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_Lotoov GoKC Exchaxgb , Mosdat , Oct . 6 . —During _theStwX tip to Satnrday evening , the arrivals _oriShh whcA for our markets , coastwise as well 2 _feffiiarriage and sample , were , even _theitimeof _^/ considered , limited , and principally of the prelent year ' s growth . Of all other gram of home -orodnce , including flour , the receipts were rather scantr . From Ireland a full average supply of oats cameto hand , while the imports of foreign __ wheat and flour were moderately good . The advices which _jiaro reached US by this morning ' s post from the north of England being somewhat unfavourable as respects the progress making there in harvest operations , the fresh arrivals of wheat from Essex , Kent , and other counties small , and the attendance Of millers large , the demand for all descriptions of
wheat of home produce was somewhat active , at an advance in the currencies obtained at this day se'nnight of from Is . to 2 s . per qr ., and at which nearly the whole of the samples on offer were disposed of- The show of free foreign wheat was comparatively small , but of full average quality . Selected qualities of both red and white commanded a ready sale at 2 s . per qr . more money , while the value of other kinds had an upward tendency . There being ho bnyers for shipment , bonded grain was a mere drug , and the prices ruled almost nominal . Very little new English barley was brought forward . The few parcels on the market were readily taken at fully last week ' s prices . Foreign barley , free of dutv , -was
in fair request at late rates . The best kinds of malt sold steadily ; other kinds slowly , at late rates . The _snpply was again small . Owing to the increased arrivals of oats from Ireland , and the large number of foreign samples on sale , the oat trade was in a sluggish state , and previous figures were with difficulty supported , except for -very fine parcels . The show of beans was by no means large , yet the inquiry for that article was slow , at barely stationary prices . Peas came freely to hand . As thc supply was more than adequate to meet the wants ofthe buyers , and as there was no foreign demand , grey and maple declined 3 s ., and white § 3 . per quarter . Flour steady , at last Monday ' s prices .
CURRENT PRICES OF GRAEf , FLOUR , AND SEED IX MARK-LANE . BMI 13 H CB . AM . _ShilUngs per Quarter . Wheat Esses _< fcKent , white , new .. 56 to 6 G .. _Blto 72 Ditto , red 52 62 .. 51 CC Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 55 GO white 63 65 Lincoln and York , red .. 53 61 white CO Go JNortbumb . and Scotch .-. 55 63 Rye .. .. 29 Si _JJar iey „ JMalSnsr 31 33 extra — Distilling .. _„ .. 25 30 Grinding 25 27 Malt .. Ship 54 53 Ware 60 62 Oats .. Lincolnshire aud Yorkshire , feed , 22 s 6 d to 24 s Od ; potato , or short , 24 s Od to 28 s Od ; JPoland , 23 s 6 d to 27 s 6 d ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 25 s 6 d to 27 s 6 d ; potato , 28 s < 5 d to 29 s 6 d ; Irish feed , 22 s Od to 24 s 6 d ; black , 22 s Od to 2-ls Od ; potato , 233 Od to 26 s Od ; Galway , 21 s Cd to 22 s Od . Beaas .. Ticks .. .. * .. .. 33 40 Harrow , small .. .. 38 44 Peas .. "White .. 41 48 boilers 54 53 Gray and hog .. .. 43 An Flour .. Norfolk and - Suffolk .. 42 48 Town-made ( per sack of 2 S 01 _bs 48 56 Buckwheat , or Brank 30 32
EVOLISH SEEDS , < fcC . lied clover ( per cwt . ) 40 to White clover ( per cwt ) 45 Rapeseed ( per last ) _e-ia '
_FOSS 1 GN CHAIN . Shillings per Quarter . Free . In Bond . Wheat .. DantsieandKonigsberg 66 extra 70 .. 48 — 55 Ditto ditto .. 61 — 64 .. 42 — 47 Poineranian , & c , AiihaItd 9 — 67 .. 43 47 Uanisb , Jffolsteiu , & c . .. 57 — 63 .. 43 _ 45 Russian , hard .. .. 5 * 3 — 57 " Ditto , soft .. .. 53 — 59 „ 40 — 44 Spanish , hard .. .. 59 — 60 Ditto , soft .. ., 61 — 65 .. 44 —48 ltaIian , _Tusean , 4 c ., red 62 — 48 _JDitto , white .. .. 64 — 70 .. 46 — 54 Odessa & Taganrog _. bard 54 — 57 _J » itto , soft .. .. 51 — 59 .. 39 —45 Canadian , bar J .. . 57 — co Ditto , fine .. .. 61 — 63 Rye .. Russian , Prussianic . 28 — 30
, Barley .. Grinding 26 — 31 Ditto , distiUing .. .. 31 — 34 .. 19 — 26 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 24 — £ 7 .. 17 — 21 Russian 21 — 24 .. 15 — 18 Danish it Mecklenburg 20 — 23 .. 14 — 17 Beans .. Tick-- , 33 to 89 , small .. 37 — 44 .. 32 — 43 Uscjprian 3 a — 35 .. 2 d — 31 Teas .. _Vi'lnte , 40 to 5 G _, gray .. 42 — 46 I'iour .. Dantsic aad _Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , line 28 32 , superfine .. .. 31 — 36 .. 21 — 24 Canada , 31 to 34 , United States 32 — 3 S .. 21 — 26 Buckwheat .. .. .. .. So — 30 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 9 s to lis ; white , 10 s to 15 s .
linseed _cikes ( per 1000 0131 b each ) £ 11 to £ 1110 s . _rozEicx seeds , & c . Per Quarter . Linseed .. _retcrsturgli and Riga ( free of duty ) .. 42 to 45 _Jlrchangrl , 40 to 43 , _JMeinei aud Kouigsbei _^ 40 44 Mediterranean , 40 to 46 , Odessa .. 44 4 c _llapeseed ( free of duty ) per last .. .. £ 24 2 G _\ lcil Glover ( 10 s per cut . and 5 per cent , on tlie duty ) .. 40 62 _i'hite ditto 43 US fares , small spring ( free of dutv ) 31 to 33 , large .. 40 — linseed _caie ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 710 s , £ S 10 s , _JFreach , per ton £ 71-5 , £ 815 Rape calces ( free of duty ) £ 5 £ 5 d
AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , whicli regulate the Duties from the 2 ud to thc Sth of October . . Wheat JJarley . . Oats .. Rye . -Beans . Peas . Week ending ! * * s d s d * - «• _<*• «• d . Aug 25 , IS 15 .. _| 57 0 29 9 : 22 8 ) 33 4 41 8 33 11 -ff _* cck cudingj j j Aug . 39 , 1 S _15 57 0 29 4 : 22 2 35 4 41 2 39 11 _TVeek ending j Sept . 6 , 1845 ..: 56 6 29 9 ' 22 Si 33 4 41 S 33 4 Week ending , I I j Stpt . 10 , _1313 .. 55 10 30 0122 4 . 133 7 42 1 36 9 Week ending j Sept . 2 fl , lS 3-5 .. 54 1 31 S 22 la , 33 5 43 0 56 5 "Week ending ! I Sept . 27 , 1845 .. j 52 6 31 Oi 22 _Sj 33 2 42 1 « 37 0 Aggregate aver- j j aire of the last i six weeks .. -55 6 30 2- 22 _<* 1 33 11 4110 37 10 London aver- 1 » ages ( ending ! i Sept . 39 , 1 S _45 J 57 6 31 2 ' 22 3 ! S 3 10 43 0 43 10 Duties .. - 17 Oj 3 oj li »| I ) 6 1 o 4 C ' _Loxoo-y Smubfieu ) Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 6 . —The iinpo . fcs of live stock for our market since Monday last have been again liberal , they having amounted to 40 oxen from _JJanibunr , per the Countess of Lonsdale and the _Neptune steamers , while from Kotterdam vfe have received 50 oxen , 54 cows , 500 sheep , and 12 calves perthc Columbine , Batavier , and Giraffe . _Comparatively speaking , the above arrivals have proved by no means first-rate . To-day we lad on ofier 112 oxen and cows , and 210 sheep from thc above-mentioned ports . The former _st-ld at fi-om . £ 1410 s . to £ 17 , the latter 35 s . to 42 s . per head . At the out-ports the receipts have fallen olf . The arrivals of beasts fresh up from the northern grazing districts consisted of 2 u 0 short-horns . From the
eastern counties we received JUO bcots aud . shorthorns ; from the western and midland districts , 500 llercfords , runts , Devons , ic . ; from other parts of England , 450 of various breeds ; from Scotlaud , 150 horned and polled Scots ; and from Ireland 100 beasts ; the remainder of the supply being derived from the neighbourhood ofthe metropolis . The ' numbers of beasts being somewhat on the increase , they _amounti ng to nearly 4 , 000 head , wc have to report a very ' . nUinquiry for that _description of stock . Jlowever , - * 1 ipmnest Scots , & c , sold at prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday last , but the value of the middling and inferior hinds suffered a decline of 2 d . per S lbs ., and a clearance was with difficulty effected . With sheep we were scantily supplied for the time of year . Long Wools moved off steadily at very full prices . Iu other kinds of sheep , veiy little was doing , at barely late rates . Calves were in limited supply and heavy demand , at last week ' s currencies . In pies a good business was doing , and the quotations had an upward tendency .
By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . b . & Inferior coarse beasts . . 242 6 Second qualify . . . 2830 Prime large oscn . . 3236 Prime Scots , & C . . . . 3840 Coarse inferior sheep . . 3034 Second quality . . 3640 Prime coarse woolled . . 4246 Prime Southdown . . 4850 largecoarse calves . 3 lo 4 g Pr ime small ... . 4 8 4 10 Suckling calves , each . . 18 0 30 0 _Largehogs ... . 3640 JJeat small porkers . . 42 52 Quarter-old store pi gs , each . 16 0 23 0 HEa » or CAT 3 XE OS SALE . ( From tlie Books of the Clerk of the JMarket ) Beasts , 3 , _878-Sheep , _26 , _770-Calves , 80—Pigs , 315 . _Manchester Cons _MAnuET , _Sat-jbhat , Oct . 4 .-
The weather , since our report of this dav se ' nnMit has been exceedingly variable , the earlv _' part of ° the week being very fine , whilst for the past few davs we have had almost constant rain . The trade durin _* the same period has undergone little or no _change a fair consumptive demand having been experienced for most of the leading articles , without any material ¦ variation from the previous currencv . At our market this morning there was an extremely limited inquiry forwheat , and prices continued the same for all descriptions . _For Hour a steady , but not extensive _SlZ _? l l _l ;' enced _' andthe stoeks of this article _wJSSi _« ! T S moderate , _formerpriceswere _sup-SL Ja _x- _' * _" ? Mefions occurred in oats , and _SSftSS _^ ld _*»¦ _^ _^ this article . ' Oatffiite _, ° and new ' _™» _m request , and realised T 4 _TS _^ _rt _^ _% . _^^ Oct . 6 .-' _uppheTof _frKbUt _olf 1 _^ decrease in thc _-ouixiisa _wheuv , oats , and natmeal ; those oi
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flour arc to a fair amount . From abroad we have further arrivals of American and Canadian flour , and of beans from Egypt . The import duty ou foreign wheat wa 3 advanced to 18 s . per qr . ; on flour to 10 s . lOd . per barrel , which are the only alterations since our last report . The weather for two or three days during the week was very unsettled , and a heavy quantity of rain has fallen on the portion of grain crops yet unsecured northwards . Without any great extent of business , there is an increased confidence in the trade generally , and , as respects old wheat , a little improvement in price . _TRichmosd Co m * Market , Oct . £ . —Wc had a large supply of grain in our market to-day . The samples of new wheat were very fair ; but , the weather having been very unfavourable this week , cause an advance on last week ' s prices . Old wheat sold from Ss . 3 d . to 93 . * new ditto , 5 s . 3 d . to 9 d . ; old oats , 3 s . id . to 4 s . , - new ditto , 2 s . " 6 d . to 3 s . ; barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 9 d . ; beans , os . 3 d . to 5 s . 6 d .
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BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , October 7 , 1815 . _J Thomas Winston , of 3 , Copthall-buildings , City , merchant—Joseph Middleton , of Avcley , Essex , hay salesman —John Mortimer , of 1 , Adelaide-street , West Strand , bookseller—Samuel Laurence , of Bedford-street , Covent garden , dealer iu watches—William Garrett Thackway , of li , Uuion-place , New-road , Marylebone , tailor—Joshua Swallow , of ' Manchester , sharebroker —• William Lawton Hall , of Liverpool , victualler . _SIVincKS - _oECLAbed . Stephen Askhani , of Bradford . Yorkshire , commission agent , first dividend of lid . in the pound , payable at 7 , Commercial-buildings , Leeds , on Octoher 7 , and auy subsequent Tuesday .
DIVIDEND TO BS DKCLARED , In the Country . James Kniglit , of Wigaii and Haydock , Lancashire , butcher , Oct . 88 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Cebtificates to he granted , unless cause be shown to tint contrary on the day of meeting . Michael Wrnlu * , jun ., of Canterbury , bricklayer , Octohei 93—Benjamin Ling , of Fore-street , Limehouse , timber dealer , October 28—John Kirkham , late of Great Warley , Essex , but now of _Lapus-street , Pimlico , October 30—James Mitchell , of Montague-street , Montague-square , livery-stable _keener , October So—John Temple Taylor and Thomas Pantry Vi ' atkinson , of _York-terraee , ltegent ' _sjiarlc , and _VTatling-strcct , City , plumbers , October 30—Abraham Hindes and John Thompson , of Leeds , stockbrokers , October 29—William _Jleed Watts , of Bath , chemist , October 28—John Cadogan , jun ., of Brecon , hat warehouseman , October 30—Daniel Dames , of Liverpool , paper stainer , October So—Jesse Harming , of Liverpool , statiuner , October 30 . r Certificates to be granted by tie Court of Renew , unless cause be shown to the contrary , on or before Oetobtr 28 . Thomas Powell , of Kippax , Yorkshire , _urickuiakcr—John Robinson , of Beverley , Yorkshire , spirit merchant-John . Morgan Leader , of SGI , Oxford-street , coachmaker—¦ Viiliam _llutteiill , of Sheffield , grocer—William ltichard Carscaden , of Leeds , hosier— William JUatiuws , of 42 , Lisson-grovc Sorth _. Marylebone , pianoforte maker—James lleece , ofAxminster , Devonshire , ironmonger .
_p-ihtxerships dissolved . Elizabeth Itees and ltichardltces . of Abergavenny , Monmouthshire , stationers—Henry Saxby and John Grover , of Lewes , Sussex , chemists—George Parker and George War-How , of Bankwood-mill , Glossop , Derbyshire , cotton spinners—John Anderson , James Lamb , and Andrew Svin , of 3 , Winchester-buildings , ' Great Winchester street , and 5 , _lothbury , East India agents ( so far as regards Andrew Sym)—John Brodie and Elijah . Moore , of 31 J , High-street , Wapping , blacksmiths—James Hall and Edward Hall , of Salford , smallware manufacturers—Frederick Dimes and George _Elam , of 91 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury , artists' _coloui-men—Thomas George Shaw , William Walker Heap , WilUam James ilaxwelJ , and J . 11 . Hinde , of Manchester , and Salisbury-street , Strand , London , wine mer .
chants ( so for as regards William Heap Walker ) -Honry _Branscombc and Charles Cummins , of Uristol , cuiTicrs—Frederick A . Finney and J . W . Adams , of . Manchester , stock brokers—Frederick Kingwell and Samuel George Wicks , of 17 , _Phoani-t-street , Solio , wheel Wrights—William Sankey and James C . Ottaway , of Dover , surgeons—William Wilding and Joseph Green Saunders , of Shrewsbury , hatters—Joseph Oke and John Oke . of Bodmin , Cornwall , mercers—James Dimmock Smith and John Clay , of T , East Harding-street , Gough-square , printers—Edward Shepley and James Swain , of Higher-hill , Ashton-under-Lyne , lire brick makers—Hawy Blaker , Benjamin Vailance , nnd Harry Wilis Blaker , of Brighton , surgeons ( so far as regards Hany Ulakcr )—William Button and Herbert Williams , of Leftwich , Cheshire , skinners .
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woman , wno wasnve or six months advanced in pregnancy , the wife ofa labouring man , and mother ef two healthy children , residing at _JS _' o . 7 , GJoucester-place , Islington , was delivered of still-bora female twins , between whom an union exists from the chest to the abdomen . Both children are exceedingly well formed in every limb and feature , excepting that portion constituting the union , and even this is not a deformity . They measure 12 inches long _. and are 2 Ibs . 3 oz . avoirdupois weight . Their features are well made and regular , with great symmetry in their limbs , with a fair development of muscle . There are two umbilical cords , entering the abdomen together , and united together by a thin membrane , which , to a casual observer , appears as one ; so that , independently ofthe unity that exists , they are externally two perfectly formed children , like the Siamese twins , with this exception , that thc union consists of an
adhesion oftiic ribs of the right side of one to the left of the other , the whole covered with the common integuments and muscles from tiie chest to thc lower part ofthe abdomen . In examining the chest , Jir . Domniett , the surgeon , found each distinct from the other , there being no communication , but separated by theribs , muscles , pleura , _& c , the contents of each being natural , with well formed Jungs and heart ; but such was not the case with the abdomen , for here was found one common cavity for both , with separate viscera on each side , with the exception of the liver , which extended from the side of one to the opposite side ofthe other , forming one liver for both . This , with the distribution of the vessels from the end , was the only deviation which was < bserved . The other viscera were in their usual place , and number—namely , each had stomach , small andlar _^ e Intestines , spleen , two kidneys , bladder , uterus- , and each in perfect ' position . They have been carefully preserved .
iiiE New _Gockxev School . —A new Cockney school has arisen , ten times more twaddling and impotent than the ancient academy of that name ; the spirit of the times has changed . The literary youth of London arc all in the facetious line . They have regular clubs , at which they meet to collate the gathered slang and pilfered _wiHisniS of the wcclc , * periodical compotations to work these materials into something like a readable shape and hebdomadal journals , by means of which their choice productions arc issued to a wondering world . Now , though a single gnat can give you very little annoyance in thc course oi a summer ' s night , the evil becomes serious when you arc surrounded with whole scores of these diminutive vermin , singing in your ears , buzzing in your hair , and lighting incessantly on yonr face . In vain you turn aside , in hopes to get rid of the nuisance . Go where you will , a perfect cloud of midges keep
hovering round your head , each tiny bloodsucker sounding liis diminutive horn , in the full and perfect belief that he discourses most excellent music . Even so , in London , are you surrounded with these philosophers of the Cyder-cellar . Their works stare you every where in the face ; thc magazines abound with their wit ; their songs , consisting for thc most part of prurient parodies , are resonant throughout the purlieus of Coveat Garden . What is worse than all , _thcT have wriggled themselves into a sort of monopoly __ of the theatres , persuaded the public to cashier Shakspeare , who is now utterly out of date , and to instal in liis place a certain Ilr . as the leading swan of the Thames . Let us then submit to the better judgment of out' brethren , and bow down promiscuously before any brazen calf which their eager idolatry may rear . " Let London promulgate the law of letters , as well as thc statues of the land . —Blackwood ' s Magazine .
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THE GREAT EUROPEAN RAILWAYS' COMPANY . [ The portion of ihe Earth _comprcliendcd under this title covers an extent of 3 , 100 , 000 English square miles , axxd embodies a population of 230 , 000 , 000 souls . No _piart of England , however , will be included in the operations of the present Company . ' ] ( PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO 7 th ¦ AND Sth VIC , CAr , 110 . 1 THE ACTUAL PAID UP CAPITAL WILL BE . ONE MILLION STERLING ; IN SHARES OF .- £ 100 EACII . Deposit , 10 s . per Share , being the highest amount allowed by the Provisions of _thef th and Sth Vic , Cap . 110 . OFFICES OF TIIE COMPANY , ST . HELEN'S PLACE , LONDON . [ A more detailed Prospectus , containing the names of the Trustees , the Board of Directors , and a most powerful Provisional Committee , with a complete list of the Bankers , Counsel , Engineers , Solicitors , Secretaries _^ Share-brokers ( London and Provincial ) , with all thc officers of the company , is in course otiormation , and will shortly be ready for delivery . ]
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT .. AMID tiie many and the mighty records of man ' s discoveries in tlio arts and sciences , which owe thenexistence to the unceasing energies and boundless wealth of tliis commercial empire , posterity win search in vain the historical monuments of departed ages , to discover one more wonderful or valuable in the annals of a nation's greatness , than the iron roads of the nineteenth century—those magnificent highways ot commerce , which , extending in every direction their gigantic trunks and literally countless branches , and intersecting in its length as in its breadth the entire Kingdom of Great Britain , arc , to the extent ot some thousand miles , momentarily traversed vith almost lightning rapidity , by the potent agency ol bteam . Most truly has it been observed that- "the philosophy of railroads is only now beginning to be comprehended by the universal world , * daily and rapidly they arc developing now and important views ot society ; they are , in fact , self-sustaininglsocial instruments , that by cheapening innumerable commodities , and diminishing the cost of transit , are not only increasing consumption , but creating , as it wore , ill savings new enterprise , new capital , new wants . " „ If any changes yet await them ( and , doubtless , there arc some ) , they arc changes merely of progression from one stage of improvement to another : but sooner or later the adoption ot railroads must become universal , though the broad _guage , bv reason of its supposed increased safety , with increased speed , sliould ultimately clash with thc narrow , and the maximum of our present velocity should become tho . minimum ot speed hereafter , for while an engine manufactured in 1844 cannot accomplish the distance between London and Liverpool in less than six hours , we behold another constructed in 1845 traversing the same space in less than four . ' ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ . -. _- _* .- r j . x The assertion may appear , at first mention , astounding to those quite unacquainted with thc fact , and m hapny ignorance of the _gvcsit advantages of railroads , even as investments , yet so highly remunerative . has been the actual interest only , paid bv Railway Companies on the amount ot money called lor up to die present time , that the effect has positively been to create a new and independent property for _railway Shareholders , over and above the gross amount of capital advanced by them , oi upwards ot
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS STERLING . _, The primary and thc principal ; object of this Company is to accomplish , on tic more extensive held of continental Europe , as well as in our British possessions throughout the world , what England , with all her wealth , and all her energies , has . from her very limited extent alone , only succeeded as yet in carrying out comparatively in miniature , viz ., thc construction of Railroads ; in other words , to accomplish by steam power a Still more gigantic _seliomo of passenger traffic on land than those extensive _llectsol steamers , known as the various Foreign Steam Navigation Companies of England , have hitherto maintained at sea . __ With sucli important views , and national as well as individual interests , sincerely at heart , accredited Directors , with ample resources at " their command ,-in several instances most favourably connected , m all practically and intimately acquainted with the various localities they arc destined to proceed to , will be specially delegated , on behalf of the Company to enter into negociations with Continental States and British and Foreign Govcrnmcnts , and by contracts of the most favourable nature for the interest ot Shareolders in the present Company , to secure the concession of thc many exceedingly valuable lines ot railway wliich to the extent of several thousand miles throughout tbe world , still await the immediate _^ application only of British enterprise , combined with British capital , to be effectually and successfully carried out . An engineering staff , on a scale of liberality sufficiently great to meet the magnitude of thc undertaking , and as perfect in its several appointments as the very highest order of merit ( supported by unexceptionable testimonials ) , can constitute it , will accompany a chosen body of thc Directors throughout tlieir travels to uide theirjudgment on scientific questions , and to reporton eng ineering matters , such as earth-works , costs construction , and the precise nature , of the several soils and gradients . The Directors p urposely omit all mention of engineering difficulties ,, because , with the single exception of hysical impossibilities , experience 'daily proves that they resolve themselves into the simple question of expense , and consequent amount of interest , and are ther efore , more properly speaking , matters for the special consideration of financiers ( rather than of engineers ) , by whom they will be full y debated and dof
spose , "With a view to ensure not only names of high commercial _standing , and possessing likewise extensive influence with Foreign States , but also practically efficient work ing Directors , the Executive of this Company has been constituted liberally remunerative ; thus every Director will feel that in his own personal services lies the secret power of rendering the present project only the first of a scries of eminently successful under--takings , in the interest of all of whicli lie must nccessarilj participate . Every grant for a Railroad secured by tho successful negotiations of this Company , _wj ] i i , e constituted a separate and distinct Railway Company , and every holder of Shares heroin will be entitled to the call at par of a proportionate number of the now shares in every Company , according to the number he may possess in the present oho :. such claim to . be mado by thc production of the original shares ' at the OoilinailT ' s _oBlCC seven clear days previous to every allotment of shaves iii ' mb . Company , . " * - - . !
The Bankers' receipt g on , mus _^ exchanged for a certificate at the Office of the Company within twenty _^ ne days after the date fixed for % _SKsuoh-deposfc- . The non-compliance with this condition will subject the Subscriber to tho for ! feiture of his or her deposit , and of all interest in the undertaking . . ,, . No further call , under any circumstances , will be made in this Company , beyond the first payment ofic 3 . pei * share / _imrfn any other _Company until such time as the Directors shall have actually obtained tile prfl - ! limtnavy ministerial concession oi" some foreign line of Railway , aid then only when such second pa yment shall have become necessary , either for replacing and releasing tbe original deposit money , or ior thc mwic , diate progress of tho public works of such Railway , due notice ofwhich payment will bo given in the London Gazette , the Daily Morning and Evening London Papers , and in the Fublic Journals of the country contributing the grant . ¦¦ _- i
. . „„ , . , _,,. _^ x _* -, From the period of the concession of any line of Railway obtained by this Company , and until such entire line is opened , _intoreat at the rate of 4 per cent per annum will be paid half-yearly tothe Subscribers on the amount paid up by them in every such subsequent Company . ,, _- „ ,. ' Subsequent to the opening of each and every entire line tor trathc , the profits in every Company but the present one ( wherein the deposit money is expressly guaranteed to be returned when . the several lines of Railways for which it is advanced shall be obtained ) will be divided as follows t—1 « irst , a sufficient sum sliall bo set apart as a sinking fund , for the gradual return of the entire capital to the Shareholders ; secondlv , a dividend of 5 per cent , per annum will be paid to thc Shareholders on the amount of tbe respective Shales thirdly , the surplus will be divided into twentieths , of which 17-20 ths will belong _^ to the Shareholders , and be divided among them in equal proportions as a further dividend , and the remaining 3-20 ths will be paid as follow : l-20 th will go to thc formation of an accumulating fund , to be annually divided and placed to the credit of all Shareholders in the present Company , and the remaining 2-20 tIis will be paid as an annual remuneration to those individuals tlirough whose services such concession shall have been chiefly obtained , or each of these annual bonuses may be commuted fora single payment , the amount of each to be determined at the first general meeting ofthe Subscribers to such Company . Each Director in the present Company will be eligible for a seat in the Direction of every new _Compaq the capital of whicli shall be subscribed by the original Shareholders , provided always that he possess his share alification therein
qu . Tlie entire management of the affairs of each Company will be vested in a Board of Directors , and will _consist of a Chairman , Deputy-Chairman , and twelve other Directors ( triennially elected ) , who shall have power to appoint one of their body as Resident or Managing Director ( under certain restrictions ) in the various countries contributing tho several grants , and the foreign interests of all such Companies will be again represented by twelve Resident Directors in eaeh foreign country ( giving a majority of two in fa vour ol English interest ) . The deposit of 10 a . per share will be invested in approved securities , and the interest arising therefrom will be carried to a fund for defraying in part the expenses of the Company connected with its general management .
Although the act of subscribing for shares in any ofthe subsequent Companies wliich may rcsuit from thc present one , lias been expressly stated as being quite optional on the part of a Subscribe _^ hereto , it is , perhaps only proper to _stated in addition , that on any occasion of an original Shareholder declining to take such new shares , and relinquishing liis right of claiming shares in every new Company , he will be at perfect liberty to withdraw his original deposit money on giving thirty-one days' notice to that effect ; and the Directors expressly guarantee that the total deduction for expenditure ( at home and abroad ) shall not ultimately exceed from five to ten shillings on each deposit ; these expenses , however , will be defrayed , . 13 they are incurred , in equal proportions by the various Companies cstabliscd from time to time through the successful negotiations of the present one , and thus the full amount of the original deposit will be returned , not only without any deduction , but with the addition of tho various bonuses . The bonus ( annua " l or commuted ) given by every Foreign Company for _eacfi separate act of concession will be carried , as before explained , to an accumulating fund , for the benefit of the Shareholders in this Company ( through the aid , in fact , of whose capital the caution money deposited with Continental States for securing the concessions of such foreign lines will have been primarily , although temporarily , advanced ) , and will , when all the various lines are conceded for which the Directors intend to preposc the necessary advance of capital , be divided in proportion to the amount of deposit money advanced by each original Shareholder , which deposit will then be returned in full , together with all accumulations . A subscription for one or more shares in any Company will carry with it and imply an adhesion tothe statutes , rules , and regulations of such Company , and to all rights and privileges thereto attaching * , but it has been rendered optional on the part of Shareholders herein to accept or decline such shares previous to his or her act of subscription . . Negotiations of a highly important nature with several Foreign States will _^ in a very brief pcriod ,. bc full y and unreservedly communicated to the Shareholders _; and , without a more direct reference at the present time , to the objects actually contemplated , it may , perhaps , not be considered premature to sta e that a sliort time only will elapse before the announcement of some most important accessions to the interest of the present Company . Tub-As-sEXEn Statistical Su _* -. imaotof ' all the - Nations and States comprised in " Europe ( England alone excepted ) , carefully nnd expressly compiled from Official Soureos , containing the Names of the great European Countries , their Capit al _^ tlieir Superficial Area in English Square Miles , the Amount of Population to each Square Mile , the _Population-of the Chief Cities , and the Annual Revenue of each Country in Pounds Sterling , will convey some idea ofthe Extent of Territory from which the Directors will Select thc Choicest Portions on which to pursue their Qperationa .
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The Directors of the Company arc unwilling for a moment it should bo imagined that t ' . icv contemplate negotiations for such numberless " concessions as the vast extent of territory embraced within its sp here o _.-action might _prc-suppose , although they have selected almost illimitable boundaries , on which to pjimie their already carefully _delincd course of action , * they distinctly state , that the choicest and most eligible portions only of judiciously selected countries will , at any time , be suffered to receive their deliberation , that the decisions of each Director will ever be based on financial deductions , and that no ultimate jiulgmonc will bo earned but ( having reference to . the application of railroads to particular countries or JocaJitic _**; which Shall not pass the entire Council Board with perfect unanimity , and without the presence or the protest ot a single dissentient vote . , , „ Thc brief favouvai
but successful history of railroads has not hitherto presented such a combination of _---circumstances as the present Company offers for the consideration of capitalists . The merely nonun . u deposit of one-half per cent , on all original shaves—the highly important fact of the first deposit nionc _) oi . aH such shares being fixed as thc final payment thereon—thc consequent impossibility of any second can being made on the original Shareholders—tho vast extent of territory embraced within its sphere of action _, —the large amount of capital at ths command' of thc Directors—thc solid , safe , and sound nature ot ok-Company as an investment—the guaranteed return of any deposit at 31 days' notice—the great ; y ? , _= to subscribers by priority Of . claim , in right of call of all new shares at par , with the option of _rcjcctiib , _™ _, portion thereof—tho high and influential character of thc Board ( practically efficient * rork « _ig _"'; ""' :, constituting the executive )—tho ultimate return of all deposits without any deduction wl , atc , ' ' ! _r lastly , the almost certain division of very many accumulated bonuses among thc _Shai-eHomcrs » yv > . _v interest tor the original deposit money—alike combine to constitute this undertaking onc ol w " sterling . combinations of capitalists of the present day . . - ¦ 1 ) Mg # _Onc-toiu'th of the Shares in tho present Company will be reserved for landed proprietors a _' _eapl " _' m various foreign countries , but with special preference to those countries contributing the several tu cessions ; a second fourth will be taken bv the English Directors , the Provisional Committee and i _« t _tricnds ; and the remaining two-fourths will be divided among that portion only of the _ruigisn *»• throughout the United Kingdom , who shall fully succeed in satisfying the Directors aad 1 »»"' , Committee of their just claims to holdsuch shares , both in right of actual unencumbered proper j ¦* most undoubted respectability , ' -such shares to be allotted according to priority of application , but wiiixx .-v eial reference to the number of shares therein solioited , and likewise to the position in society ot tuc . 11 cant so soliciting . , _„ ¦ _; The detailed Prospectuses / containing tho names of the Trustees , the Board of Directors , _»"«* « : _* powerful Provisional Committee , with all the officers of thc Company , will shortly , be , issued Il ? _l _" 5 e _„„ . pany _' s Offices , St . llclen ' _s-placc _, London , where foreign noblemen and gentlemen , connected witli P'A _™ v Courts , may communicate with the Directors .. - By order of the Board , . ,.:. ¦ " , " ' JOHN SINNETT _, 1 Socvotaries . ALFRED EASTON , / ¦ lacc 30 th 145
St . Helen ' s-p , August , S . , . ; * V * No attention will be paid to any application for shares unaccompanied by reference c _^ ., ° i | Director of tlic Bank of England , a Director of the Hon . East India Company , a London or _i _™ : _'"*^ Banker , a Director of the present Company , or Member of the Provisional Committee ; and no appii ' - _^ will be received on other than the printed forms issued by the Directors , which will shortly be read ) Responsible parties desiring Prospectuses may rely on having copies forwarded to their addresses , eit iei by entering , previously , their names in the Prospectus Book at thc Offices ofthe Company , ovby _^ . intimation , * but the Directors desire it should bo distinctly understood thnt indiscriminate distriDiiuo " not intended to be resorted to . , * In . in official statement of the capital embarked in Railways in Germany , it is shown that .-ic liiiCs already < _¦¦ _" * plctod cost 08 ( 1 , 320 , 000 dollars , and ihat the shares of these undwlalsings , i » _¥ ' Va 3 _« 5 out of every J . 0 O , lire atsu »« . i miuTOs ; in only three instances are any hues below par J _ _ _.- „•« ,. _ _, / _»— . ¦ _ . _;« - .- — -- —
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_11101845/page/6/
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