The Express. — London, England, 1849-08-13 00:00:00

I gruffer by making r a g man" through Cr iar o „ a tiy. Today be left Parts at nine in the av eniag fur Rooms. He was accompanied by the • • ter of Public Worts and Commerce, the devoted saws. Leeman and Limpness& He is to stop on yr, w a y at Nantes and Vernon, and he will sleep at Boo m To-morrow morning he will leave for Havre, Ore he is to spend that day. On his return he will visit Ellteuf and Latinate, celebrated for their mane seturea..-ehe first, of woollen ; the second, of lines cloths. )fl By & t ree of the President of the Republic, the o! War is charged with the portfolio of the Ifiniiter of Marine, and M. Dotson with that of the ggiaiser of Public Works, daring the absence of ogee Ministers with the President of the Republic. The Court of Cessation has ordered the trial of the concereed in the disturbances at Strasterg, r ic ee:ne l lion with the affair of 13•11 Jane, to take *es is the department of the Moselle, there being f laws is believe that a fair trial cannot be had in the eipart m ent of the Ras Rhin. The fire accused of the affair of 13th Jane, who have been released from gaol. on account of there not Wag suffivient evidence against them, are M. Rongeat, ler i mitative ; MM. Monlard, de Fonvielle, Lebloye, ga4 Hubbard. M. Briefer, a representative, was also waled, though not in custody ; he is, however, motto M]( prosecu'od. X Beene Bireste, principal editor of the Rdplib ire, whose arrest has been announced, was yester day set at liberty. A deputation of workmen !rem Commentry and Menthe= (Allier) waited yesterday on General Cbangarnier to present him with a sword, as a tes timony of the respect and gratitude of the inhabitants titbit put of the country, and more particularly of lye wo•king eleven. It may be remembered that Ike inhabitants of some of the commutes near Moot- Issia marched on that pleas on the 14th June, fur the wpm of pillaging it, and with the intention of a fterwards marching on Paris; but bearing of the emelt of the affair in the capital, from the energy dis played by the general, they took to flight. The reception given by toe general to the depu ted e was of the most cordial kind, and will long remain engraven en the minds of Chose honest wor'rnien, who, in spits of their maiden., were able to express their feelings in a very suitable manner. The hilt of the sword reprtsentethoGeninsof France, Wafting against an oak rise, as the emblem of strength, and from which are /afraid two shields, bearing the words " Honuenr. !shit." At the feet of the figure is the hydra of seirehy lying prostrate. The heckler of the Genies sweets the globe of France, earron-Aed by three neut. diptaa, bearing the dates—April 16, 1848; January 16.1819; Jam 13, 1840. The guard of the sword is lined of a branch of oak, round which is twined a ball, ea which are engraved the mottoes, U Ordr• it Lawrie," "Deirdre et Dcoits," "Travail et Pre via" Tb• shell of the guard bears the inscription, line Workmen of Munnegon and Commentry to Game Clantramier." The whole forms an adag e,* wink of art, and is the production of M. Frunieut Miyake. ITALY. AUGUST 4.. ROMAN STATEL—Oar sterestemdent writs§ RO3lll, Armen 2. Rome hu now de feels returned under the tem poral dominion of the churett, General Osdinot having bentaliy resigned the provisions' authority with which he was invested, and Cardinal Della Genga, Alder:. tied Vennicelli having established themselves in the Palazzo della Consults on the Quirinal. Theo most emicernt commissioneia entered Rome on tbe sight of the 31st of July, in order not to risk an en favourable reception from the populace by day, keying beard, no doub , , that the Vic sr-General, Car dinal Patrizz, bad been tremendously hissed on his appearauos in public. Actors: 2. Rome is this morning in a state of the greatest ex eitcuteet and discontent on account of the arbitrary edicts iestted by the triumvirate of most eminent car dinals. Tbat which is productive of the most imme diate effeet on all eludes of individuals is, the reduc tion of the value of republican bank notes, which Le beceeforth to be considered as bearing only sixty-five pee cent. of their nominal value. This measure has been combated as much as possible, not only by the Romans themselves , of whom a most respectable de putation waited on General Oudinot, and by the Eng lish, French, and other foreign bankers and mere' , unt 4, who diew up and signed a remorstraree en the subject, but al.o by the French commander-in-chief himself, who, lam a-cured, strongly trged the necessity of aban deeirg. at least for the present, the prosecution of sigh oo end vir.dictive proceeding; the more eajust as it wu not announced immediately on the ehstro of government, and as government employes and contractors have been paid subsequently in re publican paper, even up to the moment preceding the pahicstion of the edict. !soother edict, also published this morning, sus pends from their offices all employes who have been appointed since the Pope's departure, cancels all pro motions, and degrades all those who took an oath of fidelity to the republic ; reserving meanwhile a strict examination into the conduct of all government em ph.ye I still remaining, in order to decide whether they are worthy of being kept in their respective offices. The ed ct also formally re-establis! . .es the judicial tributals in vigour during papal jurisdiction. Imagine what a chum! Besides the ordinary courts of law and appeal, Rome boasts of no fewer than fourteen excep tional tribunals, chiefly ecclesiastical! Some affirm that Oudinot's visit to Gaeta has merely for Iti object the resignation of his power into the ham's of the Pope, and that his return will bring no charge in the state of affairs, whilst others maintain that the monetary ques•ion alone led him to leave Rome, and that he will certainly succeed in obtaining am, &ficstion, if not a revocation, of the law which has Wven so much offence. However this may be, the ci,eontent of the public is at the highest pitch, and has been not a little aggravated this morning by the price of salt being augmented from one bejocco a pound to three bijocchi and f. ur bajocchi a pound for the finer sort, besides a report that the bees money now in general circulation will be immediately reduced to half its nominal value. These measures, which were not at all necessary, hate xMed the greatest detestation towards the new ruler., and are considered by the ecclesiastical party itself to have been a great error. Cardinal Bernetti, who is cne of the cleverest men in the sacred college, sod wt,o was certainly sufficiently despotic when in power as Secretary a State, refused to take any part in the present proceedings, and declared his intention not to come to Rome just now, in order not to witness the blenders of his colleagues, of which he expected that the first and the greatest would be the annulling of the paper money. Cardinal Antonelli is now the all-powerful Secretary of State. The tone of this man's mind may be judged of from an answer he is said to have made on being informed that the prisons of Remo were so full that they could receive to more inmates, and which I am assured by those who are personally u nwanted with the cardinal imperfectly in keeping with has character : " If you have no more dungeons un occupied," said this churchman, " you have sorely plenty of graves." The revelation of each a spirit of course exasperates the people very much, and a priest was yesterday insulted and knocked down by some men occupied in reading the obnoxious edict, amongst whom he pushed his way to get a sight of the tariff. Some French 'Wien passing down the Corso at the time took no nodes of the tray. Garibaldi, whom band was beaten at San Marino, bee escaped with 100 followers to the seacoast, and is probably by this time either at Venice or Corfu. lie essharlud ea the 2nd inst., at 8 in the morning, at Cesenotioo, a small port near the salt mime of Cervix, between Rimini and Ravenna. After lea part of his people at San Marino, he had made a bold push to Cesimatieo by mourning 16 leagues of plain, almost ey part of which was occupied by Austrian ver troops. And he succeeded in embarking with 100 of his most determined partisans in a number of trabecoli, or sma ll emoting vessels, which selsonlif ply to Trieste, and some learigessi or docked fishing baits. The journey made by Garibaldi since he left Rome has been most adventuress. Ho first went to Promote, theme V. Tivoli, and leaving on °nisi& the Abr_._ be ease to Juni. Front thence he fo ll owed the frontier to Idontepulciano, and then to - Asesso. Thsebho re-esiseed 41.-Reetsia &Mos at Cams .de 'Oastelloameatello. He craw& the APPIKAMo t and advanced Elan Maria, from which he made hie way to Cesnatico. NAPLES.—We have letters from our (=respond ent at Naples to the 4th instant, who states that on the 23rd a salute from the castle of St. Elmo pro claimed the birth of • prince's. Her Neapolitan Majesty's hsal'h is excellent. General Oudinot is expected Naples to-day. oi in immediately around the Pope are unable to gather any clue to his future movements. One thing appears clear—his Holiness will not venture to re turn to Rome. The King of Naples is anxious now to see the French out of Italy: they baying done the dirty work" for Austria, Spain, and Naples, their friends would see them away from the Eternal City ; and this is the reason, I am enured, of the continued presence of the Spanish troops in the Neapolitan states. " I hays reason to know," continues our correspondent, "on the best authority, that nothing is done at Gaeta without first cot suiting Austrian agents, and when any question of importance cams a courier is despatched to Vienna. The great diplomatic difficulty remains unsolved—what bayou eta are to support the Papal throne ? His Holiness has so thoroughly disgusted his children, it will be necessary, go when Le may, to be prepared— Arab atom of spiritual provitiou And magszlneo of ammunition. The Neapolitan army still remains on tho frontier. Additional troops are under orders for Sicily. The Spanish forces do not appear to be on the move, nor is the Neapolitan government anxious ter their retreat since the French army in Borne is still regarded with suspicion. The Prince Regent and Lxust (steamers) still remain in the Bay of Naplca. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. By her Majesty's sloop Contest, 12, Commander Archibald Macmardo, just arrived at Spithead from the west coast of Africa, we are in receipt of intelli. getce from the slave-coast to the 11th July, and from the more southern and distant portions of that coast to the Ist of June. The slave-trade was particularly brisk on the Benguela division of the station, judging from the number of captures which have been recently made there. There was not much apparently doing on the Bights of Benin, nor on the Sierra Leone line of coast. Off Benguela and the adjoining slave haunts to the northward, no less than six vessels had been captured during the month of May, two of which bad human cargoes on board, and in such a state of filth and destitution as cannot well be con ceived, much less described. In a small schooner, cap tured off Old Benguela, by the Contest, on the 30th of April last, no less than 180 human beings were huddled together on the upper decks, ex posed not only to the winds and weather, but to the violence of the waves which occasionally washed the decks of the vessel from stein to stern. In the begin ning of May, off the same slave haunt, the Cygnet,lo, Com. Robertson, picki.d up a similar vessel with 300 on board,and it was currently repotted that the Boxer, late an American vessel of war, bad escaped from this coast but a few days previously, with 500 on board. The oilier vessels captured here were all empty, one schooner by Dart, nether by Spy, athird by Dolphin, and a large barque completely fitted for the slave trade, by a Portuguese cruiser. We regret exceed ingly to have to announce the death of Captain W. C. Wood, of the Philomel, who expired off Loando on the 4th June, after a long and protracted illness from repeated attacks of fever. The Philomel is now com manded by the flag lieutenant, who will, doubtless, be confirmed in the death vacancy. She is the next on the roll for England, and is expected to leave the coast on the let of August. The Centaur, steam-rrigate, Capt. Buckle, with the flag of Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., had arrived at Loando on a tour of inspection of the division of cruisers on the south coast. He would afterwards proceed to Bt. Helena. The Cygnet was off Beng uela, but was to be relieved by the Scalark, on her passage from A'cension, after which she was to join the northern division on the Sierra Leone coast The Cyclops steam-frigate and the Firefly steamer were on passage from the Bights to the south coast. In the Bight of Benin the following vessels are cruising: viz., Rattler and Tearer, steamers, and Kingfisher and Barletta, brigs. Tenzer has been re markably successful, having captured three fine ves sels during her short term of service in these waters : of them had 590 slaves on board. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1849. evening's amusements; I think we may hope - that they will not be altogether thrown away, but that we shall rethe from these halls with a huhu* of gratitude lied hopetstkees—not, on the one hand, mourning over the loss of an irrevocable past, nor, on the other, indulging in dreams of an impassible future—but with gratitude to the Almighty Giver of all Good for eastb,g our lot in such fair times. Lubec and gentlemen. I bid you welcome once more to the halls of HAdon, and I trust that nothing may occur to diminish your pure and en tire feeling of enjoyment. (The noble lord resumed his seat amidst the most hearty demonstrations of delight and ap proval.) Mr. CAvannien then followed is an entertaining speech, in which he lamented that Haddon Hall had net filled a page in the glowing pages which had Immortalised Peveril of the Peak." He, however, cape. sod a belief that Sir Walter Scott had &lofted the country only from hearsay, and had consequently left a void which he emoted might be filled by some member of the Bagwell and High Peak Institute. _ _ The Bishop of MADILAS. is an approgl i ate address, claimed fellowship with the sons of the Peek virtue of a fifteen year's residence among them, and cone aded by offering to their intent museum a small collection of catioaidem which he Mr. it : Awe, M.P., rejoiced much to find that the institu tion wss supported and encouraged by the clergy of Bake well and the district, and paid the vicar a high compliment for the enellenee of the lectures he had delivered on scien tific subjects to the members during the lest winter. J. H BARIUM, Esq., ezpressed thegeneral regret that was felt at the abstain of the Duke of Rutland from the festive scene which gave animation to those old halls in which his grace's ancestors had reignedkngs of the Peak?' His grime, he was certain, would have fe l t the most lively satisfies don in being surrounded with so goodly a party of happy, joyous faces, mane of them those of his own dependents and tenantry, whose fathers for centuries had found honour and happiness in their connection with his grass's anewstora, whose children for many generations, he hoped, would remain, with equal satisfaction, connected with his grace's posterity. (Lead cheers.) Mr. Barker concluded by calling upon ail motet to exclaim heartily and unanimously " God save the Vernon." (Loud and long continued cheering.) " God save the Queen ' r was then sung with great enthu siasm, the solo pans being executed with power and sweet ness by Mrs. Sunderland, a local offish' of great celebrity. The CHAIRMAN then, in a tamtons speech, dismissed the company to the tense*, where they viewed an admirable display of fireworks, discharged from the flag turret of the Eagle Tower, the most elevated part of the edifice. At the cmclualou of the fireworks the company proceeded to the ball-room, where the merry dance was kept up with great spirit until an early hour the following morning. CDe Court. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meeklenburgh &re lit; attended by Mr. Edmund Mildiatay, honoured the per formance of the Royal Italian Opera, at Covent-garden Theatre, with their presence on Saturday evening. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards returned to Kew. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford visited Lord and Lucy John Russell, on Saturday, at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James. The payers were read by the Rev. J. C. Haden, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. D. Perkins. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford attended the daily service. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel and Miss Peel arrived at the right hon. baronet's shooting-seat, near Beauley, N. 8., ou Tnursday last. The right hon. baronet will receive a. succession of friends there during the shooting season. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF LECORTENBIIIO. His Excellency Ryon Iltunow (the Russian Minister) pro ceeded to the :ermines of the South Western Malimy, in Waterloo-road, to receive his Imperial Highness the Duke of Leuchtenberg (son in-law of the Emperor of Melia) on Saturday afternoon, the Imperial Duke having arrived at Southampton at an early hour the same morning, in the Russian steam frigate Kimtschatka, from Cronstadt. His Imperial Highness, attended by a numerous suite, arrived et the Waterloo station about five o'clock, and repaired to Ashbarnhani Home, the seat of the legation, where the Imperial Duke will occupy apartments during his limited sojourn in London. Last evening his Evaellency the Rus sisn Minister and Barmiess Brunow gave an elegant enter tainment to kis Imperial Highness. DRAT!! Or THE COUNTESS OF DARTMOUTH.—The illness of this estimable countess Yes terminated fatally, having died yesterday morning at the family residence in St. James'asquare. The deceased countess was second daughter of George, the late Viscount Barrington, end consequently sister of the resent viesount, She was b oon 20th 0ct.,1802, and married the Earl of Dartmouth (his second wife) 25th Oet., 1828, and by whom she leaves a very numerous family of children, the eldest of whom is now in her 20th year. The families of Lard Begot, the Hon. the Dean of Windsor and Lady Charlotte Neville Grenville, Lady Harriet Paget, Viscount and Viscountess Barriagten, the Hee. and Rev. and Lady Catherine Barringtos,and seveval ether personages of rank are placed in mourning by the distressing event. THE CANADA, Capt. Jadkina, sailed from Liverpool on Bawds! for Halifax and New York. THE MURDERER PULLET.—A few days since a , man named Howse, in cleaning a pool at Broughton, below log to Mr. Checketts, found embedded in the mud the mole skin breeches which the murderer wore at the time, and mode away with after the commission of the murder. They wen tightly rolled up, and contained a brkk and a stone. There was a blue and white handkerchief, well known to be long to Polley, fastened round them. Owing to their ad. vented state of decay, it is now impossible to discover any stales of blood upon them. This MBAs the =IL tisk that wm required to complete the proof of his guilt. .Me pool in which they were found is situate about hall • m ile from the barn where Pulley was dimmed by Superintendent Harris.— Worcester Mired FATAL GUX ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on Tuesday last, at Btu:Thorough, on the body of William Bel. lam a youth 15 yeses of op, who was found between the lotus of two sadikree the previous day with the top of his skull blown re% end Ms body frightfully burned. Deceased wee employed by Mr. Jervis to seen birds from the corn, and was estrusani with an old gas for that purpose. About ore Vele* to Kesday he t Fett some women employed by the lame puma is an a fi eld, and said, " )(aster's erisdas up the awn." - tram were aboutsitting down to dinner. He then proceeded to the gate of the wheat field, and shortly aflerwerde they heard the report of a pin in that amiss i k is about 100 yards tram the plea when he ' spoke to the women to the gate. They did not take say mere of the report, as he bad fired several times in the ennening, butane their law pd sat till two o'eloek, when tag proesellmi *their walk, *deg hawk end had piektel , up semi avails whim imp Awned a malt at biNliiM. sad kakis rented sow musks heat the r emu Ud, in the dhoetion of the gate. Os. (JIM Imams west to see if empfsiser was the matter, and waseemplettily hoards& kg the sight which met her view. , The gift lei es4o rt wee dm by kb gate with the top el hie skill sew elf, hie *sine lying scattered abont,,,sad kis almost to • cinder. The aim we. Emma ea the l =li, and his eupposedat he mist have keen get. ar the sato, use Ire tie IPTAINI 11=:• 1 the stook apse the met *id , eianthe gealthilstalgaaper the bar, lad that. k Nelbegia. MM.& mat sad niatilatal / hhi laki wadd V ids** ri il*lt Ili= As risat ' esseadf dm ekt salutes ha oaths& Iferliet—" Aosiduellal dear— orthampion Iferewy. BAKEWELL AND HIGH PEAK INSTITUTE. FESTIVITIES AT HADDON HALL. On Friday Haddon Hall was the scene of festivities which will long be remembered by the inhabitants of Bake well aad the adjacent villages. About three yeah ago soma of the resident clergy and gentry established an iostitie ion for the purpose of creating amongst the rising g, neration a taste for literature, seiersoe, and art, and their efforts have bean highly successful. The institute now numbers its OIeOIOCTS most of the young men of the district ; its weD. selected library is assiduously frequented ; its lectures, of which then have bean a constant sucrsssion delivered gratis by the yrojeMon and their friends, are numerously and re. spectably attended ; its classes are introducing many a ta lented eon of the Peak "to the higher walks of literature{ and last, bet not least, its annual fetes are so popular that all the tickets are Invariably disposed of weeln before the day of *oiling arrives. The institute has derived much benefit from the sapped most cordially extended to it by Lord John Manners, his *obis father, the Duke of Reamed. and the resident gentry. The Duke of Devonshire is also amongst the patrons of the establishment. At its first =Rivers/ay the Duke of Rutland granted to the committee the use of Haddon Hall, one of the finest specimens now in existence of the barmial mu llions of ancient days, aad it was most natural that the com mittee should keys nought again the same permission, which was cheerfully accorded by the Duke of - Rutland, and the arrangements were made upon the most liberal scale. The company, which mustered early, comprised all the fashion of the Peak. Tea was served in the hall, the dining room, sad the banqueting room, as the company arrived. Lord John Manners and the prin cipal victors reached the scene of festivity about seven o'clock, and soon afterwards the strollers were eolleeted from terrace, ball, and bower, and gathered together in the banqueting hall. The galleries were filled with ladies. it. NZAIFFIZLD, Req., who officiated as chairman in the place of his father-In-law. Caren Underwood, the presi dent of the Bakewell and High Peak Institute, lsmen'ed the absence of the noble duke, the present possessor of that ancient hell, who, he was happy to assure the members, highly approved of the exertions of his steward, Captain Underwood, to establish so useful and permanently bout cial an institution as that the anniversary of which they IMO met to celebrate. The learned gentleman dwelt at MOM length on the present position and prospects of the institute, and expressed great pleasure to the hope that a recent at tempt to form a mac= at Bakewell was likely to be sue mated, as within a few miles of that town there had bum discovered traces of every race that had inhabited this island. lie concluded by_calling upon Lord 7OHN X , who, when the cheering with which he was received had subsided, said—Ladies and flea tlemen,—The committee of the, Bakewell and High Peak Institute, encouraged by the Mitten of the fete held here last year, have thought it right to afford us the opportsuity of assembling here under similar circumstances on this occa sion ; and I am sure I need not tell you that when application was made to my father for the use of this hall, that pinch don was granted not only with readiness, but with the greatest possible delight aad satiefsetion. (Cheers) I am charged to emus you that, but for his admen:lag years, and the Evers day's work which Le thought it yesterday his duty to uodcrgo at Leicester in support of an important public institution! he would have been here in person to welcome you to his old hall, and to express to you the pleasure he derives from meetings of this ramie. (Cheers.) I must, however, now sok you to aecept from me, as his moot unworthy substitue, a cordial welcome. Many of our neighbours at this moment are agitated by domestic convulsions or lean of foreign invaders, while here, in oar own tight little kingdom, we have our hardy Queen coast ing the picturesque shores of the moat unfortunate parties of her dominions, and receiving a joyous welceme from its excitable, bat, I firmly believe, loyal populatioo. (Cheers.) Ireland is emphatically the country of rein. Tarn which way you will in that land, you see nothing but rule. Cabin and abbey, ensile and grange, cottage and farm-lieuse, wherever you direct your eyes, you see in ruin ; and I do not think any one travelling in Ireland could draw a happy and hopeful augury from her architectural remains. Bat here, while we wander through corridor and court, we truce without effort the history of this part of the country. We read in these old walls (the representatives of their still older predecessors raised from the same old limestone rock), nom the day when Sir Richard Vernon obtained from the crown permission to erect a wall about his house, provided it had no embattlements upon it, or when the same Sir Richard Vernon obtained from the Pope, in consequence of the occasional floods which from time to time ravageil the vale,. permission to have a chaplain reside at and divine service performed in the chapel, down to our as semhly here this beautiful August evening in 1849 . I say that we may trace from those days to these the fortunes and occupations of the inhabitants of this part of the country. Not only in the higher classes of society. but in the ranks of the yeomanry and peasantry, can I believe be traced, through the parish registers of Bakewell and Youlgreave, the members :of one family following each other's occupation dowa the long stream of yeera, (coin gene ration to eperation, tilling the same beautiful valleys, or as miners winning from their wealth-producing banks the valuable minerals with which these mountain districts are stored ; and we fiad at this day men pursuing the same occu pation as that followed by their fathers at the period when these simple chronicles were first published. I think that, in the course of this investigation, we than find that no very great change has occurred in the social, religious, and civil polity of these hills, and I think also that we shall be able to satisfy ourselves that what changes have occurred are in the main for the better. If the spirit of our laws has become more humane, let us hope that they have not therefore become emasculated. If our religion he less superstitious, let us hope that it is not mere dull and more cold. If the ties which bind man to man, and clan to clew, have became more relaxed, let us hope that we hays not grown more selfish. If learn ing and knowledge be increased, let us hope that they have not brought evils in their train. Let us, I say, Lope this, and, still more, let us endeavour to prove that we are justified in the expression of that hope. - I have alluded to the changes which have taken place in the increase of learn ing and in the 'Tread of knowledge ; and it would, indeed, be strange if, in addressing such an assembly as that which now crowds the hell, I should shut my eyes to the fact itself, or to the inference which that tact necessarily bean ; but at the same time I am also aware that all instruction is not education ' and that all knowledge is not wisdom—and it is because I have p tined the catalogue of your library, and because I have Lstened to those who are most conversant with the Bakewell and High Peak Institute, that I am con vinced its management is sound and judicious, and that I rejoice heartily in its welfare and suscen, and commend it cordially to the good wishes and support of all now present. It is pleasant to thick that thou books which have the best character and are of the greatest importance, are those which are most frequently taken out by the members. It is also pleasant to find that there is a growing feeling in favour of the establishment in cone Lion with the institute of a museum in rho town of Bakewell. I think they are wrens who are deterred by preliminary difficulties in the pursuit of that object. I have known instances in which it has ap peered at first perfectly hopeless to establish anything of the kind, but people have been encouraged to commence, and from the smallest beginnings great results have followed. In a district so fertile with natural objects of wonderment ! lord curiosity, if every gentleman would only forward the curious specimens of natural science to the nascent museum, in a short time there would be realised from the natural produce of your mines, and from your fields and roads, a considerable and interesting nucleus for a moseam of this sort, and, depend upon it, an undertaking so supported will not be without a fair share of success. (Chun.) Although I have said that we must draw • great distise-.1 tion between instruction and stimuli= and although I hue I endeavoured to show why I do not think all branches of knowledge synonymous with the acquisition of wisdom, fat be it from me to throw the slightest impediment in the way of those who quit the more useful highways of learning and ' saunter through the by-ways of literature. Oa the con trary, I abominate moot heartily the system which would: teach only the exact Klemm and leave out all ornamental literature. I detest most cordially that system which would substitute Mrs. Somerville for Mrs. Haien& Ihpend upon it, in no useful art —ln no comines place manufacture—not even in the most tutronnatis trade—will the man who takes an occasional flight into she realms of fancy be without his reward in that particular os imitation by which he earns his daily braid. How is it that now in every great branch of English industry, we more ce less depend upon the foreign designer for patterns? How is it that government are obliged to establish schools of &Wen to educate the people in the art of designing the patterns they are afterwards to work up in our manufactures ? It is owing to the want of that spirit which may be essentially promoted by the reading of such books as those to which I have just alluded. (Cheers.) Do not imagine, then, that I wish to threw any impediment in the way of an occasional flight into the realms of fancy and of poetry, because it is in them, rather than is the stricter kingdom of science, that beauty of pat tern and excellence of design are to be found. Wi thin this very hall, in °idea times, the knight, the pest, the pilgrim, the forester, the huntsman were wont to carouse, perhaps with rader, but perchance also with heartier, cheer. In the fair gallery up stain (the long picture-gallery, at that moment prepared as a ball-rants In the reception of the pests) where we shall soon enjoy a more enlivening amusement than that of listening to speech-makers — cheers)—in that fair gallery many a stately corronto and dnnidn portant, or the more picturesque dances which flourished under the dynasties of the Tudon and the Stuart., were wont to be seen, or in later times—" the stuck-up days of hoop and puff "—manyi e hoc r has there sailed stiffly— men Ma then y—ely perhaps down the man dance. I ghost laughter.) Again tus this evening make the old walls te 'eeb o with the sounds of harmless merriment. Let as baps that we may enjoy the festivities which the excel kme anaegments of our Mu& have provided for as in as i a spirit as in olden days they used to bring to their =ties. Let us hope that we may be at ones both merry Sad wits--that we may have the wisdom to look beck to Shorn with gratitude, amino the Anne with hops ; for sines we do so we cannot rightly enjoy anything pre owned to us. We look back to the past with gratit that we ere still sitting under the shatter of than great Christian institutions which juat a thousand years ago Bing Alfred was bons as it wars to inaugurate. We west look to the Were with hope, that oar doesendents may be pi .= to aajoy the steolter of them imitation index we are happy eaangla to live. Let as hope that ley inetitations may be spared to them by . time ; sad as the W,e, flowing fee water* by old mod! % w ihs hae r fle ll e h intr s ois,baluel=y, paeans Mstitutiono i ltinilf Jet ell.dess ets oast. ewe and to t• 1 1, 4 0 1 /0 6 WWI tlliii ***eau „110 1111 ! wpm task past at a weft, M toessein laanenoll gssls~fer reopeption tithe bindery in renew LOLA MONTES. We quote the subjoined from the Sunday paper' : As soon as the proceedings at Marlborough-street police court, ou Monday, were ended, the Countess of Lansfeldt (Lola Moines) and Mr. Heald resumed their preparations for a cootinental visit, which the appearance of the polies bad intercepted, with great alacrity, en route for Oetend. Some surprise bad been expressed at the tranquil and sub dued demeanour of the comae"' ohm before the magistrate. From the lady's exciteil le temperament, a scene was looked for; bet this did not occur, probably because the scene had already taken place in the home in Half Moon-street, when the officers announced the object of their visit to the lady. The officers, we understand, had omen to be In attendance to meet the solicitor and Miss Heald, at half-past eight o'clock, in Half Moon.street, in order that no mistake might occur hi the execution of the warrant. Apparently, the lady and her husband had a correct notion of the proceedings which had be' n eo-'menced by Miss Heald, for immediately preparations for packing up were adopted, and her hetet ling carriage was at the door by nine o'clock on Monday morning. The officers, accompanied by the solicitor and Miss Heald, entered the house, and on seeing Mr. Heald they mentioned the disagreeable purport of their visit. The Countess of Linsfeldt was then informed that she must con sider herself in custody, upon which the energetic nature of ' I the lady shone forth. The officers waited till the storm sub sided, and then declared they must do their duty. The lady was again in a fiery mood, vowing that she would destroy herselt if molested. At length a calm succeeded, and the Countess wee I taken to the Vine-street station-house, in order to have I the charge booked. By this time the countess bed cooled down completely. She was very gracious with the inspector and superintendent, and after apologising for the trouble she bad given, begged permission to light a cigar. The siik intendant declared it was against the regulations. countess would not be refused, and having politely expressed her regret that the supe rintendent would not join her in • social whiff, lighted • cigar, and smoked herself into petted good humour. The origin of the acquaintance of the countess with the young lieutenant may he taus told: The counted was accustomed to take a drive in her carriage in the park, where the young lieutenant several times nut her, and having received a note acquainting him that his visits would set be unacceptable, he ' visited," and was received with si mach cordiality as completely to (oscillate him. This was shod • fortnight before the marriage took place. Mr. Heald made proposals, and obtained permission to procure a Besse. It is mad that a settlement of 2,0001. a year was first made by the young gentleman on the countess out of hi own property. The income of Mr. Head is stated to be about 6,6001. or 7,0001. a year, but it is understood there are large sums of money likely to come into his possession on the death of some aged r.latives. The foregoing details ars from the pen of a correspond ent. We may add a few facts in connexion with this very remarkable affair, which came wider our immediate observation. About 2 o'clock on Sunday last Mr. Heald and the countess drove up to the Trafalgar at Greenwich, alighted, entered the coffee room, and requested to be in formed if they could have private apartments. During the Wee occupied in ascertaining if the young lieutenant's desire could be complied with, Mr. Heald casually glanced his eye ever the Weekly Chronicle, which lay on one of the tables, and there saw the announcement of an intuition on the part of Miss Heald to proceed against the countess for alleged bigamy. He appeared • good deal co-tfuscd, read and re-read the paragragh, and then called "Rosanna" from the further end of the chamber towards the window. She immediately obeyed her lord and master's summons— the astounding bulletin was again conjointly perused—the countess exclaimed, "What an absurdity!" Mr. Heald suddenly intimated to the welter that private apart ments" would not be required. Their small phaeton was ordered out of the court-yard, and in less than 10 minutes atter Mr. Heald had read the IVrelay Chronicle, he and the countess were dashing through the suede of Greenwich in the direction of " home." EXECUTION OF MARY BALL AT COVENTRY. The prisoner made a confession of her guilt to Mr. Stanley, the governor of the gaol. " For some days (gays Mr. Stanley) after the trial, the prisoner appeared to be very indifferent to the awfnl situation in which she was placed. The Rev. IL Bellaire, rector of Bedworth, visited her on Tuesday after the trial, and used every effort to bring . her to a sense of her solemn position. Re spin visited her on the following Friday, and soon after his departure • change for the better was observable in the state of her feelings ; and to Rebecca Vernon, a woman In waiting, she said that she had something to say, but that she would say it to the governor, and to no one else, She also said to two other women who sat up with her the same night, ' 1 wish me and my husband had been senarated before, and then 'I should not have been here.' At the same time she repeated to those persons that what she had to say she would tell to the governor himself. On Sunday morning last, she said to Rebecca Vernon, that she liked to hear the g vrernor read, and she wished to see Dim. I immediately attended upon her, and after reading to her a short time, eke appeared anxious to say something, and taking me by the head, she made the following confession. She said, 1 will tell you something.' I asked her what she wished to say, and she replied, " I. did not like to tell any one else hut you. I told Mr. Bellaire a lie on Tuesday last I then asked her what she had said to Mr. Bellaire, and she answered, ' I told him I knew nothing about it myself; but that is false, and I will tell you all about it. I put the arsenic on the mantel shelf, and told him (her husband) there was some salts on the shell ; he night take them, they would do him good, though I knew at the time It was not salts; but I thought it he took it himalf, I should not get into any scrape about it, for the people would think he took it in. mistake.' (Mr. Stanley continues)—l then said to her, ' For God's sake, Ball,what made yoU do it ?' She an swered me' and said, ' Why my husband was in the habit of going with other women, and nsiag me so ill; no one knows what I have suffered ; but had I have known as much as I do now, I would not have done it, for I would rather have left him and went to the workhouse; bat I hope God will forgive me.' I then asked her if any one else knew any thing about it, and she said no ono did. I further asked her how she earns to say anything to her husband about salts; to which she replied that he was mot very well, and she thought she would tell him there was salts on the shelf, though at the some time she knew it was not salts. The murderess maintained her self-possession and firm ness in a remarkable degree to the last. Immediately after ten o'clock an Thursday morning, the dame of the prison appeared on the platform in front, and the prisoner was led forth, accompanied by the governor,under-sheriff and his officer, and the Rev. Mr. Sandberg, ladies the service for the comaim. She proceeded up the saps with little assist ance, and, as far as we void observe, uttered no word while thus awaiting her end, but, with closed eyes and saddened countenance, stood motionless whilst the zaps was placed round her sack. In an instant afterwards the drop fell, and she pawed from this life in the presence of from eighteen to twenty thousand persons. A subdued thrill of I horror appeared to pass over this Waimea multitude as the fatal bolt was drawn, but otherwise them was no manifesta tion of feeling. The victim in this dreadful peens ap peered to die without say pereeptible straggles or diger , tions. It is Ann shwa Wien eneentkas at Coventry— that of Maryggine.—Cessintrpificreeki. , • CoxityaatED AOSICULTI/114 Korman., We are autilsoiaed to state that disk wing mem will be sat on foot, to send *Wm taunt tannin, or the wall known friends to want tanners as county moibers, in stead of the mere 110111inel• of farmer, sad landlords as at present. The toms:mot In Hampshire at almost a moment's iotieo, and which wo so' wally sowinistal.* Ist* , Mr- Shaw the wall-kaolin admits Of tolwattpolght, &or of tlis o :saa o lt it a: t an , d tho abolition dello osioe-lawn sot ths o rkli zetuinit !ambits, ek• comity , tory sad whig, too. Om woustersispdta to doW , I as lila* ~ sad as that Malt to too ftwieMelly 1r jabot owl bbiatiOn the . moV,londs. a plea k EOer ktimittryo.— Smiley TWO. ' THE CHOLERA. Return. of eases of oholera repotted to the General Board of Health August 11, 180: Attacks. Deaths. In London and vicinity, viz. Lambeth 61 21 Barmodery Neon Southwark Wandsworth Other localities Total 103 In England and Wale,: Mverp00l erthyr Tydfil 9 Dowlaia _ 19 11 Plymouth Newoutle•under•Lyme l7 4 Other towns in England BO 49 In Scotland : Dundee St. Andrew's 6 6 General total BRISTOL.—The returns from the Bedminster district are more unfavourable, not only on account of the increased number of cases, but from the fact of the epidemic appear ing at various poia's of the parish remote hone each other. In the out-wish of St. Philip and Jacob, the epidemic is on the dec lin e. There hove been • great many cues of diarrhea, more or less severe in its character, but only one or two cases of cholera. . . . is malignant disease broke out with the I greatest virulence in Huoslet, one of the out townships of this borough, in which, up to Saturday, there had been 70 1 caws, aid 31 deaths. During the last two or three days of , the week, new cases were less frequent, and thanks to the ' exertions of the local board of lieth, and the resident cur germs, Messrs. Pallas, ()Morns, and Brooke, it us now hoped that the worst is over, and that the disease will not spread further. Eight deaths occurred during the:past week. BLECIEB1:1111.—Two cues of cholera here occurred here, and, although medical :aid was procured, both terminated fatally. LIVERPOOL.—The change of the weather to a sultry, damp, close state has probably operated injuriously on the progress of this disease, which, in the opinion of the meeical officer of health, can only be considered stationary, instead of declining. The mortality, however, is greater, the num ber of deaths from cholera being 368 against 333 last week, and from bowel complaint 71 against 69. Two more cases mooned yesterday at the boroush gaol. BILBTON.—The Birmingham Journal reports four deaths from cholera at I3ihton, where the ravages of the disease were so fatally felt is 1832. VALI OP NIATII.—The cholera lea broken out in the beautiful Vale of Reath, and carried off a great many of the inhabitants. In the neighbourhood of the Lamb and Elsa, and Cwmgwrscb, it has h'en the cause of many deaths. The gentlemen of the neighbourhood are making considerable efforts to diminish the tears, and increase the comforts of those who surround them.— Cardiff Guardian. AYLESBERY.—Sey ral reports are in circulation in the district respecting this scourge. It is stated that three per sons living on the high road to Theme, have fallen victims to the disease. It has also made its appearance at Ched dinston, and other villages soar Aylesbury. RYE —On Thursday an inquest was held at the workhouse of the Rye union, on the body of Mary Johnson, the wile of a vagrant. Deceased bad eaten of mackerel, and had been exposed to the weather. Verdict—" Died from Asiatic cholera." Hum,.—lt appears that though the attacks of cholera en Hull have not bees so numerous during the present week, there has been an increase, though not a large one, in the , number of fatal cases. SCOTLAND. PREPARATIONS FOR HER MAJESTY'S VISIT. Our eirrespondent at Greenock writes as follows: GREENOCK, Auo. 11. I have stated that her Majesty would probably visit some a the lochs concocted with the Clyde. The latest authoritative accounts respecting the move ments of her Majesty confirm this impression. Cap tain Robinson, ILN., who, on occasion of the Queen's last visit to the Clyde, geed as pilot on board the Fairy, has received instructions to make arrange ments at the head of Loch Long, and at different points along the course of Loch Lomond, in antici pation of the royal party's visit to these enchanting localities. The programme of her Majesty's route, which is now fully taken for granted, is as follows :—She is expected to leave Belfast this evening, and remain in Loch Ryan over night, or sail up to Arrochar, at the head of Loch Long, where she will remain until Monday morning. Carriages will then be in attend ance to take her to Tubed, in Loch Lomond, where a steamer will be in waiting. Sho will sail down the loch to Belloch, where other carriages will be in rea diness to convey the royal party to Dumbarton. There they will embark and come down to the Tail of the Bank, where the Victoria and Albert yacht will receive them for the night; ar.d on Tuesday morning she will go on board the Fairy, to proceed to Glasgow. It the tide at Dumbarton should not suit the embirkation there, it is probable that her Majesty will retrace her course along Loch Lomond to Tar bcrt, and thence by Loch Long to the Tail of the Bank. All these arrangements, of course, are subjt et to the state of the weather at the time. If it should be no better than it has been to-day, her Majesty, albeit she has been in the Clyde before, will have had no op portunity of seeing its manifold beauties. When she was here two years ago, the atmosphere was thick and murky, and its obscuration was not a little assisted ' by the smoke that was belched forth from the guns that saluted all the way , from the Clock Lighthouse up to the Tel of the Bank. REPRESENTATION OF SUNDERLAND.—Mr. Hud son has " authoritatively" intimated to artain conservative parties who have volunteered the selective of a fitting condi. date for the representation, in the event of a vacancy arising, that his present intention is to retain his seat in par. Hareem, at all events till the commencement of next sciaion. So says the IVeekly Chronicle, and private information leads us to believe that this is the course which Mr. Huthoa desires to take. The question now is, whether the electors will allow a man who is stigmatised on every hand with the foulest epithets, who dares not face parliament or the pub lie, who is charged in official documents with acts of fendl and knavery, and who, conscious of guilt or indifferent to character, nukes no attempt to clear himself of those to continue to represent tilt m without uttering a hi= indignant protest against so gross a betrayal of duty. We know the idea of many of them is to permit the odour of his name to stink in the nostrils of his admiren, but it ap pears to us that a due regard to the credit a the borough and its important interests requires some steps to be taken for the purpose of showing to the country that Mr. Hudson's constituents do not connive at his conduct. —Newcastle Guardian. REPRESENTATION OF KIDDERMINSTER.—A cor respondent says : The candidates in the field are Mr. Oh borne, on the liberal interest, and Mr. John Best, of the Oxford Circuit, a conservative, and avowed protectionist. Numerous other probable candidates are named, but the probability of their appearance here only exists in the fer tile minds of certain parties. For instance, Mr. Cooke, barrister of the Oxford Circuit, has been proclaimed as sextons to represent the borough, whereas that gentleman has no such idea, and has been steadily engaged throughout the week in reaping a more profitable harvest in the Crown Court at Gloucester Arius. Kr. °Morse and Mr. Best, however, are in the field. The former (who it will be remembered unsuccessfully contested Not- Viamwith Mr. Feargus O'Connorl. avows him -1 thorough free-trader. Mr. Best declares, 'Frets my earliest days I have always advocated, and ever will advocate, the sound principles of conservatism—by thee, I mean the fouadation stones of England, the church, the seats, and the consti.ution.' The borough of Kiddermin ster numbers some 480 eleetors, and they are red to he many of them rather venal. Mr. Gisborne, in addressing them, said he had heard they were a baddish lot,' but he hoped th find it otherwise." CHARGE, OF FORGING A WILL.—The Magistrates of Croydon, on Saturel%rere engaged for a considerable time is investigating a agaiast the reputed wife Jacob King, a man who • at Addisoozabe, on the 25th et July last, of cholera. It seemed that Mr. King, some hems before his death,aska for hie cash box ; but the key email not be found, and the brother of the deceased brake it opts. One of Mr. King's labourers, Amos Gower, was in the room at the time rubbing the unfortenate gentlemen with brandy. Deemed asked him whether he could write, and an being answered in the affirmative, Mr. King directed bier te sign the will, which was takes oat of the cash box. sad he did so, the other subscribing witness being " Dick," kis blether. This will weld not be found, and it was SU that the reputed Mrs. King had concealed or destroyed celOa applying at Doctors' Commons it was found that an other will, dated September, 1841, had been deposited there. the wheelies to it being two persons aimed Tomlin std Cherub and by whisk the whole of Mr. Kiag's property was thegrotion'wsadad:Car gutrfoithdtheepTeasfhimut"damminoilinreisemptlleriredin th ssageuidthpithiebai! A. JUVENILE SVlClDE.—Olatlegby a lad, while ilibe h fwe i sadiat6assfil in tia: l 6b oO uead.to :and two sureties bathe like amount. Intelnit• walk, entered "Nanny Rowley's Weed,'• near imams (*Miry. admit distance from Gateshead, Sonia ppm tba smut! the body of • youth, with a oat round his seek. Oa the hawk eta tees above, a handkerehlitr e l 'Rade ha, mai • seed e and it was ovideat that the Mar eaeraded, bad fallen to the greeted theoagle the el *eased. The body was Manned -as teat of yews, **son et a woe who weeks at. I_NAY I 4 O e4 Dgesossa left hem on Tharsihey, the Sad last., titan his good wonsiagi sal had - bees mimic my aleues..Azt wu held ea like body. Verdi*" Foist Dead Ina eliaegalatios.".-Osieshead Obiwver. RAILWAY MEETINGS. GREAT NORTILERN. ' The sixth half-yearly ordinary general meeting of this company was held on Saturday laso-ylinnown Dant- • non, M.P., in the chair. After reading the advertisement eallinras meeting, and • l aging the weal of the company on the register of shares, The SECRETARY, by desire of the chairman, read the report of the directors, of which the following is oopy Since the last half-yeerly ordinary merging of the Gent Northern Railway Company, held on 23111 February last, the sanction of parliament has been obtallied to the Amend-• meet and Deviation Bill :submitted to an extraordinary - meeting on that day. In accordaneo with the report of the directors at the meeting of the 23rd Febtuary, the line • then at work from Peterborough to Lincoln was, on Easter ^ Monday lag, further opened for traffic to Gainsborough; and, in the first week of September, tales will Commence • ranning between Lineclashire and Yorkshire by Ret. ford and Doncaster. At the same period the Great Northern trains will be enabled to run on to Wake field, and also by Methley to Leeds,under agreements with the i companies to whom belong the intervening lines, and rail— way communication will be completed between Peterbo rough, by Lincoln, Gainsberough, Retfurd, and Doncaster, and all parts of Yorkshire; also to the north of England and Scotland , through Lied., by the Leeds and Think Rail— way, which has been at work fur some weeks put, joining, at Think, the York, Newcastle, and Barwick Railway. The works on the junction line of three to four miles, from Knotticgley to Burton Salmon, by the York and North Mid land Company, are in active progress, and it is expected will be finished early in spring; and when this junction is ma pleted,;the Great Northern trains will run to and from York, under the agreement with that company. On the conti nuous communication opening between Lincolnshire and. Yorkshire, the directors feel confident that the traffic, hi therto only local, and confined to Linculneuire. end conse— quently of small amount, will steadily and :argely increase. The revenue statement, annexed, gives the result of traffic to 30th Jane last. The report of the engineer, annexed, deseribn fully the general state of the works ; and, judging from that rep,rn the directors have no reason to doubt that the line from London to Peterborough will be open for traffic in the course of next autumn. With respect to the partition of the line from Peterborough north, towards Newark and Rettord, the directors have to state that the survey and working plane nave been completed, and that they are about to let the I works from Corby by Grantham to Heysham, a distance of fitteen miles, on which the works are heavy, and will re ' quire nearly double the time to complete that will be neces sary for the remainder. The measure authorised by the resolutions of the extraoe• dinary general meeting of the 7th June last, of forfi king the shares on which there was a large amount of calls in forcer, and laming it. lieu Five per Cent. Preference Scrip Shares of 121. lOs. each to an equal amount of capital, has been at tended with complete success, and will, without doubt, sip ply the deficiency caused by these arrears, confirming the directors in their opinion that it will not be necessary to make any further call on the registered shares during the present year ; and, by a clause in the " Great Northern Wilway Acts Amendment Act, 1849," which received the royal assent on the Ist August, parliament has sanctioned the issue of theme shares. The same extraordinary meeting authorised also the eon , version of the 40,000 London and York Extension Scrip shares of 251. each, into the same kind of preference shares of 121. 10s. each ; but it may be remembered there was some opposition mani:eated, en the ground that it was giving an undue advantage to the holden of the London and Ye* extension scrip shares et the cost of the rogietered share holders. The result, boa ever, shows that the option then given to convert those shares has not been generally coati elend an advantage, for about 16,000 London and York ex tension scrip still remain in the hands of the public. These are in coulee of being paid off at 20s. each, the balance un expended of the deposit, including interest, after payment of the parliamentary expenses in respect of the extension bills and acts. About 4,000 of these London and York extension scrip. under arrangements arising out of the Inaction of the capitals of the Direct Northern and the London and York, reverted to and have since been held by the company, making with the 1.1,000 held by the public, 19,000 disposable as preference shares, under the resolutions of the extraordinary general meetiog of 7th June last. There are also about 6,000 unappropriated preference shares re maining after the allotment of those issued in Fen of the shares forfeited 7th June. Thews with the 19,000 above mentioned, form a total of about 2.5,000 of the five per cent. perpetual preference shares of 121, 10s. each, which, under the resolution of the 7th June last, the directors are empow ered to dispose of at their discretion. These preference shares at present bear a premium of about 2.55. on the price 1101.), at which it was resolved they should be bawd. The directors intend, therefore, to give to the registered proprietors of this date, who have paid all calls on their sharer, the option of taking these 24,000 five per cent. preference shares, of 121. 105. each, upon the payment of 101. 10s. per sh are.i The first instalment on account thereof, amounting to 61.105. to be paid on or before 10th of September next, and if not then paid, the allotment to be cancelled, and ell right and title to the shares from that date absolutely to cease ; a fur ther payment of 21 101. p r share to be made on or before 31st October, and a final payment of Pl. 10s. per shsre to be made on er before 31st December. This further allotment will be immediately made at the rate of one preference share to eight registered or sixteen A or B thane ; but, to com pensate for the fractions withheld at the original allotment, at Nast one preference share will be allotted to each proprietor. The first instalment of 51. 10s. being paid, these pre , erences shares become in all respects entitled to the same privileges and subject to the same conditions as the original issue, under the resolutions of the 7th June. Upon the subject of the balance-sheet and accounts ap pended, arid which were sent to the proprietors some days since, the auditors, Mr. Cattley and Mr. Ceapman, have made a special report, to which the directors beg to call the attention of the proprietors. The following accounts were appended to the report, but not rend : CAPITAL ACCOUNT. Prom depeeits and calls .C3,071,708 0 0 In advance of calls 153,840 10 0 To extension capital, received on 40,000 London and York exten•ion scrip shares isettedjunder date of lot December, 1815 lOO,OOO 0 0 Call on 121.105. 5 per cent perpetual preference sharesof 7th June, 1519 (exchanged for London and York extemOon scrip) 18,450 shop at 455., and 10 shares at t10..£ 37,103 10 0 To ditto, Ist ditto ditto ditto et 30s. per share (in lieu of forfeited shares) on 40,321 shares 100,802 10 0 137,000 0 0 451,750 0 0 1,111 17 4 371 12 i 12 0 0 To loan. on mortgage... To sUMWINIC account To tranger fee. ...... ........ To overpaid culls To original Direct Northern Hallway (pony for bat ince To religious instruction fund --amount subscribed by Mr. Briusey, the contractor, towards this objecC SOO 0 0 Total T 1,8.3,06110 6 PAYMENT& By expenses preliminary to it;;:i.i;iiii;f the eels Of the London and York Railway Company, of the Direct Northern Railway Company, to With June, 1049 £436,039 11 6 By expenditure sulrequent to the Act, 9 & 10 Vie , cap. 71, 46th June, 1846, viz., including adver tising, printing, office expenses, travelling ex pens's, direction and auditors, salaries, law, par- W.mmtary, and engines ring expenses, 110681011 1847 (including .C2OO paid on amount for ems mining law bills), Admindty charges, land and compensation (including .C 41,017 Ss. 8d far con veyancing, stamps, Ike.), on account of survey of towns' line, Peterborough to Retford, &e. Works and materials 1,409,009 16 1 Ma hinery, engines and tenders, carrying stock, Foss and Witham Navigations (balance of rent account), police, Interest on capital and advairea, and on loans, redemption of land tax (85 miles), stamps for mortgage deeds, bugoanee, stores, railway rating fund anbecriptlan, East Lincoln shire 'Railway Company, advances to complete works of .... ..... 501,060 1 £4,492,711 8 2 X 201,088 1 8 4 8 i 360,360 2 6 Balance In'esah 3, 18283 0 1 Securities £4,833,061 10 6 GENERAL REVE- 9 7CE STATEMENT, coannencing lst of Marek. Gl l (the partial opening of the East Lincolnshire Roe), ending thin 30th of June, 1849. DiNTOIL To maintenance of road (Gritnnbv to Louth) To locomotive power—Coka, Aorta), wsgoo, stationary engine, sad adults to superinteedents, officers, 13,637 17 10 and clerks To coaching and merchandise expenscs and station miscellaneous 14,144 18 0 To miscellaneous charges clearing house expense, Re. 423 5 6 To compensation for accidents and loom ll4 5 2 Ittalworking charges (to 31 May only) To rata sod taxes 461 is 5 To government duty on paseenger traffic ---- 1,94418 7 E 165 16 6 2),255 5 • 31,232 lb 7 To balance (cached to Net Retcnue Account) 161,662 6 4 £61,604 • 2 74 • 0 4 e • £61,682 $ 2 By traffic By interest on cask balance By lima (tor smoking in the company's carriages) •-• ?JUN open, 125. ItEVENUE ACCOUNT, eincllng June 30,184% iggeou. To guaranteed rent at 6 per rent. on the parliamen tary capital of 600,4004 being 56,0001 per annum, due to the Big Lincolnshire Railway Company a$ follows : Amount of rent due 31st December , 1813 ~ for the half-year egging 80th June, • 1 lB,OOO 0 840 ..... 3,639 9 t 7 £30,449 7 To balms 0111917014 BT traffic account, for below 5."441 11 7 £30,44 • 7 • Y By babboe „. Awl 11 7. Thaaaginaff's roped, which. etaVada roaa„stod of dating tba is silt mon th s a . farther portios of th e lkelitel beet Wooed to the Public, ALT *4 betW4ol4. Lim AIL .44 41 Elabubsiought a &dance at Ift.salles. which coato,plettt e t Loop, Yid Ma o total ism* of 75 miles of *o I 11