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CONTRACTS for PEAS, SUGAR, TEA, Departme T nt of th e COBACCO, omptroller f SOAP, and or Vic VIEGAR. and Services, Somerset•place, August uallin g 12, 1852 Transport. The Commissioners for executing the °MCC; of Lord high Admiral The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 9th September next, at One o'clock, they Will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Co ntract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling 6 ..................... t0res ,tt Gosport and Plymo u th , undermentioned the unded Articles, viz. : To be delivered at Gosport. !Plymouth. 5 v.. PEA 5...... SUGAR Muse ,v ado) .•• • • T DBIC 0 (Virginia)• • • • • • • • • SUP (Mottled) Quarters. Quarters 100 100 Tans. Tons. 40 30 lb 15,000 10,000 Tons. Tons. 10 5 A 5, 2, , 2 g .; VINEG - 15 Gallons, duti es, uZar, Tea, and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs ZZ ,s el_s e_d a r n ,i d w f b l LS ,, oap to be tendered for at a price exclusive of the which will be allowed the Contractor. u ' r . Tender wilt be received for a less quantity of Peas than 50 5 to tee , Stga.r thin 10 tons. of Tea thin 5.000 lb. of Tobacco than °f Soap than 5 tons, and of Vinegar than 1000 gallons. S amples th . of the Peas (not less than 4 (Flirts), of the Sugar (not less l io n 4 an, of the T ea ( not l e ss than 2 lb, from the Bon.ied Ware thre), of the T o b acco (not l ess than 2 lb), and of the Soap (not less the 2 bar.), must he produced by the parties tenderiug, otherwise tenders wail not he noticed. voThe conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten ncalled, may be seen at the sail. Oilize, at the Victualling yards at Gosport and Plymouth. at the Olice of Comman ler Bevis, at Liv erpool, and of the Collector of Customs at Briitol 14. 0 Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor anY noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly Atithoris7d in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Almi -1-44, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Sugiv, Tea, and Vinegar must be accompanied by a letter Itgned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with n Person tendering in the sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of each of the Contracts. PARISH of ST. GEORGE, HANOVER SQUARE. To Millers and Mealmen, Butchers, Cheesemongers, Cornehandlers, Grocers, Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oilmen and Tallowehandlers, Colourmen, and Coffinmakers. Such Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for supplying the Two Work • /oases for Six Months, from the 29th day of September, 1852, to the ..‘ 25th day of garch, 1853, may deliver in theft* sealed proposals, at WROard-room in Mount-street, on or before Ten o'clock on WED• • LT, thd . '22d d'ik of SePtember. Persons Tendering must be in attendance at that time, and all Ten lent must be made up on ,l an d s t r i c tl y i n accor d ance w ith , th e pr i nte d Was of Tender, which may be obtained on application to the Master Oahe Workhouse, In Mount-street, as well as any further particulars. By o der, T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. STEAM to ST. HELENA. The General Screw Stearn Shipping Company's Steamer -,:ePONTIS, Captain T. W. GLOVER, will sail from London on the ,:aiiiln,g at Plymouth on the 27th instant, for the Capo of Good Hope, St. Vincents and St. Helena. This vessel has excellent itecc unmodation for passengers, and space for a limited quantity of 800ds. 04PPlication as to passage money to be made at the Company's ees, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; and for freight, to Messrs. 7...,_,_itlfour Laming, and Owen, 157, Fenchurch-street, City. SALE at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.— The FANCY GOODS remainin; on hand have been greatly redu eed in LAD chiefly g price, in order to effect an immediate clearance. They goods adapted for the A.UTIDIN and WINTER, awl tES abont to travel or going to the sea-side will find this an At little 0 13portunity of supplying themselves with the best goods ....._ttle Mere than half the original prices.—REGENT ROUSE UtIALISON and Co.), 240 and 242, Regent-street. 7......._____ EMIGRANT'S GROUP MEETING. " No one must expect to get a house or lodgings at Port to rj, every on repot be provided with a Tent."—(See Mrs. Chis s Address,ted in the Times, July 23.) EDGINGTON, 2, DUKE-STREET, LONDON iirGE, invites all who are embarking for the Colonies or the e.,zt u 2 l !gi e o_ns, to inspect his EMIGRATION TENTS. A lofty and rte"v Warehouse has been added to the premises, where va 04x_ of Tents are erected, so that settlers and otkers may select at the Tent best adapted for their purpose. xli c " N ts j • The CTIESTIOLM TENT, price 3/. 105. is manufactured by E D GINGT ON, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge. DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA of +,_ Has been for many years sanctioned by the most eminent Zuedical profession, as an excellent remedy for HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, AND particularAs aINDIGESTION. APerient, it is admirably adapted for Delicate Females ikon,Y during Pregnancy ; and it prevents the food of infants '' ll4 : sour during digestion. Combined with the It fo n , ACIDULATED LEMON SYRUP, s an Effervescing Aperient Draught, which is highly agreeable Prep otiter_!.red by DINNEFORD and Co., Dispensing Chemists (and 172, s l t Agents for the Improved Horse Hair Gloves and Belts), %to 'Av Bo nd - street, London, and sold by all respectable Chemists b the Empire. 'RPATRON —H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. By J. LECTURES. Pel)Per, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on t'ae Australian Gold Ale and also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter bL es -le With Strychnine. 4Vr. R achholiher :on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire a . nd on fr ,.? Mode of Preserving Fresh Pr3visions, illustrated by Specimens 0141 M essrs. Ritchie and M'C a ll , an d S amp l es of llloore's Patent 11-centrated Milk and Fadeuilhe's S o lidifi e d Preserved Milk. g_•Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. 0, 0 Re Rockland, Esq., on Music, illustrated by Patriotic and ' l4 English kits! e • Songs, assisted by Mi ss Bl anc h e Younge, R.I. of Series of Di ssolving Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope, &c. rilllrn i ssion, Is. ; S c h ools and Children under Ten years o f age, —",-Price. For Hours, see Programme. Specimens of Patent Silvered Glass. - CREMORNE GARD E NS . Otn the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. Varei,yT id° P•ntranoo close to Ilattersea-brldge Pier. diat t 11 3 — . tealll - boat from Lonlon.bril i e or any of the interme. Char a Tf l os or 'Wharf Piers, 33. Strangers should request to be Ch arizt " Tea - kiridge f Cremerne. Fare by Omnibus from e nd, 6d, oa.; from the City and remotest parts of the East- The p l'r ePrietor. Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. Yrutechnic Displays 14y the Chevaliier Mortram. THIS Open for the Season. an ec• at an " the icvationltalian of Brothers feet. in their double Trapeze Perf orm - Tills , „ 90 tlonls t ' f ' Signor Devout, the celebrated Our an g -O utang Contor- On 14 / • p e P - DAY next, August 16, a most extraordinary Change of , ,ierreance. conducted uctedby M. Sou.llier, who has engaged the ce :ebra• ed Parisian Aeronaut, Poitec 4111nterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight, including The Last Week but Two. Eve p . evening. at a Quarter to Nin e o ' clock. in the newl y - decorated enliun . in addition to the following attractions , Louis Soullier's -- que Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the ago. For particu ars, 80 c Special Bills. ,rincipal Artistes :—Messrs M'Cullom, Albert de ac ranz do .401, Je - an de Bach, Devani, Macney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon kallier, Signor Vilderini ; INadlles. Clementine and Olga &miller. - The renowned Devil Rider, Herr Wehle. Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and ISOxes, Is. Amphitheatre, 6d. Daily, this week, Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, and pyrotechnic Festivals, with all the immense resources of the Este ullalunent. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price. 01 1 Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. CURE for CORNS and BUNIONS. 13%, ALLINGIIAM'S ROTTERDAM CORN and BUNION ' EXT gives relief on the first application, being a safe and cer unt e ure in the most obstinate cases. The proprietor of this impor- Vhal e rnical discovery cautions the public against ease imitati on s, the -,' are most injurious in their effects. The genuine Solvent has saqnature of J. A. SEAR WOOD on the wrapper. ter°l4, by Sharwood and Co., 55, Bishopsgate - street Without; San le' D ,' 53 . Oxford-street ; and all Medicine Vendors. In bottles, 2s. 91, and 43. Gd, i m PORTANT MEDICAL ANT) SURGICAL WORKS , a Publidied, by IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. ON flue., in cloth, price Is., by post free, Is. 6d., N TRUE & FALSE SPERMAT id O e-s ß pr it ea H d CE Err t r ; 41 ref W ith the View to the Correction of s gea e :Ven to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers das from Debility of the " t 'e System, or Sexual llypochon D r! PICKFORD. i, ~ T ranslated from the German of eat co . `" r • Pickford is known to English reader r s . y his frequent practi- This is the first tittle_ T,litributions to German medical literature. all i f „, e , i nforms us, that he has addressed himsef to the non-medl 'letterer' We trust this may not be the last, may be in his l'°lver anY other equally flagrant evil which it .3, 30, if he shall 1851. m.. --" Thetm" rr eet."—London Medical Gazette, 11i ay ma has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this the ftcngaimatady by translating this little book, and by laying bare care a dis2us Practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to thterratia,watay.eini tneeolfr :v w h n ich they know nothing, with no other object purses. The difference between true Sperma 4ecurately cl ,, th e various forms of disease which resemble f it are trel ' ttn eni or eser ibed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the „„,_""" We 'ln v . the malady "—Medical Circular, May 5,. P a : ' - ` l aPte „"; m entYed so long u ' on the contents of the prelimina y F a c h t -- price at wniesPwnehtlll4l;e4catreeed ' broehn re ? f • by old 1 leftourselves space for any notice t of every o ne in e it the 8 ,1852. Y our Plckford the moderate f t rested in the ra x te s r.„ , * D pl u a b c ti es n it m w ed it i l eal iin trbressvie,acAhproll Tim c....,5V0., in cloth, price 's : l. 3 l s '). 61 ee 4s. Nes at once SimPle, Safe, and Efficient, uR E OF STRICTURE OF T by li P 2 and a a PRACTICAL ii.RITATIONS „„„__p_parently Intractable Forms To which ill adde , PERMATORR gIiitE+IIRoAs In on v P et r e i r n a e t i e ON THE TREATMENT OF in even its m '''' 4 . BY CAUTERIZATION ; its Inefficiency an d Danger. B. COURTENAY, who know not „,,,M4erlper of the Royal College of Surgeons o o n f ly England. liew . s u _ l e ho common most loudly are those The practice of sur- R,04:.1as been The instruments abe,,: (.?"' hee Mar ied with all kinds of violence, for operations and hz the ple cure of diseases, and a Pa" an indifference bservar2sses sad horrors of surgehe-7111r. Co b u e rte ll's na S y7 gi g; Riven th e l:' "In proof of his views ry cessjPoillhny treated, rat add „Rs any which of a great many cases sue had resisted, for a btteh ar aien Mr. Sy me adduced, and on which he had op . ‘._Dtrioa 4,,..a5e,8 I x., xi, xii.. and xviii. No. ix. n d was finally ,S rewe Years the treatment n, a tro4tin dn r —. no as Many Weeks. But casesxviii. and xtx. f ap a p m ea o r r , e bo a t g h . heri, Severity, and complication of symptoms, a na , and yet the treateielle feharacter than any detailed 12y Mr ' SY u ****Proie4- ad by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." tail Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. " Tllt pH ---------- THE SECRET , ILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND -04.F1R mums OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. In 1, L T -D FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. fliie,,neh, English , German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a (N . 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Ey SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., boeLl' bMDFORD-SQUARE' LONDON, b,,..M." laedieine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin lisa, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, aae tsle ata of A pothecaries' Hall, London, &e., Sce. ha queessn en tial object of thi s treat i se i s t o po i nt out the fearful ,:eces resulting from irregularities and excesses, which h„f:. Produced more misery in Youth, egradationeriLn sMan et-h74: anddsporemature decay at all stages of life, than,_pro treatmentaany adt,,,,..'a! f disease known to modern pathologists. The e, h( iwi is founded on experience gained in the most . celebrated Th, 18 of Mede both in this country and in continental Europe il_ results of the knowledge thus acquired arc here condense t d ho un r d o e w r . te:.,personal supervision of Dr. La'afert, himself one of tepi d qualified physicians who have devoted their whole Inand im tv..l studies to this important branch of medical science.short, tesZelieculiartty relatin g to the treatment of the diseases incidental aita re.... enerative system, and the means of immediate relief Illtt ot , br a te cure are described in detail. The professional reputation La'aiert who has taken the most distinguished Grid . , nt R.„...—.wernte honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient that those who may placemedical , ^4l . in every instance meet and I:violable secrecy which aro so with that delicate consideration_ %Ales,requisit e themselves under his care Published by the Au tho r, a....- _ or, and TTlay be haa iii the treatment of these r-r "v t HatalaY, a, Oxford -street ket ; Maim, 23, Corntull ; o r tr ee b,. ' from the author Y Post for forty-two "J• Gilbert, 49, Pater ; Starie Titchborne-street, . Ugh &WA 414 tul'At Zalfirz„, i . -fla. tiutedEir i , t , n*uv' " tY .., ''./.,,,. I og::„ \'',, • - 4 ] ar: \'‘., I • " 4 I ,t c . -,- --- ,;.4," • • .i , .--,....i. / -,.• - ,,, -;Y7-. .., ~,.., / ' , ...„1 t • . -.. ,- .4. 1 `, , ,,, , _ : _,-- r ---- #....--'-'.--'-'-'-':-1 [PRICE SD. . zs AUGUST N°.18,689.] LONDON ) SATURDAY inala \II T • i 14, 1852. V Ellifir-A"F ROYAL HOTEL, LOWESTOFT. The Proprietor of this - Hotel has much pleasure in informing his Friends and the Put,lic Cut: during the winter he his provided e xtensive suites of bedrooms, in addition to the wing constructed last summer; this wil prevent a recurrence of those disappointments which co frequently took place from his Ina' ility to accommodate his friends in the past year. It is his intention to persevere in that course which has already given such general satisfaction, viz., to combine the hest l 4 inns, Viands, Attendance, and Cleanliness, with Moderate Charges. The :a'uhrity of Lowestoft, the excellent bathing, and beauty of its neighbourhood, f r riding and walking, are too well known to require comment. S. HOWETT has only, therefore, in conclusion, to call ettent on to the easiness of access and lowness of fares from the pl Ices, a list of which in subjoined, and to express his hope that -he will conduit° to exoeHence that liberal support with which he has already been favoured. Every Wednesday and iati may bu booked •as under : unlay, until further notice, Pv, 3seng,er3 Aft , r- Fares to Lowestoft and back. From noon - - at Ist Class. *ld Class.l3d Class is. as. s. d. s. d. S. d. L0nd0n......... ..... 2 0 • 20 0 15 0 10 6 Cambridge 3 45 12 0 9 0 6 0 St. Ives 2 5 Chatteris 14 0 10 0 7 0* Peterborough 3 0 wisbeach . March 3 40 12 0 9 0 6 0 Ely •• •• •• •• • • ....... 420 9 0 6 9 4 6 * Arriving at Lowestoft at 7 45, Tickets will be available for the return journey by the trains leav ing Lowestoft at 3 r.m. on week days, or any train on Sundays, within seven days of the date of Issue. In addition to the ordinary established trains, fast Express Trains will, on and after the Ist of August, leave Lowestoft at before 7 a.m., arriving in London. at 1 I o'clock ; past 4 P.M., arriving in London at 10. And from Bishopsgate Station at 5 r.st., arriving at Lowestoft at 25 min. past 9. Family Tickets are issued at the London Station by all trains to Lowestoft at about the charge of a single fare, available for the re, tttrn joarnei any time within 28 days of issue. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMP ANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August I, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. CHAIRMAN—CoIoneI ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary purpose °sir, but which may be kept up, if ne essary, throughout • the whole term of life. HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM. -Credit given for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre miums, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted from the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim. sum ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE. The amount'payable at the death of the a ured, if he die before attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains that age, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance upon life. ORPHAN'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH, Established for the purpose of affording to parents and others the means of having children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a child, if a son, shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th year of age. These annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if a ready money capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en tering into business or a profession. BRITANNIA MENTAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits—applied in reduction of the current year's premium. Policy holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment of five or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se lected. Premiums charged for every three months' difference of age—not, as is usually the case, for every whole year only. Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the assured, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given, being liquidated out of the profits. At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the present year's premium on all policies of five or seven years' standing. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated la all cases for their reports. (rnoratETABY.) (MUTUAL.) Extract from the Half Extract from T a bl e w i t h P art i cipation Credit Kates of in P ro il ts, after Seven Yearly Premium. Payments - Half Whole premium l (Annual) Half Quar c.3 during }premium Age. A nnual Yearly terly ..T? First for Re- premium Pre- Pre- Seven ma'nder mium Years. of Life. . mium. £ s Xs. d. Years. I Months Xs.d.Xs.d. £ s. d. 25 019 7 1 119 2 30 J 0 2 7 3 1 420 12 3 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 3 2 7 6 1 4 4 012 4 35 1 4 111 2 910 6 2 710 1 4 6 012 5 40 1 9 21 218 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8 012 6 45 114 101 3 9 8 40 0 3 8 0 112 3 016 5 50 2 2 6 1 4 5 0 3 3 3 6 1 12 6 016 7 55 212 9 5 5 6 6 3 4 1 1 12 10 0 16 9 60 3 6 8 6 13 4 9 3 4 7 1 13 1 0 16 10 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. B ETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. The highest medical authority recommend Brandy and Water as the best customary beverage, and particularly as an efficient preventitire of Diarrhmatio. Complaints at this season. They equally concur in preferring BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY as the purest and most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving; Fruits, home-made Wines, Sec. Sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable dealers, in glass bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the DISTILLERY, 7, S MITIIFIELD-BA RS, in dozens, bottles and cases included, at 18s. per gallo t ; or in stone jars of two gallons and upwards, at 16s per gallon, pale or coloured. SPORTING GENTLE NIEN who may have neg lected to order their Dress for the opening of the Moors on Thursday neat, are respectfully reminded that no House In the Kingdom can so expelitiously and correctly execute their orders as that of E. MOSES and SON; with correctness,speedandreners E. 3o quality, isEs and SON'S fit, comfort, elegance and economy is associated . superr. TVhaeriirentyeNoyflym- terial s, Sportingin s and pre-eminently peculiarity in cut, d superior. in vented Shooting Coat is a combination of artistic excellencies; it fits correctly, and gives perfect freedom to the arms when engaged in sporting exercises. The largest, best, and cheapest stock of ready made Sporting tlress in the World at E. MOSES and SON'S. The most magnificent styles of Summer Dress at E. MOSES and SON'S, and every elegancy in attire for visits to the sea-side and other places of fashionable resort. EMEGRANTS.—You are about to take one of the most eventful steps in your history of your affairs, and though a land of bourrdess wealth exists in the prospective, and you very reasonably expect a just recompense for your toil and self-denial, yet an untold solicitude rests on your mind, which may be immediately removed by applica tion to E. MOSES and SON for your Outfits. They have made the most traclesmanlike provision for your requirements, and have united the unspeakable advantages of their ugly ersal trade, unri valled transactions, and perfect expel ience, for the purpose of sup plying you with the first and most requisite articles for your under taking, comprised in a suitable Outfit. This is a consideration of the highest importance, and presents to you the meals of every com fort for your voyage and the country to which you are going. It is a lull relief from all solicitude to remember that e - ,ery at title in E. MOSES and SON'S Outfits is of unequalled quality, perfect inferiorsuitabil i t G y o , and o atc r o n t s h i e d e c r l v y e n l e w n e c r e p o f r c E e m t a r n a others se c p l a i charge dfoer. partment is kept in E. MOSES and SON'S Magnificent Esta tishment. _ . . _ ..... Full Lists of Outfits and all requisite information relative to sail ing, of vessels, cost of passage, &c., may be had on application, or post free, to any part of the kingdom. WO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : Llndon City Establishment, 154, 155, 156. and 157, siinoriets, 83, 84, 85, and 85, Aldgate. opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, I, 2, and 3, Hart.street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-0:ot. S'ieffield Branch, 36, Fugate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boi.t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The Bstablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The Library of Elegance," containing a 131 list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had, 4ratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any Part of the A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, on application. Ici l'on pane F rancais. I Qui si parla Italian.Hier 13DriCht man Deutsch. 1 Aqua se habla Espanol. cais. D E. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORK S. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, F.ecreation, and Rational Use of Time." Corrrwrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Morninga—Ea c irsiuns about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., ezc. II FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. A VISIT TO THE LAKES 4 SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c, Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILL I.RNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &C. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause and core) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu atlon:Of every-day life. TER PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual ies oflicentiousncss and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, oar . ativa, and remodiative. Advoca y cy . of early marriage,. THE MARRIAGE STATE, To be or not to be, that is the question: aoc 7 PackiaAstlta : —Lows and obligations of nature, jet, and reli gion regarding marriage , t o be observed b y eith er sex. Time a n d c hoice, on both sides , as to a g e, temperament , complexion, and figure, to secure heal th y offs p rin g , with th . e . art a rearing them n Phy s i c al defectiveness and its remo val. Sterility and its conversion.. Cases, &c. By R. J. CIIINERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in th ese natters. Reception hours d a il y till Five.a Evenings. Seven tin Nine. 10. Artryll-olaoe, Regent-street V t o h C e A T diocesero/q . — of Yesterday morning a meeting o 's church, Cheetham Hill, St. Luke proctors to the convoca tion Manchester was held in APPOINTMENT OF PROCTO f two for the purpose of appoint in g After morning service, about to he holden at York. a th s e T cl o erg C y ° o N f Manchester, who was chair was taken by the Lor(.l Bishop of H. Anson, and Mr. which was read by the Venerable Archdeacon Rushton, the attended by his chaplain the Rev. G. urder," his Lordship's secretary. nominated : been opened, the following clergymen were E. J. The Rev. R. Darnford, Rector of Middleton. the Rev. hes- G. Hornby, Rector of Bury. Rev. Canon Stowell, Marc was ter, and the Rev. Canon blasters, of Burnley. A poll _ r The proceeding having demanded, and the votes were taken by Mr. Burde . When the voting had concluded the Lord Bishop declared the d Re . v. R. D urnford and the Rev. E. J. G. Hornby duly electe that the Mormons have established a weekly newspaper at THE M ' a m°N 3 .--A letter from Hamburgh states that place, and have prepared a translation of their Bible. They have missionaries actively employed, and seem to have money. In Norway their doetrinea are apreading. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. Yesterdly the half•ycarly meeting of the proprietors of this company took place at Euston-square station; the chairman of the company, Mr. Glyn, M. 1?,, pre siding. Tho minutes of the fait mooting having boon con firmed, The CHAIRMAN spoke in substance as follows:—He did not feel that upon this occasion he could venture to congratulate them upon the accounts which hid been eireuletad among them. because since those accounts were is:+ued a considerable alteration had taken place i the value of all railway stock. If, however, they traced the cause.of that alteration to the proper source, they would find, though it happens to accord with the issue of their accaunt9, it had nothing whatever to do with them. The fact was, that the spirit of !speculation which had lately prevailed had carried the value of railway pro perty to en undue height; added to which, the large arrivals of the precious metals had had the effect of giving them an unnaturalhao and dhraail which h,h e , d.ahttaotdhTpciohsal caused atsil f eow a dl l ya i so i d a aepo t c h rsloe e i nds price theotht the r state ai pricelo' ff sharesst h the e harvest,f u must ods a still l arger d ec li ne i n transact i ons of a specula tiveeaaconednd character. He did not attribute the deprecia tion of railway shares to the statements which had been put forth by the railway companies themselves, though these statements were calculated to reduce railway pro perty to its proper and legitimate level.—(Hear, hear.) In confirmation of this, he would refer to the aceonote of the,London and North-Western Company, which had been presented to the proprietors, and he affirmed with out heitation -that there was nothing in them to dis hearten them. Re had before stated that it would be preposterous to - compare the receipts of 1852 with those of 1851. The receipts of 1851 - mutt be regarded as those of an exceptional period; but if they compared the re ceipts of 1852 with those of 1850 (and that was a fair comparison), and took the same periods of each year, they , would find that they had increased by 26,0001., and that, too, in the face of the active and continued opposition to which tho company had been sub jected.—(Applause.) So far, then, from there being any cause for the depreciation of their stock beldw its natural level, the company had every reason to be satisfied with the security and soundness of their property in a commercial point of view. Their ex penses had undoubtedly been greater than usual during the last half-year, and it was not his intention to held out an expectation of any great diminution under that head, now that the capital account had been closed. If they continued to keep up the efficiency of their esta blishment, as they had heretofore done, the expenses could not be materially reduced. The increase -during the last half year was the consequence of the whole of the stock being over-worked daring the Great Exhibi tion, when it was impossible to get time to repair it and keep it in its usual order.—(bear.) There was one point in connexion with the accounts which he thought they would agree with him in thinking of a very satis factory nature—he alluded to the debenture debt and to the Parliamentary powers which had been obtained to create a perpetual stock for its reduction. Out of a debt of 9,700,0001. upwards of 8,000,0001. were borrowed at interest varying from 5 per cent, to 3,1 per cent., and on which a great saving would in future be made. There was another point in connexion with the accounts of which he wished to refer, namely, the reserve fund for the replacement of the permanent way. They were aware that they laid aside a very large sum every half-yeSr for this purpose. The system pursued in this respect was similar to that adopted by the life assurance offices, and he was happy to stet( that experience showed that their calculations were not only correct, but that the reserve fund was rather larger than it was necessary it should be. Therefore he indulged the hope that, like the assurance offices, the company might; in some years to come, have the oppor tunity of receiving back a portion of what they had paid in the nature of premiums. Ho would now direct their attention to the events of the last session, which was one of the most harrassing and vexatious ;ever experienced by those connected with railway property. It would be recollected that the company had not a great many Bills to prosecute. ;They had one for a new line from Birken head to Chester, but it was withdrawn on the faith of an agreement with the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire Junction Board, and he hoped it might be not be necessary to renew it. The next Bill which the com pany promoted was one for making a connexion between the Buckingham line and that of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. This line was only to be two miles and a quarter long, and it passed through the Committee of the House of Commons without difficulty. It was then proceeded with before the Committee of the House of Lords, and finally rejected by that tribunal, hut upon what grounds the dircotors were utterly at loss to know. Why the Lords should have objected to it was most singular, because, putting aside the question that the Oxtord, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Company should have a communication with London over the London and North-Western line, there was a clear case made out for a line to open a communication with the narrow gauge ystem of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, that company having proved its right to use the narrow gauge. For some unknown reasons, however, the Committee of the douse of Lords rejected the Bill The next Bill was that promoted by the Worcester and Hereford Company. This Bill, after a protracted scru tiny, passed through the Committee of the House of Commons unanimously, but was rejected by the Com mittee of the House of Lords. Strange enough to say. the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Lords proved the necessity for the line to be so strong. that their Lordships stopped the company before they came to the conclusion of the evidence with regard to the traffic. The line was all along proposed by the pro moters as a cheap line, and one which could be con structed at small cost; but, notwithstanding this, th e Committee rejected the Bill, supported as it was Ey every interest in the country, approved by a Committee of the House of Commons, sanctioned by the Members for the towns and. counties, and by all the local interest. But, although the company failed with respect to these Bills, they succeeded in getting the Bill passed to convert their debenture debt into stock. So much with respect to the company's own measures, and now he would allude to those which they opposed. The North Staffordshire Com pany endeavoured to pass two Bills hostile to the in terests of the London and North-Western Company, knewlle it was matter of surprise to many that he had never answered the remarks which had been made by the chairman of the North Staffordshire Company. He, had refrained from doing so, not from any difficulty in replying to them, but because he did not think it be coming that those who occupied the chairs of great com panies should indulge is vituperation, which could not by any possibility end in good, but which might, on the other hand, have the effect of doing much evil.— (Hear.) He had also an additional reason for silence, for when those charges (if such he could call them) were b e i ng made, a suggestion came from the North Staffordshir e board, and it was accepted by the Landon and North- Western, that the whole questions at issue should be left to the decision of Mr. Robert Stephenson and of M e Hope; and as the North Staffordshire Company and this company had consented to this arrangement, it would have been unbecoming in him to continue a squabble which could have led to no beneficial result.—(Hear, hear.) The result of the reference to which he had alluded was the withdrawal of the two hostile Bills. The next Bills with which they had to deal were those described as the Shrewsbury and :Sir wWiensgtherannl Amalgamation Shrewsbury aßills a fornd C suchhes e r h oand believedre a t , they were called. These Bills contained clauses of a moot extraordinary character, called " running clauses," and the London and North-Western Company succeeded in getting those which were most obnoxious struck out. The Bills passed the Committee of the House of Com. mons, but were stopped in the House of Lords in COM the wherever eotn . sequence of steps taken by those interested in both companies. A good deal had been said and insinuated with reference to the part which the London and North- Western Company took in these proceedings. H e should not have felt it necessary to notice this matter at all were it not for the circumstance that the allega tions made on the subject ware brought forward i n the that the House of Lords by no less a personage than Lord Lynd amndust whose comma nd voice wouldin fluencecm a of w f always find i h t u w rs a t s , w m h e o n s t e ion n e a d m , e te willing hearers. The Noble Lord had thought it worth his while to make observations in the House of Lords Company —for his Lordshipa s the advocate sn e et s ,h t ae e r na n dd C vho o e said com pany. and kind to him, company had always been civil (Mr. Glyn) wished that his Lordship lived upo n the He lived upon t r h he e ea i t r wW l a i London and North-Western line—(Laughter) -4, order that this company might exhibit the kindness civility, and respect to which that eminent individual was entitled.—(Elear, hear.) Acting, however, as the advocate of the Great Western Railway Company, hi s Lordship asserted in his place in Parliament that the London ,and North-Western Company had taken measures with the Shrewsbury companies —that th ey had employed the funds of the company in purchasing shares in those companies for the purpose of influenci ng meetings; yet at the very time his Lordship made this statement, founded doubtless on incorrect information, the whole circumstances of the transaction—down to the minutest particulars—were detailed on the oath of a n officer of this company. The officer had told the Com mittee upon oath that he and other gentlemen holding °finial situations in the London and North-Western Com pany, had clubbed together to the extent of 10,0001., and invested that sum at their own risk in Shrewsbury shares, It was not for him to soy how far it was wise in them to do so.. They did it, as they stated, in their zeal to promote the interests of the shareholders, but he regretted the step they had taken, because it fur nished a handle, though a feeble one, to the charges brought against the company.—(llear, hear.) The same officer told the Committee on oath that the transaction wa s to any totally unknown di rector, or to any body but themselves, and that the funds used wore their oWn, and not the funds of the com pane% --( Hear, hear.) Ile did not believe there was a single director who knew of the transaction. He could say for himself that he know it not till the officer men tioned it to him j utOaefore h' • ' ' is examination inC o mmittee, Ile stated these things to show that nothing could be so grottu djoi ao the charge that they took the ateps alleged against them in order to promote, their influence in the Shrewsbury Company. These were not the ways in which they meant to carry on their transactions in that company.—(Hear.) They had had dealings with these companies, and had made arrangements with them of a perfectly honourable character.. By these arrangemen ts they stood ; b ut t h ose companies must carry them nu', and they would leave them to do so.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted, therefore, after the solemn declaration on oath of one of their servants —a declaration which he now re. peated with c q5ll "I °2' 6' Y—that they wou ld no t a gaie In-ar it a sserte d that that cempeny, or the execut i v; placed behind t h at bar, had employed the comesnY ' means to carry on proceedings vihich, h e admitted, be was not incli ne d to approve of.—(Hear, hear.) Ther e was another r emar k o f the Noble Lord to which, b e f ore leaving thi s part or the subject, he felt himsel' hound to advert. L or d Lyndhurst told the House of Lords that the London and North-Western Company were trying to prevent th e i ntentions of Parliament w ith regard to te use of the Shrewsbury, Chester, and Bir mingham lines. By that he reei n t to say that the in tention of Parliament was to sanction the constriction 01 these lines as a competing scheme to the London and North-Western. No w h e wa s s p eaking in the presence of gentlemen who k new everything c o n n e cted with the formation of these lin es; and he begged them to remark, from their very origin, h ow totally devoid of foun d at i on that assertion was.—(Bear, hear.) Wh a t w as the origin of the Shrewsbury and Bir m i ngham line? The Lon d on and Birmingham Company p romoted ' one line the these the Grand Junction Company another; and in Parlia two lines,were made one und er the sanction of these two companies. Further than th at , the Shr e ws b ury an d Birmingham Company - were thelepartners irrthe - Stour Valley line, in the Wolverhampton station, and also in part of the line to Shrewsbury. In point of fact, all these lines were supported at the time try the London and Bir mingham interest, and, therefore, to say that the inter tions of Parliament were thwarted in what they had done, was to speak without a knowledge of the facts of the case.—(Hear.) The same thing might be said as re garded the Shrewsbury and Chester line. This railway was nothing more than a prolongation of a line that ex isted before, called the North Wales Mineral line, and which was formed to develop° the traffic of the district. They never opposed that line, and never had a thought of doing so; and its promoters never told them or Par liament that it was to be a competing line to the London and North-Western. Therefore to say that, with regard to this line, they were interfering with the original in :entions of Parliament, was, he might be allowed to say again, speaking without a knowledge of the facts.— (Hear, hear.) But ho sincerely wished they had Lord Lyndhurst as their advocate, for he was, no doubt, one of the most talented men in this country. The Noble Lord evidently could not help thinking he had found an excellent opportunity, considering the audience he was addressing, to give us a hard bit; for, in the same speech he made another accusation against us. He (Mr. Glyn) was almost sorry to occupy their time with these things; but he was not quite sure whether, in point of fact, they did not in some degree account for the way in which their Bills were dealt with in the House of Lords last session. —(hear, hear.) The Noble Lord said, " The s'nneyte, the head of the 'also formed for its purposes naannd alliance - W vy i e t s h t e a r i i ni C a o n m o p t great Anti-Corn-law League (Mr. George Wilson) venerabile nomen."—(Laughter.) Now, he well knew the audience he was addressing, and that the Anti-Corn law League was not a popular cry with those who were supposed not to be its friends. He knew, in short, what he was about.—(Hear.) With regard to the anti- Corn-law League, all he would say was, that he wished they had their assistance, for they were in the habit of carrying everything they undertook.—(A. laugh.) But, in fact, a railway board had nothing to do with political strife of any sort. They had a variety of opinions at that board ; though he thought they were not likely to find a Protectionist there. or, indeed, anywhere else.—(A laugh) He wished, however, that they had Mr. G. Wilson in their board, because they could not have a more able man. But though they had no connexion with Mr. Wilson, he had no doubt that the assertion had its influence, for they lost their Bill.—(Hear.) There was another Bill promoted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, by which it was proposed that that company should make use of part of their station. That measure was carried th rough the House' of Lords, although it was proved to dem onstrat i on t h at it would be injurious to them, and that nothing could be more dangerous to the public service. The Lords carried the Bill against them, but a clause was inserted which prevented it coming into operation until certain certain ,legal questions were settled ; and, though it was passed, it would not be very hurtful to their interests.---(Hear, hear.) These were the Bills that had occupied their attention during a session which. though short, was one o f th e molt erentfUl, in a railway sense, that ho had ever remembered. He did not see present either of those Hon. Proprietors, the Hon. Baronet the Member for Eveaham or Mr. Do Winton, who took such an active part at the last meeting with reference to the sattlenaent of their differences with the had t h t f let detailed to y Great Western Company. Wh at too k p l ace t hen had not gassed away from th e i r ; m i nds. He told the proprietors that he thought it wa s not t h en the proper t i m e to move in ,e e, thatfro from w matter—that hath e Y shouldi led the expiration of that session o f P ar li am ent. They would point of tact, both sides of the qiestion—both the Great W estern and themselves—had l e f t o ff very much as t h e y began, with this difference, that th ey had incurre d t h e expendi ture de l a them, doing that, in ° till after of a largo sum of money in Parliamen t . —( Hear, hear.) Not unmindful of what passed at the last meeting, he did not lose one day after the session was over to take the opportunity, through a very influential con nexion with that company, to see if anything could b done. He met a very influential party on the other side; as but as nothing resulted from their proceeding& and to they were entirely confidential, he was not at liberty allude more particularly to them. But in dismissing thi s hat question with his colleagues, they had determined that they would be best acting up to the views of the pro prietors if they went one step further and made a which defi nite proposition to the Great Western Company, w i n t o that they did.—(Hear, hear.) H e wou ld not go -- f iem proposition, because the secretary would read to t the correspondence which related to it, and it onlyre mained for him to say that the Great Western Company did not accept their offer, but had put before the n '! proposition, which th e y h ad ' found it impossible that p roposition He rejoiced exceedingly that they had , s il s 3 h ad - e had proposition to the Great Western, and though it in been rejected, h e was st i ll in the hope that so mething the nature of th e p roposal they had put to them would finally come about.—(Hear, hear.) de lie was ledto this conclusion by the circumstance that he found in the claration which M r . R ussell had made to h i s proprietors the following very re mar k a b le coincidence of opinion stern with that expressed by t h e London and North-,w made. Board, in the commu n i cat i on which t h e y bad amalgamation They had prep esed Simple and absolute amal"m on given terms, and Mr. Russell, in his speech,adoet said If the Legislature could be induced to h the views of the London and North Western Company, and to think that it would be wise to allow the completend to amalgamation of these two great companies, and care rely for the protection of the public interests on tat restrictions and restraints (quoting aim° uspicious our words), I for one should hail such an a uspicious our words) I fir one should hail such as most ad change in the public policy of the country bilee" Now, vantegeous both to the railways and the pu sentiments if his friend Mr. Russell entertained such ho did not —and he never expressed an opinion which . n the hope ho nestly entertain—he certainly would live . 1 the Great of seeing an arrangement brought about with ~ Wes that could Western Company, and the only one .....he meant even tually terminate the differences between theneo companies, — ( Hear, complete amalgamation of the two En e alteration (Hear, hear.) He believed there was a great authority in in Public opinion on this question. A greatrailway matters, whose n am e he was not at liberty to as mention, looked on all these attempted agreementshore must be an unmistakable indications thateventuallY t with a view to ar ealganaation, under proper restrictioos , railways; the public interest, of all the great leading ,be the case. He and he was convinced that such would aa nication in the rejoiced they had made their com n there was no terms they did, because ho was convincedossible to work out other shape in which it would be P s fi ial to the interests any arrangement that would be belle c. Ile would not of the two companies.—(Hear, hear.) $e as he felt further occupy their attention in the meantime, they should hear it would be more convenient that it ln h id taken place read the correspondence whi c h I with the G rea t W estern Company. The secretary should it strike would ther e f ore proc ee d with the rea ding of the report. He must, however, make one remark reference to with yesterday to Mr, Rue the answer w hi c h h a d b een sent Rus sell. Ho thought it right to say, in me should any one that that letter con tained matter which he wgladly h ave have been om i tte d , that wou ld Most rn • avoided s a yi ng anything as to the state of the two co from them by the state ment had it not been drawn to the relative went of the Great Western Company r But for that he of the stock of the two companies . word he would not ha ve p ut forward a single that could they gave(' detail of th e i r create an an gr y f ee li ng; but ~ that, it was neces - true positi on , b ecause t hey felt sary to do so in answer to what was stated in th e co mmunication of the Great Western Cem PanY.—(Hear, hear.) Tho secretary would now proched to read the report. The following report was then read:r— -" The statement of accounts just issued to the pro prietors exhibits the following results as compared with the correspouding period of last year:-.f 1851. 1852. ncrease Decrease X. X. X. £. P assengers, Parc e l s , ~,, i and Mails Merchandise, &c 453,718 467,477 1 3,759 , ••• 1,177,580 1, i 36,276 13,759 35,063 Working expenses,. 415,4 tO 423,301 7,88 t " The perctlntage of disbursements to receipts is, ex clusive of rates and taxe3, 37.25 against 31.99 in 1851. " The circumstances of the year 1851 Are so excep tional as to reridc , r inapplicable the usual comparison between the traffic and expenses of tho corresponding period. " The increase in the working charges is attributable to two causes, viz , the unusually heavy amount of re pairs to the locomotive and carriage stock falling upon the past half -year, consequent upon the wear and tear to which they Were subjected (WILT the period 9f the 4x :iibit ion, and to the rester mileage run by engines, car riages, and waggons e C , r resu resulting from the reduction in the causes may be rega g rde s d f The second, upon the contrary, oowing aalslnd temporary, goods. T a h n e d l imfirsti limited e d o f t o thesethe le tee to which competition charges for passengers is dependent upon the continue to make itself ,•very company which, like this, may be carried on, and will has s e Great closed Exhibition. it,.ti authorising a t p h p eo a ct r r e e n a t t : o f: theo debenture n s r t o o c k o f , ialf-year immediate! a to e3 ;:e llA i l s ta s . u il e l d in substi.ution -he company, as also for the en th ltt e re e e x m is e t a in t g of b( s 'u ta ds ti dc o ea n b ; at oaf o n e i k t v o i e n r 1 1 ,4 3 h a w a r :m shi r e line pt T on tie n ß ai i l l - 1 same was the Bill for the Kilburn and Wolverton, t with authorisethi Oxford, Worcester,cti passedo d Committeeby the of f the Chairmano m - ord a . The the case I, n sb e eu a near withfailedO x f t o h r ei d nß , Worcester and Hereford line; in both Houses it was • • o i n y t e h s e t ; 'shed; and, a s ,f tee Committee that the e li es regarded bi. the public utility of the project, had been fu ' the formation of this extension, i f great importance to this company, aaßrriollwwgilerbe ge, is in troduced in the next session supported by the landed propritors and local parties acting in unison with this and other narrow gauge interests; andyour directors rely upon the co-operation of their proprietorsin • • such individual support to the project as may, in addi tion to the support of this and other companies interested, be required to ensure its complete success. "Your directors have encouraged the formation, by indeeendeet parties, of a line from Warwick to Strat ford-upon-Avon. Highly influential landowners and others .interested in Central Wales having proposed a line of railway between Shrewsbury and Aberystwith, which may be constructed at a very small expense per mile, your directors did not hesitate to indicate their hearty approval of the project by requesting some of their colleagues to assist in carrying out the undertaking; and they have now under consideration the promotion, 111 their corporate capacity, of a line from Crewe to Shrewsbury—the extension of the railway system in Wales rendering this line necessary alike for the promo tion and development of the traffic of this company. " The Bill promoted by the company for a line from Chester to Birkenhead was withdrawn, o n t he faith of an agreement sought by, and entered into with, the Bir kenhead, Leneashire, and Cheshire Junction directors. That company having failed to ratify the acts of its ex ecutive, it will be necessary to resume the application to Parliament in the next session. " It will be in the recollection of the proprietors that, as stated in the l ast half- y earl y r e port , the Stour-valle y line was co mpleted and advertised to be opened on the lst of December, 1851, and that the Lords of the Privy Council for Trade prohibited the opening on the ground of danger tea nd he owing to the proceedings of the Shrewsbury Birmingham Company. The further facts may be briefly recorded as follows: "On the 6th of December, 1861, application was made by this company to the Board of Trade to settle the mat ters in differentia under the powers of the sth and 6th Victoria, chap. On 55. the 26th of January, at a meet ing President of before the then the Board of Trade, it was mutually agreed to refer the disputes to arbitration, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company suggesting Sir William Cubitt as sole referee, and this company concurring • 'a the selection; and, accordingly, the fol.- lowing agreement was drawn up and signed by the agents of the respective companies, in the presence of the officers of the Board of Trade '" We, the undersigned, request that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade will appoint an umpire to decide all differe nces of o p ini on which may arise in the joint committee, in conformity with the terms of the agreement, a copy of which is hereunto annexed; each company engaging to be bound by the decisions of such umpire with , respect to such diff erences of opinion so referred t o him. . . "On the 3d of February Sir William Cubitt was ac cordingly formally appointed to act as umpire; and on the 6th of April, he made to the Board of Trade a pre liminary report, indicating the outline of the principles on which he proposed to act in framing his award. Your directors expressed perfect willingness to abide by the decision of Sir William Cubitt; the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, on the contrary, refused to confer, and recorded a formal protest against the course which the arbitrator, selected by themselves, thought equitable between the parties, and which appeared, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, if fully carried into effect, ' sufficient to secure the safety of the public, as well as their convenience: Under these circumstances their Lordships, on the sth of June, intimated that they were prepared to act under the powers of the sth and 6th of Victoria, cap. 55, and, accordingly, the application made by this company on the 6th of December, was repeated; and, on the Ist of July, the Stour Valley line and sta tion, at Wolverhampton, were opened for public traffic, under by-laws and regulations settled by the officers of the Board of Trade; and your directors have the satis faction to state that the traffic promises to equal their expectations. 1 "A resolution will be submitted to the proprietors, at the special general meeting to be held this day, to ap prove a lease, jointly with the Midland Railway Co m of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway and Canal. " ,3 rYoureneebetween directors havethis e to .)m reportc ompany a nthat d tbe theN Mirth questions i ff Stafford shire have been referred, under the common seals of both companies, to Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., and Mr. James Robert Hope, Q C., so as to effact a complete union of the interests of the undertakings. The matter is still under the consideration of the arbitrators, whose award, when given, will be submitted to the proprietors for confirmation. "Adverting to the expression of opinion on the part of numerous influential proprietors at former general meetings, as to the desirableness of ending, if possible, on equitable terms, the existing injurious state of rivalry between this and the Great Western Company, your directors availed themselves of the first favourable op portunity which presented itself, after the close of the Parliamentary session, to enter upon negotiations with the directors of the Great Western Company; and on the 4th instant the chairman, by unanimous resolution of the board, transmitted to the chairman of the Great Western Company a proposal, having for its object the union of the two undertakings on terms which your directors believe would have proved mutually advanta- geous to the proprietors, and which would, at the same time, have secured to the public more substantial bene fits than can possibly result from a continuance of the existing state of strife. •' This offer has, your directors regret to state, been rejected by the Great Western board. The correspondence accompanying this report will fully explain the views of your directors on this impor tant question. " From the statement of the half year's £ s. d. accounts it will be seen that the net proceeds are ... ... ... 467,720 17 4 " To which must be added the balance carried forward from laat account.. 182,475 15 8 650,196 13 0 " Less—Farther allow. ante for renewal of rails (Abstract H) £14,296 3 0 " For addition to works and stock (Ab stract J) ... ... 20,693 13 8 34,989 16 8 " Showing a disposable balance of 615.206 16 4 " The directors recommend a dividend of 21. 15s. per cent. for the six months, amounting to 546,9031. 13s. 6d., leaving a balance of 68,3031. 2s. 10d. to be carried for ward to the next half-yearly account." The Secretary also read the correspondence between the directors of the London and North-Western and Great Western Companies, which was published in yesterday's Sun, with the addition of the following letter: oeidtrehrefisr, 0 v e r - " London and North-Western Railway, Secretary's Office, Euston-station London, Aug. 12. " My dear Sir,—l have to-day laid before my they concur with me in regretting that our proposal of col leagues your letter of the 10th, received yesterday , and finally, of the 4th has not been accepted. " We should certainly not have made At t o h n e do p b r as o se p r o v s e i , tio i n n were very consideringat all, if we it had th the best,otth thought g n h o t t t t h h a e t o y n o ly a , awgaryeeodf with ertetucots,itnihnge the public and private objects which both hoards pro fesstohfeiitrtoecnah the part pn i nag rvititeoowfu, out with eitheri i f t hw perfect ehr bodyaf edotd ofogu o b o t e sdhh d afadar o ie f tnhn t o, h el ap proval reply ef moneyp i l t y s r t e ot c ey e r i om v u i or of terms reluctantly acceded to by my board, and only for the i Parliamentary s t e a 4 r I y t uh s o a at n v c ot t h i o o on n sle . y looked the fact (which you properly mention), that you have additional traffic to expect upon so me of your lines, nor, on the other hand, the fact that you are open to sake of peace; and, next, that we your remarks, receivi ng aPinamed erdl the chance of abstraction of present traffic from others of your lines; nor the fact that you have between 3,000,000/. or 4,000,000/. of capital yet to bring to the debit of your revenue account, whereas, our capital ac count is virtually closed; besides that, if you fulfil the engagements with third parties, to which you demand our assent (I allude to the Shrewsbury Companies and the Birkenhead), they will in vo l ve a f ur th er charge against your revenue of at least 160,000/, per annum: in addition to the interest on the 3,000,0dv4 or 4,000,000/, to which I have jest ntifi„irainity and this at the moment when you will, "")- paa with your Act of Parliament, h a v o to rede" y r ` 25 per senger fares over the whole of your lines 20_ L:ndon and cent., that is to say, to the fares which the , 4irs., How _ North-Western have charged for 50 , 10 1 ' 1 t)oe dwell upon ever, as you observe, it is snperfluootuisiem for the pur these topics; and we merely adverntdtid S undertaking pose of adding that we believe w .ruis o f ma i gma . full justice, in naming the raoneY;ou now refer to as tine, which we are surprised that unsatisfactory. ha t, complicated as are the " It is still our conviction t .. ' absolute am... " amalgams. relations of the two coniP n , means of giving to the tion' is the best, if not the: tobe derived from both the public the fullest advantag staining for our respecti ve and of m oderate undertakings, d return on their ea • Nal. shareholders a fair an would We believe also that Par liament have come to the same conclusion, had you concurred with us iu laying before them the actual facts of the case; for I think I may say that experience has shown, to the satisfaction of almost all men, whether in or cut of Par liament, that what is called competition' between rail way companies, is, in truth, merely a step towards ulti mate combination, and attended, of necessity, with, very considerable inconvenienc e to the public in the meantime. We feel the more confidence in recording our opinion to this effect, because it has had the deliberate sanction of your board us well as inine ; and certainly, if atnalgatna iion was desirable in 1849, it is not the less so now, when the capital of each company has been still further and largely extended for the public accommodation. " I purposely refrain from alluding to the arguments with which you now support the opposite view, because, entiydispute th e accuracy off facts you on n which aware,ich argumentsthus© are bas e d,— es to the ta l r w e particular,—and it can answer no Shrewsbury lines in good purpose to enter hero upon these discussions." The CHAIRMAN then moved that the report and the half -yearly statcaatnt of accounts be printed and circu lated among the proprietors. Ur: TiTE availed himself of this opportunity of ex greasing his concurrence in the opinion expressed by the auditors, that it was deserving the serious consideration of the board whether some modification ought not to be made in the principle of the arrangement, by which the cost of additions to works and stock is to be liquidated, by deductio n from profits, in the space of five years. He felt s o s t rongly upon this point that it was his inten tion to submit a motion on the subject, which he would do either as an addition to the motion of the chairman, or, subsequently, as an independent proposition, if that should, be deemed the wore convenient - course. The CRAIRitteN said that the directors were anxious only to carry into effect the wishes of the proprietors. They had adopted the course which the auditors objected stronglyt o expressed with bo t theh in opinions that roo of and elsewhere, the and they would b e re l uctant to alter . _it u Pro ao s p, o i b e y t °Erb,:e proposition,proprietors it urWoluthid in rbee n sp le me s c s otr i et n o s r t e r t u gh c ue t l e aH d ro t tn o o. move it after the motion b e f ore the meeting should be dis m po r. sed MozELEY f. was understood to express his coinci dence with the vi ew o f t h e subject tan by Mr. Tice. He, also, had prepared a resolution on the subject. Mr. HADLEY comp l a i ned of the expenditure incurred in the case of the Birkenhead Bill, which was carried pto a certain point and th en withdrawn, and also criti cisedu- the manner in which some portions of the account were stated. He thought th e report of the . directors should always be furnished at the same time ;with the accounts, instead of being kept back till the day of meeting. The CHAIRMAN said the Birkenhead Company with drew the Bill which they had introduced to Parliament for amalgamation with the Great Western Company, and, as a matter of course, the Bill of the London and North-Western Company was withdrawn also.—(Hear.) The Hon. Proprietor did not seem to understand the case. It was impossible, without great inconvenience, to publish the report along with the accounts. Mr. MARRIOTT recommended that in the accounts the preference capital should always be stated separately. He wished to know if there was any objection to pub lishing the details of the charge for collecting and de livering the merchandise traffic, which amounted to the large sum of 186,0001. per annum. Captain lima replied that if all the items expended under this head were published, the accounts would be rendered extremely elaborate. Besides, it would be un wise in them. competing as they did with so many com panies, to make them acquainted with what they were doing at every point.—(Hear, hear.) The motion, that the report be received and adopted, was then carried. Mr. TITE then rose to propose his motion on the sub ject of the cost of additions to work and stock, when Mr. MOZELEY claimed the privilege of doing iso, and objected to the matter being taken out of his hands. The CHAIRMAN suggested that one gentleman might move, and the other might second a proposition on the subject.—(A laugh.) After some good-humoured altercation on the subject, Mr. TITE was allowed to proceed, and moved the fol lowing resolution:— " That the suggestion contained in the report of the auditors, in respect to the present mode of dealing with the account for providing for the increase of the perma nent works and stock, be referred to the special conside ration of the board of directors to report thereon' at the next meeting, but with powers to act in the meantime as seems to them expedient." _ Mr. MOZELEY then moved, as an amendment, " That the expenditure incurred for additions to stock, works, and estate be in futute liquidated by charging the current revenue of the year at the rate of ouo-tenth of the balance at the debit of such acc3unt, unless the board of directors shall see reason to submit some other modi fication for the consideration of the proprietors at their next meeting." Mr. CnoSsFiELD declared his preference for the amendment. The CHAIRMAN repeated that the directors were de sirous of acting in this matter in tecordance with the wishes of the shareholders, and they had been guided by this feeling in the course they had taken. Tar. MozELEir then withdrew his amendment. The CHAIRMAN understood, from what had passed, that it was the wish of the proprietors that alterations should be made in the arrangement recently establish , d, having the directors to decide upon the best mode of effecting it.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then ag reed to. The CHAIRMAN moved that the dividend for six months be 2/. 155.—Agreed to. A PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman of the Midland Company, whom he saw present, whether it was the intention of that company to erect a new refreshment and waiting-room at Rugby? Mr. &las replied in the affirmative. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution sanctioning the conversion of shares on which all calls had been paid into consolidated stock of the company. Mr. MOZELEY adverted to t he suggested amalgama tion of the Great Western and London and North- Western Companies, which he thought most desirable, and attributed the failure,of the negotiation for effecting that object to an individual connected with the Great Western. The CHAIRMAN deprecated attacks on individuals. It appeared to him that the only mode of surmounting the numerous difficulties with which the question was sur rounded was by an act of simple amalgamation. It was desirable an impression should no t g o forth—as might happen in consequence of some remarks made elsewhere —that the London and North-Western Company were not perfectly sincere in the offer they had made to the Great Western Company. The arrangements into which both companies had entered with the Shrews bury companies were one of the chief difficulties to be encountered; but the London and North-Western Com pany had suggested a plan by which that diffi cu l ty might be obviated. The suggestion was, that the en gagements with the Shrewsbury companies should be embodied in a Bill to proceed pari passe with the amal gamation Bill. It was urged that great hardship would ensue if the Legislature should refuse to sanction the project. It appeared to him that the only persons who would have any reason to complain in would be tthe lawyers, for being deprived that case gains for twelve mon t h B . (il ear, hear,and dit would not end and laughter.) of their . A ma l gam ation must take place, with the Great Western. -- (Hear e , eaa. ) The be a t amal thing that could happen for the out rail ways, too, was to have all these undertakingsntrYnel for a gamated and placed under proper regulations. He hoped that the directors of the Great Western would alter their views; if not, the only alternative open to the proprietors was, to take the question P into their o wn h an d s, to pass both by the executive offi cers of companies, aw and by y t o say, ee . " We will not h ave our property frittered You may marsh a l the trains and issu e th e dividend warrants; but the policy the sha of h tated by u 5...... the comp an i es s hall be di:- re ." t e proprietors would use that olders language(Cbeers .) they would soo n bring the question to an end. Mr. 1- A _ASSETT said, the last sentence uttered by the chairman was the most important t and effect_iv „ th e i w s h as o had delivered on (H ear , heius) ." o f opinion that if gentlemen high talent largely interested in both companies would up this matter, leaving out the ecative of the character takeand z es ex done. There two companies, something might •w with, and a would be a clean slate to begin Hear, t a ear, hear.) probability of some good a ri e s b n ;i e saan to Mr. Rus- After reading the letter of theiirth t h e importance of sell everybody must be stra ck . ads. It contained a pro the proposal which he had ta :e them an d the whole railway position most interesting to e t comp rehensive; and he world. It was concise, a° Y t h e Great Western Com must say that the answer os at alL—(Hear, hear.) e o f $ pant' to it was no L t. looked upon the proposal made to A Simian° toe c o mpany by the directors as one the Great peossaihle, to be carried out. No doubt it that ought, ir sacrifice on their part, but it was better involved 80010 e scenes which had to do so than w itness over again those occurre d for some years past, by which the funds of both „ fl i er' were squandered. His chief fear was that aoa3P— would not sanction the arrangement. Parliament Mr . RAHSDEN was afraid there were interests at work different from the interests of the proprietors on either s ide.—(Hesr, hear.) There was a tearful amount involved in the existence of these two railways—in the London and North-Western not less than 30,000,0001,, an d in the Great Western from 15,000,000/ I 20,000,0001; and it was not to be tolerated that ° great intt rests should be managed by others than b such proprietors, or dealt with as matters with which had u e.by the ot allg to do.—(Hear, hear.) They ought they put an et:d to the tosee whether it was cot possible to dis putes between the two companies, instead o f - scren o dsring their the present system of squabbling and continuing profits for the benefit of others.— " Hear, hear.") It aas only by a union of cries of others.—(Loud interests that they could hope to have pe ace , felt indebted to the chairman for the observations hee them, and for having stated in had made to so open and unequivocal a manner what the duty of the proprietora was to the company.—(Hear , hear.) 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V„ • t A • „,'his r , 4 17,14 ‘ Zqtl 1-,11,1f,fr V (j - v v(_r (/ /~ C., -, // Th-, resolution was then agreed to. On the motion of Mr. ARNAUD, of Liverpool, the undit committee was appointed, and on the motion o :the CHAIRMAN the auditors were re-elected. The meeting was then 'rade special, when, on the mo tion of the CHAIRMAN and in conformity with the De benture Act of last session, power was given to the directors to convert debenture bonds not exceeding 5 ,000,0001. into perpetual stock at a dividend of not more than 3 per cent. A resolution was also adopted empowering the direc tors to enter conjointly with the Midland Railway Com pany into an agreement with the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway Company for the lease of that line and the Cromford canal. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and the meeting separated. THE DtOwNNDINOG.NsTRGEAETZ,EATtiGT. 11, 1852. Au Au g. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Allen, Dq., to be her Majesty's Treasurer for the District of Natal, in South Africa. Commission by the Queen, dated July 3. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia-Thomas Harpur Colvin, Esq. (late Captain in her Majesty's 71st Regiment of Foot), to be Adjutant, from the 17th July, vice Evelugh, resigned. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Pa latice of Lancaster. Thomas Miller, Esq.. to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Thomas Ainsworth, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 9. CROWN-OFFICE, Auu. 12. 7 , IEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PARLIAMENT HOLDEN OF Iku LDEN A GrTT, 8 T s WES I T3 S II 2. N STER, ON FSURMID3AIuyNFT:DHET2OOTBHE DAY nu , Cir p n a t r y k o i f n l3trheelcsianiodii cco-uSnitry.Juseph Bailey, Bart., of Gla. Borough ' of Brecknock-Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq., of Tredegar Park, in the said county. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Delf and Nicholas Ti iibner, booksellers, Pa ternoster-row, to surrender Aug. 20 , at h alf p ast eleven, and Sept. 24, at eleien, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Official ass i gnee , Aldermanbury; Hughes, Chapel-street, Bedford-row. George Batt wine merchant, Fenchurl-street, Apg. 20, and Sept 24, at one; at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basin gh ail-street ; Linklaters ; Size-lane, Bucklersbury. Robert Gleave Sutton, dealer and chapman, Landport, Southampton, Aug. 20, at half past one, and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall•street ; Briggs and Sons, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Parnell, Portsea. John Strevens, sail maker, Bermondsey-wall, Surrey, Aug. 27, at one, and Sept. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe. Hyman Cohen, paperhanging manufacturer, Booth street, Spitalfieldf, Aug. 20, at twelve, and Sept. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street; Jacobs and Forster, Crosby square. William Hollamby, grocer, Hurstperpoint, Sussex, Aug. 25, at half-past one, and Sept. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Sowton, Great James-street. Edward Butt, laceman, Newcastle-place, Edgware road, Aug. 18, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 25, at one, Bristolea and Gdt h eld e a C pr o sid u se r un t : o ct f Ec ß riod a u n arg k ytr.. r is u t p r t e c e y t: Pennell, official assignee, G G i v a i m id oo h rr a gg l ea l:c 7 h h a iiir m leia b ,_m e A rs ißi , Basinghall-street ; Reed, Langford, ma J n o . h o n ffi S ci w a i l f a t, s g si r g o n c e e a i r e n ,t , sSetrii)tc.kl,BS, watantwseealv;e7 at the ecellinson, Great tso g t2Hnth h a:e t vul3ealkn l yoiiedcns Sept.on official i v 2a i 12 c ,ta assignee, gleelnree, eleven, ai Swansea, tothle Sheffield; p e r , d D Gs e rp r iei b i y ost s tor b iDie i c r e tralbffino A deul u rdy g t,. . e 01 York shire, Free man, Thomas Lampoln ffi gebia, official assignee, Sheffield. shire, Sept. 1 and 22, at twelve, Hull; Le eds District Court. Carrick, Driffield. Joseph Roberts, grocer, Chester, Aug. 26 and Sep 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird , official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. H. Evans, Ilcbester, Someraetshire, carpenter, Sept 15, at one, et the Court, Exeter-T. Hitchene, St Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, timber merchant Sept. 15, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, third dividend of 3 - 32ds of Id., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. G. Blake, Liverpool and Dublin, soap boiler, second dividend of lid., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. MacCann Liverpool, 1 9-16 d., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. Dickenson, Brothers, and Hodgson, Liverpool, fourth dividend of 3.32ds of Id., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any subsequent Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Entwistle, Manchester, cotton dealer, 65., on Thurs. day, Oct. 7, and every following Thursday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee. Manchester. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Parsons, Merton, Surrey, retailer of beer, Sept. 4, at eleven. In the Country. J. Jones, Manlier), Monmouthshire, coal owner, Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Court. Bristol—J. DaHow, Wolver hampton, cooper, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, of the Court, Birmingham—G. W. Walter and W. H. Walker, Staffordshire, silk tbrowsters, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. CIUTIFICATES GR A NTED. H. Brett, Port,ca, grocer, certificate of the first clasa --J. S. Jones, High Holborn, wax aad tallow chandler --J. Parki❑s, Cuipside, clothier, certificate of the third class—S. .1.1. Brooks, Gresford, Denbighshire, wire ma nufacturer, certificate of the second class, after twenty one days from Aug. 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Morris, W. Pruett, and W, Davis, Kingston, He refordshire, timber merchants—J. Lucas and J. Holme, Broughton, Lancashire, joiners and builders—G. Slater, Sharpies, Lancashire, J. Slater, and J. N. Slater, Tu tor), Lancashire, bleachers (so far as regards G. Slater)—F. Larom and C. Burgon, Sheffield, cutlery manufacturers—W, H. Palmer, T. France, and C. J. Palmer, Bedford-row, attorneys-at law (so far as re gards T. France)-11. Marks and F. G. Marks, Blackman-street, Southwark, carvers and gilders—W. W. Webber and R. Bidgood, Merriott, Somersetshire, malsters—G. Barnes, Maria E. Clarke, H. Blenshard, T. T. Margrave, W. G am bi er, F. G. Hoare, John Sivewright, J. Pittman, C. J. Smith , A. A. Ra.sch, G. A. Smith, C. Marshall, J. U. Shears, P. Smith, James Sivewri g h t , and F. R. Crowder, Crosby Hail ohambers, Bishopsgate-str eet and Llanelly, .Car marthenshire, COAL owners---J. 'Clephand and C. Wi lson, Liverpool, plumbers —W. Latimer and J. S. Ilorseley. Carlisle, cigar merchants—J. B. L. Farrant and D. Fisher, E..rl. street, Finsbury British et: Wilkinson and J. Barber, W e l m, Shropshire, ironm r wog _ — R. J. He al and E. Pearlss Peterborough, drapers—M. wa bi ste • Bunten and W. 0. Whitehea'cl, Manchester.. ° Wan neglon-street, dealers —F. Boreman and T. Davin:, • - j . - 0 .' 8 6 - „, Bolton, Strand, tailors—R. Johnson and I. and W. Wheel wine z.nakers— Lancashire, coal dealers—C. Turner•turers—J. Cowan and Wheel house, Sheffield, edge tool nianutancgers_ T. Scaife and U. Laidlaw, Manchester, uorano brokers—R. Carver 4101, corn . C. Kelsey, Kingston.upon s on ersetsbire, architects— end C. E. Giles, Tuunton,w Blackmon, High -street, F. W. Blackmon and J. • shepherdeas-walk, linen Hoxton, and Bull'sM:oe, u parrisnn, Sheffield, tailors -by an 'Birmingha m , br aziers—J. —W. Soren Marsh , —W. Marsh and • , 0 T own send, Woua-street, Cheapaide. 4 4 Field and C. P. here .... 4", Watson, see., J. Davy, and wholesale bribeK idderm inster, carpet manufacturers. J. o Watsonjo" . „,,* o il SEQUESTRATIONS. . . Watson, ,ow, niunufaciurer, to meet wihin the J. Hood, °his "' Glasgow, Aug. 16 and Sept, 6, t at . tw . o. A „„ s Ina, King' s ''''.:- n Kildalton, Islay, distiller, to meat within J. Aforriso„,o,o, Inverary, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, - • ...vll Motel' sbe ..' b''' at two. A. Johnson, Banff, spirit merchant, to meet withi n G ili an der' s ho tel, P B anff, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, at t we l ve. RICE OF SUGAR. Tlle ave rage price of Brown or Muscovado Suga r , com peted from returns made in the week ending August 10, 1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain From the British possessions in Amenca 228. 11 d, per cwt From the Mauritius ... ... ... 215.4 h d. From the East Indies ... ... ... 255. Oct.l „ -I; Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... ... 23,. lid. By authority of Parliament, It HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company Grocers'-hall, August 13. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Aua. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was more active to-day. and prices are better. Bristol and Exeter were done at 101 1 ,E —Great Westerns, 051 2 . LIVERPOOL, AUG. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market opened well th. of is , morning, but d ec li ne d towards the close, with a good deal stock offering. Th e transactions were as follow: —Eastern Counties, 101,4—East Lancashire, 17 East Linconlshire, 37% —Lancashire and Yorkshire , sonthport, 20 Ditto, Fifths, 4 1 / 2 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby and New Quarters, —London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, /,_ _ o 7 r 7 t trf, 0 1 / 2 Midland, 31— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnahir , j and Dover, 21. 171/—Great /1 71 %—North British, 7 3 4 South-Eastern. n MANCHESTER, AuG. I° was a fair amount of business STOCK EXCHANGE,—There an upward tendency. rph, done to-day, and prices__ badßlackburn (Preference, B)_, 24;.1 transactions reported were— r t n Counties, 10. 1 ; East Lanes -Caledonian, 19 N -- " as-e n r eas bire and Yorkshire, 78 N shire, Quartars, North-Western,l7%—Lancashire New Quarters, 31 Ditto, London and . 0 , h ,,, u (C). Quarters, 1:-!.i p.— Manchester and B irml a p r '",d Lincolnshire, 30%—Midland, Manchester, Sheflieniclo,n,,o%. 71'A—Shropshire .17 - i BIRMINGHAM. AUG. 13. STOCK EcirANClt —The share market o p ene d h eav ily . . r. •x i m proved du ing the day, and closed better this morning, but h T ere was tritlin!,; improvement upon yes this a fternoon. tions. Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), yes terday's (1h ( " 6 . Among the closi ng quotations were — were done at 70 4,—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby). l hd buyers 'h Mid a , Srort Stafforshire, buyers, 6ii dis,--South 43--‘ sellers, % __ 2. Staffordshire, df_ The Cambridge University Commission had a meet ing yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the Master of the Rolls, Professor Sedgwick, and, the Rev. W. I.l.Bateen (Secretary).