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R COlit- VEN'ING. COMM. JAzewater, Esq. Janaes Anderten, Esq , l) avid Allan, Esq. 4 r wood Anstwick, Esq J. X. Adlard, Esq. WnrY Adlard, Esq. Ashurst, Esq. n u W. Bally, Esq. eanmel P. Becton, n q. XI,: X. Brown, Esq. Z.Tillistn Batley, Esq. Larp Blyth, Esq. uanles Burrs, Esq. kanbury, Esq. Francis 13 enneck, Esq. William Barnes, Esq. William Brass, Esq. Josh ua Thomas Bedford, Esq., D eputy "Wirt Chaplin, Esq. Jeremiah Carter, Esq. J er emiah Curtis, Esq. William Cumming, Esq. Jacob George Cope, Esq. "clan Carter, Etat Davenpor, Esq. Nathaniel Dando, Esq. William Dawson, Esq. • Penning Esq. ▪ Elwall, , Esq. Webster Flockton, Charles Francis, Esq. L Flereing, Esq. JoGoulding Esq. hns Green• Esq. „. IL Gibson, Esq. Thoma s Harmer, ESQ. 14lornas Ilislop, Esq. D,r• J. t, Esq. aniel Bol eywood, Esq. learrea Stormes Hale, Esq. James Hoole, lig. '',clround Hodgson, Esq. b_."obert Jennings, Esq. rt Johnntone, James, Esq. ~71Matn Jones, Esq. ' l4 re n Xaye, Esq. William Knott, Esq. bJames Kilby, Esq. ~alph Lindsey, Esq. El2l. Lewis, Esq. or nas Lott, Esq., Deputy P. Leeks, Esq. J' Lupton, Esq. T he Committee meet every eve TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON. t o t , Estzfq,—l leave the honour to inform you that the election on F vacant office to which I aspire will take place at the Guildhall to e RI DAY next, the 2d of March, at Eleven o'clock; and I venture gam the hope that I may be favoured with the presence of as gam of those kind friends who, on public and personal grounds, re- I nc 2}' claims to be worthy of their support, as can without much irenience attend the nomination of candidates. th e 7e aPontaneous renewal of the pledges which, on the occasion of e, rd ' i ls c t contest, secured for me 2,445 votes, and the additional strin promises with which I have been favoured in the present e from many who were formerly among my active but „alterable opponents, convince me that nothing can peril the be ali4,„°f my election but that relaxation in the exertions of my sa eei ;;eva which might be the result of too great confidence in my NVII tie, therefore, I should be doing great injustice to my own grj B did I not take this opportunity of expressing my very to whomactile of the cordial and most effective zeal of the gentlemen m y „.,"6 strenuous assistance I am conscious I must be indebted for th.-.ection, take the liberty to solicit from their kindness the fur beZLXreat oblihalfgation of a vigilant continuance of their activity . in my 2 11 3 iiti l l 8 t 4 h 9 e . fate of this contest shall have been finally decided. have the hone , — To I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your mach obliged and faithful servant, GEORGE LEDGER CONTRACT for BLACK IRONMONGERY. Department of the Storekeeper.Gencral of the Navy, The e, Somerset-place, February 26, 1 849 . 'fthe United for executing the office of Lord High Admiral koti ee ' l ilted Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , do hereby give that on TUESDAY, the 10th April next, at One o'clock, they e f r eady to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con :l'4: t for her Majesty's several Dockyards with BLACK IRONMONGER , exp ira Z contract of twelve months certain, and afterwards until the of six months' warning. uept f ,_ us of the articles may be seen at her Majesty's Dockyard at 4d d , and the conditions of the contract, a schedule of the arti- N e of the Tender may be obtained at the sai f d Office. T an e tde_r a o.. .will be received after On o'clock on the day of treaty, aq unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly ~,beu in writing. alt r Y Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi iren,'„ S id bear in th e left hand corner the words " Tender for Black aelo p . " (t u l , gerY," aii4 must also bo delivered at Somerset-place, ac beeeZ,ea bY a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to w rro uo rm arld n :it o h rt t h h e e c pe o r n s t o r n ac t t e . ndering in the sun s of 2,0001. for the tTItOPOLITAN COUNTIES AND 1 7 - GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, REGENT -STREET, WAT E RLOO-PL ACE, LONDON. IN CORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. AeqTHIIMPEES. tten,:" . • Walpole Esq. M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., ALP. Peter Puller, ' Esq. I Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq. DIRECTORS. Raptucl Driver, Esq., 'Whitehall. henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Cept. lion. G. F. Ilotham, RN., United Service Clab, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Lines, Lewisham, Kent. Samuel Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. Namuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale. 'F.', A ". 1 .7 Str motIIRS ewby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., Brixton, Surrey. T h . William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Ilyde-park•place. bra eel LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em the •arances upon single or joint lives, contingent survivorship, or tnrvivor of two or more lives. '''''qvmeats of widows and children. Traedia.te, deferred, and survivorship annuities. payment of fixed sums to the assured a t an y s p ecific a g e, or elr re. resentatives in case of death before tha t a g e. the t .junis may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, or upon L o Z," Premium plan for the first five years. granted on an entirely new principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. .rit a , P e rsons of whatever class, travelling by Ra ilwa y in Great whilst and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by acciden t atie ein ao travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., In }„ttA g L a Payment, for the whole period of life. fitn, 7 "; person may by one single payment of 51. assure to —hy bja ethers the sum of 1,000/., to be paid in the event of his .-ue by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. 11 % 1 S LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39 , THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK; And 14, . 111 °MAS FARNCOMBE, PALL-MALL Esq., Alderman, Chairman. w,1 41 WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. ~o , e.• Arden Esq t 4411 flan, • John Humphery, Esq., Ald. M.P. ho Wftr d Uates ur , Esq. Rupert Inglelsy, Esq. Jiinl ass Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. es cu tt P n, Esq. Jeremiah Filcher, Esq. Esq. 4.0 11 Lewis Pocock, Esq. 0 - 9 —Professor Hall, M.A. ; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq. 84 P arinctax—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. 50n,,,!, 14 " -- W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Acrusity—Professor Hall, M.A.,ef King's College. "uitira COUNSEL—Sir Joha 'Lorain, M.P., Solicitor-General. kcp ,nnta crron —William Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty - street. In 4,I'ITAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY. seN n i t y lition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders have the st an Assurance Fund of more than a Quarter of a i i ,Altad an Income of 65,0001., annually increasing, arising Item upwards of 6,0041 pc , BONUS, OR PROFIT BRANCH. SO ns Aamiring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled >eit4 e l, cent 01 the profits en this branch (a ft er payment of five %k g to . - retn; U nIS) ; and the profit assigned to each Pol i cy ma y be 4114 ta, "'" Run assured, sy• applied in reduction of the Annual pre- boas OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH. i,_'tag es -i t es o n the non-participating principle afford peculiar ad- I se ob i the assured, not offered by any other Oftice—for where seco:L' is the least possible outlay, the payment of a given sum TL' to e Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re rat. Of Premium. my XlOO WHO] TERM With Profits. I Without Profits £1 15 10 £1 11 10 215 2 0 7 3 0 7 2 14 10 4 6 8 4 0 11 6129 8 010 ELECTION FOR BRIDGEMASTER. GEORGE LEDGER, Citizen and Stationer, 35 years a Li lernosh, 13 years a Common Councilman, polled 2,445 at Election la 1841. 62 years of age. WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., M.P., Alderman, Chairman. VICE-CHAIRMEN. J; hies Pattison, Esq., M.P. Baron L. De Roths c hild,M. P. J. K. Hooper, Esq., Alderman (late Lord Mayor) T L'opeland, Esq., M.P. W. Hunter, Esq., Alderman Bit J ohn Key, Bart., Alderman Thomas Sidney, Ald ;u* John Pixie, Bart., Alderman F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman Ittal:1::1171, Esq., Deputy Esq , Aid. D. Salomons, Esq., Alderman _.r George Carrol, Alderman H. Lawrence, Esq., Alderman y w hll Pa nter, q. R. W. Carden, Esq., Alderman • Stevens, Esq., Deputy John Dillon, Esq. J. J. Travers, Esq. W E. Shuttleworth, Esq. PI. A Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. . Peacock, Esq., Deputy E. Eagleton, Esq. R . Esq. H. Leaf, Esq. Alfred ' Jones, Esq. R. Taylor, Esq. "SePh Spiers, Esq. .G. E. Valintide Esq. 'TTEE. J. Lorkin, Esq„ Deputy James Lake, Esq., Deputy W. Lister, Esq. J. J. Millard, Esq. Thomas Meeson, Esq. Nicholas Maughan, Eeq. A. R. M. Milroy, Esq. Philip May, Esq. J. E. Mouldon, Esq. Hugh 11. Mortimer, Esq. H. Marriott, Esq. Solomon Man, Esq. Henry Esq. Isaac .Ni4holson, Esq. William Oaks, Esq. George Oliver, Esq. Robert Obbard, Esq., Deputy John Giles Pitcher, Esq. Thomas Pearce, Esq. Joseph Phelps, Esq. James Pimm, Esq. H. Pouncey, Esq. Israel Phipps, Esq. W. 11. Pitcher, F sq. J. Charles Prior, Esq. Robert George Pead, Esq. Skinner Row, Esq. J. Rickerby, Esq, Reginald Read, Esq. William Ruston, Esq. Reuben Salomons, Esq. W. Sweeting, Esq. James Soper, Esq. Thomas Southey, Esq. James Spicer, Esq. Henry Spicer, Esq. Jeffery Smith, Esq. Charles Squire, Esq• Isaac ellieflleld, Esq. James Scovel, Esq. George Selsen, Esq., Deputy Thomas Sprague, Esq. E. J. Splers, Esq. Joseph Thorpe, Esq. William Townend, Esq. 11. Teape, Esq. B. Tomkins, Esq. R.II Townend, Esq. A. Thorp, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. C. J. Venables, Esq. David W. Wire, Esq. Edward Watson, Esq. Edward IVinstanley, Esq Warwick Weston, Esq. W. A. Wezuelin, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq. W. Tonle, Esq., Re. Ina at Seven o'clock precisely. VM. THOMPSON - , Chairman. So. 13' all, the T. r l3 °` c ;lite 1. a4OlO, Diill - ico, IZ. a. e , the re► WC p r ice. mom. VI il2r atYOf ntr m ----- .......szro Al 1 **\". Cene Year. Seven Years. 20 ----------_ a 0 4 ? 17 8 £Ol9 1 40 ,` 1 8 1 1 7 ao ~ s o 1 6 9 60 14 1 1 19 10 "---............7_ 2 4 I 17 0 04 e . j.,„ sr se h~f • f " Whole Term" Premium may remain en credit debt n're4 Years, or sae-third of the Premium may remain for life as a IVlthorl the policy at b par cent., er may be paid off at any time Ow__ notice. --Qua Paid in one month after proofs have been approved. E. BATES, Resident Director. CARRIAGE FREE.—Families resident in the country, whose consumption of TEA is considerable, are par- Writrly invited to the Establishment of MANSELL and CO., itielesale Tea and Coffee Dealers, 2, Backlersbury, Cheapside. 'o , u the order is for . in weight and th erriae i s ‘ l 4 direct to the house, 6lbs and the lowest wholesale price is c char g ed ; the frequent addition of accumulative profits is saved. MANSELL and CO., Bucklerabury, Cheapside Price. --• 29 10.3 79 ..... tRE MECHIAN DRESSING-CASE, the most Portable ever invented, being only the size of a pocket-book. 1 , 14 4, e ni 23 one pair of Afechl's ivory-handled peculiar steel razors, his the 4 ,7,Lr0P, comb, and badger-hair shaving-brush, price only 255. ; ' a st `ue With hair-brush and soap-dish, 355. To military men, and a ble " 13 : 1 -boat or travelling companion, this invention is an invalu sition. An immense variety of other dressing- cases, both V1ce,7 443 and gentlemen, either in fancy woods or leather, at all tl, clC snit either the economical or luxurious. An extensive t "-les ° r writing-de3ks, writing-cases, work -boxes, and bagatelle -14,4' t azor-strops, table cutlery, superb papier mache articles, ke. ---- "--2 factor Y , 4, Leadenhall-street, Four Doors from Cornbill. , f , , ----._ °/$ rtro llatr ated b 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ... a. b• -."`,..IICALYDISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCar. "ete CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. ho t O . i . s etxlarged to 196 pages. Just pub li shed , p rice 2s. 6d., or 1'6 1.11,, a4 direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. In postage stamps, t ) ,_, SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on P I , siva — L n ntinttities and decay of the generative system, from ex tiths,_ re n l .l ll gence, infection and the inordinate use of mercUry• —.41 , 5 ite 4 7,7, 41 011 Marriage and the means of obviating certain dis t. 4- t kit - i nB * Illustrated' by 26 Coloured Engravings . By R. and I°ll , - etre... and CO. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, 0x k.,14-atarn-4 London ' Published by the Authors : seld by Strange, 471 1 e.23 - 4 t4 : r-row . : Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; --, tre ' ' ir ehborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden 1, et. oh, ---.2 I ' ..., tills, ~;`,sats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive p„,,`4lt , r — r„' 4 illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. i h ''' . .oe a. ,„"1. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive hidul li' escii . ..; t4 Gir lamentable effects en the system, producing mental btrai l e'd k w eakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. t i .,..a.k t / .7 Three Explanatory Engravings. -'"° Pri "• treats for seas m, secon d ary the dies resul from infection, either in reit,. e.r t r ,, --- .7, or and cantatas explicit directions for 4 gra 4, 41iL • This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 1 , Vb au by 44 „ l ' lv „. 'et - Biel ' contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease Ale 1,.. appueati , by which the danger of infection ts ob 'ad'r's '-,,° iraPortai7l, l part of the Work should not escape the Lice d k kr y • ~ati,,. ~; is devoted to the consideration of marriage, ant its L i kg 11, "t bUL BALM OF SYR an iA d ' l.,." l ll ,o . le ' : th c i a ee 4 r eri s Atifennaupyroductive union are also considered, and inquired into. o p u hil m o is so ci phi ci call usiv Y ely employe . d in treat ',otta 4 ° o us p . e, and sexual debility impotence, &c., lb I. and 335. per ~,- ` l ,n ea,, oh o Co ncentrated ' Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic .7rca " ' Pur fyi , erut" ' ng the blood in cases o t :rrr u nons, and the abuse of mercury, I ts. and 335. per bottle. tio rtal4 re uxin g SPeciflc Pills, 45. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box, a tt rnedv fo Pt..." tha , . r gonorrhosa, gleet, stricture, and chronic infiamma ts-"Pi of 1,7 Plodder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute „." 1 : Pa o ,„ — Le ease is required : age, habits, and position in society. d _"oleii is:ts , vdth advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by i'Pee k di e foe,' I is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atteL ta uu .., 31 at 19 Berders-street, Oxfbrd-street, London, from km 49ne. and Five to Eignt ; on Sundays from Eleven to_One. ;:?:,,,,. ,-,e.1._ , !'-7-'ts.4 , - t i '' , , 4F,ofr \ 1 1 , ;" ( i - - I —, *. '-. , , uri s - - : . t ~1 ~ 1 :... - z,v .:,.. ~.6Z4 , \''t) i i 1 i g l y , •,..t.,-,.., 1 ../ 1. ..,.,.. r 2, No. i 7,607,3 LONDON, THURSDAY E NG SUN, MARCH 1, 1849. PUBLICATIONS. LIBRARY EDITION of ALISON'S EUROPE, with PORTRAITS. Preparing for Pablicatisn, a New Edition, in Octav ;, of rrE HISTORY OF EUROPE. • from the commencement of the French Revolution to the Battle of Waterloo. By ARC HI IIALD ALF ON, L.L . D., F.R.S. E. This edition, the Eighth, will be very handsomely printed in demy SVO., on a new and elegant pica type, on superfine paper, to range in Libraries with the Standard Editions of our English Historians. To be issued in Monthly Volumes, price 15s. each. The First Volume, containing Portraits of Lonia XVI. and Marie Antoinette, wi l be published on March 24. A detailed alyertisement, with specimen of the paper and type on which this edition is printed, may be had of all booksellers in town and country, by whom subscribers's Names will be received. At same time will appear, The First Number of a New Issue, Chronologically arranged, of THE ATLAS of MAPS and PLANS, Illustrating the History of Europe during the period. To be pub lished in Monthly Numbers, each containing Eight Maps or Plans, price 3s. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edinburgh ; and 37, Paternoster-row, London. On 31st March will be published, in Imperial 4t0., Part I. of J OHNSTON'S PHYSICAL ATLAS o NATUR IT. PHENOMENA. Reduced from the Edition it Imperial folio. Fer the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Families. To be published in Twelve Monthly Parts, price 3s. (id. each ; to four a handsome Volume in imperial quarto. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London Just published, price One Shilling , T AIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CLXXXIII., for MARCH, 1849. Now ready, price 3s. Gd , THE INHERITANCE of EVIL; or,• the Consequence of Marrying a Deceased Wife's Sister. London: J. Masters, Aldersgate- street, and 78, New Bond-street. T HE NICOLL—REGENT- STREET and CORNTIILL. " Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy—rich, not gaudy ; For the aparel oft proclaims the man." THE spirit and meaning of the above quotation may with justice be applied to The NICOLL, a patented Paletot or - outer coat, adapted for a variable climate, by means of a novel and most ingenious contrivance, whereby it can l:e converted at pleasure from a warm to a light garment, or vile versa. The wearer's personal appearance is moreover im proved, and he possesses a most gentlemanly and graceful gar ment for either cold or warm weather; not only this, but the inner lining, when detached, can be worn alone, and forms a most com fot ta , le reading or dressing Jacket ; and though ihe tout ensemble is rich in quality, yet it retains a moderate cost, such varying from one and a half to three and a half guineas, but can he had in London only of the Patentees, 11. J. and I). NICOLL, 114, 116, 120, RE GENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL. FOREIGN WOOLS.—" At the recent Wool Sales, the whole of certain qualities of Foreign Wools, after some competition, were purchased for Messrs. Nicoll, the extensive Woollen Drapers and Clothiers of Regent-street and Cornhill. They are all marked for Gloucestershire, as in that county the mills are situated wherein the material will be converted into the beau tiful fabric known as the Nicollian Cloth, a species of inanufact.re - introduced by the firm from whom it derives its name."—The Sun. WOOLLEN BUYERS and CONSUMERS are reminded that Messrs. NICOLL were the first, and continue to be the only, house in the United Kingdom that ever offered to the buyer and consumer, for cash payments, the saving of all the several profits of the in termediate grades that continue to exist between the wool growers and themselves. As will he shown by the above extract from one of the public journals, the wool used in the manufacture ofthe Nicollian Cloth does not leave Messrs. N.'s po,session until it is produced in the piece ready for sale, either by their Agents, or themselves at the Whole sale Warehouse, 120, REGENT-STREET, and afterwards when made up into the fashionable and Patented garments known as the NICOLL, the REGISTERED PALETOT, and NICOLL'S MORNING COAT, all of which can be purchased singly of the several recognised Agents, as also of the Patentees. 11. J. and D. NICOLL, at their Retail Ware-rooms, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL. LONDON. THE REGISTERED PALE 0 - (6 and 7 Viet., Cap. 65) of Nicollian or Llama Cloth, as adapted for the approaching Spring by Messrs. NICOLL, who are the ORIGINAL INVENTORS, and continue to be honoured with the patronage of their Royal High nesses PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE, PRINCE EDWARD of SAXE WEIMAR, his Grace the DUKE of WELLINGTON, and all others distinguished in rank and fashion, the Court, the Pulpit and the Bar. The above is now produced In the richest and best manner, con taining all the now and patente4 improvements for the extremely moderate price of Two Guineas, to be had in London only of 11. J. ned 1). NICOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, or 22, COENHILL. UNDER the SII 4.DOW of the GRASS • U HOPPER (22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange) may be seen the City Depot for the NICOLL, the REGISTERED I'ALETOT, NICOLL'S MORNING COAT,: and other garments, with some portion of each of the beautiful fabrics daily exhibited In the spacioss warerooms, 114, 116, and 120, Regent-street, as not only these last-named premises, bat also those in Cornhill, are the property of oae and the same Aria. 11 y a des agents pour la vente de cos articles brevetes dans teutes les principales ♦illes de l'Aitgleterre et des colonies qui wit des as sortiments prets a etre examines. ANOVELTY. —There has lately been registered an article that cannot fail to find a place in every Gentle man's wardrobe, as it effectually provides for a long-acknowledged want therein. The said novelty consists in a body garment some what in the form of a dress-coat—that is to say, it can be worn without any distinct infringement of the laws of tunic recogi..,a ill society upon ordirm, ; but yet the gar.,, ent intended for morning wear, as a Riding cc Sy alking n Coat ; and as, for such exercises, each will maintain his own idea as to the requisite ease - necessarrimits ft, the Inventors,' in order to insure the full convenience of their patrons, will keep ready an extensive graduation of sizes, FO that a .• selection can be made proportionate with the nature of exertion or the wearer's own taste—thus at once obviatiag any annoyance arising from the cutter not immediatelaly comprehending what is wanted. Although compesed of the NICOLLIAN CLOTH, yet A most moderate price is charged, viz., Two Guineas for NICOLL'S AIORNL , i G COAT, as that is the name given to the said novelty, and which can be had in London only of 11. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGEN P.-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL. TO THE COUNTRY TRADE, &e.—Such re spectable Houses as may be disposed to add to their present trade the very important addition of a first-rate connexion, consisting of purchasers of first-class Goods, principally PALETOIS, &c., can effect their object by applying for terms, &c. to the under-men tioned, who will duly for ward same, with fullest particulars, in the event of there being an opening for an agency in the town from whence they write.—H. J. and D. NICOLL, WHO E- S LE and COUNTING-HOUSE DEPARTMENT, 120, REGENT STREET, London. ART -UNION of LONDON. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Subscription List will CLOSE on the 31st instant. Each Prizeholder, at the Annual Distribution, will be entitled to select FOR HIMSELF a Work of Art, as heretofore. Every Subscriber will receive for each Guinea an impression of a Line Engraving, by P. Lightfoot, after W. E. Frost, A.R.O. —" SABRINA," a proof of which may now be seen at the office, and in addition to this, an Engraving, after a design in bas relief, for which a Premium of 1001. has been offered by the Society. 444, West Strand, March, 1849. GEORGE GODWIN, 1 Honorary LEWIS POCOCK, Secretaries. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The Art of Magic or Conjuring illustrated and explained in Lec tures, by Mr. Shaw, late partner with M. D'Augvigney, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every Evening at Nine.—Dr. Ryan's Lec ture on the Chemistry of the Breakfast Table, in which Mr. Moore's Patented Process for Preserving Milk for long voyages will be explained daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. B ichhoffner's Illustrations on Astronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock.—Lectures on the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means of the Steam Jet.—A View in the Gold District of California is aided to the New Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Ma chinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily front Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, ls.—Schools, half-priee.—The New Catalogue. is. TIC DOLOREAUX CURABLE. TOOTHACHE. Instantaneous relief from those excruciating complaints may be bad by using JAMES'S Celebrated ASTILIAN TINCTURE for TIC DOLOREUX, TOOTHACHE, PAINS in the FACE, GUMS, Re. [IMPORTANT TESTIMONIALS.] "Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1848. " To Messrs. Carson and Co, "It is with much pleasure I communicate the great efficacy of your Astillan Tincture' for the Tic Dolereux and Toothache, it having cured my wife of the former in a few minutee after the ap plication. She suffered dreadfully for some time, and could get no relief till your tincture was applied. (Signed) " 14, Rathbone-street, Toxteth-park." " THOMAS GUY. " Liverpool, Dec. 14 , 1848, "To Messrs. Carson and Co., "It is with feelings of gratitude that I inform you of the won derful cure effected by the use of James's Celebrated Astilian Tincture' for the Tic Doloreux and Toothache, prepared by you. " My wife had been suffering the most excruciating agony for three weeks, night and day ; she tried everything that we thought would be of any service, but all in vain ; she was then recommended to try youeTincture, which she did, and in four minutes after the application she was quite cared. (Signed) "54, Oliver-street, Windsor." " WILLIAM REID. " Liverpool, Dec. 23, 1848 " Gentlemen,—.After six months' experience in its sale I have found your Astilian Tincture' to be all but uniformly successful in the cure of Tic Doloreux and Toothache ; indeed oily one case of failure de I knew of in that time. Although generally averse to such things, yet you may, if you choose, make public use of this.—l remain yours, faithfully, " THOMAS LOWE, "Dispensing Chemist, 38, Islington, and 40, Norton-street. "P.S.—You may send we another three dozen, of the smaller size. " To Messrs. Carson and Co." • Prepared by Carson and Co., St. Anne-street, Liverpool, sole pro prietors, from whom it may be had, or through any of the Wholesale Houses in London, Birmingham, York, Edinburgh, &c. and retail from any respectable Medicine Vendor throughout the Kingdom. In Bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I ls. each. THE BEST APERIENT and ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE for general use is FRAMPTON'S PILL. OF HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, re lieve langour and depression of spirits ; while to those of full habit and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heav!- ness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. This medicince has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society ; and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with permission to publish it, and if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author : " To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. " feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsoli cited testimony to the excellence of your Frampton's Pill of Health,' which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior ge neral medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having re course to any other medicine for a long period of years. She has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that, perhaps, there is scarcely any other of the many patent medi cines before the public of equal value as a friend in need ;' certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individual recommendation ; and am, Sir, '• Your obedient servant, ..+1 * * *.,, Sold by T. Print, 229, Strand, London. Price la. IM d. and 2s. 91 per box. Also by the venders of medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Oo• vernment Stamp. ASTAIRN COUNTIES RAILWAY. t__, 4 At the TWENTY-FIFTH GENERAL HALF-YEARLY MEE PING of the Company, held at tko London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of Febraaly, 1349, (pursuant to Act of Incorporation). DAVID WADDINGTON, Esq., 3f.P., in the Chair. The advertisement convening the Meeting having been read, it was resolved, That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the 14: gtster of Proprietors now produced ; and proposed, That the Report of the Directors now read be received and adopted, and circulated among the shareholders, and that the divi dend on the consolidated stock of this and of the Norfolk Company be payable on and after the 12th of March next. Whereupon an amendment was moved and carried, that a Com mittee of Investigation be appointed to inquire into all the affairs and accounts of the Company, and report their opinion thereon to an Adjourned meeting ; and that they be at liberty to scud for books, papers, and accounts, and examine any parties they think fit, and to employ such accountants as they may require. That the Committee be nine in number, and five the quorum. That no shareh ldcr be elected to the Committee who does not hold 50 shares of 201. each. That the five following shareholders be of the Committee, viz.:— Mr. Cash, :Mr. Christie, Mr. Sherwood, Mr. Samuel Ellis, and Mr. Mayhew, and that they have power to appoint the tour remaining members of the Committee. .... It was then moved aed seconded, That the Bill fcr the Amalga mation of the Norfolk and Lowestoft Railway Company with the Eastern Counties Company be withdrawn from Parliament. - Whereupon an amendment was asoved and seconded, that this Reeling do now adjourn. The Chairman having declared the original motion carried, a poll was demanded. It was then ordered that the poll be held at the London Tavern, to-morrow (Thursday), the Ist of March, to continuo open fro.n 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. _ ' DAVID WADDINGTON, Chairman of the Meeting. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Ilishopsgate Station, Feb. 28, 1849. FF. ASTERN - COUNTIES RAILWAY—The POLL demanded at the Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders held this day, at the London 'govern, was ordered to take. place at the London Tavern on THURSDAY,. the Ist March, from 'J A.M. until G P.M., to which hour the meeting was adjourned, when. the result will be announced. . . . C. P. RONEY," SeCretary. Bishopsgate Station, Feb. 28, 1849. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive (under the eowers of their Act of Parliament) Tenders for Loans of Money on security of Debentures. Tenders, stating amount and term of years of proposed Loans, to be addressed to the Secretary, 61, Moorgate-street, London. By order, ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street, February 20, 1849. CHESTER and HOLYHEAu RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Office. 61, Iloorgate-street, in the City of London, cn FRIDAY, the 16th day of March now next ensuing at One o'clock in the afternoon. This Meeting will be made Special, in order to determine on the expediency of raisirw additional Capital by the creation of New Shares under the powers of the elisting Acts, and of a Bill which has icon introiuced into Parliament for the purpose. To authorise the Directors to exercise the powers of the Company if borrowing money on mortgage, and to confirm the purchase of the Mold Railway. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. ANDREW G. GIFFORD. Secretary. N.ll. The Transfer-books of the Company will be Closed from FRIDAY, the'9th of March until after the Meeting. IN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANVARD'S GRAND NOTING PAINTING of the MIS ,' SSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the htlieays. This immense Painting is tile Largest in the World, and exh.bits more than 3,000 miles of Ameri -an scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon, it lialf-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past geven o'clock; boors open half ft,i h•ur before commencing. Admission, lower ,eats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. GAS CHANDELIERS AND GAS FIT TINGS.—AII who require Gas Fittings of any description should inspect the Immense Stock at the Establishment of th o ‘I etropolitan Light Company.—Designs of Chandeliers, Brackets , Gall Lanterns, Pendants, &c., to suit every taste. The prices are qe low, all must be pleased. The Fittings can be done with all lispatch consistent with proper workmanship. The proper Gas Burners for dwelling-rooms are the Glass and the Reflecting Burners. The Company, to prevent their Gas Work being defaced, wee Glass Handles tit' the turn-taps.—Contracts entered into, and the work guaranteed. RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, corner of Adelaide-strect, next doer to tke Electric Telegraph Company. A NEW DISCOVERY. VTR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet- Lvii_ street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or tgatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as net to bo distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found 'very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered mound and useful in mastication 52, Fleet-street. At Homo from Ten till Fiye. THE ATRAPILATORY, or LIQUID HAIR DYE ; the only dye that really answers for all colours, and does not require re-doing but as the hair grows, as it never fades or acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common to all other dyes. ROSS and SONS can, with the greatest confidence, recommend the above dye as infallible, and ladies or gentlemen requiring It are re quested, if convenient, to have it done the first time at their esta blishment; which will enable them to use it afterwards themselves without the chance of failure. They think it necessary to add, that by attending strictly to the instructions given with the dye, nu merous parties have succeeded equally well without coming to them Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, Lona." A 11 R 1 - "43-- . = E. One half the word are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Di dente, or a ense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em •:ttor the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea 4 caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un .omprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, .fid broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness ,nd social content. The dowry should not he the only marriage set lenient. honour and jurtice deinsuid that health should form an item n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or icylect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if hose surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little , !EMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. In 2 vols., Is. usch (by nost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively . efinc , i, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered nacinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining .eri. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but e closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to wham tiny are offered as antagonistic to the erapiiical trash put forth on he above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other tttle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, ay post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and ,veld," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely rimplilets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the nero ephemeral seribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's le, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob ervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he e-onld be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always n the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of .berwood, 23, raterncster-row ; Carvalho. 147, Fleet•streot • Mann, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other .itse) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, ivrntrigs and evenings). 50. Argyll-piece Regent-street: and all ookßellers RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Dm. 28. STOCK EXCIIiNGE.—The business done in the Stock Exchange to day has been trifling, and the market throughout has been heavy. Prices, however, have not given way.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, Cheshire, and West Yorkshire No.l, 6—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire, 311. Shares, (late C. and B.), 271. 10s, 6 per cent., 1849, 14%—Caledonian, Preference, 7 per cent., 11% c. ex in. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2% dia.—London and North- Western, 137 c. ex div.—Ditto, Quarters, New, 6 p. ex in.—Man chester, Sheffield and Lincoln, Quarters, 7 dis.—Midland Stock, 834 c. ex div—Ditto, New Halves, 6% dis.—South-Eastern (No. 4), Thirds, 7% York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, I Is. 3d. p.—Ditto (paid up), 26—York and North Midland, Preference, guaranteed 6 per cent, till 1850, % p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 28. STOCK EICHANGE.-The - sales are—Leeds, Fifths, 2% dis. Manchester and Birmingham, (C), Qiarters, 3%, n., p.—North Staf fordshire, 2% dis.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis.— Sheffield Preference, 10 9-16—East Lancashire, 7 Dover (No. 4), 7 %. BIRMINGHAM, Fiz. 28. STOCK Excniatox.—Te-day being settling day, the market was busy. Accounts were generally settled satisfactorily.—The sales are—Birmingham and Stour ,valley, 10%—North Staffordshire, 21. 18s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 4% dis.—Ditto (B), 31% dis.—South Staffordshires, Gls. 3d. dis. YORK, FEB. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The busine.s transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Great Northern, 10 %-- York, Newcastle, and Berwick Ex tension No. 2 (late Berwieks), 21% n.,—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), sae n. GLASGOW, FEB. 27. STOCK ExcnAtms.—The following are to-day's transactions : Aberdeen, Preference, 52s.—Clydesdale Junction, 601‘ Dundee and Perth, 24—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 8714—Ditto, Halves, 1614 Clasgew, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 4s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 55% —Ditto, Hales, No. I,7%—Ditto No. 9, 71. 88. Gd. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Hertford, Feb. 28. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) James Rackley 23, Daniel Brown, 22, Alfred Lunnon, 23, three powerful-looking young men, were indicted for burglary in the dwelling•house of Mary Stacey, and stealing a 5Z note, and other monies, her property. The Hon. Mr. Grimston prosecuted, and Mr. T. Chambers was for the defence. It appeared that the whole number of persons who entered the house was six, and that three of them were armed with sticks, and the fourth had the bar which had fastened the a indow before it was forced open. The prosecutrix swore positively to the identity of Brown and Lunnon, although their faces were blackened; and as regarded the prisoner Rackley, it was shown that his shoes corresponded with footsteps that were under the window; and it was also proved that, on the morn ing after the burglary, he was seen i n co mpany with the other two prisoners at a beer-shop, and that they all three washed their faces, which appeared to have been blackened with soot. The jury - found all the prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced to be transported for fourteen years. THE GLASGOW THEATRE.—On Thursday night this place of amusement was re-opened for the first time since the late melancholy calamity, under the pa tronage of the Hon. Sheriff Alison. The entire proceeds of last night, along with to-night, were appropriated for the benefit of the bereaved relatives of those who lost their lives by the late calamitous accident. North British Daily Mail. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VI SION,-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Newly invented Spec tacles, Powerful Telescopes, Opera and Race Glasses, &c.— Patronised by their Majesties the Queen Dowager and the King of Hanover, their Graces the Duchess of Hamilton, the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, the Archbishops of Canter bury, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devonshire, Norfolk, Ar gyle, Marlborough, and Manchester, Bishops of Exeter, Lincoln, C,ork, Kilmore, and Kildare. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Oculists and Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construc tion. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, that mist and dulness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight be comes blight and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Powerful Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible, and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for relief of most extreme deafness. Caution.—Not connected with a person putting up the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious and observe —only to be had at 39, .Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, oppo site the York Hotel. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE. The fifth half-yearly meeting of this cotnpany was held yesterday at Manchester; the chair was taken by the Earl of Yarborough. The report stated that the improvement in commercial affairs has'slightly augmented the aggregate receirs for the past half year as compared with the corresponding portion of the previous year. Tho half-year's traffic shows a small but progressive increase. Classing it, as ops heretofore,sections, westerntei don tthh e u ps n ife. e d uccl e tle r iood% t nvi the gi divisionsgtohaarl December syoe mar o es f : the o_ f Rt3 w he lee e ,e s western and fl a tr n so d ma s eastern ti e •a o ffi n c - SO, 1848, 56,304/.; to December to June e 8 r 47, 31 6 , 1,0 1 5 8 2 4 / 8 .: 62,937/. Eastern section--lteceipts from passenger traffic:—four months ending June 30, 1848, 2,703 t; six months ending December 31, 1848, 5 , 7314 The ferry boats on the Humber have, during the same time, conveyed 76,296 paseengers, and produced 2,370/. 9s. Id., in place of 47,505 passengers producing 1,501/. se. 9d., -as in the last account. - In the reve nues of the canals a marked improvement is visible, which may be attributed to reviving commerce and in creased demand for minerals, and the directors enter tain sanguine expectations th e y w il l cease at no d i stant time n gs ot the e a li source r fromc e oManchesterx loss e li ,s t e o s, t t b he e t company. ionteshreestffin d the tis guaranteed fy ng the working p dividend on th e N o. 1 quarters, will, it a is regretted, not extend to:pay dividend loans, afterhe e s and ehtsgpt ho rotportion an t b o . toh t u h e t e , ig rc O tcy / . . shareboldere. • Of the enti re li ne, extending from.Mtin - .1 chestei j to Grimsby thea u n i d fi Hu sti ll e , d. miles betweeh the Midland R a il way, near Beightotrand rethainS unfinished. tors hope'to eon4lete and open to the public during the month of June. The director's have cloned the company's offices of Sheffield, and cionsoliclatad the establishment in Manchester. They propose that the board of directors should now be reduced from eighteen, as at present con stituted, to twelve, with a corresponding reduction in the allowance. The directors recommend that the opening of the railway throughout, from Manchester to Grimsby, shall be regarded as a substantial comple tion of the company's undertaking, so far as to annihi late thereafter all distinctions in shares not guaranteed, exempting capital from further liability t o pay i n . to rest or dividend to shareholders, and rendering revenue (as it legitimately ought to be) the sole fund for that purpose. To accomplish such arrangement, and at the same thne to consolidate into one simple and intelligible form the powers at present dispersed through more than thirty Acts, the directors have caused a Bill to be pre pared and presented to Parliament. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be adopted, said, he regretted the affairs of the company were not in a more prosperous condition. The directors had sym pathized with the shareholders relative to the recent depres'sion in commercial affairs, and did n o t ma k e calls •perhaps as often as they should—(Cries of " Yes,")._ and in consequence of not being. able to borrow money the works were not advanced as far as they othereise would have been, and until they bad a direct line from Manchester to Grimsby ,and the docks of that port com pleted, their line could not be remunerative.—(llet.r.) fie (the Chairman) was strongly impressed with the conviction that the lino would eventually pay. Their works at Grimsby were in a very satisfactory state, and nothing prevented their immediate completion but want of money, and he saw nothing to prevent the comple tion of the line and docks within the prescribed time. Though they could not look to a very great increase of passenger traffic on the Lincolnshire line, yet they had a great increase of mineral and other traffic, and with the return of prosperity he was certain this line would be in a better position. The directors proposed that the board should be reduced in number, and the reason was that economy was necessary, and with a view to economy they wished to reduce the number of directors salariesto tw, el of their ve.— ( flear, hear.) They (Aheyhpapu had also A oreduced d the in consequence of this reduction of salaries and in other office expenses, they had been able to effect a saving of 6,0001. a year. It was unnecessary that he (the Chairman) should refer to the burden of the poor-rates on railway property. The amount of shares in arrear upon calls upon the eastern part of the line was 25,275, upon which there was an arrear of 180,258/., and in the hands of the company as forfeited shares there was an arrear of 27,751 shares, upon which payments had been made to the amount of 39,770/. On the western section of the line the amount in arrear was 36,645/. The Chairman then moved the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. CHAPMAN seconded the motion. In reply to questions from Mr. KNIGHT, of Lancaster. The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors wished to consider the difficulties of the shareholders, and the board was anxious to borrow to the greatest extent they could. As to the position of the company to meet its liabilities, he would beg leave to say that the expenses of the works would be 1,146,3861. ; their assets were 562,0001., and they had also powers to borrow 875,0001. Bb that, in fact, they had, I _437_nani- ,non. iti tur r e . •ftrwrgbh it-was very 'citrren lajy , rumoured, that the liabilities of the company were 2,000,0001., and until the impression was removed the property must be depreciated. He then complained of the unsatisfactory state of the company's accounts, and proposed the fol lowing amendment :—" That the report be not received, and that a committee be appointed to examine into the accounts, and to report to a future meeting." From the Ist of July next, there would be 60,0001. a year payable out of the profits. He (Ur. Simpson) wanted to know where that sum was to come from.—(Hear, hear.) The working expenses were 62 per cent., and in the half yearly account he found the Parliamentary expenses to be 28,0001. _ The CHAIRMAN said the 28,000/. did not represent the expenditure of the last half-year; but it represented the amount paid for previous law expenses. Mr. SIMPSON had compared the accounts with pre vious accounts of the company, and they would not balance within 15,0001. Mr. TURNER said this was a sum which had been lost by the company in railway speculations. Mr. R. MAXWELL seconded the amendment. Several shareholders then pressed upon the directors the necessity of not opposing the amendment, and of allowing the accounts to be examined. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the directors would submit to a committee of inquiry, and named the following parties :—" Messrs. Simpson, Jack, Her sop, and Greig." A long discussion followei as to whether the directors should name the committee or the meeting, and in the course of the discussion it was admitted that serious dif ferences existed between the members of the board, fourteen directors invariably voting on one side upon questions and four on the other. Eventually the gen tlemen above-named, together with Mr. Honslow, banker, of Sheffield, were appointed as a committee of inquiry ; but that part of the amendment refusing to pass the report was expu nge d , b ut adjourned i ts passing to the conclusion of the business of the meeting. A dividend of seven per cent. on the No. 1 Man chester and Sheffield quarter-shares were declared, and five per cent. upon the No. 2 quarters. A number of shares were then forfeited, and the placing thecorpo rate seal of the company t o a petition to Parliament, on the subject of the rating o f ra il ways was a uthorised. The retiring directors were then re-elected, and the number of .tho board reduced to twelve. The names of those gentlemen who opposed the majority of the board were excluded from the new list of directors. The r, port was then adopted, it being understood that the accounts were not to pass MANCHESTER AND STOCKPORT DIRECT. MANCHESTER, FEB. 28.—This morning the fourth half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Palatine Hotel, in this city; IL Houldsworth, Esq., chairman of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company presided. The Law Clerk having read the report, which was very short, and merely stated that only three miles of the line had been opened, and that a dividend of two per cent. upon the 61. paid up should be declared. The CHAI RMAN , i n mov i ng t h e a doption of th e re p ort , said that the decision of the last meeting was to limit the works to the th ree m il es now com plete; and as the L an cashire and Yorkshire held nineteen-tweatioths of the shares of the line, and as the directors of that company had pledged themselves not to proceed with further works unless by the sanction of the company, th ere was no probability of the works being further proceeded with at present. The chairman then moved the report which was seconded by Mr. George Wilson and carried. The statement of accounts of the company was then adopted, after which a dividend upon 61. per share was ordered to be two per cent. less than that of the Lan cashire and York s hi re C om p a ny, when that a mount was declared. Thanks having been voted to the chairman, th e meet ing separated. NORFOLK.. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Guildhall - buildings; Mr, S. M. Pew, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the dividend payable to the shareholders of the Consolidated Stock will be at th e rate of IL 7s, 6d. f or e very 100/. The line has been worked by the Eastern Counties Company since the agreement for amalgamation; the directors have not the means of stating the details of the revenue realised on . the Norfolk p ort i on o f t h e un ited but th ey have reason to believe that the receipts, particularly in th e goods dep artment, have cont i n ued to improve in al.) same ratio as in former half-years. Tll9 total cap i ta l of the Norfolk Railway, including liabilities, i s atated to be 1,884,857/a and of the Lowestoffa Railway and Harbo ur , 348,748 Z, including - furthe r li abilitie ' s of 31,802/., making a total of 2,233,605/. The Bill for the amalgamation of the two companies has been introduced int o P ar li amen t, and itis hoped that before the period at which the next hay-yearly meeting usually takes plsee this undertaking will have become incorpo rated with that of the Eastern Counties Company, The accounts to the 31st of December last showed that 1,877,9534 bad been received on the Norfolk Railway. account, and expended 1,852,4411., leaving a balance of 25,512/. The receipts oa account of the Lowestoffe Railway and Harbour were 318,1761., and the expenses 316,945/., leaving a balance of 1,231/. The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of th report, alluded to the satisfactory manner in which the joint committee of the Eastern Counties and Norfolk direc tors continued to work together. He had no doubt that the specified capital of the Norfolk, 2,300,0001. would not be exceeded. It was stated that no call would be made on the 201. shams for two years•, after which the resolutions w ere passed adopting the report, and re electing the retiring directors and auditor. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION. A special meeting of this company was held yester day at the London Tavern, to consider the propriety of returning 10s. per share to those shareholders who had paid up the last call of 30s. per share ; Mr. W. Beres ford in the chair. _ Mr. JAczsosi proposed the resolution. Mr. BARER seconded the motion, and said it was im possible they could carry out the undertaking while the simultaneous clause in the company's Act existed. He had satisfied himself that after the 10s. per share was returned there would remain a sufficient sum to meet liabilities anal leave'a surplus. It was probable that some Advantage would arise to the company before the powers of their. Act expired to some company who were aware of its value. < Mr. WHISTLER proposed as an amendment, that the 10s. be made 20s. - ' A Icing discussion ensued, in the course of which the Chairthan very ably defended the proposition of the directqrs,und showed the impropriety of attempting to divide more than •1065 per share. He had's() doubt it would suit , the -puipose of gentlemen who had lately bought up the :filiares,for" a fqw shillings each to re-. ceiTe back 1/. per.shari4 but it was not - for. the interest of thOtie shareholders who had paid up their calls, that a larger sum be returned than the present position of the undertaking would admit, with a view to insure fu ture advantages. The amendment was withdrawn, and the original mo tion carried unanimously. The half-yearly meeting was then held. The report stated that the directors had given their attention to the economical expenditure of the funds of the company, and the curtailment of all except the most indispensable outlay. They have entered into negotiations with the contractors with a view to the liquidation of their claims. With every confidence in the importance and remune rative character of the undertaking generally they have unanimously declined_to prosecute the works, fettered as they now are by the simultaneous con struction of the the two sections of the line. They do not consider it wise, however, for the shareholders to attempt to procure a Bill for dissolution, but they are willing to divide among the proprietors who have paid their calls such portion of the funds in hand as can be spared. They recommend that they remain in such a position as may enable them to take advantage of any change in the feelings and interests of existing and act ing companies in the vicinity of the line. They are de termined to enforce the payment of calls which have:now been nearly two years due. The balance sheet to the 27th of January showed that 208,1751. had been received, and 139,4541. expended, leaving a balance of 68,7211. in hand and invested. The CHAIRMAN stated, that since the balance-sheet was made out 8,1131. had been paid to parties having claims on the company, which reduced the balance to 60,020/.; but taking into account the loss on the invest ment in Consols at 96, and on other property held by the company, it would be reduced to about 58,0001., besides other liabilities. The arrears on the last call amounted to 23,0001., and it - Was impossible to say how much they would recover of it. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and re electing the directors and auditors. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and directors for their valuable services, and the meeting separated. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday at Preston, Mr. Addison in the chair; the attendance was but small. The SECRETARY read the directors' report, from which it appeared that " further progress had been made in completing the communication between the Longridge line and that of the Preston and Wyre, and this junction will be opened for traffic in the course of the ensuing summer. To meet the current expenses a call was made, payable on the 15th of January. It was thought ad visable that this call should not be more than 10s. a share, and it is expected that another call, of not greater amount, in the course of the present year, will be the only demand made upon the shareholders till circum stances warrant an extension of the line towards York shire." The CHAIRMAN stated that, in consequence of the exigencies of the times, they only asked a 10s. instead of a 30s. call. Ile congratulated them upon the small cost at which they had been onahlarl to norry ti line t b.,„,,A r‘ ee town of Preston. The line would be com pleted in from three to six months, accordinipto the speed at which the work s were urged and the oodee quent expense. In answer to the Rev. H. HORNIIY. The SECRETARY stated that, with the exception of 300 L from one party, the directors had paid the call of 10s. After considerable discussion, in the course of which it transpired that there was a: large amount of arrears with regard to previous calls ; that the company was liable to about 3,0001. for law expenses; and that a gen tleman named Webster had been in receipt of 2001. a year for managing the Longridge line, but that this ex pense was to be done away with by the appointment of a secretary to manage the whole concern at a salary of 1501. a year, the present secretary, who receives 200/. a year, resigning, the report was received and adopted. Two new directors, Messrs. Daniel Elleston and Ed mund Birley, were appointed, and Mr. John Paley, jun., was re-appointed. A petition to Parliament was adopted, praying relief from the present system of rating railways to the poor; and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meet ing separated. LEEDS AND THIRSK. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Leeds and Tbirsk Railway Company was held at Leeds on Wednesday ; Mr. H. C. Marshall, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. Mr. SMILES, the company's secretary, read the report, of which the important parts were as follows: " A further portion of the railway was opened to the public on the 13a. of September last from Ripon to Weeton, making a total length of about twenty-seven miles at present available for purposes of traffic. The gross receipts for the half•year aro 5,0271. Bs. 10d.; and the profit thereon is 2,5021. 18s. 2d. The directors have now shortly to refer to the payment of the last half year's interest on the paid-up capital on the original shares. As the directors cannot think it justifiable to appropriate the capital raised by any other class of shares for the payment of this interest, they see no course open to be pursued, except to delay the payment until these arrears are collected, or to make the interest due upon these shares charge able upon the first proceeds of the under taking which may become available for a dividend. It is proposed that the interest for the current half. year shall be paid upon the New Extension Shares, but not beyond that period, nor any upon the original shares beyond what was due up to the3lst December last ; and that for the future the holders of both classes of shares rely for their benefits on the revenue derived from traffic. A special meeting will shortly be called for the purpose of submitting to the shareholders for their approval, a Bill now before Parliament containing the necessary provisions for enabling the company to guarantee a pre ferential six per cent. on the capital called up on the ex tension shares of 1848, in order that the requisite capital may be raised for carrying out a portion of those under takings; and, further, giving powers to raise additional capital for the completion of the undertakings of this company generally. The account of expenses incurred in the application made to Parliament in 1846 7, having now been closed, and it having been ascertained that a balance remains to the credit of thoso shares which were not exchanged for the renewed scrip on the re execution of the deeds in 1847-8, a further sum of 2s. 3d. per share will fall to be returned on the Preferential Scrip (blue), 1846, which will be paid forthwith, making a total return of 2/. 12s. Id. per share." A statement of the receipts and expenditure, up to the 31st of December last, was laid before the meeting. The total receipts on account of calls, loans, and miscel laneous receipts, amounted to 1,562,154/, 14s. 10d.; and the total expenditure had been 1,549,754/ Bs. ld.. leaving a balance in favour of the company of 12,400/. 6s. 9d. The Chairman, in reply to a question from Mr. Powell, said that with regard to the contemplated sale of the Stockton and Darlington Railway to the York and New castle Company, the directors had taken measures, by presenting a petition to Parliament, to prevent the passing of the Bill, and combined with other parties to obtain such clauses as should, in the event of its passing, secure to the Leeds and Thirsk the right of carrying their traffic over it upon reasonable and equitable terms.—(Applause.) • • • The report was then adopted unanimously. The CHAIRMAN proposed that the directors should be authorised to press the Bill now before Parliament, au thorising the payment of six per cent. upon the prefe rential shares of 1848, and for prosecutin ,, the petitions against the leasing of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. This was adopted nem dis., as also were resolutions confirming the forfeiture of ten shares, and the re-elec tion of the retiring directors, Messrs. Mader, Paley, and Whincup, and Mr. Bywater, the retiring auditor. A rote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up at three o'clock. SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, BARNSLEY, WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD AND GOOLE. The half-yearly meeting of the shareho:ders was held on Tuesday, at the offices, Wakefield; Mr. J. Barff in the chair. The solicitor read the report, which stated that the directors deem it their duty to apprise the meeting of the great improvement in the company's finances since the close of the year, and they have to congratulate the northern shareholders on the justly increased estimation in which their stock is consequently held. The calls which were unpaid up to the close of the past year have been reduced fr3m 40,400/., at which they the❑ stood, to 16,383/, and this latter sum is undergoing very speedy reduction. Of the calls payable on the 22d of December nearly three-fourths have been received, aad 2,0001. has been received from shareholders since the commencement of the year in ad vance of calls. The directors acknowledge the promp titude with which the appeal of the shareholders in De cember last has been responded to, and state that they are now enabled to prosecute the works with vigour, and so as to leave no doubt as to their ability to complete be fore the 31st of December the line, which is then to be delivered over to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com pany. The directors representing the southern division of the railway are still of opinion, as was expressed in the last report, that the carrying out of that portion of the line in an economical manner will be amply remune rative, and attention hasj been turned during the half year to making arrangements with land-owners and others for this purpose. The cash account relating to the northern division of the line (the portion guaranteed to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company at 5 per cent. and half surplus profits):—Expenditure to the Slat of December, 06,295/ ; receipts to the 31st of December, 101,773/.; cash in hand, 5,477/. The balance sheet for the southern division showed expenditure to the 31st of December, 62,214/.; receipts, 66,854/.; balance in bank, 4,640/. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. He remarked that in December the arrears of calls amounted to 40,0001.; they had since been reduced to 16,0001. In a pecuniary point of view, then, they stood in a very good situation, and he had very good reason to believe that they would be able to effect the comple tion of the line before the termination of the engage ment, and hand it over to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company within the present year. Mr. llawkshaw, the engineer, had reported that it could be accomplished in October or November next, if the remainder of the land were given into the hands of the contractors in time. There could be no doubt therefore that the line would bo ready for delivery to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company by the 31st of December next, and thus the shareholders in this undertaking would be put in posses sion of interest at 5 per cent, and half surplus profits forthwith. He concluded by moving the report. Mr. G. WMNTWORTH moved the re-election of the re tiring directors, which was seconded, and unanimously carried. The auditors were then re-elected, and the meeting separated. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. LIYERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28.—The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held hero to day; E. W. Hassell, Esq., in the chair. There was a pretty numerous attendance. Mr. S. E. BOLDEN, the secretary, read the report, of which the following is an important part:— " The revenue account cannot but be deemed en couraging, the increase in the half-year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1847, enabling the di rectors to recommend a dividend now after the rate of five per cent. per annum, being an addition of 25 per cent. to any former dividend, and leaving a surplus of 1,780/. Bs. fid.; part of which, however, will be absorbed by the loss up to this time on the Scottish Central agree ment (not yet ascertained). There has also been in the last half year an increase in the item of interest on bor rowed capital, over the corresponding half-year in 1847, of about 3,0001. Under the sanction of the proprietors at former meetings, y oar directors have submitted to Parliament a Bill to authorize you to construct a new line of railway between Lancaster and Preston, all their negotiations with the owners or possessors of the existing line, with the view of pro viding otherwise a complete and permanent remedy for the difficulties and dangers attendant on the pre sent condition of affairs as between those parties and the Lancaster and Carlisle Company, having proved unsuc cessful. Amongst the other bills now referred to may be mentioned those for transferring to the York, New castle, and Berwick Company, possessors of a north and south line on the east coast, the Newcastle and Carlisle, and Maryport and Carlisle, which are east and west lines. Your directors cannot but suppose that any such transfer would be injurious to your interests; and it ap pears, moreover, to be precisely of that character which Parliament and the Government railway boards have at various times condemned as objectionable on public grounds." Mr. HORSFALL, of Bradford, asked if the directors had any contract with the London and North-Western Com pany for working the line? The CUAIIMAN said: Yes, for five years; terminable after that by either party giving a year's notice. After a discussion, in which the fairness of the terms offered by the Lancaster and Carlisle Company were generally admitted, the report was unanimously adopted. A dividend at the rate named in the report was de clared, and after preliminary powers had been given to the directors to proceed to Parliament, a vote of thane s VS t 43 yesabed Lu Sue Cbuit'itiain, and Ciao meeting adjourhed. ronesTi ~„ • meeting the Be GLOUCESTER AND DEAN _ GLoucicarzo., FE.I3. 28.—The half-yearly . of the shareholders in this company was held at Jll Hotel in this city, this afternoon ; Mr. Baker in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the calls had been paid with a promptitude not sur passed by any other railway. The directors thought the time was now arrived when they might proceed with the works with increased vigour, and to ;regulate the works, in order to have them completed up to the Grange, the point where they are intended to form a junction with the South Wales line, by the period when the South Wales lines shall be ready to open up to that point. The direc tors believed they would be able to accomplish that ob ject without making any unusual calls upon the proprie tors. The directors had succeeded in obtaining possession of all the land required, :except a small portion at Gloucester. The directors alluded in their report to the arrangement for lease to the Great Western Company. The terms of the lease were 4 per cent. interest on all the capital expended, and half the surplus profits. The directors also expressed their full confidence that the sanguine expectations form©d on the obtaining of the Act, as to the importance of the line, would be borne out by the result. Tho accounts showed the receipts, from all sources, to have becn 76,5534 Is. 7d., with a balance in hand of 15,8201. 14s. Sd. In answer to questions, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Great 'Western Com pany had not paid up their calls, but that the money would be forthcoming whenever required. It was thought better to keep it in their hands at 5 per cent. at call, than in the hands of the bankers at 2i per cent. A discussion followed, but the report was carried unanimously, as were also the customary resolutions. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH. DAM!, FEB. 27.—The half-yearly meeting of pro prietors in this undertaking was held here yesterday; Walter Long, Esq., M.P., in the chair. 'rho SECRETARY (Captain O'Brien) read the report of the directors. The report stated, that from circum stances which were well known to the proprietors, and which had affected this railway company in common with all others, the directors found it necessary during the last halt-year to bring the company's expenditure within narrow limits; they had, therefore, been obliged to confine the prosecution of the works to such parts of the lino as were under contract, and even in those cases to proceed with great deliberation. The portion of the line between Thiugley and Westbury had been opened for traffic, and had been worked by the Great Western Company under the stipulations of the agreement between the companies since Sept. 5; 1848. The two directors retiring by rotation were Captain Scobell and Mr. Testing, and those gentlemen, as well as the retiring auditor, offered themselves for re-election. The audited accounts showed that the total receipts amounted to 1,049,87.5/., and the total payments to 1,036,6741, leaving a balance in hand of 13,2001. 15s. 81 The report having been adopted, several questions were asked by proprietors respecting the details of thf. accounts, &c. In reply to them it was stated that the cost required to get to Frome would be about 90,0001., and to get to Warminster, from ',50,0001. to 60,0001. probably the latter sum. The directors and auditors were then re-elected, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting broke up. EXETER AND CREDITON. Tho half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Lhe London Tavern on Tuesday; Mr. Thorn© in Lho chair. The SECRETARY read the advertisement convening the meeting, and the following report:— " Your directors regret that they have not been t . e to make an arrange men t f or open i ng t h e li ne for cram T Railways, The decision of the Commissioners of on to that the gauge of th e T aw V a l e R a il wa y from urecti has Barnstaple shall be on th e s e ven feet pre sented so serious an impediment to that line that y our di rec t or s are apPrethegacu ogns e l hensive that along ruction of period will elapse before it is made . This This decision of the Railway Commissioners had most prejudicial effect of postponing to your interests. It has d the opening ofyour rail way1,1:nt(1111: aasdadtittllefhprcoostptchce tive advantages to arise from whole of the North of Devon over it to an indefinite pe riod. It has also deprived the inhabitants of t ac commodation that im portant district and the public generally of railway probably for many years to come. Th e directors who retire by rotation at this time a M Thorne,e r. , Cooper, Mr. and Mr. Woolmer. The two latter ge ntlemen have expressed their :desire to retire. The board meetings being held in London, it is not conve- nient for them to attend. Mr. Kennaway, one of the auditors retiring by rotation, does not offer himself for re-election. Your directors have nothing to remark upon the finaneitd statem ent, W hi ch has ben audited, as usual, and will be read to you by the secretary." The balance - sheet sh owe d the total receipts to have' been 93,9691. 10s., and the expenditure 93,6331. 2s. 4d., leaving a balance of 3361, 7s. Bd. in hand. A sum of 353/. Is. 6d. (including the above 336/. 7s. Bd. and ' 16/. 13s. 10d. advanced by the secretary) is in the hands of the solicitor, to discharge the engineer's bill. The CMAIIIMAN said that, in moving the adoption of S N _ the report, there was very little for him to reinjtik on. As stated in the report, in consequence of ,the',odverse decision of the Railway Commissions relative tb gauge, they had been yet unable to work the line. What change - might take place to enable them to work it in the course of -„; the next six months, it was impossible to say. They would •-•,:,.-- obs2rve, by the report, that himself and one of his col leagues were about to retire from the board, as its meet in4s were held in London, and he was happy to find that there were other gentlemen ready and willing to take their places. He begged to move that the report be re oeived and adopted. In answer to questions by Mr. BESLEY, it was stated by Mr. COOPER, the deputy-chairman, that the total ex penditure on account of the line for the last six months was 471. 15s. 10d. They owed the secretary a year's salary of 1501., and 62/. expended out of his pocket. The Taw Vale Company had repaid the 5,0001. lent to them, together with interest. Mr. BESLEY expressed his surprise that the share holders in the Taw Vale Company paid up their calls at all, as it was connected with the Exeter and Crediton Company, which never could pay for the outlay upon it. Mr. COOPER begged to remind Mr. Bosley that that was a meeting of the Exeter and Creditoi, and not of the Taw Vale Company, and be must therefore confine his observations to the business of the Exeter and Cre diton Company. Mr. BESLEY knew that the line between Exeter and Crediton was much wanted by the inhabitants of the district, but certain parties in London and elsewhere prevented its being worked. The reason given in the report for not working it was a mere farce. Govern ment had taken the naked fact that the line was 100 miles away from any narrow gauge line, and therefore would not allow it to be opened on that system. The Exeter and Crediton line had been made at an expense of 100,0004, and was now lying idle because certain parties in London chose to alter the gauge, by which it was prevented being worked, and deprived the neigh bourhood of the benefit which it was likely to be to it. He knew that if it had not been for the conduct of those parties the line might be now at work. Mr. CHAPLIN, M.P.—I defy you to prove that. Mr. BESLEY proceeded to observe that they had got the line, and were doing nothing with it. He should like to know what were their liabilities beyond the 93,0001. already expended? The SHIRETARY replied, about 10,000/. Mr. BESLEY would like to know where that money was to come from ? But for the interference of the South-Western interest, the line would have been worked by the Bristol and Exeter Company. Now, in consequence of the connexion of the line with the Taw Vale Company, they had not the smallest chance of its ever being worked, because the Railway Commissioners would not consent to its being worked on the narrow gauge, and the South-Western party would not go to the Bristol and Exeter party and say, Will you work this line ?" Mr. Cersrerze, M.P.—You go too far there, Mr. Besley, if you say that we will not do so.—(Hear, hear.) I have no objection to explain to this meeting that we have had negotiations with the Bristol and Exeter Com pany on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) We have asked them to work the line, and therefore it is not our fault that it is not worked.—(Hear, hear.) I pledge myself that we have made an offer to them to open the line without prejudice to the question of the wide gauge or the narrow gauge.—(Hear, hear.) I may also state that the negotiation did not go off on a question of money, for we said that wo would let that be settled by reference—(Hear, hear)—as the only object we had in getting the line opened was to accommodate the popu lation of the district and bring the line into productive operation.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WOOLMER begged to observe that that offer had been made within the last few months—he might say a few weeks. Mr. BESLEY said that of course it could not be worked in connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Company while it was on the narrow gauge. The CMAIRMAN said that they had six miles of rail ' way on the narrow guage, and it only wanted a single rail to be laid down on one and a half mile of railway to connect them with the Bristol and Exeter Railway, to enable them to work it. In answer to further questions, it was stated that the difficulties in working the line now lay entirely with the Bristol and Exeter Railway. Mr. DAVY merely wished to observe, with regard 1$ the Exeter and Crediton Railway, without any reference to the Taw Vale, that it would be a valuable connexion between Exeter and North Devon. He now considered it off' the hands of the South-Western Company, and after the statement of Mr. Chaplin he mast admit that it was manifest they had a :desire to accommodate the neighbourhood.—(l.lear, hear.) He was anxious to sae the communication made, and he had no hesitation in saying that, after what had been stated, he could not consider the blame of its remaining closed lay with the South-Western party.—(Bear.) The CHAIRMAN said he hoped some arrangementwould shortly be come to for settling the unpleasant differences which had existed; and whatever reasons there might have been for those differences in past times, there were none now.—( if ear, hear.) He hoped that only a short time would be allowed to elapse before they would see a prospect of the line being opened and making a return to the shareholders.—(Hear.) Ile hoped that before the next meeting some arrangement would have been come to for working the line either on the broad or narrow g auge. (Hear. ) After a few further observations the report was t.dopted, Mr. Cooper re-elected a director ' and Messr s . W. J. Chaplin, M.P., an d M at h ew Uzielli elected in the place of the retiring directors. Mr. E. Woohner having been elected an auditor, thanks IN ere voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. CO irn.nalzir_ BIRMINGHAM, sail vyriqva TON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, on Tuesday. Mr. Biggs, of Leicester, occupied the chair. The report of the directors congratulated the share holders upon the fact that half the subscribed capital of the company had been paid up, and that application had been made to the Railway Commissioners for their certifi cute to that effect, in order that they (the company) might proceed with the sale of the line to the Midland or London and North-Western Railway Companies. The total receipts of the company,. amounted to 135,866/. 17g. Id.; its expenditure to 135,659/. 18s. Id.; leaving a balance in hand of 206/. 18s. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the retiring directors and auditor were re-elected. An extraordinary meeting of shareholders was next to have taken place, for the purpose of taking into consider ation the sale or 'nee of the line to the Midland or Lon don and Northern Railway Companies, but as the certi ficate of the Railway Commissioners with respect to the payment of half the subscribed capital of the company had not been received, the meeting was adjourned to the Crown llotel, Leicester, to be held on the 25th of April next. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON AND EASTERN JUNCTION. Norrneenum, TUESDAY, FEB. 27.—The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the above com pany was held at the Exchange Rooms, in this town, at uno o'clock to-day, and was rather thinly attended. William Fletcher Norton Norton, Ecq., of Elton Ma nor, the chairman of the company, occupied the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, in substance as follows: " Your directors feel themselves placed in the situation of having very little information to communicate to the shareholders, since the last halt-yearly meeting, in con sequence of their inability to make much progress in the works, from the pledge given not to make any further call payable until after this meeting. Your directors do not regret that they withheld prosecuting the works with that vigour which they could have desired, fee!ing the tem porary delay to have been politic for the ultimate interest of the company. That such is the case may be evidenced by the alacrity and spirit with which the arrears are now being liquidated; thereby proving the propriety of the delay, the soundness of the constituency, and the anxiety manifested by them to maintain their position in the company. The improved prospects of the company, arising from the payment of the calls in arrear, and in anticipation of that now made, have led your directors to believe that the line between Grantham and Bulwell may be opened for traffic about the autumn of the pre sent year. Your directors have, in accordance with the imperative instructions of the half -yearly meetings, most reluctantly been compe ll ed to enforce the payment of some of the arrears of the calls against a small propor tion of the proprietors of known ability to meet the had de mand, and to whom several previous applicationss ea l e a been made; and they are happy to state, that in se.. ,_ l ); all the instances referred to the actions have been hoped, that d at the first stage of the proceedings; of the remainder of d will be obviated by a prompt discharg e the unpleasant necessity of any further an leg it alproceedings for c anc elling arrangements concluded arrang that they have 1846, for the supply of the liabilities. Your directors have the e satisfaction to state, the contracts made December , in isot railway, so as to leave the rails for forty fiviymsluech quantity as will be required to company from Nottingham to Grantham. But relieved the company from liabi as these arrangements6s 000/ your the extent of , .7 directors cannot but lities to omplete t w h i e th li late themselves on their conclusion. Your meeting to confirm the congratu quired notices of such line en have v c 56 t 0 0 call sha r u e zu th t e he re forfeiture having been given to the respective proprietors f d o i r r f e e c i S t o u r r s e on the register, who having sold these shares to parties tailing to register the same, the original holders hare undertaken to pay the calls on receiving new certifi cates." After some opposition from Mr. BIGGS, of Leeds, the report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting sepa rated after a vote of thanks to the Chairman. The total receipts have been 33 9 ,9311. 93.9 d., and the disbursements 3 26,7671. 7s. 3d. COLCHESTER AND STOUR VALLEY. The half-y ear l y general meet i ng o f th e p ropr i etors of this comp any was h e ld on T ues day a ft ernoon at the offices, High. street, Colchester, T. L. Ewen, Esq., chair man of the board of directors, presiding, Mr. G. BAWTRY, the secretary, read the report. It stated th.lt it would be in the recollection of the proprie tors that their final sanction was given in November last to the terms of an agreement, in virtue of which their line wculd be leased to the Eastern Union Railway Com p,/,y. The formal documents giving validity to that agreement had been exchanged by the two companies. The Colchester and Stour Valley Company would have to keep the line in order to Sudbury, which portion would be open e d as soon as possible. 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