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1 ~~ PARISH of ST. GEORGE, HANOVER. SQUARE. To Butchers, Chersemongers, Cornchandlers, Grocers, Milkmen, Potato dealers, Oilmen and Tallowchandiers, Coloarmen, and Cof• flnmakers. Such Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for supplying the Workhouse for Six Months, from the 29th day of September, 1849, to the 25th day of March, 1850, may deliver in their sealed proposals at the Board-room in Mount-street, on or before Ten o'clock on WEDNES- Dl-Y, the 2Gth d•ty of September, 1849. Persons Tendering must be in attendance, and all Tenders must be made upon and strictly in accordance with the printed Form of Tender, which may be obtained on application to the Master of the Workhouse, in Mount-street, as wall as any further particulars. By order. T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. L ONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY IN EXCURSIONS. From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, or DUBLIN in ONE DAY, and offering a choice of Six. Sixteen, or Twenty Days in Scotland.. From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, or DUBLIN and BACK for Forty-two Shillings. Trains are appointed to leave the Euston Station, Euston-square, on Saturday and Wednesday, September 1 and 5, at a Quarter before Six each Morning punctually. Tickets, Bills, and every information can be had only of Mr. 11. R. Marcus, Manager and Conductor, Crosby Hall-chambers, 25, Bishops gate-street, London. All application by letter should be accompanied with a postage stamp. GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway an Boat included in one Payment. Fares, to or from London. Fore Cabin and Secona Class Rallway, ONE SHILLING Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. To or from Blaclovall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin.. •• • • •• 9d. Saloon •••• ~ .. is, No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purileet Piers. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAY': SUNDAYS. Time Itoshr-, Tile. Green hithe. ~'A ~'~ 2 11 yg 7 8 6I 7 7% Omnibuses from Fenchureh-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the Trains from the Fcnchurch•street Station of the Blackwall Railway. WEEK. DAYS. 1 SUNDAYS. TIM'. I 1 iTime?, --_ E r i th ,Pur- Green- Roshr-R Pur- Green- oshr --- Erith tr. H.l fleet hithe. j vale. I H , fleet hithe. ville. __ _____ 831 1_ _ 8 30 9 1511 9 15t —lO I 10 -- 10 45 J 'lO 30 11 351 j 'llt 12 15 j 115 j _ - - 115 2 15tj _ 2 15: 315 I -- ' 3 15 4 30tJ -- __ _- -- 4 30t -- -- -- * 5 15 i •*5 15 6 t' __ __ -- __ 6: _- __ _- -- 6 45 6 45 *7 15 *7 17, ' .re the times of the TRAINS leaving Fenehurch- Observe These Street. Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Passages marked call at Grays. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Three Months, 11. 15s. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Itrunswick Wharf, Blackwall. Tast and commodious Steam-packets to Let for Excursions. For Ter m s, apply to Mr. William Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenclaurch street . L 'erminus, Blackwall Railway. _August 11, 1849. T ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IZSITITUTION, REGENT-STREET. First Series of Wsolving Views, Illustrating Rome, with a De scription embracing, the most interesting points connected with the subject, daily, at Half-past Four, and every Evening at a Quarter to Ten o'cl ock. — Lectures ou Chemistry, by Mr. J. M. Ashley, daily, at Half - Past Three, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine o'clock.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Mas ters's Patent Process of Freezing Dessert Ices, &c.—The Oxy-hy drogen Microscope, d a i ly, at O ne o'clock, and every Evening at Eight.—Diver and Diving-bell. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. le.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue. ls. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. FUNERAL FINANCIAL REFORM practi- EALtic..ally effected by the " SHILLIBEER " PATENT FUNE evehtele.A.h.RIAGE, combining hearse and mourning coach in one The decided utility and economic convenience of th i s carria g e is manifested by universal approval. The earnest attention of drapers, hotel -keepers, coach proprietors, and undertakers in country districts is invited to these vehicles, as Particularly adapted for provincial towns. Price, with velvets, pole and shafts, and patent axles, 150 t. Exclusive licences, b which a monopoly is crea ted, g ranted to Purchasers by the patentee, for a moderate consideration, regulated bY the population, for any place where they arc net already esta blished. MOURNING COACHES, patent and old style, always on sale. FUNERALS of every description, p , mpous or humble, completely furnished, and conducted upon a graduated and much reduced scale Of charges, to meet the means and wishes of all classes. CATHOLIC FITTINGS. SHILL IB EER'S FUNERAL ESTABLISIIMENr, City-road, hear Finsbury-square. Originated in 1.842, REAL PHYSIC OF LE ROY. Ancienne Phannacie COTTIN, Son-in-Law of LE ROY. Successors to Riancard. and Signoret, jun., Apothecaries, No. 49, Rue de Seine (Faubourg Sainte Germain) Paris. The numerous existing counterfeits of the surgeons of LE ROY'S Medicines offered to the public, as well in oat names as in that of Le toy, induce us to put upon their guard against spurious imitations those persons who have always had confidence in Le Roy's Genuine Medicines, as prepared from the original prescription by M. COTTIN for upwards of forty years We therefore earnestly recommend the purchasers to observe that our bottles bear, in the glass, the in scription " Pharmacie Cottin," that to each is attached our Stamp, and that each cork is sealed with our Seal. The threefold guarantee offered is the name of LE ROY, that of COTTIN, and OUR OWN SIGNATURE written in ink. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS prOduced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential snirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is also a Most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by th e G overnment stamp, at 4s. ; double the s i ze, 8 . and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled" Three Minutes' A dvice on the Growth an d P reservat i on of t h e H uman Hair, Ike." Y post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 8d„ and 128., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's llerbary, Highgate, near Louden ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, O xford -street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler, C onduit -street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • , a nd by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and ...ltaimes,L e ith- w alk i jor Manchester, crash. and Son, Adver User -office. TO THE LADIES. This lady had the follovArtg - reite; lireeited in the "Times" news_ Paper on Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put int the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstoae, of the Iterbary, High ate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hairon her head, after using it about four months, and the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than j ever was before the baldness appeared. "Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to7the virtues of Mr. G.'e Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an I Is. bottle if tkey were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it/ far beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any WY of respectability to the above fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, afe w drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, maim it strong, and Prevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. _ The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the Least aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing odour' removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion the, toilet. In cases of nevous headache, peur ten or twelve drops on the crown of the head; if very bad, repeat It every quarter of an hair on In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces h ehildren's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants' tn?l, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre p.:.l2_:lonvulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See Arlie '"`Pillet of testimonials. ogre addressed to William Gemstone. Herbert , . Highgate. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. O N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE LITCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 11441 7 Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or riliost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, RE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, With remarks on arriage and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Saeger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden kall-street. PagT I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Parr 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gtu_ ce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapaclty. 4unstrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PST 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for 174.7 treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 1 7 s, r r ia g s * b y -T IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease ‘ , 14 ... 4 simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob .'''. This impo rtant part of the Work should not e sca p e the twe e , noti ce . di ati 2 Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage , and its T the -*." The causes of unproductive anion are also considered, and 41 0 subject critically and philosophically inquired into. fg a ilfiltenniat. BALM OF Slntiacum is exclusively employed in treat botue.reo. and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lie, and 335. per cesu dy The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic W 505 1r Purifying the blood in cases of infectio n, secondar y s y mp- Per rr " l u s p PtioLas, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 33 5. p er bottle. m. Den a ', re - nAnng Specific Pills, 'As. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 115 . p er box, a tion „rcieclY for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma retia 4+ bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11 . A m inute 51 . PackZ cage is required : age, habits, and position in society. Whi ch th wi th advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by lA uce da4 1 11 ..18 saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten- Ten till t 9, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Viva to Elaht % no Sander. from Eleven to nee. _ .... . B I A G E. sepia! One hall the wand are desolately single, and the otker seni,them married, questionably contented. Difildence, or a lsitt e e t right determine the forever, and raiscalenlate4 hopes em ot a latter. The solitary one may shield himself nader the plea __olstition and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un- ZiProsiam .-•arry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, - - , aen health, arc the great hindrances to domestic happiness ta A aoels3 content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set nonour andjusticederstand that health shouldform au item sie g ~ e ° ol Pact • it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hop es er t o, eet wennd More sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if kt f a surmises concern yea, procure Dr. CFNERWELL'S little eae37 ll t B "On Single and Married Life, ' pub. in 2 vols., Is. en n _ b 9 nost, in stamps, 1.,. 6d. each). Lot no imaginatively by or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiadered th,,,;:wlinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining They are not i n t en d e d cer t a i n ly for mere idle cari.sity, but te r tk e thcloset perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom _, are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on t o ; e above subjects, by unquallfl .1 authors, whiah alone or by th ". are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other b,„ e Dublieations claim your attention (=me p rice h. each, lota. but 4,, , ,,t e at Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Damp r and " How to b e N a ppy." They are not merely e w E l lhemeral equal scribbli in quantity a library volume, nor are they the ngs of the hour, but the study of the author's 3 er5 4 . 1 , 3 ,3 "vea his present existence, health, and position to this 0b 1b..., of the maxims he would inenleate—to do unto others as be done unto--to live after nature's laws—and to keep always %en v° n innY side of the way." The above works Puy be had of 23, l'aterncster-rew ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, 417, St: or •,:iroct (1. - cr cther the • aid.h.,r (who may be eon: erred with personally, /:: :sk iflierj lad traai nga), 10 , ArgYll-piage Regent-Are-4; and ~~"~ g. Frith Roshr f isle. Green hithe. SO. 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Also may be had, half bound, FINDLAY'S JUNIOR ATLAS of MODERN GEOGRAPHY, with Index, and Seventeen Maps, Coloured, imp. Bvo., Is. FINDLAY'S CLASSICAL ATLAS, with Index, Twenty-six Maps, Coloured, imp. 8;vo., 12s. FINDLAY'S MODERN ATLAS, with Index, Thirty Maps, imp. Bvo., 12s. " The artistical portion of these Atlasses cannot be surpassed."— Church and State Gazette. Louden : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. LEVIZAC'S FRENCH GRAMMAR. ATHEORETICAL and PRACTICAL GRAM MAR of the FRENCH TONGUE, in which all the principal difficulties are explained agreeably to the decisions of the French Academy. By M. DE LEVIZAC. Revised and improved by Mon sieur ROLLIN, 8.A., Professor of Ancient and Modern Languages, &c. &c. New Edition, 12m0., ss. roan. London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras-lane, Cheapside. AGENTS WANTED. HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. 1 1 HE CATHOLIC LAW and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated under the 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. Established 1846. No. 8, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London. TRUSTEES. The Right Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., Golden-square. The Right Rev. Wiliiani Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex. The Right Hon. the Lord Stafford, Cosset' Hall, Norfolk. Sir Henry Poston Bedingfield, Bart., Oxburgh, Norfolk. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Director of the Hon. East India Company - . Thomas Barnewell, Esq., 15, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Thomas Eyre, Esq., 62, Pultenc-y-street, Bath. James Marshall, Esq„ 24, Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. DIRECTORS. The Right Rev. William Morris, D.D., Acton, Middlesex—Chairman. Michael Forristall, Esq., 13, West-square, Southwark—Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Richard Jenkins, K.C.8., Director of the Ron. the East India Company. Rey. Thomas Doyle, D.D., London-road, Southwark. Edmond Beales, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida-hill. Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Malmain•hall, Stoke, near Rochester. George Drew, Esq., Streatham, Surrey. James Marshall, Esq., 24, Carlton Villas, Maida -hill. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT FOR SCOTLAND. Sir William Drummond Stewart, of Grand Tully, Bart. John Arnott, Esq., W.S. W. B. 1). D. Turnbull, Esq , Advocate. Eneas R. ;Mcdonnell, Esq., Advocate. AUDITOR—Edmund Jerningham, Esq. CONSULTING PHYSICIAN. James Copland, M.D., F.R.S., Old Burlington-street. CONSULTING SURGEON. William Tevan, Esq., 23, Bryanston-squaro. STANDING COUNSEL. England—Mr. Sergeant Shee, Sergeant's Inn. Edmond Beales, Esq., Stone -buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Ireland Sir Colinau O'Loughlen, Bart., Merlon•square, Dublin. SOLICITORS. England—Messrs. G. H. Drew and A. H. Shadwell, 28, Parliament street, Westminster. Ireland Messrs. P. and D. Mahony, 23, William-street, Dublin. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London, 1.0 - ihbury and Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The London Joint Stock Bank. MANAGING AcTrAny—William Henry Archer, Esq. SECRET/CS—William Norris, Esq. 'This Office assures not only Healthy but Unhealthy Lives throughout the United Kingdom and the Continent. Lives declined by other Offices are accepted at equitable rates. Every description of Life Assurance business effected with greater facility and on more moderate terms than at most other Offices. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information to be obtained on application to tire Managing Actuary or the Secretary, at the Chief Office, London, or to any of the Company's Agents, WILLIAM HENRY ARCHER, Managing Actuary. WILLIAM NORRIS, So;retary, First-rate Agents required throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. ARCHER may be consulted on all matters relative to LIFE ASSURANCE, the HOLY GUILDS, and MONETARY QUES TIONS generally, connected with the Cath•lic body, between the hours of Ten and Twelve o'clock, every morning except Saturday. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.-8, Watorloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col lege-green, Dublin. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., Deputy Chairman. H. Blair Avarne, Esq. F. Chas. Maitland, Esq. E. L. Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. F. H. Thomson. Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq. Thomas Thorby, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq. SECOND SE I'TENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS. This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1831, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement—lTS ANNUAL INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 99,000/. ........... , In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the time they were effected, to the 31st of December, 1840, and from that date to 31st December, 1847, 2 1 A1. per cent. per annum was added at the General Meeting on the 6th of July, 1848. The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of December, 1848, is as follows : Sam Time Assured. Sum added to Sum addedto S um p a y a bl e Assured. Polley inlB4l Policyln 1848 at Death. £5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0 5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0 5000 s years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0 5000 , 6 years .. .• 675 0 0 5675 e 0 5000 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 5450 0 0 5000 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0 The Pr , only one surance h Every I Director, •emiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and -half need be paid for the first five years where the In s for Life. information will be afforded on application to the Resident , No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE ; United with the PORT OF LONDON ASSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated pursuant to Act of Parliament, April 22, 1847. Admitted to Lloyd's by Vote of the Committee, January 15, 1843. Amalgamated pursuant to Re- oiutions dated February 5, 1849. Offices : 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. with POWer3 of Extension reserved to the CAPITAL Proprietors under the 16th Clause of the IXIOO,OOO Deed of Settlement), In Shares of Twenty Shillings each, all paid ; affording the security of a large actual paid-up Capital, constantly augmenting. DISTINGUISHING FEATUIES. lli BRlNE.—Limited risks in and upon vessels of the first class at Lloyds FlRE.—Reduced premiums on buildings erected in conformity with the Building Act, 7 and 8 Vic., c. 84, proportioned to the diminu- tion o frisk secured by the provisions of that statute. LIFE.—The unmixed mutual system in its purest form—whole profits being divided among the Assured, without the entailment . , of any risk. The operation of this department also extenling to RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION, at moderate Pre- interns • and GUARANTEE for assuring the fidelity of persons in situations of trust and confidence on the Annual Payment of a stipulated rate per Cent., either in connexion with Life Assurance, or distinct therefrom. Forms of Application for Provincial Agencies to those towns of the United Kingdom where none have been already appointed may be Obtained from the Head Office as above. AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. London, June 9, 1849. METTOPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Incorporated Pursuant to Act of Parliament. LIFE ASSURANCES to meet every contingency; also A nnnit'es, immediate and deferred. The payment of fixed sums to thi Assured at any specified age, or to their Representatives in case of death before that age. Credit given for half the premiams for the first five years. Three fourths of the Profits divided amongst the assured, and Loans granted, repayable by instalments. ENDOWMENTS, given to each child of a marriage a certain sum on attaining the age of 21, and also the return of the whole of the sum paid for the same at a given period. RAILWAY TRAVELLERS assured, by ONE single payment of 10s. for every 100/. Medical Referees remunerated for their reports, and the usual Commission allowed on the introduction of business. Prospectuses, with the rates, the Annual Report of the Society, and all information, may be obtained at the office, or of the Agents in the Country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. rrHE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Offices-8, Water-street, Liverpool ;3, Charlotte-row, Mansion house, and 28, Regent - str eet, Waterloo- p lace, Lon don. This Institution is empowered by special Acts of Parliament ; has ' a Subscribed Capita l of 1,500,000/. ; Surplus Funds, 164,9601 ; be sides the accumula t e d Life Premiums ; and the liability of its pro. prietors is unlimited. Its system of life business is peculiarly adapted for persons who prefer certainty to speculation, and the bonuses gua ranteed will bear comparison with tho3e actually declared by oth er Companies. Fire Insurances on the usual terms of established offices. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London. THE NICOLL PALETOT WAREROOMS, 114. 116, 10, REGENT-STREET, and 22, CORN HILL. Also for Nicoll's Morning Coat, now in almost universal request for the Country. Riding, Walking, Seaside, &c. Shooting Jackets adapted for the Moors, &c. Many hare assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. 3/11 - ESSRS. NICOLL'S Wholesale and Counting House Departments for the London Branches in the Ship ping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE-ALLEY, CORNHILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. ETEARTBURN, &c —Certain and immediate relief in the hours of business, by night, er on a journey, is given by the Pure Alkaline Preparations of Br-CARBONATE of SODA and POTASS, compressed into PILLS by Breckedon's Patent Process. They furnish an ever ready and instant remedy to those painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick Head ache, In ligestion, &c., pro !ti 2ed by Acidity. Sold wholes.de by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street, and by every Chemist and Druggist In the United Xingdom. Frig* One Shilling per Box, or in ransily Boner, 1111 t-o-crown. • - - • - 4 j •?' ,--,,,, 4 . j• ). . . dr I • A tt , qtr k‘l . k i " 4-'. 7: 0 : 911 . 4 . 10 1 " .,,_ i- a k Ir q '1 x , er g. , . e (11 4t'''', -:' - -..-, *.. -- 2,_i_r,,,.:_.'' ,- -." Q ii , ' 7a1f, , ,. - 7 -- ‘__".3,.. Q. , ~ii.._* .3_7.*--z.lt Zaii er -,:zifY,veZ- • . 0 .0 .. .....- , -. 47 ,,, sS• ___ bit or .e 4 - i -\ •.. - -- , ,1.----- / c7c t 4. , ' ,”, '''''' V, 1,1 , - 1-,Vcri. ' •,,, 1 5.7.• ,, ~ *,O) • -'''' ON, FRIDAY G S N 7 AUGUST 17, 1849. AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL Incorporated by Royal Charter, COMPANY. A.D. 1824, Office, 12, King's Arms Yard, Moorgate street, London. J. S. trownrigg, Esq., Governor, Ashford, Chertsey, Surrey. A. W. Blanc, Esq., Deputy-Governor, Salt 11111, Bucks. C. D. Bruce, Esq. (Fletcher, Alexander, and Co.) 10, King's Arms Yard. Henry Buckle, Esq., Mark-lane. W. S. Davidson, Esq. (Herries, Farquhar, and Co.) 16, St. James's street. John Hodgson, Esq., St. Helen's-place. John Loch, Esq: (Director of Vie Honourable East India Com pany), 13, Cavendish-square. Stewart Majoribanks, Esq., Bushy-grove, Watford, Herts. lion. J. T. Leslie Melville (Williams, Deacon, and Co.) Blrehin lane. henry Porcher, Esq., Park-corner, Hartford-bridge. J. H. Ravenshaw, Esq. (British Iron Company), South Sea Houma. G. R. Smith, Esq. (Smith, Payne, and Co.), Lombard-street. Thomas Tooke, Esq. (Chairman of Royal Exchange, and St. Katharine Docks.) G. S. Thornton, Esq. (Director of San Fire-office), Amwell Bury, Ware, Herts. __. The Australian Agricultural Company, after having for the last twenty years confined its operations to cultivating and grazing estates (comprising 1,000,007 acres), which were selected with great care in New South Wales, has determined on offering for sale, all that pot tion, cont _lining nearly 500,000 acres, situated near the ex cellent harbour of Port Stephens (100 miles from Sydney and its 50,00) inhabitants). The uncu' tivated or virgin lands will be sold in lots of 50 acres each at 11. per acre ; 501. paid in England will entitle the purchaser to one free intermediate passage to Part Stephens, equivalent to'2l/. and the choice of a freehold of 50 acres throughout the above territory. Commonage will be allowed on the Company's unappropriated a ljoining lands until required for sale, upon payment of a capitation assessasent of one penny per head per annum for sheep, for a certain number, not less than one for every acre of freehold; or cattle and horses at the rate of one for every five sheep. Purchasers of two allotments, or one hundred acres, will be entitled to two intermediate, or one cabin passage, equivalent to 421. Persons with families, desirous to economise and avail themselves of steerage accommodation, according to a fixed scale, will be allowed a proportionate deduction on their land purchase. The cleared and improved lands (with the exception of certain reserves for town and village sites, and other purposes) will be open for sale at the rate of twenty years' purchase of the estimated yearly rental, which can only be ascertained on the spot; but any sum paid in this country for the unimproved or virgin lands will he credited to the purchaser, should he prefer the former after his arrival in the cclony. The Company have engaged the services of a gentleman many years employed in the Surveyor-General's Department in New south Wales, in which capacity he assisted in the survey of the Company's lands, and became thoroughly acquainted with their character; he will accompany the emigrants in the first ship, Artemisia, and assist them in selecting their respective allotments, and from his long colo r.ial experience, be able to render them much useful information and guilance in the commencement of their operations. Fine-woolled sheep, horses, and cattle of the best breeds, can be purchased of the Company on advantageous terms. Tine-cuttings, plants, and seeds may be obtained from the Company's gardens and orchards. Purchasers, Immediately on landing at Port Stephens, will be received by the Agents of the Company; shelter will be afforded them for a limited period, and means of conveyance for themselves and their luggage furnished them ; all upon the most moderate terms. The average duration of a passage to New South Wales may be taken at 110 days. Prospectuses will be forwarded to any part of the United King dom on the transmission of Four Postage-stamps, and any further information may be obtained on application to the Secretary, George Engstrom, Esq., 12, King's Arms-yard, London. T HE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY, (Incerporated by Royal Charter 1824,) Will dispatch, from the East India Docks, for their Colony of PORT STEPHENS, on the 31st AUGUST, last shipping day 29th August, the New Ship ARTEMISIA, A 1, 12 years, 553 tons register. An experienced Surgeon has been appointed to the ship, and a Surveyor in the employment of the Company, of 20 years' expe rience as a Colonist, will accom.any the first band of Emigrants. Applications for Land hs Lots of 50 Acres and upwards, by which purchasers will be entitled to a Free Passage, must be made at the Company's Offices, 12, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. Parties not purchasing land of the Company, desirous of proceed ing to Port Stephens er Sydney, may be accommodated on applica tion to Hall, Brothers, 2, Riches-court, Lime-street, or to T. B. Mal lett, 4, Castle-court, Birchin-lane. _ N.B. Easy access to view the ship in the East India Docks is afforded by the Blackwall Railway, the trains for which leave every twenty minutes, from London-street, Fenchnrch-street. For Freight or Passage, apply to Hall, Brothers, 2, Riches-court, Lime-street ; or to T. B. Mallett, 4, Castle-court, Birchin-lane. By order of the Court, GEORGE ENGSTRO3f, Sec. NEW WORKS ON EMIGRATION. With a Map, price One Shilling, A GUIDE TO PORT STEPHENS, In NEW SOUTH WALES, the Colony of the Australian Agricultural Company. By ALEXANDER HARRIS, Author of " Convicts and Settlers," " The Emigrant Fatally," &c., &c. Complete in one vol., pp. 346, price 103. 6d., with a Coloured Map of Nelson, in New Zealand, SIDNEY'S EMIGRANT'S JOURNAL. Ninth Thousand, price One Shilling, SIDNEY'S AUSTRALIAN HANDBOOK. New Serle , , Monthly, small Bvo., price Sixpence, SIDNEY'S EMIGRANT'S JOURNAL AND TRAVELLER'S MAGAZINE. Edited by SAMUEL SIDNEY. EmigrAnts' Questions Answere4. The Number for AUGUST contains : Scenes from the Life of a Bushman : a Hunt on the Cannobile— The Use of Association—Power's New Zealand—Pictures of Austra lian Emigrants —Letter from Patrick Dore, Wisconsin, U.S.—Jour nal of a Voyage to Adelaide—Letters from Texas, No. s.—Mrs. Chis holm on the Australian Agricultural Company's Colony—Emigrants' Questions Answered : a Word to 'Women Emigrating —Our Library Table. London : W. S. Orr and Co., Amen-corner, Paternoster-row. HELL GWYNNE TAVErtN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam. street. Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfillly invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and rea.3onable in the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers nut!. One o'clock. Private Dining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. FABLES for the FANCIFUL. No. IT. CECILIA AND THE TULIP. Amid the garden's peaceflil shade, At evening's tranquil hour, Cecilia, meditating, strayed, And in her leafy progress stayed, To pluck a beauteous flower. " Fair lady," (quoth the chosen bloom, When taken from its stem) " Those roses have a rich perfume— Why take a tulip from the loom, Instead of one of them 7" Cecilia smiled, and thus addressed The golden-petalled flower : " Fair bloom, it was thy beauteous crest, Which made me choose thee from the rest, That blossom in the bower. " Flora has clothed thee with attire, Which few but thee assume ; And 'tis this dress which ranks the higher, However much I may admire The rose's scented bloom." APPLICATION. I heard—and smile net when I say I thought of Moses' Mart, Where fashion's flower., in choice display, Attract admirers, clay by day, From many a distant part. This splendid suit, by Moses made, Has won Cecilia's smile ; She thinks the beauty here displayed, Casts every other in the shade, In point of make and style. had it not been for M. and Son, She might have passed me by; But dress like this, excelled by none, has, like the tulip's beauty, won Cecilia's judging eye. LIST OF PRICES. UADY MADE. Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers.. from AO 8 6 The Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats •••• • • • • ••• • • .... 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed ...... .•••••• • • • . • • 1 1 0 De. do. lined with silk.. • ....... •• • • 1 8 0 Dc. do. superior quality •••• • • • • 1 IS 0 Jean and Holland Biomes ••••••••• • •• • • .. • • 0 2 9 Fancy Victoria do. ••••• • • • • • Dress Coat ...... .. Frock Coat ...... ••• • • • Spring and Summer Trousers .. •• . ...... 0 4 0 Doeskin and Buckskin d 0....... ••• • • • • 0 7 6 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety • • 0 1 6 Black and Figured Satin Vests ••.••••• • • •• • • 0 4 6 Black do., superior quality ... ••..• .. • 0 9 6 White Marcella Vests Men's Black C'oth Vests • 0 3 6 Boy's Spring and Summer Vests ..... •• .. 0 010 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety ........ 0 4 0 NADI TO NIABIIII. Paletots madetrom a variety of material, fitted cor Summer wear• • I 1 Do. very elegantly trimmed .. ••• • .. .• I 8 0 Superior Cloth of a light texture • • I 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with 2 2 0 Ditto Dress Coat...• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •s •• 1 12 0 Rest do ..... •• •• •• •••• •• •• .• •••• •• •• ••• •• 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. Best do. •••••••••••••••••••••• .••••••••• 3 3 0 Fancy Doeskin Trousers. • • 016 6 Best do. • • .... ............. • • ...• .. ••• • .. 1 6 0 Black Cloth Vests • ...... .• • 0 8 6 Best do.. ••• •• •••• •••• •• •••• •••••• •• •• •••• 0 13 6 Splendid Satin Vest.. •.. ••••••• • • • • • • 014 6 Best do •••••••••••••••••••••......•••••••• 0 18 6 Hussar and Tunic salts .. Superfine do. .. •• ....••.••••••••••.• ll5 0 Men's White Marcell% Vests ••• • .. •• • • 0 7 0 Fishing Coats in endless variety from 0 10 6to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Robes in great variety • • ...• from 0 16 otos 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 10s. The new book, entitled the "Great Fact," with hill directions for Self-measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post tree, to any part of the kingdom. Notice— i he Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with every novelty of the season. Observe—Any article purchased, either ready made, or made to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. E. MORES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, flosiere, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155. 156, and 157 Minories, and 83, 44, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Cantion.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; but having heard that the antradesman-like falsehood Of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," h , s been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other house In or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far gate, Sheffield; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; Int hose who require cheep and genuine clothing, &0., should call at or send to the Ifiaories and Aldgate, City, London; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. - - Tate Notice.—This Establishment is closed front sunset Friday, to , nteset Saturday, when bus neas Is resumed till twelve o'clock. A VENT' LUCKY HUSBAND.—Tbere is now living within half a mile of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on the Worcestor-road, four children born at one birth, all girls. They aro 15 months old, two of thorn can walk alone, and the others nearly so. The father is a !a men, named Lambert. Hi s w if e , at h er pre finont nt. 13.. re him three children, the whole of lie Alive, making seven children within two ei lg tr u ,ou r i i . n e :rue tt y RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT \ - ‘ 7 'ES TER N. BRISTOL, THURSDAY NICTIT.—The half-yearly ge neral meeting of the proprietors of the Great Western Railway Company was held to-day at the station of the company in this town. The room was crowded some time before the hour appointed for commencing the pro eeeings ; and at one o'clock Mr. Russell, the chairman of the company, Mr. Saunders, the secretary, and man y of the directors, entered, and were received with some hisses, which were drowned in cries of " Shame," and cheers. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN moved that the corporate seal be affixed to the registers of the shareholders of the Berks and Hants Extension Preference Shares of 501, and the Gre it Western Windsor Railway shares of 201. Mr. JACKSON inquired whether preference shares were legal;? Mr. Saunders had contended in the case of the &mitts Devon Railway that such shares were not legal. Tlee CHAIRMAN said the legality of preference shares dope ruled entirely upon the provisions of the Acts of Parlitament under which they wero created. Under the Acts; relating to these railways ER:11 shares were legal. M r. JACKSON asked whether it was true, as had been publ icly reported, that Mr. Stevens, the solicitor to the cornl iany, bad misappropriated 45,0001. of the money of the c company; and whether the directors had obtained any security for its repayment? Tf 1.3 CHAIRMAN replied, that it was perfectly true that Mr. Stevens had received 45,0001. of the company's money, or thereabout, which was intended to pay for the purchase of land, but which Mr. Stevens had ap plied :to other purposes. As soon as the directors be came acquainted with the circumstance they took every step in their power in order to secure the company against loss. In the first instance, there was a considerable sum of mem ey still due to Mr. Stevens in his capacity of solicitor to the. company for conveyancing. —(Cries of " Oh. oh!" lauglrba., and " Hear, hear.") The company was in debted to Mr. Stevens for conveyancing, and when the aceorm is were obtained from him the amount would be placed as a sot-off against the money he hod misappro priat ed. Mr. Stevens was also in the possession of landed property at Peckham, and he also had property in sh ores, upon which the directors had taken every so. curit y that could be obtained.—(Hear, hear.) They had also made an arrangement with the firm of which Mr. Stevt ma was a partner, by which a considerable saving woul 1 accrue to the company. It was due to the mem bers i)t the firm with which Mr. Charles Stevens was connoc ted to state, that they had no knowledge of his misappropriations. Ho might add, that the directors enteraained a confident belief that the whole —or, at all events, by far the greatest part, of the money mis appropriated by Mr. Stevens would bo recovered for the comp sr y. Mr. JAcKsoN asked, whether Mr. Saunders had not become one of the securities to a large amount for Mr. Steve as ? Mr.. SAUNDERS said, he was not security for Mr. Charl els Stevens, nor had he anything whatever to do with 'cc s affairs, nor had he ever any pecuniary trans actions with him.--(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Saunders) had base n the servant of the company for sixteen years, but t'ae most malignant attacks had been made upon him s'ot: months past, in consequence of the course which he thought it manly and proper to take with re spect to the South Devon Railway Company. In conse quence. of the obervations which had been made respect ing hi , he now asked the proprietors—if they thought fit to 'do so—to institute an investigation into his con. duct. He had felt pride and pleasure in performing the duties of his office; he thankfully remembered many evi dences .of the confidence reposed in him by the directors and shareholders; and he must say he thought the man ner in which he had been attacked had been very unjust to an saki and faithful servant of the company.—(Hear, hear.) Every step ho had taken with regard to the South Devon Railway, from first to last, had been brough t to the knowledge of the directors of the Great Western Company; and he had been assured by them that t 1 so course he had pursued had not in the slightest degree ,diminished their confidence in him.—(hear.) If it were the opinion of the proprietors that ho was no longer deserving of their confidence—(Cries of " No, no," ' "Yes.")—if they thought their interests would be bette r confided to another executive servant—("No, no")-111 e was at once prepared to retire from their ser vice.--(:" No, no," and cheers.) If they withdrew their confided ce from him—if he was to be attacked as he had been att asked lately, it would be bettor for the company, ae well ;as for himself, that ho should resign his labori ous °Sat \--c“ No, no," and cheers.) If it was the wish of the ex 'mpany he was quite prepared to do so; for it was imp( -ssible for him to discharge his duty efficiently if he wr as not to be supported by the directors and eropriett Ts, but was to be treated as if he had com mitted tic me act deserving reprobation. He would ven ture to s ny that bin conduct throughout the transaction. for whir. h he had been attacked had been manly and open; far d ho would appeal to the directors whether the inquiry ;they had instituted did not completely exonerate him from t blame.—(Hear, hear.) If they entertained a different opinion he should feel It his duty immediately to resign into other hands the cffice ho now held. The CHAIRMAN did not think that Mr. Saunders' pecuniter y arrangements with the South Devon Railway Compare;v were a proper subject for discussion at that meeting.. —(Hear, hear.) Ile was very happy to say that the,, differences which had existed between the South Devon Company and Mr. Saunders had been arranged, but, w b ether those differences had been arranged or not, he did not think they were matters with which the shareh alders of the Great Western Railway Company had sr ey concern.—(hear, hear.) It was, however, a questi are of the deepest importance to the Great Wes tern Gonspany, when the character, the honour, and in tegrity of Mr. Saunders were at all attacked; and he therefore thought it right to say, that Mr. Saunders had made the fullest possible statement of all the facts con nected with these transactions to the directors of the Great Western Company, every member of the board being present, and that the board had unanimously declart id that nothing had occurred in any one single i nstance to impair the entire confidence they had reposed. for so many years in Mr. Saunders's honour and integri ty.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He, (the Chair man) h ad also been fully informed of every transaction which lead since taken place with reference to this mat ter; the s, question was beset with infinite difficulties ; but he migi i t say, that the arrangement to which the parties had cot ae was, in his opinion, most just and judicious, and reflected credit upon all concerned in it. (lie (the Chairtrire a) hoped the meeting would now proceed to the business; of the day. Mr. S. MERTON, a proprietor, wished to put some fur ther q; to scions on this subject, but the general feeling of the preap rietors was decidedly against pursuing the matter lin rther; and, after a scene of much confusion, oc casioned by cries for an adj ournmen t, an d attempts' on the !Ara of two or three proprietors to put questions to the cha"tranan relative to the arrangements entered into by Mr. Saunders, which were met with cheers and shouts " Oh " from the great body of the meeting, Mr. JACKSON moved as an amendment, that a com mittee of investigation be appointed, and that the re gistries of the Berks and Rants and Great Western Windso r Railway Companies be not confirmed until such commit tee had completed their inquiry. The amendment was seconded by Mr. W. J. HALL, and was then put to the meeting. Few hands wore held up in its favour, and the original resolution was carried by a very large majority. The IDIIIIRMAN observed, that during the past six months all the railway companies of this country had been contending with the difficulties which had arisen from a premature and precipitate extension of the rail way system, and from what had been justly termed— in a report emanating frond the House of Lords—" the rash and ill-constructed legislation of 1845 and 1846." As now railroads and new branches had been projected in distri.sts not yielding a traffic sufficient to remunerate the capiaal which had been expended upon them, a pres sure had of necessity fallen upon the revenues of the parent lines. The Great Western Company bad been subjected to a double charge. On the one hand, they had opened new branches to Westbury and to Basing stoke. The proceedings wero hero interrupted by the clamorous demands of several persons for an adjourn ment to some more commodious place, in consequence of the crowded state of the room, which it was alleged was too small to accommodate all the proprietors. The chairman vainly endeavoured for some time to repress the tumult and to obtain a hearing, and at length he ex pressed his hope that the meeting would not be " turned into a beargarden," and resumed his seat. Several of the proprietors successfully exerted themselves to restore order, and it was eventually agreed, on the suggestion of the chairman, that the question of adjournment should be determined by the meeting. The chairman then put it to the meeting whether it was their wish that an ad journment should take place, when only one hand was held up in favour of adjournment; and The CHAIRMAN therefore proceeded with his address. He was stating to them, when ho was interrupted, that the Great Western Company , had during the last year opened lines of railway to Westbury and Basingstoke, and that they had since the Ist of May given up the line from Bristol to Exeter. It was extremely difficult under that double change to institute a fair comparison between the traffic of the last six months and the traffic of the corresponding period of 1848; but ho had endeavoured to do so by comparing the mileage receipts. He found that in the first four mouths of 1848—from January the' let to April the 30th—they had worked 279 miles of railway, and the earnings for that period had been 297,1661.. which gave a rate of 621. 2s, 7d, per mile per week.' During the corresponding period of 1849 they had been working 306 miles of rail way, and they had earned 304,195/., giving 57/. 19s. 9d. per mile per week, or about 41. less per mile per week than in 1848. In the two months from the let of May to the 30 th of Ju ne, 1848, they worked 279 miles; their earnings were 195,4701 . , giving a of 80/. 7s. 11d. per mile per week; and in the corre sponding two months of the presentyear they had worked 229 miles, earnine 161,0441., or a rate of 801. 14;. per mile per week. He thought this comparison must be satisfactory to the proprietors; for, though they had given up the Bristol and Exeter line, passing through rich county, se' eillo el' which had Lie. 0 developed for some years—though they had obtained in substitu tion for that branch the Westbury and Basingstoke lines,—and though the South-Western Company had at the same time opened a line to Datchet, near Windsor, competing with them,—the traffic on their line had still during the last two months maintained its former level, clearly demonstrating that that traffic must have consi derably increased.—(Hear, hear.) The directors had fulfilled the pledges and assurances they gave to the last meeting of proprietors, that they would apply them selves sedulously and earnestly to every question of economy and retrenchment. In November, 1848, the directors took off trains to the extent of 5,184 miles per week; and on the Ist of March, 1849, they had still further reduced them to the extent of 5,767 miles, making a total reduction of 10,951 miles per week. Immediately after this last reduction a meet ing was held to ascertain whether further reductions could be made; but, after carefully considering the sub ject, and after having taken the advice of all their lead ing executive officers, the directors came to the conclu sion that it would not ha beneficial to the interests of the company that the trains should be further reduced, at all events during the summer months. As the %sinter months approached, however, the directors would again take the subject into consideration, and would extend the reduction as far as they could, consistently with a due regard to the convenience of the public and the se curity of the company's receipts. The directors in their report of February last stated that, after a careful exa mination, they believed they would be able to effect re trenchments to the extent of 30,0001. a year. The re sult had justified that expectation. The expenditure for the last half-year showed a reduction of 29,4001. as compared with the corresponding half-year of 1848; and, as compared with the second halt-year of 1848, of 15,4001.—(Hear, heal%) The directors had also felt the importance of economy with regard to capital em ployed in their works. They foresaw some time ago the difficulties which were impending, and about July or August, 1847, they suspended every work that could be suspended upon their own lines and upon the lines with which they were intimately connected, and they de termined to proceed as slowly and cautiously as possible with those works which it was necessary to prosecute. Notwithstanding these precautions, however, prelimi nary expense had been incurred, and contracts had been made in 1845 and 1846 which it was impossible for them to cancel. In the financial statement laid before the proprietors in November last a list was given of those lines which had been conceded to them, and upon which the works had not been commenced. It was then stated that no progress had been made with the Chelten ham and Cornwall lines, and those lines might now be practically considered as abandoned. The directors had, therefore, thought it right and consistent with sound policy that the interest of the money which had been expended upon those lines should be carried against the revenue of the last half-year, as they would see bad been done in the accounts presented to the shareholders. They were also subscribers to the South Devon Com pany, and to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Company, which were at present unable to pay a dividend or interest upon the subscription. It could not bo expected, however, that this state of things could continue. They might feel assured seine means would be adopted to render the large amount of capital which had been expended on the Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton line profitable, and in such profit the Great Western Company would participate. When the South Devon Company should have overcome its present difficulties—when the packet station should be opened at Plymouth, and the traffic of that line be developed, that line would undoubtedly be enabled to pay a gradually increasing dividend, and the Great Western Company would then obtain interest for its advances. In the interim, however, the directors bad thought it right to charge the interest upon the revenue for the half-year; and it was to these circumstances, among other causes, that they must ascribe the tempo rary reduction of their dividends. The attention of the directors had also been called to their engage ments with other companies, with a view to render them as little onerous as possible to the Great Western Company. They were in communication with the London and North-Western, the Oxford and Bir migham, and the Birmingham, Northampton, and Dudley Companies, with a view to make some ar rangement respecting the northern lines, in order to preve,nt further hostility, and to economise, as far as possible, the expenditure of capital upon unnecessary lines. If, for example, instead of two lines running parallel to each other from Birmingham to Wolverhamp ton, they could make one line answer tho purpose of both, if they could avoid, expensive cuttings, arjd the purchase of valuable pr:pperV ths c :t97n of Birm ingham, if they could render one statios,sufficient for the purposes of two compUies, instead oVhtiving sepa rate stations, ho thought that an arrangement highly beneficial to both companies-wnld be effected.—(Hear, hear.) It had been su.ggesteewith respect to their en gagements with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company that it might be desirable to take that line entirely into their own control.—(" Oh! oh!") Their engagements with that company partook more of the character of a partnership than of a lease. By the suggested arrangement, no additional liability whatever would be imposed upon the Great Western Company. The guarantee of the independent subscribers to that line would remain 4 per cent., as it was at present, but not Is. more of liability would be incurred by the arrangement. Tho Great Western Company would bo enabled to carry forward the works as might best suit the circumstances of the time; they would get rid of the expense of an independent direction and management, and they would obtain several minor ad vantages from the proposed arrangement, which, he thought, would be a most prudent and economical one. But as a recommendation was made in the report that the proprietors should appoint a committe of consultation to meet the directors and discuss these special questions, he would not enter further into the matter on this occa sion. Several discussions had taken place as to the expediency of a change in their arrangements with the South Wales and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Companies, and the directors of the Great Western were desirous of affording to these companies every facility in their power, which would not cast any addi tional burden upon themselves. In their negotiations with those companies, however, they had prescribed to themselves two broad and fundamental principles for their guidance—that they should not make the Great Western Company parties to the raising of any capital whatever for other lines—(llear, hear)— and that they should not increase the risks and liabilities of the Great Western Company by a single shilling. (Hear, hear.) The directors were, and always had been pre pared to carry out their engagements to the letter, as well as in spirit, with every company with which they were connected; but he must protest against a doctrine which had been sometimes insisted on—namely, that having entered into engagements which were strictly limited and defined, they were bound to extend those engagements under some altered state of circumstances. Imputations had sometimes been cast upon their good faith, because they had thought it inconsistent with the interests of tho shareholders so to extend their engage ments. They were most desirous to be on friendly terms with other companies, w h o were t h e i r natural allies they would therefore be d es i rous t o ren d er those corn! paniesevery assistance in their p ower; b ut t h e proprie tors might be assured that the directors would always regard the interests of the Great Western Company as their first and primary object.—(Hear.) The auditors for the present year had on this occasion made a fuller report than usual, and it was gratifying to observe— especially in these days, when so much was said about railway accounts—that they bore high testimony to the manner in which the accounts of the company were kept. These statements, bearing the names of Mr. J. Dickenson and of Mr. T. S. Gladstone, would be received by the world as authoritative testimony to the clear ness and fidelity of their accounts. Lie might take this opportunity of referring to a project which it was attempted to hurry through Parliament at the very close of the last session, for the establishment of a system of Government audit of railway accounts. Ho could assure the meeting that the directors iof this company did not object to the most efficient audit which could by possi bility be devised.—(Hear, hear.) It was essential for the protection of the directors—for the vindication of their character, more especially in these days, when the name of a railway director had almost past into a term of opprobrium and reproach—(A laugh)—that there should be an efficient system of audit. His belief, however, was that a Government audit must, of necessity, be formal and technical, and could not be so comprehensive and efficient as an audit established by the shareholders themselves.—(Cheers.) Any scheme of Government audit must, of necessity, be a very costly operation. With a system of accounts so absurdly elaborate as that put forth in the Audit Bill, could there be any doubt but that Government auditors with a large staff of clerks would be billetted upon every railway in the country?—(Hear, hear.) A Government audit would be a most vexatious system, for it would naturally be the interest of the auditors to be perpetually interfering with the business of railway officers and clerks. He thought, also, there could be no doubt that this system of audit would ultimately grow into an as- sumption by the Government of the entire control of the financial affairs of railway companies, and would be di rected, not to the protection of the interests of the share holders, but to further the views and objects of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being and the result would be that, while the Government would take the entire control and management of railway affairs, the risk and responsibility would rest altogether on the shoulders of the proprietors.—(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) He claimed fo7 railway proprietors the same independent control of their own affairs which was accorded to every other analogous enterprise in this country.—(Hear, hear.) He denied that the system of audit as practised on the Great Western Railway was a mere matter of " moonshine." The auditors who had filled that office in the company could state that every book, every account, every voucher, f highest to the lowest, had always been r unreservedly at their disposal, and that they had 'fully and fairly examined the whole of them. —(Cheers.) He sincerely hoped that the railway compn i would eventualiymade to hands into those of the Govern never allow the power of audit tom p e a n s t s ._ fr ( o i rr iea t i h , ei h r e o a w r. t been been The hhaadd mamma l the measure,critii7eun at d ; ( o,it n e tivee o er t u ' y t w t o e ;_rna l t a hr t: il lays or the session. • was its provisions made in a private Bill. wae ithdrawn, r a had succeeded their thought—tooppo _oievhnaaru.)atAteismnstpehtrety sition to the Audit Bill, he thought it was their duty to render the audit of the company as efficient as possible, that no pretence might remain for the interference of the Government. Mr. Russell then proceeded to refer to the recommendation in the report that four of the pre sent directors should retire, in order that their places might be supplied by four directors chosen by the share holders; and observed that this suggestion must not be misunderstood as inferring that the present directors had not fully and faithfully discharged their duties to those whose interests they represented.—(Hear, hoar.) It had never been the policy or practice or the directors of that company to make to the proprietors any overdrawn or overstrained statements as to their position. It could not be denied that the next two or three years, while new lines of railway were be ing brought into operation, must be a time of difficulty and trial to them —and not only to them, but to the best railways in the country; but he believed that with stout hearts and honest purpose they would successfully sur mount all the difficulties they might have to encounter. —(Hear.) Something would depend upon their traffic, and the increase of that traffic would also in some degree depend upon the prosperous condition of the country; but, in the ordinary and healthy state of the country, he believed the increase of traffic was constant and steady. But, besides the natural and ordinary sources of traffic, there were new sources of traffic to which they were en titled to look. To Plymouth being rendered a station for packets, to the South Wales line, and to the northern companies they might look for an increase of traffic. Much, however, depended on the good sense of the pro- prietors themselves. If they pursue the cautious and prudent course which befitted them as men of business, —if they supported the directors in carrying out the pro • jects on which they were engaged for economizing the expenditure of capital, for confining their liabilities within the narrowest limits consistent with good faith, and for carrying on a stringent system of internal economy, he entertained no doubt id his own mind but that they would soon re-establish public confidence in the stability of their enterprise, and would work their way calmly, but not the less successfully, through those various difficulties which a popular frenzy, wild speculation, and a rash and ill•considered course of legislation had gathered around them, and would restore that state of prosperity which for a time—but he sincerely believed for a time only—had been diminished.—(Hear.) The following reports were then read by the Secre tary.— _ _ `r The income from traffic, as shown by the accounts I to the 30th of June, has been derived from working 306 miles of railway during the first four months, and 229 miles during the last two months of the half-year, the lease of the Bristol and Exeter line to this company having expired on the 30th of April. " That circumstance has prevented any complete ana lysis of traffic fur the half year being made in the ac counts, by way of comparison with that of former periods. It is a satisfaction, however, to state that the gross re venue, earned in respect of Great Western lines exclu sively, during the first six months of 1849 has increased by 13,000/. over the same period of 1848. "The only additional lines opened intermediately were the two branches to Westbury and Basingstoke, together 27 miles. It is to be observed, on the other hand, that the South-Western Railway to Staines and Windsor came into operation as a rival line, abstracting some portion of the traffic which used previously to pass from that district over the Great Western Railway. "Arrears for former post-office services, received at that time under the award, were credited fur more tha❑ 15,0004 in the accounts to June, 1848, which will explain the apparent excess in the receipt for mails beyond the earnings of the half-year. " The system of return tickets available for two or three days, according to the length of the journey, which had been adopted on these lines in more prosperous times, as a means of augmenting that branch of traffic, having ceased to create the progressive increase of reve nue which was anticipated, and being discovered to give rise to fraud, was discontinued in the month of Novem ber last. By a careful process of examination of the traffic during the six subsequent months, it was ascer tained that, while the receipts of the company had in creased in the aggregate by the abolition of those tickets i❑ respect of passengers travelling the long journeys, there had been a falling off, not only in number of, but also in income from, passengers travelling over the shorter distances between intermediate stations. The result of this investigation induced the board to intro dace single day tickets, limited to an allowance of 25 per cent. upon the double tare, which have been in operation since the Ist of May, and this encouragement given to a description of traffic which has been always considerable on the Great Western Railway seems at present to have answered the purpose. " With respect to expenditure, there has been a total reduction of 29,400/. over the corresponding period of 1848, and of 15,400/. over that of the last half-year. " Under two or three heads only an increased pay ment appears to have been made; which, upon a careful analysis, is accounted for, as respects maintenance of way,' by a comparatively heavier charge in consequence of the new lines opened, and by the transfer to that account of some expenses for improved drainage, &c., which might seem to belong more appropriately to the 'construction' than to the maintenance of works. In the amount paid for salaries of ' superintendents and clerks,' and in • general office establishment,' the apparent in crease arises from the circumstance of two sums of 1,4311. 10s. 7d. and COOL respectively coming into charge as paid early in this half-year, although appertaining more properly to the former; an inequality which will occasionally arise from a mere contingency as to the date of payment. "In the ' carrying expenses' the sum of 1,2761. 18s. 81 has been included as written off for losses in that department. The ' compensation account' comprises a charge of 2,5001. to meet all claims upon the company in respect of accidents, which sum it is proposed, with the approbation of the auditors, to continue in each half year by way of insurance against all risks, until the expenses for the Shrivenham accident shall have been liquidated and a fund shall have been created of 20,0001. to meet any future claims of the same description. " The directors are still using every exertion to make further prospective reductions in the expenditure of the company, feeling how extremely important it is to intro duce the most strict economy in every department of the service, which may neither expose the public or the pro prietors to risk or loss from inefficient management. "'rho auditors having delivered a special report, which has been printed and circulated with the ac counts, it becomes the duty of the directors now to ad vert more particularly to the important subjects which it embraces. It is impossible that the board should concur in the recommendation of a reduced dividend of 4 per cent, per annum, without the expression of deep regret at the ne cessity of such a step. It will be perceived by the accounts as now published, that the revenue is charged for the first time with interest on a considerable sum ex pended fur lines either abandoned or not in progress, as well as on subscriptions to other railway companies which cannot at present pay any dividend or interest to their other shareholders. By this precautionary mea sure, it seems, both to the directors and auditors, that the permanent value of the undertaking will be more effectually maintained. It has the advantage of stop ping, in respect of those payments, any increasing bur den upon the future receipts of the company, and the reduction of the dividend will ouable them to provide means for a reserved fund, gradually to moat engage ments or extinguish unproductive capital. " The result of the accounts for the half-year, which might otherwise have yielded to the proprietors a divi dend at the rate of hi. per cent. per annum with a small balance over, will only supply funds for a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum, leav►ng, however, the sum of 18,020 L 93.10 d. as a balance, to bo hereafter appropriated as may seem most advisable. "'rho directors cheerfully express their acquiescence in the suggestion of the auditors, that the proprietors should themselves at this meeting appoint a committee to consult with and advise the board upon matters of general interest and importance in the future administration of their affairs. Being actuated solely by a desire to do everything which can be supposed likely to give confi dence to the proprietors, the directors have also resolved if it shall seem to the meeting desirable that some change should be made in the individuals composing the board, that they will give effect to such wishes by arranging for the retirement of four of the present directors, to be replaced by the same number whom the proprietors may think proper to appoint. While offering this suggestion, the directors will not be rendering jus tice to themselves or the company if they neglect to state that it is neither the purpose nor the wish of any of their body to abandon their trust at the present time from any apprension of difficulties attending it. " Since the last meeting, and in fulfilment of a pledge then given, a vacancy has been created by the retirement of Mr. llolland, in order to elect Mr. Crosthwaite, of Liverpool (at that time an auditor), as one of your direc tors. This appointment rendered it necessary that a h re f should invite some influential and respon h s i i s hl s e re s a n d as holder, well qualified for the duty, to a one of the auditors of the accounts f or et e i n n e the r a h l al f- meetingye r until a new election could be made a c t l es a g stone, of of the proprietors. Mr. T. Stuart Liver pool, was good enough to undertake with his colleague Mr. Dickinson, have devot ed u pon this occasion the duties of that office, an d be, mGucihwtsitmoneot t o tahse apprised examination the of the account.; b will ü be unable any longer to act in th e capacity of aud itor, board that be and that some other proprietor mus t t h ere f or e be chosen at this meeting as the successor to Mr. Crosthwaite. Th e completion of certain li nes o f railway now in , the Oxford a n d R ug b y progre to Foilly Comp ton, the Birmingham and Oxford to Birmingham, and ,he Windsor Railway —have engaged the careful atten tion of the board for some time. In respect of the lines beyond Oxford, the directors have been, and still are, in communication with the London and North western Railway Company as to the best means of saving all unnecessary outlay of capital, and retrenching some of the expenses attendant upon making separately too rival lines of railway. The railway to Banbury will bo rearly, for traffic early in the spring, and the Windsor Railway will be finished in October. " With regard to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth I Zlil WIT ; the works on a -veral portions previou corn kitiLZ.(l h<tro ban for seine time either ddisytd or stopped, and the completion, in the first instance, of the main line to Promo and Warminster, with the branch hate the somereetshire mel-Aeld, at &chock, 1001111 to J'~,.., /: j .~'~~ ~~ G ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~r. a ~;: ~,... ~, ~.:- _~ ;j ~~ ~ ,_,~ , 12Z/7 am /7. 7 /2 • 7‘ , .:I:>\, the directors the most advisable plan of proceeding for the development of traffic from those districts, at the least outlay of capital. The guarantee upon the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth shares of 4 per cent. per an num being unconditional and positive, the directors Would have been prepared to r ecommen d to th i s meet i ng that the undertaking should be at once taken over under the powers of their Act (subject to such fixed charge in respect of those shares), for the purpose of dissolving that company, and saving a separate establishment, if it did not appear to be anticipating the decision previously to consultation with the committee of proprietors which is proposed to be appointed. " The directors of this company have reason to know that such plan would be acceptable to the Wilts, Somer set, and 11re6 mouth Railway board, and if, upon con ference with all parties, the arrangement be still deemed advisable, it can be submitted to future meetings for confirmation by both companies. " 6 With respect to the limited and conditional guaran tee of this company for leases ef other lines, it may b e proper here to mention that the directors have felt it their duty resolutely to decline any new agreements which may tend to increase subsisting liabilities; and they have refused to enter into any engagement to raise further capital than that for which this company has al reariy contracted. " Upon these various subjects, as well as in relation to the future expenditure of the company, the board will r( adily and unreservedly consult with any committee which may be appointed under the r, commendation of the auditors; and it seems desirable that the conditions upon which a reserved fund ought to be provided should be maturely considered in the same manner before the proprietors are called upon to commit themselves to the details of that measure. " The directors confidently trust, by a prudent and economical application of the resources of the company, with an improving traffic, to be augmented as new lines may be brought into operation, the proprietors sub mitting in the mean time to the reduction of dividend deemed most conducive to the permanent value of the property, that the undertaking will recover from the temporary depreciation to which it is subjected, and that the shareholders will derive a more adequate remunera tion for their capital. " The engineer's report on the state of the works is appended to this report. " C. RUSSELL, Chairman." ENGINEER'S REPORT. " 18, Duke -street, Westminster, August 13. " Gentlemen,—The works upon the several lines of railway at present in course of construction by this com pany have, with the exception of those upon the Windsor branch, been proceeded with very slowly during the last six months, the rates of progress having been kept strictly within the limits fixed by you. Upon the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, notwithstanding the slow rate of progress, however, the principal works are approaching to completion. The viaduct into Birmingham has been long since finished, and thence to Warwick the whole of the line is in a forward state. Between Leamington and Fenny Compton the principal work, the Harbury cutting, is far advanced; and I wait only your directions to proceed with the connecting loop line at Leamington. " Upon the Oxford and Rugby we are now proceeding somewhat more rapidly than we had been previously doing, in order to complete the works and permanent way for a single line between Oxford and Banbury; on two-thirds of the distance the works and ballasting are complete, and ready for receiving the permanent way, for commencing which preparations are now making. The principal works required to complete this line are in the neighbourhood of Oxford, and these are being proceeded with rapidly. I should hope that a single line of rails, with stations upon a moderate scale, sufficient for the local traffic of the district, may be completed and ready to open to the public early in the next spring. Upon the Wilts and Somerset Railway very little has been done, the principal object being at present to complete the line to Frome, and to Warminster, both within six miles of the present terminus at Westbury; whero the line reaches the former town, it will be brought within reach of the Radstock coal district, and I should hope that by means of the Radscock branch, a colliery line of eight or nine miles in length, that the whole of the coal of this district may be brought upon our line. " Upon the Windsor branch the works have proceeded rapidly, the whole of the viaduct, and the rest of the line, with the exception of the bridge across the Thames, is finished, ballasted, and the permanent way is laid; a tem porary bridge has been for some time past constructed across the river, and arrangements might have been made for opening the railway with such contrivance a month or six weeks ago. The permanent bridge, which is a work of some magnitude, being of a single span of 200 feet, is in a very forward state: two of the three ribs or arches of which it consists being in place, and the third, which bas been entirely completed and proved at Bristol, is in course of delivery on the spot; in a few weeks this will be quite finished. The completion of the station will govern the opening of the line; every endeavour has been made to advance this since possession could be obtained of the requisite houses and lands. I should hope that in the course of next month it will allow of the opening of the railway. " The works upon the new lines which have been lately opened, as well as upon the main line, are in a perfectly satisfactory condition, and I have every reason to believe that the contracts for the maintenance of the permanent way will lead to economy in this branch, as well as to the securing a:good state of the line. During the past half-year many works in drainage and ballast ing had to be executed in order to hand the line over to the new contractors in a perfect state, which have added to the half-yearly outlay; but such extra expenses will be diminished under the new contracts. You will ob serve with satisfaction also, that under the excellent ma nagement of Mr. Gooch, the cost of locomotive power is still further reduced, as well as that of carriage and waggon repairs, both of which sources of expenses are closely connected with the state of the permanent way and works. " I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " I. K. BRUNEL." The CHAIRMAN moved that the reports bo received, adopted, and printed for circulation. Major COURT, having seconded the proposition, ob served, that the chairman had brought before the notice of the meeting a subject which he regarded as of the most essential importance—he alluded to the appointment of public officers by the Government to audit railway ac counts. lie had addressed a letter to the Times news paper on the question, in which ho fully explain e d t h e views which he still held. The chairman seemed to think that a public auditor was totally unnecessary, but he (Major Court) considered that the accounts presented to them that very day showed the utility of such an officer. Major Court then proceeded to point out several items in the accounts, which he said a public auditor would not have passed in the form in which they appeared in the statement. Ho did not think there was any foundation for the apprehensions of the chairman, that the appointment of public auditors would lead to the interference of the Government in the management of railways. The duties of the auditor would be strictly confined to the audit of the accounts, to ascertain that no improper or illegal items were included in them. He could not conceive on what ground it could be supposed that the Government would billet clerks upon the rail way companies, or interfere in any way with their in ternal management. Having a very large interest in the Great Western Railway, he felt that it was of the most serious consequence to him that he should have the pro tection of a public auditor.—(Hear, hear, and a cry of " No.") lie did not mean for a moment to throw any imputation on the perfect honour and integrity of tho chairman and directors; on the contrary, he reposed the utmost confidence in them, and should be sorry to see any of them retire. But they would not always hare the present chairman and directors to conduct the affairs of the company, and he, therefore, thought as a measure of precaution that every man who had any regard for the interests of his family should firmly support the appoint ment of public auditors.—(Hear, and " No.") A long discussion then took place upon some of the topics referred to in the report, and upon the financial position of the company. It was complained that while the financial statement of June, 1848, represented the liabilities of the company to be 80,0002, a sum of 156,000/. had since been paid for Parliamentary expenses incurred previously to that time. Mr. Saunders denied that the accounts delivered in June, 1848, or at any other time, had stated the liabilities of the company; for that it would be quite impossible to give a statement of actual liabilities, except upon speculation. Mr. J. MERCER, jun., recommended a general reduc• tion in the salaries of the officers. The CHAIRMAN said, they had not proposed any re duction in the salaries, nor would he recommend inch a course. Their principle was, to pay every officer as much as his services were worth—(Hear, hear)—and he believed that, if they were to cut down the salaries of their officers, they would eventually greatly increase the expenses of the company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. AVERY asked whether any means had been taken to relieve the company from the heavy charges made upon them for parochial rates? 0 f t The he C d t H r e A o l t ß o m r s A N of replied severalt hat ra i t l h w e a r ) e , had b pu e a e ta n ie a m e w e i t t i n h g a s law, b ut th th e 'a l t an t d h e ey d had view t o t o obtain contend interest, and so far they had a e greed to. successful. a a n gs a ir l i t s e t ra th ti e " G o o f ve t r h b o e rn en l e anw t The adoption of reportth e e aov ed iii w as that a dividend for th e half-year ending t The CIIAIRMAN h tb the 30th te teroafJoufn4 per o June be paid ent apfteerratohheulmst. of September ne xt, at the —Agreed to. A resolution was then adopted in conformity with a recommendation of the report altering the regulations sd in ale t , h w e re specting e the Aa Tuicd auditors tN I o e sr c os t N i 0 0 , f n ot o fh f ie i d i i r r b e yc company,t L o r o s . ite, who had bee n e l ected a director. aa place appointedof ir on . crl e: n i s ort t h.f h waßt e h. course of some conversation on the subject of excursion trains, the chairman intimated that it was the intention of th e company to apply power to increase their maximum rate of charges. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, directors, a n d au di tors, and the meeting broke up soon' after 5 o'clock. D - • - _ - 'ANIBII BLOCKADE.—PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 15. — The Danes having raised the blockade of the Gorman ports, the vessels bound to those places, which have been detained here (some of them nearly four months), have all sailed within the last few days. 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