The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.

BRISTOL, SEPT. 29.—A special general meeting of the
shareholders in the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
was held this day, at the Merchants' Hall, Old King-street,
for the purpose of taking into consideration, and finally de-
termining for or against the project for leasing the line to
the Great Western Railway Company for a term of five years,
to be computed from the time of its final completion to
Exeter. There was a very large attendance of proprietors
from Exeter, Taunton, Bridgewater, Manchester, &c., and
at twelve o'clock the chair was taken by Frederick Ricketts,
Esq., the chairman of the board of directors. After some
opening observations by the chairman, in which he ex-
pressed a hope that the proposal would be cordially accepted,
E. Divett, Esq., M.P. for Exeter, moved the adoption of the
lease, which, he contended, was not only for the well-being
of the undertaking, but absolutely essential to the speedy
completion of the works. H. Houldsworth, Esq., of Dart-
mouth, seconded the resolution, after which a protracted dis-
mission 'took place. J. Tyrrell, Esq., of Exeter, strongly oppos-
ed the granting of the lease, which, he said, would only be bene-
ficial to the Great Western Company, whose shareholders had
very wisely adopted it. Mr. Tyrrell went into a lengthened
calculation, with a view to show that the financial condition
and prospects of the country did not call for any such mea-
sure on the part of the directors, and strongly urged the
shareholders not to sacrifice their independence and give up
for a very inadequate consideration the morally certain profit
which the traffic on their line would yield. Dr. Green, Mr.
Frankleye, Mr. John Brown, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Bradon, and
others, followed Mr. Tyrrell in opposing the grant of the
lease, which was supported by Mr. Thompson, of Manches-
ter, Mr. Rowe, and others. At four o'clock the motion was
put to the meeting, when a show of hands was taken. The
Chairman said he was unable to decide upon the division
which had taken place, and a poll was then commenced.
The poll closed on Wednesday at two o'clock, and shortly
afterwards the scrutineers reported the result, which was an-
nounced as follows :—For the resolution adopting the lease—
No. of persons 228, polling 5587 shares, constituting 3550
votes. Against the resolution—No. of persons 102, polling
1481 shares, constituting 1104 votes. Majority above three-
fifths of the votes polled, 758. Thirty-five votes offered for
the lease were rejected, as not being signed.—A short but
sharp discussion followed, in which Mr. Bernard, the Chair-
man, Mr. C. B. Fripp, Dr. Green, Mr. R. B. Ward, and the
secretary took part. Mr. Bernard charged the directors
with having sent Mr. Badham into the north with the view of
obtaining proxies. Mr. Badham positively denied that such
was the case, or that he had asked a shareholder for a single
vote. In this statement he was borne out by the Chairman
and Mr. C. B. Fripp.—After passing the usual votes of
thanks the meeting separated.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM.
The gross amount for conveyance of passen-
gers, parcels, mails, &c. for the week end-
ing Sept. 26, 1840. £14,877 1,1 7
Merchandise for the same
Cattle

£17,250 12 3

HULL AND SELBY.
[Length of line, 31 miles.]
For the week ending September 27 :
Receipts
Passengers 4094
MANCHESTER AND BOLTON.
[Length of line, 10 miles.]
Traffic for the week ending October 1 :
Passengers and parcels £39l 12 6
Goods and coals. 170 3 6

£361 16 0

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)
PROMOTIONS.

Rev. Edward Bull, Rector of Pentlow, Essex, to be the
Chaplain of the Sudbury Union, vacant by the resignation of
the Rev. Mr. Stafford.

Rev. J. H. Barker, to the Chaplaiucy of Hereford Lift
!nary. _ .

Rev. J. Nicholls, of Enfield Highway, to be Chaplain to
the Bishop of St. David's.
Rev. W. H. Saunders, to the Vicarage of Carrigtwohill,
Clovne.

Rev. A. Todd, to the Curacy of Castle Martyr, Cloyne.
Rev. Somers Payne, jun. to be Domestic Chaplain to the
Bishop of Killaloe,
Rev. Edward Illingworth, B.A. of Clare Hall, Cambridge,
to be Second Master of the Birmingham and Edgbaston Pro-
prietary School, in the room of the Rev. C. H. Maturin,
M.A. resigned.

The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has been pleased to
appoint the Rev. J. J. Toogood, M.A. Vicar of North Pether-
ton, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Bridgewater, and
one of the Prebendaries of the Cathedral Church of Wells.
The former office became vacant by the resignation of the
Rev. H. Parsons, M.A. Rector of Goathurst, and Preben-
dary of Wells.

Rev. G. N. Barrow, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains
of the Bishop of Gloucester.
Rev. Theophilus Campbell, B.A. to the Vicarage of Wol-
stanton, with Tunstall, Staffordshire; patron, R. Sneyd,
Esq.

Rev. C. Gillmor, M.A. to be Curate of Walcot, Bath.
The Bishop of Hereford has filled up the three vacant Pre-
bends in the Cathedral Church, by the following appoint-
ments :—The Rev. John Venn, M.A. Vicar of St. Peter's,
Hereford ; the Rev. W. E. Evans, M.A. of Bucton Court,
and Curate of Monkland ; the Rev. Charles Drury, M.A.
Rector of the second portion of Pontesbury, Salop.

TILE MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.—Since the committal of
Fowles, some links of evidence have been found, which
strongly tend to connect him with the murder. We have al-
ready mentioned, that, when Fowles was in Mr. Cottrill's
custody, on his way to prison, he volunteered a statement to
the effect, that he had not murdered the poor woman. We
learn that he had previously made a like communication to
another person, Benjamin Tittensor, a special constable, who
had charge of him at Newcastle, and remained with him in
the room after the inquest, on the night of Saturday week.
The prisoner commenced talking, and stated that, on the
Tuesday before the murder, he contracted with the deceased
I to board him for 9s. per week. On the next day he went to
seek work, but could not obtain any ; that at night, he went
into the house, and had supper ; there was another man (a
stranger) in then ; they supped and slept together, until about
two o'clock, when they got up. The other man got on her
bed, and throttled her. She made no noise ; and the other
man broke open the box, took some money out, and gave
him part of it ; that they left the house together, the other
man accompanying him to Jackson's house for the coat he
there purchased ; and that they afterwards parted, the other
man, (a fiddler) going towards Macclesfield, while the pri-
soner proceeded to Birmingham. The statement of the pri-
soner having an accomplice, we think, will turn out to be a
mere fabrication. A fiddler from the neighbourhood of
Golden Hill, who had been in Newcastle that day, on hear-
ing the report, voluntarily came to the Newcastle police-
office, and clearly.accouuted for himself during the • whole
night of the murder.

SECOND. EDITION.

Standard-office, Ten o'clock.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.-MONDAY.

(From the London Standard of Last Night.)

The polling was resumed at nine o'clock this morning, but
it proceeded very languidly. The friends of Mr. Alderman
Harmer boasted on Saturday that the battle would be fought
to-day, and that the result would be to place Mr. Harmer in
a majority. It will be seen, however, from the following
statement of the numbers polled, that the boast of Saturday
is not likely to be realised.

Alderman Pirie

TEN O'CLOCK.

Alderman Johnson
• Alderman Harmer

Majority for Pirie: 5lB
Majority for Johnson
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

Alderman Pirie ...
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer.

2434
2401
1925

Majority for Pirie 509
Majority for Johnson
TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Alderman Pirie .
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

Majority for:Pirie
Majority for Johnson
' ONE O'CLOCK.

Alderman Pirie ....
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer..

Majority for Pine
Majority for Johnson
TWO O'CLOCK.

Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson
Alderman Harmer

. 2463
. 2432
. 1963

.. 2506
..2476
.. 2008

2643
2615
2158

Majority for Pirie .
Majority for Johnson
THREE O'CLOCK-(MONDAY'S CLOSE).
Alderman Pirie
Alderman Johnson 253?
Alderman Harmer..

Majority for Pirie 483
Majority for Johnson