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" There were oysters at dinner, and a small worm was ad-
hering to the !hell of one prevented to his Majesty. This was
shown to Sir James Wylie, who said it was quite common and
ht-,rmtess, and he teminded the Emperor of a circurns-tance
w.h;ch had occurred to them at the Congress of Verona. A
person at Venice had then sent to the Emperor to intreat that
he would abstain from the use of oysters, as there was a poi-
sonous marine worm or insect in them. This led the conver-
sation to the insects of the Crimea and Ukraine, of which I
had made a considerable collection, and the Emperor inquired
of me if there were scorpions, scolopendras, and tarantulas in
the Crimea. I said scorpions of large size were not uncommon
and that at Alusghor, during our former visit, we found a scor-
pion of great strength in the apartment where we passed the
night, but that it was harmless. Seolopendras of great length
I had cften seen around Odessa, but not in the Crimea, nor
tarantulas, a'.though, as I had been informed, they were not
very rare. I heard of no instance during the autumn in which
they had ir.flicted any injury by their bites or stings. He said,
he supposed they were the same as in Italy, and then alluded to
the dance for the cure of the bite of the tarantula ; Sir James
Wylie reminded his Majesty of the scorpion which was found in
his 13;d at Verona, and of the prescription which he had then
written for the cure of the bites of the carbonari.

served to be asleep in the carriage. At Bacheserai, the
Emperor also dined alone, and the following morning he in-
formed Sir James Wylie that he had suffered from an attack
of bilious diarrha in the night, Lot that he was then pet-fee:ly
well. Thus,' he said, will all my complaints pass away
without the help of rne.iciite.' Sir lames did riot state to me
the circumstances which led the Emperor to believe that medi-
cal treatment was of no avail in arresting the progress of dis-
ease and to determine him not to have recourse to its aid.
There could be no doubt that the Emperor had some peculiar
views about the doctrine of predestination, but whether his
scepticism respecting the efficacy of medicine originated is these
opinions, I could not ascertain.
" His 111,,jes!y that day went to Chufut Kali, and returned in
the afternoon to Bacheserai to meet the Tartar chiefs. Next
day he went to Kosloff, and on arriving there Sir James
observed that they had passed some marshes which emitted
a most disagreeable odour. The following night he slept
near Perecop, and on the next between the Isthmus and
Orickoff. At this place he was observed by his valet-
de-charnbre to be ill, hut his Majesty did not inform
Sir James of the circumstance, and the latter saw nothing
unusual in the appearance of the Emperor the next morning
during their sisit to an hospital close by this village. But the
valet afterwards stated that his Majesty had been very ill in the
night, and inquired if Sir James did not observe how pale he
was. In the carriage with General Diebitch on the road to
Marienpole, the Emperor was stacked with violent shiverings,
and on arriving there had a strcng and distinct paroxysm of
fever. A warm bed was prepared for him, and he took some
hot punch. As the place they were in was of a wretched
description, Sir James recommended him to push forward to
Taganrog on the following day, and there to take the proper
remedies. They reached Taganrog on the sth of November,
O.S. On the two following days, the Emperor suffered
severely from derangement of the liver and digestive organs,
and experienced severe paroxysms of fever. It was evident
that he was severely attacked with the bilious remittent
fever of the Crimea ; but at this time there was
no headache or any other symptom of the brain
being affected. Four grains of calomel were given,
and some purgative medicine, with great but tem-
porary relief of the febrile symptoms. yet his Majesty
would not consent to a repetition of these remedies, or to the
adoption of any other means. On the Bth, the fever continued
with undiminished violence, and as the Emperor positively re-
fused to avail himself of the aid of medicine Sir James re-
quested that Dr. Stofregen, physician to the Empress, should
be called into consultation. His head had now become burn-
ing hot, and a marked change was perceptible in his Majesty's
countenance. When Dr. Stofregen was introduced, he said,
' I am distressed to see your Majesty suffering in this manner.'
' Say nothing of my indisposition, replied the Emperor,
but tell me how the Empress is. After being sati,fied on
thin point, his Majesty told Dr. Stofregen that Sir James
Wylie considered him in a dangerous state, but he added, I
feel that I am not seriously ill, and that I shall recover without
the employment of medical aid.' It was the opinion of the
physicians that the Emperor should have been bled at this
time, and that calomel and cathartics should have been freely
administered, and this opinion they gave to the Emperor in a
decided manner, but he would not consent to the employment
of any remedies. The paroxysm of fever recurred, but there
were occasional remissions when the pulse came down to the
natural state ; once to seventy-one and repeatedly to ninety,
but it was at all times during the progress of the disease ex-
tremely email and feeble.
" On the 13:h of the month, and tenth day of the disease, it
was again proposed to take blood from the Emperor, but he
would not submit. On the morning of the 14th, Sir James
and the other medical attendants again urged him to the same
purport, but he refused, even to the application of leeches to
the head. He rejected this proposal with the greatest impa-
tience and obstinacy. The Empress on her knees implored
him to consent, but he would not. 'At first,' he said, I
had only an intermittent fever, and now it has been con-
verted into a continued fever, and I will trust rather to my
constitution than to the means recommended.' As it
was now obvious that his life was in imminent danger,
and that he was becoming worse and worse, Sir James pro-
posed, late in the evening, that a priest should be brought
to him. Sir James was again desired by the Empress
to endeavour to convince his gajesty that his life was in the
greatest danger, and that as he would not submit to medical
treatment, he should think seriously, so long as he retained
consciousness, of emploving spiritual aid. On the morn-
ing of the 15th, at five o'clock, he was confessed by
the priest ; and he requested that in this religious act he
should be confessed as a simple individual. When this was
finished, the priest strongly urged his Majesty to employ medi-
cal aid, saying that, unless he did so, he would not fulfil the
whole of his Christian duty. Between nine and ten o'clock he
consented, for the first time, to the application of leeches to the
temples. The brain had now become affected, and he was oc-
casionally delirious, and uttered incoherent expressions. For
thirty hours before his death the Empress hardly quitted his
bed.side. The scene was most affecting when the Emperor, on
the 19th, expired. The Empress had been kneeling by his
bed-side, with her eyes fixed upon him, as he gradually becalm
weaker and weaker, until all signs of life were gone. Then,
rising, she closed his eyes, and with a handkerchief
bound up his head, to support the lower jaw. After
this, she folded his arms over his breast, kissed his
hand, and then knelt down by the side of the dead body for
half an hour in prayer to God. Throughout the whole of his
Majesty's iliness she manifested the strongest attachment to her
husband, and at his death was inconsolable.

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" Again the Emporor expressed how much be was pleased
with Orianda, and stated that it it was his determination to have
a 'awse built there as expeditiously as possible. To my
amazement hi then said, after a pause, When I give in my
&mission, I wit return and fix myself at Orianda, and wear
the costume of the Taurida.' Not a word was uttered by any
one when this extraordinary resolution was announced, and I
thought that I must have misunderstood the Emperor, but this
could not be, for in a:short time,when CountWoronzow proposed
that the large open flat space of ground to the westward of
Wanda should be converted into pleasure-grounds for his
Majesty, he replied, I wish this to be purchased for General
Dielinteh, as it is right that the chief of my etat-major and I
should be neighbours.'
" His Majesty made a frugal repast, and drank little wine.
When champagne was presented, Count Woronzow said,' Sire,
may we be permitted to drink to the health of her Majesty the
Empress ?' He replied, Most certainly ; and all immediately
rising, did honour to the toast. On retiring, his Majesty
returned thanks to Count Woronzow for the excellent enter-
tainment he had provided, and, addressing himself to us all,
said, with kindness and condescension, Your presence on this
occasion has afforded me the greatest satisfaction.' He then
walked out, and mounted the steps to the flat roof of the house,
around which a number of Tartars were collected. He looked
at the groups through his eye-glass, and said, What hand-
some oriental countenances ! what a fine race of men ! One
of the most striking peculiarities of the Crimea would be lost
if the 'rafters were expo lied ; I hope they will be encouraged
to continue here.' An Effendi was, introduced to his Majesty
to present a petition, which he did by bending down and raising
his hands to his head, without removing his turban from it.
"'The Emperor retired to rest early in the evening. In the
middle of the night a courier arrived, when he arose and trans-
acted business. General Diebitch, who slept in a house close
to that in which I was, was twice summoned in the night to
wait upon His Majesty. I was afterwards informed that the
dispatches brought by the courier were of the highest public
importance ; in fact, that they fully revealed to His Majesty
the existence of a dangerous and extensive conspiracy, of which
he had not been previously aware.
" On the morning of the 27th, after breakfast, the Emperor
sent a message to say that he desired me to accompany him
round the lower garden. After some conversation respecting
the illness of the Empress, and the proposal that I should visit
her Majesty professionally at Taganrog, he again called my
attention to the magificence of the scenery around us, and ex-
pressed the pleasure he had derived from this visa- to the
Crimea, and the hope he entertained that at no very rea ote
period its shores should be full of rich vineyards, ant contain
many flourishing villages and towns. I hinted, in the most
delicate manner I could, that the frequent occurrence of vio-
lent fevers to those who visited the Crimea, and to its constant
inhabitant', was the only circumstance which appeared t me
likely to prevent his Majesty's anticipations being completely
realised. He expressed a strong wish that 1 should remain in
Russia, permanently attached to Count Woronzow, the value of
whose public services he appeared justly to appreciate.
"At mid-day the Emperor and his attendants were on horse-
back, and, after shaking hands with and taking an affectionate
leave of all, he set out for Sebastopole. In a few days I re-
turned with Count Woronzow to Odessa, by Perecop, Bereslaw,
and Nicolaef, where we remained till the 22d November, 1825.
" At eight o'clock, on Sunday morning, the 22d November,
Count Woronzow expressed a wish to see me in his library.
On going there, the Count stated that he had received bad
news from Taganrog—that the Emperor was dangerously ill,
and that I must set out with him, in two hours, to render my
assistance with the other physicians. It appeared from a letter
of the 7th inst. that the Emperor had been attacked with
symptoms of slight catarrh soon after leaving the Crimea, and
that at Orieknff these had assumed the decided form of re-
mittent fever—that it had increased in severity, and that his
Majesty refused to take any medicine. Another letter, of the
14th, stated that he was much worse—indeed, in great danger
—and that still he refused to submit to any medical treatment.
A third letter, dated Thursday, the 19th, had also been re-
ceived, from which it appeared that the malady had been daily
growing worse, and that almost all hope of his recovery was
past. The Count was much afflicted when he communicated
this intelligence, and expressed his fear that we should
find all over before we reached Taganrog. We started
from Odessa at midday, and when our carriage was going
slowly over the deep sands by the sea-shore, the Count said
that unpleasant occurrences seldom came alone—that a letter
had arrived that morning from London, informing him of an
accident that had endangered the life of his father; also, that
William Findley, who had been his father's coachman for up-
wards of thirty years, had been thrown from his bex, and killed
on the spot. I knew William Findley well,' he added,
bursting into tears, ' and feel how muck my father must have
suffered on the occasion.' We continued our journey to
Nicolaef, where we arrived at midnight. The Count retired
to rest for two hours ; but I did not, being anxious to learn
from Admiral Greig what consequences would be likely to re-
salt, in the event of the Emperor's death, and the accession of
his brother Constantine to the throne. We were, of course,
unacquainted with the fact, that in 1822, the Grand Duke
Constantine had voluntarily waived his title to the succession,
and that the next in the line after him should take his place.
Admiral Greig requested vie to write to him immediately after
my arrival at Taganrog, which I did, and communicated all the
information I could obtain respecting his Imperial Majesty's
illness and death.

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" On the post mortem examination of the body being made,
the appearances observed were such as are most frequently met
with in those dying from bilious remittent fever, with internal
congestion. Two ounces of serous fluid were found in the
ventricles of the brain, and all the veins and arteries were
gorged with blood. There was an old adhesion between the
dura and pia mater at the back part, but of no great extent.
The heart and lungs were sound, but too vascular. The liver
was turgid with blood, and of a much darker colour than
natural. The spleen was enlarged, and softened in texture.
" The prevalence of.fever in the Crimea during the autumn, the
sudden change of the weather when the Emperor left the coast,
the usual symptoms appearing in the course of a few days after
q,itting Perecop, as I had before observed in others, with the
subsequent history of the disease and the appearances after
death, rendered it certain that the Emperor Alexander was cut
off by the bilious remittent fever of the Crimea. During the
six weeks I remained at Taganrog after the Emperor's death, 1
never heard that any one entertained a doubt, or expressed a
suspicion that his Majesty's death was attributable to any other
than a natural cause. The physicians who had the care of his
Majesty were accused by some, without the slightest ground, of
mismanaging the case ; and I heard the question repeatedly
put, 'Why they did not compel his Majesty to submit to their
plan of treatment ?' or, in other words, as Sir James Wylie
expressed it, why they did not commit the crime of lose- Majesty?
—a proceeding which no circumstances could ever justify. I
enjoyed the best opportunities in the Crimea of observing the
devoted attachment of Sir James Wylie to the Emperor Alex-
ander, whom he had accompanied in all his campaigns; and I
conscientiously believe, that on this trying occasion Sir James
Wylie discharged his arduous professional duty in a manner
worthy of his high reputation."

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" We reached Cherson at seveno'clock in the morning. There
had been a hard frost during the night. The town was evidently
in a state of decay, and many of the houses were roofless. Du-
ring the previous winter, the fot age in the Crimea and country
extending along the northern coast of he Black Sea, was ex-
hausted before the spring, and the crops having been des royed
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short distance from the town. It was his request that a sun-
dial should b? erected over his grave ; and Admiral Greig in-
formed rae that this wish had recent.y been complied with, and
through the Admiral's exertions chiefly, as I learn from others.
"We arrived at Bereslaw at two o'clock in the afternoon of the
23d, and crossed the Dnieper on a raft, the floating bridge
having been removed. In the morning of the 24th, we reached
Oriekoff, which is on the high road between Taganrog and
Warsaw, where the Grand Duke Constantine then was. The
postmaster of this place stated that no account had been re-
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‘‘ On Wednesday, the 25th, at seven in the morning, we ar-
rived at Marienpole, a small town on the Sea of Azoff, inha-
bited by Greeks, who had emigrated from the Crimea forty
years before. We remained an hour at the residence of a mi-
litary officer of rank, who gave me a general account of the
Emperor's illness. He informed me that bilious fevers
were very common along the whole northern coast
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ganrog the country presented a most dreary aspect,
and the post-houses and horses were truly wretched.
We crossed a small river, and, entering Taganrog at eight
o'clock in the evening, were immediately conducted by the
governor of the town to the house of one of the most respect.
able merchants. We learned, on arriving, that his Majesty died
on the 19th of N avember, and that he had been insensible
and deprived of the power of swallowing two days before his
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" On Thursday, the 26th of November, I went to see his
Imperial Majesty lying in state in the house where he had lived
and died. 'the coffin was placed upon a slightly-elevated plat-
form, and covered by a canopy. The room wra hung with
black, and the coffin covered with a cloth of gold. There
were numerous large wax lights turning in the apartment, and
each person present held a slender lighted wax taper. A
priest was standing at the head of the coffin reading the
Evangelists, and I was told that this was carried on day
and night. On each side of the body a sentinel was placed
with a drawn sword. In the ante-room there were a
number of priests putting en their robes, and preparing
fur the service or mass, which was celebrated twice
every day. There were no symptoms of melancholy
in this crowded room, and some young military
officers even displayed a degree of levity altogether
unsuitable to the solemnity of the scene. The Empress,
I was informed, remained constantly in an apartment, the door
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lying, and where the service was vetfouned. Guards were
stationed around the house, at the door, as also on the stairs,
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" On the evening of Friday, the 27th of November, I pro-
ceeded, at the request of Count Woronzow, to the residence of
Sir James Wylie, for many years physician to the person of his
Imperial Majesty, for the purpose of obtaining an account of
the Emperor's illness, and the treatment which would have
been pursued, had not his Majesty strenuously refused all
medical assistance. Sir James read to me the whole of the
reports of his Majesty's case, written down by him from day to
day, and which contained the fullest and most satisfactory ex-
planation of all the attendant circumstances. These reports
were also signed by the other physicians, who coincided in the
views entertained by Sir James respecting the nature and pro-
posed treatment of the disease. As these reports were
about to be forwarded to St. Petersburgh for the satisfac-
tion of the Government, I could not procure a perfect copy,
but the following are the most important facts they contained,
and were noted down by me in short-hand, as I heard them.
Dr. Reinhold, surgeon to the Empress, who had remained with
the Emperor during the night of the 12th of November, came
in when Sir James Wylie was thus occupied, and declared to
me in the most unequivocal manner that he was entirely of the
same opinion with the other physicians respecting the nature
of the disease, and of the means that would have been employed.
" The weather suddenly changed on the day the Emperor left
Aloupka, the 26th of October. A thick mass of clouds covered
the mountains in the afternoon, the east wind was cold, and a
shower of rain fell. The previous day had been intensely hot
on the coast, and at the time the Emperor was riding from
Yeursouff to Aloupka. His Majesty was accustomed to travel
in an open caleche, with alight military cloak, trusting solely
to the vigour of his constitution. against the sudden changes of
the atmosphere. After quitting Aloupka, he went to that
part of the road where the ascent of the Merdveen
commences, and hesitated for some time whether to
proceed by this difficult pass, over the mountains, which
are between three and four thousand feet high, into the valley
of Baidar, or by that of Foros. After a little delay he decided
for the former, end arrived at Baidar fatigued, perspiring, and
unusually irritable on account of the unruliness of his horse.
At Baidar, a ealeche awaited him, but no refreshment was pre-
pared—his maitre d'hiitel having gone on to Sevastopole.
From Baidar, he proceeded to Balaclava, and reviewed Colonel
Ray.lotti's regiment of Greek guards. The Emperor again
entered his eatche, and drove to that part where the road turns
off to the monastery of St. George. Here he mounted a horse
I rode to the monastery alone, a distance cf. at least ten
versts. James h" gone forward before him to Sevasto-
pole
did not arrive there until it was quite
dark, having remained upwards and the Ertipe,:::
..zro hours at the monastery,
d
where was a bishop and several priests. 1 Sevasto-
pole by to. chlight, and before going to the house prepared, vrt::.:
to the chureh, and afterwards reviewed some troops drawn up
in aline along the street through which he passed. His
Majesty dined alone, and it was said scarcely tasted any-
thing. The following day, at twelve o'clock, he examined
the barracks, hospital, and forts at Sevastopole, and then
set out for Bacheserai. On the journey he was ob.

. - - -
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & di v.
Preston & Wyre Extena.
Richmond & W. End June
Rugby, Worccstr, & Tring
Scottish Central .. .. • • • •
Scottish Midland
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares • •

201,4
PAP

1p
3% p

77%
35
15%
11
7%

4%
217

7%r,

15856 d

20sUd,

40%
18
18
4

2y,
212

214%
1

lAug.
30.

I
58s9d

:s
LAN

ICES OF
IS

C ENGLAND,

Ditto ditto (No. 2) • •
Ditto ditto (No. 3) • •
Sheffield and Lincoln.. • •
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crcwc
Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir
glirwsbry & Trnt Val. Un.
Shrws, Ilerefd,& N. Wales
Slamannan . • • • • • • • • • •
South Devon. • • • • • • • • • •
South Midland .. .. • ... • •
South Eastern and Dover

'44s p!
14s pl

68$9d

Do. New (iss. 32/0 No. I
Do. (155.33/.65.8d.) ~ 2
Do. (iss. 301.) „3
Staines and Richmond . • •
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales. • • .
Tean and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley
Do. and Holyhead June.
Vale of Neath . .. • •

56
51!,
39
21

184
1754
84

4756(1
603 p

26N
:338 p

7056(1
:,7sGtl
74s
12
6786(1

West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothru Coml.
Wexford arfi Carlow • • • •
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub
Wakefield and Bradford • •
Wakild, Pontefrct, & Gool
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London . • •
West Lancashire. • . • • • • •
Worcester and Tring • . • •
Whitchaven and Furness

Do. New INlf Shares
Welsh 111 iland
We,t Cornwall.• .• • • •

- 1
4'A P,

7859
4714
22%
16%

!8-163,11

i2i36pl
I 76

34s p
1 1

55s
6
28s p

4%1
9%
5%

West Yorkshire ..... • • •
Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich • •
Ditto New...........
York and Carlisle . • • . • • •
York and North Midland
Ditto half Shares .. • •
Ditto Scarbro' Branch
Ditto Selby • .
Ditto Extension
Yorkshire & Glasgow ITn.

7%1,

HULL, AUG. 30,
STOCK EXC7[ANGE•—The sales are—Hull
Shares, 22%—London and Croydon, New,

lAug.
30,

241,41
32s p

Lnd Selby, Half
.L 163,—Black-

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY -EVENING, SEPTEMIIER iNct

burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 101/—Eastern Union Extension,
3—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 5
,Fg
North Wales, 31. 3s.—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 214
—Derby arid Crewe, 51. f —Direct Northern, `4,'‘—Dublin and
Galway, 4—East Lincolnshire, 80s.—East Coast, 30s.—Glas
gow and Dumfries, 3/. 2s. 6d.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield,
&c., 1/. 12s. 6d.—Grand Union, 33s.—Great Eastern and
Western, 14s.—Hul1 and Gainsborough, 15s.—Leicester raid
Bedford, 3%3—Leicester and Birmingham, 41s.—Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, s%—London and Bir-
mingham Extension. 25s.—London and York, 7%—Man-
chester, Buxton, and Matlock, 94--Newcastle, Durham and
Lancashire, 4%—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 3/. 10s.-2Not-
tingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 40s.—Nottingham and
Boston, 325. 6d—Nottingham and Mansfield, 3%—Rugby,
23/4—Rugby and Huntingdon, 35s —South Midland, 73/4
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, B—Shrewsbury and
Trent Union, s—" Tan and Dove Valley, 3—Trent Valley
Continuation, s%—Wakefield and Bradford, 54 Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 355.
YORK, AUG. 30.

STOCK EXCHANG E.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten •
sion, 31. 6s. 3d.—Manchester and Birmingham New Quar-
ters, 121/—Midland, New, 2614—Newcastle and Darlington,
New (Brandling), 411,4—North British, New, 10—York and
North Midland Extension, 25—Cltthetec Junction, 514—
Grand Union, 31/2—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction,
221/2—Ditto, Quarter Shares, Olt—Leicester and Bedford,
434—London and York, 71 —Newcastle and Berwick, 26
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, B—South Midland, B%—Welsh
Midland, 41,.—West Yorkshire, 1634.
SHEFFIELD, AuG. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
61—Newcastle and Carlisle, 11214—Derby and Crewe, 471 ii
—Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, sV2—Grinist.y
Railway and Dock Extension, 1014—London and Windsor,
27s.—London and York, 71/4—Direct Northern, 214—Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6%—Nottingham
and Mansfield, 3%--Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber-
gate, 4%B—Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 214—Sheffield
and Lincolnshire. 714—York and Carlisle, 514.
lIUDDERSHELD, Auo. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Nottingham and
Boston, 35A—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 514—
Leicester and Bedford, 4%—Grand Union, 3/. 6s.—Glasgow
and Dumfries, 31A—Great Grimsby and Sheffied Junction,
Quarter Shares, 61/,—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 71/2
—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7:li.
MANCHESTER, SHARE MARKET.

The following circular has been issued by Messrs. Railton
of Manchester :

This market continues to attract improving confidence
since allocated shares not in scrip ceased to be acknowledged.
It has thrown dealing more into the hands of capitalists,
where it ought to remain.
In stirring times like the present, when so much enterprise
is on foot to promote premiums by the unbounded increase
of provisional railway directorships, got up by every strained
effort—it may be useful to again put before our friends as a
counterpoise what so long stood a part of our circular, at and
after the latter part of the year IS4O, as follows :
" Inexperienced persons purchasing railway stock as a
security for income, should give preference to well-tried
finished works, paying satisfactory dividends, and the least
exposed to rivalry from contending lines or canals. They
will answer the best for investment and king the greatest
value when re-sold. Works in progress are of very uncertain
issue for profit till laid open to the public, and are therefore
the best in the hands of the original projectors, or persons
understanding their merits, till proved by the traflic they can
secure. Experience shows that they generally fall to a
heavy discount, however specious in promise, before income
is obtained; and when completed, their worth is regulated in
public opinion by a comparison with other securities, ac-
cording to the dividends they pay, and the confidence they
command."

And with this in view, they will be hard learners indeed if
they suffer themselves to go materially astray at the pre-
sent time.

The roving habits of railway directors of old boards, now
so rife for the promoticn of new schemes, in which they are
the most individually concerned, may confuse and damage
both the old and the new, if shareholders do not keep a
watchful eye on the proceedings of these gentlemen, so as at
any rate to keep all interests moving honourably, equitably,
and simultaneously together, and thus prevent those
bickerings and mistrusts IN hich are always so fatal to the
prosperity of their concerns.
It is much to be feared that established lines are more than
ordinarily suffering by the wild and endless projects hunted
after by individuals that ought to be employed at home
fulfilling the duties they are pledged to for the interests of
the shareholders at the public works with which they are
already connected. When their masters are away, railway
subordinates are also tempted to pay less attention to their
duties, and particularly in lines where there is no general
manager to direct or be referred to when occasions occur,
and which must be frequent in railway affairs.
One railway well managed is quite enough for the conve-
nient care of a board of directors, to protect the public
against personal disaster on the one hand, and the income to
shareholders on the other. Or if they do multiply other
interests under their patronage at all, it should only be in
such degree as their original undertaking can be served ; but
how to bring back or allay this insatiable thirst for director-
ships of the most disjointed nature, and to place them on a
sound working footing, will be a matter for the earliest at-
tention of Parliament ; and to avoid mistake in the mean.
while, if railway gentlemen in this locality will inform us
how many concerns they are engaged in as directors, they
shall have all the honours arising from their extended pa-
tronage set before the public, with every merit they so emi-
nently deserve. A nicely condensed tabular form would be
convenient for reference, and would most clearly avoid any
future errors in describing them—thus, for instance, from
amongst many who eminently figure as aspirants for railway
fame, we may quote a gentleman lauded in the Hampshire
Independent as the Railway Viceroy, and who certainly seems
as worthy of extensive fame as any literary or scientific
D. D., M.D., or F.R.S. And if abbreviated titles of honour
mean anything, this gentleman is entitled to the following
appendages to his name, as signifying the relation in which
he stands to diverse railway interests :
Is * • * * * * s * a * 11, Esq. ;
T. V. M. and G. J. ; G. J. ; D. C. of the M. B. M. and
M. ; D. of T. V. ; W. L. or L. S. and P. ; D.C. of I. of W. ;
M. and S. ; M. and W. ; L. and B. ; P. and W. E. and D.
J. ; W. M. ; Y. and C.: and D. and W. and L.; B. S. and
B. ; C. J. ; F. P. and W. J.
Ms not every mortal that is gifted with the attribute of
übiquity. Hail ! more than mortal ! ! ! !
EXETER, AUG. 30. _ _

S'rocK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-North Devon. 2-
South Wales, 6 -South Devon, 36-Exeter, and Yeovil, %
prem.-Bristol, New, 12-Exeter and Crediton,
EDINBURGH, AUG. 29.
STOCK EXcIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. ss.-
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. 10s.-Arbroath and For-
far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Armagh and Portrush, 2/.
-Banffshire, 21. - British and Irish Union, 3/. Bs. 6d. -
Belfast and County Down, 3/. 155.-Cambridge and Lincoln,
3/. 10s. - Caledonian, 11/. - Caledonian Extension, 3/.
10s.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, Si. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale
Junction, 91.25. 6d.-Direct Northern, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Dundee and
Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. - Dundee and
Perth, Si. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 15s.- Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, 90/.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto,
New, 15/. - Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton,
1/. 10s. - Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261. - Ditto,
Preference, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 2/. Is. 6d.
-Ditto, New, 1/. 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 16s.
- Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 12s. - Glasgow and Ayr-
shire, 711.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Ditto, 17s. 10d.-
Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 18s.-Glasgow and Gam-
kirk, 41/. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 125.-
Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.-
Ditto, Preference, 21. - Great North of Scotland, 3/. 55.-
Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Kilmarnock and Ardros-
san, 5/. 155.-London and York, 61. 10s.-Monkland and
33/.-Morayshire, 1/.-North British, ex one-
fifth, 29/.-Ditto Halves, 9/. 55.-Ditto, One-fifth, 8/. ss.-
North Wales Mineral, New, 6/ 55.-Perth and Inverness,
2/. 23.-Scottish Central, 71. 145.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.-
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. ss. -Shrewsbury
and Hereford, 1/. 145.-Slamannan, 181. 10s.-South Mid-
land, 91.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 16s. 6d.-Tean and
Dove Valley, Si. 7s. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin,
1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 391.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK.

YORK, SATURDAY, Auc. 30.—'Phis day, at noon, the
first general meeting of the proprietors of the above rail-
way was held in the Directors'-room, at the York
station, G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Several
shareholders were present from a distance, and the meet-
ing was very numerously attended. _ _

The CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting had been
called pursuant to the Act of Parliament, and certain
resolutions would be submitted for their approval. The
Directors were not prepared with any report, and in-
deed they had scarcely anything to report. They bad
not yet been able to obtain the accounts of the expense
of obtaining the Act. He had seen in the public papers
the cost stated at 50,0001. ; but he was happy to say it
would not be 20,0001.—(Hear, hear.) Probably from
12,000/. to 13,0001. would be the outside.—(Renewed
shouts of " Hear, hear.") It was a matter of gratifica-
tion that they had obtained the Act without any com-
promise; they parted with no shares except those re-
served for the landowners ; they fought the
battle on principle, and they had wen it.
He admitted they had done so under great
hazard ; it was a bold step to take, and he
did not think he should again incur such a serious
responsibility ; but having been successful it was a sub-
ject of congratulation. He might state that the Direc-
tors had already let twelve and a half or thirteen miles
of the line beginning at North Shields. Probably the
line would not be opened so soon as he had previously
mentioned—he thought it might be August before this
was done, independent of the two bridges, which would
take a longer time. He concluded by moving the first
resolution—" That the Directors appointed by the Act
of Incorporation do continue in office, viz , Mr. Hudson,
Mr. R. Davies, Mr. James Richardson, Mr. Nicholas
Wood, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Plews, and Mr. Tee. "

The resolution was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN, having moved other resolutions for
the appointment of officers, which were carried unani-
mously, next brought forward the proposition for con-
curring with the other railway companies who had agreed
to contribute towards the erection of a statue to Mr.
George Stephenson, on the proposed bridge over the
Tyne, and to the presentation of a piece of plate to
that gentleman. The resolution for subscribing 2,0001.
for that object was carried unanimously.
The Lord Mayor of YORK then proposed, " That the
Board of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company
be instructed to confer and arrange with the Boards over
which Mr. Hudson presides, as to the best mode of offer-
ing a suitable testimonial to that gentleman, as an ac-
knowledgment for his able and efficient services." The
resolution was carried with acclamation.

The CHAIRMAN, after returning thanks for this mark
of their esteem, proceeded to make the following obser
vations respecting the competing line which had been
defeated, and on the reckless avidity for railway specu
lations. He said that during the few weeks that the con-
test in the Parliamentary Committee was going on he
had never experienced greater mental anxiety. He was
the first witness examined against the proposed atmos-
pheric line, and he never entered the box with such a
feeling of heavy responsibility in his life, for he knew the
importance of the first witness making an impression on
the Committee. He trusted, indeed he knew, that he
was successful in doing so, and nothing could exceed
the gratification which he felt when he heard the Chair-
man of the Committee declare that the preamble of the
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Bill had been proved.
—(Applause.) To the latest period of his life he should
remember the pleasure he experienced when right
triumphed over wrong.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Hovvick
had no doubt a right to bring forward a competing line,
and perhaps he was justified in doing all he could to sup..
port the atmospheric principle ; but when his Lordship

found that, according to their own traffic tables, his line
could not convey the traffic on the line, he (Mr. Hud-
son)did consider that the further steps which were taken
in behalf of the Northumberland line were unjustifiable.
But he was diverging into matters of detail. All this
was a tale that is told: it was for them to rejoice in their
success, and to look forward to making their line worthy
of the support which Parliament had given them.—
(Hear, hear.) He had the strongest feeling of respect
for the gentlemen with whom he was associated, and
anything which he could do, by night or by day,
should be done. He only hoped that parties would not
rashly embai k their property in every scheme which was
projected, and that they would recollect that, after all,
there was only a certain amount of traffic in the country
for all the companies to carry. It was quite wonderful
to parties behind the scenes to see with what facilities
railway companies could be formed ; the names of influ-
ential parties were lent, without those persons thinking
of the responsibility which they thereby incurred ; but
a day of reckoning would come, and many of the Ems
now nroject‘d will he ruinous concerns.—(Hear, hear.)
He did not think that any new company could injure
the undertakings from Rugby to Berwick, with w Inch
most of them were connected ; the proprietors of these
were united together in interest and feelings, and, by
continuing to promote the public benefit, they would
best secure their own individual advantage. Had they
been speculators, anxious only to accumulate money-
and gain a short-lived popularity, they might have
done so by lending their names to new schemes ; but
the Directors with whom be was connected and himself
had studiously abstained from this course, and endea.
voured to keep a sound and healthy feeling in the
country relative to these undertakings. All their rail-
ways were based on national utility. Their first object
was to connect England and Scotland, and then to make
such branches as were required by the country. What-
ever others might do, he would never retaliate by the
formation of competing branch lines ; he was frequently
urged by letter to do so, but he always threw these
letters aside, for he thought any Director who allowed
passion to mislead him in such a matter, was unworthy
of the position which he held.—(Hear, hear.)
The meeting then separated, the whole business not
having occupied three-quarters of an hour.