The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-28 00:00:00

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 25, 1849. , Notice is hereby given, that the Carriages proceeding to her Majes rf's Drawi ng - room : on THURSDAY, the 31st of May, are to fall into hte and come down the left-hand side of St. James's-street, enter at the Iron-gate nearest the Palace, cot down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the Iron-gate nearest Marlborough House, to wait in St. James's-square. When called, they are to pass from the Uare through - Charles-street, into Regent-street and Jcrmyn Street, come down St. James's-street as before, take up, and go away through• Pall-mall. No Hackney Carriages will be admittad within the Gate'. For all Persons having the privilege of the Entrée, Tickets Will be delivered at the Beard of Green Cloth, on TUESDAY next, from . Eleven till Three o'cl. : their Carriages are t' „„Ntelt through Constitution Hill Gate into St. James's Park: ,_t° oB e belonging to the Ambassadors and For e ign Minis -11 are to set down at the Ambassadors' Entrance in - Marlborough -court, at the east end of St. James's Palace, and wait there till called. Those belonging to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State are to set down in the Middle Court, and wait there. The Carriages of all other Persons having the Entrée are likewise to set down in the Middle Court, and wait in Stable-yard, or St. James's-park, till called. They are then to take tp in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up St. J ames's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second ti ~e with Lae same ticket ; to pre►ent which it must he produced at Constitu tlon mil Gate, and Stable Yard Gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the Palace than as above directed. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. GUILDHALL, 3.-lAy 18, 1849. .I[IRE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the .b.th day of June next, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on !.EASES, for twenty-one years from Midsummer next, a House, No. ` ll . on the south side of Broad-street-buildings ; and a House No. 38, on the south side of Upper Thames-street. Also. to receive TENDERS for LETTING, in Lots, on LEASES, 16Y2fbr years (less three days), from Midsummer next, a House, No. 19, and a House, Ns. 17, with a Cottage at the rear, on the north Sid e of Providence-row, Finsbury ; Three Houses, Nos. 3,4, and 5, en the west side of Paul-street, Finsbury.; Three Houses, Nos. 9N, to, and 11, on the south side, and Three El•uses, Nos. 23, 24, and 25, on the north side •f Hill-street, Finsbury ; Four Tenements in 11111's-ceurt, and Six Tenements in New-court, Hill-street, aforesaid; Chapel, with the Tenements under the same ; and Twelve other _ T enements in Chapel-court, Windmill-street, Finsbury; Twelve Tenements in King's Arms court, Windmill-street aforesaid; Twenty two Tenements in Three Colt's-court, Worship-street, Finsbury; and • a / louse, No. 12, on the west side of Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender 'stained, at the Office of Works, GuildhalL THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. SCHOOL, ][ANWELL COLLEGIATE MIDDLESEX, (for Boarders only.) Pusctrar.—The Rev. J. A. ICMERTON, D.D., Twelve years Curate of Hanwell. Ile School offers on very liberal terms a complete collegiate pre !ration for the world, the military colleges, or the universities ; Le professions or ordinary business toxin led upon sound principles Ot e . liton and morality, the only true basis of education. Prospectuses with full particulars may be had on application to the Secretary. 'NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital Z. 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The 'leading features of the Society are guaranteee of an ample . ..Prietary Capital. Moderate Rates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Annual Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Years• Extensive Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. N.B. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 Per cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. - , Perma• Sum the , . -•• 4 Annual Policy addition Bonus In Bonus nent Re- Assured fi e e. • Pre- taken in duction of may bor to Sum ~1 g mium. out ini Asst ;' red. Cash. Annual • row on ."-- -- I Premium.) Policy. ! £ s. d. £ s. 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. • 1837 276 14 3,128 14 3 1 21 7 2:593 6 8 1838 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 8543 17 9 £ 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9,494 8 10 60 1000£ s.d.) 1840 178 0 0 82 14 2 12 14 11,445 0 0 .743 41 1841 174 0 0 78 3 4 12 3 0395 11 1 1842 147 4 2 • 5 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 4t 8 4 615 11 : 296 13 4 ..... 1844 62 6 8 27 13 41 4 4 0.247 4 5 Pros or ___Pectuses, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, P rospeot allY of i w4r ded Do :bass, wii Its brand pet free. Lh tables of rates, , ass In the country W. S. ~, may be had at the office, or, on application. will be for- B. WOOLIIOI7SE, Actuary, ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE. The ROYAL EXCHANGE, May 23, 1849 . ItOy A Ts.-, -,EXUCRT OF DIRECTORS o the CORPORATION of the HANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their T ransfer Books will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the sth of June next, to THURSDAY, the sth of July following ; and that a GENERAL I toyi tT of the said Corporation will be holden at their Office, at the Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 23th of June, at Twelve o'clock et Noon, to consider of a Dividend. ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary. LANCASHIRE & YO RKSHIRE RAILWAY. At ,NEW SIX PER CENT. PREFERENCE STOCK. tordi - General Meeing of the Proprietors held this day, ac- That the Guaranteed Six per Cent. Preference Shares of this Com fit L b e, Converted and consolidated into a General Capital Stock, to Preference The Lancashire and Yorkshire Consolidated Six per Cent. th e 30t e u rlee Stock,' as to such of the said Shares at shall be paid up on " day of May instant, from that date; and so much of the said ee as as shall not be then paid up, from time to time when and se -! the same respeetvely shall be paid up." InePursuance of the above resolution, the holders of Six . per Cent. co ra "nee Stock are requested to forward their Scrip Certificates, acd eigneciPanied with a claim in the form annexed, duly filled up an Orly (as instructed thereon), to the Secretary of the Company, as fort l 3 :" Pos able, in order that the registration may be completed then ex "Jdi and the necessary arrangements made for the pay ment of tviden. t...._ Prl :ted Forms of Cl a i m ma y be had on application to the Secre ij. f the C ompany, or from the Secret a r i es o f th e principal Stock 0 211 Res in the kingdom, to whom a supply is forwarded. 'robrietors who 'lave not applied for the Dividend due in Decem ber la t _ • , are requested to do so previously to forwarding their Scrip Dock - ra, and are referred to the printed instruction on the of the Scrip for their guidanCe._-____ JOHN S. HERON, Secretary. Head Office?, Hunt's Bank. May 2, 1849. theTo Secretary of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, hunt's Bank, Manchester. Eire--I enclose for Guaranteed Six per Cent. 101. L t ererence Shares in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Corn of which I am the Preprietor, and which I request may be `lex ,."aliged fur Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Six per Cen t . Pre lrellee Stock, in accordance with the resolution passed at the Spe cial General. Meeting of Proprietors, held on the 2rl May, 1849. ;Numbers of the Set Ip. Shares. Numbers of the Scrip. Shares. From • • • • to • • • • From • • .. to .... fl •• , • pp .. • • Total Number Usual Signature •. ..... Name at full length .... •... Profession or Trade Residence ... • t h _a• The 'Shanhollers ara advised, for security, ta writs across of each scrip—" Sent by post, for exchange, by Owner.' ,LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY _ COMPANY. "'ON AND WYRE RAILWAY, HARBOUR, AND DOCK Th e COMPANY. war Di rectors of the LANCASHIRE and YORKSHIRE RAlL tion) CO MPANY having (in pursuance of the Deed of Amalgama rreetev33 awed a resolution, making a CALL on the Proprietors of the ghilli „ and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company of Ten The re Per Share on the Half Shares A 121. 10s. each), held by The p,. es p e ctl•elY ; such Call to be paid on the Ist day of July, 1849. e au . o Prietors of such Shares are hereby requested to pay the said andl° ll .. the day appointed, to one of the undermentioned Bankers, 4 Zlefault thereof, they will be charged with interest at the rate ik tia , ;7 1 * cent. per annum from the above date until the said Call be au 7 paid. London --Messrs Glyn, Halifax, and Co. Manchester—The Union Bank of Manchester. Liverpool —The Liverpool Borough Bank. By order, 1111 . JOIIN SPEIR HERON, Secretary. Cat be Paid. Proprietor is entitled to transfer his Shares until the sa id Blanc hester, May li, 1849. HORTICULTURAL and FLORICUL LE N,IA,Nu r TURAL SOCIETIES. EDGINGTON, Manufacturer to the Horticultural solj e t t ::. Chiswick, and the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-park, v ari .,!_ attention to his stock of Marquees and Tents of every teneeTioand suitable for all climates. Orders per post duly at Mdres . Ni'ar„, 5 Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. A '" °,l se, 208, Piceaditly. CHEAP SUMMER EXCURSIONS, tr,,, From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH, LING, DUMFRIES, CARLISLE, PENRITIL the LAKES, LIVE RPOOL, C ASTER, PRESTON, DUBLIN, WALES, ISLE OF MAN, MANCHESTER, or CHESTER, on the 23d and 30th, "'pity next, under the sanction of the directors of the various lines, lirther particulars, as te the hour of departure and days of return, Übe announced in future bills and advertisements, and every in rormation moy be obtained by addressing a letter, postage-paid, and ellall nclosing a postage stamp, te H. It. Marcus, Conductor, 23 13 Crosby Chambers,.Rishopsgate-street, London. FINE HEAD OF HAIR. -----___ 'ROWLAND's MACASSAR OIL. The extraordinary efficacy, and happy amalgamation of it purely exotic materials, have rendered it justly renowned through "at the world for its remarkable virtues In nourishing, preserving, kld beautifying the Human Hair. It insinuates its balsamic pr oPerties into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair in I Zabry o growth, cleanses 11 ts state, accelerates its from Scurf and, 4 ',. alldriff sus ' tains it in maturity, and continues its pos ''essfon vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redun of healthy er 7Y, to the latest period of human life. Its . operation in eases active • so that, in numerous instances ....., ealdnee e le peculiar y "ion. i It. en n other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLANDS' p the ornaments of art, by rein et4ASSAH OIL has superstehdeed ermanent gifts and:graee,e e r lea - t t g, in full plenitude, of Whiskers, Eyebrows, and 3fus t.eLlre. In th e growth of b,"a, it is also unfailing in its stimulaintigvethoepebrastsliosno. fFaorbeehaialdurfeanl he a ,, e abecially recommended, i t , at hair, and rendering theasusfeooflithottetilnEea-croompeb, uananletehsseari);:gh ht: Patronage of Royalty throughout times in which it is universally held, together a w ff i o t rd h n t u h m e er b o e u s s t Taeasd aur:jala constantly received of its edfflcaanCy, 75.; Bottles ("^:- pre:A . * of its merits.—Price 33.6 . d Pl to four small) at 10s. 6d. ; and double that s o i r ze F , a 2 m ls il . y firest,t,Tlos,—On the wrapper of each bottle ,, of the genuine article elie ue se words, in two lines ROWLANDs MACASSAR OIL. The oe nt : are engraved on the back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, geld are 29,028 letters and, b ,. 3' A. ROWLAND . and SONS, 20, Hatton-Garden, London ..........41____Lyi chemists and Perfumers. ---....-....... 01 1 " 4 „ catrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engraviagi on Steel. AL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERAT IVE /gre? ‘,.. C ITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ~ction, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, pri ce 2s. 6d., or prveost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, .1: 11 :E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on „ Infirmiti es and decay of the generative system, from ea - crlth;,..t a dolgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, 4-ca---itari_onsks.on marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis ci - Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. an rem „,.. It it.a and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox -21, p' .. .. 4 4 _ 66 1, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, lii,.,"crhoster-row : Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; ballast Tit chborne-street Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden- PalT I' treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive le illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. g en 7T 11. t reats of the c onsequences resu lti ng f rom excess i ve indul . their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental Illtbst7l l7 weak acas, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. PAa"Ejj dby Th re _ Explanatory Engravings. the primar,; s'from ta Of the diseases resulting fro infection, either In th eir tre a ti t ent *acondary form, and contains explicit directi ons f or raving s . This section is illustrated by Seventeen Colou re d P • by a • contains a Presc r iption for the P reven ti on of Di sease re ier'a noti V1ata47",„.14,e ce aPPlication, by which the danger of infection is et ilicOortant part of the Work should not escape the I devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its the Wh sl euc causes of unproductive union are also considered, and „,_subject critically and philosophically inquired into. I,_!-Enteo/DIAL BALM or Sratacum Is exclusively employed in treat bottle, and sexual debility, impotence, Sic., 11 s. and 335. per runi7„ and Concentrated Detersive Essence, ax anti-syphilitic tc fc zPurifYing the blood in cases ofinfectlon, secondary symp r errip; ll .ons. and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. , Purifyi ng s pecific P i us, 25. 9d., 4 3 . gd., and I Is. per box, a Mor i r ernedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma.. the bladder. Consultation fee, if byfatter, 11. A minute cr the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. lohl o b 4c1 „18. with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by dariu. An'. is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten yu th 1411.1 it 19. Bereers-street, Onfbrd-street, Londsn, tom Ele " ;WA and rive to Eatoa sandayl tein E even tp,One. 7 D R. LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS HAVE NO TASTE OF MEDIC iNE, And are the only remedy recommended to Females. Price Is. ljy d., 2s. 94., and its, per box. BEWARE OF IMlTATlONS.—Uupriacipled persons counterfeit this Medicine In the forms of " Pills," &c. Purchasers must, therefor*, obs :rve that noun are genuine but "Wafers," and that the words "Dr. Locock's Wafers," are on the Stamp outside each box. OBSERVE.—The counterfeit Medicines have words on the stamp so nearly resembling these, as to mislead the unwary. Purchasers must therefore strictly observe the above caution. Agents —Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, Londoa; who are also Sole Agents for DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS for ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, COUGHS, and COLDS. Price 1.. lred., 2s. 9d., and 11s. per box. Sod by all respectable Medicine Vendors T° FLYING DUTCHMAN, THE WINNER OF THE DERBY, 1a49. Well done, my lad I thou art a noble horse, And well host won the day on Epsom's course. Come let me give thy neck a friendly pat; I will not harm thee, rest assured of that. In vain did Honeycomb and Old Dan Tuck Do what they could to leave thee in the ruck. Thew didst thou beat, while Vatican and Nunny, Beside thy noted self looked rather funny. The Crowner thou bast crowned, and 'Vanguard, too, And preyed how little Chantrey's legs could do. The chattering of The Chatterer thou haat hushed, And even past brave Hotspur past thou rushed. Old Fox and Tadinor, Goodwood and The Knout, Thy nimble shanks have beaten out-and-out; While o'er the land thy triumphs are rehearsed In these few words—" 1 he Flying Dutchman First." Alt I gallant horse ! the wag - the Derby closes, Ilas furnished me a thought or two for Moses. First, like thyself, have Moses ever been Whatever may have come to intervene : First in the quality of their attire, And first in style—a style which all admire. The Trowsers, Coats, and Vests, of M. and Son Have gained the odds of a successful run ; And all who view the articles will find That competition's efforts lag behind. Thus, Flying Dutchman, have I done my duty, And now a word to those who win the booty : To such successful winners I would say, Improve the winnings of the Derby Day. And if they ask how this may best be done, I'd simply point to Messrs. M. and Son. LIST OP PRICES. ILIADY Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers.. from - 10 8 6 The Buiwer, Pasha, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coat s.• ••• • • • ••• • • .... 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed •• •• .. D•. do. lined with silk...• ••.. • • I 8 0 Do. do. superior quality Jean and Hollarsd Blouses •••••••• • • •• •• Fancy Victoria do. •• • .• • Tweed do. .• .... Dress Coat . . .• •• • • •• • • ' • Frock Coat .. ••• •••• • • • -•• • • - 0 17 0 Spring and Bummer Tr • • . • • • • I 0 0 Doeskin and Buckskin d 13 o " " " " 0 4 0 —....sitin do.. ..spring and Summer Vesta ... .eN:e • rj: Vitriet;••• ... 0 7 6 Black and Figured Satin t 8 in 0 1 6 Black de., superior quality es—• ' '' ••••• • • • • • 0 4 6 Boy's Spring Black Cloth CalnoathsVumesmts vests.... va .... •. .. .. .. 0 3 6 White Marcella Vests .; —•'"•••• • • • • • • 0 9 6 4 6 Boys' flessar and Tunic suit s .. '.• '• ••••• • •• 0 0 10 Men's Fishing Coats in great varlet •••• • • 0 15 0 lUDs To i tz ".I x •••• •••• 0 4 0 Paletets made from a variety of material Summer • • ••••• • • • • • 0 ...... .. . fitted for Summer wear.... •... . • Do. very elegantly trimmed •• • • .... ••• •• • • 1 1 0 Superior Cloth of a light texture • • •• .: ••• '' 1 8 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk.. ••• • • ....: •••• 1 15 0 Ditto Dress Coat...• .... •••• • • • • .......... 1 1 2 2 g Best de ..... •• ..••. 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. ..... . Beat do. •••••••• • • • • • • • ...... • • ..... •• • • 3 3 0 Fancy Doeskin Trousers. Black do. • • •• . . . • ••„. e , ........... . 0 16 0 Best do.• ••• • • •••••••••••..• • •• • • • • • • • • • • 1 6 0 Black Cloth Vests • ....... • • .... ••• • .. 0 8 6 Best do.• • . • • • • • • • Splenlid Satin Test .. .• • . . ... ..... 0 18 6 Best do.•. ..... •.• ...• •• • . • .... .. Hussar and Tunic suits .• • • ..... •..•• • • • . 1 15 0 0 7 0 Men's White Marcella V ests • • . • • • .• • . .• .. Fishing Coats in endlus variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robs in great variety •••••...••• . • • • • • . • from 0 16 oto 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 103. The new book, entitled the "Great Fact," with full directions for Self-measurement, can bo had on application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—The Shawl and Parasol Department are new replete with evm e n m ov e e — lty An o y f th a e rt s i e c a le purchased, rchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MORES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Healers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minoriee, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition ; but having heard that the untradesman-like lsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far gate, Sheffield; and 19, Thornton's-building., Bradford, Yorkshire; and these who require cheap and genuine clothing, &0., should call at or send to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Take Notice,—This Establishment is closed Item sunset Friday, till =set aturday, when DIM nem is resumed till twelye o'clock, ~~ --- - 7 /, • - • - • 4111111 - 1.. 4'; ' 4 4, • 4 to • • 1 / 4 ft., 1 / 4 k • c ' ,I x \ • • • • •21‘1 1 ' **v .- 7 A W. 4.3 • 4 • • _ - • er L 41, - qe 4 - _ N°. 17,68t.ji LONDON, MONDAY , E N G S N 7 MAY 28, 1849. PUBLICATIONS. HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP ROUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectffilly invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, wilt find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at rlalf-past Five p:ecisely, the most comfortable and reaonable in the metropolis.--Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untL One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.Z. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. RAILWAY INT_ELLIGENCE. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. The following is the first report of the committee of investigation, which will be presented to the share holders in the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail. way Company, at the adjourned special general meet. ing to be held at York, on Friday next, June 1 : Your committee direct attention to the terms of their appointment, and the powers vested in them, by the ge neral meeting of shareholders held on the 4th May, which were as follow: it, and that the public would be benefited by it. The directors proposed that the company should subscribe 75,0001. for the construction of this dock, the remainder would be found by the people of Sunderland; in fact, it had been subscribed and the money paid. He had en tered into this project, subject to the sanction of this meeting, and if they did not like the investment, he should be happy to take it himself." The Honourable Chairman submitted a series of resolutions, which were all unanimously adopted, viz —(inter alia.) " That the directors be authorised to subscribe the sum of 75,000/. towards the formation of docks at Sunderland." BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, No. CCCCIV., for JUNE. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. The Caxtons. Part XIII.—The Romance of Russian 11Istory.— Letters to the Rev. Charles Fustian, an Anglo-Catholic.—Austria and II ungary.—Feudalism in the Nineteenth Century. —Civil Revolu tion in the Cau ,das.—Dies Boreales. No. I. Christopher under Canvas. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.' I. " That a pommittee be now appointed to investigate the aff sirs of this company, and to report thereon from time to time to the sh are h o ld ers; t h a t the investigation embrace all such tran sac ti ons , ma tt e rs, and things, in the past and present management, as the committee shall think proper to inquire into; and that the committee have power to call for and examine all persons, papers, books, and documents in the custody or under the con trol of the company; to employ Such accountants, clerks, engineers, professional, or other assistance, for the bet ter enabling them to conduct such investigation as they may deem necessary; and that they be instructed to con fer from time to time with, and to make such suggestions and . recommendations to t h e b oar d o f di re ctors, on the subject of any exi s ti ng or proposedicontracts, f or wor k s , Bills in Parliament , o r ot h er current operat i ons , as t h e y may think desirable for the interests of the proprietary; and, that the committee report their opinion to the share holders as to the future management of the company" affairs." Immediately after the meeting at which this resolu- tion was passed seven of the directors of this company, viz., Mr. Hudson, Mr. Davies, Mr. James Richardson, Sir John Simpson, Mr. Oxley, Mr. P.ews, and Mr. Tee, executed the subscription contract for the Sunderland Docks, for 400 shares each, and Mr. Nicholas Wood, another director, for 200 shares, making in the whole 3,000 shares at 251. each, or 75,000/., and which then formed one-fourth part of the entire capital of the Sun derland Dock Company. The sum of 11. 7s. 6d. per share was then paid by this company as a deposit on the 3,000 shares, amounting to 4,1251. In the session of Parliament of 1846 the Sunderland Dock Company procured an Act for the construction of the dock. When that Bill first went into Parliament, it contained clauses authorising this company to subscribe 75,0001. towards the dock. It is stated, however, to your committee, that these clauses were struck out by Lord Shaftesbury, on the ground then held by his lord ship, that a railway company ought not to bo permitted to subscribe towards the formation of a dock, a view which was afterwards overruled by the House of Lords, but too late to secure the re-insertion of the erased clauses. 2. " That this meeting at its close stand adjourned to Friday, the Ist of June; and, until such meeting, the directors be requested not to allow any Bill now before Parliament, in which this company is interested, to pro ceed beyond the first reading in the House of Lords." Immediately after the meeting at which these resolu tions were passed your committee met, and entered upon the duties assigned to them. Th e t i me w hi c h h as since elapsed has been insufficient to enable your com mittee to present any report of the general affairs of the company. They have,. however, taken all the prelimi nary steps, and required the necessary returns and information for enabling them to prese n t a d e t a il e d report at the earliest possib le period. In th e meant i me , their attention has been directed to those matters which appeared to be most urgent, and requiring early con sideration, consisting, first, of the Bills n ow b e f ore P ar . liament ; secondly, existing contracts for works; and thirdly, the branch lines of railway already sanctioned by Parliament, but the works of which have not been commenced; and to these several matters this report is confined. _ No call was made upon the shareholders in the Sun derland Dock Company during the year 1846, in which the Act passed. In 1847, the dock company made two calls, viz., on the 7th May, 11. 12s. 6d.; on the 27th September, 34 These calls on the 3,000 shares were paid out of the funds of this company. In 1848, the Sunderland Dock Company made the following calls, viz., April, 31.; August, Si. 10s.; Novem ber, 2/. 10s. per share; total, 9/. These calls were also paid out of the funds of the company. In 1849 the dock company has made one call, viz., on the 15th March, of 21. 108., which has also been paid out of the funds of this company; making, altogether, 171. 10s. per share, paid up on each Sunderland Dock share of 251.; and, assuming the number of shares held by, or for this company, to be 3,000, the amount of deposit and calls so paid thereon, up to the 15th March last, amounts to 52,5001. of the 75,0001. originally agreed to be subscribed. No application was made in the session of 1847 for Parliamentary powers to subscribe the 75,0001., the di rectors appearing to have relied upon the resolution of the general meeting of the 16th January, 1846, not only as authority to subscribe, but to pay the calls as they became due. In November of 1847, however, having then paid two calls, which, with 11 7s. Gd. de posit, made 61. per share, or 18,0001. on the 3,000 shares, the directors gave public notice of application to Parlia ment in the session of 1848, for, amongst other matters, " Power to subscribe towards the construction of the Sunderland Docks." The draft of a Bill for that object was prepared, and has been produced to your committee; but, in December, 1847, the directors resolved not then to proceed with that Bill, the company having other Bills in Parliament with which it was deemed more ex pedient to proceed. In March of 1848 the solicitors state they had instruc tions to endeavour to carry a Bill through Parliament for subscribing towards the Sunderland Docks, upon the notice they had given in the preceding November; but the Standing Orders Committee refused, at that late period, to allow the Bill to proceed. In the autumn of 1848 the solicitors were instructed to introduce into Parliament, in the present session, the Bar Moor Branch,s, &c., Bill, now under consideration, and advertised the usual Parliamentary notice of such Bill, in the month of November last, under the title of "A Bill for enabling the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to make certain branches, in the counties of Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and for other purposes. On the 14th November last the directors issued a printed circular to the shareholders, with a statement of this company's position, in which the Sunderland Dock subscription is mentioned as one of the items, making up the gross sum which will be required for works in progress, and for works proposed to he exe cuted. In that printed circular, the directors state— " This company has a collateral interest in the Sunder land Dock Company, to which the shareholders autho rised the directors to subscribe Parliamentary sanction has not yet been obtained for this subscription, in consequence of the requisite power having, from acci dental circumstances, been omitted to be sought for last session; but, in the ensuing session, this will be remedied." In the last half-yearly statement of accounts, ending 31st December last, and sent to the shareholders on the 13th February, a week prior to the half-yearly meeting the following entry appears:—" Dr.—Co Sunderland Docks, 62,681. 10s.' No observation was made upon this item, by any shareholder, at the half-yearly meet ing on the 20th February, at which meeting the present bill, authorising the subscription of 150,0001. towards the Sunderland Docks, was produced, and the following resolution was passed with reference to such. Bill and the leasing Bills, which were then also produced:—" That each of the said Bills be approved, and that the directors be authorised to make such alterations therein as they may deem desirable, and as the Legislature may sanction or desire." Your committee having thus given in detail the cir cumstances under which 75,000/. was agreed to be sub scribed towards the Sunderland Docks, and also the subsequent proceedings thereon, have now to direct attention to the fact that the item of 62,8171 10s. appear ing in the last half-yearly account to have been paid to wards the Sunderland Docks, and which has been since increased to 91,7991 18s. I Id., exceeds considerably the calls made on the 3,000 shares to which reference has been made. On inquiry into the circumstances under which this excess of payment has been made, your committee have ascertained that 2,345 additional shares were purchased by Mr. Hudson in the Sunderland Dock undertaking, principally in the year 1847, and transferred into the names of himself and two other directors, and that calls have been paid out of the funds of this company, not only on account of the 3,000 shares originally agreed to he subscribed for, but also upon these additional 2,345 shares. The purchase of these additional shares, and the reasons which led to it, have formed the subject of extended inquiry and investigation on tho part of your committee, who will be prepared to set forth in their final report the whole of the facts attendant upon such purchases, and the opinion of the committee thereon. In the meantime, your committee have required the clause of the I3ili authorising a subscription on the part of this company to the extent of 150,000/. to be amended, be fore the same left the House of Commons, by the inser tion of the following clause:—" Provided always, that the directors shall not exercise the authority hereby granted, to any greater extent than the sum of 75,0001., being the amount of 3,000 shares at 251. each, in the said Dock Company, without the assent of a majority of the shareholders present at some meeting specially convened for the purpose." That proviso having been added to the clause, it will be for the shareholders hereafter to determine upon the course to be taken with regard to these additional shares. To the extent of the 3,000 shares originally subscribed for, your Committee do not hesitate to express their unanimous opinion that the company is fairly and equi tably bound, taking into consideration that the same was sanctioned by a general meeting of shareholders, before the liability was incurred by the eight directors who signed the subscription contract; and that the fact of this company being such subscribers to the Sunderland Dock has been from time to time brought under the notice of the shareholders, and attempts, however inef fectual, made to secure P a rliamentary powers for sech . su b s cription. With the modifications the Bill which your committee have thus caused to be introduced, they are of opinion that the same may advantageously pass. 2.—EXISTING CONTRACTS FOR WORKS, &C. 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LEEK, STAFFORDSHIRE, FRIDAY.—More than ordi nary excitement has been created in this town during the week by the figuring of the Rev. Edward Powyss, the rector of Bucknall and Bognall, whose living pro duces a yearly income of more than 1,0001., at the Borough Police-court, on Wednesday, on a charge of having committed a most cruel and unprovoked assault on a poor woman named Ann Clewes, aged 64. The reverend defendant, who is well known in this district, and is possessed of great wealth, was defended by Mr. Cobbett, a barrister, of M a n c h es t er . F rom th e evidence it appeared that the defendant was the owner of the tithes of Bucknall. The husband of the poor creature rented a small farm in the village, at a yearly rental of 50/., subject to tithes. They resided there for six years, but left in April last, and they now paid ls. 2d. a week for the cottage they live in. The tithes were paid in kind, the defendant taking every tenth strike of corn. Four years back the tithes were commuted, and the sum the husband had to pay was 41. 7s. yearly, and she had paid the defendant the rent-charge in full, without de. ducting the property-tax. It was usually defrayed by the tenant, and afterwards deducted from the amount due to the owner. On the Bth of May the defendant called for his year's tithe. She asked him to step in and wait while she got some change. He said, " I have had no dinner," and jumped on his horse and rode off. She then had the money. On the I Ith he sent two of his servants, but she did not pay them. The reverend de fendant shortly afterwards came, and said that he had heard she was going to America, but that he had stopped her. The poar woman denied ever having bad such an intention. The Reverend Gentleman then demanded his tithe. She said, " I hope you have no objection to paying me the Queen's tax?" He asked for her receipts for that tax. She showed him them, as also three receipts which he had given for tithe before. He put them in his pocket, and refused to return them. She begged of him to give her papers back, and she would pay him the tithe in full, whe ther he deducted the Queen's tax or not. He still refused, and she, thinking he would come upon her for the three years' tithes, the receipts of which he had got, again begged their return. lie swore by his God that he would not, and that ho would return them to London. She got to the door so as to prevent him leaving with the receipts, when he struck her on the arm a violent blow with a large walking-stick. With pain and fear the poor old creature began to cry, and she went to him with the view of getting the receipts from him. He said,--" I swear by my God I'll not give them back." He then raised the stick and struck her over the head. She fell to the ground insensible, and remained in that state several hours. Blood flowed over her bead, and Mr. Laste, a surgeon, on examining her, found a wound on her head of about half an inch in depth. The scalp was separated to the extent of half an inch. After a lengthened examination, the Rev. S. Sneyd, the chairman, said it was clear that a gross assault had been committed upon the woman, and one perfectly unjustifiable, and the Bench considered it a fit case to indict the heaviest fine allowed by law, viz , 5/. and costs. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—IIis Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge honoured the performances on Saturday evening with his presence. There were also present his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. In attendance upon his Royal Highness Prince Henry were his Excellency the Count Schimmelpenninck, Admiral Lucas, the Baron Von der Capellan, the Earl of Denbigh, and Captain Taylor. The Princes and suite occupied her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples, Count of Syracuse (attended by the Chevalier Colonna) also honoured the theatre with his presence. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the Earl and Countess Listowel and party. Amono the visitors were his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Caroline and Cecilia Gordon Lennox, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Leaner, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, and the Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency the Austrian Minister, and the Cotintuaa C!.lnrpan, hia Excellency the Neapolitan Ambassador, his Excellency the Danish Minister, the Countess Reventlow, and the Countess Hilda de Revent low, his Excellency the Minister from Costa Rica, M. de Berg, the Count and Countess de Kerson, the Count de Vielowsky, the Marquis of Worcester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Huntly, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Countess of Glengall, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lord Egerton and party, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Bective, the Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Canti lupe, the Viscount Somerton, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, Lord Ward, Lord Gardner, Lord George Paget, Lord William Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord Cranstown, &e. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEIN.—Her Majesty's box was occupied on Saturday evening by the Marquis of Breadalbano, the Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lady Louisa Molyneux, Lord Ossulston ' Lord and Lady Eddisbury and the Hon. Mi ss Blanche Stan ley, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert. Among the visitors were, his Excellency tho Peruvian Minister, the Earl and Countess of Oxford, the Earl of Besbnrough, Earl Grosvenor, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Belfast, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Ex mouth, Viscountess Maynard, Lord Templemore, Lord Archibald St. Maur, Lady Caroline Murray, Major and Mrs. David Murray, Lady Rendlesham and the Hon. Mrs. Thellusson, Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lord Sandys and Mr. Montgomery, L or d Henry Lennox, Baron de Sternberg, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk and Lady Clerk, Sir Henry Webb, Sir George Army tag©, Sir F. Booth, Sir John and Miss Burgoyne, Sir G. 11. Smythe, Sir Charles Monk, Lady Jodrell, Miss Compton and Mr. Watson, Lady Shelley and Miss Cavan, Lady Morgan, Lady Woodford and Miss Wood• ford, Sir Richard Armstrong, Sir Wyndham Anstruther, Sir George Carroll, the Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., the Hon. Sidney Pierrepont and Mrs. Pierrepont, the Hon. Craven Berkeley, &c. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE. — BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—Lord Guernsey is still the only candidate in the field for the representation of South Warwickshire, although it appears that had his Lordship been less prompt in his movements, Sir J. E. Wilmot, of the Midland Circuit, ' bon of the late Lieute nant Conservative 1; e would d p r speedily ote nt m he el ba • t i o nist interest. " Find in g a can didate tho field of superior pretensions to his own, the Hon. Baronet have • a G n o n v o e u r u n c o e r d of himself Van ! ie I) . states "ho will not interfere with his chance of succe ss, " but intimates than when an opportuni ty occurs he shall come forward to solicit the suffrages of the electors. The election is fixed for Thursday, the 7th of June. 1.-BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. The company is now in Parliament for three several Bills, the whole of which have passed the Commons, and also their first reading in the House of Lords. These Bills are :-1. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Leasing Bill. 2. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Leasing Bill. 3. The Bar Moor Branches, &c., Bill. These Bills will be referred to in their order:-1. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Leasing Bill. 2. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Leasing Bill. These two Bills may be conveniently considered together. It will be in the recollection of the shareholders that at the last half•yearly meeting, the question of leasing the Newcastle and Carlisle, and Maryport and Carlisle Railways, was one of the subjects for consideration. Mr. Hudson, purporting to act as chairman, and on behalf of this company, had entered into an agreement, on the sth July, 1848, that, in case necessary powers should be obtained under the authority of Parliament, this company should take a perpetual lease of the New castle and Carlisle Railway, on terms of payment, by this company, of an annual rental of six per cent. on the share capital of the Newcastle and Carlisle Company, amounting to 1,550,000/. for three and a half years from the Ist January, 1848, and seven per cent. on such share capital from the expiration of that period during the continuance of such lease ; and that this company should pay off all existing debts and liabilities, and take all property of the Newcastle and Carlisle Company. Mr. Hudson, purporting to act as chairman, and on behalf of this company, had also entered into an agreement with the Maryport and Car lisle Railway Company, for a perpetual lease of the latter company's line, from the Ist of October, 1848, on terms of paying 4 per cent interest on the share capital of the Maryport and Carlisle Company, amounting to 170,1251., and the payment, by this company, of all the debts and liabilities of the Maryport and Carlisle Com pany, not exceeding in the whole (including the share capital) the sum of 450,000/. Such interest of 4 per cent. on the share capital to be increased one per cent., in the event of this company paying 9 per cent. on its capital stock, or at the option of this company, to.ps.y off the shareholders of the Maryport and Carlisle Company at par; and in such agreement It was stipulated that both tho lessors and lessees should use their best endeavours to obtain, ut the expense of the lessees, in the present session of Parliament, the necessary powers to carry such agreement into effect, and should, if necessary, renew -weh powers in any subsequent session or sessions of Parliament. Poss, scion of the Newcastle cni Carlisle, and the Mar) port and Carlisle Railways, was taken under the agreements, and the lines have since been worked by the servants of this company, a charge being made for the same against the Carlisle Railways; but this has 13( en 'lone without any sanction of the shareholders of this company, and the funds of the Carlisle companies have not been mixed with the funds of this company. Upon the directors giving notice of their intention to bring ,uch leases before the last half-yearly meeting, a very ttrong opinion was expressed by the shareholders against the terms of agreements which bad been en• tored into. The Bills, however, for leasing these railways having Peen introduced into Parliament, Mr. Hudson sought and obtained, at that meeting, the sanction of the share holders to such Bills being proceeded with, on the under standing that the same should be permissive only, arid not to be exercised until the authority of the share holders was first obtained; and Mr. Hudson then stated that he did not complain at all that the arrangement fell through, as the shareholders would thus have a longer time to consider whether they would enter into the ar rangement or not, and he would endeavour to bring for ward hereafter a scheme which would be perhaps less objectionable to the shareholders of this company, and perhaps equally satisfactory to the directors of the Car lisle companies. Your committee have, therefore, directed their atten tion to these Bills, with a view to ascertain that the powers thereby sought to be conferred are permissive only, and not to be exercised but by the authority of a general meeting of shareholders. As the Bill originally stood, three fifths of the Newcastle and Carlisle share holders were required to assent, while the assent of a majcrity only of the shareholders in this company was required to the lease. Your committee, therefore, re quired the wording of the leasing clause to be amended, before the same passed the third reading in the House of Commons, so as to render the assent of three-fifthsof the proprietors of this company necessar y to the exercise of the leasing powers. Alterations to the same effect have been made in the Maryport and Carlisle Bill. Your committee have not y e t h a d the opportunity of inquiring into the policy of this co m pany's leasing these two lines of railway, either upon the terms contained in the agreements, or upon any modification thereof, and they, therefore, refrain from expressing any opinion at present thereon; but, as the Bills in their amended state cannot be operative until three-fifths of the shareholders present at a meeting specially convened for the purpose shall determine to make them so—and the Bills also g l e r a er v s e os w t o h efsr e etshe t e oan r sr m oee a rße o al spsoe innn sought ptt by yr f t n u ha t future e r e agreement—you r further withcom mittee th e pro . s fo E r s, th & e c f . o , ll n o r w t. 2.—THE BAR MOOR BR e A ß n N i t i c . l poses: — &C., formation of a short branch from thegmP a u i r n - Berwick line to Bar Moor, in Northumberland. 2. The formation of a branch from the main line to Alnmouth, in Northumberland. 3. The formation of a short branch line to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne quay, in substitution of a branch previously authorised by Parliament. 4. An extension of the time for making the branch to Blyth, and a like extension of time for making the Thirsk and Malton branch. 5. Power to subscrib e not exceeding 150,0001. towards the Sund erland Dock. Your committee, baring duly considered the four first named objects, are of op inion that the p ower s sought, or some of them, may b e advanta g eous to the company, awnidthththeey tfhuertrielfeorrperdoogrneosts roefcotmhemßenidli in Parliament, so far as those objects are concerned, nor do the y suggesty interference any alterations in the various clauses applicable to such objects. Your committee have deemed it their duty, however, to require a material alteration to be made in the clause of the Bill authorising the subscription to the Sunderland Dock, before they permitted the Bill to pass the third reading in the House of Commons. The al teration required by your committee being one, tha_ in troduction of which, in the House of Lords, would, look. ing to the standing orders of that House, have be en a t least doubtful, your committee have assumed the respon sibility, without waiting for the present meeting, of re quiring such alteration to be made in the House of Com mons, under the circumstances which they now proced to I bring under the notice of the shareholders. The Sunderland Dock was projected in the year 1845. As early as the month of March in that year a scheme for the formation of docks at Sunderland was commenced by parties connected with opposing intereste. The prospectus of the present Sunder land Dock Company was issued on the 13th of October in that year, with the name of Mr. Hudson as chairman. The capital was stated in the prospectus to be 225,000/., but appears to have been afterwards in creased to 300,0001. The first occasion on which the suhject of a subscrip tion on the part of this company was brought before the shareholders, was at a special meeting held on the 16th January, 1846. when Mr. Hudson gave the following explanation (vide Yorkshire Gazette of 17th January, 1846) :—" In the scheme which he had to bring before the shareholders they bad no less than three docks involved ; another dock was the dock at Sunderland.— (Applause.) He hoped they would not think him guilty of a job in that matter.—(Laughter and applause.) If it were a job he had taken a very large interest in it, and he would not recommend this company to take part in the construction of this dock, if be were not perfectly satis fied that it would be adYantageous for thew to owstruct 1.-THE TTNE DOCKS. Powers were obtained by this company, in 1847, for constructing docks at Jarrow Slake, ou the south side of the river Tyne, near to the town of South Shields. The capital authorised by the Act to bo raised for the pur pose was 150,0001., with power to borrow a further sum of 50,0001. ' The formation of these docks is said to be necessary for the better shipment of coals on the Tyne, the traffic in which is represented your com mittee to be capable of very considerable increase, and to require additional accommodation to that which is pos sessed at South Shields, where this company has now twelve drops or places for shipmentg of coals id in the river. Your committee have had considerable evence upon this subject from Mr. NiGholas Woud, a director of this company, and also from Mr. Allport, the traffic manager, and Mr. Harrison, the engineer, which evidence has been revised and approved by the general board of directors. Your committee find that the estimate of the probable cost of c onstructing the Tyne Docks is now 300,0001; and taking into account many contingent circumstances which ap pear to your com m ittee to attach to these works, the amount may be considerably increased. The directors are stated to have agreed to let the works on the 13th of February last, at the sum of 148,0001.; but this does not include the necessary machinery at the docks, nor the prices of land to be purchased. On the 26th of March the directors gave instructions to the en gineer to stop an y works from b ein g p roceeded with, and the suspension is st ill continued. The committee have also r e ship (- viewed the si te of the proposed docks, anda t en t of means now p ossessed by the company sofo the ping coals at Shields; They attach duo weight to the o pinions which have been expressed in favour of in creaser accommodation for the full development of the coal traffic which may be brought upon this railway, taci t § 0e0641 cAttilt i your committee ooiucido ther.)e.: in. They are also of opinion that the coal traffic would be more conveniently carried on by shipping in a dock, at Jarrow, than by the drops now in use; but the com mittee are not, at present, prepared to advise the large outlay of capital necessary to secure this advantage, and they have caused steps to be taken to ascertain whether additional facilities for the shipment of coals may not be obtained at South Shields, at a comparatively light cost. In the meantime they recommend that the interdict upon proceeding with the works should be continued. The period for purchasing the land do-s not expire until July, 1850; and the company have yet four years for completing the works. NEWCASTLE STATION. The contract for the formation of this station was let some time ago for 92,09;1, and is now being proceeded with. Your committee have learnt with satisfaction that the directors had contemplated a considerable diminu tio❑ in the works there, and had staid the erection of the arcade, portico, and hotel, a course in which your committee fully concur. Your committee have not interfered in any of the other currant works of the company, and which embrace —l. The high level bridge at Newcastle. 2. The bridge at Berwick. 3. The Warkworth branch. 4. The Kelso branch. 5. The Aluwick branch. 6. The Washington branch and Monkwearmouth extension. Most of these works are rapidly approaching comple tion. Your committee are informed by the engineer that all extra works arc measured by him, and paid for monthly, and not permitted to run into arrear, a mode of transacting business of which the committee cannot too highly approve. Your committee have found contracts existing for the supply of a larger quantity of iron rails and sleepers than appear to be required by the company, and some of which were in course of shipment and delivery. Your committee have suggested to the directors to stay all further delivery thereof for the present. 3.-BRANCII LINES OF RAILWAY' SANCTIONED BY FAR • LIAMENT, THE WORKS OP WHICH HATE BEEN LET, BUT NOT COMMENCED. 1.-THE BISHOP AUCKLAND BRANCH. Powers have been obtained by this company for making a branch railway from the Bishop Auckland coal district, to join the main line of the company's railway at Leamside, between Durham and Brockley Whins. The estimated expense of forming this branch as stated to your committee by the company's engineer, is 332,0001. The directors resolved to let the contract for making this branch o❑ the 2d of April last to Messrs. Rush and Lawton for 224,5001., but on condition tbat they should not make any arrangements for extending the works, unless they receive instructions from the engineer. This amount is exclusive of rails, sleepers, stations, and land. The compulsory powers of the com• pany for taking the land on the south side of the river Wear, about a mile in length, will expire on the 27th July next. The directors have given the usual notice for taking these lands. The compulsory powers for taking lands on the remaining portion of the branch will not expire until the year 1851, and the company having yet four years time for making the works, your committee have suggested to the directors to delay any present proceedings upon the contract. r i ~/~ [PRICE SD• 2. THE PENSHER BRANCH. This intended branch railway is of about seven miles in length, commencing near the Victoria-bridge, over the river Wear, on the main line, and termina ting at Sunderland dock. The engineer's estimate of cost is 150,000/. The directors resolved to let the contract for the works, on the 2d April last, to Messrs. Rush and Lawton, for 63,000/., but on the same condition as the Auckland branch, viz., that they should not make any arrangement for executing the works unless they receive instructions from the en gineer. Tho compulsory powers of the company for the purchase of land on this branch will expire on the 27th July next, and the usual notice has been given by the directors for taking these lands. The company have yet two years' time for completing the works, and your committee have, therefore, suggested to the directors that, on this branch also, they should delay any present proceedings upon the contract. ' Your committee will attend at the adjourned meeting advertised fur the first of June. which is necessary to remove the suspension on the Bills in Parliament, which took place by the resolution of the meeting of the 4th instant, but. they think• it due to distant shareholders to apprise them that having in this report set forth all the information they have it in their power for the present to communicate, the committee will then move— 1. That this report be received and adopted; and, 2. That the meeting be further adjourned to the llth of July next, when your committee hope to be able to present their final report. JAMES MEEK. HORATIO LOVE. 1). M`LAREN. JAMES LEECI[MAN. JOHN KIPLING. JOHN SHIELD. R. I'. PHILLirsoN. GEORGE LEEMAN, Secretary. York, May 2G, 1549. PEOPLE WHO _DO NOT LIKE POETRY. (From Eliza Cook's Journal) We have often heard poetry spoken of by certai n shallow-hearted, hammer-headed people, as an indefi• nite something of meretricious nothingness, it' one may use an Irishism. They look upon poetry as a sort of fantastic, gossamer cobweb, woven by the hand of unrecognised insanity, and wonder it should be permitted to flit about the highways of the world ; they flout it as a trumpery and contemptible pro duction of no earthly use, and of course their practi cal statistics never descend to the question of orna ment. They are totally ignorant that poetry is iden tified and incorporated in the primitive elements of all that makes God visible, and man glorious ; they know not that poetry is co-existent with a flourishing state, and a great people ; they know not that it is poetic instinct which prompts a Washington to free his country, and calls the tear of repentance into the felon's eye, as he wakes from a dream of green fields and his mo ther. They only comprehend there is something ar ranged in syllables, that this something is unprofit able and ridiculous, composed of imaginary trash, and called poetry. It is " stuff," " rubbish," " nonser and in the arrogance of their self-sufficiency, we have heard these people rash enough to assert, that they could see no use in Shakspere s plays. To listen to the arguments, or rather declarations of these dealers in hardware, one would think the great Creator had sadly wasted his might and ingenuity in scattering the profusions of exquisite matter about us, which we hare yet been unable to convert into tangible utility, or mercenary profit. One would be in duced to fancy that the myriads of sweet-bosomed, bright-headed flowers, flung on the untrodden vallies and mountain sides, should be exterminated from the land, since they cannot be packed into bales of merchandise, nor cast up in day books. We should begin to interrogate the wisdom of sending unnum bered nightingales and thrushes, for the express purpose of whistling away all their might in the green boughs, and yet yielding nothing in the great " commercial account.' Be it understood, that by " people who do not like poetry," we have no inten tion of alluding to those who may have no special devotion to measured feet and gentle rythm• We advert not to the myriads who go about their business in every-day sobriety ; who live, die, woo, wed, snake fortunes, or become bankrupts, and fill up the ranks of life without the slightest knowledge of poetry in its tangible and professed sense. Such heads may be totally unacquainted with the classical existence of a Helicon. They may never dream deliciously in the fairy land of a Spencer, and even be unfamiliar with the voice of a Goldsmith. Yet, we see hundreds of these people with the spirit of poetry playing about them in revelling gam bols, at every opportunity the chances of fate may offer. The most exquisite love of the Ideal, and the most ardent glow of enthusiasm, often abide in the bosom that knows not the names of its residents, and many a rough-hewn denizen of earth goes from his cradle to his; grave full of rich, sweet poetry, with out.l even a suspicion of the " divinity that stirs wi t tpi . him." No ! it is not these people we anatheTarsiz, for these are the mysterious and ceaseless echoing of the first great Voice that pronounced all thingsiorti theod and beautiful. These unconsciously .pourl vapours that gather so chokingly perfumed incenseof immortality, purifying denounce, he for we temple. No !it is not these we God C t h f o o l Hie and feel poetry in its nobl e st l. of printed cadence. worship and honour] the untold nesusneinbeeer,s yet, wbo neverthink breathe, and seldom read a line of standingu t utilitarianism," it ar i a i n n i s upright the g h t hard,lt i u s n t the unbending, unit cr d of frozen selfishness, entertaining no speculation, but, f m c;e7it c ion, ‘ that depending upon a thriving railway, and respect ing no laws but those of Blackstone and Coke; those who depreciate all knowledge, save that denominated .. w orldly ;" a knowledge too frequently testified by conduct that would bear the less equivocal term of " craft ;" those who sneer at a sentinsent, and despise a feeling that may go an inch beyond the very com monest of sense ; it is such we most heartily pray to be delivered from during oar soj urn here below. They may be useful and necessary--so may the cholera, but in honest simplicity, we de.ire to keep clear of both inflictions. These people have no ear for music in a " babbling brook," without the said brook turns a very pro fitable mill. They find no " sermons in stones," beyond those preached by the walls of a Royal Ex change. They see nothing in a mob of ragged urchins loitering about the streets in a spring twilight, busy over a handful of buttercups and daisies, lugged with anxious care from Putney or Clapham—they see nothing but a tribe of tiresome children who deserve, and sometimes get, a box on the ears for " being in the way." They see nothing in the attachment be- i _~=. tween a poor man and his cur dog but a crime worthy the imprisonment of one, and the hanging of the other. Indeed, we have remarked that these " people who do not like poetry" seldom have sympathy for mendicity of any descripti on . I f a sick woman with a si c kli er child, or an old man with palsied limbs , solicit a halfpenny, these p eo pl e h ave a stereotyped knack of parading the comforts of th e " U nion, " and the audacity of `the about begging." If an orphan boy of Seven-dials genealogy i s recommended by some benevolent id iot to clean boots and shoes, " they will have no such young scamp about them." " But he has not yet done anything dishonest," says the pleader for poverty. "No matter," is the reply, " I shan't take him, and th ere ' s and end of it." Ah ! these people are doubtless " wise in their generation." It is too true that im position and ingratitade are stalking about us every where; the pale woman and the trembling man may not be quite as wretched as they seem, and the off spring of ignorance and misery may not prove a moral Crichton; yet, with a" day of jud gmen t" i n th e Chris tian's distance, we have a prejudice in favour of giving an odd penny now an d t h en, w i t h out too str i ct in qui▪ ry as t o w h e th er t h e app li cant ' s cup of sorrow is bri▪ mfull ; and we have a prejudice equally strong, that it is not contrary to human philosophy, to en deavour to " snatch a brand from the burning," and give the chance of honest pursuits to the children of infamy, even though they have " no character" to begin with. " People who do not like poetry" have rarely much participation in the elasticities of our mortal lot. Eating, drinking, sleeping, and " looking to the mai n chance," generally form their whole consecutive occu pations, but, if any occasional development of humour and cheerfulness occur in the genus, we have ob served that it usually tends to " practical joking and coarse badinage." This is the lowest and apparently the only grade of wit they are capable of exercising with any facility; but with the utmost touchiness, at the same time, if any responsive liberty be taken with their own respected person. The spirit of poetry at least instils the justice of bearing that which we are eager to award ; but our utilitarians have no notion of this. Some of them even advocate the strong practical joke of killing off the superfluous popula tion, but we never find their own names on the super abundant list. " Poeple who do not like poetry" are invariably the most revengeful in their animosities. They hold malice with strong tenacity; forgiving and forgetting are not in their creed ; and their bosoms seem charged with an ascetic vengeance, that is never neu tralized by the weak, ridiculous, humanizing spirit of poetry. " People who do not like poetry" are the worst possible companions, in any shape. Take them on a tour through a lovely country, and they see nothing at all in the tumbling waterfall or Elysian valley, but are eternally breaking in on your rapt admiration, with some abrupt and common-place jargon, that raises an incipient desire to serve them as Crooked Richard did his nephews. Have them at a social dinner party, and they strenuously seek to limit the conversation to "dry and dusty business" of some kind or other ; party politics, state of dividends, joint-stock companies, the cotton market, or some such themes, are all they can dilate on; and with loud and pertinaceous determination they " stick to their last," to the exclusion of general and polite interchange of discussions and opinions. Walk with them into an exhibition of paintings, and most likely you will have to blush up to your ears, for they treat things connected with "Fine Arts" as mere trumpery, and, of course, make very audible and very ignorant remarks on matters concerning which the slightest poetical delicacy would make them silent. Meet them when you are attired in a new garb of deep mourning, and their first question will be, " Who have you lost?" Let a child cry in their presence, and they instantly express an impatient disgust, that would warrant one in supposing that they had passed through infancy without a single kick or scream. Let an old horse, that has worked twenty years in their service, be pronounced unfit for his duty, and they coolly take sixty shillings and cons:gn the worn out beast to cruelty, starvation, and " a sand-cart," without a ghost of conscience. Oh ! these " people who do not like poetry " are sad thorns in the side of refined humanity. We re peat, they may be useful ; but we honestly confess, if we have one prejudice stronger than another, it exists against those animated fossils who " do not like poetry." ~ , Luz& COOK. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION, Sir,—On Thursday the 24th, motion was made by Mr. Henry Berkeley, for leave to bring in a Bill to en able the votes of Parliamentary electors to he taken by Ballot ; when there appeared the old steady number of active Reformers, the Ayes being $5, and the Noes br..tght against them 13G. • .. The process is going silently on, cs surely as trim are growing older; but no palpable progress can be cxiected on such points, till the Euisian al:ie3 are driven from Hungary. On the same evening, leave was moved to bring in a Bill " for the better government of certain of our colonial possessions," meaning or including Canada. It is undeniably desirablo, that there should be " better government" everywhere ; but it does not absolutely follow, that every Bill containing there words is well-timed and promi.ing►. A►:d what are the circumstances under which the Bill is proposed ? rhere is, or was when the mail left Canada, as much of a rebellion as would be made here by burning the houses of Parliament ; a rebellion of disappointed Tories finding themselves in a minority, and rising upon the majority and the Government, as would be exemplified here by a Tory rising to prevent the royal assent being given to the alters• tion in the Navigation-Laws. Under such circum stances, is it wise to unship the Executive, and say Canada shall be governed by the votes of the House of Commons ? If it is, why should not it be un shipped here, where there is no actual storm to call for its operation ? And of the contending parties in Canada, which side is it that is to be encouraged ? Is it the rebellious minority, or is it the threatened majority with inclusion of the Government? If it is the first, ought not this to be resisted ; if it is the last, would not the very persons proposed to be assisted, implore you to choose another time? If the statement is, that it is an act of justice and propriety and such acts can never come at a wrong time ;—it might as well be argued that it is an act of justice and propriety that a man should blow his nose, and therefore he should interpose that ceremony in the mildle of his declaration to a lady. There are times and seasons for all things, however absolutely good ; and the mere fact of being good, does not prove that the thing was well applied. Any man in the habit of being responsible for , results, must be inclined to admit, that no time could be chosen when it was more desirable to act in concert with an existing Govern ment and through an existing Government, than when that Government is struggling with a rebellion, in which it has manifestly got the right side. An odd misapprehension seemed to exist among some of the Liberal party, to the purport that the Government in Canada ought not to have made the Tories desire to rebel. In other words, that it ought to have let the Tories have their way, without the trouble of rebelling. I wonder where this principle would take us, if practised here. Who will be re sponsible for when .Tories will rebel ? And when would they not rebel, if the mere demonstration or presentiment of it was to be enough to make them have their way ? On the whole it will probably be conceded there was cause, why some of the professed Liberals should be found on one side of the division and some on the other. The motion was finally negatived by 116 against 73. e r r e s c , on: ,a id s e b ra r t o i u o g n h o t f f t o h ro e n: R atr.l u de le abp o u. n t the T e h x e cl m us o i t o i n on of fo s r tra th ng e certain probability changes. It consequently p n e o a t r a p n r c e e s s e o d f a t to i a sp d o i s v i i t s i i o o nt o l , t o i in ci consequencewith f ma ke its appearance again in some form. On Friday the motions for the adjournment of the House, and for the Supplies, gave occasion for almost unlimited discussions de omni scibili, not omitting the cunt quilusdam. alris. Among other points of attack, was one upon the salaries of the Board of Admiralty, in which the Protectionists fell into their perpetual error of representing the whole country as in a con dition of loss and damage because they were losing, always forgetting the other half who were gaining by it, and the general additional coat of gain spread as with a brush over all these hills and holes besides. Not but that it would be very well to reduce the salaries of the Board of Admiralty if the Board liked it. Bat the statement of the reduction of the coma• try's means through Free Trade, is riot a reason. The House on its rising adjourned till the 31st. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, May 28, 1849. The admirers of Mr. Disraeli will be gratified in ohservinz that a new edition of his most remarkable work " Coningsby,” has been just issued in a cheap and popular form, which will render it accessible to every o ne. This, it appears, is the fifth edition that has been published in England, whilst numerous reprints havo a ppeared on the continent, and 50.000 copies have been circulated in the United States. This new edition isin troduced by a new preface, in which the author refers to the political views of which he has. been the advocate, plrticularly with respect to the Christian Church. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TUE RIVER . •—•O4 SlltUrlay afternoon, about two o'clock, a boat, in which wore two )ouths named Parkinson, sons of Mr. Parkinson, of Vauxhall road, struck the third pier from the Surrey shore of Battersea -bridge. Tho collision stove in her side, and she instantly tilled and sunk, and both lads were immersed. Tho accident was observed from the shore, and several boats put off, but before asbnitance mad reach them they Bunk, and were drowned.