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London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

fHE S UN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
IRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLES-
FIELD RAILWAY,
Fornunj Junctions with all the great and Important Railways in
Great Britain.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 600 COl., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit V. 2s. per Share.

This important line. commencing at the terminus of the Man-
cheater and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town
of Sheffield, will proceed in a direct course by or through Hope,
Hathorsage, Castleten. Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the great
canal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the projected Man-
chester and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesfield, the total length of
She line being nearly thirty miles.

This junction stands In the very centre of the entire railway sys-
tem of England, and will complete the chain of railway communi-
cation between the river Humber, the towns of Sheffield and Mac-
clesfield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wichee of Cheshire, the
City of Chester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Bangor-Ferry, and the
Harbour of Holyhead. All the necessary arrangements are in pro-
gress to proceed to Parliament at the ensuing session.
A detailed prospectus, containing the names of an influential Pro-
visional Committee, &c., will be published in a few days.
Meantime applications may be made to the Solicitors, Messrs.
7attarna and Fry, 62, Mark•lane, London ; and G. A. Coleman. Esq.,
I, New Inn, Strand. By order,

GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary,

GRAND TRUNK RAILWA f,
Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Railways, with a Branch from Derby to Ashby-de-la.
Zonch.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shams of 29/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

Sir John Edmund De Beauvoir, Bart., Connaught-terrace, Hyde
Park
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director
of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 7, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park. Di-
rector of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the
Irish North Midland ltaliwAy
James Beech, Esq., the Shawe, Staffordshire, and Brandon Hall,
Warwickshire
Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park,
Director of the Direct Western Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the Dendre Valley Railway
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and Abergaveony
Railway
Hugh Henshall Williamson, Esq., Greenway Bank, Neweastle-under-
Lyne, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York,
and Midland Junction Railway
Stephen liutchinson, Esq., London Gas Works, Vanxhall
Henry Cave Leahy, F..sq 5, St. James's-square, Director of the
Great Welch Junction Railwaye
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Daniel M'Mahon, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Star-
fordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Randle Andrews, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway
William Griffiths, Esq., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway

Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter,
Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester
Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Joseph Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Edmund Gulson, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway
William B. Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the
Direct Lonci-m and Exeter Railway
Martin Siutly, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park. Director
of the Direct Western, Dablin and Belfast, and London and South
Essex Railways.
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North
Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport and Portsmouth, and Direct Western Railways.
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South
Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
ilenry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Junction
Railways
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con-
sail Hail, near Cheadle, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool
District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand di:Motion
Railway
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagn-street, Montagu-square
Robert Chaplin, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Edward Mammatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
John Beavington, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
T. S. Kirkland, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton
Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works
Joseph Bostock, Esq., Breedon-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Lime
Works
James Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, Director of the Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Harvey Wyatt, Esq., Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent
Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and of the Dudley,
Madeley, Brossely, and Iron Bridge Railway
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick.
and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct
Railway
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, War
wick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham
Direct Railway
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Joseph Can ington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge
Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
William Field, Esq., Rugeley, Staffordshire
Samuel Ginders, Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Agent to the Right
Hon. the Earl of Talbot, K.G.
R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis-
trate of the County, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and
Leicester Railway
Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
James Lamb, Esq., llyde Park-square
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater
and Minchead Railway
C. 11. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu -street, Montagu-square
George Augustus M`Dermott, Eaq., Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle-
ander-Lyne
Wm. Tulle& Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Wm. Clods Braddon, Esq, Regeney-square, Brighton
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square
John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-crescent, Hyde Park
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole-
raine Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the London,
Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby
Railway
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway, and Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn Fields, Wolverhampton
Henry Turner, Esq., Brewood Hall, Brewood, Staffordshire, Director
of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Henry Scott. Esq., Banker, Waterford, and 17, Pail-mal?
Lewis Adamis, Esq., Bastbrd Hall, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Banker, Leicester.
Baxxxas—The Union Bank of London.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Charles Howard Whitehuret, Esq., Q.C.
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.
ENGINEER--J. U. Rastrick. Esq.
ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Nicholson, Esq.

Sol-teams—Messrs. Watts, Jalsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely-
place, Holborn
SECRETAIY—SamueI Stanway, Esq.

The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the

Loughborough station on the Midland Countits line, and pro-
ceed through the Yale of Sheepshead, to Pegs Green Colliery,
near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Rail-
way, and from thence through the coal-fields of Swanaington
and Cole-Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will thence proceed across
the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of
Seal, Clifton Camprille, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby
Railway, which it will cross near to Elford Park Farm, and thence
traverse the Valley of the Tame until it reaches Alrewas, where it
will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley line now in
progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South
Staffordshire line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means
of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Bir-
mingham.
From Loughborough the line will be further continued to Asfordby
on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, now in progress, and by
means of this latter line, a direct intercourse will be opened with
Melton Mowbray and the various towns through which that route
pastes to Peterborough.
By means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrewas the
Grand Trunk reaches Coiwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potteries
to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also

of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro-
ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, thus completing its route, and
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction
Ralways. This branch of the Roe was formerly surveyed by Mr.
Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that
no engineering difficulties exist.

The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to
Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, and thence
by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to
the ferry at Weston Cliffs, and so prose d to Kings Newton
and Melbourne. From the latter place it will pass by the
village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, where there are extensive
limo-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat-
ing by a branchline with the lead, lime, and coal works there;
thence by the Lount Colliery to Worthington Rough, where it will
follow the line of the Cole-Orton and Swannington Railway until its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near tho Pegs
Green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the
proposed Nottingham and Birmingh,m, and with the proposed Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as
ft line for passengers Is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a
completa junction between those two great thoroughfares, the Mid-
laud and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby to
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western manufacturing districts, as well as become the great
from all parts of the kingdom to the midland counties of Englanrodute
The mineral resources arc of the very highest order. The Moira
coal-field is Inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold
alone comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of seven feet,
with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The sub-
stratum is yet to be worked. There are beds of Kennel and main
coal at Cole Orton of equal quality. though net of equal depth with
those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un-
rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire
coal strata. It is needless to describe the beneficial results which
must arise from this opening of the midland Coal district to the Lon-
don and southern markets.
At Staunton Harold and Calke exist rich veins of lead ore, now In
full course of working.
The properties of the Breedon, Staunton Harold, and Ticknall lime
are so well known to
agriculturists and others, that an extension of
traffic for so valuable a commodity into m ire remote districts must
bo of the utmost importance to the practical fanner.
In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall in with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser-
viceable for paving and building purposes, and for which a ready
market would be found along the line. The country also abounds
in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used in Birming-
ham and elsewhere : these markets will thus become opened for the
quarries at Chellaston.
A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware
of Wooden Box and Griesley Potteries.
Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs will be ander
the Control of the Committee of Management, to whom power is
given to allot the shares and apply the fiends of the Company in
payment of all proper expenses in the formation of the Company and
otherwise.

rower will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime the
Committee of Management take power, to alter or extend the lines,
to make branch lines, to abandon any part of the line, to raise addi-
tional capital, and to enter into arrangements with any other Com-
pany or Companies.
Application for shares must be made to the solicitors to the Com-
pany, Messrs. Watts, (lalsworthy, and Galaworthy, 19, Ely-place,
Holborn, Loadon ; to the Secretary. at the 0171C03 of the Company,
3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; and to the following

LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford
Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolverhampton
E. Kem Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Koary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Piddock, Esq., Asiby-de-la-Zouoh
F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth
John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough
Charles Ilriesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

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London—Messrs. nil, Fawcett,SHAREBAOK
and Hill, Threadneedle-street
Measm Harris and Sons, 'Change-alloy
Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard
Livcrpoolllessrs. Townley and Whiteheadßristol—Mesors. Tate and Nash
Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronheha
Messrs. Weatherburn and Jennings
Birmingham—Mr. J. It. Lane
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Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefield—Mr. S. H. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer
Worcester—Mr. W. Miles
York—Messrs. Grayston and Erlo
Blaekbarn—Mr. Thomas Boardman
Southampton —Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun.
Exeter—Messrs. 11. 13eatunout and Co.
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-mann)
Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes
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THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON,
and HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMTANY.
From Tunbridge Wells Direct to Hastings, with a Branch Line from
the same place to join the Brighton line at Lewes.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 750,000 E., in 30,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Thomas Farneombe, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Westminster Bank
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London, Meopham Bank, Tun-
bridge, Director of the London and County Joint-stock Bank, and
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Major James Oliver Lindam, K. 11., New-street, Dorset-square,
Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales
Railway, and Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway
William Cory, Esq., Commercial-road, Lambeth, Director of the
London and County Joint-stock Bank
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square
Frederick Harrison, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale, Director of

the London, Edinintrih; and Dublin Life Assurance Company
Joseph Barker, Esq., Macclesfield, Cheshire
Alexander Prince, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-ficlds, Director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shropshire
Mhieral, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
William Case, Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
W. Bulkelcy Glasse, Esq., 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and South
Crescent, Bedford-square
The Rev. Lewis Evans, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, South-
wood-terrace, llighgate
Stephen Hutchinson, Esq., Bromley, Kent, Sole Proprietor of the
Bromley Gas Works
The Rev. George Kenrick, Battle, Sussex, and Regent's-square,

London ✓
Captain George Lind, Waterloo-place, Brighton
IL Ladell, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Railway
Henry Wardle, Esq., London and Macclesfield, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., St. Leonard's-on-Sea, and Clifton, Bristol
George Clement, Esq., Hastings
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Union-court, Broad-street, and Macclesfield,

Cheshire
Thomas Robinson Williams, Esq., Director of the Patent Woollen
Cloth Company
Lewis Rime, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk
Reginald Read, Esq., M.D., St. John's-square, London
The Rev. Samuel Andrew, Wadham College, Oxford, and Highgate

- - (With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT IN LONDON.
Thomas Carlisle, Esq. R. Ladcll, Esq.
William Case, Esq. Major James 0. Lindham, K.H.
W. Bulkeley Glasse, Esq. Alexander Prince, Esq.
Frederick Harrison, Esq. Henry Wardle, Esq.
ENGINEER IN Cnizr.--Charles Blunt, Esq., C.E.
STANDING COUNSEL—John WOubrey, Esq.
SouciTol-0. L. Lloyd, Esq., 49, Doughty-street, Redford-row,

LOndon.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Scrivens and Young, Hastings
Messrs. Martin and Sons, Battle
Messrs. Barclay and King, Mayfield.
SECRETARY (pro tenn.)--Heur3 L. Freund, Esq.
BANKER, IN LONDON—The London County Joint-stock Bank.
DISTRICT BANKERS.

The Branches of the London and County Joint-stock Bank at Tun-
bridge, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton
At Hastings—Messrs. Smith, Hilder, and Co.
The object of this Company is to effect a direct communication,
by railway, between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, and also be-
tween Tunbridge Wells and Brighton.
The Hastings line (about twenty-six miles in length) will commence
at Tunxidgo Wells, and run near Frant, Wadhurst, Lamberharet,
Etchingham, Hurst Green, Robertsbridge, Whatlington, and Battle,
having its terminus at the western extremity of Hastings.
The Brighton line (about twenty-two miles in length) will com-
mence at Tunbridga Wells, and take a direct course to Brighton,
passing near Mayfield, Rotherfield, Uckfleld, Little Horsted, end
Lewes, where it will form a junction with the line, which is nearly
completed, between Lewes and Brighton.
The numerous visitors and inhabitants of the fashionable watering-
places of 'Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and Hastings, will thus not
merely enjoy the means of rapid communication with each other by
railway—an advantage which ought to have been supplied to them
before this—but will also have, respectively, when the proposed line
from London to Tunbridge is formed, a continued and direct railway
to the inetropolis.

The area embraced within these lines of railway is justly remark-
able for the variety and value of its agricultural produce, being one
of the most extensive hop districts in England, and not inferior in
general fertility to any part of the kingdom ; and when it is consi-
dered that the metropolis is the principal, indeed, it may almost be
said, the exclusive, market for its productions, the profits arising
from the conveyance of those productions alone must form (inde-
pendent of passenger traffic), a very large source of revenue to the
Shareholders.

Even from the already developed resources of the extensive,
wealthy, and populous districts through which the Company's lines
will run, the most encouraging estimate of results may be justly en-
tertained, and when the Hastings Dock and Harbour Company
(which has already been provisionally registered) shall have carried
into effect the proposed improvements, the line from that town to
Tunbridge Wells must become one of the most profitable in Englanf,
as it will then be the great highway ,of continental tourists. The
route from London to Paris, by Hastings and Dieppe, is decidedly
the most direct, as well as the most interesting, which a glance at the
map of Europe will satisfactorily show.
To the towns of Hastings and St. Leonard's the greatest advan-
tages must accrue from the establishment of a railway, bringing
them within two hours of the metropolis, and, through it, by the
great lines of which it is the focus, connecting them with every por-
tion of the country. An immense increase in the number of their
opulent visitors must necessarily be the consequence, the climate of
that part of the coast of Sussex being universally considered equally
salubrious as the most favoured parts of Devon.
The Company have in contemplation the formation of a branch
from the most convenient point on their Hastings line to Winchel-
sea and the town and port of Rye, or to connect that line with the
Hastings and Ashford coast line; either of which objects can be
carried out at a very moderate expense, and must considerably in-
crease the valise of the principal project.
To the Inhabitants of Lewes ant Brighton, the advantages to be
derived from the Hastings line must be great. It will give increased
facilities for the transport of the produce of the districts through
which it passes, and will complete the railway communication be-
tween Canterbury, Maidstone, Chatham, Rochester, and other towns
In the county of Kent, and Brighton, Chichester, Portsmouth, South-
ampton, and other imp ntant towns in the western parts of the
country.
The existing trafflc in passengers and goods (which must be ma-
terially increased by the establishment of railways) a,:e too well
known to regaire a detailed statement In this prospectus, and cai•
not fail to secure to the shareholders a large interest on the capital
invested.

A preliminary survey of the country has been made, and no part of
it has been found to offer engineering difficulties of more than or-
dinary character.
The liability of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of
their subscriptions, and in the allotment of shares a preference will
be given to landowners on the respective lines, and other parties
locally interested.

Power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent.
per annum, on all calls, previous to the opening of the lines.
The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the power of
making alterations in the line or branches, and of adopting the at-
mosphe-ic pri iciple, if advisable. They are also determined on giv-
ing strict attention to economy in the expenditure of the capital,
and will thereby be enabled to guarantee low charges for the con-
veyance of passengers and goods, and there can be no reasonable
doubt, that when the traffic is fairly developed, the full rate of 101.
per cent. will be paid, amid a surplus lefi, for branch lines, or a reduc-
tion of tolls.

The strong feelings in favour of a direct line evinced on the part of
the public in Hastings and surrounding neighbourhood, the support
of the landowners and agriculturists, with the numerous and strong
assurances received in favour of an independent Company, leave no
doabt of the successful Issue of an application to Parliament for an
Act next session.

In order that every attention may be secured to local interests, ar-
rangements are now being made to add the names of gentlemen of
influence and property I i the counties of Kent and Sussex to the
Provisional Committee.

Applications for shares, with a reference, may be made in the
fonn annexed, to the Solicitor, or to the Secretary pro. tern., at the
temporary Offices of the Company, No. 76, Basinghall-street, Lon-
don, and to the following Sharebrokers :—in London, Messrs. J. and
T. Mexon, Broad-street ; In Liverpool, B. P. Pemberton, Esq.,
Atherton-buildings ; in Manchester, Messrs. M`Lean and Dinwoodle ;
in Bristol, Messrs. Wreferd, Nicholls, and Co. ; in Leeds, Messrs.
Whalley and 'Thompson, Bank-street; in Gloucester, J. N. Balme,
Esq. ; in Cheltenham, Joseph K. Baker, Esq.

To the Provisional Committee of the Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and
llastings Junction Railway Company.

_ .
Gentlemen,—l hereby request you to allot me Shares in
the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, of
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
of 2/. 12s. 6(i. per Share thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds
when required.

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PROVISIONAL Y REGISTERED.
LEEK and MANSFIELD RAILWAY,
forming a Junction between Boston and Holyhead, and
uniting, by a direct line, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire, and Nottingham-
shire, with the Counties of Chester, Lancaster, and Stafford.
Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. Lord 11ossmZie,-lOicilieiii;;ant of the county of
Monaghan
The lion, Francis Curzon, Barrow, Derbyshire
Sir William Magnay, Hai t., Alderman, and late Lord Mayor of Lou-

don ; a DireCctor' of the Great Luxembourg, and of the Direct

London and Holyhead, aad Port Dynllaen Railway Companies
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London,
Chairman of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of
Llangollen ; and of tke Great Western, Southern, and Eastern
Counties Railway Companies
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Rushland Hall,

existing or projected, but will materially add to the traffic of all,
'id prove to them a most valuable auxiliary.
Commencing at Leek, it will form an extension of a line already
in course of construction ; and, passing through Winster and Ashover,
at or near Mansfield, it Will unite with the Sheffield, Newark, and
Boston, the Derby, Gainsborougb, and Great Grimsby, and the
Nottingham and Mansfield Railways; or, should it be considered
more desirable, the point of junction may be with the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Railway, at Retford.

Although not possible adequately to appreciate the importance of
this line, a glance at the map will show that it perfects the communi-
cation from Boston to Holyhead, and is called for by public necessity.
At present there is no direct canal nor even an ordinary turnpike
road for the purpose of transit of the various and inexhaustible pro-
ducts of these extensive mineral districts. On the one hand, the bulk
of the cattle and other agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Not-
tinghamshire, and the large quantities of flour and malt made at and
near to the towns of Mansfield and Newark, find their way to the
western markets by circuitous routes, the cost and delay attending
their transmission being enormous ; and, on the other, the products
of the paint manufactories, and of the Barytes works at Ashbourne
and Cromford, and other minerals, are now sent many miles out of
the direct course in order to reach their destination.

From its junction with so many railways, and affording a direct
communication through the country from east to west, it is scarcely
possible to compute the amount of passenger traffic which may be
expected on this comparatively shortline.
Power will be taken in the Act to allow interest at the rate of 41.
per centum per annum on the deposit-money, as well as on all calls,
from the date of each payment till the opening of the line, or until a
dividend be declared ; and the liability of subscribers will be limited
by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their respective shares In
the undertaking. . _

Applications-for sharer to be made, in the usual form, to P. A.
Burrell, Esq., solicitor, No. l, White Hart-court, Lombard-street;
and to the following Stock and Sharebrokers vlz., in London, to
Messrs. Ilitchens and Harrison, 18, Threadne •dle-street ; Messrs. B.
and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-buildings ; T. Uzzielli, Esq., 75, Old
Broad-street ; to Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby ; Messrs. Chapman
and Elliott, Nottingham ; E. B. Schofield, Esq., Sheffield ; Messrs.
Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Man-
chester ; and Messrs. J. Wills and Co., Liverpool.
T[lE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
. . . _

Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Reeeipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary.

Sept. 12, 1845

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
(Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.)
FIRE INSURANCES.
NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Pre-
miums falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th day of
October next.

ASTLEI"S ROYAL AMPHITIV, ATRE OF ARTS.
rROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY.
. _

Approbation ! approbation! appr”bation ! n'ghtly bestows Its gra.
tifjiug meed upon the present novel Egyptian Hypodramatic pro.
duction. Fourth Week of the gorgeous, classic, equestrian, dramatic
spectacle of THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and The Lily of Memphis
and The Horse of the Pyramids, with new startling effects ;
twenty Tableaux, in which Fgyptian Games and Chariot Races are
introduced. _ _

New and varied scenes of Equitation, introducing the combined
talents of the French Artistes.
The Entertainments each evening will conclude with an entire new
Afterpiece, entitled JONATHAN ; or, the Man of Two Masters.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Equestrian Tuition giver
as usual. Acting Manager and Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
IVill be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH, with
Locke's Original Music. Macbeth, Mr. H. Hughes; Macduff, Mr.
N. T. Hicks ; Banquo, Mr. Fredericks; Duncan, Mr. Heslop ; Lady
Macbeth, Mrs. H. Vining; Hecate, Mr. Leffler.
To be tbilowed by LES PETITES DANSEUSES ANGLAISES
(under the directiox of Mr. Frampton) in their celebrated " Pas de
Fie:us," and
" Pas des Moissoneurs :" in the course of which, a " Pas
do Cinq," and a
" Pas de Fantastique."
To conclude with a new Nautical Drama, entitled COM STAR-
BOARD ; or, Nancy, the Seaman's Pride. Supported by th' entire
strength of the Company.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the /lex-
°Mee, tom Eleven to Your.

LAST WEEK BUT ONE.
FIFTH WEEK OF THE COMET.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS,
Will be presented a Magnificent
MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH,
The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chimpanzee.
THE MAGNIFICEN T MODEL OF VENICE,
THE PROMENADE CONCERTS,
By the unrivalled Band of the Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary
EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED,
introducing aßepresentation of the COMET, which takes its Arial
Flight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model;
And, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotte
AQUATIC TABLEAU,
Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake;
The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT,
Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and
Other Devices will be introduced.

fins, combined with the leux D'Artifice, the 4alut. and Disch•:rge of
Rockets from the Castle and surrounding Heights wilt form the most
BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED.
Admission, One Shilling.
Feeding the Carniyora at Half-past Four; Pelicans, &c., at Hers
c 4110,0 lialt-s0 401114500144 PlOOl7 Limit,

NOTICE.
VOL. IV. of the NELSON LETTERS
AND DISPATCHES,
WILL BE READY I OR DELIVERY WITH THE MAGAZINES
On the Ist of October.
Orders received by all Booksellers.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We have referred the question of a correspondent who writes
from Chesterfield to the proper authority.

THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, SEPT. 24.
riIEnmoMETER, Lowest, 34; Highest, 52; Noon, 50.

BAROMETER, 30.3.
WIND E ; cold dry weather with sunshine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Marling .. 20 minutes after 8 I Evening I minutes after 9.

47,4, c:f
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Dresden, on the 15th instant, a supreme decree was presented by
the Government, relative to the religious movements of the coun-
try ; and, in the usual course of business, it was about to be referred
to the first deputation, when the Minister de Kcenneritz arose and
explained the motives which led to the decree. He pointed out like
origin of the Friends of Light, their principal tendencies, and their
proceedings with respect to the Evangelical Church; he explained
the position of the Church with respect to the State, and justified the
Ministerial edict of July 17, against the numerous attacks directed
against the latter. lie declared the object of all the efforts of the Friends
of Light to be, " to substitute the variable sentiment of each period for
the eternsl word of God," and assented that such doctrine led on the
one hand to Atheism and Pantheism, and on the other to a greater
constraint than had ever been known before in' matters of faith.
When this address was over, Burgomaster Weimer proposed that this
decree, as well as another relating to the Dissenters calling them-
selves German Catholics, should be referred to a special deputation,
appointed for the purpose. This proposition was seconded by Prince
John, and adopted unanimously. The first of these decrees was the
same day presented in the Second Chamber, and referred to the exa-
mination of the first deputation of that body. The next day, M.
Todt, in the same Chamber, proposed that they should also reply to
the speech from the throne, as well as the Upper Chamber. After
some dissmssion, the motion was carried by 57 votes to 14."
On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Funds were flat, and a
good deal of fluctuation had taken place in Shares. 'Those of
tbe Great Northern Railroad rose at one time to 355 f. prem.,
but at the close fell to 3451. The 'Three per Cents. closed
at 83f. 85c.; the New Loan, 841. 10c. ; tha Five per Cents.,
118 c. 10c ; the Orl, Rai!road Shares, 1,267 f. 50c. ;
Rouen, 1,092 f. 50c. ; Havre, 895 f. ; Avignon, 0301 ; Vierzon,
755 ; Bordeaux, 705 f. ; Boulogne, 6401 ; Troyes and Monte-
r, an, 525 f. ; Basle, 285 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 39.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 27f. 50c. premium;
ditto (Calon), 9f.; ditto (Ganernon), 141.; ditto (Lapinson-
niere), 6f. 50c. ' • Northern Line (Rothschild), 345 f. • ' ditto
(Rosamel), 421. 50c ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 321. 50c.;
ditto (Decan Lebeuf), 33f.; Paris and Strasburg (Gan-
neron), 151. ; ditto ( Hinguerlot),l3f. 50c. ; ditto (Bcchet), 6f. ;
ditto (Isot), 101. 50c.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie),
20f. ; ditto (Drouillard), sf. ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f.; ditto
(Lefevre), 10E; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 35f.; ditto
(Lecointe), 22f. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Moriondale), 10f. ;
Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 71 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta),
16f. 25c. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 6f. 50c.; ditto
(Carette), 10E ; ditto (Colbert), 21 ; Charleroi (Kysaens),
47f. 50c. ; Maubeuge (Kysaens), 2f. ; Dijon and Mul-
hausen (O'Neill) If; ditto (Allegry), if ; Dieppe (Sel-
Beres), 50f. ; Caen (Delamarre), 71 ; Fampoux, 20E
MARSEILLES, Stn.. 18.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,060 f. ;
Boulogne, 655 f. ; Vierzon, 7901; Orleans and Bordeaux,
717 f. 50c.

LYONS, SEPT. 19.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,056 f., end
of Sept. •, Paris and Orleatv, 1,277 f., ditto ; Paris and
Rouen, 1,105 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 785 f.; rleans and
Bordeaux, 706 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 23.
.

Anglo-Belgian — Luxembourg
Boulogne and Amiens.. 13V, Namur and Liege 5%
Bordeaux &Mediterran 138 Orleans and Vierzon
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Bordeaux 14
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 2% 'OverYssel OOO .••
Do. ( Mackenzie's) .. Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) 3
Central of Spain .. — Ditto (Ganneron's). 3%
Dendre Valley ... 2M Ditto (Calon's).... - 214
Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 11% Paris and 0r1ean5......
Dieppe & Paris Junct. .Paris and Rotten . 43
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg
East Indian
Grt Northern of France De. (Compte deL'Est)
(Laflitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf) — Royal North of Spain. 2%
Do. Peppin le llalleur -- Sambre and Meuse .... 8%
Great Paris and Lyons. 2M Strasbourg and Basle .
Great Western Bengal %ITournay,Jurbise, Lan-
Jamaica Junction 5% I dent, and Hassell...
Do. North Midland 2% ,Tours and Nantes
Do. Extension
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe.. 4%Verona and Ancona 3%
I Lyons and Avignon.... West Flanders

DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The celebrated com-
poser, Adolphe Adam, who has written the music of the new ballet
to be played here on Saturday next, arrived on Tuesday to superin-
tend the rehearsals.
AWFUL. INSTANCE Of SUDDEN DEATEL—Tues-
day an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey,
at the Duke of York, Swan-lane, Rotherhithe, on the body of Mr.
Charles Dermes, aged fifty-five. a timber merchant, who died under
very awful circumstances. It appeared that on Friday last the de-
ceased was employed in measuring the cargo of one of the Baltic
vessels, and appeared in excellent health and spirits. Suddenly he
was observed to stagger and fall down, and upon one of his assistants
going to his aid, he appeared wholly insensible. A surgeon was sent
for, who immediately attended, but pronounced the deceased quite
dead, probably from the rupture of a blood vessel. The Coroner
asked if any of the crew were present, but it was stated the vessel
had sailed. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the me-
dical evidence.
ALARMING AC CIDEN T.—Tuesday afternoon, be-
tween three and four o'clock, an accident of a most alarming descrip-
tion occurred to Henry Forsyth, Esq. It appears that that gentleman
is on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Apjohn' a lady residing at Ken-
sington New Town. In descending from his dressing-room, he un-
fortunately forgot that three or four steps intervened between that
and the landing-place. The staircase being somewhat dark, he
missed his footing, and was precipitated over the balusters. In his
descent Mr. Forsyth caught at the handrail, which gave way in his
grasp, and he fell to the foot of the stairs with fearful violence. Me-
dical assistance was immediately summoned to the aid of the unfor-
tunate gentleman, who it was discovered had sustained a compound
fracture and dislocation of the right arm, besides several severe con-
tusions of a very alarming nature.
THE FOOT HURDLE RACING AT WEST DRAYTON.
--Tuesday, the silver cup, which was open to all England for com-
petition, came off near the King's Head at West Drayton. The con-
testing distance was to run over a quarter of mile of ground, and to
leap ten hurdles (5 feet 6 inches high), placed at equal distances. The
spectators were numerous. The entries for the race were—John
Smith (the Regent-street Pet), Patterson (the Flying Tailor), West-
hall, Martin, and E. Smith (of London), and Maxfield (the North
Star). In betting, the Pet was taken against the field. The neces-
sary arrangement was made, and the men came to the starting mark
attired in racing costume ; the signal was given, and the men
bounded away; the Pet took the lead, and cleared the nearer hur-
dles in admirable style : he was closely followed by his opponents for
two hundred yards, when they fell off; the Pet maintained the lead,
and wen the cup very easily, his opponents not having a chance
with him. The race for a silver snuff-box was won by Martin, of
London.

THE NEW JUDGE OF THE WESTMINSTER COURT
or REQuEsrs.—Notwithstanding the election of Mr. D. C. Moylan to
' the office of Judge of the Court of Requests, in Castle-street, Leices-
ter-square, the several parishes in Westminster on Saturday pro-
ceeded to the election of Commissioners of the Court for the ensuing
year, under the Parochial Act. This had led to some remark in
Westminster, as it was generally supposed the judge was appointed
in the place of those gentlemen, and the question is asked, what part
are they to take in the decisions of the Court? If simply as a jury
under the directions of the judge, it is expected that many will not
serve, as the qualification required is a high one, and confines the
selection to the higher classes of tradesmen. And, again, it is said,
if the commissioners are to decide irrespective of the judge, his
office will be a useless one. It seems that the Learned Gentleman
cannot take his seat until approved of by her Maje ty at the next
Privy Council. The salary is estimated at about 1,2001. a year, and
it is expected that under this new arrangement a snore commodious
court will be erected in the place of the present incon.enient office.
THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY, LONDON.—ThiS
corps, of which Field Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert is
Colonel, proceeded from London to Woolwich-marshes on Monday,
under the command of Captain Iselin, and carried on practice with
one iron and two brass six-pounder guns, at 650 yards range. Lieut.
Rooke had charge of the range, and the river being moderately clear
of vessels, there was not much interruption to the firing, and the
practice was very good. Twenty rounds were tired from each gun.
THE RICHMOND RAlLWAY.—Tuesday the works
on this line of railway were commenced with great activity at
Wandsworth, and before the end of the week the entire line will be
occupied by excavators and bricklayers. The contract has been
taken by Mr. Knill a person who has had much experience In railway
matters, and has executed some heavy contracts ou the Great Wes-
tern line. This railway will have its terminus in the Broadway,
Richmond, and traversing almost a dead level, as well as keeping in
a paral'el line with the upper Richmond road, will pass through the
upper side of Mortlake, cross East Sheen-lane, Barnes Common, on
which there will be a station adjacent to the Hammersmith-bridge,
New-road, and continue with very little cutting to Putney. Here,
upon a portion of tho estate of Temple Leader, Esq., M.P., a cutting
commences, which will be carried through the High-street,
over which a very handsome bridge, fifty feet wide, wU,
be thrown, and a station will be erected. The cutting continues to
North Fold, when an embankment succeeds, and is carried to the
high road leading from Wandsworth to Putney, over which a bridge
will be thrown, and then commences the most difficult part of the
undertaking. A viaduct, 300 yards in length, consisting of 20 arches
of 26 feet span, and three arches will be those crossing the Wandle,
the canal, and the mill-streams. A great portion of the viaduct tra-
verses an extensive osier bed, the drainage of which will be extremely
difficult. Three mill one of bricks will be consumed in the erection
of this viaduct, and Its estimated cost is 18,0001. The railway after-
wards crosses the Lower Wandsworth-road, at which point there
will be a station, and a continued embankment unites it with the
South-Western Railway at Falcon-bridge, Battersea, where there
will also be a station. The entire line is positively to be opened in
the early part of May next.
INFLUX OF SHIPPING.—A great number of vessels
have arrived in the river and different docks within these two or
three days, from China, the East and West Indies, the different
colonies, and indeed every part of the navigable globe. No less than
upwards of 150 vessels reported at the Custom House on Monday
alone, and the long room of that establishment was literally
besieged by the captains of the different vessels tendering
the reports, or authentic accounts of the cargoes, according
to law, which requires the master of every vessel to report his
vessel and an account of her cargo within twenty-four hours of
arrival. The present influx is remarkable, as, althaugh the weather
has been very blusterous of late, the winds have not been adverse to
the arrival of ships in the Channel. This timely spur to business
will be much felt and estimated at the different dock establishments,
as, from the extreme sl-ickness and consequent want of employment
for the numerous poor and hard-working labouring men at those
places, a great deal of poverty and want has existed in the neigh.
bourhood. The present pressure appears also to extend to Liverpool,
as in two days nearly sixty reported, and the day before very nearly
an equal number of vessels arrived from all parts of the world at that
great mercantile and commercial port.
THE DESERTER'S FEE.—A question having arisen
as to the payment of the fee of 2s. to the magistrate's clerk for
making out the commitment of a deserter, the military authorities
referred to the Secretary at War, and have been informed of the re-
gulations established at the War-office, dated April 23, 1835, viz. :

. .
That the fee in question should be paid by the party receiving the
reward for apprehension ; or, where no reward is offered by the
public, proved inconvenient, and was, therefore, altered by memo-
randum, dated April 25 1840, which directs that this fpe, as well as
that to the civil practitioner for examination, shall in the first in-
stance be defrayed by the gaoler into whose custody the deserter is
committed, who is to be repaid by the escort sent to remove the pri-
soner from custody.

NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT AT CREMORNE GARDENS,

—Tuesday evening, Mr. Henry Green, in company with a gentle-
man of the name of Williams, made a night balloon ascent from
Cremorne-gardens, which was stated to be' the last of the season,
and which was unfortunately attended with nearly serious conse-
quences to the adventurous aeronaut, arising from the improper
construction of the firework machinery, which was attached to the
car of the balloon, and which 'WAS the manufacture of a pyro-
technic artist of the name of Baker. As this was the first
occasion of two persons making an aerial excursion wills fire-
works, the weight of which was about 301b5., it was necessary
that the gas should have greater power. To give the gas an
increase of power, it must be deprived of a great portion of
its carbon, and which was effectively done under the direction
of Mr. Kirkham, jun., who is attached to the Chelsea station of the
Imperial Gat manufactory, from which the gas was supplied. About
nice o'clock Mr. 11. Green and his companion entered the car, when
the frame-work which contained the pyrotechnic exhibition was at-
tached. It was now, however, found that the mode of ignition
hitherto adopted, which was by means of a fusee or percussion (and
which is a course practised by Mr. Southby and Mr. Darby), so that
the discharge does not take place till the aerial machine has attained
so high an altitude that to those on terra firma there can be no
danger, was not to be pursued, and that a match was to be applied.
Everything being in readiness, Mr. 11. Green was released. At
the same time ties match was lighted, and this before the balloon
was free from the earth almost immediately communicated with
the fireworks, which commenced discharging a shower of fire
among those who were close upon the ba loon. The effect was mo-
mentarily appalling to them ; but before they had time to recover
from their state of alarm, there came a rapid discharge of Roman
candles, which were projected to the fence that was formed to pre-
vent the ingress of the company. The utmost consternation now
prevailed, and many ran away for their protection. Some alarm at
the same time was raised fur the aeronaut, as some of the Roman
candles ascended toward the balloon, while one of the candles set
fire to the gas, which immediately ran towards it. Fortunately the
machine escaped uninjured, but there is no doubt that the aeronauts
were In a state of great alarm. The gas was promptly turned off
by order of Mr. Kirkham. Some ladies fainted, but there was no
report in the gardens of any one having received any personal in-
jury. The balloon went in a westerly direction. .

THE RUSSIAN STEAMER VLADIMIR.—This beau-
tiful vessel, which has been lying alongside Waterloo-quay for the
last few weeks, has attracted the notice of large numbers of our
citizens. She is of a handsome model, which, however, being some-

what different from thit of the steamers we generally see here, has

made it an object of far greater attraction. But the beauties of
the vessel do not consist solely in the handsome exterior—the interior
' fittings are in a style the most superb, and at the same time sub-
stantial— not gaudy and superficial, but massive and apparently en-
during. What is called the Emperor's cabin is situated on the deck,
and its fittings up are of the most superior description. The vessel,
as we stated in a former number, was built by a Liverpool company
for the Emperor of Russia. She is manned partly by English and
partly by Russian sailors. The principal steward is a Scotehman,
and the other an Englishman; and the engineer—so much for old
Scotland, the scientific characteristic of whose sons has put their
services in request on every sea and in every clime—is a Paisley
man of the name of Thomson. The vessel, we vathotsod, to ssu ,
471 Pt CI4X gOsolutt-AINAVAgltwf •
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HAYMARKET THEArfIUE•t Aid
e
•
A one-act verslon of the French farce, Ba Iriat
of
was produced at this theatre on Tuesday, mid cr the titl
A Cabinet Question. The adapter was Mr. Planate i
that
hero was Mr. Buckstone. It is needless to a; id t
Tors fli;
ttiumphantly successful. Thus runs the story.
(Buckstone), the foreman of a cabinet-make r, has at the
risk of his life, stopped a pair of running horses, • enajoas„ opal
saved the life of a lady of high rank. The lad -moss
Tom, who is dressed in his best, and than hir ain .'"'tspe
interesting manner. The heart of the c abine t-mom
fire; he declares to the lady that he is Alfo 'as° Mo
ney
and from that moment loses his time and V'S urn;;,oo-fitle,
deavouring to sustain his assumed character suet u6sitlit
to win her heart and hand. He neglects hi old oWeet,ni
Miss Rosewood (Julia Bennett), his master's neice, w,ll°"-tim e
loves him, and at last, on being ordered to take OM e g.00"3,„" his
lady of his love, he positively refuses to be Se en b 3" bd. "01.
working-dress, and is about,to leave his service, not orithsf hie
ing the entreaties of Miss Rosewood, when the 111,1 k st, this
love enters, and he is discovered. He now di lcove.rs that hal
lady is engaged to a young man of family, -who I.e,.":,thes
onwn as a boy. The young man is poor, but Pottssol;iot,
't rich, by discovering for him a secret drawler in life NO
in which is found his uncle's will, leaving On lac:o4
Of course a double marriage takes place
ian4 tittedroil:
becomes Mrs. Tom Polish. Buckstone
the character of Polish. The dialogue is writ len Witb'sg,
titio
point, and, from the rising to the falling of the
audience. was in a roar. It was announce AOr rePe
amidst a hurricane of applause.
_ Arr

THE LATE EXPLOSI ON
OOL WICH. in,"4
Sir{,—Perhaps you will admit the inclosedla SPaCeby
widely circulating and valuable paper. It litture, ou
icnarles, draw some attention, and prevent, iu
fat al results. it h fear
The recent and awful explosion, attemled '
of life, at Woolwich, last week, has made a clueP t""
on the inhabitants, and has called fortfa botrl re.rges air
astonishment in all, that such a system of eat telihisees,ble
terial so destructive as percussion powder' fro g'e"
means of steel chisel, should in these days of el Jig/. alto}
and superior chemical knowledge be for a 11001erl skill en
Without wishing to call in question the s 2Ferl,„ haveo'n
practical knowiedge, of the talented office rs /12-ies,st, ca".;
direction of that department, I must, to sa, fi.P6„O f"; 11
cider that great want of the necessary precan Ifis4l.n"teodou .1
of those whose immediate duty it was to s app The
dangerous and inflammable work, was evic lela-k,tors "ea
simple-minded tyro of the establishment m elt„, oeh'ie
danger and the effect of steel and gunpowder its "Eiji,
to each other. I trust this sad warning will
weight, and induce those who have charge oC fur a gs,
stores to be more cautious, and employ for theld
and much more simple, means for those operative voted
soaking the fusees, &c., in water for 24 or 48 h °,1;010,eo
prevent any accident from explosion, and secure • %ere Pro,
from danger. The doors also of all the rooms'
operations are carried on should be made to orN 310 sre,,
Trusting -these remarks may be taken kindly, as %IVO."
tended fr;endlv, by ?Kite/
Woolwich, ept. 22.

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-.t.,vic"
LONDON, SEPT. 24.—Wind this day at noon IT 501'0'
breeze, and fine clear weather. , defer
DEAL, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. DILOII ta.
Colombo ; ltestauracas, Nunez, Bahia for HambuirfiPan , Paola.'"
the River, and sld., Devo, Sproat, Ceylon ; Ann Enn•la. $9!
Dalhousie. Sid. Golden Spring, Sydney ; Mary Cathe,r* roof:
New Zealand ; Kingston, Harwood, Adelaide ; aferallf
Batavia; Islander, Gordon, Demerara ; Clarendon, Ilei:Taio!''
Renfrcwshire, Burns, Dalhousie; James, Cumming, St' art
foundland, with the rest of the outward-bound.
New Orh al COI;
DOVER, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. off, leariton, Adams, Ne
,
Cooke, &Walnut Bay ; Mercy, Quebec. 641C0
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Kandiart,:akOs
eutta ; Childe Harolde, Lilly, Bombay ; Susan Crise,
,aria
Good Hope ; Prince Albert, Sebor, Now York. av' 01,
Anna Sem 23.—Wind E.N.E., fresh br..jesi 00:301,
Anna Robertson, Russell, Salhanha Bay. Off Pert, jis4
York ; Flora, Labrador; Kron Prinds Oscar, Arvskng, aao.
and proceeded for Antwerp. 004 r.
RAMSGATE„ SEPT. 23.—S1d. Stewarts, Fisher, Cape of ,
Hercules, Wilson, Galveston. ores'
;
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Hannah, Boys, aa,
TORBAY, SEPT. 22.—Sid. Adele, Pelham Rio JanVo,
FAVERSHAM, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Wansbeck,i Cloarn e al,
el, Or
Euphemia, Crockett, Queec. et dre
BRISTOL, SEPT. 23.—Abrrd. Nonpareil, Murray, AnOW'
Brunswick ; Reliance, Quebec ; Columbus, Howlinb'
Pollock,
NEWPORT,Ot, ' n
M'ltyre, Dalhousie.
aa- -atlt of
ch" SEPTSEPT. 23.—S1d. Margaret Forbes, = vaas ; -
LYTHAM, SEPT. 21.—Sid. Union Rose, St. Stepa
51d. i
Anna, Dowson, St. John's.
CLYDE, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Shamrock, Shannon, Pietc:etire'
Diogamn, Leitch, Calcutta; 22, Brilliant, Brown, Dern, Pi°
Duman, SEPT. 21.—Arrd. Cushla Ma Chree, BO"
roafik
ward's Island.
. NeY(l3 o°l9'
KINGSTOWN, SEPT. 22Arrd. Bristol, St. John's, -
KINSALE, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Felonia, Banrick, Pleteg'
opeita
Exchange, Crosby, St. John's, New Brunswick. „13 F
GALWAY, SEPT. 16.—arrd. Victoria, St. John's, .e‘e" MO"
LONDONDERRY, SEPT. 15.—Sid. Envoy, Mason, St'
Brunswick.
_NEWRY, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Brothers, Valpey, St. 0re.,11.,°1.
STORNAWAY, SEPT. 18.—Arrd. Jessie, MaLeod,
OFF WHITBY, SEPT. 21.—Sapphira, Brown, Quebetiall,rb Isll,
HULL, SEPT 23.—Wind W.N.W., light.—Newteu,""asitona/P4
Matthew, Harrison, Quebec. A clinker-built boar,. plat. Spero p
was passed, on the 20th inst., in the North Seaa,avel'oraa
lon. 2'30 E., and a topmast, by the Tremont, Taylor, n'" of Pp;IP 0
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23.—A small brig, with the ne°,,ca4P)
her quarter boards, apparently laden with deals,''or ' to
black, with white tops, was passed on her beam-ends derecr
lat. 41, lon. 49, by the Champion, arrived at Saguill,r;ta
BRIXHAM, SEPT. 23.—The Veloce, Pynoublane, Lb.
Monte Video, slipped an anchor and chain and caws plte,
this morning, leaky. anti iYaa Pi,*
LYTHAM, SEPT. 22.—The Isabella, of Whitehaven, -,,t0ra44,
of Maryport, which were on their beam-ends at the
Ribble, 17th inst., righted on the following flood, "'oldie:o4
petted off next spring-tide without --Cartons,muchalamage- noPi.
STORNOWAY, SEPT. 18.—A vessel of about 150 t 45, a$
ta
waterlogged, and abandoned, was passed, 17th ult.,
by the Jessie, arrived here.
DUNBAR, SEPT. 22.—The Lively, Denly, of and It, $ llyaa
Leith, drove ashore this morning upon the sands dura.„.oo3ecca'a
at N.E., but expected off without damage should the "to ('°o,4'
rate. The Antelope, Gordon, of this port, from Stettinos
been driven on shore four miles to the eastward, and
considerable damage, but is expected off.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET
e'
William May, a man of decent appearance, with h''.0-
eel
wa s charged with begging.
+r, to
Will Rainey, one of the constables belonging
Society, stated that about eight o'clock last evening, aosaraaa,ol.
soner beg of several gentlemen in Pall-mall. Witness .411,04
make a statement of his having m' t with an accident
ann, and that he had but just come out of the Westrajaca os
On searching him Is. I Id. in money was found in 1315 oft#oo
also a quantity of broken victuals. Oda ar
Sir. HARDWICK asked the defendant if he wished tp, aao.
in answer to the charge against him ?—The defendenaat to
true he was begging, as the constable had described, tiOlsela
he
duced to do so to make up a sufficient sum to purc7 o
lot
ing, being market morning, some fruit to sell about 006/
support in an honest manner his wife and two childreT,,eatl,
The constable said he had made inquiries, and had eln'e"
the prisoner had not been either an in or out patient I."' peeao
Hospital. e
The prisoner said that part of the representation ha,liao dodo
obtain charity was certainly false, but he was induced lase000:01
fact of his having just returned from transportation; gir )4, ,fif€l.oo
tented to seven years' banishment, but after serving Ir, Pi: De
half he obtained his discharge, and was returning „asit' ate",
family, whom he had left in London. When at Ports'''
4ipifr
his arm, and was obliged to go into the hospital there. bees 'alit
Mr. liattowicz asked how his wife and children hed. oft
while he was away from them ? The prisoner
worked far their rnaintena. cc Ito the best way she con"De a'? a,
ar j
td
The wife and the two children were brought torW 0. 0,0,
Their clothing, though ragged, was remarkably de la( ore,
child was a very fine-grown girt, about nine years 't, 01, pia ail
youngest a strong healthy boy, about seven. The lac aatetj,
ov. rked hard to support the children and herself, n' „ titeottaailAt
was:absent, and if he now could sell a little fruit Wu` tee ,aii`pe'
might manage to obtain a livelihood without troubliniftral e'er'
Mr. HARDWICK said that begging could not be pet hate
circumstances, but in this case the prisoner should +e-
of the circumstances under which he was placed. t• I'4
He was ordered to be discharged, with a caution 1-,7`
before the Court again.
The prisoner, with much emotion, expressed hi'
release. a
EAST INDIA H 0 USt v00%60
The Directors and Proprietors of the East India Detiee
terly general Court yesterday, in Leadenhall-street, fe' er
taking into consideration the petition of Akhoond Ilanerry s4'
Metaram and Dewan Marano, deputed to this aeu°4ol6 00.4'
A.meers of Sinde ; and also to hear certain charges Pr'
Lieut.-Col. Ovens, late Resident at Staters. Did
At twelve o'clock Sir Henry Willock, Mr. Hogg, rat ,a 1
be
derable body of the Directors, entered the theatre. Ar a.
Mr. Peter Gordon, the Proprietor, who, it will be rc clop
re, 0
already tested the power of the Court to elect its ovrflosee'
determined this day also to bring the question t°„ uot,', tP,
that view had taken the chair at least a quarter or 5'0,1 pied7otir
On the entrance, therefore, of Sir Henry Willock r,
scene of indescribable confusion ensued, the Chairra3aeOria. m •
Hon. Proprietor to vacate the chair, which the latter poo rooliritrie
ground that no chairman had yet been elected by the r• trine did
The officers of the Court were then called in, and de aloe,
lifted completely out of the chair, and placed ent"nottor,4.
more immediately used by the Directors. It we!„..so, Pee V
to hear amid the noise what was said by the Challa" OA 5e
or Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, who, with half a dozen oiea!'
_ar
ing at once, but as nearly as we could judge, the „4, ni"
was entering a protest against the proceedings. meg t'
Silence being somewhat restored by the clerk rean- tot e
of the last meeting, ‘a• 11,4„ire.,t0l
Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE then rose, and said that he. t "pir'poe;
on a question of privilege which involved in the to r the,ral,
vitality of that Court. lie was surprised to find that 15
vitality of that Court. lie was surprised to fled pld"1 0,1
had, on a previous day, reeived a rule I' urP°'collci a$P•
for many years esteemed obsolete, for the be
eluding the public from the gallery. NOW' saoW, sV,(sto
with a resolution. he would endoavonr t° sal 11,0 Y?
first place, that the rule Itself was worthies.s4l,
that even supposing it good, it did not apply to „.„.ery ta,4
Sergeant Gazelee) would be the very last to refuge 'had )er
the lion. Baronet who then filled the chair, but li,syrsoo Voril4
why he claimed it as a matter of right. Ho (31r* 'll it led sar'le+l
affirmed that the Hon. Baronet had no more rightApP' ,011'0P
It was claimed by the same rule which had heel id is-uat fie
to exclude the public, and he would ask why, i there? Jae, lwa ,
to one part of it, they did net respect it as a wat parrtod.„6!
that those who entrenched themselves behind thatsida,e)as 41:rtaecji
more rht to do so than they (the Proprietors e, it T,-ito • 15e, to
now ho would show from the bye-law itself, that Ina pogo
posed to the constitution of that Court, as eallival anle'eatcreon,
By the bye-law It was ordained that no Proprieteir.;aa Wad tVrgen
of stock to the amount of 5001., could be nerotaoij, rjeaoo
Court. But by the charter this was declared Lr4rocaoeraeva4
they were not bound to respect shad (T
,ach :„Eta„t.i,ol,al
then read the charter, which had no be pr V,' oor
This showed that every Proprietor load a right t0,,,,di0g ,rica carrel
what became of their bye-law about Proprietor! n:rietar pe:o
only being allowed to be present ? The Honadniost ne,oooolo 9eo
a case of a bye-law of last century, proaidm,gruatenttieo. rporto
holding an office of emolument under the Go, e, uteor!„,ol
Director, being decided against by eminent leaaaa, arlaaeo,arit a,
ground that no departure could take place frono
.i_aaariarn:tooaatei(
without en Act of Parliament. Under these corst:`; prilt)l,reu,
astonished at the xcsion of the public. D looe'rae °era' a
Directors doing so.e Inlu tkis free country it was Was in tn
rr
that deliberations of the kind which that Cour!: ad ja to
entering upon were open to the public. They
I;oaeedj;i'!",
think they would succeed in ma*, mg on their not t _
The people of this country, he was satisfied, As
would conclude by moving that the gallery a awe"
the public. r sittlah 01"
Frontlet°
Mr. Geoaae THOMPSON, and another 0160,10, sir
conded the motion. erectors ci.-, e Ayo
The CHAIRMAN said that he and the Daajeselvan ?cid la'?
desire that this debate should be conducted 3,l‘orapDarealalegeeof
the fact that such a course was adopt. d arose _ cs 0031.000
;Tale ei°
curnstance that on a late occasion a Proprietor rte
about town, Inviting the public to be Par -wito,
to
ae,,a,
of those notices many persons had asseinble"'„ea. A tot I,tie
the argument, had expressed their feeling
Cirefore feit or 01 ref, jor
down the displeasure of the Court. Ile th ajgatty,
duty to preserve the respectability anl scageane`nter...%;'ol
by acting upou the bye-law which the Lealeubt were e Cen.ele'
to. Upon that law he acted, and if anY (rfeur it to t1:0
its validity, the better phisl be to 1: cuair
00
who could also decide upon claim to toayie then° iatieo'
chairman of the East India Company. That' hear') the Pbyr,cei
the proper mode of settling these questions. 8
arpe.
Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON supported at som
fluty outs
a_ide ;Vs>
Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, on the ground of the tu,e:sa ouP 007:e.
When he came to the door of the theatre, na, „lane of Pere
that Proprietors holding 5001. stock should
at isow` cia, t
By what authority did they Put ? They 1t eotioef a 0 der
Why did they assume those Pon'erla nut airra...019.00
ther illegal. They had no snore right ‘a a•earive octie,,,,a,
than they had to come to his dwelliagtunt."eirdusien 1-""
his domestic comforts. He was sure such an

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