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DICKINSON, beputy-Secretary. .:., • - - - .. ~:- 7 .:14W-, " , t fr.,;... •;:: , „-----_-- 4 c gi ' - • 1,1%4 ) , •,..' r „,,,,,l c ; . , ... ,itf:.ft '1 , ,-,'' , - - - - --, , ,,11, r r k -1i ! ,,,' t t - ' . ! 1 N: `!:' !'!;!..A,.1.'.! \ t , =- ! . t !I's v , 1.. i-: t„... t ., , , 1 . 4 )ir-, ..\,,,, ~,,,,:;:,,,/,-) 0r%ri,4.14i4, :Ito. GGI , • . ..-._ L1,....k _' ' 'ft . \--'?------'• *-- 4 -- t . i . i•N ---AL, V,41-kg73.-'l.-' 3a,*--- -__4lllV64* EAST INDIA HOUSE, SEPT. 2, 1.q6. rjrliß couRT of DIRECTORS of the EAST IN DIA CO3IPANY do hereby ;rive notice, That the LIST of such PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK, tzt2aßY the Coz:)pany's books appear to be qualified to vote at the Ge- Election, on lr,dnesl4th April, 187, will be dilivered on WEDNESDAY, the 4th of November. ready 1846. J. D. DICKINSON, Deputy-Secretary. LATE LANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORK SHIRE HALLWAY COMPANY. REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. The LICILb to ~,_ F.ItS OF SC ~IP this Company are hereby referred ztek.'w. Advertisement, set forth by the Liverpool, Manchester, and ta ' tl e - upcii.Tyne Junction Railway Company, under date II th I te g!t ti-e first of October next as the day on whi c h th e Sh are .er (I' that Compaoy will a closed), and are requested to take rit,c or e that all Sha res i n t hi s C ompany, not sert into this °rhea, on ~.._.eior..; that day, will positively, and without further notice, be REGISTEItED in the names of; and the sealed certificates mued to, the orig, , fial allotees. Secretary's 01114.5 e, 3 1 , By order, U. AtooßE WILS Ir:nces-stre et, Manchester.ON, Secretary, d:sy of lumist, 1846. b-% , N DRE VA LLEY RAILWAY* AND 'met° 's CANAL COMPANY. give I.ctice to hose paid .s who have net paid the of 2/. uer share that the a iie fixed fur such payment by the bless ' :nes 'extoir, d on ' Ck.3DAY last, tI4C 25th instant, and th.,t th , ebe paid with n one month afterwards, the shams Tr s the provisions of the said statut be liable to forfeiture. e+,,inteei t due up to the 30th June last will be payable on and Mier t he 301 h SeptenLer next. 11 , BRACKSTONE BAKER, Secretary. Jewry Chambers, Aug. 27, 1816. : 11 1E LONDON, OXFORD, aid CHELTEN HAM RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,500,041., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS (ith power to add to their number). ISkY Th omas ` Hope, Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield-street dole_ London , lit .4l ,3 l3 ,t 7i s r p to in n al e l, sq Esq., Liverpool aad Cheltenham 11 1h Y 'ell, Esq., Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham •m.r, w ith ~ Andover Lodge, Cheltenham an Bidmead, Cheltenham fil`rel Carrington, Esq., Cheltenham °ll' 4l ' 3 Aquila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham 4 3 n Eldridge, Esq., Promenade, Cheltenham 1'137.1,1114n Jones, Esq., Carnbray House, Cheltenham e ntY Baines, Cheltenham John es tirough La wson , Esq., Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham ' Riviere, Esq., Cheltenham `o Webster Esq. Hatherly Court Cheltenham kr eh o ar n cl ,Warwlidt, Es ' rb. Wyddrington , House, Cheltenham Job, in'B Arthur Williams, Chatenham • Wit4"le.Y Hughes, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester ~tlliaMontague, E sq ., Gl oucest e r tll l eery eurY Washbou Akers, rne, t Esq., Gloucester Witiey 4....1T11 James Clinch, Esq., Witney -`ent'Y Hall, Esq., tirowning Esq. Oxford ellari L ondon Ses ' well Barton, Ox'ordshire, and Manseeld-street, - Taa lleY, Esq., Oxford Th e 110 , , r t y p V h e i r ., i n p e., s v, y Ba rt Steeple Claydon House, Bucks u d ., .SMPtonshiredney Pierrepont, Evenly Hall, Brackley, North 04,1°'IreY liumphr.:ys Esq., Buckingham 4 ar heet itenson, Esq, Ed rorrnell Boathby, Esq. kla h Z 4 eroPPer, Esq. Somerville Head, Esq. i'ossest Herlihy. Esq. u C aAt " , el lY Mangles, Esq., 31. P. 4 411 . '4 Co nstantine Richard Moorsom, R.X. the,, Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. e s 3 SMith, Esq. Bake, 31. P., 1, Devonshire-terraec,i . Directors of the Ox , I,eter L ondon, ford, Witney, Chet bavVY, Esq ,1, Sussex-terrace, Re- tenhatn, and doe 4easotrth tl Park,. cester Indepen ,,yilderwood, Esq , Blackheath Park, I cut Railway Com- Aeut, parry. em._ COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. --,, TlloFna s I/ • J. B Eoothby, Esq. fir. , ope, I.sq. n., toaster, Esq Edward cropper, Esq. sile nt Wa- e Arthur Williams Frank Somerville Head, Esq. a Ja rn „ c„n Esq. Joseph Hornby, Esq. q. , ' Ross Donelly Mangles Es, M.P. „ h ~eatte, mg, EsDue, aI.P. kb ' t Iri derwood E Captain C. R. Moorsom, 11. N. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq., M.P. ert tion, E sq . sq. Th 'MILS Smith, i.Nettstris.—Ro'ret t Stephenson, Esq. k a Messrs titiOil BAWER& . Glyn, Hamar, Mills, and Co. vtoril — Messrs. Woet: en and Co. • itne Y-111e/srs. John Williams. Clinch, and Co. arn't The County of Gloucester Bask Gloucester The Gloucestershire Banking Company. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticeturst, and M ae) Boodle, Esq. "tessrs. Parker, Hayes, Bamwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Inn tell 0 . 4 i, on Wantel tarter, Esq., Birmingham a*. IL and W. Toogeod, 22, Parliament-street, London SzeaEran.v (Pao TEM.)—Wyndham Harding, Esq. L The PROSPECTUS. of - '.leet of this Company is to construct a direct and continuous orthb, ra Yway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham through Wes s' a en, Burford i to Oxford, and thence, by Thame, a junction with the London and Birmingham Railway, at big di Pe ning the shortest route from those towns and the surround- Tileteistricts to the Metropolis, and therewith eans of the Oxford and tibrid*,_;,e,,:ttue:d.earntaditoitnhgerislines in connexion ,to Bedford, Cam- Tr, N orwich, and tne whole of the eastern side of the kingdom. promoted by parties locally interestea . in the ihP. through which the line will pass, in conjunction with the h-7,,eholders In the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester ti4Deendent Company, who introduced a Bill into Parliament during n , which has just closed, for making the line between Ox t Cheltenham, which failed upon technical objections only. br,, , u be the aexious desire of the committee to consult the wishes foie inhabitants as to the terminus, and the mode of am:roaming town of Cheltenham. and 44. large proportion of th e capital will be subscribed by the London t North - Western Rail way ConliMuY Who have als o agreed to lease he tine in perpetuity, St a rent equal to tour pounds ten shillingper Cent. upon the outlay, with an equal GiViSiOn of surf ins profits. This line will reduce the distance between Cheltenham and Lon don to 109 miles, being a saving of 22 miles as compared with the breseht route, and the distance between Oxford and London will be Shorter than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into irtetint the saving in time arising from the more conveniemt nosh ;llsu of the London terminus at Eu,ton-square as compared with Pad ,..ntfto, which, to parties going to the City and most parts of the me may be considered as ne irly equal to ten miles of railway tavelli, g. An in iroken narrow gauge communication will also be a . ‘ tui. by means of this line, between the docks and port of Londen i t „ 0 5 of Gloucester, and there Is no doubt eventually with Bristol, 14,1 ° , 1 aect of consider,ble commercial importance. Worcester, and b.„-„4llPortain district of which it forms the centre, will also be brought ,Q t aia t. line within the same distance of London as by any other lines It 1 1 , ° „ n ed. by Parliament. not eT , - ' v ing been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions, after *;,_ P 'Ying to the present case) all new lines of railway shall here tr",7 of on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the bes t s c i of the distr ,tt accommodated by the proposed line will be Rau dew 135 a company in connexion with the existing narrow t han givitig at the same time, to the public the advantages of ktizie'lt3;lPetition Which the Legislature have recently evinced their .4„,„ to establish between rival companies. 6%2cations for shares may be made, in the form gives to hl Zl to •••.e Secretary, at the Temporary Offices of the tf g rn 2; Great George-street, Westminster. In the allotment bahZ e .s a Preference will be given to parties resident on the line, or total Interest. th t FOZNI OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. "isiollal Committee of the London, f Mford, and Chelten , kientlern ham Railway (provisionally registe s re a d e n , —l request you allot e h res in the above s,„,7 4 fig on the of he ) prospectus ; and I agree to accept A _"trtyk tor such less tel number e asyou snail allot to me. Arid I un "'(.eetr,,?..PaY the deposit thereon, and to execute the Subscriber's •,,ated—thiltd Parliamentary Contract when required so to do. day of , 1816 Directors of the London and North Western Railway Company. same •. ..... It silence •• •• •• •• • Description .• •••• Reference •• . • 01 \ -ereb --aoles POCKET APERITIVE FOJNTAIN y rein Persons to apply water so as to open the , boweis i 11. 4 4 1 11 , 4 themsalves from the odious and injur ot s practice of . 4 . u' stomachs with purgatives. Ha. Ing been con.tructed ' 4 tly . l Ztt, for the convenience of ladies and invalids, it may be the ho ;to b e ' bY individua. i ,l!tocur ever ed y only of M. Llewelyn, surgeon, 369, Strand (the fttl.t],,:sO_ from Exeter Hall), where may be also f o d b e t a a f tr ess, as t'eY a that restore hearing under eve-ry degree o tece r it t a ti,e to produce any effect desired. Descriptions scot free °' t wo Postage stamps. UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER The pia v a_ beg 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved! 412,tente es to call public attention to the following facts, 1 in itiit„,: nit ages resulting from the invention are various and 4fitiori", I ndependently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com ,,thert,'s Dertect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light o .l4 4citi v ",digcovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns r solii",', ° r any period ; and stich is its purity, that it neither affects Vittl e t for most delicate colour or the fin. st fabric. Objections have theme° the introduction of gas in dwellin:;-honses, to the expense of s, to Its destruction of thrniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; .tx tx ,a , 'e entirely obviat, d by the " PATENT UNIVERSAL ClAs ~, 4 1 0/1 1 AZ As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is corn '-utb,b:uPPosed, It is adaitted . for private dwellings, as welt as for Nan t mnufactories, a pub_ic baildmgs. One of the burners amplysufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum *its '4surably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of 44 ,!e e or trouble. teltrYniournotehreitrs ki)ifttolviien" Piguhrnt,erac RS brilliancy and economy surpassing entic Z 4l r sof the qualities of the e U s N h l o V w E n ß b S y AL the GAS ann ß ex U ed ßNE außth. tract from the Proceedings of ' the Institution of Civil Engineers, . 4 . ° 4 daY, 26th May, 1846, Sir JOHN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. th_• , r gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. 4 r 41 . ) e lonicipal nsvelty was the introduction of a stream of air te the ai . the .tlatne by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. sita.„,,' Passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was bttn, and passed out forceo series of fire-holes around the periphery, th; 1 1 41 8 1 na with on the flame of the gas curved it outwards Mlle e - a, s ,". a, Pe of a tulip ; wh•le the oxygen of the air, mingling with ouretted hydrogen gas, produced a very psrfsct combustion, LL‘ hers was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, "%er a am plyC, demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, then , lese homers have been used. In comparing the consumption he e burn pow ers with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying "ett tr ef the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a g u t. With a saving of rather more than one-third." kll '°L. rrE CERTIFICATE. C n . e CH EMICAL SCROOL.— "In testng Clak, Mc Niell, 11 1 , 4 n i rit ersal Gas Burner with one of the i best r shawdowless to ' i t gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 pet cent." GF.ORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, I. ‘it ria CERTIFICATE. ) I , 4 tti lt series of experiments made upon Clark. Mc and Co.'s „'lghed Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta evi l borne eomy and the quality of the light. Te t sted a ag rd ai d ns a t Ig r : 4l of Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 hoies), a o e 1 . 1 . 4', 40 at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, oT to ail Per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe- Y other burner." T. W. REATES, Consulting Chemist, ,T he J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. nlc e .-s , SAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly hs-,Ent nat itution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the a r t e : 4 . 6o , St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters -.(te REST APERIENT AND ANTILDLIGUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS V RA MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which 'ffectu r k44 l .,e y. nout ally relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa. gripino• or prostration of strength. They remove , kr ater,,, xle, sickness ' dizzh",ess pains in the chest, &c., are highly :knt, `" to the en; a ' 1 u ' mOte digestion, create appetite, relies ,° ,, z. and denra o c i ,'', - f ro n • • hileto those of a full habit, and 14141Cgeli,,'' Who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, to In the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not hestThis ir n ,, al lreelated r, v. lnine has . fi r many years received the approval of the class.2s of society, kindly in confirmation of its effl- 41. 4 Parmi.." 3 wlng letter has been kina forwarded to Mr. Pront. Per m '' 4 ' o n to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respbet- To to its author:— ~ Prout, 229, Strand, London. Ileavitres, Exeter, April 24, 1844. kite,l 4 ' feel te sti Pleasure in being able to bear my . strong and unso• ~,..lonS to the excellence of your Frampton's Pill . o_f pler 4l ,:nich I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superm. ( 4l. l.'ela — ri ecil eins. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and t t ,'" oth er " . I . e of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse s.neet es2nedieines fora long period of year; she has recommended 4d °l) ' tt tenst°6l Y. and in one P.stanee; n which she induced a person 'Xtr ao _ . I tent, and supplied the first box herself, they ~ave proved of nth,„ Mutat- I Its , ,of h, I think ' that perhaps the.re is scarcely.any Pil e " i ." 3 Patent medicines before the puhlie of equal value n4latipneed"rtainly none possessed of . suyerior claims -ha ppy on a occasions to give them my i ndividua and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, 401 1 I, * * " *, T. ° , 4 Pr t at , 4 229, Strand, London, price Is. I%d. and 2s. Pd. ' 0 by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the 44 and a. , — , P ,'"IPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and obsetve the -r " g at Thomas Mut, 229, Strand, London," on the" "Ph o. 16,b35, r ki TNVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK ING MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) are respectfully intlnined that the Directors have given their anxious consideration to the new appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to tho Visitors the Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE- , GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful Optical Instruments. &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. HALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, HAYMRAKET. 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In Postage Stamps or Post-ofnee Order. SELF. PRESERVATION: A M e di ca l T reat i se on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated With Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the A na t om y, Physiol gy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and snowing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LAITERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE, nitrwat 1. On - thei'lrifOsOPhyW3FaTii;,;;;with Its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHArrus 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the functidns of the Stomach. Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CrlAPTEss 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorho3a, Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra, REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied medical Mall, who has evidently had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early Indiscretion. 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Beware of spurious "Kalytiors" containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words 't ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each t.ottle. Se:d by the Proprietors, and by respwitible Chemists and Per umers. Au Ober " italydtrs 4r• fraudalal onatsrfolts. IMGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOIIN BURGESS and SON beg most respec+fully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the" Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended h. to the roost distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its reeommenda ion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint. =lit to families, .all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine.' JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by tkem after the same Inanner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Stops, London. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. 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To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fleidgate- Areet, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn bill ; Butler. 4, Cheapside ; Pront, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin, Milsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most Pertmers and Medicine yendors —a ny,RA4f,thk k i i,vdoßAK,ErVianta . r t finatiSe Li p i ttM i t: Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. TENBURY, WORCESTER,.and LUD- LOW RAILWAY COMPANY.. An adjourned meeting of this Company (of which it will be remembered Captain Richardson, who is charged with a forgery on Coutts' bank, is chairman), was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of de ciding whether the co-partnership existing between the shareholders should be dissolved or not. Mr. Davies was called to the chair. The scrutineers who were appointed at the last meet ing, and who were this day re•elected, then proceeded to take the number of shares in the room, in order to as certain if the Act had been complied with. Soon after they presented a report. stating that the aggregate number of votes was— . For a dissolution Against it Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directors, and the meeting was declared dissolved. Before separating, however, Mr. Knox (one of a com mittee appointed by the shareholders) read a lengthened report, in which, titter detailing the rise and progress of the Company, the committee adverted to the facts connected with the fraud or forgery, alleged to be committed by Captain Richardson, and added that they deemed it their duty to allude to the improper and unjustifiable conduct of the directors in voting sums of money for " services," although they knew tlict the individual alluded to (Mr. Howell) had no claim upon them. They alt;o felt bound to express their disapprobation of • the manner in which the signatures had been got, as the same gave unusual opportunities for the commis sion of fraud. The report then alluded to the expenses incurred; which had been characterised as exorbitant in the higheat degree ; the legal and engineering ex penses alone amounting to 4201. per mile. '' The Com mittee, however, trusted that they would preserve to the shareholders at leist 17s. on every share, and they also expected that a further dividend of Bs. would be realised from the deposits still unpaid. The committee urged upon the shareholders the propriety of signing a requi sition calling on them to convene a meeting at the earliest possible period for the purpose of determining what future steps should be taken. Some opposition on the part of the directors was manifested to this recommeniation, and after some de sultory discussion, the meeting semrated. CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY. A meeting of the shareholders in the above line, called by the . committee appointed by the proprietors, for the purpose of ascertaining the present state of the Company, was held yesterday at the London Tavern. D. W: ilarve3, Esq , took the chair. A lengthened report was read, which stated that the committee had used every effort to obtain a conference with the directors of the line, which had however beer. unsuccessful. The report then went on to detail the acts of the directors from the period of their first meeting in November, 1845, to the present period. The committee recommended that vigorous measures should be adopted fur the purpose of .compelling the directors to refund the deposits, at the same time they recommended that the shareholders should meet any overtures of the directory, with regard to the expenses already incurred, in a liberal spirit. -• _ _ The CHAIRMAN then remarked, that after the report which had been read, the shareholders, he trusted, would agree in considering that the domcnittee had fulfilled the purpose for which they-had been appointed. That purpose was three-fold. First, they had to ascertain how the company had been managed ; in what condition they stood ; and what were its future prospects. The Chairman, after adverting to the meeting of directors, held before the Bill came before Parliament, when the share holders were assured that so perfect were the plans and estimates, that no opposition need be contemplated, pro ceeded to detail the proceedings before the Committee of the House, when so far were the plans from being per fect, that the Bill only stood a four hours test, and was then scouted as most inaccurate and imper fect in all its parte. Such was the past history of the scheme. The number of shares issued had been 120,000, and of this number 112,700 had been paid upon realising .a capital. of 295,2471. The directors had ex pended 68,5361.. which included a payment to the Boci min and,'Kruro Railway of 35,0001. He (the Chairman) did not for a moment suppose that this payment could be sustained, and deducting it therefore the directors had still a sum of 38,536/. to account for. He thought then that the shareholders would have something more than 40s. per share to be returned to them. The Chair man, tato- some further remarks, mov e d th a t th e re p or t be adopted and printed for the use of the shareholders. Mr. HORGOOD seconded the resolution. Carried unanimously. Mr. HOPGOOD then proposed, and Mr. BLACRYORI seconded a resolution, "That a Committee of five share holders be appoint, to curry out the recommendations in the report. Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. John Bigg, Mr. Arrhibald Boyd, Mr. C. Craddock, and Mr. Richard Coh n. were appointed the Committee. The CHAIRMAN then suggested that a shilling per ,share should be entrusted to three gentlemen, for the purpose of compelling the director to refund the greater portion of the deposits. Mr. ABRAHAM proposed, and Mr. BENHAM seconded, a resolution in accordance with the Chairman's sugges tion, and Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Richard Cohen, and Mr. Archibald Boyd were nominated accordingly. - After some remarks from other speakers, thanks were awarded to ii Chairman and Committee, and the meet ing separated. T 1-1 U ES DAY r - 7 1 vs t i l „›. Van 070 •- a REMOVAL. 13R. CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, (leading to Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual, Daily till Three, and ha the Evening from Seven till Nine; and where else his several publications, of which entirely new and en larged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. • HOT WE ITHER.- TR A.VE LLING.-SE A SIDE.—The REGISTER]) PALETOT in London, only at 22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange; and the chief Llama Cloth Warehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a similarity of name, placed in the windows of a fpw petty shops in the neighbourhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " 11. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street." Iv'ATIONAL LOAN fUND LIFE ASSUR• 1 ACE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the nre.miums paid (see Table) ; also the option- of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying fro m 35 t o 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. Premium t .l Bonus Bonus in .added. Cash. , :,I a r 7 g a P, P . ',-', g £ £s. d. r 60 1000 34 { ) • Li 1837 1 18381 1839 1840 18411 Assured may Borrow. 1 £21715 1 1 £100 11 1 £16 0 4 1 X445 0 0 192 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 2 395 11 1 165 11 10, 74 1 9 11 3 11 346 2 3 116 7 6 54 010 7IS 10, 296 13 4 11l 6 8! 49 10 0 710 41 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. TO be PEREMP PORTLY SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause of " BATTEN v. PARFITT," with • the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the White Hart Inn, Glastonbury, in the county of Somerset, on . THURSDAY, the 24th day of September, 1846, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, in 13 lots. A FREEHOLD ESTATE, called the GLASTONBURY PARK ESTATE, comprising a farm-house and buildings, and about 170 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture ground, including Weary-All- Hill, situate in the united parishes of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict Glastonbury, in the Eastern Division df the County of Somerset. Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Clowes, Wedlake, and Co., 10, King's Bctich-walk, Temple, London ; of Mr. John Batten, jun., Yeovil ; of Messrs. Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Co., 5, Gray's Inn-square, Lo!-don ; of Air. Raven, 2, King's Bench-walk, London ;of Messrs. Newman and Lyon, solicitors, Yeovil; of Mr. Short, solici tor, Bristol ; of Mr. Pratt, solicitor, Glastonbury; of Messrs. lark, Gray, and Woof'cock, 20, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; of Messrs. Cooke and Sons, solicitors, Bristol; at the Commercial ltJoms, Bris tol ; the White Hart Inn, Bath ; the Castle inn, Taunton ; the Cla rence Inn, Bridgewater, the Swan Inn, Welis ; and at the place c f sale. • The estate may be viewed on application to Mr. Thomas Corner, at the farm-house; or to Mr. A. Bailey, at the White Hart Inn, Glastonbury-. CLONES, WEDLAKE, and CLONES, Temple, London, Plaintiff's Agents, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. FATE OF THE LINCOLZ.qSiIIRE LINES. In December last we published a list of the thirty-nine Lincolnshire linestprojected)for which applications were to be made to Parliament ; ROW that the session is over, and the warfare closed, the result of the contest will be interesting. Of these thirty-nine lines, twenty-two were intended to come to or through Lincoln; out of these, seven lines have been passed, and the branch of No. 12, and of these three lines only come to the city. GROUP I. No. 1. The London and York.—Passed in its in tegrity. Loop included. The Sheffield and Wakefield Branches (separate Bills) were rejected. No. 2. The Direct Northern.—The shares amalga mated with the London and York. The line itself aban• doned. No. 3. The Cambridge and Lincoln.—Rejected in Committee of House of Commons. No. 4. Eastern Counties.—Extension from Cambridge to York, rejected with No. 3. No. 5. Eastern Counties.—Extension from Lincoln to York, rejected with No. 3. No. 6. Eastern. Counties.—March and Lincoln Exten sion.—Terms made with the Wishech and St. Ives. No. 23, line passed from March to Spalding. GROUP 11. No. 7. Lincoln and Hull Line.—The money was not deposited. Dropped through. Na. 8. Hull and Lincoln.—Preamble declared not proved in the Commons. 17s. 6d - .lle-allare has been re turned on deposit (21. 26.). No. 9. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension from Lincoln to Market Rasen.—Pissed. This line commu nicates at Market Rasen with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield line, passed last year. It gives a through line from Hull to Lincoln, and running into the Nottingham and Lincoln station there, with the Midland Counties and the West of England. It will join the Loop line of the London and York, about six miles east of Lincoln, and thus give a direct line from Hull to London. No. 10. The Great Grimsby, Louth, Horneastle, Lin coln, and Midlands Junctions.—Dissolved before going into Committee. IL Is. per share has been returned on the deposit (2/. 25.), and 10s. 6d. more is expected. GROUP 111. No. 11. The Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction line, from Lincoln, through East Retford and Worksop to the station of the Sheffield and Manchester line at Sheffield, with a branch from Retford to Gainsborougb, there join ing the Great Grimsby and Sheffield line. Passed. This line gives a direct communication from Lin coln to Sheffield, Rotherham, Manchester, and Liverpool, and the branch to Gainsborough gives the same advantage to North Lincolnshire, Great Grimsby and Hull. The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction passed last year was somewhat mis named, being, in fact, only a line from Gainsborough to Great Grimsby, with one branch northwards to New Holland, and another southward to Market Rasen. The Sheffield and Lincoln line now passed gives the junction with Sheffield and the west, and it is expected that the Sheffield and Manchester, the Sheffield and Lincoln, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield will be shortly amalgamated into ono company. No. 12. The Manchester and Lincoln Union. This was an opposing line with the Sheffield and Lincoln, over exactly the same ground, with the addition of a branch from Worksop to Chesterfield. This branch (by arrangement with the Sheffield and Lincoln) is passed. The line itself abandoned. No. 13. The Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield did not collect sufficient funds to make the deposit. No. 14. The Lincoln, Wainfleet,_ and Boston Haven. The plans were found to be very defective, and the line nf.ver went before Standing Orders' Committee. 2/. ls. 6d. per share of the deposit (2/. 12s. 6d.) has been returned. GROUP IV. No. 15. The Northampton and Lincoln.-The money was never raised to make the deposits. No. 16. The Hull, Lincoln, and Northampton.-Thee deposits were not collect e d. This line was brought out under the London and York auspices, intended as a dernier ressort to take traffic off the Midlands, if their own line was rejected. No. 17. The Lincoln and Grantham.-Could not ob tain any deposits. No. 18. The Lincoln and Oakham.--The same. GROUP V. No. 19. The Isle of Axholnae, Gainsborough, Goole.-Preamble d ec l are d no t prove d i n t h e H o o f Commons, the levels being defective. Returned 2 s . N. 20. alb - 'W'ti k e ii&if," 7 .,_ Ifleta FAN, ... ~...--, i ted Junction.-Never made their deposits. No. 21. The Cambridge and Lincoln Extension, or Lincoln, Leeds, and York line. Preamble declared not proved in Committee of the Lords. 11. per share re- ' turned, and 10s. 6d. more expected on the deposit (2/.. 12s. 6d.). No. 22. The Gainsborough, Epworth, and Leeds.- Never collected the deposit. The following are not grouped:- No. 23. The St. Ives, Wisbech, and Spalding (passed). -Arrangements made with the Eastern Counties, March, and Lincoln Extension. The Eastern Counties have bought the line, and the York Extension shares are ap propriated to it. At St. Ives it joins the Eastern Coun ties, Cambridge, and Huntingdon, runs through Somers ham, Chatteris, and March, to Wisbech, thence to Spalding, giving a through line by the Eastern Counties from thence to London. No. 24. The Direct Birmingham, Leicester, and Bol ton.-Dropped through ; never collected the deposits. No. 25. The Peterborough and Boston.-The same. No. 26. The Boston, Grantham, Leicester, Midland Counties Junction.-The same. No. 27. The Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston.- Passed. From the Ambergate station of the Midlands, through Nottingham, Grantham, and Folkingham to Boston, with a branch from nearFolkingham to Spalding. No. 28. The East Coast Railway (Boston to Lynn and Wisbech).-Abandoned all the line before Committee of the Commons, except from Sutton to Boston. Preamble of that declared not proved. Na deposits yet returned. No. 29. The Louth and Gainsborough.-Deposits not collected. No. 30. The Grand Union from Nottingham to Lynn. -The shares to be amalgamated with the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. The line itself abandoned. No. 31. The Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham.- Only went to Parliament for that portion of the Lynn Branch between Stamford and Wisbech. Passed. At IVisbech this line joins the Lynn and Ely Branch, and gives a direct communication from the west to Wisbech, Lynn, Norwich, and Yarmouth. No. 32. The Boston and Lincoln.-Never collected deposits. No. 33. The Spalding and Lincoln.-The same. No. 34. The Spalding and Brandon Junction.-Aban doned. No. 35. The Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junc tion from Hull to Cambridge.-The plans were defec tive, and very few deposits were paid; abandoned in December last. No. 36. The East Lincolnshire, from Grimsby to Boston.-Passed. No. 37. The Boston, Newark, and Sheffield.-Pre amble declared not proved in Committee of Commons; 11. per share deposit returned (21. 12s. 6d.). No. 38. The Huntingdon, Wisbech, and Sutton Union. -Standing orders not complied with; IL per share re turned on 21. 12s. 6d. No. 39. The Lynn and Ely Branch, from Wisbech to Spalding.-Passed through the Commons. preamble de cla ed not proved in the .Lords.-Chronicle. EXCURSION TRAINS ON T H E GREAT WESTERN.-On Monday afternoon the first excursion train from Bristol and Gloucester arrived at the Paddington Terminus of the Great Western. The train %Vas an unusually heavy one, the number who availed themselves of the trip amounted to nearly . l,Boo persons ; the train was im pelled by one engine (the Ajax), and performed the journey at an average speed approaching 35 miles an hour. The return journey will take place this afternoon, when it is expected a much larger number will go down, as several missed the train on the up journey, and were obliged to take their passage by the next conveyance. EXPERIMENTAL TRIP ON THE ROUEN AND HAVRE. -The first experimental trip on the Rouen and Havre Railway took place en Sunday last, and proved to be a remarkably successful one. The extent of the trip was from the station at Havre to the magnificent viaduct at Mereville, a distance of about eighteen Eng lish miles. The Wain was under the special and personal direction of Mr. Charles Laffitte himself, who was de sirous of practically exhibiting to the residents of llavre hP onts Chaussees resident whose et communes l and its neighbourhood the sol idity and safety o f th e li ne as far as it has been prepared. Ile was acco m p an i e d.b y the sous-prifet of Havre , the mayors of Havre, the line runs),lou ile, at Havre, the principal ed ito rs of the Havre an d R ouen journals, and many of the m ost eminent merch an t s o f Havre, who unanimously and unreservedly expresse d yandthe engineersGr av il le ( e t (through r o theug their approbation of the ease with which the train per formed its work, and the solidity of the bed of the road, which was declared by competent judges to b e equa l to that of any line in existenc e, e ither in England or France. The train ran at the rate of twenty miles an hour, stopping at Harfieur, and at Etainhus, the first station on the line from Havre. Arrived at Mereville the company alighted, and, with M. Laffitte at their head, partook of a cold col lation, laid out on the crown of the viaduct, after which they made a cursory inspection of this truly magnificent pile of brick and mortar. It has fifty-two arches, stretch ing over one of the loveliest valleys in Normandy,wbere valleys are not " few and far between;" and its appear • ante impressed every one present with a thorough con viction of its great solidity. Whatever feeling of dis gust might have been entertained respecting this line since the fall of the Barentin viaduct, the experiment made on Sunday last is calculated entirely to remove it. All present acknowledged that the company had well profited by that unfortunate accident to place the works on the line in such a condition of solidity and security as to avoid any possible recurrence of the like misfortunes. Even the local journals, whose hostility towards thecom pany and the contractors had become almost proverbial, are at length constrained to give their unqualified praise to both. Everything bids fair to see .the line perma nently opened, according to the present 'intentions of the company, in the course of the month of October, The SEPTE 'AMER 3, • ----- great works, that is, the viaducts at Mereville, Btrentin, and Malaunay, are on the eve of completion. Indeed, the latter is entirely finizhed, and the tumours spread 1 abroad of its defectiveness happily proved to be un founded. For several days back it has been subjected to a very severe test; a dead weight consisting of a quantity of ballasting, estimated at several times the weight of the heaviest train that will ever pass over it, has been laid on the top, and over that again trains have been passed. Hitherto no symptoms of sinking has been observed. It is reported also that the interests of the Rouen and Havre and Paris and Rouen lines will shortly be amalgamated. Those persons who are interested in either of these lines will be glad to learn that measures are about to be taken that must secure to the Havre line nearly all the traffic between that town and Paris. The Rouen people have succeeded at length in obtaining a Government grant for improving the bed of the Seine, to enable them to compete with the railway in the carriage of merchandise. To contend against this rival, the rail way company have commenced erecting in the vicinity of the Havre station, and parallel with the rails, an immense pile of warehouses, which are intended to serve as a grand entrepst for merchandise of every description, whether going to or returning from Rouen to Paris. On the opposite side of the rails, and adjoining the Basset' Vauban, a series of dry docks will also be prepared, so that vessels with wine, spirits, &c., may land their car goes into the railway warehouses, where they will be ready for transmission into the interior. We believe an association, in connexion with the railway company, is about to be formed for the purpose of carrying out this object; and, independent of the beneficial conseqnenees that are likely to result from it in a commercial sense, it will meet with encouragement by the people of Havre from the fact that it will be the means of conferring a lasting benefit on the town, by removing to a distance the danger of deLtructive fires. There era few if any sea ports in Europe so inconveniently and dangerously crowded, or as it were conglomerated together; so much so, that should a fire of any extent unhappily break out in the vicinity of the docks, it would, in all pr , :bability share the fate of Hamburgh.—.Brighton Guardian. RETURN TICKETS ON THE GREAT WESTERN.—AS an erroneous idea prevails respecting the new regulation on the Great Western R a il wa y, w hi c h came into operation yesterday, relative to return tickets, it is necessary to caution the public that they will only be available for a distance not exceeding .50 miles on the same day, except those issued for this distance on Saturday, which arc available for the return journey on Monday ; not ex ceeding 100 miles on the same or the next day (Sunday not being counted) ; exceeding 100 miles on the same day, or either of the next two days (Sunday not being cillinted):; and then subject to the following conditions —viz , the ticket is not transferable. It is to be shown at the end of the first journey, to be marked by the ticket collector, and upon the return journey it must be shown to the clerk at the station, to have it restamped ; otherwise the person will be liable to pay the full fare back. The rate charged for return tickets is one-third leis than the full fare for the double journey, and they are only allowed to first anti second-class passengers. 1846. PRICE SD, road, anil_. ale fare, therefore, should be Cs., whereas it is now chat ge d Bs. ld., or thirty-three per cent. too high. %Vhate se r be the cause of this increase of fares, the public m I.3rxest assured that the directors feel the neces sity of it On this subject we shall offer a few observa tions in t. nc tiler notice.—Herald. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO GUERNSEY. Pro_' n the Guernsey Sun of Monday.) In core.pliance with a wish expressed by his Excellency Major-Gonoral Napier, a public meeting was held this day at two o'clock, on the New Ground, for the purpose of having. communicated to the inhabitants of this Island, the Collo-, ring most gracious Message from the Queen, expressive. of her Majesty's sentiments on the occasion of her late visit to Guernsey. Precisely at two o'clock, hie Excollency the Lieutenant-Governor, attended by his staff And the Colonels of the Royal Guernsey Militia arrived on. the New Ground, where his Excellency was met by tile Royal Court, the clergy, the constables, most of the civil and military authorities, and an im. mense concourse of the inhabitants. His Excellency was most enthmiastically cheered. Previous to reading , Sir George Grey's letter, his Excellency said, — Inhabitants of Guernsey, I have called you together this day to read to you the letter from the Home Secre tary conveyit , her most gracious Majesty's thanks for the loyalty and promptness which you testified on the occasion of her late visit to Guernsey. You welcomed your Queen, the mightiest Sovereign in the whole world, wish a promptness that (lid you credit, and proved what Guernseyraen can do' at so short a notice. When the head acts it ig well, when the heart acts R - 171 Fell also; but when both work together, all is sure to go right, and I feet indebted to you fur the loyal manner in which you received her Alejesty. It was suggested to me to call a meeting on Tuesday, hut as you proved what you conld do when her Majesty took you by surprise, I was determined to try you again. I was also advised to send the letter to the newspapers, but I preferred reading it to you myself, than to see it garbled in the columns of a newspaper. It is my i ntent i on to h ave the letter of the Home Secretary printed in French and English, and posted on every church door. Such is a feeble outline of his Excellency's speech, who was frequently inter rupted by repeated cheers. His Excellency then read the followine. letter:--. Whitehall, Aug. 28, 1846. Sir,—l have the honour to inform yeti that I have received the Queen's most gracious commands to take the earliest opportunity of expressing to you, as Lieu tenant• Governor of Guernsey, her sense of the affec tionate loyalty with which her Majesty was received upon the occ:;sion of her late visit to that island. The feelings of attachment and devotion to her Majesty's person and government so conspicuously exhibited upon that occasion by the inhabitants of Guernsey, have been, I am commanded to assure you, peculiarly gratifying to her Majesty, and I am to request that you will, as Lieu tenant-Governor of the island, make known these her Majesty's sentiments to her faithful subjects there. I beg to offer you my congratulations upon your having witnessed the loyal demonstration which has called forth this gracious expression of her Majesty's sentiment, and imposed upon you a duty which, upon every account, must be gratifying to your feelings.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, G. GREY. Major-General Napi er , & c., &c., Guernsey. The above was listened to with respectful silence, the gentlemen uncovering themselves. At its conclusion the town band, which was in attendance, struck up the national anthem, and three times three hurras made the welkin ring, the Lieutenant-Governor giving the time. His Excellency then said, that he could not let a post go without answering that letter. He would read them his answer, and if it did not meet their approbation, and if any individual, private or public, thought he could do it more justice, he would transmit it for him. His Excellency then read the following answer:— Havilland Hall, Guernsey, Aug. 30, 1846. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the reception of your letter of the 28th inst., conveying her Majesty's sense of the affectionate loyalty with which her Ma. jesty's was received upon the occasion of her late visit to this island. I will immediately cause this her Majesty's sentiment to be made known to the people of Gurnsey, and in their behalf as well as for myself, I express our profound feelings of gratification and pride, at this expression of her Majesty's sense of our humble but heartfelt efforts to display our attachment towards her Majesty 's person and Government. I remain, Sir, Your most obedient and faithful servant Right lion. air - ' &c. &C. &c. The meeting, after again and again cheering his Ex cellency, left the ground every one seemingly highly de lighted with the results of this happy day. Most of the streets in town were decorated with an unusual number of flags. IRELAND. THE CORPORATION.-ADDRESS TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT. DUBLIN. AUG. 31.—At half-past two o'clock this day the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Town-Councillors pro ceeded to the Castle, for the purpose of presenting an address of congratulation to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on his appointment as Viceroy of Ireland. The members of the Corporation were attired in their robes, and accompanied by the band of the Queen's Bays. The deputation, on arriving at the Castle, were immediately ushered into the presence of the Lord Lieu tenant, who was attended by the officers of the household in their robes of state. The Lord Mayor (John Keshan, E q.) read the following address:— TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF BESBOROUGH, LORD LIEUTENANT AND GENERAL GOVERNOR OF IRELAND. Address of the Right lion. the LotdMayor, Alder- men, and Burgesses of Dublin. " May it phase your Excellency,—We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City of Dublin, in Common Council assembled, tender to your Excel lency our most sincere and cordial congratulations upon your Excellency's appointment to the exalted station of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. "In the delegation of the high authority of Chief Governor of Ireland to your Excellency—deservedly en deared to us as you are, by birth, family, and residence —we recognise an act in conformity with the desire which has been uniformly expressed by our beloved Sovereign towards this part of her kingdom, while your Excellency's reputation, experience, wisdom, and atten tion to the affairs heretofore committed to your charge, afford us the best grounds of assurance that this instance of her Majesty's favour will prove Hot less conducive to the interests of her Irish people, than it has been conge nial to their wishes, and gratifying to their feelings. '6 With pride we recognise in your Excellency a resi dent Peer of Ireland, and trust that your appointment to its government will prove the harbinger of measures which will place Ireland on a perfect egaality with the more favoured parts of the empire ; and that when you reader up to our beneficent Sovereign the high trust her Majesty has committed to your bands, you may retire from the administntion of this country with the consciousness that your efforts for its peace, prosperity, and happiness have been crowned with success. " WM. FORD, Town Clerk." His Excellency bowed at the conclusion, and delivered the following reply : " My Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City of Dublin,—l thank you for the cordial manner in which you have offered me your congratulations on my arrival i n this country. "In accepting die important office to which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint me, I am conscious of the deep responsibility of the duty which I have undertaken. " I rely, however, with confidence on the support that I shall receive from my fellow countrymen, who, in different parts of the kingdom, have so kindly come forward to express their approval of the appointment that her Majesty has been pleased to make of a resident proprietor as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. . - - " The interest I have always felt in the prosperity of this country makes the appointment most gratifying, as it gives me the opportunity of more immediately di recting my attention to those measures of internal improvement which must tend to the tranquillity and welfare of the kingdom. " I deeply regret the distress that prevails in many parts of the country from the failure of the potato crop, and you may rely on my immediately carrying into effect those measures which the Legislature have adopted for relieving the poorer classes under this heavy dispen sation of Providenc," _ _ _ The Corporation then withdrew. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the above Association was held in Conciliation Hall this day. At one o'clock Mr. O'Connell entered the hall (attired in his municipal robes) amidst loud cheers, and moved that Counsellor O'Dowd should take the chair. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at some length, and commenced by thanking the meeting for the honour they conferred upon him. He then alluded to the Young Ireland party, and stated that in his opinion no ques tion, except the repeal question, should be discussed in that Hall. He (the Chairman) denounced the conduct of the Young Ireland party ; he denounced their cri minal silence upon that question (the Bequests Act) which vitally affected the interests of the Catholics of Ireland—not merely the Catholics, but of the Protest ants, for that question referred to both parties. He ar raigned their conduct upon that question—he arraigned their silence, as tending in no small degree to the passing of that very measure. Mr. RAY read the minutes of the last day's proceedings. Mr. O'CONNELL rose, and after handing in some money. said that as he was now in trim for visiting the Castle, and as he had to go up with the Address from the Corporation to an Irish nobleman, the Earl of Be - borough—a man who was well acquainted with Irish affairs, he would speak to the meeting at once. He sup posed he would not find fault at hearing his (Mr. O'Con nell's) brogue addressin g him this day. At all events, the Association would b e satisfied.— (Cheers.) The first topic he had to allude to was the state of the distress, and the failure of the potato crop in Ireland. It had been thrown out that they had done nothing. Upon that subject they were mistaken. - They did all they could ; and he would tell the meeting what they did. They put 1 into the poss ess i on or t h e Government every account ' they received from different parts of the country, Arid the sentiments expressed by different writers upon the subject. He (Mr. O'Connell) himself did a great deal more ; for he sent them information respecting thefailure of the crop. He engaged the attention of Government to the distress that prevailed in the country. The Govern went had passed an Act of Parliament for the relief of the poor. By that Act the rich must pay for keeping the poor in employment, and whenever the poor Irish man could get good wa ges f or hi s l a b our, he was never known to ask for charity from any man. The landlords did not like that law. Now, he would tell them that law would be perpetual, unless they gained the repeal, which would compel the absentees to come here and spend their incomes in Ireland. The next topic was the Infidel Col:- legesßill.—(Cheers.) He never read a paper with more delight than he did the Evening Freeman of Saturday, announcing the glorious news that the Cardinals, to whom it was referred, unanimously condemned the Bill.—(Cheers.) What a triumph was that for the faithful people of Ireland, for the Catholics of Ireland, and fur the Catholic clergy of Ireland. The Colleges Act had been 'condemned in Rome, and it was also condemned in Ireland. Mr. O'Connell then referred to the demand made by the Presbyterians. He (Mr. O'Connell) thought the Presbyterians were perfectly right in that demand. He thought Lord John Russell was very wrong in refusing them. — (Applause.) He would do the best he could to get for them that demand. He would insist upon the demand of the Catholic clergy to have jurisdiction over the professors appointed to in struct the Catholic youth—and the same jurisdiction should be given to the Protestant. He gave notice that he would move—that before the next session an address should be presented to the Queen condemning in the most emphatic terms " mixed education." He believed Lord John Russell liked the principle of mixed educe.- ' tion. He would now refer to a subject of great import ance to the Association. It had been said that many people were anxious for reconciliation between the two parties in that Hall, No man was more anxious for a r, conciliation than he was, especially a reconciliation with Mr. Smith O'Brien. He would do anything but sacrifice principle to obtain that reconciliation. He could not afford to sacrifice his principles becausehe would be breaking through the basis of the Association. They stood upon the basis of the Association. If the Young Ireland party choosed to come in and stand upon that basis they were heartily welcome to do so. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman entered fully into the breach between the Young Irelanders and the Associa tion, and detailed his reasons for compelling the Young Ireland party to state their opinions. On June 15 last, Lord J. Russell, in his speech on the Coercion Bill, in the House of Commons, spoke as follows:—" There is a numerous body in Ireland, numerous even among the representatives of Ireland, but far more numerous in Ire land, which says that no legislation of a united Parlia ment can devise fit remedies for Irish grievances, and that it is in a domestic Parliament alone that fit and wise legislation is to be sought. Such is their opinion. There is another, I hear, who HI read rightly their sen timents, as expressed in a newspaper—l will name it— called the Nation, which has great circulation in Ireland, who go beyond the question of legislative union, who would wish not merely to restore such a Parliament as that which it was the boast of Mr. Grattan to found, and which legislated under the sceptre of the same Sovereign as the Parliament of Great Britain, but a party which excites to violence, which looks at disturbance as its means, and separation from England as its end." What interest had Lord John Russell? He had no party in terest—he is too high-minded a man to say and think the • contrary, when he gave this account of the Young Ir e l an d party. They haeattempted to deny it. One of the newspapers said that there was no tendency of separa tion. Why, he was looking_ over their articl e s in answer to correspond e nt s . The Learned Gentleman then read another extract, and proceeded to observe:—The reform was carried by moral force. The Anti-Corn•law League was carried by moral force. Why, we succeeded before them (Englishmen), and English success was only en couraged by our success.—(Hear, hear.) But it was unfortunate for themselves, they were implicated in the guilt of treason. They did not understand the law. He said distinctly there are two kieds of high treason. Oa the 18th of July the IVation deliberately published this. The Learned Gentleman here read the following: " France sent them offers of help and guidance through M. Ledru Rollin, and through many a surer source. America talk«l cpenly of Baltimore clippers and raids over Canadian border. " " And some have believed that a country haunted with the memory of heroic resistance and proud victories from the field of the yellow ford to the church of Dun gannon, and hot with shame and indignation at suffering and disgrace without end, would at length rise and snatch the liberty so long denied. That her Chief, weary of hope deferred, would at length proclaim that patience had limits, and resolve now again to " Right her wrongs in battle line." " We fully confess that much was written in this journal tending remotely to that end, calculated to sti mulate the hope and desire of great and speedy changes wrought by a people's might."—Nation, Saturday, 18th July, 1846. The Learned Gentleman concluded by referring to seve ral legal authorities, showing that they would be guilty of Ni. h blriar agArsechila Ailleti'firva i liffelArceit his late visit to WO county Clare. He was present. at a meeting in Kilrush, and was deputed to express to Mr. O'Connell the thanks and gratitude of the people and Catholics of Kilrush, and particularly their moral alle giance to his commands. ____ - Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his gratitude to the people of Kilrush. Several sums of money having been handed in, Mr. J. O'CONNELL spoke at some length upon the Colleges Bill, and concluded by referring to religion in the army, and proposed that a committee should be formed called the Religion Grievance Committee of the Association, and that they should search for the several grievances which existed in the army. Several subscriptions having been handed in, the rent was announced to be 1041. Is. 6d., and the meeting sepa rated. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN•G LONBOX, Ssrr. 2.—Wind this day at noon North, light pleasant breeze, and fireclear weather. DEAr, SEPT: 1. Wind N.N.E. Arrd. Prince George, Tate, Quebec, for Shields. Arrd. from the River and dd., Marie Laure, Moore, Mauritius; Wellington, Vellacott,,Caps of Good Hope and Madras; Whampoa, Willis, Demerara; Neptune, Rundle, Quebec; Triton, Smith, Quebec; Abraham Young, Corney, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 1. Wind N.N.W.— Arrd. Isabella, China; Agnes, Johnstone, Honduras; George, Key, Hon duras; Hampeen, Cowan, New Orleans; Fredonia, Lunt, New Orleans; Essex, Welsh, New Orleans; Cronatadt„ Hatch, New Orleans; Rappahannock, Drummond, New York; Lady Huntley, St. John's, New Brunswick; nostril, Turner, Quebec; Jane, Potts, Quebec; Mandane, Hutchin son, Montreal; M. A. Fleming, Fitzgerald, Newfoundland. OW port, Walton, St. Domingo; Bridget, —. Sld. Au& 31st, Corfu, M'Mann, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Nymph, Nicho las, Labrador. Sept. 1, Juliet Erskine, Watkins, SL Thomas; Triton, Robe, La Guayra ; Parsee Merchant, Poole, New Orleans; Ellen Brooks, Boston ; Sir 11. Iluntley, Halifax. REDCAR, SEPTA. —The Harbinger, Parke, of and from Scarborough, bound to War kworth, and the Mariner, Lucas, of and from Plymouth, bound to Seahain, ran on the rocks off this place this morning in a fog, but got off and proceeded, apparently with little damage. OFF SClLLY.—Perseverance, Miller, Quebec, for Lynn; Hercules, Quebec, for London. BEISTOL, SEPT. I.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Providence Reid, Quebec. Sailed, Broom, White, Quebec. MILFORD, Auo. 30.—Arrd. Wellington, Scott, Quebec; Elenor, Hetherington, Quebec. th 3 o f3 bo fee t t to i n m of the car. MR. GREEN, JUN.'S ASCENT AT BEnubr.--The Ber lin papers contain elaborate accounts of the ascent of Mr. direen, ameter, e s r o , n a o n f d the f c e e e l t eb in ra l t e e n d e ae h ro , n fro au m t, t i h n e to a p t balloon o This is about a middle size between Mr. Green, sen.'s, large and small balloons. The spot from which the balloon ascended was granted for the purpose by the King of Prussia, who honoured the expedition with his patronage. About 40,000 spectators assembled to witness a sight which in this part of the world is a perfect novelty. Among the most distinguished were the young Prince of Prussia, the Prussian Ministers, and all the foreign ambassadors. Mr. Green was accompanied by Count Schafgotsch and Herr Kiihnel. The balloon alighted on the plain of Gross-Beeren, and it is a remarkable coincidence that this was on the anni versary of the victory gained on that spot by the Prussians over the French. The balloon has been designated the " Gross-Beeren Balloon," on account of this circumstance. Our ambassador, the Earl of Westmoreland, showed great attention and kindness in assisting Mr. Green in this novel enterprise. Mr. Green purposes to make similar' visits to other German cities. -....--- INQUEST.—On Tuesday the inquiry was again resumed at the Eight Bells public-house, Greenwich, to investigate the cause of the death of Catherine Donovan, whose miti lated remains were picked up off the College Wharf on the 22d of last month, an account of which has already ap peared. James Barry, a tailor, living in Tottenham court-road, gave evidence to the effect that OR last Easter Sunday he, in company with three other parties, named Wallace, Grant, and Evans, met a young woman, and after drinking some beer went out to the Hungerford pier to go is Greenwich. It then happened that a plank, on which the deceased female with six or seven other persona wars standing, gave way, and the whole were precipitated into the river. A gentleman apparently dead was then got out and also a female, but he did not see the deceased young woman again. Wallace and Grant's testimony corroborated the above facts. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict, "Found drowned." A GOOD BITE.—On Tuesday morning, Mr. Stewart, late superintendent of the county police, when angling with a fly at the top of Muirton bank, hooked a salmon ; and, after a great deal of fine play, and much skilful manoeuvring, finally succeeded in landieg it "high and dry" on the bead. The fish was a truly excellent specimen of its kind, and weighed 321bs. It was sold in the course of the forenoon for 21., a good morning's job.—Perth Advertiser. • HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The first meeting for the autumn season was held on Tuesday afternoon, when the chair was taken by R. W. Barchard, Esq: There was a large col lection of plants and flowers, of which those from the gardens of the society were predominant. Amongst the presents an flounced to the meeting was the last number of " The Flora Batava," a publication by the King of Holland. From Mr. Barnes, gardener to Lady Rolle, at Bictore, in Devonshire, were exhibited three pine apples of gigantic size; and Mr. Loddiges, of Hackney, contributed some interesting plants. The extract from the Meteorological Register kept at the gardens since the last meeting, from 4th August to Ist September, gave—Barometer, highest, August 25th,. 80.210 inch., lowest, August 18th, 29.539 inch. ; Therm unet44 highest, August 6th and 7th, 84 deg. F., and lowest, Zr. 14th, 44 deg. F. ; whilst the quantity of rain was 1.13 ""' THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT WsSTFLUWA TI *7 —lt has now been determined that the fronts ofd • sury and Home Office shall be altered to . aeco_an tit_ offices towards Downing-street. Men w_ great improvements made at the adjoining Government T urren esday m en es! It is said that Mr. Joseph Locke, the engineer tot he Company o a and the o nt o Y n e purpose.gagin erecting the necessary scaffolding for the above Londonovil lines, has b e become a: o d t h S e o utt i purchaser lVe s te r o n f the manor , including the whole of the borough. The purchase money, it is bg. lieved, was somewhat above 80,000/.—,Plymouth Journal. INCREASE OF FARES ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN LINE. On Tuesday the South-Eastern Company raised their passenger fares to an extent varying from ten to forty per cent.—an admission, notwithstanding all that has been officially said to the contrary, that low fares have failed, in the county of Kent. The circumstances under which the reduction and in crease have taken place are of so singular a character, and public convenience and accommodation are so mixed up in the matter, that a brief notice of them becomes a public duty. Railway companies are induced to reduce their fares by one or two convictions, viz., that it will produce an increase of receipts as well as of the number of passen gers ; or that it Kill what is termed drive an opponent out of the field, or, in other words, enable them success fully to contend in Parliament against a competing line. In both cases the result must be interesting and instruc tive to the community. Without desiring to say by which of these motives the South-Eastern Company were actuated, we shall give the old and new fares, and then briefly state a few facts connected with the re duction and the increase. The following is a list of the fares as they were and as hey now are : Ist Class. 2d Class. 3d Class. Increase s. d. s. d. s. d. per cent. Reigate; old .. 4 4 2 6 1 4 7 „ new 4 0 3 0 1 9 Tunbridge, old 6 6 4 0 2 6 tALlUliUblo 7 0 a gg new 8 6 6 6 3 10 Maidstone, old „ new 9 0 6 6 4 0 Canterbury, old ' new l5 0 11 0 6 9 Ramsgate,' old , new .. 18 0 13 6 8 1 14 Folkestone, old 27 new Dover, old l5 0 10 0 6 0 16 „ new It will be recollected that at the termination of the session of 1844 it was known that a very strong contest would take place in the session just closed for competing lines through North and Mid Kent. In September, 1845, the South-Eastern Company re duced their fares, and in a very elaborate official state ment of " the position and projects of the South-Eastern Company" it was asserted that by this reduction " a great benefit had been conferred on the public without any loss being sustained by the Company." At the South-Eastern Company's half-yearly meeting in March last, the directors in their report stated— "On the Ist of September last the directors carried into effect a great reduction of fares, and adopted the system of granting day tickets, and the directors have much satisfaction in stating that these measures have had the effect they anticipated." At that meeting the Chairman (Mr. M‘Gregor) also said, " I beg leave to congratulate you on the state of your affairs, which must be highly satisfactory to you. You are all aware that the resolution of the directory for reducing the fares came into operation on the Ist of September, and the result to which we looked forward has been attained." It will be seen that these assertions of the directors and chairman, that the experiment of the reduction of fares had proved successful, were made seven months after it had been. in operation. In Parliament this reduction of fares was marle one of the chief grounds on which the South• Eastern claimed a sort of right to make a North Kent as well as a Mid Kent line. In the statement put in before Group 14 by the South- Eastern Company, in the session just closed, they say:— " Recently they have carried the reduction of fares, previously low, still further, and have gone to great expense in placing their locomotive establishment on the best footing, and in laying down the electric telegraph. " Under these circumstances they feel that there would be a hardship in giving a preference to other cons penies, the establishment of which would not be of any peculiar advantage to the public, but would inflict serious injury on the South-Eastern Company." In fact, no one doubts, that much of the strength of the Parliamentary ease of the South-Eastern Company arose out of the reduction which has just been done away with, and from the belief that it had proved remu nerative, and that it would, as a consequence, be a per manent reduction. The questions that the public have a right to ask and have answered are—let. Were the directors and chair man mistaken when they stated the experiment of the reduction of fares had proved a successful one ; and if not, why have they raised the fares when the receipts have gone on continually increasing from the time they declared the reduction of fares had proved remunera tive? Is it that the Canterbury and Ramsgate branch is not remunerative, and that an increased receipt over 141 miles, is less remunerative than the old receipt over 113 miles? Or was the reduction made, not in good faith, but for Parliamentary purposes? Our readers have the short facts of the case before them, and can judge for themselves. The peculiar feature in the South-Eastern line is its circuitous character. Dover by road is 72 miles, by rail it is 88; Canterbury by road is 56, by rail 82; Maid stone by road is 33, but by rail it is 56; Ramsgate is by road 72, and by rail 97k. The principle admitted by the South-Eastern Company in its Parliamentary struggle, as well as in their reduction of fares in September last year, was that the passenger should be charged—as between London and Peterborough—for direct distances. This principle is based on the simple proposition that if certain towns served by very circuitous lines are offered a direct line, with fares at the same rate per mile as those charged by the longer one, such towns may justly call upon the company having the circuitous railway to charge them for direct distances only. Because the legislature chose to sanction a roundabount instead of a straight line through Kent, it does not follow that the public can be justly required to pay for as well as to travel and lose time over some unnecessary 23 miles in 56, which is now the case in travelling between London and Maid stone by the South-Eastern line. The argument that the South-Eastern Company cannot, with profit to itself, carry passengers 56 miles round to M a id s t one an d c h arge them for the distance by road, is a good and valid and very reasonable argument when urged before South li proprietors, but it is of no force to the people of Maidstone, nor to those who wish to travel to that place, when responsible persons go before Parliament, and offer to construct a direct line to Maidstone, and to insert a clause in their Act binding them to carry passengers to and fro at a rate below the sum that was levied by the South- Eastern when that Company charged over tfie direct distance only. Theexcess of fare which the principle now in operation on the Dover line, of charging for circuitous distances, occasions will be Seen from the following figures ; —Tunbridge is thirty-two miles by road, and the third-class passenger. if charged according to the Parliamentary restriction, would pay 2s. Bd. ; but be cause he is compelled to he an additio na l half-hour on his journey in order to get over the circuitous nine miles, he is charged 3s. 5d., or about thirty pet cent. beyond the ordinary third-class charge. Canterbury is fifty-six miles by the road, and the charge by a direct line of rail would be 4s. 81, whereas the South-Eastern Company now charge 6s. 9d., or between forty and fifty per cent. • for the elbow route. Ramsgate is seventy-two miles by , ) 00% are) , 11 Ming: