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STAMPED 5D GR EA T WESTERN RAILWA Y.-- CHEAP EXCURSION to Bath and Bristol.— Cn SUNDAY, the 12th Oct., a Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., returning the same evening, iron Bristol at 6.30, and Bath at 7 o'clock. Fares — Bristol, Its. and 6s. ; B a t h, 9s. and ss. No luggage allowed. ..—_._________ GREAT 'WESTERN RAILWAY.__ cnEAT txcutzsrox to C rencester, Stroud, Gloucester, and Cheltenhr,ra.—A Train will leave Paddingtoq on SATURDAY, Oct. 1 I th, : , ,t 0 p m., returning on the following Monday from ciaeltenham at 5 p.m.: Gloucester, 5.15 ; Stroud, 5.35 ; Cirencester. 1 FAR Es.—"irenc,ster and Stroud, 9s. and Ss. ; Gioucwter and Chel lenham, Ins. and 6s. Each passenger will be allowed one small Package of luggage only. .......___ C..... 4 REAT WESTERN RA ILWAY.— ..A Cheap Excursion to Chipp , nham. MeV:sham, Trowbridge, 'Westbury, Frome, Bruton, Castle Carey, and YeoviL—A Train will 1 lea ve Paddington on SATURDAY, the 11th O ct., at Ii p.m., returning ' on the following Monday, from Yeovil at 4 p.m. ; Co, Ale Carey, 4.20 ; Bruton, 4,30 ; Frome, 4.55; Westbury, 5.5 ; Trowbridge, 5.15; Melkshan, 5.28 ; and Chippenham, 5.43. FARES, Chippenham and Melksham .... •• • • ....... 98 Od. .. ss. Od. ' a r0v,•brid,,,,,,, Westbury, and Promo.. ,„... 10s. Od. .. es. Pd. Yelt ruton and Castle Carey .. ••,. • • „„ __. Ils, Od. .. 7s. ed. ovil_ .. ....... ..... • ..... 12 Od 8 8 "• Each passenger will be allowriton.e small package of luggage only, THE LONDON P.nd WESTMINSTER BANK • issues Circular Nr,tes of 101, each, payable at every impor . nant ~ Place in Europe. T'stese Notes are issued without charge, and ' ,," e ? Wu cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, i' e e of charge, Letters of Creiit on all the principal cities and toe as . ,fl• Europe. The Letters of Credit are issued only at the Head 011 ice 14 Lothbury. The Circular Notes m a y h e o b ta i ned at the Head —ce in Lothbury-, or at any of th e B ranc h es, viz.:— , 1 a . . Westmiaster Bran.eh.... 1, St. James's- square. Bloomsbury cli.A o ....214, High Holborn. Southwark ditto .. •• 3, Wellington-street, Borough. T E astern ditto •• • • 87, High-street, Whitechapel. a rylebone ditto .... 4, Stratf •rd-pl ace, Oxford-street, ernrAe-bar ditto .. • • 217, Strand. The rr,te of Interest allowed on deposits et 501/. and upwards, at th e EWA or any of its Branches. is now FIVE per cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. f ___ --- _...__________________________ ►r of -7 :i t if ETR 0 P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and ni , Axil_ GENERAL LIFE ASSURV.ICE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- a ' , Aron, Waterloo-place, London. , Ce,,dtal, 100,000:. Tat7s , 7rxx s . Yft. Tin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.p , I Richard Spooner, Esq., MP . Lc :Hen ry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. • Life Assurance busineas 'transacted in all its branches, N.B. Th e b onus deela',•ed at the last divi s i on of proftts averaged Thd 33 per cent. on all Use - premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMEOUX, Manager. :tee I • . A.D. 1720. Er I ROYAL EXCHAN GE ASSURANCE ~' t CORPORATION, C I 1 (E3t/alished by Charter of his Majesty George the First), Art ea For SEA, FIRE, LI FE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES —ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. -`b l • B RANCH OFFICE-29, PA LL-MALL. roc' Octavius Wigram, Esq,, Governor. a n d • George Pearkes Ba rc l ay, Esq., Sub-Governor. eau Sir John Willi am Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. b e , I 1 • ntaecTorts. llenry Bai :cs 3nbridge, Esq. Hon. John T. E s q. Melville, mu ( Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. etur John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. met Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. lik e 1 Yrllliany Davidson Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq. Riversdale Vern. G . ren q iell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. _ t . t.R2l).erat Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Itk i 21-11411 Tetloiv Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. ; F. :e l : C a e n • 1 .',. n I Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. • ..a ce ot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. ,he • MEDICAL REFEREE—SWIM' 50113% ESQ., F.R.S. i ._,18'.. OinTlCll.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre. 'h ..,,, I s falling due at Michaelmas will expire on the 14th October. . 1 _ r / IRE and LIFE ASSURaNCES, may be effected with this Cor- epee . Po_ation on advantageous terms, . 1 .1 n the Life Department, assur 4uar Lince3 are granted With participation ;end' jn a M e tl l 3 . or, at lower Premitexs, without such participation. :Om( 371stan following table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the ---- December, 1855, •'• !rears' standing, for then Er"h Participating Policies of fourteen 1a of 1,0001. each. 0 1 , Farther .....,........_ Age Addition 1 1 . I Per Cent, Per Cent. tion . Cain when mad Addition Total per annum on the i t Assured. in 8 .................... ........._ __________lBs_s. 11 1 Addition on the su Premium ti Assured, paid. I 4 ,4 _____.....—.. ---- JAME I 3O 102 112 35 214 1'53 59'3 The ' I i 10 6 115 221 1-48 54,3 •• / 40 1 13 121 234 1'67 50'5 45 121 $ 50 128 249 18 46• 135 154 140 275 1'96 43 2 '0 Thyo3 2•IG 3 9' 9 of Be I - 55 1 14 9 60' 3 166 174 340 213 37'2 I . 1 Cat I _ , ,-,-,__: ______________ ••t' e , bquivalent reductions is have seen made i n th e Premiums payable a' those persons who T he future division op f referred that for m of Bonus. Profit will take place every Five Years. AnY s ap not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits —with exelnption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties— The with the guarantee of a l arge i nvested Capital Stock. Office advantages of mod ern practice—with the security of an whose and a-half nearly a Century resources have been test e d b y the experience of JOHN A. HIGHAM, Aetuary and Secretary. CrARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE OOMPANY, No. 11, Lombard. -street, London. DIP ACTORS. FRANCIS HART DY',{E, Esq., chairman. FR A NC ,{E' BE/4ENs, Esq.. Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Sir VV. M. T. Farquhrz, tart. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhpx, Brt. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey, F. , q M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. " Henry Norman, Esq. John Q. Hubliard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johr,stone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labe,athere, Esq. James Tutloch, Esq, John L 0,41, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq, AUDITORS. 4 . W. Henry Sykes Thornt on , E sq. Roberts, Esq. I Hen Levels Lloyd, Jun., Esq. 1 John Henry Smith, Esq, George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. DEPARTMENV.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par ent, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths ef 'ne Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium 114 .thout participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will he declared in June, 1860, when sill participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year it Christmas, 1859. will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the live divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total re versionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 At Christmas, 1854, the Assam, ices in force am oun t e d t o upwards of 4,240,0001 ; the Income from the Life Branch lit 1854 was more Can 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (indep en d en t of t h e Ctiarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East ... ti ll West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the united States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as 'would enable them to insure theft' Lives at the Tabular Premiums, 't'ay have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. _LOANS granted on Life Polk-les to the extent of their values, prO 'Ricci such Policies sh llha•e been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF P OLICIES.—Written Notices of, received had registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be 'made for Policy Stamps. _ N otice is her e b y g i ven, That Fire Policies which expire at Michael as must be renewed within fl'acen days at this offi ce , or w ith M r . vetq *. ' 4418 . NO. 1, St. James's-strmt, corner of Pali-mall ;or with the Ilany's agents throughout the kingd om, otherwise they become 4,osses caused by Explosion c,f Gas are admitted by this Company. A RGYLL ROOWS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmll-st fee t, Hamaret.—The above clegan !eoroomsare now open i every evening y for the winter season, with !aturent's celebrated ',)•:chestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. llouleourt. The Pre Prietor begs to inform the public that th s fashionable Vac° of • ~ e sort ha, been entirely redecorated during the rec ess. Doors °pc' .at halt-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion one Shilling. bit K .kIIN'S----- ANATOMICAL mus - Eum , (Th., ~ 4 . Co entry-street, Leicester-Nuare.—Open (for Gentlemen ~,"" Irom I A till 10, containing upw.rds of one thousand models ... ealth ; t 1 ". latepara eons, illustrating every part of the human frame In . e. and 1 , an , ' . disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, nighl y .. l elf-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a n ew and Iteresting series of Lec tu r e s i s now in course of delivery by Dr. %, ,um, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One shilling. ......._ ........______ C A ANTERBURY HALL, Westminster -road. 4-../ — OPEN I. VERY EVENING.—The celebrated HUNGA MTAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDIr, I will per .0. al overy Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment. The followfng company of talented Vocalists are rermanently rngaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz.:—Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and 7111 AS Pears° ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Melling, Barker, Russell Grover. and P. Corrle ; Masters E. Con nell, Austin, and Bennett, an 4 Mr. T. Afackney. Pianoforte. Mr. narroway, B.A. harmonium, J. Caulfield jun. ; director, Mr. 4 . Caulfield. Commence at seve n o ' clock precisely. Suppers, &c., stutll twelve o'clock. N EW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. The Commissioners of Her Majesty's t , orks and Public Build inn give notice that they are prepared to receive DESIGNS from Architects of all countrie+ for a scheme for the Co • cl.7.NTit A TION of the PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFF CES on a Site lying between Whitehall and the New Palace at Westminster ; and also resigns for t, o Huildlnes which her Majesty s Government have determined to erect forthwith. as rails of such general scheme— one for the Department of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affa She other for the Secretary of State for War. Plans of the ground, together with a statement of the Premi ms and other particulars, ill be forwarded to Architects on applica tion by letter addressed to me, at this office. Office of Works, & c., Whitehall,A LFRED AUSTIN, Secretary. Sept. 20, 18)6. 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HOWARD , S urgeon -D en ti st, 52, Fleet. ell.. street. has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so rerfectty resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from ,he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or leeaY, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is .uaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.--52, Fleet -street. At i:ome from ten till five. ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Last night a meeting of the depositors in the Royal British Bank was held at St. Mare life Hall, for the pur- pose of receiving the report of the committee appointed on Friday, the sth Sept. ; Mr. J. Wyld in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that circumstances had arisen since the last meeting which hal induced the committee to think it desirable to call the depositors together to lay before them a statement of their past transactions, and to take their instructions as to their future conduct. He would now read the report that had been drawn up by the committee for the approval of the meeting. The chairman then read the report, which was as follows : " The committee appointed to watch over the interests of the depositors of the Royal British Bank find it desir able that they should lay before the body of depositors the present position of the depositors, and the necessity of a strong and con ti nue d e ff or t f or th e p rese rv a ti on an d resti tution o t e t t h ri e rt i r application property. A h a t d th b e ee l n " Made upon meeting it was re ported the part of some of the shareholders to Vico-Chancellor Kindersley for an order to wind up the affairs of the Royal British Bank, under the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Act of 1818 and 1819. The application was made at Bury St. Edmunds on the 24th of Sept., and an order was made by Vice- Chancellor Kindersley for the winding-up on all four appli cations. Mr. Linde, a solicitor, attended on behalf of the depositors, and requested that he might be allowed to re present them in the proceedings-and protect their interest's. The directors of the bank opposed the order for winding up, and wished the affairs of the bank to be wound up under a committee of management. In consequence of the order then obtained, Messrs. 'Chilton and Burton, of 7, Chancery-lane, who - are the solicitors for Mr. Mee, and Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, of 25, Moorgate-street, the solicitors for Lieut.-Gen. Aitchison and others, pro posed Mr. Harding, of Lothbury, as the official manager ; and the j u d ge h as nom i nate d Mr. Harding the interim manager; and advertisements are issued for the appoint ment of the official manager at the chambers of the judge, 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, on Monday next, Oct. 13 ; and the advertisement states that all parties interested are entitled to attend and offer proposals and objections to any such appointment. Since the last meeting of deposi tors, the chairman and Mr. Taylor, deputed by the com mittee, have waited upon Mr. Coleman, who had prepared the statement of the accounts of the bank, and who, before the appointment of the interim manager, kindly gave them every information in his power, and he has stated that he is assured of an available dividend to the depositors of 12s. in a short period, and that he was prepared to carry out an arrangement for a composition with the creditors, if they approve of it. Mr. Coleman has promised to attend this meeting and to state his views to the depositors. And on the 2d of October the chairman received the fol lowing letter " ' In the matter of the Joint-stock Companies Winding-up Acts 1848 and 1849, and of the Royal British Bank. "`4, Lothbury, London, Oct. 2, 1856. " Sir,--I shall be glad to see you at your earliest con venience relative to the claims of the depositors of the Royal British Bank. " Will you favour me with an appointment?—l am, sir, yours most obediently, " R. P. HARDING, Interim Manager. " 'James Wyld, Esq., Charing -cross.' The chairman attended the next day, Oct. 3, and saw Mr. Harding, who then stated that he had been appointed the interim manager by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, and that he intended to conduct the affairs of the Royal British Bank without reference to the interests of the solicitors; and as an earnest of his intentions ho had issued forms for the proof of the debt of the depositors, and that, ac cording to his powers under the act, be intended himself to carry the proofs before the judge, and that he would thereby save the estate the expenses of the attorneys' charges, which he estimated would, under the former practice of winding up joint-stock companies, have amounted to 6,0001. or 7,0001.; that he found the claims against the bank to be 6,000 in number; that he proposed to commence taking the proofs of debt at the Strand branch on Bth October next, and as he estimated that he could not receive more than 300 claims on each day, it would bo the end of this month before the proofs of the deposit credi tors' claims would be completed; that, during the same time he should be preparing to carry before the Vice Chan cellor a list of the contributor; according to the Stamp office list, but that with all despatch he could not declare a dividend before the end of the year ; that, with the in formation at that time before him, he could not declare a dividend of more than ss. in the pound at the end of the year 1856 ; and that his impression was that the whole affairs of the bank, under the ordinary course could not be wound up under two years, but that he was prepared to ob tain advances on the securities of the bank, and that, if the depositors would accept a composition of 15s. in the pound, he would pay ' a dividend of ss. in the pound in the month of December, 1336, and issue promissory notes under the authority of the Court of Chancery for the payment of ss. in the pound at the end of six mouths, and ss. in the pound at the end of 12 months. Hitherto the efforts of the committee have been to effect some arrange ment for the settlement of the affairs of the bank, and the speedy repayment of the moneys of the depositors upon a just and friendly basis, and without the intervention of the Court of Chancery ; but the committee regret to say that neither from the directors of the bank, nor from any large body of shareholders, have they had any proposition, and neither the directors nor the shareholders have made the least advance for an amicable arrangement; and your committee are fearful that, acting under the advice of soli citors who are looking to make large bills of costs out of the estate, and desiring, if possible, to avail themselves of legs technicalities to evade their liability to the depositors, they are anxious to throw the winding up of the bank into the Court of Chancery, and to obtain the nomination of individuals to conduct the winding-up who may be friendly to their interests, and who, by delving the divi sion of the assets and the speedy enforcement of contri butions from the shareholders, may protect the interests •f the shareholders, to the sacrifice, if not the total destruc- tion, of the rights of the deposit creditors. And your committee would call attention to the fact that the bank stopped payment on 3d Sept., and every act on the part of the directors and shareholders has been that of delay, and that, according to present appearances, no progress will be made until after the appointment of the official manager, on the 13th October—a period of five weeks since the stoppage of the bank. That Mr. Coleman, who from his high position 'would have had the confidence of the depo sitors, and who had made himself completely acquainted with the state of the affairs of the Royal British Bank, is not permitted to become the interim manager, but another gentleman is appointed, and who up to Friday last had not received from Mr. Coleman the detailed statement of the bank affairs, but merely a balance-sheet of the ac counts ; whereas Mr. Coleman, who is perfectly acquainted with the whole matter, could have entered upon the winding -up immediately, and thereby saved at least a fortnight's delay—a delay fatally ruinous to some of the depositors. At the same time the committee cannot, in justice to Mr. Harding, refrain from stating that they can have no other objection to his appointment, excepting that he is the nominee of the interested shareholders, and that he must necessarily occupy some time in acquainting him self with the affairs of the bank. And your committee call upon the depositors to assist them in their appeal to the Vice - Chancellor that they shall be duly represented before the judge, and that they should be fully entitled to, at least, an equality of representation with the shareholders in all matters relating to the Royal British Bank ; for they sub mit that the winding-up of an ordinary joint-stock-com pany differs in all its elements from the proposed winding up of the Royal British Bank, not only from the magni tude of the transactions to be dealt with, but also from the different position of the deposit creditors of the bank to the ordinary trading creditors of a jointstock company. In the instance of an ordinary joint stock company the creditor has not entrusted tho company with his whole capital, and has only credited the company with a small amount com pared with his property; but as tho operation of the bank was carried on in the districts of Lambeth, the Borough, Islington, and Whitechapel, not before subject to banking operations, the deposit creditors of the British Bank, in a majority of i nstances, have entrusted the Royal Bank with their wh o l e capital, and tion, they a re of opinion a that h e a t re t d h u e c y e h t e o u l r d ui b n e a f n u d l y d e r s e t p i t r u e - - sented before the Vi ce - Chancellor, and before the official. manager, that they may be enabled to influence the speedy distribution of the assets, and the prompt enforcement of the contributions required for the payment of the credi tots, because it cannot be doubted that unless the judge will take more than an ordinary interest in the calamitous failure, and that the official manager will use more than the ordinary exertion in winding -up the estate, the trade of la rge di s t r i c t s i n the metropolis will be seriously da maged, a l arge amount of the working classes will be de prived o f employment, and many i ndustrious persons re duced to poverty and want. And the committee eel that unfortu na t e ly th e i nterests of the shareholders are f adverse to the interests of the depositors ; that the shareholders may seek for delay by litigation and obstructions, whilst the depositors seek for the immediate return of the moneys with which they intrusted the deliuquent corpuratien ; Ind it must be recollected that Piece the establistunt•ut of the bank the shareholders have received large dividends upon their shares ; that they possessed the power, if thus had chosen to exercise it, of investigating into the affairs of the bank ; that they have failed to do so ; and that the failure of the bank has arisen front the want of due car, and inquiry upon the part of the shareholders; whereas the depositors, receiving the statements presented to their hitlf-yoarly rneetiuge, add sanctioned by the approval of the k ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited). For establishing Steam Naviga tion on the Rivers of India. Capital 250,000/, in 25,000 Shares of 101. each, with power to increase it to 1,000,000/.—Deposit 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES, JAMES ALLAN, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The Honourable W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Deputy- Governor of Bengal. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Dep.-Governor of Bengal. Captain BOLD, 'U.S., Belvidere Villa, Millbrook, near Southampton. HARRY BORRADAILE, Esq., late Civil Service, Bombay. JOHN BOURNE, Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourno and Co. Lieut.-General Joint BRIGGS, Madras Army, la.c Political Agent in Candeish, and officiating Resident at Nagpore. Colonel A. COTTON, late Chief Engineer of Madras. Capt. COTTON, R.N., Alport House, Whitechurch, Salop. Major-General DICKINSON, late Chief Engineer of Bombay. MONTAGUE GORE, Esq., South Audley-street, Grosvenor square. _ Lieut.-Col. GRIMES, Hon. E.1.C.5., lately stationed at Nagpore. Capt. C. 11. Hurcumsox, Hon. E.1.C.5., Asst. Civ. Eng. Godavery. Col. ATWELL LASE, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, late Engineer of the Kistnah Irrigation Works. G. MAY, Esq. (Messrs. May, Mathewson, and Co.), London and Calcutta. Col mel the Hon. R T. ROWLEY, 47, Berkeley-square. (With power to add to their, number.) MANAGING DIRECTOR—JOHN BOURNE, Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourne and Co., Glasgow and Greenock, ENGINEER—JAMES KENNEDY, Esq., late of Messrs. Bury. Curtis, and Kennedy, Liverpool. SOLICITOR —HENRY R. HILL, Esq., 23, Throgrnorton-street. BANKERS—Messm, WILLIAMS, DEACON, and Co. SECRETARY—JowI MATHEWSON, Esq. Offices, 9 Billiter-street, London, This company is established for two reasons—first, because it is wanted ; and second, because it will pay. India wants cheap means of conveyance for her produce; water conveyance is cheaper than any possible mode of conveyance by land ; and ten thousand miles of this cheap water conveyance will be afforded by the great rivers when properly navigated by steam, The last dividend of the Ganges Steam Company was 48 per cent, per annum, and the latest returns of a Navigation Com pany on the Godavery was 55 per cent. The field, however, is far too large to be adequately filled by local effort, and an English Company is necessary, which, with adequate capital, will render available the resources of European science. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the offices, 9, Billiter-street, London. I Re Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew, Esq., of Beddington. Park, in the county of Sur re y. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by Indenture bearing date the sth day of May, 1856, made between Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew, of Beddington-park, in the county of Surrey, Esq., of the first part, Robert Hallowell Carew, of Hackbrid,ga, in the same county, Esq., and William A ugus t us F or d, o f Henrietta street, Covent-garden, in the county of Middlesex, gentle man, of the second part, and the several persons whose names and seals are subscribed and affixed in the schedules thereto, being creditors of the said Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew, of the third and fourth parts, the said CHARLES HALLO WELL HALLOWELL CAREW bath Conveyed, Granted, Released, and Confirmed unto the said Robert Hallowell Carew and William Augustus Ford, and their Heirs, all that his Mansion-house and Park at Beddington aforesaid, called Beddington-park, with their appurtenances ; and also all those the Manors or Lordships of B. ddingtou and Bandon, in the said county of Surrey, with the Rights and Royalties thereof respectively, and the Advowsou of the Rectory of the Parish Church of Beddington aforesaid ; and also all and singular the Manors or Lordships, Messuages, Farms, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments whatsoever in the said county of SIItTCJ, comprised in and devised, or intended to be devis ed, by the will of Ann Paston Gee, therein recited, or of which the said Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew, or any person or persons in trust for him, is or are seised or entitled to, an Estate of Freehold and Inheritance, er of Freehold only, in possession, reversion, remainder, or expectancy, together with all and singular the Ri g ht s, R oyalties, Members and Appurtenances atsoever to the said Hereditamen - s, or any of them belonging or appertaining ; and also all and every Sum and Sums of Money, Stock, Funds, or Securities, from time to time standing to the credit of a certain cause, " Hitchcock v. Carew," which might not be required for the purposes of the said su it , and all Right, Title, Interest, and. Bene fit whatsoev er o f hi m, the said Charles Hallowell Hal lowell Carew, in, to, or out of, or under the said suit and the se vera l pleadings therein, and the Moneys recoverable thereby - to hold th e sa id M ansion -house,Manors, and Hereditaments, andto have, receive, and take the said Moneys and Premises , unto a n d b y the said nobert Hallowell Carew and II iiham Augustus Pot, and their h e i rs an d execu of the CR EDITORS o f tore, admini s t rators and assi s t , h upon d T T a t ll , o f w o o r l l the a B n E O w N E ll - FIT Carew, wh o s h ould execute the same Indenture within the space of six calendar months from the date thereof, or other wise as therein mentioned. And by the same Indenture, the said Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew nominated, consti tuted, and appointed the said Robert Hallowell Carew and William Augustus Ford, and the survivor o f th em, an d the exe cutors or administrator lawful 's of such su rv i vor and their or his as signs, th e t rue and at a t l °l o r w ne e Y ll s' C a a n i c •e l wattorney irrevocably of il i n i i i: the said Ch arles Hallowell H pia name, or in the name s Or the or name of th em , t h e said Robert Hallowell C arew and William AP• rtustus Ford, or th e surv i vor of them, o r th e executors ad ministrators of such su rv i vor , to car on and prosecute therein mentioned, suit of " Carew v . Waugh" or any o u ier suit or oth er p rocee di ng for the purpose of setti ng aside or settlement of the 9th of Marel r l e B frning the Indenture of settlement executed by the said Ch ? (be:ng a post nuptial n o se.d Hallowell well Carew nine days after he atta. arles Hallowell Hallo consideration, and, as the said Charilwithout any Carew alleges, in total ignorance of his Hallowell ghts. or that he was absolutely entijed to the freehold of th r e i said estates), or for procuring an order for sale of the hcrecli taments and premises herein comprised. And by the said Indenture,'- f the several creditors, parties thereto each and every 0 of the third and fourth parts respectively, granted to the said Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew full licen ce, authority and sfe - conduct to pass and repasi, and attend t o his affairsl without any attachment or execution against his person, to be sued out or enforced by any of his said creditors, Parties thereto of the third and fourth parts respectively, or by their or any of their procurement. And the said deed was duly executed by the said Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew on the said sth day of May, 18,56, in m y presence, and attested by me, and that the same deed was executed by the said Robert Hallowell Carew and William Augustus Ford, as such trustees as aforesaid, on the 6th day of May, 1856, in the presence of and attested by Thomas Salmon Solway, and the said deed now lies at my office for the signature of the creditors of the said Charles Hallowell Hallowell Carew.—Dated this 2d d ay of October, 1856. _ GEORGE SAMUEL FORD, Solicitor, 8, Henrietta-street, Corea-garden, London. CHARGE GE STEALING A PLTIM.—At Halish - an, Sus. sex, the Rev. Sir John Ciliate Seymour, Bart., and J. H. C. Se3mour, Esq., his son, were charged last week, the former with stealing one plum, valued at id., and the latter with stealing two plums, valued at id., and one peach valued at 4d., the property of Henry IVinchester. On the of September the Rev. Sir J. Seymour and Ilf; son went to prosecutor's garden, intending to purchast riorno fruit. They called f or the gardener, but he did no' co me, and while th e y were waiting they pick et! three pluno4 awl one peach between them. The hardener then made his appearance, and they went up to Um, I nd stated that they had picked some fruit, and desired to know how much they had to pay. The gardener was very angry at their pi c ki ng the fruit without hi , l e ave, and was so excited th a t h e refused to listen ti any explanatim The chairman said that the bencl, quite absolved the defendants front any intention of ,tealing the fruit, but fined them 19. and coots for im properly taking the fruit. , shareholders, as true and faithful reports, have upon these Atatements. entrusted the corporation with their property. If, therefore, there is any preference in the choice of the individual or individuals to protect the fature interests of the creditors, it should he given to the depositors, and not to those who have failed in their duties towards their creditors and themsAves. The committee have also taken an office in the Ci,lo, Lombard-street, at which a clerk will attend from ten a.m. to four p.m., to receive communications and to answer the inquiries of the depo sitors. They are also endeavouring, as they now possess a list of the depositors, to effect an organisation by which they can at once communicate with every depositor; and they are also taking the necessary steps to ascertain the ability of tho shareholdels to pay the claims of the deposi tors, and the result of their present information is, that ample means exist amongst the shareholders for the repay. ment of all the moneys of the depositors. The interim ma nager has issued forms in which he asks the depositors if they will accept a composition. It is for them to deter mine if they will await the realisation of the funds neces sary for_their full repayment; or, if it be possible, that an arrangement be made by which they will accept a compo sition for their debts. " R. TAYLOR, " A, FOLEES, H. MITCHELL, J. ROBERTS, G. J. KAIN, H. S. GITTING, W. WAKLEY, G. E. HEALY, H. RICHARDSON, WM. CLOTHIER." That was the report of the committee, and he now moved its adoption, but before he sat down he wished to offer a few observations. Most of those present, no doubt, had received a letter from the interim manager, which they were required to fill up and address to him, stating at the bottom whether they were willing to receive a compo sition or required to be paid in cash. Now, before they did that therewere two questions for themto consider. Upwards of five weeks had elapsed since the suspension of the bank, but as yet no action had been taken by the directors for re payment of money to the depositors, or to relieve them from their distresses. Instead of that they had been entirely silent, and although they had shown every anxiety, the di rectors had evinced no disposition whatever to meet them. He had received a number of anonymous letters threatening them that if they did not accept anything that they could get, that they would get nothing ; but they *odd learn that they were not to be intimidated by such documents from taking the course that they had previously deter mined upon. Now, before they accepted a composition, or before they paid any attention to such intimidations, let them look to see what the state of the bank was, and whether they would accept a composition or not. If they did, out of what element ought that composition to be paid ? Mr. Coleman was here that night, and could answer for himself. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank, held he thought on the 20th of Sept., it was stated that the assets of the bank amounted to 288,648/. Bs. 11. d., and the liabilities amounted to 5 39,303/., that 238,6181. being exclusive of the Welch coal works. Amongst the shareholders were many individuals of large property, who could afford to pay either 501. or 801. upon each share, and it would be for them to consider before they left that room to-night whether they would accept a composition or not. The object the committee had in calling them toge ther was twofold. First, to ascertain their sentiments in respect to the appointment of an official manager who would thoroughly do justice to both parties, to the inte rests of the depositors as well as the shareholders. The other object was to ascertain if they were disposed to re ceive a composition for their debts, and if possible to ob tain a standing before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, when thoy should have some one to take charge of their inte rests. Whatever course they might take, it would be well to consider whether two official managers would not do better than one, and the Vice-Chancellor had the power of ordering the second. appointment. He concluded by call ing upon Mr. Coleman to address the meeting. Mr. COLEMAN said that he had attended there at the request of the committee, and he felt it to be a duty as a public man to accede to the request which bad been made to him. lie thought it would be acceptable to the meeting, from his position with the bank, to know his views of it. He also wished to inform thorn that at the time of this catastrophe—for so he must call it—he was at the Isle of Wight, and unable to attend to his busi ness, and those gentlemen who called at his office had only seen his chief clerk ; bat on hearing of the circum stance he came to town on the Wednesday, and sue. 03eded so far in investigating the affairs of the bank as to enable him to taylbilltiXement which had been pub lished before the raeeting on the 25th ult. This was done without fear either of directors or shareholders ; for he considers lit to be his duty, as a public man, to Icy all the proofs that had come to his knowledge before the meeting. He spent no little time in doing so, well know ing that, as a public man, he would be called upon to verify his statements ; and it was his firm belief that all the assets fib had stated could be realised. He was strong on that point, for he bad made a statement, and he would be guilty en no fraud in his assertion of what the depositors ought to have. He had gone carefully through the assets, and Gen. Aitchison had compli mented him upon it, and given it as his opinion that, if the assets were as he had stated, the affairs of the bank might be brought to a speedy termination. After a very long investigation of the affairs of the bank, it was hia advice that the depositors should accede to a composition. (No, no.) Those were the principles which he had advo cated at the general meeting ; those were the principles ho advocated that night. If they did not accept those terms, and went on to obtain the full amount of their de posits, the shareholders would contest their liability ; and, therefore, he recommended them to get the rebate into their hands, which they could use in trade, and he at the same time relieved from all litigation. That was the coarse which he advised them to pursue. He was not aware until he entered that room, and heard the report of the committee, that any one had put forward so bold a proposition as 15s. in the pound, and he did not think the property would realise it. He had attended be fore Vice Chancellor Kindersley at Bury St. Edmund's, and he had been complimented by that learned judge on the way in which the accounts of the depositors had been brought More him, and he would advise the meeting before they came to any conclusion to reflect on the sug gestion which he bad made, for the assets did not show more than 12s in the pound, independently of the liabili ties. He urged a compromise between the depositors and the shareholders, feeling satisfied that the shareholders would be but too glad to meet them, for they were now in Chancery, and could not get out of it without the judge's sanction. If he was appointed as official manager he would do all in his power to get as large a dividend as possible. (Cries of " We will have all or none.") A DEPOSITOR wished to know if the 70,0001. was in. eluded in the 288,0001. set down as assets ? Mr. COLEMAN said the account of Mr. Brown was in. eluded, with many others. He had gone through 800 bonds and ♦alued the whole of them, and he believed that the whole of the assets he bad set down ought to be rea• Used. He had gone through the securities given by Mr. Brown, and had put a very different value upon the pro perty to that placed upon it by the directors. Another DEPOSITOR wished to know what proportion of the assets belonged to the depositors / Mr. COLEMAN said the gentleman had put rather a legal question than one of fact; but he would answer it to the beat of his ability, by stating that he thought no distinction could be drawn between them and those of shareholders. Mr. R. TAYLOR said he was about to more the first resolution, and he would recommend the meeting to adopt it ; but before be did so, as one of the committee, he wished to express his own feelings of what he had wit nessed in the course of the inquiry, and he was bound to eay, as a commercial man, that he never met with anything so completely disgusting as the way in which the affairs of this bank had been conducted. He felt that indiviation which every man ought to feel when a wrong had been committed upon him, and money had been taken out of his pocket against his will, and that by men who lived as patriots, but wbo had shown themselves—should he say it ?—little better than swindlers. (Hear, hear.) He would speak plainly, but he would not go ono hair's breadth beyond the truth. He would except in his ob servations three gentlemen, who had entered the direc tion within.a few weeks, one of them being a neighbour of his own, and he felt assured be was not a man who would do a dishonest action. The bank had been launched into the world by Mr. Macgregor, who had been selected by the citizens of Glasgow to represent them in Parliament, but had no sooner introduced the British Bank to the public than he made use of his position to use the bank funds just as much as the honest manager would allow him. It had been chro nicled that Mr. Macgregor was a debtor to the extent of many thousands of pounds, and if Mr. Coleman could be asked the question, he had no doubt he would tell them that his assets were not worth much. Then there was Mr. Brown, another member of Parliament, and if they could not get it from a member of Parliament, from whom could they expect honesty and integrity Surely, then, it was fitting fur them to express their indig eation, for he believed that if Mr. Brown had not been a member of Parliament ho could never have been able to get 70,0001. out of their bank. It had been said that ror the sum Mr. Brown had taken he bad given securi ries ; but they were only personal acceptances. When they found a number of individuals thus plundered, the fleeting had a right to know what had been learnt by :,he committee in the progress of their investigation. there were two gentlemen in the direction who were at the present time debtors to the bank, and he hoped they would be able to pay 20e. in the p oun d. ( A Voice.— Where's Cameron ? He (gr. Taylor) b a d got his.eame down, and he would say a word ab ou t hi m. Ho was Wu) greate4 deUnquent s for he had allow e d wrong to be done because in the first instance he had done wrong himself. He believed that Cameron began to put hie hand into the fill of the bank as soon as the depositors began to put money ittlo :t. Ho would as if the direc tors ought not to have bad their suspicions aroused when they found him living in a large house near Kensington gardens, and rolling into town in his carriage to perform his duties at the banks Such a state of things ought to have excited the suspicions of the directors ; and firmly did he (Mr. Taylor) believe that the three names he had mentioned would never have their deserts until they saw t'..ern at the bar of ft criminal court. (Tremendous cheer ing.) He was aware that that assertion would go forth to the world, and by that time to-morrow the intelligent people of Glasgow might be reading what he had said of a man they knew something about. He might mention one case that had come under his knowledge, as a jus tification of what he had said of him, where a poor man had invested 391. to make up 401. on the morning the batik su spended payment. The man was ruined, and at the present moment he had his wife lying a corpse, with an execution in his house, and therefore if he (Mr. Taylor) was correct in what he was saying, that man to whom he alluded ought to be brought to the bar of the Central Criminal Court. In the course of their proceedings they must not forget the fact that many of the shareholders bad placed con fidence in great names—many of whom were widows, who believed that a safe investment might be made under those great names, but who had been suddenly thrown into the lap of poverty when they be. lieved that they were in a state of comfort. In their future proceediOgst. all far as those shareholders were concerned, - they should temper mercy with justice. After a few other observations, Mr. Taylor concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that the interests of both the depositors and shareholders will be best consulted by the appointment of Mr. Coleman as official manager, and this meeting pledges itself to support Mr. Coleman, by signing the forms recommending his appointment, by application to the Vice-Chancellor, and by the adoption of such other means as may be deemed most expedient." Mr. G. J. RAIN seconded the resolution, and said he could not see the reason why Mr. Harding should be substituted for Mr. Coleman, who was a man of great energy and ability. Mr. GODDARD advised the meeting to accept a com promise ; for if they sold up all the shareholders there was no chance of their getting 20s. in the pound. It was for their interest t] take what they could get rather than sell them up and drive them from their country, and after all they would not get 10s, in the pound. A DEPOSITOR did not believe that the money that was taken out of the bank was the cause of its failure ; and he was opposed to any such assertion going forth to the world. He believed the cause was the false princi ple of paying interest. (No. no.) Mr. MAXWELL, as the representative of a large amount, asked permission to be heard, and said before he came to that meeting he had offered a solicitor 2001. out of his own pocket if he would undertake to arraign at the Old Bailey the whole of the directors. (Great applause.) That was not the time for mealymouthedness, for he must say that they had been grossly swindled, and it was their duty to punish the swindler. He had been asked to agree to a compromisel, but he, for one, would hear of no compromise that did not give them quid pro quo. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by moving, as an amendment, that Mr. Charteris be elected as officia manager. The motion having been seconded, Mr. CHARTEBIS addressed the meeting on their pros pects, and said that if he was appointed official manager he could obtain them 15s. in the pound. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, and declared the original motion so be carried. Mr. Mucunr, moved the next resolution—" That this meeting will use its best endeavours to appear be fore the Vice-Chanceller (through its committee) to re present, watch over, and protect the interests of the depositors." He said there was no doubt that the desire of the shareholders was delay, and to drive the affairs into the Court of Chancery. He for one would not accept a compromise, unless it was a very large one. It was the intention of the committee to open an office, to which all parties could come far information, and so get up an organisation that would get the interests of the shareholders properly represented before the Vice- Chancellor, and the affairs of the bank speedily wound Dr. WAKLEY seconded the resolution. Dr. MAXWELL moved ae an amendment that Mr, CharterLs be allowed to act in conjunction with Mr. Coleman. The CHAIRMAN put the question, and the original motion was carried by a large majority. Mr. ALLOM then moved, "That in the event of the Vice-Chancellor appointing Mr. Harding official man ager, the committee be empoWered to apply to have Mr. Coleman appointed to act with him." Mr. SYMONDS seconded the resolution, which was put and agreed to. Mr. FRANCIS. then moved, "That the committee be empowered to entertain any proposal fir a reasonable compromise." Mr. MonnisoN seconded the motion. Mr..RICITARDSON urged the acceptance of a compro mise of Iss. in the pound. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting was dissolved. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in No. 1 Committee-room, Guildhall, for the purpose of considering the report of the engineer of the board on the whole question of the northern and southern drainage, with comparative estimates of diffe rent points of outfall, andmodes of disposing of the sew oge. Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. In consequence of a previous determination that the outtall should be at Barking Creek, a notice for the re• scinding of that resolution was given at the last court, and the first subject on the paper was the consideration a • ,at question. Mr. WRIGHT, in pursuance of that notice, moved " That the resolution of the board of the 17th Juno, 1856, adopting the report of the engineer so far as it re • fates to the extension to Barking Creek, and also the re • solution of the board of Aug. 12, 1856, negativing the fiillowing amendment, viz., 'That the discharge of the *tin outfall sewer on the southern side of the Thames be made at a point in the River Thames on the Surrey side, westward of Erith,' be revoked, with a view to the con sideration cf all, and theadoption of either of the several systems of drainage set forth in the engineer's report of Sept. 25, 1856." Mr. Rows seconded the motion, and regretted that on a former occasion they had been tied up from the consideration of the whole question through regulations made by themselves, Mr. trlreetrumtsupperted the motion, which 'was put and carried. The resolution was then rescinded. Mr. CARPMAEL, who had the following notice of mo tion on the paper, "That the engineer's report be adopted 89 far as it relates to the outfall at B on the plan," said he regretted to find that many members of the board were still in favour of what he must call a most mon strous scheme in their desire to carry the sewage of the metropolis to Sea Reach. He contended that it was a monstrous scheme, for one part of the sewer would con tain 16,000,000 cubic feet of sewage ; and if they added the branch from Greenwich they would have an aver age discharge of nearly 20,000,000 cubic feet of sewage which they proposed to carry to .the sea. He did not consider that he could better describe suoh a scheme than by adopting a description that had already been given to it by Mr. Leslie, for it would become one vast and elongated cesspool from London to the sea. It might be considered-by some persons very desirable to erect a tower which should reach to the skies, while an other would wish to penetrate to the antipodes, so that the names of the projectors of such scheme should be handed down to posterity ; but it would be for the board to say if they were prepared to cast the burden of such cost upon the ratepayers. He doubted as to the possi bility of doing it ; bet, as to the propriety of doing so he believed that every engineer, their own included, would set his face against it ; and therefore he at once dis missed No. 4 scheme as one that the board could not for a moment entertain. If some members'contended that under no circumstances should they discharge the sew age into the Thames, neither of the schemes at present before the board would get them out of the difficulty, and, such being so, he knew of no plan for an outfall that WAS so Aulobjectionable, and so far removed from human habitations, as that proposed between Erith and Woolwich. He should have wished that an immediate answer had been returned to Sir Benjamin Hall, point ing out to him the desirability of carrying out the works at the point proposed, although it might be opposed to a technical difficulty in the act of parliament. If his proposition was carried, he should propose that a deputa tion should wait upon the Board of Works, to point out the reason Illy they were called upon to spend upwards of two millions of money for carrying the sewage be yond the place they considered necessary, and that if they did so it would be merely for the purpose of complying with a technical difficulty in the not of parlia ment. 'But for the interference and veto of the govern ment they should have made progress in their works, and he' doubted not but for the letter of Sir B. Hall they should have had a number of contracts entered into for carrying out the works they originally proposed. He oonoluded by moving the adoption of the engineer 'e report, so far as it relates to the outfall at B on the plan. Mr. SERUM seconded the motion with great pleasure as a lay member of the board, for he looked at the ques tion in a popular and not on a superficial ground. He had lately looked at all the plans, and he thought it wee the duty of the board not to spend 140,0001. unless it was considered to be absolutely necessary, fur the) kiught to take care of the interests of the ratepayers, and be opposed to the trial of experiments which might pos sibly fail. • He should be extremely sorry to see the board stuck fast, and was opposed to their passing the sewage under the Thames. That was a risk wirch he would rather not incur, unless they had an assurance of 50 to 1 against a failure., when he perhaps might make uplhie mind to it. As it .was, however, he saw be fore them a cheaper and a better plan, and he preferreo one in which no such risk was incurred. There was another cplootion and it eerk?,44 l y did not to Ilitu appeal i wise to collect together all the sewage and the rain. fall, and instead of at once passing it into the river near where it fell, to take it in a covered sewer for thirty miles to the sea. The withdrawal of that rainfall might have a prejudicial effect on the Thames, and might at some future time be brought as a serious charge against them. In this matter he believed they might rest on the judgment of Mr. Bazalgette, their eagineer, and therefore he (Mr. Seeley) leaned to the side of econoruy by adopting the cheaper and safer mode. Mr, DOULTON said he should move an amendment to this motion, and at some length contended that if this motion was agreed to, and they went up to Government with the plan, it would be returned to them, like their former one, for it was not in compliance with the terms of the act of Parliament. The 135th section of the act of Parliament which they were called upon to carry cut, said that the sewage should not be discharged within the metropolitan area, and yet they proposed to go up with a plan that did not meet those terms of the act of Parliament. He concluded by moving as an amendment, "That this board, having bad under their consideration the 135th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, together with the interpretation put upon its words by Mr. Austin's letter of 2d July, 1856, and by the clerk, in his opinion delivered to the board on the 22d of July, 1856, is not prepared to approve of any plan for the drainage of the metropolis which would permit any part of the sewage thereof to flow or pass into the River Thames, or return within the limits of their jurisdic tion." Mr. Howe seconded the amendment, and was i n favqur of cliscuesins the entire question whether they should goat once to Sea "Reacb. It they adopted the plan proposed by Mr. Carpmael, and they went up with it to Government, he believed that it would he returned to them, and they would be again "snubbed," as they had been before. :'fr. WARE said he had heard it stated that whatever plan was adopted a certain portion of the sewage must find its way into the Thames, and if that was so, the objection oonveyed in the words of the amendment would apply to all schemes that might be proposed. The CHAIRMAN said that it could not be supposed in cases of storm and overflow rainfall that all sewage could be kept out of the Thames ; and thought if the amend ment was carried that it would tie up the hands of the board from adopting any plan whatever. Therefore he thought the amendment was one that could not be put. The amendment was then, by leave, withdrawn. Mr. WILKINSON thought, considering the difficulty that existed as _ the terms of the act of Parliament, that before fin adopting any plan, they should have an interview a4l the Chief Commissioner of Works, to ascertain his interpretation of the terms of the act of Parliament. Mr. LESLIE said that few persons appeared to under stand the words of the 135th section of the act, for by the first part of the clause they were required to make sewers to carry away the sewage, and by the last part of it to make other sewers; to carry off the drainage and rain overflow. He wished to ask the legal adviser of the board whether that was not the proper interpretation of the act ? The CLERK (Mr. Woolrych) did not consider that the board were called upon to make two sets of sewers, but were left to their discretion, and to enable them to do so the Legislature had conferred upon them large powers, and, iu addition to main sewers, to form collateral sewers to effect that object. Mr. DAVIS opposed the resolution, and objected alto gether to any scheme for going under the Thames. Mr. Deputy HARRISON was willing to take the opinion of their own engineer, as set forth in page 3 of his re port, in which he said—" I am still, after mature con sideration, of opinion that the second proposition, or the extension of the outfalls to Halfway Reach, would fully satisfy the requirements of the Legislature, and be effee• Live in a sanitary point of view, as already explained in my former report, upon this subject. This plan would not greatly increase the engineering difficulties in execut ing the works ; and, as regards expenditure, it presents considerable advantages over any of the other plans. The extension to Long Reach appears also to meet the required object, in a sanitary point of view, although the outfall would not be so remote from habitations as that at Halfway Reach ; and if the former is objected to, it becomes questionable whether this will be con sidered sufficiently advantageous to justify an increased expenditure of upwards of three-quarters of a million." If the plan was adapted a B it would serve all the requirements of the public, and save an enor tnotfs expense, and therefore he was at issue with th ose gentlemen who wished to carry the sewage down to either Margate, Worthing, or Brighton. It they were to carry the outfall to Mucking-creek, 'in Essex, it would b.. 3 most unfair to the inhabitants of the city of London that those works should be done at their expense. If the inhabitants of Essex were to have the benefit of the drainage, they ought in nommen fairness to contribute,. something to the expense. After some further observa tions, he said that he was in favour of the point of out• fall being at B on the plan, which went three miles lower down the river than the limits of the metropolis, and he hoped that it would be adopted. Mr. SAVAGE moved an amendment to the effect that the outfall for the sewage should be at a point that was not within the limits of the metropolis. Mr. 13nIsTown seconded the amendment, and in doing so said he regretted that a :notion he submitted on a former ccca.ion was negatived, which was that the chairman and several members of the board should wait upon the Chief Corntntssioner of Works and ascertain what were his views upon this subject, for if they went on discussing a plan which the Government would not sanction they would only be wasting their time, and that they would not only have the vox populi, but their own consciences against them. Their own clerk had given his opinion am to the point proposed, in which he had said that if the sewage was discharged in Halfway Reach it would be a "close shave." Such being the legal opi nion of Whir c':,; r, it was his (Mr. Bristowe's) belief that if they ado; that close shave their plans would he sent back t., teem. Ho did not believe that the public would object to the expense of a large and effi cient system of sewerage which elioniti be effectual and relieve the Thames front its present impurities. Mr. TURNER supported the resolution, and said that he was surprised to hear persons urge that Erith, Gravesend, and other towns would be injured by the works proposed. Did not all the sewerage of London go by Erith and Gravesend now, and could they make it worse than it was at present ? Why, by the contem plated works Erin, Gravesend, and Tilbury would be benefited, inasmuch as they would not have a particle more sewage past Erith than they had at present, and that it would be diluted with a much larger amount of water. Mr. LESLIE said of all the transparent fallacies he had ever heard uttered, the speech just delivered by the hon. member for Hampstead was the most so, for his argu ment was that although they might have the same amount of sewage past Grays and Gravesend there was a great difference in having it pent up in an enormous reservoir of 15 acres, and discharged in two hours, to having it passing gradually at all hours of the tide. It had been said that they had got three miles beyond the metropolitan arcs, but, having recently measured it, he was prepared to say that taken in a direct line it was only five-eighths of a mile below that area. He would ask the inhabitants of Hampstead, who returned the hon. member, if they were prepared to support him in the enormous expense that would be incurred in taking the rainfall into the sewers, which added 105 per cent. to the entire estimates of Mr. Bazalgette? The present plan would merely create an enormous cesspool at a cost of five millions, which they would never be able to raise under the authority of the present act of Parliament, and in conclusion he hoped, as the only safe course, that they would negative Mr. Carpmael's resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, when there ap peared— For the amendment l4 Against it l7-3 Mr. CRIILLIN then moved, as another amendment, " that the deodorising works recommended by the en gineer at Barking-creek be adopted" but this amend ment was not persevered in. Mr. WRIGHT said he should vote for the motion on the ground that scientific men at the present day had not made up their minds as to what should be done with sewage manure. Until that qaestiou was determined it would be iwpossiL'le for them to say whether or not they should carry the outfall line down the river. The CHAIRMAN then put the original motion, when there appeared— For the motion l5 Against it l7-2 Tire motion was therefore negatived. Mr. lavrNic then rose to move the subject of which he had given notice, which was for the purpose of freeieg the Thames from offensive sewage matter, and prepar ing the Name for agricultural purposes. In support of his views he produced a long document, which generally condemned the present use made of the public sewers, and the injudicious conclusions to which some persons had rushed in the abolition of cesspools. The offensive matter, it was alleged, might be removed in the night by means of waggons from collecting sumpts, and con verted into sewage manure for fertilising purposes, which could not now be done when it was mixed and diluted with rig- i. i and subsoil water. He concluded by moving thdt the engineer be directed to report whe ther, in his jeJoinent, any practical means can be adopt ed for the purpose of diverting tLe offensive sewage matter from the Thames other than those pointed out in his report." Mr. Davis seconded the motion. Mr. D'IFFANGER said that he had lately visited Pa ris, and bad there Inquired as to what was done with the sewage of that city. He found that it was removed from the houses at considerable expense to the inhabi tants, and the sale of it was all but unproductive. The motion was then put and negatived. The subject wal adjourned shortly before 5 o'clock until Wednesday week. NEW LIBRARY AND MUSrnJM AT LIVERTOOI.---Tile prize of 150 guineas offered by the town c ouncil of Liverpool for the best design for a new library and museum bac, I•een awarded to Mr. Allow; of Thornhill chambers, St, Martin's-lane, and the second pri ze of 100 guineas to M r . Holmes, of Bury—both subje ot to the opinion o f the surveyor as to Tilotller these designs can be executed for 20,0001. ) (-7 /-1-e cef '7 / C _ . _ , . 4.4.1%, /.--" //2 ti le-e.' -- ) 1 . ~, Nand and Military Intelligene ,--, ---7;:i , ~),': : . ' .X. 7 pet le=,. .9 ..7t ,. .4.' ' A. 9 V, - C i.... , 1.7 , *> .. :! - -...rri ' -- , , . !..% - c iZA, 5ee.,,,. Yesterday morning a detachment of 112 non- Me k teie - eej eStee-e:?:'," 41 4 see si 'ned officers and men belongieg to the 19th sad i2d lieeime•' - e- - '0: - ' eef tof the Rifle Brigade, IN I 4t,„; , .„., ._ n, for Fort Pitt, where taw were naedica,:e 1; -eeby D r . J. P .r.--ior, C.B ..- ••• . order having oee ii resae —at the in di estahlishmeee, c e rn !: a c e t li r s a r a n o n , d f m r e t n h e d wh i o s c harge of t were c o ns ho i de s r e ed un fit for non-commissionedfurther i service. The troops inspected yesterday were all Crimea men suffering from wounds, or being otherwise dis abled, and each man wears the Crimean medal with two and three clasps, several having 15 or 20 years' service. The whole of them will be discharged as soon as the order for their pensions has been forwarded to the in valid depot, Chatham, from Chelsea Hospital. The depot of the Medical Staff Corps, upwards of 500 Strong, no w s t a ti one d a t Ch at h am , under the command of Brevet-Major S e G. Bunbury, are in expectation of being removed from that garrison to Southampton, at which station it is expected the Government will fix the head-quarters. There is to be no increase to the strength of this corps, which has been lately reduced, owing to a number of men having been discharged, and in ad,litien to which 53 men are now waiting to receive their discharge. Capt. Knox's Company of the 9th Battalion, and Capt. Loegton'e Company of the 13th Battalion Royal Artil lery were inspected yesterday in front of head -quarters, Woolwich, by Major-Goneral Sir W. F. Williams, Com mandant of the Garrison and Staff, on their return from Irelan paddle-sloop, Commander Mecham, The Salamander, 6, haring shipped the whole of her cargo of stores, medi cines, beddings, &c., for the sufferers from cholera at Madeira, left Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, and sailed direct for her destination. The Dee paddle-sloop, Master-Commander Pullen, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, having in tow four new gun-boats from the eastward. The Dragon, 6, naddle-sloop, Capt. W. 11. Stewart, C.B, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, an d anchored at Spithead to take in powder and shot prie t t o., -leaving for her destination. . - The Fox, 42, converted into a screw steam storeship, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to test her machinery. It is reported to have worked satisfactorily. The Industry steam storeship sailed yesterday morn ing from Portsmouth for Deeenport with Reyal Marine artillery and stores. The Amphitrite, 24, fitting as a coastguard ship for Newhaven, was taken into the fitting basin at Ports mouth yesterday to be docked. The Rhea Silvia transport, Captain Silvia, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday with 25 men of the police of Scutari, who were under the command of General Storks, and were the last of the British to leave Scutari. She also brought five women and three children ; all the passengers being under the medical orders of Staff-sur geon Fairburn. This vessel brings some medical stores, fin: -engines, &e., from the hospitals at Scutari. The Powerful, 84, and the Leander, 50, both of which vessels were recently paid off at Chatham, having been stripped and dismasted, have been placed in ordinary in the Medway, and attached to the Chatham division of that fleet of vessels. The Resistance, Government troopship, Com. J. T. Russell, is to be paid off. The following transports have arrived at WoolOch since Saturday—The Irene and Andover, laden with me dic-al comforts; the Preciosa, with 200 tons of land trans 6 port and hospital stores and 1,000 bags of bread ; the Medium, No. 104, with powder, military clothing, blan- • kets, &c.; the Foster, with shot, shell, and guns ; the Riverdale, with ammunition ; and the Andover C. 223, Capt. Peterson, has brought 80 casks of wine, a number of iron tubes, blankets, 900 bed boards, sundry casks of ale, vinegar, whisky, potash water, sherry, Marsala, port wine, lime juice, &c. The Ireightship Wigrams is ern harking 44 tons of Ordnance stores and timber from Woolwich Arsenal for St. Helena, and will sail from St. Katherine's Docks. The freight-ship Nautilus is being laden with Ordnance stores from Woolwich Arsenal for Bermuda, and has likewise a number of cabin passengers. The 16-gun screw steam-sloop Fawn, launched on Thursday at Deptford, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning, and was taken into the fitting basin to have-. her engines, of 100-horse power, and machinery applied. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : IV. H. Parker, master, to the Devastation ; John Molloy, second-master, to the Starling ; Edward d'Auvergne, James Wade (B), and W. B. C. Christy, surgeons (additional), to the Boscawen ; Edwd. Sexton and Daniel O'Sullivan, acting-assistant-surgeons, to th e Boscawen ; Richard Evans, assistant-surgeon, to the ize Formidable. W. Johnson, C. R. IL Wilkinson, G. IL Allen, and V. F. Johnson, second masters, were yesterday pro moted to be masters. THE AMERICAN FRIGATE MERRIMAC. The local variation of compasses on board ships is a matter of the most serious consequence, and of the greatest interest. It has been alieady stated in The San that such variation is prevented on board the Unite.! States screw steam frigate Merrimac, now lying in South ampton Water, by three magnets. Each of these ma:?,- '' nets-in about 9 feeicloug, a little Enos. alas-a:Pi:inch in-- . width, and about three-quarters of an inch in thickness. One of the magnets is placed immediately under the compass on the upper deck, it's direction being fore and aft. Another is placed under that one in the same direction, and is fastened to the ceiling of the main deck. The third is fastened to the same ceiling, about 4 feet distant on the larboard side, and its direction is athwart the ship, so that it is at right angles with the other two magnets. The invention of this contrivance for counter acting local variation is due to Capt. Morris, the com mander of an American coasting steamer, and is much in use in United States merchant ships ; but the Merri mac is the first man-of-war in which it hat lawn tried. • The Americans have done away with the old-fashioned. ' cutlass fir sailors, and the substitute for it is a straight, short Roman sword, adapted to cut and thrust, and is an exceedingly handy and formidable weapon in boarding, where fighting men are crowded together. Both the Minie rifle and Brown Bess are on board the Merrimac, and the men are armed also with pistols, and the officers with revolvers ; 130-pound and other heavy shot can be thrown from the enormons guns of the Merriniac, with good aim, upwards of two miles, and would do terrible execution that distance. The lug on which the gurelock works on Dehlgren's guns ;.:‘, cast with the gun, and there is a spsre lug which could be easily made available should any damage be done to the one in use. Every one of the guns on board the frigate has the elevating screw. The gun carriages are the French pattern ; they nave icily wheels forward, and the hinder part rests on the ill cle and acts like a break to prevent too great a recoil in tiring. The hinder part of the carringes is as sis ed for sard again by roller handspikes. The shells used on board the frigate have an improved fusee; which cause them to burst with great accuracy. Toe head of the mop used for sponging out the guns is made with bristles, which is a great improvement on the old sheep. skin sponge. Flogging has been done away with in the American navy for 4or 5 years past. The punishments resorted to in board the frigate are solitary confinement, reduction to the next inferior rate, deprivation of liberty on shore, extra police duties, and loss of pay. The fri gate's crew have fresh meat and bread now they are in harbour, each man being allowed llb of meat a day. They have beef four times and pork three timee a week. Tnero is divisional exercise of guns on board ou itiesdaye, Wednesday's, Thursdays, and Fridays. On Mondays general exercise of gnus takes place, and on Satierda:es there is exercise at fire quarters, when every rnovein,mt is gone through, as if a fire were on board. The arraoge inents in case of fire are very complete. The force pumps and fire hose are kept in the most perfect readiness: The windlasses and capstans do not appear to have the improve fonts that are to be seen on board Bri tish men of war. Dinner tables for seamen have not been introduced into the American navy, and the men still sit on the decks to eat their meals. The ,seamen of the Merrimac have a small library ; they are else getting up theatrical amusements, and forming among thexosolves a • choir of Ethiopian singers. The same order, quietness, and cleanliness are to be observed on board of her as Ire re•ticed in English line of-battle ships. Admiral ths. , E sr: of Hard wicke and other naval officers have visited . the American frigate, and have examined' her with the utmost minuteness and interest. The following is her list of officers :--" A captain, seven lieutenants, one master, one surgeon, one past assistant-surgeon, one as istaxit surgeon, one purser, a captain and lieutenant of marines, four past midshipmen, and four midshipmen. There ie no chaplain on board. The captain is bound by law to have Divine service at suitable times and places, but he is not limited to any particular form of worship. On board the Merrimac, however, as in board most American ships of wa r , thel Church of England service is read. The officers of the Merrimac have been elected honorary members of the Southampton Cldb during the stay of the frigate at the port of Southampton. All per sons are allowed to visit the frigate, as it is contrary tte Am, rican republican notions to admit by tickets or t o make any distinction between persons. It is exp , 'U that a small steamer will run to the Merrimac therel eietithamptsbil for the convenience of visitors, should be any continuance of fine weather. I n l :m tis :er K u ß t Er t i l ' i n e s i: - Tut; LONDON COFFEE AND EATING . a their annual the BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. number event ' g committee of this association, with :it Freemasons' Tavern. The chair r esy for the - Mr. friends, assembled on the occasion of was taken b su pp er flarding, the president ofbthem.r•. current Kirton, M r. y e ar, who was "IP°rt,ed b y upwards of fumy g .r' Mr. Hammond, &c.• . c visa on excellently s erve d tiornen presouL a iliost„lihi.irAl set, and i e ,rince .. , the chairman A:bert, A.lbett Prince of Pr°P9"(1"1116 (queen, the r• • , Afteritblietr, entertainment, w hi h . - en " %Vales, and the rese o Royal . amtly, ' which was immediately followed by Association," to the Coffee and Eating House K.eepe stave •‘ The Pre6ident of the paA year, Mr. Baker," and i:i doing so P . on behalf of " resented to that gentleman, the committee, a written testimonial of his valuable ser vie,s to the association during his term of office—an u t m owledgineut which was manifestly most cordially coMnirred 111 by all present. Mr. Baker having- briefly rmurned than, Mr. Ro g ers proposed the health of Mr. Horiling, the preAdent ; and Mr. L4vson, the vice. I -, s ident, of the institution. The Chairman an d Mr. - Lawson re.ipectivisly returned thanks. Among the re paining, toasts were "The past Presidents of the Assn eiatio, 'no loss than Six of whom were present; 1 : Preasurtr, Air. Kirton, and . the Committeer and al 3 :-,, 1, •Ot ;" a The Press ;" "The ViEitorktrana -, . "The becretary, Mr. Rogers," &c. The p - r°c hardly the evening were highly satisfactory, and could. M eedicgs of prosperity of fail to conduce, indirectly at least, to the e ere connected. the excellent iastitntion with which they