The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

THE ANTIQUARIAN DISCO-
VERI A. Since our last publicaE
tio Sn, in which weLEWES gave some details
relative to the interesting discoveries of the remains of
William de Warren and of Gundred his wife, daughter of
William the Conqueror, in the excavations which the rail-
wa3' contractor is now making through the ruins of the
atneient Priory of St. Pancras, at Lewes, the interest which
l -
Inc novelty of the discovery was then exciting has greatly
ncreased and the progress of the excavations, which will
run fora coßSiderable distance through the Priory- and the
grounds anciently attached to it, is :daily watched by nume-
°4,s spectators. A number of artists are also on the spot
Makin`ug sketches, probably for publication in the illustrated
Paper&
happy' to The Railway Company and the contractor, we are
add, have lent their aid to the of any other relics which the shovel and pick-axpereservation of the " navvy"
InnaatYureturn uP' by directing that in every case where the
being foe( the soil indicates a probability of other relics
earth• und, the greatest care shall be used in removing the
.41Further discOveries are thus described by the pen of W. H.
w."htaall/V, one of the magistrates of the Lewes bench,
ose antiquarian researches, given to the • world a short
polll'rteiOriinoc
fe in his " Barons' War," have thrown a light over
What Was a comparatively obscure, but highly important
"SeveralEnish—the Battle of the Barons, under Simon
de ?ttontford, in the reign of Henry 111.
more skeletone havr been found,:lying parallel to
each other, and all with their feet to the east. The bones of
thischild have also been discovered among them, and probably
was one of the founder's kin, on that account admitted
nit° the sanctuary of the grateful monks. On the 30th there
was added the discovery of another body at the eastern end
ha
the excavation, which was distinguished from the rest by
• 'ving" a very remarkable leaden chest at its feet. The form
:is that of drum 111 inches high, and the same in dia-
deter' "lightly Ornaniented by straight lines down the
es, at intervals of three Welles with a leaden top,
11°''' loose, but which has been soldered on the lower part;
no inscription can be detected. The interior is nearly filled
bliy.l)
abY an urn of coarse earthenware, fixed into its position
fra„, quantity of red clwv occupying all the space between it
a"„.,,the outer case—the urn contains a quantity of. saline.
' b(;',l4", ill which are the human entrails of the adjoining
3', but without the heart, according to medical testimony.
Abo ,le
11• lit two inches from the bottom of the leaden case there
,:paeBanirel 1 projecting tube, now closed at the orifice, which
to have been designed as a drain to the vessel..
one, Person thus carefully buried was probably a dignified
de.„'o,but whether layman or prior nothing now remains to
. are y
The traces of walls near these numerous skeletons
, of•re Yet too incomplete to justify any opinion as to the form
-. bsiettuaantYedb uilding which
. it seems
~ Probable may formerly have covered them,
that the Chapter House was here
These.„ new discoveries have been placed, with the cists
iti-t'ung the remains of William de Warren and Gundred,
'• f s,„"'n, thover Church, near the black marble tomb which
°--ertY covered the remains of those distinguished.per-
:, clerk • •
Zeasgreost; They are under the care of Mr. Goldsmifth,,parinsh-
Scnithover who gives An explanation o the
si
aa• !•tig 'lllics to those visitors who reqUire it. A sub-
: iptioa• •
ed As 'ilPenetl for contributions, which are to be ap-
.. hi , . to the provision of a proper receptacle of these
. huginkY restinginte historical remains. This will be. more,
tt:j.,ll;e:. or'Vora costy, according to the liberality of 6 lent.Bl,")rg;- and we trust that the sum raised will be suf-
vrorfh 1, provide a place of sepulture to these remains,
hei, •Y of the station which the distinguished persons filled
"re passing
to their
_mother earth.—Brighton Gazette.
Ils.
....---•emimme
r• IIL INFORMATION FOR MALTSTERS.._We
iobniittLer it advisable, on every occasion, to guard and. cau-
lsw. "`e honest trader who may he unacquainted with the
bei,! mid therefore be liable to violate its provisions without.
4"K aware of it. On the 27th of September the Board of
frotnelB,esued general order in reference to the malt duties,
of ti,'''',llcb Webve the folloWing extract for the information
had :',7 whore it materially concerns:—" The Board have
insisters: consideration various representations that many
the Lers
colopress their grain in the couch frame, and. that
of &regulations for preventing and detecting this description
this and. are not administered uniformly by the officers of
en,
treye",.. ..
.i the Board are aware that many maltsters
ar,r tam erroneous views on this subject, supposing that they
ex`ceat,liberty to compress the grain, provided they do not
Act weed the er centages mentioned in the sth section of the
be .1,,4, gist Nict„ c. 49. The Board direct that all maltsters
le.,.'"roled. that the law does not authorise any, even the
I,oset compression of the grain. The penalty of 100 L, ini_.
es, ~,133' the 33d section of the Act of 7 and 8 George II ,
the * "';',is itittrred, if the inaltster tread or force together
apply
iinn the cistern or couch frame; and the increases
gain has
only•the sth section of the Act of Ist Viet., c. 49,
in-cases where suspicion is entertained that the
conei I?as been compressed, and such increase is deemed
of tin usive evidence of the fact, when found after the removal
kthereof e rain from the cistern or couch frame and the return
fibinto the vessel from which removed. It is well
atm" that many malsters, by throwing the grain in a.,..5.ve0.t
the. err on,t. of the cistern into the couch frame, and by:t-mom, hy b'gram to an undue height and letting it fall heavily, and
eoni,J:7ing it forcibly against the sides of the couch frame,
th.'''' to compress it, and thereby subject themselves to
apt
Penalt of the statute. That
.they be also informed that
will most likely avoid.incurr.ing the said penalty if they
eoph‘Y the grain from the cistern into the couch frame in the
rar,'•of a cone, or, if the couch frame be large, in two or
-re ones- and afterwards leVel the grain in the usual
1444,1,t1eer.', 1
'‘.(l 8@ TEN HOURS BILL.—MEETING OF DELEGATES.
ti Saturday evening last a meeting of delegates from manufac-
stre: towns was held at the school-room, in Great Ancoats-
Tom"; in this town, and subsequently by adjournment at the Wood-
log ,-unt, for the purpose of devising plans to promote the pass.
The ~° the Ten Hours Bill in the next session of Parliament.
licit:6' Were delegates present from Glasgow, Bradford, Manchester,
taikt. Yde, Bury, Oldham, Waterhead-mills, Lees, Preston,
Avh auleld, Stockport, Chorley, Cuerden, Heywood. Rochdale,
Jun el_it°h, NeWton, and some other places. Mr. John Fenton,
ee IrßurY. was in the chair. The chairman of the Lancashire
oo th_4_ Short Time Committee submitted their plans for carrying
4 pir:t!ititation, which were put in the form of six propositions :
tobeiviatike,,,th.taht:df,utniidatof 500/. be forthwith raised; second, that offices
de,„" la. Manchester, to which all correspondence should be ad. permanent secretary should be appointed to
11447, the business; fourth, that petitions be sent to Par.
peti,,ol;B, frorn
h every mill in the kisgdoni ; fifth, that
bison Ine Procured from the clergy and medical pro.
1%. each town, and in every case, where prac
kar be aloede by the dean, vicar, or bishop, as the case
.ann•ci4.; sixth, that petitions be procured frem as many mill-
tory i .." Possible in favour of an abridgment of the hours of fac-
bei. 4uour ~,,,
, I..p,a„i:. and. that naemorials be sent to the agricultural Mem-
-o',atilt ;"Z. them not to prevent the manufacturing Members
%144" e the condition of their own workpeople." The
hea: 10 l'a' induced to petition agricultural Mombers, because
bl,?t,..°Ursu,n.ptifitntait..,4l_ the great division in March, 1844, when the
if isu.n.trtment. eirraii three times carried, there wer 2. 3 Mere.
, 00,. • Illg tl.ie. manufacturing districts who voted infavour
:Pfeaem,2* and.but.lo against it ; therefore it was the Members
wlleii. it ": agricultural districts, on the subsequent division
or th '4l,tara tb e gilt the aural
to resign, who prevented the passing
I.'ans be
adopted or esolutions were passed :-1. " That the above
„isikto „.9;" 2. " That the necessary funds be forthwith
-tc4tlt9,rF,FirltilY,,,llle.tri into execution, and that the. committee be
tipPettkrta th-`,41M*13, te take offices, and to appoint a secretary
_ .rae1i,..._.,. eintreased duties which must necessarily devolve
bnlittee,l:l,rd Thanks being:voted 'to the Central Short. time Corn.tett traotit 11`taheY, and the chairman, the proceedings fermi.
t, 44.414,iirr TelOok.--Atenchester Guardian.
Alkoi,4alicire , IN. HYDE-PARK.— Yesterday informa-
Icee, that u'ated Ahroughout the divisions of the Metropolitan
It: Falltian" Wednesday evening, about half-past six o.'c!ock,
t- "t s-1411-""Lfetriale, living at No. 12, Bowling.green.buildings,
uli . e, az
. . she - ew-road, Paddington was proceeding to Kensing-
milk • ente'
aestedwalong tit HYde-park by Victoria-gate, Bayswater, and
eqr• ee seitieriad outside of Kensington-gardens to the bridge
the !II that tine. When she had gone a short distance she per-
lootittaly !axio:
.rt'.,;aiLvras following her, and when. she arrived near
pi,,o,
_watt q ::: nie north bank of the Serpentine, which is a very
4. , . 40,4 ili.slite rod, the man came up to her, and pulling out a
itaiteah to d,r3chet. Presented it at her, at the same time saying,
told 4,1 at to
to.night, for I have a wife and family
had, ~.rit, ltet tj,!' ' Mrs. Cantrill, although dreadfully alarmed,
theis".9ich was .se the pistol, and she would give him what she
tii, "44 with ,_:61)1Y a few halfpence, and on her giving him what
h 1,1444 with beg, decamped the way he came. • She describes
a 44.whIskets . d ve feet eight inches high, dark complexion, and
't . ' res'ett in a corduroy jacket, dark trousers, and
Twit
ti..-
11 CAPTAIN
No 4-417........v/4* v LEICESTER.—WINDSOR,
tic4otil mc,,_ * regret to state that the Hon. Captain Leicester,
44tellh-thl ne
, r to Lord De Tabley, of the Grenadier Guards, sta-
ll
,m,,, a ,own, who b
°*1,244i. while urat a blood-vessel in the early part of
rsbt,, JYle in en dutY With his regiment in the Great Park, is
'kit 744ktracal,rn°1t dangerous state, at his apartments in the In.
81 •,,
re'cas, Sheet-street. The unfortunate gentleman, who
Ilv., Which biasPse YeaterdaY (a considerable hemorrhage taking
li,ooetea. 1 h's ~mical attenda
t, "lov, b reduced him t h
IteNter
r.._Lord De Tabley, the Rev. F.
ontt.,eatvideryhtleowest ebb), has been
dzesi :el:
tter or,n resithdoutrbl
the
b. gin --.1 De r
• 'hied ng at a, abley arrived at Windsor this morning, and
the -"Y h I" White Hart Hotel. Lady De Tablet' (accent_
n 00., bet children), Who had been on a visit to her mother,
"as b„/ alonte 'cis, arrived at Windsor this mornlng, from 1
4a,i-vse m
th near Uxbridge The Hon. Captain Leicester, who
, A' Yet, nu:. ° 9reeadier Gua.rd
ti, - nis a,. s for about fifteen years, is in the
mot 14)„,„ iii,
Ilitubtellt has OBSERVATIONS.—A Parliamentary
sit ke, fr. a'
just bee •
a tvatcr-a cop.
_..olsu printed, in answer to a return of Mr.
r voiles at h J' ' ructions to astronomers of the several ob-
lioce lutes
of °_the and abroad in the year 1837.8, with the number
'041:It that ""tronornical observations made at each observatory
!°r Zata.._*. It appears that no instructions were sent by the
lt, um of -aiiraity to
lugs hi Oblast asonomic , the Astronomer Royal in 1837 8. One
lator a observations is printed in each year by the
(Ittslt,,koitoyfettt
ecotboiaerri.otts Aviarietpoorrst
bisyatnhneually made in the month of
Astronomer Royal on the
,-sod ~,' It it, adda2rY, and communicated to the Board of Ad-
t•tie ,e,a ope ._ vu, that at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of
t.:,h4foyedr 1,8.6°,
tahsetreon.o2n_ jeat observations have been printed since.
.;ht ~,-,7441 the ~.,__ 'ti"ronemer and Ms assistants having been chiefly
stit,,l,the‘arerne,
01,:taraon ern.ent of an arc of the meridian. Diffe-
!nnieal observations made at Greenwich and
ttphoBtatbio44erbeen Pnnted since 1837, under the superintendence
sadciP 1,1 lorfice.
, ,
eid - very IrEtaaGENcE sr,.
of ''ed it gooa dm .---VVORCESTER, Nov .s.—We
teige. ,t 41,... e and for hops on Saturday • for fine samples
4,41 b. called brisk, and high prices were made for parcels
4ti 4lt to d•lPtl°n 1 and e
1411th ford Pose
__a yen stout brown qualities Me 'e not so
, Le. 441-47 of s last week, the low Prises asked being a temp-
tih,!,o'l4.. but, I,fithr_ Purchase a few. The fresh supply was very
100 ,Zeka pre„"tywgnoantd remained unsold the previous Saturday,
on
offer,
in the market, altogether perhaps
ittp,.'t old "ti bein-
tohtec,
tl:assed L er, of which, 682 pockets of new and
44014 the4:7 Pock
Alaveset besidesr
new
and
dos4eo inof
ytehali
the week,
rwrhicieel:
. ' atlase 04 quoted.

EXETER, Nov. 6.
STOCK E ECUANGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and
Dorchester, p.—Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth (Head's
line), j 4 p.—Taw Vale Extension, 14 p.—Central Cornwall,
p.—South Wales, s—Eastern Counties, 22. Yesterday
being a holiday, there was little or no business transacted.

LEEDS, Nov. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Bradford,
451—Ditto, Extension, 40—Leeds and Thirsk, 12%—New-
castle and Berwick, 14—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 16—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 52 c. n.—
London and York, 4 4—Cambridge and Lincoln, Extensions,
3Y;3—London and York (Bawtry), 334—Great Eastern and
Western, ss. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, par—Leeds and
York, 3s. 9d. p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction, 4%—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation
and Welsh Junction, 2%—Manchester, and Southampton, 4
—North Western, 34—Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber-
gate, 41,4—Nottingham and Grantham, 4%—South Mid-
lands, 3% p.—South Staffordshire, s%—Wafield and Brad-
ford, 6s. p.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 265. p.—Welsh Mid-
land, 2%—York and Carlisle, 3%—Yorkshire and Glasgow
Union, 13s. p.

HULL, Nov. 6.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The great and unusual influx of
orders to sell has caused considerable depression in all kinds
of stock, and for cash almost any price would have been sub-
mitted to in Scrip Shares. Still the opinion seems more
generally acquiesced in, that the worst has been got over,
and that the accounts from the City will be more cheering
to-morrow. The sales are—Hull and Selby (10 per cent.
guaranteed), Half Shares, 19%—North British (Carlisle),
3 14—Axliolme, 4—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 38s. 6d.—
Derby and Gainsborough, 11. 16s. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley
Junction, 11% p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 425.
Liverpool and Leeds, 2%—London and Birmingham Exten-
sion, 1/. I3s. 9d.—London and York, 43/4—London and Nor-
wich Direct, 4s.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 4%—Notting•
ham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 4%—Nottingham and Boston,
314—Nottingham and Mansfield, 4%—Wakefield and Brad-
ford, 2%—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 3/. 3s. 9d.
YORK, Nov. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great North of Eng-
land, New, 50—Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling), 48—
York and North Midland, Extension, 23%—London and
Ycrk, s—Leeds and Dewsbury, 131/2—Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 13%—North British (Carlisles), 3 —Coventry, Nun-
eaton,Birmingham, and Leicester, 2%—Grand Union, 25'—
Leicester and Bedford, 2%—North Staffordshire, s%—Welsh
Midland, 3
EDINBURGH, Nov. 4.

STOCK EXCITANGE.—The salefi are—Aberdeen, 81. 155..

Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. 2/. Bs.-Airdrie and Bathgate,
V.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shiites, 15/.-
Armagh and Portrusb, 2/. 12s. 6u1.-Ayr and Dumfries, 31.55.
-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 188.-Banffshire, 2/. 135.-Belfast
and County Down, 31. 55.-British and Irish Union, 51.-
Caledonian, 12/. 108.-Caledonian Extension, 41. 10s.-Cale-
donian and Dumbarton, SL-Caledonian and Northern Direct,
3/. 55.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Camwarth and
West Linton, 2/. 10s.-Chelmsford and Bury, 1/. 17s. 6d.-
Clvdesdale unction, 20/.-Cornwall and Devon, 21. 12s. 6d.
-Deeside Railway, 6/. 2s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 2/. 18s.-
Dublin and Enniskillen, 51. 55.-Dundee and Arbroath, 36/.
155.-Ditto, New, M.-Dundee and Perth, 10/. 10s.-East
of Fife, 3/. -East Lothian Central, 4/. 11s.-Edinburgh and
Bathgate, 5/. 55.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex news, 72/.-
Ditto, Half Shares, 18/.-Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, Ditto,
New, 131.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 11.75.-
Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 3/. 10s.-Edinburgb,
Leith, and Granton, 241. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edin-
burgh and Northern, 51. 135.-Ditto, Newport, 1/. 145.-
Ditto, Lochgelly, 2/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, ex new,
3/. 35.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 2/. 3s. 6d.
-Edinburgh and Perth, 51. 10s.-Forth and Clyde June-
tion, 4/. ls.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 721.-Ditto, New Stock,
23/.-Ditto, Quarter Shares 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Bel-
fast Union, 31. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 31.55.
-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 3/. 10s.-Glasgow and
Garnkirk, 45/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 10s.-Ditto,
New Stock, 10/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow,
Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 51.-Great County Down, 3/.'
-Great North of Scotland, 4/. 75.-Ditto, Extensions, se. p.
-Great North and South Wales, 1/.-Inverness and Elgin,
2/. Bs.-Lanark and Lothians, 5/. 12s. 6d.-Larne and Bally-
mena, 2/. 75.-London and Hounslow, 2/.-London and Man-
chester (Hem.), 31. 155.-London and Manchester (Rastrick),
61.-London and Windsor, 1/. 55.-London and York. 51.
-Midland and Eastern Counties, 21. 17s. 6d.-Morayshire,
55.-Newry and Londonderry, 2/. 10s.-North British, ex
news, 24/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, ex news, 61.-Ditto, Fifths,
71.-Ditto, Carlisles, 4/. 125.-North Wales Mineral, New, 61.
-Perth and Crieff, 3/. 38.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 12s.
6d.-Scottish Central, 181.-Scottish Central and Caledonian
Junction, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 4/. IN.-Scottish
North Western, 2/. 11.4.-Scottish South Midland, 3/.-Scot-
tish Western, 2/. 128.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 12s. 6d.
-Shrewsbury, Oswestrv, and Chester, 71.-South Midland,
81.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. Gs.-Stirling antk Midland,
475. 6d. p.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Surrey Grand
Junction, V. 7s. 6d.-Tean and Dove Valley, 2/. 10s.-
Tyne Valley, 3/. 135.-Wishaw and Coltness, 571.
GLASGOW, Nov. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 8/. 95.-
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 505.-Airdrie and Bathgate,
37,8-Ayr and Galloway, 585.-Banffshire, 50-British and
Irish Union, 4%-Caledonian, 1214-Caledonian Extension,
6-Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 565.-Ditto and
Dumbartonshire Junction, 705.-Carnwarth and West Linton,
455.-Clvdesdale Junction, 2014-Dundee and Perth, 9%-
East Fife, 555. -East Indian Railway, 3%-Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 255.-Edinburgh and Perth, 5-
Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 20s. p.-Forth and
Clyde Junction, 785.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 665.-
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 645.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ardrossan, 6 IA-Glat:gow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junc-
tion, 414-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 695. 6d.-Glasgow
Harbour Grand Junction, 615.-Great North of Scotland,
80s.-Great Eastern and Western, 75. 6d. p.-Inverness and
Elgin, 455.-Lanark and Lothians, 38s. p.-Larne, Belfast,
and Ballymena, 425.-Larne and Carrickfergus, 525.-Lesma-
hagow, 43/4-Midland and Eastern Counties, 555.-Paisley,
Barrhead, and Hurlet, 8-Sanquhar and Muirkirk Junction,
475. 6d.-Scottish Central, 17 -Scottish Southern, 51s. 6d.-
Scottish Western, 525.-Scottish North Western, 525.-
Scottish South Midland Junction, 575.-Scottish Central and
Caledonian Junction, 575.-South Midland, 6%-Strathern
Junction, 70s.

DUBLIN, Nov. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bandon and Bantry,
11/—Cork and Waterford, IN—Dublin, and Belfast, June.
tion, 9 t/2—Dublin and Drogheda, 8:-4i—Ditto, New Shares,
1 l 4—Great Southern and Western, 2:3—Great Southern,
Clonmel to Thurlos, 21—Midland Great Western and Royal
Canal, s—lrish Great Western, Dublin to Galway, 414—
Enniskillen and Shp, 2%—Killarney Junctions, 21/‘,-New
Ross, Carlow, and hilkenny,l'A—Waterford and Limerick, 9
—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 114—Wexford, Water-
ford, and Valentia,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TIIE DENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND CATNAL

COMPANY.

The Directors of the Dendre Valley Railway and Canal
Company, who have recently visiteyl the locality of this
twin undertaking, in company with Mr. George Rennie,
their engineer, have just given the Shareholders a most satis-
factory report upon the prospects of the enterprise.
We give some extracts front this report :
" Although the Cahier des Charges, in Art. 3, allows a
period of six months to the Company for depositing the
definitive plans and sections of the railway with the depart-
ment of public works, after those of the Government engi-
neer shall have been communicated to them, yet the Direc-
tors, anxious to meet the views of the Government in
affording occupation to hundreds of labourers through the
winter, have caused the plans of their own engineers to be
proceeded with simultaneously with those of the Govern-
ment, and in the course of a few weeks the whole will be
completed.
"The situation of the basins and wharf of the canal has been
determined upon, and the necessary notices on the land-
owners along the line are at the present time in the course of
being served, and it is confidently expected that next month
the contractor will be in a position to commence his opera-
tions on the canal.

"Tour Directors have also to announce to you that. the con-
struction of a railway from Tournay to Jurbise is conceded to
a private company, and as this line will join that of the Dendre
Valley at Ath, the direct communication will thereby be
opened with France by the Great Northern Railway of that
kingdom, and with the South and West of Belgium by the
lines already conceded by the Belgian Government.
" The recent visit to this part of Belgium of the Directors,
commenced at the proposed Junction with the Mons and
Conde Canal at Jemmapes, and proceeding along the exact
course, through Ath, Lessines, Grammont, Ninove, to Alost,
all towns of considerable importance and large population,
and almost connected throughout the entire line by villages
and hamlets, containing inhabitants of the most industrious
habits.

" During this inspection, they closely investigated the
sources from which the estimated traffic must flow into the
projected undertakings, and they can with the greatest satis-
faction affirm, after viewing the immense collieries of Mona,
the quarries of Ath and Lessines, the perfect cultivation
of the rich and fertile valley of the Dendre, the active,
industrious habits of its dense population, and its
numerous manufactories, as well as the great
facility offered by the face of the country for the execution
of the works, that the prospect of returns that will result
to the proprietors of the Deudre Valley Railway and Canal
are such as no other similar undertakings in Belgium, or
even perhaps in England, can surpass, and which fully bears
out, if not exceeds, the favourable report of the engineer.
" The province of East Flanders is, in fact, the most fertile
and the best cultivated of the whole territory of Belgium.
" The statistical returns of population attribute tdThe pro-
vince of Antwerp a population of 1,311 souls per square
kilometre; to Liege, 1,460; to Hainault, 1,815; to West
Flanders, 2,022; to Brabant, including Brussels, 2,034; while
those of East Flanders give as many-ta 2,633 souls."
But above all, it is in the transpofrof coal and ponderous
goods, that the Directors of the Company formed, and with

diPTight be aware, had been attended with a great deal of . RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
,cultY, but at last they had succeeded in coining to terms LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.
wmch were satisfactory to the Grand Junction Corn- STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lance.
any, and such as would be to the advantage of the shire, and Cheshire, 81A—Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool
London and Birmingham. He was sorry that the 29—Eastern Couuties, 2034—Edinburgh and Perth, 4%—
Proposition for an amalgamation of the two companies Glasgow and Dumfries, 221 i—Grand-Junction, 2331/4—Ditto,
had not been agreed to when first proposed.—( Hear, hear.) Quarter Shares, 4914—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 3214—
Such a course would have removed a great amount of diffi- Ditto, Eighth Shares, 201,4—Grand Union, 2A—Hudders-
culty out of their way, and saved a great amount of heart- field Canal and Railway, 10—Liverpool and Manchester,
burning and foolish squabbling. But that was past, and New Sham, 5614—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4%
there was no use reflecting on it ; and the subject formerly se —London and Manchester (Rem.), 2%—Leeds and Think,
desirable was to be submitted to them that day. By the 9:4—lllidland, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 112—
amalgamation of all the interests proposed an immense ad North Staffordshire, 5 %—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
vantage would be
_gained. They would then command the ham ton 61,4—Preston and Wyre, 37—Rugby and Hunting-
Most direct line to Liverpool and the north generally, possess don, :?—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford-
Ihe most ample means for the accommodation of the through
.04ffle, , and have the whole placed under one entire manage- ' shire, 37,4—Scottish Central, 16% South Midland, 6—Dublin
and Armagh, 205.—Dutch Rhenish, 81/2—Paris and Lyons
mem. Another advantage of this amalgamation would be (Latitte), 2;4.
that they would get rid of the competition for the Holyhead _
"'Mlle, with which they had been threatened, and, secondi-
that 'they would command the use of the large establish
Tent at Crewe for the mechanical purposes of the entire line.
!if compelled to go to Parliament next session, they would
De ready for it by this amalgamation; but, if parties who
Were disposed to o
they pp
ose were ded for that,
would be also ready.them On all hands they sober-minwould be pre-
recdypared. Moreover he would, and he was sure they would, be
to submit to any arrangement to secure the public in-
stn that Parliament might be disposed to make.
He was
desirous that the fullest protection and accommodation should
be given to the public.
(rhe meeting had not concluded when our report left

MANCHESTER, Nov. 6.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Exten-
sion, 4—Cambridge and Lincoln, 41/o—Clitheroe Junction
:31,—East Lancashire, No. I, 19—Edinburgh and Perth, e;
—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 6%—Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 10 c. n.—lnverness and
Perth, 48s.—Liverpool and Bury, 30—Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, 2%—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston. 4%—Lon-
don and Manchester (Remington's), Wit—Manchester and
Birmingham, New Quarters, 1214 c. n.—Manchester and
Birmingham and Welsh Junction, 11;i—Manchester and
Bury At:nospheric, 14—Manchester and Southampton, 3%
—Manchester, Wigan, and Southampton, 2%—Mold Junc-
tion, 3—North Staffordshire, 514—Nottingham and Mans-
field, —Nottingham, Boston, and Grantham, 4%-ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 7%—Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Junction, 414—Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
44—South Midland, 64—South-Eastern and Dover,
Halves, 4—Welsh Midland, S.

SHEFFIELD, Nor. 6.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Shef-
field, Quarter Shares, 31. 13s. 6d.—London and Windsor, I-..
London and York, s—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland
Junction, 6—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 41. lb. 6d.—South
Midland, 5/. 12s.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 2/. 15s.—York
and Carlisle, 3.

BRISTOL, Nor. 6..
STOCK ExcrLAYGE.— The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
New, 814—Great Western, Half Shares, 86—Ditto, Quarter
Shares, I64—Manchester and Southampton, 4L 35. 9cl.
North Devon, 2 4—SouthWales, 43/4—Vale of Neath,3/. Bs. Sd.