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

R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANO, includingthe BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, THIS EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Three. Stalls, 33. (which can be taken at the box-office every day from I i till 4 ; area, 25.; gallery, ls.—Mont Blanc will close for the season on Saturday, Ser,t. 16th.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. TURKISH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner, Piccadilly, OPEN . DAILY, from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. Admissi n, 2s. 6d. ; children, Is: 6d. ; Saturdays. ss. ; children, 2s. 6d. Family Tickets for live, 10s. Schools admitted at Ilalf-price. Iferr Kalozdy and his Band are engaged, and will per. form Daily, from Twelve till five. Mr. J. Osborne Williams will preside at the Grand Pianoforte during the evening. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, Cues. C. LAtiana, Onslow-house, Fulham-i ~a The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEA t-0 and will continue. open every evening, with 1./With:\ T' CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, -ultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltz e s —La bell e F ranca i se, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Ipeeeing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PRON-17.R.H. PRINCE ABERT. ROYAL AT POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MAN GEMENT. COURSE of MONDAY LECTURES , specially adlressed to the IN DUSTRIAL CLASSES, to whi th and their tsmilies will be admitted, Morning or Evening, o ch n pay ey ment of SIXPENCE each, on Yroducing a ticket signed by the Foreman or Superintendent of the Works to which they may belong. The I. IFTFI LECTURE of this COURSE will be delivered on Mo nday Evening, the 1 Ith inst., by Dr. SCOFFERN, M.L. &c. on the MANUFACTURE of SUGAR. Also. during this w/ ek, LEC TURES by Dr. Scorrieurt, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMIC IL I tES`'ETRCES of MODERN WARFARE, with startling and brilliant exnerimsnts. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACIIHOFFNER. E RRIBITION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, in ad dition to all th e D aily LECTURES, O PT IC A L EXHIBITIONS, HOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c., &c., &c. A RAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WARD of the Royal Italian Opera. The Gas-lighting byJonN Liam, Esq. GREAT-WESTERN RAILWAY. -CHEAP ,„ EXCURSION to BATH and 13RISTOI4.—A Trail wi leave i 3 7-.lvlt_lgton on Sunday September 10tb, at 7.45 a.m., for Bah 4 and an z r,? l , and will return the same evening, at 6.30 p.m., from 11r.stot, Pall. from Bath. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and Os. ; Bath, 9 s and /I us. Tickets may beprevioasly obtained at the Great Western beTh. l 2, °ftl ees, 27, King-street Cbeapside; 63, Bridge-road, Lam "l,oxford-street; 269, Strand; and at the Paddington Station. OUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.- , P LEASURE EXCURSIONS DAILY to those attractive - r' es, WINDSOR, HAMPTON COURT, RICHMOND, KEW, &c., c., at Low Fares. - F irst add Second Cl ass R e turn Tickets. at Single Fares (with the addition of a small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, r felon' and Vauxh a ll St a tions, to Windsor and to all Stations fo ' r "7 W Oing. These tickets can only be received at the station which ..bey are issued, and are avapttle for Rcturn by any Ordi "At,' Train until the following Monda , voiclusive. Waterloo order.Staßtioyn,juy , 1854. Arida/ SCOTT, Traffic Manager. CHEAP EXCURSION to SOTTTHAMPTON 1854. an d PORTSMOUTEI and BACK.—MONDAY, 11th Sept., Trawl LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —A Special 1:f , will leave Waterloo Station at 7 15 a.m. , returning from Ports- Inou t 1 and from Southampton at 7.30 p.m., same day. Fares there and back :—Closed Carriages, 6 s. 6 d. ; Seated Open Carriages, 35 Gd lr a P ir i Vers . wit ' h luggage will be charged the fares of the ordinary tean t - lioats are constantly plying at moderate fares be tween Southampton and Cowes, and Portsmouth and R. 3 de. thus giving pas- Vera an opportunity of visiting the Dle of Wight. the above day, a Steamer will sail from Southampton, on the t s 7 ra ' i ' n •al of the train, round the Island, and return in time for the up ,Iso. the usu a l E xcurs i on round the Island from Portsmouth at •. sO a.m., returning by about 5 p.m. ARCH Waterloo St a ti on, S ep t em b er O. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. , 1854. EXCURSIONS to JERSEY or GUERNSEY, viass. SOUTFIAMPTON, twice a week, for 10s.; or Return Zekets 1 o O n SATURDAY next the 9th September, and every Saturday till p her notice, the " Sourn•WEsTEax" Steam-packet will leave thampton for Jersey, at 8 o'clock p.m. ; returning from Jersey every, Monday, at 3 p.m. Also, fr om S outhampton to uernse y an d J erse y ever y T ue sday, 1 ati ha lf - Past Five p m., return' g from The islands every Thursday. _rare! from London to the Is ands :-3d Class, 10s.; 2d Class, 12s. on. ; let Class, 21s. ... Do uble Journey rickets, available for Ten Days :-3d Class, 155.; `a Class, 20s, ; 3d Class, 31s. 6d. _ By order. ARCHD SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, London, Sept., 1864. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- SOUTH-WESTERN HAJLW A Y.-113 the Excursion .Trains li v erY SUNDAY Morning at 7.45 from Waterho ttaion, THROUGH ETUIIN TICKETS are is.uen to tit. ISLE 0 ,, wiGiir, via Bn ITTH kMPTON, for COWES, or PORTsMOITTIL tor ItYDE. Fares :_c osed Carriages, Bs. ; Seated Open Carriages. 5e., which include all pier dues and s - eamboat fares, but not conveyance between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from Ryde will trot be available via ('owes and ,outhampton, nor those from Cowes via Ityde and Portsmouth. THROUTIHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and HYDE, via PORTSMOUTH. PORTSE ‘. and c:OSPORT, av,dlable for Four Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at tol'owing fares. which include all pier dues. omnibus and steamboat fares lst Class, 365. Bd. ; 2d Class, 275.8 d. Single Journey Fares—let Class, 20s. d.; 2d Class, I ss. 6d. Waterloo Station, July, 1P,154. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. EBTABLTSHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. • Empowered by Special A.et of Parliament, 4 We., Cap. 9 BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE. ASSOCIATION, Empowered by her Vojesty's Royal Letters Patent. COLONEL ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. with or -Without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. . _ "ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital. 110,n00/., ful.y subs .ribed. CHAIRMAN — HE , YON S. PARKER, Ecq., Q.C. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —Henry Blair 11 ayne, Esq. Accidents on Railways, fatal and non-fatal, i❑rured against, either i IT single cr annual premiums, at very moderate rates. Inquire at 7, Bank•buildings, Lothbury, ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Accidents by Sea, Fire, ordinary Travellintt, or from any other cause, insured against _ Weekly uarrayments, together with medical exnenses, immediately rvded in p case of any accident whatever, which may prevent the ed from following his usual occupation. Inquire at 7, Bank•buildings, Lothhury. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE WA, COMPANY. RISKS either by Land or Sea, or in the face of the Enemy, uItED AQATNST. P e rsonal attendance or medical examination require d . the C ompany's and further information can be had on applica tion at `.• ,38 mpany's Oflless, or of any of their Agents. 7. 11 ank-buildinny order. WM. YOUNG, Secretary. gs, Lothbury. A LLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE in Bottles, valictg angdentuhine T e be and in by h i n u e no co N nd L it l i z o ß n i , G a . s r T e always a sup p l y et his Stores ef the finest quality and character. The u m nd e e r‘ r d sln f e o d r has l.n __elkrebant, Pyly to NATHAN! EASTLY, Wine, Beer, and Brandy 1 32, Upper Thames -street. T H ECHO L E R A" ! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended lege of Phys'clans. The Cheape.st and Strongest CHLORIDE o ZINC. Quarts, 25., Pints, Is., half-pints , 6d. Sold by all Chemists, ray the Col le Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end. London, N.B.—c rums's C fTL ORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and finer preparation.—Medical Circular. .....______ JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for ... 7 .- ! , the PREsERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDA, & c —This the ble discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained, is :; result of fourteen ye re ' study end experiments in the preserva :tion of vegetable matters. It impatts health and vigour to ,he Plants ,71,....eecis subjected to its a tion, and effectually prevents the ~,, tI_TO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT. M ILDF:W and ROT, ;`.,, , 111 V1AL Di sE A SES, and the attacks of INSECTS and VER. ih! e ' s ' and further r• commends itself to the f-rmer, th • planter, , and Public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode en its APPlication. It I thre e '3' all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, req 1, sandfour pmnis each, witlt instructions for, its use, and parties be Z rin ,g, larger quantitiev for their own use or for exoortation, can 1,....111)Pued on advantageous terms, by addressing to sir . Jackson, the 4. 1,. , tee, 18. Cannon -street, London-bridge, wh r the article is w aYs on can b S ale, and the fullest particulars and directions for its use e obtained. ....—___ IN E sEmAßprotected by Royal Letters Ph aftc atent of t flo : by tne Seals of the Ecole de le de Paris, suid n the an lm s oerial College ce Medicine, Vienna. Cadre TRIESEMAR, No. 1, 1 3 , ste ra. e(17 for Relaxation, Spertuatorrhcea. and Exhaustion of the effectual] TRIESEMAR, No. 2, ead icat !, in the short space of three days, Cubebs completely and entirely hav e so s i ,s all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and °f a vast °rig b een thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health Portion of the population isis the Cent, TRI ESE M.l 11, No. 3, nental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which t eyita,,,_ntely the English physic.an treat. with Vercury,. to h th ll e thne sar,,,Z_st.ruction of the patient's constitution, and whit a Tirraa in the world cannot remove. t°4 th nf ttll'', l Ati, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, V" --nut nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Rol , , n e.r use being suspected. Pep ar ``, l tin cases at Ils each, free by post, 21. extra, divided into & e , i,,t o doses, as admintstered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ito; , j,* --- ,ro be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -140 ;'.‘'n. street.o±ci Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger, Tu" ---- ------ ----- Jun puh"a„_,CRET INFIRMITIER, OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. ned, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 17 , e l - V 0 IT g anws 'DEBILITY; ,„ at orri !ts -auses, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper tuccessfumi a , with Practical Observations on asaf h e e r J e n d d er m at o iv r e e "Ystei n mode of treatment of the diseasns of t ulstin', o btained by the nse of the Microscope in detecting and every, by urinary examination, the real r,ause and effect t of excetsarety of compltiint. whether arising from solitary hab d i ed s, on t Z . accident, or climate followed by practical remarks, toun I ;er i 3 O „ en tY Years' ex erienCe in tbe treatment of Impuissance, !e m'cisep,..bility, Local p Weakness, Spermatorrho3a, &c. To which : 41 410,,,,z s,0 !nnientaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre 'Md 0 - 'Y hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, til es , the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on v zaPortant disorders. 37 tiY SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. Re ctor',.. l3 Ft DF 0 R D-S QUA R E, LOND 0 N, bil " a iodicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edna rst n o Ile en 4 ,_ 9o rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Th e , 41 . 9f Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. Seqoen_msential object of this treatise is to point oat the fearful con which ,Zs resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, h oed, en r e Produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ether au Premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an/ Okrtim a !of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal s th e i r „,, rIY r ecommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of th e h e 'V' t s h ical elititl ed. condition, and who are conscious of haying hazarded . , happin ess, prineismanzolutely and privileges to which every human being is It i . necessary thatall men should know, that there are Ineu rr i es " Personal management which cannot be violated without th e iv ,"K grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed Ina,. blYdaY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties • and how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, that th..._tle evil and its consequences may be , avoided, and above all, dare 9 scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional The utLernt to which the timely aid of science can ed not apply a cure. Dril etie . , as for a series of years been engag inan extensive ttnf orti ,' m the treatment of these delicate complaints , which have ornpi r i. na tclY been too generally confided to the care of ignorant kith ,''', Who inflict great injury on those who arc induced to place I,rtin their pretensions. Ilretn aV OUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, piorri,.°rs a nd Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; thirt; ,, s ! .) .Lleieester-square; Mann, 39, C l o t r ii nin , ll; c%r ., r e e r e ce ypos a t for ford„, m 6 a T e Ps, to any address from the . u or s re... 11 . , 3 7, e - 'AI h pair c mull tlp daily from Eleven ti ll Two, and from • I l Attli i t , ?--- a a ____ ~~_,_.. WES.I DAYS. SUNDAYS. "-. : ; c5.3' Time )i : 8 1 Terrace t 4 : e."'" Pier ..7 E a ;, - g g S . - 5 . i' t 9 11% iyi l;4 - 314 _ 3} 2 • 5 _ ._ s—— 6 6 - 64 7——— 7 Direct Trains from the Roats marked t ()inflames from Fmchurch.street Station to all parts of London Omnibuses from F• every quarter of an hi BRUNSWICK WII% lowing Train RF. BLACKWALL, on the is from the Fe►►church-street val of the fol ion. • WEER DAYS.. SUNDAYS • --------:--• ' . A 3 ... •5 4 , 4 Fen- -1 ,- t .=.— o. Fen- .a ..,' .o 4 :inn Ch i ... t --a) church 5.t 17 4 1 a .1 0 . . 4 ' Street .3 3> s Street ' R c 8 7, '.. ',. '-. ,--- Z. • ~. ... ----- -,. --- -- - - -.--. -.--- -.- ",) 4 • 10 14 — IN - 11 9 q 1214 % 2 1 4 2 1 4 -- 4 1 i -- - -3% $ 5 4 5 6, —6% Passages (lurked . are run direct. 'an direct. rore Cabin. 'Saloon. lCd. .. lb. 2d. wish Bd. Os. 10d. ; rs„ 6d. .. Os. B.t, . 0,. Six Months, 3/. Os.; e Collectors on board the 3ravesend. Co or from Gravesend and U0nd0n......, „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Wool" , setween Gravesend and fntermedlate Pies BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 1.. 'tree Months, 2 , . Os. ; to be had of the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, C Pept. 5. 1'54. FOR SEPTEMBER AND FOLLOWING MONfH ne‘Nli -Inve: te I PALETO I ', which °lris its exist , nce exclusively to the Estedishment of E. MOSES and SON, is the most s ,itable Article of lire s for September ant following month 4. This Palent Ms rsmo?ed all previous deficiencies which may have appeared in every descro tion of Paleto• which has h.therto been pre. sewed. fly ave y pecul ar cut it unites eas,e.in wear wth the most correct and artistic fit ; it is thfi most elegant and gr ntlem rile article of the season. The material-, workmm- hi o. sad finl.h ut once show h 'w ent.rely impossible it is for any Eat a , li-hlnent to imitate it at the price for which it is offered by E. Moses and son —viz., twenty-five shillings. For September and follow! , fg months spor'srn en require necessary equipment tor the shooting season. The sulfabllity of the Sporting Attire manufactured by E. Moses and Son hto c gained it universal c-lebr ty with all classes; their long experienza, vast trans tctions, and the unrivalled talent they em p lo y In deeleiffrg and making up every fashionable and useful article of Dress, Anti the very economi cal prices ,they charge, insure it such patronage Atuat the stock though immense is always new. For Se,,tember the Hosiery and Ladles' and Children's Dress De partments are re, lenished with the most elegant articles of the first order of fashion, and at the most economical prices. The Boot and shoe Branch offers oppirtuelties of selecting the best and cheapest Goods. tledal arrangements are made for sportsmen. Merchants, Captains, and Em'grants should select from the wholcsa'e Clothing. Shirt. and Soot and Shoe Department. The Goods are made in accordance with the latest advice, from 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 app icatlon, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES end SON regret having to guard .he public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehrod of Being connected with their 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 OTHER. HOUSE IN OX OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Mlnories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 505, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicafing, Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant railo. 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 ie 0 , : np tle " exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, th e money will be returned ter without hesitation. All goods are mark e d i n plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunsir. on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Bdok, with illustrations, untitled" Th e E c h o o f Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system et self-measure went, may be had on application, or post-free. si parts Italia no . r Francis's. qua as bum* E. pano. richt man Dotage)). A WARNING TO BATHERS AT NEW BRIGHTON.—Dur- Iug the present season several fatal accidents have oc. cuffed 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 th e N ew Bailey, Salford, on Monday, a man named Patrick Gal lagher was brought before Mr. Trafford, on the charge of bein g co ncerned, with others, in che a ti ng an d defraud ing two young men, named Joseph and J oe S c h o fi e ld. The prisoner was committed to the sessions, this being the first conviction here under the new act for the re• pussiou of this offence. (--":- i, PI :-ei!- 4 ~ .4., , ,.. ';'/ • 1 4 \ , •;tat ,, ," I *O. * 1 eit. PUBLICATIONS, Now ready, at all the LlbrarlPs, In 3 vols., m RS. T , R,OL LOPE'S .v LIFE rs an v il ADVIEN i. mrel must be considered as one of the nv l st successful of the season."—Daily News. "It will be extensively and eagerly read. There are some admir ably drawn chara , ters in the wo k."— , lunday Times. "The best novel the present season has produced."—Critic. " Th,e novel is very itmasing." -Examin r. Hurst and Blaclzett,Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. CHEAP OF 311 S BURNEY'S DIARY, Now ready, complete hi 7 vols. em 11 Rvo., with Portraits, price 3s per VOLome, A ADAME D'ARBL AY'S DIARY AND Maeame D'Arblay lived to b , a Classic. fifer Diari ouabt to be consulted by ever , person wha wishes to he well a , qtri;rited with the Victor , of our li!erature and our manners "—Edinburgh Review. Putlisbed for H. Colburn, be his PUCC:II7iOrs, Hurst and Blackett.: BY AUTHORITY OF THE REGI-TR %R. GE , ERAL, Vow r air. In rovol Bvo , mire 54., THE CENSUS of GREAT BRITAIN in 1851: Comp , isi a en Acroont of the "nmbe•e ,d Dist , ibution of the People; the r Conjuzal Condition, (temp •tions, and Birth. place: w.th Returns of the Blind, the De t and I)umb. and th • ln• mates of Pulic Institutions; and an Away.' al Index Reprinted, in a condetred form, from the Official Reports and T bles. London : Lo groan, Brown, Green, and Long vans. OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK to the CRYSTAL pALArE. By SAMUEL PHII,LiP4, T►) AfIVERTISER•4.—The first contract for nne Hundred Thm • rand Cop es 'Ting nearly completed, the P,fhlighers are proosted to receive renewals or fresh , dverttsements for a Second Series of One Hundred Thousand Co lea. 11; Houverie-street, September 7, 1554. • SALE OF OLD STORES AT WOOLWICH. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET -PLACE, 7th Sept 1354. THE Connaissior.nrs for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of G , •eat Brit in and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 27t - inst., at 12 o'clock at noon, the Commodore Superintendent will out up to Sale in her Majesty's Dockyard It Woolwich, , everal Lots of OLD STORES ; consisting of Old Cordage, cable lard aid 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 note, 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, male in certain causes, "TRIMMER end others against DANBY and ethers," and " II A RPUIt against TRIMMER and others," all persons claiming to 16e next of kin under t .e statute for the distribetion of intesta , es' esta , es of Joseph Mallord William Turner. late of gieen Ann-st•eet. Caw ndish-square, in the county of Middlesex, E-cri Ire, Royal Acade nician (who died in or about the month of December. 1,451), and the legal personal representativ or representatives of any deceased next of kin, are, by their solicitors, on or before Monday, the Gth day of November, 1854, to come in and prove their Clams at the Chambers of Vice-Chanceliur r Thchard Torin Kind , rs'ey, No. 3, stone-buildings, Lincoln's.inn, in, the county of Middlesex, or, in default thereot, they will be peremp torily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Friday, the 10th day of November. 1854, at elet en o'clock in the forenoon at the said Ch-smberts, is appointed for hearing and adjuill cat'n! upon the clsims. The cad .Joseph Mallord Willialn Turner was the son of William Turner. and Mary, hl• wife, formerly Mary Marshall, spinste , who were m irried at St. Paul's, Covent-garden. in the county of Middlese,, on or about the 29th d yof August. 177 and the said William Turner w• is a son ..fJohn furner, and Rebecca his wi , e, formerly Rebecca Knight, svinster, w o were married t Southroolton, in he county ft' evon, on or about the Ist day of August, 1739, old style. Nothing is known of the parentne of the said Mary , tarshall, and it is , he relations of t is person who are particularly sought for by the pre ent advertisement, Dated this Bth d .y of August, 1814. CFI ARL I. 8 PUIII, Chief Clerk. FRANCIS DRAKE, 3 4 , Walbrook, London, Plaintiffs' Solcitor. .1* AIWZ TEPPER, R 9. flreot Jun. s-street. RAVES and BRADGEY. Harcourt-buildings. Temrie, Defendants' Solicitors. PATENT 4ELF-11).TtISTING TRITSAES, SA.LMON, ODY, & CO., most respectfully in the Pubic, Th,t the,. PATENT 5E1. 4. -ADJIT , rrN(i TRUSSER a.'ord more ettie and security for the relier of HERNIA thin any other I. stru . nent f>r th- parp.Ae. Th.y an.wer mr r ght or ft tp , under -trap or soy #4,1 itht Bandage. Pere •ns in the country are re , este i to send the circumference of the Body on, inch be'ow the Flips. CAUTION.—AA rawly mercenary Drimists are vending an inferior *Weir`, Purchtaers are re iu ate I to ob•erve, that 3 AL *ION. 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 file most effectual remedy for CONSU P. TION, BRONCHITIS AST 1 1(A, G.)U r RHEUMATISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulteratel, contain ing all its mnst active ant es entlal princinles—etlectbig a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medical men and supplied to the 1. ading hospitals of Europe. Half pint bnttles,2s. 6d ; pints, 4s 9d., IMPERIAL ME SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, ANSUR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. ** l, Four Half-pint Bottles sent lcarlacre paid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of fen Shillings. GR AVESEND STAR PA(IK V , . other Packets call at the Greenhlthe and l'urfleet Piers. XOTICE. -D .y TICKET. aro i.sued upon the Gravesend Star Packets, available for return by them by the Lon ton and Tilbury Railway; the Return Tickets by the Rai,way will also be available for return by the Star Packets. The Packets •:ul at th.- vie , . as underlined (weather perm FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVE:B6:ND, Itting • BAIL WAY IN PELLIG C SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark ; Sir John N. R. Campbell, K.C.IL, in 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 before in this ef l orey/o t company, tlietrue l position—good be a y endeavour ae well as t ill—in y order that, by a thorough knowledge of your affairs, yon may the better aid the directors by your counsel and advice, and to offer suggestions which, I may, say, will be gratefully received both by my colleagues and myself ; for it is an incontrovertible fact that many of the evils which now burden this enterprise arise &dm 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 ( - erector, and on the 18th of the same mouth I was sum. mooed to-attend aboard meeting. At that meeting, ac cording to the provisions of tee Act of Parliament, the directors proceeded to elect a chairman and deputy chair man.of the board. They did me the honour to put me in nomination for. the office of chairman, and I was elected byea, 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 tsis great undertaking was not such as would enable me to perform the duties with advantage to you or with honour to myself.. I had hut little time to reflect; bet I knew that I should be associated %Nab 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 alNo 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 kn ow l e d ge th at I possess of the policy, the management, and the details of this, 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 Broinleybill 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 16th 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. 11s. 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 17,0001, being the balance of 500,0001. granted by Parliament in the previous year. I found also that works estimated in that 600,000/. 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 po4ers 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 rent revenue of the year—that there were bonds to a large amount Nene due monthly, which had unfortu nately to he 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 had been made for the future. At the date of which I Teak 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 mak., 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. (Rear.) 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 bad 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, it was a centralisation of authority which we thought ought to be divided into shares of individuil 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 vesteitk in your board, who Would be responsible to you for their acts and their proceedings. (Hear.) An advertisement was put forth calling for candidates to tender their set.- vices for the office of general manager, and it is due to those gentlerrign who Pent in their testimonials to sag '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 hail 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 I believe is not known to every one of my colleagues, that some of those gentlemen (and I mere particu!arly allude to three), who sent in highly valuable testimonials, and who now hold responsible situations on railways, told me in their private corniest 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 on 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 respoq 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. (Heal; 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 fromatnliciesto be desirable to introduce an of ficer who was free awnhyi whilst w we predilectionsareby to thi a i n m y e p a a n r s tic e u n l a a b r le li d ne to o u f p p h o o l l i t c l y ;ri strictestall your interests, you may he assured that n o integritysacrifice of them will be made unless we secure for you h Ihave alluded have, I believe, generally had the effect of bringing all the officials of the company into proportionate jextaposi 60 with one another, have been the means of e stablishin g t and permanent advantages. Mic: appointments to of under standing that there is now a greater freedominter course and interchange of sentiment .gour amongst are them than previously existed ; and power and vigour such a good the efforts of our officers , with t he knowledge their proceedings are brought under the general cogni gtiirvia e t n a t l o i sance of the board, who are always ready to receive c ee from their subordinates' any suggestions that may tend to promote theof hear.) The next sptreopspwelriiietyh the eve thought n necessary e s (aHrya t (Hear, 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- Preeal and confirmation, seems to work extremely well. The division of labour has proved very useful, and the general supervision which is exercised ); , y the board over ~~1~:/ . 4 ~% f~, ~~ /l_~ n//i_z_~_ c pany for twelve months ending on the nit July last, passing from Tunbridge and places beyond Tunbridge' to London, amounted to 414,0941., and the part of tbat amount earned by bringing that traffic from Tunbridge to London in . the .we. 3 months was 23 1,000/. lam quite aware, that I make the statement at once to pre vent myself bein g accuse d of exaggeration, that wh the line from Stro o d t o C anterbury is completed the 231, en 0001. will be reduced to 1 91,3871. by the abstraction ofa portion of the earnings from the traffic between London and Tun bridge, amounting to 39,714/.; 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 your selves of resolving to spend 136,0001. in constructing a protective line of six miles, vital to your safety and pro tection, which would have warded off opposition ab stracting as large a sum from you annually as its own cost : having had in their hands the power to make it, and at the same time asking you to grant them half a million of money, to cover expenditure to the year 1859. And now, gentlemen, I have to call your attention to the financial statement which my honourable colleagues have laid before you. My honourable colleagues dis covered that the contents of the last report which was presented to you, and whi -1 you adopted, announced in the most di st i nct 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/. Is. ; 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 bankers assistance towards making that payment. My hon. colleagues talk also of the rapidly approaching maturity of er very large liabilities for which no pro vision had been made. Gentlemen, I never heard of any provision bein a rcad e for mortgage bonds but the renewal of those bonds y fall du either i through the sameor through other hands ; and I b e e hon.gentlemen in thus, for an evfde ea t ve to join issue with the et:euerepose, exaggerating difficulties, and I join issue the morn u d ire they received from me, in answer to an extraorciinar came into my hands from the jimiyaansulier:ecuxprnlaennattiworilcolfl the whole state of the case. the 13th April, and referred th h "'on to t e was which this mare's nest of theirs w see for , and I replied to their statement, " th at Yperson btbut 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 subject, and wh i ch I now hold in my hand. 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 liabilities 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 had 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 interest 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 Y 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 en gineering department, under particular heads, is what mu,t naturally occur and be antici pated.; and it cannot by any honourable and candid mind be looked upon in :my other light than as one of the ordinary incidents of a gigantic concern. Gentlemen, during later years our company has been emerging front an expenditure of a colossal character. Throughout the whole period during which I have bad 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, gentleineo, 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 had 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 ezhibited 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 injurious to the 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. Your credit had been un impeached, amid 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 31 per cent. per annum. I will ask you for one minute more to explain to you the circumstances under which I ceased to hold 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 offi ce of managing director and exercise its functions with ad vantege to you, or that the office would then carry with it that amount of authority essential to make it effective fur your interests. I 'nave had the most convincit proofs of th e propriety of that dec:sion. I have had th u e most un e evidence that I should not have been supported by the present board in a way that would have insured public safety or be useful to you. I will give you evidence of it. The board of directors proceeded to determine without loss of time that they would appoint a general ntanager Of th e company --and here, perhaps. I may be permitted to read the terms of the letter in in which I tendered m 'v y resignati on t o m y colleagues, b._ are these. I a dd ressed the letter to my successor, my honourable colleague, the present chairman :; `` London-b r id ge T erm i nus ,. M chairman ar of the South !,3, 1854. " Dear Si r ,—T he vote of the majo r i ty Eastern b oard has substituted you as airman for my self. f&A , • Qui • e , 44E 4 . _ ) 410116,kt - '' 41 , of t o /t. 7 +4., • ' .• - DROIT.t. \ G 9 ,15 c P", - „ • S 17 ' • if) -- AS • 14 * ."1 910 * -- - ' t - _ ' ;6 •iir,. _ ~ t. . .› - ,/- , ( Fq 1 "0 1 :4 , 7 • t , i , f , ,. , , , ~ 1 0 L--.-- -- : ~..4 ! - 1 -f.v ( :-.. , s -'4 , ,,, • I : ' . . . c3 ti r m is in the fellowing words : t o h f o the resboelgugtieodn 1 opinio n in fave'ol . . rarster explained his absence froni the two meet vie w vr a h o i enh this li e delivered important t L o m :t h t teel:b:OI-24rd This," as: , sem e each - - ---- "' - '' - ' ---. " .-- " . " - ""e•e"""''ee----..........., eeeea............................_._._._de i s v tb e yt t ) h wneimIaijc, hi r3i the t..oyue r rf e a a tt s ht o ee n nh s tei oa u ur p d o i : oaf t a dt • ie h irn i e c e l p i tto l e. t o entire] Tl)kee y e p d i i aff diverted t e i r . i random ninditaming m emorandum hie ` his to at the latter of r convenience to the beads of the departments in carrying front held in Bridge-street, Westminster, on con on the works appertaining to them. A close supervision, ; tu also, of the various departments had led to a reduction in from the real injury which has been done to , you, will t the staffs generally ; and these reductions IlAv , t not only ; have their hollowness exposed when you see how your , in ` s of the board - been made with the full concurrence, but at the sngges• : intereste have been sacrificed, and how the just expecte- Monday and Tue u avlaet, ate ! permission of tion, of the heads of the departmente; and the result has tions of all the proprietors must, eventually, be -disap already been a permanent saving of about 5,000/. a year pointed by the action which the majority of the board --(loud cheers)—and from all the information we have have taken. It will be in the recollection of the meeting branch to the decision ;f meetings, =u leave the Bromley boardto recordeome been able to acquire we have reason to believe that fur- that upon the last occasion when we assembled in this ealcleady !sitting upon it atittileethPearliamentery committee then savings will be effected, without impairing the proe room, it was my duty, at the instance and by the dire°. re c s erne!. Mr. Forster desires to talte'wo• other come i'2g per working of the undertaking. The steam-boat este. tion of the majority of my then colleagues, to announce , impooensilabtility attaching to that resclue t l i r o is full share .; e any board, the blishment at Folkestone has uudereoree considerable alto- without hesitation, that the general canvass which had , petioa d seh e em re e sult of which has been to dettleoat:titt ration. The works belonging to that establishment. have gone on throughout the company for proxies in favour of Well, ti s before the Parliamentary cone' nii3tLweo"cor°• now been concentrated at Ashford, where there is abun- the three retiring directors on the one hand, and of three ' a deci.sgi% s emen, it might have been supposed• that after dance of labour and other appliances ; and we feel satin- proposed directors on the other hand, had resulted • in a 1 by the comm° it e t om e to by your board. and s fled from the information we have received, that the decided majority in favour of the three new directors ; ' 'directors would committee the House of ceennions,° thatapproved your repairs of the steam-boats can be made as well and as and to say that the directors unhesitatingly, bowed to would, as the have vigerously prosecuted the bi efficiently, and more rapidly, than they coal(' have been that decision, so obtained, and the three retiring direr- ; approval of ite,y at m at t!st hate done, come to you for y our and accomplished at Folkestone, whilst the amount of the tors withdrew from nomination and made th e accession Mr. Hone-Scott ;nog eheir reasons for having authos pay-sheets at Folkestone has been reduced from 1001, to of the three new directors as harmonious as they pos- uttered as their mouth those assurances wbich he 52/. per week—(hear, ]rear)—and Mr. Cudworth, the sibly could. Weil, gentlemen, the new directors SO ectight to obtain your a piece, and that they would have head of the locomotive department at Ashford, has in- nominated to office assumed at once the responsi- the 'decision taken; butiophroba.tion and your support for formed us that he will be able to effect a large reduc- bility of the management of the company. They the bill was passed by the serve what did take place— tion in the expenses of his department without detract - elec'.ed the gentleman who has addressed you to-day as Commons ou the 21st of 1t st a ge of the Rouse of ing from its utility: Branches of the engineering de - their chairman; and after a diviehmeett the board, in which i ceeded through its various .c 1, and might have pro pertinent have also been concentrated at Ashford, by the ()Pinion of the majority was not regarded by the gen- 1 step was taken in reepect to sta g es lt . an ' d nime 'tele', but no , therefore, I gave which a material saving has been effected ; but of the tleman who had the maiority of votes for that office, they notice to the board, on the llth of M o ff f my intention precise amount lam not at present able to inform eubsequentlY elected a deputy chairman. Under the :to move a resolution to the followinay' ect:—namely, you. I now, for a f ew mo ments, ca n , your attention circumstances in which the company was' then Placed, " That iestruction s b e gi ven t o th e e to the much-vexed question of • tee Bromley and having a bill before Parliament for the construction of a : with the Lewisham and Bromley Bill withoutsolicitorsto proceed e 18thfurther Lewisham extension line. I and, by the records of the protective line from Lewisham to Bromley, of six mires i delay," and I did mov e th a t re so l u ti on on t h of company, that this project has been 'before you for many in length, and estimated to cost 136,0001., it became nee May ; and I may mention, in justice to two of years, and that it has entailed upon you, in one shape or cessary for an immediate decision to be taken by the 1 colleagues throughout, that I was supported n o other, large legal expenses • an d thi s question, I may board of directors in regard to that bill; and the board Rich and Mr. Rensh aw A n a.seendmentwas by e lver. add a has been a most embarrassing one to your new of directors meeting on Saturday, ,the 18th of March, moved by Mr. Matthew Forster whose nevi however, t directors. I think you will do well to consider two days afterethe general meeting of the company, had menta in favour of my motion you have n• the objects of the different parties who have advocated to assume the new and further responsibility cast upon to this effect, and it met withthe already heard, support of the majo exten4ons and the motives which induced such advo- them by circumstances which occurred upon Friday, the rity of the board. racy ; and the more I reflect upon it the more lam con- 17th March, before the committee of the House of Com- 1 Mr. Forster's motion—" ----" That considering,, tha n - the of thet board is fully occupied in re vinced th a t th e c ar r yi ng o u t o f the project would be at- mons to whom the schemes for railways in the south- time and attentionof h tended with an ou tl a y o f a lar g e amount of capital, with eastern district were referred. That committee. met on vising the affairs ° line, and that the funds of the little or no advantage to yourselves. (Hear, hear.) I Friday, March 17, and the counsel for the South-Eastern company and the labour of its officers are fully employed ask you t o cons id er w h e th er the proprietors at large Company, watceing the proceedings of the committee, in carrying out h possess su c h an a moun t o f information as to enable them became convinced that the committee would inevitably that th branch tsc theemes already undertaken ;and also o td village of Bromley, as laid down to discuss thi s ques ti on ca lmly and deliberately, if we pass at least one of the three bills before them for the in the bill, 1 ) - om t o l. e by the late board is not, ia our had called y ou t oge th er for that purpose ; and I find construction of lines to. Bromley and Farnborough, the!) from communications I have had, both personal and Farnborough being within 15 miles of Tunbridge ; and 0 opinion, the es public either for the interest of the com t. public ;a y e further, considering the pre written, that thi s w ou ld nut have been the case. I find at the close of the Friday they drew up a memorandum B i en n istate o the mone market, with other reasoas for that you have t rus t e d t oo much, as is usually the case in containing the result of their observations. It was in postponement, we deem it inexpedient to proceed with societies of this kind, to the directors t hemselves —(hear, these words the bill in the present • session, as far as relates to the : hear)—and I find that you were generally ignorant of " LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY. Bromley bran " y ch. Now, gentlemen, I wish to call the merits and demerits, the advantage s and the (Head- "It appears to us of immense importance in the conduct vantages, of such a project. I think very few of you of this case, that counsel should know, before the bill is ter3our attention to this fact, that this resolution, passed were aware of the manner in which it would embroil us submitted to the committee, what course the board, as now a y the board of directors of the South-Eastern Railway with the Brighton Company if that line bad been carried, constituted, is prepared to recommend to th e shareholders Company, was passed after the chairman of the corn- respecting it. Should th ere b e an y ev id„" b e f ore t h e pany hat! received a letter from Mr. Charles Geach, the 1 and I believe that few of you had taken into account the committee of a l lisi r n o tn: i tion e t u o ro prx e ecute the bill, this' member for Coventry, and the chairman of the West effect which the construction of that line would have had upon your existing property, by the creation of a large circumstance o i f t tre e r e iv w al l bills ; aniev se en the abesnuceros; of one or end and . Crystal Palace, Bromley, and Farnborough specific line statin • g that if, upon the receipt of his letter, the amount of profitless capital, and an annual charge upon assurance b that the bill will be bona fide prosecu a ted may s ' revenue ; for I cannot admit that the Bromley and have the same effect. outh-Eastern directors called a Wharncliffe meeting of Lewisham line would be anything but a losing concern. " Counsel for the Sydenham bill have already raised the the company, be should wait the decision of the meet- I thought that none of you had looked to the final re- question, and it must be answered. log, but that he should consider an furthe d 1 r eay as cults of that line, and that you were not aware that it "JAMES R. HOPE-SCOTT. decisive evidence that the directors y • !rectors did not intend to would involve the construction of a l oop li ne from Brom- C. HOGGINS. p rocee d with the bill, and that he should allow no op- HENRY ALWORTH HEREWETHER. portunity to escape of obtaining thesanction of P ley to Croydon, which loop-line would have a most • .ar- HUNTER RODWELL. 'lament to the other bills. Well, serious effect upon your present system. lam aware gentlemen, having, " 17th March, 1854." on the 18th May, moved that in • that a large majority of this proprietary are opposed structions be given to to extensions genera lly—( cr i es of •' bear, hear")—and I This memorandum was presented to the consi Teration of proeeed with the 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, pr ov id e d a thi ng was recommended by the dime- accompanied by all the explanations which I had it in you, by moving the following resolution upon the Bth my power to give, and with all the reasons which I had June, namely—"Tht a special meeting of the pro tors ; but I know there are a few — although but a small portion of yo u — w h o d es i re extensions for speculative to offer in favour of 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 bad further to announce to my honourable col- Position of the Lewisham and Bromley Bill, and the pro withdrawing th a t bill, w hi c h w e thought it our duty to leagues, that in the hope of enabling them to come to a priety of proceeding with it." The directors did not jureddo, we have ne g l ec t 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 your interests ; but I beg of you, in all statements had arranged for a meeting between thorn and the chair. You had left the policy of proceeding with the Bromle that may be made o n thi s s ubject, 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, feelin g s o f th ose who dictate sentiments West-end and Crystal Palace and Bromley and Fern. with them, concluding by a resolution stating, " That that may be adverse t o th e o licy which your directors borough R 'away, for the succeeding Monday, the 20th they, after mature consideration having resolved that have adopted with a v i ew to e promote your interest. I March, at 10 o'clock in the morning. That meeting took the South-Eastern, Lewisham, and Bromley bill should wish you to lo o k i n t o thi s ma t ter , b ecause it is one of p l ace, and your directors had their discussion with the be withdrawn, it 'was unnecessary to trouble the share pre. gentlemen mention e d, an d var i ous suggestions were of- holders on the subject. " Gentlemen, I can hardly con serious import to y ourse l ves . If y ou l ook at the sent state of your fi nances , an d cons id er the decaying fered, chiefly, I must say, inimical ones to th e S out h - (wive a more unh a ppy s t ate of things, because I say that nature of our property, I thi n k your f ee li ng will be that, Eastern Company, and one was em b o di e d i n wr i t i ng and ne i ther you nor any other body of sane men should h ave instead of prosecutin g f ur th er ex t ens i ons , the energies of was submitted by our solicitors, by or d er o f t h e direc- re f used to spend 136,0001. in constructing six miles of the directors o ug ht t o b e emp l oye d in petting your ex. tors, to the Parliamentary counsel for the South-Eastern railway, if y ou h a d t h e alternative of so doing ; or of isting property into p ro p er or d er . (H ear, hear.) I Company for their consideration. It was in the follows seeing ten miles of railway carried into the heart of e think, also, it would be mo s t i mproper to fetter your- in.' terms. If lam rightly inform e d, I may a ffili ate it Kent by a h os til e company, at an expense of only 80 000/ for a sin le • Mr Laing, as being its parent. I , • g line of railway, being about one selves with any new obligations, but that you 'should on my hon. friend, . fourth of what some '' may mention that I was not present when it was drawn single miles o w e ur railway have wait patiently until a fair reason is presented for a de viation from that policy which caution and necessity has up, having been obliged to leave the meeting to cons- cost us. Well, gentlemen, what folloed ? The South now forced upon us. (Hear, hear.) We believe that municate to the counsel of the South-Eastern Company, Eastern, Lewisham, and Bromley bill was withdrawn your line possesses great elasticity —we believe that it who were assembled by appointment, and had at 12 by the majority of the board, applie has great elements of impro vemen t ; b u t a ll th i s wants o ' c l oc k to attend the committee of the House of Coln-Mt, the libou of Commons f or l Mr. Geach leave to recommit the two vitality, and to secure that vit a lity we f ee l t h at a diffe- mons, what was in progress. This is the memo. er ills, s, which had been rejected ; and the only re- . rent system to that 'which h a s hith er t o b een pursued random— suit which could b e expected to follow did follow— mustthe bills were re • co • tten na . i ' m be adopted. (Loud cries o f " h ear , h ear, " and " With reference to the question submitted to us by The West-end an d cheers.) We feel that a strict su p erv i s i on an d economy Mr. Freeman this afternoon, respecting the terms of ar. Crystal Palace E x t ens i on to Bromley and Farnborough must be exercised, and we have no doubt that, with rangement embodied in a memorandum of this forenoon, passed through its various stages in the House of Com it appears to us to involve consid era ti ons w hi c h are b eyond mons, and when it arrived in the House of Lords, prudence and caution, with y our sup p er , an d the asap- 1. I was referred to a committee, there the Brighton ciao of a little patience on your part, we shall be able to the , ordinary ary province ert of cotin se palpably tends to alter the position C an o - ' exctove e mpa Company (marvellous to say) and the South-Eastern effect very great and very salutary cha'nzes. I ought of ' the So a l m -ras m ter i n Company as the almost ompany both petitioneci against it ; and Mr. to apologise for trespassing at so great a length u p on possessor of Kent; but how far such a measure may' be j Rope-Scott explained the conductof the directors: le your time—(hear, hear) —bu t there is "still one point eneficial or otherwise to the general interests of that corn- T • Companyho committee refused to hear either the South-Ea-tern which I wish to bring before yo ur noti ce . I n the pany, is a matter of policy which belongs exclusively to or the Brighton C • ,mipany against the Fern course of the next session, it is quite clear that schemes the directors, for Mid-Kent will be brought before Parliament. You "Passing over, therefore, this intermediate point, we borough bill, but the South-Easter n Company carried on are aware that parties have already got a footing as far must recur to the considerations which we submitted to pp their onsition to th e bill i n a manner not very un as Farnborough, and the object is to extend it on t o the directors in our last opinion, and request a definite an- comlnon, by paying the expen se o f l an d owners, who were Maidstone; but I'h ave h ear d t h at the object is also to ewer as to the amount of a u tho r ity w hi c h we possess for i nduced to petition against it. Gentlemen, I attended construct a line to Tunbridge. Whether l that is the assuring the committee that the bill (which stands for to• on that committee of the Lords at every moment that case or not, I cannot say ; but, supposing they get that morrow at twelve o'clock) will bebona.ede prosecuted, and my other duties permitted me to be absent from them, ite powers . executed, by the Sooty-Eastern Company. and, seeing the course that was being taken, I (en, gave no line, there is no question that it will take a considerable (Signed) JAMES R. HOPE-SCOTT. amount of traffic from your main lino. No doubt you " C. HOGGINS. tice in writing to the solicitor of the company, as I had will hear it said that we have pursued a foolish and sue- " HEgRY ALWORTR MEREWETRER. done verbally before, of nay readiness to be examined as . cidal policy in abandoning the Bromley bill. But let " HUNTER RODIVELL, 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, 1851." son who could so exactly picture the unfortunate peel 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 March, and ad. Placid if the West-end and Crystal Palace and Bromley prices of labour and ma t er i a l s, under three-quarters of a journed to the following morning, Tuesday ; and counsel and Far' borough bill were to b e allowed to pass, or, as million. That would entail upon your existing revenue again, impressed by the new circumstances of the case far as I could tell, be so likely to induce the committee a burden of 30,0001. a-year, raise the money how you presented before the committee of the House of Com- to view with some compassion the great evils the passing will, for interest upon that capital. And when you mons on -the Monday, drew up another memorandum, of that bill would bring upon this company. Gentlemen, complete it, it will positively he a competing line to your which included their reply to Mr. Laing's proposal, and the solicitor of the , South-Eastern Company, acting for own, and will entail a dead loss upon you of 17,000/. a also their view of the position of the South-Eastern Com- the landowners, and my hon. colleagues your direc year. That will be your position if you make that line— pany. These are the terms : : tors, acting with him, did not think fit to avail them you will add three-quarters of a million to your capital ; "In case all lines cannot be postponed— selves of my offer. They may say that they did not there will be a permanent burden of 30,0001. a-year for "Landowners' line to pass from Farnborou g h to Beckon- know what ev id ence I might give upon the sub interest, beside s an annua l loss tee your main line o f ham and Norwood ; jest. or how far my testimony might be uuflatter -17,000/. I ask you which is the most suicidal policy of " Abandoning Sydenham Junction. ins 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 in possession briefly, and I hope clearly, of all Farnborough) ‘ shall either assent to the SouthEest the leading features which have occupied our attention making aine from Lewisham to a convenient junction how how I thought that I might in any way, under those since I came into office, I have only in conclusion to with the landowners' line, or they shall be at liberty j to extretne'y trying circumstances, still serve the corn request of you that you will extend to us some little apply to Parliament for power to make it themselves. patsy ; and I frankly avow that the only way to serve indulgence to enable us to make ourselves more per- "As between the Brighton and South-Eastern it is you would have been to condemn the proceedings of the fectly 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 be one taking the direction of the present Eastern Company. Gentlemen, the majority of the di assured that if anything occurs of a favoerable nature, South-Eastern line, the Brighton Company shall have a rectors may tell you that they obtained reports fron 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 • d • 1 , an so they did the same time, whatever occurs which , - from near East Croydon with the proposed line near —they obtained a report from may not be alto Beckenham ; and on such junction being made the South readiness, the company's engineer, gather of the same favourable nature 'll ith eq al under date of April 25, conveying many sound Eastern Company to send the South-Eastern traffic be- reasons readiness, be placed' before you so tha l‘ t 'l ' w have n why the Lewisham and Broml bill r. tween East Croydon and London Bridge by the Lewisham should go forward ; the opportunity of judging -? an, determinyouingshall for jou and North Kent line. and they obtained a counter ey report from a g entleman selves, under whatever pha,se the affairs of the company "If tho line to Bromley be carried by east branch of who had been a subordinate officerofthe company, and may be presented to you. (hear hear.) There is one Ravensbonrne, the Brighton Company 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 enneer's reort pass over unnoticed--that is, the additional capital " BeightonCompany agree, as part of this, that th e y will but, I say, that they were not justified, under the which we ask you to allow u s to not work the landowners' lines without arrangement with circumstances that I have detailed, in taking Parliamen t upon The amount is half a million. the South-Eastern Company, In making out the call- the the decision of this nestles without calling q mates it has been done upon the principle' that we wish "If South-Eastern Company elect to make a lirie from upon you to i o • Your o opinion, and to decide what to conceal nothing from you. Some of the works must Lewisham to join the landowners' lino, they are to give ought to be done. P ' And now, gentlemen, let me tell be immediately undertaken for the protection of the the landowners notice by lit September next." you, and Ido so with unfeigned sorrow, what is the The board of directors then, on Tuesday morning, by a existing traffic ; the other works it is proposed to extend effect of the bill that has passed for making ' this line majority, decided that the South-Eastern Lewisham over a period of five years, but that will not alter the h and what are sum which will be ultimately re qu i red, • There will be and B from th e C rysta l P alace to Farnborough, romley line s h ou ld b e prosecuted, and Mr. Hope- the evils that it will bring upon your property. Gen no necessity to raise all that money at once - we merely Scott, the counsel for the company, conveyed to the tlemen, this is the state ofthe case. Our Lewisham and ask for the authority to raise that sum, and that you will committee of the House of Commons the instructions Bromley line, six miles in length, would have been leave it to our discretion and prude nce to raise it in a which he had received from your present chairman, in constructed at an expense of 136,000/. The directors the following words. And I may here add, that I am manner most beneficial to your interests during the had the offer of an eminent and wealthy constructor to period of five years. There is only one other matter to particular in quoting these expressions exactly, for, accept, in payment 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, lam preferential stock, bearing 41 per cent, interest, and light gold ; upon which I have the s atisfaction of stating 1 • mpressed with the extreme importance to your future 1 they had also the offer of the same contractor to hire that arrangements have been made, 1 °Y which the loss interests of your well weighing these facts. These, then, that line from you, when constructed, at a higher rate e under that head will be diminished seveakeie,shtbs 1 . , I not , are Mr. Hope-Scott's words : of interest. The bill that has passed will convey the entirely obviated. (Cheers.) .The h oe. 'lt remains only for me to allude to one matter which traffic from Farnborough, Bromley, and Mid-Kent to chairman con cluded by moveng the adoption of the report, and re- has been used by my opponents. Is is that the South- i the Crystal Palace station, from it to the London-bridge Eastern are divided among themselves on this line, and I • sumed his seat amidst the general _ terminus of the Brighton Company, and over the West- The of the you have expressions of opinion this I expressions ' way, and meeting. of opinion that way, and, therefore, there is no security i . end and Crystal Palace line to the Chester and West" The Hon. Mr. BIN., deputy chairm an , havin at all that the bill will be prosecuted and the line made. mmster terminus. The Westminster Station bill was g se conded the motion, On that subject I have specific instructions from the ; also passed last session. Observe, therefore, that all _ Mr. HELMORE called attention to the several estimates board to p ress thi s li ne on your attention, and to beg traffic passing over that line, when constructed, will be you to pass this line. And those instructions it is mY . entirely and absoluteiy removed from us, and will n o t of further expenditure, and contended that the of them were useless, and would not k dd a Shilling to "which f the other side can, of course, be equal to teose. ) Parliament to sanction Mr. Geach's Bromley and Farm their present receipts. He more particularly ques. are given to me by the parties who are responsible borough l• me, with some gradients as steep as 1 in 75, tioned the proposed outlay of 8,000/. for a custom-house for the instructions give andwhich I they do me, •and, consequently, capable of construction at a price far at Folkestone. received specific instructions to lay before you on this below what lines of our railway have cost tus. lii fact, Mr. Kay, of M an chester, said it would h occasion, lam now speaking of a board decision delibe have been of the line fora the estimatesingle line from the better if the hon. proprietor had submitted his views t rately come to." the board previous to the meeting, and no doubt they° The result was that on the same day (Tuesday, the 21st line to Farnborou 1 Brighton g 1, ten miles, isouly 80,0001.; and it requires no mathematician to tell you that on a would have received due attention. Re called attention March) Lord Harry Vane and the other members of the line so cheaply constructed a much smaller sum of net to the fact that the legal expenses had amounted to an committee pissed the South-Eastern Company's Lewis- average of 53,000/, a year for the last eight years, which ham and Bromley Bill, and threw out the two opposing profit will_for pay a better dividend than the sum which is he considered was a matter which called for the serious schemes ; and they inserted in that bill a clause which, ; req e etred your own costly line, with better gradients, consideration of the shareholders. He expressed his I think, betokened their sound view of the case, and , well, gentlemen, now comes the question. 'Do you confidence in' the present chairman, whom he congra- their clear appreciation of the difficulties of the position i s rp o `.?" ' ll • Geach and his friends, who have got tulated upon the favourable impression whi c h h e h ad nn. of the South-Eastern and Brighton Companies, and the " ! t e sanction of Parliament for a line to Farnborough, I ill sto there ? doubted] made upon the proprietors on this first occa neeessity for some compensating arrangement between ' w le will . Do you suppose for a momen - , that line not be t that sion of his meeting them, them, to prevent inconvenience and to insure public if not to other places ! prosecuted at least to Tunbridge in Keta ?It is with the - ' Mr. MACGREGOR (the late chairman of the company) safety. The clause was as follows : found grief and di •most ro then rose for th e purpo s e of addressing the meeting ft "23. Unless the company shall, in the next session, or . . sappointment that I see such a ho p s • tale was received with mingled cheers and hisses, and e in the session next thereafter ensuing, apply to Parlia- line invading the very heart of Kent, after t ' was a pre desire on the part of a section of th there meat, either alone or jointly with the London, Brighton, spent in anxious solicitude to guard our interest en years in the e u p ro- and outh Coast Railway Company, for power to construct traffic of that country, and thus reversino , • prietors tovent his being heard. His address in a moment, pied about an hour and a half in its delivery, andeuu.' a railway from the railway by_this_ act authorised, at or all that has been done ',for our protection, we near Bell green, to the London, Brighton, and South Coast were vulnerable there, I and m honourableion. That we think we are not incorrect in stating that durin ' y colleagues its de- Railway near East Croydon, and shall, on or before the Ist who acted with me did n t livery he was interrupted not. less than from g 3oto 40 day of October, 1855, give notice in writing, under their going back to earlier 9 conceal from you. Without • ' The ' t !portion of h . • times. grea er you tee contents but the following is a substantially correct noteof • Railway Conipany, of their intention or willingness so to ,of the circular we issued on the . the oat December last, and to the one of the 16th Febr whole of his observations. He said—l beg perm' apply, then the company shall offer no Opposition to the make a few observations on the report which beenhas s ioit to Preamble of • any bill which may be submitted to Parlia- stated that this Paint in uary, in which we expressly r the company's position N i v h as sm a read to the meeting, and upon the present circumstances meta by the London, Brighton, atel South Coast Railway I vulnerable one • that the of the company, and also to say a very few wordsances I Company, for making a railway between the points afore- ' and Bromley branch obvious]p project to make the d Le it sv: _ as the position in which lam myself placed ; and on said ;or failine any euch application by the last - mentioned 1 valuable to the compan y recommende lf 'l and to for the company, then the company c shall offer no opposition to th e ! prevent opposition of ay to h prot t e e c r t interests,its hiehwould if no. very few moments in which I propose to trespass the time of the proprietors I shall venture to ask for upon preamble of any bill whi h or in person for submittede to Parlia- ; glected, prove perniciou e are° that w the object of the kind and indulgent attention. From the tenou r of the their meet by any other company afor esaid." malting a railway ! directors was to pernicious, and the traffic of secure to the company re- . between the points . . 1 Alid-Kent branch the port which the majority of the board of direct 9 and having made that short bra r have I Gentlemen, the authority given to Mr. Hope-Scott was ;direction• s might laid on the table, it might be supposed that all that had ! •at dui -summoned meeting of the board • given a y of future exteneiens which other parties happened since the last meeting of the company hadunder of direct. i seek to make beyond B ley. The majority of your tors, at which seven members were ' the administration of the newly-elected directors been 1 present (the two who I directors have had the game '. their own hands. The in their vie • of were absent subsequently recorded views in oppo- What the most praiseworthy character, and that the pert bill stoodthird reeding in the Commons, for . interests to a most manent sition to each other), so that had all been prese t our interests of the company had been carefully and n the ! Was there Missile 1 Gentlemen success. de isio would have been the same • when . 'fully guarded. It wilt be my duty to state to the . e nc o lleague , , and I think it due ' serious extent, and they have been compromised, have main - the YIOW which I entertain upoll tae ----- -- ------ - --- --- -- - _ subject, ' you that I should place b pro. t o m y hon. Mr. Matthew Forster, and due to I the majority of our board of directors might aid _ i __ ________ afore you the cutouts of the wad and upheld thou The whole mac of the Qom _ _ _ ___ ---• " No step has been taken by the board as to the other position I have the honour to hold, that of managing di. rector. " But, after the best consideration, I am entirely con vinced that that position, to be useful and advantage me to the company, is inseparable from the office of chairman. I am certain that when yon become as conversant as long labour has made me with the magnitude and importance of the company's interests, your impression en this subject will be the same as my own. With this conviction on my mind, I feel that it would be unjustifiable on my part towards the proprietary to re tain the office of managing director, awl I must therefore request you to place my resignation of that office before m y colleagues at the board this day. 4 , I am, dear sir, yourned) obedient servant, (Sig " Sir J. N. R. Campbell." J. MAXGREGOR. The appointment of the general manager was to take place upon the 24th of April, and th e directors had advertised for candidates for the lee. Nineteen candi dates had ant , wered. T wo were your own establish ment—your wipe] intendent and your deputy superinten dent. The directors r e d uced the numb er for considera fiat] to six. The directors did not examine the testimo nials of any of the four a pplicants who we re no t i n your employ, but they proceeded at once to th e e l ection of the the superinten office of gen era l manager of company. se of the Now, I felt it my duty, frees istatilig saewnareoft_propriety of my h on . colleague* blivithlide facts CoLuleCted with th D1E44141100 of tat _ _ v .4r vr