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r F- for their /41 iii , th' 00 MI rioPe°- ,utr Doo r ';0 1 "' -. A l t a i :1' 0 10 1 0 Ivari.3lll - ! 1 ort'' r.imotilstopo,4o 'so .1 SA:...which se - viral days Conetitutes the Commencement of the ternbers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So 'neMbers on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge 116,, e Posals at the office on or before that day . Nkiiaociety for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the N., of Profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives Whole term of life as Members of the Society. t Year ending the sth of April, 1855, an abatement of 51 per I been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five 4421 g and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. t, Rank, March 5, 1855. 4 GNETIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON OFFICES _ l2 , Old Broad-street (six doors from the Roy al Evchan g e.) west End-7, Charing-cress (opposite the statue.) Communication by underground wires with the principa 'the Kingdom. t for Twenty Words, including delivery, and address not I .lv erpo ' -- ki t ,, oi, Office, 2 Exchange-buildings • • . • • • ek. i i s ilell , ter, „ Exchange-arcade ...... ... •• • • 11 111 4 1„2, „ 22, English-street titot4ram „ 101, New-street .. ••• • • • d - -Glasgow, Oftice, 18, Exchange-square.. • • • • • • Greenock, „ Cathcart-square.. . ... 4s. ed .. 11 4 4 Dumfries, „ Iligh-street . --Dublin. „ 23. College-green.. ...... •• •• ss. Cd, Belfast, „1, Donegal-street . ....... .. 7s. Od, Cork, „ Pembroke•street 7s. 6cl Queenstown, „ The Quay • ••••• • • . • I EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary. A D MISSION FREE. Now Open, at the 67,44,1,417 of Art, 121, Pall-mall (opposite her Majesty's EXHIBITION of PRIZE PAINTINGS to be distri '4ll.ofir7Naglit the present year's members of the GLASGOW ART fsliours, from 10 to 5, and in the evening from 7 to 9. • , No.„ ', OPEN, DR.. KAHN'S GRAND ii AN C 0,.. —ATOMICAL MUSEU NI at the extensive Premises, - mit —4I Y-street L i t r uare rec.ntly rebu.it and de -414r... specially ' e ces e ." ' NEW MODELS, NEW for that purpose, bb r• 14 1 , -v , MENTS, and NEW LECTURES, the latter by 'II, ai ',, ° !. Open (for Gentlemen only) daily from ha f-pa , t, 11 t,lt/ti,..' from 7 till 10. Admission, .s. A descriptive catalogue, , 1 1 „ -. ag lectures on the most intere..ting, branches of Ph) siology lOtt ;, liahr logs ; price 6d., by .ounded )11issance, Society . con• :cusses aarded being is i ll ealin - , - from th e ' , - i iorcl nigilsso, . was vn uer ~ ..,,, t . , - _.:. .! .; r . gi : _ , ..itIVO IA ' nt. lid ~ .. i ~ . - ii C I gattrd . I your or ki ti i im , a;.....'l 44. i of.Liery. 44. astr4l44 *prbetill6 4 Y ° - .-_,,, Tuesday, Thursday, and' Saturday, at 8 o'clock. — there ? .‘ ,...._ 1_ 1 1.11. Piccadilly. reflical 1191, :, , 4 1 , ,... EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 14TII MARCH, 185.5. 1 g "-, n 3 €( 11 c 3 oi. OOURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST the • 11 .= , NIR time tb ,g, ~ t ig , A• COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a a ll the % .71 - , -,, the following India Stock has given notice of his intention to li e_ Lad Pr a 14 45 1 1 7- le llessittg motion at the QUARTERLY GENERAL a „L'" so , the said Company, appointed to be held at their House in re. 0 te ,,,,0 , iht l ible t t.,: str est, on TUESDAY, the 25th instant, •siz , c and s. 1 ' „.utuze court of Directors of the East India Company do take es" 114444 - 00 ~.7'..raenaures to remedy, as far as is now possible, the evils el bad i. ~ , , k 'waited from the breach of faith on the part of the Madras ~•ith t ' Ll° '" - -111 0 1 ' repo sat With the Sepoys of the 6th Light Cavalry, and that they that e B6°. 111 S, ti t° / " this Court the measures they have adopted for the pur- faeS t ' JAMES C. 3IELVILL, Secretary. i i aprOVe - i . : .. '''' , ,,, ~re vii- DON AND NORTH-WESTERN . 1 of lui 4 'ki t i ,l s rtw ea le l . 4 ,_ &Y.—WARWICK R,IOES.—ORDINARY RETURN t , Tra" r 000 lik. ~._wr LEAMINGTON and WARWICK will be issued from o f e l ect - ,-itesi.„:"Y ' the Train leaving the Euston Station at 9 a.m. en the I:I li ! , ht 0 011 : ''''.or niece instant, available to return from Leamington on " OOW of days, On Friday, the 23d instant, the Steeplechase t ht , e w a; tO fof I 'll Tickets at a single ordinary fare , will b e issued from to , beSq by the 9 a. m. train, returnable the same evening. - a y (Illetai By order. ~,bair" M anager's ...___._ Office, Euston Station, 14th March, 1855. a, i i " be , ; •tionat'll.4lo I', „,' DIRECTORS of the ROYAL BRITISH ~, q uite Pe or vittter " ' I sitNit are prepared to receive Applications for their New tat do I Y 1 , .et Stock, under the provisions of their supplemental • twit. e Vast granted by the Crown. .A ppllcations to be made, with- VII Ca for .at the Head flffice, No. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, or at the .'before 42 9, Strand; 77, Bridge-road, Lambeth ; 97, Geswell-road, ,_, I, Shaftesbury-terrace, Victoria-street, Pimlico; 60, -e nd, Southw a rk ; and 32, Regent-circus, 1 - iceadilly. ........."‘' kohl, . HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. s oS. r...... „....... 1t ) 5h Bank, 27th Feb., 1855. • litlr AND PECULIAR SYSTEM OF LIFE El IPA, r A SSURANCE. _....ic,b, DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL rich 0 1.,4,. 0 . A S SURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION Invite L ni T„f, . . ir„ 1 1 , ,to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted ,i;. fl osetr:d , ite e Z:usociatlon —viz., that of allowing interest at the rate of 4 I ,'', a rabei "•10i tid `tPer annum on all premiums paid, Instead of the remote and 17_,.., - . a ' 4 1 , 1 , , :t :: system of Bonuses usually adopted. Pri' - ijaefi r m '''"s Plan the Pollcy-holder will secure 'to himself a constantly 1111 1- 11 T ro, , g annual income during life, as well as the payment of the 1 ; VP ) , b'T tV i red to his representatives at his death. hge 4,,, H of rollg. _ f rith 14 , Obt., Rates specially adapted to this System of Assurance may , 0 ,11•0 , ': stsi:T n ed at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for- ) I Wi n ed ft, on application. • le__ PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. S. -1 1"., 7 1 '4,1 1. 1855. _bfl,1111;111 -4-- -• '. 1 '' s ! ate it et .' • • NORWICH UNION REVERSIONARY 2d - ' op ~ , del. t, __' •-• •,, • . INTEREST COMPANY. I o r Jes ,j • , .04 i ..,__umees. 23, Lincoln's-inn-lields. Established 1836. ' sr ii, vi. • ~t,„„,...,--inpany has for its object the purchase of every description sew- -.one. - alol ° r •see e _, 1 7 property, whether absolute or contingent ; also to ale. A d no -, 7 re, er ,l'uncipal sums. or grant immediate annuities, on the security ........ 7,4 d 1 1 w,411 f. TO .. I ' ) _ a lsrY property and life interests. . ..' IV . , -- _"._ons desir us of investing their capital the Company affords '''''' Fold 'll , 11eiZ e uliar advantages of paying a liberal rate of interest, and ''''''''''' ‘, ~ „ %4 1' 4111 1i b i,",,g them from all personal liabilities. ..... N ,b,,,, F kit 'snares are 101. each (paying a dividend of 51. per cent. per ~... lb ;.2,, - a ' ' Payable half yearly, free from all deductions on auount of ,i e.t av ~...ell r r k , sti,,,_and may be paid for either in full or by instalments of 4JI ' lb 0 4,,,:_.rYals of not more than six months. •"' 66i • y ;', information may be obtained upon application at the Com. ce. ! , . :k u By order of the Board. 14. • d •, 7 ';< l4 185 5. 11. NORRIS., Secretary. aider aw° 0 1 ;VII . en eedelli , TROPOLITA.N LIFE ASSURANCE ' • 1, , V d ~,, SOCIETY. P e r • c is Ilk 0 Ai , 1 1,11bi__ No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. to p , • ,%,74, the hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fal , al .1/ 11 0,, ' 4 _l4,r e s th of April next, that the same must be PAID with!' - 0 t 5, ,,,„ 04. AI P ,A s 1 1 78 from that date. I , oa w, or it, ithrremiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, or I. M ' Ne of 2:anuary, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October . ... ....,......;,..,eaa ma commencement of th .S" N, 4l r , 14: 4,?0! 114 1° P , Ole *i '.b1411 B°C 1)0 th e Br r. , 1 4 4t Urii 81 91101.1 , 1 0 ifi 118 4 1114 tO 3 , 481 to f ink • 4 Es 1 %4 QdM "l MO 6v" A 6 4e I o f 0 , e Oti tit e v atcild , 1 4147 , 1 01 :1„:4 c„ 1 • 11 , , 00 0 10 e :i • PTL f ea ter and when locoed e self-indulgence, how these penalties d sting of their bitterness may be removed, consequences may be avoided, and above all, - _ the t im ely of physical infirmity or functional t h ntith or „to Wh i c h the timely aid of science cannot apply a t cure. kn?u, s _ce "2 0 for a series of years been engag,ed in an extensive qtan ht ,we treatment of these delicate complaints, which have in been too generally confided to the care of ignorant 31 1 .11 t,b7fl ° inflict great injury on those who are induced to place ki -4 . l tVot r eretensions, v' tlher ale DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, 9, 1,, 00 ., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street Ord,LetarkZ e te ter-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or freo by post tar 4WPar,s7 w any address from the Author's residence, 37, lied -141 glefft. • ... 4 . A 1 44, —422ltAtion daily from Eleven till Twe, and from k l r 44.ex ab u n, lllastrated with numerous engravings ; price bu.,DY 1) ve r •,0 0 0 '" n ' - ' ' ittn''''' o ''-........, a ' 1.,, , !paver"' ( ~,,IA LAURENT'S' CASINO ARGYLL ROOMS.- , l a ,ve" , fir k _ MONDA, March 12th ILe following • 1655-Muting the, ourse of this week ~put• tip L ilowing Music will he played by Laurent's Orchestra :-Over- ; ; .AD 1 , 1: 4 -. Anacreon (Ist time), Cheruhini; Waltzes: La Bienfaisance 4,bita ,- ,,, , ,4 'ste am , w . 11 ,_ __,,,0 i ,,,,,. , e„,_ .v; een and Wogen, Strauss; Kuall-Kugerl, Strauss; I, e 'UO , T tio s .., 1 . , . IC Ide Venise (by desire), H. Laurent, with Variations for all the 1 ,, u .... 8 .... 1, 0 , 04 ,1 0 "F'Pal per;'errners ; Quadrilles : M. . (Ist time), Bergmann; ,ict it r a ti w o_i . . iour Paerrot, Rlancheteau ;Le Comte Ory, Jullten ; the High- ; 1 at1i e . ,,,, ~.11741s• H. Laurent; Schottische, La Guirlande N. Bousquet ; Polkas: • i la ...,, ta elo llette (Ist time), Pilado; La Musette, Mathieu ; Carolina, A. ~,,ver."; ~ , i licil e , t s to t The Zouaves, H. Laurent; the Wellington, Streather ; :1 1- 1,711:,,,tg4,' Ilea Dover Express, T. Browne. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. ISeition;4ols ' k_ticie -411 "t• All information relative to music to be obtained at the ; so uth/Pi 0 isi lec_rePorritory under the orchestra. Doors open at Eight ; com- [,leerP ' „..._-''' st half-past.-Admission, One Shilling. 1_..,••••' . i _ 4 1 ,1 lIPTAL PATRIOTIC JUG.—SAMUEL i ~,,,,,r . .4t h , ,„ JiLCCTIC. and CO., Hill Pottery, Bursiem, Staffordshire, ',Sea' .• i l 118,1,tiesirous of putting it within the reach of all to possess a memo- • se l l er w -••iP, t ol , 1 1/ ' ) 11 41, 12 1 -,4 1 : 4 °1. the present war ani of the noble and generou, sympathy L.,,,•40 0 o i , ,e.% by all classes towards our truly brave soldiers, have pub- , v . - „, t ~, e g ri ' :Sll ~'i Patriotic Ju illustrative alike of the horrors of war, as I)°'," n sids,'" 1' '-t4l L,7 of the nation's g, grateful efforts to alleviate them, evidenced by '''sllSO 1 .Md a - 0, 4 Patriotic Copies of this interesting work can be v . ;° ga b tl o . !",, , , j •-...„...........-- ` 44 China and glas;warehouses in the kingdom. Dove e r i . ~.." or c ,„ )00, LP"' 0 ~ 1.:,-, 41, DEPARTMENT, NORTH LONDON 1 utll' Pr ' '' 1 1 1 4 4 kILWAy.-Highbury and Kingsland Dep ots.-Hetton's _ .0 . 3 0 1 1 4 ..Ib rought .Id, th e b es t H ouse Coals in the world , are to the rsoatti Fe 1 ,11 ,4 ' .!ti to: this Railway at Poplar by new screw steamers-Cochrane , ~, i' f oltnetton 750 and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered „„ re.,',40 mrt, ,71 for thes ' edePots, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any sY. ',',, - 4 49 , Wi, ',,,_London within 48 hours after the receipt of order, at 265. per ircci , '" Litegl ei t i l s rders to . be addressed to Lea and Co., Chief Offices, Railway ~Ilibe :1 , ' 41 1% ' Dighbur Islington, or Kingsland. Terms, cash, on or to 0 1„ deliv ery. Y' _.,..!._•-•-'''°, Jili ~ 0 , ' By order. r law 7 40'.. ' \ %u m _ (Signed) HARRY CHUBB, Secretary. ~ 10 , 810 ' `..‹ ........ v. Statism, March, 1855. el „hr , E,-, TO". fg : , . "- 11 0 ,pll' i f - 1:11b, 39 l of c "0 1 '. 1, '"Jd'ESSIONAL RUBBER.—Thomas Barter , C ess - a pe d — ' . .._` 4 44 ) (12 11, Years attendant at Mr. G. A. Walker's Medical Bath on , f° ,, - 00,,df r ', 1 ' ' ate e 7 ll lent) offers his Services to invalids as Medical Rubber, in „ 41 eD, %nen.' :'. I ,.,_*N - :,,neurcatiem, contracted joints, certain forms of paralysis, "" 00 ul ;IF , ,itl,-"lleiti"tlectorts loss of muscular power, and any other ailment or ies „OS,' 01 1 ,.. ... L. ,.`tler eie e 'll of he'body for which such attendance may be required the " - 0 1 P P ti r ‘ 4l 4:"' 3,ll Pper John-street, Goldee-square. Mrs. Barter attends 1r 09 A ll 0 00 / ' ;• 't sh o , s 's---- ) 11- jo.. „ ~ irNii °l e d 0 ;0' ° o unt' A o , it AVESEND STA F - ro O r° ed tk 6 °the PACKETS. 09 A . , . llt .., _ r Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. , "wider : ', , "'..ets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting fob ° be ,30 . 4 r . \__ PROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Te t _,J IP i' . """ be' fit is i ' . --- --..--L v sex DATIL SUNDAYS. II b° dMd i i' - . „ 4. . . ---- T --, i•) so 0 for . - - -(ek e 1 fri i , - ~ N i , .1 1 I -,. .! - - 1 21 1 ii the "0, .- ~ nit Time . z 7. 1 , osic , 1 8 N A 8 11 9 roe A c 4 i ai 4 4 es tfrocii 8 I ' l 4 5 t t ...___........._.......__ ro w h li -- _ % - -' - - to ro w ire . o tl 0 . - - 2 id boote e ) - _ - - - - - [ ha g igo l o ? 10 , \ :: .tv - 0.. • o, ' ~-',,-,-------_____ th gr ated , t,"‘ollin. he 'no "-... I ,k ‘7 48 „_'' 08 from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of Louden Ad n fin i k . itt lz ;miruir of an hour. " I A V ° Mr' ' ' W ICK WIIARF, BLICKWALL, on the arrival of the fo • yf- j p , t , ` Wins. l Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. t he ,- , 0 1 0 1 r . 131 bo 11 - i l . '',3 %......, ......2...V . XXX DAYS. SUNDAYS. co o tO, f reo ) . • I t . .-- --------•,, .it .0 k bA 3 P- 0 14 /1 1 \ L 44e t, 5 1. t., 0 : I Fen - i 1 1 ' t ,re. ° of - . 1 t i . , th et '• t ,i . .. II -a 0 church 5,- • ?,, .c 3 01 Or' °l4 I • % 4) i Street. '• 8 ' 8 ,11 11" '''. g 1 a l D 4 , .4 10 .......... ......M.. ....... . -....... ........ . ......."... I, 0 0 ...I ti : ... ... ...' 1 1 ... .... - tr. / 0 P . ' / Of 111 V 4R -.. ~.......:—.; "—.- - e ''.., .„,n,„ Fore Cabin. Saloon. O °P 11.1 (4.- G ravesend and London.. •• • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d till . 'tvr,, %,..„"yollend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. 101 Or* sylf.,.. Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. i, ple*".. TICKETS.-Twelve Months, si. Os.; Six Months, 3/. Os. 4 0° toj tti ldonths, 21. Os. • to be had of the Collectors on board th Ol e 4 0, 1.,'" , r,. of :dr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. If .`,.....„....: tas 6°6° 41 14 I : 3 XCRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY, 04 1 4 1 1 ‘ N, 14 , 41 hed• price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 2 stamps, °I 'o •0 13sg,',' JO 94 . b .,., t,_ ItVoIIS DEBILITY , 0 . ~ , 1 ,1 %.1!`' Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.-An Essay on Spe 0101 11 .4,4 0 11 1 4 t et'scr i r , with Practical Observations on a safer and mo ...e.' (h i g h er: Bl Mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generatit U." iti e w hy in by the use of the Microscope in detecting al felo y- tegi pry v 4 .- y. v.,..,"trag, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect 1 013°1 '0 c h lice e 'etY of complaint. whether arising from solitary habit of Gi . ' k. 2 1 ,4,4 a ccident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, found, ' - - -• Ar l ' e r i'vo4, t years' experience in the treatment of Impuissanc "l e A ~ ed d __,, Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhma, &c. To whl , 0 , yr ' C e ltion a 'l• Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pr riS e l . ' 0 11, 0 8 4:a hints on the evils emanating from empirical practic 140 a ,„ P I hius-_ - "' d‘hgerotts remedies advocated by var i ou s writers 1 nsn r . ryrtant disorders. pil WO i N.. ll :_t. la x ßy SAMUEL LA'MEBT, M.D. 1 01 1;9 , pete r FORD-SQUARE, LONDON, _ Of Sr o f rr ii ,e, ).1' tall,.&nable, Matriculated Member of the University of Edt 54 ., 0 ,1 hic e io r v izq t i a ---- -. t6or T A, arY Member of the London Hospital Medical Societ ow - ''r I" ,l" ' leq us _eas eciai Potliecaries' Hall, London, &c., &e. 1 . ; . yor oo p, rol, N% - --te ~,„,,biect of this treatise is to point out the fearful co 11 00,r ho e '''.." - tung from certain habits, irregularities, and excess , 11440 1, O J, titk ' line Prootleed more misery in Youth, degradation in Ma t, ill O lt' p a Z clearetnature decay at all stages of Life than, perhaps, a 0 00 oott 4 , trlll oB ., °f disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal et, Dor ;re , 0 ti t , phy s gecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts 4 1413 c. Nee condition, and who are conscious of having hazard. 4 iitl tI I . 0 . ,P - i t ,otl. 'happiness, and privileges to which every human being ~ , 1 t1ic., 4 4 Ilbsca,„,„ I #ll o -, - 1)1e4 80f - '.v.tY necessary thatall men should know, that there 1 ---- i v) 0 li i i 1 th e -In i gri Personal management which cannot be violated with' , 1111,,)e , Ye1a., !lolls penalties, and when wisdom and these succi TO w- 1.1°. 11 t,l;74Btigvittett,o;3lnowsidtetrleatsettns:lofittulrghenc , ei itt e erne o s w s may es i e 3ere e m il o al v i y o °'' 'oo o° O s- Cl‘ t the evil said its consequences may be avoided, and above ~.1 61 1.e., 1.0 le 5c.,,. , 11 ; 'it - .erne.. -I ".tY any degree of physical infirmity or functio c,. 4 ATlft._ ... tO Whit•lN +ha +4,nAhr slit nf science cannot apply a et I B soggy ;# r NO. 19,489.] PUBLICATIONS. MISS JEWSWITRY'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, in vols., post Bro., CONSTANCE HERBERT. By GERALDINE JEWSBURY, Author of "Marian Wethers," " Zoe." &c. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Heury Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 2 Vols., post Bvo., price 2 Is., ORTH AND SOUTH. By the Author of" Mary Barton,"" Ruth,"&c. (Next week.) London Chapman and Hall, 193, Plecadllly. Fcp. Sso , price 35., SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, IN PEACE AS IN WAR. By HERBERT BYNG HALL, Author of " Spain, and the Seat of War to Spain." " Some pleasant little stories of the two services."—Press. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. A NEW VOLUME OF POEMS. Fcap. Bvo., Price 7s. 6d., CLYTEMNESTRA—THE EARL'S RETURN —THE ARTIST, and other Poems. By OWEN MEREDITH. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Ple'adilly. The Third Edition.—Just published, price Si., by post, free, 58.6 d. N TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure.' Freeze ale German of Dr. PICKFORD. With an Introlaction by the Editor, containing a complete exposure of the system of - terrorism and extortion pursued by the advertising titlarks of the metropolis towards those who are credulous enough to seek their aid. " us. rlebtord "le known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any 3ther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his • ower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' And ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this boot scald find its way Into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would se 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 Sperrnatorrhoea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: H. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, GREAT GLOBE. ►►..7 —A large model of the country areund Sevastopo', including Inkermann, Balaklava, and the Tchernaya, with the positions of she English, French, and Turkish Armies, and the siege works, at the Great Globe, Leicester-square. Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Ad mission One Shilling. N ATIONAL (late Cholera) ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common. Instituted 1849. At a PUBLIC MEETING held at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Thursday last, it was resolved— " That application be made on behalf of the National Orphan Home to the Rect•dr, Vicar, Incumbent, or Slinlster of Churches and Chapels in the kingdon, requesting that the Collection, or a portion of the Collection, made on the approaching Fast Day be kindly given to the National Orphan Home." Nearly 90 Orphan Girls have been and GO now in the Home. Twenty were elected last November in consequence of the liberal collections made at churches and chapels In various parts of the kmgdom on the dsy of thanksgiving for the harvest. Clergymen kindly intending to send their collections on the approaching Fast Day, or any portion, will be furnished with all particulars on applica tion to t'e Honorary Secretaries, the l'ev Joseph Bro .vn, Rector of Christchurch, Blackfriars-road, and the Rev. R. Whittington, Chap ter House, St. Paul's Churchyard, to whom collec'ions and subscrip tions may be forwarded; or to Messrs. Dalton, tlatchards, Nisbets. Rivington, and Seeleys ; also to the account of the National Orphan Home, London arsd Westminster Bank, Lothbury ; and to the Trea surer, Henry King,cote, Esq., No. 1, New-Street, Spriug•gardens. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, STILLWELL aga - ust MEL. the Creditors of titILLIA MELLERSH, late of the White Mills, Battersea••tields, in the county of Surrey, Miller, wto died in or about the month of January, 1853, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 17th day of April, 1855, to come in and prove their debts or claims, at the Chambers of the Vice•Chaacellor Kinderslcy, al No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln'i-inn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Friday, the 20th day of April, at half-past two o'clock in the after noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicat ing upon the Claims. Dated this Bth day of March, 1835. CHARLES PIT ill, Chief Clerk. PALMER, PALMER, and BULL, 24, Bedford-row, Plaintiff's Solicitor. PATRON-11.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. MONDAY EVENING, the 19th lust , LECTURE by Dr. LANKZSTE&, F.R.S , &c : On the RESEMBLANCES of PLANTS and .•‘NINI ALS —Tuesday Evenini, TELEPHONIC CONCERT by Invisible Performers, by J. II PEPPER, Esq.—Thu•s lay, DRA MATIC 'MOWING by Mr. 'limit LESLIE, MACBETH. —Friday, ASTRONOMY, by Dr. BACHROFIPPIEIL, with appropriate Music. The TYROLESE MINSTRELS Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings. Friday Evening, Mrs. FtraLortc, on ORAL INSTRUCTION. The STo AM GUN, DISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, DTO• RAMA of SINBAD the SAILOR, COSMORAMAS, the CONCERT by INVISIBLE PERFORMERS, and all the I.ECTURES, on the NEW BANK NOTE, &c., as usual. 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F.- Alt l' t • ..44 ` -ft ' - .BIZ 0., ' ' -1 , -, , 5.;• , ' i'N... ---,- e- j' — l -Eu ~, t ".4-•- l% ~ ~~~, . _ _ _t LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1855. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Mee, M, KING WILLIAM.STREET. Passmin—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 70 per sent., leaving less than one-third of the original Premium to be paid. The Society 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 for this class of Assurances to the following very low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of £lOO. Age £s. d. Age £s. ~d. I 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 1 0 30 2 1 5 45 3 G 0 GO 6 5 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement e advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge. The Hon. Mr. Byng was iu 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 themselves. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., the late chairman of the company, was loudly cheered on entering the room. The advertisement by which the meeting had been convened having boon 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 in consequence of the resignation of Sir John Campbell, who re cently filled the office of chairman. The report has been made as full and explicit as possible on. 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 upou 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. SMITH 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 20 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 li- load cries of " Shame.") The important portion of the business to be trausacted was the election of directors. (Hear) \ Mr. Coles Child and Mr. Beattie (two of the direc tors) ha( taken the trouble to lecture towns in the north on the elfish of the company—(hear) —recommending what w as to be do e. Ho thought that was infra dig. ( Lau g hter.) It was a remarkable fact that one of the resolutions p assed at Manche er, at which Mr. Beattie lectured , w as to the effect that no ersou who had just taken up his qualification for a seat at trio board should he. elected a director ; and yet Mr. Beattie had taken up his qualification expressly to be made a director—holding only 20 to 21 shares. (Hear.) He fo und 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 in the market was in 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 late chairman, Mr. Macgregor, and the loss of that gentleman's seat in the chair was the consequence of his advocacy of the urgency of constructing that branch. It was a protective line, and the Inkerman of their_ position... The directors had abandoned the line, and they were told that Mr. Coles Child had by his opposition to it sacrificed a pro spective benefit of 60,0001. ; but, in his opinion, that geatle man was much more likely to reap advantage from the oppo sition line, which would (for building purposes) giye Mr. Coles Child three termini to his 400 acres of laud, instead of one terminus, viz. :—London-bridge, Waterloo-bridge, and the West-end, instead of London-bridge alone This line has been given up by the directors. The proprietors voted for, and obtained it, but Mr. Coles Child and his friends had abandoned it. The capital account would show that the di rectors had overdrawn it to the extent of 261,616/., and that the cash at the bankers' was only 70,0001., so that they were iudcbted to the extent of nearly 200,0001., and therefore, although they might declare 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 confi dence in the majority of the board, the report, except so far as to the declaration of a dividend of 10s., 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 was urged that he was an old, faith ful, and efficient officer, and ought not to have been got rid of to please the late chairman, Sir J. Campbell, 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 1" and laughter.) Mr. J. WILSON 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. Be D at i t '. ie A i . for increasing the number of directors ? as, in his opinion, nBtEhAeT TdliEr,ecwthioon,stwatisehdehdetowkasnoawrewlahtaivteretaostohne e Ml..A d 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 holders, who considered that, looking to the amount of pro perty at stake, the number ought to be increased. Mr. J. WiesoN stated that the number had been formerly reduced in consequence of one man having too great an influ ence at the board. He trusted they would never again have 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 the day. He had no per sonal objection to Mr. Beattie, but it was against the board he wished to strike a blow, and he could only do so by op posing the appointment of that board. Mr. Beattie was too much mixed 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 Blackwell Railway Company, which com peted with the South-Eastern for the Gravesend traffic. Mr. M'LAURIN also opposed Mr. Beattie's election, aid 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. * Me 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'LAURIM 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)—aud ho maintained that he never was particularly successful iu any position he held in life. Ou the 10th of March last, Mr. Beattie only held 10 shares in this company, and. his qualification of 21 or 22 shares had only been recently obtained. In 1836, Mr. Beattie was connected with a house in Liverpool, which he heard from Mr. Hamilton was unsuc cessful. Mr. Heetitrox must be allowed to interpose. All he stated was, that the house was a highly respectable one, and that Mr. Beattie could not have been connected with it had he not been a respectable man ; and the head of that house had since the period referred to been mayor of Liverpool. (Cheers.) Mr. 11PLeuitis endeavoured to proceed, but, notwithstand ing an appeal from Mr. Beattie that they should do so, the meeting refused to hear him. Mr. CAIRD contended that no person should be elected to the direction excepting persons suggested largo and permanent interest in the company, and 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 be allowed to make afew observations with regaid to the charges which had been made against him. He did not seek a seat at the board, and it was only oa the most urgent representations that he might be useful to the company that he consented to be elected. If they 'wished him to retire, he would do so with pleasure, but in reference to the observations of Mr. M'Laurin, he challenged any one in that room to say that his hands were not clean. He had undergone the vicissitudes and depressions of 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 not think it kind or manly to taunt him with what had taken place in the vicissitudes of trade, in which his honour bad never been compromised. He admitted that he did not pos sess the legal qualification when be 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 lie bought a qualification with his own money, and he was under an obligation to uo man for his qualification, as had been insinuated by Mr. Forster (one of the directors) and others. Mr. Maxwell stated that he was mixed up with opposition lines to the South-Eastern. Now he maintained he had never been so ; but he had stated that it was desirable to get rid of the angle in their line to Redhill, and from thence going to the west by Reigate. The hon. gentleman then pro ceeded to read an extract from a letter which be addressed to the directors of the south-Eastern Company, on the 21st of October last, proposing that the direct line to Maidstone should be made, providing it could be done under the control of their own company, and they could enter into arrange ments ,with other comran!es, by which peace would be se cured, and the line made at little expense to the South-East ern Company. , When he visited Manchester, at 'the request of some shareholders; he only ans we red charges which had been brought agOast him, and 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 one of the two com panies (either the Brighton or the6outh-Eastern) must work it for the public safety anct convenience ; and if the Brighton Company had to work it, thetSouthl:Eastern Company would receive the benefit without the expense. In regard to his being an auditor of the Blackwell line, he believed he could always do his duty to that company without ,in any way in terfering with his duties to the South-Eastern proprietors. He had been asked what connection he had with banking companies. He had never put that forward as one of his qualifications hims . elf. He was ndt the a gent of any banker, but he had been honoured with the proxies of Messrs. Coutts and Co., Williams, Deacon, and Co., a Derby bank, and the Radnorshire bank, and the latter at the recommendation of Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co:, their London agents. He also challenged Mr. M'Laurin 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 Campbell 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-elected him to the board, he would devcte his best energies to promoting the interests of the company, and procuring for the shareholders a good and honest dividend. (Cheers.) • Mr. M'Laurin 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 would not be with drawn to Mr. Beattie. Mr. FENTON supported the proposition of Mr. Caird for the appointment of a committee to select the caididates 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 disagteements 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 lie 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. Mg.:tit - tin had said Mr. Beattie was only known as connected with unsuccessful companies. Now, be 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 morrow (this day). In reply to a question, Mr. BEATTIE stated that it was his desire to promote friendly arrangements amongst all railway companies. Mr. M`LAITRIN 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 Marsh, 1854, but the resolution could not be put in consequence of ita ille gality. Mr. Rich, M.P., one of the late directors, was then put in nomination for re-election. Mr. RICA 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; bathe waultlnevereatsvoss ersolieit any vote, and when his own brother, who possessed- VAOOI. stock, wrote to - him on the subject, he 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 to a show of hands, which was declared to be in his favour. Mr. Morgan was put in nomination ; and, after a long speech from Mr. Alderman Salomons, in 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 seek the interests of 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 oppond to the Caterham line, lie 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. The show of hands was de clared in his favour. Mr. John Chapman having been proposed, but, not being present to answer the question put to the other candidates, was negatived. Mr. Alexander Hues was next put iu 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 in nomi nation. andth he stated he held 1,200/, stock, t a o n a e q ld ue s s ha ti r o e u holder. Ile would only go. to the board to support South. Eastern interests. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Gilpin, and that ho Mr. Thomas Price was put in o • ination and expressed himself in opposition to extensionsu m ' milted that he bought his shares and guarantees. Ho ad qualify himself for the direction, in the company solely to the North that he should join II; at the request of friends in Price.e board. The show of hands was declared to be against Mr. Mr, Jonathan Miller was next put in nomination • • Ho held 3,0001. stock, besides some trustee stock. Mr. Miller wts 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 01117 held the bare qualification for a director, having reduced h s stock from 3,000 l . in June last, owing to his having no confidence in the managment. The show of hands beine. against Mr Cross, Mr. John Robert Mowbray, a t t • ' in nomination. He was put He said he held no shares in th e coin' any six weeks ag o, having only qualified at the request ho friends, wh o thought he might be useful at the board ; and of some ifthe ewould share holders thought fit to elect him , h d endeavour ' to serve them to the best of his ability, The show of handsbeing against Mr. Mowbray, Mr, John Henry Dillon was Put in nomination, and ad mitted he only obtained his qualification u the 13th of last month. The show of hands was against o M. r Dillon. The candidate next put in nomination t was Mr. James Caird, the holder of 7,0001 . stock, which he had ‘ possessed for nearly three years. He declined to pledge himself to any policy other than that he would do•hi s 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 hit Mid-Kent line, without which this core himself in favour of . a could never prosper. lie held 7,000/. company a i n n a h . i i s ad op l Lni n on, shareholder frem the commencement. 14 had been a Mr, Alderman Salo znons was declared elected. A poll was demanded on every name ' and will be proceeded with to-morrow. Mr. PARKER alluded to the Liverpool Life Assurance Office holding a large quantity of South-Eastern stock, and asked whether every policy on their property falling in had been transferred to the Liverpool Office, and what was the amount of the premiums. He only wished to know whether any di rector had, contrary to t he statute, be en engaged as con tractor on the line ? Mr. SMITH thought it unnecessary to refer to th e subj • ects brought forward by Mr. Parker. Mr. TEULON, 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 difference of opinion arose as to the premium, and the Liverpool Company did not have the policy. With regard to the question whe ther any director had been engaged in contracts, he believed that upon one occasion the chairman of the stores committee undertook to purchase sonic oats for the company, but he had no interest in the purchase. (Cheers.) Mr. Browne having been elected an auditor, Mr. VANCE, M.P., thought it would 1-- ..,, 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 ow i ng , to his views on the Lewishani and Bromley lino—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. JosiAn WILSON demanded a poll ; but Mr. VANCE stated that the show of hands - being in favour of the resolution, he 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 thoir 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. It was both his interest and his du,:y to promote the welfare of the company, and year after year he had re. ceived the thanks of the proprietors for his exertions. (Cheers.) If, in the performance of his duty, he had at any time given offence to any gentleman, he hoped and believed that it had only arisen from an endeavour to do his duty towards the company. (Cheers.) He had always endeavoured to carry out a straightforward line of conduct in managing the affairs of the company, and lie trusted, front the mu uerous list of candidates placed before them that day, they would fiud scope enough to reconstruct their board on a broil and healthy 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 B,yng' for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated, having lasted close upon five hours. The result of the poll is to be declared at 12 o'clock on Sa turday. 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 what 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 100,0 Ali, which the com pany state I was distributed in Belgium ' for the purpose of bribing influential persons. It also stated that legal mea sfeurreenseheatvoe t b h e e e n io ta o k ,o e o n oi b . y , a t n h authorities o i t u h e ß r s e e l g r o u u m s w o h i t a t g r re- s brought against the company. 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 cent., 6,2891. remains to be carried to the reserve fund ; making, with the balance for the year 1853, a total of 7,6221. 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 8001. 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. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mmtca 15. REAL ESTATES OF INTESTATES. Motion made, and question put, " That leave be given to bi ing in a bill for the better settling of the Real Estates of Intestates. —The house divided ; ayes, 84 ; noes, 156 AYES-84. Acton, J. Mcock, T. Anderson, Sir J. Barnes, T. Baxter, W. Beaumont, W. Bell, J. Biggs, W. Bland,',L. Q. Bright, J. Brotherton, J. Browne, W. Challiq, T. Clay, Sir W., Bt. Clifford,Col.H. M. Cobbett, J. M. Cobden, R. Craufurd, E. H. J. Crossley, F. Duffy, C. G. Duncan, G. Duncombe, T. Dun, E ll o t t o , p J. A A. Ewart, W. Fagan, W. Fenwick, Forster, C. Fox, W. Gibson, T Glyn, G. Goodman, Sir G. Gower, F. Green, Capt John Greville, Col. F. Hadfield, G. Hankey, T. Butte, Alex. Headlam, T. Heathcoate, J. Heywood, J. Heyworth, L. Howard, C. Hutchins, E. Hutt, W. Kershaw, J. Kinnaird, A. Lang ton; H. G. Lee, W. Lemon, Sir C. Lindsay, W. Locke, J. Lowe, R. Macgregor, John Marshall, W. Ailing:ln, R. Milnes, R. Mitchell, T. NOES-15G. Morris, D. liowatt, F. liorreys, Sir D. Oliveira, B. Otway, A. Peellell, Sir G. Peliatt, A. Perry, Sir T. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Ricardo, S. Moll, U. Robartes,'T. Scholetield, W. Sc - oliell, Capt. G. STilly, F. Shafto, R. Smith, J. B. Stticklaud, Sir G. Strutt, E. Thompson, G. Thornely, T. Walinsley, Sir J. Warner, E. Wilkinson, W. Williams, W. 1% is e. A. TELLERS Kin', J. Massey, W. Adderley, C. Hale, It. Arbuthnott, Gut. Halt - ord, Sir H. 'lndite, H. Harcourt, G. Ball, E. Harcourt, Col. F. Barrow, W. Hayes, Sir E. • Bentinck, G. Ileatheote, Sir:G. Bethel', Sir It. Ileatlicote, Sir q. Booker, T. W. Heneage, Gco. H. Brams!on. T. W. Henley, J. Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sir T. Buck, L. W. Hervey, Lord A. Buck, G. Hilyard, It. C. Buller, !-.lr J. Hogg, Sir J. W. Chambers, T. Holton', H. Cholmondeley, Lord Horsfall. T. Christie, Samuel ilo titans Lord Clinton, Lord C: P. P. Hughes, W. Cobbold, J. C. Irton. S. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Cole, H. A Jolliffe, Sir W. Cowper, W. F. Jones, Capt. T. Cubitt, W. Kendall. N. Davies, D. A. S. Kirk, W. Deedes, W. Knatchbnll, W. Do Vere, S. Knight, F. Disraeli, B. Knox, Col. B. W. Drumlinrig, Vis. Loftin, Capt. R. Duncan, Viscouat Lanton, W. Duncombe, 0. Lennox, Lord A. F. Duncombe, Hon.W. Lewis, Sir G. C. Dungat van, Viscount Lovaine, Lord Dunne, Col. Lushington, C. Egerton, E. Lytton, Sir G. Mello. Lord Mackie, J. Emiyn, Via. Matins, R. Fellow's', E. Masterman. J. Verguson, Sir It. Matheson, Sir J. Fitz Gerald, J. Mlles, W. Foley, J. Michell, Dr. W. Follett, B. Molesworth, Sir W. :Fortescue, C. Men creiff, J. French, F. Montgomery. Sit G. Frewen, C. Mowbray, J. Fuller, A Mullins, J. Galwey, Sir W. Muntz, G. Gaskell, J. Naas, Lord Gladstone, W. Newdegate, C. Gordon, A. North, Col. J. - Gore, W. North, F. Graham, Sir J. Noithcote, Sir S. Grey, Sir G. O'Connell, D. Grey, R. 0-borne, R. Grosvenor, Earl Ossulston, Lord Packe, C. Palk. L. Palmer, Robert Palmerston, Visct. Peacocko, G. Peel, F. Peel, Gen. Percy, J. Philipps, J. Phi Simon. H. J. Price, Sir R. Pritchard, J. Reed, J. Ricardo, 0. Rice, E. Roche, E. Sanders, G. Seymour, Lord Seymour, W. D. Shirley, E. StuUtia, Sir W. Smith, J. A. Smith, R. Smith, Abel Smollett, A. Spooner, R. Stafford, A. Stanley, Lord Steel, J. Stephenson, R. Stuart, NV. Thesiger, SirF. Tollemache, J. Tyler, Sir G. Tyrell, Sir J. vanee. J. Vattigt tart. C Vernon, G. Vyvyan, Sir R. Waddington, H. Walcott, Admiral Walpole, S. Walter, J. Whatman, J. Wickham, H. W. Wilson, J. %Youth'. It. Wyndham, Gen. Wynne, W. Wyvill, M. TELLERS, Hayter, W. Berkeley, G. FACTORIES. Motion made, and question put, "That leave be given to bring ins 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.-101. Bailey, Sir J. Graham, Lord M. Peacocke, G, Ball, E. Greville, Colonel F. rerCy, J. Barrow, W. Grogan. Edward Pollard -Urquhart. W, Bennet, Capt. P. Guinness, R. S. Robertson, P. Bentinck, G. I.lalford, Sir Henry Roit, P. Blackburn, P. Hayes, Sir E. Sadleir, John Booker, T. W. Herbert, Sit T. Shirley, E. Brady, J. Horsfall, T. Srnllth, Sir W. Bramley-Mc ore, J. Jolliffe. Sir W. Smith, Abel Bramston, T. W. Kendall, N. Spooner, R. Buck, L. W. Kennedy, T. Stafford, A. Bulkeley. Sir R. Kinnaird, A. Stirling, W. Cayley, E. S. Knatchbull, W. Strickland, Sir G. lecii, Lord Knight, F. Stuart, W. Challis, T. Lennox, Lord A. F. Swift R. Chambers, T. Lushington, C. M. Thesiger, Sir. F. Child, Smith Macartney, G. Tollemaehe, J. Cholmondeley, Lord MacGregor, James Tyler, Sir G. Cobbold, J. C. ` Meagher, T. Vance, John Cole, H. A. Miles, W. Vensatart, G. Davies, J. Michell, William Vyse, Col R. Duffy, C. G. Moore, G. Waddington, N. Duncombe, Hon. A. Morris, D, Walcott, Rear-Ad. Duncombe, 0. Mowbray, J. R. Ws'lnsley, Sir J. Dunne, Colonel Multi, G. Whitmore. H. Egerton, Edw.C. Murrough, J. P Williams, W. Evelyn, W. J. Naas Lord Willoughby, Sir II Fellowes, E. Newdegate, C. Wise, A. Fitzgerald, W. IL S. North, Col. J. Wo.Ald, B. Forster, Charles Northcote, Sir S. Wyndham, Gen. Fox, W. J. Oakes, J. Wynne, W. Frewen, C . H. Ossulston, Lord Puller, A. E. Packs, C. Galwey, Sir W. Palk, L. Gaakell, J. Palmer, Robert TELLIES. Cobbett. J. buncombe, Thomas NOES-109. Acton. Joseph Fitzgerald, J. Paget, Lord Anderson, sir J. Fitzroy, Henry Palmerston, nue= Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Fortescue, C. S. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Sir F. Gardner, R. Peel, F. Barnes, T. Gibson, M. Phillimore, J. G. Bass, M. Go•dman, Sir G. riaott, 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. Hon. Sir 0 .Rice, E. Bland, L. IL 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, 11. Bas il e. Alex. Seymour, H. Brown, W. llastie, Arehd. Seymour. W. Bruce, Lord E Heneage , Geo. U. Shaft°, R. Butler, Fir J. Heywood , J. Smith, J. B. Cardwell. E. Heyworth , L. Smith, it. Cheetham, John lliggins , G. 0 . Stafford, Marquis Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Ingham, It. Stanley, Lord Cowper, W. Jones, Capt. T. Steel, John Craufurd, E. 11. 3. Kirk, W. Strutt, lion. E. Crossley, F. Layard, A. H. Thompson, G. Dashweod, Sir G. Lee, W. Thorntly, T Divett. E. Lewis, Sir G. C. Villiers, C. Duff. G. Locke, J. Whatinan, J. buff, J. M'Gregor, John Wickham, H. Duncan, Viscount Milligan, K. Wilkinson, W. Duns:in, George Milnes, R. Wilson, J. Dunlop, A. 111 Rebell, T. A. Wool, Sir C. Elliott, J. B. Mencreiff J. Wortley, J. S. Fmlyn,Visckunt Montgomery, Sir G. Wyvlll, M. Fagan, W. Norreys. Sic D. Fenw.ck, H. North, F. Fergus, John Olivelra, B. Ferguson, Sir R. Osborne, R. Filmer, Sir E. Otway, A. TELLERS. Hay ter, W. Berkeley, G. ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATED SO- . CIETI ES OF THE UNIVERSITY . — Pursuant to adjourn i ment, the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh met last night to proceed with the elec. 1 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 1 nomination on the 27th ult., Sir G. Cornewalt Lewis, the Earl of Eglinton, Mr. Disraeli, and Mr. Thomas Carlyle were severally proposed as candidates fer 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, declinatures 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 Exche quer and the Earl of Eglinton ; but, owing to an infor mality 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 na l cwui Horse a :l s :ols tf e ira x aa t i,s e se dnwsoivr sword, Hotel3e unani mously: . chairman thereupon declared Sir G. C. Lewis duly elected. A vote of thanks to Mr. Wilson for presiding terminated the proceedings.— Witness. be estates), r t he so)°, d has °f just Leeds be e nwa s(fwohkoihtcteth:rhiaweednadaha earl' s ti WEST RIDING TESTIMONIAL TO THE EARL OF CARDI GAN.—A meeting of gentlemen, resident in the neigh bourhood a s a therlalgoraergcaWdecns acceptance u i ti p t arm e t i ta n i so tlthhaoetf most t n u , an t pr o :vr c ao o lpi n re s id i a d tb e er r ay t e h r the y offering. of hi propriety sAlcr:iusbobsfi cp- rii pr e senting it oh ne c r iw wa s Lord Cardigan with a testimonial, as a mark of adrnira. ra im e m a. ed ir i h a r e t e e s m l o y l e v s e e e t d i t n o t g o: 1 fore the meeting separate:l, although it was agreed that no individual subscription should exceed one guinea. PRICE SD. ROYAL LITERARY FUND. The annual general meeting of this society was held on Wednesday at the Society's Rooms, in Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. The attAidance 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, Sir 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. Cunningham, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. Longman, Mr. J. W. Parker, Mr. Colburn, Mr. Bent ley, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Bohn, Mr. Birch, Mr. Pickers gill, R.A., Mr. Hardwicke, R.A., 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. After the statement of the accounts had been read, on the motion that the thanks of the society be voted to the auditors, Mr. C. DILKE said that at the anniversary dinner of 1853 the chairman of that dinner, illustrating the advan tages of the Literary Fund, quoted three cases in which aid had been afforded to men of learning and genius, but he had been obliged to go back i n t o the last century for his examples. He even believed that these parties had been relieved 20 years before the founder of this society (Mr. David Williams) died, and more than 20 years before the society had a corporate existence. He should now say a few words as to the economy with which 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 collector and messenger, and it was 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 founder 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 might one day become a col!eae for decayed and superannuated genius—the mostpitiable 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 the Crown. The society had a great room which was only used nine times a-year by the committee. In IS4O the duties of the registrars were set down, and it was 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. There 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 to a secretary, and the 401. a-year had become 200/., while the same duty had been for years performed for the Artists' General Benevolent fund for 50/. The com mittee ef 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 4/. 4s. a-day, which he thought ample. He knew that the comparison he had before instituted between the Literary 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 tinction, 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 therefore admit the necessity for this previous inquiry which led to so large an expen , diture of the society's funds. But he would give up the Artists' BenevolontFund, and ho would take theArtists' General Benevolent Fund, between which and the Lite- racy Fund there was no difference whatever. That fund was subscribed for artists generally, and he was sure there was as much difficulty of inquiry in the one case as the other. Collector's poundage (a per centage on the money collected), advertisements, and expenses attend ing the anniversary dinner—charges which involved questions of policy and management, and were therefore open to discussion—he had omitted, and the comparison was confined to the cost, in each case, of like .things ; salary with salary, rent with rent, miscellaneous with miscellaneous. Mr. alike proceeded to read the follow iug summary : LITERARY FUND, ARTISTE; BENEVOLENT FUND. Applicants relieved at a cost Applicants relieved at a cost of— of -1844, 31 ... £535 610 55 £OO 17 9 1845, 3S ... 486 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 6 0 1849, 41 ... 527 18 4 57 ... 88 8 5 1850, 35 ... 496 11 0 69 86 13 8 1851, 51 ... 528 14 6 63 ... $8 8 4 1852, 49 ... 513 17 8 56 101 13 8 1853, 47 ... ... 506 4 5 65 8 14 4 429 £5,094 0 1 559 A;904 17 1 (Cheers.) In other words, every draught drawn for the benefit of applicants for the society's aid cost 11/. 175., 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 1841 to 1853, both inclusive, the cost of assisting 429 applicants to the Literary Fund amounted to 5,0941. Os. ld. (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 9011. 17s. ld. (also exclusive of collector's poundage, advertisements, and ex penses attending the anniversary dinner) ; this meeting is 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." The CHAIRMAN asked if the resolution was an amend ment to the motion before the meeting, or was proposed as a substantive resolution ? Mr. DILKE did not wish to cast any imputation 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 1854 in subscriptions, donations, &c., was 1,1261.—a result 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 the 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 thom eir house to manage their correspondence, and to w h om persons who came for information could be referred. Mr. Dilke said the rooms were only wanted nine times a year, but how wary 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. He did not think that the secretary was over paid by the sum he received, and he was, therefore, at 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. Dilke'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. DILn said that he should not be supposed to make this a personal question hewhen his opinion that the high office of president, now filled by the Marquis of Lansdowne, ought to be filled, a question of principle, by the most distingui s h e d literary sa and scientific men who were subscribers to the 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 con sent of Mr. Hallam to this proposal I Mr. W. DILYE had not sought the consent of any gentleman. The CHAIRMAN stated that the proper course of pro ceeding was for each gentleman to hand up his ballot paper, when the name of any officer of the 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 bad any business with it. The committee had favoured the meeting with the names of those whom they proposed, and he called upon the chairman to real the names of those whom he and his fr'ends proposed. The CHAIRMA.N said that if any gentleman had yester day laid upon the table his list there would have been no objection on the part of the committee to receive it and print it. The balloting-paper had " ample space and _~ KAU et lip *Mai ithl *io.4 443 kill*, 41r, 4.11L4E said, he was “okAt t &Ana ir. it i4t p:si eldents, vice-presidents, council, and general cointnNtee exclusively selected from literary and scientific men, but the chairman ruled that separate papers containing these names could not be sent round. The balloting-papers were then collected, and shortly afterwards the scrutineers returned and declared that the house-list had 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 con trary, that the munificent, consistent, and honourable patrons of literature had a very high title to the honour and respect of this society, and that if the 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 . tart' as enormous, but yet he could not resist the con viction that the expenditure of the society was dispro. portioned to the amount of relief given. (Hear.)' Mr. C. DICKENS rose to propose the following reselu . tion : " That, whether the general committee's construction of the present charter be legal or illegal (as to which thery 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 be called together by any authority for any purpose ; and that it is therefore desirable to apply for a new charter, and that a committee be specially appointed with this object." The existing charter was so excessively ridiculous, so in consistent, and so manifestly preposterous that it oughb 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. He had had the honour to be elected some years ago upon the council, and he had hoped that by study and fast , ing be might be fit to discharge the high duties which he supposed devolved upon that august body. For months he never left kome 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 t o ge t on i n its own manner, without requiring his aid, b u t w h en t h e counc il met, and where it met, and what it did, he never could learn. The fact was that it never could m ee t, never did me et, 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 of directors that did not direct, of a bench of judges who did not judge, of a jury that did not deliberate or find a verdict, of a 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 net to approach the water (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 defective and rotten, inasmuch as it appointed a council, but omitted t') 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 callei specially to con sider the subject. After some conversation, in the course of which Mr. 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 from the appointment of a council ? The general committee were fully able to mataie 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 Laving 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.-TEIIRSDAY. A. very thin attendance, and only a small amount of business transacted. The principal investments were on Fandango for the Great Metropolitan, Marc Antony for the Chester Cup, and on Greaculus Esuriens and Lord of the Isles for the Derby. The other quotations are from bets which were laid to various small sums. GREAT METROPOLITAN. 5 to 1 agst Pharsalus 10 to 1 agst Fandango (taken) 100 to 8 agst Redlands (taken) 100 to 8 agst Vandyke (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to r agst Marc Antony (taken) 25 to 1 agit Andover (taken) 40 to 1 agst 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 GrHculus Esuriens (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 500 to 15 agst Saraband (taken) SALISBURY RACES.-THUISDAT. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with b 0 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. One mile. (4 subs.) Lord Anglesey's The Nabob, by The Nob, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (H. Goater) 1 Mr. IL Hill's Kingstown, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Salter) 2 No betting. Won easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 61b. Certain penalties and allow- ances. One mile and a half. (4 subs.) Mr. Campbell Wyndham's b e by Orlando, out of Hornpipe, Bst 61b (A. Day) 1 Mr. Herbert's The Russian, Bst 9lb (G. Manning) 2 Betting-3 and 4tol on Hornpipe colt, who won in a canter by four lengths. He was afterwards named Corhampton. The Wiltshire Plate (handicap) of 50 am, added to a sweepstakes of 2 sous each for all ages. One mile and a half. (S subs.) Mr. J. Parker's Joe Miller, by Venison, 6 yrs, Bst llb (H. Goater) 1 Mr. Howard's Sailor, 3 yrs, sst 3lb (Fordham) 2 Mr. Bennett s Lady Alicia, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Faulkner) S Mr. Hewett's Postulant, 5 yrs, 7st Plb (Wells) 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Sailor, 2to 1 agst Joe miller, 4 t) 1 agst Postulant. Won by a length. Bad third. The First Year of the Second Salisbury Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, for two•year-olds. Half a mile. (10 subs.) Mr. H. Hill's flogerthorp, by the Hero, Bst 71b. (A. Day) walked over, and Mr. H►ll abd Mr. Farrance 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 na Namur, by the Hero, Set ilb (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 Mare Antony (taken). 40 to 1 east Star of Surrey (taken). THIS DAY. Entries for the City Bowl : —Pharos, 5 yrs, Bst 71b Glenstrae, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb ; Namur, 6 yrs, Est 41b ; Ceres, 2 yrs, 4st 121 b. Entries for the South 'Western Railway Plate—Glen. strae, 4 yrs, Set 71b ; Postulant, 6 yrs, gat 411) • Mare by Confederate, Miss Shirley's dam, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Moonshine, 3 yrs, Est ; Questionable, 3 yrs, 7st 31b. TBE JAMAICA LOAN. Yesterday the parties interested in the gu a ra nteed loan of Jamaica m e t b y appo i ntment at t h e Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, to be present at the opening of the tenders. There were present on the part of the Government the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. J. Wilson. Sir C. Trevelyan opened the tenders. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of En g land, and about half-a-dozen other gentlemen interested in monetary matters, also attended. tenSdi e r r C s . i n T rev ,all e l o y p a e n n e h d a v t i h r e g m i n stated su e that sa t i o h D e r , ew wither e the twelve f o l • lowing results : Thomas Ellborough, 6,0001. at par. IL G. Alldridge, cashiers' office, Bank of England, 6001. at 101/. F Stanford, 5,000/. at 1011. 15s. (This t en d er J. F. ' ~, was marked " D eme rara Loan, v it is supposed by ais. take.) Jones Loyd and Co., on behalf of Samuel Alcoa, Manchester 1,5001. at par. Wm. Coles, 2,0001. at 101/. Mullins, Marshall, and Co., 4 5,0001. at 101/. Arthur Butler, 1,2001. at par. Louis Cohen, 18,0001. at 1001. 18s. Jamieson Brothers and Ce., 20,0001. at 100/.125. 6d. Atlas Assurance Company, 60,0001. at 1011. Bank of England, 433,0001. (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 Dank of England was the most advantageou a for the public, but assuming that Mr. Stanford me ant the Jamaica loan in his tender for " Demerara," hi, should have the 5,000/. at 101/. 15s. The remainder was awarded to the Bank of England at 1011. Os. Ski. ; and that sum being above the minimum, the lattt r would not be opened. ,~~. :~