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COQUATRIX'S PATENT LUBRI • So h , CATOR. ti b eg.LY approved of by the most eminent engineers and prac orn, gives accurately a constant supply of any required num stber, drop s of o il per minute, for lubricating the bearings and de seri l i b,ptai,,s of Marine Engines, Locomotives, and machinery of ever y L e , st ' , ad at N. G ranara ' s, Sole A gen t, i n Great Britain, 1 5 T er 'Plsee Leicester-square, London. Price, without th e boxes shillings per dozen. ,BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. the best medical authorities recommend Brandy a nd water Vattive customary beverage, an d particularly as an efficie nt pre obi yn ,", (ll arrheettie complaints at this seasou. They eq uall y con lkst Preferring BETTS'S PTEV YT BRINDY as the purest and irsofae. It is unequalled equalled - for preserving fruits, home-made Gold t h : elltiat6"Oughout the Kingdom, by respectable wine and spirit mer- Nat glass bottles, protected by the patent Metallic Capsules, Gates the DISTILLERY 7, SMITIIFIELD - B lItS, in dozens, 4,0 ga a nd CS.ses included ' , at 18s. per gallon ; or in stone jars of ll ons and upwards, at 16s per gallon. pale or coloured. Fren J. T. BETTS and CO. , Erandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street. hPATRON —H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. u YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES. Itlt%E". Pepper Esq on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold et s. "uoirner on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire and on Ito % of Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens I,talft ed t u rs• Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Fadeuilhe's So intr _''eserved Milk, and Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk. (1.,;„„."`0Pe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. ,yrit . W.„`se 13 nckland, Esq , on Music, entitled Musical Varieties, ile. "cal Illustrations, by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of 4%, 4 1146,"' 1 " of Dissolving Views, ikc., &c. 444 •Itte - T rn t IS. Schools and Ch il dren under. Ten years of age, For Hours, see Programme. VtG :r i, LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO , lett ee, r L ROOMS, Great Windmill - str eet, St. James's, Lletivharles Emele Laurent, Onslow House, Erompton-road, Pursuant to Act of Parliament, 25th of King George 11., (1 13 141 4 4,, r'.!g Are Re-opened for the Winter Season. 'B, we rec Ass the of cost Rooms have been entirely Re-decorated , by tisitel.l.. Matchless atchless Band every evening. Principal Cornet-a -'l,' Boulcourt. Itinroper, Ad m i ss i o n—ONE SHILLING. flail-pa,L +rs Lemoinate at Half-past Eleven. e lt--- EMORNE GARDENS. litlersithe Banks of the Thames, King's - road , Che lsea. Oz. by de Entrance close to Battersea -bridge Pier. IZthrid, es °Le ara - boat from London -bridge or should request to any of the in erm be Zakil l e -N it u or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers ittroatt B attersea-bridge for Cremorne. Far e b y Omnibus from 6 4. ", • ; from the City and remotest parts of the East- The Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. , .„ - ,rYrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortraitt. h. " 11 w ' r ,ao Last Week of Louis Southee! Cirque Oriental. sn e t',„ . ' r ara(l Spanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz, "`vezd a ;,`°,ing at Half-past Seven o'clock. 'h..% la' '''tand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by Herr Franz de Bach, 'nig L . : ol 'oYr Platform 160 feet long. 41 ,,A0e , and Thursdily, positively the Two Last of L. So ullier's ultl ( onatic Spectacles, at Half-past Four; and, in consequence , br e k a atraordi nary sensation created by that intrepid ,Erof . laut s pgions Succesful ./Erial Trips, last week , Madame Poitevin Ta l !-ants r e - engaged, on the same days, for Two Last Balloon - mts b a. . 1 ,11d Parachute Descents. g 4 ti ti On T, i n. ' Signor Devani, the celebrated Onrang-Outang Con v4 Mr. Mackney, the Negro Melodist. , L I NCe 1, 4 Y• ropetition e of e t Y L Gala for the Benefit of Mr. R. Par -1.747t-roasurer, on which day, on account of the bad weather on sa kart . all the Tickets bearing that date will be admitted. ter rapted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock I. 4 4er Yva in until near Midnight, including 1--e 1 ,, e4111 1, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated pe6 1 . 1 . , addition to the following attractions, Louis Soulher s lee ental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu thnei Denial Bills. krtistes :—Messrs. M`Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz do et a s ii de Bach, Devani, Mackney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leo's e_l4:l l C tsi knor Vilderini ; Maclll e s. Clementine and Olga Soullier. i ° ° to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade , Pit, and "*; Amphitheatre, 6d. Open at Three o'clock. Dag w Admission, Is. ; Children, Half-price. ' 4 ) l , after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. 1147 4 ,1`11 u Private Room for Dinners a nd Coffee. Aso,TaY, Fept. 23 (instead of his annu for the Benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpsonal . dinner) a Grand e 11 41 ~, _" h I V A L R Y. %Luau ) , z age of Chivalry is gone, and that of Economists and tilaj t o t h has succeeded." The glory of the age of chivalry con -4..t"3, ay . attire of the knight being suitable for his sporting or 1 01 I °cati ons ; the age of chivalry is therefore restored by the , g..... szt'reestunae, introduced and perfected by E. MOSES and till.ll fi ti l lil fit, comfort in wear, novelty in materials, and splen -4,g b r s ese " are some of the features of E. MOSES and SON'S .Italtaoliem, 4.,. ge tt i. kid , I ' l, , they have reduced the price to the most reasonable keeu Calculators, have attained the most desirable elevation Itit il ,. 11e 8 tn eY supply magnificent Dress to Ladies, Gentlemen, or t es _gat eu :„ b aats, light and waterproof, gems of modern art, useful k t ,,,a l ar e ,:` rsome, agreeable wear in shower or sunshine, k these "closed,es in a neat case, or may be put into the poc et of ~ e t . , - LY Dress Coat ; these are introductory to hundreds of new CIO ZP,resented by E. MOSES and SON for Autumn. ili' u r,_' ea m .._,'ULD EMIGRATE, AND WHO SHOULD OUTFIT? ) I .Ztt et ,r e Ladat, the industrious, the agriculturalist, the mechanic, lierty, bat man who deserves to participate in wealth and possess tit re the at labour must preceed enjoyment, the journey must go t ati te , l4l4. o ssession, and such articles as are needed for both are sly 4 , ll qa a d let the _ !Mit, E. MOSES and SON name a few of their qualiil- Emigrant judge "who should Outfit." aktnahave an immense wholesale department, where capitalists % ,th ti . lithe most eligible investments, and where Goods suitable li .Lll. at; , O , N , "r any other country may be procured at such prices 'ti l 'at fa-...miti!le amplest profit on every purchase. From this de hh, eq ke , s _ les emigrating will derive the highest advantages. 1017811k,„:, 1 : a stock ot Hosiery, Boots, and Shoes, &c., for the e lt . thr and Dress of every description expressly prepared IN, the Emigrant accurate acquaintance wit h an y vo y age or climate, 44 . Enligrant may implicitly depe nd. Years l4 rs - experience in Outfitting o n the largest scale has put t yle . _ Pos session of an excl us i v e power in procuring , mauufac arranging Outfits, to whic h the y a p propriate a sepa l'hit 4.,g , and a 3t e l 0 ment in their gigantic establishment, where every Emi -unb ee Tt nee sees the purposes they are intending to serve. " Who 1.01 . 1 Li ? j utfit" like E. MOSES and SON. V a ts t ' S of Outfits, and all information relative to sailing of thy an d cost of passage may be had on application, or post free b A 4 tE " A. T . I ' i the kin d m, ', a n i d — ",,,NOTlcE g , the Establishments will be closed on TUES n'nele °" THURSDAY next, September 14 and 15, resuming b.,.'4" iIIURSDAY morning, September 16, at Seven o'clock. .. , 4)1 1 -0., tk; agat`.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the th 40 ed S !. Imposition, having learned that the untradesma , n , like fo b p° ~; " Being connezted with their Establishment," or It's ),-etlar!e,o-11e'ern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for ,e 1 , 4„, na• They beg to state that they have _ ~...—l'ON WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OIIT OF LONDON, 1 4 15 . 4 t10n ,-7, c ePt their own Establishments, as follows MinOries, 83, 1 5 _, enitY Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and o'l, 4aoon. west-end Aldgate, o posite the Church, all communicating. Ili, lai . ca,t:tud Bran p ch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,2, 11 Word ,„est, all communicating. : 1 4 tleid R ( Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-Street. kloi Ithatit T=ilers, 36, Fugate. ~ 7,ooloena,:.'=dors, Clothiers, Hatters, 11031011, '''' ,,, n 4 . ers, Boot en %b i - .' K suers, era, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlem • Cday 6 C",ahnienta are closed from sunset Friday to gannet on full i °4 ,_ vr l_gen bnsineas is resumed till Twelve o'clock. th,,,,` 4 t et paces, entitled Library of Elegance," containing a 411 1 ) On o Vu ees, and directiona for self-measurement, can be had, ' aa ora, a PpliCation, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the k et a l 'andso m - Plni ui —a Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis, Te tp ° ' l ' liter " Pane Francais. 1 Qui Si parla Italian°. slorichr man Deutsch. I Aqua se Habla Espanol. ---- tit „, ------- Al/t,,,,_ ~..:" miLOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET 5..._ -Qin 1 w-r ra ItlarrEs OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. 4 t r.n h FI FTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. "105,,Lnglish 2 G s. er 6 m d German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a SELF-PRESERVATION' Envelope, E., or post-tre, for Forty-two Stamps, 4LP-pRESERVATION; an Cria,,, na ? , 3lleal Investigation of the Physiology and Functions 41 .11,4Zi 1 in all the bearings in which that important subject 4 ti let l i , ta, t ,,_ n d haPpine's of Man, with its Disqualidcations an habits 44,"` ,1 41.,.. --.1 4 their origin to the effects ofjuvenge solitary prat ,tifj,?trwrr,"ss tropical climates, or dose study ; followed by 1 10Ptam ", founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment torrlicea hai'ulls a nce, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, I'crmaem 11-: alPatird all diseases of the Urinary and Generative S -..t h'e o p Y 5 0 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the.Re.pro. O r and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. toot,By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. , ---DFORD-SQLTARE, LONDON, I. 4 ‘tith!,! 4 _ odl eine, Matriculated Member of the University. of Edin .4cetair•°rarY Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, a u it lle " e ° I . Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Soc. i Ze47 l... ential object of this treatise is to point out the fearfulwhieh Ci p roa Ts resulting from irreg-ularities and ex? ` . l oii7,ll4Z uc ed more misery in Youth, degradatioensseii Maan_- k is_er ei. Premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps,.„mennYt Otte!' of disease known to modern pathologists. tees O :,S fou n d ed on exper i enc e gained in the mostcelebrated Europe. th:re, n i:edicine both in this country and in continental _ anacr ne treatment h im Per son of the knowledge thus acquired are here conden n (11 ,, , 11 -4 _, rma a n i f ,supervision Of Pr. Lealert, himself one fsethe few w t: -tteinen,:::::vePhvsicians who have devoted. their iwhoole and un to the-;e — to this Important branch of medical s In short, 141 ge 4ll4rit Y relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental system, and the means of immediatefbssihnal reputation t a i n oh d IN t . rZ i e are described in detail. The distingu ished medical itilitrtteaelp„„ert, who has taken the most di 1 411 , 411 te;"" c honours at home and abroad, is in themselvesitsealafdaer suhtiliscciaenret 11 4 , 0 In e that those who' may place tra 44 l4 blti ve .,,, l. Y Instance, meet with that delicate consideration and — ' re cY which are so requisite in the treatment of these a t ..libli a b. A liii - ro;:t b 7 the Author, and may be had t 01 . ..i i J. , 49, Pater libt:hrtborne-street, Ita i t ,r,„ kat t ; ll ,rhaY, 63, Oxford -street ; S e bye'post for forty-two 1 44, e "g, fr om Mann, 23, Cornhill ; . dail tr , :he_author, who mayorbetrceonsulted personally, or by am Ten till Two. and from Six till Eight. --------_ ---- - blt. cu LvERWELL , S NEW WORKS. il To 1 . 1 - 4 .. , b e had of Sherwood, 23, the author ; -I,l6:etreet; Maim, 39, Cernhill ; or direct ••gePaternoster-row ; Carvalho, each; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE . "Ileelth, 'Recreation, and Rational Use of Thme." 1, 4 410,, - "ars • p . -cr..... a b o y Rising—Spring and Summer. Aornings—Ex- TrIZAt, IN et the Environs of London—The rams, Lanes, Rills, Country ** , * l kace.. l dg, High-roads, and other pleasant 1 kr 'ele... / . ll3l cs—The Sea—London at Night —Evenings _at thin riona g e , itost -ae Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Ws "age, Occupation, ilsc., &A. 114.1 f.,,,,. II fa ..iTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Volt. 48.1 T m ~,„,_ Vol. I. THE LATCV43 4 SEETCII OF EDINBUROII , Ite, taA Vol. IL L airiCS OF BILL LIMEY ; DUBLIN, &c. 111. It /MAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, %%at th r Vp..yk s . co score years and ten our course may ran." th;"/NlQ,,_rovtew of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner biZ,ti,g _ . .lated health said enfeebled constitution, that harasses Ati . ,; (l „ uld' a „ . _ the man of pleasure, business, or study, and era ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu ''',Y-day life. TIY [CES or inn PASSIONS. ?`what passions hurt the body—what improve; Vl ll4 Tr uths all refined as Athens e ver heard." Olta t Wth---; r , Y '—Life's pilgrimage, f ro m infancy to old age. The ad? Chastity a nd its infringements. The casual --,enie:„---zusness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar -4 l'ernecliative. Advocacy Of early marriages. _, __ _ 6 1 6 _14, 443061 T o be or not to be, V. TELE be, STATE. that is the question." and u tiatet ard ,,_. — Laws and obligations of nature, society, re liti,eq‘s OnTl i nla rriages to be observed by either sex. Time and 41.1ftlie.ti'a stenr.Bl!"2„. to age temperament, complexion, and B-iist.,. --.4l healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. ea, tz e. veness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. (1g? 4 . J. c u 4), LVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R .C.S. (1827), L.S.A. W...tier s. 7,,enty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these . " 41 . IQ_ t! , leption hours daily till nye gveuings, Seven till 1 ' 4411- klacil• RePutitreet. . N ° .18,714.] 25,000 75 000 [PRICE SD. reprehensible enough ; what , motives of thif conduct may have been, we will not irquire—for A r ,,--I , Jrd , is neither the point at issue, nor business of ours. lIT r e eio t `, • Mr. Webster's first statement respectieg Lobos, it 196 . - ' 4, ,, „. ~.4 will be remembered that he represented it as proballit .t ~a - a o , hoa l se e -Lio" _ that the islands in question were discovered in 182 S by Benjamin Morrel, jun., a citizen of the Republic. 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. Webster's proposi tion. Benjamin Morrel was again mentioned; the year 1823 was again the date to which reference was made; the word " discovery" was retained; and the difference was mezely this, that the discovery was now alleged to have reference, not to the existence of the islands themselves, but to the guano with which they were covered, and which con stitutes their only soil. We may remark in passing, that if the reader has any doubt as to what Mr. Webster really said at first, it will be removed by re ferring to the original letter, which denied, and in which Benjamin Morrers supposed trover is distinctly represented as a discovery of these has not been islands themselves. But give Mr. Webster the full benefit of his amended plea, and it still amounts to nothing. Grant that Benjamin 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 be had discovered was not the discoverer of the islands-grant, how ever, that the assumption is a fact—grant that Benicia have bestowed on the land belong to the owners of notmin A the i orrel propertyfirst noticed a t t e h v e e r tguanoreas treasure Lobos; nature may does the land ? And, therefore, is not the question still exac t', what it was before—Who is the rightful pro prietorgress or grain, hitherto unkn ow n and therefore neglected, in an island belongin g- to France or England, would that v t e h r e e d Lobos a e e l r s t l a a i n n d s orse that Morrel discovery transfer to the United States the right of ownership i n S uch an island, or even in the particular production thus h are the rightful sovereigns or proprietors of the island s of Lobos ? That once settled, you know, of co urse , to whom belongs its valuable ? SuP P 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 r .w n h ug o ht to light ? The point to as certainexisting soil of Lobos. ' The islands have neither wood nor water ; the sub ; stratum of them is nothing but slat e ; or a species of ' flaky rock, as nearly as possible on c v e e r r t y ain so i i s l 4 level with the Pacific; and they are lifted out of the waves solely by the piles of guano, layer on layer, deposited by countless generations of gull, and " booby, and pen guin, and buzzard. Guano not only makes the s it i s m el p f, ly a ; nd the only jbaemd beds n o f M L o o r r b e o l s 's . voya ge , The p and eru whichv,iearn:value of y th ea e r i s sl o a l n d d , s a , n b d u t t he a r l e so are m m ak a e p s s t a h n e icslaanrdss,wwhich, but for that substance, would scarcely be more than a collection of shoal-rocks to be carefully avoided by p t b u e bl m is a h r e i ci n e a r : l e As as t Gothe yearskn knowledge et the e f these date eislands,clear it l e i a s r, representation r w e s e e showednta ti of fn the e recent B. eo r a occasion, ceou s banks a o n m k some 3 a o n o d islands well, and knew that their " . • had inhe rited them from Spain. Thatthey ou i nery h that substance was of which these isle: were composed :that d is also certain, if they knew what guano is com a - n o d se wi , h then,ht contain k which ht 1 ew t these that they are familiar, for they have it els ; ewhere in profusion, and have used it habitually from time im memorial. Besides, a e must not forget one ° lain distinction, that the knowledge of th e va l ue of app session is not ownership, and, ther e f ore, still lesss.. would it confer the right of ownership to be the first to discover the value of mother's treasure. If you discover that a ring which your neighbour wears is diamond, while he imagines it to be past e , 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 nag_ lected on his table, and had he even disdained to use as soon a s , it, through ignorance of its real worth. If, that neighbour became aware of its value, he declarpel that he would keep it, he would do only what he r ,t t ad , ' a right to do. Now, it requires no great penetration to perceive that what Mr. Webster last advances is at best and at most, merely, that a citizen of the United States was the first to discover that certain Peruvian islands are more valuable than the Peruvian's 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 ?" LONDON MONDAY Just Ready. in 3 Vole., post Bvo., 31s. 6d., MEMOIRS OF THE BARONESS D'OBER KIRCH; including Numerous Curious varticulars illus trative of the Secret History of the Courts of Russia and France. Written by Herself, and edited by her grandson, the Count DE MONTBRISO r. Also just published, in 2 vols., 215., COLONEL LANDAANIN'S ADVENTURES AND RECOL LECTIONS. ---_,_. " These volumes contain a series of very amusing and remarkable occurrences, well calcul.ted to attract attention and interest."—Sun. LIFE OF MARIE DE MEDICIS. By Miss 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 Bull. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSO CIA NON. In 40,000 Shares of 51. each. Paid up in full, no further liability. Registered provisionally, and to be incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110, or by Royal Charter. The Duke of Leinster. The Marquis of Clanricarde. TRUSTEES. I Frederic Mildred, Esq. Benjamin Oliviera, Esq., M.P. COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT—The Marquis of CLANRICARDE. The Earl of Harrington. Sir John Bayley, Bart. Major-General the Hon. H. F. C. Barry Baldwin, Esq. C. Cavendish. With power to add to their number. STANDING COUNSEL — C. A. Noggins, Esq., Q.C. BANKERS—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. ; Messrs. Charles Hopkinson and Co. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Masterman, No. 17, Bucklersbury, 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 of Parliament, the Political, Military, and Lite rary Clubs, and in the centre of the most fashionable districts—is the finest ant_ 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 ^ rmr. , ti on of ho maatikrnif,c.PA-.Lthie. streaky* rensielans• sold 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 agreement, the purchase money being represented by 20,000 paid-up shares. In this purchase is Included the lessee's interest in the sum of 12,5261. 12s. 9d. Three per Cent. Reduced 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 25,000/. The Associa tion to have the benefit of any surplus beyond that sum. The property of the Assoeiation will consist of— The Lease of the Theatre and Concert-room, which has nearly 40 years to run, estimated at ••••••.. • • • • .. £lOO,OOO The Properties greatly exceed in value 30,000/. But amount to be paid by the Association is not to ex- The effective Capi'al .. •••. • • • • £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 mo.t successful results. The affairs of the Association will be conducted by a Managing Director, appointed by the Committee. The Committee will have the exclusive control over the receipts and expenditure; and no liability can in any event be incurred by the shareholders beyond the amount of the subscribed capital, as the Committee will 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 plirsonal 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 release 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 new 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 reunion 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 veat 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 require 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, BucklersburY ; or to the Secretary of the Association, at her Mtii jesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. To the Committee of her Majesty's Theatre Association. Gentlemen,--I request you will allot me shares In the above Association ; and in consideration thereof I agree to ac cept such shares, or a n y less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the amount thereon. I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient Servant, Name ...... •• • • • • • • • • • . Address .. •• • • • • •• • • • • • • SOUT H-EAS TERN RAILWAY. At the THIRT I -br.,U0.1. , ip HALF-YEARLY (.RNERAL MEETING, and at the SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, of the SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge, on Thursday, the 9th 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. 6d. per 301. stock, be now declared on the Consolidated Stock of this Company, and be made payable on the 13th inst. 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 22d day of Atoll' last, so far as any such forfeiture, or any such declations thereof, relates to the follow ing shares thereby declared to be forfeited, or any of them-viz., the shares numbered 5,732 to 5,733, 21,518 to 21,520, 56,297, 57,674 to 57,678, 59,834 to 59,836, 67,248 to 67,264, 68,813 to 68,827, 69,7 77 to 69,786, 70,481, 70,671 to 70,685, 71,178 to 71,182, 71,510 to to 71,519, 71,758 to 71,787, 73,738 to 73,762, 78,799 to 78,728 79,133 to 79,145, 80,785 to 80,799, 81,258 to 81,264, 81,453 to 81,467, 81,476 to 81,478, 81,678, 81,716 to 81,730, 82,606 to 82,615, 84,448 to 84,452, 85,404 to 85,408, 86,752, 86,755 to 86,789, 91,340 to 91,349, 91,391 to 91,493, 91,898, 92,841 to 92,852, 96,953 to 96,958 97,463 to 97,477, 98,156 to 98,162, 101,676 to 101,685, 101,823 to 101,842, 104,737 to 104,743, 105,592 to 105,594, 105,889 to 105,891, 105 , 912 to 105,919, 107,112 to 107,126, 107 , 54 7 to 107,576, ' 109,327 to 109,336, 110,177 to 110,240, 110 , 624 to to 114,490, 116,380 to 116,384, 116,495 t o 11,6497, 107,782 to 1 10 14 7 : 8 45 3 6 1 116,796 to 116,799, 117,162 to )17,171, 117,681 to 117,685, 118,376 to 118,385, 118,535 to 118,612, 118,783 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 )24,342, 124,855 to 124,856, 125,216 t o 125,240, 1 25 , 482 to 125,491, 126,715, 131,561 to 131,575, 132,331 to 132,343, 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, 141,035 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 147,256, 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 , 15 7,362 to 157,363, 157, 367 to 157,370-be, and the same are hereby respec tively confirmed. 5. That the Directors be, 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 re'gn 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 regard to a proposed extension of the North Kent Railway from Strood to Chiiham, 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 180,0001. 8. That the Directors be instructed to give notice to the Canter bury and 'Whitstable Railway Company, of the South-Eastsrn 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-dastern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the purchase of that company's steamboats ; such terms to e andsubmitted to a future meeting of th is Company for their conside b ration ; 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 lt. —Coles Child, Esq., James Ivyle afe, Esq., George Smith, Esq., A. Gray, Esq , R. S. Wilkinson, Esq. 11. That Thomas Browne, Esq., w ho vacated his °Tee o f 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 prese nted 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 ASSURANCEand 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 in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As surance and Guarantee are combined. LIFE ASSURANCE. Policies Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments, H. B. SHERIDAN TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY Every descriptioa of Fire Assurand. ce. Profits Divided. Agents Wante 11. B. SIIERIDAN, --------- ERCHANTS and TRADESMAN'S MUTU AL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 5, Chatham -place, Blackfriars, London. And all the principal towns in the kingdom. TRUSTEES. effery Smith, Esq. 1 Thomas now, Esq. D av id Fergusson, Esq. miATshseurDerirse Advantages offered by this Society Policies Indisputable, except in cases of fraud. Board the Medical Fees paid by the Society. Assurances of every description effected. Non-forfeiture of Policies. unable, or who find it inconvenient to pay their Pro m they fall due, may have a credit on application to the Loans granted on Personal and other Securities in connexion with ceive applications Life Assu g r round the being desirous of extending the Agencies in and • Metropolis and throughout the Provinces, are ready to re with a reference. from influential and active persons with accompanied GEORGE THOMSON, Manager. THOS. MUSGRAVE, Secreta* GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP 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, Bridgend, 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 Wy h e, and the Magnificent S cener y and Waterfalls of the Vale of Neat. Passengers for stations on the Vale of Neath Rai way must alight at the Neath Station, and proceed the same or following day by any of the Ordinary Trains of that Company, and must return to Ne-ith on TUESDAY, September 21, in order to meet the Excursion Train from thence on WEDNESDAY, at 7.50 A.R. Fares There and Back. First Class. Newnham, Lydney, or Chepstow.. 15s. Newport or Cardiff .. 17 s. Llantrissant, Bridgend, or Port Talbot .. 225. Neath or Swansea .. 225. Resolven, Glyn-Neath, Hirwain Aberdare, on the Vale of Neath Railway .. 255. • . 20s. The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only available for 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. Closed Car. Ils. 6d. 12s. 6cl. 16s. 6d. 17s. 6d. 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, calling 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. .. 6s. To Chepstow - - - lls. .. 7s. 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. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO THE WEST OF ENGLAND. On MONDAY, 20th September, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 8.15 A.M. for Plymouth, calling at Weston -super- Mare. Bridgewater, Taunton, Ti‘n.r.o. ..12.aad. Exeter. Starcross, Dawlish, Teignn.Joi.u, iuoiquoy,.; 'rot..., and Plymouth, and will return from Plymouth at 8.15 Jar. 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. .. .. 30s .Exeter .. I6s. Starcross, Dawlish, or Teignmouth .. 325. .. 17s. Torquay or:Totness .. .. .. 335. • . 189. Plymouth .. 20s. The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only avai'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 IL BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; 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 the 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 • ime, 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 co w er any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his cower to correct."—Londoe Medical Gazette, May 30, 1351. —" 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 intereste d in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April 18.1852. No. Bvo., 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 HCEA BY CAUTERIZATI ONlnefficiency 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 inared with all kinds of violence, an indifference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad Observations.—" given the history as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve yesrs, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both symptoms, of a more ag grinadvuartaatdionch, s a e r v ac eri ta t r y t , h a a n a d co aa m y pl d ica eta ti ll o e n d o b ryMr.Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr, Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Proteas , r Llzars on the Treatment of Stricture. - 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 present. How far theme rumours may be regarded as authentic, we have no mea ns of Judging, otherwise th an as they deri ve more or less of antecedent probability from the p o litical position or the expresse d 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 ear l y proclamation of the Empire has, as is stated, been finally decided upon—may naturally be solicitous to stren then hi s position against the Northern Powers, by s ealing an English alliance, cemented by the interests of the co mmercial 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 b e the most plausible answer which the Government could offer to the complaints of t h e i r Protectionist supporters, should they decide either to aba ndon Protect ion or to accept a collusive defeat on their commercial policy. Air. Disraeli has repeatedly, if not very consistently, advo cated that form of commercial freedom which is implied in Reciprocity; and should he be able to announce to the House of Commons the conclusion of a liberal Reciprocity treaty with France, he may possibly hope to convince a portion of the Country Party that h e h as given them the best available substitute for that Protec tion which the verdict of the country has cond emne d. So far, therefore , as the intent ions of the G overnment may be inferred from t he position in which th e y are placed by the result of t he g eneral election, and by their party interests, the rumoured Free-trade treaty with France—whether it be really determined on or not— may at all events be regarde d as prima facie probable,. Morning Chronicle. 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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 w hi ch 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 Wan. Martin, whose parents reside in the vicinity, was playing in the open space, when he 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, but 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. froth EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH.--The East India C ora _ pany, stimulated by the necessity for quick communication, as as well for the purposes of g ood government in times of peace, as for the command o f an army at a distance in times of war, have decided upon connecting the principal cities of all the presidencies by mea ns of the electric telegraph. we wo u t i n m d e e rst the a n lines it shallis intendedhe completethat direction,y ears frrn time furthest communication extent between latent and any remote district almost instantaneously. The order for the wire (about 3,000 tons) has been placed in the hands of Messrs. 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 can, as it will have to be a r not only its own wei g ht from p ost to p o st , but also, in many di s tricts, the weig ht of immense cambe rs of monkeys, who will come from t he woods to swing u p on it, also huge eagle s t o roos t at night. The East India Com p a ny have put the t e l egra ph under the c har g e of D. W. 13,O'Shaughnessy, constructed a line o f sev eral hundred miles ih Ind ia with the of their medical sta ff, he havin g alread y most complete success.--Minting Journal. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE , SHREWSBURY AND CHESTED. On Saturday an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at Chester. The meeting was convened by requisition, signed by 13 shareholders, to consider and decide upon the propriety of removing the present directors of the company and to elect new directors in their place. The whole of the directors were present. Mr. W. Wardell, the chairman of the board presided. Im mediately on his right was Mr. Batt, the Queen'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 bona "ide 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. Under the c i rcumstances i n w hi c h the company was placed the b oar d had thoug ht it ex pedient to request the attendan ce o f M r. B u tt, Q.C., and under the advice of that gent l eman h e s h o uld conduct the proceedings as chairman, in order that they might be regular, lawful, and in cor f orm ity with the existing engagements of the company. — (Hear, hear.) He hoped that every gentleman would avoid the expression of approbation or disapprobation of what might be said by any of the speakers. He had a right to presume, and he did presume, that every person present had an honest opinion to give ; and it was only by bearing fairly and f u lly that the truth could be arrived at_ Mr. G. MUNRO said it devolved upon him to sub mit to the meeting a motion following up the requi sition which had been read.--7A44, reading some correspondence - to show tratilitatiTctors haa?efused to meet to consult with some of the remonstrant shareholders, he proceeded to obser ve th at the un j ust steward and lax official were at all times subject to dismissal by their superiors the instant that they failed in the performance of their duties— when they ex ceeded 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 unfortunat e s h are h o ld ers had received no dividend, in spite of the large pro mises of the directors.—(Hear, hear.) For the last four years every report had been full of a delightful vista to come, but it had never reached th em ; t h e i r affairs were plunged in difficulty, and he was satis fied that they did not yet know the end of them. Though the traffic had doubled, tripled, and qua drupled within 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 re monstrances of a large section of the shareholders, holding stock to the extent of hundreds of thousands of pounds, they had placed individuals in the direc tion without the slightest consultation with the share holders. Next, there had been a large and constant succession of Bills in Parliament involving legal ex penses, which, for a short line like theirs, appeared 0. Next, there he to be very disgraceful. In the last half year, expensesar ,while amountedthey were to receiving between4,ol dividend,o7and 5,00/ had been a most wasteful and extravagant expenditure in supporting the private ends and wishes of the 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 a - ;—to Mr. G. B. Ross, a junior lawyer, 92/. ; 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, 121/. 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. Boy, a di rec t o r, had b e en paid 101/. for law expenses. li e k new not in what court Mr. Roy practised, but h e was clearly disentitled under the 81st clause of the Act to con tinue to be a director. The whole of the sinking fund bad 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. The whole available revenue o f l as t half-year was 20,1611., while the money o w i n g 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 131. to 241.—(Hear, hear.) The last attempt of the board had been to deprive th e a nd to tie their hands irrevocably by a so-c a ll e d ,6 Traffic Arrange ment Bill," which had, how ever, b een most properly scouted by Parliament. Af ter some f u rther remarks he concluded by moving.-- p ropr i e t o rs of all power over their property—to confi scate it— a That the following directors of this company—viz., William Wardell, Robert Roy, Th omas Jeffrey Badger, and Edward Francis French —he immediately removed 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 her e b y e l ecte d directors of this company in the respective places of the said persons so removed as aforesaid, viz., i Robert Gardener, o f Chase ley, Lancashire, inthep ioaerci-Place, London , i n the p lace of Willi a m Wardell; H enr y of Robert Roy; James Du r h am, o f 107, Gloucester place, Portman-square, Lo n d on, in t h e place of Thomas Jeffrey Badger; and Andrew P erstow, o f Victoria - te r : race, Nottingham, in the pl ace o f Edward Francis French. And that the f o ll ow i ng p er sons--viz. , --viz. , J ohn Williams, Richard Ellert on , John B oy le, and James Kennedy, of Upper Bed y Harwell—provided they b o now directors of this com pany, be also immediat e ly removed from t heir office of directors, and that they are accordingl new hereby s removed; and that the f o ll owing persons, prov ided they are not now directors o f this company, be and they are now hereby elected di rectors thereof i n t he respective places of the said fo ur l ast-named ersons, namely, Edinburgh, George Munro, of 54, Albanystreet, o in the place Of Rich ar d Ellerton ; William Gordon Thompson, of - 83 , Gloucester -terr ace, 1 Hyde ncl Park-gardens, London, in the place of John Rog e; . a .. vale, Paddington, in the pl ace o f James Haswell. . Henry Vigors East, Mr. 11. KENNEDY seconded the motion. His only desire was to improve their property, and he cared not not whether the means of d o i n g 0 mime from of 14 , Canterbury-villas, Mar - N orth-Western or the Great Northern Company; but he fully believed that there was something to pre vent the shareholders entering upon which might tend to advance their own interests.tern, they could get eti per cent, from the North oveirrktehnah.tegalii;pe,owers t° it.— he thought they ought to take it, b u t they never would until the present directors were superseded. the Mr. R. ROY then proceeded to a nswer a ny agreement eevelrf seriatim He commenced by characterizing the motion as_i er if gular, thoroughly illegal, and preposterous • f charges which hid been brought against the irec . t r o r r e s : the gentlemen who assumed to be who had already in anticipation taken their seats ally elected, at the end of the board, had, been leg again where was the necessity for re-electing them to do the that day ? He should be sorry, however directors, and eminent adviser of those gentleroen the suppose that he attached the of the last meeting. It was slightest importance at the close the proceedings which had taken pla ce unquestionable that the vacancies directors had a perfect right to fill up ' to that there at the board. Mr. Monro bad themno new was no dividend. That was unfortunately the North-Western to information, but it was entirely alone kept down North-Western Company, who the Shrewsbury and the rates of traffic in order that gulp the more readily e Chester Company might the It was true they had had mans offer of 4i per cent. the moment it was mad . . when they had them but except in two recent cases told be selves negatived them, he should_. B ilbl be f i g n itand P ei a rt r o li o a wk m nn e o n wa t, t and got running powers been blocked up towards Birkenhead' They ncl now o applied they enjoyed the advantages of a stern o when they had been unsuccessful d Their traffic had ex,travagantexpendi- Birkenhead, and complete run Din stamps,Mr. Butt ture, the sum paid to their although • (Hear, hear.) Now, as to tilreaeiti.ec: friend required no comment from him, toit must n erve have alluded was 546 1.f0r proxy sent to all sides, item was have required considerable to it. The hut next uley were than that consequent and he considered that there_ was no mere to directors. legitimate or necessary hands of every shareholder upon putting into the a proxy. Then there were Payments speak for himself, and he On this head he would only spe h d found that during last year he l l. been 256 days in London on the sole business of the company, three days in Edinburgh and w, Glasg_ _ . o and 36 d a y s fr o m home i n th e co untry — total 295 days- All that he had re ce i ve d h a d been hi s share of th e di rectors ' allowance, and expenses out of pocket. The out standing debts, h e admitted, were too large, but some of thes e were under arbitr ation, ant others were being received daily-1,00 0 /. b ad come in that Morning ; but during an existen ce of seven e . 3 y ears all th a t h a d been put d ow n as bad d ebts was 412., _and that h e thought was not very much.—(Hear, bear.) The really substantial an— important A i question, h owever, T this : he two great es t for them to consider was 1 . SEPTEMBER 13, 1852. companies i n th e wor ld were conten di ng f or their line; over and o ver aga i n the directors had appea l e d to the North-We s t ern C ompany for a guarantee, h o wever small ; but th ey by the North-Western Cemaplaiislear would guarantee nothing—the answer was that they cent. for the line.that proposition to those terms provided his _He came down with it could urdlyd be not arranged gi re to 2 give per refused it ; but so humble They unanimously h and so anxious were they that they said would accept even them a fixed portion of tr ou ffie They were nce• n d" and they then That was rejected a guarantee, but they offered an interchange Company d for . a disposed of traffic give un doubtedly went to the Great to lay down the broad guage to Liverpo g ol traffic agreement. The wasto run e on their line, and to pay their toll. That;raffic ; agreement which had been entered into with the Great Western.—(Cries of " No, no; no agreement.") Yes, and it had the seal of the company to it, in con sequence of the vote of the largest meeting of their shareholders which had ever assembled.—(Hear.) After, this it was that the North-Western Company came forward with the bait of 41 per cent. He 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, bear.) 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 not had fair play shown them, and that the circulars which had been issued against them showed a dishonourable and un-English spirit. If they wished to obtain 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 boar:l— 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 acconernodotion 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 in lengthened that it would further postpone all hope of a dividend to an indefinite period. u git bj o e y ct of alleged no confidence in Mr. EAST (one of the gentlemen elected b a ef d o i r r e ec t t h o e r by ,u, foa House detailshg eeo some o s t vmhLoaetroeershdos, evidenced dc e e r co shareholders), , rme a gid f ti t tv e teeh r enao a t hn n hy a et l h y i‘he z ia i rd n s. 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 bad 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 thing 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 L 10, or even 15 per cent.—(Laughter.) Mr. A. K. BAKER, who said he had been intrusted with proxies representing a large amount of stock, doubted very much whether they should ever get 41 per cent. from the North-Western, because first, he s t e he the doubted terms hte d proposed;this doubted the ability of the London and North-Western to secondly, coinp lybeca with com pany to accept those t e r ms ; a n d thirdly, because he much questioned wheth e r Parliament would sanc tion it. th t e he p y power of of 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, w h o a d voca t e d th e introduction of the broad gauge into the district; and from Mr. H. Brown, of Chester ; Mr. MUNRO 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. Lie 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 fa r , an d a dded, "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 chairmen whether the directors had a majority of the proxies ? The CHAIRMAN said be believed they bad—a large majority. Mr. Comas then moved the adjournment of the meeting till the 20th inst., when the consideration of the subject for which they bad been convened should be 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. --- RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 11. e os s e h d ar w e it m h a o r u k t et va ru ri l a e t d io d n ul in l t p o• ri d c a e y s. , anSaTtOhCeS fewE LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The re has been n o material altera- to-day,limited amount of bu siness has been tran s a cted. The only sales reported were —Birkenhead, Lancas hire , and Cheshire, 224 Shares, 4y e dis.—Eastern Counties, 11 Ya —Lancashire and Yorkshire , 87 %.—Lancaster and Carli s l e. Th irds, 11 p.— x t c r il an A s xsE.—Th tion in the railway s hare market and but a very London and North-Western, 12 1—Ditto, Fifths, 3% p.— Maryport and Carlisle, 34%—Midland, 77 % —Ditto, New Preference, 4% per cent., % P. — North-Western, 8 ki_... South-Eastern and Dover, 217 / B — Whitehaven and Furness, 7—York and North Midland, 24 3 4, —Demerara, 7%. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was firm to-day, but there was not much business doing. The transactions were as follow :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.: tion, 8 1 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,B7—Manchestertanq Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1 13-16 p.—Midland (guarai . l ,.ee a V/ 2 per cent.),' p.—S ou th-E astern and Dover , 21 13-1° • BIRMINGHAM, SErr. 11. genera lly de- STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar ket has been - e were few pressed throughout the we e k, and to -day citaliter_ buyers in the market. Midlands were quote 76. ---- LOSS OF LIFE.— On Wednesday evening the Humboldt, Bremen ship, manned by freigners, 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. \V hile the men were thus engaged one of the a seamenwas was owereg over by the chain, and immediately boatd, witth the chief officer and two seamen in it, to rescue the man ; it capsized, and they were all precipitated into who the water. One of the seaman was rescued y the pilot, s hort distance from the s hi observed the acciden t when a p, but the other three sunk. .IRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM 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 Lobos Islands, and an approval of the American resolution to approprite, without payment really imagine the deposits they contain. We did not that this claim of common right to the --successors. o p r os l a i e c s e s n io se n , of an i any deliberate advocates s ent State would have found on the British side of the Atlantic.he almost superfluous, To recapitul a t e v r iraenn shore,isl et s an 4 h the points of the case must lieeu but is Withina t a nays score e e oeasy. two Thesemiles are so situate, that both rbua and the landward groups are visible to rockyot h f f e th seaward eanPde sailing between n b e t t h w os e e e n parts.the any y e o v a e s s t a i e n l g the Peruvian Government to hav e been considered from time immemorial as pertainin g Tthheeyare authority, ordinary ale agnedd course hy to its proper In proof af terwards under first under ita the Republican Spanishill of this assertion it is shown that many ancient and names, which are Spanish, as comprised well-executed maps describe them specially b y within the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru ; and that no maps de scribe them as pertaining ]otherwise. One map o f of the last century, Peru, distinctly containing the "Isolas de los Lobos," is to all appearance two centuries old. Alcedo, th e geographer, in his work printed in 1787, enumerates among the " nations and principal places of Peru," twelve islands, or groups of islands, among which is "Lobos." The name, as many of our correspondents their have recently remarkd urs repeatedly in voyages of such a fact couldand,y be implied expected, it is n that the territory belongs whereas no otherWeGe to Peru. The Peruvian Government is i -n actual possession of the islands, a l inkye occupation pretensions. n tait s ti t lo o en n s nt . and claims to have been • Government cev i u a aoe c pan fricinnewsmduheben_stiewsvtee,hr has t ee h v. e e r. Intimation p uttheforth be pos sibility be stron o g o e t r u i , t a le oe and, if maintaining that territory so valuableclotilns e h o t p o l h e a t all. ts uc n h ot p a o na se u ssion always, whereas the world quarrelling for it, has is territory heldcou e it enough o b with outcTohnestoitludtenoittiothnethpraitydaeteseprrtolpaenrdt,y worth nobody's while to occupy, should be deemed itwas the disposal of all corners, was highly natural int . at when this very desolation carried with it the presump tionimea of worthlessness. It was reserved for moder 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 16,h century would take them into their dominions. Ac cordingly 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], jun.," in 1823, 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 cf huts upon the islands, but that the practice has been FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE. discouraged, for the very reason specified above, that Yesterday morning (Sunday) a fire of a very swi ft was destructive of their staple produce. If no ous character broke out in one of the largo ware people are to possess lands which they do not inhabit, houses numbered 30 in Londcn-wall, occupied con what becomes of the title to half the American contie j ointly by Messrs. Brown and Co., the extensive vent? It is not correct to say that the Peruvians have drysalters ; Messrs. Gibbing, Brothers, varnish ma only claimed the sovereignty . in question from the nufacturers ; Mr. Thomas Tarn, carpet weaver; time that guano deposits acquired their value. They Messrs. Springfield and Co., silk merchants; and asserted it long before after the only fashion that the Messrs. Dobson and Co., ale and porter merchants. case then seemed to invite, for nobody will assert that The premises, which had a frontage of sixty feet, Gib property as long as it appeared the Spanish title has not descended to the present t w h e e re tim al e m o o f st th a e s o d u ee th p, re a a n k d th f e o r u se r tow fl eek o r o eo rs fino i o,f n t:s h mee e rso i s g kra h aer. t t . ili A ehs. : State of Peru. They took little heed of their outlying unproductive. As bins's stores upwards of 4,000 gallons of prepared they oorf lan land wl' shallo ttforthwithoasetseetshheotawlaf varnish, besides an immense soon as its worth became known guard upon it, and their right of jurisdiction in this almost of as inflammable a character. In Messrs. respect was never denied. As to any privilege ac- Springfields' warehouse was a stock of silk, roughly par t quired by usage, they are surely beside the real valued at 2,0001, while Messrs. Brown's com point at issue. If the Americans have fished or meats were filled with nearly every description of :in one of the back streets, whose attene " sealed" off the coast at discretion that fihfoerrt6yo still,y ers j , n t s h t they g us o e o d d s hy us .a e i d r. i T n ar t n he a i a r abusiness. factory, T an h d e top was flfiototredwuaps may perhaps expect to enjoy pcteeadrsbytoanhauvneubsueeanl body y de by so me the British commander in the Pacific 18 years ago with sixteen large looms filled with yarn for weaving a remarks, title c can n to s seen np e angroeundatinity.o_ sonsdt j i o s a co w y l i e av r si y ndgi a r The thought that the English bad acquired a right of carpets, and other valuable pieces of machinery. per deposits?fis her y . But Our canthi s co n contemporaryvey with approbation, that Americans o hover ference, as to right, between catching seals and ing over the building. In a brief period the Royal gathering birds' dung on the Lobos rocks." It is to Society's escapes attended, followed by th e on • f be hoped, under the circumstances, that they will ' see the London brigade from Whitecroesastreet, W engines o some difference' between catching codfish and gather- street, and Jeffreys-square stations . a ings . '2 as well as that of estsof our North American the pariah. Under the directioning fruit, otherwise the hary . of Mr. Superinten colonists are likely to be inA right of way dent Braidwood and M danger. . r. pogo, the chief officer of the through a field does not carry with it the privilege of districtA, andthepresentof casework, it was then expectedthat the fire would more faithfully set forth in an article in the New be extinguished in the course of a very few minutes, York Journal of Commerce, which we transcribed on and before much damage could be done. IJnfor- Friday last. In this honest confession it was plainly tunately such was not the •the fi remen case, for while urged, that as guano was necessary for the production were actively employed in the water the of wheat and wheat for the sustenance of man, it eves flames rushed through o windows• at the back, not allowable in any nation to put its own price on a distance of several feet.n eof The the daught thus given such a treasure—an argument which we trust will be by the broken window caused the destru ctive element recollected by the American s themselves in their sales to exten d almost with therapidity of electricity, and, of " bread-stuffs," f o r, if that which makes corn having travelled up th e staircase, it t ook com p lete ought to be common property, a fortiori ought corn pos sess i on of the second floor, used by Messrs. Gib- Fortunately the itself to be so; and it will be unendurable that the hi, -us as one of their w arehouses. valley of the Mississippi should " lock up," or part Principal stock of varnish and other inflammable with only on its own terms, a commodity which half articles was not in that p art of the premises, but, Europe is c raving for. By way, however, of reduc- upon Mr. rye B •Iwo od finding tbat so lar g e a stock was ing the question to a point, and, as WE33 evidently in the he at once sent off for the assis ground floor, intended, to an absurdity, the American jour- e ng in es in the Southwark- bridge.road, tance of his nalist concisely asked whether "the twenty or t t Holborn, and Chandos-street twenty - Ferringdou-stree , tbe time this extra aid arrived the five vessels which had left t h e United States to bri ng stations. BY - guano from the Lobos Islands could be expected flames had wee n ded to the staircase, and were working to come back empty ?" We rememberinto Mr. Tee n carpet manufactory. Subjoined is a a h similar inquiry being once made by a dog-stealer,copy f the officiel pompr of the damage done : whether, when he had been up n ' w n asked . ° Sept. 12, at 12 A.M.—Called by a night after night" " Sun da y' watching for a certain spaniel, beoff stranger to a fire at No. 30, London-wall, City, which without any reward at all ? Accord' was l to coma I did the following damage :—Messrs. Brown and Co., m y the Journal of Commerce recommended that Perudrysalters.—First floor—The counting-house burnt should ' d nify these adventurous vessels by theirem out, and contents of warehouse adjoining seriously charters," and then come y " buying up mg. damaged by fire and water. The stock in trade, &c., having reference to the de to of an colourunderstanding. of not insured. The cause of fire unknown. The build title which each nation, ,, g . ree "title ot- .Inerico, t o g is the property of the Mercers' Company, and is 2. e., Peru an d A s upposed to be insured in the Royal Exchange Fire. " may be able to American present." What the " titl " is m e office. Engines that attended, seven cf th e most English readers have by this ti d that f h e brigade learnt. The islands• either common an c e parish. Gas was burnt on the pre are incontestably ei Govern- mises, and the fire was extinguished by property or Peruvian property. Our own London no less than the establishment. Messrs. Gibbins the firemen of meat, by the mouth of Lord Palmerston the varnish makers and oilmen —ground and Co., ly ad m itted that of Lord Malmesbury, has bone;ft the latter State the second flaor nearly burntand second floors, prima facie claims of Peru,. andt. tion to hich it known. Mr. Thomas Tarn c out. o Insurance not has not always exercised theme ole that the y ` com- —stock and machinery seriOu lax.' €t maker, top floor pretended, it must be rem abebereyance just as long. water, and rest of buildin g s y damaged by fire and mon" claims were kept in - - themselves Legal and Commercial the other bestirred le ire-offl Neither one party nor was to be gained. Both field and Co., silk mere' ce. Messrs. Spring in the matter till something t i me • tk f "tits, warehouse on the second a bout . t the same, but, whereas , floor —s oc o raw silk • took active steps is as plain as it could be ax - fire, water, &c. considerately damaged by •le of Peru nsurance not known. Messrs. the previous tit . nothing whatever to warrant Dobson and Co.Cthere is basement, bottle ale and porter petted to be, licen of rovers at lare. merchantsstock the indiscriminate damaged by water, &c. Insurance RA D--The public conduct gigs man like unknown." "-- 14 is a fair subject of criticism ; but the cri- Yesterday Mr. Webster should be fair. An ' t t . a most dest ' inquiry in o mo ives ticism itself l ructive fire, caused by an ignition and ex is a t best a mereloss time. of It removes discus- plosion of gas, and attended with loss of life, took • from matters which admit of demonstration to place at the house of Mr. White, linendraper and :ion matters which can never be proved, and which, if hosier, 65, Middlesex-street, Somers -town. It ap. they c ould, would concern us but little. We do not pears that ab ou t th e time in questio n the servant g irl I Part i c ipate in the solicitude of a morning contempo- went iato the shop with a c andle, and the gas, v hick rary to fix on Mr. Webster an electioneering motive it is believed had been improp erl y turned off on in the position he assumed the ot her da y in relation , Saturday night and filled the place, at once ignited to our fisheries, or in the languag e he now holds re- ' arid exploded, setting fire to the combustible stock specting the Lobos Islands. Indeed, as regards thand - • So rapid were the flames that the e premises. latter affair, the probabilities do not countenanc e th e upsteir lodgers, who were seated at their dinner at imputation, inasmuch as Mr.Webater's first statement ' the time, h a d great difficulty in effecting their es was confidential, was intended to remain private, cape by the windows. On the second floor lived a man and, therefore, could not well have had any public named Balbam, with his wife and four children. Some embroilment or agitation for its end. But, w e r e .. of them were thrown from the wi n d ows an d caug ht peat it, this sort of criticism is irrelevant, unprofit• by the police, a large body of the S division, rn• able, and unworthy. It is not a little remarkable that der the o rders of Inspector ChamPoePt being the very same English journal which recently almost speedily on the spot from the new station-house took part with Mr. Webster for the purpose of i ,in Piatt -street. '---'he poor man Balham, having injuring and m isre p resentin g our own Government, I lowered his wife, clung for scale time to the window is the journal which now labours to stigmatise him , sill, with, as he thought, the last child in his arms, with these extra litem imputations. 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