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LETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. The highest medical authority recommend Brandy and the best cust omar y beverage, anal as an 7hicintas p rev entitive of Diairhceatic Complaint s i t thi s sea- on. gu, MiallY concur i n p re f err i ng B E TTS ' S PATENT BRA N 1)Y e P u rest and most w h o l esome. It is unequalled for preserving 'Mita, home-made Wines, &c. boStilld throughout the Kingdom, by respectable dealers, in glass Dis ,l4 Protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the cas es i",„ L ERY, 7, SIIITIIFIELD-11A.ItS, in dozens, bottles and .eluded, at lie. per gaol ; or in stone jara of two gallons n Plvards, at IGs. per gallon, pale or coloured. "Diiide about the broade bride cake, NVRound about the bride's stake."—Ben Jonson. —EI) DI NG BREAKFAST Drovirieil Pnt i re, the Exci, Town or Country, by Mes srs . PURSSELL , C orn hill , near of pl ate align, includi ng Wines of the rarest vintages, and the hire Bills o ' thittia' servants, and carriages. A m aim? are, with Terms, sent per post, for any number required.. rs furnished mains? are ' display of Bride Cakes for selection.. Ball Supee i: and Bent o including Lights and Music. Experienced Coo a ,s . nagern en i 07enrators sent to any part of the country for the ca m re. full 7 packed Entertainments Soups Made Dishes, Ices, &c., for o ountry orders. ' ------______ 31 esarill. PURSSELL'S, CORNIIILL. ROYI I , TR ON-11.PRINCE ALB .; ERT. POLYTECHNIC LIISTICUTION. ty A' „ LECTURES. bistri e 4 - ; e 2,, cr, ,'Esq., on Testing Gold, and on Vie Australianol By With t also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter -7 Dr. a St rYchnine. th e reellbottner :on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire i anal on fx. " l 41:: P reserving . Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens Cenee e , s. Ritchie and M'Call, and Sampl sof Moore's Patent_ ) 1 7 y Y k o r.e ri l ‘ t _: Milk and Fadeuilhe's Solidified Preservcci Milk. r cp T ry on Morrall's Patent Needles. ?,. 14 Elis - 11. - I zckl and. Esq., on Music, illustrated by Patriotic and a "' U sle.' - '" Songs, assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, R. A. Seri e . , , g m , -"' 1-)lBSolvin g Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope, &c. —4- Price. 'ls• 1 Schools an d Children under Ten years of age, „ ror Hours, see Programme. _Superb Specimens of Patent Silvered Glass. R E - rt ,, C on , --ORNE GARDENS. ii i . the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. atersia dOre by team Entrance close to Battersea -bridge Pier. i.,Etr c i ""ealn-hoat from London-bridge or any of the interme e,'ed at r Or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be ,utrin atteisea bridge for Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from en d, 6d -Cr as -. 'l, 3 d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. 1.116,- Yrotechntc Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. 4 41 S Open for the Season. 1 2 .„,_ b Y 11,, and FRIDAY; Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, Franz de Bach, on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet long. I.,,lwirn'zpa, FRIDAY, Mr. Hackney, the Astonishing Negro -- Atom... • Tr ----~NV and SATURDAY, the Italian Brothers in their Don -10-11c4„0,,ze Performance. at an elevation of 90 feet. Our "CV and SATURDAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated n 'alOtti ti , "'rig Contortionist. pPe t t a „ August 19, a most extraordinary HippodromaCc tr Et ..,„,,t. conducted by M. Souther, who has engaged the cele -28. arisianaut Poitevin. Admission on that occasion, .44til Seven abet S new Grand even • . ov„,_Spanish Ballet is in active preparation. —.l4lTupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock • until near Midnight, including ri • e'Ve The Last Week but One. Tv.", at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated ..,11 a ddition to the f o ll ow i ng attractions, Louis Soullier's ' 411 4 se e - ". e ntal. arid the best Equestrians of the age. For particu- N ci uDecial Bin s. Artistea :—Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de Bach, Devani, Macney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, .Leoa Vilderini ; Madlies. Clementine and Olga Souther. 4111 1 1,, ition The renowned Devil Rider, Herr Wehle. ' B , to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and t. 4 4 ,, this tn.phitheatre, 6d. ilX:telhai 1 7- I . k. Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, s a t n a d "ent. eB t 4 vala, with all Hi:. immense resources of the E - fa Oen a Three o'clock. 0 11 . n„,,_ Admission, Is ; Children, —wA YI, afte r Four o'cl. t ock, by Refreshment Card, price 6 d. Half-price Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 63. s---..._.............Ffivate Room for Dinners and Coffee. rt,„ TIMES'"4 FRUITS, 8 Do• 1 4'4 META and "ANTIDOTE." oNs. —L s Ix THEIR VARIOUS CHEMICAL COMB[- Sir„ . To Trak tbrrott OF THE DAILY NEWS. the lisnA. letter u,... . aPPears in the " Times" of Tuesday, the 10th, under 1(11 M f at e t " Antidote," in which it is stated that certain pre lict Mt rtlits ar e more or less impregnated with copper. We shall I l ei nd a pt t° controvert this statement in the " Times,w il L u elelsg f l that journal whether it is not well aware that in .c a al hlnati —e ps are contained the metals in their various chen - n „ s , cosr-°us Which are from day to day administered as remedies. knby ;" advic e ~tl.B Public are told that when such metals are ta m e . e _ _ -8111eateso.:1, tile man with a diploma in his pocket they c o e P o _t_,&s t p elion s, 4 .( 1 _, When used in any other form they then la only thing e can ~?,,ukeY truly are under any circumstances. The tn %sm h"erstand in the matter is this that when such me tetitt,, Y the doctor, he may kthat im tals are —now iIOW to give so little `tillia...," 401 myth not be the consequence, erewhereasawt 'Alt thngly, . as to kill, I s ., s at the, dad.,dfruits the quantity may e be ie s e o l most positive. k e T rt, i r : w% theahtehtinidbgththines,t,aTnicmesesv" that deadly poisons 'he n ~.n rne d, bY a sort of hoci o is-po y eus, into most benign medicines, is k take under th *14, -. " uarta % , e so of the doctor . ? We hd lo th ok at k t they utical poiso as anti-medicinal, a u th p e on only 1. 1181 4-;': e ' hive Must be detrimental to health, whether taken 44 404.0YrsOr otherwise. it ke dicin es sa nction, for their own profit, P % Ta ct , h . how can they be surprised at tradesmen to their 41 cT 4 in usi ng such poisons for giving a line colour pharmaceutical poisons not thinking T We art, Sir, our obedient servants, lit MEMBE" ' ' Y BRITISH `.;a2ILLEGE OF Ic leW nEALTu FOR ° T.II T E H SOCIETY OF lIYGEISTS. p.s.Ztki, London, August 11 1852. t ion of the t,, l4l lce: ° _,at a Pity that the Ana , lti al Sanitary Comln-ss • ttetin st , uees not give the übl' the b '- ti flt of its researches in the s„ 81:1°P. What a tll l e it would u e n::ild. 0$ zlit lIIILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET ~_ INTirts , wrr, 1 1Mb OF 'YOUTH AND MATURITY. 1 4 4 .•,-.- t rent). • ` r. r . lr COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEELin. a SBtaiZo,4nglisb, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Itallan, .arvelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, far Forty-two Stamps, E S .k„„,LP-PR ESERVATION; an 0117ag—e',Yti...cal Investigation of the Physiology and su l b 'l j ? o:ealth7en'cllthathep.heearinfgsmin which that important 3•0 4 , 11 Thi, trad n D 1 so . - an, with its Dis9ualiffcations an necc d ttiao h rln n es o c e °tl - 1 11„. ilil e i„...g .. th: origin to the effects ofjuvendelsiolitary habits, 44'e'retnariZ t ? . ,Jil', tca cdrnates, or ci,ose serf ; fo owed by prac- Il l ir s a sali n ce, " V e e ,e, {l o. ?nt . w e en , twenty years l exp ea n e c s : , in s the treatment permatorrhma, ate b Aa o ll o t a g o p t . t i l ) ie t tj r , , L n oe vy a W and Generative System. Il n Orga ns . nrc3cl E ngravings on the Anatomy of the Repro and their r elative conditions in Health and Disease. h _ ri, g z ' n il ?: 64111 -TEL LVMETIT, M.D., ctor of 1 f „,.,, -' rOR D - SQUARE, LON D 0 , din burgh, Rons"o'elne, Matriculated Member of the University of E Lice ntiate W a s '? ' le nlber of the London Hospital Medical Tb e ~.Othenarie s, Hall, London, &c., Sm • Society, to essential ob' i, b s equen ese r loct of this treatise . is . to excesses, which li s i, Produced "tilt ing from irre,ularities andpoint out the fearful in Man on:', and More misery in 'Youth, degradation er Pr stages of life, than, perhaps, any Sa s class ni• di 8 decay at all treatment pathologists. The . t ined i. ._nuseaSe known to gainedmodern n in the most celebrated 4.2.11 e of.2o_eded on experie nce country and In continental Europe Z rea"a'noep_tue both in this uir under. ed are here condensed the few Isoitterson.,'_tne knowledge thus ar . ier t , himself one of d A nd y quarlinsupervision of Dr. L ve devoted their . whole an sll s; u ed Physicians who ha medical science. In short, h of i OD ~„_t ie lles th this important branch , t he rs, a a t nt of the diseases incidental arity relating to the treatment of immediate relief a . nd 41 the en erativ and the means h. e eh. _ a e system, a in • nal reputation detail. The profcssio medical ki. L e i t c ert re described taken the most distinguished lf a sufficient 11114444411 e ' Who at home and abroad, is in i se lvt, kite, onours der his care h z, i n that those who m ay place themselves un and with that delicate consideration eiZialgr e rY instance, meet r of these requisite in the treatment 1 3 1 1 secrecy which are so 49, Pater ktittC44kr„...(4 by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, e-street, itit k hl 4 7; 'lmlay , 63, ' Oxford-street ; State, Titchborn lb_ I..._et • Mann, - ' ernhill •or free by post for forty-two_ uul 23,C who 'nay ' be consulted perma z, or by _ . a m , _ the author, w. prom Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. ki4 % kl Th 1' ----- T A N D E S TS th A e Q IV risin o „ e „„ g and the setting of the sun was anciently consi ktik,, 'sts '''Pass of the whole world, a circumstance illustrated by Ze epee is -.._' tiON'S East and West Estiblishments for seasonable Zl.eplete with all the novelties in the world, in elegant ::ot p 7rtin ig %° ... le dress. For SportSmen: the style which gives comfort ,N• 4 l l ble, „teTses from the novelty and peculiarity of the cut. a ' Or °I. t„" v " ei t it e sea -coast, or any other place of popular p; ome trl._ tn teriti en ,„. ti g Purposes and for general summer wear ; for la -4X104":, in th e — Zn o , st tradesmen or mechanics ; for youths, a . nd o. for l --+ So'c i er ``-' oduction elegant mate r ials, and in styles surnassin o , E a 1 e. , . / ib tha rl at s. Cheaper at the Establishments of E. 3 3 S ki , it t , e -.,,\1- 1 „, 111 3' other house in the world. . t ri t ofti o ' n ' .— Ttie amazing number of applications at the Go )41), by ship s and the advanced rates charged for passage by tl V4 E - g *l licti , s . ec „ rn impediments to your welfare, but there is one 44tiba' ii id ss;",inaY at once remove the difficulty. Apply to E. th • 1',. °11 , a nd ' i°r Your Outfit, and for Clothing required for your t i tkh e et th is i You will save more than the extra cost of your_ p_a,s kittlee is l ' ass s ee i r t an you will gain, for at E. MOSES and t SON a S, t, o rn , You r ~__ ated with qualty, superiority, and perfec ad wants- rpeaoationlirFunistances, the events of your vo' age, your 0 t,,, e "ge li tty — ' e n 1 the country to which you emigrate. Though sZeu p er e titl e iinlssade application io E. MOSES and SON for OtdiS• %Zirid b r elgrk it b een charged a higher price on that account, nor kai e ts,, , k e o n lade bil`e,n disappointed in his orders ; neither can any teti.!rpa r „`, 4l anilai e ,;,_ th ey can fulfil it from their magnificent . re tkpee ill 'ileled ex, ' by unequalled connexions, unlimited capital, otietratit s , ° intitti, -11 ;°ns• Their Stock, selected with perfect ex -41, 1ira n „, 44 . 1 at, I . ranged in a department kept expressly for 14 1 ,r:hip i 'ues ( nan ; AtOSES and SON'S Establishments, or at any I r , la ti ner char d below) Outfits may be procured at very con k 411 Lis t s I 'lliver 4N e and far better quality than at any other Or or pr o ae. "'it r v essels tat, „„,, -re to 4 ' eOSt or . t ., -- -. , all requisite information relative to sail- No 117 Part '.4s3an.e ding ay be had on application, or CO N ,„,_ Of th e ',s un ' .2 na ...lO N ~.. gdOM. et eePt " ' I kts t( Pldor t 04 their cv nl r „°THEIL HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, 4 2 tid i t j XStab l i ab 4 'stabllshments, as foows : libl'endr, "es ' 41 dgate, ° l e nt, 154, 155, 156. and 157, Minories, 83, 4 ,,. t..e.. "v.' o eite the Church , all communicating. I t ...art, tr .l ran , rMibrd street, all c o c ' , 50 6, 507, 50g, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 411 ett (Yorkah,..., a ltannic.atin T . I t tid ili , —.) D r t.e 4 o :Tc ancb, 3 6 . L ., Mich, 19, Bridge-street. s h it Tua . ~ arg,t e tiNA aake rs, Clotit • -ste - tstab it —. and G e era. Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, em ßos eu t rda b ki te _ . Iser... Outatters for Ladies and Gentl • II j; V be2l 141t3 are closed to sunset on tiliu, s evr t o buai nees °sod from sunset Jerkin'? I tTottt OI 1Z entitled 22 ~,, LI FOSIIMOd till Twelve o'clock. N.g t i' 01 1 C•"„ 8 , end ~, ,ne Liry of Elegance," containing a , 0 10. v 1 1 4401 0 ., rections foreself-measurement, can ho had, ki ll 'arld._ . or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the 1 1 1 141, — "Jo 1e1 1 .." 401 1 e . 4141411 AC for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis , "..„ ..5......_ 4 4 ) : 1 „ P,erle p r 1 t b u r Li& Qui al parla Italiano. bk---------_ eut4 ch• 1 Aqua se habla Espanol. 14 7 e Ne ll I 3 Depth LIT ERWELL'S NEW WORKS. ea tt O ad of sh -air dlit ; Nt aiin .orwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Cary thorn; uthor . g ea c h ; , _u, Cornhill ;or direct from the a . te, "1; uy Post, Is. 6d. ,e - tt r crt li ealth „„, ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. 4 , , ou re. , e.e er , ItNt: A — ; arl ation, and Rational Ilse of Time." ~, A ti . El -,.• the EA R ising —Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex /4„_aod „ 1 / 4 13, /I ,viron.s of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, ' a lt..."`Aretli —4411- roadsand , other pleasant places—Country Aira lt , '_oea—London at Night—Evenings at Home k u . ".e, co ce „" -- un Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, A 1 , -"' Ilk,— 'Potion, #4c., &e. ` 4 t 1 13 181/ To QOM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vole. Tnic , _ Vol. I. • k t ' , AKITA.; SKETCH OS' EDINBURGH, &c, rgt B 0 Voi.ii. , OF SILL k.RNE y ; REMINISCENCES OP DUBLIN, &c. A b NPUAT To 111. 0‘,..-el, at th -,, EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, , m 14 1 .. re,e, /in L'° rV., , ,i,i, "le --Cl e Years and ten our course may run." -itt,°ll,, Leeds of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner 4410;;010'Leects th e kith and enfeebled constitution, that harasses Oft sty ; 2, 1 " e Man of pleasure, business, or study, and ens- Ver,, tla tables and rules for the diet and physical regu • -,,ay life. IV. THE PASSIONS. la What ti. t improVe, 11 1,.. ailaions hurt the body— whraeard." : ,N,,.. ,ths k% refined as Athens ever . a „. e . The ad f t ",' (4 tit` "Life's pil grimage, from infancy to old ts, . e The casual. 441;'Illee4Tt'14'1°,13. Chastity ' and its infringer" - • graphic, nar 'e, ttaa rose and dissi ti n with illustrations •I'lheellative. Adv P o a ca o c;of early marriage 3 V. „, THE MARRIAGE STATE. o 1tip 1 ;! 4 %)1 4 , 1 ,. To be or not to be, that is the question. and reli- Nittegardl7,l,--Lavra and obligations of nature, society, T i me and el ltl 'i on l h,arriage, to be observed by either sex. n , nlexion, and N b re i , ~, ,score sides, as to age, temperament, c0_,..,, _,..,, them. t iist . t e kl. de(:, 6 healthy offspring, with the art of rear"'. h•4.tc. .veness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. 1 0 4 ..1 1,. 24) • ein,, Q, 7 ) L.S.A. ~.,ki. , t,,,,,,,, t ' • LIMELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. ( 1- -1_ i"1. )1,:,14'110ve Years Medical and Forensic Referee ilt .. h r u e i -..1 lo t ,_ePti n beers daily till F ivre l kEvetalugo • BeY " ""011- per Reaent-etzust. \~_ 4" 4-t 71 - 7 - ,-,--- .-- - - . . • / • - / ,• , , • ;1 : \fI :1 :: ::, . ,,t, ... .t . 4Slek ,".' ,f; 1 4,. ~•.•_..,„. :,..: 4 : , , / . ~',•:-. ~ r y ^f - .7 . , \ , . , ...• . - .; ,- --1;:-.• t ):,33 ('-- ~,g e. i. ,,sl, , ..1...... ty ,, -...,„..... ~ 4 ~ ,f_ 10' ity. ,P•l'-'..-,_.,*4:---•-g --.. _ _____,- •• t" i i i,„.e., ...,.., 1,,,,, t, „..,.,:7tiz„.-__.l :,,:„.,: •_ ~. „,...i, i • ; /.0,. ~ ..„ ~,., .. :7„. .. ,,, ..,. „7. ,\, .., H , :1 0, : -„, ~-1: , , . , : , ,, ..: , ,.- ~ , \,,,,, ._\ „..,7 _-- , --•-•• Ik , --'!--- \ „.,,, , . . ,' , \ • s .\,-; ).. N----) ) \‘o l ,, ( k '',( 0 ,-- ' - ._ ~ ,.,,q „ :_ts . , , , c- x , , , . ,\ . . v ..k... ,g - . ,----4 -- t'' 1 , -44 ~. . . e i .., ‘'' j '4 . ' ^,. 1 lfil :' .>‘ * / ] t xii-4 4' `, 5 ....P . . , ,k:/;i) .. - t . ~,;., .r , ....‘1 ~., , 'Nt r .,.„,' 4— * 1 - 0 '' " 4- ' ,.., s , ' fi..174i,,...;;;n - '*." :11...1*4 -,...---- ,..- ~. ~ .. .f ) *6 N ''' , •,•• )4 1 L . ' , 4 / <:_' . t ...„,.1 . ,...=y,,„, ::f .,, it, ' --..- L ,- • ' , fp , ''',.. ,-- iyAT '' _ 4 . - .ey,„,, ~I r , :A , ,-,•• toil :. - - - Cs:27M] PLMEga , 1 , 1 .t . 44 • t* ,tt ' 3 N°.18 ) 692.] LONDON WEDNESDAY 61.2 A 6 ,. 11 „1. 0 , • A Dal ' NI 7 AUGUST 18 1852. CAPTAIN PENNY'S EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. Just published, in 2 vol.;. post Svo., with Two coloured Charts by A. Petermann, Six Plates (four coloured), and numerous Wood En gravings, price 275. cloth, TOURNAL of a VOYAGE in BAFFIN'S ey BAY and BARROW'S STRAITS, in the Years IESO and 1 ,, 1, performed by 11. M. Ships Lady Franklin and Sophia, under the coirimand of Mr. William Penny, in search of the missing Crews of H. at. 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"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. —" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady "—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852. —" We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—Dablin Medical Press, April 8,1852. No. IL Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 4s. THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATORR IBEA BY CAUTERIZATION; its Inefficiency and Danger. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common instruments geons has been mar:ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical Observations.—" In pro3f of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both in duratloi, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Protessiz Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. THE COUNTRY MA ith..ET >ts. IPSWICH, AUG. 17. We had again a small market, and but little wheat on sale; the growers were very firm in their prices, and an advance of fully 3s and 4s per qr. must be noted upon prices of last market day. A sample of choice new Tala vera, wheat brought 56s per qr. The crop of wheat, it is now clearly ascertained, has received much injury, and from two causes; first, the mildew or blight, rendering whole breadths of land valueless to supply corn for human food; and, secondly, the wet and warm weather has caused the wheats to sprout. We had at market several specimens taken from the sheaves very much sprouted ; it must be feared the white wheats are all more or less thus injured. FIR QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white oos to 00s Oats Oos to Ode Barley Ditto Beans AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 14, 1852. Wheat Beans, •••••• 15 „ 32s Od Peas HULL, AUG. 17. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states-The following is a comparison of the imports into Hull to the sth July, 1851 nut 1852:-Wheat, 1851, 98,376; 1852. 9,963; barley, 1851, 90,923; 1852. 36,752; oats, 1851, 20,914; 185'2. 5,717; beans, 1851, 18,040; 1852, 28,302; peas, 1851, 7,805; 1852, 2,030; tares, 1851, 3,420; 1852, 650; lineeed,lBsl, 69,594; 1852, 87,679; rapeseed, 1851, 2,457; 1852, 3.791; oil cakes, 1851, 4,112; 18p5a2ss, bones, 1851, 8,776; 18 52, 11 , 525 ; guano, 1851, 1,069 ; 1852, 2,660. The weather during the week has been various : on the Bth, 9th, and 10:h much rain, which laid the heavy crops throughout this district. Since then we have had dry cooling with a good deal of sun, just the weather desirable to follow the rain alluded to above. Harve s t i s now quite general, and so far as we can learn, the wheat in point of quantity " cuts up" well, but quality w ill be various, and the yield, as well, deficient to the very splendid crop of last year. There are some few complaints of blight, mildew, and sprout, but they are by no mean s general or serious. The trade during the week has been characterised by increased firmness on the part of holders, but by caution, almost amounting to inaction, on the part of buyers, to that with a nominal advance of 2s per quarter in price asked, the actual business since Tuesday has been quite inconsiderable. To-day w e h a d a large supply of wheat from our own farmers, and only a small show of foreign samples, the late arrivals being cleared off, and less offering from granary; the market for both English and foreign must he quoted Is to 2i per qr dearer, but very slow sale at the advance. The late import of barley having got pretty well disposed of, the market is firmer, and in some instances a trifle dearer. Oats are the turn in favour of the buyer, but beans fetch 60 more money. A good demand for peas, but none of fine quality on the market. Linseed maintains its value, with but a small supply for the general market. Cakss still improve, and no fine foreign remain unsold. No import of foreign rapeseed, and rape cakes continue scarce and dear. Any arrival of bones would meet ready sale. The following are the present prices of grain :- S. 5. Wheat, English, red 40 to 43 Do. white 44 - 46 Danizio and Ko nigsberg 42 - 46 Pomeranian and Hamburgh .:...•• -40 Danish, Holstein, Ss 36 - 38 Friesland Russian and Odessa 32 - 36 Oats, English ....... 17 - 19 Do. Danish.- ....... 16 - 18 Do. Friesland lB - 20 Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 - 18 Barley,malting 0) - 00 Do. grinding 23 - '2l Beans 3O - 32 Do., foreign 2B -3) B. E. Peas, white and yel. 30 32 Do. grey Linseed, Black Sea 44 46 Do. Petersburgh Do. Riga & Archngl 3B 42 Do. Konigsberg Per ton. Lins. c., Hull 01 Os Od to 7/ 10s Do. fine for. —.71 5s Od to 0/ Os Do. inf. foreign... 0/ to 61 108 Rapeseed 23/ lOs to 007 Rape cakes...B7s ad to OOs 0 Tares, English OOs OGa Do. foreign 25s -30 s Guano ......... 4/ 7 1 to 9 l Os Bones,. do 9OB Od to 00, I Rye Meal 71 Os CORK, AuG, 16. Barrels. • Currency. O White wheat 00s Od to 00s 03 00s Od-20 ten o Red wheat oos Od to 00s Od 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od ON Od-20 do O Ditto oos Od to 001 Od 0 Barley Os Od to 00s Od 0 Ditto oos Od to 00 s Od ) } 00. Od-0O do 0 Ditto 94 Bere... —. Ps 8d to 10, Od Os Od 285 Oats Bs 8d to 9s 8d s Od O 124 Ditto ... 0 Ditto 19 Prices:— Pigs Quantitysold a t theto Os 00$ Od to 00s Od 00 s Od p er c w t 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley; 58 bare; 5 oats, 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week :—e Wheat, 1. Barley, 0. Oats, 1,463. Pi gs , 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CUARINCY. First quality .......... ..... 73s First quality ... 64 Second quality ............ 70s Second quality ...... 6it Third quality ............ ... 66s Third qua1ity...,........ 57: Fourth quality ............ 64s Fourth quality ......... ... s ;' , Fifth quality ............... 52s Fifth quality ............... 433 Si x th quality ...... . 4 3 s Sixth quality ............ ... 34. Return of Cattle Slide for week ending W g. 7. Pigs, 630. ep, 232. . COAL—Flour —First 12s 6d to 131 Od ; extra 141 Od; seconds, 10. 6d to 12s; households 9. to 10s 6d ; thirds, 7. to 91 per cwt. Oatmeal 10. , . to 10.63 . Indian meal 76 3d to 7s 6d• 7t Os 7 2 'wheat meal, 9s 6d to 10. per ervt.t Indian corn to 1s 6d pet ton. Bran 72s 6d to 758 per ton. Hay—Farrners 14s Od to 255; &verso 038; dealers 00.0 d to 00.; average 0 A per ton. St. aw— Fftrmen 11. Od to 16. Od; average 00s; dealers 200 Od to 00* Od: average 009 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to Od; • household loaf bd to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d . 0 103 per lb. E4s Od to 4s 2 d pe r hundred. Coals—. Newport 14s Od ; ggs— Lydney 15s ; Landore ON , • Culm, 128 6d p er ton. Tallow 39s Od to 40s per ewt, Whisky, 25 a• P., 51 9 d p er imperial gallon. Met t —Bee 4id to 7d ; mutton 5d to bid; veal 4d to 7d ; pork 44 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 818 s t° 9 / Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/17 6 63 to 3/ Os p er ton. Bark, red 71to 8/10s Hemp 291 t 341 per ton. Fleece wool . 16. to Oh per stone. ditto, ° per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 18s to 19s; red 24. to 00 s per barre l . Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ pet ton. Timber_me ~ ditto, 3/ Ib e per to m u el , 70s per ton ; red p , ins 315 s • yellose Market 20s to ' ll . de „, 8 ; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. i 1— zo • salted 3d to Od per lb . 216 to 30 3 per cwt , • calf skin. 10d to 12d. Glum p :otatoes white 7d to 9d; pinks, Archangel, 19s per barrel7vi"' 101 101 to 111 per ton. Tar— Sir John Pakington arrived in town yesterday, from his svat, Westwood-park, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-WESTERN. The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors in the London and South-Western Company was held yesterday at the Nine Elms Station. Trio adver tisement convening the meeting also; announced that after the ordinary business was transacted, a special go. neral meeting would be held to consider the report of the directors concerning proposed extensions. Mr. Chaplin, chairman of the board of directors, pre sided. The atteneance was not very large. The report wets taken as read. On the question being put that the report be received and adopted, Mr. UPCROFT asked whether the present accounts contained all the debts and liabilities of the company up to the 30th of June last? and if not whet were the out standing amoinee. Mr. Hoens (one of the auditors) replied that the esti mate future expenditure was 131,0001.; but he be lieved that would he exceeded by about 50,0001. if every thing was done contemplated and ordered. The ac counts, of course, did not embrace the works yet to be (ddtt ohuei ren M eendt oahr. made, H rah:rd e e chi c directorsot dividendhoe ea T f executed, e r calledtrh nee Unfortunatelypo rotero report closing bsu t ii e l n n l s t ws i 4 o ohB n oi ; en ha t b o bet the dh ae t6opr estimate ptobep orree et no predictiontr f ds n ov h e w got, was a very questionableo g ra thf e le ; ei tl inr i t l e d erae hi tait a a ti f r t i a bil ec t o e fur d ine t tn. h 7 is s of the directors, viz., of the attornies, the engineers, and the contractors, were entirely opposed to those of the s i h o a o r s e h a o s 1 d b e a r: b ; e t o t o n d e o the r e r d e s inf t o w , was s d u a c h s vr ruinous ill s pc r e eo - - m to doe recom mended.—(Hear, ( to 1. H o r e o a o r, fh hear.) put a p o r b o e p o r k i e o t o p r o s o h t a b d e directors to What t -selves by -eloeing the capital mount; but artless ILIAL (the proprietors) get the powerful support of the London newspapers, he didn't think they would ever be able to manage this. He wished this question to be answered by the chairmata—at what period did the directors them selves contemplate closing the capital account? The CHAIRMAN did not see what grounds the Hon. Proprietor had for his dissatisfaction. In 1848 the di rectors made a very careful estimate of the probable out lay that would be required previous to closing the capi tal account; and for two or three years he had, for the board, repeated that statement, making the current de ductions each successive year. Last year he had not had the pleasure of meeting the proprietary; but he would willingly on this occasion go agaia into the matter. They had received 8,722,516/.; they had expended alto gether 8,614,885/., and they had a balance of cash in hand of 107,6311. Then he came to the liabilities. The last estimate made was 640,830/, for all the works con tract( d for. They had spent, up to the 30th of June of that 509,349/.; leaving to complete the proposed works 131,502/. In following out the estimates, experience had pointed out many directions in which deductions could be made, while on.the other hand, occasions had occurred requiring works in excess of the aggregate es timate. A case in point, illustrating the !atter case, might be mentioned. The great accumulation of car riages in consequence of the extension of the line to 241 working miles had cpened the question whether it was a wise economy to leave these carriages without cover when standing in the winter, having been used only in the summer traffic; and the directors had taken on themselves to build a large car riage shed, buying a piece of land at the point where the Richmond branch left the main line, going there to avoid the heavy ground rent, which would not have allowed a purchase nearer London. The cost was 7,0001., not cal culated upon; but obviously such an expenditure was the true economy. Again, in consequence of the increased traffic, it was found that additional water way was re quired at the Nine Elms station, with warehouses, to conduct the business there properly; and that expense was gone to. But, setting the unexpected outlays like these against what had been saved in deductions from the original calculations in other directions, he thought they would be able to do the whole with the 131,5021. This statement ought to be satisfactory, inasmuch as it showed that at the outset there had been a very careful investigation. (Mr. Uperoft—Yes, but the story as to the dividends?)—(Hear, hear.) Since the old estimate in question it had been resolved by a vote of the proprie tary to spend 16,0001. to go to Alton; 4,0001. on ac count of the North Devon, and 90,0001. to complete the line to Andover. Well, after these things were done with, there would be, according to his estimate, as balance of cash in hand, 107,6311.; for unissued shares, 472,462/ ; for calls in arrear , 6,6811.; for calls not made, 188,798/ ; further borrowing powers, 110,5581.; value of the surplus property left in band, 187,7011: making a total of 1,073,8311. Deduct from this total the old esti mate of 131,5011, the 16,0001. for Alton, the 4,0001. for 'raw Vale, and the 90,0001. for the Andover extension, and there would be a balance of assets over liabilities of 832,3291. He did not want just yet to touch on the sub ject of the special meeting, but he did not hesitate to say this—that it the capital account should be closed—and afterwards desirable projects presented themselvel— there were twenty ways of opening a new account, without mystifying the' general capital account by mixing up old with now items,—(Hear, beer.) In re gard, tnerefore, to the proposition which would be made at the special meeting, it they could not bring forward a new capital account, clear of the old one, why they would not touch the matter.—(Hear, hoar.) While on his legs, answering the Honourable Proprietors, he would go into the general subject. He thought that, on the whole, their affairs did not look at all un satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) He would not compare this year with 1851, which was quite an artificial year, as affected railways, but, taking 1850, he found that from the Ist of January to the 10th of August, 1852, they had a clear excess in receipts of 9141. a week,— (Hear, hear.) This was a tolerable sum; and the result evinced the wisdom of the liberal policy which they had exhibited towards the public in regard to fares, Sse. The increase in the goods traffic was proportionate: for in the last six months they had carried 177,262 tons, which was 12,000 tons more than in any preceding half year. There were also to bo considered the advanta geous circumstances growing up around them. Looking to the influence of the junctions, giving them to South ampton a communication with the north of England, to for shipping at Southamp tOn in connexion. with the the growth of the mail steam-packet service, to the calls emi gration movement, he fancied be could see for this compa n y a very satisfactory prospect.—(Hear, hear.) As to the expenditure he confessed it looked heavy, but it was an exceptional amount. The last year, with its great traffic, had brought a sudden great since direction h m e pressure en the machinery and stock; and the effect in the wholeriw was, of that wear and tear had only been felt in this half year. however, now glad to state, and he said it advisedly, that there was a marked improvement engines, e es Cost of me chanical departmtehnet choaindpbaeheyn'aplinaceeedhiuhnedrYersti of Mr. Beattie. In the reduced consumption of coke, in the speed with which the heavy trains now travelled, and in the diminut f i o o r n giennetrhael seopi satisfaction.lot were great causes mei king, taking the whole thing over the average of miles worked, was only Sid. a mile; and this state of things offered a fair comparison with the circumstances on any other line south of London, which had not those advantages in regard to the price of coal enjoyed by the northern companies. The plant was altogether in a most efficient c - lelition, and he believed they would get on most satisfectorily this year.—(Bear, hear.) There ass one matter which he could not pass unnoticed; he re f, reed to the pain and anxiety the directors had under• gone in regard to the unhappy conduct of their old ser vant, Mr. Stovin. Mr. Stovin had served the compauy from the very beginning, a nd unlimited confidence h a d been placed i n him by all parties. He (the Chairman) had origin a lly i n t ro d uce d hi m t o t h e company, and had been, with members of his own family, security for him. His health having become deranged, and his books getting behind hand, the directors got him to go away for a few weeks' relaxation, and, unexpectedly, he went to America. Letters had been received from him indig nantly denying the alleged embezzlements charged against him; and he (the Chairman) had written to him, offering to pay his passage back, and begging him to return, to plate: matters in a proper state. As yet he (the Chairman) had not ascertained whether Mr. Stovin had received that letter. The affair was still unsettled, therefore; hut he (the Chairman) hoped it was still pos sible some explanation would be thrown over the con fused transactions in question, and that things would turn out better than had been expected at first. As a natural consequence of the affair of Mr. Stovin, other irregularities connected with it had been discovered; a n d the directors were at present in a difficulty with a Mr. Ford, a carrier, who had brought large traffic to the line from the western districts, who was debtor to the company to a considerable amount in Mr. Stovin's books, and over whom they had no clear hold. The hold they had had was in the securities on property which had appeared valuable and a vailable; but it Row His were nothing further a ppeared that he had got rid of this prop!rty propriated the proceeds irreclaimably.affairsa d ap. without prejudicing the now before the Court of Bankruptcy, and her could be said about them as y et result unfairly. In dealing with carriers like Mr. Ford, either as wholesale or retail carriers, certain risks must be run, for credit had to be given to them just es they e • their own the more they could manage to conduct were wiped to give credit; but the directors. felt that busi ness the better it would be for their interests. Accord ingly, they were determined to get such matters mo into their own hands; and they b ad a new manager re jnin log them, indeed, that very day ( Mr. Scott), who had had great practical experience in the north, and who would Mr. Uperoft Carry out the new vine` le effectual l y . had made an unkind allusion to their pr ofessional agents. The law bills, indeed wou ld seem to be h eav y ; but the reason was that at the commence eaent of lost session twenty notices h a d b ee n served on line s connected with their owe, and all the matters to wh ich these notices re lated had requ i red careful watc hi ng all charged to revenue (and , closing array of twenty had been 'reduced to fourteen on the meeting of Parliament; and though these expenses were wasd by connected.the eireu circumstances in Parliament. The ac count. this proved thatas to god teal more closed than some theirs . was boasteda g e hav i ng rinsed companies who clmed their own complete] really un influenced capital ), the revenue was de tailed the subject -matter of the Then there notices.) were law charges in co • completely), e ll s oweithcwhhaiircrah stnhitshee unman with appeals on poor rateo-450/. having gone that expen dituretiPn ce way; and then there were the compositions made to parties who had sacred from accidents on their rails. He did not object to fair ex penses in that wre, ; but there wee no doubt that most improper attempts were, in some cases, mace to extort money from the company, and actions of course had occa sionally to bedefended. It was not always eisy to prove who was and who was not a sufferer by an accident to a train ; and when he mentioned that in me case the parties alleging that they had been injarei refused to see the medical men sent to them by the company, the proprietors could imagine in what hands the directors sometimes found themselvo s. On the wiole the law charges were fair and moderate. The soicitors' bills were all carried to the taxing master in the Court of Exchequer, which was one guarantee for fairness ; and besides this the company now employed slaw agent, if he might call him so, to relieve the solicitor as to Par liamentary busine,s, so that all was done that could be done to neutralise heavy demands of this kind. In conclusion, the lion. Chairman stated that the direc tors were on the most friendly footing with the Brighton Company, and were carrying out all the ar rangements, for the common traffic, wide with that company. In answer to a question from Mr. EDWARDS as to Mr. Scott's (the new manager's) qualifications, Mr. W. HARDING (the secretary) stated that Mr. Scott had been employed by the principal lines of Scot land, by the Edinburgh and Glasgow, by the North British (of which he was the sole goods manager), and by the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee. All these com panies spoke in the highest possible terms of Mr. Scott. Mr. EDWARDS protested against the directors not taking a manager from among their own old officers. — (Hear, hear.) He a s l e s c o ur p i r t o y te fo s r ted the a i r o i w ns n t o t ffi he ce s r y s s . te l m he o y f The CirAIRMAN- , Y O rite , again.—(Laughter.) In answer to questions as to oughtt he di r t e o c t t o a r k s e g t o h i e n the security which had been given by Mr. Ford, it was e xplained that it had consisted of a bond for 4001. given going rat=lowacietAllia..) by a lady, which she would pay. and of bills of ex change endorsed by good parties fn. 1,0001., a portion of which was being recovered, and also of a moiety of a lease. A PROPRIETOR—What security does Mr. Scott give? The CHAIRMAN—FOr 1,0001 on the Guarantee So . ciety. Mr. Uzn.u—The rule now is, to take only the secu rity of the Guarantee Society. A PROPRIETOR—What is the total amount of Stovin's defalcations? The CHAIRMAN—The total amount is only 2,9201., and against that is to be set what will be recovered from the sureties, and what may yet be accounted for on ex planation. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE thought that what had oc curred indicated that a lax system prevailed in the ma nagement of the company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HELPS addressed the meeting on the paragraph in the report relating to the election of directors. He begged it to be understood that ho was not placing his own name in opposition to Mr. Sergeant Gaselee or to Mr. Mortimer, but that he was acting in entire concurrence with them. He was only a candidate on the supposition that there was a third vacancy. The paragraph to which he alluded was the following:—" In pursuance of the promise given by the chairman at the adjourned half yearly geireral meeting of the 25th February last, two vacancies at the board were announced on the 6th June, which vacancies the shareholders will have to fill up at the present meeting. The two vacancies were caused, first, by the retirement of Mr. Aikin, a man of great com mercial experience and ability, who has been for twelve years a must efficient director of this company ; and, se condly, by the, lamented death of General Reid, M.P., a large shareholder, most assiduous in the duties he assumed when he was elected a director, and endeared both to his colleagues and the staff of the railway, by the kind interest he took in all that concerned the just treatment of the eervants, and the honourable conduct of the company's affairs. Since the period of the an nouncement of these two vacancies, the directors regret to state that the Right Hon. the Earl of Morley, the able vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, has found it necessary to relinquish his seat, in consequence of the circumstances, in regard to the extension of this line westward, which were the avowed reason of his having joined this board in 1846, being in his opinion changed." Now, they would all remember the circumstances under which the promise was given that the vacancies in the direction should be placed at the disposal of the pro prietors at large. It was to be something in the way of a compromise, or, at least, of a concession, to the 900 proprietors who had complained that they found it impossible to obtain any share in the management of their affairs. It was to be an act of grace— something more than the law would have compelled the directors to do. The lion. Gentleman who had made the promise on the part of the directors (Mr. Smith), said that two of the board would retire abso lutely—that they would resign and not offer themselves for re election • and that the vacaeciea so caused would be placed at the disposal of the sbareholdees— Now, had that promise been performed? He would not say to the le:ter, for he should be the last man in the world to hold any one to the mere letter of his promise. But had it been kept in the o-pirit?—(llear.) The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Aikin retired for the very purpose. _ _ - Air. HELPS was aware of that. He would not deny that there bad been a partial performance; but a pert was not the whole; and it was this to which he wished to draw the attention of the company, and, if necessary, of the public; ho did think th at t hi s was a qu estion of social morality not unworthy of the attention of the British press.—(Cheers.) Had the directors substan tially performed their undertaki ng ? H e ma i n tained that they had not; for the vacancy caused by the death of General Reid was one that was entii:ely out of their power to fill up. It was true that in the ori ginal Act the power to fill up the occasional vacancies caused by death, resignation, or the like, was placed in the hands of the board ; but in a subsequent Act that was repealed, and the p ower was ' con f erre d on the shareholders at large, to b e exerc i se d b y t h em a t time prescribed by law, nam e ly, at the f i rst ha lf- yea rly or special ge nera l mee t ing h e ld afterwards—that was , in the present case, at this very meeting.—(Hear, hear.) This seat had thus been placed at their disposal, not by the act of the directors, but by the act of the law. 110 w then could the board take credit for it as a part perform ance of their promise?—(Hear, hear.) If there was an y dispute upon the point, it ought to be decided, not by the board, but by the shareholders, for it was so ele mentary a principle of morality, that the interpretation of a pr , ,mise . should rest, not w i t h the party b y w h°°3 ' but to whom, it was made, that he was surprised .that the directors should req u i re to b e reminded of It.-- (Hear. hear.) Mr. Helps then proceeded to criticise the passage relating to the resig na ti on o f the Ear l o f Mor ley, and after some conversatio n as to t h e d ate a t which it had been received, he conclud e d b y urg i ng u pon the meeting either to insist upon h av i ng another sea t placed at their disposal, or in some oth er manner t a king the matter into their own hands. Mr. SMITH admitted the truth of Mr. Helps's state ment of what he (Mr. Smith) had promised to a body o vacancy r thewis wish shareholdersthey had expressed p the re s se l d ast to have an infusion of new blood, as it was termed. into the board; but meeting, in deference to a time none of them could have anticipated the death of General Reid mined to , who was then as likely to live as any 0 1. them. By the Gallant General's lamented decease, one p o r th ie e t r o .—( terial way created, and they had made another. board had taken, for he did not think that they Surelytbat was a substantial fulfilment of their promise. Mr. should "' the m. Sergeant GASELEE regretted the course which had fully carried out their promise. This was evident, for how long him laugh.) It was, however, perfectly itee 3a , could General Reid offer himself for rwelec tion?_(A. (the Learned Sergeant) what they deter- Which te do, as he did not intend to use the proxies had been entrusted to him, either one way or the Hear, hear.) Still ho recommended the proe emeramAN really ow to take the matter into their own hands, and he should give his single vote for their dealing with the seat someThePwaY. —(Hear, hear.) the shareholders a p r o o m p n i e o s e t ttchneaAtwthboenyb A been am. m.aged by y had given the course taken by the board. e ity they had, and he h dhy vv u atuancPportunity of electing two directors. That oppor ld be content with it. If they wanted the board to be reduced, which d was a very popular idea—(Hear) —the directors would not object; but if they determined to elect a new memke ,_!r) he was sure the board would do their best to . ma worked.—(LaughWith ye nta:l comfortable and happy.—(Laughte r.) sPect t o he had that morning Lord Morle 's retirement, under which he had since been suffering. should have received a letter, in Y which his Lordship intimated that his determination bad been confirmed by the ill health chairman's) was that they shoal advice to the meeting not elect a substitute for the Noble Earl at present. Let ,, His (the them wait a little and see how the "new blood wo - Besides, there were several large ter.) steam navigation companies settling at Southamp ton, eaPPen that a good mercantile man L ton, and there was also the dock company. It might might be found to represent these at the board who would be able to unite and and advance their mutual interests.—(Hear, bear.) At the sa me time it was proper to assur e them that at present th ey had no such a colleague in their mind's eye. After a few laexpanations upon items in the accounts, town ane h A PROPRIETOR siked what was the length of credit given to the carriers? from the station of the company three months. " A tsub r u es r p b o s n o s f ib m le it p e a h r a t m y, , l t o a c s al e l The CIIAIRMAN—When the security is good we allow Another PROPRIETOR then drew attention to the fol lowing Paragraph in the report:-- and a t Wimbledon to Mit_ cham, a distance of two miles, on a perfect level, yffeirnetderteestreedoilne tahebr with out any interposing cutting, embankment, or obstruction, on a guaranteed rent from this company of 1,5001. per I ann um, being at the rate of 5 per cent. on co mputed cost. This branch will be capable of being joined with a branch which the Bright o n ComPanY have a g ree d to make from C roydon to blitchain, o n certain conditions, with the same party who has mad e the offer in question to this company. The directors, seeing the very attrac tive nature of the building property between Croydon and Wimbleden, recommend the proprietors to authorise them to take uthe project at any ti me durin g the next year, when it may appear expedient to do so, and mu tually satisfact or y terms among all parties can be ar _ the terms iencoeel.en,e,t. cent., it expenditure of catta to the company, and be were h 0 n t oi only the a t i ) concurred claveu wit t h s o ipre debentures a c h e e n a t t . a resn very e additional ranged. b u o n u fri d r o r h u . o b li e t d e z d , R l a y a n p d o : " r i ll productivelocal feeder nea in a no o n p . ul G ou e s tit n ie e m ig a l: high. the _ When they consi deredwas perfectly monstrous. should like to know who the gentleman referred to was? The CHAIRMAN said there had be from Wimbledon to Wandsworth and bean a line proposed in thinking that Croydon, by a se parate party. This was looked at by several parties, and amongst others by Mr. George Bidder, have a large property at Mitcham.—Gea r , happened to Mr. HERAPATEL—WO know he is a good r anr" laugh) The CHAIRMAN — Th e scheme also aacame before bofore the board. At this time the Crystal Palace m w tapis, and the desirability of taking itto Kow.. a o s r ;on the other part of their own domains, was under considera tion;.':lawile but these plans were superseded by the Brightonßailway, and so all chance was lost of the South- Western making making any arrangement. Nevertheless, the i lino being in the direction of the Crystal Palace, the question still remained whether some satisfactory terms could not be come to with the South-Eastern, that might s till make it worth the attention of this board to enter tain the project. At all events, it ought to be recol lected that if nothing substantial came from the South- Eastern which might make it worth the while of this company, nothing would be done in the matter.—(Hear.) A PROPRIETOR suggested that it would be best to strike the passage out of the report. Another PROPRIETOR thought that if they were to make the line at all, they ought to make it themselves, and borrow the money at 3i per cent. A VOICE—How can you, if your capital account is to be closed ?—(Hear.) Dir. HERAPATH moved that the paragraph be ex punged from the report. He had also been informed that a report had been made by Mr. Peter Clarke upon the working of the Nine Elms station, and that he had pointed out how 1, 800 /. a year might be saved. W as that correct? Again, it was stated that the secretary had given evidence before a Parliamentary Committee upon the Woking Cemetery scheme without the sanction of the board. He should like to know whether that rumour was true? s so like a former plan scheme was a new one, it wa by the board, that which h had been maturely c ons idered . . w m uch examination. Their secre taryit had not required so h t . h h had been instructed to meet t e par los w en t ey The CHAIRMAN said, that although the Woking and also to give evidence Committee. He could assure cb th ae e mfoe H re o t company were . pledged to e not pledged to ive up any nothing—that they war . . g by which land, or to any sort of condition or agreement be fairly remunerated. They had agreed they would not that a train should be run daily, and that for a ll other should be paid at their own discretion. He matters they could assure the Hon. Gentleman that the board were not t o nh. the York na Y tr ei r ma k ma . road ennttha Parliamentary offs f fi t h e e e , bound to anything from which he would wish them to depart.—(Hear.) Mr. HERAPATH Still pressed his motion respecting the Mitcham line, and e xpressed a fear lest they should be Bidder-ised altogether'—(A laugh.) Mr. UPCROPT seconded the motion. Mr. MALINS said that by the terms proposed they would avoid all Parliamentary expenses, and that it was a very cheap bargain . O —b.) He had had some expe rience in a similar case, in which the proprietors h a d been made to pay after the rate of more than 10,0001. an acre.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought that gentleman ought to be satisfied with his promise that the directors would do nothing with the line until the y again met the proprie tary.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. DICKENSON condemned the idea of this line as altogether ridiculous. Th e new Crystal Palace would excite at first, very likely, a popular furore; and to meet the rush a line was already in existence which would reap all the advantage. But by that time the South- Western's branch was ready that furore would b 3 over; and there would be no traffic.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. LoCKE, M.P., thought it was an error in the di rectors to meet this point at all in the report, since the paragraph led to nothing.—(Hear, hear.) Were the question as to this proposed line really before the meet lug, he would certainly say that the terms were too high.—(Hear, hear.) But as no sanction was asked, and as nothing was proposed, the amendment was unneces sary, and further discussion of the subject would be waste of time. Mr. ADDISON differed entirely from Mr. Locke. If he knew anything of the customs of corporations, he was sure of this, that to agree to the report, this paragraph included, would be to give the directors authority to undertake this new line.—(Hear, hear.) He objected completely to the proposed guarantee. Guarantees had been the ruin of railways.—(Elear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said, that as the wish of the meeting appeared to be that the paragraphs in question should be struck out, the directors would have no objection. The objectionable paragraphs were agreed to be erased, and the report was then unanimously received and adopted. After some discussion on a resolution of an unimpor tant and unanimously-condemned character, proposed by Captain Moorsom, a resolution was carried declaring a dividend at the rate of 34 per cent. per annum, payable on and after the Ist September. A conversation having again arisen respecting Mr. Stovin and the system pursued by the company as to sureties for their officers, Mr. SAINSBURY asked whether the solicitors of the company were of opinion that the surety provided by the Guarantee Society was preferable to individual sureties? (Mr. Sainsbury referred to a case in which the Guarantee Society had attempted to evade payment, and had been defeated by the verdict of a jury.) The CHAIRMAN observed that they had been exceed ingly pleased with the Guarantee Society's way of doing business. Its inquiries ass to the • parties were most rigid, and the company had never had any difficulty in the settlements with it, and they had had several. The SOLICITOR said the matter had been brought be fore his notice very soon after the establishment of the Guarantee Society. He must confess that he very much preferred the simple form of bond taken by the company from two sureties.—(Hear.) At the same time he was not prepared to say that the guarantee policy was un safe. Of course, as he had drawn up the old form of the bond, he was rather prejudiced in its favour , and there were certainly a good many • provisos in the policy. But the policy could hardly be said to be so in secure that he ought to advise the company to refuse it. .—(Hear, hear.) One objection to the old bonds was, that they required the assistance of a lawyer, which en tailed upon the clerks an expense which they could ill afford, and from which the policy was free. It was a desire on the part of the board to avoid the necessity of professional advice, that the society's guarantee was adopted in preference to others.—(Hear hear.) The resolution declaring the dividend was then agreed to. Mr. TITE then proposed, and Mr. BAKER seconded, that 7-e.r. Sergeant Gaselee be elected a director. Carried almost unanimously. A PROPRIETOR proposed Mr. Hutchins, bat that gen tleman withdrew from the contest. As , there were only two vacancies to be declared, ho did not wish to contest either with the Learned Sergeant or with Mr. Mortimer, who had polled such a large number on the last occesion. Mr. BAKER and Mr. HERAPATH proposed and se conded Mr. Charles Smith Mortimer, whose election in like manner was carried all but unanimously. A PROPRIETOR asked whether Mr. Mortimer would woik harmoniously with the other directors with re spect to the Central Railway?—(Laughter.) Another PROPRIETOR observed that on the last occa sion Mr. Mortimer had given a sort of promise that if elected he would withdraw from the Stock Exchange. Would be now fulfil his promise?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BAKER, in the absence of Mr. Mortimer, would explain the matter. A man might be a barrister and yet withdraw from practice, and so in like manner a man might retire from the purchase and sale of shares, and yet continuo to bo a member of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Ntux Limor jut; tiy nnnaidered hie coemb . ..mnip honour, and from that he would not retire, but he would give up all business in shares.—(Hear.) Sir RAYMOND JARVIS, who was oa the list of candi• dates, retired. Mr. HELPS thought the proprietors were bound, if they did not wish to be disfranchised, to deal with the third scat; but as he was in favour of a reduction in the number of directors, be could not consistently offer him self as a candidate. If, however, the shareholders, in order to assert their rights, chose to elect a third direc tor, he was perfectly willing to serve them, and, if elected, he would serve them faithfully, and, if he pos sibly could, well.—(Hear, hear.) It was not his inten tion to oppose either Mr. Sergeant Gaselee or Mr. Mortimer.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—Then it is my duty to declare those gentlemen duly elected.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sergeant GASELEE, in returning thanks for the honour which had been done him, alluded to the abuse, he meant to say the opposition—(A. laugh)--he had re ceived from Mr. Tite, and from a certain periodical which had attacked him week after week when ho was abroad, and could not know of it. He hoped the latter would now take some other subject who was not quite so stale --(Laughter.) TITE expressed the high opinion ho entertained for Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, although he had often been opposed to him. He was quite sure that the Learned Sergeant, now that he was on the other side of the table, would think the same as the board.—(Laughter.) Mr. HELPS insinuated that the board were keeping the third seat for some person they had in view. The CHAIRMAN said they,were only keeping it for the shareholders. They had not at present the slightest idea of a candidate, and Mr. Helps' opinion of them was not a very liberal once—(Heer, hear.) Sergeant The meeting was made special, and Mr. t ook Gaselee, in obedience to a call which was raised, mr, his seat at the table amidst considerable a PPlaueshe.olders' Helps demanded a cheer for " the first sharoaded to member that ever sat there," but it was reap with cries of " Oh," and some hisses, , _ eat i ng outs [The report prepared for the o p eel" taken as read.] mee ti ng would give the The CHAIRMAN thought the e t h i ng, and that was directors full credit for at least 011 p r omise, not to do for having faithfully held to their respect tO near works anything directly or i n directly wit h without having their concurrence. The question for their consideration on the present occasion was, the ex" podiency of making a new line from Basiogstoke through Salisbury to Exeter; and when th e y were told that in the district from Sqlisbury t o E xeter, w hi c h was 89 miles long, and in soma places more than 53 wide, there was no direct railway communication with Landon, they would readily imagine the anxiety which was felt by the inhabitants as to the fate of the proposition. The popu lation was daily decreasing, and the agriculturists were suffering greatly for the want of such a communication, so that they might well suppose that both the landed proprietors and those engaged in trade an d commerce took the liveliest interest in the scheme. The company had determined on a former occasion to adopt this very lino, which they all knew was legitimately their own. It was legitimately their own district, inasmuch as they had obtain e d an Act of Parliament to make the rail- way ; htitfronaadverse circumstanus it had been post poned. In the first place they had to contend with the absence of money, and a panic in . the commercial world. They had seen the first houses falling, and the most re spectable merchants ruined. They had also had a famine in the country, plague and pestilence at home, and revo lution abroad—all of which had tended to render the completion o f t h e p l an t h ey h a d contemplatedimpos sible. The value of the scheme was proved by the steps which had been taken by their competitors, who had a line already f rom L ondon to Br i sto l an d Exeter, and who had p os i tively given their board power to ta k e the preliminary steps to make a railway from Dorchester to Exeter. When they reflected that the line they pro posed was 197 miles long, whereas the plan of this company was only 171, they would no longer doubt that the prefer ence ought to be given to the central line. —(Hear, hear.) A ga i n, if they even took the coast line, i there would be no security for their traffic, because no man would leave the centre of the country to go to the ?oast, because he would have 30 m il es to trave l to ge t t o it. The population would therefore pass over to the Great Western line, and go north; so that, by that plan, they would only have a large sum of money expended, and their property no securer. But - it did not stop here. If they would consent to be passive, they would not only lose that which they might fairly expect to ob tain, but also that which they already had. And this was the most powerful argument that they could use.— (Hear, hear.) The proposed railway, which would only cost 1,100,0001, was precisely the same plan which was to have cost 2,250,000/.—(Hear, hear.) Objection had been made to the Mitcham line, on the ground that the money was proposed to be spent through the agency of the engineer. But there was a certainty about the con tract system which would reduce their liability to a given amount. If they were to have the line formed for 1,100,0001., and if the South-Western were to work it for 50 per cent., they would know what they were likely to have to divide amongst the shareholders.—(H ear , hear.) Another great advantage which the proposed scheme would confer on them would be the traffic which it would bring upon their line to London. If the Dor chester line, which was 63 miles long, and produced 53,2701. a year, gave the main line 35,3251, the central railway, producing 90,000/, a week, would give them 63,0001.—(Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he thought that they could not have more favourable terms cffered them, and he trusted that they would encourage the directors to make the line.—(Hear, hear.) An Hon. PROPRIETOR would venture to suggest an arrangement that might be less objectionable than that contemplated by the directors; that the company should make the line themselves, with their own money, and that the landowners who were calling for it should gua rantee them a minimum interest of 3} per cent. on the outlay.—(Great laughter.) Mr. DICKENSON was surprised that this matter should have been brought on at all at this meeting, seeing that it had been so fully discussed on the last occasion. He had the same amount of property exactly in the Great Western which be had in the South-Western; and as his interests were equally balanced, his opinion against this proposed extension might be regarded as tolerably im partial. The Chairman had spoken as if the South- Western was acting on the defensive in such an exten sion, but he (Mr. Dickenson) knew as a fact that the Great Western had no desire whatever to engage in any fresh line to reach Exeter.—(Hear, bear.) The question for the proprietors in the South-Western was a very simple one: Were they prepared to go into the forma tion of a new line upwards of 100 miles in length?—for it was not merely from Salisbury to Exeter, but, in fact, from Andover to Exeter.—(Hear, bear.) It was great folly in the directors to rely upon a body of landowners. No doubt they wanted the line, but they wanted to make money by it; and from what he (Mr. Dickenson) knew of country gentlemen, he was sure that the lords and squires in this case would get the uttermost farthing they could for their land.— (Hear.) If those lords and gentlemen were in earnest, they could go into the money market and get all: the necessary money they wanted on their own responsi bility. But it was a very different thing to get the South-Western into the speculation, pledged, too, to work the hue, and to hand to those individuals the first profits, if profits there should be, of which he cutei tamed great doubts, for, of course, if thus challenged, the Great Western would at once take up an opposition.—(Hear, hear.) Lot the line be made by an independent com pany, and he would.have no objection; and then let the two companies (Great Western and South-Western) take their chance. What was the Soul-Western to do? It would have to carry on the competition by lowering the rate of fares from Exeter to London, and that would lead to a reduction for all passengers on from Salisbury and intermediately from Andover, for it would not do to have different rates.—(Hear, hear.) As he saw the thing, this company was to be at all the risk, and was not to have the first benefit.—(Hear, hoar.) He regarded the calculation of the directors that the work could be done for 1,100,000/. as a chimera; for there never was a railway contract yet which had not been exceeded.— (Hear, hear.) He would oppose the project to the last, and even to Parliament. The CHAIRMAN reminded Mr. Dickenson that the contractors were of undoubted responsibility and repu tation; and there would be, therefore, this enormous advantage about the undertaking—that the company would know exactly its liabilities. Mr. EAGLESFIELD (of Bristol) had no shares in the Great Western, but he utterly disapproved of this e th x e - tension. He did not see how they were to ra i capital. The landowners were to be the class A. is and t there was to be a class 13 the South-Western would have to give a second set of guarantees, or the •n y while the course, never get rid of the sh ares. Agal bepaid line was being made, interest wo uld have to on the capital borrowed; and that interest would etar be so much deducted from the dividend of the ppry of the South-Western.—(Hear, hear.) Ho wanted the South-Western to stick to what they bad got. and to make the most of that. The property bad been damaged greatly by these proposals of the directors.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN put the hon. proprietor right as to the payment of interest. Half the capital would be raised by the district; and there could be no interest payable du ring the construction of the line.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. UPCROFT prophesied that this extension would lead to a new battle of the g auges.—(Hear, Captain MOORSOM delivered a long lectu re, which h e demonstrated secundum artem upon a map pinned up to the window-blind, upon the coast scheme which he brought forward last year. He concluded by proposing i g a a resolution to the effect that the d irectors be requested to make arrangements with the pro moters of the coast line, by which, under certain rest r i ctions, they might, an outlay not exceeding 200,0001., secure a continuous line from Dorchester to Exeter. A confused discussion taking place here, several pro prietors asked, e What is the question?" and it was un expectedly found that no question had been put from the board, and that consequently Captain Moorsomt'ne ebythe direc tors. propo sition was to be regarded strictly as a substantive motion. Mr. HARDING, the secretary, wa s called o Chairman to read the resolutions prepared by h r s f o b l l e o a w u s t :h— -, , That They orised and r equeste d to cen wd elude an htehye directors a arrangement etos with the prom oters of the Central Line i of Railwathey Extension x t t e e r i a m s i s o m u e f L o i n tneu in end r e p or t this Saliebure to r.,..... ipon tat ugst iw slo day submitted to the special general meeting of the proprietors, and to take, bringing to concur w ith an y other parties in taking, all such measuresngin andg the as centrali n their line judgment b before Parliament in the ensu i ng session. " may be necess ar y f or " That the directors be also authorised to concur with any other parties in promoting the formation of a l ine ' from Bridport to join the proposed central line n_oeianrpAsnx; minster, to the extent of a subscription by this e . not exceeding 50,0001." daY of SeP " That a meeting be summoned for the _, rece i v i n g tember next, at one o'clock, for the purp u ` and considering a report from the direct:C:lle 012 the Br -1 to be con rangements for raising the necessary P t tributed by this company towards titer in relation lines, and for authorising all stle__, eenerally, as may thereto, or to extensions in the woo = be considered most advisable.ben formally put, and dis bthrbefore-mentioned The first resolution was t cussion was taken on that a angry attack on the policy Mr. EDWARDS made B :old Conoltlded by suggesting tsucedspbtysimodify his proposal into pursued ointment of a committee of 24 to in a motion for the app ftlbject of the western extension. theaxdoiorresotors;b vestigate the wholees c ould not adopt that suggestion. A 1 Captain It°, ° ', a dy sat, and had reported in favour committee had atrO s i on; and he thought they couldn't go on of the ea t en co mmittees while an enemy was at their for ever with very doors. alr. LIADLEY also spoke against the proposed line as objectionable in every particular. .151 r. LIERAPATH spoke to the Same effect. Ho could find no reliable data for the statements of the report. If they went into this mad scheme they could only expect to involve themselves in interminable hostilities with the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter.—(llear,) Mr. LOCKE stood in a peculiar position in regard to the South-Western Company on this question, and he desired to offer a few explanations. Th ere Was no bene fited that the landowners in the district would be by and h a d a n interest in the contemplated exten sion, and he confessed candidly for his own pa r t posses sing as b e did l an ded property in that directi on, that he looked mainly to his own interest in th is mat ter.—(Great ter.—(Great laughter.) Having made this adinm7s ision, he hoped he would for th e f u t ure . escape those accusations as to motives which were too ,- , c 2 -/ , /1'7,74 [PRICE SD. ~" - - t. - ,y _ .‘% d , . e e' l 'commonly made use of in that speen. He was not there is engineer to the line. He was there simply in his ca paci a a proprietor; and until he knew more of the loose assertions of Mr. Herapath and of other gentlemen ho would certainly prefer to ta k e f or granted the deli lea to and responsible statements ma d e by the directors _ 241... ) 1 he report now presented to him.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Herapath had said that the working expenses of the Dorchester line were 80 per cent.; bat they had heard from Mr. Reed that they were under 50 per cent.; and they surely ought to receive such statements as the truth unless they were prepared to prove them false.— (Hear, hear, and Question.) He claimed the right to assert what he felt to be the fact. Now was the time or never. If they did not make the railway now, it would never be left to them to decide again.—(Hear, and a Voice—So much the better.) Satisfied he was that a railway through the district would be made, whether this company made it or not.—(Oh.) But it was asked why the landed proprietors did not make the line them -1 selves.—(Hear.) The reason was this. They thought that if they made the line to Salisbury they would put 29,0001. per annum into the pockets of this company— (oh) —and that therefore, if they constructed the rail way for their own benefit, they would also make it for the benefit of the South-Westerns.—(oh, oh.) They asked for a four per cent. dividend upon the traffic over the line, because that traffic would give the South-Westerns 29,0004 a year upon their main line; so that while they (the landowners) re ceived the 4 per cent., they would he giving this com pany more than 5 per cent. upon the capital they had subscribed.—(oh! oh!) There were authorities quite as good as Mr. Herapath's. (Mr. Locke proceeded to quote a pastime in favour of the central scheme.) From what authority did they think he ha other than Mr. Herapath him self.—(Loud lau g hter.) It had read that extract? N o was from Herapath's Railway Journal of the 29th of January, 1847.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. HERAPATH wished it to be understood that he was the proprietor and not the editor of Herapath's Journal. There were many things in it that he never saw.—(Laughter.) Mr. LocHE, in resuming, proceeded to combat the fear which gentlemen had professed for the competition that might follow. Surely the shortness of the central line was the best reason in the world why the Great Western should wish to keep up their fares. Personally he should be satisfied with either line; and one or the other they would have. It was said that the Great Western did not wish to move; but they had made up their minds to ad vance. They Were advancing.—(Cheers and cries of "It is not true.") He would tell them that it was true. A agent, authorised by both th e com p a nies, had been g,—(Cries of " Name) He inn wouldth ri districtmention tchaen name aes ln of Mr. D awson . —(H ear , hear.) Mr. DICKENSON said there had been an attempt last year, which had failed, because the country gentlemen, from whom so much was expected, would do nothing. The Great Western would do nothing unless the central scheme was persevered in. Mr. Locnn persisted in his statement; and Captain MOORSOM said it was perfectly true. The fact was well known, and he could cunfirm it. Mr. LocKE was astonished to have heard the contra diction' as the circumstance was well k nown in the dis trict. He believed that the time was now or never, un less the South-Westerns were prepared to imperil their eight or nine millions.—(Hear, hear.) Unless they ex erted themselves, the time would come when they would have the broad gauge to Southampton, and then their vast capit a l wou ld most mater i a ll y su ffer.—(Cries of "Oh !") G ent l emen m i ght fancy t h ey k new better than other peopl e; but adopt be e the believed, plan upon they their nin e millions.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. H ELPS , as a member of the committee, which had afew reported l as t y ear, wished to say whoiaskl conscien ce, eopa rdi se that if th e y did not words. Doubt less his opini on wou ld not ca rry much weight, - either mentally or on th e score of experience ; but in one re• bisect it ought t o carry even more than that of the Hon. Member for Honiton. It was (Hear.) The Hon. G ent l eman avowed that principally interested as a landowner; v and t ed h that be was not sly that he (Mr. Locke) wished to consnolight his in terests at the expense of the comp any ' s, yet he had milted that which ought to make his advocacy receivedad with distrust. — (Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman said, " Now or never." Why he said so l ast year. It was his constant threat—the burden of his song.—(Cheers.) Mr. LOCKE—I did not mean it as a threat. Mr. HELPS—The burden of the Hon. Gentleman's speech was that the line would be made, and if not by this company, by another. Be it so. Why did not the others make it now?—(Hear, hear.) But the apathy of the landowners was perfectly notorious.—(Hear, hear.) They had talked of the contingent advantages which the company would derive; bat that cat both ways. Had not this company a metropolitan station and a greater mileage; besides which, had not the agri culturists got their land to sell?—(Cheers.) If they only got half what had been made for land, it would more than counterbalance any advantage to the company. Mr. Loenn.said that three-fourths of the landowners had agreed to take the agricultural price for the land, and a great majority would take it in shares.—(Hear.) Mr. HELPS said that was very vague; for if the land was near a road, they would say, "Oh, here is a frontage; this is building l a nd."—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Helps) was sick of these vaticinations of gentlemen upon boards—they never seemed to place any bounds to their imagination. They had heard of Mitcham—" the town and suburbs of Mitcham." Why, he bad lately been there, and he was quite surprised to find what a desolate spot it really was.—(Laughter.) On the as sumption that the company was certain to succeed tho calculation was disastrous. But what if it did not?— (Hear, hear.) What if they went to Parliament to con test en opposition provoked by themselves, and failed in it?—((fear, hear.) In this, as in all preceding similar schemes of extensions, the proprietors were led away by their attention being diverted from dividend. All this was mistaken policy. Tneir business was to cultivate ,he opportunities they had got, and to risk nothing. An ancient maxim was, " Spartan: nactus es, bane orna;" but the maxim of the directors of the South-Western was the very opposite, and, as their dividend showed, with the worst results.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that the proposition would be met on this occasion with a di rect negative. Mr. DICKENSON begged to apologise for the hasty con tradiction he had given to Mr. Locke — (Hear;Shear)— but he had offered that contradiction in consequence of having re ceived assurances from the highest authority in the Great Western that they did not intend to take any proceedings they could avoid south of their present line. Mr. REED (a director) said that he did not perceive the justice of the taunt thrown out, that the directors were not acting like men of business, in abstaining to describe the process to which they would resort for the purpose of raising the capital required. To do so would be absurd, since every thing would depend, when the time came, upon the state of the money market; and therefore, as a man of business, he stood godfather to that error, as some gentlemen supposed it to be. Gentle men had spoken as if the directors had pledged them selves to adopt the extension. They had not determined on it at all; they were only determined on getting at all the facts of the case, laying all those facts before the proprietors, and throwing te e whole responsibility on the proprietors.—(liear, hear.) 'There were two in terests in that room; and it could not be proved that the directors hod ever undertaken an extension for their own advantage. In this case the directors were showing that they were alive to the interests of the pro• perty. 'They saw their property endangered, their re venue jeopardised—the ve, y marrow of the line attacked —and under such circumstances they were only energe tically doing their duty by standing on their guard, and preparing for defence._(llexr, hear.) Doubts had been thrown on the probability of getting the work done for the amount named; but the contractors were responsible t men, and the South-Western line had been workeds:u altogether by contracts.—(Hear, bear.) I t . e w t a a s e iee,ii gested that Parliament would cot down ' I; their had not they went for this extension. But Parliament would the po eer against their consent, and,Peare ete deg that their not desire such an • unjust reductioonm ske a" moderate existing fares enabled them only o t tee. Guarantee was dividend. Then, as to the g ua l l : t. ....(Hear,_ bear.) No an uncomfortable word, no don erased hardly on many doubt the system of guarantees: ee i ptions, the South railways; but, with triflinrgef guarantees. — (A Pro- Western had steered, ci t' e a m , then.") If that was a prietor, " Don't beginte board of directors, for the merit it belonged tentsed the system. They didn't board bad never FLV,.. no guarantee at all: and the propose it now l y e 50 • considered in the City? It was test was—would all dvideed.—(Laughter.) If no profit only P a - referenti c ent. , would not be payable; but if there arose that 4 per . the extension itself, then it would refit- on instead of to the :south should bee to ~,,, jancowners .ar,prietary. He did not argue the advantage - es— n ' re - on from the possibility or probability of i t of the exteren fitable. He might admit that it would • being loss itse to lf thep ro whole company. But, apart from a ll l be a ot h er arg u ments, he maintained that the extension they was ne cessary to secure to them that which alrea d y pos oesese--(Elear, hear.) Mr. DICKENSON here suggested that, as it was near six o'clock, the meeting should be adjourned . —( Cries --series of " Yes, yes, adjourn.) Mr. /SWIMS supported the proposition of the direc tors, and asked the Chairman, as the p o i n t was of im portance in the consideration of the general question. what was the position of the Basing s t o k e and Salisb ury ? The CHAIRMAN had received th at morning a letter from Mr. Coles, the Member for Andover and chairman of the company formed to connect the line from Basing stoke to Salisbury, upon this subject, in which • he said that it was the intention of the to carry out the line in its integrity, but that, as they did not wish to in terfere with the South - Western, they were ready to enter into an arrangement. Should no arrangement be speedily made, it was their intention to apply to Par liament next session for powers. This intimation (said the Chairman) left the South-Western in a dilemma; and unless the directors got authority from the pro prietors, they could not very well act effectually. This, however, was o n ly one among many reasons for coming to an early d ec i s i on on t h e su bj ec t. All couldbe a g ai n , was, that if the South - We stern shareholders thought that a country ninety miles long, a n d, at points they were fifty miles broad, wa s going to be let „ alone,decide whether greatly mistaken. They had only they would take it or let others take to it, for the purpos e of injuri ng th em . He did nortoss f a ct that they were b the parties to whom bey t his in the way of a threat. But he took the b d systematically repudiated 9 have been a referred. He had hoped there would th s i ion; but if the ro- some thing like unanimity ontime for eccas discussion an priadopurn etors wanted more to.—(No, ag reed and Yea.). me would perhaps be been opposed to the central Mr. HUTCHINS r wha t he had new heard he was con scheme, but ate must ro d S t il l d id not p cee onwards. he vinced that they lin had and . a most decided objection to like the terms, and preferential shares.—(Cheers.) guarantees ld The Clan s% gAN suggested that if the meeting w en e desirability m ig h t 0 f making the line, they agree to the _9--