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11 411 R of EN GL AND, SEPTEMBER 9, 1852. ti e Banlhoe Court of Directors of the Governor and Company of That a n ,,E,.gland give notice, "xt, th e '''A EItA.L COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSD 1)h. 14 _ Gth instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to consider of a t4:,1; tits will also be one of the Quarterly General CourtF, ap d the Charter. JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary. C LERKS.—Wanted in the Office of a Charita ble Institution a C orre sponding Clerk. Salary U. per ° Address S. A., \[r. Clark's, 13, Moorgate-street. 10 i t AND STEAM COMPANIES, ENGINEERS MILLWRIGHTS, AND OTHERS. uO QUATRIX'S PATENT LUBRI • so h ivh , CATOR. nSI, II :,"Y aPProved of by the most eminent engineers and prac oet gives accurately a constant supply of any required num olber,r2P, of oil p er m i nute, for lubricating the bearings an d 4getir,,t4irt, Of Marine En g i nes, Locomotives, and mach i nery o f ever y V• , • ad at A. Granara's Sole Agent, in Great Britain, 15 1 , 41 ; T y e s r ,l l , a. ce, L e i c ester-square, London. Price, without the boxes gs per dozen. ETT ev S PATENT BRANDY. -.th e elnest medical authorities recommend Brandy and water t,est customary beverage, and particularly as an efficient pre 411' I:;,.diavrliceatic complaints ' at this season. They equally con f▪ ,''erring BETTS'S P VrE NT BRANDY as the purest and Ni nes, 40elesome. It is unequalled for preserving fruits, home-made ti,an 14 throughout the Kingdom, by respectable wine and spirit Ter's fl,l at 4 1 14148 . bottles, protected by the Patent Meta, llic Capsu ` , ltl t „, e BI SIILLF It Y SILITHFIELD-BARs, in dozens, sp gali o , cases incli;ded, at ' ISs. per gallo ; or in stone jars of a nd upwards, at Ills per gallon. pale or coloured. ?ren J. T. BETTS and CO., `,..........ef1randy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bare, St. John-street. 010. P ATRON—H. It. H. PRINCE ALBERT. 4AL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 1 4.11 LE. 0 4 1 • • l'ePper, E sq„ on Test ing TURES Gold, and on the Australian Gold t ! 1, 44! 1111 ,,offner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire and on Pr9scrving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens e4l4l sir s. Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Fadeuilhe's /11 '. e Prese rved Milk, and Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk. qep D% on Morrall's Patent Needles. Zatk e ~BQekland, Esq., on Music, entitled Musical Varieties, . Il lustrations, assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of i erie3 itti4 i , io of bissolving Views, &c., &c. "rice.% Il• ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, For Hours, see Programme. kIt4ILLAITRENT'S GRAND CASINO ROOMS, Great Wi ndmill--street, ftp, Emele Laurgetn James's, house, Prompton-road, Pursuant to Act of Parliament, 25th of King George IL, 4 . 71 1 1 it the re A c r e e ss ß t e 4 -o e pßenoV hake bWeeiiiiiteerntSireealsyon Re-decorated, by Pi4t4o4ste,s i r, egardless of cost. lc hei tt e c o ll u les rt s Band every evening. Principal Cornet-a -h7ll. Admission—ONE SHILLING. tpar ',.10a anatt p ast E i g h t o'Eleven. clock. Dancing to commence at i Ua e lf- at Halft e (I„AtORNE GARD ENS. ),,,, ter .,e Banks o f th e Th a mes, King's-road, Chelsea. Entrance close . Sam , 4 a ge ,boat from London- to bridge ßattersea-bridge or any of the Pler Interme- Ittj t ,r Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be kr o '' T sea-bridge f Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from 2 % 3d • • s from the City and remotest parts of the East- Thep Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. ,th Yrotechnie Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. `,.' tiet, b G r el ',,ast Week of Louis Soullier's Cirque Oriental. 'k r 'ent„` 4 SPanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz, tt ka 3 , , 0 -g at Half-past Seven o'clock. .11 t 4 Isia,,, r icl Globe and Wheel Ascents, by llerr Franz de Bach , p ; '' DA,„'w Platform, 160 feet long. oll'Dok... and Thursday, positivelv the Two Last of L. Soullier's , th e onaatic s - and, inconsequence ext„ , Pectaeles, at Half•past Four; V.' re,;pus S' aordi uccesfuln .nary sesaEr t ial Trips, last week. created by that intrepid 2Eronaut's ALbt tt , Madame Poitevin renit ~,...:e n gaged, on the same days, for Two Last Balloon ''. bAriu Parachute Descents. 1 111, 4 elst . ' Signor Devani, the celebrated Ourang-Outang Con •ll),ky m ltid Mr. r. Mackney, the Negro Melodist. ti l ,ge, V e re Petition of the Gala for the Benefit of Mr. H. Par- II lla ll, 11 43 , urer, on which day, on account of the bad weather on -,f e ",,the Tickets bearing that date will be admitted. pti., ."Pted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock ',„ 4 14tv e , 1 , until near Midnight, including ` , ?l°Sl 4 ,'ng', at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated 4 4170 1 1 e aldltion to the following attractions, Louis Soullier's l' l t 5 1 .,, 41, and the best Equestrians of the age. For partial ,,,eelal Bills 1 41 ,,1" °4 Artist . • Sli te tap de r‘ esi-Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz do Siz n n aeh, Devani, Nfackney, Victor Souther, hemp, Leon 43 sis aion or Vilderini ; Madlles. Clementine and Olga S'oullier. ' It.; A te the Circus from the Gardens :-Promenade, Pit, and In Phitheatre, 6d. °118,,_ _, Open at Three o'clock. 'Ai,. Aunaission, Is.; Children, Half-price. ‘., after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. °41,1, Iradovate R for Dinners and Coffee. i - '4l 8L -•,* Sept 2 e 3 em (instea o his annual dinner) a Grand -___•,-, f :llhelieneflt of Mr d . T. . B. Simpson. .i, 4 111 4 I V A L R Y. I,l:l4ll4,tr'rs ass of Chivalry is gone, and that of Economists and •• 's th e `" s ucceeded." The glory of the age of chivalry con- Si- 'l' aso att!re of the knight being suitable for his sporting or Ll l4 In co ea tions ; the age of chivalry is therefore restored by the L 1,. 1, 0 1 ni - I% n sne, introduced and perfected by E. MOSES and l'ilillfilssli* fit, comfort in wear, novelty in materials, and splen -41 ill) a re some of the features of E. MOSES and SON'S t t tt) re m V. 'bed; kt , i ts hi d 4 casts, they have reduced the price to the most reasonable t , ulators, have attained the most desirable elevation i i , ) ;dc.a. '' , 3' supply magnificent Dress to Ladies, Gentlemen, or i t 'iti a ' ttilzbeats, light and waterproof, gems of modern art,. useful , 'tti t !tllf o r' ., ° ite, agreeable wear in shower or sunshine, these ;4 t4o'l), Dress in a neat case, or may be put into the hundreds Coat; o i l t lie t k;o ir sented by E. MOSES and SON for Autumn Oct 4 1)It a i i Lb EMIGRATE, AND WHO SIIOULD OUTFI . ...„„ t ev,„ 3, st, the industrious, the agriculturalist, the mechanic, , 7', , t,/, , bla ti „ rn tn who deserves to participate in wealth and possess 'l,l' , lt D o : A oollr must proceed enjoyment, the journey must go ,ai t, l4 Ou t rsion, and such articles as are needed for both are V, 4 l' flc l let' 4 , E. :AWES and SON name a few of their qualifi y it., -- kre 'e Emigrant judge "who should Outfit" k i l i7te h;r l irnmense wholesale department, where capitalists L.' , lll` l AL, - mo st eligible investments, and where Goods suitable 'k e t r rorci °r any other country may be procured at such prices `,.. , f '''', amplest rolt on every purchase. From this de- J AI ,' kt:ssilies erol rating will derive the highest advantages. ° 4 ti ' l ' a stock of Hosiery, Boots, and Shoes, Sce,, for the 4, il, ,_, lk. t riv , end Dress of every description expressly prepared T ik ri ltlie 'ist accurate acquaintance with any voyage or climate, 4,3'e 4 „,,Migrant may implicitly depend. Illi t ' ll lah, e '', , experience in Outfitting on the largest . scale has put IN , a l i,l'mn. of an exclusive power in procuring, manufac 410ftize-warranging Outfits, to which they appropriate a sEepa il f k ,'Sce ~' in their gigantic establishment, where c Lry, Who it O lit igs the purposes they are intending to serve. ' io It i it h ats „ _like E. MOSES and SON. Ohni cost Übtrits and all information relative to sailing of •'"t's‘rt ''''• of pass'a abe had on application, or post free AINIA t 'I the kingdom. ge m Y I tt ti Ori ler Establishments will be closed on TUES ,,,4it „_ QED,. -•-. the V44"u'rIi,, ,, ESDAY next, September 14 and 15, resuming • 'lb - `"RSDAY morning, September 16, at Seven o'clock. th, 1 -...1 ! '••• 41 1, 41 - -Ost i,„ - • MOSES and SON regret having to guard the Mime of •, ii • . , l ) ,osition, having learned . that the untradesmanlike ''' 4 l, c one ;,C connezted with their Establishment," or " It's 'C o ,'• 4 son i i - ', l ,las beef! resorted to in many instances, and for L t,, ) ,.. - ''Etio . ,,,, They beg to state that they have •4•pelteep t - W ITH ANY OTIIER [LOUSE IN OR OCT 0 , 1 . ‘ LONDON, 1,, • ••%,,C.it,, their own Establishments, as follows . kl 4 V",_hi, A, 4 a, tol l44bment, 154, 155, 156, one IN, Atnories, 83, e• If w - •-lgate, opposite the Church, all communicating: _ 1 10 111 - str and Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street , 1,2, ,Nl l crp, all communicating. kN A ,' l tre t _ tt e,_ hire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. 01,74 it ,/, •••u, 36, F argate . '0 r7eilal te ' ll °rs, Clothiers, flatters, Hosiers, Ntebit e . l i ' s ,,..! kid General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. en on . Furriers, Boot ,li t eg l i i wh ee i rta are closed from sunset Friday to stint , s' t, ito t o e 2 l . sineas is rosumel till Twelve o'cioc ,, t. il Graces, : . itt . tled " the Library of Elegance, containing a ~.I.fICV/ali_ 11 1 0 01 directions for self-measurement, can be had, I N % 'a n, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the ll t ,,Ne e t Nor t Maniac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, ,ii, ql tr, 4 Dent, lri eht - • rancais. I Qui si parla Italiano. 1 man Deutich. I Aqua se Habla Espanol. Pti rt L IP/ NP/ ° S O PHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET l A , th Illfiff,,,- h-• pu,,,,, .LES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Ni e l, z n "• -1. COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. p - ' 4 E4 1 , - e g i li o n, German, Dutch, Spanish, and -4, I, .., Pe, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-tworStilnp's,in a ' 4 O ''' l 4,, ly t r 'PRESERVATION; an ;trl!'Nia k b eal lnvesugati on of th e Physiology and Functions of ••404': Sn happinessgs i hi h that important subject affects N''llti''ke.l 4 ; of Ma n n w ,wit c h its Disqualifications and Impe ',' ttiVatis: i ' h eir origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habitosl Vka..t,,ro u ro pical climates, or close study ; followed by ra l't , g 4 ' 4 , -N lee ,ol id od on twenty years' experience in the treatment P It. t,,,iitia , '4.ervous D • • ‘ 1 1 ,4 by ,all. diseas e ebility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, O h , • , 0 o 0„ `ases of the Urinary and Generative Syst em. 11. 0 it *atta a m their Engravings, on the in Anatomy of the Repro- relative conditions Health and Disease. E k11 ,4 0 , S t 2 /7 SAMUEL LA9MERT, M.D., • tit„, ll f t ediet,„! ° R D-S QUAR E, LONDON, Notl, n oor ~.,,-°, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin ;!•,,t t , i ,."°' Or Apo Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, ~•••/,, lee., Pot hecaries' Hall, London, Etc., Soe• 4 • ''''l " a l Objectfearful ~,liit,jaets seed of this treatise is to point out the k , 4 kn,, , icea Luting from irregularities and excesses, which I,''l. ll lrtrea',? r e misery in Youth, degradation in Man 1N,7 i t Of cif„`,!'e decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any ,t t ..orjegn e r 0 known to modern pathologists. The Areatment I.' i tll sg ediei ed on experience gained in the most celebrated Ale, of ne both in this country and in continental Europe. , i) ' .1 41 th e kilo t,',o,,.se, e ,.,_Wiedge thus acquired are here condensed under Ofi,, , 4tqued •: , .atonof Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few Qjr tilii , es Physicians,.. o. who have devoted their whole and nu t, kitife li st t° Important branch of medical science. In short, 1 k, l, t, t t t q ur ativ,'• el ating to the treatment of the diseases beliefand '4 Ire sYstem, and the means of immediate Poory, ar e , ‘ 1 •0 4 4 ten, described in detail. The professional reputation 011Nst, ell e A , wh o O ' f i , 4 ne t , has taken the most distinguished medical 01, 1 bi Lli at. ours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient 44',11Xt cost 2 t , he m who may place themselves under his care k l :,tib, - c'eree n ; an ee, Meet with that delicate consideration and 4 t'Om " Which are so requisite in the treatment of these l', 4 , 4 he A ' t 'lv . h Y th e A , 4, ke t 'ile, -,,uthor, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, P st a r t e e e r- V I}, , 4, 0 „ . 4 3', 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborn f ert- forty-two l'llll,ta_ then"' 2 3, Cornhill : or free by post for o y r by t i I, Its ..,„, .ralfthor, who may be consulted personally, o Tea till Two, and from Six till Eight. .1 e t 1114)14 ?4P A . I S CTE RWE LUS NEW WORKS. -4 :qt h • of Sherwood 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, -444 g Za,nn, 39,ce'hill ; or direct from the author ; 0 . , „,,. - "ci ; by post, is. 6d. irtiNgeki t . i.ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. l' l ' l ~t tk il k t t 4 ) reason, and Rational Use of Time." 4 , po l p _ ariy _ . t 1 „,, t ,.; h, ~,,....!sing-spnng and Summer ifornings-x . - yl t ia t t , ls, n i•-uvirons of London-The arse, Lanes, His , ' l / 4 tet7li k'e ,, l 'ies g,,,,11 -roads, and other pleasant places -Country .._'•' Dr The Sea-London at Night-Evenings at Home k t - "')Oe ct - _ 5 ; 0 4 Eating , . Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, NI l „.._a V 4 -4rts ~ n to ...OM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. lit 4 Vol. I. tAb..... E S i SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Re, -- " 4 3 or ....__ Vol. 11. A4I,LUNEY ; REMINISCENCES Or DUBLIN, ite. VtilitllZllAT TO M. „ three EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, ° K ) s r h. l q47l 4 ` , "l;; Bcare Years and ten our course may ran." itZl'il'2,4La_ted ne ° ai f almost every form (cause and cure) of ner -4 oflet7 a ts th e tll and enfeebled constitution, that harasses "rpr u ; 'wit h • - •an of pleasure, business, or study, and eca '"gay lifit th les and rules for the diet and physical regu- IV. %tl .l % P - 114 t I ME PASSIONS. At .. ...Daasion '4, 4,• -.4 --, hurt the body-what improve, o t h '''l.l 'a l'ellned 'l4. l li tt s p k , re's rtii as Athens ever heard." Nt,,°tlo ' i orls. Thg r i, 'nage, from infancy to old age. The ad' -4 41 1 •44ne m a ‘',, ti asritY and its infringements. The casual diAtiptle'. d t, 3B iPation, with illustrations graphic, 'tar ts Advocacy of early marriages. \ I'D TRE V ' l ‘ t ils to : l , 4‘ l .,, It. be or _MARRIAGE STATE. _ .l e . ----L a _ uot to be, that is the question." ...‘,. i' o s lAhlrearx.,74eaf?l obligations of nature, society, and reit 'N4l4 to ter sicle, , • '•° be observed by either sex. Time and (I'l o ,,Y r eett a heaht 3 t° age, temperament, complexion, and shpt l , l ll<; ~• van e ._ Y offspring', with the art of rearing them. •) ' ' C -.. an d Its removal. Sterility and its conversion. •)R . 1 1 ,, t1N 1. ,. "' l 'tt Y-11 11W EIL 1n ...._ v e ,__ , M.D. (1841), 31,R.c.5, (1827), L.S.A. vgiki'etie, hot Medical and Forensic Referee in these 44 Jal. "' t ura dai l y tlll Five. Evenings, Seyen till eitentestrest. ~ rAct-ic_f_ c _ e ) i ‘,- . . ..r ..:: -- ...,...: . „." • . 1 004 , . .., . , • - .:-•- . 7,:.... , , ; ;;; J:1 , ~...p. , A . l . ,' ( : : ------/ Ic; t ; : ~,,;,/\''' ' 0 , 4' ,::,..... ..„,, , ? f , 21 4;„ 14 4 . ____4 7..... , e. egn ~,:,,_ , , , 4 ,-_, - ‘l---- . , Lec - ,==' -, ' ~ r''' \ ' \, -7,5 -." ' .4 ' r. izez ::‘' ''' 11"...':( . o' l / 4 .4 -.!--,?.., 3.1 ( (4 L- " ,41' -' l - A - 1 .. : '- . , f! C.': 7- ".. 4.,'"_—:, ,----- Ni — "'N"`v- , - . -• ./----------- -jr--- V 174 7 A 0 , t'\ 7: :; I k c.,. ‘ 7 , 11 4 ,1,_',..^ .; 4., -,„... e:,,..0 ' 4 1 k el V • c: , ‘ :,--.=*--).. v , 4 - ,.. . c 12 ._. --„,, k,„ L _ ~,, • • 1 „, < 4i-,v l , -- , 4 ... .,,,, : i..„ : ~„„/ , ~.,- , t „ :, ,s, ~,, , ; 1 ~,,, ,:, ~-*.sid -, , .. __. , •(! , 1 r 1.,. \ .? , r 7-4-1 7 ;. " — :-.7 -- .: .:414. : ,/Nrt \I -14 : /\ It . , - 41 ,c T '' 4 : 1 :ff- , 7•444..:, : ;.-,,,. t, I, , r I 4 :4 I , ' ' ' V ' fri ~,. ~ . ci - - , s.-. ,' , ~4 ~,,,^, r t , . 1 , 1 1 z., ~,,,, ~ , v _ Fs , , \ t y , "'i i ' 4' '-- Z-Z 4 l\:›..:: - ' ' 'lmr. ------ _l.l. ///' ~ • S 0 ' . .. ••,'''''' 2 ""''' -C • l'. *:rr 4 . 4. 7, i ~ , . s . k1t4r,,,, ,I,,Avot l / 4 , , -....,-.... v .." ' ~,,,.._ . k -- - -, . /4,„ „DIE '' ‘'' ji.ill 'il " ily,u4 '‘- ./,'""..,.. ~ 7:;;; ---.Pit 0/ T i'. ' ' N ° .18,714.] LONDON, MON DAY • 4; Wr • • AY 1. 2 73 SEPTEMBER 13, 1852. • . 4f, Just Ready. in 3 Vols., post Bvo., 312. Gd., 31 EMOIRS OF THE BARONESS D'OBER KIRCCI; including Numerous Curious Particulars illus trative of the Secret History of the Courts of Russia and France . Written by Herself, and edited by her grandson, the Count DE DIONTBRISO Also just published, in 2 vols., 215., COLONEL LANDMANN'S ADVENTURES AND RECOL— LECTIONS. " These volumes contain a series of very amusing and remarkable occurrences, well calculated to attract attention and interest."—Sun. LIFE OF MARIE DE MEDICIS. By Mias PARDOE. 3 vols. Bvo., with fine Portraits, 425. "A work of high literary and historical merit, possessing the most absorbing and constantly-sustained interest."—John Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSO CIATION. In 40,000 Shares of 51. each. Paid up in full, no further liability. Registered provisionally, and to be incorporated pursuant to 7 and S Victoria, cap. 110, or by Royal Charter. The Puke of Leinster. The Marquis of Clanrlearde, TRUSTEES. I Frederic Mildred, Esq. Benjamin Oliviera, Esq., M.P. COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT—The Marquis of CLANRICARDE. The Earl of Barrington. Sir John Bayley, Bart. Major-General the Boa. H. F. C. Barry Baldwin, Esq, C. Cavendish. With power to add to their number. STANDING COUNSEL —C. A. noggins, Esq., Q. C. BANE ERS—messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. ; Messrs. Charles Hopkinson and Co. Sommoas—Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman, No. 17, Bucklersbury, _ . . SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. At the THIRTY-SECOND HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING, and at the SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, of the SOLITII-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge, on Thursday, the sth day of Septem ber, 1852, JAMES MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. Chairman, in the Chair, The advertisements convening the meetings were read, and the following resolutions were passed .- 1. That the Report of the Directors, and statement of accounts, as now read at this meeting, be received and adopted. 2. That a dividend (less income-tax) for the half-year ending on the 31st of July last, at the rate of 7s. Gd. per 301. stock, be now declared on the Consolidated Stock of this Company, and be made payable on the 13th lost. 3 That, with the view of determining the amount at which the capital expenditure will cease, the directors be requested to submit to the proprietors, at their next half-yearly meeting, a detailed esti mate of the amount required to complete the lines and works of the South-Eastern Railway Company ; aLso a statement of the entire debts and liabilities of the Company, and of its property and assets with the half-yearly accounts. 4. That the declarations of forfeiture by the several resolutions of the Board of Directors of the 223 day of Arail last, so far as such forfeiture, or any such declations thereof, rel a t es to the any follow ing shares thereby declared to be forfeited, or any of them-viz., the sh a res numbered 5,732 to 5,733, 21,518 to 21,520, 5 6,297,, 57,674 to 57,678, 59,834 to 59,836, 67,248 to 67,264, 68,813 to 68, 827, 7771 to 69,786, 70,481, 70,671 to 73,681,58 to 8,2 5 2 , 71,1781t6, 8 71,182,041,43 toto 7,510 to 81,467, 7 6 8 9 ,7 , 28 to 71.519, 71,758 to 71,787, 73,738 to 73,762, 78,7 09 ,789, 91,38 96,958 44,440 to 8 79,133 to 79,145, 80,785 to 80,799, 8 81,476 to 81,478, 81,678, 81,716 to 81,730, 82,606 to 82,615, to 84,452, 85,404 to 85,408, 86,752, 86,755 to 86 91,349, 91,391 to 91, 4 93, 91,898, 92,841 to 92,852, 96 , 9 53 t° 97,463 to 97,477, 9 8 , 156 to 98 , 1 62, 101,676 to 101,685 , 101 823 to 101,842, 104,737 to 104 ,7 43 , 1 0 5 , 5 92 to 105,594, 105,889' o 105,891, 105,912 to 105,919, 107,112 to 107,126, 107,547 t o 107,576,t 107,782 to 107,831, 109,327 to 109,336, 110,177 to 110,240, 110,624 to 110,628, 114,456 to 114,490, 116,380 to 116,384, 116,495 to 11,6497, 116,796 to 116,799, 117,162 to 117,171, 117,681 to 117,685, 118,376 to 118,385, 118,535 to 118,612, 118,785 to 118,790, 119,566 to 119,574, 120,025 to 120,029, 120,040 to 120,044, 120,648 to 120,659, 121,586 to 121,600, 122,570, 122,962 to 122,964, 123,114 to 123,116, 123,268 to 123,277, 124,325 to 121,342, 124,855 to 124,856, 125,216 to 125,240, 125,489 to 125,491, 126,715, 131,561 to 131,575, 132,331 to 130,343, 133,680 to 133,682, 136,118 to 136,122, 136,817 to 136,841, 136,972 to 136,991, 137,576 to 137,585, 139,376 to 139,387, 141,031 to 141,043, 141,149 to 141,166, 141,192 to 141,203, 142,013 to 142,017, 144,766 to 144,774, 147,132 to 147,236, 150,741 to 150,817, 151,085 to 157,087, 151,779 to 151,781, 151,838 to 151.842, 152,172 to 152,177, 153,326 to 153,327, 153,575 to 153,585, 154,814 to 154,818, 154,975 to 154,984, 157,133 to 157,138, 157,251, 157,282 to 157,297, 157,362 to 157,363, 157,367 to 157,370-be, and the same are hereby respec tively confirmed. 5. That the Directors he, and they are hereby ordered and di rected to dispose of all the shares declared to be forfeited, and as to which the declarations of forfeiture have been confirmed at and by this meeting in manner directed by the Act of Parliament, made and passed in the sixth year of the regn of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making a Railway from the London and Croydon Railway to Dover, to be called the South- Eastern Railway." 6. That this meeting approves the views of the Directors as ex pressed in their letter to Lord sondes of the 2d of September instant with 'ward to a proposed extension of the North Kent Railway from Strool to Chilham, and that the Directors be instructed to take such future steps in relation to that extension as they may deem most conducive to the best interests of the Company. 7. That the Directors be, and they are hereby authorized t• bor row: at interest, on mortgage of this undertaking, any further sum of money not exceeding 180,000/. 8. That the Directors be instructed to give notice to the Canter bury and Whitstable Railway Company, of the South-Eastern Com pany's intention to exercise the option given to them to purchase the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Harbour and Works on the terms agreed on between the two companies. 9. That the Directors be authorised to negotiate terms with the South- , astern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the purchase of that company's steamboats ; such terms to be submitted to a future meeting of this Company for their consideration ; and that a committee of five proprietors, who are not proprietors in the Steamboat Company, be associated with the Directors to consider and report on the terms that may be so proposed. 10. That the following proprietors do constitute such committee •. -Coles Child, Esq., James Ivyleafe, Esq., George Smith, Esq., R. A. Gray, Eat , It. S. Wilkinson, Esq. 11. That Thomas Browne, Esq., who vacated his o lice of Auditor of this Company by becoming disqualified (but is now again qualified for the office) be re-elected an Auditor of the Company. 12. That the consideration of the question of converting the mort gage debts of the Company into preferential stock be adjourned. JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman. The Chairman having left the chair, it was resolved : 13. That the best thanks of the meeting be presented to him for his conduct in the chair. _ _ . ......., 14. That the best thanks of this meeting be and are hereby given to the Secretary and other officers of this Company for their zeal, attention, and efficiency in the discharge of the duties of their re spective offices. G. S. HERBERT, Secretary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS . TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and JL GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS DIVIDED. RATES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps An allowance made hi the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee FE are combined. L ASSURANCE. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the. ssu is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments H. B. SHERID A.N. TIMES FIRE AND P ROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY. Every descr iption of Fire Assurance. Profits Divided. Agents Wanted. 11. B. SIIERIDAN. and TRADESMAN'S MLIFE A SSU RANCE SOCIETY, E R m e uT H I A tL NT'S 5, Chatham-Place, Blackfriars, And all the principal towns in the king TR usTEEs. London,doni. effery Smith, Esq. Thomas 11015', Esq. David Fergusson, Esq. Policies Indis p A u t d , v b a i , ta e g x e c s e o p tffe inr e c d a s h e y s othisfraud. Society All the Medical Fees paid by the Society. Assurances of every description effected. Non forfeiture of Policies. Assurers unable, or wh o find it inconvenient t o pay their Pre miums as they fall due, may have a credit on application to the Board. Loans granted on Personal and other Securities in connexion with Life Assurance. The Directors being desirous of extending the Agencies in and round the Metropolis and throughout the Provinces, are ready to re ceive applications from influential and active persons, accompanied with a reference. GEORGE THOMSON, Manager. THOS. MI7SCiRAVE, Secretary GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. C HEAP EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES. On WEDNESDAY, September 15, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 8 15 A.M., for Swansea, calling at Newnham, Lydney, Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Llantrissant, Brid4end, Port Talbot, Neath, Swansea, and all Stations on the Vale of Neath Railway and will Return from Swansea on WEDNESDAY, Sep tember 22, calling at the same stations, thus affording the Public an opportunity of visiting Chepstow Castle, Tintern Abbey, the Wye, and the Magnificent Scenery and Waterfalls of the Vale of Neath. Passengers for stations on the Vale of Neath Rai way must alight at the Neath Station, and proceed the saute or following day by any of the Ordinary Trains of that Company, and must return to Ne on TUESDAY, September 21, in order to meet the Excursion Train from thence on WEDNESDAY, at 7.50 A.M. Fares There and Back. First Class. 15s. Newnham, Lydney, or Chepstow.. Newport or Cardiff .. • . 17s. Llant rissant, Bridgend, or Port Talbot .. 20s. Heath or Swansea .. .. 225. Resolven,Glyn-Seatb, Hirwain Aberdare, on the Vale of Neath Railway .. Closed Car, I ls. 61. 123. 6d. 16s. 61. 17s. 61. The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only available !or the Excursion Train. Tickets may be obtained previously at 27, King-street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand; and at the Paddington Station. N.B. The times of stopping at the different stations, and other particulars, will be given in handbills, which may be had at the above-named places, or at any of the offices of the Company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION to CHEPSTOW. On SUNDAY, the 19th September, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at Half-past Seven o'clock, for Chepstow, cram; at Stroud, Gloucester, and Cheltenham, and will return from Chepstow the same evening at Half-past Six o'clock, calling at the Same stations. Fares There and Back. Ist Class. Closed carriages. To Stroud To Gloucester or Cheltenham -10 s. .. Gs. To Chepstow - - - - I Is. .. 75. Tickets, which are only available for the Excursion Train, may be obtained previously at 27, King-street, Cheapside, 269, Strand, and at the Paddington Station. Passengers having Luggage can only be conveyed at the ordinary fares. eIREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, 1 1.-A CIIEAP EXCURSION TO THE WEST OF ENGL AND. On MONDAY, 20th September, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 8.15 A.m. for Plymouth, calling at Weston-super- Mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton Road, Exeter, Starcross, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay,' Totnes, and Plymouth, and will return from Plymouth at 8.15 T.m. on Saturday, 25th September, calling at the same stations. Fares there and back : First Class. Closed Carriages. Weston-super• Mare or Bridgewater .. 255. .. 13s. Taunton or Tiverton Road 28s. .. 15s. Exeter 30s. 16e. . Starcross, Dawlish, or Teignmouth .. 325. .. 17s. Torquay or.Totness 335. 18s. Plymouth .. 20s. " The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only aval , able for the Excursion Trains. Tickets may be obtained previously at 37, King-street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; and at the Paddington Station. N.B. The times of stopping at the different stations. and other particulars, will be given in handbills, which may be had at the above-named places, or at any of the offices of the Company. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by U. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London. No L Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, Is. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORMICEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from *he German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first line, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. —" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady "—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852. —" We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April 13,1852. COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. It has, we understand, been rumoured at St. Cloud during the past week, that M. De Persigny has settled, with the British Cabinet, the basis of a treaty of reci procal Free-trade between England and France. It is stated that the principle of the arrangement on which the two Governments have agreed is, that all the com modities of each country shall be admitted into the other on payment of a low duty—the highest impost levied by either on the productions of its neighbour not to exceed 15 per cent. It is added that the rate of postage be tween the two countries is to be reduced to seven sous, instead of sixteen , as at presen t . Ho w far these rumours may be regarded as authentic, we have no mea ns of judging, otherwise than as they derive more or less of antecedent probability from the political position or the expressed opinions of the respective Governments. With reference to the alleged commer cial treaty between the two counties, it is obvious that each Government has strong inducements for entering into some such arrangement as that which is stated to have been mutually agreed upon. On the one hand, the President of the French Republic—especially if the early proclamation of the Empire has, as is stated, been finally decided upon—may naturally be solicitous to strengthen his position against the Northern Powers, by sealing an English alliance, cemented by the interests of the commercial and industrious classes of this country. On the other hand , it is no less obvious that a treaty of commerce with France on the basis of reciprocal Free trade would be the most plausible answer which the Government could °nor to the complaints of their Protectionist to s upporters, should they decid e e cettoomvn very commercial yrocrial policy. Mr. consistently, o accept advo cated a vo ceoitlhluesrivetodearebaatndoon P n th r e o ir t m Disraeli has repeatedly, if not cated that form of commercial freedom which is implied in Reciprocity; and should be be able to announce to the Hoase of C0M030133 the conclusion of a liberal Reciprocity treaty with France, he may possibly h o p e to convince a portion of the Country Party that h e h as given them the best available substitute for that Proton tilm which the verdict of the country has condemned. So far, therefore, as the intentions of the Government may be inferred from the position in which they a re placed by the result of the general election, and by their party interests, the rumoured Free-trade treaty with France—whether it be really determined . m on or not— may at all ev en t s be regarded as prima fa c ie probable. Morning Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - Holloway's Ointment and Pills are first-rate Remedies for the Cure of Bad Legs.—Mrs. Elisabeth Fields, of No. 11, Naylor-street, Liverpool, was afflicted for many years with a dreadful bad leg, and which, after trying innumerable remedies without experiencing the slightest relief, was pronounced to be incurable. Notwith standing this, however, she determined on giving Holloway's Ointment and Pills a trial. These she purchased of Mr. Sheldon, chemist, 50, Vauxhall-road, Liverpool (who can vouch for the accuracy of this eatement), and by persevering in their use for a short time the wounds were completely healed arid her leg perfectly cured, to the astonishment of her neighbours who had witnessed its dreadful condition.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ACCIDENT IN THE FLEET DITCH.—On Saturday a fatal accident occurred, about half-past three o'clock, in the open common sewer of the Fleet Ditch, at the back of St. Peter's Church, in Saffron-hill. Until very recently it was not known that any portion of this abominable river of filth was left uncovered, either in the City or through its course as far as Kentish-town, and in the latter place, even, it has been covered as the buildings progressed; bat lately the re moval of a mass of wretched hovels, inhabited by the poorest of the poor, in order to form the line of new street from Far ringdon-street to Islington, showed that the archway of the sewer terminated in the rear of St. Peter's Church, at which point, the new sewer being considerably below the old ditch, a perfect cataract was formed of the sewerage, occasioning a most offensive and pestiferous exhalation. Until the houses were pulled down, the authorities never troubled themselves in the matter; but after the plague spot was brought before the public gaze, a wooden fencing was put up. It was at the spot above mentioned that the accident occurred. A little boy, six years old, named Wm. Martin, whose parents reside in the vicinity, was playing i n the open space, when ho climbed on the pailings, and, his danger being perceived by a little girl about 10 years old, she held to his clothes, and was also pulled over, and both fell into the stream. A num ber of persons who witnessed the accident at once scaled the pailings, and succeeded in saving the girl, bat the little boy was swept away by the flood, and carried towards the Thames. Several men subsequently searched the sewers, but, unhap pily, without effect. EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH.--The East India Com pany, stimulated by the necessity for quick communication, as well for the purposes of good government in times of peace, as for the command of an army at a distance in times of war, have decided upon connecting the principal cities of all the presidencies by means of the electric telegraph. We understand it is intended that within two years from this time the lines shall be complete in every direction, to the furthest extent of the company's territories; and from that time communication can be had between the seat of Govern ment and any remote district almost instantaneously. The order for the wire (about 3,000 tons) has been placed in the hands of M essrs. Morewood and Rogers, of London, to be by them galvanised, so as to ensure the most perfect protec tion from oxidation. The wire, we understand, is unusually strong, and has to be prepared with the utmost care, as it will have to bear not only its own weight from post to post, but also, in many districts, the weight of immense numbers of monkeys, who will come from the woods to swing upon it, also huge eagles to roost at night. The East India Company have put the telegraph under the charge of Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy, of their medical staff, he having already constructed a line of several hundred miles ih India with the moat complete auccets.—Minin g Journ,al. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. On Saturday an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at Chester. The meeting was convened by rcquisi , iont signed by 13 shareholder s , t o consider and decide upon the propriety of r emov i ng the present directors 0: the company and t o e l ect new directors in their place. The wh o l e o f t h e di rectors were present. Mr. W. Wardell, the ch a i rman of the board presided. Itn• mediately on his r i g h t was Mr. Butt, the Qleen s Counsel, and behind him was Mr. W. 0. Hunt, the solicitor of Parliament -street. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to open the business — He said that the meeting had been called, as they were aware, by a section of the shareholders of the company, and not by the directors. They did, how ever, consider it to be their duty to attend the meet ing not only as shareholders looking after their own interests, but after the interests also of the bonfi shareholders in the company, for whom they were the trustees ; and in order that their property might not be jeopardised or injured by any proceedings which might take place. Und er th e circumstances in which the company was plac e d th e b oard had thought it ex pedient to request the att en d ance of Mr. Butt, QC., and under the advice of th at gentleman he should conduct the proceedings as chairman, in order that they might be regular, lawful , a n d i n con f orm ity of the company.— (Hear, bear.) He hoped that every gentleman would with the existing engagem en t s avoid the expression of approbation or disapprobation ofany l of the sp presume, that eakers. He every person present had an hon es t opinion to give ; mightand it was only by hearing fairly and fully that the nad a whatr ight t o be said presume,by and truth could be arrived at. Mr. G. Momto said it devolved upon him to sub mit to the meeting a motion following up the requi sition which had been read.—After reading some correspondence to show that the directors had refused to meet to consult with some of the remonstrant shareholders, he proceeded to observe that the unjust steward and lax official were at all times subject to dismissal by their superiors th e i ns t ant that they failed when they in the performance of their ex ceededduties when them as well as when they failed to execute them—above all, when they opposed themselves to the interests of their constituents. It was for the meeting to determine how the present directors had fulfilled their trust. For years the unfortunate shareholders had received no dividend, in spite o f the large pro s their pro mises of the directors.—(Bear, hear.) P or t h e last four years every report h a d b e en full ofad delightfulof them. vista to come, but it h a d never reached_e satis fied were plunged in diffi c ulty, and h them was ; ati lied that they did not y e t kno w the end Though the traffic had doubled, tripled, and qua drupled wi-bin the last few years, even the few pence of dividend which they had before received they were now deprived of, and they were deeper in debt than they had ever been. He charged against the direc tors, first, that, in opposition to the cautions and consre monstrances of a large section of the s h areholders, holding stock to the extent of hundred s of thousands of pounds, they had placed individual s i n the direc tion without the slightest consultation wi t h the share holdersNext,iltls in Parliamentherehad ena large nt succession involvi ng le ga l ex penses, which, for a short line like th e i rs, appeared to be very disgraceful. In the last half year, while they were receiving no dividend, theseand expensesconstant wishes of the the e r in supporting amounted to between 4,000/ and 5,000/. Next ha dbee n a moat the wasteful private ends eict andra extravagant a g w a i os ht expenditure di rectors. Among the charges with which the pro prietors never should have been saddled were, up to 31st August, 1851 (the last account received), to Mr. John Butt, Q.C., fees for attending meetings, 2131. (Shame) ;—to Mr. G. B. Ross, a junior lawyer, 921. ; for proxy stamps, 5461. Was that a righteous and pro per charge to enable the directors to oppress the share• holders ? For transfer stamps to parties for creating votes, 1211. During the last 18 months they had paid to the directors 1,4031. in addition to their 6001. a year. Of that sum Mr. R. Roy, a director, had been paid 101/. for law expenses. lie knew not in what court Mr. Roy practised, but he was clearly disentitled under the 81st clause of the Act to con tinue to be a director. The whole of the sinking fund had been swallowed up. There had been the grossest negligence in the matter of outstanding debts, and large sums were constantly written off as bad debts. Tne whole available revenue of last half-year was 20,1611., while the money owing them was 38,8851. There had been a determined adherence to the delusive offers of the Great Western Company, and a most iniquitous attempt to exclude the share holders from all judgment in the matter, notwith standing that since the offer of the North-Western had been promulgated their shares had risen from 13/. to 241.—(Hear, hear.) The last attempt of the board had been to deprive the proprietors of all power over their property—to confiscate it—and to tie their hands irrevocably by a so-called " Traffic Arrange ment Bill," which had, however, been most properly scouted by Parliament. Aft er some further remar k s he concluded by moving— " That the following director s of this compan y— v is., William Wardell, Robert R o y, Thomas Jeffrey Badger, and Edward Francis French —b e i mmediately remov ed from their office of directors, and that they are accord ingly now hereby so removed; and that:the following per sons be and they are now hereby elected directors of this company in the respective places of the said persons so removed as aforesaid, viz., Robert Gardener, of Chase ley, Lancashire, in the place of William Wardell; Henry Kennedy, of Upper Bedford -place, London, in the place of Robert Roy ; James D ur h am, of 107, Gloucester place, Port man - square , L on d on, in the pl a ce of Thomas Jeffrey Badg er; an d A n d rew Perstow, o f Vietoria-ter race, Nottin g h am , i n th e p l ace of Edward Franc i s French. A n d t h at t h e f o l lowing Williams, Richard Egerton, John P iloyle, and James John Harwell—provided th e y be now directors - of this com pany, be also immediat e ly removed from their office o f directors, and that they are accordingly now hereby 50 removed; and that the following persons, provided t he y are not now directors of thi s company, be and they ar e now hereby elected direct ors thereof in the resp ective places of the said four last-named p e rsons, name l y , j George Moore, of 54, Alb an __ street , Edinburgh, in the place of Rich ar d Ellerton ; 'William Gordon Thompson, of 83, Gl oucester-terrace , Hyde Henry Visors East, of 14, Canterbury-villas, Park-gardens, London, in the place of John Boyle; and vale, Paddington, in the place of J aws 'R o well." Mr. H. KENNEDY seconded the motion. His only cared desire was to improve their property, and he not whether the means of doing so came from the North-Western or the Great Northern Company; but he fully believed that there was something to pre vent the shareholders entering upon any agreement__ Maida they could get 41 per cent. from the North which might tend to advance their own interests. if he thought they ought to take it, but they never would until the present directors were superseded. Mr. B. ROY then proceeded to answer seriatim the charges which heel been brought against the directors. He commenced by characterizing the motion as ._ irre gular, thoroughly illegal, and terous ; for if preos the gentlemen who assumed to be directors, and who had al read ready in anticipation taken their seats that day ? He should be sorry, howe at the end of the board, had, been legally elected, , North-Western, where was the necessity for re-electing them again to eminent adviser of those gentlemen the injustice to suppose that he attached the slightest importaenecleose proceedings which had taken place at tb • ble that the of the last meeting It ouestiona directors -. was tin - the vacancies had a perfect right to fill up at the board. Mr. Monro had told them that there was no dividend. That was unfortunately no new Chester Comp any ver to do the information, but it was entirely attributable to the North-Western Company, who had alone kept down d the rates of traffic in order that the Shrewsbury an h offer of 4i per cent. the moment it was made. t in Parliamen , was true they had had many Bills but except n two recent cases when they had them selves negatived them, he should be glad to know Their traffic had when they had been unsuccessful. might the more readily gulp the been bl ocked up towards Birkenhea d. They applied and got r unn i ng powers over tha t line, and now they enjoy e d the advantages of a station o f th e ir ow n a t Birkenh ea d , and complete runn i ng powers to it.— (Hear, hear.) Now, as to the ext rava g ant expendi ture, the s um pa i d to their valued friend Mr. Butt required no comment from i hi m , althought must have requir e d cons id era bl e ne rve to have alluded to it, The next item was 5461. f or proxy stamps, but they were sent to al l sides, and he consid ere d that there was no mere legitimat e or necessary e xpense than that consequent upon putting i n t o t h e h al ide of every shareholder a proxy. Then th ere were payments to dire c t ors . On this head he would only speak for himself, and he found that during last year he had been 256 days in days London in Eondiftur handesgolebusGinieasssgoofw, and 36 day s fromthe company, th ree home in the country—total 29 5 days. All that he had r ece i ved had been his share of the directors' allowance, and expenses out of pocket. The out standing debts, he admitted, were too large, but some of these were under arbitration, and others were being but duri ng au existence of seven yea rs all that had received daily.-1,0001, had com e in that mor n i ng ; been put down as bad debts was 3411, and that he -s not very thought w. much.—(Hear, hear.) The really subst ant i a l an d i mpor tant question, however,m to consider w for theta this :—The two greatest .. co anies tbrhcy,foustesheedterirns answer North-Western s s i t n e r t t i ahh the over and over again the directors had appealed to the Ct world were contending for their line; cent, for the line, ile proposition to his board, p r h o u v t i d e s d o o c i b e a dy l m e e small ; but they wo an iC; it for a guarantee, however wouldtmh guarantee e b rr would nothing—thean.c,cep,l.een were they that th o e m y thPe s Y a u id They d'arrangedow down unanimously i'e North-Western Comp \ a ‘ li c e y , s , te an o dth e y, then inl and so anxious They were not r d" with to g that p ive r Company for a them a fixed portion of' traffic. Th it was rejected a guarantee, but they offered an interchangeilP°sPydolwinne,thaendbrtooadpgayuagtheeitro toLlli.verTpohoal doubtedly went to the Great traffic agreement. o t on theirla to run agreement which had been entered • into with the Great Western.—(Cries of " No, no • f no agreement.") That traffict,ao was the give th e; Yes, and it had the seal of the company to it, i n o sequenc of the vote of the lar ges t mee ti ng of their shareholders which had ever assembled.—(lleat. ) After this it was that the North-Western Company came forward with the bait of 41 per cent. H e con tended, however, that they were bound both in law and honour to the Great Western Company, and that regarded simply as an arrangement, it was preferable to the offer now made by the North-Western. Mr. Roy then retaliated at some length upon Mr. Monro, and asserted that that gentleman had offered to attend at the last meeting but one, and support the directors, if he were paid his expenses. Almost all the leading me in the present movement had at one time strongly advocated an arrangement with the Great Western, and pre-eminent among those was Mr. Forbes. He alluded to the pacific course which had been recom mended by Mr. Glyn with reference to the-Shrews bury lines, and contrasted it with the language em ployed in the circulars which had been issued, and attributed it all, nevertheless, to the North-Western Company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. TAUNTON apprehended that the main question which the meeting had to decide was, whether the directors were guilty or not of the grave charges which had been brought against them, and whether or not they were entitled to the confidence of the proprietors. The meeting had listened with patience and attention to the charges brought by Mr. .Monro, and to the answer of Mr. Roy, and he was convinced that their verdict must be one of entire acquittal.— (Hear, hear, and disapprobation.) He contended that the directors had nut bad fair play shown them, and that the circulars which had been i=sued against them showed a dishonourable and un-English spirit. If they wished to obtain a dividend on their pro perty, let them not fetter nor unseat their present directors. Mr. WHALLEY. (High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire) said the simple question before them was whether they should have four new directors upon the board— four gentlemen who were not committed to any par ticular line of policy—(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh !) some of them learned in the law, astute men of wealth, who, if any flaw existed in the agreement with the Great Western Company, would discover it, and, if it were deemed desirable for the interests of the company to get out of it, would find some means of doing so. He denounced the system which the board had pursued towards those interested in mineral traffic as most partial and unfair, and stated that he had presented a petition to the Board of Trade, signed by upwards of 100 of the trading interest of the dis trict, complaining that the mineral traffic was wholly undeveloped, and that no accommodotion was shown to any but those connected with the directors' clique. He contended that to reject the offer of the London and North-Western would be a suicidal policy, and that it would further postpone all hope of a dividend to an indefinite period. Mr. EAST (one of the gentlemen elected a director by the shareholders), after analyzing in lengthened detail some evidence given by Mr. Roy before the House of Lords' Committee on the subject of alleged " faggot votes," declared that he had no confidence in the present directors as a board, while he had every possible objection to their policy. He objected to them, among other things, because they were par tisans, and because they had set the shareholders at defiance. Mr. LOWE denied the charge of partiality to certain mineral traders brought forward by Mr. Whalley, and stated that, to his own knowledge, 70,0001. had lately been invested in mineral works, not one far thi❑g of which would have been so employed had it not been for the facilities afforded by their railway. They must remember that it was not a mere question between 4i per cent. and nothing, for they had the guarantee from the Great Western of 3i per cent., and he believed that in a few years they might expect 10, or even 15 per cent.—(Laughter.) Mr. A. K. BARER, who said he had been intrusted with proxies representing a large amount of stock, doubted very much whether they should ever get 4 3 } per cent. from the North-Western, because first, he doubted the ability of the London and North-Western to comply with the terms they had proposed; secondly, because he doubted the power of this com pany to accept those terms ; and thirdly, because he much questioned whether Parliament would sanc tion it. A very irregular and confused discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Roy, Whalley, Beattie, and others took part ; and after a few words from Mr. Robert son, the engineer, who advocated the introduction of the broad gauge into the district; and from Mr. H. Brown, of Chester ; Mr. Murt() replied upon the whole case, and in dignantly repelled the insinuation that his ser vices were to be purchased. The course which he had taken had been prompted by a due regard to the large interest which he had in the concern. He then called upon the chairman to put the resolution which had moved. The CHAIRMAN.—I am advised that the resolution is altogether so informal that I cannot put so idle and nugatory thing to the meeting.—(Cheers, hisses, and great confusion.) Mr. MONRO complained that the chairman had, under these circumstances, allowed the proceedings to go so far, and added, " Since you refuse to put the question I shall do so myself."—Great inter ruption, cries of " Order," " Chair," " That's right," and the like.) He then at once put the resolution, and, having called for a show of hands, declared it to be carried by a large majority. Subsequently he demanded a poll, and requested the chairman to de liver the usual books of the company, in which the result might be recorded. The CHAIRMAN refused to recognize the proceed ing, and declined to hand over the books. Mr. MoNRo and his coadjutors then commenced to record such votes as were tendered upon loose sheets of paper, and this continued for about half an hour amidst great confusion, the polling being confined to the adherents of the North-Western party, the direc tors' friends refusing to poll. While this was proceeding, Mr. TAUNTON inquired of the chairman whether the directors had a majority of the proxies ? The CHAIRMAN said he believed they had—a large majority. Mr. COLLIS then moved the adjournment of the meeting till the 20th inst., when the consideration of the subject for which they had been convened should he continued. Mr. D. ROBINSON seconded the motion, which was put by the chairman, and declared upon a show of hands to be lost. A poll was then demanded upon this motion. Scrutineers were duly appointed ; the polling was fixed to take place on Monday (this day), and the proceedings, which occupied nearly seven hours, terminated. The entrance to the meeting was, during the whole sitting, guarded by the police. [PRICE 51). asPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—It is with some surprise that we observe in an able contemporary a depreciation of the Peru vian title to the Lebos lalaeds, and en approval of the American resolution to approorite, without payment or license, the deposits they contain. We did not really imagine that this claim of common right to the possession of an indapendent State would have found any deliberate advocates on the British side of the Atlantic. To recapitulate the points of the case must be almost superfluous, hut is at any rate easy. These rocky and barren islets lie within a score or two miles off the Peruvian shore, and are se situate, that both the seaward and the landward groups are visible to any vessel sailing between them—the ordinary course of coasting ships in those parts. They are alleged by the Peruvian Government to have been considered from time immemorial as pertaining to its presper territory, first under the Spanish authority, and af terwards under its Republican successors. In proof of this assertion it is shown that many ancient and well-executed maps describe them specially by their n ames, which are Spanish, as comprised within the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru; and that no maps de scribe them as perta i n i ng t ot h erw i se . One map of Peru, distinctly containing the "Isolas de los Lobos," is to all appearance two centuries old. Alcedo, the geographer, i n hi s work printed i n 178 7 , enumera t es among the " nations and principal places of Peru," twelve islands, o " Lobos." The name orgroups o f i s l an d s , a mong which is as many of our correspondents have recently r emarked,loc curs repeatedly in voyages of the last centur of such a fact cyOuladndip wherever the intimation that the territory helot, expected, it is implied e to Peru. Th e P e ruvian Government is in actualB possession of the islands, - and claims to have been in such possession always, whereas no other Government has ever put forth we like preten s i ons . W e confess do not see how any state title to unoccupied and, cupihi it is d territory could by pos sibility be s t ro nger , held that with out occupation no titl e can su b s i st, we shall then be maintaining that t err it ory so va l uable a the world quarrelli ng f or i t , has notvyals to set h a lf value enough to i constitute it the privat e p ro p er t y of an The old notion that d eser t l an d, or land which pe i n t t w all. worth nobody's while to occupy, s h ou ld b e deemed al the disposal of all comers, was highly natural in times when this very desolation carried with it the presump tion of worthlessness. It was reserved for modern ages to discover a treasure which not only renders the non-habitability of a territory compatible with ex ceeding value, but actually makes the former condi tion indispensable to the latter. It is precisely because the Lobos Islands have never been occupied by man that they were frequented by birds, and that their extraordinary riches have been acquired. If no State can possess territory without occupying it, then no State can possess guano terri tory at all, for the former possession would infallibly destroy the latter. Fifty or a hundred years ago the Lobos Islands were of no known value to attract no tice or remark. It is preposterous to expect that the title of Peru to such property should be demonstrable by any public recognitions of the fact, but all the evidence that could be anticipated is fairly enough forthcoming. It is plain that the islands must neces sarily have been discovered by the settlers of the main, and presumable with something very like cer tainty that such settlers as Spaniards in the 16th century would take them into their dominions. Ac ccrdingly we find them designated by characteristic Spanish names, included in the Spanish maps of this Spanish province, and enumerated by careful geo graphers among Spanish possessions. What more could be looked for we are at a loss to see. Against this it is argued that they lie at a greater distance from the main land than that which would make them appendages of such land by the maxims of public law. But this is no more than saying that the Peruvian title lacks that particular quality which would remove it from discussion altogether. Islands within three miles of a coast pertain to that coast ipso facto, but there is no reason why islands beyond this distance should not pertain to it likewise. Of the Isles of Wight, Scilly, Man, Lundy, and a hundred others belonging to Great Britain, how many are within three miles of the English shore? Discovery and occupation constitute a title as good, though not always as palpable, as that of proximity. That the Spanish discoveries of 1574 preceded the notable exploit of " Benjamin Morel', lun.," in 18e:3, we need not be at pains to remark, while, as to occupation, there was as much as the case admitted. The Peruvian Government asserts that its Indian subjects have always maintained lodgments of huts upon the islands, but that the practice has been discouraged, for the very reason specified above that it was destructi ve o f th e i r s t a ple produce. If no people are to possess lands which they do not inhabit, what becomes of the title to half the American conti nent ? It is not correct to say that the Peruvians have only claimed the sovereignty in question from the time that guano deposits acquired their value. They asserted it long before after the only fashion that the case then seemed to invite, for nobody will assert that the Spanish title has not descended to the present State of Peru. They took little heed of their outlying property as long as it appeared unproductive. As soon as its worth became known they forthwith set a guard upon it, and their right of jurisdiction in this respect was never denied. As to any privilege ac quired by usage, they are surely beside the real point at issue. If the Americans have fished or " sealed" off the coast at discretion for 60 years, they may perhaps expect to enjoy that liberty still, just as the British commander in the Pacific 18 years ago thought that the English bad acquired a right of fishery. But can this convey a title to the guano deposits? Our contemporary remarks, apparently with approbation, that Americans " can seen no dif ference, as to right, between ca tching seals and gathering birds' dung on the Lobos rocks. is to be hoped, under the circumstances, that they will see some difference' between catching codfish and gather ing fruit, otherwise the harvests of our North American colonists are likely to be in danger. A right of way through a field does not carry with it the privilege of cutting the bay. The true merits of the case were far more faithfully set forth in an article in the New York Journal of C.mmerce, which we transcribed on Friday last. In this honest confession it was plainly urged, that as guano was necessary for the production of wheat and wheat for the sustenance of man, it was not allowable in any nation to put its own price on such a treasure—an argument which we trust will be recollected by the Americans themselves in their sales of "bread-stuffs," for, if that which makes corn ought to be common property, a fortiori ought corn itself to be so; and it will be unendurable that the valley of the Mississippi should " lock up," or part with only on its own terms, a commodity which half Europe is craving for. By way, however, of reduc ing the question to a point, and, as was evidently intended, to an absurdity, the American jour nalist concisely asked whether " the twenty or twenty live vessels which had left the United St a t es to bring guano from the Lobos Islands could be expected to come hack empty ?" We re mem b er ah similar inquiry being once made by a d og - stealer, whether, when he had be en up " night o asked ' af7er night" watching for a certain s p an i e l , he was to come off without any reward at a ll ? Accordingly the Journal of Commerce recom men d e d that Peru u should indem nify these adventur ous vessels bybuying thie charters," and th en come to an understanding , having reference to the degree of "title or colour of title which eac h nation," i. e., Peru and America, " may , be able t o present." What the Ame rican title is most English readers have by this timeeeon learnt. The islands are incontestably either a s ? property or Peruvian property. Our own_ less than tnent, by the mouth of Lord Palmerston no nnaitted the cionivern that of Lord Malmesbury, has honestly. a, prima facie claims of Peru, t anddiiction to which it if the l atter State has not always exercised the jurisdiction pretended, it must be remembered that the just as long. mon" claims were kept Neither one party nor the in abeyance t b o es h t e irr g e a d io t e h d e . ms ß el o v t e h s in the matter till sornetltutehge same time; but, whereas took active steps a ii ,p ou ru is as plain as it could be the previous previous title of e pected to be, there is nothing whatever to warrant the indiscriminate license of rovers at large. HERALD. --The public conduct of a man like Mr. Webster is a fair subject of criticism ; but the cri ticism itself s hould_ be fair. An inquiry into motives a mere loss of time. It removes discus is at best s-ion from ma tt e r s which admit of demonstration to matters which can never be proved, and which, if they c ould, would concern us but little. We do not participate in the solicitude of a morning contempo rary to fix on Mr. Webster an electioneering motive in the position he assumed the other day in relation to our fisheries, or in the language he now holds re specting the Lobos Islands. Indeed, as regards the latter affair, the probabilities do not countenance the imputation, inasmuch as Mr. Webster's first statement was confidential, was intended to remain private, and, therefore, c o uld not sell have had any public embroilment or agitation for its end. But, we re peat it, this sort of criticism is irrelevant, unprofit able, and unworthy. It is not a little remarkable that the very same E ng li s h journal which recently almost took part with Mr. Webster fur the purpose of injuring and misrepresenting our own Government, is the journal which now labours to stigmatise him with these extra litem imputations. His conduct is A large proportion of the shares have already been subscribed. This great Metropolis must always possess one leading Theatre as the centre and principal depository of the best schools of Dramatic Music, an art which has now become the pursuit and relax ation of the highest and most cultivated portion of the community. The site of her Majesty's Theatre—near the Palaces of the Sove reign, the Houses cf Parliament, the Political, Military, and Lite rary Clubs, and in the centre of the most fashionable districts—is the finest and most valuable in Europe. The beauty of the Interior of the theatre, its unrivalled acoustic con struction, and the harmony of its proportions, adapt it admirably for the production of the masterpieces of the greatest musicians, and for the most perfect display of choregraphic art. These advantages sufficiently point it out as the fitting seat of grand national opera ; but it has other important recommendations —in old-established habits and associations, and as having been the scene of the triumphs of all the leading artistes in Europe. A contract has been entered into for the purchase of the lease of her Majesty's Theatre from the present proprietor, and the Association will have the benefit of this asreement, the purchase money being represented by 25,000 paid-up shares. In this purchase is included the lessee's interest in the suns of 12,5261. 12s. 9d. Three per Cent. 2ie]uced Annuities, invested as an accu mulating guarantee fund. This fund will be increased from time to time, so as to form a sinking fund, and place the Associa tion on the firmest basis. The properties are to be taken at a valuation, which in no case is to exceed 2" , ,000/. The Associa tion to have the benefit of any surplus beyond that sum The property of the Association will consist of— The Lease of the theatre and Concert-room, which has nearly 40 years to run, est mated at 11 .1...•• ..•• •• .. £lOO,OOO The Properties greatly exceed in value 30,0001. But amount to be paid by the Association is not to ex- coed . The effective Capi+al .. ••..•••• • • • • • • 25,000 75 000 £200,000 Associated capital is admitted to be the most effective means in this country of carrying out great enterprises ; and the support of a powerful body of proprietors interested in the success of the Theatre, and an able management, must ensure to the enterprise the mot successful results. The affairs of the Association will be conducted by a Managing Director, appointed by the Committee. Tne Committee will have the exclusive control over the receipts and expenditure ; and no liability can in any event be incu•red by the shareholders beyond the amount of the subscribed capital, as the Committee gill have no power to bind the Association, or to contract any engagement be yond th at amount. Previous to the commencement of each Season, the personal privileges to be reserved to the Shareholders will be defined by the Committee. The Association, being in possession of ample capital, will be able to relntse the establishment from the trammels which have hitherto weakened the operations of former Directors ; and the Committee have in contemplation various improvements in the administration, which will develop ~ ew sources of revenue, and justify the expecta tion of a large return on the subscribed capital, and will render her Majesty's Theatre the most distinguished re•union of Science, Art, and Fashion, hitherto known in Europe. It cannot be doubted that this magnificent Theatre, conducted in a manner combining the most perfect beauty and efficiency of re presentation with experienced and economical management, will attain a great degree of prosperity, and maintain its high position amongst the dramatic establishments of Europe. If the terms of any Charter of Incorporation, to be hereafter granted, should reqaire the shares to be of larger amount than five pounds, the number of shares granted to each applicant will be rateably reduced. Applications for shares, in the enclosed form, to be made to Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman, at their office. No. 17, liucklersbury ; or to the Secretary of the Association, at her Ma jesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. To the Committee of her Majesty's Theatre Association. gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares in the above Association and in consideration thereof I agree to ac cept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the amount thereon. I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient Servant, RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. BRISTOL, SEPT. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market ruled dull t o , d ay, and the few transactions closed without variation i n prices: LIVERPOOL, SEP - r. 11. . hird T s, h l e l only STOCK Excii;;QE.—There has been no materiacalnhcaeaslsthehirirare-e, altera tion in the railway share market to-day, and but a very limited amount of business has been transacte , d r sales reported were—Birkenhead, Lancashire !yB aft sle, 221. Shares, p.— London h n ar a e n s d, Yorkshire, 4 YBOB North-Western, v — Le s E a tne a cr s an t s e , t r Counties, e n rnaln—d uc 121—Ditto, trtloi Fifths, 31/ p Maryport and Carlisle, 341,4—Midland, 77%—Ditto, New Preference, 4 1 / 2 per cent., p.—North-Western, 8 South-Eastern and Dover, 217/B—Whitehaven and Furness, 7—York and North Midland, 243/ _Demerara, 7 , A. MANCHESTER, Szrr. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was fi-n to-day, but there was not much business doing. The transactions were as follow : —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junc tion, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,B7—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1 13-16 p.—Midland (guaranteed 4 1 / 2 per cent.), 1 i p.—South-E as t ern an d D over , 2.1. 13-16 BIRMINGHAM, SErr. 11. STOCK EXCHANGL—The mar k e t h as b e en generally de re f e w pressed throughout the we e k, an d to-day there_we buyers in the market. Midlands were quoted at 78. LOSS or LIFE.—On Wednesday evening the Humboldt, Bremen ship, manned by foreigners, with emi grants for Australia, chartered by the Land and Coloniza tion Commissioners, when off the Shag stone, near Ply. mouth, lost three of her crew in fishing the anchor. While the men were thus engaged one of the seamen was dragged over by the chain, and immediately a boat was lowered, witth the chief officer and two seamen in it, to rescue the than ; it capsized, and they were all precipitated into the water. One of the seaman was rescued by the pilot, who observed the accident when a short distance from the s hi p , but the other three sunk. No. 11. Bco., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 4s. THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATORR EICEA BY CAUTERIZATION; its Inefficiency and Danger. - - BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common instruments geons has been snared with all kinds of violence, an indifference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical Observations.—" In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xvili. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently ,successful." —Prolasstr Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. ::,_ / I!:tii 1/ /7 ,‘/ (r . , reprehensible enough ; what the motives of thatZ le,el conduct m a y h ave been, we will not inquire—fcr it `ekko is neither th e po i nt at issue, nor busiem of rem. In Mr. Webster's first statetee nt resposit:itt; Loboy, it s• tss that t 1 tbhee islands in that he represented it as probable i by Benjamin Finding, as soon as this most unguarded and unfortu nate assumption was made public, that it was not only untenable, but even ludicrous and discreditable, Mr. Webster hastened to frame a new statement, in which he modified his original position, retaining, however, all that was possible of what he had first said. He made no confession of error. On the contrary, his second statement was so worded as almost to induce the reader to imagine that this must have been what was advanced in the outset, and that the public had misunderstood Mr. Wehster's proposi tion. Benjamiti Morrel was pgkin in , 4r.tion.-1 ; the year 1823 was again the date to vv! - :ich retmence was made; the word " discovery " vvna reiaiwd ; and the difference was rri2rely- this, Iliac the discovery was now alleged to have r , ferr< , ; - Icf. , , not to the existence of the islands themselves, but to the guano with which they were covered, an4l wbieb con sticute3 their only soil. We may remark in passing, that it the reader hes any doubt, as to what Mr. Webster really said at first, it will be e‘enroved by re ferring to the original letter, which has not been denied, and in which Benjamin Morref 3 supposed trover is distinctly represented as a discovery of these islands themselves. But gi - e Mr. Webster the full benefit of his amended ple , A, and is stil! amounts to nothing. Grant that Berjamin Morrel was the first to find that there was guano on the Lobos Islands— though we believe that there will be about as little difficulty in showing that he was not the discoverer of what the islands contained as in showing that he was not the discoverer of the islands—grant, how ever, that the assumption is a fact—grant that Benja min Morrel first noticed the guano of Lobos; does not the property of whatever treasure nature may have bestowed on the land belong to the owners of the land ? And, therefore, is not the question still exactly what it was before—Who is the rightful pro- • prietor of the Lobos Islands ? Supporse that Morrel bad discovered a certain valuable grass or grain, hitherto unknown and therefore neelected, in an island belonging to Prance or England, would that discovery transfer to the United States the right of ownership in such an island, or even in the particular production thus brought to light ? The point to as certain is simply, who are the rightful sovereigns or proprietors of the islands of L o b os ? That once settled, you know, of course, to whom belongs its natural treasures. In this instance the treasures in dispute are far more completely identified with the land than would be trees or plants, for guano is the very soil itself, and the only existing soil of Lobos. The islands have neither wood nor water; the sub stratum of them is nothing but slate ; or a species of flaky rock, as nearly as possible on a level with the Pacific; fic piles; an of and they are lifted out of the waves solely countless generationsguazmo,f Iga ull, a o n n d y n e o r o , b d y e ; p , oasnidted bypen guin, and buzzard. Guano not only makes the value of the islands, but also makes the islands, which, but for that substance, would scarcely be more than a collection of shoal -rocks to be carefully avoided by the mariner. A s to the knowledge of these islands, it is, as w e s h owed on aeanadrrsewbcheeinfothreoctchaesiodna,tesoomfeß3eono. years old, an d there a re maps a n d c h arts w hi c h were published at l east 160 y jamin Morr e l' s voyage, clear representati on of the sterc.or a c n o e n o t n an b a a ndkuse and beds of Lobos. The Peruvians, then, knew these islands well, and k new t h at their coutit ' ry had inhe rited them from Spain. Th at they knew oniim, substance was of which th ese i sles : were ve it what that also certain, if they knew what guano is c . and with is p a n that they are familiar, for they h elsewher el. in profusion, and have used it habit ua ll y from time memorial. Besides, we must not f orget one distinction, that the knowledge of the val ue of a pos session is not ownership, and, therefore, still less would it confer the right of ownership to be the fi rs t to discover the value of another's treasure. If you discover that a ring which your neighbour wears is diamond, while he imagines it to be paste, you are not justified in tearing it off his finger, and claiming it as thenceforth your own , nor would you be so justified in appropriating it, were it lying neg lected on his table, and had he even disdained to use it, through ignorance of its real worth. If; as soon as that neighbour became aware of its value, he declared that he would keep it, he would do only what he had a right to do. Now, it requires no great penetration to perceive that what Mr. Webster last advances is at best and at MOB', merely, that a citizen of the Uaited States was the first to discover that certain Peruvian islands are more valuable than the Peruvians who owned them were aware. The Peruvians may reply —" You have, even if we grant all your assumptions, merely shown us that we were richer than we ima gined. But poor or rich, those islands are not your discovery, but that of your fathers ; not your pro perty, but our own, ever since we were a nation. Does everything belong to you which you discover to be valuable ?" ~rii~ FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE. Yesterday morning (Sunday) a fire of a very seri ous character broke out in one of the large ware houses numbered 30 in Louden- wall, occupied con j ointly by Messrs. Brown and Co., the extensive drysalters ; Messrs. Gibbins, Brothers, varnish ma nufacturers ; Mr. Thomas Tarn, carpet weaver; Messrs. Springfield and Co., silk merchants; and Messrs. Dobson and Co., ale and porter merchants. The premises, which had a frontage of sixty feet, were almost as deep, and four floors in height. At the time of toe outbreak there were in Messrs. Gib bins's stores upwards of 4,000 gallons of prepared varnish, besides an immense stock of other articles, almost of as inflammable a character. In Messrs. Springfields' warehouse w:s a stock of silk, roughly valued at 2,000/, while Messrs. Brown's compart ments were filled with nearly every description of goods used in their business. The top floor was used by Mr. Tarn as a factory, and was fitted up with sixteen large looms fill e d w i t h yarn for weavingT carpets, and other valuable pi eces o f mach i nery, discov e ry appears to h ave b een made by some h The per sons living in one of the b ac k streets, wh ose atten tioner was directed by an un usua l body of smok e hover ing over the building. In a b r i e f Society's escapes attended, followed period th e Ro al y the enginesy of the London brigade from IVhitecros.s..stree, Watling square stations, as ll as that o jefill.rYneds er the direction of Mr. we Superinten- f t s h tr e street, parish.and dent Braid wood and Mr. Pogo, the chief officer of the district A, the wh o l e o f the engines present were set to work, and it w as t h en be extinguished i n th e expected that the fire would course of a very few was not minutes, and before m uc h dam Unfor tunately such age could be done. the cas e f o r w hile the firem , n were actively employed inpumping the water t he flames rushed through one of the w indows at the back , a distanc e of several feet. The draught thus given by the broken window caused the destructive element to extend almost with the rapidity of electricity, and, hiving travelled up the staircase, it took complete possession of th e secon d floor, by Messrs. usedGib bins as on e o f th e i r warehouses. F ortunatel y the p r incipal stock of varnish and other inflammable articles was not in that part of the premises, but, that so large___ a etock was uinpotnhelNgirt.oußnrdaitidowooro, dhfie nadtinOgn" sent off for . the assis- Holborn, and Chandos-street assis tance of his engines in the Southwark. bridge-road, Farringdon-stre t e h t , e time this extra aid arrived the stations. flames bad ascended*BY to the staircase, and were working f the official report of the damage done into Mr. Tarns carpet manufactory. Subjoined is a copy 0 Sept. 12, half-past 12 A.M.—Called by a 6 , Sunday, ".. stranger to a fire at No. 30, London-wall, City, whi c h , did the following aamage :—Messrs. Brown and Co., drysalters.—First floor—The counting-house burnt out, and contents of warehouse adjoining seriously d a maged by fire and water. The stock in trade, &c., l no t insured. The cause of fire unknown. Th e build ing is the property of the Mercers' Company, and " a s upposed to be insured in the Royal Exchange Fire office.burnt Engines that attended, seven o f the brigade m an i d se t s h , that d o f the e e parish.fire was e x G t iansg u was ish e the pre the London establishment. Messrs. Gibbins and Co., varnish makers and oilmen —ground and the second floor nearly burnt out. i _second floors, t nsurance not known. Mr. Thomas T arn, care —stock and machinery seriously pd Maker, top floor water, and rest of buildi ng amaged by fire and Legal and Commercial Fire- also'office. Insured in the field and Co., silk m erc h ants floor —stock of r aw silk l warehouse o n the second fire, water, &c, considerably d am aged by In surance not known. Messrs. Dobson and Co., basement, bottle ale and porter merchants—stock damaged by water, &c. Insurance unknown." Yesterday f a ternoon, about 20 minutes to 2 o'clock, a most destructive fire, caused by an ignition and ex plosion f o gas, and attended with loss of life, took place at the house of Mr. White, linendraper and hosier, 65, Middlesex-street, Somers-town. It ap pears that about the time in question the servant girl went into the shop with a candle, and t h e gas , which it is beli eve d h a d been improperly turned off on Saturday night and filled the place, at once ignited and exploded, setting fire to the combustible stock and premises. So rapid were the flames that the ulM , :ir lodgers, who were seated at their dinner at the time, h a d great difficulty in effecting th e i r es cape by the windows. On the second floor lived a man named Balbam, with his wife and four children. Some of them were thrown from the windows and caught by the police, a large body of the S division, nu der the orders of Inspector Champneys, being speedily on the spot from th e new s t a ti o n-house in Platt-street. 'The poor man Balham, having l o wered his wife, clung for some time to the window ' sill, with, as he thought, the last child in his arms, ' until arrangements were made below to catch him