Brown, head and face much cut.
John Young, much cut and bruised.
William Wetherill, ankle sprained by jumping out,
and otherwise slightly injured.
These cases had been reported to the superintendent
of the station to-night, when application was made for
information on the subject, but further inquiries have
supplied the following in addition :
Thomas Forest, hurt in the arm.
William Lawson, severely crushed and bruised.
Thomas Gallon, slightly bruised.
Matthew Davidson, injured in the leg and arm.
Anthony Thompson and Robert Thompson, his son,
both injured but slightly, considering the perilous
situation which they occupied during the whole trans-
action.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
sth of October, 1844." Tho Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

Mr. WILKINsoN was called to the chair; and in
opening the business of the day, he said that the last
meeting had been adjourned in consequence of certain
negotiations which had been entered into with the
large companies. Those negotiations were still pend-
ing, and therefore it would be necessary to adjourn
the meeting again. He had no doubt that the nego-
tiations would terminate to the advantage of all the
Proprietors.
Mr. BURGE moved that the meeting be adjourned
till the 7th of November. _

Weekly
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of
Fire Yearn.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 247 178
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat lo9 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5O 157
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 6 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 4 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 2 1
Old Age, or Natural Decay 47 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified...
Deaths from all Causes 961 946
DEATHS FROM TILE PIiINCII•AL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

TILE ABOVE ILEADS.

Total. Weekly Average
of Five Years.
Consumption 143 147
Scarlatina B7 34
Pneumonia .
Dropsy .. ... ... . ... 22 35
Hooping Cough l6 33
Typhus 22 31
Small Pox
Disease of the heart
Measles
Apoplexy .......... ... .... ... 18 18
Diseases of the Brain lO 9
Diarrhoea..
Sudden Deaths
DISTRICTS.

West
North
Central
East 235 207
South..

Mr. CRAWFORD wished to know whether it was re-
quisite to adjourn for so long a time ?
The CHAIRMAN said the Act of Parliament com-
pelled them to give fourteen days' notice of each
meeting.
Mr. CRAWFORD said the Shareholders were exceed-
ingly anxious to know the result of the negotiations
which had been entered into.

Frederick Moore, cut and bruised.
Michael Middleton, one of his eyes much injured, and
otherwise bruised and cut.
Samuel Osborne, slightly cut.
Wilkinson, the guard, bruised on the head and breast.
Indeed, out of the entire number of passengers, not
more more than five or six escaped without injury more
or less. Many will be laid up for weeks, and two are
not expected to recover.
As to the cause of the accident, I am sorry to have to
impute it to gross mismanagement. Indeed, a more
glaring case, or one more proper for investigation by the
Board of Trade, perhaps never yet occurred. It appears
the engine, named the Mountain, had been drawing the
Shields trains to and from Brockley Whins, the junction
station between Gateshead and Sunderland, where the line
also joins the Great North of England Railway from
Darlington to Newcastle on the preceding day, and up
to the afternoon of yesterday, when it was disabled from
an accident, and one of the engines used in drawing the
coal-waggon trains, named the Nelson, was substituted
for it, and the Mountain sent up to the station at Gates-
head to be repaired. The five o clock trains from Shields
on Tuesday morning is a special one, put on for the ac-
commodation of butchers attending the Newcastle cattle
market of that day; and an order was given overnight
at the Gateshead station for an engine to go down to
Shields at four o'clock, purposely to bring away the
butchers' train at live. For some reason yet to be ex-
plained, this engine, the Leopard, did not leave Gates-
head till ten minutes or a quarter before five, and instead
of going on the "down rail," as it ought to have done,
it went along the " up rail." The Shields train being
ready to start at five, and the passengers waiting, the
Nelson coal engine was put to, and started with the
train, and about two miles from Shields the engines met.
The engineman of the Nelson, who has been appre-
hended, and is now in custody, says, naturally enough,
he never expected to meet an engine on that rail, and
when he did see it coming, he did all he could. by re-
versing the steam, and as he saw a collision 7n,.s
unavoidable, he endeavoured to save himself by jumping
off, and the stoker followed his example. The
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jumped off, but after turning offthe steam, so that their
engine was brought to a stand after the collision, they
got on again, and brought it back to Gateshead. If the
blame rest upon the engineman, then he who had charge
of the Leopard, who had
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Mr. CLAYTON inquired if any time had been fixed
for the answer of the large companies ?
The CHAIRMAN said no time had been fixed for a
definitive answer. They could not call on the party
with whom they were negotiating to name a day for
a definitive answer.

The meeting was then adjourned -till the 7th of
November next.

mach contained about half a pint of darkish, thick
fluid, which did not indicate any poison from the
smell. The right side of the heart contained
more blood than usual, and of a more fluid character
than is ofen seen, but witness did not find sufficient
there to cause death. He should, therefore, suppose
that deceased died from a depressed state of the
nerves, which state might be produced from sedative
poison without leaving any trace of it. He had seen
the small phial produced, and there was no doubt
there had been poison in it. He believed the deceased
died from opium.
The jury found a verdict of " Feb° de se ;" and at the
same time declared themselves unanimously of opi-
nion, that the conduct of Mrs. Page towards the de-
ceased during the time he was in a dying state was
most unfeeling and unchristian, and desired the Coro-
ner to convey to her the strongest censure on her
conduct.

_
Total .... ..... ...... ..... 961 946

THE POLKA.—This dance, which has become so
famous, is of recent Bohemian origin. A peasant girl,
servant to a citizen in Elbekosteletz, a town three hours
distant from Prague, was on a Sunday dancing for her
pastime, at the same time accompanying her steps with
an air of her own fancy. The schoolmaster and or-
ganist, Joseph Neruda, having observed her movements,
composed an air adapted thereto. The dance was after-
wards, for the first time, performed in public at Elbe-
kosteletz ; from thence it was introduced into Prague,
where it obtained the name of Polka, thence migrated
to Paris, where it acquired much celebrity, and finally
extended itself to London, New York, and all the great
towns on this and the other side of the Atlantio. The
girl, the inventor of this far-famed dance, is now married
in her native country.
ADVANTAGES OF SAVINGS.—A calculation has lately
been made by the actuary of a savings' bank, by which,
if the labourer could be prevailed on to save two shillings
a week from the age of twenty to thirty, he would be
enabled, with a trifling assistance, to purchase an annuity
of ten shillings a week after he arrived at the
.age of
sixty.—Savings' Bank Circular. -)

The affair, as might be expected, has created con-
siderable stir in the neighbourhood.

HOP INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Maidstone Journal.)
MAIDSTONE.—The hopping may now be said to
be brought to a close, since the few grounds where
the picking is still goingF on will be finished within a
day or two. Mr. Ellis 's plantations were all cleared
last week, and his army of hoppers, amounting to
nearly 2,000, paid off and discharged. From very
careful and extensive inquiry we feel quite warranted
in saying that this district, as a whole, including mid
Kent generally, from which it must be remembered
the duty is this year almost entirely made up, has
fallen short its estimated produce ; in many instances
the crop being one-third, and in others we could
name full one-half below what was confidently cal-
culated on. Many instances have been reported to
us where, instead of six bags per acre, only four have
been realised—where seven were looked for, only five
have been got—in another case a growth laid at ninety
bags produced only sixty, and so forth. It stands to
reason that the duty must yet come down, and that
prices ought to go up.
FARLEIGIL—Picking is over, and we have every
reason to be satisfied with the result.
IluNToN.—Our picking will be completed in a
clay or two. We are not so well
offour as neigh-
bours as to quantity, but our quality is excellent.
LINTON.—We have finished picking here with one
fairly challenge the whole
exception, and we may
coxinty for the quality of our samples.
„DLIED,Ex.—The plantations in this parish have

STATE OF TRADE.—There was a very good de-
mand for yarn on Tuesday ; and, as the market was very
bare of stock, rather higher prices were in many cases
obtained, and purchasers were desirous of making con-
tracts for future delivery. The goods market, also, was
very firm, and full prices were paid for nearly all de-
scriptions of Cloth. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET,
MONDAY, OCT. 7.—There has been another dull market
to-day, demand very limited, and prices rather wavering.
There is the same inactivity in the wool market ; but
prices remain firm.—Manchester Guardian.