The Express. — London, England, 1852-08-06 00:00:00

meat which was so striking a feature in the Exhibition of (Hear. hear.) 1 . 1::t0 had the permission of the chairman to pro ..i h r a ioasL which he would be meets el with great pleasur - health of t chaitnian and directors of the Crystal l'onipary." (14.04 cheers.) In the name of the uolu-trial classes he begged to convey to the chairman and th e ilinctom that tribute of heartfelt gratitude which he u 0,4 they would also manifest by their own conduct, and by that MOM Sad mental elevation which all would rejoice looseld , e ll. The toast was drunk with nine times nine. CIRIIIMAN, in fel 'along thanks, disclaimed all pit• • he. that which belonged to the humble badman who nosolied the Beaten:els for raising the structure. m at vhter ) Ile would conclude the pie •ent proceed ' ley use more toast. What would the Exhibition of 15;1 hate bes• •ithout the ladies ? (Loud cheers) What ...jibe persist proceedings he if they blotter . out the idr•rhalf of treatises ? teheers.) What would the sew Crystal Caller be ii they were not to receive the patrosselle of the ladies of Ragland ? (Loud cheep,) lie Never Wshinl Moe the Jay when the husbands of England would ▪ to go ab 10.1.1 without their wives ; when the brothers • Eaglool soul! out regard their sisters as their dear. at ...pawns; and when the lads of this country would not f k4 the .at reelect attraction is looking upon the c aahly ism of toe lasses who were dear to them. (Loud Mae.) lit answer to bowl tries of " Patton," Th • AN brolly, sad with a handsome eompli meet, pe.posed Sa Joseph's health. (Loud cheers.) Was 10<1:1'H CAXTON felt exceedingly Bitterest by the ten k, e j reception which the mention of his name had neared. He could assure them that before this great w woe coiled be should require all their indulgence, awl ail their good wishes end good feeling, to help him en wok his task. (('hers.) He need not tell them that it fM a soil of great magnitude, and would require great thowht, Vert gore and attention in ail its details, for in a • h w months 200 acres would have to undergo an almost ma.:seal change. (Cheers.) Still, he was full of e.michnec and of hope that he should be able to render a on tl e Ist el May next year. (Renewed cheers.) Ite• could uot help. however, on this occasion referring for a moment to the Old Crystal Palace—his first child. cloud chiles and laughter.) He had freely forgiven Lord Lamp hs:l and ho other friends who would not allow it to remain in Ilya...park. (lAtighter.) Those ladies and gentlemen weed, ao doubt, now say to him, "See what a .er e jce ai have loot you." (A laugh.) He was perfectly satisfied, but lu still regretted that the Palace should ever be removed from (L .ud cheers, and an expression of (10- feet 'lie did; sod hr thought he was a fair authority. Loud cheers) list it had been decided. and the Crystal was to stand there—(at Sydenham)--as a lasting me asor:al of the great ,uhi bit iun of ISH. Sir Joseph con ifiwtel by again thanking the company. %own. Cos and Henderson being also called fur, their kalths w. r.• proposed by the chairman. Sir CHARLES FOX returned thanks, remarking that, as be had sot yet fulfilled his part of the work, he would wait till twat year before he acknowledged the toast. (Loud laughter.) yfe. (liven Jones's health was likewise drunk, and the pane, after lingering tom: time, enjoying the beautiful wen, iy and the balmy evening sir, at last returned, unwil ha,: enough, to the station. REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET. 1. .ti relay evening a very fally.attemded meeting et tn. iolithitants in the district around Copenhapn•fieltis, to which place it is proposed to remove Smithfield cattle morart, was he!el at the Eagle Tavern, College-street, Camden town. F T. &metre:4, Pap., in the chair. The CIIAIRSIAN, in opening the proceedings of the me.•me. said that the requisitionists who bad called the meeting must be gratified at seeing so respectable an amen. hip. Iheobject of the requisitionists was to explain what hod bet o done with respect to the erection of the metropo litan market in Copenhagen-fields. Ile hoped they would have the energetic support of the meeting in opposing this erection in their nerhbourhpod when other site might hare been selected to •which the objections applicable to the proposed site did not apply. The formation of the lating ton market originated the objections which had been ul timately fatal to Smithfield. The est of parliament which enabled the corporation of Loaded is remove Smith held was intended to pressete the mowed of a nuisanee and to forward the formalism of @nada, ammakat ; but the act did not provide that any nudes shield be given to any per ens in whose neighbourhood it was to be greeted, and there wen no compulsory powen to take land which could only be obtained by agreement and garehisee. The astest cut by enacting that a new market amid be greeted • a suitable spot. When the bill wee sheet is be nod • mend time in the House of Commons the Speaker dedilsi that it was • private hill, and that the parties sward by the re moval of Smithfield had a right to maim, an "see entitled to be heard before the select menittee. Ifni, was the roe with re,texd to those interested la the reneral of the market, surely those to whose neighbourhood the unman was to be removed had SD equal raght wbe hoard. When a deputation waited on Mr. Walpole, he (the eilliemall) suggested that the power of to the Secretary of Sate by the act im plied voice in the choice of the site ; but r. Walpole seed frem that view, and thought his speared woo only a ministerial act. The chairman then cited Other parts of the set, which showed that the approval of the Secretary of State was to be given to the bye-laws end ether repel.- ti .na under the statute, and contended that the word " ap proval "of the site included a judicial . He also contended that the word " approval," p • s satiy consi dered, had such a =easing. When the bill was eammitted, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, at the time he introdused Hat very clause, said that by the pews, gins I. that asabta, the Seen tary of State wield haw is" hen ea splits." ea that there would be a tatileisut migneed be the Mama id the public. On June 15th the first intimates wee gives ef their intention to take Copenhagen-Aside Ise the psipese of the market. after they had secretly made Mak mafteetilleir the prehue of the land. Semi petlems• la the nighbeeir hood became aware se it. sad GM the Nth of June Ind Shattesoury presented a petition be the Irene of Ink, aamerously signed by the inhabitants, area Met the secedes of the site. Lord Lyndhurst then said there was a peed- Ilqn in the bill prevents, the site being asl Ave mime of St Paul. ; bet lbws was, unietenaity, an such gems 'nine, for the rinse originally le snesting was altered is eccomittee, and a wsehiee substituted ` _ _by which, after th e feemanon of Metropolitan Meeket, no ether market should be Ahmed within asses miles of St. Peel's; thus, degMalt* o•Nowd by ra the corpotism the eltamat or Edward 111. It was proposed le beim than an only Seititlitelei Muket, bat besides a nib min there was te be a meat market and with all their secompaniments of , bin& boiling, and every kind of and saimaa• nuisance. With regard to slaaribliwireers. ito did sot bell ye that the trade was aware thus they would be essa. plied to slaughter at the market, it, me on wend be allowed to do so elsewhere without a image vat& as. to be panted on such conditions that miry let, paean send avail the mwl yes of the privilege. Was Oat aablimadrad a initAle spot in any pant of view ? limey en wend guy as except the Cornered,' of Landes, who inky mad be a plate which, as they espeemed, we ssemenne la • IMP menial WPM. If the seeperatila asses emu* ft par. Mme land, they might to have taken ere Is ban mined a suitable site, and sash an ese es bed ben neringielsd by the legislature, and which would neat the wenn of the S eretary of State. It was nee asesimer M One the 'mime,' of the tare rd Nate been the Ind wee purchased, and he «:tead.d that Ne. Weigel, had dens es yet as act of approval. The Art er the bed hewing been purehned unnamed is inching, fee it w asisekies that it bait been purchased at a mat reasesable prim. and they (the ishabitanei a the "I" ....... """ au Maimed pries Ser IL hese.) Monis, elm had beta done beyead the Wide lend. and be woe sure Mr Walpole would set take any hither step without twice to the inhabitants, and Mr. Tayler, L the ehairessa of the mark ets committee, bad promi sed U lBll be would them notice when the subject was te same the committee. He trusted the meeting wend pass resolution declaring their opposition to the pespenil hr. mitvat of the market, and that a sesimien Vend he killed to carry oat that object. If they se entsd. its IA tnstdrnt of their ultimate success; Dar need Mary be die wayed at h av i ng to con t en d w i t h a wealthy sad powerful corporation, for it was only powerful when its let. were in anorlance with public opinion, which was always in favour of that which was just and right. Captaia Teueas moved, and Mr. GOODCHAT se entitled. a revolution, "That the meeting, My dime proving the proposed formation of the na matt in , penhagen•fields, end believing that a Ave mate *gab site might have been selected, resolved by ell pre& means to oppose such formation," which was carried nasal- A rs solution for the appointment of a committee was also sereed to. Mr. FLOWER, one of the City district surveyors, said he knew that several members of the corporstioa were as nun or pneed to the proposed site as the inhabitants were, std he suggested that any committee which might be formed should communicate with members of the carton rati.n, in order to obtain their assistance and emoperation. ANo a short dimension, a number of grathetes tame fantod and offered to serve on the committee, whisk wee appninto and after a vote of thanks to the chairman the 'metier, separated. The ( 7 irroNlAm MvsEux.—Tha interesting and valuable collection of book., pictures, natural and 'artificial tonalities which W. Cotton, Kat, FAA., of Ivibthillor 1 "",l , l/.11 to the borough of Ply mou th ma d Plympto n . 'none certain regulations as to exhibition, hn is now 41 in the rooms built for its resorption at the th L ""r1: and at the meeting of the Plymouth taws semacil rn Werfnmelay last the Mayor read a emowalleillaw tram Li, latenanttolonel Dunstervilleim Wolf et the endientttee entrusted with the valuable Conanka Moen= and IA- Aran % in which the writer &shed the council hit $ Emottion tow ode the enanegement of the museum which, Meths two days i s t h e week, would be open gratis to the 'ebbe, seder eertain restrictions. After a good deal of nimaassien. Mr. W. Moore proposed, and Mr. Kerswill seconded, that the council pins on to the order of the day without taking any further notice of th e communication, but on this there wadi disapprobation, and Mr. Collier proposed, end Mr. Lull it amended, that 501. should be given. Mr. 11.eal4er, inn , proposed that 201. should be given, bat as this propinition alto act with no countenance, nor even a seconder, the grant of 6W. was carried, there being only three against it—Harm. Moore, Kinard], and Mitchell. ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. We regret to announce the occurrence of another accident on the northers division of the London and North Western Railway, by which the life of an engine driver has been sacrificed, and that of • stoker pieced in jeopardy. The circumstance% attending the accident may bo thus briefly told : —The 9.30 a m. up expecte from Liverpool left that place at its usual haur ys sterday morning. The train consisted of about twelve carriages and two beech mess, and there was an unusually full complement of passengers. The Crewe Junction was reached at 10.4.1 a.m., and at this station an additional engine was attached to assist the train up the Madeley Bank, a rather steep iodine, about six miles south of Crewe and three miles north of Whitmore. ' It is usual when an extr► locomotive is attached to ordinary trains fur the 'purpose of assisting them up this bank for the driver to detach his engine as soon as the line becomes level, run on to Whitmore, and there cross on to the down line. When anaistanro is given to an pre« train the extra engines generally runs through to Stafford, but yesterday it appears the driver had instrue. tem% to cross the line at Whitmore. As soon as the driver of the extra engine had detached himself he put on extra steam, and in • very few minutes shot some distance ahead of the train. As the latter approached the Whitmore station the driver an : guards observed that • red Sag—the signal of danger—was /misted from the pilot engine, which still remained on the up rails. The *team was lash Cly shut off, and the express was humght almost to • stand still before reaching Whitmore. In the meantime tl.e driver of the pilot engine dropped the red flag, and sound. in; the all right" signal, ran on towards Stafford, still upon the up lint of mils. As soon as the pilot had ob tained a start the driver of the express. again laid on his steam, and proceeded at the usual speed. Ile bad run only three miles beyond Whitmore, when en com ing round a sharp curve on the line about a mile north of Standon. bridge station, the pilot engine wee observed in the set of crossing on to the down line at Standon coal yard. When first seen the two engines were scarcely 200 yards apart, and as the pilot was partly on the up-rails (it ia alleged vs have been stationary at the time), the avoidance of • collision was of course 9uite impossible. The driver of the express sounded his whistle and shot off the steam, but before he could do more than this the poor fellow was a corpse. The collision turned the engine of the express train completely round, and both that and the pilot engine were ahem. totally destroyed. The guard's van following the engine was also turned completely round and thrown into • hedge, Parker, • very old ser vant of the compsey, esespii.g by a miracle with • few severe bruises. The stoker was dreadfully injured—his arm, leg, end thigh were broken, and his shoulder dislocated. Eight of the carriages in the train were thrown off the rails, and the passengers were many of them severely shaken and hurt; but it is • most remarkable and satisfactory fact that, with a few exceptions, the persons in the train do not appear to have suffered so severely as might have been anticipated. One gentleman bad his merle dielocate.l, another sustained • severe lacera tion of the face, two or three others were cut and bruised about the head, and two ladies sustained a slight concussion of the brain. It has been stated that the driver of the express wee killed on the spot. ills body was found under one of the carriages shortly after the accident. What be came of the driver and stoker of the pilot engine is not accurately known; but neither of them were hurt. What they can have to say in explanation of their conduct re mains to be seen. The 7.30 a.m. third class train from Liverpool, was passed by the express at the Madeley station, and as it follows very closely fears were entertained of its running into the ex press after the accident occurred. Preston, the Manchester guard, who was in the break at the rear of the train, and who suffered only • severe shock from the collision, imme diately ran bark some distance and stopped the progress of this train, which he took back to Whitmore, and brought from thence assistance in the shape of carriages and la bourers. A telegraphic message was also seat from Whit more to Stafford requesting assistance from that station, which arrived within a very short period. The line wise so mach disturbed by the collision that seve ral hours elapsed before it could be got clear. Medical assistance was on the spot very soon alter the accident, and aid was rendered in all eases where necessary. Some of the passengers preferred returning to Liverpool, but the greater portion came on to London. It was nearly 6 o'clock when the train left Stafford, and it did not arrive at Easton square until after 9 o'clock. There had been greatly exaggerated reports of the acci dent prevalent during the afternoon in London, and a large number of persons having friends is the train assembled at Euston-square terminus, awaiting its arrival with great anxiety. When at drew up at the arrival platform there were many hearty greetings exchanged, and the congratu lations that the consequences of the accident had not been more serious were loud and frequent on all sides. One per son in the train, a foreign lady, appeared to have sustained severe injury. Her head was bound up, and she seemed to have suffered considerably. Captain Haigh and Mr. Bruyeres are both gone down the line, and the circumstances of the accident will no doubt undergo a very searching investigation this day. THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT WAPPING.— Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, jun., the deputy-ooro ner, resumed an inquiry at the London liospital, respect ing the death of George Virrall, aged 66 years, the unfor tunate man who lost his life by the late explosion at the Green Bank Saw-mills, Old Gravel-lane, Wapping. The coroner remarked on the ease at great length, and after the' jury bad consulted for half an bone they unanimously agreed to the following verdict : " Acc idental death, by the explosion of an engine -boiler, situawd at Green Bank Saw mills, Wapping; and the jury wish to add, they canticler great neglect is attributable to Mr. Mark J. Tomkins toe allowing ths boiler to be used after being repeatedly In formed by the engine-driver of its unsound state, and they also exonerate the engine -driver from all blame." CArIVRE 01 , • TWPASSING RAILWAY ENGINE. —Daring the &mat week the Great Northern Railway Company thin meameand running trains from Nottingham to Landes vii the hathargate lisktbe dinners of the two railings having ream* somplelsl arrangements for that panne. As the Mann by ibis' mew route is shorter, speedisa, and onager an the NA on, the Midlands are threatened with reasiasrable lee of trifle and revenue thereby. This has Nosed ea it Mika( to spring up be tween Ms rival eaeapnlmand OM& forrants, which is fres dm* to tines is wenn ways, perhaps the met emeordissey et whisk Mk place on Monday. is the isms of the obsesses of that day • Great Northam mine propelled a dews wain Into the Nottingham et ha s jeistly bylbs Midland and Am. up-a nn. w as benne emnplain be esd lan pefgafas d OmespaNy 's tn e rnn en with as Milke omega Msawelbes helb hefts an behind is. end Iserr il lo =rplaner. In spite of all romeleseess. the im bentead, and was Mil la 'Med, when OW heal manna panel was deopshbed /NM Ws. Menke- The pwswigess to web mend booms owl so Anshoole aegis@ said he The Minn& 011111. per, meet MO though do we entitled to sass Oho Midland station al , the Great Nemilses teem ass net. and Owl beset re they were ennui avian! this torero& besostinm as • tres- Crthantleall litigation is esposled to aria out of _ _ SUDDEN DEATH OF MM. WILSON, THE WIDOW OF TUB RUM= Voithusr.—We regret to aileinnel the death of Yds lady is • artaan swag sudden sad temelog. She bed mats kis iiiadin at Pomo ' beam amempuoisd_ a beds /rived, shoat de Vele& es the monkey of Ontorday Met, and, MONO essweady waded by that Wt. GS assmot of Ms lass... sr the lbw sod bee fall habit of body, meshed is *May tams pisemm of a bath. Mew bind esemised i. th. mifinn » am bee =the onemeibm sod it that Me asesmed, id wsiMag deem lbws thit Om Mop with a 'Wiest Mimed= lase water. Ohs did set eks after ste ti Mk Puy, ma this st aoems sashed tem es the maenadmaenadpse lla berinsba b a g the Mans, sod, as bees win the spot, letewee wee bonsai* sewitered, ll"6l 2 the ihmossere body, which was lz i onedeohne at the halm% we lifted by them into the o y e whisk wee without Ashy polka ashen. A visaed =wee sent far. sod Ss body bile WNW ints Wes wry mesas mum miployad is seam admollim without that. Oa as eseseinatieo albs apposeamee pra seatedriat the deesesed, ths iheetwail being WM and Ms jaws it was evident that Sale bed bees seised with a at, it believed of apoplexy, when she pleased into the water, mad that her death wee owing to that, sad ass to asphyxia or dawning.—Nerth AMA Daily Mail. FATAL ACCIDENT IN =ft CHANNEL—An accidsst et a very distressing, diseseilse, whereby four lives were but, oesumed is tho BMW Channel, between Weakewsper-Man sad Cisesies. as Sunday kW. It seems Met e ismkg the dammed mass tote, ree l it e S:Vea b le a W "ad 'esesoogar- eho I s = v ; i t=l= arrived at their deeditheisa in gaiety. n a tio, albumen of the rune day, about drair efelosklase of them whembarked, with the view of rebook, te Olmedem SW Nth I•Maillieg with some friends at WMOI% sad srmmelnr his initiation of returning to elevates, Ms Me MIMI sod Ismer Rail way, by en early train th e Mowing nothing. At tea e'eleth the erne sight a "MI was pieked up at Cis:modem, awl ea Merl* a Matson and hats were aka Mad soar Rismorea. sdistesess shast two mike trim Clowles. The yams sea est knits yet made task sppeorsoss, it was esojeatured that sew occident had _kmpeasil in their wriaageserat of the bas• by which they buioil at with so satins* sad, and bubo were deepatehot Isla Meador' es Tomb, art mama/ M march far the Maw. The body stews of el pm. ma was washed where at King ston Day as Ilesday snobs, sad it was Seim to the old church, Climmitia. An ins_ met will be held ea it by the deputy memor, Mr. T. L. Whitmore. The bodies of the other throe Naorturials routines have not yet been found. Two KM KILLED AT LEEDIL—On Wednesday afters**. two labouring mea, named John Fawcett and William Howard, were killed on the premiss. of Messrs. Marshall sad Co., the well-hose's Itanspinners of Leeds. The two saes, with several others, ware engaged in pulling down ea old building, El feet high, and latterly used as a lumber warehouse, and is loosening a large beam Seed I ' into the walnut, the whole of it gave way suddenly, and the men were buried beneath the rubbish. One man had his bead mashed quite Eat, one of big legs broken, and hie body ruptand ; end the other had his right foot literally broken Mao two pieces, besides being crushed in a fearful manner. A third man was ales much injured by the fell of rubbish, but he is expected to recover. The decesud, who were working inside, had been several times warned of the denser of their position, but they persisted in keepiag it until the wall fell. A coroner's inquest has sines been held on view of the bodies, and a verdict of accidental death re turned. Both the de ceased were the same age, 30 year", and Fawcett was a married man. 'EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1852. COUNT D'ORSAY. That Count D'Orsay was born at Paris precisely at the opening alba premat watery, would appear from the fact of Lord Byron's expressing his astonishment at the precocity exhibited in a certain MS. diary, from the Count's pen, perused by his lordship at Genoa (April 6, 18231: " The most singular thing is how be should have pene trated, not the fact, but the mystery of the English critic s at 22. I was about the mite age when I made the same discovery, in almost precisely the aanae akeles." In his 20th year ho had already relinquished the pities of London and entered the French service ; for it was while quiricred at Valente, on the Rhone, November 15,1822, that an occurrence took place which changed his whole destiny. The reader of Lady Blessington's " Idler in Italy," will look in vain for any notice of her ant metal reneontre with Lieutenant D'Ormy at Valence though she does re mark that singular coincidence, "Napoleon, when lieu tenant. was quartered in this town." The regimental mess happened to be established in the hotel where Lord Bless ington alighted on his way to Italy, down the Rhone, and a chance acquaintanceship having ripened into intimacy, at his lordship's invitation the count joined them in their trip southwards. The regtaint was just then under orders to march with the Duo Z•_—y-- across the Pyrenees, and the young French anew Iliad to aspect the sarcasms of the uninitiated as to his motives for quitting the service at that particular juncture. Vie arrival of this strangely constituted travelling party at Genoa is thus chronicled by Byron :—" Milord Bina ington and epouse, travelling with a very ho handsome coom anion in the hape of a French Com w has ate uir f • Copula s s dor/taint, and one of th e ideal few e ll s p e cimens me I have seen of a Frenchman before the revolution. Con cerning the Earl of Blemington, his individuality may be well conjectured, but we aro not left to our owe surmises as to the sort of man he must have been. Byron adds : " Mountjoy (fur the Gardinen are the lineal race of the famous Irish viceroy of that ilk) seems very goodnatured, but is much tamed since I recollect him in all the glory of grip and suuff-boles, and uniforms and theatrical., sitting to Stn.lling, the paiater, to ba depicted as sae of the heroes of Agincourt. It was dually arranged that D'Orsay was to be a allure in the family, by becoming the husband of the lion. Her rust Gardiner, his lordship's daughter by kis first wife. This young and beautiful person was summoned accordingly from school, and forthwith married to the count at Genoa, in obedience to her father's mandate. The tale of Iphi. I genie is sometimes combined in modern life with other not hie painful narratives of classic destiny. Lord Blemington died at Paris in 1827, a n d th e titl e became extinct. Ilia countess beanie a star in the literary firmament of Eng land, and Count D'Orsay resumed in London the career of sportsman, exquisite, artist, and general arbiter elogantia runs, as all the world knows. lie spent his last yen in erecting, on a green eminence in the village of Chambourey beyond St. Germain -en-laye, where the rustic churchyard joins the estate of the Grum mont family, a marble pyramid. In the sepulchral cham ber there is a atone sarcophagus on either side, each sur mounted by i. white marble tablet; that to the left inclines the remains of Lady Blessington ; that to the right was "untenanted" at the time when Isabella Romer described the mausoleum in Bentley's lliteelkasy, May 1, 1150. Since then the fair hand that wrote the account of that tomb is itself cold in the grave, and the " tenant " is tow forthcoming for his self-appointed home. " Implore pace." —Globe. MUSIC. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. We have just received a programme of the ar• rangements of this festival, which will take place on the 2lit, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of September next. On Wednesday morning, the 22nd, the performances will consist of a Festival-Anthem by Henry Leslie, and a new oratorio, called " Israel Restored, by W. It. Bextleld, Mus.D. On Thursday morning, a new oratorio, " Jerusalem," by H. H. Pierson. And on Friday morning the " Messiah." On the evenings of the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, there will be grand mis cellaneous concerts, including selections from the works of Mozart, Haydn, Weber, Beethoven, Spahr, and !other eminent composers, with Mendelssohn's music to "The Midsummer Night's Dream," and Mrs. Fanny Reinble's reading. Tho principal singers engaged are Madame Viardot Garcia, Madame Fiorentini, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Dolby, Miss Alleyne, Signor Gardoni, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Lockey, Signor Belletti, Mr. Weiss, and Herr Formes. The conductor is Mr. Benedict; and the entire band, vocal and instrumental, will consist of four hundred performers. On Friday evening there will be a dress ball, for which Labitiky's celebrated band is engaged. All the performances will take place in St. Andrew's-hall. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The perfonneilee, on oar morsel stage, of an masa frem the m c m : • sovereign prises is as ineurreses, ure Wen. t. Sea an amenuese happened last sight, = is . Casildas peal sauian' opera it four sots, composed by his Royal Nigher' the Duke of Sass Coburg and Gotha, was repreesaiel at her Majesty's Theatre ter the gist the. In Clermay nimbi has at all time bees ankteastl, even by antis said film trims masks, with ea ammiesss gamete Minsk has frequently gives am rank is the headset of mut ; while in sorosistry, inch yemena, it lee Mieerobis beyond *Myst west. Melia" Y est. strictly washing, new emus. Ori els Maltase it has bum per at e.u g=, lad rim plash ; bet it has now, we believe, areamil kir the test time en Whim dress. Asa drama we manse Sling It milk pries. It is made up of very audiamy ammisib, dimly sod sishisilly put Mather ; lad whelever iseaseme sgkk the language my have ia the Meisel Ommen, very little of either ie to be fmed in the Mid and hetes Italian version. The ark of a Omilds," is est without omit It is erode sad ealekhell; Mew* • hamiedge of the rules of empa thise. het • deisisesy of that skill in the is. et thset which Is the experienced and me lba artist. The aims ham sometimes pleasing phrases, bet they ere destitute of seveky, sad of any distinct and individual style. The scemerted pieces are sometimes well conceived, but want fern and and their leading idles are tot avtistioally worked out. , the aceorapeni. mote Imed bar ileMi are oceuionally produced by the nee of instruasets ; but the instrumenta tion is tea its usurping fulnee, and the inessant umaniag of the basso Themare the prevailing inspeassiese Midi th is ma k Ms left upon our mind ; but we hued la it magthrg The 'pea was gel up sad excallently per ihemed. IMMO awed the met of the gipey girl with great In erg peaks; Madame de la 0 as Demo Aim% anag wens her meal hrillimsy; sad Timel. seel Smial, did may Jesthe le *h u e s : i sle lies esesery, and evesytkies is spelaste—sestamas, demesne's, te.—was risk is mei aim CLERICAL. Rm. William Colborne to — Ai Ugh Vicarage, dimes Cork ; patron, Bishop of C ork. Rev. W. Y. Crostliwaite, to the Prebend of Dromda. I league ; patron, Bishop of Cork. Rev. James )(array Dixon, N.A., Edmond Rail, Ox ford, to Holy Trinity RaMmy, Bath ; mine, 3601. ; patron, Rev. Dr. Hit. Rev. James Fake, to Dorres-Kiloroltame Rectory, dio cese Cork ; patios, Bishop of Cork. Rev. Charles Bt. Denys Noma, to Little Brenda* Curacy, Norfolk. -- kay.lldwarii Spring, to Haim to. Clow Vicarage, die m' Row; patron, Sop of Cork. In. Georg* Branham, to Christ Church Curacy, Lei asular. _ _ RoM. James Whits, to Maley Rectory, Norfolk; value, siu.; patron, B. Cabin, Esq. Rev. T. Wilkinson (Viesiz of Stanwin, Cumberland), to M her Majesty's Inspector of Episcopal Schools b Boot. Mod. 15.,,., the 14 1 1.743 1 6 4,143 1 1 The low rates at width the teethe is necessarily serried, while espethile the emnpetitien of the London and North Waters Company the your Med trafilc, will ansoust for the high pr Y. the empeeditare eseitimme to bear, and for the net reed., net beiell_peabie than 2,0601. se. 5.L The endthet with Name. John son and Kinder for feticide(' the Mos and repairing the rolling stock has been alissedithil mniiisd so as to Maas ROYAL MATERNITY CHARlTY.—Yesterday after- it muc h rnorimr ld ijoin bo os so d to cowed the Mon the half-yearly gement amass a the 'oversees of Kromer part of the ema)seirred he deterieratiee; by which this shanty was bold at the Leedom Tavern; Mr. Needs in 3,12P1. 9e. 114. is bee did bask te reams. easeset. It the chair. :Net dated that therreathe with a Tote will be seen that ben is thus a sera of 16,4681. 13s. 6d. et the last ved = 6 lllo ee the lolditlai disposable for dividend, of which 6,33111. I. 6d. will be Mears had Per required for the payment of dividend on th e preference amens iaMmil of INK, and tV ais sere== . • i re . re - shame—via., 71 6d. per share; of whisk b. is th e balance OM sialuissase die mid, *Ale ar - of receipts for 1861 , and 4s. 6d. the set reesipts of the past haled, the esethlithes bed then ammo to Is.. IsM ad - half year. The balance will be eaelleable to the Stour Mateo' *heft It hefts dead that De. Itamehettose V y di v id en d. f or the last f i rw - locif. yrwr . which are rid/ sumpeareansiesale bed reeldned their ether; that now due to class A sharehoideser mad will attach to the the pallionef the realrepelis with el be Thelma within guaranteed portion of their sleek. Too diresten reeom tho 31 the en*. bed hos ollredlathlll lath 050 mend that the payit of this Mime be deemed for the tad red 11 •INFFilr glider the 'are Dr. present. Your directors look foe a leaelderable 'reale in , as me physicum bad replied to the &dyer- t h e goo d s traffic, as soon as thereaubbe assamedstion dements of the emthaittos ; that be gamin for lite can be furnished at Wolverhampton sad Illiksahsed. half- year woos hsbo this away amber, and that the The Shrewsbury and Chester Company are midwives-311 mre th se—lind leen se easeful and atten- make the junction with the Bridgewater Qamsl led the nee, that there bed ant besa a deals complaint of them. lewd! at Norton and Walton, which la isatherised by their The bantam In hand eseeests to 11141. b. 3d. A feeling of act of last session ; and whoa sempithol, thew dianatiafeetion at the redissties of the neediest salaries, gars ten anticipate important advantages to yaw hem the rise to two or three very iiisegoemble MOM. The proceed- agreement with the Duke of Bridgewater's tension, which kg* terminated with a vote *Menlo to W chairmaL received your approval at the special meeting of the 301 of ZOOLOGICAL SocIETT or LONDON.—At a monthly June last. Your directors nrret that the delay_is the law meeting, held yesterday, at the society's house in emerts—ehielly promoted by the London and North Wee r :l e iVer-sqiuire W. J. Brodenp, Esq., vice-president, in Mrs Compaq—has postponed the decision which they est he chair, the R ev. John Harris, D.D. and Mew". W. H. idea expect will put a stop to the competition which that Gregory, J. It. Coleman, W. it•C4nsick, and J. Booed company is carrying on for your beat teethe. The con temn elected fellows ; and desert J. 11. W. Schroder, E. tinuence of this unjust competition. together with the bat ,T. Lodge, and James Alexander were proposed as cendi- pediments to a speedy development of your traffic, and the dates for the fellowship. The report of the council stated absence hitherto of the through traffic., which your alliance that the sew building for the chimpansees is now open to with the Great Western must secure, combine to keep your visitor., as well as that which has been fitted up for the receipts low; but your directors are still confident that the pythons, and in which these large serpent' display them- trade over your railway will ultimately justify those who selves in the most perfect manner. The principal dons- agreed to, or who may still prefer, an amalgamation with tione received during the month of July were presented by I the Great Western Company, upon the basis of your own her Majesty the Queen, the Viceroy of Egypt, and the earnings. Meson. Gooch, Knox and Bennett rout of lion. C. A. Murray. office at the present meeting ; but are eligible for melee- RAILWAY MEETINGS. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The balf-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Monthly- ' noon at Wolvethampton, yesterday,. Hansa HILL , Egg. the deputy-chairman, presided. In consequence of the disputer' which have so .sing agitated this company, the Great Western and the Loudon and North Western, the 'accidence of shareholders was very large. The report stated that "the Shrewsbury and Bit , mittens bill was passed unanimously by committees of both Mouses of railiament, and received the royal assent on the let of July. The dames to empower the opening l of the Stour Valley line were withdrawn In the Lords, that long delayed event having been previously promised by the chairman of the Lo n d on an d N ort h Western Company, upon an urgent remonstrance from the inhabitants and tradesmen of Wolverhampton and the di trict. Your directors succee.:ed, after a sever* contest, in obtaining powers to Yee the new station at Birmingham, the value of which, when your traffic shall pan over the Stour Valley hoe, must be obvinu,. The other provisions of the act refer to internal arrange ments, such as the consolidation of the ordinary share capi tal Into stock, whir I is being carried into effect; and the payment of the preference dividend, which is now clearly limited to the receipts of the current year, and for which warrants are bring prepared. The two amalgamation bills —that of tbe Shrewsbury and Birmingham and the Shrews bury and Chester Companies with each other, and that of these companies with the Great Western—were unauimously passed by a committee of the Rouse of Commons, but they could not be proceeded with in the Lords, although sanc tioned by large majorities of the shareholder* as they were Insufficient to comply with the Wharncliffe blending Order. For the like reason the two Shrewsbury Com panies had to withdraw from being parties to the Traffic Arrangements Bill with the Great Western Company. Your directors a innot believe that a bill—such as the smal gamation with the Shrewsbury end Chester Company, in tended to enure the greater economy of working both lines —was defeated by the opposition of bona fids shareholders. They expect, however, to be ablate, make such arrangements under the traffic agreement with that company, as will to some extent, secure so de.irable an object. By the agree ment of May 8, 1861, your directors are bound to proceed in the neat and, if necessary, in the three following session. of parliament, with the Amalgamation Bill with the Great Western Company, which was lost in the last session. The standing order of the Lords has been so far altered as to require only the assent of proprietors holding three-fourths of the capital represented at the special meeting, instead of four-fifths of the votes of such proprietors. This alteration would justify all parties proceeding in another session with greater °ham of success; but your directors have not failed, in conjunction with the Shrewsbury and Chester been', to point out to the directors of the Or, at Western Company that the removal of the contingency which, by the existing agreement, attaches alike to the interim gua rantee, tfnd to the dividend at the period of amalgamation, would more fully secure tne co-operation of the share holdersgenerally ; and they have the satisfaction of stating that, without releasing the Shrewsbury companies in any way from the existing engagerneuts between the associated companies, the directors of the Great Western Company are willing to recommend to their proprietors to secure to each shareholder* of the Shrewsbury companies as may now undertake to hold their shares and support the subsist ing agreements, the option of receiving, in lieu of the pro visions of the agreement of the Bth of May, such dividend as will ammo thereby up to the Ist of July, 1863; and from that period, • certain fixed dividend of 3 per cent. (or three years withrhall of the surplus profits ; and there after of 31 per cent. in perpetuity, with also half of the surplus profits. A deed has been proposed for carrying out the several conditions which ore proposed to attach to such fixed dividend, and any proprietor who may wish to avail himself of the option, will have a limited time for executing it. Your directors cannot but feel that so de cided an improvement upon existing arrangements —one which must give a substantial value to your property, es soon as parliament shall have sanctioned it—ought to be satisfactory to the proprietors. A fixed annuity of 31 per cent. payable by the Great Western Company, would of itself be a valuable property ; but your directors attach no inconsiderable value to the surplus earnings of your line above that rite, when the traffic upon the continuous route of the Oren Western and Shrewsbury lines, between London and the north, is developed, and remunerative rates for local es well as through traffic are agreed with the London and North Western Company, which it will assuredly be the interest of that company to establish. Some of the shareholders have represented to your directors that the Great Western Company should give an ultimate fixed dividend of 4 per eent., with an optioa to that company to purchase the ordinary stock of this company at par; but your directors consider such an offer to be decidedly inferior to the one that has been made. Yost directors cannot, therefore, doubt that the proprietors generally will avail themselves of the option offered by the Great Western Company, and that the bill will restive such support as to ensure its becoming . an eat in the next session. Attar the recent decline of the courts of law which have frustrated every attempt on the part of railway companies to come under substantial ingsgemente in the shape of gua rantees le ether empan el. until parliamentary sanction has bum shinised, yea disease hel it to be no longer ee e l to pert out to the elearnielders the illusive cha racter ears that ban blessed. by the Loudon and North Western Company. remitiliesttes an senvinad that it is the ineeneit of the preptisesse le linnets ia every pos sible way the alliance which lm has eases* ate with the Great Westin Company. 1$ is he fay am& by which this sempany an avoid • ley mew of litigation and dis appintenent, and man a Viersedess a certain advantage, ineepestively of any asessemsress d emapridee t which bate been • @Mee d appleiteenett M gar a the ga piston. The retie arrorgarasols he hang\ bale will be made in the meantime as la as main to eassmatedato the public, and enlarge the receipts to the atimest Went. The Stour Valley Railway was lamed (fee legal Baffle only) on tie het of last month, under an errangsmea by which the Lesion and North Western Company escapism **hint anew. at Weiverbasegess, with a separate set of 111111.6•111; and drersee hone undertaken not to goer dee theepeeW wren troferved *pea this company, of running sae the Stew Valley line, until they are esta blished by a wart of law. Your dreams have taken the neamary rep to berg the triter oaten Is em ea deci sion. a the assamdme, the Leads& oati sion. North Western Company odor eheirmetissi to the Imam which would naturally pus over bah limes. The tine tables are sta diously arranged for the starvation ref the lihropaire and North Wales trade, eat the lire is allegethse limbos to those residing la the 1151851 who with le peeled to Ltatila or the south. Isdad r & amp be said mat no madam of its own inesmtem ettheastromisaes Odle phi* isdeeemed too great by the Leaden awl Nerds Weaken C=tlf thereby the somigle et low _sailway am be Tits works es the llama and eat the Birmiegham, Weimehemptom, and Dudley YAW wage have, eines die lest half-yearly boss mewled on with the Mosel deogata. The he=2 M smog for retie mat moth t hat the through raft will oseessarily be featured with sem dretememes mall oessitog ot the Ilksologlim. Weiverhamposs, and psunTbis will net be available ter the til the Chthrd, Worcester, and Wolver hemora (langur open the pardon at their line between Prieriabis and Welvediamplem ; this they are bound to to by doer act filer seedem, so he Ist of September, 1863, wader the berry _wattles at 10,0001., asui 50W. for every *mg It mars della after that period. Your low level *at Nay will mho he made by that time, so as to complete gi d me m r della of communication of the Shrewsbury and broad da Ciartax.—The expenditure for the past half-year nmemele Is 10,7161. 13s 6d. There will be a farther outlay this half-year in the extension of the Victoria Basin at Wolverhampton, and in additional waggon stock, required for the increasiagmaineral and other traile transferred to and Atom the Birmingham Canal ; also, in the construction of the low level fork lane and of the Mashy Branch, the land for which has been agreed for en advantageous terms. RityzNUE.—The trade receipts show the following comparison with the sorrespording pedal of last year;— ftseemeem Owe° Torah S. 41. S. el. S. a d. Half.yeareonng SOth Jane, 1131 lialt.rsar endieg 30th Jane, 1832 VACANT. Ilscronw.—Ball (and Vicarage), diocese Kil dare ; pogrom, the row. and Archbishop of Dublin alter nately ; ROT. Joseph Wilson, deceased. Vtcanaon.—Stalbein, Norfolk, diocese Norwieb ; value, 1801. and residence; patron, Rev. B. Cabitt ; Ker. J. White, prowled. tion. Mr. Bate, one of tho auditor', also retires by rotation." The statement of accounts showed that up to June 30 the total expenditure on capital account has been 1,395,2561. 3s. 7d. ; of which 1,316,4241. 17s. has been received on shares, and the greater part of the remainder has been raised by way of loan, amounting to 76,8101. The receipts for the last Mafiosi , were 18,7711. 10e. 3d.; and the work ing expenses 16,7111.5 e. 4d.: leaving a balance to be carried to dividend account of 2,0601. be. sd. The credit aide of the dividend account contains the following items: " Balance at credit of revenue account, June 30, 18.5/, 2,0601.6,. 6d. ; balance remaining at credit of this account, Dec. 31, 1851, 6,6121 I3c. 6d.; Stour Valley estimated dividend to June 30, 184, 3,3641. le. Id.; proportion of reserve to meet de. ter , eration of stock transferred to the credit of this account under the modified contract with Messrs. Johnson and Kinder, 6,1281. fie. I Id. : making a total of 17,1561. 9.. Ild." The debtor side contains a charge for interest on deben tures amounting to 1,6874 3s. bd., leaving a sum to be carried to the general balance sheet of 15,44314/. 134. 6d. Out of this sum there is to be paid the two half years' divi dead on the preference shares, and • considerable sum is owing to the class A shareholders for their proportion of capital in the Stour Valley line. TI e CIIAIRNIAN said that the report was so full that further observations from him were unnecessary. Ile therefore sinsoly formally moved the adoption of the report. Mr. JOSEPH WALKER. seconded the motion. After some discus4on, Mr. ROYLE expressed an opinion that the Great Western Company had not met the shareholders manfully in his opinion they ought to have made them as _toed an offer as the London and North Western Company. With this feel ing he moved that the whole of the 6th paragraph in the report, after the word " generally " be expunged, and that the following be added to the motion " for the adoption of the report." " That t be an instruction to the directors, in their nego tiations with the Great Western Company, not to relin (push any of the profits of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company up to 6 per cent., nor to consent to a fixed gua rantes of lea than 4 per cent. without profits." If (said the hon. proprietor) the Great Western Company do not cease forward in time and make a good offer, they will lose the line. In his opinion, the Great Western Company had hoaxed the shareholders; at the same time, he had no hesitation is saying that the London and North Western Company were "the most artful dodgers in the world." (Roars of laughter.) Mr. TURNER, of Madeley, seconded the amendment. Mr. KNOX suggested that Mr. Hoyle should modify his amendment, by simply moving that the report be approved and adopted, with the exception of that part of it which stated that the offer of the Great Western Company was satisfactory. Mr. MOYLE assented to the proposition. Mr. ROY, of the Shrewsbury and Chester Company, in the course of • long speech, recommended strongly the alliance with the Great Western Company. Mr. GEACII, M.P., again adverting to the subject of competition, add that alter a time there would be no such thing; it might go on for years, though it would be an un fortunate thing if it did, but in the end there must be an arrangement. The resolution adopting the report in the exceptional form suggested by Mr. Hoyle was then put and unauimously carried. On the motion of Ald. ANDREWS, of Wolverhampton, the meeting wu adjourned until the 20th of September, at 1 o'clock, fur the purpose of receiving the report from the directors of the result of their negotiations with the Great Western Company, and for transacting such other business as is left unfinished at this meeting. Before the shareholders separated, Mr. It Scott reminded the board of the shim the Class A shareholders had on the surplus, but the consideration of this matter also steads ad journed. The retiring directors and audit r were re-elected; and three new directors were added to complete the number entitled to sit at the board. FURNESS RAILWAY. The sixteenth half-yearly general meeting of this railway company was held yesterday, at 12, New-street, Spring gardens, the Earl of BeELLINOTON is the chair. After the us ual formalities, Mr. RAMIDEN, the secretary, read the report, of which the following is an abstract. " The 30th June exhibits a balance of 4861. 2s. 6d. in favour of the company, and enables the directors to recommend a dividend of 31 per cent. per annum to be declared on the ordinary share capital of the company. There has been an increase of traffic, both passenger and mineral; and in both branches the receipts considerably exceed those of the lent, half year. An extension of the line towards Ulverstune has been recently opened, and the further works on the Ulver stone contract are proceeding satisfactorily. The per manent way is greatly improved. The rolling stack is in good working order, but considerable inconvenience and expense has been occasioned in the locomotive depart ment by the want of the new engines ordered last year, which, owing to the strike in the trade, have not yet been delivered. Thirty additional iron ore waggons have been added to the stock, which hu increased the facilities for the shipment of iron ore. The bill referred to in the last report for the construction of a railway from the iron mines to Piel Pier was withdrawn by the promoters, and since then the directors have been in negotiation for the lease of the Piet Pier and of the other property at Rampride, belong ing to Mr. J. A. Smith. The drafts of the agreements have been settled, bat the directors thought it right to submit the egreemenelle the swain for its approval. In order to carry out the agreement, and to complete the other works in progress, it b necessary that the directors should be authorised to raise the remainder of the share capital under the act of 1848, and a resolution will be submitted to the meeting to that effect, and to sanction the creation of these remaining shares as preferential shares, which will be offered in the first instance to the present shareholders, and when they are accepted by them or other persons the com pany will be able to exercise the borrowing powers under the act. The directors, however, propose, helm. making the calls on the new preferential shares, to raise the required sum on debentures, to authorise which a appeal general meeting will be required, and which will be called when the new preference shares are accepted. It has been ascertained that the principal shareholders will accept •proportion of the new preferential shares under the above arrangement with regard to debentures. An ap plication has been received from the Barrow Harbour Com missioners for the loan of 3001., to enable them to provide accommodation for the repair of vessels, and the directors recommend the advance of that sum. The report concluded with an expression of regret at the death of Mr. Lumley, one of the directors. The vacancy had been filled up by Mr. F. Michell, and that caused by the resignation of Sir J., Paxton had been supplied by Mr. Esdy. " From the statement of accounts it appeared that the re- Wes Maria( the half-year bad been 12,0371. 10s. 9d., and ' the expenditure 7,1861. 6s. 3d., leaving • balance of 4,8622.6 e. 6d. The report having been agreed to, Resolutions declaring • dividend at the rate of 6 per amt. per mum on the preference shares, and 3 per cent. on the .thee shares, end sanctioning the Wu of further prefer ential Ames to the amount of 20,0001., carrying a dividend at the rate of 6 percent. per annum, and which were to stand on the same footing as the other preference shares, were also agreed to. The agreements for the leasing of the Piel Pier and the property adjoinit . sg, as detailed in the report, were then the solicitor. Mr. KENNEDY objected that it was not shown that the leasing of this property would not be weer, or that it would prevent any other company's applying to parliament for • line to compete with this, and to =eke a wet dock at Piet. He did not think the company would stand better ages obtaining Mr. J. A. Smith's property. No price WILI named for the purchase, and they might hence add a large sum to their capital. It was possible to make an admirable harbour at Piel irrespective of Mr. J. A. Smith's property. The CHAIRMAN mid that after Mr. J. A. Smith had withdrawn his bill lest session, he had entered into negotia- Was with the directors, who thought that the probable expense of opposing bills of that kind in parliament year by year would be put an end to if they got possession of Piel Pier on fair terms. Some disemaion then ensued on the details of the agree ment. - _ rimolntios was then proposed and carried, that the agreements in question should be adopted and the directors authorised to carry them out. Hemlotions sanctioning the advance of 3001. to the Bar row Harbour Commissioners, and confirmin g the half year's expenditure oa the steam-boats, were also agreed to ; and with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, the proceedings terminated. LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. The directors of this company hareitudissucd their half-yearly statement of accounts, to be submitted to the pro prietors on Friday next. The joint stock capital account shows a total of 22,487,2811., authorised to be raised no shares. The amout credited on shares to the 30th June last is 20,687,7701.; calls in course of payment, 133,3111.; and calls which may be made, 1,610,1991. The general state meat of the capital account shows that 30,148,9161. had been received to the 30th of June laet, including 20,216,4811. on stock and shares, 197,708!. calls paid in advance, and 9,736,7281. loans on debentures. The expenditure to the same date amounted to 29,674,8971., of which 22,380,660!. was expended on the main line and work., 2,103,010/. on carryin stock, 251,0831. in lands and b u ildi ngs yi e ldi ng rent, 4,7 g 27,8921. expended on lines open in which the com pany have an interest, and 112,0611. expended on lines not completed is which the company have an interest ; leaving a balance in favour of the company of 674,2181. The amount expended on the main lino and works during the' half-year was 71,9141. Interest and dividend upon the whole of the 22,674,6971. is charged to revenue. The amount received on capital account during the half-year was 698,1481., of which 421,9901 was on loan, and 110,3694 all, paid in advance. The debenture account shows that the debentures on the 30th June amounted to 9,736,7261., of which 1,882,4411. was borrowed at 6 per cent.; 184,0001, at 41 per cent. ; 4.498,7601., at 4 per cent.; 1,288,7101., at 31 per cent.; 1,668,12.11., at 3, per cent. ; and 32.5,7001., at 3 per tent. The amount of debentures borrowed or renewed during the half-year we. 2,302,9101.. and paid off or trans ferred 1,880,1)201. The increase in the loans during the half-year we. 421,9901. The charge for working stock in use is 2,103,0101., the total mileage worked 806 i mile*, and the average cost per mile 2,4271. The return of working stock shows that there are 698 loccmotive engines end 694 tenders, 1 state-earriage, 684 Ist clam mails and composite enrriagcs, 468 2nd clam, 3451 3rd class, 25 travelling post-office and tenders, 279 horse boxes, 243 carriage trucks, 221 guards', br. , ak, and parcel vans, 28 parcel trucks; merchandise-8,318 wagons; 232 sheep vans, 16 tr 'Heys, trucks, &c., 1,15.5 crib rails, 5,150 sheets, sad 162 hones. The cost of additions to working stock during the half-year was 38,4201., of which 36,0421. was charged to the debit of revenue. The revenue account for the haltyear ending the 30th of June last shows that 1,190,0711. had been received, includ ing 11,9771. for rents of lands and buildings, and 34,2921. in dividends on stock Invested in other railways. The expen diture for working the traffic amounted to 423,3041.; rates and taxes, 22,3681., including 1,346/. law expenses for ap peals;eavi p a stszo i r ce r d o u f tc ,9331. 2 .4641 ;m ak ing o•Pfhle;gseutinher.4,l69.4l3B/.; 187,1791.ueted interest on loans, 4,3861, chief rents, 10,0001. con nected with parliamentary proceedings, 2,0001. expenses of Peterborough station, 6,091. loam on North Union guaran tee, 5,0001. deficiency on l'reston and Wyre guarantee, 14,3311. lou on the Buckinghamshire guarantee, 16,49:1. deficiency on the Shropshire Uni o n t ra ffi c , 10,4821. estimated dividend to Stour Valley proprietors, 2,5001. expenses prior to opening the line, 800/. deficiency on Leeds and Liverpool canal lease, leaving the balance 487,720 i. From this sum is deducted 34,989/. for renewal of rails and works, leaving 432,7311. This sum is added 182,4714„ the balance from the last account, making the disposable balance for dividend 815,2061. The proposed dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. on the consolidated stock, and at the usual rates on the other snick or *bares, will amount in the aggregate to 546A.13/., and leave a ba lance to be carried forward, 0168,305/. Tilt proposed divi dend at the rate of 61 per cent. per annum on the consoli dated stock (14,841,0970 will amount to 468,405/. ; on the London and Birmingham 10/. shares, at 71. per share, to 22,6,81.; on the Manchester and Birmingham shares, at le, per share, to 3,49 d/. ; on the Loudon and North-Westera 251. shares, at Bs. 91 , 1. per share, 74,0191. ; Coventry and Nunmton, at 5 per cent., 8,750/. ; and on the Iludder.field aid Manchester and Leeds and I)ewshury stock, 31,6001. IRELAND. DVIILIN, AL'OOFT 5. THE FATAL AFFRAY AT SIX MILE BRIDGE. INQUEST. After the despatch of the parcel on Tuesday even ing from Siz•Mtic Bridge the evideute of Lieut.- Colonel Douglas,on cross-examination, was continued as follows : It is the duty of the officers to give directions as to what is to be done in ease there is danger of the ranks being I broken. There were two sergeants ,with thtse forty-five nen. It is the duty of the soldiers to take orders from the sergeants in the absence of commissioned officers. In the case of an apprehended attack on the military, when a ma gistrate is present, it is the duty of the officer to consult with the magistrate, and take his instruction from him es to firing. After an attack of this kind had been made, and that the crowd were flying, I would not think a magistrate or an officer justified in firing on the flying crowd in any ordinary case. Soldiers should wait for the orders of their officers before firing. It is usual for officers to consult with magistrates, and then decide as to the number of sections they will order to fire. lo Mr. Blackall—lt has been of dally reported to Major-Generil Fleming that Mr. Delmege gave no orders to fire. I have conversed with the officers and some of tho men, and they say they did not hear, nor do Oey believe, Mr. Delmege gave any orders to fire. To Mr. Graydon—lt is a soldier's duty to resist to the last extremity being disarmed. The examination of th s witness having here concluded, the inquiry was adjourned to ten o'clock the following morning. SECOND DAT (Wentrestisr). The proceedings were resumed this morning soon after eleven o'clock, the same magistrates and professional men, as on the preceding day, being in attendance. The evidence appeared to excite the deepest interest. David John Wilson, Esq., of Belvoir, was first produced. Before entering upon his examination, Mr. Coffey applied for the protection of the coroner for three witnesses who had a reluctance to come forward in consequence of threats uttered against them by Mr. Del mer, sen.—Mr. Delmege threatened to charge them with PflaurY• Mr. Blacken and Mr. Kenny, on the part of Mr. Del mege, denied his having spokes' at all to any of the wit nesses, and challenged proof of the assertion. The subject then dropped, and— Mr. Wilson, while being examined by Mr. Coffey, said I know of no man being prevented from voting, except one man. I saw that mace taken away from three or four gentlemen coming into town. That man I followed into the house of a man named Halloran. I brought him back and handed him over to the custody of the gentlemen from whom he was takco. I saw that men polled afterwards. He polled, I think, for Veadeleur and Fitzgerald ; I left the bench to see a man who voted for Colonel Vandeleur go safely through the crowd, and as I was passing the dock I heard a shot. Be fore that shot was fired I did not see any voter struck. Upon my oath I saw no man struck during the election. I saw blood upon a voter at the liberal side, and he said be was struck by a man at the other. I considered it a most peaceably conducted election, not only as compared with other elections, but in itself. I see in this map O'Brien's house. It is near the court-house, at the angle • little in advance of it. I frequently went near the house in the course of the day. I did not at any time witness orga nisetien or preparation among the crowds in this lane through which the military and cars passed afterwards. There was • large force of police in the village during the day. There was a stipendiary magistrate here, Mr. Croats. There were military here—a company of the 14th, under Capt. Dwyer. I know the police were not locked or pre vented going through the streets. I know there were police from O'Brien's house to Miss Wilson's. One party was sta tioned under the windows, another at the court-house door, another at the temporary police barrack, where I gave in the nticks, and a fourth at Miss Wilson's gate. (Pointe set the several positions on a map.) Pereira stational at Miss Wilson's gate could see the escort party pass by the permanent barrack at Dr. Goiog's corner. I presume there weed party of police stationed at the permanent barrack, bet Ido not know it of my owe knowledge. The military were drawn up in front of the court-house. I believe there we. a company there. There were police and military at in tervals between this and Miss Wilson's, and in the morning I as aware there were police at the permanent barracks. I was in and out so fre quently that I cannot say bow long previous to the shots it was that I was out. Certainly I Mil its within 20 minutes of the time. I had a knowledge sr mime was going on from O'Brien's corner to Mims wliseal The appearance of the crowd between these two points NU moat perfectly peaceable. I did not see a 'lngle breach of the peace. Upon my oath, I.mm nothing like collecting in mobs or threatening masses during that day. I heard only one shot fired, and another ve7 quickly after, while I was on the steps. Up to that time I had seen nothing to warrant any firing with loaded arms. After hearing the second shot fired, I rushed down the steps, and I saw some soldiers coming round the corner. In view cf me at the time I saw no tumult, no riot, no stones thrown. I had a perfect view of the village to O'Brien's house. I saw the military come round the corner of the court-house. I saw some people flying, and I heard great shouting and crying. Some men ran towards the lodge up the Ennis road, and some down towards Miw Wilson's, and some to the houses opposite the lane. The military seine round O'Brien's earner. I saw one soldier fire, and I saw him charge. A Juror—Do you mean you saw him load ? Witness--I 4". The soldier who fired had his musket to his shoulder, and he fired towards the house opposite the lane. There were people between that soldier and the houses. Upon my oath I did not see a stone thrown by the people in that direr ion. I had my eyelapon that spot and place. I conceive I must have seen stone throwing or rioting if they had occurred. As far so I can judge there were none. After the soldier had fired 'saw him load again. I saw him put his hind to his pouch and afterwards to the muzzle of the gun, and I saw the men fire again. I imam* say I saw him put in • cartridge , but I saw him fire again in the game direction. Between the in terval of these tern shots I did not see • stone thrown. It appeared to me that a general penis bad seised the people, for they were running in all directions. I was in a very excited state. I called out to them for God's lake to stop firing. I saw another act with regard to a man at O'Brien's corner. I saw a young man running out of the lane round O'Brien's corner, and I saw three soldiers pur sue him at the charge, and stab at him. He was running when I saw the thrusts mede at him. The soldiers were running after him. I did not see whether these thrusts took effect or not. I don't know what became of that man. Some time after that a van and some cars drew up opposite the court-house, and I ea. young Mr. Delmege get off, or stand by the side of one of them. I said, "This is horrible work, Mr. Delmege ; did you give orders to fire ? " He said be did not ; that the soldiers fired without orders. I proceeded round the corner of the court-house, and there I saw four bodies lying between the dead and dying (points out the positions on the map where the bodies lay). There were large streams of blood flowing from the bodies. I knelt down by the first I met, and en deavoured to raise him. Ile appeared to be dead. I did not know him. I heard his name was Casey. The man upon the left hand side, whose name I heard was Frawley, had no signs of life. I returned very quickly in consequence of an observation made to me, and charged Mr. Delmege, jun., with being the cause of what had occurred. He repudiated the charge, but I think it right to tell why I ch arge d hi m to show I had grounds for what I said. The explanation was objected to by Mr. Kenny. Examination continued—l west down the village after wards. At the temporary barracks, where I put in the sticks, I saw the sign of a ball which was _pointed out to me by a policeman. There were two there. I think the names of the party were Maher and Fay. I was told they would be here, but I understand they are not. An application was here made to Mr. Cronin, the resident magistrate in charge, for the production of these men. Mr. Cronin, R.M., was not aware up to this moment that Mr. Wilson had any conversation with the police on the occasion. Mr. O'Brien, R.M., of Tulle, undertook that they should be produced, and had the police officers called into court to receive the necessary instructions. Mr. Wilson—l think it right to state that I met, the other day, the county inspector of constabulary for Clare, and mentioned to him th e c i rcums t ances ; h e assured me that all the men should be here, and I find that these two are not here. The policemen referred to by Mr. Wilson were then sent for to their respective stations, and Mr. Wilson's examination was proceeded with--I saw the mark of the bullet outside the jamb of the door ; one of the policemen told me he was near being shot ; the, also pointed out to me where • ball had struck the slates of the same building. I woe (hell brought across the street to sae a young man, a labourer of Mr. Clabbett's. I did see him. He showed me where be had been standing, and where a ball had passed through his shirt, and out through the col lar of his coat. I saw the mark where the bullet passed.