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trains, that the resident families who regularly attend the 
chapel were unable to find room at the usual hour of service. 
ailways.—The following are the receipts for the past 
week :—Croydon, 561/.; Greenwich, 792/. ; Blackwall, 
1,205/7. ; Great North of England, 1,6697.; Northern and 
Eastern, 1,817/.; Birmingham and Gloucester, 2,132, 
Eastern Counties, 3,036/.; South-Eastern and Dover. 
4,022/. ; Manchester and Leeds, 5,0747. ; North Midland, 
5,307/,; Brighton, 5,717/.; South-Western, 8,124/.; 
Grand Junction, 9,785/.; Great Western, 16,670/. ; Bir- 
mingham, 20,193/—The London and Birmingham 
Company met last week at Birmingham. The report 
announced the receipts for the half-year as 389,658/.; 
expenses, 165,734/., leaving a net profit of 223,924/, 
The passenger traffic, as compared with the correspond- 
ing half-year of 1842, was less by 13,113/., while the 
goods and cattle traffic was more by 10,019/., making a 
decrease in traffic of 3,094/., which, with other items, 
make a total decrease of 3,537/. The reduction in ex- 
penses, on the other hand, was 8,767/., the total decrease 
in charge being 20,4307, The balance of profit exceeded 
the amount for the corresponding half-year, by 16,982 ; 
the net profit, with former balances, to be divided being 
241,855/. The receipts from passengers had been 
254,1807., mails, 7,195/., horses and carriages, 15,956/., 
parcels, 22,125/. The number of passengers during the 
half-year, was 360,784, travelling a distance of 23,395,261 
miles, the number of passengers per day amounting to 
nearly 2000. The works of the Warwick and Leaming- 
ton line are in active progress, and arrangements had 
been made for the execution of the proposed Northamp- 
ton and Peterborough line. For the purpose of construct- 
ing these two lines an additional capital of 1,375,0002. 
would be raised, in addition to the existing capital of 
5,500,0007. The report was adopted, and a dividend at the 
rate of 10 percent. was declared.—At the meeting of the 
Midland Counties Company last week, the directors re- 
ported that the receipts for the half-year had amounted to 
62,324/. ; the disbursements to 44,987/., leaving a balance 
of 17,366/. which would have enabled the directors to de- 
clare a dividend of 1/. 6s. for the half-year, but that they 
had to deduct abalance due to the North Midland Company, 
amounting to 1,500/., which would leave an available surplus 
of 15,000/. applicable to a dividend at the rate of 1/. 4s. 
pershare. The competition between the Midland Counties 
and the Birmingham and Derby Companies still con- 
tinued unabated. The loss upon passenger-receipts to the 
former company had been 1,472/., and to the latter, 
2,086/7. A discussion ensued on a proposal to amalga- 
mate the Midland Counties, North Midland, and Bir- 
mingham and Derby Companies, which it was contended 
would increase the joint profits to upwards of 35,0002. per 
annum, reduce the present scale of expenses, and tend to 
the convenience of the public. Althongh met by a 
strenuous opposition on the part of the directors, a reso- 
Jution was passed for the appointment of a committee to 
confer with the several companies on the subject, and re- 
port the result to a special meeting.—By the proceedings 
of the York and North Midland meeting, it appears the total 
receipts for the half-year were 40,020/., and the expenditure 
17,562/., the balance of which, with a slight addition from 
the reserve fund, enabled the directors to declare a divi- 
dend of 27. 10s. per share on the old shares, and of 1/. 
per share on the half-shares, An extension-line to 
Scarborough is to be carried out.—The Northern and 
Eastern Company on its half-year’s profits pay a dividend 
of 12s. 6d. per share, and the returns present a consider- 
able increase in passenger and goods traffic. A corre- 
spondence between the directors of the Eastern Counties 
and the Northern and Eastern Companies was read 
at the meeting relative to an offer on the part of the 
former for leasing the Northern and Eastern line at 
a rate based on the present receipts and expenditure, to 
which, however, the latter were not inclined to submit, 
considering the traffic as yet far from developed, or yield- 
ing the reasonable return that might shortly be expected 
from the sources of revenue with which the line is said to 
abound. The balance for the dividend was 6,199/. 11s. 10d. 
—A project is in contemplation for extending the Eastern 
Counties Railway to Norwich, Harwich, and Bury St. 
Edmunds, by means of a line to be called the Eastern 
Union Extension. Plans and sections have been pre- 
pared, by which it would appear that the line and branches 
are well adapted to give Ipswich and Harwich, and the 
surrounding districts, the benefit of railway communica- 
tion with the metropolis, as well as with the inland 
districts. The expected traffic is large, and the earth- 
works easy; and in furtherance of the object a meeting 
was held last week at Ipswich, when the High Sheriff, 
the Mayors of Norwich, Harwich, Bury, Ipswich, and 
Eye, with influential landowners, were appointed a com- 
mittee for carrying the project into effect.—An adjourned 
meeting of the London and Greenwich Company tock 
place on Tuesday, when the committee of investigation 
made their report on the points referred to for considera- 
tion. They recommended that there be three classes of 
carriages, that the fares be eightpence for the first class, 
sixpence for the second, and fourpence for the third, and 
that annual tickets for the first class be 12 guineas, and 
for the second 10 guineas. After some discussion the 
report was received, and the committee requested to 
continue their services with a view to some arrangement 
with the Croydon and other companies.—At the meeting 
of the Great North of England Company, at Darlington, 
the report showed a total receipt for the half-year of 
40,1797, leaving, after the payment of expenses, a dispo- 
sable balance of 13,622/., out of which a dividend, at the 
rate of 1/, 5s. for the half-year, was declared. The num- 
ber of passengers during the half-year was 64,173.—At 
the annual meeting of the Sheffield and Rotherham Com. 
pany, the accounts showed a falling off in the receipts of 
900/., which was met by a decrease to the same extent in 
the cost of the working charges. The local passengers, 
during the half-year, had amounted to 137,124, and the 
general passengers to 48,110. A dividend at the rate of 
5 per cent. was declared.—The half-yearly meeting of the 
Great Western Company took place on Thursday at 
Bristol. The report states that the half-year’s income has 
been 330,8472. 19s., of which the separate earnings on the 
Great Western Railway are 275,306/. 1s. 7d. Compared 
with the first six months of 1842 there is an increase on 
the goods of 5,916/. 11s. 5d., but the passenger receipts 
have diminished. The Bristol and Exeter railway has 
been extended twenty miles and a quarter (to Beam 
Bridge) since June, 1842. The expenses of working the 
line have been diminished during the past half-year 
(omitting Government duty, and rates and taxes) by 
5,3592. 9d., notwithstanding the greater length of line 
worked. The directors regret that the dividend is less 
than that of last year, arising from peculiar circumstances, 
which are thus explained. The balance left undivided in 
January, 1842, was 18,4377. 5s. ld., and in January, 
1843, 2,670/. 5s. 11d., making more than the difference. 
The interest paid within the last six months exceeds that 
of 1842, by 13,900/. The increased rent of the Bristol 
and Exeter railway is nearly balanced by the saving of 
expenditure. The total sum now available is 82,8861. 
6s. 9d., which gives a dividend of two-and-a-half per cent, 
for the present half-year, amounting to 81,815/., leaving 
a balance of 1,071/. Gs. 9d. A portion of the permanent 
way between London and Maidenhead has been recon- 
structed at a cost, on reference to the accounts, of 
17,7831.7s. 11d. The timber and rails taken up have been 
made available for the Cheltenham and Oxford lines. The 
directors conclude by calling the attention of the proprie- 
tors to a projected plan for the continuation of the line to 
Plymouth, or some other western port. The business of 
the general meeting having been disposed of, a special 
meeting was held for the purpose of empowering the 
directors to complete the purchase of the Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union, the Oxford Junction Line, and to 
negotiate with the Bristol and Exeter, and the promoters 
of a projected railway between Exeter and Plymouth, for 
the purpose of extending the line to that place. The 
directors were duly empowered to take the necessary 
steps in these matters, 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—The Great Seal of Ireland (in the absence of 
Sir E, Sugden) has been transferred from the Master of 
the Rolls to Mr. Justice Burton. The Master of the 
Rolls is about to visit Germany during the vacation. The 
Commission have dismissed Mr. C. Nangle from the 
commission of the peace for Meath, Mr. Pettit from the 
commission of Wexford county, Mr. V. O’Connor 
Blake, and Mr. Lynch, of the county Mayo, and Mr. G. 
Walmsley, of the county Dublin, for having attended 
repeal meetings. The weekly meeting of the Repeal 
Association took place on Monday, when Mr. Reilly, a 
town-councillor, moved that the Irish sculptor, Mr. 
Hogan, be employed to execute a statue of Mr. O’Con- 
nell. In the course of his speech he said, ‘Though 
Cork.—The business of the meeting of the British 
Association commenced on Monday, when a committee of 
reception was appointed to attend at the Commercial- 
buildings in sets, at different hours, in order to be prepared 
to receive strangers as they arrive. The number of visitors 
is said to be very great, and a satisfactory meeting is 
anticipated. 
King’s County.—The Irish papers state that the Adju- 
tant of the 5th Fusiliers, Lieut. Robertson Mackay, 
stationed at Birr, King’s County, was shot upon parade 
on the evening of the 11th inst. by one of his men. He 
fired when about five yards from the unfortunate officer, 
and the shot passed through his body. He died instantly. 
The man gave himself up, and there is no reason to suppose 
that the crime was committed with the knowledge of any 
other person. A coroner’s inquest sat on the body on 
Saturday, when the jury, after some deliberation, brought 
in a verdict of “ Wilful Murder”? against the prisoner, 
accompanied with the observation, ‘that discipline had 
for some time been carried on with unnecessary severity 
in the 5th Regiment of Fusiliers.” The evidence and 
finding were by order immediately forwarded to the 
Horse-Guards. 
Tara.—The long sted Repeal jon on 
the hill of Tara took place on Tuesday. About 500,000 
persons are said to have been present, and so general was 
the holiday in Dublin that on Monday, at the commission 
in Green-street, the counsel for the prosecutions in three 
cases made application for the postponement of the trials 
which were fixed for Tuesday, on the ground that public 
justice would be defeated, as it was i ‘ibl any fear 
multitude quietly dispersed. At the dinner in the even- 
ing, Mr. Grattan said that, the Prime Minister speculated 
upon four contingencies—firstly, upon an outbreak of the 
Irish people, in which he would be disappointed ; 
secondly, on the demise of Mr. O’Connell; thirdly, on 
the intention to buy the Catholic clergy; and fourthly, 
on the attempt to sell the Protestant clergy. Upon this, 
Dr, Cantwell, titular bishop of Meath, said, ‘* They may, 
perbaps, sell your clergy, but they never will purchase 
mine. As to the project of making a state provision for 
the Catholic clergy, it was a thing to which they would 
never submit; and he would take upon him to declare, on 
the part of all the bishops in Ireland, that they would 
receive such a proposition with horror and indignation.” 
Clogher.— The Belfast papers state that a singular 
opening in the ground has taken place at Clogher, which 
has caused great sensation, and done injury to the market, 
as the people are really afraid that the town will also sink. 
The bottom of the pit is hard, yet there is at present about 
nine feet of water and dirt in it, caused by springs and 
gravel from the sides of the pit. As yet no cause can be 
assigned for the chasm. 
SCOTLAND. 
Edinburgh.—The Commission of the Church of Scot- 
land met last week in the aisle of the High Church, 
and it being expected that Lord Aberdeen’s Bill would 
be brought under consideration, there was a very full 
attendance of members. On the motion of Dr. Lee, 
Principal Macfarlan, Moderator of last Assembly, took 
the chair. r. Cook in a speech of great length moved 
a resolution, expressing hostility to various clauses of the 
Bill, ‘as conferring on Presbyteries an extent of power 
which no judicatory, bound to decide judicially upon what 
is brought before it, ought to possess, and as at variance 
with the professed object of the Bill, and calculated to 
defeat that object, but nevertheless approving of the gene- 
ral tenor of the Bill.”” Principal Haldane moved as an 
amendment, that **’The Commission having deliberately 
considered Lord Aberdeen’s Bill, cordially approve of the 
same, and confidently hope that it will fulfil the patriotic 
intentions of the Government, by securing the peace an 
prosperity of the Church.’’? A long discussion ensued 
which ended in a division, when there appeared—for Dr, 
Cook’s motion, 33; for Principal Haldane’s amendment, 
61, The amendment was then adopted. 
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Court oF QurEn’s Brncu.—In the course of last term the 
Duke of Brunswick preferred a series of indictments against Mr 
B. Gregory for libellous articles published in the Satirist. One 
of these was removed on writ of certiorari into this Court, 
when the defendant pleaded guilty, and judgment was deferred 
until Michael ‘Ms i 1 his other indi it 
were preferred at the instance of the Duke, and of Mr. Vallance, 
solicitor to his Serene Highness, which the defendant unsuccess- 
fully attempted to remove by certiorari. In orde: 
avoid the execution of the warrants issued upon 
ments, the defendant has been for some time keeping himself out 
of the way. In consequence of this, a reward o| 
for his apprehension. On Saturday last information was received 
by the police that he was living under a feigned name at South- 
end, where he was ¢; on the next day. He was taken 
before the magistrates, and remanded until he procures the 
necessary bail. 
Nortnern Circuit, ArrLeny.—Brougham-Hall Estates.— 
Robinson v. Bird and Others.—In this case Mr. Knowles applied 
to have the case postponed, but it was ultimately decided to proz 
ceed with it. Sir T. Wilde, with whom were the Hon. Mr. Stua) 
Wortley and Mr. Roebuck, stated that the present action was 
brought to recover compensation for a trespass by the defendants, 
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question ; but, at all events, it would hs property in question, 
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of penalty to prevent the witnesses from attending the 
meeting. Every description of public conveyance was 
pressed into the service ; and one postmaster, anxious to 
accommodate his customers, took the roofs off four 
hearses, and converted them into a sort of omnibus. Mr. 
O’Connell addressed the meeting on the usual topics, 
declaring his confident belief that before another year 
expires he will address an Irish Parliament in College- 
green. A series of resolutions condemnatory of the 
Union, and adopting a petition to both Houses of Parlia- 
ment for its repeal, was then carried, and the immense 
y went, 1" Mtevidently misinterpreting the delay 
n oF ie anishing them for their conduct. ‘The 
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