The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEI3RITARV 11, 1842.

Garvay, M. A , Independent, Kentish-town, Middlesex
Goulty, Mr. V.,lndependent, Brighton, Sussex
P. lethodist New Connexion, London
Green, S. St. Mary's, Newington, Queen's-place, Walworth
Goodly, Joseph, General Baptist, Leicester
Hyatt, Chartes Jatnes, Independent, Ebenezer Chapel, Mid-
..

and possessing, either in the shape of stock, or of this re-
served fund for future expenditure on stock, a full and ade-
quate representative of its original value. This small amount
of depreciation, the whole of the current expenses for the repair
of the stock, the maintenance of the way, and every other item in-
cidt nt to the working of the line, being charged in the traffic ac.
count, as shown in the annexed statements, there appears a balance
left of 81,207/. clear profit for the past half year ; and this sum,
with the net profit of the 4th of July last, gives exactly 9s. per
share dividend on each registered share in the undertaking, nearly
equal to five per cent on the present puke of these shares ; and a
result the less to hive peen anticipated when it is recollected that
not 18 miles of the whole line are yet opened for traffic, and that
no profit whatever has been realised by any of the other partial
openings of this kind. This dividend of 9s, per share, the Direc-
tors propose now to, declare payable, to those Proprietors of shares
who have duly paid up all the calls en the sth of April next.
The accounts of the general receipts and disbursements on capi-
tal account for the last half-year, are likewise annexed, and show
the detailed expenditure of the Company to the present time.
The Directors hare no reason whatever to suppose, that the
revised estimates of Mr. Braithwaite and Mr. Locke, in the hands
of the Proprietori, will be at all exceeded in the completion of the
line; or, as already stated, that the period of opening to Colehes.:
to will be delayed beyond the time fixed, if the requisite funds
continue to be at all times at their disposal, as required for the
works. But they must request the Proprietors to bear in mind
that whilst 56,000 of the Company's shares, and 56,000 of their
debentures, yielding jointly (at 33/. 6s. Bd. for each share and de-
benture) a capital of 1,566,666/: are at length in the hands pf
responsible solvent Proprietors, there are 8,000 shares and 8,000
debentures forfeited and nntssued, and in the hands of the Com-
pany, mostly with but small slims paid upon- them ; and that
the capital required for the entire completion of the Railway,
the stations, snd the whole of the working stock, is, as already
stated, 2,300,000/. Owing to the unexampled pressure on the
money market, the Directors. continue unwilling to dispose of the
forfeited shares on terms which they could with any due regard to
the interests of their Proprietors think of entertaining ; and they
have not succeeded in raising money on loan so freely and promptly
as they had hoped; and hence, looking to the earliest possible corn.
pletion of the line to Colchester, and the strict fulfilment of their
engagements to the engineer and his contractors, as their first and
paramount duty to their Proprietors, they have most attentively
considered what plan to adopt, for raising promptly and with cer-
dainty, such portion of the remaining capital for which powers
are granted to them by the Company's Acts, as is absolutely re-
quired by the works and other expenditure for the final completion
ot the undertaking.
To aide t new Shareholders, by disposing in the market of any
of the forfeited and unissued shares, on such terms as could be
obtained at present, would, your Directors conceive, be to sacrifice
most unwarrantably the interests of the present Proprietors; and,
as the remait.ing call of 2/. per share would be quite insufficient for
the object of providing funds for the completion of the under-
taking, they consider that the simplest and most expedient course
will be to raise these funds, in .shares, by means of the 300,000/.
authori.ed to be raised by the I.st Act. The plan which the
Directors propose to pursue in this issue of new shares, and which,
if approved by this Meeting, will be immediately submitted to a
Special General Meeting of the Proprietors for legal sanction, is Us
issue them rateably to all the Shareholders and Debenture holder's,
at the price of 61. 6s. Scl: each fel" a -similar share to those al.
ready calking ; such sear to be paid by instalments of 2/. ris. Sd.
on the sth of April, 2/. 'on the '4olof June, 21. on the sth of
August, and 21. on the sth of October. This issue rateably distri-
buted will yield in the' proportion of about one new share to
every holder of three shares or three debentures, or jointly three
shares and debentures ; and the Directors-propose to receive ten-
ders from the present proprietors of shares and registered holders
of debentures, for their rateable proportions, and for such further
proportions of any. new shares as may not be accepted on the day
appointed. Terse favourable terms will decide all the Shareholders
who can, to accept the new shares; and enable those who unfor_
tunately cannot, to realize whatever 'premium the state of the
market and prospects of the underaking may command. These
arrangements the Directors believe will fully provide fur all the
wants of -the undertakng, and they therefore pledge themselves
not to issue arty portion of the 16,000 shares and debentures in
the Comrisanyrchands without the sanction of a General Meeting of
the PlropTietors. They will at all times constitute an available
capital of great importance in case of need, without the necessity of
further application to Parliament. _ _

diesex
Hinton, J. H., Baptist, London
Hearne, Daniel, Catholic Priest, St. Patrick's, Manchester,

Independent, New Bread-street, London
HuLrgarhnyeeNsa,subEnilrlil'i
11a
si,°lndependent, Hollywell, Flintshire
Hill, William, A. C. LA., IVeolwich, Kent

Jones, John A., Baptist Gcrch Chapel, Brick-lane, London

Kluht, B. H., Independent, Twickenham, Middlesex
Kluht, William, Independent, Shelbourne, Derby
Katherns, D., Independent, Hammersmith, Middlesex
Lyon, W. P., Congregation, Albany Chapel, Regent's-park
Littler, Rev. R., Itidependents, London, Middlesex
Liege, Rev. Henry, Independents, Accrington, Lancashire
Lindsay, James' United Secession Church, Kilmarnock, Ayr
Leifaiki, Rev. Dr., Minister of Craven Chapel, London
Lowe, Rev.. Mr., Independents, Forfar, Forfarshire

Miall, W., Baptist, Shoreditch, Middlesex
Massie, James Wm., Congregationalist, Salford, Lancashire
Moore, Timothy, Baptist, Shadwell
Morgari, H.7'., Baptist Minister, Stourbriqge, Worcestershire
Aliall;* Rev. E., baptist, Newington, Middlesex
Meikle, James, A. C. L. A., Beith, Ayr
Edward, Independent

Newlyn, Peter, Independent, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucking-
hamshire

Olden, D. A., Independent, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Overbury, R. W., Baptist, 5, Wakefield-street, Regent-square

Pearson, Emanuel, Wesleyan, London
Peacock. —, Baptist, Geswell-road, London
Polk W. F., Baptist, Keppell-street, Ru,sell-square, London
Potter, J. P., Church of England, Notting-hill, Middlesex
Parsons, Benjamin, Lady Huntingdon's Community, Eccles,

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near Stroud, Gloucestershire
Peg,gs, J. Rees, Baptist, Ukeston, Derbyshire
Phillip, Robert, Independent, Maberley Chapel, Middlesex

Robberds, Rev. Charles W., English Presbyterians, Mansfield,

Notts
Read, Dr., Congregational, Hackney, Middlesex
Romani], Samuel, Independent, South Hackney, Middlesex
Robinson, John, Independent, Soho, Middlesex
Roberts, David, Independent, Zion, Anglesea
Renton, Henry, secession Church, Kelso, Roxburgh. •
Rodway, George W., Baptist and Sunday School Union,
City of Gloucester, Gloucester
Roaf, William, Independents. Wigan, Lancaster
Ransoin, Samuel, Congregationalists, Haekney, Middlesex

Skiing, Wm., Scotch BaptiitS,;;New BaJord; Notts
Sisling, John, Scotch RaptiAs, New Basfoid, NottS
Stamper, Thomas, Independent; Uxbridge, Middlesex
Styles, John, D.D., Independent, Clapham road, Surrey
Smith, S., Primitive Methodist=, Haelinadon, Lancashire
Smith, John, Independent, Woodbridge,Suffolk
Stokes, Wm., Baptist A.C. L. A., West Bromwich. Stafford
Stokes, Wm., Baptist A.C. L. A., Oldbury, Shropshire
Stevenson, Thomas, Baptist A,C.L.A., Leicester
Stevenson, John, Baptist, A. C. L. A., Southwark, Surrey.
Spencer, Thomas, Established Church, Hinton, near Bath
Staig, J: Methodist New-Com, London
Sta achan, J ~ A. C. L. A., Forfar, For farshire
Forfar,•Forfarshire

Thompson, Adam, Secession Church, Ilawick, Roxburgh
Thomas, David, Independant • Cheaham, Bucks
homas, Thomas, Baptist College, Pontypool, Monmouthsh're

Undo wood, William, Baptist Tabernacle, Praed-street, Pad-
dington, Middlesex

Vaughan, Robt., D.D., Independent, Kensington
Varty, Charles Fox, A.M., Independent, Hownslow

'Minton, W., Independent, Ponder's-end, Middlesex
Ward, James, Methodist Association, City of Worcester, West.

moreland
Williams, William, Independent, Honiton, Devon
Wright, William, Independent, Honiton, Devon
Wessley, George, Baptist, Devizes, Wilts.
Wells, James, Baptist, Borough-road, Surrey
Wade, Dr., St. Margaret's and St. John's, Vauxhall-road,

Sum.),
Wiffindon, Rev. Richard, Ingliamite, Todminster, Yorkshire
West, John,-Independent, Bethnal-green; Middlesex
Woodland, W., Woolwich, Kent
Young, John, Presbyterian, London
Young, John, Baptist, Andover, Hants

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

Owing td-the unfavourable state of the money market for soya-
ral mbnthi 'past, the Directors are unable at present to report any
deciskve progress respecting the formation of the Branch Lines
which they•anticipated ; but as all the preparatory steps for secur-
ing the interests of thi-S Company have been taken, the Directors
hope the•Tratfie of this Railway will ultimately receive a consi-
derable increase from these sources. The Thames Haven Rail.
way Is the' only line at present reported by its Managers to be in a
position to hold out any immediate prospect of completion ; and
the Directors hope that this Ruilway may, at no distant period, be.
"come a useful tributary to the Eastern Counties Line.

At the present meeting four vacancies occur in the Direction,
by the retirement of Samuel Anderson, Esq., Robert Crosbie, Esq ,
Robert Mather, Esq., and Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq., who are
however all re-eligible under the Act of Parliament.

High-street Shoreditch, 9th February, 1842.
ABSTRACT OF THE BALANCE-SHEET.
RECEIPTS.

The Deposits and Calls made amounted to £1,436,219 0 0
The arrears on the same 150,998 13 10

Making the amount paid up
Advances on future calls on 491 Shares 982 0 0
Instalments on Debentures;,... 464,239 13 4
Rent and Sale of Surplus Property and Old

The eleventh half-yearly' Meeting "Of the Proprietors of this
undertaking was held on Wednesday, at the Company's offices,
Shoreditch. Henry Bosanquet, Esq. (Chairman), presided.
The common seal of the Company having been affixed to the
register of Proprietors,
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings of the meeting by
raying that this was the eleventh time the Directors bad had
the pleasure of meeting their brother Proprietors in thig under-
taking. This Meeting eras a'most important one, inasmuch as
it had become requisite at this moment to rook their pecuniary
matters boldly in the face, and to• come to a resolution to em
'ploy some determined plan of raising the rest of the money
required in sufficient amount for carrying the railway to its
desired destination—the town df Colchester. The Directors
liad'givon the greatest possible consideration to the plan about,
to be submitted to the meeting, and which he believed to Le
an equitable, just; and easy plan of raising the money required.
There vas only one other subject which he would take the
liberty cf alluding to at this time, and he felt bound to notice
it because-he had suffered individually, and "the Company a* a r • Leaving a Balance 0f... X11,207 811
body, more than any body else ; and that-wins the extremel
ignorance under which the public laboured as to the nature of..- TO THE.. CUAIII.MA.N . AND DIRECTORS OF THE
I the traffic of the Eastern Counties Railway. It was ncci•isary ; EASIERIC cotricatEs RAILWAY COMPANY.
to be well understood that the profit to be obtained from the ,
Engineer's Office, Hare Hall, Feb. 7, 1042.
railway was not supposed to be derived from the direct line Gentlemen,—it is a source of great gratification to me to re_
alone, but the intermediate traffic was to be taken into eonsi- port to you, that notwithstanding the unfortunate weather to
dcration, as well as the advantages of coaches now on the road , which our works, in common with all other railways have been
being brought on to the line—as he firmly believed they ul- I subject, lam left with a perfsct conviction that I shall realise what
timately would. People, generally, were apt, from Ole- •' I have before had the honour of stating, that the completion of the
conceited prejudices, and other causes, to come to ' line to Colchester in the Autumn of the present year Will not be
a conclusion on certain mattev, and then to predicate deferred.
effects fiom supposed causer, and if the legitimate effects,of an The condition of seventeen of the eighteen miles of the line
undertaking did not immediately show themselves, other con- opened have left you reason to be satisfied With the stability of your
elusions were supplied in their stead erroneously. The pro- works, not having cost you one shilling in repairs beyond rhecon,
-duce of the last half-year had been 40,000/., and it would be tract maintenance. , The complete saturation, by. the • incessant.
,
only right to predicate when the railway was opened to Colches- wet weather, of the Gubbiug's Embankment, left much to be appre-
ter, when the Company would be able to show an immense i hended ; and I bad hoped a fair average of weather would have
amount of receipts. In conclusion, he trusted the Proprietors . enabled me to control the difficulties to which we were subject in
Would find by the Reports that would be read this day, that ! August last. I have, however, in this been somewhat disaPpointed.
the officers of the Company had all endeavoured to do their I But notwithstanding those difficulties, lam happy to say,that your
day iii their respective capacities. The Directors had indi- traffic has never beenimpeded, neither his there been the feast eausc
viduallylaboured to do their best, and the Manager had done for alarm.
all he could to save all the money possible, and in every way to I The means I have adopted to securethe permanent stability of
reduee the expenses of the concern.—(Hear, hear.) He this embankment, will, lam certain, meet with your concurrence,
trusted; finally, that it would be seen that the engineer had - particularly when you consideVbe paramount importance of con-
also exerted himself to the utmost, in his peculiar department, solidating it, preparatory to receiving the traffic of the Eastern
for the welfare of the undertaking.—(Cheers.) Counties, about to be brought upon the line. With the aid of
The Reports of the Directors and the Engineer were then moderately fine weather, we shall be able to render this part of the
read, as follows : i line quite equal to the rest.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Your contractors, with few exceptions, have done all that could
• In their last Report the Directors informed the Proprietors, that have been expected ; in some cases more so, considering the
the Contracts for the whole of the works had been let (with the ex. I weather. - Our most important works have progressed thus much,
ception of some of the stations) for the completion of the line to that I entertain not the slightest doubt, with sufficient funds .at
Colchester ; and that the opening'of the Railway for traffic to that your disposal, of completing the contracts within the times specified.
important town was confidently anticipated by the Engineer in the The Brentwood hill cutting, apprehended by some likely to be
autumn of the present year. Notwithstanding the peculiarly um. greatly protracted, lam happy to say has been so ditigently pursued by
favourable weather for every description of field operations, which the contractors, Messrs. Hills, that 5-9ths of the quantity contained in
has been experienced for some months past, considerable progress their contract has been already executed, leaving only 180,000
has been made with the works; and the Engineer continues to re. cubic yards to complete it.
port with great confidence that the completion of this part of the The remaining contracts have so far progressed, that the ex-
Railway by the time stated may befully relied tiPon•• This conchi_ treine quantity of earthwork to be carried in any one direction,
skin the Directors, from their periodical inspection of the works, either into embankment or to spoil, does not exceed 220,000 cubic
see no reason to doubt ; provided only that ordinarily fine weather yards, the whole of the excavations being of a favourable character.
should enstie,-Und that the requisite funds be promptly supplied. The only doubt I ever entertained (anticipating the ill effects of '
The most strenuous exertions of the' Directors and their Engineer the late unfortunate weather upon brick.making), was the pri ha. 1

Materials 21,143 12 6
Loans, &c 116,656 12 11

DISBURSEM ENTS

£1,888,242 4 11

wilt he directeef to push* forward the remainder of the linencutest'
work during the approaching season ; and the Directors trust that
the PreprietorS are about to realise those advantages which have
always been entieipated, on reaching so important a point as Col-
chester in the line of Railway communication between the Metro-
polis and the Eastern Counties. .
The excelleid condition and the small cost for maintenance of
way of that portion of the line already finished and opened to the
public, affords much satisfaction to the Directors. At a period
when, from the unprecedented wetness of the season, so many other
lines have severely suffered; the works on this Railway have been
maintained in the most efficient state, without any extra cost what-
ever, with the exception of a portion of the Gubbinge Embankment
between Romford and Brentwood, which, from the peculiar nature
of the soil and the circumstances that attended its constructian, has,
from the first, caused much trouble and inconvenience. To those
unacquainted with the nature of railway works this portion of the
line has often appeared in a rotigh and unsatisfactory state, arising
froni the operations necessary to remedy the land slips which have
occurred.' At rio-tinte, however, has the Engineer ever entertained
the-slightest apprehensions of any impediment to the traffic, or ex-.
pctienced any ditlieulty'in 'maintaining the rails at their proper
level, allotting the transit of the trains to be made with perfect se.
curity ; and had not the continued rains of the 'autumn and early
part of the wintef greatly retarded the engineering operations ncces-
surto remedy the land- slips and overcome the defects arising from
the nature of the soil at this point, this part of the IlailwaY would
long singe have hem perfected. The Engineer has shown more
fully the present state of the various works in his Report, to which
the Directors refer the Proprietors for further information.
From the traffic accounts for the last six months, which are 'an-
nexed, it will be observed that a steady and very considerable in-
crease in the receipts, above the corresponding period, for the lest
year, has been maintained. The total receipts for the half year
ending the 4th of January, amount to 02,5ee15., while in the corre-
sponding period of last year they amounted to 15,335 e only, show-
ing an increase of 7,0161, or very nearly 50 per cent. The last
sixteen weeks of these respective periods being more exactly
similar in their circumstances than the entire half year, and afford-
ing an unexceptionable comparision, show an average-increase or
234/. per week for the present year. In addition to an increase in the
te passenger traffic, there has been a considerable augmcntate en iii
the carriage of parcele, cattle, and merchandise, and the latter hi par-
ticular would have been very greatly increased, had not various
circumstances prevented the Directors availing themselres of floc
branch of revenue, but which impediments will be shortly re.
moved, when this description of traffic may be expected to assume
considerable importance.
It will be satisfactory also to the Proprietors to find that,
with a considerably increased revenue and traffic, the ordinary
disbursements have scarcely exceeded their former amount : and
there appears good reason to believe, that, from the capabilities
of the working stock, and the nature of time upper works of this
line, an increased traffic will by no means requirea correspond-
ing increase in the expenditure. In some departments, a ccnsi.
derable reduction has been effected, more particularly in the coP-
sumption and cost of coke, arising from various improvements,
, whim) the executive el-this Company has adopted; and this de-
partment of expenditure ;one of the most important in the
working of railways) wit', there is every reason to suppose, Un-
dergo considerable further reduction, when some of the nume-
rous experiments now making on this and various other rail.
ways, in the mechanical alterations of Locomotive engines, shall
be sufficiently tested to warrant their more general adoption. It
is right also to state that the regularity with which the trains
have performed their journeys, reflects much credit on the officers
of the Company. The average variation in the arrival of the
trains for the half-year amounts to four minutes and eight seconds
per train only, including the loss of time which necessarily occurs
in stetting the trains from the stations.
The whole of the engine and carriage stock of this Company has
conformity with the plan proposed by the
been carefully valued, in
Directors at the last half-yearly meeting, and now generally adopted
by well regulated railway companies ; and it is a satisfactory proof
of the continued efficient state of this stock, and of the moderate de.
gree of wear and tear it has yet sustained, that the depreciation,
calculated upon. these grounds, amounts to 352/. only during the
last half year. This amount, as part of the expense by means of
which the net profit of the half year has been obtained, is of course
charged against the receipts, and carried to the Depreciation Fund
Account, out of which heavy outlay for new stock will be met,
wherever it is required, without the risk, of interference with the.;
regularity of the tividends at any time; and which fund at all .1
times ensures the original capital of the Company in all its va-
rious branches, continued untouched by unwarranted dividends,

The total amount of the expenses incurred up
to July 4, IS4I, amounted-to £1,651,431,13 9
And from July 4, 1841, to Jan-4, 1842 1; 6,19 S 5 5
Leaving a Balance of 10,312 5 9

lii the Traffic- Dcpartincnt the Receipts for

£1,555,24•2 4 11

the Half-yearcommencing July 5, 1841, ware X 22,551 19 6
The Expenses during the same period .were 11,344 10 7

1 ble scarci'y of bricks, 60,000,000 being required for the works be.
twoen Brentwood and Colchester. This apprehension has been re_
moved in the precaution you have been pleased :to take, by thc
contracts into which you have entered, securing the making of
several millions of bricks. This will enable us to proiecute the
necessary and early operations of such works, Which would other-
wise hate seriously rota "ded our earthwork.
Your Engine House, so far as the weather would permit, has
progressed, though slowly; but I am confident, by the Ist of
May next, it will be ready to receive the Engines. Nearly all the
requisite tools and machinery have been ordered, the greater part
of which are completed, and ready for erection, which will be done
when the building is roofed in.
The vexatious impediment to the completion of a portion of the
London Terminus, created by the parish authorities of Spitalfields,
1 am happy to say is entirely removed by the decision of the Courts
to whom the questions were referred. I have given instructions
that no time shall be lest in completing so important a part of the
t undertaking to render it in a fit state to receive the daily increasing
traffic, as well as fur the accommodation of fhe public.iJ
For the detail of the works, I beg to refer you to the subjoined
appendix.—And 'I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your
obedient Servant, ' . JOHN BRAITHWAITE.
Contract 22—Brentv, °ad Hill-1162,883 cubic yards of earth
haveliee4 run to spoil, leaving only 180,000 cubic yards to com-
plete the same. Tlic Walley Bridge Pit will be commenced the
taut; era of the present mouth. . '
Coati-act 12 —From the Hill at Shenfield Common 1'20,000
cubic; yards have been lUD to spoil, leaving only 180,000 yards to
carry to Embankment. Also 30,800'yards from the Mountoess.
ing Hill,. 'leaving only 95,000 'to complete. The Chain River
Bridge is carried up springing high, and the materials are on the
ground for the Hutton.roact Bridge. .
Contract 12 A—From the East End of Shenfield 190,000
cubic yards have been, excavated, leaving only 107,000 yards to
carry to Embarkment. The arch of the Hutton Turnpike.road
Bridge which was reinoved, has been re.bitilt, the centres struck,
and the Railway completed and opened to the public. The Hutton 1
Parish Ito id and Seholey's Occupation Bridges, with Olin's cul- 1
vert, are all complete, except the parapets.
Contract 13—At Mountnessing 59,000 cubic yards have been
rim into I] nbankmmt. Burnt House Lane Bridge as also Culverts
B and I are complete,
Ho use Double
—C Culvert rt
excavation
Just i c
freo'sr. Bridge
the
lVi 'dContract 13 A—At Margaretting 40,000 cubic yards have been
pr
remains. c he s .
run into Embankment. Culvert E is complete. The Slough.
nearly so.
the same, the River Bridge, with the exception
of* the parapets.ti.
vitfohrditsHialPl
teiCnog" itiroalcvtT
complete.l4 The Contractors wilt immediately now re-
sume active operations; but little progress has been made at tot
yfaorrettatilnigastfintigll.
KAilivigurt a quarterew,sßridge
will
a ilbemciolen);lfettas
completed
hrEoya:dtthieosrtirmeMaedarg the embankment reaches it.
Contract 11,—.The piers and abutments of the Widford Turn
pike 411 the -
Road Bridge are up to the springing line. stonework
for the imposts and voussoirs are on the ground, and the greater ii
part
,is ballasted, and the Con.
tractors are preparlug to Jay the permanent way. This will enable
them to carry on the remaining earthwork early to completion.
Contract 15—The foundations of the Cann Viaduct have been
sadly impeded by the floods; but active operations are now resum-
ing. The foundations of the Duke-street Bridge, with thirteen
piers of the Viaduct, are carried up to the Ptynth. The Chelmer
embankment has been carried over Bishop's Hall Bridge, and the
road nearly ballasted to receive the permanent rail. The Broom..
field-road Bridge being also built, locomotive engines will now be
eardloyed to ei.inplete the embankment. The arches of the Chet-
mer River Bridge will be turned and completed in about a fort..
night. At Pinsint's.lane Bridge the Mitres are fixed and the arch
will be immediately turned.
Contract 23—At Boreham the Mill Head Bridge is carried up
to the springing ; the centres are_being fixed preparatory to turning
the arches. The earthwork is sueciently forward to insure an early
completion of this contract.
I Contract 24—At Hatfield Peverell 6.4:000 cubic yards have been
excavated from the Toppinghoe-hall Cutting, and 58,000 from the
Job's.wood Cutting have been carried into embankment. Topping- i
hoe Hall Bridge is coMplete. . Divibond's Occupation Arch and
Culvert nearly so,
endithcaevSaltiion
;Still Head
foread theß rid
Tgeeriis4 Road Bridgerarried up ready
have
yfvoer
the centering. centering. Thecommenced.
,
„, Contract - .IJ-40,000 cubic yards have been carried into the
_Withan Embankment, leaving 180,000 yards to complete. The
piers and abutments of the Mill Stream Bridge are up springing

high, also at the Bridge at Blunt's Hall. The Diversion Road at
Chipping Hill is complete, and a temporary bridge erected to arable
the earthwork to be continued during the building of the perma-
nent bridge.
Contract .26 In consequence 'of the refusal of Messrs. Ritsons
to execute this contract, it has been re.lct to Mr. George Withc.i,
who is'in possession of several part;; of the properties, and-who is
preparing for active operations.
Contract 27—At Kelvedon the Blackwater River bridge hart
Taring sheet piling, the operations for which having been con-
; the whole of the foundations re-
been a source of much trouble
stantly impeded by the floods. The arch which the contractor
persisted in turning contrary to repeated instructions without a
proper abutment, which fell down, has been removed, snd the cen-
tres reinstated ; when the weather permitsthe arches will be turned
to enable the earthwork to proceed. Roller-lane-bridge, with
the exception of the parapet, is complete. The West Cutting has
not been forwarded, it being nearly all ballast.
Contract 28---.,The Contractor is leading on materials prepara-
tory to commencing operations, which will be carried on vigorous;y.

Contract 29—At Stanway 64,000 cubic yards have been carried
in to embankment over Stanway Bridge, which is coMplete, and ma-
terials are on the ground waiting only the weather.
Contract 30—At Lexden 53000 cubic yards have been exca-
vated from East Hill and carried westward into Colne embankment,
leaving about 1:11,000 yards to complete. *.
Contract 30 A-- At Lexden 65,000 cubic yards have been car-
ried eastward from the West Hill to the Colne Embankment,
20.0.000 yards to complete. One abutment with Five
Piers of the Colne Viaduct have been carried up to the springing,
the remaing pier and abutment have been commenced. The earth.
wort at the eastern extremity of the Hill near Colchester is also
carrying into embankment.
The(abundance
the fencing b
e st b
.throughoutl
been erected. Scveral miles of the Line are now being ballasted,
the whole of these works has
last having been obtained) preparatory
to receiving the permanent rails, which are now being delivered
necessary
of
upon the several Contracts.

JOHN BRAITHWAITE.

Mr. RATHEONE--I think that if the- Honourable Proprietor
had not bben very little acquainted with railways, he vvotild
hlte known that such a doubt as that he has expressed with
reference to the declaration of a dividend, could not have been
entertained. There has been hardly any Compahy that has
been able to carry out its entire object without making a divi-
dend. It is the practice of all railways in England,
a,d I hope the Honourable Proprietor will satisfy him
self on that point. Nothing has so much impeded the
prowess of ihis railway as those vexatious and harrassing
legal praceedlngs with which- we have Aawen connected, but,
which have turned out contemptously and unsuccessfully to the
parties bringing them forward, in every Court of Law to which
they have been carried.—(Cheers.)
The'resOltition was then put and carried unanimously, -
It was then agreed that the following Gentlemen, viz.,
Samuel Anderson, Esq. • Robert Crosbie, Esq. ; Robt. Mather,
Esq. ; and 'FfieodOre Rathbone, Esq., be re-elestecl Direc-
tors of tt e Company.
Mr. Caircztrof it. (Colchester), asked if the site of tha sta-
tion at Colchester had been fixed upon? .
.•
Mr."Biv,irritwArrE replied that there was no intention, of
crossing the North River.
Mr. CATCHTOLE then stated that a meeting of the inhahi-
tants of Colchester was about to be held on the subject, and he
wished to know 4hetber, in the event of a deputation from the
Board of Directors being invited to attend that meetir.g, the
request would be granted?
Mr. BRAITHWAITE replied that the question had been
mooted several times; and he had, he thought, said sufficient
to show the impracticability of carrying out that object.
With respect to the North Bridge, Colchester, there had been
for some years a great difficulty, amounting almost to an im-
possibility, of raising the amount of 2,0001. to put it into a state
of repair. Now it would cost '230,000/. to carry the railway
over the bridge; and if so much difficulty oxisted as to the
raising 2,0001., how was it likely that the greater sum of
230,0001 could be raised ? It would not be long before the
railway would be carried to Harwich, and that would be suffi-
cient to supply the town of Colchester, the terminus being at
Harwich.

Mr. DENNEY (Coggeshall) ihen rose, and asked how it was
that Mr. Braithwaite, the Engineer, had been going round in,
the county of Essex to condemn the bricks used in the viaducts,
and afterwards allowed theist to be used?—( Hear.) It was, he
contidered, a disgrace to the managers of the railway to allow
the work to..be proceeded with whensuch bricks were employed.
MI. BRAITHWALTE, in answer to the question, stated that
be had condemned a great many lei icks, as he considered it his
duty to do, as regularly o 3 any party supplied them.—( Cheers )
He was exceedingly obliged to Mr. Denney for having called
his attention to the subject as he had done; and on receiving
information that such bricks were being used he went to' the
spot, and found that the bricks he complained of were not actu-
ally employed. All the bricks that he hadcondemned had beers
carted away at the price of fifteen shillings per thousand, and
in many instances when any objectionable bricks remained,
thee had b. en, by his desire, broken up in order that they
might not be used. It was known that all contractors would
employ had bricks if they could do so by stealth.—( A laegh.)
However, to 'weren't: any cause of complaint in This respect,
he hart exercised a constant vigilance ; but still he-could not
entirely-pretent the. practice. The question to which he was
now repiving, would liave Nine better from-a different
.pereon
than the gentleraan sho had pat it; for it had appeared upon
an investigation thet hail been -mute, that tt ere was some
difference of opinion between the contractor, Mr. Wise, and
Mr. Denney.
Mr. D'ENNEy—I never spoke to him in my life.
Mr. BRAITHWAITE continued—And he was exceedingly
Surprised to find that it arose from Mr. Wise's refusal to take
the bricks from that gentleman. L-( Hear, hear.) He had dur-
ing his connection with the Company endeavoured to employ
his time to the interesti of the undertaking—( Hear)—and he
had never compelled the contractors to purchase bricks of any
one party in particular, who might send an inferior material,
which the contractor would be compelled to use. He had been
compelled to condemn many thousand bricks, and he regretted
that Mr. Wise had not been ab'e to come to terms with Mr.
Penney for his bricks.
Mr. DENNEY—I am a brick-maker, not a seller. Mr. Wise
came to me about some bricks, and I told him 1 never made
any bricks to sell, but-to use. 1 believe that not one thousand
condemned bricks have been carried away from the place to
which I allude, near Colchester ; and if these bricks are em-
ployed, the whole viaduct will before long,have to come down
again. I have gone by the place every week, and seen thou-
sands of bad bricks there.
Mr. WILKES (Shenfield) was confident that the Direc-
tors had done their dutye-(Hear, hear)—and he believed
that if Mr. Braithivaite's own brother had offered to the
Company any bricks unfit to use they would object to
them,—(llear, hear.) he believed th t both Mr. Braith-
waite and the managing Director were men of integrity and
honour, and as such lie would rely upon them; but when he
could no longer do so he would be ready to giVe his vcte the
other way.
It was then moved and seconded that the Report of the Di-
recteve, with the balance sheet annexed, be received and
adopted; and that it be` printed and circulated with collies of
the Engineers' Report.
J. C. Coaeoen, Esq., of Ipswich—There is one •
very im-
portant point I wish to refer to with respect to the Report. You
know, Sir, that I, as well as several others in the district to
-which I belong, have taken. great interest in the railway on
former occasions, but I find that in the Reiter ty-eu do not adv ert to
any intention of carrying the line beyond Coleln;ster. I may fairly
ask that question now, because this is a very important period,
when you are about to declare a dividend.- The CoMpany
have given notice of a deviation line, or branch line, which
would diverge the line froin the originally contemplated line.
Now I may fairly ask, whether the Directors have-- abandoned
,r te h se pr
upo
the intention of going beyond the originally projected line
to Colchester ?
r It
purpose is
of
not mentioned in the Report, but at a
former meeting it was stated that the money then to be raised
was f,
completing the line to Colchester. It
is well known that many of my friends became interested in
the railway, solely because it was to go beyond Colchester ; not
for any private car pecuniary advantage of their own, but with a
view of improving the particular disirict to which they belong.
T. W. Rertieoere, Esq.—The time for the conside-
ration of that . question will be when we are in a con-
dition to take the line to-. Colchester.—( Hear, hear.)
Our anxious wish is to extend it far into the eastern coun-
ties,-and our best endeavours will be directed to promote th'at
object. We now propose to complete the line to Colchester,
and then to consider the propriety of raising any further sum,
which, at prevent, is entirely out of the question.—(Hear. )
I.et us reach Colchester and realise a dividend ; let us establish
ourselves in the estimation in which we now stand ; and then
surely, it will be time to consider what, we shall do further.
Mr.• COBBOLD—I shal perhaps meet with very. little sym-
pathy here--(A laugh)—nevertheless, I trust I shall stand ex-
cesea for a-king the question; not on the part of myself, but on
account of the district with which 1 happened to be connected.
A DIRECTOR—No doubt of. it. • „
• Mr. COBBOLD I have no right to expect an answer,but still
1 trust it may be considered that I. have a right to ask the
question. 1 should not have asked the, question had it not
been -somewhat confidently stated that the Directors had aban-
doned the intention of going beyond Colchester, and I only ask
whether such is the fact ?
'Mr. RATHBONE—I Can answer that question decidedly in
the negative.—( Cheers.)
Mr. Coneoeo—That is so far satisfactory, but I believe
there was a very general impression in my district, that they
had done so. There is only one other remark I wish to make,
though not with any desire of raising a discussion. The sub-
ject to which Iwish to allude, involves a very important ques-
tion connected with the carrying on of the line. It is a gues--
lion at present undecided as tq the legality or liability of the
Directors to carry on the line, or as to the power of the Com-
pany to divide the profits until they have completed the under-
taking. Now, the Directors propose to make a dividend, not:
having completed the undertaking ; and a. portion of the un-
dertaking, I gather from the answer of the Vice-President, it
is very probably their intention to abandon.—(No, no.)
They have not expressed so much, but we have heard nothing
to encourage us to suppose that they will not do so, by the
faint manner in which that gentleman has .expressed
himself. Now, it will he rendered necessary to bring
that question to issue. I will Oa willingly, or
knowingly, be a party to any proceeding whatever, fairly
stating that such a proceeding might- ensue, and I trust I
may be excused from whatever consequences may arise in the
event of the Directors proposing to go on with the declaration
of a dividend under the circumstances in which the line is
placed. I have the honour of knowing several gentlemen who
sit around the table, and when the project was broached in my
immediate county, it was stated by the gentlemen in that dis-
trict who agreed to embark in the undertaking, that they did so
'without any-view of making it a speculation for their own pri-
vate advantage, but solely because it opened a prospect of ad-
vantage to their locality, to which they believed the rails ay,
was likely•to be beneficial ; as lam sure it will be to whatever
locality it goes through.—(Loud cheers.) It was our
anxiety to see the work carried out. We are not
railway proprietors or adventurers, but we said we had
no objection to give one thousand pounds or two, without any
hope orreward, except that which should fairly accrue to the
undertaking. It is not to be supposed that we are unable to
form a judgment as to the probability of its success, but we
did not join it at all for any advantages except to our locality.
Fortunately, probably, for our district, our subscription is very
small. Ido think that the Company, whether they have or
have not any fair hopes of carrying the line through, ought, at
all events, to put those Proprietors in the district with which
lam connected, in the same position in which they found
them. That is all I ask f,c. I know I may be mixed up in
some odium with other parties, who have published proceed-
ings which I altogether condemn ; but whether it is so or
not, I will say that I have never been a party to
any proceedings, without having fairly stated to what extent 1
participated therein.—( Hear, hear.) I have attended this
meeting- quite by accident, for when I came to town it was
with no intention of being present at this meeting.. I say now,
that I think the Directors ought to put the Proprietors of our
district in the some position in which they found them, by
taking their shares out of their hands.—(Laughter.) 1 am•
quite prepared for that reception.—( Uproar, . and cries of
" Order" ;from the Chairman.) lam quite happy to be able
to contribute at all to your amusement.
' A-Dtaecoort—Shares and land too ?—(Laughter. )
Mr.- COBBOLD—NO. •

Mr. CATCHPOLE-7 hen, if such a requisition was to come
from the meeting, it would not be entertained by the Board?
Mr. BRAITHWAITE—I shall be ha?py to attend and give
any information in my power if it is the wilt of the. Directors.
The CHAIRMAN—It will be our wish also.—(Cheer3.)
Mr. STOKES said, that -on two of the contracts close to Col-
chester, he understood, from information he could not doubt,
there was a system adopted of paying the labourers by tickets.
Mr. Braithwaite, on being informed of it, had given notice for
it to be discontinued, but he (Mr. Stokes) had been assured
than no longer ago than last week the practise had been con-
tinued, and the workmen thereby deprived of one fifth part of
their wages, the consequence of which was, that the good
workmen became disgusted arid dissatisfied. He wished to
know whether the pram ice was continued with the knowledge
and approbation of the Directors ? _

Mr. BRAITHWAITE regretted in common with the Honour-
able Proprietor that the practice he complained of did exist,
but he.had- done everything he possibly could-to suppress it,
by bringing- the parties forward, and exposing them before the
MaAistrates. He was sorry to say that the pirectorslad not
the power of putting the system -down, owing, he feared, to
the defieiency .of the law. On that point there had been a
correspondence with the Home Secretary, but it still appeared
that he law was .inadequate., 'When the parties were taken
13- for the "Magistrates `for punishment, all that could be ob-
tained from the the du,tices was, "bentlemen, we do not see
how we can interfere "

Mr. STOKES--I regret the Directors have not the power
of sopping this moat iniquitous practice, which is doing great
injury to the Company.
Mr. BRAITHWAITE—There is no contractor who is not
bound by most stringent clauses not to practise such a system.
Mr. STOKES—Then why do you not interfere ?
Mr. BRAITHWAITE—We have dismissed the parties, and
taken them before Magistrates.
Mr. STOKES—WiII you dismiss the contractor.?
Mr. BRAITHWAITE—DecidedIy so, if we trace it to the
contractors.
The CtratamAN—We have done all we can.

Mr. RATHDONE—If the Ma.istrates say there is no law to
stop it, what are we to do?
In reuly to a question from Mr. Wilkes. Mr. COPLAND said
the tithe due to the parish of Shenfield had been paid, and that
none had been paid to the parish of Springfield, because none
was due.

A Note of thanks was then unanimously awarded -to the
Chairman and Directors, and it having been acknowledged by
the Chairman, the meeting separated.

PEEL'S NEW SLIIIIING•SCALE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR.-1 send you herewith a copy of a requisition which is now in
course of signature in the City. of LondOn, requesting the Lord
Mayor to call a public meeting to consider the subject the ein stated.
I have, fur the last right years, taken no part in the political
warfare which has been raging between the two great pasties in the
State.
I have long been convinced that the struggle is but a contest for
power, for place, and for pelf; that, in short, the two parties are
both " tarred with the same brush."
Common humanity, to say not a word about Christianity, calls
upon every man, every woman, and every Child in the United
Kingdom, to stand forth and appeal to our Most GRACIOUS Sove-
reign to save her FAITHFUL and LOYAL peop'e from STARyAno:vI
I am, .Sir, your obedient servsnt,
JOHN NICHOLSON.

15, Fecchurch,ctreet, Feb. 10,1842,

" Feb. 10. 1842.

" TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR

that its spite of all the diffi-
- The"CtiAtirmAx—l happen to be the party alluded to as
redlye.ul ti e s throwndoe legal and otherwise, of various
hiving appealed to your locality six or seven years ago ; and it
sappinearouit.o,ra;.,
characters, and • too numerous to specify, we can say
it -as men of honour 'and of character, that we have
I done well to get down even as far as we have.—( Hear. ) We
cannot. do impossibilities —we cannot .make railroads
go
without money.—(Cheers..)
You may
Bench for a mandamus to compel us to make to the Queen's
a railway to the
1 mono, but we cannot make it.--(Laughter and cheers,) We
liave.legal matter enough in ilan4' for not a day passes Viithout
the newspapers containing accounts of some law proceedings
in w
Every day the- lawoers in town
hich
and country are pecking at us. 1 will pay Mr. Cobbold the
Compliment of saying, he is no party to them--(Hear,
hoar)—deal I believe he occupies a very respectable
1 ,ortion among the aristocracy of Suffolk and Norfolk ; but it
.1-Mulct be remembered that in the county of Lancashire we have
obtained some hundred thousand pounds, while we have only
his thousand. It should also be remembered, that our ohjeet
is to carry 'commerce to an immense district of England, and I
ask that gentleman to do to one man what he would have one
man do to another. Let us carry this resolution, and I will
pledge myself to do my best endeavour to carry on the railway
as far as we can with competent means. I throw myself en-
tirely on the Henourable Proprietor.—(Cheers.)
Mr. COBBoLD.—The good humour of the gentlemen at the
table have stopped me for the moment in what I was about
to say. I had no intention of saying anything to excite
any unpleasant feelings in the mind of any indivi-
dual. I think it fair to say., that throughout the
whole proceedings of this company tuiere has been a great
mystification. Neither myself or my friends have done an
3- to depreciate the value of the shares ; neither myself O.;
My friends have ever sold a single share since the undertakin,
commenced, even though the shares have been depreciated'.
We have held them upon
.the principle upon which we took
them, and have taken advantage of no circumstance whatever.
Some friends of mine said they were quite certain that the de-
bentures would come out at a great premium, but we said that
if they yielded 100 per cent. profit we would have nothing to
do with them. We stand on the principle of having no desire
to make
money by the concern, and I hope we stand ex-
cused, although the course we have taken, in some instancsmay , not have been accepeal.,le. For those who have'
suffered in their fortunes, according to their invest mertq I ,feel„
curry, and I should feel equally. sorry at ally, ),,,,ponen;ent' ot
any thing that was advantageous to them. I have no wish to
say anything to give offence, and I hope that nothing I have
said will bear that interpretation. . . -

" My Lord,—We, the undetsigned Liverymen, citizens, and
householders of the City of London, request that your Lordship
will be pleased to call a public meeting in our Guildhall, to take
into consideration the neceskity, of presenting a petition to the
Queen, and to consider ,wln,ther it may be thought fit to petition
either the House of Commons or the House of Lords, telative to
the proposed measure of Sir Robert reel on the Corn:laws."

TO THE LDITOR OF THE SUN.
Office of the Birmingham Anti-Corn-law Association,
Colman-row, Birmingham Feb.,9, 184-
, SIR,—We have this day withdrawn our petition for the total
and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provision.laws, and after
lying nine days for the public approbation and signature, without
any exciting impulse whatever, we have already about fifty-two
thousand names appended. Will Sir Robert—will 'Wellington
or Buckingham—will the whole band of monopolists put together,
dare to treat this petitlen,with disdain and silence P I think not.
J. S. LAUDER, Secretary.

LONDON!
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, ISI2.

ORNING SUN

~1

ci
through a wooden corset board, and tLreugh the stett 11010
entering the left ventricle of the heart. ThO -gland vi ' folo
man, horrified at this dreadful scene, r out, e
an the
lowed by Mrs. Adams,• who went iT.to a porter-ho.'
cornier Amity-lane and Wooster-street, where she die,
very few Minutes.
The examination of Nicholas Biddle and others on a chatir
of conspiracy arising out of their connecti2 with the Bank
the United States was cn the 13th ult. belTre the Recorder
Philadelphia. All the prisoners" were present in the
The crowd was very great; as the curiosity of iii
auditory was intense to In ar the developments
re.
this interesting proceeding. The examination was 0.
sumed on the afternoon of the 14th. The t ours, after
-raining.one witness, adjourned to the next day. Mr. Th°P;
S. 'Laylor, the present cashier of the United States Bank,:_,.
the princical witness examined, and h.' produced alarge nut_
the
of receipts and ;nose memoranda respecting the business of.",
Bank, signed by and others, the object in proda"lt's
which was to inculpate to prisoners.
S R-9 L"1 Psi
AND •
IV 11 ilia eliattitii.
rugs way re:td."
The Su?'
The French Ministei ial Rail way project, alluded to in The
of yesterday, is the subject of comment in all the Paris roc
papers. The Court organ, the Debats, writing of it, says Two
Government plan is simple, but it is grand in its simplicity' fro,
arteries, crossing each other at Paris, will be laid down frown
tie
tier to frontier. One from the south to the north, or from tiwo
the
diti.•rranean to the North Sea ; the other from the north-eastv tithe
at
south-west, or from Strasburg to Bordeaux and Nantes. /
speaking of the commercial advantages of this arrangement, oar
arc evident, who can be blind to the national unity of the Plant;
in a military sense, who is not struck with the facility op"
be given for the momentary concentration of our brave regii:d for'
and transporting them rapidly to our frontiers, if, which 60 Noo',
bid, the genius of war should once more dominate in EurePe; the;
docs not ewnprekend that the line of the Mediterranean to to.
North Sea, Is;,•ich is a kind of bridge between Great Britailii,
the
Mediterranean, am: India, will make us, to a certain cite rt
suzerains of Englishcoi:merre•
i5.ar5,„2;311.116.E7.1TT.A.P.T. HlOO
. In the Lords the Marquis or Normanby's Buildings
peilen eg-otei.,
Bill was lead a second time, after it few objections had '
„a
to it by the 'Marquis of Salisbury, a 0:
The A ppropriatiou Act Amendment Bill was also
.'.
;
second time. °I
: In the Commons, • Lord John Russell announeed that
propose an amendment to condemn the sliding scale of
beet Peel's Corn law scheme. 00'
Mr. Mark Phillips is to mr.ve for all the correspondence„ 0100
to the true hill for a criminal offence which has been fOlin"
11t
Lord Ashburton.
Dr. Bowring called the attention of the House to t h
4-e critt
misrepresentations of Mr. Mott concerning Bolton, and ,Icd
the great distress whin] existed there. The papers be ID"
to illustrate his statements were granted. chic' e
Mr. Brotherton's motion not to commence business
opposed, after twelve o'clock, unless one hundred Meniber ;
present, was lost by 200 to 26. • 4' die ljg
Lord J. Russel.'s. motion for copies of the letters o ;fel":
President, and the Chief Justice of the Queen's Berle, (str,
resigning their offices, was lost, after a smart debate, by to'At
The Noble Lord showed that these Judges had retained tuti-atti.'7le
sometime after they were unable to perform their duties, tf cosh;
might secure the appointment of Tories. The jot, .Wadt't '1
defended by the party for whose interest it was perPetr'.
tstg.,
House rose before Nine o'Clock. -of
EGCX, SIEAST/C.A.X. Ti4s°
The Irish papers generally assert that Dr. O'Brien, '-
Cork, and son-in-law of the Chief Justice of the 421,6'61'°
wil! be the head Bishop of Ossory. 5
ATEI
MONEY MARKET and -CIT
CITY, THURSDAY EvEP:aar;
The position of Texas and Mexico, towards each t. 0
is one in which many pa,,-,'ies here feel a 'deep intere't.to 'l4;
letters from Mexico prognosi"-4;ate a war between the ,i 5
publics, every possible preparation being
pose. Vessela have been purchased', iron St e° to snot
made for tiler, 0,
building, and an -action at sea was exfit'gted sin3ilanir ;gilt
yo
of San Jacinto by land. Before it may be too late' I.eSs:'',oll
the mediation of England, which has recognigea
employed to some advantage ? Those conversant 14
American affairs have some hopes that it, would.
..rt
The disappointment felt in the .City at Sir
rentable Corn-law plan, is, to use a hacknieu...,,,eft
" easier imagined than described." Many parties,
the Premier in politics, sanguinely anticipated soraet tiot
ter than this front him ; and are heard to declare, ithsl;tr
Robert, whom they at least took for an able man, ire'
original ideas in his head. has sunk 50 per cent. in
mation, by so common-place and stale a proposition. 100090
English Stocks closed rather better. Consols for
tier 13,
89 to 89k, and for the Account at e9h to 89k. Exchegf.jalff4
were 21s. to 245. premium. Neva Three-and-a-
Cents. were 98* to 981. India Stock got up to
afire ty
Stock to 168 k. ttr6,sl'e,
The Foreign Stocks were also rather better' Ptortas
Peninsular Bonds, Spanish being 21k 25, and
326 t,Mexican were rather fiat.
The Share Market was neglected.
(From The Sun of Lost:Night.)
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 9. --iThC:h. 113 -
Cotton to-day amount to 3,000 bales toile with trade, "-
n 5 C'l
-- e•
t
market... Prices remain at Fi iday's quotations.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET. FEB. 9.-The
at the Stock Exchange this day have been to a e°,‘-urgbro#
extent, comprising—Eastern Counties, 87;
`
Glasgow, 45*; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 2.'"„' •W;00
Junction Half Shares, 92;:1- ; Chester and Cre,„11,1100"
Great Western, Half Shares, 59%; Fifths, 91:;
fa'ite'
Birmingham, 172!! ; Quarter Shares, 35k.
10
MANCHESTE 1L STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 9 O ur ,
to-day is rather gloomy ; and though few trans,ac
taken place,_ prices continue much the same. ouiet,l3;o,▪ 1
been done in Bristol and Exeter, at 36:4-; and Distr‘erd,
104 Manchester and Leeds arc rather more freely 0' yep
may be protect at 75% to 76. StePf
The news brought by the arrival of the packet sPrn
at
a
Whitney, at Le7erpool, from New York, will be.ft'u
other part of The-C/In.
By the arrival of the: Detnerara packet at Deal, -°
tothet,
ceston, Van Diemen's Land, Hobart Town papers ipe
August, have been received at the North and South
Coffee-house : • f the reY
HOBAAT TOWN, Auc. 26.—L-2 consequence P d floor,"
intelligence from Sydney the pric,l of wheat 'an Whe'
drooped considerably ; fine flour at tli& mills 20/. Ar
to Bs. 6,1 per bushel. serial I?(1
The English Securities opened without ait'Y
tion from the closing prices of yesterday:
Stock to the amount of 30,0001. took place this - snceo'
had little effect upon the Market. Cons° 15„,„! „repo psr off.,
Money ; and. 89, buyers for th 3 Account.
Reduced are 894 4 ; Exchequer Bills are firm at th7t
The principal business doing in the Foreign .M.-"'(Aeltesiit;ji
in Spanish Securities, and a further advance • has
The Active Stock is now 25k ; Passive, 5k 4; Defer' .
Portue Fies, 321 ; ditto, Threes, 19 pont'
The D uesutchv mail has arrived. The Fiv k.
e per 'l5l 1°
'lOl 15-16, and the Two-and a-Half per Cents'io, 1,0,t
Exchanv on London two months 12 2k, Cash I‘2 'l5 asery
The English Stock Market has improved. C,,,°ll,sl,",eiltie'
89k foiMoney and Account; Bank Stock 168; K 45- fel',
21s. to 235. prem., and India Bonds ss. to 75. .40,10'2
Spanish Active Stock continues firm at 25, ivie'rn"
,ttoP
are rather flat at 31%, Portuguese Fives are 32/*""' 1,4%
and-a. Half per Cents. 514 k. itP
Very little doing in' Shares, the following are:, Cr Pit
lions ;—Birmingham arid Derby, 58 ; Ditto and 44'1 /
19*; Great Western, 85k; London and Brighton,;olo°'
and South Western, 60*; York and North 3-1'
Ditto New, 31k. -
NCid
S PORTING IN TELLIGD 11(41
TATTEHSALL'S—XEsitarair.
gt to'
lyt
'lhe betting of yesterday was flat, and, altho" i,
upon all the stakes now in the market, was withos
terial effect on the prices.
THE CHESTER cur.
- 9to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanercost
12 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Marshal So°ll
13 to 1 agst Mr. Holme's Vulcan
15 to .1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice Hawthorn
25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Rhodanthe
THE DERBY.
7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila
12 to 1 agst Colonel Paq's Chatham
•
• .
1000 to 35 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre ;•,,`:tit
• 40 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Dirce colt
50 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger ,
50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes' Meteor—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Greville's Gunter 1401'
2000 to 25 agst Mr. Bird's Dr. Allen—taken
THE OAKS.
9 to 1 agst Sir. Etwall's Passion
25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Adela!
25 to 1 asst Mr. Allen's Belle Do
The whole of the Duke of Clevelan
will be sold at Raby Castle on Saturda

The several soul-stirring speeches which have :been
delivered at -the -Anti-Corn-laW Conference; exciting the
greatest enthusiasm, have compelled us to de*iteto them
a large space, 'bet riot larger they. . They
will be read and admired in every kar,t,el;t4e;Ot4Ore, and.
will, thOugh only fitintlifeflectea every-
where excite some corresfOnding enthitsiasni. We can
only .no Lice- one or two, pot n t s,--and recommend the whole'
proceedings to the attentive consideration of our readers.
Mr. G. TrtomesoN, after bestowing some just. and
eloquent :Faise on the labouring claSSeS' for their
patieriee, said, ": These men are the glory, and the
strength, and the foundation of the country. Should
they perish,, and the Corinthian capital, with its delicate
tracery, its beautiful strttwiy.iTry leaves, and its polished
-411411, be preserved ? Ile would. not touch
_those who
were. the glory of the country, and its strength, and its
foundation. Rather let the column fall." Thereupon
the whole assembly rose almost as one, man, and, waving
their hats, cheered and cheered again with the greatest
animation. -We never Saw more enthusiasm in any
public assembly. This, hoirever, -was; one .only of several
similar manifestations, all testifying indignation against
the aristocracy.
The Deputies who manifested thiS feeling are collected
from every quarter of Great Britain. They come from
remote Wales and:remoter Scotland. They are intelli-
gent and- influential men, selected by the confidence
of their townsmen and neighbours. They may be
called the tongue, and they represent the mind of so
eiety. They are, at once, its heart and soul. They
are all, however, animated with the utmost indignation
against the aristocracy, because it will unrighteously
plunder the people by the Bread-tax. They speak the
sentiments of millions scattered through every corner of
the land.

The aristocracy consists of only a few men endowed with
neither physical strength nor commanding intellect. It
has no power but what it derives from opinion ; and now
opinion, the reflex of its own conduct, is setting in
against it with a; strong head, as the tide rises and rushes
up the Solway-. The present course of the aristocracy,
thwarting the great tide of justice and popular senti-
ment, leads to certain destruction. It will be swamped: for
ever. In behoof of the aristocracy, to save the madmen
from themselves, the Corn-laws should uow.tie abolished.

Sir R. PEEL has entered its ranks,; he has 'allied h[,9
daughter to the Noble House of ,l'EntsEy ; th.e cotton-,
spinner's son has become conneoted by tnarri4,e
•the Erineely House of ESTERTIAvt ;
prove himself the best friend of the •.aristocracy—he
save it from annihilation-I-by abolishing the
_ _

However much the aristocracy may be feared inlreland,
When backed by the people of Great Britain, it is there
neithetr ;loved nor aAmired. Let its power be weakened
.here, amt.:lreland ‘N ill shake it off and crush it—regard-
ing it as a foe—as a powerful animal crushes the vermin
which seek to live in its hide.
Mr.,,CaUFFITLI EV.A.I-0, alluding to Sir IL INGLIs's
scheme, said, when they extended the Church, let them
take care and enlarge the church-yards. He expects there
will be more want of graves to bury the starved.people,
than temples for living beings to worship • in, Church=
yards in Ireland, we see, are now used as abodes. At
.the. Quarter Sessions of the county of Meath, the last
Hilary term, MICHAEL BRADY, a man about 45-fears
of age, was called before the Court, and examined con-
, cernmg a cabin he built near the. road side. "It is no
cabin at all, your Worships—it is only a hole in the
church-yard,".was the reply. "I'll tell your Honours'
about it :—On the. Bth of May last, I was turned out of
my cabin by a decree. I was an under-tenant only ; and
myself, and my wife, and my five childeren, were left
without a house over our heads; and I could not get a
house from any one'; and, after lying nine nights out in
the ditches, and as the children would be perished i
they slept out any longer, I dug the &l.: in the church-yardf
seeing that another person like me had gone to live there
before me ; and we have lived there ever since, and I do
not know where to go if your Honours turn me out of
-that." The order of the Court was, that the nuisance
should be abated by the police ; but the order not to
issue until the Workhouse of Bells Union, in which dis-
trief the place is situate, shall be.opened.
Church-yards, if they be enlarged, may yet come to
supply holes in England, as in Ireland, for the living to
burrow in, as well as graves for the dead. - Human
beings gaunt with famine,.and like spectres, continually
haunt the public vision • and now the horrid Eastern
fable of ghouls living with the dead is become a reality
in our country. Oppression seems the parent of hor-
rors, and we almost doubt whether the legislation of our
softly clothed and 'daintily fed aristocracy do not cause
mere revolting scenes than the cruelties of the Thugs,

We received Dutch Papers to the Bth. inst. last night;
by which we learn that the King of PRUSSIA arrived by
railroad at Antwerp on Saturday last, and proceeded
forthwith to Rotterdam, and afterwards to the Hague,
where he was received by great 6irowds with the most
hearty welcome. We also learn from the same source
that- his Majesty of HANovEn has decided that the
name of the Prince of WALES shall not be inserted in
the Church Service used in his MAJESTY'S private devo-
tions We like this honesty on the part of King ERNEST.

The severe and protracted indisposition of Mr.
Howard, of Coshy, continues to prevent his son, Mr.
Philip Howard, from attending the House of Commons.
We have .heard rather an improved account of Mr.
Howard's health, and trust that
.the life of that re-
spected gentleman, who has ever shown himself so warm
and enlightened a friend to freedom, _and whose culti-
vated mind has been devoted with so much assiduity and
success to literature, will yet be spared.

We refer to our Foreign Summary for an abstract of
all the Continental news of any importance, found in the
Freneh, Spanish, Belgian, and German papers received
this morning. •
-
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, FEB. 8.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Prig. Price.
're. cn N oer Ccritt ll9 30 .. 115 35 .. 119 30 ... 119 35
4% per Cents.
3 per Cent! BO 15 ... 80 20 ... 80 10 80 10
.Loan
dank o, Nance
4( Izign Bank:
polgian 5 per Cents.
5 ver Cent... 1840 105% 105 t, ... 105% ... 1D5%
ip4nish Active 55,58 ... 25% ... 25% ... 115%
' Passive 5% ..•
ta 34
eapolin
107 75 ... 75 107 i 5 107 75
Aoroan„. ,
101% 104% 104% 104%

RAILWAY.gHARES
R. Germain ... 887.50 ... 887 10 ... 862 50 862 50
VerS4lllo., ti
.
L.B 2:6 25 . 206 25 ... 206 25 ... 106 25
Innen 527 50 ...:27 50 ... 520 520
Jrieana . 575 ... 5i5 567 60 ... 067:50

." •.. • :A; ...
itrasbuTg!o Bale 231 ... 222 10 .. 231 25 ... 231 25

A.MERICAN NEWS

GREArI NORTH OF ENGL.
Traffic returns for the week, endi.
Passengers
Merchandise

Darlington, Feb. 9. W. 0.
Handel 's Solomon, an orato
of the finest double choruses of the gret
formed at Exeter Hall this evening.
THE AUTHOR OF " RAT
x.a."—The death of Edward Howard,
of " Rattlin the Reefer," and several ot.
has been already noticed with much regr,
literary career was a nAutical roman,-
nature, founded on the extTaordinar
Morgan, the celebrated buccaneer:.
the literary circles as replete with roman,
adventure, and as forming a singular
sort cf warfare pursued at that time
the sea, of which Morgan commanded
ments. Its publication, we Observe, is
The General Steam Navigation ,
ship Wilberforce, Captain J. Stranack, .half,
• it:`,l
yesterday. morning in twenty-one hotirs an' 1011P1
At'
the Belgian papers of Wednesday. ,co 1
; AP"
Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday 11.,i 100‘,
addressing the House at a quarter after fiv'e'Qc 44 C-to
his Speech at twelve minutes before eight. ~,0py:6':15,/'
The General Steam Navigation C°l,l 11;ff
the Ocean, John Fife, from Rotterdam, arri!!„ the P
house at half. past ten yesterday morning, "1"- IY,O
gryetwri
GOLD WATCHES, LONv°oo c'
T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, N°• 47, .orfor
seven doors from Graceeburch-street, subls, the eC oo
very large STOCK of GOLD WAT}lpd K° ace'
which are carefully examined by el-perienc-eforMti—
premises, and each is warranted for correc_p
ed '0
SIZE FOR LAD' 6:e Or°
Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in coS..••• a
gold cases, and gold dials, warranted .•
Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with dollb'
_eintel'
engine-turned gold eases and gold dials, feta
Patent detached Lever Watches, j
holes with double-backed gold cases and go'"
..
.......
warranted ............... r
SIZE FOR d io 15
Patent detached Lever Watches. je've“ceases,
holes, seconds, and double-backed gold . .
ranted
....... ,d jewe „„d
Patent detached Lever Watches, eaPF` casea .'l‘
six holes, seconds, double-backed .. .. %tin
enamel dials warranted ........ •.• ...... ..... r '
Patent detached Lever Watches, eaPP(''' case' a 21 If
six holes, seconds, double-backed gola .
.. ;, . . .
gold dials, warranted .. ...................... dgon,
ewelled cosi,,
Either of the Gentlemen's. . Watches maY be , '"'
cases, for 31. 3s each exatraa..4l
1‘1:. B. Second-band ,\Tatehes
stra'
London: F.H.l.•ted and Fnblihed by sni4.-flit,o
. . Sran,, at 7he ary
the County cf Alidtilesex, Friday, fate

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

By the New York packet-ship Stephen Whitney,
which arrived off the port this afternoon, we have re-
ceived papers to the 16th January. A great demonstra-
tion had been made in New York in favour of a conti-
nuance of the present bankrupt laws, for which ;purpose
men of great influence belonging to all parties have
joined, which renders it still more probable that the pre-
sent law will not be repealed ; but so nicely are parties
balanced, that the votes are expected to be equal. The
political news by, this arrival is altogether unimportant.
Prices of cotton have declined. Money was plentiful,
and the rates of foreign exchanges lower since our former
advises, namely, choice bills on London 1081 to 1081.
ANOTHER MURDER...-It is bid a few days since that we
wire called upon to record the murder of a woman by her
husband, under circumstances scarce ever paralleled for bru-
tality ar.d horror. To-day we have again another murder
committed under the exeitement of passion, produced apparently
without any cause save that of intemperance. A man named
William Adams, an Englishman, a street-sweeper of the 15th
ward, residing in Amity-lane, next to the corner of Wooster-
street, came home on Thursday afternoon about 5 o'clock,
and commenced quarrelling with a girl named Ann Gor-
man, a s'rvant in his emply, who was washing some dishes.
She made some remonstrance to his language,
.when
he seized a plate and threw it at her head, and snatching a
carving knife swore he would have her life. His wife, who had
been washing in the yard, came in at this moment, and re-
monstrated with him upon his violent conduct, when spring-
ing towards her, and. exclaiwiug that he would have her life
too, ice struck ,ber.in the rigiat breast with the darving. hairs,
inflicting a wound about tour inches in depth. Drawing the
reeking weapon from her breast, be struck her a second blow
and with such tremodott wee th the knife penetrated

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