The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-06 00:00:00

THE STTN,_LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1845.

o S T 7R,E

XTHIS DAY.)

A young man of respectable eppeeeence, who eetierris to De
closely related to the Royal Fancily, and who gave hs nam as
Edward William Searle, was placed at the tar charged with
making a forcible entry into Clarence House, and with wilfully
breaking a pane of glass.
Giles Midwinter, of the Ist Grenadier Guards, said, that at
half-past six o'clock last evening he was on duty as sentry at
Clarence House (the residence of the Duchess of Kent), when
the prisoner came to the gates, mei after some parley with the
servants, attempted to get into the house by force; one of the
servants turned him out, and witness endeavoured to persuade
him to go away, but he could not be persuaded that he had not
as much right to free ingress and egress as the Duchess of
Kent herself and witness was at last obliged to bring him to
the station-house.
seph Prophett said that he was a servant at Clarence
Hulse, and that the prisoner came to the gates last night, at
the hour specified by the sentry, and asked whether the
Duchess of Kent was at home? Witness replied that she was
not, and asked him whether he was not the person who had
been there a few days bet re, and had asked the same question.
He said that he was, and that the Duchess of Kent was his
mother. He had not seen her for several years, and he was de-
termined he would see her now. Ile then rushed past him,
and ran up stairs. but on getting to the top of the flight, he he-
sitated which way to turn, and stopped fir a theft time to look
about him. Witness then overtook him, and caught hold of
him to put him out, which he was not able to do, till he got the
assistance of other servants and of.the sentinel.
The prisoner, it appeared, had, on getting to the station,
asked for writing materials, and wrote a letter, which was pro-
duced in court, and of which we give a copy :
" 'Westminster.
"TO H. R. H. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
"The King of England, Ed. Wm. Searle, is detained in a
common lock-up-house for breaking his own, or rather his
mother's, window.
" I appeal to you whether I am what I have stated, and
whether the Duchess of Kent is not my mother. in-law.
If such should not be the case, I am willing to abide whatever
punishment they may inflict upon me (or penalty).
" I cannot be blind to what has been going on in London
and in France, particularly this last two months, without
supposing myself to be related toyou and the Royal Family of
England in some way or other, but how, God only knows.
" I have submitted to punishment enough lately, and I beg
of you, I implore you on my knees, to afford me the informa-
tion I have so long wished for, but in vain."
The remainder of this extraord:nary document is illegible,but
it is signed Edward William Searle, and directed to the Duke of
Cambridge.
The prisoner said that it was false that he had represented
himself as King of England, but that he was cer-
tainly related to the Royal Family, and that his object in
calling on the Duchess of Kent was to ascertain what was the
nature of the ties which connected him with her, and with the
Royal Family. He continually interrupted the witnesses by ex-
clamations having no coneexion with their evidence; and
made several inconsistent and incoherent statements.
William Burgess, tailor, of the Strand, said that the prisoner
had lodged w-th him for about twelve months. He knew se-
veral of the prisoner's friends. Mr. Greenwood, a barrister,
was, he believed, an uncle of his. He knew the prisoner had
friends and relatives in Durham, but not in London. Mr.
Greenwood did not live in London.
The prisoner was then put back, in order that
Mr. Twyford might communicate with the parish autho-
rities, and in the meantime the prisoner wrote a note, which
he sent into Court, and which was as follows :
" Mr. Alagistrate,—Sir,—l promise you faithfully I will not
in any way molest anybody during my short stay in London,
and I will not visit any of the royal palaces, if you will set me
at liberty. " EDWARD W. SEARLE."
Mr. TWVFORD sent a message to the Guardians of the Poor
of St. Giles's, and informed them that a lunatic had been found
in their parish. They agreed to take the prisoner into the
union, and said they would have him examined by a medical
man. They promised that if the result was that the prisoner
was found to be insane, proper care should be taken of him.

CLERKEN NV ELL.-(T tilS DAY.)
Two men, named Pugs'eg and Rawli'zs, were charged with
the following assault upon Mr. J. Dwyer, inspector of streets
for St. Luke's parish.
The complainant, who is a feeble old man, deposeo, that on
the previous evening, he was getting away a horse and dray
that were obstructing the street (St. John's-street), when a
mob collected, amongst whom were the prisoners. Without
any provocation the prisoners all kicked him, knocked off his
hat into the mud and jumped up..n it (the hat and gold lace
were valued at 24 ) ; they then tare his great coat to rags,
knocked him down and kicked him. He had given them no
provocation whatever.
The prisoners were fined in the whole amount, 31. ss. for
damage and assault, or ten days' imprisonment.

might occur in. consequence of the incompetency or care-
lossne3s of Cotypanis ;
the Board of Lady h::ve t x,cuted

hen

er

regard to the inspection of third-class carriages, we are
inclined to ask, " Quis custodiet iposos custodes ?" Who
shall protect us against the cons( peaces of the incom-
petefwy and carelessness of the hoard cf Trade ? As
observed by the author of a paper on the subject in the
periodical now under review—
" The simple fact appears to be that the Board of Trade
' approved of anything which the several railway companies
proposed in compliance with the loose phraseology of the clause;
and that the most odious horse-boxes, ill-ventilated, ill.lighted,
sometimes not lighted at all, and seldom susceptible of light
concurrently with ventilation, have been put together for the
accommodation,' or rather discouragement of this diva of
travellers."
Alter reading this arti, le we are inclined to join with
the writer in expressing our wonder as to what the
Board or Trade would net permit. El an article on the
subject of the Hignett ann., the Railway Registe• takes
up the cudgels for the North Kent Company, and as-
serts that there is no proof in the evider,ce of the truth
of the charge brought by inmndo against that Company.
We have also papers on the various new lines of rail-
way which have been proposed during the mcnth, and
which are illustrated by snaps drawn on a large scale,
and which by inspection give an inquirer a tar more
accurate idea of the respective lines than he could at-
tain by reading pages of mere description.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

CONTINENT.

GOTHA, TUESDAY.—The great concert is over, but it
will live to be recorded in musical annals as the largest
meeting of untaught artists that ever assembled together.
It was an assemblage of 930 singers and 142 instrumental
performers, who met together fur the purpose of singing
their national melodies, and the pleasure of listening to
them was unmarred by a single twinge of the turgid
technicalities of music. It was an amateur concert, be-
cause each particular performer paid his own expenses.
and, moreover, contributed a small sum towards the
general expenditure fur music, &c. The Thilringer
Sangerbund is a society composed of musical amateurs
from every kingdom, duke dem, and principality in the
adjacent country, who meet together ': every year to
sing the national melodies. Yesterday was the third
annual festival; and the great occasion of the Queen's
visit to Gotha caused a greater assemblage than
on the preceding festivals. The singers from the
several states, each preceded by its banner, arrived
in Gotha early in the morning. Twenty-one towns and
cities sent forth their singers yesterday to greet our
Queen. Amongst them were bands from Suhl, Geor-
genthal, Neukirchen, Schmalkalden, Gotha, Erfurt,
Sommerda, Grossbreiterbech. Stadtilrn, Eisennach,
Schnepfenthal, Friedrichsreda, Chrdruff, and other
places in the vicinity. The more distant cities, too, of
Hamburgh, Dresden, Munich, and even Frankfort, were
represented by their deputies.
The royal box was placed opposite to the orchestra ;
it must in common parlance be called a box, although it
was big enough to hold a very respectably-sized moun-
tain. A space of about one hundred yards intervened
between the orchestra and royal box, and along this
space seats were erected for the thaler-paying public ;
whilst the great mass of mankind and womankind, who
had been carted into the town from the surrounding
country, were as usual allowed free admission to the
gardens, beautiful park, and terraces of the Friedenstein
Palace, from which they could see and hear as well as
their more exclusive countrymen.
The royal party arrived at a quarter past three ,• the
Queen, the Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Saxe
Coburg Gotha, and the Duchess of Kent, came in one
carriage. Iler Majesty was received with cheats of
welcome from the assembled multitude, and forests of
hats and handkerchiefs waved along the living hedge-
rows as the carriage drove up the avenue. As soon as
the royal party were seated, the singers burst out in a
song of vv‘ Icorne to Queen Victoria ar7421 Friedenstein. A
little professor named Dennhardt then stood up and
hollaed a speech to our dii tant Queen. It was prt.behl3r
very loyal and eloquent, but it was certainly inaudible,
for Lablache could scarcely have bellowed loud enough
to be heard at such a distenee.
These were the preliminary proceedings. The con-
cert now began with an overture of Weber's ; and the
singers then lifted up their voices in A: elul's benedic-
tion ; and the rich harmony of these hundred voices,
mellowed by the into distance, seemed to strike
her Mejeety with astonishment and admiration. After
the two next following Lieder, the singers joined heart
and soice in Wardereleb's spirit-stirring song, " Wie
ht rrlich ist mein Vaterlarld." Wordsworth talks of the
cattle in a field, " ferry feeding like one"—there were
one thousand singing as one man ; hymning their beau-
tiful country's praise in strains such as were never heard
before, without att,.y sacrilegious roof to prevent the
pealing of their myriad voices from ascending up to the
blue vault of heaven. It was impossible to listen to such
a song, sung in such a manner, without feeling inspired
by those feelings of patriotism and nationality which per-
vade the whole of Germany.
A song of liberty followed, succeeded by Reichardt's
far-famed song, " Was ist den Deutschen Vaterland,"
the words by Arndt. This was admirably sung ; and
the surrounding auditory was so inspired by the scene,
that they could scarce refrain from joining in the chorus.
Some of the singers then retired to take refreshment, and,
during their absence, the orchestra played several airs,
" God save the Queen" being the most frequently heard.
The second part commenced with Wandcrsleb's well-
known song, " Was ist so hehr," followed by an ode in
celebration of the festival. Then came Mendelssohn's
beautiful melody, " The hunter's farewell." It must be
no easy matter to modulate one thousand voices, and re-
duce them to the expression of feelings of the softest,
gentlest nature ; but it would be impossible to deieribe
the thrilling effect produced by the tenors' "Lebe
Wohl, Lebe Wohl, du Schoner Wald," at one echoed by
the rich bass voices, as if pealing through the distant
pine forests. Whet would Mendelssohn have said to
' have seen twenty thousand of his countrymen listening
breathless with intense delight and excitement, whilst
ne thousand of his countrymen were singing his me-

lodies I
The majestic simplicity of this " Abschied" left too
deep an impression on the audience to enter full swing
into the "Vatcrlandsliedvr" which followed. The last song
was our national anthem ; after which the Queen came
forward and bowed her acknowledgments to the multi-
tude, who were loosed into the railed arena before the
departure of the royal party. The Queen and the
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, with their two royal
consorts, lett in the same royal carriage, King Leopold
and his Queen followed in a close landau, and the re-
mainder of the suite in open carriages.
To-morrow the Queen will take leave of her hosp;

able friends, and will proceed to Fulda, where she will
pass the night. On Thursday night the royal travellers
will sleep at the Ilot€l d'Angleterre, at Frankfort ; and
early on Friday morning will proceed from thence by
railway to Mayence, where her Majesty will embark on
board the Fairy, and go down the Rhine to Cologne.
Her Majesty will sleep at _Deutz, on the opposite bank
of the Rhine, and proceed to Antwerp early on Saturday
morning by railway. Her Majesty will make no stay at
Antwerp, but will embark at once in the royalyacht and
steam down the Scheldt. The royal yacht will lay to on
Sunday, and arrive at the Isle of Wight early on Mon-
day morning.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice
were taken on the sea beach on Wednesday morning,
and were taken airitigs the same afternoon.
On Thursday morning the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice walked on the
beach. In the afternoon all the juvenile Royal Family
rode on ponies i❑ the pleasure-grounds of Osborne
House, Isle of Wight.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left town
yesterday for Germany. Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester arrived in town yesterday morn-
ing from her residence, Richmond Park, and visited and
took leave cf her royal brother at Cambridge House.
'the Duke of Cambridge left. Catriblidge House at half-
past ten o'clock, last night, to embark on the Triton
steam-packet for the Continent.
Sir James Graham arrived in town yesterday from a
visit to Sir Robert Peel at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.

MARRIAGE OF SIR THOMAS WILDE TO MDLLE.
D'EsTE.—Sir Thomas Wilde was married about three weeks
since tolldlle. D'Este. The event was, fur the first time,
thus publicly announced in the papers of the 30th ult. :
" Married, on-the 13th inst., by special license, Sir Thomas
Wilde to Augusta Emma d'Este, daughter of his late Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex." This . union, which ap-
pears to have been for a long time in contensplatien, has
been frequently alluded to in the public papers, and as
frequently contradicted "by authority." The church in
which the marriage was celebrated was that of St. Al-
phage, London-wall. The only persons present besides the
happy pair were the Right Hon. Sir Stephen Lushington
(who gave away the bride), the Rev. Mr. Hutchins (who
performed the ceremony), and the parish clerk. The bride
arrived quite privately from Tunbridge Wells, and was ele-
gantly attired, and wore a profusion of diamonds. The ce-
remony was performed by special license. The bride, who
looked exceedingly well, and in excellent spirits, possessing a
very commanding appearance, has just entered her fiftieth
year. Sir Thomas Wilde, who is a widower of about sixty
years of age, is reputed to be extremely wealthy. Lady
Wilde has hitherto derived her income from allowances made
by the Crown. Doting the past year her Majesty granted to
her an annual pension of 500/. charged upon the Civil-list
revenuer. It may be observed that in the tabular form of the
certificate of marriage, wherein the name of the father of the
bride is required to be inserted, " the Duke of Sussex" is
simply placed opposite to the daughter's name, without any
honorary addition (such as " his Royal Highness") declaring
him to have been of the blood royal.— Post.
THE HARVEST.—The weather for the last firtnight
has been remarkably favourable, and harvest operations have
now generally commenced in the district round Beverley.—
Hull Advertiser.
COMPLETION OF THE ALBERT GATES AT KNIGHTS -
BRlDGE.—Yester.day the workmen completed painting the ele-
gant pair of new iron gates, which have recently been erected at
the Albert carriage entrance, from out of Knightsbridge into
Hyde Park. There gates were erected at the expense of Mr.
Cubitt, the builder, of Pimlico, who has presented them to the
Crown. The cost of the gstes was upwards of 700/. The old
wood Tailings which are now in front of the carriage-drive
in the park, will immediately be removed, and elegant iron
ones, similar to those at the Hyde Park-corner entrance to
Rotten-row, substituted, with also a wide carriage-road, com-
municating with Rotten-row.
. ADVANCE OF WAG Es.—We are glad to hear that
the counterpane manufacturers of Bolton have agreed to ad-
vance the wages of their weavers. A petition to this effect
being handed ruund amongst the manufacturers, they at once
acceeded to the request of their workpeople, and on Saturday
their wages were advanced nearly ten per cent. This will
make an advance of twenty-five per cent. in the wages in this
department of trade during the year. The whole of the
weavers are in full work, and the greatest unanimity substAs
between the employers and thi. employed.—Leeds Times.
TEETOTALISM FAVOURABLE TO ELOQUENCE.—At a
teetotal meeting held at Trovtbridge, on Tuesday, one of the
speakers addressed the company for upwards of two hours I

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAIL Sli ARE

IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES or RAILWAYS,

Aberdeen • ....
Airdrie and Coatbridge
Arbroath and Forfar ....
Ditto Half Shares ....
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush

Bandon and Bantry
nelfast and Ballymena
Belfast and County Down
Btrkiihd.Lan. & Ches../ nc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.)
Ditto Halt Shares
Birminghm & Oxird.Junc.
Blckburn, and Preston
Blcklawn, Darwit,& Boltn
Bolton, IV 'gnu, & nymph
Boston, St ward and Bina
Brighton, Lewes, & Hast.
Bristol and Exeter..
Ditto New .. • • • . • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union
Caledon. and Ayr sh. June
Caledon. & Dumbar. June
Caled nian . • • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Extension • . •
Cambridge and Lincoln
Cher ter and Birkenhead
Ditto New Shares
Ditto Half Shares
Chester and Ii lyheud
Cheltenham and Oxford..
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
Coventry and Leicester
Cornwall . • • • • • • • • - • • • •.
Derby and Crewe . • • • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, & Yannoth
DirectMan.(Remington's)
Direct Northern • • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • •

Dubtn and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Colrr e
Dublin and Drogheda....
Dublin and Galway . • • • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •

Ditto New . • ••• • • •
Dundee and Per.h • • • • • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) .... •• • •
Eastern Counties . • • .. • •

Do. New

Do. Perp. spr Ct., No 1

_
Do. do. No. 2
East Dercham & Norwich
East Union . • .•••• • • ..
Ditto Extension . • • • • •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shal es • • •
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edi n b. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles • •
Edinburgh and Perth....
Ely and Huntingdon . • ..

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0-4 •4

Sept. Sept. 'Cload Sept.
5. 5.
4 5

Enniskillen and
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Fl twood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow ..
Glasgow and Ayr . ..
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greeuock..
Ditto New. ..•
Ditto Prefereuce ••
Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car.
Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster ....
Grand Junction .........
Ditto Half Shares ....
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters ..
Ditto Eighths • . • ... • .
Grand Union .•.. • •• .•
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Wild)

Ditto Extension •• •• ••
Great Munster • • • • • • • • • •
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England

Do. New 401. Shares • •
Do. New 30/. Shares ..
Great Western • • • •• • • • •
Ditto Halt Shares • • • •
Ditto Fifths
GuilllA, Farehm, & Ports.
Idarwich . • . • • .. • • • •
Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Can]

2% -
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,1% 11%'
3% 3%
434
_4%

201 21
- 456

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2%1 2U

3 I 2 Tit

4 3%
3% 3%

9 19%

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nep 12% ---

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3%; 3iß -
_ 31,4

234
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Huddersfield :ma Sheffield
Hull 1111,1 Gait:sborough••
Hull and Selby . -
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto Half Shares ....
Inverness and Elgin ....
Isle of Jersey
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray ....
Killarney Junctions . • • ..
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Lancaster and Preston •.
Leeds and Bradford .. • •
Ditto Extension .. • ...
Leeds and Dewsbury • • •.
Leeds and Thirsk.. •• • • .
Leeds & W. Riding June
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford .• •
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, &. Kit. Joe.
Linc'•ln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
Liv erp 301 and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Liver pl, Ormskrk,& Prstn
London and Birmingham
Ditto Thirds • . • • • .....
Ditto Quarters • • • • • --
London and Blackwall . •
London and Brighton. • • 77
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon •• • •
Ditto New . •• • • •• • • 13% p
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. 7%
London and Greenwich

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5. I 4. I 4.

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9356 d

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[9s p

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17%
44s p

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31s

Do. Pref. or Privilege • •
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares • •
Do. New, 401. Shares. •
London and York .• • • • • •

6%l 6%'

Ditto (Bawtry) .• • • • • •
London and Windsor • • • •
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine 51
Londonderry & Enniskilln
Lynn and Ely .... • . • • ..
Lynn and Dereham .• • •
Manchester and Leeds
Ditto Half Shares .. • • _
Ditto Quarter Shares • • 40
Ditto Sixteenths • • ....
Manchstr and Birkenhead _
Manchester & Birminglun 73
Ditto Quarter Shares.. 13
Ditto New Quarters . .
Do. Con. & Welsh June. 3
Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury
hinchstr, Iluxtn, & Matlk
Man. Shef. and Mid. June. 10
Manchestr & Southamrtn
Midland .. ••• • • • •••• • • • • 174%
Ditto Fifths ••••• • • • • • _
Ditto New .•• ..
Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 132 _
Midlud Gt Westrn (Irish) 3% 5%
Do. Extension to Sligo .
Newestl & Daringtn June. .
Do. New (Brandling)• •
Newcastle and Berwick..
Newcastle and Carlisle.. •
Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. .
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen..
Newark apd Sheffield • •
North British . • • • • • • • • •
Ditto New Shares • • • •
Northern and Eastern .
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares • •
North Devon
North Kent • • • • • • • • • • • .
North Staffordshire •• . •
North Eastern • • • •
North Union (A) • • • .....
Ditto (B) • • • • • • • •
North Wales Mineral.. • •
Ditto New Shares • . •
North Western •••• • • • •
North Wales •• •
Norwich and Brandon • •
Ditto New • • . • •
Not., Belvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston. •
Nott., Elwell. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Birming. June
Oxford and Worcester • •
Oxford and Cambridge ..
Perth and Inverness ....
Portsmouth Direct.. • ...
Preston and WYre • . • • • •
Ditto Half Shares •• • •
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref.!) per Ct. & div.
Preston & Wyre Extens.
Richmond & W. End .1 une
Rugby, Worcestr, & Thug
Scottish Central . • .. • • • •
Scottish Midland • • • • • • • •
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares.•
Ditto ditto (No. 2) • •
Ditto ditto (No. 3)
Sheffield and Lincoln. • • •
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe
Shrws.,Wolv., lindl,&llir
Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. U'.
Slaws, Herefd,& N. Wales
Slantannan . • • • .
South Devon . ........
South Midland . • • GU 8
South Eastern and Dover 4S 4 47%
Do. New (iss. 32/.) No. I
Do. (155.33/.65.8d.)., 2
Do. (iss. 301.) „ 3 9% 9%
Staines and Richmond .• •
Staffordshire &Shropshire —3%
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales.. • ...... 6 _
Tean and Dove Valley • • 33
Trent Valley • ....... • •
Do. and Holyhead June. 3
Vale of Neath.. •• • • • •
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Conn.
Wexford at d Carlow •• • •
Warwick and Cheltenham 2
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrtil,Wxll.l,Wiek & Dub 2% 214
' Wakefield and Bradford • •
POntefrct, & G 00l
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London .• •
West Lancashire........—
Worcester and Tring •• • •
Whitehaven and Furness 7
Do. New Half Shares. •
Welsh Miaand •••• • • • • 4
34 434
We .t Cornwall •••• • • • •
West Yorkshire .• . •
• •
•• • • 171{
Wilsontwn, M.& evilness
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich. •
Ditto New . • . • • • • • • • •
York and Carlisle .• ••• • • 534 6%
York and North Midland 110
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Ditto Scarbro' Branch 54%
Ditto Selby .• ........ 78
Ditto Extension .. •• • 26
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HULL, SErr.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, No.
2, 176. 6d. p.—London and Croydon, New, 866. p.--Great

Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 41/2—Leeds and
Thirsk, 22t/--North Wale-1, s—South Wales, 6—Armagh,
Cole! in ni-,•1 Pori ri:t..!l,

—Ctwently, :Kuneat4,n, &e., 3'A —Last Litic,,,l,:si.tve,
East Coast; 31/4—GrandVni2r, Eastern and

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Western, 31. 12s'..—Lancashire,Yorkshire, and North Eastern,
SOs.—Lceds and West Riding Junction. I.3l—Leicester and
Bedford, 41. 2s.—Leicester and Birmingham, 234—London
and Birmingham Extension, 316—London and Manchester
(Remington's), -414—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham,
4%—Nottingham and Mansfield, 4%—North Western, 7%
—North Staffordshire, 67.--Itugby, 276—Rugby and Hunt-
ingdon, 35/B—South Midland, 71. 13s. 3d.—Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Junction, 61/2—Shrewsbury and Trent Union,
41/2—Tean and Dove Valley, 33/—Trent Valley Continua-
tion, 314—Wakefield and iiradford, 776—Welsh Midlant',
434—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 4%.

YORK, SEPT. 5,

STOCK EXCHANGE.-,-Tile sales are—Eastern Union Ex ten •
sion, 33k—Great North of England, New, 34—North British,
33 c. n.—Ditto, New, 101,8 ----York and North Midland Ex-
tension, 2618—Grand Union, 33/4—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
North Eastern, 4%—Leicester and Bedford, 4—London and
York, 614—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 51{,—
North Western, 7%—Rugby, 23/—Warwick and London, 5
—Welsh Midland, 4%—York and Carlisle, 6.
SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 5.
STOCK ExcitANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham and
Gloucester, 1331R2—Eastern Counties, 203/4—Grand Junction,
248—Midland 401. shares, 27—York and North Midland,
1101/2—Cambridge and Lincoln, 33/4—Chester and Holyheml,
4 7-16—Derby and Crewe, s—East Lincolnshire, 4 15 16
Goole and Doncaster, 3—Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter
shares, 414—Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 6X—
Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 3 11-16—Huddersfield
and Manchester, 241,4—London and Windsor, 39s.—London
and York, 634—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland June-
tion, 10—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 6—Wakefield and Har-
rogate, 70s.

EUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arciGrand Union, 3%—
Glasgow and Dumfries, 2/. 9s.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and
North Eastern, 4/. 12s. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, 7:s4—Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, 3/. Is.
—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1114—Sheffield
73{ and Lincolnshire, 6%—south Midland, 7.):4—Trent Valley
Continuation, 3/. Is.— W est Yorkshire, 184—Tear and
2;4 Dove Valley, 4.
3%

37,7511. 15s. 6d., available for the purpose .of dividend,
&c. The Directors fet3l it their duty to state that the
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in o ,ier to i•rovitle for the unovoittable 'de-
1-in-elation of the workin.t.t stook cf the concern, ha. not pre.
vaiied hitherto in this Company, and the Directors would
respectfully submit, that the line to Crtwe having row been
opened for three years, the present is the proper time f‘s the
introduction of the principle. The original cast of engines,
carriages, waggons, tools, etc., and the subsequent outlay to the
31st of July, 1845, in this branch of the experclture, amounts
to 111,353/. les. Bd., rod it is proposed that a sum of
2,783/. lOs. Bd. shall be carried to account of a " depreciation
fund," being at the rate of five per cent. per annum. The
sum of 4,4501, 25., being the amount at present in eispute be-
tween this company and the Grand Junction Company, will
not be available for the dividend until the question is settled.
Ti.e above sums of 2,783/. Ioi. Bd. and 4,450/. 2s being de-
ducted from 37,7511. 15s. bd., there will ronviin to be divh.ed
30 515/. 2s. 10d. which, on the capital stock called up, will
afford a dividend of 21 4s. 2id. for the half-year upon each
1001. paid up, or upon each,
401. share a dividend 01...............£0 17 6
Barter share 4/. paid.
Quarter sh.ire 11 2' 31 I, 1845. • 0 0 514

pair, .ay, _
The Directors have to report that in the present session of
Parliament, the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham
Railway 13111, and the Ashton and Guide Bridge Branch Rail-
way 13111, have received the sanction of the Legislature, and
measures, have been adopted to carry on the works immediately.
Ihe branch line to Poyt:ton was opened for the conveyance of
coals on the
9th of June, and the traffic is proceedins satisfac-
torily. Stations in Manchester, Stockport, and other places
on the line have been established, and there is every reason to
expect a large amount of income from this source. It is confi-
dently expected that the line to Macclesfield will be opened
shortly, the contractor having been urged to the utmost to fulfil
his engagement with the Company: The long•continued wet
weather has had an injurious effect in retarding the operations ;
but the resident engineer states, that the line will ke completed
and opened for the conveyance of passengers, &c., early in Oc-
tober next.
The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the meeting, said he and his
co-Ilrectors, in the discharge of their duty, had deemed it
advisable to recommend to the Shareholders a course in refer-
ence to their line, and that of the London and Birmingham
Company, to which he understood exception would be taken
by seine, and that step- had been taken, by tee i-sue of proxies
and other means, to procure a strong objection to the remainder.
lie had also heard that it had been reported abroad that the
Directors had endeavoured to reduce their dividend to the mi-
nimum, with a siew to inducing the Proprietors totelieve that
it would be exceedingly advantageous to them to accede to the
terms on which the amalgamation was proposed. He begged,
in reply to that, to say that the account the Directors hail laid
before the meeting was a most honest, and just, and fair ac-
count. After some further remarks, the Chairman read same
passages from a statement which he said had been put forward
in the public papers, and signed " Sale and Worti.ing-
ton," which he canceived tended to put a wrong construc-
tion upon the acts of the Directors, and he commented in
st rung language upon it. He also read extracts from a apeech
made by Mr. Glynn, in order to show that it was not contem-
plated by the London and Birmingham Company to make any
bargain prejudicial to the interests of this Company. Having
spoken at great length in defence of the Directors' recommen •
dation, he concluded by moving that the account be first
adopted, and the meeting could afterwards consider the report.
In answer to a question from Mr. Sale, he said the only inti-
mation which he had bad of any intention to oppose the pro-
aosition for en amalgamation, was on the 3d of September, in
he shape of a notice signed " Sale and Worthington," to the
effect that they would apply for an injunction to restrain the
London and Birmingham Company from paying the sum pro-
posed to he taken for the amalgamation, viz., 18,0001.
A very warm and protracted discussion ensued.
The CHAIRMAN sad, receiving the report did not bind them
to receive the proposed 18,t0:/. from the London and Bir-
mingham Company.
air. TrioanasoN addressed the meeting at considerable
length, and concluded by proposing an amendment, to the
effect that the Shareholders should nut adopt the report, or
take any step towards effecting an amalgamation on the terms
proposed; •
amidst considerable applause.
Mr. llrreracocn next addressed the meeting in a long
speech, and proposed an amendment, to the effect that they
should appoint a deputation to go with their Directors to the
London and Birmingham Company, with a view to ascertain
if they could e ffect tin amalgamation upon more advantageous
terms; but the announcement of the suggestion was received
with st mptoms of disaasprobation.
Mr. JOSEPH STOCKS seconded the motion ; after which
anoth r discursive discussion ensued, which was kept up until
ten minutes past four o'clock, when the most clamourcus out-
cry for a division having been rased,
Toe CHAIRMAN rose to put the amendment, and expressed
a hope that if it should be put, the meeting would not hold
him responsibie for the consequences, and having spoken
of the labour he had gone through on behalf of the inte-
rests of the Company, he put the question on Mr. Hithcock's
amendment with the proposition for a deputation, which was
atega'ived by a large majority. He then put Mr. Thomason's
amendment, that the report should not be adopted, and that no
amalgamation should take place, which was carried amidst
shouts of applause.
When our reporter left, the Chairman was in the act of
announcing that a scrutiny was demanded, to which many
voices were heard expressing dissent, while several persona left
the room.