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(erring, uoar.l up theirmuney in preference to bending. it net up' ti lisz..rdeus vseturc , e Mr. De Witer-ts twelve months, or durii.g the last three se;:',rs. sir. CI, tea Said. it was now there yt'UTS ago slice the discussion of this suhjset was con , menesd, nue:els, the propriety of capitale-ing any portion of the annual pr-fes beyond •11, maintenance of a rest of 3,000,0001. Having glanced at the course which the previous discu,,sioes up m the matter had taken, he proceeded to say, that the directors, in Sep tember, 1848, proposed a dividend of 3i. An amendment was moved upon that occasion, with the view to an increase of the dividend and the reduc tion of the rest, but it was lost, which he understood terminated the discussion of the q uestion. The pro prietors then pressed the directors to state the amount of rest which they conceived necessary. On the next meeting Mr. Morris, the Governor, stated that they conceived a rest ef 3,000,0001. sufficient for the working of the Bank, proposing at the same time to divide a large sum, reducing the rest to that amount, among the pro prietors, which was acceded to. The matter being thus settled, after a prolonged discussion, he thought the proprietors had a right to complain that it hod been again re-opened.—(Hear, hear.) Having agreed, after much discussion, to a principle, they were asked this day to stultify it, which seemed to his mind a most unreasonable request, since they were bound to maintain a rest at an amount which would enable the Bank in all seasons to occupy the proud position which it at present enjoyed.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DE WINTON explained—lf they log ked at the business of the Bank during the last three years, they would find that the reserve had not been used. Besides, they now required a smaller rest than ever, as a dead-weight of 7,000,0001. was in the course of payment to them. Capital might not be in much demand in London, hut in the c , untry it was. All he wanted was to reduce the rest to 2,000,0001., which he believed amply sufficient for all the purposes of the Bank. The GOVERNOR then put the amendment, but only two hands—those of the mover and seconder—were held up in its favour. Mr. FIELDER then moved that the dividend be in creased to four per cent., and entered into a long and diffuse explanation to show that this was prac ticable. Mr. DE WINTON seconded the amendment, which, after a few words from Sir Peter Laurie and Mr. Clark, was put and lost, ten hands only being held up in its favour. The original motion was then put and carried by a large majority. • The GOVERNOR stated, in reply t o a ques tion, that the value of the branch banks was included in the rest. Thanks having been voted to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Directors, the meeting separated. LITERATURE. MURRAY'S HOLTIE AND COLONIAL LI BRARY. Nos. LXXII , LXXIIL, and LXXIV. Another valuable biographical production has been reprinted in a cheaper and consequently more acces sible form by Mr. Murray, constituting the last three numbers of his Home and Colonial Library. The biography in question is the popular " Memoir of the Life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart." The nar rative of the career of this distinguished politician, whose name has acquired an enduring celebrity as associated with the labours of Wilberforce, Clarkson, and Brougham, in effecting the emancipation of the negroes in our West Indian possessions, and ultimately the general abolition of slavery, must always be re garded with peculiar attention. For ourselves, as members of the next generation to his, the work pos sesses a particular attraction, relating as it does to public men still living—such men as Denman, Lushington, and Macaula y . Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton had the advantage of representing large constituencies in the House of Commons during a period when British legislation Was marked by a series of very extraordinary reforms, such reforms as that of the Parliament itself, as that of manumitting the African race, and that also of emancipating the Catholics. His share in these trans actions must ever excite the respect of those who can at all appreciate the character of a conscientious statesman. THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' MAGAZINE. A second portion of this amusing little periodical justifies all we said respecting it on the occasion of its first appearance. There is a bon•hommic about its tone which cannot fail to propitiate favour, and the majority of the contributions are jeux d'esprit of un forced and spontaneous fascetiousness. Commend us to the "Philosophy of Picnics" for a good laugh; the writer is evidently one of keen observation. The " Life of Alcuin," too, is a paper of singular excel lence, notwithstanding its extreme brevity. Su is it, in most cases, with the remainder of the publication. PRACTICE IN — GERMAIV. By Falco It does not remain for us to assert that Falck Lebahn is to German literature what De Porquet is to French literature. As an elementary writer upon the German language be has been long known and deservedly popular. His " German in One Volume," for example, has, to our thinking, entirely superseded all other grammars in the same tongue. A com panion work has just been issued upon a new prin ciple, or rather upon an elaboratio n of the new prin ciple of lingual tuition, " adapted to self-instruction." The book before us comprises three chapters of the charming tale by De La Motte Fouque, " Undine," with copious notes, and a literal interlinear translation. As it would be hopeless to attempt to give any expla nation of the simplicity and clearness of this mode of imparting a knowledge of the language, we must con tent ourselves with asserting, that whoever fails to learn the German language with this help must have an intellect irredeemably dull and obfuscated. CYCLOPJEDIA OF MORAL AND RE LIGIOUS ANECDOTES. A very singular compilation of stories and inci dents having a moral and religious tendency. The plan has evidently been suggested by the " Percy Anecdotes," and by the sequel at present publishing in London. With all respect for the intention of the compiler, we cannot but think that he occasionally sinks into an atmosphere of intolerable twaddle, as, for example, when he lays it down as an axiom in ethics that Balls are incompatible with prayer. Some of the illustrative tales are good, such as those about "Robert Hall as an Agent," about "Frederic the Great and his Pomeranian servant," or about "Socrates and his reply to Alcibiades." But when the ad visability of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors is enforced by an account of a sagacious goat, or of the freaks of a monkey, we are disposed to regard our very sober monitor as guilty of a little puerility. AIACPHAIL'S EDINBURGH ECCLESIAS . TICAL JOURNAL. In the September number of this publication — received long after the appearance of our notices of the current periodicals—there are two contributions to which we would particularly draw attention. One is the commencement of an ingenious analysis of Milton's masterpiece ; the other is a singular per formance, entitled " The Buffooneries of Modern Education." A duster of home truths will be found in the latter well deserving of consideration. THE DREAM OF HUMAN LIFE. As a sequel to Social Distinctions; or Hearts and Homes," by Mrs. Ellis, a narrative with the above title has just been commenced by the author of " The Lollards.' H. Warren still continues to be the illustrator ; and the " Peasant's Welcome" is one of the most graceful sketches that has yet emanated from his pencil. Seeing that scarcely eight pages of the " Dream of Human Life" have yet appeared, we can do nothing more, yet awhile, than simply announce the fact of its publication. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES, Tuz HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THIS SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion• Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers: — Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. ",•All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... £1,096 1 We understand that Mr. Sheriff Gordon has ad dressed a communication to M. D'Estremont de Mocroix, commanding the French ship of war Psevoyant, express ing, in strong terms, his deep sense of the services ren dered by the party of officers and seamen belonging to the corvette. on the ocoasion of the fire at Gammon Mains. His Grace the Duke of Buceleuch, through his agents, also transmitted the handsome sum of 101. for distribution among the men who rendered such effective service, as some acknowledgment of their promptitude and activity. This sum, however, it appears by a letter from the commander of the corvette to Mr. List, the superintendent of the county police, has been placed by the French seamen, in the most generous manner, at the disposal of Mr. List, for distribution among the poor.— Ediniurgh Evehing I'o4. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by Mr. Goulburn, visited Dover .in Saturday. Atter an inspec tion of the works under execution by the Admiralty and the Harbour Commissioners, his Grace and the Right Hon. Gentleman returned to Waltner. His Grace ap- Peered in excellent health and spirits. THE S Ll N, CHOLERA AND DIARRHOEA. Population.* Districts. 1831. I le4l. 1,655.000 1,94 S 0 .0 376,000 74,u,0 Zi92,C00 5U3,u00 75,000 40,(100 67,000 57,000 25,000 37,000 138,000 10,000 130,000 56,000 42,000 54,000 44,000 44,000 47,000 50,000 40,000 29,010 56,000 $3,000 74,000 72,000 41,000 91,000 31,000 33,000 20,000 85,000 47,000 55,000 116,0; , 0 40,000 40,000 14,000 81,000 23,000 See Appendix to Registrar-General's Ninth Annual Rep' rt for information respecting the population of the dis tricts and sub-districts of London at the several censuses. Estimated population of London at the middle of the year 1849-2,206,076. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 18. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh. London ... West Districts North Districts Central Districts East Districts ... South Districts .. West Districts — Kensington ••• ••• Chelsea •.. ••• Sc. George, Hanover-square ... Weqminster • St. DI artin-in •the• Fields St. Jaynes, Westminster ... North Districta Marylebone I I ampstead Pancras Islington Hackney Central Distric's— St. Giles Strand ... ... Holborn... ... Clerken well ... St. Luke East London ... West London ondon, City ... East Districts Shoreditch Bethnal• green ... Whitechapel St. George-in• the-East Stepney Poplar ... South Districts St. Saviour ... St. Olave bermondsey St. George, Southwark Newington ... Lambeth Wandsworth ... Camberwell ... Rotherhithe Greenwich ... Lewisham ... ... 806,000 6,000 331,000 410,000 53,000 32,( 00 58,000 4-,000 2 +,OOO 37,000 122,000 9,000 104,000 37,030 35,000 5: 1 ,000 42,000 4 ',OOO 48,000 47,000 38,000 28,000 57,000 69,000 C 2,0,0 64,000 89.000 72,000 25,000 32,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 45,000 88,000 33,000 28,000 13,000 64,000 18,000 13,211 12,120 Attacks. WEST DISTRICTs. Kensington ... Chelsea... ... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster St. Martin-in• the-Fields St. James, Westminster ... - NORTH DISTRICTS. •• • """ •• • ''.'.. ••• ....." • • • ..".... Marylebone ... Hampstead ... St. Pancras ... Islington ... Hackney ... ••• '''''' ••• '''. •• • ."""' ••• "." ••• •.• -- CENTRAL DISTRICTS. Sr. Giles ... Strand ... ... liolb , rn Union Clerkenwell ... St. Luke ... East London ... West London City of London* •i• ."'"' ••• ..'.. . • • •-"'" ••• ...'. •• • ''''... • • • ..... ••• ""'" ihoreditch Bethnal-green ... Whitechapel St. George-in-the• East Stepney Poplar ... ... ... EAST DISTRICTS. ••• "''' ••• .'... •• • ....'..' ••• ""... ••• "'''' SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. Olave ... ... Bermondsey ••• ••• St. George, Southwark Newington, Surrey ... Lambeth W an d sworth Camberwell Rotherhithe Greenwich* Lewisham ••• ..'.. ••• "'' • • • """ •• • ..... ••• ..'' .•• '-'' ••• .''. ••• •' ... "m ••• '''' . . • ""' Total ... 158 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 13, 1348, to Sept. 18, 1849 ... Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Sept. 18, 1849 ... * Returns of Tuesday have not been received from Mr. IL Cranch, Registrar of the south-east sub-district of City of London ; and Mr. W. T. Nokes, Registrar of Woolwich Dockyard, sub-district of Greenwich. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health the 19th day of September, ]849 : Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh Attacks. Alcester ••• ••• Anglesey ••• Ashton-under-Lyne ... Aston ... ... ... Barnstaple ... ... Barrow-upon• Soar ... Bedminster ... Berwick-upon-Tweed... Birmingham ... ... Blaby ..• ... Bodmin... ... ••• ..'. ••• "'... ••• "''' •• • "-* ••• .."..... ••• ''''' ••• ••• ."'" ••• ...'... ••• ••• ."" Bolton ... ... ... Bradford and North Bierley .. Brecknock ... Bridgnorth ... Bridgwater Brighton Bristol . Burnley ••• ."''' ••• '"" •• • .... ••. "". ••• ""'. ••• "" Bury ... Cardiff Carmarthen ... Chester-le-Street .. Chesterfield ... Chichester ... Chorlton ... •. Clifton Colchester ... Cosford . Coventry . Darlington . Dartford (Bexley) . Dewsbury . Doncaster Dorchester and Cerne ••• ...... ••• •-. ••• ''''' ••• "''' ••• """' • • • ""` ••• '''''' ••• ••• ... • •• ^" . • • "-* •• • "'"' • • • ''''• ••• ''`" ••• •"" • • • .... Dover ... Dudley ••• East Stonehousa Ecclesfield Eton ..• ••• Faveraham •.• Fylde, Lytham (July 11) Gainaborough Gateshead (Williston) Goole (Swinsfleet) Halifax Hastings ••• ••• Havertordwest (Milford) Havertordwest Headington Helmsley Hemel Hempstead ... Hitchin Holywell (Flint) Huddersfield (Goleer) ilunslet ••• ••• Ipswich Isle of Thanet (Ratosgate) ... Lancaster Leeds ... ••• Leicester ••• ..• Lexden Liverpool ... ..• Llandovery Llandillo Fawr Llanelly (Pembry) Kingsbridge (Modbury) Macclesfield Maidstone (Loose) ... Maidstone „ „„ Mailing, East Peckham, and Wrotham ..„ Manchester ..„ Medway (Gillingham) Mevagissey Milton next Sittingbourno Morpeth Nantwich Neath ,„ Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle-under - Lyne Newton Abbott ••• North Witchford (March) ... Nottingham ... ..• Okeb ampton Oldham ••• Ormskirk (North Meols) Oxford ... Penzance (St. Ives) ... Portsea Island ••• Preston ••• ••• Reading ••• ••• Ripon ... „, „, Rumford ••• .•• Salford... Salisbury ,„ Sculcoates „, Southampton St. Germans (Antony) St. Thomas „, Swansea. ••• ••• Tavistock Teesdale (Barnard Castle)' ••• .... ••• "'" ••• ....'' •0 • ''''. • 0 • '''' • • 0 ''... • • • '''.. ••• '''' • • "'" ••• ..'• • • • ""' ... ..'". ••• .'.... ••• ."'' • • ''''" • • • ""' ••• ''"' ••• .''. ••• "''' • • • "'"" ••• ••• •• • '''''' ..• •""" ••• ''''' ••• .''''. ••• ‘...... ••• ..'. ••• ..'. ••• .'"" ••• "''' ..• ."-• ••• "''' ••• .'" ••• •'.' ••• '''• • •• •'.... •• • .-"'. • • • ''''.. •• • ..... ••• ••• ..... • • • ''''' • • • '....''.. • • • ..... ••• '''''' .. . -- ... -- ••• ...'''.. • • • '''''' ... -" • • • • • • ..... ••• '''' ••• ""." • • • .'" • • • ... • • • ."." • • • ....... LON DON Tenterden (Roivenden) Sbrerrbbary (from July 28 to Sept. 12) ... .•• Tynetnouth urrington Wolstuoton and Bursltm Wolverhampou 41,(1 Wolc-bter 0 1 • • • ..... 57 4 19 1 2 1 0 1 ;34 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 • • • '''''' ••• ."'" • • • ... ...".. Wycombe Ycrk Barnet ... • , • *"." .. • "'""" ••• '''''''' Total ... ... -- SCU I LAM). Dundee Perth Bu'ness Preston Kirk ... Haw•iek (from 17th inst.) •• • ..'... 4 0 2 1 0 0 ... -- ••• "-' ... -- Total ... Gent ral total:— Metropolis Country ►Scotland •• • '''''.. ••• ..'"'. 158 ;19 4(8 116 15 0 • • • ....... ..• --- General total Note.—The number of atoseks reported ly the union officers are—tor the metropolis 239, and for the country 502; but their returns do aot, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The deaths are returned according to superintendent registrar's districts, as it is found im• practicable to distinguish any place separately. CHOLERA. Mon. Tins. Sep*. Sept. 17th. 18th. 19 13 20 10 17 17 44 34 116 84 DIARRIIIMA. Mon. Tues. SPpt. Sept. 17:h. 18th. 6 5 9 6 5 4 16 8 20 16 ~. 216 158 56 39 CHOLERA. LONDON. West Districts ... North Districts ... Central Districts ... East Districts ... South Districts ... Total TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As almost every kind of medical treatment has been adopted of the most opposite nature for the removal of Asiatic cholera, with apparently little beneficial effect, it becomes every one, under such extraordinary ravages as the disease is now making, to record his views. I avail myself of the extensive circulation of your paper to state some circumstances which may be of use at this crisis. I had considerable opportunity in 1832 of trying several plans of treatment for cholera, one of which 1 made known in the Lancet of the 29th of January, 1848, which it is unnecessary again to record. Suf ficient to state that success was great by that mode of treatment, which embraced different preparations of capsicum and veratria, as embrocations to restore the balance of circulation which in cases of cholera becomes entirely[overthrown. I have since used the same preparation of capsicum in the form of pills, instead of its being used as an embrocation. Almost all stimulants, such as brandy, &c., produce temporary stimulating power, but if re peated often, these cause greater depression, and in stead of being attended with advantage the reverse takes place, stupor ensues, and nervous influence is exhausted. The great law which ought, in my opinion, to guide us in finding out a plan of treatment likely to be attended with general good, is, by adopting such means as will produce a safe, speedy, and permanent effect upon the system, and which can be repeated frequently, to increase the action of the heart and general circulation, and to prevent congestion. lam confident that no two excitements of equal power can exist at the same time in the human frame, but thb greater will overcome the less. The powerful stimu lating effect which is induced by the alcoholic extract of capsicum has a decided influence upon the nerves and circulation, superior to any other stimulant with which I am acquainted ; and one of its greatest ad vantages is, that it is attended with no risk by its repetition. As the disease has properly been divided into pre monitory and collapse, lam in the habit of mixing opium and mercury, so that the tendency to diarrhoea may be checked, while the action arising from the capsicum is producing its powerful and immediate influence over the nerves and circulation, and pre venting the second stage of the disease. The formula that I generally have given is alco holic extract of capsicum 5 grains, extract of opium 10 grains, calomel 8 grains, 4 drops of the essential oil of almonds. To be made into 15 pills. One pill to be taken after every motion. When the disease attacks the system, and there is neither vomiting nor purging, one pill ought to be taken every quarter of an hour until the balance of the circulation is restored. It is a singular fact that the first attack of the dis ease happens generally during the night. In these cases, before medical aid can possibly be procured, the pills may be taken with instant advantage, and with perfect safety. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, A. TURNBULL, M.D. 16, Manchester square, Sept. 18, 1849. To TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-1 have seen several letters in your univer sally read journal, on the subject of throwing a solution of chloride of lime into the water closets, with a view to purify them and the sewers; allow me to offer a suggestion. I propose that the inhabi tants should, on a given day at a given hour, throw a certain quantity of the concentrated essence of the chloride into the water-tanks which supply the closets, the quantity to be regulated by the Board of Health, or some competent authority. Then if all the water-closets in the metropolis were to be simul taneously cleansed at, say ten o'clock, in the forenoon, and the entire quantity of water in the tanks let run (which, as before stated, would be impregnated with chloride of lime), the good effect on the sewers of the metropolis would be incalculable. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Sept. 17, 1149. M. D. THE MARGATE BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Szu,—l am desired by the directors of this company to request that you will be good enough to correct a paragraph in yesterday's Sun, headed Margate, 18th September, stating " that none of the boats from London had been able to land their passengers there that day, but had been obliged to carry them on to Ramsgate, and from thence in omnibuses to Mar gate," which statement, if uncontradicted, might be injurious to the well-known character of this company's vessels, as regards their efficiency. The Herne steamer, belonging to this company, left Lon don at eleven o'clock on the day in question, and, notwithstanding a strong wind from the N.E., ar rived at Margate at twenty minutes past five, and landed her passengers without difficulty. With that exception your statement is correct, as I believe the Herne was the only steamer that arrived at Margate from London that day. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, G. W. ROHRS, Secretary. Herne Bay Steam-packet Company, Office, 113, Fenchurch-street, London, Sept. 20, 1849. [The paragraph in question was sent to us by our correspondent at Margate.—ED. Sun.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYN. SIR,—It was stated a day or two ago in your journal, that the allowance for the sale of postage stamps, which had hitherto been at the rate,of 7i per cent., would in future be reduced to 1* per cent., thereby effecting a considerable saving to the coun try. No doubt this saving is very desirable, and may thus easily be brought about; but I would urge that. as the commission is thus greatly reduced, and it may cause some parties authorised to deal in stamps to discontinue keeping them, that all post-masters be required by the Post-master General to keep them always on hand; as I have at times, and no doubt many persons besides, been inconvenienced by the post-masters, at country places, especially, not caring to keep them, and being frequently, out of stock. This enforced on all " offices" would tend much to save the expense of even per cent. I remain, Sir, yours, &c.,' PRO BONO PUBLICO. Sheffield, Sept. 19, 1849. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE:CHARTIST CONVICT, SHARPE.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Langharn, the deputy-coroner for Westminster, resumed and concluded the ioquiry, which was commenced on Monday, into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Alexander Sharpe. Mr. Levies, the surgeon of the Toth'll-fields Prison, detailed the symptoms under which the deceased had laboured, and they left no doubt on his mind that the death arose from cholera. He did not think that the solitary incarceration and restriction of diet bad has tened death, as he had watched the prisoner during the whole period and perceived no change in him. Mr. Pickers, a medical gentleman selected by the relatives of the deceased, was then sworn. He agreed with Mr. Lavies' statement as to the appearances presented by the body being healthy. As a general rule, any reduction of diet during the prevalence of cholera was injudicious. He had heard the evidence in the present case, but it was impossible tor him to trace the cause of death to the confinement and dietary restriction. The Coroner hav ing charged the jury, the room was then cleared, and after consulting for a quarter of an hour, the jury re corded a simple verdict of " Died of cholera." The Fifeshire Journal states that Miss Agnes Strickland,,the authoress of " The Queens of England," has been visiting at St. Andrews. Dovzn, SEPT. 19.—The Lanchester, from Odessa, in in to-day, with bowsprit and fore)ard sprung, upper works strained, cargo damaged, and much heated. SWANSEA, SEPT. 19,—The New Pleenix sailed hence 6th insc., for Sierra Leone, and put back to• day, leaky, and must discharge. THURSDA_Y ____:O4VING SEPTEMBER 20, 1849. ~..r r - 7 -* - 4 - . l' 3 A - Aire 4 1 ;0 al2 would, not act. Had read Beck's jurisplutienco; there are malty caes of suicide by stabbing noticed in it, but they are of the right side. Thomas Cock, brother of the deceased, stated the deceased was not left-banded; he and his wife did not live very comfortably. Cross examined by Mr. COOPER—had the use ofboth hi 3 hands. Knew many married people who jdo not live comfortably. BANKRUPTCY._(` IS DAY.) (Before Mr. ~ n uni3spirwr ) IN RE ERIK". The bankrupt hud carried on business as ti factor at Beecies, Suffoik, and now applied for his certi ficate, which had been adjourned to this day. Au applicadon was made on behalf of the us',-ignees for further adjournment under the following ciroutustanc , s: It appeared that an action was pending b..tween the signees and a third party, and the assignees had ob tained a verdict for 1,2001., but the assignees thought it possible that the defendant might take some steps to disturb the verdict. The bankrupt's solicitor considered that as the verdict had been given in favour of the assignees, the certificate ought to be now granted. Mr. PLnws, for the assignees, said that the verdict would probably be considered to bear against the bat,k rapt, as it involved a question of fraudulent preferet:ce, and his Honour (Evans) had adjourned the case to know the result of the trial. His HoNoutt said the matter had been adjourned for consideration of the certificate, and he could nut dcricfe on the case unless the whole facts were before him, the case therefore had better be adjourned until the return of Mr. Commissioner Evans. The bankrupt considered it a hard case to be brought up again. Sir. YLEWS said bankrupt's expenses had been paid, and the assignees would undertake to pay or the next journey it Mr. Commissioner Evans th,,egtit lit. His HoNoun said there was nothing shown to entitle the bankrupt to his certificate on the mere asking; hut if the bankrupt pressed, he (tl , e Commissioner) would decide on what now appeared, but perhaps it would be better for bankrupt that he should not. The case was th.7n adjourned to the 2d of October. EFzsbetii Warner had apartments with the prismirr dut Lig the summer and autinum of 1845. Deceased lived h h'-r, they frequently q, arrelled. Elzabrth Barker said, in 1846 prisoner 'iv( d *with her in the City•road. Often had cc.nversations with her about her litniband; he did not live with her. Mrs. Lundell lived, in the early part of the present year, with prisoner, in Napier-street, Hoxton; she was always very jealous of her husband. On one hcctotion, about four or five weeks before the murder. prisoner told her that on the bight before she had asked the price of a pair of l istole, and she would bear of shmeihing before very loeg. Witness reified that she ;'id net think much of what jealoui people said; but it she thought she meant her _husband should write to di c, aced. A number of letters which were found by the police sergeant in the butlei's pantry were next put in and read, which shewt d the prisoner to be labouring under strong feelings of jealousy and revenge for some supposed iaj cry. Mr. COOPER then proci (Ad to address the jury or, behalf of the prisoner. lle remarked that the charge was of murder with malice aforethought, and commented strongly upon idle tales of yet.rs past being ralef,d up by the prosecution to prove the manner in which they lived; he then spoke of the manner of :the woman throughout the affair, and put it to the jury whether it was the conduct of a woman who was fond of her husband and meditated murdering him. The prose cution had called a clergyman to prove the pious con duct of deceased, but many of the most religious persons have been known to commit suicide ; the fear of losing his situation by his wife being there, when he knew she was ordered never to enter the house, might:induce him to commit suicide ; the surgeo❑ had said that the deceased could not have done it with his right hand ; but, o❑ cross-examination, he allows d it might have been done with his left. With a few more rem irks upon the evidence, he called upon the jury not to convict the prisoner upon such slight and circumstantial testimony. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up at considerable length, The jury retired to consider their verdict at four o'clock. In about ten minutes the jury re-entered the court and returned a verdict of Not Guilty. CRIMINAL COU DAI ) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) MURDER —Caroline Cock, described as a w idow, aged 28, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Cock, her husband. The prisoner, who bad a child in her arms, and was Aceommodated with a chair during the trial, pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clarke, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Cooper defended the pri soner. Mr. BODKIN, in opening the case, stated that the deceased was the prisoner's husband, and up to the time of his death filled the situation of butler in a gen tleman's family at Enfield. A few weeks ago, on the Ist of July, the prisoner, who had not been upon good terms watt the deceased, went to see her husband, and on the day in question, which was a Sunday, she re mained to dinner with him. The family was from borne at the time, and besides the deceased and the prisoner, there were only the cook and the house maid in the house. The two latter were upstairs dressing when the murder was supposed to have been committed, but on one of them coming down she found the prisoner in the deceased's pantry standing over husband, who was lying on his back on the floor. The prisoner said, "See what I have done; for God's sake, go and fetch a:doctor." :Upon which the servant ob served, " Good God, be has been stabbed ; why there is blood coming from his heart. Had he any disease of the neart?" The prisoner replied, " No;" and immediately afterwards medical assistance was called in, when it was discovered that the deceased had been stabbed in the side, and was quite dead. A steel and large carving knife, the last covered with blood, were found in the pantry; and the observation of the prisoner, coupled with .he opinion of the medical man, that the wound could not have been inflicted by the deceased himself, led to her being given into the custody of a police-officer, when she protested in emphatic terms, that when she first en tered the pantry the deceased stabbed himself, and she at once gave the alarm, which brought tie nurse to the spot. Certainly letters were found upon the deceased in the prisoner's handwriting, and written no later than June, which induced an impression that the prisoner was jealous of the deceased, and contained demands for money, and threats of vengeance if they were refused. Charlotte Brown, a nurse iu the service of Mr. John Edward Buller, of the Parsonage Grange, Enfield, was the first witness examined. She said she remembered the prisoner coming to dine with the deceased at her master's house, on the Ist of July last. After dinner she went up stairs with the cook to dress for church, and while she was there the deceased came up and asked her to step down stairs and see his child. Soon afterwards she went down, and found the prisoner standing over the deceased, who was lying on his back in the pantry. The prisoner said " See what I have done; for God's sake go and fetch a doctor." Witness observed blood running from the side of the deceased. He had no coat on. She then hastened to a neighbour's and got him to go for a doctor. The prisoner was holding her child in tier arms when she came down stairs, and had her bonnet and shawl on. Mr. Buller, the master of the deceased, stated that the deceased had been in his service two or three years, but he had known him previously for many years. He was man of religious feeling and principle. He was out of town at the time this occurrence took place, but just before he left he saw the deceased, when he appeared in his usual good spirits and health. For reasons which it .vas not necessary to explain he had previous to this eeerrence forbidden the prisoner, whom he had know slightly, from entering his house. Mary Captain, the cook, stated that previous to the , Jay of the alleged murder she had seen the prisoner ince. On that day the deceased, the coachman, and 'terself sat down to dinner, and whilst they were so en gaged the prisoner came in with her child. She ap peared to be in an excited state, and witness remark. d o her, " Oh, dear, what a heat you are in," and took be child from her and invited her to sit down to dinner, but she declined doing so. The deceased then walked round the table and asked the prisoner, " What brought you here ?" The prisoner replied, " Yeu know what I ea se come for." She then sat down to dinner, and it was not till then that the deceased asked her the question the had just mentioned. After dinner the prisoner and deceased appeared to have become friendly, and witness went up stairs to dress, while the coachman retired to his stables, and the deceased and the prisoner were left in the kitchen together. Whilst witness was dressing the nurse called her from the bottom of the stairs, observing that " John was very ili" She went down imme diately, and found the deceased lying in the pantry, and the prisoner crying in the kitchen. She noticed a steel lying by the side of one of the deceased's legs, and a knife-tray with knifes in it on the pantry table. Witness got some vinegar and water, and having bathed the deceased's face, she observed blood on his left breast, and asked the prisoner if she knew if John ever had any affection of the heart. She suid, " No, never." Witness then said to the deceased, " Jobn, here is your wife," and he replied, " Well, what does she want ?" He never more spoke after that. Soon afterwards the medical man came in, and found that the deceased was dead. Just before the medical man arrived she observed a wound in the deceased's side, and exclaimed, in the presence of the prisoner, " Why, good God, he is stabbed ;" but the prisoner made no reply to the remark, and stood looking over the deceased. Thomas Smith, the coachman, corroborated the testi mony of the last witness so far as it rejated to the pri soner coming into the kitchen and dining, adding, that just before going to church he entered the kitchen and . ft ‘e the prisoner and deceased sitting together very comfortable. Mr. Ed ward J. H. Asbury, a surgeon, stated that he was called in to see the deceased on the afternoon of the Ist of July. He found the body of a man lying on the floor of the pantry. He was not dead, but died almost im mediately after he arrived. He tben examined the , aody, and found a wound at the region of the heart, which had penetrated the waistcoat and shirt. It was about an inch deep. Upon his men t'oaing that the deceased was dead, the prisoner made an exclamation of surprise, but what the words of it were he could not 'remember exactly. He thought it Was " Is he indeed?" John Collies, a police-constable in the U stated that on the Ist of July he was called into Mr. Buller's house, where he found the last witness and others standing over the deceased. He asked the last witness if the man was dead, and received a reply in the affirmative ; the prisoner was sitting near at the ime, and he followed up his first question by asking how it happened. The last witness said he did not know. He then said to the prisoner, " How did this occur ?" She replied, " I don't know." and appeared to be perfectly cool and collected. noticed a butcher's steel lying on the flour near to the deceased, and afterwards found a knife in the sink in the pantry, which he produced (it was a white handled dessert knife), and which at the timo was stained for about three inches with blood. lie then asked the prisoner, "Do you know anything of this?" She said, "I know nothing of it; I never saw it before." He then told her that she must consider herself in his custody, and she replied, " Very well." She was quite cool and perfectly collected when she gave that answer. lie went out for a few minutes, and when he returned he told her that she must come with him to the station -house. She said " Very well," and stepping over the deceased she went out before him and was conveyed to the station-house, where she remained till Monday, when she was taken be fore a magistrate. The station-house was about a mile from Mr. Buller's house. On the following day she asked if there had been an inquest on the body. OD being told a verdict of wilful murder had been returned against her, she said." Is it possible?" Thomas Holden, police-constable, said he was on duty at the station-house on the night in question; observed the prisoner to appear very restless on the following morning. She said, that at Mr. Buller's house after dinner she and: her husband hid some words; he want into the pantry, and called her to him, she saw his hand on his side he walked to the door and lay down. She asked it he was ill, and he said, " No, I shall 5, on b, better." She screamed out for the girls, and one came. Some days afterwards. whilst with the prisoner, she said, " If the worst comes to the worst will my child have the property ?" Jacob Asbury, a surgeon residing in Enfield, wlis called into Mr. Buller's house on the Ist of July. Ex mined the body, and found a wound on the left breast ; made a careful examination of the wound; it was a deep wound, and must have been made by a cutting instru ment, probably the knife produced. The heart was slightly wounded. Death was caused by the wound; the wound could not have been inflicted by the right hand of the deceased; it was possible to have been done with his left, but he must have placed his arms in an unnatural position ; after the wound had bean inflicted be might have walked some distance before he fell doe n; he would be capable of speaking for from five to ten minutes. Cross-examined by Mr. Cooper—Could not have man. mush a wound with his right hand, becaus.) it's muscles SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The usual halt-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway was held this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel ; Mr. James Macgregor, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and the minutes of previous meetings confirmed, the following report was submitted to the shareholders : "In presenting the accounts of the South-Eastern Railway to the proprietors for the half-year ending on the 31st of July, 1849, the directors have to state that the revenue account fur that period excludes all charges not applicable to its traffic, and includes all charger' that are applicable to it. " In pursuance of the principle recommended by the committee of investigation, the directors have charged the revenue of the half-year with a sum of 3,7501., for the formation of a fund for the renewal of the permanent way ; ot 4,1541., to meet deterioration of the rolling stock; 6001. tor the renewal of the waggon, van, and horse stock, belonging to the goods department; end 2,4001., to cover the amount of accounts not rendered, so that the future revenue may not be burdened by any charges relating to the past. " Had the directors acted solely on their own convic tions, they would have delayed commencing to provide this fund until all the lines and works of the company were completed and opened for traffic, which will probably be the case in August next year. " The receipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the half-year ending on the 31st of July, 1849, have been 220,2081. Os. sd. " The amount of working expenses incurred during the half year has been 78,630/. 7s. 6d. The rent of the Greenwich Railway and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is 22,0121. 10s., and the rates and Government duty, 22,8841. 9s. 101, making the expenditure on the revenue of the half-year 123,527/. 7s. 4d., and the balance to be carried to the account of profit and loss 96,680/. 13a. 53. "A systematic course of watching the assessment of parochial rates, and resisting the frequent attempts ot the parishes to increase them, is pursued by the direc tors. In those parishes in which the amount of assess ment is the highest cases have been referred for adjust ment, but no final decision has yet been obtained. Every exertion will, however, be made by the directors to pro tect the company's interest in relation to this most important question. " The account of profit'and loss, after paying the last half-yearly dividend, was in credit, 2,91.1/. 16s. Bd., and there now appears in this account, after debiting it with interest on the mortgage debt of the company to the 31st of «ifoly, and with the charge for renewal of the perma nent way and working stock, a disposable balance of 61,295/ 13s. 9d. ‘• On the 4th of July, 231 miles of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway were opened for traffic, viz , eight miles from Redhill to Dorking, and 161 miles from R-eding to Fat nborough. On the 20th of August, 201 Ldditional miles of this railway were opened, viz., 101, miles from Dorking to Shalford, and 10 miles from Farnborough to Guildford. The connecting link that still requires to be completed is 11 miles between Shal ford anti Guildford, which is constructed by the South- Western Railway Company, the works on which the directors believe to be now finished, the sanction of the Railway Commissioners being only required to open the whole line-tor traffic. " 1 he accommodation for goods traffic on the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line is not yet constructed. The directors do not hesitate to express their belief that when the line is open throughout, and the usual facilities for each description of traffic are provided, it will yield a satisfactory revenue. The traffic from the 14th of July to the 16th of Sept. produced 2,787/. " The North Kent line to Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton, Woolwich, Erith, Dartford, Greenhithe, Northfieet, Gravesend, and Strood, for Rochester and Chatham, 25 miles in length (connecting the London and Greenwich Railway with the Gravesend and Ro chester line), was opened for passenger traffic through out on tho 30th of July, and the receipts for seven weeks amounted to 17,350/. " The proprietors will observe that the receipts have hitherto been almost exclusively from passenger traffic, as time has not permitted the completion of the stations and other facilities r« quired for the goods traffic. " The directors may remark, that on the opening of the North Kent line, they felt it their duty to give ex tended accommodation to the passenger traffic by run ning trains for each class from the London-bridge station to and from Woolwich every half-hour, and to and from Gravesend and Strood every hour. It will be the study of the directors, as they acquire a knowledge of the re quirements of the traffic, so to regulate the accommoda tion as to give the must ample facility for the passenger traffic, continuing to run such trains as meet those re quirements. " The North Kent an' Bricklayers Arms Junction Railway, which is 60 chains, or three-quarters of a mile in length, was opened for traffic on the Ist of September. Trains are run from the Bricklayers' Arms statii n at intervals of a quarter of an hour, from 7.10 A M. to 10.10 P M., to and from the junction station with the Green wich and North Kent lines, thereby giving a west-end terminus for every train to the North Kent and Green wich traffic. . " The receipts for goods for the half-year ending on 31st of July, 1848, were 35,498/. 17s. 5d., for the last year 36,9261. 1 ls. 2d. The trade in fish and fruit during the last half-year has been deficient, and has affected the receipts; but the directors are of opinion that the South Eastern Railway will gradually acquire its due proportion of all the goods' traffic of the district it serves. They are aware that the facilities afforded, and the punctuality with which the business is conducted, give general satisfaction. " The directors have much pleasure in stating, that the importation of goods at Folkestone from Boulogne is increasing, and parties using the route appreciate the economy it, presents to them in the dispatch of goods from Paris to London, both in time and money. " The following statement of the duties that have been received at the Custom-house ot Folkestone needs no the half estimate by the sate of: 140,0001. - " The directors believe that there %ill probably be a diminution:of their previous calculation of the cost of the London bridge terminus and other works to the amount of from 50,0001. -to 80,0001. "Again, an addition of 150,000/. will be required to the amount allowed for interest in the statement of assets and liabilities, in constquence of the continued plyment of 5 pi r cent. interest on the No. 3 end No. 4 capital, until the completion of the lines and works for e hich that capital was raised. "The whole of these variations will cause a probaVe addition to the ultimate capital of 240,000/., and thereby make it 9,706 360/. " The company will therefore have to apply to Par liament for additional powers to raise, by capital or by mortgage, the sum of 590,9851., or 240,0001. in addition to the sum set forth in the financial statement. " The directors have further to obs,rve, with refer ence to the financial statement, that it should have set forth that if the cost of the Reding, Guild!ord, and Rei gate Railway exceeded 600,004., the interest on the ad ditional sum would be a charge on this company. " From the liter communications of the It.mding, Guildford, and Reigate board the directors think that the ultimate cost of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway, will exceed 600,000/., by about 40,0001., which sum will be raised on the mortgage bonds of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company, and the in terest thereon will be a charge on the south-Eastern Company. " The present meeting has been made special for the purpose of authorising the creation of new stock to the amount of 300,0001. to widen and extend the Gravesend and Rochester line; the Greenwich, North Kent, and Bricklayers' Arms Junction line; and the London-bridge station enlargement, and for the further widening of the Greenwich Railway. These works are already nearly completed out of the general assets of the company. " The amount of over-due calls on the 31st of July was 237,624/. 15s. Of this 'sum 27,953/. 155. was unpaid calls on No. 4 shares, appertaining of course to shares %Lich are:now liable to forfeiture; 43,3604 for over-due calls on 1%.70. 1 shares; 142,225/. on No. 2 shares; and 24,090/. on No. 3 shares. " lie mortgage debt of the company on the 31st of July, which falls due between the years 1850 and 1856, is 1,046,7821,; this has subsequently been increased to 1,169,1821., by the issue ot bonds to the amount of 122,4001. at 4i per cent. per annum. " The directors will propose a resolution authorising them to issue 300,0001. of new stock, and also 141,700/. of unallotted stock, at a guaranteed rate of interest. " The directors elected Mr. Francis Curwen Smith to be a director in the place of Sir William Fielden, Bart. " The directors, iu conclusion, beg leave to reiterate the remarks which closed their financial statement. They consider that the science of working raiiways with economy is still in its infancy, and can be oily attained by care and great experience, and they have the most confident expectation that great improvements will continue to be made under this head; their own experience justifies them in asserting, that great reductions wit! be made in the ex penditure on revenue account " The directors trust that the unabated confidence which they entertain in the South-Eastern Railway will be shared by the proprietors; arid it will be the study of the directors to promote the interests of the company to the best of their ability." The statement of capital account shows that 8,499,052/. had been received, and 8,666 007/. expended, including 549,093/. expended during the past half year, leaving a balance against the company of 166,955/. The revenue account for the half year eliding the 31st of July states that 220,208/. had been received including 164,831/. for passengers, and 38.162/. for goods and cattle; and 123,5271. expended, including 9,486/. mainte• sauce of way; 33,0851., locomotive power; 19,956/., pas senger department; 9,129/., goods department; 6,6221., general charges; 22.0121., rent of Greenwich and Can terbury lines; 15,591/., rates and taxes; and 7,294/., Government duty; leaving a balance of 96,6811., of which the interest on loans will absorb 29,793/ ; reserve fund fear renewal of stock and way, 8,5041.; leaving a balance, applicable to dividend, after adding 2,9121. from last account, of 61 2961. The report of the accountants, Messrs. Quilter, Ball, Jay, and Crosbie, states— " With the exception of the accountants', legal, and other expenses attending the late investigation, amount ing to the sum of 2,0921. 4s. ld., this balance is com posed entirely of items reported upon by the Committee of Investigation as applicable to the revenue of periols anterior to the date at which their inquiry closed, and of items of a similar character dealt with during the last half-year not appertaining to its expenditure, and therefore necessarily displaced from the half-year's tic count by the operation of the principle on which it is framed. "The total amount received to the 30 h of July in respect of No. 3 and No. 4 shares was 3,601,2561. bearing interest on certain conditions, payable out of capital, by virtue of resolutions of the court of proprie tors, hitherto at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; it is proper, however, to observe that the sum of 802,855/. 18s. 9d., part of the above total, having been expended on the main line and for general purposes, would, bat for the legal operation of these resolutions, have contributed an addition to the general capital entitled to participate in dividend. '• The total amount of unproductive capital at the close of the half year was 2,798 4004 6s. 311.; by the opening of the North Kent line on the 30th of July last the amount of unproductive capital was reduced to the sum of 966,1371. 13s. 4d. " In reference to the audit, we venture to suggest that it should be conducted continuously; that is, ao as to keep pace with the transactions of the company, and not to throw upon the auditors the duty of reviewing and vouching the transactions, in all their detail, ot the entire half year in the short interval of time which elapses between the close of that period and the halt- yearly meeting. " We have, in the profit and loss account for the hal year, in accordance with your instructions, charged with the following sums:— Reserve for renewal of permanent way £3,750 Ditto for renewal of rolling stocks Wear and tear of goods department stuck 600 Total £8,504 The report of Mr. P. W. Barlow, the engineer, btates:— " With regard to the Nort Kent line, the contract es timates, as previously stated, are 636,8001. ; of this amount the sum due, and certified by me, does not amount to 400,0001.; and the works are so nearly com pleted that there is little more to certify. " I desire especially to remark, that these reductions have been obtained without injuring the t tficicncy of the line; but, on the contrary, the deviations have improved the gradients, and have removed some of the worst of the curves; end brick constructions have been substituted where the timber gearing had not been commenced. ASIIFURD AND HASIINGS LINE.—On this line the prop., ss made in the untinishi d portion between St. Leopoldo and Rye has been principally in the tunnel►, of which there are four, amounting in the aggregate length to nearly two miles. Some further redaction may be expected beyond my estimate in January; in tact, the works on the portion from Rye to St. Leonard' will be executed for less than one-halt the previous esti- mated contract amount. " TUNBRIDGE WELLS AND HASTINGS LlNE.—This branch has not been pressed forward so rapidly as the Ashford and St. Leonards, but in all the heavy works, beta eon Tunbridge Wells and Withernden, and between Robertsbridge and Whatlington, every exertion has been made. There ate four tunnels, viz., the Grove Hall's Hole, Wadhurst, and Muuntfield , ma kin g an aggi egate length of 2,128 yards. " PERMANENT WAT.—I have recently examined the state of the permanent way, and am enabled to report that it is in very good condition. The maintenance accounts, comprising the repairs of works, stations, fences, &c., and which include also the renewal of sleepers, do not exceed 1101. per mile per annum." The CLIAIRDIAN, on rising to move the adoption of the report, was rtceived with some slight mauitt stations of disapproval. He said he should not have much to add to the report, but he must be allowed to direct the at tention of the proprietors to the fact, that the receipts of the pa,t half -3 ear exhibited a deficiency of 18,000/. on the corresponding half year of last year. It should, however, be remembered that the revenue this half-year had been debited with a charge of 8,604/. for permanent way, rolling stock, &c., which had never been done before, and that circumstance in some degree would explain the falling off in the balance which had hitherto been appli cable to dividend. Still the directors, although they had this year to grapple with a deficiency in receipts of nearly 30,0091, they had full confidence in the ultimate success of the present system. The North Kent line had been brought into activo opera tion since the last meeting, and the results had proved highly satisfactory. Experiments were going on for bringing about a reduction in the working expenses. The speed of the goods trains had been so reduced as to secure a saving of 20 per cent. in the coo sumpti,n of coke, and it was anticipated that a similar reduction of speed when applied to some of the passen ger trains would produce a result sq ually satisfactory. With regard to the proposition contained in the report for raising additional capital , he could ass ure the proprietors that the d irt ctors considered the plan they suggested the beet that could pos sibly be adopted, and he trusted, therefore, the s hareholders would have no difficulty in agreeing to it. Now, with reference to the operations of the past halt year the actual surplus of receipts in hand would enable them to pay a dividend of 10s. 6d. on the consolidated stock, 9s. 4d. on No. 1 shares, and Ss 4d. on No. 2 shares, and still leave a balance of 5701. 13s. 9d. It was for the iroprietors to determine whether that dividend should be paid, hut in arriving at any con clusion upon that point, it must be borne in mind that the accounts had been made up in their present form in accordance with the resolutions of the committee of investigation and the implied wish of the shareholders.—(Hear.) lie concluded by expressing lull confidence in the ultimate success of the under taking, uz,d moving the adoption of the report. Mr. J. WILSON wished to know what the value of the rolling stock was? The CHAIRMAN said if the Honourable Proprietor would refer to the expenditure in the capital account he would see the value. He was happy to say that their rolling stock had been kept in such an efficient state of comment: — From January 6to July 5, 1848 ... £3,295 1849 ... 14 856 From March 6 to Sept. 5, 1848 ... 3,986 1849 ... 23,936 " The following statistics of continental traffic during the last half-year show how large a proportion of the whole passed over the South-Eastern Railway, and will, the directors think, tend further to prove, if any evi dence were necessary, how great the importance is of having adequate provision for the steam-ship service between Folkestone and Boulogne, and Dover and Ca• lais, so as to insure that punctuality to travellers which will confirm and extend the preference now given to the South-Eastern Railway. Passengers to and from Boulogne via Folkestone, from the Ist of February to the 10th of September, 1849, 30,243; same period in 1848, 33,045; via London, 12,802, and in 1848, 8,483. Passengers to and from Ostend during the ,ibove period in 1349, via Dover, 8,908; same period in 1848, 12,155; via London, 7,000; and same period in 1848, 3.928. Passengers to and from Calais via Dover, 18,267; via London, 4,285. " The service between Folkestone and Boulogne and Dover and Calais, t o far as it had been conducted by the South Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, has been performed with perfect safety and matchless punctuality. " The tidal service between Dover and Calais, per formed during the half-year at the joint expense of this company and the Northern of France Railway Company, at the rate of two thirds and one-third respectively, has unposed a charge upon the revenue account of the South- East ern Railway Company for the half-year of 1,756/. Bs. 2d.; but the din etors are of opinion that, in contributing to a general service which brought 13,355 passengers on the South-Eastern Railway during the past slx months they acted a wise and prudent part. The terminus of the Northern Railway of France is now opened on the pier at the port of Calais, and pas sengers leaving London by the mail train at half-past eight o'clock P.M. arrive at Paris at nine A.M. the fol lowing morning, and at Brussels a quarter before ten a.m.; the one journey being performed in twelve and a halt hours, and the other in thirteen and a quarter hours, including all stoppage'. " With reference to the filln , ird , t-tement published repair that the engineer did not think there was any ne by the directors on the Ist of January, wherein it cessity for a reserve for its renewal. was shown that the estimated ultimate capita of the Mr. J. WILSON apologised for asking these question; company for completing all i , s hues war works Ans but he bad receive: the report so late that he 9,466,3601., the directors have to observe that they was compelled to put them to understand its details. lie know of no variation that requires comment in regard wished to know if the interest on the Gravesend and to the calculation they tnen triLdt , , except mat Rochester line had been carried to the capital account. upon further advice they have been led to conclude The CHAIRMAN said, if the Hon. Proprietor would that they will eventually be compelled to construct ev(ry again refer to the accounts, he would see that it was part of the Ashford and Hastings line as a double line charged to revenue; but he had no hesitation in stating of railway ; and that it will b e f or th e int e rest of the that it was the opinion ..t the dir e ct ors t h at j ust i ce and company th at the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings line sound prin iple requind that it should be cha rge d t o should also be a doitble line. This will increase the capital. . . - Mr. J. WILSON wished to know whethl.r the new rails on the Gravesend and Rochester line had been charged to capital or revenue? The CHAIRMAN said the question was out of order, inasmuch as the cost of these rails had Lot come into this halt-year's account. Mr. J. WILSON then, in a lengthened address, urged upon the proprietors the necessity of appointing respon sible auditors from amongst their own body, who should be disqualified from holding a seat at the beard, and who should be so remunerated that the duty of w;akly exl• mining the accounts should be re quired of them as a right. He altogether disapproved of the past policy of the direction, particularly in reference to the system of placing charges to capital which ought to have game to revenue; nor could he agree with those who thought the recentcommittee of investigation had done their duty, and he hoped the shareholders would not reward any of its members by electing them to seats in the direction. HL altogether disapproved of that part of the report which related to thee raising of additional capital and issuing preferential shares, and called upon the meeting not to sanction the appointment of Mr. Smith to the direction. He wished to know whether the reduction in the speed of the trains, which he understood was to fifteen miles, applied to the passenger or the goods' trains; because, if they went on reducing their speed in that way, they would soon have hackney coaches running against them. The CHAIRMAN replied that the reduction applied to the goods' trains, but it was intended to apply the same reduction to some of the passenger trains. Mr. J. WILSON then moved, as an amendment, that the paragraph relating to the issue of new shares be ex punged from the report. The CHAIRMAN defended the course which the direc tion had hitherto pursued, and denied that the money of the company had teen applied to any dishonourable pur poses, as some gentlemen had insinuated. Readmitted that charges had been carried to revenue which ought to have been placed against revenue, but the proprietors should bear this in mind, that all the gain of that system had gone into their own pockets. Mr. CARLISLE seconded the amendment, but from different motives to those assigned by its mover. He saw there was a large amount of calls in arrear, and until they were paid up he felt that they ought not to issue any new shares. While he was on his legs ho might as well ask if it was true that the steam-packet company owed this company a large sum of money— whether a large loan had been made to the steam-packet company ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the steam-packet com pany did owe the railway company money. Mr. CARLISLE --How much? The CHAIRMAN said he had not the ledger with him, and could not answer that question. Mr. GILBERTSON asked for some information upon the returns from the hotel at Dover. The CHAIRMAN said the reason that hotel had been constructed was this:—The Dover Harbour Commis sioners, under their original Act, had power to call upon this company to build an expensive and useless station at Dover. but' they had consented to forego it, upon the company undertaking to build the hotel referred to by the lion. Proprietor. The cost of that hotel was included in the construction account. He would take tnat opportunity of stating that this company held a large awe nut of property, of various descriptions, end ho had no objection to have the accounts lelating to it laid before the shareholders in their original shape, but he thought the shareholders would be acting more judiciously by adopting these accounts, which had been prepared by public accountants. The amendment was then put and negatived, after which the original resolution for the adoption of the re port was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN ,hen moved the dividend referred to in his opening address to be payable on the 15th Oct. next, lees income-tax. A PROPRIETOR wished to know if they could legally pay the dividend, since the line from Ashford to Has tings had not:been completed within the time specified in the Act. The CHAIRMAN said, the directors had taken advice on the subject, and legal authorities were clearly of opinion, that as no part of the Ashford and Hastings capital would participate in this dividend, it could be legally paid. The resolution was then put and carried. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution authorising the directors to carry out the latter recommendations in the report relating to the issue of new shares. Mr. J. WinsoN moved as an amendment that the sub ject be postponed. Atter some discussion, The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors proposed to issue the shares at par, and they were ready to issue them In full. Mr. SMITH wished to ask the Chairman whether he thought 17,0G0/. would have to be annually set aside for a depreciation fund. The CHAIRMAN did not think it would. The rolling stock, rails, steepers,aud permanent;way were constantly being re placed by the necessity that existed for always keeping the line and stock in a high state of efficiency. It was his firm opinion that this line would ultimately 3 ie Id upwards of 4 per cent. The amendment was then put and lost, and the origi nal resolution ultimately carried. The share holders then resolved themselves into a special meeting, and agreed to- the recommendation in the report. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocx. CESAREW ITCH. 8 to 1 Rgst Vatican 12 to 1 agst Glen:Avon 17 to 1 agst E.sek,urius 20 to 1 ugst Glen Saddel 20 to 1 egst Lady Evelyn 25 to 1 agst Fire-eattr 30 to 1 agst Legerdemain 40 to 1 agst Kissaway DERBY. 16 to 1 agst The Italian 20 to 1 agst Mayors 45 to I:ugst Bolingbroke 66 to 1 agst he iv,cito TRIENNIAL STAKEL 6 to 4 egit Tadmor 5 to 2 apt Vatican LIVEItrOOL, bIrT. 19.—VISIT or THE D 1.711 ON CAMBRIDGE. — thiI Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, who, with other guests, has been staying with the Marquis of Anglesea, at Phis Newydd, North Wales, paid a visit to Liverpool 3 esterday. His Royal High ness was politely received by the Mayor, J. B. Moore, Esq., whose, carriage, servants, &e., were placed at his disposal. The IV ayor accompanied his Royal Highness in a survey of the docks, warehouses, &c., of Liverpool. In the afternoon his Royal Highness visited the Blue Coat School Hospital, an institution analogous to that of Christ Church, London, with which his Royal Highness expressed himself highly pleased. De afterwards visited Mr. ilausburg's establishment in Church street, St. James's Cemetery, and sonic other places. We un derstand his Royal Highness has waived his intention of leaving town this evening , and will dine with the Mayor at the Town Hall. A select party has been invited to meet him. MRS. HEALD.—The Cork Constitution says : "Lola Monies is the daughter of a Cork lady. Ller mother was a member of a millinery establishment in this city, the partners in which were the mother of the Countess of Landsfeldt, her sister, and two step-sisters. The mother was married in this city to Lieutenant Gilbert, the f.ther of Lola, varo was an officer in the army, and shortly alter sailed from this port with his stile to join his regiment, the 21st Bengal Native In fautry. Lola's mother, who is in declining health, paid a visit to her sister in this city at the close of last year." DAY OF PRA/Ea.—THE SCOTTISH CHURCIIRS IN LONDON.—It was resolved by the Church of Scotland I'resb) tery in London:—" That this Presbytery, believ ing that national sins draw down national judgments, and that the wide- spi sad and fatal epidemic which now destroys so many ut our fellow-subjects is a visitation from God, under which it becomes all ranks and degrees of men in our country to humble themselves, and to acknowledge God's hand in it, and the greatness of our sins, who seek forgiveness through the blood of Christ, do express their deep regret and sorrow that our rulers have not felt it their duty to appoint a day for national humiliation and prayer. This .1 resbytery, therelore, hereby appoint Friday, Sept. 21, for special prayer in ail the churches under its jurisd i ct i on, that it may please God, the F ather of Mercies, t . o forgive tho sins of our nation and people, and .to mitigate or re move from us our present sore salictton,. and sanctify it to all ranks of our people. And the ministers and elders are hereby enjoined to meet for this special object in their respective churches at such an hour on the said Friday as may be felt by them most convenient; and every minister of the Presbytery is hereby enjoined to read this paper !rum the pulpit on Sabbath next, Sept. 16, and to report, to next meeting of Presbytery." DYE BLACK FLAG Of ST. SAVIOUR'S.--We are convinced that " truth" really "is stran ge — stranger then fiction." It is written in the Times that, at a vestry tan,,riktn),r order rarvoeef graveyard ah ' a re s d p ß a ion s a s r e td d a h ontf d in He t el e iab t l i et b hr g afto o er i r S te hs t o . e l Saviour eultoi os un r te o' disobeys, of S o a u t certain w r . a district called the " Cross-bones " burial ground. Under existing circumstance a, that this vote can have been carried is less credible than the greatest lie in " Mun chausen." Perhaps s ome f uture hi stor i an , o f more ima -1 g , thation . than r chronology, will relate how the name of bt.Santour s wasgiven to this parish by popular irony during the epidemic of 1849, and will cite in support of his conjecture the astounding fact above recorded. The ves4r) men of St. Saviour's have made a bold stand indeed against their sanitary aggressors. „ NOvfe won't courso their motto is " No Surrender , " meanin g give up our charnel!" Of course, also, they have nailed their flag to the mast, and it only remains for us to observe that this flag is the " Death's head and Cross bones."—Puuclt. NEWPORT, rEIdisnoRESHIRE, SEPT. 17 .—The Sarah, from Quebec , p arted both chains i n a gale here 13th inst., and came down on the sands at low water; is much strain( d, and leAy, CLYDE.—Arrd. Leven Lass, MiDonuld, Tobago; Malabar, Quebec. 498 15 01 19 „ e t or- TIO 001 3119 not 3 0 C ins i ld ►er be Is. Rit *~