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V , • , il6t , } TO COMMISSION TRAVELLERS.- A House in the GENERAL DRYSALTERY LINE, doing, with Grocers and Druggist!, wish to ENGAGE with a GENTLE 3IAN to REPRESENT THEM on COMMISSION through the :NORTHERN and EASTERN COUNTIES. There is an. established connexion on a large part of tha ground. Security required. Address " Drysalt er " Dawson's Newspaper-office, 74, Cannon street, City. ' INSURANCE AGENT WANTED. A respectable AGENT is wanted in London for an Old Esta- Wisted PROVINCIAL LIFE OFFICE, NI hose premiums are such 34 will command an extensive business. Applications to be made by letter, with references, addressed to Sip, T. (Mr. Thies), 2, Great Trinity-lane, Ilread- street, Cheapside. AGENTS WANTED.-A LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY is desirous of EstablisLing AGENTS in - NDON and the ENVIRONS. . Re spectable persons, willing to engage as Agents, will please to Aderess to J.:5., 33, Regent Circus, Piccadilly. A liberal commission allowed. REMOVAL. DR. CULVERWELL has REMOVED to No. 10, ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STP.EET, (leading to Marborough-street,) where he may be consulted,. as usual, n. I Y till Three, and in the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and liere also his several publications, of which entirely new and en virged editions have recently been published, may be obtained. RICHMOND RAILWAY.—The RICHMOND 1 ,, , CONVEYANCE COMPAN Y have engaged to supply OMNI ,„ES to meet evory train to convey passengers from the station at rue,— e , —.owl to Twickenham, Teddington, and Hampton Court. ",arge , 6d. each. 'IVY 31 , 846 ......... . . WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE. ,j i he Holders of the few outstanding Shares in this Company may RECEIVE the PAYMENT agreed to be made thereon, by ap ih."ng at the Offices, No. 26, Gre , ,ham-street, City, after Monday, t he Secretary. 17th inst., and forwarding the Scrip a few days previously to Secretary. H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary. August 6, 1846 RMAGH, COLERAINE, and PORTRUSH 'TRIJSII RA RAIWLAY COMPANY.—AR NEAGH, COLERAINE, and ILWAY EXTENSION COMPA NY. 4 ne holders of Scrip in either of these Companies are requested to Zrard to the Secretary, on or before the 10TH INST., the number of the e° represented by the scrip which they respectively hold, and also numbers designated on each certificate of such scrip. By order, WILLIAM GALT, Sec. Ironmonger -lane, Aug. 1, 1846. AT the • LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate , street, in the City of London, August 4. 1846. ;C't an ADJOURNED MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of e LONDON and MANC RESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT i ,;?LWA.Y COMPANY, duly convened by advertisement, inserted n e.,, In three London Daily Newspapers ; that is to say, the" Morn :irgo.terald," the " Times,"The Sun," held passed ursuant to the 4 4 : 1 sions of an Act of Parliament, made and in the Ninth te t .„'"th 3 ears of the reign of her present Majesty, entituled "An to facilitate the Dissolution of certain Railway Companies, for Iti p tPose of determining and deciding whether Ose said -Partner- Iss o l„,s i '..Pknv shall he dimolved, or otherwise ;"and,whether such h :',., 10 n shall or shall not be an act of bankruptcy, erutineers reported as follows : , ~.hat the number of votes recorded this day is 1,335. That 430 -;,:bat 1 ,335 voted for the Company being dissolved. voted that the resolution to dissolve this Company shall 'el, bat he an act of bankruptcy. e number of shays recorded at the original and adjourned heating, being 8,656, and, being less than one-third part of the 'tares in the undertaking actually issued or given, no meeting of le S hareholders was constituted, under the provisions of the said et, for the purpose of deciding on a dissolution of bankruptcy. M. G. BASS, Chairman. D. W. HARVEY, Secretaries. TIIOS. POCOCK ' 4,1:r the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate street, in the City of London, August 4, 1846. o l f A I t l- the At an ADJOURNED MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS I O NDON and MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT (Ay COMPANY. D. RT. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair, It was resolved—That the Committee appointed by the Share olders, at the meeting held the 28th of July last, be requested continue to act on behalf of the Shareholders in investigating the • Taira of the Company, and in assisting the directors in winding up se affairs thereof. That such Committee have power to add to their number if they tall consider It expedient so to do. That to enable the Committee of Shareholders to negotiate with le directors more effectually, it is important that they should be in , ssession of the names and addresses of the Shareholders, and the traber of shares they respectively hold ; which information, all per ms who desire to avail themselves of the exertions of the Committee, e r equested to forward t o D . W . H arvey, Esq., Old Jewry, London, Chairman of the Committee, not later than TOESOAT, the 18th of ugUst, it being understood that no arrangement will be made until rat conferring with the Shareholders who shall have complied with ds resolution. or REAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY, „ (including the Extensions and Quarter Shares) -.}"FIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY, (including the Extension Shares) ; AND GRIMSBY DOCK COMPANY. TO THE The Directors h ave the gratification to SHAREHOLDERS. acquaint the Proprietors, 'as I le] have been successful in all their Parliamentary proceedings, regards the Sheffield and Lincolnshire and the Grimsby and '-geld Lines, and the amalgamation of the whole with the Sheffield ..alanchester Railway Company. Intoidition to the line from Gainsborough to Great Grimsby, and ii,... en ded Docks at Grimsby, both sanctioned by Acts of the last theY have this year secured the lines from Sheffield to the 0,24111 Newark Gainsborough, and to Lincoln ; also from Gains „go to and from New Holland on the south bank of umber to Lincoln, with the right of constructing piers, and Improved communication from New Holland across the ate tunber to Hull, lat to 4 etri for all these lines and works, including the amal ,3, ta i 2 , ,l_lave already received, or now only wait, the royal assent. )4,„' Le, rins of the amalgamation, the proprietors in the Sheffield lih e lenester Company will, until six months after the opening of r t Ceti and Lincolnshire and Grimsby and Sheffield lines, re oth:Drofits realised on their own line ; and the proprietors in tii i r above-named amalgamating lines and works, will, during 544 receive interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum on Sof calls actually paid up on their respective shares. When b a `akeld and Lincolnshire and Grimsby and Sheffield at ga e been opened six: months, thenceforth the shares of all itl ßaruating companies will partake of the same rateable di be gp r oportion to the amount of their respective shares. 'tar 4eXDtYMent of interest on calls is intended to be made in 3r. By order of the Directors, ailw ay , 0 J. 11. PIUMFREY, Secretary. Sheffield, July 24, 1846. REA . --- 1. )r is GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD .1, 0 the 0f RAILWAY COMPANY. ~,,,, It the 20/. SHARES, and en the 121. 10s. SHARES (lately the " EXTENSION " and " QUARTER" SHARES. he Directors of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Rail- Company having resolved, by virtue of their Act of Incorpora to make a Call of Eighteen Shillings on the 201. Shares, and a Of Ten Shillings on the 12/. 10s. Shares of this Company, the Lekolders are required to pay into one of the undermentioned ", on or before THURSDAY, the 10th day of September next, the ° , l Eighteen Shillings on each share of Twenty Pounds, and of i„,'`, ll ings on each share of Twelve Pounds Ten Shillings, now 8 , - t - ed. in their names. The bankers are instructed to charge in r rate of 51. per cent. per annum on all sums tendered rig 41: 4 ",,th of September, up to the day of payment. The half e st i , u 7'tehils of five per cent. per annum will only be payable to 5 - th e I ,TAders who shall have paid the calls due. entitled t o clause of Bth Vict. paid t l6, commonly called " The Clauses Act," it is enacted that "No shareholder shall . espec eci to transfer any share after any call shall have been made a , t . thereof until he shall have paid such call, nor until he Paid all calls due for the time being, on every share held he Co coin MPany's hankers are—Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co., at im Ga insborough, Caistor, Brigg„ Market Rasen, and Grimsby ; r m a g e llis, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, in London, to "" calls may be remitted (accompanied by the call circular , h Lwill be sent to the address of each shareholder), through any a gents in the country, or through the Sheffield Banking Com in Sheffield. iate G. dat the Company's office, in Sheffield, the 24th day of July, By order of the Directors, „ J. H. HUMFREY, Secretary. re c irculars will be posted to the address of each registered 'adder in due time to enable them to pay the above calls ; and aquested that the said circulars may in all cases be forwarded j e ;°e arnount due to the Company's bankers. The neglect of this I S liable to cause delays and inconvenience ix the advices, and „; . yeat the individuals from being properly credited in the Corn i! books. The sealed certificates of the 20/. and 121. 10s. shares e r eady for issue in the early part of September, of which Will be given. sti ng LADIES TRAVELLING. ' t he Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will find °WLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing r Preparation relaxati o f the Complexion heat , dispelling the cloud of lan and on,allaying all and irritability. and immedt "siaffording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of r n• The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun chaeckles, Tan, and Discolourati; delicately leasingly eradicated if„'alYdor, and the skin rendered so ft and clear. Its by "F and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec bebe Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those ae entinent of Europe, together with the " elite" of the Aria wi„ a nd " Haute Voles," from the sultry climes of India, and the a a d 'rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 48 . 6 d. 4 t "u• Per bot. t 8 w are of tle spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astrin norlY ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words a. 66t.'"M'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper. and A. ROWLAND 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the d e. '"raltussioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each old er s. by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per other Kalydors are fraudulent counterfeits. FOR BEAUTIFYING THE SKIN. oDpßEy's EXTRACT OF ELDER FLOWERS is strongly recommended for softening, improv ' b eautifying, and preserving the SKIN, and in giving it a bloom -141111 charming appearance, being at once a mast fragrant pertitme utlightful cosmetic. It will completely remove tan, sunburn, n et, &c., and by its balsamic and healing qualities, render the n soft, pliable, and free from dryness, scurf, &a. ' clear it from humour, pimple, or eruption, and by continuing its use only `ort time, the skin will become and continue soft and smooth, anti i: . ,,,toPlexion perfectly clear and beautiful. in bottles, price 28.91., with directions for using it, by al dune venders and a erfameri. 1 1 ,IEBROWS, MOUSTACHES, and WHIS r —ERS produced in a few weeks by using an essential Spirit from choice Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties of in ar c known only to the Inventor, and although perfectly inno a N.tself will produce new Hair on bald places, caused hy weak et„constitution, or where Nature has not bestowed this orna ki".; the human figure. It has been known to many of the Nobi loo;G!intry upwards of eleven years, some of whom the Inven teiot' sincerely thanks for their attestation of its merits, in the tßtir of restoring Hair and giving it additional lustre and off , Its virtues are manifold—it prevents the Hair from fall r t _Turning pay ; a few drops on the crown of the head will 'led ..."°e most distressing pain in that c art produced by or at y .15w1th fabetnesB ; and is acknowledge d by the Faculty as the lab7 e ltio known to cure that disease of the head called Porigo ili o 4ca (Which causes the Hair to come oft in patches) ; a few tiled Oils remove dandriff. This wonderful discovery is fully es -44,, 4 Pamphlet, containing testimonials to its regenerating uPon bald places, entitled, " Three Minutes' Advice on the 'ent or a nd Preservation of the Human Hair," by If . Paimstone, Jr, and cf the Aro ma ti c Regenerator for the Growth . !pie Human l et p,,, 4 certain preventative of headache and fainting ; also a e o ":"ane—bea r i ng the Inventor's signature, Herbary, High -r Lond on. 48 , ; ) „ 7 in triangular bottles, with name, &e. Ecc., cast thereon, all, and lls. each, Government stamp included, wholesale and Poiot 'cant Chemists, all Druggists, and Perfumers , and by special g ßrs. TIIE FOLLOWING AGENTS FOR LONDON . ±agcyand E. At k i nson, perfumers , 24, Old Bond-street. Sia n mber and Toiler Chemists, Conduit street, Boni -street. Nrs.Rer p ' a tent Medicine Vendor, 150, 0 xford-street. T ; 'Nark ;`arcl ay and Son, ,: a nnaY and Co., Chemists, Brc., 63, Oxford-street. itr ee C Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farringilon- Edwa qs 41Ing, Chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard. Roil: 4l N Patent Medicine Watehouse, 67, St. Paul ' s -churchyard. 4srs r, patent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. eilin v . h / V. Sutton and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, Bow ? :es t s :es t ,, „`en, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 68, C ollllllll * 226, a ngton, Broth ers , and Scott, Wholesale Druggists, 225 and lasrs.,o aine s - stre et. lan,: 'raw and Hayward, Wholesale Druggists, Great Trinity s'rs• Butler prom, and Muckley, herbalists, Covent-garden. t lena _ zledne Vendor, 229, Strand. ree. pernier, Tichborne-street. Lev— ~ FOR MA NCRESTER. eu e , Patent Medicine Vendor, Advertiser Office. FOR EXETER. °Ake!, Atediebie Warehouse, North-street, Devonshire Chronicle I'o4+. 4,1 FOR BANBURY. -'l.o dicine Vendor, Guardian Office. Bevan FO R ENNISKILLEN, IRELA ND. r Chronicle Office. etert r . FOR EDINBURGH. ist at. and and 73 Rain-tea and Co. Druggists. Bcc.. n. Its fb . size contains two of 45., nd the size co v i er ttr thnes the uan qtity of the 4s. the By forwarding a lls. st Po-office 44. 41 * C 4 1.• T 0.84., or 12a., saber rise will in returned. i~ !.-.tom No. 16,813. LONDON, SATURDAY MoRNING SU N, AUGUST 8 1 1846. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Professor Bachhoffner's LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, 'with brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING EN GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for as cending and descending Inclined Planes. FARRELL'S ARCM MEDIAN RAILWAY. The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. CLARK, M'NE ILL, and CO.'S PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSOPE, exhibiting a fine Collection of Living Objects. A beautind Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CA THERINE, near Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Se ries of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. • M I LITARY FLOGGING. THE COURT JOURNAL, of THIS DAY, August 8, contains a second article on MILITARY FLOG GING, by the same pen as that which produced the first article in the Journal of July 25 —The EFFECTS of ROYAL PATRON &GE on TRADE, &c. &c. By fo: warding eight penny stamps to any bookseller or newsman, or to the publisher, W. Thomas, 19, Catherine-street, Strand, the Journal will be sent to any part of the United, Kingdom Postage free. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 4, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Lord Camoys to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Henry Richard, Earl of Warwick, resigned. _ BE ERSELLERS' ANNIVERSARY. The members of the Metropolitan New Publicans' Protection Society held their twelfth anniversary festi val at the White Conduit House, Pentonville, on Thurs day. The festival, as is usual, was preceded by the an nual general meeting, which was held in the large room of the above-named hotel, at half-past 12 o'clock. The proceedings of the meeting (which was numerous and respectable) were opened by Mr. Lindsay, the trea surer of the society, being unanimously voted to the chair. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Earl of Listowel to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of John Marquis of Ormonde, re signed. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.B. and G.C.M.G., to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in O r di nar y t o h er ajesty, in the room of Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway, Bart., G.C.8., deceased. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Atm. I. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Jervis, Esq., her Majesty's Attorney- General. LES MEII.OIRES D'UN MEDECIN. BY ALEX. DUMAS. L'OBSERVATEUR FRANCAIS, of TO-DAY, AUGUST 8, contains :—Les Memoires d'un Medecin, by ALEXANDER DUMAS—Martin L'Enfant Trouve, by EUGENE SUE—La Revue Politique—Mort de Eaboo Dwarka nauth Tagore, et du Comte de St. Leu—Joseph Henri, son his toire—La Polka moyen d'election—Droit Liberte individuelle en France et en Angleterre—Scientific and Literary Reviews, &c. &c. William Thomas, Publisher, 21, Catherine-street, Strand; sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. The CHAIRMAN, after having briefly expressed his re gret that the retailers of beer in the metropolis did not exert themselves in the cause of this society in a more determined manner, and made a few preliminary re marks, called upon the secretary to read the annual report of the committee. R. BEARD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC POR -vit.. TRAIT ESTABLISHMENTS are at 85. King William street, City, 34, Parliament-street, Westminster; and at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. " A great improvement has been effected ; the method of colouring renders:the portraits agreeable and life-ilke."—Times. " We would especially notice the admirable effect of the flesh tints, which appear embodied in the miniature, and not, as we generally see them, spread on the surface."—Art Union. The Cheapest Musical Publication ever offered to the Public, in respect both to Quality and Quantity. HANDEL'S SACRED , ORATORIO, "THE MESSIAH," in Vocal Score, with a separate Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte. Arranged by VINCENT NOVELLO. The whole work will be complete iu Twelve Monthly Numbers, containing 16 pages each, price 6d. each. To commence August 1, 1846. Published by J. Alfred Novello, 69, Dean-street, Soho, and 24, Poultry ; sold by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; and to be procured by order of every Music Seller, Bookseller, &c., in the United Kingdom. Remember to order " Novello's Edition." WAR-OFFICE, AL a. 7, 1846. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards.—Lieutenant H. S Baillie tolbe Captain, by purchase, vice Bastard, who retires; Cornet F. W. F. Berkeley,l to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baillie; S. G. L. Fox, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Berkeley, Aug. 7. 7th Dragoon Guards.—R. J. Lock, M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Power, promoted in the 91st Foot, Aug. 7. 2d Dragoons 2 —Lieutenant A. Robertson to'be Captain, by purchase, vice Reid, who retires; Cornet F. D. Hibbert to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson ; J. A. Freeman, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hibbert, August 7. 4th Light Dragoons—Brevet Colonel J. Vandeleur, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Parlby, who exchanges. August 7. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel W. Parlby, from the. 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Van deleur, who exchanges, Aug. 7. 15th Light Dragoons—Assistant -Surgeon J. P. Moline, from the 22d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mockler, promoted in the 10th, Aug. 7. - 16th Light Dragoons--Surgeon R. J. G. Grant, from the 10th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Burt, deceased, Aug. 7. Coldstream Re g iment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant-Col. G. M. Stevenson, frinn half :pay unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-.CAPneI, vice the Hon. E. B. Wilbraham,Wbo-exeWuges 1 , 0 , Captain and LieuteniA:Colonel, by pureise, vice En-' nun, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant C. L. Cocks to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Forbes; Ensign the Hon. P. R. B. Feilding, from the 85th Foot, to be En sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cocks, Aug. 7. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. .F. Studdert, from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. Pierce-, who exchanges, August 7. sth Foot—R. F. Robb, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Mackey, promoted in the 42d Foot, August 7. 6th Foot—Major J. Crofton to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase; Capt. J. T. Griffiths to be Major, vice Crofton; Lieut. E. J. Blanckley to be Captain, vice Griffiths ; Ensign W. F. G. Servantes, from the 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dowker, appointed Adjutant ; Ensign H. M. Blackburn, from the 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Blanckley, Aug. 7 ; Lieut. C. H. Dowker to be Adjutant vice Mansergh, promoted; Quartermaster W. Lee to be Ad jutant, with the rank of Ensign, July 28. To be Quartermasters —Sergeant-major J. Croker, vice Lee ; Quartermaster-Sergeant G. Pollard, July 28. _ _ CONTENTS of BELL'S LIFE in LONDON and GRATUITOUS SUPPLEMENT of last SUNDAY, August 2. Seven folio columns and a half of the particulars of the four day's sport at Goodwood, with the Time Table, including the value of stakes, and Four Engravings—the Orange Prize, Chesterfield Cup, Goodwood Cup, and the Stewards' Cup; three folio columns of Mis cellaneous Racing ; ten folio columns of Cricketting ; upwards of a folio column of Chess; seven folio columns of Aquatics; two co lumns of Pedestrianism; seven folio columns of Advertisements, chiefly relative to sporting matters ; and nearly twenty folio columns of miscellaneous intelligence, including Politics, Parliamentary, the Drama, the Ring, Angling, and a variety of domestic events. The whole comprising sixty folio columns, and that astonishing quantity , for sixpence, more than equal in type to that of a nine shilling oc tavo volume. Bell's Life, price Sixpence, is regularly published in time for the ittteriposjailways. J "ttLVERWELL M.D. M.R C.S. aim aispence: . 1. N SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS: - - Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity— Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, &c. &c. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS, (An Essay for 1846.) "Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd. Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle, the matured and sage, The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables for all Complaints. . - Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil eelings, a good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein containeC the feeble, the ner vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the full period of life allotted to man. " How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shun, To reach in health full threescore years and ten." These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects of very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea surable and general utility, for they tell of matters everyllving crea ture able to understand ought to know, but which information in these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through questionable channels, Is at a very terrible discount. In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we should know the simple principles of our owu organization, the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy statestlepend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted, health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness within the attainment of all ; by the availment hereof in fulfilling our duty to ourselves, we secure the lik e advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest of God's creations. The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvaihe, 147, Fleet-street ; Ilannay, 63, Oxford. street ; Mann, 39, Comhill ; or direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street (leading to Great Marlborough-street), who may be advised personally on these matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., or post paid, to any address, for Is. 6d. in Postage Stamps or Post-office Order. SELF-PRESERVATION: A M e dic a l T rea ti se on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries tat are produced in them, by solitary habits, and oth e r excasses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 11th Foot—Assistant-Wurgeon E. Mockler, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Grant, appointed to the 16th Light - Dragoons, Aug. 7. 12th Foot—Assistant Staff-surgeon W. Dick, M.D., to be Surgeon, Aug. 7. 19th Foot—Captain H. Calley to be Major, by purchase, vice Semple, who retires; Lieut. J. Ker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Calley; Ensign J. Moore to be Lieutenant, by purchase,; vice Ker; 11. W. Palmer, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Moore, August 7. 20th Foot—Assistant Staff Surgeon T. M. Fishbourne, M.D., to be Surgeon, August 7, 22d Foot—D. P. Barry, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Moline, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons, Aug. 7. 23d Foot—Second Class Staff Surgeon R. Smith to be Surgeon, Aug. 7. 36th Foot—Capt. A. 0. Creighton, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Bristow, who exchanges, Aug. 7 39th Foot—Brevet Major M. G. Nixon to be Major, with out purchase, vice E. W. Bray, who retires upon full-pay; Lieut. W. C. Wolfe to be Captain, vice Nixon; Ensign B. Thornhill to be Lieutenant, vice Wolf, August 7. 42d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon H. Mackey, from the sth Foot, to be Surgeon, August 7. 45th Foot—Assistant. Surgeon R. T. Scott, from the 76th Foot, to be Surgeon, August 7. 71st Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon G. Carr to be Surgeon, August 7. 75th Foot—Lieutenant H. Piercy, from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Studdert, who exchanges, August 7. 76th Foot—R. Wallace, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Scott, promoted in the 45th Foot, August 7. 82d Foot—P. W. Kingsmill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fraser, deceased, Aug. 7. 91st Foot—Assistant Surgeon W. J. Power, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, Aug. 7. 93d Foot—A. Smith, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, 'vice Irwin, promoted in the 97th Foot, Aug. 7. 95th Foot—Lieut. H. Swettenham, from the Ceylon Regi ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Hayes, who exchanges, Aug. 7. 96th Foot—F. G. Allman, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Servantes, promoted in the 6th Foot, Aug. 7. 97th Foot—Sergeant-Major P. Carrell to be Quartermas ter; Assistant-Surgeon J. N. Irwin, from the 03d Foot, to be Surgeon, Aug. 7. 99th Foot—A. M. Fraser, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Blackburn, promoted to the 6th Foot, Aug. 7. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Lord A. G. Russell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Waddington, who retires; Second Lieute nant H. D. F. Davie to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord A. G. Russell; the Hon. H. Clifford to be Secdnd Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davie; Second Class Staff Surgeon T. Alexander, to be Surgeon, Aug. 7. 3d `Vest India Regiment—Capt. H. Bristow, from the 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Crei g ht on , w h o exchanges, Aug. 7. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. H. G. Hayes, from the 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Swettenham, who exchanges, Aug. 7. HOSPITAL STAFF—Assistant Staff Surgeon W. Denny to he Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Alexander, ap- Gent., to be As spiositnatnetd s t t o a ff the u ß rg i fl e e o r ‘ i y g i c a e d b e i ; ck W , Pr L o a m P o s t ie eei ' in 12th Foot ; J. J. Clifford, 11,1. D. , to be Assistant Staff Surgeon, vice Fishbourne, promoted in 20th Foot; Assistant Surgeon J. D. M'Diarmid to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Smith appointed to 23d Foot; G. R. Woolhouse, Gent., to be Assistant Staff Surgeon, vice M'Diarmid, promoted; E. W. Young, M.D., to be Assistant Staff Surgeon, vice Carr, promoted in the 71st Foot; F. Reynold s , G en t ., to e Assistant Staff Surgeon, vice Denny, promoted, Aug. 7. MEMORANDUM._The Christian name of Captain Farmer, of the 41st Foot, are Thomas M'Lean, not M'Leod. The Christian names of Ensign Lees of the 96th Foot, are William Munnings, not Manning. WAR-OFFICE, Atm 7. Further List of Four Private Soldiers of her Majesty's 62d Regiment of Foot, who have died of wounds received in action with the enemy on the Sutlej—William Edge, Thomas Arcil, Joseph Parfitt, William Smith. GOLDEN F LAX. Extract from the "•Northern Whig," August 4, 1846. " Society for the Promotion and _ Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland. " A member of Committee having stated that some parties in London had been using fac similies of the medals awarded by this Society, as prizes for Linens made from Irish Fax, for the purpose of vending goods under the denomination of ` Golden Fax linen,' the Committee disapproved of this, as these prizes are given solely with a view of exhibiting the capabilities of Irish Flax for the fabric of the finest description of linens." REGISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH, 6 and 7 Victoria, cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and the following distinguilhed visitors to this country :—The Emperor of Russia, the King of frrussia the King of Belgium, the King of Saxony, the King of Holland, P rince William of Prussia, and further honoured by then ntinned patronage of all who seek an unaffected gentlemanly appearance. 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An anti syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper trent ment, secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. P r i ce I I s. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d.. 4s. 6d., and 11 e, per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in flammation, irritation of the bladder, &C., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by Letter, 11. A minute detail of case is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and 11Y0 till eight; and on Sundays from eleven tlll twelve. Mr. J. BISHOP, the secretary, accordingly proceeded to read the report, which stated that the past year had been more than usually eventful to the members of this society. Two questions, both of the utmost importance to the retailers of beer, had occupied a very considerable portion of the time and attention of the committee. The first, and certainly the more important one, was the refusal of two overseers to sign the certificate of rating and occupying, demanded by law, to enable the Excise to grant a license to sell beer by retail ; and the second, the operation of the recent Act for regulating games and wagers, by which it has become necessary to apply to the magistrates for a license to keep a biliard-table or bagatelle-board. With respect to the former case, it appears that after much delay the society bad succeeded in obtaining the issue of a mandamus for the purpose of compelling the two obstinate officials to do their duty. The trial of the question took place at the Queen's Beach, Guildhall, before Lord Denman and a jury, who, after five minutes' deliberation, decided in favour of the plaintiff. So far the society was successful, but the overseers have availed themselves of the law's delays by obtaining a writ for a new trial, on the plea of misdirec tion of the jury on the art of his Lordship. In the Ac... 0 of, a Astv tuvr4 . Aka.corqinittee have ate..- _ knally -7 d — ealded in their : '' r t is pelt to 't e second, question, the report detailed at great length the steps which have been taken to place the beersellers in the same position with the Licensed Victuallers in re gard to the operations of the recent Act. Their efforts, it appears, will, in a short period, be brought to a suc cessful and satisfactory conclusion ; indeed, the late Attorney-General and Sir James Graham have decided in their favour. The report, which was a very lengthy and ably written document, concluded by detailing the labours of the committee in reference to other matters connected with the society. The num ber of informations laid against the members during the past year was not, it appeared, more than three in two hundred, and those principally on account of Sunday trading, which was distinctly discountenanced by the society. The law charges had necessarily been very heavy, in consequence of the legal steps taken by the society during the last twelve months. Mr. BISHOP then read a statement of receipts and ex penditure, which showed a net balance of 2331. 19s. sd. exclusive of 7371., the Pension Fund). Mr. ROBERTS having moved, and Mr. BAGSHAW se conded, the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, a discussion, in which Mr. Cox, Mr. May, and others took pant, ensued as to the steps taken by the committee in reference to the billiard-table question. Those gentlemen stated that they would have been better satisfied if the committee had proceeded further than they had on that subject. The SECRETARY, in reply, said that the committee had done all in their power, and were determined, if power were given to them by the meeting, to carry their efforts still further. Mr. PROSSER exceedingly regretted that a single far thing of the funds had been expended in reference to bagatelle playing, and he rejoiced to say that he had determinedly opposed the proceedings of the committee on that head. The motion that the report, &c., be adopted was then put from the chair, and unanimously agreed to. The following gentlemen were then unanimously ap pointed to serve on the committee during the ensuing year, viz. :—Mr. Boury, Mr. Lush, Mr. Williams, Mr. Mayher, Mr. Kinnersly, Mr. Hazlewood, Mr. Smith, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Saffry. The SECRETARY then reminded the meeting that their next business would be, which of three applicants they should elect as a pensioner on the society. The CHAIRMAN . highIy eulogised the conduct of Mr. Richard Bankes (one of the applicants), and said that he was one of the oldest and zealous subscribers to the, society. Mr. ROBERTS said, that as there was only one vacancy, and three applicants for the benevolence of the society, the fairest step that could be taken would be to authorise the secretary to send to each member of the society a balloting paper with the name, &c., of the applicant, so that the question might be fairly settled at the next meeting of the society, and he would, therefore, propose a resolution to that effect. The motion having been seconded and unanimously adopted, and the Chairman having closed the business of the meeting by expressing a hope that the entire of the beersellers of the metropolitan district might speedily perceive it to be to their great interest to enrol them selves members of the society, the meeting adjourned to THE DINNER, which took place in the capacious music saloon, situate in the gardens attached to the above-named hotel, and at which upwards of a thousand individuals sat down. The vast assemblage was graced by the presence of several ladies (the relatives of the company), who were seated in a gallery at one end of the saloon. Prior to the dinner, Mr. BISHOP, the Secretary, stated that Mr. Ewart, M.P., had promised to do them the honour of presiding on this occasion, but as that gentle man had not yet arrived, he begged to propose that the chair, in the mean time, be taken by their worthy Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Terry. The motion having been seconded, that gentleman was called to the chair amidst loud cheers. Grace having been said by the Chairman, and ample justice done to the good things which were most plenti fully provided for the occasion, " Non Nobis Domino" was ably sung by a party of vocalists in attendance. The CHAIRMAN then gave, " Health and happiness to the Queen," which was of course responded to in the most loyal manner. The other usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been given and duly honoured, Mr. PROSSER rose and said that the toast which had been committed to his charge was one that was particu larly grateful to his feelings, as he had no doubtit would be to that assembly. That toast was, " The Right Honourable Lord Monteagle, the patron of the New Publicans' Protection Society, and their other Parlia mentary friends."—(Cheers.) All those gentlemen who had been long connected with the trade, and all who were engaged in its early struggles, must have a grate ful recollection of the great services which they had re ceived at the hands of those gentlemen included in the toast.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord and their Parlia mentary friends, who received them as deputations into their mansions, were pleased to listen to their observa tions, and promised to do all in their power to effect the emancipation of the trade.—(Cheers.) lie hoped, then, that the members of that society would con- INDIA BOARD, AUG. 5. The following further List of Non-commissioned Officers, Gunners, and Privates of the East India Company's Ser vice, killed in the recent actions on the Sutlej, or who have subsequently died of their wounds, has been received at the East India House : tinue to conduct themselves in such a man ner as to justify those gentlemen (whose services might be again required at no distant day) in extending to them their assistance and patronage.—, (Hear, hear.) The society would no doubt be soon called upon again to act on the defensive, and it behoved them to be prepared for any attacks which might be attempted to be made on their just rights and privileges. Having no wish to trespass any longer on their time, he would conclude his observations by proposing for their hearty reception, " The Right Hon. Lord Mont eagle, the patron of this Society, and our other Parlia mentary friends."— (Three times three cheers.) Mr. Bruton then sang a comic song on railroads, a performance which created bursts of laughter. The com pany were also much entertained throughout the remainder of the evening by the able services of that gentleman, in conjunction with ➢iessrs. Atkinson, Dow son, Jones, Warry, &c. The CHAIRMAN having called upon the assembly to charge their glasses to the brim, Mr. BISHOP rose and said, that the toast which had fallen to his lot was the same that he had had the honour of proposing for their reception on preced ing occasions--it was that of their Society ; but he supposed that he must follow the old plan that they had laid down, viz., that no gentleman ought to propose anything for their acceptance without giving them a reason, and a good reason, why they ought to accept it. And as that was the case, and he had this toast again put into his hands, he supposed he must again preach a sermon upon it. A friend behind him had just tapped him on the shoulder, and had re quested him to let the sermon be a very short one. He promised them that it should be as short as the toast could possibly admit of. As there were many amongst them who had not been present on the preceding oc casions, he must trouble them to carry their recollection back as far as the year 1840 ; ho would not go back much farther than that. At that time the society was subjected to a severe trial ; everything, however, that perseverance could possibly suggest was done for the purpose of carrying out the intentions of the New Publicans' Protection Society, as every person who was aware of their unceasing efforts must acknowledge. At the time alluded to, the Act of Parliament under which their trade was now regulated was obtained. That Act released them from the dominion of the magistracy, who previously had the power of limiting their hours of business, as the gentlemen of the Surrey district well knew. Their success, then, in obtaining that Act of Parliament, must be a source of great satisfaction. For the information of those gentlemen who had lately joined the trade, he could tell them that it was by the efforts of this society that the price of their licenses had been reduced from .5/. ss. to 3/. 35., the latter sum being paid by the licensed victuallers, who nevertheless enjoyed greater privileges than the beersellers. The committee of this society took the liberty of suggesting to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the other parties who were then connected with the Government, that they could not with any propriety call upon the beersellers to pay a larger sum for a few additional privileges, than parties who, for a lower sum, were put in possession of greater privileges. There was a little hesitation on the part of the Gr9rernment. The committee asserted that they • -•-- , a / il I !„).,.. . 1 44 togok''‘ !") - - 14 7—s , 1 1 1,4 4 • . , 2 ..!;!k • v 7 " .t • • •••; • •,•4 - • • r ••••• o """19 ;41. ( ''47 , 4. ; Wr, . 1 . 4 02, *; ;;; : • • , t -'4 • _ eit 2 • dr,,e4,411. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Mr. Buckton, the secretary, submitted the directors' report. It was as follows : should •be able to prove their statements, and, on an inquiry having been made, it was ascertained that the licensed victuallers in the kingdom were in number one-fifth more, whilst they, in fact, paid one fourth less for their beer licenses than was paid by the beersellers at that period.—(Cheers.) The consequence was, that the price demanded from the beerseller for his license was reduced from 5/. ss. to 31. 35., and that reduced sum they had continued till the present time. Need he then say a single word more in praise of the objects and efforts of the society whose labour had been the means of saving 21. 2s. to every beerseller? This society also made a liberal provision for its mem bers in the time of sickness, and their widows, in case of death. If they needed any legal advice in matters connected with their trade, they had a solicitor to pro tect them, without any expense whatever. All these ' privileges were conferred upon them at the trifling cost of ten shillings per annum, out of the 2/. 2s. which had been saved to every beerseller in the course of a year.— (Cheers.) In reference to the Beer Bill of 1834, as to "drinking upon the premises," the committee waited upon upwards of four hundred Members of Parliament, and stated their views to them. When that Bill was committed in the House of Lords no less than seventeen divisions took place on it in one night—a circumstance unparalleled in the history of Parliament. When the Bill came to the House of Commons it was passed (notwithstanding all the opposition and influence that was brought to bear against it) by a triumphant majority. After dwelling at further length on the many successful efforts which the society had made for the purpose of obtaining protection to the beersellers of this country, the speaker continued to say that it was now high time that the petty jealousies which had hitherto existed between the beersellers and licensed victuallers should cease, and promised all the assistance in his power to the members of the former trade. He concluded by stating that the society had preserved its integrity and respectability in all its proceedings, and it was for that reason that he thought it was fully entitled to encourage ment from the trade, and it was f or th a t reason t h at he , I ~ ~,ail ~,AI —„ii i,..,,,,:. Ilci.rtily Lu respond to - the loan which had been confided to hips, and which he submitted with all sincerity and earnestness, and which toast was, " The Metropolitan New Publicans' Protection ' Society."—(Great cheering.) Mr. HaNxs then proposed "The Public Press," which was duly honoured; after which Mr. ROBINSON proposed " The Ladies," which met with a similar reception. Mr. BISHOP next proposed, in an able speech, " The Brewers who have supported the Metropolitan New Pub licans' Protection Society," which was received with three times three. Mr. ASHLEY (the Solicitor to the Society) then gave " The health of their worthy Chairman," which having been duly honoured and responded to, the vast assem blage proceeded to enjoy the light fantastic trip to the music of an excellent band, an amusement which was sustained with unabated spirit and relish; after which they retired to their home exceedingly gratified with the day's proceedings. Mr. Higgs performed the duties of toast-master in his usual masterly style, and all praise is due to Mr. Rouse, the worthy host, for the excellent manner in which he provided for the entertainment of his guests. The eighteenth half-yearly general meeting of this Com pang• was held on Thursday at the London-bridge station. This was the last meeting that will take place of this Company under that title, as it now forms part of the consolidated companies, called " The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway." Mr. C. P. Grenfell, Chairman of the Company, presided. The gross revenue arising from traffic in the half-year ending the 30th of June last, shows an increase of 11,0004 upon the receipts for the corresponding period of last year, but this is not a fair criterion by which to estimate the pro gressive prosperity of the line, inasmuch as, owing to the re duction in fares since June, 1845, a greater amount of work had to be performed to obtain the same gross revenue, and a larger expenditure was also consequent upon the increased business. An exact comparison, therefore, of the present with the corresponding half-year has not been instituted, as it would lead to fallacious conclusions. The capital account shows an outlay on the main line for the half-year of 52,2064, one considerable item in which, 13,686/., arises from the settlement of the last contract for works of any mag nitude, leaving one only of minor importance yet to be ad justed. The :next important charge is for the engine and carriage manufactory and workshops at Brighton, amounting to 21,534/. ; the remaining items being for machinery, new engines, carriages, waggons, &c., contracted for some time ago, and delivered since the last report. It is satisfactory to be able to add, that your working stock generally is in a complete state of effi ciency. The Chichester branch was opened throughout to the public on the Bth of June, and that to Lewes on the same day; the latter was further opened within two miles of Hastings on the 27th of the same month. Both these branches already give promise of fully realising the expecta tions of your directors, although the development of the traffic cannot be expected till the line to Hastings and the stations there and at Chichester are completed. In the last report you were informed that, by the then subsisting arrangement between the London and South-Western Rail way Company and yourselves, the portion of the line be tween Chichester and Portsmouth would be constructed at the joint cost of the companies; subsequent circumstances have, however, occurred, which have resulted iu the reten tion by your directors of the entire line. The works on this portion are proceeding satisfactorily ; and it is expected that the line will be open to Portsmouth by the end of this, or the beginning of the ensuing year. The Keymer and Hor sham branches are also in progress. Detailed information on the subject of the works generally will be contained in the report of your engineer. It is satisfactory to be able to state that, with the exception of the branch to Bognor and that to Dorking, every Bill applied for in the present session of Parliament has received the royal assent. They con sist, as fellows, of the Wandsworth branch, East Grinstead branch, Steyning branch, Littlehampton branch, Newhaven branch, llailsham branch, Eastbourne branch, and the Lon don and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation Bill. In reference to the last-mentioned Bill, namely, the consolidation of the Brighton and Croydon Com panies, under the new title of The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway,'—your directors consider it expe dient to enter into an arrangement, in conjunction with the Croydon board, for the purchase of the Direct Portsmouth Railway, which has since obtained the sanction of the Legis lature, in opposition to the Guildford" and Chichester prosject of the South-Western Company, which was rejected. Fhe assent of the amalgamated company will be necessary to con firm this arrangement. An augmentation of the capital of the Company for the lines of this session will take place at an early date; but the creation of new stock can only be authorised at a meeting of the joint proprietary. In con nexion with the Newhaven Branch, mentioned in the fore going list, your directors think it right to call your especial attention to the urgent necessity of improving, by the esta blishment of a steam-packet company, the communication with the French coast. The railway from Rouen to Dieppe is in course of rapid construction ; and it is indispensable to provide in time for the development of a traffic with Paris, with Normandy, the south of France, and with the continent of Europe generally, the value of which to the railway in terests connected therewith must be of considerable import ance. Your directors stated in their last report that they intended taking advantage of the first favourable opportunity for bringing this subject again before you ; that opportunity has now arrived, and therefore your directors have to inform 3-ou that, in full confidence of receiving your cordial concur- rence, and in conformity with the general opinion of the pro prietors on the former ocoasion, they have recently formed the basis of a company, for the purpose of affording superior steam communication between the Brighton lines and the French coast. A prospectus will be transmitted to each pro prietor in the amalgamated company. The revenue account submitted herewith shows a disposable balance for the half year ending 30th of June last of 58,110/., which, divided amongst 47,3061 shares, enables the directors to annnunce a dividend of 11. 4s. 6d. per share." The CHAIRMAN said, notwithstanding the alterations which had occurred during the last six months in the com forts and the circumstances of many individuals, owing to unfortunate speculation in railways, the Brighton line, in stead of decreasing its revenue, has increased, compared with the circumstances of the corresponding six months, to the ex tent of between 10,000/. and 11,0001. in its profits, which he thought was a very satisfactory result.—(Hear, hear.) The report so fully detailed the position of the Company, that he hardly required to offer any explanation of its statements. There was, however, one circumstance to which he must al lude, namely, to the relations existing with the London and South-Western Company, which relations had been very considerably altered within the last six months. Circum , stances had occurred during that period which had led to a disruption of the previously existing relations between the companies. The application lately made to Parliament by the London and Brighton Company, for power to construct the branch to Wandsworth, was founded on an agreement made with the South-Western Company, by which a toll was to be paid by the Brighton Company on that portion of the line leading from Wandsworth to London, and the advan tages thereby offered formed one of the inducements to make the application. The Brighton Company in return gave cer tain advantages to the South-Western Company. and natu rally acted on the agreement concluded. When the Brighton Company applied to the South-Western Company to give them the necessary quid pro quo, in the shape of a toll clause, the latter, for reasons best known to themselves, refused to insert such a clause, thereby virtually refusing to legalise the agreement. There were other differencesof opinion which the Brighton Company offered to submit to arbitration, but the South-Western Company refused, and the other party deeming that the South-Western board wished to break off the agreement, felt themselves compelled to ! consider that agreement at an end. Th e app li ca ti on to Parliament for sanction to the joint purchase of the ex• tension line from Chichester to Portsmouth was withdrawn, but the extension had been sanctioned by Parliament, and when the line is completed it w ill b ecome part and parcel of the Brighton Company. He felt it due to the proprietors to make these observations, seeing that allusion to the agree- ment had been made in the last report from the directors. There was one other subject of importance to which he would briefly advert, and that was the necessity of adopting effec tive steps to retain the traffic which the Company possessed with the Continent. To effect that it was expedient that a certain number of steamers should be placed on the station, either at Brighton, Newhaven, or Shoreham, as may here after be determined on. The basis of the Company had been laid down in a prospectus, am( he earnestly called on each proprietor to give his sanction and support to so important an undertaking. The lion. Gentleman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. J. M. PARSONS, the Deputy Chairman of the Com pany, seconded the motion. In reply to a question from Mr. TAYtolt, Mr. RASTRICK, the engineer ; stated that he believed, so far as the engineering works of the various lines completed and in progress were concerned, the cost would not exceed the Parliamentary estimates. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question as to the amount of calla which had been made for the completed lines, stated -J ~1/ TABLEAUX VITANS! Fir ALL 0 F R 0 M E, GREAT WINDMILL. STREET, Eight Doors from Coventry-street, Haymarket. THIS DAY AND DURING THE WEEK. Professor Tumour, incited by the great patronage hitherto bestowed upon his endeavours to win public approbation, respect fully announces that he intends producing from his " Repertoire" several new classical and deeply interesting Groupings ; in which, while the fair proportions of the models appear in Phidian and Praxltalean beauty, the effect is heightened by the flesh tint, beau teous as if fresh from the pencil of Apelles. To illustrate and ren der instructive as well as amusing the various details of the Morning Performances, he has also, regardless of expense, and at the sugges tion of the Nobility and Subscribers, engaged Mr. CHARLES SLO MAN, the celebrated and only English Improvisatore, who will deliver Explanatory Expositions of the various Poses. PROGRAMME 1. Prometheus Chained 2. Circassian Slave Market 3. The deep, deep Sea 4. The Mischievous Bee 5. The Shepherdess G. The Roman Deserter • .. Tumour 7. Orpheus subduing the Syrens • . Tumour 8. May and the Morning Star (from Bielfield's Cele brated Pieture) , . 9. The Baccluislie Bacchanals , 10. Venus will risen the Sea—Venus by the - TOW' 11. Here am lon Tom Tiddler's Ground • . • • 12. The Storm 13. The much-admired new Group, the Rainbow Nymphs 14. Paris and the Graces .. • • .. 15. The Romans and the Sabine Women 16. Poses de Diverses 17. Diana and Actaeon -. • • • • 18. The Artist's Studio 19. The Lute Player (by Desire) •• •• Hildibrant 20. New Tableau Finale • • • • • • • • • . Tumour. Afternoon Peformance at Three o'clock, and at Half-past Eight ht the .. Bendeman .. Tumour ~: x~s~. Tumour Newman Tumour Canova • • Tumour - Evening. Admission, Is. ; Boxes, Is. Gd. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. PARK PLACE, near WICKITA_M, HANTS, about four miles from the Fareham and Botley Station, on the Southampton Railroad. This most desirable RESIDENCE is to be LET UNFURNISHED for a term of years with immediate possession. Ten Acres of Pas ture Land will be let with the House, and more may be had if re quired. The House and Buildings have just been put into the corn pletest state of repair. The Rent, Rates, and Taxes, are very moderate. Application for additional particulars and to negotiate for a Lease is to be made to Messers. Sewells, Norris, and Estcourt, Solicitors, Newport, Isle of Wight; from whom also permission to view the place is to be obtained. To be PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to an. Order of the High Court of Chancery made in the cause " Plunkett against Lewis," with the approbation of Andrew henry Lynch, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, by Mr. THOMAS COOKE, the person appointed by the said Master to sell the same, at the Royal Oak hotel, Leominster, on FRIDAY, the 14th day of August, 1846, at Three of the clock, in the afternoon in THREE LOTS. TREE valuable FARMS, with substanti a l an d convenient Farmhouses and all necessary Farming Offices and Buildings, called the Leen Farm, the Strangworth Farm, and the Yew-tree Farm, at Marston, which, with a valuable flour-mill and labourers' cottages and plots, comprising about 556 acres, 2 roods, 21 perches of orchard, arable, hop-ground, meadow, and pasture land. The farms are in the occupation of respectable tenants, at yearly rents amounting to 9171. 10s. Also 73 acres of Woodland, called Yallett's Wood, in hand, and late the property of Lyndon Evelyn, Esq., de :eased, and situate in the parishes of Pembridge, and Lyons Hall, in the county of Hereford. Printed particulars and conditions of sale may be had, gratis, in London, at the said Master's office, Southampton-buildings, Chan cery-lane; of Mr. William Stephens, solicitor, No. 30, Bedford-row; of Mr. Alexander Dobie, solicitor, No. 2, Lancaster-place, Strand ; and of Messrs. C. and J. Allen, solicitors, Carlisle-street, Soho; and in the country, of John Nixon, Esq., Priory-street, Cheltenham ; of Mr. Thomas King Stephens, solicitor, Presteign ; of Mr. Robert Lewis, Presteign ; of Mr. Thomas Cooke, auctioneer and estate agent, Hereford ; at the Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford ; at the Royal Oak Hotel, Leominster; at the Oxford Arms Hotel, Kington ; at the Chandos Arms Hotel, Knighton ; and at the Radnorshire Arms Hotel, Prest eign. FREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London. Business transacted in all the Branches and for all objects of Life Assurance, Endowments, and Annuities, and to secure contingent Reversions, &c. Information and prospectuses furnished by JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual Investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. . ~ ° Premium. Bonus Bonus in s''<9 g Assured cn ' ~- 9' 9 P., added. Cash. E 6 § may • s°. 0 Borrow. . c , - 1 a 1837 £217 15 1 £lOO 0 11'£16 0 41£445 0 0 £ X L "' 1838 192 3 C!, 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 60'1000 74 3 4 1839 165 11 10 1 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 61 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 18411 111 6 8; 49 10 0, 710 4, 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the preseat year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Ddputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Sir Waiter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. ohn Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. TORS. ' Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. ►avies, Esq., F.R.S. 4WDI! A. W. Robarts, Esq Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared In June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per tent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 50/. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. GEORGE KEYS, Seeretary. BOMBARDIER. Thomas Agar, 3d troop Ist brigade horse artillery, died Jan. 31, from wounds received in action. GUNNERS. John Brien, Ist troop Ist brigade horse artillery, died Feb. 5, from wounds received in action. James Frieland, Ist troop Ist brigade horse artillery, wounded in action, Dec. 21, 1845, and died, Feb. 1846. James Grace, 2d troop 2d brigade horse artillery, killed in action, at Sobraon, Feb. 10. John Murphy, 2d troop 2d brigade horse artillery, killed in action, at Sobraon, Feb. 10. Thomas Nocton, 3d troop 3d brigade horse artillery, killed in action, at Sobraon, Feb. 10. Jeremiah Rourke, 3d troop 3d brigade horse artillery, killed in action, at Sobraon, Feb. 10. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—G. C. Saw yer, t sq. to be Captain, vice Kingscote, resigned, Aug. 4. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokshire. Royal Pembrokeshire Militia—W. H. Lewis, Esq., to be Major, May 21. WHITEHALL, Auo. 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John William Cud worth of Leeds, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. J. R. Kenworthy, druggist, Liverpool. R. U. Easum, rop , 3-maker,Commercial-road East, Stepney. BANKRUPTS. William Ashdown, ironmonger, Chatham, to surrender Aug. 17, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsiger, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Whitelock, Aldermanbury ; Wickham, Stroud. Samuel Milton, sail-maker, Barking, Essex, Aug. 13 and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Shoubridge and Co., Bed mSept.fla2ct, raetr, half-pastWatling. ford- row ; Griffin, Ilford. street, Aug. 22, at H ha e l n f r - y pa C st la o r n k e,twelve, at the b r a u n s d h - Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; kinder and Sorrell, Jewry-street, Aldgate. Zaccheus Pearce, clothier, Bradford, Wiltshire, Ang. 21, and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Merrick, Bradford. Thomas Henry Spence, tailor and draper, Newcastle-npon- Tyne, Aug. 14 at twelve, and Sept. 10, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. William Chambers, shipbuilder, Southwick, Durham, Aug. 14 and Sept. 10, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyite ; Hartley, Durham ; Philipe, Gray's Inn, London. Ann Hall, innkeeper, Manchester, Aug. 19 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, 7 Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Bagshaw, Stevenson, and Lycett, Man chester. Robert Russell and Richard Ramsbottom, builders, Salford, Aug. 19, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Makinson, Manchester. James Ward, dealer in glass, Birmingham, Aug. l& and Sept. 15, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Suckling, Birmingham. John Caines, corn dealer, Chilton Cantelo, Somersetshire, Aug. 18 and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernam an, official assignee, Exeter; Trehorn and Co., Barge yard- chambers, Bucklersbury, London; Terrell, Exeter; Slade and Vining, Yeovil. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week . nding A ugust 4, 1846, is 335. 10 3 / 4 d. per cwt. [Dividends, &c., in oar Next]. Mr. Labouehere, we see, has given notice o f th e inten tion of Ministers to renew the Irish Arms Bill. We shall be curious to hear what advantages have resulted from this measure during the three years it has been in operation, to justify its renewal.--Chronicle. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. HATTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea, Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be hed at his residence; also from S. Gilbert, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street; Staric, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool; and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing the fee of 11., for advice, drc.-9 ,BEDFORD-STEEET BEDFORD SQUARE. LONDON ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITIITION.—This intellec tual exhibition still continues to be crowded by eager in quirers after scientific knowledge. Daring the past week, too, a more than usual treat has been provided in the elo quent lectures of Dr. Bachhoffner, on the application of the agent electricity to purposes connected with the economy of every-day life. To use the Professor's own words," that strange agent which dances in the Aurora Borealis, and sears and destroys in the lightning's flash, may be employed in its more modified forms to move machinery—to transfer through space the most rapid conversations—to explode masses of gunpowder, and ev e n t o p r i n t a l a dy' s d ress .' In his excellent and particular mode the Doctor then proceeded to illustrate each of these truths by practical experiments— giving in one lecture, in epitome, all that has been done and said on this mighty subject during the last twenty years. ACCIDENT TO THE NEW MACHINERY AT THE GENERAL POST-OTTICE.—On Wednesday morning, at an early hour, during the morning duty, an accident, nearly at tended with circumstances of a fearful character to several of the letter-carriers, took place at the General Post-office. The particulars of the case are these :—The revolving shelves of the machine recently constructed for the purpose of raising and lowering both hags and men, with trays of letters and newspapers, and which is worked by means of steam power, from the breaking of one of the cogged wheels suddenly re volved at a frightful rate while several men were upon it with letters and newspapers. The effect was such that many of the men were obliged to jump off at the hazard of their limbs, while others were hurled from the shelving-boards with great violence upon the floor. Suddenly the action stopped, while others of the officers were upon the machine, and before either they or the newspapers and letters could be extricated, it was found necessary to force away the iron work, a matter which occupied upwards of an hour and a half, which delayed upwards of 4,000 of the City letters. For tunately no lives were lost, nor were any bones broken. This is the third accident occasioned by this new contrivance since its erection for post-office purposes. We understand that an expedition which promises the most important results, both to science and commerce, is at this moment fitting out for the purpose of navigating some of the most unexplored rivers in South America. It is t• be under the command of Lord Ranelagh. Several noble men and gentlemen have already volunteered to accompany his Lordship, and the enterprising and scientific band, it is said, will sail as soon as the necessary arrangements shall be completed. THUNDER-STORM AT CHICHESTER, AND LOSS OF LIFE.—A dreadful storm of thunder and lightning occurred in this neighbourhood about nine o'clock on Wednesday morning. The thunder, lightning, and rain were so violent and so alarming, that all the harvest folds were quickly de serted. One of the reapers was proceeding to a cottage for shelter, with his reaping-hook upon his shoulder, which attracted the lightning, and the poor fellow's clothes were in an instant scorched up, and he was struck dead. His body, we are informed, presented a shocking ap pearance. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.—This club held their monthly meeting on Thursday at the Piazza Hotel, Covent? garden, for the general dispatch of business. The Marquis of Stafford was elected a member of the club. ALARMING FIRE AT POPLAR —On Thursday night, about eight o'clock, some alarm was created at Poplar, through the outbreak of a fire upon the premises belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co., seed-crushers and oil mer chants, situate at Millwall. It commenced in the boiling house, a detached building, but near the tar stores. The boiling over of a copper of oil, it is presumed, was the cause. The intelligence was promptly forwarded to the engine sta tions, and very speedily the several engines of the London essablishment and the West of England Company arrived. Previous to their arrival near 150 gallons of oil and several puncheons, together with some other articles of stock, were in a blaze. By ten o'clock the firemen and workmen hap pily succeeded in extinguishing the fire, but not before a considerable quantity of the stock was destroyed. We un derstand that the property was insured in the Imperial and West of England Insurance Companies. DESCENT OF THE NASSAU FIRE BALLOON.—Every person acquainted with the enterprising exertions of Mr. C. Green will be glad to hear that the whole of the party who left Vauxhall-gardens on Wed n esd a y n i g ht, a t t en o'clock, surrounded by fireworks, arrived safely at that favourite place of amusement about half-past twelve o'clock, having had a most agreeable passage over three counties, with a brilliant moonlight. BEAUMARIS REGATTA.—Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P., has consented to be President of this Regatta; and Wednesday, the 26th inst., its fixed for the event. ) 7Zi .that the calls had not been all paid up, neither had the Com pany borrowed anything near the amount they were autho rised to raise by loan. After some congratulatory remarks on the position of the Company from Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wishaw, and other pro prietors, the report was unanimously adopted. Mr. Surrox, the solicitor, in answer to a question, stated that the Chancery suit relative to the loan notes was pro gressing most favourably. It had been partially heard be fore Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and would be decided in No vember. A dividend of 245. 6d. per share was then declared. '2Lr.,// ~_ J ~ PRICE SD. Mr. BOOTH than read the following report : " The directors are happy to report, that the Act 'To con solidate the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies,' received the royal assent on the 16th of July last. " In meeting for the first time, the shareholders of the London and North Western Company, the directors have great pleasure in being able to inform them that the traffic for the half-year, on the three lines which are now under the control of the amalgamated Company, exceeds considerably in each: case that of the corresponding six months of last year, and that this observation applies to the three divisions in which railway traffic is usually classed, namely, coaching, merchandise, arid coals. " But while an increased traffic on all the lines indicates the prosperous state of the concern, the proprietors will re collect that from the larger amount of capital entitled to divi dend, owing to fresh calls paid up, and other circumstances, a larger suns is now required to pay the same rate of divi dend, while, at the same time, the six months just ended constitute the least productive half-year. It will conse quently be necessary to encroach, to some extent, on the re serve fund which the proprietors allowed the directors to lay by, after providing for the last dividend. By the accounts which will be laid before £ ad. the meeting, it appears that the nett proceeds of the amalgamated concern for six months are... 543,929 4 4 To which must be added the surplus fund, amounting to 166,105 12 3 Making an available balance of £710,034 16 7 The directors recommend a dividend of 4 per cent. on the Manchester and Birmingham capital of 1,440,0001., in conformity with the provisions of the Act And of Si. per 100/. share on the remaining capital - 549,789 3 0 Which together will amount to £607,389 3 0 And leaving a balance of £102,645 13 7 to be carried forward as a surplus fund to the next half-year's account. " The directors will now beg leave to state to t he pr?prie tors the result of their proceedings in Parliament , in the session which is about to close. It wlll be fiCell that the ex- LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Yesterday morning the first meeting of the proprietors of the above Company was held at the Euston Hotel, Euston square. Mr. Glynn took the chair at twelve o'clock. The SECRETARY (Mr. Booth) having read the notice call ing together the proprietors for the purpose of declaring a dividend; appointing auditors and fixing the amount of re muneration to be given to auditors, directors, and commit teemen ; for authorising the raising of money by new shares and by loans; and for the conversion and consolidation of shares into the general stock, The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, from the notice which has just been read to you, and from the unusual course of commencing business, you will perceive that we are about to hold the first meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company. It is to us a matter of unmixed satis faction to see you convened together under that title under the recently passed Act ; for although, on the part of my col leagues and myself, I can say that we have always received much gratification in meeting the proprietors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and which we have left under its own name in a very prosperous state, it is more satisfactory to us that the measure which we have all advo cated for some time past has received the royal assent. No words are necessary on the subject, for the approval which the measure has from time to time received from the proprietaries tit both ends of the line, and at Liverpool and Manchester, speaks enough on the subject. The project arose as a mattcr of course, and, as regards the Grand Junc tion Railway Company, the only wonder which can be ex pressed is, that they did not take up the Bill at an earlier period. It was the intention of the promoters to carry on the concern jointly; but you all know the difficulties which the directors and proprietors would experience in not being able to carry on these two great undertakings It is impossible for us yet to represent to you its full effect as regards your interest, and the interest of the public, which may result from this amalgamation. We shall not forget that we have great interests to deal with in providing for the mercantile wants of Liverpool and Manchester. It is unnecessary to carry out before you to the full extent the ad vantage likely to result from the amalgamation itself. As three separate and large bodies, acting on three different systems, it might be impossible for us to' move suffi ciently quickly in adjusting the pre sen t s y s t em now before you. We expect very important results from that which we have undertaken. It is a source 'of 'congratulation to us that the measure will be carried out to its full extent, and we have great satisfaction in finding ourselves so closely connected with those to whom we must look up to as the promoters of railway projects—who, during the time when the first propositions with regard to railways were received with scorn and sneers—when Parliament took a line of conduct against their introduction—when the money-market was in a gloomy and depressed state, car ried out the railway to Liverpool, the foundation of the schemes which have since been proposed. I feel that I have occupied the chair improperly on this occasion in the presence of Mr. Lawrence, who was mainly instrumental in carrying out the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It is rumoured (but. I can hardly give any credit to such a report) —it is rumoured that those companies which have hitherto been successful in their results are likely soon to be brought under the notice of Parliament, to show to the public what is called the enormous profits supposed to be derived from some of the railway companies. It is not in this room, or in the presence of the proprietors of the London and North-Western Railway, that I can deny the existence of large profits. They are the pro fits from a great undertaking—from a great experiment which we have tried, and successfully tried. With regard to the London and Birmingham Railway, it is stated that it is with regard to the creation of new shares ; that is the point upon which we are likely to be brought under the notice of the, House, and I say, that when we were forced by the great increase of our outlay—by the estimates far exceeding what was anticipated—when we were driven to Parliament to raise money to complete our works—the subject under went a long investigation before a Select Committee, and we were ordered to allocate our shares to the proprietors at par. We do not complain of it—it was an act of justice. We ask for no new privileges; our calculations of traffic were based on the most accurate investigation. It was not fair to be called on to double our capital, but having done so, to whom ought the benefit to be given, if any benefit arose? It was to be to those who invested money in the undertaking in the first instance, for if the shares had not been offered to the proprietors at the earliest moment, the undertaking would have lingered in an inactive state, as the money-market at that period was in estate of gloom ; and if it had not been for the untiring energy of the proprietors, it would have been a failure altogether. It is too hard, therefore, to be called on to account for profits which, however large they may be, arc circulated over the whole country. Because our shares have risen and been increased, it is invidious to hold us up as having sacked large profits. lam very anxious not to occupy your time unnecessarily on this occasion, and as a report of some length is prepared, you would rather refer to that for further information with regard to this concern ; but it will be expected from me to say one word or two about the different schemes which we have from time to time submitted fur your approval and brought before Parliament. Our success in Parliament this year has been of a chequered character, 'as far as the London and Birmingham is concerned. We have lost several very important measures. We have lost, in the inquiries before Parliament this session, all those mea sures which were designated to you as the 'Warwickshire branches, and, what is the worst part of the case, our opponents have carried the Birmingham and Oxford. The others have been of a secondary nature to that scheme—they were not of any great importance in themselves. We have lost the St. Albans and Luton branch, and we have withdrawn the Newport Pape]. Altogether we have come out of Parliament fortified in our posi tion. During the discussion this present session we have profited. Whether we look to the South-Western—the Direct Portsmouth having been carried against them—or if we look to Norfolk, where the London and York has been carried, or to Scotland, the principle of competition is laid down. The Oxford and Bir mingham is carried against us, on the principle of competition. Though that principle has been generally adopted this session, and will most probably be so next ses sion, it has not altered oar views on the general merits of the question. I believe that the Legislature would have exercised a wise discretion if it had taken up the principle laid down by the Board of Trade, and not laid down the dangerous and impolitic doctrine of competition. But we must be preparad for it ; we have no other argument for doing so than the fact, that what has been done this session has rendered our position infinitely more safe. W e are in a position to carry on competition, and any company which commences against us must commence on a very large reduction of the present existing rates; for, though some companies are very low in their charges, there are very few nearly as low as we are, and only one in this metropolis is equally low. The prosecution of the several Bills which we have obtained will, of course, require an addition to our capital ; and when I mention this, it is only right that I should point out to the proprietors that many of the Bills which we have secured this session are Bills more of a protective character than Bills from which we can expect any large return. We have been obliged to carry Bills for the improvement of the stations at Liverpool, Man chester, Birmingham, and London, and I cannot hold out any hope of any new return. The same observation applies to several Bills which the Grand Junction has ob tained. In what lam now about to say I speak only in my individual character, and I must not be understood as expressing the opinions of any of my colleagues. In looking forward under the large creation of stock which has recently taken place, it will be impossible for me to expect to keep up the present existing dividend. It has been the principle of the London and Birmingham directors never to conceal anything from their proprietors. It is right that I should make you acquainted with my own feelings on this subject. It will be some time before the new capital can be brought into operation, and it is impossible to know what events the intervening time may produce. Many of my colleagues are sanguine in their hopes that we may still keep up the existing dividend, but it is not so in my opinion. I cannot mention to you the mode in which we propose to create the new capital ; we do mean to make an immediate creation of London and North- Western Stock. I will not keep you many more minutes, because you will naturally be anxious to hear the most important document of the day read to you ; but cannot resist, on the first time I address you under your new name, letting you know a vote which you will be Ncalled be u a p s o k n ed. to I may say s a a y n dthatto it which i c a h to the service of the amalgams which you owe to your engineertse.d company debt of sanction will usreer(.l - eeSZpdhentshoen two o d 1% r. companies for w who have time past. Gentlemen, although the amount I shall propose to you I cannot be considered anything at: all equal to compensate the worth and merits of the indi viduals, yet I still think that you will receive with approbation the resolution which will be tendered to you with regard to ' them. It is a compliment quite unexpected, and will be received with great grati fication. What I propose for your sanction is, that a testimonial, in some shape or other, to the value of 1,0001., be presented to Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Locke. With these remarks, I will now proceed to ask Mr. Booth to read the report, and it will be a source of satisfaction to me to be able afterwards to answer any questions that may be put to me.