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L ONDON tors & SOUTH- Company are prepared to take LOANS on the security of their Debentures, at a rate of interest not exceed ing 414 per cent., for paying off other Debentures now about to fall due. By order of the Court of Directors. L. CROMBIE, Secretary. York-road Offices, 9th Feb. 1854 OUT Et WALES RAILWAY.- L. 7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, The next HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETINci of the Proprietors in this Company will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station of the Great Western Railway. on TUESDAY, the 28th day of Feb Instant, at One o'clock precisely, for the Election of four Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number who will retire by rotation; and for the general purposes of bess. C. R. hi. TALusinttvT, Chairman. The Transfer Books will be closed en and after the 14th instant, and will not be re-opened until afte r the said Half-yearly Ordinary Meeting, on the 28th inst. By Order, FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary. South Wales Railway Offices, 10, Eastbourne-terrace , London, Feb. 6, 1554. EXC EIEQU R BILLS. Office of her Majesty's Pavma ter-General Whitehall, 18th February, 1854. THE E XCHEQUER BILLS, dated in the Month of March, 853 (per Act 15 Vict., cap. 10, 17,742,8001. Arm 1852), with the Interest due thereon, will be paid off' on the 9th March, 1854, when the interest will cease. Such bills will be received at this office daily, from halt-past ten till three o'clock, Until the 2nd day of March, 1854, inclusive. Printed Forms, containing Instructions for the preparation of the Lists, and ate arrangement of the Bills, may be obtained on applica tion at this office. The bearers must endorse each bill with their usual signatures, and they must insert their names and acldresQes in each list ; and where the names of holders are inserted in the bills, the indorse men's r,f such holders must also be obtained previously to their lists and bills being left for examination. NEW BILLS, bearing interest at the rate of twopence by the day, Upon every one hu dred pound , ani dated the said 9th day of March, 1854, may be obtained in payment of the principal of the whole, or part, of the Exchequer Bills issued under the Act above mentioned, on the claimants specifying, in their lists, the amount of new bills required by them. The New Bills, together with the Interest on the Bills left on or before the said 2d day of March, for exchange, will be ,s•ued on the 10th day of March, 1854 ; the bearers must attend at this office, to sign receipts for the payment of Principal and Interest. Payment, in Money, may be obtained at this office for any of the said Exchequer Bills, previously to the said 9th day of March, 18' , 4, upon the claimants leaving the bills for examination one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. N.B.—All Exchequer Bills dated prior to March, 1853, have been previously advertised to be paid off. pURSSELL'S BISCUITS, in Bags, 14 for ls., or in Boxes, Is., 2s. 6d , ss., and 10s. each—viz.. Captains', or German Cuddy Biscuits, have long been esteemed fer their delightful flavour, and are adapted for coffee and tea ; Milk or Cheese Biscuits, Arrowroot Biscuits for invalids, and their nutritive quality makes them adapted for children ; Abernethy Biscuits, ~ r own Digestive Rye Biscuits; a large assortment of Mixed Biscuits, Is. OX i d. per Ib.; Bartholiver's Wine Biscuits, Isle of Wight Cracknells; Arrow root Biscuits, Coffee, ditto, thin Captains' and thin Rusks, for wine. The Royal German Rusks, Tops and Bottoms for infants' food, sold to bags or ss. boxes. Warranted to Keep Six Months. JOIIN R, PURiSELL, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-hill, only. pURSSELL' S. —BALL SUPPERS and WE:WING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style; public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con • tract; a lane stock of bride cakes for iramedi ite use, from one to twenty guineas each; a hands _,me cake for five gui CaS, packed and Sent to any part of the country if required, and warrante I to keep 12 Inonths.—Joint R. Puasektt, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate bill, only. FOREIGN H AVANNAH CIGA RS.- DAWSON and Co., 19. Mark lane, have always on sale a choice assortment. Tavern•keepers, publicans, and the trade, sup plied on the lowest terms for cash, with Cigars of good count, com mencing at 21s. per lb. CONTRACTS FOR WHEAT, PEAS, OATS, AND MUSTARD. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 15th Feb., 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on WaDNaSDAY, the 22d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DE I' TFORD, the undermen- Articles, viz. : Quarters. When to be delivered. WHEAT .. •• •• ...... 2,000 Half of each M two weeks, 500 and the remainder in two OATS (for making Oat- weeks afterwards, or ear ragal) ............ 500 Tier if preferred by the Tons. party tendering. 10 MUSTARD (in Flour).. A proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid for any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Wheat the" 500 quarters, of Peas and Oats than 100 quarters of each, and of Mus tard than tw , tons. Samoles of the wheat, peas, and oats, not less than two quarts of each, and of the mustard not less than 2 lbs., must be produced by the parties tendering. The samples produ. ed by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the sail office, at the ffice of Com- Mender Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Co lector of , usioni at Bris tol. No tender will be received alter One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed torm provid , d for the purose, and which may be obtained on application to the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool. or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner +ha words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at S merset-place. EUROPEAN COURT-1. . 4 FN DLESS embassies and fruitless negotiatio ns 1 have occupied the Court. of Europe f r some time. th 4 e nstellation of the " Great Bear" is an unlucky one, we mus Whether lease for the consideration of all o..servers ; hut the sound po icy has been pursued fay then iatrons of the estaashmenis of E. est MOSES and SON, who have negotiated affairs of dress on a scale of unpre cedented magnificence and economy. The war of eleinents is totally su bdued by the attire m anufactured by E. MOSES and SoN the advantages of a complete victory are secured by an artistic fit which combines fashion and comfort. As ambassadors to the Court of Fashion, E. MOSES and SON are the most successful negotiators which the commercial world has ever acknowle&ed—they have produced styles of dress which have gained them universal reputation. Their present facilities for exe cuting the commands of noblemen, merchant-, men of business, labourers, and all other sections of society, possess an indescribable ampletude, associated with superior quality, infinite variety, and the most economical charges. Liveriegi, sporting dress, military and naval costumes, are made by E. Mons and Sots with the greatest uniformity and precision. Hats, caps, boots and shoes, hosiery, shirts, ladies' and children's clothing of the most elegant and serviceable kind, is furnished by E. Moses and Sort at considerably lower prices than are customarily charged. The wholesale department of E. MOSES and SoN's business is highly advantageous to merchants, captains, and emigrants. Their cloth ing, boots and shoe., outfits, &c. tic., are the best shipments which can be made to Australia or any part of the world. Full lists of outfits for ladies and gentlemen, and ship-sailing In formation, may be had on a pp lication, or post tree. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesrnan-like falsehood 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 Cosramiost WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OOT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minortes, 83, 14,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo: 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, from which ne abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may be had on application, or past-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis on application. tel l'on parie Francai s . Qui si parla Italian°. Met srricht man Dents Ch. Aqua se habla Espana ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fittteth Edition. CONTAINING TUE REMIDT FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 en pages, price 2s. 6d.. by post, from the Fstablishmt, 3s. pd in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol Lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, ONford-street ; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdou-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and landtly weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator) Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in t h e primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- lags. FAIT IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of aimple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Disease by a Parr V. is devoted to the consideration of mrirrlage and its te gu . ti s The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically arid philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF 4 •YRI %CUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Sr.c., I is. and 31s. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary sYruPton3, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d 1 ., 4s. 6d., tricture and 1 and is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, geet, s, chronic Inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, it. A minute detail of the case is requiredhabits, and pest_ Um in society. 5/. Packets, with adYice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 1/ ,is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-Street, Oxford-street, Lon don. from Eleven till Two. and Five to Eight; on S.lc.lry from Eleven to One. ___.------ ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE. Just Published, 60th F dition, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post for forty two stamps, SELF-PRESERV ATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of originatorarrie with its Disqualifications and Impediments, tracing theiri the effects of solitary habits, youthful exeCess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by practical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative system. Illustrated by 60 coloured Engrav ings, on the Anatomy of the Reproductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'NfERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. Sec., Sec. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses, w hich have prouced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, a nd premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern eni Its perusal is particularly recommended to personertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and whe are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is eatitled. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, and has l o ng directed attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free Their treatment has unfortunately teen too generally confided to the c ire of unqualified and Ignorant em piric., w ho, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their preten sions. The seriou s con-equences resulting from such mal-practice may easily be avoided it . sufferers from these maladies were to ascri pain if their medical adviser e a member of the London College of phys i c i a ns, .urgeons, or Apothecaries' Hall, as any one possessing either of these qualifications usually appends it to his name, and thus the legally qualified practitioner can at once be diQtingablied. At home for coniqiltation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/. SELF-PRESERVATION may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French. Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of hissers. f' per, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; free 39, Corahill ; Stone, Titchborne - stree t, Ha ymarket ; or trf post for tbrty-two 1,4 any adtrou from the Author's rest allage,37, ISIDMA•WA.III I, , le No, 19,1571 This day, 3d edition, post Bvo., ss. ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE. By the late THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., oh Yoaall Lodge, Staffordshire. CONTENTS : Cattle and Sheep 111. Ancient Agricultural Literature. 11. Agricultural Drainage. I IV. High Farming. John Murray, Albemarle-Street. Just published, price 25., by po =t 2s. Gd , DEBILITY and IRRITABIL ITY induced b y SPERMATORRIICEA ; the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Treatment. By T. H. 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ESIDENCE TO LET, at HILLINGDON, within one mile of the West Drayton Station.—A commo dious HOUSE, co , i sisting of three sitting-rooms and six bed-rooms, with stable, garden, shrubb, ry, &c., called COLHANI HOUSE. Land adjoining may be had at Michaelmas next, if required. This resident., which is situated upon the road from West Drayton to Hayes, was for some years occupied by the late Sir C:aorge Cockburn. tpply to Thomas Brown, upon the premises; John e'rancis, Esq., solicitor, I, New Boswell court, London; or Benjamin Jones, Esq., solicitor, Llanelly, South Wales. RO YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—II.R.H. PRINCE ALBER MAGNIFIED PLAIN and COLOURED PLIGTO(.4RAPITIC PIC TURES, each icture fllliug a Disc , of One Thousand superficial Feet. An ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DIS,OLVING VIEWS. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on the CHEMISTRY of thßi • iiI , I'FACTURE of PAPER, and its DECORATION with COLOURS, including WOOLNOUGH'S MARBLING PROCESS and Mr. DE LA RUE'S IRIDESCENT FILMS. LECTURE by Dr. BACIIOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNLVERsAL ELECTRIC TELEG,sAPLI. DESORIPTION of RUST'S PATENT TUBULAR PIANOFORTE, daily at a quarter past three. Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and Childr _n under Ten years of age, Half-price. R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, 1 Including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two Stalls, 35., which can be taken a , the box offic. eve , y day is.; gallery, 15.—Mont Blanc , Egyptian Hall, Piccad from 11 to 4 ; area, illy. EGYPTIAN HALL.—CONSTANTINOPLE 2s open TO-NIGHT at Eight, and Every Day at Half-past Two o'clock. The Lecture is delivered by Mr. CHAR _ES KENNEY, and has been written by Mr. ALBER I' SMITH and Mr. SHIRLEY BROOKS. Admission, is. : Reserved Seats, 2s. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CUAs. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Funiam-road), —The above Rooms arc now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED HAND. Admission, ls. Doors open at half-past 8 Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ninate at half-past 11. Admission,is.— PROMENADE ROYSI,RvE r COTS. N T C H E E R A Adelaide-street, West ,trand—Every EVEN [N , 4, at Eight, by the renowned B ‘ND, whose performances have created such intense interest throughout the leading European cities The programme is varied nightly, and includes the finest compositions of ancient and modern.mssters, as well as Hungarian and other na tional Melodies, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Galoos, and Quadrilles. Ka lozdy, conductor. Soloists—Flugelhorn, Horanyi; cdarioneite, M. Augarde; piano, Miss J. Warman. V ,calists The Misses Brougham. Morning P er f or mance, Wednesday and Saturday, at Three. - 11% 1% 3 5 1 Battu Torect • rains trom the Boats mat ked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station every quarter of an hour. BRUNS WICK ‘N HARF, BLACKWALL, on lowing Trains from the renchurch-st tVEEF i )ATR Fen church Street Fen church Street. 1:i 1 i 1 9 1 A 11l 2 , 4 3 LaC,,/,6,4 // .. ...sloop to Arctic regions, with provisions sad stores for Sir Edward Belcher 's expedition. Mr. Edye, Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy, visited Deptford dockyard on official affairs to-day. The whole of the blocks have been laid on the slip from which the Hannibal, 91, was launched on the 31st ult., as it is intended to build on them a new 51-gun screw steam-frigate of the same•class as the Imi:4l-lenge, • and the new frigate to be named the " Forte." The Widgeon steam -vessel was sent up yesterday from Woolwich to Deptford, and has been turned over to Captain Superintendent B. Martin, C. 8., to be em ployed as a tug for lighters when they are required to convey stores from the victualling -yard to the fleet at Sheerness. The Hornet screw steam-vessel, of about 1,000 tons burden, and of the same class as the Cruiser, 16, screw steam-sloop will be launched at Deptford Dockyard about the end of March. The Medina steam-vessel is undergoing a thorough repair, and will soon be ready for further service. [PRICE 51). steamer Manilla (under orders for Government service) went out on a trial trip yesterday. This vessel is of 638 tons burden, was built by Mare and Co., of Black wall, and has been fitted with engines of 60-horse power by Messrs. Summers, Day, and Baldock, of Northam works, near Southampton. Some interest was attached to this trial from the fact that the Manilla is supplied with a boomerang propeller, and, although there was no opportunity of comparing its merits with those of the common screw, yet the result obtained was a most fa vourable one. From the fact of the opening in the stern of the vessel being much larger than usual, Mr. Lamb, the engineer of the company, was enabled to give the boomerang a greater proportionate length than any propeller of that kind previously tried ; thus affording it a better chance of success. Sir Tho mas Mitchell loudly complained recently of the want of this development of his principle in the trial of his screw in the Fairy. Two runs at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, produced an average speed of 9.365 knots, equal to 114 statute miles an hour. The screw has a diameter of 11 feet, with a pitch of 9 feet 2 inches. The speed was considered most surprising, considering the exceed ingly small power of the engines, in proportion to the tonnage—say 60 to 635 or 1 in 101. The engines worked remarkably well ; they are on the geared trunk principle—heavy cylinders of 30 inches diameter, and a 27-inch stroke, with Lamb and Summers' patent flue boilers. With 61 revolutions of the engines the pro peller made 113 revolutions, the ship having on board at the time 112 tons of coals and 200 tons of ballast. PORTSMOUTH, Fzs, 16. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. As the week advance; we get busier here with the work of preparations for war. Every hand is em ployed, and every department apparently more vigor ously employed than yesterday contributing its quota of labour. Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, commanding the Royal Engin eery in this garrison, has been round in specting the iortifications on both show, to see if any improvement could be effected in the works before completion. An extra battalion of Engineers is to be raised, which will of course increase the number of Sap pers and Miners, and add greatly to the operative strength of the military contingent. This arm of the service is raising a parapet on the walls of the casemated barrack at Blockhouse, for musketry to fire over and through, and are otherwise making additions and strengthening the old fort. It was expected and announced that the first instalment of troops would have embarked at this port and Southampton on Saturday, but an order has been received by the Commander-in-Chief of the south-western district (Major-General Simpson) deferring those embar kations (the Guards) until the 22d and 24th respectively. On the former date two battalions of Guards are ordered to be embarked at Southampton, and on the latter one battalion, in her Majesty's ship Simoom, at this port. The regiments in garrison are picking up recruits very numerously, and the trains and Coa st-guard vessels are bringing in loads of volunteers and seamen daily. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FEB. 16. - - KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES IMPROVEMENT BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; motion made, and ques tion proposed, " That the bill be now read. a second time.' Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided ; ayes 84, noes 116. AYES-84. A'Court, C. Freshfleld, J. Patten, J. Anderson, Sir J. Fuller A. Peßatt, A. Batllie, H. Goderich, Viscount. Pilkington, J. Beam ish, F. Goodman. Sir G. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Bell, J. Gregson, S. Rice, E. Biggs, W. Hadfield, G. Roche, B. Blackett, J. F. B. Hall, Sir B. Roebuck, J. Bland, L. H. Hustle, Alex. Russell, Lord J. Bright, J. Heactlem, T. Scobell, Capt. G. Brotherton, J. Heyworth, L. Sc ay, F • Brown, W. Home, J. Seymour, W Castlerosse, Viscount Ingham, R. Shelley, Sir 3. Challis T. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Collier, R. P. King, P. Sotheron, T. Craufurd, E. H. J. Kinnaird, A. Stanley, W. Crook, J. Labouchere,Rt.Hon.H Strut, E. Crossley. F, Langton, H. G. Tancred. H. Cnbitt, W. Laslett, W. Thornely, T. Currie, Raikes Layard, A. H. Walter, J. Denison, J. E. Lee, W. Warner, E. Divett, E. Locke. J. Whatman, J. Duke, Sir J. Lucas, F. Whitbread, 8. Duncan, G. Mackie, J. Wilkinson. W. Dunoombei T. Iwo. a:• --- Winona, B. Dunlop, A. Milligan, Tr., Elcho, Lord Wines, R. Ellice, E. Mon crieff, J. Ellice, E., jun. Morris, D. Evelyn, W. Mostyn, E. Feilden, M. Oliveira, B. TELLIRS. ouverle, Hon. E. P. Alcock, T. - NOES-116. Adderley, C. Halsey, T. P. Packe, C Arcbdall, M. Hamilton, Lord C. Paget, Lord A. Arkwright, G. Hastie, Archd. Paget, Lord G. Bailey, Sir J. Hawkins, W. Pakenham, Capt. E. Ball, E. Hayter, W. Pakington, Sir J. Barrow, W. Heneage, Geo. H. Parker, E. Bedtinck, G. Herbert, P. Pennant, Col. E. Blair, Col. J. H. Hilyard, R. C. Philippe, J. Boldero, Col. 11. G. Hogg, Sir J. W. Phililmore, R. J. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hume, W. Pugh, D. Bruce, Lord E. Irton, S. Robertson, P. Brace, C. L. C. Jones, Capt. T. Sawle, C. Buck, L. W. Kelly, Sir F. Sealtam, Viscount Buller, Sir J. Kendall, N. Seymer, H. Burghley, Lord. Kingscote, Capt. R. Smijth, Sir W. Burke, Sir T. Knatchbull, W. Smith, M. Chambers, T. Knox, Col. B. W. Smyth, J. G. Child, Smith Knox, W. S. Stanley, Lord Cobbett, J. M. Lacon, Sir E. Sullivan. Michas Cobbold, J. C. Lascelles, E. Thornhill, W. Coles, H. B. Lennox, Lord A. Tyler, sir G. Davies, D. A. S. Liddell, H. G. Vance, J. Davison, R. Liddell, H. T. Vernon, G. Deeles, W. Lindsay, Col. J. Villiers, F. Disraeli, Rt. Hon. B. Lockhart, W. Vivian, H. H. Dundas, G. Lowther, Col. H. C. Waddington, H. Dunne, Col. Lowther, Capt. H. Walcott, Ad mire Egerton E. MacMahon, P. Wells, W, Fagan, W. Manners, Lord J. Whitmore, H. Fitzgerald, W. Majoribanks, D. Wickham, H. W. Fitzroy, Hon. C. Mlles, W. Wigram, Loftus T. Forster, Sir G. Milner, W. Woodd, B. French, F. Michell, W. Wyndham, Gen. George, J. Morgan, 0. Wyndham, H. Gilpin, Col. H. Mowbray, J. Goddard, A. Mulgrave, Earl of Grace, 0. Mundy, W. Grenfell, Chas. Napier, J. Grogan, Edward Newdegate, C. Hale, R, North, Lt.-Col. J. Hall, Col. J. Oakes, J. TELLIIS Thesiger, Sir F. Jolliffe, Sir W. iTNIVEBSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, FRB. 16. In a Congregation holden this morning the following degrees were conferred, viz.:— MISTER OF ARTS. Rev. William Sykes, Oriel College. Arthur Pepys Whately, student, Christ Church. David Edwards, student, Christ Church. Alfred Bailey, student, Christ Church. Rev. Francis R. Hepburn, Christ Church. Edward Templer Harrington, Worcester College. Rev. Charles Robinson, St. Alban Hall. BACHELOR OF ARTS. John Lomax Gibbs, Grand Compounder, E xe t er C o l ege . Richard Goodhall mith. Exeter College. In the same Congregation several alterations in the clauses relative to Cumulation, Tit. x., sec, 11, 4, p. 121, Corp. Stat., will be submitted to Convocation on Tuesday next. CAUTION AGAINST BORROWING MONEY.—The Vice- Chancellor, Heads of Houses, and Proctors, haveissued the following caution to junior members of the University against the pernicious system of having dealings with money lenders :—" Whereas there is reason to believe that inducements have been recently held out to some of the I junior members of the University to have dealings with money lenders, whereby they maynot only be subjected to great loss, through usurious and fraudulent conditions, but incur heavy academical penalties : Now these are to cau tion all bachelor and undergraduate members of the Uni versity against having any dealings with money-lenders or their agents, under any pretence whatsoever, as they will answer for the same at their peril." HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WERE. ( From the Registrar• General's Report.) The weekly report of the Registrar-General shows that the total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended on Saturday, was 1,178. It exhibits a decrease on that of the preceding week, and is exactly the same as the number returned in the last week of January. The mortality in the last four weeks has varied little, and the mean weekly temperature of the same times (about 42 de gs.) has been singularly uniform. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844-53, the average number was 1,093, which, corrected for increase of population, be comes 1,202. Last week's return is less than the esti mated amount by only 24. The zymotic or epidemic class numbers 262 deaths, while the corrected average does not exceed 235. The excess arises from hooping cough, which is now more than ordinarily fatal, and carried off 88 children last week. In ten corres ponding weeks of 1844-53, the lowest number of deaths from this complaint was 16, the greatest 64, the average 44. Last week there were 11 from croup. Bronchitis was fatal in 113 cases, also more than the average, while pneumonia (76) has fallen below it. The mortality from diseases of the heart (60 deaths) increased in the week. Last week the births of 925 boys and 872 girls, in all 1,797 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average number was 1,513. At the Royal Observatory Green wich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 981 in. The highest mean was 30'129 in. on Friday ; the lowest 29.807 in. on Sunday. The mean tempera ture of the week was 42.0 deg., which is 3 . 7 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. On Monday and Tuesday the mean and daily temperature was re spectively 13.0 deg. and 9 . 1 deg. above the averages of the same days. On Friday and Saturday it fell below the average. The highest temperature of the week was 57.0 deg, on Monday ; the lowest 32.2 on Saturday. The mean dew-point temperature was 36.4 deg. The wind blew from the south-west till Thursday afternoon. The horizontal movement of the air on Monday was 315 I miles. The rain-fall of the week was 0.25 in. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Capt. Richard S. Hewlett (1850), who has commanded the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-ship, since she was com missioned as a tender to the Excellent gunnery-ship, in May, 1852, has been selected by Rear-Admiral Henry D. Chads, C. 8., to be his flag-captain in the Edinburgh, and their Lordships have officially confirmed Captain Hewlett in that appointment for service in one of the divisions of the Baltic squadron. Lieutenants.—George Blakeley (1853), recently pro moted from acting-lieutenant of the Volcano steam sloop, on the west coast of Africa station, to the Edin burgh ; Edwin A. Porcher (1846), recently serving as first lieutenant of the Cleopatra, 26, when serving on the East Indies station, to the Majestic, 81, screw steam ship, at Sheerness ; G. M. Temple (1853), recently pro moted from mate of the Excellent, and at present serving in the Edinburgh, to the Majestic. Masters—George H. Blakey (1849), from the Gladia tor, steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, to the Edinburgh, screw steam flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chads, at Ports mouth ; Charles Scott (1854), recently promoted from second master, to the Gladiator, vice Blakey. Surgeons—Charles A. Anderson, M.D. (1849), to the Blenheim, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth ; Andrew Graham, M.D. k 1847), to the Majestic, 81, screw steam ship, at Sheerness ; Thomas Nelson, M.D. (1849), to the Pique, 40, at Devonport. Second Master Frederick William Rea (1849), from the Rhadaman thus, store steam-vessel, to the Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, at Devonport. Clerks—Henry Hawley (paymaster of 1850), to the Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth ; Edward J. Bennett (paymaster of 1851), to the Edinburgh, at Portsmouth. PROMOTION. Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals Edward Ililditch, at present stationed at Bermuda, is promoted to be Inspec tor of Hospitals, and appointed in that rank to continue his services at that station. Deal Hospital, to which Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals James W. Johnston, M.D., and Assistant-Surgeon C. Roberts were appointed yesterday, has not been in use since the end of last war, with the exception of a short period, when the cholera prevailed in 1832. It is a very commodious building, and capable of making up about 400 beds for patients with every convenience for sick quarters. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16. Notwithstanding that nothing has officially transpired even to the party most interested, yet it is strongly reported that Sir Charles Napier, will be appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet. It is also be lieved that this appointment will be made public within 24 hours, and when such is made public, it will be tanta mount to a declaration of war. Such appointment, it is further rumoured, has been made by the Admiralty Board for many days. Why such matter should have been kept as a secret we are at a loss to divine, unless for the reasons we have stated—that such appointment will amount to a declaration of war, and all discretion will be ignored. Sir Charles was in the dockyard this day. The Duke of Wellington will be the flag-ship.— Herald. Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, we believe, will be a reserve ship. 54 petty officers have been draughted from her to serve in the Blenheim, 80, Princess Royal, 91, and Dauntless, 33, and this day 402 seamen, chiefly Coastguard levies, were draughted for service on board the same ships. This corps has been found most effi cient in their great gunnery practice, which shows the effective character of their recent training at their seve ral stations, by Capt. Jerningham, who is now in Ire land raising volunteers for the fleet. Mr. John Ward, chief-engineer of the first class, serv ing in her Majesty's ship Blenheim, has this day been promoted to the rank of inspector of machinery of the Royal Navy afloat, and appointed to the flag-ship Duke of Wellington, for service in the Baltic fleet. Mr. Ward is an able naval engineer, as may justly be surmised from this distinguishing mark of Admiralty appreciation, and was chief engineer of the Sidon, under Captain Henderson (now Comptroller-General), of the Coast guard. The ships already noticed are being expedited as fast as human skill can do so, and we shall have a large and heavy proportion of the North Sea fleet at Spithead in a few days. We are happy to say that the accident to the ma chinery of the Princess Royal, 91, yesterday, was only of a trivial nature, and will be repaired by to-morrow. The weather continues most propitiously fine, and the officers are indefatigable in aiding the exertions of the men both afloat and ashore. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief of the West India squadron, went out to Spithead to-day to visit the ship the Boscawen, but we believe the Admiral goes out overland to take command of the station. The Basilisk, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, Commander the Hon. F. Egerton, went to Spithead to-day, where there are now the Princess Royal, 91 ; Boscawen, 70 ; Juno, 26 ; Leopard, 18; Dauntless, 33; and Basilisk, 6. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 16. The greatest exertions are being made at this arsenal to expedite the fitting out of the several ships in com mission at this port, which are intended to form part of the Baltic fleet. The millwrights and joiners are work ing till nine o'clock at night. The Duke of Wellington, 131 , screw, Commodore Martin, and the Desperate, 8, screw, Captain W. Cham bers, are expected hourly at this por t to be docked at Keyham. The latter will be fitted with a new mast. Four thousand hammocks and sets of dews to corre spond were shipped on board the Jasper steam-vessel from this dockyard yesterday morning, for Liverpool, to be used for the conveyance of troops from that port to the Mediterranean. The Jasper sailed with her cargo in the afternoon for her destination. The St. George, 120, is appointed to form one of the Baltic or North Sea fleet, which is appointed to ren dezvous in the Downs on the 6th March. Her Majesty? steam-sloop Bulldog, Capt. Hall, went from Hamoaze into the Sound yesterday. The steam-vessel Confiance sailed on Wednesday with beds and bedding for Liverpool. The General Screw Steam Company's ship Argo, H y d e , sailed last evening with mails fo r the Cape Ca of pt Good Hope, Mauritius, and Calcutta. DEPTFORD, FEB. 16. The whole of the pensioners of the Woolwich, Dept ford, and Greenwich districts, not serving afloat, as sembled at Deptford dockyard this morning, and Rear- Admiral M. T. F. Berkeley, C. 8., with Capt. Hender son, C. 8., Controller of the Coast Guard ; Colonel Tul loh, staff officer, commanding the out-pensioners of the London distr ic t ; an d Major Forbes, staff officer of the pensioners of the Woolwich division, arrived about 10 o'cloek and made a minute inspection of the pensioners in the Deptford division, and afterwards of the Wool wich division. The men found unfit received a card. to that effect, and were to be permitted to return to their work in the dockyard, or in any place where they were employed. The men found capable of service are to hold themselves in readiness to serve in the room of the men of the coast guard who have been draughted for aotive service at sea. The Talbot, 22, was taken into the east dock to-day to be made ready for proceeding with the Phonix screw MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 11. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases .. Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Di se ases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 6O Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . „ Di seases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Di se ases of the Kidneys, &c. Diseases Childbirt o Childbirth, D th i e ser o e in s t o s f , tßhoentTest,earunsci mcles&cus. Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 4 Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy 39 Old Age .......... Violence, S Sudden.,. dde n . . . . 32 ..... 85 . Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ll 25 Causes not specified ................ 60 ................ 13 8 7 7 DEATHS nom ALL CAUSES . Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. of 1853. Week, West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 ...... 296 South Districts 1,178 Totals Males Females . 2,362,236 1,220 1,178 593 585 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total . ..1797 FIRE IN LONDON WALL.—Shortly before one O'OliaCk this (Friday) morning the whole of the City was bril liantly illuminated for at least half an hour, in cons*• quence of the sudden outbreak of an extensive fire in the premises belonging to Mr. John Perry, auctioneer, &c., to the Royal Exchange Fire Insurance Campany. Th e fire originated in the lofty manufactory at the rear o f the warehouses in London-wall. Th e loss is very heavy, as the whole of the upholsterers' workshops are destroyed, and the valuable contents consumed. Mr. Perry, th ere is no doubt, was insured in the Royal Exchan ge Fire office. PROGRAMME FOR THE DAT. PAK T Overture ((lill'aurce Tell), Rossini; Duett (I know a Bank), Horn, 'the Misses Brougham ; Waltz (My Dream), Lichtenstein : Sung (Love Launched a Fairy Boat), Mrs C. S. 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B. COURTES AY, M R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture during the last 20 years has equalled, if indeed it has not surpassed, that of any of his contempararies, and we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREET, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, a, not to be distinguished from the orginals by the closest observer ; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not requ.re the ex traction of roots, or any painful operation, and will suppirt and pre serve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful iu mas tication. 52, FI.FET-STREET.—At home from Ten till Five. INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. No. 72, Lombard-street, London. TRUSTEIS. Richard Malino, Esq., Q.C. M P. I ,ohn Campbell Renton, Esq. James Fuller l!dados., Esq I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS._ William Adams, Esq. Robert 11. Forman, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Jubn Hamilton, Esq. H. A. Bevan, Esq. J. Mathews, Psq. John Dangerfield, Esq. Chas. 0. Parnell, Esq. W. Williams. Esq. AUDITORS. Berry Adron, Esq. I Ralph W. Bishop, Esq. Charles M`Culloch, Esq. Henry Burnett, Esq. SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. SECRETAILY.—David Alison, Esq. Paddington Local Board, 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-read. The Rev. James Shergold Boone, J. s Harrington Lowther, Esq. A.M. harles Pemberton, Esq. Captali Creed. George Y. Rob on, Esq. Roger Gadsden, Esq. W. H. winder, Esq. SECRETART.—CharIes Hoghton, Esq. The Policies of this Company being indisputable (in terms of the Deed of Constitution duly registered) are TRANSFERABLE SE CURITIES, their validity not being dependent, As in the case of or dinary Policies, upon the import of past, and perhaps forgotten cir cu,ostances, and office documents, Used as FAMILY PROVI sIONs, they relieve the assured from all doubt and anxiety as to the future This is a purely MUTUAL S'ICIPTY, there being no proprietary body to whom any part of the profits belong, the whole being divi sible amongst the insured thein•elves. The following shows the large and ,teady progressive amount of busine-s the Company Is now doing, and has done during the last five yeas. Sums Assured. .New Premiums. 1849.• £108,647 £4,3.4 1850 . 110.215 .••••-.. 3,974 1851. •• •• .. 1 17,488 .• •..... 4,438 1852 115,135 .• • . .. 4,296 1853 • ALEX. RORER rsoN, Manager. TIRD EDITIO.—WITH DI [IONS. Just publish H ed, Svo., in clot N h, price 55., A. by post tree, ss. 6d. N TRUE FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction or wide-spread Errors n , i4tion to the Treatment and Cure of the Impuissant and Sexual Hypochondriacs, Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICEFORD. To which is added, an E iSAY en SIIIXIIAL DEBILITY, by the Editor. • Dr. Pickford Is known to English readers by his frequent practi aal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs es, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi z.al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his •ower to correct." —London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. 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LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at 34, York-road, Lambeth. Mr. W. J. Chaplin, M.P., iu the chair. The CHAIRMAN on taking his seat was very much applauded. He remarked that the board formed a very limited number on the present occasion, and that they were in a state of transi tion. lie thought it right to mention that he occupied the chair on the present occasion by the unanimous vote of his colleagues, Mr. Serjeaut Gaselee having proposed his election to the chair, seconded by Mr. Mortimer. These gentlemen had been two years at the board, and they had had opportu nities of observing how the affairs of the company were con ducted. He mentioned this, as he thought it would be as satisfactory to the proprietors as it was gratifying to him self. (Hear.) Mr. L. CROMBIE, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting and the minutes of previous meetings, which were confirmed. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was usual in doing so to make some observations on the state of the company's affairs. He would have to submit in the course of their proceedings resolutions declaring a dividend and for the election of the new directors, and the appoint ment of auditors. He trusted on that occasion they would proceed with the business of the day in a more harmonious manner than usu Al. He believed that Sir W. Heathcote would Preside over them in future, which would enable him (the chair man) to retire from the chair in a satisfactory manner. It was generally understood that the chairman should say something with regard to their progress. (Hear.) He hoped that the state of their affairs was satisfactory to the proprietors. They had had an increase in their traffic during the past half-year of 53,2951., of which 34,7331. was from passengers and 15,9361. from. goods. This increase extended in a fair proportion over the whole system of their lines, and in almost every item. The only exception with regard to that increase was Salis bury, which was caused by the extension of other lines. There was also au increase in their expenses amounting to 23,2141. as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. A great deal of the increase in the expenses was caused by the traffic to Chatham, having been obliged to run a great number of light trains. This caused an increase in the mileage of the trains as compared with 1852, and when they calculatad that every mile run by the trains had cost the company 2s. 70. pet mile, it would account for about 17,266/. of the sum involved in the increased expenditure. The advance in the price of coke and other articles would account for the remainder of the 23,2141. In the management of the locomotive dep irtment they were singularly fortunate in having a man of great ability devoted to their interests. They would find from the accounts that the expense of that department did not exceed 80. per mile per train, which would bear comparison with all the railways south of London. They had got a share of the emigrant traffic to Southampton, for out of 10,040 emigrants who had left that port, 5,050 were conveyed over their railway from London. By the opening of the North and South-Western Junction line they had occurred some loss in respect to tho gua rantee, but they have no further loss on that head. What with the inconvenience to the London and North-Western Company at the junction, and to the London and South-Western not having a siding pre pared for the traffic of the junction line, they could not agree as to the working of it one way or other. There was some difficulty in disturbing the course of trade when once established. There would be no further difficulty with regard to the working of that line, for in the mouth of January, 1854, 4,196 tons of coal were conveyed over that short line, and the trade was increasing. They had at present 70 trucks a day passing over it, so there was no doubt that the gua rantee of 2,5001. per annum by the South Western and Lon don and North-Western Company would be fully realised. Ho had to call their attention to the want of working plant on their line. They would require additional working stock for the Alton branch, 9:1 miles in length, and for running over the North and South-Western Junction line. The line from Basingstoke to Andover, 18 miles in length, would be opened in May, so that they would then have to work 31 miles of additional railway. He found that in 1849 the gross traffic receipts on their line amounted to 530,019/., and that in Feb. 1850, 570,160/. had been expended on working stock. Now, their traffic amounted to 700,8811. for the past year, being an increase of 164,7261., and they would have to work 31 miles of additional railway, which could not be done without an increase in the working stock. They had adopted the plan of a reserve fund, towards which they paid 5,0001. each half year out of the revenue, but, as they required more than the 50,0 0/. for which that sum was set aside each half-year for a period of five years, they must provide for it in some other way, or they must extend that period. They would now require a vote from the proprietors of 50,0001. to provide ad ditional stock for the purpose he had stated. They had lately carried on a new trade in coal from the west of England over their line from Basingstoke to Southampton, and they con veyed at present about 700 or 800 tons a-week to the latter place. Moro waggons would be required to accommodate the coal traffic. He then adverted to the importance of South ampton to their railway, and particularly the docks, from which there were 52 departures and arrivals every month of large steamers belonging to the West Ina Mail, the Penin sular and Oriental, the Screw, and other steam navigation companies. During a portion of the past half-year the Screw Steam-packet Company had brought over the railway 5,000 tons of goods. It had been observed, that if they could afford these companies greater facilities in London for bonding their goods, an additional amount of traffic would be sent over the railway. They were assured that, by affording adequate ac commodation at their station at Nine Elms, near the water side, it would be remunerative to the company, and the pub lic would gladly pay for the accommodation. If they were paid for that outlay per se it would be a very desirable mode of increasing their business. It would require an outlay of about 60,000/. to provide warehouses and bond-stores on their Bel mont property adjoining their present wharf at Nine Elms. He did not intend to ask them for the money then, as theywere about to elect seven new directors, who would have that matter to consider, and he hoped they would bring vigorous minds to bear upon the subject. By extending their shipping accom modation fronting the river Thames and providing ware houses and machinery they would be enabled to bring corn and flour by railway, instead of allowing that traffic, as at present, to be conveyed by coasters round the coast to Lon don. (Hear.) The Southampton Dock had been very useful in developing their traffic, and it had been suggested that the railway company should lend them 50,0001. at a reasonable rate of interest to carry on their works for the accommoda tion of the increasing traffic at the port of Southampton, and that would be far better for the railway company than dabbling in the construction of docks themselves. The dividends of the dock company were not sufficient to en courage the dock proprietors to go forward in advancing money, and therefore it was desirable the railway company should help them. He wished to say one word with regard to the old direction : he must remark that, although ho had not agreed in the policy adopted, he must say in favour of his colleagues, that when he (the chairman) had proposed certain things to them they had met him by saying that they must be directed by the proprietors, and that was one reason why he had differed from his colleagues to some extent. Now, they were all aware of his views with regard to the extensions to the west of England, but ho did not then mean to reiterate ono syllable on the subject. With regard to the course some of his colleagues had taken, it must be remembered they had acted in accordance with the wishes of the proprietors, and under their control. He thought they had not been fairly treated ; in fact, he thought that the pro prietors must feel that they had not treated them fairly, and that they had not been justified in their conduct towards the directors, who had acted faithfully according to the instruc tions given them by the shareholders. He deeply regretted their retirement from the board, and he believed his col leagues did also. The South-Western had never been a first class railway, and at the time he (the Chairman) had joined it they had to raise 400,0001., by issuing stock for 800,0001., to co mplete the main line and Gosport branch. Passing on from that, he found that they had paid dividends to the original shareholders up to the present moment at the average rate of 5/. 9s. 6d. per cent. per annum. (Mr. Dickenson—" A great deal of it was out of capital.") They had paid what he had stated in addition to the proportion of 400,0001. which was sacrificed and taken up by those shareholders who raised the requisite sum to complete the line. But, exclusive of that bonus, they had paid 5 per cent. from the beginning, and, if they were not now a first-class company, they were approxi mating to it. The present dividend was at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and it was honestly and fairly earned, and he thought, therefore, that the old directors were en titled to their thanks and confidence. He would ask them not to pledge their new directors to any particular line of conduct, and before they were elected he would ask the new directors not to pledge themselves to the shareholders ; as there were so many fresh circumstances to be taken into ac count, they would, if they did so, prejudice their position in all future negotiations. They had heard a great deal of estab lishing amicable relations with all tho neighbouring companies, but he wished to know with whom they were at war ? They had traffic in connection with the London and North-Western, they had an interchange of traffic with the Great Western at Basingstoke, they had amicable arrangements with the Lon don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway at Portsmouth, and also with the South-Eastern Company at Guildford. He asked them with whom were they at war ? He advised them to strengthen their position, and place confidence in their direc tors At present, from the effect of the late proceedings, hav ing neither chairman nor deputy-chairman to appeal to, the heads of departments and officers of the company were placed in a most disagreeable position, not knowing to whom they were to look or who were to be their directors. The sooner there was an end to that state of things the better. There was not that confidence existing in the concern that ought to be, and he was only surprised that things should have gone on so well as they had. He concluded with moving the adop tion of the report and statement of accounts. Mr. PENNY, of Leeds, fully concurred in all that had been stated by the chairman. He considered that, under the cir - cumstances, the report was very satisfactory, and that, being in a state of peace, was the ri g ht course to pursue. He hoped ; thev would not oppose the Salisbury and Yeovil project in •"'„ Parliament which, if granted, would complete their western o extension without calling upon the proprietors of the coni c; pany to spend any money. Mr. HELPS was of opinion that the cost of working stock required to carry new traffic should be charged to capital, but twat required for the development of existing traffic should be charged to revenue. Mr. DICKENSON said he had considerable objections to va rious items in the accounts. He thought the directors who had resigned had acted very hastily, and he regretted their retirement. Their loss all at once from the board was a very serious evil to the company. What they wanted was com mercial men capable of managing a great trade and a great manufactory. For, as he had stated in a letter to the Times, the company were great carriers, and they had a great deal to do in the manufacture of engines and carriages, and they wanted men in the direction capable of directing and managing these branches of trade. He perceived from the summary balance-sheet that 48,035/. was put down as assets under the head of reserve account plant, and 25,6541 reserve account stations and sidings, making together 73,7191., which was not an asset, but au expenditure ; and ho found under the same heads in the accounts for the corresponding period ending De cember, 1852, that the amount then expended was 23,000/ , making a difference of 50,000/., which ought to have been paid out of revenue, and if deducted would have reduced the present dividend at least half per cent. He thought there was something seriously wrong in the statement of accounts. tehyteowet take extensions s nc i o ao nrt care they oafv would have a dividend of 8 per cent., but if they had paid a fair dividend on the pre extensions, as they must end in the destruction e o e f rab t c h oe e nu i tt r . e w m ha o t ro u t i h ey an w t i r: Ws c e i lt ti o o le n te e asn d oito tl uf l o e ti m il‘ w h o divi dend. Mr. Ciro;, one of the auditors, explained some of the items in the accounts, and contended that the items adverted to by . Mr. Dickenson ought to be charged to capital, instead of re maining as they did in the balance-sheet. It would be a great injustice to the present proprietors to charge the amounts expended for additional working stock and sidings to revenue instead of to capital., Mr. HERAPATB wished to know what was the amount of capital they were authorised to raise, and what prospect they had of closing the capital account ? Mr. HovEs, one of the auditors said, they had power to raise on unissued shares 600,000/. The total amount of capi tal they were authorised to raise was 7,434,0001. on shares and 2,478,0001. on loan. After some further observations the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum for the half-year was declared, subject to a reduction of income tax. Mr. CURRIE then brought forward his motion for the elec tion of the new directors. He entered into an explanation of the circumstances under which Sir W. Heatheote had con sented to select six new directors from the two committees of shareholders, in order to put an end to the strife then exist ing in the company. He then proposed that Sir W. Heath cote, Bart., M.P., the Hon. R..H. Dutton, Colonel Luard, Colonel Henderson, Mr. Mortimer, Captain C. E. Mangles, and Mr. E. J. Hutchins, be elected directors of the company. Mr. W. P. SNELL seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said, as a matter of order he would propose that Colonel Henderson and Mr. C. S. Mortimer, the retiring directors, be re-elected. The motion was seconded and carried. Mr. Cuaars then proposed that Sir W. Heatheote, Bart., M.P., be elected a director in the room of Mr. H. Kerr Sey mer, M.P. ; Captain Manles, a director in the room of Mr. J. Mills ; Mr. Hutchins, a director the room of the Hon. F. Scott, M.P. ; Colonel Luard, a director in the room of Mr. W. Reed; and the Hon. R. H. Dutton, in the room of Mr. J. Hibbert, jun., resigned. Mr. W. P. SNELL Reconded the motion. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Ray, Mr. Hender son, and Mr. Tite took part, which ended in the resolution being unanimously adopted. Another long discussion ensued on the proposition for re electing Mr. Hoyes, the retiring auditor, and accepting the resignation of Mr. Close, the other studitor. Mr. Austen and Mr. W. P. Snell were proposed to be elected. auditors ; but eventually it was agreed. to re-eleet►•Mr..Hoyes, and Mr. Close was requested to retain office for a short time longer, Mr. Snell and Mr. Austen having withdrawn their names. Resolutions were passed requesting the directors to watch the progress of certain bills in Parliament, and to take such steps as may be desirable with respect to them, and ordering 68,0001., expended on working stock and sidings to be charged to capital account. On the motion of Mr. KAY, seconded by Mr. Rows, a cor dial vote of thanks was passed to the Hon. F. Scott, and the directors with him, who had recently resigned their seats at the board, for the zeal and energy with which they had served the company. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. The order for the embarkation of the Guards on Sa turday has been countermanded, and it is not expected that they will set out till Wednesday next. To what cause the delay is due we have not been able to ascer tain, but the steamers selected for the transport service are stated to be in perfect readiness. The 2d batch of troops forming the division will start from the ports of Liverpool and Plymouth or Portsmouth somewhere be tween the 24th and 28th. It will consist of the 28th, the 93d, and the 2d battalion of Rifles. On their way to Malta, some of the transports will call at Gibraltar, and take on board the 44th Regiment, which has been ordered to form part of the expedi tion. Colonel Victor, it is said, will command the body of Sappers and Miners to be sent out, consist ing of Captain Gibbs and Captain Hassard's companies, and being about 200 strong. It is intended to increase the corps of Engineers by 500 men. The artillery force, comprising five field batteries and a troop of horse artil lery, will be under the command of Colonel Cater. It is again confidently reported that six regiments of cavalry have received orders to hold themselves in readi ness for foreign service, but we believe that thus far nothing has been definitively settled with reference to that branch of the service. At Chatham there exists a " provisional battalion," made up from recruiting depots of the regiments in India, each dep6t varying in num ber from 20 to 80 men. This heterogeneous body has supplied a large proportion of the volunteers required to make up the effective strength of the different corps ordered to the Mediterranean. In some instances the entire depot, with the exception of the staff-sergeant, offered themselves for service. Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge formally received his appointment as second in command in the expedition to Turkey, the chief command having been confided to Lord Raglan. The force will consist of two divisions, and each divi sion of two brigadeg. The divisions are to be com manded by Major-Gen. the Duke of Cambridge, and Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Brown. The two brigades of thy Duke's division are to beithe brigade of Guards, under Colonel Bentinck, and a brigade of regiments of the line, under Colonel Sir Colin Campbell. The commanding officers of the two brigades of Gene ral Brown's division are not fixed on, but it is likely they will be Colonel Airey, the military secretary ; and Colo nel Eyre, of the 73rd. The military secretary to Lord Raglan is to be Colonel Steele ; and the Deputy-Adjutant-General, Colonel Gordon. Sir Colin Campbell is one of the most brilliant soldiers in the army, and was the right hand of Sir Charles Napier, in India. It used to be said of him in the army, " that everybody slept well when Colin Campbell was commanding the outposts." He quarrelled with Lord Dalhousie, and he, as well as Sir Charles Napier, re signed their commands, rather than carry out the ex treme measures resolved on by the Council against the Afredees and other mountain tribes, near Peshawur,— such as burning their villages, destroying their crops, &c., and so making them irreconcileable enemies of the British Government. The sailing of the Royal mail steamer Orinoco, taken up for the conveyance of troops to Malta, which was fixed for Saturday, has been postponed, on Government order, to Wednesday next. The Admiralty have also applied to the company to allow that vessel, from her admirable construction as a troopship, to convey the 44th Regiment from Gibraltar to the same destination, after performing the first voyage. The directors of the Royal Mail Steam Company expect to be able to place other steamers of as large a class as the Orinoco at the disposal of the Government very shortly. It appears also that the Government have engaged the large paddle ship Tonning, belonging to the North of Europe Steam Company, and which was constructed expressly for cat tle, to convey horses to the Mediterranean at a fixed rate per month. MOVEMENTS OF THE GUARDS IN LONDON. The officers of the Grenadier Guards, quartered at St. George's Barracks, and under orders to prepare for embarkation for the Mediterranean, were engaged dur ing the whole of yesterday and the previous day in making up the required number (850) from that regi ment. The third battalion has been made very efficient, the men having been picked from the second battalion to render the former a powerful body of men. This having been completed, the men were (to use the mili tary term) " sized," and placed in their respective com panies. The total number of troops (Foot Guards) taken from the household brigade, will be 2,550, of which there will be two battalions of the Grenadiers, the Scots Fusi liers, and the Coldstreams (the latter it will be remem bered, have already left the metropolis), each battalion consisting of 350, making 700 from each regiment, the additional 150 being composed of officers, drummers and fifers, servants, &c. FAREWELL BANQUET TO THE OFFICERS OF THE FOOT GUARDS. Yesterday, the officers of the 2d Battalion of Cold stream Guards and the officers of the Ist Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards partook of a farewell banquet together at the London Tavern, previous to their em barkation for the seat of war. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as Colo nel of the Scots Fusilier Guards, occupied the chair, supported on the right and left by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bowater, K.C.H., and Lieut.-General Sir Wil loughby Cotton, G. C. 8., K. C. H. The principal officers present were General Hope, General Aitchinson, Col. Berkeley Drummond, Col. W. T. Knollys, Col. A. Colville, Col. Lord Rokeby, Col. G. M. Eden, Colonel G. Moncrieffe, Colonel Walker, Colonel J. H. Blair, Colonel Sir G. Walker, Colonel Tyrrett, Colonel De Bathe, Colonel Onslow, Colonel G. Dixon, Colonel Phipps, Colonel Scott, Colonel Dal rymple, &c. After the banquet, which was of the most rech,ercite description, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, in proposing a toast, alluded in cheering, though feeling, terms to the arduous services which, in all probability, the regiments were about to commence. The gallant company separated at an early hour. We believe his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as Coloifel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards, will preside at a similar banquet to be given to that gallant corps at the London Tavern this evening. The Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, completed tor service to 850 strong, was privately inspected at ten o'clock yesterday morning by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, colonel-in-chief of the regiment, on the parade ground of the Wellington Barracks. His Royal Highness was accompanied by General Mildmay Fane and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Colonel Ben tinck, Colonel Hall (Ist Life Guards), and Colonel Brown low Knox, were among the officers present. The men were under the command of Lord Rokeby, being the last occasion upon which his lordship will appear as the lieut.-colonel of the regiment, the retirement of Colonel Colville this day, on half-pay, preparatory to his receiving his brevet rank as general, allowing the command to de volve upon the noble lord. After the men had gone through a variety of evolutions, the Duke of Cambridge addressed the battalion in square, expressing his high admiration of the efficiency of their movements. At the close of the evolutions the battalion marched past, the fine band of the regiment playing "Highland Laddie. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will inspect the brigade composed of the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards and of the Ist battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, at the Wellington Barracks, on Monday next, at 11 a.m. The 93d Highlanders, which excited universal admi ration last summer at Chobham, will sail from Plymouth on Saturday next for the East. The men of this corps are the finest and largest in the whole army. The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards and the Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards will not sail for a week. The 4th Regiment, now stationed at Edinburgh, will proceed by railway to Portsmouth early next week. The 28th Regiment have been moved to Liverpool, whence they will embark for Turkey. This was the fine old corps that received the French cavalry at Quatre Bras in line, the rear rank facing to the right about. It has on its colours, Corunna, Albuera; Vittoria, and Waterloo. No place in the United Kingdom has equalled Dublin in military ardour, and in the supply of numerous and excellent recruits. Recruiting parties, says the Liverpool Times, are very actively parading Manchester, but with moderate suc cess. Numerous candidates for military glory have offered themselves, but the majority have been refused in consequence of being below the standard height. The 7th Regiment of Fusiliers, stationed at the Regent-road Barracks, Salford, expect to be sent to the East in the _ course of next month. .t SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 16. The order for the embarkation of troops from this port for the Mediterranean has been countermanded, a telegraphic despatch from the Government having been received to-day to the effect that the steamers Ripon, Manilla, and Orinoco are not to depart till Wednesday morning next, the 22d inst., on which day two regi ments will be sent down to the docks by railway for despatch to the East by those vessels. The great screw steamer Himalaya, which arrived this afternoon, has been ordered to discharge her cargo instanter. Captain Engledue, the superinten dent of the company, with his usual energy of manage ment, had made anticipatory arrangements for coal ing the ship, and this operation, commenced at once, will be completed by to-morrow (Friday) /evening, 130 that the Himalaya will be at once plac ed at the dis posal of the Government, and might be despatched to Constantinople on Wednesday next with 2,000 men, if necessary. Judging from the result of the first voyage of the Himalaya (noticed in another portion of our im pression), there is little doubt that, with fine weather, this steamer could carry two regiments to Malta in from six to seven days, and to Constantinople in 10 or 11 days, or possibly less. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the Austra lasian Pacific Mail Company's screw-steamer Emu, 1,660 tons, 350-horse power, to be surveyed and re ported upon as to her capacity for carrying troops. It is most likely she will be chartered at once. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new screw GREAT WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting was advertised to be held yester day, at the Paddington station, for the election of three direc tors in the place of Mr. Samuel Baker, Captain Thomas Bulkeley, and Mr. Charles Russell, retiring by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The chair was taken by Mr. Russell. _ _ . _ _ The Secretary (Mr. C. A. Saunders) having read the notice convening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said it now becomes my duty to move the adjournment of this meeting. When the chairmen and de puty-chairmen of the Great Western and London and North- Western Companies met on Saturday last, the questions be tween the two companies seemed to be brought within so narrow a compass that it was arranged between them that this meeting should be adjourned until Wednesday next, in order that they might' simultaneously communicate to their proprietors such arrangement as might be come to between them. It was in consequence of such expectation that the notice was circulated among the proprietors of our intention to adjourn the meeting. It is my duty now, in order to pre vent a misconception, to state that since that time questions totally unexpected by us have been raised, which appear to us to be of a very grave character ; and I think it right to state this circumstance, in order that when the proprietors meet on Wednesday next they should not suddenly experience that disappointment which may possibly result from these differences. A t the same time I beg to assure you that we will continue to use our best exertions to surmount these difficulties. _ _ _ The meeting was then formally adjourned until Wednesday, the 22d inst. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION. The half-yearly meeting of this company took place on Wednesday, at Dublin. The chair was taken by Mr. John Barlow. The report of the directors showed that the receipts for passengers and merchandise had exceeded those of the corresponding half-year in 1852 by 7,2881., the receipts being 26,8631. against 19,5751. The passenger returns during the past half-year haye been 6,1001. greater than in 1852 (which may, to some extent, be attributed to the Exhibition of 1853), and the goods traffic also has very largely increased and is still steadily progressing. The net balance to the credit of revenue for the paat half-year was 25,4131., which when added to the balance of the previous half-pear, 2,3451., makes the sum of 27,7581. available for dividend. The directors there fore recommend that a dividend of 1/. 2s. 6d. per share (less income-tax) be declared and paid to the proprietors (being at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum), after which there will re main to the credit of the current half-year about 8,9001. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had to announce that there was a bill now before Parlia ment for an extension of the Dundalk and Enniskillen line. It was intended to proceed from Armagh to Cavan ; and, as it was likely to prove to some extent remunerative, by pro tecting them from what might be an adverse line, he and his brother directors would probably recommend the shareholders of the Dublin and Belfast Company to subscribe for shares to the amount of 11,0001. or 12,0001. He had the gratification to state that the double rails had been laid down upon a por tion of their line; and it so happened that the Inspector of the Board of Trade had arrived that morning, and when he had finished his inspection of this part of the line he had no doubt that it would prove a great help to the carrying on of their traffic. (Hear, hear.) After a brief discussion, the report was adopted, and the meeting separated. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. The half-yearly report of the directors of this company states that the capital account to the 31st of December last exhibits a total receipt of 8,284,5311., a•total expenditure of 7,996,7241., and a balance to credit of capital of 287,8071. The expenditure on capital account during the last half-year has been 83,3 81. The report gives details of the progressive in crease of the capital account from October, 1837, to De cember, 1853, and also of the expenditure. The receipts during that period were increased from 29,1061. on ordinary shares to 3,624,8211., on preference shares to 2,089,501/., and on loans to 2,555,3701., the total with advances now being 8,824,5311. The average rate of interest at which the com pany's loans are held is about 4i per cent. The whole of the loans which were due on the 31st of December, 1853, have been renewed, and a considerable portion of the loans which fall due on the 30th of June, 1854, has been already renewed. The annual engagements of the company, a s ex isting on the 31st of December, 1853 , in respect t o pre f erence c h arges , amou nted to 270,1401 ., including 112,2501. interest on loans. Thus, as the net revenue from all sources (except rents) for the year 1853 has been 185,2081., a deficiency of 84,9411. towards meeting the preference charges at present exists. The No. 1 quarter shares ceased to be guaranteed on the Ist of November last, and on the Ist of July, 1855, the 10/. pre ference dividend will be reduced from 7i to 6 per cent. per annum, thus making the permanent preference share liabilities 114,4201. per annum, which is inclusive of the amount re maining uncalled for upon the 61. shares. The report also contains statistics of the various items of traffic receipts from the opening of the first portion of the line, seven miles in length, on the 17th of November, 1 841, to the 31st of De cember,lBs3, when 167 1 miles were open. A d e t a il e d state ment of the working expenses is also gi ven, w hi c h , t oge th er with the traffic receipts during each half-year, and the ex penditure on capital account, afford valuable information for the shareholders as to the progress of the undertaking, and the policy pursued by the directors i n ma k ing branches an d ex tensions. The various sources of revenue show a pro gressive increase in amount, which may be expected to con tinue, and, if a reduction in the expenditure can be effected by good management, the net revenue of the com pany may be considerably increased in the course of a few years. The directors have made arrangements with the North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, whereby s t eam - s hips of large capacity and great power will run twice each week between Grimsby and H am b urg . A new agree ment has been made with the El ec t r i c T e l egrap h C o mpany for an extension of the wires an d instruments av ailable for the company's service, with a view to insure in creased safety and regularity of working. Th e disputed ac counts with the Midland Company have been amicably settled. All outstanding claims and accounts with the Great Northern each party paying its own costs. Company have been arranged ! The policy of the directors will be to op en up the resources of the railway by making it a highway for the largest amount of traffic from all sources ; to preserve inviolate all existing treaties so long as they exist, and to adhere to a pacific policy as respects every company so long as this is possible. Under the operation of such a policy they trust that the income of the company will increase. SOUTH-EASTERN. . M'Grego r , m.p , has The chairman of this comp an y , Mr. Jas addressed a circular to th e shareholders, in which he . calls their attention to a poposed branch line from Lewisham to Bromley, six miles in length, and to cost 1 36,0001. He states that in looking forward to what must take place at no distant date—an amalgamationeof the South-Eastern and Brighton companies—it is of every consequence that the position of the South-Eastern Company be maintained, and its equitable pro• portion of future joint earnings be secured. He states, that only two of the retiring directors will offer themselves for re election at the ensuing meeting; and concludes by announc . ing that the earnings of th e last half-year will be at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GLASGOW AND SOIITH-WICSTERN RAILWAY. --T MO re turn for the week ending Feb. 11,1854 £4,638 17 1 Corresponding week last year 3,948 12 8 Increase in 1854 £692 4 5 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 12, 1854 21,619 14'`.2 Corresponding week last year 2,440 16 7i MELANCHOLY O C CURENCE.—Yesterday Mr. W. P ayne held an inquest, in St. Thomass Hospital, on the body of Rosa Rebecca Burgoyne Watts, aged eight months, a daughter of an artificial flower manufacturer in the Westminster-road, Lambeth. The evidence proved that on Monday evening a boy iu the service of Mr. Watts was nursing the infant during the temporary absence of the mother, when the lad fell asleep, and the child rolled off his knee and fell under the grate. The mother was alarmed by the cries of the child, and on hastening into the room found the unfortunate creature most frightfully burned over the neck, chest, and arrus. It was t a ken i to the above institution, where t died the following morning. The boy acknowledged that he went to sleep and was the cause of the distressing event, and the jury returned a verdict of " accidental death." •, ,4* ) • t 4•..7. , • , /N-` ~ . -.---)1' to tis 11