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CONTRACTS for PEAS, SUGAR, TEA, I TOBACCO, SOAP, and VLNEGAIt. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling an T -,,r1.-wt Serrices,Sornerset•place, Amgast 12, 1552 T he Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Adlotril ithe 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give "Vice, that on THURSDAY, the 9th September next, at ' One o'clock, they %nil be rea d y to treat with such persons as may be willing to uctitract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stor es et Gosport and Plymouth, the undermentioned Artistes, viz. ?US .:....;;;; .. - . SUGAR (Muse )rad°) TEA (C migcu) • ....... • • • • • • • TJEAC::O ( Virginia) • • • • • • • • 3.1 P (I tot tied) .• • • • To be delivered at I, . , 4 lyrnoutli. 7, Gosport. Quarters. 100 Tons. 15,000 Tons. Gallons, 3,000 Quarters. 100 Ton,. 10,00 a Tons, ej 7: le, A 5 2 E '8 L 3 .L 6' g) " The s,--7--------:.:=L . dUtles k gar, T e E.,. , and the , a-, and Tobacco to he exempted from the Customs - ,,.. ei, e dra o ft l to be tendered for at a price exclnsive of the • . .00 T en Wb ackhich will be allowed the Contractor. a,ttarter s ~.( 1, 7 will be received for a less quantity of Peas than 50 . tons, 0 7,..: ' , agar than 10 tons, of Tea than 5.000 lb, of Tobacco , Sam ,' Soap than 5 tons, and of Vinegar than 1000 gallons. than 4 pies of the Peas (not less titan 4 quarts), of the Sugar (not less hous e ) ~ uf the Tea (not less than 2 lb, from the B , onde are Ulu, i , of the Tobacco (not less than 2 lb), and of the . Soap (not 1 , e, , s the . ' a rs), must be produced by the parties tendering, other. le ,eetiders will not be noticed. t / ::. conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particu r lar atten , y a .,_,'. 3 called, may be seen at the said Office, at the A ictualling at r i u , . , at ~ Gosport and Plymouth, at the Otlice of Commander Bevis, I,,, to "erPool„and of the Collector of Customs at Bristol. tor a Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, 2.,,, n•Y noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly ". t , , lcrisecl in writing Every Tender Ibe addressed to the Secretary of the Admi hlt7. and bear in irn t i h s e 'left-hand corner the words, " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset - place , and those Sugar, Tea, and Vinegar must he accom p anied by a letter ngu 1 tV e u by a responsible person , e n g a g in g to become bound with ' person tenderin g in the sum of 201 . per cent. on the value, for ''.e due perf o rmance of each of the Contracts. pA.RISH of ST. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE. Millers and Mealmen, Butchers, Cheesemongers, Cornchandlers, Grocers, Milkmen Potato-dealers Oilmen and Tallowchandlers, Colournen, and Coffinmakers. Such Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for supplying the Two Work koases for Six Months, from the 29 th day of September , 1852, to the 25tH day of March, 1853, may deliver in their sealed proposals, at the Roard-room in Mount-street, on or before Ten o'clock on WED. litsb4y, the 22d dly of September. Persons Tendering must be in attendance at that time, and all Ten !Lars must be made u)on,'and strictly in accordance with, the printed Forma of Tender, whic 4 4 may be obtained on application to the Master 'lthe Workhouse, in Mc.unt-street, as well as any further particulars. By order, T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. STEAM ST. HELENA. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's Steamer Capt iin Ti W. GLOVER, will sail from London on the 24'. 11 , and Plymouth =the 27th instant, for the Cape of Good Hope, . ai ling at St. Vincents and St. Helen . s. This vessel has excellent ec ° ,ll lnodation for passengers, and space for a limited quantity of gOOti s , ogPP l ication as to passage money to be made at the Company's ces, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; and for freight, to Messrs. 1!.1.....u._2_ Laming, and Owen, 157, Fencharch-street, City. SALE at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES The FANCY GOODS rernaininT on hand have been greatly reduced in price, in order to effect an immediate clearance They . el l'eflY goods adapted for the AUTUININ and WIN E'ER, and DIES about to travel or going to the oea-Side will find this an excellent opportunity of supplying them:elves with the best goods l ittle mere than half the original prices.—REGENT ROUSE It ALLISON and Co.), 210 and 242, Regent-street. • ----___ EMIGRANT'S. GROUP MEETING. p i , i . "No one. must expect to get a house or , lodgings at fort h o i l?, Address,e must b 3 provided with a Tent. —(600 Mrs. Clns -211 s reported in the Times, July 2i.) ,1-IENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, DUKE-STREET, LONDON tt)IIDGE, invites all who tire embarking for the Colonies or the _void Regions, to inspect his EMIGRATION TENTA. A lofty and ri'''ttensive Warehouse has been added to the premises, where a va riety of Tents are erected, so that settlers and others may select at 4 1, , ,,T the Tent hest adapted fir their purpose. Ilit : P• The C I IISHOI.M TENT, price 3/. 10s. is manufactured by .TAMIN EDGINOTON, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge. joINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA of Ras been for man y years sanctioned by the most eminent `,.!_i ne dical profession, as an excellent remedy for .AADITIES, HEARTBURN, IIE:IDACIIE, GOUT, AND 4 " a ll*l INDIGESTION. d Aperient, it is acimirab'y adapted for Delicate Females fr om ` 4. "'arY during Pregnancy ; and it prevents the food of infants it " ir ning sour during digestion. Combined with the fo,''",, ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP, fu ld 3 an Effervescing Aperient Draught, which is highly agreeable eftcacious. Prepared by DINNEFORD and Co., Dispensing Chemists (and 171 al Agents for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Belts), 44011—gejount thned- E st m re p elLondon, and sold by all respectable Chemists PATRON—H. R. 11. PRINCE AL BERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. It> J. TT LECTURES. , Esq., on Testing Gold,•and on the Australian Gold istricts ;and also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter 1 33 :'1T With Strychnine. th r. Bachtioffner :on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire; a n d on e Mode of Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens are Messrs. Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Moore's Patent I,::2l2. ce Cris p y, on ntrated Mil Morrall and spatentdeuilhe's Solidified Preserved Milk. _ ' Y Geer Needles. ge Buckland, Esq., on Music, illustrated by Patriotic and E nglish Songs, assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of =yew Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope, &c. tiluf , Ad mission, Is. ; Schools and Children und e r Ton years of ago, Price. For Hours, see Programme. Superb Specimens of Patent Silvered Glass. CREMORNE GARDENS. On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier. cliat c re ßr / i 'Y Steam -host from Lonion-bride or any of the intenne 44ded atdr or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be Ch i , riar , ,ttterva-brldge fir Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from end, 6 c r: cr°44, 3,1 .; from the City and remotest parts of the East- Thep yrr ,,,_ P ruPrietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. - ---- ""Lule Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. Tllli_i ? Open for the Season. A-Y, the Italian Brothers in their ;Double Trapeze Perform ance, at an .leysttion of 90 feet. Ms DAY, s• celebrated Onrang-Outang Contor tionist. Signor Deyani , the 4:32l,pebra ed llerofoNrineeDa.,n.Yllext, August 16, a most extra ordinar y Change of ja i l . conducted by M. Sounier, who has engaged the ce- Parisian A,ronaut, Poltevin. _ Unint errupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight. including The Last Week but Two. p Ev ert evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. in the newly-d e co ra t e d avilion . in addition to the following' attractions, Louis Soullier's que Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu ;!' s eo S i l Bits p; e r h inj e lpa p l ee ,4 4.r a t ß is a t c e t h s:— . Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz tie Devani, Macney, Victor S'oullier, Kemp, Leon Sutillter, a S n ign e or Vilderini ; Madlles. ClemeMine and Olga Soullier. The renowned Devil Rider, Herr Wehle. Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and °xes, I : Amphitheatre, 6d. bally, this week, Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, 'lnd protechnic Festivals, with all the immense resources of the E.:ta ullslnnent. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price. SandayS, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table cl'llote at Six o'cleck, 2s. 63. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee CURE for CORNS and BUNIONS. ALLTNGFIAM'S ROTTERDAM CORN and BUNION cer tain gives relief on the first application, being a safe and cer .;:'±? cure in the most obstinate cases. The proprietor of this ina.por -nit chemical discovery cantons the public against ,ase imitations, thNvhieh are most injurious in their effects. The genuine Solvent has ` Q s ignature of J. A. SHATZ WOOD on the wrapper. tis ,'. °l `, l by Sharwood and Co. 55, Bishopsgste•strset Without; San -6", ~1 53 , Oxford-street; and all Dirtateine Vendors. In bottles, `l2d, 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d, IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by 11. Bailllsre, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Bvo., in cloth, price 85., by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE Sr7RMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correc , ..n of wide-spread Errors 1 ,-, 4 relation to th e Treatmen t and Cure of Suffere r s from Deb ilit y of the Generative System, or Sexual HyPochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi eel c ontributions to German medical literature. This is the first ta ne, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi - Uti reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall d etect , any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p o wer to eorrect."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. -" The edit or h as conferred a grea t b oon on th e sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the trtreatment of the malady "—M ed i cal Circular, May 5, 1852. we have delayed so long upon tho contents of the preliminary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr.l'lck it ford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April 2 8,1852. No. Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. Gd., by post flee, s TIIE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETI 4 I . ,on Princi ples at once Simple, Sate, and Efficient, hi even its mß,}oi!,,AltkliiitiecrAatLe and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SP ORR }REA BY CAUTERIZATION ; its Inefficiency and Danger, BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not 'low to use the common instruments Reons has been marred with all kinds of violence, an indifference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and au the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical " 6 ervations.—" In proof of his views lie (Mr. C ourtena y ) ha s g i ven the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad anY which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had o p erated. uth are cases ix., xi xii and xviii. No. ix. had re sisted, for a period" twelve years. the treatment by dilitation, and was finally r emoved in as many weeks. But cases xviti. and xix. appear, both iu duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ttg ..6! ea v ated character than any detailed by Mr. Sy me, and y et the _rbinient adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminent l y successfill. o " esscr Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 1 W ITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. a French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, ill a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, fir Forty-two Stamps, 8 - ELF -PRESERVATION; an sh,, A nalytical Investigation of the Physi o l og y an d Functions of `'‘. ago in all the bearings in which that important subject affects di - ilealth and happine.s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe , 'tents, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, tie liii excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac of 1 re in - r , ,- n• , founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment Ei_ MPuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, 1 xph, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative system. 11-04.strated 04.strated by 50 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro 4elive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., , rt, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, ..);•, cw ... thr of M e di c i ne, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin -rgh, Honorary Member of the ondon Hospital 5I ictntiate o f Apo thecaries' Hall, L London, &e., &c. edical Society, to : 1711 e essential o bj ect o f th i s trea ti se i s t o po i nt out the fearful ba'sequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which old' v e Produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Ilan , and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any ...,' class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated ~,, : clis of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. the results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under j'en_personal supervision of Dr. LalMert, himself one of the few ,i 1 16 :, u , qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un o....!uy d studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, .47tri,ePeCuliarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental tiltt ai tgenerative system, and the means of immediate relief and s_i_ cure are described in detail. The professional reputation . and academic honours who has taken the most distinguished of tor medical honours at home and abroad is in itself a suffi . cient Il f2,T . art tee that those who i ov i . I l a n every instance, may place themselves under his care 0 ble secrecy which are s meet with that consideration and . let delicate cases. Published by the Author, Isee, ; Hannay, 6 3, and Oxford -street o re in in the treatment of these .2 .7ziaarket ; Mann, 23, co rn h i d"" e et ; Starie, Titchborne-street , a .-,...-- had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater ter-row Prom the author h ;or tree Itt Urs i 154.17, fhill Tea Wl' It o l' ay he ' °Mau tea lor t post for persOnitll;', or bY iriO, and fr • "a SuL till Eight. fort-two 4 ; „- ' ' ( . - .o ' ~4 .joi N°.18,689.] LONDON SATURDAY Eigr_ .14,13- S ‘3 2 7 AUGUST 14, •1852. ROYAL HOTEL, • LOWESTOFT. The Proprietor of this Hotel has much pleasure in informing his Friends and the Pu , lie Pm. during the winter he his provided extensive suites of bedrooms, in addition to the wing constructed last summer; this wil prevent a recurrence of those disappointments which so frequently took place from his ina..ility to accommodate his friends in the past year. It Is his intention to persevere in that course which has already given such general satisfaction, viz., to combine the hest ci fines, Viands, Attendance, and Cleanliness, with Moderate Charges. The a übrity of Lowestoft, the excellent bathing, and beauty of its neighbourhood, for riding and walking, are too well known to require comment. S. HOWE CT has only, therefore, in conclusion, to call attent on to the easiness of access and lowness of fares from the places, a list of which is subjoined, and to express his hope that he will continue to experience that liberal support with which lie has already been favoured. Every Wednesday and Saturday, until further notice, Passengers may be booked as under After- Fares to Lowestoft and back. From noon - at Ist Class. 2:1 Class.l3 , l Class. 11. M. s. d. s. d. s. d. London.. Cambridge ................ 345 12 0 9 0 6 0 St.lres. Chatteris 2 33 14 0 10 0 7 0* Peterborough Wisbeach 3 15 March Ely .............. Ely * Arriving at Lowestoft at 7 45. Tickets will be available for the return journey by the trains leav ing Lowestoft at 3 P.M. on week days, or any train on Sandays, within seven days of the date of issue. In addition to the ordinary established trains, fast Express Trains will, on and after the Ist of August, leave Lowestoft at 1 4 before 7 A.M., arriving in Lonr!on at 11 o'clock ; 1 4 past 4 P.M., arriving in London at 10. And from Bishopsgate Station at 5 P.M., arriving at Lowestoft at 25 ruin. past 9. Family Tickets are issued at the London Station by all trains to Lowestoft, at about the charve of a single fare, available for the re turn journey any time within 23 days of issue. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1,1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. CIIAIRMLN Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary purpose oal., but which may be kept up, if ne eeiary, throughout the whole term of life. HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM. Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre miums, the amount or th 3 unpaid Half Premiums being deducted from the sum assured when the racy becom , s a claim. • SUM ASSURED PA.TABLE DURING LIFE. The amount payable at the death of the ured, if he die before attaining the ate of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains that age, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance upon life. ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH. Established for the purpose f affording to parents. arid others the means of having children educated and started in life, by .ecuring annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a chili, if a son, shall attain his 21st year, or, it a daughter, her 25th year of age. These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en tering into business or a profess on. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. 1, Prlncei-street, Bank, London. Empowered by tier Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current year's premium. Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se lected. Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not, as is usually the case, for every whole year only. Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given, being liquidated out of the profits. At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the present year's premium on all policies of five or seven years' standing. A Board of Directors in at endance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases far their reports. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) Extra.t from the half Extract front Table with Participation Credit Itat-s of in Profits, after Seven Yearly Premium. Payments Half Whole premiuml(Annual) Half Quar • u during premium Age. Annual Yearly terly 4 First for Re- premium Pre- Pre- Seven mainder mium. mium. Years. of Life. d. £s. d.' Years. j Months Xs.d.£ s. d. s. d. 25 019 7 119 2 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4 35 1 411 2 910 6 2 710 1 4 G 0 12 5 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 G 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 40 0 3 3 0 1 12 3 0 16 5 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 3 3 3 6 1 12 6 0 16 7 55 2 12 9 5 5 6 6 3 4 1 1 12 10 016 9 60 3 6 8 6 13 4 9 3 4 7 1 13 1 0 16 10 , E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. ETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. .;1111 The highest medical authority recommend Brandy and Water as the best customary beverage, aml particularly as an efficient preventitive of Diarrhceatic Complaints at this season. They equally concur in preferring BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY as the purest and most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving Fruits, home-made Wines, &c. Sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable dealers, in glass bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the DISTILLERY, 7, S YEITIIFIELD-TIARS, in dozens, bottles and cases included, at 18s. per gallon ; or in stone jars of two gallons and upwards, at 16s per gallon, pale or coloured. SPORTING GENTLE MEN who may have neg lected to order their Dress for the opening of the Moors on Thursday neat, are respectfully reminded that no House in the Kingdom can so expe iitiously and correctly execute their orders as that of E. MOSES and SON; w ith sp ee d and correctness, quality, flt, comfort, e l e gance and economy is associated. V ariety of ma ter".-).ls, novelty in styles and peculiarity in cut, renders E. MOSES and SON'S Sporting I>ress pre-eminently superior. Their newly in vented Shooting Coat is a combination of artistic excellencies; it fits correctly, and gives perfect freedom to the arms when engaged in sporting exercises. The largest, best, and cheapest stock of ready made Sporting Dress in the World at E. MOSES and SON'S. The most magnificent styles of Summer Dress at E. MOSES and SON'S, and every dlegancy in attire for visits to the sea-side and other places of fashionable resort. EMIGRANTA. -You are about to take one of the most eventful steps in your history of your affairs, and though a land of boun 'less wealth exists in the prospective, and you very reasonably expect a just recompense for your toil and self-denial, yet an untold solicitude rests on your mind, which may be immediately removed by 'applica tion to E. MOSES and SON for your Outfits. They nave made the most tradesmanlike provision for your requirements, and have united the unspeakable advantages of their 11 , 1 IV ersal trade, unri valled transactions, and perfect e ..perience, tor the nurpose of sup plying you with the first and most requisite articles for your under • takh.g, comprised in a suitable Outfit. This is a consideration of the highest importance, and presents to you the mea s cf every com fort f..,r your voyAge and the country to which you are going. It is a full relief from all solicitude to remember that e. cry article in E.. MOSES and SOWS Outfits is of unequalled quality, perfect suitability, and at considerably lower pi-cc than others charge for inferior Goods. For the convenience of Emigrants a separate de partment is kept in E. MOSES and SON'S .Magnificent Esta eishment. Full Lots of Outfits and all requisite information relative to sail ing of vessels, cost of passage, &c., may be had on application, or post free, to oily part of the kingdom. NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER lIOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : indon City Estatilistiment, 154, 155, 156, dna 157, A.inones 83 44, 85, and 86, Aldgato, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 ,nd 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-etreas• Slefrield Branch, 36, Fargato. -- • Merchant Tenors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Beet and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlercer. The Kitabilshments are closed from sunset Friday to tantst on 4aturdays, when basiness is resumed till Twelve o'clock. • A new Book, entitled " the Library of Elegance," containing a ,11 list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had, ,ratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the lingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, on application. lei I'on pule Francais. I Qui si parla Italian°. 13isr smicht man Deutsch. Aqua so habla Espanol. n. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Crnhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. Sd. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Becreation, and Rational Use of Time." Comrawrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ez c irsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, FJrests, Fields, high-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Drips and itambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., A VFISRIATGTMOENTRETS F L R AK OM ES T7E II mouNTAINg. TWO Veil. Vol. I. V . SKETCH tit OF EDINBURGH, Bcc, THE L AZES OF ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course maY run. " A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the. young, besets the man of pl easure, business, or study, and em old with tables and rul es f or the diet and physical regu itters ofd v age ; ery-day life. "What passionsTrurt ithlvegb.Soid°,73;hat improve Truths as refined as Athena ever heard." s in jEcT: —Life's pilgrimage, fromwinittifanueuys of early e s a T rl A y T m . tent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements.ttroatoioltinztige. The ad' ft ie ti s v o4l an ice d nt r i e o m us edi ncs a s tiT t!d mA is dA si v p ßo a ße ti al o c i y i G ,The casual graphic, nar- To be or not to be. V tli . at is the quosteirtgons"". raa mE:—Laws and obligations of nature, .society, T _ im nd e raenlid glen regarding marriage, to be observed by c it h choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, . complexion, and dgure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing hem. PhEyessleotale.defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. c it uLvERViTELL, M.D. „ ( 1 1 , 84 i i i i, M.R.C.:N. t,ll,‘in(gl6B.27s)e,,LenS till By It. o• , NW. Twenty-live years A i lod ,, leari_an_dyle'orn_svie Referee in in k es; sni zs io. R A e rg ceo w t i ji.onniaritrseg,tLregt, g CT ef OlthtSe clergy of the dioc ese of TO CONvOCATIo N.-- St. Luke's church, Cheetham Hill, Yesterday y lN ni nf or E n N ia T g a Or ine P et r a Manchester was held in York. After morning service, tion about to be holden at Archdeacon Rushton, the for the purpose of appointing t wo proctors to the convoca which was read by the Venerable y chair was taken by the Lord Bishop of Manchester, a w n h d o w ili e r! s attended b his cha lain the Rev. G. H Burder, his Lordshi p p's secretary. Th e proceeding having been opened, the following clergymen were nom inated : The Rev. R. D urn f or d , Rector of Middleton, the Rev. E. J. G. Ilor n b Y , R ector of BuryA poll was , Rev. Canon Stowell, Mooches ter, and th e R ev. Canon M as ters, of Burnley. Mr. Barden demanded, and the votes were taken by When the v o ti ng had concluded the Lor d Bishop decla .a re , _d the Rev. R. D urnford and the Rev. E. J. G. Hornby u 'Y elected. thaTtffthze MMo°rltlnlionT.h74* letter establ i s that place, and have prepared a translation of their Bib • They have missionaries actively employed, and seem to have f h r e o d m a w H eek tn l; iirgh money. In Norway their dcoctriaea are spreading. states newspaper Bible. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. Yesterthy the half•yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company took place at Euston•square station; the chairman of the company, Mr. Glyn, M P., pre- siding. The mintatcs of the last meeting having been con firmed, The CHAIRMAN woke in substance as follows:—He did not feel that upon this occasion he conld venture to congratulate them upon the accounts which had been circulated among' them, because since those accounts were issued a considerable alteration had taken place in the value of all railway stock. If, however, they traced the cause of that alteration to the proper source, they would find, though it happens to accord with the issue of their accounts, it had nothing whatever to do with them. The fact wac, that the spirit of speculation which had lately prevailed had carried the value of railway pro perty to an undue height; added to which, the large arrivals of the precious metals had had the effect of giving them an unnatural value. The fall in the price of railway shares must b e t ra ced to political causes and l e a r o g f er the declinefun ds, an a the st p a r l ic in ia transactions that t his always of w a s the state of the harvest, w hich had caused a decline ou specula tive character. He did not attribute the deprecia tion of railway shares to the statements which had been put forth by the railway companies themselves, though these statements were calculated to reduce railway pro perty to its proper and legitimate level.—(Hear, hear.) In confirmation of this, he would refer to the accounts of the London and North-Western Company, which had been presented to the proprietors, and he affirmed with out hesitation, that there was nothing in them to dis 'hearten them. He had before stated that it would be preposterous to compare the receipts of 1852 with those of 1851. The receipts of 1851 must be regarded as those of an exceptional period; but if they compared the re ceipts of 1852 with those of 1850 (and that was a fair comparison), end took the same periods of each year, they would find that they had increased by 26,0001., and that, too, in the face of the active and continued opposition to which the company had been sub jected.—(Applause.) So far, then, from there being any cause for the depreciation of their stock below its natural level, the company had every reason to be satisfied with the security and soundness of their property in a cmmercial point of view. Their ex penses had undoubtedly been greater than usual during she last half-year, and it was not his intention to held out an expectation of any great diminution under that head, now that the capital account had been closed. If they continued to keep up the efficiency of their esta blishment, as they had heretofore done, rho expenses could not be materially reduced. The increase during the last half year was the consequence of the whole of the stock being over-worked during the Great Exhibi tion, when it was impossible to apt time to repair it and keep it in its usual order.—(Hear.) There was on,. point in connexion with the acc.aints which be thought • they would agree with him in'thinking of a very satis factory nature—he alluded to the debenture debt and to the Parliamentary powers which had been obtained to create a perpetual stock for its reduction. Out of a debt of 9,700,0001. upwards of 8,000,0001. wer, borrowed at interest varying from 5 per cent. to 34 per cent, and on which a gr. at saving would in future be made. There was . another point in connexion with the accounts of which he wished to refer, namely, 'he reserve fund for the replacement of the permanen , way. They were aware that they laid aside a very large sum every halt-year for this purpose. The system pursin d in this respect was similar to that adopted by the lite assurance offices, and he was happy to state that experience showed that their calculations were not only cone ct, but that the reserve fund was rather larger than it was necessary it should be. Therefore he indulged the hope that, like the assurance offices, the comp lay might; in some years to come, have the oppor tunity of receiving back a portion of what they had paid in the nature of premiums. He would now direct their attention to the events of the last session, which was one of the most harrassing and vexatious :ever experienced by those connected with railway property. It would be recollected that the company had not a great many Bills to prosecute. ;They had one for a new line from Birken head to Chester, but it was withdrawn on the faith of an agreement with the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che st:it e Junction Board, and he hoped it might be not be necessary to renew it. The next Bill which the com pany promoted was one for making a connexion between the Buckingham line and that of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. This line was only to be two miles and a quarter long, and it passed through the Committee of the House of Commons without difficulty. It was then proceeded with before the Committee of the House of Lords, and finally rejected by that tribunal, but upon what grounds the directors were utterly at a loss to know. Why the Lords should have objected to it was most singular, because, putting aside the question that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Company should have a communication with London over the London and North-Western line, there was a clear case made out for a line to open a communication with the narrow gauge system of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, that company having proved its right to use the narrow gauge. For some unknown reasons, however, the Committee of the House of Lords rejected the Bill The next Bill was that promoted by the Worcester and Hereford Company. This Bill, after a protracted scru tiny, passed through the Committee of the House of Commons unanimously, but W 39 rejected by the Com mittee of the House of Lords. Strange enough to say. the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Lords proved the necessity for the line to be so strong. that their Lordships stopped the company before they came to the conclusion of the evidence with regard to the traffic. The line was all along proposed by the pro moters as a cheap lino, and one which could be con structed at small cost; but, notwithstanding this, the Committee rejected the Bill, supported as it was t.y every interest in the country, approved by a Committee of the House of Commons, sanctioned by the Members tor the towns and counties, and by all the local interest. But, although the company failed with respect to these Bills, they succeeded in getting the 11th passed 1 to convert their debenture debt int , stock. So much with respect to the company', own measures, and now he would allude to those which they opposed. The North Staffordshire Coat pany endeavoured to pass two Bills hostile to the in terests of the London and • North-Western Company. lle knew it was matter of surprise to many that he had never answered the remarks which had been made by the chairman of the North Staffordshire Company. H e had refrained from doing so, not from any difficulty in replying to them, hut because he did not think it be coming that those who occupied the chairs of great com panies should indulge ire v ituperation, which could not by any possibility end in good, but which might, on thi other hand, have the effect of doing much evil.— (Hear.) He had also an additional reason for silence, for when those charges (if such he could call them) were being made, a suggestion came from the North Staffordshi re bear), and it was accepted by the London and North- Western, that the whole questions at issue should be left to the decision of Mr. Rotert Stephenson and of Mr. Hope; and as the North Staffordshire Company and thi s company had consented to this arrangement, it would have been unbecoming in him to continue a squabble which could have led to no beneficial result.—(Hear, hear.) The result of the reference to which he had alluded was the withdrawal of the two hostile Bills. The next Bills with which they had to deal were those described as the Shrewsbury and :Bir mingham and Shrewsbury and Chester and Great Western Amalgamation Bills, for such, he believed, they were called. These Bills contained clauses of a moat extraordinary character, called " running clauses," and the London and North-Western Company succeeded in getting those which were most obnoxious struck out. The Bills passed the Committee of the House of Com mons, but were stopped in the House of Lords in MU sequence of steps taken by those interested in both companies. A good deal had been said and insinuated with reference to the part which the London and North- Western Company took in these proceedings. ta n should not have felt it necessary to notice this matter at all were it not for the c ircumstance that the allege- lions made on the subject w a re brou g h t f or Ward in th e House of Lords by no less a personage than Lord Lyad: hurst, whose name must command influence wherever it was mentioned, and whose voice would always fi nd willing hearers. The Noble Lord had thought it worth his while to make observations in the House of Lords as the advocate of the Great Western Comp an y — for hi s Lordship admitted that he was the advocate h of the earn . He lived upon their line, and said that the pany. kind to • company had always been civil and him,. He (Mr. Glyn) wished that his Lordship lived upon the Loudon and North-Wes‘ern line—(Laughter) —i n order that this company might exhibit the kindness, civility, and respect to which that eminent individual was entitled.—(Rear, hear.) Acting, however, as the advocate of the Great Western Railway Company, his Lordship assfrted in his place in Parliament that the London and North•ViTestern Company had ta k en measures with the Shrewsbury companies —that they had employed the funds of the company in purchasi ng shares in those companies for the purpose of influenci ng meetings; yet at the very time his Lordship male thi s statement, founded doubtless on incorrect information, the whole circumstances of the transaction—down to the minutest particulars—were detailed on the oath o e an The ufficer had told the C am _ officer of this company. mittee upon oath that he and other gentlemen holding official situations in the London and North - Western Company, had eubbed together to the extent of 1 0,0001., and invested that sum at their own risk in Shrewsbury shares. It was not for to s him ' oy how far it was W i se in ihein to do so. They did it, as they stated, in their zeal to promote the interests of the shareholders, but h e regretted the ste p they had taken , because it f ur . fished a h, n di a, though a feeble 0n ,, , to the coar , z , s brought against the company —(Flear, hear.) The same officer told the Committee on oath that the transaction Was totally unknown to any di rector, or to any body h t themselves, and that th e h funds used weze • - 3 t Kr own and not the funds of the company .—(Hear, hear.) ' lle did not believe there was a single director who knew of the transaction. He could say for himself that he knew it not till the officer men [loud it tie him just before t Ile stated these things his ox i 3 ox . alma 1 f on in Committee. to show that nothing could be so grOanditsi us the ch arge that they tool; the Ste Pie alleged against them in order to promote their influence in the Shrewsbury Company. These were not the ways in which they meant to carry on their transactions in that company.—(gear,) Theey had had dealings with these companies, and had made arrangements with them of a perfectly honour a bl e c h aracter. By these arrangements they stood; h u t th ose companies must celery them out, hear.) and they would lea v e th em to do so.—(Heath He trusted, therefore, a f ter t h e solemn declaration on oat h of o'ne of their servants--a decla rat i on w hi c h he now re peated with equ a l so l emn i ty—that they would not aga i n hear it asse r t e d t h at t h at company, or the execut i ve placed behind th a t b ar, had employed the conipanY'6 means to carry o n p rocee di ngs which, he admitted, he wes not inclined t o approve of.--(H ear , hear.) There was another rem ar k o f t h e Noble Lord to which, be f ore leaving this part o f th e subject, he felt h i mse lf bound to advert. Lo r d L yn d hurst told the House o f Lords that the Londo n an d N orth-Western Compan y were trying to prev en t th e i ntentions of Parliament w i t h regard to the use of the Shrewsbury, Chester, and Bir mingham lines. By that he meant to say that the in tention of Parliament was to sanction the construction of these lines as a competing scheme to the London and North-Western. Now he was speaking in the presence of gentlemen who knew everything connected with the formation of these lines; and he begged them to remark, from their very origin, how totally devoid of foundation that assertion was.—(Hear, hear.) What was the origin of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line? The London and Birmingham Company promoted one line, the Grand Junction Company another ; an d i n Parl i ament t h ose two lines were made one under th e sanction of these two companies. Farther than that, 'the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company were their partners in the Stour Valley line, in the Wolverhampton station, and also in part of the line to Shrewsbury. In p lines were supported at the time by the. Lo ndon and Bir mingham interest, and. oint of fact, all these therefore, to say that the inten tions of Parliament werq thwarted in whet they had done, was to speak without a knowledge of the facts of the case.—(Hear.) The same thing might be said as re garded the Shrewsbury and Chester line. This railway was nothing more than a prolongation of a line that ex isted before, called the North Wales Mineral line, and which was formed to develops the traffic of the district. They never opposed that line, and never had a thought of doing so; and its promoters never told them or Par liament that it was to be a competing line to the London and North-Western. Therefore to say that, with regard to this line, they were interfering with the original in tentions of Parliament, was, he might be allowed to say ,gain, speaking without a knowledge of the facts. — (Hear, hear.) But he sincerely wished they had Lord Lyndhurst as their advocate, for he was, no doubt, one of the most talented men in this country. The Noble Lord evidently could not help thinking he had found an excellent opportunity, considering the audience he was addressing, to give us a hard hit; for, in the same speech he made another accusation against us. Ho (Mr. Glyn) was almost sorry to occupy their time with these things; out he was not quite sure whether, in point of tact, thee did not in some degree account for the way in w hi c h their Bills were dealt with in the House of Lords last .eession.—(tlear. hear.) The Noble Lord s lid, " The London and North-Western Company also formed for its purposes an alliance with a man of note, the head of the great And-Corn-law League (Mr. George Wilson) venerabile nomen."—(Laughter.) Now, he well knew the audience ho was addressing, and that the Anti-Corn- I'm League was not a popular cry with those who wero -.opposed not to be its friends. He knew, in short, wnat he was ahout.—(Hear.) With regard to the anti- Corn•law League, all ho would say was, that ho wished hey had their assistance, for they were in the habit of carrying everything they undertook.----(A laugh.) But, in fact, a railway board had nothing to do with political ,trife of any tort. They had a variety of opinions at , hat board ; though he thought they were not likely to find a Protectionist there. or, indeed, anywhere else.—(A laugh.) He wisried, however, that they had Mr. G. Wilson in their board, because they could not have a more able man. But though they had no connexion with Mr. Wilson, he had no doubt that the assertion had its influence, for they lost their Bill.—(Hear.) There was another Bill promoted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, by which it was proposed that that company should make use of part of their station. That measure was carried through the House of Lords, although it was proved to demonstration that it would be injurious to them, and that nothing could be more dangerous to the public service. The Lords carried the Bill against them, but a clause was inserted which prevented it coming into operation until certain certain ,legal questions were settled ; and, though it was passed, it would not be very h urt f u l to t h e i r interests.—(Hear, hear,) These were th e Bill s th a t had occupied their attention during a session, which. though short, was one of the most eventful, in a railway sense, that he had ever remembered. Ho did not see present either of those Hon. Proprietors, the Hon. Baronet the Member for Evesham or Mr. Do Winton, who took such an active part at the last meeting with referent* to the settlement of their differences with the Great Western Company. What took place then had not passed away from their :minds. He told the proprietors that he thought it was not then the proper time tomove in that matter—that they s h ou ld d e l ay d o ing so till after the expiration of that session o f P ar li amen t. They would see, from what he had detail e d to them, t h a t, in point of tact, both sides of the questio n —b ot h t h e G r eat Western and themselves—had left off very much as they began, with this difference, that they had incurred the expendi ture m of a large sum of m oney i n Parl i amen t.—(Het"', hear.) Not unmindful of what passed at the last meeting, he did not lose one day aft er the sess i on w as over to take the opportunity, through a very influential con nexion with that company, to see if an ything could be done. He met a very influe n ti a l party on t h e other side; but as nothing resulted from their proceedings , and as they were entirely confidential, h e was n ot at liberty to allude more particularly to th em. But i n di scus sing this question with his colleag ues, they had determ ined that they would be best actin g up to the v i ews o f the pro prietors if they went on e step further an d ma de a . defi nite proposition to the Gre a t W estern Com pany, which ' t they did.—(H ea r, hear.) H e would not go into that proposition, because the secretary would read to them the correspondence whi c h related to it, and it onl y re. insitied for him to say that the Great Western Company did not accept their offer, but had put before them j a . proposition, which they had found it impossible tottsha2t mit. Ho rejoiced exceedingly that they had made had proposition to the Great Western, and though it been re jetted, he was still in the hope that something in ld the nature of the proposal they had put to them finally come about.—(ilear, hear.) (Aeration which Mr. Ruesell had oases to : a s s conclusion by the circumstance that he found in the rs laatilests,,psiteioue.. proprietors the following "ery remarkable coincidence (4 opinion with that expressed by the London and North- Wes a e de. Board, in the communication which they had I lion they had prep used simple and absolute amaigam en given terms, and Mr. Russell, in his speech, said—" If the Legislature could be induced to adopt the views of the London and North Western Compnny, and to think that it would be wise to allow the complete tto 'amalgamation of these two great compoje a t an a led v o e t a l d i o is . care rely for the protection of the public interests t literally Fut restrictions and restraints (quoting eur words), I far one should hail such a change in the public policy of the country as, ;`," Now, vantageous both to the railways and the p if his friend Mr. Russell entertained stic a h bil s ee. he did not —and he never expressed an opinion which , the hope honestly entertain—he certainly would live 1 11 the Great of seeing an arrangement brought about with even- Wes that could tern Company, and the only one e meant tually terminate the differences between them—pac_pit— the complete amalgamation of the two l ' a great alteration ( Hear, hear.) Ha believed there was a atiments authority in in Public opinion on this question. A great at railway matters, whose name he was not as mention, looked on all these attempted agreementse mustbe an unmistakable indications thateventually there a view to amalgamation, under proper restrictions, W railways; the public interest, of all the great leading d be the case. He and he was convinced that such would be in the rejoiced they had made their communication_liberty to ed there was no terms they did, because he was con other shape in which it would be n e ial to the interests any arrangement that would be bene c Ile would not of the two companies.--(Hear, hear.) as he felt further occupy their attention in the meantime,t.ay h should hear it would be more convenient that had taken place read the correspondence which vpinsesible to work out o The secretary with the Great Western CoraPa n e' would therefore proceed with the reading of the report. k with reference to He mast, however, make one remark with to Mr, Rus sell, answer which had been sent yesterday n case it should strike sell. He thought it right to Y most gladly have have been omitted, that he w h o rl state of the two com• any one that that letter conti:ian avoided saying anything as to tf am them by the state panies, had it not been drawn re as to the relative e'el l a rter which should ment of the Great Western Company companies. But for that value of the stock of the to do so in two co a single word that could he would not have put forwardhey gave a detail of their create an angr feeli; but t true position,felt whattha w t it stated neces saryas in the Western Company. _(Hear, c ommunication of the Great hear.) The secretary would now proceed to read the report. then read:— " The following report was . ts just issued to the pro prietors The statement of accounts it as io because answertbey t 0 _ exhibits the following resu s compared with the eorrespondine per i o d of last year: -7 ' 1851. 1852 . Increase Decrease X. X. X. X. Passengers, Parcels, uearnetatills 4 6 6 6 7 8 : 4 7 7 9 7 9 13:i 5 9 53 , 063 Ise, &c 453,e .. . elusive 1,177,580 1,136, 2 7 6 1 3,759 75,06 3 Working betw e) , u t h e traffic and exim' nses --...---- ---- _____ " T r'e Pt'rc,ntage of disb ursements to recei p ts is , cx. of the correspondi ng of rates ta4x1e53'4.037.24523a,3g0a4in5t 3 7, 1 ' . 8 9 8 9 1 ia 1851. " The ci rcumstance s of the year 1851 are so excep tional a s to ren & r i n applicable the usual comparison period. . . _ The increase in tho working charges is attributable to two caus es , viz ., the unusually. heavy amount of re pairs to the loc omo tive and carriage stock falling upon the. past h alf-year, consequent upon the wear and tear to wil l ())4 they were subjected daripg thi' period of the E. hibition, and tgogtehnesgreater r T i a h g e e s s e , second, , Nva upon the causes may be regarded charges for passengers' continue to oimmediately m ake which, ierle fl s ua ulting from the reduction in the ,comp, ftle a tli s lo t ia em m p a o y ra b r e y e , a a r n r d ied lim o i n te , limited to willthe en and goods. The first of these mileage wd e n , g its i n T e l ls capitale, e 1 3 a car riages, l - l haicuhth orising . th to e r: c .ri r yn iti it O h n e p e p t a h rent in the expenditure of dependentupon u x r h e i st t o i t o chk n e .. dee,,rAce Pill, authorising "F'tevceleoreyunicstos'ilmepdainnyassubstitution of the existing bond debt of also for the enlargement of stations at tlChielbernpaanndy,Wolverton,khebsf pist:ssehdasinteolo Buckinghamshire line t v: n o iotnh9,t authorise t failed Oxford,itl h e e d j in junction otcth Worcester, o H n and th ( e o Wolverhampton Rail mmittee of the Com mons, nineabroOthxifioordu,sePeasistedwaseiat House of vr e Lords. The same was had been fu , intimated d te b r y athned Chairman the case with the Bi sh ll act f x o tt r eh n eth si e on on y t e a na ß rr i ow gauge, is em C f o at m thi oe m n i project, Committee fully regarded the public 'lltwheilllbnedin troduced in the next session supported b of th e thi t established; h and, as of great importance to this company, propritors and local parties acting in uni y son with a this ed and other narrow gauge interest •and s, your directors rely upon the co-operation of their proprietors in • • such individual support to the project as may, atiletihttyeer in giving addi tion to the support of this and other • be required to ensure its complete success. "Your directors have encouraged the formation, by independent parties, of a line from Warwick to Strat ford-upon-Avon. Highly influential landowners and others interested in Central Wales having proposed a line of railway between Shrewsbury and Aberystwith, which may be constructed at a very small expense per mile, your directors did not hesitate to indicate their hearty approval of the project by requesting some of their colleagues to assist in carrying out the undertaking; and they have now under consideration the promotion, in their corporate capacity, of a line from Crewe to Shrewsbury—the extension of the railway system in Wales rendering this line necessary alike for the promo tion and developtnent of the traffic of this company. " The Bill promoted by the company for a line from Chester to Birken ht was withdrawn, on the faith of an agreement sought by, and entered into with, the Bir kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction directors. That company having failed to ratify the acts of its ex ecutive, it will be necessary to resume the application to Parliament in the next session. " It will be in the recollection of the proprietors that, as stated in the last half-yearly report, the Stour-valley line was completed and advertised to be opened on the Ist of December, 1851, and that the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade prohibited the opening on the ground of danger to the public, owing to the proceedings of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company. The further facts may bo briefly recorded as follows: "On the 6th of December, 1851, application was made by this company to the Board of Trade to settle ters in difference under the powers of the sth l and 6th Victoria, chap. 55. On the 26th of January, at a meet ing before the then President of the Board of Trade, it was mutu ally ag reed to refer the disputes to arbitration, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham .Company suggesting Sir William Cabitt as sole referee, and this company selection; and, -accordingly, concurring in the accordingly, the fol lowing agreement was drawn up and signed by the agents of the respective companies, in the presence of the officers of the Board of Trade!— '" We. the undersigned, request that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade will appoint an umpire to decide all differences of opinion which may arise in the joint committee, in conformity with the terms of the agreement, a copy of which is hereunto annexed; each company engaging to be bound by the decisions of such umpire with respect to such differences of opinion so referred to him.' " On the 3d of February Sir William Cabitt was ac cordingly formally appointed to act as umpire; and on the 6:h of April, he made to the Board of Trade a pre liminary report, indicating the outline of the principles on which he proposed to act in framing his award. Your directors expressed perfect willingness to abide by the decision of Sir William Cabitt; the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, on the contrary, refused to confer, and recorded a formal protest against the course which the arbitrator, selected by themselves, thought equitable between the parties, and which appeared, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, if fully carried into effect, ' sufficient to secure the safety of the public, as well as their convenience.' Under these circumstances their Lordships, on the sth of June, intimated that they were prepared to act under the powers of the sth and 6th of Victoria, cap. 55, and, accordingly, the application made by this company on the 6th of December, was repeated; and, on the Ist of July, the Stour Valley lino and sta tion, at Wolverhampton, were opened for public traffic, under by-laws and regulations settled by the officers of the Board of Trade; and your directors have the satis faction to state that the traffic promises to equal their expectations. "A resolution will be submitted to the proprietors, at the special general meeting to be held this day, to ap prove a lease, jointly with the Midland Railway Com pany, of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway and Canal. "Your directors have to report that the questions in difference between this comp aa) and •the North Stafford shire have been referred,underthe common seals of Mr. Robert both compani es , to M Stephenson, M.P., and Mr. James Robert Mope, Q C. so as to effect a complete union of the interests ofthe ' undertakings. The matter is still under the consideration of the arbitrators, whose award, when given, • for confirmation. "Adverting to the expression of opinion on the part of numerous influential proprietors at former general meetings, as to the desirablenessof ending, if possible, on equitable term s , the existing Great injurious state of rivalry between this and the Western Company, your directors availed themselves the first favourable op portunity which presented itself, e after the close of the Parliamentary session, to enter upon negotiations with the directors o f th e Great Western Company; and on the nth instant the chairman, by unanimous resolution of the board, tran • smitted to the chairman of the Great Western Company a proposal, having for it object the on union of the two undertakings' terms which your directors b e li eve would have proved mutually advanta geous to the proprietors, and which would, at the same time, ,have secured to the public more substaurial bene fits than can possibly result from a continuance of the existing state of strife. " This offer has, your directors regret to state, been rejected by the Great Western board. The correspondence accompanying this report will fully explain the views of your directors on this impor tant question. " From the statement of the half year's X s. d. accounts it will be seen that the net proceeds are ... ... 467,720 17 4 " To which must be added the balance carried forward from la9t account.. 182,475 15 8 650,196 13 0 " Less—Farther allow. ance for renewal of rails (Abstract 11) £14,296 3 0 " For addition to works and stock (Ab stract J) ... 20,693 13 8 34,989 16 8 " Showing a disposable balance of 615.206 16 4 " The directors recommend a dividend of 21. 15s. per cent. for the six months, amounting to 546,9031. 13s. 6d., leaving a balance of 68,3031. 2s. 101 to be carried for ward CO the next half-yearly account." The Secretary also road the correspondence between the directors of the London and North-Western and Great Western Companies, which was published in yesterday's Sun, with the addition of the following letter:— "London and North-Western Railway, Secretary's Office, Euston-station, London, Aug. 12. "My dear Sir,—l have to-day laid before my col leagues your letter of the 10th, received yesterday, and they concur with me in regretting that our proposal of the 4th has not been accepted. "We should certainly not have made the proposition at all, if we had not thought that you agreed with us in considering it the best, if not the only , way of effectin g the public and private objects which bot h boards pro fess to have in view, or if we had doubted of the a pproval of it on the part of either body of s hareholder s , or of o f p their carrying it out with perfect g ood faith, or, fi nally, of its receiving Parliamentary san ction. And as to the money terms named by me , I have onl y to ob serve, in reply to your remarks , fi rst, that those terms w ere very reluctantly boa e rd, and only f or the sake had neither over looked the fact (which you p ro p erl y mention), that yo u have additional traffic to expect upon some of your l i nes, nor, on the other hand , the fact th at you are open t o e peat©; and, , t o nest, that m y w the chance of abstraction of present traffic from oth ers of your lines; nor the fact that you have between 3,000,0001. or 4,000,0001. of capital yet to bring to the debit of your revenue account, whereas, our capital ac count is virtually closed; besides that, if you fulfil the engagements with third parties, to which you demand our assent (I allude to the Shrewsbury Companies and the Birkenhead), they will involve a further charge against your revenue of at least 160,0004 per annum, in addition to the interest on the 3,000,0001. or 4,000,000/, to which I have just alluded, and this at the moment when you will, in conformity with your Act of Parliament, have to reduce your pas senger fares over the whale of your lines 20 or 25 13n"!_ir cent., that is to say, to the fares which a:l6 Lando n Norte- have charged for several years' 11 uponever, ever, as you observe, it is superfluous to the pur these topics; and we merely advert to them for ev, g pose of aiding that we believe we did y our, u refer rn3igarna. mousy justice, in naming the ouey tercaso: to as tion, which we are surprised that you 0 unsatisfactory. Hea t e d as are the "It is still our conviction that, aornP _ e 1 E amalgama abso u relations of the two .cotnpanies, mcans of giving to the tion' is the best, if not the o °I -Y Laderived from both the public the fullest advantage _7 13 ng i for our respective undertakings, and of mair' ts return on their capital. shareholders a fair and moderatoparliament would have come to We believe also that ~ you concurred with us i n the same couclusio , b" laying before them th e actua l f ac t s o f the case: for I think I may say that experience has shown, to the satisfaction of almost all men, whether in or out of Par liament, that what is called competition' between rail way companies, is, in truth, merely a step towards ulti mate combination, and attended, of necessity, with very considerable inconvenience to the public in the meantime. We feel the more confidence in recording our opinion to this effect, because it has had the deliberate sanction of your board as well as mine; and certainly, if arnalganea lion was desirable in 1849, it is not the leas so now, when the capital of each company has been still further and largely extended for the public accommodation. " I purposely refrain from alluding to the arguments with which you now support the opposite view, because, as you are aware, we entirely dispute the accuracy of facts on which those arguments are based,—as to the Shrewsbury lines in particular,—and it can answer no good purpose to enter here upon these discussions." The CHAIRMAN then moved that the report end the half-yearly statement of accounts be printed and circu lated among the proprietors. Mr. TITS availed himself of this opportunity of ox pre3sing his concurrence in the opinion expressed by the auditors:, that it was deserving the serious consideration of the board whether some modification ought not to be made in the principle of the arrangement, by which the cost of additions to works and stock is to be liquidated, by deduction from profits, in the space of five years. He felt so strongly upon this point that it was his inten tion to submit a motion on the subject, which he would do either as an addition to the motion of the chairman, or, subsequently, as an independent proposition, if that should be deemed the more convenient course. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors were anxious only to carry into effect the wishes of the proprietors. They had adopted the course which the auditors objected to in compliance with the opinions of the shareholders, strongly expressed both in that room and elsewhere, and they would be reluctant to alter it unless instructed to do so by the proprietors. With respect to the Hon. Proprietor's proposition, it would be more regular to move it after the motio n b e f ore the meeting should be disposed of. Mr. MOZELEY was understood to express his coinci dence with the view of the subject taken by Mr. Tite. He, also, had prepared a reso l ution on the subject. Mr. HADLEY compl a i ne d o f the expenditure incurred in the case of the Bi r k en h ea d Bill, which - was - carried u to a certain point and th en w i thdrawn, and also P criti cised the manner in whi c h some portions of the acc ehc o t u o h n res ; were stated. He thought th e report of the di should always be furnished at th e same time wirt accounts, instead of being k e pt b ack till the dayt of meeting. The CHAIRMAN said the Birkenhead Company with drew the Bill which they had introduced to Parliament for amalgamation with the Great Western Company, and, as a matter of coarse, the Bill of the London and North-Western Company was withdrawn 8180.—(Hear,) The 11.. n. Proprietor did not seem to understand the case. It was impossible, without great inconvenience, to publish the report along with the accounts. Mr. MARRIOTT recommended that in the accounts the preference capital should always be stated separately. He wished to know if there was any objection to pub lishing the details of the charge for collecting and de livering the merchandise traffic, which amounted to the large sum of 186,0001. per annum. Captain Iluesa replied that if all the items expended under thrs head were published, the accounts would be render4extremely elaborate. Besides, it would be un- WilfeifiNtlem. competing as they did with so many com panies, to make them acquainted with what they were doing at every point.—(Hear, hear.) The motion, that the report be received and adopted, was then carried. Mr. TITE then rose to propose his motion on the sub ject of the cost of additions to work and stock, when Mr. MOZELEY claimed the privilege of doing so, and objected to the matter being taken out of his hands. The CHAIRMAN suggested that one gentleman might move, and the other might second a proposition on the subject.—(A laugh.) After some good-humoured altercation on the subject, Mr. TITE was allowed to proceed, and moved the fol lowing resolution:— " That the suggestion contained in the report of the auditors, in respect to the present mode of dealing with the account for providing tor the increase of the perma nent works and stock, be referred to the special conside ration of the board of directors to report thereon at the next meeting, but with powers to act in the meantime as seems to them expedient." Mr. MozELEv then moved, as an amendment, " That the expenditure incurred for additions to stock, works, and estate be in futute liquidated by charging the current revenue of the year at the rate of one-tenth of the balance at the debit of such account, unless the board of directors shall see reason to submit some other modi fication for the consideration of the proprietors at their next meeting." Mr. CROSSFIELD declared his preference for the amendment. The CHAIRMAN repeated that the directors were de sirous of acting in this matter in accordance with the wishes of the shareholders, and they had been guided by this feeling in the course they had taken. Is-_r. MOZELEY then withdrew his amendment. The CRAIRDIAN understood, from what had passed, that it was the wish of the proprietors that alterations should be made in the arrangement recently established, leaving the directors to decide upon the best mode of effecting it.—(Bear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN moved that the dividend for six months be 21. 15s.—Agreed to. A PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman of the Midland Company, whom he saw present, whether it was the intention of that company to erect a new refreshment and waiting-room at Rugby? Mr. Eeeas replied in the affirmative. The eukIRMA.N then moved a resolution sanctioning the conversion of shares on which all calls had been paid into consolidated stock of the company. Mr. MOZELEY adverted to t he suggested amalgama tion of the Great Western and London and North- Western Companies, which he thought most desirable, and attributed the failure. of the negotiation for effecting that object to an individual connected with the Great Western. The CHAIRMAN deprecated attacks on individuals. It appeared to him that the only mode of surmounting the numerous difficulties with which the question was n. It as w sur rounded was by an sot of simple amalg a desirable an impression shoul d not go forth—as m i g ht happen in consequence of some remarks made elsewhere —that the London and .North-Western Company were not perfectly sincere in the offar they had made to the Great Western Company. The arrangements into which both companies had entered with the Shrews bury companies were ono of the chief difficulties to be encountered; but the London and North-Western Com pany had suggested a plan by which that difficult) , might be obviated. The suggestion was, that the en gagements with the Shrewsbury companies should be embodied in a Bill to proceed pare passu with the amal gamation Bill. It was urged that great hardship would ensue if the Legislature should refuse to sanction the project. It appeared to him that the only p ersons who would have any reason to complain in that case would be :the lawyers, for being deprived of the''r gains for twelve months.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Amalgamation must take place, and it Would not end with the Great Western. — (Hear , hear.) thing that could happen for the country The best ana for rail ways, too, was to have all these undertakings amal• gamated and placed under proper regulations . He h ope d that the directors of the Great Western would alter their views; if not, the only alternative op en to th® prop r i etors was, to take the question into their own hands, to pass by the executive officers of both companies , a n d t o say , " Wo will not have our proper t yfrittered away by you. You may marshal the trains and issu e t h e di v i den d warrants; but the poli c y of the dic tated by us—the shareholders . " — (Cheers.) c?inpanies shall b© proprietors would u se that language —(Cheers.) If the bring the question t o an end.they would soon Mr. BASSETT said, the last sentence uttered by the chairman was the most had delivered on this important and effective that he . ,is question .—( Hear, hear.) He wa s ' of opinion that if gentlemen of high character anu talent largely interested in both companies up this matter, leaving out the executive of the two co • There companies, something might be done. would be a cleanslate to - b i would take n with, and a probability of some good to M r , ome good arising. — After reading the letter cf their cheat:cte ortance of sell everybody must be struck with the iraP to gr. 'tee the proposal which he had made. i t co ntained a . pro tile whole railway Position most interesting to them and • . reprehensive, and he world. It was concise, and yet the Soar, Western Corn must say that the answer of all. i (Sear, hoar.) the proposal made to pang to it was no answer_aet. _pon by the directors as one A SHAREHOLDER 1 00 k a u the Great Western ComPsnY t o be c arried out.No doubt it ; that ought, if possible,was better involved some sacrifice on their part, but it over again those scenes which had y ess ars past, by H w i s h which tb e funds of both to do so than w occurred for s om it e n ere s eua e ndered.chief fear was that CO M P InieS w-- would not sanction the arrangement. Parliament Wou sir. itAnspEN was_ afraid there were interests at work diffe „ nt trom the interests of the proprietors ou hear.) There was a fearful amount e ither side. —(Re F , involved in the existence of these two railways—in the London and North-Western not less than 30,000,000/ , an d in the Great Western from 15,000 , 0001. tO 20,000,000/.; and it was not to be tolerated that such great interests should be mamaged by others than by the proprietors, or dealt with as matters withwh had nothing to do.—(Clear, hear.) They whether it was not possible to put an end to pu , tes between the two companies, instead of continuing dis putes the present system of squabbling and squanderinginning their by a unßioen feltof itinteesresotsf profits for th. benefit of others.—(Load oughti t e h h t- ot they " Hear, hear.") It was only indebted that they conl.l hope to have peace. to the chairman for the observations lie had and unequivocal them, and for having stated in so open made to a manner what the duty of the, p ro prietors was to the company.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. WATERFIELD adverted to the facts chairman that the great impediment in the way of their obtaining. the legislati ve lay in the House of Lords, and i s hould be used to count in a erttet stated by the measures they required suggested that means legitimate way that 1 itifittesee. / y ) j-c--t--7-e-- - C /7-- • . ,' ' • t.. --A A ''..,:- '':' ,; .11tA., • ~, ;., '...A. - - - k. k -,,, (7:: , ,,,i I ‘,.:5... .- It i t I,_ ! . A _ -,,. t , ~,. --.)) ....~,, * jj ~ It . it,. ;4. ~ • °.' _bt "). '''' fir-: ' -' .. „.._.. ff'St`\ ‘ I T.,. ) :_ i ___ 7 \ .' '. ‘11;:":1"::: 7.--.''41(11-;-tCf*'-4. '-' :7 ;I::7 ‘t.c. ,,,.. . ' ' : :% ,4`.._----. kr. N-Vrl/4, •• 44 ' .•-- . 7 4... - -I,_; --- ;" - '1,p, ,4 , .. . .. . 7 •,, 41 , • "3-'' - 0 , 5 • ~ ., r , ,,,,,--- -------- z --- - O " — A ''tek - Erfit- I . l "'"'i i 4 ., ,,, •DP‘orp ...* ----- [PRICE SD. .~ ~~ ) The resolution was then agreed to. On the motion of Mir. ARNAUD, of Liverpool, them:lit committee was a pp o i nte d , and on tiro motion 0 CHAIRMAN the auditors score re•elected. The meeting was then made special, when, on the mo tion of the CHAIRMAN and in conformity with the De benture Act et last session, power was given to the directors to convert debenture bonds not exceeding 5,000,000/. into perpetual stock at a dividend of not more than 3} per cent. A resolution was also adopted empowering the (Erec tors to enter conjointly with the Midland Railway Com pany into an agreement with the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway Company for the lease of that line and the Crornford canal. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and the meeting separated. THE LONDON. GAZETTE, Aug. 13. DOWNING-STREET, Arc. 11, 1552. The Queen hGs been pleased to appoint Philip Allen, E.q., to be her Majesty's Treasurer for the District of Natal, Ia South Africa. . . _ Commision by the Queen, dated July 3. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Thomas liarpur Colvill, Esq. (late Captain in her Mbjesty's 7151 Regiment of Foot), to be Adjutant, from the 17th July, vice Evelcgh, reeigned. Commissions by the-Lord Lieutenant of the County Pet- lathe of Lancaster, Thomas Miller,Esq., tri be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Thomas Ainsworth, Esq., to be Derintv-Lieuteuant, Aug. 9. CROWN-OFFICE, AuG. 12. MEMBERS lIETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PARLIAMENT SUMMONED TO BE HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER, 0141 FRIDAY THE 20THlAsYir OjFoseApUhGßErsaTil,eyl,Bßsa2r.t., of County of Brecknocic Gla nusk Park, in the said county. Borough of Brecknock—Charles Rodney Morgan, Ese. of Tredegar Park, in the said county. 13ANKRUP Thomas Delf and Nicholas Ttilbnea, booksellers, Pa ternoster-row, to surrender Aug. 20; at half past eleven, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbary; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. George Ball, wino merchant, Fenchurch-street, Aug. 20, and Sept. 24, at one at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Liuklaters ; Size-lane, Buchlerbbur.y. Robert Gleave Sutton, dealer and chapman, Landport, Southampton, Aug. 20, at half past one, and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Briggs and Sons, Lincoln 's Inn-fields; Parnell, Portsea. John Strevens, sail maker, Bermondsey-wall, Surrey, Aug. 27, at one, and Sept. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. Hy m an Cohen, paperhanging manufacturer, Booth street, Spitalfields, Aug. 20, at twelve, and Sept. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street; Jacobs and Forster, Crosby square. William Hollamby, grocer, Hurstperpoint, Sussex, Aug. 25, at half-past one, and Sept. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Sowton, Great James-street. Edward Butt, laceman, Newcastle-place, Edgware road, Aug. 18, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basieghall-street ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. George William Bright, lic, , nsed victualler, Swansea, Glamorganshire, A ug . 27 an d S ept. 22 , a t e l e ven, at the Bristol District Court. Herten, official assignee, Bristol; Strick, Swansea; Hinton Bristol. Sept. 18, a t t welve, at ' S , John Swift, gro cer , Free man, official assignee , th .a e ve L ly ed D s e p rb i 3 s 's tr h i i e r t e bo A u u rt g . . I F 4 r a e n e. and gnee, Sheffield; Hocle and Yeomans, Sheffie ld. Thomas Lamplufr,h, draper, Great Driffield, York shire, Sept. and 22, at twelve, at the Loads District Court. Carrick, official as s i gnee, Hull; Cellinson, Great Driffield. Roberts, grocer, Ch ester, Aug. 26 0 and Sept. Joseph 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Cu o fficial assignee, Liverpool ; Evans an d Son, t. Liverpool. Bird DIVIDENDS. In the Country. H. Evers, Ilchester, Somersetshire, carpenter, Sept 15, at one, at the Court, Exeter—T. Hitchens, St Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, timber merchant Sept. 15, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, third dividend of 3- 32ds of Id., ore Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. G. Blake, Liverpool and Dublin, soap boiler, second dividend of ld,, on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. MacCann, Liverpool, 1 9-16 d., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. Dickenson, Brothers, and Hodgson, Liverpool, fourth dividend of 3-32ds of id., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any subsequent Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Entwistle, Manchester, cotton dealer, es., on Thurs. day, Oct. 7, and every following Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee. Manchester. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Parsons, Merton, Surrey, retailer of beer, Sept. 4, at eleven. _ _ _ In the Country. J. Jones, Machen, Monmouthshire, coal owner, Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Court. Bristol—J. Dallow, Wolver hampton, cooper, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—G. W. Walter and W. H. Walker, Keel, Staffordshire, silk throwsters, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. CIRTIFICATES GRANTED. H. Brett, Portsea, grocer, certificate of the first class —J. S. Jones, High Holborn, wax sad tallow chandler —J. Parkins, Cheapside, clothier, certificate of the third class—S. H. Brooks, Gresford, Denbighshire, wire ma nufacturer, certificate of the second class, after twenty one days from Ana . . 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Morris, W. Pruett, and W, Davis, Kingston, He refoidzhire, timber merchants—J. Lucas and J. Holme, Broughton, Lancashire, joiners and builders—G. Slater, Sharpies, Lancashire, J. Slater, and J, N. Slater, Tur ton, Lancashire, bleachers (so far as regards G. Slater) —F. Larom and C. Burgon, Sheffield, cutlery manufacturers—W. H. Palmer, T. France, and C. J. Palmer, Bedford-row, attorneys-at-law (so far as re gards T. France)—lL Marks and F. G. Marks, Blackman-street, Southwark, carvers and gilders—W. W. Webber and R. Bidgood, Marriott, Somersetshire, malsters—G. Barnes, Maria E. Clarke, H. Blenshard, T. T. Margrave, W. G am bi er, F. G. Hoare, John Sivewright, J. Pittman, C. J. Smith, A. A. Rasch, G. A. Smith, C. Marshall, J. H. Shears, P. Smith, James Sivewright, and F. R. Crowder, Crosby Hall ohambere, B ishopagate-street, and Llanelly, Car marthenshire, coal owners —J. Clephand and C. Wilson , Liverpool, plumbers—W. Latimer and J. S. Horseley. Carlisle, cigar merchants —J. g, L. Farrant and D. Fisher, Earl-street, Finsbury, British wine makers—G. Wilkinson and J. Barber, Wem, Shropshire, ironmong er —R. J. Heal and E. Fearless, Peterborough, drapers—M • Burton and W. 0. Whitehead, Manchester, cotton waste dealers —F. Boreman and T. Davis, liVellingwnß-street, Strand, tail ors —R . Johnson sad T. Jonso n. n, Lancashire, coal dealer;,—C. Turner and W. Wheel house Sheffield, edge tool manufacturers—J.sCcoawifaen aannda Laidlaw, Manchester, ironmongers—T• Carvertects— C. Kelsey, Kingston -upon-Hu s l o l, in c e o r r s n e b tins ro i k r e e r , and C. E. Giles, Taunton, ore, H :r i c g ßh h i -street, F. W. Blackmon" and J. W. Bla c herdes „ m ak, li nen Hoxton, and Bull's•place , _ S P l r e r f,,, a , Sheffield, tailors " s i r ' ra ingham, braziers—J. drapers —H. Sneesby and 11. Marsh and J. Marsh,ri d Wood-street, Cheapside, Field and C. Townsen d , wholesale haberdashers —J' Watson, sen., J. Davy, and UESTRATIONS. SCOTL'"manufacturer, to meet within the w. Aug. 16 and Sept. 6, at two. J. Watson, jun.,Kidderminster, carpet manufacturers. J. Hood, GlasgoGi.asgaw, King's Arms IT!, /da i ten , Islay, distiller, to meet within J. Morrison, It' the Argyll ilorel n verary, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, at two. Ban ff, spirit merchant, to meet within A. Joh ns iT c ; te l, Banff, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, at twelve. G i llao ders PRICE OF SUGAR. The wag e price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cora. e a ,, a f ro m returns made in the week ending August 10, f 8 g 5 1.- 2 , ex clusive . of Customs Duties paid or payable thereou the importation thereof into Great Britain : Fro o ni n the British possessions in America 225. llid . per cwt From t h e Mauritius 21s. 4id. From the East Indies ..• ... 235. 10d. Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as BNyEzthcolreirtkyooff thPearGliraomceernetbompan; above, and exclusive of duty ... .. 235. lid. „ HENRI' BICK Grocers'-hall, August 13. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market was more active to-day, and prices are better. Bristol and Exeter were done at 101 1 ,4 —Great Westerns, 95 1 / 2 . LIVERPOOL, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened well this morning, but declined towards the close, with a good deal of stock offering. The transactions were as follow:—Eastern Counties, 10%—East Lancashire, 17 , ,i—Great Northern, East Linconlshire, 371 A —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77 1 / 4 7 Ditto, Fifths, 4;2( dis.—Liverpool, Crosby and Southport: —London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, Quar ters, ilan d, 31— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30 713Ai—North British, 7 3 4 —South-Eastern and Dover, MACREER, AuG. . STOCK ExCHANGE N .—Ther ST e was a fairl3 amount of business done to-day and prices had an upward ten denc y . The transaction s reported were—Blackburn (Preference, B), 24% —Ditto, Manchester —Caledonia n , 19;a—Eastern Counties, 10%—East Lanca shire, Q uarters, 1714—Lancashire and I orkshire, 781, London an d N or th-Western, New Quarters, 31 - Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 13. i p,— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 30X—Midland, the ay, and closed better 1 %—Shiopshire Union, 20%. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 13. this thi s STOCK EXCHANGE. --: rh e sirre market opened heavily morning,ng improvement upon yes afternoon. Tt ere improved was during trifling tcrday's quotations. Shrewsbury and Bir • mingham (B), A mon , the closin were done at 6', ~. •,''' g quotations iVI tto 03* • were — Midland, buyers, , 0 4'— _ . irianugham and Derby) , sellers, 43 —.North. Stafforilure, buyers, C i,;,i dis.—SoutJa Staffordshire, - s dia. ing yesterday at the °facial resid ence o f the First Lord The Cambridg e Unive rsity Commission bad a meet ot the Treasury, in D owning-stre-t. present, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of El y , Si r John Herschel, the Master of the Rolls. Profes sor S e d g wiek, and the Rev. u. Bateeon (Secretary),