The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.

MANCHESTER, SATI7RDAY.—The first meeting of this Company was
held to-day at the Townhall. The meeting was made special, to
consider the expediency of empowering the Directors to apply to Par-
liament in the ensuing session to make arrangements with the North
Staffordshire Company, also to enable them to make extension
lines, &c.
Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. EDWARD TOOTAL, Vice-Preeldent of
the Board of Directors, took the chair, and expressed the satisfaction
it afforded him at being able to congratulate the shareholders on the
satisfactory and prosperous state of affairs, and of the prospect before
them, amounting to a certainty, of completing a project which would
result, not only in large benefit to the shareholders, but prove most
advantageous to the public.
Captain CLEATHER, the Secretary, then read the report of Ow
Directors, which stated that the measures by which the powers ands
privileges of the Company were conferred, received the royal assent
in July last ; that the Directors since then had been engaged, in com-
pleting the arrangements for the formal constitution of the Com-
pany, and an active prosecution of the works upon the line. That a
contract had been entered into with Messrs. Brassey, 31.1(enzle, and
Stephenson, for the formation and completion of the entire line of
railway, for public use, for the sum of 611,6191., the Company pro-
viding rails and chairs, and the contractors being paid extra for suck
stations and sidings as may hereafter be found necessary. That tees
Directors had reason to be satisfied as well with the terms of the
contract as with the position and character of the parties contract-
ing. That it was also gratifying to have had, in this important step,
the sanction and concurrence of the London and Birmingham
Company, which, under existing circumstances, was mainly
affected. That the Directors had been in negotiation with the
North Staffordshire Company, with 41, view to a limited parti-
cipation by the Trent Company in that- undertaking, and that
the outline of an arrangement had some time 'since been agreed
to, whereby this Company became entitled to a share interest to the
extent of 300,0001. in the North Staffordshire Company. That the
precise mode of effecting this arrangement had not been determined,
but that the Pirectors would ask of this meeting for powers to adjust
it in the way wheseh should eventually appear most beneficial. That
the Directors had She; considered the expediency of making a line
eastward, but so Many Competing interests were at preeent in
the field, that they had yei been unable to determine whether
the interests of this Company veueld be best served by under-
taking any such extension, or by leaving the ground to
be occupied by other, though, of.course not hostile parties.
That the Directors would continue to give ti;eir best attention
to this subject ; seeking from the Proprietors: pow a discre-
tionary power of action, when all the plans ionetilig the
district should be fully before them. That the shareholde
ehould
bear ip mind that in proportion to the vigour of action by- con-
tractors for the work, would be the necessity for early and re lee
calls for capital ; that it was therefore intended to make a first call et
31. per share on an early day, and to require its payment not Mese
than the Ist of November next : the other calls would follow, the ter
spective dates and amount of which would be regulated by the neces-
sities of the company on the one hand, and on the other by the con-
venience of the shareholders. That under the combined arrrange-
ment, settled by the deed of arrangement with the tondonAind
mingliain Company, the Grand Junction' and the Mancheiter and
Birmingham Company, and which was embodied in the act pf incor-
poration, the present Board of Directors retired, and the shareholders.
should elect nine others, who were to continue in office six months_
The SECRETARY next read the engineers' report; ,which stated in
effect that the works were in rapid progress, and that he looked for-
ward to the speedy completion of the line, &c. The statement of the
receipts and disbursments followed, which showed a large balance in
hand to the credit of the Company.
The reports having been adopted by the meetinge•Messrs William
Birkett and John Ridgway were appointed auditors, ',and Mr. Blake
treasurer, and 5001. voted to Mr. Wheeler,. their late „secretary, as
remuneration for his services. Messrs. Edward Peel; Ilenry New-
bury, and Edward Tootal were elected Directors.
The meeting was then made special, and resolutions were • opted
empowering the Directors to enter into arrangements with the ort it
Staffordshire, and advance 300,0001. capital, and to apply for any N•
tensions of the Trent Valley.
Thanks, on the motion of the Hon. Colonel Anson, seconded by
Captain CARNmotr, were given to .the Chairman and Directors for;
their services.
A public dinner was given in the evening' to Mr. Edward Tootal,.
at which he was presented with a service of silver plate, as• sub-
stantial testimony from the shareholders el the Trent Velley
Company of the estimation in which they held his services in pro-
moting the scheme, and bringing it to a successful issue. The enter-
tainment took place in the assembly room of the Albion Hotel,
and was attended by about 200 gentlemen; amongst whom were Lord
Viscount Duncannon, Hon. Col. Anson, M.P. ; Hon. Captain
Carnegie, M.P., Staffordshire ; the Mayor of Manchester, the Mayor'
of Salford, J. P. Westhead, Esq., &c. The banquet was in every
respect a splendid one, Mr. Westhead taking the chair.
Mr. TooTAL, in acknowledging the tribute paid him, spoke of the
strenuous opposition that the Trent Valley project met at every step,
from the outset to the last moment, despite all which it had at length
arrived at a successful issue.
The toasts which followed were—" The Mayor and Corporation or
Manchester, who had contributed 34,0001. towards public improve-
ments ; " The Mayor of Salford ;" " The Earl of Winchilsea, and the•
landowners along the line."
To which the Hon. Colonel ANSON responded.
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" The Army and Navy;" which was acknowledged by the Hon.
Captain CARNEGIE, who spoke in glowing terms of the value that
railways had proved in the facilities they afforded far the speck'
transit of troops to all parts of the country.

THE INCOME-TAX.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE

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Sra,—Knowing that your columns are always-seven to
the cries of the oppressed, and that you are always
ready and willing to render your assistance and to give
your advice to such as are sufferers by the conduct of
others, I venture to bring before your notice a case of
as great hardship and punishment as can well be accom-
plished under the Income-tax Act, except the one of
Messrs. Fielding, of Todmorden.
I have been a small manufacturer of hats in this place
for nearly thirty years ; I have always fulfilled' my en-
gagements during that period with punctuality. 14.110
of my creditors have been paid less than twenty shillings
to the pound value, as my receipts will prove. I have,
with great care, industry, and frugality, raised a small
family, and also saved a little against old age. "Never
did an execution from any of the courts of law enter my
house until the Bth instant, when the collector of income-
tax, with a police officer, entered my warehouse, seized
and carried away five pieces of silk plush; of the,Talue
of 40/ and upwards, and in five days after they sold, by
public auction, so much of the silk plush as roat,.s.ied their
demands for a presumed income-tax upon my trade for
the year 1844, ending 1845—not upon a real income, bus
upon their presumption of my . income for that ye..
Now, Sir, I did not receive the income. The CO I.
sioners have taxed me for that year
wed the Income, i
re-
sisted the payment. If I had rece
see the Commiaioner
conseque.utly 1....w0u1d have paid it on demand. near
an exact account in figures as
( as no person living but'
as I could come) of
my income for that year, and
mysel i
out to me in surcharging me
hardship has been dealt
f knows what nay income s, I do conceive a great
above my statement; and in having my goods seized, car-
ried sway, and sold by public auction by men that ought
securing to me just laws, administered
as great an oppression as
btoypjurost te
men,ct me by I
conceive,
any man can suffer.
'nation, you are at full liberty to make use
- -xr ;-?ti consider this case worthy a place in your
the same, as I trust my iiama Snd
valuable put:.
of all or any part o.
address is a sufficient quar,:,:ltee of its correctness.';':
Springfield, near Manchester,
,!fot. 15.
(Rere follows the !lime of the writer,
, with his address.)

SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM READINti iIY BED.—" 4 ne
of those accidents which we have so often to record occurred yealtV•
nay morning, shortly after one o'clock, to Mrs. Elizabeth 'Vernon, $
lady of independent fortune residing in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
square. For some considerable time past this lady has been labour-
lug under an attack of rheumatism, for-which she was in the habit
of taking opiates to alleviate the pain, and was accustomed,tipon re-
tiring to rest at night, to read in bed. About the hour stated the
female domestic, who slept in.an adjoining room, was awakened by
a strong smell of lire, and on proceeding to her mistress's chamber,
found the hangings of the bed enveloped in flames, and the unfortu-
nate lady in a state of insensibility. Assistance was promptly:L.-pro-
cured, and the fire extinguished ; but we arc sorry to add, pet-net
before Mrs. Vernon, who is an aged lady, was severely, thougf/..!104,
dangerously burnt.
THE WILL FORGERS.—A letter has .been lately
received from Barber, in which he states that his health is bad, and
that his rations and labour are bad and wretched. He devOtie
time to gathering geographical and historical informatton!of the
island, and is writing the biography of extraordinary criminal*, al-
though his leisure time is small, as he has to get ilia° wOrtatery
morning at four o'clock. He is employed givihg instruction tojAlie
sons of a clergyman, and is also engaged to conduct the detente of
some prisoners who attempted to escape from.the boats of the 04
Agincourt, by suddenly seizing the guards and throwing:then) eves*
board. Spooking of his fellow convict Fletcher, he says He is
execrated by all, save the few extreme wretches who welcome all as
friends who are like themselves. There is not one of the free inha7
bitants by whom he is not regarded with abhorrence." Barber still
perseveres ip his declaration of inaocande, and has again ibrwarele4
Memorial tbi a xemipiOrt of ytinishment.

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CA NIBRIAN and GRAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, connecting SOUTH WALES with BIRMINGHAM,
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and the NORTH.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,200,0001., in 110,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per share.
Offices 12, Nicholas-lane, King William-street.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEES. -
LOCAL.
Sir William Thomas Stanley Massey' Stanley, Bart., Hooton Hall,
High Sheriff of the County of Cheshire
ken. John Chiverton Chariton, Esq., Apley Castle, Wellington, High
Sheriff of the County of Salop
Richard Corbet, Esq., Adderley Hall, Salop
Nalulund Burnan Pateshall, Esq., Allensmore, Herefordshire
George Croose, Esq., Burcott House, Herefordshire
John Kerr Hastings, Esq., Manager of the Herefordshire Banking
Company
WilliAm Webb, Esq., Mayor of Hereford
William Pulling, Esq., merchant, Hereford
Charles Buimer, Esq., merchant, Hereford
The Rev. W. Cooke, magistrate, Bromyard
John Watson, Esq., carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster
George Crump, Esq., carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster
George Butcher Lea, Esq., Kidderminster
Thomas Whitmore Wyldo Browne, Esq., Woodlands, near Bridg-
north, Magistrate of the county of Salop and of the borough of
lirklgnorth
,STOhn Raker, Esq., Dolforwyn Hall, Montgomeryshire, and Bridgnorth
W. M'Michael, Esq., Magistrate of the Borough of Bridgnorth
John Trevor, Esq., Clerk of the Peace for the Borough of Brldgnorth
. John Jacob Smith, Esq., Town Clerk of the Borough of Bridgnorth
The Roy. J. F. Willetts, Cams Hall, Bridgnorth
William Grierson, Esq., The Grove, Brldgnorth
1.1. If ..Cotey, Esq., M.D., Brldgnorth
Joseph Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth
William Thursfield, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Dallewy, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth
John Green, Esq., Badger Heath, near Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq., carpet:manufacturer, Bridgnorth
Thomas Grierson, Esq., carpet manufacturer, Bridgnorth
John Onions, Esq., Broseley
Itiehard Boycott, Esq., banker, Broseley
John Stephens, Esq., Albyns, near Bridgnorth
William Wyley, Esq., The Vineyard, Wellington
Messrs. Webb, Wellington
John Williams, Esq., ironmaster, Kelley, Wellington
Mr. John Slaney, Wellington
Xi. John Beeston, Wellington
John Walthall Hammond, Esq., Wistaston Hall, near Nantwich
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., The Lodge, Market ,Drayton, and
Conseil Hall, Staffordshire
Charles Warren, Esq., banker, Market Drayton
John Edwards. Wilson, Esq., The Grove, Market Drayton
Rev. S. H.-Macaulay, Hodnet Hall, Salop
Thos, Nathaniel Webb, Esq., The Vineyard, near Hereford
James Beech, Esq., The Shaw, near Cheadle
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Twyford House, near Derby
Peter Broughton, Esq., Tunstail Hall, Market Drayton
William Eaton Mousley, Esq., of Derby, Under-Sheriff of Cheshire
William Shadbolt, Esq., Crome-hill, Surrey, of the Lwynvi Iron-
works, Glamorgan
Ambrose Moore, Esq., London, Director of the London Joint-Stock
.Bank

Wllltam Spedding, Esq., Thaw:es-street, London, Mines Royal
Copperworks, Neath
George Hewlett, Esq., 131.7aningharn
John Johnson Harailt,n, Esq., Liverpool
LONDON.

Henry Johr. Enthoven, Esq merchant, London, Director of the
Dutcji Ilhenish Railway
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq. Doctors'-commons, London, Director of
the South-Eastern Railway
John Masterman, jun., Esq., banker, London, Director of the
Blaenavon Iron Company
Donald Maclean, Esq., merchant, London. Deputy Chairman of the
Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., London, Deputy Chairman of the Bristol
and Exeter Railway
Charles Robert Colman, Esq., Iron-gate Wharf; London, Director of
the South-Midland Railway
Charles Downes, Esq., Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Provisional Director
of the South-Midland Railway
Robert Swinfen Peel, Esq., Bonehill House, near Tamworth, Pro-
visional Director of the Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junc-
tion Rail way
Jahn Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 81, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
Provisional Director of the South Midland Railway
Sir Arthut de Capel Brooke, Bart., Oakley Park, Kettering, North-
itinPl-Jushire
John Francis Woody, Esq., The Moat, Tamworth, Provisional Di-
lector of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Edward Hall, Esq., West Bank, near Macclesfield, Provisional
Director of the South Midland Railway
Anthony Dickson, Esq., M.D., Edrin,;ton House, Berwickshire, late
Physician-General of Bengal
William Watson Prole, Esq., Duster-court, Mincing-lane, Director

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of the Isle of Jersey Railway
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George Emery, Esq., London, Director of the Waterford and Kil-
kenny -Railway
Viniii:rn Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
-Provisional Director of the South Midland Railway
-Thomas 'Braman, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy-Chairman of

the Leicester and Tamworth Railway •
James Oliver Mason, Esq., Old Broad-street, Londcin, Director of the
'est Cornwall Railway Company •
Henry Ridout Dovrnmaa, Esq., 47, Upper Bedford-place, London,
ProviSional Director of the South Union Railway -
William Peel, Esq., Bonehiil House, near Tamworth
James Wisken, Esq., 10, Upper Bedford-place, London, Director of
the, London and Croydon Railway .
Edward 11. Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Deputy-Chairman
• Of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Captain J. P. M`Dougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Surrey, late of
'the Bengal General Stag
'William Morley, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Union Bank of
. London .

Therna,s.Yarncomh, Esq., Alderman, London, Director of the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank
John Laurie, Esq., 2, Charles-street, St. James's, London, Director of
the London and Croydon Railway
John Mott, Esq., The Close, Lichfield, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Railway
William Collins, Esq., M.P. for Warwick, 18, Pall-mall, and
Warwick

Robert Chapman, Esq., distiller, Drury-lane, London
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeterßailway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Christopher Shapland, Edq., Director of the Bristol and South Wales
Junction
Francis Fry, Esq., Director of the Bristol and South Wales Junction
W. Ashlin, Esq., Mark-lane
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., London Director of the South Wales
Railway
Thos. Short Wright, Esq., Northampton
(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITOW.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De-
lahay-street, Westminster
T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth
LOCAL SOLICITOSB.
Hereford—Thomas Evans, Esq.
Bromyard—Willlarn West, Esq.
Eidlleratinster —Messrs. Bird, Saunders and Bird
Bridgnorth—M. Haywood Williams, Esq.
Nantwich—E. D. Broughton, Esq.
Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard, Pottl, and Nichols
Wellington—F. Buckle, Esq. -
Market Drayton—Georg!. Bird, Esq.
Swansea—Richard Pratte Boor, Esq.
Cardiff—John Bt'ea, Esq.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 22.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; llighest, 60; Noon, 55

BAROMETER, 29.85. WIND %V., with beautiful sun

shiny weather.

On Sunday the Barometer fell to 29.45, and, with the
exception of three hours in the afternoon, rain fell in
torrents from morn till night.