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........e..... following iabdwilsom arked on imcosader , ntre i g ht en; 13 0111 ' wan, dud Frapci° Eusi°° nj . irgeOn., Wes ViLO. IDd Liew Thomas Batt,tiliOnt previPus at Vie thirteen cents: on ° oftb e six: o° o are frigote' ids trorn l e , viz.- - our cbil two Pr i " ,9th, a nd men an d ve fitleeh .he 69th, ed, "ere nt li. )f thane. T o. 30. y-lorroed the hilt with th. e which ►t A. Mid• Breda', L. Fill -sth be t. I IV. .1' in J• IL 'raberne, Mute r whe ior, Scott , iddleco°+ lose, Pollock, Lair, 9th stri ngei 3ot, Val S. W it. Wilool3, V. For t . silo' %, Firer ,„, it* o'Cow d EL 1' , 11 h N o ~,, 1001 i CoP r ' ; and "' r ettinr Morro, ,T. low b tbe )oyinteci o f the 8 , 110 2,0001, r fire• Awry, whiqb id fife chgattf In t6 O I. The C ONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS. ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, AUGUST 28, 1848. The Righ Honourable the Lrds and others, Comtnissioners of this e s Pitel o c hereby give notice, o that they are ready to receive TEN IRS from and to treat with such persons as may be willing to NT RACT for VICTUALLING the IN-PENSIONERS of the !aid Hospital from Ist October, 1848, to 30th September, 1849, both days inclusive, for the following articles of PROVISIONS, viz.:— Beef or Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes .(or an additional i otvance of Bread i ns t ea d o f P otatoes), S a lt, O a tmeal, Cocoa, and . S ager, at _ , per her head per diem, for the whste ration, according to the established allowance of the house, at specified in a Form of Tender, which may be obtained upon application at the office of the _ Secretary . any day between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock , which Tenders must be tilled up and delivered (sealed) at the Board the said Hospital, by the party or parties tendering, or by agent appointed on his er their behalf, on TuEsnaz, the lath Sep. w 'uther next, at One o'clock, at which time their Lordships a ill be prepared to take the same into consideration. It is to be observed that the Contractors will be required to fird Tenders for the due performance of their Contracts, and:that r o '` e utlere will be received after the hour above mentioned. GUILDHALL, 30TH Avourr, 1848. THE COMMITTEE for LELN rL the CITY'S 13tb Hay will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY , the ay of Septem• er next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TEND itiu'ildlni EgtrtS foe LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from l ach aelmas next, a House, No. 11, on the north side of Broad .street ; a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street ildfnga ; a House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street-build '``a aa; and a H ouse , N o. 33, on th e sou th side of Upper Thames street. LEASAIso to recei ve TENDERS f o r LETTING- on a BUILDING ..E for Eighty Years from Michaelmas, next, a large Plot of around on the east side of Paddle dock on tae south side of Upper 114 raea-street, and on the north side of the Ryer Thames. Farther Partimlars may be obt tined, and plans seen, by applying the Office of Works, Gaildkall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. :RANIVELL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, MIDDLESEX. Principal, the Rev J. A. EMERTON, D.D., Twelve Years Curate of Han well. " Assured that you will discharge your duty as zealously and faith- Y as in the curacy of Hanwell." —Bishop of London's Letter. vs ; We shall reflect with the warmest gratitude upon the strenuous utareMitting exertions you have made in our behall." — Address Of former Pupils. i a " Tbe whole of Great Britain does not contain a school better suited _, erY way for the purposes (and purses) of Indian residents."— '" English A Prospectus forwarded on application. CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. OPENED THROUGHOUT TO lIOLYHEAD. London to Dublin in Thirteen Hours. "glie.. CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY is NOW OPEN 017 GUOUT, with the exception of about four miles adjoining the 1,”4 e!lal Straits, for which the Company have provided properly-ap ted Conveyances, the charge for which is included in the railway sac • The Admiralty's and Company's splendid Steam-packets, 670 tons, 370 horses power, run between Holyhead and Kingstown, in con fcnetion with the following Trains, performing the passage in about lour bars. • LONDON TO DUBLIN. From Euston-square, London, at aQuarter to Nine in the Eve g, with the Irish Mails, and from Chester at a Quarter to Four :tithe Morning, leaving Holyhead for Kingstown (and Dublin) at a Quarter to seven in the Morning, and arriving at Kingstown about 4 ,.. t f - laast Ten, Dublin time. I g • From Euston-square, London, by Express Train, at Nine o'clock i n The Morning, and from Chester at a Quarter to Three in the Af -4e.ft__Moon,leavlng Holyhead for' Kingstown at a Quarter to Six in the ..._" cr noola arriving at Kingstown about a Quarter past Nine, Dublin ueee. ' DUBLIN TO LONDON. • , • Froni Kingstown at Half-past Eight in tke Morning, Dublin tit re. arriving at Chester at Ten minutes past Five, and in London , lialf.paist Ten in the Evening. : 2 . The Admiralty Packet, with the Mails from Kingstown, at Half ?ast Eleven in the Morning, reachimg Holyhead shortly atter Two, 14 Train in conjunction therewith leaving Holyhead at Twenty t. in utes past Six, arriving at Chester at Twenty-five minutes past 111 the Evening, and in Loudon at a Quarter to Five the next .t , ornin g . the Only the Admiralty Packets and Mail Trains (as above) run on unov. August 11, 1848. eHESTER and . HOLY HEAD RAILWAY. _The HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the Share geoers rga o t D e t . t s his Company trondon will be held at the Company's Offices, 61, EDkNESDAY, the 20th day of September, Z S o'clock p ' recisely. , on WEDNESDAY, ttio a er _ i u l u tA tu aft er NSFE thel Itllt:o ea KSwill be CLOSED on the 9th day of Sep in 8. W. R. COLLETT, Chairman. 6 1. Moorgate-street, August 39,1848. H I ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Asiatic Cholera, its dependence on the Electrical State of the At ilaosphere. This important Lecture, with New and Practical Sugges !LOU, will be delivered by Isham Boggs, Esq., oil Monday, Wedays- V. and Friday. at Two o'clock, and on the alternate. 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Diffidence, or a sense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em- Litter the tatter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comproaieg, hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the g reat hi n d rance s to domestic happiness aged set tlement. social content. The dow ry s h ou ld ne t be the only marriage in the Honour %Mt jUStICO derasuad that health should form au item maps" ;it alon e di gnities the a lli ance . Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, If thesel_si surmises concern yo u , pr o cure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little i E OIRS 'On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., is. .each (b y post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no itnaginatively refined, er -- prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hi edered by mitleterpretatlor, o f their supposed contents, from obtaining thein. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but Mr the closet perusal of. those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above sublects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together,s . ' are e disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ti ttle Publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) c alled " What to E at, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be happy." They are not merely Pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the m ere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the stud y of the author's ".e, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always 2 1 2 the "subtly side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood. 2,3. 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SZELF.PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the rhy s iologY et Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproducti v e . ` ll Ons, and the Secret Infirmities an d Disorders of Youth eandrimMat; , 4 ";,ritY, usually acquired at an early perio d of life, which ne e Dhysiem and A ntal powers, diminish and enfeeble the natura r `u and exhaust the vital energies of Mar hood • with Practice. ''' u terfations on the Treatment of Nervous Debilit7 t etd Indigestion, w hether arising trom these causes , close stud y , or . Influence . 121 Vieal climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, syphilii: Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from In 4 • eretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the ntl e urle o s n. k i that „.„ A}la , t4 WlY, Physiology, aryl Diseases of the reproductive Organs,arus , — Posining their i ar, t et it ,,.. uses; and functions, and the v at are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses , an d i ti BY SAMUEL LA'aIER T, M.D. . 37, LEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDO N . hector of Medicine. Matriculated Member et the University of Edin - burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London liespital Medical Society, ece. regaires the fulfilment of several conditions. ie. order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and lie_ true source iu every instance disclosed, in how many could lt'be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap abbseu4sediu. Pointmeats. Excesses are Always injurious ; the g ift, which when th .....ertieration is fraught with advantag e, becomes, when . tirolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury to the c onstitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on the nature and conseauence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are Productive of greater severity of misery to the kuman frame, than any other to which it is subject. This 'WUrk contains an accurate and complete account of the Anaterny 'and physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and 01 their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly re q uir e s the closest attentisa and study, for what subject can be of more Importance than the : preservation of the health and •of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed . it unfortunately happens that the unha ppy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired la early life or tom the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invari a b le eongequencea, unwisely entertains a fear o f ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking tor assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate di scr i mination n ascerta i n i ng th e causes of dleease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, lava -1144 ay etiaracterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man wl.O can show by ht., posse , sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. 'SIERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas .m ll 5. and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. P4bl ighed ley the Author, and may be h a d o f R en t an d Ri c h ar d s , eel, Paernostet-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Static, Tichborne street, Haym ar k et ; Mansell, 115, Fleet• street ;Gordon, 146, Y.eadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post tor torty-two stamps, front 'he Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally by letter, daily, item Teti till Two, and from Five tikEight, at his 'Mai* 3 7; Bedford-Square, London. • 'NO ' R 7; ~"~ ; , i ~`~ ~ I s't 4 4A3a i "4 141 !q,, wasts...wriwcasstax..l , • , , - CE:O N 6. 17 ) 451.] LONDON THURSDAY 74' —7 . ,; ` . gck* • 4 - • " g OLLS and PARKINSON'S DONCAS TER S i'. LEGER SWEEPS, open to all the world. - Divide 1 Frst Sec2nd Th'rd Among Anion Horse. Hone. Horse. starters. non-:ditto. X. X. X. 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SWEEPS, the whole of which are nearly com- ;abscr iLers, plete. mibscribers First Second Third Divided Divided 3,000 at XI 0 .. £l,OOO . £5OO .. £5OO .. £5OO .. £5OO 3,000 at 010 .. 500 .. 250 .. 250 .. 250 .. 150 3,000 at 0 5 .. 250 .. 155 .. 125 .. 125 .. 125 The Dr.,winfr to take place :;epteitil:: , r g and 7. Absent Subicrih• ers will have a list of the Fortunate Numbers forwarded to them the following' day. The Dra . ving for the Great Yorkshire Stakes took place on the 21st, 225, and 235 August. MR. COBDEN. • (From the Times.) Mr. Cobden is constant to his theme. He lets slip no occasion of reverting to his favourite topic of a reduc tion in the army and navy estimates. On Tuesday night, in the discussion upon the Exchequer- bills, to was rid ing his old hobby as vieorously as ever. The only safety for England is to denude herself of her means of de fence. At a time when every mail that arrives from the continent brings with it rumours of war from north and south, end when the presence of an unusually large force in Ireland has been necessitated by the disturbed condition of that country, Mr. Cobden recommends us to reduce a military establishment con fessedly insufficient fur the service of the empire even in ordinary times. We have no love of soldiering in the abstract. We are just as unwilling as any Manchester manufacturer call be to disburse fifteen or sixteen millions of money annually for pontoons, sharpnels, fire ships, bayonets. and sabres. We should be glad to have lived in that pleasant country between the four rivers, where toil and anxiety were things unknown. Taxation in any shape is a thing as odious to us as it can possibly be to Mr. Cobden. Could we mould the human race to our will, a military uniform or two should remain in a tailor's museum, as a record of the past bar barism of mankind nothing more. So far we thoroughly agree with the Member for the West Riding ; it only remains to consider whether by dis banding our forces, or by effecting any material reduc tion in their number, we should adopt the moat prudent course, and the most economical system in the end. Now, remembering, what all the world remembers, the opinions expressed by Mr. Cobden on foreign poli tics, and on the internal state of the continent during his progress in foreign parts, and before the outbreak of February, we pronounce his views on these subjects to be utterly erroneous and without value. In common with others, we for a long time refrained from attacking Mr. Cobden's , expressions of opinion after_ his return from the continent. Unreasonable, absurd, insane .-.nough they appeared to be; but we nourished a latent 'hope :hat the ,air of sober England would bloW these cobwebs from his brain. He had been the foremost man in a great and successful movement. A few months' grace might well be conceded to the leader of the Corn-law Repeal, ins addition to the more solid acknowledgment of the Cobden Testimonial. We watched his flights as he passed through Europe, and although the handwriting was already flickering on the wall in no pale colours, Mr. Cobden could see nothing. In France there was the firm of Louis Philippe and Sons, general dealers; in Spain, Christina and Co. were ready to do a thing or two in oils; in Italy, Germany, it was everywhere the same narrow-minded Manchester view. Mr. Cobden was literally purblind as to what was passing under his very nose, and returned to England as he left it, a profound believer in . a com mercial millennium and the triumph of the tariff. Has all this been justified by the event ? We ob• served that for a short time Mr. Cobden had the grace to be silent in the face of the astounding con• tradictions every mail brought to the theories he had broached with the dogmatism characteristics of his class. But he soon recovered strength. He soon renewed his attacks as he found events turn out in a manner that no human foresight could have anticipated at the time. Who that remembers the latter days of February of this 'year would have recommended, at the time, the absence of military precaution on the part of this country ? Is it post hoc or propter hoc that our shores have been saved from the. profanation of an armed stranger's foot ? Some little we remember of Polish legions, and Belgian legions, and Italian legions, of a not very consolatory character to the Governments who were not in a condi tion to resistattack. We have not yet forgotten the s alarm felt by the inhabitants of this capital on the afternoon of the Sunday preceding the threatened Chartist riots of April. The arrival of the red-coats was not then dis 'pleasing to the good citizens of London. No one then thought the number too great. So, in Ireland, again, at a more rccent period. True, these impending dare. gers have blown off, but it is in consequence of the system adopted for their repression. The plan is now, wherever danger or disturbance appears, tocollect an overwhelming force at that point, crush all chance of rioting or tumult. ;ind then proceed against the leading offenders by the forms of law. Is the plan so injudicious an one, or has it answered so badly at home? Turning to the conti nent, again, we find it literally in the occupation of an armed garrison, doing their utmost to restrain the ex cesses or a mob who appear able to obtain arms when they will. What sort of opinion can we entertain of a man's diseretion who chooses the present season as an apt one for declaiming against the policy of maintain ing our military and naval establishments up to par? Mr. Cobden has already lost much of the credit he en joyed as leader of the Corn-law movement. lie has to recover, what is much harder than to make, a character for statesmanship. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AUGUST 30. A splendid steamer of 910 tons was launched this day at noun from the building yard of Messrs. Thomas and John White, for the Sicilian Government; she will be artned with six heavy guns, und is called the Indepen= deuce. She went off majestically amid the cheering of a numerous assemblage of spectators. She was afterwards placed in the adjoining dock to be freed of her cleats, &e., and to complete lier fitment. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. —Her Mujest)'s yacht Fairy arrived at Cowes soon after one o'clock, and her Majesty and suite landed at the Parade under a salute from the Flirt, the Castle. and the Royal Yacht Squadron battery. The foreign and toglish, vessels in the roadstead were dressed out in their gayest colours. Her Majesty was received on landing by the Marquis of Anglesey, and proceeded in the. Du-hess of Kent's carriage to Norfolk House and to Adelaide Villa and Gothu Hall, the three houses taken for her. Her Majesty, will remain in Gothu Hall to-night, Norfolk House having only been left by the Mar chioness of Salitbury this morning, could not be got reedy for the royal party till to-morrow, when they will take up their residence there, the domestics occupying the other houses for the autumn and perhaps the win ter. Her Majesty's carriages and ten horses arrived to day. :Earl Fitzhardinge leaves the Pavilion to-morrow for ;OWP. The Earl and Countess of Wilton leave Grove House on Saturday. IN S I LT iss S R S o E si : clo-liiiiinLesL, conce rt t A o D f vEocNalHenAidLinL stru. mental music took pla S ce rß oc E t Monday evening, when an admirable selection was performed by this celebrated violinist, assisted by her talented little sisters Emma and Victoria, Miss Bassano, Mr. Bodda, and Herr Willer, vocalists; Mad Ile. Guenie, from the Conservatoire, Paris, and Monsieur Lavigne, from the Royal Academy Paris, the Grand Opera Berlin, and her Majesty's Theatre, in strumentalists. Miss Bassano sung Mrs. H. St. Leger's new dramatic romance " The forsaken Mother," with the most refined taste, abandon, and expression; applause the most rapturous rewarded the admirable in terpretation of this charming composition by the fair cantatrice. Herr Muller sang the romance from Der .A'achtlager with great effect. His fine baritone voice will be a great addition to the forthcoming concerts at Drury-lane. Miss Bassano and Mr. Bodda were en , . thusiastically encored in John Barnett's duet, the "Singing Lesson" which they sung with the greatest spirit. Monsieur Lavigne's splendid performance upon the oboe was perfection, the airs selected by him for his beautiful fantasia were from the ever beautiful opera of La Sonnambula. Nldlle. Guet 6s performed twice during the evening ; her first morceau was a fantasia upon the exquisite melody from the Lucia, " Fra poco," which she played with a combination of taste, expression, execution, and genuine feeling, that entranced the audience. Her se cond performance consisted of two studies of her own composition, remarkable for beauty and originality. There is a mixture of all the attributes necessary for a first-rate pianists in this charming ar tiste's performance, and without imitating any of the grear pianistes that have preceded her she has a specialite and school of her own. Miss Victoria Collins was encored in Mr. H. St. Leger's popular ballad " 'Twas then that she promised to marry,' which she sung with the greatest spirit and naivota, and Miss Rosina was en cored on playing Paganint's celebrated variations upon the "Carneval de Venise," which was most rapturously applauded. This talented family, we understand, leave town next week, to fulfil engagements at Hyde, Ports mouth, Gosport, Fareham, and Chichester. Miss Rosina Collins is engaged by Mons. Jullien for his winter con certs. Mr. P. 13owen Jewson and Mr. Maurice Davis were the 'conductors of the evening. We were particu larly struck with the beautiful tone of the piano-forte, which, we understand, was made by Erard. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, AUG. 29.—The Penin• sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Tagus, Captain R. W. Evans, sailed to-day for Gib raltar, Genoa, Leghorn, and Ci v i ta V ecc hi a , w i t h a f ew g o s f . En T g h l e ish T m a Barg g s7 c e o r n s s j a s n ti d n s g h o i p t. 2 1 e 7 t o te t r ou b s a g a u n s u hadc manufactures e l a s r i g o le the Italian ports, and about 150 cases containing 3,000 muskets for the Sardinian Government. Her Majesty's steam-yacht Fairy arrived in Southampton docks yes terday afternoon from Cowes, bringing their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary and suite, who proceeded by the three o'clock r.m. train to London. The Peninsular Com pany's steam-ship Malta is gone out on a trial trip to day, preparatory to sailing in a few days for India, vid the Capo of Good Hope. The Dutch barque Onder neemaig, Captain J. C. Atskir, with 1,838 boxes of sugar from Havannah, arrived off Cowes yesterday for orders. The English barque, Mary Bayly, Captain Sewell, 2,550 bags, of coffee from Rio Janeiro, and the American ship Emily Taylor, Captain Claussen, 615 hhds. of tobacco from New Orleans, sailed yesterday from Cowes roads for Rotterdam. LABOURERS IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS.— The total number of labourers employed in her Majesty's dockyards and arsenals at home, and abroad, is 8,977. The number of pensioners employed is 1111, ,is., 71 from the army, and 124 from the navy. All the labourers at Bombay, and 41 of those at Trincomalee, are natives, Lascars and Coolies. e~ v ~~*-- : V II. : 4 7, 4 1 t 1 1 . 1 1 • r 1,•••• .••`: • • - 1 J • A . - ,44; L • .4," e 4 • g'.4l 0t RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. € 22 - 1 tP - • Lay AUGUST 31, 1848. BIRMINGHAM, 'WOLVERHAMPTON AND 'DUDLEY. WEDNESDAY.—The half-yearly meet ing of the shareholders of this company was held at Dee's Hotel, in this town, to-day. Mr. W. Mathews oc cupied the chair. The attendance was very thin. The CRAIRMAN said he should not have occasion to occupy their attention for more than a few moments. Tney had hitherto pursued a tranquil course, undis turbed by the liCgittion of other railway companies. They bad always sailed under a lee--bore. and, AM.-ugh, in consequence of their elder brother, the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, having been brought into collkion with a powerful party, they did at one time anticipate some trouble, they hal been exempt from similar diffi culties. The disagreements to which he alluded were now happily settled. Parliament had sanctioned the adoption oc both gauges tram Fenny Compton to Bir• tningham, and from Birmingham to Priesttield, at Wol verhampton; The arrangements entered int-i between the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley and, the Great Western Company, had never been interfered with, and he (the chairman) did hope that when other lines in connexion with it were opened, it would prove beneficial, not only to the Great Western,Company, but also to the public, for whose'convenience and accommo dation it had been constructed: The statement of accounts showed that there had been received from culls, interest, and rent. 42,9681. 19s. 6d., and that there was a balance of 4,0841. ss. 10d. in hand. The report was received and adopted. • A vote of thanks was then passed to the directors, duly acknowledged by Mr. I,I 4THEWS, and the meeting broke up. , BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAI .—Theordiniry half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held 'it Dee'd Royal Hotel, to-day. m r .z,-jj. Mints was in the chair, and amongst other, g_entionern resent, inter• ested in its affairs, were Lord Hatherton, Mr. Mathews, Mr. Colmore. Mr. Turner, &c. The CHAIRMAN commenced by observing that, after considerable delay, terms had been agreed upon between the dissentient shareholders and the Great Western Railway Company: They were now embodied in a Bill which had 'passed both Houses of Parliament, and awaited, for a commission, the Royal Assent. He'con gratulated the shareholders upon this amicable arrange ment; and he also congratulated the Great Western Company upon the honourable manner in which they had, in times far different to those in which the original agreement was made, fulfilled their engagement. He hoped that the sale of the line to that company would prove beneficial to all parties. He begged leave to move the reception and adoption of the following report : " The directors have much satisfaction in reporting that the disputes of the shareholders are finally settled, and that the agreement for the sale of the line to the Great Western Railway Company will be carried out it, its full integrity, under the authority of an Act which has passed both Houses of Parliament and only await, the Royal Assent. The Act contains definite powers for the future management of the company ; for the laying down the broad gauge, in addition to the narrow gauge ; and also for the issue of the coup Ons to the shareholders which will be attended to as soon as practicable after th, passing of the Act. The Great Western Railway Com pany have also obtained an Act to make the deviation line of railway in the town of Leamington." It appeared from the statement of accounts that 301,570/. 12s. 2d. had been received, and that there was a ' balance in hand amounting to 110,527/. 3s. 2d. ' The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question from Mr. Hadley, admitted that no report of their engineer was forthcoming. He had been written to upon the subject, but there had not been time for a reply. H e m i g h t , however, be allowed to say that the line was now, de facto, the property of the Great Western Company, and that it was not likely that they would' pay to the present shareholders 50,0001. per annum, without doing all in their power to see it completed as soon as possible. The report was adopted, and the proceedings soon after terminated. works, but had reluctanfly also to proPlisepostponem. , nt of payment of interest on shares that will become due in Octobi!r, with the assurance that . this postponement should be of a duration as short as possible. The bs- Lowe-sheet, - as per capital account, exhibited an expen ditere of 1,820.:77/., and a balance in the hands of .the hankt , rs of 31,2271. The revenue account for the •half y. ar showed a receipt of 29,269/., and a balance carried to profit sod leas of 2,4871." the CHAIRMAN having tnoved the adoption of the report, a warm and protracted discussion-eniued ; find the motion having been filially carried, the proceedings terminated. ... . ... 4 .... 4 A • zoiri,, .4.\... e 7,..:, 1 . , 4 :f-;I*77:!:-•--;, ) 1 / 4 4 ' , i , ::. '-' M= -- ' : '' -4- 1i: ZA I.v. . -+- v %...._ [PRICE SD. MONEY and COMMERCIAL LN 1 WS. CITY, QUAV ER TO THRKE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was moderately animated, but closed firmly. American sorts at 3fd. to 3id. per lb., being rather higher. American, 5,000 bales, ranged from 3fd. to 51d. per lb. In Rail way shareS there was a considerable improvement, and a go o d business done at advanced prices. The market was very firm, and had a rising tendency. The Continental advises to hand this morning offer very little of interest. From the reports of the various markets, it would appear that there is a little improve went in business, and that the stocks of many articles are getting low. Nevertheless, until the affairs of Italy and Denmark are settled, a decided or continuous atvr liontioii is not to be looked for. S ti A r .A ••;..\ 44 . L .., - - , : . --...4 ) / • ..-. :',, , - ----" ~.,.‘ Do. Liverp. and Bur ---- 1: - . 4-L.;: - . 4 1' '- , f , Kiitto % (late Ilud Y .... -. - -f,! . .. 2 7 :-.„,,..::: - iii- - ,t I : . - -, -, ---0.- t-... - -).0 d dersfield and Shelf.) 38 -. , , - ..,,,:.. . ;.., De.(Wakefield,Ponte- 7' " ••• - • T" .*.i-t: \ - i % , ---... • fract, and Goole) ... 50 ---..--- . r. . ii , Do.(W. Ridino. IJnion) 6 -•••---.; i •j ...I ,4-k P ., Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 D 0.% Shares (A).- 9!•,i Leeds and Bradford 5O — Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . ..... OWN Do., Half Shares 22,4 — _. . ...... Do., (blue) Scrip.-- 214 -..t. Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50 .. -••••— - The rates of exchaego at New York, on the 15th • instant, were lower us regards England and some other places, the supply of bills being larger, but France was an exception owing to the prostration of credit occasioned by the revolution, and vecie continued to be remitted. The Americans seem': inclined to keep back supplies of grain ou the presumption that prices may rise here, and that the duty being off next year will be a compensation even should no 'advance occar. The policy may be suc cessful, but when large supplies come in simultaneously, perhaps, the advantage referred to will be wholly lost ; a party writing • at New York remarks that as the season advances, the weekly decrease in the receipts of produce becomes greater, ' giving evidence that the aggregate receipts, at the close of navigation, will be much smaller than was antici pated a month or six weeks since. With the immense quantity of produce, particularly breadstufls, in this country, and the remunerating prices ruling in all the seaport markets, it is a very extraordinary circumstance that the leading articles do not come forward more ra pidly; thatthere is such an immense falling off, com pared with last season. We have no doubt that producers, in all parts of the country are labouring under wrong impressions relative to Vie future prices and future demand. Hopes are entertained that the harvests of Europe will prove deficient, - and that an extensive de mand will arise for our agricultural products ; and it is this belief that induces the farmer to hold on to his grain, and is the prime cause of the reduced receipts. In the. event of a rise in prices, we should soon see such an increase in receipts, at tide water, as would destroy at once the existing idea relative to supplies in first hands ; we should soon see that the country was full of breadstuffs— that our stocks are by no means exhausted by the enormous shipments of last year. It is by no means certain yet that the harvests of Europe, particu larly those of Great Britain, will be even a fair average; but it is hardly probable that the deficiency will be large enough to create much of a demand for our bread stuffs." Ditto, New ...... ....... 30 Do., Prefer„ 6 per Ct 31 .4 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . ...... 3 1 1 — Livery., ;Ilan chest;:r, and Newcastle Juticzion... London & Black wa11...13/. 6s. 8d.... This appears to us to be the common sense view of the matter, mid as such it may yet be acted upon. The following is from British North America:—" In our last we stated that a good crop in Canada this year would go far to improve the circumstances of the coun try, and we rejoice to say that, from present appearances, there is every reasonable hope that we shall realise an ample crop, with the blessing of favourable harvest wea ther to save and secure it." Do. Extension . ..... 22 1 ;( 2 ..... •••• - ... London, Brighton, and South Coast Do.Utn,:rant.s per ct.., 2 Do. Pro!. Ccii..s per ct. 50 .. ... Ditto. ditto.— 1852 r",O Ditto, New 51., guar. • 0 per cent. London and Greenwich 12/15s 40 -- Ditto, I'ret4cnce... 18 17e. 2d -- Lon.ton azio N. W,....iern 10. ll6 115 1 ; • 2 . ir. , .i,.;lidri.t.,i(L.S.:. It.) :,:2 Ditto, New ... Ditto, l'i; - thm Do. Li 4. :. hare, ( L.M. ) Y 5 Do. 10i. (;Mi. & B.) A. 9 Do. 101. ('d. .... B.) ii. 9 ... , .... , ',. 101 ,M. B.) (7. 1 Lon !. :.,.- S. t4', stn:. • . :,. (• IA 50:. .. - . ti n. New 40/ . 34 Do. Tenths (Consol. ) 50 - AD. Ditto ditto ........ 40 . _... ..... ... ... Ditto. Thirds Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ow Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls ...11. 13s. 4d... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ..... .. 1 1 4...... •-• Londonderry&G.leraine. 27%...... ..... — Londonderry and Ennis kiden 25 ...... ...• ••• ..... ••.. Lowestoft (4 per ct.) Ditto (6 per ct.) Nlan,thester,Buxton.and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ...100 - ••• •II• ........ -. Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 -. Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% —............— Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt.Grimaby -. 35 Ditto ditto . ......... 11 Ditto ditto - ...... .....••• Ditto Sheffield and The announcement last night in Parliament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that it is his intention to sell Stock as opportunity otters, sets further doubt at 'rest. and as it is not so likely to have a direct influence upon the market as an open loan, the Funds have im proved upon it. At the same time, the knowledge that a certain amount of Stock is to be thrown upon the market will serve the Bears, who know well how to profit by such opportunities. The price of Con sols has been up to 864 f, but the accounts from Paris respecting Austria being unfavourable, there is a re action since to 86* j for Transfer, and 864 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent►. have been 87 to 874, and the Three per Cents. 864 to 861. Bank stock has been marked 197 f. Exchequer-bills of June have been 245. premium. The Foreign Securities are looking well again, al though quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. have been marked 22i to 23f ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 23; and Mexican, 16i to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 451. Railway Shares have been rather dull again, but Midland, Eastern Counties, South-Eastern, and other lines, it must be remembered, are quoted to-day ex. dividend, hence the lower market rates. ONE CLOSING P ticEs OF tsKITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICKS. : ank Stock 197% 197 3 per Cent. Reduced Aims 80 4 % 86% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 86% * R % 41% 86% Sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns LongAnns.to expireJan.lß6o Ikeda Bondi, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- 2 19 p consols for Account 86A , 14 % 14 xchequer Hills. 2 , ,td. & 2d. 1,0(X)!. March ...... 1,000/. June 24 p 500/. Match.. Small, June PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE ("CLOCK. 7 19 p 8 6 1,4 27 p 25 p 27 p 24p CLOSIA PRICES. 1.15 ti Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account 1614%14 Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto, 4 per Cent. — Ditto, Account 23 23 Ilussian Bonds .... — 1004 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account — 12% Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ...... -- Ditto. Account ..... ... ...... ..... 22% 23% 23% - 71 16:% •Lincolnshire IVA. ... Do., Grimsby Dock 17% — ... ....... ..... Do., Manchester and Dividends on the above payable iu Loudon. Dutch 2 4 per Cent., 12 Guild:.;. 454 45 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber. Nott., Boston, ..... 39' , and Eastern Junction ni...... 1 . 4 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 A, Belfast & County Down 16 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 ••• Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ..... Lincoln Union..... 4L 2s. — Midland ......... ........100 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares... 20 ... Do. Birm., and Derbyloo D , ).Consol.Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 38 Ditto, ditto ......141. 18s — Ditto,Leieest. & Swan nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. euar. Newcastle andCarlisle...loo Do. Quarters Newmarket ... Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Now ry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor Norfolk .. lOO Do. New 20/. Do. Extension 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed SiA t pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 •....• •••• North British ...... 25 "' 2O Ditto, Halves Ditto, Quarters Ditto. Extension .... Ditto, Thirds:.... North & South-Western 2 North Staffordshire North Wales North-Western . 8 4 — ••• Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 45 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 7I,E -- Royston and Hitchin ... 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland 25 Ditto, New Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (Nor. Div.) 7% — Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 4 Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto. Class B. 5 •• . WO. S'lrewbury and lierefd. 2 Shrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Ain.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 . • Birming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 145... Birkenhead, Lancashire, 8% and Cheshire Jung.... 10 130,t0n• Stamid & Birm. 5 Bristol and Exeter Ditto, Thirds tuckingliainrhire... 14!.45. Caledonian 2% Ditto, 1131 f Shires .. ei ...... Do. New 10/. Pref..... 2 1 /.,..... .9.: 3 2:Y 4 Diito,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 47 1 ,4 Ditto, Preference ls _. ... ......... Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 - ••••• 000000000 Ditto N©w - •• ••• Do. 8 per Cent. PreL 10 hropsture Union South Dev0n..... Li o. Preference Solid, Sisffordahire 51,4 — ...... .......... --- • outh Eastern ... ...... .. 33% 25 ex. div. 4 , ,,. No 1 24 - Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 .-.... ...... 25 ...... ... Do., No. 4 Thirds ... 10 ...... 7... South VI, ales S 'nth Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ... ... ..... ••• - Thames Haven Dock Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports- month Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30 Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ...... Do., 18/., E. 8: 11.... 18 Do., 31. 10s. Eastern Counties 2O ...... 134 x d ..... ... 1334 x d Do. New Guaranteed 6 per Cent. Ditto,Extension,s per Cent., No. 1 .. 61. 13s. 4d .. Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... par Do. North. & Eastern 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters Do. New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 1 Ditto, Class B (1. & and B.) 2O — Ditto, Class C, ditto... 17 1 ..... Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... . ...... Ditto, ditto Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent.— ...... 214 ~... East Lancashire Ditto, New ... 19 ...... 107, 8 lO3B Ditto, New Quarters WA Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... VA...—. East Lincolnshire ...... 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ••• • • Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. ... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%...... Edin burgh and Northern 25 Ditto, New.. 6 ,4 Ditto, Newport Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2t Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ........•• .. 8 /. Gs. 8 d.... Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 5U Ditto, New ... ......••. 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern .........17 f 4 . ..... .. . ...... _7% irDea'oi South.,Loiido n an an d cl ‘l y c o s t 2% — ( Ireland) ... ............ 42%...... Great North of Englan d.loo ...... Ditto,llito New, -, 401. ..... ... , LO •• , Ditto, New, 301......... 30 Ditto, New, 151 — Great Western — Ditto, 1 / 4 Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths Ditto, New 171... ..... 13 ... Rudderstield and blanch. 28 Ditto, Thirds hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 Ditto, ~ ,i Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ............... __ ............... Ditto, ditto .. Ditto, 1 / 2 Shares Do. Quarter Shares l 7 l / 2 •..... '•*"" Do. Fifths... ......... .......... .•• ... 12% 141/4 7% and Railway 17 1 / 2 ....•• Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 18 Waterford and Limerick 45 Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. 25 Do. do. do. ... 00000 West Cornwall West London ..... 20 Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 Do. Do. 2d Class 20 ‘%r hitehaven & Furness 13 Windsor, Staines, and 271 i - 3 South Western ..... 91,4 ...... •...• ......... Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... Du. Original New and Berwick .. ... 25 Do. Extensim4 Nu. 1. 15 •• ••• ••• Do. do. No. 2......... 15 •••••••••••...• Do. G.N.E.Prelerence York and North Midland 50 Ditto. Preference ...... 10 Do• East and Wcst Hid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 273 i 157 i; Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou) ... 16 Ceylon Demerara ........ Dendre Valley... 4 Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 1 -it ..... East Indian 3t 4 ••.• • Great Indian Peninsular 1 4 Louvain a la Sambru 7 1 ,4 — Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege 20 Northern of France lO Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Paris and Lyons ll Do, Do. Paris and Orleans :2O Paris and Roueu ..... • ...... • •• Paris and Strasbourg,, 8 ..• ••• Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle 14 b 1 ~. 4 i Do. Sixteenths 6 14 - ............ Do. 'Third; (1teg.)..... 13 Do. :Sew, liva. 6 per et. 2U L 2)vg, - - LLOYD'SSHIPPING—(THIS i)A LONDON. AUG. 3 I. Wind W.S.W ~ moderate breeze, and duil hazy weather w ith rain. PEmnnur, BURRY PORT, AUG. 28.—The John and Elizabeth schooner, of and from Swansea, was IvTeeked on Scion Sidare Islands, Carmarthen Bay, this morning ; crew saved. SKIBBEREEN, AUG. 28.—The William Penn, Read, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to the Clyde, which was driven on shore in Boulogne Bay, near Crookshaven, - 7 ; r A k r ; r:d ßa . k e K t . hp e eu p rbi l ln e ic r ei 26th inst., is a complete wreck, the timber and deals are 11 0 ,,tiwz out of her. and dritti G n u g r a h b u t ra m , t t on ou t t h o e n : Caledonia M ill, liti L v i u v ri E n n .h ro ; o A L s , h A u tr u o rt . , 3 lll o . .- 13a N i V a i i n fi d g, W N .N ,w .W .y . ind veriable d. Quebec; opbes s ß t l . i v Jahnen,Ne s, w N Y e o w rk ;Al.il Milton, Brunswick; Quebec. Ella Fran ces, Antwerp, and oTrlicl.omAasr:Ld.4 Belle a L n a ,l u i) r i.A a u , nLi;,i‘Ai Duckett,. ,Gh .i Ql3, 30. _b u Demerara; Bromrolemys.thKenoßx si:ilialinedteiro,rßNeiedw, St.Y , iv D er e , me J r a a m ra es ; Holmes, Head, Alliance, Gawkema, Chaileston He , Ilk Hudson, Pratt, Ne w Y ork. Arad. from the River and std,, Clydesdale, Sid. Naiad, B rb. James e ice; Dean, Honduras; Laconic, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. RAMSAY, ISLE 017 MAN, AUG. 29.—Sixty barrels of flour, and all the salt, have been washed out the Jane and Agnes, Aitkin, which went on shore near the Point of Ayr, 26th • inst. About 100 barrels have been landed, and a few cwts. of sucar in a very damaged state have been saved. The vessel is distnasted, and much da maged. The cargo of the Prince of Wales steamer, also on shore near the Point of Ayr, has been got out. 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This Day is published, .EPITOME of A LISON'S HISTORY of EUROPE. For the Use of Schools and Young Persons. - Price Seven Shillings and Sixpence, strongly bound in cloth. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. The Trade may have Specimens of this Work for distribution, on application through their London correspondents. EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION. MMIGRA'PION being much required in I AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, &c., and as the supposed expense of an OUTFIT qften prevents Individuals Emigrating, S. W. SILVER and Co.. CLOTHIERS, OUTFITTERS and CON TRACTORS (havaig a large interest to maintain in those Colonies) have been advised to make known that they can supply a comfort able OUTFIT, including Bedding, for Male or Female Emigrants from 41. (net) upwards, or less (21.) ifneedful ; and for r liildren in proportion, at No. 4, HISEIOPSGATE-STREET WITHIN, opposite the London Tavern, where lists will be given on application. S. W. S. and Co., being the makers of nearly every article in all the Outfits they supply, and as one of their objects is to promote Erni.• ration, they neither receive from Agents, or pay the too usual commission to any person introducing • passengers to be fitted out, so that the Passage and Outfit may be procured at the least possible expense ; but they will, on application, advise Passengers how to obtain the most ,conomic passage to the Colonies. They have a Representative in every Australian Colony, to whom they ship Clothing monthly ; thus they viould - forward small parcels free of expense. .Naval and Military Officers, Midshipmen, Cadets, Civilians, Ladies, &c., are outfitted as heretofore, at the Cabin-Passenger Out fitting Warehouse, Nos. 66 and 67, CORNHILL (the'Emigration Outfitting being exclusively at No. 4, Bishopsgate-street ' Within), London, and each branch at St. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVER POOL. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. in a sealed envelope, or forwar led by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. -6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with nu merous AnatomiCal Coloured Engravings. MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT RESTORATION. A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs, emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex -B'e.thl", se r a , : c li t l i r c e a s ln d ein to ar th i s c u e ff ss e e r s e , r , t i h n e y E ou iT e tchc,tsi4roacitC,Oloimd.ataendanod IdlnAfegceti;on,4 on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of .Nervous and Mental De bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases, by which even the 'nest shattered constitution may be restored, and . reach the fall period of lite allotted to Man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro ductive Organs in health and disease ; with instructions for private correspondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. " ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the .langer attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa isions, whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tetnpta don, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle " Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long experience and reputation in the treatment of these pain! ul diseases Is the patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir culation."—Era. " Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and elevelopes the treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been the prey of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service gazette. The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last tpproaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, xhich, for want 01 dureful investigation of its real cause, has been iet down to the score •if consumption, will, on perusing this work, to astonished to find, that lit nine-tenths of the cases of young per ains of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con umption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole anti exclusive origin has eon the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth Hatch more trequently than it is at all suspected. . '" . N.B. flours of consultation troin Eleven till Two, r and Six to fiCht n the Evening. K.A.I L W SHAlti MARIS-61 LIVERPOOL, Auo. 30. & D am ExcitArtau.—The market remains firm, but only a small business is doing. The sales are - Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. and L.), 16 1 ) / 2 dis.—Ditto, Halves, B►,d dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 13 dis.—Ditto, 10/. Preference, Leeds and Thirsk, 25—London and North Western, 115 c. —Ditto, Quarters, c.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lin colnshire, Eighths, 6 c. dis.—Midland Stock, New llalves, 71. 18s. 9d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Halves, a 35. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Pur chase), p. MANCHESTER, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.. --The sales are—BirkeLhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 22/. Shares, 8% dis.— East, Lancashire, New, 8L di s .—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 4% dis.—Nlanchester, Sheffield, and Liiicolnshire Obellield and Lincolnshire), 11% dis.—North Staffordshire, 4 1 4 dis.— North-Western, 8 dis.—South- Eastern and Doverßl, No. 4, 7 1-16. RMINGHAM, Ana. 30. STOCK ExcnANGE.— The sales are—London and North- Western. 115 x d.—Ditto, New Shares, 3s. 9d. p.— Birming ham, Wolverbamp . on, and Stour Valley, 4 1 A dis.--North Staffodshire, 4% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 6/. 6s. r 3d. dis.—llitto (B), 81s. 3d. dis.—Shropshire Union, 3 dis. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and his Royal Highness, and the younger niembers of the Royal Family, rode and walked in the grounds of Osborne this morning, accompanied by the Princess Hohenlohe , and the Princess Eliza and younger Princess of her Serene Highness's family. The royal di , ner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Hobenlohe Langenburg and Princess Eliza, his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Prince Lowenstein, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and the Baroness de Spetb. • Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Princesses of lohenlohe Schillingsfurst, left her resi deuce, Bushy !louse, Bushy Park, yesterday morning, fur Cowes, isle of Wight, travelled to Gosport by the Londo❑ anti South-Western Railway, and crossed in the Fairy steam-yacht. The Queen Dowager, after landing, proceeded to the Queen's marine residence, Osborne, ac comptnied by the Princesses of llohenlohe Schillings furst, to pay a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Albert. A deputati ,, n. including Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Marsden, and Mr. Neild, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-strett. Drs. Hodgkin and Norton Shaw, and William Wright, Esq., of Jamaica, a deputation to deliver a memorial to Earl Grey, for presentation to her Majesty, had an in rview with the Noble Earl yesterday, at the Colonial office. LOYAL UNITED FRIENDS. — A few evenings ago the fifth a nnivere4iry of the No. 9 Lodge of this highly p o pular social order, was celebrated at the Lodge House Treasure • Layer's, the Turk's H ead, High-street, Ald ga,e, when a numerous body of the members partook of a supper servt d up in their worthy host's usual excel lent manner. P. S. P. Spearing officiated as chairman, as did also I'. P. Delight as deputy, and were supported by the following past and present officers :—P. S. P. Smart, P. S. P. Heath, P. P. Everett, P. P. Clayton, snd P. Pickett. After the cloth was withdrawn and the cus wmary loyal toasts had been given, the Chairman, in his usual spirited manner, gave the " Order of Loyal United Friends, and may its gift fund flourish," tins was succeeded by the "Friend in Need Fund," both toa,ts were well received ; the healths of the chairman, deputy, end Treasurer Layet elicited great applause. Several excelkit suni4s (particularly those of P. S. P. Smart) web sting, and the ,harmony of the company kept up to a late hour,when the party broke up highly entertained with the evening proceedings. COMMITTAL FoR Al URDFa.—Mrs. Mary Lightfoot, wife of Henry Lf; 4 litfoot, of Quarry-bank, near Dudley, has just keen committed by the district coroner, Mr. T. M. Phil lips, on a charge of administering arsenic to her husband, which caused his death. It was proved on the haluest that the prisoner had been seen in familiar intercourse with a man not her husband, and that she had obtained medicine for her husband during his illness. Arsenic was found in the body of the deceased on a post taw ton examination being made, and altogether the circumstance were of so suspicious a cha racter that, after an adjournment, the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the wife, who has been committed to take her trial on the charge •tt the next Staf fordshire assizes. , On Lightfoot's death his wife obtained a sum of 41. for his burial from an Odd Fellows' club, of which her hustand was a member. MattliiAs Kelly, the private of the 14th Regiment, who was loud guilty at the last assizes for shooting a woman in the N e wport barracks, was executed on Mon day, at Moutnouth. • • KILLARNEY AND VALENTIA. The first half yearly meeting or this company was held yesterdny, at the temporary offices, in Birchin•lanw, Cornhill. The Right lion. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P., took the chair, when— Mr. LICIITON, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors for the first time met the pro prietors since their re election, find had merely to inform them that in accordance with the resolution adopted at the last meeting they had made a call of 11. per share, payable on or before the 30th of September next, and, on its being responded to, they would take the necessary steps . for commencing this important project. They were much gratified at the zealous co-operation and as sistance which the secretary had received from -the gentry and landed proprietors of Ireland, and of the county of Kerry in particular, through which the line passes. The accounts had been submitted to Messrs. Lyde and Brown, the auditors, and had been signed as accurate. From the balance sheet it appeared that the large liabilities of this company had now been reduced to the small sum of 2,7871.—The report was adopted. The Noble CHAIRMAN stated that they must now form themselves into an extraordinary meeting for the pur pose of taking into consideration what they should do with the unregistered scrip of the company. The Secre tary had been to Ireland, where he had many inter views with the landed proprietors with a view to increase thy basis of the company, and be was happy to say the result was that a vast number were ready to take up shares in the company on condition that the directors would give them shares representing 1L 12s. 6d. paid, they agreeing to place their names on the registry of shareholders. This unregistered scrip of the company being liable to forfeiture, he trusted the meeting would have no objection to that arrangement. After a short discussion it was agreed to unani mously—" That the directors be authorized to dispose of the unregistered scrip in such way as could be done legally." It was stated that the directors of /the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland looked with interest on the formation of this line to Valenti* Harbour, and were disposed to aid in its promotion. After a vote of thanks to the Noble Chairman, the meeting adjourned. WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY. The fourth half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at 449, West Strand; the Earl of Cour town in the chair. The report stated, that since the last meeting the directors had entered upon the construction of those por- Lions of the works only between Dublin and Wicklow, which from their difficult character would necessarily govern the completion of this important section of the undertaking. This course has enabled them to limit their expenditure to the available resources at their com mand, and within bounds which have hitherto precluded the necessity of their adopting any measures of undue pressure upon the sharehel•ders in arrear, during a period in which monetary and commercial embarrass: ment has continued to be severely felt. That the efforts of the directors had been concentrated on the works between Dublin and Wicklow, as calculated, when com pleted, to develope the remunerative character of the undertaking. The Bill for legalizing the subscription of the South Wales Railway Company to this under taking of 250,000/. having received the royal assent. seven of the directors retired to give place to a similar number of the South Wales Company. By the arrange ment between the two companies the construction of the section to Wicklow was forthwith to be commenced and proceeded with. The accounts showed that 130,4511 had been received and 97,4371 expended, leaving a ba lance of 33,104/. in hand. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the re prt, made some observations respecting the construc tion of the works, and that it was not the wish of the directors to press upon the shareholders. Mr. NASH moved an amendment, that the report and balance sheet be not adopted, and that the meeting be dj ourned to that day month. In answer to a question it was stated that the South Wales Company had not paid up the calls at the time the accounts were made up ; the latter company had power to nominate a portion of the board whether they paid up the calls or not. Mr. Nasu addressed the meeting at considerable .ngth in support of his amendment, with the object of Showing that the directors were not entitled to the con tidence of the shareholders, and that a committee of in quiry could not on the part of the directors be reason• 4tily ojected to. He went into an elaborate statement , 1 the prevums circumstances of the company. Mr. REYNOLDi, M.P., hod supported the line from the rirst on the ground of its public utility. He thought that the directors had acted towards the shareholders in a rery merciful manner. He doubted the prudence of the course pursued by Mr. Nash, for he held that the por tion of the line between Wicklow and Dublin would be as productive as any line in Ireland. The amendment was put and lost; the original motion was then carried, under protest from Mr. Nash. Mr. NAsu moved " that the allowance to the directors and secretary be reduced," when The CHAIRMAN decided that it was a question which could not be entertained at that meeting, as no notice had been given, and then declared the meeting dis solved. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY,—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held in the '2larendon Room this day. William Nicoll, Esq., in the absence of the chairman, presided. The SECRETARY read the report of the directors. The accounts of the company showed that the entire receipts on capital account amounted to 39,347/. ss. Bd., and the disbursements and liabilities to 116,9951. is. I Id., leaving a balance to be provided for of 77,647/. I6s. 3d., which it was proposed to raise by three calls of 21. 103. The cost of making the line from Southport to Water loo, including stations and maintenance of way for twelves months, was 77,284/. 14s. sd. The arrears of the tirst call amounted to 4,600/. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the traffic on the line since its opening had exceeded the expectation of the directors. He then al luded to the favourable prospects of the line, and its advantages to Liverpool and the neighbourhood. The report was adopted. The other proceedings were not important. THE NEW FOREST.—It is rumoured that Govern ment have resolved that the New Forest shall be disat forested. Such a determination seems not improbable, considering the evils arising from forests laws, and the utter uselessness, except to plunderers, of the New Fo rest. The forest, it is said, is surrounded by ostensible timber-merchants, some of whom were nothing better than receivers of stolen timber. Nothing can exceed the trepidation which Lord Duncan has caused amongst (he foresters, verderers, and rangers. They are all trembling. The books of the deputy-surveyor have rapn seized, and the election of a vacant regardership has been suspended. Her Majesty kept servants enough in Hampshire to prevent a forest pony from stealing a blade of grass, and yet teams of horses, with waggon loads of timber, have escaped unmolested. Since the investigation the officials are so timid that they conjure up, in the grotesque appearance of the gnarled oaks, the semblance of detectives. Pan and the sylvan deities have vanished from the forests, and policemen are now roaming over their beautiful retreats. For many years past down Southampton Water there has floated many a rood of stolen timber, but thanks to timely exposure and investigation the depredations will for the future he less frequent, if they are not altogether prevented.— Bath Paper. ADMISSION OF THE PUBLIC TO VIEW IHE HOUSE OF Lorins.—Yesterday the following notice was issued oy command of Lord Willoughby D'Eresby :—" In con s, quence of the preparations necessary for the prorogu tion of Parliament, no tickets can be issued to view the ' House of Lords on Saturday next. The public will not be admitted during the recess, as the presence of visitors would impede the progress of the works." WREN'S OBSERVANCE Or GEOMETRICAL RULES IN HIS CHURCHES.—In respect of relative proportions, the drawings given by Mr. Clayton enable us to observe the curious care taken by Wren. Thus, in St. Stephen's, Walbrook, the height to the crown of the cupola inside is exactly the width of the building between the walls. The height of the tower and steeple of St. Benet Fink, up to the cross surmounting it, was exactly five times the width of the tower. The height of the tower of St, Antholin's is four times its width, and, with the spire exactly eight times: the internal height to the crown of the oval cupola in the same church is exactly the same as the greatest length between the columns which carry it. The height of the tower of St. James's, Garlick-hill, is four times its width, measured to the under side of the arch which terminates it internally, and exactly six times including the steeple—and the minor divisions are regulated by the seine unit. St. Swithin's Church is formed into an octagon, and the height to the crown of the cupola is the same as the width. St. Peter's, Corn hill, has the same width as height, and the length of the part inclosed for service is exactly one and a half time its width. The height of the tower of St. Nicholas's, Cole Abbey, is four times its width, and with the steeple six times: the length of the body of the church inside le one and a half time the width, and th e hei g ht of it is half the length. It is ennecessary, however, to pursue the inquiry further here.—Budder. _ The Earl of Roden, it is said , will sell his, Dundalk p,operty, and be the first t o act on thencumbertd Estates Bill Sale. A goo d movement this. Grouud rents are very high and house ac.tummodation defective in Dundalk.—Ulcter Gazette. SHEFFIELD. ROTHERHAM, BARNSLEY. WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD, AND GOOLE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the offices, Wakefield, yesterday ; Mr. E. B. Beaumont in the chair. Mr. HANDPIELD, the secretary, read the directors' re: port. It stated that, " Arrangements had been made with Messrs. Miller and Co., the contractors, to reduce all future works on contract No. 1 (with the exception of the bridges over the line), to dimensions sufficient for a sin ;le line of way, and also to complete the Silkatone brance. with a single line of way ; the whole to be completed, so as to be opened to the public by the 31st Deoember, 1849. The b i i e n g e t , nni g o works of No. 2 contract had been ,suspended since the fJun fr e om last t . he 'The n h d e nrfemoamintirnagetpNornti,cn2 to of h the junction with the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. and also the Silkstone Branch, had been staked out ann the plans prepared. The works between Horbery ant extending Barnsley had proceeded with as much expedition as wa consistent with the pledge given to the shareholder, at the last meeting, that the call would he limiter to 5/. per share, an amount the directors con sidered sufficient for the prosecution of the Un dertaking, having due regard to the financia! difficulties under which all classes have been labouring ; and which had induced the directors to restrict the ex penditure to the lowest possible point, by suspendire. more active operations until a more economical methoc of carrying out the whole project could be devised. In effecting these objects, a collision of opinion unfortte nately took place between the directors of the southern and those of the northern portion, those connected with the latter division requiring the scheme to be carried out in all its integrity, while the southern directors felt that the difficulties before them were of too great a magnitude to justify them in the heavy outlay which the immediate formation of the line as originally con templated would involve. These differences proceeded so far as to result in a Parliamentary conflict upon a Bill introduced by the South Yorkshire Company in the present session. As one result, however, of this pro• ceeding, the directors congratulated them upon an arrangement which had been come to, and which while it secured to the district the formation of the line, would , be attended with such a diminution of the cost as would prove most beneficial to the shareholders. This arrangement was the reduction of the works to a single line of way throughout. As regarded the Northern division, the difference from this saving woulc be such as to reduce the amount necessary for the con struction, from 251. to 181 10s. per share, and upon thi, diminished amount the original guarantee of 5/. per cent. and half surplus profits from the Lancashire ane Yorkshire Company would be continued. It was, how ever, stipulated in the amended agreement, that the line should be handed over to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, passed by the Government inspector as read) for traffic on or before the 31st Of December, 1849; the guarantee in this case to extend to 250,0001. should that sum be necessary; and, on the other hand, failing the completion of the works by the stipulated period, the guarantee is to be limited to 250,000/. From the forward progress of the works of this division, the directors did not anticipate the least difficulty in carrying out. this agreement. But the) begged to impress upon the shareholders the absolute necessity, of their finding the necessary funds for the completion of the line within the stipulated period. The nature of this altered arrangement rendered it their own interest to do so. As regarded thesouthern division, the directors, having given the subject their most mature de liberation, were of opinion that the formation of a single lice of railway to join the northern portion at Barnsley, would be sufficient for the wants of ttie district, while the saving effected thereby would be bestvaleulated 10 ensure its speedy construction, and to render the stock profitable to those who had invested their capital in it." The report was adopted, and after a vote of thanks to he Chairman the meeting separated. was held here at souTH DEVON. of the line PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —Y e sterday the half -yearly gentthe ral Royal meeting lio t :hotel, ,of the in the chair. in possession of The meeting was a very crowded one, and the announce ment of the intention of the . directors to abandon the at mospheric system was received with dia " te great applause. e T a h b o o m v e a s railway Gill,m. p .., Mr. WALKER, a director, .read the report, it stated :--- and conse • to the 'mine a mast important source of remunerative tra ffi c, it had rvhicaitnaitl)t.hoofugiplytmhoeuotphenbaindgpat thei.n been too recent to influence the receipt s , quently, the result of the hay-year's traffic was not so satisfactory as could be desired, still a considerable amount, which at present formed a subject of arbitration, was now due to the company b y the Post-office for the c onveyance of mails. The d isadv a ntages under which both the atmospheric and locomotive Systems had la boured, had atlcted the work ing , ex penses to an extent t hat would not occur again. Though the working of the atm ospheric system had been greater than was antici pated, certain reductions had attended the progress of the experiment, which to an ex tent, might probably be relied on, but the whole of this important ques ti on was referred to a committee, w ho examined in to i t f or sever & weeks, and, after balancing the various circumstances, the directors, without pro nouncin g any judgment as to the ultimate success of the atmospheric system, and whilst they were prepared to afford th e patentees and other parties interested in d o i ng it the u se o f t h e i r Ma chinery for continuing their own experiments, had ar• rived at the conclusion, with the entire concurrence of and recommendation of Mr. Brunel, to suspend the use of the atmospheric system until the same shall be made efficient at the expense of the patentees and Mr. Samuda. They were also prepared with arran g ement: for supply ing locomotive power from the date of its suspension. The general depression of the times had affected th e S ou th Devon in common with every other line. The passenger traffic during the last 6 months had been—lst class, 42,869, travelling 664,286 miles ; 2d class, 133 ,551, travelling 1,931,331 miles ; 3 d c l as s, 6 3 ,597, travelling 1,080,001 miles. The extension, in a few weeks, of the goods traffic to Laira would open . a Conside ra bl e source o f profit, and the early extension of the line into Plymouth, and the opening of the brun ch to T orquay wou ld b e energetically prosecuted. Owing to the limited means at their command, the directors were compelled not only to defer the present proceeding w ith Lthe remaining A ,cll O atom Si' p ars u o °_ t our , ,Ina °