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Zs- - 411 1 2 ,0 n0 q 1 4,0 00 63 i, noo 6(1 I 4,000 J 117) s 2,030 ~...- 0 0 ...... ~ \ s. d. 12 3 12 4 12 5 12 6 A the AnNDATb. N o . 19,619.] PUBLICATIONS. Now Ready, in 2 vols. post Svo., THE WABASH ; or, Adventures of an English Gentleman's Family in the Interior of America. By J. B. BESTE, Esq. " Mr. Beste is oae of the most instructive and interesting of American travellers In his sensible and en'ertaininz narrative, which we hope will become as popular as it deserves to be, we find a picture of the country and the people more familiar and more graphic than any which we have met with elsewhere."—Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. THE NEW NOVEL. Just published, in one volume, and to b e h a d at all the Libraries, A L 0 S T LOV E . By ASHFORD OWEN. " If suffering patiently borne, and trials bravely surmounted, can make an attractive heroine, these pages present one to our notice."— Sun. " Passages of charming writing, neatly and happily uttered truths excellently observed bits of character, di-tinguish this boot from' novels in general."—Leader. " The writer appears to be acquainted with society, characters to be there wet with figure in its pages, and a tone of the present per vades the book."--pectator. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. riIHE ORGAN, its HISTORY an d CON- J._ STRUCTION —Messrs RO l2 ER P COCKS and CO. have the plr isur to intorm the numerous siibscribers to the lon , -expected work en the organ, by Mr. floranvs and Dr. RtMBAULT, that it is at length compl ted and rear'y for delivery. Subscribers' copies will be forwarded with all possible despatch. Post•oflice orders must be made payab:e at the i'ost-office, 65, Piccadilly. Robert Cock.. and Co., New Iturlin;ton-street. Music Publishers to their Majesties Queen Vict , ria and the Emperor Napoleon 11/. Jib,t nuidished, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and , romPt cure- F. 1316 COURTENAY, 11feriberof the Royal College of Surgeons of England. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of attic tnre during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no mater of surcrise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipulator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of gratification on Mr. , l'ourtenay'r. part. to have achieved the reputation he has in this respect ; and fir our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra"—Medical Circular. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL.—ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Increased attrac tions. In consequence of the popularity of the brilliant . Spec tacle of the Siege and Bombardment of Sebastopol, the Proprietor has re , olved that no efforts shall he wanting on his part to merit a continuance of the public favAtr. New incidents, sugg,stive of Mili tary life in the trenches, wia be depicted. The unrivalled Military o and of the establish:Tv nt has been considerably increased, and the Troupe of Spanish Minstrels, being established favourites here, have been re-engaged for a limited period previous to their ontinental tour. Every evening this week :—Danson's colossal modelled picture of Sehast Dieraratc views of Cronstadt, Revel, Belsingfors, Odessa, Balaklava, Fopotoria. and Cathcart's-hill, painted expressly for this establishment by P. Phillips. A Grand Vocal and Instru mental Concert, conducted by D. Godfrey. The usual routine of novel anntsements w 11 conclude with the Siege of Sebastopol, and nratchle.e pyrotechnic display. Feeding the Animals at a quarter pat five. Repulse of the icussian sortie, and reception of the Russian flaw of truce, at Six. Concert at half-past six. Bombardment, &c., at halt-past Nine. Admission, Is. KERTCH JACKET and EMPEROR'S C .PE.—Both these novel inventions are now before the Public, and are marked by that distinction always apparent in the skilful manuf.ctures of E MosEs and Som. The de s gn, cut, and finish ~f the KERTCH JACKET is an illustration of Business which embraces vast experience in the appropriation of materlais, tat the direction of talent, and the manufacture of Gar ment., the most gentlemanly in appearance, the most comfortable and Krviceable in wear, and moderate in price. The EMPEROR'S C %PE is a desideratum for the present and ap proa-hing seam', It is the lightest and moat graceful 'Garment which has been produced; it is thoroughly waterproof, and very ext. naively patronised. - 1 he above articles of attire are made only by E. Moan and Sow, and can only be procured at their Establishment and its Branches, as follows: London Establishment—Minories and Aldgatc. West-end Branch—New Oxford-street and Hart-street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Branch ( holesale) —Melbourne, Victoria. SPORTSMEN AND OTHERS. Dress for Sportsmen, Tradesmen, Tourists, and others, is offered by E. Moms and Box, at their usual moderate prices. The patrons of their F:stahlshment and Its Branches may select from the 'argEst stock of novelties which has oeen produced. The Departments f iteadv-made Clothing, Hosiery for Ladbs, Gentlemen, and Children. Hats and Caps, the most fashionable and hlg , ly finished, including the Tourists' and -portsmens' Hat, a great novelty. Eihirts and Unde clothing, Boots and , hoes, &c. Every article the newest and most approved in excet'encs, and. cheapness unrivalled. Outfits for Ladies and Gtmtlemeii complete. .uitable. stiwtrior, and barged the most reasonable prices. The Wholesale Department off rs advantaves to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants. The ex tent of the stock. th'. adaptation of the goods for the Home trade or the c olonies, and the ecpi.omical charges, render them the best in vestments which can he male. London Establishment—Minorfes and Aleigate. We-t end Branch—SewOxfont-stre:A and Hart-street. rountry and Bralf-rd. Yodtghlie: Colonial (Wholesa' e Bray :ch)—Melbourne, Victoria. , AE . 4 ECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTO AND MATURITY; .at published, price 'ls.. tltustrated with e4ies; free by post for 26 stamps, ER V OTIS 1)EB1LITY: cl its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Fasay on Sper• .---, forrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more •c:esetni mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generativ, • obtained by the a=e of the Microscope in detecting an , ;i:ingulihing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of •;iy variety of complaint., whether arising from solitary habit', • ...eases, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founder' •il twenty years' experience in the treatment of ImptVssanee, -sous Debility, Local Teakness, - liiernnatorrhma, &c. To whiell ie added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre. , iitionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prreticc, d on the Otingerons remedies advocated by various: writers of important disorders. sty te,ll swEL I.AICP,RT, M.D. rt, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, . . . . . of Medicine, Matriculated ilember of the University Edla -.l.;rgh, Honorary Member of the Condor Hospital Medical 5 3ociel: i..icentiat. of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Scc., &c. ehsential ob , ect of this treatise is to point out the fearfu con iuences resultins from certain halal's, irregularities, and excesse , , hitch have prcd'iced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man . , od, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an :.ttier class of disease known to modern pathologists. fts perusal i articularly recommended to penults entertaining secret -doubts o eir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded t , o health, happiness and privileges to which every human being iF e-Aitled; it is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there arc ,rinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without „eurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed heyday of inconsiderate self-Indulgence, how these penaltie, , ,uy be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed. tnd how the evil and Its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any decree of physical infirmity or functional `erangcment to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. the Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive tractice in the treatment of these delicate comptaints, which have intortunatety teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant em ines, who inflict great Injury on those who are induced to Place filth in their pretendons. STERVOIJR . DEBILITY may be had, price 2s. of Messrs. Piper, rothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row flannay, 63, Oxford-street ; .orne,l9, Leicester- square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for 26 stamps to any lddrev from the Anthor'i residence, 37, Be.ob' d At home for consultation daily from eleven till two, and from six till eight. • SIR JOHN BO WRING AT SIAM. (Front the Manchester Examiner, Aug. 11, 1855.) We have been favoured with the following extracts of private letters recently received from his Excellency Sir John Bowring EXTRACT FROM A LETTER OF SIR JOHN BOWLING, DATED HONG KONG, MAY 23, 1855. " I have made a noble treaty with Siam. lam amazed at my own success ; but all the good genii were with me. I fund there in the prime minister a marvellous man ; and, together, we shook the Gaz i. gates of monopoly. Siam is likely to become what it was once—one of the most com mercial and progressive nations of the eastern world." EXTRACT FROM AN EARLIER LETTER. "Bangkok is a city of more than 300,000 inhabitants. The Jesuits say 400,000. It extends for many miles on the two sides of the Meinam. I imagine no city in the east has such a number of gorgeous temples. The prostra tion of the people before the king and the nobles, and of the nobles before the king, is, I suppose, unparalleled even in Oriental nations. Everybody becomes a quadruped in the neighbourhood of the Lord of the White Elephant, with their faces in the dust. But I have been so much in the graces of the two kings—for there are two—as to be introduced into their private apartments, to have seen their wives—the fist has 600, who have 2,400 female at tendants—and to have many colloquies, lasting many hours at a time, seated vis-a-vis at their tables, or close to their thrones. All the kotou-ings and acts of vassalage have been dispensed with. I came up in a ship of war to the capital, and she anchored off the ancient factory, fired there a royal salute, which met with the appropriate re sponse. In a word, everything has gone nn delightfully ; though I once or twice had to apprehend a total failure. But the king promised that all the honours ever done to a foreign ambassador should be done to me; and as I found the ambassador sent by Louis XIV. in 1638 was not sub jected to the humiliations which have been since exacted, I have managed to escape every indignity, and to be al lowed to sit at the royal audience, where all the princes of the blood were on all fours. We wore our swords, too, a privilege for which the French ambassador stipulated ; and though it was ceded 'comma favenr tout-a-fait per sonelle et particuliere,' I persuaded the king, after long discussions and much resistance, to allow it to me. But his majesty had the goodness privately to lead me to the hall of audience, acknowledging that the claim of Queen Vic toria now was as good as that of the French king in 1683 ; so we settled before the day of reception all the ceremo nials, and they were no sooner over than his majesty sent for me to tell me I had conducted myself most satisfac torily, and desired I would hear him read the speech I had delivered, and which he did me the honour of saying was the very sort of speech he wished me to make. He dan dled on his knees a pretty child the while, which he told me was the twelfth which had been born to him since he came to the throne, four years ago. The favourite wife he could not i ntroduce, as she Was in a state of h appy ex pectancy, he said. SUSPECTED MURDER OP A SAlLOR. — Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, the deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the George and Dragon Tavern, High-street, Shad well, on view of the body of George Smith, aged 43 years, who was found on Monday morning lying dead on the cause way facing New Crown Wharf, Wapping•wall, with a severe injury on the head, which wassufficient to account for death. A great number of witnesses were examined by the coroner and jury, and ultimately an open verdict was returned of " Found dead in the rher with a cut wound on the head, but how caused the jury had no evidence to show." The coroner requested the police to follow up the case, and if they could trace any further evidence which was likely to throw some light upon the mysterious death of the deceased, the parties concerned might b. taken befall a magistrate. sib... . . itiv - --.1„••• / '''' ~,k . . -- . . - .. . , .. ...,—...-,__. . .. .s, ..7,...,-,-. *.... ,L ... .. ) , . .. .. -- ... ~ . 0:01 • At te - alto : i i w;6 , ‘.l. . .1- - = -- ro„ . . 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The half-yearly ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterday at Euston-square Station, for the transaction of the general business of the company ; the Marquis of Chandos, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIM:TAN said he had no longer to call their attention to an increasing traffic, but a falling off in the most important branch—the passenger traffic. The diminution was from 704,0001. to 680,0001., which he thought was to be attributed much to the war dimi nishing the means of persons to travel. The di minution was not confined to stations where they had competition, but was observable in others, and he re ferred, in illustration, to the decrease of traffic at the stations between London and Layton. Another cause of diminution was the numerous new lines, and the altered position of others from recent legislation being brought into competition with them. Amalgamations had been effected, which the directors always predicted would be injurious to them, and the result had verified these prognostications. If they compared the traffic of the past half-year with those of previous years they would find that, when new channels of com munication had been opened, they tended to di lute and but slightly increase the traffic of the district. The diminution of their passenger traffic might be divided into two heads, 20,000/. owing to the opening of new lines, and 12,0001. from a diminished traffic, arising from what he had already alluded to. There was a large increase of income connected with the merchandise and mineral traffic, which it was gratify ing to find had been earned at a reduction of working expenses, arising from arrangements made by the direc tors, and the accounts showed the excess of receipts over the corresponding period to be 7,0001. Arrange. ments bad been made to meet the reduction of passenger traffic, and the directors thought that, having placed a check on increasing . expenditure, they might hold out hopes of reductions in the working expenses commensurate with its being carried out. The noble chairman alluded to the payment of 4,0001. to the Shropshire Railway over the usual half-yearly payment, which would be done for the future until that account bad been brought up to the date of all the others. After referring to the bills that had been passed this session of Parliament connected with this line, he adverted to the bill for improving the communication with Ireland, which ultimately would have to come specially before them before anything could be done under it. The rejection of the North Staffordshire Amalga mation Bill was to be regretted. It was intro duced into Parliament under a belief that it was a wise measure, believing from the position of the North Staffordshire Rail way it could be worked in cordial co-operation with this line. It .was with that view the company entered into arrangements with the North Staffordshire Company. The bill had, however, been rejected a third time, but he hoped it would not render a less harmonious working of that line by the two com panies. By the arrangement between the two com panies, if Parliament rejected the bill three times on its merits, and not on formal points, the arrangement was to be at an end; and the bill having been rejected a third time, the board of directors considered they were no further bound by the arrangement ; but it had been asserted otherwise, and the directors designated repudiators in consequence of expressing such an opin ion. His lordship then entered into the details of the proceedings in Parliament, relative to the three applica tions for the bill, and said there could be no doubt three applications had been made, but denied there bad been a suspension of either of them, as had been stated, so as to make it appear there bad been but two applications made to Parliament instead of three. He contended the applications had been refused by Parliament entirely on their merits ; that of amalgamation, which was so understood by the North Staffordshire Company, and who were aware the last was the third application. The directors of this company, after reviewing the whole of the circumstances, were of opinion they had fully carried out their euga;ements with the North Staf fordshire Company, and that the agreement was at an cud. • Mr. BOOTH, one of the secretaries, then read the re port, which recommended a dividend of 2/. 7s. 6d. per cent. for the last six mouths, amounting to 535,865/. ls. 2d., leaving a balance of 6,950/. is. 6d. to be car riedforward to the next half-year's account. Mr, BENsoN (Deputy Chairman) moved the adoption of the report. Mr. UPCROFT called attention to the high rate of in terest they paid for their money, which he considered arose from the directors settling it amongst themselves, instead of advertising for it. Were they to. do so they might save 40,0001. per annum. Mr. HADFIELD. M.P., said he thought the time was come when the directors should allow a deputation of shareholders to look into the accounts and ascertain the cause of the diminution of the dividend. He understood a committee of the Board of Directors had investigated the subject, and that they suggested enormous reduc tions. It was a notorious fact that, whilst the traffic had increased in four years equal to one per cent., their dividend had decreased. There must be some cause for it which he wished to see explained. Ile for one did not consider the management of the line was what it ought to be. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman proceeded to make some remarks on the expenditure of the com pany, observing that the fighting expenses of this com pany averaged 100,0001. a year, which had to be paid out of revenue. (Hear. He was satisfied one per cent. of revenue might be sated fh3m the expenses of the com pany. The committee he alluded to had taken evidence, and he called on them to speak out. The appointment -of the deputation he named was not intended as a vote of censure on the Board of Directors. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, M.P., called attention to the debenture debt, which amounted to 10,834,0001. The CHAIRMAN said he thought much good would ultimately be effected by the return recently moved for by the member for Sheffield with reference to railways. He had always been opposed to extensions and Parlia mentary warfare, alluded to during the meeting ; and in reference to the appointment of a deputation, as pro posed by Mr. Hadfield, said the board of directors would be most happy to meet a deputation, and that, as re garded extensions generally, the board was opposed to them. No doubt excursion trains had been used much to the injury of companies, and he believed they had much decreased this year. He was not there to approve or support views entertained many years since by share holders, but now very much moderated by experience, and entered at some length into the general state of the railways throughout the country. The board had no wish to keep anything from the knowledge of the share holders, but they doubted the policy of making every thing publicly known for the information of the public and other railway companies. A very lengthened discussion took place relative to the management, the rate of fairs charged, and the int policy of running excursion trains at so low a figure, and the interference of Parliament with railway property, which latter, it was stated, had had the effect of placing this line in its present adverse position. The report was then put and carried, and the dividend declared of 2/. 7s. 6d. per cent. A resolution embodying Mr. Hadfield's views was then agreed to, and a committee of gentlemen nominated and approved of. A discussion then took place relative to the rejection of the North Staffordshire Amalgamation Bill, after which the meeting terminated. NORTH LONDON. The half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held yes terday at the Euston-square station ; Mr. John Scott in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr. CHuss, the secretary, read the report of the di rectors (already published), which, after some discussion, was adopted, and a dividend of 21. per share declared out of the profits of the last half-year. Power was also taken to borrow 25,0001. on debentures, and the 501. and 101. shares consolidated into stock, after which the proceedings terminated. was present at the time appeinted, but after waiting for an hour in vain for the assembling of a quorum of his brother directors, the meeting was adjourned according to the provisions of the act. EAST LANCASHIRE. The half-yesrly meeting of this-company was held yes terday, at the Bury Station ; Mr. Thomas Dugdale, the chairman of the directors, presiding. The report was carried unanimously, and also a xeso lution declaring a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the 6 per cent. capital ; of 6 per cent. on the amount called up of the preference fifth shares ; of 44 per cent, on the amount called up of the 41 per cent. preference shares ; and of 34 per cent. on the ordinary stock of the company. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Shrewsbury ; Mr. W. Ormsby Gore pre siding. The report stated that the traffic receipts during the past half-year showed an increase of 154 per cent. beyond those of the corresponding half-year. Dividend warrants, after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum (less income tax), would be issued to the shareholders, pay able on September 1. LONDON AND BLACKWALL. At the half-yearly meeting held on Tuesday a dividend of 2s. 9d. per share was doclared. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting was held on Tuesday, at the Euston-square terminus of the London and North; Westin'n Railway ; ToatitTivaLin the_chair. " The report was carried, and a dividend cf 14 per cent. was declared. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con cluded the proceedings. NORTH-EASTERN. The directors of this company have agreed to recom mend to the approaching half-yearly meeting of the shareholders a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent. on the Berwick stock, of 2 per cent. on the York stock, and of 6 per cent. on the Leeds Preference Quarter Shares. THE SATURDAY HALF-ROLIDAY MOVEMENT. Yesterday evening a most numerous and respectable meeting was held in Guildhall, for the purpose of con sidering the steps necessary to be taken to ensure the cessation of business in the City from two o'clock on Saturdays. Sir James Duke, M.P., in the chair. Mr. LILWALL, the honorary secretary to the Society for Promoting Early Closing, read letters from the Earl of Ebrington, Mr. Gregory, of Bedford-row, the Rev. Thomas Binney, the Rev. Henry Allen, and Alderman Salomons, regretting they could not be present at the meeting, and expressing their cordial concurrence in its objects. He then read a statement of the progress of the early-closing movement, from the oommencement to the present time, which was received with much applause. _ J. W. HUBBABD, Esq., late Governor of the Bank 'of England, moved the first resolution, to the effect that as the Saturday half-holiday had been tried in Edin burgh, Glasgow, and all the principal towns in Scot land, in Liverpool, Manchester, and many large towns in England, and even in many important branches of trade in London, and was found to work beneficially for both the employers and the employed, it was expedient to adopt that practice wherever it was practicable. He said be should have been unwilling to have moved such a resolution at the commencement of the movement, for he thought it would be dictating to employers what time they should let their people work ; but that diffi culty was removed, for he saw that those very masters who were interested in the matter were not only the supporters of the motion, but the actual promoters of it. (Cheers.) There was a stupid axiom extant that capi tat4nri labourmere in antagonistic positions ; and with narrow. minded people it was so, for they sacrificed every thing and everybody to gain. But the enlightened eapi taliPt found that his greatest gain was in not wearing out his labourers by overworking them. The Rev. TRESHAM GREGG seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. J. R. TAYLOR proposed the next resolution, to the effect that a memorial be presented to the proper autho rities praying for the closing of law, public, and other offices, at two o'clock on Saturdays. He said that 236 firms of London had petitioned the judges to this effect ; but 'one of them feeling that be could not give up so much time belonging to the public, would not consent to it, and the others would not act without him. Mr. TARLTON seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. A. MoonE proposed, and Mr. Deputy HOLT seconded, the next resolution, recommending the masters to pay wages on Friday, or early on Saturday. Thin and some complimentary resolutions having been put and carried, the proceedings terminated. STORMY PEACE MEETING AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL. Last night a public meeting was held at St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre, to take the opinion of the public upon the momentous question of peace or war." Mr. J. Hamilton, of Southwark hustings notoriety, took the chair. The attendance was comparatively thin at the commencement of the proceedings, but towards the close the hall was pretty well filled. The CHAIRMAN, in a long rhapsodicspeech, continually interrupted by tempests of mingled cheers and hisses, proceeded to state his opinions upon the war and its con sequences, assuring the meeting that he did not know the amount of treasure expended, nor did he know how much sacrifice of liberty had been made ; but he would say without hesitation that nearly 500,000 human lives had been lost ; and it was hie duty to inform them that a grave impression had gone aoroad that the bravo Bri tish army in the Crimea might possibly be doomed to perish without returning to their native land. He would not tell them what they fought for, unless he were to utter dark suspicions; but if the Christian religion bad never been known, and if there had been no recognition of eter nal justice on earth, there could not have been a war more recklessly carried on ; and history, he believed, would brand the war as an atheistical one. (Hisses and cheer ing.) In conclusion, the chairman, as the best advice Le could give them, recommended the people of England to refuse to supply to their Government those materials of war which were only used for their own destruction. (Uproar.) Mr. B. O'BRIEN attacked the newspaper press of the metropolis because they would not gratuitously publish an address, of about two columns in length, emanating from a society of which he (Mr. P. O'Brien) is president. Alter characterising tslse war as an aggression upon the part of England, aati malting a fierce attack upon the Governments of England and Franc amid much con ' fu-inn he concluded by proposing a long resolution con demnatery of the war, and strongly protesting against its further continuance; (Uproar.) Mr. J. G. HARRIS, in seconding the resolution, ex pressed the assurance that it would be unanimously adopted, and that it would have an electrifying effect throughout the country, that the Government would be turned out, and universal peace prevail. (Laughter.) Mr. PASSMORE EDwARDS rose to propose an amend ment, denouncing the war " as a mockery, a delusion, and a snare ;" hut the meeting decided that this was no amendment, and refused to hear him. About fifteen other gentlemen, anxious to address the meeting, then jumped to the front of the rostrum, con tending for a long time for precedence, amid a scene of indescribable confusion, in which the chairman found his seat anything but one of rose leaves. Ultimately, Mr. HORACE ST. JOHN obtained a hearing, and moved as an amendment, "That this meeting recognising both the justice and necessity of the war in which we are en gaged, and seeing that the great objects for which it was undertaken are still unaccomplished, pledges itself to support any honest government that will vigorously prosecute it to an honourable and victorious termination." Mr. St. John, in speaking to his resolution, aroused the ire of the peace party, one of whom advanced and shook bis hand in the speaker's face, and another scene of up roar took place, which it is impossible to describe. Afterwards, Mr. 11. COOKE seconded the amendment, asserting his opinion that the people of England had not abated one jot of their determination to carry on the glorious war. (Confusion.) Mr. W. WsucEs vehemently opposed the amendment, exciting considerable surprise by characterising the bom bardment of Sweaborg as the crowning proof of ministe rial treachery, because it was calculated to do more harm to the Fins, our friends, than to the Russians, our ene mies—an announcement which was met by a storm of ridicule and disapprobation ; but Mr. Wilkes afterwards recovered ground by advocating the extension of aid to Poland. He advised them to stop the war until they had put down Palmerston and got universal suffrage. Mr. S. KTDD observed that the wishes and ascendancy of Russia could not possibly be better promoted than by stopping the war unconditionally. He loved peace; but peace, in the present state of Europe, meait fighting and conquering Russia. (Loud cheers.) War was a great game and they must not be idle at it ; either let them make peace in earnest or make war in earnest. (Applause.) Mr. G. THOMPSON supported the resolution. The amendment and the original resolution was then put by the chairman, when the latter was carried by a majority of two to one. W. S. LINDSAY, M.F. TTNEMOUTSI, Wednesday.— -Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M. P., who is threatened with opposition from Captain Linskill, a liberal conservative, and a cousin of the Greys, has taken the first opportunity to meet his constituents, and addressed a large assembly of the electors of the borough last evening. His reception was most cordial. Mr. LINDSAY, afte thanking the meeting for the hearty reception they had given him, passed in review the measures brought before Parliament during the ses si.m. He referred the meeting to a thick pamphlet he had published as a complete refutation of the charges brought against him by Sir C. Wood. He denied that he had derived any advantage from his position of mem ber of Parliament ; on the contrary, he had been attacked and abused for his exposure of Government mismanage ment—mi,management that had lost many precious lives and squandered much of wealth. The admin;.stra tive reform movement was going on quietly, but he said he would have liked to have seen them show more nerve and agitate for Parliamentary reform and the immediate sbt.lition of all patronage as the most speedy means to reach their end. After reltrring to Mr. Linskilt and his address, of whom he understood the Government knew nothing, for the Secretary of the Treasury bad told him that he was not aware that there was such a gentleman in existence, he urged upon the electors not to allow him (Mr. Lindsay) to be stabbed behind his back, but to support him as their independent member, and as an honest and independent administrative re former. Mr. Lindsay retired amidst general cheering. A return moved for by Mr. H. G. Langton, M.P., gives a list of the seizures made and of prosecutions for breach of the tobacco laws in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, with a list of the offenders. It appears that about 6D persons or firms were so prosecuted in England and 31 in Ireland during the said period. The cases of adul terated tobacco are very numerous, and the materials for adulterating it consisted of sugar, alum, lime, flour of meal, rhubarb leaves, saltpetre, &c. POISONING IN SOMEESETSHIRE.—The quiet little ham let of Clapton, in the parish of Midsomer Norton, in the above county, has been alarmed by the almost sudden death of Mrs. Emma Candy, wife of a highly respectable farmer of that place. The deceased was 27 years of age, and in consequence of the suspicious nature of the cir cumstances attending her death the coroner, Mr. Bruges Fry, has felt it his duty to commence an inquest on the body. At the express request of that official we with hold for the present the evidence which has been already taken ; but we may add that the contents of the storoaFt having been submitted to analysis by Mr. Herapaatrhs,etni° eminent chemist of Bristol, undoubted traces s of .ourne i d c have been discovered. The inquest stands d till Monday, the 20th inst., and though there is j now no doubt that the deceased died of poison, the question whether it was administered by her own hands or the hands of another remains to be decided by further tyi demo to De adduced, an d by the verdict of tile jury, k [ PRICE 4 D• STAMPED SD• THE LATE COLONEL TrLDEN. The late Colonel Richard Tylden of the Royal Engi neers, C. 8., and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, was b orn on the 22d November, 1819. He was the second son of the late Brigadier-General Tylden, of the Royal En uineers, and Lecilena (his first wife) eldest daughter of William Baldwin, Esq., of Stede Hill, in the county of Kent. Colonel Tylden entered the Military Academy at Wool wich, as a cadet, in 1534 ; got his commission as second lieutenant in the Engineers, 14th December, 1837; first lieutenant, 19th March, 1840 ; second captain, 9th No vember, 1846 ; brevet major, for his services at the Cape, 23th May, 1853 ; captain, 17th February, 1854 ; brevet lient.-colonel, 12th December, 1854 ; colonel and aide-de-camp to the Queen, 29th June, 1855, and Com panion of the Bath at the same time. Ho went on foreign service to Corfu, in Jan., 1840 ; remained there until April, 1844 ; then returned to England, and was stationed at Portsmouth until 1847, when he was ordered to the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained until 1854. _ During his service of five years at the Cape he was for more than two years constantly employed on a difficult but very important survey of the wild and mountainous district of Kafir land, called the Amatola mountains. On the breaking out of the Kafir war, Sir Harry Smith gave him the command of the very extensive frontier district of North Victoria, with his head-quarters at Whitlesea. The only force he had to protect this large territory consisted of the small detachment of Sappers and Miners that had been with him in his survey, about twenty mounted Burghers, and two or three hundred Fingoes. With this very small force he attacked and completely routed a body of 2,000 Kars under the warlike chief Sandilla, and thus secured the safety of the district entrusted to his command. This was the first and most successful general action with the Kaffir during the war, and, speaking of this daring and gallant exploit, Sir Harry Smith thus expressed himself—" If anything dashing is to be done, Tylden is the man to do it." At the close of the war he got leave to return to England. On his arrival he found the war with Russia commenced ; his father appointed to the command of the engineers with the army under Lord Raglan, with the rank of brigadier-general, and that the situation of major of brigade was kept open for his acceptance. With the true spirit of a gallant soldier he immediately accepted it, and although he had been nearly seven years absent from home and friends, in three weeks from his arrival he again embarked for the seat of war, and joined his father at Varna. He was present at the landing of the army in the Crimea, and at the battle of the Alma, and two days after that glorious battle he had the melancholy satisfaction of being with his gallant father when he died of cholera, brought on by the great fatigue he had gone through during the action, and afterwards the sad duty of depositing his remains in a soldier's grave, at a spot particularly marked on a plan he bad made of the country around the battle-field. On arriving before Sebastopcl ho gave up his staff situation to share the more arduous and dangerous duties of the siege, and had the command of the right British attack. From that time until he received his fatal wound he was never absent from the trenches, was pre sent at every skirmish and sortie that took place near his batteries, and particularly distinguished himself in the attack and capture of the enemy's Rifle Pits and Ambuscades, in April last. In this attack his gallant conduct and scientific knowledge were highly eulogised by the lamented General Egerton, than whom none knew better how to distinguish merit amongst the offi cers under his command ; and he was mentioned in the despatches, on this and many other occasions, by Lord Raglan, who had the highest opinion of his experience and abilities. In the unfortunate attack of the 18th of June last he was most severely wounded in both legs, so muck so that the medical officers did not think it safe to remove him to Scutari until the 28th of July, whe❑ he was unfortu nately attacked by diarrha, though his wounds were progressing favourably, which had such an effect upon his weakened and shattered frame that he sank under it on the 2d of August, the day after his arrival at Malta. Amongst the many gallant and noblo spirits who have fallen in this war none are more regretted by the officers of his corps ; and so highly were Colonel Tylden's ser vices appreciated by his Queen that he was made one of her aides-de-eamp, with the rank of colonel, and Com panion of the Bath—honours of which he was scarcely aware when death deprived his country of his services and his family of a beloved relative. We ought not to close this short memoir of a young and gallant soldier without recording the noble conduct of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Burton Tyiden, who left Eng- Ilaed for the Crimea the same day she received the newi of his being severely wounded, and had the melancholy satisfaction of being with the young hero when his gal lant spirit left its mortal tenement f,r a better world. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT. Just now, when novelties in every conceivable variety in the shape of amusement are ministering to the public taste, which, no wonder, has in consequence grown rather fastidious, the ability of one indivi ;ual, aided only hy his own versatility of talent to inspire a mixed audience with good humour, an I an unflagging interest in his exertions for two full hours, must obviously it. volve no ordinary amount of capability, and a never failing repertoire. Such, however, is the case with Mr. Woodin, to whose new entertainment we have great pleasure in again calling attention. The Olio of Od dities, is, indeed, worthy of its eccentric designation, and although the season is fast waning, its attraction is not diminished in the least degree ; night after night firming the elegant sulle at Polygraphic Hall—as its proprietor has characteristically christened it—filled with fashianable and delighted assemblages. Much more compact in itself, and defined in its object, than the Carpet 13ag and eketelb Book, in which Mr. Woodin made his debut with such signal success, the Olio affords a better and more extended scope fur the display of the remarkable genius that gentleman possesses for hitting off with striking fidelity the salient peculiarities of some of the oddities of human nature, supposed to be met with during an imaginary tour through the English lake district, and elsewhere. These portraitures, though purely fictitious, are so truthful, that, whilst viewing them one cannot resist the idea that we have met their prototypes somewhere or other in our intercourse with every-day lite—and they are assumed by Mr. Woodin, one after the other, as illustrations of his mono logue in all the perfection of dress, voice, and manner with a rapidity which is quite astonishing. The agreeable character of the entertainment is much enhanced by a beautifully painted panorama of some of the most interesting scenery of the' lakes, and the appropriate musical accompaniment of a clever pianist. As a whole, we could scarcely point to any public amusement where a more pleasing, and, indeed, instructive, evening could be spent. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. The 19th ordinary hal-yearly meeting was held, yes terday, at the Euston station. Sir Harry Verney, Bart, chairman of the board, took the chair. The SECRETARY read the following report : _ge The directors have to present their usual statement of the receipt and payment of guaranteed dividend for the half year ending the 30th of June last. The account a shows that the rent received from the London and North- Western Company to the 3 1 st of December, 1854, added to 1,1301. 11s. 3d., the balance from the former account, amounts to 26,0301 lls. 3d. The dividends paid to the proprietors amount to 24,4521. 10 s. B d.,leaving bal ance of 1,5781. Os. 7d. The warrants for the approach ing dividend will be issued to the proprietors on the 23d of August. The directors have the satisfaction of report ing that the traffic on the line shows an increase during the past half-year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1854. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by the Hon. PHILIP STD NET PIERREPONT, and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors having been passed, The proceedings then terminated. WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. ---- The usual half-yearly - meeting of this company was advertised-to-take place at three o'clock yesterday after :loon, in the Euston-square station. Alr. Thomas Ileywood, the chairmen of the directors, EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Saturday, when a dividend was declared at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum on the ordinary paid•up share capital, and 4 per cent. per annum on sums paid up in anticipation of calls. EAST KENT. The works for this line of railway were commenced on Saturday last. The sod was broken on the hill in front of the Pitt Barracks, belonging to the General Hospital, Chatham, by blowing up a portion of the ground by the aid of gunpowder. GREAT LUXEMBOURG COMPANY. Traffic receipts of Railway for the week ending 12th August (miles open, 23k) :—Passengers, 1931. 9s. 10d. ; goods, 631. 48. 11d. ; total, 2561. 14s. 9d. Traffic receipts of Canal, viz.—Tolls on the let section opened for traffic, and tonnage dues from the offices at Venues, Tilff, and Douflamine :—ln January, 1855, 831. 15s. ; February, 341. 158. 2d. ; March, 1521.65. 4d ; April, 1241. 13s. 4d.; May, 1331. 9s. Bd. ; June, 1261. ss. 4(1. ; July, 1241. 3s. 7d. ; total for seven months end ing 31st July, 7791. Be. sd. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 11, 1855 £20,004 2 11 Corresponding week last year 17,493 13 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 105,289 17 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 105,871 0 1 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Ang. 4, 1855 £24,159 10 11 Corresponding week last year 22,024 17 10 Increase in 1855 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 5, 1855 £22,812 10 8 Corresponding week last year 20,212 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 12,1855 £22,529 18 5 Corresponding week last year 21,872 3 5 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RATLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Aug. 12, 1855 bi,622 17 5 Corresponding week last year 6,445 19 5 Increase in 1855 GLASGOW AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY —Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 11, 1855 £6,124 210 Corresponding week last year Increase in 1855 £3lo 5 6 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ene;ing Aug. 11, 1855 ... ....,...£213 3 2 Corresponding week last year FATAL SHIPWRECK. SOUTHAMPTQN, AUG. 15.—8 y the arrival of the Royal mail steam-ship La Pieta we have received the particu lars of the loss of the Manchester, American ship, from the captain's son, one of two survivors of the ill-fated vessel : " On board the man-of-war Meteoro, Don B. V. Martinez, Commander, May 25, 1855. " The American ship Manchester, of Nantucket, left New York for Valparaiso on the 7th of April, 1854, the complement of hands on board being 17, and the captain's wife. One man died at sea before we arrived at Monte Video, which port we put into on the 24th of July, 1854, and again left on the 28th for Valparaiso, after having shipped four extra bands at Monte Video. "On the 28th of August, afterhavingpassed Cape Horn, the ship struck on a sunken rock in about 551 at. south and to the westward of the Cape, the land being distant about 30 miles. Not being able to keep her free with the pumps we got the boats out, which were shortly afterwards stove, and afterwards the mainmast cut away. " At 12 o'clock the same night she was full of water, bat continued to drift until 5 in the morning ofthe 29th, when, after passing a small island, she grounded, and in less than 20 minutes broke in two parts and all on board were im mersed in the water. The captain and his wife clung to gether, but by some chance they got separated, and the captain alone rose to the surface ; he immediately seized upon a plank, and succeeded in rescuing his eon, and they drifted to the stern partof the vessel which remained until sunset, having concluded they were the only survivors of the ill-fated vessel. They then managed to get ashore on the island, where they found one barrel of bread and an other of flour. " Four days after, the second mate and one seaman arrived at the island on a raft they had constructed on another island, on which they were cast, distant about 2i miles. Here we remained while the captain was building a boat. We all crossed on the raft to the island on which thesecond mate first landed, where wasmuoh of the wreck of the ship and cargo and provisions. On tho 3d of No vember, the second mats died, being completely exhausted- His name was David Reese Evans, a native of South Wales. _ " On the 19th of November, we first saw any of the na tives, men and three women having landed from a canoe. We had just finished our boat, and were ready for starting. The Indians, having first received what could be spared to them of our clothes, &c., retired ; and afterwards re turned with bludgeons, and insisted upon stripping us. Three attacked the captain and three theseaman, who havingdisabled two of them, fled to the boat in which the boy already was. Unfortunately, the captain received a blow which must have instantly killed him. Theboy re ceived two arrows in his jacket, but 'peeped unhurt. We landed on the island where part of the wreck still re mained ; we returned in the evening and found the cap tain's body lying naked on the rocks and quite dead. Not daring to remain, we took two barrels of bread and jumped to the wreck. After remaining some days, indeed several days, we ventured along the coast in our boat. At the end of about six weeks, we found the provisions all ex pended, and subsisted on such shellfish as we could gather among the rocks. After subsisting for some time in this way, a native canoe again hove in sight ; being then quite destitute of any means of subsisting for a month at least, except raw shellfish, we gave ourselves up to the Indians, and, having nothing to excite their cupidity, they be haved very kindly to us, and with them we have remained up to this present time, having never once seen a vessel until a steamer passed a few days since, but had no com munication with her. " I have only to add, that our eternal gratitude is due to the captain of the Meteoro, who has not otily taken us on board, fed and clothed us, but in many instances ful filled the promises made by us to the Indians to induce them to take us ou board." DIVISION OF METROPOLITAN PARISHES INTO WARDS. Yesterday, at a numerous meeting of the reprosenta tive vestry of St. Pancras, held at the Court-house, King's-road, Camden Town, Mr. Churchwarden Smith in the ehair, Mr. Cook, the clerk, read the following communication from Sir B. Hall : " Great Stanhope-street, Aug. 15, 1855. " Sir,—lt affords me much pleasure to be able to inform you that the royal assent was given this day to the bill for the better local management of the metropolis. The first duty to be performed under the provisions of the act will be the appointment of assessors to set out the wards in the large parishes of the metropolis. It is possible that these persons will be named forthwith, and I should hope that the local authorities will afford every facility for the prose cution of the inquiry that must take place, by g i v i ng any information that may be required, and by offering the use of their public rooms for the purpose of the .c inquiry.. " I have the honour to be, &c. , g, • HeLL. " To the Vestry Clerk, St. Pancras." Mr. Cook was directed to send a reply to this commu nication, which was ordered to be entered on the minutes. Mr. Churchwarden FARBER then proposed resolutions, declaring the readiness of the vestry to assist in carrying out the measure. Mr. WELLBY seconded the resolutions, which were adopted, and The following gentlemen were nominated as a com mittee :--Messrs, Cooper, Flether, Eokett, Howlett, Stockton, and Wellby. ' • - ' • - The vestry, after the transaction of a variety of routine .bueinese, adjourned for a week. ~' "~b> , ~ICF~iGGZ - - THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The weather, which for the last six days has been fine, is ripening the crops, and within these few days has effected a wonderful transformation. The sickle has already partially commenced operations. Some wheat is irretrievably lodged, but it is surprising how much even of that, by means of wind and sun, has filled up and ripened. A great deal of grass, owing to its being so long upon the ground, has become next to worthless. Of wheat we have observed many fields upright and un injured. Although much of the best wheat and barley too.have suffered, still a great quantity that otherwise would have been poor and light, has been filled up and matured by the sun and rain.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather during the last two or three weeks the harvest prospects in this dis trict are on the whole of a promising character, and in the course of another week or ten days the harvest will have become general. Several of our /Rost successful farmers have already commenced operations. Our Egremont correspondent 'Worms us that the sickle is already in active operation in the neighbourhood of Middletown, Nethertown, and Coulderton, and the yield everywhere is abundant.— Cumberland Pacquet. THE MILITIA. BALLOTS SUSPENSION ACT.—Yesterday the new act to suspend the making of lists and the bal lots for the militia of the United Kingdom was issued. The suspension is to the Ist October, 1856, unless other wise ordered by her Majet , ty in council. [ADvaarisam 11NT. ] Tuts WAR IN TUB EAST. —POIVERF b . PATENT RECONNOITRLNG GLASSES.— Messrs. S', and B. Solo mous, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. By her Majosty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp s Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distance' of objects viewed through them—of great importance to thn army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extr: ordinary powers that some 32 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moon s, Saturn cs 's n rinf , and the double stars ; with the same telescope ,istairt seen a person's countenance three miles and ofa i h , an "i or and ad. and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are rg 7 more than the sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to di!!?o e ve scc. _ The Roya l above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satell t g! evige_yntloonlo:avne'id. Th e . 'vented, very small, Exhibition, 1851,—Valuable , new s l fze in of a walnut, by which powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,tho bile tbeir varY distant ; they answer invaluablel'a n f or ri d mg s h ips h ekee p e r s , m - n il d es at the opera house, y r.st se gi en ki a n t g ! y to ae l h O ti m na il , e to s„ and tourists. Opera, a ev Pe er m y purpose can b e o s n e seen the andra race-course, known r.oaurres l e i , 5 c m ou e n y t a ry re scenei pers pective glasses, with wonderful valuable advantage d - • race-course, clantstructed Spectacle Lenses of the g rea t. ootinge,l"derel eat transparent p° w ar, is . that vision becoming erivei.: from this invention , impaired is o sportsmen,we r . --- N preserved and strengthened, and very age d employ their sight at the most persons are enabled to minute occti tion--ean see with these lenses of a much le • Pa less maf ing power _and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. ' nese __NeNv Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, extraordi naryDea.- powerful, small, newly-in ven ted instrumentr, an entirely different from all others, to for deafness, kind that has been, or probably e surpass anything of the Being of the same colour as the skin,ver Sala be, produced. enables deaf persons to hear is not perceptible ; it distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. 39, Albemarle-street, Pi tidy. PboorTe..opposite the yak goteL X;;It GREAT MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM. -- BIRMINGHAM, WEDNIBDA.Y. Last night a meeting was held in Bingley Hall, in this town, for the purpose of receiving the reports from the various committees appointed at the Conference, sitting to consider the conduct of the war, &c. The meeting, numerically, was decidedly important, and evidently shows the great interest the working classes are now taking in the war, and all matters connected with it. The number present was variously estimated at from 8,000 to 12,000, and were certainly most enthusiastic, and the interest was maintained until eleven o'clock at night. Mr. Alderman ALLDAY occupied the chair, and opened the business in an appropriate speech, in which, after stating the object for which they were assembled, he pro ceeded to caution the people against attempts which he understood were being made to introduce the idea of re sorting to physical force amongst them. He wished it to be clearly and distinctly understood that any man who same amongst them and advanced the doctrine of physicat force would be denounced as a traitor and villain, an d as such would be held up to public odium. (Cheers.) They wanted no violence, no brute force, there was no neeessity for it. All they wanted was law and justice ; the British Constitution and its protection, and no more, and they would not be content with less. (Load cheers.) Another arrangement to which he wished to direct their attention was that by which they intended to dispense with the aid and advice of foreigners: They would not have anything to do with foreign refugees in that movement. (Cheers) Theirs was an English, movement--(hear)—for English objects, and purposes worthy of E❑glishmen—(hear)--and into which foreign influence, and foreign aid, and foreign advice could not, and would not, be admitted through foreign refugees. (Cheers.) They were assembled for the defence of their Queen—,(hear)—for the maintenance of law, the honour and glory of England, and the legal conviction and just punishment of all those who would be found betraying the interests of the country. Having thus stated their objects, and cautioned the meeting against being se duced by bad men into any unconstitutional steps, Mr. Allday proceeded to read several extracts from the Blue Books, relative to the negotiations which preceded the declaration of war, and from which he contended that they all went to prove complicity on the part of our Ministers with the enemies of England, and demanded their most serious and prompt consideration. - Mr. LANGFORD, the secretary, said they had received 200 letters from very able and distinguished men in various parts of England, fully approving the object of the meeting. _ Mr. Haim then brought up the report of the com mittee appointed to inquire into the circumstances of a former war with Russia, the finding of which was. " That unless there was a change in the policy and ad ministration on the part of England our possessions in Hindoetan would inevitably go under the dominion of Russia." Mr. DALZILL brought up the report of the committee on the probable effects of the war, in the following order, viz. :—England's commerce, her influence on the people, the people's position :—" First,—The Committee de clares that England's commerce will be impaired; that she will sink to a third-rate state if the people's inter posing hand doses not stay the decomposition to which she is hastening ; her influence on the people will be subversive of that state of honour which is essential to the political well-being of a mighty nation ; the people's position will be miserably degraded if we strike not the effective blow ; and we are further of opinion that Eng. land's present Prime Minister is guilty of treason of the deepest dye." Mr. HAwUNS presented the report of the committee to which was assigned the consideration of the obstruc tion of the River Danube. It declared that the com mittee had not been able to fully consider the subject, and that were it not for the interference of Russia the river would be navigable. Mr. RAFFERTY brought forward the report of the com mittee respecting the probable effects of the war, which were said to be ruinous indeed to England. The Prime Minister was announced therein to be guilty of treason of the deepest dye. Mr. LANGLY produced a report on the policy of Eng. land with reference to the fall of Poland and Hungary, and the document, after reviewing all the transactions in connection with the partition of Poland, concluded as follows :—"After having thus betrayed Hungary, he sent an insulting letter to Austria, which clearly shows that it was not for her he had woven his web of deceit. Our verdict, therefore, against Lord Palmerston and his colleagues, with regard to the assassination of Poland, is, guilty. Mr. CoLLETT presented a report with reference to the Four Points, disapproving of all, and pronouncing the Government guilty. CHAS. ATTWOOD, Esq., then submitted the a dd ress , which was unanimously adopted, amidst loud and con tinued cheering. Mr. DALZELL then seconded the adoption of the ad dress, and in doing so, detailed an attempt which had been made within the last few days, by a son of the Inspector of the Worcestershire Police, to obtain ad mission to one of the committees appointed by the Con ference, and to his having recommended the use of phy sical force. The speaker said they did not object to the police being on their committees, nor would they object to the soldiery—indeed, they would be happy to have them all ; but net by intrigue, not underhanded or un known to their. If the police wished to come to their committees, they had only to announce who they were and they would get all necessary information, as the Conferenco -wore fully determined not to have any secrecy. Mr. LANGFORD next addressed the meeting, and urged upon them the necessity of immediate action, in order to secure the nation against the effects of intrigue a tld treachery. Mr. THOS: CHANDLER, of Stroud, in a brief speech, irnpr,seed upon the meeting the importance of watching Lord Palmerston. with reference to whom he said, " hope a universal burst of execration will go forth from this meeting and reverberate within the walls of that Russian fortress in Downing-street, and that ere to morrow morning the prime punster and blusterer of all England shall shake in his shoes." Three cheers were then given for Mr. D. Urquhart, three for the Queen, and three for the people, and the meeting displayed the utmost enthusiasm. Major ROLLAND then came forward and proposed the following protest : —" That this meeting solemnly pro tests against the wrong and danger to the country of leaving any office of national trust in the hands of Vis- count Palmerston, who stands denounced in the face of Parliament, by the Queen herself, as having abused her royal confidence, and who must therefore be supposed to remain in power only by means of some unconstitutional coercion ; who stands convicted by documentary evi dence of having deceived the Parliament by falsified and garbled public papers and despatches ; and who also stands accused of having, through many years, aided the inimical designs of Russia, by men whose charges have never been replied to, nor ever investigated before any competent tribunal ; but which have been investigated and established before that Conference, whose reports thereon have now been laid before and have bees adopted by this meeting." The gallant Major said the protest he had just read required no comment from him, and he should leave it with the meeting upon its merits. Mr. G. CRAWSIIAY, of Newcastle, seconded the adop tion of the protest, which was put and carried amidst renewed cheering. The opinion of the meeting was next taken relative to the course which had been pursued by Mr. Collett and Mr. Hart, at the recent Polish meeting held in London. Mr. COCKBURN, of Newcastle, brought forward the subject, and having contended that the Polish meeting was a complete sham, he eulogised the conduct of Mr. Collett and Mr. Hart, in having exposed the imposition sought to be practised upon the public by the friends of Lord Palmerston, and, in conclusion, proposed a resolu tion, highly approving of their conduct. Mr. BARRETT, of Nottingham, seconded the resoln tion, which was carried. Mr. COLLETT returned thanks, and, in doing so, went over the reasons which induced him to protest against the proceedings at the late meeting in London, observing that on looking at the noblemen and others who took part in the meeting, it was obvious they were present by the order and advice of Lord Palmerston, and that was sufficient to induce him to question the propriety of the movement. Mr. D. URQUHART then presented himself to the meet ing, and was received with loud and continued cheering, which lasted some time ; after which he spoke at length upon some of the main points set forth in the various r-ports of the eommittee4, and concluded an animated ad dress amidst renewed applause. n th t e h y at w a l l a , Mr. DALZ ELL then announced that aftitidllytrPeachery holdpurposean a ssociation for the mo monthly iy inquiry meetingsh adb eoefntfhoermi inhabitants b a i n ta d n that i and report progress. He moved the follo w i ng . resolu tion : " That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the great and important questions which have been investi b ey gatedon beyond by a the doubt,var ?hues of the leading members of the and present Admi csuulbiacobiTinityi,thlt:tileheatv,e nistrations ; and that it is the duty of the members of the Conference, aided and assisted by the country, t 0 continue their patriotic efforts until the guilt y, ' G And we y Parties are brought to justice. _ . are farthero f • • that, i.n order to save this country from impending opinion and restore again that vitality w hi c h ruin, sessed, it is imperatively necessary that England once pos sessed, taken to raise a fund amongst th immediate steps ently large to meet the emergenciese operatives, suffici ently Mans seconded the of futureloperations." w ith great enthusi asm , motion, which was carried A vote of thanks to theUT chairm an , p ro p ose d by Mr. great cheering, closseconded e dMr.meeting the business at eleven o'clock. significant, an d was enthusiastic, and, on the whole, reverse Would not to be despised. A serious foreign present temper make the movement formidable in the mper of the masses. ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORIESIIIII RAILWAY.—On Monday afternoon a collision took plumb at the Bolton station on the above line between a pas- senger and a luggage train, which, happily, was not ah tended by any fatal, or, we trust, permanently serious results. It was fortunate also that the train was a light one, there being only four carriages. All the passes• gers were jolted from their seats, and some of them suf fered injuries on the face and other parts of the body. Among the sufferers was Mr. W. A. W. Paulton (one of the proprietors of the Examiner and Times), and his lady, who were thrown violently against each other. The directors have instituted a strict inquiry into the accident. BISHOP OF LONDON'S PASTORAL LITTER.—Her Ms jesty's Government having refused to allow a Royal letter to be issued in faVour of the church buildinclr education societies, in accordance with a m otors rb___t has long prevailed, the Bishop of Londo_n_ dieses igms 4 a pastoral letter, addressed to the clerri et aJg tit f :, --4.4i,; : ::. , Gt'~! .. --• ,, , , ectats belll. 'lee Ull appn -140;;;0N -----______________ and NORTH-WESTERN 144 to ti t , RAILWAY. REIP. a OF 'WESTMORELAND AND CUM- D. oR NORTH WALES. .re EXTr ronoN or TIME. 4, 44'4 4, t , li k lreq,„ to iv i ssued, avail a bl e for THREE WEEKS; lite taken, hirees can, by s p ec i al application, male before v them endorsed for a longer period. F ares t o i t .. , .... eitrnary +.3 , , nangor, ' Fares to LS. •-• Ist on, or Tlolyhead. Windermere and back. si Z..; •- Cl 2d Cltu,a Ist Class. 2d Class. ""..'.i . " 2 10 £ 2 10 • £3 10 OX2 10 0 It o ._ .. • 3 0 . 5 0 Oil;l1 ". ` 2 ° I l u ll • " 33 ° 21 0 2 5 '0 15 ..•:... n 5 1 / . krakt y .. - ' l2l 2 0 .: :: " 1 114, ft . II Y Order. MARK HUISH. I " l ee, Ruston Station, 25th June, 1855. I . RSTAIII.IBIIED 1803. T 3 All MILLION S TE I L I NG . +e - .0 t . 1 ; 1 . - UP and invested in 1806. 4 ;itL hts : INSUR ANC E. Xkt., M.P., F.R.S.—rbainilaa• ""i't Co l s tl Esq.—Deputy Chairm an. re E • • Esq., M P.—Treasur • • n- A NNUITIES: RETEESIONS. tlipth._):l44rr".ll and Pall \fall, London. by .4 tkiltilkAltev, • Pedal Acts of Parliament. ;tigranted Mom Fifty to Ten Thousand Pounds, 4 6 , 4441 ; 4ourable to the Younger and Middle periods AU,taall) Duties on Life Facies. 1 )4 0444 V ed peels T z . , l n F e ir r . a T i rlsur:7e transacted. iin, 4 l,lle i i Tables on var y io p u.s plans,—rday be bad of the I ' gents. WILLIANI NEWMARCH, Secretary. rs" in° -. , 1 1,. "` r , It ..' toad y 0 0 ' 9 0 11 0 too OP P ;KS r""- 10 0 ' 6 i i addis