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41t• ALBE RT SMITA'S MONT BLANC, tne t i 4 at TO-MGRT, t i ,':ot ti k! take Di 4 „ ° ; c a l ,: e ck (except Saturday). The Mern d tv ttill'our ether be taan atesthday, Thursday, and Satv.r ai e Box-office every ay from 0\•,,, and NORTH -`VF` and lIIDLAND RAILVir 'S° )t zsbA.y FORK RACES. "T S. liZ5,. re. ,„ pree,,TIFGRSDAY, e,;suea fatal. Ordinary , Day Tickets, at the regular a"ad. FRIDAY, 22d, 231, and t‘ t j Jo gust and r°r4 L° n'..on to York by the Night Mail, on 't ° ret b Y % ,11 t - • la, ~. sni b. 3' -.ant on the 22d, 23d, and 24th Augrtst, Not'Qv:sth ~, , 1 fly train on any day up to and including ~‘,.,,.„,,,1011, 14th unst. R, August, 1855. BY order. 6b , ------ , A . , t i AT ~„ 14 k‘z 1. WES T P. k,b)t • I 'AY, Au gm —RN RAILWAY.-- ehi ~,,,,,wili lea, ..,,t .th, an Excursion Train to BATH and 'N.T'I har e lir! Addington at 7.4% a.m. and will return the 44t58, trisisotiol,..at 6.30, and Bath at 7 o'clock. Fares— , WEL and 6s. !No luggage allowed. AT il, I lk yep "ESTED TERN tza s . Rsio to \ ,,,- , - , - , 4 RA ILWAY.—CHE AP S!saki,t ri ltbe r 31-:a,..,,,Z1-ki rALF.s.—On MONDAY , , August e2 l3 N. o 'Varwi e ,: ~,.I 4 . will leave Paddington at 8 a.m. 1,.1400 41. 4, 'tv,;_. 4 64ll.Thi n ‘, guant. West Bromwich, Wed " 8411 C hester 7amPton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, 0 4 , , • io .t , , • Brkenhead, and Liverpool —returning N0117,t ' al l • '' 'ePte Mber t ,. ate e .,,, ; _ . • from Liverpool (landing stage), at ." . 11%)4, 1 i'7 v lr eet ,t'?"4Le stations as per handbill, to be ob. sNee .„I'ivtekQiltern Offices. Fares there and ha k: - % : .•1 11 011, 223. 6 4 Y l ed tlesbur o y s : awnedl Bpsi.i; t ßirnl 2 l l ngh 6 a d in . ~ 2 . o d s .i a o n s d . 9 ; s ix 6 , e. l 0 ,4•41 1, 9141 t 5 11: ' :,,, )° ,:. 6d.; W ellin n g ' ton 6. and Shrewsbury, 275. k ‘4t,q 4 il;` ,l : 3.l a Li,;:a‘i , 2 N and 14s ; i hester 335. and 15s. ; , N 4, " 4, Dri e , • 'ZI-' O Ol, 375. and 17s . —Children under twelve N )ecified. tickets not transferable, and only available '11), (.). 40 tbk.til r t t '? W E 8 T Ir' l lSb Eg ERN RAILWAY.— ai, 41., 4 ctrii sts ,,, o,k til ta., to W(11 822 , 111 , to the WEST of ENGLAND.—On 0.% AY.— Nha, lYalolit' 'an R xcursion Train will leave Padding -348, I Tt i h d , an d t l e op s tr , e u ri th ng facilities for visiting Torbay, 4.411,„!ti1rl l'elstfr'Water, Tau_ . o c i o l asA v o e f n D o e n v - o ro n a ), ?ailing at Wes d Exeter, star '''l frr,L )4 Sat i i r 7 ll , Tor 'it ~..• t . c , quaY, i miles, and Kingsbridgc-road, 'ttrteed7a.", oeptenr,er Bth, frolic elymouth at 6.30 ~, ,' t t,. te stati 1 ,,,, orl3 as per hand-bills. t 3 slk„..„. -.3 THERE AND RACK. 't ' 'Zll t} .,litn c i i l , Ist class. Closed carriages. vq,".• ' mal. '.ugewater 20s 13 s• N ' j t4" 'i'l 'ad '' "• • • ...... 22 . .. • . 15s. k k k4 l 4l 'el,'A,orl,''.'• •••• •• ' ............ 245 . 5. . • 16s. ot „..,4.... -1101z i0uth.....,, .. 255. . • 17s. 4 to t•rw er l i h idg' e ':::: .... •• • . ...... 275. . • 2 1 0 8:- I‘S;l,ll%ll44ll,tt,hilenktqr23lll•liirsixprielefieecl• .•T"l.ckets not 3 t o r s a . nsfer : a . ble, and only ' W.*tieret.'ec band -I,llli to be obtained at the Pod n'' tee e ek , e ts May be ' previously obtained, and at -1 ' .4,1 8' Of I ltl R Ee I,„A//,,,1 -I—Tr TO EMPLOYERS. e„.. , 4rk s •....) ASSURANCE 1 ; " ' ist"'letti COMPANIES. i , 4 4k a . Ante, ter`lllarantees at the lowest rates. 104,.rn ''Vindows, mirrors, &c., insured against l'l' to th4o e of Life Ner, 4ll l_ Fire Asuran ces. gh t , ud gatehill. 4t,..._ -----_____ r 0pt, 14 U , 44 -... T cb , c, L IFE ASSURANCE kk 4 01 pt, U)11 2 . 711E1,1 . , London. kk lp p , (~ *41•17114;" 11.',A.bil t i l i l e 0 I N -1 1` 824 W . HITEM AN, Enl• tifle t ,Z 11:441 DNeaseti Lives, ' at Home and Abroad, for 3ti 4 1 ; 4, la, , ,, ta .ploYments. The only Office on purely kArespe-nig, therefore, no Partnership Among 114 ),,,, e ' u ses, proposal papers, &c, apoly to , ti t , '' N LEY HOPKINS, Resident Director. It% A S SI.JRA.NCE SOCIETY, k t'kkP,,,4 l *, tti , Lond oi , k, l 4 t ' toth',, ° , l 'B 145 Society now will PARTICIPATETS 1,111 ) 1 tO I ,l l ltl ens e ebt. of the Net Profits of the • oci ty Si tz , ,4 : l lii k Z i s "Allred , t° ntained in the B ociety'i Prospectus. 4 tkt 4 '''l3' o bi' Ihls Society for insuring Young i t; i r v e e n e ~:?) 1 / 4 4411 1 4n rise; b o ld - establis l hed i o a ffi rs c n e t s e , e an f, d ind nf in ad .. , 1 :40„ 4ted flints an neriavmeX ample guarantee the investments of ~ I.t 4 tiet b Ot, o ll By b e /' the Office. e ' b, r tile t)bt ,, i a , d at he Office in Threadneedle-street, 11' q ilit k iefits of the Socie. G a RENRY LIDDEIIDALE, Actuary. ;P ft li t R L`11,44, I Ig;,' S URANCE COMPANY. 4 , , tir it ~, A LL-NtA.LL, London. '''litli;IN.E.LAGlI, Park-place, St. James's. & 1 4, , -. ..,„. Y POWNALL Esq., Ladbrook-square, ,k)ttOtt -8844 ~Otting-hill. ' .kl Ci p t ,, t t m ..- ,. l"V •e• URQUHART, Esq. AVlnq, '''''ITTELY INDIAPUTABLE. k,ii.::„ltl4l,kbitti.„l„))iBts for families, children, and others, on N " ". , N, l 3 ll aqtarlY. h , e t ''' ' t il l ikitnjk fe es . alf-yearly, or quarterly. 4 ktrilo,,,c 0r0r_,,,,,,rn: k oi t i er ? o , 4 t aini 3r i nts. P p s eriods, payable by monthly, lt,'l'Ar.„ ~ assured and guaranteed. 4.10 . N. AL LIFE ASSURANCE t, 1, (11.2, S S t °r a C n I d E , London. rlt, '..tapol,e;"'i,ilblished in 1834.) \,.. 4 eZ i l . h t'cl by Act of Parliament. ,•11ii 1t.&,-A.., RIRECTORS 1,41 t '4l t , 4 ti, qD symes..E,Q, NI.D.. Cha'rman. t',,lti k 't F e Y, t . P ' N C hq t . ''l ' Henry John Hodgson, Esq. Y:C4,11 1, E,s q John Moss. Esq. Thomas Nicoll, Esq. 1 ."stt.._ , P R..s . John Symes, Esq. 'Q, t el. Joseph Thompson, Esq. J ItANAGER. 01 t ti ' L eander Starr, Esq. 11, t404 te, If, ~, atinrrous. P ly, ~.,,,, sti. r .,'", and Professor John Radford Young. ,+•,-‘I) i t Al.. EXAMINERS. ' , 4 `4.1).1 Doti S., 37, Conduit-street. ll ,lt 'rdon House, Berkeley-square. 001bo s_Ac.:TARY. , b 4sBL' r q , F.R.A.s., F.S.S., Ice. )4 s i k!;., -41.1„ - ,-ik'sT ACTr ART. 1 Qiy Voo'house, Esq. ' I N n. l liiie, n _N o lt Ens. t,' % en , so l n i ' Co., 67, Lombard-street. , k , sot s .. ~, .e . Tolls. I k i 1 '1,4 t.t.,,,Kir ow. and llowcliffe, Bedford-row. \ 4 4 , ,•-•.........:____'°Nus cp To MAY, 1855. N 1. 1 . '4 4R 1 \ '‘q , lre d. ' 4 1 6 t 13,„ 1 a 4 , , ~! 6 9 I,F, e „ 51 2 e yu 6 11 17°, 11 ,0 1l 4 1 2,07 ) ,, 2,5(}; Bonus in addition to 4nnAssured. Bnnus In Cash. Perm anent R-ducnonof Vin. Preen 4 8 . d' 86 17 7 740 7 4 0 232 185 0 0 8 2 7 0 154 1 2 8 12 10 0 1033 lO 0 X s. d. 4 8 1 4 325 16 0 0+ 3 4 156 15 0 46 11 2 In 3 16 8 67 3 4 58 10 0 X. s. d. 56 3 8 32 0 4 16 5 10 16 6 0 3 12 5 10 15 2 4 19 10 4 11 0 \ '' l ? k th ( 1' V .lg 4 t tlit A t ro m, r Wte: l ' D r °ePectuses, and information gene- ,p , 1 42, Strand. or to agents. \ l 4i 4t iY. LE A.NDER STARR., Manager. ilt,of 11,, r \ ?4 ,1' 4 ,t1. ,4acer„° badeld pursuant to an Order of the i 4, \.' .1 ',, zt .: by , Vic-Chancellor Sir Richard `iNli . ; 4 li ' t \ 'Oi a , - 1- 48 ,,„0f " Pone V E ' rnst," i1I ' i lt N 11 :4, (1 til l ' 1 tR. will 'Soil by Auction, at k,V 1)1 4 0 , 4, .t4 t) ,,.Y, kuzust 24, at 12, in four lots. a t i kilt," o 4, l ' 'he e ,',:,' -., eligthly situate in Grove-lane. near A il ti 0, 54: 1 1,1 0 'MY of Surrey consisting of the site of l', l at N.,, a4 14;_ g e t thoo ir -- -i'es with large Garden and Orchard ~k t i, kk 'to ,aes or n the whole nearly one acre, having a i i s , 4N t t t rVba ek ' .?, feet, or thereabouts, besides a c0n :1,,4,'V DL !ot ',..er t h r ftl, and well adap ed for building bur r*t'rtoPil . t h 'ilay : dw elling -house and outhou es will he 11;. , 61r,,,'eret, e vi ev , ed, and particulars and conditi /Is 1 . it, at annexed, may be hod at the Red Cap ~41 7 o k , l !rabo t he Auction Mart ; of Mr. B A. Ward. 0 .1 'Mall,. Y , London ; of Mr. 11. M. Sparham, ~ .1,(toor !treat. London : and of Mr. Y. J. Collier, ,: i kto, We-stret, London. .iN , WA I ., '' t l o/ 114 41„ til) Q ',o,4 4 rA h , , a k toi i ,,' ,'Alrgeon-Dentist 52, Fleet 'Tlo,4l,i. t h - , wi t - 1 7- , an entirely new Oesc- 9 iption of A RTT \\ll.44li,4te til t iatt l , ° ,,;'t sin - trigs, wires, or ' ligatures. They no 1 1%1 , :t o rt ir,,'" Ilt e l a N t 0 ,;: i r t v e :: . 1 . 1 t a 5 not to be_r e i r is c ti h n: n u c is e h eo ed lott fr r o o m r ! , ,..4 ,5 I. Z , ti t h r,,, ,a s i ty ,, 4 , 4 berior le t y o any n te e e•li ever before used. \ .1 1 , 1 .`er t 'Tert r ,;,''e extraction of roots, or any painful \ N t h ,nrl n'illittil'",Preserve teeth that are loose, and is 'llt,-leftti in and mastication. Decayed teeth 4 nir tstication.-52, Fleet-street. At I kZb t t t. — V 11,cti - 40, sr. corm k , ri `4l Ak, -- , T OF CHANCERY. " k 4 4101'1 .() tl tl N t tii, st4At riPtult, a le 29th of May, 1855, an aIN tr,•-rm t4 1 ,i 4 ,, , by the High Court of Chancery, and A ',4 4 .i,„,„,re,t r3.1 w4 , 'nude perpetual against JoseP l , l \` ,l t ~7tin4. +l.tnem, ander a penalty of one thou , 4 t 4 tt„iiiiis Medicine, which is protected by ~ N Parte a nd, and secured by the seals of th. ,V k t ift b . arid the Imperial College of Medicine 1 ,. t el Thrt, y, , ,,,r,1kti ~ ‘rrk ß „ o , \, 1 444 ~,1 , 11:>, fl: Strrn at , i ' wr ‘ lio;a ' and Exhanstion of th '4Alt)4ll, ''r eEo, ° , 4 re o p„"cesses, accident, or climate. I,‘„ kil ti ii , iY*,o'vented entering the married state b 3 k. , t star Ti tt ,,. _rs . It is invaluable. 'IP!! 4,, toD Q , S F., m AR 2 , t, i opT l lth, ) ° ,. _t tb4,,e'ese o,l.three' day s, completely and entire, At, ttlilitt an auisorders which Capivi and Cubebt. VOt, iiett l I,'entn at l i tdete for, to the ruin of the healV k,Yisjilti. ti tlitl,N, l Rtt s ,,Z IN tti 'iii); 4 Rllah lt tilled",, ' f 9 l , No, 3, )t1 4 44t,, , A . theohy,icia or tr t , h a a t t s class of Disorde t r o s, t w he hi t c n l: `i l t lit. ' !:iltA , ll q ' . ' l , 4 culDna.:!iit''i: consiitu w tion, a e n r el cu ; y hich all th , ,ti r , t !iit Zg 'fill?, and r3ernrove. Vi,,00e 4 . fiT r ,'!ltte,. i4 , ,,e alike devoid of taste or smell '6 1, 14‘ t 1 137Peeted." \ lt ey may lie on the toilet ta'al. : \ ll N \ 4 il l °%; 44 4;; 4l ',4 4 tt c r h ,„, ‘ ' fr e! by Pont, 2s. extra, divided int. tt', , 11,1 Qr).es,tia'":... b y Valpean, Lallemand, Roux ),p , ipok;igh a ui. 63. n " ~Retail in London or Johnston, 65, f Ihr,,°,trib_ler:l';dru,,,,lrd-treat; and Ranger. ISO, Ox -1 "1 10; 1, eanqT. 46, Market -street, Manchester ; tt "' l tleu' v Esii, b , Bc dtenPriestly, chemist, 52, Ak , r, ili,, , seller, 15, Westmoreland-street, l' 'h -street. Birmingham. ‘14 1 : .. 4 ei t ._ a ZEN ..., tli f l l l ii' 08 .11 4 C t t tt Pierst t he 41.,e, T . 8. I N s i 4 % 4 tit .l / 44. , uneetrintnhe and Pttrfleet Piers. ,‘ 1 ' , ‘l4. ~;t pi t & ( 4: ! 1 ed (weather permitting ........_ R.AVESEND. I . ,-----... i------ t J iflmnkT -- I r" AtbroAys— ..: I -- \1 1 4: \,,,. •••. bietrNol re Pe q b; p l t 1 1041rch s , \l krt 4 kit treet Btatio/ r 4 itta kk tjI .44II tII' K WALT, c S? a Fen. ch, - arch street \ •... , \ •••. \ i ~. ~ I -. „,, 1N:j.,,,-,-.. :,_,:. , kil''l4°" : ',il'k t h 1 41 t ” ial" 1 Vero cabin. til()c'' 4 , ..i 4til 13j4clorlIckW011 4 " "•• . lod. .. 18. 2,1 N 1 'to B, tk .. or tv 1 , th 0 k .,, .. i • • ... ••oolvrictla Bd. .. Os. 101 lit!l' ll ''lt " 4 t °I. Wool w ; h . ••• • .. Bd. .. Os. led. - 44 141.'. ecill:l:eNleatatee.'l;e*,..„.. ci e l• • • O. Bd. ! , r&i';',t4,l6s.; to b e had -Of • 1 . .1;o ( C )a oll e B c d • crs ' 'lt' , TzrraTa 1."14;r ; f,.3 rarrS 'rd. to•dal);;f i for not i f of 4,0 surPq a. 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"_1 story cleverly conceived and point . ng an excellent moral is worked out with exquisite taste in this singula , ly well-written novel haracters the most varied are introduced into the plot, and great!! add to Lhe general effect by the life like naturalness with which they are portrayed. Whoever the author may be, a more felicitous debut never was mit,le in the Held of novel literature."—John Hurst and Blaciiett, Publishers, cucce•sors, to Henry Colburn. TWELFTH AND CHEAPER EDITION. Non ready, in 1 vol., with 15 illustr a tions, 65., bound, T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS, By ELIOT WARBURTON. " The re-appearance at this moment, in a cheap form, of this admirable book is singularly opportune." —John Bull. llurst and Blacken, Publishers, and to be had of all booksellers. THE NAVAL FORTRESSES OF SWEABORG AND EL :I This day, Third Editimi, in poet Bvo., 7s. 6d., MR. SCOTT'S BALTIC, &c., describing Sweaborg, Helsingfors, Abo, Revel, Cronstadt, &c. London : Richard Bentley. 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Public Conveyances, Police Regula tions, : abl es of French oney and Measures, a short History of Paris, i:s Government, Public Buildings, Ecclesiastical Edifices, Curiosities Places of Public Amusement, nvirons of P iris, &c., &c., with Two Raps, and a View of the Exhib tiou slid Champs Elysees. Lon 'on: Edward , -tanford, 6, Charing-cross. Edinbur<li : A. and C. Black. Paris : Longuet, 8, Rue de la Pain; and all booksellers. STATE OF THE CROPS. THE AGR [CULTURAL GAZETTE and GARDEN , ' RS' CHRONICLE of August 18th, will contain a full Report of the State of the Crops throughout the country. An edition is also published on Monday, in time for post. Order of any newsvender. A single copy sent on receipt of six postage stamps Office for Advertisements, 5, Up ,:er Wellingtsn•street, Covent-garden. The Third Edition.--Just pubhshed, price 55., by post, tree, ss. 6a. 0 N TRUE & FA LSE SPERMATORRHCEA , with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from tlit. Real sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the Germao of Dr. PICK Fint D. With an Introduction by the Editor, containine a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quacks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " 'r. vickto,-c is known to English readers by his frequent practi -3,..1 contributions to German medical literature. This is the am me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi. ti reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect an )ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .over to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' roil `Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book :ould find its way Into the hands of those who suffer from the corn liaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds woult ae saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is cf less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— ouch money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore ikely to do much good." London ; FI. Bailiero, 219, Regent-street. SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL.—ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.— Increased attrac tions. In consequence of the popularity of the brilliant Spec tacle of the Siege and Bombardment of Sebastopol, the Proprietor has rerolved that no efforts shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuance of the public favour. New incidents, sugg. stave of mili tary life in the trenches, wit he depicted. The unrivalled Military Hand of the estahlishin nt has been onsiderably Increased, and the Troupe of Spanish Minstrels, being established favourites here, have been re-engaged for a limited period previous to their ontinental tour. Every evening this week :.=Danson's colos-al modelled picture of Sehast pot. D'orainic views of Cronstadt, Revel, Tielsingfors Odessa, Balaklava, 1 . up doria. arid Cathcart's-hill, painted expressly for this establishment be P. Phillips. A Grand Voca and Instru mental Concert, conducted by D. (=odfrey. The usual routine of novel amusements w II conclude with the Siege of Sebastopol, and matchless pyrotechnic display. Feeding the Animals at a quarter past five. Rectuse of the Russian sortie, and reception of the Russian liar of truce, at Six. Concert at half-past six. Bombardment, &c., at half-past Nine. Admission, Is. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SA.CCHARATED CY CA P , AUL ES, approved of by the e'rench College of Physician , . necessfully ad•ninistered in the Paris and London Hospitals, am+ ,cknowledgad by them to he the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See Lancet" of Nov. 6, 185'2.) A copy will be forwarded on appli •atlen —Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. fo be had of the inventor, G tiIItIEL.JOZEALT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and All the principal chemists. KER TC H JACK E T and EIIPEROwS C s PE.—Both these novel inventions are now before the Public, and are marked ny that distinction always apparent in the skilful manuf .ctures of E ➢tons and SON. The de s gn, cut, and finish of the KERTCH JACKET is an illustration of Business which embraces vast experience in the appropriation of materials, in the direction of talent, and the manufacture of Gar ments, the most gentlemanly in appearance, the most comfortable and serviceable in wear, and moderate in price. The ENIPE ROE'S C tPE Is a desideratum for the present and ap proaching season. it is the lightest and most graceful Garment which has been produced; it is thoroughly waterproof, and very ext,nsively patronised. The above artleles of attire are made only by E. Moses and SON, and can only be procured at their Establishment and its Branches, as follows: London Establishment—Minories and Aidgate. West-end Branch—New Oxford-street and Hart-street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Branch ( holesale) —Melbourne, Victoria. SPORTSMEN AND OTHERS. Dress for Sportsmen, Tradesmen, Tourists, and others, is offered by E. Mons and SON, at their usual moderate prices. The patrons of their Establishment and its Branches may select from the lark st stock of novelties which has teen produced. The Departments f Ready-made Clothing, Hosiery for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. Hats and Caps, the most fashionable and highly finished, including the Tourists' and • portsmens' Hat, a great novelty . Shirts and Uncle clothing. Boots and Shoes, &c. Every article the newest and most approved in excellence, and cheapness unrivalled. Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen complete, suitable. surrior, and harged the most reasonable prices. The Wholesale Department offers advantaves to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants. The ex tent of the stock. adaptation of the goods for the Home trade or the Colonies, and the economical charges, render them the beat in vestments which can be made. London Establishment—Minories and Aldgate. We.t. end Branch—New Oxford-street and Hart-street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial (Wholesale Branch)—Melbourne, Victoria. rRE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTII AND MA cUItiTY. rust published, price 25., illustrated with cases; fres by post for 26 stamps, ERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper natorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more iaccessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative :ystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and .iatinguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of Nary variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, •xcesses, accident, or climate. followed by practical remarks, founded in twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, aervons Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which is° added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical pre .ctice, Ind on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on • a ese important disorders. ay AAMIIEL I,A'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, ioctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edits aurgh, honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society. Meentiats of Apothecaries' hall, London, &c., &c. Sae essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con• qucnces reuniting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses. hick have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man nod, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an) :ther class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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STAMPED SD• The total receipts for the half-year amount to 750,1601., including the balance from the previous half-year's accounts, and the total expenses, interest and guaranteed dividends, to 542,136!. leaving available for dividen.l the sum of 208,0231., and the directors recommend that a dividend (less income tax) be declared, po,yable on the Ist day, of September next, of 1/. 15s. upon each 100/. consolidated stock, being at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. OS AYRES BONDHOLDERS. The last mail from the River Plate has brought copies of a correspondence carried on during the past year regarding the claims of the Buenos Ayres bond holders between Mr. Frank Parish, the British Consul in that country, and Don Portela, the Foreign Minister, and the entire records even of Spanish America* finance present nothing more disgraceful. Exactly a twelvemonth back_Mr. Parish addressed Don Portela, referring to the fact of Mr. Giro, who had arrived is January, 1854, as the agent of the bondholders, baying thus far been baffled in every attempt to induce the Government of Buenos Ayres to make some arrange ment of the debt, although the resources of the country were improving, and domestic creditors were being paid, and concluding with an intimation that he had been instructed, under the circumstances, to make a special appeal to the honour and good faith of the State. For four months, with that cool unscrupulousness which only the most despicable Governments venture to display, this communication was allowed to remain without answer or acknowledgment of any kind. Mr. Parish then made a demand for a reply, whi c h , after the lapse of another mouth, brought out an intima tion that the Government had no time to attend to it, but that the subject had been that day referred to the consideration of the Finance Minister. An additional wo months having passed without any attention what ever having been given to the subject, Mr. Parish re newed his application, and at the same time took the op portunity of protesting against a decree just issued for paying all claims for damages sustained by the citizens of Buenos Ayres during the last civil conflict, while the prior debt to the - foreign bondholders, contracted under the express acts of the Legislature, continued to be treated with disregard. In three months he was informed. that the Government had not been able to attend to this fresh letter, and that they now refused to entertain any reclamations of an official character, since the debt to file bondholders was purely of a private character, and should be treated accordingly, no international steps be ing warranted unless there had been adenial ofjustice. In proof that no such denial had occurred, Don Portals pointed to the fact that the bondholders continued " re ligionsly.to receive" the 1,0001. per month granted sire° 1849, these remittances not having been interrupted even by the revolutionary crisis through which the country had passed. With regard to the payments for damages to the citizens of Buenos Ayres, his sole at tempt at justification was comprised in the characteristic taunt that the bondholders had voluntarily lent their money and taken all risks, while the damages to the citizens had been involuntarily sustained. To this Mr. Parish promptly rejoined by an exposureiof the whole course of the Government of Buenos Ayres in relation to the affair, and by calling attention to the fact that their continued refusal to offer any adequate arrange ment, and their boast of latterly remitting 1,0001. per month on a debt of a million sterling, on which the in terest has been suspended for a quarter of a century, as if it were something meritorious, amounted not only to a denial of justice, but came little short of direct repu diation. Finally, under date of the 23d of June, he announced that the British Government had ar rived at the conclusion that Buenos Ayres was deter mined to persist in her dishonest course, and that although they have hitherto abstained from enforcing the bondholders' claims this forbearance may have its limits. AUSTRALIAN POSTAL COMMUNI CATION. The following letter addressed by the General Association for the Australian Colonies to Sir W. Molesworth has been forwarded to us for publica tion : • " General Association for the Australian Colonies, London, August 15. " Sir,—As the Minister of the Crown, to whose care the interests of the colonies are specially confided, I am requested by the committee of this association to entreat your attention at this juncture to the unsatisfactory po sition in which postal communication with the Austra lian colonies has so long been permitted to remain, and .n doing so the committee take the opportunity of ex-' pressing their high appreciation of the many services you have already rendered to Australia, and the confi dence which your completeacquaintance with its position, value, and resources, lead them to entertain that you will mark your accession to office by no longer allowing so viral a point on steam communication with the mo ther country to remain in abeyance. "Since the month of November last our usual mail steam service has been wholly suppressed, and letters have, in consequence, during that period been conveyed to their destination with all the irregularity and uncer tainty necessarily incident to the transit of sailing packets. The colonists cannot admit that the exigencies of the war, grave as they have been, were, at any time, so urgent, as to call for their exclusion from the benefits attending speedy and certain communication with the mother country, especially as these continue to be en joyed to their full extent by other colonial possessions of less commercial importance. You will not, therefore, be surprised to learn that universal dissatisfaction pre vails throughout Australia on this most important sub ject_ " The earnest remonstrances which have reached this country from the colonies are well known to your pre decessor in office, and will corroborate the accuracy of our statement in this respect. Representations have also been made by members of this association to the Colonial-office, the Admiralty, the Post-office, as well as to the Treasury, and from all those departments we have received repeated assurances that the question was con sidered of the gravest importance, and would have 'early attention. In both houses of Parliament these assur ances have been repeatedly renewed in reply to the inquiries of individual members. It is consequently with sincere regret and astonishment that at this ad vanced period of the year we find no arrangements whatever have yet been made for the early reorganisa tion of an Australian postal steam-service. " The uncertainty attending postal communication effected through the medium of sailing vessels is so ob vious that we feel we need not insist upon it. At pre sent, it is true, our mails are carried by the fastest sail ing-vessels in the world, the owners contracting to de liver them in 65 days ; but this speed has only been attained in one or two instances, while, in others, 80, 90, or even 95 days have been occupied.by the voyage. There is every reason to believe that by the overland route and by steamers of a similar character to those employed in other ocean postal steam lines, mails could be delivered in 50 days ; and to such a service we con sider the Australian colonies, by their importance and their propesed support of it, are fully entitled. " You are doubtless aware that the matter has received much attention from the different colonial Legislatures. The colony of Victoria, as a mark of its ardent anxiety for the resumption of postal steam communication, has not only voted 50,0001. per annum for that object, but has also psssed an act of Council charging that sum on its genes el revenue, as well as pineing it at the uncon trolled disposal of the Governor. New South Wales and the other Australian colonies are prepared to contribute in the like liberal manner. We would submit, there fore. that these grants, with the assistance naturally ex pected from Great Britain, are on a scale of such magni tude as to warrant the immediate establishment of a most efficient postal steam service. " In conc'usion, permit me to hand you a list of the members of this association, among whom yen will find the names of several gentlemen who have recently occu ' pied seats in the Legislatures of the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales, and of others who have taken a prominent part in the leading questions of public interest in those colonies. The views, therefore, which I have been requested by the committee to express, may be said to give a faithful representation of the feelings of the colonists on a question, the importance of which to Australia it would be difficult, if not impossible, to exaggerate. It is that importance which has induced the committee to address you ir. the earnest terms of this communication, and which now leads them to hope that the subject will have your serious and early atten tion.—l have the honour to subscribe myself, sir, your most obedient and humble servant, "WILLIAM RUTLEDGE, "Hon. Sec. of the General Association for the Australian Colonies. " To the Right Hon. Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies." / -- e_-- - e__-z.__-z_- , LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, EXCURSION from DOVER to BOULOGNE, to witness the Landing of tier Majesty at Boulogne, on S..IITRD Ay, the 18th August. The new and beautiful Steam packet THE QUEEN will leave Dover et-11 a.m., on the arrival of :he train leaving London-bridge at e.lO a.m., and return from Bou logne In tine to permit excursionists returning to London by the train leaving Dover at 7.30 p.m. Fare by the steamer, 10s., there and back. Tickets to be had on board, or at 56, Lombard•street, AMERICAN ISINGLASS.—A large supply of this article has b e e n received at the AMERTCAN WAR E HOLNES, No. 545 and 541), New Oxford-street, price 3s. 6d. per sound package, or a e se containing 12 packages at 2s. 9d. per pound. For Blanc-mange, Jellies. &c., this Isinglass will be found equal to English or Russian. A ls , ), a large stock of American Travelling Trunks, 80xe ,, , and Cases, Hatchets, Clocks, Carpet Brooms, Pails, Tubs, and Wooden-ware of all descriptions, at most moderate charges. CRI CKLEWOOD, MIDDLESEX.—T o b e LE C, UNFURNISHED, on the high road to Edgware, four miles from the Marble Arch, CRICKLEWOOD HOUSE, containing • hree sitting-rooms (two communicating with folding doors), eight be '-rooms, housekeeper's room, 1 fty kitchen and offices, front and lack pleasure grounds, with hot houses and graperies, two kitchen :ardens, brewhowe with two rooms over, four and two stall sta b es, three coach-houses, poultry-houses, piggeries, and extensive yard. Rent 851, the tenant keeping in repair ; otherwise, 1001. per annum. Term, Seven years. Apply on the premises, or at Messrs. Bullock's. 21 1 , High Holborn. ADULTERATION of FOOD, & - ,c.—Doctors the true and real offenders. —Read the IIYGEIST and ~tEPICAL REFORMER for next month. All Hypeian agents .ire hereby requested to give as much publicity as possible on this important question. Do not let the people be diverted from the real , oint at issue. Remember tha* the adulterations are committed with •he very poisons which doctors hold out or administer " medicinally," "ts they call it. The Hygeist may be had of all agents. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly general meeting of this company took place yesterday at Bristol ; the Right Hon. S. H. Wel pole, M.P., in the chair. The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN observed that it was so unusual for the proprietors to be addressed from the chair by anybody but their accustomed chairman, that he felt some explanation on the subject was due from him. They had seen from the report that Mr. Russell, from a failure of health, had found it necessary to resign the office of chairman. That gentle man had given his best services to the company, for a period of 16 years, and from the opeortunity which he (Mr. Wal pole) had had of observing his conduct during the last year Ind a-half he was able to speak in the highest terms of the zeal, ability, and vigour of mind, combined with vast in formation upon all subjects connected with the interests of the company, and the perfect temper and gentleness of conduct in conducting their proceedings which rendered him so eminently fitted to preside over them (Cheers.) That position, however, having been vacated, and the di teeters having chosen him to fill it, he would endeavour to discharge the duties of his office to the best of his ability, notwithstanding the present was a time of difficulty and qnbarrassment as regarded the affairs of the company. (Hear, hear.) The report which had been placed in their hands noticed no circumstances worthy of comment since February last, except that the dividend had fallen off, end that it had become necessary to oppose the bill brought into Parliament by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway Company. With reference to that, the proprietors were "ware that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Company were bound to lay down the broad gauge for the benefit of the public as well as for that of the Great Western Railway proprietors, but they ha 1 tried to escape from the obligation, notwithstand ing that the Great. Weeteru Railway Company, acting ender a counter-obligation, were actually laying down a narrow gauge upon au equivalent portion of their line. To , ppose that bill was, therefore, an operation of self-de fence, and he was glad to say that that opposition had been successful ; and now that that harassing and expeosive litigation was entirely at an end, he would say nothing which would prevent peace upon that subject, or which would throw difficultiea in the way of any arrangement which might secure the profit which, by mutu d agreement end harmonious working, they might secure, but which, if they differed, would probably be lost altogether; but at the same time he hoped no arrangement would be sanc tioned which would subject the proprietors to immediate loss for the sake of gaining an ultimate profit. He would now turn his attention to the subject of the fall of dividend, and would observe that in this, as in all other mercantile concerns, the first thine was to look 'the truth fully and boldly in the face ; to tell them honestly the facts, to trace the causes, and to account for the consequences which had resulted from them. (Hear, hear.) From the fact that the half-yearly dividend had fallen from 4 to 2 per cent. per annum it would appear at first sight as if the company wore taking a downward instead of a progressive course ; but he thought that he could satisfy them that the con trary was the else. The causes of the depreciation of the dividend were to be found, first, in the general depression of trade, bringing with it stagnation or even diminution of railway traffic ; and, secondly, in the fact that they had had to meet engagements incurred long ago, but which were brought to bear upon them in one year simultane ously with thatdepression of trade and consequent stagna tion of traffic. If, then, the causes of the depression of trade and stagnation of traffic, which were the cause of the depreciation of their dividends, were of a permanent character, they might, indeed, look to the future with ap prehension, but if he could satisfy them, as he was tho roughly convinced he could, that those causes were only temporary in their character, he thought that they might fairly ask themselves whether the consequences resulting from such a state of things might not be found to be tem porary also. (Hear.) Now, taking the working of the line for the past two years and- a -h a lf i n t o considration, they would find that for the half-year ending June, 1853, their receipts were, in round numbers, 522,0001., and for the half year ending December, 620,0001. ; that for the half year ending June, 1854, the receipts were 620,0001. and for the remaining half-year 614,0021., while for the last six mouths they had been 647,000/. Comparing therefore the two half-years, ending June, 1853, and June, 1854, there was an increase of receipts to the extent of 08,003 , while the increase upon the half-year ending last June over the corresponding period of 1854 was 27,0001. only. The expenditure for the half-year ending June, 1853, was 233,0001.; and for that ending in December of the same year 242,0001. In the six months ending June, 1854, the expenditure was 262,0001., and for that ending December 261, 000/., while for the past six months it had been 280,0001., making an increase of expenditure as between the half-year ending June, 1853, and June, 1851, to tho amount of 29,0001., and an increase as between the half-year ending Juno, 1854, and June, 1855, of 23.0001. Comparing the two sides of the account, they would perceive that down to June, 1854, their receipts were gradually increasing be yond their expenditure, but that from June, 185 , to June, 1855, their receipts fell off, while their expenditure had been slightly augmented. From June, 1853, to June, 1854, the balance in favour of net revenue was 70,0001., but from Juno, 1854, to June, 1855, there was a balance in favour of net revenue of 4,0001. only. Ho was satisfied that the falling off was to be ascribed to three causes— first, the effect of the war upon trade generally—an effect which had been felt upon all the railways in the kingdom, and evidenced strongly by the Board of Trade returns; secondly, the increase, which could hardly be put at less than 10 per cont., on wages and materials; and, thirdly, to the augmented expenditure consequent upon the opening of new lines which were sanctioned years ago, and whi la expenditure was necessarily incurred for the proper carry ing on of the traffic of the country. Had not these causes been in operation, he believed that their receipts, instead of remaining stationary, would have been increased at least 40,0001. or 50,0001 ; and, as he considered the causes of the stagnation temporary, ho saw no just ground for alarm. But they would naturally say, " This does not ac count for the falling off of the dividend; for, supposing the traffic to have been stationary, would the dividend have been 2 per cent, less? A fairer question could not have been put. His answer was that a dividend of 1 per cent. to the proprietors of unprotected stock in that company might be represented in round numbers at 82,0001. per annum, or 41,0001. for the half-year; and what he had to explain was why in each of the two half-years 41.0001. had been withdrawn from the dividend since Dec., 1854. It was owing, let, to their amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies; and, 2dly, to the extension of their line from Bir mingham to Wolverhampton. The amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies constrained them by the agreement they had entered into to guarantee to their shareholders a preference dividend of 3, per cent. The profits of the past half-year on the Shrewsbury lines fell short of 3i per cent. by 34,000 ~ or, in other words, within 7,0001. of 1 per cent., which latter sum might be considered the interest on the expenditure incurred on the stations in the meantime. The cause of the falling off of the other 1 per cent, was at tributable to the extension of their line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. If they looked to their accounts they would find that the cost of that extension had been 1,900,000/. ; while the works were in course of construction the whole of the interest on that account was, according to railway usage, borne by capital. The line was opened in December last, since which time interest on the money, ex cept so far as respected the outlay required by stations and other works to be used for them, had been borne by revenue. The interest on 1,900,0001. at 4:# per cont. was 85,0001., or for the half-year 42,5001., so that the account was actually more than 1 per cent. on the dividend. The fall of the dividend wt's therefore fully accounted for ; and the only question which it appeared to him could arise on this part of the case would be whether the policy which advocated this amalgamation and that extension was a bad policy ; and, supposing that policy to be completed, whether they had any hope of improvement for the future. On the first question it would very ill become him to give an opinion. He was no party either to the one or the other, and there fore individually he might perhaps be able to give as un biassed an opinion as any person in the room. Now, he thought that a great deal might be said for that extension and that amalgamation, and at the same time he did not deny that a great deal might be said against them. He would, however, point out that it was rather hard to visit upon anybody at this time the consequence of acts which wore not only fully approved but recommended years ago. He found fault with no one ; but when he looked back at the proceedings of the committee of consultation which Tthheayt mustpol i policy, y t , but re. h e was appointed by'the shareholders in 184 9, he found that that committee had to deal with this as well as other sub jects, recommended it that the i n yt(s o t strongest onlyfore all of them—directors, shareholders, and committee of consultation, bear together the blame , if blame there were, of a mistaken commercial policy. approved terms. o f The passage he referred to in the report of the committee of consultation was as follows : " The fourth class. Lines pu e • chased by the Great. Western Company at a premium of 101. ss. upon each 201. share, to be paid for on completion, comprise the Birmingham and Oxford, 32 miles , and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, 11 miles l ong. The amount already expended, and required to complete the construction of these lines, is set forth in the appendix. These lines, Fennycompton, when finished , with which they will form a will join the Oxford and Rugby and continuous line 77 miles in length between Oxford, Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, and will no doubt produce a large amount of traffic to London and to the south and west of England by Oxford." And they further said, "The works of the Oxford and Birmingham line are in a very advanced state, ex cept at points where considerable saving of cost may be effected by arrangements with other companies, - Your animate* rOC,,Zi• mend the entire completion of the works so as to enable the Great Western, through the medium of these lines to make such arrangements with other companies north of Dudley as may produce the greatest possible traffic by this route." He wished to express no opinion as to that policy, l ma H s t n i o e d l ei f less t n lh d e d es i s d t t rr h o h e a st e t ph wish o t inn h su e i they had t e l e b o a fe d o t r h tto rwnY groat h o lei f I l o e l Iliitffinhbgcloauoure on fig t h ie it s nt t o thh a ea e y n n y dw c i o l v ' e u e iri n r ei s e te n na r ldl , which was consequent upon the amalgamation and exten sion to which he had adverted. That being so, the ques tion they had to consider was; what should be their future policy with reference to these railways, and were those dif ficulties likely to be permanent or temporary ? He had the authority of the board for saying —and he entirely con curred in their recommendation—that, whatever might e which p h a a st d p r o e thethe policy directors whichnd the should now conse quenceshave ben the i s i u e l y t , be pursued ought to be—first, to make the most of their existing engagements and their present lines ; secondly, to extend them in no direction whatever; and, thirdly, to prevent the evasion of that resolution, not to lease, amal gamate, or work any other line, if by such lease, amalga mation, or working they incurred any immediate loss, for the sake of prospective gain. To those rules or precepts of conduct which be submitted for their consideration he would add a fourth, which required some guard, perhaps, at the present moment, but which was that they should vigilantly watch and check expenditure--(hear)—at the same time taking care not to interfere with or diminish the proper development of traffic by a false economy. Those were the principles upon which the directors desired to act, and had acted since he had had the honour of a seat at the board. Still, they might ask, if the traffic bad been so stagnant, and if the extension of one line and the amalga mation of others had led to the reduction of dividend to 2 per cent., what hope could be held out of better prospects in future ? They would forgive him if he did not at pre sent enter into an extended view of all the concerns of the company. If it wore desired that he should explain those matters so as to enable them to be as good judges as the directors, he should ask for some six weeks to look into the state of their affairs, for while he would not, on the one hand, wish to excite undue hopes, on the other, he should be much to blame if he said anything which tended to en courage despondency. He had, however, some facts—and it was ,lith facts alone he dealt—which he thought it right and fair to bring before the proprietors. At the beginning of this year the receipts were less than they had been during the corresponding period of the former year. From April, however, the title appeared to have turned in favour of increasing traffic, and he had extracted the receipts on their own line and on the Shrewsbury lines during the six weeks of the current half-year, in order to compare them with the six weeks of the corresponding half-year. Taking the Shrewsbury lines first, he found the receipts of 1851-5 were as follows :—For the week ending January 8, 1854, they were 3,1671., as compared with 3,992/. in the present year ; July 15, 1854, 2,9931., against 4,1221. July the 15th, 1855 ; 3,1821. for July the 22d, in 1854, against 4,1691. in the same week of 18:.5 ; 2,9341. for July the 29th, 1854, against 3,9931. in 1855; and 3,2631. for August the sth, 1854, against 4,4181. in 1855 ; the difference in these five weeks being 15,5911. in 1854 and 20,697/. in 1855. He had just seen the returns of the last week, and they ex hibited an increase of 948/. on the corresponding week of the previous year. (Cheers.) They had, therefore, an increase in their receipts of about 1,0001. a week. Though there might be a corresponding expenditure, he thought they could rely upon a great portion of the in• crease as net revenue ; and, if the traffic continued during the last half-year in the same proportion, he thought they might conclude that they had seen the worst of their Shr, wsbury lines, and that henceforth they could reasonably expect considerable improvement. (Hear.) He now took up the Great Western proper, and would give a statement of the receipts, comparing the same weeks of 1854 with the corresponding weeks of 1855. In the first week the receipts we r e, in 18 4, 23,7921. ; in 1855, 20,0601. ; in the second, 25,125/. in 1854; in 1855, 26,8681. ; in the third, 24,800/. in 1854, against 27,5371. in 1855; and in the fourth, 25,933/. against 30,4261., showing an average in crease of 2,8001. a week. He thought that the proprietors might take consolation from those facts, and that the pro per inference to be drawn from them was that they had already seen the worst with reference to their traffic, and might reasonably expect a progressive improvement. (Hoer, hear.) He was not aware that he had anything else material to state. He had carefully avoided throwing blame upon any one, or censuring any particular line of policy ; he had simply given his opinion upon the present state of their affairs, and he hoped that, under the circum stances, that would be considered sufficient. (Cheers.) The chairman concluded by calling on the secretary to read the following report : It is a subject of deep regret to the directors that the continued stagnation of traffic noticed in the last report, and since experienced by almost every railway company in the kingdom, has been coincident, in point of time, with the pressure of heavy claims on the general income in re spect of the two Shrewsbury railways, as well as with the recent opening of the Birmingham and Wolverhampton line, and its consequent burden at first upon existing re venue. To those causes, operating for the time with such peculiar disadvantage upon the financial position of this company, the necessity for a further reduction of the divi dend upon the ordinary consolidated stock is clearly attri butable, as will be perceived from the following facts :—ln the report which was presented at the August meeting of last year, a comparative statement was exhibited, detail ing the receipts, working expenses, and chargesaipon gene ral revenue, as well as the traffic between the correspond- ing half-years, to June 1853 and 1854. It appeared that, with the same extent of railway open during both half years, the improving traffic in the latter period had aug mented the gross receipts by 93,3891., that the net re venue, after deducting all working expenses, had in creased to the extent of 69,6081. for the half-year, while the charge for loans and preference capital exceed that of the former period in the sum of 50,5961. ; still leaving a surplus of 19,0121., available for the ordinary dividend of the half-year. A similar comparison of the revenue, be tween the accounts made up to June, 1854 and 1855 respectively, reverses the result, inasmuch as it shows, with 294 additional miles of railway opened in the interval. that the total gross receipts for traffic had not been aug mented by more than 26,8801. ; and the net revenue, after deducting all working expenses, had only increased to the extent of 4,3721., while the additional sum paid for in terest and rents over the former period, amounting to 36,3251., absorbs such excess of net revenue, and leaves a comparative deficiency of 31,953/., in 1855, instead of a surplus of 19,0121. in 1854, as available to the purpose of the pro rata dividend.. The receipts for the half-year end ing the 30th of June, 1854, amounted to 620,8871., and for the same period in 1855 to 647,7671., showing an increase of 26,8801. The working expenses in the former period amounted to 262,6181., and in the latter period t 0285,156/., showing an increase of 22,5081. The not revenue amounted for the half-year ending the 30th of June, 1854. to 358.2691. ; and for the same period of 1855, to 362,641/., showing an increase of 4,3721. The preference charges, in terest on loans, &sc., in the former period, amounted to 195,8251., and in the corresponding period of 1855 to 232,151 1 1., showing an increase of 36,8251. The disposable balance amounted in the former period, to 162,4441., and in the past half year to 130,4911., showing a deficiency of 31,933/. An analysis of that traffic shows that the addi tional passengers referred to in the foregoing statement are more than accounted for by the number conveyed during the half-year exclusively over the Birmingham and Wolverhampton line, principally at low fares ; the average receipt from each of whom, in all classes, does not exceed Bd. The extra tonnage of merchandise has been more diffused over the lines generally ; but it princi pally arises from the conveyance of goods from the Rad etock branch and the South Wales lines, with additional traffic over the Wycombe branch. These facts demonstrate beyond all doubt an unprecedented stagnation of the ordi nary railway traffic of the lines, and that the temporary depression of dividend has arisen from the causes specified. The inquiry is naturally suggested by these observations, why then, during the last half-year, have the compara tive expenses increased se much in proportion to the gross revenue? Tho circumstances already mentioned will supply the answer. The directors have had to provide fixed establishments at no fewer than 16 additional stations over 30 miles of new railway, and to work one of those re cently opened lines with numerous trains for an omnibus traffic at low fares, besides the expense incurred in re ceiving and carrying more merchandise for short distances. On the other hand, the diminution of receipt has been principally manifested in the more remunerative class of passengers, travelling for a long distance ; and such loss does not in itself relieve the company from much expense, whether incurred in locomotion or in fixed station esta blishments. Already, since the spring, an improvement has taken place in the passenger traffic, which increase, if continued throughout the year, with a new traffic in mer chandise about to be commenced, cannot fail to restore the due proportions of receipt and expenditure, and those sources of income will eventually disembarass the company from the effects of those onerous engagements in respect to the newly opened lines of railway. When it is reflected that the whole requirement for a dividend of 1 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital of this company, but slightly exceeds 41,000/. in any half-year, it may well be admitted that the circumstance of the general depression adverted to, becoming simultaneous with heavy liabilities for new lines during the worst half-year, before those lines could become productive, ought in no degree to discourage the shareholders from a reliance upon the intrinsic value of their investment, however disappointing it may prove for the moment to their immediate expectations of income. With respect to the two Shrewsbury lines now finally amalgamated with your undertaking, the directors have been enabled for the first time to present and circulate the accounts of revenue which have been audited since the amalgamation by Great Western auditors. A deficiency exceeding the former estimate has fallen upon the last half year, notwithstanding that the receipts had shown an in crease over former periods. The mode in which these ac counts have now been made up, under the instructions of your auditors, identically in the same manner as the other Groat Western accounts, showsplainly how rigid is the ad herence of those gentlemen to the principle of making revenue chargeable for every expense in any manner con nected with it. The directors have no desire to raise any objection to that system. On the contrary, they entirely concur in the propriety of it ; and merely advert to the fact deduced by the auditors themselves, that the appa rently increased deficiency arises principally from an alteration in their statements from those exhibited under the former audit, and from placing at once very heavy items for accumulated repairs, &c., of the plant, and for other expenditure, against the revenue for the half-year. It is to be further observed that an additional expense, which is included in the Shrewsbury accounts, has been incurred for an establishment appointed to prepare for and conduct the Northern goods business to the utmost advan tage. Mr. Newcombe, a gentleman of considerable ex perience and acknowledged abilities, was engaged in the beginning of the year with an efficient staff; and although, owing to unforeseen delay in obtaining the Northern traffic, all the benefits have not yet been derived from that expenditure, it has prospective advantages, which will, in due time, reimburse to the proprietors the intermediate outlay. The revenue accounts of the Chester and Bir mingham lines are required by act of Parliament to be kept separate from the Great Western account, and they will henceforth he published in the same form as the pre• sent, after being audited and approved by the Great. Western auditors. The capital accounts of those two com panies are now undergoing similar scrutiny from the audi tors, in order to ascertain and determine the precise amount of all their respective encumbrances and known liabilities at the time of amalgamation, which will hereafter be Chown in proper form, together with &sty sublioquent pay ments made for the same purpose. The directors have already provided a sum of 150000/. to pay off debent ures and other securiti es o f th ose compan i es f a lli ng due, which has been effected by i ssu i ng a correspon di ng amount of new securities und er th e prov i s i ons o f th e Amalgamation Act. It has been a di sa p po i n t men t t o fi n d th a t some ob• struction, similar to th a t prev i ous l y comp l a i ne d of, has been continued to the traffi c o f th e t wo Sh rews b ur y!railways passing over the Birkenhead li nes , i n sp it e o f th e assur ances given by their late chairman to the contrary, and notwithstanding the efforts perseveringly made by direc tors of both companies to overcome that state of affairs. The consequence has been, that in the absence of all fa cilities for transmission of railway traffic either to or from Liverpool or Manchester, by means of friendly co operation and aid from the Birkenhead Company, it has been hitherto found necessary to forego the advan tages of soliciting or undertaking the mangement of mer chandise, the directors being unable to rely with certainty that it would be properly forwarded upon equitable terms, or punctually and correctly delivered. The agreement be tween the two companies made in January, and referred to in the last report, was subsequently rejected by a spe cial general meeting of the Birkenhead Company in Feb ruary ; and, in th e face of avowed hostility from parties influencing that rejection, it was deemed essential, first to Procure 'or this company independent premises in Birken head, with adequate local accommodation both in Liver pool and at Timperley, near Manchester, and then to put in force the running powers over the lines of the Birken head Company, so as to reach, without risk of impedi ment from those parties, the important towns to and from which such i mmense railway traffic is constantly in move ment. But those objects have been at length, attained, and the premises which will admit of commencing busi ness are nearly ready for it. The directors have been very lately apprised that the main obstacle to a good under standing with the Birkenhead Company is likely soon to be removed, which circumstance, it is believed, will lead to reciprocal benefits for both companies, by accelerating the period when the Lancashire trade will be brought through over their respective lines. The Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway was completed on the let of June, from which date the working lease commences. Up to that period the traffic between Grange-cuurt and Hope brook belonged to the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Company, for whom and at whose separate expense it was worked by this company. This line which, in connexion with the Shrewsbury and Hereford and Chester Railways, forms the shortest route from Bristol, Glocester, and. South Wales to the Mersey, is calculated to draw an im portant traffic over those railways, both in passengers and merchandise. Arrangements are already made for the interchange and conveyance of some goods, and progress is making in similar manner for other business. The purchase of the Birkenhead Docks by the Liverpool Corporation, to be completed by them, as sanctioned by Parliament in the last session, is a measure tending much to the advantage of all companies having lines converg ing in that direction : and your directors regard it with peculiar interest as securing the early construction of those useful works which must constitute Birkenhead an outport of considerable importance. It will be perceived from the foregoing observations how vital to the perma nent prosperity of the undertaking is the progressive im provement and accumulation of traffic over the various lines now belonging to or connected with your system. In addition to the large trade in imported and manufactured goods at Liverpool and Manchester, which, for the reasons herein explained, has not yet been made to the Great Western lines, the directors regard, with the utmost in terest, the capabilities of the railways under the manage ment for internal conveyance of a considerable business in iron and coals, in which, but more especially in coals, they are encouraged to believe that they can successfully vie with any other railway company,' whether as to the comparative remuneration from the conveyance of such traffic, or the extent of the demand for it, throughout the populous and very extensive districts of the country inter sected by your lines. During the last winter, for instance, a quantity of coal raised in North Wales, close to the main line of the Chester Railway, was for the first time brought by way of experiment to London, limited how ever unavoidably in quantity, by the small working of the collieries, and by the then unfinished means of transport mud accommodation for it at the place of consumption. The experiment proved entirely successful in establishing the merit of the coal itself, its perfect adaptation to the great market of the metropolis, and the almost unlimited demand for it within a certain range of the Paddington Terminus. It is not too much to predicate, that under adequate arrangements for working a supply of that coal upon an extensive scale, to be obtained at all times with certainty, and at moderate cost, the ordinary shareholders would from that source, in addition to others, make up for the new reduced dividend, and promptly realise bene ficial effects in an improved income from their capital. The last session has closed, as the proprietors aro aware, with out any application from this company to Parliament, and the directors can state with confidence, that they do not contemplate the promotion of any bill in the ensuing ses sion. They found it necessary, however, to oppose a bill of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, for disconnecting themselves from the traffic of your un dertaking, intending to divert it exclusively to that of the London and North-Western Railway, by obtaining per mission from the Legislature to remove the broad guage rails, which the company were bound by their original act to lay and maintain over the whole of their railway, adapted to a continuous working with the Great Western Railway. The directors successfully resisted that measure, so fraught with injustice as well as mischief to your in terests; and they trust that the rejection of that bill by the committee in the House of Lords will now lead to some amicable arrangement to secure for your line the advantage of a traffic connection, and terminate the expensive and harassing litigation of the last few years between the two companies. The directors have to announce, with very sincere regret, that Mr. Russell has recently been obliged, on account of his health, to retire from the chair, after having held the appointment for 16 years. It can scarcely be necessary to remind the proprietors of the unwearied attention and time devoted by him during that long period to the arduous and responsible duties of the office, for which he was so peculiarly fitted, by position and talents, as well as by the high honour of his personal character. Mr. Rus sell will continue to afford his assistance and advice to his colleagues as one of the directors. The board have unani mously selected Mr. Walpole to become his successor to the chair, under the conviction that he possesses qualifica tions which will enable him, with advantage, to adminis ter and preside over the affairs of the company. Since the last general meeting, Captain Bulkeley and Mr. Roy have ceased to be members of the board of management ; and Mr. Rowland Jones Venables and. Mr. Harold Little dale have been respectively elected in their places. The former gentleman was a director of the late Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, and resides near Oswestry ; the lat ter very influentially engaged in Liverpool commerce, re sides at Liscard-hall, in Cheshire." The report of Mr. 'Brunel, the engineer, stated, that— " The several works which were reported upon in the last report as being in progress, aro all drawing to a close. The main lines of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail way, both from Frome to Weymouth, and from Warmin ster to Salisbury, are, with small exceptions in two of the contracts, so far completed that the opening now depends entirely upon the laying of the permanent way,• and this work is proceeding at numerous points wherever the mate rials can be brought on to the line. The chief facilities for that work are obtained at Weymouth, Dorchester, Yeovil, Frome, and Warminster, and every exertion is being made to accelerate it, without due regard to the cost of construc tion. The short branch to Devizes is nearly completed, end the Bathampton line is more than half finished. The Uxbridge branch is only waiting for rails, and the Henley branch, on which the works are very light, is proceeding as fast as we obtain occupation of the land, and will not take long in executing. The third rail between Oxford and Basingstoke is in progress, as rapidly as the supply of rails will allow, while the western fork at Reading is be coming ready to receive it. The new line of j unction at Didcot is about to be used." The CHAIRMAN having moved the adoption of the report, Mr. BROWN made a few observations, impressing upon the directors tho necessity of economy, and that they should use their best exertions to increase the traffic. Ho believed the whole system of management ought to be scrutinised, so as to test the fitness of parties filling the various offices. There must be an end to patronage, and every servant of the company must stand on his own merit and not be continued in office because he was a friend or relative of a director. He made no specific charge, but no one could doubt that great extravagance had been mani fested. They had built for show, and expended enormous sums upon ornamenting stations about which nobody cared. He had confidence in the directors, but at the same time thought it right to indicate the line of policy which in his opinion they ought to pursue. (Hear, hear.) Major COURT complained that the directors' report bad not been circulated at an earlier period. He had always opposed the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies, but he had been left in a minority, and now they saw the result. He observed also that while the committee of the shareholders had recommended that upon no account more than 17,000,0001. should be expended, the accounts showed an expenditure of 21,000,0001., and he much doubted whe ther the directors had power to expend money in that *ay. He complained also of the manner in which the accounts had been presented, and thought that the charge for inte rest upon branch lines ought to be paid out of the receipts upon such lines. Mr. GORE, while admitting that the time for recrimina tion or blame had passed, thought that the directors should be called upon to furnish an estimate for the completion of what works they bad in hand. They could not expect to get much additional traffic on the main line, but might by means of the subsidiary lines, especially the South Wales and its feeders. He considered the present agreement with the South Wales Company a very bad one, and that the results did not equal what they ought reasonably to expect from the amount of capital embarked in it by this company. A PROPRIETOR inquired what return was obtained from Paddington Hotel, which had cost the company 58,0001. nearly? The CHAIRMAN, in reply, denied that patronage had been improperly exercised, and challenged any one to point out a single instance of the nature. The issue of the re port was dependent on the making up of the accounts, but it would be worthy of consideration whether they could not be placed in the hands of the shareholders 24 hours before the meeting. He declined to go into other ques tions at present, but promised to devote his attention to them during the winter. With respect to the Paddington Hotel, the rent for the first year was nominal, being 1,0001. only, but for the second it was 2,0001., for the third 3,0001., and after the fourth it would be 3,5001. a year, which would afford a good return upon the outlay. The report was then adopted, and the dividend of 1 per cent. for the half-year declared. A resolution expressing the thanks of the proprietary to Mr. Russell for his long and valuable services to the com pany in the capacity of chairman, was then proposed by Mr. NORRIS, and carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. MIDLAND. The report of the directors of this company states, that the traffic of the railway during the past half-year show' an increase of 17,426/, over that of the corresponding half year of 1851; and, although the increase is less than tht directors have heretofore had the gratification of reporting, yet, when consideration is given to the fact that great pro'- tration has prevailed in trade throughout the entire half yt r e a a c r t , e a d n , d both,tha t t c h ir e cu l m as s t tan wi e n e t s er op w e a r s a i v ng e r y a s g e a v i e n r a e t and r p w r a o y - i Wit;, tier hope tladnotipti wlll deemed latitaftNrirt POSTAGE ON NETTTSPAPBRS. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Aug., 1855.—Efenceforth it will not be necessary that newspapers sent abroad, whether to the British colonies or to foreign countries, should bear the impressed stamp (the old newspaper stamp) ; but, as at present, A postage of one penny must be prepaid (either by means of a postage label or in money) on every newspaper sent to a British colony, with additional postage - (according to the table in in structions No. 45), when the newspaper passes through a foreign country. The postage on newspapers to foreign countries re. mains the same as given in instructions No. 45 ; but, as already stated, it is no longer necessary th a t the newspaper should bear the impressed stamp. In future the impressed stamp will be required on l y in cases of repeated tranTission of the same newspaper i n thi s country, though it will of course be available also for single transmission in this country. In the tra nsmission of news p a p ers abroad (wh e th er t o the colon ies or foreign countries), the use of th e im pressed stamp will entirel y Cease ; it will neither be re- Post qu ired nor wi ll it count as age, as it will be pre suthe med th transmission of at where it is for Y Er se n r i v te ed d employed, it has ahead— icingdom. the ne wspaper i n the From these regulations it will necessarily follow -Ist. That every newspaper going abroad must here after have th e Pest by adhesive postag e postage to which it i s liable represented 2d. That a n ge stamps, or paid in money. Without the ewspaper, whether published with or positio n for transmission imp ressed stamp, will be placed in the same abroad. 3d. Th a t th e impressed stamp will hereafter apply transmission and retransmission within the United Kingdom. BOORS, &C., TO WESTERN AIISTRALIA.—Generai Post-office, August, 1855.—0 n and from the Ist Sep tember next, the provisions of the Colonial Book Post, as laid down in instruc•ions No. 10 of this year, will be extended to books transmitted by private ship direct, or by packet ria Melbourne, between the United Kingdom and the colony of Western Australia. Upon book packets for the above-mentioned colony the rates of postage will be as follows, viz. :—For a packet not ex ceeding Ylb. in weight, 6d. ; for a packet exceeding Vb. and not exceeding 11b., ls. ; for a packet exceeding 11b, and exceeding .'albs., 2s. ' - and so on, increasing one fi shilling for rm pound or fraction of s pound. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON". The half-yearly meeting of this company w as b o la on Wednesdayin Darlington; Mr. Moynell in the chair. The revenue tables were most satisfactory, the net balance leaving sufficient, after paying preferences, rentals, szc., for a dividend of 9 perstent. on ordinary shares. The CHLIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said the income of the half-year wa5143,0001., while that of the corresponding half-year of 1854 was 126,0001. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. WEAR VALLEY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Darlington on Wednesday ; Mr. H. Pascoe Smith in the chair. The line being leased, at a 6 per cant- rental, to the Stockton and Darlington company, the business was con fined to the declaration of a dividend of that amount. EAST INDIAN. Tho half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the London Tavern ; Mr. R. W. Crawford in the chair. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, which has already appeared in The Sun, and confirming the forfeiture of 118 shares for non-payment of calls. The proceedings concluded wfth a vote of thanks to the chairman. CEYLON RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the office, Copthall-buildings; Mr. Anstruther in the chair. Mr. COOPER, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors had been in communication with the Government respecting a guarantee from the local Govern. ment in Ceylon to enable the promoters to construct the railway. The Government here had entertained the ques tion, and referred the matter to the local authorities. It was belived that both Governments were in favour of the undertaking. The accounts showed that Si. had been ex pended during the half-year, leaving a balance of 56/. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and re electing the retiring directors. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The directors of this company have decided to recom mend to the proprietors at their next meeting to declare a dividend for the past half year at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and to carry a surplus forward of about 15,000/. ' MIDDLESBOROUH AND REDCAR. This compay also held its half-yearly meeting at Dar lington on 'Wednesday ; Mr. Nathaniel Plews presided. A dividend of 6 per cent. was declared, the line being also leased to the Stockton and Darlington company. NORTHERN AND EASTERN. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held yes :erday at the Bishop-gate station ; Mr. R. Paterson in the chair. The report stated that the dividend on the 5 per cent. and 6 per cent. guaranteed shares would become payable on and after the 25th inst. A vote of thanks concluded the proceedings. ROYSTON AND HITCHEN. The half-yearly meeting of this company wag held yes terday at the offices, St. Helen's-place ; Mr. W. Reed in the chair. The usual dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num on the Royston and Hitehen and Shepreth exten sion shares, less lid. per share for expenses of manage ment, was deciareJ, and the meeting separated. ULSTER. The meeting of this company was held in Belfast on Wednesday. The report of the directors recommended that a dividend of 14s. per share, free of income-tax, be declared, payable on the let of September next. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 12, 1855 £3,074 10 Corresponding week last year 2,920 11 9A THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN THE CRIMEA. THE CHARGE OF MEDICAL NEGLECT. A court of inquiry was ordered some days ago to as. semble at the general hospital, near the camp of the Third Division, to inquire into the truth of certain asser tions contained in a letter to the Tinzcs newspaper, re specting the treatment of the wounded on the 18th June. From internal evidence the writer of the letter was at once suspected to be Acting Assistant-Surgeon Bake well, and on being questioned on the subject he acknowledged the authorship. He had left the camp on the 20th June on account of sickness and proceeded to Scutari. Al though the sudden influx of wounded might have been greater than was prepared for at the general hospital, yet to any one acquainted with the present state of things in the Crimea the letter contained many palpable exag gerations. It could hardly be credited that the supply of water for the patients could be so deficient as was represented. Whatever may have been the wants dur ing the winter, and their grievous nature and extent has been sufficiently proved, there need be no doubt that for some months past, and at the present moment, the hos pitals of the Crimea are furnished with every requisite and comfort for the sick and wounded that money and attention can procure. In consequence of the report on the subject furnished by the court of inquiry t 3 the Commander-in-Chief, the following General Order has been published : Head-Quarters before Sebastopol, 3d August, 1855 A letter having appeared in the Tinier newspaper, dated " Camp before Sebastopol, June 20th," containing charges of the gravest nature against medical ,officers of this army, a court of inquiry was directed to examine into the truth of the allegations set forth in it. The officers composing this court, after the most minute and patient investigation into the whole of the circum stances connected with the treatment of the wounded on the 18th of June, declare that this letter is " calculated grcssly to mislead the public, and to cast blame on those to whom praise was justly due." In this opinion the Com mander of the Forces concurs, after a careful perusal of the evidence. It appears that Acting Assistant-Surgeon Bakewell is the author of this letter, He is, therefore, informed that his further services aro dispensed with, and his name is struck off the strength of the army from this date. (Signed) By order, H. W. BARNARD, Chief of the Staff. The court of inquiry was composed of Colonel Wind ham, A.Q. M.G. ; Lieut.-Colonel Munro, 39th Regiment; Deputy-Inspector General Dr. Linton ; and Staff Sur geon of the Ist class, Dr. Gordon. CIRCASSIAN AND GEORGIAN GIRLS.—The Circassian girls always bring a larger price than the Georgian. Their beauty is of a higher type. They are more intel lectual. They can manage a household better—indeed the Circassian ladies may be placed amongst the most skilful and most saving housewives in the world. An old Osmanli, who bad well tried the women of both nations, said he loved a Circassian better than a Georgian as he did the sun better than the moon. OFFICERS IN THE NAVY.-Some returns moved for by Mr. Scobell, M.P., sbow that the number of captains promoted to be active rear-admirals, from the let Janu ary, 1850, to the latest period, amounts to 50 ; that the number of active commanders of 25 years' standing and upwards in that rank amounts to 18, the date of the commission of the senior being the 24th of June, 1817 : that the number of reserved commanders who had pre viously held the rank of lieutenant 25 years and upwards amounts to 65, and the maximum, number of years to 44; that the number of retired commanders who had previously held the rank of lieutenant 25 years and up wards amounts to 335, and the maximum, number of years to 43 ; that the number of active lieutenants of 20 years' standing and .upwards in that rank amounts to 304, the date of the senior's commission being the 31st of January, 1808 ; that the number of reserved lieutenants is 677, the date of the senior's commission being December 29, 1796 ; that there are 308 susgeons and 259 assistant-surgeons fit for service, and 259 sur geons and 36 assistant-surgeons unfit for service ; that the number of mates now in the navy is 212, the nura bar of midshipmen 334, and the number of cadets 308. Since 1845, inclusive, 1,417 cadets have been admitted. The number of flag officers on full.pay is 18, and the number on half-pay 81 ? the number of captains on full-pay 128, and the number on half-pay 262 ; the num ber of commanders on full-pay 123, and the number on half-pay 357 ; and the number of lieutenants on full-pay 886, and the number on half-pay 291. [ADVERTIMIENT.I-The for owing extraordinary cures with out medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, , Consti pation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, ConglL delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, are not Castle- Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, effected great least remarkable :-From the Dowager Countess , Ireland, stuart.- Cure 52,612.-- Rosstrevor, County of D of Castlestuart 9th December, 1851.-The Dowager Countess of _ y, fait to state ;ha2dlbfi4lesd:6lfA. ; i7 fi ci l i b g . es l t l i :. 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