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t!' — A - 1 - T e? S . . r A Vtllly.9 7 . ploow f" • *4 - , * _ • • t ;, ,L . N.• • 1 . 1 1 6 . ,10 1 01.065 1 ...it: a . 11 , GIVI/1 , , ez• 04114\ -O' 4 V - 4 0,4 t " ° 4l "ft , • tir ;" the Se• rec eived, w ot s the _ A tort, *TIS.- reed to NATIONAL TESTIMONIAL to MR. ROW LAND HILL, AUTHOR of the PENNY POSTAGE. Str GEORGE LARPENT, Bart., Chairman and Tre . asurer. The amount collected exceeds 10,0001. This subscription will be closed on SATURDAY NEXT, the ,oth November. The name of every Subscriber will be forwarded to Mr. Hill, arid lists wilt be published and given to Subscribers on application to the Secretary. The following Bankers receive subscriptions : Messrs. Barnett, Huares and Cu., 62, Lombard-street Messrs. Edoverie and Co., 11, Haymarket. Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co. 24, Lomb ard.street. Roger Cunliffe, Esq., 24, Bucklersbury. Messrs. Curries and Co., 28, Cornhlll. Messrs. Drewitt and Fowler, Princes.street, Bank. Messrs. 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LONDON, FRIDAY I M 0R N /LNG SUN NOVEMBER 29, 1844. PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Tine for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELI VERY ; a SECOND EDITION Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TR./UNA and a THIRD E DITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, ecntaining PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hou r . ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS; Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, mcarto 3 ashei a riding to -houses ; 23d, his Second Throne. 1 be •,ent ber does ded) ad- STAB PACKE TS. Gravesend and London, by way of the Blackwell Railway, avoiding the dangers of the Pool, and saving one hour in time. ONE PArttENT THROUGHOUT, SIXPENCE and NIXEPENCF, Boat and Rail included. From Terrace Pier, Gravesenk Half part Nine, One, Two, and Five. On Sundays, Half-past Mine and Five. Frem Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, Eleven, Twelve, Threi, and Foer. timdays, Eleven and Three. The Trains start one quarter of an hour before each of these times. N.B. Passengers' luggage conveyed to and from the Trains at It ackwall, withaut charge. Ron Wharf, Woolwich, Quarter-past Ten, and Quarter-past Twelve, returning from the Terrace-pier every Evening at Half past 1' ive. Twelve, Six, or Three Months' Tickets, available in all the Packets of the Star and Blackwall Companies, at the undermentioned rates, to be had at the Star Offices and of the Captains on board the Packets :—To or from BI ckwall, Twelve Months, it. ss. idix Months, 31. 3s. ; Three Months, 21. 2s. Star Office, Gravesend, Nov. 18, 1844. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital .Z 500,000. Bmposvered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady sttccess and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts inv on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. PU INS, THE CASE OF INFANTICIDE AT WOLVERHAMPTON. CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST. This investigation was resumed on Friday last, and adjourned on the evening of that day. On Tues. day the Coroner and jury met again, and after the examination of several witnesses, whose testimony added nothing to the general statements published last week, the jury, after ten minutes' deliberation, re turned the following verdict :—" That the said unknown female child was born alive in the month of October, in the year aforesaid, and died immediately after her birth, and was found dead on the 28th day of the same month, in the same year, in the night soil of a certain privy situate in the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, and that her death was caused by ex travasation of blood upon. the brain, the result of ex ternal violence, but how or by whom such violence was caused, sufficient evidence does not appear to the said jurors." Mr. Sheriff was removad from the police station to Stafford on the night of his commitment, and Miss Rail ton and Mr. llildreth early on the following morning ; but Mrs. Hildreth has remained in the town, in conse quence of the ill state of her health. ONE CHARGE. 1110' AThis day are published, price 3d. each, printed on a large sheet of d emy LMANACKS for DIFFERENT PARTS of No. 1. The N ursery. the HOUSE. 3. The Kit c h No. 4. The Cupboard. No. 2. The Dr essing-rooin. No. 5. The Garden. .a No. en. No. 6. The Stable. .ndon • published by W. A. °mind Co" and sold by all Booksellers. 1 to meet A of law ortation , xcise 00 EXAMPL3IB. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY. Capital £250,000, in 12,500 Shares of £2O each. Deposit 1 , . 4 * i p reithun. i Bonus E nus in i g pt ~‘,. sa i v • ' , added. Cash. Egg 6' .., g I 0„- , A 4g 5 —...- A a , X £a. ti. 4 s. d. £s.d.Xa. d. £ a. ds 1837 170 9 1 77 5 1 3 9 346 2 3 iO l 12 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 1839 116 16 0 51 511 7 I 1 9 247 4 5 TSHARE SP ECULATIONS AND RAILWAYS. HE RAILWAY REGISTER and RECORD of ENGINEERING and PUBLIC ENTERPRISE. Edited by HYDE CLARK E, Esq. No. 1., price 2s. 6d., Eighty Pages, with a Plate, contains :—Grand Junction Dispute—Atmospheric Railway—The London and York— Share Speculations—How to Speculate—Anecdotes of Speculators-- The Hydraulic System-- RailwayConstructionList of Railway Bills. Weale, 59, lligh Holborn ; Thomas, Finch-lane ; and all Booksellers and Newsmen. neet he ne to a efusal of to the LI per Share. g FEAT ANNUAL CATTLE SH OW! kit GENTLEMEN VISITING LONDON will find SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION, on moderate terms, at EVANS'S HOTEL, King-street and Piazzas, Covent-garden. Bed and Breakfast, One Guinea per Week. 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Th e Right Ho n . th e E ar l o f DESART , D . L . Th e Right Hon. the Viscount DUNCANNON. E. SMITH WICK, Esq., Mayor of Kilkenny. THOMAS MEAGHER, Esq., Mayor of Waterford. W ARDAGH, Esq., Waterford. WILLIAM PONSONBY BARKER, Esq., Killcooley Abbey, county Tipperary. Sir / 1 . W. BARRON, Bart, ALP., D.L., Belmont House, Wa. terford Non. Col. BUTLER, M.P., Ballyconra House, county Kilkenny P S - BUTLER, Esq., M.P., Lodge Park, Freshford 1 .,_ -°lc Etel BRYAN, D.L., Jenkinstown, Kilk enn y r. CANE, Alderman of Kilkenny CONNELLAN, Esq., D.L., Coolmore, Thomastown, county Kilkenny '3IDY NHAM DAVIS, Esq., Thomastown , DE 11 IONTMORENCY, Esq., D.L., CastlemOrree, Knock . tupher. W * „ L E. FINN, E sq ., T u ll aroan, Kilk enny. sH. GREENE, Esq., Sion House, Kilkenny. G RACE, Esq., Kilkenny. LANGRISHE, Bart., Knocktopher. 'I'F LOFTUS, Bart., Mount Loftus, Goresbridge. JOHN M'CRAITH, Esq., Kilkenny. MILWARD, Esq., Waterford 3 4 ,. , lI URPHY, Esq., Waterford 81C O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., Dublin JOHN POWER, Bart., D.L, Kilfane, Thomastown, County Kilenny -,IENRIIc RYAN, Esq., Kilfera, Kilkenny l ' t l l3 . SAVAGE, E sq., Kil creen H ouse, Kilk enny SULLIVAN, Esq., J.P., Kilkenny ,„:WARREN, Esq., Sandford's Co rt, Kilkenny THOMAS WYSE, Esq., M.P., The Manor, Waterford F(1 1 5 1 . COMMITTEE IN LONDON. pE AN DERSON, Esq. 41AR LES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P., D . L THOMAS NVENTWORTH BEAUMONT, Esq. FRANCIS MO WATT, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the London Eand York Railway ~MR.FRE RICKETTS, Esq. NDD TURNER, Esq., M.P. (With power to add to their number.) Th. n BANKS S. Bank of Ireland, the Provincial Bask of Ireland, the Nations . Bank of Ireland, and their Branches. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Captain W. S. MOORSOM. ACTING ENGINEER. JOHN VALENTINE, Esq. ♦RCHITECT. CNA RLES FREDERICK ANDERSON, Esq. SOLICITORS IN WATERFORD. Messrs. ELLIOTT and NEWPORT. SOLICITOR IN KILKENNY. HARVEY DEVEREUX, Esq. SECRETA BY. W. BRIDGES, Esp. 41 ; h e Proposed line frora Waterford to Kilkenny i s 32 E ngl i sh at i ' a in length. The total cost, including outlay for stock, Scc., will not exceed 8,0001. per mile. .t will be perceived that the line is intended to meet the pro. l e . et ,cd branch of the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to lan g u ard (the S out h W a l es li ne ), an d th a t i t must necessarily ; ° „"and a great portion of raffic from the West of England 7. if extended to Dublin, `hell constitute Waterford one of the po irn P o rtant ports of the empire. Irish wer will b e ta k en for the further extens i on o f t h e l i ne to the ►isablMetropolis, in the event of such a measure being deemed ad. vess Th Pot t of W aterford can be entered at all times of the tide by els era of 1,000 tons. The export trade of Waterford and the ffic between Waterford and Kilkenny is considerable, and is on the increase. the I r ish exports of Waterford in 1835, according to the Report of tlh,B2lr2isabultailway Commissioners, amounted to the value of ports are and th e imports to 1,274,1541. At present the ex. and dpreaented by the local y authorities to ex,.eed two the imports one million and a half. At least one.third of the exports from Waterford may be pre sumed to pass through the county of Kilkenny, and this traffic ra Would ine l of nece pssidaril c ommunication a great stimul us by th e construct i on of 4 with the interior of the country. 7PThe probability of a r emunetiveretum from a railway opening, !.t. otani.Asiion oetvreen Watertord and Kinseal,j, ..° tit-ire extension to Dublin, will be enhanced by the adoption t.,ort_nt.t.::economcal principle upon which it has been determined to ruct the line, which insures a reduction of at least 30 per ,the primary investment. a g nec essary plans and su rveys, w i t h all other preliminary atr nn_ei'liorate entents will be ready, so as t o a p p l y to P arl i ament for a Bill to : the Company early in the ensuing session ; and talitote t the rate of 41. per cent. will be allowed to subscribers oa s d ; ? °sl ts. trail the railway is completed. babi u , - " N hed is a statement of the present through traffic and pro. Coa jerofit : ._ Cartr traffic, four journeys a day, 40 passenger s a t 6 s. 3,740 ,11 ._ '..c four jonrneys, six days i n the week, 100 w ises, " 101S:dis', 00 wlters, at 2 s. tld 3,900 ,000 tons, cattle included, at ss. per ton 25,000 Z 2,640 144 6 ,, "mg an incr ease of only double the present traffic, w e have t ot ' 1 ; sh owing a divisibl e profit, a ft er deducting 50 per cent. tapi;Zoking expenses, 0 (32 ,6401., or nearly PI per cent. on the v,:moscriber be responsible for more than the amount of r p , ha d S , r°, Pectus and the form of application for Shares may be tair,,, t he Offices of the Company, ti, Parliament-street, West tag e „. 1. ) : a nd 36, New Broad.street, London; of H. Devereux, Thsz;;,; s ' lk ennY ; Messrs. Elliott and Newport, Waterford ; Mr. kanch..tiller, Broker, Edinburgh ; Mr. I. R. Owen, Broker, "net and the Company's Bankers. ° th FORM OF APPLICATION. rr Ger:t'nm e ° n.--I Committee of th e W a t er f or d an d Kilk enny Itailway. n.--I h ere b y request you will apportion me °f t he above proposed Railway, and I engage to pay the I ° roal c ,, I? . Per Share upon such allotment as you may be pleased t nent a nd to sign the subscripgtio ment n contract required by Pasha. ' and al so the subscribers' are. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name Profession, Trade, or Calling Residence Date of Appli ca ti on lB4 lit LONDONTWOR, MARBLE AND STONE x.-stk u , ,GCOMP kNY Esher-street Holywell-street,Milbank, 4.14,..`111,,,(tr .cestablishe'dlB2l), are enabled, with their PATENT .11 :3 f ''''lll t o . l ,* Monuments, Tablets, te, or p . execute Chimney Pieces, re tir,, e , r urniture, and every description of such Work, with an (I,r4etiN'ofard'iltY of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and e 0 ,4 Piahj, e° st, which cannot he obtained elsewhere. 'Ltatt l i le are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, Th e ng the h,„„ or q , Trade ~ 4.. est stock in this country. pantit,„„.lluPPlied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks, Llt Gilt thnatPinanY' ilo 'ease Co 1% or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. n, th e c accurate in copying the Address, to prevent impost havi ....Sher ire no t. connexion with any other Establish- T ilt PIN 1.j,,,.._ CAI,/,,,--EST WAX AXI) SPERMACETI 4-Zntriehd.,-".-ES.--Those who burn these are respectfully Tf 4ll l,p e `° make one trial whether PRICE'S PATENT he '''',, at if Y tr ay b one-third of the cost, do not burn better. . th e ei ,l e est i 1 ,„ had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, Ede , at enr c` t aken to prevent any imitations being passed off as ihat W , 4r d Pri,: ndl es i and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from :---. " ' i tre.; ," Co. Belmont Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., .....„_,... _...2:2:lerken'tvell. ' To , PUBLIC NOTICE. SH/ppt_ 4, .10 34, OXFORD-STREET. C r i I A c i oie, --4. 7evaimsc i Gratis,PA 1 by ail Agents. _ N$ AND OTHERS. d the Ihich,„Patr,,,,l:.9NE'S EYE SNUFF. i universally re j9.,the'-tif Xer i r` of his late Majesty,. her Rey — a: neldent cod b 1 ihai:idikhe Lords otttstheefficlarceyastunr)imo, removing U Hi n ghn e e r ss the i disorders SlOirt ettEYes andeukilte)ado.r -310RED,—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND ei:lrti I n t i „n th e T oon inn, I?EA F I N I ES I S I C a U n ftE a D g . tosai ha: beenprincation, id.,tirgautght u , dfr rant compound: a / a y n et '4 ; ll fer r e ' r Lti its °Pe're°lnoPliehed by its use, at n a ccesry to induce the wit pleasure trifling ma e nl , Ih n e s u e s , ki! Lotcl,,,,rake taritail,n.Kilnt t s estim or on s be 1 d I , es and Commons have used it. 1 , 1 . ' t , .th e the "I reasury have sa ' nctioned its use. Their late 514 : G2etitiner -h "' Of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical . Itrinst one , ,- -With that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised to one% J.. ' eelehrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grun t"; Me P;l e sh un . " for its tti 'n removing all diseases incident 'NI. }...-? and F..,.5. Lach flead• G.eJ.cOuci7hraie,Esq. leritioil 1:11-etter, Whitehall. Dr. "rhom'as. Dr. Andrews calls it 3al.,berncet;,3'nk--:see his Reports touching its utility. il!ti lat e 11/ 4 ,0 4 1 r, with Many ethers, recommend Grimstone sEI !tai ~ c all it . 1 ` .wan's best Friend ,.' and the " student's Vade --r' Andrewiok'lnrtrsp, Nov.'l4lllo. rtic......—inend. use as . a . prev sv e n n , t p iv a e t - y li 8 (7 t b h i e s ittoroo,4 r ei e t th in nostrils,esteswtihth t the nervous tcn aci ou.sy stem. , the that Grim_ ~et to th"nu.ff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest tptlon a, a "°oBl.lrrier ; and, further, recommends its universal 4 r I,ho Preventative. Nacho 2 n n d as, Of Hatfield, having witnessed many eases both of ii, A_ r,,, n'i tLephthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof, s*esseur:g ,rilanY theusand Testimonials of Sight restored and „ ,:e w. GrztoGRINISTONE'S EYE SNUFF the 4-'ear Sir t f ne, Esq. " April 20th, 1844. the reiraoni_!__- eel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of *Ter t .„‘, far eo,',',l•!4.cure effected en myself by taking a few pinches of to aur.l,!ed Gnrnstone's Eye Snuff, Which, in my case, ought ifnek, ty, e4u 'eti ' Ear Snuff ' it having effectually relieved me from rith bt orn which I h ' si k , rty 1. „,_, ave been suffering for many years. Yeti are , Uld,o,,..rati any use you please of this communication, since I ^et / not lzivesirtrait known xtraordinary qualities of your Eye Snu ff ~ ?can to , sen'tsilanatzi, dear Siri, your obedient servant, G GOR. 1 . Itear iiiitich ter the truth of ' thleAfit or ( e 4 g A e l i t n E g T fa A c i t A s and RstEatemen ~,,P.W NI. bait JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Bers." ~..-',,'4,tliof Lle Y n a 2l +l, editor of Chambers' London &c.. &c., of ~ ,excruciating pains, and can now write Journal , without spectacles 14.4 —4ninrd-st:eet 131 , er • arri e F. , . ackfriar &road. ,deloovi _,.,....5ji15, lacing the church, Park-street, Windsor; cured W. I . 11, 1 .I ) , l lght and headache Slitember, 1838, and 1843. -.ateh,,,fr,,n,eld ' Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. ‘Vhitehall and and4.47.1_ e Tavern. —see his letters, 1838 and 1812. r4n4. til e o'nl_tfle Caution—W. GRINISTONE is the sole inventor, Odgir n'ine "'prepared by Aim. badte, o r if Herbaceous Compound of Herbs is sold in tietz j , .. 1 .3.. Is. 3d. 's. 4d, and 15s. 6d. each,_by the .e, oz i: vv• GRIAIkTUNE, s o t No. 434, Oxford.street, Totten. nt ,t oad , and i ll Orm t he Her ate of No. no, Broad.street, Bloomsbury), e",i7ob„el,,p,k; TownlrY. ighg,ite; and can also be obtained in . an the . 1 ni , c7_ and cities. A liberal allowance to Shipr s ~blsraed gls, and all Vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff This ea t:nittr, quaiuielirithiPPed to all quarters of the globe, and retains eii;t, _s shortest notice, every climate All Snuffs *hit Cigars shipped d.p. quantity cant forwarded ek ih n / k oney ord e through the General . st , by i tiradt on in lik e ers A 2s. 4d, canister, with post g ill cost Alt tCr i iirA tql • ,••• • ENV • at Sow -On the Whet , of mY ng dto Brood to O a ter ha d e of Of ng, mf seal at. o pened riplaint xis but exi o or drew'. ,ye )u, forti er, 1. Z. *:, ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, Arthur-street West, London-bridge. Established in 1837. Lives continue to be assured in this Office ON EVERY KNOWN SYSTEM—Annuities immediate and deferred. ADVANTAGES. A BONUS of TWO-THIRDS of the PROFITS allotted to the assured. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM charged for assurances without Profits. PREMIUMS payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly. AMONGST OTHER DESCRIPTIONS of ASSURANCES granted by this Office, is the important one, originated by the Society, of securing a sum to the assured—himself on his attaining any given age, or to his family ip the elTnt .f his c.^rlier fleath, _ NLcuriiyj 44): ll:e amount of the first Five Annual Premiums, payink interest thereon at 5/. per Cent, per annum. FRED. BARKAR, Secretaries. JOHN L. EVANS, GOOD FURNITURE AT MODERATE PRICES. T HOMAS FOX, 93, Bishopsgate-street, Within, respectfully invites the Public to inspect the stock of CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE and BEDDING, at his establishment, consisting of every requisite for the Mansion or Cottage, of a quality, fashion, material, and workmanship , net o be surpassed, and offered at prices scarcely exceeding those commonly charged for showy but unsubstantial furniture. Also, a most complete and beautiful collection of Chimney, Pier, and Console Glasses, Decorative Painting, Paper-hangings, and other Ornamental Embellishments, at the most moderate and rea sonable prices. Parties requiring really good articles, will find at Thomas Fox's *stock so extensive and various as to afford every facility for advan tageous selection, at prices as low as are possibly compatible with first.rate quality. 93. Bishopsgate.street Within. SCIIWEPPE and Co., Wine-merchants, are now bottling PORTS of the highest character, at 305., 325., 345., and 3Gs. p. r dozen, to which they respectfully invite the attention of their friends and the public. Fine old crusted wines, from two to eight years in bottle, at 425., 455., 485., 505., and 545. per dozen; very superior Sherries, pale, brown, trid gold coloured, from 305., 345., 3Ga., 405., and upwards; also a curious Amontillado Sherry at 50s. A large stock of all description of wines constantly on hand, in cluding a rare selection of Hocks and Moselles, received direct from their own agent the Rhine. .T. S. and Co. t,eg respectfully to observe that their principle of business is not to sell a low priced article at the expense of quality, but to supply their friends with the finest wines that are imported, at as low a price for cash as may be commensurate with a fair and too. Berate profit. Lists of wines and prices sent on application, and country orders mmediately attended to on receiving a cash remittance or a re ference.—Office, 51, Berner's-street ; cellars, 27, Marshall-street, Recent-street. HEARTBURN, Ac.—Certain and immediate relief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey, is given by the Pure Alkaline Preparations of 81-CARBONATE of SODA and POTASS, compressed into Pills by Brockedon's Patent Process. They furnish an ever ready and instant remedy to those painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-headache, Indigestion, &c , produced by Acidity. Sold wholesale by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and by every Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingdom. Price One Shilling pe Box, or In Family Boxes, Hall-a-Crown. I)AVIES'S CANDLES, sd. and Sid. per lb• Wax Candles, Is. 2d.—Fine Wax, is. sd. Male's Superb Composite, requiring no snuffing, 101 d. Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. 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Just Published, in a saled envelo p ep, price 2s. rd., and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d., MANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its Premature Decline, with Instruc tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering fr.,m the destructive conseq. , ences of excessive indulgence, termi ng in ment a l an d nervous debility, local or constitutional weak.. nesi, indigestion, and consumption. Including a corn, rehenCve Dls sertation on MARRIAGE. Illustrates with ewes, &c. By C. 3. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. May be had of the Authors, No. 1,0, Newman-street ; Oxford street ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co , 63, Oxford -street ; Noble, 80, Chancery-lane; J. Gordon, 146, Le adenhall-street ;G. Mansell, 3, King-street. Southwark ; C. Westerton, 15, Park-side, Knight bridge; Huett, 37. Princes street, Leicester-square London ;T. Sowler, Courier Office, 4, St. Ann's.squa re , Manchester; W. 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A NEW AND IMPOKTAN I' EDITION OF THE SILENT FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY, Jest published, price 2s, 64., and free by post (in a sealed enve l ope), Price 3a. 6d , T HE SILENT FRIEND.; a Medical W or k on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of exce ss i ve i ndulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with ob se r vat i ons on Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berner& street, Oxford.street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ;J. Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, Lon don; and by all Booksellers In Town and Country. OPINIeNS OF TOR PAPS& I We regard the work before us,'' The Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of corn.. plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Medical profession, for what reason we are has left know. We must, however, confess that a perusal of this w or k has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim o f past folly, or su ff er. ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pa ges. ,, —Age and Argus. " The'. Authors of The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to recommend it to a careful perusal. Era. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed for the cure of nervous and muscular debility , impuissance, fie. Price Ils. and 235. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine Vendors, of whom may be had the " Sil en t F r i en d . " Th e Five Pound Cases may be had as usual. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS arc the most effectua cure for syphilis and secondary 4s. 6d., and I Is. p er b ox. symptoms in both sexes, price is. 9d. Consultation fee, if by letter, IL. A minute detail of cases is no , cessary. Messrs. P err y are i n daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, B erners - street, Oxford-street, London from Elcv.n till Two, and Fi ve t i ll E i ght, and on Sundays from Ten till Twelvo. One personal visit only is neceeary to elbcraperinanent eu re ! REVELATIONS OF LONDON. A Price H' Italf-a-Crown. MG The DECEMBER NUMBER contains AZINE. REVELATIONS : OF LONDON. y HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Book the First.`Chapter 111. The Hand and the Cloak.—lV. 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This Peninsular officer died at his residence at Guern sey on Saturday last. The deceased, whose health had been declining for some time past, was second son of Culchenna, and nephew of Cameron of Caltort, Inver ness-shire, whose ancestor was a younger son of Lochiel, chief of the clan. He was born in 1773, and married in 1803, Miss Brock, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry Brock, of Belmont, Guernsey, and niece of the first Lord de Saumarez. Sir John entered the army as ensign in the 43d Regiment of Foot, in September, 1787. In 1794, he served under Sir Charles Grey, in the West Indies, and was present at the reduction of Martinique (including the siege of Fort Bourbon and other minor engage ments), at St. Lucia and Guadaloupe, and particularly displayed his gallantry at the defence of the latter in the same year, and at the sortie from, and at the assault made by, the enemy on the fortress of Fleur d'EF4e. He was at the action of the 30th of September, at Berville camp, under Brigadier-General Graham, and in the action of the 7th October, he was severely wounded and was taken by the enemy. He remained a prisoner of war during a period of two years, and then came to England ; but his military duties at home were of short duration, for in six months he was was again or dered with his regiment to the West Indies, where he was on foreign service for nearly four years. The General, on his return to his native country, was ordered with his regiment, the 9th Foot, to the seat of war in Portugal, Sir John at that time holding the rank of . 1 ". ;,- ‘ - ”„ant-Colonel in that gro' His service In tile relaiWu,o, eral tOntiffsry. distinctions. At the battle of • he commanded the 2d battalion of the 9th Foot. 2.t, was at Corunna, under the unfortunate Moore, and by the intrepid bra very he displayed at that sanguinary conflict, the de ceased gained the approbation of his superior in com mand. In July, 1809, he embarked on the 9th on the expedition to the Scheldt, then commanding the Ist bat talion, and returned in September to England. In March following he was sent out to increase 'the force of the army in Portugal, then commanded by the Duke of Wellington, and he continued in active service under that great commander until the termination of the war in 1814. He particularly distinguished himself at Bu saco, where he had a horse shot under him ; also at Sa lamanca and Vittoria. In July, 1813, previous to the assault and c a pt ure of San Sebastian, he carried, with I the 9th Foot, the fortified convent of San Bartholomew, in front of San Sebastian thus gaining a position which contributed greatly to the advantage of the allied army. He subseq uent l y took an active share in the battles of the Nive of the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December, and in those encounters he had another horse shot. During those services he was twice wounded, and twice severely contused. In acknowledgment for his eminent services in the Peninsula, he received the decoration of a cross and three clasps. Sir John, in 1814 and 1815, proceeded to Canada, but was recalled from North America, owing to the warlike aspect Europe had assumed, and the return of Napoleon to France. He reached Ostend in August, and immediately proceeded to join the allied army occu pying Paris. He was subsequently appointed Lieutenant- Governor of Plymouth, and had the military command of the western district, the duties of which he discharged for a period of fourteen years. In consideration of his eminent services, he was nominated a Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Bath by his Sovereign, and on the 31st of May, 1833, he was appointed to the Co lonelcy of the 9th R eg i men t. Th e Portuguese Govern ment conferred the Order of the Tower and Sword on Sir John, for the able services he rendered to that nation in the course of the French war in that country. His commissions were dated as subjoined :—Ensign, 25th September, 1787 ; Lieutenant, 39th September, 1790 ; Captain, 11th July, 1794 ; Major, 9th October, 1800 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, 28th May, 1807; Colonel, 4th June, 1814 ; Major-General, 19th July, 1821 ; and Lieutenant General, 10th January, 1837. It will be seen from the above, that Sir John had filled all the intermediate grades to that of Lieutenant -General. The Colonelcy of the 9th Regiment is, by his demise, vacant. HABEAS CORPUS.-JERSEY. (From the Jersey Gazette of Nov. 25.) We have the pleasure of announcing that an offer from he Royal Court to Mr. Wilson, made through Advocate Hammond, to liberate him on his own bail, has been this afternoon unhesitatingly spurned. By no trick or de. vice can Mr. Wilson be induced to damage the cause of which he is the representative. TO THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN JERSEY. Gentlemen and Friends,—Let not the apparently un favourable news which arrived from London by this day's mail occasion you any anxiety. It has had no effect upon my spirits, nor upon my hopes, nor upon my conviction, that at the end of perhaps a long vista, more or less varied, we shall safely arrive at last at the Tem ple of Victory and of Peace. Before the week is closed I hope to offer to you for your perusal the affidavit of the Procureur do la Reine, on which his application to the Bail Court was based. In the mean time let us not prejudge its contents or its effects. " Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Remember how our foes chuckled, day after day, be• cause the habeas corpus did not arrive. Remember their looks when it had arrived. Did I prophesy falsely that it would come ? Judge me, then, for the future by the past. I prophesy again. I shall be discharged from this vile custody sooner than you expect. And I add to this prophesy, that I shall be discharged by habeas corpus, and by habeas corpus only—or in a coffin. Fancy not that I hold my life so cheap that I would commit suicide. Fancy not that I hold law to be so despicable that I would accept my liberty upon any terms but lawful terms ; or that I would, for a few weeks of disgraceful freedom, enter into a recognisance at the instance of the corrupt Royal Court in Jersey, or at the command of any court in London. It shall only be by a coffin, or by habeas corpus, that I will be removed from this custody. I have the henour to be, gentlemen and friends, your faithful servant, CHARLES CARUS WILSON, A prisoner by lawless violence. Jersey Gaol, Nor. 24, 1844. REGISTRATION OF THE BIRTH OF 1118 ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.--Her Majesty having commanded that the registration of the birth of the in• fent Prince Alfred should take place at Windsor Castle, on Sunday, Mr. Towers, the district registrar for Wind sor, attended at the royal residence, in pursuance of her Majesty's commands, for the purpose. There were also present,ln the apartment adjoining the Queen's boudoir, where the registration took place, the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Secretary of State ; Major Graham, the Registrar -general ; and Mr. William Cole Long, the superintendent registrar for the district. The Castle and its precincts being extra-parochial, it was necessary to register the birth of the infant Prince in the books of the parish contiguous to where the birth took place ; but in consequence of upwards of six weeks having elapsed since that period, a fee of 7s. 6d. was incurred. The Prince was registered in the names of Alfred Ernest Albert. his Royal Highness Prince Albert was present, and appeared 0 take great interest in the ceremony. ..... ~... .-.., aivVlly LO De wisnect! Theif ficulty, however, .. /.., will ‘ be AL to find a substitute, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer should apprehend that this repeal would cause too great a reduction in the revenue. There is one source of revenue which would be most productive, and would not press upon the people at large—this is a probate duty on real property. There is a considerable probate duty on personal property—why should not the duty on these two descriptions of property be equalised ? if you were to investigate the subject, you would find it one of vast importanc e , and your di scuss i on o f the sub ject would bri ng it before the notice of the kingdom. It will, perhaps, be found, that this equalisation of the probate duty would not only compensate for the repeal of the income-tax on trade and professions, but also admit of the repeal of the duty on cotton and a reduction of the duty on tea, without detriment to the revenue, i. e., without decreasing the present revenue. Yours, &c. A SUBSCRIBER. DR. GLOVER, IN REPLY TO MR. LETHEBY, ON THE MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN BELANEY'S CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —The only reply to Mr. Letheby which I think myself called on to make through the public press, con sists in the correction of three misrepresentations of my statement. In a letter to the Medical Gazette I have re plied more fully. 1. Mr. Letheby accuses me of endeavouring to prove that the taste of prussic acid " must be hot." Now, I only go the length of supposing this substance, when swallowed in a poisonous dose, to be capable of giving rise to a sensation which a person might term " hot," not being in a condition to " search for choice expressions." 2. He tries to found something upon an inference which he supposes me to make in Bel aney ' s f avour, from his apparent intention of using the lancet. But I e x p ress l y guard myself from drawing any such inference; and cont ent myself with showing, that as bleeding is, in the opinion of most authorities, an excellent remedy in such cases, and in the opinions of others the very best remedy which can be employed, it does not quite follow, as the Medical Gazette bath it, that Belaney took out his lancet in order to kill his wife. 3. He asserts that I dissent in toto from the opinion given by himself and Dr. Thomson in regard to the smell of prussic acid remaining for some time in a room where some of this substance may have been spilt. I express no such dissent, but endeavour to show the exis tence of circumstances which explain the absence of smell in the case in question. The position which I hold is so secure, that Mr. Letheby, like another opponent, in despair of being able to attack it with success, has fallen on points which Ido not hold.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT M. GLOVER, M.D. 12, Northumberland -street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, November 27. MR. II URST'S At FAIRS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A grossly exaggerated statement in reference to the affairs and pecuniary embarrassments of our pre sent Member, Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., having gone the round of the principal newspapers of the day, copied from the columns of the Brighton Guardian, which from the evident vindictive feeling exhibited in the article in question is calculated, not only unnecessarily to wound the feelings of Mr. Hurst and his connexions, and in flict a deep and lasting injury on the junior members of his family, but also create an unfavourable impression in the minds of strangers as to the tradesmen who are al luded to in that article —we, the undersigned tradesmen of the borough of Horsham, with many of whom Mr. Hurst has for years past been in the habit of principally dealing, feel it our duty, in justice to Mr. Hurst and ourselves, thus publicly to deny, so far as our knowledge and interests are concerned, the truth of the statement inserted in the Guardian reflecting on the character and conduct of Mr. Hurst in reference to any debts con tracted with ourselves, or of which we have cognizance with any other tradespeople. Our accounts have been always fairly and honourably paid at the usual period of the wear for discharging the same, and we have every confidence that our claims for the current year will be discharged in like manner. So far from Mr. Hurst's " disappearance" from Horsham being sudden and un expected to us, it was a matter of common notoriety for some considerable time previously to his departure. With regard to the alleged intended sale of his house hold furniture, farming stock, &c., the only disposition of such property advertised is the ordinary sale of farming stock, &c., by a gentleman quitting his farm and declining to follow that occupation. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, W. Lintott, grocer. W. Aldridge, plumber, gla- J. Stanford, draper. zier, &c. C. Knight, grocer. G. Waller, gun maker. 11. Razell, saddler, &c. R. Collins, tailor. C. Rowland, stone-mason. J. Honywood, builder. J. Penfold, smith. T. Honywood, builder. H. Stanford, baker. T. Redford, butcher. J. Herring, druggist. J. Rowland, B. Rowland, bricklayers. J. Potter, baker. Webber and Taylor, buil- J. Clarke, printer and book. ders. binder. G. Rich, upholsterer. S. Stovell, brewer. 11. Mitchell, brewer and coal G. Clark, coachmaker. merchant. Horsham, 20th Nov., 184. t The Earl of Cardigan has ordered seventy poor families of Deene and l)eenethorpe, to be each supplied with clothing of the value of fifteen shillings, to shelter them from the inclemency of the ensuing winter.— Brighton Gazette. THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—The festival of Saint Andrew will be celebrated by this ancient and excellent Corporation on Saturday next, under circumstances of more than usual eclat. The chair is to be taken by Lord Saltoun, an old and zealous supporter of the Hospital, who during his recent command in China, has added to his former long and distinguished military career the merit of having furnished a number of new tails in illus tration of the history of the war. The Noble Lord will come up from his hunting quarters at Coldstream for the express purpose of the festival, :and return immediately afterwards, thus making a journey of nearly 700 miles for the benefit of his poorer countrymen. His Lordship is to be supported by his brother, the Hon. William Fraser, for so many years the indefatigable and popular treasurer of the Corporation, by Sir Henry P ott i nger, by Colonel Burns, th e son of poet, by the only son, the brother and nephew of Mango Park, and by four. and-thirty stewards, who have volunteered to act on the occasion. if we add to these inducements the national music of the pipes, by Mackay, piper to the late Duke of Sussex, and Macbeth, the Duke of Sutherland's piper, it will be admitted that the attractions of the day are of no common order. ACCIDENT FROM THE INCAUTIOUS USE OF FIRE ARMS.—On Wednesday afternoon a dreadful accident oc curred on board a fishing-smack lying off Billingsgate, to a lad named John Carrier, aged 16, belonging to the vessel. The poor fellow, it appears, had been cleaning a fowling-piece, and had broken a piece of wood which he used for the purpose in the barrel, in order to remove which he pound some powder into the gun, and then foolishly dropped on to it a hot cinder. The explosion which took place shattered his right hand to pieces, and dreadfully lacerated the arm. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and was immediately at tended by Mr. Edward Cock, who performed amputation at the wrist joint. The lad is in a fair way of recovery. ECLIPSE OF THE 11100 N.—On Sunday evening a total eclipse of the moon, visible in our locality, having been announced, multitudes awaited the interesting oc currence with eager anticipations of d e li g ht. Th e moon , which was full th same evening at half-past eleven, rose from the horizon towards the dusk, in beautiful splen dour, and continued up to half-past 8 o'clock to shine in a cloudless sky. From this period, however, thick clouds gathered from the west and gradually obscured the evening luminary from view, and shortly after nine o'clock when the eclipse began, it was completely lost to the sight, except for one or two intervals, when its face was seen, though indistinctly, and the first contact of the penumbra was, as Sir J. South would say " visible for the fraction of a second." After this time all further observation was at an end ; the clouds gathered thicker than ever, and the rain began to fall, continuing to do so during night, the sky being enveloped in impenetrable gloom.—Ediaburgh Paper. • RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the Proprietors of the above Railway was held on Wednesday, at the Euston-square station, for the purpose of considering the further rm rantee of the line to extend the "Worcester and Tring line to Wolverhampton, and on other special business. Mr. J. C. Glyn was in the chair. There was a very full attendance of Proprietors. The notice by which the meeting had been convened having been read, The CHAIRMAN said he thought, perhaps, the most regular order of proceeding would be to take, in the first instance, the motion of which public notice had been given in the advertisement, as to the Worcester, Rugby, and Wolverhampton line ; and subsequently to enter upon any other matter any Hon. Proprietor might desire to take up. It was his (the Chairman's) duty to submit to them a resolution on the subject of the proposed lire from Oxford to Worcester, joining the London and Bir mingham line at Tring, and continuing on from Worces ter to Wolverhampton. The proceedings of the late ge neral meeting had authorised, to a very considerable extent, the preliminary measures connected with the line then under the consideration of their executive body-- viz., the line from Oxford to Worcester, from Tring to Worcester, and Oxford to Rugby. At the commencement of the operations of the Committee at Worcester, to whom the matter was entrusted, they as well as the Birmingham Company were in communica tion with the Severn Commissioners and the canal in terests of the district, and it was thought, from the re presentations made by those parties, that a sufficient Parliamentary case existed to prevent, with any proba bility of success, the undertakin g of a line from Wor cester to Wolverhampton. On that ground they (the Directors of the London and Birmingham Company), when they last introduced the subject to the Proprietors, limited their remarks, on the case they set before them, only to the line between Tring and Worcester, on the one hand, and Oxford and Rugby on the other. During the time that had elapsed since the last meeting, further inquiries had been made, and it had appeared to the Worcester Committee, after representations made to them by probably the highest authority in the country on such a subject, that the case would not be complete unless the district between Worcester and Wolverhamp_ ton were also comprehended in the scheme. Upon further inquiry by the London and Birmingham Directors, it cer tainly appeared that the Parliamentary case which they had in the first instance been led to believe would prevent any railway being constructed in that part of the country, was not likely to be laid before Parliament in such a way as to bring about the ends that it had been represented to them as likely to ensue. Under these circumstances the Directors now came before the Proprietors to propose that they should extend their guarantee to the line, between Worcester and Wolverhampton, in addition to that which the Directors had already laid before them—that between Tring and Worcester and Rugby to Oxford. The addition which this alteration made in the estimate was calculated at 750,000 Z The capital required for the original undertaking—that which the Directors had brought before the Proprietors on the last occasion, was 1,700,0001. The aggregate capital would therefore be 2,500,0004 for the construction of this whole line of railway. The total amount of revenue to be derived from the various sources, as shown by the usual traffic eases in these matters, he had before him in detail, and the particulars could be given if Honourable Proprietors wanted them.—(Cries of " No, no.") The estimated revenue was, in the aggregate, 226,539 i, from which they took the working expenses of 35 per cent., leaving a net revenge of 147,250/., thereby putting, he thought, any opinion of the Proprietors at rest, as to the question proposed for their consideration —h e meant as to the guarantee of 4 per cent. on the whole. It might very naturally be asked by Honourable Proprietors present—. and the question bad been put to him in private—how the London and Birmingham Company found themselves in connexion with a project in that part of the country (Worcester and Wolverhampton). It would appear to fall naturally into the hands of the Gloucester and Bir mingham Company. That, indeed, was the feeling of the London and Birmingham Directors, who had acted on that feeling. The Worcester Committee proposed to the Grand Junction Company that that por tion of the line should be made jointly. They went so far as to direct their solicitor and engineer to attend the Grand Junction Board to treat on the question. They (the London and Birmingham Board) thought the matter was proceeding as such a matter ought to proceed be- I tweeu two public bodies. It was certainly not for the meeting to ask what induced the Grand Junction Com- I many to ejtee their •.. , :t 1145 for ea ricollec't that suddenly, and without previous intimution, the solicitor was informed that the Grand Junction board had altered their views, and that they would make the line themselves. The proceeding on the part of the Worcester Committee ens this :—They said the) would not tolerate the entire working of the line by the Grand Junction Company ; that they would have had that Company as partners in the undertaking, but that if the question was to be, which of the two parties should make the line, they would certainly put them selves forward for it. And the result of their putting themselves forward to make the line had been to engage with them in that part of the country the strongest connexion which, probably, was ever collected together. —(Hear, and cheers.) They had now the co-operation of Lord Ward and his friends, and any Hon. Proprietor who was acquainted with that part of the country must know very well the value of that connexion, and the re spectability it must confer on any undertaking, and that, in fact, whoever was supported by it, went into the dis trict with claims superior to any other body. There was one other point connected with this matter to which he desired to call the attention of the Proprietors before he read the resolution with which he should conclude. The Directors were most anxious, as far as rested with the London and Birmingham Company, to take no step that should be considered in the slightest degree aggres sive. —(Hear, and cheers.) With this view an intima tion had been conveyed to the Grand Junction Railway Company that shares were reserved for them to take if they were so disposed. But, as far as the London and Birmingham Company were concerned, he would go further than that. The Directors had always, as stated to the Proprietors at the last meeting, represented this measure as a measure of protection.—(lTear , hear, and che ers .) H e repeated it, as a measure Of pro tection ; and if the Grand Junction Railway Company were so disposed, as far as the London and Birmingham Company were concerned, and with the assent of the other parties interested, they were ready to admit them into the guarantee.—(Hear, and cheers.) He stated this because he should be sorry to find an imputation go out of that room that the London and Birmingham Com pany had meditated an aggressive act against the Grand Junction Company.—(Hear.) He now begged to move the resolution to which he had already referred : " That this Company do agree to accept a lease in perpetuity of the projected railway from Mesworth, in the county of Buckingham, to 'Worcester, with lines to Rugby and Oxford, and also from Worcester to Dudley and Oxford, at a rent which shall be equivalent to four per cent. upon the cost of construction, with an equal division of surplus profits between this Company and the Proprietors of the new lines. " That the Directors be authorised to concur in an application to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an Act or Acts to authorise the construction of the before mentioned lines of railway, and to take all such other steps as they may consider expedient for giving effect to the preceding resolution." Mr. Cnorean, of Liverpool, seconded the motion. Mr. Moseev had, at their last meeting, silently as sented to the guarantee for the line to Worcester, con sidering that no existing interests wers interfered with, and that the London and Birmingham Company had a right to give such guarantee ,• but he took it that the Pro prietors ought to have some distinct explanation as to the position of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junc tion Companies, in reference to the understanding between them of the 3d July, before they at once annulled and destroyed every feature of that contract or treaty which was made for the material protection of both Companies. He thought it right that the Proprietors should be made aware that the guarantee for a line so far north of Bir mingham as Wolverhampton was a direct violation of the spirit of the agreement, which he was willing to believe there had never been on the part of the London and Birmingham Directors, any wish to destroy. lie, therefore, thought he was right, at this stage of the pro ceedings, to ask the Chairman, who had spoken of the willingness on the part of the London and Birmingham Board to unite with the Grand Junction Board in carry ing out the line to Wolverhampton, whether any corre spondence or communication had taken place in order to get rid of the difficulties which existed on the subject, and whether the reply on the part of the Grand Junc tion Company warranted the Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Company in carrying into effect the confirmation of the principle of the abandonment of the spirit of the treaty made in July ? The CHAIRMAN said the question of his Hon. Friend was of very great importance. It was a question in which the London and Birmingham Directors must na turally fed a great and deep interest ; but they were in this difficulty with the question—they were uncertain whether the Grand Junction Directors did, at this mo ment, consider the agreement of the 3d of July as an nulled or not. Several Proprietors, apparently also Grand Junction shareholders, said " Decidedly not." A PROPRIETOR begged to refer the Chairman to the correspondence between the two Boards. It was neces sary to read only a single line of that correspondence to show that it was not annulled. The CHAIRMAN confessed he was somewhat surprised at the interruption that had been offered td him. The Hon. Proprietor had referred him to the printed cor respondence.—(Hear, hear.) Now, it was on that cor respondence that he (the Chairman) had expressed his doubt. He would read to the Hon. Proprietor the line referred to, and the Proprietors would then see if the Di rectors were not left in doubt as to the disposition of the Grand Junction Directors in reference to the agreement of July. The line referred to was to the following effect:— " This (the Grand Junction) Board desire to express to he London and Birmingham Board their opirrirer frilir can tend to no possible good to treat the agreement as a subsistin g agreement any longer. " —(Loud cries of I " Hear, hear.") Therefore he had a right to say that the London and Birmingham Directors were in a case of doubt as to how they stood—(Cheers)—and therefore it was that he had said they would not answer the question of his Hon. Friend in the way he wished ; but if the Grand Junction Company were anxious to give a guarantee for the upper part of the line—if they were desirous of negotiating with them for that, an intimation had been given that they (the London and Birmingham Board) were willing to accede to that. They had no answer to that intimation. Let them remember that in that room they were London and Birmingham Proprie tors. The proprietory had a right to see that the Di rectors did not involve the Company in difficulties. In this spirit the Directors had made the communication to the Grand Junction Company with respect to their coming in and guaranteeing for the upper part of the line. It was for the London and Birmingham Company to take care the broad guage did not occupy the part of the country referred to ; therefore the answer that he gave to his Hon. Friend was this—that they had, through the medium of one of his colleagues, now present, opened a negotiation with the Grand Junction Company, and he (the Chairman) would be glad if he were shortly able to say that they had come to a proper conclusion on the subject. Mr. PEASE suggested that the resolution should be al lowed to rest until the negotiation with the Grand Junc tion Company was closed. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether there had not been time for an answer from the Grand Junction Company to the communication spoken of by the Chairman? The CHAIRMAN thought there had scarcely been time. With respect to the suggestion of Mr. Pease, that Hon. Gentleman not living in the part of the country to which this discussion had reference, was perhaps not aware of the fact that the Worcester Committee had been obliged to occupy this ground at a very late period, and that great energy and activity on their part were requisite. He did not hesitate to say that if the meeting had not, after the explanations the Directors had given, sufficient; confidence in them to give them the power of the gua rantee, the Worcester Committee would, in his opinion, be placed in such difficulty and doubt as to afford a de cided advantage to their rivals, and powerful rivals they were, in that district.—(Hear.) After some further observations from several of the Proprietors, Mr. MOSELY begged again to ask whether the Direc tors were verbally or by writing in possession of any reply to the proposal made to the Grand Junction Com /pany, or if they knev: , anything of the views of that Com pany as to the proposed Wolverhampton line ? The CHAIRMAN did not exactly know whether his I Hon. Friend alluded to a communication made to him ((the Chairma n ) b y t h e C hairman of the Grand Junction Company three or four days ago. If he did, that com munication expressed a strong opinion against the Wor cester and Wolverhampton line. Subsequent to that a communication had been made to the Londen and Bir mingham Board, which he believed he might say had led to a proposal from the Grand Junction, one portion of which proposal consisted of an arrangement as to the extension of the line from Worcester to Wolverhampton. On that point the London and Birmingham Board were quite willing, provided the other parties with whom they were connected agreed, to meet the Grand Junction Company's views. Mr. BASSETT thought that, after what they had heard from the chair, they might place, or at least they ought to place, the fullest confidence in their board of Direc tors.—(Cheers.) He was sure they had great reason to do so.---(Cheers.) Seeing the disposition in certain quar ters to introduce the broad guage, the adoption of. which would be most disastrous to the interests of the London and Birmingham Proprietors, there could not, he thought, be a doubt respecting the soundness of the course they were now called upon to pursue.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. A PROPRIETOR said he understood the Grand Junc tion, the London and Birmingham, and the Manchester and Birmingham Companies were the parties who were to carry out the Trent Valley line. The Birmingham and Manchester Company had taken 10,000 shares, and in a circular he had received it was stated that the Lon don and Birmingham Company had paid their own de posit. He wished to know the number of shares this Company had in the lin e ? The CHAIRMAN said the Manchester and Birming ham, the Grand Junction, and the London and Birming ham Companies had all an equal interest, 10,000 shares being allotted to each. The PROPRIETOR would like to know whether it was intended to oppose the Churnet Valley line ? The CHAIRMAN was not prepared to answer the ques tion. The London and Birmingham Board were only one of the bodies representing the interests of the Trent Valley line. After a few desultory observations from several of the Proprietors, The CHAIRMAN introduced to the notice of the meet ing a requisition that the Directors had received from certain Proprietors resident at Liverpool, relative to the differences between the London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Companies, with respect to the Churnet Valley line. After glancing at the - termination of negotiations between the Grand Junction and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, which he said he believed no one could regret so much as the London and Birmingham Company themselves, he went at some length into the question between himself and Mr. Moss. as to the latter gentleman's forgetfulness of his r- -flipt of a lett-- frnm hr.- - ...... i-.;„ . - - --- - . _:.,- - ~,L. -c.: Co to Lite ' differences between the two companies (the London and Birmingham and the Geend Junction). He (the Chair • man) had sent to Mr. Moss a copy of the letter in question, as well as of that gentleman's reply to it, end had asked him to do that which he (the Chairman) had thought he would take an early opportunity of doing—viz., stating that there was such a letter in existence. But what situation was he (the Chairman) now placed in ? The answer to that request for a simple act of justice to be done bad led to a voluminous correspondence, and it was now required that the whole of their private correspon dence should be published. He (the Chairman) would never consent to this. If the publication of private offi cial correspondence between two such bodies as the Lon don and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Companies were tolerated, there would be an end of all free and frank communication between them.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman detailed the prompt steps he had taken in communicating with Mr. Moss upon the subject of the letter particularly referred to, and concluded by ob serving that, notwithstanding this, he had been told that he was the cause of the differences between the two Companies. All that he was anxious to prove was that he wrote to Mr. Moss the letter which that gentleman had forgotten the receipt of, and that that gentleman had also written an answer, which he (Mr. Moss) did not remember having sent. The Chairman then read the requisition from certain of the Liverpool share holders. The requisitionists stated that they had so recently as August last heard, with the greatest satisfaction, the an nouncement made by the respective Chairmen of the Lon don and Birmingham and Grand Junction Companie . s, that an amicable agreement had been entered into on the 3d of the previous month, for the protection of the property and interests of both bodies, and that the permanency of the good working of this vitally important agreement was guaranteed to the Shareholders by a sound and use ful clause, leaving all the differences that might arise between the parties to be adjusted by the arbitration of eligible, proper, and disinterested persons to be by the Companies nominated, and that they (the requisitionists) had now to express their regret and surprise on learning from Mr. Moss's statement at the Grand Junction Rail way Company's meeting, that this agreement had be come a nullity, in consequence of the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway declining to adhere to the arbitration clauses upon the very first occasion for its requirement, thus rendering this great safeguard inope rative. The requisitionists then required that an early meeting, to take the matter into consideration, should be convened. Mr. MOSELY spoke at some length upon the reasons which had induced the Liverpool Proprietors to send iu the requisition for a special meeting, to take into consi deration the differences between the two Companies re specting the Churnet Valley line. The CHIARMAN thought that, under present circurn ' stances, it would not be well to enter into any lengthened discussion on the subject. It was quite clear that if the Directors of the London and Birmingham Company had thought that the question raised on the Churnet Valley line had come under the agreement of the 3d July, they would have submitted to a reference, but they denied that cases such as of the Churnet Valley line were embraced in that agreement. It was not necessary for them to say anything as to the merits of that line ; but he would supp o s e a most e li g ib le offer made to the Lon don and Birmingham Company, by which it was clear their interests would be essentially promoted, but that unfortunately the project interfered with Grand June -1 tion interests. Did the Proprietors of the London and Birmingham Company consider that their Directors would in such case have come before them with the agreement of the 3d July, and bound them for ever to do that which would sacrifice their interests, and that not only at the expense of their revenue, but of their re ceipts. in Parliamentary opposition—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—that they should be called upon to de fend, not their own property, but the property of the Grand Junction Railway, by the terms of " mutual de fence," which would not admit of a moment's discussion ? To concur in a " mutual defence" they must have mu tual interests, and this was not the fact in the case ho had put.—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. E. MOSELY, in an able speech, expressed a wish that a termination to the differences between the two Companies might be arrived at. After some remarks from several of the Proprietors, The CHAIRMAN thought they might collect from what had been said what the feelinQ of the Proprietors was.— (Hear.) He took it to be that they desired peace, but he did not understand that they desired peace at all cost. —(Cheers.) With respect t o th e po s ition of affairs be tween the two Companies, he held in his hand a resolu tion pas day. He would passed at the London readan and l Birm inghambut had ß not beenoard.onthe previous h c ( i p m e m d u t n h i a c t atd ceomtpoantyhemt.an would Junction idreceivei it in Company. inthes spirit of oi concihauoniat w ith whichith this d had dictatedeclaarti declaration — 0 n ( L hisnttd c p h a e r e t r t s h . ) e d l i s ic . thought t cussion should close.—(Cheers.) Mr. Mosr.m . said that as he had originated the dis cussion he thought it right to say that he was perfectly satisfied with the Chairman's explanation.—(Cheers.' Mr. PEASE also expressed himself satisfied at the curse proposed by the Directors. A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairman and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and the meeting sc parated. We are sorry to hear the Earl cf Bessborough is still confined to his room at his seat, Bessborough-house, county of Kilkenny, from the effects of his fall from his horse a month ago. tto ;1 10 DO' t~ 6 ~,~ ~i~~