The Sun. — London, England, 1849-08-20 00:00:00

THE SU N, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20 , 1849. struetion are brought to a close, or will be so in the pre- Llee, Wellington, South Tolgus, West Providence, Tre- Thomas Henry Etherington, Stableford, Staffordshire, THE mt, SOUTH LONDON MEDICAL SO- LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN CIETY-EPIDEMIC CHOLERA. RAILWAY. sent month, and these lines are provided in working hare, Kingsett and Bedford, Sec. contractor. stock, the whole of which, with very trifling exceptions, Wh ea l M a ry Ann adventurers audited their accounts James Stanford, Birmingham cn , r l d ic w en a s u e e i r. victualler. I An extraordinary meeting of the members of this The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro-•s paid for. Thus the directors feel enabled to state for March, April, and May, on the Bth instant, showing James Lavill, Birminge am The accoi society was held on Thursday at the Literary Institu- prietors of the London and South-Western Railway I with confidence, that from this period the affairs of the a profit of 5571. 11s- 00 the three months' workings, James Ilooper,Mosely, Worcestershire, plumber and Pap ors of Sat tion, Borough-road, for the purpose of discussing the was held on Saturday, at the Nine Elms Station; . company will progressively amend, and as there can never which, with the balance from last account, carries a painter. nature and treatment of the p reva ili ng e pid em i c . Mr. William Chaplin, M.P., Chairman of the Board b e ,' w i t h out t h e distinct authority of the proprietors, given credit of 1,01•11- 19s- B th to the next meeting, when a John Y a t es , j un ., Handsworth Staffordshire, brickm k r this extraord t , o ,r( t i :e atio s n c N o v r Mr. HIL TON , surgeon , o f G uy ' s H osp it a l, an d p re - o f Di rec t ors , i n the chair. as it must be a ssume d f or b ene fi c i a l o bj ects , a recurrence di v id en d ma y b e f u lly expecte d . The mine is now re- William Osborne, Aston, W arwieleshire, ae commission * f i sident of the society, took the chair, and said the The advertisement having been read, the minutes of a period when the capital entitled to dividend sh a ll b e p resen ted to be in a better position than hitherto seen, a gen t. O'Connor, I meeting had bee n ca ll e d i n consequence o f th e g en eral of the past proceedings were proposed to be con - so great in proportion to the earn i ngs as a t the c lo se o f an d ca p a ble of returning 65 to 70 tons per month, and, Joh n Th omas Brecknock, b u t c h er , the present half-year, so the directors believe it may from present appearances, may be considered a perms- John Atkin, Newark-upon-Trent, farmer, Charles Bennion, Birmingham, commission agent. toms as a gal feeling of medical men, in the district and elsewhere, firmed, when fact that h that those who bad experience might communicate Mr. WlLsolt CROCKER objected to that part of safely be predicted that at no future period will the vent and paying mine. shortly to the results at which they had arrived, and so extend them which related to the steam-boat guarantee. It affairs of th e company be in a state of such depression as Wheal Trehane two-monthly meeting was held on the Joseph Hellier, irmingham tail brewer. at present. At all events, the proprietors may feel en. 9th inst. The accounts for March and April show a James Osborn; Birmingham,' turner, * who was wel, the benefit of that experience osier a wider area. For was, perhaps, not generally known that most of the tire confidence, that the undisguised truth is before them, balance in favour of the adventurers of 6471. 13s. 9d. A Thomas Jackson, Birmingham, die sinker, fifty years of the better guidance of their discussion, therefore, he proxies used by the chairman in support of that and that no effort has been made to conceal or qualify dividend of 30e- Per share was declared, and paid forth- Edward Griffith, Birmingham, jewell e r. e at l el ) i cdr p se e .ai a ss r e2t a sdl n aai c dhn e a . tti had and generall advised that they should confine themselves rather to guarantee were forwarded to him for another purpose, the real „ state of the property or prospects of the corn- with. We learn that some new steam machinery is about Joseph Gibbs, Duddestoa-with-Nechells, Warwickshire ' deceased an enunciation of principles, or a statement of strict namely, to support the election of two gentlemen who pany. being erected, for which a reservation has been made in huckster. facts, than to attempt to diverge into the different were candidates for seats in the direction. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption o f the the very fu nds.favourTahhlen agen position,t's and represents operations thepr progressing a i i n n ga John nr Stevens,Co o . k , Bath, e r a s st blacksmith,horpe Nottinghamshire,. modes of treatment. It would be of great im- The CHAIRMAN said the Hon. Proprietor was in towards some very important points. A parcel of about George Robinson, Newark-'upon -Trent, miller. report, observed that it would be bad taste on his part portance, for example, to state facts which went to error. were he to occu much time after the lenthenedconnexion w show whether the disease was contagious or not, under Sir J. EASTROPR took that opportunity, not having report. h Much might be said on the depression which idnivifdaevnodur of ff 11. 103. ipnvers William Perry Mills, Young's-green, Staffordshire, far- s he adn w ßn a ian s igl i e, n yi t tf h ( certain favouring circumstances; for to prove that it been present at the last meeting, of thanking the pro t e country had recently suffered from, or the pros- 131 Thetons was sold o hi n ess t .b he a3lda l .n o ;c t ea h. Wellington Mints bi-monthly meeting was held mer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. O M I was not contagious would be impossible. But facts prietors for the compliment they had paid him, ha ects there were of the company's returning to a a mounted o n the 256th shalrotetohw4. 4481. 15x. for March and April, leaving shi l l- Y e, Mts.:LlE:Tit ,wrighDt Drummond gro d c , er it Glen l mavis, Lanark bending to show that it was communicable from one formally acknowledging the services he had rendered P state of prosperity ; but the gentlemen before him a balance of 64/. 15s. 3d. to the nex 3 t 2 a f c na co . u l n ev n el e T s h p e en a ia g i e ly nt , Aug. n s 2 L 2 ir , l a in n g d , Set . withinl2, at twelve, upon the Cl-re person to another, under certain favouring circum- the concern in the capacity of chairman and director. were tco well versed . in commercial matters, tooal Hotel, Airdrie, informed, we stances, would be most important. He explained that his retirement from the direction co P mmission a w gent;Glasgow and Calcutta, well acquainted with the causes of that depression, doubtful cha Mr. 'WRI GHT said a case occurred in his own arose out of the pressure of his other business avo- and the influences that affected railways, to which is the deepest level, and there is every prospect of to of th • e circun meet within the Crow Inn, Glasgow, Aug. 123, and practice which went to show the contagious nature of cations. reports the lode productive in render it necessary for him to dwell upon the course of ore holding down. im y pt : ov M e E d ire s h i:ic e e lp t i h i e l , , a l n as d t thCommercial . Hotel, Dingwall, Augd supposed to the disease. In Wandsworth a person living in a row The minutes were then confirmed. Sept. at twelve. these topics. He should be con t e nt to a ll ow t h e re- The Alfre d C on sols adventurers met on the 10th, and A. Campbell, merchant, Strathpeffer, to meet within evening, M where no case of cholera had occurred, was seized Mr. WYNDHAM HARDING then read the following • • • • P to speak for itself, without being explained by a mine repro-reniained al suddenly, became blue, and died in seven hours ; report of the directors :- May; the division of loss for the four months amounted epl9, g 23, at twelve, an single remark him, from but there were one or two s a e u n d t i e t d ed t t l a le a h :e v s e nin c :::r e February, at one. days afterw medicine had no effect. Three nights after he was " From the accounts which are in the hands of theto 11 ls. 2d. per I,o24 ra th bly share. The is Sept , - G.. Robertson, flesher and cattle dealer, Perth, to meet enough to s( Sept. 17, at one points which he could not refrain from touching called to attend a child seized with cholera in the same shareholders, it will be seen that the traffic for the half ett and Bedford meeting was and J h u el n d e, o w n er t e he re 6 a t d h ; year, ending on the 30th June, amounts to ... £254,627 upon.-(Hear, hear.) The proprietors were aware within the Saint John's Tavern, Perth, Aug. 23, and neighbourhoc house, and this case, too, proved one of extreme cha- The expenses, including rates and taxes, to ... 126,752 that the half-year they bad Just closed was the n Al ce ay of 5i. 23. 7d. against the went to th, racter, for the patient died in nine hours. , worst of the two, and yet their traffic had not in IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- the murder Mr. WATERWORTH said it was necessary to show " The comparison with the corresponding half-year is any way fallen off. To no circumstance of that meeting . icings PRICES OF SHARES when theand took a that the district had been untainted for at least half as follows:- at statement h e e m a n o n c t o u showsn t accounts for a A p b r a i l l a , or quarter of a mile round, because two or three of sort could the diminution of the dividend be attri- company, to meet which, and future operations, a call of his propert Traffic for the half yeaPANIES' STOCK, bonds and a family living in the same house might die in ending Increase in 1849. buted, as the accounts, which were true, simple, and ss. per share was made, with a sanction for the cotn r June, 1848, From the Official List. No suspicion consequence of exposure to the same tainted cir- 208 994 Z June, - , ; 1849, 254,6274 ... ... £45,633 whichishigthelyy a g re ra n t o ir w yin wo . rkingupon, several correct, would show. If there was one thing more mittee of management to make a further call of 53., than another that his b oa rd was prou d of, it was the should i t b e requ i red, . before the next meeting. The PUBLISITED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EV NG. in the habit oumstances. Expenditure for the half-year ending June, g, exclusive of the Mr. HICKS said his experience led him to discern 1848,118,3701.; June, 1849, - 126,7521. ... 8,382 fact that they had never had recourse to unfair orLONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. during his al between three degrees of the disease. First, there nefarious means for increasing the dividend.-(Hear.) . improvements _were anticipated, which _-, e ,-.. was comm . we learn have IOIRTT-STOCIL n.a.Nnts.s. s had hitherto _ p :t or a t b i o o u n and neatly-I The dividends which the proprietor annguenrste'snrfelpeoadrt was a dais where diarrhoea was permitted to con- Increase of net revenue therefore ... £37,251 had been • Dividend Amount kitchen und tinue for perhaps a fortnight without attention; that "Average number of miles open for the half-year end -Vincent meeting was held on the Bth, when the re- Name of Company. per of been realised since the meeting. Paid. Price. abuts on Mc was a class amenable to treatment, if not too far gone. ing June, 1848, 194; June, 1849, 219. oenujtooyfedthhee wouldrealand stakebona his fi de reputationearnings of the railwpaayld, ports of several agents were read, confirming the opinion Annum. Share. Secondly, there was a class where the poison had "The increase of expenditure in 8490 of arisesrailway, en t i r t e n l y e ,r, and the mode of, operations adopted by the managing -- - and from the increased number of miles l this occasion was the fact, that this half- agent as being the most satisfactory towards bringing Australasia •• .. •• •• •• 3/. per cent. 40 s O O . 1 04 5 0' d O . t t o h f re t , Molesworth, taken more serious effect and occasioned p • urging cause that could now b_ e assigned for its year the capital participating in the dividend had the mice into a profitable position; the statement of ac- BritsliNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - vomiting, but not passing into collapse ; that, too if maintenance of which is chargeable on revenue. and by no less a sum than 2,800,0001. counts was satisfactory, and a call of 10 b y instal- Ceylon •• •• -••• • • • 71 p er cent. 25 0 0 ^ 25 0 0 - On Saturt not neglected till too late, might be checked. But " The balance disposable for dividend is 108,660/. 3s. 3d. been increased hear.")s. two 100- 0 0 ' Some fewyears back ments made, which will free the mine Commercial of London 61 . per cent. 2o 0 0 - Leather Mar This balance remains after the payment of all interests -(Cries of "Bear, this Wheal - there was a third class, where collapse ensued after one on c a p ital, whether productive or unproductive, except e for new lines compelled company to Tregorden account for April May and G the rag . in „ June, loucestershire -.• • • , 15/per cent. - - _ into the dent action of the bowels. He was called the other m • 'project schemes and promote projects Parliament, was held on the 9th; the accounts showed a balance of lonian ........ ••••• • , 61 per ce nt . 25 0 0 25 0 0 - h ad morning interest at the rate of 4 er cent. for six months on the been exa only to a child which -had been seized at three laid P miles ofrailwa y in ac- • 413,847/. out on the twenty to keep - Mr. Welsh,. o'clock, and which died at nine the same morning, A tual progress of construction during the past half-year, was quite ready to admit that many of the past acts share was made. The mine has much improved • since London -..-••• • • • • • 1 0 0 - Joint -Stock... en per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16M whose eviden woman, the night before, had gone to bed well and which will be open for traffic before the close of the of the board were highly censurable and erroneous, the last account, and continues to hold out prospects of Provincial of Ireland .. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 companied a further and immediate • enough ese e cept complaining of constipation of the present month. to dividend they were not alone to blame for the increase in the improvement ; the lead raised Ditto, New.- ••• •• • : 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - ". " The stock and share capital entitled here is unusually rich National , of Ireland .. 1 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 o - Previous to th bowels, but she was seised at six o'clock next morning, e capital.-(Hear, hear.) Having adverted to the in- 21 3681. this half-year, is 6,5 • per ton. Nat. Provincial of Eng. 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -- and that the that a dividend troduction of Lord Monteagle's Bill, which he con Ditto, New. ••••• •• ' 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - and died by seven. Such were examples of the third "The directors, therefore, rec omme nd - In foreign mines there has been a fair proportion of South Australia -•• • • 5/. per cent. - 22 10 0 - and :a half. class ; but with regard to the disease itself, he believed tper cent. per annum (or 16s. 3d. on sidered highly objectionable, the Hon. G en tl eman after the rate of a business done. United Mexican has been in demand, Union of Australia.... 61. per cent . 25 0 0 25 0 0 - laid u p on th ( it non- contagions. For although many cases might ace) be declared, amounting to 105,972/. 4s. 7d, and went on to propose, that the accountants and Ditto some of and several transactions closed. In Alien, Co ' piapo, - together, and •6/. per cent. - 2 10 0 St. Union of L0nd0n..... GI. percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% be produced of several dying in the same house, leaving a balance to be carried in the next half-year of the principal proprietors should be requested ~ , John del Dey and Australian b buyers have been found, Union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 - No evider these were all clearly exposed to the bad circumstances 2,687/. 18s. Bd. to attend an aggregate ' meetingof railway and bargains effected. _ "It now becomes the duty of the directors to make a which produced the disease in the first instance. officials to consider the best means of se- INSURANCE C 01VIPANICES. observations on the increase of the share capitaladduced. Last week, in his own practice, a child was seized few • cu • the bestauditofrailway dto dividend this half-year as compared with the ring late at night, and a few hours afterwards the woman entitle - - further stated that the legal Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. jury, it was ul a last.expenses of the (From the United Service Gazette.) attending it took ill also ; but both were living in Annum. Share. The capital now entitled to dividend is ... £6,521,368 company had been greatly reduced and liquidated, C - adjourned to : house exposed to the most noxious odours from an HATHAM GARRISON.-During the absence of Colonel - The capital so entitled upon 31st December while the company was in the satisfactory situation S . £ a. d. £ s. d. open privy at the back door. He had never seen any anps( n, the Commandant, on leave of absence, the Albion .. 10 0 0 50 0 0 75 last was ... ... ... ... ... 3,707,335 of having no schemes to submit to Parliament in the command has devolved upon Colonel Sir Frederick Alliance Brit. and •••• For. • 711 3 4 i 5 • 6d a & bs 500 10 AN ACCOU case where sporadic cholera extended itself. His ex-0 0 Ii 0 0 - --- next session of Parliament.-(Cheers.) It only re- Smith, K.H., Royal Engineers. Several cases of Ditto Marine.- •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5o o 5% AND HIS V • which had been extensive, led him to say es • • perience, es the additional amount, therefore, entitled to rosined for hitn to mention that a great saving would cholera having been reported to have terminated fatally titla'' • ••• • that almost invariably, in nine-tenths of the cases, dividend this half-year is ... ... ... £2,814,033 shortly be effected in the maintenance of the permanent in Chatham - British Commercial -7. per share . 50 0 0 50 0 - 5 , Rochester, and StrooJ, on the evening c % yet involved • lericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 cholera was preceded by diarrhoea. There were cases, " The shareholders have always been aware that, . of Sunday las t , the whole of the troops in g arrison Count y way, and in order that the proprietors might however, without this precedent, and these almost From the terms under which they have, from time to have been prohibited entering the towns, except on dut •cr `'vn •••••••• • • •• •• 143. 50 0 0 50 0 - form some idea of what that saving would be he and sentrie s Eagle • • •• 6a. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5N e way Compan3 invariably ended fatally. He added that these last time, resolved to make their several issues f 11 o cap a , have been placed on the upper and lowerheated in th( would just state that a contractor had undertaken to d _ , Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 1' were cases to which he was always called away about this large addition to the amount entitled to a dividend I 'cl raw .ri ges, near the Ordnance Gun Wharf, to pre- European Life ••• • •• 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All - that l• paid. 15 On ine, three or four in the morning. would arise at this time. It has already been shown keep up the permanent way between London and vent the men passing out. This is a wise and salu- Family Endowmrt Soc. 4/. & bs. 100 0 0 40 0 - space of a two Mr. HAWKINS said hie experience quite confirmed that there is an increase of 37,251/. in the net revenue Southampton, including all the new lines, fur 17,5001. tart' measure, for it has been ascertained that two Freemasons' .• •••.• • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 a 0 0 - of 4 000/ 'what had Linen from Mr. Hicks as to the non-con- of the present half-year, as compared with the corre- a year, which would effect a saving upon the existing soldiers of the garrison were drinking in the house g l e ', L e e i e ee ..; • -- - 61. per cent. 100 - 122x.d ' way 51. 36 10 0 as y,, y,, was guard. I tagious character of the disease. For instance, in spending six months of 1848; and, consequently, it is to system of no less a sum than 30,000/. per annum. where the case of cholera terminated Wally on the very Imperial Fire . ••: •••• •••• :: 121. per cent. 500 0050 0 0 220 - vice, and was one house where the father of the family was seized, ' the increase of capital now entitled to dividend, that Mr. UPCUFT said he was quite convinced that evening of the disease breaking out in an adjoining room. f ili n d p e eri n a i l t Li ju re • 41;7: l2s. s 100 0010 0 0 15 took place in the diminution of the rate of dividend is to be attributed, the public would never have confidence in the under- One d of the Royal Marines, when on duty as sentry on Law7ire Y .. • a ..... ...... it, sh. &b . too ( 0 ) 0 0 13 t) 0 i - 2u ___as no clue cot an infant at the mother's breast was removed to an- and not to any falling off of revenue or increase of ex- taking until its affairs had been thoroughly investi- -61 night, attacked by cholera, and died in a was Law Life..........., 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - mail, suspicioi other house that the mother might attend to her few hours aY after.order of Monday last Legal and General Life By a garrison , Fire- 50 0 0 20 0 4% wife. here i pense. gated by a committee who should be entirely Melee 10s. 25 0012 10 0 16 , , husband. She was afterwards taken ill of cholera, " This ca ' • • ' capital, it will be remembered, consists firstly, di P of the rectors. the whole of the married men, of the various corps L on donn --•• •• in Ldon Sh'D 10s. 25 0012 10 0 1614 some months and the child which had been removed was seized of new 501. and 40/. shares (created under resolutions garrison residing out in the towns, have been ordered • ' i- -'• - - Inn, at Taunt Mai hie - ........... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9Y q Mr. SMITH wanted to know when the proprietors into barracks ' likewise. But this was a house with a drain of the passed by the proprietors on the 7th of December, 1844), and by a subsequent order of Tuesday, &tee. envild&Gen.niee 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% appeared. TI of w ere likely to reap any advantage from the it,. troops rational Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - u worst character behind it, and in front was a tan- on which, and the tenths (created under resolutions W . •• . -.-- in garrison, together with the women and undergoing in yard ;so that what way soever the wind blew, the the proprietors, passed 29th August, 1846), the first goods traffic ? He was afraid the coin- • Siptional Life children, are to be medically inspected, each day, with a La h adi „ re uf ', 2 B/ per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - 5!.. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2109. dismissed, in 4 efflavium that went through and through the house ' dividend, payable from revenue, was to be calculated pany . would never derive anything from that view to arrest the progress of disease, should it show Pelican - _ _ the same time was so offensive that a man had to put a handkers from the Ist day of January (or July) next after the traffic until they adopted the system in operation itself among the troops in garrison. Z'aceaix - - 141 connected wit opening of the Waterloo Extension, that is, on the Ist on the London and North-Westernand South • THE OFFICERS WllO DESERTED FROM THE CHM- Protector Life..... 54 er 20 0 0 10 0 - plunder. In chief to his nose. There .had been one victim in the Provident Life • - • P cent. 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 January, 1849; and, secondly, of such amounts as have Eastern lines, and became their own carriers. DERS.-A Court-martial is ordered by the Admiralty to Rock Life............." Life.... - - while staying house adjoining it on the left and in that on the b . been called upon the Thirds (1847),under reso- e CHAIRMAN said that question (created The C • • had been in- assemble at Devonport to try Lieutenant Graham and itosee Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock. - 200 The rumou right, but none in the others. His practice led him lotions of the proprietors of 17th November, 1846), on vestigated by a committee of directors, whose report Mr. Elliott, Master, R.N., late officers of the Childers on S`ll2 li l t:t ire • • e •• • • •••• • • ' • 6/. 10s. - - 203 Manning's cot daily into lodging-houses where he saw two or three 30 th December, 1848, and 30th March, 1849. would now be read. certain charges arising out of the desertion from that univer e s l ai f esite .• •• ••••• it. 6s. - - 44 10% pr cnt. 100 0 0 90 0 - were subsequ beds in one room, continuously occupied, without 4. To avoid misapprehension, it is right to remark The report - sloop, when at the Cape, by the Lieutenant, he being Victoria Life .-".• •• - 51. per cnt. - 40 0 4% the Spring a bad effects from a case of cholera in one of the ad- that the item of 52,1631. 13s. for interest, in the capital commanding-officer at the time; and on the part of the years' trans p, sent system but the committee had not pursued joiningbeds in the same room. There was one case expenditure of the past half-year, includes the payment . air to Master for quitting the Childers with Lieutenant Gra- DOMES. White Hart, i the matury to a sufficient extent to enable them which he had been attending, where the patient re- of interest on the new 501. and 401. shares of 1845, and - ~ham, he being under arrest at the time. picion, that ii covered from collapse, and sank into a state of fever. the Tenths, to December 1 Iga . to decide whether it would be advisable for the com -3 31st, __ _B, such paymem, TORRES STRAITS SURVEYING EXPEDITION.-The ar• Name of Company. Dividend Amount per of Paid. Price. business, Affir being, by the terms of the creation of the shares, to be Pany to become their own carriers. rival of Mr. M'Clatchie, lato assistant- surgeon of the Annum. Share. coming up t( The woman nursing the patient had no fear whatever ____ ____ borne by capital until the shares came in for dividend. Mr. BAKER thought there was something wrong in Bramble, gives us information of the past and future opened a beer of cholera ; but having mentioned fever to her, hex 0. d. X 8. d. Capital thus bears no portion of the burden of interest the goods system, or the returns from that source movements of this expedition. The Rattlesnake and her East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. but this place found on his return that the nurse complained of sick- . - 134 Which i s chargeable on the revenue of the past half- would have been more instead of less than those of tender had completed the survey of the Inner Barrier Hut Countr - 21 was abruptly ness, and had evislently caught fever. This showed route from Rockingham Bay .to Booby Island, and were London ........Cl.pr cent. Stock. - 115 year; while the revenue is charged with the interest on the London and Brighton Company. taking with 114 the effect of fear. a large unproductive expenditure. Mr. ALEXANDER KAY, a member of a deputation ola the eve of sailing(April 15) for New Guinea to resume Ditto Bonds.. ••• • • 41 p er cent St. Katharine .... • . 4 . P.- per cent. Stock, - - _ 80 was done at Dr. HUNTER LANE said, having used every means, " The directors therefore have satisfaction in being appointed from Manchester to attend this meeting the survey where it was left off by the Bramble. Mr. Ditto, Scrip.... ...- - pared a home on occasion of the outbreak of cholera, in 1832, at able to refer to the report of the auditors, showing that hav i ng he di t blamed and strongly censured _t _ directors ors 9 M'Clatchie has brought home with him the charts of the Ditto Beads - 4%1 , pr cent. - metropolis. 1' South Sunderland, to become acquainted with the disease, the capital . account has not been burdened to augment for inner passage. We suppose they will shortly be pub- Southampton •• .. •-• 21. per cent. 50 7) 0 50 71 0 ---: who had drive the ex,travagant guarantees they had siven to lished. Mr. M'Clatchie went out in and having extensive experience afterwards at Liver- the amount applicable to dividend-a point which has re-. 1842 under Captain III3LXXIGES3 up matters, as tributary lines proceeded to ask the following ues he believed i he could cite many cases that went cently excited a more than ordinary degree of anxiety . . , P . gq . Blackwood's command, when the Bramble was than and eventuall 3 pool,tons :-Pirst, can the capital accounts of the lines to the Fly, and has thus been absent more than seven Name o f A.-m " among railway proprietors. Company. per of Paid. Price. murder was to show the disease was non-contagious, and many "The branches from Guildford to Godalming and completed be finally closed ? Secondly, what allow- years in an arduous service, and one necessarily at- Annum. Share. day. thatserved to - the reverse.He then mentioned prove Farnham, and the loop line to Hounslow, will be opened ante do the directors receive from tributary lines ? tended with many privations. The scientific gentlemen - - From circus that at Liverpool a woman lay in the hospital in a X. s. d. X. s. d. for traffic during the h 25 0 0 _ little doubt e, state of collapse, and a girl bent by the bedside , seem " The company will, after this present month, there-profitand loss the Richmondand Winds or • h on - 632 12 8 - - was premediu ingly occupied with the patient; he found out that fore not have a single new line or branch in progress. 1 . P Fourth[whether G • lines .y, , now that all the Guinea would, doubtless, afford them. Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - - 3 house was a she was sucking her breast, and yet without serious 4,'. Les regards the lines now suspended, or not corn - lines are comleted, the board of directors cannot be Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 27 Mannings, th consequences following. He considered that the menced, the directors will repeat the assurance they Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - ao 0 0 24 had got rid of reduced no d e s man in director ag g appointed; and FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE condition necessary to the exhibition of cholera was a gave in November last, viz., ' that no further engage- Vauxhall •.... .. • AT. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 tion of the ft lastly, what are the liabilities and engagements of the predisposition to it; and the conditions necessary to ments in relation to those lines will be entered into until OF FRIDAY. critical; scam f t l o DIVIDENDS. WATER- O ES f th di o e large amount l ? He complained the latter were starvation, and the foul or the electri- the matter shall have been again formally sub m itt e d to company hhi were In the Country. Dividend Amount had that shares been created, which preferential tai state of the atmosphere. 'What was contagion ? the reconsideration of the proprietors, specially convened neiehbourhoo Contagion arose from the exhalation of vapour from for that purpose, and until the whole of the shareholders understood to have been distributed amon g st the di- J. Hinchliffe, Wakefield, carrier, Sept. 25, at eleven, Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. Paid. Price. e' appeared, to u the person suffering from the disease itself •; and shall have an opportunity of recording their votes, and rectors and officials, and of the pass system, which at the Court, Leeds-J. Protheroe, jun., Bristol, iron . - _ _____ _ next door, "h timber merchant, Sept. a decided majority shall have determined in favour of enabled each director to claim a transferrable pass and . lB, at eleven, at the Court, £ a. d. £ s. d. a light burnini others were affected by these exhalations according as Bristol-W. Rurgoyne Plymouth, builder, Sept. 12, at East London.... • • ...• 81. 100 0 0 - 177 the prosecution of the undertaking.' over the line. thing mysterh they had a predisposition to receive them. What was „ •.,_ eleven, at the Court, Exeter---J. D. Blake, Honiton gent . Grand Junction -.. - 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 81 At the last meeting, the directors pledged them- The CHAIRMAN said it was proposed to close the 31. 10s. 100 0 0 - 75 act was long the nature of cholera ? What tissues of the body did selves to enforce the most rigid economy consistent with entire capital • • account of the working plant in Febru- innkeeper, Sept. 13, at one, at the Court, Exeter-N. Lambeth ••• 11 - •• •• •• - 5/. 2 r . ef o r. 100 0 0 - 99 July, Manning it effect, and what organs ? It chiefly affected the the efficiency of the service. This -they have don e , an d a - • • - = . . Bishop, jun., Honiton, victualler, Sept. 20, at one, at the ry next, providing for any extra outlay by obtaining Ne, Rivr Lai 11;dg - e - 55 the ironnsonge nervous system ; it was a paralysis of the organic as the salaries and wages formed a large item in the ex- o f votes money from the from time • proprietors to time Court, Exeter-J. C. Brown, Taunton, draper, Sept. 20, vauxhan ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - West Middlesex •. . 61.0 a pr cnt, - - 99 192 chase a crow nerves. The stomach lost its secerning power, penditure, they were reluctantly compelled to reduce theat one, at the Court, Exeter-N. Baker and W. S. Ben- as the were required. and therefore it turned to exsudation ; and an scale of payment throughout the establishment, taking Mr. they G • • Sergeant ABELEE did not think that would eleven Newton Abbott, Devonshire, bankers, Sept. 12, at GAS-MIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. on the counter analogous effect occurred in the case of the the larger proportionate amounts from the higher at the Court, Exeter - told him he h digestive organs, and of the lungs acting on the blood. salaries. In determining upon these measures, the direc- be satisfactory. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. Name of Company. Divi per dend Amount of Paid. Price. one ;he there tors resolved to take no remuneration for their own ser- Sir JOHN EASTHOPE took the declaration of the J. D. Harper, Derby, woollendraper, 4s. 4d., on Sa- Annum. Share. possible, and t In the state of collapse it was a paralysis of the or- _ vices durin the last six months. The directors are chairman to be virtually that the capital account of turday, Oct. 13, or any subsequent alternate Saturday - - he gave, at tht genic nerves. In that state many means had been x. d. X. 8. d. between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, glad to acknowledge the ready ae iescencewith the company seu employed. Sometimes strychnia with phosphorous, .Nottingham. Ditto Provincial-. 11. 83. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 sent the MODE which the reduction wasgenerally met, as well as the in a solution of ether, were administered; sometimes f a . H. Cranston, Sunderland, Durham, confectioner, 5s Bristol .. ••-•• • • • • ••• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 _ - Manning at th, faithful and zealous service rendered b ever officer • k b Y. Y wor sto e provided for as I have stated.-(Cheers.) Brighton .. •... ••• • .. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 ammonia, but neither with much good effect. He • Saturd ay, Oct 13 or any following Saturday b " on • , able to do wilt and servant of the establishment, no less since than be- Mr. Sergeant GASELEE had misunderstood the„ -e e - City of London ...... 101. 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 249 offic F Mr. w had employed blood- letting before collapse, as recom- fore the reduction. statement of the chairman. What he had now stated . tween ten and three, at t he eO. ., aaley, New- ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr s h ar e' 50 0 0 39 5 0 30 pearance of th, mended by Dr. Stephens, and had found it exceed- " The shareholders are aware that a Bill was intro-castle -upon-Tyne. Equitable........ •• •. 50s, pr share' 50 0 0 50 0 0 26 that it had bee' as perfectly satisfactory. T. Grey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, schoolmaster, 3e. 9d., Imperial ••--•• • • .- 6/. percent, 50 0 0 50 0 0 606 ingly beneficial. Another plan recommended by Dr. duced by Lord Monteagle in the last session of Perlis- w ment of the I Independent .......... 6/. percent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 62% The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to answer Mr. Kay's on Saturday, Oct. 13, or any following Sat d bur ay, between Stephens was flee administration of saline injections, ment, under the title of a Railway Audit Bill. L0nd0n•........... -. -50 .0 0 50 0 0 - stones, which a ten and three, questions. The directors received no remuneration at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle in a room with the temperature at 90 degrees. This "The effect of this meausure would have been to im-- 50 0 0 50 0 - To show thi With regard to the earnings of upon-Tyne. from the new line. ..•• • •.... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 27 Xarticular) h P y t was a plan he had himself employed in 26 cases on VW , permanently on railway companies the expense and ßatcliff ..... ...... _ 51. 'lOO 0 0 90 0 0 75 adults, from seventeen to sixty-five years of age, but inconvenience of a large Government staff of officials, the lines, they stood thus- J. 0. Hogg, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, accountant, Is. 2d Southampton ... ... ... 41167,686 on Saturday, Oct. 13 or fll • e United General ....... 4361. pr cent. 50 0050 0 0 tete dinner in the I o owing Saturday, be out of these 26 cases, he had only two recoveries. and to transfer that power, which the shareholders alone London to Westminster Chartered 3/. 50 0 0 - 45 over the spot v He did not think that any one would be justified have a right to exercise, to a Government board, wantingand Windsor 28 878 tween ten and three, 'any Richmond . ... ... ... , _ ee, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New- Ditto, New •• •• -• - 12s. 50 0010 0 0 8% and when the i Hampton Court (2 miles)... ... ~. 564 castle •ut on- Tyne. - in the experience requisite for the successful conduct of in attempting saline injection more than .- Monday, to inc once, commercial transactions. The directors therefore felt Chertsey (21 miles) ... ... ... 291 NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. CANALS. because the vessels of the brain and of the heart bound, with others, it,Bill Guildford (6 miles) to oppose and the was with • .., ... ... 2,527 In the Country. ,e 1 - them in, bade t .. . , tions with the ruptured under its effect. The minimum quantity d rawn in the House of Commons. At the Sam® time Gosport (16 miles) ... ... ... 9,900 W. Pardington, Elmstone, Hardwick, Gloucestershire Names of e. Dividend' Names of , Price. r, Dividend; deceased who he ever injected was twenty pints in the course of they desire that the shareholders should have the fullest Portsmouth (9 miles) 4 900 ~„ ... ~, , coal merchant, Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-' Companies. • 21 le- companies. A .eP o er . Price. . tweetv-four hours. The Learned Doctor was about power of audit and examination; and it is proposed Salisbury (22 miles) vz Annum. ... ... ... 10,180 P. Chaloner, Clirow, Radnorshire, innkeeper, Sept. 24, -- - --- c ."-" slight tremor, t - --- to be ill." She hold a meeting of the representatives of • to proceed, hut was reminded by the chairman that to . . if diff erent Dorchester (63 miles) ... . ... 23,200 at twelve, at the Court, Bristol-Archibald Dickson,is £ J ness about six companies, to consider any further provisions are With regard to the shares Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. 113 Maccles fi eld 100' 2/ 10 the meeting was one of members of the society.held bthe directors,of N blaP • y - yet." Her coo really necessary to secure this object. Dr. J. P. 'MURPHY said that he had little doubt but old shares all paid up, they held to the extento f at eleven, at the Court, B' t 1 _ship broker, Bristol-W. o -W. H. Suter, Liver- Itrknk&Abrg 150 mi. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. - guard; and alit "In the meantime, in order to secure a thorough 576,0001., andofthe •Birmingham 35 41. z 83 Peak Forest. 78 31.185. - some foul play thet the disease was contagious, in which he thought . . f f this th cl* . examination o the accounts o ie company, e tree- , 31,000/.-(Cheers.) - stock Pool, Liverpool-J. Morgan, Liverpool, hotelkeeper, Sept. 11, Derby • •• • . 100 ~ . 100 2 6 . 1 • 2r 3 It t e o u i n d V;i ••• • 33 11. Os. 17N „,, like the police Le was borne out by the history of ite progress, „ tors beg to state, that knowing the laborious nature of After some further discussion, the motion for the at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-F. Poynter, Penzance ensLesec • hs 133 56.; 41 somrse a t e d . ; . l 85 7/10 itir there was no cl introduced fir into the seaports of England and the duties of the auditors, when thoroughly performed, adoption of the report was put and carried, and the Cornwall, attorney, Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Erewash - mei 32/: - 'Do.Lkahlt I 12 61: p. toy. - Almost imm of Ireland, and thence ramifying in regular advance and the lecgth of time which had been devoted to the dividend was declared able 1 d paya eon an ear y ay. Exeter-G. Millership, Oldbury, Worcestershire, draper, GrandJunctn 100;Stffrel&Worc 140 28/. 210 cab drove up t Grand Surrey 100 21. 30% Shrewsbury.. Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court Birmingham-J. Bent, 125 151 . - over the country. Indeed, all epidemics were conta- task on a former occasion by the present auditors, they Mr. CROKER then moved for the appointment of a jun Dudley, Worceste r shire,' ~ grocer, Sept. 11, at twelve Grantham . 150 Severn , aud 7 putting her he '2l. Os. - gious ; endemics were not-cases confirmed him. A thought it right to offer to defray whatever expenses committee to inquire into the whole circumstances at the Court, Birmingham-T. Winter, Basford, Not-: Kenut & AvL 39' 72: 6 - d. - 5% Wye Litil.s 26 quick; drive fa w ,man came up from the country to see her has- the auditors might incur in obtaining the assistance of relative to the connexion of the company with the tinghamshire, builder, Sept. 21, at ten, at the Court, Lei Leeds& Livrp 100 3.01. 325 Warwick&i Leicester.... ...• 140 51. 63% Birming, j 100 41. 57% The police, i band, who had died of cholera; she raised the coffin a professional accountant; they, however, preferred to steam-boats ;but after some discussion, in which it Nottingham. Cercstr &Nth 83 U. 45 WarwickBol „„ i on Mcinday nil lid and saw him, she left, was seized and died in 20 perform themselves the task committed to them by theboatshdb at the ease o ea been thl f thAt the Court of Review, Sept. 7. Lou4hborogh 142 701. 650 Napton. , j luu' •'`' 4 ' obtain an entry hours after. He thought it was all nonsense to say shareholders, and have accordingly done so, as their was explained J. S. Rollinson, Argyll-street,Kin '• . , Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr & ofthe Act of duly entered into under the authority the air was affected in one district and not in an- repor t explains.E. Wood tga e, Green Mntgemrysh 100 - - Birming Greenwich electro plate manufacturer 1 -•1 •• ' The maintenance of the working stock of the rail- Parliament, the motion WAS negasi y t'ved b about • kieltnMwbrylloo - - Wilts &Brks - 11. 10 picion; but al other. He contended that instead of being a paralysis A. White Wi , orne Minster, Dorsetshire, saddler way to its full efficient value has attraetsd a degree of 10 to 1. .I . _ Oni.lpv_ nirlrenheßil 1 , 1,,..1.4..n ..:-......11- rr n_.:- nf the nrcrun;r• nervaq the aI4POCIP nriorinnted in the_ _ _ _ Dr. HUNTER LANE said, having used every means, on occasion of the outbreak of cholera, in 1832, at Sunderland, to become acquainted with the disease, and havin g extensive experience afterwards at Liver pool, he believed he could cite many cases that went to show the disease was non-contagious, and many that served to prove the reverse. He then mentioned that at Liverpool a woman lay in the hospital in a state of collapse, and a girl bent by the bedside, seem ingly occupied with the patient; he found out that she was sucking her breast, and yet without serious consequences following. He considered that the condition necessary to the exhibition of cholera was a predisposition to it; and the conditions necessary to the latter were starvation, and the foul or the electri cal state of the atmosphere. What was contagion ? Contagion arose from the exhalation of vapour from the person suffering from the disease itself ; and others were affected by these exhalations according as they had a predisposition to receive them. What was the nature of cholera ? What tissues of the body did it effect, and what organs ? It chiefly affected the nervous system ; it was a paralysis of the organic nerves. The stomach lost its secerning power, and therefore it turned to exsudation ; and an analogous effect occurred in the case of the digestive organs, and of the lungs acting on the blood. In the state of collapse it was a paralysis of the or ganic nerves. In that state many means had been employed. Sometimes strychnia with phosphorous, in a solution of ether, were administered; sometimes ammonia, but neither with much good effect. He had employed blood- letting before collapse, as recom mended by Dr. Stephens, and had found it exceed ingly beneficial. Another plan recommended by Dr. Stephens was She administration of saline injections, in a room with the temperature at 90 degrees. This was a plan he had himself employed in 26 cases on adults, from seventeen to sixty-five years of age, but out of these 26 cases, he had only two recoveries. Ile did not think that any one would be justified in attempting saline injection more than once, because the vessels of the brain and of the heart ruptured under 'its effect. The minimum quantity he ever injected was twenty pints in the course of twenty-four hours. The Learned Doctor was about to proceed, but was reminded by the chairman that the meeting was one of members of the society. Dr. J. P. MURPHY said that he had little doubt but that the disease was contagious, in which he thought Le was borne out by the history of its progress, introduced first into the seaports of England and of Ireland, and thence ramifying in regular advance over the country. Indeed, all epidemics were conta gious ; endemics were not—cases confirmed him. A w ,man came up from the country to see her hus band, who had died of cholera; she raised the coffin lid and saw him, she left, was seized and died in 20 hours after. He thought it was all nonsense to say the air was affected in one district and not in an other. He contended that instead of being a paralysis of the organic nerves, the disease originated in the mucous membrane. All epidemics did so ; measles, small-pox, Egyptian ophthalmia, and others. Blood letting could not be other than injurious in a disease which separated the serum, and left a coagulated crassamentum, which the heart could not propel through the veins. Dr. BARLOW, of Guy's, was convinced the disease was contagious, from single cases he had himself known, and from the fact of its passing regularly along a street into which it was once introduced. Dr. REES, of Guy's, after naming a number of agents he had employed in treating the disease, stated it as his decided opinion that it was contagious, and that the young medical gentlemen who had courageously continued to act in Bermondsey-work house, notwithstanding the scene s which surrounded them, had earned for themselves great glory. Mr. Evvss mentioned a number of cases which appeared to him to corroborate the same opinion. Dr. CRISP, after naming a number of means he had used as a remedy, concluded by strongly recommend ing Dr. Ey re ' s ( o f H u ll) prescr ipti on , as it appeared other day in the Lancet, which principally con sisted f d the administration of small doses of calomel and the tincture of opium, administered every ten minutes. Mr. DENBY thought it had been decided in 1832 that the disease was non -contagious. He contended that diariqhm I and cholera essentially distinct, ar.l al:houzh the one might end, the h ether, it was a essential a pr ()m connectedul g a o n gri-at mistake in tho press evei : '‘ l t n o the opinion that there was any b twat'!" them. Several other gentlemen spoke afterward s of dif ferent methods o ftreatment, but Messrs. Gaz2lee and Waterworth, who clo sed the debate remarked that almosi every one recommended a different mode of treatment, tending alto4ether to show that they yet knew very little about the disease. It was then moved and carried that the discussion be adjourned to that night fortnight. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting broke up. 'the additional amount, therefore, entitled to dividend this half-year is ... ... £2,814,033 " The shareholders have always been aware that, from the terms under which they have, from time to time, resolved to make their several issues of capital, this large addition to the amount entitled to a dividend would arise at this time. It has already been shown that there is an increase of 37,2511. in the net revenue of the present half-year, as compared with the corre sponding six months of 1848; and, consequently, it is to the increase of capital now entitled to dividend, that the diminution of the rate of dividend is to be attributed, and not to any falling off of revenue or increase of ex pense. " This capital, it will be remembered, consists, firstly, of new 501. and 401. shares (created under resolutions passed by the proprietors on the 7th of December, 1844) on which, and the tenths (created under resolutions of the proprietors, passed 29th August, 1846), the first dividend, payable from revenue, was to be calculated from the Ist day of January (or July) next after the opening of the Waterloo Extension, that is, on the Ist January, 1849; and, secondly, of such amounts as have been called upon the Thirds (1847), (created under reso lutions of the proprietors of 17th November, 1846), on 30th December, 1848, and 30th March, 1849. " To avoid misapprehension, it is right to remark that the item of 52,1631. 13s. for interest, in the capital expenditure of the past half-year, includes the payment of interest on the new 501. and 401. shares of 1845, and the Tenths, to December 31st, 1848, such payment being, by the terms of the creation of the shares, to be borne by capital until the shares came in for dividend. Capital thus bears no portion of the burden of interest which is chargeable on the revenue of the past half year; while the revenue is charged with the interest on a large unproductive expenditure. " The directors therefore have satisfaction in being able to refer to the report of the auditors, showing that the capital account has not been burdened to augment the amount applicable to dividend—a point which has re cently excited a more than ordinary degree of anxiety among railway proprietors. "The branches from Guildford to Godalming and Farnham, and the loop line to Hounslow, will be opened for traffic during the present month. " The company will, after this present month, there fore, not have a single new line or branch in progress. "As regards the lines now suspended, or not com menced, the directors will repeat the assurance they gave in November last, viz., 'that no further engage ments in relation to those lines will be entered into until the matter shall have been again formally submitted to the reconsideration of the proprietors, specially convened for that purpose, and until the whole of the shareholders shall have an opportunity of recording their votes, and a decided majority shall have determined in favour of the prosecution of the undertaking.' " At the last meeting, the directors pledged them selves to enforce the most rigid economy consistent with the efficiency of the service. This they have done, and as the salaries and wages formed a large item in the ex penditure, they were reluctantly compelled to reduce the scale of payment throughout the establishment, taking the larger proportionate amounts from the higher salaries. In determining upon these measures, the direc tors resolved to take no remuneration for their own ser vices during the last six months. The directors are glad to acknowledge the ready acquiescence with which the reduction was generally met, as well as the faithful and zealous service rendered by every officer and servant of the establishment, no less since than be fore the reduction. " The shareholders are aware that a Bill was intro duced by Lord Monteagle in the last session of Parlia ment, under the title of a Railway Audit Bill. "The effect of this meausure would have been to im pose permanently on railway companies the expense and inconvenience of a large Government staff of officials, and to transfer that power, which the shareholders alone have a right to exercise, to a Government board, wanting in the experience requisite for the successful conduct of commercial transactions. The directors therefore felt bound, with others, to oppose it, and the Bill was with • drawn in the House of Commons. At the same time they desire that the shareholders should have the fullest power of audit and examination; and it is proposed to hold a meeting of the representatives of different companies, to consider if any further provisions are really necessary to secure this object. "In the meantime, in order to secure a thorough examination of the accounts of this company, the direc tors beg to state, that knowing the laborious nature of the duties of the auditors, when thoroughly performed, and the length of time which had been devoted to the task on a former occasion by the present auditors, they thought it right to offer to defray whatever expenses the auditors might incur in obtaining the assistance of a professional accountant; they, however, preferred to perform themselves the task committed to them by the shareholders, and have accordingly done so, as their report explains. " The maintenance of the working stock of tho rail way to its full efficient value has attractA a degree of attention proportioned to the importance of the subject. It has been the practice of this company, from the open-. ing of the line, to keep up, at the expense of revenue, the engines, carriages, &c., either by replacing those worn out by an entirely new article, or, as the case might de mand, by the renewal of those parts requiring it. New engines, carriages, and waggons have thus been added from time to time to the original stock at the expense of revenue, and this principle will continue to be strictly carried out in future. " The maintenance of the rails and permanent road is a subject of not less importance. " In respect to the wooden sleepers, as symptoms of decay appear, they have been, and will continue to be, replaced by new sleepers, at the cost of revenue. The rails are, generally, in excellent order. " It is to be remarked, that the present contract prices for the maintenance of the permanent way are high. This arises from these contracts having been the first en tered into after the opening of the respective lines, when the works were untried, and in some cases not thoroughly completed; a very large reduction under this head will consequently be effected at the termination of the year 1850, when the present contracts expire. When this period arrives, therefore, and the revenue is relieved from the additional expense uncler this head peculiar to the first years of a railway, it will be proper to consider what provision should be made for the expense of ex changing the old rails for n e w as the necessity shall arise for doing so. T applicatio ns sanctioned a tthe a to latmeeting, Parliament, w werehicli the successively proprie tors he prosecuted. Under the amended Actio f the last session, the proprietors are authorised to alter the half-yearly periods at which the accounts of the company have hitherto been made up; and thus a more equal division of the half-yearly earnings and dividends of the company may, when the proprietors see fit, be effected. An Ina portant a lt erat i on h as a l so b een ma d e i n th e right of voting by proprietors at general meetings, and a fuller rc presentation has been given to those whose holdings votingar s T n a h a eo l fl directors once cce omm amount, ocpraaenn lay to ho, Company's Clausestchtoh:e cp lr a ue d ds o ee p n t tt io hs adoption sa Conso l idationtorefe potofhret the scale Aw ci ttcom pany's oomu o -t f adverting Theanticipated, dividend a f n o d r the pany's financial position. Pa s t i directors, al r'e commonin is less than had proprietors generally, feel sensibly the they di with the disappointment tntme n c t i arising from this cause ; but it must be b that the company-has virtually no outstanding liabilities , nor any, obligations to other companies or parties beyo nd 'le its own control ; all the new lines in progress of con• Mr. BAKER brought forward a resolutinn for alter ing the constitution of the board of directors, whip gave rise to some conversation, in which it was urged that as the affairs of the company must undergo in vestigation by the shareholders, at no distant period, either by means of the movement set on foot by the Manchester shareholders, or some other section of them, it was arranged that no alteration should take place in the management until the whole subject could be brought under the consideration of the pro prietors at a meeting convened for the purpose. A resolution to increase the allowance of the audi tors from 201. to 1001. per annum was postponed for the same reason. Cordial votes of thanks having been given to the Chairman and auditors, the meeting separated, having sat upwards of four hours. J. S. Rollinson, Argyll-street, King's- cross, cowkeeper E. Woodgste, Greenwich, electro plate manufacturer -A. White, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, saddler— J. Quigley, Birkenhead, Cheshire, victualler—C. Oswin, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, dentist—T. Plumley, jun., Brist)l, grocer—T. Hughes, Liverpool, woollen draper—J. Bonifas, jun., Dorchester, woollendraper— I. P. Cartwright, Nantwich, Cheshire, chemist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share.. •-------• - -- A s. d. A 1. d. Australasia •• - •• • • •• 3/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritsliNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon •• •... •• • • • • • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Cammercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial.. .... ..... .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire .. • • • • 1 15/per cent. - - - lonian • . • • •• .. • • •• • • i 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lowin and Westminstr ' 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock ••• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16% Provincial of Ireland - 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40 Ditto, New.- • • . • • • B/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. ; 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -- Ditto, New. . . • • • • • 151. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia • ..• .. 5/. per cent. - 22 10 0 - Union of Australia-. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto •• ...... • • • • •• 6/. per cent. - 2 10 0 - Union of London... •• GI. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - .• INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A N. d. A s. d. Albion •• •• •• •• • • •• • • 3/. 10e. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s 6d & bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas • •• •• - British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 5 pr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Caunty ...... - •• •• • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 60 Crown - 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle . • Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 12 6 - European Life • • • • • • 4% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 15 Family Endowmet Soc. 4/. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .• • • • • • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - G 1 ,Le - 122x.d G iardi am .... - • • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49% linperial Fire •• • • • • - 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 imperial Life • • • • • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine • • • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 - Law lire .......• •• •• - 100 0 0 2 10 0 2% LAW Life ...........• 11.165. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 4% liridon Fire •• •• •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 161, London Ship . . • • •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16% limine.. ........... 12s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 9yi, &led. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 23, National Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - ti stional Life - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2109. Pelican - •• • • - •• - - - - - - l'acenix - - 141 Pt °teeter Life........ 54. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Prc,vident Life..... • •• 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 Uock Life............ ss. 5 0 0 0 10 0 5% Ltoyal Exchange 6l. per cent. Stock. - 200 San Fire ....... .. • • - - 203 Ditto Life - - 44 Universal Life.....• - Victoria Life • . - 4 0 0 4% DOCIEB. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ -- - A e. d. A e. d. East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 134 East Country - 21 London • • - 115 Ditto Bonds.. ••• • .. 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine .... • • •• 4 per cent. Stock. - 80 Ditto, Scrip ....... . - - - - Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton • • .. - - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) The amount of business which has been done lately, and the expected advance in copper and tin, have given a tone of firmness to the mining share market. Public confidence appears to be gaining, and it only requires a stability in our metal market to arrive at business both safe and permanent. The constant inquiry for divi dend and leading mines is strong evidence that the mining interest is not likely to be so disregarded as it has hitherto been. J. Jones and J. Clark,Astondantlow, Warwickshire, papermakers—Elizabeth Dean and J. J. Dean, Man chester, oammon brewers—D. Palmer and P. Hall, Taunton mews West, Dorset-square, Marylebone, coachmakers—J. Hopkins, sen., J. Hopkins, jun., and J. Peggs, Shoreditch, linendrapers (as far as regards J. Peggs)—R. Renshaw and D. Edwards, Newport, Shrop shire, drapers—J. Rylands, T. G. Rylands, and P. Ry lands, Warrington, Lancashire, wire manufacturers (as far as regards J. Rylands)—W. Jackson, S. C. Hall, E. G. Salisbury, and G. Virtue, Pall-mall, proprietors and publishers of the Art Journal and Vernon Gallery (as far as regards W. Jackson)—G. Parko and R. Parke, Whitby, Yorkshire, woollendrapers and sbarebrokers— E. Yarde and J. A. Edwards, Crediton, Devonshire, surgeons—J. Parker, J. Knowles, R. Brook, W. Gibbins, and G. Green, Plymouth, contractors—J. W. William son and 0. D. Hedley, Durham, owners of Burnhope Colliery—H. Unwin, W. Unwin, and S. Kirk, Sheffield, coal miners (as far as regards S. Kirk)—G. Cornford and S. T. Plummer, Mark-lane, Tower-street, ale and stout merchants —W. Hale and T. Richbell, Woolwich .and Plumstead- marsh, manufacturers of rockets—W. Hardy and W. Robinson, Leeds, pot manufacturers—H. A. Wildes, H. D. Wildes, and F. Smith, Maidstone, Kent, solicitors (as far as regards F. Smith)—J. Ste vens, C. F. Ellerman, and H. S. Coleman, City of London Portable Manure Company (as far as regards C. F. Bierman) —J. Lodge, J. Gunson, and P. B. Bell, Lancaster and Preston, cabinetmakers—S. Greenwell, W. Cook, J. Gladstone, and T. Richardson, Castle Enen Colliery, Durham (as far as regards S. Greenwell.) INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Enoch Percival, Kingston upon-Hull, hatter. John Havereroft, King4ton-upon-Hull, sawyer. Elijah Haller, ICingston-upon Hull, currier. George Eyre, Kingston-upon-Hull, mariner. John Walker, Kingston-upon-Hull, basketmaker. Henry Critchett, Stone, staffordshire, currier. William King, Dover, labourer. John CreffiAd, Slough, Buckinghamshire, coachmaker. John Vickers, Sturton-le-Steeple, Nottinghamshire, blacksmith. James Clark, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, blacksmith. William Townsend, jun., Cirencester, Gloucestershire, butcher. His Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Minister Plenipotentiary for Belgium, and the Countess of Van denberg, arrived on Saturday at St. Katherine's - whar f by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam - sh i p Triton from Ostend. In Tincroft there has been some considerable business done .since our last, the reports from the mine more than confirming the discoveries referred to in last week's notice. Treleigh, Trelawny. Bedford, and East and South Tamar, have bean in request, and business done. In the latter, a large number of shares have changed hands at an advance. Inquiries are also being made for East Wheal Rose, North Pool, South Basset, South Francis, and West Caradon. In Kingsett and Bedford some considerable improve ments are said to have been reported, and shares have found buyers. A requisition . for convening a special gen eral meeting has been signed by several adventurers. North Roskear, Comfort , Treviskey and Barrier, and West Caradon, ar e among the mines lately represented as improved. Shares in the following mines have changed hands since our last, viz.; East Wheel Rose, Devon Great Consols, Trelawny, Treviskey and Barrier, South Basset, Tincroft, Bedford United, Mary Ann, Treleigh, South Tamar, Tregorden, East Tamar, Tamar Consols, Esgair raT OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Compan y. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. s. d Bank of Scotland ••••• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 177 British Linen Comps:ly 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204 Caledonian Bank • • 8 per sent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/. IS, City of Glasgow Bara 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank •.• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank •-• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 163 Eastern Bank .• •• •• - • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 91. 7s Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 5% Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 25% Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Northof Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.5 s North British Bank .• Royal Bank of Scotia:lid 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 129% Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 84 Western Bank.... • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 6 2 B. Accord. Life and Fire 20 0 0 0 10 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s 6d Caledonian Fire Ilium. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 75 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% East of Scotland Life.. 10 0 0 0 15 0 95.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - llercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Scotlnd- Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 11. 63 Mercantile Life -4/. per cent. 10 0 0 010 0 ,3s. 6d. National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '2os.6d North British Incur... 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 '193.6d Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 - 3cot.Mas. and Gen. Life 0 0 015 0 I - 3cottish Union Inarnce. 6%!. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s itan lard Life •. • ... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 944 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 14s 6ct MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. a. d. X. s. d. Australian Agricultnrl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 Ditto, Half Shares.. 210 0 - Canada ... ••.• • . GI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per_cent. 89 City Navigation .... 90 Comp .Cppr Mnrs Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& b 5,21100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry 5 1 , pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 104 Gon.SteamNavigation 11.89. 15 0 0i 14 0 0 - London Institution .... 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... 26 5 0 3 Penlnslr& Orient.S tm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 5O 0 0 70% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian • 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Diemen's La 2 pd, s 100 0 0 23 0 0 1% • renry Noble, Kingston-upon-Hull, retailer of beer. THE MURDER IN BERMONDSEY LATEST PARTICULARS. The accounts which were given in the morning papt.ri of Saturday of the circumstances under which this extraordinary murder has been committed, appear to be as correct as the present limited sources of in formation will allow . The deceased, Mr. Patrick O'Connor, has been many years in the Cus toms as a gauger, which may be surmised from the fact that he received 3001. a year, and expected shortly to be superannuated. He was a person who was well known, and is described as being about fifty years of age. He was stout, of fair complexion, and generally of a respectable and gentlemanly appearance. The person who is understood to be Mrs. Manning is about twenty-five years of age, and is said to be good looking and interesting. The deceased had known her some time previous to her connexion with Manning; and while, it is said, she was in the employ of the Duchess of Sutherland. Manning, it is now well known, was indicted at the Old Bailey for his connexion with the late robberies upon the Great Western Railway, and he is, we are informed, well known to the police as a person of very doubtful character. The most extraordinary part of the circumstance is, that although the murder is supposed to have been committed on Thursday evening, Manning and his wife should have remained at the house for three or four days afterwards, and should have had daring enough to sell their furniture to a broker in the neighbourhood. It appears that Mrs. Manning went to the deceased's lodging the day after the murder was committed, unlocked his drawers, and took away all the most valuable part of his property, consisting of foreign railway bonds and shares, besides 3001. in cash. No suspicion was attached to her, owing to her being in the habit of visiting occasionally his lodgings during his absence. The house where the murder was committed forms one of three newly and neatly-built residences, one story high, with kitchen underneath, called Minver-place, which abuts on Molesworth- square, and is said to form a portion of the property belonging to Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P. The Marmings had resided at :t about three months. On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Leather Market Tavern, before Mr. Carter, to inquire into the death of the deceased, but only one witness had been examined at the time we went to press, a Mr. Welsh, a personal friend of the deceased, whose evidence went to show simply that he had ac companied the deceased to Manning's house the night previous to the murder (Wednesday), about ten o'clock, and that they remained there together about an hour and :a half. The deceased, being rather faint, laid upon the sofa and smoked a pipe. They left together, and parted at the end of Houndsditch. No evidence except corroborative of the facts already laid before the public was expected to be adduced. After a brief consultation between the coroner and jury, it was ultimately decided that the inquiry should be adjourned to Friday, at eleven o'clock. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED MURDERER AND HIS WIFE, AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS. Mrs. Manning's first connexion with Manning is as yet involved in obscurity. Manning, as already noticed, was formerly in the service of the Great Western Rail. way Company, as guard, and there is no doubt was im plicated in the extensive robberies which were committed on that line. It will be recollected that, in the short space of a twelvemonth, bullion in boxes to the amount of 4,0001. was stolen from the train of which Manning was guard. He was discharged from the company's ser vice, and was not again heard of until the mail robbery took place in January last, and, as it will be recollected, as no clue could be found to the plunder from the up mail, suspicion immediately alighted on Manning and his wife. here it should be observed that Manning had some months before become landlord of the White Hart Inn, at Taunton, where for the first time Mrs. Manning appeared. They were both taken into custody, and after undergoing an examination before Mr. Peach, they were dismissed, in consequence of no property being found; at the same time it was quite clear that the prisoners were connected with th• robbery, and participated in the plunder. In fact, Nightingale, Poole's confederate while staying at Exeter, assumed the name of Manning. The rumours circulated at Taunton with respect to Manning's connexion with Poole and Nightingale (who were subsequently convicted before Lord Denman, at the Spring assizes at Exeter, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation), proved so detrimental to the White Hart, and they were looked upon with such sus picion, that it was found necessary to dispose of the business, Manning and his wife leaving Taunton, and coming up to London, where, in a few weeks they opened a beer-shop in the vicinity of the Hackney•road; but this place lasted a very short time, and the place was abruptly closed up by Mrs. Manning absconding, taking with her the greater part of the property. This was done at the wish of the deceased, who had pre pared a home for Mrs. Manning at another part of the metropolis. Manning traced her through the cabman who had driven her to O'Connor's house. They made up matters, and remained for some time in apartments, and eventually took possession of the house where the murder was committed a few days after last quarter day. From circumstances that have since transpired, very little doubt exists that the murder of Mr. O'Connor was premeditated long before that time, and that the house was actually taken for that purpose. The Mannings, through their extravagance and dissipation, had got rid of nearly all their property, with the excep tion of the furniture, and their circumstances became critical; scarcely had they been a week in the house than suspicion was excited amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhood by their extraordinary conduct. They appeared, to use the words of the person who resides next door, " to be up all night, there was nearly always a light burning, and there always appeared to bo some thing mysterious going on." In order to show that the act was long premeditated, as far back as the 11th of July, Manning went to Messrs. Dray, Dean, and Dean, the ironmongers in King William-street, City, to pur chase a crow-bar, about 111 b weight, for, as he said, to lift heavy things up, " such as stones," and chalked out on the counter a design of the instrument ; the shopman told him he had not one ready, but would make him one ; he therefore ordered it to be made as speedily as possible, and to be sent to his house, the address of which he gave, at the same time paying the money for it (45.). The firm not being able to procure one like the order, sent the money back in a day or so ; the person saw Manning at the time, who said, " Never mind, I shall be able to do without it." It is pretty clear from the ap pearance of the place where the body was concealed, that it had been some time before prepared, and an instru ment of the kind would be necessary to raise up the stones, which are largo Yorkshire flags. To show the extraordinary nerve of the Mannings, particularly the female, she on Sunday prepared her dinner in the back kitchen, where she roasted a goose over the spot where her murdered paramour was lying, and when the police called at the house on the following Monday, to inquire after the deceased, she coolly asked them in, bade them take a seat, and answered all ques tions with the greatest composure; but a nephew of the deceased who was with the police, fancying he saw a slight tremor, said to Mrs. Manning, " Why, you appear to be ill." She said, " No, no; I had an attack of ill ness about six weeks ago, and I have not quite recovered yet." Her coolness quite threw the police off their guard; and although the nephew said he was convinced some foul play had been practised, and that he should like the police to take Mrs. Manning, they refused, as there was no charge against her. Almost immediately after the police left the place, a cab drove up to the door, and Mrs. Manning put into it three boxes, lightly packed up, and drove off, the woman putting her head out of the window, and saying, " Be quick; drive fast." The police, it appears, called again at the house late on Mcinday night, and ending no one there managed to obtain an entrance. The disordered state of the place, sheets, and bed linen being laid about excited their sus picion; but although they minutely examined every quarter of the house, no evidence presented itself to cause the slightest suspicion that such a fearful tragedy had been perpetrated. All the articles they could find they removed to the police-station, among which were two pencil portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Manning. The following bill has been extensively circulated by the authorities in all parts of the kingdom, and the tele graphs upon the several lines of railway were set in 'no tion to convey the earliest intelligence of the event to the local authorities:—" Murder and Robbery: Whereas a warrant has been granted for the apprehension of Frederick George Manning and Maria, his wife, a native of Geneva (whose maiden name was Maria Rue), for the murder of Patrick O'Connor, Custom-house officer, on the 9th day of August, and the said Manning and his wife are supposed to have stolen the undermentioned scrip of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway, dated 11th May, 1849, Nos. 48,665, 48,666, 48,667, 48,668, 48,669, 48,670, 48,671, 48,672, 48,673, and 48,674. Scrip of the Sambre and Meuse Railway, dated 3d August, 1849, Nos. 6,460, 6,461, 6,462, 6,463, 6,464, 6,465, 6,466, 6,467, 6,468, and 6,469. All persons are cautioned against purchasing any of the said scrip, Description: Frederick George Manning, thirty-five years old, five feet eight or nine inches high, stout, very fair and florid complexion, full bloated face, light hair, small sandy whiskers, light blue eyes, and a peculiar fall of the eyelids at the corners, and large mouth. Was dressed in an invisible green overcoat, brown trowsers, black hat, and wore a small plaited linen shirt front. He was formerly a guard on the Great Western Railway, and kept an inn at Taunton, in Somersetahire, in the latter part of last year. Sinc e then he kept a public-house in the neigh bourhood of the Kingsland-road, and has resided in Minver-place since Midsummer last, out of business Maria Manning, a native of Geneva, thirty years o'd, five feet seven inches high, stout, fresh complexion, with long dark hair, good looking, scar on the right side of chin, extending towards the neck, dresses very smartly, and speaks broken English. Has been a lady's maid and dressmaker. A reward of 1001. will be paid by her Majesty's Government for the apprehension of the said Frederick George Manning and his w if e; or a reward of sed. for the apprehension of either of them. And the Secretary of State will advise the grant of her Majesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice, not being the person who actually fired the shot, or inflicted the mortal wound, who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery anal conviction of the mur derer or murderers of the before -named Patrick O'Connor. Information to be given to Inspector Field,. detective police, Scotland-yard, Westminster; or at any of the me tropolitan police station.--Metropolitan police-office, 4, Whitehall-place, August 18, 1849." ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Some curious circumstances have transpired since our last reports, which involve this horrible affair in Still rnyste y. It appears that on Mi. Monday after (he ulurciered mat, was missing, a person called at his lodgings, and on hearing from Miss Armes that he was not at home, he said, " I had," and then after a pause, " some little business to transact with him." He further added, " I saw Mr. O'Connor on Saturday, and he will be sure to be home to-night." This person appeared to be about 32 years old, 5 feet 5 incites high, stout, dark complexion, black hair and whiskers, walks a little lame, and was dressed in a mourning suit, with crape on his hat. When this circumstance was told to the police after the discovery of the body, it was supposed he was an accom plice, and that the assurance given of Mr. O'Con nor's return was done with the view of gaining another clay to facilitate the escape of the mur derers. This supposition, however, is met by another fact which would render it probable that Mr. O'Con nor might have been in the City on the Saturday. A clerk in one of the railway share offices of the Eastern Counties Railway states that on the Thursday in the night of which the murder was supposed to have been committed Mr. O'Connor called with some 'scrip, and said he would want to draw about 110/. on the following Saturday. The clerk further adds that he did call on the Saturday and drew that amount. The same clerk, accompanied.by another, viewed the body of the mur dered man in Minver-place on Saturday last, and identified it as that of the gentleman who had drawn for scrip on the previous Saturday. Under these circumstances, if the person who called at Miss Armes', on Monday, be not, as was supposed, an accomplice of the Mannings, he ought to come forth, and declare what he knows. From one fact which occurred after Manning left the house, it would appear that he does not possess half the nerve exhibited by his wife. On proceeding with the broker to whom he had sold the furniture in Mlnver-place, he objected to enter the house, saying he would not do so for 20L, and waited at the Leather market public-house opposite, until Bainbridge's return. The police are now of opinion that Mrs. Manning has made off with the booty on her own account, giving her husband the slip, as she did on a former occasion, when they kept a public-house at Kingsland. He inquired eagerly after she had left amongst the neighbours, and seemed surprised at her departure. SUNDAY NIGHT, NINE o'CLocK.—During the night of Saturday, Mr. Odling, the surgeon, of Blackman street, Borough, made a post mO7 tern examination of the deceased's body, the result of which leaves not the least doubt in the mind of that gentleman that the un fortunate party was most barbarously illtreated. Upon examining the head, he found, besides the gun or pistol shot wounds before alluded to in this journal, that the skull was broken into numerous pieces. Not fewer than eighteen deep cuts were detected in the scalp, and the surgeon removed upwards of fiftec n large pieces of the skull, leaving not the least doubt, as far as appearances go, that a pistol or gun was fired at the deceased's head, and the charge not having the desired effect, a heavy hatchet or hammer was employed, and during the whole time that the unfortunate person exhibited the least appearance of life the instrument was beaten on and over his head. From the state of the stomach it was impossible to tell whether or not the ill fated gentleman was drugged, before he received such violent and fatal treatment, but from what has been discovered there seems every probability that he wad made insensible with opium ; a bottle containing that drug was foond by Mr. Burton in a cupboard, as well a 0 another vessel which had contained the same sort of poison. The contents of the stomach have been detained by Mr. Odling, in case the jury should require an analysis of the same to be made. The police during yesterday succeeded in finding out the place where the lime which was intended to destroy the deceased's body was purchased. About three weeks since an order was given by Mr. Wells, of Long-lane, Bermondsey, to :send it. A boy took it to Manning 's house, and he was shown into the kitchen, where he shot the material. At that time there was only an old basket in the place, and there was not the least appearance of anything having been disturbed. The boy was then told that if he called again he would have something given him for carrying the lime to the house. He, accordingly again called, when Mrs. Manning partially opened the door, and gave him three halfpence. A' that period there is no doubt the murderers were busy in digging the grave for the deceased. During yesterday, from inquiries made by the au' thorities, they ascertained from Mr. Hithcock, who re sides next door to the house where deceased was se savagely murdered, that the two Mannings had for some time past been in the habit of working all night. 00 Sunday morning last, about half-past four o'clock, there is no doubt the parties were busily engaged in finishing the deceased's grave. Mr. Hitchcock at that time got up for the purpose of going on an excursion to Margate , and finding the back windows opened, and persons bus,' in the building, he concluded that Mr. and Mrs. Manning were also going on an excursion to the place that be was, and ho mentioned his surmises to his wife. gts opinion is that neither Manning nor his wife have slept in the house a single night since the murder was perpe" trated. This party saw Manning on Tuesday last going under the railway arch, at the Maze, Southwark. Se was then holding down his bead, and appeared to wisu, to avoid him. Mr. Hitchcock, howev e r, b a d e hi m " goo' morning." At that time he had a pair of white trousers on, and a shooting coat. The potman at the Leather-market Tavern has given important evidence to the police. He stated, that on Tuesday morning last Manning and another man called at the house, and after remaining there some time they left a hair trunk and a carpet bag, saying they would call for it another time. The trunk was rather small, and•bad two handles to it. Instead, however, of calling themselves, they sent another person, who took the arti cles away. On Ttiesday night last Mr. Poole, a relative, called to make inquiries about the deceased, and on Sergeant Burton and Constable Barnes entering the house, they found everything in the place in confusion. They broke the front room door open with a pair of tongs, but foul nothing to excite their suspicion e xce pt th e mere fact o the parties selling and having the furniture removed. 011 looking into the coal-cellar they found a quantity of linen therein. Even then they had no suspicion that the de ceased was buried in the kitchen. Mrs. Manning, the police have during their inquiries ascertained, called about three weeks since upon Messrs. Stevens, the stock-brokers, to know how she could dis pose of some foreign railway shares. She at that period , no doubt, contemplated selling the railway scrip which she stole afterwards from the deceased's lodgings. The authorities during yesterday ascertained that 00 Tuesday, after he received the deposit from Mr. Bain bridge, the broker, he wished that party to give him the remainder of the money, as he wanted to leave town that morning. Mr. Bainbridge, however, refused until the vans were loaded. Manning then went to Bainbridge 's house, and requested Mrs. Bainbridge to say, if any 000 called to ask for him, that he had not been seen for a fortnight. _ UP;n the police searching 'the deceased's lodgings' they found a number of lett ers , wr itt en b y M rs . M an ning when she was single, signed Maria Rue. They pretended to breathe great affection towards the deceased. It was during yesterday ascertained that when Man' ning started he had not more than 11/. 10s. in his posses' sion, and if his wife does not join him, of which there great doubt entertained, he will speedily be rendered penniless. et At o'clock last night private i n f ormation was for warded to the police, which, if true, must have the effect of placing the murderers in the hands of justice during the night. RAILWAY ARKETS. LIVERPOOL, a AucusT 18. STocK ExcHANGE The transactions to-day were as follow :7; Lancashire and Yorkshire (31. and L.), Fifths, 3% dis.—London and North-Western, 127% c.— Ditto, New Quarters, 48s. 9d. p.—Midland, 62 c.—Ditto, Halves, 14% dis. — Shrewsbury and Birmingham, F r Z o farence, 10%—South-Eastern and Dover, 20% c.—Ditto, p er 6% C.—York, New cas tl e, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase)6 cent, till 1850, 3% dis. BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.— There was to-day very little disposition evinced either to buy or sell. The minds •f shareholders. as vi as of speculators, a re not yet sufficiently settled down as to the future prospects of the G reat Western and London and North. Western Companies. The impressi on i s that the Stour Talley sha re! .. must go up, and to-day there war e b u y ers at 10%. London and Nor th' Western, New Quarters, were quoted at 234 p.- South Staffordshir e ' dis.—Shropshire Union, 21. 18s. 9d. di s — Leeds and Thirsk, Prefer ence, ence, 5 dis. YORK, AUGUST 17. STOCK ExCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day have been as fe low: —Great Northern, B% York, Newcastle, an d B erw i c k (G."' L. Purchase), 3%—North British, Thirds, 3%, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 18. STOcK EXCLEANGE.—The business done in the Stock Excharlie . to-day has been as follow:—Newcastle and Carlisle. 93%—NOTtli British, 12%—Ditto, Preference, ls. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Bet' wick, 19%. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., at Chevening, Kent, the wife of the Reif- Egerton D. Hammond, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Whitmore Rectory, Staffordshire, the lady of Charles Henry Z4ainwarin, of a daughter : On the th 14 h e inst., at Broad-green, Croydong, Mrs. Fredericx James Catling, of a son. On the 15th inst., at 25, Saville-place, Mile-end-road, the wife of Mr. Richard Loder, jun., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Temple House, the lady o f T. I P ' Williams, Esq., M.P., of a son. On the 15th inst., at Holly-lodge, Trinity, Edinburgh' the lady of Octavius Undecimus Trezevant, Esq., o f daughter. On the 16th inst., at 28, Craven-street, Strand, the lady of Horace James Bell, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Mar garet ' s, W estminster, by the Rev. J. A. Cooke, William Henry otagan, Esq., M.P., i" Lady Georgiana Keppel. On the 15th inst., at the Baptist Chapel, Bridgewater, M r ' Edward Harris, of Abi ng d on, Berks to Fanny Gertrud e, youngest daughter o f J ohn Nicholls , Bridgewater, Some rse t . On the 15th inst., a t Cl apham Church, Thomas ;at, s Esq., Escott-vil ls ' Esq., of Clapham, t o Ch ar l otte, widow of the late Thomas Moore, Esq, of Drummond -street, Euston-square. On the 16th inst., at Morchard Bishop, William Frederie l ‘ Marriott, Esq., fourth son of the late George Wharton Ma r ; riott, 8.C.L., of the Inner Temple, Lieutenant in the Bombay Engineers, to F rances , e ld est d aughter of the Venerable . Bartholomew, M.A., Archdeacon of Barnstaple. On the 16th in Hea l inst., at St. Mary's, P a ddi ng ton, o f Pavey, of Lyon-terrace, Maida-hill, to Miss Shelton, Maida. hi:l, West. DIED. On the 11th inst., at the Vi carage, age d 58, Mary Ne vili a r et tile wife of the Rev. J ames P e t o , \ scar o f P re ston, n e— Faversham. On the 12th inst., at Devizes, aged 44, William Bayntun, eldest son of the Rev. Henry Bayntun, rector Bromham, Wilts. Suddenly, at Spondon, on the 14th inst., Antonia 1 1 ; ' rietta wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Cloves, of Broughton Ol d Hall, Lancashire. London . : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN 1 °f 12 . Na 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Office, No. . Strandin tho Precinct et th e Sf.roy, in the coun ts 67 liliddleaex, Monday, August 20, 1849