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The Right Honourable the Lords and others, Commissioners of this hospital, do hereby give notice, that they are ready to receive TEN . - C RS from and to treat with such persons as may be willing to 'TRACT for VICTUALLING the IN-PENSIONERS of the Said Hospital from Ist October, 1848, to 30th September, 1849, both days inclusive, for the following articles of PROVISIONS, viz.:— Beef or Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes (or an additional allowance of Bread instead of Potatoes), Salt, Oatmeal, Cocoa, and Sugar, at per her head per diem, for the whole ration, according to the established allowance of the house, as specified in a. Form of Tender, rhleh may be obtained upon application at the office of the Secretary, any day between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock, Which Tenders must be tilled up and delivered (sealed) at the Board room of the said Hospital, by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their behalf, on TUESDAY, the 12th Sep tember next, at One o'clock, at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same tato consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will be required to fird l _ i _ e curity for the d ue per f ormance o f t h e i r C on t rac t s , and:that 1,0 Tenders will be received after the hour above mentioned. GUILDHALL, 30TH AUGUST, 1845. T HE COMMITTEE for LET fIN G the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNLSDAY, the t th day of September nex t, a t O ne o ' c l oc k p rec isely, to receive T ENDERS.... foe LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from ch!telmas next, a House, N o . 11, o n the north side of Itroad•street 41.1d!ngs; a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street ;utldings; a House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street-build ings ; and a House, No. 38, on the south side of Upper Thames- Street. Also to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING LEASE for Eighty Years from Michaelmas, next, a large Plot of Ground on the east side of Puddle dock on the south side of Upper Th emes -street, and on the north side of the River Thames. Farther particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at tits Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS; Comptroller. 1.14 NWELL COLLEGIATE ; SCHOOL, • MIDDLESEX. Principal, the Rev. J. A. 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" 'r ol ll - Ettatnn 7 i3ltuare, London, at aQuarter to Nine in the Eve ng, with the Irish Malls, and from Chester at a Quarter to Pour +1 the M orning, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown (and Du b l i n ) a t a Q u arter to Sev en in th e Morning, and arriving at Kingstown about 4 ' 4 ,. 1f- Past Ten, Dublin time. i " „t From Euston-square, London, by Express Train , at Nine o'clock the Morning, and from Chester at a Quarter to Three in the Af ternoon, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown at a Quarter to Six in the Mme arriving at Kingstown about a Quarter past Nine, Dublin DUBLIN TO LONDON - . 1. From Kingstown at Half-past Eight in the Morning, Dublin ```", arriving at Chester at Ten minutes past Five, and in London R alf-past Ten In the Evening. 2 . The Admiralty Packet, with the Mails from Kingstown, at Half- L a st Eleven I n th e M o r n ing, reaching Holyhead shortly atter Two, Train in conjunction therewith leaving Holyhead at Twenty 17,,Mites past Six, arriving at Chester at Twenty-five minutes past I,4 3 _ l3 ni in the Evening, and in Loudon at a Quarter to Five the next g. Osilynthe Admiralty Packets and Mail Trains (as above) run on the Sunday. A ugust 12, 1846. pHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. The HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the Share rers of this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, 61, „ °° rgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of September, "L One o'clock precisely. ,rhe TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED on the 9th day of Sep '''Zber until after the Meeting. W. R. COLLETT, Chairman. 61, Lloorgate-street, August 30,1848. 'HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Asiatic Cholera, its dependence on the Electrical State of the At tu) , Phere. 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A R R I A G E. .114 One half the wend are desolately single, and the other ' s UPpoalog them married, questlonaisly contented. Diffidence, or a reuse et right determine the former, and miscaiculatea hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un- COMprositig harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness &ad social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour end . 1:e the compact ; justice demand that health should forma u item it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or th eLle e e s t wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if Mil concern v MO ur lit ul b you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little each 0n Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. refined (by "'et' stamps, IS. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively , qr prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy m %inter p r etation of their supposed contents, from obta inin g them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deek , ly interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on thtegeetiliaber areseublects, by unqualified authors, which alone or a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. e ach, by post le. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and ' .701(1 ," and " How to be Happy." They aro not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the there ephemeral ecribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's li fe, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob- S eryfutee of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he WoUld be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always ca the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of t herw ood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147 , Fleet - s treet ; Mann, . Cornhill ; Ralson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Irons the author (who may be conferred with personally, — .2 rt linf:s and evenings), In, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street ; and all ~.._ Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engra vin g s on Steel. ' 2l- PHYSICAL EfISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-I •IT CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARR IAGE. eyr Editioo enlarged to 196 pages. Just published , p rice 2s. 6d., or 1 by Post, direct from the Establishment , 3 s. 6 d. in p osta g e stamps, • ' JZIE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on ' . IT _ the intirmities and decay of the generative syste m, from ex ..7'ive Indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercur y , " , th remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis !talincations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. tuol .„,__ PERRY and CO., 19, Berners - stroet , Oxford - st reet, London. : - üblished by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; /Janney, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford - street ; St arie, 23, Titehbome- Street. Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Parr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive () Naas, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul- ' fence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental ~'.( l bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. at is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Palm 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in Te primary or secondary form, and conta ins ex p licit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse -at Mercury, are also clearly pointed out. T his section is illustrated 7 Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Parr IV. treats of the Prevention of DISCI:Se by a simple ap- Vilcation, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action 111 alinple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys it s,Power on the system. This important part of the Work should .e read I,y every Young Man entering into life. 14 kaT V. is devoted to the consideration of m arria g e, and its d ines. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically Inquired into. . TMICOB.DIAI, BALM or Svaiscum is exclusively employed in treat r,',t nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sic., Hs .and 335. per ~ft tle . The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic re medy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp /, 41 s, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 ls. and 335. per bottle. ~ Petty'.; Purifying Specific Pills, 23. Al., 4s. 6d., and Ils. par box, a •,ertir, .emedy in gonorrhcea,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. 51. Packets Zitlt advice to be had at the E.stablishment only, by which the fee, tit;Ll' saved. Attendance daily at 19, l le r ners-street, from Eleven ` aro. and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to Ole. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD - SQ UARE. I:II;•s,LAnitERT ON Tali SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH D MATURITY.—WITII 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS O N I w MEL. • Pablished, and may be had in French or English f , or in fo a rty Se - al tw et o l Envelope, as. 0d„ d„ or a tAulPs, post-free, from the au th o r, ELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of M arc , r a od nd uc m tiv a ti . li s •- 7 d et Infirmities ia a g n e d l D nf i e s il o c r i d t e o rs us o a f nTdoUtitnhp Y. usualltheacqseucired at an early r the the natural ▪ DitYaleal a y nd mental powers, diminish and enfe eble ti period of life, whic h enervate n k __exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with digestion, rvations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilii,:a and Indiges 0 , Zutther arising from these causes, close study, or taw; influence_ s f r p... .°Dical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, SyP et'ehili "44. and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from the - k mafn With Forty co loured Engravings, illustrating ---81 ,7, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re p roductive Organs, their stream es uses, and functions, and the various ...Juries that are produced in , them by solitary habits; excesses, and luf eotion. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D., 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. 13aet° r of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edln bmw .h. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order .sat it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could It be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap- Pointineuta. Excesses are always injurious ; the gift, which when used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when abused.the prol e scarce of mischief and of greater or less injury to the constitutional mid vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and consequence of whisli this Treatise professes to dilate, _ate Productive of gr ea t er sever ity of misery to the human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the AuutentY and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of their relative con di t i ons in health an d di sea se. It deservedly reqh. of u i r es the closest a tt en ti on an d study, for what subject can of the Importance than the preservation of the healt h ;77 -- Physical capabilities of which every man should by possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy ivinctimearlyoftw exe or ft cee siv o e m iadulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plYing to a qualified Physician for relief. Shame and the dread so Lreq beyo u n e d nU th y e , rbetteh or erzoncously entertained that these complaints are art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking Wr assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he targets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse,gion of the requisite legal ,qualifieations that he is entitled to esteem and respect In his profes a'onal pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. L'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas sea tity, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a gas,-antes for hie professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Publiiiiied by the Author, and may bo had of Kent and Richards, !12, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie Tichborne street, Haymarket ; M ansell, Fleet - street; Gordon, 146, London.; or, free by post for forty-t w o st am p s , fga l"d es e ir all a Author, r t who may be consulted on these disorders personally by Utter, drilly,from Tea till Two, and from Five till. Eight, at his swage. 37. Redford-inuare, London. 3 d1101.1 as .Duero <~~~ ~:. ~~: . Nd.17 ) 45i.] LONDON THURSDA - V '°%,1:41177.1 I , VICHOLLS and PARKINSON'S DONCAS- L ST. LEGER SWEEPS, open to all the world. Divided First Second Th•rd Among Amon; Horse. Horse. Horse. starters. non-ditto. X. s. X. X. X. X. X. 12,000 at 5 0 .. 20,000.. :0.000.. 10.000 .. 10,000 .. 10,000 12,000 at 2 0.. 10,000.. 5,000.. : , ,0)0 .. 3,000 .. 3,000 12,00 C at 1 0 .. 4,000.. 2,000.. 2,00^.. _ 2,500 .. 2,000 All communications, to insure a , tentlom must c .stain a remit tance. 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This Day is published, E PITOM I_ 7 ; of ALISON'S HISTORY of EUROPE. For the Use of Schools and Young Persons. Price Seven Shillings and Sixpence, strongly bound In cloth. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. The Trade may have - gpedmens of this Work for distribution, on application through their London correspondents. EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION. IMMIGRATION being much required in AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, &c., and as the supposed expense of an OUTFIT often prevents Individuals Emigrating, S. W. SILVER and Co., CLOTHIERS, OUTFITTERS and CON TRACTORS (having a large interest to maintain in those Colonies). have been advised to make known that they can supply a comfort able OUTFIT, including Bedding, for Male or Female Emigrants from 4/. (net) upwards, or less (21.) if needful ; and for ( :hildren in proportion, at No. 4, BISHOPSGATE-STREET WITHIN, opposite the London Tavern, where lists will be given on application. S. W. S. and Co., being the makers of nearly every article in all the Outfits they supply, and as one of their objects is to promote Emi,ration, they neither receive from Agents, or pay the too usual commission to any person introducing passengers to be fitted out, so that the Passage and Outfit may be procured at the least possible expense ; but they will, on application, advise Passengers how to obtain the most economic passage to the Colonies. They have a Representative in every Australian Colony, to whom they ship Clothing monthly; thus they would forward small parcels tree of expense. _Naval and Military Officers, Midshipmen, Cadets, Civilians, Ladies, &c., are outfitted as heretofore, at the Cabin-Passenger Out fitting Warehouse, Nos. 66 and 67, CORNIIILL (the Emigration Outfitting being exclusively at No. 4, Bishopsgate-street Within), London, and each branch at St. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVER POOL. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwarded by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with ne- merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in Youth, Manhood , and Old Age; with Practical Remarks on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the meet shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to - Man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in heaith and disease ; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their passions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta tion, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chroniele T T owl fin --T)lpir lnpe and reputation in the treatment of these paint ul diseases is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir oulation."—Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should be In the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and glevelopes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service Gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work, be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per ions of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con 3umption, heart disease, tubes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth 'noel; more frequently than it is at all suspected. N.B. Hours of consultation from Eleven till Two, and Six to e.i4ht iu the Evening. RAILWAY SHARE AIARKETs. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGH.—The market remains firm, but only a small business is doing. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 16 dis.—Ditto, Halves, 8 , 4 ' dis.—Ditto Fifths, 1 'X ; dis.—Ditto, 101. Preference, % p ' Leeds and Thirsk, 25—London and North. Western, 11 - 5 T. —Ditto, Quarters, Vs c.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Eighths , 6c. dis.—Midland Stock, New Halves, 71. 18s. 9 d. dis. —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Halve', 71. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), 3e p. MANCHESTER, Au°. 30. STOCK Excliaxat.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 22/. Shares, 83 4 dis.— East Lancashire, New, 8 , A 3 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 4 1 / 2 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 11."," dis.—North Staffordshire, 4 , 4 dis.— North-Western, 8 dis.—South- Eastern and DoverßlßD , No. 4, 7 1-16. lINGRAM, Au°. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are—London and North- Western, 115 x d.—Ditto, New Shares, 3s. 9d. p.—Birming ham, Wolverhatnpl on, and Stour Valley, 4 , A dis.—North Staffordshire, 4 , 4 3 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 61. 6s. 3d. dis.—Ditto (B), 81s. 3d. dis.—Shropshire Union, 3 dis. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness, and the younger members of the Royal Family, rode and walked in the grounds of Osborne this morning, accompanied by the Princess Hohenlohe and the Princess Eliza and younger Princess of her Serene Highness's family. The royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg and Princess Eliza, his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Prince Lowenstein, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Baroness de Speth. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Princesses of Hohenlohe Schillingsfurst, left her resi dence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, yesterday morning, for Cowes, Isle of Wight, travelled to Gosport by the London and South-Western Railway, and crossed in the Fairy steam-yacht. The QUM:I- Dowager, after landing, proceeded to the Queen's marine residence, Osborne, ac companied by the Princesses of Hohenlohe Schillings furst, to pay a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Albert. A deputation, including Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Marsden, and Mr. Neild, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Drs. Hodgkin and Norton Shaw, and William Wright, Esq., of Jamaica, a deputation to deliver a memorial to Earl Grey, for presentation to her Majesty, had an in•- t-rview with the Noble Earl yesterday, at the Colonial office. LOYAL UNITED FRIENDS.—A few evenings ago the fifth anniversary of the No. 9 Lodge of this highly popular social order, was celebrated at the Lodge House Treasurer Layet's, the Turk's Head, High-street, Ald gate, when a numerous body of the members partook of a supper served up in their worthy host's usual excel lent manner. P. S. P. Spearing officiated as chairman, as did also P. P. Delight as deputy, and were supported by the following past and present officers :—P. Sand P. Smart, P. S. P. Heath , P . P. Everett, P. P. Clayton, P. Pickett. After the cloth was withdrawn and the cus tomary loyal toasts had been given, the Chairman, in his usual spirited manner, gave the " Order of Loyal United Friends, and may its gift fund flourish," this was succeeded by the " Friend in Need Fund," both toasts were well received ; the healths of the chairman, deputy, and Treasurer Layet elicited great applause. Several excellent songs (particularly those of I'. S. P. Smart) wine sung, and the ; . harmony of the company kept up to a late hour,when the party broke up highly entertained with the evening proceedings. COMMITTAL FOIL MURDER.—Mrs. Mury Lightfoot, wife of Henry Lightfoot, of Quarry-bank, near Dudley, has just been committed by the district coroner, Mr. T. M. Phil lips, on a charge of administering arsenic to her husband, which caused his death. It was proved on the inquest that the prisoner had been seen in familiar intercourse with a man not her husband, and that she had obtained medicine for her husband during his illness. Arsenic was found in the body of the deceased on a post mortem examination being made, and altogether the circumstances were of so suspicious a cha racter that, after an adjournment, the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the wife, who has been committed to take her trial on the charge at the next Staf fordshire assizes. On Lightfoot's death his wife obtained a sum of 41. for his burial from an Odd Fellows' club, of which her husband was a member. Matthias Kelly, the private of the 14th Regiment, who was found guilty at the last assizos for shooting a Woman in the Newport barracks, was executed on Mon day, at Monmouth. MR. CGBDEN. (From the Times.) Mr. Cobden is constant to his thethe. He lets slip no occasion of reverting to his favourite topic of a reduc tion in the army and navy estimates. On Tuesday night, in the discussion upon the Exchequer- bills, he was rid ing his old hobby as vigorously,as ever. The only safety for England is to denude herself of her means of de fence. At a time when every mail that arrives from the continent brings with it rumours of war Irons north and south, end when the presence of au unusually large force in Ireland has been necessitated by the disturbed condition of that country, Mr. Cobden recommends us to reduce a military establishment con fessedly insufficient for the service of the empire even in ordinary times. We have no love of soldiering in the abstract. We are just as unwilling as any Manchester manufacturer can be to disburse fifteen or sixteen millions of money annually for pontoons, sharpnels, fire ships, bayonets, and sabres. We . should be glad to have lived in that pleasant country between the four rivers, where toil and anxiety were things unknown. Taxation in any shape is a thing as odious to us as it can possibly be to Mr. Cobden. Could we mould the human race to our will, a military uniform or two should remain in a tailor's museum, as a record of the past bar barism of mankind nothing more. So far we thoroughly agree with the Member for the West Riding ; it only remains ,to, consider Whether by dis banding our forces, or by effecting any - Juaterial reduc tion in their number, we should adopt the most prudent course, and the most economical system in the end. Now, remembering, what• all the world remembers, the opinions expressed by Mr. Cobden on foreign poli tics, and on the internal stare of the continent during his progress in foreign parts, and before the, outbreak of liuhruary, we pronounce his views op these subjects to be utterly erroneous and vvithou . t value. In common with others, we for a long time.refrained from attackiNg Mr., Cobden's express , i*.pe., sitoptnien after his. s lOfT 'froth' the continent . Unreasonable, absurd,' enough they appeared to Ilse; but we nourished a latent hope that the, air of sober England would blow these cobwebs from his brain. He had been the foremost man in a great and successful movement. A few months' grace might well be conceded to the leader of the Corn-law Repeal, in addition to the more solid acknowledgment of the Cobden Testimonial. We watched his flights as he passed through Europe, and although the handwriting was already flickering on the wall in no pale colours, Mr. Cobden could see nothing. In France there was the firm of Louis Philippe and Sons, general dealers; in Spain, Christina and Co. were ready to do a thing or two in oils; in Italy, Germany, it was everywhere the same narrow-minded Manchester view. Mr. Cobden was literally purblind as to what was passing under his very nose, and returned to England as he left it, a profound believer in a cora mercial millennium and the triumph of the tariff. Has all this been justified by the event ? We ob served that for a short time Mr. Cobden had the grace to be silent in the face of the astounding con tradictions every mail brought to the theories he had broached with the dogmatism characteristic of his class. But he soon recovered strength. He soon renewed his attacks as he found events turn out in a manner that no human foresight could have anticipated at the time. Who that remembers the latter days of February of this year would have recommended, at the time, the absence of military precaution on the part of this country ? Is it post hoc or propter hoe that our shores have been saved from the profanation of an armed stranger's foot ? Sonic little we remember of Polish legions, and Belgian legions, and Italian legions, of a not very consolatory character to the Governments who were not in a condi tion to resist attack. We have notyet forgotten the alarm Mt by the inhabitants of this capital on the afternoon of the Sunday preceding the threatened Chartist riots- of April. The arrival of the red-coats was not then dis pleasing to the good citizens of London. No one then thought the number too great. So, in Ireland, again, at a more recent period. True, these impending dan gers have blown off, but it is in consequence of the system adopted for their repression. The plan is now, wherever danger or disturbance appears, to collect an overwhelming force at that point, crush all chance of rioting or tumult, and then proceed against the leading offenders by the forms of law. Is the plan so injudicious an one, or has it answered so badly at home? Turning to the conti nent, again, we find it literally in the occupation of an armed garrison, doing their utmost to restrain the ex cesses of a mob who appear able to obtain arms when Icy will. What sort of opinion can we entertain of a man's discretion who chooses the present season us an apt one for declaiming against the policy of maintain ing our military and naval establishments up to par? Mr. Cobden has already lost much of the credit he en joyed as leader of the Corn-law movement. lie has to is cover, what is much harder than to make, a character for statesmanship. COWES, ISLE OF WIGIIT. VitUAI OUlt OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST aa A splendid steamer of 910 tons was launched this day at noon from the building•-yard of Messrs. Thomas and John White, for the Sicilian Government; she will be armed with six heavy guns, and is called the Indepen dence. She went off majestically amid the cheering of a numerous assemblage of spectators. She was afterwards placed in the adjoining dock to be freed of her cleats, and to complete her fitment. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. —Her Majesty's yacht Fairy arrived at Cowes soon after one o'clock, and her Majesty and suite landed at the Parade under a salute from the Flirt, the Castle, and the Royal Yacht Squadron battery. The foreign and English vessels in the roadstead were dressed out in their gayest colours. Her Majesty was received on landing by the Marquis of Anglesey, and proceeded in the Duchess of Kent's carriage to Norfolk House and to Adelaide Villa and Gothu Hall, the three houses taken fur her. Her Majesty, will remain in Gothu Hall to-night, Norfolk House having only been left by the Mar chioness of Salisbury this morning, could not be got ready for the royal party till to-morrow, when they will take up their residence there, the domestics occupying the other houses for the autumn and perhaps the win ter. Her Majesty's carriages and ten horses arrived to day. _ Earl Fitzhardinge leaves tho Pavilion to-morrow for town. The Earl and Countess of Wilton leave Grovo House on Saturday. MissS U cnXat cokoplace HALL, Ina s B c ' e s Ti o c l n o E n E m ee T o r . n t d o ay f vocaleven evening, when instru mental an n admirable selection was performed by this celebrated violinist, assisted by her talented little sisters Emma and Victoria, Miss Bassano, Mr. Bodda, and Herr Muller vo calists; Madlle. Guenise, from the C onserva t o i re , P ar is , and Monsieur Lavigne, from the Royal Academy Paris, the Grand Opera Berlin, and her Majesty's Theatre, in strumentalists. Miss Bassano sung Mrs. H. St, Leger's new dramatic romance " The forsaken Mother," with the most refined taste, abandon, and expression; applause the most rapturous rewarded the admirable in terpretation of this charming composition by the fair eantatrice. Herr, Muller sang the romance from Der Naehdager with great effect. His fine baritone voice will be a great addition to the forthcoming concerts at Drury-lane. Miss Bassano and Mr. Bodda were en• thusiustically encored in John Barnett's duet, the " Singing Lesson" which they sung with the greatest spirit. Monsieur Lavigne'a splendid performance upon the oboe was perfection, the airs selected by him for his beautiful fantasia were from the ever beautiful opera of La Sonnambula. Nldlle. Gumi?, performed twice during the evening ; her first morceau was a fantasia upon the exquisite melody from the Lucia, " Fra poco," which she played with a combination of taste, expression, execution, and genuine feeling, that entranced the audience. Her se cond performance consisted of two studies of her own composition, remarkable for beauty and originality. There is a mixture of all the attributes necessary for a first-rate pianiste in this charming ar tiste's performance, and without imitating any of the great pianistes that have preceded her she has a specialite and school of her own. Miss Victoria Collins was encored in Mr. 11. St. Leger's popular ballad "'Tomas then that she promised to marry, which she sung with the greatest spirit and neglect!, and Miss Rosina was en cored on playing Paganini's celebrated variations upon the " Carnevsl de Venise," which was most rapturously applauded. This talented family, we understand, leave town next week, to fulfil engagements at Ryde, Ports mouth, Gosport, Fareham, and Chichester. Miss Rosina Collins is engaged by Mons. Jullien for his winter con certs. Mr. F. Bowen Jewson and Mr.' Maurice Davis were the conductors of the evening. We were particu larly struck with the beautiful tone of the piano-forte, which, we understand, was made by Erard. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, AUG. 29.—The Penin• sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Tagus, Captain R. W. Evans, sailed to-day for Gib raltar, Genoa, Leghorn, and Civita Vecchia, with a few passengers and ship letter bags. The Tagus had a large cargo, consisting of 270 tons of English manufactures for the Italian ports, and about 150 cases containing 3,000 muskets for the Sardinian Government. Her M a jesty's steam-yacht Fairy arrived in Southampton docks yes terday afternoon from Cowes, bringing their Royal llighnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary and suite, who proceeded by the three o'clock P.X. train to London. The Peninsular Com pany's steam-ship Malta is gone out on a trial trip to day, preparatory to sailing in a few days for India, via the Cape of Good Hope. The Dutch barque Onder neeming, Captain J. C. Atskir, with 1,838 boxes of sugar from Havannah, arrived off Cowes yesterday for orders. The English barque, Mary Bayly, Captain Sc well, 2,550 bags; of coffee from Rio Janeiro, and the Taylor,New Orleans, Captain sailede l a us yesterdayse n, 6l from Cowes roads for Rotterdam. 5 }}ids. Americano L AB OURERS IN HER. 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BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The half-yearly meet ing of the shareholders of this company was held at Dee's lintel, in this town, to-day. Mr. W. Mathews oc cupied the chair. The attendance was very thin. The CHAIRMAN said he should not have occasion to occupy their attention for more than a few moments. 'Fey had hitherto pursued a tranquil course, undis turbed by the litigation of other railway companies. They had always sailed under a lee-shore, and, although, in consequence of' their• elder brother, the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, having been brought into collision with a powerful party, they did at one time anticipate some trouble, they had been exempt from similar diffi culties. The disagreements to which he alikided were now happily settled. Parliament had sanctioned the adoption of both gauges from Fenny Compton to Bir mingham, and from Birmingham to Priestfield, at Wol verhampton. The arrangements entered into between the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley and the Great Western Company, had never been interfered with, and he (the chairman) did hope that when other lines in connexion with it were opened, it would prove beneficial, not only to the Great Western Company, but also to the public, fur whose convenience and accommo• dation it had been constructed. The statement of accounts showed that there had been received from calls, interest, and rent, 42,9681. 19s. 6d., and that there was a balance of 4,0541. ss. 10d. in hand. The report was received and adopted. A vote of thanks was then passed to the directors, duly acknowledged by Mr. MaTnEws, and the meeting broke up. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION. BIRMINGHAM, WE DNESHAIL.--The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at Dee's Royal Hoteleto-day. Mr. P. H. Muntz was in the chair, and amongst other gentlemeh present, inter ested In its affairs, were Lord Hatherton, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Colmore, Mr. Turner, &c. The CHAIR3IAM commenced by observing that, after considerable delay, terms had bee❑ agreed upon between the dissentient shareholders and the Great Western Railway Company. They were now embodied in a Bill which had passed both Houses of Parliament, and awaited, for a commission, the Royal Assent. He con gratulated the shareholders upo❑ this amicable arrange ment; and he also congratulated the Great Western Company upon the honourable manner in which they had, in times far different to those in which the original agreement was made, fulfilled thoir engagement. He hoped that the sale of the line to that company would prove beneficial to all parties. He begged leave to move the reception and adoption of the following report : " The directors have much satisfaction in reporting that the disputes of the shareholders are finally settled, and that the agreement for the sale of the line to the Great Western Railway Company will be carried out in its full integrity, under the authority of an Act which has passed both Houses of Parliament and only awaits the Royal Assent. The Act contains definite powers for the future management of the company ; for the laying down the broad gauge, in addition to the narrow gauge ; and also for the issue of the coupons to the shareholders which will be attended to as soon as practicable after the passing of the Act. The Great Western Railway Com pany have alSo obtained an Act to make the deviation lire of railway in the town of Leamington." It appeared from the statement of accounts that 301,5701. 12s. 2d. had been receive,], and that there was a balance in hand amounting to 110,527/. 3 5 . 2d. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to it question from Mr. Hadley, admitted that no report of their engineer was forthcoming. He had been written to upon the subject, but there had not been time for a reply. He might, however, be allowed to say that the line was now, de Pict°, the pro;;.rry of the Great Western Company, and that it was not likely that they would pay to the present shareholders 50,0001. per annum, without doing all is their power to see it completed as soon as possible. The report was adopted, and the proceedings soon after terminated. SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, BARNSLEY, WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD, AND GOOLE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the offices, Wakefield, yesterday ; Mr. E. B. Beaumont in the chair. Mr. lIANDFIELD, the secretary, read the directors' re: port. It stated that, " Arrangements had been made with Messrs. Miller and Co., the contractors, to reduce all future works on contract No. 1 (with the exception of the bridges over the line), to dimensions sufficient for a single line of way, and also to complete the Silkstone branch with a single line of way ; the whole to be completed, so as fo be opened to the public by the 31st December, 1849. The works of No. 2 contract had been suspended since the in"e',"MgiVg ll 9Pa ts tlie Tha or contract vtion of the junction with the Sheffield and Rotherham' fairwl;y, and also the Silkstone Branch, had been staked out and the plans prepared. The works between Horbury and Barnsley had proceeded with as much expedition as was consistent with the pledge given to the shareholders at the last meeting, that the call would be limited to 51. per share, an amount the directors con sidered sufficient for the prosecution of the un dertaking, having due regard to the financial difficulties under which all classes have been labouring; and which had induced the directors to restrict the ex penditure to the lowest possible point, by suspending more active operations until a more economical method of carrying out the whole project could be devised. In effecting these objects, a collision of opinion unfortu nately took place between the directors of the southern and those of the northern portion, those connected with the latter division requiring the scheme to be carried out in all its integrity, while the southern directors felt that the difficulties before them were of too great a magnitude to justify them in the heavy outlay which the immediate formation of the line as originally con templated would involve. These differences proceeded so far us to result in a Parliamentary conflict upon a Bill introduced by the South Yorkshire Company in the ' present session. As one result, however, of this pro ceeding, the directors congratulated them upon an arrangement which had been come to, end which while it secured to the district the formation of the line, would be attended with such a diminution of the cost as would prove most beneficial to the shareholders. This arrangement was the reduction of the works to a single line of wsy throughout. As regarded the Northern division, the difference from this saving would be such as to reduce the amount necessary for the con struction, from 251. to 181. 10s. per share, and upon this diminished amount the original guarantee of 51. per cent. and half surplus profits from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company would be continued. It was, how ever, stipulated in the amended agreement, that the line should be handed over to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, passed by the Government inspector as ready for traffic; on or before the 31st of December, 1849; the guarantee in this case to extend to 250,0001. should that sum be necessary; and, on the other hand, failing the completion of the works by the stipulated period, the guarantee is to be limited to 250,000/. From the forward progress of the works of this division, the directors did not a nticipate the least difficulty in carrying out this agreement. But they begged to impress upon the shareholders the absolute necessity of their finding the necessary funds for the completion of the line within the stipulated period. The nature of this altered arrangement rendered it their own interest to do so. As regarded the southern division, the director::, having given the subject their most mature de liberation, were of opinion that the formation of a single line of railway to join the northern portion at Barnsley, would be sufficient for the wants of the district, while the saving effected thereby would be best calculated to ensure its speedy construction, and to render the stock profitable to those who had invested their capital in it." The report was adopted, and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting separated. t 7 _ AUGUST 31, 1848. works, but had reluctaufly also to propose postponement of payment of interest on shares that will become due in• October, with the assurance that this postponement should be of a duration as short as possible. The ba- Imee-sheet, as per capital account, exhibited an expen diture of 1,820,5771., and a balance in the hands of the bankers of 31,2271. The revenue account for the half ycar showed a receipt of 29,2691., and a balance carried to profit and loss of 2,4871." The CHAIRMAN having moved the adoption of the report, a warm and protracted discussion ensued ; and the motion havin g b een fi na ll y carr i e d, t h e proceedings terminated. Ditto under 1,0001,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 2 . 2 19 p Consols for Account B6 A I- 4 1, 4 14 i tOOdr• Mem LiP ,a 1,0001. June 24 p 5001. March 27 p Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — great it i in the chair. SOUTH DEVON. srec.t Gill, o s li t: ., abandon PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —Yesterday the half -yearly general meeting of the above railway was held here at report,it stated:— L I nT h h, e 4ne Rtooyf meetingat Royal Hotel,einw tintention t M ai ovrne. very yf htohme crowdedad one, and the announce ment r.at mosphericw A LK system E R , possession applause. o f • " That although the opening of the line to the imme diate vicinity of Plymouth had put them been too recent to influence the receipts, and conse• a wdairsercetcoeri,vreedadw with h e quently, the result of the half-year's traffic was not so satisfactory as could be desired, still a considerable amount, which at present formed a subject of arbitration, was now due to the company by the Post-office for the conveyance of mails. The disadvantages under which both the atmospheric and locomotive systems had la boured, had atieted the working expenses to an extent t hat would not occur again. Though the working of the atmospheric system had been greater than was antici d certain reductions had attended the progress of pate , . the experiment, which to an extent, might probably be relied on, but the w hole of this i mportant question was referred to a com mittee, w ho examined into it for severe' weeks, and, after balancing the various circumstances, the directors, rJitliclt pronouncing any judgment as to The ultimate success of the atmospheric system, and whilst they were prepared to afford the patentees and other parties interested in doing it the use o f t h e i r ma chinery for continuing their own experiments, had ar rived at the conclusion, with the enti re concurrence o f and recommendation of Mr. Brunel, to suspen d t h e use of the atmospheric system until the same shall be made ' efficient at the expense of the patentees and Mr. Samuda. They were also prepared with arrangements for supply ing locomotive power from the date of its suspension. The general depression of the times had affected the South Devon in common with every other line. The passenger traffic during the last 6 months had been—lst c1a55,42,869, travelling 664,286 miles ; 2d class, 133,551, travelling 1,931,331 miles ; 3d class, 63,597, travelling 1,080,001 miles. The extension, in a few weeks, of the goods traffic to Lain, would open a considerable source of profit, and the early extension of the line into Plymouth, and the opening of the branch to Torquay wou ld b e energetically prosecuted. Owing to the limited means at their command, the director! were compelled not only to defer the present proceeding wi th ...the remaining ... ._.....,,,z,....,--co; • /4,6_ 4 4,ter.,,t, (..),_, i .i.,.__,,,.„:,. .. , I Do. Live:-;,. •_-__,_-.1._„,..,4., i v ' " • (ict, ....11 A) 38 ~.... ' 11 ---4/1 Dx(rAW,P,4 e- ' : - -f ..o. .t. . 2 t I ~.. :-. i ~ - 1 -..„... 4...- L:, , ,, -444.. •-•;,t, WZ1A.41 , -.R.Tr 'on) 6 .:. 7 . ? , Nl?' -\( .L. , :' / .', ~; -, et.-1" • e) 25 ' " .. • .s( ) 91'. ... . ...- , Let', .. . .4 td . .. i0 ' - - i.: 410' 1 ./1 .; .:.. ••••••• al, ....... , ...". .4.414441V41 Li- ~. , , - :1,,....t:'.'n' 41- 4, 13 GUST 31 1848. ) Leek . - :•. , ~. 3O -.44....,••• .-- 1)" , .: .:. ... ...... C.O - ---- ---- ,__ r Live , .‘.-.- ' . ...- tmi c!postponement ,MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEII S. . 3l -__ SOW . r ' ' e 11. become due CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Liverp.;iti•i , o' .1 (i . 1 lstponement The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was I Neweas:ieuu 54-: - moderately animated, but closed firmly. American sorts LoodQ,lii.i.krif.;W....^ .. 134 6s.Ba ... n expen- at aid. to 34d. per lb., being rather higher. American, . Pg. 1'] . ..t.T. - ,to I • ••• 224 - -......., - •of the 5,000 bales, ranged from 3fd. to sid. per lb. In Rail- Conilon, .-: .. , ; ,u, , half- way shares there was a considerable improvement, and a - Seat' , . 50 . . 28% x.d —281 i ,'., tied good business done at advanced prices. The market was I Do. G.,l` .. : ,! „f:r4......, . 9 ...... Do. Pre - . • 4 : i'; ' ;. ....) e• ... .." very firm, and had a rising tendency. I Ditte, A. , •,. .'IC . 2 Zit) . The Continental advices to hand this morning offer Ditto ICE - iv ."- ,1, , -,•'.. very little of interest. From the reports of th e var i ous 6 pert' ,L,i; , .. ,„ 3 - narkets, it would appear that there is a littl e improve- Londonanot.,-.7- in ;._i l!'l/..---.. :1.,.. • , nt in business, and that the stocks of many articles 1 1 `...h , _ to, P.'„4-.; - ~.,....„ ii - -• 1, s %L. .:.... getting low. Nevertheless, until the affairs of Italy London an - ..".7.-:..:Ci.e, - ..1 Ic3 ...... 116 115% 115% 'lenmark are settled, a decided or continuous ame- l.m.et , -- • ,'"...e..8.) 22 ..... AI is not to be looked for. Di' te, N , 7 , ' . .:.: . .'.... 7 ...... 7%s' 7% -ates of exchange at Now York, on the I) .. itt , °!* ' .... ••• :. .- 13 'taut, were lower as regards Englaud to: 10 .‘" '' i') 25 -- • •,. +. \A. 9 other places, the supply of bills being Do. 10 ;.: F. .E. 9 France was an exception owing ly„, - .... • 'on of credit occasioned by the revolution, Lou '. lis t s, -"" ' ... ..... 50 :** - ,^01;: . 2 .. ... - T s% nued to be remitted. The Americans L. - _Pt, . . .. ..... 4'.'. .. - Do. ti. .: , ~. .... .: .. 34 1;.• ...... , rices may rise here, and that the Do. 'l. ' !'-' (t..r .o' )50 ...... _ „...... year will be a compensation even L . /..-) .." , .... t .... 40 ' - '0:11 , -,..... t, j ...?...... 114 13a. 4d 474 dis...-.... 4% dis. eur. The policy may be sue large supplies come in 1) ' . .. , - 1 Yr' . "L" 1 : -7, 1 :& - '''' , e.. r'..'2 the advantage referred to 1- f 7 T : ( nr. nu Dep.:: - . • d 5 ter party writing at New \son advances, the weekly .. Cent:en -,. ,•-; . ...14 13s. 4d — Lononn.•- .:.-nt - roduee becomes greater, y, frv . i ~. " ... i.. i ... to receipts, at the close L on d or • - ' “-, 27%...„ „, , ......, ll®r than was antici- LonOon, :.. _ 2•• • - With the immense k''•° l l:. LowestoiL( , , ,- 2 .) .. r 0 readstuffs, in this mling in all the L,tio (6 ,:: c-) ..... 3 7 circumstance 14- V,! - ''' '- . .e ' :-.7 " 11(1 ) -.' .' .: - yard more ra- - ' cc "' ' ' - 4 Marie - -gtn• = .- '•.: 7 , lg , off, com rrd I --- -.- - • .•.100 .•••.• ---! .•• •.. produTarp, D o . 0 v .,„ ~- 2. - - : , I)T3 ---- ••- ..... ••• ll' Trm - 4: Mil) i.-- . , .i.". ~ '.'.. jeee 25 future Di; o 0 ,2i (-:. :7,) ... 7% • , sts of Ditco,l44, 7: e : Pi:ef... 10 de- . .IY ,- to, l ..:',... ':- :- -. c 5 • t i s Ditto e. - ' , ~ ~ . ... 11 i s L;:; i 1 c... . , _ „,. 6 3 /4 ...... .......• Dirt , . r -..- ti . „„ Do., ~ -, • 1 -... I,' , A, — Do. ::..7" r... -,, • • ::d [PRICE SD. • MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was moderately animated, but closed firmly. American sorts at aid. to 34d. per lb., being,- rather higher. American, 5,000 bales, ranged from 34d. to sid. per lb. In Rail way shares there was a considerable improvement, and a good business done at advanced prices. The market was very firm, and had a rising tendency. The Continental advices to hand this morning offer very little of interest. From the reports of the various markets, it would appear that there is a little improve ment in business, and that the stocks of many articles are getting low. Nevertheless, until the affairs of Italy and Denmark are settled, a decided or continuous ame lioration is not to be looked for. The rates of exchange at Now York, on the 15th instant, were lower as regards England and some other places, the supply of bills being larger, but France was an exception owing to the prostration of credit occasioned by the revolution, and specie continued to be remitted. The Americans seem inclined to keep back supplies of grain on the presumption that prices may rise here, and that the duty being off next year will be a compensation even should no advance occur. The policy may be suc cessful, but when large supplies come in simultaneously, perhaps, the advantage referred to will be wholly lost ; a party writing at New York remarks that as the season advances, the weekly decrease in the receipts of produce becomes greater, giving evidence that the aggregate receipts, at the close of navigation, will be much smaller than was antici pated a month or six weeks since. With the immense quantity of produce, particularly breadstuffs, in this country, and the remunerating prices ruling in all the seaport markets, it is a very extraordinary circumstance that the leading articles do not come forward more ra pidly; that there is such an immense falling off, com pared with last season. We have no doubt that producer!, in all parts of the country, are kbourtng, tinder vrimt impressions relative to the future prices and future demand. Elopes are entertained that the harvests of Europe will prove deficient, and that an extensive de mand will arise for our agricultural products ; and it is this belief that induces the farmer to hold un to his grain, and is the prime cause of the reduced receipts. In the event of a rise in prices, we should soon see such an increase in receipts, at tide water, as would destroy at once the existing idea relative to supplies in first hands ; we should soon see that the country was full of breadstuffs— that our stocks are by no means exhausted by the enormous shipments of last year. It is by no means certain yet that the harvests of Europe, particu larly those of Great Britain, will be even a fair average; but it is hardly probable that the deficiency will be large enough to create much of a demand for our bread stuff's." This appears to us to be the common sense view of the matter, and as such it may yet be acted upon. The following is from British North America:—." In our last we stated that a good crop in Canada this year would go far to improve the circumstances of the coun try, and we rejoice to say that, from present appearances, there is every reasonable hope that we shall realise an ample crop, with the blessing of favourable harvest wea ther to save and secure it." The announcement last night in Parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it is his intention to sell Stock as opportunity offers, sets further doubt at rest, and as it is not so likely to have a direct influence upon the market as an open loan, the Funds have im proved upon it. At the same time, the knowledge that a certain amount of Stock is to be thrown upon the market will serve the Bears, who know well how to profit by such opportunities. The price of Con sols has been up to 864 1, but the accounts from Paris respecting Austria being unfavourable, there is a re action since to 86i- s for Transfer, and 861 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 87 to 874, and the Three per Cents. 864 to 861. Bank Stock has been marked 1971. Exchequer-bills of June have been 245. premium. The Foreign Securities are looking well again, al though quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. have been marked 224 to 231 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 23; and Mexican, 164 to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 451. Railway Shares have bee❑ rather dull again, but Midland, Eastern Counties, South-Eastern, and other lines, it must be remembered, are oilioted to-day ex. dividend, hence the lower market rata. I vb 4 7 .2 x. 111 ; 0 1 P . • ) ••••• 90 De. • •.4 ) Do., , .•• •• -•-•• D0..1 .fIC3 De.o • el B . —loo Die ' • e a'. 38 D:' - 141. 185.... n• . • • L - .100 ' 11; • .. 421,2 6 NEW. Ncwr- itru•i., , .!r - • ~: ei :. ~ .„_.• 50 .. n 5 ... • • .. 20 _24 125.... 5...... _ n .. .mml. - New,: -. •. - - - I. .i, are, ,'( - -.- .20 - •• ........ •••• Nor,o'l. .... . l.OO 10 _ Do. E 7 -. '?: - .I 5Ti cc. "0 _ Do. G.: , • - i ... 5 Do. do. V..-' -.- - '• 2 ...... Northern ti • • -• • - .3 4 •..•.• North B-'• - • .. ........ P. 5 .. ... 20 Ditto, lb. -, •. - ...... I._:' ...... ... Ditto, (-:- , 6; ; . • ......., Ditto, 1 •“e- —2. i 0•?2,. ..... .. ....... Ditto, liiiAN:-......., 4.!. .... ... North & South- We, em 2 North Staffo:•lo.* . IT,' B lXz North Wale~ . . North-Wel'e.•:, .... ... 8';.• .. ... Oxford, Wc.:,. , r, r - I , cl Wolverhtm, ••1 . .... 45 Reading, Goi ( t. - u, and Reigate- - ~ Royszon and f•Jitchin •... 1 • -. — Scottish Ce •-.1 Scottish MI: : ad ..... `1,5 Ditto,Ne ,- ... - ..... Sheffield, i • frn. & 1 Goole (-.: .1..... v.) ... 7IA — Do. do (', , - --: ) ... 4 . Shrevisk - .:,• ... c —mt... 9 ....,„ 2:/,', Ditto r .. - -...C . --,-, It. 5 Shrev,Tslyc y• -:1 I :!_e-,-7‘id. 2 Shrewsbr • ":.! C'ilt*er (Nor. V . -•.-,, ...,.. 16 Dit eo P •,, ' ~. t',a 8 ...... ......• — Diti i(,. , - ... -16 .. -_:-.... Do. 8 • _ - C . l'.._:. 10 Shronsh• ,-, i_ • a . - ~.. 4 -- ••• South D^,, , :a. Do. t, -.. - •••• •••• •••• .... SO nt h ' - '... . ' sli i 4 outh Er..: .1 .... ...... .. 33;a 25 ex. div. i to.. /No. , Do., No.':;. Do.- No, .; ... --•-. ... 25 ..... ....... ........ Do., Yo. 4 r.C.,,:..ds .. 1 0 Sauf'.l W2,' ",. ~ , .... 28 South Ye'. - . -, _d ca.s er, c, • ._ -... 4 Swo,. & i ,• .._ - ..C:t me on's . ~. ' ... 6 Taw Vrie . • ---, -,.. 6 Thamcs ' IJeck and R"` • •.. 17%•••••• Vale of 7 Water t - - - - ••ty 13 . —•• _ Watei t. ' •i-- - ek 45 Wate- ..- • vt, act'. l' . P ma. Wear 1 - i • C ~.. nt. Grar: -3 / 4 Do. tt. f''''" , • ••• ” 5 Do. d-, do. .. •a •• ••• ••• We.te_rr - ' - :1.„... ... 6 ..... West Lorl-Ja . . .... -..• 20 .. - Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Cla s s .-.•20 W hi:- !, ,-.:... &1, u• —.fs 13 _ IWin:. - .9.., • im. , : -.1 IVii: ONE CLOSING PACEr's OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. r ank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus 86 1 / 4 % 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B 6 l /4 %%IA I 4 86% N evr 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Anu 5...... Long Anns.to expire Jan.lß6o India Bonds, 1,0001. .... .. .._ . 19p 86 1 4 27 p 25 p 27 p 24 p CLOSEN U PRICES. Ditto, Account 1 654% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent — Ditto, Account Russian Bonds ... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... Ditto. Account 22% 23 1 / 2 23 1 / 2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2A per Cent., 12 Guild 454 45 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3%...... 14 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 ', Belfast & County Down 16 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 .. ... ... — Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, 16 3 4 and Cheshire Junc„.. 10 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter B5 5O Ditto, Thirds .. Luckinghamshire... 141. 4s. Caledonian .. „,, 9 1 ,4 ...... 8% n , c , a Yo-! - Eer 1.0. ..35 - ...... ..•... 2 /4 •i• 25 .• ••• Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... Do. New 10/. Pref..... 2%... .. 23: 4 214 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 Chester and Holyhead... 47% Ditto, Preference ls Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- _ month Dublin and Belfast June. 30 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... Vast Anglia, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... ... .. Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31. 103. ['.astern Comities— ..... 20 ..... . 13:!: 1 x d ..... ... 134;1 d Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto, Extension. 5 per Cent., Nu. 1 .. 6/. 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters 00 . ..t- Eastern r , . . 2..7.. --- Eastern Union, Class 4. - -- (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (I. & and B.) 2O Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17% Do. Sc.ip (6 pe. cent.) 10 ...... . .... .- Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent 2% . East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 61A..... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 24 ...... - - East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Half. Shares ... 15 .. .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edirburr , bandNortheia 25 Ditto, Sew.. 64 - Ditto. Newpot.; l3 - Ditto, ditto, New 37...... Exeter,Yeovil, & Dora]. "':>. Ditto, New tila , gow, Duniit;es, and ~. Do Do. Do, York cot,: 1 .. 15 r........ 15 ......... , - .13 8 7 - 2d5.0 10 it ....... •.. ..8/. 6s. 81... Glasgow,Kil mar., & Ayr 50 •1,111i1.•••... - Ditto, New ... ••. 40 Do.PLeierenee Cinsol. 1 5 Greqt Northern ......... 17 .....• Do., Loncion and York ' l - / i...... i treat South. and West. (Ireland) ... ............ 42 1 ,4 _ Grevt Noi al of En 3.1%rd.1C0 ....•• . Ditto, New, 40i 49 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New,:3o/ 3O Ditto, New, 15/ oreaL Western 9O ... .. . — Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 4 Shares Ditto, l'ifths_ . _l3 l 5 ;;Ii Do.n , ... • '3u in g .0,x,- , ' on :0 OREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ite- Ilan and Arqri.a - .).... 4 Boulove ar-t .Anr , e2s„. 20 • Central of 1.2.-Tre. (C - leans ancl V 2r 0n)... 16 Ceylon Demerara ... • Dendre Vr '- - 4 Direct jr . -. - 7 an d Madias Diveh l'' - . 7 1 , 1:... .• ....... East In' *:•. - . ... -.. 3 1 4 — .. .... . Great Inzli• - •. ;)- .--- it. 1 ! .., .. Louva'n a ''.. , ... 7 lA 2 — --- Luxembon ..;. .. -. . 7 ...... Madr';', az , ,i V er - a... 2 ...... Namur aril 1 i”p-e — Northern ce ' , qC3.. • " :VMS ais ... ... ...... .... ' .e• ) ko: Paris and L - ^24 ll ... .. ._ .. Do, Do. ... Paris and C Y ' , ......:20 . Paris and " •• . 2tr „ _ ..... Pali , . awl ' ; g ... 8 - ••• •••• — Rouen at Ditto, New 171— ..... 13 ... — lluddersPeldardll -- ich. 28 Ditto, Thirds (lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... ... _ Ditto, lielf Shares ... 25 ...... Ditto, i•A Shares Lareaster and Carlisle— 5O ...... .. Ditto, Thi da LancaEhire & Yorlisl"re 93 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 ; 4 Shares Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 / 2 — Do. Piths... ... 9 Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — ........... Do. Tiiirds(Reg.)..... 13 Do. New,Gua. 6 per ct. 2%, O 3A ' 3 . 4 ............. - Samb”e Strasbou t 14 ~, 2y~ `I,IIPPING—(THIS 'DAY.), LONDON, Ana. 3,. Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, and dull hazy •, , ,atlaer with rain. PLXBRZY, EL URN L'ORT, AUG. 28.—The John and: Elizabeth sclr. , oner, of and from Swansea, was wrecked; on Sefors Islands, Carmarthen Bay, this morning ; , crew Sal , c . SIi.MI3EIVEEIC, Ara. 28.—The William Penn, Read. from St. .3 - ,.1! , New Brunswick, to the Clyde, which. wab driven Li. re in Boulogne Bay, near Crookshaven„ 26th Lit., is k, ,_wreck, the timber and deals are a e floating'ou7 e: r.nd drifting about on the ro c k. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd.Kepler, Republic,. uebec; 13 T i a iv t , - , u N ah , ;.; 7 . ; tonGo Ranting, r N m w , Bo York ;uton ; Catherine. St. J. , hr - • - .l'unswick; Caledonia, Mill, Q l Quebec.__ 1)1;11., .) —Wind variable.—Arrd. Ophelie and *" . Quebec; Ella Frances, Antwerp, and suited fu _ Arid. from the River, James. H o l mes , f. : rara; Bromleps, Knox, Demerara;. Plant-•r, -. .... 1 .loin:Ls; La Belle Alliance, Gawkema ; HAson, Pratt, New York. And: from sld., Clydesdale, Thompson, Cuba— ,c,; James Dean, Honduras; Laconic, St. An , .w Brunswick. ,—. OF MAN, AUG. 29.—Sixty barrels of flour, anu t' v.lt. have bewa washed out the Jane and Agtr , s, Alrjn, which went on shore near the Point , t .llgar in a very of Ayr, 26th About 100 barrels have been landed, and a fey,/ damaged state have. been savt.. 1. 3 . 2 vessel is dismasted, and much de maged, c . of the Prince of Wales steamer, alsn t , :. C,e Point of Ayr, has been got out. ~liG. 30.—The Willie Lushington. Gi'l, which was er abayed in Stoke - Bay, has " •CI into this port totally dismasted; and full Arid. Morayshi re, Barker, Jamaica; John • *.i:,son. Hutchinson, Havaunah; Emma, Spice- with the rest of the wind brand. Sld. 29th, . Quebec; Albion, (lychee. ItiNtlB7: WN, AUG. 28.—The Cosmopolitan, Maxwell, from ; ".v Africa, which was in contact 27th inst., whli t bt. Lawrence, Brown, was towed into Dublin Bey to-L7.0, a derelic by three troy Am, ,iANL KILLARNEY AND VALENTIA. The first half•yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the temporary offices, in Birchin-lane, Cornhill. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P., took the chair, when— Mr. LIGEITON, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors for the first time met the pro prietors since their re election, and had merely to inform them that in accordance with the resolution adopted at the last meeting they had made a call of 11. per share, payable on or before the 30th of September next, and, on its being responded to, they would take the necessary steps for commencing this important project. They were much gratified at the zealous co-operation and as sistance which the secretary had received from the gentry' and landed proprietors of Ireland, and of the county of Kerry in particular, through which the line passes. The accounts had been submitted to Messrs. Lyde and Brown, the auditors, and had been signed as accurate. From the balance-sheet it appeared that the large liabilities of this company had now been reduced to the small sum of 2,7871.—The report was adopted. The Noble CHAIRMAN stated that they must now form themselves into an extraordinary meeting for the pur pose of taking into consideration what they should do with the unregister©d scrip of the company. The Secre tary had been to Ireland, wlirre he had many inter views with the landed proprietors with a view to increase the basis of the company, and he was happy to say the result was that a vast number were ready to take up shares in the company on condition that the directors would givo them shares representing 11. 12s. 6d. paid, they agreeing to place their names on the registry of shareholders. This unregistered scrip of the company being liable to forfeiture, he trusted the meeting would have no objection to that arrangement. After a short discussion it was agreed to unani mously—" That the directors be authorized to dispose of the unregistered scrip in such way as could be done legally." It was stated that the directors of Fthe Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland looked with interest on the formation of this line to Valentia Harbour, and were disposed to aid in its promotion. After a vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman, the meeting adjourned. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY. The fourth half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at 449, West Strand; the Earl of Cour town in the chair. The report stated, that since the last meeting the directors had entered upon the construction of those por tions of the works only between Dublin and Wicklow, which from their difficult character would necessarily govern the completion of this important section of the undertaking. This course has enabled them to limit their expenditure to the available resources at their com mand, and within bounds which have hitherto precluded the necessity of their adopting any measures of undue pressure upon the shareholders in arrear, during a period in which monetary and commercial embarrass: ment has continued to be severely felt. That the efforts of the directors had been concentrated on the works between Dublin and Wicklow, as calculated, when com pleted, to develope the remunerative character of the undertaking. The Bill fbr legalizing the subscription of the South Wales Railway Company to this under taking of 250,0001. having received the royal assent. sever( of the directors retired to give place to a similar number of the South Wales Company. By the arrange ment between the two companies the construction of the section to Wicklow was forthwith to be commenced and proceeded with. The accounts showed that 130,4511. had been received and 97,437/. expended, leaving a ba lance of 33,104/. in hand. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the re port, made some observations respecting the construc tion of the works, and that it was not the wish of the directors to press upon the shareholders. Mr. Ness moved an amendment, that the report and balance sheet be not adopted, and that the meeting be adjourned to that day month. In answer to a question it was stated that the South Wales Company had not paid up the calls at the time the accounts were mad_e_iLn thr latter company had to iluaiioaLe is pinion 05 users_ _ paid up the calls or not. - _ 111 1'. iQi a l . Addressed the meeting at considerable length in support of his amendment, with the object of showing that the directors were not entitled to the con fidence of the shareholders, and that a committee of in quiry could not on the part of the directors bo reason• ably objected to. He went into an elaborate statement of the previous circumstances of the company. Mr. REYNOLDS, M.P., had supported the line from the first on the ground of its public utility. He thought that the directors had acted towards the shareholders in a very merciful manner. He doubted the prudence of the course pursued by Mr. Nash, for he held that the por tion of the line between Wicklow and Dublin would be as productive as any line in Ireland. The amendment was put and lost; the original motion was then carried, under protest from Mr. Nash. Mr. NASH moved " that the allowance to the directors and secretary be reduced," when The CHAIRMAN decided that it was a question which could not be entertained at that meeting, as no notice had been given, and then declared the meeting dis solved. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held in the Clarendon Room this day. William Nicoll, Esq., in the absence of the chairman, presided. The SECRETARY read the report of the directors. The accounts of the company showed that the entire receipts on capital account amounted to 39,3471. ss. Bd., and the disbursements and liabilities to 116,9951. Is. I Id., leaving a balance to be provided for of 77,6471. 16s. 3d., which it was proposed to raise by three calls of 21. 10s. The cost of making the line from Southport to Water loo, including stations and maintenance of way for twelve months, was 77,284/. 14s. sd. The arrears of the first call amounted to 4,6001. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the traffic on the line since its opening had exceeded the expectation of the directors. He then al luded to the favourable prospects of the line, and its advantages to Liverpool and the neighbourhood. The report was adopted. The other proceedings were noLimportant. THE NEW FOREST.-4t is rumoured that Govern ment have resol ve d t h at t h e N ew F orest shall be disaf forested. Such a determination seems not ' improbable, considering th e ev il s ar i s i ng f rom forests laws, tind th utter uselessn ess , except to p l un d erers, o f the New Fo rst. The forest, it is said, is surrounded by ostensible timber-merchants, some of whom were nothing better than receivers of stolen timber. Nothing can exceed the trepidation which Lord Duncan has caused amongst the foresters, verderers, and rangers. They are all trembling. The books of the deputy-surveyor have been seized, and the election of a vacant regardership has been suspended. Her Majesty kept servants enough in Ilistupohi'i tr tla vw os,usaiwis blade of grass, and yet teams of horses, with waggon loads of timber, have escaped unmolested. Since the investigation the officials are so timid that they conjure up, in the grotesque appearance of the gnarled oaks, the semblance of detectives. Pan and the sylvan deities have vanished from the forests, and policemen are now roaming over their beautiful retreats. For many years past down Southampton Water there has floated many a rood of stolen timber, but thanks to timely exposure and investigation the depredations will for the future he less frequent, if they are not altogether prevented.— Bath I'aper. ADMISSION OF TUE PUBLIC TO VIEW THE HOUSE of LORDS. —Yesterday the following notice was issued by command of Lord Willoughby D'Eresby :—" In con s, quence of the preparations necessary for the proroga tiou of Parliament, no tickets can be issued to view the House of Lords on Saturday next. The public will not 1 1 be admitted during the recess, as the presence of visitors would impede the progress of the works." WREN'S OBSERVANCE OF GEOMETRICAL RULES IN HIS CHURCHES.—In respect of relative proportions, the drawings given by Mr. Clayton enable us to observe the curious care taken by Wren. Thus, in St. Stephen's, Walbrook, the height to the crown of the cupola inside is exactly the width of the building between the walls. The height of the tower and steeple of St. Benet Fink, up to the cross surmounting it, was exactly five times the width of the tower. The height of the tower of St, Autholin's is four times its width, and, with the spire exactly eight times: the internal height to the crown of the oval cupola in the same church is exactly the same as the greatest length between the columns which carry it. The height of the tower of St. James's, Garlick-hill, is four times its width, measured to the under side of the arch which terminates it internally, and exactly six times including the steeple—and the minor divisions are regulated by the same unit. St. Swithin's Church is formed into an octagon, and the height to the crown of the cupola is the same as the width. St. Peter's, Corn hill, has the same width as height, and the length of the part inclosed for service is exactly one and a half time, its width. The height of the tower of St. Nicholas s, Cole Abbey, is four times its width, and with the steeple six times: the length of the body of the church i nside . is one and a half time the width, and the heig ht of it is half the length. It is unnecessary, however, to pursue the inquiry further here.—Builder [SThe Earl of Roden, it is said, will sell his Dundalk p.operty, and be the first to act on the Encumbered Estates Bill Sale. A good movem ent this. Ground ' rents are very high and house accommodation defective , 1 in Dundalk.—Ulster Gazette.. •.:: _<. to 1011 the Leo ey ey r.)