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of F. S. llcr - 7oloucl set, by lo Ect• of Nor" hter of S° 3 Ten to f Trail' liarOP - Mance 7ousinS, ,ouSinS, by the ie King railer)", of Sut• rip dier Service, rightons in the nal% in Clifton- I forty- •terraeo' :v ensoll, art, B.A. of Stil° 6 .••• , ... ILJNOI 3e, No countY GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. JERSEY and GUERNSEY, via WEYMOUTH.—RETURN TICKETS , for One Month are now issued at Paddington.—Fares : 455. and 355. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. FAMILY TICKETS to WEYMOUTH, for periods varying from a Fortnight to Three Months, are now issued at Paddington, at greatly Reduced Fares. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. FAMILY TICKETS to NARBERTH-ROAD (for Tenby) and MILFORD HAVEN, for One Month, are now issued at Paddington, to parties of not less than three persons. Fares (each person): 635. and 455. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. KILLARNEY and SOUTH of IRELAND, via Milford Haven and Waterford.—RETUßN TICKETS for One Month are now issued at Paddington. —Fares : 105 s. and 80s. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NORTH WALES.—TOURISTS' TICKETS to CHESTER. CAR NA/WON, LLANGOLLEN, BALA, &c., for One Month, are now issued at Paddington.—Fares (rail and coach) : 70s. and 50s. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ISLE of MAN, BANGOR, BEAIIMARIS, and LANDITDNO. RETURN TICKETS for One Month are now issued at Paddington. Fares (rail and boat): 70s. and 50s. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. SOUTH WALES. TOURISTS' TICKETS to MILFORD RAVEN, available for Narberth-road (for Tenby), Carmarthen, BWansea, Neath, Chepstow, & c., for One Month, are now issued at Paddington. —Fares: 70s. and 508. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. FAMILY TICKETS to DAWLISH, MONMOUTH, or TOR QUAY, for One Month, are now issued at Paddington, to parties of not less than three persons.—Fares (each passenger): 50s. and 355. •GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION to the SEA-SIDE.—On SATURDAY, ,_"8- 28 , a TRAIN will leave Paddington, at 2 . 30 p.m. , for Chippen .a na, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Frome (fares, 12s. and 65.), Yeovil ( 1 48. and 75.), Dorchester and Weymouth (20s. and les.), to return ftl'Wednesday, Sept. 1, from Weymouth at 7 a.m., and intermediate Stations, as per handbills. Weymouth Regatta will be held on the 30th and 31st of August. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CIIEAP EXCURSION to Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, zirmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Llangollen Road, Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, &c., from Paddington, on MONDAY, August 30, at 7 a.m., returning on Saturday, the 4th September, hem Liverpool (Landing Stage) at 8.30 a.m., and intermediate I tations as per handbills. Pares—Oxford, 6 s. 6 d. and 4 s. ; Banbury , se. and se. ; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. 6d. and 65.; Birmingham, 12s. and 75.; Westbromwich, Wednesbury, or Bilston, lie. 6d. and 6 d. ; Wolverhampton, 13s. and Bs. ; Wellington or Shrewsbury, 17s. and 10$. ; Llangollen Road or Chester, 18s. 6d. and lls. ; Birkenhead or Liverpool, 21s. and lie. 6d. Children under Twelve, Ralf -fares. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. _CHEAP EXOITRSIONS between LONDON and HUDDERSFIELD, -44 4iNCHESTER and LIVERPOOL. To London, on Saturday, Aug. 28. FARES. Ist Class. 2d Class. Liverpool } dep. 10.35 a.m. Manchester „ 10.45 a.m. Rudderafteld , „ 9.50 a.m. London (Ruston Station)... arr. 4.45 p.m. Returning on Wednesday, Sept. 1, at 9.30 a.m. from Euston Station. From London, on Saturday, Sept. 4. PARES. London (Euston Station) , dep. 9.30 a.m. Ist Class. 2d Class. Unddersfield arr. 4.30 p.m. M anchester 3.40 p.m. Liv er Pool „ 4.15 p.m. , iteturni from Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 10.35 a.m. from Liverpool, 10 35 a.m.Manchester, and 9.50 a.m. from Huddersfield. ad o particulars as regards other stations see bills, which may be at the Company's Offices, or of Mr. Marcus, Crosby Hall ella Tabors, Tlishopsgate-street. MARK HIIISII. . General Manager's Office, Euston Station, Aug. 23, 1858. RED SEA and INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited), No. 8, Moorgate-street. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SCRIP CERTIFICATES N l Lbe ready for delivery in EXCHANGE for the LETTERS of uuTMENT, at the Offices of the Company, 8, Moorgate-street, on Or after the 25th August, between the hours of 11 aid 3 . The Scrip Certificates will be delivered to the Allottees only, Or their order endorsed upon the Letter of Allotment. ~ all cases where the Allottees were required to make a further u 4 Yruent, the banker's receipt for such payment must be delivered p, By Order of the Board. Ong. 24, 1858. CHARLES LENNOX PEEL, Secretary. .THE INDIAN and AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). (FIRST SECTION.) • Capital, £500,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each. (Deposit, 2s. per share.) DIRECTORS. John Chapman, Esq., Chairman of the Great Southern of India Railway Company. John Farley Leith, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Bengal Railway Company. C. E. Mangles, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS—The Union Bank of London. BROKERS—Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal Exchange. This Company has been formed for the purpose of extending the telegraphic a communication from England and India by the Red • Se. A. 9 it is understood that the Indian Government contemplate a i c Gitinuance of the Red Sea line by the land route to Ceylon , the i_ "t sdetion of this Company will be made from Ceylon to Singapore, and eventually further sections will be continued to Hong Kong and Au stralia. ti ßer Majesty's Government have already acknowledged the na - O W importance of these undertakings, by granting a guar antee the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company ; and the recent suc . ; I .!'s In laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable has removed the f or which had existed as to th e practicability of communicating • 0 ,T,,, " 1 0ng distances. , - e Promoters will put themselves into immediate correspond ' with her Majesty's Government, in the fu ll ex p ectation that t hey will be ready to concede a guarantee to an enterprise which ';, "u l , l ,suPPly the remaining link in the chain of B ritish Tele g ra p hs our Indian Empire, China and vast Australian Colo Lies. The result of their communication with her Majesty's Govern ''slat will determine the promoters as to the best mode of carrying , out their operations, and they reserve all details for future an nouncement. A.pplications for shares and prospectuses to be made to the brokers Messrs. It. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal Exchange, in the an nexed form ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of 2s, on each share applied for be previously paid into the Union bank of London. The deposit will be returned if the application ? . (3 not acceded to ; and no application oan be received after Friday , the 27th instant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. THE INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). N.B. This must be presented to the bankers entire. The appll eant will retain the receipt at foot , and forward the letter to the , 'onapany's offices. The hankers' receipt will be exchanged here idler for the share certificates, and due notice will be given when such certificates are ready. TO the Directors of the Indian and Australian Telegraph Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Union Bank of London , to y our c redit, £ , being two shillings per share on snares in the above Company, I request you to allot me that • nu mber of shares, and I hereby agree to accept the same , or an y legs number which may be allotted to me Name • Profession or business Address Date BANKERS' RECEIPT 1858. teeelved from , on account of the Indian and Australian Telegraph Company (Limited), the sum of pounds. _ _ For the Union Bank of London, 2 : : This receipt will be exchanged for certificates of shares, when ready . ' • T H E TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. ' 7 . Bank-buildings, Lothbury, and 42 and 43, Poultry, London. With which is incorporated the business of THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, Established 1849, and Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. TRUSTEES. - MATTHEW MARSHALL, Esq., (Bank of England.) WILLIAM SMEE, Esq. (Bank of England). KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. HENRY BLAIR MAYNE, Esq. The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY baying been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the Policies of the late Company adopted under the Deed of Purchase aro guaranteed and kept in force by the Tra , Yellers' and Marine Insurance Company, upon precisely the same terms and conditions under wh'Ch they were originally issued. Total Policies issued 39,000 Claims paid since 1849 271,000 Annual income from Premiums (1857) Insurance effected against General Accidents, Railway Accidents , and Marine Risks ; either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both together ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For Proposal Forms, Pro spectuses, and all other information, apply to the Manager , at the 'bier Office, or to any of the Company's local Agents. EDWARD SOLLY, Manager. 7, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London. " PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE, INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, Price, free by post, ls., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the errects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury with observations on the obli gations of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disquali fleations. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as usual (see page 197.) Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row ; Sanger, 160, Oxford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall -street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM Is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely bal samic : its power in reinvigorating me rrawo in .11 c.o. of nAr voua. and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demon strateeft its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price lls Per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an antl-syphili • tic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the akin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. lts action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the NYstem is undeniable. Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving Of 1 ls. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bartley llooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London -bridge) ; 0. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow -churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard • J. Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street ; Hannay and DietriChSell, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and hording, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and all Medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for is stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System and on the Cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from 'vicious habits acquired during the critic al p assage from Youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar liege in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are !idded, remarks on the wonders of the M icroscope in revealing the hiddenmysteries of "Life within Life , " a nd its advanttv es in de tecting, by urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., S 7, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentia te of - - _ Apothecaries' Hall, London, im., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con ' sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, Which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated Without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret Itteceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those pe nalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be ts;`ltnoved, and how the evil and its consequences may he avoided, ah(Z. above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infir mity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of s cience cannot apply a cure. paws bed by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Gordon 14L', Loadenhall-street ; or from the author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-squar.% London. . The work ma . 7. be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar, Calcutta--Messrs. C. and J. Hormusjee, Apollo-street, Bombay— Circulator Office, Madras—Mofussilite Office, Agra—Dodsworth, Colombo, Ceylon; and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder willeease. A. few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a "perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agricultural show at Birmingham, Cardiff, Bic., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thorley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion t hat its celebrity arises solely from its own in trinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All N p a e r w t i g e a s t i e n . s t t e r r e e e s t t , e o i n n d h o n o r , s f e o s r a a n p d a cattle e w t l h i d e o h w i s e s l l e n to t p a o p s pe f r t e o e 77, NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE, Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Ner vousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia,. Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation , He artburn, Eruptions, Im purities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea) , Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring RENALENTAI,ID/CA. FOOD, -which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 7 1 , of dysp e p sia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—"l have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta, Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these ilnes. Stuart de Decies." — Cure No. 49,332. " Fifty years' inde scribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con stipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomit ing, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Dies, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121 . Miss Eliza beth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and ner vous fancies.—Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily voinitings, Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure N 0.32,830. Wm.llunt, Esq. barrister of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,816. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion) debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years, Cure No. 46,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. Th e D owager C o untess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indigestion. Cure No. 51,812. 80. Twenty-fiva ywrhadeel remove rcos a h: b enl a e n ohrr d ay o vre n eeni e s, : enuveff a 9s l e, s l r e; leave ve p aeb e r s sbetea o i ept f nar effectually coffonev, e e t indigestion, Cure No. a n 1 Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, atter medical advisers misery,d debility, from n a a n n cl y b n 3 o D m i e ß d , i t c r i r n y e ,s c F o o n o l d d ns a very . short time. ' W. B. Reeves,lBl, Fl ee t- s t ree t London." No. 4,208. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, s pasms, and nausea , for which my servant h a d consu lt e d th e a d v i c e of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry 's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell , R igdlington Rectory, N orfolk." No. 32,833. " Three years' exce lit w y, ith wh p i a c i h ns r in end m er y ed ne m ck and life left arm, very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Bar r y's andssi v e g n e n e r e v r a o l u s n d e e s b s i , health restoring Food. Alex. ‘, Stuart, Archdea con o f R oss, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indigestion , and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita tions : The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc for tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred H ” ooper Nevill, imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates. and with all instructions. In canisters, llb 2s 9d ; 21b 4s Gd ; 121 b 22e. Super refined quality llb Cs; 21b 11S; 51b 225; 101 b 335. The 10lb and 121 b canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; James Well, 43, Sloane street; also at GO, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand; , al, Cheaps:de ; and 60, BistiopSgato-strat ; . 131, 150, and 108, Ox ford-street. No. 20,648. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, New and Improved Edition, price 15., THE CURABILITY of CONSUMPTION : Being a Series of Papers, presenting the most prominent and Important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By F. H. RAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and late Sealer Physician to the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. Also, by the same Author, price 10s. 6d., A TREATISE on ASTHMA and DISEASES of the HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Roberts. FEISTS RACING RECORD for 1858. Part VII., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of September. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland in 1857, and Nominations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Falwood's Rents, Holborn. NO MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Palpitation of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilious Headache, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, 64 pages, the people's edition of "PERFECT HEALTH RESTORED," with out pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and without ex pense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonies from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Champbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. MR. and MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT. POSITIVELY THE LAST TWO NIGHTS OF THE SEASON. Great Success of the new Characters and Songs. Every evening at 8. SATURDAY NEXT (LAST TIME) at S. — Admission Is., 2s„ and Os. Stalls secured, without extra charge, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street, and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s 201, Regent-street. The Gallery to be LET during Mr. and Mrs. Reed's Provincial Tour. Application to be made, by letter only, to Mr. J. H. Filkin. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Haymarket), Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on im portant and interesting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and I!ATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY PP MARRIAGE, &c.. sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE. LAST GRAND JUVENILE FETE, THIS DAY, August 26. On this occasion the Boys of the Duke of York's School, with thei splendid Band, will attend. Day performance of the Royal Marion nettes ; special fireworks and illuminations ; concert ; new ballet ; great display of horsemanship in the Cirque Oriental, are. /to. Daily daring the week. The usual attractive programme of amusements. Admission, ls. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL.- Director, Mr. R. DUFFELL.—Open, wet or dry, EVERY EVENING, from Monday till Friday, at 7 o'clock (the entertain ments commencing at half-past 7). On Saturdays at 3, for pro menade (the entertainments commencing at 6). Admission, Is. ; children, 6d. Open on Sundays for promenade, at 5. Admission (by refreshment ticket), ed. Vocal and instrumental concerts by unrivalled corps; musical director, Mr. Phillips; conductor of the military band, Mr. Dean, nearly 100 performers ; vocal conductor, Mr Russell Grover, assisted by Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. P. Corti, Master Haydn Corri, Mr. Chas. Sloman, Mr. Elijah Taylor, and other popular favourites. The Cirque Imperial, exhibiting unrivalled feats of horsemanship—two clowns. Illuminations and fireworks upon the grandest scale, surpassing every other exhibition in the metropolis. Dancing on the leviathan platform at 9, and after the fire-works. On Saturday afternoon the bands will perform at intervals. A may pole dance and other performances will be given on the ballet stage, and country and other dances on the leviathan platform, by Chapino's troupe. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Director, Mr. R. Duffell.—GßEAT AMERICAN BARE BACK RIDER, Mr. JAMES ROBINSON, EVERY EVENING. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. BY APPOINTMENT, BIRCH'S OMNIBUSES EVERY EVEN ING run to and from the Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, every half-hour from 7 o'clock p.m. to 1 o'clock a.m. ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.—Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing.—CßUlSEß, the greatest novelty of the day, will APPEAR MORNING and EVENING, in connection with the Celebrated CIRCUS TROUPE of Mr. W. F. WALLETT, whose fame has now become an established fact. The Proprietors of the above establishment, with every desire to cater for the amusement of their patrons, have entered into an arrangement with the GREATEST HORSE TAMER of the DAY, Mr J. S. RAREY, for the EXHIBITION of the Celebrated Horse CRUISER, in his subdued state, showing the power of man over the brute creation. The won derful subjection to which this hitherto savage animal has been brought by Mr. Rarey has become the wonder of the world. Mid day Entertainment at half-past 2 ; Evening at 8 o'clock. Private boxes, £2 ; stalls, 55.; reserved seats, Is.; boxes, 25.; pit, ls.; gallery, 6d. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for book ing places. Children under 9 years of age, halt-price. BANK OF DEPOSIT. Established A.D. 1344. 3, FALL MALL EAST, LONDON. _ . Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. The Interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. 140TH SALE. —CUSTOM-HOUSE, London, September, 1858. FOR SALE, by Order of the Honourable the COMMISSIONERS of Her MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, on WEDNESDAY, let, Thursday, 2d, Friday, 3d, and Monday, 6th September, 1858, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, The following GOODS for Home Consumption, viz, :—Arms, Brussels lace, bags, boats, brandy, braid, brushes (various), clocks, brass, black marble, ormolu, &c., coffee, cotton articles, &c., daguerreotype lenses and articles, embroidery or needlework ; pieces (muslin), habits, sleeves, collars, &,'!. ; furniture, viz.—mar queterie, inlaid, and Florentine mosaic, tables, cabinets, chairs, &c. ; fans, Geneva, gold jewellery, ivory, ornaments, brooches, &c. ; jewellery (mock), viz.—bracelets, brooches, pins, chains, &c.; lace articles, microscopes, &c., meerschaum pipes, paper, pipe stems and pipes, perfumed spirits, rum, shirt fronts, snuff boxes, segars, ship's gear, &c., spirits (plain and mixed) ; silk manufactures, viz.—broad stuffs, chenille scarfs, waistcoat pieces, trimmings, &c. ; Swiss work, sugar, tapestry, tea, timber, trimmings (dressmakers'), webbing (elastic), watches (silver), wood• (planed), wine, and various other goods. For exportation, or for home consumption, on payment of the duties :—Sugar, spirits, tea, wine, and other goods. For exportation only :—Sweetened spirits, &c. For the benefit of the Crown :—Sugar, spirits, wine, &c. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street; at the London and St. Katharine Docks ; and Tobacco Ground, Itotherhithe ; Monday, Seth, and Tuesday, the 31st August, 1858, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and, on the days of sale, from 10 o'clock in the morning until 12 o'clock at noon. Take Notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver-General after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver-General after 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street, Is. each. ' \irowr i , drt . fig r Nt. JiL, 4 , .. 4 "; cte $4. 7 4 A` 2, • ‘i .. Aixtt 4 / a s , lii ... t w il ylimpt , A , „..„.• 1e,76 . .v.\, v‘r LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1858. EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 25, 1858. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said CO3IPAN Y will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on MONDAY, Aug. 20, 185 4 , at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of submitting for the con firmation of the Proprietors the Resolution passed by the General Court This Day ; approving an unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 11th instant; granting an Annuity of 22,000 to Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., G.C.B. J.ID. DICKINSON, Secretary. A USTRALIA.—OVERL AND ROUTE, via .C 1 Malta, Alexandria, Aden. Ceylon, Melbourne, and Sydney, from Southampton on the 12th, and Marseilles on the 18th of every month.—For book of fares, to secure berths, and for all particulars of the Royal Mail Steamships, apply at the Steamship Office, 33, Regent-circus, Piccadilly, London, W. ~ ~- c ~.-~ . ~~~ - ~ satisfactory to the proprietors, and give them confidence in the future prosperity of the company." PRICE 4D, STAMPED, SD. day at the office, Cannon-row, Westminster—Mr. I. Butt, M.P., in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which stated that arrange ments were in progress, and the directors trusted on the eve of completion, which would ensure the early opening of one of the most important portions of the undertaking. It had been agreed that in the first instance arrangements should be made with eminent contractors for the completion of the line between Cork and Queenstown. The directors had not the slightest doubt that the opening of this would be immediately followed by the completion of the entire undertaking. To meet the requirements of the contractors' offer, it was necessary to obtain on the company's deben tures the loan of £90,000; of this sum £15,000 had been taken by the landowners on the line, and an offer had been made to the directors of the remaining £75,000, so soon as a resolution of a general meeting should place the company in a position to legally borrow that amount. Subject to this, the directors had no reason to doubt that in a very few weeks all those arrangements would be completed, and the works upon the Queenstown branch be actually com menced. EAST KENT. The report by the directors to be presented to the share holders on Monday, the 30th August, says : The directors have the pleasure of reporting that the Wes tern Extension Bill, authorising this company to construct a line from Strood to St. Mary's Cray or Bickley, and giving them running powers over the Crays and the West-end and Crystal Palace lines, received the royal assent on the 23d ultimo. The Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Bill, which extends the \Vest-end and Crystal Palace line to a station near Buckingham Palace, has also received the royal assent. The Crays company have ceded to this company their right of making tha two miles of line between Bickley and St. Mary's Cray, and have un dertaken to double within 12 months the line be tween Bromley and Bickley now open as a single line. The directors have entered into agreements with the Crays and the West-and and Crystal Palace Companies as to the tolls to be paid for running over their lines, by which the East Kent are to fix the fares, and those companies to re ceive a mileage proportion of the same less 20 per cent. for locomotive expenses and wear and tear of rolling stock. The proprietors have already confirmed the agreement en tered into with the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Company, and the promoters of that line subsequently con sented to the insertion in their act of the following clause for the protection of the interests of all parties :—" And in case any dispute shall arise between the companies with re ference to the matters contained in this provision, the same shall be determined by the Board of Trade or by an ar bitrator appointed by the said board, and the agreement shall be subject also to revision, whether temporary or permanent, with reference to the rate of payment per passenger to be made by the East Kent Railway Com pany to the company in any event in which it shall ap pear to the Board of Trade that circumstances have arisen with reference to the traffic carried by the East Kent Rail way Company which make such rate of payment unreason able as regards sucklast-named company, and the terms and extent of such revision, if not agreed between the respective companies, shall be determined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the said Board of Trade." Messrs. Peto, Betts and Crampton have executed a contract to complete the Western Extension line ready for opening to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade by the Ist October, 1860. The whole of the capital required for this line has been satisfactorily placed. The permanent survey is being proceeded with as rapidly as possible. Possession of the necessary land will be obtained by the Ist October next, and the works will then be at once commenced throughout the line. The proprietors may be assured that by the Ist October, 1860, they will have open for traffic a continuation of their line from Strood to the new station in the neigh bourhood of Buckingham Palace entirely independent of any hostile company, and thus the direct and independent route from the metropolis by Chatham, Faversham, and Canterbury, to Dover, which the county of Kent has so long contended for, has been at length secured. Great inconve nience has resulted to the public from the violation by the South-Eastern of the traffic arrangements which they en tered into with this company in January last. The direc tors seeing the great inconvenience which would result to the public from the course which the South-Eastern Com pany were about to pursue, requeste I them to continue the existing traffic arrangements until the Board of Trade should give their decision, but they did not even reply to that request. The directors have appealed to the Board of Trade on the subject, under the 42d clause of their Act of 1853, and the matter now awaits the decision of that tribunal. This conduct on the part of the South-Eastern Company most strongly proves the justice of the decision of Parliament last session in granting the Western Exten sion line, on the ground that the public convenience im peratively required that the East Kent Company should have an independent access to the metropolis. The traffic returns between Strood and Favershatn are very satisfactory, and although the line has been working but a few months, the receipts are considerably larger per mile than on many other lines of railway, which is the more satisfactory when it is considered that the line not being at present open be yond Faversham, is dependent for its revenue entirely on the local traffic of the district. The subjoined statement shows the receipts per month and the steady increase in the traffic from the commencement :—Six days ending Jan. 30, £2ll 7s. sd. ; ditto Feb., £725 6s. 11d.; ditto March, £7 12 17s. 3d. ; ditto April, £1,4 4 8 13 s. 9 d. ; ditto May, £1,309 lls. 101; ditto June, £1,807 4s. Ild. ; total, £6,215 2s. ld. Looking to the above returns and the usual increase in rail way traffic the directors consider that the local traffic alone, even before the line is completed to Canterbury and Dover, will be very considerable, more especially when the traffic om Sheerness is brought upon it, which they believe will be the case in a few months. The directors, feeling that the completion of an independent route to the metropolis for that portion of their line which is already open was of the greatest importance, directed their earnest attention to the effecting that object, but they have not lost sight of the im portance of completing their line to Canterbury and Dover. With this view the directors have obtained extended powers from Parliament for dealing with the forfeited and unissued shares which they trust will enable them within a very short period to raise the necessary capital. Resolutions for giving effect to these powers will be submitted to the meeting. In the meantime the works at Ensden tunnel and cutting are proceeding satisfactorily, and are so for advanced that the whole line may be completed in twelve months from the present time. The hostile attituee assumed by the South- Eastern Company and their apparent determination if pos sible to obstruct the traffic of this line even to their own injury has occupied the attention of the board. After mature consideration they are induced to ask the proprietors to invest them with authority to apply to Parliament, if necessary, in the ensuing session for such powers as will enable them to develop the traffic on the line and to secure proper accommodation for the public." The revenue for the six months appears to liqve been £6,393 19s. 10d., and the expenditure £5,527 17s. Bd.; leaving a net revenue of £876 2s. The following is the general balance-sheet : On the motion of the chairman the report was adopted. Other formal resolutions having been agreed to, The meeting was then made special, and a formal resolu tion was passed authorising the directors of the company to borrow upon mortgage or bond a sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole £OO,OOO, payable in seven years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum.' The proceedings then terminated. DR. To out-standing accounts due by capital. £25,468 0 7 Less amount due to capital ...i12,87G 1 7 Ditto cn account of revenue.... 3,952 16 8 ---L16,831 17 10 ------,t8,636 2 9 To out-standing accounts due by revenue £6,228 8 3 Less amounts due to revenue 112 1 0 - -0,116 7 3 £14,75210 0 CR. By balance of capital account X.8,636 2 9 By stores in band By cash at bankers 1,399 6 5 By balance of debenture interest account 4,647 4 1 £14,75210 0 EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Tuesday—Mr. Balfour in the chair. The CHAIRMAN expressed regret that the directors had not a more prosperous statement to exhibit, but said the falling off in their revenue was only what they had experi enc6d in common with other companies. Their passenger traffic iiad been all along exceedingly good, and he was not without hope that the goods traffic would soon recover from the depression into which it had fallen. The report showed that the gross revenue for the past ha-year was less by £5,275 than that of the first half of 1857, but, on the other hand, the expenses were less by £8,324, the 'half-year now closed being therefore better than the former by £3,049. This would have placed the ordinary shareholders in a good position had it not been for an increase of £5,846 In the debenture interests and preference dividends for the last half-year, which left the company in a worse position to the extent of £2,597. Considerable progress had now, how ever, been made in renewing these debentures, and many of them at more favourable rates. Last year the directors had expended £ 15 , 000 on repairs and re newals of plant, against £lO,OOO in the corresponding half year, which evinced the directors' determination to main tain the line in a state of efficiency. The chairman con cluded by moving the adoption of the report. Sir W. DUNBAR, M.P., seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN next moved the payment of the interest on the debentures and preference shares in accordance with the recommendation of the report, all payable on and after the 7th of September. This resolution was seconded by Provost TAYLOR, of Leith, and agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. -- ee• E t a Pek.ePE ATLA T; ' - t ei ‘ Mtat i l; The sentiments of Wxulinteane''' ..hich have been excited on bett . tic by the completion of the 'gitafeAl9-eerrei-t itn+ the best of' all testimonies toile glAde and utility of the work. It is upon the popular mind that the' • ref aph bear magnitude and consequences of this mighty enterprise have been most strikingly impressed. Before gratu lations could be transmitted from Government to Government the people of the two countries gave vent to their joy. Their feelings instinctively taught them that a feat of marvellous import had been ac complished, and that in some manner or other, through agencies either immediate or gradual, direct or indirect, the concord and amity of two kindred States had become a greater certainty than before. In England we talked and thought •hbout it, till at last the success of the enterprise burst with almost unexpected abruptness upon our ears. In America they have done even more. Preachers took the topic into the pulpit, and addressed their congregations upon the beneficent powers of the intercourse which now, by God's blessing and for God's purposes, had been at length achieved. The secular authorities fol lowed with equal animation and zeal. Meetings are to be held, resolutions voted, and festivals given, and we may already learn a lesson from our American brethren in their prompt recognition of national ser vice. The expedition from which the Agamemnon has successfully returned was at least as important and as heroic as any of those which, in old times, brought down the acknowledgments of Royal visits, knighthoods, promotions, and gratuities. We must say, however, that the instinct of Ame rican citizens has carried them straight to the mark. The voice of the people has been the voice of truth. The real import of this surprising feat is the con nexion of the two nations already united by links of lineage, institutions, and speech, and separated only by the space of waters which the wonderful wire has now annihilate& We may regard this last conquest of man over nature from many points of view. We may discern in it the crowning and conclusive esta blishment of telegraphic intercourse ; for now that 2,000 miles of a stormy ocean have been successfully traversed there remains no gulf or distance on the globe Which may not be bridged. Take. the map of the world, and, it will be seen that if points 2,000 miles apart can be thus connected, the problem of universal communication is solved. By the aid of islands we can easily cross the Pacific. and find our way to China; through the Indian Archipelago we can readily grasp Australia, and as overland wires present little difficulty in America, there is no reason" why our correspondence with Vancouver's Island al well as with Newfoundland should not be instant 1- neoue. This is one aspect of the victory, but it was not this which was seized upon by the American mind. The people of the States saw only the great face that the New World was now linked to the Old, and they were justified in their discern ment. For years past the involuntary tendency of events both in England and America has been to wards this consummation. It is not a little striking to look back upon the struggle. We have colonies and possessions creating interests which, at first sight, may appear nearer and dearer to us than any pro duced by the American continent. We have the im mense territories of Australia, rich in all the bless ings of climate and fertility, and excelling even California in mineral wealth. We have the magni ficent empire of India, with its 150,000,000 inhabi tants, its mighty provinces, its ancient lustre, and its undeveloped means. Yet to neither of these has the electric intercourse been speeded. Our Australian colonies are even now complaining that they cannot get the assurance of ordinary postal communication, and the telegraph to India, though inconceivably easier of accomplishment than that to Newfoundland, has only just been commenced. Twelve months ago the eyes of Englishmen were fixed on Ipdia with an anxiety which nothing could exceed ; but the affair did not end in a telegraph. It is only with America that we have placed ourselves in these intimate relations—only with New England that Old England is united. The same irresistible though insensible attraction has been operating for years. Steam navigation fell into the same line, and was developed on the same field. It was the first ocean steamer, as it is now the first ocean wire, and the speculations about the possibility of an Atlantic steamer exactly foreshadowed the discussions about an Atlantic telegraph. When it was found that the novel voyage could be actually accomplished the energies of the two countries were thrown into the work, till the Atlantic steamships excelled all other steamships as much as steam excels sail. Nowhere has there been such a mortal race of man against the elements, and always with the one object of bridging the great Atlantic Ocean. It is now bridged indeed, and, as the first steamer which reached New York was but the pioneer of the finest vessels in the world, so may our single wire, now laid amid the wonder and rejoicings of millions, prove but the prototype of perfect union. The homage paid to this wonderful enterprise is enhanced by the fact that the novelty of the prin ciple has been long extinct. The real marvel of the electric telegraph consists in conversing at a dis tance, and the extension of the distance adds coin paratively little to the original miracle. When it was ascertained that Aberdeen and London could exchange messages in a few seconds of time, and, above all, when the communication between Bou logne and Dover showed that the sea offered no impediment to the new agency, little more in the nature of surprise seemed likely to be effected. The e.ectric current could be transmitted along a cer tain metallic channel, it could be turned to pur poses of communication, and the mere length of the wire employed seemed an item of little weight in the estimate. Perhaps, indeed, if the first attempt of 1857 bad been successful, we should have thought less of the result; for it is the nature of the human mind to leap from one victory to another; and to think that any step can be accomplished after the first has be6n achieved. As soon as we had crossed the Channel we prepared to cross the Atlantic, and, if our confielence had not received a check, we should Probably have less appreciated the triumph which awaited us in the end. But the failure ofthe first effort, and the renewal of the disappointment upon another trial, taught us that all our energies were indeed de manded for the work before us, while the dreadful tempest encountered and survived by the Agamem non proved what dangers and difficulties still lay in our path. It is not too much to say, indeed, that after the ships had a second time returned pot the unsuc cessfully from their rendezvous in mid - ocean the hopes of both countries were seriously d imin ished , and man h it ad be n ca n m t became a t h q i u s e t t i t oe in pnwt obstacles of nature. But c oura g e and devotion h b e c t e h n er overcome th e powers s have received their reward, and we are conquerors in.the strife. The augury is a grand one. Now that England can converse freely with America across the Atlantic Ocean what is there of which science need despair ? It is impossible but that the prospects of peace should be improved by an intercourse which almost extinguishes the chance of a misunder standing. Englishmen and Americans can now certainly never quarrel over a mistake, and that, we trust, is equivalent to an assumption that they cannot quarrel at all. Perhaps this result is none the less probable because we are often exchanging hard words with each other. People who are prompt to j ang l e " rarely fight. Bickerings furnish a vent for ill-temper, and estrangement is not thought so niuch of when it occurs for the hundredth time, having been always followed by re conciliation before. There is another consideration, too, in favour of peace, which is, that as America becomes an older country she is assimilating more in ideas with older States, and losing the chief ele ment of difference between her views and our own. But the great bond of all must be fixed and immov able in the sympathies and convictions of the two nations. What have Old. Englanders and New Eng landers got to keep them asunder except those leagues of ocean which are now ann ihil a t ed ? This is oe of the forms in which truth must ever prevail, if only it can be recognised, and now that recognition appears so certain we may reckon with assurance and thanksgiving upon the result.— Times. MAIL ROUTES TO AUSTRALIA.—A memorial to the Government in favour of the despatch of a fortnightly mail to Australia, by tke Panama and Suez routes alternately, has been numetously signed by the leading mercantile firms, members of the townreouneil, na:gistrates, &c., of South iiii;ll.ou3, during the week._ r A lency, w or " indigestion elyspr psia),"ilatu cures, without medicine , i.i. . . - "d livtr ci,znpfaints, • ...,, Harry', agony L Dfc: 0:::: td.ri p3i .. sa , s t,p_i dyspepsia, 1, ] :: ::::: :icis g o.l i s o: quote some ciiugh, asthma, consumption, and debility, by delicious R,va,lenta Amb ca food:—Cure N0.49,a 2— " thani Linl, mar Dies, Norfolk : Fitly year' cough, indescribable t(v l biei ili Itt ya consti pation, flatulency, Ep as til 5, kickuess at the 6,tuitiaelt, and vomitiag9, have been remove d by Du Barre 's exet-l'ent ‘;Revalenta Arabica food.— Maria Jolly." of N C a u z r j e 1 :0 \ . ,i 3 c , a : a 6 g — e, have l : h ir b t ec e r n i r y e e t a n i O‘ ' ' Arabica food.—Atbot-street, Perth ; James Porter." Cure removed o b g y h , 13 1 : i digestion, e a x n e d en g e e n n t er i i t l li Ll 6s e i rt li s z , ab a eth e j fre °4' 4 er: cute nervous uNeos.o 47i,Waltham-cross,nl,l2ilg—es't'i 0 1 n , gatherings, low spirits, and tier vons faccics." Cure No. .18,314 --- ~ Hiss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure of ten yearn dy s pepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. ,, Supported by testirnmials from the celebrated professors of Dr. 'Wurzer, Dr. Ingram Lord chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shoiland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Thom li:* d ' other respectable ing an many StuartCatripb d e Campbell, , D D ec r ies ? r i t a i . l l i o e r r . , G e n . respectable persons, %hose health has been restored by it, after all othor means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full directions. In canisters, 1114, 2s. 9d.; 21b., 45. 6d.; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. The 121 b. canisters are sent carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry, Dil Barry, and Go., 77. Regent-street, London; and through al c'lemists and grocers in town and country. Import ant Caution against the fearful danger of spurious imitations.— The Viu-Chancellor, Sir William Page Wood, gt anted an iniunclile on March 10, 1854, against Alfred El o , per Neva!, toe imitating "Do liarry'a Wval, uta Arabica Food." THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY , in expectation of their next Telegram bringing favourable news, have reduced their quotations for Black or Green Teas to 2s. per lb., in 61b. bags—the lowest price on record.—Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. DEAFNESS, NOISES in the HEAD.—Dr. WAITERS, 32, Spr i ng - gar de n s, Charing-cross, London, guarantees to Cure Deafness in one examination, by a safe and painless treatment unknown in this country. One thousand cures can be referred to. Hours of consultation, 11 till 4 daily. A book, this day published, for country patients to cure themselves, sent to any part on the receipt of a letter enclosing six postage stamps. SPCRTING INTELLIGENCE. EGIIAM RACES.-WEDNESDAY. THE BARONS' STARES (Handicap) of 5 SOTS each, with 50 added; for two-year-olds; winners extra; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. 26 subs. Mr. Howard's Flitch, by Chatham, Bst 71b (Fordham) 1 Mr. W. Day's Syria, 7st 10Ib (F. Adams) t Mr. J. Edwards' Nucleus, 7st (Perry) t The following also ran : Mr. Mellish's Margery Daw, Bst 71b J. Goater). Col. Martyn's filly by Pyrrhus the First—Faithful, Bst 71b (Plumb). Prince D. Saltykoff's Varna, Bst 41b (Cresswell). Mr. Craven's Newcastle, Bst 41b (French). Mr. W. Day's Barometer, Bst 21b ( Bray). Mr. J. Lowe's Wild Rose, Bst Gib (inc. 41b extra) (Wells). Mr. Hitchen's Rosina, Bst (Flatman). Mr. H. Combe's Miss Flatman, Bst (J. Mann). Mr. R. E. Cooper's The Courier, 7st 121 b (Charlton). Mr. Hall's Little Pickle, 7st 10lb (Pritchard). Mr. Barnard's Nutfield, 9lb (Swift). Mr. Mellish's Greek, 7st 71b (Custance). Count Batthyani's The Northern Light, 7st (H. Bradley). Mr. Laud's Oracle, 7st (Salt). Mr. R. King's Bounce, 7st (W. Bottom). Betting-2 to 1 agst Wild Rose, sto 1 agst Nucleus, 6to 1 agst Newcastle, and 100 to 8 each agst Nutfield, Flitch, Syria, and Northern Light. Won easily by a length; a dead heat for second place with Syria and Nucleus; Varna was a good fourth; Nutfield was fifth. The last lot com prised Margery Daw, Little Pickle, The Greek, and The Faithful filly. The last named animal did not pass the post. THE TOWN PLATE of 50 soya (Handicap). Straight half mile. Mr. J. C. Stevens's Lady Conyngliam, by Slane, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Dray's Little Gerard, aged, Sstlb (Cowley) Mr. Knowles's Johnnie, 3 yrs, Ost 41b (Britton) 3 The following horses also ran : Mr. Stamford's Fractious, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Wells). Capt. Williams's Forget-me-Not, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Swift). Mr. Greville's Grand Duchess, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Plumb). Mr. T. Hughes's S a lmo n , 5 yrs, 7st 4lb (Hiley). Mr. W. Bevill's lEthon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (car. 7st 31b) (Fordham). Mr. J. Lowe's Griselda, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (Prior). Mr. Fry's Cantrip, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Bray). Major Bringhurst's Ibex, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Pritchard). Mr. Harcourt's Julie, 2 yrs, 6st (Custance). Mr. H. S. Thompson's Brown Holland 2 yrs, Sat 101 b (Daley). Mr. Barrett's Hermitage, 2 yrs, sst 91b (W. Bottom). Mr. Taylor's Fun, 2 yrs, s s t 41b (Page). Mr. J. Nightingale's filly by Teddington, out of Canary, 2 yrs, sst 21b (A. Edwards). Betting-3 to 1 agst Fractious ;sto 1 agst .lEthon ;6 to 1 agst Grand Duchess; 7 to 1 agst Forget-me-not; 8 to 1 agst Little Gerard ; 100 to 8 agst Lady ConyngbaLn. Won by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third ; Fractious was fourth ; Forget-me-not, lEthon, Brown Holland, and Griselda were next, well up with Fractious. TIIE EGHAM STAKES of 5 sons each, with 30 added, fo r three-year-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &e. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. Simpson's Winkfiald, by Alarm, aged, 7st 91b (180) (Walley) 1 Mr. Fry's Cantrip, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (L8O) (Bray) 2 Mr. Mellish's The Giant, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (E 80) (Fordham) 3 Capt. Vansittart's Adellz, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (LB6) (Bottom 4 Mr. King's Fly-by-day, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (E 80) (Custanee 5 Mr. Hughes's T. P. Cooke, 3 yrs, 6stl3lb (1200) (Hiley 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst The Giant; 7to 2 agst Adeliz; sto 1 agst T. P. Cooke ; and 6to 1 sgst Winkfield. Won by two lengths; The Giant, who was kicked by Adeliz shortly before starting, was a bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. B. Land for 105 guineas, and Lady Conyngham, the winner of the previous race, was likewise put up by auction, and sold to Mr. Land for 43 guineas. THE QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 guineas; three-year-olds, Bst 21b; four, 9st 51b; five, 9st 111 b; six and aged, lOst. Two miles and a distance. M. T. Parr's Fisherman, by Heron, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (8. Rogers) 1 Col. Tevis's Yorkshire Grey, 0 yrs, lOst (Wells) 2 Mr. Alfred's f by Grosvenor—Oxonia, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Bailey) 3 Betting-100 to 30 on Fisherman. The Oxonia filly made the running for the first mile and a quarter, when she dropped away beaten. Fisherman then took the lead, and quitting " the Grey" half way up the distance, won by 20 lengths. The Oxonia filly walked in after a long interval. THE MAGNA CHARTA STARES of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; for two-year-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for '2OO soya, if demanded, &c.; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &c. T.Y.C. 14 subs. Mr. Spencer's colt by The Fallow Buck—Subterfuge, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (L 200) (Fordham) 1 Mr. W. Bruce's Tragedy, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (Doo) ... (Perry) 2 Mr. Craven's Joskin, 2 yrs, Gst 41b (L 100) (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran : Mr. W. Bevili's Etlion, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (L 100) (Owner). Mr. Sherring's Linda, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (L,100) (Parsons). Mr. Saxon's Orcus, 2 yrs, Gst 111 b (L 100) (Cooper). Mr. Parker's Sister to One Act, 2 yrs, 6st 31b (L 100) (J. Adams). Mr. W. Day's Syria, 2 yrs, Gst llb (L 100) (F. Adams). Mr. E. Hall's O'Ryan, 2 yrs, 6st Glb (L 150) (Bray). Mr. Spencer's Weatherwise, 2 yrs, Est 31b (L 100) (Reeves). Mr. Hitchin's Rosins, 2 yrs, Gst lb (Pritchard). Betting-5 to 4 agst O'Ryan, 4to 1 agst Tragedy, 6to 1 agst the Subterfuge colt, Bto 1 agst Joskin. Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and third ; Sister to One Act, O'Ryan, Rosins, and Syria were next, pretty well up with the third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst. Toxophilite—offered. sto 1 Fitzrnland—taken. 6to 1 The Hadji. 12 to 1 Sunbeam—taken anti offered. 25 to 1 Longrange—taken. 1000 to 20 The Farmer's Son—taken. ANOTHER TELEGRAPHIC PROJECT. A LINE TO lIAYANA, YUCATAN, MEXICO, TEHUANTEPEC, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, AND SAN FRANCISCO. The success of the Atlantic cable will encourage the estab lishment of other lines, with more or less submarine wires, to other portions of the globe. Among these is the proposed route from Key West (Fla.) to Havana; thence to Yucatan across to Tehean tepee, and down to Panama, and ultimately to San Francisco. In 1856 Horace B. Tebbets, Esq., of this city, well known from his pioneer efforts in the building of the Newfoundland telegraph, visited Florida to obtain from the legislature of that state the charter of a company to establish a tele grapkic connexion between Key West and Havana. He did not succeed in getting through a special act for that pur pose, but achieved the passage of a general law, broad and liberal enough to encourage him in his efforts. Mr. Tebbets then went to Havana, and enlisted the co-operation of Messrs. Torresas and Same, and another gentleman, all large and enterprising capitalists, through whom application was made to the Governor-General of Cuba for the necessary grant, covering a period of 25 years. The Governor- General approved the project in April, 1857, and the papers were then sent to Madrid to receive the royal ratification, This would undoubtedly have been given long ago but for the fact that the Spanish Government preferred to wait for the successful completion of the Atlantic Telegraph line, which was then a matter of serious doubt. The main advan tage to be derived by Spain from the Cuban telegraph was considered to depend on the triumph of the great ocean en terprise, as Madrid will then be brought in complete tele graphic communication with Havana. It is supposed that the royal assent will be given immediately after the Atlan tic line has been put into practical operation, and that Mr. Torresas, who has been at Madrid for some time past to for ward the interests of the Cuban Telegraph Company, will return to Havana with the ratified document some time in Sept. next, when the company will be formed and go to work. The* distance from Key West to Havana is only 70 miles, and the cost of laying the cable, it is said, will be about 500 dollars a tulle. The cable will be of the " three-threaded" pattern- that is, with three insulated conductors. The Magnetic Telegraph Company have agreed to build a branch from Savannah, Ga., to Key West, so that at no distant day New York can be put in telegraphic connection with Ha vana. The advantages of such a line to shippers and traders in New York and elsewhere are too obvious to need pointing out. The same company proposes to run wires from Havana to Cape Antonio, the extreme westerly point of Cuba; thence across the channel to Yucatan, a distance of about 40 miles, where it will connect with a line already built to the city of Mexico. They also propose to extend the wires from Yuca tan to Tehuantepec on the Pacific, about 400 miles, and south from Tehuantepec to Panama, about 1,000 miles, passing through Nicaragua, thus affording telegraphic com munication with the United States and Cuba for the steam boat and railroad companies at Panama, the steamboat com pany of Nicaragua, and to all skips that may choose to send messages from those points. Lastly, this company propose to construct a line from Tehuantepec to Santiago, where there is already a line to San Francisco, 300 miles north. Tke distance from Tehuan tepec to Santiago is not far from 2,000 miles. The line will pass through a country pretty well settled. We will not undertake to say how soon, if ever, all this will be accomplished, but it is all within the purview of the company.—/Vetv York Journal of Cohimtrce DUTCH RHENISH. The receipts for the fortnight ending August 15, 1858, amount to £8,414, and for the corresponding period of last year to £B,lOO, showing an increase of £313. The receipts since the commencement of the present book-year, on the Ist of May, including the above, amount to £51,465, show ing an increase over the corresponding period of last year of £3,929. The working expenses for the fortnight amount to £2,833, or 33.67 per cent. of the receipts, and from the Ist of May to the 15th of August to £19,380, 0r.:37•66 per cent. Tim accounts for the last year having been -kept upon a different system, no fair comparison of the fort= nightly expenditure is possible, but the expenditure of the year 1857-58 was 55 per cent. TILE NAVY. The steam transport Dee, Master Commander Pullen, sailed from Woolwich yesterday morning with steam gear for the western yards, and convoyed the gunboat Ripple to Portsmouth. The Orion, 91, screw, Captain Edwin C. T. D'Eyncourt, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fre mantle, Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron; the Caesar, 91,:screw, Captain Charles Frederick; the Re nown, 91, screw, Captain Arthur Forbes; the Brunswick, 80, screw, Captain Erasmus Ommanney ; and the Racoon, 21, screw, Captain James A. Paynter, sailed from Spithead yesterday for a short cruise in the Channel, the first move ment of the Channel fleet. The Hydra, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, Commander R. V. Hamilton, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning at daylight with supernumeraries for Plymouth. The Terrible, 21, paddleweel steam frigate, Captain Frederick H. 11. Glasse, arrived at Spithead yesterday forenoon, with 300 men paid off from the Royal Albert, 121, screw, Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton, at Plymouth. She discharged them to the Echo and Sprightly steam-ves sels, and returned again to Plymouth. Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour went out to Spit hiad in the Fire Queen steam vessel, Master Paul, y esterday afternoon, and visited the Russian commodore Popoff on beard the Russian corvette Rends, at Spithead ; on leaving he was saluted with 17 guns. The Russian Commodore and captains of his squadron dined with Sir George Seymour in the evening at the Admiral's residence in the dockyard. Yesterday, at 2 p.m., the paddlewheel steam vessel Cologne, built by Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Campbell, for the General Steam Navigation Company was successfully launched trom their yard at Millwall. The vessel is about 500 tons, builders' measurement. The Cologne, after-launch ing, was towed immediately to the factory at Deptford creek. The Board of Admiralty have concluded the purchase of the double-action pump, the invention of Mr. Delpech, and which is in general use is the French maritime service. One of the s e pumps is ordered to be fitted on board her Majesty's experimental corvette Galatea, under construction in Woolwich dockyard. In a recent experiment to test the capabilities of the above-named pump, a 300 gallon tank of water was emptied in the short space of 52 seconds. The Valorous, 16, screw steamer, Captain W. C. Aldham, having been docked at Chatham, has undergone a careful examination in order to ascertain whether she has received any injuries, but only some very slight defects were dis covered, which were immediately made good, and she was yesterday undocked. Her Majesty's screw steamship Diadem, Captain Moor som, R.N., arrived at the new harbour at Holyhead on Mon day evening at 7 o'clock with the Loris of the Admiralty. Next morning Sir John Pakington, M.P., First Lord, ac companied by two other Lords of the Admiralty, Lord Lovaine and Admiral 'Milne, Mr. Corrie, secretary, and suite, inspected the new harbour works. Their lordships were conducted over the several departments of the works by Mr. G. C. Dobson, resident engineer of the Admiralty ; Commander B. Priest, R.N., Admiralty agent; Mr. Charles Rigby, one of the contractors for the works, &c. Aft pr minutely examining the progress of the construction of the northern breakwater and superstructure, their lordships proceeded to Salt Island to ;inspect the works in the old harbour. They then went in Mr. Rigby's steam yacht Marie to South Stack Island, whence they returned early in the afternoon. Captain Mends, C. 8., R.N., of her Majesty's ship Hastings, now stationed in the harbour, was also In at tendance upon their lordships, and salutes were fired from the Hastings on the arrival of the Diadem, and during the inspection of the harbour. THE ARMY. A Chelsea Board is ordered to assemble to-morrow at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, under the presidency of Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., for the purpose of making an inspectien of 105 uon•eorntuissioned officers and men, of vatious cavalry and infantry regiments, who have recently arrived I at the invalid depot from India, where most of them were very severely wounded. The invalids belong to the 2d Dregoon Guards, sth Fusiliers, 6th, 29th, 32c1 (Light Infantry), 34th, 37th, 52d (Lightlnfantry), 53d, 64th, 78th Highlanders, 82d, 84th, 88th (Connaught Rangers), 90th (Light Infantry), 93d Highlanders, the Rifle Brigade, and the Royal Engineers. A considerable number have lost either an arm or a leg, and the whole of the invalids are unfit for further active service. They will be discharged from the army as soon as the Commissioners at Chelsea Hospital have decided on the pension each man is to receive. Yesterday morning the cavalry and infantry troops now stationed at St. Mary'sinvalid establishment,Chatham, were drawn up on their parade ground for the purpose of hearing read the names of those sick and wounded troops to whom pensions have been awarded, and who are to be discharged from the service. The number selected to be discharged is 50 men of all ranks, many of whom were very severely wounded in India, whence they have recently arrived. The pensions awarded by the authorities to each man vary from 6d. to 2s. 6d. per day, according to length of service and the nature of the wounds received. Major-General Sir R. Airey, K.C.8., Quartermaster- General of the Forces, yesterday paid an official visit to Woolwich Garrison. After a cursory inspection of the bar rack departments, he proceeded to the review ground, ac• companied by Col. Bloomfield and Staff. The entire brigade of light infantry iu garrison were then drawn up in com mand of Col. Brown, R.M., and Col. the Marquis of Done gall, G.C.11., commanding the Queen's Royal Rifles, the Antrim Militia. After the customary reception, on the Quartermaster -General's arrival on the ground, the troops commenced a series of battalion and skirmishing movements, and went through a general course of field-day manoeuvres, witiout ammunition. Sir Richard expressed his satisfaction to the reenective commanding officers at the high state of drill and ilie; thorPugh efficiency of the battalions; and, having visited iht; field-battery encampment at the extremity of Woolwich-commoly proceeded to the Royal Reposi tory, and terminated hie Inspection by a visit to the Green hill tents, occupied by the AZ t jai Rifles, at 5 p.m. A final order was yesterday -s o the lodging money Royal Artillery Regiment, retadve sued at' oolwich to the to the effect that there being a number oe officers quarters usually allowed to married officers quattere_d_outof,barracki, available for occupation, the allowance in lieu of barrack accommodation, fires, lights, &e., tontarried officers, will be discontinued, and the lodging list will be closed, except for field officers. The clerk of the works is likewise directed to take an accurate measurement of the whole of the Quarter master-Sergeants' rooms, and, where available, to reduce the accommodation individually allotted to the non-commis sioned officers, so as to create space for the admission of the entire corps within the boundary of the garrison. Nothing, however, has been determined on to improve the condition ige bar of the men's sleeping-rooms in the lower grade even racks, which have been admitted to he intoie-, ma, are during the day, and which, under frequent einerge;l crowded considerably beyond their allotted n num b e r. una wcom. Mr.Gaskin, one of the Commissioners.i L panted by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C.R.,.principal medal oft,'^er at Chatham, and Colonel M. Williams, commanding Royal Eng:neers, paid a visit to the military lunatic asylum st For Pitt, Chatham, on Mo ' making an i n spection of that establishment. The asylum naTuesday,f or the purpose of is built within the fortifications, the site being well chosen. At the present time it is filled with patients, nearly the whole of whom have been sent home insane from e.ndia and the colonies. On each day the commissioner spa nt several hours in the asylum, and instituted a rigid imveection of eve ry part of the establishment. S evera l o f the . arrange ments connected with the asylum appear to be faulty, and are required to be immediately remedied. The building itself is not large enough to contain the number of insane soldiers who sti present occupy it with a due regard to their health and persceeel comfert. The exercise grieunds, tco, were a ref e ou om nd p to he sly exc,eedingly confined, the pride nts baying but yeev limited space in wi licit to take exercise, while in wet and damp weather they are almost precluded from taking any exercise at all, except under a covered walk or verandah. T e co mmissioner, currieg his inspection, made several suggestiL;7ls to the military ant ho rities, having for their object the ,'onifurt of the insane es patients. Terre are scarcely any mes resets provided for the patients, and directions were given thq they should be allowed to play varicu; games—as billiards, howls, and other things—to excite their attention and stimulate their activity. The entire establishment was found to be in very good order. The commis,ioner during his visit minutely iespeeted the several o ards, sleeping-rooms, bath-rooms, cooking-house, Sec., all of which are in a satisfactory state. CRYSTAL PA LACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—lrCS day the admissions nn payment were 5,244; do. by season tickets, 5851; total, 5,829. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. —Liver Complaints.—The virtues of these incomparable Pills are fully appreciated in ecery part of the civilised world. As they act on the general system through the circulation, there are few diseases which they cannot cure, but they are especially efficacious in all disorders of the liver. For these they are an indubitable specific. They possess unrivalled potency for good, while they cannot do harm. A child might physic itself with these pills, and without the slightest danger, except from such excess as would make the most wholesome aliment in the world an evil. By reducing the superlicous bile, regulating its due secretion, and giving tone to the stomach, they effect a perfect nnd prmanent ure. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. The 26th half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Waterford on Tuesday—Mr. J. Connolly in the chair. The report stated that the receipts for six months to June 30, 1858, amounted to £29,118, the working expenses to £12,858, or 441 per cent. of the receipts ; leaving £16,260. The receipts for six months to June 30, 1857, amounted to £28,324, the working expenses being £14,544, or 51 1-3 per cent., leaving £13,760 • showing an increase in favour of last half-year of 12,48 ' 0. The total income amounted to £29,118, and the total expenditure, including law costs and interest, to £14,441, leaving a balance of £14,677 to pay interest on debentures and dividend on preference shares. The result is most encouraging, as it has been attained not withstanding the depressed state of trade ; the decrease in the receipts of almost all other railways, the very high rate of interest paid on bonds and securities in the Orly part of the year, when the difficulty of procuring money Was i deed great, and the insane-competition between fire two great Irish trunk lines for the Limerick traffic. The directors feel deep regret that they are unable to an nounce the recommendation of a dividend to the holders of original stock. Until the preference capital shall have been issued the receipts from revenue must, to a consder able extent, be applied to liquidate the pressing liabilities of the company. The directors have succeeded in establishing a daily communication between Waterford and Milford- Haven, from which they expect very favourable results. The Post-office authorities have not yet consented to de , petch a daily mail from London to the south of Ireland by the Mil ford route ; nor have they yet given the carriage of the night mails to this company. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on the plo specte Of the company. They had succeeded in reducing the working expenses. In reference to the speech made by Sir E. Macclonnell, he denied that the company ever offered to dispose of the line, a nd said there were no grounds f er Si r Edward's observat i ons, as far as the Waterford and Lime rick line was concerned. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. LEVY seconded the motion. He said they expected next year to earn at least £60,000, which would enable them to pay a dividend to the original shareholder;. Mr. EATON condemned the course pursued by tire direc tors, es calculated to lower still more the stock of the com pany. The CHAIRMAN briefly replied to the several points that had been adverted to, and put the report, which was unani mously adopted. Mr. E. POWER proposed that Mr. O'Connor's resignation b e a ccepted, and that he be presented, on retiring from the office of secretary, with a gratuity of £5OO. Mr. W. Meeecomsoez seconded the resolution, which was put and carried by acclamation. Thanks were voted to Mr. Connolly, and the proceedings terminated. CORK AND YOUCHIAL. Tbe half-yer:rly rtrAting of this ownpaily htlld yestcr- RAILWAY INTELLIGEACE. BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS. The report of the directors of this company states that the expenditure on capital account to the 30th of June last amounted to £221,695. The revenue account shows that the actual net earnings of the railway for the three months ending the 30th of June last were £2,691, the interest on loans £976, leaving £715 for dividend. A dividend of 44 per cent. per annum will absorb £1,673, and leave £42. The directors state that there are some claims by this com pany on revenue account from the two companies working the line, which are objected to by those companies, and which will, in all probability, have to be settled by arbitra tion. All such matters are kept out of the quarter's re venue accounts, and therefore the account named as being available for dividend is free from uncertainty, and the directors expect that a material addition will be made to the balance whenever a final settlement be made with the two companies. The contest between the Great Northern end the London and North-Western Company had deprived them of nearly the whole of the passenger traffic between the West Riding and London. EXETER AND EXMOUTH. The report of the directors states that although by the act of last session a very ma►erial change has been effected in the course of the line and the relations of the shareholders with other companies, yet the main feature of the under taking—viz., that of a line of railway between Exeter and Exmouth—remains unaltered. By a clause in the act it is required that the company shall, on or before the 31st of October, 1859, either open the railway for the public con veyance of passengers, or prove to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade, that the company have paid up one-half of the amount of the company's capital of £50,000, and have expended a sum equal in amount to that one-half. This latter provision, although it gives ample time, yet precludes any delay in carrying out the under taking; and the directors have accordingly made a call of £ 2 per share, payable on theist of October, to enable them to complete the purchase of land ; and have also given in structions to the engineer to take the necessary steps, so that tenders may be at once obtained for the construction of the line. SOUTH DEVON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Ply mouth on Tuesday—Mr. Woolcombe in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that, considering the whole state of commercial affairs, he thought they had no reason for apprehension or discontent. There was scarcely any fairer way of testing the progress of a company than by comparing the amounts divided year after year in corresponding half years on consolidated stock. This had been done with the following results :—ln 1849-50 there was no dividend ; in 1851 the available sum amounted is £4,854, in 1854 to £5,486, in 1855 to £5,486, in 1856 to £6,983, in 1852 to £3,990, in 1853 to £3,990, in 1857 to £12,277, and in 1858 to £7,347. The year 1837 was altogether exceptional, as there were extraordinary receipts from the agricultural meeting at Newton, and as there was also an accumulation for "rest." But, comparing 1858 with 1856, they could see that there was a very decided increase, £7,347 as against £6,983. Another excellent test of progress was whether the sums added to capital account had increased or diminished the amount of profits. In many of the larger companies the progress had been from larger to smaller dividends; they had progressed from no dividend at all to a small one, which -they hoped to increase. In 1856 the interest on prefer ence shares was £18,375; in the present year it was £21,354; thus they had added more than £3,000 to the interest on their preference shares, and at the same time increased their ordinary dividends. The gross amount received per train mile run on the Great Northern was 4s. 2d. • en the Midland, 4 s. Bd.; on the London and South-Western, 59. 2d.; on the South Wales, 6s. 3d.; on the .Manchester, Stafford, and Lincolnshire, Os. 5d.; on the Bristol and Exeter, 75. Id.; on the Great Western, 7s. 3d.; on the South Devon, 7s. 4d. To get that large amount per mile, it was clear their officers had so arranged the trains that they might be well filled. Un fortunately large dividends did not depend wholly on this, but en the amount of preference charges which must be paid before a dividend was declared. Much had been said lately on competition between railways, and he believed that even there they had felt the effects of it. It was a question most interesting to shareholders, and called for active inter ference. A mistaken course had been pursued, treaties and contrivances, more or less ingenious, had been tried, and an attempt at protection had been made, which he thought was wrong in principle. In railway matters, as in evertbing else, free trade was the only sound principle, and all such attempts, however ingenious, must end unsatisfactorily. They should trust entirely to the free course of commercial enterprise. Railway companies were bound to receive traffic without preference from whatever sources. They must, he thought, obtain an accession of traffic from the Tavisteck, and especially from the Cornwall Railway. Sixty or seventy miles in extension of their line must bring them traffic. After some further observations, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. D. DERRY seconded the resolution, which was car ri,‘ld unanimously. Vie CHAIRMAN having moved, and Mr. Dn RRy seconded a reso lation for a dividend of 1 per cent. per annum, which was cacricd with similar unanimity, the meeting separated. NORTH DEVON. The half-yearly mee!ing of this company was held at the offices, in Gresham Hotta:, yesterday—Mr. Sherland in the chair. The report (an abstract of which has already appeared) having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he had but little to add to the state ments in the report. They had had the report of the traffic manager up that morning, and it fully confirmed their anti cipations as to the increase of their traffic. By the weekly return they made the increase £303, but when it was finally made up, as it was by the traffic manager's report, they found it was Dc2s. He had no doubt they would now regain their traffic, perhaps even more rapidly than they had lost it during the past six months. The South-Western Exeter line would probably be opened within the next 18 months, and would no doubt add to their traffic. The steam-boats alluded to in the report belonged to individuals, the North Devon Company having nothing to do with them. Indeed, under their Act of Parliament they could not, but he thought the boats were likely to prove very beneficial to them. He Lad recently been over the line, and found it in good order, and working with * great regularity. It was true there was some little complaint relative to the slowness of their trains, but, looking at the nature of the curves on the line, the engineer thought it might be dangerous were they to increase their speed. He begged to move that the reports and accounts be received and adopted. The motion having been seconded, was carried unani mously, and the dividend, at the rate of 169. Bel. per cent. per annum on the ordinary stank, And £1 13s. on the B stock, declared. gethoe A emnytbl v ieel o ma t ad e anne o dv, f thanks having been given to the chairman, that oe i tr n iyi eare prospectkn o watering-placesw ] ed o g r i ng increasing tle i on c o t hmtehp line iii traffic, e s c t ,b a ea t e se d oimi that firnag. so popular that it was difficult to get a 'aging. BIDEFORD EXTENSION. The half-yearly meeting of this company was then held —,Mr. Sherland again presiding. Tile report said—" The directors having previously assured the proprietors of their earnest desire to curtail all expenses, and to discharge the first cost liabilities, without recourse to preference shares, or extended powers, have the satisfac tion to report that every clai m h as been adjusted equitably, and, it is hope d,justly to all parties concerned; and the capital account will now be closed. The lessees, as well to the public as the proprietors, have given every facility and conve nience in the working of the line; and if the very low fares imposed may ,not have been remunerative, an increase from 41,748 passengers in the corresponding half-year of 1857, to 45,305 passeng era in 1858, shows a progressive improvement in the traffic. In common with railways generally, the goods traffic has fallen off. The returns show a gross receipt from the Ist January to the 30th June, 1858, of £1,288125. 2d., against £1,295 7s. Bd. in the corresponding half-year of 1835.- The accoants showed the total receipts to have bee £47,215 14s. 9d. and the expenditure £52,108 4s. ld. The report and accounts were adopted. EXETER AND CREDITON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was also held at the same place, and with the same chairman. The capital account showed the total receipts to have been £113,300 and the expenditure £112,323 lie. id., showing a balance of £976 Bs. 11d. The revenue account, as shown by the Bristol and Exe- Pany (who work the line), for the past six months the following results : — Receipts from passengers, x , from goods, £1,281 ss. Md. ; and parcels, x £4,288155. 7d.; from which had to be d e d uc ted making for working, as per agreement, X 2,927 gavete 2 r l3, 8C4:37 sm. 2e. d 35. d ; a total of 6s. 4d., leaving a balance to be carried t) the credit of this co mpany of £1,361 95. 3d., which has been absorbed by pay ing interest on the preference shares. The accounts having been received the meeting was made special, and the directors authorised to raise £6,666, or any part thereof, on bond or debenture, under the company's Act of 1850, for the p ur p ose of placing the line in a proper state of repair. The usual vote closed the proceedings. WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. an increa se o f £1 , 587 s s. ld. over The half-yearly repo rt of the d irectors states : p b e e r i i n o g d of 1857. Th e di rectors are gra tified The accounts of the com p an y f or the half - year ending 30th June last show t hat the g ros s receipts have amounted t tt o ihfie l e dlc2oar,tOr corresponding s l o 9 n s d . i 3 n dg. result,' s eeing that the past half-year has been one of unusual depr ession in tr ade generally, and more especially in that branch 6f trade on w hi c h th e traffic of this cam 2 6 1 0 y 9 g greatly. depends. y d e pends. The b a l ance o f revenue accoun t is 2d. After the payment of the interest:on mortgages and tempo rar y loans, and providing for a cent. on all the dividend of 5/ Per preference shares, a sum of £1,187 14s. 11d, remains for the original proprietors, and the directors again recommend the declaration : in compensation o f a dividend of 2,, p er s hare, which will leave £5O 49 . 11d. to be carried to next account. The expenditure on capital account during the past half year has amounted to 12,858 ls. Bd. f or wor k s an d r o lling tunnel. stock, including a payment of £229 2 . for damage to houses tie n Peter-street, Wbitehaven, during the construction of Since the icsue of the directors' last report the greater portion of the new pre ference shares have been taken up, and the proceeds t h h a e v e been company.aplieTdhei i n directors hope o to be able to stzte ff the old liabilities of in their next report that the whole of the liabilities on capital account have been liquidated. The short branch line near Broughton, alluded to in the engi neer's report last half-year, was opened for traffic on the Ist August, as well as a similar short branch on the Fur ness Company's line near Dalton. The through wins to and from the south now pass over these lives, and a saying of nearly six miles is thus effected. The negotiations wi:b the Yost-office authorities for the conveyance of the mails have been continued during the half-year; but the direc tors regret to state that, although they have offered to con vey the mails at a less sum than would cover the cost, they have not yet been able to secure for the inhabitants of Whitehaven the earlier delivery and later despatch which they are entitled to, and. which the new railway route south wards can supply on reasonable and moderate terms. The directors believe that the results of the past half-vea , 's worl4ng, it; a time of great commercial depression, will ba . :1;* ' 1y 'lt CIO '. ler 1 ar i each , )12S. sales crate and oing 0 2‘2s: Lo 1 15 were xrePt rates. Oiiv little las 04 15s 01 163: 4 105 011 w prn4 hurts, 37 - -tern, 1,116 14, ni u of narket done. q, 97 - in this GS James s Gott