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THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY AND THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE. The following letters, some of which were embodied in the petition of the Southern Eastern Counties Company's pe tition, and others in the report, with the examination of other parties implicated, will eaable the reader to judge more cor rectly of the whole bearings of the charge : The humble petition of the south-Eastern Railway Company, under their common seal, Humbly showeth, That your petitioners were incorporated by Act of Parlia ment for the formation and maintenance of a line of railway between the metropolis and Dover, and that branches there from to various towns within the counts of Kent have since been constructed ; and that the said public undertaking, with the works in progress, and those to which the proceedings now before Parliament on behalf of the said company relate, in volves a capital of six millions sterling. That your petitioners introduced various Bills into your Honourable House in the present session for certain extensions of the said railway, one of which said proposed extensions from Hungerford-bridge to Childham, reported for non-com plir-ice of standing orders, is now a project in Group A of your Honourable House. That an opposing company, called " the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Company," has now a Bill before the said Committee, Group A, intituled," a Bill for making a Rail way from London to Canterbury, with Branches therefrom." That your petitioners have been opposing the said London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Bill in the said Committee 22 days to the present day inclusive; and by counsel, agents, and witnesses, at great cost, have been promoting their own competing line, in opposition to the said other projected railway. That in the course of the evidence of your petitioners be fore the said Committee, difficulties were proved to exist'in the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railw a y s cheme, by' rea son of certain objections to the levels and stations in the vicinity of Woolwich. That those facts were supported, on behalf of your peti tioners, by the evidence of the Right Hon. Lord Bloomfield, commandant of the artillery at Woolwich, and other artillery and engineer officers, who stated that the passing of the said North Kent line, as proposed, could not be carried out con sistently with the public safety and the maintenance of that branch of the public service. That the said difficulty raised against the North Kent by this evidence was met by the production of a letter, signed by Mr. Hignett, the solicitor to the said Board of Ordnance, stating the assent to the said railway plan by the said Board of Ordnance. That the following documents in relation thereto are ex traats from the minutes of evidence before the said Committee, Group A : " Office of Ordnance. Jan. 20, 1845, " Sir,—The Master-General and Board of Ordnance having had under consideration your notice No. as to the Ord nance property at Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness, affected by the proposed London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway, I am directed to communicate to you thereon as follows : (Woolwich. )—lf the line of railway be adopted, the Mas ter-General and Board consider it to be quite indispensable that it shall be tunnelled throughout the whole extent of its course through the Ordnance property at this place; and fur ther, that no station be placed so near to the Ordnance boun dary at either end so as to afford a pretext, or create a tempta tion, to persons going to or coming from the station to cross or trespass in any manner upon the Ordnance property. " (Chatham. )—ln the proposed Bill a clause should be in troduced, requiring the railway to pass through the Ordnance property on a plan approved by the Master-General and Board, the details of which should be prepared in this department, showing the manner in which the work must be executed, so as to prevent injury to the defences of the place. ( Sheerness. )—The Master-General and Board cannot sanction the line of railway at this place, an embankment in the Ordnance property being objectionable. Subject to these exceptions, the Master-General and Board assent to the under taking, so far as this property at the above stations is concerned. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " R. BY HAM. " Wm. Stephens, Esq. (North Kent Railway), 30, Bedford-row." " June 9, 1E45, " Sir,—l am instructed by the Provisional Committee of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Company to trans mit to you, for the purpose of being laid before the Master- General and Board of Ordnance, and for their approval and sanction, a map of their proposed line of railway, extending from Blackheath to the further side of Plusnstead-com mon. On the map the line of railway is coloured b'ue, the proposed stations are also coloured blue, and the boundaries of the Ordnance property at Woolwich and Charlton (so far as the same are known to the Company's engineer) are marked by a red shade. The station for the accommodation of Wool wich is proposed to be placed on the west side of Woolwich common, and the approach thereto from the town of Woolwich is proposed to be made along the road called Sandy-hill, and which is coloured yellow on the plan. " As the house belonging to the Ordnance, and usually occupied by the Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery, and also the field in the occupation of the officer com manding the engineers at Woolwich, must unavoidably be greatly interfered with, it is proposed, at the Company's ex pense, to re-build a suitable mansion in such a situation as the Master-General and Board of Ordnance may select, and also so to construct the line of railway as to make the least possible severance in the commanding, engineer's field, and, if required, to purchase proper ground, and at the Com pany's expense, in any other other convenient situation. It is most respectfully submitted to the Master-General and Board of Ordnance that the station for Woolwich will thus be placed in a position to allow of no excuse for trespassing on the Ord nance property, while the situation is as far removed as possible fr om the boundary of the Ordnance grounds so as to leave the Company any chance of profit for their outlay in constructing the railway. The plan. also shows the nearest station to the westward of Woolwich-common, which will be situated at Ki , ibrook-lane, between llorden College, and the inn called The Suo in the Sands,' which it is hoped may be considered by the Master-General and Board of Ordnance as a position which will not at all tend to occasion any trespass on the Ord nance property. " I beg to add that the several portions of the commanding engineer's field would have aff ,rded a more desirable station for the public' and the Company ; but, in order to conform to the views of the Master-General, it has been proposed to place the eastward station at Sandy-hill.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, your moat obedient servant, " J. Hignett, Esq &c." " WILLIAM STEPHENS, " Office of Ordnance, Pall-mall, June 10, 1845. " Sir,-1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 9th wi:h its accompanying plan, showing the proposed l.ne of the North Kent, Railway, from Blackheath to the fur ther side of Plumstead- c,mmon, and the sites of two intended stations. oae to the westward of Woolwich-common, at Ki.l - between Morden College and the inn called The Su n in the Sa:als,' and the other to the eastward, at the west end of Plumstead ; and, having submitted your letter and plan to the Master-General and Board of Ordnance, I am directed to ieform you that they assent to your proposition. The Mas ter-General and the Board consider that those stations will be sufficiently remote from the outward limits of the Ordnance property, not to afford a pretext to persons going to, or coming therefrom, to cross or trespass upon the Ordnance property. •' It is, of course, to be understood that the tunnelling will be executed to the satisfaction of this Board, as already agreed between the department and the Company, and that I am to prepare clauses for insertion in the Bill, to secure the due exe cution of the works assented to by the Master-General of the Board. "On this understanding I have, on their behalf, to express their assent to the have the honour t) be, Sir, your mast obedient humble servant, "J. HIGNETT, solicitor, Ordnance. "Mr. W. Stephens." " Office of Ordnance, June 13, 1845. " Sir.—The Master-General and Board of Ordnance, being of (viol°, that the two stations for the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway, marked on the plan furnished by you, viz., that to the westward at Kiclbrook-lane, between Morten College and the inn calktd The Sun in tho Sands,' and that to the eastward at the nest end of Plumstead-common, having the approach to it from Woolwich along the road called Sandy hill, will both be sufficiently remote from the outward limit of the Ordnance property not to afford a pretext, or occasion, or temptatiin for persons going to, or coming from, those stations to cross or trespass in any manner upon the Ordnance pro perty, lam commanded to communicate the same to you, for the information of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway Company,-1 am, Sir, your most obedient humble perv , nt, " R. BYHAM. " Mr. 'V. Stephens, 30, Bedford-row." " Office of Ordnance, June 24, 1845. " Sir,—With reference to the correspondence which has p-ssed between the Board of Ordnance and the North Kent Railway Company, as to the formation of a tunnel or covered way across Woolwich-common in the manner required by the Master-General and Board, I beg to state that I have prepared, and transmit herewith, a clause for insertion in the Bill, in the event of its being adopted by the Committee, providing that the tunnel and other railway works at that spot are to be executed to the satisfaction of the Board of Ordnance. lam directed to add that the company are not to vary the level of the railway by raising the same ; but that the Master-General and Board consent to any necessary deviation of the level of the railway by lowering the same, or any part of the Ordnance property at Woidwieh-common, to such an extent below the level of the railway as shown in the deposited section thereof, beyond the extent allowed by the General Railway Act, as may be neces sary to give sufficient headway throughout for ventilation or otherwise, as may he required, or as may be pointed out by the Board of Trade or the Inspector-General of Railways.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, "J. HIGNETT, solicitor, Ordnance. " W. Stephens, Esq., solicitor, " London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway." That your petitioners have reason to apprehend that undue influence may have been used by the solicitor of the Board of Ordnance in favour of the said London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway to the prejudice of your petitioners. That your petitioners, under these circumstances, felt it in stembent upon them to lay before the Committee, Group A, a letter addressed in February last to a late secretary of their company from John Hignett, the solicitor of the said Board of Ordnance, and which letter is as follows : " Office of Ordnance, February 3,'1845. "MI dear Sir,—l wifiCank;;uT;iet me have some tickets of admission to the meeting at the City of London Tavern on Thursday next. "I *link you should not overlook Captain Boldero (a member of this Board) in your allocation of the forthcoming share!'; you can address them to him at this office and mark it privat e .' , " I spoke to Mr. Bonham on the same point, but he feels so me difficulty, as there is to be an opposition in .Parliament to your lines. " You can send some shares to him or not, as you please, and mark your letter • private,' and state that you do so at my suggestion. Whatever you intend for me you will also please to mark private.' " Sir J. Goldsmid is, I hear, still bent on a vigorous opposi.• tion ; bet, I have little doubt, if you are firm, that will succeed.you . 4 There is to be a meeting at Greenwich to oppose you; but Mr. Forman (son of the late Colonel Forman), who is interested largely in: respect of some houses, th e pr i ncipal ones in the place, on his own family's account, and also for trustees, will not concur in their views, -but quite the reverse. He is my assistant.—Yours, faithfully, "J, HIGNETT." Wh e n you get before the Committee of the Commons, I will tell you whom to attend to give evidence for you. It will help you greatly. "J. Whitehead, Esq." That, under thelabove circumstances, your petitioners feel that the interests of their proprietary and the public may have been compromised by the corrupt influence of the said John Hignett at the said Board of Ordnance, or that the documents bearing the signature of the said John Hignett may not have had the proper or full consideration and sanction of the said Board of Ordnance. That such corrupt conduct in a public servant of the Crown L not only injurious to the interests of your petitioners, but derogatory to the honour and integrity of public authorities. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your Honour- able House will institute an inquiry into the circumstances of the case, and into the bona fides and expediency of the said arrangements between the said London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway and her Majesty's Board of Ordnan e on behalf of the public service. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. he bought and sold them for me. The nett transaction was, I think, in April • I took up a paper, and I said, " Mr. Hignett, I have selected three lines, and I should like for you to buy me 20 shares in each." (I am stating things as they occurred)-20 in the Manchester and Leeds, 20 in the North British, and 20 in the Glasgow and Edinburgh," all sixteens. I think the Manchester and Leeds I hold now, and these are the papers. (The witness produced the same.) There was a premium paid in the market. And these are the North British. ( The witness produced the same.) The Glasgow and Edinburgh I have not got. I sold them in the market. Chairman : Did you at any time subsequently purchase any shares in the North Kent ?—I did. The letter set forth in the petition is the mo remorkable among those laid before the Committee ; but they consider the following letters worthy of especial notice, as di-ylaying, in a striking manner, the general character of the correspondence which Mr. Hignett allowed himself to carry on with successive secretaries of the South-Eastern Railway Company:— COPY ADDRESSED TO SIR. WHITEHEAD. ("Private.) " March 3, 184.5. My dear Sir—l thank you for your note. I think the Com pany have played their eards badly. Mr. Fearon is very talented and zealous, but he cannot know so well as 1 do the feeling which prevails at Greenwich and Woolwich. I think I could have prevented the petition from Greenwich against you, and which will be so powerful ; it is now too late I fear. I gave you a hint, but as it did not appear to meet with accept ance, I could not press a matter of that delicacy and importance further. I could, however, satisfy you that I could have saved you all trouble at Greenwich, your starting point. If you like to let Captain O'Brien know this, and it be not too late, you may do so privately. I saw that gentleman on Friday; he ap peared to be aware of my friendly views, but he cannot know what I can state and do, unless I have an invitation and assur ance of confidence. I have great personal interest at Green wich and Woolwich, and also at Rochester and Gravesend, and with the well known great personal desire I have always felt and shown to serve the South-Eastern line, it is inconceivable why I was not looked to for assistance. There is no delicacy as far as my friend, Mr. Fearon, is concerned, because I should not, and, indeed, cannot act professionally in this or any case. Hy help would have been entirely from influence at my own control. —Yours very faithfully, " J. HIGNETT." COPY ADDRESSED TO CAPTAIN O'BRIEN. (" Private.) " March 3, 1845. "Dear Sir,—l was about to forward the inclosed note to Mr. Whitehead, but, on reflection, it occurs to me that he may possibly have left you on unfriendly terms, therefore I deem it most prudent to submit it to you, and perhapsl,you had better use it promptly. At all events, I will let you know what I think I can do, and you can then judge for yourself. This, however, I am quite convinced of, that if I had been consulted early and in confidence, I could have rendered assistance of valuable importance. I could have stopped the Greenwich op position, and that would have removed from the Crown an ex cuse for refusing compliance with your wish to pass through or under the Greenwich Park. Pray understand that I submit this to you entirely in confidence.—Yours faithfully, " J. HIGNE TT." ADDRESSED TO CAPTAIN O'BRIEN. .' Office of Ordnance, March 1,1845. "Dear Sir,—l have just been informed that Mr. Goldsmid stated yesterday to an influential friend of mine, that if the Committee on Private Bills should express any opinion in favour of your line he will withdraw frem the contest, and give you no further trouble. I can vouch for the accuracy of this statement, and I thought you would like to know.—ln haste, yours faithfully, " J. HIGNETT. "P. S.—l am concerned to find that 3ou a:e thwarted by this Beard at Chatham." COPY OF CAPIAIN O'BRIEN'S ANSWER. " (Private.) "March 7 , "My Dear Sir,-.I am sorry that an unusual amount of business has prevented me from sooner answering your note of the 3d. I immediately gave to Mr. Whitehead your letter, and I am glad to be able to assure you that he leaves the Com pany on very amicable and friendly terms. I begged him to explain to you, if he happened to see you, that the Directors are aware of your friendly disposition towards the South. Eastern Railway, and that they feel much obliged to you for such sup port as you could give to these schemes of great public utilit y . Any information which you see no objection to give to me I shall be most happy to communicate to the Board; and I need hardly assure you that we are glad of any help in this great un dertaking. Believe me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours, " W. O'BRIEN." And the following, subsequently addressed to Captain O'Brien : " (Private.) " Office of Ordnance, April 18, 1845. "Dear Sir,--It has been hinted to me this morning that now is the time for a compromise between your Company and the North Kent party. I have heard that the Committee on Standing Orders will decide for the latter, but the Chairman waits to give you time for an arrangement. I have no doubt about the accuracy of my information, and have only forborne to write to or see you on the subject, that I might not be trou blesome. As I have said before, if I can he of any use, I shall be most happy in affording any assistance in my power. " Yours faithfully, " J. HIGNETT. " Addressed to Captain O'Brien," &c. " Office of Ordnance, April 28, 1845. " Dear Sir,—l forgot to tell you in my letter of this morn• ing, that we have received an overture from Mr. Moneypenny, on behalf of the Hvstings, Rye, and Tenterden Railway Com pany, for the purchase of the Royal Military Canal from Hithe to Cliff, in Sussex. We shall let them have it.—Yours. faithfully, " Addressed to Captain O'Brien," &c. . J. HIGNETT, " June 26, 1845. " Dear Sir,—Mr. Fearon has just written to tell me that he means this morning to produce a letter of mine to Mr. White head, dated 3d of February last, before the Committee. I have no copies of any letters I wrote to Mr. Whitehead ; but in the strictest confidence I certainly wrote both to him and yourself. I protest against this most unfair and unwarrantable breach of confidence, which I am quite sure you will not sanction, nor would any of the Directors.—" Yours, faithfully, "J. HIGNETT. " Addressed Captain O'Brien, &c.—lmmediate." In reference to the payme• t of 3001. for Mr. Bonham's ser vices in passing the South-Eastern Railway Company's Bill, through Parliament, already alluded to, his statement is as follows -- " In the early part of the session of 1836, Mr. Wray, to whom I was under particular obligations (it is not necessary to state them with any explicitness), came to me and said, I am very much interested in the success of the South-Eastern Railway, and I wish you would give us a lift ; and I want your advice upon some points.' I said, 'My dear Wray, I owe very great obligations to yea, and will do any thing in my power to serve you.' He said, I should be very much obliged to you if you would.' And, upon that, I have not the least hesitation in stating that I did all I could indi vidually to assist Mr. Wray in the object he had in view ; that is, in plain terms, I did what I could to assist him in passing that Bill, both in and out of Parliament. Mr. %'Tray never held out to me one word, nor did any conversation ever take place, as to any advantage of any kind or sell that I was to de rive from it. I considered it a great personal advantage. I mean personal, with reference to the debt of gratitude that I owed him. I considered it a great pleasure to myself to do what I could for him. There w er e some questions upon the French lines where I gave them some advice, I w 11 not say assistance, because they were able to assist themselves. I never had any communication in any way with any of the members of the South-Eastern Railway Committee. 1 never had from them, directly or indirectly, any offer of any personal advantage to myself to be derived from it. After that bill was passed, Mr. Wray came to me and stated that the South-Eastern Railway Company felt that I had been of use to them, great use to them, I think he said, and that they had kept a quantity of reserved shares, which had not been disposed of, and that they had determined to appropriate one hundred shares fur my benefit. Mr. Wray said. ' I know it will not be convenient for you to hold these shares,' meaning, of course, what I do not deny, that lam not a rich man. ' I will hold them for you, and I think I can derive some advantage from them ;' and Mr. Wray, I think, about three weeks afterwards (he w ill be able to tell you better,) came to me and said, I have been able to make 3001. of those shares, which I will give you.' From be ginning to end, so far as I know of the transaction, I have no hesitation in stating that this is the whole of the transaction. It is nine years ago, and I had very much forgotten it ; my impression was, the other day, that Ihad not received the 3001. but that, in point of fact, as I owed Mr. Wray money, Mr. Wray had received the 3001. for my benefit, liquidating the debt. That was my impression ; but the day before yesterday, when I stated this to Mr. Wray, he said, You are wrong, depend upon it; I gave you the money, either in a cheque or money.' And I said, " If you did, I have not the least recollection; but as I never meant to suppose for a moment that I had not had the benefit of it in some way, you are much more likely to know than I am, and, therefore, I take it for granted, under the circumstances, that I received the money.' I have not the least recollection of re ceiving it, bat 1 take it for granted that so it is. I cannot have the slightest doubt about it, and I must take it for granted that he did give me the cheque. I can only state again, that as to the transaction itself, there was never, at the time I assisted him, the smallest expectation on my mind of deriving any advantage from it; and, of course, when I state this, the Committee will mostnaturally and properly take care to ascertain that fact from other quarters. I think I can undertake to say, not knowing who the Directors of the South-Eastern Company were at that time so much as this, that all those gentlemen will tell you the same. I should hope so, for, upon my honour,l do not know their names, notall of them ; but I challenge them all, from beginning to end, to say that I had ever the slightest expec tation of any kind or sort, and Mr. Wray also; and the proposal as to these shares was never made to me till after the Bill had passed, and the shares I never received, inasmuch as it would not have been convenient ; but the shares' worth, afterwards, I did receive from Mr. Wray ; that is the transaction." It appears further, from the testimony of Mr. Bonham him self, that he held and still holds shares in the North Kent Com pany. The following is a portion of his evidence upon this point It appears that, on the 9th of June, Captain Boldero seld the last mentioned shares. He explains his motives as fol lows: What was the date of that purchase, and the number of shares? That was in April ; the next and only other transac tion that I had in the North Kent, something occurred in getting the Bill through the Committee; some objec tions were got over, and a friend advised me to re invest in the North Kent. On the 25th of April, I asked Mr. Hignett to buy me fifty or sixty shares. In the afternoon he came and said that he had bought 120 North Kent shares. I said, " That is more than I want," and I took 70. There was 2/. premium paid. I asked him, also, to buy 25 shares in the North Kent, for a connexion of mine, which he did at 2/. premium. Sir C. Douglas—Were those 25 over and above the 70?—Certainly. Mr. T. Egerton—Did you pay a deposit with the premium ?—They were sold in the market at 21. premium on the deposit ; the shares were, I think, at 11. 15e. each, and 21. was the premium added to the deposit ; I sold thirty of those shares in April, and I kept the re mainder until the 9th of June. On the 9th of June I sent to Mr. Hignett, and desired him to sell the 65. Mr. Pakington— Your remaining 40, and your friend's 25 ?—Exactly. There were 30 sold first, and on the 9th of June I sold 65. Here is the paper---" sixty-five North Kent shares, 9th of June." I sold them at 2# premium. Chairman: You have ceased to be a shareholder in the North Kent Company ? I have. You have not had any shares since ?—No. Your purchases and sales were made in the name of Mr. Hignett?—They were. Under your direction ? Certainly. Your name not appearing in the transaction at all ?—I suppose not; I told him to buy and sell just as I felt a disposition to speculate. The reason why I sold on the 9th of June I will explain; finding that the evidence was being received by the Committee, contrary to the spirit and wishes of the Master-General, it struck me that possibly some question might arise in which I should be called upon to ofer some explanation, and that induced me to sell. Mr. Duncombe : Where did you expect that explanation would be called for ?—ln the House; there might be some pe tition or discussion about it. I saw that as the matter was going on, Ihad better be out of it. But previously to this the Master-General having given his consent to the three competing lines, unqualified to one and condi tional to the other, which conditions had been accepted, I did not think it possible that any question could arise in the department affecttng the merits of either line, the Master- General having left it to Parliament which of the lines was the best, his assent being given to all three. I understand you to say that the reasons why you directed that the sale should take place were that certain proceedings were going on before the Committee, in consequence of which you thought that the propriety of your holding these shares might be questioned ? Decidedly. I had previously entertained the opinion that no possible question could come before us. I thought that the present conditions of the Master-General would, in this case, as in every case which we had had before, be insisted upon by the Committee to which the Bill wont. I had never known any instance to the contrary. The following evidence was given by Mr. Wray, Receiver- General of Police : Chairman—Were you engaged in promoting the South- Eastern Railway Bill in the year 1836?—Yes, I was. I was retained by the Company for that purpose, as barrister, or pro fessional man. Were you not then the receiver of the police? Yes, I was ; at that time I was not of the police courts. When you say you were retained as a barrister, is the Committee to understand that it was strictly a professional engagement ? Yes, in this way : I retired from practice at the time of my ap pointment in 1839, but I had a good deal of business as arbi trator and referee, and the manner in which I acted for the South-Eastern Company was this : I arbitrated a great many of the claims of gentlemen of landed property, and amongst the rest Lord Strangford's case. I settled and awarded him 3,0001. as compensatiou for his land, by which 1 saved the South-Eastern Company a very large sum, for, in point of fact, they had given me authority for a good deal more. What were the duties you had to discharge as a barrister ?—I had three or four references of that kind, and generally promoting the inte rests of the company, and of course I did everything I could to promote them. Did you canvass members of Parliament on behalf of that company ?—Yes, certainly. Were you acting with any other persons in the same way ?—No, I am not aware of that. It is a difficult thing to recollect what occurred so many years ago now, but I have no recollection of any par ticular persons. How were you paid by the Company for your services ?—I thought myself very ill-paid, but I think al together about 2001. or 3001. That you considered was for professional services, and for canvassing?—lt was for a long time : I might have been six weeks, or perhaps two months altogether engaged, and I was asked to go over to Paris to ne gotiate with the French Government for a continuation of the railroad, which 1 believe they now style the French Northern Railroad, with Dr. Bowring and Captain Pringle. I declined it ; I thought I could not well go consistently with my other engagements ; those gentlemen went, and of course were paid for their services, and I, in fact, subscribed money towards it. MIDLAND RAIL WAY COMPANY. DERBY, SATURDAY EVENING. —This afternoon a special general meeting of the Proprietors of the Midland Railway was held in the large room at the station in this town, for the purpose of agreeing to a lease of the Great North of England Railway. Considerable disappointment was felt by a number of Share holders, who left London by the train for Derby in the morn • ing. This train should have arrived in Derby half an hour before the meeting commenced, but, in consequence of a large number of private carriages having arrived at the Euston square station to go by the quick train to Birmingham, which starts before nine o'clock, that train was delayed three-quarters of an hour beyond its usual time of starting. The Derby train consequently could not get off, and instead of starting at eine o'clock, the usual time, it was ten before the train left the station. Several of the Sh ireholders of the Midland Railway were in the train, together with the reporters for the railway press, and much disappointment was felt by the parties as they did not arrive at the meeting until half an hour after its com mencement. George Hudson, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, occupied the chair. The Secretary (J. F. BELL, Esq.) having read the advers tisement, by which the meeting had been convened, The CHAIRMAN submitted a resolution confirming the agreement entered into with the Great North of England Com pany. The Chairman entered into a statement of the advan tages likely to arise from the arrangement which had been made, and recapitulated nearly the same arguments which ke used at the meeting on the same subject, held a fortnight ago, of the shareholders of the other railways, with which Mr. Hud son is connected. Captain WATTS contended that too high a price had been paid for the Great North of England line, and moved that the agreement be rejected. The motion, however, fell to the ground, for want of a seconder. The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution, when the shareholders who had come by the trains from London entered the room. Colonel BLAINE, who was one, said that he had just arrived by the train which had been so much delayed, and therefore he did not knew what proceedings had taken place. He would, however, before the resolution was put, suggest that if there should be more than 10 per cent. returns on the Midland Rail way, some of the surplus should be given to the shareholders in the Birmingham and Derby Railway. The CHAIRMAN said he should be delighted to see the time arrive when this railway paid ten per cent. Certainly, he would be very glad, if he had the opportunity, of supporting the proposition of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman. It must, however, be remembered, that their receipts must increase 250,000/. before they would be enabled to pay ten per cent., and that even to pay ole per cent. more than they did now would require an increase of nearly 50,0001. That was without taking into account any increased expenditure. He did not say that such an increase would not take place ; he hoped it would, of course; but, certainly, if it should, and they should be enabled to pay ten per cent., he should be glad to aid in crrrying out the proposition of the Honourable and Gallant Gentleman. Col. BLAINR expressed himself perfectly satisfied. The resolution was then put, and unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said—l think this is not an unfitting opportunity to call the attention of the Proprietors to the different extensions of our lines which we have felt it our duty, at various times, to submit to your consideration. We anticipate that every person who has watched the course of late events will be impressed with the conviction that the Lon don and York Bill will not be enabled to pass through Parlia ment this session. We may, therefore, fairly anticipate that the whole of the projects in the group of Bills referred to the Committee will go over to the next session. There will' then be a fair and open field for us all, the London and York, the Cam bridge and Lincoln, and other companies. Gentlemen, it was said last night in the House of Lords by a Noble and Learned Lord that we had been the means of placing obstructions in the way of passing the London and York Bill, that the counsel em ployed by the companies with which I have the honour to be connected had been the means of obstructing the Bill, and of preventing a decision being come to on the merits of the dif ferent lines. A Noble Lord did me the honour to get up and give a contradiction to Lord Brougham, for the Noble and Learned Lord had stated a thing that was totally untrue. Among other thingl that Lord Brougham stated was that we hail twelve counsel employed. The simple fact is that we had four or five counsel who, during the progress of the London and York case, attended to watch the course of the business. But when the Cambridge and Lincoln came under consideration of the Committee, our counsel did not attend, because we did not feel ourselves in a position to oppose that company. We, therefore, took no part whatever then in the proceedings. Then came on the direct Northern, in which we were interested, and then our counsel did attend. Every one knows that that ease did not last more than a week or so; and to say that we were the means of obstructing the business of the Committee was a most unfair and unjust accusation, not only upon you, but upon me individually. The Faringdon station case is now before the Committee ; and as i n t h e case o f th e Cambridge and Lincoln, we did not think that we were in a position to oppose it, and therefore we withdrew our counsel from the Committee. As I said before, I think that no determination will be come to upon these Bills this session, and we shall, therefore, have to begin afresh. The Directors of this Com pany have taken an interest in the lines which have been before Parliament, w hi c h li nes we f e l t it our d u ty to resist as much as possible. I allude to the Chesterfield and Sheffield and the Sheffield and Newark. We opposed them, and very fortunately we were s uccess f u l i n th row i ng ou t th e two lines. We were, however, fully aware that such a district as that ought to be supplied with railway communication, and we are quite prepared to adopt such measures as will enable us to supply that district with good railway communication. We intend, therefore, gentlemen, to request Mr. Stephenson to survey for us a good communication with Nottingham, going near to Newark, then going on to Mansfield and down to Ches terfield. We are also fully aware, from the feeling which has been evinced in the town of Sheffield, that it is our duty to give to that town a better southern communication. Ido not think, however, that there will be any saving in time, although there may be in distance. Still, seeing the feeling of the town, we are prepared to recemmend to the Proprietors of this Corn pany to adopt a li ne w hi c h w ill g i ve a b e t ter sou th ern com munication to Sheffield than at present exists. We are also anxious to accommodate Worksop, and we hope to be enabled to give such accommodation to that town and its neigh bourhood as will be satisfactory to you and to the public. You are aware that there is a line projected called the Barnsley Junction. This will accommodate Silkstone coal fields. We propose to do this, if no other parties purpose doing so, but we do not wish to interfere with our neighbours, the Sheffield and Manchester Company, if they think proper to afford the accommodation. You are aware that we have two lines, one from Nottingham to Lincoln, and the other from Syston to Peterborough. These Bills have received the royal assent, and the railway from Nottingham to Lincoln we shall open to the public as early next year as we possibly can. (Applanse. ) The town of Grantham we hope to supply from our Syston and Peterborough branch, which will give bath a northern and a southern communication. There will be a northern communication by means of the Amber-gate scheme, of the capital of which this Company holds one quarter. Chairman : Will you state the number of shares you had in .he North Kent Railway ?—I had 100. You purchased 100 ? —Ye.. You still hold them ?—Yes ; that i s t o say . I had 125 ; those 125, it seems, were sold upon a profit of some where about 2s. 6d. or perhaps ss. a share. Lord Worsley : You mean the whole 125 7—Yes. Chairman : Then you pur chased again ?—Yes, I purchased again very recently 100, and those I have. Did you buy them in the market ?—I bought them, at least my friend who managed the transaction for me, bought them in the market at a high premium. They were not bought in your name ?—They were not bought in my name. Your name does not appear ?—No, it does not ; suppose not. Then they are, in fact, held by him at this mo. ment ?—They are, in fact, at this moment held by him. Are they held by him in trust for you ?—Yes. You having paid the deposit and the premium ?—He must have paid the de posit and the premium ; they are held by him in his hands for me. In point of fact, up to this time, you have paid no thing ?—I have paid nothing upon those ; they were bought only a few days ago. Was that friend any person connected With the Board of Ordnance ?—Not in the remotest degree. Was it any person connected with the promoters of the North Kent Railway ?—Not in the remotest degree. Captain Boldero's evidence was next taken. Captain Bol dero had only received the evidence taken on the first day of the sitting of the Committee when he »a as examined. He de nied that Mr. Hignett had any authority to use his name in the letter of the 3d of February. The facts elicited in the examination of Captain Boldero are briefly stated in the fol lowing extracts from his evidence : Chairman—Are you a holder of shares in the North Kent Railway ?—I am not now ; I was. Did you buy them yourself in the market ?—I did not buy them my se lf in the market. Will you state the particulars of that transaction to the Committee? Decidedly. The date when you became a shareholier in the North Kent Railway, and the date when you got rid of those shares ?—Until the beginning of this year I never held a railway share of any description. My first trans action in speculating a little in railways commenced thus :—A (rind of mine asked me if I would buy some shares in the Chester and Holyhead. I said, " Yes; provided they are moderate in price." It was finally agreed between him and me that I should buy twenty shares of him, and he would deliver them in the course of four er five days if I would give him a cheque for 1401. I sent for the newspaper, and I blind the shares quoted in the market at 6i. He said, " Well, if you give me a cheque for 14'1. that will include brokerage and every thing," and I bought the shares. On the 10th of March I asked Mr. Hignett to buy me 90 shares more in the Chester and Holyhead. I knew no broker : I was never on the Stock Exchange, and I therefore asked him to buy them for me. Mr. Pakington :—And you got those shares ?—Yes ; he bought them for me at my desire. On the 7th of March Mr. Hignett was at my room, and we spoke about the North Kent Railway. He said he thought it was a good speculation ; the premium was very low, and I requested him to buy me 100 shares. H bought 100 aharee, and of course paid the ioremivat, and paid the brokerage, and I paid him for them. I kept them for a short time, and sold them. Mr. Pakington : The whole business was transacted by Mr. Hignett?—lt was; TFIE SUN, LONDON, MONDA V' EVENING, JULY 14, 1845. When the line is completed, they will not As have the best north and south communication at Grantha , but the best communication to the west of England. You are aware that we have a scheme before Parliament for a line from Swinton to Lincoln and from Lincoln to Ely. This scheme has been all but rejected for the present, but I see no reason why it should not be prosecuted next session if we do not this. We will, gentlemen, now come a little nearer home. We propose to make a line from Burton to Leicester. We have made ar rangements by which we have purchased the Leicester and Swannington Railway. We have guaranteed to the pro prietors of that railway an interest of eight per cent., the return which the railway makes to them at the present time. We feel that it is important that we should have possession of that line, as it will form part of the line from Burton to Leicester. There are other mea sures which are before us, by which we hope to fortify your position, and by which we shall endeavour to make our railways afford the public accommodation in the best possible manner. We may consider that we have now 800 miles of railway which have been sanctioned by Parliament, all carried on, and to be carried on, I may say, under one direction. We shall, therefore, be enabled to carry on the undertakings in a manner far more efficiently than it would be possible for any other company to do. I am sure that every one around me will admit that a more perfect establishment than ours could not be found, and I hope and trust that it will long continue to be so, and I trust that we shall continue the undertaking in such a manner as to entitle us to the continued support of those who have invested their money in these Companies. Gentlemen, there is one other matter to which I beg to call your attention, and that is that in the next published returns of the Midland Railway we shall include the receipts of the Birmingham and Gloucester and Gloucester and Bristol lines. We think it better that they should appear together. I hope and trust that the receipts which have latterly appeared have been satisfac tory to the Proprietors. I think that they justify the step which we took as Directors, in leasing the Birmingham and Bristol lines. I think that the receipts will still continue to be satisfactory, and still further justify the step which we took. —( Applause.) The reason why we thought it better to unite the receipts of all the Companies was, that it would give you a better opportunity of estimating the value of your stock. Gentlemen, 1 have now discharged my duty as chairman of this meeting ; but there is one other subject to which I beg to call your attention. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. STEPHENSON. The CHAIRMAN continued. The subject which lam about to bring under your notice is one which has already occupied your attention, and I may say the attention of the whole rail way world. I had the honour of bringing the subject forward at the meeting at York, of the York and North Midland Com pany, and also at the meeting of the Newcastle and Darlington Company. We shall not take any resolution now ; but I have now alluded to the subject in order to give the public notice, with the approbation of my colleagues, of our intention to submit a proposition to you with reference to an individual to whom, I believe, all will admit this country owes a deep debt of gratitude for his having invented the locomotive, and applied it to railways, and brought the railways to their present state of perfection. This is not the first public tribute that has been paid to his ability; the town of Liverpool has had the honour of taking the lead, as she had a right to do, but we all owe him a deep debt of gratitude. Every Proprietor in the kingdom is indebted to my friend George Stephenson.—( Cheers.) lam sure that the proposition, which it is our intention to submit, will be received with that cordiality and warmth by this Com pany which it fully deserves. I will say no more at present, because I have dwelt on a former occasion on the excellencies of my friend. With these observations, I beg to thank you for the hearing you have given me, and I hope to meet you on the 25th, when I expect to bring with me a satisfactory state ment of our affairs.—The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud applause. A PROPRIETOR suggested to the Chairman the propriety of taking steps to support the Derby and Crewe Company, as the Tean and Dove Valley Company had lately altered their plans, and might, therefore, become a source of competition with projects sanctioned and supported by the Midland Com pany. The CHAIRMAN said such a matter had better be left to be discussed in the board-room. Colonel BLAINE suggested th at, as a proposition for a tes timonial to Mr. Stephenson had been made, it would be a good opportunity for steps being taken for getting up a testimonial to Mr. Hudsen.—( Cheers). The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. PARLIAMENT.&R Y DIVISIONS. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JUNE 11. POOR-LAW AMENDMKNT (SCOTLAND) I3ILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Thirty-fifth Clause :—Parochial Board may resolve as to the manner in which the assessment shall be imposed, and may resolve that one half shall be imposed on the owners, and the other half upon the tenants, or that one half shall be imposed on the owners of lands according to the annual value, and the other half upon the inhabit ants, according to their means and substance, or that such assess ment shall be Imposed as an equal per ceiltage upon the annual value of the lands, and upon the estimated annual income of the inhabit ants, and from means and substance:"—Question put, " That the said Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 92. Acland, Sir T. D. Darby, George Mackenzie, T. A'Court, Captain Davies, David A. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Ainsworth, Peter Denison, E. 11. M`Neill, tonneau Antrobus, Edmund Dickinson, F. H. M`Taggart, Sir J. Arundel, Earl of Douglas, J. D. S. Masterman, John Baillie, Colonel Duncan, Viscount Meynell, Captain Baillie, 11. J. Duncombe, A. Morrison, James Balite, Walter Fitzroy, Henry Nicholl, John Baird, W. Fremantle, Sir T. Palmer, Robert Balfour, J. M. Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Sir Robert Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Jonathan Bentinck, Lord G. Godson, Richard Pringle, Alexander Blackburne, J. 1. Gordon, Captain Pusey, Philip Bodkin, W. 11. Gore, Montague Repton, G. W. J. Boldero, 11. G. Goulburn, 11. ltolleston, Colonel Borthwlck, Peter Graham, Sir J. Scott, Francis Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, J. H. Sheridan, R. B. Ilroadley, Henry Hamilton, George A. Smith, T. 11. C. Brotherton, Joseph Hatton, Captain Stnollett, Alexander Bruce, Lord E. Bowes, B. Somerset, Lord G. Buckley, Edmund Henley, J. W. Stuart, Lord J. Campbell, Sir Ilugh Herbert, Sidney Sutton, H. N. Cardwell, Edward Hope, Sir John Tennent J. E. Christopher, R. A. Hope, Charled Clayton, R. R. I lope, G. W. Tower, Christopher Trench, Sir F. Clive, Robert 11. Howard, I'. H. Trevor, G.;R. Cockburn, Sir G. Hughes, W. B. Vesey, Thomas Colehrooke. Sir T. Hutt, William Wellesley, Lord C. Corry, Henry Jermyn, Earl Craig, W. G. Johnstone, Sir J. TZLLERS. Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl Young, John Darner, Colonel Lockhart, William Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY—NOES, 32. Archbold,"Robert Ferguson, Sir It. itawdon, Col. Bouverie, E. P. Forster, Matthew Redington, T. N. Bowling, Dr. Gladstone, Captain Ross, D. it. Browne, W. Hattie, Archibald Scrope G. P. Chapman,:Benjamin Hume, Joseph,. Somerville, Sir W N Clements, Viscount Maher, N. Stewart, P. M. Crawford, W. S. Mitcalfe, Henry Turner, Edmund Dennistoun, J. Morris, David Wawn, J. T. •Duff, James Muntz, G. F. "Madam, Frederick Napier, Sir C. Esmonde, Sir Thos. O'Connell, M. J. E wart, William Paget, Colonel TELLERS. Ellice, Edward Duncan, George Fifty-third Clause :—lf any Inspector of the Poor shall not per form the duty of his office, or shall, in the opinion of the Board of Supervision, be unfit to perform such duties, it shall he lawful for the said Board to dismiss such Inspector :—Amendment proposed, in page 24, line 15, after the word " Supervision," to insert the words " or Parochial Board :"—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 11. Lockhart, W. Smollett, A Mackenzie, T. MlL'a,ggart, Sir J. Morris, David O'Connell, M. J. Bonvcrie, E. P. Chapman, B. Colebrooke, Sir T. Duncan, George Hope, Sir John TELLMI. Duncan, Viscount Craig, W. G. MAJORITY-NOES, 81. Baine, W. Ellice, Edward M'Nelll, Duncan Baird, William Ewart, William Manners, Lord C. Balfour, J. M. Ferguson, Sir It. I. Masterman, John Baring, W. B. Fitzroy Henry Meynell, Captain Bentinck, Lord G. Fremantle, Sir T. Napier, Sir C. Ntcholl, John Peel, Sir R. Bernard, Berkeley, v C i s a c% t u a t i i n t Gordo Gore, 1 1 o C n a t p a t g a ii i e n Blake, M. J. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Borthwick, Peter Graham, Sir J. Pringle, Alexander Bowes, John Hatnilton, J. H. Rawdon, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, G. A. Ross, David R. Bowling, Dr. Hamilton, W. J. Scott, Francis Brotherton, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Smith, T. B. C. Browne, W. Hastie, Archibald Stewart, P. M. Bruce, Lord E. Hatton, Captain Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, Henry Sutton, Henry Thesiger, Sir F. CCCliaearrydk:os Burroughs,ise 1 Carswell, Edward t G E ;1 1 1 . v . a : S r d . 1 1 1 1 I I : o c o e rpnpbelece: Henley, , h. J. v i r , l l l . V e n s e . y Trench, Sir F. W. Cockburn, Sir G. Houldsworth, T. Trevor, G. R. Cole, H. A. Howard, Philip H. Vesey, Thomas Corry, Henry Hutt, William Villiers, Viscount Cripps, W. Ingestre, Viscount Warburton, H. Curie's, H. E. Jertnyn, Earl Wawn, J. T. Davies, D. A. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Wellesley, Lord C. Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of TELLERS. Duncombe, A. Lowther, Sir J. H. Young, John Dundas, F. Mackenzie, W. F. Lennox, Lord A. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. SATURDAY, JULY 12. Epping Railway,—Report, Tuesday, July 15. Rye and Tenterden Railway,—Report, Tuesday, July 15. Richmond (Surrey) Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland),—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Cork and Bandon Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Lynn and Dereham Railway,—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tuesday, July 15. Great Western (Ireland) Railway (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone),—Lords' amendments to be considered, Tues day, July 15. Gravesend and Rochester Railway,—Report to be consi dered, Tuesday, July 15. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Ladies, whether temporarily exposed to the scorching rays of the summer sun, or frequenting the crowded saloon, or close assembly, will find Rowland's Kalydor a most refreshing preparation and auxiliary to comfort, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation from the complexion, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The numerous varieties of cu- taneous eruptions, sunburn freckles, tan, and disloura tions, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately clear and soft. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy and haut ton. The high re putation it bears causes unprincipled shopkeepers to offer their spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of the most deleterious ingredients, containing mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellent action endangering health. It is there fore imperative on purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an engraving of exquisite beauty, from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) All others are fraudulent counterfeits. CAUTION.—RoyaI patronage and general opinion has well rewarded the efforts made to introduce Llama Wool into this country, the sole manufacturing of the same, as shown in the Registered Paletot, being restricted to the exclusive use of Messrs. Nicoll, who are protected under the new Act. Its ad mirable qualities are enhanced by its being welladapted to meet the sudden changes of the climate of this country as that essen tial article of dress, a coat—light in weight, dark in colour, and yet equally applicable over another in bai weather, as by itself in the fair or sunny days. The great success attending the sale of the Registered Paletot, has induced many persons to attempt to foist upon the public a bad imitation, which, if not in time corrected, would injure the Llama Wool as an article of commerce, its reputation now being steadily established. A caution to the public is perhaps unnecessary that only firms of the first respectability have been appointed country agents. But unprincipled persons unlawfully attempting to impose are hereby warned that they are subject to a heavy penalty on each offence, which, after this date, will be enforced according to the end D. N provisions ic o: ll, 6 l a l n 6 d , R 7 e V g i e c a.i44 c t a r p e .6s. —Signed July 10, H. J. 10711d011. RIGHT AT LAST. During the past week a decision was come to by the magistrates of Bow •street police-court, which is of some importance to licensed victuallers, and may be worth the attention of the various police magistrates. The facts are as follows :—For some time past the police of the F division (by the orders of Sandrock, until lately the superintendent) have been in the habit of summoning the landlords of various public-houses in the district, for permitting prostitutes to meet together in their houses. Among other houses proceeded against were the Old Drury, the White Hart, &c., the landlords of which were on each occasion fined to a large amount. They invariably appealed against the convictions at the ses sions, and almost in every instance succeeded in over throwing the decisions of the stipendiary magistrates. About a month since Mr. Smith, landlord of the White Hart, disposed of his business to a Mr. Moncrieff, who, after he had been in the house only four days, was sum moned for allowing prostitutes to assemble in his house, When the case came on before Mr. Jardine, Mr. Duncombe, the solicitor, drew the attention of the magistrate to the fact that "prostitutes," in the proper construction of the Act, were not within the denomination of notori ously bad characters, which had always been considered to be thieves and frequenters of flash houses. . In conse quence of this statement, Mr. Jardine, taking also into consideration the short time Mr. Moncrieff had been in possession of the house, agreed to suspend the summons for a month, in order that the police might see the manner in which the house should be conducted, and t' see whether Mr. Moncrieff would still persist in carrying on his business in the same manner. Three days after, another summons was issued against Mr. Moncrieff for a similar offence. On that occasion, Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended for the defence. The Learned Counsel informed the magistrate, that a short time since he was present at the sessions, when Mr. Smith appealed against a conviction for a like offence. Mr. Montague Chambers on that occasion attend& d for the police commis sioners, and Mr. Bodkin for the appellant. The latter contended that the conviction ought to be quashed, on the ground that prostitutes were not included in the ca talogue of notoriously bad characters, and were not even mentioned in the licence, or the Act of Parliament 9 Geo. IV., cap. 61. They had quite as much right to obtain refreshment as any other persons. The Learned Counsel for the Commissioners concurred in this view of the case, as did also the Chairman ; and it was agreed by all that the appellant was entitled to have the con viction quashed, which was instantly done. Mr. Jardine said he was aware that no mention was made of prostitutes in the licences of publicans, nor had he been able to discover, until mentioned by the Learned Coun sel (Mr. Clarkson), on what grounds the numerous appeals had been quashed at the sessions. He would make inquiries respecting them immediately, and if it was found to be the real reason he would alter his views of such charges for the future.—Mr. Clarkson said be would leave the case in the hands of the Court, to be decided according . to the precedenthe had mentioned, and ifaday was appointed for a re-hearing of the charge. On that day Mr. Duncombe appeared for the defendant, and the inspector on duty delivered a message from the Com missioners in Scotland-yard, to the effect that, in conse quence of the decision of the magistrates at sessions, they had thought it advisable to withdraw the sum monses, and the complaint was therefore dismissed. [ADVERTISEMENT.] RE PORT of JOHN M'KINNON, ESQ . HYGEIAN GENERAL AGENT TO THE BR: TISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH. Cape Breton, April 2, 1845. To Messrs. Morison and Moat, London. Dear Sirs,—lt was with feelings of delight that I perused in the British journals the ascendancy which the Hygeian system and medicines are rapidly attaining in despite of the host of enemies they have been opposed to, and that at length there are symptoms of that justice being bestowed upon the founder that he was entitled to years ago. The name of the late venerable James Mori son is already well known to thousands in almost every corner of the globe. As one of his old soldiers and re lieved patients, I feel pleasure and duty prompting me to cast in my mite in behalf of the noble cause, to which I have been attached for a number. of years ; at the same time I do not think it necessary to repeat such cases as have been advertised over and over again, in similar diseases, and proclaimed to the world. I shall therefore confine myself to astonishing re coveries, made under God's blessing by the pills and powder of the British College of Health, since my last report, and which has been crowned with victory, after the licensed practitioners had been forced to relinquish all hope, and consequently must be acceptable to all true Hygeists. Case I.—ln June, 1844, Donald M'Donald, aged twenty-six, was brought to me in a deplorable condition, he could not walk from the largeness of the rupture in a dangerous and tender part, which had become so large that it resembled a three half pint ink bottle. I gave him a bandage, with directions to take up the same as the rupture decreased. I put him on twenty pills daily, 1 and 2 alternate days, and desired him to disolve the 2's and wash externally with the decoction ; good signs soon appeared and he continued about s'x weeks, when a cure was performed; he is now in good health, and as active as if he never had been afflicted. Case 2.—Michael Done, aged 13 years, brought to me in August last, from his ancle to the knee of the right leg the flesh had been entirely eaten away by the evil. which had all joined into one frightful sore, several small bones had worked out ; he had been declared in curable by the doctors. I kept him on daily purgation, with alternate doses of Nos. 1 and 2, without intermis sion for nearly five months ; the only outward appli cation was a salve, made by myself, to keep the dirt and cold from the wound, with a cover of common adhesive plaster to keep the salve to the part. He has been dis• charged perfectly sound many weeks since, and his father has recently informed me that his bJy is as well as his heart could desire. Case 4.—Ranna Hill, Esq., for a considerable time under the hands of the doctors, in a consumptivt , dis• case, without benefit. Cured under the following treat ment:—three days, doses each day, six No. 1 pills; every fourth day, a sufficient dose of No. 2's to carry off the obnoxious matter collected by the preceding doses of ones. Case s.—Similar to No. 4 ; not at liberty to name the individual. Case 6.—W,ilham Rudderham, cureil,,hy o Morison's pills, of discharges of bloody urine. The doctors could not assist him; he had long tried to no good purpose. Case 7.—Fenenda Spencer, a young woman, had been in a general decline for a long time ; when she first commenced with the universal medicine, she did not appear within the reach of human aid, but the last ac count her friends gave me was in these words, " she is getting rapidly well, and the glow of health has again begun to bloom in her face." Case B.—Thomas Townsend, of Louisburg, at death's door ; violent crampings, vomiting and purging, resem bling the cholera, the doctor was of no service to him. Strong doses of Morison's No. 2 pills gave relief, and brought a perfect cure. I could spin out this report to a great length were I to name minor cases, such as croup in children, who have been snatched from the grave by the pills, after having been given up by the doctors. I shall thus far conclude with case No. 9, which is de tailed in a letter from a very respectable gentleman at Margarie, addressed to the General Agent, and is worthy of a place in this report. Case 9. Margarie, C. 8., Jan. 10, 1845. To John M'itinnon, Esq, Dear Sir,—lt would be a base act of injustice to you, and to suffering humanity in general, were I to pass by in silence the blessing my family have received by the use of Morison's Pill's, which, under the sanction and influence of the great and high Physician both of soul and body, have brought about a most happy change. My wife had been labouring under a very severe and afflicting case of disease for a length of time, the symptoms of which I deem unnecessary to state further than that she had been confined to bed for eighteen months. The best medical advice and medicines our island afforded were long sought for and administered, but all to no good purpose. So very low and reduced had she become, that a travelling minister actually remained, and was detained by me for two days, for the express purpose of committing her remains to the grave and to improve the opportunity by preaching a funeral sermon. I had also detained a medical gentleman under my roof for eight days, at the end of which period he gave up all hopes of her restoration to health, It was then, sir, and not until then, that at the re commendation of a. worthy Gospel Minister, I became determined to test the efficacy of your medicines ; although I must declare that my faith was reduced to a very low ebb in consequence of her very feeble and re duced condition. But what was our joy and amazement to find, that after only twelve days' use of those most invaluable pills, she was actually not only out of bed, but bustling about the house at her former occupation. She is now perfectly restored. May God have the glory, and, as the instrument in His hands, I return you my best thanks for keeping so precious a medicine. I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, MURDOCH ROSS. P.S. If evidence is required, I can produce a vast number of persons to prove what I have stated to be the truth, and nothing but the truth. JOHN M‘KINNON, General Agent to the British College of Health, London. Messrs. Morison beg to state that Lieutenant M•Kinnon, besides bearing her Majesty's Commission, is a justice of the peace of twenty years' standing. [ADVERTISEMENT].—A CERTAIN CURE FOR SCRO FULA OR KING'S EVIL, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT !—Many of the hospitals finding that a num ber of their patients afflicted with ulcers, abscesses, and sores, but more particularly from scrofula, who had been discharged as incurable from various medical in stitutions, were afterwards soundly healed by Holloway's -tills and Ointment—this fact has induced several infir. maries to purchase by weight from the proprietor, Hol loway's Ointment, for hospital use, for the purpose of curing this class of patients. All such would therefore do well to have recourse to those famed remedies, when suffering from similar ailments. These medicines may he obtained of all chemists and druggists throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 224, Strand. THE AGATE STONE.—It was stated a few days since that agate seals, imported into this country from the Conti nent, made of agate stone, and formed into the shape of seals, re quiring only to be engraved in order to render them a complete manufactured article, and fit for their intended purpose, were to be considered goods manufactured, and charged with the ad va lorem duty of twenty per cent. A question has since been made with respect to brooches, made of the same kind of stone, which have undergone a manufacturing process beyond eutting, being in. laid, and, therefore, though not set in any other material, were in a certain degree manufactured. It has been decided that such ar tidies cannot be admitted free of duty, as " agates not set," accord ing to the meaning of the new Act Bth Victoria, chap. 12, in re :spent thereto, :but. are also to be charged as. goods, wares, &c., in part or wholly manufactured, with the ad valorem duty of twenty pet ceutt LLOYD'S SHIPPING. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF TWO INDIAMEN AND A LARGE COTTON SHIP BY FIRE. During the past week intelligence of several heavy losses by fire to the extent, it is supposed, of upwards of 90,0001, has been received at Lloyd's, announcing the destruction of three fine ships, namely, the Uruguay, belonging to Liverpool (an Indiaman of 400 tons bur then), the Virginia (another Indiaman), belonging to Boston, and the American ship Ten Brothers, between 400 and 500 tons burthen, from Galveston, the whole of which, we regret to state, were laden with rich and valuable cargoes. The subjoined are the fall particulars received relative to these respective losses : The ship Uraquay was lost on Saturday, the 19th of last month (June), o ff C a p e V er d Islands, and the intelligence was posted on the books at Lloyd's on Tuesday last, it having been received from Plymouth, where the officers and crew of the unfortunate vessel had, a day or two previous, arrived in her Majesty's ship Rapid. The vessel (which stood amongst those classed " A 1,") was considered as fine a ship as ever entered Liverpool, and was nearly new, having only been built at Cowes two or three years ago. She took her departure from Liverpool, bound to China, on the 29th of May last, with a full cargo of bale goods and other valuable merchandise, under the charge of Captain Kelso, the commander, and a crew of about twenty sea men. No incident of any particular moment occurred until the 19th of June, when, between nine and ten o'clock in the morning, one of the sea men observe-I 'smoke issuing out of the fore castle, and on his going forward, discovered it to he on tire. Every effort was made to save the ship, but without effect. The captain then put out the boats, and having taken water and provisions, the crew got into the boats. Hardly had they got off two hundred yards before the ship blew up, the fire having communicated with the powder magazine. For nearly sixty hours the crew, who were divided in three clas-es, the long boat, containing Captain Kelso and six seamen, the gig, hav ing the chief mate and five men, and the pinnace, con taining the remainder of the ship's company, endea voured to shape a course for the Tabe of May, one of the group among the Cape de Verds, situate nearly 200 miles distant. They were in a most wretched condi tion ; however, they managed to keep together by having lines secured to each boat. The pinnace having no oars, it was taken into tow by the other two boats. During the first two days no vessel came in sight, but on the third day, a brig named the Bevin, hound to the coast of Africa, bore down to their assist ance and took them on hoard, where they were treated with the greatest hospitality. Some days afterwards, meeting with her Majesty's ship Rapid, conveying a number of pirates to England for the murder of an offi cer and ten men of the Wasp, her commander, Lieut. Wilson, being informed of the melancholy loss of the ship, generously offered to take the crew to England, when accordingly they were transferred from the Bevin to the Rapid, and arrived safe at Plymouth, as previously mentioned. Unfortunately for the officers and the crew, they lost everything they possessed—not even saved a suit of clothing. The value of the ship and cargo is stated to be 50,000 L _ _ _ The burning of the Virginia occurred in the early part of April last, and her loss, though not so great as that of the Uruguay, is very considerable. The other vessel, an American ship, named the Ten Brothers, Captain Crawford, master, caught fire on the morning of Thursday, the 26th of June last, in hit. 47 28, long. 16 12, she being at the time on her way to Ant werp, from Galveston, with a cargo of cotton. The crew took to the boats, and were picked up by a French 'ves sel, which landed them on Monday last at Havre. There is no doubt but this is the vessel that was seen on fire by the ships the Duke of Argyle and the Weaver, as an nounced in this journal last week. The loss will exceed 14,0001. The amount of insurance effected on the above Vessel at Lloyd's is under the sum of 5,0001. Most of the London fire offices have policies on the Uruguay, and we understand to a large extent. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The third and last fete for the present season of the Royal Horticultural Society took place on Saturday. The show of fruits, flowers, and exotic plants, which was of a character of the very highest excellence, took place, as usual, in the grounds of the society, but in addition to this, his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, with his usual urbanity and good feeling, admitted the company into the grounds of his residence at Chiswick, which join immediately the Horticultural Society's Gardens at Turnham-green. Thus the fete was celebrated in both places, and the visitors had an extensive and beautiful range of promenade. The weather was favourable, al though not so bright as we could have wished. The heavy rains of last week have been of great advantage to the turf, which is now most luxuriantly verdant ; and the trees and shrubs exhibit the full foliage, and may be said to have arrived at the perfection of their appear ance. The company consisted of many thousands of people of rank, fashion, youth, and beauty, and though not so numerous as in the fete of June, included almost all that class who are to be met at places of public amusment and fashionable resort. The show of fruits was superb—indeed, such as nothing but the scientific knowledge and industry of English gardeners, backed by a lavish yet judicious expense of money, could produce, and such a one as can be met with in no other country than England. The grapes, pines, peaches, and nectarines were mag nificent ; the result of a perfect system of horticulture, and improved experience in its application. The roses were very fine, exhibiting every variety of the flower, and each * in the highest perfection. The cape heaths, a class of flowers, or plants, of comparatively recent intro duction into this country, were also admirable. The clusters of flower, and the delicacy of the tints displayed, kept the eye unwearied with gazing, and continually pre sented fresh beauties. Amongst the rarer plants, for which medals were given, were some very extra ordinary tropical productions, new to this country, but made denizens of our conservatories by cul tivation and strict attention to their physiology. These rare exotics of the Continent of South America are of extreme curiosity. Their forms are elegant, their colours vivid and gorgeous—such as to surpass anything that we have been accustomed to inspect. Altogether, !his show was one of great interest, and will not be for gotten by the lovers of floriculture fcr some time. The fetes this year have been very well managed. Great praise is due to the Committee for their arrangements ; to Dr. Lindley, for his attention to the wishes of the Fel lows and the exhibitors ; to the excellent manner and improved principle on which the marquees and tents have been erected by Mr. Edginton of the Borough, by which accommodation and shade has been given to thousands of people, and all danger from wind and weather prevented; and to those by whom the refreshments have been sup plied. We can say with truth that the fetes this season nave been better managed than in any former year, and we take leave of the gardens until next spring with re gret. We had almost forgotten to mention that the bands of the Grenadier Guards, of the Coldstream Guards, and of the Royal Artillery, were in attendance, and on this occasion, as on the two former occasions, contributed very materially to the pleasures of the meeting. LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUB LIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. A General Court of the Proprietors of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Assurance Company was held at their office, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, on Wednesday last. The Chairman, RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., hav ing taken the chair, stated that having become a share holder in the Company, the Directors had done him the great honour of electing him their Chairman—that he had previously made the fullest inquiry, as is the duty of every one before entering upon such an undertaking, into the affairs of the Company, its past progress, its present state, and its future prospects ; and having be come fully satisfied upon all these points, he accepted the office with the full intention of exerting himself to promote the prosperity of the institution, and he felt highly gratified by the honour conferred upon him. A Report by the Directors, giving a full account of the state of the affairs, the balance sheet, a detailed account of receipts and expenditure, and a report by Mr. Griffith Davies, containing a complete valuation of the policies, and a recommendation as to the mode and extent of the division of profits, having been read, the report and recommendations were, upon the motion of J. N. Shelly, Esq., seconded by C. H. Kendall, Esq., unanimously approved. A vote of thanks having been tendered to the direc tors, the manager, medical advisers, auditors, solicitors, and the several officers of the Company, for their suc cessful exertions, the Chairman expressed the satisfac tio❑ which he felt at observing that the Directors had restricted the operations of the Company to pure Life Assurance business, and that no part of their accumu lated capital had arisen from the purchase money of an nuities. He was glad to observe the confidence which was placed in the institution by the public, as evinced by the class of persons who were the applicants for their assurances, many of their policies being held as securities by the most influential English mercantile companies, and by other Life Assurance Companies, as re-assurances of portions of their own policies. It appeared that the Company had, in the course of five years, realised a profit of 38 per cent. upon the paid capital, after setting apart a sum sufficient to purchase from any respeccable assurance office an indemnity for every engagement undertaken ; and a reduction was de clared of 25 per cent. upon the annual premium of all participating policies on which five years' premiums had been paid. Their future divisions of profits will be declared annually: It is with much pleasure that we are enabled to state that her Majesty has forwarded to the Honorary Secretary (Mr. R. Carter) of the "Quebec Fund," the sum of 2001. ; that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has subscribed 1001. ; the Bank of England, 2001. ; the Canada Company, 1001., &c. There is not a doubt that a large sum will be ready to forward to Quebec for the relief of the sufferers by fire, by the next Halifax fteamer, which will leave our shores on the 18th inst.—Obsereer. The Hon. Francis and Lady Anne Charteris, and Lady Gwendaline Anson have left town for Ostend and Grafenberg, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Lichfield. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —SPLENDID ARRANGEMENT OF LOOKING-GLASS, producing the effect of a long arcade, and so bewildering as to cause a doubt whether you are in London or in old Rome. "Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to pile." This unique apartment is devoted t o cu t t i ng an d arrang ing the hair in, and with another having a beautiful view of Naples, are on the ground-floor. In calling at tention to their establishment, Ross and Sons beg to notice the advantages of their system—viz., they never, tako apprentic es nor young men f rom t h e country, nor object to customers asking for the same man to wait upon them ; every person has clean brushes, they never being used twice, without being washed ; and parties eft not pressed to buy things they do not want. Address, Ross And Sons, 119 sad 120, gate-street, HANTS. fIV S. 3110 ACRES FREEHOLD, IMPROVABLE, IN ACRE LOTS. 3 TR. SINGLE will SELL by AUCTIO. - N , - kit the Mart, on TUESDAY, July 15, at Twelve for One , r p A most improvable FREEHOLD ESTATE, land-0%0.4 deemed, desirably situate in the parish of Crondall, of Hants, near the Oatsheaf Inn, alongside the South' S‘ liorl , Railway, about three and a half miles from the Winchfield Et 3 one from Crookham, three from Hartley-row, and siX 11.°1T1 e, famous market-town Farnham ; it lies on an inclined P l3l' c ore bounded by the Winchfield and Farnham roads, is almost d o tiguous to, and overlooking the beautiful lake, and oorn °l3n w it 4 pleasing prospect of the far-famed Beacon-hills. As 1 11125 4 or' a few acres of ground to each are much wanted in the Inng"; hood, the estate, which comprises about 110 acres, will be g 0 cr lots of about five acres each, giving to small as well as nt" n et/ pitalists opportunities of obtaining improvable freehold pro p and votes for the county. Jon, Particulars are now ready, and may be obtained of lift. - Pryer, solicitor, 17, Pavement, Finsbury ; at the Ostshe af f in the .e u teri the Tumble-down Dick, Farnborough station; the Oatsh ea v ipclP South Elvetham ; the Pot, Crondall; Beauclerk's Arms, Hail' field station; the principal inns at Blackwater, Fambga , sio gler ford-bridge, and Hartley-row ; and at the offices of lkin 34, Coleman-street, City. DR. CULVERWELL'S GUIDE TO HEALTH AND LIFE, ADDRESSED CHIEFLY TO YOUNG PEOI'.. New Edition, with additions, price Is., by post Is. 64 ..„1nif) , W HAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND A v MEDICAL TABLE-TALK. OOP; On the Errors and Extravagancies of Early Life, such as - - A rate feeding and drinking, snu ffi ng, smoking, precocious 00 `;„00, strained indulgences, mental and bodily excesses, late hours , '' oo / , excitement, and other outrages, exhaustive to the animal ec o oo also, per contra, the value of careful living, fresh air, car'Y o yer o ; and out-door exercise salutary occupation, and good mental g i d ment, whereby the most shattered constitution may be r at ' health, and life preserved to the latest period allotted to rnal l 's y c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., M.Z.C.S., L.A.C* , Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 1.17, Fleet-stree t "on 1h nay, 63, OYford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill i and the Arundel-street, Strand. At home, daily, till 2; evenings THE NINTH EDITIN. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and sent flee, 0 receipt of a Post-office Order for 3s. 6d. i v tP ° TANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry it'", t oc' 00 0 , Concealed Cause of its Premature Decline, with I .' l tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those sini er° t o ; the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terrain 9, +0 Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Wenk li er ts o °o digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive D iss isC on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, &c By C. J ` ; and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. xfo rd-' O May be had of the Authors, No. 60, Newman-street, d C e neir and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay I,es` Oxford-street ; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane ;J. Gordon, r ton , t ,'f% hall-street ; G. 31ansell, 3, King-street, Southwark ; C. We s ..ice s ' i r Park-side, Knightsbridge; Huett, 37, Princes-street, "-'o,3fro, square, London ; T. Sowler, Courier-office, 4, St. Ann's-sdls, lid Chester; W. Howell, 75, Dale-street, Liverpool; W. Wood, eti fi street, Birmingham; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside - s tre 4 burgh , T. Price, D ame - s t ree t, D u blin ; and all Booksellers. _ o Ak io " The best of all friends is the professional friend ; and in,!;‘l,llc, can he be consulted with grea t er sa f e ty and secresy than te 4 1 3 el l ' i'af en Manly Health.' Th e au th or s h ows how Manly Vig ° 2 l We e porarily impaired, can be restored." The New ' Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be co nsu lt e d from Ten till To"; from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, IC . °' 004 man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patient' , co l& successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, an d the usual fee of U. for advice, LAMERT ON. DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ey DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, Sre• " He, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms, A hero lives, and justly can , of • Exclaim, in me behold a man I" 2 s. I#. ' dust published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price- sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., oi 0 11 SELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular EsVol i those concealed disorders, originating "in vouthfulfooo and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Coll , f 0, 4 1 Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Trem ° 7;liet l ? afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. Wi t , h io gy,Lif Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, fer Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Direct's,. perfect Restoration. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon , 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, 1 ,05-11 , 1 ;or';f Matriculated Menber of the University of Edinburgh , "•ifste Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, L ice- Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. the " The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Paren t ' r ee l herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and P„ ,00,0 through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To se , e; o sti t i others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal man)l,, g , to may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. s " Long experience in the treatment of a class of disea se oiD - neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great b j,ero medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that toe concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where tts ,c o o l routine practitioner would never dream of fi n ding them ; 0 , 0 to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet deadlY4lol springs of domestic misery, and premature mortali . V. " Journal. 5 1 n t , Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilse,e 52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, Tichborne-street, QuadranAooo" street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 1 14 ,, , lane Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Books e lrA - t, At home every day till Three, and from Five till nit'. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND as Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. , n e)3 6- 0 0 Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envel.,„,-ar - THE SILENT FRIEND ; a _Medical w ; the Infirmities of the Generative System in both 10 t0 01,t i 'r on the loss of the reproductiv e p owers, w i t h means of r e L The baneful effects of solitary indulge- ce, neglected sYTI D ', -- 01 1 1 of toms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings by observations on Marriage, with plain directions for the st certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., `-'," Surgeons, London. Publish e d by th e A u th or s, and rosy their residence, 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STi_r-. .i 61," Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and u 0 ;' 0 0t1” ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purki.s s, street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. 8 7 3 " We regard the work b e f or e us, the 4 Silent Friend,' -- t apl' o e' embracing most clear and practical views of a series of Tole oi hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority a sce (1 :01 0 dical profession, for what rea s o n we are at a loss to know• fo euro/ however confess that a perusal of this work has left sue! , t cor, 4 l ljr impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, b a „ 0 0, 1 4 00 , wish every one w ho is th e v i c tim of past folly, or suffering cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Ag e ,i r ect e 100 The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exolusivelY " to o," the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, Nve 9. 0000 of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities e r ,nil sf excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 ls., or the quantity of forges for 335., by which I Is. are saved. The Ave-poun d be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a>i AO' 0 4 iitle remedy for searching out and purifying the blood goo ply, blotches on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and th,o;,,.ice affections arising from improper treatment or the effects o f _ P removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the ak '" u" I Is. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 25. _,,, s a gs and 11s. per box, are the most effectual remedy for stricter motion, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance ta Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases n t 0000 Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultation, a tt o 2, t o' ridence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford.etreet, London. from 11 18 oaf 5 till a. On Sundays from 10 till 12. One personal - visi t co eery to offect a ermanent care. R OYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIV 3 " 4 4 ENGLAND. f i 4 BENJAMIN EDGINGTON respectfully informs the Irriasl pibt I"ie agriculturists of England, that in consequence of some in,.;,„0• ,cet , the entry, he will not be able to pitch his tent at Shrew:_'" tufe' therefore, solicits his friends and the public to favour 10'Z i 052,0 with any orders they may hwe for goods of his 11 ",.. Marquees, Tents, Rick Cloths, with poles, &c., corePl a "" Ropes, &c. war l° Address Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Sout • ' '' ,loo l# The Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Hon• sP c i - 00t . ' burn left town on Saturday, for their residence Be t Surrey. RIRTHF. . c- On the 9th inst. , at Wilton-crescent, London, , a, Melgund, of a son. gel et • On the 9th inst., Mrs. Henry Downs, of St. t, ol race, Richmond Surrey, of a son. On the 10th inst., tit Sidmouth, Mrs. S. Savil l, a On son. the the 11th inst., at Carlton-villas, Maida-va• e ' rfi e of I. M. de Leon, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Tottenham, the lady o f 18111 fi Hall, Esq., of a son. Y i c 4114RRIED. d eo On the Ist of February, at Melbourne, Port " , 0 5$ , tralia, James Simpson, Esq., to Caroline Sarabq 511 5 10, daughter of the late Henry Bowles, Esq., of Cuckfi ti "" e ' On the 10th inst., at Kensington, the Rev. J• I'"„ght e " of Mirzapore, East Indies, to S ara h Odell, eldest dii De ft Mr. W. M. Newton, of Kensington. S ° 4o On the 10th inst., at E xm i n st e r, Devon, the - -e ' r eo, S. Hutchings, Curate of Kingsteignton, to Frai l .0 0 surviving child of the l a t e C. P. H o d son , Esq. ,pe On the 10th inst., at E g h am Ch urc h, William T . to p. ro , Esq., Captain in the 88th (Connaught Rarigersj, ski eldest daughter of J. Dobins o a, Esq., of Eghaml4°dge' DE. h Oa ° On the 4th inst., at Barnet, l Lou D rr isa, the wife of A--° Bunt, Esq., of Bristol. d , 1 31 On the 4th inst., at Islington, Mr. Henry NeY' - fict On the sth inst., at Torquay, Elizabeth Mary, r e 1 00 Rev. G. F. Clarke, late Rector of Thornton Wati e lscP On the 6th inst., at Dorchester, C. Sticklaad, Act Lieutenant-Colonel of the 59th Regiment of Foot. , a'a , On the Bth inst., at Newent, Gloucestershire , Lou h ive of Robert Shard, Esq., aged 71. Be e ' e e. On the 9th inst., Mr. H. M. Bayfield, of the tavern, Somers-town, aged 33. On the 9th inst., at Limehouse, Mr. J. Waller. ~ Do" On the 9th inst. , Mr. J. Gilbertson, of UPP eI of street, aged 63. On the 10th inst., Sophia, wife of R. B. Amwell-end, Ware. On the 11th inst., at Putney, Jane, the Esq., of Montagu-square, aged 67. On the 11th inst., Sarah, relict of the latwelViGfei7:ls9ll;::„ of York-lace, Mile-end-road. On the p 10th inst., Herbert William, the infant son of J. Cheshire, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. nr7._ Lon , :lon. Printed Azd Publish‘ri by INIIJEW 011iero o No. 112, Strand, Printer. at The SUM e 'cotlOV tranv, in the Precinet the Savoy, in t li ' 3 auddleaex, Monday, July 14, 1845. SALES BY AUCTION• SOUTH OF DEVON• out The PITT ESTATE, MANSION, and . r GROUNDS „t THIRTY-THREE ACRES, FARM and RESIDENCE ( at'°- 137 ACRES.) R. SINGLE will SELL by AUCTION, Bt the Mart, on TUESDAY, July 15, at Twelve for one, it All that desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE called rti situate in the parish of Hennodd, near Chudleigh, in the InAsti.,3.- Devon ; consists of an elegant Mansion, newly built, in the P " : ci ," - bet han style, tit for the residence of a family of distinction, ots ing on an elevated site, in a park like and well-wooded law n ' t 0.;33 acres, superior farm-house and buildings, and 137 aCr land, let to a tenant of great respectability. It is distant one Oen from the town of Chudleigh, 11 from Exeter and TorqUah s f.: oo from Teignmouth and Dawlish, and will be only four miles . ; 1, the station which will be shortly erected on the South Devon r'''" way at Newton Abbott. Printed particulars, with map, may be obtained of Messt‘ erre n, and Moffat, Spring-gardens, London ;of Mr. Robert a 04 solicitor, 14, Gray's Inn-square, London; of Messrs. W atts $ Whidborne, solicitors, Teignmouth, Devon ; of Mr. J°b g n o ttl, Terrell, solicitor, St. Martin's-lane, Exeter ; at the Bellvu e Cheltenham ; and at the offices of Mr. Single, 34, Colem an -4 City, London. UPPER HOLLAWAY, SEVEN SISTERS' ROAD' FIVE ACRES FREEHOLD BUILDING GROUND' pt R. SINGLE will SELL by AucTio„ the Mart, on TUESDAY, July 15, at twelve for one (u w previously disposed of by private contract), Val About Five Acres of FREEHOLD BUILDING G-- R° 001•• Land-tax redeemed, situate in the preferable part of UPPe r OO O ~ loway, about three miles from the City, on the high road, nd as the Seven Sisters'.road, which leads direct from the VVES t „ e a lp Tottenham. The estate is laid out as a square, called 11° 70 square, and wide roads are already made up, so that it is 5 ' eligible for the erection of houses. Particula , be or Solicitor, ..cticulars may be obtained of Mr. Thomas Pryer, cart Pavement, Finsbury ; at the Archway Tavern, Highgate; ' g o; Holloway ; Hanly Arms, Hornsey-road ; Angel, Dover Castle, Deptford ; and of Mr. Single, 34, Coleman" 1~~ fi t. 4 1 . 't• ' , I.' t 44Axt, xi Tai 41 1 1 11 , 1 1/, qles NOTE.- that arras tial Rail C Ompdvy Pitre e William I Willi am cster, J ames Itz Colonel 1) 4,41 14 , j "gti , t R. Tll, A~r~a a -,liel.li ...'N'o She T O Ti 251 ea 11,bc 1T.15, Plrtiel