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The balloting-papers were then collected, and shortly afterwards the scrutineers returned and declared that the house-list bad been elected. The Dean of St. PAUL'S said, he differed from Mr. C. Dickens in thinking that the whole administration of such a society ought to be limited to those who had actually published books. (Cheers.) He thought, on the co* trary, that the munificent, consistent, and honourable patrons of literature bad a very high title to the honour and respect of this society, and that if tiro society excluded from its high offices those whose whole lives had shown their honour and respect for literature, they would not only do a very ungracious act, but also a very unwise act for the prosperity of the society. (Cheers: ) He could not regard the salary of the secre tary as enormous, but yet he could not resist the con viction that the expenditure of the society was digpro portionPfl to the amount of relief given. (Hear.) Mr. C. DICKENS rose to pr.,pose the following resolu tion 4d pr but ons• tlio EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 14iR MARCH, 1855. Irt:E C OURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST T, tr omi z_ . 4 'IA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a 'O MR . tha t 'f East India Stock has given notice of his intention to t °l7kr o f i I di kmdllg motion at the QUARTERLY GENERAL 4,, , _ , ne said TU ES D A Y,rao to be held at them House in riliall-t arest. act the 2'th instant, viz Re ~r i. Hle Court 'of Directors of the East India Company do take /Mich r ' znea.aw.gs to remedy, as far as 'is now raissitile, the evils 0,3, r esutt ed 4 If era the breach of faith on the part of the Madras to r t e n n , rn i en ..2l,-EU i the Sepoys of the 6th. Light Cavalry, and that they ggt,' 3.4. " ` 9 u'df-• Court the measures they have adopted for the pur -I._. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. L ° ND ON AND NORTH-WESTERN Tiektir,ll: waY.—WARWICK RA.CES.—ORDINARY RETURN tent osr LEAMINGTON and WARWICK will be issued from 19t4 " by. the Train leaving the .Euston Station at 9 a.m. on the ttil Jtatiel 2 oth instant, available to return from Le ,mington on h ty 'Lf threse days. Oh Frirtiy, the 23,1 instant, the Steeplechase 1,044,,urti Tickets, at a sin /le ordinary tare, will be issued from " by the 9 a.m , train, returnable the same evenin g' sued Manager's Ofr J ea, E lj u Y sto o n nier. Station, 14th March, 1855. a i r, IEI ,I 9 , IRE c --; PORS of the ROYAL BRITISH - .4. 1/ --- a r e Prepared to receive Applications for their New 0414,ent of Sty . ~ e , under the provision of their r upplemental 'Oa el.' just g r of tdti • the Crown. ~ Italica ions robe made, with rmelitY at ' i:.. it Elea . d 3, race, No. 16, • Tokerrhouse-yard. or at the _ l4 4 )e..' A Strand; 77, .tridge-roarl. Lambeth ; 97, Gewell-foad, °FIoL -- ' 1, Shaftesbury-terrace. Yiciorit-street. Pimlico; 60, 1 7 41 di Southwark; earl 32. Rsgelit-r , liens, I iccadillv, kir HUGH INNES CAME:ROT:4, General Manager. , -Jai Brir ......______ L sh liazik,l7th Feb , 1855. -- N'to. 111 . r... " AND PECULIAR SYSTEM t. , F LIFE ASSURANCE. ." DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL Atkin, UR AS SANC and INVIrSTMEN T ASSOCIATION invite Iry ti on to the New System of Life Assuranee each's:reel- adop r d t . lig Aa sociation--viz , that of allowing interest at the rate of 4 tilit e e :; ll `,. Par annum on all premiums paid, lust,ad of the rem, te and L, t4,1!1 system of Bonuses usually adopted. . der,,'." Plan the Policy-holder ivillsnure to himself a constantly lar 4 7 s ing annual income during life. as' ell its the payment of the ~ Z sti red to his repr esen t at i ves at h i s d eath. 5 1,,i„,,' , s Of Rates special T adapted t• this aystim of Assurance may iftreed at the Office, of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for‘r ea fr ee, ea applic`Ation. lit 1r PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. •-__ "Vb. 1555. I .11: 4 IT ORVICH UNION REVERSIONARY No. 19,489.1 LON DON E FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1855. I - PRICE SD. Of f id ;9 2d 11C11* PUBLICATIONS. lAIONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING wiLLum.STREET. PRESIDENT-CHARLES FRANKS, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENT—JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq.. This Society is essentially, one of Mutual Assurance, in which the Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the last year was 7, per cent., leaving less than one-third of the original Premium to be paid. foundation. (Cheers.) He wished them every success, and so long as he lived he should always feel the deepest interest in the prosperity of the company. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks having been given`to the Hon. Frederick Byng for his conduct in the chair, the Meeting Separated, having lasted close upon five hours. ROYAL LITERARY FUND. MISS JEWSBURY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, in vols., post Bvo. CONSTANCE HERBERT. By GERALI:INE JEWNBURY, Author of "Afarian Wethers," "Zoe," Bre. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, suects,ors to Henry Colbtum, 13, Great 3lar' borough-street. The annual general meetin g of this society was held on Wednesday at the Society's Rooms, in Great Russell strect, Bloomsbury. The attmdance of members was unusually numerous in consequence of a rumour that some influential literary men intended to offer serious objections to the constitution and management of the society. Among the members present were—Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir Bulwer Lytton, M.P., the Very Rev, the Dean of St. Paul's, S:r H. Ellis, the Rev. Dr. Croly, Mr. C. Dickens, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, Mr. C. Dilke, Sir J. Forbes, Mr. W. Dilke, Mr. W. Tooke, Dr. Arnott, Mr. Godwin, Mr. C. Baldwin, Dr. Roget, Professor Graham, Mr. P. CunninThatu, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. Longman, Mr. J. W. Parker, Mr. CAburn, Mr. Bent ley, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Bohn, Mr. Birch, Mr. Pickers 'R.A., Mr. Ihrdwicke, L'. N., Dr. W. Smith, Mr. Panizzi, Mr. Colley Grattan, Mr. J. Forster, Sir C. P. Roney, Mark Lemon, &c. Sir R. H. Inglis was voted into the chair. [over lid• The result of the p - 01l istObedeClared at 12 o'clock on Sa turday. I ' loTel load. The Saciety also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in which the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to allow any commission to Agents, the Society has been enabled to reduce the Premiums f6r this class of Assurances to the following very low rates : loYe r lod. 2 Vols., post fivo., price 215., NORTH AND SOUTH -Li By the Auß:or of " Mary Barton,"" Ruth,"&c. (Nestweek. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. It appears from the Belgian papers that the new directors of this company have had an interview with the Minister of Public Works, who had called upon them to explain their intentions, and also to demand explanations with reference to Milt had passed in the Chambers. The Minister declared that he would not treat with them until he had obtained satisfaction on the subject for the 100,0JOL which the com pany state 1 was distributed iu Belgium for the purpose of bribing influential persons. It also stated that legal mea sures have been taken by the authorities in Belgium with re ftrance to the 100,0901., and also as to other serious charges brJiight against the company. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Annual tremlums for the Assurance of £lOO, Fcp. Bro., price 35., Age s. d. Age s. d. Age £s. d. 20. 1 13 7 35 2 7 6 50 4 1 2 25 1 17 0 40 2 15 5 55 5 0 30 2 1 5 45 $. 6 0 60 6 5 10 " That, whether the general committee's construction of the present chatter be legal or illegal (as to which there are differences of opinion), it is manifestly absurd, as con stituting a body expressly to be elected from members of the general committee, with at least three years' experi ence, called a council, to which it confides no powers and no duties, and which never meets, because it cannot even 1,0 called together by any a uth or ity f o r a ny purpose; an d that it is threfore desirable to apply for a new charter, and that a committee be specially appointed with this object." 1, each 01, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, IN. PEACE AS IN WAR. The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement o advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary By HERBERT BYNG BALL, Author of " Spalta, and the Seat of Wa In Spaln." "Some pleasant Iltle stories of the two services ess. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. BAILW AY INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The report of the directors to be presented to the share holders at the annual meeting on Tuesday next states that the revenue exceeds that of the previous year by 24,1421., being rather more than 17 per cent. ; and after providing for the payment of a dividend of 5 per cont., 6,2891. remains to be carried to the reserve fund; making, with the balance for the year 1853, a total of 7,622/. The directors regret that the negotiations for the use of the citadel station at Carlisle for the passenger traffic of the company have terminated, the Lancaster and Carlisle Company requiring a payment of .1,0501. per annum, and the directors considering that their offer of Bco/. is even more than could be fairly given for any advantages to be derived from the use of the station. The ' total expenditure on the capital account to the end of Decem ber amounted to 1,903,2231., and it is proposed to create new shares to the extent of 150,0001. for extending the engine shops, and executing other works on...the line now in progress. oils in A NEW VOLUME OF POEMS. Fcap. Byo., Price 7s. &1., CLYTEMNESTRA—THE EARL'S RETURN —THE ARTIST, and other Poems. By OWEN MEREDITff. London: Chapman and Hall, I Plc,adilly. k___, gten l 3io`l' Oa Si Oa —5 Oa —9 vu , ca The Third Edition.—Just published, price 51., by post, tree, 6s. 6d. N TRWE & FA LSE SPERMATORREICEA , with the View of distiegresbing the Imaginary front the heal 'offerers under this diseas , , and C,rrecting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. From the fernier, of Dr. PICKYOfeIt. With an Introduction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising quaeks of the metropolis towards those who are Credulous enough to seek their, aid. • " air. rte3lol%, '3 snow n cu English readers by his frequent practi cA coltribution.s to German medical literature. This is the first m,me, lie informs as, that he has addreesed hinaseli to the nors-medi -3..lreader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any ;fther equally flagrant evil which it may be in hh dwer to ear rect;"—London MeOlcalthizette, " The tribe of 'Quiet SympathiSers,' and 'Afticlical Friends,' _are mercilessly exposed; and if this boot could find its way Into the hands of those who serer from the corn plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to plats the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, like 'y to do much good." Om INTEREST COMPANY. „•11' eF 23 Lincoln's-inn-fields. Established 1836. re 's Val 3 tny irks for its object the purchase of eve - Y description l. P rarY property, whether absolute or contingult ; also to re, ers i i ) , " ° &mina' sums, or grant immediate annuities, on the security i To per 'nary property and lite interests. desir-us of i^ - vesting their capital the Company affords "Tilrit,.. 4 ,'!ar advantages of paying a liberal rate of interest, and 4 ' ,, nr.an from all personal . liabilities. 11 11 , 4, 4 'nf•res are a (paying - a divtdend of per cent per ' .VlYable half t eayrly, free from all deductions on ncoount of 41 t • •••), and may be paid for either in full or by listalments of kv2r,terTals of not more than six months. lat ° tl. 'IY information may be obtained upon application at the Corn- Rice, ti• I 11 8 re 11.1855. .PA BMA AfENTA R Y DI VISIT NS. loi ed ' g o] ; ba k ers )404 Po slllca 101, ; ' :11 sl3l`" orc li" rod,;tfi pxilY, L 6 Pt r '' Crice° TON ei f I,oo b hi p !SO 1 1 0 1 ort sl vac 1( 0°16 all`P, 4, If iri ill ,il3 Cpl ohei Fen ehnreb Street ~~~ ~d By order of the Board. sroRRI, Secretary. METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. the No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. due n „, ...rectors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall sth of April next, that the same must be PAID within , ',VS from that date. ht r rerniumi are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on titherstu fof January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, which several days constitutes the commencement of the h ei r en einthers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So as bers on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge T 0,"2 hr eels at the office on or before that day. h Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the ti its profits to the' benefit of parties assuring their own lives ore whole term of life as Members of the Society. ) , th a Year ending the sth of April, 1855, an abatement of 51 per 4 ttr a • . .'„ a , , been declared 'on the Premiums of all Members of Five standing and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Mach 1855. 3 AGNETIC TELEGRAPH. CitLONDON OFFICES 72 , bid B roa d-street (six doors flrom the Royal Evchange.) vbi est End-7 Charing-cress (opposite the statue.) g et`•ll l r Comniunicati on by underground wires with the principa tif the Kingdom. to for Twenty Words, including delivery, and address not , At '3441 ) ° 01 , Office, 2 Exchange-buildings • • .. • • x t or tester, „ Exchange-arcade ..... ........... • . 6d. *111, 4 , 1 ", „ 22, English-street h I ngham „ 101, New-street .. • • .... h "and —Glasgow, Office, 18, E change-square .. •. • • Greenock, „ Cathcart-square... ...... 14s. Od. Dumfries, „ High-street • -"" —Dublin, „ 23. College-green •. • • .... •• • • Ss. ed. Heirs st, „ 1, Donegal-street Cork, ~ Pembroke-street } 7s. 6d. Queenstown,,, The Quay ... •• • . EDWARD B. BRIGIIT, Secretary I b RISSION FREE. Now Open, at the Ir 4, allery of Art, 121, P (opposne her Majestys • 4 the EXHIISITION of PRIZE PAINTINGA to he di.tri 'loehlgst the present year's members of the GLASGOW ART '`Hours, from 10 to 5, and in the evening from 7 to 9. ° W OPEN, DR. KAHN'S GRAND Co v „„ 4 .xATOMICAL MITSEITIf at the extensive }rem's s, Leicester-sgmire, rec:ntly retu w.d de -I,'4ltA",,,Pecially for that purpose . NEW MODELS, NEW Zr• ickirEMEt.pr4 and NEW L - C7'I..TRES. the latter by ;La r i l a b; I IS , 2" • Opci; ' (llrGentlemen only) daily. from `.a f-pat 11 frorn 7 till 10. Admissi , n, s A deAcrptive cataloeue, l ectures on the most int-re ting bra fiches of Ph, eulogy 44.,ahn, illustrated with numerous engravings ; price 6 d. , b y extra. • I. 4 t r RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROO YIS. — ‘ $1 .6 f,„—uNliAY march 12th. Wss.—During; h t course of this week 1 N '-';eiving Music w ill he played by Laurent's ..irchestra:—Over• 41 ils' A nacreon (let time), Cherubini; waltzes: I.a ilea ranee e 4r ard ; \Yellen and Wogen, Strauss; Kualf-Kugcrl, Strauss; i.e ,Iti he ,'''til de Venise t by eesire), 11. Laurent, with Vaviaticrns tor all tho to,- ' l4 tl Per:grillers: Quadrilles: M. S. (Ist time), Ili rgniann ; 14,J,,tir Pigrrrot, Blancheteau ; Le Comte Ory, Jullien ; the 111A -IPa!'lli, li.iLaurent; =enot::sche, La tiuirlande N. Bousquet : PolkaQ: 'ltionette (Ist lime), Pilado: La Niusette, NI atth e iert ; ar ,, lina, A. i tto Qt,j, *ouaves, H. L aurent; the Iv ellington, Streathei,g, , lover Fz. - press, T. ilroti7ne. Principal 'or•er-11-Pistim, .417 Ojeourt. All infor ma ti on relative to music to be obtained at the Cie repository under th e orchestra. Door'q open at Eight; corn -gee at half-pa s t. —A dm i ssion, One Shilling'. i °TAT, PATRIOTIC JUG.-SAMUEL ~,,„,, ALC CK and CO., Hill Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, 1 1 4 i h. desirous of putting it within the reach of all to posses i a memo -1,41i'11l of the present war ant of the horde and generotiq sympathy qslllYed by all classes towards our truly brave soldiers, h ave pub !eli 4 Patriotic Jug, illustrative al ke of the honors of war, as `"e I ' 3 of the nation's grateful efforts to alleviate th e m, e v ide nce d b y ` 4 4i at Yal Patriotic Fund. Copies of this interesting work can be ~,,._ an china and glass warehouses in the kingdom. Cod' DEPARTMENT, NORTH LONDON yv it kir, : .. o r a t n h e e , i _ltip s . _., WAY.—Highbury and Kingsland Dots.—lletton's )1) 4 o e i e t t s thz i b il est H a o t ur o Coalt w i ie s e Ns r - e o w r l d s , t e are s brought oe pl bs in ;1 , r t4 e8 7, , netton, ' ;s7, and the ar No y rthumberiand, 650 tors, chartered I :trt or ,7 ofor these depots, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any l it 'l kti o ' ,le u rs do t n o , bweiathdige4sBsehdotuorsLaefatearntdhecroeceilteoff order, 26s per Offices, Railway 4 forr s, nighbur Islington, or Kingaland. Terms, cash, on or delivery. Y ' By order. \,.. Etts, 11 Station, M(Sarch, ligned) 655.. HARRY CHUBB, Secretary. 7 1 1 11431 , ESSIONAL RIIBBER.—Thomas Barter ` .02 t l / 4 , t ab 1,, b „, Years attendant at Mr. G. A. Walker's Medic= Bath kn,l l ' Of t i"ent) offers his Services to invalids as Medical Runner, in ' 4 l m n eumatism, contracted joints, certain forms oc p‘ralys's, 4,;l(litio_ections, loss of muscular power. and any other ailment or ii'4oB:3.f,,t_he body for which such attendance may be requ'red Upper John-street, Goldea-square. Mrs. Barter attends • 4 :l t A.VESE , ND ST • PACKETS. 11. Oath. Packets call at the Greenhltbe and Parfleet ttek e t, call at the Piers as underlined (weatlu r permittln, * , .....___!ROIiTERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. - zur DAIS. SUNDAYS. g 61 6. a)) .4 .5. 41 t I ?!. Time a F, \ z e 4 r) A 8 2 \ ••• frorn Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of Londc. NiNizzer of an hour. BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the f, -4,11 1 g Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. ara DATIL t I tOris ft, 4 4i 1 °•4 • 0 C ll - — 4 1 A t 5 „ Fore Cabin. Saloon, ti n q r , °l ' l Gravesend and London.. •• • • .... 103. .. Is. 2d. giv e send and Blackvrall or Woolwich •• Os. 103. 4 +ll , ,„„ G ravesend and Intermediate Piers.. fid. .. Os. Bd. tkoete ,oaths, Months, Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. Gov f,onths'2l. 5., 0 • to be had of the Collectors ou board th • , or of M• r Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. 1.4 L .„.. ,• ' 3 . 454. 1 .. s-p c , RET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH MATURIT 1 I.l\ T ' h od, price 2s. illustrated with cases; free by post for 36 •b,„ stamps ,' RVOUS DEBILITY; causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper- N I . f u T' , with Practical Observations on a • , afer and more ~,,,r a ckle of treatment of the diseases of the Generative "3 , 1, 1 !:..ained by the use of the Microscope in detecting: and Lle. 3 ,lra ri i "g , by urinary examination, the real ~ ause and etlect of „! t S of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, tl;weri."'cident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded sttycini Z Years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance. ebility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which ~1 4 144 011 14 ' ?otrimentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre -1,06,011. t 7, 'luta on the evils emanating from empirical practice, i 1 / 1 1 ' rigerous remedies advocated by various writers on ‘ ,l ltnt. disorders. Y 1) L By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 6,.. t cr of EDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, V t ili\ti 4 e cslicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edis. L ih!Oti v , a orary Member of the London Hospital Beciet) . N o Zes 3 ,7.,,Cf Apothecaries' Hall, Loudon, &c., 'hi e "'-e3 "` llO object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con• ~r_csulting more habits, irregularities, and excesses, t 4 , 4? an d '`,7 procmcedmisery in Youth, degradation in Man croature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any t leicN rh. cf disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal ie o !lt hphj• s c, ' , commended to persons entertaining secret doubts of ty~ettith'f.ti condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded '" a PPiness, and privileges to which every human being is l 'i •eobaoh4 1 c 41 C 1 . - .' l 4a c e`c•-v necessary that all men should know, thnt there are 1 4 11 Dorscnal management which cannot be violated without 'l'ci a „,`'vous penalties, and when wWoin and regret succeed t 4": inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties tl:t tb“ t Cd, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, g h gere c yll and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, ,4A l ' i berit 9-ea 'celY any de;;Tee of physical inlirmity or functional littl inh or s_to Which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. in has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive iv h c treatment of these delicate complaints, which have i,, eB, odr o b een too generally confided to the care of ignorant 'fillict great injury on those who are induced to place iNyvo t r a Prete n m ons. 4° l , an d , r ?tHILITY may be had, price 21, of Messrs. Piper, i rt i rty ... , tt i c %l - pl i e l e o s . t , e 2 r. 3 s , ci P a a ar te e r ; noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or itee by post for 'ltlaY address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed % t h taie for °° _4 l l l tation daily from, ttleven till Two, and from -2: SUNDAYS. '6 P I DR. cuLvEnwgia. ONNDIGESTION NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND I. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Themorrholds, Is. each, by post Is. 6d. ][THAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi cnrantnr morbi" A popular exposition of the principal causes' (over and careless feeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, with an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour oat of the twenty. four. Illustrated by numerous eases, er,c. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. " He which that bath no wit, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winde."—Chaucer. subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities —Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—La .w of Divorce, &c., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." _ _ Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Self-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and, spermatorrhoea ; with 250 en gr avin gs and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation. and Haemorrhoids. Vols. 6 and 7, companions to the pteceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jacunde Vivere." "Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill Cor of Dn. RICHARD CULVERWELL, brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, troy un Sal E'ret 11 44 isl at MOP; frON; figT o 4 gig pipe, SOUTH-EASTERN. The-half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge. The 'Hon. Mr. Byng was in the chair. There was a crowded attendance of the proprietors, and the proceedings, which lasted nearly five hours, were of the most irregular, noisy, and disorderly character—reflect ing, we regret to be obliged to say, the greatest possible dis credit upon the proprietors the lees. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., the late chairman of the compttuy, was loudly cheered on entering the room. The advertisement by which the meeting had been convened having been read, - The CHAIRMAN said, in moving the adoption of the report,: which had been taken 'as read, I must claim your indulgence, As my position is a novel one, and has "devolved upon me consequence of the resignation of Sir Man Campbell, who re cently filled the office of chairman. The report has been m ttle as full and explicit as possible ou all points relating to the working of the railway, the progress of the traffic, and the future prospects of the undertaking —so that I may be spared any lengthy observations on those subjects, though I shall be ready to answer any question that may be put to me by the proprietors, and to afford the fullest information on any point upon which they may wish me to afford it. We have no bills in Parliament for new schemes, and our Parliamentary pro ceedings, therefore, are.confined to the money bill sanctioned by you at the last half-yearly meeting, and the watching of any measure by other parties in any way affecting the interests of our company. We are endeavouring to cultivate friendly relations with existing companies, and to watch every opportunity of improving and developing our property ; and if, in the elec tions which are to take place to-day, you will strengthen the hands of myself and colleagues, I doubt not we shall ere long have the satisfaction of seeing the property improved in value. From the discussion which may take place on this part of our proceedings, I have to solicit a clear and dispassionate course of action, and I sincerely hope that all hostile and angry feel ings will be suppressed, and those painful emotions which may possibly have been engendered by the circulars addressed to you be allowed to subside. I do trust that a spirit of har mony.may. prevail at this meeting, and that you will support me in endeavouring to maintain, order and regularity iu the whole proceedings of the day. I move that the report be re ceived and adopted. The motion having been seconded, Mr. Saint said he lamented to find they were called to gether that day to receive a smaller dividend than the one paid them in the previous year. (Hear.) The shareholders had been waiting for the results of the promises of the board last year. (Hear.) Did not the directors tell them that; if such and such things were done, and their advice were taken, improved dividends would follow ? (Hear.) Did not the directors promise them economy in the administration of their affairs ? (Hear.) And yet they were to have a divi dend 21) per cent, lower than the previous one. • (Hear.) In fact, the economy was of so ambiguous a nature that the auditors had felt it their duty to call the special attention of the shareholders to particular items. (Hear, and cries of " Yes, the compensation to the secretary and engineer," fol lowed by load cries of " Shame.") The important portion of the business to be transacted was the election of directors. (Hear.) Mr. Coles Child and Mr. Beattie (two of the direc tors) had taken the trouble to lecture towns in.the north on the affairs of the company.(hear)---;recommending what was to be done. He thought that was infra dig. (Laughter.) It was a remarkable fact that one of the resolutions passed at Manchester, at which Mr. Beattie lectured, was to the effect that no person who had just taken up his qualification for a seat at -the board should he elected a director ; and yet Mr. Beattie had taken up his qualification expressly to be made a director—bolding only 20 to '2l 'shares. (Hear.) He found Mr. Beattie was the chairman of the Caterham Railway, by which a portion of South-Eastern traffic was to be diverted from them, and taken over the Brighton line. (Hear.) He must tell the proprietors that the present unfortunate posi tion of the South-Eastern shares iu the market was iu a mea sure to-attributed to the unfortunate decision of the. direc tors to give up the Lewisham and' Bromley line. (Hear.) The importance of that 'line was urged upon them by the ;ate . chairman, Mr. IVlaegregor, and the loss of that gentleman's scat in the chair was the consequence of his advocacy of the urgency of constructing that branch. It was a protective line, and the lukermau of their position. Tee directors had abandoned the line, 'and they were told that Ar. Coles Child had by his opposition to it sacrificed a pro ipectivo benefit of 60,000/. ; but, in his opinion, teat g istle ;uan was much more likely to reap advantage from the-oppo sition line, which would (for building purposes) give Mr. Coles Child three termini to liis 400 acres of laud, instead of one terminus, viz::--London-bridge, Waterloo-bridge, and the West-end, instead of Loudon-bridge along. Luis line has 'neon given up by_the directors. The prupriatore.votud for, cud obtained it, but Mr. C les Child and leis frieuds had abandoned it. The capital account would show that the di rectors had overdrawn it to the extent of 261,'161., and that the cash at the bankers' , was only 70,0001., so that they were indebted to the extent of nearly 200,1001., and therefore, ' although they might deel %re a dividend to-day, they would not get it unless the bankers advanced the money. He should move that the report be not received ;—that, having no cona deuce in the majority of, the board, the report, eXcept so far 'as to the declaratiou of a dividend of les., be not received ; and that the meeting be adjourned for a month. The motion was seconded. Another amendment was moved that the report be received, but not adopted. Mr. BEATTIE said he had addressed but one meeting of share holders, viz., at Manchester, and that he had done so at the urgent request of the committee of shareholders. With re spect to the Caterham Railway, his desire was to secure the traffic of it for the South-Eastern Railway. Some severe remarks were made in reference to the dis missal of the late secretary, Mr. Herbert, with a compensa tion of 1,400/. ; and it ivas urged that he was an old, faith ful, and efficient officer,. and bught cot to have been got rid of to please the late chairman, Sir J. Cathpbell, who was, it will be recollected, soon after himself obliged to retire from the chair. After some further discussion, it was suggested by Mr. LLOYD, the legal adviser of the company, that the report should not be adopted, but be received and entered on the minutes. This view being acted upon, a resolution to that effect was carried almost unanimously. The declaration of the dividend was then proposed, pay able on the 16th April. (Cries of " Can't you make it the Ist ?" and laughter.) Mr. J. WiLsoa suggested that in future an endeavour should be made to pay the dividends at a period approaching nearer to quarter-day. The CHAIRMAN promised to have arrangements made to that effect, and the dividend was declared. A resolution was then passed that it be an instruction to the board to increase the number of directors from 9 to 12. Dr, A. BEATTIE, who stated he was a relative ,to the Mr.A. Beattie in the direction, wished to know what reason existed for increasing the number of directors as, in his opinion, large numbers were an obstruction to business rather than otherwise. The CHAIRMAN said that the board agreed to the resolution , on the representation of a large number of influential share- I holders, who considered that, looking to the amount of pro perty at stake, the number ought to be increased. Mr. i n j.W c r o L s u ° s N e q s u ta e t n e c d e influ ence at the board. He trusted they would never aga in have thatof one the m a number having ber great een a i formerly nfi u reduced . a dictator, but that a board might now be formed having at heart the welfare of the South: Eastern Company. The subject then dropped, the resolution being put and, car ried a second time. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the re-election of Mr. Alex. Beattie, in the place of Sir -John Campbell—that gentleman having been elected into the board by the directors. Upon the vacancy occurring, the board waited some time, in the hope of a gentleman being put forward by the shareholders; and they only proceeded to the election of Mr. Beattie when Mr. Renshaw gave notice of his intention to bring forward a resolution to fill up the vacancy. Mr. HOYES seconded the nomination, knowing Mr. Beattie to be a man of the strictest honour and of great talent. Mr. MAXWELL opposed the motion, on the ground that the question before them was that of ie day. He had no per sonal objection to Mr. Beattie, but it was against the board ho wished to strike a blow, and ho could only do so, by op posing the appointment of that board. Mr. Beattie was too much m'.xed up with sectional interests, promoting schemes in opposition to the South-Eastern Company ; and the ob ject of himself (Mr. Maxwell) and those who acted with him, was to form a beard devoted to South-Eastern interests only.- He then called attention to the Caterham line, with which Mr. Beattie was connected, as opposed to the interests of this company ; and to the fact of that gentleman being also an auditor of the Blackwall Railway Company, which com peted with the South-Eastern for the Gravesend traffic. Mr. M`Lauxix also opposed Mr. Beattie's election, and maintained that, though Mr. Beattie had been for 20 or 30 years engaged in business and joint-stock companies, he had never been successful in anything. Considerable confusion here took place, owing to Mr Hoyes and other gentlemen endeavouring to call Mr. M'Laurin to order. The CHAIRMAN ruled that Mr Hoyes was in order, and that gentleman called upon the meeting not to hear charges against Mr. Beattie on the ground of his antecedents, •Mr. M`Latatisr proceeded to call attention to the cir cumstance that Mr. Beattie was formerly deputy-secretary of the South-Western Railway —a company opposed to this— (no, no)—and he maintained that he never was particularly successful in any position he held in life. On the 10th of March last, Mr. Beattie only hold 10 shares in this company, a nd his qualification of 21 or 22 shares-had only been recently obtained. In 1836, Mr. Beattie was collimated with a house in Liverpool, which he heard from Mr. Hamilton was unsuc cessful. v v • Mr. HAMILTON must be allowed to interpose. All he stated was, that the houso was 'a highly respectable one, and that Mr. Beattie could npt have been connected with it had he not been a respectable man ; and tho head of that house had since the poriod referred to been mayor of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Mr. MTAURIN endeavoured to proceed, but, notwithstand ing an appeal from Mr. Beattie that they should do so, the meeting refused to hear him. Mr. CAIRO contended that no person should be elected to the direction excepting persons having a large and permanent interest it the company, and suggested that a committee should be appointed to consider the claims of the candidates, -and recommend to the proprietors those most fit for the office of directors. After some further observations, Mr. BEATTIE asked to beallowedto make afew observations with regard to the charges which bad been made ag.iust him, did not eiteli a seat ot 174610 i Waif vnlY via Up most urgent representations that he might be useful to the company that he consented to le elected. If they wished him to retire, he would do so with pleasure, but in reference to the observations of Mr. M'Laurin, be challenged any one in that room to say that his hands werejzot clean. *He had undergone the vicissitudes and depressions ot a large business:, he admitted. He had suffered greatly in these ;depressions, but he asked any man to point to any blot upon his reputation.. And he did hot think it kind or manly to taunt him with what had taken place in the vicissitudes of tra in which his honour had never been compromised. He witted that he did not pos sess the legal qualification wile lie was first elected to the board, and he thought that was a proof he was not seeking a seat in tne. direction. - (Cheers.) When, however, he was elected he bought a qualification with his own money, and he was under an obligation to no, mau for his qualification, as had been insinuated by Mr. Forster (one of the directors) and others. Arr. Maxwell states that he was mixed up with opposition lines to the : ; 'outh-Eastern. Now he maintained he had never been so ; but he hatt stated that it was desirable to get rid of the angle in their link to Redhill, and from thence going to the west by Reigate,. 111 e hon. gentleman then pro ceeded to read an extract from a4etterwhich he addressed to the directors of the outh-Easter# Company, on the 21:4 of October last, proposing that the direct line to Maidstone should be made, providing it could be done under the control of their own conipany, and they could enter into arrange ments with other compan'es, by which peace would be se cured, and the line made at little ;mouse to the South-East ern Company. When ho visited Manchester, at the request of some shareholders, he only answered_. charges which bad -been brought against him, an d never alluded to any other subject. With respect to the Caterham line, he bad become the chairman of the -company, believing it would be advan tageous to a very important district, and no of the two com panies f either. the Brighto n or thegouth-Eastern) must work it for the public safety and convenience ; and if the Brighton Company had to work ft, the' gone... Eastern Company would receive the benefit without the (Aspens°. In regard to his being an auditor of the Blackwall 'line, he believed he could always do his _duty to that compiy . without in any nay in terfering with his duties to 'the . 3uth-Eastern proprietors. He had heal asked what connection he had with banking companies. He had never put that forward as oue of his quaacation.s . hiwsarr.- He was mit the a gent of -any banker, but he had been konoured with tbe.Pioxies of Messrs. Caubts and Co,, Williams, Deacon, and Co., a Derby batik, and the Radnorshire bank, and the latter at the recommendation of Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., their London agents. He also challenged Mr. M'Lauiin to go' to Messrs. Glyn and Co., Messrs. Williams and Co., Messrs. -Kenward and Co,, and many others, and ask their opinion of his position and in tegrity. After some allusions to the course he had taken in supporting the election of Sir John CaMphell as a director of this company, though he did not propose him, as had been supposed, owing to his having been put in nomination by an other Shareholder of the same name, Mr. Beattie assured the proprietors that, if they re-electedhimto the board,he of f oul th d e devote his best energies to promotingthe interests conipany; and procuring for the shareholders a good and honest dividend. (Cheers.) Mr. NPLaurin and Mr. Maxwell both - endeavoured again to address the meeting, but were, not allowed to do so, except ing so far as to state that the opposition w ou ld not be with drawn to Mr. Beattie. . Mr. FENTON supported the proposition of Mr. Caird for the appointment of a committee to select the candidates to be re commended to the shareholders to form a board. Mr. FORSTER denied that he had ever made any misrepre sentations with regard to Mr. Beattie. Mr. Beattie had alluded to the disagreements at the board. He believed it was generally admitted to be a weak board. Well, the share holders sent him to the board. Was he, therefore, to tacitly agree in everything proposed by a weak and a bad board ; and if he did not, of course there would be divisions 'at it. Mr. FRED. WILSON urged the shareholders at once to pro ceed to business, and form a strong board. A PROPRIETOR stated Mr. M'Laurin had said Mr. Beattie was only known as connected with unsuccessful companies. Now, he would remind them that Mr. Beattie was a director of the North London, one of the most successful railway com panies in the kingdom, and was also the promoter of the Pas sengers' Assurance Company, which Proved both useful and profitable. - The question was then put, amidst a most disgraceful confusion, each party claiming •the victors, and the Chair man declaring Mr. Beattie to be elected. A poll being de manded, the Chairman, proposed that the other business should at once be proceeded with, and all - polls taken together. After some noisy discussion, this course was agreed to. Scrutineers having been appointed, the poll was declared open until five o'clock, and from ten to five to moivow•(this day). In reply to a question, Mr. Boarm stated that it was his desire to promote friendly arrangements amongst all railway companies. . Mr. Mr. M`LAURIN then proposed that no person should be qualified to be elected a director upon this occasion who did not possess his qualification on the 10th of March, 1854, but the resolution could not be put in consequence of its ille gality. _ Mr. Rich, M.P., one of the late directors, was then put in nomination for re-election. Mr. Rico expressed his wish to retire from the board, and stated that he only consented to remain at it at the'request of several proprietors. He had generally supported the policy of Mr. Macgregor, but he denied that the board, as at present constituted, was either weak or inefficient. If they thought fit to elect him, he would do .his best to serve the company, but he would never canvass or solicit any vote, and when his own brother, who possessed 7,0001. stock, wrote to him on the subject, ho never answered his letter. In reply to a question, Mr. Rim expressed his opinion in favour of the direct line-if it could be carried out, subject to arrangements with other companies, which would promote peace and unanimity with surrounding railways. After some discussion as to the form in which the vote should be taken, the name of Mr: Rich-was,put a show of h tide, -wirleh.Awe declared tat% in hiSTifciur. Mr. Morgan Was put in nomination ; and, after a long speech from Mr. Alderman Salomons, iu defence of his con duct with regard to the Guildford and Reigate line, which nobody listened to, and Mr. Morgan had explained that he should always se e k th e i n t eres t s o the South-Eastern Com pany, and that, at the proper moment, he would not hesitate to enter into arrangements for the accommodation of Mid- Kent, though he was altogether oppo:ed to the Caterham line, he was declared elected on a show of hands. --- Mr. William Gordon Thompson was next put in nomination, and expressed his opinion that this was not the proper time to construct the Mid-Kent line. Tho show of hands was de clared in his favour. Mr. Johu Chapman having been proposed, but, not being question put to the other candidates, pwraessennetgattoivaendstwerre Mr. Alexander Hoyes was next put in nomination, and de clined to give any pledge on the Mid-Kent, scheme until he had had time to consider it at the board ; but he would never consent to any expenditure on the line without first,asking the opinion of the proprietors. Mr. Hoyes was declared not to be elected, and . Mr. C. Gilpin was put iu nomination. In reply to a question ho stated he held 1,2001. stock, and that he was an old share holder. He would only go to the board to support South- Eastern interests. Tho show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Gilpin, and Mr. Thomas Price was put in nomination, and expressed himself in opposition to extensions and guarantees. He ad mitted that he bQught his shares in the company solely to qualify himself for the direction, at th e request of friends in the North that ho should join the board. The show of hands was declared to be against NEI% Price. Mr. Jonathan Miller was next put in nomination. He held 3,001. stock, besides some trustee stock. Mr. Miller w ts declared elected. Mr. John Anderson was the next candidate brought for ward, and declared elected, Mr. John Cross was then put in nomination ; and, in an swer to a question, stated he only held the bare qualification for a director, having reduced his stock from 3,000/. in June last, owing to his having no confidence in the managment. The show of hands being against Mr. Cross, Mr. John Robert Mowbray , A u , was put in nomination. He said he held no shares i n the co . mt,n,ny six weeks ago, he having only qualified at the request of some friends, who thought he might be useful at th e board ; and, if the share holders thought fit to elect hi m, he would endeavour to serve them to the best of his abilit y. The show of hands being against Mr. Mowbray, Mr. John Henry Dillon was put in nomination, and ad mitted he only obtained his qualification on the 13th of last month. The show of hands w as against Mr. Dillon. The candidate next put in nomination was Mr. James Caird, the holder of 7,0001. titoek, which he had possessed for nearly ttreo years. He declined to pledge himself to any policy other than that he would do his best for the interests of the company. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Caird. - Mr. Alderman Salomons wore then put in nomination, amidst loud laughter, and expressed himself in favour of a Mid-Kent line, without which this company,` in his opinion, could never prosper. He held 7,000/. stook, and had been a shareholder frem the commencement. Mr. Alderman Salo mons was declared elected. A poll was demanded on every name, and will be proceeded with to-morrow. _ _ _ ._ _ ghat w as the amount fallin g i n h a d b een ra Mr. PARKER alluded to the Liverpool Lif e A ssurance Offi ce o t u h i ei o r m p e r e o , p tu rt , holding a large quantity of South-Eastern s t ock, and asked of the premiums. He only wished to know wh e th er any di rector had,, cpntrary to the statute, been en gage d as con tractor on the line:? t wh u eth fe e i r re e d yei t • o y t p h o u li L cy iT o e n ry . . _ Mr. SMITH thought it unnecessary to refer to - the subjeetS contracts, stores committee brought forward by Mr. Parker. rants, he believed Mr. TEutox, a director, said, with regard to the policies of the company, some had, during the past year, been trans-' ferred to the Liverpool Company. On one, a di fference of opinion arose as to the premium, and the Liverpool Comp an y did not have the policy. With regard to the question whe hnagiargmedani n of undertook to purchase some oats for the comp any, t it tr uponany d one i re director occasion hadbe th en e c hairman but lie had no interest in the purchase. (Cheers.) Mr. Browne having been elected an auditor, Mr. VANCE, ,/C P., thought it would be most ungracious and ungrateful to allow the late chairman to retire from the direction without giving him a vote of thanks. That gen tleman had spent 13 of the best years of his life in their ser vice,' and had given up a lucrative position in life in order to serve them. He believed that the retirement of Mr. Mac gregor from their service was chiefly owing to his views on the Lewisham and Bromley line—views in which Mr. Vance coincided. • He therefore proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Macgregor. The motion being seconded, was carried, on the show of hands, by a considerable majority. Mr. JOSIAH WIMON demanded a poll; but Mr. VANCE stated that the show of hands being in favour of the reselution, ho should not think of pressing it to a poll. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR, M.P., who was received with loud cheers, said it was most agreeable to him, at the end of ten years' service, to be enabled to return thanks to the majority of the proprietors present for the mark of confidence they had just expressed in his favour. (Cheers.) If he' had erred in any way during the time he had been in their service, he could assure them that it was owing to a want of ability, and to a sincere desire and most earnest endeavour to secure their interests. If was both his interest and his duty to promote the welfare of the company, and year after year be had re ceived the-thanks of the proprietors for his exertions. (Cheers.) 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Cornhill; Hannay and Co.. 63, Oxford-.treet and Ranger, ' 4 n. Ox. tore-street ; R. IL Ingham, drugEist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ft Bradbury, bookseller, Deawate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street. Dublin ; Whitton. bookseller, High-street, llirmit‘eliam. PEACE WITH RUSSIA, or CONTINUED wAR. If we are to have an ln n.utrable conclmion of h.s tirities, let it he counem.Tated bs every person in the Kingdom purchasing Spring Dress at the Establishments of E. MOSES and Son, but if War and War Taxes are to continue, it is E. MOSES and Sox's determination to meet the extra expenses by offering their Spring and Summer Dress at prices mrch more economical than those charged by oth+ r houses under any circumstances whatever. - - E. Noma and SON are the E. MOSES and SON have the earliest in their visits to every' most novel stock of Hosiery for market in the world—the most Ladies and Gentlemen, Shirts, ,•ucces , ful in the.r selection of Underclothing, &c., Stc. materials for t- prng Attire. E. MOsES and SON'S Hats and E. MO,ES and sox have the Caps are unrivalled for atyle and most talented artists and the best durability, workmen in the world. E ➢loses and Sox have the largest Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department in the World. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Matters, Hosiers, Shirt Manufac turers, Boit and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta blishment,, as follow : tondondity Establishment, corner of the Minorles, and Aidgate (opposite the ch..rch). London West•end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart street. Country Branchts—Sheflield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—Melbourne, Australia. The establishmentry a'e closed from sunset on Fridays till sunset on Ssturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. ImroivrAtex.—Should any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, it preferred, the money returned without hesitation: All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. -- AVeWßoa,Witifiists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other information, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 pats, on apiniCation, or post free. Ici on pane Francais. I Qui si parla Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua Se habla Espagnol. - HOUSE .OF COMMONS.--MARcH 15. REAL ESTATES OF INTESTATES. Motion made, and question put, " That leave be given to bring in a bill for the better settling of the Real Estates of Intestates. —The house divided; ayes, 84; noes, 156 AYES-84. Acton, J. Gibson, T Morris, D. Alcock, T. Glyn, G. Mowatt, F. Anderson, Sir J. Goodman, Sir G. Norreys, Sir D. Barnes, T. Gower, F. Oliveira, B. Baxter, W. Green, Capt John Otway, A. Beaumont; W. Graville. Col. F. Pechell, Sir G. Bell, J. Hadfield, G., Pellatt, A. Biggs, W. Hankey, T. Perry, Sir T. Bland,'L. H. Hutto, Alex. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Bright, J. Ileadlalr, T. Ricardo, S. Rrotherton, J. Heathcoate, J. Rich, II; Brosine, W. Heywood, J. Robartes,"T. Challig, T. Heyworth. L. Scholefleld, W. Clay, Sir W., Bt. Howard, C. Scobell, Capt. G. Clifford,Col. H. M. Hutchins, E. Scatty, F. Cobbett. J. M. Hutt, W. Shafto, R. Cobden, R. Kershaw, J. • Eintlth, J. B. Craufurd, E. H. J. Kinnaird, A. Strickland, Sir G. Crossley, F. LanE ton, H. G. Strait, E. Duffy, C. G. Lee, W. ' Thompson, G. Duncan, G. Lemon, Sir C. Thornely, T. Duncombe, T. Lindsay, W. Walmsley, Sir J. Dunlop, A. Locke, J. Warner, E. Elliot, J. Lowe, R. Wilkinson, W. Ewart, W. Macgregor, John Williams, W. Fagan, W. Marshall, W. Wise, A. Fenwick, H. Milligan, R. TELLERS Forster, C. Mines, R. Kin; J. Fox, W. Mitchell. T. Massey, W. NOES-156. 1 Adderley, C.' Hale, R. Packe, C. Arbuthnott, Gtu. Halford, Sir H. Palk, L. Baillie, H. Harcourt, G. • Palmer, Robert Ball, E. Harcourt, Col. F. Palmerston, Viect. Barrow, W. Hayes, Sir E. Peacocke, G. Bentinck, G. Reathcote, SiriG. Peel, F. Bethell, Sir R. Heathcote, Sir QV. Peel, Gen. Rooker, T. W. Heneage, Geo. H. Percy, J. Brams:on. T. W. Henley, J. Philipps, J. Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sir T. Phillimore, R. J. Buck, L. W. Hervey, Lord A. nice, Sir R. Buck, G. Hilyard, R. C. Pritchard, J. Buller, Sir J. Hogg, Sir J. W. Reed, J. Chambers, T. Holford, R. Ricardo, 0. Cholmondeley, Lord Horsfall. T. Rice, E. Christie, Samuel Hotham ' Lord Roche, E. Clinton, Lord C. P.P. Hughes, W. Sandars, G. Cobbold, J. C.. Irton. S. Seymour, Lord Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Seymour, W. D. Vole, 11. A Joillffe, Sir W. Shirley, E. Cowper, W. F. Jones, Capt. T. Smijth, Sir W. Cuhitt, W. Kendall, N. Smith, J. A. Davies, D. A. S. Kirk, W. Smith, R. Deedes. W. Knatehbull, W. • Smith, Abel Ds Vere, S. Knight, F. Smollett, A. Disraeli. B. Knox, Col. B. W. Spooner, It. . Druml tnrig, Vie. Laffan, Cap t. R. Stafford, A. Duncan, Niacouat Lan.ton, W. Stanley, Lord Duncombe, 0. Lennox, Lord A. F. Steel, J. Duncombe, Hon.W. Lewis, Sir G. C. Stephenson, R. Dunvai van, Viscount Lovaine, Lord Stuart, W. Dunne, Col. Lushington, C. Thesiger, Sir F. Egerton, E. Lytton, Sir G. Tollemache, J. Eicho, L , rd Mackie, J. Tyler, Sir G. Emlyn, Vis. Malhis, It. Tyra Sir I. Fellowoi, E. Masterrnan, J. Vance, J. Ferguson; Sir R. Mallr'son, Sir J. Vansittart, G. I.FitzGerald, J. Niles, W. Vernon, G. F ley, J. MI chell, Dr. W. Vyvyan, Sir R. Follett, B. idolesworth, Sir W. Waddington, H. Fortescue, C. Mon crei ff. J. Walcott, Admiral French, F. IV ologotner.r. Six G. Walpole, S. Frevreit, C. Mowbray, J. Walter, J. fuller. A Mullings, J. Tv 1130114 n, J. Galwey, sir W. ititztitz, G. Wickham, 11. IV. o.vdtell J. Naas, Lord Wilson, J. Gltl3taae, W. New .legate ' C. Wood,!. It. Cord in, A. North. Cot. J. Wyndham. Gen. Clare, W. North, F. Wynne, W. Graham, Sir J. Nei theote, Sir S. Wyvill. M. Grey, Sir G. O'Connell, D. TELLERS. Grey, It, 0 borne, R. Hayter, W. • Grosvenor, Earl Ossillston, Lord Berkeley, GI. - FACTORIES. Motion made, and question put, "That leave be g i ven t o bring in a bill to limit the hours of work of females and young persons, in the factories of the United King dom, to ten in the day; and to provide the means of more perfectly inspecting the said factories." The house divided ; Ayes 101, Noes 109. AYES.—IOI. Bailey, Sir J. Graham, Lord M. Peacocko, G, Ball, E. Greville, Colonel F. Percy, J. Barrow, W. Groc.n. Edward Pollard-Urquhart, W. Itennet, Capt. P. Guinness, R S. Robertson, P. Bentinck, G. Raiford, Sir Henry Bolt, P. Blackburn, P. Hayes, Sir E. Sadlair, John Booker, L W. Herbert, SW T. Shirley, E. Brady,J. Borstal', T. Smijth, Sir W. Bramley-M , ore, J. Joiliffe, Sir W. Smith, Abel Brainston, T. W. KendaU, N. Spooner, R. Buck. L. W. Kennedy. T. Stafford, A. ' Bulkeley. Sir R. Ktrinaird, A. Stirling, W. Cay ley, E. S. Knatchbffil, W. Strickland, Sir G. lecil, Lord . Knight,.F., . Stuart, W. Challis, T. Leniox., Lord A. F. Swift, R. Chambers, T. Lushingtou, C. M. Thesiger, Sir. F. Child, Smith Macartney, G. Tollemache, S. Choltnondeley, Lord MacGregor, James Tyler, Sir G. Cobbold, J. C. Meagher, T. Vance, John Cole, H. A. Miles, W. Vansittart, G. Davies, J. Michell, William Vys., Col R. Duffy, C. G. 31 oore, G. Waddington, E. huncombe,llon.A. Morris, D, Walcott, Rear-Ad. buncombe, 0. Mowbray, J. R. Walmsley, Sir J. Dunne, Colonel Munlz, G. Whitmore, IL Egerton, Edw. C. Murrough, J. P Williams, W. Evelyn, W. J. Naas Lord Willoughby, Sir 11. Fellowes, E. Ncwdegate, C. Wise, A. Fitzgerald, W. IL S. North, Col. J. Would, B. Forster, Chat les Northcote, Sir S. Wyndham, Gen. 1 - oz, W. J. Oakes, J. . Wynne, W. Frevven, C . 11. Oosuleton, Lord t uller, A. E. Packs, C. TELLEES. Gaiwey, Sir W. Palk, L. Cobbett J. Gaskell, J. Palmer, Robei t Duncombe, Thomas NOES-109. Acton, Joseph Fitzgerald, J. Paget, Lord Anderson, i-ir J. Fitzroy. Henry Palmerston, Viscount Baines, lit. Hon. M. Fortescue, C. S. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Gardner, R. Peel, F. Barnes, T. Gibson, M. Phillimore, J. G. Bass, H. Goodman, Sir G. Pigott, F. Baxter, W. Gordon, A. Price, Sir R. Beaumont, W. Graham, Sir J. Ricardo, J. Bell, J. Greene, Capt. John Ricardo, S. Biggs, W. Grey, Rt. lion. Sir G .Rice, E. Bland, L. H. Grey, R. Robartes, T. Bonham• Carter, J. Hadfield, George Russell, F. C. Bright, J. Hankey, T. Scully, F. Brockman, E. D. Harcourt, Col. F. Seymour, Lord Brown, H. Hutto, Alex. • Seymour, H. Brown, W. Hestia, Archg. Seymour. W. Brace, Lord E Heneage, Geo. U. Shafto, R. Buller, cit. J. Heywood, J. Smith, J. B. Cardwell, E. Hey worth, L. Smith, R. Cheetham, John Higgins, G. 0. Stafford, Marquis Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Ingham. R. Stanley, Lord Cowper, W. Jones, Capt. T. Steel, John Craufurd, E. H. J. Kirk, W. Strati, Hon. E. Crossley, F. Layard, A. H. Thompson, G. Dasbwood, Sir G. Lee, W. Thomely, T Divett, E. Lewis, Sir G. C. Villiers, C. Duff. G. Locke, J. Whatman, J. Duff, J. M‘Gregor, John Wickham, H. Duncan, Viscount Milligan, R. Wilkinson, W. Dune en, George Milne', R. Wilson, 3. Dunlop, A. BA itchell. T. A. Wood, Sir C. Elliott, J. E. Monereiff J. Wortley, J. S. Fmlyn, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Wrrill, 31. Fagan, W. Norreys, Sir D. Fenw.ck, H. North, F. Fergus, John Oliveira, B. TIMMS. Ferguson, Sir R. Osborne, R. Hayter, W. Filmer,Sir E. Otway, A. " Berkeley. G. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATED SO CIETIES OF THE UNIVERSITY.---Pursuant to adjourn ment, the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh met. last night to proceed with the elec tion of a successor to Sir E. Bulwer Lytton as ho norary president for 1855-57. Mr. Dove Wilson, of the Diagnostic Society, occupied the chair. At the nomination on the 27th ult., Sir G. Cornewall Lewis. the Earl of Eglinton, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Thomas Carlyle were severally proposed as candidates for the office. The names of the two latter gentlemen (the former of whom would have commanded a large majority) were withdrawn by their respective proposers, deel;natures having been received in the course of last week from both the candidates, The field was thus nar rowed to the candidature of the Chancellor of the Exelie qutr and the Earl of Eglinton ; but, owing to an infer malty in demanding a poll for the noble lord at the no mination, a large majority of the meeting decided that no vote could competently be recorded in his favour. The chairman thereupon declared Sir G. C. Lewis duly elected. A vote of thanks to Mr. Wilson for presiding terminated the proceedings.— Witness. WEST RIDING TESTIMONIAL TO THE EARL OF CARDI GAN.—A meeting of gentlemen, resident in the neigh bourhood of Leeds (where his lordship has extensive estates), has just been held at the White Horse Hotel in that, town, to consider the propriety of presenting Lord Cardigan with a testimonial, as a mark of admira tie I of the unrivalled bravery of his lordship in the Cri mea. The meeting, which was large and influential, unani mously resolved to ask the earl's acceptance of a sword, as the most appropriate offering. A subscription was immediately set on foot, and a large sum was raised be fore the meeting separated, although it was agreed that Wiyid94l pbßiptia should ouse4 pia& After the st:ifffnent of the accounts had been read, on the motion that the thanks of the society be voted to the auditors, Mr. C. DIL.KE said that at the anniversary dinner of 1853 the chairman of that dinner, illustrating the advan tages of th e Li terary Fun d , quote d t h ree cases i n which aid bad been afforded to men of learning and genius, but Ive had been obliged to go back into the last century for his examples. 11e even b e li eve d t h at t h ese par ti es h a d been relieved 20 years before the founder of this society Oir. David Williams) died, and more than 20 years belore the society had a corporate existence. He should now say a few w or d s as to th e economy wit h w h ic h this benevolence was granted. In 1802 it was stated in a report issued by the secretary that all the offices were discharged gratuitously except those of colle"tor and intssenger, and it W4ll very natural that it should be so. It was the policy of the founder that all the offices of . the society should be gratuitously filled, and when, in 1805, he had collected a sum of 6,0001., and when the income of the society was 8001. a-year, the Prince Re gent was asked to give the society a place of abode near the Palace. The toander contemplated that any house or museum which might be given to the society should contain a library of books and - .manuscripts, and should attract the subscribers as to a common centre of com munication and action. The founder hoped that the in stitution Eight one day become a college for decayed and superannuated genius—the raostpitiable of all ob jects. If that common centre for literary men and pub lishers had been established, it would have been one of the most beneficial things to literature and to literary men that ever was projected. (Hear, hear.) The Prince Regent did net give the society a house near the Palace, but a sum of 2301. per annum was, by his direction, charged upon the revenues of the duchy of Cornwall to defray the expenditure for a house, and the taxes. At the death of George IV. that grant ceased, and now the society took its rank with some others, and received an annual donation of 100 guineas from tie Crown. The society had a great room which was only used nine times a-year by the committee. In 1840 the dUties of the registrars were set down, and it Witi arranged that a registrar should attend every general meeting of the council and the general commit tee, that they should take minutes of the business trans• acted and of the orders made at each meeting, and that they should superintend the correspondence of the society. Now, if the registrars performed that duty without remuneration, what was there for any one else to do ? The committee met nine times a-year. Thtre were three registrars, and, if they divided the labours between them, each registrar would have three meetings to attend, each meeting occupying about two hours. The first assistance which the registrars applied for was a clerk at 401. per annum. The clerk had now grown t) a secretary, and the 401. a-year had become 2001., while the same duty had been for years performed for the Artists' General Benevolent fund for 501. The com mittee of that society met in a room at the Freemasons' Tavern, which they paid for, and thus avoided a charge for house-rent, and, as the committee met twelve times a-year, the remuneration to the secretary of the Ar tists' Fund was 41. 4s. a-day, which he thought ample. He knew that the comparison he bad before instituted between the Lit3rary Fund and the Artists' Benevolent Fund had been met by the answer that this was a fund for the relief of members subscribing to another fund for the widows and orphans of members, and, therefore, that no preliminary inquiry was necessary. Now, he could not admit that dis- tinetion, for, if the committee of the Literary Fund pro perly represented the literary character of this country, they would have some knowledge of men of genius and learning, and he could not therekre admit the nece ss ity for this o•evious inquiry which lea to so large an expen diture of the society's funds. But he would give up the Artie-ts' Benevolent Fund, and he would take the.A.rtis!s' General Benevolent Fund, between which and the Lite rary- Fund there was no difference whatever. That fut.d has subscribed fur artists generally, and he was sure there %Val as much difficulty of inquiry in the one ease as the ether. Collector's poundage (a per cn - Itage on the money collected), alvertisements, arid expenses attend ing the anniversary dinner— charges which involved questions of policy and management, and were therefore open to di , eussion—he had omitted, and the compariscri was confined t ) the cost, in each case, of like things salary with salary, rent with rent, miscellaneoua y.ith mi,;cel;aneeus. Mr. Duke proceed e d t o r.tad the follow ing summary :7-- LITERARY . aarisrs' BENEVOLE.NT Fran. Applicants relieved at a cost Applicants relieved at a cost of-- of— IS4I, 31 ._ £535 610 53 17 9 1845, 38 483 16 2 43 82 810 1846, 46 ._ 515 13 7 42 -. 87 711 1847, 38 504 5 9 55 -. 106 19 2 1848, 50 498 11 10 54 ._ -. 86 5 0 1849, 41 _. -. 527 18 4 57 88 8 5 1856, 3S -. . 496 11 0 69 86 13 8 1851, 51 ... ... 528 14 6 63 EBB 1852, 49 ... ... 513 i 7 8 56 101 13 8 1E53, 47 506 4 5 65 8 14 4 429 £5,094 0 1 559 £904 17 1 (Cheers ) In other words, every draught drawn for the benefit of applicants for the society's aid cost 11/. 17e., in addition to the sum voted by the committee for their relief. (Hear.) He moved the following resolution : " That, whereas during the 10 years from 1814 to 1833, both inclusive, the cost of assisting 429 applicants to the Literary Fund amounted to 5,0941. Os. M. (exclusive of collector's poundage, advertisements, and expenses attend ing the anniversary dinner); and whereas the cost of assist ing 559 applicants to the Artists' General Benevolent Fund, within the same 10 years, amounted to 9041. 17s. ld. (also exclusive of collector's poundage, advertisements, and ex penses attending the anniversary dinner) ; this meeti ng i s of opinion that the expenses of managing the Literary Fund are unreasonable and enormous, and that a great change must be made in the administration of its affairs." Toe CHAIRMAN asked if the resolution was an ame id merit to the motion before the meeting, or was proposed as a substantive resolution ? Mr. DILKE did not wieh to cast any itnpuf ation upon the auditors, and wished his resolution to be added to the thanks to the auditors. Sir B. LYTTON seconded Mr. Dilke's resolution. The Rev. Dr. RUSSELL did not think it fair to adduce the rent of the Society's chambers as a sum withheld from the claimants. The payment of a secretary was, he thought, fairly justified by the result. The secretary bestowed a great deal of labour in obtaining the money which formed the society's income. The amount re ceived in 1554 in subscriptions, donations, &c., was 1,1261.—a resuit which was obtained in consequence of the letters sent out by the secretary. This society was regarded throughout the world as the representative of the general interests of literature, and its annual meet ings had an interest truly national. The committee did not like, from motives of delicacy, to specify those who had been the objects of the society's bounty, although they knew them to be deserving. Deducting altogether the cost of the maintenance of the house, which he held to be a part of tie concern, he then came to the question of the payment of the secretary. Now, was he to be paid at all, and, if so, did he receive an excessive salary ? The society must have some gentleman to live in their house to manage their correspondence, and to whom persons who came for information could be referred. Mr. Dilke said the rooms were only wanted nine times a year, but how many times a year did literary persons come to consult with Mr. Blewitt upon cases of distress ? Not nine times a year, but every day in the year, and he never came to the society's rooms without seeing some one coming in or going out upon the business of the society. lie did not think that the secretary was over paid by the sum he received, and he was, therefore, a t a loss to perceive how any fair charge of extravagance could be alleged against the society. The CHAIRMAN put the question, when there appeared for Mr. Mice's motion, 28 ; against it, 32. The motion was therefore lost. Thanks were then voted to the auditors and the regis trars. Previously to balloting for the president, vice-presi dents, and officers of the society, Mr. W. DILKE said that he should not be supposed to make this a personal question when be declared it to be his opinion that the high office of president, now filled by the Marquis of Lansdowne, ought to be filled, a s a question of principle, by the most distinguished literary and scientific men who were subscribers to th e institu tion. He accordingly moved that Mr. H. Hallam be selected to fill the office. The Dean of ST. PAUL'S—Have you received the c,n sent of Mr. Hallam to this proposal Mr. W. DILKE had not sought the consent of any gentleman. The CHAIRMAN stated that the proper course of pro ceeding was for each gentlernaa to hand up his ballot paper, when the name of any officer of tho institution could be erased and any other substituted in its place. Mr. C. DICKENS was one who held that this society should be entirely in the hands of literary and scientific men, and that no other human being Lad any business with it. Th e comm i ttee h a d f avoure d the mee h ti e ng caned with the name s o f th ose w h om t h ey pro posed, and upon the c h a i rman t o rea d the names of those whom he and his fr'ends proposed. day laid upon the table his list there would have been no The CHAIRMAN said that if any gentleman had yester day on the a 'TIM NA part of the ,co mmittee__ l..._ to_r i e2e . i . :Lit and PQit it. De 14. 11 9tiiigT a P e i: OW .- - ,1 " - - The existing charter was so excessively ridiculous, so in consistmt, and so manifestly preposterous that it ought to be abandoned by men of sound mind, memory, and understanding. (A. laugh.) The charter having in an express manner declared that there should always be a council, and that the council, with the general commit tee, should always have the direction of the society's affairs, he supposed that, out of the Literary Fund, and the two great establishments of St. Luke's and Bedlam, there could not be in this metropolis one hu man being who could doubt that this council was in tended to have a real existence and something to do. Ho had had the honour to be elected some years ago upon the council, and he had hoped that by study and fast ing he might be fit to discharge the high duties which he supposed devolved upon that august body. For months he never left home without leaving word where he might be found in the event of the Literary Fund wishing to take his counsel. (A laugh.) The. Literary Fund, however, seemed to get on in its own manner, without requiring his aid, but when the council met, and where it met, and what it did, he never could learn. The fact was that it never could meet, never did meet, had no place of meeting, and nothing to do—that it was, in short, the only thing in creation that had no purpose, end, or object, in existence. (A. laugh.) What would the public say of a board o f di rectors that did not direct, of a bench of judges who did not judge , of a jury that did not deliberate or find a ver di ct, of ai physician ap pointed never to prescribe, of a surgeon directed never to set a bone, of a fireman enjoined never to go within 50 miles of a fire, or of picked officers of the Humane Society being tied up not to approach the water 3 (Much laughter.) This was the case of the council at this mo ment. It was either used as a shelf for uncomfortable members of the general committee, or it was used to prop up the faults of the concern with the names of lite rary men who had nothing to do with it. The charter was, in fact, utterly d e f ec ti ve an d ro tt en , i nasmuc h as it appointed a council, but omitted to name its functions. Mr. J. FORSTER seconded the resolution. Mr. W. TOOKE admitted that a new charter might tend to the benefit of the society if it could be obtained at a certain expense, but a new charter would cost 3001. or 4001. A meeting ought to be called specially to con sider the subject. After some conversation, in the course of which Arr. C. Dickens, at the suggestion of Mr. F. Pollock, con sented to add the words " or an act of Parliament" to the words "apply for a new charter," Mr. Foss asked what practical inconvenience had arisen front the appointment of a council ? The general committee were fully able to manage the affairs of the society, and they did not require the aid of the council. The Dean of ST. PAUL'S suggested that the committee should report the result of their deliberations to a special general meeting summoned for that purpose. The suggestion having been incorporated into the re solution, it was put from the chair and carried unani mously. It was then resolved, "That such committee be composed of the following members :—The President, the Very Rev, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. B. W. Proctor, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Mr. J. Forster, Mr. W. M. Thackeray, Mr. C. Dickens, Mr. R. Bell, the Rev. E. R. Gleig, Mr. C. W. Dilke, Mr. W. Tooke, Sir H. Ellis, Sir J. Forbes, and Mr. J. Auldjo." Thanks having been voted to the secretary, and the usual a •knowledgment having been paid to the chair, the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-THVBSDAT. A very thin attendance, and only a small amount of business transacted. The principal investments were on Fandlno for the Great Metropolitan, Marc Antony for the Chester Cup, and on Gra.sculus Esuriens and Lord of the Lies for the D,rhy. The other quotations are from bets which were laid . to various small surer. GREAT METRO2OLITAN. 5 to 1 aget Pharsalus 10 to 1 agst Fandatuxo (taken) 100 to 8 aget Redlands (taken) 100 to S agst Vandyke (taken) cuEsrEn CUP. 25 to _1 agst Marc Antony (taken) 25 to 1 - ag,4t Andover (taken) 40 to 1 aget Dr. O'Toole (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 3 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 12 to 1 agst Polydore (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 11 to 1 agst Grwculus Esuriens (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 500 to 15 agst Saraband (taken) SALISBURY RACES.- THURSDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upward. One mile.. (4 subs.) Lord Anglesey's The Na`uob, by The Nob, 6 yrA, Ost 31b (H. Goater) 1 Mr. H. Hill's Kingstown, ; - .1 yrs, Est 10Ib (Salter) `2 No betting, Won easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Sst gib ; fillies, Bst 61b. Certain penalties and allow-. ances. One mile and a half. (4 subs.) Mr. Campbell Wyndhain's b c by Orlando, out of Hornpipe, Bst 61b (A.. Day) 1 Mr. Herbert's The Russian, Sst 91b (G- Manning) 2 Betting-3 and 4tol on Hornpipe colt, who won in a canter by four lengths. He was afterwards named Corbanipton. The Wiltshire Pate (handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a bweepstakes of 2 sovs each for all ages. One mile and a half. (8 subs.l Mr. J. Parker's Joe Miller, by Venison, 6 yrs, Bst llb Grater) 1 Mr. Howard's Sailor, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Fordlum3) 2 Mr. Bounett s Lady Alicia, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Faulkner) 3 Mr. Hewett's Postulant, 5 yrs, 7st )lb (Wells) 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Sailor, 2to 1 agst Joe Miller, 4 tq 1 agst Postulant. Won by a length. Bad third. The First Year of the Second Salisbury Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, for two-year-olds. Half a mile. (10 subs.) Mr. H. Rogerthorp, by the Hero, Bst 71b. (A. Day) walked over, and Mr. Hill and Mr. Farrince divided the forfeits. The Second Year of the First Salisbury Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds. Old mile. (15 subs.) Mr. W. B. Bulkeley ma Namur, by the Hero, Bst 71b (A. Day), walked over, and his owner and Mr. Howard and Mr. Powney divided the forfeits. BETTING - ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 22 to I apt Marc Antony (taken). 40 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (taken). - THIS DAY. Entries for the City Bowl : —Pharos, .5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Gleustrae, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Namur, 6 yrs, Gst 41b ; Ceres, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b. Entries for the South Western Railway Plate—Glen strae, 4 yrs, Sst 71b ; Postulant, 6 yrs, Sat 411. ; Mare by Confederate, Miss Shirley's dam, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Moonshine, 3 yrs, 6st ; Questionable, 3 yrs, 7st 31b. THE JAMAICA LOAN. Yeste rd ay the appointment pi t p e o re tn s .te t ms e edennt a i t n at the tClohhaeaumtoebnfedrjesar'sin. Whitehall,3 ieThermeet were present on th e part o f t h e Government the Chan ce ll or of the Exchequer and Mr. tthethe gutranteed opening ofr.ai Treasury rY J. Wilson. Sir C. Trevelyan opened the tenders. The Governor mad Deputy Governor of the Bank of England , and about half-a-dozen other gentlemen interested in monetary matters, also attended. Sir C. Trevelyan havirg stated that there were twelve tenders i n a ll, opened them in succession, w i t h the fol lowing results : Thomas Eliborough, 5,000/. at par. 11 07 60.. a G t . I A O I I I / d . ridge, - cashiers' office, 1 .13 (This tender 1: of Englana, w J. 3 J. mla'.rkSedtan,f,oprde,mser,aoro,o:Loaatn,, 101/ i . :ss.it s supposed by rcs' . take.) ' Jones Loyd and Co. , o n behalf of Samuel 4 10 4 41 3 Manchester 1,50 01 . nt par . Win. Coles, 2,000/ • at 101/. Mullins, 3iarshall, and Co., 45,0001. at 11)11. Arthur Louis Jamieson Brothers and Co., 20,0001. at 100/ . 12 5. 6d . Atlas Assurance Company, 60,000/. at 1011. Butler,Cohen, 8 1 ; : 0 0 0 0 1 / . . a a t t I p ci a o r. 1. Iss . Bank . of England, 433,000/. (the whole amount) at 101/. 6s. 4d. _ • This completed the number, Mr. Ellborough having divided his tender into two applications. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the offer of the Bank of England was the most a dvantageous for the public, but assuming that Mr. Stanford meant the Jamaica loan in his tender for "Demerara,',' he should have the 5,000/. at 101/. 15s. The remainder was awarded to the Dank of England at 101/. Gs. 4d. ; and that sum being above the aunimuixt, the latter would ;lot be opozzed. L _.,~,