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proposed to bring a railway communication to Bampton
and through its neighbourhood. Before, however, he en-
tered Into a stalenient to show what, would he the
! effect of the pr posed line in reference to it, he should et-
plain why it was that so few Members of the deputation ap-
peeeed In that reom en that oeea-ion. It was no intended
• disreopeet that stint wen the ease.-.( Hear.) A meeting of
the inhehherhe ;:e the town of Bicester, as they no doubt
were aware, bad been cel!ed for the 17th. At the last me-
meat, however, the solicitor of the Coinpeny received a re-
qnisition from some of the iiihabitaitte, asking that the
meeting might be postponed until the following day. The
arrangements of the deputation would not admit of this, and
therefore ti Peply Was Sent stating that fact, accompanied with
an intimation that the meeting would be held on the 20th in-
stead of the 17th, to accommodate them. On that day. ac
cordingly, the deputation arrived at Bicester, but nothing
was done, because they found that on the 18th some parties
who Were eotineeted with other Companies, finding that they
were unable to carry resolutions in favour of their respective
projects, had in the end induced the inhabitants to pass a re-
solution declaring that they would not entertain any of
the projects which proposed to past through their town
Until after the 30th of November, so that they might see
which of the schemes were likely to go before Parliament,
as by that period they must have deposited their maps and
plans, &c.—(Hear; hear.) The majority of the deputation
returned to London, whilst others rein went and dit over to
Woodstock on the following day. The deputation row came
to Hampton with the hope that they should obtain the ap-
proval and support of the inhabitants of that town.—(Hear,
hear.) Those gentlemen had already, by the resolution they
had just agreed to, declared in favour of a railroad
being brought to their town, and It Would therefine be
for hint, on behalf of the Company, to explain how it
was proposed that a benefit should be bestowed upon all
those connected with that district.---(Hear, hear.) They
were all aware of the extent which railways occupied in the
attention of every class of society, and how anxious almost
every landed priptletot was to have a railway brought
either through or close to his property, and it afforded him
much pleasure in stating that generally a similar feeling
existed along this proposed line.—(Hear, hear.) The South
and Midlands Junction line would in reality form a trunk
Ike as regarded that part of the country, for it would biting
them into each of the two great main lines of the kingdom
—the Great Western and the London and Birmingham.—
(Hear, hear.) By this course the inhabitants of InnpAnt
woult have a direct railway communication from one end
ef the co -ntry to the other, This line would commence
at Meeeter, where, by a junction with the Carnbriggc
and Oxford line through Wolverton, in, eonnexton
with the Ilastetri Counties, It Would affbrd . futility
of leteeeoutee with the metropoli iii one direction; with
Stafroml; the Potteriek Liverpool; and Man-
Oyster in the ()tittle Near to Woodstocic, close to which the
protected line would pass, the Oxford and Rugby and Oxford
and Worcester Railways would cross, and thus they would
he presented with the opp -rtunitiee of enterineethe two great
ralleeeV te-b-ries of the kiiigile:meec,Heer)-tit, in the
olio t,n,i Ittit:by in the oilier. Passing tiekt on to
the t.:wn of Witnev the line would he crossed by a communi-
cation to the great manufacturing district of Stroudwater—
the Oxford and Cheltenham line. At this point the South
and Midlands line squid bend oft directly south- west, close
to liAmpitiii oil Its lAthdalt% AL tea Of thole towns it
was intended to have stations.—(Hcar, hear.) At Swin-
den their railway would cross the broad gauge—an end
which hitherto has never been attempted. At this point
the inhabitants of Bampton and Leclidele would take- up
the direct n Pest and west, to London.; and
to Bristol and Beetr, Bath, 01-eteeetee, Stroud,
and then on by means of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
line. through the whole of North and South Wales.—( Hear.)
He had already steed that their junction with the London
and Birtiiiighinn icnilway ^t Thtgby would give them a.. ch-
rect communication with the whole of the north and mid-
land counties.—(Hear.) Most of the gentlemen present
hell a proepectits in their hande, and if they would do him
the ItitnitieS,, to refer to it, they would lid that. there was
scarcely a part of the kingdom to which they would not be
able to travel by railwa so soon as the South and Midlands
Junction line had been- construtted,—(llear, hear. Ho was
happy to he in a pogition to inform the meeting that along
the line there was 'a general opinion in favour of the pro-
iect, and in most cases he had already received the writ-
ten consent of the landed proerietors. (Hear, hear.)
These gentlemen appeared to think that the course
this line wfluld take was that which would confer the
greatest benefit upon the towns and districts through
which it passed—(hear, hear)—the more so as it would
provide them with railway facilities to every line in every
part of the kingdom.—(Hear.) Hampton and its neighbour-
hood would thus have every market throughout the country
thrown open to them.—(hear, hear.) Before he sat down
he might tell the meeting that he had had the honour, in
company' with some of the gentlemen who acted as local
agents; of waiting upon nearly every landowner between
Swindon and Bicester, the.t out of ',await' 10 and 80
noblemen and gentlemen, they had met with one dissent
oily, and that was in the case of a Noble Lord who thought '
that the line would tut up a fox toter rather too much.
From eighteen gentlemen out of twenty on a portion-of the
line, the. Company had received a-written consent to the rail.
Way passing through their hand.—(lteer, hear.) As a proof
that the 'Company would be quite ready to deposit their
maps and plans in the Parliament-office long ere the time
had elapsed, he might state that upwards of fifty miles of the
Ike were in the hands of the engraver.
Mr. J. DUTToN moved the second resolution :--" That
this meeting 110;644 heatd the explanation ftorn the deputa-
thin as to the course whieh the South and Midland§ tint,
tion Baitway is itittrided to take, and of the advantages
which are likely to accrue to the Wien and neighbourhood
of Bampton; pledge thOtirteelVeS to give the undertaking their
gupport."—(blear.) It appeared to Mtn, from what
Mr. M'Murdie had just stated, that this Was by far the very
best line that could possibly be eenetructed for Bampton and
iteighbourhood.-(Hear.) In that part of the country
they were 'very awkwardly situated as to the other portions
of the county. took at Bicester, for instance, and the whole
of that portion of the county, what difficulty the people of
Hampton bad to get- Ovtt there.-,,(}tear.) They had a very
long and tedious ride, but with this litte it Would be found
that the ride was not tnerely one of rapidity, but tine of ease.
So it \Muhl be With i'speet to the journey to any other part
of the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) It was well known, even in
their quiet and sequestered town, that the subject of railways
had for some time occupied very much of the attention of the
public, and moreover that great benefits had accreted to all
the towns were they ran to. The town of Hampton then de•
sire to participate in all the advantages which a railroad was
calculated to afford to its inhabitants, The inhabitants of
the district, as Well tie the town itself, were anxious to have
the benefit of a rapid, easy, and safe mode of travelling, and
= that facility appeared to him to be promised by the South
anti :Midlands Junction ItailWay.—(llear.) He hoped sin•
ocrnly, too, that, the line might be obtained.—(Hear, hear.)
The.alteration in the rate of postage hail been a vast boon
to,eoelety at large; but it would appear that something was I
reqeired to cause that lay el to be the more general in its
operation and more speedy in the method by which it shall
ibe carriedeatt.—(Hear, hear.) Would it be believed that at
this time 'of-day, In the year 1845, in the existence of rail-
ways toil. that at such a place as Bampton, riot more than
about 60 or. 70 miles from London, if an inhabitant of their
town wanted_ to send a letter to the metropolis, which he
wished should-arrive the following inorithg, he was tom=
pelled to put-it-into the post-office before half-past three
o'clock the Weeding afternoon..—(Hear, hear.) He trusted,
then, that if itevere upon no other ground, they might have
this South and :Alldlatuts Junction Railway, fir that surely
would lead to an. alteration in this system. (It was under-
stood, by a private- communication made to our reporter,
that the letters which, left Bampton at half-past three o'clock
in the afternoon. were
.not dispatched from Oxford until
twenty minutes past two o'clock in the morning.) Who
regerd to himself he Wealde.pledge himself to support them
with every means in his power,.for he was confident it. would
be most beneficial to all person connected with the town.
Mr. T. H BATEMAN seconded the resolution, and it was
carried.
R. BuTertn, Esq., said that it was of little use the meeting
saying they would support an undertaking unless they went
further. and did all they could to back that resolution by
another.—(Hear, hear.) With the view of carrying out
that. feeling, he would move "That' petitions be presented
to both Houses of Parliament in faYeur of the South and
Midlands Junction Railway, and that. the Members fur the
county he requested to support- the same:'—(Cheers.) •
Mr.. 11. MORRIS having seconded the resolution, it was put
and unanimously agreed to.
A vote of thanketWas then passed to the Chairman, fier his
able conduct in the chair on the occasion.
The meeting then separated. .„

J. MscnoNALD, Esq., seconded this resolution, which was

carried arm. con.
Mr. JAMIESON then asked when it was proposed that the
neW stock should be allocated?
The CHAIRMAN said he believed it would be immediately.
The CaleduniAn Company would meet upon Nov. 5, to allo-
cate their new stuck.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then proposed by
W. DIXON, Esq., and carried unanimously, after which the
meeting separa; ed.

FRIDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE
DOWNING.STREET, OCT. 24, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Winniett,
Esq , C.antnavder in the Royal Navy, to be Lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold

Coast.
Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Henry Dun-
can DAgin, Esq., to be inspector General of Police for the
I.,land of Barbadoes.
WAR-OFFICE, Ocr. 24.
ad Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon T. Browne, from
the iltb Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Isaac
Timm, who retires upon half pay, Oct. 24.
6th Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon G. Johnston,
from half-pay 9tit Light Dragoons; to be Veterinary Surgeon;
vice Browne, al,pointed to the 3d Ibragoon Guards, Oct. 24.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Gilbert Thomas Nichol•
son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires,
Oct. 2,1; Cornet and Adjutant. William Hamilton to have the
rank of Lieutenant, Oct. 23; Cornet Francis John M'Farlane
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nicholson, Oct. 24.
13th bight Drao,,ns—Sergeant Major Edward Hall, from
the 1/th Light Drag. ons, to be Adjutant (with the rank of
Cornet), vice Floyd, deceased, Oct. 24.
7th Regiment of Font—Ensign A. A. Buxton; from 16th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woulfe, who retires,
Oct. 24. _ _ _ _ . .

16th Foot—Lieut. F. Ashpitel to be Captain, by purchase,
Vice %flee, who retires; Ensign G. J. Peacocke to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, rice Ashpitel ; IV. Armstrong,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purcbase„vice Ruxton, promoted in
the 7th Foot, Oct. 24.
19th Foot—Lieut. W. T. Parratt to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Deac,n, who retires : EnSign C. K. Skeete to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parratt ; G. W. H. Massy,
Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Skeete, Oct. 24.
20th Foot—Lieut. C. C. Abbott, from. the W-pay of the
13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hollis, appointed to the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment.
21st Foot—Second Lieut. E. Clemison to be First Lieu-
tenant, Without purchase, vice Bolton, appointed Adjutant
a let Fort; C. I'. King, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice
Clemison Assistant Surgeon F. H. Clark, from the 57th
moot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Tupper, who exchanges,
Oct. 21.
Foot.—D. Grantham, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon,
vice Currey, who resigns, Oct. 24.
Foot.—Lieut. A. S. Bolton, from the 21st Foot, to be
Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Wilton, promoted in the 50th
Foot, Oct 24.
34th Fow—D. W. Eaton, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
Oct. 24.
431 Feet—Ensign J. A. Dick to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Lord Tullamore, who reams; C. C. de Morel.
Gent., to be Etvign, hypurchase, vice Dick, Oct 24.
54:h Foot—T. Moorhead, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
Oct. 24.
55th Fort7-Captain W. H. L. D. Cuddy, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice T. A. Heriot, who ex-
changes; Ensign E J. T. Montresor to be Lieutenant, by
pfirchase, vice Cuddy, promoted; H. P, Feilden, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purcharse, vice Montressor, Oct. 24.
57th Eoot—As-istant-Surgcon F. W. Tupper, from the 21st
Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Clark, who exchangt s,
Oct. 24.
73d Foot—Captain T. Cradock, from half-pay Unattached
to be Captain, vice C. F. Parkinson, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference; Lieut. 11. P.Campbell to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Cradock, who retires; Ensign H. C. Owen,
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell; F. Reeves,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, Oct. 24.
80th Foot—Lieutenant L. Sk3nner, from'the 93d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Shnter, who exchanges, Oct. 24.
93d Foot—Lieutenant J. Shuter, from 89th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Skvnner, n ho exchanges, Oct. 24.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. A. Macdonell to be Captain, 14y pur-
chase, vice John Roop-r, who retires; Second Lieut. W. R.
. C. Spencer to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mac-
(fatten ; the Hon. J. Stuart to be Second Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Spencer, Oct. 24.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant R. Hollis,
from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brannan, pro-
moted, Oct. 24.
INATTActiEn.—Lieut. W. 11. L. D. Cuddy, from the 55th
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, Oct. 24.
BREVET.—Captain T. Cradock, a the 73d Foot, to be
Major in the Army, June 28, 1838.
MEnoumanum.—Captain David Meaden, upon half-pay
unattached, has been allowed to retire from the Army with
the sale of an unattached commir,sion' he being about to settle
in the island of Ceylon, Oct. 24, 1845.
Erratum in the Gazette of Oct. 17.
MEMORANDUM. For the commission of Ensign S.
B. Hartigan, in the 3d West India Regiment, to be
antedated March 1, 1845, instead of July 30, 1844, read, the
commission of Ensign S. B. Hartigan, in the 3d West
India Regiment, has been altered from July 30, 1844, to
March 1, 1845.
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry Cavalry—W. Challinor,
Gent., to be Cornet, -Oct. 17.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of ISR,ntgomeryshire.
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—P. F. Leicester,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Jones, resigned; N. Burlinson, Gent.,
to be Adjutant, Oct: 7: •

ERRATUM.
CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
SPRING CIRCUITS, 1846.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
WILLIAM JOIIN LAW, -ESQ. Commissioner.
At the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
Tuesday, March 24.
BANKRUPTS.
William Faryon; licensed victualler, Farringdon-street,
City, to surrender Oct. 31, at two, and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Lawranee and Flews, Bueklersbury.
Jo( n Gurney, brewer, Lambeth-walk, Surrey, Nov. 4, at
half-past one, and Dec. 3. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street •, Lawrance and Flews.
George Hardy, innkeeper, Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire,
Nov. 4 and Dec. 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John -
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Brisley, Pancras-lane,
Chea pside.
' Albany Featherstonhaulgh, butcher, Great Bolton, Lanca-
shire, Nov. 3 and. -?4, at twelve, at the Matichester District
Court.. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk-
net, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-tow, London; Rushton
and Armit stead, Iloiton-le• Moors.
Francis Gill, hardwareman. Manchester, Nov. 5, and 27, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official
assignee, Manchester ; Parkes, Smith, and Co., Bed-
ford-row, London ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham ;
Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Antos Jones, Innkeeper Bourne, Gloucestershire, Nov. 6,
and Dec. 8, at eleven, at die Brit.tol District Coutt. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol ; Blower and Co., Lincoln's Inn-
fields •Xearsey, -Stroud.
Richard Castle. :grocer, Twyning, Gloucestershire, Nov. 6,
at twelve, and Dec., 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Acraman, official • assignee. Bristol ; Richards and
Thomas, Tewkesbury ; Peters and Abbott, Bristol.
James Sykes, hosier, Doncaster, Nov. 4 and 25, at eleven,
at thi Lads District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds;
G. and C. Rushworth, Staiile Inn London; Sanderson,

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. Foster, tailor, Liverpool—a div. of 6d. in the polill4
Ott. 29, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Morgan, Liyerpitol.
J. J. Brez, tailor, Liverpool—a div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound
(on =Mint of first div. of 10s.), Oct. 29, or any subsequent
Wednesday, at the office of Mr Morgan, Liverpool.
' H. Cooke, painter, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. 2d. in the
pound, Oct. 29, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Morgan; Liverpool.
W. Bowen. grocer, Merthyr Tydvil—first div. of is. 3d. in
the pound, Oet: 29, or any, subsequent Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Kynaston, Bristol,
J. Milne, dealer, high Crompton, Lancashire—second div.
• of ss. 10Ad. in the pound (anti first and second div. of 68.
10td. on new prootb), Oct. 28, or any subsequent Tuesday,
• ' at the office of ,11r, Fraser, Manchester.
SCOTCH LINES. J. Haselden, cotton spinner, Bolton-le-Moors—first die. of
CYDr.sDALEJumnuN RAILWAY.—An extraordinarymeet- 2s. 6d, in the pound, Oct. 29, or any subsequent Tuesday, at
ing a the shareholders of this company was held at the the office of Mr. PraSer, Man Chester,
Black Bull, Hotel, Glasgow, on Tuesday evening; James J. Holrovd, cotton-warp manufacturer, Wheatley, York-
Dunlop, Esq., of Clyde Ironworks, and chairman of the corn, shireeee-firsf diet. of ,g. 51 in the potindi Oct. 28, or any sub-
pany, in the chair. eequent Tuesday, fit the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
The following report by the directors was then read by U. Barron, builder, Berkeleyesquarei second div. of 84d. in
the secretary : the pound, Oct. 25, and three following Saturdays, at the
" The dir,ctors have called this general meeting of the ()Mee or Mr. GrooM, Abehhrehelalle,
shareholders for the purpose of submitting to their approval - 'I. T. Couehman, builder, High-street, Itensington—Arst
an arrangement which has been entered into with the di. div. of 9d. in the pound, Oct. 25, and three following Satur-
rectors of the Caledonian Railway. days, at the office of Mr: Grooni, Abchtitchelane,
" That arrangement is embodied in the minutes of this S. Fossick, warehtniseman, Mumford-court, Milk•street—
board of the 24th and 25th ult., which are now laid before iburth div. of 1 Vsd. in the pound, Oct: 25. and three follow-
the meeting; and the following is an abstract of the terms : ing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Gtoomi Abchurch-lane.
" 1. That the stock of the Clydesdale Juncti ,n Railway . , DIVIDENDS*.
Company (including the 120,0c0/. of stock agreed to be given At the Court or Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
for the Polloc and Govan Railway) shall be immediately 3, W. Robson and J. Barrow, patent pump manufacturers,
amalgamated with the stock of the Caledonian Railway Com- St. Ann'S,:place; LimelitiuSe, Nov. 14, at twelVe-3. krling#
pany at pr. . tabifiet. Maker, teed-, Nose 14, at half-past one—W. H.
"2. That the hollers of the Clydesdale JunctiOn stock Frearson, cotton manufacturer, Wood street, Cheapside,Nov.
shall be guarantee( a minimum dividend of G per cent. pe 14, at twelve -C. Parslow, tailor, Blackman-street, South=
annum thereon, payable half-yearly, from the date of th wark, Nov. 14, at half-pact twelVd—J. E. Vardy, draper,
opening of their line Porternenth, Nov. 14, at one—W. Clarkson, boot manufac-
-" 3. That they shall likewise participate share for share weer, liedcress-street, Nov. 14, at half-past one—J. I'eake,
with the holders of the Caledonian stock in the profits of the • miller, Tolleshunt KiiightS, ESsek, Nov. 21, at eleven—J.
united company, so far as these may exceed the above per Farrow, draper, .Stanton, Suffolk, Nov. 14, at 'One.
centage on united Antic. , In the Country. .
" The directors Teel no doubt that the above arrangement ' W. Menzies, draper, Gloucester, Nov. 21, at eleven, at the
will meet with the cordial approbation of the shateholifers. Bristol District Court,
They are satisfied that it is greatly for the advantage of berth CEiff inCATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
companies. To the Caledonian Company it eecares con- the contrary, on the day herein mentioned._nexiong with the various Rerfrewshire • and Ayr: hire rail- A. Wright, Grocer, Kettering, Nov, 14-3. Thou; paper
ways and the harbour of Glasgow, and also- the means of , hanger, New firentford, Nov. 14—C. D. Wilsoni .huilder,
obtaining a passenger station in the centre of that city worthy I Savilleeplace, Mileeend, Not-. lc."-=,-W. • Miley, tailor, Bake,.
Of so important a line; and to the Clydesdale Company well, beebyshire, Nov. 17—H. Bromwich, grocer, Learning-
it ensures a large fixed return upon their catiltal, commencing ton Priors, Warwickshire, Nov. 18—J. Martin, tallow
from the moment their line is completed, with a participation `chandler, High-street, Shoreditch, Nov. 14—A. V. Pull-
in all the additional profits and other advantages which may i James, aucti,neer, Bath, Nov. 14—J. Aldcroft, licensed
be expected firm such an allance; among these the directors victualler, Manchester, Nov. 14.—T, Sims, licented Victnallet,
may
refer to the new stock about to be issued by the,Cale- 1 Whltechapel-toad, - Nov. 14—J.• Acton, farmer, Lichfießl
&Wan- company for carrying out the various extensions, ' Nov. 14—C. Slartyn, linendraper, Durham, Nov. I4—J. Pia'
,
'branches, and stalely, acquired are 3 projected by them. . grocer, Plymouth, Noy. 14.
"The shareholders in the Clydesdale Company mill be en- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
titled to an equal alhothent of new stock, which it is.. T. Ingledew and E. Gandell, tea brokers, Mincing-lane— I
understood will be iSetted in the proportion of one share of
~
(n andGo.Co lea& 1J1.u,ii2500,,, painters,le,Citrsito hi
r stf, F.
eellt—, Chanceryes-lane—G.J.t Had- ''
25/. to each original slit:treat. 50/. i
• " The directors have fakery the opportunity of the present ' tea dealers, Sherburne, Dorsetshire—T. Holt, 3. Holt, and S.
meeting to request the shareholders to fix their remuneration, Coop,.cotton-leaste dealers, Burn Laneahire—T. Fidler, T
and that of the auditors, and secretary, and treasurer of the Kelsope W. Foal-, T. Hughes, J. Turner, J. Champion, J.
company, until the act of amalgamation be obtained." Shuttere,W. Bell, W. Batchelor, C. Fidler, W. Hodson, 3.
R. JAMIES, ,N, Esq., of Newferry, Cheshire, asked if there J. Brandreth, J. Prior, and J. Tucker, patent wine manufac
was any fixed time wh,n the railway was to be completed? turers, Batite-E.C: Bourne, T Mac, and E. C. Bourne, jun.,.
The OnArnmAN said it wa • ,roused to open it ill two years tailors, Princes-street, Hanover-quarc—j. Clucas an 1..T..'
from the time they took ' . '. .f h' i I he: ,hire—J. Crab-
from (, t,,e grown., ant
own warp dyers, Shipley, Yorkshire—T
was eoeawereofanything- to prevent this being accomplished, tree ae'd. W. Br . , _ .
~—D.tvin SANDEmAN, Esq., of KirkwOod, then moved that James, W.
G•1114' pawnbrokers, Toxteth-park, Lanca
r 1 T.
and
A. John
b-al P ,waNetiorse-
-ili6-ineeting• approve of the report, confirm the arrangeMent ' men Ch 1' Nlrlieealuecrk;
therein referred to, and authorise the directors to concur with Kidderminster—J. Sitipson, E.Roebuck,
, eap's.li'adtee.,_ H.il.
N'lNsircalti.setl)lll,
the Caledonian Railway Company in applying to Parliament ' and G. Simpson, innkeepers, York—l. Bright, H.Bright„and
for an Act to carry it intonffect. -
G. KIDSTON, Esq., merchant; Glasgow;' having seconded : SCOTCH SEQGEISTRATIO.
the resolution, it wog carried by acclamation. slid jcm
:rur' c
1 John Cathcart, grocer, Paisley, Oct. 27 and Nov. 17, at
- E. Bright, watch makers, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire..
ROBERT JaarrEgos, Esq., then moved that the following ' one, at the chambers of air. Gardner, Paisley.
sums be placed at the disposal of the directors:—viz., 5001. PRICE OF SUGAR.
for the remuneration of the provisional committee, 7301. for The Average Price of Sugar computed from the Returns
the remuneration of the directors for the current year, 50.3. made in the week ending Oct. 21, was 345. 9id. per cwt.,ex-
fur the auditors, and 400!. fur the salary of the secretary and • elusive o'. the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on
treasurer during the same period. the importation thereof into Great Britain"

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LONDON, SATURDAY_ OCTOBER 25, 1845.

. COAL FIELDS OF CHINA.
ON THE ANTIIARACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL FIELDS OF
CHINA; THE SYSTEM OF MINING, AND THE PRICES OP
COAL, AND LABOUR IN ITS PRODUCTION, AND TRANSPOR-
TATION TO PEKIN. BY RICHARD C. TAYLOR, PHILADEL-
PHIA.
We have seen the recent announcement of the sailing of a
vessel containing 308 tons of Pennsylvania anthracite, des-
tined fur Hung-Kong; in China. Some very natural specu,
lations have arisen from this circumstance, as to the proba-
bility of that country furnishing a market for American an-
thracite. As no details accompany the statement alluded to,
w•e are not in possession of material facts whereby an
eAimate can be formed of the probable success of the under •
taking. in a commercial sense; and we are not sure but the
coal may .have been employed for convenience merely, as
bal last.

In the East Indies various depots of European coal have
been established, for the service of the British Government
steamers. This fuel, for the most part, it is understood, con-
sists of the anthracitous and partially bituminous coals of
South Wales, of course obtained at great expense. It appears
that 5,000 tons of English coal at a freightage of 2/. per
ton, are annually imported into Bombay for the Company's
steamers. Bituminous coals have been derived from much
less distant sources; among which the Burdwan coal field,
in the vicinify of Calcutta, may be named. Mergui Island,
also, in the Bay of Bengal, has lately furnished some steam
coal to Singapore. The steam-ships on the China - seas,
during the war with that vast country, were supplied front
these various sources.
I do not propose to discuss the profitableness, or other-
wise, of a Chinese market for our American anthra-
cite. But as during the process of collecting statis-
tical information for a proposed volume on " the geo-
logical and geographical distribution of coal and other mineral
combustibles," some notes reached me of an interesting cha-
racter, which are not generally accessible to the majority of
readers with relation to the Chinese coal fields, it has struck
me that a portion of these details, in an abridged form, might
be just now acceptable, particularly as the intercourse with
that country is on the increase. I venture even to omit, for
the present, the authorities for the facts I shall have to com-
municate, reserving them in detail for the volume ad-
verted to. It must, nevertheless, be p emised that
to the Jesuit fathers, the French missionaries, who
were permitted to reside at Pekin during the 18th and pre-
ceding centuries, we are indebted for details of the highest
intertst, not alone on this subject; but on many other objects
of philosophical inquiry in that little-known region.
It is probable that coal was discovered, and was in com-
mon use in China, long before it was known in the western
world. It is mentioned by a noble traveller of the 13th
century, as abounding throughout the whole province of
Cathay, of which Pekin is the capital, "where certain black
stones are dug out of-the mountains, which stones burn when
kindled, and keep alive for a long time, and are used by
many persons, notwithstanding the abundance of wood."
The good missionaries were fully capable of describ-
ing the coals which were supplied to - Pekin, since
they there erected a furnace or stove, in which they
experimented on the properties of - those combus-
tibles, particularly with reference to the ordinary domestic
uses, and for the warming of apartments and the purposes
of their laboratoty.

THE WEATHER.
STORM IN INVERNESS-SHIRE.

the Chinese artificially produce illuminating gas from bitu-
minons coal, we are uncertain. But it is a fact that spon-
taneous jets of gar, derived from boring into coal beds, have
for centuries been burning, and turned to that and other
economical purposes. If the Chinese are not manufacturers,
they are, nevertheless, gas consumers and employers on a
large scale, and have evidentlybeen so ages before the know-
ledge of its application was acquired by Europeans. Beds of
coal are frequently pierced by the borers for salt water,
and the inflammable gas is forced up in jets, twenty
or thirty feet in height. From these fountains the
vapour has been conveyed to the salt works in pipes,
and there used for the boiling and evaporation of the salt;
other tubes convey the gas intended for lighting the streets
and the larger apartments and kitchens. As there is still
more gas than is required, the excess is conducted beyond
the limits of the salt works, and there forms separate chim-
neys or columns of flame.
One cannot but be struck with the singular counterpart of
this employment of natural gas, which may be daily wit-
nessed in the valley of the Kanawha, in Virginia. The geo-
logical origin, the means of supply, the application to all
the processes of manufacturing salt, and of the appro-
priation of the surplus for the purposes of illumi-
nation, are remarkably alike at such distant points
as China' and the United States. Those who have
read, even within the present month, the account
of the recent extraordinary additional supply of gas,
and the service it is made to perform at the - Kanawha
salt-works, must be impressed with the coincidence of all the
circumstances with those which are very briefly stated in the
previous paragraph in relation to China. In fact, the parallel
is complete.
To the coals and combustible minerals of China I cannot
further advert here. But what a conviction irresistibly
presses upon the mind, as to the incalculable utility of the
railroad system and coal mining improvements in such an
empire. If ever there were concentrated at one point all the
circumstances especially and unequivocally favourable to that
system, and imperiously calling for improvements of the
character suggested, it teems to be presented in the case of
the city of Pekin. Here, with its enormous population of
1,500,000 souls, it is situated only at a day's journey—
computed at thirty miles—from an immense region of
coal, comprising several varieties. Yet its inhabitants
cannot purchase the best qualities of this coal, brought from
the mountains on the hacks of mules and camels, under 11
dollars 60 cents per ton, and the very worst for less than
7 doll .rs 75 cents per ton.
Without making unnecessary or invidious comparisons, it
might not unreasonably be suggested that a Pekin railroad,
in connexion with the coal mines, would be a far more pro-
fitable enterprise in its results than the transportation of
American coals to China.
I will only add one circumstance, which had nearly escaped
me. Borneo, ," the largest island in the world," which is
only twenty degrees due north of Canton, has lately come
into repute for the great quantity of coal which it contains,
not only accessible to ships along the coast, but extensively oc-
curring in the mountains of the interior. Much information
has also been acquired from the natives; and the facts which °
are already elicited are regarded as of considerable import-
ance, in respect to the facilitating the steam navigation of the
China seas.
Philadelphia will. of course, have her share in the enlarged
commercial intercourse with China. Would it, then, be asking
too much of those who are personally interested in this im-
proving trade, to communicate any additional facts which
are either unknown to, or have been omitted by, the author
of these scanty notes?

Among the people of Pekin, three kinds are in use :-
1. That employed by the, blacksmiths. It yields more
flame than the other qualities; is more fierce, but is sub-
ject to d crepitate in the tire; on which account, probably,
the blacksmiths use it pounded in minute particles.
2. A harder and stronger coal used for culinary purposes,
giving out mote flame than the other sorts so employed ;
it is less quickly consumed, and leaves a residuum of gray
ashes. There are several gradations of these. The best are
hard to break, of a fine grain, a deep black colour, soiling the
hands less than the others. It sometimes is sufficiently
siliceous to give fire with steel. Others have a very coarse
grain, are -easily broken, and make a bright fire, leaving a
reddish ash. Another species crackles, or decrepitates, when
first placed on' the fire; and falls down, almost entirely, in
scales, which close the passage of the air, and stifle the fire.
3. A soft, feebly-burning coal, giving out less heat than
the second-class ; consuming more quickly,. it breaks with
greeter facility, and in general is of deeper black than the
torts previously mentioned. It is commonly this description
which, being mixed with coal dust and a fourth part of clay,
is employed to form an artificial and economical fuel. This
being moulded in the firm of bricks and balls arc sold in
the shops of Pekin. Waggon loads of coal dust are brought
to that city for this sole purpose.
The coal merchants have also an intermediate quality be-
tween the classes two and three.
We cannot in this place recite the numerous details which
are furnished by these intelligent fathers. Suffice it to add,
that nearly the whole of the properties and applications are
now in every-day use in the United States, and are familiar
to all. They are, in fact, the natural results suggested by
qualities possessed in common by the combustibles of remote
parts of the same globe. Even the modern method of warm-
ing all the apartments of our dwellings, which we view as
the result of superior practical and scientific investigation,
was in use, with very little deviation, centuries ago by the
Chinese. Many a patented artificial fuel compound, both in
Europe and America, has been in practical operation in China
at least a thousand years.
4. Anthracite—Another description of coal abounding
about thirty leagues from Pekin, but which was not then in
such general use there as the other kinds, is called by the
,Chinese Che-tan. • Che means a stone, but tan is the name
they give to wood charcoal. Therefore, according to the
genius of the Chinese language, this compound word signi- '
ties a substance resembling or having the common properties
of stone and charcoal. There can be little difficulty here, in
recognising the variety of coal which, in our .day, has been
denominated anthracite, a compound word of similar
meaning.
__The Chinese glqice coal forms a remarkable exception to
the unfavourable conclusion prevailing against Oriental coal;
and, according to more recent authority than those we be-
fore cited, deserves to rank at the head of the list., in respect
of its purity as a coke; although in specific gravity it does
not come up to the character of the Pennsylvania or Welsh
fuel ; neither has it the spongy texture which contributes
much to the glowing combustion of the latter.
So late as 1840 `a Russian officer has described the coal
formations of the 'interior,. as occupying the western moun-
tain range of China, in such abundance that a space of half
a league Cannot be traversed without meeting with rich
strata. The art of mining is yet in its infancy among the
Chinese ; notwithstanding which, coal is thought to be at a
moderate price in the capital. Anthracite occurs in the
western range of mountains at about a day's journey, or
about thirty miles, only from Pekin. The coal formation is
largely developed, in which thick beds of coal Occur. They
appear to be of various qualities. Some of this coal,
occurring in sale bed is sinularl domposed,
and its particlesh s,
have so little cohegsion,y thatec they are
almost reduced to a state of powder. Beneath these coal
shales are beds of ferruginous sandstone, and below those
occur another series, consisting of much richer seams of coal
than. the upper group.
In this range are seen also both horizontal and vertical
beds of conglomerate, accompanied by seams of coal, which
have the conglomerate for the roof, and diorite or greenstone
for the floor. As might, be expected, this coal very much re-
sembles anthracite. It is shining, of compact texture, diffi-
cult to ignite, does not flame in burning, or give out any smoke.
Its substance is entirely homogenious. Everything respecting
it leads to the belief that there had been a great de-
velopment of heat at the period of its formation, or
suisectuently. The horizontal coal beds are the
most Important and valuable, and are denominated large;
but no greater thickness than three and a half feet is quoted.
The blacksmiths, and those who work in copper, prefer this
coal, on account of the intense heat which it gives out.
Throughout the whole of this mountain range may be con-
tinually seen the outcrops of this combustible, where they
have never, as yet, been touched by the hand of man.
In those parts of China where wood is very dear, coal is
worked on a great scale for the Pekin market ; but the process
of mining is very little understood by those people, whoexcel
to e•-..e preparation of charcoal.
Conj zt• - -
vines of China that there- els'
~other parts of China—The missionaries and
that coal is so abundant in every pro-
others inform Ue
perh country of the
s at Ncinkin are
world in which it Is so common. .- ^ +he coal which
stored with the finest native coal. Some et ...... ...,,,, to
was brought down to the coast, from the Pekin cone- •
the Gulf of Pe- tchee-lee, was anthracite, partaking 'or
the character of plumbago or graphite. Coal, apparently
of the brown coal species, exists extensively in the di-
rection of Canton ; while all the coils seen on
the Yang-tse-kiang river, south of Nankin, resembled cannel
coal. Near to Canton it possessed the comparatively mo-
dem character of brown coal. It was abundantly offered
for sale in the different cities through which Lord Amhurst's
embassy passed, between Lake Po-yang-how and Canton,
and the boats were largely supplied with it. It is there
obtained by means of pits, like wells ; and we infer that, GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.--The fel-
like nearly all the brown coal deposites, the beds were hori-
zontal, and at no great depth. A sulphurous coal, inter- lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending 18th Octo-
ber, 1845:—Passengers, 8,454; amount received, 206/. 9s. ld.
stratified with slate, and in the vicinity of red sandstone, PILCHARD FISHERY.—On Wednesday morning
also prevails towards Canton.
Thus, therefore, we possess evidence, the main objectshore. The seiners at the Lizard
which this communication was designed to exhibit, that ex- the forenoon they came
Cadiaoeth fine shoal was enclosed and
tending over large areas in China are beds of tertiary or missed them,
about
tat g
several fine shoals of fish were seen off the Lizard, and during
brown coal, of cannel coal, a dozen varieties of bituminous
coal, of anthraci';.e, glance coal, and graphitic anthracite; all `with, . A 4eaooahhotti,clsa.u;d
togetheratonodkata eov el
snoear hhds.,C dagl-1
of which, for ages, have been in common use in this remark- of whic i
flat._
taken
PI onou'h Journal.
trill'').a,l leave been collared. They are remarkably fine fish,
able country; and have been there employed for every do- Wth. the last
GOLDEN PLOVER.— 1 infour days the
mestic purpose known to civilised nations of all times, In-of Andover have been visited by several
downs In the vicinity
eluding gas lighting, and the manufacture of iron, copper,' strong flocks of that highly-esteemed bird the golden plover.
a(o)fthe_br seines
and other metals.
Mode of Mining Coal in China —lt might be ex- Whenever the migratory visitors make their appearance on
and very
these sheep-walks, we may be certain that the October frosts
petted that in China, where most of the practical arts
are close at hand. In the company of these wanderers have
have, from time immemorial, been carried on with all
the perseverance of that industrious people, the opera- been noticed a sprinkling of dotterel, a very rare bird in these
lions of mining coal would be conducted with some arts, which are greatly prized by the sportsman.—Sherburne
regard to science, in relation to sinking, draining, and ex- Journal.
traction. We have, however, good authority, especially in We are requested to caution the public, and more
regard to the environs of Pekin, for stating that the process especially that portion of it who are in the habit of bestowing
is still in a very imperfect state- Machinery there to lighten alms indiscriminately upon vagrants, against the deception
labour is unknown- They have not even an idea of the practising by a female who is travelling through this
pumps indispensable to draw off the water. If local circum- county, and presenting fictitious notes of recommendation,
stances allow, they cut drainage galleries; if not, they aban- • purporting to be addressed from respectable individuals in
don the work whenever the inundation has gained too far one parish to others in an adjoining one. ' The plea, in one
upon, them. The mattock and shovel, the pick and the i instance brought under our notice, is for assistance to get a
hammer, are the mining instruments—the only ones, child into an institution for the blind, and a well-written
in fact I
, which the Chinese employ in working the note, falsely alleged to be from a clergyman at Wtittle
to
.
a
coal. The water of the mine is emptied by the slow lady at Great Beddow, was presented by the applicant
process of tilling small casks, which are brought up to the Chelmsford Chronicle.
surface by manual labour. Vertical shafts are not used. In A covey of partridges, five in number, settled on
working horizontal coal seams, the timber is expensive, and the pavement of the upper end of Bridlesmith-gate, in this
the materials cost 2 copecs per Pound. = 8 dollars 50 cents town, on Friday afternoon last. An unusual scene ensued.
per ton, English wood being sold by weight in China. One was captured by a sweep, who bore his prize home in
The coal, whims mined, is put into baskets, and drawn upon triumph ; and the others, after some little difficulty, were
sledges, which are raised to the surface by manual strength. also secured by "uncer:iticated sportsmen. Such an event,
Each basket contains about three pounds of coal, and one
in the very centre of a large manufacturing town, is de-
man can raise about. eight baskets in a day. This is equi- cidedly novel.—Nettinghant Review.
valeta to 1,032 Ettssian pounds, or to 12 cats. English, per se
CAPTURE OF WHALES.--A few nights ago some of
day. The millers' wages are at the rate of 30 copecs a the Arisaig fishermen succeeded in bringing ashore a couple
'basket, which is equal to 240 copecs (copper currency), or
40 cents of United States currency per day, being 76 cents They got entangled in the nets and were safely landed,
U. S. per ton. of young whales from Loch-na-nuagh on the west coast.
although about nine feet long. Since the young were cap
'Prices at Pekin—At the pit's mouth, this coal is sold for tuned, the old whale has been rolling bout the rods, attacking
60 copecs per 11).,--_. 4 dollars 63 cents per ton of 20 cwt. It every boat that ventures out. The great depth of the water
is then conveyed on the basks of mules through the moun- prevents any chance of killing this unwieldy antai,onist, and
taint,,- and thence on camels to PAM, where the price is li '
'rouble; ---_--,1- francs, ---= 29c. United Sates per pound; which,lnverness Courier.
if our calculation
.be correct, is equal to 11 dollars 60 cents- fishermen are q‘ut e idle _
Monday last four cot;
although th herrings are moro numerous than usual, the
FIRE AT NEWPORT. Ull
.
United. States, or 2/. Ss. 3d. per ton of 2,240 pounds English.
We -perceive therefore, that the best of tnel is expensive at
boy smoking a piece of a bullrush, some of the ashes° 1 hi
.11
Pekin, arYllence the necessity for resorting to the artificial cle.
ignited a small shed.—Chelmsford airom
tagcs, at Newport, were destroyed by tire, occasionedf ,byea
compounds and subsitutes to which we briefly alluded.
There is,
.however, a kind of coal sold in that city at a
much lowerprice, particularly when it is mixed with one- a Tor son bought 40 tons of oatmeal for 131. per ton in Armagh
half or coal dust. This coal, in 1840, sold for one rouble per market. Next week he sold the same in Portadown fur 19..
FORTUNATE SPECULATION.—On the 7th iAnstanth,.
pound, which N'at- the rate. a. 7 dollars 75 cents, equal to per tort.—D.ublin Exeming Nail.
...rectors'`
1/. 12s. 3d. per ton. It is of iriclifferent tiiiiilifee however,
We are glad to find that theof Elie
giving out but little beat, and is quickly consumed. London and Brighton Railway have adopted the plan of
The compound fuel, consisting of coal dust and clay, is setting apart a carriage in every train for ladies only. This
still prepared after the mode described by the missionaries is an instance of attention to the comfort and—as recent
last century, but its use is chiefly confined to ,the indigent on some other lines has shown—to the safety of
Classes. females travelling alone, which cannot be too hilly cora-
CoalCias 1410;g iaChiaa-.Whother, or to what Wont, mewiscL.4righto Gazette.

Philadelphia, April 28, 1845.
[NOTE.—The prices and admeasurements which are quoted
in the foregoing article, were reduced to the United States
and English currencies and measures, from the Russian,, as
furnished by the engineer Kovanko, who, in like manner,
converted them into the Russian from the Chinese standards.
In consequence of this triple conversion of standards, addi-
tional care has been taken to avoid error in these calcula-
tions. I—Franklin Journal.

The weather continues wet and story—very uncon-
genial for the completion of harvest. Wednesday last
was fair, and both shearing and leading were carried on
with spirit. On the two following days the constant
rain prevented the cutting and in-gathering of the
crops. On Saturday we had a strong gale of wind,
which, ere night, penetrated to the heart of the wet
sheaves, and rendered the crop tolerably dry ; but, we
regret to add, only to be exposed to a thorough soaking
next day. The river Ness has been in full flood all the
week. On Saturday a few sheep were observed strug-
gling in the midst of the current, but they got safe to
land. Monday will not be readily forgotten. All day
it blew a hurricane, until towards evening, when the
violence of the wind greatly abated, and a good deal of
earn was housed overnight. Throughout the day it
rained heavily, and the river continued to rise. About
ten o'clock a large tree, which had been torn up by the
roots, rolled down the stream, and shortly afterwards
another followed. On the Castle 11111 it was impossible
to stand or walk, unless under cover of the building.
Several of the windows were shattered ; chimney•cans
and slates were thrown down into the streets ; and in the
country-, trees, fences, and other materials, were dislodged
and scattered about. At sea, we are afraid the results
would be more serious ; for the storm was as general as
it was severe. Fears were entertained for the stack-
yards about town, and we observe that in some of them
portions of the thatch have been carried away on the
sides most exposed. Stooks are also laid level wherever
they stood. On a field of barley near the Thornsbush
Pier not one sheaf stood erect—they were all blown
over. At Kessock the tempest prevented the ferry-
boats from crossing. The Maid of Morven, steamer,
lay at anchor in the roads, her owner deeming it unsafe
for her to undertake the customary trip. The Duke of
Wellington was also anchored at the ferry ; her cargo
could not be got on board until yesterday forenoon,
when she proceeded on her voyage southwards. A boat
which lay at anchor a short way above the pier broke
her cable, and drifted down into shalloN water, near the
mouth of the river, when she was. secured. A gentle-
man from this town who was in Ross shire on Saturday,
states that the Conan and the Orrib were swollen to a
large size—the former extending its waters where corn
had stood but shortly before. On the west coast the
hurricane commenced on Sunday evening about 9 o'clock
and continued till 12 the following day. Nothing
so severe has been experienced for at least 30 years
about Fort William and the neighbouring district. On
Loch Ness the blast was terrific ; the spray blew on the
land like a snow-drift. The three lochs—Ness, Oieh,
and Lochy—were higher on Monday, in consequence of
he rains, than they have been since the great flood in
November, 1834, when they rose to an unprecedented
height. We are glad to learn that the operations on the
canal, though much retarded, have not been damaged
by this storm, owing to the judicious arrangements and
exertions of the contractors ; and the Culloden steamer
nobly breasted the gale on Loch Ness, making. the dis-
tance from Dochgarroch to Fort-Augustus in three hours
and five minutes. The scads beyond Letertinlay are
cut up by the flood, and several large trees were floated
down from Lock Arkaig to the east end of Loch Lochy.
The late boisterous winds and rains have rapidly
stript our woods of great part of their variegated foliage.
Some of the birch plantations on the hill-sides, however,
still wear a picturesque appearance, and in some sheltered
-situations the leaves and verdure continue fresh and
green It was curious last melt to note the moorfowl
congregate in the cornfields, to escape the stormy blasts
e-f-the hills. Throngs of grouse and blackcock had
desc \nded from the heights, and literally blackened the
stooks that still stand exposed in some of the fields.
A correspondent writing from Strathspey, on Satur-
day, reports as follows :—" The weather is singularly
changeable and unsteady, and at this date, October 18,
! there is not above one-fourth of the crops secured in
" -stlispey. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last,
4qvs, with a strong, steady breeze from the
were gonta
--able for drying the corn, cut and
west, very ravou.- • its clearing, and stack-yards
uncut. Fields were raga..., .fe of things was sud-
filling apace ; but this happy -rfect deluge of
denly overttiened yesterday, when a Ih.._
rain fell. To-day it Edo's* a hard gale from ...Ile north-
west."—lnverness Courier.