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, aftei which a protracted dis-
cussion took place. J. Tyrrell, Esq., of Exeter, strongly oppos-
ed the granting of the lease, which, he said, would only by 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 Qountry 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 heing 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. Badhani 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. Flipp.—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.
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
MANCHESTER AND BOLTON.
[Length of line, 10 miles.]
Traffic for the week ending October 1 :
Passengers and parcels £39l 12 6
Goods and coals l7O 3 6

Standard Office, Three o' Clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—THis DAY.
The arrivals up to and since Friday contain a fair supply of
foreign Wheat, a large import of Flour, and 1160 qrs. Indian
Corn from Odessa ; beyond which we have nothing to report
from abroad, and little produce either coastwise or from Ire-
land.

The effect, which increasing duties might have produced,
has been counteracted here by the prevalence of exceedingly
fine weather since this day week, and the means of saving,
during that time, a considerable portion of the late crops in
the northern districts of the United Kingdom ; thereby al-
laying the fears previously entertained and serving to pre-
vent any inclination to higher prices.

Influenced by the preceding consideration and the decline
in Mark Lane yesterday, the millers this morning continued
to buy very sparingly, although the best old Wheat, both
English and Foreign, receded Id to 2d, and other descrip-
tions 2d to 3d per 701bs from the rates of Tuesday last, ex-
cept for prime home-grown samples, which not being plenti-
ful, realized rather high prices.

Barrel Flour, moving off slowly, was 6d. cheaper, and all
other kinds difficult of sale at an abatement of I s. per sack.
Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to rule in all
respects nearly the same as on Friday.
New Oats and Oatmeal were in demand, and mostly cleared
off pretty freely, the former at the extreme rates of this
day week, and the latter at an advance of Gd to is per 210
lbs.—in either of these articles, however, the produce of last
year, the transactions were limited and prices unvaried.
ROBT. MAKIN and SONS.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 99th September, to the sth October, 1840, inclusive.