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;a~ BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. The highest medical authority recommend Brandy and Water as the best customary beverage, au.l particularly as an efficient preventitive of Diarrhceatic Complaints at this season. They equally conc ur i n pre f err i ng BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY as the purest and most wholesome. It is unequalled for paserving Fruits, home-made Wines, &c. Sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable defers, in glue bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules, and at the DISTILLERY, 7, SNIITUFIELD-BARS, in dozens, bottles and ".• eases included, at ISt. per gall() i;or in stone jars of two gallons \ and up wards, at Ks. per gallon, pal e or co l oure d . • _ "Divide about the broade bride cake, Round about the bride's stake."—Ben Jonson. EDDING BREAKFAST provided entire, in Town or Country, by Messrs. PURSSELL, Coruhill, near the Exchange, including Wines of the rarest vintages, and the hire of plate, china, servants and carriages. Bills of Fare, with Terms, ' sent par ' no . st, for any numhcr required. magnificent display of Bride Cakes for selection. Ball Suppers furnished complete, including Lights and Music. Experienced Cooks and Table Decorators sent be any part of the country for the ma nagement of Entertainments. Soups, Made Dishes; Ices, &c., care 11111Y packed for country orders. Messrs. PURSSELL'S, COIINIIILL. PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IiNSTITUTION. B y J TT p LECTURES. J. --• ePper, Esq ,on Testing Gold, and on Vie Australian Gold Districts ; and also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter 13 Ale wi th Strychnine. Y Dr. Bachhoffner ;on the Patent Polytechnic Ctas Fire; and on the Mode o f P reserv i ng Fr e sh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens from Messrs. Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Moore's Patent 13 Co ncentrated Milk and Fadeuillie's Solidified Preserved Milk. Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. ''Y George Buckland, Esq., on Music, illustrated by Patriotic and Old English Songs, assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, B.A. of Music .New • Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope, Sec. a dmission, Is.; Schools and Children u nder Ten ; ears of a g e, " 434- Price. For Hours, see Programme. Superb Specimens of Patent Silvered Glass. CREMORNE GARDENS. On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. Waterside Entrance close to Battersea -bridge Pier. Fare by Steam-boat from London -bridge or any of the interme diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers shculd request to be ended at Battersea bridge fir Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from lring-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East , sad, 6d. Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. Open for the Season. TIIIS DAY and FRIDAY, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by Herr Franz de Bach, on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet long. TIT'S DAY and FRIDAY, Mr. Mackney, the Astonishing Negro Clown. T° '"MOEROW and SATURDAY, the Italian Brothers in their Dou ble Trapeze Performance, at an elevation of 90 feet. TO-MORROW and SATURDAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated ~.,_Ourang-Outang Contortionist. -Lu-MORROW, August 19, a most extraordinary llippoclromatic ee • , 8 1 1 Spectacle conducted by M. Soullier, who has engaged the ode - I . l ra'ed Parisia n Aseonoat, Voitorin. Admission on that occasion, .3. until Seven ; alter Seven, Is. A new G ran d S pan i s h B a ll e t is in active preparation. u nlnterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight, including The Last Week but One. Th.re, rY evening, at a Quarsl,to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated fj iv ilion. in addition to the following attractions, Louis Souther's Cirque Oriental, and tlebest Equestrians of the age. For partica.• p o ach, Jars, Seelecial Bills. A Prin ciprtisteii—Messrs. M`Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de Jean de Bach, Devani, Macney, Victor Souther, Kemp, Leon `" - ler. Signor Vilderini ; Mactlles. Clementine and Olga Soullier. The renowned Devil Rider, llerr Wehie. -,,_ x lmnission to the Circus from the Gardens:—Promenade, Pit, and `-'°‘. es. ls.; Amphitheatre, fal. Pyrotechnic t" week, Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, and bl' • ethnic Festivals, with all the immense resources of the Esta blishment. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price. Oci Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. PRESERVED FRUITS, &2. RE "TI ME S" and "ANTIDOTE." METALS IN THEIR VARIOUS CHEMICAL COMIII- Ns. TO TOE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. ty, Sl r —.A letter appears in the "Times" of Tuesday, the 1 0th, under .er 7;flgriature of " Antidote," in which it is stated that certain gre ed fruits are more or less impregnated with copper. We shall _twattempt to controvert this statement in the " Times," but we " id ask that journal whether it is not well aware that in all chemists'nih shops are contained the metals in their various chemical c Illations which are from day to day administered as remedies. lethe rr'e the public are told that when such metals are taken by e of the man with a diploma in his pocket they operate as medley, but when used in any other form they then become poi as they truly are under any circumstances. The only thing a,l74an understand in the matter is this, that when such metals are r ne Z e t d b3' the doctor, he may know how to give so little that lin o death may not be the consequence, whereas wh en taken Unkn c but ,', rwin gly, as with fruits, the quantity may be so great as to kill, in Short they l ea d to death in both i nstances we feel most positive. rt are are we to be told by the " Times" that d eadl y p oisons vrh e ., n ed, by a sort of hocus-pocus, into most benig n medicines, taken under the sanction of the doctor? We look upon all ~,,,Tn‘Pharmaceutical poisons as anti-medicinal, and that the only they cAn have must be detrimental to health, whether taken ,'V e n , allY or otherwise. f doctors sanction, for their own profit, pharmaceutical poisons ; uit L is medicines, how can th ey be surprised at trade smen not thinking frusCh harm in using such poisons for giving a fine colour to theirc , We are, Sir, your obedient s ervants, THE IE , MBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF )sew- HEALTH FOR THE SOCIETY OF lIYGEISTS. Lancet hat a London, ..kugust 11, 1852. rnist's pity that the Analytical Sanitary Commission of the the does not giv e th e pu bli c th e benefit of its researches in the s itoP. What a tile it would unfold. PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRNIIrIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, German Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, Is. 6d., or , post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, E LF-PRESERVATION; an ~,,__r.a.Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of 17 ) . e r h i ca g i e til i n all the bearings in which that important subject l affects ydoizeinuttsii t and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications and mPs racing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, ti taire _ excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac- t i t I mpu c tns, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment iszthrailtif,sa, inaance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrlicea, all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il dUctiva,"Y 5 0 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro --"n3 and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. V7,By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D., Dar. r . B EDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, bi li .,% °- h ° L , , Y Medicine Matriculated Member of the University of Edin- AOnorar ' slember of the London Hospital Medical Society, "'"ate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, &c., &c. % ri l e e SSential object of this treatise is to and excesses, out the fearful h ave gliences resulting from ir n reg i t , l o a i r i i t t h le , s degradajo e n sse ln , ."3111aicnh , produced more misery J and premature decay . t all stages of life, than, perhaps, any otheri;t Class of disease k n own e l t ri o e m ne o e dern pathologists. The treatment gained in the most celebrated B ,..',Ted is founded on experience ls of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. T he results of the knowledge thus acquired m e are here n re coonedeonfsetdheunfdeewr the person a l su pervision of Dr. L l egally qualified physicians who have devoted their whol e an d un divided studies to this import ant branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental go the generative system, and the means r of immediate relief and 'Ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at looms and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these cases. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Staric, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; Diann, 23, Cornhill ; or tree by post for forty-two ',tamps, from the author, who may be consulted persons ll ::, or by "'U.*. daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. IEA S T AN D W E ST! The rising and the setting of the sun was anciently Collsi *recl the compass of the whole world, a circumstance illustrated by E. MOSES and SON'S East and West Establishments for seasonable at tire, now replete with all the novelties in the world, in elegant and serviceable dress. For Sportsmen: the style which gives comfort n s p o rting exercises from the novelty and peculiarity of the cut. for rambles on the sea-coast, or any other place of popular prome /j,ad e; for tra ve lli ng purposes an d f o r general summer wear ; for la ei or gentle n tradesmen or mechanics ; for youths, and for bil eM dr cu, in the mast elegant materials, and in styles surpassing all Previous yroductions. Cheaper at the Establishments o f E. M OSES SON than at an other house in the world. ve'rn'iniTttANTS.LTyhe amaz ing number of applications at the Go ate ships, and the advanced rate s char g ed for passage by 'Way b, Ps, seem impediments to your welfare, but there is one 1 40 'which you may at once remove the difficult Apply to E. ~ S and SON for your Outfit, and for Clothing re Y q . u t ired for you „7-Iniation, and you will save more than the extra eo E s s of our3pas and SON'S, jg;. Yet this is not all you will gain, for at E. 0 I.tl,„ P ri ne ss is associated with quality, superiority :ll ', ai S il o. l e perfect adap and t° Your circumstances, the events of your voya, , your wants occupations in the country to which you emigrate.f Though not 'thousandsone have made application to E. MOSES and SONfor Outfits, h, "he article has been charged a higher price on that . account, a n n o y der et ati an l i emigrant been disappointed in his orders.; neither fi ca e i nt re_ *pu re , be made but they can fulfil it from their magnic ' 4 u(l ac cumulated by unequalled connexions, unlimited capital, Pert,,Paralleled exertions. Their Stock, selected with perfect /Insi gra e l_u Outiltting, is arranged in d department kept expressly for °f ite it tl 's, and at E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments, or at any ,liderab i , al ;elics (named below) Outfits may be procured at very con house i n. j i t i ner charges and far better quality than at any other i r un Li c universe. po e llg : sf vesl, l 3O f Outfits and all requisite information r elative to sail , fre e, t° S. cost of passage, &c., may be had on app lication, or 4 Y part of the kingdom. NO CAN :"" WITH ANY OTHER riOTJSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, Low__ --e,l3t their own Establishments, as follows : RA, 8 5 :'n_eitv --altablishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Nanories, 83, L Aldgato, opposite the Church, all communicating. and% Ira:est-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1, '2, treet, all communicating. }/ radforci Slieftel ( Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street: lie B(Yorkshire) 36, Fargate. and s i r a ilt Tailrs, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, t E ° . en ' a kers. and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. Satu rd - a : l4b lishrnents are closed from sunset Friday to salmi on A new " 8 ' When business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. ifilli s , n ° o k, entitled The Library of Elegance," containing a grati s , °‘ Prices, and directions for self-measurement, can bo had, knvonan a PPllcation, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the e qds ion r a ra n n a c c a f j o s. r the year ending 1852 ca n be had, gratis, r ieht man D eutsch. I QAtadusaispoithrlaabllatalli,,aspnao;ca. V; cuLvERwELL's NEW WO RKS 147,1.!. eet-s -0 lie had of Sh erwood, 23, P a t e rnoster -row ; Carva , tr eet; Mann, 39, C.rnhill ; or direct from the author o ; Price y due Shilling each ; by post, ls. Cd. coml2_` Health, Re E er N e J ati O o Y n M , ENT OF LIFE. i — Early Rising—Spring -U m se m o e f r T M i o m rn e. ings-LE- Per,, t ;' about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, an 3 lligh-ros.ds. and other pleasant places—Country s-zaus It ambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home `.—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, hest' Ease, Occupation, &c., rItAII ~M ENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vol/. A I, dat Vol. I. TO TILE LAKES ,SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &C, Vol. 11. - LAKES OF KILL kRNEY ; R EMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. „ WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, A _ That three score years and ten our cou rse may run. " „70,,yepnIsr review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner thelor-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, th at harasses b itters t ung, besets t he mall of pleasure, business, or study, and en,.. 'l4° 4 of d age ; with life tables and rules for the diet and phy s i cal regu eVery-day . IV. TUB PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Se-. Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." its °lnce tPa." on'. Vtrit - : f t. th et e '---Lilfe'll pilgrimage, front infancy to old age. The ad , The casual- Chastity and its infringements. S tev. and neusness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, flax _ remediative. Advocacy of early marriage's. V. TILE MARRIAGE STATE. 'p aotizioult 70 be or not to he, that is the question. „ Rion rega .— L &WS and obligations of nature, society, and roll hoice - lug m4rriage' to sex. , Time and fl , turn , -in , both sides, as to ag e , t em p e rament, be observed by either eomp.exion,and i ,,_ ~,ato, secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing t h em. ILIYIT, is.cciectivences and its removal. Sterility and its convers ion. i B Yr- T.v ,,, 4 24). T • ~ R WELL, 1.4• D. (1841), M.R.C.S. a 1„,..... ) l e ntY-lve years l‘deteal and Forensic Referee in the3e L.S.A. 1,11,4;:",,, l'icePtion hours daily till pi Alaill- PlUes U040.1t-BiZeet, Vei ' Seven till rj , Fvenirgsl v , ~~~ ' ..-1 . /7/ ,r a _. .. . ' ~..__,,ii_..‘. ..A.,...7.,'.:74,-...„,x,:-',....:, /1.,, .. ,..; 7 . : ., .c}, , . : :: 4, , ~ —.. , e r,i .77 Jo' .1 . . . : . „ .. . * *:, 7 3) - - ' . ' ' t. A.ci..11 ' - ' l 4 • l: (e \ r ' • ...,,,__,_ . . ' 1 . . l' ~ ' ' ' ' l - I 'l (1 ( • ' i l - -- -, - VLi. '.. "'ft' / \,.• • ii, _...„...,,,.. 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'lrr, '`l ); :7 , -4 ; , :r P,s''' tO - S 144 ;' , :-.. - Ti s f 7 .- — tor r r ... .;;:. i z-t*- -.-- 4 --- , V , 1igh„,,,, 1 ,:: DIVAT - JA1 , • , ....,.;,,,,4 1 " ?Jo,' . \''-',,Aits.--./''-.'' A x t,,., i . ~.........,-.:,....„:„., , 7 V 0/ 5 V - 1 N°.18,692.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY CAPTAIN PENNY' FA EXPEDITION IN • SEARCII OF SIR JO EIN FRANKLIN. Just published, in -2 vols. post Svo., with Tito coloured Charts by A. Petermann, Six Plates (four coloured), and numerous Wood En gravings, price.27.s. TOURNAL of a VOYAGE in BAFFIN'S el BAY and BARROW'S STRAITS, hi the Years 1850 and 1, , 1, performed by fl. It. Ships ',Lady Franklin and S;)phia, under the command of 7dr. Wiliam Penny, in search of the missing Crews of H.9f. Ships Erebus - . and Terror with a Narrative of Sledge Ex cursions on the Ice - of Wellington Channel; and Observations on the Natural History and Physical Features of the Countries and Frozen Seas visited. By PE FEll C. SUTHERLAND, M D., M.R.C.S.E•, Surgeon to the Expedition. "The dangers and uncertainty of arctic navigation arc described with more minuteness and elaborate detail in the work before 00 than in any that has yet issued from the press. . . . • It would hardly be possible to get a minuter or moro practically useful insight into arctic life than these pages afford."—Literary Gazette. London Longnian;Brown, Green, and Longrnans. SECURITY TO 'EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-MASTERS, R.UTWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTiIERS. , TimEp LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. - 32,Ludgate-hlll,london. GUARANTEE FOR FIDELITY OF TRUST. PROFITS . DIVIDED. RITES—From 7s. 6d. per cent. upwards. No charge for Stamps An allowance made In the Guarantee Premium where a Lifa As surance end Guarantee are combined. LIFE. ASSURANCE. rolici es Indisputable save in cases of Fraud. Arrangements can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of a Policy where the Assured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, to keep up the payments, , . . H. B. SHERIDA.N, TIMES FIRE AND PROPERTY - ASSURANCE COMPANY. Every description of Fire Assurance. Profits Divided. Agents Wanted. 11. B. SHERIDAN. TH.E COUNTRY IVIARK.E'nee. IPSWICH, Auc. 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 ho noted upon prices of last market day. A sample of choice new Tala vera wheat brought 56s per qr. Tho crop of wheat, it is now clearly ascrtained, 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. 'Ve 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. PER QUARTER. PEI QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white oos to 00s Oats oos to Ode Barley Ditto .. Beans AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AU*. 14, 1852. Wheat Beans,.. l5 „ 32s Od Peas HULL, Auc. 17. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states-The following is a comparison of the imports into Hull to the sth July, 1851 and 18 52 : -Wheat, 1851, 98,376; 1852, 9,963; barley, 1851, 90,923; 1852, 36,752; oats, 1851, 20,914; 1852, 5,717; beans, 1851, 18,040; 1852, 28,302; peas, 1851, 7,805; 1852, 2,030 ; tares, 1851, 3,420; 1852, 650; linseed,lBsl, 69,594; 1852, 87,679; rapeseed, 185 1 , 2,457; 1852, 3,791; oil cakes, 1851, 4,112; 1852, 4,674; bones, 1851, 8,776; 1852, 11,525; guano, 1851, 1,06 9 ; 1852, 2,660. The weather d ur i ng the past wee k has been various : on the Bth, 9th, and 10th much rain, which laid the hea v y crops throughout t hi s district. Since then we have had dry cooling winds, with a good deal of sun, just the weather desirable to follow the rain alluded to above. Harvest is now quite general, and so far as we can learn, the wheat in point of quantity " cuts up" well, but quality will 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 emirs general or serious. The trade during the week has been characterised by increased firmness on the part of holders, but by caution, ahnust amounting to inaction, on the part of buyers, so that with a nominal advance of 2s per quarter in price asked, the actual business since Tuesday has been quite inconsiderable. To-day we had 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 be quoted is to 2s rer qr dearer, but very slow sale at the advance. The lute import of barley having got pretty well disposed of, the market is firmer, end in some inntauces a Grille 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 out a small supply for the general market. Cek.e, still improve, and no fine foreign remain unsold. No import of foreign rapeseed, end rape cakes continue scarce and dear. Any arrival of bones would meet ready sale. The following are the present prices of grain i s. Wheat, English, red 40 t o 43i 1 Peas, white and y e l. 30 - 32 Do. white 44 - 46 Do. grey - 29 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sta 44 - 46 nigsberg 42 -46 Do. Petersborgh 42 -45 Pomeranian and Do. Riga& Arehngl. 38 -42 llamburgh . 36 - 40 Do. Konigsberg .... ae - 40 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland 36 - 38iLins. c., Hull Ot Os Od t o 7/10 s Russian and Odessa 32 - 36 Do. fine for, ...715s Od to 0/ Os Oats, English - 19 Do. inf. fanign... 0/ to 6/ 10t, TN o. parish••••... .1- IS Rammed 23110 s t o 00/ w 1 1 5 8 `ZO cakes... 6d oo to s oos_ 0 0 0 ,1 s D D o o .o .Fruiesssl.as, 0de55and......... Barley,malting OO 00j Do. 00 Do. ...... 211 - 30s e ; Do. grinding 23 -24 Guano ..... 4 9 / 03 7 0 / d to to 9/ 00 0: Beans 3O - 32 Bonedo 71 Os Do., foreign CORK, AUG. 16. Currency. Barrels. 0 White wheat ON Od to OOs Od 00 : Od-20 eon, 0 Red wheat oos Od to ON Od o Ditto ...... 00s Od to ON Od 00s Od-20 do 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od 0 Barley Oli Od to 00s Od 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Odf ON '0 Ditto ........,00s Od to 00s Od 94 Bere... 286 Oats B5 8d to Os 8d 124 Ditto ... 0 Ditto 0 Pigs 00s Od to 00s Od ON Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 58 bere; 5 oats i 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t-. Wheat, 1. Barley, 0. Oats, 1,463. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRINCY. First quality s e cond quality Third quality .. 66, Third quality 57, Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality 43 s Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Aug. 7. 9 ue somtr corn r17;1:4,6s todo d ; 7lt o t h 22s i , r 6 d 3d s ; , ap 7 ve s er r t ta l g 9 ne. s . Pigs, 630. Sheep, 232. Cows, 50. Indian meal 7s 3d to 7s 6d. wheat CORl.—Flour--First 121 6d to 131 Od ; extra 14s Od; s p e e c r o e n w t . , 0 1 O a s tm 6 d ee t l o ip l oe 2 Br s tee ; wiht.OTH6seldnh; Indian s Fdin butte 6d r, to 01 ; average y— 03sperton. traw—Rartners m ßr e a a n l, 7 9 2 s s 6 6 d d t t 0 0 7 1 5 0 5 5 pe r t o o o rt. o ; 8 OA ; dealers 0030 d to 00s; Wh t l oa f 0 ' 11s Od to 16s Od; average 00s ; dealers 20s Od to 00 1 d : household loaf bd to 0 per ..... average 00s Od per ton. d Brea d—Wheaten 41b. — Fres h eaen 10d per lb. Eggs-4sdne 15s ; Landore 00s ; Culm, Od to 4s 2d per hundred. Conic 4) Newport 14s Od ; Ly 12s 6d per ton. imperial gallon. Me ; t per lb Whisky, 25 o. p., 5d to find; veal 4d to 5s 9d per r s Od to 40s per cwt . —Beef 4id to 7d ; mutton . • Hops 8182 to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slate s 7 ( 1 ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7il 116 s to Oh per stone. ditto, 31 31 , 15 3 Bark, red 7t to 8110 s per ton. Fleece woo ' gs 18s to 19s; red '125;771gs sausages Si Os per ton. Hemp 29/ to 341 per ton. Fish--Scotch harm N to 11/ pet ditto, 24s to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 101 ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 3/ 5s ; yellow Hides dd tot 1201 p p; r4 r a t ni o bo_ n . ; d p e o a ta ls, to l c s a cwt • calf skins .•••.....et `'Oa to 28s; salted 21, to 303 per , Tar— Archangel, 19s per barrel Peruvian , :10tw/ohlioltee8:071:11elrltop79,1111;. pinks Qd-00 do Bd-J) do Od per erf t Sir John Pakitagton arrived in town yesterday, from his seat, 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. The odver • tisement converting the meeting also announced that after the ordinary business was tranesoted, a special gte nerd meeting would be held to consider the report of the directors concerning - proposed extensioes. Mr. Chaplin, chairman of the hostel of directors, pre sided. The attendance was not very large. The report, was taken as read. Oa the question being put that the renori he, received and adopted, Mr. UncaoeT 'liked whether the present accounts contained alloho debts end liabilities of the company up to the 30th of June last? and if not what were the out standing amounts. Mr. HOYES (one of the auditors) replied that the esti mote future expenditure was 131,0001.; hut he be lieved that would be exceeded by about 50,0001. if every thing was done contemplated and ordered. The ac ceunts, of course, did not embrace the works yet to be executed. Mr. Ueetton• :called attention to the estimate of the directors iu their report ' t in 1848; and to the prediction then male, that there would soon be a 6 per cent. divi dend. The dividend of 3. 1 0 which the proprietors no-.v gut, was a very questionable one; and he attributed this to the edirectors not closing their capital accsuat. (Rear, hose) Unfortunately the interests cf the friends of the directoits,dviz., of the attornies, the engineers, and the Conernotors o were entirely opposed to those of the shareholders; and the result was such ruinous specula tions as has been. entered into, and as were still recom mended.—(fear,. hear.) What the proprietors had to do was to force the directors to put a cheek upon them selves by closing the capital account; but unless they (the proprietors) get the powerful support of the London newspapers, he didn't think they would ever he able to mane go this. Ile wished this question to be answered by the chairman—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 dissatiefection. 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 again into the mailer. They had received 8,722,516/o they had expended alto gether 8,614.8851., and they had a balance of cash in band of 107,631/. Then he came to the liabilities. The lest estimate made was 640,8301., for all the works con tracted for. They had spent, up to the 30th of Juno of that 509,349/.; leaving to complete the proposed works 131,5024 In following oat the estimates, experience had pointed out many directions in which deductions could be made, while on the other bend, occasions had occurred requiring works in excess of the aggregate es timate. A case in point, illustrating the latter case, might be mentioned. The great accumulation of car riages in consequence of the extension of the line to 241 working miles bad opened the question whether it was a, wise ecoeoeny to leave these cartiages 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 riane shed, but ing a piece o f lend at t h e p oint where t he Richmond branch lett the main line, going there to avoid the heavy ground rent, which would not have allowed a purchase nearer Lennon. The cost was 7,0004, not cal ealsted upon; but obviously such an expenditure was the true economy. Itgaie, in consequence of the increased traffic, it was found that additional water way was re quired at the Nine Elms station, with warehouses, to couduct 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 ho able to do the whole with the 131,5021. This statement ought to be satisfactory, inasmuch es it showed that at the outset there had been a very careful investigation. (Mr. Uperoft—Yes, but the story as to the divitieuds?)—(Hear, hear.) Since the old estimate iu question it bad been resolved by a vote of the proprie tary to spend 16,0001. to go to Alton; 4,000/. 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 , 6,681.; for calls not made, 188,7981.; further borrowing powers, 110,558/.; value of the surplus property left in bend, 187.7011: making a total of 1,073,831/. Deduct from this total the old esti mate of 131,5011, the 16,0001. for Alton, the 4,0001. for Taw Vale, and the 90,0001. for the Andover extension, and there would be a balance of assets over liabilities of 832,329/. 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 themselves — there were twenty ways of opening a now account, without mystifying the general capital account by mixing up old with now items.—(Hear, hear.) In re gard, therefore, to the proposition which would be made at the special meeting, if they could not bring forward a new capital account, clear of the old one, why they would not touch the matter.—(Bear, hear.) While on his logs, answering the Honourable Proprietors, he would go into the general subject. Ho thought that, ou the whole, their affairs did not look at all un it was exceptional ori rfleloelcilhtteci I imi Ipiartnsboctise,3lhtiehac.ae,lmen satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) Ho 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 9144 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, &c. The increase in the goods traffic was proportionate: for in the last six months they had carried 177,262 tons, weAohsmiortanttt . yhnesal 2 , ooo tons mo re than in any preceding half- There were also to be considered the advanta gyeeoaru.s circumstances growing up around them. Looking to the influence of the junctions, giving them to South amptonto a communication with the north of England, the growth of the mail steam-packet service, to the calla f o r s hipping at Southampton in connexion with the emi gration movement, he fancied he could see for this expenditure d satisfactory npfreossspeedeti.tiolloeaear, htar.heavy,) but with its great traffic, had brought a sudden great pyisnareeiatdsrhsieutre on the machinery and stock; and the effect and be glad tes e t t ege t, ael•dilievoilwseeadolt,Y i h h to e heEle c tv O te ln hre ;Sany , 'es machinery - of that wear and tsar h r a e d h,c:y o wn it is lt a • chanical departemcnt had been placed undmr tag dirocti‘„h r t , h a e t ( e l l a m u i s : a s t a A c t, r b a ° l '' satisfaction. u r The cost of of Mr. Beatt,le, In the reduced cenrumption of bolter in the s rCed with which the heavy tnaitit bit* te t , t .oii ed,l P t ' s . : i e d r were n' r g working. thin; the whol e thin g ove r the eoterag,3 of miles thtitig slvoofflereedd a , wite mile; antiantithit aditta ttf - the ail-e:tiLstatices on any other line wrath et Ihuttnt, which h a d not thote wa fa s ir on ca ly m advantages in maser& to the price of coal enjoy e d b y the northern companies. The plant wa s al together in a most plrdieei a n efficient condition, and he believed they *teed get 0 t,,, most satisfactorily this year.—(Hear, hcar.) 11,.4.6 ~,,,, one matter which ho could tot ,ttefslk ..ttlllotieed; h e 8 re ferred to th e p a in true:true:abXici7 ine directors had under. gone in regard to al6 unhappy conduct of their e!d teat vante Mr. Stovin. Mr. Stevie had served the cohipu e ; from the very beginning, and enlittaited, confidenee had been placed iu him by all parties. He ( (the t t'brderma r o had originally introduced taloa to t.....; company, and had d been, with members of his 'o , !th family, security for hurt, His health haling l'; ecoine deranged, ". and his bookes getting behind hand, the directors la' get hies to go away for a tutu weeks' relaxation, and, tosetpectelly, h • I to America. Letters bad been receikrod from hi. e b ' yeent neatly denying trio alleged embeiolements f : liti ,, i ,, g a . against himt and he (the Chairtnan) had written e4C-- offering to pay his passage back, and beggin g to i hi m, return, to pi sea matters in a proper atatto A g s v ti n icil t h to (the Chairman) had not ascertained whether Mn.;:s t - ttt ",: 1 , 13 had nceived that letter. The affair Was still ti • -- al therefore; but he (the Chairman) hoped it was hsettled, pos sible some explanation would be thrown over still en fused transactions in question, and that thing e rt e n „ — .; turn out bettor than had been expected at first! i'''''' natural consequence of the affair of Mr. Stavi n, 1 irregularities connected toith it Mid been discovered; the directors were at present in a difficulty w i th ' Mr." Ford, a carrier, who had brought largo traffic to line from the western districts, wh o was debtor o b tim to the company to a considerable amount in Mr. tor 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 available; but it now new appeared that ho had go t rid of this p ro perty , and propriated the proceeds irreclaimably. Hi t afraits v sg. n er now before the Court of B ankru p tc y , and no thing further could be said about them as y et without p re judicing the result unfairly. In dealing with carriers like Mr. Ford, either as wholesale or reta il carriers, certain risks must be run, for credit had to be given to them just as they were obliged to give cred it ; but the directors felt that the more they could manage to conduct their own busi ness the better it would be for their interests. Accord ingly, they wore deter mined toget such matters more into their own hands; and they had a new manager join ing them, indeed, that very day OIL Scott), who had bad great practical experience in the north, and who would carry out the new principle effectually. Mr. Uperoft had made an unkind allusion to their professional ag en t s , The law bills, indeed, would seem to be heavy; but th e reason was that at the commencement of last session tw enty notices had been served on lines connected with their own, and all the matters to which these notices re lated bad required careful watching in Parliament. The array of twenty had been ;reduced to fourteen o n the meeting of Parliament; and though these expenses were all c harged to revenue (and, as to closing the capital ac count, this proved that theirs was a good eeal more clofted than Some companies who having closed their ow the revenue was really un influencnd by dliecompletely), with which this e - diture was circumstances . . n xpen eon the subteeected. (The Hon. Chairnasthen de tailed) et-matter of the notices.) Then there were law ch arges in connexion with appeals on poor rotes-4501, havi n gthen t way; and there were IMPORTANT BIZDICAL AND SURGICAL WOIG Just published, by H. Railliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No T. Bvo., in cloth. price 55., by post free, Is. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors relation to the Treatmeat and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first 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 Si. 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 till their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrhma 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 onrselves 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 mattor."—Dublin :..ledica.l Press, April 8,1852. No. 11. 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 SPERMATORL 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 marced 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 proof of his views he (Mr. Czairtenay) 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. lint cases xviii. and xix. appear, both in duration, 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." —ProtessLr Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. 18, 1852. C-"":ea G77:1 FrMI sitczta ~, 4 .> VaarA ,4,. 1. 4 ' INF ,-4. ' EtsratV r' ' rti.4 7 AU G UST i y :4 , ~, il l t3 G,L.. virg 'Ela ill ' V the compositions made to parties who had soffored from accidents on their rails. He did Dot object to fair ex- P en ' es in that evai ; but there was no doubt that weir, improper attempts were, in some cases, wade to extort from th , e , e 'iPacy, and actions of course ha d occa aoritiany to °ensue:ailed. It was not a lways easy to prove 'rho was and csho was nut is sufferer by an accident to a train ; and when he mentioned that in one case the panics alleging that they had been injured refused to see the medical man sent to them by the company, th e proprietors could i mag i ne i n what hands the directors sometimes found theinselvas. On the whole the law charges were fair an d moderate. Th e s olicitors' bilks were all carried to the taxing mister in the Court of Exchequer, which trac o ne guarantee for fairnesa ; a d besides this tl:e comp any LOW if ho a law agent, f ho might call him so, t o rel i eve the so li c i tor as to Par liamentary business„ 6 0 that, all was done that cou ld be done to neutratiso heavy -.i.Nnands of this kind . In conclusion, the Hon. Chairiedin stated that the direc tors were on the most friendly footing with the Brighton Comploy, and w e re. carry i ng ou t a ll the ar rangements, for the co mmon tra ffi c, ma d e with that company. • f In answer to a qtreatidn from Mr. EDWARDS as to Mr. Scott's (the new manage r ' s ) qua lifi cat i ons , Mr. W. HA.RDING Ole s ecre t ar y) stilted that Mr. Scott had been employed b y t h e pr i nc i pa l li ne s of Scot land, by the Edinburgh an d Gl asgow, b y the North British (of whichle was th e so l e goo d s manage r), and by the Edinburgh, Perth, acid Dundee. All these com panies spoke in the highest p oss ibl e terms o f Mr. Scott. Mr. EDWARDS protested aga i nst the di rec t o rs not taking a manager from amon g t h e i r own o ld officers.--: (Uear, hear.) lie alto prot este d aga i nst t h e s ystem 01 the directors going security f or t h e i r own officers. They ought to take the Guarantee S oc i e t y .—(H ea r.) The CHAIRMAN—YOU may b e sure I'll never go secu rity again.—(Laughter.) la a answer to questions as to the security which. t hail ueen -gi ven b y M r . F o rd, it was explained' -tharit bad consi s t e d o f a b ond f or 400 1. g iven by a lady, which she would pay, an d o f bill s o f c-x -chang© endorsed by good pafties for 1,0001., a portion of which was being recovered, and also of a moiety of a lease. A PROPRIETOR—Whet Lecurity does Mr. Scott give? The CHAIRMAN—For 1,0001 on the Guarantee So. 112m.m—The rule now is secu rity of the Guarantee Society. A PROPRIETOR—What is the t o t a l amount o f St OV iCo def , tications? ; to take only the The CHAInMAW—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 planatiop. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE thought that what had oc curred indicated that a lax system prevailed in the ma nageteent of the company.—(llksar, 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 he was not placing his own name in oppmition 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 ho alluded was the following:—" In pursuance of the promise given by the chairman at the adjourned half yearly general 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 most efficient director of this company; and, se condly, by the lamented death of General Reid, M.P., a largo 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 ho took in all that concerned the just treatment of the servants, and the hoeourable 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 lion. the Earl of Morley, the able vice-chairman of the Board of Directors, has found it necessary to relinquish his seat, iu 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 premise was given that the vacancies in the direction should be placed at the disposal of the pro prietors tat 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 Hon. 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 vacancies so caused would be placed at the disposal of the shareholders. Now, had that promise been performed? He would not any to the Imter, fur he should be the last man in the world to hold any one to the more letter of his promise. But had it been kept in the spirit?—(Hear.) The CHAzultAN—Mr. Aikin retired for the very purpose. Mr. Harass was aw are o f t h at. He would not deny that there had b een a partial performance; but a par to draw the att ent i on of the company, and, was not the whol e; and it was this to which he wished and, if of the public; he did think that th i s wa s a question_ of social morality not unworthy of the a ttention of the British press.--(Cheers.) H a d the directors substan tially performed t h e i r undertaking? lie maintained that they had n o t ; f or the vacancy ca used by the de ath of General Reid was one that was entirely out of their power to fill up. It was true t h a t in the ori - i vacancies caused by d eat h , resignat i on, or the like, was placed in the hands o f t h e b oard; b ut necessary, rY ginal Act the p ower to fill up t he occasiona Act that was repealed, and the power was conferred on the shareholders at large, to be exercised by them at a time prescribed by law, namely, at the first half-yearly the act of the directors, but by or special general meeting held afterwards —that was, in the present Caae, at this very meeting- -(d ear, hear.)t by This seat bad thus been placed at their disposal, notsyv in a s ubsequent then could the board take credit for it as a part Perform ance of their promise?—(H ear hear.) If there va n s o ati y dispute upon the ; no.nt, it ought to be decided, so not the board, but by the shareholders, for it was ele mentary a principle of morality, that the interpretationwh of a practice should rest, not with the party b rie that but to whom, it was made, that he was snip of it. _ the directors should require to be "mine the (lane, hear.) Mr. Helps then preceaded to criticise, ss - Earl of ALI 1 passage relating to the resignation of the twhich he date a w the act of the law. IliA, a! 1 . 4 1 0 AnritO Onnl , er;fttiotl as 1 . 9 t • .._ , ... Lilt.) men received, be concluded by urging uPrlaele"d' , ,or in acme other meeting either to insist upon having another sea. placed at their diapossl matter lnto tbblk Oan tiab& . air. l es state- Mit. SVITIS adriSittn the i,ru:is of ail. AP body of Meat of what he (Hr. Smith) had promised to f B ar,to a the shareholders at the last meeting, in (i c e e ' r o e n ' of new wish they had expressed to have an in• e .". k ;.,1 but fiE that blood, il' it .thae teianed,_ lute . the . 05 t": m e A e op o f manner taking the tiie . iten!a of ihetii eo4lci is.d.6 ritl6ipate..va as an of ' eneral Reid, who was then as likely to li d e ocease, / one them. By the Gallant General's lamented mode another, vacancy Was treated, 'and tiady St:rely that was a substantial ftilfilnie h n a t cl n f a mt a h tiottisti ithich Mr. Sergeant .Graawama regrettea. think that they had rho hoard had to men for he did not tin heir Pi•othise: was evident, for sully carried out their promise. This how long could General Reid a perieetly iihttia tion?—(A leash;) It was, itoweve",hat they deter terial to him (the Learned Sergeant) iniself for re•elec use the pro kips mined to do-, as hb did pet iatend ; to o°® way or too which had htten. ehtrustea to him, either Mended the pro , oiher.—(Hear, hear.) Still he recom wa a hands, and he prietora to take the matter into their ie - a e n a g With the scat should give his sihglet•ote tot their a iti abate way.—(Hear, hear.) s e e who had been da m bIAIRN really did net tle edard, They had Maged by them nise taket bY • that they should have giVen the shareholders a promisedireators. That ()nor offerh an opportunity of electing t ric) t d t h e y *ould be content tunity they hads and he hop rd to be reduced, which titb. ir, If they *antes the b s ee r ...._ sa ) the directors would *as a very popular idea—(ll eac) °eclat) elect, a new Merits not object; but if they deterintni , ddo their best to matte ber, ho was sure the hoard won (Laughter.) With re him comfortable and Happy m e na he had that Morning spent to Lord Morley'a !Tar e his Lordship intimated that received a letter, in which confirmed by the ill health his determination had been been ,a mamma. His (the under which he had sines meeting was that they should chairman's) advice to the ni N o bju Earl at present. Let not elect a substitute for the set 110 W the " ne* blood' them wait a little a s ed at e ,id e s, there *ei:e eeetal worked.—(Laughter.) '-' an ies settling at Southamp large steam navigation co m p there was also the dock company. It m i g ht ton, and mercantile man might be fo un d t o represent these at the their happen that a good b r o c iss a who waitid be able to u n it e and and adven mutu al interests.--(hear, hear.) t() At the same time it was proper to assure them that at present they had no sacs a colleague in their thind' s e y e , ohson items in the accont After a few explanatio w t. . _ crew asked as he length of credit A PuorrtiEtolt. given to the carriers? The CIIAIRMAti — ' Wheti- the security is good we a ll o w three months. Another PROPRIET OR then drew attention to th e fol ta— lowing paragraph in the r e P " A responsible pa rty, locally interested in the town bas offered to snake a branch from the station of the company at Wimbledon to Mit cham, a distance of two miles,. ori_a perfect l eve l, with out any interposing cu tting, embankment, or ob s t ruct i on , on a guar a nteed rent from this company of 1,600/. per the rate of 5 per oncomputed annum, being at .. .. cent. cost. This branch will be capable of being joined with a branch which the Brighton Company have agreed to make from Croydon to Mitcham, on certain conditions, with the same party who has made the offer in question to this company. The directors, seeing the very attrac tive nature of the building property between Croydon and Win s bl e den, recommend the proprietors to nut laorise them to take up the project at any time during the next year, when it may a ppear expedient to do so, and mu tually satisfactory terms among all parties op be Br. additional l e t x expenditure it u o r il e of the capital term t s o P t r i ° w P company, °Bed' ranged. orrioubtedly of local can •populous ne,igh heurhood, and a productive in a reader to the main line.' Mr. lIERAPATH COLIC i rr e ed te with the Hon. Gentleman in thinking 5 per eett u involve d no t . O very high. When they consi dered that their debentures was perfectly monstrous, res n were only at 3i per cent., it should like to knew who the gentleman referred o wes t) ? The CHAIRMAN said there . had been a line proposed from Wimbledon to Wandsworth and Croydon, by a se parate party. This was looked at by several parties, and amongst others by M r . George Bidder, who happened to have is large property at Mitcham.— ( Hear, and a laugh.) Mr. LIERAPATH—We k now h e is a good calculator. The CHAIRMAN—The sch eme also board. At this time the Crystal Ps ame before the lapis, and the desirability of taking it t o K i vi e .. was or to onthe some other part of their own domains, was under " sidera tion; but these plans were superseded by the Brighton Railway, and so all chance was lost o f t h e South- Western making any arrangement. Nevertheless, the ling being in the direction of the Crystal Palace, the question still remained whether some satisfactory terms co uld 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 donein 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 ai per cent. A Votcs—How can you, if your capital account is to be closed?—(Hear.) Mr. HER/PATH moved that the paragraph be ex punged from the report. He had also been informed that a report had been made by ?dr. Peter Clarke upon the working of the Nine Elms station, and that ho had pointed out how 1,8001. a year might be saved. wa s 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 holdlike to know whether that rumour was true? The CHAIRMAN said, that although the Woking scheme was a new one, it was so like a former plan which nod e been maturely considered by the board, that it had not rquired so much examination. Their secre tar had been instructed to meet the parties when they came to the York-road office, and also to give evidence before the Parliamentary Committee. He could assure the lion. G:mtleraan that the company were pledged to nothing—that they were not pledged to give up any land, or to any sort of condition or agreement by which would not be fairly remunerated. They had agreed they weu that a train should be run daily, and that for all other tmatters they should be paid at their own discretion. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman that the board were not anything from which he would wish them to bound to depart.--Gear.) Mr. IiERA.PATLI still pressed his motion respecting the Mitcham line, and expressed a fear lest they should be Bidder -iced altogether.—(A laugh.) Mr. UPCROFT seconded the motion. Mr. MALINS said that by the terms proposed they would avoid all Parliamentary expenses, and that it was a very c h e w . bargain.--(0h.) He had had some expe rience in a similar case, in which the proprietors ad been made top d-Y after the rate of more than 10 , 0001 an aere.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought that gentleman ought to be satisfied with his promise that the directors would do nothing with the line until they again met the proprie tary.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. DICKENSON condemned the idea of this line as altogether ridiculous. The 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 be 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 ing, ho would certainly say that the terms were too high.—(Hear, hear.) Bat 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.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said, that as tho 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 31 per cent. per annum, payable on and after the lst September. A conversation having again arisen respecting Mr. Stovin and the system pursued by the company as to sureties for their officers, Mr. SASNSMURY 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 attem pte d to evade payment, and had been defeat e d by th e ver di c t of a jury.) The CHAIRMAN observed that they had been exceed. ingly pleased with the Guarantee Society'sway of doing business. Its inquiries as to the parties were most rigid, and the company had never had any difficulty in the settlements with it, and they vh d had several. The SOLICITOR said the matter (I been brought be fore his notice very soonafter the had establishment of the Guarantee Society. He must confess s s that hevs very much ueh preferred the simple form o f b on d t a k en by the company from two sureties,—(H ear .) At t h e same time ho 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 pr e judiced in its favour, and there were certainly a good many provisos in the policy. But the policy 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 Wewhich clerks an expense 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 reso l i:! in tl Cleaving the dividend was then agreed to. Mr. Dill then proposed, and Mr. liiitErt seconded. thei teer Sef?ednt Ctaselea be elected a director, Carried almost untithonsie t 'g A PROPRIETOR proposed Z. gtttchins, but that gen tleman withdrew from the contest. As Chore were only tiro vacant/lee to be declared, he did not wish to t etteet eltVe7,‘ with th tioartatd Etereerint or with Mr. Mortimer, who had Polled eel '", ri / l' 6 the last occasion. c... a_ga number on Mr. BAKER and Mr. IlinfoYeeern proposed and se conded Mr. Charles Smith Mortimer, Wheal eteetion in like manner was carried all but unanimously. A PROPRIETOrt asked whether Mr. Mortimer would work harriidniodsly rin the other directors with re spect to the Central lieliWay?—aeaughter.) Another PROPRIETOR observed that eh the last occa sion Mr. Mortimer had given a sort of prorkii:je• ant if elected he Would withdraw from the Stock Exchange. Worfld be now fulfil his promise?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. IteetErt, in the absence of Mr. Mortimer, would explain the matter. A man might ft al a barrister and yet withdraw from practice, and so in like rdatter a man might retire from the purchase and sale of shares, duel yet continue to 1)8 d r ember of the Stock Exchange. '-Mr. Mortimer justly considered his membership a high honouf, and ftora that he would not retire, but ho would give up all hueineee in aleares.—(Hear.) Sir RAYMOND JARVIS, oho was on the list of candi dates, retired. Mr. FlEteeet thought the proprietors were boned, if they did not Wish to fie disfranchised, to deal with the third seat; but rs he was in favour of a reduction in the number cf &treaters, he could not consistently offer him. self as a candidate. If, however, the shareholders, in order to assert their rights, chose to elect a third dim. tor, ke r. tea perfectly willing to servo them, an d, i f elected, he would serve them faithfully, an d , if he pos. Sibly could , well.---(Hear,, hear.) it was not hi s int ers . ilea Le o rtido eitqar Mr. Sergeant Gaseleo or M r , Mortimer.—(Hear, uede,:i The CHAIRMAN —Then it is ni) :.i.lltf to desiare those gentlemen duly elected.—(Cheers.) e Mr. bergeant GAsrLEE, 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 delved fl'Oth Mr, Fite, and from a certai • n periodical which had attacked him week after week when he was abroad, and could not know of it. He hoped the latter would new take come other subject who was not quite so stale.—(laughter.) Mr. TIrE expressed the high opinion he entertained for Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, although ho had often fin ed opposed to him. lie was quite sure that t he Learned Sergeant, now that he was on the other side of the table, would think the same as the board.—(L _ aughter.?_efring Mr. HELts insinuated that the board were ' V the third seat for some person they ho l n - ia g i for the The CHAIRMAN said they,were only kneetpithe slightest shareholders. They had not at pre, se t , f ,i o a of them idea of a candidate, and Mr. nelP h 9 ear. P ) was not a very liberal one.--(He ar, ~,a Mr. Sergeant The meeting was made his seat at the table amidst fooor Helps demanded a c heer , sPecwilileh was raised, took Gaselee, in obedience to a callesiderable a pp lause. Mr. t h e first shareholders' e but it was respoisded to member that over sat some hisses. with cries of " Oh," and ed f or the special meeting was [The report prep ay taken as read.] o ught the meeting would give the thought The CHAIR 3 I AT4 't for at least one thing, and that was directors full credit y held to their promise not to do for having faithfil - indirectly with ' respect to now works anything directly or without having their concurrence. The question for their consideration on the present oCea3i"A was, the ex pediency of making a new line from Bosiugstolie through Salisbury to Exeter ; and when they were teld that in the district from Salisbury to Exeter, which was 89 miles long, and in same places more than 53 w ide, there was no direct railway commun i cat i on w ith Lender), they would readily imagine the anxiety which was felt by the inhabitants fes to _th e fate o f the proposition. The popu lation was daily decreasing-, arid the agriculturiits wer e suffering greatly for the want of such a cominunication, so that they might well suppose that both the landed proprietors and those engaged in trade and commerce took the liveliest interest in the scheme. The company bed determined on it former oecaeion to adopt this very line, which they all knew was legitimately- their own. it was legitimately their own district, inasmuch as they had obtained an Act of Parliament to naske the rail way; but from adverse cirewnetances 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 ahroad—ail of which had tended to render the completion of the plan they hid contemplated impos sible. The value of the scheme was proved by the Steps which had been taken by their competitors. w ho had a line already fro m London to Bristol and Exeter , and who h a d positively given their board po wer to fake the preliminary steps to make a railway from Dorchester to Exeter. When they reflected that the line they pro posedPanY was only e was 197 miles long, whereas the plan of this that the preferenceought man icto.as Tt w , hh o oeuel population ou l ps e eu a l leave et i o —(Hear, bear.) A " t ' o be given to the central line. 171, they would no longer doubt there would be n- gain, if they even took the coast lice, no security for their traffic, because no would of the . eouutry to go to the Great Western lin t e a , v a a n a d n wouldh ay e therefore mrl es to p : 5 7 v e e v l e t t o tget ttheo they would onlylargego north; so that, by that plan, they would content to be passive, they would and their property no stin " o f money expends, here. If but also that which they might But it did not stop might fairly expect to ob tain,was the most powerful not only lose that which th proposed argumentr ,ey already had. And this cost(lf e a l l; , 10 h o e , a o r o . ) 01 , The that they could two. — was precisely ( H ca thea'l railway, same whichp lan woul dwhie only was beento ha modeveeos t t o 2 t , h 2 e so ii o i o te O h t a — m lin , e r, hear.) Objection bad , on the ground that the money was proposed to be spent through the agency of the engineer. But there wasa certainty con tract system which would reducet abouthirlialo rho wereytoawouldk t n o o h w a w ve h theatwt he line formed fo r given fto, riclsoo,opoeorl.e, amount. eenn td. , i f t fh f tethyheey South-Western were to work it they were likely tl to have to divide amongst the sharehold e r hear.) Another great advantage which the . po —( e sed ar ' scheme would confer on them would be the traffic which it would bring upon their lino to London. If the Dor chester line, which was 63 miles long, and produced 53,270/. 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 offered them, and be 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 3i per cent. on the outlay.—(Great laughter.) Mr. DreKENsoel was surprised that this matter should have been brought on at all at this meming, 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 he 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 as exten sion, but he (Mr. Dickenson) knew as a fact that the Great Western had no desire whatever to enrage in any fresh line to reach Exeter.—(Hear, hear.) 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, hear.) 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 line, and to hand to those individuals the first profits, if profits there should be, of which he entertained great doubts, for, of coarse, if thus challenged, the Great Western would at once take up an opposition.—(Hear, hear.) Let 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 South-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 s aw the thing, this company was to be nt all the risk, and was not to have the first ben efit.—(Hear, hoar.) He regarded the calculation of the directors that the work could be done for 1,100,0001. as a chimera; for there never was a railway contract oppose the project to the last, (Hear, hear.) He wouldyet which had not been exceeded. — and even to Parliament. The CHAIRMAN contractors were of undoubten hre 4 sponsibility and rept refore this enormous reminded Mr. Dickenson that the cations And there would be, t 0 _, . . B—that 8 —that the company ict i tol) had no shares in the Mr. EAGLESFIELD (of ....r.s . awdovualndt knowage aboutexsco exactly the its ulinadbeiri tf roved of this ex how they were to raise the tension. He did n ot see the class A; and if be capital. The landowners were to Great Western , but he utterly disapproved es or they would, of to give a second set of gu , aran . ' A ' h . ! h snares. rein, t 9 there was to be a class B the So t u e th-Western would have course, nower get rid of tee eto e paid on hay' b ' line was . be the capita 'would isnateurdestthwauttildinteres. be so much deducted from the dividend of the proprietary of (Hear, hear.) Ho wanted the the f.'e)eth-Western. — l iu b g or m ro ad w e e ' d South-Western to stick to what they had got, and to make the most of that. The property had been damaged greatly by these proposals of the directors.--(Hear.) The Crum:am; put the hoe. proprietor right as to the payment• of interest. Half the cap ital would be raised b y the district; and there could be no interest payable du. rine the construction of the line.—(Hear, hear.) • , Mr. UPCROFT prophesied that this extension would lead to a new battle of the ganges.—(Hear, hear.) Captain MooRSOM delivered a d long lecture, which he demonstrated isei.oiduin artan ripen a map pinne up to awindow-blind, upon the coast scheme by proposing scheme w hi c h h e ,t .., . '1" ht forward last yea r : He concluded ous a resonlPV.ort to the effect that the directors be requested to make arfanlvnents with the venanoters of the co ast line, by which, under certain restrietione„ they might, at an outlay not exceeding' 200,000/., secure a continuous filo - orqm Dorchester to Exeter. A corifsed discussion taking plate here, several pro prietors asked, " What is the question?" and • it was un expectedly found that ""o question had been pnt from the board, and that consequently Oaptain Moorsom's Dropo dticr was to be regarded strictly :se a substantive m'c•O:en. Mr• IIik.RDING, the secretary, wtto called on by the Chairman td reed the resolutions re arced by the direc tors. They were at!— P P "That the directors e wet dri b h - sed and requested to con clude an arrangement with the promoters of the Centre/ Lin eel. Railway Extension from Salisbury to or Whis t upon the fiasie o f th e terms ment i one d in the repeal ttili: day submitted to at, special gene ral meeting sad °otber proprietors, and to tere i and to co ncur with gtj ein ent parties in takin g , a ll su c h measures as in tt? eird e before may be necessary for bringing th,e metro "" Parliament in the ensuing session.rma ~ to co vour with " That the directors be also authoris h fo ation of 5 line any otna parties in Prumatiag Ldaeentral line near Ax from Bridport to joie the prover • 3ef-sion by this comp an y rainster, to the extent': of P SU bSCF re. , ~,r t he day of Se not exceeding 50,0001." r arooneu '" eose of receivin g " That a meeting be !li ~ or the purr tembet next, at one o'clool o j, ate directors on the ar and considerin a repel! the capital to be eon rangements forges sing tee s' towards the before-mentioned tributed by this c ompany all such ste:pe in relation and for authr i n the west generally, as may lines, e ons e thereto, or to exte, °- adi neable• °elution be considered . w as then formally put, and die" The first taken on that. cession ,W 49 , 11 ,pS made an angry attack on the p olic y Mr. fr the directors, and concluded by suggesting pnrsil,e- ? A i n Moorsom should modify his prop os a l i n to that `-' a P .- the appointment of a committee of 24 to in a m otion for yestigate the whole subject of the wes tern extension. Captain MOORSOM could not adopt that suggestion. A. committee had already sat, and had reported in favour ' o f the extension; and he thought they couldn't go on for over with committees while an enemy was at their very doors. Mr. HADLEY also spoke against the proposed line as objectionable in every particular. Mr. lIERAPATH spoke to the same effect. He 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.—(Hear.) Mr. LocKE stood in a peculiar position in , regard to the South-Western Company on this question, and be desired to offer a few explanations. There was no doubt that the landowners in the district would be bene fited by and had an interest in the contemplated exten sion, and he confessed candidly for his own part, posses sing as he did landed property in that direction, that he looked mainly to his own interest in this mat ter.—(Great laughter,) Having made this admis sion, he hoped he would for the future escape those accusations as to motives which were too c -;/) [PRICE SD. u ro commonly made use of in that room. He was C h . . - •-•'. r: t _ au engineer to the line. He was there simply i 00 1k7::;: - /ttl . " 7 :r6. 4:1 5 . ) pacity as a proprietor; and until he knee , more 4 .,,,„ :..?„.. loose astertions of Mr. Herapath and cf other gen t .. .. ,i ,V a IT _ 77+; he would certainly prefer to tehe for granted the • -haat/a ...L e o berate and responsible etatetrients maue by the dire: 4644 I Vr I SM:ANT in the report nob? presented to him.—(Rear, hear.) Mr. Herapath had said that the 'working expenses of the Dorchester lice were 80 per cent.; but they had heard from Mr. Reed that they were under 50 per cent.; and they surely ought to receive such statemehes as the asserteve. truth unless they were p re p are d to proveifielm false- - (Hear, whathlefar they, he tend fe did l t t n o a b t toot. Now railwayiCowa the it won time Question.)emthaeke lHe claimett'the right t o never be left to them to de c id e agaio--(Hear, and a Voice—So much the better.) Satisfies' be was that a now,s o i c r i n reilway through the district would be msde, whether this company made it or not.—(Oh.) But it was asked why the tended proprietors did not make the line them selves.—(llear.) The reason was this. They thought that if they made the line to Salisbury they would put 29,0001. per eenurn into the pocky aof this company— (olo—and that therefore, if they constructed the rail way for their own hen. fit, they would elect 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 29,0001. a sear upon their main line; so teat a hhe they (the landowesees) re ceived the 4 per cent., they would br giving this com pany more than 5 per cent, upon the capital'they had subscribed.—(Oh! oh 1) There were authorities quite ea good as Mr. Herspath's. (Mr. Locke proceeded to quote a p as , st . a - e in tavour of the central scheme.) From what atehority did they think he had read that extroct? No otter than Mr. Herapath liiimselit—(Loud laughter.) It was from Hera path's Railway Journal of the 29th of January, 184;.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. LIEHAPATH wished it to be understood that he was the proptittor and not the editor of Iltrapath's Journal. There were many things in it that he never saw.—(Laughter.) Mr. LocKE, 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 snould be satisfied with either line; add 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 aci vance.. They were advancing.—(Cheers and cries of "It is not true.") He would tell them that it was true. An agent, authorised by both the companies, beet been in the district canvas:Arita—Q - 6es oi " Neuter) He would mention ti. e nam e 0: Aar - . Dawson.—(Hear, hear. Mr. iitoaellsola said there had been an attempt last. year, whicti in,d tailed, because the country gentlemen, tram 'ahem to much was expected, would do nothing. ihe Great Western would do nothing unlees the central scheme was persevered in. Mr. LOCKE persisted in his statement; awl Captain Motalsost said it was perfectly true. The fact was we ll k no wD, and he ceuld confirm it. Mr. LoctiE was astonished to have heard the contras diatice, as the circumstance was well known in the dis trict. Be believed that the time was now or never, un less the SeutetWestertes 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 gouge to Southampton. and then their vast capital would most materially tuffer.—(Cries of " Ohl") Gentlemen might fancy they knew better than other people; but ho believed, upon his conscience, that if they did not adopt the plan t they would jeopardise their nine millions.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. HELPS, us a member of the committee, which had reported last year, wished to say a few words. Doubt• less his opinion would not carry much weight, either mentally or on the scoreof . experience; but in one red specs it ought to carry even - ti ,anofthe Hon.. I, more than that Member for Honiton. perfectly disinterested. — (Hear.) The Hoe. Gentleman was had avowed that he was principally interested as alandowner; and though he did not say that he (Mr. Locke) wished to consult his in terests at the expense of the company's, yet he had ad mitted that which ought to makeh's with distrust.—(Hear.) The H ain' Gentlemanvoeacy advocacy received " Now or never." Why ho said so last t said, year. It was his constant threat—the burden of his so Cheers.) Mr. LOCKE -1 did not mean it as a threat. Mr. HELPS—The burden of the Hon. Gentleman s speech was that the line would barnacle, and if not bY this company, by aeother. Be it so . W hy did not th 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 cut 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 teen made for land, it would more than counterbalance any advantage to the company. Mr. LOCKE 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 vogue; for if the land was near a road, they would say, " Oh, here is a frontage; this is building lead."—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Helps) was sick of these vaticinations of gentlemen upon boards—they never seemed to place any bounds to their imagination. They bud heard of Mitcham—" the town wed suburbs of Mitcham." Why, he had lately been there, and he was quite surprised to find what a desolate spot it really was.—(Laughter.) Oa the as sumption that the company was certain to succeed the calculation was disastrous. But what if it did not?— (Hear, hear.) What if they went to Parliament to con test an opposition provoked by themselves, and failed in it?—(llear, 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. Their business was to cultivate the opportunities they had got, and to risk nothing. An ancient maxim was, '` Spartans nactus co, hanc arna i" but the maxim of the directors of the South-Western. was the very opposite, and, as their dividend showed,. with the worst results.—(gear, hear.) He hoped that the preposition would be met on this occasion with a di rect negative. Mr. Dicaatesoar begged to apologise for the hasty con tradiction ho had given to Mr. Locke—(Hear, hear) — but he had offered that contradiction in consequence of having received 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 timo came, upon the state of the money market; and therefore, as a man of business, ho stood godfa.'her 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 th&e kits before the proprietors, and throwing the whole responsibility on the proprietors.—(llear, hear.) There were two in terests in that room; and it could not be proved that the directors had ever uedertakcn an extension for their own advantage. In this case the directors w r e o re . 1 venue showing that they were alive to the interests of iliep re_ jeopardised —the very perty. They saw their property endanger their energe -and under such circumstances they were guard, and tically doing their duty by standing '3l' Doubts had beau preparing for defence.—(Hear, hear.) the e work done for thrown on the probability y, attacked. of getting were responsible the amount named; but the eontr:ebad been worked out marrow oft he l o i n n i men, and the South-Western l e i t i i i r, tear. . ) It was a , if by contracts. — c a . t down their tariff, if gested that Parliament would But parliament had not they went for this extension. sent, and Parliament would the power against their seeing that their not desire such an unjust o nly to make a moderate . . fares enabled them guarantee. Guarantee was existing s to the dividend. Then, a word, no doubt.—(Hear, hear.) No uncomfortab le s pressed hardly on many . an aO3 of Oa. . h doubt the AY --- , w ith trifling exceptions, the South railways' ,: d "',,taered clear of guarantees.—(A Pro- Western .",,,, , t begin 'em, then.") If that was a a "--- board of directors, for the to the prietor., belonged They didn't merit it h ,, never proposed the system. board --c1 This was no guarantee at all: and the e it now, prOP°s ws would it be so considered in the City? It was t es f ,', 5.."... ferential dividead.—(Laughter.) If no profit " 11 "i a r t e 4 per cent. would not be payable; but if there a rose ----- id a t ! profi the refits on extension itself, then it wou ld 6 aou (he payable to the landowners instead of to the South western prop r ietary. He did not argue the advantage of the ex t en sion from the possibility or prob a bili ty of it being itself profitable. Ile might admit that it would be a loss to the whole company. But, apart from all other arguments, he maintained that the extension was. necessary to secure to them that which they already pos sessed.—(Lloar, hear.) Mr. DICKENSON here suggested that, as it was near six o'clock, the meeting should be adjourned.—(Cries of " Yes, yes, adjourn.") Mr. MALINS supported the proposition of the direc tors, and asked the Chairman, as the point was of im portance in the consideration of the general question, what was the position of the Basingstoke and Salisbury? The CZ/MIKAN had received that 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 s t r e i that it was the intention of thecompany to carry out hto is line in its integrity, hut that, as they did sot wish to to tenets with the South-Western, they w r e s ra ngement be enter into nn arrangement. Should no a a r pp 3; 1 to Par speedily made, it was their intention. thee o app (Bait liament next session for powers. \ the Chairman) loft the South -Western and unless the directors got I.! prietors, they could not Y however, was on ly one 1. in a dilemma. authority from the pro all act effectually. This, very well reasons for coming among to .ect. to an early - decision on thesosubt.i. All he could say j a Western shareholders again, was, tint if the ....i ne ty miles long, and, at points thought that a country . fifty miles broad, was • - Going to be let alone, they were had only to decide whether greatly mistaken. They or let others take it, for the purpose they would take i Be did not say this in the way of r of injuring theme. But b took the broad fact that they wer threat. , ; 13 „:;fiv repudiated by the parties to whom I sYsteml“ - W e bad hoped there would have been som , r ,, ef ; e n r , re unanimity on this occasion; but if the pi `"'" ]swaned more time for discussion an sdjou prietors d to.—(No, and Yes.). be agreed ent wou perhaps the (to ra flurcniNs had been opposed to Mr. ,chem a, but after what he had now heard be w a I zinced that they must proceed onwards. Still he . d b'ech e e like the terms, and he had a most decided 0 J .) gu arantees and preferential shares.-7(C if the meeting , The CHAIRMAN suggested that the line, the "' 3' agree to the desirability of making 37 -