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RINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS cor , ro , g, 11.,na Tlehrrace square The i?acquet Courts Of thi club are N') V OP-RAT, three close and t , o open courts. Gentlemen desirous , t tne" , bers are requested to forward their tames to the secre ary, a' the c.uh. By order. K. CLEME TS, Secretary. GORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, will he AT HOME in his Faicampment, surrounded by the spoils and trophies of his achl , vements, and aive his new snd popular ICNTERT IN F - ST P, illustrative of his ADVEN TURFS in the Far Interior of SOUTH AFRICA, Pictorially and Musically illustrated. every evening throughout the week, at 8 o'clock. Piano by Mr. Harries Wilson. Admission, Is. and 23.; stalls, 35.-232, Piccadilly, ~. ~ it N o. 20,081.) -ut4-2 TiA:i 11117\14#1. Z\74111 1--11:11-4:11"111: .f •.."1 PP -7 - " ,„, 4 , T _ Cf / PAgioA r. s t .4 cog pit? ... iy' .7 •4 ;r : . , z b "h as. e 7 on ..f:4,-; r' Dnoi T cf , - , . 14 ' Axe' pr, se -1211 2, /1_ g _ , .11,1 V Shares of th tr' ' - • c`‘ O b sp e en c4 d , , I • - 4_l4 ;I S I O S 11100-ftla mittee of t7ta Stock .Exch., all transactions in their _.e Crystal Palace Company, the Directors of that Institution refuse to recognise the validity of the fraudulent transfers which they have recorded in their , Register of Shareholders. This determination will necessarily produce those explanations as to these frauds which the board of that Company have far too long delayed. As yet all that we really know about them with any cer tainty are the two or three carefully selected cases which have been made the basis of Robson's pro secution. But the public have been kept studiously in ignmance Whether all his frauds come under that class of cases ; what are the total amounts of the frauds actually perpetrated by that culprit, and actually registered by the Company ; whether lie had or had not auy accomplices in or out of the Crystal Palace Establishment ; how it was he so long escaped detection, to say nothing of suspicion; and what the Directors intend to do in the matter beyond prosecuting their late clerk and agent. What, it may be asked, have the public to do with all this ? A very great deal, we reply. The public are deeply interested in the exposure and detection of all crimes, but especially of frauds victimised. Th e prose like this, by which any an d every persAi. may be helplessly c so ut e io as n il ( y )f a ß n o d b s s o onmay be very sa f e ly l e f t t o t h e Directors and their lawyers, but the conviction of that scamp is really the least importantpart of the matter. We want to know, and we must know, the whole story—how, in a well-ordered Company, it was possible he could go on forging and register ing in this way. And if the Company were not well ordered, if proper checks and counter-checks were not taken against fraudulent transfersiwe•want to know who is liable for the loss—the Company, the Directors, or Robson's victims The Directors refuse to recognise the validity of the false transfers their clerks registered. But if the transfers have actually been made on the Register of Shareholders, inasmuch as it is a book of legal import, and the foundation of all right of property in the company, the question is, hovt the directors can purge that register of the shares they have transferred out of one name into another f Let us suppose a case in which, after the fraudulent trans fer has been registered in that book, the Shares so improperly registered have been extracted into the half-yearly register, to which is affixed, in public meeting of the shareholders, the public seal of the corporation. To talk of repudiating the validity of such a transfer is idle nonsense. • [PRICE 4D. STAMPED But if the bona fide purchaser of fraudulently transferred and registered shares is to be recognised as their lawful holder, what is to become of the innocent holder of those shares out of whose name they have been wrongfully taken? Of course he cannot be allowed to suffer—that the law will not permit ; he must be reimbursed, suffer who else may. .But h ow are b o th part i es t o b e indemnified. —how are the honest buyer and the honest share holder, who never sold though his shares have been transferred, both to be saved from loss—how are their interests to be reconciled To allow both to anis restricted, illegality lawfully aan empowered and d stand on the reg i s t er i s i mpossi b le, for the legal power of the company as to the i ssue of shares is of course any fraudiss u , t eof beyoi ssuend wh o the h h l d e e d eno i u r nm e s c tb t i o etu r r s tie it is at once become personally liable ; it would, moreover, were it legal, be a positive wrong inflicted on the general body of the proprie tors. In short, that mode of solving the difficulty is not to be thought of. Some people, it seems, suggest, as a means of extricating all parties from the dilemma, that all the shares should be called in, to be extinguished, and the capital consolidated into stock. To this course there is both a legal and practical objection. The general Act of Parliament regulating the Crystal Palace Company does not authorise any consolidation of the capital of the companies under its provisions into stock, as the " Railway Clauses Consolidation Act" does. And here lies a huge legal absurdity. No sooner do railway companies call up the whole capital of any class of their shares than they can and do consolidate the shares into stock, and so get rid of all the trouble and labour arising out of an infinitesimal splitting up of the capital into shares. But although the Crystal Palace Company called up the entire capital of its first class of shares at once, because it was obliged to proceed under another statute, there is no power to consolidate its shares into stock. Had there been, it is quite possible that this fraud might never have been perpetrated ; for, so far from the complication arising out of shares being any pro tection to shareholders, the confusion attending numbers renders the simpler and easier process of stock far more protective. But because the one act of Parliament was prepared by oue lawyer, and the other act by another lawyer, we have this ridi culous discrepancy between one public company and another.publie company. One class_can have its capital in stock ; the other must have it divided into shares. But except that the ca7ling in of all the shares would lead to a general overhauling of the share certificates and a comparison between them and the Share Register, it would have no practical effect in solving the present difficulty. And who would like to trust their share certificates with an office and an institution in which experience has so disastrously proved there is so little security for that class of documents. The course adopted by the committee of the Stock Exchange is an expedient much more likely to bring about some settlement ; for it will suspend all transactions in the company's shares until the directors are brought to a more rational frame of mind than they appear to be in just now. The fraud arises from their lathes. Of that there cannot be the slightest doubt. For the loss they, then, are morally responsible. That moral respon sibility they ought at once and without any delay to convert into a legal one; and by purchasing in the market the proper number of shares, they could recoup the shareholder out of whose name the shares tampered with have been improperly trans ferred. That is the just and proper solution of the affair. It is quite idle to suppose that men are to go on for ever voluntarily assuming the position, the profit, and the patronage connected with the direction of public companies, and when any fraud or loss occurs refusing to bear the responsibility. Happily in the present case the sum required to re place the shares fraudulently transferred and regis tered is a very manageable sum, and we invite Mr. Anderson and his colleagues to set directors gene rally a proper example, by at once making good out of their own pockets the loss which has fallen on innocent people by their negligence. To prevent the recurrence of such frauds, the sug gestion made yesterday by our intelligent and active City writer, that on the receipt of deeds of trans fer notice should bo at once sent to the sellers of the transactions they embrace, is one worthy of the consideration of public companies generally. It is the practice of the Bank of England on the sale of Consols and its own stock, and acts very usefully as a protection. At all events, some checks must clearly be adopted by companies with limited liability with a view to verify transfers, otherwise we shall soon have frauds on a gigantic scale occurring. The whole system of registration and transfer in our judgment requires reconsideration. It is clumsy and inconvenient. As the case before us shows, it contains in itself no sufficient protection against fraud. It is improperly regarded by Boards of Directors as a department beneath their attention, as one that may be left to officers only. Of the registration books there is no sufficient or indepen dent audit. In short, the only real security share holders have is the honesty of the worst paid clerks in the whole staff of the company—of clerks too who, as R o b son ' s career testifies, are exposed to all the tempt a ti ons o f entering into Stock Exchange speculations' which they have no capital to carry on. —Daily News. THE DAUGHTER OP A FREMONT ELECTOR MARRIED TO A NIGGER.—WHAT ARE TYE COMING TO 4—The following is from a Crawfordsville, Indiana, paper. Read it, and be astonished :—" The doctrine that has been so boldly advocated by the leaders of the Abolition party during the last year, that a negro was as good as a white man,' has become, with the majority of the members of that party, a fixed fact. No longer than last week a man residing in the vicinity of Oberlin College, in the State of Ohio, gav e his only daughter in marriage to a sooty African who had been educated at this Abolition institute. This man, w e understand, is a State elector on the Fremont ticket, and regards the negro as his equal. The young lady is de scribed as being extremely beautiful, and but 16 years of age, while her dusky lord is blacker than the darkest, raidoigho—New York Journal of Commerce. MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—Yesterday morning at ten, the body of a gentleman was found in the river off Irongate stairs, Tower, and immediately hauled on shore by a slredgerman. Inspector Me os t on, o f the Thames police, and his boat's crew, were immediately afterwards on the spot, and removed the body to the dead house in the Tower of London. The inspector took possession of the deceased's papers and money, and made an inventory of the same. There were twenty-four sovereigns, a 51. Bank of England note, a return ticket by the Dundee steam boat, and several letters addressed to Mr. W. Wilson, No. 6, Victoria-street, Nethergate-street, Dundee, in the deceased's pockets. The body was soon recognised to be that of Mr. W. Wilson, a respectable merchant of Dun dee, who came to Londou in the steam-boat from that town on Friday, and was to have returned in the same vessel to-morrow, Mr. Wilson was about forty years o age. A eilver watch was found in his fob. It had stopped at twenty minntea east eight. Mr. Evans, the superintendent of Thames Police, was engaged in making inquiries into the circumstances when this report WAS de• seatclwd, LONDoN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1856. AR(YLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. r oulcourt. The Proorietor begs to inform the public that th ashion,ble pace of resort ha been entirely redecorated during the ►ecess. Doom open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One Shilling. D R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen MY) from 10 till 10, containing npwirdi of one thousand models ‘nd preparations, Mast:sting every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 1 . and half-past 7, by Dr. G. Strrrox, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and I ' 4lll Y-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. ANTERBITRY HALL, Westminster-road. / —OPEN VERY EVEN"ING.—The following company of Vocalists are • ngaged for +he performance of selections from all the Popular Dpeias, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees. Duets, &c., viz.:— Miss E. Pearce, M's S. aulfield, Miss Brunel!, and Miss Summers ; Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans R. Grover. T. Raino, T. Tarrant, S. Jones, J. Barker. W. 'cluing. and P. C arr i e; M as t ers A ustin, Bennett, and Corti; Mr. Sam Cowell and E Mackney. Pia. 4 nofarte. I. Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; direc tor. Mr. 1 . Caulfield. Commence at seven )'clock precisely. Suppers, ac., until twelve o'clock. TWENTY POUNDS REWARD -ABSCOND- En, GEORGE A ARONS, age 22. height 5 feet 5 inches, full ,lane, and slight r e d mar k on hi s f ore h ea d, d ar k h a i r , bl ac k snots on nis face, and very much sunfreckled ; had on small (hecked trousers, black stripes down the side, black frock coat, black vest, black broad•brimmed hat, or white felt, gold watch and Albert chain, locket with dog's head. a set of three charms, small pleted shirt, black tie, and s• t of diamond studs, enamelled short black boots, With elastic sides. He took with him 47 Gold Geneva Watches : has been to New York, and talks like an American Whoever will his information to Mr. NARKS, I, Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe, of fits whereahouts, so that it will lead to his apprehension, shall receive the above reward. r o .LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth S eas Ge nine YARMOUTH 13f,0 A.TERS These highly !steemed delicacies forwarded to all parts. on receipt of the amount as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-oftt!e order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected Bs. 4d IPackage included. 50 ditto ...„ 4s. 6d. .Rend fell and plai n di rec ti on s, county, and neares t stat i on A d . u relft-TRGIKALLEaTgg,,Tu a fish Ctrrer,Ctreitirsrfultith. FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION, w , for allowing Pensions. not exceeding 4''l. per annum, to the and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen o' the ...stablished Church, and for affording temporary assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales, and Ireland. T he next ELECTION of PEN =TONERS will t a k e pl ace a t th e Louden Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TuEsnev, November 25th, 1856 , at 12 o'clock precisely; _ _ _ The Rev. JOSEPFI BROWN. V.A. in the chair. The Report of th e r roc eeings of the Corporation during the past Year, the , ftlance-sheet, list of subscribe-s and pensioners, &c., may !e had at the Offices, 4. st Martite.-place, Trafalgar-square, where donations and subscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOCEPH BROWN, M.A , 7 Hon. The Rev. JOHN EDMUND CON, F.S.A., 5 Secs. HENRY BRAM bLL, Secretary. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, Er.c. Enrolled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYUURST LUCAS, Esq. JOIIJ , 11111-adbury Deputy, ESQ. Chairman—CHAßLES LUSIIINGTON, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. William Miller Christy, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. John Feitham, Esq. I William Tyler, Esq. C harles Gilpin, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. PITYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, 3f.D.,F.L.5. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. BAN ltzes—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. ; and Bank of England. SOLICITOR—Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Abstract of the Report of the Directors for 1855 : The number of policies issued during the year ........ • • 1 , 0 73 Assuring the sum of . • ...... ....... £549,449 0 0 Annual premiums thereon .. Policies issued from the commencement of the institution in December, 1835 ... Policies now in three ........ • • ...... 13,740 Annual Income From P re - .... miums(after d ed ucting X 33, 3IR abatement allowed) •• ...£189,955 15 2 Ditto From Int eres t on in vested capital ...... 49,307 18 3 --- Amount returned to membe rs i n abatement of ----£239,763 13 5 premiums • . 240,134 8 Amount of bonuses a dd ed to sums assured • •. 11 126,564 0 0 Amount paid in claims by death from the com mencement of the Instittu ti he on Balance of receipts over disbursements in the year 11.583 7 8 Increasing the capit a l stock of the Institution to 1,21 1,049 17 4 At the last division of surplus profits made no to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent, on the original amount of premium, according to the age of the member and the time the policy had been in force ; and the bonuses ranged in like manner from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during the preceding five years. The next DIVISION of SURPLUS PROFITS will be made up to the 20th November next year (1857), and persons effecting Assurances before the 2nth November next will be entitled to ONE YEAR'S PROFITS. Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist of October are re- Minded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Directors' Report for 1855 may be obtained on application. Sept. 17, 1856. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. TOWER. —SA LE OF STORES. Y order of the Secretary of State for War.— , To be Sold, by public auction, in the Tower, on WEDNES -13,4: ~Y. sth November, 1856 . at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon pre- L'"IY, the following STORES lying at the Victoria (London) Docks, Blankets and Rugs, ! Meets, Cotton and Linen, 'Waterproof Sheets and CoatS, hospital Clothing, Great Coats, Milts and Socks, Mitts and Gloves, Cal.co. in pieces, Sheepskin coats, &c.. Caps »rid Gauntlets. Sealskin, &c., Bedsteads, Iron, Folding, And Misceraneous articles. Maybe viewed at the Victoria Docks from JO to 4 o'clock, on the 4 d ays., previous to th e sa l e, awl catalogues bad at the War Depar tment, Pall-mall, the row er , Vi c t or i a Docks, and Royal Arsenal , Woo lwich, on i 3 ayment of 6d. each, whi c h w ill be allowed to purchasers. No Person will be admitted to view the lots, or into the sale room, Without a catalogue. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray ' s -inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN. - Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no 000 ltimendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal Week ending 7th Sept 1,841 Ditto 14th Sept 1,895 Ditto 21st 5ept......... 1,784 Ditto 28th Sept 1,780 29th and 30th Sept.. 787 Total in Sept. inept ^f which 3,846 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ) having been admitted previously. H eavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the Public. 3' T he management of the Hospit a l i s i n the hands of 30 Governors, Gener ol 3' elected from the general list o f su b scribers, at the Annual al Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4when o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at - tunes desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. ysrY.ne Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun contributions and legacies, which are received by the Cream er, Masterman, Esq., M P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts nd ohn Co. ; Drummond and Co • Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; pr'scott, Grote, and Co ; Sm .' itb, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; .!ones Loyd and Co.; Co. relay and Co. ; Denison and Williams. laDeerascon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber -street ; bilasterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. 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A public meeting of the Livery of the City of Londot was held yesterday in the Guildhall, to rece►ve the report of a committee appointed in April last to consi der the provisions of Sir George Grey's bill for the re form of the Corporation of the City of London—the Rigot Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. Considering the importance of the question, the attendance was very small, the hall not being near a quarter full during the proceedings. The notice profusely posted around the hall, providing against confusion arising from " the con gregation of large numbers at Common Hall meet ings," and to allow those in office to take their places with sufficient ease and decorum, were superfluous, and were a burlesque on the day's proceedings. On the platform were Alderman Sir J. Duke, Bart., M.P., Alderman Cubitt, M.P., Alderman Wire, Alder man Hale, Alderman Farncombe, the sheriffs and under sheriffs, &c. The LORD MAYOR said he had called the meeting in compliance with a requisition he had received, nume rously signed by liverymen. He bad no knowledge of the resolutions to be passed, but from the names given him he believed they would be such as would entitle them to their favourable consideration. The Crier of the Court then read the following report of the committee : _ " To the Livery of London, in Common Hall assembled, "We, your committee, to whom it was referred on the 15th April, 1856, to complete and present the petition to the House of Commons, as agreed to at the great meet ing in Common Hall, in opposition to the bill then in Parliament, entitled A. bill for the Better Regulation of the Corporation of the City of London; and to take such steps as might be considered desirable to op pose the second reading of the same ; beg to report— " That we lost no time in carrying out the wishes of the Common Hall, and met from time to time to effect the de sired object. " That the petition was signed by 2,130 liverymen. " The Committee consulted with the Remembrancer as to the presentation of the petition, as also with the Hon. George Waldegrave (secretary to the Speaker), who advised that it should be presented by a member of the house rather than by the sheriffs, as prolapsed, seeing that one had been already presented by the sheriffs from another part of the corporation. _ _ "That we wrote to the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, request ing he would be pleased to present the petition to the House of Commons, which he kindly consented to do. That we attended from time to time at the house when the bill was expected to be read a second time, and having had an interview with Mr. Disraeli, he requested the petition might be sent to him, when he would take the best opportunity of presenting it. " That the right hon. member presented the same on the 13th June, and moved that it be read at the table of the house ; that it was so read and ordered to be printed with the votes of the house. _ _ _ " That on the 26th June Sir G. Grey stated in the house that in consequence of the objections raised to some parts of the bill, time would not permit the Government to proceed with it this session, and gave notice therefore of his intention to withdraw the same and bring in another bill early in the ensuing session. “We have thus given a statement of our proceedings and the successful result of our labours, which we trust will meet the full approval of this Court or Common Hall ; and we congratulate the Court that this attempt to inter fere with the rights and privileges of the Livery has proved abortive, as we trust that similar attempts will ever do. Wm Cubitt, chairman. G. Richardson. Thomas Q. Finnis. Joseph Causton. Geo. Scarnell. Wm: A. Rose. Thomas Snelling. Thomas Lott. James Josiah Millard. Ewd. Eagleton. Thu. Stewart. James Clarke Lawrence. Rob. Davison. J. Hartley Kennedy. Richd. Grant. William Lawrence. C. Reed. P. C. Toker. Wm. Otho Mitchell. Chas. Young. Benjn. Rider. Warren S. Hall. John Greenwood. John Finlay, Hon. Sec. " 28th Oct., 1856." INAUGURATION OF THE JUNCTION OF THE DUTCH, *RHENISH, AND COLOGNE AND MINDEN RAILWAYS. THE BA.N.QUST AT AMSTERDAM. This event has been celebrated in Holland, in a style com mensurate with its importance to both countries. The series of festivities commenced on Friday, the 17th, when the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several other distinguished individuals—including the directors of the Cologne and Minden, and German Union Companies—were invited to Amsterdam to partake of a magnificent enter. tainment provided by the Government. The town itself presented a very gay aspect, flags flying from all the prin cipal shops and public buildings, and the people thronging the streets to witness the preparations for the illumination, which were eventually displayed with great success. The banquet was given in the ballroom of the Palace, one of the most magnificent saloons in Europe, 100 feet high, 120 feet long, and 60 feet broad, lighted by eight superb chandeliers besides candelabras. The table was decorated with all the elegances peculiar to continental habits, and displaying a mass of gold and silver plate, the property of the King, which was in every respect regal. The company, numbering 270, assembled soon after six •'clock, and presented a gorgeous display of crosses, and other honourable emblems. The residents were the Minis- ters of the Home, Finance, and Colonial Departments, and, in addition to the numerous distinguished individuals from Prussia, there were present the Burgomasters of Amster dam and Rotterdam, the Chief Engineer of the Water Steet, &c., &c. The English party, su deeply interested in the under taking, wore composed of Messrs. Hesleden, J. E. Moss, W. Allcard, 3. A. Tinne, G. E. Taunton, R. Waterhouse, R. J. King, J. M. Still, J. J. Moss, F. F. Goodwin, S. J. Arnold, James Robinson, Mr. Mozley, the Rev. J. Jamie son, Mr. Depledgo, Mr. Belce, &c., &c. The dinner comprised not only every delicacy, but con siderable novelty, inasmuch as the speeches commenced when the dinner had been bat half consumed. This, how eier; by giving Faze to the guests; enable 4 Met& mere fully to appreciate the feast of reason and the flow of soul. The music performed during the entertainment was excellent, and the Railway Polka, commencing with the railway bell, succeeded by the starting whistle, and proceeding to the furioso movement of rapid combination, was truly electrical. The first oration was delivered by the PRUSSIAN MINI STER, who said that the junction of the two railways could not but tend to the increased prosperity of both countries, and proposed " The health of the King of Holland." In reply, the NETHERLANDS FOREIGN MINISTER proposed " The health of the King of Prussia." The MINISTER of the HOME DEPARTMENT, in an elo quent speech, proposed the happy allianceof Prussia, Hol land, and England, and stated that it was mainly owing to the perseverance of English talent and capital that they were that day met to celebrate the junction of the two countries by railway communication. Mr. FABER VAN RIEMSDYK spoke in energetic terms on the perseverance of the shareholders, who had that day completed all that they had undertaken to perform, and having paid a compliment to the memory of the late Mr. Donker Curtius, President of the Direction, proposed suc cess to both Companies. The PRESIDENT of the Cologne and Minden Company returned thanks, and invited the company to Cologne, to the festivities prepared for the morrow, at the same time drinking to the alliance of Prussia and Holland. Mr. VAN DAM VAN 'MELT, chairman of the Board of Commissioners, in one of his most eloquent speeches, pro posed " Prosperity to Amsterdam," as the centre and focus of all that should be enterprising and good. The BURGOMASTER of Amsterdam returned thanks, con eluding with a quotation from Schiller, which, in plain English, means " And we'll all be jolly good fellows." The ADVOCATE-GENERAL proposed "Prosperity to Co logne," which was supported by the President of the Netherlands Trading Company. The COLONIAL MINISTER, in conclusion, gave " Pro sperity to Rotterdam," which was responded to by Mr. Hoffmann, the Burgomaster ; and the Minister of the In terior having adverted to the credit due to the engineers, the party separated and adjourned to a coined at Fras cati's. THE OPENING. Saturday morning broke forth with a charming autumnal 'reshness, aided by sunshine, and as the guests assembled at the Amsterdam station at 8 a.m. all parties seemed in high spirits to commence their journey to Cologne. The scene was not only enlivened by bands of excellent music and the floating of innumerable flags, but also by the pre sence of many gaily dressed and elegant ladies. A mounted guard of honour was in attendance. When the train ar rived at Utrecht a slight halt took place at the station, which was thronged with eager spectators, and,the military bands were again in attendance, as indeed they were at every large station. The bridge at Utrecht recently dam aged by an unfortunate accident, and which during three weeks had seriously impeded the traffic, had been repaired with wonderful energy and despatch, and the party passed safely over, and in due course arrived at Arnheim, where an elegant dejeuncr had been prepared. The Prussian minister here, in a very flattering speech, complimented Mr. Hesladen and the - direction on their admirable ar- rangements, to which Mr. Hesleden replied in a short but feeling address, which drew forth from the Ministers of State an expression of the warmest sympathy. From thence the train proceeded to Emmerich, where a vast crowd was present, and where an address was presented by the town authorities to the Prussian Minister. Here the real opening commenced, the line from hence to Oberhau sen not having been hitherto traversed. Throughout th• distance no thing could exceed the enthusiasm of the popu lation. Addresses were again presented at several points of the line, and the party arrived, much pleased with everything and everybody, at Deutz about four p.m. BANQUET AND ILLUMINATIONS AT CO LOGNE. The entertainment of the Cologne and Minden Company was given in the grand saloon of the Hotel Belle Vise, doubtless familiar to most of our readers, which was ele gantly decorated. About 250 gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous repast. The chair was taken by the Prussia& minister, whose ',is a vis was Mr. Hesleden, president of the Dutch Rhenish Company. Although, of course, this en tertainment could not, from its very locality, be compared in regal magnificence to that given on the previous evening at the palace at Amsterdam, it was, nevertheless, excellent in every respect. As on the previous evening, the speeclO3 commenced in the middle of dinner, and the toasts were similar in character. The healths of the Kings of Prussia and Holland, and success to the two companies, were very warmly received. During the evening a copy of a very beautiful hymn composed for the occasion was handed round, and subsequently sung. It expressed the delight of the Prussian nation that a new bond of union had sprung up between them which they trusted would tend more and more to cement the good feeling existing be tween both countries. Subsequently a very amusing piece was performed called the Carniwal, in which clapping of hands, jingling of glasses, sneezing, laughing, &c., were successfully introduced. The ladies having been duly toasted, the company began to separate, but unfortunately a dense fog having set in, the illumination and fireworks were necessarily postponed until the following evening. The fog however cleared off on the afternoon of the fol lowing day, and the illuminations and fireworks intended for the aturday were displayed on the Sunday evening with an electrical effect. Those who witnessed them say a snore magnificent spectacle was never presented, and that the varied illuminations of the cathedral were beyond all comparison. The artillery aided in heightening the effect of the scene, by constant discharges of musketry and small cannon. _ _ BANQUET AT ROTTERDAM. Rotterdam was the scene of the third day's festivities, and her wealthy merchants and esteemed burgomaster seemed determined not to be outdone inthe race of splendid hospitality by the previous displays—although unaided, as in those instances, by large government grants, the mer eantile body themselves raised a fund more than ample to cover a princely expenditure. The entertainment was given in the new and very extensive hall of the Yacht Club, which was most tastefully decorated —the flags of Holland, Prussia, and England being displayed all round the enclosure. When the numerous guests—comprising a host of Prussian dignitaries and the notabilities of Amster dam , including all the Government Ministers and the Burgomaster of that city—had arrived, the company sat down i to the number of upwards of 300, to a most sump tuoiut repast. The Burgomaster of Rotterdam, Mr. Hoff man, was in the chair, having near him the Prussian Mi nister and officials, and the. Dutch Ministers of the Home, Foreign, and Finance departments, and opposite to him, at shoi!t intervals, were placed Mr. Hesieden, President of the Bo ard of Directors, Mr. Holland, the Chairman of the English board, and several of the English 'Commissioners. After the preliminary toasts of the King of Prussia and the Kii Lg of Holland, given r es p ec ti ve ly by the Burgo master of Rotterdam and th e P russ i an M i n i ster, h a d been duly rocoived and appla u d e d, the Minister of Finance rose and adaressed the meetin g i n a most comp li me ntary speech, enlarging onthe merits of the English shareholders. His Exi 3ellency, who spoke in English, in order that our . . country men present might more fully appreciate his re marks, concluded an eloquent speech by giving her Ma jesty th e Queen of England, observing at the same time his gratifina tion at seeing so many of the principal English shareh ciA'ders present on this occasion, and among them Mr. Hollar id, the head of the English Commissioners, and the Presid vat of the Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool. The cheers which followed this toast were of the most deafen ing kir id, and showed that Rotterdam feeling responded most NI Faxmly in sympathy with its English allies. When a lull i p. the enthusiastic outburst had been obtained, Mr. lIPLLAND rose and said --( 1 . M, lo Ministre and gentlemen, on behalf of myself and colleagues here present, I beg to tender our most grateful acknowledgments for the very complimentary manner in which you have introduced the name of her most gracious Majesty the Queen of England, as connected with the accomplishment of this great undertaking, which we are now met to celebrate. It is unnecessary for me to say to your Excellency and this vast assembly that I feel assured they are right in assuming that whatever tends to promote commercial intercourse between her country and the rest of Europe, and thus conduce to the progress of civilisation and a communion of feeling throughout the world, cannot fail to be an object of interest to our gracious Sovereign. But, on the present occasion, I doubt not that when the knowledge of the tribute which has so graciously re sponded to by thisidtohe r by your Excellency, and so warmly re passembly, reaches her, and that she is made aware of the prominent prat which Englishmen have borne in this great undertaking, she will feel a special in terest, not only from the fact her subjects (my country men) being-thus honourably associated with it, but from the additions: circumstance that in thus binding together the three great countries of Germany, Holland, and Eng land by another chain, which your Excellency has so hap pily termed, not an iron, but a golden one, they are fur ther cementing the relations of England with countries, one of which has already clainis upon her feelings, arising from domestic ties of an endearing kind, and the other by historical sympathies and Immolations. Your Excelleney has been pleased to eulogise the conduct of the shareholders of the Dutch Rhenish Compafiy. On behalf of those share holders, of whom I feel some pardonable pride in saying that nine-tenths are my fellow-countrymen, I have, on the part of my colleagues now present and myself, to offer you our warm acknowledgments: - Vermit me, at the same time, to remind your Excellency and this great meeting of the many difficulties with which those shareholders have had to contend, and the manner in which they have overcome them. First, they were Jyrt by the obstacles which nature has interposed in carrying akrai t llway across your country; but.Alurt-cli (1100.x.vem.;Avitte t :Ai tauOgoinelizt th.Atte- gentle man whose name is a guarantee for whatever he undertakes —I allude to Mr. Brassey—contracted to do it. Then came the financial difficulties, which had been long felt by the •ompany, and which required the most energetic efforts of the part of the shareholders; and here I rejoice in having the opportunity of thus publicly testifying to your Excel lency, on the part of the shareholders, our appreciation of the friendly and fostering spirit shown by the government of the Netherlands to aid in overcoming these financial obstacles, and the very liberal feeling they have always displayed towards the company. Let it be borne in mind, too, that during these difficulties public opinion in Holland was sceptical as to the beneficial results for the sharehold ers. Old associations and habits looked on the waters of the Rhine as the natural highway. to Central Europe. That opinion yet lingers in Holland. It has already bees practically solved in our country, and we are convinced that in these days economy of time, beyond every other consideration, is the essential element of commerce; in deed I may say that it has already been proved so here, for since the introduction of railways in Belgium has not Antwerp been enabled to seize upon great part of your former transit trade, and carry it by her railways to Cologne? From that moment your position at Rotterdam, as naturally commanding by means of the Rhine the great transit trade to the centre of Germany was lost—your large colonial products alone remained to you. B a t R o tt er d am can now . resume the leading position she formerly held, and regain the trade for which her port so admirably qualifies her. This happy union of English and Dutch capital and energy must doubtless soon produce a marked effect on the progress of Rotterdam ; and it is highly gra. tifying to us, the English now present, and will be to the shareholders, to feel that the interests of those sharehold ers, and of the communities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are thus so clearly identified ; and there cannot be a doubt that, under such auspices as we see around us, and in close connexion with such a powerful ally as the Cologne-Minden Company, the shareholders will be remunerated for all their sacrifices. I beg, therefore, to conclude by again acknowledging the grateful sense we entertain of the very handsome manner in which your Excellency has expressed yourself, and to propose " Prosperity to the town of Rotterdam." The assembly evinced their sympathy by cheers, and The Burgomaster of ROTTERDAM gave "The City of Amsterdam," which was responded to by the Burgomaster of the latter, who, in eloquent terms, while he denouneei the idea of any jealous feeling between these two great marts of commerce, called on them to show an honourable rivalry in the cause of progress and civilisation. The PRESIDENT of the Cologne and Minden Railway gave " Prosperity to the Dutch Rhenish Railway," which was responded to in warm tams by Mr. Hesleden. Various other toasts and sentiments enlivened the pro- gress of the entertainment, and those of the guests who chose adjourned to the ball-room, where dancing was kept up until a late hour. Thus terminated the three days' festivities which inau gurated the opening of the Datch Rhenish Railway, con ducted on a scale of expenditure and magnificence un paralleled in railway annals. Two great communities, long isolated from each other, though such near neighbours, have thus been brought into intimate union ; and if the warmth and cordiality of feeling displayed on the occasion be any criterion, the shareholders may safely look forward to the realisation of their most sanguine calculations. _ Among the English guests present were the Chairmen of the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union Railways. These gentlemen had crossed over from Harwicl? in the Aquila steamer, to judge themselves of the facilities offered by this new route between Harwich and the Continent. Their advent was hailed with delight, and several of the English shareholders, including the commissaries, availed them. selves of the friendly offer of these gentlemen, and returned with them the next day to Harwich. They thus ascer tained that with suitable boats the passage from Rotter dam to Harwich could be done in about nine hours and a half ; or, adding two hours and a half from Harwich to London, 12 hours between London and Rotterdam. Com paring this with the time now occupied by steamers from London to Rotterdam or Antwerp, which is about 22 hours, the route by Harwich must eventually take the lead, while the direct and expeditious transit from Rotterdam to Cologne, in about 8 hours, must give this route a decided preference for the traveller over the circuitous one by Belgium or Calais. The visitors in the Aquila, most of them from Liverpool, and unacquainted with Harwich, were struck with the immense capabilities of its harbour; and all agreed that the shareholders, both of the Eastern Counties and Dutch Rhenish Railways, would find it their interest to turn such great natural advantages to account. MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS. On Tuesday, the 21st, the shareholders held their ad journed general meeting, and also a special meeting. Mr. VAN DAM VAN ISSELT, in the absence of Mr. Faber Van Rymsdik, took the chair. The number of shares repre sented was between 50,000 and 60,000. Mr. C. HOLLAND said that the annual general meeting had been adjourned in consequence of the retirement of Mr. Donker Curtius, the then president. The shareholders deeply regretted that retirement and felt awkwardly placed, and bad anxiously deliberated how to fulfil the pledge they had given in June, to select, if possible, a native of Holland to succeed Mr. Curtius. Their efforts, however, had, he regretted to say, been unsuccessful. The presi dency of such a line must be committed to a man of busi ness, and it was i m possible to find a man willing to make the sacrifice, If such. position had been conceded, to a man of high name, he would have been exposed to all the responsibility of office without adequate knowledge to protect himself. In this dilemma, Count Schiauelpen ninck had exerted himself, but equally without success. The shareholders had, therefore, come to the conclusion that now the junction with Prussia was completed, the office of president should no longer remain in a state of interregnum, more especially as there was a gentleman present enjoying the confidence of the English share holders and of the Dutch commissaries, and he was happy to propose Mr. Hesleden as president of the direction, in doing which he was fortified by the'opinion of Count Schimmelpenninck ;and various commis saries of the propriety of the nomination. Hereafter he hoped to find a native of Holland qualified to assist Mr. Hesleden as vice-president, but at the moment he was not prepared with the name of a suitable g entleman. Mr. VAN DAM VAN ISSELT agreed with Mr. Holland that the way a nomination.president would without b e useless, seknowledgeess,andcordially concurred in and experience in rail matters Mr. HESLEDEN was then unanimously elected president, and briefly returned thanks. Mr. VAN DAM VAN WELT congratulated Mr. Hesleden upon his appointment, saying that he enjoyed the confi dence both of the English and Dutch ; and although dif ferences of opinion had arisen, they (the Dutch) had always appreciated his energy and talent. Mr. Zillisen was also named Vice-President for the current year. Mr. VAN DAM VAN ISSELT then expressed his regret that at the meeting of June Mr. Goddefroi had not been re-elected a commissary. This was a time of general peace -making, festivity, and joyousness, and on behalf of himself and the Dutch commissaries, he asked, as a favour, that his old colleague should be re-elected a commissary. Mr. HOLLAND then proposed that gentleman's re-election, and Mr. TINNE seconded the proposition—disclaiming all personal feeling in the part he had taken on a previous occasion. Mr. THOMAS E. MOSS then proposed that Mr. Hesleden's salary be fixed at 1,0001. per annum, which was seconded Mr. ALLCARD, and carried. by M Tl' o A dj o urned meeting haviDg been concluded the special meeting followed, and was opened by a speech from T. E Moss, Esq., who said that at the last meeting the shareholders expressed their sen'e of their obligations to the commissaries, directors, and officials, for the services they had rendered to the company, and pledged themselves to subscribe a suitable testimonial to those gentlemen. This sentiment has long been entertained by the English proprietors, and they only waited the proper time to pay the debt of gratitude which was felt by all to be due to these gentlemen. That time had now arrived, and the magnifi cent festivities which had just been celebrated seemed to make the present moment most suitable. He could not but reflect with gratitude and delight upon the changed aspect of affairs since he, 9 years back, had visited Hol land io inquire if such a railway really had an existence. He acknowledged the obligations of the company to go vernment, and to all parties concerned, and although it was not becoming in him to allude to personal services he had come, in company with several of his fellow townsmen, to bear public testimony to the unwearied diligence and courtesy of the English commissaries, and to the co-opera tion they had received from their Dutch coadjutors. Mr. Moss cmacluded by proposing that a sum of 80,000 florins be held at the disposal of the committee, to be di vided in such way as they might deem proper. Mr. G. E. TAUNTON seconded the resolution, and was glad to assure the proprietors that the sum mentioned was only a part of a balance already in hand, derived from the distribution of the forfeited shares, and would therefore in no way be chargeable upon the ordinary revenue of the com pany. He spoke feelingly on this subject, because he was one of those unfortunates who had allowed his shares to be forfeited, but he willingly voted for the amount, even as he might say from his own pocket, because he had for years witnessed the untiring, although unpaid, exertions of the English commissaries, who, aided by their Dutch brethren, had redeemed the property from Zero to its present hign position ; and whilst cordially seconding the resolution, he could not omit to mention the high sense entertained by all parties of the services of Mr. Beloe, who from the first _bad acted as secretary to his friends in Liverpool. The directors were subsequently authorised to apply to the government for permission to make a small connecting link between the two lines near Utrecht, by which the di rect line from Rotterdam and Amsterdam would be consi derably shortened, and a large saving effected in working expenses. Thanks having been voted to the chairman the meeting separated. TEE AMERICAN "REIGN OF TERROR." (From the New York Herald) A reign of terror has hung out its black flag of sedi tion, treason, and nullification over one half of the Ame rican Union. In all our Southern States, except little Delaware, there icas little of political liberty as in Russia, and a meaner, and more sneaking, and more remorseless espionage over the liberty of speech and the public press than in any of the Italian provinces of Austria. Under the auspices of the Jacobin democracy this invisible and lawless despotism of the South has become as inexorable as the savage Committee of Public Safety of that horrible first French revolution, and as bloodthirsty as Robe spierre, Marat,and Danton. Such is the fierce and shame less despotism which reigns over the South, and such is the government to which the rotten democracy are la bouring to subdue the North, under threats of disunion, a robbery of the public treasury, and civil war. This overshadowing evil of the day is the ripening fruit of those seeds of corruption and discord which were planted at Washington by this Pierce Administration. There was in 1853 peace upon the slavery question ; Mr. Pierce was pledged to continue this peace, and studiously to avoid anything calculated to disturb it. But, false to the people, false to his pledges, and faithless to his trust in every way, he reo p ene d th e box of Pandora, and scat tered its seeds of mischief broadcast over the land. He sold himself and the peace of the country, his party, his character, his conscience, his body and soul, for that pal try mess of pottage—the support of the nigger-driving leaders of the Democratic party at the Cincinnati Con vention. Bet they had sucked him dry like an orange, and they cast the empty shell away. They sought another man, equally reliable as an instrument, but better calcu lated for their purposes of public deception in the North. We see, however, that so far from their being any abate ment in the Southern Democratic policy of terrorism and nullification with the nomination of Mr. Buchanan, his name, his influence, his pledges, and his autho rity have all been used to sink the constitution in Kansas, at Washington, and in 14 States of the union, and to threaten us with disunion and an armed invasion if the rest do not submit. For practical purposes of their own—for office, profit, spoils and. plunder—Jefferson Davi s , the Democratic Mephistopheles at Washington, a nd Atchison, his right hand man in Kansas, and poor Pierce, their suppliant tool, set this policy of ruffian tyranny in motion. The resuits have disgraced the country in the eyes of the whole world. Armed invasions of ruffian mercenaries, terrorism, ballot stuffing, spurious Kansas Legislatures and their bloody laws, have been followed up by the dragoon's sabre, the ruffian musket, pistol, bayonet, and bowie-knife ; by murder, scalping, robbery, and other crimes too revolting to think of, until the plains of Kan sas have been reddened with the blood of its unhappy settlers, and blackened with the ashes of their houses burned to the ground. Next, we see this contagion of terrorism breaking out at Washington in fights and rows, and fearful homicides, and in brutal violence, even within the sanctuary of the American Senate chamber—and next, we find the whole South under a rigid blockade of democratic spies and in formers, to cross which a passport is as necessary to a New Yorker or Pennsylvanian as at the Austrian fron tier. Anywhere beyond Delaware it is only necessary for some hireling democratic vagabond to get up the hue and cry of "Abolitionist" against any Northern stranger to put him in peril of his life. South of Mason and Dixon's, in fact, the country is under a despotism worse than that of Austria, because it is a lawless, invisible, and irresponsible despotism. It is, however, a complete despotism of a ruffian democratic reign of terror. There is no such thing as a free press in the South, except here and there a straggler close to the Northern border ; there is no such thing as free speech, except here arid there on the part of a man whose position, influence, and family associations—Mr. Botts, for example—render it dangerous to disturb him. Such are the bitter fruits of this wretched Pierce Ad ministration and the demoralised Democratic party, reduced to the whip and spur of the nigger-driving die organisers, and ‘disunionists of the South. 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"That whilst the Livery are determined to maintain their ancient rights and privileges, which they believe to be necessary for preserving the independence of the City of London and the usefulness and dignity of the Corporation, they are desirous to assist the other branches of the Cor poration in their endeavour to effect any necessary reforms, and are anxious to strengthen that harmony between the Livery and the Executive re iuisite for the well being of the city. " That a committee be formed for the f ur th erance o f th e object s o f t h e foregoing resolution, and also to watch the progress o f any bill which may be brought into Parlia ment affecting the Corporation, and to take such by each livery com measures on these subjects as they may deem expedient. Th at the said comm itt ee consist of not more than tw o liverymen appointed pany, ov er W hi ch the Lord Mayor be requested to preside, and that all necessary expenses be borne by the Corpora tion and paid b y the Chamberlain. " Resolutions were also agreed to thanking the commit tee for their labour, and the Lord Mayor for calling the meeting. The meeting then separated. THE MURDER AT DOVER.—Yest e rd a y Frances Wal lace was examine' b e f ore the ma2istrates at Dover, chargei with the mu r d er of her illegitimate child. The facts of the case have already appeared in The Sum. She was fully committed for trial for wilful murder. THE NAVAL MUSEUM AT TEE CRYSTAL PA LACE. Among the vast and increasing assemblage of beautiful and instructive objects to be seen in the Crystal Palace, the collection of ship models now forming as a Naval Museum is not the leait, inte resting. The design and object of this exhibition may be best explained by the following extract from a circular whi c h was issued by the directors when its formation was first contemplated : The directors of the Crystal Palace Company having received for exhibition a considerahle number of models •f ships, boats, &c., with promises of more, have resolved to adopt measures for the formation of a Museum of Naval Architecture, in a proper situation in the Palace. They are anxious that a science wi:11 which the power and greatness of this country is so intimately associated should be represented on a scale and plan worthy of its importance, and of the national character of the institu tion under their direction. They therefore propose, by a series of models, to exhibit the progress of the construc tion of sailing vessels from an early date, showing in contrast the old models of such vessels, an d th e progres sive improvement which has taken plac e a t var i ou s pe riods, until we arrive at the beautiful clipper ships of the navigation they propose, in like e am originand progress of th a t mos t m tstt a h'e ritime enterprise, from th e fi rst k nown ships out of bar h d g ft launched on the lio s bn v fi elopment in the primidve cont r i vance o f H. down to the pmanner,prt attempta present p t b t a i trt m oa peet s exhibit t Clyde 0 . 1 yudrse , Hurls iap t i dh n ett the eee yearear risBt 1 1 11i 7 t 3 bt 16ye, Henry rn y o w ßc i r pre sent day ; in which we can point to the gigantic struc tures and improved arrangements of the magnificent steam ships of our great steam navigation companies. In ships of war they trust also to be able to exhibit models to illustrate the progress of that branch of -naval archi tecture. The various description of boats used both on the coasts of the United Kingdom and foreign countries, exhibiting an immense variety of form and rig, will also have a place in the museum, as well as models of foreign ships and craft having claim to any peculiarity of form or superior qualities for navigation. The directors sub mit that there is no place in the kingdom where such an exhibition can be made with equal advantage for exciting the public interest, or affording instruction, as in the Crystal Palace, where it will be brought under the notice of millions of visitors. To enable them to carry into effect this object they respectfully and earnestly solicit contributions of such models and drawings as may he appropriate to it, either on loan for exhibition, or presentment to the museum, from the numerous indivi duals and associations connected with the various branches of our vast maritime enterprise ; such as ship builders, shipowners,. directors of steam navigation com panies, marine engineers, yacht-clubs and proprietors, boat-builders, &c. With such assistance as they hope to receive from this source, the directors of the Crystal Palace Company look forward to the formation in the palace of such a comprehensive illustration of the pro gress of naval architecture as no other place in the world can show. _ _ Considering that a very few months have elapsed since this project was set on foot the collection has attained such a magnitude as to leave little doubt of the whole object proposed by the directors being in a short time fully realised. A brief description may be useful to the visitor to the palace who may be desirous to inspect this exhibition. Let him proceed by the north nave to the tropical de partment, on entering which and looking up to the galleries on his right he will see in front of the upper gallery a radiated gilt semicircle supporting about a score of flagstaffs projecting in a radiated form over the gallery, suspended from which are the national flags of the principal countries of the world. Ascending the staircase to the first gallery he will arrive at the lower section of the Naval Museum. The first object which will attract his notice will be a mahogany ornamental frame sup porting a number of large glass tubes, and in each tube the model, beautifully executed, of a mer chant ship. These models are twenty-four in num ber, and of various sizes. They exhibit the process of ship building, from the first frame work to the completion of a vessel, as also the launching. This is called the Sunderland Trophy. It represents the two principal industrial occupations of Sunderland, ship building and glass making, and is the same exhibition which attracted so much attention in the Universal Exposition of Paris. The next object which will present itself to him is the model, on a quarter of an inch to a foot scale, of the monster ship constructing at Millwall, and known as the Great Eastern. Turning towards the right, two large stages placed lengthways along the gallery support a number of models of steam ships, come fully equipped and rigged, and nearly all of them on a quarter inch to a foot scale. These mo dels are designed to represent the progress of steam navigation from its earliest commencement to the present time, and the visitor will not fail to remark the contrast in size, form, and mode of population between the earlier constructed steamers and those of a later date, with the progressive improvements —the latest beautifully illustrated by the models o the Simla and Himalaya—that of the latter cele brated vessel being pronounced by competent judges the finest specimen of naval modelling which they have ever beheld. In this part of the gallery will be found several other models, belonging to no particular classification, such as the Lord Mayor of London's State Barge, a Roman War Galley, a model of a 64-gun ship of the old school, fully rigged, constructed by the late Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke, and lent for exhibition by the Earl of Hard wicke, a model of the Kent Indiaman in frame, &c. ; and, among the marine inventions, a m o d e l showing Cunningham's patent apparatus for reefing and furling sails without sending men aloft. The visitor, however, who wishes to make him self acquainted with the more scientific department of naval architecture, should ascend to the second gallery, where he will find a numerous and classi fied collection of models of sailing ships, illustrat ing the progress of the science in the construction and form of merchant ships for the last 50 years, commencing with the old north country collier and West India " sugar box," the East Indiaman of the Company's regime, and other specimens, down to the present smart and symmetrical clipper ships. Among the latter may be noticed the ingenious sectional model of the James Baines, interesting to visitors contemplating a voyage to Australia, as the whole of the passenger cabins and interior ar rangements, to the most minute particular, of a first-rate clipper passenger ship are shown. The half models showing the lines upon which the steam ships of most of our large steam navigation com panies have been constructed, will be found very interesting to amateurs of the science of naval ar chitecture. There are also models of some of the best yachts contributed by Mr. Fincham, late of Portsmouth Yard ; head and stern section models of some of our " crack" ships of war, lent by the Earl of Yarborough, and to enable the visitor to estimate the progress made in naval architecture from an early period, he will find here the models of the Great Harry, a first-rate man of war of the reign of Henry VII., of the Royal Anne, a three decker of Queen Anne's reign, the old Royal George, cltc. Life and fishing boat models also figure in this gallery, and the latter it is stated are to be increased to show every description of boats used on the coasts in the United Kingdom. _ The models already in the Museum number nearly 300, and form a tolerably comprehensive illustration of the progress made in the construc tion of merchant vessels, both sailing and steam. But the visitor will no doubt feel some surprise to find a blank as regards the royal navy, with the exception of the few sectional models, the property of Lord Yarborough, above alluded to. The Ad miralty, it appears, were applied to by the directors of the Crystal Palace to aid in this really national object, but although their lordships have a back room full of models, which none but a very few privileged individuals can see, they declined to let any of them be seen in the Crystal Palace. Now, John Bull has always been proud of his navy ; he looks upon it still as his best arm of defence ; it has cost him an enormous sum of money ; the blunders of its administration in the construction and equipment of its ships, but a few years ago, were so great as to be a subject o f l oud complaint and even of ridicule. More re cent l y this branch of our naval ad ministration is well k nown to have been greatly improved ; and surely it would be expedient to afford the p u bli c the means of seeing whether the improvement in the war navy has been keeping pace with that which has been effected by private enterprise in the mercantile marine. Telegraphic advices from St. Petersburg state that the railway concessions have been granted to a French com pany for 80 years, and that their extent is about 2,500 miles. The terms fixed by the Government are about 15,5001. per mile, under a guarantee of 4,3 per cent., with an additional half per cent. for a sinking fund. It is not mentioned if the French company is the Credit Mobilier, or a company formed by Messrs. Rothschild and other capitalists. As to the sufficiency of the terms nothing can be said until the surveys show if the lines can be constructed at a considerably less cost than the 15,5001. per mile stated to bo payable. Should such not be the case the stock will of course fail to float, Russian Four - and-a-Half per Cents. being now only at 96 or 97. Considerable importance will also attach tri the question regarding the period of time over which the works are to extend, since the total sum r equired—nearly 40,000,000/. sterling—will establish a drain sufficient not only to weigh down all descriptions of Russian sec ri-. ties in our markets, but, in some deliret4 every other kind of enterprise. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN AMERICA. A horrible tragedy occurred at Bergholtz, a German settlement in the town of Wheatland, iu this county, on Saturday night last, being nothing else than the cold blooded butchery of Dr. T. C. Strange, his housekeeper, and his daughter, by some person or persons as yet un known. Sunday morning, as one of the doctor's neigh bours was proceeding along the road leading from the doctor's house south, he came upon the lifeless body lying on the road, with a pool of blood by his side. He had been murdered with an axe, having been struck four blows with it—one on the right side of the face, two on the back of the head, and one on the right side. The murderer evidently meant to make sure work, as either blow would have killed him. On proceeding to his house, a mile distant, a still more horrible sight presented it self. Upon the floor was the bleeding corpse of Uri. Barlean, the housekeeper of Dr. Strange, her head having been literally cut in two by the same instrument that had caused the death of the doctor, and a short distance from her, on the bed, was found the lifeless remains of the young daughter of Dr. Strange. The girl, like the others, had been killed by an axe. The first blow had been given on the side of the face, and before the second the victim bad raised the arm in self-defence, and received the second blow upon the elbow and fleshy part of the arm. The first blow must have caused almost instant death. So far not the slightest clue to the perpetrators of this horrible deed, or the cause which led to it, had been elicited. all neighbour of Dr. Strange, who lived close by, was up all Saturday night finishing a pair of boots which he had promised, but says he heard nothing to excite his atteo don. The general impression is, that the person or per sons who committed the murder went to the house and called the doctor away on business. He had a large overcoat on, and a lantern, which he always carried when going out of nights, was found near where his body lay. It is supposed that after murdering the doctor. the assassin went back and murdered the woman and child to prevent detection. Mrs. Barlean, when found, had a candle in one hand and matches in the other, and was probably about to' make a light when she was struck the deadly blow. Dr. Strange was a man between 40 and 59 years old, and had been in this country about six years, and had resided all this time at Bergholtz. H e separated from his wife about two years ago, since when she has lived in Buffalo. Mrs. Barlean was a woman about 30 years old, and has kept house for Dr. Strange since his wife left. She has a husband in Germany, whom she was expecting here daily. The other victim was Dr. Strange's daughter, a beautiful young girl, about 13 years old,—Lockport Oenriar, Oct, 7.