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London, England, 1845-10-22 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1845.

RA *IWA % IN ; ELLIGEN CE.

TONBRIDGE AND RYE HARBOUR, AND LONDON

AND SOUTH WEALD OF 'KENT,

nn Monday evening an important meeting of landowners
and re,iclent gentry of South Kent t0..,k place in the market-
room ,-f the Bull Inn, C;a.tliriolc, for the purpose of con-
sidering fle sultject c.f railway cummunicatiuns projected
through that. part of the country-.
The meeting was an exceedingly crowded one, and
among't the gentlemen present locally interested were Lord
Viscount Beresh,rd, Cawain King, R.N., Alexander Janies
Beresrord Hope, Esq., M.P., Thomas Law Hodges, Esq.,
Major Curteis, Captain 3loneypenny, Thomas Twisden
Hodges, Dq., Captain Tweedle, Edward Poynder, Esq,
Sackville Phelps, Esq , Thomas Walton Roberts, Esq., Major
Hurst. George French, jun., Esq., &c.
THOMAS LAW HonGEs, Esq., was called to the chair. He
said it would be remembered that two or three weeks back a
meeting on the important subject of railway communication
between Rye, Hastings, Tonbridgr, and other places of con-
s-quence in the southern weald of Kent had been held, and
that in comequence of the plans submitted, and the destruc-
tion of valuable property which they involved, the meeting
had been adjourned in order to give the gentlemen employed
sufficient time to make a more perfect survey of country
through which it was contemplated these railways should be
car; ied out.
Mr. GmEs (the engineer) said, since the last meeting he
had had levels taken over the whale country, with the view
of ascertaining the best line which could be adopted between
Rye, Hastings, and Tunbridge, passing through or near
Cranbrook. From Paddock-wood, at which point it was
proposed to join the South Eastern Railway up to Winchet-
hill on the south-western side of Cranbrook, he had found
the levels very good and easy, but front Winchet-hill to
Goddard's-green, the rise of the country was found to be
extreme; such as to require an incline of railway to be made
at a gradient of at least 1 in 100. A railway could not be
accomplished through this part at a gradient flatter than
that he had mentioned ; and it also involved the necessity
of a deep cutting of from 40 to 60 feet. After having passed
through this point at the depth he had mentioned, the line
would arrive at Minever, and get down to Mill-street Mill
by a similar gradient to that by which they came from
Winchet-hill to Goddard's-green—n mely, lin 100. Now
it was not only passenger traffic, but heavy goods traffic
which would pass on this line, and therefore he need not
impress upon the meeting the necessity of their having a
line as level as possible. This line he (Mr. Giles) must
admit was the most direct line which could be adopted
from Paddock-wood towards Rye, as it was, if not entirely,
next to the straight line. Although this was the case, he
(Mr. Giles) had felt it his duty to survey another line,
which, although not so straight as the line he dtad just
mentioned, had other advantages of a better level—(Hear)—
and under all the circumstances, be felt it his duty to recom-
mend the adoption of the latter line to any body of gentle-
men who proposed to carry a railway between Paddock-wood
and Rye, rid Cranbrook.—( Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN, addressing Mr. Kirkman, one of the de-
putation from the Direct London and South Weald of Kent,
Tunbridge. Romney, Folkestone, Rye, and Hastings Rail-
way, inquired of that gentleman whether the company he
represented had amalg,mated with the gentlemen represent-
ing the Toabridge aid Rye Harbour Direct Railway?
Mr. KIRKMAN said as tar es the line from Cranbrook to
Packt-,ek-wood. :bey 'IV amalgamated, but not with the pro-
: posLo i lio heyund Cranbrook in the direction of Rye.
Mr. LAMB thought it tu,,st thot a plan should be
devised for reaching H:o ings, by passing through the
Bother level, then throuJi Telshant, which was also a level,
and thei;ce through the Tillingdon level, and so on to Rye
This plan would be the means or opening Hastings to Maid-
stone, and the whole of Central Kent.
Captain MONTGOMERY wished to know bow Mr. Giles in-
tended to carry the railway nn to Rye harbour?
Mr. GILLS said he proposed to carry it through the town
of Rye on the north• east, and to the north of the old
harbour.

711 ajOr CURTEIS was desirous of knowing the exact route
by which it was proposed to get to Rye, for if it came
through his lancl, or that way which was likely to be detri-
menta: tip the property throughout the line, lie should op-
p• se it, and there were several other landlords ready to do
the sang,

Mr. WILSON said the question was whether the Hastings I
traffic woukl not be of paramount importance, as it would be
the most dire.'t means of affording communication with that
most important town and Dungeness.
Captain TWEEDIE said it was the understanding with re-
spect to the proposed lines, that any injury to
_private pro-
perly should be avoided as much as possible. He wished to
know if that pledge was adherei to by the plan laid down?
Mr. GILES said it was. The line was intended to pass in a
direct course from Tonbridge via Paddock Viro,,d, and from
the atter place to the port of Rye, passing through Brench-
ley, Horsmonden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden, Hawk-
hunt, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northian, Beckley,
Peasemarsh, lden, Ployden, and Guildford, to the town and
harbour (f Rve.—(Hear.)
The Hen. Capt. KING said—After the useful statements
which had been made, there coukl he no doubt of the great
benefit which would result from the establishment of railways
in that part of the country such as those proposed, and he
felt great pleasure in moving "That a railway from Ton-
bridge via Paddock-wood, to the town and port of Rye,
passing through or near the parishes f Brenchley, Horsmon-
den, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Berenden, Hawkhurst, Sand-
hurst, Rolver.den. Newenden, Northian, Beckley, Pease-
marsh, Iden, Ployden, and Guildford, is most desirable, and
the meeting is determined to give such a line their cordial
support."
Captain MONEYPENNY seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. BERESFORD HOPE, M.P., moved that the line as
explained by Mr. Giles, passing to the north-east side of the
town of Cranbrook, is the best line to be adopted.
Mr. TUKE having seconded the resolution,
Mr. JENNINGS moved, as an amendment, "That it is im-
portant in bringing the intended line before Parliament, to
propose a line to Hastings in connexion with the proposed
line-to:Rye, with a view to such line to Hastings being car
tied into effect or net, as may hereafter appear expedient
with re 6 rence to any other line likely to be adopted to
Hastings."
Considerable discussion ensued: ultimately the amendment
was withdrawn, and the motion carried with but two dissen-
tients.
Lord BERESFORD having been called on to preside, a vote
of thanks was passed to Mr. Law Hodges for his conduct in
the chair, and the meeting separated.

•
GREAT EASTERN AN L WESTERN RAILWAY.
A few days since a meeting of the inhabitants of Bryn-
mawr, Nantvglo, and other towns in South Wales, took
place at the Griffin Inn, for the purpose of expressing their
approval of the Great Eastern and Western line, which pro-
posed to give the shortest transit to the great markets of
Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham ; and whose en-
gineers, contrary t 9 the published opinions of the engineers
connected with other companies, had demonstrated the prac-
ticability of a railway line between Merthyr and Abergavenny,
accommodating their several extensive works, and connect-
ing them with the agricultural districts.
Mr. KEINIIAW, of Bryn.oawr. moved the first res&ution,
"Tint Brynmawr and it, nri.:;l-oiourhoitt would be much
behel'ed by having the line passing so close to them, and
giving them each 'acidly of communication with important

places."
Mr. PARRY, of Beaufort, said, that as fir as regirded the
trading interests of Brynmawr and the thickly-populated
districts around, the line they were met to consider was de-
cidedly favourable; no other projected line came near them.
It was then their interest and duty to support the Great
Eastern and Western line. He thought the engineering dif-
ticulti, s of the road were great, but the engineers employed
by the Great Eastern and Western Company had pubiicly
declared the line practicable, in opposition to the opiliion of
those connected with rival lines. The •Gieat Eastern and
Western Co:npany took their line between Abergavtnny and
-Merthyr, through districts containing a pupulation of at
least 120,000 souls. Commencing at Llaiielly, they passed to
Brynmawr, Nantyglo, Coalbrook Vale''
Cwut
Celyn Blaina,
Ebbw Yale, Beaufort, Rhyniney, the Lute Works, Dowlais,
and Merthyr Tvdvil. This part of the line, he understood,
would be 20 mites of trunk and 12 of branches, 32 miles in
all, connecting the largest mineral Works in the world with
the agricultnrA districts. Whatever company_ held forth
such adva:itages deserved the public support. He was sure
such a line would pay well from its conveyance of minerals,
passengers, nnd agricultural produce.
The resolution was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. W. UNDERwOOD, in moving the second resolution,
said it was most importmit that they should have such a
line as that projected by the Great Eastern and Western
Company. It was the hest yet proposed to give them a
direct communication with the northern and eastern parts of

England.
Mr. THOMAS DAVIES, in seconding the resolution, said he
considered a line between Abergavenny and Merthyr one of
absolute nece,sity to the trading interests in the various dis-
tricts through which it would pass, and he thought it
the duty of every person interested in such trade to support
the Great Eastern and Western scheme.
The CITAIRMAN said the line whose merits they were met
to consider would afford them every possible advantage that
could arise from a direct communication with the great ma-
nufacturing and commercial towns. It would afford also a
shorter means of travelling to London than their present
mode, ti;c2 Newport, and every one, he thought, would join
with him in appreciating the advantages of having goods by
land. He had no doubt the traffic on the line would be im-
mense.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The third resolution was proposed by Mr. Thomas Davies,
of Brynmawr, and seconded by Mr. Mr. E. J. Williams, and,
like the preceding ones, it waa passed unanimously.

GREAT WELSH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
On Monday a meeting of the Managing Committee of this
Company tea place at their offices in Clement's-lane, Mr.
Ellis, M.P. for Leicester, in the chair. The principal busi-
ness which came before the meeting was the report of Mr.
Galloway, the engineer. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the
proceedings, said he had every reason to believe that the
report would be most satisfactory to the great body of the
shareholders, as well as to every one interested in the pros-
perity of Wales, or the well-being of the kingdom at large.
The reports which they continued daily to receive from the
principality afforded the directors in London a full as-
surance that the inhabitants of the district through which
the railway was intended to pass were most cordial
in their support of this great undertaking; that many
of them quitted their harvest work in order to
assist the surveyors ; and it appeared to be equally
certain that the landowners along the line were quite
as favourable as their tenants to this important na-
tional work. It was with much pleasure he perceived that
the names of several gentlemen connected with the prin-
cipality had been added to the provisional committee.
Amongst the most prominent objects of the Company was
that of affording the means of transit for goods and
passengers between Liverpool and Swansea. At present
vessds are often five r six weeks in passing from the
Bristol Channel to Liverpool—a fortnight was rather a short
passage ; whereas by, the intended railway ten hours would
suffice for the traustniss7on of any amount of goods from
either of those important ports to the other, and thus a vast
saving would be effected in the expenses of shipping, the
wages of seamen, and the cost of marine insnrance.
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN observed that there was not one
project of the many. now afloat which had so signally
earned for itself the tills of .‘ .irect" as the " Great Welsh
Central Railway ;" and when the mountainous nature of the
contitry was considered, it appeared marvellous that a direct
and practicable line could have been traced. Fortunately-
that object had been accomplished in a manner which
even exceeded their most sanguine hopes. It was impos-
sible to lOok at the map, or take into view the statistics of
such places as those between which it would open an inter-
course without feeling that that must be one of the greatest
werl:s in the United Kingdom which facilitated the traffic of
;sets places is AtllleileSter, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham,
Liverpool, the mineral districts of South Wales, and all the
important ports of the principality and of England.
The report of the engineer was then ree. It stated that

the line from Liverp,•ol to Sovons•a would measure about
150 ini;es, the branehts to Warrington and Neath being
I 1; miles ailditional. It would j,,in the Liverpool and
or at 134ckhow-liall ; then proceed by Overton,
Oswe,.--try, Wa,hpoz,l, Newtown, to the Neath line, and
on ward to Swansea, t lir!ugh R hyade,-' l.ltnphangel, Ll an-
gammca-ch, Ll ndulas, Llywel, Cape! Celwyn, Ystralggnlais,
and Clybdydfechan. He described the engineering diffi-
culties as being of very limited extent, and the tunnelling
as very unimportant, only three-guar ers of a mile in length;
that the gradients were easy, and the deviations from a
direct course much less than is to be found in the generality
of long lines.
The report was then received, and the meeting broke up.
HALIFAX AND QUEBEC.
At a meeting held in favour of this line, which-is to con-
nect Halifax and Quebec, to settle entants of land upon the
line, and to make branches to St. John, Frederickton, and
other places, Mr John Joseph Sheene in the chair;
Mr. WILLIAM BRIDGES, the secretary and projector
of the line, read the report of the Committee, from which
it appeared that a memorial drawn up by Sir Richard Brown
and Mr. Bridges, was addressed to the Prime Minister,
urging on the consideration of Government the great benefits
likely to accrue from the enterprise; that upon an inter-
view with Lord Stanley, his Lordship referred the deputa-
tion to the local governments, but • expressed. an opinion
that, in the event of local support being secured, the
Government would not refuse their sanction to the under-
taking. Memorials were addressed to Lord Metcalfe, Lord
Falkland, and Sir William Colebrook, the governors of the
respective provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New
Brunswick, of similar tenor to that submitted to Sir Robert
Peel, and cotrespondence was entered into, the result of which
was a cordial expression of approval, and promises of sup-
port from Lord Falkland and Sir William Colebrook, who
had also addressed Lord Stanley in recommendation of the
enterprise, from the Honourable Mr. Almor, a member
of the Executive Council and President of the Bank of
Nova Scotia, Dr. Gesner, of Cornwallis, and various
others of character and influence in British North
America, and that maps • and other engineering
information had been transmitted to the colony. That Mr.
G. R. Young, a member of the Legislature of Nova Scotia, had
been applied to, and had used his influence to ascertain the
feeling of merchants in the city connected with the Canadas
relative to the project, and had addressed letters by
the last mail to various correspondents in the colonies,
with the view of eliciting public expressions of opinion,
and a guarantee of local monetary support, if ap-
proved of by the public_ intelligence. That Captain
Moorsorn, who had formerly made extensive surveys for
the Government in the North American territory, had also
assisted the promoters with much valuable information, had
furnished an estimate of the probable cost and returns, and
had consented, in conjunction with Mr. Valentine, to be the
principal engineer. That Mr. Street had been in negotiation
with various persons in New Brunswick, who were desirous to
constitute a company to cons ruct a railway from St. John
to the Grand Falls, to connect with the trunk line to Quebec ;
that extensive local and Government patronage had been
secured to the undertaking, and that no less than 100,0007.
, of stock would be locally subscribed for that portion ; and
that the Legislature of New Brunswick, in their opinion, are
disposed tir give a b ,nus of 10,0001. to 15,0004 a year for five
years. Resolutiens proposed and supported by Messrs. Sam-
. bert, Hoare, Whitney, Moorsom, supported
and others, were
carried -unanimously for proszeuting the recommendations
contained in the report.

PROGRESS OF NEW RAILWAYS.
BERIZS AND HANTS RAILWAY.—This line, which is to
connect the Great Western and South-Western Railways,

iia;beenl;idQ—under the superintendence of the Coin-
pany's engineer, Mr. Beecham. In length it is upwards of
thirty-nine miles, branching off from the Great Western
Railway near Reading. passing adjacent to the towns of New-
bury, Hungerford, to near the station of the South-Western
Railway at Basingstoke. The purchase of land is nearly

completed, and in every quarter operations are going on
rapidly. The directors of the Great Western hive let the
while of the works (between Hanged( eel and Basingstoke)
to responsible and most experienced contractors, whose work.
men are engaged in shaft working. in order to ascertain the
nature of the soil to be worked through.
SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The works
upon this line of railway are for the most part corn' leted. and
the rails laid ; the tunnel, however, remains unfinished, but
nearly 2,000 werkmen are engaged, fixing the masenary.
PRESTON AND WYRE BRANCH RAILWAYS—The report
by the engineer, Mr. Bidder, as to the state of the works
of the Preston and Wyre Branch Railway and the Black-
pool, Lytham, and Lytham Docks is as follows :—The Ly-
tham line, the length of which is four miles and eix fur-
longs, I fully expect, should the weather keep favourable,
will be completed in about three weeks. There is no work
of any magnitude on this railway; the quantity of excava-
tion is 100,000 cubic yards. The highest embankment is
eleven feet, and the deepest cutting twenty-seven feet. Along
the line there are three timber bridges, also one of stone,
and another constructed of bricks. The station is also fast
approaching completion. The Blackpool line will be com-
menced as soon as the harvest is over, and we are in hopes
it will ha accomplished for traffic by the Ist of March next.
Visitors can then visit their favourite watering-places from
Leeds, Manchester, and all intermediate stations, without
leaving their carriages, and in a very short space of time.
We are laying down the electric telegraph on this line, and
have every reason to believe that early in the Spring there
will be a communication throughout the lines from Fleet-
wood, a distance of two hundred and forty miles ; and as our
packets do not exceed ten hours in their voyage to Belfast, a
message to London from Belfast will be made in a few mi-
nutes more of that time. The capital is 50,090/.
ASHTON BRANCH RAILWAY.—The works connected with
the Ashton, Stalybridge. and Liverpool Junction are ad-;
vanced considerably, and already branch into the Sheffield
and Manchester line. The electric telegraph is likewise
being laid down on this undertaking.
LANCASTER DEVIATION.—The Lancaster Deviation of
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, which is three miles
in length, will, when finished, connect the two with the
Carlisle and Newcastle Railway. The most important work
on the line is the Lime Viaduct. This consists of three
timber arches, of 120 feet span, over the river Eden, and
seven smaller land arches in masonry. The land piers and
the river abutments are well advanced, all these piers hay •
ing been founded nearly twenty feet below the surface of the
ground, and are now built about eight feet above the sur-
face. There are five other bridges in progress in other parts
of the line, and the earth-works are commenced at several
points.
OXFORD AND RUGBY.—The arrangements for the con-
struction of the Oxford and Rugby, in length fifty miles and
a half, are in a very advanced state. The preliminary ope-
rations for surveying, sectioning, shaft-sinking, and staking
out are complete. The capital, according to the parliamentary
return, is 600,0001.
BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HASTINGS RAILWAY.—This
line
is progressing rapidly, particularly between Willingdon and
St. Leonard's, where the rails are laid for a considerable dis-
tance, over which a locomotive is running to convey ballast
trains. There are between the above-mentioned places no
fever than eleven embankments, the mast important of
which are the following : Povensev-marsh extends three
miles and a half in length, for the formation of which it re-
quires 50,000 cubic yards of earthwork ; and the quantity
already removed amounts to upwards of 30,000; Stonecross
embankme- t, as also the Marine Cottages, the Bulace-
Glynde Gap, the Chinting, and Redditch, average from 19
to 23 feet in height. The cuttings in that particular part are
almost as numerous. There are ten cuttings, called the
Bulverhithe, Galley-hill, Bexhill, Fatland, 'White Little '
Common, Louden, Westham, Redditch, and the Stonecross,
The most laborious are the ulverhithe, the Galley-hill, and
the Stonecross cuttings • the latter is 40 feet in depth, and
the quantity of earthwork alre =di, removed is 54 000 cubic
yards. The quantity required to be excavated before corn-
pleted is 106,000. There are several bridges completed;
among them may be enumerated the Iliilsham and East-
bourne turnpike-roads, which pass under the railway; the
span of the arch is 35 feet. The works exhibit great solidity,
and in their construction show much judgment on the part
of Mr. Kirby, the resident engineer. The IListings, Rye,
&c., Railway, an extension line to the above, for which au
Act. of Parliament was obtained last session, is not yet com-
menced. The termini are to be at Hastings and at Ashford.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The important
works on this line of railway, under the superintendence of
Mr. Errington, the engineer, are fast completing. The
lengthy embankment near Carlisle is formed, and a loco-
motive is employed on it. Eamount bridge and Lowther
bridge are finished. They have a noble appearance. Re-
specting the viaduct at Docker Gatthil and the embankment
at Clifton, its progress is mast favourable. The engineer's
attention is now directed in removing the ponderous mass of
stone in various parts of the line by forcing gunpowder.
This operation is excessively tedious.
NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY.—This line, which
will be thirteen miles in length, with termini at Pontypool
and at Newport, has been commenced. Working surveys
are in progress, and the line is being set out preparatory to
letting contracts for works. Trial pits have been sunk to as-
certain the nature of the cuttings. The cuttings and em-
bankments will not be any great obstacle—the country being
undulating, they are consequently frequent, but of no great
Night. They vary from forty feet in height and under. One
tunnel is proposed, which will not exceed 100 yards in length.
Through the town of Pontypool the railway will occupy the
site of a canal, which will shortly be drained for that pur-
pose. The capital of the Company, is 119,0001. Mr. Thomas
E. March, the engineer, has the construction of the under-
taking. - -

On Friday. at a meeting of the merchants, traders, and in-
habitants aLiverpoal, resolutions were passed in favour of
the Newry and Carlingford Railway, as calculated to pro-
mote commercial intercourse between Liverpool and the
north-west and north-east of Ireland.
Surveyors and their assistants are busy on the South
Wales line, prior' to the issuing of contracts. The borings
fur the foundation of the bridge at Chepstow have been com-
menced.
Operations are being commenced upon .a large scale for
the construction of the proposed high level bridge over the
Tyne, in connection with the. Newcastle and Berwick Rail-
way. The borings in the bed of the river for the pier
foundations have been commenced as a preliminary requisite.
Melton is said to be besieged with surveyors, and fears
are entertained that, should one-half of the proposed projects
be carried out, Leicester will entirely lose its prestige for
hunting sports.
A direct line, shortening the existing route by five miles,
is projected between Darlington and Hartlepool.
The progress of the works on the Chester and Holyhead
is said to have had a remarkable effect on the number of
applicants for parochial relief in the Comray, Bangor, and
Beaumaris Poor-law unions.
The works on the Middlesborough and Redcar, a line to
connect those places with the north and south, have been
commenced, and the road is expected to be opened in three
or four months.

A woodcock was shot in the parish of Halwell,
near Totness, on Tuesday, the 7th inst.—Western Times.
SMUGGLING BY A PASSENGER.—A day or two
since, in the course of the usual examination being made of
the baggage and effects of the passengers by the Antwerp
steamer, the revenue officers on duty discovered that a port-
manteau or other package belonging to a foreigner, and
which was stated to contain nothing but old wearing
apparel, was sadly deficient of contents in proportion to its
size, and on further examination it was found that the pack-
age contained a false bottom, ingeniously contrived, with
between seven or eight pounds of cigars, or manufactured to
bacco, concealed therein. The package was immediately-
seized and- the matter represented to the authorities. Had
the cigars been merely placed among the wearing apparel, or
even underneath it, they would of course have been delivered
to the party on payment of the proper duties; but it being
considervd that the fact of their being adroitly concealed
under a false bottom fitted into a box afforded a complete
proof of an evident intention of avoiding the payment of the
proper duties, the package, with the whole of :the con-
tents, hJ been ordered to be conewcated.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
Id BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM

PANIES' STOCK.

From tie Official List,

11713LISIIED EVERY TIIENDA I" AND FRIDAY EVENING

LONDON, TUESDAV, OCTOBER-21.

JOINT-STOCX XIANIES.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
• £ s. d. s. d.
Australasia .• •• • • .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
Brash North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 48
Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15%
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 000 20 0 0 264
London Joint-Stock GI. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Metropolitan 25 0 0 710 0
Provincial of Ireland.. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 473
Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24%
National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 19%
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 d 37
Ditto, New. •. • • .... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 25
Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13%

Docxs.

Name of Company.

Paid.

Dividend ' Amount
per 1 of
Annum. 1 Share.

I 4 s. d. I'4 5. d. I
iommercial • •
i:ast and West India 5%1. pr cent. Stock. 139
East Country ••.• • —1!. per sh. 100 0 0 , 21
London .... ..... •• • • 4%1. pr cent. Stock. —11 S%
St Katharine •••• • • 5 per cent. Stock. I 110
Southampton •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 30

iNsurtaxcE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- --- -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Mblon
Alliance Ilrit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
Ditto Marine. ••• • .. 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6%
Atlas .•••••-• • • • . • • • . 13s. 61. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16%
British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 74
Clerici,Med.& Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6%
County ••••••• • • • • • • • 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Crown
i 91.25. fbids. } 40 0 0 5 0 0 -
Eagle •.•• .• • ....... .. 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Economic Life
& 30s.bs.
Eng.& Scot. Law Life a per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
European Life •••• • • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 142%
Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51
Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 235
Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29
Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 31. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6%
London Fire ••••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15%
Lundell Ship •..•• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 153-4,
Marine -••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10%
Hied. Invlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
National Loan Fund • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
National Life.
Palladium Life ••.• • . • • 5/. per cent: 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. 2s.
Phoenix .. .. ...... .. . • 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 210
Protector Life. •••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s.
Provident Lifc ..
Rock Life
Royal Exchane ...... 5/. per cent. Stock. - 186
Sim Fire - -
Ditto Life .• • ..... 1/. 6s. - - 18
Universal Life • •
LIST OF SC3TTISII COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per , of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
-- -
£ a. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland ••. • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 178
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. .- 100 0 0 167
British Linen Company 8/* per cent. - 100 0 0 230
Commercial Bank .. - 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 170
National Bank • ..... - 61. per cent. -. 10 0 0 16%
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. -- 50 0 0 983¢
Western Bank. •••• . • • I 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 86%
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 774,
Clydesdale Bank.. - - G/. per cent. - 10 0 0 15%
Eastern_ Bank.. ••• . • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11%
Caledonian Bank ••.••7% 1. pr cent. - 210 0 6%
Edinb.& Glasgew Bank 6/. per cent. - 50 0 7%
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 815 0 15%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 14
Ilexcules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15
Bestir. Co. of Scotlnd • • 51. per cent 10 0 0 All paid. 104
North British Insur. • • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28%
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19%
Edin. &Glasg. Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 76
Ditto, 4 Shares •• • . 5/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 191
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 25
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 3/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 73
Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 22y2
Glsgw St Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. J 45
,
')undee& Arbroth Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. i 36%
Standard Life Assurnce.ls/ per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 8

VJATEIL-WORXS

Dividend
per

Amount
of Paid.
Share. 1

Batavia were taken in at the moderate rates of 27s fir good
ordinary yelhwish ; 14 casks of Jamaica went a little
cheaper—viz , low middling at 70s, fine fine ordinary 60s to
635, fine ordinary 545, good ordinary 48s to 455, and Triage
25s per cwt.
COCOA.—This afternoon Trinidad Cocoa was in less re-
quest, and 362 bags 57 barrels at auction only partly found
buyers at rather lower rates; middling red sent,* at 42s to
435, low 40s 6d to 41s, middling grey 40s, very low heated
365, sea damaged 37s to 37s Gd, sea and sugar damaged 35s Gd
to 38s, and sweepings 18s to 31s per cwt.
TEA.—To-day there was more business doing in the Tea
market, but not at better prices. The quantity of Tea upon
which duty was paid at this port during the past week
amounted to 520,0001b5. The Thomas Worthington from
China is off the coast withlG3,7oslbsCongou, 6,3121bs Hyson
Skin, 9,5571bs Young Hyson, 11,3091bs Twankav, 2,6171bs
Hyson, 4351bs Imperial, 5151bs Gunpowder.
Hors.—There has bean only a limited business transacted,
but factors are tindisposed to take lower rates ; picking is
nearly finished, and the accounts relative to the yield are
mostly unfavourable. The new samples are not in general
so pod as could be wished, or as was the case in former
seasons. .

SPICES.—To •day Pimento was in excellent request, and
212 bags at auction sold at former rates, good middling
fetching 37‘d, and middling 3%d per lb.
RICE.—TO-day Madras Rice met with attention, and 1,000
bags at auction sold at an advance of is per cwt. •
SPIIIITS.—To-day some parcels of Leeward Island Rum
were sold at 2s to 2s ld proof, and Calcutta at Is 11d to 2s
proof. Jamaica is still wanted, and fetch stiff rates; 50 puns,
36 per cent over proof have been sold at 3s Ild per gallon.
FRUlT.—Although the arrivals of New Valentia Raisins
have been large, still the demand has been brisk, and the
opening price of 43s per cwt is sustained ; the quantity is still
bold and fine. All descriptions of Currants have been pur-
chased with eagerness, and prices are looking up.
INDIGO.—To-day during the progress of the sale 601 chests
were withdrawn, and 926 chests passed the sale. The bulk
of the quantity was Madras, Kurpahs, and low Bengals, one-
half of which sold at the rates previously established, and
the remainder was bought in by the proprietors.
COCIIINEAL.—This afternoon, at public sale, 50 bags of
Mexican were sold at full rates, and went at 5s 5d to 5s id
per lb fir Silvers, and at 6s for Black.
Ons.—Although there are sellers of Southern Oil at further
reduced rates, still exporters and the home trade have ope-
rated with caution by private treaty. Cod is dull of sale, and
must again be quoted cheaper. Seal however has sustained the
former value. Sperm is on the increase, and a decline in the
value has taken place. For Cocoa Nut Oil a brisk demand
has existed, and very full rates are given. Palm is in much
demand, and prices rule firm. Rapeseed Oil has been in ex-
cellent request, and prices have risen. Linseed Oil has been
in extensive request. Olive Oil has been in brisk demand,
and prices keep on the rise.
TALLOW.—Since Tuesday last importers of Russian have
been disposed to realise, in consequence of several ships
having come in, and they submitted to a reduction
on previous rates of 3d to 6d per cwt. On the
spot, however, a good demand has existed for all pur-
poses, and 41s 6d to 41s 9d have been taken for fine New
P.Y.C. Town Tallow has been purchased freely at 4ls to
42s nett cash. With other descriptions the market has been
better supplied, and a decline in prices has taken place;
j but the demand has been good.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 20, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to . approve of Mr. James
M'Dowell, as Consul at the port of Londonderry for the
United States of America.
CROWN-OFFICE, Ocr. 21.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Wigan—Captain the Hon. James Lindsay, of
Haigh-hall, in the county of Lancaster, in the room of Peter
Greenall, Esq., deceased.

CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RE-
LIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
SPRING CIRCUITS, 1846.
SOUIIHERN CIRCUIT.
HENRY REVELL REYNOLDS, Esq., Chief Commissioner.
Berkshire-Reading, Tuesday, Feb 17.
Oxfordshire-Oxford, Thursday, Feb. 19.
Worcestershire-Worcester, Saturday, Feb. 21.
Herefordshire-Hereford, Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Radnorshire-Presteigne, Thursday, Feb. 26.
Brecknockshire-Brecon, Friday, Feb. 27.
Carmarthenshire-Carmarthen Monday, March 2.
Cardiganshire-Cardigan, Wednesday, 'March 4.
Pembrokeshire-Haverfordwest, Thursday, March 5.
Glamorganshire-Swansea. Monday, March 9.
Glamorganshire-Cardiff, Tuesday, March 10.
Monmouthshire-Monmouth' Thursday, March 12.
Gloucestershire-Gloucester, Saturday, March 14.
At the City and County of the City of Bristol- Tuesday,
March 17.
Somersetshire-Bath, Thursday, March 19.
Somersetshire-Taunton, Friday, March 20.
Devonshire-Castle of Exeter, 'Monday, March 23
At the City and County of the City of Exeter, the same day.
Devonshire-PlymouGi, Wednesday, March 25.
Cornwall-Bodmin, Thursday, March 26.
Dorset.hire-Dorchester, Monday, March 30.
Wiltshire-Salisbury, Wednesday, April 1. •
At the Town and County of the Town of Southampton-
Thursday, April 2.
Southampton-Winchester, Friday, April 3.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
JOHN GREATIIEAD HARRIS, ESQ., Commissioner.
Yorkshire-Sheffield, Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Yorkshire-Wakefield, Thursday, Feb. 12.
At the Town and County of the Town of Kingston-upon-
Hull-Monday, Feb. 16.
Yorkshire-York, Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Yorkshire, Richmond, Friday, Feb. 20.
Durham-Durham, Monday, Feb. 23.
Northumberlands-Moot7hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wed.
nesdav, Feb. 25.
At the- Town and Couuty_of-the-Town of Newcastle-upon.
Tyne, the same day.
Cumberland-Carlisle, Friday, Feb. 27.
Westmoreland-Appleby, Monday, March 2.
Lancashire-Lancaster, Tuesday, March 3.
Lancashire-Liverpool, Monday, March 9.
Cheshire-Chester, Wednesday, March 11.
At the City and County of the City of Chester, the same day,
Montgomeryshire-Welsh Pool, Friday, March 13.
Merionethshire-Dolgelly, Monthly, March 16.
Carnarvonshire-Carnarvon, Wednesday, March 18.
Anglesey-Beaumaris, Friday, March 20.
Flintshire-Mold, Monday, March 23.
Denbighshire-Ruthin, Wednesday, March 25.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
WILLIAM JOHN LAW, Esq., Commissioner.
Essex-Chelmsford, Friday, Feb. 20.
Essex-Colchester, Saturday, Feb. 21.
Suffolk-Ipswich, Monday, Feb. 23.
Norfolk-Yarmouth, Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Norfolk-Norwich Castle, Thursday, Feb. 26.
At the city and county of the city of Norwich, the same day.
Norfolk-Lynn, Saturday, Feb. 28.
Suffolk-Bury St. Edmund's, Monday, March 2.
Cambridgeshire-Cambridge, Wednesday, March 4.
Huntingdonshire-Huntingdon, Thursday, March 5.
Staffordshire-Stafford, Saturday, March 7.
Warwickshire-Birmingham, Tuesday, March 10.
Warwickshire-Warwick, Wednesday, March 11.
Shropshire-Shrewsbury, Friday, March 13.
Warwickshire-Coventry, Monday, March 16.
At the city and county of the city of Lichfield, Tuesday
March 17.
Rutlandshire-Oakhqm, Thursday, March 19.
Northamptonshire-Peterborough, Friday, March 20.
Lincolnshire-Lincoln and city, Saturday, March 21.
Nottinghamshire-Nottingham, Tuesday, March 24.
Derbyshire-Derby, Thursday, March 26.
Leicestershire-Leicester, Friday, March 27.
Northamptonshire-Northampton, Monday, March 30.
Bedfordshire-Bedford, Tuesday, March 31.
Buckinghamshire-Aylesbury, Thursday, April 2.
HOME CIRCUIT.
DAVID PoLLock Esq , Commissioner.
Kalt-Dover, Thursday, Feb. 26.
At the city and county of the city of Canterbury, Saturday.
Feb. 28.
Kent-Maidstone, Tuesday, March 3.
Sussex-Lewes, Friday, March 13.
:ertfordshire-Hertford, Thursday, Marcia 26.