The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-10 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. h__C,ITEA.P EXCUR:4ION TO SOUTH WAL . ES. , tiN. le av : ZI):NESDAY, September 15, an EXCURSION T will .hydn'eradington at 8 Is a.m., for Swansea, calling at Newnhain, ZlibetS',ChePstow, NeTport, Cardiff, Llantrissant, Bridond, Port kaliw'eath, Swansea, and all Stations on the Vale of Neath t mber s 2 ; and will Return from Swansea on WEDNESDAY, Sep °Ppertu ?: calling at the same stations, thus affording the Public an and th 4LY of visiting Chepstow Castle, Tintern Abbey, the Wye, Po„,,` -lgnificent Scenery and Waterfalls of the Vale of Neath. th e ‘ '.. e "gers for stations on the Vale of Neath RaFway must alight at OrtA ( I t h Station, and proceed the same or following day by any ( ITD l. , clill arf Trains of that Company, and must return to Nestle Ltm 0 , September 21, in order to meet the Excursion Train ,Lenee 011 WEDNESDAT, at 7.50 A.M. Fares There and Back. First Class. ie ort Lydney, or Chepstow.. 15s. .. li,. or Cardiffl7s. or ridgend, or Port Talbot .. 20s. • t,v Swaßnsea • 225. .. 11,Glyn-Neath, w . stin oa th e V ale of Neath llir Railway Aberdare, .. 255. 205. .. k r „. txcu rs ion Tickets are not transferable, and are only available xing..eE xcu rsion Train. Ti c k e t s ma y b e o bt a ined previously at 27, 61,Etti on L . r 'ett Cheap s id e ; 269, Strand; and at t h e Paddington Closed Car. I Is. 6.11. 12s. 61 16s. 6d. 17s. 61 - stopping Darti eui e times of ars, win opping at the different stations, and other tbo ve.t amm ue given in handbills, which may be had at the Places, or at any of the ()dices of the Company. Of"tA.T \VESTERN RAILWAY. s gnE A p EXCURSION TRAIN to BATII and BRISTOL.. I Lirre p.„ IC ,„"-kY, the 12th S e pt em ber, an Excursion Train Nlll Ihil",:'gthh, at a Quarter before Eight o'clock in the A orning, ristol, returning the sae evening from Bristol at 1 -x. Si'clock, and Bath at Sev m en o'clock. To gaFFares there and back Ist la s s!. C .. losed carriages. ss. Th e ' k los. .. 6s. t % for t zen . ,"ion Tickets are only available for the Excursion Train ''ge cu be aY on which they are issued. Passengers having Lug- Tirk o ." ' 411 3' be conveyed at the ordinary fares. 414 ,26' r naY be obtained previously at 27, King-street, Cheap , Strad, and at the Paddington Station. ° NCAsTER RACES. class Ordinary Da ll T T ick fl e E ts r.N. RAILWAY. th. 'NY to iy-r . .. ad issued at any Station on this u ~,C ASTER, by any Train, including the Express, from 4 4),N b A Ol l3 at which it calls on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, & FRIDAY, b, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th September, ~xcept 'rabic tor retrnin on any of these days, by any Train, Da L i cket ms e s Edinburgh Express ; and Second Class Ordinary day ; ll be ti ed by any Train except the Express, on the same , fable for retutn in the like manner. th''AL TRAINS will be despatched from King's-cross on Tu , 55- 141, ;:f o l uo 4th, Z v ed iz ne . sday, the St. Leger Day, and Friday, the Cup Fares to Doncaster id Back. First Class. Second Class.' tine Morning. 8 . d. 1 s. d. Ilk S 'trOss 41 6 1 31 t titi 111 4 . ..... departs 815 33 0 ! 25 0 1' 6!ltiiide r , '' '• • • ~ ' 9 0 26 6 19 6 9 35 e bi ‘ ths u°?° 4l; ."" '' 21 0 16 0 b or ,_ ~ •• .. arrives, 10 5 "ASte;.l . • ..... departs! 10 10 1 . . ' 12 30 ~,, • • • ..... arrives! dal e " Tr — ar„„ will return fYom Doncaster on Wednea and Fri -4%,4 ; or Z, an hour after the last Race, and an additional Special ti n !' tile ig u l l 'g's - cross will be despatched from Doncaster on Satur lfad 4 1, 0 , e. , at 10 45 Morning, calling only at the Stations men returnh ol ding these Tickets, or any of the Ordinary Day Tickets, 4 1 " ,4E ess any Train from Doncaster, except the regular Edin- T rain, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday,They Train on Saturday Morning at 10 45. apetTie'eT4 are not transferable ; and the Company H cannot be kn "t or; . er any Luggago taken by Passengers. Rini orses can v r ittg '"nY Week Day by the Trains leaying s-cross at a 7 kid 2 Afternoon, and on Sunday at 7 30 Morning. By order, er drUi SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. Office, Ring's-cross Station, n dan, September 1, 1852. It A vr -YESEND STAR PACKETS fr Fore Cabin. Saloon het Gra7_ g ravesend and London.• •• • • .... 10d . . Is. 2d 4 `wesiv i ' e end and Blackwall and Woolwich B d. Os. 10d ,rravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .... Os. 8d ` 44 Pi r ei t e ackets call at the Grays Greenhlthe, and Parfleet Piers. ta call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). TERRA, 'ER, GRAVESEND. x 1 1( MI TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. 13'...-... 12/_3. _____ S U NDAYS. 1 1 g i 11 ... .ci `N. t 1 E. 3. ... i 4 73 V b; ,',) *.. • 2 2. 1.7 A Z : Tim . 6. te a. V., 81.' 111, i 1 --•— 11% ' --- li2 1 8 1 --.-- ! -- 6} --- [— ...... .... JI -- —7% /) - -- - :j I . 4.' 411 bri 1 . --- "‘ from the Boats marked t pii1,'Dc1,4443 fr om Fenchurch-street Station to a ll p arts of London "er a- hour. u01:12. " fou - ,,;71CK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. _ ?4B D - • Surma-re. '''4l---- "\ C 9ATiI. SIINDATe. a = N E 1, I 13 , .., ---------------;----. ." -- 72 1 f; , il, ~; o „,x 1 . ;:. .: !! Fli* g , 3 t 4 C . v Time. ! g 7 „,. 1 al 6! 13 , 8 1 p 4 0 ' P 4 14 --""•—•.... -- -- --.... h r 4 42x - ." —10 X, _ 11 _ _ _ N -- N .11 4 '5l, ..... ——— 5 141 4 ° A „ k ,P T ior , Passages marked * are run direct. _ .. .. . ci, Mrinth4.3l. OS. 11° k't Tic 0 ?St TCETS 4 tk iatis ,onth s , 2/. ' kl. " 1852 , () r Mr. monk ;es marked * are ran direct. L'weive Months, 51.08.; Six Months, 31 ; to be had of the Collectors on boar Terrace Pier, Gravesend. t t E NGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRA. - 4 tle kr ,e arr a „ LIAN CTIARTERED BANK:. . N. ii 'Y e,,,,i;fernents for the Constitution of this Company are now Pant f o 'c, ct ad, Application has been made to her Majesty's o klotbiectu; a oYal Charter of Incorporation. . ge „4eol„ Bc si 'With the names of the Board of Direction. will be lipet.v, ' a fear days. In the mean time further information may /it ealr e-d frona Messis Jo 'hua Hutchinson and son, 39, Lotlabury ; 4 . 8. S heppard - and S ' ons, 28, Threadneedle -street. ' , citu z , JOHN WILSON PILLANS, Sec., pro tem. 8-court, Old Broad-street, August 26, 1852. Ad t TTS' PATENT BRANDY. l'e4tf,4':rbbeatil,lghestildicalaLhorintides recommend Brandy and water ti lt of , :: 4 •StO - 'nary bevcage , a particularly as an efficient pre klqy'a Pref e ' ar rilceatic comPlainta at this season. They equally con h,ol.....rriag BEVIS'S PATENT BRANDY as the purest and '''', 4e - ' ll o. It is unequalled for preserTing fruits, home-made V tld a r . k vi nts, t in c agnow, the Kingdom, by respecta ble wine and spirit mer tt, at thq °, bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, oles a 4 D ISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIE LD -BARS, in dozens, ''' gali m , c ases included, at 18s. per gallon , or in stone jars of Prenclia:Ztaridssti, at 16s per gallon, pale BETTS and CO., or coloured. tA a-PI'ETITE 11 T ery . ,7, Smithfield -bars, St. John-street. p,„A_ND DIGESTION IMPROVED. _IRE Tjandi 'ItRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE isA cp . ll ) b tl y i , i 4 .°1 3 . 8 tli n : a P t a rt s tb m t exquisite relis Carries, Steaks,_ Chops "e tt c" lonic and i Gravie e s, t Tbe l ai dl i geat the food Fish, Game, Soup, and Salad, Prating properties enables the stomach to ..t t u je tt i u t s tl a "this aromatic ands 3l cious Sauce is the best safe i.' by th • a krei' L don, Proprietors Lea and Perrin% 19, Fenchurch karfLaY s tnri u , anti 68 BrOad-street Worcester ; also by Messrs. 1 44,"‘ereh;',I c tis, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen i lil --"‘a, London ; and onerally by the principal dealers n ktf'• To Pzi ta nard „, againstonth imitations, see that the nof ..'" ar e uPe label and patent cap oames " LEA the --- blt. n , i ll `' u LVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. I)i t .'"let ° b e bad ' -0 4 t'street. ~ of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -row ; Carvalho, e 31111 1ing "" an . 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author o ; each ; by post, ls. 6d. ' , 1a.., ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. zz. 4 l l, rti,, rB 7il. Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." E . I,'' i tst, 'l , 3 about , t erlY Rising—Spring and Slimmer MorninK3 - _ - _ x . ‘. 1 3 4 R ' l e i rjß `ma Environs of London—The t'arKs, Lanes, Hills, 'l tte ci ilanii'lerligh-roads, and other pleasant places —Country . 4r . liZ"-Th e , 3 —The Sea—London at Night —Evenings at Home "4,4 1 .. 4 -qui:Ea—On Eating, ),,, . '''' ° CCUPatiOn, &c., &C. Drinking, Bleeping, Bathing, 'Vkil TB ltr ar II Itta p . '''' FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Volt. r, Vol. I. T 114 --"`-'' LAKEs ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &o, Vol. it. 4446 OF KILL&RNEY; REMINISCENCES 01' DUBLIN, &C. . kh„ T AO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, t h, l l , l; ‘,4 l3l ll e lkr score years and ten our course may run." f r. bi t ,!s t ,..oiliu tio 7 of almost every form (cause and cure)o harasses I), a , et Zealth and enfeebled constitution, that ot—tee • — u e man of pleasure, business, or study, and era 'verp!,,rith tablas and rules for the diet and physical regn- Y life, IV. THE PASSIONS. V t V4 the !I 4What Passions hart the body—what impjOYe, t ttit Ist, es refined as Athens ever heard. -1 4 °t tfit --L itiee pilgrimage from infancy to old ts age n . t444:lleililte4lone. Chastit ' and its infringemen eTcasual : -ere ediative. Advpocac;of early marriages. ' Il k' ; °4B ness and dissiyation t . graphic, nar y'. h THE MARRIAGE STATE. tion." Vih - " , ka k „ KO be or not to be, that is the qua clay, and rell -4tlNar..l--.Laws and obligations of nature, so 11,. te soar ~.„ l'h ', th cent, complexion, and ° , lt oh o - .. .arriage, to be observed byeither sox. Time and ,h i to a „ sides, as to age, teMPeram ‘Ales t tltler,.,„,., ° re healthy offspring, and its conversion. Ii 'te ""'veneas and its removal. Sterility (14 3. 1 t ' with the art of rearing them. , 24 ) •a. 4 .„.. C S. (1827), L.S.A . ‘,. - matt." Tw '' V ERWELL M D ( 1841) ' r:11. • f ree in these B at t. ) ' -, rs eritv , '• . d Forensic Re e _ -11 t, • 1t.... 4 ' . .ye Years Medical an . Evenings, Seven till .10 , kr-,ePtion hours daily till Five. t' ,l ~. 011- Alace. Regent -street. ...... lt I , , Istri, oz 1 ~,, ro.,.... .eipi ßst i' F O l P E rl s Y o O F F yBoIAuRTRITIAAGNED, mAANTD URITY. 11 I N. ~..1. 1,....._ TIIE SECRET AP' IL - '"'Y COLOURED ENGRAVINGS N -Al'' E nglish, Spanish, and Italian, in a .., NI E n German, Dutch, Forty-two Stamps, ON STEEL. E 'l' ° P e, 21 . Gd.. or post-free, for kt at kh't F' PRESERVATION; an tt i rt Ellyt. s , th e vie, i rt ~,,.t I nvestigation of the Physiology and Functions of i t 'lo,Lith , ' ll the bearings in which that important subject adepts ii s i ?,,_1:1 1 ",,, 14 : tr - 4 , 1 4 , 1 2a A. I)iness of Man,w'th't D'squalifleations andha.p.ot p t Al l ,"' eg e ,„...“.‘ sir origin to the effects of followedjuvenilesolitary by p l , ra ll e s _ pi_lt4atk,7,3; tropical climates, or close study ; I 7 1 ) 1v,. N.._ ' waded on twentyears' experience in the treatment 0 4114'4 . and d . Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrlicea , ••tte tl , o ,t 2 4 bY s'it,ll teases of the Urinary and Generative System. ll '' Ort-a, coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro -4' and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. D tt . x .„,, it 7 SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D., It fAZ T) PORD-SQUARE, LONDON, 1 44% :, 40 - W p ci ne Matriculated Member of the University of EDl ,,..'l'll.tietenria„rAembe of the London Hospital Medical Society, , "'>/1, ,, ` e 4 ' , P o thecarie r s' Hall, London, &C., &e. Ah . ‘ 4l ' I , ll :4Ct s -lal object of this treatise is to point out the fearful ..„„,n_resulting from irregularities and excesses, which et at ~,'''', More i ry in Youth, degradation in Man tfio,r e1f, ,./. bt. ernature d m s y e t all stages of life, than, perhaps, any l 'h . ` e l °f ' U se 5.% known at modern pathologists. The treatment I litt . % or'inifnad, ed orliTle7tece gained in the most celebrated 1 11 % 1 ,.111t, 41•e.ne both in this country and in continental Europe. illßk!Noriai pelvise thus acquired ar9 her l e t. coonne eoßfsetheunftewr ~:tl,l4,'lcap.ion of Dr. La'Mert, e heir whole and un- Cer,"' %tudi„.. ny.ineians who have devotedhimst ° tfl„ Pe telill, t o this important branch of medical science. In short, ‘ 7111 1 ." th e ;' , LY relati i ent of the diseases incidental it 4 44 1 ) - r EttL te;,, ,, - -z e tti ar v ae dcyste n ln g , to a t ta l d e t o re e a . t reputation relie fan to ti k , 32 rt, _.escribed in detailum.leTanhseof professionalle t.41.444erti1e honours has taken the most .pditintinttgsuellishead sufficient medlcal tl a th at t i' l ers at home and abroad, is t 9 clat, every in ose who may place themselves under his care 4 tB, 1' secrecy 'atlce, meet with that delicate considenrattoiofnthaensde 40 t hbl ia which are so requisite in the treatme ttr i 'M bv f h >1 r .." 1 • 4.__e Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater- p l < % e 63, Oxford -street • Starie, Titchborn t tee t rona 4. ui n , 2 3, Cornhi• 8 els 4 ......e author, who m ay be r consulted Per: °3l4llY ' " Y meiziTr ;ea by post for .street, e‘ WI Twv, and itoria fikix till Eight. t i4 k 2% 6% i / ,~~ .-64. N ° .18,712.] BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. Cuitamilq—Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM. A Table especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and to all other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary purpose oily, but which may be kept up, if no 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 Assured, if he die before attaining the age of sixty, but to the assured himself, if he attains that ace, thus combining a provision for old age with an assurance upon life. NEW NOVEL BY MISS PENNEFATIIER. Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., E LEN TALBOT. By Miss PENNEFATHER. " alias Pennefather, the daughter of the late Lord Chief-Justice Pennefather, has In this, we believe her first work, evinced much literary ability. All will admit that ' llelen Talbot' is a beautiful incarnation of womanly leeling, dignity, and grace. The fashionable circle in which the principal personage of the novel moves is ani mated in a high degree, and is drawn with a bold and graphic pencil. We have no doubt that many of the leading figures are painted from originals, and that in Lord Montague, Sir Reginald Talbot, Lord Ravensdale, and others, those conversant with fashionable life will recognise living acquaintances."—Globe. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of the South-Eastern Railway Company was held yestetday at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge, Mr, J. MacGregor, M.P., in the chair. The attendance of the eroprietors was numerous. The report of the directors and statement of account, which appeared in The Sun on Monday last, having been taken as rend, The CEOLIRIVIIN rose, and, in moving the reception and adoption of the same, said—Gentlemen, we trust that the report and statement of accounts which have been laid before you will have your approbetion. It a eompsrinm be instituted between the half-year terminating on the 31st of July and the corresponding half of last year, it will appear that there has been coneiderelle economy in all departments of the company's service and an eco nomy which the directors hesitate not to say hag been arrived at without any reduction of staff, and with every liberal provision for the public e)rvice and se curity. The increased charge upon revenue during last half-year over the comparative half of lasi year, amounts to 10,298/, Os. Bd., and is to be attributed to an increase of 5001. in the rent of too Greenwich Railway, and to the additional capial expended in the approaching completio n of th e com pany's lines and works, and the lar ge stoc k o f ma t e rials necessarily purchased for their u se . The ncrease i n t h e amount of capital expended betwe en the ,wo periods is 422,6141. 3s. 5d., and there are 27 a ddi tena l m il es o f railway open. The proprietors will obsere that during the three months of the last half-year, prir to the com mencement of a comparison with the peiod when the Exhibition traffic commenced, the traffic rceipts showed an increase of 14,8331.,95. 11d., and that ;se subsequent diminution in the traffic was entirely in though, or con tinental traffic. Judging from the fact ani also from the receipts since the Ist of August, the directors are san guine that, after the 11th of October, whm last year the Exhibition was closed, the earnings of this half-year will be greater than they were in the half-year ending on the 31st of January last. The comparison of last half-year's traffic with the comparative half-year of 1850, is de cidedly satisfactory, as it shows an increase of 53,111/, 7s. sd. The use of periodical tickets on the line is steadily increasing. The in c ora o received of July last was 16,7691, 4s. Bd. a ; ga-rst 13,1871. from from that source during the year endng on t h e 31 s t the same source for the year ending on the 31st of July, 1851, showing an increase of 3 ,;81/. 12s, sd. of receipts under this head. I give the receipts for a year, as those for halt a year would not afford a useful com parison, a large proportion of periodical tickets being increase in the goods traffic, the recei pts for the last taken at the close of the year. There is a progress i ve half-year being 5,7021. 9s. 101 greater than in 1851, and 13,6231. 10s. 6d. greater than in 185 0—(U ear , hear.) The increase during the last six months i n the weight of goods brought by the South-Eastern rout e from Bou logne to London is 33 per cent e tbut the increase of earn ings has not been more than 15 per cent. Until the com pany are able to establish a bonded warehouse at the London terminus, competition for the carriage of wine is impossible on our part—(Hear, hetr)—but the diffi culties which occurred in making this arrangement now appear likely to be overcome, and then the daily com munications by the South-Eastern boats and t ra i ns f rom in the receipts under this head. Th ere i s a railway constructing round Paris to connect the Boulogne to London will, no doubt, occasion an im provement aaaindn regard to all ob jsouthern with the northern railways; Ws, when th e rail ways to Marseilles are completed , will allow of merchan dises t o Bo u - .. ere , time is an ob ject, the South - Eastern route wil ylt were all originally l, no i oe ge tns o, b efionr h withoutg w br o o sueetha preservation m Mrrse ia r ge i , li n ee d doubt command the traffic. Six of the steam - ships have been so altered ferof oca or deliv as to fit them for carrying goods, and the ot h er two w i l l to the proprietors to know that 14,646 through an d re turn tickets were sold during the last ha.f-y ear b etween pretpraaffireod—ontlhy. w.ll be interesting e London and Paris, Brussels , Aix - la - Chapelle), Cologne, rg F ra nkfort, Leipsic, Berlin, Hambu destined b e in li k f e o r manner passenger „ h, and Chalon s .— (Hear, hear.) The system of setting through tickets has been extended since the opening of the railway to Strasburg and Basle. It will not be too great an occu pation * of the time of the proprietors to be again re minded of the peculiar facilities which the South-Eastern route now presents for continental traffic. These have been extended since the last general meeting of the pro prie • tors by the establishment of a fixed daily service be tween London and Paris, Brussels, and Cologne, leaving London for Paris, Brussels. and Cologne daily y at 8.10 A U., Cologne for London at 8 A., IYI., and Paris for L o ndon at 7.40 A.m., and performing the journey between London and Paris 1n 14e- hours, London and Brussels in 14 hours, Cologne and London in 2“. hours. This b e i ng i n addi tion to the night mull - service, and the daily tidal service to Paris, vitt Folkestone and Boulogne. `The locomotive and carriage and waggon department of the company are both in first-rate order, and the directors look for ward to obtaining advantage both from the superior con dition of the engines and workshops, and the experience which has been gained in the adaptation of engines to the work for which they are employed, and in iutprov ing their construction, and their consumption of fuel, which must gradually tell in the half-yearly outlay. The warrants for the dividend which the accounts present, si!, earned during the half-year, name ly, e e 6d. per 301 stock, will be completed and in your hands and payable on Monday next, if it be your pl easure to pass a resolu tion accordingly. Gentlemen, you will observe the posi tion in which we stand in regard to the agreement exist ing between this company and the Centereury. and Whitstable Railway Company. Th e di rec tors anticipate that you will decide to become th e pure easers , of the property, and that you will order a six in°l3ths • noticeta to be given to the Canterb ur y aid Whitstable Clompany accordingly. The effect will be, at the pres ent value of money, a savi ng, at t h e expiration of factory six months, of 2,000/. per annum ; and it is satisfactory to state that the net earnings of that rtil"- i in demnify you for the perpetual charge vhich this com pany will then be liable to. The average gross have been earn ings for the last three years on this line 8,500/., and the net receipts 3,8401. Since 31st ofe ---. arrear July calls have been received from propristors in m due to tho amount of 9,704/. 6s. Bd., leaving tot 3l ' 4 u d. of to the company on this account of 70,495 1 . 18s. ich has this sum, 24,871/. ss. is due on No. 4 eriP, w h lutely not been registered, and which has become nes°. not forfeited to the company, the holder() d the scrip e of having entitled themselves to the sharea. The issue of having entitled themselves to the shares. T , would stock to represent this scrip, at the present prices, _ _ OBl. leave a surplus beyond the amount of arrear of 5,.4 for Is. Bd. Deducting the 24,871/. ss. thus accounted from the total amount in arrear, there re mains a sum The of 51,6241. 13s. 4d. due fr om the pro prietors. directors have, in obedi ence to your instru ctions given shares, and the last half-yearly meeti ng, f or f e i te d those r to and will propose a resoluti on to t h e prop 1 " This confirm that forfeiture and or d er t e e ir sate torsO arrive step is necessary to enable th e eeeepan ri Y their line at the actual capital which will re presene 11 observe and works completed. Gentl emen, you w„ h been re that the mortgage debt of the c om p a ny " 5d 859,915 1„ duced last half - year from 1,997,0601. to l, ~, c. , been being a reduction of 137,0851.- 361'591.having terms. paid off, and 224,565/. renewed on favourablesti from the The directors obtained estimates in March '5 d by the engineer, surveyor, and other officers employe of the company, which showed that the capital r co nsolidated company would stand at 7,433,700/. 0- with a mort capital, at 481,300/ guaranteed stock, and i a valu gage debt of 1,784,3751. This estimate includeduntg to :Won of surplus land and buildings °l ies of about 312,2004, and it left a margin for conti g n "e valuation of 4 0000/. Of the property comprised in the rental, but 3 12,2001., 70,000/, is not producing ° ling sum of the property represented by the rema ining a rental of 242,2001. produced in the last 12 monthsdirectors 15,2641. I t has no t a pp eared to the ad visable to hurry the sale of this prePe'..o ' v t 'as all com pany is pro party adjoining the lines and works of tu of reali, increasing in value. Pending the prO eess the portion sation of or the decision of the proprietors as tort. ill be needful the prop erty to be eventually reta i ne d, w powers ortgage for the company to exercise its I :Canterbury and to an extent of 180,000/, If thfurther mortgage Whitstable Railway be purchased , ors do not attempt powers will bo necessary. The directors do et must be al to conceal from themselves that a latitudencompleted works; lowed in regard to estimates for 'i month by month, the facts, however, will be ascertained ee accounts settled. as the works are completed and t f the company The , noel.o average charge on the present Of this debt is at the rate of 4-1 per cent. p 5 per cent. falls due nearly a million, at 4, 41, 41, and to the period is not ne arly a end of 1854, and there duction may be made far distant at which a material re aith this question in the charge on revenue, by dealingd e epected state of the on such terms as the present an ot venture to trespass money market will allow. I shall n oivn butor of the board upon y ou w i th any op i n i on o f InY . 0 , with your per of directors, on thi s gre at questioue L e an DOB. proprietor mission, I w ill quote t h e optoi°n osition in the City of in this company, eminent for hi 9 P an TMember London and his judgment. e 13 2ThompsOB, who, in his for Westmoreland, Mr. Alderrnadu r e j ector of the Bank of own extensive concerns, and t o information on the sub- England, has abundant access i rig i of the Cumberland jeet. I observe that at a meeting 1 Society, the other day, and Westmoreland Agriculturathoe terms:—l shill not the Hon. Gentleman spoke in M. ~ m Thompson's remarks trouble you, gentlemen, wtl' i hav e a strong impression on fat stock, for come of u s eumbered us among the that railway construction has u rcin his remarks le,,n kiss, nor will I occueY ai Y.°_htalso a ppl y to the state on " deep draining," which .. 16 who , railway proprie tors • but Of the pockets of some --'° --d ' of e the AO. i made use with regard t o mone y, these 5r e p 1 sa yS—People are amoz , d by the Hon. Gentleman. ll° ' at the d escr i pt i on o f t he enormous amount Of ;old which has come f rom C a lifornia and Australia. I ab ove that to a gr eat extent those accounts are true. I b e li eve t h at gold to th e amoun t o f 20 millions . 11 ons per annum i s rea li se d no t about to enter up on any in Australia a l one . T am e e e ff ec t of these supplies upon elaborate argument as to v th eie ce tells me that it has the currency, but my experience the rate of interest, thus al ready had the effect e e lowering he borrowers of money, and affording greater facilities to t of land to secure enabling the cultivators of great tracts o p e rations.—(llear, h ear .) o money to car t on their P and tiuding that we our- With this authority before us, chargeprietor s selves are able to raise money at the rate of 31. per cent. per . annum, it is obviously a time at which, if the pro mseaedefita,gthey can arrange for the reduction in the bear.) There a debt to revolve, andmtoournecen a rTe ins t t hr revenue for the bond debt.—(dear, holders ut of guaranteed ing ime i b n r g ou t g o h t t he abo odi by yst from wt to oh te t ihre mortgage debt c rot a ng n athg b ee e bestt might terms ight bthat arranged the by taking holders " tee market will allow, or by bear ingoffer- a perpetual mortgages pre e s x e p n i t re m , o a r n t d . the mortgage bonds a stock rate of inter to c" interest ommence from the time when the prese • gagoe now, and once, the extra interest that would of them down, at beyond the rate proposed to be grentea'c,!rue upon them as to settle the question immediately, an iu perpetuity, so e . ;leration if terms might be made fir . anl it is for c - of this stuck at par, at the end of twenty the redemption ly or twenty five years; or lastly, the meesure may be effected b the amount of the bond debt of the company to y Own°lL'iing proprietors pro rata in proportion to their holdings at a fixed guaranteed rate of interest, and t an option of abandoning that guarantee within a limited number of years, say three, five, seven years, and mergine..their interest in that guaran teed teed stock in the general consolidated stock of the com: puny, and thereafter looking to its earnings for a divi dend. This latter mode the directors are inclined to think would be at ouco the most equitable and the most advantageous to the proprietors, and it appears to the directors that if the mortgage debt were so offered to the proprietors as a consolidated stock, with a per petual guarantee of 3i or 3i per cent. per annum, but with the option of within three, five, or seven years, merging that stock into the general stock of the com pany, the operation could be carried out with advantage to individual proprietors and to the general interests of the company. At the same time it must be borne in mind, that if the reduction in the value of money which has been going on in consequence of the great imports 61" gold from Australia and from California should pto ceed, either 31- per cent. or 3i per cent. per annum may become a very high rate of interest, and circumstances may arise which would cause those who had accepted and parted with their proportion of the bond debt to be sufferers thereby. It seems to the directors that a reduction in the rate of interest on the Govern ment Securities may be impending. And if the Three per Cent. Consols were reduced to 2. per cent. it is clear that the rate of interest at which railway debentures will be renewable must become lower thau it has ever yet been, and, therefore, delay in this mat ternot be disadvantageous. Gentlemen, we trust may in looking to the charges borne by the revenue account that a most vexatious and toilsome system of litiga tion, annoyance, and expense, which is visited upon railway companies in consequence of the state of the law with regard to local assessments, may soon come to an end. The Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench deferred giving judgment some time since in a case which was before him for decision, expressing a hope that Parliament might interpose, and relieve the Court from the difficult position in which it was placed when called upon to administer the law with respect to the rating of railways. Gentlemen, I have now to refer to another source of expenditure, which in my humble opinion ought to terminate, and that is the Par liamentiry expenses incurred in opposing the projects for rival, competing, and duplicate lines of railway. It the Legislature in the last session of Parliament pleased to pass an Act to enable the Eastern Counties and Blackwell Railway Companies to construct a railway to Tilbury and Southend, and to provide steam communication with Gravesend. Gentlemen, I should be stating more than the truth if I said that this railway per se could in our opinion be of ma terial injury to the South-Eastern Company, seeing that of the traffic to Gravesend, which is principally a plea sure traffic, one -eighth part only pastes by the railway and seven-eighths by the river —(Hear)—and if the ac tion of the Tilbury Railway be simply to compete for Gravesend traffic, I think it within the verge of possi bility that the portion which they may acquire may be pahyeinogeeythmeiews extracted from the seven -eighths upon the river, and not from the one-eighth now using the North Kent line to Gravesend.—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, the pre amble of the Bill goes on to say that they are to open an additional, speedy, and cheap communication, not only between London and Gravesend, bat other places in the counties of Essex and Kent, and the evidence wont on to show that they projected steam communication supported by those railway companies between Southend and Ramsgate, Margate and other p lace s , which the South-Eastern Railway serves. Gentlemen, if new, ad ditional, speedy, and cheap communication is to benefit the public, is it not fair to ask if it is to be obtained to the injury of the property embarked in the construction of 7,000 miles of railway now open for traffic throughout the kingdom, at a cost of 250,000,000/. of money? for this question is not one which affects the South- Eastern Company alone. In a neighbouring country the progress of tho railway system has been unattended with the destruction of property which has been brought about here by use less competition, and the construction of duplicate lines for one traffic, and which I think is certain to he brought to a close at some early period by the consolidation of the great interests so eeiharkecl.—(Lead cries of "Hear.") It is certain, that if on the one hand the public demand from railway companies every comfort, convenience, and means of security which outlay of capital can ensure, on the otherhand, the railway compa nies have a right to ask for • some indemnity for their property—some guarantee that what is spent to-fay in a permanently useful project shall not be swept away to morrow by legislative permission to construct another duplicate road for the self-same traffic. Gentlemen, the indication which is presented to you by the correspond ence which has passed between the two greatest railways in the kingdoms in their mutual proposals for a cessa tion of competition and for the amalgamation of their united interests, is one that is not to be lost sight of, for it points to the necessity which really exists that that great portion of the wealth of the country which is em barked in the construction of railways shall receive permanent protection, and shall be dealt with upon terms which reason can sanction, and which shall not be violated by extravagant competition, com mencing in times of excitement and specula tion, but creating evils as enduring as the ground on which the railway is constructed. If that great statesman who turned the first sod of the Trent Valley Railway did not live long enough to see t h route was throughsuppes supposed at that railway virt ua ll y c l ose d f or t h e t ra ffi c f or w hi c h it was constructed, and th e f u ll t id e o f com munication be tween the metropoli s an d L ancas hi re , rever ti ng again to the Birmingham, outset a so ndav l o ik id e i l n y g t t o he b s e hort cut which e benefi cial, we have lived to see it done. Gentlemen, wo anti cipate that measures will be forced upon the Legislature, by you and by others interested in the capital embarked in railway construction, to put that property on a per manent and satisfactory basis, and to take it out of the power of solicitors and engineers to unsettle such gigan tic undertakings; and to allow the natural traffic, for which the good works were constructed, to be continued over the routes provided for it. It is idle to say that combination must withdraw from the public the advan tage which railway competition ought to give them, be cause the rates to be charged, and the facilities to be given, can be as well enforced by Parliament from united as from separate companies; and the proprietors of railways have as good a right to expect that the Government will guarantee a continuing rate of dividend on existing railway property, and still see it managed for the good of the country, as the East India proprietors had when they received a guarantee, and when their directors were checked in the administration of the affairs of India by a Board of Control. We now, gentlemen, are called upon, as you will observe in the correspondence which has been submitted to you between the South-Eastern Company and Lord Sondes and Mr. Lushington, to say whether you will guarantee a fixed rate of interest on capital to be expended in the continuation of the North Kent line from Strood to Chilham--(Cries of " No, no") —and if the question had stopped as it was placed be fore you in the correspondence—namely, waiting for your views, and until the plans and sections which Lord Sondes and his party proposed to us had been consi dered, the whole subject might have been differently treated; but I now hold in my hand a printed prospec tus, but bearing the lithographic signature of the Noble Lord and the other gentlemen named in it, attached to a plan, showing that if you will guarantee 3 p er upon an outlay of 600,0001. in constructing a cont i i h a nt n a tion of the North Kent line from Stroo d to Chi 0,133, ce. then the project is to stop there, but that if you will not, then Lord Sondes and the gentlem en actin g with him will proceed to Parliament for powers to con struct a line, not only from Strood to Chilham, and from Strood to Maidstone, but from Strood to Dover, and from Rochester to Gravesend, u nder traffiic arrange ments with the London, Tilbu r y , and Southend Rail way. (A Proprietor—" I wish they may get it.") This mode of dealing with tho question is so entirely at va riance with all communications which I have had for years past, both personally and in writing with the Noble Lord, that I can only hold up my hands with as tonishment, and wonder that he should have departed from the amenity, and indeed kindness, which had up to this period marked all his views. I still hope to find that L9rd Sondes is not aware of the effect of the cir cular whfch has been issued under his name, for, until I learn it from himself, I will not believe that he would ask us to come before you to abide your judgment with the threat that if it were not given, as he had sug gested, he would endeavour to du you a far greater injury, and to coerce you in the exercise of an honest and independent judgment in the administering your own affairs. Gentlemen, if th a t b e th e tone w hich Lord Sondes and his party adopt, we re c o mmend you to authorise us to take such measures as appear most l' ke ly to defend your property, and to resist eggressioeupocuis it—it—(Cheers)—and which would bo at least iPi t ur . y to the parties constructing the projected i woual obtained Parliamentary sanction for them , _:- ,ent t h e be to you. The question is, whether rho of d also whether Kent line from Strood to Chilhana if constructed? 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The following quo with the principle, to which the railway authorities in tation from a communication by Wilkins, who had invented a self-acting time-signal about four years since, after a rather severe collision on the London and North-Western Railway, will sufficiently prove that such is the fact:—" I obtained an interview with the manager of the London and North-Western Railway Company, and in less than a mi nute was dismissed without an h w t objecting we think think that ex amination of my sche me, and with an assurance from him that a self-acting signal,w ould never do for r a il wa y s because they were self-acting. Now had our correspon themanag for manager signal men dent proposed to subst itute self-acting signalling ma chineryypeermfepeltolyyerdig, to the principle; but are sig nal -men so rife on a railway that self-acting signals co uld only be used as a substi tute for the more expensi ve article? 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To insure the utmost possible safety to the public—and why should not the public be conducted with the utmost possible safety?—the signals (of whatever sort) ought at least to be as numerous, if not as expensive as those that are deemed essential to the utmost possible safety of dis tinguished individuals—such as emperors, kings, or princes—when they travel by rail. In such cases we know that even a continuous line of living signals in sight of each other is not considered superfluous. Now, although we would not wish to insist on so expensive and impracticable a system of signals for the safety of his Majesty the Public, what we do insist on is, at least, a cheap and reliable substitute for it. The railway authorities must be compelled to view this question in a somewhat less self-interested light than that in which alone they seem to be capable of viewing it as yet,— Builder. N.B. Applications for Agencies may be made to the Managing Director. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. 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Let Sportsmen remember that the only Establishments where Dress every way appropriate can be obtained with Dispatch and Economy are those of E. MOSES and SON, their Style and Cut superseding that of every house in the world; and their ce lebrated Boots, E. ex pressly made for Sportsmen, being proof against wet an d dam p . MOSES and SON'S Clothing for the present time is designed with surprising ingenuity, being light and waterproof, elegant and com fortable, and in variety which affords inimitable opportunities for selecting suitable attire for railway excursions, for youths' and children's wear, for every class and for all occupations ; each article being cheaper, better, and more fashionable at E. MOSES and SON'S than any dress which can be obtained elsewhere. are in and ROYAL EXHIBITION.—A valuable, newly-invented, very small . powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known li miles distant; they answer every purpose on the Race-course, at the Opera -houses i country scener and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles; th ey valuable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, t o s men, Gentlemen, Gamekeepers, .and Tounsts,—To be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, observe, opposite the York-hotel. Telescopes—A new and most important . in vention in Telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers, that some, 3 inches, with an extra eye pi ece , w ill show distinctly , Jupiter's Moons , Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing only th ree ounces, can be seen a persons countenance 31- miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every , other kind for the waistcoat pocket, .and are of larger and a n sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Operp. and Race course glasses, with wonderful powers; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. i Solomons, Opticians, have invented i n valuable preserving Spectacle Lenses, immediate l y the y are placed ore itnpe r „ feet vision, every object app ears clear and distinct, the most aged def e ctive sight becomes br i g ht and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and orig inal state. . The Invisible Or ganic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for reli f e of extreme deafness.-39, Albernaarle-street, Piccadilly, ob serve, opposite the York Hotel RAILWAY FARES. —The fares in England are mu c h too high, and the result is, empty trains where there might be full ones. A t ra i n one -third tilled is very little less ex pensive than a full train, and with reduction to the public would come i ncrease to t h e s hareholders. The rates on the Great Western are particularly high. It is true that this line affords the great es t p er f ect i on o f travelling to which we have attained, but the experience of other countries, as well as of our own, proves the shortsightedness of extortionate charges. —Builder. R rier E e b t, ll FGrEa Diggings may 4N nee T , S h . as arranged ofthe Interior M. L. Faucher, ENCOURAGEMENT Minister facts and calculation s p rovin g that the present go on for twenty -five y ears, and will, during that Gold period, b e nefit to all the States in Euro p e : nor can the standard value of be a great go ld decrease before that tim ©. Emigrants may therefore go to Australia with the most flattering prospects of success; they embark they should visit the great Outfitting Establishment but before E. MOSES and SON, where a Department is expressly lishment of Emigrants' Outfitting, where all the Goods, Utensils , devoted to S, they will require are always ready. Being prepared ' l g'c" experience ( f the most extensive outfitters in the world E v iv i i tl o i the and SON'S Outfits are more suitable and cheaper than th . • SES e inferior goods offered elsewhere. All requisite information relative to sailing of vessels, c and full Lists of Outfits, may be had on application, or post free, to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON" regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorteted to i they have n many instances, and for obvious reasons. Th e y beg to st a that NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTIIER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follos : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and to i, kithories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 606, 507, 500, Nov Oxford-street, 1,2, end :3 , Hart-street, all communicating. _ Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-strest hilh Meld Branch 36 Far te Merchant ' ' ga • and Tailors, Clothiers, Batters, Boilers, Farriers, Boot The Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. 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''' c' 4 -r"..l'st7' - ,•:: 17 , 3 eq D 7,774 i571,,,M ,i). ,x ara ..0. . A Nolita , . . • 2, LONDON '''''' F ' ' R '''' IDAY 3 t to!" .;.: • ; :5 i... rha , ~ ~,c. ,r, , k = ~._.! ~, ~, '-' ,,e , , •,. . ~,: 7 SEPTENIBER 10, 1852. [PRICE SD. hands of contractors, and availing of their capital is certain to be attended by an additional cost in the works, as the contractor will of course look for his return either in the annual remuneration to be received for the capital which he embarks , or in an additional pr o fi t on t' -, e works. The directors have it in the evidence of Mr. Bidder, given in the year 1847 . that the cost of the lin e from Strood to Chilham would he half as much more as the sum mentioned by Lord Sondes. Uatil the nciv plans and sections are exhibited, there are of course no means of judging to what works the proposed capital applies, or what specii,s of road would be constructed for it. One thing, however, i,i certain, that the (raffle b&tw e en Strood and Canterbury will never of itself pay for the requisite ontlay, and that if it be constructed on terms hostil e t the South- E Isola Company, a perpetual competition will exist for the Canterbury and all other traffic beyond, whilst art ; mains also certain, that for rbe advantage of the di str i c t the whale working :of the Kentish system of railways will be best effected in the hands of the South-Eastern j Company. It was upon his reports on the projects for railway extension in the year 1845, that Lord Dalh o u s i e acquired the fame which signalised him as a states man possessing qualities to fit him fur his high trust in India, and it was in his report on the Kentish and South-Eastern Railways that ho put forward the prin ciples that should guide railway extension and railway, management. It is no fault of the South-Eastern Com pany that the question of railway extension from Strood toChilhara and Canterbury remains now unsettled in spite of the able reports of Lord Dalhousie. Since 1845 the South-E astern Company has been put to an expendi ture in P ar li ament in maintaining its pos i t i on which would have gone a long way to meet the required outlay e . c h on ac s i tru for this purpose; and, in 1847, when, according to a Ve ß d i g li e fo th r a t t h w e given etion toot. tthis railway,Parliament, we w e w brought ere metin by every possible o pp os itioninclu di ng th a t o f the Duke of Wellington, who waiLhim'sef t s or suspendingand itteventing the passing of the e the view of the directors it may be the best course for the company to adop t . to have on their owe behalf plans and sections of the line from Strood to Chilhans takn anew, in order to ascertain now at what exp ense such a line cou ld ' really be constructed, at the present of cost of materials and labour. It will, however, be obvious to the proprietors that if money throughout the world depreciate value, the wages of labour and materials may increase, an d that that economy which is predict e d in r a ilway future construction may not be realised. Th e Company has hitherto on every occasion obtain e d p rotect i on from Pa r for its position within the c o un t y of Kent, and the directors are sanguine that a mo re enlightened ' sys tem of railway legislation, and railway management, and protection for railway property, will be adopted, and that the South-Eastern Company may be placed in a position to give every facility to the county of Kent that can reasonably be required, whilst they will not be sub jected to certain loss by any outlay that may be asked of them. The year before last Lord Sondes, and the gentlemen acting with him, brought forward a scheme which they called a landowners' line—for that scheme assessments were to be made on the parishes which were to contribute to ensure a return to parties advan cing their capital to make the lines; and surely if th i s were right for their company and their protection in constructing a line competing with the South-Eastern Company, it would be right that we, if called upon to make a further extension of duplicate lines and outlay of capital, shall be similarly protected, and that we shall not be left to chance as to the position in which we may be placed. In Lord Dalhousie's report it was clearly shown and acknowledged that no extension of the Strand line could command the continental traffic, because the nature of the gradients and of the working of the North Kent line would make it impossible that the greatest facility could be given by that route to the continental traveller; and, indeed, a difference of ten . . miles in the distance between London and Dover is al most immaterial in regard to the accomplishment of that journey—for in the present management of the conti nental traffic, the passenger is not delayed at any part of the journey for the purpose of giving local accommo dation. The directors expect to be able at a future time to present to the proprietors a proposition for extending the North Kent line from Strood to Maidstone on terms not disadvantageous to this company, and satisfactory to that town and the neighbouring district. Gentlemen, various other projects for railway extension in Kent in addition to those referred to have been mentioned. I can only say that we shall be attentive to all questions that affect your interests, and we trust in every movement that may be needful, we shall be able to act in conjunc tion with our neighbours of the Brighton Company, as we shall frankly communicate to them whatever seems to affect the interests of either company. I feel it my duty to mention that his Grace the Archbishop o! Can terbury and the clergy of the diocese sent a memorial to the directors, urging the diminution of trains on the South-Eastern lines oe Sundays, by restricting them to start not later than half-past six o'clock in the morn ing, and after half-past five o'clock iu the aqer no.m. The directors gave every consideration to the wishes expressed by his Grace the Archbishop, but they were unanimously of •opinion that they were not justified in putting this restriction in the way of travelling, which may alike embrace objects of charity and mercy as well a. amusement and necessity, and they have not seen the propriety of discontinuing the accommorlation hitherto given to the public. It is not necessary for the directors to comment upon the importance to the company of the service of the steam-boats, as it is impossible to regard the analysis of the earnings of the South-Eastern Rail way Company without seeing that upon the continuance and improvement of the means of communication with the Continent a large and increasing traffic depends, and the directors trust that so me means may be arrived at of entirely am a l gama ti ng th e interest of the two com panies to their mu t u al advantege•—(Loud cheering.) Mr. SMALE (a director) seconded the motion. Mr. G. SM/TEI—It aeare d to him that the stage at which th e y h a d now arrived in the history of their affairs was none other than this—that the shareholders were expected to ac ce pt w h atever the directors might think , proper to offer th em i n the s h a pe of dividend, be it small or large.— (Hear, hear, Oh, oh, and murmurs.) Yes, according to the chairman, the etiquette of the meeting was to open their eyes and shut their mouths, and take what the hon. board of directors might choose to give them.—(Laughter, and Oh, oh.) When ho re flected on what had been the prospects of this truly noble undertaking, and saw how their property had been interfered with for the purpose of supporting other pro jects, he must say he lamented exceedingly to find that they had come there that day to receive so insignificant an amount as dividend.—(Hea r. ) Their earnings were very large, and in spite of ev er y adverse circumstance their receipts were increasing. It was moat unfortunate, therefore, that their expenses and other matters should be such as to prevent their realisin h g what ti the l they were strictly entitled to, and had always itherto ed to expect.—(Hoar, hear.) For his own part he felt com pletely chop-fallen and disappointed, and was disposed to regard trio position of the company as altogether hopeless. —(Oh, oh.) Still, if they would fairly look into their own affairs, and tell the gentlemen who condescended to pre side over them, and the board of directors, what their wishes were, and that they were determined to have them carried into effect for their own benefit alone, he thought they would yet have a chance of standing as well as any railway in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) He agreed with Mr. Glyn, the chairman of the London and North-Western Company, when he stated, at the meet ing of his company on the 13th of August last, that pro prietors should say, "We will not have our property frittered away by you. You may marshal the trains, and issue the dividend warrants, but the policy of the company shall be dictated by us the shareholders;'_ (Loud cheers, and cries of " Hear.") Time after time bad they been told by th eir chairman th at the dividend they then received wou ld be the lowe st; but what was the fact? Why, that wit h e v er y succeeding dividend they went from low to lower; and he feared that, un less they acted upon Mr. Glyn's advice, they would dis cover by and l eh e a that r.) from e s little ho wtehd by they had come to no thing.—(Hear,the repo r t th a t the directors took credit to them se l ves of economy. But had not the shareholders for th e exerc i se con stantly urging upon them th at it been though it had been left until ought to be practised, to be carried out?—(Llea the present half-year exercised the power they r, hoar.) If they had done this much earlier, i Possessed they might have time of day. The proprietaryand not have put it off until this amount of confidence inh had reposed a very wa la_r_g: board in the kingdom wittheir directors. Theref 518. spectabilitY, that had beena proprietary l ofd c g o u r Etl ia l ly endowed with the confidenceo m f tohreeswhaarrmehOrlders, than tsitame) South-Eastern board; and he deeply lamenYbetc'se re- 1 how that confidence had been misplace d ' ached marks brought him to a matter which sho°oleatfhpinrog like with great pain, because it involved touching _ „airman— touching the character and conduct ar:fige7yu" alone. At he meant, of tours©, in his -ab b e.lll convened together their last meeting they were specially or dissent .to the for the purpose of giving their the Beading, Guildford, Bill for amalgamating v:', it a order of the House of and Reigate Railway- '.' o Y rit ; of the shareholders was Lords the assent of 5t1:1 33 sad he now stated publicly, required to that Bill;Macor to deny it, that that and he defied Mr. oh, and laughter.) On was not g iven. — (()h' assent amen d me nt to adjourn the question that occasion niotros was moved, for which, when put for t hree chair, a "fareet of hands" was held up, and the the contr ary was put a very small numbe r in dec when was r ased. The chairman was then called upon T or his dect *.ton—and what did he do? He paused at first, it . wis true; but his object beirg to Ellis chat abo minable thing around their necks for ever, be declared the amendment to be lost, though he (Mr. Smith) could declare upon his honour that it wits carried by two to one !—(Hear, hear, and interruption.) The original motion was next put, the same circumstances occurred, and again the same decision was given by the chairman. A SHAREHOLDER—Why the amendment would have had the effect of repudiating our agreement.—(Uear ,) I Mr. SMITH I' , would have had no effect of the ki n d , and he co n tend e d th a t the course which the chairman u. ' had adopted in that instance was not a fair end , ho nourable one. It was now for the shareholders them selves to express their disapprobation of the leases and amalgamation which had be e n a d op t ed , and those other measures which had tend ed so greatly to their property, and furthe r t o insist an d ose upon having their own views carried out. lie desired also that they . Os.; •hl the //:Z. / 7- i should place upon record their diseettsfactl, 1 small amount of dividend which Was now Ito them ; an d with that object in view he leshanolliidesedfarnusthinanril t o h b e ser s = li se n i s t s h 3 g o rc f at t d h ir conclude by moving as an amendment that te. eon to accept.—(Hear.) Mr. HA -MILTON seconded the amendment, and guard for affairsf or th eeixrhpirhoi exhibited property, sashso laong total a s disregardtle ose who P d P ir ° i i d r4 n trj ud t:a ' t conceived that the shareholders had no star' thci and the decision of the proprietary.—(Hisses.) The CHAIRMAN --A s the charges made were . against himself p ersonally, be claimed their kind atten ntinornrewdhiielerhegeadrodtateiletdhethme eeextiancgt stances took place, whi c h h ad induced tho gentleman a f t ee w ts hi a c s h th th e e y h cir d cu o m e : who had spoken to make such extraordinary statements. The half-yearly meeting i n M arch lest wes cenvened specially to consider the Reading, G uilford, and Reigate Bill, and a poll being demanded, 63 proprietors voted in favour of that Bill, and five regales; it. Subsequently various alterations were' introduced in the framework of the rusesure, and thouge it was doub:ful whether ano ther meeting was necessary, still the directors felt it to ha right to come before the proprietors and ask their assent to the alterations, lost they should be ehart; ,, d wiqi a neiglect of duty. AesterSiegly they :submitted the Pell in its emended shape to the, proprietary at the special meeting which was held on the 6th of May. Upon that. oecasion it was almost impeue „hi e f or en y Lean to tall e,.! weieth a,i e the' reejerity on the show of hands weet.—(Hear. beer, arid cries of "No, eo!" " Stuff !" " Nonsense !") But, iu his judg ment—he spoke with confidence, and wtth as much re one could entertain--s mejerity of y knew the Forty-tight h sP a e n c d t s fo w r a t s r tle .'h idu s li a i ) n Y favour of the Bill.—CA, oh! and dissent). A poll was then dema nded, and the result.—(Rear, hear, and laughter.) P per sons voted fur the Bill, and thirty-seven against it. On the following day the matter was considered by the Standing Order Committee of the House of Lords, to whom an application was made to dispense with the Standing Orders and allow the Bill to go on. Lord Redes dale sitting alone, however, declined to accede to the application, and ordered that the dissentient proprietors should have an opportunity of appearing before the Com mittee of th e H ouse o f L or d s ag ainst the 0111. A cir cular was then forwarded to every proprietor upon the subject, and Lord Redesdale summoned the whole of the Members of the Standing Order Committee to con sider it. The Committee met on the 18th of May—there being present, b es id es L ord R edes d a l e , w ho, he felt a ssured, was .i ncapa b le of doing anything which was „aha inconsistent with justi ce ; L ord Beaumont, L or d Win chester, and Lord Walclegrave. Tee company's case having been stated by their Parliamentary agent, and the agreement to amalgamate produced and verified, Mr. Wyatt was heard on behalf of 20 dissentient peti tioners, and Mr. Josiah Wilson on his own behalf; the Committee were, however, unanimous in coming to the decision that the Standing Orders did not a pply, an d that the Bill ought to proceed.—(Hear, hear.) I t had inbtuhts again he b egge d to room, that h e never t been hinted that he (the chairman) was somewhat inte srteasttee,d a ins he promoting had possessed a fraction of interest in that railway, until the agreement was entered into, when he purchased a quali before this staßteidll quali fication, in order to act as one of the finance committee for administering the funds spent in the construction of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line. Than his conduct in that transaction no act of his life had been more patent to public observation. There was not a gentleman on the Stock Exchange who was not ac quainted with the progress of the measure from first to last, and knew that the capital of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway amalgamation with this company. And he put it to the meeting whether it was not better for their united in terests that this matter had been for ever e set at rest, than that the South-Eastern proprietors should have put themselves in the positi on went for amalgamation, anodfih.naving repudiated an agree consequence be dragged through the courts of law, and stand disgraced before the great body of capitalists who had advanced money upon their security.—(Cheers.) Mr. JOSIAH WILSON said the chairman had not replied to the specific charge which h a d been made against That charge was this—the qu es ti on proposed him. was, that the matter should be adjourned ; an d, upon its being the chairman declared it not to be carried. Now, ph th t e , shareholders must not be ridden over in that manner. Is was not the first time that things of this description had been done, and re inorities declared to be majorities. A man who could declare in a public room that a majority was a minority should not have his (Mr. Wilson's) confidence, and when the time came for a vote of thanks, if ho stood alone, he would raise his hand against it. Thanks g o . nerally went with confidence, and he had none to offer. He believed the affairs of the company had gone on from bad to worse, and that worse was still impend.. ing, unless the shareholders determined upon effecting a change in the administration, and took the power out of the hands of one man, who was at present superior to all, and paramount in his influence over the whole of the subordinates on the line, and he included in the list of subordinates the gentlemen who were termed direc tors under him.—(Strong expressions of disapprobation). The 2,0001. a-year they gave to their manager was the greatest mistake they had ever committed. He did not mean to say that for that sum the gentleman in question might not be an excellent stage manager.—(" Oh, oh," anti hisses.) His allusion was not to the playhouse; he meant a railway stage manager (" On, oh") the manager of their traffic affairs. Thu mistake they had made, however, was in having given to Mr. MacGrefor the sole and entire control of their affairs; fur although 1 that gentleman cent° before them to day, and treated them to a good deal of humbug about their opinions and their wishes, what was the use of that? Who was the manager? Mr. MacGregor. Who the direction? Mr. MacGeogor. Who the secretary ? Ur. MacGregor. Who the controller? Mr. MacGregor.—(Hisses and much uproar.) Ho trusted thee that the shareholders would at length open their eyes to the necessity of looking into their own affairs, and, as a preliminary step, vote for the ameudmint proposed by Mr. Smith. Mr. HELMORE alluded to the diminutions which had taken place in various items of expenditure in the course of the past half-year as an earnest of the desire of the directors to economise, but expressed his regret that the South-Eastern contined a private contracting company. He also thought that the coal dep&ts at the several sta tions of the company should not be in the hands of one person only, Mr. Chayter; and with regard to the fire at the Ashford station, was of opinion that the entire sum on that account ought to have been included in the present year's revenue account, and not spread over a series of years. In answer to a PROPRIETOR, The CHAIRMAN said the fire at Ashford took place in a fire-proof room—(A laugh)—from a singular combi nation of circumstances. A repair was going on at the end of a pipe at the time, and the supply of water was cut off to allow that repair to be finished. Whether the fire arose from a small stove which was in use there for the purpose of heating stamps for marking the pro perty of the company, or whether it was spentaneous from the rays of the sun striking through the glass roof, ho had been unable to ascertain. The building it self the directors did not p ro p ose t o replace. The system of managing the stores had been entirely a - tered, and in fact no s uc h stoc k as thatwhich had been burnt would in future be kept by the company. As to the expense, the di rectors thought it was best to distribute it over several half-years instead of one. With respect to the coal trad e i t was open to all the *worlas and in the Medway Company Mr. Ch t had to com pete with as powerful oppone ts ay . ter the country That Mr. Chayter made (rend cokeasany in great merit. This he was bound to do b b o vra - s b n u o t that it wag contract, good coke he (the chairman)That it was could affirm. also economical and moderate might be seen by the re duction which had taken place in the consumption by the engine. —a result brought about chiefly in conse quenceer of the purchase of new engines of 611paritoortphoewold and the adaptation of improvements of the day h had been engines. In the remarks of Mr. "14 cwurrled. He had quoted by Mr. Smith, ho entirely. c n o c n o as a proprietor, come amongst them in the first a t i d s a a ne as a proprietor, — as a proprietor he bad remaine g ain their approbation t and a managing proprietor , to during the last eight had been his constant sudy years.—(Loud cheers.) a d not see the object to w hic the Mr. SAINTSBURY ei d. ne a am en d me nt was direcntedweat at all. He recommended, that it was an t h ere f ore , that it deed he could not discover h s hould be withdrawn. 8 In The only end the amendment would Mr. WILLI tcr be to injure their property. If the meet answer, •sc"' ould stand before tho public as 8 i ng adore° lot of fools. — t d it, they w The ar" --- e lost by _.! The U HAIRM (Cheers and loud laughter.) Tidal nt was then put to a show of han' s , 1 d considerable majority. r in o rd.r, when AN was about to put the original motion "E r :j. WILSON again rove, and asked what was the a mount of revenue received from the Reading, Guild ford, and Reigate traffic? The CIIAIRMAN—There was no separation of that traffic in the accounts from the traffic of the main line, and ho would give the best of reasons for it. The South- Western Company were retaining it their hands the whole of the receipts of the Guildford station belongin g to this company, and an action was p en di ng against them for money in their hands exce e di ng 5,0001. More over, the parishes along the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line were attempting to assess this to the extent of the full rental they paid compan y for the line, instead of upon the net pr o f it , if which it re turned.—(-A laugh.) In the exercise aqa Y' cretion, therefore, the directors had of their amalgamateddis cretion, the traffic of the Reading and se • h Reigate line with t a traffic of the main line in the accounts. The Act for amalgamating the li nes dissolved the Reading,. Guild ford, and Reigate Co mpany, and conferred upon the South-Eastern all the tadvahtag ' s which that line pos sessed under agreement with the South-Western Com pany. But the latter company bad disputed this ar ra,g a suit ar rangement, and forced th e SoutlnEesteru Company to bau law to rs cote r the property from them. That suit was taken icto the Court of Exchequer, where the j ud ges decided in f e vour of the Seutp•Eastere Co m- n g any, and the South-Western directiou thereupon car ried the matter to a higher tribueal. word ~ anomalous . Mr. WILKINSON observed tight ti to the puffed po was used in the repel with referenceeed Continental Steam hition of the undoubtedlySouth-Eastern 00d that position t+ as an Packet Company, and to know ' • in what way it " anomalous" one. lie wished amalgamation should be effected with that co m p Was recommended tha t an any, or whether any plan l a d been sketched out for tha t p ur pose , though not yet matured? said the directors made no recora- The CHAIRMAN whatever upon the subject. They had sub mittedmendation in the tors, the facts contained left them to say, upon consideration of those and f ac t s , w hether they or not deemed it, desirable that t he matter should be settled for ever, A i'lloilusrroß — TheY had better got the Steam-boat ( ---- z W -.4- ,e 7 GT lif inn of the ottev• 4 ih. ...a EI. c •• • _ p W r they were : . t ' `:-. y , ; , ;--- 4...,...., (i 1, t,-...., . said he - 7rft; ltlA ,eient 05fe.4,,-, t. managed ' J .' . - for tru 7 ' ; . 4 01 . .,., direct;. -41" ~~.~ or e ' ne'i t 7 , tO j' b 0 P lot . ' I , if/'