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OQ .... 1'v ......4 ' ' k COltp t.,°f DIRECTORS of the EAST S:settir4 o - r Y n , El P:ItE BY GIVE NOTICE, 7 N,in'Yeti ji i a u s Pted Shares of Donation Botta g ranted g ~.. 1 the .., unnah during the cam p ai g n of 1851-2 by th ;„;11-:101:17:73:::-Ganeral k,. 1 h 1 , ,0 the o fn ee of India, in Council, d at ed 13. the name seamen, and marines of her -day, An d ' f iitillse .,e trappileationat tb wi e 11 be paid to the several , -• 0 Military Department of o ,,thonotaM• be Tile 13 ' 111 . 1 , 1 i, JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. overetiell i' w h ich 441,6, r ca r i e s ' 14 : 1 garr ikftT SMITH'S . MONT BLANC rii; 1 44 , 2 ' " ,o'clock, aef, 6d to I f ,N., T s. ; 0 ,,,,,, ,, L and Every Night (bat Saturday). 7cl tO TO 11e es 41 4e, " ! (14 7, lil is. The Morning Representations te killly. Y, and Saturday, at 3 o'clock.- fat, 5 . d', i t ,, 0 ,1 .kin , 4u 4 ; j°l7 . . e::l 4ll eitT la 'Y be CONSULTED by bah Afie till eal 'r a private nature, before 2 King . 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NOTICE. 11, Ch h , 'Lu II:FAL LIFE ASSURANCE 0 ,1 h err liZet retr sOCIETY, e a ag e t i MI 141 110,t4 St. James's-square, London. sy, s - w o , " 4t t Ze•st, l o tai m i lr'Act of Parliament. i o for , ~ -, i, 1 Illej,Dreh,._ ll •Tig a foal statement of the Society's r. c hesp , 63s yo Ir e , 11 1 , e .74 1, ,, !51ve. plan will appear in the " Times" of I . red, .lip.ft DZlti ~j4 b ritl i T t ; tant, comprising assurance of hesithy bd. ;g; fi . 34 Neil',qth assurance , on healthy and disensed lives, endow- na ; 0' b i j ta . 4 ilser es. railway passengers' assurance, „ v , Om. .re' - 61$ v -- N'The. 3 . P iNRT RALT ER, Managin g Director. Odd to oi 4o ,_ A 'Ai ES PULS FOR Tl, S ecretary. ,lo b,„'? o re will be glad to communicate with gen- , , 74 . ti ng e c onnected with an Office that they can 1 4.‘. aplAe!r connections, and, teeing that, will 04 010 0 , -m htlie j 7:f . ) . 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" L eIEDS.—To be peremptorily , , : 01 , i ol te Akk„ an Order of the High Court of II 1 0 ., j2 / 4t,,..t0 v.i, oawftit • Mickelthwait," with the approba- G ho. , ,rie ,1 1 74 ., 0 3.1 C 0 ,21 -- iILA " kl ik oot tke _ _ the raid cause is attached, by Mr. , 2 1 , a persott appofnted by the said Judge, 0 - , 00l ii 1 444, lit th Yof F EBRUARY,' 1855, st Three o'clock 001 FP , k ii,',44,....., a Royal Hotel, in Leeds, in the county of I 41 t - , %Vile " 41 1(1 ao too 4 N. els t, a ls,ih ~ la gs , end Ground, situate in Mabgate Feb ' g ,„ , ree4 4 _rie county ill, York. slP' kittekCL Papsr M , and Paper Stainer's Mann- , ...• i ~ p v N. , eie :et; Leeds, all late the property of The- . 01 04 ' t vl atrk . and traditions si a tri ., oditions of sale may be had (gratis) in ' , , e ,, 1 ? 8 and Son ,• solicitors 13, Great James- nth • t i § ,, Be i i e ‘ ~ - 4 etsrs. Johnson We;therall and Sons, tail ; .fl , 6, erwalk, Tem ple •Of nes-rs id-dale and' kr raea-b, ' " • tail% tiN.;10,,, 1 6 t 661 %. tot e .. !I -square.; and of Messrs. Holme, „ ,; 1 1,0 1 .; 0, SitpC to ,* New-inn , Strand ; and in the on; ,[o ' i 0 .04 0,. , Oat, ~„eroo solicitor, Barnsley aof Mess-s , k,, 4 To r -oci tors Leed •of 'Me.srs. Leeman and i -1 ..„," n t1i k, t i Per i ;of NI , a .5 i' .l "i tr t - ge tt. , • T r. Birks solicitor, Heminglield. near \ ILter. Bar nort solicitors, Barnsley ; of i , - -t, v s' „ o ptte ' , +the Pro perty Harrison, . e auctioneer, ; and at the place 4 , 4 1 may be seen. ~,, op' kit, ~„„,,,t,.., N,,,4, I N 4 kit, —` Gof 'MERCHANTS, ilivo l ' tiltst, , 0w1,, TE ,„, , Aetn a 4,1 the pother Inhabitanot the ORT and TRADE of LOND 'N , held " i•.. 1 I , 'l ' ' "ftter.l ace on Wednesday, the ,14th of Feb- „ v olt: ,01 , ~ 4 1 4. . ii,.. a. , , .• - • i ... ,?' iki ° ,_c ), nALL E 5" 0 '', k 0 ; 41tbpi SCI ,in the chair, ~ ..0) , 1, t , o km K BESLEY, Esq ; seconded by W. M. d o • p l , i, 7s h T Nolved /ell' ko ofes Of 1.0 - That the attempt now made by the rapte", it , 'lt t i t. ,lrr o p,.._ ll l l Un to proctire the repeal of the ex- ri ..* 4 l,g ~ .tr Vi4n . Acts, is a direct breach of faith with vo w' T;01 ; ; ', 1 , ,t, , ,Ni . : ) , 4r,,ti e ,', ,, m of the express conditions on which ~ ,ytt,t , 1,3,1 43 .ry were conceded to them, as well 'as of ,ot Pt°, \ , 1 , i 7 1 , 64 or 't ' ‘"4 common law rights of the traders of stn •'' 1 1 l It it ' ' k kiN : I ' ISI/ 4 ...•'' 4,!tlo nt i / Nrcnorsorr, Esq.; seconded by Jolty ••• ~'. .1 ,i 44,bt , moons' teat , '''‘ Irr• a till `4trNlb;,'t oath -,,,.." That it is the opinion of this meet- o paple; r tth N'Ose " B oard of ['rade, as charged with the tolli he tl). °Nit sill - s :Att, kr t i ei ttr , aw l , ,e true interests of the commerce and pool •'' li tt t : qt, kti : l oc hn :_9' to interpose on behalf of the public r ~„.„,,,„,., on the rrivileges of the . Port; and „ rt:!' , 1 ~t4:,..zl),°,t,,l,lt,t;l:t,l,tokeilllleti.:oz4ti,,,ssoofcalthleedenropwonn,, in the esienrtverateosrsts of toe' k„ ~,zy...„,, t ;liii,e .2 , 111 e against the contemplated exac- ts/ 1 s ~, ,I ' th e 'XI I - 'N',,., "1t4 3 1 „ • .f to p ,otlw eq l „'ee t .„4q , ), IlLow, Esq.; seconded by H. C. ano l it w c l 'eso L PZe lv ed as 1 0 . 1 ' ~1 " opk , title, thcile e ,': - That a deputation from this meet- '• • " le i a\ j is t io qe. 4 .'esti l lt` it e President of the Bo .rd of Trade, OV: 4 ep 41, 1 ( 3 +4)4_3. le .1 1 i tT, to communicate and enforce the airl ) :4o A. - I f t he q w, ''' tit their influence in opposing the us e- 0 ~.% ▪..• • . # 4t i I tttr °, 11,, apolitan District and'Home Conn- .' .S/ , requested to accompany the. De- stasP` 1 11 ° Lte, IV. J. HALL; Chairman. d row si ottOr ° if '10,.. , PREplt. BENLEY, Treasurer. 1 6 A , /et o p., SIDNEY SMITH, Secretary. 111 • - ,•0 1 --• 1 4, 1855. - -- ;„ a 110 ff p1 1: 10 4 4t, Ot - Ah e A p h .4 b . o o!listo'' , 4 ki d , 41. 01 4 . ‘,. i ' l "ri. PRINCE Ausnitr. ire "'' Vtv, 4 TteEt , , ''lLks i ni ,, , s, h. "sth INSTITUTION.— . 4 , ' ,\ lb,i,, , t'r. - 'RI inst., DRAMATIC READING eO5" 'tbittxtFottrAN, L. IK. k rtio.r.' X01•,...`" ... LECTITREq ..., i t. JAl' ' ' . i," ki r • , te 0, •• by Dr „... • ./. . - t it , P lr lt, • .osicsuorrosa. 'A ' e. , tie, ..PEpp,. hy invisitte pexformers os if WO, - ~ r t , •-•.., b/ 0/1 .-•;. , Eg. 4 'euctA n ` l - 4 4 of the 'VOYA(3ES of sisitAt I. 6•Zi t4 • St. •. t A,, 4 GU - N., which now Discharges 200 halls pen Ic' . i 11) 6 , 4 4i,,k1i The yards of Caledonia, by Mr. and Mis, I N "ie ) , 1 1 :orden, Mr. Waud, and the Royal Folytechnh )6L - ' . ' , I of America. I st. i' ll ol, s kili,, ist• i ' ` w i r '') CA ) et. , iI IL I )4 '/ .l t•lt - SINO ARGYLL ROO ns.— ~,N, •1•,, , OtOtti., 4 ili h . , 1855 -During the course of this weal oat- 't,' t e llot t rlish t i„P,laYed by Laurent's Orchestra :-Over Ot• 't 1' '''t,,,, , A0.,' , „'' . 1,,,,;' - Waltzes: Wellen and Wogen, Strauss oeto th, l ', l , 1)1 . 1 :ols t,„ , ArZ t .._ . 44 ; Vermahlung's Toaste, Strauss ; ' ,1 • 1 81n,Z, , ,,11.,,,„_1. t c,' % al da . 7enise. thy ilesire), H. Lau pit- lop , tfir, t ,,,%, ,`,llkt. Drincipal performers; Quadrilles ost• , 'l4 ~.uroe) ''''' IA . , ' 'rent.- h .-eh , Il eh , , ln th , oilier d • Or (first time), Bon ost. „wejit - otrie ( ‘tqay . „; Lucia, Pinney ; Schottische •ost. ,sire frin e igton ( ,__"rst ti t :, rolkai : La Musette (first time) oat. I •ilti t lo t o AO C o ,:' - ot it i ,.,',o), Bousquet ; The Zouaves, H p 1 1, 15 1 44 t o 'net..4 i T.'), Streather ; Gallop, Les Guides 'lC ks 81, 4° ,,J8 o n . b e (Mt .- a - 1 4 ton, M. Ilocourt. All informs "It.' 42 4t - p ri ” . at the music repository undo '-% - r , Eight ; commence at half-past. oat* r, , t 'tql kAR q ef t: , 310 /f 'l l 4 41 4 I. otia • - ri ' , 44 4 , 4, 101 et ed by Royal Letter „t,, „, .he n , aeore Co y the Seals of the Ecole d 'l 'lth 'Wax '`Rft3 -Pa rial lege of Medicine, Vienna. pets k ri :tine . ,itllkth, No. 1 10t• \NI& who` frore .l°era tatorrhosa:and Exhaustion of th E s t ' 'l. "i4 t. °r eam 44 Ars eXcas see, accident, or climate. 0., p l / 4 'a t, - Y etr -• oilted entering the married state b, Too* 1, ki, , s she Title. it is invaluable. \ N ~,„,,, ,, t „, s tmAii •100" *lth °I tae or tine; day s, co mpletelyand entirel btit of tZ kil 4n e I) l 'ardersich ap. ad Cubet C i . ti ',2op tita T t ithlots for, to the ruin of the healt \stel) ° NL t he "n aP ll Stt . \ ‘le ti , til gti Ren ted t, L ,°rl or ... I .IIIY. for that class of Disorders, whit klt Fogg y' ‘, l ‘ .io t 'Ao tt `he D i ti `e'llt treats with Mercury, to the it sk . tly .N , . el e anzio nt s constitution, and which all tt, i ti 7 ,li:lle; it 2 a ,' lernotre. 4, g )l t tt ,: . 4 41 quiiittiegs 3' are alike devoid of taste or 'smel At' \ : \ s ., et et t ste,„_,• They may lie on the toilet tab • O f rS .... $0 'll;_qi,!! 4,, i .••e74- t e , d Ot ‘i tik Nin. , ci te.,-,,niv.. free by post, 2s. extra, divided in• 10 k . ‘ ',1t:,;Y11 4 - Qo a les a i r M by Valpeau; Lallemand, Ron: 40° t -i- Of i 1"0,i0 e! " 1.1 0 4 and Retail in London of John iton. 6 oat „so )0 11111: O.1.4 , h *D 4 O,i 1 , 1 1 e1" .%:: "I gtIs f r d 4 - 6,l7a t rire i tl i s d t Market-street, g la r' nch f' es . to n ; og r- . 1 1 ,_,, N.,„l , llate, Bolton ;J. Priestly. chemist, 5 [Oa f ' h nseuer'',l7,lltoi/selier, 15, Westmoreland-atree % L-streat Station to ail parte of Load,,e, - '4)k,, t I) LACKWILIA, on the arrival of the Po °4 l 4t, the Fenehurch-street Station. '.---_______ Strzfoars. A c a t Fen- . 4 !: 13 5 i 0 .2,1 church 3". 0 ,0 "Y Street, '. B g i) , I -... ~... it ____ __.... ,\- - it - - - - -...... N. clld , 14 ci t Fore Cabin. Salvou. 4 11 44 1 11 ond „,atk v ,.„ on•• ........ In. .. Is. 24 . Vq .411 42 1 4 4 1 1 a L0nd0n...... Pi ( k ..., if it e or Wooli o,•lveerrti odtate months, 5,, t. k o t . o : had of th( Terrace Pier, Fore Cabin. S ...103. .. Is, rieh sd. .• Os. 1.. 6d. .. Os. Os.; Six Months, Collectors on bo, [raTesend. , 31. Os. ; )ard the ,I' A 1 ki ) , k t i,„o„ VQ° l e i t 'tlk °f th 1;,:) . 1, In t g of mi „?, Cot N T R I.— pet t N., fe t 4rllle r "' s tets' ways. Every one else of the stslslLlt,illtnSt'4, 14 0 . Must work the people still press—we /'0 ' l tOst - "e cl ' am°3s Dress—the samples of art for kr v,44 ar e and "In g Which never el.ewhere can ap t ‘'o,l 4 1, IlatitheaPer b /tyk r %Vitt I leitte , H osier 5' far than comfortle's, coun poi; Boots the strongest and be,t 1,1, 1 0,.. ' 1 s kn o rl ever i,1,/,:9isllee.trit,t_wn, have eihed. E. Mows and !-'ox, a Wholesale Department, the ~:,111,.: tl .;.,.; ....., g he 1:: :‘ , and merchanti, and emigrants i'11k15,),4)41:,,,5i0,'1.°th,„7 etiii,alli_ Vll'tz, t ,: i licAttti Marc; can do. ;\ ~"!/t 410ree; et.OsEt:ll%ss, E. MOSES and SON'S 6 i, i , t ,, , wh en t , _a EIGHT O'CLOCK ETERT „ o t t, on , , entt ._ 'icy will be *pen till ILI o'clock. ~ i t 'V , ,R e en ' l av,„. ,°"N regret having to guard ,he "t k ' t s, t k ba st 'st' ar tled that the antradesman lik r.)t) l ,,, n _sy b gel . th their Establishment," or ': It' e s , i1tc:10.. .,, t , .crteJ to in many instances. and far 't tt '4l a s ate i,,k P, I tit. "IT Tate that they Sli,'htt.lbt,,,.. awe 1 ., rim tums. have kst, t ,h•ohtrien:siabliennto. • IN Oa OOT OF LONDON, , ylfutki4lll3lSita `. '54 IR,`nts, as follows : ‘,milf,,oti_tree,sa,,C the a n --. 156, and 157, Minories, 81, lkil414',.",111;;," all e'„,606, 50,17.,c14:11 communicating, t i t ,oi t ll . Ig 1 trai4Plillil..., . New Oxford-street, l, 2, 'sh al lra - 4 a , 12 and NAN Nn t s Branch',ate. 2 O, .Bridge-street. SI/VA IN '' Nt ' - 4 i t / ut hie; 11 / 4 ' 6l bourn . o,2,,Sh rle 'ra.) (;', /l attErs ?io A 'sl u ai s r tr s, al F i v a .;riers, Boot &I'd k t,,,,z7`1104td ° Sld en ti Zlitere a r , ~,,, ,111 4 ' 1 1 . 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I'HE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY oat published, price 2A., illustrated with cases; free by post for 3ts stamps, %TER - WO Cr S DEBILITY; its Causes, Symptoms. and Cure.—An Essay on Sper -atorrhcea, with Practical Observations oa a safer and mere :iccessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative • stem, obtained by the use of the Microscope In detecting and '-tinguishing, by urinary examination, the real 'Anse and effect of ;•ery variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, •••ces4cs, accident, or climate. followed by practical rem-trks, founded n jwonty :rears' e,tpert.r.ce in. the 'treatment of Impuissance ervons spermatorvbesa, Sr.c. To which e added, Colimbniwies on 'the •Physfology - of -Marriage, with pre .utionary hints on the evils emanatpig from empircal practice, ra on the ingesnam rems,dieti_Advoated 13y various writers ea see important diardors. By SAMUEL Li'MERT. M.D. 37, 11 Ig DFO r, D-S Q RE, LONDON, Doctor of Modicine„llatricniat:4(l Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honarary itember of tho Iondor: Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apotb.ocaries' Hall, London, tel., &n. The essential object of this treatise is to point out ihs fearful con quences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, bids have pronuced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man c,orl, and premature decty at ail stages of Life, than, perhaps, asy , ther class of disecse known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is srticniarly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts ol -heir physical condition,. and who are conscious of having hazarded he health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is _ _ _ - It Is absolutely necessary thatail men should blow, that there art rinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without eurrlng grievous penalties, and when visdoni and regret succeed heyday of inzoo siderate self-indulgence, how these penalties ay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, d how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, 'set there f.r.searcely any degree, of physical infirmity or functional erangcment to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. chcA tither has for a series of years been engaged In an extensive ractice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have ,nforttmately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant rmpirles, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place with in their pretensions. 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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF • SCOTLAND.—The re port of the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland to the Board of Trade on the agricultural statistics of Scotland for the year 1854 has been presented to both houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty. The report, dated from Edinburgh on the 23d ult., is most favourable with regard to the general success of the in quiry, the Scotch farmers, as a holy, having at once recognised the importance and utility of the measure, and afforded every facility in their power. The result of the inquiry appears in, certain tabular statements, from which the following general information has been extracted. The gross total extent of land under cultivation in the vari ous oeunti-s of Scotland amounted to 12,616,3461 acres. Of these 168,216 acres were under cultivation of wheat, 207,507 of barley, 932,994 of oats, 3,809 of rye, 18,118 of here or bigg, 37,702 of beans, 6,1691 of peas, 13,4421 of vetches, 433,9151 of turnips, 143,0321 of potatoes, 1,9461 of marigold, 1,218 of carrots, 1,395 i of cabbage, 6,6701 of flax, 1,4291 of turnip seed, and 26,1281 acres of bare fallow. The extent of land in grass was as fol lows, viz.:-1,427,7901 acres of grass in the rotation of the farm, 1,207,1011 acres of permanent pasture, 69,2561 acres of irrigated meadows, arid 6,530,8421 acres of sheep walks. There were ale 130,5831 acres of houses, roads and fences, 830,7301 acres of waste, and 413,391 acres of woods. The live stock of Scotland included 156,595 horses, 292,365 milk CORP, 438,334 other cattle, 205,172 calves, 3,360,289 ewes, gimmers, and ewe-hogs; 1,426,946 tups, wethers, and wether hogs, and 163,683 swine. The grass produce of t'ie 32 counties was as follows, viz.:—Of wheat, 4,841,499 bushels; ,barley, 7,639,601 bushels ; eats, 33,854,319 bushels ; bore or bigg, 537,250 bushels ; beans, 1,080,921 bushels ; tur nips, 6,372,189 tons; and potatoes, 523,383 tons. The average proiuce of wheat is from 22 to 36 bushels per mperial acre. PUBLIC PETITIONS.—The list issued on Wednesday by the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Publie Petitions includes two against the Epis copal Estates sill, from general meetings at New castle and Gateshead, and from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury ; four petitions against throwing open the trade in licenses, signed by 380 persons ; 35 peti tions for a repeal of the duty on newspaper stamps, signed by. 12,486 persons; 58 petitions for an altera tion of the mileage duty on carriages, signed by 58 per sons ; 2 petitions for the adoption of the decimal coin age, signed by 290 persons ; a petition from Mr. David - Urquhart, for inquiry into our foreign policy and our diplomatic relations with Russia; 6 petitions for pro hibiting the use of grain in the manufacturing of intoxi ' eating drinks, signed by 1,640 persons ; 5 petitions from public meetings at Lewes, Bury, and Oldham, for pro hibiting the sale of such drinks; and 62 petitions in favour of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill, signed by 4,768 persons. The Licensed Victuallers of Lineolo, in petitioning against the carrying out of the resolutions of the select committee of the House of Commons for throwing open the trade, state their con viction that from the late act for closing public-houses on Sundays from half-past 2 to 6 p.m., and from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Monday morning, " great inconvenience has arisen, not only to numerous excursionists in the summer season, but to thousands of the middle and working classes, who cf necessity require refreshment at a period during which, by, the recent act, they are prohibited from obtaining it." The inhabitants of Port Glasgow, on the other hand, in petition ing against the distillation of grain, contend that it is an " enormous waste of the bounties of Provi dence," and " a wanton destruction of human food for the production of materials wholly unnecessary either as articles of diet or as beverages," in sup port of which opinions they cite the testimony of Sir B. Brodie, Sir J. C!ark, Dr. Neil Arnett , Dr. R. Bright, Dr. Chambers, Dr. F rbes, Sir W. Burnett, Dr. Hol land, and 1,700 medial practitioners, to the effect that " total end universal abstinebce from alcoholic liquors and intoxicating beverages of ail sorts would greatly contribute to the health, the prosperity, the morality, and the happiness of the human race . The petitioners also enunciate an opinion that, under the present cir cnmstanced of the country, the operations of brewing and - distilling . ard " wholly unwarrantable, alike injuri , OM to the people, and insulting to Providence,': ) .. / ,;. / • '."-,'. ....", i f . , ',', , • ' : ...„.• , ' , 1• 0 44.-. . , i ' ' e 1.14- ' : : •1 4 ' '''.''' ",,r -, ', --' /N . • _ L.--- • 6- • •-• t• .7 z , I 4 t - 1 ' ~.v.-7-., ,', , • all' - 21t 4t .. ( ~,,, .• e ,s. 4....?. F_ &... ..,„t.: ~.. , ~ It . .' ,11 1 ,i - '• -, •"?'" ' ' - ', 4 r -' 411111110" . ;;r. l'irkr: i . • n'S ', ' ... '- - 4 ' cp.,6'., '''',.._.'" .-- v__ , ~ ( 2.. - _ i _., , ~ .., . 4i , f ' _,,, 15: 's_.,..' ": r . .. , 'Y'''.: !.11' • l' i ' .-:0 ' '' . '' • - -''' . aTt? ' ‘ s ' - 4.‘. ' 14 . E i ~"' ..,,' r , ` - ci• - .....,4' ' 'tr' . ..,7.0fZtE-1. 4 ' • 0 ROIT ..Q,. ' '' ' - * ~, i \ ''' e'....'" .. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16 1855. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The thirty-ninth half-yearly general meeting of the Great Western Rahway Company was held at ON Paddington sta tion yesterday. There was a large attendance of shareholders. The chair was taken by Mr. Charles Russell, the chairman of the company, The usual formal proceedings having been gone through, The CIIAIIMAN said it would have been observed from the accounts that it was not proposed to declare a dividend larger than that which was paid during the last, half-year. The company had suffered in' its revenue from the war and the high price of provisions and other necessaries of life, which had diminished railway travelling and trade, so that the re ceipts for the last half-year only very slightly exceeded the receipts of the last half-year of 1853. At the same time there had been made against the revenue several very heavy charges, which were wholly of a temporary and transient nature. Amongst these charges was 27,400/ , for defi ciency, arising from the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury lines, ordered by a resolution passed at the last meeting to be charged against the revenue of the half-year in which it occurred. During the present year such an improve ment had taken place in • the tra is on these lines, that, there was good reason to hope that this deficiency would shortly entirely disappear. Another charge was the loss of 4,2301., resulting from the union with the South Wales Rail way. Another charge, amounting to 7,7501., arose from the reduction made by.a very stringent award in the armunera: tion for the mail service on which the directors had calculated. Only one instalment of the claim remain to be settled, and this charge would, he hoped, soon be obliterated. These charges against the revenue of the half-year -amounted alto gether to 17,0001. ; but the directors had the satisfaction of knowing that they were in process of certain, rapid, and early extinction. The interest ut on the cost of construction of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, and of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, had, from the dates of their opening, been charged against revenue altogether. On these lines there was yet no goods traffic, and the passenger traffic could not be completely developed until this company bad obtained a certain and continuous communication with the north. By the completion of the latter of these railways, and the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies, much progress had been made towards the completion of this com munication. For its further promotion the directors were negotiating an arrangement with the Birkenhead line, which would be submitted to the proprietors of this railway at a special meeting, to be held for the purpose in March next. The difficulties which had occurred in connection with the Wilts, Somerset, , and Weymouth Railway, with which the old proprietors were ill familiar, and similar difficulties in the north, had greatly increased the cost both of the northern railways belonging to this company, and of that line, and had imposed upon this company the necessity of taking powers for the raising of additional capital. Had it been a matter of choice, this was not the time which the di rectors would have chosen for such an operation; but it was a matter of necessity, and they had no option. Although it was neces:ary to take power for the whole amount at once, it did not follow that the stock would all be issued at the same time. The directors would issue it in such amounts, and at such times, as should be most advantageous. The sum proposed to he raised would enable them not only to complete the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, but also to lay down a mixed gauge between Oxford and Basingstoke, which they were under Parliamentary obligations to do to complete the Paddington station, and to increase, as it was absolutely necessary they should increase, their station accommodation on the line to Bristol, and as far north as Wolverhampton. With the completion of the Wilts, So merset, and Weymouth Railway, they would - have finished all the works to which they were ',pledged, and haVe got through all those difficulties with which they had been struggling for the last eight or ten years. They'should have secured their territorial position, done much to protect their western traffic, created a new traffic in the north, and have opened communication with the ports of Southampton, Wey mouth, Plymouth, Falmouth, Bristol, Liverpool, Milford Haven, and Birkenhead. He (the Chairman) had 'always been of opinion, and had always expressed that opinion, that the time when they opened their northern lines and the Wilts, bomerset, and Weymouth lines would be a time of trial. They were now suffering from that pressure, and must for some time continue under it ; but when they had passed this difficult period, was it being too sanguine to hope that they would then derive a large accession of traffic from these sources I Within the last few weeks the directors had been engaged in remodelling their traffic ar rangements. They had secured the services of a very able and experienced traffic manager, Mr. Newcombe, who had entered upon the management of the northern district with the amplest possible powers. They had made similar ar rangements in regard to the metropolitan and western dis tricts, and he hoped that they had thus provided the means of a vigorous and energetic administration of the goods traffic. The most promising circumstance was the friendly relations which had recently ben established between the London and North-Western Company and this one. (Applause.) The object of the arrangement which had been made was simply to provide that the charges of both companies should be mo derate and reasonable, but remunerative, and that a stop should be put to the spirit of reckless competition, which ruined shareholders, and was, he believed, prejudicial to the interests of the public, by rendering it impossible that com panies which were rash enough to act upon such a principle should conduct their lines with efficiency or safety. To these principals the directors of the company could have no hesita tion in giving their; adhesion, because on them they had always endeavoured to act. They never retaliated - upon the South-Eastern for obtaining, by means of extravagantly low charges, some of their traffic from Reading, nor had they at points where they had come into collision with the London and North-Western endeavoured to divert traffic from the lines of that company by extremely low rates. (Hear, hear.) There never was a time at which they would not have entered into au arrangement with the London and North-Western Company upon these terms. The arrangement which had been made between the two companies was in his opinion cal culated, if carried out in a judicious and considerate manner, to prove not only advantageous to the great body of railway proprietors, but also consistent with the soundest principles of commercial economy, and conducive to the attainment of most just and most rational objects of public policy. The SECRETARY read the report, of which the following are the essential parts :—" An analysis of the traffic manifests an unusual stagnation during the last few months in railway business of every description, the income from each section of those railways which have been long opened for public use proving in 1854 to be nearly identical in amount with that of the co rresponding half-year in 1853. During the half-year, 29 additional miles of railway had been completed ; and although the time has been short, and the disadvantages great under which they have been opened 'for traffic, there are satisfactory indications of prospective benefits from them. The Wycombe Railway, of 9] miles, was opened on the let August for the conveyance both of passengers and goods. The Radstoke branch, of 8 miles, was Opened, I for the transmission of coals only, on the 14th Novem _ _ ber ; the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, of • 04 miles, from Birmingham to Priestfield, and the railway of 14 miles beyond Wolverhampton to the junc tion with the Shrewsbury line, were opened for passengers on the same day. It is already known to many of those inte rested in the prosperity of the Shrewsbury lines, and with much satisfaction, that the ruinous annihilation of all profits in respect of those railways, so long existing, has terminated since those undertakings have become the property of the Great Western Company, by mutual agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company; and that the competition for traffic is for the future to bo carried on at moderate but remunerative rates -the only method, as your directors have always represented, which, in their opi nion, is calculated to insure both to the public and the pro prietors the substantial benefits of a fair and enduring rivalry between'two independent systems. It will be perceived from the accounts thht, as anticipated under the circumstances so fully explained at the last meeting, your revenue is still en cumbered with a heavy loss for those undertakings. In or der 'to secure the economical and harmonious transaction of business over every portion'of those continuous lines, it has been deemed expedient to undertake the working and man agement of the Birkenhead lines, extending in ,one direction from Chester to Birkenhead, a distance of 16 miles, and in the other direction to Walton, near Warrington, a distance of 17 miles towards Manchester. The principles upon which that arrangement has been based are to secure to the Birken head lines all the traffic which shall pass over your rail ways, and to give to them the entire profit from every source of their revenue . ; the Great Western Company being satisfied to undertake the expenses of conveying and managing the traffic, at a very low percentage, in order to prevent interruption to their business by want of uniformity, of system, or by obstructive misunderstandings and disputes. The Birkenhead Company are to have secured to them a minimum amount of gross receipts, with a definite increase as already explained in the circular; and the Great Western - Company are to have tho optiOn within five years of taking the lines on a perpetual lease at a fixed annual rental. The directors recommend this arrangement for the sanction and approval of the special general meeting. The lease of the Cornwall Railway conjointly to the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Companies, under the powers of an existing act of Parliament, has been suggested as the best means which can be afforded to that company for raising money to insure the completion of their undertaking, and primarily of that portion of it between Plymouth and Truro. It will be remembered that a mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench rendered the completion of a railway be. tween Bradford and Bathampton obligatory upon the company, and that legal proceedings, having a similar ob ject in respect of other lines, were only suspended upon an undertaking from this company to apply to Parliament for extending their power to raise additional capital, and for a prolonged time to construct other portions of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Resolutions of the proprietors, from time to time, confirmed those proceedings ; and the act to raise the additional capital and extend the period for making the lines (which was submitted specially for approval at a meeting of the company) received the royal assent during the last session. The time has now arrived when the exercise of those powers must take place. The cir cular with the accounts has described the position and extent of the additional lines of railway which will be thereby brought into operation, and it may be mentioned that the moneys to be raised by this creation of shares, together with the balance in the hands of the company, will enable the di rectors to complete all the expenditure to which the proprie tors are pledged, by Parliamentary enactment, for new lines or Works connected therewith. The repayment of advances already, made from capital, in respect of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, by means of the said creation, will s laying Oxford Basing stoke, r cover the further cost of the Paddin g ton station, which is estimated atthlesou,aomoow gaugel., a swell between a s o f sidings of and will complete the various improvements and ac commodations contemplated on every portion of the Great Western lines as now opened up to Wolverhampton. The only other' augmentation to be made by the vote of proprie tors, will be for additional locomotive stock, needful for the new lines referred to, as well as for an increasing demand of plant over the Great Western and South Wales Railways. Theso requirements` fir new rolling stock will not be less than the sum of 150,0001. over and above the sum which has been expended, and which already shows an excess of nearly 106,000/. over previous votes. Under the provisions of the Amalgamation Act, 1854, six directors were added to the Great Western Board ; one of that number being nomi nated by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., of his own right, in virtue of a priviege conferred upon him by the Shrewsbury and Chester Act, the other five being selected by the two Shrewsbury boards, and the whole number now con sists of 18 directors. The retirement of fiVe directors of the united board takes place at the present half-yearly meeting, when Mr. A. K. Baker, Capt. Bulkeley, Mr. J. W. Miles, Mr. Henry Siumonas, and Mr. John William have annynneed their intention to stand for election. In consequence of Mr. Haswell's retirement, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn has exer cised his privilege of appointing himself to be a director of the company. It is the ptovince of the proprietors to settle and determine what shall be the remuneration for the united board of management ; and also to fix the proper allowance to the auditors fel. undertaking the examination of the ac counts of the Shrewsbm7 and Birmingham and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways." The CuenotAN moved the reception, adoption, and circula tion of the report, which was seconded by another member of the board, Major COURT objected to the adoption of the report, be cause it had not been circulated, and , the directors sought to raise additional capital to the an:cunt of 250,0001. The assignment of war and cholera as reasons for the smal;ness of the dividend wcs all humbug. The net revenue for 1854 had exceeded that of 18.',3 by 65,0001., hut this bad been cap tured by the Shrewsbury and South Wales line. They had declared diVidends at the rate of 3 per cent., but had only earned 21. 16s. The bans for which the company would have to pay soon had been called for by a profuse and lavish expenditure, (Applause.) There was not one scheme which had been originated by the directors of this company which had not reslilted in a loss. (Applause.) During 18;4 the company bad expended 1,600,0001., from which they had re ceived not a sixpence of profit, and from the greater portion of which they would never obtain any. I n regar d to the Wilts," Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, be complained that the directors had never laidliefore the shareholders the agreement with that company, nor any information - on the inflect. Had they done so, he believed much of the loss upon that 'head might have been Raved. It was originally said that the line would cost one million, but it had really cost three millions. The SECRETARY explained that the agreement with the Wilts and Somerset Company had been repeatedly submitted to the shareholders of this company ; and, also that the line would not cost so much as the honourable proprietor had represented. Major COURT said that his error arose , fiima, want of infor mation. The SyrnwrAny read ft pnragraph of the circular which ac companied the accounts to show that necessary information had been given to the shareholders.. Major &nay moved, as an amendment upon the original motion, that the report should only bo received. Mr. C. MARSH seconded the amendment, and recommended that the direct , ra should have the assistance of a committee of shareholders in settling the arrangement with the Birken- head Company. He also inquired what was the rent now paid for the hotel; and gave notice that at a future meet ing he should propose a resolution providing that of the retiring directors one should be ineligible for re-election with in five years. The SECRETARY said that the rent of the hotel for the first year was 1,0001., for the second, 2,9001. ; for the third and fourth, 3.00 q, ; and for future years, 3,5001., which would be V per cent, on the cost. . , . _ Mr. H. FINER complained that the company was paying too large an interest upon its mortgages and debentures. If th e recklessness of the directors in taking new lines continued, there would soon be no dividend at all. He protested against taking any new lines, or the perseverance in a Course which had reduced the dividend to its present small amount. The SECRETARY / Said that attention had always been paid to boiTowing money at the lowest possible rate. Mr. L. DAvis •advocated the proposed capitalisation of a portion of the debt, as it would thus be allocated to proprie tors of this company, and not to strangers. The traffic of the South Wales Railway was increasing, and he believed that at a future time that would be a highly remunerative line. Great improvement was going on in the revenue of the Shrews bury lines, and he believed that the receipts from those lines would, in the future, be still further increased. Looking at all the circumstances connected with the position of this com pany, ho believed that their affairs were now at the worst, and that they would go on progressively improving. It was too late now to cavil at undertakings which were the result of proceedings adopted years ago ; and ho understood that the money now proposed to be raised was part of it (600,0001.) to repay an old debt, and the remainder to complete *the works as far north as Wolverhampton. - The SECRETARY said that this was so ; and added that no new works, except such as would be paid for out of the sum now called for, were contemplated within the district south of Wolverhampton. Mr. AVERY said that no good reason had been advanced to induce the meeting to decline to adopt the report. The "la vish expenditure" which had been objected to against the direction had arisen out of undertakings all of which had been sanctioned by resolutions of the shareholders. Much of the expenditure had been occasioned not by the reckless ness of the direction, but by the Parliamentarygposition of the company, and its being obliged to execute all the undertak ings for which it had obtained powers. It was essential to the future prcsperity of the company that they should strengthen the hands of the directors to carry out the lines now in course" of construction—(No, no, no, and interruption)--and to de velope their traffic upon them. The Hon. C. L. BUTLER attributed the unfortunate state of the company's affairs to the incompetence of the direction, and announced his intention of moving a resolution pledging the meeting not to sanction the making of a new line, the lease of an existing line, or the increase of the capital, until the rail way was in a position to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. At the same time he said that he did not object to the increase of capital proposed in' the present report. After a little further discussion, ' " The CHAIRMAN urged that, as most of the information, and I that of the most important character, contained in the ro pOit nod been pao vlO Ußly 511 iTvi by the accounts or other documents, there was no need to have circulated the report prior to the day of meeting. In reply to the observations of Major Court, lie defended the board from the charge of having been guilty of reckless extravagance." What was the position of the company with regard to the four undertakings which would have imposed the heaviest burdens upon them In respect to the Oxford and Worcester Company, they had strenuously refused to ac cept liabilities which it was never intended they should undertake, and the consequence was they had no ar rangement at all with that company. With the South Wales they had a modified agreement, from which it seemed pro bable that they would reap a profit. With respect to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, and the - northern lines, they were yet in a position to speak only of the cost, and had not yet experienced the benefits to be drawn from them. Since they embarked in those schemes in the years 1846 and 1847 the directors had entered into no undertaking except the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies. The directors had given their most strenuous exertions to the in terests of this company. They had never sought their own benefit from it, but had made that which was right the rule of their conduct. If the shareholders were not satisfied with them, he knew one, and he believed there were many others, who would be exceedingly happy to resign his trust into their hands. Major Couwr disclaimed having intended to impute any want of honesty either to the chairmatt or the directors. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN said that at their last meeting the proprie tors voted a sum of 175,00J1. towards the Metropolitan Rail way. If that railway were completed this would, he be lieved, be one of the best investments which this company had ever made. The question having been put, the amendment was nega tived, and the resolution was adopted by a largo majority. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was de- dared. The retiring directors were unanimously re-elected; and Mr. John Williams was elected a director in place of Mr. (Disapprobation.) James Haswell. The CHAIRMAN then moved that, in consideration of the in creased duties which had been cast upon the'auditors since they accepted office, the allowance to them should be in the directors, expressed un creased from 1001. to 15d1. per annum each. The resolution was seconded, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. L. Dells moved thi increase of the allowance of the , and suggested that NdviirTlelinietgnocrsenssAufrontmrsrle,:ecinOivOe/ihstoeolpa3ra,goreotooalfi.i increase the amount to be voted should be only 1,800/. This suggestion was received with a general expression of satisfaction, q,nd the sum mentioned was unani mous ly Voted. The Hon. O. L. BUT LER then moved t h e resolution of which i h t e w h a a s d a g eoo ive n n de n d o . Th e CHAIRMAN express ed a fear that the resolution, as tice at an earlier stage of the proceedings, and worded, might injure the property of tho company ; and save= ral proprietors ur g ed its withdrawal, on t h e ground tha t it might d eff o e i c i tag! this meeting could Mr. BUTLER decli ned to withdraw the res o l ution ; and after n w o o t u b l d i n b d e some discussion, an amend ment, moved by Mr. Dews, that it s hould not be put, was ag reed to. fpurotudremotnivese, oafndnomgi On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the sums mentioned in the report were voted for the completion of the Paddington station and the supply of rolling stock. The meeting was then made special, when The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution authorising the raising of additional capital.to an amount not esooeding 1,325,0001. in shares, which was seconded and agreed to. ' The CHAIRMAN moved another resolution, authorising the directors to conclude, in conjunction with the South Devon and Bristol and Exeter companies, a lease of the Cornwall Railway. He explained that the object of this arrangement was to enable the Cornwall Company to float their d e h en . tures,-without which they could not completetheir lino. The completion of this was of considerable importance to this com pany. According to the terms of the proposed arrangement, the associated 'companies were to work the Cornwall line, th e first receipts of which were to be applied to pay the interest upon the debentures. The second charge upon the receipts would be the repayment of the working expenses, and until the companies working the line had been reimbursed the money advanced for these no dividends would be paid upon any shares. The amount of liabilityto be incurred by th e Great-Western as to the interest of debentures - and working expenses w as two-ninths of the capital ; and ther e was no probability that it could sustain any loss. After a short conversation, the resolution was agreed to, and the meeting, after voting thanks to the chairman and directors, adjourned to Thursday, the let March, for the pm, pose of considering the proposed arrangement with the Bir kenhead Railway. new office, the LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. re-eligible, offered themselves The half-yearly general meeting, of the proprietors Of this Waterloo -bridge r a e t cei t y k e e th co e m re p p a o n d y's for pre ceding half-year, to declare a dividend, to transact the gene ral business of the company, and to fill up vacancies in the direction occasioned by the retirement, under the p rov i s i ons of the act, of Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.F., and the Hon. Ralph Heneage Dutton, who, being for re-election. The chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Chaplin, 3/I.p. The minutes of the preceding meet in g havin g bee n read and confirmed, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said that their neighbours, the Brighton Company, usually met on an earlier day than the South-Western Company, and th e chairman of the former company had remarked that by thei r earlier me eting they usually set the key by which other meetin g s we re attuned. That gentleman had certainly given a most dolo rous tone to his last meeting, by stating that the s hares of the company had fallen from 108 to 98. Now, he w ished to i mpress upon the shareholders present that they wer e p erfectl y justified in taking a more cheerful tone, an d instead of playing the dead march in Saul, they might almost sing, " 0 be jnyfur— (laughter)--for they were about to receive a clear and honest 5 per cent., and to take their place amongst the first-class railways. (Cheers.) When the receipts for the half-year ending Dec., 1854, exceeded those of the corresponding half year in 1852 by 56,6001., and when, in fact, there were no encampments, naval reviews i or other attmtione to acceunt for that increase, he thought no one could doubt that the increased income had arisen from legitimate traffic, and that the affairs of the company were in a satisfactory position. Although the receipts had increased so considerably the addi tional expenditure, notwithstanding the high price of many articles, had not exceeded 5,4701. The Goal traffic on the line was most encouraging, as would -be apparent from the fact that of the 56,000 tons of goods carried 36,000 tons consisted of coal. (Hear.) Some persons might imagine that the in crease in the receipts of the company was accounted for by' the war. The company certainly had derived some advant.ve from military movements and the. conveyance of huts ; but , he believed if we had• been at peace the traffic would have increased to a considerably larger extent. The requirements of the Government had materially interfered with the con tracts at S,.uthamptou, and deprived the company of a great deal of mail communication and merchandise. In fact, there had been a positive decreatie in the traffic, so far as South ampton was concerned, and therefore it was quite clear that the increase which he had mentioned had taken place gene rally over the whole line. (Hear.) • One of the items in the report was a sum paid to the steam-packet department for the purpose of keeping up the stock, and, in addition to that, it had been found necessary to order a new packet to afford the necessary facilities for parties wishing to visit 'the Paris Ex hibition, and he believed the shareholders would not object to the payment of 2,5001, for that 'purpose. (Hear.) At the last meeting it would be recollected that he promised to give a more Octailed account of the requirements for the plant, but he found it exceedingly difficult to foym a comparison with any other s line on that subject. One line was found to be working 200 or 300 miles of its own, and 100 miles with another com pany, from which they did not derive any revenue. Other lines had the work done for them, and the arrangements were so complicated that scarcely any comparison could be drawn from their proceedings. But he found that the South 'Western Company, iu proportion to its revenue, had under charged in every instance with the exception of the Bristol and Exeter line, which was a trifle lower, on account of the facilities afforded that line by the Great Western Company. Now, with respect to the capital account. Inst2o.d of tie directors telling the shareholders that they would close the capital account, they would engage that in any matter re quiring any considerable increase of revenue, nothing should be charged to capital without the previous vote and sanction of the proprietors. (Cheers.) In each case a proper esti mate should be submitted to them, and they should have full Control over the matter. (Hear.) He would now call their attention to the North Devon line, better known as the Taw Vale line. Thu South-Western Company had been told that . _ if they subscribed to the extent of 30,0001., they would be asked for no more money on that account. - The line had been completed, and was now at work, and producing a revenue in which the. South-Western Company would participate next week, but, like many other railways, the Taw Vale was defi cient in funds, and they now required an additinall c ill of 21. 10s. per share on the 7,080 shares held by the South- Western Company. He did not see how they could resist the Call ; iu fact, they would not be iu a position to claim a share in the dividend without such payment ; and, therefore, he trusted the shareholders would at once consent to pay up the call, which was to be a final one, and then the shares would be paid up in full. (Hear, hear.) The next subject to which he wished to call the attention of the meeting was a bill which had recently been introduced into the House of Commona, the reasons for which he was about to explain. A line was required from the Crystal Palace to the west end, and a bill was passed during the last session for the construction of a line from a new station in Victoria-street, and also from a station at Battersea -bridge. The Brighton Company had as sociated itself with that enterprise. The scheme •had not pro ceeded with the vigour at first contemplated. Some discus sion had taken place, and it was thought that if the Brighton Company were so desirous of adopting that line, and re quired a west-end termini, the South-Western Company and the Dover and continental traffic required' the same convenience. It was clear that a west-end terminus was essential- to the success of the Crystal Palace. Now, the South-Western Company had a large piece of, land unoccu pied, and they had always considered that it would be neces sary for further improvements ; and if the Brighton Com pany and the South-Eastern Company could make the Water loo terminus a terminus for the west-end traffic, it 'would be most desirable to do so. It would give the South-Western Company 4i miles of additional traffic over their own line, .and must be much cheaper than the construction of a new line from Clapham to Victoria-street and Battersea-bridge. (Hear.) The South-Eastern Company were now competing with the South-Western for traffic to Guildford, Godahning, Farnborough, and some other places. Now, if that company and the Brighton Company would consent to land their pas sengers at the Waterloo terminus, it would be absurd to com pete for the traffic lodged at that terminus ; and the South-, Western directors, considering that such a project, if carried out, would be beneficial to the shareholders of the company, had thought it desirable to apply to Parliament for a permis sive bill. He could not say that the project would terminate satisfactorily, but the directors wished to be in a position to entertain it ; and intended before going further to take the opinion of the shareholders as to any agreement which they might be able to effect with the other companies. Under these circumstances ho trusted they would excuse the direc tors for having gone to Parliament without their previous sanction. (Hoar.) Now, with respect to the Salisbury and , Basingstoke line, the bill introduced contained fifty-eight sections, fifty-six of which related to the internal improve ments of the company, and were intended to place it in a more satisfactory position. These were matters which did not concern the public generally. Now, with respect to the com pletion of the line into Salisbury, the directors had agreed to go from their terminus to a place called , Fisherton. They rr rriirod t.. t otaa‘Aauov Yeovil and Salisbury, and they had been unexpectedly met by an opposition in Parliament by certain parties accusing the South-Western Company of a broach of faith, and a want of that honourable conduct which ought to bo pursued by a company. Having had charge of the bill, he was expected to lay the matter before the shareholders, and to ascertain their wishes, iu order that they might acquit themselves honourably before the House of Commons. Those gentlemen who had been conspicuous in opposing the bill, had stated that they did not wish to oppose its progress, but they wished it to be postponed for a month, iu order that the matter might be considered and the result reported to them. The chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. A PROPRIETOR complained that on certain portions of the line there were a great number of unnecessary trains, and suggested the propriety of running a less number at more convenient times as a means of saving expense. Mr. PUNCHER, after expressing in - strong terms his disk). proval of the recent decision of the House of Commons, said he trusted the chairman would state his sentiments with re ference to the Dorchester extension. The CHAIRMAN said that he had fully expressed his opinion during the discussion in the House of Commons, and read to the meeting a report of his speech on that occasion. Mr. PUNCHER complained of the amount paid to the au ditors-3001., whilst the auditors to the North-Western and Great Western Companies were paid only 1001. He wished to knew whether the auditors had examined the items included n the sum of 7621. for petty disbursements, and also whether they had looked into the account for the 40,000 letter stamps. Mr. elms said the auditors certainly had not ascertained exactly the number of postage stamps used. If they had entered into such an examination as that, their time would have been so fully occupied that they would have been unable to attend to any other matter. Every item of the petty dis-. bursements had been fully examined. With respect to the amount paid to the auditors of the other companies, to which allusion had been made, they were more honorary auditors' than anything else, and the accounts were made up by other parties. The t expenses incurred in making up and auditing such accounts was more than 1,2001. (Hear.) Mr. Ambrose considered that certain members of the House of Commons had taken a most unconstitutional course in opposing the bill now before Parliament. very bill ought to be judged per se on its own merits, and the course which the house had adopted amounted almost to a denial of jus tice. (Hear.) For the purpose of strengthening the hands of the directors, he had drawn up the following resolutions, which he would now submit to the shareholders for their adoption : " That the shareholders of the South-Western Railivay Company have learnt with great surprise that certain mem bers of the House of Commons have obstfucted the second reading of the bill now before the house relating solely to the internal affairs of the company, on the ground that the share holders had refused' to adopt a pledge made by the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., late chairman of tho company, to a committee. " That the shareholders consider that their late chairman, when he gave the pledge in question, ought to have stated to the committee that the opinio ns o f the shareholders were greatly divided upon the subject, and that he could only give the pledge required of him subject to the decision of the shareholders at large, to be ascertaiped at a meeting under the Wharncliffe order. " That the shareholders highly approve of the speech of Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., their present chairman, on the motion for the second reading of the hill in question, in which he stated that the objections of the shareholders against extensions had increased fivefold since 1853. " That the shareholders conceive it to be the duty of _ _ the Legislature to decide upon the merits of each bill per se as presented to them, and that they ought to consider that shareholders are a fluctuating and ever-changing body, and that it is unjust to visit upon the proprietors of 1855 any supposed errors committed by those of 1853. " That the meeting considers that the conduct of those members of Parliament vsbo are trying to force upon this company an enormow2ls , expensive line, against the opi nion of a great majority, already declared in the mode pointed out by the law, to be most unconstitutional, and the shareholders hereby express their firm determination to adhere strictly to their non-extension policy, even at the risk of having the bill now before Parliament rejected." Mr. PUNCHER seconded the resolutions. • The CHAIRMAN intimated that the resolutions could not be entertained until the report should be disposed of. Mr. HELPS said he was a total stranger to the provisions of the bill which had been referred to by the chairman, and ho thought the shareholders ought to have been consulted before its introduction into Parliament. The CHAIRMAN observed that the discussion with the Brighton Company had taken place within the last three weeks, and there had not been time to call the shareholders together. The object of the directors had been to get the bill into the House of Commons without loss of time. Mr. CASTLEMAINE inquired if the passing of the Salisbury and Andover Bill was absolutely essential to the completion of the line ? Mr. BIRCUAM (the solicitor to the company) did not exactly know whether he ought to answer such a question. The di rectors deemed it desirable to go to Parliament ; but be could not say that the bill was an absolute r ecessity. There were certain lands near Salisbury which the company required, but which they had not a compulsory power to take, and it was thought expedient to pass an act for the purpose of obtaining that power. At present the company had not pewer to get this land to enable them to keep their engagement and open the line in August, 1856, There were landowners in the way, and the difficulty, perhaps, might be got over in the shape of a fine, for these lands must be obtained. (Hear, hear.) A PROPRIETOR expressed a hope that the South-Eastern Company would be. parties to the arrangement under the per missive bill to which the chairman had alluded. The •Citeinmes said he should be very glad indeed if that were to be the case. (Hear, hear.) The report was then adopted. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, clear of income-tax, was then declared, payable on and after the 26th of February next. • A resolution was passed authorising the directors to pay the call of 2/. 10s. to the North Devon Company. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. The CHAIRMAN then read the resolutions which had been Proposed by Mr. Ashmore, the first of which had been modi fied by the itution of the word " opposed" for I I 01). 4 - e--__ .4ariii4r //,r,/ , 4t oiti t t ,,, •-- - ' 7:- . 3C'l / . t. ' 4 .'" .-'•• ~; l ---; '4 I - ~,, 4 ...... ,-., ,i , J V A ------....,.. p.- ✓ , ,1p ~/ , . s z , • . z 11)RicE SD. struetcd ;" and the last by the substitution of the word " un tpual" for " unconstitutional." Mr. Tax took exception to one phrase in the resolutions. Mr. b eott had been distinctly authorised to give a pledge—(no, yes) , —and that part of the r e sol u ti ons w hi c h referred ntoo'hains‘L'lduct in that respect was not true. (Oh, oh.) He was presen t a t be meeting when the authority was given to Mr. Scott. (It , a'as a packed meeting.) No, it was not a packed meeting. It ~as a meeting fairly summoned, and fairly repre sented the shareholders. (No, no.) It was fairly summoned. (No, no.) It wail fairly announced. And what followed ? There was another public meeting, at which Mr. Snell spoke distinctly in favour of the pledge. (No, no, and yes.) That meeting Cumnimonsly authorised Mr. Scott to go to Parliament and ,Give the pledge. (No, no.) There was sic deceit practised. The meeting was publicly sum moned, the matter was ful.ly and.publiely discussed, a posi tive authorif!, was given to 11f.. Scott, and he obeyed the di rections of the meeting. (No, no, and yes.) The company were now at issue with Parliament on' bill of Po great im portance, and the qirestion was, whether they would remain at issue by passing resolutions which ;were not true. (Great uproar.) The plain course to pursue was; to leave the mat ter in the hands of the chairman. (No, no.) It was most unfair to attempt to throw a blemish on the character of a man of honour and a gentleman. Although he (Mr. Tite) had opposed the extensiontof the line when the project was under discussion, he felt bound to say that Mr. Scott was authorised to make the pledge which he did make— (no, no, and cheers)—and he was sorry that the proprietors, as Eng lishmen, and Men of honour and common sense, did not re deem that pledge. (Cheers.) Dr. WATBRFIELD wished to ask the chairman whether such resolutions as those now under consideration would strengthen the hands of the directors / It appeared to him most absurd for some 150 shareholders to set themselves up against the House of Commons. Wear.) The CHAIRMAN said he should prefer the proprietors taking their own course. A PROPRIETOR objected to the resolutions, on the ground that they would bind the directors never to 'change their present policy. The pledge was given' by Mr. Scott in consequence of a resolution passed unanimously at a pre vious meeting. (No, no.) At all events, the majority in its favour was very large. (No, no—very small.) The pledge of Mr. Scott was founded on what passed at the meeting, and some of the proprietors afterward§ changed their minds in the most extraordinary manner. (No, no, and cheers.) Mr. Aornsos said the resolutions, if passed, could not be considered binding on ally absent shareholder. In order to bind.the corporation in its corporate capacity, public notice of all business to be transacted must be given. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MORTIMER (a director) said there could be no doubt that the meeting did authorise Mr. Scott to give a pledge— (hear, hear)—but, at the same time, he did not think that Parliament ought to have exacted any such pledge from a corporate body, which was bound by its acts of Parliament, and could not go out of them. The housds of Parliament had certain rules and standing orders, and the shareholders possessxl certain privileges, and he did not see why a com mittee should meet to say, " We will'rob these shareholders of their rights and privileges ; we will get the chairman to make a pledge, and bind the company by that pledge ; and if the shareholders will not redeem the pledge, we will deem them dishonourable." (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUTCHINS, M.P., (a director), considered the proceed ings which had taken place disgraceful to the shareholders, and not to the House of Commons. (No, no, and cheers.) He believed they had broken a solemn pledge. (Great uproar.) Mr. Scott was authorised to make the pledge, and went and did so ; and had not that been the case, Parliament would have sanctioned au inroad into the country occupied by the South-Western Company. (Hear, hear.) As one of the direc tors of the company, he had endeavoured to pass the bill' now before the house ; but the shareholders must not expect him to come to the meeting and palaver them over, and say they had done nothing wrong. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Henley, and some of the most honourable and eminent men in the house, had told the shareholders what they had done, and if the discussion had gone on, some of the members of the Government would have repeated the same thing ; and if the bill had gone to a division, he believed that Mr. Chaplin and himself would have had to walk, out alone.. (Cheers and laughter.) He did not wish to express any opinion on the resolutions, but would leave them iu the hands of the meeting. Mr. CASTLEMAINE trusted the resolutions would be with drawn. (No, no.) The shareholders had obtained one advan tage from the pledge given by Mr. Scott. They obtained the dismissal of a bill adverse to their interests, in order that they might at a future time introduce a bill for their own advan tage. (Hear.) He thought it would be most injudicious to throw down the gauntlet to the House of - Commons. (Hear.) Mr. F. SCOTT, M.P., considered the resolutions which had been submitted to the meeting most unwise, untrue, and unconstitutional. (Cheers, and no, no.) It was said that the shareholders had been taken by surprise. Now, in February, he stated to the meeting the rule of conduct by which he should be guided, and that he intended to lay before the pro prietors, in the clearest and plainest manner, all matters in which their interests were concerned. What was done in April ? Three weeks previously to the meeting a report was circulated and sent, to every shareholder; and in May, by a majority of five-sixths of those who sent in their proxies, the report of the directors was adopted. (Hear, hear.) There were eight or nine hands held up, m a crowded room, against the proposition ; and, with that exception, the shareholders were unanimous in calling upon him to go to Parliament and pledge them. (Cheers, and no, no.) Those gentlemen wh. ~ ried "no. no." had anteeL bth.tor have acqualnted themselves with the circumstances. (Cries of hear, hear.) In accordance with the decision of the meeting, he gave the pledge in July. It was a most unusual course for a com mittee to exact such a pledge, but it was exacted on account of the unusual circumstances of the case. The South-Western Company went to Parliament to oppose a bill without having any bill of their own, and there never was a company so much they favoured e by Parliament. And wby ? Because they imagined had to deal with men who, having g i ven a pl e d ge, wou ld not break their word and fly from it. And they thought justly too. F or w h a t took place in August ? Mr. Snell the meeting said, " Let us b e unan i mous, " and the meeting thanked him (Mr. Scott) for what ho had done, an d took upon themselves the promise which they had at first laid upon his back. (Cheers.) And yet gentlemen had now the boldness to say that Mr. Scott took upon himself a pledge which he was not able to fulfil. They ought rather to have said, "We took upon ourselves pledges which we could fulfil, but which we would not fulfil—(hear, hear)—we took upon ourselves promises for which we obtained a consideration and a benefit, and having got the money in our pockets; we tore up the engagement by which we had pledged ourselves to do the work for which we had received the benefit." (Cheers and uproar.) Not a fortnight had passed after the time to which he had alluded, when Mr. Snell raised an agitation upon the question, and he (Mr. Scott) never could have supposed that ho would have used the votes in the way ho had done in order to carry that question. (Cheers, and oh, oh.) Having done that, Mr. Snell had been rewarded with a seat at the board. (No, no.) It was open to those who had changed their minds in that singular manner to have postponed the change, and waited for the Wharncliffe meeting. . They. might then have done so wit't a good grace, and no one would then have been more willing than himself to go to Parliament to obtain a release from the engagement. It was .most unfortunate for the company that they had been so misguided •' and what Parliament had now done was pre dicted in October as the course they might be likely to pur sue. (Eledr, hear.) He expected the board would have deli berated upon the matter, and suggested some resolution to the meeting. As they had not done so, he thought the better course would be for the meeting to refer it to the board. (Hear, hear,,and no, no.) The shareholders might fancy themselves very strong, but they would find that they could not bully the House of Commons with any effect, and he thought the wisest course to pursue would be to with draw the resolutions. (No, no.) • A PROPRIETOR. requested that the minutes of the meeting might be read at which the authority was given to Mr. Scott. The request having been complied with, Mr. Lem, M.P., expressed his regret that the dire..tors had not presented some recommendation to the meeting. (Hear, hear.) He concurred with Mr. Scott in the propriety of withdrawing the resolutions. Independently of their con taining statements unfounded in fact, the course pursued was one challenging Parliament to a line of action which they were not justified in doing, and he could not help ex pressing his surprise at the term " robbed" which had been applied to, the House of Commons by one of the directors. (Cheers.) Mr. Scott was forced by Mr. Mortimer and his party to give the pledge to Parliament, and they ought not to be released from that pledge after obtaining the quid pro quo. (Cheers.) He bad never been in favour of the, coast line ; but, as the company had given the pledge, ho for one would not shrink from it, and would oppose any motion ask ing the company to violate it. (Cheers.) Mr. PuNcuza expressed his belief that Mr. Scott- was at the bottom of this piece of mischief in the House of Com mons—an expression which Mr. Scott warmly resented, amidst considerable noise and confusion. Mr. Sergeant G&IELBB (a director), as a matter of justice to Mr. Scott, recommended the withdrawal of the resolutions. Mr. Scott had throughout the business acted conscientiously and honourably, and certainly had a right to complain that some of the shareholders who were foremost in urging him on in their hour of need had eventually left him in the lurch. (Cheers and laughter.) They had got into a mess, and the question now was, how they were to get out of it i Ho was not at all surprised at the astonishment which had been ex pressed, that the matter had not been taken up by the board. (Hear, hear.) Mr. STAINTSBUILY considered the resolutions so unwise and indiscreet, so challenging * and so pugnacious, in such utter bill taste, and so unsound in point of judgment, that he would move as an amendment that they be committed to the waste-paper basket. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. BIRCIIIM, an adviser and aecessor of the chairman, could not avoid warning the proprietors of the result of the adoption of these resolutions. One of them asserted that Mr. Scott .ought to have represented to the committee the division of opinion amonnst the shareholders. Now Mr. Scott did faithfully represent the matter to the House of Commons, and stated most fairly and truly what took place on the 19th of May. (Hear.) The second resolution, there fore, was quite contrary to the fact. He wished to state to the shareholders the position in which they stood before the House of Commons. They stood very much in the position of a culprit before the executioner. All the power was in the hands of the house, and there were only two members who during the late discussion had a word to say in favour of the South-Western Company, and those members were Mr. Chap lin and Mr. Hutchins. (Hear.) If the shareholders could have heard the extraordinary cheers which followed Mr. Lft bouchere's remarks, showing the universal assent of the house to his proposition, they would not readily have forgotten them. (Hoar.) If the shareholaers sent back the directors and their legal advisors to the House of Commons with these resolutions, in the expectation of carrying the bill, their case would be utterly hopeless. If tho bill should be thrown out now, those resolutions would infinitely strengthen the case against it in 1856. (Hear.) Mr, UZIELLI (a director) said, that in his opinion the pro prietors had acted most unfairly in not carrying out the pledge which Mr, Scott had been more than once authorised to give. (Hear.) He moved, as an amendment, that the whole matter be referred back to the directors to give their opinion to the shareholders, and that this Meeting be ad journed until Thursday, the Ist of March, at one o'clock, for that purpose. The amendment having been seconded, Dr. WATERFIELD, who had moved an amendment referring the resolutions to the directors, agreed to its withdrawal. The amendment of Mr. Uzielli was then put and agreed to, there being only two dissentients. The resolutions were then put and negatived, and the meet ing adjourned. ~~ ~- r —LAW INTELLI4BNCE. , 4 Feb. 15. CHANCERY COURTS. DE THE sEA FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ER PARTE Gi "'TN. This case was specially appointed for argument on this day, in order that the, court might have the assist ance of Mr. Justice Mauls in considering the questions of law to arise thereon. luis lordship accordingly at tended this day, when the case was argued. The facts of the case are shortly these.' A company called the Port of London tSh.ip Assurance Company, being about to decline busines 4, tranderred their liabi lities to the Sea Fire and Life Assurance Society upon an arrangement between them— One of those lia bilities was a debt of 5001., in respect of the ship At lantic, due to Messrs. Balfour a;-id Co. In respect of this debt a note or document was given in the following terms " To the Cashier. Marin.e Department, Sea Fire and Lit.'s Assurance Society, 31, Oortt,'iill, London, 1at . ..N0w., 1849. " Sixty days after date credit 111r.essru. Ba l lf p ou ir r i a ccar nd s A W Co. or order with the sum of 5001; C lain Atlanti c i n cas h , on account of this corporation. "Entered T. F. A., acet. They submitt e d fi rst, t h at the instrument was altogether void as a document affecting the asacats of the company, or at least even if it were good a...ail - hi t the assets of the company that the o r d er oug h t to have e Emited the liability of the shareholders to th e d e b t to the unpaid portions, if any, of each shareh o ld er ' s shares, aid as Mr. Gwyn bad raid in full that this would be in_ erect to exonerate him from the debt. To show that, th e bill was vo i d they referred to the 7 and 8 Vic., c. no, s. 45, th e Joint Stock Companies Registration Aet, which pro vides three requisites to render any notes of su c h a company valid. It was not signe 4l expressly 4 , on behalf" of the company, and it wan not " counter signed," although it may have been " entered " ac cording to the requisites of that act. On this point they cited " Eddison v. Collinridge," 9 C. 8., 571, and " Allen v. The Sea, Fire, ant Life Assurance Com pany," in the same volume. On the second objection they alleged that this being a jok t-stock company every person was bound to know what powers the directors had to bind the company or its sLurfeholders before he b;id transactions with them, an - d,tha I; as every company's deed 'most provide limitation of tile powers of the directors ii they should be .anthorisi id to issue any note at all, Messrs. Balfour and Company . in this case must be held to have had express notices that the deed of settlement'of this company only auth oribed the directors _ to charge the subscribed capital, and nothing more, to the creditor. In support of these propositions a great number of cases ware cited to the court. Mr. Malins and Mr. Roxburgh apzeared for the offi cial Manager. No. 4,020. 5001. Mr. Prior and Mr. Maynard supptcrted the Master's certificate. They submitted that \ the sort of bill which on behalf of the motion it was cvntended that this note must be taken to be was, in fact, kot a note ;.that a promissory note is a promise absoluti ly to pay ; an d that if either on the face of the note, or by application, a particular fund only is appropriated to the payment, that is a restriction of the general promise to pay, a proviso repugnant to it, and that it must go for nothing. • After a lengthened argument in support of the Mas ter's certificate, Mr. Justice Manle said that this was a case that vim not so clear to him as to render it proper to he decided in this court, so - as to take it out of the ordinary jurisdiction of a cotxt of common. law. He thought the argument that had, been adduced to them on both sides was quite sufficient to convince him that this was not a case to be determined by any other tribu nal than that of a judge assisted by a jury, in the way pointed out by the constitution with a regular appeal to the highest tribunal. Holding this opinion, he did not think it necessary to go into the questions of law which -vere raised at the bar. He should therefore sub mit tin t the Master's certificate should be varied' by allowing' Messrs.. Balfour's claim, as a claim only with liberty to them to take such proceedings to enforce their claim as they may be advised. The Vice-Chancellor said he entertained precisely the same opinion, and adopted the . learned judge's conclu sion, and the order was made accordingly. 7/ 2 c ° VI ATTORNEY-GRDTRRAL V. HARMAN. This was an information, filed by the Attorney-Gene ral, the object of it being to obtain a new scheme for the administration of a charity at Wickham, in Buck inghamshire. By a charter of Queen Elizabeth certain lands were granted on trust to found a grammar' school at Wickhatn, and also for the maintenance of four poor persons. A subsequent charter was granted by King James, by which it was declared that the trusts should extend also to the relief of ether poor and needy men of the said borough. The present revenue was 4001. a. year, and it was admitted, in the answer, that it would. shortly be increased by 1501. a sear. The - trustees are the mayor, aldermen, and council, of the corporation of the borough, and now and for sonic time past the dis position of the funds has been that 70/. is allotted to the support of the school, and the remainder has been applied practically in 'diminution of the parochial rates. All that was asked for by the information was that litre should be a new ::cheme on the subject of the and that the usual accounts may be taken of whet the charity estate consists. Mr. Loyd, with whom was Mr. White, who appeared for the defendants, submitted that the suit was wholly unnecessary. Now rules and ordinances were made - for the school in 1852, and ho did not understand that they were questioned. Mr. Terrell said a serious - question arose whether the second charter, so far as it varied the trusts of the first charter by including in them relief to the poor infinitely, er s ~ not T b e e n u g i u l n it e y r . al principle on b His Honou r sa id h e wou ld cons id er a sc h eme i n chain poor rate, wbhuitohthtehreecowausrtg:preraQt• ceeded is these c ases was not to allow charity funds to be applied in aid of th e difficulty in carrying that principle oat. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MOOR. This suit was instituted for the purpose of procuring the removal of a trustee of a charity in Middlesmore, in the county of York, and to have proper trustees ap pointed. It appeared that for the last hundred' years there has been a grammar school at Netherdale, *called the Lofthouse School, at which ten boys were instructed. The charity was founded by the will of John Lazenby, made iu 1743, who gave certain lands to three trustees, the trusts being to support a grammar school. The de fendant is a descendant of the surviving trustee, and the logal estate is vested in him. The custom has been that the schoolmaster has been appointed by the trustee, with the concurrences pf the churchwardens, and that the schoolmaster has had possession of the charity lands which are only of a small value, The defendant,. how ever, in 1851, dismissed the master, and then allowed him to retain his situation on paying him 101. a-year as rent for the land, which rent defendant had converted to his own use. Defendant, when applied to to remedy this abuse, gave no other answer than a recommendation to the applicants to mind their own business. The defiance set up was, that the will was not enrolled, and was void under the Mortmain Act, and that therefore defendant was entitled. His Honour said, when he found that a clarity had been administered for 100 years in a particular manner, he required any pershn who contested it to prove that he was entitled, and the burden of proof lay upon him. This defendaot -said the will was void under the statute of mortmain. There cadre many other modes by which it might be made a good charity, and defendant hal not proved that these were not adopted. He had no evidence, however, that the will was not duly enrolled. He would assume that it was not, and that the heir-at-law being aware of this devise disclaimed all interest in it, and wished the trust to be carried out,, and that every successive heir-at law had done the same thing, would this court at this .distsince of time allow the heir-at-law to claim the pro perty I It certainly would not, nor would it allow the bolder of this property to say , that the performance of this trust was a mere matter of grace and favour on his part, and that he should perform or not as he thought fit. He should make a decree declaring that the whole of the income of the charity property was applicable, subject to any necessary outgoings, to the payment of the schoolmaster, and for the appointment of new true tees. He should give costs if they were asked. Mr. Roupell said he believed Moor, the defendant, was in poor circumstances, and costs were not asked for against him. The costs- of the relators were provided for by subscription. His Honour—Very well. I shall not give the defen dant costs, he must pay his own. ALLAN V. BUTPENAIR. The plaintiff in this case is the inventor of certain ins provements in the electric telegraph, for which he ob tained a patent for this country in November, 1850, and in the same year he obtained a patent in Holland. He also, in 1851, obtained, at his own expense, a private Act of Parliament for the formation of a company, to be called the Utited Kingdom Telegraph Company, One object of the proposed company was to work a sub marine Holland. As a preliminaryt elegr t a o p h th ifsr, o from the Dutch Go am thiscou concessionntry t fr Go vernment was requisite, and, in order to obtain this con cession, plaintiff; as was alleged on his behalf, entered into an agreement with the defendant, who is a native of Holland, and had influence with the Dutch Govern ment, that he should obtain the concession, and that he and the plaintiff should share the profits of it. Ruypenaer obtained the concession in May, 1852 ; but, previous to doing so, plaintiff exhibited models of his invention which, in defendant's letters to the plaintiff, he said had been of considerable service in inducing the Government to grant defendant the concession. After he had obtained the concession, defendant earns over to this country, and, after some negotiation with the plaintiff and the persons who were about to form the United Kingdom Telegraph Company, he sold the con cession to Mr. Ricardo, who acted on behalf of the Submarine and European Telegraph Company—the Price being 1,0001., and a royalty in the shape of a share of tha profits. Plaintiff had thereupon filed this bill, e'aiming a participation of the profits which defendant had, and would derive, from the sale of the concession. Mr. Ffooks, w h o a ppeared for the defendant, con tenied that she conc ession was the absolut e property of tie defendant, and that plaintiff had nothing whatever to do with it. Moreover, that the United Kingdom C ompan y was, in fact, never formed, and that defendant was justified in disposing of it to responsible parties, who would relieve him from the conditions attached to the concession. His Honour raid he would hear Mr. Palmer on the question of evidence before delivering his decision, and he was not sure whether he should not require the inter Tention of a jury to determine as to the Acts