The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-08 00:00:00

1L 1 ~~.-/ - - i ~~~ .~~` ry • . / - • ) • I' A L cia -; '4l . 1 1;11:'. Of 4,41, . cal • 2 tr „_ :^4,1 ; 1 3 • tkli 4 ..,ARkt*AlllitOC ;.o 11017;*14 Q. . , 4k , ~," 4104 1 4.4 . sr. it, • 1 6 VW •;*- , - • . 4 , Af f • 4 6\''' 1111 1k: 4Cr `11" Aft A - N 5 - 41493214,11' .Rorr., - - --- --- - Z . - ..) 11/f R - . ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC!, including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the Si.I,II.LON, THIS EVtNING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Three. '!„tal 4 15 . (which can be taken at the box-offico every day from 11 ; area, 25.; gallery, la.—Mont Blanc will close for the season S atirtiaY, Sept. 16th.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1854. No. 19,330.] TURKISH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM, - , sn, 'GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner, Piccadilly, • 43 ." 2 •1 DAILY, from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it Polies at Six. Admission, 2s. 6d. ; children, 18. 6d. ; Saturdays, ss. ; 'children, 28. 6d. Family Tickets for flue, 10s. Schools admitted at -form m -alf-Price. Herr Kalozdy and his Band are engaged, and will Daily, from from Twelve till five. Mr. J. Osborne Williams will ?reside at the Grand Pianoforte during the evening. AIET REN T'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CNA& C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. ,and will continue open every evening, with LALTRENT's • CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, sultan Polka, - Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by 11. - Laurent, the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-east 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter Itinate at half-past 11. OYAL P A T P M O N I7I 7I 1 R E . 11 6 -Mt II) UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MAN GEMENT. lON. H PR N IN IC CE ALBERT. INsIT TuT COURSE of MONDAY LECTURES. specially addressed to the IN DUSTRIAL CLASSES, to which they and their I. milks will be 'admitted, Morning or Evening, on payment of SIXPENCE each, on 'Producing a ticket signed by the Foreman or Superintendent of the Works to which they may belong. The FIFTH LECTURE of this COURSE will be delivered on 'Monday Evening, the 11th inst., by Dr. SCOFFEEN, &c , on the MANUFACTURE of SUGAR. Also, during this week, LEC TURES by Dr. SCOFPERN, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMICAL ItESoURCES of MODERN WARFARE, with startling and brilliant •exoerimtnta. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. Becunormfa. EXHIBITION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, In addition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, .PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &e.. Re., Re. A BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WARD of the Royal Italian Opera. • The Gas-lighting byJonx LMIE, Esq. .11 REAT-U ESTERN RAILWAY. -CHEAP v... If EXCURSION to BATH and BRISTOL.—A Train will leave .Paddington on Sunday September 10th, at 7.45 a.m., for taa h and Bristol, and will return the same evening, at 6.30 p.m., from Bristol, and 7 p.m. from Bath. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and es.; Bath, 9s and ss. Tickets miy bepreviously obtained at the Great Western Booking Offices, 27, King-street, Cheapgide; 63, Bridge-road, Lam beth; 351, Oxford-street; 269, Strand ; and at the Eaddington Station. OUT H-WESTERN RAILWAY.- LY PLEASURE EXCURSIONS DAILY to tho.e attractive places, WINDSOR, HAMPTON COURT, RICHMOND, KEW, &c., &c., at Low Fares. • First and Second Class Return Tickets, at Single Fares (with the Addition of a small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and sundays, at Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and io all Stations 'below Woking. These tickets can only be receved at the station Zr which they are issued, and are available for Return by any Ordi nary Train until the following Monday, ' By order. ARCfill SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1854. CHEAP EXCURSION to SOUTHAMPTON and PORTSMOUTH and BACK.—MONDAY, 11th Sept., 1854 .—LONDO N and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—A Special Train Will leave Waterloo Station at 7 15 a.m., returning from Ports ‘tltil at 7, and from Southampton at 7.30 p.m., same day. 4:l l Vs , there and back :—Closed Carriages, Gs. 6d. ; Seated Open Carriakei, 3S. ta: Pa s will sengers with luggage be charged the fares of the ordinary trains. _ St earn-Boats are constantly plying at moderate fares b e tween / Southampton and Cowes, and Portsmouth and Ryde, thus giving pas sengers an opportunity of visiting the Isle of Wight. On the above day, a Steamer will sail from Southampton, on the arrival of the train, round the Island, and return in time for the up train. Also, the usual Excursion round the Island from Portsmouth at Ia 1 —0 a.m., returning by about 5 p.m. ARCH% SCOTT, Traffic Manager. 'Waterloo Station, September, 1854. EXCURSIONS to JERSEY or GUERNSEY, via SOUTHAMPTON, twice a week, for 10s.; or Return Tickets, 15s. On SATURDAY next. the 9th September, and every Saturday till prther notice, the " SOUTII•WESTEB.N" Steam-packet will leave sotithampton for Jersey, at 8 o'clock p.m. ; returning from Jersey every Blonday, at 3 p m. • Also, from Southampton to Guernsey and Jersey every Tuesday, at half - Past Five p m., returning from the Islands every Thursday. Fares from London to the Islands :-3d Class, 10s.; 2d Class, 12s. olds ; Ist Class, 21s. Double Journey rickets, available for Ten Days:-3d Class, 155.; 2 d Claes, 20s. ; 3d Class, 31s. 6d. By order. A RCHD SCOTT, Traffic Manager. 'Waterloo Station, London, Sept., 1844. - ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—FIy the Excursion Trains every SUNDAY Iforning at 7.45 from Watetltal Station, THROUGH RETURN TICKETS are issued to thFt ISLE oi , WIGHT, via 81 47TH AMPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE. Pares :—C•osed Carriages, Bs.; Seated Open Carriages, 54., which Include all pier dues and s'eamboat fares, but not conveyan , e between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from ItYde will n•tt be available via cowes and Southampton, nor those from Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth. THROriGHOTJT TICKETS betwixt LONDON anti HYDE, via PORTSMOrTH. PORTSEA. and CC( 'SPORT, available tor Four Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares, which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares Ist Class, 365. Bd. ; 2d Class, 275.8 d. Single Journey Fares—ist Class, 20s.td.; 2d Class, lbs. 6d. Waterloo Station, July, 1854. ARCH D. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. ESTABLISHE D 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered bySpeelal let of Parliament, 4 Vlc., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA VIUTITAL LIFE AtiiNOCIAT Empowered by liar ‘roje , ty's Royal Letters P..tent. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDEit, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. with or Without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTF,R, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. Princes street, Bank, London. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, 110,000/., fully subs"ribed. CHAIRMAN—KE N YON S. P RIK iat, Esq., Q.C. DEPQTY-CHAIRMAN—FIenry Blair Mayne, Esq. Accidents on Railways, fatal and non-fatal, insured against, either ns.ngle or annu a l p re miums, at very moderate rates. nquire at 7, Bank -buildings, Lothbury. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE Accidents by Sea, C OMPANY. Aceid Fire, ordinary Travellinfr, or from any other cz , insured against W eekly payments, t oge ther with medical expe nses, immediately awa ._ surreied in case of any accident whatever , which may prevent the ' l, ed from followi ng his usual occupation. I nquire at 7, Bank .buildings, LothburY. ---- ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. WAR RISKS either by Land or Sea, or in the face of the Enemy, ••41r!..ITRED AGAINST. ~° Personal attendance or medical examinatio n re q uired. '°sPectuses and further information can be had on application at Lags Company's Offices, or of any of their Agents. By order. 7 ,l3ank-buildings, Lothbury. WM. YOUNG, Secretary. ALLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE in Bottles, valid 8 genuine and in fine condition, as recomme nded for In and the Tab e by Baaort LIEBIG. The undersigned has ~ " 4 3's a supply at his Stores of the finest quality and character. keIPYIY to NATHANP , L EASTLY, Wine, Bee r, and Brandy chant, 132, Upper . Thames-street. THE CHOLEB A!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia . , -.REIVs'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col if: of Phys'cians. The Cheapest and Strongest CULORD)E of t o : e• Quarts, 25., Pints, Is., half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, •,. augßists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, 4,01 1d0n. Ir•n •—•—CRE WS'S C FILORIDE of ZINC is a chea p , p owerful, and Aber preparation.—Medlcal Circular. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PH E-zERVATION of POTATOES, SEED, &c —This Valuable discovery, for whbh Letters Patent have been obtained, is the result of fourteen ye rs' study and experiments in the preserva tion of vegetable matters. It impaits health and vigour to he Plants and `eeds subjected to its a tion, and effectually prevents the Pt) TATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, ?l ILDEW and 120 T, all FUN4AL DISE ASE. 4, arid 'he attacks of INSECTS and VF.R.- IN, and further r, co mmen d s i tse lf t o th e former, th planter, and the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode m its application. It is sold by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, three, and four pnunis each, with instructions for its use, and parties .requiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportati o n, can be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the Patentee, 18. Cannon-street, London-bridge, when - , the article is alwsys on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions fur its use can be obtained. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Lett er s IL Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TREESEMAR, No. 1, is a. remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the System. • TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Cont - nental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physic an treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIEEMAIt, No. I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, • mul of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I is, each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into !_ e Parate doses, as administered by Valpeau, L a ll em a a d, Roux, • f c .e. , Sm.—To be had Tholesale and Retail in London of Robert John •27l, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, . 1 50, Oxford-street. T AE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 E stamps, DEBILITY; AVOUS tr , Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure. — An Essay on Sper aterrheea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more Succe ssful mode of treatment of the d iseases of the G enerative da t , e rn. obtained by the use of the Mic rosco p e in detectin g a n d - " ri gnisbing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of ` ver y variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, o t ce ,Sses, accident, or climate, followed by practical r e m ark s , fo unded Nervous Debility, years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, v° l, 9 Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which ma added , Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre : " ° earY hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, . 0 11 the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on - the se...portant disorders. 87 By SAMUEL LA'MEET. • LONDON, BEDFORD-SQUARE h - "emor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of , the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, c'entiato of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. _ The essential object of this treatise is to point out t he fearful eon- Sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, anti excesses , which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man . ted, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their Physical condition, and who are conscious of haring haza rded the health , happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. • It is Absolutely necessary thatall man should know, that there are prin t o • ei Ples,cf personal management which cannot be violated without theu"ing grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed a hev ••• -ay of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties , 1 1T1' 0 e Mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may he removed, ~.Id. how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, I ..eat , there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangeme n t to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Practice has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unf ortunately been too generally confided to the care o• ignorant ... u !r 4 rics, who inflict great injury on those who aro induced to place +loth in their pretensions. of Messrs. Piper, t iCERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, u r ,t t here, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free hy nest for tWrty st Anilm Tor-square. , to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed. e conl.ultati9a from Xleyou till Two, and from Mats• . • . • . , PUBLICATIONS, Now ready, at all the Librartps, in 3 vo le . , MRS. TROLLOPE'S LIFE and r ADVEN TURES OF A CLEVER WOMAN "This npvel must be c onsidered as one of the most successful of the season." —Dally News. "It will be extensively and eacrerly read. There are some admir. ably drawn chara-ters in the wo k."—Qunday Times. "The best novel the present season has produced."—Critic. " This novel is very utilising." Examin r. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. CHEAP EDITION OF MPS BITRNErg DIARY. Now ready, complete In 7 vols. smell Bvo., with Portraits, price 3s per volume, 14 ADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND 17n LETTER:. " Madame D'Arblay livid to be a classic. Her Diary ought to be consulted by ever , person who wishes to be well acquainted with the histot , of our literature and our manners "—Edinburgh Review. Published for H. ColUurn, by his successors, Hurst and lilackett. BY AUTHORITY OF THE REqt- , TR GE FERAL. Now r aiv, in royal Bro , nri , e THE CENSUS of GREAT BRITAIN in 1851 Corny let e an Acronnt or the 'i'umbers and Dist , lhut'on of the Peop'e; the r Ages Vonju qtl Condition, Occup .Lions, and Birth p,ac.. ; w tit Re urns of the lihnd, he lie t and Dumb. and th In. mates of Pu tic Institutions; .and an Analy lal Index Reprinted, In a condensed form, from the Official Repents and T bles. London : Lo-gman, Brown, Green, and Lvngmans. O FFICIAL GUIDE BOOK to the CRYSTAL • PALACE. By sAmliF.l, PHILLw, TCt ADVERTISER 4.-1 he first contract for nne Hundred Tlvu 'and Cop es ' , ein'# nearly completed, the Poi)liThers are premed to receive renewals or fresh elverttsements for a Second Series of One Hundred Thoniand Co lea. . . 11, Bouverie-street, September 7, 1854, SALE OF OLD STORES AT WOOLWICH. ADAintALTT, OW/MET-PLACE, 7th Sept., 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kinzdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereb , give notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 27t , , inst., at 12 o'clock at noon, the Commodore Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dockyard et Woolwich, several Lots of OLD STORES ; consisting of Old Cordage, cable laid and hawser-laid, Canvas and Hammocks. in Rags, hakings, Coal Sacks, Buntin, &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for notes of admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chanc'ry, made in certain causes, "TRIMMER and others against DANBY and others," and " HARPUR against TRIMMER and others." all persons claiming to be next of kin under the statute for the distribution of intestates' estates of Joseph Mallord William Turner, late of Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, in the county of Middlesex, E-quire, Royal Academician (who died in or about the n,onth of December, 18.51). and the legal personal representative or representatives of any deceased next of kir., are, by their solicitors, on or before Monday, the Gth day of November, 1854, to come in and prove . . their Claims at the Chambers of Vice-Chanceltor Sir Richard Torin Kindersiey, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's•inn, in the county of Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremp torily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Friday, the 10th day of November. 1854, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi catin: upon the claims. The sad Joseph Mallord William Turner was the son of William Turner. and Mary, hi- wife, formerly Vary Marshall, epinste , who were married at St. Paul's, Covent-garden. in the county of Middleses, on or about the 29th d ty of August. 177 4 , and the said William Turner was a son nfJohn Turner, and Rebecca his wi.e, former , y Rebecca Knight, spinster, w o were married t Southmoiton, in he county ot evon, on or about the Ist day of August, 1739. old style. Nothing is known of the parentage of the said Mary arsliall, and it is the relations of t' is person who are particu.arly sought for by the pre•ent advertisement. Dated this Bth thy of August. 1854. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. FRANCIS DRAKE, 3 , , Walbrook, London, Plaint i ffs' Sol citor. JAREZ TEPPER, 39, Great Jamps-street. RAVEN and BRADLEY, Harcourt•buildings, Temple, Defendants' Solicitors. PATENT RELF- kaTUSTING TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY, 87; CO., most respectfully in form the Public, that their PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSEA alord more eams and security for the reliet of HERNIA than any other Instrument f the purpose. They wll anYwer for r ght or l• ft 41e, reTti ing nn under-strap or any gating Bandage. Per. ns in the coma, are re ' , tested to send the circumference of the Buds' one Inch be . ovr the Hips. CAUTION.—As man;• mercenary Druniqts are vending an inferior article, Purchasers are re iu-ste , i to ohaerve, that 9a L vtoN, ODY, & CO , 292, Strand. London, is marked upon the Leather Case. - - - Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town in the United Kingdom. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION. BRONCHITIS. AsT NIA, 03U r, RFIETJMATISM, and all SPROPULOUS CONIPIAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its iv •'t active an r es ential princi:des —electi•lg a cure much more rapidly than any (Alter kind. Presnritrd by the most emir- nt medical mot and supplied ko the 1 aclin hovitals of Europe. Half pint hottles,2s. 6d. ; pints, cit- 9d., IMPERIAL ME SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, ASS tll, II &RFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. . *.* Fnur Half-pint Bottles sent fcarriaze paid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings. G R AVESEND STA:R PACK ETS. NT ,, other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purtieet Piers. NOTICE. —D TICKETS are hsued upon the Gravesend Star Packets, available for return by them by the London and Tilbury Railway; the Return Tickets by the Rahway will also be available for return by the Star Packets. The Packets eat) it the Piers as underlined (weather perm: FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, Itting' . STINT ASI WEEK DATS. Terrace Pier 7% tiV a 11% 3% Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch•street Station to all parts of LonclOn every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WEIARF. BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WENIC 1) A Ys. SUNDAYS . ---------- , .q a Fen- ,- `..! ,_..= t Fen- fi., fi 1 3 f.. . 1) church 5 ... - a . church t: ~. ' 6 6' Street v. ,.5 A Street A 8 0 8 f , '." 5' . . to A - - —— - 91,4 - - _ iO4 - - 10 - _ IN - - - - ii - - 12M 1 214 2 1 4 3 *54 6 Passages marked * are run direct. , Fore Cabin. Saloon. fo or from Gravesend and 1.0nc10n...• • • .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. q e t w een Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. 8:1. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, S . 0, ; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; three Months, 2i. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the P.mr.r. • nr of Mr. Monk. Terrace Pier, Gravesend. .ondon.. •• . wall or Wool\ Lermedlate Piei lye gonths, 5 . be had of the Terrace Pier,' BOAT TICKETS.—TweI three Months, Os.; to Packets; or of fir. Monk, ' Sept. 5. 144. F OR SEPTEMBER AND FOLLOWING oNTII-;,—The newly-inventelPNLETO I', which owes its existence exclusively to the Establishment of E. MOSES and SON, Is the most sAtable Article of Dress for September and following months. This Paletot has removed all previous deficiencies which may have appeared in every description of Paletot which has hitherto been pre sented. By aye y peculiar cut it unites ease in wear with the most correct and artistic fit ; it is the most elegant and gentlem .rile article of the season. The materials, workman-his, arid finish At once show h , vr entirely impossible it is for any Establishment to imitate It at the price for which it is offered by E. Moses and Son —viz., twenty-five shilling. For September and followl"g months sportsmen require necessary equipment tor the shooting season. The suitability of the Sporting Attire manufactured by E. Moses and Son has gained it universal c lebr ty with all classes ; their long experience, vast transactions, and the unrivalled talent they employ in designing rind making tip every fashionable and useful article of Dress, and the very economi cal prices they charge, insure it such patronage that the stock though immense is always new. For Se; temher the Hosiery and Ladles' and Children's Dress De partments are replenished with the most elegant articles of the first order of fashion, and at the most economical prices. The Boot and r-hoe Branch offers opprtunities of selecting the best and cheapest Goals. :..pecial arrangements are made for sportsmen. Me-chants, Captains, and Emigrants should select from the Wholesaie Clothing. Shirt, and Boot And Shoe Department. The Goods are made in accordance with the latest adviiies tram the Colonies, will instantly sell at large profits, and are therefore the best freight which can be embarked. Full Lists of Outfits for ladies and gentlemen, with ship-sailing information (gratis) on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesma n-like fnleeh od of " Being connected with +heir Establishment," or It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTIIER ROUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Ch urc h , all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, .507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, and 3, Hart-street, all eonamuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant tailors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from aunsw. on Fridays to sunset on : , .aturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system et self-measum mat, &c., may be had on application, or post-free. Tel l'on parle Francais. Qui si parle Itallano. flier aprieht man Deutsch. Aqua as habla Espana. 1 BAIL WAY INL'ELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark ; Sir John N. R. Campbell, IC.C.H., i❑ the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, and the report, which appeared in The Sun of Saturday, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Before commenting on the report, I wish briefly to lay before the observation of the proprietors the position in which I am now placed for the first time, and after that I will endeavour to lay before the meeting the matters of interest which have - occupied the attention of the present board since my accession to the office which I have now the honour to hold in this company. It will be my endeavour to lay before you the true position—good as well as ill—in order that, by a thorough knowledge of your affairs, you may the better aid the directors by your counsel and advice, and to offer suggestions which, I may say, will be gratefnily received both by my colleagues and myself ; for it is an incontrovertible fact that many of the evils which now burden this enterprise arise from the want of such knowledge ; and, I am sorry to be obliged to add, from negligence upon all those matters which most seriously affect your own interest. It was on the 16th of March that you did me the honour to elect me a director, and on the 18th of the same mouth I was sum moned to attend a board meeting. At that meeting, ac cording to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, the directors proceeded to elect a chairman and deputy chair man of t he board. They did me the honour to put me in nomination for the office of chairman, and I was elected by a majority on that occasion. But, gentlemen, I he sitated to accept the post which I now occupy, because I felt that my knowledge of the details connected with this great' undertaking was not such as would enable me to perform the duties with advantage to you or with honour to myself. I had but little time to reflect ; bnt I knew that I should be associated a ith men of great practical knowledge and experience, and that I should have the benefit of that knowledge and experience, not only to lighten my labours, but also to diminish the amount of moral responsibility which I must assume—(hear, hear) —and I take this opportunity of saying, in the presence of my colleagues, that it is to their unceasing attention to their duties, and their undeviating kindness, that I owe the little knowledge that I possess of the policy, the management, and the details of thik. great concern ; and I can only say, that if my ability to learn is only com mensurate with their efforts to instruct, you will not have long to regret the inefficient choice which the direc tors have made in appointing me their chairman. I pass over the first two or three days of my office, when the question of the Brornleybill was mooted, because I shall have occasion to address you upon that bye-and-bye. I pass on to the 23d of March, three days after my election, which was the first day on which I had an opportunity of looking into your affairs. The first point to which I gave my attention was the state of the finances, and the means which existed of paying the dividend which had been declared on the 1 6 th of March, amounting to 148,0001. I found that on 16th March, after paying all outstand ing claims, there was left a balance of 9,5881. lie. 7d. to the debit of the company. I found that the sum which might be carried to dividend had been paid away for purposes of construction. I found that the borrowing powers of the company were exhausted with the excep tion of about 17;000/ , being the balance of 500,0001. granted by Parliament in the previous year. • I found also that works estimated in that 500,0001. were not yet commenced, although the money had been expended for other purposes. I found large and expensive staffs in the various departments. I found that engagements had been entered into which must be met by borrowing ' powers in the course of the present year. I found we were hampered with profitless branches, abstracting from your main lines no less a sum than 108,3401. from your annual revenue. (Hear.) I found likewise seve ral claims outstanding which had to be met by the cur- I rent revenue cf the year—that there were bonds to a , large amount falling due monthly, which had unfortu nately to be renewed, or the money to be provided at a period when the money market was very heavy, and at an increased rate of interest. In fact, I found that all that could be got together had been expended, and that no provision bad been made for the future. At the date of which I speak you are aware of the state of the money market. You know that money was worth more than 5 per cent., with the prospect of an increased interest as the works progressed. There were many public loans in the market, and almost every railway company was in the field as borrowers ; and you are aware how difficult _ it was to arrange any pecuniary matter, for at that time almost every enterprise seemed to be struck with pecu niary paralysis. Under these circumstances, it cannot be wondered at that the banking interest declined to make the large advance which we required for the payment of the dividend ; and on several occasions we were met, not perhaps with positive refusal, but with reluctance to make the advance ; and I can say it was only at the last moment we were relieved from our anxiety. by the handsome manner in which our bankers came forward to enable us to meet the dividend, and pay our liabilities on that occasion. (Hear.) It was then I entertained the idea of calling you together to tell you the state of your affairs, and to place before you the necessity of foregoing the dividend which had been declared on the 16th of March. But this was over ruled by my colleagues, who were more experienced than myself, and the matter was settled in the manner' I have declared. to you. The next point to which I wish to direct your attention is the change which has taken place in the management since the new directors were appointed. You are aware that the offices of chairman and managing director were vested in one and the same person ; and that was a system which the reconstructed board did not think was conducive to the interests of the company. (Hear, hear.) It was a union of offices in the hands of one person, giving complete control over the legislative, the executive, and the financial policy of the company. which we thought ought not to exist ; and, in fact, was a centralisation of authority which we thought ought to be divided into shares of individual responsibility. (Hear, hear.) The union of such offices, embracing such extraordinary powers, involved duties so various, so numerous, and so onerous, that it appeared to us impossible that any one person could discharge them efficiently, however able, however intelligent, and however active that person might be—(hear, hear)—and We• thought the legislative and the executive Powers ought to be so distinct as to leave room for the exercise of that free judgment which experience proves to be most conducive to the departments over which they preside. In consequence of this determination we put forth advertisements, having first settled in our own minds that the appointment of a distinct paid manager was a sound principle, because'we thought it was the proper channel for bringing all the administration of our affairs into a uniform circle. We thought it would be greatly beneficial throughout the whole line, and we thought at the same time that the general control would be vested in your hoard, who would be responsible to you for their acts and their proceedings. (Hear.) An advertisement was put forth calling for candidates to tender their ser vices for.the office of general manager, and it is due to those gentlemgn who sent in their testimonials to say that they were all of a very high character. The post was conferred upon one of your own distinguished officers, and I will tell you the reason why. Captain Barlow had been for many years in the service of the company, and had filled a situation of great responsibi lity with credit to himself and with frequent commenda tions from the company. His testimonials were in all respects equal to those of the other candidates ; and I may mention, which•l believe is not known to every one of my colleagues, 'that some of those gentlemen (and I more particularly allude to three), who sent in highly valuable testimonials, and who now hold responsible situations on railways, told me in their private commu nications that they did not wish in any way to interfere with the appointment of Captain Barlow, who they con sidered so admirably adapted for the situation. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") There is another thing which influenced my colleagues and myself in making this ap pointment—that is, in the capacity of resident engineer an one portion of the line, your late chairman, unsoli cited by Captain Barlow, and, as far as I know, by any other person, selected that gentleman to the respon sible position of superintendent of the railway—thus showing the estimation in which the talents of Captain Barlow were held by your late ch•irman. (Hear, hear.) I believe this to be a most proper appointment, and I have received written communications from share holders in various parts highly approving of this step, which we have taken as one of the first which has dis tinguished our term of office. (Hear, hear.) In order to make the system more effective it became necessary to supply the place vacated by Captain Barlow, and to associate with him a man of knowledge and tried expe rience in railway matters, who would be able to take upon himself the duties of general manager in the event of our being from any cause temporarily deprived of the services of Capt. Barlow. For that office we have se lected Mr. James Brown, who was for some time con nected with the Chesterford and Newmarket Railway, and previously to that with others, and we believe the results will be beneficial to your interests. It was felt to be desirable to introduce an officer who was free from any predilections to any particular line of policy, and whilst we are by this means enabled to uphold in the strictest integrity all your interests, you may be assured that no sacrifice of them will be made unless we secure for you proportionate and permanent advantages. The appointments to which I have alluded have, I believe, ge nerally had the ef fect of bringing all the officials of the company into juxtaposition with one another, and have been the means of establishing such a good under standing that there is now a greater freedom of inter course and interchange of sentiment amongst them than previously existed ; and power and vigour are given to the efforts of our officers, with the knowledge that all their proceedings are brought under the general cogni sance of the board, who are always ready to receive from their subordinates any suggestions that may tend to promote the prosperity of the concern. (Hear, hear.) The next step which we thought necessary to adopt • was the appointment of committees under the several heads of finance, traffic, stores, and works. The appointment of these committees, whose proceedings are regularly laid before the board at each meeting for ap. proval and confirmation, seems to work extremely well. The division of labour has proved very useful, and the general supervision which is exercieed by the board over A WARNING TO BATHERS AT NEW BRIGHTON.-Dur ing the present season several fatal accidents have oc curred to bathers at New Brighton, notoriously a most dangerous shore, in consequence of the numerous quick sands which abound there, and the powerful and rapid currents into which the stream is broken. CARD CHEATING AT MANCHESTER.-At the New Bailey, Salford, on Monday, a man named Patrick Gal lagher was brought before Mr. Trafford, on the charge of being concerned, with others, in cheating and defraud ing two young men, named Joseph and Joe Schofield. The prisoner was committed to the sessions, this being the first conviction here under the new act for the re pression of this offence• Time [PRICE SD. rt m an F n i du o rn ran is d i u n m th w e h f i o c l h lo lugs of the board held each department has been the means of giving great convenience to the heads of the departments in carrying on the works appertaining to them. A close supervision, ameng his views on this important matter. This memo. also, of the various departments had led to a reduction in h w e iitnn d g e ß l w i i v io e dr r ged e delivered to 6 e t: , e , "Mr. Forster : the staffs generally ; and these reductions have not only r explained his absence from the two meet been made with the full concurrence, but at the sugges- Monday and Tuesday I tion, of the heads of the departments ; and the result has his opinion in favour of theand begged permission to record resolution of the board come already been a permanent saving of about 5,000/. a year to at the latter of those --(loud cheers) B and from all the information we have branch to the decision :, c ; flting; to leave the Bromley been able to acquire we have reason to believe that fur- already sitting upon it and the Parliamentary committee board, Westminster, as c con the two other competing they savings will be effected without impairing the pro- schemes. Mr. Forster desires to take his full share in any responsibility attaching to that per working of the undertaking. The steam-boat este resolution of the board, the immediate result of which has b blishment at Folkestone has undergone considerable Rite een to defeat the two com peting schemes before the Parlia ration. The works belonging to that establishment have Well, gentlemen, it might have Welly men committee." now been concentrated at Ashford, where there is abun- been supposed that after a decision so come to by your b dance of labour and other appliances ; and we feel satis by the committee of the House of Commons, board, and so a roved pp fled from the information we have received, that the mons, that your repairs of the steam b o at s can b e made as well and as directors w ou ld h ave vigorously prosecuted the bill, and efficiently, and mor e rap id ly, than they could have been would, as th e y must have done, come to you for your approval of it, stating their reasons accomplished at Folkestone, whilst the amount of the for having authoria®d Mr. Hope-Scott to give those a pay-sheets at Folkestone has been reduced from 1001. to uttered as their mouth piece, and tshsautratres which he 521. per week—(hear, hear )--and Mr. Cudworth, the sought to obtain your approbation and they would have head of the locomotive department atr. Ashford, has in the decision taken ; but observe what .3dTdurt skupport for formed us that he will be able to effect a large reduc the bill was passed by the committee of a e Plane— the House of tion in the expenses of his department without detract the on the 21st of March, and might ing from its utility, • Branches of the engineering de- Commons through its various stages immediatel have pro but no partment have also been concentrated at Ashford, by step was taken in respect to it • and, therefore, y ' I gave which a material saving lias been effected ; but of the precise amount I am not at present able to inform call your attention notice to the board, on th e 11 t h of May, of my intention you. I now, for a f ew moments, to move a resoluti on t o th e f o l lowing effect—namel to the much-vexed question of the Bromley and y " That instructions b e g i ven to t h e solicitors to proceed Lewisham extension li ne . I find, by the records of the with the Lewisham and B rom l ey Bi ll without further company, that this proj ec t h as been before you for many delay," and I did move th at resolut i on on the 18th of years, and that it has en t a il ed upon you, in one shape or May ; and I may men ti on, i n j ust i ce to two of my hon. other, large legal expe nses ; and this ' question, I may colleagues through o ut, th a t I was supported by Mr. add, has been a most em b arrassing one to your new Rich and Mr. Re ns h aw A n amen d ment was, however, directors. I think yo u will do well to consider moved by Mr. Matth ew F ors t er, w h ose prev i ous senti the objects of the different parties who have advocated ments in favour of- m y mo ti on you h ave already heard, exten-ions, and the motiv which induced such a d vo - to this effect, a n d it me t w i t h t h e support of the majo es cacy ; and the more I refleet upon it th e more I am con- city of the board. emcee that the carrying- ou t o f t h e project would by at- Mr. Forste r ' s m o ti on —" T hat considering that the tended with an outl a y o f a l arg e amount of capital, with time and attenti on o f th e b oard is fully occupied in re little or no adv an t age t o yourse l ves. (Hear, hear.) I vising the aff a i rs o f th e 'li ne, and that the funds of the company and the l a b our o f i ts off i cers are fully employed ask you to cons id er w h et h er t h e proprietors at large possess such an amoun t o f i n f orma ti on as to enable them in carrying out sc h emes a l ready undertaken -and also to discuss this ques ti on ca l m l y an d deliberately, if we that the branch t o th e v ill age of Bromley, as laid down in the bill, pro mo t e d b y the late board is not, in our had called you t oge th er f or t h at purpose ; and I find from commu n i ca ti ons I h ave h a d , both personal and opinion, the b es t li ne e i t h er for the interest of the com peny or the p u bli c ; an d further, considering the pre written, that thi s wou ld nu t h ave b een the case. I find that you have tru s t e d t oo muc h, as i s usually the case in , sent state of th e money market, with other reasons for societies of this kind, t o th e di rectors themselves— (hear, postponement, w e d eem i t i nexpedient to proceed with hear)—and I find th a t y ou were generally ignorant of " LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY• the bill in the p resent sess i on, as far as relates to .the the merits and deme r it s , th e a d vantages -and the dialed- "It appears to us of immense importanc e i n th e conduct Bromley b ranc h . " N ow, gentlemen, I wish to callyour attention t o thi s f act, that this resolution, passed vantages, of such a project. I thi n k very few of you of this case,. thattounsol should know, before the 'bill i s were aware of the manner in whi c h i t would embroil us submitted to the committee, what co urse the bo ar d, as now by the board o f di rectors of the South-Eastern Railway with the Brighton Company if that line had been carried, constituted, is prepared to recommend t o th e s h areholders Comp any , was passed after the chairman of the cora and I believe that few of you h a d t a k en into account the' respecting it. Should there be any evidence before the Pant had received a letter from Mr. Charles Geach, the committee of a disinclination to prosecute the bill, this member for Coventry, and the chairman of the West effect which the construction of that line would have had circumstance will probably secure the success of one or end and Crystal Palace, Bromley, and Farnborough upon your existing property, by the creation of a large both of the rival bills . ; and even the absence of a specific line, stating that if, upon the receipt of his letter, the amount of profitless capital, and an annual charge upon assurance that the bill will be bona fide prosecuted may South-Eastern directors called a Wharncliffe meeting of revenue ; for I cannot admit that the Bromley and have the s ame effect. the company, he should wait the decision of the meet- Lewisham line would be anything but a losine concern. "Connsel for the Sydenham bill have already raised the ing, but that he should consider any further delay as I thought that none of you had looked to the final re-question, and it must bo answered. - suits of that line, and that you were not aware that it " JAMES R. HOPE-SCOTT. decisive evidence that the directors did not intend to would involve the construction of a loop line from Brom- C. HOGGINS. proceed with the bill, and that he should allow no op ley to Croydon, which loop-line would have a most HENRY ALWORTH MEREWETHER. portunity to escape of obtaining the sanction of Par serious effect upon your present sy s t em. I am aware- HUNTER RODWELL. li amen t to t h e other bills. Well, gentlemen, having, " 17th March, 1851." on the 18th May, moved that instructions be given to that a large majority of this proprietary are opposed proceed with the to extensions generally—(cries of "hear, hear")—and I Thisenemoranduna was presented to the consideration of bill, and having been defeated, I know also that some of you have never given a thought my honourable colleagues on Saturday, the 18th March, again endeavoured to set the board right and to protect to it, provided a thing was recommended by the direc. accompanied by all the explanations which I had it in you, by moving the following resolution upon the Bth tors ; but I know there are a few--although but a small my power to give, and with all the reasons which I had June, namely—" That a special meeting of the pro portion of yo u — w h o d es i re extensions for speculative to offer in favour of a decision for prosecuting the bill ; prietors of the company be convened to consider the purposes. You will b e t o ld, I have no doubt, that in and I had further to announce to my honourable col- position of the Lewisham and Bromley Bill, and the pro withdrawing that bill, w hi c h we thought it our duty to leagues, that in the hope of enabling them to come to a priety of proceeding with it." Tho directors did not do, we have neglect e d our duty, and that we have in- satisfactory and amicable settlement of the question I choose to call you together ; they chose to assume that jured your interests ; but Ibe of you, in all statements had arranged for a meeting between them and th e chair- you had left the policy of proceeding with the Bromley that may be made on this subject, to look well into the man of the Brighton Company, and the chairman of the bill, under all circumstances, however urgent or critical, motives and feelings of those who dictate sentiments West-end and Crystal Palace and Bromley and Fern- with them, concluding by a resolution stating, "That that may be adve rse t o th e po li c y w hi c h your di rectors b orough R diway, for the succeeding Monday, the 20th they, after m a t ure consideration having resolved that have adopted with a view to promote your interest. I March, at 10 o ' c l oc k i n th e morn i ng. Th at meeting took the South-East ern , Lewisham, and Bromley bill should wish you to look int o thi s ma tt er , b ecause i t i s one of place, and your directors had their discussion with th e be withdrawn, it was unnecessary to trouble the share serious import to y ourse l ves . If y ou l oo k at the pre- gent l emen mentioned, and various suggestions were of- holders on the subj ec t." G entlemen, I can hardly con sent state of your fi nances , an d cons id er the decaying f ered, chiefly, I must say, inimical ones to the South- ceive a more unhappy s t a t e o f t hi ngs, because I say that nature of our property, I thi n k y our f ee li ng wi l l be that, E astern Company, and one was embodied in writing and neither you nor any o th er b o d y of sane men should have instead of prosecuting further extensions, the energies of was submitted by our solicitors, by order o f th e di rec- refused to sp e nd 130,000/ . i n constructing six miles of the directors ought t o b e emp l oye d i n putting your ex. tors, to the Parliamentary counsel for the S ou th-E astern railway, if you had th e a lt ernat i ve of so doing ; or of isting property into proper order. (Hear ' hear.) I Company for their consideration. It was in th e f o ll ow - seeing ten mil es o f ra il way carried into the heart of Kent by a hostil e company, at an expense of only think, also, it would be m os t i mproper to fetter your. ing terms. If lam rightly informed, I may affiliate it selves with any new obligati ons , b ut t h at you should on my hon. fr i end, Mr. Laing, as being its parent. I 80,0001. for a sin g l e li ne o f railway, being about one wait patiently until a fair reason is presented for a de- may mention that I was not present when it was drawn fourth of what some single miles of our railway have viation from that policy which cau ti on an d .necessity has up, hav i ng b een o b l i ged to leave the meeting to com- cost us. Well, ge n tl emen, w h at followed ? The South now forced upon us. (Hear, h ear .) W e b elieve that mun i cate to the counsel of the South-Eastern Company, Eastern, Lewisha m , an d B rom l ey bi ll was withdrawn your line possesses great elasticity— we b e li eve that it w h o were assem b led b y appointment, and had at 12 by the majority of th e b oard, M r. Geach applied to has great elements of improvement ; b u t a ll t hi s wants o ' c l oc k to atten d the committee of the House of Com- the Hous e of C ommons f or l eave to recommit the two vitality, and to secure that vitality we feel that a cliffs- mons, what was in progress. This is the memo- other bills, which had been rejected ; and the only re rent system to that which has hith er t o b een pursued ran d um : sult which could b e expecte d to follow did follow— must be adopted. (Loud cries of " h ear , h ear, " and " With reference to the question submitted to us by the bills were r e - comm itt e d . T he West-end and cheers.) We feel that a strict supervision and economy Mr. Freeman thi s a ft ernoon , res p ec ti ng th e terms of ar- Crystal Palace E x t ens i on t o B romley and Farnborough must be exercise 1, and we ha ve no d ou b t t h at, with rangement embodied in a memorandum of this forenoon • passed through its various stages in the House of Cor n - it appears to us to involve consideration s w hi c h are beyond mons, and when it arrived in the House of Lords, exer cise of a little patience on yo ur p ar t, we s h a ll ce able to prudence and caution, with y our su pp or t , an d the the ordinary province of counsel. an d was referred to a committee, there the Brighton effect very great and very salut ar y c h anges. I ought "This arrangement palpably tends t o a lt er th e pos i t i on Company (marvellous to say) and the South-Eastern of the a S r o a lhkE en as t t . er i r 3 V i o ia mr Fir such c l i l the almost exclusive Company both petitioned against it ; and Mr. to apologise for trespassing at so great a length upon Hope-Scott explained the conduct of the directors. your time—(hear, hear)—but there is still one point possess or or otherwise to the general intermesetnifrLmatalorne- The committee refused to hear either the South-Eastern which I wish to bring before your notice. In the is m atter o f policy which belongs exclusively pally, a - course of the next session, it is quite clear that schemes the directors. borough bill, but the South-Eastern Company carried on for Mid-Kent will be brought before Parliament. You "Passing over, therefore, this intermediate point, we . are aware that parties have already g o t a f oo ti ng as far must recur to the considerations which we submitted to their opposition to the bill in a ma nner no t very nn as Farnborough, and the object is to extend it on to the directors in our last opinion, and request a definite an- common, by paying the expense of landowners, who were Maidstone ; but I have heard that the object is also to swer as to the amount of authority which we possess for induced to petition against it. Gentlemen, I attended construct a line to Tunbridge. Wh ether that is the assuring the committ ee th a t th e bill ( w hi ch stands for to- on that committee of the Lords at every moment that morrow at twelve o'clock) will be bo as prosecuted, and my other duties permitted me to be absent from them, case or not, Icannot say ; but, supposing they get that its powers . executed, ), the South-Eastern Company. and, seeing the course that was being taken, I gave no amountline, there is no question that it will take a considerable (Signed) "JAMES R. HOPE-SCOTT. lice in writing to the solicitor of the company, as I had of traffic from your main line. No doubt you C. HOGGINS. will hear it said that We have pursued a foolish and sui- " HENRY ALWORTH MEREWETHER. done verbally before, of my readiness to be examined as cidal policy in abandoning the Bromley bill. But let " HUNTER RODWELL. a witness, as I did not see that there was any other per us look to the other side of the question. Supposing "Monday afternoon, March 20, 1854." son who could so exactly picture the unfortunate posi you constructed that line yourselves, you -would hardly Well, gentlemen, the board of directors met on the tion in which the South-Eastern Company would be be able to do that at the present time, with the high afternoon of that Monday, the 20th of Marcel, and ad- placed if the West-end and Crystal Palace and Bromley prices of labour and materials, under three-quarters of a journed to the following morning, Tuesday ; and counsel and Farnborough bill were to be allowed to pass, or, as million, That would ent a il upon your ex i sting revenue again, impressed by the new circumstances of the case far as I could t e ll, b e so lik e l y to induce the committee a burden of 30,000/. a -y ear , ra i se the money how you presented before the committee of the House of Com- to view with some compass i on t h e great evils the passing will, for interest upon th a t cap i tal. And when you mons on the Monday, drew up another memorandum, complete it, it will positively b e a compet i ng li ne to your which included their reply to Mr. Laing's proposal, and of that bill would b r i ng u p on thi s company. Gentlemen, the solicitor of the S ou th-E as t ern C ompany, acting for own, and will entail a d ea d l oss upon you of 17,000/. a also their view of the position of the South-Eastern Cora- the landowners, and m y h on. co ll eagues your direc year. That will be your p os iti on if you make that line— pany. These are the terms : tors, acting with him, did no t t hi n k f i t to avail them you will add th ree - quar t ers o f a million to your capital ; " In case all lines cannot be postponed— selves of my offer. Th e y may say t h at they did not there will be a permanent burden of 30,000/. a-year for "Landowners' line to pass from Farnborough to Becken- know what evidenc e I m i g ht g i ve upon the sub interest, besides an a nnua l l oss to your main line of ham and Norwood ; • ject, or how far my testimony might be unflatter- ' 17,000/. I ask you which is the most suicidal policy of " Abandoning Sydenham Junction. ing to them, or might inculpate them • but I say, " On condition— that it was their duty to have ascertained from me, the two ? Having made these observations, and put "That next session the landowners (Sydenham and if they had such doubts, what it was I had to say, and you ix possession briefly, and I hope clearly, of all Farnborough) shall l either e assent to the South-Eastern how I thought that I might in any way, under those ' the leading features which have occupied our attention since I came into office, I have only in conclusion to eamakingitmaline landownersf ro ii , L lie w e is e h r am th lo ashcolilliv3eeniaetntlijbuenrtctiotu extremely trying circumstances, still serve the com pany ; and I frankly avow that the only way to serve request of you that you will extend to us some little apply to Parliament for power to Make it themselves. 3' n indulgence to enable us to make ourselves more per- "As between the Brighton and South-Eastern it is yon would have been to condemn the proceedings of the featly acquainted with those matters which more agreed that, as part of the arrangement, if the line selected then majority of the board of directors of the South nearly affect your interests ; and, gentlemen, you may be next year shall b e one t a ki ng th e direction of the present Eastern Company. Gentlemen, the majority of the di assured that if anything occurs of a favourable nature, South-Eastern lino, the Brighton Company shall have a rectors may tell you that they obtained reports from we shall communicate it to you with pleasure, whilst at clause empowering them to make at their cost a junction officers of the company about this line ; and so they did the same time, whatever occurs which may not be alto- from near East Croydon with the proposed lino near —they obtained a report from the company's engineer, B , ecke r n n hana ; and on t s s uch d juLctibngmad e the South- under date of April 25, conveying many sound reasons gather of the same favourable nature will, with equal readiness, be placed before you so that you shall have taken Eas te East ee and e London Bridge South-Eastern e traffic be- why the Lewisham and Bromley bill should go forward; the opportunity of judging and determining for 3 our- and North Kent line. by the Lewisham and they obtained a counter report from a gentleman selves, under whatever phase the affairs of the company "If the lino to Bromley be carried by east branch of who had been a subordinate officer of the company, and may be presented to you. (Hear, h ear. is P b the B• ht Company ' .) There one Ravens bourne rig on will not object, and whom they had, on their own responsibility, promoted question connected with the report which I ought not to without stipulation. to another position, adverse to the engineer's report ; pass over unnoticed--that is, the additional capital " BeiehtenComeany agree, as part of this, that they will but, I say, that they were not justified, under the which we ask you to allow us to go to Parliament for, not work the landowners' lines without arrangement with circumstances that I have detailed, in taking upon The amount is half a million. In makin ut the esti- the South-Eastern Company. themselves the decision of this uestion without calli mates it has been done upon the principle g that we wish "If South-Eastern Company elect to make a line from upon you to give your opinion,and decide to what to conceal nothing from yo u , ci to be done. And now, gentlemen, let me tell ~ eine of the works must the landowners notice by Ist September next." be immediately undertaken for the •ofthe you, and Ido so with unfeigned sorrow, what is the protection on Tueie ay morning, by a existing traffic ;the other works it is proposed to extendeffect of the bill, that has passed for making this line i a najerity, decided that the South-Eastern Lewisham over a period of five years, but that will not alter the from the Crystal Palace to Farnborough, and what are Ind Bromley line should be prosecuted, and Mr. Hope sum which will be ultimately required. There will be • the evils that it will bring upon your property. Gen- Scott, the counsel for the company, conveyed to the tlemen, this is the state of the case. Our Lewisham and Gen no necessity to raise all that money at once ; we merely committee of the House of Commons the instructions ask for the authority to raise that sum, and that you will Bromley line, six miles in length, would have been which he had received from your present chairman, in leave it to our discretion and prudence to raise it in a constructed at an expense of 136,000/. The directors ' the following words. And I may here add, that I am had the offer of an eminent and wealthconstructor to y manner most beneficial to your interests during the particular in quoting these expressions exactly, period of five years. There is only one other matter to • . y, for, accept, in payuient for the construction of that line, ' which I will allude, and that is the • question of loss upon , although I shall be brief in asking your attention, I sin impressed with the extreme i • m oitance to our future preferential stock, bearing 4e- per cent, interest, and y they had also the offer of the same contractor to hire ' light gold ; upon which I have the satisfaction of stating ' • • P interests of your well weighing these facts. These, then, that line from you, when constructed, at a higher rate ' that arrangements have been made, by which the loss are Mr. Hope-Scott's words : of interest. The bill that has passed will convey the under that head will be diminished seven-eighths, if not "It remains only for me to allude to ono matter which traffic from Farnboroti,gh, Bromley, and Mid-Kent to entirely obviated. (Cheers.) The hon. chairman co has been used . by ( my opponents. themselvesyouths on this line, dnd terminus of the Brigliton Company, and over the West sumed his seat amidst the general applause of the e expressions of opinion this way, and expressions end and Crystal Palace line to the Chester and West • meeting. of opinion that way, and, therefore, there is no security minster terminus. The 'Westminster Station bill was The Hon. Mr. BTNG, deputy chair •atall that the bill will be prosecuted and the line made. man, having se- On that subject I have specific instructions from the also passed last session. Observe, therefore, that all tended the motion, Mr. HELMORE called attention to th e se board to press this lino on your attention, and to beg I traffic passing over that line, when constructed, will be thavteral estimates you to pass this line. And those instructions it is my ; entirely and absolutely removed from us, and will not of further expenditure, and contended a the majority duty to fulfil, and no insinuations whatsoever on the I pay us a single shilling of toll. Gentlemen, it pleased of them were useless, and would not add Parliament to sanction Mr. Geach's Bromley and Fern their present receipts. He more partieula s r h l illing to part. which the . othe t r side can, of co t i i i e r s so, h b e e s e r q s ual to those 1 borough line, with some gradients as steep as 1 in 75, tinned the proposed outlay of 8,000/. for a customhouse -;i q o u u e s s e - ' f v er the ar i e nft i r v u e c n tio n ns m t e he y y doe parties me, w and which rfs I have 1 and, consequently, capable of construction at a price far at Folkestone. received specific instructions to lay before you on this below what our lines of railwa have cost Mr. KAY, of Manchester, said it ee occasion. lam now speaking of a board decision dolibe- . of line y . us. In fact, ld ouhave been the estimate the fora single line from the better if the hon. proprietor had submitted his views rately come to." 'Brighton line to Farnborough, ten miles isonly 80 to ,000/.; the board previous to the meeting, and no doubt th„,, The result was that on the same day (Tuesday, the 21st it requires no mathematicianto ' tell you that on a would have received due attention, lie called attention --' March) Lord Harry Vane and the other members of the and line so cheaply constructed a much smaller sum of net to the fact that the legal expenses had amounted t o committee passed the South-Eastern Company's Lewis profit will pay a better dividend than the • an sum which Is average of 53,000/. a year for the last eight years which ham and Bromley Bill, and threw out the two opposing for your own costly line, with better gradients. he considered was a matter which called for the ' s iou schemes ; and they inserted in that bill a clause which, required Well, o consideration of the shareholders. He expressed er hiss I think, betokened their sound view of the case, and 'suppose that gentlemen,Mr. Geach andcomes. the question. Do you confidence in the present chairman, whom he con r g their clear appreciation of the difficulties of the position the sanction of Paid his friends, who have got tulated upon the favourable impression which he had nn_ of the South-Eastern and Brighton Companies, and the , will stop there ? Do you supposefora for a moment that doubtedly made upon the proprietors on this first occa- necessity for some compensating arrangement between that line will not b r inconvenience and to insure public . e prosecuted at least to T b • sion of his meeting them.i them, to prevent if not to other places in Kent ?It is with un ridge, lelr. MAccißEcion (the late chairman of the corn safety. The clause was as follows : !. . found grief and disappointment any that I see such a hostile then rose for the purpose of addressing the meeting li e ) "23. Unless the company shall, in the next session, or 1 line invading the vry heart of e in rho session next thereafter ensuing, apply to Perlin- Kent, after ten years was received with mingled cheers and hisses, aeut.the, spent in anxious sor e ' re meat, either alone or jointly with the Loudon, Brighton,solicitud e to guard our interest in the was a manifest desire on the part of a section of the ' t traffic of that count. prietors to prevent his being heard. His address Pro - and South Coast Railway Com_pany,fo a teo k t ' llthor c i e se o r t construct or all that has been (1-7, and thus reversing, in a moment, pied about an hour and a half in its deliver occu- a railway from the ot r e aliv n a n y_ n b n y , this London, Brighton, and South Coast were vulnerable one for our protection. That we there, I and think we are not incorrect in stating that duringy and .t de-we near Bell-reen, h East t Croydon, and shall, on or before the Istwho acted with mem hon u did Y o rable colleagues livery he was interrupted not less than from is Railway near -- •notice in writing, under their • not conceal from y ou. Without to 40 day of October, 1800, give going back to earlier • times. The greater portion of his speech was written common seal, to the London, Brighton, and South Coast of the circular periods I refer you to the contents but the following is a substantially correctof - Railway Compeny, of their intention or willingness so to t the we issued on the let December last and note the o one of the 10th February, in which ' l whole of his observations. Ho said—l beg permission to a l ) '- ' nlv then the company shall offer no opposition to the ' stated that thi • • preamble of any hill which may be submitted to Parlie- s point in the company's position was a make a few observations on the report which has be ' vulnerable meat by the London, Brighton, and et SeeoeutthhCoast Railway andßr one ; that the project to make the Lewisham read to the meeting, and upon the present circumstances'en Company, for making a ch ra a ilwa tii!foro- valuable omley branch obviouely recommended itself as of the company, and also to say a very few words on application by the the the position in which lam myself placed ; and for the said ; or fa t i i l l i e n n g t a h n e ysuP company shall offer no opposition len t 0 00ntLIprevent to the company to protect its interests, and to ictd opposition of a character which would, if n very few moments in which I propose to trespass upon company,l of any bill which may be submitted to Parlia- prove pernicious, and that the object of the the time of the proprietors I shall venture to ask for their ' P n r ie e n a t m by any other company or person for making a railwa ee ► ' y of directors was to secure to the company the traffic kind and indulgent attention. From the tenour of the re- ' between the points aforesaid." Kei • and having made that short branch, .the port which the majority of the board of directors have ' Gentlemen, the authority given to Mr. Hope-Scott d' t i es might was direction of future extensions which other .par of laid on the table, it might be supposed that all thht had ;given a a duly-summoned meeting of the board of direc. , seek to make beyond Bromley. The majority_ . your happenedsince the last meeting of the co mPanerhad under • tors at which seven members were present (the two who `directors have had the game in their own han s ds . T the administration of the newly-elected directors been of were absent subsequently recorded their views iuWhat present the bill stood for third reading in the Comremsz: the most praiseworthy character, and that the permanent sition to each other), so that had all been to a most was there at issue ? Gentlemen, our inte when interests of the company had been carefully and success- decision would have been the same ; and I think it due serious extent, and they have been compromised,mg have m fully guarded. It will be my duty to state to"the p ro- to my hon. colleague, Mr. Matthew Forster, and due to 1 the majority of our board of elirectors __ tab of the com e prietors the view which I entertain upon the subject, and that I should place before you the you, to give them the reasons upon which I entirely differ from the majority of the board of directors. Those plati tudeshfraove t t h h e e r realhollowness injury w e which s e h d a s b h been y d e o u n s e e to, b y e o w u by which y our attention is attempted to be divertedm t e t l e i r s e e s f t s a have e b p e r e e n p s r a i e c t r e i fi r e s e d m , e a e n t d , e h a e l j ly u , st h e e xpecta ' y w ou il r iv , h e o v w ent t disap pointed by the action which the majority of the board have taken. It will be in the recollection of the meetina• ' that upon the last occasion when we assembled in this room, it was my duty, at the instance and by the direc tion of the majority of my then colleagues, to announce, without hesitation, that the general canvsss which had gone on throughout the company for proxies in favour of the three retiring directors on the one hand, and of three proposed directors on the other hand, had resulted in a decided majority in favour of the three new directors ; and to say that the directors unhesitatingly bowed to that decision, so obtained, and the three retiring direc tors withdrew from nomination and made the accession of the three new directors as harmonious as they pos sibly could. Weil, gentlemen, the new directors so nominated to office assumed at once the responsi bility of the management of the company. They elected the gentleman who has atldressed you to-day as their chairman; and after a division at the board, in which the opinion of the majority was not regarded by the gen tleman who had the majority of votes for that office, they subsequently elected a deputy chairman. Under the circumstances in which the company was then placed, having a bill before Parliament for the construction of a protective line from Lewisham to Bromley, of six miles in length, and estimated to cost 136,0001., it became ne cessary for an immediate decision to be taken by the board of directors in regard to that bill; and the board of directors meeting on Saturday, the 18th of March, two days after the general meeting of the company, had to assume the new and further responsibility cast upon them by circumstances which occurred upon Friday, the 17th March, before the committee of the House of Com mons to whom the schemes for railways in the south eastern district were referred. That committee met on Friday, March 17, and the counsel for the South-Eastern Company, watching the proceedings of the committee, became convinced that the committee would inevitably pass at least one of the three bills before them for the construction of lines to Bromley and Farnborough, Farnborough being within 15 miles of Tunbridge ; and at the close of the Friday they drew up a memorandum containing the result of their observations. It was in these words : pony for twelve months ending on the 81st July last, passing from Tunbridge and places beyond Tunbridge to London, amounted to 414,0941., and the part of that amount earned by bringing that traffic from Tunbridge to London in the twelve months was 231,000/. lam quite aware, that I make the statement at once to pre vent myself being accused of exaggeration, that when the line from Strood to Canterbury is completed the 231,000/, will be reduced to 191, 387/. by the abstraction ofa portion of the earnings from the traffic between London and Tun bridge, amounting to 39,7141.; which would, in the case mentioned, in all probability pass by the North Kent line from Canterbury to London. And when the line to Maid stone from Strood is opened, another reduction of 7,942/. would take place ; and the sum in jeopardy would then be 183,4451. of annual revenue. This sum, then, of 183,4451. of present annual income is left for abstraction by the construction of the hostile line from London to Bromley and Farnborough to Tunbridge. I can scarcely conceive a more suicidal act than that which has been committed by the majority of the board of directors who sit here and ask for your confidence—who refuse to re commend you, or even to give you an opportunity Tour selves of resolving to spend 136,000/. in constructing a protective line of six miles, vital to your safpty and pro tection, which would have warded off opposition cost : having had in their hands the ab stracting as large a sum from you uan p n ow al e ly r t a o s make iits own it, million of money, to cover expenditure to the year and at the same time asking you to grant them h l a B l s f 9 a . the which my honourable collea gu es Ard now, gentlemen, I have to call yourat e te o n n ti ea on to s o financial st a t emen t . My honourable colleagues dis have laid b e f ore y ou . covered that the contentsofthelast reportwhich present e d t o you, and w hich you adopted, anno was unced in the most distinct manner that the expenditure of capital on the Ist of February Last exceeded the amount raised by stock or borrowing powers by the sum of 192,578/. lis. ; and they assume great astonishment at finding that to pay the dividend declared at the last meeting it was necessary for you to accept from your hon.bankers colle agues a s siB ancetaltkowzdos m of ak t i h n e g re th p a i t al p y ayment. My approaching maturity d of other very l arge liabilities for which no pro visio ha been made. G- entlemen, I never heard of any provision being made f or mortgage bonds but the renewal of thos e bonds as ty fall due, either through the same or through other han ds ; and I beg leal;- to join - issue with t. t e he hon.gentlemen inthus,fo r an evidente r a p u o s s e e i r e aggera i g difficulties, and I join issue the morel:elle from me, in answer to an extraordinary do y received hieh came into my hands from them, a clear ex rent t r w n of the whole state of the case. y answer w p a d at ed alo o the 18th April, and I referred them to the aceo ts in n which this mare's nest of theirs was palpably set forth and I replied to their statement, " that no person but myself was acquainted with the monetary affairs of the company or its financial condition," by quoting the re port of the committee of proprietors, under date of 6th June, 1853, on the s u bj ect, and which I now hold in my h and. Observe, gentlemen, the plea of ignorance was put forward by Messrs. Coles Child, Warren, and Byng, as to the financial affairs of the company • but the report of the committee of proprietors, dated. the 6th of June, 1853, page 3, contains the current and prospective liabihties of the company and its assets. Now, gentlemen, the accounts were prepared for the consideration of the directors by the accountant of the company, with the assistance of the house of Quilter, Ball, and Co., whom the auditors of the com pany had appointed as their public accountants. In these accounts, as I-have stated, all the resources of the company were set forth, and all its liabilities. All that depended on estimates were based on official reports from the gentlemen who bad charge of the respective departments. There has been no alteration made in regard to them by any act of mine, or of the honourable colleagues with whom I was placed prior to the last general meeting, except such as are alluded to by the auditors of the company in the report in March last, and such as are alluded to by the auditors of the company in their report now on the table before you. Gentlemen, the alterations in the items that have taken place are in some excesses under particular heads, which naturally occur upon estimates in every undertaking. The majo rity of your present board of directors assume that cer tain of the assets are not to be treated as assets for realisation, but to be retained by the company. Gen tlemen, that is wholly matter of opinion, and I still hold the view that it would not be a prejudice to the intereat of the company, but the contrary, that the Lord Warden Hotel, at Dover, and that the Pavilion Hotel, at Folke stone, should be realised, and become the property of other parties, in whose hands such property would be as beneficial to the company as it is now, without any complication as to the management, or any care as to the tenants who should occupy it. Well, gentlemen, this report of the proprietors is signed by Mr. Morgan, Mr. Smith, Mr. R. A. Grey, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Ivyleafe ; and the report of the directors is signed by whom ? It is signed by Mr. Coles Child, Mr. James Byng, and Mr. Daniel Warren, besides all the other gentlemen whose presence the company then had the advantage of on the direction. I must own that our finance has of late been conducted in a way entirely novel to me, and I should think equally new to you ; and when I read to you, from a communication made to me by the majority of the board of directors—for I have it under their hands—" that as the finance committee could not go round the money market in a body, the members continued to make inquiries, and to ask assistance in all quarters likely to afford it, reporting their proceedings to the chairman, and he reporting his to them." Now, gentlemen, if ever a mode of creating competition against yourselves was invented, I think my honourable col leagues, the majority of your board, are entitled to a patent for that invention. Gentlemen, I take my stand upon the joint report of the committee of pro prietors and of the board of directors, dated upon the 6th and 9th June, 1853, and circulated amongst the whole body of proprietors. Additional expenditure in the engineering department, under particular beads, is what must naturally occur and be antici pated ; and it cannot by any honourable and candid mind be looked-upon in any other light than as one of the ordinary incidents of a gigantic concern. Gentlemen, during later years our company has been emerging from an expenditure of a colossal character. Throughout the whole period during which I have had the honour to act at the board of directors your payments have been punc tually met ; and with regard to providing for a dividend with resources such as yours, and with traffic daily ac cumulating, as yours does, in your bankers' hands, why, gentlemen, it is puerile to speak of it as a difficulty ; it is ridiculous to assert that here, in the centre of the money market of London, with your resources and with your revenue, and with the balance which you must keep at your bankers, for the ordinary payments of the day, that any difficulty can or ought to arise in acquiring a temporary loan of money. Why, gentlemen, during the whole half-year, though you have been nominally bor rowers from your bankers almost every day, you have also been lenders to them. Let this speak for itself. The ignorance of the financial state of the company asserted by Messrs. Coles Child, Byng, and Warren is singular and strange. They signed the report of the directors in June, 1853, which bad special reference to, confirmed, and was attached to the report of the committee of pro prietors, which was drawn up by that committee, after considering a statement of the company made to them, which exhibited in the most minute and distinct manner the then current and prospective position of the com pany and its finances. The report of the directors to that committee, and the report of Mr. Ball, their secre tary, on the accounts, were printed and placed in the hands of each member of the committee of proprietors and of the board of directors. Gentlemen, considering that nothing could be more i n j ur i ous to t h e credit of the company than what I heard of these proceedings of the finance committee out of doors—as it was opposed to all the usages of conducting business in which credit was involved, and I was not summoned to their meetings—l felt myself necessitated to withdraw my name from that committee. Yonr credit had been un impeached, and your bond debt had been raised on most favourable terms, and you will remember that it is not long since you declined to allow me and my then col leagues to consolidate that debt as we suggested at as low a rate as 3.1 per cent. per annum. I will ask you for one minute more to explain to you the circumstances under which I ceased to bold the office you did me the honour to confer upon me of managing director of the company ; and I may preface by venturing to state that there is no man in this country to whom the emolument with which you were pleased to accompany that appoint ment would not be an object, or who would resign it after five years of unremunerated service, except from the gravest conviction of a sense of duty to you ; but the conviction was ineffaceably impressed on my mind that as the majority of my honourable colleagues had thought fit to appoint another director in my place as chairman, it was impossible that I could, hold the office of managing director and exercise its functions with ad vantage to you, or that the office would then carry it that amount of authority essential to make it 4fective for you r i nterests. I have had the o convi proofs of th e propriety of that decision mostve had ncin th g e most undeniabl e ev id ence that I should not have been supported by the present board in a way that would have insured public safety or he useful to you. I will ve you evidence o f it . The board of directors proceeded to determine without loss of time that they would appoint a general manager of the company —and here, perhaps, I may be permitted to read the terms of the letter in which I tendered my resignation to my colleagues, which are these. I addressed the letter to my successor, my honourable colleague, the present chairman :-- " Lond on -b r id ge Terminus, March 23, 1 8 5 4. " Dear Sir,—The vote of the majority of the SO for my self, Eastern b oard has substituted you ,as chairman " No st e p h as b een taken b y the board as to the other position I hav e th e h ono ur to hold, managing that of di ' rector. " But, after the best consideration, lam entirely con vineedthat that position, to be useful and advantageous t o the company, is inseparable from the office of chairman. I am certain that when you become as conversant as long labour has wade me with the magnitude and importance of the company's'interests, your impression on this subject will be the same as my own. 4‘ With this conviction on my mind, I feel that it would be u njustifiable on my pii,ft towards the prOprietary to re tain the office of managing director, and I must therefore r equest you to place nay resignation of that office before my colleagues at the board this day. " I am, dear sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " Sir J. N. It. Campbell." " J. M ACGREGOR. The appointment of the general manager was to take place upon the 24th of Aptil, and th e di rectors had advertised for candidate,s,forithq offi ce, Ni neteen candi dates had answered. Tw o were o f your own establish ment—your superintendent and S our deputy sup er i n t en• dent. The directors red uce d the number for considera tion to six. The di rectors did not examine the testimo• nials of any of the four app l i cants who wer e no t i n your employ, but they proceeded at once to the election of the the superintendent t o the office of gen era l manage; o f y. Now, I felt it my duty, from a.stroag. sense of the p ro p r i ety of my hon. colleagues being =am aware of facts connected with the management of the