The Express. — London, England, 1852-03-01 00:00:00

gbe Court. The Dubow d Kent and the Duke and Duchess de Neu ours visited bar Majesty sa Saturday at Bucking ham Palate. and partook Of luncheon with the Queen and Primo Albert. Prise Albert rode oat on Isorsebaek oa Saturday mon ism. Atha& d by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Uordos. h e Yemen of Lansdowne had an audience of the Queen e s Saturday of at Buckingham Palace. Tie prince of Wales, the Prince= Royal, and the root of the trial family took their usual enemies in the grounds of hariinahsm Paisee on Saturday. IL , NI and Priam Albert, attended by the Come t.. of Mat Ed i feumbe, the Hon. Amelia Murray. Lord 040 ml the lion. Charles Grey. and Liest.- Cobe ,, l the lin. A. Gordon, honoured the Princess's Thor ,. with Ow presence ea ng m a yely and Pnnee Albert, w ith the Prime of W.1::11 and Paine... Royal and the Duchess of Kent, the WWI •D 4 cent:emen of the Court, and the domestic house haw. -ince led divine . service yesterday morning in the Pri em,. hap.' ul Ilucknagliain l'alace. The Ilos. and Heir. & la id tt ell. y officiated. Tke Ihsehe....t Cambridge and Princess Mary arrived is rowa at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon from the ma ins-at Voir Royal llighnesees went to Lihnicester How. I ri ff . a hlly, and remained with the Duchess of Uloacevter eau: tire o'rloc;.. when they took their departure and pro m'. Ito the . of the Royal Duclivo. at Kew. Th, INA.. of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria And Sir t i, Urge COUPer g arrived at Clarence (louse, ' j aa ,•.'e. at one o'clock, on Saturday, from Frognsure, la the orrii . n .,, her Royal 'lightens, attended by lady Anna MAT... 1),• , ..in, dined with the I)uchess of Gloucester, et 6.0.1.,%r house. The En: of E.tlinton and Lord Naas bad interviews on flatunlry with Mr. Seeretary Walpole, at th.• lloine.oniee. Mantua. of Salisbury had also an interview with the n i tht hon u,ntlernan. Th , Earl of lousdale (Lord President), attended for the 'tun! sy, at the Council...the, Mr llsilLe arid Mr. Adderley had an inter% iew with Sir John p,,k• ag r. a , an Sett lv' tr. at the Privy Council-office. Tar Cbuger.l. r of the }:chequer at truth .1 at his tillici ,widener, in Downing-turet. un Satarday, for the hist tiake. We. HaiCic aaa Mr. Cu...•aing Bruce had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walla'', en S itarday. lhopatchn were received at the Coleuial.officc on B.ltlll , day. from the tlavernor of tilbraltar. The Duke of W e llington attended the rar'y terries rs. Imlay, in the 12%4..1 Royal. St. JAM.... Ito . ierman w. i . preached oy th.- Rev. Mr. Clinton, 0111 the prayers were read by the 8.,. Br. Wider. At the ilsily service, the airmen was preached by the Bishop of Blur. ster. 'lle Queen ha. dineted Lettcro Patent to be wooed. mot, tiring the ili4nity a Hiroo ..1 the United YmAlriwo upon Sir Edward thirteiptiaw Sue.ien, Knight, I.ord High rhanceilor Esl6:And, by the thine, style, and talc a Baron St. Leonard*. Areoixrtrarro.—Tlie Earl of Derby - has appointed Liaut.-Celeriel the Iles. Edward Wilbraham to be his rate wvnury. Illy. C. W. Stronge, of Cie Treasury, is eke artist as the wreak private secretary to the premier. The Riaht Hen. S. H. Wrote bas app.inted as his private inn tary at the Howse 0: ire, Mr. Sp neer Pereeval, prar.dsn of Mr. Perreval, the Prime Minister of Orionte the thud. The Earl of Malsoesbury has appointed Mr. Gera, Harris as hi. to private secretary at the Foreign Oilier. Sir John Pakington bas appointed his son. Mr. John Slam y Pakington, • 111 his private secretary at the Colonial•ofilee. Mr. J. If. Cub, of the Treasury, is appointed private seere. tare to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Duke of Soithamberlarol has appointed the lion. F. S. P. Pelham to to ha private secretary at the Admiralty. Mr. S. R. M. Leake, principal clerk assistant to the secretaries of the l'n- a sery, has n tired after a service of 40 years. Mr. Leak. is succeeded by Mr. W. 11 Stephenson. one of the senior ter o, she was private secretary to Sir Hobert feel when Trine Minister. Mr. Stephenson is succeeded by Mr. T. P. tOurtency, our of the assistant clerks. The lion. Henry /*edema? Vereker is appoint d her Majesty's Consul at Grande Du Sol. Samuel Vines, is appointed Csa•sl at Para. Charles Sinai', Esck , is appointed Consul at Miranham. Randall C.illander, kn., is appointed Con ga: a: St. Catberides.-06serrer. 'DIE NEW ADMTNIsTRATIoN.-0.1 Saturday all th , minr.ters who hod not previously taken possession of th. a et& d i d so, and the various members of Lord thaby's als.unstration are now fairly seated in office, and transacting the hunters of the country. Inc SPEAKER'S DINNER--The Hight Hon. the thin) parliamentary dinner took place on Satyr. day.. lam tha following wire the guests : the Right lion. the M ',Luis of Douro, the Right Hon Viscount Palmer- Ker. Lord Hobert Grosvenor, Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Liat lion. ,lames Stuart Wortley, the Right lion. Henry GOLL.SUM. the (tight lion. Sir James Graham, Edward ••, Wm. E. Gladstone, f.or G. Clerk. Henry Taken, the Master of the Roll., the lion. Hoary Fittroy, the Hun. Frain. tharteris, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Thomas Dy'w Aeland, Sir Frederick Thea Mer (Att”racy-General). Mr Loftus %Urea's, Mr. Cniwiler, Mr. WiLion l'atten, Mr. Catiwell, 'dr. Fumy, Mr. >lonekton Milne., Mr. Henry 1 Barns, Hr. Henry Drummond, Mr. 0. 11. Cavendish. Mr Enlyn Denison nes prevented from being present throsph indisposition, and Sir Robert Ferguson was emo te...L.6ly absent. The Speaker's levees aro to he held on leter,Liy, March 20, and Saturday, 27, each night at tea if Cad. T:TZ NEW LORD Cii iNCELLOR.—This morning be appointed for the swe.,ring in of the new Lord Chan cellor, Sir E. Sugden, the Old Hall at Lincoln's ins was mewed to men, aad the approaches to the court on both sides were rendered quite impassable. At 12 o'clock the bask judge took his seat on the bench, in company with the Mater of the Rolls, Lord Justice Cratiwortb, Lord da•:ee Bryce, Viemeluseellon Turner, l'arkcr, end Euiderilii The venal oaths having bees administered. Ms lembhip took leave of his learned brothers, and proceeded • the hi:redoes' of the court. Tnt (AEI/ Exuiluriox.—The following coninn eic.tme has been Warmed to the chairman of the Baud ▪ , ...tor by dinettes of the !Loyal t'oronsissionen.— " Fear of Wee•minster, 21eb of February, 114.12. Sir—l ▪ darnel by Ike Majesty'. Consmaroners fur the lar hits. of Isol , marry to younelf and the Beard of Crew shoos, rs of l'oaters their best thanks for the usistmais which you have at all tinier afforded them Is sB engem relater to the Custer' House ananie'eserts in esomenion with the kohibitra, and also for the liberal "pint i• width the tWere.4oll. whisk ft was in your power to make en the axa. , a base bra earned late Woo by the ellette= seder par sathority. The seamiseistem see vary t! , u it has beer in a great .encase owing In the eseSel eh- ere.. of the Coiansisareen ef Ceases shed the who!, of the 1.17 ingemeats for the adaiidems of the foreign path rat for nineties, and for their removal at the elm r han marked m adsurahly in practice. without • erapSsat basing bees addressed to the bond ov e r s s r ia & ro 1.44 ri•peet.ng the conduct of any ,r the Custom Ja oaten enapioys el at the Exhibition Building. In lei., to nark their seas, of the manner in which Dime ell er. Mae necuted the duties intrusted to them, under the ed myeriatendessee of Mr. Rolls, her M.jrsty'o C°M n.e.oirri have voted to eseh of them the amount of Iff•• tasty shown is the enclosed list, mollies a total of KM. lie., sad I as directed to ropiest that you will have the good- Sts. to esust setts step" to be taken as lon may think It fee di th w...... bstion the amount utmost the different officers in the hewn is the list. (Biased) Eigian A. ;STILT To the Bight Ito. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Zan , thairn,an of Ilex Majesty'a Board of Costume."— In the list rel, reed to the Loyal Caramissionen hive voted t ike Win at 2401. to Mr. Rolls. loading surveyor, 1401. to Mr Flumes, metal maw, r and controller of aeeonats, and other tern sena is proportion to the whole of the wordrate Ginn end clerks who were employed at the Great Ethibitiou Int Anuox.—The arrival of the last West India re alter, w about bringing any more ni a, of the flew end r.hem or the Amazon, and the onuouneentest or the that the barque ninth was supposed to be meat the horning uhr, wa. spoken two days after elle and matuanicated no intelligence that she ber airy= BLWilift i rew or passengers on board, have abler th last vesti es o f h ope t h at any more are saver I V Inuits, the widow of the unfortunate commander, ban sneibtavtot for Newcastle. Iler brothers are some Id :he moot emirs, sit merchants in Jamaica. Miss Brady, th sister of the Admiralty agent is, it i s f e a re d, i ncur ably art,ted. The shock and boa she has sustained have greed too mach for her inked and frame. Mir rrath, one of the pa orogen who was saved, and M* hems conduct was the mans ot her own and other ht. d, , beim presented, it still at the Mayor of S ou th an iptan% ho race at Wiseheste r , wher e she ha. found a hospitable 1.1 ' 41 h been treat.d with the utmost kinder* alio by the nobility, gantry, and clergy of the neighbour hhood of 1 W:144 . 11,15rr. She is occasionally afflicted with Perie affections, the result o f great mental excitement vim,. A Sunday or two ago a report was given oat h et '" t hual , '..a that 23t MOTO of the Amason people bad 4. 1 Ids report flew like wildfire through the ewe. Sal into the ehurehes, from when c e it was even ea r:,'"'l Iron .ome of th" pulp:tic The friends and eels the were .n a state of the greatest excitetnast, "f.'s! turned out a cruel hoax. The Amazon fund low amounts to 9,4001 AT SE. VINCENT. Infelligc nee WAS ES (SO 11q the 1,4 West loth♦ mail, that a riot had taken In the prinripal town in the island of St. Vincent. _:;"'af• tt.,lt two soldiers of the let West India regiment loroltel 1.,r assaulting aad wounding, while ra i parson. n the town* A ranacuir was eirest iat I, a th. itirriaan that these men had been ered by Ooliee, and about :II of their econrades rushei murd from the ta.?..na with their side arms, striking at every one they r, ilit .They att empted to demolish the station-house, but n . 4 A hit ,,, &a was te employed to subdue them. .talt lb.. rio a magistrate end other per.ons were in. by 'tones being thrown at them The townspeople rMesa of the insulanclinition of the ' military. Many of t . ," 4 aa.. withers never sleep in barra c k s . Ih e people i tau. rit also 031:Th:in that convkte are transported to their island. THE ELECTIONS. AKNODo6.—lneeedioteiy ea Fir F. Thedier's lime Wes Imeie a Gore es tie l i i d 'Mehl omelet woo% le use tem teem owl howl his eolopeoht re tom tamer termer is the deli The as et prepare ties lei however, whet as shiner Word by Geo. =I minket re lie ammeters sad the hide. pewiset by thee a owebehotok Ohs sense for whisk were est eel Mg by the Mese et kad been ellhololl. the netare of wide\ will miser hem the following quotesioa hen the heethill alluded es s-w I have always peneemei the desire to smintain as far as wee hi my power, geed hellos eel lesseety in the borough; and on the saint. tree et away Odes gentlemen who have hitherto opposed sm. that, is einekleration of my not proceeding to the poll on the promo occasion, Sir Frederick Thesigsr would ab stain hem ell Opposition to me et the rest general election, I (lid feel Net I ought not to shrink from the test thus pre sented to me of proving the sincerity of my desire to pre vent the renewal of that irritation and hcart•hernisig which is sure to result from the excitement inseparable front a contined election." BATH.—The conservatives intend contesting ono of the seats foe this city .it the next election ; but we have no reason to fear that either of the sitting members will he displaced. W. Sutcliffe, Esq., the emiservative candidate opposed to Captain &adult at the last election, when Lord Ashley wee raised to the peen ge, has been thrown over by his friends, who lat.!y applied to Sir F. 'fhesifter to conteet the city. Sir Frederick, however, declined the proffered boost, and recommended his frield Mr. Whateli y, Q.C., of the Oxford Circuit, so • St and proper person upon whom the Bath conservatives might fit their hopes. A private meeting of the conserrativire was held on Saturday, under the presidency of O. W. Bl.athway te, Erg , at the Assembly Rooms, shun a correspondence hetseen the secretary of the Conservative Association and Mr. Whatcley was read, which was eutisideicsl satisfactory, and • motion agreed to requestins the learned gentlemen to allow him self to be put in nomination at the next election. It is also etnelerstned that Mr. Whiteley will be requested to visit Bath shortly, fur the purpose of giving en explanation of his principles to the electors. Ile is mid to be a pro tectionist. lisPeroL.—There is a good deal of gossip going on about election matters, hut, beyond the feet that the I present liberal member, Mr. Berkeley, will most asauredly he re-elected, there is leotleing rem be depended upon. Mr. George Thomas, the elaiirman of the Liberal Association, and Mr. W. IL G. Langton, ton of the late venerable Col. (lore Langton and at p• :went mayor of the city, are both spoken of Y. likely to be put in nomination with the hon. member. Neither suggestion is improbable, though both are, at present at any rate, premature, as nothing has been eletinitlvely determined espon. Or. the conservative aide, Mr. Tripp (who has thrice before tried I is hand) and Mr. Fredk. Peel are talked ..bout. UIIII;IIESTER.—Lord Henry Cordon Lennox, hav ing been appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury, and his seat fur Chichester being thus vacated, has addressed the electors of that city for re-election. There is no sign of opposition at present, nor is there likely to be any in a city where ducal influence is so strung as is that of the house of Richmond at Chichester. I htutrwieti (8.%11 . tt 1) Y).LFrom a correspondent. —The new Secretary of litate for the Colonies, Sir John rakington, has already issued his address to the electors of this ancient borough, end its appearance te-day has set the town on the qui rive. lie 1475:—" 1 should exceed the usual limits of a written whir.. if I were now to enter into explanations either of my conduct upon the many import ant subjects which have occupied the attention of the legis lature since you last elected me, or of The considerations which have de*ermined me, at a moment of great public difficulty, not to refuse my assistance in the formation of Lord Derby's government. I trusted that the former has not forfeited your confidence ; and 014 in the latter you will believe me to have le-en guided by en honest and impe rative sense of public duty." Sir John does not enter into explanation of his 1 oliticel views, but reserves these things for the time when he shall meet the electors " at their bonus and at the bus ings." Sir John, although be voted against the present cern laws, is wiling that they should be fairly tried. EAST SounasEr.—Notwithstanding the vaunted strength of the conservatives in this die loon, end the reso lution of the county . protectionist society, at their meeting last week, to nominate Mr. Ilippilcy , of Ston Easton, against Mr. Pinney, the want of means has placed them in a Mx. The liberals lire no fear of the result of the con. test, and it is yet uncertain whether they will not bring forward another liberal iu conjunction with Mr. Finney. (iLOUCESTLII.—AdtuiraI Berkeley, the libera l member fur Gloucester city, issued an a ddress to the el, c ton on Saturday, offering his services again as their repre sentative. s. It appears most eroliable that that the disso lution of the present partiameut will shortly take place." The gallant admiral unites : I have lour held that honourable distinction, and although not consecutively, altogether fur nearly siatren years. During that time l' have never on the most trivial point that 1 am aware of deviated from that line of policy which int induced you to require my services ;•• end he promises in ease of his re election a coorinuanie of the same seal and attrition to their interests. There is not the least fear of the admiral's re election ; and it is also certain that the conservative sit ting member. Mr. 11. T. Hope, must give place to Mr. Price, who comes forward iu the tree-trade interest. Ilwcrrorr.—lt is asst•rted that It. S. Gard, a protectionist, will offer himself as e candidate, at the next general election, in opposition to Mr. Locke. The conser vation of the borough predict success. ; but they are laughed at by the liberal party. LINCOLNSIIIKE.—In the north or Lindsey division there will probably be a contest, but all the candidates will be protectionists. An etfert is making to turn out Sir Montagu Cholmeley (a is big protectionist) on the ground that be did not oppose the late administrathin at all points. In opposition to him Mr. Lacks Stanhope, of Reresby Abbey, is put forward by the ultra Units. The moderate conservatives, who are aver** to a contest, join with the whip and liberals in support of Sir Montagu Chohneley, one of the present members, who it in supposed will be ereturned with Mr. Chrileopher, the other mem bar. In the southern divieiou Sir John Trullope, Bart., and Lard Berghley will b., returned without opposition. At Boston, one of the two protectionist members will most certainly have to give place to a free trader and a liberal. It may be remembered that on the death of the Hon. Cap tain Pelham, Mr. David Wire and Mr. rrishileld were candidates for the vaceecy thus created, and that Mr. Freshlield was rewind. The protectionists pointed to this victory as the sure indication of a reaction in the tree trade views of the borough. It was nothing of the sort ; there was a split moon the liberal party as to the eligibility of Mr. Ware, and a great number of electors abalone:el from swim. The liberals are now united to a man, awl have Melted Mr. Hawkey, the banker, to be one their member. lie has seceded to the requisi- Wok Mil will maims the electors on Monday next. At Ommlera them will he no change. Mr. Welby (pro- Inffilinist) sad Mr. Toneitsarhe One trader) will, it is not be . There was same talk of inviting . to enter upon a contest itgaint Mr. Tollismast bat the latter has the interest of his bro iler. Ms Earl .[Dysart, who is the largest owner of pro piny within the borwsgb, and be would besides be sup by the libanis and frectraders.—At Stamford, the et Oraaby and Mr. Berries will, of course, be rohronst—ht Grimsby, Mr. H. Heritage (whit) Mee Me M 1111111 y years represented the borough, will pus be* be NWa returned. LfaMee—Wo are happy to announce (,aye attLerds MIFIMF11) that a very Natal recosesilistiss has WWI pion Whom the owe maims of Mamas In the borwrigh of Leas, sod tbst ia the present elramateasss er thr they are waived to go to the amiss a waited =FLr the rams of two decided reforming end be. Them who at the last election soppottsil Mr. Sao have welaind their readiness to vote for Mr. Mimareill, sad ease she Om supported Mr. Marshall have shown their dimosilles to vete for a candidate entertaining the opiates, of the elm section of liberals. 1100111101211 .010V6it AND COUNTT.—It is stated a sorompladmit that the representation of the county of erM be ingested on the liberal interest by one of a Isla of kegs merchants, who are much interested is the dlellet. Mr. W. 8. Lindsay, the liberal candidate for the Minmost bosseigh, has been actively canvassing the sissloss, emihr emprened himself satisfied with the result of bit Ishowni. Mr. Crawahay Bailey, the conservatives:m aiden, lie rffinimenntically canvassed the voters, and ap pease le astrike kis return as certain. It is fully ex pected by alt parties that the contest will be a severe one. NZWPORT, ISLN or WlGtrf.—Mr. William Biggs, of Hightlad How, Leieuter, having been requested by a Ember of the electors of th s borough m Imams he its roproantstion perliameat, ass blued an silvan Ismally diking himself as a waidlints. H. will he sappootad stodanstiso with Mr. Battey, Ms Medan, ant s. Partsmsatb, both of wheat on Melded Marsh wail hos- trod -as, la opposition so Messrs. H. 11. C. nowdast sad C. W. Moran, Mr puma tory members. There appears every prospect of mew= ea the, pert of the liberal madidates. Posramourn.—Mr. Serjeant Oaselee addressed a public meeting of the electors of Portsmouth on Friday evening, at which he explained the political opinions on which he sought their support in returning him to parlia ment. He declared himself in favour of an exten4on of the suffrage to all householders and vote by ballot; and although be was • member of the church of England, he was a warm supporter of equal rights to all denominations aadereeds, whilst he would also give his utmost support to , every measure calculated to abolish the abuses in the church. He would vote fur reduction in national expenditure. With regard to free trade, he would oppose every attempt to alter or reverse it; and would carry out that system to even a greeter extent than at present. Resolutions were passed approving of his candidature, and a committee was formed to support him in it. The late First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir P. Baring, is expected to visit his constituents in a few days, and Lord Frederick Fitz clarenee is also daily expected in the Vulcan steam frigate, from Madeira, to personally plead his cause with the elec tors of Portsmouth. Has lordship and Mr. Serjesnt Omelet) are the only candidates at present in the field for the seat rendered vacant by the retirement of Sir George Staunton, but It is believed that when a dissolution of parliament takes place, the present government will send down a Lord of the Admiralty, as has been done by tory govern. merits from time immemorial, though invariably without success, Portsmouth basin , always distinguished itself by its sup port of liberal principles. - - TArNiox,—Mr.George E l ere, ere, proprietor of the Stogumber Brewery, has announced hiniseli a candidate for Taunton, in opposition to Sir Edward Colobrooke, Bart. lc his address he declares that, believing the agr.cultural in tared to be Me sinewy of the Mato, he will seppert all seek measures as May be ngMrs& le relieve it item usequal herder. The hoe. patLmea was minted at Plymouth ►t the bat deaden. COLCIIEVITA ELECriots.—To the Editor of the Hama —l.lr,—Allow lIIP to all on the protestant' of Col chester to eeetbine instantly (Jr the purpose of replacing Lord 11lumen, their lat. Paserite member (ono of whims crotaboto is to missal the Mortmain Laws, and them against monasteries, &e.), by some pro-protestant who will pledge himself to vote for the disendowmeat of Maynooth, or, at least, for Kr. Spooner's motion for as ing i ni s i t : the doctrines therein taught ; and also for the prom and efficient carrying out of the provisions of the Ea Titles AM of last session.—l am, air, Patrrnareertar euroam ALL Tlilllol.—Temple, Feb. 28. DISCLOSURES RESPECTING AN INFANT PAUPER ASYLUM. The numerous complaints which havo reached the officers of the Strand 1. relative to the condition and I treatment of the pauper children in the establishment at Eamenton, has led to the institution of an inquiry on the spot. In the first instance, three ehurehwardene and a cur. geon were constituted a committee of investigation, and upon receipt of their report, the guardians appointed Mr. J. F. Clarke, surgeon, sal Ocrrard•street, to visit the esta blishment and report thereon. Mr. Clarke in his report says : " In aceordance with the instruction from your Board,con veyed to me by Mr. )(liner (clerk to the guardians) I visited the infant poor establishment at Edmonton, on the Ilth instant. My attention was first directed to the infirmary, in which I found the following patients, all of whom with three exceptions are very, rang children." Here are enu merated sixteen cases of measles, sore head, scrofulous abscess, ringworm, ulcerated feet, and skin eruptions, after which the medical gentleman observes: I have enume rated these cases srecifically, in order that any or cith:r of them may Le referred to end easily identified. In addition to the various maladies with ei huh these chil dren are affected, every one of them, with the exception I of the Owens (children of colour), entered the infirmary with their heads full of vermin. These vermin are still present." After evidencing the suffering of children in Mrs. Martin's ward a n d specifying cast •of ringworm, "very had o ' er rated feet, and mint of them with vermin in theirheeds," Mr. Clarke save, " It now becomes a question how we are to explain the 'fact, that the sufferers from die ease in the establishment ere almost all of them very young children. From careful ingsky ism all the circumstances, I have come to the following neemlusions :—First. It would he expected that a disease Mae dr Impales, of a highly in fectious character, and ehledly alecting young children. should spread with rapidity in a ward especially devoted to them, and that older children should not be affected, because in all probability they had previously suffered from the disease. Secondly. I think it clear that the children must have been neglected. 1. Because the ulcerations upon the feet, arising from chilblain., were many of them of a moat severe character, were in one or two instances even serious, and might have re sulted iu mortification, showing that even ordinary care bad not been bestowed upon them. 2. Because the attention of the medical officer had not be n at ell directed to some of them eases, an I have learnt from himself; and he first dis covered thCllt when the little patients were removed from the house to the infirmary in consequence of the measles. S. Because the ulceration of the anus in the cases of Martha Black and Emma Eagle—the first of which must have ex isted some little time—had not been discovered until my visit on the 11th. If these children had been pro perly washed, it would be difficult not to have ob- served the disease in question. 4. Because if the children had had even ordinary attention, their heads could not possibly have been in the disgusting state in which I saw them. Thirdly. In addition to neglect, I believe the children have not been properly nourished—l. Because the "dietary" is not constructed with such a regard to the re quirements of young children as is consistent with the known laws of animal economy. 2. Because most of the children wire suffering from ophthalmia, eruptions, and other signs of a scrofulous habit—a habit which would be engendered or increased by defective nutrition. The entire aspect of the place, and the general appearance of the children, in regard to tidiness and cleanliness, is by no menus satisfactory, and chow that the surveillance exercised over them is nut sufficiently edict." THE EXPRESS, MONDAY ETRNING, MARCH 1, Mt • RAILWAY MEETINGS. • BIRKENHEAD, LANCASIIIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. On Saturday afternoon the ordinary half-Tearly Illeeilscot this astspaay took pleas at the Mocks Ferry Hegel, Birkenhead ; Alderman Benetton:, chairman of the bout of dinetors, in the chair. There was a numerate awns, of proprietors. Mr. Otimon, the secretary, read the report, from which we take the following es: The maniple of the past half-year, al eampared with the receipts of the corresponding period of the previous year, are 116 follows: namely, 1860, peseengere, 20,6271.; goods, 1 0 , 214 .1 total, 3:1,7101. 18.1, paftengera,2B,3llBl.; goods. 13,4151. • total, 41,71431. Increase, 11,0431. The quantity of gene ral merchandise carried between Cheater and Bir kenhead continue to Merton: comparing the eametxriceis the tannage was, 1860, 'emend merchaadiae, 41,420; e:vl, 38,810; total, 80,240. Hill, general merchandise, 48,695 ; mil, :4.932; total, 81,627. The traffic on the Mani cheeter line continua l t o increeee. 'lke teenage of the le.t kalf.yeer, compared with the h a lf-y ear en di ng 30 t h June, is more than doable; and arrangements have just been completed with the H o lyh ea d Company, from which a comiderahle traffic in slate and atone is ezpected to be taken over this pm thin of the line, and this will no doubt be promoted by the upening of the Carnarvon and Banger line on Monday neat. It is proper, however, to observe, that the company is now in a transition state, and that the Rresent returns do not indicate it s actual resources. Notice* ave been issued for the forfeiture of 3,638 311. and 198 221. shares, a list of which will be submitted to the meeting; and the directors desire the Anne powers for the dispnsal of these shares as have beeu given fur those already de clared forreited. 'nu balance available for dividend is 16,1271. lii. 6d., and out of this sum the directors retool. mend that a dieirlcuil be paid at the name rate as last half year, viz., on 271. shares, 41. lid.; en 221. share., 28.100. ; on 311. shares, 3.5. 10.1. per share; leaving a balance of 1,5811. to be carried over. The amount charged to the h .If-year for the elm:lines of the accident is the same as was authorised for the preview. hall.year." The CHAIIthIAN *nosed the adoption of the report, which was unanimously edopted. The neat reenliviou, declaring a dividend of4s. lid. upon each share of 271. 10.. for the half-year, of 2., 100. upon each 224. share, and of 3.. !Ott. upon each 311. share, was unanimously acquiesced in, as was also that declaring the forfeiture of a Liege number of shares of which duo notice bed been given. A motion was then made that the directors be empowered to proceed with the bills now before parliament and to oppose Mr. ' ACITSON, nI.P., opposed the latter portion of the preposition, and wished the motion to be divided, for the purpose of affirming the former end negativing the latter ; but suer some couseisation the hoe. member did not pre,s his amendment, and the resolution was carried with one dissentient. A memorial from 2 local passenger contractors was brought forward by Mr. Titberington relative to the start ing of a morning train a quarter of an hour (urine, so ee to enable the business men of Liverpool to ►rich town by 10 am. The meeting, however, declined to entertain the question, which conveyed an implied ern we on the dneetere. • After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting broke up. EAST ANGLIAN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday, at tf.e London T , Bishopegate.street. H. Bates, lisq., took the chair. The report was as follows:—We regret that the late ness of the period at which we have received from the Great Northern Railway Company the account, 'if the traffic re ceipts and winking expenses, during the time that the lines were worked by that company, has put it out of our power to present our accounts in a complete state. As we have not had sufficient time to examine the accounts of the Urea . North( ra Company, or to submit them to the wadi tom, we shall not ask you to confirm them until a future meet ing. Shortly alter the date of our last general meeting, in August. the Great Northern Company having applied for an injunction to compel the Eastern Counties Comp,. ny tore move the elistructiou which prevented the passage of trains from the East Anglian line to the Willie:mit and Peterbo rough liars, Vice-Chancellor Turner derided that, notwith standing the agreement between the Great Northern and Eastern Counties Companies was suelsas would have in duced him to grant the application, yet, as there was at the root of the matter on as reement between the Great North ern and E.ist Anglian Companies, which, in effect, trans ferred the management of the East Anglian Railways to the Great Northern Company, which was contrary to the spirit of railway legislation, end therefore, in his opinion, illegal, he could not grant th e injonction. As this judgment coin cided with that &livered by Lord Cranworth in a similar case, no doubts remained in our minds as to the illegality of the agreemen• ; consequently negotiations were opened be tween the board. of the respective companies, for the pur pose of making an agreement on a different basis. While these negotiations were still pending, we received requisi tions from 200 shareholder', suppoited by 150 bondholders, requesting the hoard to call a meeting of the shareholders, for the purpose of 0 communicating to them any fresh arrangements the die wore may bn contemplating with the Great Northern Company, also the terms of any other agreement that could ho concluded with the Eastern Counties Company." In conformity to this requisition an extraordinary meeting was held on the 19th of November, and at that meeting, which was very numerously attended, P. was unanimously resolved:as nillows :—" Inasmuch as the mg/cement between the Great Northern Company and the East Anglian Company has been declared illegal, resolved— That it is desirable and capedicut fur this company to enter into on arrangement with the Eastern Counties Company upon the principle indicated in Mr. Waddington's letter of the 27th of October last, addressed to Mr. Heseltine, and ' that a committee he now appointed, with lull powers to co operate with the directors in carrying the same into effect, and that such committee consist of the following gentlemen: Mr. J. Boneroft, Mr. Lightly Simpson, Mr. Edward Mr. Henry Newbery. and Mr. Francis Corbett." Acting in accord .nce with this resolution, and with the essistauce and en-operation of the committee therein named, we have concluded two figment , :its with the Eastern Coun ties Company, which were duly sealed by the respec tive companies on the 2nd instant. The first of these agreements grants power to the Eastern Counties Company to run their trains over the East Anglian Railways on cer tain conditions, which secure the meet efficient working of the traffic, with every requisite accommodation for the con veyance of passengers sod goods, while it ensures is the most effectual manner the lull development of the resources of the district, and an ample supply of carrying stock and engine power, the management and control of the under taking remaining in the hands of the Root Anglian board. As compensation for the privilege granted to the Eastern Counties Company, the East Anglian Company arc to re cities at least 50 per cent. of the gross earnings from the traffic of their railways, free from any deduction whatever. The second agreement provides that both companies shall (at the sole expense of the Eastern Counties Company) . apply to parliament for an act to authorise an agreement by which the Eastern Counties Company shall have power to work, manage, and maintain the East Anglian Railways, subject to the supervision of your directors; or, if deter mined on by both. companies, to lease the undertaking for the period of 999 years. This agreement likewise provides for the most clikieut working of the railways, so as to deve lop the traffic to the utmost extent. The whole of the earnings are to belong to the East Anglian Company after deducting the working expenses, which (including an ample supply or carrying stock and locomotive power) are never to exceed 60 per cent., and it is provided that If the working expenses of the Eastern Counties Company are, during any half-year, below 60 per cent., the East Anglian Company Sr. to be charged the same per tentage on their gross traffic, but in this case the expenses of the board and secretary are to be borne by this company, provided each charges do not raise the total working expenses above 60 per cent. Both of these contracts provide that the net revenue of the East Anglian Company shall never be leas than 17,0001. Preliminary to these agreements, it was arranged that the Eastern Counties Company should purchase all the wor ki ng ' stock of this company, at - the valuation which had pre-' viously been made, pad the delivery of the different articles is now almost completed. It gives Ile satisfaction to state that the Great Northern Company have afforded every facility in handing over the plant, de., to the Eastern Counties Company. The amount obtained for the working stock has been dispoeed of as follows: 10,0001. has been ajp propriated to provide for the payment of the eost of the permanent bridges required by the act to be constructed over the river Oose and the middle level drain on the Wis. beach branch; 9,0001. (of which oae-half is to be invested in the East Anglian bonds) have been set apart for the completion of works which were necessary ka the anew motlation and development of the traffic ; aoildarramollador is to be applied to the payment of the 'a debts,We have made an arrangement with Megan. , Hender son and Co., for the construction of Was al saentioned bridges, end the necessary approaches am* foe ea amount that will not exceed 10,0001. which ie bin alsawas half the BM would have been requi red had tha7 bee. We when the kite was formed. These bridges are to be con structed oe the new principle (Warren's patent), which has recently re rived the entire approbation of several eminent engineers, who were present when the bridge of 260 feet span. constructed for the Great Northern Railway, was ex posed to tlw severest tests at Birmingham. It is with great utisfactior that we now refer to the financial position of the company, which has for so long a period been the subject of intense anxiety. So recently as the lst of last month the debt of the company amounted to 340,000 L, of which upwards oft 300,0001, were due, and a very large amount pressing fez payment. We have now the gratification of informing you that the whole debt of the company, after paying interest in full to the 31st ultimo, does not exceed 285,0001., and, with the exception of about 6,000/., which will become due on and after the 30th of June, 11443, and 7,0001., which will become duo in 1851, the period for the payment of the entire debt of the company has been ex tended to with this very great advantage, that it will be at the option of the company, at an earlier period, to pay MT the .whilc or any part of this debt, on giving notice of their intention so to do. This arrangement has been effected by the issue of not more than 19,000!. of the new preference s h a r e s, hewing interest at the reduced rate of o per cent. With referees to these shares, we have great pleasure in informing you that out of about 12,001) shares originally Issued, mare than one-half have aceepted the terms offered by the board, whereby the interest has been reduced from 7 to / per cent.; and we trust that the holders of the retnainderof these sham will agree to accept the reduced rate, and nereby have their shares consolidated into one share of 1)1. fully paid for every five shores, on e ac h o f which 2/. have been paid. It will be satisfactory to you to OUR PEACE ARMAMENTS. A return of the number and description of troops supplied with stores by each department, distinguishing those departments which supply the navy. Number and description of troops supplud by the Ordnance Department. No. of M, n. Descridtiou of Troops. 8. 2 96 Regular Cavalry. 674 Royal Horse Artillery. 13. 8 (XlYeotu.sury Cava', y. 98.019 Regular Infantry. 11,317 Royal Artillery !Font). 1,870 Royal Sappers and Miner.. 73 Royal Invalid Artillery (master gunners). 200 Oentlem^n Cadets, Woolwich. 200 Gentlemen Cadets, Semifluid. 6,993 Colonial Regiments. 16,124 Enrolled Pensioners. About 10,000 Militia, Home, Channel Islands, and Colonial. 11,621 Royal Marines. 6,873 Royal Dockyard Brigades. 185,891 Total. The royal navy is rupplied by the Ordnance Department. Number of 11.31.'s ships and packets now in commission, üboot 221, and 40,000 men. N.B. Houle and foreim station* cannot be distingui s h e d. (By order of the Master•Gi•neral and board), K. BYHANI, Secretary. Office of Ordnance, July 10, 1848. We copy this return from the Appendix No. 21 and 26 to the Report of the Select Committee on the Ordnance Do. pertinent. It should be recolleeted that the lartto establishment of; police in Ireland and England is not included in this return. THE GREEK LOAN.-By a return to parliament, ted on Saturday, it appears that 377,762/. 13s. 9d. have been paid by this country on account of the Greek loan, which sum has not been repaid by the Greek government. ENOLVOCe FEES Cl SUE COURT 01 , CHANCERY.- On Saturday the accounts relating to the Court of Chancery were printed by order of the Court of Chancery. The suitors' fund account shows in cash 126,120'. 9.. AI., and in stock 3,832,1171. Ba. Id. In the year, stock was purchased with suitors' cash to 203,8401. 16s. The following fees in the year ceding the 24th November last amounted to about 131,000. We give some of the items as fees:-In the Masters' offices, the fees were 36,212 L 3s. 74. • in the Ile gistrar's of fi ce, 15,1861. 17s. ; in the R eport office, 3,613/. 6s. 3d.; in the Affidavit Mace, 11,993/. Bs. 7d. ; in the Examiner's cake, 985/. 6s. 4d. ; in the Subpons office, 2161. The fees by the secretary of lunatic" were 3,26'21. ls. 2d. • by clerks to masters an lunacy, 3,084. I Is. 10,1. ; by tax ing 'softie, 29,3801. 10e. Id.; by the clerk of enrol -1 mend, 7,181 E le. 105. ; by record and writ clerks, 16,782/. 16s. 4L ; by die pelt/ brig office, 7171. Si. skis ; and the fees received osier the Winding•up Acts were 2.161. Bs. Tffiffi MmorourAy POLICE.-It appears front the asseaats respecting the Metropolitan Police Forte (printed in Saturday), listen Jan. 1 last, the number of persons he ieilasMS to the bete wee 6,49; consisting of one inspecting at SOW. a year; 18 superintendents, from M we 1 1 .1 1.4 .1. a year; 121 inspectors, with salaries from 2001. to 811. 18s. a year. There were 587 sergeants, from 10111. 4s. to 63/. 14s. a year; end 4,819 constables, compris ing 1,260 in the first class at 51.. 12s. a ye ar , 2,149 in the second clam at 49/. Bs. a year, and 1,174 in the third class at 411. 4s. a year. The sum paid for the police last year amounted to 422,299/. 5.. 4.1., leaving a balance of 49,9571. 14s. 6d , which were the receipts in the year. The fees, Re., from police courts were 10,3481. 13e. Bd. The Commissioners of the Great Exhibition paid the force 17,4261. 2e. 2d. ROYAL COLLEGE or SUROLONS.-The following gentlemen were admitted members of the college, on the 27th ult.:-Messrs. J. P. Julian, Little Blakenham,Suffolk ; IL Bennett, Dorchester; J. P. Wilton, Gloucester; J. K. Welch, Christchurch, Hants; J. Piing, Bristol; E. H. Fits• Henry, Liverpool; 8. H. Lihky, Great Ormond. street; R. G. OuresU, Newton Heath, Lancashire • E. J. Miles, Gi ll ingham, Dorset; J. Luntsdoine, lion. Eas t; India ICompany's Service; Walter Jessop, Cheltenham; R. Beata Leicester and J. Norton, Kennington. At the same meet! lag of this court Messrs. IL Gimlet and C. Roberts passed their szamioations as naval surgeons._ ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—OiI Saturday, before Muter in Chancery Richards, en application was made on the part of the Union Bank of London, to prove a claim for 41,0001. agaiost the shareholders in this bank. Mr. Rox burgh, with Mr. H. Ilarris, appeared for Mr. Wryghte, the official manager, and Mr. It. Clarke and Meters. Johnson, ' Farquhar and Leech for the Union Bank.—Mr. Clarke , in a speech of nearly five hours' duration, stated that in 1841, a private letter was written by Mr. Benjamin Boyd, the chairman of the Royal Bank of Australia, to Mr. Scrim geour, the manager of the Union Bank, requesting a loan of 30,0001. on an emergency, the Royal Bank to open a current account, and keep a floating balance of 6,0001., upon which no interest was to be allowed. An account was opened on these terms. In 184.5, another loan of 20,0001. was made, and in 1846, a third of 17,0001., the unpaid balances in respect of which sum, went to form the present claim of 41,0001. Mr. Clarke said he admitted that the decision in the case of the North British Company was binding on him as regarded the pmmissory note., but ho rested his case upon the fact of the loan of the money, which he contended was an ordinary banking transactim, and that the directors under the deed of settlement hail power to borrow. The total money transactions pasting between the two banks from 181. to 18:i0 was 640,0001. The case stands adjourned to Saturday, for Mr. Roxburgh to reply. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM auo DUIPLST RA I LWAVI. —The half-yearly meeting of both these companies was held at Birmingham on Saturday, Mr. F. P. Barlow in the chair. Both lines being sold to the Great Western Company, the proceedings were quite of a formal character. The several orders of the directors, and the statements of accounts for the half-year were passed, and Mr. John Aston wore-appointed auditor. The works are progressing rapidly, the chairman remarking that he hoped this would be regarded as Indicative of the disposi tion of the company to keep faith with the public. be leftmost that none of the shares created by the act of 11160 eau non be feared at a higher rat* of Interest then 6 pot asst. • The statement of the revenue eettoeut frees 10th July, 1861, to 4th Jemmy, 1862, wee as follows :-Iteceipts i Fur einveyasts of passengers, &e., 8,442!. 194. 7d. ; ditto goods and cattle, 6,6161. 13s: 6d. ; ditto mails, 61/. 10e.; mileage and demurrage of waggons, &e., 2481. 12s. 9d. ; rent of sidings, coal wharves, &c., 1071. 16s. 14.; transfer fees, 281. 10s.; total, 16,6061. Is. Ild. Payments: Regain of permanent way, bridges, stations, &e., 1,4911. 6s. ad.; locomotive expenses, east of running and repairing engines, wages, feel, and materials, 2,612/. 14s. 6d.; repairs of car riage., waggons, and; horse boxes, Wages ' and; materials, 2101. 14e. 3d. ; wages, station clerks, gaiteds, porters, police toes, and pointamen, 2,3331. 41. 9d.; salaries, managers, secretaries, accountants, audit and Mores depertments, 407/. ls. 6d.; sundry stores used at stations, 6861. Ss. lid. • psaienger duty, WA'. 10 4d.; o ffi ce rent, 331.; rates and taxes, 237/. 35.; Ran and water rent, 9141. 11s. 13d. ; compen. nation, 101. 10s. ; advertising, printing, and stationery, 601. 12.. Id.; tr a velling and gcnerol expenses, including postage and petty dishuriements, 2611. I Is. 7d. t cortege and warehouse rent, 101. 4s. Gd. fire insurance, 37/. Id.; auditors and expenses of audit, 371.88.13 d. ; omnibus hire at I Wisbeach, 1271. 0.. Gil.; Ouerentee Company, for insuring I the fidelity of 29 clerks, 22/. 6,. 3d. ; hankers' charges, I 33/ if.. 64.; paid solicitor* of arrant trusts, costs of re ceiving dividends on purchase moneys invested in the fund. 201. RS. 4d. ; clearing -houto charges, 601.; balance 6,429!. I Is. 10d. •, total, 15,406/. Is. 11d. The CIIAI ItMAN had much gratification in meeting them with the announcement that they had concluded the arrangement with the Eastern Counties Company in the most satisfactory m . They bad not only entered on the subject with the best feeling, but would render their hearty co operation in ilcv. loping tile re‘ources of the East Anglian line. At every point they had also been met in the most satisfactory manner by the Great Northern Company. A I'ROPRIETOR ;inked what was the extent of the lease with the Es.tern The CHAIRMAN Wild I 21 .van. The report having tarn adopted, A long diecussion then took Wace in respect to the elec tion of two director., Mr. Bates and Tidier being those who retired. Several arguments were held in respect to the el iims of Mr. Simpson in place of Mr. Bates, sod Mr. Iteaseltine in place of Mr. Tinker. A vote was taken, and Mr. Simpson was elected instead of Mr. Bates, who retired . Mr. Alderman CAIWEN supported Mr. Tinker's elec. tioo. Mr. PARSON supported Mr. fliaairltine. A vote was taken, when the members (or Mr. Tinker wcre in the majority, and he was re•cdtcted. A vote of thank. was then pawed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting adjourned. SOUTII YORKoIIIRE ItniLwAY.—The half yearly meeting of this corn any was held at the London Tavern on Saturday ; the Right lion. Earl Fitzwilliam presiced, Mr. liendtield read the report, wilich stated that " the quantity of coals carried to the Great Northern Railway over the lines of the company during the six months ending the Stet December ' 18-51, amounted to 144,820 t one , thus ' entitling the holders of ordinary stock, under the existing agreement with the Great Northern Company, to a dividend upon their shares at the rate of Si. he. per annum, and attaining the first step in the non receding scale, below which no future dividend can fall. Although an additional quarter per cent. over the income of the preceding half year must be considered satisfactory, yet the proceedings of the past six months have not as yt t had their full effect ; nod it will be found that very much 1 has been done within the period by which the progressive prosperity of the undertaking has been assured. Arrange. meats hare been in ido on en extend , it scale with coal pro ' prietore, for the miming of their minerals, and as these parties have time to complete the enr.etruction of the new works contemplated, and the enlargement of those already in existence the yield of the district and the profits of the ra ilway will proportionately increase. I The works now in hand may be expected to be completed by the end of March. After the termination of the busi ' noise( the ordinary meeting. n bill will be submitted for your consideratien and approval to lecalise the lease to, and amalgamation with, the Great Northern Company, on the terms of the agreement already referred to, and in cempliance with • resolution pained at a special general meeting held on 11th April list. The bill promoted by your directors fur en extension of your railway in connexion with the Isle of Axholmo line, which they considered greatly to the interests of the company, and which it was intended to submit to you on this occasion, has been thrown out by the House of Commons on the second reading," On a motion for the adoption of the report, Mr. Hadfield contended, et great length, that the hill was framed most disadvantageously for the interests of the company, and after some discussion a correspondence which he had en tered into with certain solicitors, relative to the details of the bill, was read. Ile then moved that the clause in the report relative to the bill should be expunged.—Mr. Deni son, M.P. stated th .t he tlenight it would be better for the interests Of the company that the paragraph in question should stand part of the report,but,nsclimeman of the Great Northern, he felt delicate in pressing any views of his own on the meeting.—The Chairman said he was at meetings when the present question, respect ing the arrangement with the Great Northern, wee discussed, and although there wes some difference of opinion, on the whole it was greed to. It the paragraph were omitted, it would have the effect of throwing over al together the agreement of last year.—Mr. Josiah Wilson thought that the working agreement was more beneficial to them than the bill.—Mr. W. Gordon Thomson (a direc tor) considered that the hill before parliament would give permanent advantages to the line.—After some irrelevant discussion, Mr. Hadfield withdrew his motion, and the report was adopted. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. The meeting then became special, for the consideration and approval of the bill now before parlia ment, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting adjourned. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Saturday ut tho centrist station, in Lothbury, the chairman; Mr. 2. L. Ricardo, M.l'., presiding. The following report of the diecetors was read:—. The accounts show an available balance of 11.7011 12e. 3il. Of this sum the directors rerommend the division of 9,3691. 96., which will produce a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum upon both classes of shares, leaving a balance of 5,3321. 3s. 3d. to the credit of the next half-year. The directory paint out to the proprietors that this dividend is upon an increased amount of capital to the extent of 47,7.50!., no part of which has y.•t become productive. It must also be borne in mind that the increased efficiency of the arrangements, and the numerous mechanical improve ments in every branch of the system of the company, have enabled them to effect • reduction in the tariff to the extent of upwards of 50 per cent., involving, as a necessary consequence, a n addition al current expenditure, "bile the increase in the number of menages received and transmitted, which the result has shown that your directors were justified in autcipating, is not yet fully developed. In the last report it was announced that contracts had been entered into to the extent of 970 miles, including the Manchester. Sheffield and Lincoln shire, Great Northern, and Great Western lines, for which the call of 21. 10a. was made on the shares class B. These works are in a very forward .sate—the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire is coaapleted ; the line to Bristol on the Great Western will be open this week; the Great Northern is complete as far as Peterborough, and the re maining length will probably be open in the course of the en suing month. These works, so far as the directors have been enabled to judge, will be completed under the estimates. Since the last half-yearly meeting, fresh contracts have been entered into, extending ever a distance of 500 miles, which will involve an expenditure of 35,1119/. 7a 6d., ascending to the elaborate estimates submitted by the engineer in chief. These estimates include the extension of the com pany's system, which will be required in conformity with the determination of your directors, expressed in their last report, that they would not rest eatisfied till all parts of the kingdom should he provided with telegraphic accommoda tion, and until they bad so combined and econo mised the system as to bring it into the most extended use for which it is naturally adapted. The directors consider that the resolution o f the special meeting called in December last, authorising the issue of debentures, will render soy further call at present on the shares, class D, unnecessary. The directors congratulate themselves on the great extension of the lines within the last twelve months, and look forward at no distant period, to the completion of a system already of great national im portance, and ultimately to embrace every commercial town in the country. The delays, inaccuracies, and ex pense of the continental telegraphs, are as exemplification of the great advantage to the public of the administration of such a system being under a single management. This circumstance alone admits the establishment of a low and uniform tariff as with the postage, and also the accommo dation of d i stricts, which otherwise could not of themselves maintain a telegraph." The capital account, to the cud of December last, showed a receipt upon the share. of 330.000/. ; sundry liabilities, as per lodger, 34,9811.19 e. 9d.; reserved fiind.6tl,334f. 161.9 d.; balance, 14,7011. 12s. 32. ; total, 428,2181. Ks. 91. On the other side, the cost of telegraphs, completed and in pro gress, inclusive of tho east of patents, was 36 1,7311. 18,.8d.; other items (including 26,3701.1e5. 7d. cash and securities in ham!), 76,4861. 10.. ld. ; tuba, 148 , 2181 . Sc. Out. The revenue account fur the half-year ending Dec. 31 showed receipts for messages, subscriptions, and contracts, amounting to 24,3361. tit 10d. • and espenses amounti n g to 13,9791. !tie. 7d. ; leaving a ba lance of 8,6811. 12s. 3sl. The general balance exhibited the result stated in the report. The report having been received and adopted, formal re solutions carrying nut its several recommendation's, and making • dividend at the rate of 6 per cent., were also agreed to; Mr. George Wilson anal Col. Wyldo were re elected directors; and Mr. Albert Ricardo was re-appointed an auditor. iii;EIIAIRNIAN then briefly addressed the meeting as to the prospects of the emu le took the thinness of the attendance as a pm.t of the confidence which the shareholders at large reposed in the directors ; and it would be imposaible to rsplain to those who had only recently be come proprietors the various details of the company's opera tions, which had, in fact, become almost innumerable. lle would therefore merely otwerv. , that the directors, in making the various renewals and extensions of the com pany's system of communication, had been guided more by a desire to strengthen their position than by any expecta tion of immediate profit. 3 The meeting was then made nweinl for the purpose of in cresoleg the number of directors from eight to the number allowed by the act, namely, 12; the chairman remarking that the board bad no immediate intention of acting upon the resolution; but they thought that it might become de sirable to appoint directors resident to soma of the larger towns, such as Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, die. It was not proposed, however, to increase the remuneration at pre sent allowed to the board, namely, WO/. a year. A resolution, authorising tie increase, having been agreed to, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. IRELAND. penult, Fes. 28. Their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Clarendon will hold an undress recep tion at the Castle on Monday, previous to their de parture. It is generally understood that their Ex cellencies will leave Ireland on the following day. The following notice of motion stands on the books of the Dublin corporation fur Monday : That a committee be appointed to prepare an address from the council to his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon, expressive of the grateful acknowledgmehtsi,lthe corpora tion of Dublin for the valuable assistance afforded in the ob taining of legislative measures which have conferred ad ditional powers on the corporation tor the benefit of the citizens of Dublin, and also for the uniform courtesy and attention which have distinguished the couctuet of ha Ex cellency towards this council, and the Individual members of which it is composed. Rumour has been busy in disposing of the Irish chiefjusticeship, which the appointment of Chief Justice Blackburn to the chancery bench leaven vacant. One rumour is that tlit• Right lion. It. W. Greene is likely to obtain that office, while, aceurding to another, which appears cilia:illy probable, Baron Lefroy will be the chief justice, and Mr. Greene get the scat in the Exchequer Court thus left vacant. 'lint conservatives are beginning to ft:l uneasy about the re-election of some of their newly-ap pointed officials who have had Irish seats. Lord Naas, Mr. Whiteside, and Sir J. E 'ferment, appear to be all more or less in danger; but as the Roman catholic electors have the representation of Kildare in their hands, it would be strange indeed if they allowed a member of Lord Derby's government and an upholder of the Irish church establishment, to go back to parliament as the representative of their feelings and opinions. The L'eenis Mod feels tier- VOUS on this subjtxt, and endeavours to smooth the way for the new Irish Secretary by appealing to his recent services to the country, which the Mail fondly hopes arc not obliterated from the memory of the electors. Election rumours form the ch:ef topics here. It is said that Mr. J, mice, a conservative member of the Irish bar, iFto start for Dublin in co-operation with Mr. Grogan, and that that party arc quite sanguine about having the entire representation of Dublin in their Lands at the next election. This is not a probable result, but the struggle will be a se vere one. Various MCII arc spoken of as candidates on the liberal side. An active canvass is carried on for Mr. Kerr in Down ; and on the whole the conservatives seem to be as yet more active in their preparations for the 'general election than the popular party. The remains of the late Mr. Shell were deposited in their last resting place, at Loug Orchard, in Tip perary, yesterday. A new candidate for Kildare, in opposition to Lord Naas, has appeared to-day in the person of Mr. William Cogan, a I toman catholic gentieman con nected with the county, to whom a numerously signed requisition has been presented by the electors of that persuasion. Preparations for an earnest con test have been set on foot, and there arc many chances that the new Irish Secretary will lose his election. Writs were this day despatched from the Ilanaper office for elections in the following places, in which vacancies have been caused by the new ministerial appointments : For Portarlington, in the room of Colonel Donne; Tyrone, in the room of Lord Claude Hamilton; Kildare, in the room of Lord Naas; Enniskillen, in the room of Mr. Whiteside; Dublin University, in the room of Mr. Napier; Londonderry County, an the room of Mr. Liateson : and Cork County, in the room of Dr. Power. In the Court of Chancery to-day the members of the bar at present in town mustered for the purpose of conveying to the outgoing Chancellor the feelings of the profession on his reUrement from his high office. 'I he court was densely crowded by barristers, solicitors and others; and his lordship having gone through the list of cases, Mr. Greene, Q.C., rose amidst the deepest silence, all present standiug, and said h e h a d been unanimously requested by rho members of his profession to con voy to his lordship their deep sense of the zeal, the ability, the kindness, and impartiality with which he had discharged his official duties. After some fur ther observations, particularly with reference to his lordship's uniform courtesy and kindness towards all who had practised in his court, he concluded by bid ding his lordship a respectful farewell. (Applause followed the conclusion of the learned gentleman's address).—The Lord Chancellor, who appeared to be deeply affected, acknowledged the compliment in appropriate terms, and concluded, amid loud ap plause, by saying that he hoped he might safely ven ture to say that he retired from amongst them, as regarded every number of the bar, with a conscience void of offence. His lordship then refired from the bench, and the court adjourned. A deputation from the Royal Dublin Society waited on his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon to day, and presented him with an address on his re tiring from the government of this country. ANTI-MAYNOOTII M E ETI NGi AT TUNBRIDGE WILL.—Two meetings of the Protestant Association of this town and its neighbourhood on similar principles to those of the Protestant Alliance in London, were held on Tuesday last in the Corn Exchange and Town-hall, fur the purpose of petitioning the Houses of Lords and Commons for the repeal of the act of 1845, for endowing the College of Maynooth. They were presided over by 0. C. Court hope, Esg., and the Her. Sir Henry Thompson, morning and evening. Alter hearing speeches now the Hee. J. W. Franklyn, George Junes (Huntingdon minister), J. Hal dane Stewart, William Chalmers Of Marylebons, London, Presbyterian), Davis, C. R. Pearson, W. P. Lyon (Con gregationalist), Rigsby and Light, and Messn. Yuldwin, Finch, and William Delves several resolutions and the petitions were agre e d to with only one dissentient. The meeting in the morning was fully attended, and that in the evening crowded, and the speeches, particularly those of Rev. W. Chalmers, made a deep impression. IMPORTANT DISCoVERT.—At the meeting of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, on Wednesday last, Dr. Peony communicated the important discovery, m a d e by himself, of thu presence of a considerable quantity of potash salts in the soot from blast iron turnar.s. The soot expe rimented upon was Odained from the Coltness Iron Works, where it collects in the floes that lead the heated gases and other products of combustion, from the top of the fur naces to the air hearers and steam boilers. Dr. Penny gave the particulars of a careful analysis of the soot, and exhibited specimens of the jotash salt, which had been extracted in large quantities by Dr. Quinlan, of Ilurlet. The salt has been pronounced by competent judges to be a good marketable article, comkting chiefly of carbonate and sulphate of potash, with a small admixture of soda salts. According to the results of expe riments, described by Dr. l'enny, it appears that the toot will yield about 50 per cent. of this marketable salt, con taining 43 per cent. of pure potash. It has been found that the amouut of potash in soot proei.red from other iron works is, subject to variation, arising, no doubt, from the use of different coals in the blast furnace. From the well known value of potash salts, there is every reason to expect that this discovery will prove of considerable importanc e to those who are interested in these commercial products, and also to ironmasters, who will be enabled to turn to account • substance which has not hitherto been applied to any practical use. MRS. C111:0104M'S EMt ;RATION SOPIETT.--• Founded, or rather brought before the English world, in May, 1850, it has NI far acquired the confidence of the emi grating elitism of the working order, that two thousand have become members of it, paying from out shilling and sixpence to ten shillings a week. The first ship, the Stains Castle, was despatched on the 29th September, 18 t. It contained two hundred and , hirty.three passengt v.'s. among which there were ten wives going to husbands, and twenty children travelling to parent.. The two hundred and thirty-three persons paid by invtalments, toward their own passage, one thousand four hundred and three pounds; and some of them Tee, ired loate , , varying from one to six pounds. The Blundell sailed with two hundred and sixty passengers, who paid one thousand nine hundred and forty-two pounds, and received loans of from one to four pounds per head. The Athaoan sailed with two hun dred and sixty-eight passengers, who paid two thousand and ninety-two pounds, and received an average loan of two pounds tar head. The Mariner sailed on the 2Gth of February, with about two hundred and eighty passengers. These emigrants have been collected by the exertions of a lady, living in a small house, rented a . t 60111 C thirty pou n d s a year, in an obscure street,. at Irltngton, with one paid clerk, and ono old woman, at tour shillings a week, to open the door. The letters, in answer to the inquiries of emi grants, have cost about one pound a week for ninety weeks; on the last week of January, eighty letters were received in a day. 'I he whole expenses—including four public meetings, and twenty-four group meetings—have been under three hundred pounds.—Diekens's " Household Words."