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• }IANWELL COLLEGIATE 801160 t, :MIDDLESEX, (f .r Vonnl('rs only.) J, . 4 .. )N, T. P., • Twelve Sears Curate, o: The S chool offers on very liberal terns a complete collegiate pre ?ration for the world, the military colleges, or the universities ; 1 4 e Professions 0, ordinary business fenu 'ea upon sound prh.ciples uf re' you and morality, the only true basis of education. TesePreec'tarusye.s with full particulars may be haf Ce :1 application to SOCIETY of PAINTERS 4r. WATER COLOURS, The Forty-fifth Annnal Exhibition is NOW OPEN, at their Gal 4erY, 5 , Pall-mall East, each day, from Nine till Dusk. Admittance, is.—C G atalogue, 6d. EORGE FiiIPP, Secretary. LONDON AND NORTII - WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NoticeoTSECONa IN sTALM ENT n. ca LONDON and BiIIMI GUA M 201. SHARES. Notice is here given, that the Directors , i n execution of the Acts of P arliament b relating to the said Company, have, pursuant to the prov isions thereof, made a CALL of r,/. in respect of e .ch of the 201. Shares, which were cre ated by the London and Birmingham Railway ~, : 41 P ill - on the 7th August, 1845, and have ordered that such Call laud to one of the undermentioned bankers, namely— L ondon —Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, and Co., Birmingham —The Birmingham Banking Company, .... L tv , rPool—Messrs. Mess and C ~, or the Hank of Liverpool, Manchester—Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co ,or the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. ?n or before the Ist day of September next; and the several Pro - PI . +eters of such 201. Shares are required to pay such Call accordingly. GEO CARR eiLYN, Chairman. (71IAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman. HENRY BOOTH . , } Secretaries. C lIARLES E. STEWART, tustou Station, May 12, 1849. 11 7 order, LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. • COVENTRY AND NUNEATON SHARES. Notice of a further CALL of M. per Share. N otice Is hereby given, that the Directors, In execution of the Acts ..„ rarllanient relating to the said Gompany, have, pursuant to the t i ovislons th ereof, made a f ur th er CALL 01 37. in respect of each of b e e r 131 . 104. Shares, which were created on the lolth day of Noveni aii,rl,B47, and have ordered that such Call he paid to Messrs. Glyn, 3 A aX, Mills, and Co., on or before the 15th June next ; and the Call Proprietors of such 131. 103. Shares are required to pay such 'all accordingly. GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman. CHARLES LAWRENCE, Deputy-Chairman 11. BOOT4I, 1 Secretaries. r C. E. STEW kitT , ttif • -On Station, may 12, 1849. PROMOTER LIFE ASSTTRANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, Chatham-place, El ackfriars, London.—Established in 1826. Subscribed Capital, 210,0001. DlREcaMmio. Hon. W. 0. nay - ter, 'Robert Palk, Esq. Charles Johnston, Esq. John Louis Prevost, Esq. olla T Samuel Smith, Esq. %J ovfgood Kemble, Esq. Le Marchuut Thomas, Esq. Shaw Lefevre, Esq ,F.l" —g. TRUSTEES. 74e hn Deacon, Esq., John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq., F.R.S., and 'This Charles Johnston, Esq. Inf oat effects Assurances in every variety of form, and on advantageous terms, both on the bonus and non-bonus systems. iag.e Premi ums , w i t h ou t Profits, are lower than tho se or most other c , e B , whilst those •n the participation scale hold out t he p ros p ect wa handsome addition every Five Years. Mlle may be paid Annually, Half - yearly , or Q uarterl y , or on ul! increasing or decreasing scales. itvit Deicers in Active S e r v ic e , Persons Afflicted, and those who are i out of Europe, are also Assured. A Entrance Money required, and claims speedily sett led. oitaehles of Rates, and all further particulars, may be had at the M. SAWARD, Secretary. THE SATIRIST NEWSPAPER, a Weekly Journal, established Twenty Years, pro:lucing a liberal in _Ti but in consequ ence o f ! h e c ontinued indisposition of the pr?- W i lir, Mr. PAGE, i n con j unc tion with Mr. ATKINSON. will by AUCTION, at the Roan!, 28, Moorgate-street, Bank, on EATUR ' rust', May 19, at Twelve o'Clock. 4 0 the valuable Copyright of the SATIRIST, an old-established 1/ 0 ' 7,51 , which commands a larje erculation and .numerous Adver ,,_sc4 lents, and for a series of yelre has beets very profltabre, and ui tless in the hands of an active person can be much extended. Urther particul rs a and conditions of F Zee may be had of Mr. yli.inso n , 40A, Windmiil-street, Tottenham-court-road ; and of Mr. ‘e, Moorgate- street i'ank " Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expresgea In fancy—rich, not gauJy ! r-, a For the apparel oft proclaims the man." 'HP NICOLL PALETOT—WARFROOMS, ~.- 114, 114, and 120, ItEGE S T-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL, -...y.5.b015.. PRICE TWO GUINEAS. , troc i.lsides the above Patented Article, there is another Novelty in aced for this Season, which is, however, Registered nailer the Ir " le of NICOLL'S MORNING COAT, it being especially intended o_l miming wear, in Riding or ‘Valkin,g exercise, when it necessarily 4 I ‘ vb i‘ls the stiff formality to oe obs.2rved in the cut and form of the "' r eEll-coat. The price is he a. lu TWO GUINEAS. ne as charged at 111, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, and 2, for REGISTERED PALETOT. likewise r;ow ready for the Spring months, with all the "'" , v , and patented hnprovements included in the above moderate t_ r i,q; thus it deservedly bears the name of being not only the most tonable but also the cheapest and most durable garment ever reel to the Public, the intrinsic value of the material known as :1 1 !OLLIAN or LLAMA U 0 111, being, within the last feW months, 174 Ai enhanced, the same durability being retained, with an increased Tit mess and b eau t y i n appearance. It can b a seen rea dy f or I:nine -4V s wear, in every size, at 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, "Ti 22 , CORNIIILL. _*7-4 HAT'S YOUR OPINION of MOSES ? , My opinion of Moses' is this, 'fliat their warehouse has nothing amiss ; ror many a year have I tried The garments by Moses' supplied, And finding , how business is done, I can rezommend Moses and Son. ' I've a bill on my file you must know, • Which is dated just twelve years a;o, When first I was tempted to try The garments of Moses' supply, And ever since then I've been one To support Messrs. Moses and Son; For during the whole of the term, Not a fault have I seen in the firm. The various promises made have ad been fulfilled in their trade, .And the more I have known of the mart, The more have I acted my part. In furnishing stylish attire, Messrs. Moses are all I desire; And I've equally found them outdo, -- In make and material too. These praises will also apply To the boots and the shoes that you buy ; 5 11 . Nor can I say less of the shop, • With prime I'aris hats for the top ; IA: And the hosiery thews what the trade is, And the leautiful shawls for the ladies ; There's nothing, in fact, that you buy, but ranks the proprietors high. The whole of the houses, as one, s. Do credit to .lases and Son. 'Then look at what savings are made Ey the very low price that is paid. The strictest economy hero • Is constantly found to appear. In all things the warehouse discloses What scarcely a stranger supposes, Aud that's my opinion of Moses. LIST OF PRICES. RZADT MADE. Men' Spring, and Summer Wrappers.. from - /0 8 6 he Bulwer, Paella, Paletot, and every descrip tion of light Over-coats .• • •• • • ..• .... 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture, and hand somely trimmed ...... •• .. • ..... 1 1 0 Do, do. lined with silk.. • • .....• •• • • 1 8 0 do. superior quality .... ••••• • • • 1 16 0 Jean andraolland Blouses ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 0 2 9 Fancy Vici6ria do. •• •• • • •• •• Tweed d 0... ...... ...... ........ • • 0 4 6 0 17 0 Frock Coat •••• •• • Spring and Summer Trousers .. ••••••• • •• • • 0 4 0 Doeskin and Buckskin d 0....... ••..•• •• . • Spring and Summer Vests in every variety•• 0 1 6 Black and Figured Satin Vests • • • • black do., superior quality .. • ••..••• • • • • • 0 9 6 White Marcella Vests •• • • 0 4 6 Men's Black Cloth Ves's .. ••..••• • •• • • • L'ay's Spring and Summer Vests •• • • boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits... ..... 0 15 0 Men's Fishing Coats in great variety MADE TO IIZASTME. Paletots made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer 1 1 0 Do. very elegantly trimmed •• • • ••" • • 1 8 Superior Cloth of a light 1 15 0 Ditto ditto lined with silk.... 2 2 0 Ditto Dress 1 12 0 Reg d 0.,,.,,,,.,. 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. ........ .. .... • • •...... Best do. ••••.• •• • ...... •••••••• • • • •• " •• 3 3 ° Fancy Doeskin Trousers, •• • black do. • 1 6 black Cloth Vests •• ................ 0 8 6 Best 4plen Veit.... • ...... ••••• .. •• • • 0 14 G es d Hussar and Tunic suits . ..... ............ 1 5 0 1 Superfine do. 1 15 0 Men's %Vhite Marcella Vests.. •• 0 7 0 'I/ Fishing Co a t s i n en dl ess variety from 0 10Gto 1 16 0 I' 1 Elegant Dressing Robs in great variety-. .. ••••.••• • • .. • • from 016 iltos 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for If. 10s, The new book, entitled the " Great Fact," with full directions IICr Self-measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded, post 1. 11! a , to any part of the kingdom. Notice— ih, Shawl and 1 ara9o 1 Department are now replete with to novelty of the season. cry Ob se rve—Any ankh. purchased, be exchanged, or the mon e y re t urned. • wasure, if not approved of will so• N Tailors, Woollenerapers, Ciotn.ters, Hatters 1 4 st 6. e la r (11}14ErrIS and -11-Oot'and Shoemakers, and General outfitters, 154: e, :51 , 156 an d 157 Minorie?, ?met 10, it, S 5, and 86 Aldgate, City, ▪ nelon ; g all communicating with each other, and forming one vast tablishment. Cantion.—E. Moses and Son Te.^74lt having to guard the public a dust imposition ; but having heard that the nntradesman-like shood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," ott ii teen resorted to in many instilncez,an df(!robviells ea beg to state that Ploy have no connexion with any other house use 411 ; ,r out of London, except their Branch Establishme nts, 3G, Far e, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire . l ▪ •• those who require chef p and genuine clOthing, sh ould call Itir or send to the sflnories aud Aldgate, City, London ;or either of 0 branch E s t a bli s h men t s , a-. above. f suget F, till Nonee.—This Estaio'iment is dote- .ro 2 .inset Saturday, when bus nest is regained till twelv n e o'clocridayk. 0, 1 Ilustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings GENERATIVE INCAPA "' 1 IIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, Lk _. Its.. on Steel. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARE OE 2s. „.., or h ' - • Edition , enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, Price .___ Du ... , ItPOSt, direct ' from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stam ps , ME SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on * the infirmities and decay o f the generative system, from " - tea :41, re indulgence, i n f ec ti on , and the Inordinate use of mer cury, „.! remarks on Marriage, and the- means of obviating certain dis. VI, 'cations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By 11. 1, _ 4 " I , lld _ t er EllitY and CO., Consulti ng S urgeons, 19, Berners-street, vz . 1 / street, London. P u bli shed by the Authors : seld by Strange. ems, aternost e r-ro w ; Hanna 7, 63, and Sa nge r, 150, Oxford-street ; kn,—" e. 23, Titr.hborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden --„ street. 6 ,_ . ex I. treats of the anatomy and physiology ef the re-productive ' 64 ' „. 4 is, and is Ri us t rated by Six Coloured Engravings. Bit MT 11. treats ot the consequences resulting from excessiveiedul '''t e, and their lamentable streets on the system, producing mental .7.,4 bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity. '<lli drated by Three Explanatory Engravings. i• P lay 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infliction, either in - .0 primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for U., E treatmeat. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 'NI ravings. b ll ART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease ~?, a simple application, by which the danger of Infection is oh „41 ed. This insportant part of the Work should not escape th e -14 ,, er's notice. a n ; 4 'AT "t* . is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its Ilia s. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and t, 1 tole subject critically and phileacphically inquired into. s„_ 4 SCOIIDIAL BALM OF BIRIACIIM Is exclusively emloyed in treat bo.,4l anus and sexual debility, impotence, &c~ )lip e s ", l 4 1. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic tot, 4 IY. for purifying the blood In cases of infection, secondary symp %;;; . eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ile. and 838. per bottle, a,1, - ; es Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and per box, a th;y7 is. remedy for gonorrhcea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inftamma rbt:, of the bladder. Consultation fee. if by letter, 11. A minute 4: - ; 'of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 414: ackets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by 4 44; 3 . . ..the 1 00,14 is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten his i ' `may at 19, Beraers-streot, Oxford-street, London, from Ele tilt Two, Two, and Five to Eight ;on Sunda,y3 from Eleven to one. - - • ',"7- • . . - • . , e/ - r c94,1A 119,4 N • Vryff.'": t.Th r ' _ „1.,: +a, , t.t t i t• ' := k e t r : - • '2• 4 7 F 3 4, rt . N. x 414 • • , , ~4 • > Af. e ." I ft -a , • _ • :„.= - C" . " *". • •/ ) kf " eq isga MAY 17, 1849. posed, the committee state that the effect of the mode in which the former items were dealt with in making up the accounts to the 31st July, 1848, was to unduly increase the apparent net profit available for a dividend at that date by the sum of 14,879/. 33. "It should, however, be observed," they proceed, " that the omission to charge the expenses of the agencies mentioned took place in pursuance of the practice observed in previous half-years in relation to those heeds of expenses; it being stated that those balances were left in suspense under an ex pectation that some arrangement might be effected with the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-Packet Com pany, which would affect their ultimate destination in the acconnts. The responsibility attaching to the mode adopted in making up the accounts for the half-year, 31st July, 1818, rests with Mr. Pritchard, the then de puty-chairman, as that gentleman admits; and he having, in reply to the requisition made' to him by your com mittee for explanation, stated, in writing, the grounds on which he considered the course he had taken to be a warrantable and proper one, your committee consider it due to Mr. Pritchard to place his statement on this sub ject before you." This statement is given in the ap pendix, but the committee say they can in no sense concur a i r n d e valid in validity of justification ( t , t he as . t hree course s e taken assigned on n y Ar. l t occasion. UNALLOTTED NO. 4 SHARES (6TII CAPITAL). With respect to this question the committee state they have caused a thorough investigation to be made into this subject, with the view of ascertaining whether any, and what, irregular issue has at any time been made of the stock, and also whether all the shares are properly accounted for, and they say they do not find that any scrip has ever been issued, except that allotted to proprietors, and on which the deposit has been paid ; and that the stock of scrip in the office has also been examined, and found to be correct. The report gives, in the appendix, a memorandum setting forth in detail the result of the investigation made into this matter by the committee's accountants. 'With respect to the making of calls generally, the committee say they find that they have nut been made unnecessarily, but in the exercise of a prudent foresight with reference to the pecuniary engagements and the prospective financial requirements of the company. PAYMENT OF SOLICITORS' DILLS. A very strong point was made at the half.yearly meeting of the allegation that the sum of 35,0001. had been recently paid to the solicitors of the company with out taxation. The solicitors laid a statement before the committee, by which it appears that the money nut of pocket, included in the above amount, is about 20,0001. — viz., on the North Kent line ... £6,000 0 0 Ashford and Hastings 4,500 0 0 Tunbridge Wells and Has tings Line ... 1,200 0 0 Under other heads, as to land sr.. ... On other matters 1,300 0 0 7,000 0 0 ---£20,000 0 0 Leaving the sum of 11,901/. 15s. 2J. to represent the amount of the professional charge for business done during a period of two years and two months. The coin mittee state that in reference to the question of taxation they find that the bills have not been taxed, but that the charges have been made upon the same principle and scale of charge msiutained on the taxation of the for mer solicitors' bills, and that it is satisfactory to know that the large amount of costs incurred on the taxation and arbitrations referred to—viz, 5,453/, ls , has not been unproductive of benefit, the proceedings, so far as they are terminated; having resulted favourably to the interests of the company, by efiLecting deductions from various claims to the extent of no less a sum than 65,9551. 23. 61. ~~ ~~~Y - --~- .> [PRICE SD• number of pasbengees car:it d; but it was an experiment which the company found they were not justified in con tinuing, and the loss occasioned by it, which should he credited to the locomotive and carriage account, should be taken at not less than 20,000/. " It is obvious that this expenditure for the permanent establishment and protection of the company in the pos session of the southeeastern district, and of the conti nental traffic, ought to have been charged to capital, and not to the current expenses of the year. "It should be added that during the years 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848, the company were paying rates on ex tortionate asse::sments on unproductive as well as on pro ductive property, but in these years the directors had their attention sud energies absorbed in the measures be fore Parliament absolutely essential for the existence of the company, and it was, moreover, necessary to endea vour to ensure general favour and support, and to conci liate local authorities. These circumstances prevented the strenuous resistance to these overcharges which the directors would, in other circumstances, have given to them, and which resistance, since the contests ceased, the company are making with success. " I consider that the excessive payments for rates were fairly looked on as part of the company's Parliamentary expenditure. " The charge of interest to construction account on unproductive capital is made upon an admitted principle, with the consent of all men who have studied the subject, and it has been repeatedly confirmed by the proprietors. " I consider that the gross amount of just relief to re venue, warrantable under the circumstances described, was effected by the aggregate of the chargetin question. " I do not think it necessary to occupy the time of the committee in dwelling on the additional expenditure which occurred in the locomotive department, and in the maintenance of the permanent way, occasioned by the company becoming possessed of a large number of long boiler engines, with other matters of detail; but if it be wished to pursue the subject, the correspondence that took place between the Board of Trade and the company in October, 1844, may be referred to. " It is a matter of regret that Lord Dalhou.ie's report on the Kentish system of railways, which would have prevented all Parliamentary strife' and would ha ve en abled the South-Eastern Company long since to complete all the railway communication requisite for that district, was not adopted by Parliament. " My whole study, in the policy to which I have been a party in the management of the South-Eastern Railway Company, has been to protect the property and to pro mote the interest of the permanent stockholder. " I am, sir, your most obedient servant, " JAMES MAC GREGOIt. " John Ball, Esq , Secretary, Committee of Inquiry." " While your :committee admit that there is justice in the reasoeing contained in this letter, it is their de .. citled opinion that such a course ought never to be adopted without the previous knowledge and sanction of the proprietors. "It further appears, from the accountant's report, that had the accounts been strictly made up so as to in clude all the expenditure incurred, as well as that ac tually paid during the period, and had the probable losses from bad debts been written off, and had the full amount of stores consumed been charged, the actual available profit would have appeared further reduced by the sum of 33,8421. 13s. ed., to which has to be added the item of 8,2691. 6s. Id., carried to credit of revenue in stead of capital. " With respect to the interest on the No. 3 and No. 4 shares, payable out of capital under the authority of a general meeting of proprietors, your committee are of opinion that it is of essential importance that a speedy determination of that arrangement be effected by the prompt completion of those lines and works for which those capitals were created." REPORT OF TILE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION. " Inasmuch as part of the capital raised by No. 3 and No. 4 shares has been applied to the general purposes of the company, a proportionate amount of interest thereon should have been deducted from the total charge before placing it to the debit of capital; in other words, that the interest on so much of those capitals as has been used for the purposes of the main line, should have gone to the debit of traffic, which had been receiving the be nefit of such expenditure. " With regard to the general question of interest on No. 3 and No. 4 shares, it appears that a portion of it is payable in respect of lines and works opened for traffic. Having regard to this fact, and to the expectation that the North Kent line, on which by far the larger propor tion of those capitals has been expended, will be opened for traffic on the Ist July next, your committee recommend that, from and after the termination of the current half-year—i. e., from the Ist of August, 1849, the No. 3 and No. 4 shares should cease to carry inte rest, and becomo entitlod, in lieu thereof, to participate in dividends, revenue account receiving credit for inte rest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum only on such part of the capital as shall have then been expended on unproductive works. Your committee, in recommending this arrangement, do so on the assumption that it may be carried into effect with a due regard to existing ar rangements. " Your committee have ascertained that, subject to the considerations arising out of the interest on the No. 3 and No. 4 shares, the revenue account for the half year 31st of January, 1549, as published, is substantially correct, the books having been cleared of all outstanding accounts then in suspense." POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE COMPANY. "The permanent way and rolling stock of the com pany are reported by the engineer in chief and heads of . departments to be in a v er y sa ti s f actory state. N o pro vision has hitherto been made to meet the deterioration of the permanent way. Increased experience in the practical working of railways has recently brought this important subject prominently before those concerned in their management; and the necessity of making such provision is obvious and unquestionable. The question has a two-fold bearing, relating to the depreciation already sustained by past and that which will result from future traffic, and great consideration will be required in determining the amount of the fund requisite for both purposes, and the manner in which that fund should be provided. And although the unfinished state of its lines and works renders the precise and immediate solution of this important question by the South Eastern Com pany difficult, if not impossible, the committee strongly recommend that the directors be required to forthwith commence the formation of a fund fur the support of this branch ofexpenditure on the principle of an annual reserve to accumulate at compound interest. The working stock should be maintained in a constant state of effi ciency out of revenue. The committee have examined the statement of financial position of the company, issued by the directors in January late. It was based upon estimates 'which have been laid before your committee and upon the books of the company; and the committee, assuming the correctness of the estimates, believe that statement to be a substantially correct exposition of the ways and means of the company, and its liabilities on capital account, so far as concern s th e wor k s contem plated by the directors in January. But the directors have informed the committee that circumstances, and a maturer consideration of the subject, and especially with reference to the representations under which Parlia ment entrusted them with their powers, have lcd them to the conclusion that an additional outlay of about 140,0001., not contemplated in January, will be ulti mately required to be expended in works which they had hoped to avoid. Notwithstanding the extraneous additions to the capital account set forth in the report of the accountants (which do not affect the stability or permanent prosperity of the company), the connnitte ore enabled to state their firm conviction that the position of the company is sound and its prospects favourable. Satisfactory results are especially to ha looked for from the opening of the North Kent line and the continued development of the continental and goods traffic. MANACIEMENT. After adverting to the disunion at the board of direc tors, the commattVrecommend— " 1. The formation of an efficient board of directors, acd that the sy stem of diviling.; the board into conamittces to undertake the more immediate superintendence of the several branches of mantgement be adopted; such divi sion may, in the opinion of your committee, be conve niently made for the purpose of Accounts and Finance, Road and Traffic, • Locomotion and Stores. Such committees to be subject to the control of the ge neral board, to whom rt gular reports of their proceed ings should be made. " 2. That the number of directors he not less than 10. "3. That the directors bo fairly remunerated for their services. While giving this recom mendation, your committee express their opinisn that the most useful principle on t which to apportion the directors' fund is each member a moderate fixed sumby retain ing fee, beyond which he should be o in e of the company; ut i way t,ie of a doaccord to only in pr o portion to his attention to the b accounts nthuealdviroetcetoorfst'hreempruonperriaettoiorns.to be tho subject of an Ru be; slaobuTlrihs that three auditora ho That an efficient audit of the company's and one professional committee recomme n d accountant. appointed —namely , of a law clerk at a tors, With respect to the appointment of two proprietors citors in the ordinary way, your . committee are of opinion salary, instead of the employment and payment soli. that that course cannot be adopted in the present state of the company's works and affairs with safety or advan tage ; how far it may become desirable on the comple dun of all the company's works, when its business a ill be solely that of traffic, is a question which your com mittee would leave to the consideration of a future period. " Whilst your committee thus discharge their duty in commenting on the past management of the company, and in freely offering their suggestions for the future con duct of its affairs, they cannot too strongly inculcate upon the proprietors the absolute, the vital importance to their own interests of a termination, speedy and final, of the injurious disputes which, originating in the board room, have extended to the court of proprietors, and di vided it into parti(.s. " In the opinion of your committee, the minority in the direction are bound to retire as a first step towards the restoration of harmony and confidence. "Your committee are anxious that all party feeling should subside, and past events be only remembered as a beacon in the future progress of the company's affairs. With that end accomplished, and an efficient directory, 4 supported by the confidence of the proprietors, your N° 17 673.] • 5 LONDON, THURSDAY 1 7.6 a.1.7 4 : 7; • rtaaFl2 A S T. G LONDON, MIDDLESEX, AND WESTMINSTER. SECOND PUP.LICATION FOIL 1848. List of Persons who have taken out General Game Certificates at 41. Os. 10d. each, including the Additional Duty of 10 per cent., under the Act of 3 Viet., cap. 17. Amphlett, Edward, Esq., Bond-street Anderson, John. Green-street Astley, D. Loftus, Esq., Lower Belgrave-street Allen, Henry, 11, Little Tower-street Appach, Fras. Hobson, Hyde-park-square Ashley, the Hon. John, Lincoln's-inn Atkinson, Henry. 33, Chcyne-walk, Chelsea Atkinson, John, I, Yorick-place, Queen-street, Chelsea Barker, Alexander, Esq., 101, Piccadilly Blaudford, Marquis of, 3, Wilton-terrace Blackburn, George Hallway, Old Broad-street Bracher, Edward, '29; Neivgate- market Bower, Julius Tate, 7, St. John-street-road Bradley, Chas. Lawrence, Model Prison Bleadon, Leolard, Esq., Grove-road, Mile-end-road Blue; Sinclair, Mr., 186, High-street, Poplar Beaumont, John, 4, Essex-street Bell, Charles, 36, Bedford-row Bishop, Henry, Gray's-inn Budd, Thomas William, 33, Bedford-row Botidle, Edward, 2, Manchester-street Barrington, Charles. Kensington-palace Buckle. Christ. Richard, 7, Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square Carr, George Bowness, 10, Lawrence Pountney-lane Clarkson, Frederick Scipio, Great Carter-lane Carslake, Preston, 6, Queen -square Chaplyn, Henry Cleere, 53, Lincoln's Inn-fielda Cooke, R diert Francis, Middle Temple Corder, Charles, 1, New Cavendish-street ChM, Alexander, 16, Great Castle-street Cooper, John Douglas, New-street, Spring-gardens Callington, Daniel, '2, Craven-Street Cattlin, W., Sebbon's-buildings, Islington Clanrieorde, Marquis, Carlton-house-terrace ('raker, Bleed William, Hill-street, Knightsbridge Cardwell, Elward, Whitehall. gardens Cameron, Captain, Nea-house, (7hristelturch, and Bolton street, riceadilly Day, George Frederick, 2, B - avman's-place, Islington Drummond, Maurice, Hampstead Dodson. William Francis, the College of Advocates Eccles. William, Victoria Hotel, Easton-Square East, Joejasue e .4o, Lamb's Conduit-street Eldred, Maud, Middle Temple Ede, John William, 29, Upper Harley-street Edgell, Harry, 21, Cadoganplace Fane, Nevile, 189, Fleet-street Fano, Cecil, Esq., 4, Upper Brook-street Farnell, James, 14, King-street, Clerkenwell Fitzroy, George, Esq., New Bond-street Foley, Lord, Grosvenor-square Forbes, Alexander C., Esq., Bond-street FranKlia, C. A., Esq., Chapel-street West Fullerton, Alexander G., Esq., 36, South-street Forster, Matthew, Hampstead Fardell, Henry Edward, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall Franeklyn, Item y, 16, Dorset-place Farrer. John, Hyde Park-barracks Farquhar, Sir W. IL, Bart., St. James-street Gipps, Henry I'lumptree, 9, Montagu-place Gosling, Thos. Geo., 10, Chandos-street Grethen, henry Riversdale, 27, Upper Thames-street Grenfell,Paseee St. Leger, 27, Upper Thames-street Gordon, Duff, Esq., Hertford-street Gore, Montague, Esq., Mount-strict tioderich, F.,Kensington Gr e enwood, Major J., Westbourn-terrace Mulkey, Capt. Win., 8, Grosvenor-square Berries, Herbert Compton, Esq., 14, Bolton-street Hill, Lord Marcus, Chesham-street Hogg, Sir James Weir, Grosvenor-square Horner, James Thomas, 20, Buckhersbury Hamilton, John, 9, Upper Belgrave-place Bay, John Holman, Admiralty II iklyard, Hubert Charles, Inner Temple Ilnlhert, henry V., Es a, Upper Clapton 'libber... C. J.. Club chambers Innis, Thos., 33, Fitzroy-square Ingrain, Herbert, Acton Vale Jenour, Henry James, Gray's-inn Keane, Hon. Geo., St. James's-street Kitchen, Edwin, Esq., Queen-street Kettle, John Lucena IL., Lincoln's-inn Knight, Thomas, Esq., Edmonton Malor-General, Albemarle-street Kirby, G. Waterloo-place Lukin, William Anthony, 11, New Broad-street Lloyd, William Jones, Lothbury lord, Chas. T. James, Hampstead Ledgard, Henry, 6, licatord-equare Lucena, James Lancaster, Middle Temple Morgan William Pitt, 19, Circus-road, St. John's-a ood Martin, Captain 11. II , 53, Wimpole-street Marriott, William Frederick, Esq , Tenderden-street Martineau, Hubert, Esq., 6, New Bond-street Maynard, lion. Charles Henry, Grosvenor-square Mortimer, John, Esq., Hanover-square Murchison, Sir Roderlea, Belarrive-square Maxwell, John, Mr., Upper East Smithfield Ai appin, Edward, tore-street Moffat, George, Fencharelastreet Mathews, Wilkinson, Lincoln's inn Melville, Philip, Clarendon-place Maitland, Sir Peregrine, Craig's-court N ackeand, William, Maddox-street Munday, Charles, Shore, Surrey Nicholson, George, Stewart, Godliman-street Nalder, Howard, 4, Kilburn-priory Oakley, William, Esq., 73, High-street, Whitechapel Patton, Capt., Dean-street Pakenharn, lion. C. IL, Bruton-street Tonsonby, Hon. Chyle tit. James's-place Pinta, Theodore Fereira, Crutched Friars George Henry, 73, New Bond-Street Phillips, Win. Augustus, 73, New Bond-street Riley, Edward Charles, Esq., Whitechapel Robertson, Charles, Johnson's. court, Fleet-street Romilly, Esq., 29, Wilton-crescent Robertson,' Rota. Edw., 17, Villiers-street Russell, Win. Hugh, .30, Strand Rickards, S., Acton Rogers. Arnold, 296, tegent-street- Richmond, George, Millbank-row Roots, George, Inner Temple Scott, Hubert, Throgmorlon-streets Sanderson, William, 7, Gresham-street Smithers, /Tenry, 65, Mark-lane tiaurio Dudley, Esq., Eaton-square Southeby, Edward, Erg., Portugal-street St - pford, Captain James John, Eaton-place Sturgis, Samuel, 39, Charlotte-street Stephens, Francis Head, 49, Baker-street . Stanhope, Hon. Fitzroy, Trevor-square Stewart, John, Albany Scotlanl, J., Trevor-square and Bishop's Sutton Saneton, Philip, 9, Gower-street Smart, William Lynn, Lincoln's Inn-fields Smith, Charles Mauby, Middle Temple . Sowton, Willam Marsh, Middle Temple Stopford, James Sydney, 41, Cambridge-terrace Tebay, William, George-street Thompson, Belts William, Oxford-street Tlirnpp, Henry J., George-streqt Thompson, Edward, 16, Bernard-street Thomson, Patrick Johnston, 6, Isilliter-square Tyssen, Charles, 4, Basingliall-street Vernon, Henry C.,.llarrow Wormald, John, Fleet-street Wagliorn, William Price, 10, Wood-street Walsh, Chas. Jno , 6, George-street, Hampstead-road Whitehouse, Joseph, 36, Lincoln's Inn-fields Williamson, James, Gray's Inn Wimble, William, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields Wieram, Captain Thomas 8., 53, Gleueester-road Welstead, Chas., 66 Berners-street Wafter, Win., 60 Great Marylebone-street Wrangham, Walter Francis, Percy-cross LIST OF PERSONS LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME. Art's, Chas: I)., Moteomb-street • • Aiey, William, Knightsbridge . • Bouron, Jo Im, 3, N 4 wcasla-place Burroughs, John, 61,, North-street • Bedford, Henry, 60, Poultry-market; Newgate-market Brown, William, Poultry-market, Newgate-market Ra.stablc, Alear., 9, Commercial-place, Kentish-town Iledsor, William, 8, Terrace, High-street, Kensington Braddick;James, 21, Asylum-terrace, Chelsea . Biddlecombe, John, Psinces-street, Westminster Clayworth, Itoty•rt, 'Whitechapel-read Coaley, William, 10, New Chapel-place, Kentish-town Clark , Jno.. Matthias, Highgate Chi perton, F. W., Portsdown-terrace Clifford, Thos. Harvey, 3, Oatord-m rket Chittock, Frederick:, 28, High-street, Portland-town Cuistor, Francis, 2 , 01, Sloane-street, Chelsea Daniels, Benjn., 117, High-street, Camden-:own Evans, Edward,',llvanmersmith Evans, William, lUgh-street, Notting-hill Fuze, Dorothy, 146, Sloane-street, Chelsea Fenn, William. 3, lligh-street Foulkes, Wiliam, the Auction-mart, Pavement, Bartholo mew-lane Gomm, Stephen, 2'), Tottatham-court, New-road ' Goode, Thomas, 5,, York-place Hones, Thomas, 11 , Colville-terrace, Chelsea Haywood, Thomas , Upper Clapton Hughes, Charles, a nd Beazley, Thomas, 79, Edgivard-road Hughes, Charles, 0 8, High-street, Portland-town nankin, John, ar.d Maria Woodward, 9%, Upper-street, Islington Jolley, Willian, Charing-cross Jackson, T. S. 8, Albion-p lace Johnson, WilSam, 148, Sloane-street, Chelsea • Molder, Charles, I tO2, Holywell-street Martin, Arthur, I,offer Eaton-street Moody, Charles, St 3, Upper-stree', Islington MorriF, Samuel, 8, Pleasant-place, Islington • Zinger, Thomas, 11 3, Holborn-hill Nlnzayer, Joseph, I Cungerford-market Malser, Thomas, 6, Lower Dorchester-street Marlin, Arthur, Hi; ill-street,. Kensington Mortimer, Samuel, Grove-temce, Brompton Peark', Henry, LC , over Belgrave-street Paipmcnt, Henry, 46, Penton-street Po:Je, Samuel, 22, Newgate.asurket Paine, Henry, King-street, Hammersmith • Powell, W. N.. Kin g-street, Hammersixtith to R edding, cwhtaaridids J nj o ,o l.. Fm n r , ee Lis % trBBiH olloway Regent's-park egen,s Rice, Henry, 81. t oswell-road Ri s ck, 51, i la s h trl t e ' r t e , e - Portland-town park Redding, Joseph, tddy's-row, Islin g t on Felwoosi, Ann Phi'dippa, 1, Paved-alley, N ewgate-market Simpson, Shepher( 1 , North Audioy-stree t Sheppard, Thomas 17, litch-street, Symes, Jos ph, (Zr ,eon's -buildings, -buildings Knightsb ridge Todd, Anthony an d William, 5, di ridge Treadaway, Riche rd, 12, Po rtman -market gh-street, Islington Tebtiy, William, 9 : 1 . Crawford-st ree t Ilirasby, George, !I, Tabernacle-4e t o Townsend, Harris t. Charles -street , st. Shoreditch, s Taylor, John, Tyler's-court ' jam" Willard, George, riangle, Hackney Wiggins, John, I.o.rwer Clapton Wallis, Mary, Sw allow-place weatherleyVert 17; Stafford-row Westmorland, Jo 3oph, 34, Little Newport-street Woodward, Thos ~ 7, Brook-street Weatherley, John , Poultry-market, Newg ite- market Watling. Phillip, 105, High-street, Camden-toWn Wilce, James, Vii :o-street Made up to April 5, 1849. Inland Revenue Ofit2e. ENALTIES.By order of the Beard. P The Commissioners of I Ramps and Taxes hereby give Notice, that every person taking, kiln al, or pursuing game, without first obtain ing a cer Vficate. incurs a I penalty of 201., and Is also liable to be oar charged in double the am' 'tint of the certificate duty. Any person in pu rsuit • co game refusing, on being duly required, to the to be certificate, or to permit same read, or a copy produce his thereof to be taken, or re`-using to declare his true name and place of residence, alto incurs a pe 'salty of 201. that a certificate at the are tletire d to take no tice, Gamekeepers • t authorise any person to kil l g ame be y ond rate of 1/. 7s. 6 d. w ill no is p w hich he de ute , d • and, in ordr that a the manor for w the limits of retect a gamekeeper, e it is re certificate at such a rato of duty may p quisite, u only that ho .should be dep uted by some lord or lady of a manor or reputed mano also that such deputation should be r ,but a ti game keeper will be liable i re gistered with the Clerk t he tf.le Peace, or to be surcharged in Gout le the duty of 41. Os. 10d., and also t o be pro secutedmer for the penalty of 2 01 . by ally common informer N.8.-It is. the Intel ttion of the Commissioners of Stamps and f all Taxes to üblish in a sep rato List tho names and residences o without Certi fi cates . per s ons s u rc h arged in dot t a ble duty for spor ting 1)R. LOCOGK'S ASTE FEMAL OFD E iciNE WA FERS HAVE '\O T And are the onl y remedy recommended to Females. Price Is. I'4d., 2s. 9d., and 1 Is. per box. BLwartE OF IMITATIO Ml.—Unprincipled Persons counterfeit this Medicine in the forms of "Pills," &c. Purchasers must, theretbre. roe that none are g ermine but "Wafers," and that the words "Dr. Locock's Wafers," are on the Stamp outside each box. OBSERVE.—The count erfett Medicines have words °lathe stamp so nearly resembling then e, as to mislead the unwary. Purchasers must therefore strictly Observe the above caution. Agents—Da Silva and Ce., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London; who are also Sole Agent s for DR. LOCIO , ',t'S PULMONIC WAFERS for ASTHMA, CONSU b IPTION, COUGHS, and COLDS. Price Is. 1%c1., 2s, 941., and 11s, per box. Sol by all respectable Medicine Vendors. ITELL. GWYNNE TAVERN end CHOP HOUSF, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. .Messrs. ARCHEit and BOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coff.,e- room, which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the most comfortable and reasonable In the metropolis.—Fish and Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers unti. One o'clock. Private I)ining-rooms. excellent Beds, superior 'Wines and Spirits, tine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane. ICING'S HEAD HOTEL, COVENTRY. This Old Family Hotel, Posting, and Commercial House, late in the oczunation of Mr. Williamson, is now conducted by Mr. CHARLES SABIN, Rho begs to intoim the Public generally that no exertion shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuance of the patronage and support hitherto bestowed en the above Estab lishment. N.B. Post-horses always ready. An Omnibus and Flys at the Station to meet every Train. NEW AND ILLUSTRATED - EDITION OF CRICHTON. Now ready, coMpleto 'in . one vol. medium Bvo., bound in cloth, price 165., ' A New and Revised Edition of , It CIC H T An Historical Romance. - 0 N. • - By W. HARRI. , ON AINSWORTH, Esq.. With Eighteen magnificent illustrations in Steel. - . . By II BLOT K. BROWNE. Clhipman and Ball, 186, Strand. This day, Bvo., 7s. fd., rrHE COLONIES of ENGLAND : a Plan for the Government of some portion of our Colonial Possessions. By JOhN ARTHUR. ROEBUCK, M.P. A land there lies Now void ; It fits thy people ; thither bend Thy course ; there shalt thou find a lasting, seat ; There to thy sous shall-many Englands rise, And stales be horn of thee, whose dreadful might Shall awe the world, and conqu::r nations bold. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. • - r ill E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. A Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffnor on the various modes of pro ducing Artificial Light, daily at Half-past Three, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nino, in which the Bude Light, the Oxy-Hydrogen Light, and the Electric Light, will be exhibited in juxta-position.—Lectures en the Ventilation of Mines, &c., by means of a Jet of Steam, daily at rwo o'clock, and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings, at Nine.—The Microscope.—The New Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Diemen's Land, front Original Drawings taken on the spot by J. Skinner I'rout, Esq.— New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c.—An extensive Col lection of Models of Agricultural Implenlents, specimens of Manures, &c.—The Music is under the direction of Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (Including Caturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, ls:.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, IS. ROYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE, EGYPTIAN HALL. BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSOR CASTLE, where it has been exhibited, by command, to her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Ball. Morning, Half past Two ; Evening, Half-past Seven. Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. THE WONDER OF THE SEA. GTAINETIMS NORTHUMBRICUS, recently captured off the Northumbrian coast, and, as a young specimen, coinciding in its principal features with descriptions of the SEA SERPENT, will be exhibited at the Cosmorama Roan's, Regent-street, on and after TUESDAY, May 22, from ten till dusk. Admls lon, One Shilling. PSOM EPSOM COATS, price 305. ; 11 .4 • ALPACA. OVERCOATS, from Lis., at Messrs. SWAIN and CO.'S REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT DEPOT, • 379, OXFORD-STREET.. -,‘.71 FENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. ►The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to he the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces, by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Prico 3s. Gd., Ga., and 10s. per bottle. . . To be had of the Proprietor', 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteeinspel-read, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, GB, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Chelpside ; Prout, a 29, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge;. Hannay, Oxford-street ; Finrdgin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull street, Birmingham ; Roberts, 23, Church-street, Liverpool ; and of most Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest paid. - Neese to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid flair Dye." , Ob:erve. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. A It X 1 A G E. _ One halt the world are desolately single, and the other •uppodsig them married, questionably contented. Difildence, or a !ens° of right determine the former, and miscalenlate,i hopes em •:tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea at caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret tal lowiprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, end broken health, are the great hlndrariedi to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set- Icnsent. Honour and ja:ticedernand tkat health should form au item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if ileso surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVICRWELL'S little 81F.11,10111S "On Single and Married Life," pnb. in 2 vols., Is mch (by post, In stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere Idle curiosity, but far the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom troy are offt,red as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, aro a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other ittle publications claim ;our attention (same price .ls. each, by post Is. Gd.) called " What to Ent, Drink, and Nvold," and " How to be Trappy." They are not merely painAlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life who owes his present existence, health, and position to thiz ob servan of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always au the "sunny side of tlie way." The above works may be bad of Aberwood, 23, Paternester-raw; Carvalho, 117, Fleet•street • Mann, 89, Cornish? ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other arise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, .nornhigs and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo liegent-street; and all Ii vsksellers. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE• SOUTII-E k STERN RAILWAY• REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION COM- MITTEE OF SIIATtEIIOYDERS. It will be seen from the following abstract of the report of the committee of investigation that the chairman, Mr. Mac Gregor, and the directors who voted with him, are entirely exonerated from the many serious and cruel insinuations and charges made and urged against them at the last half-yearly meeting of the proprietors. The committee, in dealing with the rancorously personal attacks made upon Mr. Mac Gregor, say— " We cannot conclude this report without special allusion to the chairman of the company, who, it must be admitted, has been as it were en his trial. They have already shown the utter groundlessness of the charges which have been alleged, or rather suggested, affecting his integrity in the administra tion of the finances of the compan y. They moreover feel bound to st a t e th e i r conviction, that, notw ith s t an d ing errors of j u d g ment and an endue assumption of individual re s p ons ibili ty, his conduct has been honour able throu g h ou t, an d marked by a sincere, uVinching , zothe and, exceptin g i n hi s c h aracter of a very large pro prietor, a disi n t eres t e d devotion • i n terests of the South -Eastern C ompany. " It will also be observed that the committee ex press their " firm conviction that the position of the company is sound and its pr ospects favoura bl e ." The report states that the. committee at their first meting directed their secrete, t directors of the company, and also to Mr. Brogden, late director, intimating their readiness t t oreceiveany communication that he might be each of the desirous of making to them ; communications of a similar p ur port were also made to Mr. e Johnf London, Windo a r, of Manchester, and Mr Jameses Cunliffe, repr esen t a ti ves respec tively, of shareholders resident in those two cities. In consequence of the intimation thus given by the cora- mittee, there were laid before them, in the order of the dates indicated, statements from the following parties— viz. : March 19.—Mr.: C. IL' Cope, secretary of the Man chester committee of shareholders. March 31.—Mr. James Cunliffe, chairman of the London committee of shareholders. April 10.—Mr. M. L. Pritchard, a director o f th e company. company.the AApprri26.—Mr. W. G. Thomson, a director of the i 16. Mr. John Brogden , a late di rec t or o f company. And in addition to the foregoing there was submitted to the committee, on the 3d April, a statement from Mr. R. S. Wilkinson, of St. Mildred's-court; and, on the 10th April, one from Mr. Josiah Wilson, of Stamford hill, bo:h those gentleinen being shareholders. " The statement of Mr. M. L. Pritchard," the report proceeds, "is c nsfined almost exclusively to explanations respecting the part he personally bore in the transactions had by the company in its own shares, and in the mr.king up of the accounts for the half. ear ending 3 let July, 1848. All the other statements consist of allegations of discrepancies in the accounts, and of acts of irregularity cr inipolicy in the manage ment of the affairs of the company. The Manchester statement, clearly drawn up and promptly submitted, was contidcd unreservedly to your committee for in. vestigation, as was also that of Mr. lt. S. Wilkinson. This proper and business-like course of the Manchester proprietors was nut taken by the other parties, Messrs. Cunliffe, Thomson, Brogden, and Wilson; they were not content that your committee should investigate, but sought each for himself, and in his o e n way, to conduct an inveetigatien into particular 8.11, - gatione or sug geetiens put forward by him, and so to subordinate the duly constituted authority of the committee to the unauthorised pretensions of individual,. Your committee saw no grou nds for, and therefore re• fused to sanction so unusu al a mode of p rocedure, con ceiving it to • calculated to impede the legitimate course of they, nevertheless, tendered to 11 gentlemen inci their those assur ance ttiat any statement they might put in would much re ceive full investigatio n ; and ' at length, after dis cussion, hesitation , a nd dela y , the y p laced their respec tive s tatements in the ha n d s of y our committee. Your co mmittee state these cir cumstances in order that y ou may be enabled to judge of the propriety of the course taken by them in this respect; had they acted otherwise, they consider that they would have essentially failed in their obligations towards you by a practical transfer to others of the execution of . duties which you had appointed them to perform; they, moreover felt it to be their duty, as far as it lay with them, to do so, not only to prevent the inquiry from being subjected to needless embarrassment, but also to keep it free from the injurious action of personal prejudice; and that your committee are justified in fearing that Bach would have been the effect of their com pliance with the requisitions made to them, it is only necessary to point out that the gentlemen known as dissentient directors,' advised . by theic attorneys, and active assisted by a former secreta r y o f t h e com p an y, were t h e v o e f e e a d n e nintrusion the history ry your o f similar comm ittee bcetliievveeptroombeot unprecedented in vestigations." THE INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. Some extremely injurious reports were circulated pre vious to the last half-yearly meeting respecting the man ner in which the following resolution of the board of di rectors, dated 26th Oct., 1847, had been carried out, viz.: —" Resolved—That a s um of money beinvested either in the paid. up stock or the N o . 4 shares of the South-Eastern Railway, at the discretion of the finance committee, to rnectathe accounts sent in by J. P. Fearon, Fearn and Clabon, and Robt. M. St e ph enson. " T he amount claimed was by Fearon and Clabon 116,463/. 6s. 10d., and by R. Stephenson 20,8391.55. 2d., or in the total 137,3021. 12s. On the 25th May, 1848, the board of directors passed the following resolution That the shares purchased under the resolution of the board of the 26th Oct., 1847, be sold and converted in No. 2 and No. 3 shares." At this date the investment consisted of 430 old shares, 469 No. 1 shares, 101 No. 3 shares, and 6,346 No. 4 share. With the exception of the old shares the whole of the above yet remain on hand, notwithstanding the order made by the board for the sale, and, say the committee of investigation, "instead of the intention of that order which appears*" to have been bringmerely c carried ivary i n t t h o e e ffet, description c of stoc k, the investment was very largely increased ; f or a l though No. 2 an d N 0.3 shares were brought under its authority, none of the shares previously purchased were sold, excepting the old • shares referred to. "Reckoning the dividends and interest on shares at the rate declared at the last half -yearly meeting, the an nual income derivable to the compay from this invest ment would be 7,6811. 18s. 4d., equal to about 44 per cent. per annum. The committee state that a list of the transferors of the registered shares have been laid before your committee, from which it does not appear that such shares were bought of persons having any official con nexion with the company. And the committee further state there appears no reason for doubting that the de in vestment was intend e d by the directors to b e bona fi d e for the object declared i n th e reso l u tion of Octobe r, 1847, nevertheless, your committ e e di s approve of th e measure itself upon the general principl e of the inexpe dienc y of a public company entering the market as a pu rch aser of its o-vn stock. "But having regard to the actual transac ti ons which took place subsequently to the resolution of May, 1848, under cover of its authority, your committee cannot tou strongly condemn the utter disregard exhibited of the recorded order of the board of directors. " Not only were the shares order©d to be sold not original directed to be sold, the sold, but further large purchases, to the extant of dou insOlmientviMetsme in n his ' e a r) pinaraacit made of acting broker being Mr. M. L. Pritchard, the deputy chairmancharaeter, o se f in t r h ti e tn c e o s u i:s pa a n n y ;ember of the firm of Pritch obfliteee the amount description of th the o f Pritch ard and Dale." ~ CONSOLS, EXCHEQUER-BILLS, AND LOANS ACCOUNT. One of the most serious charges against the chairman of the company and some of hie colleagues was an al leged improper series of transactions with the company's money, in Consols and Exchequer-bills. October,o . The report f 1845 It appears from their committee's report th a t th e transactions under these heads originated i n t h e neces sity for making provision for the Parliamentarycidueepr-obsiitlsis, and a s t n a d t e c s o t m h Console m a t e — ne b e y d th w e it c h om th p e au p y7 rchase that— " The total expense attending these loan transactions, by way of interest, commission, and continuation charges, does not readily appear on reference to the books, the items being for the most part mixed up in the general interest account of the company; but from the examina tion made by the committee, with a view to ascertain the point, it appears, after allowing for ' interest on Ex chequer-billsl3ool. , Consols, to amount to en T d h s e o a ti verage purchase price of the Consols was 98 3-16, and the average sale price 85, resulting in a loss of 13,1621. 10t.” The report proceeds: orthe a re nd abo d u iv ts id . " The most important result of the investigation of this particular account is, that your .committee are enabled to report that the proceeds of the Parliamentary deposits and of the several investments made in c onnexion w i th them, are satisfactorily accounted for in the books of the company; at the same time they cannot but express their regret that the transactions were not entered in a more clear and explicit manner in the books; had that been done the questions which have been raised in rela tion to them could never have existed." A detailed re port of the accountants of the examination made by them of this account is given in the appendix. LOAN OF 15,0001. TO MESSRS. W. SCOTT AND SON. Another strong charge against the chairman of the company was an alleged improper loan of 15,000/. to the above -named gentlemen. The committee state that the allegation that the money was lent in an irregular man ner, and the more serious imputation that it was cor ruptly made use of for the private purposes of the chair man, are completely negatived, nothiug h av i ng occurred in connexion with th e transaction inconsistent with per ceet integrity on all sides, and the ordinary mode of con ducting business. THE CHARGE OF THE SUM OF 14,8791. 38, TO THE DEBIT OF PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE HALF-TEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1849. . In reference to the items of which th is amount is cons- ♦S TO WHETHER BOOBS lIAVE BEEN WITHHELD FROM DIRECTOR s. The commit:ea state that it does not appear that any of the banking books, or books of account, have at any time been withheld from the directors, or any one of them. With respect to the statement of Mr. Thomson, made at the last half-yearly meeting—namely, that being " ap pointed in March one of the finance committee, he was summoned only once to attend up to the month of Au gust, and was kept in the dark as to the proceedings," the committee say that it implies a grave accusation, which, however, is not reconcilable with the fact that from March to September Mr. Thomsdn signed 288 cheques as a member of the finance committee, not one week elapsing during that period is which one or more of such cheques were signed. During the yet r ended the3lftt January, 1849, Messrs. Thomson, Brogden, and Pritchard, appear from the books to have been constant in their attendance at the board meetings; and your committee cannot reconcile the fact of such attendance with the allegation that they, or either of them, were excluded from a due share in the management or knowledge of the company's more especially as your committee find, from the number of cheques bearing their signatures, that those gentlemen took an active part in that important branch of manage ment—the disbursement of the company's funds. Aq TO THE COST OF THE DIRECTORY. No fees of any description have been received by the chairman since his election as a director in October. 1844. Your committee have now laid before you the result of their inquiries into certain specific matters which have been brought under their investigation from various quarters; and others, not separately treated of, are em braced in the REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTANTS. This report, which is given entire in the appendix, at tached to that of the committee, sets forth the result of the general examination made by those gentlemen into the accounts of the company for the three years ended 31st January, 1849, and embraces, with the exception of about four months, the period during which the present chairman of the company has held that office, he having been appointed thereto in the month of September, 1845. From the accountant's report, it appears that sums pro perly chargeable to the debit of revenue during the period under investigation have been charged, and now stand to the debit of construction, to the extent of 107,932/. 14s. 11d. The committee say, " They feel called upon to depre cate strongly this mode of dealing with the sums form ing this amount in the books and accounts of the com pany; it is in their opinion at variance with every safe and sound principle of meteantile economy, they have accordingly felt it their duty to make strict inquiry, in order to ascertain the authority upon which it was re sorted to, and to discover the grounds, if any, upon which it could be justified. "Your committee find, from evidence given by Mr. Chubb, the company's accountant, which is printed in the appendi x ( I ) , that his instructions with respect to the half-yearly accounts were usually received deputy-chairman; the ai il rm a p n a ; rdneovfedritrheeclteosrss, fromyou h your attaching to this procedure. On this important point your committee required an explana tion from the chairman, who attended them, and stated the reasons, which, at the request of the committee, he tbyoCommittee him responsibility m cannot the reduced to writing, and they are embodied in the fol lowing letter addressed to your committee:— " South Eastern Railway, London Terminus, May 8, iS-19. " Sir,—l beg leave, in accordance with the wish of the committee, to place the following observations before them iu writing regarding the accounts of the company and the relief that has been given to the account o, reve::ue by charges to the account of construction. " It has appeared to me indisputable that all classes of disbursements which aficcted the permanent interests of the company, expended at any particular pressure or emergency, did not belong to the current expenses of the particular moment, but should be charged, in account, as an expenditure of capital. Such disbursements are there by made to extend over all future years, and are thus comparatively unfelt. " This principle applies equally whether such expen diture be incurred in the payment of fees to the officers of the Houses of Parliament during the progress of Bills promoted, payments to engineers, solicitors, counsel, and landowners, or in large sums advanced in the management of the traffic not expected to obtain imme diate advantages at the period when incurred, but laid out from motives of sound policy for the enduring inte rests and welfare of the company, with a confident trust that all such payments made bona fide were properly chargeable to capital account. " To this class of payments also belongs the additional expenditure which arises in the establishment of nay new business of the company. " It should be borne in mind that until my services were devoted to the interests of the company, the whole of their carrying trade was in the hand s o f carr i ers , t h e head of a carrying firm being then chairman of the com pany. I refer you to this point to the tinatcial report of the directors, p. 15. It is there stated that the receipts from goods, which averaged weekly 6081. in 1844, amounted to 1,8101. per week in 1848; or, in the former year, to GI. 12s. per mile per week, and to 121. per mile per week in the latter. That increase is attributable mainly to the fact, that the company have, since 1844, become the carriers of goods on their own lines; partly to the accession of continental tragic, which is yet un developed, but u hich, it is confidently expected, will be soon greatly increased. It must be obvious that expen diture was necessary in the establishment and acquisition of the traffic referred to; and it would have been mani festly unjust to have charged against the revenue of any particular period expenditure for the enhancement of the company's general and permanent interests. " Ou the dissolution of the locomotive agreement be tween the South-Eastern, Brighton, and Croydon Com panies, in 1845, the portion of th e locomotive ,and carriage stock which became the sep arate property of the South-Eastern Company was received in a dilapidated condition. All expenditure incurred in a tha repair b of that stock to make it as good a s now, is charge to e made to capital account. " That agreement was entered into at a time when the South-Eastern Corapany had no locomotiveworks of its own, and it was a prejudicial bargain. The loss on these repairs should be taken as part of the charges of establishing the company. "As a measure of policy and expediency, pending the company's application to Parliament , and by way of experiment the company carried the public at ver to very low fares, with fr e q uent trains, from September, 1845, September, 1846. The number of trains run was more than double that now in use. There was an increase, dur i n g the year of these low fares, of 50 per cent. in the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. DERBY. 10 to 1 apt John Day's lot—(taken to 100 1.) 2 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman —take 9 to 4 4 to 1 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk—take 9 to 2 sto 1 apt Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken and afterwards offered 12 to 1 agst Sir C. Monek's Vanguard 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron 15 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Chatterer—taken 22 to.l agst Sir J. Hawley's . Yatican—taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agat Mr. Bowes's The Knout 25 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb ,000 to 30 agst Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker 50 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Montague—taken '5O to 1 agst Mr. Farrauce's The Old Fox ,000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Drakelowe—taken ,000 La 20 each, iu one bet, agst The Old Fox, Mon tague, and Drake!owe—taken _ The above prices show a marked improvement in Nunnykirk and Tae.mor; the principal outlay was on the latter, but any advance upon the quoted odds would have been taken about either. The Fiyinf,Y, Dutchman was very firm at 2 to 1, and Chatterer at 15 to 1; on the other hand, Vanguard and Elthiron were only nominally in the betting—no one would hack them. OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Woodlark (Wadastra filly) 6 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Clarissa 7 to 1 aga Mr. Payne's Glauca—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sister to Arkwright 16 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Caricature 18 to 1 agst Count Bathyany's Eva—taken 300 even between Escalade and Caricature. WOOLWICH GARRISON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 nova. each, 3 ft, and 35 added. Heats, one mile and a half, over four hurdles. (5 subs.) Captain Thetnas's Merriman, 1 Ist-7lb ... 4 1 1 Captain Patten's Campanile, 12st I 2 2 Mr. My tton's Mincby our-own-business, 12at... 2 3 dis Captain Gambier's Shamrock, 1 lst 71b ... 3 4dr Captain Inglefield's Butterfly, list 71b dis Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 40 added. Two miles. (5 subs.) Mr. Greville na Grist, lOst I Ilb I Mr. Ord's Bagatelle, list 111 b 2 Captain Patten's Campanile, 11 st 1 llb ... 3 Mr. Mytton's Mind-y ou r- own -b us i ness , list 11Ib 4 Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, and 25 added. Heats, onca round and a distance. (5 subs.) Mr. Greville na Forester, list I Ilb ... 2 0 2 1 1 Capt. Inglefield's Caterpillar, llst 111 b 3 0 1 dis Capt. Pa o t r t t e e t a t e 's ac W ,s o ma od is enWall, 1 Ist 7lb 1 3 3 d r Myrtle, I Ist' Ilb 4 4 dr Tbe (4 sub s ), were Stakes of wonl so y,bym eacrh. Newton's ,andlo ßedwing added, bait a mile list 71b, beating Rocket, list 71b, and Goojerat, list 7113. EWSVENDERS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT IN STITLITION.—The tenth annual general meeting of the members of this institution was held last night at An derton's Hotel, Fleet street, Mr. James Harmer in the chair. The report stated that, at the last anniversary, a decayed member of the trade, who was formerly a life subscriber, was elected as the first pensioner on the funds. The sum allowed for temporary relief, amount ing to 15/., had all been expended, and the ease of one of the recipients would illustrate the usefulness of the institution. One of the largest newsvenders in the City, who had been a liberal contributor to the funds, died a short time ago, leasing his widow so reduced as to com pel her to apply to the committee fur temporary relief. The committee granted her 101. Three members in all had applied for and obtained relief. The receipts of the past year amounted to 111 L, and the expenditure to 1001., leaving a balance of 11/. in hand. The funded capital amounted to 1,0001. The donations received since the report was drawn up amounted to nearly 504 The report having been adopted, the officers for the en suing year were elected, and the meeting closed with the usual compliment to the chairman. TURNPIKE TOLLS IN TIIE METROPOLITAN Bo uoucus.—A return obtained by Lord Dudley C. Stuart, M.P., shows that:the total number of toll. gates and side barsborou ha amounts to 160 of Tower g Hamlets, 34 in pins -16 in Lambeth . and :10 in bury, 16 in Maryle on •tolls levied at these bars is S ou thwark. A scale of the those whom it may concern. whic hinst4b are r e m appended for the information of seittruoaptoelibitnantehe 4.. .,,L --..a... committee are led to the conclusion that on the opening of the North Kent line, and the completion of the other lines and works of the company, which are events near at hand, your property will justly stand high in the public estimation. " Your committee cannot conclude this report with out special allusion to the chairman of the company, who, it must be admitted, as been as it sere on his trial; they have already shown the utter groundlessness of the chargis which had been allfged, or rather sug gested, affecting his integrity in the administration of the finances of the company. They, moreover, feel bound t' state their conviction, that, notwithstanding errors of judgment and an undue assumption of indivi. dual responsibility, his conduct has been honourable throughout, and marked by a sincere, unflinching, and, excepting in his character of a very largo pr o p r i etor , a disinterested devotion to the interests of the South- Eastern Company." THE AFFAIRS OF CANADA. THE OFFICIAL DISPATCHES. FROM GOVERNOR GENERAL THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE To EARL GREY. (No. 1.) Government-house, Montreal, April 30, 1849. (Received May 15, 1849.) a My Lord,—l regret to state that rioting, attended with some consequences much to be regretted, though happily with no injury to life, or, except in one instance, to person, has taken place in the city of Montreal during the last few days. I hasten to furnish your Lordship with an account of what has actually occurred, lest you should be misled by exaggerated reports conveys 1 through the United States. 2. In consequence of the unexpected arr'val of vessels with merchandise at the port of Quebec, it became neces sary for me to proceed, on a short notice, to Parliament, on Wednesday last, in order to give the Royal assent to a Customs Bill which had that day passed the Legisla tive Coancil; and I considered that, as this necessity hal arisen, it would not be expedient to keep the public mind in suspense by omitting to dispose, at the same time, of the other Acts in which the two branches of the local Parliament had at an earlier period of the session concurred, and which still awaited my decision. Among these was the Act to provide for the indemnification of parties in Lower Canada whose property was destroyed during the rebellion in 1837 and 1838, with respect to which, es your Lordship is aware, much excitement has unhappily been stirred. 3. I herewith enclose, for your Lordship's perusal, a printed copy of the Act in question, and I shall not fail by the first mail to furnish you with full information re specting its character and objects, :the circumstances, which led to its introduction, and the grounds on which I resolved, after much reflection, to sanction it. No money can be paid under it as indemnity for a consider able period, so that her Majesty's power of disallowance can be exercised with effect, should her Majesty be so advised, notwithstanding the course which I have taken. As lam writing this dispatch in taste, with a view to its transmission by way of New,York, I shall confine myself for the present to a statement of the proceedings by which the peace of the city has Liam disturbed. 4. In order, however, to render this narrative intel ligible, I must premise that for some time past the House of Assembly, as at present constituted, has been the object of bitter denunciation, and not unfrequently of reckless menace, on the part of a certain portion of the Foss of the province, and more especially of that of ontreal. Your Lordship will probably recollect that the body in question is the product of a general election which took place about eighteen months ago, under the auspices of the political party now in opposi tion, and after a dissolution, to which I had recourse on their advice, for the purpose of strengthening them in their position as a Government. The result of this measure was in the last degree unfavourable to those who had recommended it ; not, however, so much so in Lower Canada, where the complexion of the representa tion was little affected by the dissolution, as in the upper province, where several constituencies, among which were some of the most populous, rejected Conservative in favour of Liberal candidates. On a question of con fidence raised at the commencement of the session, im mediately after the general election, the Administration was defeated by a majority of more than two to one, and a change of Government, as a matter of course,. ,ensued. 5. This alteration in the political complexion of the Assembly, nod the change of Government consequent upon it, wero therefore clearly and distinctly traceable to a revulsion of sentiment in the British constituencies of Upper Canada. In Lower Canada nothing had occurred to account for either. This circumstance has. however, failed to secure for the decisions of the popular representative body either forbearance or respect from a certain section of those who profess to be emphati cally the supporters of British interests. To de nounce the Parliament as French in its composition, and the Government as subject to French influ ences, has been their constant object, and the wildest doctrines have been broached with respect to the right which belongs to a British minority of re dressing by violence any indignity to which it may be subjected from such a source. I have now before me an article that appeared in one of the principal English uowspapers of Montreal at a very early period of the session, of which I transcribe the concluding paragraph, as illustrative of the temper and language in which, even at that time, and before the public mind had been ex cited by the discussion of the Rebellion Losses Bill, a portion of the press ventured to criticise the proceedings of the local Parliament. The article treats of a measure affecting the townships, to which, I believe, no great ob jection was raised in Parliament. It terminates, how ever, in the words—" We are very glad of it—the sooner the cloven foot is made visible the better; the obvious in tention of that majority, composed of Frenchmen, aided by traitorous British Canadians, is to force French in stitutions still further upon the British minority in Lower Canada. The intention is obvious, as we said, and we are glad that it is openly shown. We trust that the party of the Government will succeed in every one of their obnoxious measures. When French tyranny becomes insupportable we shall find our Cromwell. Sheffield, in the olden times, used to be famous for its keen and well tempered whettles;! well, they make bayonets there now, just as sharp and just as well-tempered. When we can stand tyranny no longer, it will be seen whether good bayonets in Saxon hands A ill not be more than a match for a mace and a majority." 6. To persons accustomed to the working of constitu tional government in well-ordered communities it may seem incredible that such language should be employed by the organs of any respectable party in reference to a body comprising the freely-chosen representatives of a constituency formed on a most popular basis; but the cause of the anomaly is apparent enough to all who are acquainted with the history of Canada. For a series of years the popular representative body and the Execu tive, supported by the Legislative Council, were, in the lower province especially, in a condition of almost con stant antagonism. To revile the one was the surest test of patriotism; to denounce tho other, of loyalty. In a society singularly democratic in its structure, where diversities of race supplied special elements of confusion, and where consequently it was most important that con stituted authority should be respected, the moral influ ence of law and government was enfeebled by the exist ence of perpetual strife between the powers that ought to have afforded to each other a mutual support. No state of affairs could be imagined less favourable to the extinction of national animosities, and to the firm estab lishment of the gentle and benignant control of those liberal institutions which it is England's pride and pri vilege to bestow upon her children. 7. I am not without hope that a steady adherence to the principles of constitutional government, and the con tinuance of harmony between the co-ordinate branches of the Legislature, may lead inethe process of time to the correction of these evils; meanwhile, however, I must ascribe mainly to the cause which I have assigned the tone of arrogant defiance with which the resolutions, not of the Government only, but also of the Parliament, are treated by parties who happen for the moment to be unable to make their views prevail with either, and the acts of violence to which this inflammatory language has in the present instance led. 8. That many persons conscientiously disapprove of the measure respecting rebellion losses in Loner Ca nada which has been introduced by. the Government, and which the local Parliament has passed by large majorities, and that in the minds of others it stirs national antipathies and recollections of former conflicts, which designing politicians seek to im prove to their own selfish ends, cannot, I fear, be doubted. It is therefore emphatically a measure which should have been approached with calmness and caution, by all at least who are not directly interested in the issue. Unfortunately, however, this has been by no means the case. Not only have appeals to passion of the most reckless description proceeded from the local press, but they have received encouragement from quarters Passages from which they had little right to look for it. fluence treats of the Blitish populati o o i n era as b a y ' such as the following. in which a London j ff eur t n e a d l boyf the 1 affected to take measure in question They and Englishpublic in tone adopted by care of themselvetsb,:iEndrzwbseb.vperrea.cmtuch misconstrue the d o i v y ! gaenmde construed n s t r h u . d h blowil, 1C le the province if they do not find some meats of resisting a n i va g d re w a i t th d a i v sc i mean that sympathy will .be extended from influential the aim quarters at home to those who seek to annul the ohnoxi cleicaatvtYhe ous decision of the local legislature, whatever be the means to which they resort for the attainment of that end. 9. The scenes by which the city of Montreal has been lately disgraced are the natural fruits of au agitation of this character, operating on a people of an exciteable temper, who have been taught to believe that a race which they despise, and over which they have been wont to exercise dominion, has obtained, through the operation of a constitutional system, an authority which it could not otherwise have acquired. Hence, more es pecially, their vehement indignation against me person ally, and the conviction, in many cases I doubt not per fectly sincere, that I have been guilty of a serious dere liction of duty because I have not, as my predecessors have often done before me, consented to place myself in the front of an agitation to counteract the policy of Par liament. The nature of the constitutional doctrines which practically obtain in this section of the commu nity is curiously exemplified by the fact, that it is not the passage of the Bill by an overwhelming majority of the representatives of the people, or the acquiescence of the Council, but the consent of the Governor, which furnishes the pretext for an exhibition of popular vio lence. 10. When I left the Hence of Parliament after giving tho Royal Assent to several Bills to w hich I have re ferred, I was received with mingled c heers and hootir g s by a crowd by no means numerous which surrounded the entrance to the building. A small knot of indivi duals, consisting, it has since been ascertained, of per sons of a respectable class in society, pelted the carriage with missiles which they must have brought with them for the purpose. Within an hour after this occurrence a /Mice, of which I enclose a copy, issued from of the