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1.1 R. and MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW ENTTo.P.T.IIINMENT.— LAST WEEKS. Introlllation of four Ori g inal anriva,crs and cin g g. Every eveniia g vi,ept-414111!-. Stl7, at 3. Satircla 3 t afternoon at 3.—Athnission Is., •45., StaiN so,lrao. without extra charge, at the Repll (Alle'r7 of Illustratiun, 10, he g ,at•streq, wad at Cramer, Beale, 11,)151 Co.'s 201, Re g ent-street. The Gallery to be LET duria 4 Reed's Provincial Tour. Application to be made, by letter only, to . J. H. Filkin. PL,OYAL• - GARDENS, VAUXHALL. SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY. Extra Illuminations—Extra Fireworks—Extra Concert—Extra Ballet—Extra Horsemanship— Extra Bands—and NO EXTRA CHARGE. Doors open at 3 for Promenade; entertainments commence at 6.—Admi?sion One Shilling; children, Sixpence. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL, Director, Mr. R. Duffell. Doors open EVERY EVENING, wet or dry, except SA.TURDA.Y. When the Gardens will be opened at 3 o'clock for Promenade, the tntertainment commencing at half-past 6. Admission, Is. On Supdays doors open at 5 o'clock by refreshment ticket, Gd. For Routine of amusements see bills of the day. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Haymarket), Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by DR. KAHN at Three, and by Dr. sExroN at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connec tion With ANITOM.Y, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR, KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON TILE PIIILOSOPITY OF MARRIAGE, &c.. sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. NEXT SATURDAY, the FIRST SHILLING SATURDAY at the CRYSTAL PALACE.—The TWO FIRST RI-TILLING SATURDAYS of the SEASON, at the Crystal Palace (the 14th and 21st inst.), will be celebrated there by TWO GRIND FtTES, in AID of the FUNDS of the EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIA TION—a Society which has from the first advdcated Saturday being made a Shilling Day, for the convenience of those in the enjoyment of the half-holiday. It is trusted the latter will attend in large numbers on these occasions, and thus manifest their appreciation of the Directors' liberality in making the desired concession, and of the Society's strenuous efforts, by means of which the half holiday itself has been secured. Narz.—On Monday next there will be a further Fdte, in behalf of the Funds of the same Association. There will be abundance of extra Entertainments of a highly interesting kind on each of the days._Doors open at 10 o'clock ; children, half-price. AL H AMBR A PALACE, Leicester-square' Lessees—Messrs. Howes and Cushing. (The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.) First engagement, in England, of W. B. DONALDSON, the cele brated American Ethiopian Clown and Harmonist, from the prin cipal Amphitheatres in the United States, where his original enter tainment always received great applause—this week, in connec tion with WALLET'S CELEBRATED CIRCUS COMPANY.—Extre- Ordinary and Brilliant Success of the unrivalled Troupe of Eques - than and Gymnastic Artistes, and SPLENDID STUD. OF HORSE S . .., 71 0 Performances - daily. Mid-day Entertainment half - pas t 2 ; -avening at 8 o'clock. Priiite Boxes .; Stalls, 55.; ...Reserved Seats, 35. ; ~ 25.; V ozea is.; Gallery, 6d. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until p.m. o fees for booking places. Children underO yeareof age, Half-price. W. F. WALLET every evening. ME T ROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, london, S.W. Life assurances, annuities, endowments, and loans on advantageous terms. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. N.B. Policies in force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life Assured within the thirty days of grace, the Premium in arrear being deducted from the amount assured. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. The Profits of this Society will be divided in future, Quin quennially instead of 9 eptennially ; and Policies will participate at each division, after three annual payments of premium have been made, instead of five as heretofore. Policies effected now, or before Midsummer, 1860, will participate in four-fifths, or 80 per cent., of the profits at the next division in January, 1863, according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring young lives are lower than in many other old established Offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments Of Premiums. Policy itaMps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. TH 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 having been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the Policies of the late Company adopted under the bend of Purchase are guaranteed and kept in force by the Tra vellers' and Marine Insurance Company, upon precisely the same terms and conditions under which they were originally issued. Total Policies issued 39,000 Claims paid since 1819 £71,000 Annual income from Premiums (1857) Insurance effected against General Acc i dents, 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 t he Mana g er, at the Chief office, or to any of the Company's local Agents. EDWARD SOLLY, Manager. 7 , Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London. CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, OATS, COCOA, AND SOAP. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Trans port Services, Somerset-house, 10th Aug., 1858. THE CO`COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AMUR:U. of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY,the 2ilth instant, at Half-past 1 o'clock, they will be READY to TREAT with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for SUPPLYING and Delivering into her lialesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD and PLYMOUTH, the Undermentioned articles, viz.:— Deptford. Plymouth. _ Qrs. Qrs. WHEAT OATS Tons. COCOA l5O SOAP When to be delivered. —Halt of each in three weeks, and the remainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the . Party tendering. A proportional part of the prce per bushel of Wheat will be paid for an weight exceeding &fibs. i per bushel. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the arti cles, but separate tenders must be made for each port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so made. Their lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such Part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, ' 3 r of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The cocoa to be exempted from the Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Samples of the wheat (not less than 2 quarts), of the oats (not less than 2 quarts for each port), of the cocoa (not less than 2lbs.), and of the soap (not less than a bar), must be produced by the Parties tendering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac cepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the contracts have been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office, at the Victualling,-yard at Plymouth, or to the Officer conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the col lectorof Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular at tention is called, may be seen at the said office, at the Victualling - Yard at Plymouth and at Liverpool, and Bristol No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sure ties in v. siting. Every , tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset House. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price ls., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 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 critical passage from Youth to Manhood, with practical observati ons on the Physiology' of Mar 'haze in its social, moral, and p h ys i ca l relations. To which are added, remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries of " Life within Life," and its advanta;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., • 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con aequenees 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, cud 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 ' arc principles of personal management which cannot be violated aviti , eut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret ~,,e,ae,na the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those pe nalties nay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may he avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infir mity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by S. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the author, who may be consulted daily, from 11. till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzley, Loll Bazaar, Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormusjee, Apollo-street, Bombay— Circulator Office, Madras—Mofussilite Office, A gra—Dodsworth, 'Colombo, Ceylon ; and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN TIIE SCIENCE OP MEDICINE. PatenZ Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Phaenaclert de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. T R TEst:TAR Nos. 1, 2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat Pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as admi- Lailemand, Roux, Bicord, &c., and adapted for nistered by Valpt t e u . both Bait* TRIESEMATI, No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, snaIdA.TORIpICEA, and all the distressing conse quences arising from early : abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood : and whatever may be the cause' for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Cis, covery. TRIESEMAR NO. IL effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated :forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Nonretention ea Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Cepaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the popUlation. TRIESEMAR NO. lIT. is the great Conti . xental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for•Seurvy, Ecrefula, and all n and impurities Cuta n eo Erutions removing and expelling in its course all cor ruption.; and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible per spiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which un fortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price Ils., free by positi 15. Bd. extra to any part of the kingdom ; or four cases is one for 835., by post Ss. 2d. extra, which saves Ils., and in Ei cases, whereby there is a saving of EI 12s. Sold by Daniel Church. 7g, Grace- Kilmeh-street, City ; Bartlet Ifooper, 43, King William-street, (four doors from LO ; Watts, 17, Strand ; Prout, 289, Strand; Hannay, eg, Oxford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapatde ; Edward's, St. Paal's Churchyard. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work, price ls., Post free, illustrated with 100 engravings, containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful re sults from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits _arising fr,nn the chemical tes ts and examination of the spermatoza by the newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenses. The Author may be consulted daily according to the rules in the Book. B old by J. Allen, `lo, Paternoster-raw, sad from all weals to: the sale of " Trioiemar," No. 20,637. PUBLICATIONS. LADY CHATTERTON'S NEW NOVEL, T"E REIGNING BEAUTY, Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. " Lady Chatterton's last navel, 'The Reigning Beauty; is aim her best, and must be registered among the welcome aids to summer idleness and pleasure." —Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers. Successors to Henry Colburn. " GREAT SOCIAL EVIL." Just published, price sixpence, HELP FOR ENGLAND : A Tract for the Times, suggesting a full and efficient remedy for " the Great Social Evil." By A MAN OF BUSINESS. London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. ON SPINAL AND OTHER DEFORMITIES. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the CAUSES and TREATMENT of OURVATUAES of the SPINE. Third edition, price 6s. AND Just published, Second Edition, price ls. 61, CASES and OBSERVATIONS illustrative of the beneficial results which may be obtained by close attention and perseverance, in some of the most unpromising instances of Spinal Deformity, with numerous Engravings. By SAMUEL HARE, F.R.0.2., Sm. " We unhesitatingly commend this work as a truthful and trust worthy statement of the poWer of scientific surgery and medicine over some of the most grievous hindrances to human activity anti industry."—Medical Gazette. " The Author has had much success in his plan of treatment, and we are of opinion that the principles on which ho acts, in the treat ment of these affections, are Correct."—Lancet. "Mr. Hare may take credit to himself for having effected much good in tho treatment of Al) cases described."—British Medical Journal. " Mr. Hare is, we think, a sound and successful practitioner." — Medical Circular. . London: John Churchill ; and may be had of all booksellers. THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Dedicated, by gracious permission, to her Majesty.—Mr. MITCHELL, book seller and publisher to her Majesty, has the honour to announce the publication of an importalat ORIGINAL PORTRAIT of H.R:H. ALBERT EDWARD, PRICE WA,LES, from a Photograph (of the-ILO-of the lithograWi) thien by spebial permission, trona Life, a 4 WirLdsor Castle,tby Mr, Lake Price, autt exectited inliaellfno33r by R. I. Lane,A. E. It. A., I:lE.'Mynch; and W. Gaud'. Size Of the print, 16 inches by 11 inches. Proofs, one guinea ; prints, half-a guinea. J. Mitchell, bookseller and publisher to her Majesty, 83, Old Bond-street. London. FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858 . Part VII., price 3d., will be published on the Ist• of September. The Record, containin g 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, Diarrhcea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2 penny stamps, and you will receive post free, GI 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 ITre, 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. NORTH RHINE COPPER MINING COMPANY of SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Limited). Capital, £60,000, in 60,000 Shares of £1 each, ss. thereof to be paid on application for Shares, and a further sum of ss. per Share at the expiration of two months from the date of allotment. DIRECTORS. Charles Cleve, Esq. (Crosby-square, London, late of Adelaide). Francis Cope, Esq. (Messrs. Cope and Scott, London). George Hay Donaldson, Esq. (Messrs. Donaldson, Lambert, and Co., London. Philip Levi, Esq. (Messrs. P. Levi and Co., London and Adelaide). William Paxton, Esq. (Linden House, Chiswick, late of Adelaide). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, John Beck, Esq., Director of the Burra-Burra. Edmund Levi, Esq. Alfred Watts, Esq., J.P., Local Director of the Bank of Australasia. CONSULTING ENGINEER—.T. H. Clement, Esq., F.G.S. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. Pattison and Wigg, 1, Lincoln's-inn-Adds, and 10, Clement's-lane, City. Adelaide—Charles Fenn, Esq. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Harkey, Fenchurch-street. Adelaide—South Australian Banking Company. BROKERS. Messrs. Cope and Scott, 7, Lothbury, City. Thomas Fenn, Esq., 3, Royal Exchange-buildings, City. MANAGER—T. Hancock, Esq. Offices-1, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and working the valuable freehold mineral property known as the North Rhine Mine, situated in the Hundred of that name, near Adelaide, South Australia. The property comprises 3EG acres, and contains one of the richest deposits of copper ore yet discovered in this well-known mineral district. Upwards of 100 tons of copper ore have been raised from this Mine : and the yield of the malachite and blue carbonate has shown upwards of 70 per cent. oxide of copper, giving an average to the ore of 32 to 34 per cent. fine copper. Prospectuses in detail, with maps, may b 3 had on application at the Offices or from the Brokers. POJIM OP APPLICATION 701 SAIICES. To the Directors of the North Rhine . Coppei 7 3,lining.Company 01 South Australia (Limited). Gentlemen,—llaving paid 2 to your Bankers, Messrs. Ilankey, I request that you will allot to me Shares in North Rhine Copper Mining Company of South Australia (Limited); and I hereby agree to accept such Shares , or any less numb er that ms.y be allotted to me, subject to the provisions of tho Limited Liability Act of 1850. Name Address Date The above form, when filled up, is to be left with the Bankers on payment of the deposit. NORTH RHINE COPPER MINING COMPANY of SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Limited). NO APPLICATION for SHARES in the Company will be received after WEDNESDAY next. T. HANCOCK, Manager. August 12, 1855. SCHWEPPE'S SODA WATER, MALVERN SELTZER WATER, POTASS WATER, and LEMONADE. Every Bottle of the Alkali Waters is protected by a Label over the cork with their signature. - Sold by all respectable Chemists, Con fectiontrfl, and at the leading Hotels. Manufactured at London, Liverpool, Bristol, Derby, and Malvern Wells. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTjLE.- 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 will cease. A. few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." Ile tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. lie then bought some of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, aad 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, &c., 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 for ced to the conclusion that 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 parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, Loudon, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. T 0 THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary Vice-Presi dent of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corres. Member of the Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, &c., and Resident Phy sician to the Bedford Dispensary, 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." "Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse Dr. Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound medical phi losopher."—Critic. "The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure." —University Magazine. "The ' NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absur dity of the English mode of treating such complaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means presented."—Evening Sun. For Qualification, vide "Diplomas," and the "London Medical Directory." NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE, Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Ner vousness Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Im purities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhw., Hemorrhoand ids, Headache, Debility, Desponden c y , Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis,. Consumption, also Children's Complaints effectuilly removed - by DU BARRY'S delicious Hea lth-Restorin g REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves nifty 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. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lnrd 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 lines. 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 Dins, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Eliza beth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Ilerts, 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. (lure 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 vomitings , 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:lroise, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion) debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 46,814. Mr. Samuel Laston, Leicester, of two years' diarrhmt. Cure No, 52,612. The Dowager . Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indigestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zegners, cured of consumption, after medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 130. Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,203. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice oFfeovida.nyl, h s a h v a e ll be be en ehtfaepeptyu to a cu a r s c w d er hy a D n i y i D i a a ri to y ii. ' r s i3 l e i s e t: a B l 3 t r h e. -7 , t T j o h r e i lh n ea g e W. navel', Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arM, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radie dly removed by Du Barry's health restoring 'Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,908. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excallent Revalenta Arabic:). 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 N en e. tion on the 10th March, 1854, agftinst Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating " Du Barry's Bevalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for a ll Climates. and with all instruetions. In canisters, 11b 2s 9d ; 21b 4s ; 121 b 225. Super refined quality, llb Gs; 21b lls; 51b 225; 101 b 335. The 101 b and 121 b canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 'l7, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; James Well, 4n, Sloane street ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, end 451, Strand; 01, Cheapside ; and CO, BisLepsiateltleet ; 63, 150, and 197., oz. ord•atrcet. oz; 7 - rN T.Yr 77 #. -\\ z,.. . Or.' --itee --€ Z-- • G . . --- I :.'. ..' . '• ,' I • i- , - .•-•? • . . ..'"--!` •e; • 4 ~....o . ..."TT' L ' -... ---- A g , I , .. 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The accounts for that -expenditure show that, while some of the outstanding balances have been paid during the half-year, the turns already' received for the sal e o f surp l us property, and for a portion of shares in other companies, have exceeded the capital payments by about £29,000. In pursuance of an arrangetneat which was notified at the half-yearly general meeting in February, the directors im mediately proceeded, under the promise they had given, to make vacancies for the admission of three new directors into the board, whose names had been recommended by proprietors for election, as willing to undertake the duties of that office. Mr. Samuel Baker of Thorngrove, Worcester ; Mr. Robert J. Brown, of Cirencester; and Mr. Edward Leeming, of Richmond, being duly qualified, were conse quently appointed in the place of the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P. ; the Hon. Robert Windsor Clive, M.P.; and Mr. Aicklethwait, who resigned their seats to admit them into the board of management." EASTERN COUNTIES. The half-yearly report of the directors of this company says :—" The period has arrived when your directors have to submit for your consideration the result of this undertaking for the half-year ending 30th June, 1858, which shows a receipt of £645,516, against £654,675 in the corresponding half-year. The expenditure was £295,639, against £300,098. The general depression in trade has exercised a con siderable influence on the receipts of all railway com panies for the half-year ending 30th June, 1858, and the receipts of this company have, although in a lesser-de gree than most of the larger companies, been affected by it. Another cause has operated to diminish this company's re venue during the past half-year, viz.—the competition which has existed between several of the.railwav companies laving termini in the metropolis and some of them having junctions with your line at Peterborough, the effect of which has been a reduction of the rates fir traffic generally, which has in some degree reduced the receipts on yourline. Upon the whole the reduction has been smaller, as compared with the receipts of the same period in 1857, than might have been anticipated, and - you will find on comparing the respective periods that the decrease as regards the Eastern Counties lines amounts only to the stain of £6,519 19s. ld. It is to be regretted, from the causes above enumerated, as well as from local causes, that the traffic of the East Ang lian Company's lines has suffered to some extent, although the same means have been used by this company to develop that traffic as has been adopted on their own lines. Con currently a ith the decrease of the receipts, your directors have much satisfaction in being able to state that the work ing expenses for the half-year nave been reduced to nearly an equal extent, viz. :—by the sum of £4,458 6s. 91., leaving the result, as regards net revenue, about the same as if no diminution of receipts had occurred. The stability of rail way property is affected by the manner in which the capital of a company is dealt with. If additions be made to it, except for purposes of increasing the revenue, future years have to bear a burden in the charge of increased interest, which must diminish the sum applicable for dividend. Yeur directors have the satisfaction of pointing out that in the present half-year the addition is scarcely of sufficient importance to mention. The whole amount is only £5,316 4s. 61, and of this £2,878 2s. 4d. was aethorised in the report made the 31st December, 1857, for new works at Brick-lane and shops at Bishopsgate station. By that outlay a considerable yearly rental will be ob:ained. The whole addition exclusive of that sum, is only £2,438 2s. 2d., and that for works of a remunerative character, and Parliamentary expenses. There are occa sions when directors should not hesitate to make an addition to capital, if for objects which partake of the nature of first cost, and for the purpose of carryiug on a new undertaking. The time has now arrived when some provision should be made for plant for the Woodford and Loughton line, and to meet the requirements of additional mileage now being worked by this company. Since the 22d August, 1856, the general plant of the company has been used for this purpose, and as 14 miles of extra ground have to be worked over for the Woodford traffic alone, by reason of a considerable num ber of trains running from Penchurch-street as well as Bishopsgate, 60 additional carriages will he required, and this number your directors propose to order in the current half year, with your approval. The observations which apply to carriages apply also to locomotives, and it will require six engines to supply the wants for new lines in that respect, the cost of which will be charged to the capital account. These are all the additions which your directors calculate will for the present require to be made, except for six more shops about to be erected in front of the Bishopsgate sta tion, which will yield a large per centage on the amount expended. That will not be the only advantage; but the alterations will greatly improve the entrarce, remove the objections made by passengers, and render the station more easy of access. The result cf the undertaking as regards the Eastern Counties Company for the last half-year is as fdlows Gross receipts due to the Eastern Counties £513,366 17 11 Expenses £217 ; 72710 2 Less interest on guarantees and 10an5.... 141,417 10 0 Balance 76,310 0 2 Add sum carried over after paying December dividend 7,256 3 1 83,566 3 3 Deduct on account of deferred permanent way account B,OOO 0 0 Leaving £75,566 3 3 available for dividend, and as, in the opinion of your direc tors, every charge has been brought against the revenue account, which properly belongs to it, they have declared a dividend of £1 3s. 9d. per ceuturn for the half-year, on the consolidated stock of tt:e company, which is after the rate of £2 7s. 6d. per centntn for the year. The sum amounts to £69,274 2s. 6J. ; and will leave a balance to he carried over of £6,202 Os. 9d. to the succeeding half-year. Your directors understand that the woik3 on the East Suf- folle Company's lines are progressing to completion, but the time of the opening for traffic has not yet been intimat ed to this company. On the 16th May last, the line from Halesworih to Haddiscoe, worked under agreement by this company, which cemprises about 13 miles of the main line of the East Suffolk Company, was closed for the purpose of relaying the permanent way with heavier rails. The work ing agreement with this company is still under negotiation as to details. So soon as these have been agreed to, a special meeting of the ix oerietore will be called for its ratification. Considerable tutention has been paid by your directors during the past half-hear to keeping the permanent way in a state of the utmost efficiency. This has been done at a cost of £52,730 2s. 9d., being after the rate of £2.33 12s. per mile per annum cf üble line, all charged to revenue. They have much satisfaction in stating that all the prin cipal works which required it have now been renewed. The rolling stock is in a very satisfactory condition. The whole of the expenses during the half-year have been charged to revenue, as mere particularly referred to in tee report of the locomotive superintendent. The balance at the debit of this account was, at the Ist of January last, £77,760 19s. sd. Since that date the sum of £BO4 10e. has been added, being the balance ex pended on the name' of the bridge over the Lea river na vigation at Tottenham, the previous expenditure in respect of that bridge having been charged to the deferred perma nent way renewal account. Your directors, in pursuance of the course recommended to and approved by the pro prietors for the extinction of _this debt, have, out of the general revenue account for the half-year to the 30th June, appropriated thereto a sum of £B,OOO, and the balance, at the debit of the account, is now reduced to £70,655 Os. sd. There is a small addition to the miscellaneous stock, but not of sufficient importance to require especial notice. The amount of stores in the permanent way and locomotive departments has increased; but that has arisen intentionally, by reason of purchases somewhat more extensive than usual having been made by the directors, as prices in the early part of the year offered a favourable opportunity, and four thousand tons of rails were bought, which are now in course of consumption ; besides a considerable quantity of timber for use in the permanent way, as well as for plant in the locomotive department. Your directors had at the date of their last report every reason to expect that the differences as to certain items of account subsequent to Jan. 1, 1854, bad been agreed to by the Norfolk Company. Such however is not the case, and that company now raises objections which your directors considered had been settled. The Eastern Union Company have adopted legal proceedings to bring their differences of account to an issue. This course your directors regret, as they consider no persons so qualiAed as the parties them selves to settle any differences in regard to the accounts, and they think that the proper course should have been to have referred the question at issue to arbitration, in the first instance. It is very satisfactory to, your directors to state that. the bills referred t o in the last half-year's report, viz.: let. The a bandonment of the Newmarket and Cheeterford Railway, being a part of the Newmarket Railway, and 2d. The abandonment of the Galleons Reach Extension, have received the sanction of Parliament. The object sought for has been gained, and your directors feel assured it will be attended with much pecuniary advantage to the company. The London, Harwich, and Rotterdam service has not been resumed in the present year, as was anticipated. Some gentlemen who were interested in the steamer which was running last year attempted to form a com p a ny,. and invited your directors to assist them in that undertaking. Your directors, however, felt it would be b e tter to leave such application of ca pit a l to privateenter prise, and declined to do so. At th e same time they ev ery assurance that all re asona bl e f ac i lities would be offered in the event of any boats being placed on that line of route. The Barking extension cf the London, Tilbury, and South end Railway was opened for trnfvte on the lot April last. By this extension a portion of the traffic of the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway passes via Bromley and Plaistow, instead of over this company's line via Stratford, the receipts bring, recounted for as though such traffic passed over the Eastern Counties line es heretofore. The Hertford and NVelvvyn Junction li ne was opene d f or traffic on the Ist ‘ larch last, and this company has, in conjunction with the Great Northern R a il way Company, supplied rolling stock for the working of the traffic. In accordance with the re sclutiene passed at the meeting made special for that pur pose, yeur ilrectors sal eertlsed to receive money in conver sion of the debenture debt. They have received the sum of £34,165, and bonds to that amount have been extin guished, and a four per cent. preference sock has been issued in lieu thereof. The financial conditien of the com pany is such that at present your directors have no occasion for any large sum in respect of this stock. And when they may require it for the purpose of conversion, they expect to have no difficulty in being enabled to issue as much asimay be needed for this purpose. The usual examination of the register for the half-year ending 30th June last has been made by a person unconnec'ed with the company. The stock ledgers have been carefully checked ; each transfer hes also been examined and checked • and the register is found to agree with the amount of thei several stocks as authorised to be raised by the company. The dividend e.ccount has likewise undergone an examination, and is also found correct. Your directors cannot close this report witloait adverting to the fact tbat,,althoueli there has been a small diminution in the receipts, there has bee n ag e9 ` lent reduction in the working expenses, and t hat the result cannot be otherwiee than satisfactory to the p r oprie i t i ? v es, as the the amount proposed to be paid for dividend • can - e h, that ear of 1857. pal,l in the eurrespcmling hat The foo ureb'e eeiel:tien of e.nnpany revs lime 'ells cxv evi ore , )t; c131 , a1 500 7 00 1 i another f a'ure which LONDON, FRIDAY - EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1858. EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 11, 1858.. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, - That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, far the purpose of laying before the Proprietors of East India Stock, for their approbation, a Re solution passed unanimously by the Court of Directors- this day, Granting an Annuity of 22,000 to Sir John Laird Maif I/awl:pee. Bart , G.C.8., upon the grounds therein stated. The Report required by the Bye Law, Cap. IX., Sec. 3, together with the Documents on which the said Resolution has been formed, are open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this Rouse. J. D. DICKINSON; Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXCURSION to Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, Warwick, and Birmingham, from Paddington, on SUNDAY, the 15th, at 145 a.m., returning the same night.—Fares : Oxford, Os. Od. and 4a.; Banbury, Ss. and ss. ; Leamington and Warwick, lee. 6d. and de.; and Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. WINDSOR and back for 2s. Gd., from Paddiagton.—Week days at 8A 5 and 10.30 a.m., returning at (7.35 and 8.5 p. — m. On Sard un days, from Paddington at 9 a.m., returning at 7 p.m.Taplow back, on Sundays, for 2s. Gd., from Paddington at 9 a.m., returning at 6.57 p.m. Henley and back for 35., from Paddington, at 9 a.m., returning at 8.55 p.m. FOR THE SEA SIDE. ANGOLA SUITS, 21. 15s. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1706. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GEELONG AND MELBOURNE. The adjourned meeting of shareholders and b,ndliolders was held yesterday at the offices of Messrs. Partidge and Co., Lancaster-place, Strand. bfr. Potter took the chair in the absence of Lord Alfred Churchill. TIACIIAIRKAN said that he regretted the absence of Lend. Churchill, as he felt that it might be more satisfac tory if the,chair were taken by a shareholder instead of a bondholder only, although, as far as he (Mr. Potter) was concerned, he looked upon their interests as so similar that he was quite ready to unite with the shareholders in bring ing about a satisfactory adjustment of the difficulties which oppressed the undertaking. The- Geelong and Melbourne Railway was really and essentially a Government undertak ing. Very few of the shareholders would have subscribed their capital if they had not felt that they were under the pro- tection of the Colonial Government, and were secured a guaranteed minimum interest on their shares. Some 18 months ago, when he and others had occasion to ad- dress a memorial to the directors, they called upon the late Duke of Marlborough, who held 1,000 shares. They wished his grace to sign the memorial, in order that there might be some official representation of the English share holders at the board. The duke, on that occasion, at first objected to sign the memorial lest it might take away from the Government the responsibility they were under, for he stated that he had invested his £20,000 relying upon the faith of the Government guarantee, and he feared by taking any part in the memorial he would be trenching upon the responsibility of the Government. No sooner had the scheme for the railway been projected than the Govern ment connected themselves with it. They obtained powers to enable themselves to guarantee the interest, and to secure for themselves a representation at the board. They appointed two members of the Go vernment, one of whom was Mr. S. J. Cooke, the present manager in England, who came over to help in raising the funds. The project was one which, although small in the Old World, was of great importance and magni tude iu the -colony. It connected the two principal sea ports, and must one clay become the high road from Mel bourne to Ballarat. The policy of the Government of Australia subsequently changed, for they resolved that the main trunks of railway should be made and worked by the Government, and the moment that resolution was taken they commenced a course of obloquy, misrepresenta tion, and abuse against the Geelong and Melbourne Company. Or.e member of the Cabinet denounced the undertaking as " a misdirected enterprise," and every obstacle was thrown in tire way of the company to cheapen the line in order to buy up. (Hear, hear.) When the line was in course of construction, the first diffi culty was the neglect of the Government to send a share list over to this country. They then quibbled about the time when the funds were due to pay the interest. Though surprised at the extraordiaary advices which had recently been received from the colony, he had ao doubt but that ultimately they would obtain a full measure of justice. There was a provision in the act of incorporation that the line should be constructed upon certain plans, and that the plans should be sent to the Government for two months, after which period they were to be considered as approved. That had been done, and one of the difficulties which now appeared was the construction of the line at the Geelong ead. The directors took land where there was some prior claim to lay down roads, but the company knew nothing of that, and the Government, who alone could know about it, returned the plans approved, and took no notice of those claims. Notwithstanding this the Government now turned round and said that the claims of the Ashby Association must be adjusted before any transfer of time line could lake place. He believed that if the Government had kept faith with the company, and completed the Williams town end of the line, the receipts would have been much larger than would have been necessary to pay the dividend guaranteed' by the Government. There were, it would seem, some incidents in the correspondence which had taken place which furnished a key to the conduct of the Government. They appeared to think that they could raise money on the same terms as the Government of Canada. There was, however, a striking contrast between the Government of South Australia and that of Canada. When the securities of the Great Western of Canada were negotiated in England, the Colonial Government undertook to raise three millions by mortgage and loan, the payment of principal and interest to be secured by mortgage of the line. They raised t':e money; they took a first mortgage, and when it was found that the cost of the works exceeded the estimate, and that there was a collapse of trade and commerce, they generously remitted the whole of their debt of £3,000,000, and allowed the English shareholders to take the receipts of the line, contenting themselves with a last instead of a first mortgage. (Hear, hear.) Yet the Prime Minister of Victoria appeared surprised that the credit of South Aus tralia was not equal to that if Canada. He (the chairman) believed that the best course for the English shareholders now to adopt would be to pass a resolution in the terms of a protest against the conduct of the Colonial Government, and then form a committee to confer with the associated bankers to induce them to advance the money necessary to pay the interests of the bonds, and, failing in those efforts, to despatch a properly qualified agent to the colony toes en deavour to get the Government to purchase the line. (H, hear.) Mr. Alderman SALOMONS inquired whether if was quite true that an arrangement for the sale of the line had been concluded with the late Government of Victoria? Mr. CooKE said that a proposal had been made by the directors, which had been verbally accepted by the Govern ment. The terms were, that the Government should pur chase the line with its liabilities, and give in exchange for the shares at 5 per cent. debentures with a guaranteed interest of 6 per cent. The governor had subsequently written to Mr. Potter to say that he had no reason to sup pose that his then advisers (the new Government) would refuse to ratify tire promises of the old. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS said he had purchased his shares lately, entirely on the security of the Government, anti that he did not think there was room for an honest Gover muent to get out of the bargain. The bonds were signed by two nominated members of tire Government, who represented the Government of Victoria in this matter quite as much as Lord Monteagle did when he signed the Exchequer bills of the British Government. (Hear, hear.) He suggested whether it might not be better to send a deputation to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton before any steps were taken that might damage the credit of the Col,mi,il Government in the English money market. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said they proposed going to the asso ciated bankers, in the most friendly manner. He feared that if they were to go to Sir E. B. Lytton, the step would be resented in the colony. Mr. Alderman Salmons was not aware of all that passed between the shareholders and the Colonial Government. A SHAREHOLDER inquired if Mr. Cooke had received any further letters from Melbourne since the meeting of Monday last ? Mr. COOKE said be had not, but that he had seen a pri vate letter in which the writer stated that the matter was still in an unsettled state, but that it was expected that the transfer would be made in a few days. In reply to a SHAREHOLDER , The CHAIRMAN said that they had already sent the strongest possible remonstrances to the governor, but all to no purpose. Mr. HENDERSON went at some length into the position of the company, and expressed his apprehension that if the line were to come into the hands of the shareholders (tire only alternative should the Government hold back much longer), a call of £lO per share would be required to pay its debts and carry it on. The CHAIRMAN said there were pressing creditors whose claims could not he longer delayed. The banks held the debentures, and were clamouring for payment. Some conversation took place with reference to the word ing of the resolutions, but ultimately they were carried in the spirit suggested by the chairman, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr. Potter for presiding. T been received to credit (*capital account, and that £124,871 bad been expended,- leaving -a balance of £35,754. The revenue account fu. 0ml:elf-year ended the 30i ti of June showed that £6,279 hafllteen received from tie - lie end other sources, and £2,B•}c expended (including £1,114 balance of interest on inortgegq),: - leaving a disposable batanoe of E 3,453. The CHAIRMAN, ill moving the reception and adoption of the report, congrioulated the shareholders on the faviur. able prospects of the iindtrasking, and observed that when the new works to Bridge-end were completed a considerable increase of traffic might be expected. The motion having been seconded, was (tarried unani mously. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cant., free of income tax, was then declared on the ordinary stock, and also a dividend of 5 per cent. on the guaranteed stock. A PROPRIETOR gave notice that at the next half-yearly, meeting he should mote a resolution to increase the allow ance to the directors. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. MANCH ESTER, SIIEFFI ELD, AND LINCOLN . SHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday—the deputy-chairman, Mr. J. Chapman, pre siding. Tuere was a full attendance of shareholders. The report of the directors and the half-yearly statement of accounts were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, after expressing his regret that ill health had prevented him from paying as much attention to the interests of the company during a portion of the past half year as lie could have wished, stated that any questions put by the shareholders would be gladly answered by his col leagues, Mr. Turner and Mr. Gamble.'Be had no doubt that all the proprietors had looked with great interest to the recent contest, in Parliament. The alliance with the Great Northern Company was hotly contested by the Lon don and North-Western Company, but it had now been ratified by an Act of Parliament. He had hoped that when that point was settled by the unanimous votes of the committees of the two Houses of Parliament, the question of competition would have been s t at rest, and that every thing would have bean done to benefit the property of the shareholders in bath companies. Iu this he had been dis appointed,- and the directors of , the London and North- Western Company, in theil• report, just issued, stated that they had hitherts forborne to exercise to the full extent the powers of retaliation at their command, and threatened to take other steps for the preservation of the property belong ing to their shareholders. His impression was that the London and North-Western directors had already done their utmost; and this seemed to be the opinion also of their own solicitor, Mr. Swift, judging from that gentleman's evi dence given befere one of the Parliamentary committees. In answer to Mr. Monk, the counsel for the London and North-Western Company, Mr. Swift said—" The Great Nor thern Company have succeeded in totally ruining our Liverpool and Manchester traffic, by lower rates acrd by a ruinous arrangement with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, and we have no means of in juring them in return ; and if this hill passes, the same result will ensue, by lowering our rates to nothing; anti we have no means of resisting. They will have the means by this bill of taking from us that on which we have spent our capital; and we have not the means of retaliating, as far as regards the traffic on which they have spent their capital." It should be known, also, that the Manchester and Sheffield and Great Northern Companies had not pushed the compe tition to the fullest extent in their power. Thcy were net competing with the London and North-Western Company for traffic over various routes, which was estimated at £450,000 per annum. There was no doubt that they (tee Manchester and Sheffield Company) had lost money by the competition already in operation; but their balance-sheet for the last half year was less affected by that cause than by the depression in trade. The falling dff in the goods traffic at Grimsby and Sheffield alone, during the past six months, had been 23 0 , 045 tons ; which, taken at 12, . 6 d. per ton, showed a loss of £ 15,000. Nothin g sho uld be wanting on the part of the directors to cultivate friendly relations with the London and North-Western Company; but that company must be made to know that an agree wept affected more parties than one. (Hear, Lear.) In conclusion, he moved that the half-yearly report and state ment of accounts be received and adopted. Mr. C. TURNER seconded the motion. Mr. G. HADDIELD M.P., said he had property in both companies, and was therefore a censiderahle loser by the competition now carried on. He had just attended the meeting of the Lancashire a nd Yorkshire Com p an y , and M.P.) had told him that if h tl e m e c r h h a i i s ri e n o s disputes between the Sheffie ld and Great Northern and -ndir(eMelt.o.rlsVcioeuklicr be any service in settling the London and North-Western Companies they would wil lingly give their time and attention for that purpose. One of the results of the, compet i t i on , which he related on the authority of Mr. Watkin,' the general manager of the Shef field Company, was that the London and North-Western Company were bringing flour to Manchester from Lincoln at 7s. 6d. per ton, while the actttel cost to the company was 15s. 2d. per ton. This was denied by the London and North- Western Company ; but was still maintained by Mr. Wat kin. (Hear, hear.) Seeing that at present there was no dividend upon nearly £8,000,000 of stock, he would move, after the adoption of the report, that the creation of new stock for the line to Liverpool be suspended until the pre sent disputes were settled. Mr. GAMBLE (a director) said that on the previous day he attended a meeting of railway delegates in London. The first resolution which was then adopted contained little more than a truism. [He then read the resolutions, which will be found in the proceedings of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.] To the second resolution es to arbi tration he could not consent ; and the directors of the Sheffield and Gfcat Northern Companies would never con sent to part with such a power. (Hear, hear.) In answer to a shareholder, it was Mated that the amount lost by the competition was about .D5OO, and by the falling al in traffic consequent upon the depression of trade £l,OOO per week. In reply to Mr. Higginbottom, the CHAIRMAN stated that the directors had been unable to obtain a conveyance of land f x a station at Dukinfield, and they were uot dis posed to erect a station on ground not hr their possession. A similar difficulty existed at Ashton ; but at Guidebridge accommodation for goods traffic would be provided, sup posing power was given to the directors at this meeting to raise the additional capital asked for. The ?notion for the adoption of the report was then agreed to unanimously. On the motion of the CIIAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. TUR NER, the usual dividends on the preference stock were de clared, but on the ordinary shares of the company there was no dividend. The CHAIRMAN moved that a petition be presented to Parliament, and also a memorial to the Government, pray ing that a law may be passed to enable trustees to invest trust money in mortgages and in railway debentures and preference stock ; which, after some suggestions from Mr. Hadfield, was agreed to. Mr. HaterrELD, M.P., then brought forward his motion, in the following form :—" That the good offices of Mr. 11. W. Wickhatn, M.P., chairman of the Lancashire and York shire Railway Company, with his board or without it, be accepted to arrange the disputes with the London and North-Western Company; and that, in the meantime, the creation of stock for the Garston and Liverpool line be which pi world p:D! dNva it was rwsaeavcsaotfneo seconded the don thLeroemnsecsi reason nta.hnsetl he North-Western proposed he suspended." He was d es i rous th a t nothing should be done Co s m pnstponement of the creati on o f the new capital. ratLeigiofean2iiirr,nri)ne London g t Eet h oonN e t iTti‘ahlot eriNo. piN motion. :rNsu,ei ave towardsTt Mr. TURNER (director) and several shareholders spoke si t di d a, that yatshgel eo nu i d n eled s rl t ae e bla tt ea d prtaee o ccis f i ,fiwi t ei h h.sa e totei d m oa nst a s,o t e t nem e orohntlbte on d ly of the quarrels between these two companies, but between all companies who had the misfortune to have differences with others. Mr. E. WATKIN strorgly condemned both the motion and the proposed amendment. The Sheffield Company had re peatedly offered arbit ra ti on , an d it h a d b ee n as often refused by the . London and North-Western Company. If a pro position such as had been suggested were adopted, the directors would Fie for ever deprived of all control in fixing the rates, which were, in the first place, the only means of h a .id dn e N ol?f r i t ieuce i u the die-Western Company. Either the sh-,re lie d ev eloping their traffic, and, in connection with competi tion,h of keeping in order a powerful competitor like the London eetm s as to their fitness and a bility, or they had not; but if they had, it was their duty at thi s period to strengthe n their hands in every possible wa y. (Hear, hear.) A further discuesion ensued ; and after numerous calls to ci w ithdraw," both the resolution and amendment were London withdrawn. This closed the general business, and the meeting was made special; when The CHAIRMAN moved that, in conformity with the various Acts of Parliament affecting the company, 62,830 new shares at £lO each be issued, to be called " redeemable £lO preference shares." Mr. TURNER seconded the motion, which was agreed to without a single remark. On the motion of Mr. WILLIAMS, a vote of thanks and confidence was then passed to the chairman and directors, and the proceedings terminated. as suggestions to all the railway boards in the kingdom : " That the rates and fares on the several railways of the kingdom should be so fixed as toJeelise the largest amount of net profits to the companies entitled to them. That where any two or more companies interested in any parti cular traffic fail to agree amongst themselves as to the rates and fares to be charged, the paints in dispute should be referred to arbitration. The ap proval of ,the following companies has already been received :—London and North-Western, Great Western, Midland, North-Eaetern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and East laucashire. That the several railway boards be re quested to report their opinion to this meeting by letter, ad dressed to the chairman, at York; and by sending one or more delegates to the adjourned meeting, which will be held at the Eeston Hotel, on Thursday, the 9th of September next, at 10 o'clock in the morning, for the further consider a lion of the subject." The first resolution did net imply that the highest rates allowed by Act of Parliament should be charged; but only that such arrangements should be made that the greatest possible advantage should be obtained from the rates fixed. There had been no increase in locomotive charges, although the increase in train mileage had been very considerable. The whole of the company's engines were being altered so as to consume coal instead of coke, and, while there would he no annoyance from smoke, the saving to the company would be very great. The coaching charges had decreased £2,255, arid the merchandise charges £6,034, although larger traffic had been dealt with, thus showing that the efforts of the board to reduce ordinary working charges had not been in vain. (Heat, hear.) The total saving in that respect had been £9,280 ; but, of course, the items of excess had completely swallowed it. The maintenance of way charges had increased E'2,773, which was accounted for by the larger number of trains. Under the head of rates and taxes there - had been an increase of £3,369, owing to the recent great distress in all the districts through which the company's lines ran, and the consequently higher poor -rates. It would be. satisfactory to the shareholders to know that the goods traffic was now resuming its usual healthy state. (Hear, hear.) The increase had been satisfactory for the last two months; and the return on the previous day, for the last week, showed an increase of EG2over the corresponding week of 1857. Taking into account•what was received last year from the Art Treasures Exhibition, and allowing for the low charges forced upon the company by competition, the traffic lastweek represented an increase of at least £2 1 990 over the corresponding period of 1857. He had hoped that this meeting would have been the first of the united companies (the Lancashire awl Yorkshire and East Lancashire), but, although the preamble of the bill, after a most careful con sideration during 19 days, by the committee of the Coin yh s • t t b i e n e g n , d p r e o c v i a e r n e , d t h bye a majority that the prea mble had not been proven. No reason was given for thus reje ctin g the bill. He re c u rm n es s' it w te a e s uonf a t n i i i t e n o L u o s r l d y s a e f c t l e a r re s d i x t d o a gretted the result exceedingly, because lee was convinced that under the bill the public would have been much better served, and the companies would have been gainers. He could not see in what way the merchan ts of an y of the lar g e towns, the coalowners, or any of the many opp onents, could p ossibl y be benefited by the rejection of the hill. However, it now ee mained forthetsvoboards ter work the concerns as well as they could under existing powers. From the first there had been the utmost cordiality between them, and that feeling had IPen, if possible, strengthened by the rejection of the bill. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the prosperity of the com pany would keep race with that of the country; and that, notwithstanding its present position, it might be considered one of the most valuable properties in the country. (Ap plause.) The chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the rerrov and accounts. Mr. WILLIAM STUART seconded the motion. He would have done so with much greater pleasure if the dividend had not been decreased, through the folly —nay, the almost mad ness—of neighbouring companies. (Hear, hear.) But he believed that the day was coming when shareholders as a body would unite to force upon the directors of competing companies an amicable and fair settlement of their disputes. (Applause.) He hoped that by the 9:1) September there would he such a union of interests as would declare that the kind of folly now being perpetrated should be no longer permitted. (Hear, hear.) Mr. E. HARPER, one of the auditors, explained that he and his colleague could not report as usual, owing to the ' meeting being held a month earlier than was customary. As to plant, &c., they could, however, confirm the report of the directors; and the share register and the mortgage ac count had been found perfectly correct. Mr. Harper dwelt upon the importance of attention to the permanent way account, and gave notice that at the next meeting he should move for a large appropriation out of revenue to that account. In reply to questions, The CHAIRMAN said that the Great Northern and the Sheffield Companies were represented at the meeting in London on Tuesday. The paper of consent had ant been signed as for either • but it was understood that the fee lin g of the Great Northern was decidedly in favour of the reso lutions. (Hear, hear.) He and his colleagues were ready to continue their exertions for peace ; and as far as possible they would forego other engagements so as to meet for the promotion of a conciliatory spirit. (Applause.) Mr. Kenn contended that the affairs of the company were conducted upon a totally wrong priociple ; and that their position could not be improved mikes the goads rates were inert ased. The motion was unanimously agreed to. A dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was de clared ; and the ordinary opposing powers were given to the board. The CHAIRMAN said that the board wished the latter resolution to be passed (although there was no chance of parliamentary business before the next meeting) because it was often easier to avoid contests by preliminary negotia tions than to avert them by parliamentary opposLion. Mr. THOMAS FRILDEN moved—" That no further sums be added to the capital account without having been pre viously voted by the propiletors." The motion having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN said that not a shilling should be added to the account the addition of which could be avoided; but there was the extension of the Wigan a tation, required to be done by Parliament, and other works to be effected, so that the account must be increased. After tome discussion, the motion was withdrawn, upon a promise by the chairman that, at the next meeting, Ire would snbmit an estimate of the probable expenditure on capital account fot the then current half-year. SPECIAL MEETING. The meeting was then made special. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution, authorising the creation of £260,050 of stock, bearing a preference dividend of £5 3s. 10d. per annum for the purchase of the Barnsley branch ' • and he remarked that nothing was to be done tha t had not been several times fully explained to the sharehold ers. The motion was agreed to unanimously. The CHAIRMAN next moved a resolution, authorising the creation of D 269,024 stock, with 41 percent. preference dividend, being this company's moiety of the sum necessary for carrying out the purchase of the Blackburn line. It was explained by the Chairman, Mr. Fenton, and others, that the present was a very favourable time for a financial operation ; that two years were allowed for pay ing off the five per cent. preference holders of the Black burn Company, and that upon the new shares issued £1 would be called on the 30th September, another £1 before the end of the year, and the remainder of the £5 whenever it might he determined to pay tff the holders of Blackburn ordinary stock. The motion was unanimously adopted, and the proceed ings terminated with thanks to Mr. Wickham for presiding. LLYNVI VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington—Mr. A. Macgregor in the chair. Mr. G. F. SAUNDERS, the secretary, read the report of the directors, to the following effect :—A settletnent of the accounts for the half-year ended on 30th Junegoot has been circulated, as usual, among the proprietors. ' The revenue has been only £G,279 103.11 d. against £7,045 54. ld. during the corresponding period of the past year. This difference may be wholly attributed to the depression of trade, which has for upwards of nine months affected all railways. But, on the other hand, there has been a considerable dimi nution of expenditure upon works of reconstruction ; and the net profit, after deducting interest on mort gages, amounts to £3,453 lls. 44. against £3,215 '2s. Oi. for the corresponding six months of last year. The balance at the eredit of general revenue account is now £12,994 7s. 4d. The directors announced in their last report that they had hatted a prospectus for the preference of 5 per cent. shares. They have now the pleasure to inform the proprie tors that applications have been made for a considerable amount; and there being no longer any doubt that am ;,1e means will be forthwith available for the construction of the new line, the directors have concluded a contract for that purpose wi h Mr. D. Baldwin, of Lewisham. The work is already commtnced, and it will be prosecuted with energy. The directors recommend a dividend out of the profits of the lin'f-3 ear at the rate of 6 per cent., free of Income lax . The Act: went of Reccal4ts showed that £100,031 had GREAT WESTERN. The directors of this company have just issued their half yearly report. It gives the following summary of receipts and working expenses, as deduced from the revenue state ments of the Great Western lines, to exhibit to the pro- prietors, in a concise form, the comparison of the two correspor ding periods in the years 1857 and 1858. The number of miles of railway opened in 1857 was 467, and in 18.58, 466. Receipts to— June CO, 1857. June 30, 1853. Passengers, mails, Sic £453,157 ...... £836,169 Goods, minerals, Scc 258.526 ...... 251,265 Parcels Other sources of revenue.... 28,432 ---- 768,951 714,411 Expenses to— June SO, 1857. June 30,1853, 3Taintenanre of way £47,238 Locomotive department ..... . 70,869 Carrying account 117,416 General charges Government duty and rates. 33,328 Other disbursement .......... 14,532 319,257 320,830 The balance of net nvenue £419,697 £123,616 The report also contains the following passages :—" The operating causes which have led to such a diminution of traffic receipts have been in almost universal action upon every railway, and it could scarcely be expected that this company should be exempted from the' temporary effect of such a remarkable paralysis as that which has occurred la the commercial and manufacturing business of the country. It will, however, be seen from the foregoing summary that, although the revenues of the Great Western lines under such exceptional circumstances, have been diminished from causes beyond control, the directors have succeeded in effecting a more than commensurate saying in the working expenses of those lines, amounting to no less a sum than £28,427 in one half-year. The stagnation referred to both in the export and import trade of the country has been felt, however, with greater force in the northern division of railways, where every description of traffic is more dependent upon the commer cial and industrial classes than In the south of England. The falling off in the aggregate receipts upon the two Shrewsbury lines alone within the same period has been £18,785, while the saving in working expenses (omitting for the purpose of a just comparison the renewal of fi ve miles of railway, which did not -apply to the former period) has been only £0,706. It must be retnarked that one distinguishing feature in the loss upon those lines has been the active cotn petition which has been in operation between the London and North-Western and the Great Nsrthern and Shfffield Com panies. It has most injuriously affected the receipts of the Shrewsbury lines by diverting some of the northerthe n traffic i s other routes at ruinously low fares , as well as by neces sity of submitting to a reduction ( f charges upon , other traffic, for a time, in order to pro t ec t those lines from a still further loss. During such competition, too, the company has been precluded, for obvious reasons, from making any material redaction in the locomotive or other wotking ex penses, which could not ha ve been judiciously attempted. While your directors deplore that such a disturbing cause 'hould have been allowed to exist, and especially in times of depression from natural eausee, they trust that the indica tion= of more active trade cu the' one hand, coupled with a by those companies on the other, will more peaceful palicY be the means of restoring to this company the progres sively increasing revenue cf which those lines, und er or di n ary circumstances , ar e susceptible. Under n firm conviction of the prudence of such a course, .the direetors have decided to recommend. the. proprietors to re f ra i n upon this occasion from , declaring any dividend upon the consolidated stock. They believe that the reser vation of a considerable balsnee after defraying every engagement, w ill be more calcwated to stren g th en th e fi nanc ial position and credit of the company, with a view to obtain reductions in the rate of interest upon loans, than paying a dividend at the present moment and carrying for ward a smaller balance. It is true that the current year is elways the best in plat of income, and, as such, can not fail to provide the means of paying a dividend, even irrespective of the balance ; but the directors have reason to know that many proprietors concur in the view that the course so recommende.(l will lie conducive to the stability and fntere welf)re of the cltnpany. S reduction iit he iattrot tzvou 'coos Imo altetvly been OX:eteti, es spp azs LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting WAS held on Wednesday at Man chester—Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., presiding. There was a good attendance of directors and shareholders. The CIIAIRMAN' said that at the last meeting he ex pressed regret that the traffic of the half-year showed a con siderable falling off; a nd he now had to stat e th a t th e t o t a l amount received during the last half-year fell short of the amount received in the corresponding half of 1857—it being the first time in the history of the undertaking that such a thing had occurred. (At the last meeting he said he be lieved that the cause of the depression was transient—that it was principally the effect of the commercial panic—and that as trade revived so would the prosperity of the company rapidly increase, as it hid done on former occasions; and he still held that opinion. (Hear, hear.) The revenue of the company fir the half-year amounted to £561,335, as a gainst £610,714 in the h alf - year ending June, 1857 ; showing' a decrease of £49,371. Of this sum £20,492 was on passeng er traffic. There had been a decrease of 217,000 in the number cf passengers carried ; and the defi ciency on this account was about £12,000, while £8,456 was due to the shorter average of the diseances the passen gers had hePo carried. The merchandise receipts showed a falling (got' £28,550, although the goods carried had been 39,000 ton; in excess of the first half of 18:17. These 39,000 tons ought to have represented an incr,ase of £9,000; so that, compared with what might be called ordinary times there had lren a fa ling off cf £37,650. A few thousand pounds must be allowed for the shorter distances the goods had been carried; and the whole of the remainder of the deficiency truest be attributed to the competition of rival cosn panics wit h w hese undertakings th a t c f thi s com pany was interlace.'. (Hear, hear.) The directors had in varieb'y done their utmost to secure the best rives possible; but as the board were ietermincd to hold their own as far as they could, and a s o th er p ar ti es h a d tiled to obstruct the traffic from the coropany'a lines the board had been compelled to reduce rates. Tie directors had been most anxiously and almost continuously engaged in endeavouring to put an end to this unfortunate state of things; and he thouelit he might congratulate the share holders. that there was now some prospect of success. There had been several meetings with the representatives or other companies; and upon the previous day there was a mos' influential meeting at tit" Eus-on Hatel, Lewton, Mr. Thompsen, echairmanf the Nor: h-E Astern Company, presiJing; at which the re,solutieis v.tre paned, they wolild wish t•) advert to. In conclusion they• would remark there is every reason to congratulate the proprietors on the sound condition of their property, and its freedom from those disturbing causes which have affected other districts." M ID -S USS EX. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at Petworth—Mr. J. Garrard in the chair. The report stated that the directors could refer with the greatest satisfaction to the progress already made in the works for the construction of the railway. Nearly the 'whole of the Masonry on the lower section of the line , (11 miles in length) including the bridge over the river Arun, at Pulborough, has been completed, an d t h e remaining wanks ate. in so forward a state tiatt this sec tion could be completed within three months without difficulty. Upon the upper section, however, in c•inse (pence of difficulties interposed by some latelowners,• th e progress in the works has not been so satisfactory ; bat in spite cf these obtacles, the directrrs hope that the line will be c.nnpleted by the next halt -dearly meet ing. Tue directors have received a memorial, numerously . and respectab'y signed, from the landowners and residents in the neighbourhood of Arundel and Littlehatuptoi, pray ing thetn to carry out the original scheme proposed for rime accommodation of Mid-Sussex by the extension of the line to these towns. The pr•ject has obtained the approval and sanction of the Duke of Norfolk, whose prop.lity is princi pally affected by it ; but, as no assistance can under existing circumstances be expected from the Brighton Company, it behoves those parti:s principally interested to make - such exertions as shall coon terbalance the absence of support from the Brighton Company. The capital a c6cBoun:p e nshowedd, leaving g £ a so b ,9 a V n l e t e a do of 1300. re- . ceiyerl, and £50,3 e On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was adopted) and the meeting separated. MIDLAND. The report of the directors of this company states that tial traffic of the railway has been seriously injured by thek severe competition carried on between the London and. - North-Western' and the Manchester, Sh e ffi e l d, and Lin.. colnshire, and Great Northern Railway Companies. The. traffic for the half-year shows an increase of only £1,76m over that cf the corresponding period of 1857. The balances available far dividend is £258,333, of which £8,706 was , brought from the previous year. The directors recommend the following dividends (less income tax), payable on thes let proximo, of £2 2s. 6d. per cent. on the consoli dated stock, £1 Bs.. 9d. per cent. on the Birmingham and Derby stock, £3 per cent. on the preferential stock and Erewask Valley stock; and the usual dividends on the other preferential stocks, leaving a balance of £2,200 for the next account. The agreement with the Great Northern Railway Company for enabling this company to work its own trains between Hitchiu and King's-cross, and fir the use of the latter station fur passengers and goods, has been sealed and exchanged by the respective companies. The capital account shows that £20,764,582 had been received, and £20,561,151 expended, leaving a balance of £203,430. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June showed that £818,883 had been received, and £365,133 expended in working the traftie, £199,385 interest on deben tures and guaranteed stocks, £2,236 Matlock deficiency, £.500 redemption of-mortgages, and £l,OOO for the Ellis testimonial—making together vvithEB,7o6 from last account £569,256, and leaving a disposable balance of £258,333. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. The report of the directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company to the ordinary half-yearly meeting, to be he held on the 18th inst., is as follows :—The directors, in their last report, expressed their hope that the line be tween Salisbury and Gillingham might be finished, and ready for opening in the early part of the autumn. The subjoined report of the engineer, Mr. Locke, confirms their anticipations, and, unless any unforeseen circumstaneee should retard the progress of their works, the line will he opened accordingly, provided such arrangements can be made with the South-Western Railway Company as will justify the directors in commencing the traffic. Two bill* were submitted to the shareholders for their approval at n meeting held for that purpose on the 2d of June last. One., for an extension of time to complete the works. The other, promoted by the South- Western Company, to authorise the purchase of lease, by them, of this line. Both these bills have received the sanction of the Legislature. Annexed is a statement of the receipts and expenditure during the past half-year. The capital account shows that £253,517 Os. 4d. have been raised out of the £533,333 6s. Bd., for which powers have been given, and shows an expenditure of £229,054 18s. lld., leaving a balance of £24,462. ls. sd. The items in the expenditure are of a very moderate character, save one for the old West Mill of Sherborne, for which the large sum of £4,615 appears to have been paid. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC RETURNS. EASTERN COUNTIES, NORFOLK, AND EASTERN UNION.—Week ending Aug. 8 :- Passengers, &c, _ £16,914 11 5 Goods, &c. Total £27,231 17 3 Corresponding week of last year t25,8t7 15 6 GREAT NollTHEE.N.—Week ending Aug. 1 : Passengers, &c. Goods 13,266 0 0 Total! £26,749 6 1 Corresponding week of last year £25,372 2 _3 GREAT WESTERN.—Week ending Aug. 8 : Total train.; £35,008 5 4 Corresponding week of last year.... 033,606 14 11 LONDON AND SOUTIt-WESTERN—Week ending Aug. 8: Passengers £17,917 15 11 Goods £21,713 11 9 LONDON AND SOLITII-EASTERN.—Week eliding Aug. 7 : Total receipts £24,918 7 5 Total Corresponding, week of last year £23,415 3 7 LONDON, BRIGHTON, &c.—Week ending Aug. 7:— Passengers, &c. £19,603 0 0 Goods, ste. Total £22,701 0 0 Corresponding week of last year £20,420 0 0 LONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND DETENSION.—Week ending Aug. 1: Passengers Goods .£2,155 0 0 201 0 0 Total £2,656 0 0 Corresponding week of last year £2,5C5 0 0 LONDON AND BLAcxwALL.—Week ending Aug. 8: Passengers £1,725 8 9 Goods 97 3 0 Total £1,822 11 9 Corresponding week of last year £1,673 7 3 LONDON AND NORTH WHaTKRN:•Week ending Aug. 8 :--. Passengers, brae. £40,245 0 0 Goode, &c. 27,203 0 0 T. £67,448 0 0 Corresponding week of last year-274,171 0 0 These returns include (both for the present and correspon week) the traffic of the Buckinghamshire and North Union J but not the traffic of Ihnideisticin Canal, Shropshire Union ton and Wyre, South Junction, and Manchester and Bust'' ways. 011ISTER AND 110LY1111,AD.—Week ending Aug. 8' Passengers, &c. £5,423 0 0 Goods, &c. Taal Corresponding week of last year... £7,314 0 This includes the steamboats and Mold and Caernarvon, EAST ANGT.TAL—Week ending Aug. 1: Passengers, &c. £519 19 Goods, &c. Total £1,015 11 Corresponding week of last year £957 r. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSIIIRE.—Week girding A' Total traffic £28,199 Corresponding week of last year... 428,337 This includes the Blackburn line traffic. EAST LiivcAsuinE.—Week ending Aug. 8 Passengers, &o £3,483 0 Goods Total £7,549 0) Corresponding week of last year 47,527 C This includes the Blackburn line traffic. LANcArrEa EARLTSLY, &c:Week ending Aug., Passengers and parcels Goods, &c. Total £7,851 Corresponding week of last year .„L7,82. Balsam. AND EXETER (117 miles open.)—Week er, Passengers, &C. £s, l, Goods -' Total EXF.TNR AND CREDITON—Week end" Passengers ) Goods, ace ~ , Total MANCHESTER, SOUTH JUNCTION, arm% Aug 8 Total traffic Corresponding week O' MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD. ti Passengers and par Goode, &c • Corresponu, This return includes Altrincham receipts; Oans.l receikts. SHOCKING RAILWAY A. accident occurred near the Rah.., shire and Yorkshire Railway, on 'it, two o'clock, by which David Higham, a Iko • above branch of the railway, came to an untimely - a ceased was working in company with about 30 others_. were engaged in re-arranging the sleepers, when a trai.. waggons drawn by an engine belonging to the Earl Crawford and Balcarres, of the Haigh Collieries, approached. All the men, with the exception of Higham, jumped out of the track of the engine, but, in spite of the whistle of tlist engine and the shouts of his companions, Higham obstinately remained, continuing his occupation of dropping spikes to knocked driven into the sleepers, and was consequently knocke down by the engine, and his bead, faliing upon the rails, was severed from his body. The deceased was a native of Creston, and had been working near Rainford for some time. PLAYING AT ITANGING.—At Liverpool, a boy, aged 15, the son of a Jewish rabbi, named Gro wall, residing in Great Howard -street, on Tuesday was playing witlt some companions, and with the object of imitating an exe cution, fastened OPe end of a cord upon a nail, and the ot her 1 round his neck. His companions thought he was no . /.3 , __ 1 . _ play, but to their horror the jest had been turneil e irgo 91 lied foal reality, and th,. boy was actually hanging. before he could be liberated. t de o f of the magnt u little delusion in the estimates we form troops that it main.. TuE 110mAN EmPIRE.—We are sometimes under 3 the Roman empire or the multitude of numerous. France and tains an army considerably moreu„.R fa in the number Of their tsiued. ltuFsia surpasses it in extent of territory, and main— Austria, who rank next to pire. The military ct esinglyoiairinginto the field a muCht m re estimated at 450,000 men - standing armies, coul d larger force than th e e m w p t r o e l force of the Pagan . of France and Austria , gunpowder and the. are each or the CLristian monarelnes 650,000 them reputed to maintain an army of men • sad invention of ' f - s 1 here e when we reflect force of artillery it is evident that any one of enormous the first rate .te powers of modern Europe could bring into the upon the that would field a destructive force. sweep from the face of th e earth the 30 legions of Adrian. The very division of Europe into a number of States invclves this increase or soldiery. In the old Roman empire the great Mediter— ranean Sea lay as peacfful as a lake, and the Roman ship% h a d nothing to dread but the winds and the waves; wbereo in modern Europe many quite artificial boundaries have to, he guarded by an army of soldiers. " Belgium defeniks her flit ct int 100,000 Illeil. and the marshes of Holland w ..e se-. eured . by 60,000 Dutch," Hitherto everything has ter ded to Pvt' l ni , t '' 4 ' Itilitary po•Acr in Cl , sistendon). — By chwool or August. kon was e of iris. ould ace ally ntes ), it the ight )ny, esi eet, rse- on milk pon ztily lour d a rich 1 in irks I in ker, bite by a Last, and 'red am- rry ~em I