The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-05 00:00:00

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' red th e "- lat ely the e_ op , e: o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of laying \ - .4 . t i riden Ci ely ~,,.r r ri tors Documents relative to the brilliant Victories ' . ill te e eievea on , ne e . e „ . the 'left Bank of the Sutlej •, and Resolutions of '- --- _ istalle7,4 hi t eons by the Court of Directors. Ile ( let tile in spection e.ntio ned D ocments and Resolutions are now open for ""14'2--"''1"--**'''''s."-.--''"."'''''''''-"1"""'""r"'m""ili"""mgr'r 'g ait ?, the , ' , f the Proprietors at this House. - ! t feo JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. . fleitil e A urn.. - 7 4 _ y LONDON, '1 t, bzid '4- II p Ro . AND TAVERN KEEPERS I.`‘ O. 16,679. 7.,,,,-:-'.:tige:P' li IDENT INSTITUTION, for Relief of Necessitous i it a s I t E n t r e e b e b h y r i g s not • d did ' 1 bell R v o e y n a , l Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Bill, "The that the Seventh Annual General Meeting - up RITISH . INSTITUTION, - PALL-MALL Ally ..,- of Members eosr ee. receive the ' _ i. . t io „.., . .of this Institution will take place at the London IL* The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the it , ° P e'.. t; P ecisel r '''' Ludgate-hill on MONDAY, March 16, at Twelve for One . WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OpEN DAILY from Ten till IYing • PP • A /11/ t : r r o ; 0 8 ^ic e d i, o ' r t t, anti Annual Report of the Committee, the Andl- FlYo. elect officers for the year ensuing ;also to receive d ,tlani. , •alt eration in the and Regulations of this Institution. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. no d ' WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. t the la c 0 . Craven Hotel _ STEPHEN EDWARD TAP STER, lion. Sec. were aPP / eir , STEPHEN EDWARD Strand. A RT-UNION OF LOND ON Ile ' o t • e nteUL 4,R Itesidents'S r i,r4r. , ,_- NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross. vas $ 'T s ., LoN DON and WESTMINSTER BANK By Authority of Parliament. He be ,UnEBtheCIRCULAR se. ell ' President—His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. NOTES, fo , r the use of . Travellers and The list for the current year will close on the 31st instant. e ifecting sti t "Wirt Continent. These Notes are pa) able at every Subscribers will receive for each gainea paid, besides the chance main, e - I) . 4t owi an th t o P e le . n e co il t Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his la of obtaining a valuable work of art, an Impression of a line s il of titani ` . ', , , 1 _ n .nwvehtence ;no expense is incurred except the price engraving by Mr.'P. Lightfoot, from the picture by Mr. H. O'Neil, et it o cU be j et e 0 :;,,,.. a . ,.U. en f cashed no charge is made for edminission. " Jeplitha's Daughter," and, in addition to this, a series of designs . e iative - . .' eel e s g thb at the Z ad " , o g a the public, these notes May be obtaiued in outline, made expressly for the Society by Mr. G. E. Hicks, Mas co of the London and Westminster Bank, in . 1 , ,: se ur il . Lor , ai the Branches of the Bank, YU. : esl§ °" be tragve of Campbell's " Gertrude of Wyoming." , e 1 blid a t he " 3 . In, '"' s sdeuare • GEORGE GOD WIN, Hon. high f" r We ‘ l ' Holborn I 4,' Stratford-place, Oxford-street 13, Wellington-street, Borough . LEWIS POCOCK, j Secretaries. e ch a rier 13 $7, High-street, Whitechapel. i ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION F order of the Board, • ' JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager. Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments, JE ----- iir7., .. by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings 01 IL AN EASTERN: JUNCTION RAIL- 'Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. During Th e h. WAY: . % „ Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOM r, by Dr. Bachhoffner ' on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri . letzli Toeelhledta_.tien which, accompanied by Mr. George Stephensiin, S 191 ' , br 'days, illustrated by a beautifhl DISSOLVING ORRERY, accoom e li3V e il t. . ster .. ss , to Belgium for the purpoee co , settling with the "kilw ' 4 Public Works ' - ' . •pa i led by Dr. Wallace on Grove's Melodian, a new' Musical ch °f " el t lii _ ay, Anti __ _. the law for the Belgian Eastern Junction . Instrume.it, and on Rrahy's CALOTON E. ' A daily LEC n ° it I ±eo tiett „ .. or Making ass inspection of the line, has returned to i TURF on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by 'a 'pa er " hoit; 10 s atlel og s of Directors has received from' Mr. Stephenson a most Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working i'e biliei b a _ t 9le of the respecting the resources, population, and easy Model ot, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, which l ' k ees y ~~` , 4 1, PHYSIOSCOI , E, OPAQSE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING ,puff' eti t ! or ,(,' s , Bich he tells them may be constructed at an unusually low 'be 0 Pee mile) la to pass. The Directors expect that the law VIEWS, CIIIIOII 'TROPE, Bt.e. Experiments with the DIVING CS" 1. As 8 0 : 1 „ e of the first introduced into the Chambers. BELL and DIVER. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, and sire s er rem," ad Mr. Stephenson has submitted his written report, the from Seveff to Half-past Ten in the Evening. i O il to 'mine „ t will take the earliest opportunity, consistent with due notice _ Admittance. One Shilling. Schoolsaialf-price. T s .; titt le . , k eeti : 7,? e a to the Shareholders, of calling them together at a general 'tate " and I r VIM HUMAN TRIPOD, or the THREE ueitille oor i inei n , aYing beforethem the reports of their engineers, and a of the affairs and prospects of the Company. .1. LEGGED CHILD and FIRST BIPENIS EVER SEEN or. / P t 2:, i , , Ess e n By order, .W. G. BICKNELL, Secretary. HEARD OF. • ' i the 0 1)0 p_____ a-street, March 2, 1846. The nobility and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re al th.. 00 ,I l lit ----- X spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon ' st ,, bu!„1 p, ,_ RMY OF THE SUTLEJ, and the of a Male Child, Six Months old, by name JOHN BAPTIST DOS ? Iseir Wee '`Tlcip , SANTO-, a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and he P r • fa 4 . 0 . itz e . ATLD CAMPAIGN in the PUNJAUB, OF littel.,4 TWENTY FOES, and being otherwise a wry fine, well,made, gull t , s d , Irp ALLED to JOIN THEIR REGIMENTS, BRITISH or lia ° belie ttlyese-7,:te respectfully informed that they can, at the subjoined healthy, and lively boy. He is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and at be OA ijn . tialf„LPlace advantageously and promptly all deficiencies in liii!Plied tip and accoutrements, or those newly in the "Gazette" the causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and the probabilities of their future growth and developMent, may well ths .trc Or es t to ett ....l . he whole necessary equipment complete, and accord- afford ample field for the speculations of the learned. , al r ' 1 4 'D1eu,,, 1 7 ,1 1ed regulation. By paying cash' on the satisfactory Exhibited every day (Sunday excepted) from 'Eleven fo Five, amid from Seven to Nine o'clock, at No. 56, QUADRANT, REGENT ik,:lteetee r the order, a saving of not less than 35 per cent. can STREET. A t ' , hag' ac rd materials of the best description, for which this Admission, Half-a-Crown. - • : f 4/ 61 , s,,,,,jeve ,n alone - established name. The saving comprised in , ~,,„ Child wll he AbiA-ru ..awn.o ,vb MtIILOS at the same address. bust es/s 1 (ii i N. olriannein, this advertisement equally applies to this . __.l -- -1 '- - - ' ------ ------- rAl t Tl i r te tt e ; v try branch of either service, together .applies UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY do t "itti th e t 4t. 'mate of uniform (only necessaries therein stated), Capital, 160,000/., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. de pi rDM ii ,Ces, will be forwarded on applieation to Deposit, 2s. per Share. in accordance with the Act. es J. .t 1 " - ---....:el: and D. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London. '(Provisionally Registered.) 0 0-- It ii , L. „ ; c r e ; 1, Its; SONS ' AND GENERAL LIFE • ' next ensuing. N.B. The allotment of Shares will take plaae on the 16th of March er J u°- -AL ASSuR A Professor Ryan. M.D., LL.D. , 4 1...5 t ~,:, , NCE COMPANY, 11, WATERLOO-PLACE,. William Stiles, Esq. eed.,lo ol Robert Nicholson, Esq. 4 _ld itt—elt. London. of the Otlr 4 , e r t r ansacted in all the Branches and for all objects of Life - `teree,,,` , Endowments, and Annuities, and to secure contingent Henry Franeis, Esq., Patentee Captain Kenyon Dominique Causse, Esq. Henry Ault, Esq. ' , O ef ...i. ~,d _,, '''''' C. Information ' and prospectuses furnished by Joseph PeDl° w ' Esq. Charles Brooke, Esq. John Kissick, Esq. 01 11° 7074 • l JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary. Solaciron—J. F. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq. , tile s„ . BANKERS.—Mr Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. et ler i; i --lONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR 41' iDu c t ;6 l- ' patent) for an This Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring- ANCE SOCIETY, c lo heic 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. • mp roved manufacture of gas of a superior quality, and at much less ng into general use, au invention (secured by letters r r r ' ' °IS ot , Capital4soo,ooo. available in access building expense than the usual cost, by an apparatus so simple in construe ,is!, - tir edge ,_ Empowered by Act of Parliamext. . 00 • tion, and so compendious in form, as to be (sc e ne or forfeit Th e m t rittltion offsrs important and substantial advan- or situation where the ordinary snpplies of gas are not ble. e lic in t ofie eve st ee - o f ie t ' e sissa rci re d a P t eet both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. Full details in prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the Drury-lane, with forms et application for shares, and to o.,,Jr , : , , re on of ali t ) e cc r a o si , T y s, t t ,,,, h . e , . p t o i :,;a d r to o 1 btohrre premium witho ut p r e i x d - , o C w h m e r p e a m n 3 4 11 b 9 ;seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy el the he rr i ttils' 00 1° 1 , r ' o t r l ta , 1, 41 4 ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion gas exemplified. Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must te, na , re sts to meet other conveni4nceo or necessity. Assurances be made all communications, post ttee. We ° 0' es r ° Ic /6 O f Years are granted on the lowest possible rates. - - Ile, .01 3 i DIVISION OF PROFIT.. UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.-- I l l ro 1 0 1 ' mCe CONTRACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS, Cos - I t : 111:,._ e ee and increasing prosperity of tee Society has enabled L !'lls, ~''''", at the last annual investigation, to declare a third and at a reduced rate, towns, villages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos t'(a V e t pitals, theatres, public offices, manufactories, printing-offices, prisons, p, 0, - ''' i t li e li., a-r Ytog from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on t _ , e/ ..A t tri - 1" effected on the Profit scale. barracks, railway-stations, asylums, schools, and other large build "t.:lPc' lO b .s---....________ EXAMPLES. ings, - where the ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be ad dressed to Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane. i to De, ee i; . - 0 0 5 - Lot ,co-,,, 0 1:' = 9 ' 4 I ' ''' WALLSEND COALS BY RAILWAY e D irtj , De 4„: Pre mium. '','„< Bonus Bonus in 11 e. t .a; ni w t .9 2 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 01 1 •`,01 1, ,, ' I !4 adde; l . Cash. E• ii h 4 s s te, tli . , 1 SIR—We beg, through the medium of your paper, to Inform the me , "-," l' . --_____ 61 . A a . 4 57, public that the METROPOLITAN is the only Coal Company who deliver the Best Screened Sunderland Walisend at 255. per full ton, !Ir O t te p -- unmixed with inferior sorts ; Prime Newcastle, commonly sold for • Itta,, , t e , 1837 £l9l 13 5 £67 13 5 £l3 17 1 £395 11 1 r reZi 010 I '''' it i ';' 1838 tee 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 best, 235. screened ; Coke, 17e. Delivered free of extra charge within five miles.—Your obedient servants, '' f 0 ' . ' 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 2% 13 4 H. BEARDSWORTH and CO. e 0 a .'''i:.---..______2tio l 89 0 0 41 13 4 60 0 247 4 8 tier vi , 279, High Holborn. . ...I a.., el ri....., LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANKING COMPANY. The proprietors of this Company held their usual annual meeting terday at their offices, Lothbury, for the purpose of declaring a dividend, the re-election of three directors who go out by rotation, and the disposal of general business. p T A h T e n c t h e a K ii 3 w lA u xw ta ß k L e t ? e s t i, () E t w le A O ß ; T ;l:oik sti b „ y who said, that before sub mitting to the meeting the report of the proceedings of this bank for the year 1845, if they would allow him, he would say a few write to recal to their minds some of the characteristics of the year 1845, as the _results of establishments of this kind.- He was aware that, in great commercial bodies like this, dispatch was the life of business, and thereksre he would not detain the meeting by making a long speech.(Hear, hear.) The year 1845, it would be remembered, was characterised by a great abundance of money, a circumstance fraught with great danger to inexperienced banking establishments, inasmuch as they often cape being io o t oe amount u deso those thdo securitylasnet duty ,..t andic thanh cheap, fromnj fromnarked thekh ead which riewed great difficulty i n p rocur i ng money to pay their dividends, by reason of their having pl ace d t h e i r money out of reach, by investing it Im usual hie h seem they sties. But to obtaintho o closing a its become opening; scarce, the year 1845 was characterised o by circumstances diam e t r i ca lly op positeand almostm on amountinge to pressure on the market. But suck were the principles ripen which the directors of this bank had conducted the business that they had secured ample funds wherewith to meet all just demands upon them with liberality to those to whom they were due ' and wills satisfaction to the proprietary ; while in no instance had they ever violated their established rule of never re-discounting ' a bill. (Hear, hear Judging, then, front the satisfactory s t a t e o f th e i r affairs for the .) past year, it might bo said that they could have afforded to pay a higher dividend than 6 per cent, but the directors had thought it their duty to the proprietary to still adhere to the usual rate of 6 per cent., and place the overplus to the credit of the reserved fun d (Hear.) And the result of th a t f und was that it *— enabled the directors to keep up a uniform payment of six per cent., while in years of scarcity or reverses, which some time or other attended all human affairs, they had that fund to fall back upon, which in years of pros perity it had still continued to accumulate.—(Hear, hear.) Ti e the balance sheet of the rep rt wou ld now b e laid before meeting, and it would be found that it had been m a d e out in con formity with the wishes of the proprietors, and upon a plan, which in the humble but decided opinion of the directors, was decidedly the best, namely, that struck out by the Government as the form for the balance-sheet of the Bank of England.—(Hear, hear.) By that balance-sheet it would be seen that the Company had a paid-up capital of 800,0001., which had been sub sctibed by about 1,000 contributors, which fact gained them increased confidence from the public, and as it was lodged in Government security, they had it as a sheet-anchor to windward, against the storms which might assail them.— the proprietors should taXe tkriarrworlid be timid to have beet►fltlly . t . l aV r sri t rslTglised. (Cheers.) Thare was one other poixt to which he would wish to allude, as having been the cause of what was technically called by monied men a "tightness" in the money market during the year 1845. He meant those gigantic operations called railway schemes. and the necessity for those en gaged in them paying up the dividend required by Government. When this arrangement was made, it never could have been contem plated that those railway schemes would amount to the vast extent they had reached, but the effect of the Government requiring this amount of deposit was that seine of the oldest and most respectable bankers in London waited upon the Government with a view to induce them to alter the rule, and substitute Government security or Exchequer-bills instead of money ; but this was refused, and the consequence was that, not taking into account either Scotland or Ireland, the amount of deposits subscribed in England alone was, he believed, about 11,000,0001. He asked of the Government in his place in Parliament, that the money should be lodged in the Bank of England instead of with the Chancellor r f the Exchequer ; but all alteration of the rule was refused, aid the consequence was that a large sum of money was withheld from cir culation, to the great injury of the prosperity of this great commer cial community. And here he should observe that, but for the liberal conduct of the Bank of England, this difficulty would have been greatly increased, and therefore this establishment was greatly in debted to them. —(Hear.) The byegone difficulties they had had with the Bank of England had all long since been satisfactorily arranged, and all was now peaee.—(Chcers.) They had peace without and plenty within, and if that was not a good item to carry to the debit side of profit and less, he was merely a mammon merchant, and not a moralist at all. He had now to announce that Lord Wm. Douglas had been compelled by other engagements to resign his seat in the direction, and they had elected Mr. Thomas Chapman in his stead.—(Hear, hear.) And in a very little time he hoped to see other additions made to it from amongst the first com mercial companies in this great empire of commerce.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the report of the directors, by which It appeared that the balance-sheet exhibited a very prosperous state of the Company's funds, and that they had on hand, at the end of the year 1845, a balance of unappropriated profits to the amount of over 88,000/. The report then went on to say, that— " The profits of the bank during the past year, after defraying the current expenses, and making provision for all bad and doubtful debts, amounts to 66,344/. is. Out of these profits the directors paid, last September, a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the half year ending the 30th June, and they now declare a divi dend at the same rate, for the half-year ending the 31st December. After the payment of these dividends, making together 48,0001., there will remain &surplus of 18,344/. Is. to be added to the reserved fund, which will then amount to 88,2481. 16s. 4d. " The three Directors who go out by rotation, are Joseph Esdaile, Esq., Sir John Kirkland, and John Stewart, Esq., M.P., all of-whom, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election." ' Mr. TITE proposed the adoption of the report. He felt that there were many present who could lay claim to greater importance and higher standing than himself, and to whom he ought, perhaps, to give way ; but as he had ventured at their last meeting to suggest that the directors should alter the form in which the accounts usually app. ared, and to give such a statement its the one they had published, he fait that he might be permitted to propose the adoption of the report and accounts which had been submitted to them. He begged to thank the directors, on behalf of the proprietors, for having adopted that suggestion, because he thought that a favourable result could not fail to ensue from the publication of a clear and simple statement of their affairs, and that such an " exposure "—if he might use the term—would do more than anything to destroy any unfavourable impres sion which might exist in any quarter, with respect to their esta blishment. If such impression did exist, he was`cenvinced that the statement which the directors had put forward would destroy it, because it showed how large a sum had been invested to meet un expected contingencies, and how large a sum they had in hand.— (near, hear.) In fact, the perspicuity of their financial statement was much to their credit. The usual dividend of 61. per cent, was exceedingly satisfactory, and they might congratulate the directors and themselves on there being no probable chance of its diminution. No doubt the directors had exercised a wise discretion in proposing the payment of the usual amount, instead of devoting a portion of the proceeds to the payment of a higher divi ;end, but if they had proposed 71. per cent. instead of 61., carrying 6,000/. instead of the sum pro proposed to the reserved account, he should have felt more satisfied —(Hear)—but as he had said, he had no doubt the directors had excellent reasons for not proposing such an alteration. The motion having been seconded, Mr. JOSHUA Watarea wished to make a few observations before the chairman put the motion to the meeting. In the first place, he wished to congratulate the proprietors on the splendid statement which had been submitted to them, by the directors, and which re flected great credit not only:on them, but on the managers and others. —(Hear, hear.) He had no idea of the wealth and power of the hank until he entered into all the particulars connected with it. He happened to possess one of the first reports, and as he had taken some trouble to compare its statements with those in that now submitted to them, and as he thought it could not but be interesting to the meeting, in order that they might perceive the great progress which had marked their establishment from its commencement, he would state the re sults of his investigation. The capital in 1834, which was the first year in which any statement was published, was 182,000/., whilst is 1846 it had increased to 803,000/. The deposits in 1834 were 180,0001. ; in 1846 they were 3,590,000/. That was a very large sum to have reached in that short time. The profits in 1834 did not ex ceed 3,540/. ; in 1846 they amounted to 66,3441. They had no re served fund in 1834, but in 1846 they had a reserved thud of 88,300/. —(Cheers.) He observed also that the gross or net profits made by the bank during the 12 years it had been established amounted to 496,175/., out of which the proprietors had received 407,9361. in the shape of dividends.(Hear.) This was a startling result in so short a period, and showed the great degree of public confidence be stowed on the bank, and the unremitting attention of the directors and other officers to their affairs.—(Cheers.) Be also observed that in 1845 they had only one branch. which was in Westminster; they _ . • •11a, 44 4 tr j „ il t . ion of profits is animal, and the next will be made in. De ue present year. NICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA . CLOTH, registered 6 and 7 Vie., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c. 1 This overce , t recommends itself to the Public generally by its peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain. To bo had In London only of the Patentees. 114, Regent-street. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. See LINEN TRADE.—An Irish House in ta s M t ooi " co anufacturing and Bleaching Trade, having at present an Doted',nnexion in London and the West of England, Is dis t. Lo makee arrangements with a Gentleman conversant with the tt Ap plic a,tllduct the sale of their goods in those districts. ear ° ns by letter, with real signatures, addressed C. Ireland, o crefer ee " Messrs. Daw , sous, 74, Cannon-street, City, and giving enabled 0 : 3 as to respectability, &c., &c., as the writers may 174, W think necessary, will receive due attention. wt t ,, n l-, ATE MR. THOMAS JACKSON. aaV~i"`..tr. AS the late Mr. THOMAS JACKSON, formerly of Zed eo „ the County of ;zalop, but at his death of Ludlow, in the `se 7,,""1Y. did in and by his last Will and Testament, dated %q v daY of February, 1831, give the residue of his personal ty 4 7_ , after payment of certain legacies, to be equally divided bc ' Vrfartbe several lawful children of his sisters Mary. Elizabeth, 144_ et and Ann, and the lawful children of the Testator's half )^rit, ' 4 l Henry Jackson, and Adam Jackson ; and of his half-sister t!‘ the e'!. within one year after the death of the said Testator's wife, hilm ri ne Jackson, who died on the sth day of December, 1841, pro aDulication was made to the trustees appointed by the said Z , n, : 1 1 ,1 1, in one year next after the death of the said Catherine Jack in order that the parties entitled should have proper notice, If " I 's , Tatar directed that his said trustees should give public notice std il aYinent of the shares of the said children, by advertising the ~ioTt i, T,atiner therein mentioned. 17,‘eti o ; is therefore hereby GIVEN, that we, the under the ~," Charles Wilding, of the Dairy-house, near Welshpool, .111, UntY of Montgomery, and Joseph Newell, of Lydbury h,,,, , ,1 1 the said count of Salop, Gentlemen, the trustees naed " 1 / 1 42' 1 11 of the said Th y omas Jackson, do intend on or before the • t etid 4 ,f Of December, 1846, to make an equal division of all the of the said Thomas Jackson's personal property, unto and 4 44 hf.hetween such of the lawful children of the aforesaid sisters tips r , ;1, brothers and sister of the said Thomas Jackson, as shall th, IThcation to us, make it appear that they are legally entitled 14 811 % 11 411 'e ; and all such nephews and nieces of the said TestWor it,ar to us us that ton or before the said sth day of December next, ake it rL4tu hey are entitled, will be excluded from any e n der the said Will, agreeable to the directions of the said ac ed this 20th day of February, 1846. (Signed) CHARLES WILDING. JOSEPH NEWELL. fir. IN HANOVER-STREET. IRS' far-famed MAGAZINE of ART and his FAMILY RESIDENCE adjoining. 4It•GEORGE ROBINS respectfully male; )tteiate known to the Public, and more especially such as ap ~at h F INE ARCHITECTURE AND THE FINE ARTS', ;le aleattvill SELL by AUCTION on the Premises, on TUESDAY. t,, 4 !its instant, at One o'clock, in consequence of Mr. %,7asiv av ing taken, in conjunction with Mr. Meakin, the h alt Premises, No. 139, in New Bond-street, lately, and Zroe a century, in the occupation of Mr. Turner, LTphol f_qb.,llo the Royal Family, with the intention of continuing Zag e 7 ' Of decorating with the useful appendage ef a thorough know- TRe. ;:f *lashing ' houses in various styles suited to the present l aer-p2,. R. is instructed to sell the abode in which so much of the , - m , Y fair fame of Mr. Fairs bas been acquired, 0%7 . : 2, IN HANOVER-STREET, HANOVER.S . QUARE. a lucid description of all its claims to admiration, both in lrior and the interior, would necessarily occupy too large a a public announcement; it is, therefore, suggested that all an,,, ,, ,ained to this first-rate situation should go and judge for es, when the moderated account that is to be attempted in little detail will be confirmed. THE ORDER OF ITS ARCHITECTURE b,_ 4l IS OF THE EARLY ITALIAN SCHOOL. -,1 41 ()tt ", very much more imposing than anything contemporw eti and the expense of accomplishing this has necessarily con z> ti :t large capital but its prepossessing appearance amply re tiat great outlay incurred, as well as the tact and anxiety, ep I;:!arked its progress and completion. It may be well, k dd; to to observe that the situation is so pre - eminent that it Itte d t 7 to the highest works of art ; indeed, it is fearlessly as -group, a t both within and without there is nothing to surpass it , exit kl u g t THE METROPOLIS OF ENGLAND ; coy v e i e 'meaething in a more humble sphere cannot fail, in a peen- Itiseeverpuzzled pursuit that would hear a comparison with It, and r dai kijTHE MAGAZINE AND SHO W ROOM 111 7 he rendered worthy competitors wit h the Show Rooms of ll ' r eet. 4lll Y - respectable successors to Storr and Mortimer, in Bond had now five, and he found by the Bankers' Almanac that in 1835 the batik had no country agents, whereas at the present moment not less than 150 local banks and branches were connected with them. — (Cheers ) He found also on inquiry that whilst in 1835 only 20 clerks were required, the services of 117 were required in 1846. — (Hear, hear.) He did think that as these things showed such rapid and extraordinary progress in their undertaking that they could not fail to be interesting, and that they would not object to hear them. But there was one thing which struck him very forcibly, whether during this rapid increase of prosperity and business, and c ,nse quently increased labour to the directors any additional remuneration to that originally agreed had been voted to them.—(Hear.) It did seem to him that they ought to give their attention to the subject, as that increased labour required additional remuneration.—(Hear.) In 1834 the directors declined to receive any remuneration whatever, and in 1835 a sum of money was voted to them in consideration of their services. He would make no further comment on the subject; but he could not help anxiously inquiring whether any addition had been made to that sum commensurate with the additional labour which the rapid increase of the business of the bank had imposed upon them ? The Chairman had stated that an increase of directors was contemplated. Ile was glad to see Mr. Chapman one of that body, because he had known him and his wealthy connexions for several years, and he did not think a better selection could have been made.—(Hear, hear.) Me hoped that the directors, in making any additions to their body, would select gentlemen from that body of merchants of which Mr. Chapman was a member, because he believed, that by doing so, they would acid to the influence of the bank, and consequently promote its prosperity. Mr. LEVY would have no objection to receive 71. per cent., as re commended by Mr. Tite ; but, as the directors were of opinion that they ought not to pay more than 6 per cent., he should support their determination, because he had the greatest faith in their discretion. If they had a sufficiently reserved fund let them have the additional sum which they proposed to add to it, but the di rectors were the best judges, and they were in favour of paying no more titan the usual per centage. The subject of increasing the remuneration of the clerks in the bank ought to be left in the hands of the directors, as lie considered that the proprietors had not the opportunities of testing their respective merits as the directors. However, he could state that the department of the bank in which he principally transacted business was as well, and perhaps better, conducted, than any other bank in the kingdom.— (Hear, hear.) The directors must excuse him if he referred to what was, in his estimation, a " sore place."—(Laughter. Now he did not like the election of Mr. Chapman to this office of director. He was, no doubt, a very respectable man, and if he had been canvassed, he, perhaps, should have voted for him ; but he regretted (and the more so because the Chairman wa Fa Liberal to the backbone) —(Laughter)--that the proprietor had not been consulted in the election of Mr. Chapman, or of any other director—(Hear, hear)—and he hoped when a vacancy again occurred in the direction that they would be ap pealed to. Ile did however not mean by this to detract from the merits of their directors, for he believed that a more competent body, than the one which presided over their affairs, could not he found—(Hear, hear)—but he wished the power to be vested in the proprietors, as he disliked a " home list," andas they had elected Mr. Chapman, they might elect anyone else they pleased. A PROPRIETOR expressed his willingness to second any motion which might be submitted to the meeting embodying the sentiments enunciated by Mr. Levy. Mr. Tux rose to order. The only motion before the meeting was for the adoption of the report. Mr. LEVY declined to put his sentiments in the shape of a motion, as he considered that the suggestion he had offered would have the desired effect. The CHAIRMAN explained that the right of electing directors was vested in themselves by the Act of Incorporation ; and that the prac tice of filling up vacancies, which occurred between the annual meet ings, had been continued since the establishment of the Bank. However, they were at liberty not to confirm the report. A rotatory principle was adopted by which three of the directors went annua ly out of office, and the proprietors might propose directors during the six weeks before the Ist of March. There was no " home list," but they acted on a home principle for the benefit of the under taking. Mr. DONALDSON expressed his satisfaction at the way in which the accounts were made out, and congratulated himself on having been the fit st to recommend the adoption of the improved plan. The right of electing directors should be vested in that body, and while they had confidence in the directors there was no necessity for the proprietors to meet to fill up any vacancies which might occur. When the principle was abused, they might take steps to effect a change. A PROPRIETOR considered that they ought to meet twice instead of once a year, in order that they might have the pleasure of hearing such satisfactory information as that afforded by the directors to-day oftener. The number of directors originally intended was 24, but they never had a greater number thou 16 or 18. The present number was 13. New as the busines of the bank ha 1 increased they ought to have an an additional number, Last year the profits amounted to 51,0001., this year to 66,3441. ; showing an increase of 15,3431. 195.--(Hear) -- which was bight) satisfactory, awd p s „he charitable t iott i a e lcebu b l : roc ; psouotts.cheim which c o hth u l y,gehtth the visitation showed that the directors had performed their duties In an efficient ed, s ect manner. He considered that as they had in a measure superseded devote of a Providencepo r tion of their manypr fits disastersto wouldlateilbroematatQourieoblelye,rtehdeocfeadmbinyethi contri butingn Ireland, a small sum out of their large profits to the sufferers. Mr. LEVY—That would take away our 71. per cent. with a ven geance._ 11 41°141 r t THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE 1 eerk:- .5 full of taste and comfort, and iA prodective of a large ' It is held for a period of 18 years, subject to a low Annual 411 4 e atl be viewed, by tickets, ten days antecedent to the Sale, 'oe t , ars then had on the Premises ; and at Mr. George Robins's 10 ;1 4 . 1; e ' t-gard en, with the lithographic drawings attached. b fe u Zeudid Decorations within that Emporium of Taste will be oen .lays after the sale of the residence ; they comprise a ~Gtp cobi t ,bination that cannot fail to delight the learned in taste and the 1 or the ,Tralter convenience, they will be removed and sold roon r , (n flovent-garden. h f‘GESS'S _NEW SAUCE, for general pur l'''. It -w§es S t 4e lith ; aving gaintio . such great appr , oba , tion, and , the demand uing increases JOHN BURGESS and ON beg most tthelfll7 to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public 4:_ht auboral patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent co e dlilates have recommended P. to the most distinguished 1 1143,', It Llbections, who have all spoken highly in its recoramenda betti'e to f .DrePared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint. 1 / 4 6 .._ bein -Mi lios, all possible care has been resorted to, by each s ealedteljo h ,_lll4, on the cork with their firm and address, as well fiat. 'laying their signature, without which it cannot be tpgtllf tli g ...nlick - .GESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed Tres ANCHOVIES continues to testapad by them alter . "'nailer that has given the grea atisfaction for many t..22:::21 .. ... )7, 14 1 °' rand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. /r 1 4 4, ch tl an e , Eit'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE .-es in a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, Iltaiy u ,',o'ebrows, moustaches, Sec., to a dark brown or black, by 4 0ii m iee 4 . " g a comb wetted with the liquid. One application will Gs., and bo p t lea ' ai ng and permanent change. Price 3s. Gd., It ti, s :i 4e hal e ' , Of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate- RNListin , ec hartel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, GS, Corn 4 , Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bone 4,,leci-st r .Per, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, eki 4 eller ii -et . Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most 14 4 ert of a nd Sfedicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to th ifs ll 4 , tothe kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. tek for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." the P roprietor's address is on the wrapper. - APERIENT AN]) .A.NTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR ti) 114 GENERAL USE IS eyr ee 4 I qCsN'S PILL OF HEALTH which relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa nt b as- sic griping or prostration of strength. &c., They remove 14 ,. 1 i61 1 , \11 totkneas, dizziness, pains in the chest, highly l et and he stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve art 4 u ePreaslon of spirits ; while to those of a full ha , bit, and ILagi o ., W ho i are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness,. ," be 41 t he head and ears, they offer advantages that will not blot is I:I/predated. 4 k, has for many years received the approval . of the 71tV,, l 'he ;',ore class.s of society, and in confirmation of its effi- Mall letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Front, Tors os - `'° ,l to Publish it, and, If requisite, to refer any respect -1,.t0 US author • , riPront, 229, Strand, London. a le; Bi t " ficavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1344. t e ( i reel bh, -etir twft ,--aSure in being able to bear my strong and , unso- f raerm''' Which to the excellence of your " Frampton's ..`ill . o Zear Consider most safe, efficacious, and very superior eii k Tativ, s - "',e• The widow of art officer, an elderly lady, and , L •cerp aline, has used them— \nry rarely having recourse 4 tu t lterisi.;`Nis for a long period of years ; she has recommended exs s4o Ptth esia :4l; and in one instance' n wh!ch she induced ft person "le r r 11a5tr,„.".. 6 supplied the first box herself, they I.ave proved or 1 41 : 3, IlliCrs__el.teaCY. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any Lehal th,erk c iTo i , 3' Patent medicines before the public of equal value hap i ;" ‘ n ee d" — certainly none possessed of superior claims - "yhi " all occasions to give them my individua recoin -801.1 ;ID, Sir, " Your obedient servant, tart r k b'Y 'I , 1 , * * * Itlvi t e oLk i ! t r !" .._ t, 229, Strand, London, price Is. 1 'Ad. and 2s, 9d. 14 LUC Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the 44 ma 9"olll:446arees APT ,ONor *-'Sobserve PILL OF HEALTH, and the Thomas Preut, 229, Staud t Leaden," es the ,Itr ga' - Mr. BROWN said, with regard to the suggestions which hail Just been made, he thought that the proprietors had better follow the usual course of private bankers, which was to give money iu their Individual capacity. He did not find that the Union Bank or any other joint-stock bank had made any grant trent their corporate fluids. Then, with respeet to tale matter of the directory, he thought any increase In the number of directors, the usual meetings were quite sufficient for making any alteration. Ile would suggest that some attempt should be made to get Into the clearing-house. If there was plenty within and peac e w ith ou t with the Bank of England, he thought it would be better to extend those - peaceful relations with other banks, and he would suggest that ionic attempt elwaltl 1?e gutde to accomplish that object. . . ~, No. 16,679. LON DON ) THURSDAY , ~,, .. „ ~. ~ ~. ~.,, NE N G ,-. .%..., 9 The Custastas th a t persevering become members. - e clearing-house, but all they c ould at present: do Was to knock l ily a t th e door until they.did, as he was sure they ultimately would; n a d m ission. Then with regard to the sugg estion respecting charitie did not with it to go forth to the sh areholders . that their money appropr i a t e d w ith ou t their consent to purpos es to which they m a tt e mpts had been ma de to which the busines west strictly applic a ble. lie did not, howe ver, *is! ' it to g 9 ferul e Christian public that the direc tors did not sometimes smuggtortion of their cash for the relief of misfortune and unexpected c aty. —( L aug ht er an d cheers.) Mr. KEmesreensed to exprese his thanks Mr the manner in vote of thanks t o s ectors for their conduct, and to include in that Tote the name of NhapmauSwho, although young in the manage- Ought to be increase manage ment, was enainenSmitled to the respect and go od -will of the she bank had been conducted , and to move a shareholders: He coincided in the opinion t hat the directory tors, among whom tom of 2,500/. were divided. for enlarging th sec t ors ., The motion havirs en secon d e d. Mrs LEVY said, th e t h oug ht i t wou ld be better that any pro posalHe found that there were navr thixteen tion for the sereicef th e gen tl emen now constituting th e board, should come free th e h oar d itself. H e thought thatliabl they were gcntlan o f too hi g h character to be e to any false smstti o n respecting the i r motives.. was sure' they 'ould not he mealy-mo uthed: —(Loud and fsr increasing the compensa- Ile tion When t 1 wanted money they had not hesitated to ask for it.—(No, no; thing has ever emanated Irom the board.)— whis circulation and give it eff ect.—(Cries of All there was a whisr—(l.aughter)—and there were always friends ready, to put a Panto "No, no.") Mr. WARREN Objeetithat there were insuffi e l en t statements of the expenses of the brancisnks s and proceeded during the e x p ression of much disapprobation, State that he had understood that an advance of from 1,0001. to 2,4/. had been made to the managers of the different banks, and 1 was not surprised at it when he saw the elegant mansions while were engaged for those branch banks; but he thought tills altogetsr unnecessary when lie observed the little business that was doe at those branch banks.. Ile thought that whenever a vacancy ii the direction occurred, a special meeting ought to be convened, s that it might be tilled up by the votes of the shareholders. Mr. Tin had read Of man of one idea, and there was an illus tration of the fact in theiresent instance. He had heard the gen . tleman who had just sat lowa snake the same speech three times over within the last fortrght, and always with the same result, and that was, that he cencludd without a seconder. And with regard to the suggestion of an alteration in the direction, so that each and all should be subjected to occlusion from office for a twelvemonth, it was both inconvenient, inexpedient, and illegal. From the nod of the solicitor he' was convinced that such was the case. He thought that the naninstio new directors was most properly left is the) , , evisjStatseetaea givetrlsv-theiii; tor one was quite ready to give lus cordial assent and Support to any motion which had that ob ject.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN had done his best to cleanse other bodies from the evil of self-election, and no one had a greater objection to such a plan ; but the deed of settlement bound the 'directors to the system, and by that means they retained the services of the most efficient men. The gentletnan who had just sat down had displayed a total ignorance of the whole business of the bank. With respect to the exclusion of gentlemen front office, he could assert that there was only one bank in England which followed that plan —he meant that of Preston—and he believed that a worse clause had never been • • inserted in any deed than that which compelled that bank to pursue such a course. As to what had fallen from Mr. Warren concerning the indolence of the directors; he thought 'a sufficient reply had been given by the terms of the report, but he might ffirther state that the directors were responsible for the conduct of the branch banks as well as for that' of the principal establishment. Three directors sat every day during working hours as a committee, and' once every week the whole board met to revise their proceedings, and he could assure the proprietor that if he inquired more closely he would' find that, instead of the directors being a set of drons+s, who consumed the honey of the bees, they were very industrious peorle. The motion for the thanks•of the shareholders to the Chairman and directors was then passed unanimously. - • John Esdalle, Esq., Sir John Kirkland, and John Stewart, Esq., who went out of the direction by rotation were then re-elected. Mr. WARREN then proposed that the 48th clause of the deed of set tlement, which allowed the directors the right of electing members of their board in the case of a temporary vacancy, should be expunged. The CHAIRMAN said that the motion wovld, if carried, alter the constitution of the Company, and that notice ought to have been given beforehand. Mr. WARREN said he hadinquired of the Secretary whether such notice was necessary or not, and had been informed that it was not. After Some conversation and after great opposition, at the request of the board of directors the motion was put, and with the exception of the mover and seconder, it was unanimously negatived. Thanks were then moved to Mr. Gilbert, the general manager, and to the several gentlemen who were managers of the different establishments. In seconding this proposition, a SHAREHOLDER said that as this was a day for 'complaints he should complain also, not of the directors or the chairman, but of the proprietary ; for if the shareholders exhibited as much zeal and energy in bringing accounts to the bank, as the directors had shown, the affairs of the Company, prosperous as they were, would be more prosperous still. The motion was passed unanimously and with much applause. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman with acclamation. Mr. 1'; M. STEWART begged to thank them for the very handsome complinient which they had just paid him. So long as he held a seat at that board he should always be happy to give his best services ti wards the interest of the shareholdt rs. The Hen. Gentleman concluded amidst groat applause and the meeting seperated. BRISTOL and EXETER RAILWAY. BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.— The half-yearly General Meeting of the proprietors of this Company was held yesterday, at the White Li m, Broad-street, at one o'clock. The chair was taken by James Gibbs, Esq., chairman of the board of directors. The SECRETARY read the following report " The amount of Rent and and Share of Toll stated by the Great Western Railway Company to be due to this Com pany for the half-year ending on the 13th of December last, is as follows viz : Fixed rent of the line from Bristol to Exeter, from the 14th of June to the 13th of De cember, 1845, at 71,9571. a year £35,978 10 0 Share of toll on 305,599 pas sengers, conveyed 9,633,927 miles, at id. per mile £10,035 6 10 On merchandise, 59,174 tons 7 cwt. 3 qrs. 10 lbs., equal to one ton conveyed 2,423,766 miles, at id. per ton per mile 2,524 15 2 12,560 2 0 48,538 12 0 " The gross earnings on our line during the year 1845, were very nearly 190,0001. " The arrangements for encouraging traffic by return tickets, and a liberal reduction of fares of passengers and carriage of goods, adopted by the lessees of the liee, have operated the more favourably upon our proportion of toll, as it has not been subject to any corresponding abatement, and does not therefore contribute to the increased ratio of work ing expenses. After deducting the balance of income-tax, it will be seen that the last half-year's revenue does not justify any present increase of dividend; and your diectors therefore re commend to you to declare the usual dividend of 11. Bs. per share on the 15,005 whole shares, free of income-tax, for the half-year ending on the 6th of April next. ,‘ Interest on the deposit of 2/. per third share, to the date of the second call (the 15th of January), will be remitted to the proprietors who stood registered for these shares at the closing of the books on the 21st of February. " Under the authority of your resolution of the 28th of August last, measures have been taken for obtaining in the present session of Parliament an Act for constructing a branch from Yeovil to Crewkerne, with a view to secure the traffic from that Dart of Somerset and Dorset. " The Bill has been read a second time. The cost of this branch will be provided for out of the capital authorised by the Act of last session. " Agreements for the purchase of land for the branches to Clevedon, Tiverton, and Yeovil, are in acive progress, and in a short time contracts for some of the works will be adver tised. " The difficulty of procuring adequate engineering assist ance during last autumn, precluded greater promptitude in these arrangements, except at an extravagant expense, and at great risk of their being perfect. " The construction of a branch to the city of Wells has been postponed until the issue of other measure shall be as certained, which have been proposed for the supply of rail way accommodation to that district. " The Bill for the North Devon Railway, based on the ar rangements adopted and confirmed by you at your last half yearly meeting, is now before Parliament ; and it is hoped that the acknowledged importance of that undertaking, and the unusual degree of support which it has received from the landed proprietors, will secure its success. " A draft of this Bill, as well as that for the branch to Crewkerne, will be submitted to a special general meeting. " The Bill for for the Cornwall Railway is fully expected to pass into a law in the present session. The alterations re commended by the engineer, in accordance with the sug gestions of the Committee of the House of Lords, both for general improvement of the line and fur facilitating the com munication between the two counties, having called for an increase of capital, your directors could not hesitate to agree to subscribe for your proportion of the new shares in that Company, and a resolution will accord ugly be submitted to you to confirm the subscription for 1,500 half-shares, at 251. each. "The opening of the South Devon Railway is still delayed : but the directors of the Company confidently expect that a portion of the line will be available for public traffic in the early part of the summer. "The instalments paid on your 4,000 shales in that under taking, including a call of 10/. per share on the 25th of January last, amount to 140,000 e " The Exeter and Crediton Railway, under lease to this Company, will be opened within the present year; and there is every reason to believe that it will be beneficial to this Company. " Parliamentary authority for the lease has been given in the Act of Incorporation. The 301. per share remaining to be called for upon your 100!. shares, being reserved for pay ing off the loan notes as they successively fall due, and a portion of these being payable on the 21st of the present month, a call has been made for Si. per share, payable on the 18th. " A resolution will be submitted to you to empower the directors to borrow on debenture the sum authorised by the Act passed in the las t session for c onstructing branches. "On the subject o f the re j ected p ro visional agreement for a perpetual lease of y our line to the Gr eat Western Company at of a th r e en l t Bt e h f ha o rg Fb charge, you r directors ref e r t o th e i r special report February, a copy of which h as b een sent to every registered prop rietor. rillart.te Frederickrlydepu Ricketts, for so man y y ears c h a i rman, and deputy Chairman, of this Company, having re signed, your directors have elected in his stead, as their col league, Mr. James Hibbert Wanklvn, of Manchester. .. A very short period elapses before you have an oppor tunity of confirming the choice of the board, as, iu the room of Mr. Ricketts, he is one of the four who retire by rotation. " The other three are Messrs. W. D. Wills, William Mor gan, and Francis Parker, whe are also candidates for re election. " It was heretofore your 'wish to reduce the number of maximum of twelve; and resignation or death, that but recently a desire has object bsejeens c. directors atecxahi; to acrsei es ssbeedi,3e the an by Parliamentary curpllticaanumi many r e eo n vdf t i ,e a tw r bh y y:e proprietors to restore the maximum of sixteen. " In this proposition your directors readily concur, and it remains for you, if you approve this measure, to elect three gentlemen duly qualified for the offic e . n show you that the balance 1,277/. 135.. 3d. of December, 1845, was hThehee smtbankers'aottei statement ftoorf bands, on h the accounttadoption et will of the report was being moved when I was obliged to close my parcel. I have the best authority fur saying that yesterday deputations from the joint Committees of Manchester and Bristol had a long intervi‘w with the Directors, the object being to arrive at an amicable adjustment of the several matters in dispute.. 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The following particulars are from an authentic source, and may be considered correct : —Mates, second-masters, assistant-surgeons (confirmed), and passed clerks, to have one epaulette and a separate mess place ; masters, surgeons, and pursers to have two epaulettes ; lieutenants to have an anchor on the epaulette; commanders to have a crown on the epaulette; cap tains, under three years' past rank, to have a crown and anchor — above that rank a star in addition; rear, vice, and full admirals to have an alteration in the arranganent of the stars on the epaulettes, and In addition to the band of gold lace on the cuff, to have one, two, or three embroidered gold stars; according to the rank of the oilaors. • MARCH 6, 1846. place, -when the deputation submitted their unilizzauni for the consideration of the Directors. I am informed that the greatest good feeling on both sides was manifested at this interview, but the particulars will not be known till the discussion, which will take place after my parcel leaves Bristol by the express train. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting was held, by adjournment, on Tuesday, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. There was a very full attendance of subscribers, and considerable interest was manifested in the proceedinge. The otject of the meeting was to elect directors in place of those who retire by rotation, to appoint auditors, and to transact other general business of the Company. Mr. THOMAS GILL, M.P., was in the chair ; and among the directors present were Messrs. Gibbs, Millar, Fry, Coll, Hanker, St. Aubyn, Woolecombe, John Randle, Barlow, Jones, Shapland, Col. Harris, &c. Mr. Brunel, the engineer to the Company, was likewise present, as was else Mr. Samuda, the patentee of the atmot pheric system cf traction. The SECRETARY having read the notice of meeting, and the resolution of adjournment passed at the pro forma Meet ing, held on Saturday, The CHAIRMAN said, in commencing the few observations that he should offer upon the objects of their meeting that that had obliged him top ostpone the meet .day, important day. They were aware that individually hehadvery occasion t impor t e n t a t h r a y t in time to have been present, and knowi . n w t s il s atl r i i a g t h n that there were several important matters to be brought for duhteiesshtoo ward about that period, the directors, who had been similarly not, consistently with those duties, have left Lond n on o. ualdttennclottioc,e a t n .lin d eg he could situated with himself, thought that the best course would be to postpone the meeting u ntil the p resent time. He hoped that it had not caused incon venience to any party; if it had it would give him pain to have been the occasion of it. He would new allude to the present financial position of the Company. The directors had made calls, as they were aware, up to the present period to the extent of 351. upon each share, amounted to IROOOOi. When he last had th e a nd which am ..,...., , Lieu' epaulet" to avow making the Irst call upon the shareholders, and they bad accordingly taken measures with that view by advertising fur loans of money on debentures at 4 per cent. He had reason to be lieve at that time, and in which opinion he believed most present on that occasion agreed with hint, that they would have been able to obtain a sum of money quite adequate to their wants, thus rendering it quite unnecessary to make an other call upon the proprietors for that purpose. Unfortunately from the state of the n oney market they had been disap pointed in their expectations. They need not be reminded, that for some time previous—in fact, during the whole of last summer, railway speculation had acquired a point at which it had never before attained ; in short, it had correctly been stated that railway speculation had gone mad. Money was therefore conceived to be more valuably apprcpriated than it could be in the way he had referred to ; and failing, as the measure they had adopted had, it would fully explain the reason why they had made the call in November. He had the satisfaction of saying, notwithstanding the abort notice of the call, it had been responded to in a manner which had served in a great measure to relieve their anxiety lest it should have proved inconvenient. It would, he be lieved, be greatly to their satisfaction to hear the rea sons-, which bad made it necessary to make calls for money so repeatedly. The state of the works had exhibited very considerable improvement, and the expenditure had of course been proportionably large; but he had the satisfaction of saying, although the sum of 700,0001. had been drawn, a portion had been found neces sary in order to make the necessary deposits with the Ac countant-General for those schemes in which the Company had embarked under the sanction of a public meeting of the shareholders, and that had taken a sum equal to 90,000/. They had done that, with a balance in hand at the close of the year, of between 20,0001. and 30,000/., which showed that they had spent up to this period a sum not exceeding 590,000/. He believed he might say with confidence, and in that statement all his colleagues would join, that notwith standing the largeness of the calls, and notwithstanding they had not yet been enabled to give any public evidence of the progress of the works by any demonstration of the working of the line, yet there was every reason to believe that the undertaking would be completed within the amount of the subscribed capital as described in the Act. The Chairman then entered into avariety of other statements', embracing the principal features noticed in the report. He described the nature of the reports which had been circulated to the prejudice of this line, and the animus of which was quite apparent. He hoped that the line by the ordinary locomotive mode of traction would be opened to Teignmouth in May, and as shortly afterwards as practicable to Newton. A variety of questions were then asked the Chairman, and satisfactorily answered ; they were principally in refer ence to the atmospheric system of traction. Mr. C. STRPHENs, of London, made some observations, with a view of ascertaining the probable loss to the Com pany should the system which they proposed trying prove a failure, and should the undertakings to which they had lent their support not answer the expectations of the promoters He had every confidence in the directors but he asked these questions as a commercial man, to test ate value of his pro-ie rty and the nature of the contingencies to which it was bject. The Citantstast repliA that the greater part of the iron for c l 4O t wliole line was purchased and paid for, and they had •tarted to the other undertakings from the certainty of their paying. Mr. SAMUDA then entered into' a variety of details prov ing the excellence of the atmospheric system of traction. The retiring directors were then re-elected, as were the auditors, and a vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. The following is the ENGINEER'S ItEPORT " Gentlemen,—lt is with great regret that I have again to report to you upon the general state of the works, without at the same time congratulating you upon the completion and opening of any portion of the liue, although I feel that no exertion has beau wanting on my part to attain that ob ject, and that the delay has arisen from a variety of causes to which such works are always liable, and which are be yond the control, and to a great extent beyond the foresight of any engineer. " Upon that part of the line nearest to Exeter, which we had hoped to have opened last summer, the works are not what can at all be termed, in an engineering point of view, either heavy or difficult of construction, nevertheless at almost every point we have been dependent upon circum stances over which we have had no control. " Under the provisions of the Act almost every step has been subject to the jurisdiction of Government departments and private interests to adopt our works, which has involved frequent and harassing delays, and the successive stages of the work have, moreover, been always dependent upon the weather and the season, against the effect of . which in postponing certain portions at one time and interrupting the supplies of materials at others it has been impossible to proceed. In the hopes which I at one time entertained of an early completion of this portion of the line I calculated upon the ordinary effects of these causes. In these hopes 1 have been disappointed, and having made the utmost exer tions in my power, I could only share in your disappointment in the results. " These disappointments are, however, I trust, now draw ing to a close, and we now may safely calculate upon opening the line to Teigumouth, and probably soon after to Newton. " These delays in the completion of the works have given rise to numerous and somewhat industriously circulated reports of difficulties and serious impediments, which have no doubt added to the anxiety and disappointment of those interested in the success of our undertaking, but I am happy to soy that the connexions of these reports has been almost in re verse ratio of their number. " No difficulties except those productive of delay have occurred in the slightest degree affecting the stability of the works or the ultimate successful working of the line. " It would be impossible to refer to the numerous sources of alarm which have been suggested, and therefore it is ht possible to meet them in detail, but I believe you will be satisfied with my assurance, corroborated as it must be by your own frequent personal inspection of the line—that all those works between Exeter and Newton, to which the attention of the public has so frequently been drawn as ex posed to injury from the sea, have been constructed sub stantially, have resisted successfully that to which they arc exposed, and are well calculated to afford a perfectly safe, convenient, and I May add agreeable road for the public. "No part of these works have ever, during their construc tion, suffered wore than ordinarily occurs to all works ex posed to the action of water, and rails arc laid for nearly the whole length of that part so reported, and promises to 'be as good and as substantial a railway as any that have yet been ! constructed. "In the employment of a new system—l refer to the at- ' mosphoric—delays will unavoidably occur, and in my desire to profit by the experience of the Croydon Railway, ✓ I have intentionally, and I think wisely, postponed some matters of detail, which has caused a considerable delay in the comple tion of this part of the machinery necessary for an opening. The success of this system upon the Croydon Itailw,,y has fully confirmed me in the view I entertained of its applica bility to this railway, and I deliberately repeat my opinion that I entertain no doubt whatever that you will be perfectly satisfied with the result. " The delay which I have referred to in the fixing of the ma chinery, has induced you to consider the propriet y of running passenger trains for a period with locomotives. 'This can be done with perfect facility, and will not interfere with the completion of the atmospheric apparatus. "Arrangements will be immediately made for effecting this object. "Upon the rest of the works of the line to Plymouth the works are in a much more forward state than appears to be generally supposed—a considerable portion will be ready to receive the permanent way in the summer, and the whole, except at Plymouth itself; is proceeding very satisfactorily. "At Plymouth, as you are aware, we are waiting the deci sion of Parliament upon some proposed improvements on the line.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obe dient servant, "1. K. BRUNEL." state they were not successful in obtaining to an amount at all commOnsurate with their wants, and no alternative was then left hut to follow the course which they reluctantly adopted. It is gratifying to state that this call was in ge neral responded to by the shareholders with the greatest punctuality. " In regard to the several projects for lines in which the Company is interested, and for which Bills are now before Parliament, your directors have no further information to convey than that which was communicated in their report of the 30th August, and is the proceedings of the special meet ing of the 11th November. With the exception of the Ash burton and South Devon Junction, and the Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railways, all of them are still before the Committee of Standing Orders. " It would now be the duty of your directors to allude to the state and progress of the works upon the line, but as a detailed report has been prepared by your engineer, they be lieve that they will beit consult your wishes by referring you to that document for the desired information. " Whilst they cannot but partake of the general feeling of disappointment which they regret to find is so preValent at the delay which has occurred in opening the - line between Exeter and Newton, that feeling would have been greatly increased did they not feel conscious that no want of atten tion or of exertion on their part has been instnnnental in causing that delay, and that it is to be attributed to circum stances which they could neither have contemplated nor pre vented. They have the satisfaction of believing also, that however disappointing the delay may have been, it will vet, in the greater perfection and security of the works, ulti mately prove advantageous to the interests of the Company. "Your directors cannot be surprised that the attacks with which both the South Devon Railway and - the atmospheric system of traction have been so perseveringly assailed, should have indueed many persons to suppose the one to be very defective and insecure, and the other to have proved a total failure. But they believe that it would not be difficult to trace the exaggerated statements and perversions of fact which have constantly appeared in certain publication?, to insidious attempts of parties inte rested in decrying the one and suppressing the other. Your directors would not however have deemed it necessary to bestow any notice on such mis-statellterjAialtfacttl2 op ooluerajnetc7artittruinislied: confidence in the atmospheric *Slain of traction, and of assuring them that the prejudice which has been raised against that part of the line which passes over the sea beach, is entirely destitute of truth: of this the public will themselves shortly be enabled to judge. "Confident as your directors continue to be of the succes ful working of the atmospheric system, the unforseen delays which may occur, where many of the minor but necessary de tails are still experimental, have suggested the expediency of taking the advantage of the early summer traffic by running passenger trains with a locomotive engine on the line as far as Teignmouth. " Tour directors consider that this may be done, not only inexpeniv , ly and with little or no interruption to the pro gress of the atmospheric arrangements, but with considerable advantage to the Company. _ •" In conclusion your directors have to report that the Great Western Railway Company have appointed Mr. George Jones to be a director in the place of Mr. W. S. Jacques, deceased. " In conformity with the 88th clause of the Act of Incor poation, the following directors retire by rotation, but are duly qualified for re-election :—Mr. Gill, Mr. Cole, Lord Courtenay, and Mr. Fox ; and it will be the duty of this meeting, under the 108th clause of the Act of Incorporation, to proceed to the election a two auditors for the ensuing year. " THOMAS GILL, Chairman." THE RUSSIA COMPANY. The anniversary dinner of this important commercia corporation was held on Monday, at the London Tavern and was attended by a large number of influential gen tlemen connected not only with the interests of the company itself, but with the most extensive commercial, financial, and political establishments in the city of London. Mr. William Astell, the governor of the company, was in the chair ; and on his right sat his Excellency Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador ; on his left were the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and the Chairman of the East India Company. The following distinguished persons at tached to the Russian embassy, and the other gentlemen, whose names are well known as instru mental in maintaining the good understanding so essen tial to the welfare of both nations, were also present: — M. de Berg, M. de Kalergi, M. de Koudriaffsky, Baron Nicolay, Colonel Romauoff, Captain Schwabe, Lieute nants li , lbaen, Sokoloff, Evodomikotf, Abroscoff, Pan kratieff, Alexandroff, Barbouresko, Colonel Jackson, the Russian Consul, Mr. George Lennox Conynghatn, Mr. J. G. S. Lafaire, Mr. J. Bidwell, Captain Thornt,o, - R.N., Governor and Deputy-Governor - of the Baulk, Governor and Deputy-Governor of the East India Co it pany, Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr. E. Harman, Mr. B. Hawes, M.P., Mr. A. Paris, Mr. E. Gower, Mr. A. L. Gower, Mr. J. 11. Astell, Lieute-ColonelAstell, Mr. Braysher, Collector of +hat-Majesty's Customs, Mr. T. Tooke, Mr. W. Tooke, Mr. W. Little, Mr. J. Little, Colonel Colquhoun, Mr. R. Fall, Mr. W. Gladstone, Mr. T. Cope, &c. The toasts of " The Queen," and of " The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," were drunk with all the tokens of the mast ardent sincerity and enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN said, that on all occasions of the meeting of that Company, it was felt essential to pay a tribute to another sovereign of great eminence, whose favour was of inestimable value to that ancient corpo ration—established as it had been in 1556—he meant the Emperor of all the Russias. It was with peculiar pleasure that he called upon the company to join him in drinking " Health to that illustrious sovereign." The toast was responded to with much cordiality. ' The CIIIIEM kN next proposed " The health of Baron Brunnow," and declared that, not only the Russia Com pany, but the country at large, were indebted to his Ex cellency for the able manner in which he seconded his imperial master's desire to preserve relations of amity with Great Britain, and to secure the peace of Europe. Baron BRUNNOW returned thanks for the honour that had been conferred upon him, and expressed his grest gratification at the cordiality with which the toast had been received by the company. He assured them that it was with the greatest pleasure he availed himself of all opportunities of meeting with the merchants of London, for whom he entertained so high a respect and esteem. His Excellency then congratulated the company upon the cordial and friendly relations subsisting between his Sovereign and the Queen of Great Britain, and upon the growing pros perity of those commercial interests so essential to the welfare of both empires, and concluded by proposing. " The health of the Governor of the Russia Company." Mr. ASTELL returned thanks, and said, that frequently as it had been his lot to return thanks for a similar com pliment, at no time had it been more grateful than now, when the interests of both countries were so essentially promoted by the zealous efforts of the illustrious noble man on his right to cement and perpetuate the union. He begged to repeat his thinks for the honour they had done him. _ _ The CHAIRMAN at his next rising said that heretofore tha Russia Company had had reason to rejoice in the presence of her Majesty's Ministers, but at present they were engaged in the important duty of recording the thanks of Parliament to those whose exertions had caused the victories of the east to be wafted to the west. lie would not speak of the Members of the Govern ment as absent friends, but as gentlemen of great talent, great honour, and to whom the country was mach in debted. They were now called upon to discharge their duty under very difficult circumstances. The eyes only of Englaml, but of Europe, were upo n Sir Robert not bert Peel and his colleagues , and he heartily wished them health and happiness u nder their arduous undertak ing.—(Cheers.) s The e Go n proposed " The health of Mr. rina it with the expression o f th e nr prefacingtcon nex t sentiment that the representatives and the constituency of the city of London were equally to be envied in their relation to each other. Mr. MASTERNAN, in returning thanks, assured the I company that he would never be found wanting. in humble efforts to discharge the duties which his high trust imposed upon him. G o T v h e e rn n o r e xt of tt he B t a w n a k s ," 0 fE T n h g e l a G n d o ; $: rannodr for and w t i ) r ' J. B. Heath returned thanks. The " health of the Chairman of the East India Com pany" having been drunk, Sir H. WiLLoca returned thanks, and took occasion to say that the intelligence of the recent events in India had been received with mingled feelings of pain and sa because all th e endeavours ofth t e he Ea c r India Company, of the home Government, and of the local authorities in India, which had been directed to the preservation of peace, with a view to develope the resources of the country, had been thwarted by the invasion of the Seikhs— but gratification at the brilliant result of the contest, and the renewed credit it reflected upon the British arms. Sir Henry then paid a tribute to the Russian Autocrat for his successful efforts, in conjunction with those of the Queen of Great Britain, to preserve the peace of Europe, and concluded by characterising the capital of St. Petersburgh as the seat of hospitality. " The healths of Mr. Edward Harman and Mr. henry Cayle)," Here drunk, and acknowledged in appropriate terms. _ _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of a distin guished nobleman, who combined in his own person the service of half the sovereigns of Europe—the Duke of Wellington.—(Cheers.) That illustrious man was a field marshal in the army of Russia ; and it was appro priate, in the presence of the representative of the ruler of that great empire, to drink the health of him - whom posterity would recognise as the hero of the 19th century The toast was drunk with three times three, followed (upon the invitation of Baron Brunnow, as officially an nounced) by one cheer more. The Chairman then resolved into a toast, which was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm—" The motto of the Russian Company—peace, amity, and concord between Great Britain and Russia," and the company then broke up. MARGATE, MARCH 3.—A sale cf lan took place at the York Hotel, Margate, yesterday by public auc d tion, the land by no means of a first-rate character ; the land all arable, seine on the cliff, anti of course subject to the blight of the emit vtind ; anti although no farm buildings are attached to the land, and no fear part b neiew ng available for building ;s o much do the agriculturist the tariff, that the land eag erl y fetched 781. per acre. G R AYESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The fol lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending Feb. 28 : —Fasten cers, 5,506 ; amount received, 1361. 175 6d. ALassca's.—We have reason to believe that the Lather s ratronesses do not prpose to give a series el' these popular rfurtion, previous to Easter, u as was aIIIIOI.IIIC4XL ASHFORD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. A lecture on the "Art and Science of Political Economy" was delivered on Thursday evening last at the Mechanics' Institution in this town, to a c: owded meeting of its mem bers, by the Rev. John Ductoe s ßeestra - Wareliorne. The `Rev. Leeturer übzerrretr tEht the science to which Ise was about to call their attention was usually spoken of as one of the most modern. This was only in part true, as its novelty consisted in the arrangement of well known facts. The advance in chemistry, matheinatics, and natural philosphy in modern times was held sufficient to constitute them new sciences, and yet the greatest inno vations were regarded as improvements. lie considered the name of Political Economy a disadvantage, and unfor tunately chosen and calculated to lead to incorrect notions. Adam Smith has designated his work a treatise on the "Wealth of Nations." Others have described Political Economy . as the "Science of Exchanges;" and again it has been proposed by others to designate' it the "Philosophy of Commerce." It is plain, however, said the .Rev. Gentleman, that this most important branch of science has for its o'sject to ascertrin the philosophical principles of juris- prudence, and, in the circumstances of man's externel con dition, to point out that the most effectual plan for the advancement of human improvement and happiness is to conform to the principles and that order of things recom mended by nature. Of the truth of these remarks en lightened men seem now to be generally convinced; for the most celebrated works which have 'been produced in different countries of Europe, by Adam Smith, liiiskisson, Ricardo, Turget. Quesnai, liecearia, and others, have aimed at the improvement of•society by this means. After speak ing with much force on the importance and utility of the science, and pointing out - 4 wsalrh" AS having no more necessary connexion with avarice or sordid selfishness than the inquiries of the physiologist and the chemist respecting the organs of digestion and absorption of nutriment with gluttonous excess, the lecturer remarked that nations the most ignorant and poor, and tribes the most savage, are as prone to avarice as any others. After noticing and refuting the opinions of those who contend that a poor country is more favourably situated for virtue than a rich one, be e t e and to its b e an evil, i t t o ss s- a h st ill that ne e c v e e s t e l ai if y w to ea s it t h ud w y e i r t e s a n d a n ju i r t production, the causes which promote or impede its in crease, and the laws which regulate its distnbution, jt.it as bodily diseases are made the subject of laborious and minute inquiry by physicians, with a view to their cure. The Rev. Gentleman then made some striking and valuable re. • marks on the prevailing fallacies connected with common sense and experience, in order to prove that men in general give their testimony in favour of the former in those cases only where they themselves have nothing else to trust to — resorting to systematic study—to rules of art and science in those of which they-respectively possess the knowledge. The 'sailor, for instance, would laugh at the' idea of navi gating a ship by common i sense; so woola eass-architect in in the treament of diseases. .I.47sii;Ograrr'd-s-experlegeiritch:lllecturer adduced some beautiful and interesting illustrations to prove that time alone does not necessarily confer experience, nor carrying on business one way necessarily confer experience in another, and that the idea of enlightening incorrect reasoners by giving them more knowledge is like the tale of the school-boy making a flat roof and laying on more straw to prevent the rain soaking through. His more intelligent companion saw a new arrangement was wanting. Straw is also wanting, but no quantity will supply the want of knowing how to build. After dwelling on anatomy, and physiology, as fur nishing a most important part of natural theology, he ad verted to the practical success which is invariably found in proportion to the scientific knowledge men possess, arid added, the more these sciences were studied, the more light is thrown on the wisdom of contrivance which the structure of organized bodies displays—inferences which he thought were obvious, although, perhaps, not really more clear and valid than in any other. In the beautiful words of the poet, "All nature is but art unknown to thee, All chance direction which thou can't sot see." If, then, order and regularity prevail in the material world (lie continued), equally do they predominate throughout moral and intellectual existences. An attentive inquirer would perceive a no less admirable apparatus for the pro gress of society. The Rev. Gentleman proceeded to notice the division of labour, and the co-operation which is required before a single pin can be made and brought to market, and the many thousands of workmen necessary to provide the coarse, rough coat of the day-labourer in a civilized community. Who then could venture to es ti ma t e th e number of people who combine their labour before a large city is supplied with provisions and the useful objects they enjoy? After quoti ng one o f th e most profound thinkers and powerful reasoners of the present age, to show with what ease this wonderful and important end is accomplished by private interest, operating on the numerous class of wholesale, and more especially retail traders—a mechanism which no wisdom of man can direct so well, he said " no wisdom of man," for in this instance, as in most others. there are the same works of contrivance and design, with a view to a beneficial end, which we admire in other branches of Natural Theology; nay, it tended more to ex cite our admiration to contemplate rational agents co-ope rating, not by gravitation and impulse like inert matter, but by motives addressed to the will—presenting to the reflective mind a branch of Natural Theology more striking than any other. " The heavens do indeed declare the glory of God," and the human body is " fearfully and wonder fully made ;" but if the phenomena connected with man as a rational agent and a member of society were as well understood as Anatomy and Physiology, it would exhibit even mere striking marks of Divine wisdom than we hays any knowledge of. After a few striking remarks en what is called pure and uncultivated ; nature, in remote and •sequestered • districts:-son those who speak of the manly a'irtu' and practical wisdom of our rude and simple fore fathers, and regard vice as something imported from. thseged cities, smoky workshops, and bustling manufac tories, the lecturer went on to prove, at some length, that as tendencies to deceit, sensualitS; end all othgevices exist in all mankind in every state of society—a fact which men may learn from observation, conscientiousness, and Holy Writ—so the counteracting and restraining checks of pru dence, morality, and religion have the less or more sway, speaking generally, according as a community is more or less advanced from a state of rude and barbarian ignorance. He concluded that, as a general rule, advancement in "national wealth," which men are adapted fur and im pelled to promote by the Most High, must be favourable to moral improvement, and that they have by this means been designed to advance in virtue, and true wisdom, and happines. " But," continued the Rev. Gentleman, " lam very tar from thinking we have realised the advantages which increasing national wealth holds out as regards mora l, in tellectual, and religious advancement. It is certainly true our condition in this Wand is much improved, as compared with what it was when our Anglo• Saxon ancestors were first settled in it; yet I hor 'and trust those who follow us two or three centuries hence will look upon us as semi barbarians—that commerce between different countries, rendering them mutually dependent, will lessen their disposi tion to go to war—and that slavery and war (which, if Christianit v were heartily and generally embraced, would be entirely unknown) will, by the spread of civilization and just views of political economy, be banished from the earth." During the delivery of his lecture, of which the abh.veeitseda neagre outline, the 'Rev. Gentleman was frequently gre eted with warm applause, and he resumed his seat amid much sheering.—Kentish Gazette. DUTCH SPIRITS,—On a memotial, some time since, to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, by certain parties, importerts of geneva from Holland, praying relief in regard to the construction put by the officers of the reverlue, under the superintendence of the Customs' Depart ment, upon the recent act of the last session of Parliament, cap. 86, as applicable to spirits imported in glass bottles fur the purpose of re-exportation to the British colonies, the authorities received a communication from Mr. Cardwell, one of the secretaries to the Lords of the Treasury, stating that he has been coirmanded by their Lordships to convey to them their permission for directions to be issued allowing geneva to be imported in glass bottles, containing not more than three pints or 12 gills each. This privilege, it appears, had been permitted for a length of time previously to the Act mentioned coming into operation, which Act, in the opinion of the officers (prohibiting as it does, as a general rule, the importation of foreign spirits, unless in casks or other vessels., capable of containing liquids, each of such casks or other vessels being of the eize, or content of 20 gallons at the least, or in glass bottles or stone bottles not exceeding the size of quart bottles, and being really part of the cargo of the ship in which the game are imported, and included in the mani festin or other papers enumerating or descriptive of the cargo thereof), caused an objection to the continuance of sanctioning the privilege, Treasury in the matter, and as an the practice, and therefore un t t h il e ex proper authority front the they the i r d ec reception on e e l by j had sprung • important trade tip in conse quence of length of time the privilege had been threatenedper., with serious detriment, if not totalltte mined, extinction, w. ehtiandehlwas if the privilege were at once and suddenly withdrawn, the memorial in question to the Lords of the Treasury was rendered necessary, and which produced the sanction of their Lordships for the same to be continued to be permitted. The memorial of the parties alluded to referring only to the importation of the article in battles of the size mentioned for the purpose of exportation, a ques tion has recently been made by the revenue officers as to whether the Treasury order on the matter was to be deemed applicable to such and similar importations for home use equally as for exportation, and en application from the party concerned to the heads of the department requesting the delivery of a case of the spirit imported front Holland in glass bottles containing 8:1 gills each, detained by the revenue, officers as being each half a gill under the proper alae,, as restricted by the 63d section o f th e A ct 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 86, above quoted, it has been decided that the order of the Treasury, made in consequence of the former memorial on the subject to them, as before stated, is to be understood to include all importations of geneva front Holland, whether for home consumption or otherwise, and not to be restricted to importations of the article for the purpose of exportation only. This is of considerable importance ; and it is not im pro.bable that, as geneva is included amongst the list of article& on which it is intended that a reduction of duty to a con siderable extent shall shortly take place, the importation of the spirit for consumption in this country will be much in- creased. COLONEL WOOD, M.l'.—At a free-trade meeting, held on Tuesday in the Commercial Rooms, Chelsea, for the purpose of supporting feel's free-trade Ineaures, Colonel Wood, M.P., for Middlesex, attended, anti openly declared for a total and imme diate repeal of the corn-laws. SUICIDE OF A MERCHINT.—On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the Hampton-court Palace, Hampton-street. Newington, before Mr. Carter, on the body of Mr. John Shaw, as American merchant, who committed suicide by cutting his throat. under the following melancholy circumstances:—Elizabeth Finch. housemaid in the service of the deceased, who resided at No. 5. Walworth-terrace, deposed that her late master was a rnerct+ and had only been married eight weeks before the commission ti's_ rash act. For some weeks the deceased had been in a low. e l_e . ...p_o_h . ( . l : Mg state of mind, which witness believed was owing toti property nate gentleman believing that he should lose considerablea Pro in the event of In Hudson's Bay and other parts of North Anletricthe expected war with that country breakingooru._ boon after morn ing she took up to the deceased hot water . her hermistress t rrs i s le a d •c went the u p tto l deceased , ist edbut r E n e : i r " oo udt n n t hoe w at a ni e s se" l e- o ae c sr k e'. e t il lwV i a t i i ts sl ems e lt , there. The door of an adjeinlng r ( a o n , i . l e o re n a t knees, with Ids throat cut the ln i rd(.l dreadfulejca•eastesred,,nw, was sn s na d le i li s ,: c e o , : bi T ud r t e discovered hoopth.eidy "7'l;l:l:date. Witness went for Mr. BotlelV. insensible , suirg eo N) , :ista i ) i . o ienP: p g ' r ?f o ill ; ornezr:;b4l.l73 articulate . arrived. day. a Several witnesses, friends of the deceased, spoke to the state of his mind as having been much depressed and agitated for some time past, after which the jury returned a verdict oof'c'tlroencHk7trlaerlYT:EnnieLitCyENDlAßY FIRES NEAR BUCKINGHAM. —The sum of 2501. is offered for the conviction of the parties who set lire to the premises at Preston Bissell. 'rite County Fire-office offer 11)0/. for the conviction of the person who set lire to Mr. Janes Gough's premises, and 501. is offered by the inhabitants of Preston Bissett, and 1001. by her Majesty's Principal Secretary Of hitate, to be i;haahilitloeaatniytopteir,sesidiiwscloiyoesryhaallngdiac'oeusNuicelti ioitiinoirfntihattioinucintaidiaeryviodrenLeeiale. diaries who fired either of the separate properties in the occupation of Mr. Row, Mr. J. Gough, Mr. A. Irons, And Mr. John Markham, situate at Preston Bissell. A promise Is also held ant that the Secretary of State will recommend her Majesty's pardon to any ac complice, net being* the person who actually set fire to the pro perties, who will give the desired evidence. One ht the properties fired belonged to the Rev. John Risley, and two of them belonged to the Duke of Buckingham. A member of the metropolitan police three has been staying at Preston sire* the fires, with a view of tracing out the guilty parties • but at present no clue has been ob tained. Of late a number of game-law cases have originated at Preston Bissell, at the Instance of the Duke of Buckingham's game keepers, Mid it is believed that they have leil to the above tires. DIRECTORS' REPORT. Your directors submit to the shareholders the usual state ments of account for the half -3 ear, ending 31st December last, which show that the receipts and disbursements to the 31st June, amounted to— Iteceipts,.£32l,o66 19 0 And for the half-year ending 31st December, 237,432 0 0 £358,498 19 0 Payments, £272,127 8 3 And for the half-year ending Slat December, 248,814 13 7 Leaving a balance of £558,498 19 0 "Of the above balance 23,825/. were in deposit with the Accountant-General, and 13,731/. 17s. 2d either in bankers' hands, or invested in securities, at the date to which the ac counts are made up. " In considering the financial position of the Company to the' close of the year, it is necessary to observe that the in creasing progress of the works within the last six months has called for au enlarged scale of ex' enditure, and rendered it imperative upon your directors not only to make calls upon the shareholders as rapidly as the provisions of the Act of Incorporation would admit of, but also to make the amount of their last call greater than any which had preceded it. " From a desire to avoid as . far as possible any pressure upon the proprietary, your directors advertised in Novem ber last, for loans on debenture, at 4 per cent., but which however, owing to the mania for railway speculation, the evil of which was then beginning to be felt, they regret to