The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

RE ROYAL BRITISH BSN Ii (Incorporated , by Charter), besides transacting all ordinary Banking business, Pontiuues to allow, Oti DRE'OSITS for six mouths, 3 par cent. per annum ; and on 'Me for shorter periods and at Call, interest varying with the *Mount and time in Bank ; AAA Grants 'ASH CREDITS for indefinite periods, on sufficient securities, at. per Cent. commi ss i on half-yearly on the amount o f th e cr edit, and D Pei cent. pe r annum interest on the balance only at deb it ; and LOANS for short periods on marketable securities, at rat es vary- Dg with the circumstances. Every additi onal information and firms for open i ng accounts, tc., will ..,. De supplied at the Bank and its Branches, or sent by post on ap vacation, By order of the Court of Directors, 16 T HUGH INNES CAMERON , G eneral Manager. o-en-ouse-yard, Lothbury, London. t TO DISTILLER S AND LICENSED VICTUALLERS. be peremptorily SOLD, pursuant to ORDERS or of the HIGH COURT o f CHANCERY, made in certa i n causes ,„,,,, W IDGHT V. KING, and WRIGHT V. SOWERBY, With the ap , ar,suyation of Rican RICHARDS, Esq.. one of the Masters of the said Ourt atthe Auction \tart, Bartholomew-lane, London, on TUESDAY, th e da3/of March, 1852, at Twelve o'cicick at Noon, by Mr. BEA ' use Lots ESTATES. late he property of JOHN REID, Esq., de caullFising a Freehold Distillery and Dwelling-house, situate • Alffersgatii-street, and the Freehold Public-houses known as Arms, No. 27, Aldergate-street ; the Crown, King Ed ' 'WM.... street (late Butcher-hall-lane), Newgate - street ; the Swan -7 Horseshoe, No 85, Gray's Inn - lane ; the General Graham , No. s. Silver -street, Clerkenwell ; and the Baker and Basket, Leman- I l ir eat (late ReA Lion-street), Whitechapel, and Two Freehold D wel - T!fr - hOuses and Shop (extending under both houses), Nos. 9 and 10, otan-street, and adjoining the Baker and Basket ; also, the Free hold Dwelling -house and Shop, No. 2, Crown-street, Finsbury-square, . '., c called by Mr Jones ; and the Leasehold Public-house, known as the 'naPtnan Arms, Lower Chapman-street, St. Georges-in-the-East. Printed particulars may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Office, iso uthampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of Messrs. Wordsworth and Dnnn, Solicitors, 32, Threadneedle-street ; of Messrs. Beddowe Weir, Solicitors, 27, Nicholas.lane ; of Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, Zad Bell, Solicitors, Bow Churchyard ; of Mr. De Jersey , So licitor, St: Ann's-lane, Aldersgate-street ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Arr. Bearlel, 25, Gresham-street. WORDSWORTH and DUNN, Plaintiff's Solicitors. Febrits,V, 1852* ESSRS. NICOLL'S WAREROOMS are arranged in several DEPARTMENTS, under the manage lnent of skilful askistints, who produce the BEST MATERIALS at the most moderate prices, viz., the PALETOT, the Toga, and other Inch garments, in substances adapted for every season or climate ; ' Uniforms and Outfits, naval, military, or diplomatic ; Robes, dial ftivs_, legal, or municipal ; Gentlemen's plain Morning and Evening ; Boys' Clothing, Servants' Liveries, &c.--/11. J. and 1). AICOLL'S West-end address is at 114, 116,118, 120, Regent-street ; ( IV, 22, Corithill. TWIST and LOAN COMPANY of UPPER c..NADa. 65, Moorgate-street, London. February 19, 1852. Note, 2 4E .s hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY G RICE RAL oin LTING of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at this 13r on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of March neat, at One o'clock "e l 9, to authorise the Directors to receive Money on Loan, in rdance with the 41st clause of the Act of Incorporation of the "InPany. By order, T. ➢fACDONALD, Secretary. TO SHIPPERS, CONFECTIONERS, OILMEN, &c., Re. ESSR,S. KEELING and HUNT will offer for PUBLIC SALE, at 2, Monument-yard, on WEDIqESDAY, Feb. 2 5, 1852, at twelve precisely, 100 Dozen Russian Ox Tongues. 10 cwt. Hambro' Sausages. 200 Boxes Newfoundland dried Herrings. ..• 50 Barrels American Soda Biscuits. 30' Boxes Concentrated Soup. 50 Begs Cranberries. 2 0 Pipes Citron. it% 20 Pipes Lemon Peel. 70 Half-barrels Anchovies. 6 Bottles Cape of Good Hope Preserves, &c., removed • 12 Boxes j from the Great Exhibition. • ' . 100 Mids. Ghirkins and Cauliflowers. Arrowroot. t 1 Raisins. k: Almonds. French Plums. Tamarinds. Maccaroni. Dried Orange Peel. Russia Bowls. Malta Vases. r n0 .44 ,..,d, a variety of other goods. On show one day previous and of ~t.ng of sale. Full particulars in Catalogues, which may be had 'kzELING and HUNT, Brokers, Monument-yard. • late BICESTER RAILWAY ACCI: a~ltau7 2,0 at T.—Mr. SMITH, the plaintiff in this case, laid his da -001. He settled it with the London and North-Western l atrtzi a ‘ .Corapany for 7001. For the benefit of the public as well as lini ns „„,'",2 * . W. H. lIALSE, the MEDICAL GALYANIST, of 22, ten ie d i 'Lt - scluar, London, thinks it right to state, that all the usual ben," bzen tried in Mr, Smith's case without the slightest etat;" His whole nervous system was in a dreadfully shattered Pop, and his right arm was so comtletely paralysed that it was quite aerless; not a single finger could he move. His medical adviser. rta v r eSOUrCe; recommended him to apply to Mr. HALSE to be pati e tta ,.Ped. In three weeks the paralysed arm was cured, and the Any .46 reSto4.- grati a n day ied to health. Think of this ye revilers of galvanism. receive Mr. Halse's pamphle t on medical galvanism, pc i . Post free, by remitting him two post a g e stamps to pay the wig* of it. U N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY stiARE OF ~ LONDON. PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO . Policies effected FOUR-FIFTHS. Mow n with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and gin force Cip.A . T, , f ,, at each Septennial period of division, Wil , l, pARTI (Amin -..-., FOUR.„! , ~.. ...... TIIS of the Net Profits of the Society ac-e tO thV iter Midsummer, 1850, in proportion to their contributions are.: retniutus R ocie — ty ! Profits, and according to the conditions contained in _ ; ProsPoetns.and Act of , Parliament. required by this Society for insuring Young lives wor than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers clition ullY to p r otectod fiom all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad -1.T.,„., the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Luntas. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, ActnarY. NATIONAL DEFENCES. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL YOL YTECHN IC IN STITIITION. the v Ata sk An Explanatory Description of the Prussian L. the Lancaster and - Annie Rifles, Jones's American Rifle, Co n i_ ar iollS Revolvers, and other Fire-arms, with the Improved ". Bullet, will be given by Mr. Crispe, daily at a Quarter to and at Half-past Eight in the Evenings.—A Lecture Of si ..,"'lnsic of Many Nations, by T. Thorpe Peed, Esq., Professor se d I ?itng at the Royal Academy of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, Astiv il nriday Evenings, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock.—Lecture on n ° ,l3 3', by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Wednesday and Friday Even •'..4‘ Quarter to Eight o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, Dissolv gwages (Itstlf :on, 111.• Schools and Children under Ten years of age , uni o y from Eleven to 'Five, and every Evening, except 'Leven till Half-past Ten. (1 6,.? 111 the BACK, GRAVEL, LUMBAGO, RHEUM ATISIVI. DRs th DIGESTION, DEBILITY, STRICTURE, GLEET , &c. nE ROOS'S Compound RENAL PILLS, kp e ~eir name renal (or the kidneys)-indicates, have been long tot n i; i llt , a most safe and efficacious remedy for the above dangerous 41 14 17 14 % dischafges of any kind, and diseases of the kidneys and ( nal"gans generally, whether resulting from imprudence or didd , Which, if neglected, frequently end, in stone in thebladder i gesti o :geri-ag death. By their action they correct bile and . in ralition a Purify the renal secretions, thereby preventing the for th ea "AM and establish for life the healthy functions of a ~,__kriee" ; I nB ,, • 134 d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie, per boy, through all Dost,geyst Yen dors ; or will be sent free on receipt of the price in til m itr tTP; by Dr. De Roos, 35, Ely-place, Holborn-hill, Lon- Eitht, ii„,."% nl ay be consulted daily from Eleven till One, and Five -- maY excepted, unless by previous arrangement. Advice and Medicine, 11. T .ri 0 ROUSES of PARLIAMENT tuabte Due -Are lately claimed more than ordinary attention ; .the ii 7.2 the, ° , i f st irbstanilal masonry, the classic and curious a.rchit.ec ipts"ortbir,,lndid carving and heraldic ornaments of their interior, ~- A Pseti n " „,"` the skill d genius of Great Britain. Have these the tw, — . 4 4l ‘terpart in the City? E. MOSES and SON have pro wl-1,13t0n br i ga iii ntle houses of business for the people, enriched with - X subste r , — .," BB, , t designs of British and Foreign invention, stocked --,,,,`"0 Roan fr ame—the efforts of the most celebrated artists of the a go R oi, o f t he kin 2" '',, S S of I.A - 1;11A:31E1U are the depositions of the talent — ' Bl tal —°R., E' MOSES and SON'S Establis hme n t p osse ss t h e s , - entat • , -be HOUSES Workmen in the world. :lit . -,,,, - , ,, SES of PARLIAMENT have continual standing orders, l e rs sthr„ '-DOSES and SON have the pleasure of attending to more or '6ll'as, , - ",.‘ ll sPatching them to the satisfaction of thousands, than any T h - e l the world. ' Z ' the r 2.., IT SES of PARLIAMENT devise and regulate in the affairs "Fid s u ''' 4o R. but F. AIOSES and SON devise for the whole h t . vo a r n , er e „ pt!ly'the gems of fashionable dress to the people o i f t i e s o le d ,ifireolher country, thus iegulating the entire habits of t p l etren,r lT SE.S of PARLIAMENT have lately pressed measures for dec e e t ,e ll, in the expenditure, but E. MOSES and SON have r n e; r e c,„ . Li price of clothing nearly one-halt, and hve by the mea all Oa a m : l e r : 1 : 1e their exquisite and serviceable dress acceptable se to 4 , The HOUSESof PARLIAMENT represent many departments in l oe.agticnltniat nd - represent every individual in world, but E. MOSES and SON inande,of the NOBILITY CLERGY, society, having the undisputed coin TRADESMBN;NLECRANI R GY, GENTRY, with millions of cheape4t dress in the em tr , and LABOURERS, for the best and ,P e , ; also HATS, CAFS, HOSIERY, BOOTS, SHOES, &c. Btc. The HOUSES of PARLIAMENT CO . • soIsINSIDER the AFFAIRS of t l..e COLONIES. but E. MO SES and the WORLD wiSUPTPLa aeIIHELIIIG,ERSATNanTdS " ). EVEF Y COLONY in )4 ?„,st ' SUBSTANTIAL OUTFITS WHlctri CAN BE IN t l o A lj t the comfort UP , 48 e ROUSES of PARLIAMENT are considered -*arab"! 1 ss incomplete, and not ad by some Ho e Jembers , B esire but E. MOSES and SOWS Estab --,,s n r . .--__ to ape aid their praductions secure such eoinfb " y very wa It's the -.w orld but theirs can impart. , .v. no clothing ta ut ,_. faiseh om i ttlsosition ; k ving illatculiu'''LX. Moses and Son regret t h h a ft vi t nf te t o lear li n cir Establishment,'; ft- " ln3 wllre guardtr,, the Public salve ,‘,-- Of being connected With e t d to in many instances , +.7 l kis vac erit ' n has been res9rt that they have no eon and xi f : n r -elm high , 3 ' other house in or out of -,, ii toi ens. They beg to state Landon, except their own, Esta . ''''tts, as follows '— - 'encle . . • ' 11, 41,0 A n . Pty Establishment, all communicating. ' -n " 86 . Aldgate, opposite the Church, 151, 155, 150. and 157. Miaorte,,, mi , kid a ,-,..__.w est-end Branch, , , , ' -,.. .ri-street, all communicating. -- 506 507 504 New Oxford-street, 1, It, Bradford_„ Yorkshire Branch, 19, Bridge -4re° ' '4511101,1 Branch, 36, Fargate. 641. _ Boat and gh°s kakes, Clothiers, Ratters, 7.osiers. FurrlerS, _ 1 , - • °nd ( ;'eneral Ontfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Zist ' iab lishments aro closed from sunset FridaY s h r e il ), ............_ Sl ' W "VI business is mimed till Twelve o'cloct. to annot on THE SILENT FRIEND. Opp, Six STX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. T , --- "ArtiG THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. ..nttit,,,,, Oh p r ,....w by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Eisgravman. ' ' x... &CAI, DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA - A, N ....:` ,.... Ac 1TY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. "" Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d, by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps. .11: 11- ,,, SILENT FRIEND, a rifoklisnl Work on • -..e exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by 'ter t „„,_ la dulgence, the consequences of infection , or the abuse of letv e 7Y , with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol rey: 113, o bservations en Marriage, one the disualifications which 1:.0,41t. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By B. and L. s treet Tl ln d CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, ft eniers-street, Oxford ply, tn ' '-^:„ moil. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster °Uilee---.."41 hi , Hammy, ;Bar and Sanger. tan. Oxford-street too, fe uea danha il -atreet lay, 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sut- Yard ; r i,' Bo g Church-yard ;W. Edwards. p , -.utter, 4. Cheapside ; It. Johnson, 68, Cornhill. 67, St. Paul's Church -1.,X.:x andeats of the anatomy and pnyswlogY 7.844. la Illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. .JI roe re-rmductive ' l tilgazZZ l . 4eite of tke consequences resulting from i..xcessive in irfteritc.",,,,aue. their lamentable effects on the system, producing '4eekAteti.: bodil y weakness, nervous excitement, and generative P ,• Luustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. the ci i ; x ll l. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in ile ir tre. ar37 4.- °r eueuudurY form, and contains explicit directions for 4 64. "'"ent• This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Eng: av kiii,7.,' L T. Contains a Remit:4lv for the Prevention of Disease by a I...e_uPpllcation, by which the danger of infection is obviated. thole is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du- Cr,Whole 1 4!tules of unproductive union are also considered, and the 4 tax -et crni callY and philosophically inquired into. sro atk :usuiA L 1 3 ,,,.. _ ~. in ' .... (ir 15 YRIACUM is exclusively emp loyed Der I„_e.he e rvou ff ....1 r illn;d7 C r, The Concentrated Detersive Essence , an ..... sem:Al debility, impotenoe, &c., 11x. and . 335. l qtript 4 , l ' r Purifying the blood in cases infection, secondary miu.sypinlitic ~_ u 2, eruptions, and the s of ' and 335. per ..,, p„.„.„. purit _, abuse of mercury, 11 a. _. . 8 1 eol ~-'' • TIPFX Specific pill % i g ed. Chrome 4......_certaba remedy for * ' ii. 4 e . ,„,,,_.untnation of the bladder.gonorrhaia, ales 1 t stricture, and tiot — "Lute detail of the ease lif by letter, Consultation fee,. 08... , t lia l / 4 1n. 344 7. 34 Pa ckets , 8 required: age, habits, and P I R - 7•11 t Mel • with advice, to o at the ;tete -harropt - .7. bY" which the fee I/ - u bad ' str ftt: are in otto o 4 m „ , daily . a .. is saved. Mewl'. Perry, IT 10 2 11441 4 thtli Riffeell till INN ' tl9 llerners-street, Oxford /4'ft Qin u. and Flve to Eight ;DO Sun- r S' 8 both 11 „,,, ° W ir* 13/0" . 65he ort ers ' fero c6 I‘l3i limite d ► t s:si sA' il v i n g Eamt44 BO r ilober' rdsbiret O W' ge, t'l3. 2 _ 1 .; of rl Louie. socb i ' hid of 0. 1 1 ' 1 ° g„ 0. oteete7 itt> • 11 , • • • • r • • • f • 5 . 7 t 4 2 1 Q A . / • • I A , ! Vk • .owl o 44 ,4 : 4 A• - `' ,/".= \ ~,, • .3141:1 - A / t•-••_=lE. - • - 4 H. ) 014. • 7 , No'•• / . 4; . .••• / • ° • ci,Ss - DA— ~.\\‘ ,“ .e' slls- ' • • ; 4 • t e ' D vIT -or" • • that 4ay. He Should be very glad that the differences ;wild be settled by the proprietors, but, not thinking that possible at a meeting of the present sort, he hoped that with the expression of opinion heard from the pro rietors that day the details would be lefria the hands of directors.—(Hear, hear.) - The report was then adopted. The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend of 31. for every loot. stock, and so on, in proportion, be declared, the same to be payable on the 25th inst.—Agreed to. Mr. Glyn ,was then unanimously re-elected chairman. Mr. Thomas Smith, Mr. William Rotheram, and Mr. Robert Benson, were re-elected, and Mr. 'Robert Gill (chairman of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company) and Mr. Richard Creed were elected directors. The Coventry and Nuneaton shares were then eon vetted into the stock of the company; and after the ustial vote of thanks to the Chairman, thcineeting sepa rated. The proceedings lasted two hours and a half. [PRICE SD. TILE COAST OF AFRICA. PORTSMO_UTH, SUNDAY EVENING.--The Sampson ate . am -fr4ias te, 6 , Captain Lewis T. J o nes, arrived at s paliewl this evening from the coast of Africa station. Stift left ,Lago' s on the 6th of January, touched at Badagry the same day, w h en the 7th, Quitah on the AcornBtn, cera on the 9th, Ca Coast Castle on the 'loth, Sierra Leone on the 24th Teneeffe on the 4th Madiera on'the 6th, Lisbon on the 11th, and left Lisboa on the lath. she has been just a year absent from England, and, with the e ashore and requiring docki ng to z repair exception; her ' of hazing been of keel, she is in admirable and highly er e dition. She has been most actively employed o n t coast of Africa, having gone over upwards of 22,000 miles, w hi c h were with sail and steam combined 5,000 of 6,000 with st-am alone, and 11,000 under sail only. She has taken two. prizes, and has been remarkably healthy, a case of fever havi n g a pp eared. She saiis ani sc arcely steams well, and is a good who lesome man - lf - wae • She re ports that, t h e majority of _ the wouaded at Lagos were fast- recov ering on board the Penelope at the time she left, but some few severe and dangerous eases still caused anxiety. The Harlequin, 12, was off Lagos, watching the formation of King Aketoi's new Govern ment. The Niger, 6, screw-sloop, Commander Heath, was off Badagry. The Philomel, 10, Commander T. G. Forbes, was attending the conference at Abomey, f or the suppression of the slave traffic. The Volcano steam sloop was off Quitah. The blockade ja still inforce, dint vessels with cargoes engaged are allowed till the Ist of March. Commander T. G. Forbes was at Abbeokuta engaged in organizing the forces of the town for de fence, and developing the resources of the country. Abbeokuta is expected to become a very important place now that its seaport, Lagos, is open for legal commerce. Lagos is the key of the country, healthy and well situated for trade; the bar may be passed in a good sailing vessel four days out of seven, and has 10 feet on it at high. water. Commander Lavie, of the Alecto steam-vessel, has come home invalided in the Sampson, which brought a mail from Lisbon and a dispatch from the British Minister at that Court for Lord Granville, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The reading of the promotions for the affair of Lagos in the papers sent off to the Sampson did not create much satisfaction on board. It seems some of the officers who were most prominently engaged have not been rewarded. X 80,599,13 10 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC4X k STITUTION.* _ We have rarely attend e d scientific lectures where the audience has been more attentive or more interested than with those which the able Professor of Chemistry, Mr. J. H. Pepper, is now delivering here on the Allo tropic Conditions of Oxygen, called Ozone. Most habitues of lectures would imagine that there was no thing new to be learned respecting oxygen, the universal favourite, the promoter of nearly all th e fi zzes , b angs , and stinks of the laboratory; but science is ever unfold ing novelties, and oxygen, under the name of ozone (from the Greek signifying to smell), is certainly wor thy of the most elaborate investigation. Its formation was shown in three ways :-Ist, by treating air with phosphorus half covered with water; 2d, from the oxy gen derived from the voltaic decomposition of water; 3d, by electrifying air as in the electrical aura. Eaeis of these processes eliminated ozone, proved by the action of the iodide of potassium and starch test, and also by its powerful bleaching agency, and from indigo. The destruction of ozone by a red heat was also demon strated in a very beautiful experiment, devised by Fara day, and the 'craned lecturer concluded this discourse by explaining that the chief interest of the study of ozone was in consequence of its being, no doubt, em ployed in the grand processes of nature. This carious ag ora would seem to be connected with the healthiness of the atmosphere, as during the prevalence of cholera no ozone could be perceived in the air, whilst afterwards an exccss of this agent appeared to promote epidemics, such as influenza, &c. An excess or deficiency of ozone were therefore both:to be deprecated, the precise balance only being conducive to health. Oz ale was a disin fectant, and destroyed noxious and putrescent exhala tions. In town it was absorbed and could not be appre ciated, whilst in the country it existed in the atmo sphere, producing no doubt that difference which every one understood so far as health was concerned, but which analysis iu all its delicacy could not establish. We shall hope to give Mr. Pepper's very excellent lec ture on Amorphous Phosphorus in another report. . . _ off. Raby bdo, Thurs. Witton, bridge; Sit. Afantield-11. Cleveland b yluira. Dansdale-bridge-,rlpi. Worthing harts., Tues. Chantry-post; Fri. Steep-down t~ v~v +LM SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENT S . The Sinning ton :tvcitiq , `wilt,meet-ortakpiosi. at Wail . 1 Fri. llovingham-10. Bedale 1145., Thura . Haeldall; Sat. trelby -11. - IVIK - Ti - eliii - srffi hds., Tues. Carew Arms; Fri. Lang on -hall-10f. Lord Lonsdsle's harrs., Fri. Puttenham-12. Herefordshire' hds., Tues. Hall-eourt; Fri. Aconbury riory-14. Southdown lids., Fri. Alfriston-10f. ILord Redvsdale's hds,, Thurs. Ey ford; Sat. Barford 10f. South Oxfordshire Hs., Tues. Stadhampton-gate; Fri. Forest -hill- 10 f. r Mr. Drake's Ms., Tues. Fringford-bridge; Thurs. irk u ggersh2l l -village; Sat. Trafford-bridge-4o . Old Berkshire lids., Tues. Bablock - hyt he ; Fri. Step firrn-10f. .V. W. a has., Tees. Red Lodge; Thurs. Driffield village; Sat. Felrford-park-10f , York and 'Ainsty hds., Tues. Skelton; Thurs. Ribston lall; Sat, Naburn-104. Sir W. W. Wynn's lids., Toes. Chorlton Hull; Thurs. Baschurch-station; Fri. Otel Th ey-park-10f, S u rrey Union hde., urs. Chantry-dowws; Sat. Norburppark- 10 f. North Staffordshire lids., Tues. Stoke-Beath; Fri. 1 hgestrie-1 0 f. Somerset and Wilts hds., Fri. Leighton turnpike -gate -- r i y h tchiey bds., Tues. Lilbour ne; F r i . Dallington; Sat. Staverton-101. Tues. Diddl es d en . par k ; Lord Southampton's hds., Fri. Foxley; Set. Hauslo pe - Park-11. Mr. Lort Phillips's lids., Thurs. Woodstock-10. Oakley lids., Thurs. Cranfield ; Sat. Milton-101 Ur. Morgan's hds., Th urs. Southwood, Buckland Abbey-10f. S RNE MAILS. [ic tagnlflca that S hag are sent froze the General Post-office by the night—and Xi by the morning --dispatch.] N` ) . 18 ) 540. ] LONDON, MONDAY .- 4. G : • . , WATERWORKS COMPANY fur MADRID. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital 800,0001., in 80,0001. Shares of 10/. each, (Of which '21,300 are appropriated.) • Deposit 1/. per Share. " DIRECTORS. 1 Lieut.-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox. - • ' " " Joseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, Southga!e. Lewis 11. Ilaslewood, Esq., Highgate. • R. S. Wilkinson, Esq., Pall-mall, London. James Walkinshaw, Esq., Parthenon Club. Charles Waring, Esq., Haworth Hall, Rotherham. E. W. Roberts, Surbiton, Surrey. Williams„ Esq., Merchant, Madrid. (With poWer to add to their number.) BANKERS —Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co. CONSULTING ENGINEER —James Simpson, Esq., Great George-street, Westminster. ACTING ENGINEER —A. M. Ross, Esq., Parliament-street, Westminster. SOLICITOR —James Wheeler, Esq, Upper Charles•street, Westminster. SECRETARY —Mr. T. P. Bond. Offices, 42, Charing-cross. The City of Madrid, which contains a population of 250,000 souls, is the worst supplied with water in Europe. Excepting a few pri vate springs, there are no • other means of obtaining this first ele ment of llie, but from the public fountains, which are wholly insuffi cient, and fail in their• supplies. Several thousand persons are now employed in the mere-labour of carrying water to, and distributing it over, the houses, at an ascertained expense for 'carriage alone of 6s. Bd. per 1,000 gallons,, or in the aggregate prom 120,0001. to 150,0001. per annum. It has long been an anxious aim of the authorities to remedy this great and growing mischief; and at length, a scheme has been ma tured for bringing a supply of water to MactiiirproPortionate to the wants of the people, by a oonduit from the river Lozoy a, about 52 miles distant, the waters of which are found to be at once pure, healthful, and abundant, whilst the nature .of the elevations, and other local consideratibus, are suitable for its conveyance. The requisite plans, estimates, and detailed reports have been prepared by the Government and Municipality of Madrid, and it is found that the works necessary may be substantially executed by an expenditure which will not exceed 1,100,0001., of which sum the authorities at Madrid are prepared to provide 450,1pl1: The English promoters having first submitted to Mir. ampson, the eminent Engineer, the plans and reports. 9t the., Spanish officials and' the proposals thereon, subsequently dispatched to Madrid Mr. A M. Ross; with experienced asfistants, carefully to inspect the country to be traversed, and to investigate the local peculiarities of Madrid, the Government reports, plans, and estimates ; and his reports confirm the views of the Spanish Government as to the ex cellence and sutliciescy of the proposed . supply, the soundness and scientific fitness-of the works so far as executed, the • perfect feasi bility of the whole other cost. • • Applications for Shares, which must be accompanied by . a satisfac tory reference, may be made to Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., 15, Angel-count; or to Messrs. Oswin, Toutal; and Co., 10; Angel-court, Throgmorton-street ; and to R. S. Wilkinson, Esq., 3, St. Mildred's court, Poultry ; at the Company's - Otlices, 42, Charing-cross ; at all of which Plans, Prospectuses, and Forms of Application may be obtained. T HE WEST of IRELAND LAND INVEST MENT COMPANY. Incorporated by Royal Charter. By which the liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount • of•their shares. Capital, 500,0001., in 2.4000 .shares of 251. each. With power 10 increase to One Million. A Deposit of 11. 10s. per Share payable on Allotment. TRUSTEES. The Right lion. the Earl of Devon. gir John Young, Bart., M.P. Joseph Cockileld Dimsdale, Esq. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. William Digby Seymour, Esq., 2, Inner Temple-lane, and 29, Thur -I°e-square, Brompton. Rear-Admiral Sir William Henry Dillon, K.C.H., 23, Burton-crescent. Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esq., Q.C., MX., Crown Office-row, Inner Temple. Joseph John Wright, Esq., Dep.-Lieut., Sunderland. Rear-Admiral Sir Richard O'Conor, K.C.H., 6, Stanhope-terrace, Hyde-park. Joseph Hannah, Esq., Bridge-street, Westminster, and Stockwell, Surrey. John Murray, Esq., C.E., 5, Whitehall. Joseph Napier Higgins, Esq.. M.R.1.A., 3, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn. Daniel Adolphus Lange, Esq., 82, Mark-lane, City, and Drayton Grove, tsrompton. George Hudson, Jun., Esq., Albert -gate, and Newby Park, Tbirsk. The Rev. S. Harvey Ashworth, J.P., 10, South Audley-street, Gros venor-square, and of East Woodhay, Hants. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. London--Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers, and Barnard. Ireland—The Provincial Bank of Ireland. STANDING COUNSEL. England—Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C. I re l an d—J o seph Napier, Esq., Q.C., M-P -SOLICITORS. Messrs. Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn. Mr. Evan Hare, Temple. AGENT IN DUBLIN. • Walter Bourne, Esq., 18, Fitzwilliam-Square West. • SECRETARY. Captain Bridges John Hooke. The West of Ireland La n d I nves tment Company Propose to pur chase estates in the province of Connaught, and to improve and let on lease, or resell the same in such portions as may be deemed ad visable. The extremely low price of land in that portion of the Kingdom, its unrivalled natural resources, the uLiformly peaceful and loyal character of Its inhabitants, added to the cheapness and security of the title) which can now be acquired under the Encum bered Estate Court), are a few of the obvious advantages that must recommend the present undertaking to th e The Directors have the satisfaction of stating, that out of the numerous plans for a land company in connexion with Ireland, which of late years have been submitted to the Board of Trade, the present is tue first, which has received the approbation of her Ma jesty's 'Government. On the sale of any of the lands of the Company, the produce is to be either divided rateably among the shareholders, or re-invested in further purchases if deemed expedient. By the terms of the cnarter the Board of Trade have the appoint ment of one of the Company's auditors. For prospectuses and further details application may be made to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, 75, Comilla. • FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the West of Ireland Land Investment Company. Gentlemen, I request you will allot to me Shares of 251. each in the above Company. I agree to accept the same, or any less number allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and all future Calls as and when made payable, and to sign the Deed of Settlement when required. Residence•.... ....... •• •• •• Occupation .... .. .... .. ........ Reference•..........• An early day will be flied for the allotment of shares. FREMONT ESTATES SA and CAL GOLD NIA MINES COUNTY of MARIPO, IFOR. SALE to THOMAS DENNY SARGENT, Esq. We the undersigned Solicitors have this day examined the fo ] lowing documents : _ _ . Ist. A Notarial Copy of the Power of Attorney, dated San Fran cisco, Ist October, 1851, from Colonel John Charles Fremont to Colonel Thomas H. Benton, recorded in the District Court of Co lumbia, on 22d January, 1852, authorising the latter to bargain, sell, and convey the Mariposas Estate of Colonel Fremont, and gene rally giving to Colonel Benton full power and authority touching the premises, to do, execute, proceed, and finish in all things, in as maple a manner as he, Colonel Fremont might do if personally pre sent, thereby ratifying and confirming all that his attorney, Colonel Benton, might lawfully do touching all the aforesaid business, 2d. A Notarial Copy of a Deed of Ratification, dated 29th Ja nuary, 1852, signed by Colonel Fremont, by Colonel Benton, as his said attorney, ratifying the Sale, made on 7th July last, by Mr. Flandin, in New York, to Mr. Thomas Denny Sargent, of t he Ma riposa Estate, which sale had been accepted by Mr. Sargent on the Bth of August following. ' 3d. A Notarial Copy of the Conveyance by Colonel Fremont, dated the 29th January, 1852, signed by Colonel Benton, as his at torney to Mr. T. D. Sargent, of the Mariposas Estates, together with all rents, royalties, and premiums of every nature whatsoever due, or accruing due to Colonel Fremont, subsequent to the said Bth day of August last. And we have to state that the Notarial Copy of the said deed of ratification is certified to be correct by George Woodman, Notary Public, New York, and the Notarial Copies of the said Power of At torney and Conveyance; ate certified as correct by Charles de Seld ing, Notary Public, at Washington, and his Certificate is verified by the Honourable James Dunlop, Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of Columbia—further by the Honourable Daniel Webster, Secretary of State for the United States ; and further by the Honou on ra forble John F. Crampton, the present Ambassador at Washing t Great Britain. And we further certify that in our opinion the said several instru ments do convey all Colonel Fremont's interest in the entire estate of M ariposas to Mr. Thoraas Denny Sargent, his heirs and assigns for ever, together with all rents, royalties, and Premiums, of every nature whatsoever, due, or accruing due, to Colonel Fremont, sub sequent to the said Bth of August last. And we farther find by the arrangements made between Mr. Sargent and Colonel Fremont, acting by Colonel Benton, as his attorney, that Mr. Sargent has the full power, while the instalments of the agreed purchase money shall be duly paid, to grant, donfirm, annul, and extend leases, to grant waivers of forfeiture, and to do all and everything appertaining to the ownership iii fee simple of the estate Solicitors of the West Mariposa HUGHES, KEARSEY, and 31ASTERMAN, Gold Mine Com an y. .Solicitors of the WILKINSON, GURNEY, and STEVENS,/ Ave Maria Gold Mining Company. - JOHN DUNCAN', Solicitor of Thomas Denn y Sar g ent, Esq. London, 21st Feb., 1852. ARGYLL L AURENT'S CASINO, ROOMS, Great St. James's. of the The PRIZE QUADRILLE, awarded to Mr. J. R. Tutton, _ Royal Done Guards (Blue), will be played every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. 13 oul court. Windmill-street, Doors open at Eight o'clo'ck. 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He may be consulted with advan tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of 1: - .tcr years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas ng misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, Idly. tram Ten till l'w end from Six-till Eigbi- IMPORTANT DECISION. POTTERIES COUNTY COURT. SWAIN AND CO. V. BRIGGS AND DOODY. This action, which was tried before a jury, occupied the Court from half•past six till midnight en Friday night, and excited so much interest, that, notwithstand ing the lateness of the hour, the court was crowded to the close. Mr. Swain, the plaintiff, carries on a large wholesale business in London, under the firm of Swain and Co., and is the proprietor of the Registered Syrian Paletot, the rival of Mears. Nicoll's garment. The defendants are extensive and very respectable mercers and drapers at Stoke-upon-Trent. The action was brought to re cover the amount of 142/. 103. for goods sold and de livered. Mr. Collette, of the firm of Prichard and Col- tette,' London, conducted the plaintiff's case; Mr. J, Stev6ton for defendants. From the evidence it ap. neared that Mr. Swain called on defendants on the 12th or 13th of May with samples of his paletots and jlckels, and solic:tid their inspection of them. The re sult of the interview was an order for the amount already stated, which was executed on the 271 h of May. On the 4th of June the defendants 'wrote to Mr. Swain, propos- inn that some of the geods.should be exchanged for others of a stouter quality. Mr. Swain acquiesced, and on re ceiving the returns , with a further order, some days afterwards, caused the goods wished for in ex change to be forwarded; but as the order sent on the occasion by the defendants did not amount by some pounds to the invoice value of the goods returned he made up the amount by sending a larger proportion of jackets, of which their first letter (now produced) had spoken highly. Meantime the defendants had sent back o Mr. Swain a coat torn in several places, and about the time the parcel of exchange goods should have ar rived at Stoke a second letter was received from the de fendants, complaining of the quality of some of the jackets, and countermanding altogether the order for the very goods they themselves had so commended. Some days after this the case of exchange goods was sent back to London, in pursuance of the countermand, but Mr. Swain refused to receive it, and it remained in the carrier's hands. There was some unpleasant correspon dence, and a still more unpleasant interview with Mr. Swain and Mr. Briggs, and eventually proceedings were commenced in the Court at Westminster, on which occasion the defendants paid 151. into court, which was withdrawn on finding that the Westminster Court had no jurisdiction in the matter, the cause of action having arisen elsewhere. On proceedings being taken in the local court the defendants again paid 151. into court, as the invoice value of the portion of goods which they retained out of those first ordered, and for which alone they acknowledged their liability. During the bearing of the case the plaintiff produced the samples exhibited to the' defendants in his first interview with them, and stated that those supplied were far superior to his samples. He also stated that, * although he had sent out 1,000 garments weekly, he had only had three returned, out of transactions extending over some years, and among 1,100 agents. Mr. John Swain, the director of the plaintiff's ..vvarehoutes, deposed that the goods s ent out were taken indiscriminately from " stock , " and that the torn jacket retur ne d c ould not have been brought to such a state by fair means, emphatical l y adding that " it was regularly mangled by violence." Mr. Neale, foreman to their agent at Walsall, and Mr. W. Mounteastle, jun., Manchester, gave evidence as to the cheapness and quality of Messrs. Swain's goods, as extensively sold by them, and said they considered the m superior to Nicoll's in all respects. For the defence, Mr. Ihody admitted that the good had undergone no examination till the torn_ jacket was returned to them, and the countermand was sent to Mr. Swain after that occurrence. When the cx• change goods, came :they were inclined to keep them, notwithstanding the circumstance, and only sent them back cn finding that they were open to the same objec tions as the first lot. Mr. Beardmore, th© defendants' cutler, gave evidence, in a truly Hibernian accent, as to the deficiency of " sthays." Mr. Crosbie, of Stafford, elppeared to support the defence, but was rebuked by the Learned Counsel for the intoxicated state in which he appeared, and ordered to stand down. In summing sip to the jury, his Honour (R. G. Temple, Esq.) said the case was important both in point of principle and in point of, fact. The question was, not whether the goods supplied by this eminent .firm were equal to ituy one else's, but whether they were equal to the samples ex hibited to the defendants before their order was given. That bad not been denied. Indeed, they were admitted to be superior to those samples. If they could have been shown to have been at all inferior to sample, that would have been material, but it had not even been attempted. ..The proposal to exchange some of the goods for others was made after the execution and acceptance of the first order, and that acceptance, and consequent liability, was shown by the very terms of the defendants' letter, in which they asked to be " allowed" to make the exchange, and expressed a wish to have heavier material instead of the light paletots, adding, " we have no doubt we shall get through a good mnny of the stouter jackets." After this acceptance and dealing with the goods sent in ac cordance to the first order, the defendants had no right to repudiate it, and to countermand the order for the goods in exchange; but Messrs. Swain having liberally acquiesced in that eXchaug,e were entitled to send goods in pursuance, thereof to the amount returned to them. As to the quality of goods they might or might not be superior to Mr. Nicoll's; but that had nothing to do with the case, unless there was distinct warrantry, which nobody attempted to show; and his Honour thought it scarcely fair to submit such luxurious articles as the Syrian Palstot to the severe test of rough wear, or put ting a garment intended for a thin man upon one of hu g e bulk, either of which ci rcumstances might have happened in the single instan ce on which the present defendants seemed to rely in iproof that the goods were defective. The jury gave an immediate verdict for t e whole amount claimed, and costs .—Staffordshire Adver tiser, Feb. 21. ..., r AnvERTISEMENT. °three of Weak Stomachs and 3 Bad ll D °l i Digestion.—These ° e s W t i a o Y n : finest stomachic and the most invigorating medicine ever p h a e t a e l t . h 3 , li o digestion, llowitly,s known for weak stomachs. Persons of the most delicate con stitutions may use them with the most perfect safety. A few by pills v' h iacrheLP T i h ll e s se fo p r ills the ar C e doses soon improve the tone of the stomach, and induce from catching cold whilst using for bile, sick efficacious headaches, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment ,. , liver complaints, and affections of the lungs, and a h tEo n h e as s e y i tlm l y h u b. a ff r d i e s r h n s e m e o r v s ie d e never tb r d y a dared to t ,D t o o r rs e u a d tg n rg t t a i o in c s i: may be resorted to at any season without fear of danger arising London. • CONVERSION OF A CATHOL IC —The Rev. Charles L. Fisher, who boutsome time since filled with to th t e he ße P v. W. officia tingS.ThoasPsianewerEbSeTenANTlSM t ltep o s post conjointlyof chaplainh Agar, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Lyme Regis, announced , I T E nd on the intention, on the 18th instant, to abjure the Popish fa l ig states eof the tie gation of ensuing Sabbath to attend the parish chureb.nvesti change in his views to be the result of an 1 the Scriptures with a view to testing the doctrines Papal Church. FLOATING FISH MARKETS. —At Petersburgh, Copenhagen, and several other ports in the Baltic, the fishermen have got large floating tanks where fish are kept a live. Buyers go to these tanks, and the water being very clear, the fish are seen swimming about in them. The seller of fish has a long pole with a hoop and net fitted on one end. When a buyer sees a fish that pleases the eye, an order is givm to lift it out of the water. The seller, having intro duced his net carefully beneath it, and lifting it up, on exa mination., should the buyer not be satisfied, . it- again re turned to the tank, and another is brought out, and so on. Surely such a system as this must be the very essence of perfection in the fah trade. LONDON AND ys ai at o i RAILWAY IN NORTH-WESTERN. TELLIGENCE. On Friday the bale. numerously attended. directors; G. C. Glyn, Es con:Tony was held at th e. E 3' general meeting of this reaTdi:oanatidvetrhteismemineunttees::fq.hol. us L t p oi: Station, and was verb e ‘t th chairman h l a a i s r t m an half-yearly oft he board e eth i of The CHAIRMAN addressed the the meeting having been confirmed, - - lowing effect :—Gentlemen part of the information i the.proprietors to the fol. your attention for a very sitter'twenlii bee. to trespass on, First, I will take 'the liberty views as' to your general ' period whilst I state my the accounts, and I hope ther e other members of the board. afterwards require to leaving the greater will agree in opinion wthalluding to the steal of me, thatvvith regard to . them, you be detailed to you by: thYo°4ol:4l3"rtayiell' Great Exhibition has realisee, trail's ' derived ffec s t e o i f a tt t i h a n factory. The result of the:' they are highly satis 7 that the apprehension I entertaifi PY lest :expectations ; and I former occasion; namely, that the from 'the to be able to state urn happy will perceive, our fult traffic would probably lead to a cofiap and expressed on a iii the ,You will see of our traffic, has -not been the item of por tionsexpendi- Eoxthheibritient n that ve ; therebut, i has n e every yn instance,an increase th a arisen from the ne e of the Exhibition cessity of providing for the large t t h ra a ff i s with the exception of that arising from the maintenance of way, and this, in consequence _e be twabur reyenne, which you the repairs done to stations, is made a charge , must expect frouiAime to tametame te To _ inerittfe.f expense 1a le.- called upon to defray.--(Heels', bear.) coniouve power for the past . year -u -over the previous half-year is 20, 000 /.; in the coa ching department it is 10,0001.; and upon the m erchan d i se 9500/ ' . ac counts, gentlemen, I. am happy to announce :f ac Y f our dividend for tunate as to be enable us to propose an increase this half-year; and should we b that it in the permanently at able to continue that increase for do, in labour that re another half-year, I at th it e i l s igh in t o .o f n a r this half-year in am anxious that you should rather shape of a bonus and not conceive held out en o d t th s a uch a course. permanent dividend. end. You power at prtsent to keep up the divid en d six percent . I hope you will view theincrease as large .d something e p o ro n p se r g ie u t e o n rs ce in of the h 0 0 i tlya:goemeextitme n e t e o d f o bonus, though we have not done that • likeY o u s w i il p l e r r ec c o e l n i t e . c w t would be the result of the adoption . are not to suppose, then, that if we continuet the six per cent. this half-year, and perhaps next h a lt veer and if then we go back to our former-'' half-year— and always our that that should be considered like rate, a breaking down of oar dividend.—(Hear.) I think I may congra- tulate you generally on t he p osition of the company. There has been an increase of traffic in every branch, and I must say that the ratio of that increase looks if it would be likely be comp ensate us for theeffectsas of competition. We. have in creased that des cription traffic which is usually atten ded with remarkable of e results to the people of this country. We have encouraged the coal traffic to a very considerable extent, and the saving been effected to individuals on t hat account has really extraordinary. Again, la m ha ppy to thin k that the agricultural part of the populstion are now beginning to appreciate the value . of the railwa y s to a greater ex tent then they ever did before . They are be ginning find out and acknowledge no w, that no t only to additional saving of money ca n be effected, but that t an ha great social comforts and fa cilities can be afforded by t advantages conferred by railway communication.--(gear, hear.) Last half-year a curious fact was deve loped. I was the di s covery—and it is cur ious in the se days itt should be a discovery—of a la r g e mineral district - ln Nottinghamshire ; and, as betwe en that nei g hbour hood and parts of Staffirdshire much trade is carried on, that discovery will very probably lea d to a considerable increase of our traffic. W e here also renewed ou r contract with the Lost-office during the past half-year; and, though Ido not mention that circumstance a s likel y to be produc tive of great increase, yet it sho ws that we have a g ain met the public service, and placed it on a footing of mu tual arrangement. In short, if you view the effect of the railway system generally throug hout En g land, and g o back to the period before that system was brought into play, I am at a loss to know what the condition of this country would be without railway s.—(flear, he a r .) I believe its condition's wou ld have retrograded if this mighty system had not been brought out about the pe riod • It was. There is one instan ce in p roof of this to which lam fond of adverting--I mean the penny post a_ e,..a scheme in which all parties from the h ig h e s t t o theowest are interested : h ow could that have bee n carried on without railways ?---(llear, hear.) Why, without them you could not have moved the weights, nor facilitated the conveyance of transit, nor otherwise realised that great scheme of Mr. Rowland Hill for the general improvement of the social condition of the p: ople.—(Rear.) Gentlemen, lam quite certain of this —that I never addressed you at a time when, upon the whole. I was,more confident of your position and prospects than lam at - ourproperty is sound, and it is as gradually developieg itself as any reasonable man had a right to expect, and it is better than I at one period antic • pated it would have been. who i But, in spite of those say that lam too much dis posed to act the part of a wet blanket—(Laug hter)— there must ho a little reverse. If left alone. we are as prosperous an uudbrtaking as any in the kin g dom.— (Hear, hear, and applause . ) It is not the dispos ition of my mind to act the part Of a wet blanket—on the con trary, I am rather Bangui it right to state to you ile than otherwise; but I think attention. Let me refer the facts which pre ss upon my as external operations; a , a,. then, to our internal, as well notices this year comprise Q when I tall you that the in troduced into Parliament, f ortYstwo projects to be affect us, you will see that which directly or indirectly be externally, yet-.internallyhowever prosperous we may watch our interests. (]jeer, we must endeavour to jects have died of the are h eart . ) Some of these pro, . course of nature. Others, I tun sorry to say, are going on; and the vexation, and ass u re s, you, opposingconsiderafile and watching them are, I will see . from the ace; Your legal expenses, you reason why Ido 'not ts, are increasing, and the idea of decreasing them hold out to you the slightest they are now all chargedat present is this —because will 0 1 1 1 Y eomeel—tbut, against revenue. If you use—if you will only perha-lls, is the proper word to their legal expenses compel other companies to put capital—(Hear, hear) against --.are revenue, and not against gating the evil; but as long ealight have a chance of miti tary contests to fight on tie m we have these ex penses Parliame ntary cannot be decreased,present footing, these trouble and cost of watoeh We have not only the but we have the en/eels-tat and opposing these projects, var i e ty of measures something likewise that in such a will be detrimental o you l eg' may creep through that railways. What we want is interests and the interests of carrying these projects throughig some general principle in the Parliamentary Committee Parliament; for I believe hoaourably, and do their t j'tce act their part fairly and they have no general pr i ac . i . t i Y; but they complain that and, therefore, by insane of by w hich to be guided, professions of couneel e th eonflictitig evidence stud the which must be in m an y Ca ? are led to arrive at decisions body of the railway thtere s s e t a detrimental to the general ever we may have the hone,;,, But,', I hope, that when ever have considered the measures in question, it may mentary.campaign.—near, a h good report of our Parlia- I , ou r immediate relation s vieehtar.) I will now touch on am happy to state that " o th er companies. I ne e c onformity with what I tetar;-it our last meeting — in —namely, that our dispute :, I mentioned at the time with should be settled by' a p r oper referee, ,although the the Great Northern question did not take the shapeit was limited, as we conceived,we wished, and al thou g h u tility, nevertheless the Great so as to impair its agreed to refer to Mr. Glad Northern and ourselves sto authority--a question at issue h Gladstone—a most competent ewe, to a limited district of cu between us with refer been' given; it is awaiting its final His award has then it will be acted upon. s ine "' legal shape; and com munication has been re-opened : that period a panies, which leads me to hope th :t t ween the two com panies, nut, perhaps, f a more extensive nent a charietist as tlielaiit, may be' ° quite so perma- Therefore's - SIP Or as' the Groat oat Northern effected between us. conceraelatve , Ray look forward t o a charms Company is test, riOw, continued for months witii e of the eon abtitedt(Hear, hear.) I abstain frontseveity, being relative to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. the question so complicated that I will not attempt to It is. I believe it must be settled by th e P - to unravel it.. at all . events the position of the cou rts of law ; companies with the directors is such prietors of both cannot be decided without the courts f that I think it pad to the Great Western, we are inathlaw. With re as when last we met, except that um:, same position common interest we are uniting with tViii-one point of object which will be mutually beneficial t o ,to effect an regard to any comment on our relation O 11S both, With with them, I pose at this moment to abstain from any pro gentlensen, I cannot quite quit that subject remark. But, ferring to a paper which has bad extensive without ro tted which is dated " Manchester, Dec. 181.ive circulation, " One of Yourselves?' It is in the form of. an" and signed, letter, bat has the names of some most highly anonymous proprietors affixed to it. It purports to n addressed to the directors of both oar companies •;',it i s h i joint proprietors; and holding as they do that:'d by 1,100 cannot pass it over n i'hout notice. I ziet Position, I whether it is your inteution to take action ti_t not aware en it at this meeting. Here two proprietors iu the body of the m de clared, that altho u g h their signatures were affixedetng i to it, they had not signed it themselves, nor authorised any any person to sign it on their behalf. The CHAIRMAN continued—Gentlemen, this letter was sent to me, and I oen not Fesponsible 1 , ,)1. any a con nected with it. It was se nt with the intention doubtless tless p of producing on the minds of Your executive a ab certain effect. I asked whether any proprietor was ut to take action on it , an d if there be not, let m e point °n to you that it would invo lve the directors in a false "L.- i t tip with the majority o f their shareholders. It is all very well tor those having an interest in th Western and North-West ern that one pockete Greathould s take the r ec eipts obtained by the other ; butthose who have an interest in this:company, and who compose A very large majority, reckon amon g them _man who have hold f rom t h e fi rs t, and held mo st steadily i t and largely. It is quite c l e ar that they would be inclin d n e to call upon t o i n e t t t e h r e , London an 000 we not take care of those who hold that parti cularthetam h4O sut e kliv x : e it c ou u rac t b i s v: if any f a l se !my ?—(Elear.) Gentlem a e t n t s , o t a t e , h t P i i o s w n w were made; • instead s: i :a: a o n f bde t ranti' hy and North-Western w N h o i r o t h h- y W ou es r ter d n irc e o o to l it had laid down any hound and general woilld• have hinnies' every strong languege towards the, Great ' ilrestern Company and ourselves , principles on which a union, or rather the cessation of hostile feeling between us was to take placee but when it merely calls on us to suspend our quarrels, that money • may not be wasted upon lawyers--(and we ere sprite anxious it should not be so wasted)—l ask, dotyou want us to lay down our erne; end surrender? Because, whether you look to the east Or the west at the policy of the Great Western or the. Great:Northern, this must be borne in mind—that it is from your traffic and receipts both those companies are now trying to derive an advantage--(Hear, bear)—and, therefore, unless you ordsr us to lay down our arms--unlees you lay down some principle of action—l do not see ,how it is possible fdr us to take any different course frOrn that we have taken. We have always desired union. We know com- Wition, is a fallacy in railway matters. 'We are never forced into if but by necessity, and ,we are : ready, and alwayd shall be ready, on properly 'defined principles, to come on terms of union and amity with all with whom we have ,to deal.—(Applause.) In fact, the whole railway interest ought to be bound by one common b6nd. It is perfect nonsense to talk of competition, Nit -it is forced upon us by the force of cir cumstances. • I' am not now going into a- history of thOlvl44lr3,4ave often clePlOred—asatnely, that the - Parliament does not interfere and do as in Fiance, where the companies - are placed under proper regulations, and where certain duties having been done the proprietors have certain rights. But it is too late to talk of that now. We have been driven into our position by necessity, and until Parliament has defined more clearly than it has done hitherto the relative positions of the companies we cannot do otherwise.—(Hear.) I may mention that neither the Great Western nor the Great Northern, in any application' they made to Parliament, have pre tended to say that the traffic they sought to obtain was traffic derived from. you; in other words, in their traffic Acts they did not put out the claim which they have in their conferences with us upon the subject.—(Hear.) We deplore as much as any set of men can the position in which we are placed. It is one of giant anxiety, and, whenever the proper opportunity arises, it will be our diity, as I em sure it is our wish, to avail ourselves of it fo'r the purpose of effecting a satisfactory . arrangement. --(Hear, hear.) I should not be doing justice to my self if I did not refer with feelings' of -satisfaction to the several companies with which we are on terms of agreement. With the Midland we are on terms of the strictest amity. With the Lancashire old Wirkshire We have developed arrangements effectual for both. With the Sheffield and Manchester we are on the best footing. I might enumerate others, but it would be only taking up your time. When general principles are laid down by Parliament, we shall be ready and willing to meet all parties with whom we may come into contact. Our own applications to Parliament this year' are very few. We have been forced to introduce a Bill for the protection of our interests with Birkenhead, and we have another for a small line of two and a half miles in length in connexion with the Worcester and Wolverhampton; and these Bills provide for the gradual funding of our bond debt into a guaranteed 31 per cent. stock—a mea b s ure which in due time, I believe , will be carried out, because there is nothing in this c ountr y which p resents such a good opening as the permanent guaranteed stock of this company at 3i per cent. There is only one other point to which I wish to refer, for it may remove an im pression as to the extedf of the consequences of the ac cident at Bicester. There' is a paragraph in the papers of this morning, stating that we shall have to pay 30,0001. for the accident there; but I am happy to say in reply, that nearly every case is settled, and that the total sum paid in compensation only amounts to 5,0521.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BoOTH, one of the general secretaries, read the report' of the directors, as follows " The traffic of the past half-year haft realised the ex pectation of your directors, as recorded in your report presented on the 21st of February, 1851 ; the earnings exceed those of the corresponding perjo of 1850 by 213,254/, as follows : 1851.. 1850. Increase , Passengers, parcels, and mails £ 729 , 546 941, 548 212,002 Merchandise, 84c 477,743 47t3,995 1,252 £1,207,289 1,420,543 213,254 Working expenses £390,362 450,002 59,640 'Pm merchandiae :returns show o)ely a slight im provement-;• yet -the `actual treffio - has 'been much larger. From motives. ,of prudential,. policy in some cases, and from. the eeettiewhate reckriese s aampetition carried on against the company in others, the rates of freight have in numerous instances bean materially re duced ; 88,000 tons of merchandise, and ' nearly the same weight of coal, have boon conveyed, beyond that of the corresponding period. The receipts are now again increasing under the reduced tariff. The per tentage of disbursements to r sceipts is, exclu sive of rates and taxes, 31.67 against 32.33 in 1850; and, inclusive of those items, 35.60 against 36. 61 . T h e North and South-Western unction line, forming a con nexion with the South-Western Railway, is in course of c o co n t e ep t dr r e u aa c no t od i o t n, n a3d, ev a aerr d . ti w sal i d l be The reorso r tpo e cu a n d ri r for txivgoi us e R 4; ,i i. n i 1 t w he ay a v r ti t a u s r a o n o m o .. ff n last, but owing to the course pursued bury and Birmingham Compen3, i n att em pting forcibly to exercise an alleged right to us e the lin e , i n virtue of powercconditionally granted, th e L ords o f t h e Privy o tl , e by lseschernie br w e a- Council for Trade decided on the ground of public safety to prohibit the opening of the lino, and consequently the Wolverhampton district continues deprived of the ad vantages of the Stour Valley Railway, also of this company, the lessees of tto the injury the line. The Shrews bury and Birmingham Company, however, have, within the last few days, intimated their intention to n appeal to the proper tribunal, t tin,- manner eug ge§ted, by this company, prior to the proposed opening on the Ist December, undertaking, in tin meantime, to abstain from any . further attempt forcibly to : use the railway; there is every prospect, therefore, of its being shortly opened to the public. Sinop the last general meeting your directors have been in friendly negotiation with the directors of the North Staffordshire Company, and concurring in the opinion expressed by them in their last report to their proprietors, that the excomtnodation of the public and the interests of the shareholders of both concerns would be best promoted by their being worked in union, your directors will be willing to concede to that : company terms highly favourable, whether as compared with the present earnings of the line, or with its prospects, if placed in a siate of hostility to this company. Simultaneously with the negotiations referred to, the directors of the North Stafford shire Company introduced into Parliame at, and con- Lieu° to Prosecute, three measures affecting this com pany—viz., a Bill to authorise the union of the North Staffordshire and the London and North-Western Company ; a Bill to authorise the construct ion of a line from colwich to Wolverhampton; a. Bill to sutho rise the construction of a line from Sandbach, to join the Cheshire Junction line near Warriogl on. The first of these measures being in conformity with the arrange ment proposed with th North Staffordshire Company (and which your directors were willing to carry out), appeaia unobjectionable; but the object of the two latter Bills being inconsistent, not only with the arrangement just referred to, but with the spirit of the existing agree ment, under which the North Staffordshire Company profit , hy lB t s h O is , participated company.,n traffichave, since silic for by any public necessity , y our directors feel it their c e ar A ri p e r d i! duty to oppose them. Wit h res p ect to any questions of a la d rZe l l i tieing iinng the uncalled i difference under the existing agreement, it is only neces sary to state that the North Staffordshire Company ap pealed to the arbitrator, the Recorder of L d on f do o n o , m in . August last, without establishing anyhgronhne h do so, since preferred any further claim. S u . n y an im your directors will be quite ready to concur l eo pt and mediate application to the arbitrator, and to a plaint against this company, and t ho at i i i t y e o have not have entered into an amicable agreement with the St. Helen s line to the docks, now being constructed a use of their branch co mpany, in reference to the t Gersten, on cheerfully act upon his award. Your directors a In con they hope will be mutually advantegheeor. last report, formity with the policy indicated in t wohrking agree your directors have concluded tt_ art, Merge.- ment• with the directors of the N P the Mersey, with other important arrangementhich tfeawastne- thereby, venny, and Hereford Company: , Iferefcird line, the bill for • which Is w tent mineral dis liament, a connexion with the imporead, Lancashire, trict of South Wales. The Birkeinihaving declined the and Cheshire Junction Com n Pa " Y'answer to their pro offer of this company (made in a t 90,5001. per through the medium of the projehetet!loWonbrocreosrteekraanrd having subse ar.num) ; and the Birkenhead h', measures for uniting quently adopted the preliminary &Le GreatWestern their interests exclusively te: k t some other access to Biel it became necessary to seek comPiln3h as well as for that keuhead for the traffic of this b . posal to .lease their line !or 2hlorpaarosy the Chester sled Holyhead brought from North Watt,liel: and 3 North 'Western here, so line, in which the to ! 13, ccordi v g 1 y , a Bill hal 1.1 2 Ull intro. to authoriso the construction of h -to Birkenhead, at a es teittte.d cost a doe from Chester , ssity for such an outlay of capital Parliament a Bill to autorise the forma t will be far less onerous te t' is to bOregretted, buh near Oxford. uo It is a matter of regret to have acceded to the terms required eethpanics than. to Company. The directors' Birit-ohead ( I , l ; :u:c g s e e s d o a i n , l o l o t i o r o l i 1 1 . P3 e rest;rT t l e teau necessity n: but ~, t t d r ethpeor Greet r t e h a e t settlement Nortbern li n e-, to connect the Buellingletmshire forma tion With the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolve.rhamp ttheue board that they an a are consequent able dis ute atno increase. Cf business ib ci l 1-31f°tiat;t:4olciettu.heatelpliol°;:rols in -I3between them (in conjunction g onl house, has rendered necessary a very cwoitvahptu a n e y. alidland Company) The extension of the railway system through co6:finttshtihdeeecrlkseittslnlrgeidrlenlargement of that establishment. As t h e building and land are the property of this company; trustfes of the associated an d leased to the co mpanies, the proprietors are recommended to sanction t he ex• pen diture of 9, sum not e x c e eding 11,5001., for w hich a FEBRUARY 23, 1852. rent is to be allowed equal to tis per cent. on the outlay; From the statement of the last half year's accounts, it will be seen that the net prOceeds tire To which must be added the balance'car• tied forward from last acc0unt......... 124,077 7 5 £853i592-- 2 5 Less, further allowance for renewal' bf rails (abstract H.) For addition to works and stock (abstract J.) 17,022 1 10 For extra stock nexion with . the Great, Exhibition (ab- • stract J.) ~1 Showing a disposable balancr of ....£772,992 S 7 The directors recommend a dividend of 31, per cent. for the six months, amounting to 590,5161. 12s. Ild., leaving a balance of 182,4754 1.55. Bd. to be carried to the next half-yearly account." Die CH - AIRMAN, in moving that tho report and state mentn ts o cc b a e s To o n e e t i o ve o d b r, , e a r d v o e p t t h e a d t , h p e ri d n i t a e d u , o a t n d m ecairn actocoouk cul a te o d to say in his Opening observations that hon. proprietors had signed the Manchester letter; all he meant to con vey was that the signatures were affixed. Mr. UPCROFT referred to a variety of statistics, for the purPoso of showitig that the calculations of the directors had not been realised. He thonghr the directors 'otight to be called upon to redeem their pledge of finally closing the capital account. Mr. ALSTON begged to record his unqualified disap probation of the hostility going on between this company and the Great Western. He suggested that Members of the House of Commons, unconnected with either company, should be requested to meet together and take the whole question in dispute into their dispassion ate consideration, for unless something of this kind were done there would be no end to the present waste. of mo• ney on both sides. He thought the following gentlemen, if they would undertake the task, might very speedily and amicably arrange the differences :—namely, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Sidney Herbert. Mr. DE WINTON deprecated the idea that South Wales, inwhich he had a deep interest, should now be made the .arena on which to - fight the: battle of the gauges. In August last the chairmen of both the Lon don and North Western and the Great Western Compa nies had expressed themselves as inclined for peace, and yet now they' were buckling on their armour foT war, saying that they were possessed of the means to carry on that war, and that they had their reserved funds for the purpose. The CHAIRMAN—No, no. Mr. DE WINTON denied that it was for the interests m either company that large sums of money should be thrown away in hostilities. He interfered as a conciliator having a considerable stake in both concerns, but having the larger in the London and North Western. He admitted that the Great Western were the aggres sors, and that that company had not hitherto shown themselves desirous of coming to an amicable arrange ment. Still he disliked competition, and hoped the Chairman would exert his powerful influence to have the points in dispute referred to arbitration, provided the Great Western world consent, and that in the event of failure in the negotiation a petition would be forwarded to the House of Commons, praying that the whole rail way system might be placed upon a new footing. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Alsop, instead of having read a paper circulated among the propritary in 1847, ought to have taken the statements and figures sub mitted in 1850, when , the directors received fromehe proprietors a credit vote of 1,500,0001., upon which they were still acting. At the present moment nothing like this amount hud been expended. It was true that same portions of the estimates had been exceeded, and that others were more under than over; at the prop er time the vote would balaid before the proprietors, and their opinion thereon ' tstken.—(Hear.) With reference to submitting the question in dispute with the Great Wes tern to the arbitration,of men in public life, he , (the Chairman) would take it upon- himself, without having hp theur b o d op proper madeoicaerisen station with had the opportunity Of 'consulting his colleagues, to say that no proposition could be more acceptable! than that was. It was for ,the meeting to determine the princi , pies upon which that reference should be accepted. Whatever was the basis of it, provided the fair rights of the London and North-Western ' proprietary were re spected, the board would be perfectly ready to refer the existing differences to arbitration. But, let the principles on which it was to proceed be settled. If the Great Western were to go on with their Bills and the London and North-Western were to abandon theirs, that would not be considered fair; if both were to proceed eith their. Bills, he had no, oktiectiont a if all were to withdraw tfleiraßiLle that - *Old; teerhips, bottle fairest, int* tek all; bat let the principle, whatever it was, be laid down, and he and his. coLleagues were ready to refer the dif ferences to arbitration.—(Hear, hear.) He wished!! that there should be no misunderstanding with regard to the policy pursued.by the London and North-Western Com pany towards the Great Western. The Great Western had been mainly assisted in the first instance in !tuning their Bill in Parliament by the instrumentality of the London and Birmingham Company, He stated without fear of contradiction, that if tthe London and Birming ham Company had ;lot afforded the use of their stations the Great Western would have failed in Parliament. But there was no use in referring to what had been done in past Year% All sides had made mistakes. Proprietors had made mistakes, for they had forced lines to be made which directors were never inclined to make.—(Hear.) How did the case stand in 1847 with Commissioners. cmh isi?sai addressedodnet taken e t n h e lptle ß a coweaoruds would dnocfp' not Trades r refer fer regard to the Great Western? He held in his hand a document which would servo to show the spirit that actuated the Locdors and North Western at that peed! of heat and greatly excited feeling. On Dee. IS, 1847, leave the question then in dispute to be settled by the the proprietors would not consider that injustice existed that period. He hoped on the part of the London and North Western Company or that its directory were either willing or anxious to prolong the contest a single day. He wished that every letotterneogffoetriiantgiontos thing which had passed between the Great Western and themselves were forgotten, and could assure the meeting that if they would put matters in a train of fair adjustment, he would hail the day with feelings of the greatest possible satisfaction.— (Cheers.) The lion. Capt. BUTLER thought this company had right up in their side in the dispute with the Great Wes tern. Ho then proceeded at some length to complain of what he called the perfectly disgraceful state of the sta tion at Rugby, and of a round of two miles which the passengers had to teavel in order to reach it. lie cot eluded by saying that he had never known a board which deserved the praise of the proprietors more highly thee did that of the London and North Western Company, if only they would make the necessary improvements at itugby.—(Bear, hear," and laughter.) Mr. De WINTON having repeated his former question, The CHAIRMAN said he was not aware that he could h add anything to what he had already observed upon t h e subject. The directors were willing to refer to arbitra tion, a_ea or to agree to a withdrawal of Bills on bot _ id a nd a b th a es p e tir w p o o u s l e d . would shortly promised aai se d admitted th : t t haaatutiht suitable R le a u g n b d y be erected there. seriously whether the tribunal proposed that day was the proper one to which to refer the matters in r dispute. H a capital taterdestpheacttiniug ItBhseoth Mr. i° n meeting w r as d o d f w i sorgricirr.lsaadpcdocenfsii ,i)andl c onsi der e. t con stitute should have much more confidence in the directors (:) the London and North Western Company than in Mem 'lhla°dmsbeeevrnesroyqiudrioteaureletinsfumeolutgnrhitbtuoonfhalftr'forthsaut hers of Parliament,, and he thought that in the hands of the former the entire question ought to be le ft , o ß u a g t h t ha t o the view account. had given the directors'a credit vote for 1 5e proprietors at that time the Chairman informed the m , 00,000/., and con sidered the capital account ns closed. _ that he period to the present the company had gone Now, from that and i f hdeeobtainingarthat,Chairmanhe a r.informati on ) the y had s t ag money. It was true that the on expend -1,500,0001. had not been expended; whole of the estimates had been exceeded. For still, some of the of the main line and branches had instance, the estimate less than 29,0001. in addition been 88,0001., and no them. He thought the aud it ors had been laid out upon for an account of the excessive ought to be called upon place upon that item. It increase which had taken was far better, from time to time, to have a statem ent of the excess or otherwise laid before the proprietary, ex pended fist, andhave rather than have the money ~n othing afterxards at these halt yearly meetings but wrangling andj anglin g. Tho CHAIRMAN promised that the fullest explanation would be given to Mr. Locke. It had been already. stated that the expenditure was in some cases under, and in others over the estimates, but the balance was no doubt on the side of the excess. Mr. LOCKE said his sole object in asking for the in formation was to show the public out of doors that the t;;;CQS:3 was justly and fairly required. Mr. L. ISiozLEY ob;ervcd that every precaution hod been tak e n by the auditors, and that the most attenive com-ideration had bean given to the expense of each un &rtaking. 1!Ir. SLANEY, M.P., asked when the Stour Valley line would bo opened. He e°l)fesi,cd that ho had h( ard with deep satisfaction the e xplanaLicus given by the Chair man of the willingness of the ditect.::,r,-, to termirate the .differences which bad prevailed I.)Ptw een this company and the Great Western. He thought i: premature to state the tribunal they were zilli:o.4 to go before; it wee sufficient to know that they weze unxiJus only for a fair tribunal. Af te r an expla nation f rom Captain Hume, respecting the existing contracts with ngente, Sir li. WILLOUGHBY expressed his belief that the mode and general principles of the reference ought to emanate from the meeting. Mr. GOLDSMID, sen., returned his hearty thanks to tt e di r ectors for the ind e f at i ga bl e exer tions they had used on behalf of the interests of the concern. . The ORAthe Stour Valley erteuet said the opening of had been fixed f or th e 26th instant, but it was t h oug ht the Board of Trade would not allow it to be opened cn LWhen made tip in From what Wl] en Galena Post-oftloe port die- du 0. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N \ Feb. 27 .. Liverpool • • America (by U.S. pkt.) N,Feb. 24 .. Liverpool • • • America (by U.S. • pkt.) M March 3 .. Southampt. Africa (West coast)" 14th 01 the month Plymoath Alexandria* ••.. • • .. N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover Belgium • N D a il y „ Dover • • Brasil • • • .. 31,9 th of the month Southampt. Buenos Ayres • 111;9th of the month SonthamPi t - CaLif°r nia(viaChagres) 3112 d & 17th of mon th South:lTS . : Cape of Good Hope N'l4th of month Plym outh •• N 7th 17th 27th aime:is)oc,Ttehampi. Central America .. M2d & 17th of men & Southampt. Channel Isles N Mon ., W ed " Fri. southampt. ** • • • • . M 17th of the month. ver •• •• M „ Twi th r 7 d %7 mo tOver Greece's•. .. • • •••1,.,,,• th a , 2 B, Friday London .. Ilamburgh •• r " 0 "S; & Satur. London .. Holland .. •• •• 3 4 717th of the month SouthaMpt. Honduras .• • w l l . w i e e daily HoPyhead Ireland .. •• 31 '2oth of the month Southarapt. India (via SouthamP.) 31 ,z'sth& 24th efmonth Dover • • India (viaMarseillos) •••• Mediterranean, (vi . a . M'2oth of th e month i Southampt. southarnton) Meditarial s aw (via , ikf Bth&24th of monthlDover •• Marseilles/ x 2d of the month.. southampt. Mexico " 31 9th of the m on th Southazapt. Madeira " 701,17th,19th.,27th I Dover Malta* " & 30th of mo n th .. • • N sth 15th 25th o f me D ov er Papal Sta . Nerd" . *** •• N sth 15th 25th a t m ° Dover rech"‘"..-,, i . ta • .. 7th 17th 27th of mo SauthamP"' Mll7th of the month SeathamP t * Pert` •• " ** •• TuscanY* • • • • • • N sth 15th 26 th of me De ver tham p • t. • West Indies • .. M 17th of the month Sou West Indies (except Hav'an are cone & Nassau) M 2d of the month •• SaathamPt* March l 5 * The mails to those coun t r i e s thus mar ked 09 yed by French packet via Marseilles. via Southampton during this The direct Havre mail from London w __,_ only, instead of daily. month will be made up three tinies auf ev ri l , tae United stated CaLtiroaxia...— s -Malls to and ft lac American packet' are now despatched and due by everY Feb. 23 ,March 2 Marcia 3 Fels. 28 Daily March 1G March 16 Feb. 20 March 3 Feb. 30 Fab. 20 Tu. Th.SM Feb, 20 Twicedsily Feb .30 Tues. Sat. Mea.Thur Feb. 2(i Twicedally Arrived March 2 'Arrived (March 2 March 5 March 1G IFeb. 28 March 2 March 2 Feb. 25 • Feb. 20 March 2 Feb. 20 . ------ eitement in the City to day Ther e has been a great ex Mr. Peabody, th e great American n — nglan .The qu.s ion arises out about an affair betwe en d• st . - gold, lodged by Mr. Peabod y banker, and the Bank r z of a dispute of 250,0001 consigned to Mr. Peabody b in the Bank. Thisg In o w il as s. in --o America, and he expected to y get the his correspondents in the Bank. The Bank i from ref used, because value as foriner.y they would take no gold two carats below the standard. The w h et her they shall be comp e ll e d t take t hat B ald at the p ques ti o n arises, i.ices o as they had be accustomed here tofore? We understand that Mr• Peabody does not mean to try t he qu estion, his object being t o c l ear h i mself with in America who had " his correspon d ents consigned the gold to him. But th i s gives rise to another qu es ti on, i f, as we happen to know, the authorities at the Bank are divided in opinion upo n the question, and, as we chance to have an opinion also, we leave the .affair where it is for the present. But we ' wi th reason , know that one of the g rea t est authorities o f t h e Bank i s in favour of Mr. Peabody's claim as a matter of right, al though Mr. Peabody himself, not wishing litigation, has, we hear, purchased 12,5001. pure gold to remedy the gold under standard which he had deposited in the Bank. We have the official correspondence between Mr. Peabody and the Bank before us. It is not necessary to refer to it. I 'be correspond ence does equal honou r to both parties.—Herald My Article. We learn from Norwich that the faH of snow in the eastern parts of England has been so great as to impede the railway traffic. On Friday, the mail-train, which left the BishopAgEtte station at nine o'clock- in the morning, was completgy bloEked up with snow. Instead of arriving at Norwich at two o'clock, it did not reach that sity until ails o'clock. i; cd 449. 61- , Pe . Pe ' r. itoo , 4o HO 7 9 .• 6M 5 0 " 45 0 '' Oa .• Oa