The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-17 00:00:00

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CLOSING OF THE SHARE LIST. , 'UUES. , Halifax; )wbridge ; The directors are happy to announce that, in consequence of the large number of shares that have been allotted and Paid upon, the'share list will be closed on Friday, the 30th November, after which date no applications will be received. Arrangements have been made which will enable the bank io commence business early in January next. This bank, to be incorporated by royal charter, is esi—o lished for the purpose of founding the principle of MUTUAL BANKING, whereby customers, who create the profits, be come entitled to a participation in them, by way , f interest on their cash balances. The principle of mutuality has been for many years _acted on by insurance companies, and their policy-holders have , participated to a very great extent in the bonuses, with much advantage to the institutions and the shareholders. By banks, however, to this period, MUTU ALITY has been neglected. The whole of the profits result ing from successful operations have been given to the share holders only. ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY THE UNITY BANK. I. To shareholders, 5 per cent., from the date of payment, on all paid-up capital, as well as 50 per cent. of the profits. 11. To customers, in addition to the ordinary amount paid on deposit and current accounts, interest on their cash ba lances, equivalent to 50 per cent. of the profits. This is the plan on which the UNITY Jonir STOCK MUTUAL.. BANKING ASSOCIATION is established. By it is created, for the first time, an identification of interest between the customers and shareholderk of the bank, who thus become mutually con cerned in the eitension of its business. It will be the means of opening up new business, preserving a connection once I formed, and productive of_ practical benefits to the public generally, CONDITION OF LONDON JOINT STOCK BANKS. The success of joint stock banks in London is readily ad mitted, as well as proved by the statements periodcally issued by those great commercial institutions. In support of this, the following table is submitted, showing the condi tion of each of the six metropolitan joint stock banks which have published accounts, the original cost of the shares, their present market value, and the dividends payable thereon ; r ,9 , 4 6 ) • NAME OF BART. go , lilox .110 &) pip .c § q Y! w , l 14 • X X London — and Weattniniter'.. 18S4 1,000,000 20 47 161 4 London Joint Stock 1836 600,000 10 32)4 25 Union Bank of London .... 1839 422,900 10 30 20 Loudon and County ,_Connercial Bk. of London 1841 300,0 00 20 31 10 I 4 coYal British Bank 1849 100,000 50 .. 6J '4 The above banks publish the following facts with regard to their positions :—• I. The entire amount of subscribed capital in the six joint- Stock banks in London is 12,704,2001. 11. The amount thereof paid up is 2,817,0351. lii. The amount of deposits, or customers' balances, is 29 ,376,4101. IV, The total number of shareholders is 4,097. V. The number of shares issued, 187,084. Thus is presented proof of known security, extent of busi lless, and general financial resources.. These establishments hold half-yearly meetings, and lay before their connections full accounts of •their progress and general operations. This course cannot fail in inspiring with confidence all who have ° °Y dealings with them, while it gives to the public the means of forming an opinion as to their responsibility. INCREASED VALUE OF JOINT-STOCK BANK SHARES. It is proved to demonstration, that joint-stock banking, u nder proper supervision, affords a most legitimate and Un usually profitable field for the investment of capital. The dividends paid by the-banks above quoted vary from 6 to 25 Per cent., and the latest quotations of their shares show an increase of 55 to 225 per cent. on their paid-up capital. The real increase, however, iu the value of the shares may be bet ter understood, by the fact that the paid-up capital of these six banks is 2,817,0351., and that its present market value is 6,912,116/. It has thus increased two-and-a-half fold, so that e very 1/. has now become 21. 10s., and there is every prospect of this amount continuing to increase in value. COITRT OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITY BANK. GOVERNOR. MECHI, Esq., Tiptree Hall, Kelvedon, Essex. n'ILLIAM JOSEPH BRUCE, Esq., 16, Duke-street, West minster, and Ct, Hyde-park-place, be Cumiland-gate. Q. L. P. EYRE, Esq. (Messrs. 'Linder and Eyre), 1, John street, Bedford-row. l'acous CARLYLE HAYWARD, Esq. (Messrs. Hayward and Sons), 9; Minories ; and 3, Highbury-park North. at AJOR HENRY STONES, LL.B., 33, Nottingham-place, Regent's -park. ''BERT GARLAND, Esq., Thames-chamber, York-build- Adelphi, and Belfiore-lodge, Highbury. SOMAS H. BAYLIS, Esq., Cannon-street, City; and 4, ...,:lottingham-terrace, York-gate, Regent's-park. 1-). • LLOYD, 4. Suffolk-place, Pall-mall. ROBERT JAMES SNAPE, Esq., 2, Stone-buildings, Liu- EDWARD • GOULD BRADLEY, Esq., Heatbland-lodge, petead. 'FOR MARTIN MULKERN, Ightfield-house, Alsop terrace, Regent's-park. BANKERS. THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. SOLICITOR. TROMAS TAYLOE, Esq., 27A., Bucklersbury, London. , BROKERS. Ite sars. R. and , J. SUTTON, 22, Royal Exchange, London. GENERAL MANAGER. GEORGE CHAMBERS, E3q. (froth Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.) , SECRETARY. HENRY LAKE, EsQ. , Each of the directors is duly qualified, having subscribed for twenty shares and paid the deposit of 1,0001., in accord ance with the deed of settlement. THE NEW PRINCIPLE INTRODUCED BY THE UNITY BANK. Regarding the di s ti nc tiv e principle of the Unity Bank, it hay been suggested that there must be a detraction from the t r efita of the shareholders, by reason of 50 per cent. being _ °e 11 to the customers of the bank. This idea can only have .7" 8 ,_ co, however, from the want of a careful consideration of 'ee whole subject. In the first place, it is necessary to re- Inenaber from whom the profits of a bank are derived. They are not made from the share capital. The very first ingredi ent fur the formation of profits is a customer. The amount of profit must, therefore, be governed by the amount of busi ness transacted; and the larger the business. provided it be p r operly conducted, the larger will be the profits. It must be borne in mind, also, that the real extent of the dividends must defend on the number of cents. of profits, and that 50 per rent. of the profits, extending over large transactions, may he far greater than 100 per cent. derived from more circum scribed business. If, then, the customers of a bank consti lute its profits,. the customers should be induced to transact, 'heir business with the bank, and thereby the profits of the sh areholder, instead of being reduced, will be augmented. 'rile inducement held out to the customer, however, should be *inch as does not involve or complicate the business of bank. St. It should not be by the promise of some peculiar accom toodation, or some particular and increased rate of interest, Ir by any departure from that sound system of joint-stock banking which has stood the test of years of experience, and Procured so great prosperity. But it should be, as it is in t he Unity Bank, an advantage which interferes in no degree th established principles, but merely allocates'a portion of that which has already been declared to be profit to those who h ave been the makers of it. Assurance companies have been s ecustomed to apportion certain of their profits, by way of bonus, to their assurers ; and so general has become the re cognition of the right of the assurer to this participation, that ,ho assurance association would 'now be established without ~t h is essential to success. The justice of the principle consists an this —that as the assurers make the profits of the company, they ought to the participators in its prosperity. What is Just in assurance will be found just also in banking. The c ustomers of a.ba.nk make the profits of the bank, and they O ught also to be participatorsin its prosperity. It has been asserted, also, that the 50 per cent. of the pro fits Proposed to be divided, while it would detract from the Profits of its shareholders, would be but a trifling benefit to the customers. It might, in the first place, be replied that to benefit is considerid " trifling" by those who rightly esti flate pecuniary affairs ; that'the benefit, if trifling, is in addi tion to all the other benefits usually derived by banking at a Joint-stook bank ; and that no correct data can be formed of t he Profits which will be made... On the other hand, it must be remembered that hitherto persons have taken their bank ing account where personal feeling, accommodation, or con venience of locality - might lead them. Now, for the first time, by the introduction o f th e p r i nc ipl e of mutuality, self-interest Is appealed to. And when, to the large number of the public attracted by this all-powerful stimulus, is added the number Of the connections of the Unity Insurance Associations in all parts of the country, who have a peculiar identification with and interest in its success, it may fairly bo stated, that ante cedent data are not sufficient to form an estimate of the ad vantages which both the shareholders and customers will derive front the Unity Bank. _ _ _ Great difficulty exists in estimating the effects likely to be produced by the establishment of this new and most desirable feature in banking. It is one that must become highly popu lar with every commercial interest, and with every class of the public, bees.ui3e its simplicity and advantages are at once to be seen and appreciated. To those great commercial bodies which are compelled to have large cash balances constantly at their bankers', it will prove to be a serious consideration, and a most important Source of profit. The railway, dock, gas, water, steam nevi= gation, insurance, and other companies, professional men, merchants, brokers, gentlemen of fortune, and traders of all kinds, will duly estimate the difference in the system now proposed, from that heretofore existing. I n fine, as joint stock banks became a public necessity, as is now proved, so 'will the principle of mutuality—whereby these admirable in stitutions may be rendered still more serviceable to the p u bli c, and in no way less safe--demand the best consideration of the community at large. BUSINESS TO BE UNDERTAKEN. All the usual business of banking will be undertaken ; and arrangements will be, made for extending the transactions of the Bank in every desirable quarter. • amely—to CURRENT ACCOUNTS will be made up half-yearly,u the 30th of Juno and the 31st of December, and interest will be allowed at the rate of 2/. per cent, on them.. DEPOSIT Accourrs.—With respect to these,' the rate of in terest allowed on money placed at seven days' notice will be it. per cent. -under the rate of discount on first class bills adopted by the Bank of England, regulated thereby. The' bank will give receipts for the sums so deposited, or, for the convenience of depositors leaving England, promissory notes, ar bills, including interest as well as principal, at not less than six months' date. The bank will undertake the agency of country and foreign banks, whether joint stock or private, and will afford every accommodation to travellers and others with respect to circu lar notes and letters of credit. It will receive all kinds of income for its customers, including annuities, dividends, mili tary, naval, and civil officers' pay. It will undertake the sale and transfer of stock in the public funds, &c. ; and will be responsible for the safe custody of title deeds and other secu rities belonging to its customers, to which they will at all times have convenienc e of access. Application for prospectuses and forms of application for the remaining shares, to be made to Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, stock brokers, 22, Royal Exchange ; or to the secretary, at the principal offices, 10, Caunon-street, City. HENRY LAKE, Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. T THE DIRECTORS OF THE UNITY JOINT-STOCK MUTUAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, Gentlemen,— I request that you will allot me shares of 100/. each in the above association, and in considerat'on of such allotmeiit, or any lass number you may appropriate to Me, I hereby undertake .to pay the deposit, or first call of 101. per sh are thereon, and 40/, at they= of incorporation, Kendal ; I Laing', and Co., tancon3b, ; Wilson id Lloyd,' and Co., lttter ; T. ster ; J. ; Wilson, Cornell, uley, and 343., Lon. London. Inflater ; eater and Indies ; CEWORIC, Ingham ; and Co., Notting :o. Man the East a Nizam and Co., enderson ingham ; J. Mac- Reckless nd Co., ingbarn; ;'ego )3, and ter ; Ee ; India Saliel ; blin ; C. n, Lon tnd Co., ton and , e, Hoo iondon ; ,nd Son, and W. dondon ; nd Co., •ter. Harri ,nd Co., Ind Co., D. Mao ?alrner, anada ; ~ Gists- ENG AP. D COP• Instin, ditto ; . A. P. ipArly ; ; Eelea , ditto; , ditto; , n, and ditto ; ociety, Sher• apson, Black, Monte, ; W. arvey, Veal., Shep d ; B. Wil- Bohn, treal ; %titan, ayal, s and a and iney ; tr eal, RU. ,don. _No. 19,696.] I further undertake to execute the deed of settlement, when required. Dated this , 185 . day Reference ,Names (in full) Residence Profession or trade.. Place of business.... UNITY JOINT STOCK MUTUAL BANKING ASSOCIATION. Principal Offices--Unity-buildings, 8 and 10, Cannon-street, City. • CLOSING OF THE SHAEE LIST. NOTICE is hereby given that no further applications for SHARES in this bank will be received after Friday, the 3Uth of November. By order, HENRY LAKE, Secretary. Unity-buildings, 9th Nov., 1855. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of, amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is , a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art bias at any time or in any place been honoured with an , mount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. lie, would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment4e has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring whom ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded' in making dupes of the credulous. , The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the heatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of, this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy, evidence to the dangers which sftend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has •resulted, Professor An lerson's expose of Spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to .ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, - within the Lyceum, how tables Cali be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the names of the great and learned of the laud should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers,, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem oe r2O, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster w fr t a n k e l s y se c d r a fe n s a s e L s o t r h a a t ß l r ee o ' h a sorely m p no u; z l e d d' ge s a t himself heto 1 e b a e s sse d. their keen Both d j o s f e e t r i n i e m s e e n n t o t t o e noted a e r n ü brought h h e o r w ou h g o h le ly for n c o e np o l f e olution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, an 4 the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what ho is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendidhumbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. -Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very bad health : but ho would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of au established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents! and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would Elelieve not ; hut, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the tncumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it ti be time for him to state that which ho knows of the mechanidna by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits, in which the writer says,. that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand MA then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through ont." With such a statement, printed for the edification .of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themes:elves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be hold in St. Martids-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ;sts of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its ivalls• in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. . Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, November 17, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ;‘.— Part I.—Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. _ Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecriu de Verre ; or, the Casket of 'Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its -lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or,. the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of comman d , producing loda-water, b u tt er - m ilk, Epsom salts, anynll filled with wine t h,o proving to be e r i e v r e i r f s e d p ; e r a f e n e d t y fi n d a r ll y y , and occupying th e Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, noyeau, or whole space when tightly packed. e pocket h all au ir d it k Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of Spirit-rapping. I ntroducing the spirit-rappingtable and tocsin of the sibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amal in ' Amalgam, which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some -strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others; their handkerchiefs become f orm ed into the flags of vi e trans tory—the banners of Eng land, F ra nce, Turkey, and Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comns, in which he who seats himself will be under the m agic spel 1, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Won ders. To co mprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Malionnned's coffin) in mid-air, into which all ;th i ngs will travel, and out of which all will be produced. e. Act. 12. The Homological 44 • the •-• Evaporation , or, e Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantage s of the newly-discovered did-terrestrial passage from, tho west ern to the eastern hemisphere. •Doors open each evening at half-past .7 ; commence at S. Private boxes, 1/. lls. 6d. and 1/. ls., to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries; 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper • boxes, 2s. ; pit, is. ; gallery, 6d. The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance`on Saturday NoTemberl7 at 2 o'clock. 1)0Ors orePa at half-past 1. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBEft 17, 1855. NORFOLK EASTERN . COUNTIES and EASTERN UNION RAILWAY 'COM PANlES.—(Arrangements with Reference to the Expenditure of Money on Works. —Amendment of Act s .) NOTICE IS: HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in tended to be made to Parliament in the next session for an Act for making provision; with reference to the construction of works authorised to be executed by the Norfolk Rail way Company, the *Eastern Counties Railway Company, and the Ea tern Union Railway Company, or any or either of them ; anR fel+ requiring or enabling : the said companies respectively from time to time to contribute money out of their corporate funds in such proportions as may be specified in the said intended act, or as may be mu tually agreed upon between them; towards the construction of such works, and for enabling the said companies respec tively to make advances of money from time to time to each other, for or towards the construction of such works ; or to set aside and appropriate to such purposes such part as may from time to time be agreed upon of the nett revenues of the said companies, or to guarantee the repayment of any prill cipal sums which from time to time have been or may bo-ex pended, raised, or advanced by any of the said, companies for the purposes of such works and the interest thereon. /Cud it is proposed by the said intended act to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge some of the powers and provisions of the several acts following, or some of them, that is to say, local and personal acts, 6th and 'Tth Wm. IV., caps. 103 and 106, Ist and 2d Vic., cap. 81, 2d and 3d Vie., Caps. 77 and 78, 3d Vic., cap. Si, 4th Vie., caps. 14 and 24, 4th and sth Vie., cap. 42, 6th Vic., cap. 28, 7th Vic., caps. 19, 20, and 35, 7th and Bth Vic., caps. 62 and 71, Bth and 9th Vic., caps. 85, 110, and 201, 9th Vic. cap. 52, 9th and 10th Vie., caps. 258, 356, 357, and 367, 10th and 11th Vic, caps. 92, 156,157, and 158; 15th Vic. ' caps. 30, 33, 51, 84, and 108, and 1 nth and 17th Vic., caps. 87and. 117, and 17th and 18th Vic., cap. 220, and of the several acts next hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, local and personal acts sth Vic., cap. 82, 7th Vic., caps. 4 and 15, Bth and 9th Vic., caps. 41, 45, and 154, 9th and 10th Vic., caps. 132 and 169, 10th. and 11th Vic., caps. 64, 94, 98 and 99, 11th and 12th Vic., cap. 30, 15th Vic., cap. 25, 17th and 18th Vic., caps. 130 and. 180, and of the several acts next hereinafter mentioned, that-is'to say; - local and personal acts, 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 85, Bth and 9th Vie., caps. 94 and 97, 9th Vic., cap. 53, 9.h and 10th V,e. ' caps 76, 97, 106, and 280, 10th Vic. caps. 11, 18, 19, and 21, 10th and ,11th' Vic., caps. 137 , 174, and 225, 12th and 13th Vic., cap. 92, 13th and 14th Vic. cap. 54, 14th and 15th Vic„ caps. 58 and 66, 15th and 16th Vic., cap. 148, and 16th and 17th Vic., cap. 221, and of the several acts next hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, local and personal acts, 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 172, 10th Vic., caps. 12; 13, and 20, 15th Vic., cap. 65, Bth and 9th, Vie., caps. •48, 55, and 126, 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 270, 10th and 11th Vic., caps. 170, 171, and 275, 12th and 13th Vic. cap. 52, 14th and 15th Vi c ., cap. 101 , an d 16th an d 17t1; Vic., cap. 193. Aud on or before the 31st day of December next printed copies of the said intended act will be deposited in the Pri vate Bill-office of the House of Commons. • Dated this 15th day of NoVember, 1855. GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY.—The Directors hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money on Loan, to pay off Debentures failing due, and are prepared to accept Tenders for the same for a period of 3,5, or 7 years, at 5 per cent. per annum. ApplicatiOn may be made to the undersigned. ' By order of tho Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddingtoa Station; 23 November, 1855. R OYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY, KOPING TO HULT. Notice is hereby given that all Shares in this Company, upon which the Final Call of 2/. per Share became due and payabld on the. let October, 1855, will, according to the Statutes of the Company, be liable to Forfeiture if the Call be not paid on or before the Ist day of December next. JOHN SADLEIR, Chairman. London, 18, Cannon-street, Nov. 12, 1855. G REA.T INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY'. Call 0121. per share on the " xperimental" Shares, now 3/. paid, Positing 51. per share called up: Call of IL per share on the " Extension" Shares, now 41. paid, making 51. per share called up. I . n a ii thi this pursuance oeih o p f a an Company, Resolu tion r S e h e a d r y es esu up ed en , a w re hi r c e h o ll r . ed pe te r NOTlCEoftell Bo and lS noEf HEREBY GIVEN, the p r e l ; r h i c a l; hold ingshare"aEexdperaimpeerntsalha"reorres'p' pay a further instalment of 2/ and il. per share upon each such share at the dank of Messrs. Heywood, Kennard , , and R ec x tic e e il l s y le i n s ' al ' (making in each case 51. per share), OR or before the 27th day of chargeablel te res t upon with 1 r a h n y interestportion e upon a their i the -street, London; and if such Call be net paid on or before the said 27th December, the proprietors of the aforesaid shares will not be entitled to s CD h o l c f r b ej u °r'n' t l f a i s l rs l d ; arrears, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and the shares will become liable to forfeiture, under "The Companies' Clauses Coasoli dation Act" 1845. (Signed) COR NIELIIIS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director. 3, New Broad-street, London, Nov. 15, 1855. P.S.—Tbe Register will be Closed, pursuant to the above calls, from the 21st Nov. inst., and no Transfers can be effected after the 21st inst., until tho calls are paid. EELONG and MELBOURNE RAILWAY kir COMPANY. Incorporated by an Act of the Victeria Legislature, Feb. 8, 1853. Capital 4350,000, In 17,500 Shares of 420 each. Bearing a Minimum Interest of Five per Cent, per Annum, gua ranteed by the Colonial Government for Twenty-one Years, and payable Half-Yearly, viz.; on the 20th April and 20th October, in the Colony and in London. DIRECTORS. Elected by the Shareholders. CHAItLES NUTTALL THORNE, Esq., J.P., President. William G. 31`Keliar, Esq., J.P. I Charles Ibbolson, Esq., J.P. Janes B. Hutton, Esq. Appointed by the Colonial Government. Charles Edward Strutt, Esq., J.P., Immigration Agent. George F. Belcher, Esq., Sub-Treasurer. ENGINEER—Edward Snell, Esq. SECRETARY—Martin Moll, Esq. LONDON OFFICE. MANAGER—S. J. Coo'l, Esq., 36, Cannon-street (l a t e T reasurer t o the Colonial Government, and a Director of the Company). AGENTS—Messrs. Larna^,k and Walker, 37, Cannon-street. EXAMINING AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Daniel Gooch, Esq., C.E. (Great Western Railway). Henry Stothert, Esq. (Stothert and Slaughter, Bristol). SOLICITORS—Messrs. Goodwin and Co., 3, Lancaster-place, Strand. BANKERS. London Joint Stock Bank, and Bank of New south Wales, f- The FOURTH HALF-YEARLY REPORT, made by the Direc- tors and adopted by the Shareholders in the above Oonirany, dated 3d July last, has just been received, by the Marco Polo. The earthworks and bridges • were so far advanced that tenders had been already takdri, and others invited, for the laying of the per manent way in:several sections; and it was confidently anticipated that the line would be entirely completed and open in the early part of the ensuing year, and within the originally estimated capital of 350,0001. The shares already allotted in England nave provided funds for the purchase and shipment of rolling stock and materials (the greater portion of which is now delivered oron thew's.), which, with contracts still in tirogress, wl.l be suMcient to complete the perma nent way and open the traffic throughout between tin capital of Victoria and the terminus at Geelong. When it is remembered that blelboarne, in the year 1852, num bered a population of 25,080, and Geelong was .a mere village, with its 8,000 deriving their trade and support from the scattered sheep and cattle stations far removed in the interior and that now the former ranks with our third-rate English towns, having a fixed, increasing, and busy population of 120,000, and the latter, keeping a-head of its former proportion, being now estimated at nearly 60,000, it is almost impossible to overrate the prospective advantage oMred by the connecting link of these two seaports within the noble bay of Port-Philip. . The colonial government, fully impressed with the importance of this great basis of communication between the principal towns com prised in. this undertaking and the great gold fields of Ballarat and Mount Alexander, had ordered surveys to be made for two trunk lines of railway, intended to be adopted and carried out under legislative authority, for facilitating the intercourse with theie ini portant and populous districts. The strictest economy has been observed hitherto in the prosecu tion of the Company's plans of operation, no expenses having been incurred beyond those Indispensably necessary (or the actual for mation of the line of railway. Nei' greater proof can be adduced of the" popularity and confidence with which the results of this enterprise are regarded by its present shareholders than the ready manner in which they have met the calls in a colony where the current rate of i rterest is from 8 to n per cent., the Government guarantee being scarcely more than equi valent to a minimum rate of interest in this country, viz., 5 per cent. Upon 10,000 shares allotted in the colony seven calls, had been made, amounting to W. per share; and the capital, therefore, will mos t probably ha fully paid up about June next. Nearly 10,0001. had been pet'd up in anticipation of calls, and many shares have been transferred from the colony to the London register. The maximum dividend allowed under the Act of Incorporat'on is 25 per cent., and, from the valuable grants of land and other privi leges conceded by the Local Government, the level nature of the country through which the line passes, the absence of great parlia mentary and legal expenses, costly bridges, earthworks, tunnels, or v iaducts, it is not unreasonable to expect, on the thorough comple tion of this pioneer Railway, that this large dividend will be fairly reached, and a reserve fund still secured for progressive improve •• m enu in the permanent development of its future resources. Th e greater portion of the shares reserved for allotment ill England are already subscribed and paid up in full (i.e , 20/. per share). The es 3,000, are now fi nally off.red to the public previously t r ot i h d e u i e ; v r i e z -;ransrnission to the colony for distribution there. It is necessary that they should be paid up in dill, and the interest of 5 per cent. will take effect from the date of payment, and the share certificates, bearing the seal of the Company, will be so endorsed. Prospectuses, Reports,' Register of Contracts, Plans, Working Coloured Sections of the Line, and Specifications may be seen, and all further information obtained on application at the Office of the Company. S. J. COOKE, Manager. Geelong and Melbourne Railway Office, 36 , Cannon-street, City, Nov. 1, 1855. Form of Application for Phares. To Messrs. Larnach an Walker, 37, Cannon-street, London. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me -- guaran teed shares of 201. each in the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Com pany, at ; and I hereby undertake to accept the Beal, d Cer tificates, and to pay for the same on receipt of the Allotment Letter. Name........... .. Address .. Profession or Business . • Usual signature Date TOZEAUS COPAHINE, or , SA.CCHARATED t/ CAPSULES, approved of by the French College of Physicians, mccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on a➢pli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the investor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, solo French chemist, 49, Haymarket, 'London, and all the principal chemists. PUBLICATIONS. TWELFTEI ASTD CHEAPER EDITION. Now ready, in 1 voL, with 15 illustrations, Gs., bound, riiHE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT IVA RIIURTON. "The re-appearance at this moment, in a cheap form, of this admirable book is ingularly opportune."—Jobn Bull. • thirst and Blacketty Publishers, and to be had of all booksellers. On Thursday, the 22d of November (Almanack Day), will be published, in Twenty-eight p ages, stitched, price 4d., T HE -'HOUSEHOLD WORDS ALMANACK, the Year 1856. ilonseholds Words Office, No. 16, Wellington street North, Strand NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION QF MOORE% IRISH MELODIES. On Theadgy, , the 27th'inst., Will be published, in one volume, square crown Bvo. (uniform with the edition of Moore's " Lalla Rookh," illustrated under the superinteudenoe of the late Charles Heath) price 21s. cloth; or 315. Gd , handsomely bound bimorocco, airOORE'S IRISH .MELODIES, illustrated LTIL. with Thirteen fine Steel Plates, engraved from or'ginal Desigcs by C. W. Cope, R.A. W. r ..c Lr r .. eiw , grichk:RA .R.A.R.lA . London : Lo: W. E. Frost, A../LA., J. C. llorsley. D. MacEsc, R.A. J. E. Millais, A.l I.A. ;man, Brown, Green, a W. lialready, R.A. J. Sant, A.R.A. F. Stone, and E. li. Ward, R.A: nd Longman. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM parTr. Empowered bySpecial Act of Parliament. BRITANNIA mu r UAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent; MAJou-CilExmAt. ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman, Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, the Lowest possible rates consistent with security to the assured. - - ILIZPALLEItt .Rest4eat—pirector. - - ANL, EIV FRANCIS, Secretary. • 1; Princes-street, Bank, London. THE TRUST and LOAN COMPANY of UPPER CANADA. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders in this Company will be held on THURSDAY, the 29th instant, at 1 o'clock p.m., at the Offica, 65,. Moorgate•street, for the purpose of declaring a dividend on the Capital Stock of the Company. The Transfer Books will be closed from the 20th inst. to the Ist December. By order. - T. MACDONALD, Secretary. 65, ILergate-street, Nov. 14, 1555. NRGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following will be performed by his celebrated Band during he week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily if the Valley (D'Albcrt), Zephir Lutte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney), Ethel Neweome (Laurent), La Sultane (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le Sol du Pastel (Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al ,ert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), Il Trovatore (Tutton). Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italie (Gavlelo), The Lillian (D'Al bert), Dos Coucous (Bousquet), The Zonaves (Laurent). Galops— fhe Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische —La Guirlande de Fleurs (Boaquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin. , lipalCornet a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission tne This Evening, the 17th; 11. Laurent's new Varsoviana will be played for the first time. 11)IIRSITANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of William Luff, late of No. 49, Theobald's-roa 1, in the county of Middlesex, deceased, and in a cause of Auguste Le Miere, against Sarah Luff, widow, the Creditors of tne said William Luff, late of No. 49, Theobald's-road, in the county of Middlesex, cheesemonger, deceased, who died in or about the mouth of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the fifteenth day of Decem ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, to come in and prove their debts, at the Chambers of theArice-Chancellor Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Friday, the twenty-first day of December, 1855, at three o'clock In the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 13th day of November, 1855. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. HENRY DINN, Solicitor for the Plaintiff, 3, Great Knight Rider-street, Doctors' Commons. TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 6s , package included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. (preferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and nearest sta tion.—Address THOS. LETTIS, jun., Fish Curer, at. Yarmouth. "This Is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yar mouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent. J. Brashowe, house steward, Blenheim Palace. Oct. 20, 1854." "Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I shall be glad to have a supply as usual ; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.—A. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace.—Oct. 1, 1855." QTR ; WM. BIJRNETT'S DISINFECTING k,y FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying Sick :zooms, &c. Its cost is less thln One Farthing per Gallon when diluted for use. Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-street, City. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d. fees, from Miss Goodeve, and paid the doctor 19e., being his proportion of the double fees. At the time of the funeral he delivered the certificate to the Rev. Mr. East man, who officiated. Witness produced the receipt he gave to Miss Goodeve for the double fees. By Mr. Ballantine —He never told Dr. Vaughan in the presence of his son, the Rev. Matthew Vaughan, that though Begbie died in the hospital, he had lived in Brix -ton-place, and Itad worked for Budd, the baker. He did not know that the doctor was falsifying the accounts until he heard the churchwardens talking about it, and then he examined the books. Mr. Eastman, the curate, generally performed the funerals, and did not always re ceisve the certificates, which had in some cases been pre viously given to Dr. Vaughan. By Mr. Clarkson—lt bad been the practice of Dr. Vaughan to enter the certificates in a rough book on a Sunday morning, and then Mr. Eastman would perform the ceremony. Mr. Alfred Staff Prior, one of the churchwardens of St. Matthew's, said he had received .requisitions from the inhabitants to call a meeting, and he did so. In the case of Begbie and Webb he received half of single fees. On the 27th of August witness called Dr. Vaughan's attention to several cases in which the fees were unsa tisfactory, particularly to one case, in which a certificate of death, granted from St. Matthew's, Brixton, was re fused at the Bank of England, on the ground" that the place of abode had been altered. On the following morn ing witness, with his colleague Mr. Edwards, met Dr. Vaughan at the church, and called his attention to the case of Begbie. In the rough book the death was stated to have occurred in St. Olave's, but in the church regis ter it was altered to B r i x t on -place. Dr. Vaughan said that Mr. Eastman had discovered his mistake after en tering it in the rough book, and had requested him (de -113,111m-10' to put it correctly in the register. By Mr. Ballantine—He had never said, when walking ktolturcla wi h. laisq__YaugLan,that things would nover go right in the church until three persoiis wero got rid of, namely-Plummer, Malby, and Eastman. lie had remarked on the occasion, that it was very disgraceful that Dr. Vaughan and his curate should differ, and re commended that if they could not agree, they should part. He had never said anything of the same character in reference to Malby or Plummer. Mr. Edwards, churchwarden, spoke to the same facts as thoie stated by his colleague. The Rev. George Eastman, curate of St. Matthew's, was next called-,-He said he had been curate since May, 1353. Dr. Vaughan was then the incumbent. Dr. Vaughan said, that for the purpose of keeping the regis ter clear, he would enter the b ur i a l s f rom the rough book into the register, as he had done during the time his son was curate. He performed the service over Beg bie. The entry in the rough book was in his hand writing, with the exception of the fee—six shillings. He entered St, Olave's parish, from the certificate he pre sumed. That entry had been struck out, but not by him ; nor did he put in the figure 6. He never requested Dr. Vaughan, or any one else, to strike out " St. Olave's," and was not aware that it had been struck oat until his attention was called to it. By Mr. Ballantine—He frequently buried without a certificate, but he had always seen the entry from a cer tificate in the rough book shortly afterwards in Dr. Vaughan's hand-writing. The church register was always looked up. Dr. Vaughan contending that as he was solely responsible for it he should keep possession of it. Mr. Prior recalled, stated, that in the cases of Raven, Begbie, and Webb, the churchwardens had only received their share of single fees. Mr. Richard Gibbs, one of the committee appointed to inquire into Dr. Vaughan's alleged offences, said he went through the register with Dr. Vaughan, who, on coming to Begbie's case, said "I have all the particulars of that case." He took from his pocket a book, from which he read that Begbie lived at the back of Brixton place, and that he worked for Budd, the baker. He added, " If you doubt my word, I will take my oath of it." This was the case for the prosecution, so far as regards the case of Begbie. Mr. Ballantine proceeded to address the court. He admitted that there had been great irregularities in the parish, for which Dr. Vaughan, being the incumbent, was prima facie responsible, and that the churchwardens were consequently quite justified in instituting a rigid inquiry. As in the case of Raven, last Monday, he threw the whole blame on Malby, the sexton, upon whose evidence he contended the whole case rested, and who, in order chat he might pscape, had implicated Dr. Vaughan in the crimes of which he alone was guilty. The Rev. Matthew Vaughan, incumbent of St. John's, Brixton, was called and examined by Mr. Prideaux. He said he was the son of the defendant. He remembered going to St. Matthew's Church at the end of last No vember, and saw his father and Malby. Dr. Vaughan had the rough burial book before him. The doctor was waking an entry, and said to Malby, "Now, is it St. Olave's t There are only single fees.'! Malby said that Mr. Eastman had made a mistake for his residence was iu Brixton-place, or in the rear of Brixton-place. Dr. Vaughan ran through St. Olave's and wrote in Brixton. place. Malby said Begbie worked for Budd, the baker. By Mr. Clarkson—Witness's mother and brother were present, and he thought also his sister Decima. By the Magistrate—Dr. Vaughan was in the constant habit of making entries from the statement of the sexton without certificate, on the promise of the sexton-that he would produce it in a day or two. • Mr. J. M. Vaughan, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, another son of the defendant, confirmed the statement of the last witness as to the conversation between the doc tor and Malby. When Dr. Vaughan mentioned the case of single fees in Begbie's case, Malby said that although Begbie died at Guy's Hospital, he resided at Brixton-place, and it was only customary to take single fees in such cases. This was the defence in the case of Begbie. The last (case, that of Jane Webb, was then pro ceeded with. Mr. Frost, the registrar of Clapham, said he registered the death of Webb on the 6th of June, and gave an un dertaker's certificate. She lived at 53, Park place, Park road, Clapham. No part of Park-place was in the parish of Brixton. Miss Anne Webb said she was the daughter of the deceased. Her mother never lived in Acre lane, Brixton, The fnneral took place at St. Matthew's, Brixton, as the husband of the deceased was buried there. Witness paid 1/. 155., being double fees, to the undertaker, Plummer. It wasshown that in the register the residence of the deceased had been altered from Park-place, Clapham, to Acre-lane, Brixton, and that single fees only were ac counted for, whereas the double fees were handed to Dr. Vaughan by Malby, the sexton, in the presence of Plummer. Mr. J. M. Vaughan said he was present when the en try oEWebb was made. Malby paid the doctor single fees. Mr. Elliott said that as the case had now been brought to a close, a very painful duty devolved upon him. During a somewhat lengthened experience, it had never been his practice to commit a person for trial except un der a conviction that he was guilty, and he regretted to say, in reference to this case, that he felt bound to send it to a jury. • Dr. Vaughan was then fully committed for trial, and the various witnesses were bound over in the usual manner. In answer to a question as to bail, Mr. Elliott said he should require t wo sureties of 5001., and the doctor him self in 1,0001. The required sureties were entered into before the breaking up of the court, and Dr. Vaughan was liberated from custody. The rev. doctor's summons against Malby the sexton, for alleged perjury in the County Court of Lambeth (where the doctor summoned him for 12/., s'ated to have been lent to him), is to be heard on Mon day next, Malby has retained Mr. Parry for the defence. It is said that the doctor has expressed his determina tion to preach at St. Matthew's Church next Sunday morning, unless prohibited from doing so by the Bishop of Winchester. CAPTAIN DEVEY, OF THE MERMAID. —The underwriters of the ship Mermaid have presented to Capt. Devey, who navigated the ship and her valuable gold freight safely to this port, the munificent sum of 1,000 guineas. The shipowners and merchants of the port are about to present him with a service of plate and a complimentary add ress.—Liverpool Mercury. Mn. G. GODWIN ON THE HOMES OF THE THOU SANDS. —The lecture-hall of the Polytechnic Institution was on Monday evening filled from floor to ceiling to hear a lecture from Mr. G. Godwin, F.R.S. editor of the Build er , on " The Homes of the Thousands," a sub ject which his long and praiseworthy endeavours to wards effecting an improvement eminently qualify him to enlarge upon. The bearing of the question on the moral and religious well-being of the poorer classes was illustrated in a clear and forcible manner, and the evi dent earnestness of the lecturer's sympathy with the un fortunate dwellers in overcrowded, ill-drained, and im perfectly ventilated houses elicited from his thronged and most attentive audience repeated manifestations of ap plause. The account of his examination of the low lodging-houses and wretched tenements of Drury-lane, Gray's-inn-lane, Whitechapel, the Mint, and other re sorts of novelty, was full of interest, though of a pain ful character ; and Mr. Godwiu's statements were admirably elucidated by a set of large coloured drawings representing some of the houses, both externally and internally, in the localities whichhe visited. In one neigh bourhood he found 50 houses without water, a condition of things which rendered cleanliness impossible, and gradually destroyed the feeling of decency and self respect. Vice and disease were the natural consequences of these defective arrangements, and much of the na tional disgrace of intemperance might fairly be attributed to the languor and exhaustion occasioned by breathing foul air, which caused a craving for stimulants. The average duration of life in the localities he had described was reduced, by these causes, to 17 years, w hilst in Rutland it was 45 years ; and 25,000 lives were annual l y sacrificed in the metropolis alone through the want of better provision for health in the homes of the poor.r The lecture was one of a course specially intended for the industrial classes, and to which Mr. Jacob Bell, Dr. Spicer, Dr. Pettigrew, and Mr. Pepper hav e alread y contributed their talents. Sir Robert Peel is announced to lecture in this course, but the honourable baronet's subject has not yet been notified to the public. These lectures are invariably well attended, and the interest taken ill them is evidently on the increase. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD. Naval and Military Intelligence The Great Britain steam-transport, Capt. Gray, em barked 1,354 men, and the following officers of the Bri ,.tish Swiss Legion yesterday at Portsmouth dockyard, for conveyance to I3alaklava :—Col. Dickson, Lieut.- Col. Blarer, Major F o rn aro , C a pt a i ns R e i n art, De Wil iiere, Oberlin, Baron do Gingins, Frepp, and Honegger; Lieutenants Petitpierre, M ag h e l, H os t ac h e , C ruper , Mi chel, Berger, and Schiffmann ; Adjutant Stampfli ; En- signs Humerwadel, Scharrar, Von Buren, Gingoux, and Hunefec ; Surgeon Berri ; Assistant-Surgeons Word muller and Schwab; Dispenser Bion, Quarterniaster Twigg, Paymaster J. Wray, and Payma.ster D. Simp son. These were all of the Ist battalion. Of the 2d battalion there were Major Hufelin, Captains Roth Stutz, Muller, Vonoux, Pfeiff er , an d G rnssi ; Lietrts: Battler, Ischensmid, Vurst, Kruttle, Ernst, Haslar, and Laudersett ; Adjutant Von Travers, Assistant-Surgeons Muller and Buchser, Quartermaster Goldley, Paymaster Beatty, and Piiyrnaster's Clerk Early. These levies were escorted to the. place of embarkation, as they arrived, in two divisions, each played in by the band of the 819th Foot ; they presented the appearance of an unusually fine body of Men, of mature age, well bui!t, and hardy in constitution. The Great Britain will leave with them for their destination this morning aler pest time. The steam-transport Niagara, Capt. Shannon, . em barked at Portsmouth yesterday 19 officers; 521 men, 49 women, 68 children, and 5 horses belonging to the Royal South Lincoln Militia, of which Col. Sibthorp, M.P., is the Colonel-in-Chief. The officers consisted of Capt. Moore (in command), wife, and family; Capt. Parker, -Captains S. Robertson, S. Brenesford, and J. Beasley, Lieuts. Fitzimons, C. Telford and wife, - A. C. Take, J. M. Williams, W. A. Heiden, and M. S. Williams, En signs E. D. jOhnson, R. Fredd, J. Whitshed, and P. W. Horsley ; Captain-Adjutant C. Norris, SurgeonYerne ley and three children, Assistant-Swgeon W. Dyinopkv , wife, Quartermaster - .T . :--eesatuortr wiles -nusisesa children. She proceeds to Queenstown to disembark them, and returns with 15 officers and 407 men of tho Westmeath Militia, also a detachment of the G9th Regt., consisting of six officers and 84 men, women, &c. She left Portsmouth yesterday, at 3 p.m., direct for Cork. The steam gun-boat Hind arrived at Portsmouth yes- terday from the Baltic, and went into harbour. La Hogue, screw steam-ship, Capt. Ramsay, discharged her powder and shot in Plymouth Sound, and went up Hamoaze on Thursday. The hired steam-ship Ripon, with Land Transport Corps and provisions for the Crimea, left Hamoaze early yesterday morning. When passing between St. Nicho las and the Main she met H. M.'s screw steam-ship La Hogue going up harbour. The two 'exchanged salutes by dipping ensigns, and the craw of La Hogue gave three hearty 'cheers, which were acknowledged most warmly by their departing comrades in arms. The Ripon passed the west end of the Plymouth breakwater at 8.45 a.m. The crew of the Sanspareil, 70, Capt. Williams, struck lower yards and topma s ts a t Ply mou th on Thursday, and the ship was towed to the shear hulk to have her fan unshipped previously to being taken into dock. She is to be fitted with all despatch. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Caradoc, Lieutenant- Commander Derriman, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, for Marseilles, where she will embark Lord Canning, Governor-General of India. The Gleaner gun-boat, tender to the Ajax, left Sheer ness at noon yesterday for Plymouth. An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness for the Phoenix, 6, screw steam-sloop, Commander Arthur Tower (just appointed), to be paid off. All the seamen who are entitled to long leave are to be immediately discharged to the Waterloo ; and on the Phoenix being paid off her crew are to be transferred to the Waterloo. She has been taken into No. 1 dry dock. In order to obviate her propensity for rolling, it has been recommended that she should be doubled from her extreme breadth at her bends downward to the floor heads, and rolling bilge pieces fixed on her. - The Horatio, 8, screw steam-ship, Captain the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, was taken into No. 3 dry dock, Sheerness, yesterday, for a thorough overhaul of hull and machinery. On her outward passage from Sheerness with the Glatton floating battery she called at Ports mouth, where it was found necessary, from complaints made, to inspect her accommodation for officers and men. The Right Hon. Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, 1C.C.8., M.P., and Admiral Martin visited her for that purpose, and it was found that in consequence of the confined state of the lower deck, which is only 5 feet 5 inches from deck to beam, the average temperature with a portion of the ship's company below was above 100 degrees. The ship's crew consists of 200 meu, who were at that time all berthed and messed on the lower deck. It was immedi ately ordered by Admiral Berkeley that mess tables and stools should be supplied for the shipV company living and sleeping on the main deck for the future. The gun room on the lower deck, intended for the accommodation of the gun-room officers, 10 in - number, frequently (by supernumeraries) increased to 17, did not- con tain 400 cubic feet of space. About 80 cubic feet more were granted them by Admiral Berkeley's order. The temperature ranged from msninusm 95 to 110, and that in a constant vapour bath while under way with steam up, which kept at least 25 per cont. of the ship's com pany on the sick list. Owing to this and other causes, nearly one-half of the Horatio's crew have deserted her since the Ist of January last. She has been taken into dock for the purpose of remedying these serious inconve nisei °es. It will require at least three months to refit her. Her Majesty's ship Dee, Master Commander pullet], sailed yesterday from Woolwich with boilers and ma chinery for Portsmouth. On the previous evening, dur ing a dense fog, Joseph Ostlan, a Quartermaster of the Dee, fell into the basin, but was fortunately extricated by the police, who were in attendance - with lanterns and drags. They were assisted by a workman of the dockyard named Bradley, who has been instrumental in saving the lives of two other persons similarly situated. A man belonging to the Rhadamanthus likewise fell into the basin alongside his ship, and his body was not - discovered until life was extinct. The Beaver, lighter, was yesterday morning towed down to Sheerness by the • Monkey, with boilers and machinery for the Porcupine. The George Hawkins, steam-tmnsport, passed Wool wich on Thursday for Greenhitho, where she will be swung preparatory to her departure for the East. She takes out medical stores for the army, and carries a mail. Mr. Charles William Fothergill, Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, is promoted to Second Lieutenant, and appointed to the Portsmouth Division ; and Mr. R. J. Pascoe, likewise of the Woolwich Division, to be Second Lieutenant, and to join the Chatham Division of that corps. Mr. E. W. Baker, chief engineer of the third class, RN., serving in her Majesty's 'ship Hogue, has been promoted to the second class. A number of medals for distinguished services has been received at head-quarters of the Royal Sappers and Miners, at Woolwich, for distribution among the follow ing non-commissioned officers and privates, all of whom, with one exception, are still serving at the seat of war, whence a representation of their services has been for warded :—Colour-Serjeants Henry M‘Donald and Michael M‘Leod ; Corporals Joseph J. Stanton and Samuel Cole ; Second-Corporals John Paul and Wm. Trimble ; Lance-Corporals Joseph Thos. Collins, Wm. Jenkins, and Chas. Kintry ; Privates Wm. Harvey, Wm. Orr, Wm. Bruce, Alex. M`Caughey, Jas. Moncur, Neil Wlnnes, and Andrew Fairservice. First-Lieutenant D. W. Curry, son of Admiral Curry, C. 8., of Devon port, died on the 22d ult., at the hospital at Therapia. He served with the Marine Battalion from their first landing in the Crimea, and commanded a bat tery under Sir Colin Campbell at Balaklava. He was also senior subaltern and acting adjutant to the Marine detachment in the Battle of Inkerman, after which he held the appointment of Quartermaster at Balaklava. Ultimately his health gave way, and two days after the fall of Sebastopol he was removed to Therapia, where be died. The largest slip in England is the new one in Chatham dockyard. Its dimensions are-300 feet long, 114 feet wide, and 90 feet high. It was commenced in 1851, and has 60 iron pillars and 6 travellers. The ends are glazed. A 30. gun floating battery is to be built in it immediately, to be ready for launching in March next. An additional length of 40 feet is being given to the second and third wet docks at Chatham, to admit of the largest vessels in the navy being floated in for repairs. The non-commissioned officers and men of the 57th Regiment, now on active service in the Crimea, have subscribed their working pay to create a fund for 3 been the widows and orph ans o f so ldi ers w h o h ave di e d in e t_ Crimea. The f o ll ow i ng l e tt er , among ot h ers , has received by a resident in Cork :-- " The non-commissioned officers and men o f the 57th from Oct., Regiment having subscribed their working pay 1854, to Feb., 1855, t o crea t e a fund for the b en efit of widows and orph an s o f so ldiers who have died in the of the 5 7th Crimea, Lieut.-Col. Warre and the officers Regiment have great satisfactioni .n and 1/. for your no tifying to you that the sum of 41., being child, will be paid to you o3rl.yof°ur you rself i order on application to ag ents, Craig's co ur t , Messrs. Cox and Co., army London. THE MILITIA. The North Mayo Militia moves from Castlebar to Sligo. the Fermanagh Militia from Newry to Dundalk ; the Louth Rifles from Dundalk to Cavan and Belturbet, re placing the Cavan Militia, ordered to Engl an d ; the 2d Cheshire from England to Newry. A L L-11ALLOW FAIR.—The number of cattle on the stance on Wednesday would be about 4,500, composed of all descriptions, with several lots of fresh ones forward yesterday. Best descripti ons would be fully 5 per cent. down from Tuesday, While the smaller sorts of cattle will b e 7 to 10 per cent, down, with every appearance of a very heavy finish, and an immense number of High- land and Irish cattle unsold. Highland cattle will be 10 per cent. down from Doune on the inferior kinds. Mr. Swan, salesman, sold a lot of three-year-old short horn bullocks to Mr. Murray, Kersknowe, at 141. 19a., and another lot of the same description at 141.; a lot of four-year olds to Mr. Calder, Tanderlane, at 18/. 18s.; a lot of s ti r k s at 71., to Mr. Rintoul, Fifeshire, and another lot a t 71 .; a lot of half-bred lambs to _ Al c3 r • Hill, Leck ers t one, at 17s. 6d. a-piece, and 400 black faced faced e wes at 10/. per clad score. Several ot h er I men sold at s i m il ar pr i ces , but In some instances not extensive. —Nora Baas & Dail!! Ma i ' u s so IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. riIRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an n injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin arid others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole di rearmed° de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Sperrnatorrhon, and Exhaustion of the iy %tem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by he consequences of early errors it is invaluable. - TRIESEMAR, No. 2, ,tiectually, In the short space of three days, completely and entirely :tadieates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubete , ave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the healtt. If a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, , s the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, tstict. aafortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in• evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the isrsaparilla in the world cannot remove. , TRIESiMAR, No. 1,2, and 8, are alike devoid of taste or smell, tnd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at Ils. each, free by post, 2s. extra, dividel bite eparato doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, te.,&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cann' ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger, 150, Ox wd-s treet ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. M arket-street, Manchester ; 4. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, LiveTßool • Powell bookseller, 15, Westmorehuld-Street Dublin; Wimlall, bookseller, lllghltrode Birmingham. ELEGANT PERSONAL REQUISITES. ROWLANDS' MACASSAA OIL.- The successful r.sgults of the last half-century have proved beyond question that this unique discovery possesses peculiarly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and improvement of the Human Hair. Price 3s. 6d., 75., family bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, an Oriental Botanical Preparation for improving and beautifying the complexion, rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming, and eradi cating all cutaneous disfigurements. Price 4s, 61. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, prepared from Oriental Herbs with unusual care, transmitted to this country at' great expense, and of inestimable value in preserving and beautifying the teeth, strengthening the gums, and in rendering the breath sweet and pure. Price 2s. 9d. per box. *.* Beware of spurious imitations. The only genuine of each hears the name of " BOWL A.NDS" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Bold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hattou-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. COMMITTAL OF THE REVEREND DR. YAUGRAN. At the Lambeth Police.:court yesterday, the Rev. Dr. John yau g ban, incumbent of St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer the charge preferred against him by Mr. Prior and Mr. Ed wards, the churchwardens, of falsifying the parish re gisters for his own pecuniary advantage. One of the cases, that of Raven, was heard on Monday, and re ported in . The Sun of Tuesday. Yesterday the other charges set out in the summons (Begbie and Webb) were proceeded with, Mr. Clarkson appearing, as be fore, for the churchwardens, and Mr. Ballantine, with Mr. Prideaux, on behalf of the rev. defendant. Mr. Clarkson said he proposed in the first place to take the case in reference to Begbie, who died in Guys Hospital, in the perish of St. Olave, Southwark. Appli cation was made for burial at St. MattheW's, and a cer tificate was produced, which on the face of it showed where the death took place. Double fees . were paid. In the rough book St. Olave's was inserted, but in the re gister the residence was stated to be at Brixton ; and in 'the rough book the words St. Olave were struck out by the doctor on his return froM abroad,' and BriXton-Place substituted. Mr. Geoige Goodeve, boottnaker, of 16, John•street, Crutched-friars, said that James Begbie was his step son. When he was four years old he came to witness from Calcutta, and lived with him until he went to Guy's Hospital, in September, 1854. On the 20th of Novem ber he died in Guy's, and witness was there, He never lived at Brixton-place. He was buried at Brixton Church. Mr. William Stainer, the registrar of deaths for St. Olave's, in which district Guy's Hospital is situate, proved that on the 25th of November, 1854, he regis tered the death of James Begbie, which took place in the hospital. Miss Elizabeth Goodeve said she lived in Camber. well-lane, and was the aunt of James Begbie. He never lived in Brixton-place. He never lived in any place in England except with his step-father in Crutched-friars. Mr. Plummer, the undertaker of the funeral, and wit ness, paid the double fees, 11. 155,, to Malby. (The re ceipt was produced.) If the register represented that l3egbie died in Brixton-place, it was entirely untrue. Mr. Rogers, solicitor, produced a certified copy of the register of burial of Begbie, and had compared it with the original, the whole of which was it:l,l)r. Vaughan's hand writing. Under the printed head of address were the words, "Brixton-place." In the rough book he found an entry made in the handwriting of the Rev. Geo. East man, the curate, with the exception,of the amount of fee, whichl was in Dr. Vaughan's handwriting, he thought. By Mr. Ballantine—The amount inserted in the book would represent that the person buried was a parishioner. Mr. J. W. Plummer, of Brixton -place, said he was parish clerk of St. Matthew's. Begbie died, and he con ducted the funeral. He had since been dismissed by Dr. Vaughan. The entry in the rough book was in Mr. East man's handwriting, with the exception of the fee, 65., which was in Dr. Vaughan's handwriting. Six shillings would be the proper amount for a parishioner. Witness had no recollection of seeing the certificate, and did not know who had it. Witness on that occasion received ls. Bd. as parish clerk, being the fee he was entitled to for a parishioner. By Mr. Ballantine—lt would be the duty of the un dertaker (witness) or the sexton (Malby) to give the officiating minister the certificate. Dr. Vaughan had never complained of his smoking in the church or the vestry. He had certainly complained that his clothes smelt of smoke. He had been engaged in posting bills calling a meeting in reference to Dr. Vaughan, and he carried out his instructions, w hich were given to hi m b y Edwards and Mr. Prior, the c hurchwardens. He posted one of the bills directly opposite to Dr. Vaugha n ' s house. The churchwardens gave him special directions where to post the bills. He got a paper giving him the necessary directions from the house of Mr. Gearing, in Acre-lane, Brixton, where Mr. Eastman, the curate, lives. Mr. Eastman gave him the paper. It directed him as to the precise places on which be was to post the bills. By Mr. Clarkson—He never posted any bills insulting to or abusive of Dr. Vaughan. Those he was entrusted with merely announced the meetings intended to be held. Mr. G. Malby, the sexton of St. Matthew's, said he saw Dr. Vaughan about the interment of Begbie. He informed the rev. gentleman that Miss Goodeve had ap plied for the interment of a person who had died in the hospital, and asked him whether ho would take it. Dr. Vaughan said ho would on payment of double fees._ Witness receivedl.ss., being the amount of double- sugar, testrioaun serious (Prom, the Times City Article.) most articie r s is o, attention. Its influence upon the entire mass of the daily o c nl o y n s i u n m co p r ti n o , n, but is population at the approach of winter will be such that ep n lre d onb i a a nb i t n ie s ine s x h at o lel uld be spared to make them acquainted wit h '. its true causes, since there is nothing that could .be more readily turned to purposes of political discontent, while with regard tont theextent eoifr ourmoneyed fucalculations.t u r classes im imports To the hrwte sh elquestionmehas respects eri as neast ismoe etath! in attracting prevent people from falling into the error of supposing that the evil is entirely and necessarily a result °film war, and that it will consequently go on increasing until that - is stopped. The failure of the harvest in France, Germany, and Northern Russia would have caused high prices to be maintained for brealstuffe, whatever might have been our political condition ; other articles, the advance has been owing to the sudden recognition on the part of the dealers of the low point to which the stocks in hand have been allowed to fall. Unquestionably, this diminution has, in a considerable measure, been occasioned by the war, in consequence of the active consumption which has been stimulated . among the operatives and others to whom the Govern• ment expenditure gives unusually profitable employe meat ; but in some few cases it is attributable to the same cause as that which has influenced the corn-market namely, deficient crops, and in a much greater num ber to the extreme caution of importers, under the dread of a scarcity of money. Many of the circumstances, therefore, which have produced the present state of affairs are in a degree temporary or accidental. It is true that allowance must be made for the cessation of grain supplies from the Black Sea and the heavy charges laid upon tal low and hemp for their overland transit : but, on the other hand, the war has greatly stimulated the wheat production of the United States and Canada, which will soon do much to compensate for the closing of the Russian parts ; while the same thing, to a less extent, has taken place in India and other countries which have sent us substitutes for tallow and hemp. Hence, when the present range of prices shall have brought us those supplies which must be their natural result, and the eco %me the will cause shall also havread v "tuee i s e eci , TETric 4 7 .71/ 'FT; "grfotead to seer ti at the Markets may gradually revert nearly to their ordinary range, or, at all events, be subject to no other disturb ances than such as are inevitable from adverse seasons. Whether the general rise which hai now taken place has already reached the utmost limit warranted under the immediate circumstances is a question involving too many personal interests for a public opinion to be volun teered, even if the data on which it could be formed gave any elements of certainty. That many observant firms, however, have for some time predicted an advance to be inevitable is well known, and that the diminution in the stocks of several of the chief articles of consumption— such as cotton, sugar, coffee, rice, Sec.—was such as to confirm that view will be seen from the following com parative table of the quantities of the principal articles held on the lst of November last and at the correspond-. ing date of the two preceding years : STOCKS. 1853. November 1. 1854. 1855. Cotton, in U. Kingdom (bales) " 903,000 805,150 541,500 Sugar, in do. (tons) 114,000 160,000 75,000 ' Do., on the Continent 31,000 44,000 20,400 Tea, in U.Kingdom (1b)54,615,000 62,870,000 '64,612,000 Coffee, in do. (tons) lB,lOO 12,5C0 10,500 Do:, on the Continent 43,410 37,939 40,820 Indigo,inLondon (chst) 23,317 24,558 17,313 Rice, in do. (tons) 19,223 7,342 9,340 Silk, in do. (bales) 17,764 29,717 24,764 Saltpetre, in do. (tons) 3,054 7,840 4,871 Hides, in do. (number) 250,000 249,030 • 172,000 Tallow, in do. (casks) 21,612 30,070 23,092 Cocoa-nut oil, in do (tons) Rum, in do. ( punuhns ) 11,420 18,120 23,670 Do. (hhds) • 1,253 *3,570 3,8.0 Hemp, in do. (tons) Flax, in do. (tons) 726 2,214 1,110 The items in this list showing the heaviest falling off as compared with last year are cotton and sugar, espe cially the latter. Of the future adequacy of the supplies of cotton from the United States the accounts of the pre sent crop are sufficient to inspire confidence. In sugar the rise which has taken place is altogether unprece dented for suddenness and extent since 1814. Never theless, a large crop is available from the Mauritius, and in Brazil, although the cultivation has been severely checked in some districts by the loss of slaves from cholera, the last growth is supposed to have been nearly an average. In Louisiana the supply is said to hare been diminished by the substitution of cotton planting. As regards coffee the deficiency of stock is less, but the rise has also been far more moderate than in sugar, and the present crop at Rio is described as not being half as great as that of 1854. It was, however, then enormous. The Java crop is likewise asserted to be short. Tea, in stead of a diminution, shows a considerable increase of stock, but still it has experienced a decided rise. This seems attributable not merely to sympathy, but to the representations of some of the houses in China that although the exports have shown no diminution since the - rebellion, the extent of cultivation is rapidly becom ingotfepr there i o mas a pa l sp l ne e ele r adn . rot . ms l c n : slur anythingnoneeffii t:i .e ttool Theyf twehsaet warrant cases, however, does estimated t t e dt influenceh; the of thight apprehensionwiprices, l be both in bringing in supplies and stimulating produc tion,found, on looking back to the most remarkable in stances of excited markets, that after the lapse of a few months effects have usually begun to manifest them selves which have proved of long duration. The quotations for sugar attained this week would, it is asserted, for the first time for many years, pay for its importation from Chins. What has already been attracted from California and India ; and the latest letters from the United States, after describing the activity of purchasers of breadstuffs, on European account, say "the supply from the west is equal to the present or probable future demand." In the present instance the ultimate effect of -large arrivals of any ar ticle is likely to be increased by the demand for money, not only in this country, but at some of the chief seats of production, such as the United- States and India: - It - is to be borne in mind, moreover, that this demand for money, as far as England and the continent are con cerned, will augment in proportion to the amount of . goods that may be sent us. At the same time, it is sa tisfactory to know that all our purchases in America will, if experience can be relied upon, be rapidly followed by the transmission of orders from that side for an eqnal quantity of our manufactured goods, The same may also be said of Brazil and, in a minor degree, of other pending hoea e n i ni t eng r xg i countries. so. anxieties pay C half-yearf)l,i r s e a q ri sneu regarding nrl t edu l y, calculated uagat a let l dh t a h emt o o u omu g aon h the dntdeoyf - money-market, probability imports ark materially e t,during ou may ai the be inferred that the inconvenience will soon be succeeded by a general extension of our borne industry. TILE DISCOVERY STIIP BESOLUTE FOUND IN TRE On Saturday la=.t the barque Alibi, of this port, Capt. Stewart, belonging to the Aberdeen Arctic Company, returned hero from Davis's Straits. She sailed from this on Aug. 10, and arrived out in lat. 63.52, long. 64.49, on Oct. 1. The weather was then very adverse, boisterous gales pr.vailing from the northward, accompanied by frost and snow showers, and from the close-packed state , of the ice the vessel was prevented reaching her destine . , tion, viz , the fishing ground in Cumberland C1 11, ?[10 whither she had been preceded by Capt. withPennydn the Lady Franklin and Sophia. Matters continue state fot• 19 days, without appearance of chaeenng when she Bri tish again set sail for this country, havinzs days previous tish whale ships. On the 17th ult., twoo n Cape Mercy to leaving the country, midway between Cape Resolute, and Cape Elizabeth, spoke the discoey e, i w. tb en is t and was now which vessel was abandoned at , by Captains Sir E. Belcher d d a lingten, of the American Melville.iceuet,lsland in 1853 in the possession of Capt. Paddington, London (U.S.) The , uddington and 10 of his Whaler George Henry , c ?-• found in good condition by n i- a - s li t off Celie Mercy, dig• taut 35 or 40 miles, c n r e e s : l o u t t i e th% 'a.4 l7 b t o l a i find water in her hold. Captain' Bud with about four feet Captain Stewart r s d e e p d tem was intentions whenleft were to dington's inte his prize at Whale Fish Island. The winter with . Reso luted in the pl. 1 , h ave drifted . cm from Melville Island must Barrow's Straits, Lancaster Sound, and down through • L. , 13 %y• to where she was picked up, a distance of Baui e s ' '3 O degrees. C aptain about 25 or Captain Buddington Captain Kellett's epaulettes, left on board,the Resolute, to forward on his return home. — Aberdeen Journal, .iiRAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Chairman has desired me to request the favour of your inserting in The Sum the circular which he has this day addressed to the shareholders of this " 111 PuY.—I remain, sir, your faithful servant, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. " TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. "Gentlemen,—At the board meeting yesterday, ore,port or rumour was brought under my notice, to has been circulated I find m some of the newspapers, the effect that there had been a serious division among your directors, and that an influential member (meaning myself) bad threatened to resign if a dividend was re commended for the current half-year. As this is a ru mour which may prove prejudicial to your interests, I feel it is my duty to assure you a t once that there eref isll carefully to foundation for either of such st atements. "Instead of divisions, m y colleagues and mys e lf h ave That n been most unanimous. The y have appointed a coni mittee, as I promised at the last meetin g , a examine into all the affairs of the com p an y. com mittee has been si ttin g for some time . It is continuing of the the examination with p erfect cordiali ty from week to week, and endea vourin g to p rom ote every practicable retrenc h men t and improvement system. "To announce the result of such inquiry before it is comp leted would be premature , but I m a y say that un• less some unforeseen Paddington-station, circumstance b should arise, your to di rec tors have every rea son di s posable among the original vv elshareholdersbelieve will l e bebalance larger meoauveattbßer honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, 4., " S. 11. WALPOLE, Chairman. on, Nov. 16, 780." ; the ipply A &Ade bid ; 1 per to C■ n 54 ewa Mtl. , wri. P 2. -the