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'CONTRACT FOR WHEAT. '' Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and , ' Transport Services, Somerset-place, it Tile C , Oct. 2311846. " Sr the utters for exoeuting the Office of Lord High Admiral • '}'• Irou United Kingdom or Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give , t , win b et, that on Titnasnov, the 29th instant, at One o clock, they e,, tr act r ead, to treat with sach persons as may be willing to Con -', ,„,_ r or su PPlYikt.; and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling 'Nu es at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz.: Quarters. When to lie Delivered. . . 2, l aeitt „ Shed ~ 2 ,000 Half of each in three weeks, and White .. 1,000 the remainder in, three weeks Sar a I afterwards. l ieP P e$ ( ies tenot derin less than two quaits of each) must be produCed by Tie art Th 11 g• I tentteconditions of the contract may be seen at the said office. No i an,. will be received after one o'clock on the day of 'treaty, nor _-!_,olloticed, unless the party attends, or •an agent for him duly titll rtsed in writing. vererY Tender must be saPressed to the Secretary'of the Admi- Y , and bear In the left hand corner the words " Tender for `--..............Z.L.,____nd must also be delivered at Somerset-place. • GUILDHALL, OcronEa 24, 1346. • THE CaNIMITTEE for LET FING the CITY'S day i4ANDS, will meet at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 11th TENT)4IO, November next, at One o'clock precisely, to RECEIN E RS for LETTING on LEASE for twenty-one years, from tit° 41)rnas-, 1846, a HOUSE, No. 19, on the NORTH SIDE of STREET BUILDINGS. 1124,e ()Mee n er Pa ofrticulars ma uildh y be obtainer], and plans seen, by applying Works, Gall. THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller. USTIJ RI AN MINING COMPANY. e Dike Is hereby given that all Shares upon which the last 11141"3. not been paid are li a bl e to f or f e i ture, an d a li st o f such eanjl e w ig . now preparing for publication previous to their being N.orde Friars,e Board of Directors, No, 9 , Austin K. MACKENZIE, Secretary. ......1 _ hi Oct. ----__ • 1846, I'l.k ONET E RIHSHIRE SLATE and SLATE SLAB COMPANY. 4114 ' 4 4 Registered Pursuant to Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 Victoria, Cap. 110.) e n _ Capital 50,0001., in 5,000 Shares, of 101. each. ISChte m s. "*WlY has been formed for the purpose of supplying at greatly "tat C..,, l L ri cea, a sufficient quantity of SLATE SLAB, of the very trthi - c ,7 4l ptlon to meet the dal!) , Increasing Demand. The objects * lkicic n Vari7 are Mly detailed in the Prospectuses , applications for lit 4, for the remaining Shares, may be made to th e Man a g e r, kr. iir-MPorary Offices of the Company, 7, Cepthall•coiirt ; or to Nu; ~Tj n as. mining agen t, 18, Th rea d nee dl e - stree t, L on d on ; M r . aroke ?, 'mashy, broker, New-street, York ; and Mr. John Cooper, A lbion -street, Leeds. GUIANA LOAN.—The undersigned ra c•oaltnissioners, appointed by her Majesty, for borrowing, "agiag, and expending the funds to be borrowed and vot lrt r the m, inursuance of an rdinance the nor and ithatkeZhPolicy eft he colony of British an ish Guia, of titl Gover en ed, "An O - authorise the raising on loan of the su of 500,0001. reteT,lgration purposes, de hereby give notice that they are ready TENDERS for the advance of moneys under the authority u ~ollBrre ordinance, to the ex t e nt o f 100,0001. (b e i ng th e w h o l e 48 4 th ey are authorised to raise in any one year), in sums of not less "oh e is2M. and to be redeemable in equal proportions at the expira- The uve ' ten, fifteen, and twenty years. I nter eo e paYrnent of the above Loan will be secured by Bonds, the Pw are ad i °n which will be payable half-yearly in London, and which krtieB4 Pecially charged upon the Public Revenues of the Colony. eq laenjl_ i rolis of tendering for any portion of the above Loan, are °EI address their applications on or before the 12th of No- OeXt, to the Commissioners ro , at No. 29, Finsbury interest ANDREW COLVILE, CHARLES M'GAREL, JAMES CAVAN, HENRY BARKLY, WILLIAM KING, CHARLES CAVE. INT -....."------411 0NAL ANTI-POOR-LAW PROVI -1,4t tl rit .„PENT AND BENEVOLENT UNION. ult h e r pu MEETING, to promote the objects of this Institution, et at the London Tavern, on Tnunsnav, sth November i 4 i!Ch a i,""ich the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR will preside. )1_ It be taken at One o'clock precisely. In the meantime,i 1;2, ItSubication in writing may be made to B. B. CABBELL,:t, li i ` u ld t o ; and after the 21Ith inst. a committee will be kt inge .,Tiet in Mr. Cabbell's chambers, I, Brick-court, Temple, the Proceedings, &c. t 's----.--'--j'::III VERSAL - GAS - LIGHT COMPANY. COMPLETELY. REGISTERED. The Cen l 11, Old Jury Chambers, City. October, 1846. it_ tI„PanY are now ready to exchange SCRIP for BANKERS' `Rt. which must be left at their Ofices before the 30th in- Th ttA e Corm, apparatus is at work at the fallowing . RAILWAY . T he x6'' , where the results give the greatest satisfaction : Thekt," STATION ,hy T i t —'.I I .ILET ditto, 'I On the Midland Line. tiLt 4 l.._ ditto, on the Birmingham Line. pr o Z. , :vORTII ditto, ditto / Are in course of b t go it ' III IXG ditto, on the Brighton Line,3 being fitted up. & se jeral extensive Mills said Factories at Nottingham, + Le. ti ta llA ry ll . ES are *pen to the public; application J t rai tn p ec ad tu il to 4l lr X he lN Se a c r ileehar t h " 8, With Rill details of the advantages to be derived by ti tor olde r; LO be had at the Offices of the Company, and of the J. F. W. FESENMETER, Esq., aL 22, Bedford-row. et AT CHES d CLOCKS.—A PAMPHLET, ithhll, - 7 41111 Nr the various constructions and the advantages —l . ll a list fof prices, will be forwarded, gratis, by post, or post letter. 'AVORY and CO goldsmiths, watchmakers, &c., 47, en deers front Grac " echureh-street), London. DY'S ADDRESS TO HER MUFF. friendly comforter in winter weather / pin tempted me to string some rhymes together. ?or y o Y , 41 very much. I must confess, YouU re a great addition to my dress. e n .!are, indeed, a creditable muff, sf;;2?B'd of beautiful, well-season'd staff. ti e 7::B and SON, in gentlemen's attire A 44 ~ thousands to admire. uenetwie they s eesm determined to out-do men's anLadies' too. iptist confess that dresses MOSES' Fur Depot A ti ,s ?coed with a most superior show; Ism' r oll; the quality which you have shown , Nev well assured that 'tis not show alone._ st r'er h ave Ladies worn such charming M Vi ctorines—such Cardinals and Cu 23. I d s d w ~,° R ier this Establishment for Fur Y Causing such increasing stir. D4; 4)111 3' and quality as well nguish all the Furs which MOSES sell. Th hence I've strung these lauding rhymes together, t"t ne w friendly comforter in winter weather uouv., iti. 4- " 4U retaent, " m a e y d be had on application, or forwarded post-free. tfiT OF PRICES. DOWDY MADE. 4 8. d. Ile av 6,c11 e a t e L . raRll o n 1 s , from .... • .... ...... •''—•••• • • • • • • . 1 8 0 6 cashltss'oelds and Codringtons .. ••• • • ...... ••••••• • • • • • • 0 or ,_,, VOrsays, and Chesterfields, and every description 1 5 0 1103,5:YInter coats ........... ............... •••••• • " • ' • 0 0 1 8 0 6 , .„,/,Yinter Coats, In every style and make •••••• • • • • • • 0 4 6 •.. . • • 4/0,,T, 'rouser's, lined . . ...... „ _ kDr es 'n •• . ..... ....... ..... ..... .——• • ....... 1 0 0 i .„,..! Coats..... • b o "': , Coats • • /10, 4 '1 e- breasted Vests ..... ••• - • • ... •••• • • : •.: •••• •••• 0 18 6 13 , 5. , Hussar and Tunic Suits •••••••• • • • ' • • : ..... • • 0 3 0 fitto v.Winter Trousers . .. • 0 1 6 IdoUrniesng to any extent at five minutes' notice. DE TO MEASITILE. Wi nter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, handsomely trimmed • • ...... .. •••••• • •• • • T + tilled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined 2 6 0 Tweed Overcoats. • weed Trousers .... •• •••.••••• • • • • • • • .. ...... .. -ern s Winter Trousers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6 DBest Dress Trousers ••••• •.. • • ...... ........... ....... 1 6 0 ress Coats ....... ••• • . ...... ... ••• • • ...... .... • • .... 1 12 0 Best quality made ...... .......... ••• • • • .... „ _215 0 Vrock Coats ••—— . . . ......... .......... •• •• .. • • ....... 1 is 0 Ttest quality made . ——••• • .. ... •.• • ..... .. •• ........ 3 3 0 t a ncY Vests ........ •.• • . . . Min, pl a i n or fancy Aussar and Tunic Suits ... 1 5 0 Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea "are, unturnednot aroved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the ban ~-ne MOSES and SOS, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, ;agers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, City 15, and 156, 157 Mineries, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, `4,3', London Aube ti an. —E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the Übe ;e against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman hki!alsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, Th_ °ten resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. save no connexion with any other house in or out of London ; of ee ose who desire genuine and che• p clothing, &c., should call at, hlinories and~tP Aldgate, City, London. P r i d a • — /co business transacted at this establi-hment from ,lvseune- O'ti ott. aY, till s unset Saturday, when business ,s resumed till twelve Th, entrance to the fur department is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the And Aldgate, opposite the church. LADI TRAVELLING, .oe ES Sea Nast, or otherwise ex p ose d t o tke scorching rays of r the Sun will find , "AND'S KALYDOR , a most refreshing zrr 4eParatiot for the Complexion dispelling the cloud of lan thir afr o l i Platton, allaying all heat ' and irritability. and immedl - Ty the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of ;T, p r . ecki ne numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun- Il e kal el . Too. and Discolouratiens, are pleasingly eradicated tio N nt inder, and the skin rendered delicately soft and clear. Its 01 .1' 1 . 1 by tke cu refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive 'lace e,nun ourt and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those :eY end , e ,'Ltot . Europe, together with the " elite" of the Arts tr.f,,,tite-roc„.,"aute Volie," from the sultry climes of India, and the ei k f i tind th .": of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the 4 -4 ' 6 d - -.41°n4 of it. Petersburgh aid biescew.—Price 4s. 6d. b • Per bottle. ;Ns gf 6 4 t Pur iou "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin 'lto 4% 0 , 1, ...nous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ' kat, W ,,,,tdati,t d ailger health. The only genuine has the words 1 4 KALYDOR" on the wrapper, aid I. ItOWLAND Batton -garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Bol d 1.11 ero) en the Government Stamp affixed en each 1141 4 .. by Cit 4lC• e P roprietors, and by respectable Chemists a nd Per ****- .tther LColvdors" are fraudulent counterfeits. Thi I) LEY'S CASTORINE OIL FOR THE byei 3 Ve r , HAIR. lbdive, Du re and beautiful oil is prepared from the finest castor thi ck °Bl agr: l N it of its smell, stickiness, and viscid principles, an , d I ,_ l9 briL f ,,tty 1 441 3 7 Perfumed ; whilst it is thus freed from alt t adhesive matter it retains all the stimulating and -ges s °Denies of the parent oil, and, unlike all other oils, Dtesi v iVell &c. does not possess that excessive greasi he,_ !lolls the head-dress, bonnet, and hat, and has a power 44 . tr attli l a ts d ell of keeping the ' hair in its place. Castor oil is now t444tiou:',,,,..foitted to be the best application for the growth, p nit it 7,.n,,` beautifyin g of the hair ; for, by its gentle stimuljtig 119 ai1i ' , 3 “ 1 1994 the capilary vessels to perform their func io l og n ir c e th e r ' a te of which deprives the hair of its due nourishment 1414 ° el, - 9 f lu e A s .,9 Why it proves so excellent a remedy for the fall 'lll-'ekin hair Preventing its turning grey, removing the scurf, I'o 4 Cssailta formation. 150 , r tilre et, u n e 7 Oil is Prepared and sold by J. Bradley, chemist, 10, 4te„,‘Jxfor,..., gr ave - square, and to be had of his agents, Sanger, Cf - t-pl aee ;17;eet Binnington, 35, Ilaymarket ; Jones, 34, Tavi- IDeencache,-,,914Y and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street Edwards, 14 . e x l b ,„ - ,,, uur eb-Yard • Johnston, 8 Cornhill ; and most re , Is. 7;144 s a fd ea p e e h r:flirners in the ' kingdom, in bottles at e of a LETTER from WILLIAM To COURTNET, Esq. Mr. THOMAs PleorT, 229, Strand, London. Church Farm, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway sipsiiir,.....i Station, Heats October 26, 1844. ariencear:ft°t hell) expressin astonishment in the effect I have M glu. ' n t aking your fills f ni or y the Gout. I was taken on Thurs tiftrey bed,lo severely with it as to be with difficulty able to get ou. va To ation o n , d ,a,iter I arose I had severe pains, followed on with ind nlori,t,.o Pill°surat' I tn a - " 4 1 two ha foot increasing. I took three of your Pills, an 4 ta..l able to found the pain to entirely cease. I afterwards a dose twice in the day, and I am, thank God, th . i n s ta„,vrion a ,_ Walk without the slightest inconvenience. I found i hi' knee, and severe attack very great relief; I had the pains in t ti:: dies and ti oidls so very severe at that time, I thought I mus hours i nt ; re th p i t must have gone into my stomach. , At that kii I w s ' ar t your Pills, and they relieved me—within two tllft " : 4 hil 48,,quitteeasY. The . ' use of these Pills ought, really, to he teenYo oi r ti d oe world. I have a brother, a young man,. that t rol r , ill Y with it, and his greatest relief and preventm , ha ,AL a nd re,s,,,t,,Make what use you pleue of my report-1 , ours 0k , , , ,, -°ll B thi ll Y , WILLIAM COURTNEY. bo r :_eolitrtba—,anY d iscoveries that characterise the present age, none ta at 'oliferradmuch to uponm and ease of hasu %a t :Yseoy er :"_el f , a boon p suffering humauity itcheritlnzroF kakitleacy pe w ° „„ KLAIR'S GOUT AND RIIEUMAT ,8: Live „ien of ''° ll has been tested by the approval and recom Sel....' a r tont stanch of the greatest men of our day. They are effc tenirtiliatob and rh eumatism, in all its various forms, including Dry iltelt,B: . g° , Pains in the head and face, frequently treated as ain lid . and t o j b OY require neither confinement nor attention of 13%4°r Oth er vi,,,liablY prevent the disease attacking the stomach, ro ant. by Th om .., Part. IQ yall as Prout, 229, Strand, London ;an by his appoint" Aa l4 l ° T: 7 -. "ri r e a sP 2 e . ct a r „ble medicine vndors throughout the United 1. 4 .....r ItL ay „,•l.i. per box. 11 , 41414 44/1--- Ita t e :°Orad ( 4 a O l j a rr ot . AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob " Thomas Prout, 229 Strar.d, London," Walkedhanethe HOvernment Stamp affixed to each bee of the No. 16,880. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S N, OCTOBER 26, 1846. THE ELECTRIC TELEGIUPIL—The - prin. ciple of this valuable invention is clearly denions4ated by Professor Bachhoffner in his Morning and Evening LECTURES at the ROY I. POLY I'ECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Ryan's CIIEMI- CAL LECTURES, , laily, and •n th• Evenings of Mondays, Wed ne.days, and Fridays. The principles and uses of the WORKING MODELS, and other specimens of the Useful Arts, are explained to the visitors. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-lIYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, by CART. re-produced with the most :interesting •bjects. The latest DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Charles, Smith, - arc of great beauty. . . . _ . Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. H ALL OF ROME, GREAT WINDMILL _ STREET, HAYMARKET. Eight doors from Coventry-street. Under Distinguished Patronage.—Tho original Poses Plastiquea and Tableaux Mans, Professor TURNOUR, ever anxious to diversify the attractions at the above splendid theatre, begs most respectfully to inform the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, that he has succeeded in en gaging one of the finest Models of the day, who will appear every afternoon and evening during the weak in Professor Tummies cele brated groups of Venus Rising from the Sea and the Lute Player. The new Classical Groupings, which have been acknowledged by the press as far surpassing anything of the kind ever attempted in this country, will be repeated during the week, Introducing the TIMER COLOURED FEMALE MODELS, natives of Ilindoestan, who have been received with rapturous applaase by fashionable and crewded kouset. Morning Performance at Three o'clock, and Evening at Half-pas Eigkt.—Stalls, Ss. Gd.; Boxes, So. ; Pit, Is. B ORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, AND CETTE RAILWAY (EZPELETA'S) COMPANY. The Shareholders in the Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway (Ezpeleta's) Company are requested to send in their scrip to this office forthwith, to be exchanged against Definitive Shares in the Con stituted Company, which will be ready for delivery as soon as the arrangements for that purpose can be completed. DAVID SALOMONS, Chairman. Bordeaux and Cette Railway-office, 31, Lombard-street, London, Oct. 19, 1846. Forms to accompany the deposit of the scrip may be had on appli cation at the Company's office. NORTH OF NORFOLK RAILWAY. The lrectors of this Company have the satisfaction to state, that they hive concluded an arrangement with the Norfolk Railway Company,,y which the Scripholders of this Company, will be enti tled to Si SHARES of 201. in the extension guaranteed Five per Cent. Stook of the Norfolk Company, 21. paid, in respect of each FIVES fARES of the North of Norfolk, upon payment of 30s. in respect q each new share ; with a prospective further advantage, when thb Act shall be obtained. Scripholders wishing to avail themselves of this offer, are required to signify their intention ON OR BEFORE THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER NEXT, by dqbsit of their Scrip, where the first instalment of 11. has not been.peturned to them ; or by letter in the form annexed, such de posit' to be made at, and such letter to be addressed to, No. 3, CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S. $43 Scripholder will be entitled to claim any benefit from this ar rahgement AFTER THE 10th NOVEMBER. .A receipt will be given for the Scrip at the time the same is left. Due notice will be given of the time and places appointed for the ,payment of the deposit, and for receiving the Shares in the Norfolk :Company's Stock. JAB. COPPOCK, 3, Cleveland-row,} solicitors. J. H. TILLETT, Norwich, 24th Oct 1846. To the Directors of the North of Norfolk Railway. Gentlemen,—Being a holder of Shares in the North of Norfolk Railway Company, I hereby inform you that I wish to subscribe for Shares in the Norfolk Railway Company's Five per Cent. Stock of 201. each, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 11. 10s. per share upon the number allotted to me at any time when req'iired so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, SPECIAL NOTICE. L OUVAIN A LA SAMBhE RAILWAY, DIRECT to NAMUR and CHARLEROI NOTICE of CALL and LAW of FORFEITUILE. The Directors of this Company beg to state to such Shareholders as have not yet paid up the call of 21., made by advertisement in the " London Gazette" of 2d June last, that the latest day for payment of the same will be the 2d day of November now next. All Shares which shall not then be paid upon will, by the fact of such omission, become absolutely forfeited, in accordance with the statutes of the Company. That there may not be any misapprehension in this re spect, the Directors beg to subjoin the Articles of the Statute regu lating the due payments of the capital of the Company. " Article B.—The holder of a Title wh• shall not pay his call at the time fixed, shall, by way of penalty, be charged with interest on the sum due at the rate of 5; per cent. per annum for every day in quest. " If the call be not paid within one month from the day appointed, the share shall become forfeited, and the holder shall lose his interest in all anteriar payments, and the right of hereafter participating in the profits of the Company's capital. " The whole of the previous payments shall belong in fUll right to the Company, without• the necessity of having recourse to any cita ticln or serving of notice. " Moreover, the titles to shares on which the calls shall not have been paid within one month of the time fixed, shall become abso lutely void, and will cease to be admissible for negotiation or transfer." It remains, therefore, for the Directors only to state that the above call of 2/. having become due on the 2d of October last, cannot, BY LAW, be received by them after the 2d November next, on which day the Month allowed beyond the said 2d October, will expire, and all shares then unpaid upon, become absolutely and irrecoverably for feited. JOHN BARNES, President; GEO. DANCE, Secretary. 23. Threadneedle-street, 23d Oct., 1846. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIF E ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-lIOUSE. The business of this Society is now carried on at the now premises as above. J. JONES, Secretary. September $O, 1846. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 96, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 1.506,000. Empowered by let of Parliament. This Institntion emoraces fraper6ano anu suostantiai aavantages with respect to Life Assurances ant Decrred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the plower to borrow, without expense or for feiture if the Policy, two-tkirds of the oremiunts paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to sleet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terns of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. The division of profits is animal, and tie next will be made in December of tke present year. F. FIIIIIWITSON CADIROUX, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1847. Illustrated' ith a coloured Frontispiece and numerous En gravings on Steel and Wood, by John Leach and Richard Doyle, will be published on November Ist. Price 2s. 64. London : Published at the " Punch" Office, 85, Fleet-street. NEW WORK BY " BOZ." On the 31st instant (to be completed in Twenty Monthly Pans, uni form with " Martin Chuzzlewit," &c.), price One Shilling, the Second Number of DEALINGS with the FIRM of DOMBEY and SON, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation. IV CHARLES DICKENS. With Illustrations by HABLOT K BROWNE. London : Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. In a few Days, GREEN'S NURSERY ANNUAL, for 1847, with beautiful Coloured Plates by the Pateat Process, and Numerous Weodcuts and Illuminated Borders, in a perfectly New Style of Binding. London : Darton and Co. 58, Holborn-hill. FLORENTINE HISTORY. On the 2d of November will be published, in small Bvo., pried 9s. cloth, Vol. I. of FLORENTINE HISTORY, from the EARLI EST AUTHENTIC RECORDS to the ACCESSION of PER DINAND the THIRD, GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY. By Captain HENRY EDWARD NAPIER, R.N. To be completed in six monthly volumes. Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. PULLING'S L OF MERCANTILE ACCOUNTS. This day is Published, 12rn0., pric e 6s. boards, APRACTICAL COMPENIUM of the LAW and USAGE of MERCANTILE ACCOUNTS ; Describing the various Rules of Law affecting them, the ordinary Mode in which they are entered in Account Books, and the various Forms of Pro ceeding, and Rules of Pleading, and Evidence for their Investigation, at Common Law, in Equity, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, or by Ar bitration. By ALEXANDER PULLING, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. Henry Butterworth, Law Bookseller and Publisher, 7, Fleet-street. Of whom may be had, by the same author, A PRACTICAL TREATISE on the LAWS, CUSTOMS, and RE GULATION S of the CITY and PORT of LONDON. Bvo., Second Edition, with considerable Additions, price Its, boards. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. COVENTRY, LEICESTER, NUNEATON, AND BIRMINGHAM. BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—The first general meeting of the shareholders was held at the Queen's Hotel this day, when, in consequence of the proposed transfer of the line to the London and North-Western Company on their taking the shares at par, some warm debate took place. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Edmund Peel, chairman of the company. The principal feature in the report submitted t, the meeting was the proposed transfer of the line to the London and North-Western Company. The directors stated that they had ceded the line from Coventry to Nuneaton to the London and North-Western Company, which company had also in troduced a Bill before Parliament for a line between those towns. The directors gave it as their opinion that the line from Nuneaton to Wigston, near Leicester, and for which the Act had been obtained, was too short to be worked with the fullest efficiency by a small inde pendent company. They, therefore, recommended that an application be made to Parliament next session for a Bill enabling the company to complete the transfer of the line to the London and North-Western Company. Consequent upon the decreased length of the line the capital is to be reduced to 270,0001. in 13,500 shares of 201. each, every subscriber of four shares in the original company to be entitled to one in the new company. Mr. OLIVER, of London, demanded some explanations as to why the shareholders were not called together prior to the public announcement of the transfer of the line to' the London and North-Western Company, and another shareholder insisted upon knowing by whom the tsii7guineas per share which had been received by thou sands in return for their deposits bad been paid. He also demanded to know fully the particulars of the ne g6tiations that had been going on. After consulting Mr. Carter, solicitor, and some of the directors, the CHAIRMAN replied that these questions had better not be pressed. An angry discussion here ensued, which resulted in the questions being withdrawn, but not before Mr. Oliver had declared that, so far as the shareholders at present knew, the directors might have seriously com mitted themselves. The report was ultimately adopted and on the question for the appointment of new direc tors another very warm discussion ensued. Mr. COPE, of the London Stock Exchange, rose to enter his protest against the use of the scrip in the eke don of directors when the original holders had received the two guineas return. He asserted that these shares had been obtained from the parties upon false represen tations ; that it had been assured them that their scrip weuld be cancelled the moment the two guineas were paid, instead of which they foujid it had been quietly transferred to Mr. Glyn and the London and North- Western Company. Mr. THOMPSON, of Leicester, was convinced there was something not straightforward about the conduct of the directors. Mr. RIDG WAY, of Caldon-place, one of the directors, defended his colleagues from these strictures ; but for the steps they had taken, he averred, their shares would have been at 1/. discount. Mr. COPE denied this, and asserted that he himself had bought scrip as high as 4/. prem., and was it likely the parties for whom he had purchased, or the great body of the shareholders, would be satisfied with the mere return of the deposit after their success before Par meat. Mr. Tuomrsox again inquired what had become of the scrip that had been sent in to be cancelled ? He was more convinced than ever that there was something not honest about these proceedings. Mr. BURGESS defended the directors. After which, the gentlemen nominated as new direc tors were appointed, but no explanation given of the whereabouts of the scrip that had been returned. The sum of 5004 was voted for the past expenses to the directors. Auditors were then appointed, and the salary of the secretary axed at 3001. per annum. Some further discussion ensued, for the most part of an angry character, and ended with a declaration by Mr. OLIVER, that whatever opposition could be offered before the House of Commons Committee it should be offered. A counter declaration was then made by Mr. Bios, of Leicester, one of the directors, that they would not be diverted from their duty by persons who attended there for stock-jobbing purposes. the two lines: is at present under examination on both sides. The evident interest of the two companies is to come to an understanding on so important a question; and the good feeling that has been manifested on both sides leads to a well-founded hope of an arrangement mutually favourable. The report of our head engineer, which we are about to communicate to you, will show what course our works have followed in their different parts, including the purchase of land. The excellent execution of these works, and the satisfactory manner in which the purchases of land have been effected are proofs of the care and sound local administration which have presided over this part of our undertaking. From Amiens (itself included) to Etaples the works have been adjudicated in parcels to various contractors; and from Etaples to Bou logne, by far the most important part of the line, an agreement on forfeit has been entered into.with Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, who are displaying their usual activity, and employing the powerful means at their dis posal. Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey are also charged with the task of ballasting the line and laying down the rails on the sections from Abbeville to litaples, and from Etaples to Boulogne. The works of art on the portion of the line from Abbeville to Boulogne have been en trusted by treaty to Messrs. Ganneron and Co. With a few exceptions we have found, all along the line, the very best dispositions in our favour. The manifestations by which the town of Amiens had appealed to the public and to the Government in favour of the establishment of a railway from Amiens to Boulogne—a line which, in fact, is certain to ensure to that town so many advan tages—bad authorised us to believe that we should find in the municipal authorities of the place only the most conciliatory sentiments when the time should arrive for purchasing the communal lands required for the line in its passage through Amienss. We had, however, rated far too highly the kind intentions of the town of Amiens with respect to us. We were obliged to appeal to a jury of expropriation against the exorbitant demands of this town, when the question arose of making over to us some of the communal land, and particularly the old ditches of the fortifications, which numerous precedents led us to imagine would be ceded to us gratuitously. The town of Abbeville, with which we had arranged in an amicable manner for the acquisition of the communal land required for the rail way, deenied it necessary to proceed against us by law for the payment of the octroi-duty on chalky matter serving to form the emuankments of the line. Con demned before the Court of Premiere Instance at Abbe ville, we gained our cause before the Cour Royale of Amiens. The town of Abbeville has appealed to the Court of Cessation, but we are in hopes that the judg ment in our favour will be confirmed." The following is the report of our head engineer : " The definitive plans of all the portions of the Amiens to Boulogne Railway having received the approbation of the Government authorities, it was possible to proceed to the accomplishment of the formalities of expropriation of land, and to the execution of the works on every part of the line. The acquisition of land is now nearly brought to a termination. Amicable arrangements have been entered into with upwards of 1,400 landed proprietors for about 2,300 pieces of land, amounting in all to 250 hectares (the hectare is about two and a half acres). It was found necessary to apply to a jury to decide relative to 66 pieces of land in the arrondissement of Amiens. It will probably be unnecessary to have recourse to the same means in the arrondissement of Abbeville, as there remain there but three landowners who have not entered into an arrangement. There are still 106 in the department of the Pas de Calais, respecting whom the formalities of expropriation are being proceeded with. The operations are too far advanced not to allow an estimate to be made with precision of the whole expense of the land necessary for the Boulogne Railway. This amount will be somewhat about 33,000 f. the kilometre (-I of an English mile), including the ground for sta tions and all kinds of accessory indemnities. The most important indemnity which the company has had to pay is that obtained by the town of Amiens, for ceding certain communal lands, and in particular the ditches of the fortifications, relative to which the Boulogne Company certainly did not expect to see the town of Amiens proceed to such demands as had never before been heard of. A jury was called on to decide on these demands. The town of Amiens, in coming before that tribunal, reduced its claim to 323,3951. ; the railway company offered 60,0001., and the jury fixed the amount to be paid at 140,000 f. In opposition to the exaggerated demands of the town of Amiens, matte adduced the gratuitous concession which the War Department has given to the company, of the military ground, to be occupied by the railway in passing through the fortified part of Abbeville. We have also to mention the gift, which the town of Buologne has made to the company, of two and a half hectares of land, at the point where the station is to be erected. The great number of amicable arrangements obtained by the company in so short a time, and the moderate amount of the sums paid, are additional testimonies of the ac commodating feeling which the undertaking has met with, almost in every "PS. ^,P;-.1/..knr".^-tmlltf use" P " be " e wor ks on the line, we shall divide the railway into three sections :—From Amiens to Abbeville—from Abbeville to Etaples—and from Eta ples to Boulogne. The execution of the works is being actively prosecuted in these three stations, except in the interval of about two kilometres, comprised in the pas sage:rcrossing n t h g r t o h u e g s h om t h m e e f ; o t r h t i e fi c w a o t r i o k n s s t o o f h A e n o b n b s e t v r i u l l e e t , e dand thisin part are to be executed with the concurrence of the military engineering department, and with that of the state. This condition, which the company could not get rid of, and the accomplishment of the formalities attendant on it, might retard in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the company the period of working the line in its entire length, were it not that the company has assured to itself, in case of need, the power of esta blishing, for the purpose of getting over these two kilo metres and the river Somme, temporary arrangements which will permit it to await with patience the comple tion of the definitive works ordered by the Departments of War and Public Works. This question is at present under examination, at the same time that the projects of detail which are to be afresh submitted to the general council of the Pon ts - et-Chaussess and to the fortification committee are being taken into consideration. In the section comprised between Amiens and Abbeville, the length of which is about forty-five kilometres (a little more than twenty-eight miles English), the embank ments and works of art are finished; the line is enclosed throughout its whole length. A single way is laid down and ballasted, the second one is also laid down throughout a great part of its length, and will soon be completed. Within a few days, locomotives are to be received at Amiens, which may traverse the whole length of the line. The works of art of this section consisted, erectingn e lz a b n a without reckoning a number of aqueducts, of three tun nels of about 600 yards in length together, four viaducts above the railway for the passage of public roads, nine bridges, of from four to sixteen yards in span, and six lighter bridges. The most considerable works were in passing through Amiens. They are now completely in iM finished, and this result does honour to the activity dis played them. At the present moment workmen are employed y t rrrer r s e fOr w th h e o watchmen's boxes, posts for measuring the distance, had undertaken to railway. Eighteen watchmen's houses pas sages on a level, and other accessories necessary for the working of a have been al ready erected. Independently of the stations o f Amiens and Abbeville, four secondary one s have been established at Picquiny, Ilangest, Longpri, and Pont - R em y. These six stations are distant from each other about from seven to fourteen kilometres, but in addition the re quisite arrangements have been made to establish inter mediate ones, should it be found useful to do so. Work men are actively employed on the buildings at the sta tions; in order, however, to allow all the time necessary for arranging them in a manner most suitable to the ne cessities of the service, and in order to be fully prepared to make use of these stations at once, the buildings des tined for the service of goods have been first commenced, and only temporary arrangements have been as yet effected for the service of passengers. A provisional station could alone be erected at Abbeville, as the defi nitive one is to be constructed on the military ground within the circuit of the fortificatioas, which the Minis ter of War has not yet permitted to be passed. This station has been erected as near the town as possible, within 800 yards of the Rouen gate, and close to the high road to that place. The expense of this station will be inconsiderable, because the buildings there, formed of timber, have been so arranged that the wood work may be all taken down and again put up on the site of the definitive station, to serve as lock-up houses and sheds for holding goods. Art. 7 of the:Cahier des Charges reserved to the stat e the facult y of establishing the two services of the Northern and Boulog ne C ompanies in a s t a ti on common to both at Amiens. The Government authorities had not come to any decision i n thi s re spect when the last general assembly was held. Since been transmitted to Company. It is the state which is the Boulogne to get this station constructed,d. theand which has t that de finitively so arrange Boulogne Company establish can without any inconvience.. there its service the buildings, quays, ways, and sheds then their determination has for passengers ; e independent o. those re servedlt itl to the Northern line. s also the state which to bepaid is to fix the sum of money . by the Boulogne for the use of the Amiens station. It cannot Company until after the completion of do so, however, the works, destined for its use are . quite w sired. The Boulogne Company, therefore, has had to which are urged on with all the activity that can be de. provide at Amiens only for the establishment of a sta tion exactly opposite nisi-0 • d These erections, situate raise by for goods, and for workshops to repair its stock. ed One part of the sheds for goods ex ceedingly advanc • disposed for the Northern Company for the same purpose, are has been temporarily .the accommodation of the state shall have dt the definit• ivebuildings that are r d to the company • ted for that service. The houses for lo comotives,to be appropriated e in general • • the principal de pendencies the offices, and for the working of the section necessary ready. For to Abbeville, are For the open ingfrom Amiens section to the public we were in hopes passengers, whilst waiting until of this be able to advance the • d perm but had fixed ;unforeseen delays in which we of certain works and in the delivery the execution and rolling stock have deprived us of our stationary that we As these delays, however,are not of this expectation. r they cannot have the effect to continue much longer • ' the term whichwe specified last year at a of postponing We then announced that the section similar period. might from Amiens to Abbeville might be opened to the public at the end of 1846—that anticipation will be realised. We announced at the same time that the principal works between Abbeville to Etaples, with the exception of the passage through Abbeville, should be terminated —that result has been obtained. In this section, on a length of forty-eight kilometres (thirty English miles). the embankments are nearly terminated; the works of art are partly constructed; the fences for enclosing the line are being placed; large provisions of ballast are ready; the laying down of the rails has been commenced in the direction of Rue; and the contractors, Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, have already organised there a service for transporting ballast by means of locomotive power. The works of this section will be terminated by next spring. A station is to be placed at Noyelles-sur itearly opposite St. Valery. The Government authorities have not yet decided as to the position of the other stations, as far as Etaplee, but one of them is to be placed at Rue. By far the most important works of the section from Etaples to Boulogne could not receive all the impulse that was desirable until after the plans of the company had received the approval of the Govern ment authorities; at present their execution is in full activity. Out of about 1,100,000 cubic metres of em bankments that were to be made, nearly 400,000 have been already completed; all the cuttings are far ad vanced; and upwards of 200 waggons and 1,000 work men are daily employed at them. Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey have entered into an engagement to have all finished by next summer, and the arrangements which they have made in consequence leave no doubt that their works will be executed with great celerity. Several works of art are terminated, and a great number are in the course of execution. The most important of all is the bridge which is to be thrown over the river Canone, at Etaples. This bridge is to have 15 arches of 14 yards span, and is to be built altogether of mason work. Materials for its construction are now being actively collected, and already nearly 1,000 steres of wood for the foundations, a million of bricks, and 220 cubic metres of stone, have been provided. At present workmen are engaged in driving the foundation piles. The Government authorities have approved of the points chosen for the stations of Etaples and Boulogne; they have also decided that a station is to he erected at Neufchatel, nearly half-way between those two places. The construction of these stations will be ere long com menced. About 85,000 rails have been received, and others are on their way. All that is now to arrive is 4,000 rails still remaining to be sent in from Pont- Audemar, and 17,652 others from the iron-works of Creusot, to which establishment next January has been assigned as a final day. Two-thirds of the supply of chairs have been delivered, and the deliveries of bolts are exceedingly advanced. After having undergone some delays, the supply of sleepers has been effected with activity ; there still, however, are about 70,000 wanting to render the supply complete, as it will be at the end of the year. These sleepers, which are of oak, are immersed in a solution of sulphate of copper, pre viously to being used. The object of this operation is to prolong, in a very marked manner, the duration of the wood, and this circumstance is a matter of too great importance to the company to allow them to hesitate to employ it; the expense, besides, is comparatively incon siderable, not being more than 50c. per sleeper. Four chambault has commenced delivering the matters re quired for changing the way, but the turning platforms are still expected ; several are on the road. Five loco motive machines, with their tenders, are ready, being the number which MM. Allcard, Buddicom, and Co., had undertaken to have delivered at this period. There have been ordered from Messrs. Schneider and Co. 30 carriages of the first class, 50 of the second, 50 of the third, 50 baggage waggons, and 90 waggons for goods and cattle, making in all 270. Great attention has been paid to have this stock constructed in the best possible manner. The construction is now far advanced, and Messrs. Schneider and Co. have an nounced that they will commence delivering some of the carriages within a fortnight. To sum up briefly what has been already stated, the execution of the works on the Boulogne was commenced scarcely a year since ; 45 kilometres between Amiens and Abbeville may be opened for regular working at the end of the year 1846 ; 48 kilometres between Abbeville and Etaples are in an ex ceedingly forward state, and will be terminated in the course of the spring of 1847. Out of 129 kilometres between Etaples and Boulogne the works are a quarter executed, and will be so urged on as to be finished in the summer of 1847. The entire line may consequently be opened to the public about that period, for we have every reason to believe that the execution of the works for the passage through the fortifications of Abbeville will not retard the definitive opening of the line. The works that are already executed, and the agreements that have been made, also confirm us in our expectation that the expense will not reach the sum that was originally cal culated." We cannot, gentleman, terminate this statement, with •ut declaring to you that the information which we every .u. was 'Milieu, Us seeing Lifts circulation produced by it affording most satisfactory returns to the shareholders. Nothing shall be left un done on our parts to give to the local traffic all the deve lopment of which it appears susceptible ; and with respect to the transport of passengers and goods through out the whole line, we perceive in the future only cir cumstances more and more favourable to such develop. ment. The nature of our relations with the London to Dover Company, which tend to become constantly more intimate, because our interests are identical—the amelio rations in course of execution at the port of Folkestone, to render it accessible at all hours of the tide—the in crease in the number of packets of a superior description plying between that port and Boulogne—the constantly increasing reputation of this last-named port—and the friendly disposition evinced again a few days back by the Minister of Public Works for the prompt execution of plans of improvement, the result of which will be to ensure to it its position as first port of passage between France and England—all these causes, gentlemen, would be sufficient to justify our hopes as to the favourable results of our enterprise. But if to this we add the consideration that the increase of the commercial movement produced by the reduction of duty in England on a great number of ar ticles imported from France, cannot but prove very con siderable, and will become still more so should France also lower her tariff, it is difficult to assign a limit to the development of the traffic which the future reserves for a railway that must be the principal line of commu nication between Paris and London, from leaving be tween these two capitals of the civilised world only twelve hours' distance. The general account, which we lay before you, in a detailed state, closed up to the 30th of last September, shows receipts to the amount of 27,195,959 f. Bc., composed of payments of capital, in. terest, transfers at London, sales of shares, difference on the exchange on English payments, caution-money of the contractors of works, and sundries. And an expen diture amounting to 14,363,443 f. 51c., composed of pur chase of land, establishment of the way and stock— general expenses of the administration—and interest to the shareholders to October 23, 1845, leaving a balance of 12,832,515 f. 57c. in caution-money, cash in hand, and balance at our bankers' ; the payment of a great part of our stock, and of a considerable part of the cost of the construction of the line, is down in the money expended, for 13,390,521 f. 10c. ; the interest of four per cent. on the amount paid in by each shareholder will be paid on and after November 5, in Paris, at Messrs C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co. ; at Boulogne, at Messrs. A. Adams and Co. ; and in London, at Messrs. Masterman and Co. Each share will have a right to receive the sum of 11f. 70e. When the Secretary had concluded, several share holders demanded explanation on various points. M. BUREAUD RIOFFREY inquired if it would not be possible for the board of directors, since the company had 12,000,000 f. in hand, to postpone the calls until money was absolutely required ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the board of directors were not authorised to alter what was fixed on the point in question by article six of the statutes, which declared that each of the seven other tenths should be payable from three months to three months after the date of the third tenth being required." The board would, however, give as much indulgence for the payment of the calls as possible ; and in place of having the shares of parties not paying up sold, as it had a right to do, it would only require interest from the period that the call was made. M. ADAM, Mayor of Boulogne, entered into some explanations tending to show the superiority which the Boulogne line must eventually possess over that of Calais. The accounts were then passed, and an authorization was granted to the board of directors to sell such por tions of land as were not required for the services of the company. The meeting then broke up. It may be as well to state that the allusion made in the report of the kiwi intentions of the Minister of Public Works refers to that Honourable Gentleman's having, during his late ♦isit to Boulogne, expressed the willing ness of the French Government to bear a portion of the expenses of throwing a second bridge across the har bour, in order to connect the railway station with the town, in addition to that at present in the course of con struction, the whole cost of which falls on the Govern ment. He also declared that he was willing to support the project of further improvements in the port of Bou logne— a matter of great importance to the company, as every amelioration in the port ought certainly to prove beneficial for traffic and general movement of the line. PRICE SD. tt d uh i rteee kingdom. mag and do n m n e i. t r s Ts, Arlon ea tcu ot a em n s pd anyLo nu confirmed am m de b db u e r e g wn by definitelyi A t h c t t o e f ca l p el o i t t a nh s l to o i _f f Se pm scribed subsequentlyte of September b e yit st hlast,seat affilt au t x o wet eds—wh of. affixed—in h A flat t hc to e o Belgium Although vhhe y ar al ydt hrbeaeesqes requirement i nt directors rfeumi had etd bn ph e tra e oed. to wards perfe c ti ng t h e l egal constitution and authorisa tionsought for and obtained the increased advantages above-named to their original undertaking, they had felt it their duty to call a general meeting of the proprietors, in order to submit to them their proceedings and to tike their vote upon what had been achieved on their behalf. With regawil to the pros and cons that had been urged by another 6116ipany he (the president) had only to take his standing upon the authority of the state, with regard to the position of their line ; their standing was authorised and guarded by all that could substan tiate and protect society. It was for the meeting to decide by their free will whether they would accept of the additional advantage offered to them by the directors, namely, of possessing themselves of Brussels as a starting point to their undertaking. The proposition was received with acclamation, and universally assented to. The CHAIRMAN then announced to the meeting that the interest on all deposits would be raised from 4 to 5 per cent., dated after the Ist instant. Every share holder would be at liberty to fulfil any outstanding lia bilities and avail himself of this arrangement. It was also assured to the meeting that the works should be immediately commenced and continued with the greatest activity. The direction have also announced that a report, setting forth every minutiae of the company's operations is in the course of preparation and will be distributed immediately. DITISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation, to declare a "'nil bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. OR the premiums paid of each Policy effected ea the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1 _ :=. Bm si !, 1 . Assured il, g . i .4 allay p•• ; B•rrow. : 1 .1 7 Premium. ► i -.04. ._ ------ e lin7 .117 16 1.10• 6 11,-ete • . 1 r... . A As. i. 60.1000 3 4 1 1837 1838 1839 184$ 1841 1X217 16 I!. 192 I 0 1 1 6 116 " 1 11l 6 11 ZIO• • 11!t16 • 4 r X445 • • 87 1 41 131• 2 1 395 11 1 9. 74 111 3 1 346 2 3 94 • 181 711 16, 298 13 4 491• 0, 710 4; 247 4 9 MR. LEIGH HUNT'S NEW WORK. 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His lungs were supposed to be affected, having a distressing cough, with feet and legs swelling, besides which he could scarcely ever keep anything on his stomach, and was gene rally so weak and ill as to barely have power to stand; yet in three months this poor man acquired almost a new constitution by taking Holloway's Pills, and is now become so strong and well as to be able to undertake the laborious duties of a carpenter on board a vessel about sailing to New South Wales. These invaluable Pills are sold at Professor liolloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London and by a dealers in medicine. AMIENS AND BOULOGNE. The second general meeting of the shareholders of the Boulogne line took place on Oct. 23, at the company's offices, Rue Basse de Rempart, M. C. Laffitte in the chair. Near him were MM. Adam, C. Devaux, E. Blount, L. Fontaine, J. Baxendale, Calcy St. Paul, Lewis Cubit, and Captain Tyndale. The CHAIRMAN declared that 54 persons, representing 11,366 shares being present, the meeting was legally con stituted. He then called on the Secretary to read the report. fn)lnws. " REPORT OF OCTOBER z o , io4o. _ . " Gentlemen,—lt is exactly a 3 -car tv day atilt, yvv had the honour of calling you together for the first time to a general meeting. On that occasion we submitted to your inspection the measures which we had adopted to establish, by the formalities required by the Govern ment authorities, the existence of the company which we had formed, and at the same time to insure the ex execution of the ,enterprise to which they related. In fact, as soon as we were authorised by the ordonnance of October 24, 1844, confirming the concession, we set to work, without waiting for the approbation of our statutes, which' did not take place until seven months afterwards, 41 appointed the persons required for the execution of the line ; we appointed our head engineer and the othegengineers acting under him ; ordered our stock for construction and working ; had surveys made of the grouttd, and decided what line of direction should be taken, aid, finally, submitted the plans of the whole railway tolhe examination and approbation of Govern ment authorities. These plans,* though sent in to the department of Public Works in July and August, 1845, did not ilptain the Ministerial approbation for nearly a year aftpr, that is to say, in June and August, 1846. It results from this fact, and from the brief explanation that we have given above, that if we had waited for the approval of our statutes in order to commence our pre paratory measures, and for the approval of our plans in order to commence and proceed with our works, we should be still at the very first steps of our enterprise, in place of being able to announce to you to-day, as we have the satisfaction of doing, that the works from Amiens to Etaples are very nearly terminated; that the section from Amiens to Abbeville is ready to be opened for working, rind that the works on the rest of the line are in such a state of advancement as to induce us to hope that the line as far as Etaples will be constructed in the spring of 1847, and that the whole line can be delivered to public circulation in the course of the following summer. To have brought matters to this point, and to have taken on ourselves the responsibility of purchasing our ground, and urging on our works on the proposed line, we must have felt the most perfect confidence in the plans of our head engineer, and been certain that the line of direc tion which he had proposed, and which we had presented to the Government, comprised in itself all the conditions necessary to ensure the approval of the superior authori ties. The result has justified our provisions ; our plans have met with the most complete assent, notwithstand ing the opposition which a portion of them met with, and the responsibility which we did not hesitate to assume has thus placed the company in the favourable position which it at present occupies. In this situation we could have fixed and declared to you the precise period ve c o a u t l dw be e i c o h p t e h n e e d s c weret ino b ite t n w o e t e n f r the l a a nd ys A b whiche we have experienced in the execution of certain works, and in the delivery of our stationary and moving stock, delays totally independent of our will, and which we were far from expecting, inasmuch as we had taken s e u v l e t r , every eitherre c a u g t i in v o in to oprotect r o s u r t s o e I p v e e r s s against o s s u e c such s a i t iroen as manufacturers seemed to offer fair guarantees for their exactitude in strictly fulfilling their engage ments, or in giving ample time for the execution of the order within the periods agreed on. These delays, however, will not have the effect of postponing the period which we assigned last year for opening the section between Amiens and Abbeville ; as whilst we have adopted measures calculated to protect the interests of the company against these delays, we have secured, in case of need, the assist ance which the Rouen Company has already on various occasions afforded ue, as well as that which has been offered us by the London to Dover Company. Although the experience acquired up to the present time has demonstrated how little pecuniary advantage results from the working of sections of lines, we have, however, been of opinion that in the circumstances in which we happen to be placed, there would be large compensations for us in opening even at this season of the year the line from Amiens to Abbeville. By so doing we shall attain the double object of forming our working personnel, and of keeping up, and even increasing in that direction, the circulation of passengers and goods between France and England. The choice of a gentleman to direct the working of the line has been the object of our most seri ous consideration. The importance of this post, the grand responsibility which it involves, the administrative talents, the constant care, activity, and vigilance which it demands, renders the choice a matter of great diffi culty. We had seen these qualities united to a remark able degree in our head engineer during the execution of the works on the line; and we came to the conclusion that we could not do better than entrust the working of the line to him who had so ably directed its construc tion. By an arrangement entered on, at our sugges tion, with M. Bazaine, whose zeal for the interests of the company on all occasions we feel pleasure in declaring, t twh h i a eth t Nt g oh e re n t gentleman will unite in his own person the func tions of ehwnegorrinnkneierg ofand of head of the working of the line. A question closely Railway. b t e u nlTidnhee b up is at l h v e i as t thoonfo ouruwr h iecxhi relations st th n e c e wa inter courseinthd between railways running into one another de pends have been fixed by law; but the task of regulat ing the manner in which these relations are to be con ducted is left to the arrangement of the companies them selves, subject to appeal to the Minister of Public Works, should they not be able to agree. The draft of the conven tions to be fixed on between the Northern and Boulogne Companies for the correspondence of transports between - * With the exception of our plans in the arrondisse ment of Amiens, which, were approved of in Decem ber, 1845. GREAT LUXEMBURG. A general meeting of the shareholders of the above company took place on the 20th instant, at the scat of the Administration at Brussels. M. F. F. de Clossman, the president, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated the origin and progress of the society. It had been the original intention of the fon dateurs when they issued their prospectus to commence a line from the valley of the Meuse, near to Namur, to continue as far as Arlon. At that time it had never for one moment been contemplated that the advantage of the line could be so far increased as to fix its starting-place in the capital —at the very gates of the capital of Bel gium. Its original starting point was Namur; however, after increasing-energy on the part of the direction, this desideratum had been secured to the company by an act of concession, dated June 18, 1846; thus were they em powered by means of their line to connect in the most COURT CIRCULAR. WIPDsoR, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of Gainsborough (Lady in Waiting), Hon. Miss Dawson, the Earl of Morton, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Seymour, arrived at the Castle at six o'clock in the afternoon, from Hatfield House, Herts. The Royal Family took their usual pony exercise yesterday morning. This morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort en joyed their usual early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took pony exercise on the terraces and grounds around the Castle. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, and the domestic household, at tended Divine service this morning, in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, after honouring the Haymarket Theatre with her presence on Friday: evening, left town for Kew, in company with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and his Serene High ness Prince Frederick of Hesse. The Princess was at tended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch. Her Royal Highness remains at Kew on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted busi ness at the Foreign-office on Saturday. Lord John Russell returned to town on Saturday, from a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House, Herts. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, and the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Hall. The Countess of Wilton and the Countess of Charlemont were among the nobility pre sent. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM HATFIELD HOUSE. HATFIELD, SATURDAY EVENING —The visit of her Majesty and Prince Albert to the Marquis of Salisbury terminated this afternoon, when they returned to Windsor Castle. Before dinner on Friday evening the Mayor of Hertford was presented to her Majesty. H e w a s th e b earer o f er:eon and liE QUEEN'SBurgesses MoOfS the e E a X n c c E i E t a N n .r d MAJESTY.IoyaI borough please — your Majesty,—We, the Mayor, C..,..... +l,„ _u ts .a.Autet t A o l‘hd, May a j i e t s t y of Hertford, in Council assembled, beg leave dutifully to approach your Majesty with the expression of our loyalty and devoted attachment to your Majesty's royal person and government. " We hail with satisfaction your Majesty's visit t o scenes once familiar to England's most nlustrious Queen, where many of her early days were pass,ta and which she quitted only to occupy a thr one and eoth.,l events ho c the most gloriou s i n ou r annals. "We tender to y ou r Majesty the sa me revereutn.. s cherish th w aettr yo ur s then tsamee:f M ajesty exhibitedeas warm , may feelings towards long of livey i loyalty no the u and m r Majesty's aug us t predecessor, and it is our earnest prayer to Almightyaagffeeon we affection God enjoyment of every blesFing, to reign over a grateful, happy, and prosperous people." The address to Prince Albert was as follows : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. " May it please your Royal Highness,—We, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses of the ancient and loyal borough of Hertford, in Council assembled, beg leave respectfully to approach your Royal Highness on the occasion of the visit of her Majesty and your Royal Highness to the Most Noble the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House. We humbly avail ourselves of the opportunity thus afforded to us of expressing to your Royal Highness our devoted loyalty to her Majesty the Queen, and of renew ing the homage of our unfeigned respect and attachment to your Royal Highness ; and we ardently hope that your Royal Highness may long live in health and happi ness to enjoy the attachment and devotion of all her Majesty's subjects." Her Majesty received these:addresses very graciously. The Mayor of Hertford afterwards formed one of the dinner party. The grand ball, to which 500 persons resident in the county were invited, took place in the evening. Her Majesty sat at one end of the gallery, on a raised seat, known as Queen Anne's chair, and as the guests arrived they passed before her. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock. Dancing commenced, to the music of Jullien's band, soon after half-past ten, and continued until two o'clock. In the first quadrille, with which the ball was opened, her Majesty danced with the Marquis of Salisbury, and Prince Albert with Lady Blanche Balfour. Her Majesty afterwards danced with the Marquis of Exeter and Earl Spencer, and Prince Albert danced in the course of the evening with Lady Charles Wellesley and Lady Beauvale. Her Majesty, the Prince, and a select party supped together, and the royal guests soon afterwards retired. In the morning the weather was most unfavourable, so much so that the Queen and Prince Albert could not take their usual walk. After breakfast, however, it cleared up a little, and the Prince, accompanied by some of the guests, went out shooting. Upwards of 300 head of game were killed by the party, of whom six only shot, including the Prince. Several of the chief visitors left at different times dur ing the morning. The Duke of Rutland left at an early hour, as did also the Duke of Wellington. His Grace was loudly cheered by the people of the place as he passed through. Among those who remained until after the departure of the royal party were Earl Talbot, Lord Ingestre. Lord and Lady Braybroke, the Hon. Miss Neville, Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, and Mr. Alexander and Lady Mildred Hope. After the Prince and shooting party had returned luncheon was served, and immediately before the royal party left Hatfield the Queen and Prince Albert, accom panied by the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Talbot, Lord • Ingestre, Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, Mr. and Lady Mildred Hope, Lord Robert Cecil, and Mrs. Faithful, proceeded to the garden opposite the east front of the house, where preparations had been made for them to plant two young oak trees. A similar ceremony has been performed by them at other mansions they have visited. Two o'clock had been fixed as the hour of departure from Hatfield, but various causes of delay took place— among the rest a violent storm of heavy rain, which lasted a considerable time, and it was not till after three that the carriages were at last drawn up and the yeo manry escort formed. Her Majesty and the Prince took leave of the remaining guests, and of the daughters of their noble host, and immediately afterwards entered their carriage. The suite followed in other carriages. The Marquis of Salisbury attended the royal party some distance on horseback. Although it still continued to rain heavily, the large numbers of persons who had as • sembled to see the Queen stood out the weather bravely, and loudly cheered the royal party as they passed. The same symptoms of welcome were exhibited at different points on the route to Windsor, at St. Alban's, and at Watford, which was handsomely decorated on the occa sion, and where, while, the royal cortege changed horses, t (where ieiel r st a Ist L Yeomanry), ,impo Guards, of the i and so on to Uxbridge, where there was another ch ange a band played the national anthe m, and the bells ran g a merry peal. t o r no From Watford the royal cavalcade passed through 1 MoorPark,es c r Pin ner,ted relieved by a and dhee t Ha escort a h e m fi e el d t f of theh of horses. They arrived at Windsor Castle at abo u t si x o'clock, ck, Lancers commanded by the Marquis of Worcester. During the latter part of the journey the rain considerably abated. Both her Majesty and the Prince looked we extremely 11 and in excellent spirits after thei r j ourne y. - 7 THE REGISTRATIONk-r- MIDDLESEX. . , Mr. Shadwell, on Saturday, was engaged at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, in revising the lists of persons qualifying for property situate in the various parishes of the city of London. Mr. Payne attended for the Conservative s , and Mr. W. H. James for the Liberals. The Rev. J. A. Roberts, rector of St. Alban's, Wood street, was objected to by the Liberals. Mr. Roberts said that he was possessed.of a free/foil church and churchyard in right of his position as recto? Mr. James asked Mr. Roberts whether he received any • tithes? The Rev. Gentleman said he did not, but was entitled to a certain fixed sum to be raised among the pa rishioners, which hal been exacted by statute since the ire of London. Mr. James submitted that this stipend was a personalty, and not a reality. By the Act of Parliament (44th of George 111., c. 89) in the seventh section► there was no power conferred upon the minister to distrain, but only those persons who make the rate; and if .no rate should be made, what power had the minister to get it? He (Mr. James) hoped that if the Barrister decided in favour of the vote, he would grant a case for appeal. The Learned BARRISTER referred to the Act, and said the assessment was not made upon the persons, but on " the several houses, buildings, and all such other here ditaments within the parish." Thus the minister re ceived the assessment out of the herfclitaments of the parish, and that could not be called a personalty. By th• 11th section, if any parson shall neglect to pay his assessment, the Lord Mayor or any other magistrate of the city of London, on oath made of the default, may grant to the officer appointed to receive the rate a war rant of distress on the goods and chattels not only of the person liable, but also on those of the occupier of the tenement. This was certainly a charge on land. M. James said the question was still whether the stipend was real or personal. He had consulted legal gentlemen, who advised that it was a personalty. If Mr. ltoberts had claimed in right of his glebe, he might have had a good qualification. He hoped the Barrister would grant a case, as many votes were affected in a similar manner. The BARRISTER said he hardly saw any ground for a case. - Mr. James said, with the Barrister's permission, he would mention the matter again in the course of the day. In Allhallows-the-Less Mr. G. Hudson, the Railway King, claimed for a share in a freehold house in Angell place. He was objected to by the Liberals, but a decla ration from him was put in, which Was accepted as suffi cient to sustain the vote. In St. Andrew's, Holborn, five rent-charges - upon a house in Plough court, supported by the League agents, wore admitted. In the parish of St. Anne, Blackfriars, several new claims were objected to by the overseers solely on the ground of their being such. Mr. Payne and Mr. James both complained of the conduct of the overseers in putting the parties to the trouble of appearing to defend their votes, and suggested that it was • a fit case to disallow the overseer's expenses. The BARRISTER said he would consider of it. The Rev. T. Hartwell Horne, rector of St. Edmund the-King, Lombard street, was objected to by the Liberals upon the same grounds as the preceding case of Mr. Roberts. Mr. Fitch (who assisted Mr. James) contended that the assessment under the Act was not such a quali fication as to entitle the rector to be on the register, as it differed materially from a rent-charge granted in lieu of tithes under the Commutation Act. Tbe BARRISTER. observed, the Rev. Gentleman claimed for a " freehold benefice." Mr. Fitch replied, still it must come to the same ques tion. In the 11th section the rate was charged upon the occupiers of laud, and if any person should neglect to pay, the Act pointed out a certain course to be adopted, viz., by a distress upon the goods and chattels of the occupier, and not, as - under the Commutation Act, by seizing the goods of the tenant, who must charge the amount again to his landlord. He (Mr. Fitch) contended that if any occupier left certain premises in arrear for this rate, his successor in the occupation would not be liable to a dis traint for the amount. The collector here observed that ho had often done so. Mr. Fitch—Then you have dune quite wrong. The rate is charged upon the occupier, and not on the land. The BARRISTER—Supposing a man takes a house, there being 1001. owing in respect to this rate from the former occupier, is not he liable to lose his goods for the arrear ? Mr. Fitch submitted that he would not, and he thought that those persons whom the collector had so served should have brought an action for trespass. The words of the 11th section, " the occupier for the time being," meant the occupier during the time of the accruing of the rate. The mode of recovery also differed from that of all other rates. The collector could not, as in the case of a rent•charge in lieu of tithes, go in immediately upon default, but must go before a magistrate of the city, make oath of the debt, and then obtain a warrant to enable him to distrain. The BARRISTER said the only thing was, did Mr. James wish for a case, as he was quite of opinion the qualification was sufficient. - Mr. James said he certainly did. The BARRISTER then asked whether Mr. Home pos sessed any other qualification which might render a de cision upon this particular point unnecessary. The overseer said Mr. Rome was entitled to a yearly sum of 1001. derived from houses in Birchin•lane, under lur. x iLuLMlLianmen tine aecree, and said the 100 L was left by a Mr. Long to the rector conditionally upon his performing divine service every Sunday evening. This, he contended, could not be considered as any part of the " freehold benefice" for which Mr. Horne claimed. The BARRISTER, however, thought otherwise, and re tained the name upon that ground. It was ultimately agreed that a case for the Court of Common Pleas should be drawn up on the facts of the Rev. Mr. Roberts's claim. The Court rose shortly after five o'clock, having dis posed of all parishes up to the letter K inclusive. MILITARY EXPEDITION AGAINST ECUADOR. pe di t app?wing letter on the subject of the military ex of the Soutihnat Ecuador: has been sent by the committee Foreign-office : and Mexican Associ a ti o n t o the " My Lord,—The comma,,_ " Austinfriars ' Oct. 21. and Mexican Association take` the South American your Lordship in consequence of thd:tterty to address actively going forward for the purpose Dedings now military expedition from Spain against the rep-ding a the Equator. " This armament is got up for the avowed purpose of restoring the political administration of the country into the hands of an eminent individual who, for several years, exercised the office of President of that republic, but who has for some time past ceased to do so. " The committee do not presume to offer any remark on the merits or position of the respective political parties in the republic in question , with which, as British sub jects, they have nothing to do ; but this proceeding pre sents for the first time since the republics of Spanish America have established their independence the spec tacle of a foreign force being brought into the country in aid and support of one of the political parties struggling therein. And in this point of view it engages the seri ous attention of parties carrying on commercial pursuits in that quarter of the world. "It is obvious that, if one political section in any of these -states can succeed in attracting foreign interfer ence to its aid, another may do the same, and that a course of civil warfare and anarchy may be opened de structive of the prosperity of all commercial pursuits. " The committee do not venture to suggest that her Majesty's Government has any power to control pro ceedings which may be taking place in a foreign state; but it appears that means are being used within the British empire for taking part in this military expedi tion, the effect of which it is much to be apprehended will be to convey to the people of Spanish America the impression tnat the British nation both encourages and sanctions this hostile movement. It is notorious that funds have been placed in this country from Spain for the purpose of purchasing military equipments and ship ping, and that the enlisting of men under the pretence of emigration is going on in Ireland also for the purpose of this expedition. The manner in which this latter proceeding is going forward in Ireland, namely, the holding out to parties engaged the promise of land on their arrival, and yet at the same time forbidding them to take their families for the present, has so far attracted the notice of the magistrates of Limerick as to cause them to issue a public warning against the offers which have been thus made. " The committee humbly suggest that, in order to remove all doubt as to the conduct of the British nation in this matter, it would be expedient for her Majesty's Government, eithEr by proclamation, or in such other way as it may think fit, to call public attention to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, and to give instructions for the rigid enforcement of its provisions. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your most faithful servant, "J. D. POWLES, "Chairman of the South American and Mexican Association. " The R;ght lion. Viscount Palinerston,rvf,P., t on ” e of o her Majesty's Principal Secretaries f Stae • EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWlCll.—Accidents and loss of limbs, and even lives, having sometimes occurred in owing to the piec es of serge at present use for con taining the cha r g es of powder for field pieces, ship, and garrison guns remaining on fi re in the pieces after the discharges bad taken place, the attention of inventors has been drawn to find a substitute or serge which would not ignite under any circumstances, when the large guns are fired. A Mr. Hodgson submitted to the select committee at Woolwich, during the present week, a description of serge, which, by a chemical process, is rendered fireproof, and cannot be ignited on the discharge of the guns with which it has been tried. Several rounds were fired at the butt in the royal arsenal, from 9-pounder and 6 pounder guns, and in every in: stance the experiments were successful in accomplishing the object in view, the impossibility of fire remaining in the pieces after their being discharged. The greatest danger to which naval and military gunners are liable, in the performance of the duty of reloading, will, by the invention, be completely removed. LOUGHBOROUGH AGRICULTURAL SHOW. The annual exhibition of the Loughborough Agricultural Association took place on Friday last, and as the weatba proved favourable an unusual degree of interest pre vailed throughout the whole of the proceedings. The ploughing matches were well contested, and the show of stock was, according to general opinion, larger and far superior to any in preceding years. 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