The Express. — London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

U /Elle Court. WINDSOR, JAir,.Sl. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday:—The Duchess of Kent, the Printers Adelaide of Hohenlohr, the Lady in Waiting toy e Dueling: or Kept, BATUIICIA de speth , and Colonel the n. Charles Ow?. 51.,jesty's private band attended in the Castlie after dinner, and played the following selection : sneture t 5) Wawa& low Crorert—Xiolia M. &inks Fannon IkWui La seantasi.biaa" Fasts Dade are A l Le Pre ~31 nem^ Prince Albert went out hunting this forenoon, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. 11. Simour, The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis of Breadal bane. sad Viscount Canning bars been invited, and are ex rated this afternoon. A deputation eonaiatine of Mr. Henry Clay, of Burton on-Treut, bankor ; Mr. Wi Rathbons, of Liverpool; iliiaos Fenton, of Rochdale ; Mr. Alexander M air Wae st em, of Liverpool; and Mr. limey C. Beloit, of Liver psOl, had so interview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. railer!' aul Lord Stanley of Alderley at the Board of Trade. bit . Gen Ouse ley had an interview with the Duke of liewc.stiv ytaterday at die Colonial-dice. Mr. Blackburn sail Mr. Gaud had also interviews with the noble duke yeiterfley. The Chancell..r f the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town yesterday for o Oxford. TILE CAMDEN ATHENEUM. One evening in November last a few isstlsman held a preliminary meeting in Camden-tows r an demi the propriety of establiahing • literary and seised's is that retpectable and populous district. The want el= an institution hail keen long felt, and the few who 110/11, present, feeling that the time for action had seetwall. 11111. ((Mina upou the formation of • society, to ba wiled tt The Camden Atheneum." A provisional SONIIIIINSI was at once named to make the necewry amellee g ums, sad to bring the affair into Ye • she • would warrant them comieg before the public. Accordinaly last evening • numerous meeting of the prin cipal Inltattitatit. of the district was held at the North Lon don Collegiate School, High-street, Camden-town. The Kew. Thos. DATA, Vicar of St. Pancras, presided, end opened the proceedings by calling on Mr. 11. 1. Deo good, the ho.l.ofafy secretary, to read the correspondence, which included communications from the Marquis Cam. deo, consenting to become the president of the institutioo, and Lord Seelempton, the Earl of Carlisle, and LIM Robert Grosvenor, M.P., accepting the office of vice-press. dents. lie Rev. CUAllilleal then made a few remarks upon the advantages to be shrived from the formation of the per npoosseedd institution. Perhaps one of its most satisfactory and fiesefieel effects would be that all tread meet upon one common ground, and reap the benefits derivable from the study of sciences and the arts, irrespective of any particular ellipses or political views. No one could for • moment doubt the influence this institution would have upon the social condition of the neighbourhood. It was to be re gretted that St. Patera., with its population of 170,000 souls, equal to that of imperial Rome, had not up to that time a common ground upon which the inhabitants could meet for the spread of science and literature. (Hear.) Mr. W. S. Etttore read a report, from which it ap peared that within a radius of half a mile from the place in which they were assembled, there was a population of 60,000 j ‘ fiabitants, and there was no institution in which they could either enjoy the advantages of Main, literature, or science, although it was well known that there was re siding in that district, a larger number of literary and scientific min than in any other district of the metropolis. It was reposed to establish this institution by shares and subscription. Mr. M. A. GI:RNIT moved the adoption of tho report, which was seconded by H. STOCK, Esq., wanly magistrate, sad tarried. The Rev. I). LAINO moved a resolution to the effect that the morsed institution being intended for the promotion of literature, science and the arts, no peculiarities of either a theological or poli tical melee shall be suffered to influence Its proceeolugs. The Rev. J. C. HARRISON seconded the resolution, which weals° carried; and Mr. Brigood, Mr. W. H. Wills, Mr. Leagued, and othir gentlemen having addressed the meet ing, a committee of management was appointed. After weeh, upon the motion of Professor Hopkins, • vote of thanks was awarded to the Rev. Vicar, and the proceedings terminated. RIFLE CLUBS. TO THE NETTOI OP THE 111 , 1111111. Sig,—ln reply to your Manchester correspondent of the day before yesterday, who desires to know what the Metropodtan Klee Club has been (and is now) about, allow me, as a member of that association, to inform him that the club is still in active existence ; but that, unfortu. stately, its growth and activity in co-operation with other clubs wu greatly—indeed almost totally—ebeeked by the refusal of th• Darby government to sanction its formation into a ride corps. It is true tbat under the .me govern ment we obtained permission to practise, as a club, or. the Wordwich Artillery Practiciewounde, but this indirect en- Vsue mot enough to counteract the chilling ef polgrilissrs asliml. somas at miaaaws refined by the Derby govern. F ar is the bettinift a tast year may le sibeated by the dist in • H•OERlEftight sixteen beestry clubs ily put - Seerslves in with us. gent auesbese mem sea 0 thousand, aillia was to bale Wee ase el Neeeseelitaa Club. Nam all, se mug dallaidaar clubs hale Ebel out since =mei our own efeelifeell active melees has sadly away. Imw Weever, of the spirit which emeetaailistedie tie of 1851 to lid sertsin that a mod sit wella esll into SIIIIOIIIIS, MOS SIVOMIIIIZNIZ"P"1"1IIIInesssnea from g pro of the seeriPsy reedy ite aalleast I ass, dr, A YERBER O RI F FLE CL THE METROFOLITAX ÜB. Tait AMOS, AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER ON Tall HULL RAILWAY:MI& Di&makthe themwife of as iaa keeper at Beverley, who was ea them hue a railway train near Cowed LlgteAlls doss Sisd tithe Wa gsa sbe received. the mow eager, wee bainght up before the lag Waft megiotratee en Saturday kit. The 'video.* Medessi the Allowing Gets :—On the day et the occurrence Yrs. DIAS was in lu 11, end there mat with Holliday. Ea with =ethics an, were an Wage ia several sad bad three or four gloust of bawdy sorTl l l4 .ll Mat get loth a seread- clad eingego at the Hull Make for Bewley, at half-past viz in the maim • sae Mrs. Da" waft there was as ewe but WNW ase aealey la the angantneent, add to her uncle, she wet them with her at the stalles, that she did met like thalami el rather is the andege with eases The peisasee.hoseese, tea We est to ha sheik. She irked kor mode Seeseesvisie Ire bat he vensed, and the train Atai a 'Mew between NW and Beverley, the hula wee Masa shoat bar stmts. When it gaited soak a pestle who was stssrbing • little way a head of it sin Ms. Din pat her bud eat of the ornate sad tall *MK thief." • She ant momenta hand wee pat sat to the Isabel the dare. Gait so the train wee gathering sleek het Weaned out to then is the carnage to their seats and heap the dose elst. No Mutton war sew however; the due few apes, sad Mrs. Doan either jumped, fell, Of voilbisimene. . Me roe isamdietely and picked beta p, wed then jet mai* advise. Ilhe ia seeable, and eogloweC so lila her dswh is Nasky swains about gide gm/4 Whoa the tralasse slashea iag speed on Weeredly a sea woe seestajtrap eat of the sat ennui wassetkaowS4 , 4= who it was, bet eahentoently 8 The rimer lea rnessolied *Mil bum* nest. the *- qua ea the bay i edgenised to Friday, to give tine he a pest workis The g en e ral opit&a theitMelp May mu wake/ft the Us es=t a. that &Orel* oat ef the ginifP OM mil ble TIM 01:63111111101 lblberlatesben;Oithe kris/stars sad others are inclu ded Vet of sassiest, at Um Prase Conteresw, whisk epos la Measheatas Ms month& sad who had sr deed Isamisq:.-711/. Cabin. Y.P. • Mr. Bright, M.P. ; Right H... T. M. Gibees,ll.P. Brothertos, M.P. • Mr. 'Cashew, M.P. ; Mr. Hadfield, M.P.; Mr. Ma% M.P.; Mt. Freak Crowley, M.P. • Kr. Junes Dell, M.P. ; Mr. Joseph Crook, M.P. ; Samuel Cuter, M.P. •' Hr. Lemmas Heyworth, Mr. Joseph Hwy, Mr. Ches. Comm, M.P.; Mt. Ohm Midis/. MX. • Mr . J. B. Smith. M.P., .ad Mr. T. Dem; —r Ws chow the tellewles Ms a Iht of wand hundred aesee af aka goadamso late ere H be went: —Sir K. Aseßiff• Kr. T. Bosley, lisadasoler• Mr. Aldenssa liseakielford ; Mr. P. J. Muth dare et Culid• Ms. W. A. Matthews * Mare a Shelleld; Ulna Paeans% Mayas Weressiar; Yr. Henry almficl4 Waffle of Hull • Mr. 0. P. &Mad, odium Mils Huff Il chew; Hr. Ra Mentiesler ; iflOggi. Smartt; Mr. W. 1; Ms. Dimes( Ashworth sod Mr. Matt Ashwestb, U =; lb. W. lIIMIcee, liaddaelleM Ur Wilfred Lyrae, Doi AhlestabaPye Bob o ; Mt. Joseph Uteilla fills:nor Nettirelest ; Alamos ; Risked Mak Llv=aterAidenmea Dial% ; how ; inv. nbbi. Maasbseisr ade ; be lrr . .T. Kdiabessh i l e !sses e ld= it IWO% 481.61111iMig.t. b• relela LOUISA be., he.. resolved lasalial Radnor Tiosseat Osolsrieli, sad lir. Leigh Hunt, Tortellini their ' inability to be psi rat, aid cordially aim the objects ed the Ceafereass. Vaitportact dosamatlise bow rsesiesd by the ikatte• Vishthe Uwe's' limeade Rehm Aseesladolit sill be nal It Ms roil shonwris b•yeblished. CALLING OUT 111111 laisrdaall that it is the intuition of the rivseaseent hr oil .at Ike wage of the ulnas of Yeglirg, be sae Wats assalbils WWI.. is April er May 11110. TM hese is le be eat Awe Se maw, at the seine dm% Nil the MOM et shaft {be doable, sad me wills imilindets, yid& k b sempestiml kayo Win *lc TM spgdahanit if sa Winton= al of eiihtis h peetpesed die twee is Lord Paloerssna so windy saderstemis the weekleg it tie +alit* that dem lY aossaries tr. Mes arl..s line ha adjusted which ended the sessluts kwiL AR am' Main weL—Nowel sad Military Gaol& MEXICAN DEBT. A general meeting of Mexican bondholders was bald yesterday, purssaat to advertisement, at the London Tavern, to receive the report of the committee as to the present state of affairs, and, to consider the question of the seenstitution of the committee. The chair wee taken by Baron L. OOLDSMIDt; bat on his stating that his health would not permit him to w ear= the duties, and expressing a within resign the chair manship of the committee in favour of Mr. James Caps!, who had hitherto acted as deputy-chairman, a resolution was put sod carried unanimously, appointing Mr. J. Cage' chairman of the committee and of the meeting; sad a sadist vote of t, auks having bees passed to the Berea Ooklunidt, acknowledging the ability with which be MA while presiding over the committee, pressed the claims of the bondholders, that gentlemen retired, intimating that ha was too unwed to remain while the business of the des was transacted. Mr. Carat. having taken the chair, said, that though he was so much pressed by other occupations, and suffering so much occasinually from ill-health that he had determined ea retiring Irom the committee, he felt compelled to respond to the unanimous vote of the meeting just passed in his favour, and to say that, so far as hie services for another year could be useful to the Mexican bondholders, the were at their disposal. (Hear, bear.) The committee had given much time and attention to the subject, and that they had not succeeded in obtaining justice for the holders of the bond* was doe not to their want of exertion, but to the bad faith of the Mexican government. The advertisement calling the meeting was by the direc tions of Mr. Capel now read, and the report of the commit tee, which has been published, wes, in accordance with the wish of the meeting, taken as rea d. Mr. IIICHmoND, a member of the committee, stated, in reply to a question from a bondholder, that certain resolu- OM hod been prepared which would involve all the points that could lead to discussion, sad upon those resolutions any observations it might be desired to advance would be received. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting would observe beta the report, that with regard to the certificates Ames ma a cer tainty of their obtaining soother ss. per cent. use them, and that there we a claim es Manning and Machine* for 240,000 dollars, and another upon the gourmets; of Mexico for 650,000 dollars, which, if realised, wadi give about 355. per cent. more; but in regard to balk these claims it was doubtful whether they would be resseend. The paragraph No. 4 in the report states :—" The ems of 130,000 dollars due for the cotton hexane, has been mined to the amount stated, by an expenditure which the lOW missiuner of your committee thought it incumbent on Id" for the interest of the bondholders, to incur on his own responsibility," was an important one s and required their consideration. They were aware that in anticipation of the payment of dividends they had been involved in great and costly charges. There was an advance of 60,0001. for that purpose, at a cost to the bondholders of 6,61.01., soul on another of 160,0001. the oast was 27,0001. This, however, was all fully explained in the report. He did not mean to say that those who made the advances were to blame, but there could be little doubt that parties on this or the other side of the water had reaped some advantage at the expense of the bondholders, which could not have been the case had the Mexican government kept faith, and paid up the deficiency, and the two dividends in arrear. But what he would urge upon the meeting was that, as it was pretty certain a great portion of these premiums for the advances came out of their own pockets, the,. should be very chary how they encouraged any anticipation of a oivtdend before they bad more in hand to most it. They would observe that the committee had protested to the Mexican government, in reference to the non-payment of the dividends, and it was in contemplation to follow up that protest by another. With reference to the appointment of local agents in Mexico to naive the revenue set apart fee the payment of the bondholders by Mr. Falconnet —a point which was alluded to in the report—be wished to express 'his opinion that but for that agents no part of that revenue would ever have been obtained. (Hear, hear.) Those agents were originally appointed for the purpose 'of the Moan. Borings' remittances the 800,000 dollars paid by them in anticipation of the dividend. Their exertions had been most beneficial in obtaining and keeping in their possession, for the payment of the interest on the bonds, money which, but for them, would never have been devoted to that purpose, and though it entailed a charge of one-half per cent. commission, the advantage was fully commensurate with the expense. He should add that under the agreement with the Mexican government s the appointment of these agents rested with the herb holders themselves, not with the government. It was however, that the Mexican government had not kept faith with their creditors, but had tampered with that portion of the oo which had been expressly set apart for the pay ment of the interest of the debt. It was true a pronuncia. meow had taken place at Tampico, and certain of the cusp toms duties had been reduced, and prohibitions had been abolished, but that did not interfere with the rights of the bondholders—the rebels were not rebels to them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Talconnet had, however, pro. mieed to furnish the coalmine with accurate accounts of the us, so that in future the bondholders would be in a position to ascertain exactly what amount belonged to then The neat point he would allude to was the progress of the conversion, and upon this be desired to urge upon even one who was interested in the question, that the last day fur making that conversion was the let of April, and if it was delayed beyond that time the certificates would have to be sent out to Mexico before they could be converted, which would of course occasion considerable trouble and much delay and expense. With regard to the custody of the funds, the committee were, as they had always hem, of opinion that they should be entrusted to a joint *gamy that was, that they should be remitted to the joint holding of Col. Fazio, the Mexican financial agent, and two persona acuminated by the committee of bondholder. At present the .funds were remitted to the Messrs. Baring% but that might have arisen in this way. On closing the advance of the 800,000 dollaes made through the Messrs. Borings, they applied to the committee to know what was to be done with the balance remaining in their hands ; the committee answered that the transaction was one between Messrs. and the Mexican government, and they (the com mittee could give no erden on the subject. Thh was communicated to the Mexican minister, and since that time, from nun inisundentandiog, the funds had been remitted to that firm. They would see by the report that It was sa lt/essay doubtful whether they would ever receive the promised grant of public lands. The Mexican government met the demand for it by saying whether the right to the lands tested with the central government or with the fede ral government of the stets la which they were situated. And with regard to the 980,000 which had beat best to the Mean Borings as the guarantee fend, that had all boss appropriated by the Mexican govesament. That mosey was sent expressly as a tee ea the understanding that if it were mot req for the of the advance, the Meziess goverment should have idgbt sidisposieli of it, sad they bed demo we-though the emersieso 'se Pedant that it meld to have bee hooded over to be fur the bleat if the Medheiden. The re -.tires whisk, is behalf of the cessimittee. he shield hen to move were deeded ea their repot moo " That the tepee of the enunittes, dosed he 2116 'Wilt hes now beet pesseated. the emeleeL—lbill ai t meting walk* eggnog ofawe he appeisemeat ef even pen wed Metier of the samba d e = whew esteem-hems is heated. anial tbsk ermigureat eturiag the present troubled and shied melee homentry, m the .enpmes et the beediesidess, he theism milestion, custody, and tailiNdlielalli the remises assimeed. le the &Beige delite—i flhat his mesas ha kennel wit the ifisieneellareased dieggelelmost that his eassilisey the gessett. Waists: of Timm * Maximo has expeased an to Negress that W headholden have normad diall isal lag my sues wbMe he armee of eismens:medarthe egsseerme 11111. —Tbat they Neese ia sad Wept ibe t elatieleet whisk, fa sapi wail ySi eeWmn,lfwM Palsineet has I to ha nestabeis tt Oteleem end ludineee ecif Assoby emir* ahem he reashOldi hos e= u N i s .lessidarl . i t s he ,nibi Z t L oa d «rust mesh fidissupigh — Wl the donee girth. Idezkom pensmest, iessal the lith October, 1850, for the coo nodes of the debt suing to the foreign bondholders, is as Mom :•—• That the said two minims fire hundred thou sad wish the me.s .embed up to he date if ihe west leter, and also with wont may be week ed up to W ftscietted the settlemed whide d =el to these to- , emi moiliten shall emailina paid fur all of dhidends up to &say dash egress.* to re this t'—That= —That the =Mil arises sierninuflabie tisk is that the to he bleihelhes ender the Coammisf rear t hat hod mend D's. zeithesseptemed the deem fee themes Commies as he =M We, sere te be applied ZW: g f . fa ibe the moveof due up *the be Issiarg. 1111. trim tibia Gate She Mastics les par Mill realm= wee le emaimeseee—Thet it was with he dem aim& malmsteedieg hat se ether maitmeties meld be pass the teem et the dorm that the boadheidese gem huh seselise to the seeversies. inreirkg, as it did. seek ea mamma seed* , ef thskjust skims; sad this themehre. menihes that sitempt ea the pint sl% Medea geesim met is put nay oraeries steesties is the soil Seam snags te diminish the mese* of &the tart heal be es (maths towards the swam of diviikads would be a direct breech of good • Moieties of the terms of the earownedi rrwhigh hey meet estessaly ead esergetiselly - prelsetr the gnemlea lambed la he fourth paragraph ha ' read hem the Tepee; eel which referred to the messy paid by Mr. likeness to Wm* the Nazism elemales to Am tieexport el the two-aninplelf million if wag to be exported heed duty , led whisk bed is tra , as eget geselke by OS memittey be should here a vow halise le germ ~verb. Hie eel SIM mhis eolisegass hem hue mere to he kismet el She if that We bed net leas Issught deemed Elesemisa at the smiths t 'Man. however. wens el • Mee* aphelia ; sad it bed barn the best. seder the to take the mese of the meeting epos Cilligh=ere these—en applimeke was mode to the Salm government to :Wont et as bee:posted bee etas seemeary ".l.l 4 l , tr= 1 ::, ' I per eat. They named It to the Chem berierhe, bye largo melorig a r kkut efesed is. Mr. Fineman inemoliately applied to the el Menke requesting het be would mad beck the r w eel:Wks ef tbs Chamber with art imaglii— an abeela tili r tar 6 .l ll l. oblaber ftlikli t t ; nhloblakd dissalbalerrekiAlaa*"l:ll7osadririteglislathihgiberea r:•.4.ShollsarbfThlweo-PrudAisi:tattheonliiiCseellasilezPeted: to do so, saying that all he desired was to carry his point; and negotiations were then entered into through a third party to induce • andlcient minority to vote against the re solution. It was found that nothing lees thaa a peonaiery p b t i se = ••• . • ;lii MIA 12. run rim , / • a, P - igia me ill is. 4410. is dr IL ral 12. 1 deli. IS. . OW a THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY parent Of 60;800 dollar/ Would 'gain 'the mate of the're =third of the Chamber ;- auk os Fliesesies wa it was better to pay 80,000 dollars than risk the payment of 200,000 dollars, be misstated, and the result was, that the bendbokteirs got only the 140.000 instead of the 200,000. No doubt this was bribery. but it was effectual, sad neared the %woodiness and a halt dollars sheet the 80,000; and however they might modems the proceeding oa the ground of morality, it was a question whether in dealing with 1101:11 a government as that of Mexico, Mr. Falconset had not acted for the best. (Hear, hear.) The Insolation which be should have to propene upon this sub ject was—" That upon the explanation afforded regarding the circumstances alluded to in No. 4 paragraph of the committee's report, and having heard the declared views of the Mexican chamber, respecting these duties, and being of °pation that if they had once been levied and jawed into the gulf of Mexican finance the amount would not have been restored to the bondholders and assing that this transaction did procure 140,000 dollars to them, and be lieeing that in the course ho took Mr. Falormaet acted to the best of his judgment for the interest of the bondholders, it is expedient to adopt this transaction, although this meeting may strongly disapprove of the principle which governed it." A BONDROLDIR wished to know on what principle the charge for Mr. Falconnet's mission and the expenses of the committee were charged in the report to September next— that was, why subsequently to the separation of the cer tificates from the bonds were those expenses charged on the general fund ? The Citarithas replied that the funds for the purposes alluded to were voted and set apart before any separation between the bonds and certificates took plus. Mr. MORGAN proposed to add to the resolutions words requiring detailed information as to the duties set apart by the Mexican government for the payment of the debt, whether they were received:in money or securities ; the names of the agents; that the government of Mexico should be informed as to their names ; that the good Aloes of our own government should be enlisted on behalf of the bondholder claims, and that Mr. Falconnet should be iv structed to obtain the sanction of the Mexican government to the division of whatever amount might be in the hands of the agents on the 18th of January in every year, without, waiting for the collection of the whole amount of the dividend. Mr. Ric/moon, a member of the committee, explained that all that was involved in the resolution of the slightest moment had already been provided for by the committee. He objected to the resolution as being a sort of charge against the committee of neglect of duty. Mr. MOBOAJI wished merely to strengthen the hands of the committee. He would not, however, prom his amend ment. (Hear, hear.) The Cithianur believed that any division of the money in the bands ache agents less than was sufficient for a divi dend would, in effect, prevent the dividend ever being made up to its full amount. After a fee words from Captain ROM, another member of the committee, the resolutions were put and carried. The Cluing/at then put his resolution, as to the pay sent of the 80,000 dollars by Mr. Falconnet, for procuring the export of the indemnity money free of duty. Mr. RicuseoND—who stited that he had been one of a minority of the committee who objected to sanction this transaction, which he characterised u disgraceful to the members of the Mexican Congres,—euhmitted a series of resolutions, by way of amendment, declaring that the bond holders had a right to have the remittances for the pay ment of their dividends exported free of duty, and that any expenditure incurred is bribery, under the pretext of ob- ' tainiog that right, was not only to be deprecated on moral grounds, but was opposed to sound policy and ex pediency, and tended to subvert good government, and en courage corruption on future occasions; and declaring that the meeting would not allow the charge, but that they required the committee to use their utmost exertions to obtain the repayment of the money, and to solicit the aid of the Foreign-office for that purpose if ithosesary. This amendment was seconded by Capt. Roes, and after • short discussion, was put to the vote, when only five hands were held up in its favour, the original resolution as proposed by the chairman being carried by an overwhelming majority. Mr. ritIIDALIA moved a resolution to limit the committee to seven members, and that each should hold ten thousand stock as a qualification, which was carried, and the follow ing gentlemen were appointed : Mr. Capel (chairman), Mr. M. Gavel, Mr. Robertson, Capt. Roes, Mr. Richmond, Mr. °medals, and Mr. C. Staaniforth. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE CITY TERMINUS. Yesterday, a meeting of the shareholders in the 1 company which had been formed to carry out the plan of fir. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, was held at their °Sees, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to receive a report from the Board of Directors. - - On the motion of Mr. PILLISON, the chair was taken by Mr. Amos A:wrote, who, after apologising for the absence of the secretary, from a dogteeth" affliction, pro. °redid to read the fullowingreport: consequence of the very short time which elapsed between the first announcement of this project and the meeting of parliament, the directors were led to entertain doubts whether it would have been possible to comply with the standing orders, which required a subscription contract to be sigaed, and • deposit to be made for three-fourths of the sapital, whilst the public were scarcely informed of the recite nature of the undertaking: but most responsible contractors having been anxious to avail themselves of the opportunity offered by the resolution pared at the last meeting, the directors were enabled to maks a very satisfactory arrangement, by which, without may eaeriffee el capital, the subscription contract was cos =sad the deposit of 46,0001. made in due time. The haw Male allotted shares to persons auxiods to =the Ilimpany ; and with the exception of those re epseledly reserved until after the set is obtained, so most mass segodedess, 'sly 2,600 shares remain at *Mr dlepeset. owl he - whist Oily lave remind an &police d's, but hays Buttress& complying with it until the disiebeldere WU hid es opportunity of expressing their wham es the subject. A numerous and re spectable body el ahmeholdses being, however, cue stinted, the dleeelme feel oiled upon to ;edam the Sage etstabsd Y the preeperlaw. that a certain awn bar of their body meld miss their Mess to afford the shareholders as oppostasity ei Wadies whatever change is the direction they might Odle. The directors slam acquired a larger stake in the asomay, hoe detelad , sseh time and motion to Hs Alit, sad bomb mere easiassam with the merits of the tooderteldegg sed having new embarked important segedadum to ludo its ob jests, they suggest to dm ehereriallsle that it would 'be to tbst the migurallittg st be the project to as• turby amid be isisisled these Oth whose it origi sated the asasemsetlesed palliest who /stirs by lot, therefore oar thisedires lee rodsodse—Mr. Burchell, Mr. Dais, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Laren." Mr. Virtue, Mr. White. The directors are informal by tie solicitors of the company, that the oaten of the Beams of Parlia ment have bees with be elkrairros, and the boa wary nos* that the lin erill pen through pediment this asst***." The lloputo Mae addressed the meeting at consider. obis hog* la favour etas project, sad concluded by mov ing the adoptlea of the mom, which was accordinglyagreed to usolomely. Kr. MMUS Pions said that having resigned his seat se as hemerary member of the board, he felt it his ditty to attend the meld!' alas abersholders to express his deep ogres OM biollflaineldes as solicitor to the Corpora tive of Lemke rendered Ilia retbiemat soosanry, in come. , gasses of their being ONO a fisiml Mew from the compeny'a bill. He hal Oilman, _poupoal this project when a member of the Osmases Coadl. He had promoted the measure in confooder with the express resolutions of the Coosa COPIA pressessed swipe to its favour, aft*, as WINO of sew yam, by diet body. The MUM' had received the divest Inedieeny of eggoshation it the press and the gable, eel is was sot, he to as unworthy feeling of repot le felt when he lobed down upon the pro mised lead fablibli as it wore at his feet, and food be WAS set Is be omitted to bad his fellow labourers he. gregiados. (Hear, Oar.) He, how ever, would set dwell apse the subject *opt to egoist two ishogoalosisse which appeared to es:Olio the sable*. Isihe MO plass, Mr. Deputy Lott had by a letter in the weeper= abarged hien with having soil thet the oorpoesties werolearbig the ground in Vistevistbeet for the reespeles of the unread, whoa they were clearing ft flea tolly allbeent pairpeo Mr. Lou ought to have from the smears of the peeves flea which he drew this sasesset that. se fist Do bi made such a declarat ear ion, bi he hid 1111risolg del Metal that warporation wore dthe Osumi set hr. the WOO but for the new street. The &Ye mbeggeshonaket of a member of the Cosmos Osumi as that he bad erigisally proposed that the organ shell maid into Fantesdimmtresit, whereas he bed row iddidestes that = Ls. that it should be BONI Is die meth of Obey. • Os the modes of Mr. Ins, the MSS, Moto were retdested. J. Aassootto. in • essolimeatary speech, mo , ved " That this siesling sisserely mob the retirement of Mr. Charles Pewees frees he ilberdes, and hopes that • drimaisteaces will speedily noble him to rejoin it. (Chews.) Mr. Deputy Porous essesdell the neolution. Some oomplimeatary voles oeseleded the proceedings. THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANT.—The standing orders have been declared otimplisil with in the cam of this company's bill. It appeared from the proteediup before the examiners that the sum of 400,000 i. had been subscribed for the purchase of the estate at flydenbsm of 350 acres, on which was being re-erected the Great Exhibition building of 1851, with parka eseservateries, and museums for illus tration of the arts, sciences, manufactures, and recreation of the pimple. The present roads were inconvenient, the estate being intersected by one a biidle-way, called Thicket'islane, in bad repair and little used, the other being part of a public carriage way called Penge-road, leading from Pease to Dulwich, steep and inconvenient, and both roads interfering materially with the designs for the pleasure grounds and gardens. The company propose at their own expense to substitute better and more commo dious roads, to widen the Norwood and Sydenhant-read, and purchase Dulwich Wood with the consent of the " Master, Wardens, Fellows, Brethren, Sisters and Scholars of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich." The eat of diverting Thicket's-lane and Pengerroad, and widening the Norwood and Sydenham-road, ineluding parchaes of pro perty sod catchments', is 17,5201. IG. JANTJARY 27, 1853. it . .ATL)VAY INO ORfIER& Yeeterdey before the examiners the standing or ders were &eland complied with in the ease of Baer Giture'elsee ILAILWAY.—For • railway ffoes'Eut admitted tote Three Bridget station of the London, Brighton, end Beetle Curt Hallway. Mesas. Dyson, Hall, Pukes. and Coate", the parliamentary agents, appeared for the bill, and stated that the estimated cost of the line was 47,0001,, that the subscription list wu signed to the extent of 40,0001., with 4,0001. paid up. LLANIDLOES AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY.—Tbe standing orders were declared not complied with in this case on a technical allegation, to the effect that a cutting near a road crossed was not shown on the section referred to the select committee on standing orders. Mr. Wyatt, parlia mentary agent, stated that the proposed capital and eat of the line would be 60,0001., and that the subscription con tract was signed for 46,2001. LONDONDZEILY, COLIDAINI, AND BELFAST RAILWAY. —The standing orders reported y day as complied with in this ease were " not ' complied with, but on technical grounds only. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. At the ordinary half-yearly meeting of this Com pan, which will be held at the Statiou, Stoke-upon-Trent, onJanuary 29, the following amounts for the half-year ended December 31, will be submitted : DWELL RIVINVE. Di. _ To interest on bonds £21,676 7 1 Dividend on eanal capital Reserve for bad debts Estimated amount of law diaries .£53,350 11 9 Balance applicable to dividend £79,992 12 4 Breurplus last half year 346 4 2 By rent of Ashbourne branch l,lOO 0 0 Railmarnet profit 36.797 17 9 Canal net proft 31,564 11 9 London and North Western Company re ceipts of Manchester traffic 8,193 18 8 £79,992 12 4 011111/LLL DAW4CII. Capitol account balance - £13,818 17 8 Advance to local committees 1,444 12 1 Canal ontatandinp and car rying steak £22,231 8 9 Cash balance at Waken . 11,143 8 1 33,374 11 10 - _ Cub balances st bankers Ooods traffic Ila railway, outstanding 16,452 15 10 Sundry &Mom. 19,768 0 9 Doubtful debts. 3OO 0 0 Suspense mounts £133,203 16 6 Contra/Mors' balance -- £13,535 17 10 J. Wright nod Son on working contract 9,522 11 2 Advance by load committee 412 6 1 Sundry creditors Reserve fund Interest on beads 19,465 9 3 Dividend on canal -._ %dam el swish 26,60 0 7 £133,203 19 6 The proposed dividend on 161,507 stares at h. per chars 1 amounts to 2!,2281.1.. OF TIME BAROAINS IN FRANCE. A young man, named Lipman (says Galigsani) i was, n Oetober last, clerk to M. Lambert, agent de change. He one day asked his employer's permission to absent him self fora day, and it was given. But three days passed away, and he did not return; nor could his &milt say what had become of him. Several weeks *lapsed and no tidiage of kin were received, and from an examination of his chamber it appeared that he had made arrangements fur a long abuses. Shortly after he had left, M. Lambert discovered that he had carried off part of the general no counts of the swath of October, whereby not only was great impressions* caused, but there was reason to believe that triads bad bora committed. At length a friend of that gea dem.. east Lipman at Lyons, and caused him to be ar rested. Ls k i n Axotmaarau were found St bank notes for 1,000 , _lt three of 200 fr. each, three of 100 f e., hawses W. 400 f. in gold, six mamas of 6=l m @s eek aad• bill on the bank of Nantes kr 11,601). hod hew he came to have seek kapasera mos his elerieSdle mated that they heard part of a see o f whisk Y. Lambert had paid to him for his father, for he had remitted business on the Bourse. He the. that be had been speculating on a rise or fall la the kale, mad had lost 22,000 f. ; that he beg ant= Lambert in his operation, but had gives dice e. same; that ea discovering his loss, sad. being tail" to pay It, he resolved to take the 721/11f. beleasise to h is brier, and to fly into Italy. nose Nato meats ware proved to be correct on a judicial inves- *Mien Wog made. Bat the taking of his father's maw admit, in the opinion of the examining magistrate, mama to a mime in law ; and as to earning off the ac senate of IL Unbar, he held that though it was a very blamable act it could hardly be considered • robbery, se they were of no iutriade vales. As, however, the young mss had mostrated in the hods without having the he was milimed foe trial Sadist Winos, whir& a puns' s a l l by the pearl soda. Tea gliatook place on Saturday be ' fore the Tribunal of Cot reelionel Police. He whetted the truth of thier atia Ile was she seemed of having im properly apt bellegig to ma of his manses (Meats ; magi that hi had maid them to his I ather to be *deism certain shares distil be given up by the drat, eat 01111 charge was assardiagty abaa dosed. The milk) prosecutor said that, though he knew vs w ell it was almost kapoasible to prevent I gambliag the funds, yet it was right that the came, in Artier* 421 and 422 of the penal code, shimill hemoried. " What the law pamidas," he said, Hi " MIA spordation necessary to pails medic, when l earrelesdi the limits of • man's pecuniary BMW ;it is rE is hetdag (parr) es the: l :g a l! public ee -1 the peril rawle_by a sass of keeping playing, wiriest ttg of the securities 1 rali4 gig the 'te -Slab w a hi a =rt :Tat ti gtora Par ti a4 i pri o r; tc' t mama was concluded, and that of the day fixed L ig t it." In the pressat case, however, he might in shows to the accused, as he away the madame of tpeculatioa which is all dosses of moiety, the humblest as. well P ik. IL Cheite4lllorAge• ' who defended rel‘ that*, thresh • lawyer, bad , entirely ease whisk thbelidaii theesti: wrrata u sd as hav w i a n a ri_oo di fai a L i i ; daring lest twenty years ; aad no submitten that a lawyer of thirty-three years eradiag was gawk a pinto' young man was very excusable ta apt wig the law relative thereto. The Tribunal &dam& Ile mewed guilty of "having effected fictitious aererthe beams, sad haring betted ea the crime er seaure. hi d u ce of esomarseeitly wliset of white - wow diesels', eelsesesithe MINS ler aid ewe at the Om of umatinitip masesstirs, IN apthat . he delivery;" but oaths. win ow/wlwitl o r fa y he case. It ally &Wld , its b the petal wit . hese' been "Welted rive • month's to • yesx's with • due el his NOON to 10000 fr., Alai with eareeinesee of ***km for teem ewe to Ave seam UNITS, MITIOAN MINING AtaOOIATION.-- The advent yl6pyelT meeting of ehmekoldere in this corn -pea wue held yesterday at their oases, 5, Finsbury-circus, Ws;Wlffellop preddleg. From lbw hest, which was reed by 'the seastazy, it appeared that dm. the Ina lsollearld =die gangway tad resolve* imialgeassat ef2o whisk with the other nesse& dew mines,* the direst= to declare a diddling et per share leaving atime2 se met to meet imatiogeasiee. ilwri g had remind - asset eneemighigreporte et the hos aria and T plass hall *Mr bed somieelnahr, Captain Ferrel, Mil time ems nary promest et their inmeasing la mine. Theft bet selbgaiehed "Ayes Mine, and had gegelved ea mosnated MI6; °MAN doh., and there still silmelesd due UMW lilt The Athlimbe mine wee still a i med owed a debt el 101,66 dols. Quickeilver was ittu e mal Ow of the cempanre, Haciendas bad a mat of 1,000,d01e. By the financial estemeat it appeared that the meets, Itinheqaer Bills, &a., Maitbe 14,5141. lle. 4d., helm a omegas 00,1191. 18c ul diek seed be aided the 4,oBllll,reglived by the lot PIPING. The dividend would abash UM., and the Wham well essatitate the meal rest—The Chairman is =to sae we gasolloaa, stated that the Pert el ha think their aura wee situated wee peals* Itembaull. chi Mot an islaulaisr claim whisk Ind low est up egolms dm ens Wady •to be Oa simg Isema Z'bro tellthela dad*/4 the dividend, sad sae sY flasks to the *alms sad emit" were wuudisieft gamed, sad the gnosilege Isemsested. SUICIDE ON TNI 11101711E-WROTERN RAILwAT.— Oa Tuesday main the person travelling by _me ef the dews Windom Wm were met psinfolty smelted by a Wier eseamitesa oaths* Woe by a hi set mine than 15 or If yam of ago, when tame is et proses* leakimwa. The leash hid hem Meer &hem a siteaties he held in the nolghleadthel et W , sal SS going home to his Female hems em s few ensued between him and his friends as to Me impropriety et hie seadect. While his temper en wetted ke Muted of 4 'Whet ea to the ttsatb- Wueters adlway, and emirs a tan travelling ea the Wisdom Mao he walked eo to trs metals sem the Wage buy stalket, end stood aeredebg the arrival of the fedi. The carne driver on seaMy him at once nodal tan whale, eint off the steam, sod the guards spoiled the Moires most vigorously, hoping to step the guards _ is au& shot ties to me t the bey's Mle. hat osierameasly whitest mamas, he the buffers of the nem amok the path on the steam with each so to had him a madder , able Mimes op the Use, end se theridalig Wand him as I to cams laseamearis des& The bar vasPaad up end reeseveila a gime el Wel/ le twit as iNgseet IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAW. 25 which appeared a few days limb in a Limerick paper, to the effect that the new Attorney-General (Mr. Brewster) intended to con duet in person the prosecution of the persons impli cated in the ffix-mile-bridge affray, has been con firmed by a brief motion which was made yesterday in the Court of Queen's Bench. In the case of "The Queen v. Delmege and others," the Attorney- General applied on behalf of the crown, that the depositions against the tnseersers might be returned to the office of the Clerk of the Crown for the county of Clare, for the purposes of the prosecution at the next assizes. The documents in question were brought up to town upon an cosier of the court for an application made last term to quash the finding of the coroner's jury. The Chief Justice granted the order. Closely connected with the trial of Mr. De!mega and the soldiers of the 31st regiment will be that of the two Clare priests, which the Attorney-General will also conduct. It is thought that the indictment against the priests will include a count charging them with a conspiracy to rescue the electors who were under the escort of the soldiers. _ We ha re not vet seen the last of the "suppressed letters " which the tenant league committee thought to keep snugly under their private desk. That of Mr. W. Fagan, M.P., of Cork, is now added to the list of those for which the public is indebted to the indignant remonstrance of the writers against the attempted concealment. Mr. Fagan thinks it right that his constituents should know in what terms he W replied to the invitation of the league, and there lbre he publishes his own letter in the columns of tie Cork Examiner. The document, at once tem perate and sensible, is as follows : Dear and Reverend Sirs,—My engagements will not per wit as to be present at the meeting to which your circular belles toe. As I happen to have heard from a member of the government, enjoying the highest reputation for Integ rity and honour, and whose office gives him pie-eminent in fluence in Irish affairs, the very advanced opinions he enter tains on the tenant question, I confess I do not yet despair to learn that the cabinet has resolved to submit to parliament a measure embodying the essential principles of Sharman Crawford's bill—namely, the principles of compensation to tenants for all substantial and unexbausted improvements ands by them on the land they cultivate. The tenant farmers of Iceland, feeling the necessity, aitcl.looking for immediate legislation, would, I aniconvinced, be satisfied with a generous and bona fide measure of that description. I should, therefore, were I present—no matter what odium lenity subject me to, or what angry criticism it may pro veke—asest humbly but earnestly urge on the meetinr the patsy of' mederatios, discretion, and forbearance. Never spin will the Irish liberal party have in parliament gamer relative, even if they have greaterabsolute, strength If they use it with wisdom, and in accordance on every occasion with their own sworn political principles, then assuredly will they be attended to mid respected in the house, and looked upon by both countries as the faithful guardians of the people's interests. If, on the other hand, they desert the great and increasing party of progress, their influence will at once go, and their political power will be ultimately dissipated. Be assured of this that the anti-pro gress party will never by means of any unnatural combina tion whatever recover the Treasury Bench this parliament. If by means of the " Irish vote" they defeat the present government and force them to appeal to the country, then will there be such a counter action amongst Euglish con stituencies that no longer will the narrow majority exist which gives to the Irish party, for good or evil, the power it now possesses. As regards myself I shall not desert the party of progress to which, through good report and bad, 1 have for five and twenty years attached myself. I shall not sit in the enemy's camp, feeling myself to be a spy or an eaves-dropper. I shall "cross the floor" sad take up my old quarters on the liberal independent benches and vote on every question as my judgment and long formed opinions dictate. By associating thus and zealously oo onerating with the English popular party, I feel I shall do more for the interest of Ireland than if I sat in hypocritical antagonism to them, giving my countenance and my aid as representative of Cork to those with whom I have no poli tical sympathy and scarcely a political opinion in common. I am, Rev. and dear Sirs, your faithful servant. Feltrim, 9th January, 1853. WitztAN FkoLs. To the Rev. Dr. Bell, P.M., and Rev. T. O'Shea, R.C.C. JAN. 26. A small fee simple estate in the county of Gal way, producing a nett yearly rent of 1584 7s. 3d., was sold yesterday, in the Incumbered Estates Court, for 8,0501., being fully 38 years purchase, ac cording to the rental. It is a remarkable proof of the increasing value of land in Ireland, that this pro- Tarty was sold under the Court of Chancery in 1844 —that is, before the first appearance of the famine— for 4,8001., or 1,4504 less than it brought yesterday in tho court, which, according to tory authorities, has been confiscating the lands of Ireland. Some bishop's land in the county of Roscommon, held under low from the Bishop of Tuam, was sold yesterday at a rate amounting to about fourteen years purchase. Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., is at present in Dublin. The Dublin University Commission met again yes terday at the Archiepiscopal Palace. Present : His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Cork, Dr. Lougfield, Edward J. Cooper, Esq., and Professor Hancock (Secretary). The next meeting of the commissioners was fixed for Thursday next, the 27th instant. A government commission is at present sitting at Belfast for the purpose of inquiring and reporting as to what extension of the boundaries of that borough should be made under the Municipal Corporation Act. INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER TO W. B. [As an exposition of the principles and sentiments of the now almost extinct nos of " ftre-eaten," the follow ing epistle poetesses a carious interest] : To Tall WORT nON. W--• Hair-Trigger Cottage, Co. Galway, Jan. 24. My good Fellow,—lt went de. You have made a shock ing mess of it; which, considering you have Beresford blood in your veins, is to me utterly unaccountable. lam an old man now, and cannot long be annoyed by the dege neracy of the ego. My Joe Menton shall be buried with me : they shall not pess into the bands of a fumbler. Your way was clear enough too. You might have taken up the ground that the unlucky Derby affair was an Ent. hill matter, and mast be conducted with respect to English usiltic a zi. Or you thing pleaded the privilege an and carried As th rough as we used to do in Dublin (sad Galway), in the good old times, before the Union, when Irishmen were Irishmen, and auctions " affairs of imesour." Yon Moe. dose neither one nor Veber. Prom the beginning you made it a matter not of party but of person. When talking to your PAO= calves, you did not my "it is the way of us all i all elections are ma naged in this way." But you goithered about your cha racter as a gestleman, and vowed you were the victim of a nthiPtinolL Well; you thus bear= bound to prove a oampiracy. You have dose nothinket the kind; you have been obliged to admit everything you were with. You have allowed the Derby men to make charge d theiro m assertions by witnesses, instead of insisting up= their making it good at twelve paces, pistol in hand. You have acted in this like a sneaking English shopkeeper. Well, having put yourself in this cursed pudiciunent, you bethink yourself of our Irish way of going to work. It was of the latest. What right have you to trouble Lord Drum leurig, after allowing so many others to talk unchal lenged ? You had put yourself out of the field by your long silence. And worm than that, when you do take the field, it is in the shulling manner of one who likes better to talk about pistols than use them. You first ask Drumlanrig for an explanation, without telling him the words you want explained. lie laughs good-naturedly in your face, and asks what it is you complain of—promisee to make amends If he has done wrong. Encouraged by his quiet tone, you take heart of grace, and in your reply tell him you think his mentioning you at all was " impertinent." Still the long-headed Scotchtnan keeps his temper He sees your drift is to force him to be the chal lenger. he sees that If there is to be a challenge, his ao %ilk, Hen tolls upon yon to play that part ; while i gear = a bet% " private and con fi dential," ' maybe by him as something between you ere, under the rose." Well, he simply says that 'ryes think rak e. reason to oonsplain of his conduct, he fa seedy leseeke ismends. But instead of taking the hint, ISO ewe a Ilisairiespisisese with a letter intended to be meg dignified, in whisk youadvise him to be more guarded another time. Upon my soul I can compare you to nothing but the ser vant in Romeo and Julia longing to bite his thumb at the enemy's servants, and yet afraid to do it. In short, I repeat it, you have plunged into a puddle out of which nobody can haul you. It is mighty ism et tea as men do now.rdays about a man's being judged by ids se• bons, not by his ability to stand fire. It may be tears though lem too old to learn. But this test you hays Mt stood, and cannot stand. And your 'spewing allude= in pistols and twelve paces show that you would cut a shabbier figure stall if tried by our old world test. You have dimmed, sir, as far as in you lay, the sake old caste of Milesian fire - eaten by your impudent sheillime pretence to belong to it. Poor Castlereagh; I was his ima fidant at the time of the Union. I remember him as he quietly booked one of his challenges. " Sir." mid be, " I have a duty to discharge to my country ; that comes first. As soon m the Union is =lied I am at your service or an gentleman's. But I warn you ; you stand only fifty.third gratified." lis so lam afraid you have little chance of being How, you,Major W. 8., had no duty to perform to your country; you had resigned your office. That was a trifle --you bedmeigued your electioneering managership. You had nothing earthly to do except to look after your private " atfairs," or, as the song says, to " Put your trim to God, uq boy, sad keep your man dry." But you have wanted either gumption or pluck to do this the right way. S. this is the last you shall hear from one who hoped better things of you when a buy. O'SHAUGHNESSY. _ _ P.S.—You need not ........ unopened. You need not come; Dorothy, the cook-maid, has orders to pin the dish•elont to . your tail if you do--and by the lord, Doll is the lass to do it. LEEDS MECHANICS' INSTITUTION AND urEiteux SOCIETY. This institution, which now numbers 2,166 mem bers and subscribers, held its annual mettle', fur the elec tion of officers and the transaction of business, on Monday evening, in the Lecture Hall, South Parade. The chair was filled by THOMAS WILSON, E'q., one of the vice-presi dents; and there was also present, the Mayor of the borough, and Sir George Goodman, M.P. The institution has now grown so large that its present building is found to be quite inadequate for the various purposes of reading rooms, clue-rooms, &e.; and it is now proposed to erect a suitable suite of rooms, at a cost of 10.030/. The business for the most part was of a formal character. Tits annual report, which was read by Mr. 'Tice, the assistant-secretary, gave a detailed liccouct of the opera tions and position of the society. The following is a brief epitome of the report : " The institution now numbers 2,166 members and sub scribers, and the committee see reason to justify the hope that by judicious management, a proper disposition to main tain the steady educational character of the society, and by keeping pace with the spirit of improvement, it may reach and maintain a far higher degree of prosperity than it has yet attained. Comparing the last with the previous year, there has been added 231 new members and sub scribers, from which number has to be deducted • loss of 42 members from the elementary improvement class, show ing a clear net increase of 169 during last year upon the numbers for the year 1831. The financial position of the institution, u exhibited by the balance sheet, is also most satisfactory. During the year, the balance of the mortgage debt, amounting to 3001., has been paid off, and toe build ing belonging to the institution is now free from every in cumbrance. This building, although admirably suited to the purposes of the society a few years since, and still so far as its spacious reading room is concerted, an eligible building, is very insufficient in respect tolecture accommoda tion, class rooms, and other requirements, and offers no faci lities for the progressive development of the institution. In their last annual report, the committee called the attention of the members and subscribers to the extreme deeirableaese of obtaining increased accommodation, and the remarks made at the last annual meeting encouraged the committee to believe that whenever a project should be matured for securing a new building, all would thorougly identify them selves with the movement. Convinced that the develop ment of the various resources of the institution must be re tarded by the inadequate(accommodation of the present premises, the committee have decided that it is no longer well to delay the steps for securing the erection of a new building. In order to enable them to obtain data upon which they could rely both as to the space that would be necessary, and the probable cost of the building, the committee have obtained professional advice; and they propose that in any new building there should be the following ratio of increase. A dietihct lecture room to seat at least 1,400 persons, being more than double the number who can be accommodated in the pre sent hall ; a reading room about a third larger than the present one, in addition to a separate library communi cating therewith and capable of holding 30,000 volumes ; the accommodation for the day school to be about double the present ; the class rooms to be equal to three times as much as the institution at present possesses; and such in crease in the offices, committee rooms, &c., as would pro ', vide for every reasonable want. A building to afford those advantages, with sonic provision for extension, is estimated to cost, with the land, 10,0001. During the year an addition has been made to the library of 324 books .by purchase, and of 123 by (lunation, the total number of volumes now being 8,629. The committee regret that they have been compelled to expel a subscriber for taking books out of the library without having them entered, and cutting portraits from them, and should this not have the effect of preventing a repetition of such disgraceful con duct, they are prepared to treat any future case of the kind as a criminal proceeding. During the year the issues have been, of bound books 43,206, and of unbound periodicals 10,325, making a total of 63,531. Of this number 1,654 were on theology ; 1,638 on philosophy and education; 477 on politics and statistics; 7,413 on history and biography; 4,435 voyages and travel, ; 1,987 poetry and the drama; 14,090 works or fiction ; 4,268 on the fine arts and litera ture; and the remainder on mathematics, chemistry, natu ral philosophy, natural history, gardening, medicine, diete tics, &c. The committee regard the soiree of lut De cember. as a memorable event in the annals of the institution, from its having been presided over by Lord John Russell, a nobleman who has filled the highest offing in the state, and is distinguished both as • statesman and an accomplished lover of literature. There were present on the occasion 1,480 per sons, who, with the exception of the guests end those who held members' tickets, were actual members or subscribers of the institution. Lady John Russell bad since presented the institution with a beautifully engraved portrait of his lordship. The report concluded with a short notice of the annual excursion, the concerts, and the School of Orna mental Art The total income for the year was stated to have been 2,1841. 4e. 94., and the expenditure, including 3001. mortgage debt paid off, 2,2781. It,. 2d." On the motion of the /SATOH, seconded by Sir Gtololl GOODMAN, an influential committee was appointed to co operate with the committee of the institution in raising funds to erect the proposed new building. A vote of thanks to Lady John Russell, for the presentation of Lord John Russell's portrait to the institution, was carried by ac clamation. The proceedings terminated at a late hour, after a vote of thanks had been awarded to the chairman. THE FLOODS, AND ARTERIAL DRAINAGE. TO THE EDITOR OD TEE 31P131188. Sia,—The condition of Linoolnehire, which may be called the Holland of England, not only with reference to its position, but to the intelligence and capital employed in its cultivation, affords a remarkable illustration of the doctrines laid down in your leading article of to-day re spftting the prevention of floods. As a Liacolnshire man, I felt considerably aggrieved at a statement w h ic h a pp eared in the Times a few weeks ago, to the effect that my county was under water. The fact wee that, hiving about that period travelled through a great number of counties, 1 fotind none nearly so dry ill Lincoloshire—the fenny Lincols shire, as it used to be of yore. When the floods were at their wont, the waters in that county were not more than a few inches higher than usual A whole volume would be wasted pn accumulating arguments in favour of arterial drainage after a fact like this.—l am, sir ete., Wednesday. A LINCOLNSHIRE CURATE. LONDON LIFE ABIOCIATION.—YeeIerday the nand half-yearly court of proprietors was held at the offices in King William-street, Mr. Franks in the chair. It appeared from the auditor's report for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, that the balance in hand on the let of July last wee 20,7171. 16s. ficl., and the receipts for the present half leer were 31,9,3601. The payments i n the ball year were 223,7271., leaving a balance in hand op the 31st of December of 146,3591. On the Milne date the fended property and other assets of the association, and the income arising therefrom, amounted to 307,0631. 16e. Mr. Giles, the accountant of the company, said that is appear ance the income of the company daring the half year was smaller than that of the lest half-year, whilst the balance of cash was much larger. This arose from selling ost 7be Ocomels, sad investing in other securities, whisk had net en effected till the beginning of the pre sent year. But the real fact was, that there was, notwith standing the great competition in the &severance market, an increase of 2,0001. in the premiums. Ile had ao doubt that the association would keep its place, and would ge on gra dually to increase its premiums, if that hareem was of any advantage to them. lis must again, as he had heretofore done, press the propriety of allowing those who bed intim,- slices for 5,0001. and 6,0001. to affect fresh insurances in stead of giving them bonuses. They had now an income of 230,0001., which was quite enough for an establishment conducted like theirs. The Chairman then moved that the accounts which were read should be ousted in the bale yearly account book, and congratulated the proprietors en the position of the company. The motion was carried, as was also a vote of thanks to the directors. SOCIETY or ARTS.—At the periodical meeting of this society—Mr. C. W. Dilke in the chair—Mr. (Bakker, FALB., reed a paper on the chief points of eteellanas in photography, as illustrated by the present collection. One great defect, he observed, in the collection was the abeam of all information as to the circumstances under which the photographs hail been takea. Us then precoeded to exa mine the various specimens seriatim, making critical re marks en each class end on the prevailing style of each pho t specim tographerens , which he illustrated by reference to the various on the table and the walls of the room. Mr. Mealier pointed out the progress which bad been made by the art, and anticipated that still greater improvements would soon be realised, and that means would be devised of securing out-door representations on a much larger soak. Whether photography would ever exist as an independent art, without the aid of the artist, was matter of speculation; but, with all its imperfections, it was a subsidiary and highly useful art. It no longer ministered merely, as in the first instance, to the gratification of personal feeling, but was new applied to natural scenery and the beauties of srchitecture.—Mr. Bunt made some remarks on the dif ferent effects obtained in different states of the atmosphere, and pointed out, as one source of imperfection in the pie tures, the non-coincideuce of the luminous and ehernasal rays of the sun. The latter only contributed to produce the photographic picture ; and their unequal distribution through the prismatic spectrum gave an appearance to the pictures differing from tke reality. He suggested that this might be corrected by the employment of substances dif ferently prepared . The chairman tendered the thanks of the society to Mr. Olaisher for his highly interesting paper. BANKERS' CLERK/I.—Mega& Glyn have given their clerks an increase of pay, which example has been followed by Messrs. Grote, London Joint Stock Bank, and London and County Banking Company, no doubt in consequence of so many resignations in the banking circles. The directors of the Blackwell Railway have also raised thspee of then clerks. n frr i k ' ik • . 1- 4.1 77 . ; y • • %,.... , , c \t ...• 4.