The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-13 00:00:00

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES
IN Tftli
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

GLAND

NAMES OF RAF VAYS. I.
.5 ;74 ti

Aberdeen ....
Airdrie and Coatbridge
Arbroath and Forfar ....
Ditto Half Shares ....
Armagh, Coln, & Portrush 2%1
Bandon and Bantry .....
Belfast and Ballymena ..
Belfast and County Down
Bitkiihd.Lan.&Ches.Jne.
Birmingham and Glo'ster 129
Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.)
Ditto Half Shares •• • •
Birminghm &Oxfrd.Jtmc. --
Blekbuni, and Preston • •
Dick burn, Darwn ,& Bohn 11
Sulton, igan, & Liverpl. 37 %
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm 1% p 2%1 2%
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter.. • 93
Ditto New. . 12%
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Calcdon.&Dumbar•Junc.
Caledonian .• • • • 16 15%
Ditto Extension ••• • .• 5% 5% 5%
Cambridge and Lincoln 6 5% 5%
Chester and Birkenhead..
Ditto New Shares •• • •
Ditto Half Shares •• • • 30% -
Chester and Holyhead •• 20% 20%
Cheltenham and Oxford.. -2% 2%
Chichester and Brighton..
Churnet Valley .•••• • • • •
Clitheroe Junction ••• • • •
Clydesdale Junction .• •• •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .• ••• • •
Cork and Killarney .• •• •
Cork and Waterford • •
Cork and Youghal ••• • • •
Canterbury and Dover... 1%
Coventry and Leicester • • 3% 3%
Coinwall .•.•• • • • • ...... 4%
Derby and Crewe . • • —5%
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth
DirectMan.(Remington's) 5 3% 4
Direct Northern •••• • • • • —3%
Direct Norwich ..• ••• • • • 1%
Dublin and Belfast June. 10% 10%
Dublin, Belfast, & Colrne
Dublin and Drogheda— .• --
Dublin and Galway .•. . •

12%;

4% -
- - 3

Dundalk and Enniskillen 3
Dundee and Arbroath .• •
Dundee and Perth •.....
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) ........
Eastern Counties 22% 20 22
Do. New .•• • • • • • • •• • • 8% p
Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No_ I —p
Do. do. N 0.2 p
East Dereham & Norwich 234 -
East Union .•...........

Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Drum
Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Do. Quarter Shares • • •
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edi n b. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Nerthern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth.. • •
Ely and Huntingdon ....
Enniskillen and 51ig0.... -
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr 3%1 - 3%1 -
Fitwood, Prstn, &W. Rid. - 4 3%
Garnkirk and Glasgow ..
Glasgow and Ayr . • • .• • •
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greenock • •
Ditto New .... • • • • • • • .
Ditto Preference • • • • • •
Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car.
I llsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard,
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster ....
Grand Junction ..
Ditto Half Shares • . • •
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters • • - -
Ditto Eighths -
Grand Union .•• • • - .... 334 3% 3% -
Great Eastern & Western 2% 3% 334 -
Gt (Irimsby &Dk Extens. - 1234 11% -
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield - 25 25
lit Sarni & Wstrn (hind) 24% -
Ditto Extension ••• • • • - -
Gr (at Minister ••••• • • • • • - -
Gt Northern of Scotland 434 -
Grt Northern of England 219 -
Do. New 401. Shares • • - -
Do. New 301. Shares •• 3234 -
Great Western • • - - • •
Ditto Half Shares • •
Ditto Fifths • • • • •• • •
Guiln•d, Farelim, & Ports. 3% I -
Harwich .•.••••.. • • • . • • -
Iltairsfld & Man. R. & Caul -
Huddersfield and Sheffield -
Hull and Gainsborough • • -
Hull and Selby •.•.• • • • • • -
IHt to Quarter Shares • • 20%. -
Ditto Half Shares •• • • -
Inverness and Elgin •• • • -
Isle of Jersey ••••• • .. • • -
Kendal and Windermere -
Kingstown and Bray •• • • -
Killarney Junctions ••. • • -
Lancaster and Carlisle • • 51
Lancaster and Preston .. -
Leeds and Bradford •• • • -
Ditto Extension -
aeeds and Dewsbury. •• • --
Leeds and Thirsk .• .•• • • • -
Leed i& W. Riding Junc. - -
.eleester & Birmingham 1% p re -
i•eicester and Bedford .• • 2% p ,4i 4
Limerick and Waterford - - -
Limrek,Ennis, & XII. Jnc. - - -
Lincoln, York, and Leeds - - -
Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. - - -
Liverpool and Manchester - - -
Di lin Half Shares .. • • - -- -
Ditto Quarter S h ires . • - - -
Liverpl,Ormskrk,Sc Prstn - 8 -
London and Birmingham 917 216 218
Ditto Thirds .. -
Ditto Quarters .•••• - 261%s 27 -
London and Inackwall • • 9% - -
Win. Oxtd. & Chltnluun. - - -
London and Brignton. •• • ' 69% - -
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon -• • 23 -- I -
Ditto New . .••• • • • • •
Do. Guarant:s per Cnt. •
London and Greenwich .• 10 % -
Do. Pref. or Privilege • • -
London and SouthWestrn 77 •
Do. New Cons. Eighths - •
Do. New, 501. Shares • • 15% •
1)0. New, 401. Shares • • - .
London and York .• ••• • • 6%
Ditto (Bawtry) .• •.• • • -
London and Windsor •. • • -
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 3%
Londonderry & Coleraine -
Londuraleny & Enniskilln -
Lynn and Ely .... ••• • • • 9%
Lynn an 1 Dereham ..... 8%
Manchepter and Leeds • • 149
])itto Half Shares •• - _
Ditto Quarter Shares.. -
Ditto Sixteenths .• -• • -
Manclbi'r and Birkenhead ~.,..
Manchester &Binninglun 82
Ditto .4uarter Shares.. 1536
Ditto New Quarters .• • 1314
Do. Con. & Welsh June. 3
Manehestr, Bohn, & Bury -
6lnclistr, Buxtn, & Matlk -
Man. Shef. and Mid. June. -
Mancliestr Br. Southamptn -
Midland .... .
Ditto Fifths ••-•• • • • • -
DIV° New .• 31%
1)0. (ion. Birm. & Derby 1303
Midluut CA Westm (Irish) 4
1)o. Extension to Sligo -
Newestl & DaringtnJune. 6G
Do. New (Brandling) • • 54%
Newcastle and Berwick • • 18%
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
Nwestle. Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen • •
Newr,k and Sheffield . • •
North l'lrttish • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto New Shares • • • •
Nortlic:,, and Eastern • •
1)o. Se! ip (isa. at 5 din.)
Do. Quarter Shares • •
North Devon.• • . • . • • • • •
North Kent • • • • • • • • • • • •
North Staffordshire •• • •
North Eastern......
North Union (A) • • • • • • • •
Ditto (B)
North Wales Mineral • • • •
Ditto New Shares • • • •
Nor th Western •••• • • • •
Nortk Wales ••••• • • • • •
Norwich and Brandon • •
Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • •
Not., Belvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston • •
Nutt., Erwsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Binning. Junc
Oxford and Worcester • •
Oxford and Cambridge .-
Perth and Inverness • • • •
Portsmouth Direct . • • • • •
Preston and Wyte • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares •• • •
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref...s per Ct. & div.
Preston & Wyre Extens.
Richmond F.:, W. End June 113¢ -
Rugby and Huntingdon.- 2% -
Scottish Central •••• • • • • 1434 -
Scottish Midland ...... .• ••
Sheftl
to Quarter Ad and Manchester - -
Ditto Shares••
• -
Ditto ditto (No. 2). • -
Ditto ditto (No. 3)• • 1 -
Sheffield and Lincoln .• • • - 1 -
Sheffield and Rotherham _
Shrewsbry& Grand Junc. - -
Shrewsb., Won, & Crewe -
Shnvs.,Wolv., Dudl,&lllr 7%
Shrwsliry & Trill, Val. Un. _ .
slims, Ilerefd,&N. Wales 3se.
Slarnannan . • • • • • • • . . • . _s
South Devon . • 29%
South Midland ..
South Eastern and Dover 42
Do. New (iss. 320 No. 1 17
Do. (iss.33/.65.8d.) „ 2 123
Do. (ins. 301.) „3 -
Staines and Richmond ... 23%
St affordshire &Shropshire -
Stirling and Dunfermline -
South Wales.• ••••• • • • • • 7%
Term and Dove Valley • • 2%
Trent Valley .• • . ..... •• • -
Do. and Holyher 4 Junc. 3%
Vale of Neath •••• • - .• 4
West London, Old Shares -
West End & Sotbrn Coun. -
Wexford foal Carlow •• • • -
Warwick and Cheltenham 3%
Waterford and Kilkenny -
Watrfil.Wafcl,Wlck& Dub 2%
Wakefield and 13radford•
_-
Waktid,Ponteiret, & Goof _
Waketield and Harrogate
_-
Warwick and London -
West Lancashire
ri.
:::: -
W T
orcester and F
flies., -
Wli it eliaven and u
Do. New Half Shares • • -
Welsh. M humid ••••• • • . . • 41,i
We Cornwall....
West Yorkshire ••-• • • • _
Wilsontwn, M.& Coltness -
Wilni, Somrst, & Weymth 8
Wilts, Somrst, & Southam 2%
Yarmouth and Norwich.. -
Ditta New . ...... .... ...,
York and Carlisle ....... -
York and North Midland -
Ditto Ilan Shares .... .-
Ditto t';eaubro' Branch -
Ditto Selby ..
Ditto Extension -•• • • 29
Yorksbie e &Glsgow Than. -

10143
3
441 -

15
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7%1
7%
23834

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2230 21341 -

31% -
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EXETER, Ocr. 11.
Srect, EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter. Yeovil, and
Dorchester, p..—North Devons, 1% p.--Exeter, Top-

sham. and Exmouth (paw's line), 34 p.—Ditto (Head's),
1 p.—Devon and Central Cornwall. % p.—Exeter and Cre-
diton, 6—Eastern Counties, 22—Bristol, New, 12.
SHEFFIELD, Ocr. 11.
STocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Manchester and
Bir-
mingham, Quarter Shares, 151/2—Preston and Wyre,
E, 4
43
South Eastern, No. 2, New Creation, 1214—Sheffield and
.2 Manchester, 1491/2—York and Selby (501. Shares), 86—
al
Derby and Crewe, 514—Derby and Gainaborough, 31. E—East
Lincolnshire, 54,—Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter -Shares,
Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 64—Leeds anerhirsk, 17—Manchester, Midland, and Great
11. 10. 10. 11. 11. 11. 11. Gnmsby, 6—Nottingham and Grantham, 614—North Bri-
-636 734 tish, New, 714—Trent 'Valley, 18—Wakefield and Harrogate,
57 - Somerset, and Southampton, 31. 113.6 d. fur 31st

3.14- ,its, auu aoutaampto.,
Oct.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 5.
HUDDERSFIELD, Ocr. 11.
STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Great Eastern and
Western, 31. lls.-Grand Union, 3%-Nottingham arid
Boston, 414-Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham, 2/.178. 6c1.--.
Tean and Dove Valley, 31. is.
HULL, OCT. 11.
STOCK EXC/lANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder-
land, 2934-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 111A-Cale-
donian Extension, Si. 1 Is. 3d.-North British (Carlisle),
41. 1 ls. 3d.-Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrusb, 2%-Ax-
holme, 785.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 6-Derby and
Gaiusborough, 355. p.-Dudley, Madeley, and Ircn Bridge,
365. p.-East Coast, 31/5-Grand Union, 3/. 13s. 9d.-Great
North and South Wales and Worcester, 14s. p.-Great
North of Scotland, 41/s-London and Manchester (Rem.),
4A-London and Norwich Direct, 2-Manchester, Buxtob,
and Matlock, 9-Nottingham, Erewash, &c„, 634-South.
Midland, 71. 75.-Trent Valley Continuation, 2%.
YORK, Om 11.
SToca EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ipswich and Bury,
44-Midland, New. 31-Newcastle and Darlington Junc-
tion, New (Brandling), 534-North British (Carlisles),
• 4/. 13s. 9d.-York and North Midland Extension, 29-
: Axholme, 7-Cambridge and Lincoln, 6 %-Coventry, Nun-
eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 3%-Inverness and Elgin,
_ 14-Leicester and Bedford, 3/. 18s. 9d.-Liverpool, Man -
chester,, and Newcastle Junction, 714-London and York,
- 6%-Newark, 'heffield, and Boston, 6-North Staffordshire,
724 75/8-Welsh Midlands, 4.
EDINBURGH, Oar. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 71. 10s.-
3 Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 3/. 2s. 6d-Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 51. 95.-Arbroath and Forfar. 251.-Ditto, 'Half Shares.
15/-Armagh and Portrush, 3/. Is.-Banffshire, 2/. 12s. ed.
- -British and Irish Union, 4/. 195.-Belfast and County
- Down, 3/. 55.-Caledonian, 161.-Caledonian Extension, 51.
- 7s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, Si. 2s. 6d.-Cambridge
- and Lincoln, Si. 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 201.-Corn-
___
wall and Devon, 18s. p.-Direct Northern, 3/. 55.-Dundee
- and Arbroath, 37/.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and Perth,
- 111. IN.-East of Fife, 3/. 75.-East Lothian Central, Si.-
- Edinburgh and Rathgate,4/. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glas-
b gow, 76/. ex news-Ditto, Half Shares, 1314 prem.-Ditto,
2% Quarters, 19/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 14/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 11. 145.-Edinburgh, Leith, and
Gran t0n;261.-Ditto, Preference. 201.-Edinburgh and North-
- ern, 61.-Ditto, Newport, 21. 1 ls.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 2/. 16s.
- -Edinburgh and Perth, 5/.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 3/.
-12 s. 6d-Forth and Clyde Junction, 51. 65.-Glasgow and.
Ayrshire,73l.-Ditto, New Stock, 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and
Belfast Union, 41.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 451.-Glasgow
- and Greenock, 22/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 155.-
- Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Les-
- mahagow, El -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 41.-Great
- North of Scotland, 41. lls.-Great North and South Wales,
11. 145.-Inverness and Elgin, 1L 145.-Kilmarnock and
Ardroasan, 8/. 155.-London and Hounslow, 2/. IN.-Lon-
_
- don and Windsor, 11. 95.-London and York, 71.-Monk-
- land and Kirkintilloch, 331.-Newry and Londonderry, 2/.
165.-North British, ex new, 261.-Ditto, Halves, ex
- new, 71. 55.-Ditto, Fiftbs, 71. 6e.-Ditto, Carlisles, 51. 2s. 6d.
- -orth Wales Mineral, New, 6/. 55.-Perth and Crieff.
. 3/ los.-Perth and Inverness, 3/. ss. 6d.-Scottish Cen-
- _
tral, 14/. 155.-Scottish Midland, 61.-Scottish North
- Western, 31. 65.-Scottish Western, 2/. 195.-Shrewsbury,
- Oswestry, and Chester, 71. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford,
-2/. 95.-South Midland, 91.-Stirling and Dunfermline, W. 6s.
-Tean and Dove Valley, 31. 12s. 6d.-Wishaw and Colt-
-
mess, 58/.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, AND HASTINGS
JUNCTION.—This is a most excellently
.conceived plan. The
great thing with junction lines now is to embrace a wide
area, and achieve the object at the least expense possible.
To do this there must be good surveying, good engineering,
and good judgment, as to which way the railway is to throw
out its arms, so as, in fact, to embrace the whole district.
We write at the moment from recollection, both of the pros-
pectus and the locality, but of this we are sure—that through
such a country two Siamese lines, if we may use the phrase,
25 I the Brighton and Tunbridge Wells 22 miles, and the Hest-
12N ings and Tunbridge Wells 26 miles—must succeed and pay.
As we have said before, this comes of good surveying and
good engineering.—(From the London Mercantile Journal, of
October 7, 1845.)
THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, AND HAST-
'Nos JUNCTION RAILWAY.—This is the title of a new project
for making a direct railway from Tunbridge Wells to Brigh-
ton on the one hand, and to Hastings on the other, thus
giving to the inhabitants of the latter town, in addition to
the rapid means of exchanging courtesies with its fashionable,
rivals, the great advantage of the most direct line of com-
munication with the metropolis by a junction with the pro-
posed direct line from London to Tunbridge Wells. Of the
many new schemes at present before the public, this appears
to be peculiarly worthy of favourable consideration, inasmuch
as it is not only in accordance with the direct principle, but at
the same time that it adopts this most rational principle of
a%great public highways, carries it out consistently with sup-
,
plying, throughout the entire district traversed by the pro-
= jected lines, accommodation to one of the richest and most
populous portions of the country. The line from Tunbridge
Wells to Hastings will be about twenty-six miles in length,
and in its course will touch the towns of Frant, Wadhurst,
Lamberhurst, Etchingham, Hurst Green, Robertsbridee,
Whatlington, and Battle, its proposed terminus being at the
western extremity of Restings;. It is also proposed, we
614 understand, to extend the advantages of this line to the inba-
-1% bitants of Winchelsea andßye, by a branch from a point near
Battle. By a glance at a map it cannot fail to be perceived.
that, by formation of this line, at a point taking up the
course of the direct line about to be made from London to
Tunbridge Wells, there will be completed a continuous rail-
way to Hastings, which, when its proposed harbour and
docks are constructed, must become The most convenient
packet station in the Channel, on the route to Paris, by
Dieppe and Rouen. This Company's Brighton line will, we
observe, take a direct course, passing Mavfield, Rotherfield,
Ucktield, Little Ilorsted, to Lewes, where it will unite with
the line from that town to Brighton—its length being about
twenty-two miles. That the whole project of the company-
is a good one there can be no question.—Railway Paper.
LONDON AND DUBLIN APPROXIMATION RAILWAY.—The
prospectus of this Company will be found in our advertising;
columns of this day, and we can scarcely do our railroad
readers a greater service than to point out the principal
features which distinguish this line from others which daily
appear in the public journals. The importance of a direst
line of communication from London to Holyhead, has lout!:
occupied the public attention ; the benefits that would I
• derived from such a ready mode of communication it is
almost needless to dwell upon, and the undertaking front
this circumstance alone has excited a very general interest
throughout the country. The difficulties of overcoming the
. natural obstacles of a mpuntainous country, such as are pre-
• seated by the northern portion of the Principality, have
hitherto appeared of no ordinary character, and have been.
deemed by many well-informed and practical persons almost
insuperable. The achievements of science, however, aide,
by the industry of man, have rendered this bold and enter-
- prising project not only feasible, but comparatively easy to ba
- accomplished ; and we rejoice to find that the schema
for attaining this very desirable object is supported by
one of the most influential committees we have ever
seen appended to a prospectus. Mr. Rastrick is the engineer,
- a gentleman of undoubted talent and established reputation.
- and we have the greatest confidence in his selection of the
- line, and the ability with which it will be carried out. It is
4,, to be observed that this is wholly independent of any other
line, and as it is designed for public convenience, it is entitled
_
to public support. The saving of the distance between the
two capitals of England and Ireland will be between sixty
and seventy miles, and, in point of time, at least of two
miles. The delays upon the route will be less frequent than
upon the existing lines, which, from their crowded state,
often occasion interruptions to travellers from • necessary
stoppages. Accidents, in all likelihood, will be fewer from
the same cause, and there is little doubt that all the pas-
senger trafficto and from Ireland will be secured to the Com-
pany. There must also be a very large portion of mer-
chandise and stock constantly passing along the line. This.
in addition to the former, must prove a source of great profit
to the shareholders. The facilities afforded to the merchant
and trader, in the transit of goods of every description, will
secure to this Company an immense revenue from their car-
riage alone.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The first operatic no-
velty of the season will be produced on Thursday, affording
every possible facility to the advancement of native talent.
The opera in question, The Fairy Oak, is written by Mr.
Henry Coe Coape, a gentleman of fortune and station, con-
nected, we believe, with the theatre, and its music is corn-
posed by Mr. Forbes, recently the director of the Societe
Harmonica Concerts. The new ballet of The Marble .M'aiden
is attracting the attention of the whole town, and bringing
enormous half-prices, and is a work, the beauty of which can-
not be too highly extolled.
MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.—We are re-
quested to state that " The Attractive Man, a Novel," by
Mrs. Trollope, in 3 vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn,
of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the
libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following
new works of fiction :-2. Love and Mesmerism, by Horace
Smith, Esq., author of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols.--
3. The Master Passion, and other Tales and Sketches, by T.
C. Grattan, Esq., author of " Highways and Byways," 3 vols.-
4. The Story of a Royal Favourite, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-
5. Count Konigsmark, an Historical Romance, by Captaia
White
Revelations Slave a and
eedeßriulihanamiperr,inetN.b,y3
Frederic
Russia," 3 vols.-7. Self; or, The World asi it Goes, by the
author of " Cecil," Second Edition, 31 V3O Sv.o-1 lildaid9.s
1.())of
tvheisa.—ut6h-orTioief
Honour, a Tale of the Court of George
. AI
'es of Paris," &c., 3 vols.
Rehan ; or, The Court Conspirator,by M. Eugene
author of "The Mysteries
at the Marylebone vestry, on Saturday, from Mr.•
DISTRICT ASYLUM reit THE DESTITUTE.--A. letter
Trumree, d
m.p , upon the subject of district asylums, in which
he de recate'd in the strongest language their erection, an l
calledP upon the vestry, the board of guardians, the rate-
payers, and inhabitants, to give those asylums the most de-
ternained opposition, as they would hold out a premium fur
the immigration of vagrants and vagabonds into cities and
towns, and would also interfere with constitutional and long-
established popular rights. The Hon. Member, however,
insisted upon the unquestionable right of the meritorious and
helpless poor to ample support and every possible protection.
In , conclusion, he pledged himself to oppose the district
asylums upon every occasion, and when he could.
THE IRON TRADE.—DUDLEY, SATURDAY.—TbI
last of the quarterly meetings of ironmasters of this district
was held in Dudley to-day, when the prices determined upon
at Birmingham on Thursday were fully confirmed. Some of
the masters were inclined to make a further advance, but the
more prudent resolved to abide by the present rate of pricer.
It appeared to be a general opinion that if a further advance
took place the miners and ironmen would require a cornsponding advance of wages, and, taking all matters into eon-
sideration, that such a proceeding would be decidedly in-
jurious to the home trade dependent upon the iron manufac-
ture. The following may be quoted as the prices now fixed
Bars, 101.; sheets, 111. 10s., hoops 101. 10s., at the work;
being 40s. higher than those established at the last quar-
ter day, and 20s. higher than those fixed at Wolverhamp-
ton a fortnight ago.
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.—Mr. Hartwey, who bus
for some years been employed by the Horticultural Society
in making collections for their gardens, at Mexico and Gua-
temala, has just been sent out to California, which was ex-
plored fo'r the same purpose some years since by the late Mr.
Douglas. The fate of this last traveller was very tragical,
for on his return home by way of Sandwich Islands, he
there fell into a pit dug fot catching wild bulls, in which.
there happened to be one, when the infuriated animal gored
him to death.