The Express. — London, England, 1852-08-31 00:00:00

Deputy As-istant .‘4ljotant General of the Betimes ~,,,,,,, tiansfrricd to lite l'eshanor division. tins:ober Ovner•ti A litobtrtson, C. 8., is transferred t•tii the Lahore to the Pevhamtit division, sad is directed I. .4.4 r d And join, nisk.ng 0%,.r the cominuind of the La wn. to the lit '.t senior ogle. r, tending the appoint. own, ••t his surervoor. Itug.4.lirr the Ito. T. A•hburatiain, C. 8., is transferred f ro m esanpore to the command of the Bemires Brigade. °rat r of hi. Eacell4 icy the Commander -in. Chief, T. Tt 11, I. ieut •Cut , Adj.• flea. of the Army. CONINIERCIM. INTF.I.I.IOE—NCE. MARKErs. Mom 4TH 2311 D JULY. Tor. MoN /A NI ET. —Money continues moat plentia • hi t. it e Coramereial Bank have declared a dividend at dig r „,,. 0 1 7 per wit. p. r annum for the halfissar ended 30th June : 4 s-entities of all kinds me in demand at int- 1 More particularly the stock of the Oriental bank eorporation, which has advanced to . p e r cent, pion IrSfrilll prices we quote a. follows : Transfer Loan,ll.si ; Sieca tires, liii Sloe. rostra. lgiy ; Company's Fiver, 104 ; ts g ewasss's Oriental Bank Corporation Shares, es tor slut. prem.: lank of Bombay shares, IS per cent. 111,m. Agra Bank 111 per cent. prem. ; l'ommeteial bask I per cent. prem. ea die.; Ustiway shares, 10 min. 1..0WN Pagel Owns.—Since the departure of last I mad the tail of rain has been very small both at the presis Inc) and in the 114 ighlsouring districts, and the inquiry which prs vioudy rusted, has, during the loot Of ten days, been gradually dying away, as the natisourable reports of the weather reached the l'resis'ency from the advieent e.wntnrs, Mid for a few days past abso lutely not nista his bean doinvt, none of the dealtn ventur wit W 1..., en squeal slio n , 1 here has b. .n an attempt OA tbe r.! • I - vsstue heti, rs to rs aline, but the offers made base he, t.O tow to induce a trauster of the goods. In the tiro part of the fortnigt t husiiiese was done to a fair eldest Out 1 So IRTINti. &c.-40 in. 52 to .54 reed has met less niquitv . prices have fallen fully 2 alines per piece, while to st 4,1 upwards main , toes the former pr:ees. 45 in. of as sl s.tioti-as dull. The grin. quoted in our report by last rile an-maw with difficulty obtained. In other articles g is...iersate inquiry generally, at about former rates. MrIAI..—I . O.I;IICT or all sl. scriptiom in demand, and has due. the slot k is small —Lead in pip in goosl in. .harts being dull—lron Swedish bars very 11411, • nil, bri*ish air is inquiry and have slichtly advanced.— . .tail rod both square and round, dull ; sheets and hoops in small n .:uest. Swedish steel in tube and faggots dull, spel ter is al. dull. Ben sirs I.e.sn in good demand. ts,.. 'I Isr %I in demand at K.. 11 to Rt. IA. sui dun. siirreo WooL.—There is at present none in the market, and soot dimes are nominal. SI %Ur% STOME4.—Canyrs, both bleached and brown, is dell. and has declined. Cordage dull. l'aints, white and verse. is demand. Oil of linseed and spirits of turpentine 4.3. 'far, both Stockholm and coal, very KA/re, and much •an... 1. Byrn of All deeeriptinio, eery dull with the exception of Al el.'. :itel it...,. which continue brisk. Srtatta.—Brawiy, both in wood and bottle, dull. hie . . _ Otte w.—Notwithstinding the accounts received by last I blurred having been unfavourable, prices have advanced to Rs. 1.0 . ..1 to Its. MOO per chest. Fkrlolllls are rather K.Aree, 2!. 2s. 641. to 2!, Se. for Loa don soul Liverpoti • for China, li s. it nominal. Es. at tout.—Th e rate on England has advanced ; nn the arrival of the China mad transactions were done at 2s. Id. to Ss. led. The rate of the day is 2s. document bills 2r. lid. on Calcutta 6 maw premium, on China, Ks. 233 per headred dollars. CALCUTTA MARKETS. MONDAY, Jvcir 12. The f:ser'ishesnri says : —The put week has bevn a dull ear in a,I the branches uf our trade, both imp'rt and ex pert. No change has clevurrvil in the a.peet of the sugar slake, which is kept wed supplied. Saltpetre is quiet. SAM..wer has been shipped to the extent of ;Si rods. since the IA indent. Itur sill. remains in active request, but the supplies are still scanty. Very little has been done in kill pa. ce.ou.ls. The high rate of exchange cheeks busi ness or lac dye and shell Ise. The hide market remiss active. Linseed and mustard seed have been largely re ported. Jute is doll. !Rum. ginger. catch, castor oil, and wane. are Without report of sale. Cotton continuo to at. tract &trio ion for China. . - OUT import market remains much u it WIT, and the ac count. lween the north western provinces are not of a more favourable complexion. lire y shirting, have Inst I anus per piece in 4lw. The lower reed, of white shirting' are saleable at current low rates. White madapollants arc neglected, and the great kind have (ellen 6 pies per piece. bete jaronets have further given way 2 annex per piece. Lappet. arc out of Demon. book mu►lins are without re port of elle. Those purchased in the previous week were to►en fir Arracan, and nut for Assam, as stated by a typo graphical error. In Turkey red goods mull, are lower by 4 lianas per piece. Prints and chintzes ace in season, and selling at full prices. Woollens are more inquired for. Mule to est has been placed ton fair extent, but without any improvement in value. Turkey red yarn is much in t►e same poeition in which the previous week left it. The 'pc coterie, drisiei,el for copper sheathing has ceased. Iron is in little demand, hut maintains its value. Speller and tin plate* see without report of sale. 134 ends. sheet lead have been placed at Sive& rs. 6-8 p•r md. Eaehange ha. had en upward tendency since the mail left. and on Saturday tint rate credits were freely offering at 2 Freights have fallen back about 2.6e1. per ton, on auger sad saltpetre. The money market is still well supplied, but the terms on which loans can be procured are Ins easy than they were, moat of the idle capital which glutted the market having been eloerbed. The Bank of Bengal has declared a divi dend at the rate 4d g= per cent. per annum, for the tint 6 month. of 15:t2. 1,11.160.—We have no transaction to report in this staple. A puilic ...de is advertised to take place on x e I.lth instant. true Javier, from the north western provinces condos. very tasouralik, and no change has occurred in the fine prospects of the lkosres planters. From Tirhoot we receive com plaints ut too much rain, coupled with discouraging antici eipaiin. of the eons/qui aces which may ensue should this superitiandsoce of moisture be followed by a long comma dr, weather ; we also hear complaints of tbe ravages com mitted in some localities by a destructive insect. deeding these drawbacks. however, it is respected that the total out •turn of this important district will nearly equal that of the past season. Purneah complain. of too much rain. Malda ▪ preweediaa cheerily with the manufacture. Bhaugulpore teen le.. fortunate ; there, the river has overflowed the roshinkments, doing a good deal of damage to the plant, and comps Iling the planters to cat it sooner than they wished Kishnagbur complain. of too much rain, which tam raised the plant, an some places, to WPM' a sickly hue Jessore makes the same complaint. Manufacturing hes commenced in the latter district, and strange to say, ' notwithstanding the heavy end continued rain, • few hie tortesin, have been prevented from working for want of sue. cleat water. We have beard of no complaints from the more eastern rii-tricts, and Dacca in quietly set...rise its pr shoe. The Merl are nearly all full, bat with the excep tion t,l Ithiugulpore, no inundation has as yet taken place. Plating before thesis the above information we leave our readers to form their own judgments as to the general prospects of the coming crop. Set. to —State the departure of the last mail we have no sew teitiire to remark is oar 'whet. Bemires sorts eon. has: it, arrive to a fair ..test, and And reedy purchasers at our lid quotations. ERIGRANTs' AID AND TRANSIT StreirTlf.—Last (waled • meeting was held at 72, St. Mar tin's lace, to hear explanations of the objects and proposed erratum of this society. From the prospectus it would tavm Uat the so iety has been established es comuldradite, and that it has • London agency. It states that the object of the promoters is to offer a ready mesas for carrying out a will.oirganised system of emigration, aided by the funds of the migrant . theroselvee, and that the principle adopted by the society, of loans and repayment by small instalments, will 'sense • source of large profit to the shareholders. The reset, is to promote emigration to the pastoral &s -tews of Australia, to undertake the tnutunission of English artiren• and others desirous of engaging in mercantile and othr r pursuits, to provide them with employment on their arr..ul in the colony by means of suitable reglatries, and to aid in , rniting emigrauts with pecuniary assistance or other wise, and means of transit upon approved security. Mr. R. A Mirth, the secretary, explained that it was intended to feria groups of intending emigrants, who would sub aHiiw .is shillings per month per share, and, when • suffi cient amount was accumulated, • ballot would be resorted tn, awl the person on whom the ballot tell *cold he entitled to a passage on his finding m eow, for the repayment of the paasage-money, lees the Is^'•unt he had already subscribed. There would also be 001, o , sinet claw., who would subscribe to form a (sad for the poet hose of freehold land in Australia, as the same .I.le as building societies in Englaad. Is eonelasios, ..;.....ed his readiness to answer say questions. A 6 0^.' , .S oI queitions were according! raked by several es. riots men, sad a conversational t s took place fir ..rsl ibiectiusts were made to the mode in whisk the sr Mart priliosed to effect its object. One men said he had a 1 wife sod six children, and according to the same of this ✓ici. , y would take him 13 years to procure • passage bel kiraslf und his (*roily, and he would then be too old to go. The ocr, tary replied that that would be in the event of ' gli.r4 hiring so oafortunate as to be the very last sot set. ' Se , tfel other ebiections were mods to the details, and • samher of suggestions for the better working of the scheme Were made, m ooc h M r . March said should be submitted to the iimwderstion of the committee. Sr. MARK'', HosrlTAL.—The ninth anniversary teak aril . f the subscribers to the auxiliary societies In aid Of the funds of this charitable iaatitutios, better known as the Imola Infirmary, was celebrated last evening in the We...lining hall at the Highbury Bans Tavern. Mr. H. Marton presided. A dinner was provided, and the number ✓b. sat down was not iris than 160, chiefly composed of 1b... who had received the benefits of the charity. After the i loth had been removed, sad the mad loyal and patrio t" t^ .sets given, the Chairman, is proposing the toast of the •vesiou. " Prosperity to Si. !dark's Hospital, gave some .strations of the beaelleeat operstions of the charity. A noenher of other locals were a ft erwards given and duly 1.. i reit, and M r . Clorosch, is responding to the toast of "1 r., hon. Secretary," said he had for nine years most fs.thlo;ly discharged the onerous duties of honorary secre tor), and as long as he continued to give satisfaction, he would serve them as long again. A liberal subscription Inuit*, amounting to above 141. ; Mr. Sheriff Cotterell 40 1ing the list with five guiame. Zto Court. OSBORNE, MONDAY. Ifer Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wale*, the l';isce.. and Princess Alice, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, went to Whiopinghaea parish church yestetduy morning. The Bev. Mr. l'mthero performed the 'erring and preached. The Earl and Countess of Derby left St. Leonard's yes terday (or Longshaw Lodge, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Duke of Itutlai.d. The Cambridge University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the in Downing -street. Preeent—The Biahop of Chester, the Dean of Fl,. Sir John Ilemehel, Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. 11. Bateison (secretary). Despatches were reccis tot at the Coloniateflice yevterilay (rem the Governor Deseret of Canada and the governors of the other North American provinces. TILE QUEEN'S 1 1 1{(XIIILSS TO SCO'fL\NI). PORTSMOUTH, Aconsr 30. As to-day was appointed for tho departure of her Majesty from Osborne On her journey to Balmoral, at an early hour the ships in commission dressed in colours from stem to stern, whilst the royal standard was hoisted on the fortifications and at the various government establishments. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the royal children, embarked at 10 o'clock at Osborne on boord the Fairy, tender to the Royal Yacht, Commander Crispin, which was soon under weigh for this port, followed by the Elfin, despatch boat. The run through Spithead was very beautiful, the morning being a delightful one. There were no -hips at that anchorage to lire a royal salute, but on the Fairy approaching Portsmouth Harbour one of 21 guns was fired by the garrison from the Platform Battery, awl which was soon followed by a similar mark of homage from the broadsides of the Victory, Bag-ship, and Neptune, 129, ordinary depot ship. In running up to Clarence-yard the crews of the men-of-war manned yards and vociferously cheered her Majesty, as did also these of the bests of the ships in commission and the coast guard, which lined both sides of Clarence Creek. The Royal standard, indicating her Majesty's arrival,was hoisted at Clarence-yard at II o'clock, where her Majesty was received by the Naval Commander•in-Chief Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, t.i.C.M.G. ; the Lieutenant Oovernor, Major-Oeneral Simpson; Admiral Superintendent of Ports. mouth Dockyard Prescott. C. 8.; Captain Superintendent of Clarence-yard, W. H. Johnstone; the commanding officer of the Sith Regiment (which furnished the guard of hailer) ; Cantain Lord Adolphus litsclarence, ti.o If. ; the flag and staff officers of the port and garrison, and John Davies, Esq., blaster-Attendant of Clarence-yard. The band of the tcith Regiment was in attendance, and played the national anthem on Mr Majesty's landing, the guard of honour presenting HMI. The guard was commanded by Major BI ickburn, Captain Ward, Lieutenant Ward, Lieu tenant and Adjutant Thompson, and Ensign Biome. Her Majesty immediately proceeded to the royal train in waiting, and at 11.15starttal on her journty eta Basinptoke and Reading. The attendance of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Osborne being dispensed with by her Majesty'sdeparture, she came into harbour to-day, at noon. ARRIVAL AT GLOUCESTER. On the arrival of the royal train at Swindon, her Ma jesty, his Royal Highness - Prince Albert, and the royal children, together with her Majesty's suite, alighted and took luucheon. Iler Majesty, alter resting here for halt an hour, proceeded on her journey along the Great Western Union Railway to Gloucester. The Swindon sta tion was elegantly decorated for the occasion with wreaths of evergreens and flowers. At all the statinas down the Great Western Union line-- Minety, Cirencester Junction, Tetbury-roed, Brimscombe, Stroud, and Stonehuure —the population turned out, and gave the passing train a loyal cheer. At Stroud, where the railway runs almost through the town, the inhabitants came out in full force, and were enthusiastic in their demon• aerations of loyalty. Two or three miles further— at Standish—the line runs into the Midland (Bristol and Birmingham line), and a rapid run of ten minutes along the vale of Gloucester brought her Majesty to that city. At Gloucester there was a general holiday proclaimed, and preparations on a large scale had been mode here fur the inception of the royal visitors, who wee- necessitated to wait at the station for a quarter of en hour in consequence of the break of gauge occurring here. Taking advantage of this, the clergy and corporation of o:ouceater had o tamed permission to wait upon her Majesty ( or the purpose of presenting loyal and dutiful addressee, but it was under stood that none but the parties actually presenting the ad dresses should be present on the platform. Some members of the Town•council claimed the privilege of attend log the: mayor in waiting upon the Quern. And it is the fact that the council actually divided upon the question whether the Mayor alone should wait upon the Queen with the address, or whether he should be attended by all the ' body corporate en masse. The result was that it was de termined that the Mayor alone should present the address, attended by the town'cicrk. A gallery had been erected at the end of the platform of the Midland Railway—which has broad-gauge rails on one side and narrow on the other—for the accommodation of the clergy and corpora tion ; but in consequence of the indecent crowding of the royal party on the occasion of the Queen passing through Gloucester in 1849, it was arranged that.theplatform should not be further encroached upon. The platform itself was ornamented with arches of ever greens and flowers, and covered with crimson cloth. A guard of 100 men, drafted from the 73rd Regiment, from Iforfield Barracks, attended at the upper end of the plat form, and the local pensienen were also in attendance somewhere. Arrangements had been made (or the accom modation of the public near at hand. For the special ac commodation of the ladies and their attendant beaux a row of seats was placed along the South Wales and Great West ern platform, from which an excellent view of her Majes ty's arrival and departure could be obtained. A long row of railway trucks and carriages was also placed along the line adjacent to the station, for the accommodation of the public, while some hundreds of children from the public' schools were crowded into a number of open trucks along the railway adjacent to the station. At twelve minutes past three o'clock the :arrival bell sig. railed the approach of the royal train, and immediately afterwards it glided slowly into the Gloucester station amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the people. The sun shone brightly at this juncture, which added brilliance to the scene. Flags floated in every available position, the royal standard waving proudly above all. MO soldiers pretested arms, the hand played the oatioaal 'lithium, sad the shouts of the people rent the air, and must haws bees heard at • distance of many miles. There were is attendance the fol lowing directors of the Midland Railway:—S. Beale, Esq., deputy chairman, J. Lewis, Esq., B. R. BarweU, Esq._, and J. Mercer, Esq., with the secretary, Me. Bell, and M r. J. Seeders, the general manager, to whom the reporter is in- 1 debted for the valuable assistance which be rendered him is the discharge of his duties. When the Great Western train ease to a stop in the Gloucester station, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, attended by his chaplain, the Rev. Murray Browne, and by an al paritor bearing the mace, and al so the g e a c y t o d r e. o l f Gloucester, Mr. Cluttertniek, attended by the town clerk, Mr. Jenkins, and preceded by the sifted bearer wearing P. "cap of maintenance," wen cosihNiel M her Majcst)'s carriage, where they pressatedi Ohs bpi sal dutiful addresses to her Majesty. TM kliarefai Will the add,. r of the civic authorities: ..... " To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.. " May it please your Majesty—We, your Majesty's duti ful and loyal subjects the mayor, aldermen, end comma council of the &raciest city of Gloucester, avail ourselves with pride and gratification of the present opportunity to resew to your Majesty the expression of our most devoted loyalty and attachment to your person and throw, and to dyer to your Majesty and your royal ousort and rhildron our warmest welcome and congratulatien. " We hes to express our sarust hops that under the Divine blessing your Majesty's sojourn at your Highland residence may be the metes of preserving you in that health which woo necessary to the happiness and welfare of your faithful bobjects. " And we f ly pray that your Majesty and your Majesty's royal consort and beloved and youthful family, may long continue to enjoy the rend sation of behold. iris the grandeur of your empire, and the eastentment, happiness, and unity of your " Given under the common i Z l E.c. The fallowing is a son of the ' address presented by the bishop:— Most gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the bishop and clergy of Gloucester and its neighbourhood, humbly appreseh you to testify 011 r happiness at beholding your arrival with your royal consort and family in this your ancient city. Ws are deeply sen sible of the many blessings which this nation enjoys through your Majesty's sway and your Majesty's example. We rely upon a continuance of your gracious support to that church of which you are the earthly head. We might have ventured to express more fully the reuons of our attachment to your Mejeety and to your throve, but at this moment our loyalty will be better shown by a brief declaration of our sincere hops and devout prayer that Almighty God may and protect your Majesty, your consort and your eas k i r l: both on your present journey and in your course through this life to His everlia ing kingdom." Her Majesty then walked scram the platform to the Midland train which was in resdisers, and which imme diately afterwards took its departure for Birmingham. It MR Gloucester at half-past three o'clock, amidst the ro sewed hearty acclamations of the people. The train did not stop again until it arrived at Braeogrova. At all the intermediate stations there were throngs of p• °pie assembled by the side of the line, and Isis sad triumphal arches marked the royal progress. BROMSOItOVE. . _ At BreemprrovegriTnipreparations ;ere made for the re cipient of the Queen. The initial and buildings were almost hidden with a prof aion of dowers, flags, and ever greens. The Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, under the eomw sod of Colonel the lion. R. H. Clive, were is attendance; and a perk of artillery tired on her Majesty's approach. The arrival platform was set apart for the reeeption of Colonel Clive. Lady Harriet Clive, and other members of the Clive family, the Right Hon. Bid John Pakington and Lady rakingten, and other distin guished members of noble and commoners families. On the train stopping for water and for the pewee of having a second engise attached to draw the train up the Licks incline—a steep gradient lin 31—Lady Harriet Clive ad vanced and presented bouquets of Rouen and some beau tiful fruit for the royal children, which was graciously sampled. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1852. BIRNIINOHAM. The summit of tbe Liekey incline being attained, the train stopped for • moment or two at Black- well whilst the propelling engine was detached, and again rapidly sped on its war. The population all along the line gallantly exhibited their loyalty by the heartiest cheering. To suable them to get • sight of their Sovereign hundreds had scaled embankments, and fixed themselves in apparently the moat impossible positions; the entire population of the district seemed to be out, and from various points as the train passed her Majesty was seen to graciously acknowledge the greetings of her subjects. At King's Heath, four miles from Birmingham, Capt. Taylor and a troop of the Worcestershire Yeomanry had drawn up along the line : here a royal salute was fired as the train rapidly passed. In a few minutes more the scene became more enlivening; the residents in this pleasant suburb of Birmingham crowded the embankments on which the line is laid, who elim rod lustily, and in the liveliest manner demonorated their Mashy. At the Camp Hill station (which is on the top of a steep incline and a difficult curve leading into Birmingham) there were arches composed of ea, rgreens and downs, with • crowning emhlem on the whole, on which were the words " Victoria end Albert." A handsome crown surmounted these decorations at this point, the whole having a pretty effect. A very large number of persons hail taken up their station at this point these war..l banners, soil cordi.illy greeted her Majesty, who repeatedly acknowledged the enthusiastic welcome accorded to her. At a muderate speed down the incline the royal train ran into the London and North Western etation at Bir mingham, reaching it exactly at 116 minutes past 4. Here were drawn up to receive her Maj. sty hundreds of the prin cipal inhabitants, the members cil the corporation eccupying the most central position ; in the background was etationed • detachment of the Scots Greys; and flanking the royal train in the opposite direction was a corps of the borough police. The entire length of the platform wu covered with starlet cloth. On it to net ive the sovereign were the Meyer (Henry Smith, Esq.), the Recorder, M. I). Hill, Esq., Colonel Reid, the commandant of the district ; Captain Wynerd, of the Scots Greys; Mr. Newdegate, M.P. ' • Mr. Scholefield, M.P.; Mr. Spooner, M.P.; Ad miral Maureen', the lien. and Rev. Grantham Yorke, the rerel dean; J. F. Ledeam, Esq., a director of the London and Nurth Western Raillasy; Aldermen: Lucy and Ma.•- tiueau ; beyond the barrier was manly every member of the town council. A brilliant circle of ladies in full dress gave to the scene • very brilliant appearance. As the royal train drove in, the bands struck up the National Anthem, and the company, uncovered, cheered the 'oven:ion heartily. Lord Melniesbury immediately stepped from the carriage, tad the mayor advancing, his lordship presented his worship to her Majesty, who rose and gre eiuu.ly bowed. His worship then presented the following address, which her Majesty accepted with great condescen sion of manner " TO TOR tittlltell MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. “ ititiftl7lanTioyel — ;;;;;;, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Bir mingharn, in the county of -Warwick, in council assembled, approach your Majesty with the tender of a respectful and hearty visit to this borough we offered to your Majesty the sincere homage of its inhabitants, then tnjtrying the fruits of the wise legislation which had received the exalted sanc tion of your Majesty's approval. The loyalty aid devotion of • prosperous and contented people best attest their con tinued sense of the benefits thus conferred, and of their 0/fateful appreciation of your Majesty's just and beneficent rule. It is our ea rnest prayer that your Majesty may long be spared to dispense the blessings of constitutional govern ment, and to receive new and enduring proofs of attachment to your Majesty's throne and person from all classes in your Majesty's dominions. In testimony whereof the cor porate common seal of the said borough a hereunto affixed this 27th day of August, 1832.” Col. Reid was subsequently presented to her Majesty ; and • moment afterwards Prince Albert beckoned the Mayor (who had retired • few steps) to the royal saloon, and her Majesty and Prince Albert immediately entered into an animated conversation wills him. A copy of the scheme of the approaching musical festival having been presented to her Majesty, his Royal Highness inquired with much earnestness whether it was likely to be success ful, and manifested &kindly feeling of anxie:y that such should be the result. Hi. Royal flightiest, also spoke smil ingly of the net-work of railways which encircle the town. he Queen, who looked remarkably well, and exhibited • great deal of pleasant animati n of minute, stood up during the whole time the train stayed, and frequently bowed her acknowledgments in return to the respectful greetings of her subjects. At the same time her Majesty was graciously pleased to intimate to the Mayor that she was pleased with her reception. The royal train stayed in the Birmingham station ex actly five minutes, the time having been kept with remark able precision throughout the journey up to this point. About a minute past five, • new engine having been at tached, the train was again on the move; the company stood up and renewed their cheers, which her Majesty again smilingly acknowledged. At the point where the junction is effeettd by the London and North Western with the Midland, hundreds of ladies and gentlemen were stationed, who, as the train slowly passed, renewed the greetings her Majesty had just received. Pence Albe-t and the elder rA the royal children came to t:tt window of the saloon, and repeatedly bowed, her Majesty apparently recognising this es the point where the royal train stopped in 1549. Once clear of Birmingham, the »t in soon acquired a very rapid speed, but at every small station and every road-side or eressiog it flew past was observed the loyal and de:ighted population, cheering and waving flags and kerchiefs of every hue. At Tamworth and Burton especially, the con course of persons was very large, who, scarcely obtaining a glimpse of royalty, manifested in every possible way their hearty good humour. Up to the time the train left Birmingham there had been scarcely a minute of deviation front the time set down in the table throughout the entire journey. The engine conveying the train from Birmingham to Oloa »star was handsomely decorated, and all the appointments appear to have been well arranged and observed. It is proper to state that several public bodies In Bir. mingham had prepared addresses for presentation to her Majesty, but as the Home Secretary intimated that now except that of the mayor and corporation would be received by her Majesty at the railway station, these formed no part of the proceedings at the reception, and would thereto» be out of place here. The addresses are to be sent to, and will be presented by, the Home Secretary in due course. It may be worth while, however, to state that the Hoes Secretary signified the satisfaction that was felt at these marks of attention to her Majesty. DERBY. When it became known that the Queen had determined )11 again spending the night at Derby, en rode to Bal moral, this abeam of the Midland Railway gave directions for every eallehie semsetemeat to be made along their lines for the Ws mind of tie royal party. and for a becoming rece= 4 % the Dab, OW slier stat Mes. The Mayor of the (John &mad,. Esq.) was unions that every oinsiderauoa sbeald be given to the ponostal comfort and convenience of the Illemmigu, and instead of seeming to obtrude any lamas wmplimestary proceedings upon her, at once determined Se sesselt the Home Secretary as to her Majesty's fedi, ea the subject of receiving an ad dress from the esepeades. On Saturday an answer was re ceived hem the ifieste.elbot,intintating her Majesty's to maim as address on arriving at the station. The mayor then essamesed a meeting of the Town.commil, and on the media of Ms. Alderman Forman, seconded by Mr. I Maislay, _the dellawfwa siker was unanimously adopted, amides lead applause : " To the eallee's Most Estelle:it liejeety. "May it your Majesty,—We, the Mayor, Alder Ems, and lee esem of the borough of Derby, in council messabled, espirly avail ourselves of your Majesty's visit to this hereagh to tender to your Majesty our humble duty, sad le mare your Majesty of our continued loyal devotion to year Majesty's puma sad throne. We pray heartily for the Wain of God on your Majesty, for the health and hap. =m on s ei f = .o lt e l . al Consort peace a and pe C hriiltdyre of "arrilifojestiby. esegs." lb, address was beautifully written ea odium, sod was seneamted by an illuminated herder, *bandy done b Mr. W. Cubley, jug. The royal arms semi the borough shield were surrounded by beautiful serer work, and the whole looked remarkably well. The arrangements made at the railway edition, swam the direction of Mr. Lewis, the resident dYssesr of all OM may, were very complete. • plates= aphis of smam er a peat amber of Males es 4 sualinmea wee erected, and In addition to t i h n e ue Skams, preposelleos were made for lifhting IMO mod over Ess ism were the letter " .R. " The seals ea the platform were covered w ith Mama dells, sad rich carpet ing was laid along the pavement he the royal party to walk along. The royal carries* wee eisiesaly M et ed for the acemioe, nod the whole asespmesle "Medea peat credit on the massagers and AM& of tat sempary. The head seleceed hi her WOOF woe the mane as before, lamely, the alidhed, +WA is matigume to the states. • salts of nem were most swift fitted up by lissme. Weallott sad Co.;and on this, m well as n the I lamer seers, of bee 14eety's visit, she wae maciossly pleased to oupsm kw eatisiteden with the arrangements made for tats aseemisieledes at this hotel. A splendid display of plate seasmested the dinner tabie ; and mess, containing choice towers, were tastefully arranged In boat of the hotel and in the mevidors. . The 'military arrangements were under the superintend ence of 01101111 a Arbuthnot, Captain Kirkknd acting as his akkmemeginp. Two misspeaks of the 77th Regiment of Foot atlanded, as a gaud of harmer, from Weedon fkgemiu. fa addition to them, a troop of the Bth Hussars, ham Ant under swim the tammand of Captaia Lock wood; ties sad Redesign troop of 'mammy, ruder Ike aewmaad Captain Wilmot; the Radbouras troop, emdaeMe mmimeil of Camila Per ; the enrolled pea einnere. mike dr mormad at Orplais Jones ; sad the rads ale mime areral of Captain Dison, were imaginable's. TM Mom war ft disposed uto Imp the n =tr ue o i l a tka slake el.s.ri;ta The ye b danad of the siltation et madwea.B Os thedpinlieing given about 6 o'clock that the royal train wee approaching, the some became very animated. The mayor (wearing his gold chain (dollop). the recorder (drama in wig and gown), the Dabs of Devonshire, u the Lord Lieutenant of the county and Lord }both Steward of the Corporation, and the members of that body, attended by the ales bearers, were grouped in a central position. At length the train entered the station amid the loyal acclamations of the assem9y. On the train _stopping, the Mayor wee presented to the poses by Lord Idalmesbuty, and she received the corporation addivos very graciously, bowing repeatedly to the mayor. The Duke of Devonahate was rwagoimmt by a cheerful smile and a most gracious reception, and the royal pair appeared highly delighted with their reception. Os her Majesty making her appearance at the front of the station, she was ieceived with a volley efeheera from the populace outaide the barriers. and was similarly greeted ! on alighting et the Midland Hotel—the band playing the National Anthem. The scene was altugsther an exciting one, and apparently pleased loth Queen and people. In the evening Derby was right loyally joyous. The dashing of bells—the sound of music—gay parties pro menading the streets—the waving of innumerable banners —greeted the eye and ear at every turn. A splendid dinner was served up to the Royal party at the Mid land Hotel, and everything peeved of with great ...def. Thanks to the good sense of the local authorities and of the railway managers, her Majesty's ears were not dinned with the sewn:less noise of artillery. Her Majesty hail a right hearty salute from the more musical voices of her loyal and devoted subjects, who made the welkin ring with their hussies. The weather during the day was occasionally showery. The Royal family will take their departure at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, the arrangements for the departure bring similar to thine for the reception. According to the time table, she will pass Chesterfield at 9.32, Eckington at 9.40, Mashrough at 9.58, arriving at Normanton at 10.3-5. From thence she will be conducted by the York and North Midland Railway, and so on to Edinburgh. CIIURCII PATRONAGE. "Were t►e church of England rightly extended end rightly patrooi•cd, there would be neither sedition nor pldielan infidelity in the land."—Chafiners on Church Patronage. TO TUE IDITOIII OF TICE D•ILY NEWS. Ste,—Will you permit the following, extracted from the " Clergy List," to be made public, as a sped• men how tory bishops and chancellors have exercised their solemn trusts: The Rev. G. T. Pretyman is-1. Chancellor of Lineola Cathedral, with the Prebend of Stoke an nexed; 2. Canon of Winchester; 3. Rector of Chal font, St. Giles, Bucks ; .1. Rector of Wheathamp stead, Herta; 5. Curate of Harpenden, Herta, all in ' the patronage of the Bishop; and 6. Perpetual Curate of Nettleham, Lincolnshire, in his own gift. The Rev. Richard Pretyman is-1. Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral, with Prebend of Kilaby annexed ; 2. Rector of Stony-Middleton, Oxfordshire; 3. Rector of Walgrave, Northamptonshire ; 4. Rector of Han nington, Northamptonshire ; 5. Rector of Wrough ton, Wiltshire, all in the Bishop's patronage. The Rev. F. D. Perkins is—Vicar of Stoke, War wickshire—patron, Lord Chancellor. Vicar of Some, Warwickshire—patron, Lord Chancellor! ! Vicar of Down 'fatherly, Gloucestershire--patron, Lord Chancellor !! ! Rector of Swayfleld, Lincolnshire— patron, Lord Chancellor !!!! Your obedient servant, A CURATE WITH FIFTY POUNDS PER ANNUM. COAL TRADE CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER. A ir.eeting of delegates from the various coal dis tricts of Lancashire and Cheshire was held yesterday, at the Cotton Tree inn, Great Ancoats-street, Manchester. The object of the meeting was to ascertain the opinion of all the districts, as to whether they should form a general union of the miner. of these two counties, or only a sectional or partial union; and also whether there should be fecal victim funds, or a general fund for the two counties, "to be adjusted on equitable principles, so that all miners, in the time of need, may receive what they are fairly an I honestly entitled to, and nothing else." Mr. JOHN WARREN, of Oldham, was voted into the chair, and briefly opened the business. He said he hoped the meeting would be attended with beneficial results, and would lead to the extension of the society and the union of the miners in the two counties. But he would have been more highly gratified if he could have seen other places re presented there, whence he expected there would have been delegates. lie had hoped to see all the grievances so long existing allayed, and that they would have all come with the desire of helping one another in one great struggle to alleviate their distresses. But though their expectations seemed at present somewhat blighted, they mutt still await in patience the day when miners generally would be better informed and better thinking men than they were at pre sent. lie was glad to say that the miners in this district were in a much better position than they were in November last, but it was time for them to be on their guard against attempts that were making, and had already succeeded in some places, to reduce the wages that had been raised a few months ago. Several delegates then made statements respecting the aspect of the wages question in various places, from which it appeared that the reduction had only become general in St. Helens and Bolton. There were isolated cases in other places, and no doubt edvautege would be taken of any slackness that might occur to make a general reduction. All the dele gates expressed themselves favourable to union. A letter was read from lifeshire, stating that the miners there were ir. a miserable condition, but that they were in a mate of torpor, and it would be well if some agents from Lancashire an . Cheshire could be sent amongst them, to rouse them to action. Another letter, from Newcastle, stated that the miners there were very badly off, and ripe for a general strike, which would probably take place in October. The following resolutions were then proposed, and carried unanimously : First. "That this meeting is of opinion that nothing but a general organisation and a general victim fund will be of lasting benefit to the miners of these counties, and that all miners' agents and officers who oppose this be dismissed from their present offices." Second. " That a recommenda tion be made to every lodge to establish a sick fund, jointly with the present sick society of miners." The conference then adjourned for dinner. A meeting was held in the afternoon, when it was under stood that a petition to parliament would be adopted, setting forth the various grievances under which the miners gene. rally were labouring. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON TUE SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. —On Thursday afternoon a very serious acci dent occurred on the Scottish Central Railway, which, although preductive of no fatal consequences, bas resulted in the destructive of a considerable quantity of railway property, besides inflicting severe injuries on several pas wagers. It appears that the afternoon mail train left Perth as usual, and proceeded slowly till it reached the en trance to the tunnel to the southward of Perth. A short time previously a heavily-laden goods train Mond the tassel, but on reaching the middle of the tunnel some thing went wrong with the engine, and the train maw to a stand. This was telegraphed to the man is charge of the signals at the entrance to the teasel, and be from some unaccountable cause allowed the mail trail to enter the tunnel shortly afterwards, without eseertaining ther or not the goodstrain had left the tunnel, or whether the injury to the engine had been remedied. The mail train consequently ran with great form into the goods train, which was at • stand still in the tunnel. The guard's van attached to the goods train was completely mashed and several of the passenger carriage' were wee or less injured. The guard himself was thrown on the line, and on being picked up was found to be very severely injured. He was immediately conveyed to the la armory, where, we believe, he still lies in • dan gerous state The screams of the peasengers when the collision occurred were fearful, and the danger was considerably increased by the accident taking place in the tunnel, as it was Impossible, from the darkness, to know the extent of the damage. On emerging into daylight It was found that a great many of the penmen were more or less hurt and Wubed. Among those who neeived in juries were the Rey. Wr. Gray of Lady Teeter's, Captain and Mrs. Hunter of Hellebore' and several gentlemen be longing to Perth. The mail ;rale arrived In Edinburgis about ten o'clock pre., about four hoots behind its areas- tamed time. It is very gratifying that, with the creep ' lion of the guard of the goods train, nose of the singers were were aerionsly injured. W 9 believe the man in charge of the signals at the tunnel is in cestody, and the whole circumstances are under judicial ievestigatioo.— .Seetenson. EXTRAORDINARY Pnlxomaxon. —" A Lover of ' Natural history," who was in Romney Marsh on Tuesday the 17th instant, about 6 p.m., gives the following :—" I saw what appeared to be a column of smoke approachiag me, about a quarter of a mile off. On the column reaching me I found it was o c g oareed of the red ant lies; I think a qua the column wee rter of a mile in length, and about from 60 to 1 yards in circumference; it quite dark ened the sky. After it passed me it went over the river Roth.,, into which millions and millions of the Mae fell, and when I crossed it the water was quite black. I watched the column fora mile and a half, and notwithstanding the number, left is the river, and on the trees, hedges, over which it pared, the column appeared undiminished, and like a wreath of dark smoke. The extra , rdinary thing ia, that the ant dies throughout the whole march, 30 miles in length (a through s 1 hear it WU so all the marsh) should all have taken wing at the same time and collected together in such vast numbers. A man who was collecting ants' eirge for me informs me that he found himself covered with them, running up to the top of the strands of grass, and then taking wing. After the flight he hardly found one ant fly in the nests. Other persona who saw the flight, and who I do not believe intended to exaggerate, considered the length of the colonic to be • mile The wind wee in the cast, the temperature very sultry, and there was every appearance of a thunderstorm. Had not my man observed the ant flies rise from the ground, I should have thought they came from the continent. The 01:41111l travelled at the rate of five oralx miles an hour. Those moons toed of natural history will find an interesting account of these lights, and the reason, in the 2nd volume of " Kirby and Spence," pp. 60, 61, 62.—Straus Espress. DROWNINO.—A melancholy accident took place last week at the Cascade, Buckhunrhill, Chigwell, Seem. Two young gentlemen named Sykes, who were on a visit to their parents in the above neighbourhood, went in the afternoon to the Cascade, accompanied by Mr. Salter, jun., one of the proprietors of the Baldfaced Stag, sad proceeded to bathe, when Preemie Sykes, aged about 19, was observed to sink, and, after three hours' dragging under the super intendence of Sergeant Brookwood, - the body was found. Ilia parents, who were in an adjoining field at the time, were almost hung, and when t h e body of their son was obtained the scene was truly heart:reading. The body awaits as Inquest at the above-named RAILWAY MEETINGS. DEMERARA RAILWAY. ----- • • -- - • A special general meeting of the shareholder's in this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, to consider a proposition made by a responsible party (Mr. Manifold, the resident engineer), for leasing the line. Mr. NAOWllrif was in the chair. Many shareholders from Liverpool were present. The following is the report submitted to the meeting : " Referring to the reports which the directois presented to the shareholders of this company at their meetings on the 27th February and 29th April last, the directors have now to announce that circumstances have arisen, partly in con nexion with the resolutions that were then adopted, which bare induced them again to call the proprietors together, and to submit to them a proposition for leasing their line to • responsible party for a term of years. Thu eliareholders have already been informed, that Mr. Thomas Porter, jun., • director of this company, proceeded to Drmerara in the month of April lest. He has since then been most actively engaged in investigating the position and prospects of the railway, and has reported most holly to thin board. Previous to Mr. Porter's arrival in Demerara, sickness had prevented Mr. Manifold from giving his active superintend ence to the railway, end he was obliged to leave the colony almost immedi tely afterwards. Mr. Porter wan thus left without any sufficiently experienced railway cannier with whom he might consult respecting the position of the cam. pany. He haa used the best means at his iisposal, and after great personal tabour and attention, reports both the state of the permanent way and the rolling plant to be in a worse condition than your directors bad be. n led to suppose was the cue, and anticipates a greater outlay being neces nary than was contemplated either by your directors or the committee of shareholders la the report submitted to you on the 27th February last. Mr. Porter, nevertheless, con ; tinues to express his must unbounded confidence in the future provenly of the undertaking, provided an efficient person could be procured to act as traffic manager ~nil loco motive superintendent, and such • *sum could be adopted as would secure order and economy in the management of the line, and the effectual development of its resources. Whilst your directors were endeavouring to pro.cure such a person, Mr. Manifold laid before them en offer to huge the railway on the following terms, nix :—Funds to the meat of 12,0001. to be provided him (es the work progresses), to finish the line to &Inhales, and to complc'e the way, works, and rolling stock. All outlay from the 28th July last, ex eepting on traffic account, to be set off against the said 12,000 e. The traffic receipts and expenditure on traffic account to be the company's until Ist October neat. The plant and road to be :given up at the end of the lease in good working order and condition : any improvement, if mutually ap. proved of, to be taken by the company at a valuation pro vided the lease be not renewed. The lease to be fur seven years at a rental equal to 2i per cent. on 250,000/. for Ist year, 6,2501.; 3 ditto, 2nd ditto, 7,5001. ; 31 ditto, 3rd ditto, 8,7501.; 4 ditto, 4th ditto, 10,0001.; 4 ditto, sth ditto, 10,0001.; 4 ditto, 6th ditto, 10,0001.; 4 ditto, 7th ditto, 10,0001.; with the option of extending the term for &even years longer at the hut named rental of 4 per cent., with the addition of one half of any gross traffic receipts beyond 20,0001. per annum. The company having free access to the traffic accounts. The rent to be paid half yearly. Which the directors deem it their duty to lay before the proprietors for their approval or rejection. The result of adopting the above proposal will be to insure to the share holders after paying the interest on the pre - erent stock authorised to be raised, and also interest on their bond debt, a dividend on each original share of 171. 10'. for the first year of nearly 3s. per share; second, Gs. ; thirc , 9s. fourth and subsequent years, 12s. ; with a division of extra profits after the first seven years. An addition to this divi dend may fairly be anticipated by a reduction of the rate of interest payable on the bond debt, which the board will no doubt be able to effect when a certsin revenue shall become secured to the company. The directors consider it due to themselves to state, that although there is • coasideruble discrepancy between Mr. Porter's statements and Mr. Mani fold's opinion of the present position of the railway, both are equally sanguine as to the ultimate results of the work ing of the line. The directors, however, have experienced so much disappointment and cifficulty in managing this concern, that, after giving the subject their fullest consi deration, they are of opinion it is most fur the benefit of all parties interested to accept the proposition that has been made by Mr. Manifold. The retirement of Mr. Hopkin. sou from the board has enabled the directors to avail them selves of the valuable services of Mr. Thomas liouch, of Liverpool ; but they regret to say, continued indisposition has deprived them of the aid of their late chairman, Mr. M'Chlery, who has been obliged F to place his resignation in the hands of his co-directors. The CHAIRMAN explained that two of the directors reel , dent in Liverpool did not entirely agree with the other di rectors in respect to certain paragraphs in the report. They would be agreeable to carry out the main features of the report on certain conditions. Tho other directors were willing to lease the line, provided, of course, there was proper security given to the company for the payment of rent, etc. The reports relating to the state of the line and works were of a very contrary nature; but there was no difference of opinion ax to the ultimate success of the under taking. He concludes' by moving a resolution to the effect that the directors be authorised to apply to the legislature for power to lease the railway on such terms as may be con sidered most expedient. Mr. thought it would he necessary to know what were the differences of opinion existing among the directors as to the proposition, what sort of security there would be for the due payment of the rent, and what portion of it would be aboorbed by the payment of interest on the bond debt and preference shares. The CHAIKNAN said the differences between the directors on the subject were not material. Of course, they would take care to have ample security for the rent in cue they leased the line, and also power to inspect the line and works when they thought it necessary. The preference capital would consist of 58,0001. on loan at 6 per cent., and 22,0002. in preference shares. They would be able, in the course of time, to reduce the intemt on the borrowed money. Mr. SANDIACH, one of the Liverpool directors at the board, objected to the paragraph in the report relating to the recommendation to lease the line. If the line should be in the bad condition represented, it would not be wise to lease the line to Mr. Manifold. lie (Mr. Sandbach) would be glad to lease the line, provided he was satisfied that it was the best thing they could do under the circumstances. Col. MARRIN would cemose the leasing of the line. Mr. Boyce, a Liverpool director, said be s'id not object to leasing the line, provided that the discrepancies in the reports relating to the state of the railway and works could be reconciled or satisfactorily explained, but, in the absence of proper and correct information, he thought they would not be justified in handing over the line to the party pro posing to lease it. Money would have to be found by the shareholders, whether they leased the line or not, to com plete the works, and it was therefore necessary they should know the actual state of their property before they parted with it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. J. A. TINNZ recommended the adjournment of the meeting, in order to give the shareholders time to consider the matter and make proper inquiries. Mr. MANIFOLD said he did not think it was fair of Mr. Porter to represent the line as being in a bad state ; he be lieved that Mr. Porter entertained extravagant notions with regard to certain matters He (Mr. Manifold) had had great difficulties to contend within Demerara, in conse quence of the insolvent state of the company. He had taken a great deal of trouble to explain to Mr. Porter and I the Liverpool gentlemen on the board the actual state of things in Demean, but apperently without effect. He differed entirely from Mr. Porter as to what was required for carrying on the traffic, and as to the state of the work ' ing stock. He wan not now so aaxious to lease the line as formerly, because he thought a different feeling was now exhibited towards him. He was quite ready to explain anything that might be required. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a remark made by Mr. Burch, said that it was an error to suppose the receipts were falling off. They had fallen off in June, as compared with preceding months, but they had increased in that mouth as compared with the corresponding month of the year before. A lengthy and confused discussion then took place. Ulti =defy the following amendment, as from Means. Times and MARTIN, war put and carried,—That this meeting be adjourned for the further consideration of the proposal to lease the line; and that Messrs.' Kemshead, Loidale, Martin, and Tian. (all of Liverpool) be a committee of the shareholders to confer with the directors on the subject. After some opposition from 111 r. firms, Mean. Catherwood (Demerara) and Torrence (London) were added to the committee. The meeting then separated. ROYSTON AND HITCHEN RAILWAY. The thirteenth ordinary half-yearly meeting of proprietors was held yesterday, at the Wears of the cons pany, in the Poultry; Mr. WILOHIR. , M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the dtrectors had received 5,8261. (being 8,0001. less income tea) from the Great Northern Railway Company, so half a year's rent for the Royston aad !Umbels line; and 1,9111. (being 2,0001. less arrears of calls sad income tax) for half a year's rent of the Bbepreth Extension line; and that warrants for the same would be forthwith issued at 6 per cent. per annum, less income tax. The report was received and adopted, and the retiring directors re-elected. The CHAIRMAN then said that the meeting would now be made special, in order to submit to the consideration of the shareholders • proposition which the directors had re ceived from the Great Northern Railway Company, to in troduce a clause in the Shepreth extension lea's to enable that company at any time upon giving three months' notice to redeem the rent, not only of that line, but also to redeem the rent of the Roystun and Hitchers line, at' twenty-five years' purchase or fifty per cent. premium. These were the terms proposed by the Great Northern Company, and it would remain with the shareholders to state whether they were prepared to agree to them or not. After some discussion a resolution wis agreed to that the meeting could not reoogni•e the claim for this insertion of a clause of redemption in the 'cure of •he oompaay's lines, and that it hoped the directors of the Great Northern Cont. any would withdraw it, but that if ant steps would he taken to carry out the silreement of the 27th keb., 1849, for a lease of the iihepreth lute. The meeting then separated. LOWESTOFT RAILWAY AND HARBOUR. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yeiterdsy at the Harbour-house, Lowestoft. Mr. E. Loathes, the vice chairman, presided. The CHAIRM4N said he had to regret the alumnae of their ereellent chairman, Mr. Pato. At the rue time he wee happy to say that he was away in a good cause, and is the execution of plane which he confidently hoped I believed would render their line and harbour more pros perous than tiny were. Mr. Pero was Low over the water endeavouring to e.taltla.h a line of railroad between Ton fa Mg and the uttereopoint to Copenhagen,which when com pleted, would prove of great beat. fit to tbo whole of the coast, and would put them in conjunction with the other harbours on the eastern coast of England. This could not fail to be extremely advantageous to Lowestoft, and to make them of some importance in the eyes of the world, both us • harbour of refuge and a harbour of commerce. Ile Cad to congratulate the meeting that the report and half-yearly meetings both of the Eastern Counties and Norfolk Rail ways had given such great totistactiou ; with those lines they were in • great measure amalgamated, and of Course they depended much upon their r miiition. lie must therefore congratulate their own propiietora on be big a iccesaful in common with other railroads in which they were so mall and so deeply interested. (Cheers., He singlet abo, as a resident and spectator of what was going on in the harbour daily, congratulate them that their cattle tr de was steadily increasing, and that in their " visiting trade" al., it he might be allowed the term, there had been an enormous in crease. As the dividend was a guaranteed one, be had no report to suemit to the meeting; hut as that guarantee would cease in 1853, he tie al nut expatiate upon the neces sity that existed fur every exertion b..Cg made between now and then to develop traffic, and to render both their line and harbour valuable us an independent property. Mr. TILL (a director) said he had to infurin the meeting that the usual dividend of 4 per n cot. would be payable on the Ist proximo by warrants transmitted to the different proprietors. The harbour at:viatica allowed that though a smaller number of retails had entered during the last half year than ill the correapouding period of lost year, th ton nage had considerable increased. The number of vessels this hallyear was 1,110, againe. 1,205 in the corresponding hall-year—decrease 45; but the lounge' was 11.0,277 against 88,020—increase 12,257 tuns, which showed that they were doing altogether a more respectable trade, and with a larger class of vessels. Ile could report that one source of their anticipated inrreesse was now advancing with great celerity, he &Heeled to the projected II adiliw:ue branch. That must inevitably bring to their railway and harbour a considerable it.CYCIIA4) of business, butie in respect to the trade that Ilaleswortle and Beecles would supply, sr well as to the augmented business that there meat ly be in rela tion to coals and other articles. The Norfolk Company, at their general meeting held last Friday had agreed to the terms of an arrangement with the 11 4- swarm Company. It was only last session that they obtained authority to agree to such terms, and they had already deterinin. d to enter into them. They were of such a nature, that if any change should occur in conaequence, it must prove to the benefit of the Norfolk and Low, aloft Company. After some discussion, the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. WIIITEHAVEN AND yultNEss JUNCTION RAILWAY. The fourteenth halt-yearly general meeting of the shareholders •as held yesterilsy at the company's offices, Guildhall chambers, Basic hall street, the Lsrl of Loss. DALE in the choir. The following report was pn rented to the props ietors : •• it will be seen from the statement of accounts, which is annexed, that the total expenditure on capital account to 30th June last is 403,2471. 3s. 2d., and that the expenditure during the last half year 111310111141 to 24,02491. 1 to. bd. Of this sum the outlay for the Whiteharen Tunnel forms 11,4581. 3s. 4d. The items I'4 land and works on the main line and for rolling stock, amounting to 12,1101. Its. 4d., are mainly in liquidation of ouistanding claims. Very little additional outlay on these heads will he required, hut there are still some further c aim, to he settled. The following is an estimate thereof, and of the sum required to complete the tunnel extension, in addition to the amount expended at 30th June but, Main line—land compensation, 3,5001.; accounts for works and stations, 3,0001. ; tunnel extension and works, 7,000/. Total, 13,5001. The work► of the tunnel ar now completed, sodas the permanent way is also nearly laid, this extension will be opened in the course of the next month, by which a continuous line will be formed in connexion with the Whatehaven Junction Railway. During the half year the mortgage debt has been increased by 6,6001., and now amounts to 120.2101. Of this sum, 47,1101. bears interest at 5 per cent., 39,0001. at 41 per cent, 25,1001. at 4 per cent., and 9,0001. at 3 per cent. Compared with the corresponding portion of 1851, the traffic account for the last half-year show. the following results - 1110CILIFT16 ... Par.engers. Goods. Total. Uslf-year ending 30th Juno, l+3l Hall-yeareading Yil sluaa, la3l X/59 15 1 COG 0 0 l 55 IS 1 Leennintiro7'n;l;vg 214wn- Croatia. Power ens owl tenenee ta, nt end Ripll , ll Grne- of ay Duty of Rolling ins and and Steck. Charges. Bta• . man. Rea a. Trtal. Half-year end- t e. d. d. Ya. d. E s. d. Inn 30th June, 1h52 . 1,042 9 1 1,025 1 1 631 17 3 133 11 11 1,475 19 11.1f-yeer end ing 10th June, 1951 . 1.511 1 1 1,901 0 6 319 11 2 111 911 3,115 IS $ Sans 130 £4O 75:36 91 Lid 9 0 5.:1:6 16 4 Taking the increase or receipts and decrease of expenditure together, there is a cliff . ..tepee of 9221. 1 is. 60. in favour of the last halt-year's traffic account. The chief saving has been in the coin of coke, arising mainly from the traffic I being now carried on with smaller engines, but also partly from the company obtaining a limited local supply at a much learn price. No arrangements will be neglected where by a further reduction of expenditure may be effected ; but when it is mentioned that the whole cost of train per mile run, including locomotive power, repairs of rolling stock, and coaching and general charges, dues not exceed 110., it is evident that the future success of the railway will depend more upon an increase of traffic than a reduction of working expenses. Such increase may be looked fur upon the open ing of the tunnel, whereby a junction will he effected with the railways to the north ; and a much more material in crease may be expected to follow when the coast line iacom pleted from Ulverston to Lancuste., by • hich the route from Wbitehaven and the greater part of West Cumberland southward will then be by this company's line, and be shortened nearly 40 miles. Sufficient progress, however, has not yet been made with the works of the Ulverston and Lancaster railway to enable a precise ',idea to be formed of the time when they will be finished. The following directors, via , the Earl of Lansdale, James Clay, Esq., Stephen Phillips, Esq., and Peter Fisher, Ext., retire from office at the present meeting, but, being eligible, they offer themselves fur re-election. S. J. Waley, Eq., also retires from the office of auditor, but, being el i gible, ffers himself for re-election." [A number of accounts were appende 1 to the report, but their general results are embodied in the document itself.) After a short conversation, the report was uhanimonaly received, and the retiring officers reelected. A vote of thanks was then given to his lordship, and the meeting broke up. BORDEAUX AND CETTE RAILWAY. Yesterday persons interested in the caution-money of the late Bordeaux and Cette Railway Company met at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving a commu nication from Mr. Alderman Sslomons on the subject. Mr. SALOXONS, on taking the chair, said that at the time he had called the present meeting, he thought it would have been in his power to have communicated some terms of settlement, for which they were all so anxious, and which, though they might not have met the wishes of everybody, might yet have been deemed not unsatisfactory. But he was sorry to say that on Wednesday last he received a com munication from Paris from which it appeared that *one difiiculties occurred by which the final settlement of the question was likely to be delayed. He had, notwithstand lag, thought it to lse his duty to convene the meeting for the purpose of advising with them as to the proper steps to be taken for a final, and he trusted a satisfactory, settlement of the question with regard to the caution money. He did what he thought best for their interests, and he did not wish to shirk the smallest amount of the responsibility that beloneed to him as a principal party in conducting the ne gotiations. Me might, if he thought it for their interests, give many details which probably might be disputed, and which in the end would only tend to throw disunion amongst them, and delay still further a final settlement of the questis n. He would, therefore, abstain from doing so; but he might give them this amount of eons -lotion that the Minister of Public Works in France, finding it impossible to reconails the differenees which Prevailed on the subject, took upon himself to deduct five millions of francs from the subvention given to the new company which, he presumed, he held in reserve for the future settlement of the claims of this company when they agreed as to what they were in clined to take. The chief difficulty in arranging the ques tion anise from the legal position of a gentleman in France with regard to the winding-up of companies that an official assignee did in this country. That gentleman differed about the terms. He thought he was the only legal party to consent to compromise the claims, because it was intended to settle then, by • compromise. It was in tended that the new company should have, by way of compensation, 4,000,000 francs from the state, and they were to satisfy the claims of the old company, the Minister s-f l'ublic Works deducting 6,000,000 franca from that amount for this purpose. This was a broad outline of the case. He would advise them not to enter at the present I mating into any discussion of the past, but to consider what was best to be done for the future, and with this view he should suggest that two, four, or five men, of known character and large interest in the matter, should be appointed, to whom they would confide the teak, trust, and responiibility of bringing the question to an early and he hoped a satisfactory COtICILLSiOLI. The chairman then proposed that a committee, armed with full powers, be appointed for this purpose. Mr. LINDO seconded the resolution. After some coon nation, Mr. GOIDALL• proposed that Mr. Kennard, Mr. Field, Mr. Oliveira, M.P., and Mr. William., in conjunction with the chairman, be appointed as a committee to conduct the negotiations with the French government with a view to • Large and early return of the caution money, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro. esed mn.LOMONS said that, the meeting having terminated, he had no objection to state that his interest in the new company wee lees than in the old one. (hear, hear.) - - - THAMES HAVEN RAILWAY AND DOCK. The ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at the °Swain Balingliall-street. Mr. LOWDIPI took the chair. The Samsun! read the report, true which it appeared