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1 ~ i i~ / / ~~~ - _~ ~~~~ ~ ,,f~S s aal° 1 1 ,14 4. 'CV leg ° f, t 9 1 0 11 ti 6 me i . f o o og. d oe°, fe r if 0 4 1 0 1,„1,, !), Aw ye° 0 1 1 Li n O O t; ' JO ° or e t o e t ts )V4 l ,:teV • pi', l o , 'll t , ) a r o fer e b er; 5 0 ,1 ta ,o l ; Ofie , rl V e !. o s' o e le vai „co' ) e n . 1) 4* oe 0 4 / 1 0 0 t",a ti t 1, A tle ci' f fit, t be 05 0 ,e y 4 111 f t r 4 Igo o t Vi l . t sc fti ) . I ' fr e -0 vefq r o4 , fer, 0 t ° oA ti ' ' 1 ,16 1 0 r it * lra / 111, oto t 4 0 8 . Time I 1 i ..:1 E M 1)1444 final 4,11 kyottril 4,,_Lortclon ' : i i 'tl4 ll, lt T '4 ' l It t W " or Wooli 1 1 , t, t , 21 . d elve • l i , t ,er m ‘t ediate Pia N4‘.4. b h2 th osi ' it, Terrace Pier, to rfr yol o- ati o 14. pt alr 9. 11* ar • bef Cav 0 0, : 1 51'08 ° 14 s ray ior , Seg t. ,ir T i fiv,Af c o, ii t0., 0. 0%, 4 4, 7; 4 . c,rw 'use, o cl 0111 k at A.~,V Gossetoci eigp IV AtOOI ° 4 0 t ige, COO „nth /A 660,i 0 00 111 00` m e , s"' is ryet a . 31' 114 1 ,.,vt i k ets t a ,, P 1 6 E S. '5,4,. 4 4tt at the Greenhithe and Purfteet Piers. Ig Piers as underlined (weather permitting ..44 CE PIER, GRAVESEND. ;A rt,1110 , 11;,,, 41 41 1 o U LA.CKWILL, on the arrival of the rn the Fenchurch-street Station. L-stroot Station to all parts of bona I)ft.,"Nttig;.lA _iILA.CICIVILL, on the arrival of the , 0 - 1 1 1 - the Fenchurch-street Station. 111 41 '. Ji . / 4 UNDAYB. ‘4 ~1 0 4 . • ... t Fen- 1 S 11 church i .?. 8 t :1., • , -,, 5. $3 t Street ', 8 E E V. N ........ C 4 ~,,. . . ....... ......... —.....- \ \ ~..................„........ , ..... -.." ii , -- •.,. ---. 4li , 11 1 ' IN q:r,:vl4 4 1 '11 Fo re 1 and Cabin. Saloon. 2%.°!(.14,11.111a;,, "cl L on Od is. 2d . Fore Cabin. di .... 10d. .. wish Bd. .. Os. rs.. 6d. .. Os. .os.; Six Months, e Collectors on ha lravesend. k r i Z' qr, f W:, t4 ‘l o (I, y t tliti ° ll , - of ‘,.. the COUNTRY.— kk t V i ll 'at - _. Ir tt& " - L i nn'ters' ways. Every one else of the \lie . % it y e ,""k1 s o ,.;ra Must work, the people still press—we lk i ?ti til k . t oe 'l . '-..t , oe ' ..i a , faMORS Dr(sa—the sample s of art for Oyes „tite r ao ,l"°, l ling which 'never el.ewhere can ap 7 ik Kt t,B , o. o l l 4zml , ti laat s e , n i e i rt o p s e te r r b y y far 0 1 1 11 at the e e s o t m r : n o rt g e l s e: a a , n c ir b u e n s i S P :; l l lftt il l bo, ri t is Z o en aver posses,ed. E. MOSES and Sox, 10. 441 tr ig ' wh en n. ,have a Wholesale Department, the 04/VYt to c t 4 tiii n , e- rain. , and merchants, and emigrants l t stt zii ,...... trn is ta ._ e best they can do I t OS t 4, , ,,r , 1 , eLl. , , L s rc t i, is, I]; t IS E S I S GI 7 II '. T M O ? C S L E gC a I d ET SO E I I;T S ); 11 ,1 , 1, 4,„ Vt 0 ,. c ,1 1 , Y, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. i1,,,: kt:54 11 %. tC:ltle o l.i'l And SON regret ng to guard .ha vi k n'ii, , , k egi tiler . 4 t v inr learned that the nntradesrnan-lika I 't tl . th e gas b 0 ,: n 44 with their Establishment," or " It's k l , 4 tkOti 1 ,, beg to state hat to in many instances, and fer '4NiPitiZtt a t ,,, ov `ate that they have i t, 1,,, 1 , 4 ,4lutst at lnwn Est n a tt t . touss IN OD our OP tONDONs ti , AtlZ• i t, 0 1 , 14 1 0 7ent, I 5 4 :7 1 5 n 5 1era as follows ri 8 t , ; Al ' ' ''L lt (l "r atiq lte the C hUret; all 'andl"n"' ,4 ,, ,,,;1, i re oi, l -1 5 06, ~„. _._ _communicating. NIN al's it,tl,44,,,bir„.lninimikiutcia,ttbngtmt New Oxford-street, 1,2, 1 1 ,q 1 k1i 41 4 ) ;,t4;', l 'arg a ; h ,' 19 and 20, Briduc-street. i z,ll i ti qrl ,34 l l oz, ..... , ,ra och, ... ~ 11 % t il A 4 . 1, a d o ' n i ntille r , i l 2l xitirne, Australia. ~,,Lir de , sh erei o o l,,„4txterfs, Ilosiera, Furriers, Boot and 1 1 iN N tst t red ° Uld a n ir l's for Ladies and Gentleniers k i kt,tt,lttitt , tili2 , l. : or, if __ tfrttele not give satisfaction, it will be oi,, , 1, 11,n 4, 4 4 11 g eo , a l :ke r erred. th 0 money will be returned kNi t i I, ,;,kooaa.tonleri, are marked in plain figures, the lowest 'a, N,. l kii t ! Ilea i ) . are olos ' can be m a d e. Itjle.,`ate r At t ' i ness t, c4 front sunset on Fridays to sunset Ok i'c ni k. t. l t oli l T'in a n 4 Zuned till 11 o'clock. 1 47 4 14 1 2.14rty te 'lr :. „,, pe n s ter. . " The Commercial Corm trielt rla c , ', 4( - 1 r,r. a s p;:i ta ' 7 . l l ,.. f ;, ::: o .7 i r te o ln , tif fr rlf Pleasure .Q,, grat : o u u i ay .i p r i A lc r a l t a io l u tOi no. Alta ),),, °tact) -'4l4t for ~.. Aqua sa habla Espano. ,or post free: , B►. Os. ; 'ard the 'T • r I ri. ? •AST Ta-r% , ‘,lir -- "Ass. HOUSE, 14TR IrlinttriZT, 1854. :T-FEB. 13 4.1 1 . 4 .. Dl 't C v4'9 Ost -er p 4 , s () t DIRECTORS of the EAST _,,,, o attrO i ;,, fa, 14 0 ,0„.„ ~.. HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That they ).‘'' _l6 At i , " ~ , , , .., 11 1D10y . ,1 . 1 truPaid Shares of Donation Bette granted bus : ' ~, ra . by b i - , 0 4 1 1 _ 11 rmah during the campaign of 1851-2, by .10, the ‘ ,„" l .ernor-General of India, in Council, dated _,„*. , 5,7, 1 ) . ir 0 ,, t o the officers, seamen, and marines of her iv • Af . A.Rls. j " "t'.. , - ,7,,_ or, ' th s .s i u that the same will be paid to the several l a al/0 0 ,7 r aPplicatlon at the Military Department of f ietl oll all doS e- ' .....- ' , s folio"( • ~ #tor , NAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. eut pje of 1° 5,4 ,2tit arn d o ,5s Oa t° D . k'. - lqii , r 1 : SMITH'S MONT BLANC to . 0 ,1 re°t° o*': , re a,2l ; at: o'clock, and Every Night (hut Saturday). it t ' a : t Y. Ts' ool ,. all erY, Is. The Moraine Represeatatioas 7__ _ Fio . 12. 1 , 11 0 , deeci 4, Thareday, and Saturday,at 3 o'cleck.- lly, Second' i 0 I 1 , 314 ,o rsr ,„ , ~s s 6a i , ... v4l ' ' Oil 1 -- 0 17 1 •bc ail raa Y be CONSULTED by both __b ~ , .4 kLe_bsrge-Fast. es of a private nature, before 2 and aft , r 5 - s 1 :1 1 1 'A 0 -n.Lonloa ,:torea to health.-Address 3, King William- :: v Oil l -.4 1 0, ''' '' -- -- pposit e L_ .__ laring - eress Hospital) - r.P it OTTO T r ,. i . k ;t4, 111 . 11 Potteuryu n G:—SAMUEL ALCOCK and , to oted or % , ..4„., tho te , n .,. urslem, Staffordshire, being desirous of ther i n 1/ • ' te,,' of tb --,'. of all to possess a memorial both of the ras Ye f i P° lf ' l* ,4, ill, ! n oule and generous sympathy displayed by e ns 0 , i sdllo str uur truly brave soldiers, have publi.hed a escr ipte ~ t ati li, piNterin cho re al kit of the horrors o: ' war, as well as of deeror.9 trap'osi 414 0 4 4 4 cop - V rt a to alleviate them, evidenced by the Royal 3 . Ol 1e . 1„, y - s of this Interesting work can be had at all to O s 6a ; c1 ' b° li ' ''' s es in the kingdom. 17 0° ' 0 i 435 4 : 41t4 ,, Id \r 1C0T,,,,.. %true woil R " , -)ei OF DIVIDEND. ''' NI, 4 3 4 13 0 P DEPOSIT, ..--r! 4, RANCE AND INVESTMENT ASSO- -11 r iot ;fri i i t , 4 .2 v. t the rl " 3- 1 ,', 1 11 4 ,"1.X•t".'" rett,- MALL EAST, Lorrnov . oul, P P I I te e tlt ' f gr the " 'llll O- '46' Der 5 ,„ 4 R,LF-Y4A FtLY INTEREST, at the , 1 „ • Oall, so. on Deposit Accounts to 31st Decem- 0, I I , l 'i th :eir p er t„ a ,,,nd,PaYble daily. • ' ~ ) , 1 5 • 4 b e sot j ii , ..tt MORRISON, Managing Director. •"'' ... ••• • ''s7 1 't t k "hug Money• are requested to examine the ............ 0 aO, Y"len 1,1./olt. tl on: ' „ Prespectuses and Forms for Opening ...........'''' ,rt i e po._. .. I I 'I II NOTIC E. 0. 11)1.,,. i , ;. eh, uAL LIFE ASSURANCE O AI le i WI 41, 4 eri tv "OCIETY, the ll° M merk eat, St. Jam 's- uare London. kd Sri es sc l ' till. ) 0 '1 • tac t q ~,,_ under Act of Parliament. bpd 4 11 iIr s ~ co,„ - ' ll talning a full statement of the Society's so at I 0°,4 oe ~r,ensive plan will appear in the " Times" of Frop goi i, ,'•-let;res,,,`,., Ibstant, comprising assurance of healthy' 1. 0., .1 . ,.....- - 4 4 :41 de.4'.2lllties on healthy and diseased lives. endow- -I°. • ---- -/ .0 4' ' t 'gel's , „ 4 . 1 assurance railway passengers' assurance, ....---- 1. • Pc'` ) ,1 1 .* .4urance. ii ,er is- , u , • HENRY SALTER, Managing Director. bicer poJl , , : I;es i ',T pi ree 2AM ES PULSFORB, secretary. _,, , ... ti) h _Lqrs will be glad to communicate with gen- o ot' i ~ eVrooo,';',..eonnected with an office that they can ' So uth , JO' I ti • The 1 5 7,,,,Lheir connections, and, feel , ng that, will ,„11 0. , , -1 1 1 0adrLweelf•spaxes no pains to assist its Agenzies, Dees.Soo, „ -., po , , \ .,.„..... " .... T.:1g0tir. Good commeraal reference re- v , 1,.,. , ''' I 4; t1 10'4•,., mi l "4 . • , ~,...I,u Do's',.:.•;',„l .. ro, 4 lts7k, , ti t s4 to l tE u DS.--To be peremptorily ,„,0 ,"• .0 0, ....0 0 c, -sle de Ileketth ,_ rder of the High Court of Chancery .- 0 am' 4 ,- ,1 1 ,, ,tte o , to ~,, wait v Mickeithwait," with the approba- 4so t ' .."als' ItAl `rtss ""e Court ? ov er ~,,/ k lt th e , th e t the .aid cause is attached, by Mr. u ttia) ll ):,,tl l t , vo kin a 1 dollersou appointed by the said Judge, on , s „eth o il<ds 1 : at the ' R ef FEBRUARY, 1855, at Three o'clock k 04. o Yal Hotel, in Leeds, in the county of T o :toils , k , N uage • s --.. so soootio,t j ~141,:it:ul.t.to'sits,112,dings, and Ground, situate in Mabgate ft I k, 740 I'l 1 ' 1 Pre eho l `lie county of York. 0 1 11 N , ,,,,,, 1 1 ln kk d Paper Mill, and Paper Stainer's Mann- " t i staP t 0 ! 14 4 . 44, t ) ti,„ ' str eet, Leeds all late the property of The- :I t o:0 ° 1 ..: • 0 1 4 , 1 I„ I k's si ," d dr eeltsed. ' ‘ . . , er ir rs, pad of sale may be had (gratis) in e • , '',. 1 4 , 1 1 54 , 4 N1,..0(1,.; ,, ; or lil e and Son, solicitors, 13, Great James- - 1 4 : 1 0 0 0•: ; 101 1, ,, 4 ‘0 4 , 11,, , 0 1 1 R eno : o .Bra. Johnson, Wearherall, and Sens, Do ver "‘ 144)T1 , l e h, 6, %,..7, 41 k, Temple ;of Messrs . Ridsdale and ~. f a. kegs, lkelii t ':.! - Inn.senare ; and of Messrs. ITelme, yet " n cey 4 N tki ~,1 1. sh lo , New-inn. St - and ; ofd in the v o or. 0 . "N,,,, , ,„„,, 2 1 .1 . erd, solicitor, Barnsley ; Messrs „,,,, 1 V4 r l i ra, Yo r , . ''elicitors, Leeds; of Me s srs. Leeman and i ostOY 1: 40 ‘ 1 4,, - ,_%re. T', of \lr. Birks solicitor, Hemingfield. near • ' l3 " dee. ° .1 if nk`c l3 ter Y t i t s and Harrison, solicitors, Barnsley ;of Doe ~001 ))^, 1 p i kis oi,, ar usleY, the auctioneer ; and at the place saau ..,„,' ,fl 'k 1. the Property m a y be seen. o ' l‘ rtf t 'l pa 0 til t 41: t -- 1;11 1 ' " „ 01 41 Oti' b tk i E't IN At. ,84 Gof MERCHANTS, • n eer " sini ,k, , ,, ,, ,„,., ipo w „,, ~,-„.„...4.,., T ape led th .„"...RF. I I, an'. other Inhabitants of the ) 1 -''' 110'4" 11 11, 4 ' . • 11 , te tt , e TORT and TRADE of LOND".4N, held $ "1111 0 '4 1 1 'er-lane, on Wednesday, the 11 4th of Feb- i. P ut t ' r.' i ',c 4 „, 41 1d 0 W ,1 p t , Soa t ' l „ni' . V 4 0 ,1.: 't Fn '`'LL Fs i th chair, ofer - •t h k hi lN , t t , Ext .2 . _ - , _q , n e ", Vki,`_', t viE BESLET, Esq ; seconded by W. M. I i,tl; '''or 41 r s „ , 1. Doe" ,At :e. 4. -4 140 t -- %Yed -Th tjv 1 1, , ii +,s f es of , , a the attempt now made by the st&! 'MI Y 4 4 '1 e t""eir fidon to procure the repeal of the ex- 1 , 0;0 ~ 01 44 ai, rdl i , ekr , , h ;"uer Acts, is a direct breach of faith with ~ 6 0 1 0,10 d Vtl, N t dor por )ation of the express conditions on which 2..'f„tasfita' 11 1;! . t of L ik tore: l et l were conceded to them as well as of ,r, om - isor - ~ 1 , et,,Nl °4 110 4 .3 ' and common law rights of , the traders of . P r e .' ~ ,0 ' tc,lt 4 tl '' '' ef 3 . ' • i , D'' '' j Pod pli f ) 1 t 4 41:: 4 1 ' liihu, i iutl ro , C ; t e t ii :tyq Ir litcuonsow, Esq.; seconded by Jones : P u i. O Pc • • ;' 1t e 454 (1 44 S" s olv 1 • ' foe ~.' \ P I, lt r)ith /)m al l Of 'LI-That it is the opinion of this meet- a . , eel. , it, tkr, • tnE, l' pu f .'„ I s 11,, t t t h too t „ tbe l , of Board of Trade, as charged with the ce sel l - hts,7 l ter c lk er t : • Yr act; t he true interests of the commerce and r ; goo° , i ' 4 t , t o ,:a s )f s l e)aeh,ZelY to interpose on behalf of the public 4 f' r' e'tqtPt,,lt;.,f)t it h e ats on the privileges of the Port t and 400 .° - / I lle'tle,; 4 ,l, T S ON; are also called upon, as conservators of t 3 , o , l , l ;_____--' ~ ~,,,ctl p p t v , N ( lt l l(l t Zatives of the Crown, in the interests of i ..........„0„,••„„ ) *0 4 e s lin 4Cplile, . Same against the contemplated exec- -- 0 1 j i , , stlitQ 1t0 k ,• .. Eft lb' i rk "le sZmte tl , l IS -"' Low, Esq.; seconded by H. C. ..... r AfrA' se" - ',.'et4 r p t s, 4 l 4 t . tsb re4 t ;; 00 ?i 4 C t l h ,„ e solli ti „, tit*ltp % +-That a deputation from this meet- "ED .sf th v4i es Vls,, teLtile President of the Bo rd of Trade, g, 16t - L ii i, kid.," .li4 h o nts. -4 4q u 'alty, to communicate and enforce the d,‘ 4 0f 0 .- ' 6o l's 'elicit their influence in opposing the 1 f rfol os i , r t4 e o f th e tar , r . . otit ketP,Strepolitan District and Home Conn- rine -- c 9l , ,:., requested to-accompany the De- fle .ifri °t/ 'i 'l - tar- -4tis lt „ -., W. J. HALL, Chairman, e. ‘ol, , PREDIC BE.LEY, Treasurer. .'ino. ' cilia). .„, o il., or "'cinder), Feb' SIDNEY . SMITH, Secretary. -ftal 'lOO : tq' NT$ . 14,1855. ine - fr ost , ' ' /AL b Cll-- ' ll .ll p 4 b - l a rd ' l , ✓ 0 ( \ Q4 lld .r 0 1 4 1 .,... . --. . SINCE ALBERT. .r,o- ,„... t, 4„, _ 12 1, - lar d, , '4,, J .k/ente "' °II I‘TIC INSTITUTION.- Ift 441,1 11.4 t h% 1 5th inst., DRAMATIC READING 1 1 1; 0 / fs'' t ei 4 f IMPoR • Doc'. ' tt4tl,b,llAlsig NO TE l i t I. ,PR a NOT ? h LECTuutst. o° ‘ l- t. c"' V I td •O a PO CONK' BACIILIOFFNES. [ar a frOB ,_,SO t ,GO 'im, ,i . ~ ERT by invieib:e peelnrmere os [. fa I s -- O f Nr . '"C ALI;T PEPPEa ' E ' q. aelEs oraztetaAi ''' Is- - ° o r ss , ,s sr tik, - -ORAILA. of the VOY 1001 i f h o, , tAi t. ja0V 7 .,,, 05 i" '1 4 1 ,,, vas 4st umr, which now Discharges 200 Balls pet le,t4 1- I, V;vet l i, ros‘ N Ni,t tl t t; - -The Bards of Caledonia, by Mr. and '3l is! ros' 4 '''oe i l 'orden, Mr. Waud, and the Royal Polytechnic C.... ci at. 4, ‘4 l), - ewe of America. ,--, fro s, P •i-N El ard ,ii , qi lt , o ttb . y r`b' (-, c• E ffo s t :- ", i n o w ic , gtl ' 6 ,ll-* k i Z l :, 1 4 1 1 11. :A. It t S INO, ARGYLL ROOMS. - , Er --' t,..-P - tli'' (It,i,iz .%l llp l :' i a 5 5.-During the course of this wee! Frog t, t 'kee tles„, ll, tte k Play e d h Ere' , , 'mth,,,,llem,„ ), %,,,_ % IL ~.. y Laurent's Orchestra :-Over nal p o i itriii ,) , J tza1t 0 ,1,,,, t, w altzes: Wellen anti Wogen, Strauss Fr° s "feOP ' the R. biez e ' l, r0r'.,' 4 1,4 4 ., ; Vermahlung's Toaste, Strauss Ejafa 04. . - ` n treyi i lide s ,,, , Lo rno •el th o "' 44 Tenise by desire), H. Lau Elblal f 41 ( flr ' e r B tt e • 141 11cipal performers; Quadrilles ,es. t st t i,,. , 1.1 ~ •L, Collier , PO' t.Ot• ',,,`-a V.„ ` 4, e) /1' -too,. d'Or (first time), Boa t„ 'Ldn', ""e le "'Oger'i 'nap... 'llt ; Lucia, Tinney; Schottische Fir °. Or r l‘ti at. pri ela ngtoh e th rB r, YI Polkas : I.a Musette (first time) 1.1 to , '4,l leL ° te r,,,_4e1p0l hornet. time), Bousquet ; The Zouaves, II Fills; 01 . o aa, - -as i , 10 ~,wrilet.s ~ Streather ; Gallop, Lea Guides liar)" 4 •,. 0 5e,, 4 4 1, - .N„uoop, -be eh Trlston, M. Boalcourt. All Informs re.' '' j l ' .te " 11 1114n t s Pell at tamed at the music repository uncle [ - la . jot ffo• ' r Eight ; commence at half-past. - \`erJ 0 0 'tt,,_ 9 li sr , tote IS - , 44 tit f ...11 F r o.' ' 0 % ti ' , -.nti ' Prot EIV ° : ' l % . 411, and and, 4 , ected by Royal Letteri ‘.,,- , 1, 1 , ' th e r ! ,, secured by the Seals of the Each, 'I. Er° s t " Vth, tt r A t i a 'Nut Id secured College of Medicine, Vienna. Fr°S" N 4 4047 kria n tic , n, ,t 44 R, No. 1, FlS'' ,de 0 \,, 4411) e 0 L . 1 13,: i - C fr o - -r utatorrhona . and Exhaustion of th Eill ° : a a', ll ' fi '4, 44,.., 'ref ~"t i aro ~ e leesses, accident, or climate. Fro°" --- 11' a, .1 4 , - arly e i .; - :!'rented entering-the married state le st , \ 4 ki the ah TRi t " B it is invaluable. . . N' ° A• i kNS os ll. t j e tt ees 'rt h , , Pac h B o E r tr, No. 2, • Froll°' d fie' \h. ti '''4 ll nr tt '' , let t ll l'se Disor ders w hi c h and dd entire! [jar / or i ‘ slet, the /),-,4,.? antidote fbr w , to the ruin of the keaiti [ l a rd ' Vs.t . e;'thi nett '114;•ton. suo 0 ",i,50 , 10 0# hvtku:ttii Ens . Re eted l L'ilt, No. 3, io na ~ c ~,i1 fsh. ,o, „ fe l „, .Y . for that class of Disorders, whic -, ,011 T c ir / i t t ligt 4 'llo„,` ll the'',:`Pletan treats with Mercury, to the in l'az to lif of ‘. o,lt, l erki eart,tents constitution, and which all th Pa /..., / 1 14N01,4t4; 1, 2, .:, i il remove. kt.,,pt _.----- pr' o il tr `ei t be g qu-,ti me ; 3 , era alike devoid of taste or steel to y e 5, ,0 5, / ' 1 ,1 14,,,k115 t t i ses pw „ e - d They may lie on the toilet tab! ,wel l ' • ci°V 1 1 )I. l )eh‘l ad l ' s • each, i ~ 'lesAt , , d/ ~,,„ „,, e44 re : by post, 2s. extra, divided ins •-•-° ''ber 4 illif r 4 '‘ ,. N it, l an d h(?leftale and Y Valpean, Lallemand, Rom Retail in London of Johntton, 61 Y ios", t , 10 0 : / / ‘ i cl‘ ii 11 90 . trio ''' g 3, O x f rd : or , am 0. 4 \ o t t i ,. 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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF SCOTLAND.—The re port of the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland to the Board of Trade on the agricultural statistics of Scotland for the year 1854 has been presented to both houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty. The report, dated from Edinburgh on the 234 ult., is most favourable with regard to the general success of the in quiry, the Scotch farmers, as a body, having at once recognised the importance and utility of the measure; and afforded every facility in their power. The result of the inquiry appears in certain tabular statements, from which the folio wing general information has been extracted. The gross total extent of land under cultivation in the vari ous counties of Scotland amounted to 12,616,3464 acres. Of these 168,216 acres were under cultivation of wheat, 207.507 of barley, 932,994 of oats, 3,809 of rye, 18,118 of bere or bigg, 37,702 of beans, 6,1694 of peas, 13,4424 of vetches, 433,9151 of turnips, 143,0324 of potatoes, 1,9461 of mangold,-1,218 of carrots, 1,3954 of cabbage, 6,6704 of flax, 1,4294 of turnip seed, and 26,1281 acres of bare fallow. The extent of land in grass was as fol. lo ws, viz.:-1,427,7904 acres of grass in the rotation of the farm, 1,207,1014 acres of permanent pasture, 69,256' acres of irrigated meadows, and 6,530,8421 acres of sheep walks. There were also 130,5834 acres of houses, roads and fences, 830,7304 acres of waste, and 413,391 acres of woods. The live stock of Scotland included 156,595 horses, 292.365 milk cows, 438,334 other cattle, 205,172 calves, 3,360,289 ewes, gimmers, and ewe-hogs; 1,426,946 tuns, wethers, and wether hogs, and 163,683 swine. The grass produce of the 32 counties was as follows, viz.:—Of wheat, 4,841,499 bushels; barley, 7,639,601 bushels; eats, 33,854,319 -bushels ; bore or .bigg, 537,250 bushels ; beans, 1,080,921 bushels; tur nips, 6,372,189 tons; and potatoes, 523,383 tons. The average produce , of wheat is from 22 to 36 bushels per imperial acre. PUBLIC PETITIONS.—The list issued on Wednesday by the Select Committee of this House of Commons on Public Petitions includes two against the Epis copal Estates Bill, from general meetings at New castle and Gateshead, and from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury ; four petitions against throwing open the trade in licenses, signed by 380 persons ; 35 peti tions for a repeal of the duty on newspaper stamps, signed by 12,486 persons ; 58 petitions for an altera tion of the mileage duty on carriages, signed by 58 per sons ; 2 petitions for the adoption of the decimal coin age, signed by 290 persons ; a petition from Mr. David Urquhart, for inquiry into our foreign policy and our diplomatic relations with Russia; 6 petitions for pro hibiting the use of grain in the manufacturing of intoxi cating drinks, signed by 1,640 persons; 5 petitions from public meetings at Lewes, Bury, and Oldham, for pro hibiting the sale of such drinks; and 62 petitions in favour of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill, signed by 4,768 persons. The Licensed Victuallers of Lincoln, in petitioning against the carrying out of the resolutions of the select committee of the House of Commons for throwing open the trade, state their con viction that from the late act for closing public-houses on Sundays from half-past 2 to 6 p.m., and from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. .OR Monday morning, "great inconvenience has arisen, not only to numerous excursionists in the summer season, but to thousands of the middle and working classes, who of necessity require refreshment at a period during which, by the recent act, they are prohibited from obtaining it." The inhabitants of Port Glasgow, on the other hand, in - petition ing against the distillation of grain, contend that it is an "enormous waste of the bounties of Provi dence," and " a wanton destruction of human food for the production of materials wholly unnecessary either as articles of diet or as beverages," in sup port of which opinions they cite the testimony of Sir B. Brodie, Sir J. Clark, Dr. Neil Arnott, Dr. R. Bright, Dr. Chambers, Dr. Forbes, Sir W. Burnett, Dr. Hol land, and 1,700 medical practitioners, to the effect that " total and universal abstinence from alcoholic liquors and intoxicating beverages of all sorts would greatly contribute to the health, the prosperity, the morality, and the happiness of the human race." The petitioners also enunciates an opinion that, under the present oil-- cunistancee di` the country, the operations of brewing and distilling aru " wholly unwarrantable, alike injuri ous to the people, and insulting to Providence" j , , , I i .. I . ,- , , L ,, , , T . z• -- i . . , _ . ( .k .l. .L-4- 4 - IA _ t 4 „.,...„.;_____, , N. ~ ,„ . . „!, ~.,.... , , ~,. 4/8 , • • A t , = " ..ti tttlC C V: • D Ron . 4 2 Yr": LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, .1855. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. their intention to stand for election. In consequence of Mr. Haswell's retirement, Sir Watkin: Williams Wynn has exer cised his privilege of appointing himself to be a director of the company. It is the province of the proprietors to settle and determine what shall be the remuneration for the united board of management ; and also to fix the proper allowance to the auditors for undertaking the examination of the ac counts of the Shrewsbury and Birminghani and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways." The CHAIRMAN moved the reception, adoption, and circula tion of the report, which was seconded by another member of the board. Major COURT objected to the adoption of the report, be cause it had not been circulated, and the directors sought to raise additional capital to the ar.xunt of 250,0001. The assignment of war and cholera as reasons for the smallness of the dividend was all humbug. The net revenue for 1854 had exceeded that of 1853 by 65,0001., but 'this had been cap tured by the Shrewsbury and South Wales line. They had declared dividends at the rate of 3 per cent., but had only earned 21. 16s. The fans for which the company would have to pay soon had been called for by a profuse and lavish expenditure. (Applause.) There was not one scheme which had been originated by the directors of this company which had not resulted in a loss. (Applause.) During 1854 the company had expended 1,600,000/., from which they had re ceived not a sixpence of profit, and from the greater, portion of which they would never obtain any. In regard to the Wilts, Somerset, and "Weyniouth Railway, he complained that the directors had never laid before the shareholders the agreement with that company, nor any information on tho subject. Had they done so, he believed much of the loss upon that head might have been saved. It was originally said that the line would cost one million, but it had really cost three millions. The SECRETARY explained that the agreement with the Wilts and Somerset Company had been repeatedly submitted to the shareholders of this company ; and also that the line would not cost so much as the honourable proprietor had represented. Major COURT said that his error arose from want of infor mation. The SECRETARY read a paragraph, of Ow circular which ac companied the accounts to show ttLe ntices,lary information had been given to the shareholders.' Major COURT moved, as an amendment upon tho original motion, that the report should only be received. Mr. C. MARSH seconded the amendment, and recommended that the directors should have the assistance of a committee of shareholders in settling the arrangement with the Birken head Company. He also inquired what was the rent now paid for the hotel ; and gave notice that at a future meet ing ho should propose a resolution providing that of the retiring directors one should be ineligible for re-election with in five years. ' The SECRETARY said that the rent of the hotel for the first year was 1,0001., for the second, 2,000/. ; for the third and fourth, 3.004/, ; and for future years, 3,5004, which would be 7 per cent, on the cost. Mr. H. FINER complained that the company was paying too large an interest upon its mortgages and debentures. If the recklessness of the directors in taking new lines continued, there, would soon be no dividend at all. He protested against taking any new lines, or the perseverance in a course which had reduced the dividend to its present small amount. The SECRETARY said that attention had always been paid to borrowing money at the lowest possible rate. Mr. L. DAvis advocated the proposed capitalisation of a portion of the debt, as it would thus be allocated to proprie tors of this company, and not to strangers. The traffic of the South Wales Railway was increasing, and he believed that at a future time that would be a highly remunerative line. Great improvement was going on in the revenue of the Shrews bury lines, and he believed that the receipts from these lines would, in the future, be still further increased. Looking at all the circumstances connected with the position of this com pany, he believed that their affairs were now at the worst, and that they would go on progressively improving. It was too late now to cavil at undertakings which were the result of proceedings adopted years ago ; and he understood that the money now proposed to be raised was part of it (600,0001.) to repay an old debt, and the remainder to complete the works as far north as Wolverhampton. The SECRETARY said that this was so ; and added that no new works, except such as would be paid for out of the sum now called for, were contemplated within the district south of Wolverhampton. Mr. AVERY said that no good reason had been advanced to induce the meeting to decline to adopt the report. The " la vish expenditure" which had been objected to against the direction had arisen out of undertakings all of which had been sanctioned by resolutions of the shareholders. Much of the expenditure had been occasioned not by the reckless. ness of the direction, but by the Parliamentaryposition of the company, and its being obliged to execute all the undertak ings for which it had obtained powers. It was essential to the future prosperity of the company that they should strengthen the hands of the directors to carry out the lines now in course of construction—(No, no, no, and interruption)—and to de velope their traffic upon them. The Hon. C. L. BUTLER attributed the unfortunate state of the company's affairs to the incompetence of the direction, and announced his intention of moving a resolution pledging the meeting not to sanction the making of a new line, the lease of an existing line, or the increase of the capital, until the rail way was in a position to pay a dividend of 5 per cent. At the same time he said that he did not object to the increase of capital proposed in the present report. After a little further discussion, _ _ The CHAIRMAN urged that, as most of the information, and that of the most important character, contained in the re port had been previously conveyed to the proprietors, either by the accounts or other documents, there was no need to have circulated the report prior to the day of meeting. In reply to the observations of Major Court, he defended the hoard from the charge of having been guilty of " reckless extravagance. - s‘. list waatapo position of the company with regard to the four undertakings ;rnposed the heaviest burdens upon them I In respect to the Oxford and Worcester Company, they had strenuously refused to ac cept liabilities which it was never intended they should undertake, and the consequence was they had no ar rangement at all with that company. With the South Wales they had a modified agreement, from which it seemed pro bable that they would reap a profit. With respect to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, and the northern lines, they were yet in a position to speak only of the coat, and had not yet experienced the benefits to be drawn from them. Since they embarked in these schemes in the years 1846 and 1847 the directors had entered into no undertaking except the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies. The directors had given their most strenuous exertions to the in terests of this company. They had never sought their own benefit from it, but had made that which was right the rule of their conduct. If the shareholders were not satisfied with them, he knew one, and he believed there were many others, who would be exceedingly happy to resign his trust into their hands. Major COURT disclaimed having intended to impute any want of honesty either to the chairman or th e d irectors. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN said that at their last meeting the proprie tors voted a sum of 175,000/. towards the Metropolitan Rail way. If that railway were completed this would, he be lieved, be one of the best investments which this company had ever made. Th e question having been put, the amendment was nega tived,elaAre. id dd theiavndendat th resolution rate of 6 pertionwasadopnt. pert:edby agla e majority. large was de clared, The retiring directors were unanimously re-elected ; and Mr. John Williams was elected a director in place of Mr. James Haswell. The CHAIRMAN then moved that, in consideration of the in-, creased duties which had been cast upon the auditors since they accepted office, the allowance to them should be in creased from 1001. to 150/. per annum each. The resolution was seconded, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. L. Dews moved the increase of the allowance of the directors from 1,2001. to 3,0001. (Disapprobation.) The CHAIRMAN, on the part of the directors, expressed un willingness to receive so large an increase, and suggested that the amount to be voted should be only 1,8 001. This suggestion was received with a general expression of satisfaction, Rnd the sum mentioned was unanimously voted. The Hon. 0. L. BUTLER then moved the resolution of which he had given notice at an earlier stage of the proceedings, and it was seconded. The CHAIRMAN expressed a fear that the resolution, as worded, might injure the property of the company ; and seve goohdt do effect, h et a' ra l as . ra l p r oprietors urged its withdrawal, en the ground that it this meeting could Mr. BUTLER deelfne d to withdraw the.resolution ; and after so me discussion, an amen dment, move d by Mr. DAVIS, that it not would bind de bfutur e productive on es, of no might should not be put, was ag reed to. and On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the stuns mentioned in the report were voted for the completion of the Paddington station and the supply of rolling stock. The meeting was then made special, when The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution authorising the raising of additional capital to an amount not exceeding 1,325,000/. in shares, which was seconded and agreed to. The CnantmAx moved another resolution, authorising the directors to conclude, in conjunction with the South Devon and Bristol and Exeter companies, a lease of the Cornwall Railway. He explained that the Object of this arrangement was to enable the Cornwall Company to float their deben tures, without which they could not complete their line. The completion of this was of considerable importance to this com pany. According to the terms of.the proposed arrangement, the associated companies were to work the Cornwall line, the first receipts of which were to be applied to pay the interest upon the debentures. The second charge upon the receipts would be the repayment of the working expenses, and until the companies working the line had been reinabareed the money advanced for these no dividends would is -e paid upon any shares. The amount of liability to be incurred by the Great-Western as to the interest of debentures and working expenses was two-ninths of the capital ; was no probability there - o probability that it could sustain any loss. After a short conversation, the resolution was agreed to, and the meeting, after voting thanks to the chairman and directors, adjourned to Thursday, the Ist March, for the pur pose of considering the proposed arrangement with th e Bi r . kenhead Railway. for that increase, he thought no one could doubt that the increased income had arisen from legitimate traffic, and that the affairs of the company were in a satisfactory position. Although the receipts had increased so considerably the addi tional expenditure, notwithstanding the high price of many articles, had not exceeded 5,4701. The coal traffic on the line was most encouraging, as would be apparent from the fact that of the 56,000 tons of goods carried 36,000 tone consisted of coal. (Hear.) Some persons might imagine that the in crease iu the receipts of the company was accounted for by the war. The company certainly had derived some advantage from military movements and the conveyance of huts ; but lie believed if we had been at peace the traffic would have increased to a considerably larger extent: The requirenxents of the Government bad materially interfered with the con , tracts at Southampton, and deprived the company of a great deal of mail communication and merchandise. - In fact, there had been a positive decrease in the traffic, so far as South ampton was concerned, and therefore it was quite clear that the increase which he had mentioned had taken place gene rally over the whole line. (Hear.) Ono of the items in the report was a sum paid to the steam-packet department for the purpose of keeping up the stock, and, in addition to that, it had been found necessary to order a new packet to afford the necessary facilities for parties wishing to visit the Paris Ex. hibition, and he believed the shareholders would not object to the payment of 2,5001, for that purpose. (Hear.) At the last meeting it would be recollected that he promised to give a more detailed account of the requirements for the plant, but he found it exceedingly difficult to form a comparison with any other line on that subject. One line was found to be working 200 or 300 miles of its own, and 100 miles with another com pany, from which they did not derive any revenue. Other lines had the work done for them, and the arrangements were so complies d that scarcely any comparison et , • , .7 Inc, no drawn fi o their ceedings. But he found that tne oSouth - Western Companyi In. proportion to its revenue, had under charged in every ibAlance with the exception of the Bristol and Exeter line, which was a. trifle lower, on account of the 1 facilities afforded that line by the Great Western Company. Now, with respect to the capital account. Inst , oacl of the directors telling the shareholders that they would close the capital account, they would engage that in any matter re quiring any considerable increase of revenue, nothing should. be charged to capital withoutlinrrirevioture;ftund 'sanction of the proprietors. (Cheers.) In each case a proper asti -1 mate should be submitted to them, and they should have full control over the matter. (Hear.) •He would now call their attention to the North Devon line, better known as the Taw Vale line. The South-Western Company had been told that if they subscribed to the extent of 30,0001., they would be asked for no nacre money on that account. The line had lien completed, and was now at work, and producing a revenue in which the South-Western Company would participate next week, but, like many other railways, the Taw Vale was defi cient in funds, and they now required an additivall c ill of 21. 10s. per share on the 7,080 shares held by the South- Western Company. He did not see how they could resist the call ; in fact, they would not be in a position to claim a share in the dividend without such payment ; and, therefore, he trusted the shareholders would at once consent to pay up the call, which was to be a final one, and then the shares would be paid up in full. (Hear, hear.) The next subject to which he wished to call the attention of the meeting was a bill which had recently been introduced into the House of Commons, the reasons for which he was about to explain. A line was required from the Crystal Palace to the west end, and a bill was passed during the last session for the construction of a line from a new station in Victoria-street, and also from a station at Battersea-bridge. The Brighton Company had as sociated itself with that enterprise. The scheme had not pro ceeded with the vigour at first contemplated. Some discus sion had taken place, and it was thought that if the Brighton Company were so desirous of adopting that nue, and re quired a west-end termini, the South-Western Company and the Dover and continental traffic required the same convenience. It was clear that a west-end terminus was essential to the success of the Crystal Palace. Now, the South-Western Company had a large piece of land unoccu pied, and they had always considered that it would be neces sary for further improvements ; and if the Brighton Com pany and the South-Eastern Company could make the Water loo terminus a terminus for the west-end traffic, it would b. most desirable to do so. It would give the South-Western Company 4i miles of additional traffic over their own line, and must be much cheaper than the construction of a new line from Clapham to Victoria-street and Battersea-bridge. (Hear.) The South-Eastern Company were now competing with the South-Western for traffic to Guildford, Godalming, Farnborough, and some other places. Now, if that company and the Brighton Company would consent to land their pas sengers at the Waterloo terminus, it would be absurd to com pete for the' traffic lodged at that terminus ; and the South- Western directors, considering that such a project, if carried out, would be beneficial to the shareholders of the company, had thought it desirable to apply.to Parliament for a permis sive bill. He could not say that the project would terminate satisfactorily, but the directors wished to be in a position to entertain it ; and intended before going further to take the opinion of the shareholders as to any agreement which they might be able to effect with the other companies. Under these circumstances he trusted they would excuse the direc tors for having gone to Parliament without their previous sanction. (Hear.) Now, with respect to the Salisbury and Basingstoke line, the bill introduced contained fifty-eight sections, fifty-six of which related to the internal improve ments of the company, and wore intended. to place it in a more satisfactory position. These were matters which did not concern the public generally. Now, with respect to the com pletion of the line into Salisbury, the directors had agreed to go from their terminus to a place called Fisherton. They required an extension of time to purchase land between Yeovil and Salisbury, and they had been unexpectedly met by an opposition in Parliament by certain parties aocusing the South-Western Company of a. breach of faith, and a want of that honourable conduct which ought to be pursued by a company . ._. Having had-obst,,tilq_ laill, he was expected to lay the matter betbre the shareholdess„. so aseetani their Wishes, in order that they might acquit themselves honourably before the House of Commons. Those gentlemen who had been conspicuous in opposing the bill, had stated that they did not wish to oppose its progress, but they wished it to be postponed for a month, in order that the matter might be considered and the result reported to them. The chairman coneluded by moving the adoption of the report. A PROPRIETOR complained. that on certain portions of the line there were a great number of unneeess:lry trains, and suggested the propriety of running a less number at more convenient times as a means of saving expense. Mr. PUNCHER, after expressing in strong terms his disap proval of the recent decision of the House of Commons, said he trusted the chairman would state his sentiments with re ference to the Dorchester extension. The CHAIRMAN said that he had fully expressed his opinion during the discussion in the House of Commons, and read to the meeting a report of his speech on that occasion. Mr. PUNCHER complained of the amount paid to the au. ditors-3001., whilst the auditors to the North-Western and Great Western Companies were paid only 1001. He wished to knew whether the auditors had examined the items included n the sum of 7621. for petty disbursements, and also whether they had looked into the account for the 40,000 letter stamps. Mr. Cross said the auditors certainly had not ascertained exactly the number of postage stamps used. If they had entered into such an examination as that, their time would have been so fully occupied that they would have been unable to attend to any other matter. Every item of the petty dis bursements had been fully examined. With respect to the amount paid to the auditors of the other companies,,to which allusion had been made, they were more honorary auditors than anything else, and the accounts were made up by other Parties. The expenses incurred in making up and auditing such accounts was more than 1,2001. (Hear.) Mr. Asintoas considered that certain members of the House of Commons had taken a most unconstitutional course iu opposing the bill now before Parliament. Every bill ought to be judged per se on its own merits, and the course which the house bad adopted amounted almost to a denial of jus tice. (Hear.) For the purpose of strengthening the hands of the directors, he had drawn up the following resolutions, which ho would now submit to the shareholders for their adoption : "That the shareholders of the South-Western Railway Company have learnt with great surprise that certain mem bers of the House of Commons have obstructed the second reading of the bill now before the house relating solely to the internal affairs of the company, on the ground that the share holders had refused to adopt a pledge made by the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., late chairman of the company, to a committee. " That the shareholders conpider that their late chairman, when he gate the pledge in question, ought to have stated to the committee that the opinions of the shareholders were greatly divided upon the subject, and that ho could only gi're the pledge required of him subject to the decision of the shareholders at large, to be ascertained at a meeting under the Wharncliffe order. " That the shareholders highly approve of the speech of Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., their present chairman, on the motion for the second reading of the bill in question, in which he stated that the objections of the shareholders against extensions had increased fivefold since 1853. " That the shareholders conceive it to be the duty of the Legislature to decide upon the merits of each bill per, se as presented to them, and that they ought to consider that shareholders are a fluctuating and ever-changing body, and that it is unjust to visit upon the proprietors of 1855 anreupposed errors committed by those of 1853. " That the meeting considers that the conduct of those members of Parliament who are trying to force upon this company an enormously expensive line, against the opi. nion of a great majority, already declared in the mode pointed out by the law, to be most unconstitutional, and the shareholders hereby express their firm determination to adhere strictly to their non-extension policy, oven at the risk of having the bill now before Parliament rejected." Mr. PUNCHER seconded the resolutions. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the resolutions could not be entertained until the report should be disposed of. Mr. HELPS said ho was a total stranger to the provisions of the bill which had been referred to by tho chairman, and ho thought the shareholders ought to have been consulted before its introduction into Parliament. The CHAIRMAN observed that the discussion with the Brighton Company had taken place within the last three weeks, and there had not been time to call the shareholders together. The object of the directors had been to get the bill into the House of Commons without loss of time. Mr. CASTLEMAINE inquired if the passing of the Salisbury and Andover Bill was absolutely essential to the completion of the line ? Mr. BIRCHAM (the solicitor to the company) did not exactly know whether he ought to answer such a question. The di rectors deemed it desirable to go to Parliament ; but he could not say that the bill was an absolute necessity. There were certain lands near Salisbury which the company required, but which they had not a compulsory power to take, and it was thought expedient to pass an act for the purpose of obtaining that power. At present the company had not power to get this land to enable them to keep their engagement and open the line in August, 1856; There were landowners in the way, and the difficulty, perhaps, might be got over in the shape of a fine, for these lands must be obtained. (Hear, hear.) A PROPRIETOR expressed a hope that the outh-Eastern Company would be parties to the arrauganent under the per missive bill to which the chairman had alluded. The CHAIRMAN said he should be very glad indeed if that were to be the case. (Hear, hear.) The report was then adopted. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, clear of income-tax, was then declared, payable on and after the 26th of February next. A resolution was passed authorising the directors to pay the call of 2/. 10s. to the North Devon Company. The r.t; , •i•l7, dirr! , l . or. _Zia) uaAii.,lA,N then reati reszdutions which bad been proposed by Mr. Ashmore, the first of which had been Modi fied by the substitution of the word " opposed" for " ob. , GREAT WESTERN. • The thirty-ninCh half-yearly general meeting of the Great Western Railway Company was held at the Paddington sta tion yesterday. There was a large attendance of shareholders. The chair was taken by Mr. Charles Russell, the chairman of the company-, The usual formal proceedings having been gone through, The. CHAIRMAN said it would have been observed from the accounts that it was not proposed to declare a dividend larger than that which was paid during the last half-year. The company had suffered in its revenue from the war and the high price of provisions and other necessaries of life, which had diminished railway travelling and trade, so that the re ceipts for the last half-year only very slightly exceeded the receipts of the last half-year of 1853. At the same time there had been made against the revenue several very heavy charges, which were wholly of a temporary and transient nature. Amongst these charges was 27,000/. for defi ciency, arising from the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury, lines, ordered by a resolution passed at the last meeting to be charged against the revenue of the half-year in which it occurred. During the present year such an iMprove ment had taken place in the tra is on these lines, that there was good reason to hope that this deficiency would shortly entirely 4,2301., resulting from the union with the South Wales Rail disappear. Another charge was the loss o f way. Another charge, amounting to 7,7501., arose from the reduction made by a very stringent award in the remunera tion for the mail service on which the directors had calculated. Only one instalment of the claim remain to be settled, and this charge would, he hoped, soon be obliterated. These charges against the revenue of the half-year amounted alto gether to 47,000/. ; but the diiectors had the satisfaction of knowing that they were in process of certain, rapid, and early extinction. The interest ui ou the cost of construction of the Birmingham and Oxford 'Railway, and of the Birmingham, Wolverhampten, and Dudley Railway, had, from the dates of their opening, been charged against revenue altogether. On these lines there was yet no goods traffic, and the passenger traffic could not be completely developed until this company had -obtained a certain and continuous communication with the north. By the completion of the latter of these railways, and the amalgamation with the Shrewsbury companies, much progress had been made towards the completion of this com munication. For its further promotion the directors were negotiating an arrangement with tho Birkenhead line, which would be submitted to the proprietors of this railway at a special meeting, to be hold for the purpose in March next. The difficulties which had occurred in connection with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, with which the old proprietors were all familiar, and similar difficulties in the north, had greatly increased the cast both of the northern railways belonging to this company, and of that line, and had imposed upon this company the necessity of taking powers for the raising of additional capital. Had it been a matter of choice, this was not the time which the di rectors would have chosen for such an operation; but it was a matter of necessity, and they had no option. Although it was necessary to take power for the whole amount at once, it did not follow that the stock would all be issued it the same time. The directors would issue it in such amounts, and at such times, as should be most advantageous. The sum proposed to be raised would enable them not only to complete the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, but also to lay down a mixed gauge between Oxford and Basingstoke, which they were under Parliamentary obligations to do to complete the Paddington station, and to increase, as it was absolutely necessary they should increase, their station accommodation on the line to Bristol, and as far north as Wolverhampton. With the completion of the Wilts, So merset, and Weymouth Railway, they would have finished all the works to which they were pledged, and have got through all those difficulties with which they had been struggling for the last .eight or ten years. They should have secured their territorial position, done much to protect their western traffic, created a new traffic in the north, and have opened communication with the ports of Southampton, Wey mouth, Plymouth, Falmouth, Bristol, Liverpool, Milford Haven, and Birkenhead. He (the Chairman) had always been of opinion, and had always expressed that opinion, that the time when they opened their northern lines and the Wilts, bomerset, and Weymouth lines would be a time of trial. They were now suffering from that pressure, and must for some time continue under it ; but when they had passed this difficult period, was it being too sanguine to hope that they would then derive a large accession of traffic from these sources ? Within the last few weeks the directors had been engaged in remodelling their traffic ar rangements. They had secured the services of a very able and experienced traffic manager, Mr. Newcombe, who had entered upon the management of the northern district with the amplest possible powers. They had made similar ar rangements in regard to the metropolitan and western dis tricts, and he hoped that they had thus provided the means of a vigorous and energetic administration of the goods traffic. The most promising circumstance was the friendly relations which had recently been established between the London and North-Western Company and this one. (Applause.) The object of the arrangement which had been made was simply to provide that the charges of both companies should be mo derate and reasonable, but remunerative, and that a stop should be put to the spirit of reckless competition, which ruined shareholders, and was, he believed, prejudicial to the interests of the public, by rendering it impossible that com panies which were rash enough to act upon such a principle should conduct their lines with efficiency or safety. To these principals the directors of the company could have no hesita tion in giving their adhesion, because on them they had always endeavoured to act. They never retaliated upon the South-Eastern for obtaining, by means of extravagantly low charges, some of their traffic from Reading, nor had they at points where they had come into collision with the London and ~..orth-Western endeavoured to divert traffic from the of thet company 'by extremely low rates. - )-tai....44Chear4 There never was a time at which they would not have entered into an arrangement with the London and North-Western Company upon these terms. The arrangement which had been made between the two companies was in his opinion cal culated, if carried out in a judicious and considerate manner, to prove not only advantageous to the great body of railway proprietors, but also consistent with the soundest principles of commercial economy, and conducive to the attainment of most just and most rational objects of public policy. The SECRETARY read the report, of which the following are the essential parts :—" An analysis of the traffic manifests an unusual stagnation during the last few months in railway business of every description, the income from eaLh section of those railways which have been long opened for public use proving in 1854 to be nearly identical in amount with that of the corresponding half-year in 1853. During the half-year, 29 additional miles of railway had been completed ; and although the time has been short, and the disadvantages great under which they have been opened for traffic, there are satisfactory indications of prospective benefits from them. The Wycombe Railway, of 9i miles, was opened on the let August for the conveyance both of passengers and goods. - The lladstoke branch, of 8 miles, was opened, for the transmission of coals only, on the 14th Novem- ber ; the Birmingham, Wolveihampton ' and Dudley Railway, of O miles, from Birmingham to Priestfield, and the railway of 1 miles beyond Wolverhampton to the junc tion with the Shrewsbury line, were opened for passengers on the same day. It is already known to many of those inte rested in the prosperity of the Shrewsbury lines, and with much satisfaction, that the ruinous annihilation of all profits in respect of those railways, so long existing, has terminated since those undertakings have become the property of the Great Western Company, by mutual agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company ; and that the' competition for traffic is for the future to be carried on at moderate but remunerative rates -the only method, as your directors have always represented, which, in their opi nion, is calculated to insure both to the public and the pro prietors the substantial benefits of a fair and enduring rivalry between two independent systems. It will be perceived from the accounts that, as anticipated under the circumstances so fully explained at the last meeting, your revenue is still en. cumbered with a heavy.loss for those undertakings. In or der to secure the economical and harmonious transaction of business over every portion of those continuous lines, it has been deemed expedient to undertake the working and man agement of the Birkenhead lines, extending in one direction from Chester to Birkenhead, a distance of 16 miles, and in the other direction to Walton, near Warrington, a distance of 17 miles towards Manchester. The principles upon which that arrangement has been based are to secure to the Birken head lines all the traffic which shall pass over your rail ways, and to give to them the entire profit from every source of their revenue ; the Great Western Company being satisfied to undertake the expenses of conveying and managing the traffic, at a very low percentage, in order to prevent interruption to their business by want of uniformity of system, or by obstructive misunderstandings and disputes. The Birkenhead Company are to have secured to them a minimum amount of gross receipts, with a definite increase as already explained in the circular; and the Great Western Company are to have the option within five years of taking the lines on a perpetual lease at a fixed annual rental. The directors recommend this arrangement for the sanction and approval of the special general meeting. The lease of the Cornwall Railway conjointly to the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, and South Devon Companies, under the powers of an existing act of Parliament, has been suggested as the best means which can be afforded to that company for raising money to insure the completion of their undertaking, and primarily of that portion of it between Plymouth and Truro. It will be remembered that a mandamus from the Court of Queen's Bench rendered the completion of a railway be tween Bradford and Bathampton obligatory upon the company, and that legal proceedings, having a similar ob ject in respect of other lines, were only suspended upon an undertaking from this company to apply to Parliament for extending their power to raise additional capital, and for a prolonged time to construct other portions of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Resolutions of the proprietors, from time to time, confirmed those proceedings ; and the act to raise the additional capital and extend the period for making the lines (which was submitted specially for approval at a meeting of the company) received the royal assent daring the last session. The time has now arrived when the exercise of those powers must take place. The cir cular with the accounts has described the position and extent of the additional lines of railway which will be thereby brought into operation, and ,it may be mentioned that the moneys to be raised by this creation of shares, together with the balance in the hands of the company, will enable the di rectors to complete all the expenditure to which the proprie. tors are pledged, by Parliamentary enactment, for new lines or works connected therewith. The repayment of advances already made from capital, in respect of the Wilts; Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, by means of the said creation, will cover the further cost of the Paddington station, which is estimated at 150,0001., as well as of laying additional rails and sidings of th 6 narrow gauge between Oxford and Basing. stoke, and will complete the various improvements and ac. commodations contemplated on every portion of the Great Western lines as now opened up to Wolverhampton. The only other augmentation to be made by the vote of proprie tors, will be for additional locomotive stock, needful for the new lines referred to, as well as for an increasing demand of plant over the Great Western and South Wales Rail Ways. These requirements for new rolling stock will not be less than the sum of 150,0001. over and above the sum which has been expended, and which already shows an excess of nearly 106,000/. over previous votes. Under the provisions of the Amalgamation Act, 1854, she directors were added to the Great Western Board ; one of that number being nomi nated by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., of his own right, in virtue of a privilege conferred upon him by the Shrewsbury and Chester Act, the other five being selected by the two Shrewsbury boards, and the whole number now con sists of is directors. Th.: retirement of five directors of the united lioard takes place at the present half-yearly meeting, when Mr. A. K. Baker, Capt. Bulkeley, Mr. J. W. Miles, Mr, Henry Simmonds s and Mr. John Williams have announced LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. of this comThpeanhyalwf- ......._._ _. ___ new office, Waterloo-bridge station, to rec eive the re p ort for the pre ceding half-year, to declare a dividend, to transact the gene ral business of the company, and to fill up vacancies in the direction occasioned by the retirement, milder the p rov i s i ons of the act, of Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., and the Hon. Ralph Heneage Dutton, who, being re-eligible, offered themselves for re-election. 1 The chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Chaplin, M.p. The minutes of the preceding meeting hiving been read and confirmed, the report was taken as read. The CuAntmes then rose, and said that their neighb ours , the Brighton Company, usually met on an earlier day than the South-Western Company, and the chairman of the former company had remarked that by thei r earlie r meeting they usually set the key by which other meetin g s were attuned. That gentleman had certainly given a m ost d olorous tone to his last meeting, by stating that the s hares of the company had fallen from 108 to 98. Now, he w ished to i mpress upon the shareholders present that they were perfectly j us tifi e d i n taking a more cheerful tone, and instead of playing th e dea d march in Sate, they might almost sing, " 0 be j o yf u l"— (laughter)—for they were about to receive a clear and honest 5 per cent., and to take their place amongst the first-class railways. (Cheers.) _ When the recf:ipt9 for the half-year ending Dec., 1154 i tt,:,4c'eaud those sif, f. &t cPr.restpolidll4, Lail. year in 1852 by 56,000 Z., and when, in fact, there were no encampments, naval reviews, or other, attractions to account _ //2 • - - „ , . - ' s ~-• e . , eumik • lasZa I PRICE SD. ..seeeeeseeee. eeseeeeess. strutted ;" &Id the last ley the substitution of the word " un. usual" for . " unS‘onstitutioeial." Mr. Tern took exception to one phrase in the resolutions. Mr. Scott had beeso distinctly authorised to give a pledge—(no, no, and yes)--eand that part of the resolutions which referred to his conduct. in that respect was not erue, (Oh, oh.) He was present at the meeting when the author:l, was given to Mr. Scott. - (It was a packed meeting.) No,sit was not a packed /electing. It was a meeting fairly summoned, and fairly repro- Sented the shareholders. (No, no.) It was fairly summoned, (No;. no.) It was fairly announced. And what followed ? There was another public meeting, at which Mr. Snell spoke distinctly in favour of the pledge. (No, no, and yes .) inlet meeting unanimously authorised Mr. Scott to go to Parliament and give the pledge. (No, no.) There was no d e ,ecit practised. The meeting was publicly sum misted, the L'aattor was fully and publicly discussed, a posi tivesvas given to Wr. Scott, and he obeyed the di rections res sil ss s sf the nee eting. (No, no, and yes.) The company were now at issue as:ith Parliament on a bill of no great im portance, an d qrse stion was, whether they would remain at issue by passing ses , s lutions which were net true. (Great uproar.) The plain 0112 .se to pursue was, to leave the mat terC in the hands of the ellsirman. (No, no.) It was most unfair to attempt to throw t blemish on the character of a man of honour and a gent :l es nun. Although he (Mr. Tite) had opposed the extension of ..,the line when the project was under discussion, he felt bound'. that Mr. Scott was authorised to make! the pledge s erle,:ch ho did make— (no, no, and cheers)—and he was sorry that: the proprietors, as Eng lishmen, and men of honour and conSrnon sense, did not re deem that pledge. (Cheers.) Dr. WATERFIELD wished to ask the chairSnast whether such resolutions as those now under consideration ecotild strengthen the Lands of the directors ? It appeared to hini most absurd for some lte., esss.slissa, se to set fhonis e l v pq un egajnst the House of Commons. (Lear.) The Cusaawas said he should prefer the proprietors taking their own course. A PROPRIETOR objected to the resolutions, on the ground that they wcralti bind the directors never to change their present policy. The pledge was . given by Mr. S co tt in consequence of a resolution passed unanimously at a pre vious.moeeings Vsle,,nu.) At all events, the majority in its s favour was very largd: 4 (No, he--veriornall ) The pledge 'oci Mr. Scott was founded on what passed at the meeting, and some of the proprietors afterwards changed their minds in the most extraordinary manner. (No, no, and cheers.) Mr. Araorsoe said the resolutions, if passed, could not be considered binding on any absent shareholder. In order to bind the corporation in its corpo. - ate capacity, public notice of all business to be transacted must be given. (Hear, hear.) Mr: MORTIMER. (a director) Said there Could be no doubt that the meeting did authorise Mr. Scott to give a pledge— (hear, hoar)—but, at the same time, he did not think that Parliament ought to have .exacted any such pledge from a corporate body, which was bound by its acts of Parliament, and could not go out of them. The houses of Parliament had certain rules and standing orders, and the shareholders Possessed certain privileges, and he did not see why a com mittee should meet to say, " We will rob these shareholders of their rights and privileges ; we will get the chairman to make a pledge, and bind the company by that pledge ; and if the shareholders will not redeem the pledge, we will deem them dishonourable." (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUTCHINS, M.P., (a director), considered the proceed ings which had taken place disgtaccful to the shareholders, and not to the House of Commons. ' (No, no, and cheers.) He believed they had broken a soXon pledge. (Great uproar.) Mr. Scott was authorised to make the pledge, and went and did so ; and had not that been the caee, Parliament would have sanctioned an inroad iuto the country occupied by the South-Western Company. (Hear, hear.) As os. , e of the direc tors of the company, he had endeavoured to 'Sass the bill now before the house ; but the shareholders must not expect him to come to the meeting and palaver them over, and say they had done nothing wrong. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Henley, and some of the most honourable and eminent men in the house, had told the shareholders what they had done, and if the discussion had gone on, some of the members of the Government would have repeated the same thing ; and if the bill had gone to a division, he believed that Mr. Chaplin and himself would have had to walk out alone. (Cheers and laughter.) He did not wish to express any opinion on the resolutions, but would leave them in the hands of the meeting. Mr. CASTLEMAINE trusted the resolutions would be with drawn. (No, no.) The shareholders had obtained one advan tage from the pledge given by Mr. Scott. They obtained the dismissal of a bill adverse to their interests, in order that they might at a future time introduce a bill for their own advan tage. (Hear.) lie thought it would be most injudicious to throw down the gauntlet to the House of Commons. (Hear.) - Mr. F. SCOTT, M.P., considered the resolutions which had been submitted to the meeting - most unwise, untrue, and unconstitutional. (Cheers, and no, no.) It was said that the shareholders had been taken by surprise. Now, in February, he stated to the meeting the rule of conduct by which he should be guided, and that he intended to lay before the pro prietors, in the clearest and plainest manner, all matters in which their interests were concerned. What was done iu April ? Three weeks previously to the meeting a report was circulated and sent to every shareholder ; and in May, by a majority of five-sixths of those who sent in their proxies, the report of the directors was adopted. (Hear, hear.) There were eight or nine hands held up, in a crowded room, against the proposition ; and, with that exception, the shareholders were unanimous iu calling upon him to go to Parliament and pledge them. (Cheers, and no, no.) Those gentlemen who cried. "no, no," had much better have acquainted themselves with the circumstances. (Cries of hear, hear.) In accordance with the decision of the meeting, he gave the pledge in July. It was a most unusual course for a com mittee to exact such a pledge, but it was exacted on account of the unusual circumstances of the case. The South-Western oppose-a .vpieheut having any' bill of their own, and there never wee& comp any so much favoured by - Parliament. And wby I they imagined they had to deal with mon who, having given a l not break their word and fly from it. And pledge, justly too. For what took place In August Mr. Snell at the meeting said, " Let us be unanimous," and the meeting thanked him (Mr. Scott) for what he had done, and took upon themselves the promise which they had at first laid upon his back. (Cheers.) And yet gentlemen had now the boldness to say that Mr. Scott took upon himself a pledge which he was not able to fulfil. They ought rather to have said, "We took upon ourselves pledges which we could fulfil, but which we would not fulfil—(hear, hear)—we took upon ourselves promises for which we obtained a consideration and a benefit, and having got the money in our pockets; wo tore up the engagement by which we had pledged ourselves to do the work for which we had received the benefit." (Cheers and uproar.) Not a fortnight had passed after the time to which he had alluded, when Mr. Snell raised an agitation upon the question, and he (Mr. Scott) never could have supposed that he would have used the votes in the way he had done in order to carry that question. (Cheers, and oh, oh.) Having done that, Mr. Snell had been rewarded with a seat at the board. (No, no.) It was open to those who had changed their minds in that singular man ner to have postponed the change, and waited for the Wharncliffe meeting. They might then have done so with a good grace, and no one would then have been more willing than himself to go to Parliament to obtain a release from the engagement. It was most unfortunate for the company that they had been so misguided • and what Parliament had now done was pre dicted in October as the course they might be likely to pur sue. (Hear, hear.) He expected the board would have deli berated upon the matter, and suggested some resolution to tho meeting. As they had not done so, ho thought the better course would be for the meeting to refer it to the board. (Hear, hear, and no, no.) The shareholders might fancy themselves very strong, but they would find that they could not bully the House of Commons with any effect, and ho thought the wisest course to pursue would be to with draw the resolutions. (No, no.) A PROPRIETOR requested that the minutes of . the meeting might be read at which the authority was given to Mr. Scott. The request having been complied with, Mr. LecaE, M.P., expressed his regret that the directors had not presented seine recommendation to the meeting. (Hear, hear.) He concurred with Mr. Scott in the propriety of withdrawing the resolutions. Independently of their con taining statements unfounded in fact, the course pursued was one challenging Parliament to a line of action which they were not justified in doing, and he could not help ex pressing his surprise at the term " robbed" which had been applied to the House of Commons by one of the directors. (Cheers.) Mr. Scott was forced by Mr. Mortimer and his party to give the pledge to Parliament, and they ought not to be released from that pledge after obtaining the quid pro quo. (Cheers.) He bad never been in favour of the coast line ; but, as the company had given the pledge, be for one would not shrink from it, and would oppose any motion ask ing the company to violate it. (Cheers.) Mr. PUNCHER expressed his belief that Mr. Scott was at the bottom of this pieee of mischief in the House of Com mons—an expression which Mr. Scott warmly resented, amidst considerable noise and confusion. Mr. Sergeant GABELEB (a director), as a matter of justice to Mr. Scott, recommended the withdrawal of the resolutions. Mr. Scott had throughout the business acted conscientiously and honourably, and certainly had a right to complain that some of the shareholders who were foremost in urging him on in their hour of need bad eventually left him in the lurch. (Cheers and laughter.) They had got into a mess, and the question now was, how they were to get out of it ? He was not at all surprised at the astonishment which had been ex s pressed, that the matter had not been taken up by the board. (Hear, hear.) Mr. STAINTSBURT considered the resolutions so unwise and indiscreet, so challenging and so pugnacious, in such utter bad. taste, and so unsound in point of judgment, that he would move as an amendment that they be committed to the waste-paper basket. (Laughter and cheers.) . Mr. BIRCHAM, an adviser and accessor of the chairman, could not avoid warning the proprietors of the result of the adoption of these resolutions. Ono of them asserted that Mr. Scott ought to have represented to the committee the .division of opinion anaonnst the shareholders. Now Mr. Scott did faithfully represent the matter to the House of Commons, and stated most fairly and truly what took place on the 19th of May. (Hear.) The second resolution, there fore, was quite contrary to the fact. He wished to state to the shareholders the position in which they stood before the House of. Commons. They stood very much in the position of a culprit before the executioner. All the power was in the hands of the house, and there were only two members who during the late discussion bad a word to say in favour of the South-Western Company, and those members were Mr. Chap. lin and Mr. Hutchins. (Hear.) If the shareholders could. have heard the extraordinary cheers which followed Mr. La bouchere's remarks, showing the universal assent of the house to his proposition, they -would not readily have forgotten them. (Hear.) If the shareholders sent back the directors and their legal advisers to the House of Commons with these resolutions, in the expectation of carrying the bill, their case would be utterly hopeless. If the bill should be thrown out now, those resolutions would infinitely strengthen the case against it in 1856. (Hear.) Mr, Unarm (a director) said, that in his opinion the pro prietors had acted most unfairly in not carrying out the pledge which Mr: Scott had been more than once authorised to give. (Hear.) lie moved, as an amendment, that the whole matter be referred back to the directors to give their opinion to the shareholders, and that this meeting be ad journed until Thursday, the Ist of March, at one o'clock, for that purpose. The amendment having been seconded, Dr. WATERFIELD, who had moved an amendment referring the resolutions to the directors, agreed to its withdrawal. . Tate arnenleien*. of Mr. Uzielli was then pat and agreed to, there being only _two dissentients. The resolutions were then put and negatived, and the meet , ilag adjourned.' LA IV INTELLIGENCE.`—Feb. 15, CHANCERY COURTS. RE THE SEA FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Mc PARTE GWYN. This case was specially appointed for rrgument on this day, in order that the court might have the assist ance of Mr. Justice Maule in considering the questions of law to arise thereon, His lordship accordingly at tmded this day, when the case was argued. The facts of the case are shortly these. A company called the Port of London Ship Assurance CoMpany, being about to decline bminess, transferred their liabi lities to the Sea Fire and Life Assurance Society upon an arrangement between them. One of those lia bilities was a debt of 5001., in respect, of the ship At lantic, due to Messrs. B a lf our ana C o. In respect of this debt a note or document was given in the following terms : " To the Cashier. Marine Department, Sea Fire and Life Assurance Society, 31, Cornhill, London, let Nov., 1849. "sixty days after date credit Messrs. Balfour and Co. or orcitz with the sum of 5001. Claim Atlantic in cash, on account of this corporation. _ _ No. 4,020. 500/. ALEXR. DAVIS, Directors. W. OGILVIE, " Entered T. F. A., acct." They submitted first, that the instrument was altogether void as a document affecting the assets of the company, or at least even if it were good against the assets of the company that the order ought to have limited the liability of the shareholders to the debt to the unpaid portions, if any, of each shareholder's shares, and as Mr. Gwyn had paid in full that this would be in effect to exonerate him from the debt. To show that the bill was void they referred to the 7 and 8 Vic., e. 110, s. 45, the Joint Stock Companies Registration Act, which pro vides three requisites to render any notes of such a company valid. It was not signed expressly "on behalf" of the company, and it was not " counter signed," although it may have been " entered " ac cording to the requisites of that act: On this point they sited " Eddison v. Collinridge," 9 C. 8., 571, and " Allen v.. The gag. Fire, and Life Assurance Com pany," in the same volume. On the second onjection they alleged that this being a joint-stock company every person was bound to know what powers the directors had to bind the company or its shareholders before he had transactions with them, and;that as every company's deed must provide limitation of the zarfeits of the tieseotere- if ttleg,shottid te artherised, to is any ai;;te, at all, Messrs. Balfour and Company in this case !mist be held to have had express notice that the deed of settlement of this company only authorised the directors to charge the subscribed capital, and nothing more, to the creditor. In support of thee propositions a great number of cases were cited to the court. Mr. Malitis and Mr. Roxburgh appeared for the offi cial manager. _ Mr. Prior and Mr. Maynard supported the Master's certificate. They submitted that the sort of bill which on behalf of the motion it s as contended that this note must be taken to be was, in fact, not a note ; the a promissory note is a promise absolutely to pay ; anot that if either on the face of the note, or by application, a particular fund only is appropriated to the payment, that is a restriction of the general promise to pay, a proviso repugnant to it, and that it must go for nothing. After a lengthened argument in support of the Man teed certificate, Mr. Justice Maule said that this was a case that was not so clear to him as to render it proper to he derided in this court, so as to take it oat of the ordinary jurisdiction of a court of common law. He, thought the argument that had been adduced to them on both sides was quite sufficient to convince him that; this was not a case to be determined by any other tribu nal than that of a judge assisted by a jury, in the way , pointed out by the constitution, with a regular appeal fro the highest tribunal. Holding this opinion, he did not think it necessary to go into the questions of law which were raised at the bar. He should therefore sub mit the i the Master's certificate should be varied by allowing Messrs. Balfour's claim, as a claim only with liberty to thew to take such proceedings to enforce their claim as they may be advised. The Vice-Chancmllor said he entertained precisely the same opinion, and adopted the learned judge's conclu sion, and the order wag made accordingly. / ATTORNEY-GEITERAL V. HARMAN. This was an information, filed by the Attorney-Gene ral, the object of it being to obtain a new scheme for the administration of a charity at Wickham, in Buck inghamshire, By a charter of Queen Elizabeth certain lands were granted en trust to found a grammar school at Wickham, and also for the maintenance of four poor persons. A subsequent charter was granted by King James, by which it was declared that the trusts should extend also to the relief of other poor and needy men of the said borough. The present revenue was 4001. a year, and it was admitted, in the answer, that it would shortly be increased by 1501. a year. The trustees are the mayor, aldermen, and council, of the corporation of the borough, and now and for some time past the dis position of the funds has been that 701. is allotted to the support of the school, and the remainder has been applied practically in diminution of the , parochial rates. All that was asked for by the information was that there should be a new scheme on the subject of the lichee!, and that the usual accounts may be taken of what the charity estate consists. Mr. Loyd, with whom was Mr. White, who appeared for the defendants, submitted that the suit was wholly" unnecessary. New rules and ordinances were made for the school in 1852, and he did not understand that they were questioned. Mr. Terrell said a serious question arose whether the second charter, so far as it varied the trusts of the first charter by including in them relief to the poor infinitely, was sn Hon no t an ctr ilitY His said he would consider a scheme is cham bers. The general principle on which the court pro ceeded in these cases was no t t o a ll ow charity funds to be applied in aid of the poor rate, but there was great difficulty in carrying that principle ont. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MOOR. This suit was instituted for the purpose of procuring the removal of a trustee of a charity in Middlesmore, in th:i county of York, and to have proper trustees ap pointed. It appeared that for the last hand red years there has been a grammar school at Nether(laXt, called the Lofthouse School, at which ten boys were inbtructed. The charity was founded by the will of John Lazenby, made in 1743, who gave certain lands to three trustees, the trusts being to support a grammar school. The de fendant is a descendant of the surviving trustee, and the legal estate is vested in him. The custom has been that the schoolmaster has been appointed by the trustee, with the concurrences of the churchwardens, and that the schoolmaster has had possession of the charity lands which aro only of a small value, The defendant, how-- ever, in 1351, dismissed the master, and then allowed him , to retain his situation on paying him 10/. a-year a.s rent for the land, which rest defendant had converted to his own nee. Deferdant, when applied to t, remedy this abuse, gave no other answer than a recommendation to the applicants to mind their own business. The defence set up was, that the will was not enrolled, and was void under the Morttnain and that therefore defendant was entitled. Ills Honour said, when he found that a charity had been administered for 100 years in a particular scanner, he required any person who contested it to prove that he was entitled, and the burden of proof lay upon him. This defendant said the will was void under the statute of mortmain. There wdre many other modes by which it might be made a good charity,. and defendant hail not proved that these were not adopted. He had no evidence, however, that the will was not daly enrolled. He would assume that it was not, and that the heir-at-law being aware of this delise disclaimed all interest in it, and wished the trust to be carried out, and that every successive heir-at law had done the same thing, would this court at this distance of time allow the heir-at-law to claim the pro perty l It certainly would not, nor would it allow the bolder of this property to say that the performance of this trust was a mere matter of grace and favour on his part, and that he should perform or not as he thought fit. He should make a decree declaring that the whole of the income of the charity property was applicable, subject to any necessary outgoings, to the payment of the schoolmaster, and for the appointment of new trns.. tees. He should give costs if they were asked. Mr. Roupell said be believed Moor, the defendant, was in poor circumstances, and costs were not asked for against him. The costs o f th e re l ators were provided for by subscription. His Honour—Very well. I shall not give the defen dant costs, he mist pay his own. ALLAN v. RUITSNABR. The plaintiff in this case is the inventor of certain im provements in the electric telegraph, for which he ob-,. tained a patent for this country ie November, 1850, and in the same year he obtained a patent in Holland. p also, in 1351, o bt a i ne d, a t his own expense, a Act of Parliament for the formation of a company, to be called the United Kingdom Telegraph Company. One object of the proposed company was to work a sub marine telegraph from this country to Holland. As a pre li m inary to this, a concession from the Dutch Go vernment was requisite, and, in order to obtain this eon as was all ege d on hi s b e h a lf , entere d . cession, plaintiff, into an agreement with the defendant, who is a native of Holland, and had influence with the Dutch Govern meet, that he should obtain the concession, and that he and the plaintiff should share the profits of it. Ruypenaer obtained the concession in May, 1852 ; but, previous to doing so, plaintiff exhibited models of his invention which, in defendant's letters to the plaintiff, he said had been of considerable service in inducing the Government to grant defendant the concession. After he had obtained the concession, defendant came over to this country, and, after some negotiation with the plaintiff and the persons who were about to form the United Kingdom Telegraph Company, he sold the con cession to Mr. Ricardo, who acted on behalf of the Submarine and European Telegraph Coat PßAY—the price being 1,0001., and a 'royalty in the shape of a share of the profits. Plaintiff had thereupon filed this bill, &aiming a participation of the profits which defendant had, and would derive, from the kale of the concession. Mr. Ffooks, who appeared for the defendant, con tended that are concession was the absolute property of defendant, and that plaintiff had nothing whatever to do with it. Moreover, that the United Kingdom C ompan y was, in fact, never formed, an d th a t d e f en d an t was justified in disposing of it to responsible parties, w ho would relieve him from the conditions attached to the concession. His Honour Paid be would hear Mr. Palmer on the question of evidence before delivering his decision, and he was not sure whether lie should not require the inter yention of h jury to determine as to the facts