The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-21 00:00:00

CONTRACT for VINEGAR.• Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport ath„ Services, Somtrset-place, August 2 0 , 1851 . et t . ,:.• , yintaissior s ers tor executing th- Office of Lerd Kigh Adm'ral )10.pnited Kingdom of Great Britain and inland do rereby eve that on THURSDAY, the 2.1 October next, at One o' , lock, kwitet for te,,...'" 11 be ready to treat with such persons may be widieet to supplying and delivering into her .IL.sje.,t)"s Victualling 4 t . Deptford, all such quantities of VI NEGAIt, ~ th n time to time be demanded, for twelve calendar months irs and f urt h er until the. expiration of six months' warning. li: Co nclitions' of the Contract may be, seen at the said office. k ran 4 ollder will be received after One o'clocl: on the day of treaty, ktite r T l 9 ti ood, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly ged la writing. 4147,11 Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of t he Admiralt y , in the left hand corner the words " fender for b;:`; and must also be delivered at S o merset-place, ac p pant ed by a letter signed by two responsible p ersons. engaging ,1,7 11 e bound with the person tendering, in the sum o f 800/. for Performance of the Contract. ROYAL BRITISH 13 kNic. (Incorporated Iby 4 lb.Y Charter), for receiving DEPOSITS at interest, making ,tteu ite 'rßS o approved securiVe, granting CASII CREDITS, and 4 u nF every other description s of banking .busine,s, issues l'RO • NOTES, payable in London, of any amount not under 37., 44,,,Zwg interest or not at the option of the deposit or s or pur ka Th6se Promissory Notes are transferable and negotiable, neat either for deposits, or b 3 used in the varied commerce at home or abroad. Detailed terms of butiness, ,Ittp - "t! of application for opening accounts. &c., will be supplied .14 e , e e h umf Oftice,ot the Bank, and at the Branches in the Strand, and Islington. • By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INSES CAMERON, General Manager. soltetttL.di Lothbury, London. L ° NDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. k Tbehi,. HOTEL AT BLEYCIILEY. B i z:Lectors are prepared to receive propositions (with plans) for es of an HOTEL, with Stabling, Coaehheuses. &c , at the p a Z,eY Station, The Company will grant the Land required. itt p . "e B sending in propositions must state the annual suns they 14 tel, red to pay for the privilege of erecting and occupying the By order, tu s t, C. E. STEWART , S ecretar y . 4 :Statlokugust 18, 1851. LVDON and NORTH - WESTERN • and h CHESTER and lIOLYREAD RAILWAYS. 144Zetlebrated Britannia Tubular and Suspension Bridges over the Ilan:lt : efts and North Wales, the Island of Anglesey, and te krta,,„' Weekly Tickets at Reduced Rates. :vic t c. n etnents having been made to afford parties an opportunity to i- ti ,"°tbe above interesting objects aed the magnificent scenery Nl e fr :" wales, Ticket:: will be issued at the Ruston Station, avail -1101.-aur ° lle Week from the date of issue, by an) train, according to Asate. "log the holder to stop at Chester, or any station on the krticsii of Holyhead Railway, but not to travel twice over t he Fa m e • f the railway in one direction, FARES. _ _ _ - • Express or Mail Train I'll'st-class Ordinary Trains •• • • 2 10 0 . Second-class Ordinary Trains .. '2 0 0 By order, MAUR London and North-Western Railway. • • J. 0. RINGER, Chester and Hol) - head Railway. --'4l Manager's-office, Euston Station, June, 1851. b rit ELEVEN HOURS ROUTE to PARIS, ‘44,, A ,`', 1 P1 only Two /lours is by the SOUTH-EASTERN llo t i b Alr. via Folkestone or Dover. ,4 SPECIAL-EXPRESS SERVICE DAILY. !lat ts -,,'.,CIAL EXPRESS TRAIN leaves the London-bride Ter- CERY MOM'S ING and EVERY EVENING, reaching Paris kthi: 4 l 4ll Tickets, London to Paris and back, available until the N e ptertiber. 71 .1,i, N1 0RT MAIL TRAIN, via Dover , leaves the London mw2ylninus at 8.30 p.m., reachire 1' :sat 9 o'clock the follow- Brussels at halt-past 9. - - C TH-WESTERN RAILWA Y . ~T - • , YAL YACHT SQUAI)IWN REGATTA, COWES. 'Orb,. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1851. , n tt-Spp e ,' r • - •-...CAN CLIPPER AND ENGLISH YACHTS. ' , the n ,1- , AL TRAIN will leave the Waterloo Station at 8 a.m., day, returning From Southampton at 7 30 p.m. Fare.= there ant back. A g n i l l Fst-class, 10s.; Second-class, 63.; Open CArria7e. , , Ts. , 0h,,.,i 4 t will b e wa iti ng on arrival of the Train at southampton to t haji 4g 4 r l ies to the Isle of Wight, aad bring them ba•ek in the . By order of the Directors, CORNELIUS STOVIN, 11 , 4 t e , Genera Manager of Traffic. ru).. c' '"•—•--_.Lnftn l , AtiguEt 19, IRSI. e riL STER anti HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. _ . ( RED ,: NOF ,S. tlth 7, a nd art t tab er FRIDAY, ugUCTIO ust I, 1851, FAIV Pscsengers" will be booked I j,_ 4l age ~a u d conv ,, yed at the followinq Fares, ,hich meal les the ~.'flti- -." `° n eY between Kin.sto'vn and Ilulyhead, either by the Lor naiy r the Chester and Holyhead, or of the City of Dublin Sin.de Fares Return Ticl ets. Ist CI. 2A Cl. Ist Cl. 25 "-'l. s. 5. s. d. s. d. a. d. to,. London.. •• .. CO 0 .. 40 0 .. 90 0.. 60 0 elißi ngs _ to Birtnine ham •••40 0.. 31 0 .. 63 0 26 .. 45 0 .g ‘no and . Manchester.... 25 0 •. 17 6 • . n 6 ••6 Chester •• 20 0 .. 15 0 .. 30 0 .. 2- ,, 6 liet t ,.„ Liverpool.. •• .. 20 0 • • 15 0 .. 30 0 .. 22 6 the 4t. 'I , Tickets between Dublin, Liver 001, Chester. Man tor a t' ‘, . and Birmingham, will bo available for the Return Journey teti,4,., 'EN . days after date of Issue. Those between Dublin and ,‘ 4l FOURTEEN days. Itatture from Kingstown. Arrival in London. , 0A M. Express. 11 0 P.M . ~. 0 P.M. Mail. 4 50 A.M. b _ i zo P.M. Mail. 1 0 r si. Vature from London. Arrival In D ublin. ..I , 30 A.M. Express. 10 30 P.M. 5 0 P.M. Express. 6 30 A.M. 4 ~.4 45 p.st. Mail. 1 1 0 A.M. /4111..5 Second London Class by Express Trains between Chester, Bir ,krn, or . ts. T ;;_els can be obtained at the Dublin and King stown Railway blue, or on board the Steam-boats. J. O. BINGER. , 14 1 1 erintendent's Office, Cheste , July 31, 1851. l kW WORK ON STRICTURE AND SPERMATORRIICEA. 'lint published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free). 45., 'k.TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTU RE of the URETIIRA ; containing the True Reasons why that 1 14 ~.. so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules \ th.„,2distructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of IttliZ,. a Coßtraction, based on the results of e xtensive and pro 1 43,511erience. To which is added, Practical Observations on traent of Spermatorrhcea by Cauterization. T o By P. B. COURT ENAY. M.R.C.S T. 11 4 It to use who complain most loudly are those on l y who know not so t of use the common instruments. . • . . The prac- Sr en Trgeous has been marked with all k inds of violence, and in itrlitt,, e about the simple cure of disea s e s, and a passion for "'ls , and all the excesses and horror of surgery."--John IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. ~., 4 lit 0 „,,,. ' 4 AT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC Alin., INSTITUTION. 4 — "UNA interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, in turn, be lectured on at the °YAL PoLYTECEINIC INSTITUTION. ttth, " T he Present Lectures are on the Chemistry of the Minerals i i , ckireat Exhibition, inclaling the precious Gems, Crystalisa- Olith c 'e, by J. 11. Pepper, Eel. Popular Lecture by Dr Bachhoffner , tl ii th, ece nt Total Eclipseol the Sun, with splendid Diagrams, show `Th, Rotation of which actually occurred on the line of Totality. ‘ll . tl4,2tation of the Earth, exhibited by Foucault's Experiments. R its great economy of Cooking by Gas explainel.—A Lecture on it , ,llst ra rY of the harp, by Frederick C hatterton, Esq., with Vocal 'A "s• —Two Series of splendid Disso lvin g Views.—Diver and ° Bell g m , , te,: tn daj Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half - p rice. from 1 7 from H e lf-past Ten to Five, and eve r y Evening ,►ea till H ~........_ alf-past _____------_ LAURENT'S °KAM) CASINO. A , Licensed by Act of Parliamen t. ,AltGryLL ROOMS, GRE A r WIND 'x'll L... STREET, ST. JAMES'S. — ` 1 " 441 , Charles Emile Laurent, jnn. 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING , With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. k,beort, P r i nc ipal Cornet-a-Pistons, St. Boalconrt. '44,,Den at Half-past Eight o'clock —Dancing to ocatunenoe at terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. :•---..._____ Admission, One Shilling. 11 THE GREATES I' WONDER IN LONDON IS 4 TT Y ' S G-R AN I) NATIONAL kr,, HIPPODROME, Kensington. ~-,14 , ,,, _ OPEN DAILY. ro, ) ,;,,k , hange of Performance every Evening during the Week, ZIA,,,ZuRROW—IkIr. Hampton, the celebrated Aeronaut, will make licr n t in his magnificent Balloon the Erin-p-Bragh, precisely b , ;Dast six o'clock. is 1,,., 0 Pen at Five. Performance to commen ce p recisely at Six . e Boxes A ndaskm to the Reserved Seats - - 3s. Oct. b, -"A . - ,2 1 1 t-class do. 2s. Oct. 7cond do. , .•!...2 41 rd do. - ------. ii , E/s/0 It N E.—Admission, One Shilling ; Children, Half-price. • . Last Week of Deulin's Ballet, The Star of Beauty. T ae of Francom's Equestrian Troupe. b tti tc lae Four o'clock Performance is free from any charge. ''',,,tllo o ' 'JAY —A Grand Gala, called Le Fete des leura. Grand "' l llll4 Ascent by the celebrated Spanish Aeronaut, Giuseppe Lu ito4ic the Royal Cren3orne Balloon, at Seven o'clock. Ol d , c. ‘iltltOW—The Last Night of the Representation ofthe Grand t'r., 1 ,,' ete at Eleven o'clock, of the Taking of Gibraltar, and osm..lC of the Town and Fortress, by a numerous fleet of steam toi* planned by experienced crews, with she sanction of the di ,s.‘t o of the Citizen and Iron Boat Companies. T. B. Simpson has Lttle c t a r to inform his friends and the public that nothing has been sk - mee "`,. to render this representation trulmanificent, new and ~..,4ii v e scenery and costumes having been for this occasion. VI% :ex Esplanade is the only place in London where a spectacle ‘r e h 'uaknitude can take place. The Pyrotechnic department ma il k, r e ,.,valler Mortram. Grand Balloon Ascent by Lunardini. )„.1t pu n "AY— Resplendent Spanish Galas. eth ar o'clock in the Afternoon, and half-past Eight Evening, c,.. P ep '''s celebrated Equestrian Troupe, from le Cirque National d,,'• .hZe . ..e , no charge made for the Four o'clock performance. atte — 4. 40, the celebrated composer of dancing music, con- Ole "'" t ,_ great Cremorne Band, and will execute all thi3 i`a IQ which he composed and conducted at her Majesty's bktlit. .ttekitigham Palace. Exhaustless entertainments daily, in ;':.-t. Ice Bosjesmans or Bash People, Dentin's Ballet the Star of f i l ir ateli,'. the Ethiopian Serenaders, the double -sighted Youth, 3 4 „,11g -hatching, the Bowling Saloon, 8:4. Doors open at sea„„..mo, admission Is., Children half-price. The Hotel afforla ,s. ';' , 2olnmodation for private and public dinner and sunper par ., tr t arn-boats and omnibuses nightly after the entertainments , nil 6 : 1 81t being superintended by Directors. Fare, 4d. by Boat, 0 4 ,Lial Omnibus. 44 1 „ 47 .nd viz.ion aj the Gardens are open in the afternoon for refreshment, - .eel, .3 7 refreshment card 6d. Table d'Hote at Four and Six %....,..2 2s, 6d. t‘OVT,_IIC S IX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. tI TILE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF H DISEASE. . I ` ed b y One Hun dred Anatomical Coloured Engravings cn S. ItIJICAL DISQUALIFIC ATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA • eI ,ACITy, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MAR RIAGE. py Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 211. 6d. ‘ll - e , 44 ° , . direct trom the Establishment. in postage stamps, - ``' r aan.ications being strictly conftdential, the Authors have discontinued the publishing of Cases. SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on zEzes.„;:e emhaustion and cons decay of the system, produced by I'ldulgence the quences of infection, or the abase of Tilo w „'",, , with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, bY obse-vatiors on the Married Stat;,, and the disqualifica- At. a Zuleli prevent it..lllustr:..ted by 100 Ccioured Engravings. Ry Eon.PERRY and CO., 19, llerners-F treet, Oxford-street, Lon host4r. üblished by the Authors ; and sold b y Strange, 21, Paotr b, 1 4 1" v ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger , 150, Orford-street , and Cor p ". Leadenhall-street, Louden. Or t , 4 T I. ttea of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive Dr.d is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. dlll g — ,: e T treats of Ike consamences resulting from excessive in- L kard a r' and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Qeg, ae l'lid bodily weakness, nervous Mitement, and generative PA % t Y• Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. T 111. treats of the m•soiting from infection, either in Arir on ,„ = t directions for `'elr or secondary form, and contaais ex. • 111 3 . atment. Thi s section is in ua trated by 62 Coloured Engi av a 1, ITv ;931)1 ecn l t 9l l l B a Remedy for the PrerVOlltioll of Disease by a - ` 4l It"eatim- 1 , by which the danger of infection is obviated. Ilett c , ---- Portant part of the Work should not escape the reader's Po.„ e l devoted : s u: e.fcayn t o p ared thed p hilosophically c o n sideration of marriage , and its dn- Ta ° b inguiredinto.red: and the t,ta. CoantAr. BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively emp loy ed nE nervous and sexual debility, impotence, 80, Its* and 333. rtig ed l e• The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an mitt-s y philitic for Ptn - IfYing the blood in cases of infection, secondaryr b t •AV: . eruptlons, and the abuse of meretlYY, II& and 3 1'17 rtr b ox rerr Y Purifying Speciffe Pills, 28. 9d-, 43 . 2e; certain remedy for gonorrheea, gleet, ""- -I•,c i nliammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, t , on ;S. re a Junta detail of the case is required; age, habits, and post -51. Packets. with advice, to be had at the tro pe h i bY which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, don, h.,: "dance dai;y at 19, Bernors-street, Oxford-street, Lon m ,„, VIS l ea Two, MI TWO to Welt ;on Bump, :cc= 346, Medi- ~ Capt. I. Vest Indies It of Africa • tender to ssell, 1837, t Indies x,1844, Rio note; 1842 ' • w e of Goa 3., Capp 14' it Indies 82d• s• ,1, Mrdit~r- 49, Malta lanesu C of Irelow rch C.D., 1 rctic P' Pacitl . Wen - eon 5, Spkb ell t South pasag. 833, P °rir Fitsclsreo el, IC•C'°' W er f a, c o ot 9 t, on psi . l'g s to Coot 91 Shorn °. wn Lfries rai Pori'"'" at ipso Aut• 46 A14' 21 6 Pt• Al. -21 1)el) ,6 Set) • 6 ,SePtred Se, t• 6 0 Aug. 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The steamer Myrmidon, Commander Jotiffs, arrived yesterday morning and Went up harbour to co^l. Her crew will In paid here prior to departure for the coast of Africa. [PRICE SD. Woomvicit, Atle. 20.—Tae Vesuvius, st eam - s l oop, left Woolwich yesterday morning tor Devonport, and was to call at Sheerness and Portsmouth on her way round. She is in charge of Mr. Brown, Assistant iaterAttendaot at Devonport dockyard. The Hydra, steam-sloop, went down the river to day to try her engines. The number of visitors to Woolwich dockyard yes terday was 3,252 British subjects, and 132 foreigners, making a total of 3,384. DESTRUCiIVE coLLIERY EXPLOSION. On Monday night one of those disastrous and fatal events which are of such frequent occurrence in the coal-mining-districts took place at Washington colliery, which is about two miles from the Wash ington station on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway ; and we regent to say that the explosion was one of the most lamentable and painful deeerip tion that has happened in this district for many years, resulting, as it has done, in the premature death of from 30 to 40 persons, most of w h om were i n t b o health and vigour of youth. It appears that between 4 and 5 o'clock is the afternoon of Monday about 1513 men went down into the pit on the night shaft, and everything seemed to go en regular:3• until about half -past 11 o'clocla, when the inhabitants of the neighburhocd were aroused by a loud explosion, upon the report of which large masses of people rushed to the mouth of the pit to ren ler all the assistance that la y in their power. Unfortunately tho resident viewer, Mr. Cruddece, who is also one of the owners, was absent on a visit, to tho Great Exhibition, and no person being left to act for hint in his absence, the scene became one of the greatest confusion. The head over man was at length aroused, and h e , in company with a few of the miners, descended the pit, and found s everal dead bodies very much burnt and mutilated near the cross-cut way, where it is supposed the pit was fired. They dieeovered th a t t h e explosion took place in the " whole" workinga, wher e about forty man were employed, and that the other t wenty men, who had been weileing in the were un " brokings" un injured. No language can describe the intense grief and horror of those who, on the first report being given, rushed to the spot, and remained to ‘litness the blackened and disfigured corpses of their husbands, children, and fathers, who only a few hours previously left theta in their usual health. Three hours in the dead of the night passed away in the most painful suspense before any of the bodies were brought to bank. Almost imtnediatelv after the explosion took place, two furnace-men, desirous of being instrumen tal in saving the lives of their comrades, went down Ito render assistance, but the afterdamp wee; so strong ' that they were brought up again almost dead. One of these brave inert has since died, and little hopes are entertained of the recovery of the other. At 3 o'clock in the morning, when only a few of the bodies had been recovered, it was found necessary, on account of the afterdemp, to put out the furnace before anything further could be done. This was effected by nine o'clock. Daring the night the crowd hourly in creased, and a number of viewers also • arrived from the neighbouring celiieries, and rendered very valu able assistance. 'throughout the day from nine o'clock in the morning corpses were at intervals ex tricated, and up to seven o'clock in the evening from 28 to 30 bad been brought to the bank and identified by their relatives, whose shrieks were of the most ap palling and heartrending description. At seven o'clock there yet remained, it was supposed, about ten corpses in the pit, which it would take several hours to.recover, but the exact number had not been ascer tained. As to the cause of the explosion, it is difficult at present to obtain any satisfactory account, but an impression generally prevails that it is a badly venti lated pit, and many were heard to say that such an accident had been anticipated for several weeks, and one man, that seeing the danger, be left the pit just before the explosion took place, and thus saved his life. The whole matter, however, will undergo a searching investigation before a coroner's jury, which was to meet yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The Government inspector of mines for the district (Mr. Matthias Dunn) is unfortunately from home, and, therefore it could not be learnt whether the mine had been recently inspected. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. BRIST:IL, Alice '2O —A very daring outrage, which it is not improbable may be attended with fatal re sults, was committed a day or two ago near this city by a man named John Williams, whom the police have just succeeded in apprehending under very sin gular and curious circumstances. He is charged with highway robbery, accompanied by considerable vio lence; and the following are the facts elicited at an examenation taksn by the magistrates at the bedside of Mr. Godwin, of Auburn Villa, Cotham New-road, the gentleman on whom the outrage was committed : —Mr. Godwin, who is 75 years of age, stated " that he was taking a walk for the benefit of his health in the carriage road which passes beneath the pleasure grounds of laedlend-court (a thoroughfare much fre quented at this period of the year), when he was sad eenly seized from behind by a powerful man who placed his hands ever his face and eyes, kicked his legs from under him, knocked him down, and then threw himself upon him. The man then kicked him in the head and stunned him, and when he came to himself he found that his watch with the appendages had been stolen from him." It so happened that a young man named Callacott, a short time previous to this atrocious act, which was committed in broad daylight, was car rying a pair of boots to Redland-court, the residence of Mr. Edwards, and when he entered the carriage road he was followed soma distance by a man, and suspecting from his manner that he would try to steal his boots he turned round and looked him full in the face, when he went away. Callacott went to the court and delivered the boots, which detained him some time, and as he was returning he heard a groan, and on looking up the road he saw two persons struggling on the ground, and on going to the spot observed the same man he had before seen get up from the other, kick him several times in the head, and then make off across the fields, leaving Mr. Godwin insensible on the ground. Callacott raised an alarm, and the poor o'd gentleman was conveyed home seriously injured. Information was given to the police, and it so hap pened that subsequently, as police-constable 143 was making inquiries at the Boar's Head, Lamb-street, Bristol, for evidence against an utterer cf base coin, he observed the prisoner Williams run out into a yard at the back of the house and clamber to the roof of some premises in the rear. Suspecting something wrong, the policeman followed, and chased him across the roofs of several houses. The prisoner threw a heavy pantile at the policeman, which nearly knocked him off the housetop, and then jumped off into a court, followed by police-constable 143. The court did not communicate with the street, and the pri soner Williams took refuge in a house. He rushed towards the fireplace with a view of seizing the poker, when he stumbled and fell. The constable at once seized and held him, and assistance being procured he was conveyed to the station-house. His appear ance tallying with the description of the person who had committed the outrage on Mr. Godwin, the wit , ness Callacott was sent for, and he at once positively identified him as being the man. The p=iy oaer Williams was taken before Mr. Lunell, the ea son! e who took Mr. Crodwin's deposition, an d be was full y committed to take his tri a l for the highway robbery at the ensuing Gloucester assizes. PUBLIC RECORDS.—Some time 1150,. as the official a memorial was forwarded to the Master t of dt?that literary men en 7. keeper of all public records, in 9 r i n uiries should be ex gaged in historical or anti'l lan t he Rolls Chapel, at .nar❑ at ~ empted from the fees now requireduseo Carlton Bide, &c.. Th e ince the Tower, at the ChaP ter d a favOurable answer . to this me- Master of the Rolls returneb . Lord Mahon, President morial, which was signed b 'Lord Straogford, Lord Brakey the Bishop of Oxford, Dir. brooks, r , D ean blilman, and a long list of well oLforAdutiLo Macaulay, 1ND:.: 11 7 %:t 'answer was taken into consideration known literati. bsbribers to the memorial on Monday - , of the su at a mettio, it M r . Payne Collier presided, when several last, over were unanimously agreed . to, expressive of the resolutions ounadriesmesboroYugh, ; V ial men of letters, especially of those engaged gratitude oal i nY estigations,.tor the concession thus made, in bis orie -: with 0 much alacrity, on the part of Sir John and a that, . It appears until the new record offices are VoinillY• completed, some temporary arrangem en t s are to b e adopte d , n d , w hich all persons. who are not m a ki ng pro f ess i ona l searches on behalt of clients, b u t w h o are employed b on d tide in the acquisition of historical information, shall be entirely exempted from the payment of any money for facilities afforded in the var i ous situations where records are now deposited. When a ll th ese documents s h a ll h erea f ter be brought into one collection, the Master of the Rolls has undertaken to make new and permanent regulations upon the subject. It'will be obvious that an important step has been thus gained, and that what has hitherto been felt by men or lett ers as so great an inconvenience and so severs a hardship, will ultimately, and ere long, be removed., Citronicle. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT. — ' -Y e sterday Mr. Ledford, the coroner for Westminster, received informa tion of the following distressing accident: —It appears that on the preceding morning a gentleman na med Spradbury, who resides in Frances-street, Waterloo -road, heard violent screams proceeding from the first floor of No. '2, in the same street. Feeling convinced that something wrong had hap pened, ho immediately burst the door in, and on rushing up stairs discovered the bed on fire, and a little girl, about three years of age, daughter of Mrs. Redding, completely enveloped in flame. With the aid of other assistance the fire was got out, but not until the poor child was most frightfully burr ed over her body. She was removed to the surgery of Mr. Robert Brooke, in the Waterloo-road, but owing to the serious injurieo received, it was found necessary to remove the sufferer to the Westminster Hospital, where she lingered in the most excruciating vgony till half-past five yesterday morning, when de ath terminated her sufferings.. AUGUST 21, 1851. -,.. . s t2 7 l , ~ NO jg fIR 1 THURSDAY Z" . "U. 4 r . „ • LONDON, C1N12.1.12X9 , \lna RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE 111- COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th -Viet., cap. 9. , DIRECTORS: CHAIRMAN- Cploncl ROBERT AL EXANDE,II, Blackheath Park, Kent. - - • Willisrn Bardgett, Esq., 119, Fenchurch-street. G- orgy Itev ngtun, Esq., Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey. I'. P. Co4cril!, Esq , Shadwell, and Twickenham. George Co',en, Esq., Shackles eft-lane. Miles Coventry. Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John Drewe.t, Esq., 4, Princes-street. Bank. Erasmus Rabat Foster, Esq., Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell. T. S. 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A Beard of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitte•l in the Policy. Medical attemlants remunerated in all cases for their reports. Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 100/. for the whole Term of Life. Age. Half Premium for Whole Premium after Seven Years. Seven Years. £ s. d. £ s. d. 30 1 I 9 2 3 6 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 An 3 6 8 6 13 4 X s. d. 1 1 9 1 9 2 2 2 6 3 6 8 E. It. FOSTER, Wsidert Director. ANDREW FRANEIS, Secretary. Detailed prospectuses, and every requisite information as to the mode of effee , ing assurances, may be -obtained upon application at the office, f, Princes-street, Bank, Loudon; or of the several agents throughout the country. BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, • NEW-ROAD, LONDON. MORISON'S VEGET IBLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE. None are genuine unless they come direct from the College. as with the words " Morison's UoiYersal Medicines," engraved on the Government Stamp. See List of duly authorised Agents. This caution is highly neces garY. No chemists or druggists are authorised to sell „Morison's Pills, MORISON and CO., Hygeists (Si,gned) GENERAL ELE CTION. THE MEN OF THE PEOPLE. Few are prepared-for a general election, and yet the on dit is, that the present Parliament is me to meet again, cousequentle- a ear nestl few who think they are alone n tee secre t, are quietly, bu very y, canvassing their constituents. in a friendly way, not. as it they were in any alarm about their seat., but simply exhibiting an officious attention, as if they were desirous of serving all the people they call upon in the metropolis—one name absorbs ad the interest —not exactly for a seat in Parliament, because their ambition has always pointed to another office. But it the whole no-Jule:ion of the metropolis weer, pael to-fnerrow, Messrs E. MOSES ant SON AV: lad be vete,' tire en , apes`„ the best, the most extensive Clothiers, and the greatest benefactors in the kingdom to all cl asses. In the field they choose to re cupy, they were reformers. Throueh their exertions, and the employment of their talent and capital, the price of Clothing, which was a complete bar to the well dress! ig of all persons • of limited income, was reduced one-half, which brought it within the means of even the humble classes, who can now Cress leispectaily out of besieess, and creditably m it ; fir they not only procure things cheap, Litt durable; in fact, Messrs. E. Moses and yen have ro completely laid them selves out with their immense staff of the first designers, fitters, cutters, and workmen in Europe, for the supply of rich and poor, exalted and humble, fashionable amt plain, that they are not men for a class, but men of the people. By employing a capital that would buy up the productions of half the factories, they command the markets, and the public hive the benefit of their cheap pur chases, for their profit has always been uniformly small, because they have preferred to sell a huettred suits to any body else's one, and gain by numbers whit others unfairly gain by exor.filant profits. Messrs. E. closes and Son have every Barmen made of the best material of the kind—they mark every article with their unvarying price, in figures which everybody can understand ; and ;r any one should feel dissatisfied after purchasing, they receive back the article and return the money. Their noble Start, at the corner of Aldgate and the Minories, is thrown open to the public, whether purchasers or not, and they invite the visitors in London to inspect the first stock iu the world. Nor is their West-end branch less at tractive, in New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. At both these pieces there is such an assortment of Sportsmen's Dresses, from bead to feot, as was never seen elsewhere, comprising every article desirable for the river and the field, light, strong, and weather-proof. E. MOSES and SON, London 85,donCity Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, SS, ti and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Brldge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, Bost and Shoe makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa turday, when business is r.srmed till Twelve o'clock. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMTIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGP.AVINGR OW STEEL. last published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed iraivolope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two 6tareps, ELF-PRESEEVATItfiN; Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and en the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, /many acquired et an early period of life which destroy the physical and ;rental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice( Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weaknees, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseesee and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, llicord, and other eminent mem bers of the faculty In France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the kaatomy, , Physiology, and Diseases of the Re productive Organs, explaining their straetures, uses, and. functions, and the various tujaries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, or d infector. BY SAMUEL LA.'MERT, M.D., MI, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LoNnoit fleeter of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, rionorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, Sec., fe.c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted In the work, is toe only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. lie may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may . hays become debili tated through secret practices acquired IA youth. or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects o f m arriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of .1. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, Hayrearket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, or free by post for forty-two stamps, (rum the author's residence, who may be eott euieee on those disorders personally. or by letter, daily, Pr .01 ,wnift 411 , till eight DR. CULVER WELL'S NEW woRKs. To be had of •Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho; 1.41, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author , ?rice One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. and filng ENJO YMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation , and rational tunnier Morni Ilse of Time." s-lu. Comrsyrs:—Early Rising —S P rin xi:lions about the Environ s of London —The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant placei—Country rrips and Ram a l es —The Sea—Londo n at Night—Evening. at Home —Music—The Drama--On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Ai r, Zest, Ease, Occupation, lcc., FRAGMENTS FROM THE 11017NTAITS. Two Vols. Volt a VISIT TO THE LAKES; S K ETCH OF EDINBURGH, ha. V. IL THE LAKES or KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES 07 DUBLIN, he. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our corse may run." of ner- A popular review of almost every form (cau u se and care) vonely-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical toga. Mien of every-day life. - . THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what !MIMI* Truths as refined as Athena over heard." gunner : pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of lie sr.ilonsness and dissipation, with illustrations, gra : 7bl% narrative, aad resaediative. Advocacy of early marriages.: V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Isoosistarst—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by ether sex. Time end choice, on both aides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and ggure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. e ases r y 2. J. OULVERWELL, M.D. (18411, M.R.C.S. (1821), L.B.A. 1534). Twenty-five years Medical and Irerensie Referee in these "'otter& RalePtion hours daily till flys. Evsti'zigs. raven till nine; 10 1 0 011..olaes. itssant-streati A CURIOUS INCIDENT.—On Friday last I.Mr. Catlin, the Indian traveller, conducted the party of Iroquois ' Indians now in London, to the Crystal Palace, showing and explaining to them the many wonderful works it contains, which excited their highest admiration and surprise, and repeatedly elicited the war-whoop, attracting i mpassa bl e crowds around them. In the midst of their excitement and pleasure they were conducted to the statue of the" Dying Indian," in the American division, which seemed to produce an evident dejection, leading their minds back, most pro bably, to the painful legends of their forefathers. They then t n h d e were led by Mr. Catlin to v iew the statues of two of their own countrymen, which he ha d p romised to show them, and which he had constructed , the size of life, with great in l abour, and elevated upon the end of th e bridg the American department. On appr oaching e ' stan spO d t, he fou them missing, and the crumbled fragments of the chief , and his wife gathered and shrouded in a curtain, and lying d son the floor, under the bridge on whic h they had stood, an from which they had been hurle d down by dashed a drunken woman the day before, as was soon explained, and completely to pie c es ! Nothing could exceed the sudden dejection of the spirits of those poor superstitious people on seeing the only two representations of their own race in the "world's fair" lying thus demolished. In a conversation which ensued amongst them, the words " rum," and " whisky," were often repeated ; and the old chief, address ing Mr. Catlin, said, " This thing-, my friend, makes us very sad. We have been long used to see rum and whisky throw ing down our red brethren, and our hearts have been grieved at it ; but we never before knew that the ima g es of the red men were to be destroyed also by fire-water.' DEATH OF MR. MOSSMAN, THE SCULPTOR.—OAT readers will perceive in our obituary the unexpected death of Mr. William Moasman, senior, a sculptor of no mean eminence in his profession, and a gentleman who was highly esteemed, in Glasgow, not more for his talents than for his warmth of heart and high sense of honour. Mr. Mossman was not one of those geniuses who are termed self-taught, as he worked for years in the studioof Chantrey, by whom he was frequently noticed for his proficiency. The deceased • followed his profession for some time in Edinburgh, and, ' about thirty years ago, removed to Glasgow, where he has been constantly •engaged ever since, assisted by a whole family of sculptors, all of whom have been distinguished in their elegant art.—Glasgow Constitutional. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. The half yearly meeting of this company was held at Derby yesterday ; Mr. J. Ellis, M.P., the chair men of the board of directors, presided. Mr. BELL, the secretary, read the report, of which the following is an abstract : " The revenue of the company for the half-year ending the 30th of June last amounts to 566,082/ , being an increase, over the corresponding half-year of 1850 of 8 6271. "In the receipts from pasSengers there has been a decrease of 17,6781., and in those from horses, &c., of 1.0291., as compared with the corresponding half-year of 1850; kbile from merchandise there has been an increase of 18,8511., and from minerals of 7,4501., as compared with the same period. "The sum available for dividend is 132,075/. ; the directors therefore recommend ;that a dividend he de clared, subject to income-tax, and payable the 2•1 of September next, of 1/. ss. upon each 100/. consoli dated stuck; lls. 3i. upon each 1001. consolidated Birmingham end Derby stock; 31. upon each 100/. consolidated preferential stock; 1/. 103. upon each Erewash Valley share; and Os. ld. upon each 501. share, being 1/. 54. par cent. on 331. 6s. Bd., and 2/. ss. per cent..on 11. 133. 4L, leaving a balance of 4,4541. 7s. 7d. for the next account. "The large decrease in the coaching traffic is a subject of the deepest concern • to your directors. They had anticipated that the opening of the Great Exhibition, in May last, would have largely increased the revenue of the company. They regret that this has not been the case, and that their expectations have been disappointed ; for, although a great number of passengers have . been conveyed over the Midland Railway to and from London, the competition of the Great Northern Company has materially reduced the receipt over a considerable portion of your line ; whilst the flow of traffic to London, which has this year been so remarkable, has diverted much of it from its .ordinary. channels, and has seriously damaged the receipts from the local and excursion traffic of those port ices of cur railway not affected by the. Great Northern or other competition. They see no - reason to aler their opinion of the policy of the arrangement with the Oxiord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, and of the equitable claims which the Lon don and North-Western and Midland Campatsies have upon that company, for the honourable carrying out et* ithe agreement which they themselves had volunta rily propcssd, Had had subsequently sanctioned at a meeting of their shareholders. The report cf Mr. Barlow, the engineer, states that 4831 miles of railway are maintained by the company - ;;t a cost of 1241. per mile per annum; and that the iron road continues to exhibit very satisfac s tory results • The Cuatestaet begged to say, with regard to the subject of free passer, given to shareholders to attend special and general meetings of the companies, that the directors wculd take no part in the matter. It was altogether a question for the decision of the shareholders, and with them it must remain. They would see by the report that there had been a de crease, in passenger traffic to the amount of 17,678/. ; while from merchandise and minerals there had been an increase of 26,0001. They would recollect that, at the last meeting, he gave it as his opinion that ae much traffic would come upon their line as would be taken off it. So far his anticipations had proved true, and to him the result had proved satisfactory. The revenue from goods had increased, although, owing to the competition to which they were now subjected from York, their rates had been reduced. With respect to the passenger traffic, he must confess that he had been disappointed. He had, on a for mer occasion, been over sanguine. They must recollect, however, that they had no way into London, and, owing to this, the Great Northern had taken a great portion of the passengers during the Exhibition into the metropolis. There was another element which had worked detrimentally as respected their internal traffic. , People had gone to London to visit the Exhibition, instead of, as in former years, visiting other places of fashionable resort. This was shown on parts of the Midland line not subjected to the competition of the Great Northern. The whole attention of travellers appeared to be directed towards London, and the consequence was that the Midland Company had had fewer persons travelling for the purposes of pleasure than in former years. Among their allies were the London and North-Western, the Yorkshire and Lancashire, and the Manchester, She) field, and Lincolnshire. Their agreenient with the North-Western was far 21 years, and had so far worked satisfuctorily. It was, indeedahis (the Chair man's) opinion that it was the interest of the Mid land Company to draw closer than hitherto the bonds of union between themselves and the London and North-Western Company. The directors knew their position, and they would try to make the best use of it. Tne Great Northern, they would recollect, had been opened little more than a year ago, and on that occasion they (the Midland Company) were anxious to prevent useless and wasteful competition. Their first object was to obtain an equalization of rates and fares upon those parts of their respective lines which were more particularly competing portions. This they secured, but in March lest the Great Northern gave a month's notice to termi nate that agreement. Before that period they had entered into several traffic agreements with the North Midland, the Newcastle and Berwick, the Caledo nian, and other companies, to divide traffic north of York. Any competition with the Great Northern would not, therefore, affect that traffic for five years. The matters in dispute between the Midland and Great Northern had been referred to Mr. Gladstone. That gentleman bad, be believed, sent for the last information be should require upon the subject, and the award might be expected within a fortnight. If they would place their confidence in the directors they would do their best to protect the property of the shareholders. They would make the most of it. It was essential that the directors should possess the confidence of the shareholders, more especially with regard to the matters to which he had referred ; if they did not—if the shareholders did not believe that they were acting honestly for the good of the pro perty under their management—they would be ut terly powerless, and the sooner they were removed the better. 'When the Exhibition was over he was confident they would see a very different state of things. For himself, he saw nothing discouraging in the affairs of the Midland Company, and he should conclude by moving that the report be received and adopted. Mr. S. BEALE (deputy-chairman) seconded the Mr. DARIN, of Birmingham, in allusion to the cheap fare of ss. from Leeds to London, in competi tion with the Great Northern, wished to know what proportion of mileage was paid by the London and North-Western Company. The CHAIRMAN—The North-Western paid their mileage proportion. Everything was paid in propor tion, as by agreement, to the farthing.—(Hear.) Mr. DARIN thought it extremely foolish to be travelling at a loss. It was like a tradesman selling goods at 10s. which cost hira 20s. They had better give the line altogether to the Great Northern than pursue such a course. The CHAIRMAN defended the course adopted. Mr. IRoNssDES, of Sheffield, said he thought that, with regard to the accident at Clay-cross, there was gross negligence, and he wished to ask Mr. Paget if be had heard the amount of costs incurred ? The CHAIRMAN said all the costs and damages were not paid. On the part of the directors he might he allowed to say, that if their servants had, upon the lamentable occasion referred to, attended to the regu lations laid down for their guidance the accident would not have occurred. In the accounts made up to the 30th of June, and of which the shareholders were in possession, a portion of the costs of the late accident were included, but some portions were not Set paid. Mr. lEONSIDES agreed with the Chairman that rail ways could not entirely be free from accidents ; but judges, juries, and courts of law seemed now to think railway companies good game. If the dictum of a judge was to be taken as law it would be necessary that every passenger, who entered a station, should be asked his station and position in life, for, according to that, a judge directed a jury to assess damages. He wished to observe, however, with regard to Broad bent's case, he understood that no attempt at an arrangement had been made until all expenses had been incurred. The CHAIRMAN replied that a compromise had been attempted before the writ was served ; and Mr. Smith, in:confirmation, said the son of the deceased, in the first instance, demanded nothing less than 1,0001., and ultimately be accepted 4501. with taxed costs, which might amount to 70/. or 801. in addition. Mr. IRONSIDES said, in the cases of Mrs. Blake and Broadbent, he believed that if the claims had been left to the Sheffield committee, they would have been settled for half the sums paid. A SHAREHOLDER —Do you mean to pay Mrs. Blake the turn of 4,0001. awarded to her by the jury at Derby . The CHAIRMAN—Don , t ask me the question. It is now under the consideration of the directors. SHAREHOLDER-4 only hope you do not. The report having been received and adopted, The CHAIRMAN proposed the several dividends as dated in the report. motion. Mr. IRONSIDES —Now, Mr. • Chairman, can we hcnestly ply these dividends white subjected to the present competition ? The CiLtiamarc—All I can tell you is that it has been honesily earned up to the 30th of June, but if you choose to leave 20 per cent. in the hands of the directors we shall be all the better pleased. Mr. IRON:SIDES was satisfied, and the dividend was declared. Messrs. E. Baines, of Leeds; D. 'Malin s, of Bir mingham ; Maxwell, of Liverpool; G. Chambers, Wileon, and J. Hurd, were appointed an audit corn mittee according to a resolution adopted at the last half . ..yearly meeting. The meeting was then made special, when Mr. MYERS moved and Mr. ASHTON seconded a motion to the effect that the present ruinous competi tion with the Northern Railway Company be discon- tinned. An amendment to the effect that none but share holders holding 1001. worth of stock be invi:cd to the general meeting, and that no paper be issued except to such ptrsons, was carried all but unanimously. A resolution was then passed to the etlclct that, " as soon as any of the proprietors of the 501. shares shall have paid up the 35/. in respect of any such share held by him, and also shall have paid up the call of 31..65. 81. per share made thereon, such share shall be divided and converted into two shares—one for the nominal valua of 331. 63. Bd., and the other a nominal value of 161. 13s. 4i., in respect of which latter share the sums of 11. 13s. 4d. and 31. 6.1. 81. shall then be taken and considered as having been paid, and each share of 331. 63. Si. shall be converted into part of the consolidated stock of this companye s ‘ - After-a vote of thanks to the-Chairmrhhe'meeting fepseed. GREAT NORTHERN. The report of the directors, to be submitted to the proprietors at the half-yearly meeting, to be held on Tuesday next, has been issued. The following is an abstract of the report : " The gross amount of revenue for the half-year is 239,0641. 3s 7d., from which the directors have thought it right, under the circumstances specially explained in the aaditors' report, to deduct seven months expenditure instead of six. This operation increases the amount to be deducted for the working expenses, which were un avoidably large at the commencement of the goods traffic. The result is a balance of 108,0S8/. 7s. 2d. net revel-Iw , , which, after th ducting parent:3( d rents and preference dividends, together with interest on out -half of the mortgage debt (the other half being applicable to works not yet opened), will leave a bailees available for dividend ot' 40.1231. 17s. 81; and the directors recom mend that a dividend be declared at the rate of q per cent. per annum, being 3s. el per original 251. share, payable after the 15th of September next, to the proprie tors on the register on the 26th of August inst. " The amount of capital expended in the half-year was 635,3571. 5. 6d. and as the works yet incompletcd are progressing with g reat rapidity, the directors have to request authority from this meeting to raise addi tional capital and loans sanctioned by the Acts of Par liament recently passed. The plan by which they pro po-e to raise the share cepital of 750,000/. is by issuing at par, rateably to the proprietors regi,tered in the books of the company on the 26th of August instant, 60,00 t) 5 per cent. preference scrip shares of 12/. 104. each, re deemable by the company at any period on six months' notice, at a premium of 10 per cent.; such shares to re main as scrip unregistered until the full amount of the call has been paid up. " The Towns' line will be opened for traffic early next year, and it is expected the Klng'recross station will be completed about Midsummer next. " With regard to Parliamentary proceedings, the com pany have obtained the Bill No. 1, authorising the addi tional capital, as well as the establishment ot stations at Knottingley and Wakefield, which the increase of traffic has rendered imperatively necessary. " The company's Bill No. 2, which was framed to re gulate the relations of the Great Northern with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Com pany, has also been passed, after a severe and protracted opposition. The company has established the right to accommodation for fish traffic and goods at the Grimsby Docks, as well as the power to construct a goods station at Sheffield, and convenient junctions at Retford; whilst the privilege of using the Gaineborough line ache Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company has been csnfirmed. " The directors regret having to state that their re lations with other companies have not improved since the last meeting. The London end North-Western and the Midland Companies have taken the position of com peting at lower fares for the passenger traffic of the ol.ces at which those companies meet the, Great Northern, viz., York; ---IseeefesseiValthfieklecastere. ffi Sheeld, Bud Lincoln. This universally-co ndemned competition, at low fares, has the unavoidablo effect of reducing the aggregate amount to be ultimately di vided, so that the shareholders of all the three com panies suffer by it. "In connexion with this subject, it may be necessary to state that the London and North-Western and the Midland Companies have, by treaties, excluded the Great Northern from participation in the traffic of the towns lying upon the lines of the Manchester, Shvilielri, and Lincolnshire Company west of Sheffield ; and ot the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company west of Wake field ; tho effect of which would be that even at Brad ford, west of Leeds, and other places to which the Great Northern route will be the nearest from London by twenty miles, all right to a share of such traffic is denied. " In consequence of this, the directors felt it their duty to insist upon these hostile treaties being with drawn before they would consent to arrangemeuts for equal fares to the places from which the Great Northern was so excluded ; and the determination expressed by the London and North-Western and the Midland Com panies is, that the fares shall be run down against the Great Northern, unless the Great Northern will virs tually consent to be excluded from the places alluded to. The directors can have no hesitation in persisting in upholding the reasonable rights of the Great Northern, and do not doubt being able ultimately to establish them, whatever may be the opposition of competing companies. " The Royston and Hitcbin line has been opened to Shepreth, within seven miles of Cambridge, and the Great Northern trains now run to Shepreth, communi ceting by omnibus with Cambridge, the Eastern Coun ties Company refusing to permit the Great Northern Company to run their trains between Shepreth, Shel ford, and Cambridge. " The Great Northern have alto commenced working from Peterborough to Wisbeach, and over the East Anglian lines from Wisbeach to Dereham. The Eastern Counties Company, in contravention of their agreement with the Great Northern, as well as against the rights of the East Anglian Company, secured by Act of Parlia ment, have shut up the points of junction between the Eastern Counties line and the East Anglian line at Wisbeach; in consequence of which the passengers and traffic have to be transferred from train to train by om nibus about half a mile, and groat loss and inconvenience are occasioned, as well to tne public as to the compa nies. The directors have been, therefore, obliged to in stitute proceedings, which are still pending. "A further part of the South Yorkshire line, extend ing to Barnsley, having been opened by the Great Northern Company, trains have, from the Ist of July last, run between Doncaster and Barnsley, connecting that district with the Great Northern system. " The directors have thought it right, under the cir cumstances of the increase of traffic, and consequently of the labour of the several departments, to revise the salaries of all the officers; not doubting that the pro prietors will approve of the principle cf making the salaries commensurate with the labour; and in order to induce the best exertions on the part of the officers to encourage traffic, and at the same time to promote, economy in the working expenses and general manage ment, the directors have adopted the plan of making the several salaries increase with the amount of the dividend paid to the proprietors; thereby giving the officers a di rect pecuniary interest in the success of the undertaking. " The directors recommend that the secretary's salary be 8001. per annum, and be included in the arrangement adopted es to the other officers." The report of Mr. Joseph Cubitt, the engineer, states that every exertion continues to ba made by the contractors at all the principal stations of the Towns' line. Most of the stations on the latter line have been commenced, and there is every prospect of their being ready for use by the time the works of the line are completed. He anticipates the completion of th e works in February next. At the London end of the line gocd progress has been ma de. The earthwork and e t a u n n a n l e a l, ci n u o e r a t u h c o t fitshe proceedingß egen t's c a are completed; rapidly and very sa. tisfaetorily ; the earthwork between the canal and King's-cross, which has but recently been com menced, will, in a very few days be completely opened out, and rapidly proceeding ; the permanent station buildings are in a forward state, and he ex pects to have the extension complete and ready for traffic by the spring of next year. The report of the auditors, Messrs. J. Chapman and J. Catley, express their entire satisfaction with the accuracy of the books and the clear and simple sys tem on which they continue to be kept. It states with reference to the proposal to charge the revenue account with only a moiety of the interest due by the company on the 15th of July, they consider the ar rangement fair and reasonable—as they find on exa mination that about half the amount raised by the company on mortgage has been expended on the Towns' line, the extension t o liing's - cr O F3, and on sundry other works !yet unproductive. The traffic accounts laid before the shareholders in March last embraced the expenditure for the six months, 31st of May to 30th of November, against the earnings of the six months, 30th of June to 31st of December; that is to say, the account of expenditure commenced a month before sad was closed a month earlier then that of the income. This plan was adopted at the commencement to facilitate the making up of the accounts at the end of the half-year. The case, how ever, now being altered, and means out of which a dividend may be declared having been earned, the expenditure has most judiciously been brought down to the 30th of June ; the half-year's account now closed, therefore, is charged with seven months' ex penses against six tuontte earnings. The balance of profit, after writing off the proportion of interest on mortgages before referred to, will be 40,1231. 17s. Bi. The capital account to the 30:11 June last shows 8,274,969/. had been received, including 4 807,2731. on original shares, 1,295,317/. on preference !bares, and 2 . 162 ; 5571. n loin ; and that 8,069,7881. had been expended, inclading 436,2231. expended preliminary to the passing of the Act, 138.6971. law and engi- ' neering expesisee, 1,596,974/ land and compensation, 4,411,1691. worlie end materials ; 325,6401 engines and tenders, 298,593/. carrying stock, 591,170/. in terest on loans and capital, cod 69,888/. on East Lin colnshire Railway; leaving a balance in favour of the company of 205,1801., of which 105,801/. is in cash and 99,379/. invested in South Yorkshire shares, &c. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 30th of June shows that 239,0641. had been received, including 128,766/, for paasengere, 59,443/ for goods and merchandize, and 29,514/. for coal and mine rals. The expenditure for severs months ending the 30th June amounted to 130,975/. including 3,142/. rates and taxes, and 5,794/. Government duty, leaving a balance of 108,088/. The number of miles; in operation is 236, and the number on which the maintenance of way is charged is 143. The gross mileage run by the trains was 1,571,381, and by the qangjaea 1,69,81. The -consumption of coke per engine pertiatf 2 ilair*aa cost 2.534 d. The 'working charges ara stated to ha 46 96 per cent. on the six months' gross earnings. The total expen diture gives an average of Is. 6 d. per mile per train. The net revenue account to the 30;1 of June, in cluding 52,5521. from the last account, shows a tote' of 160,641/, out of which is deducted 94,3341. for in terest on preference and guaranteed shares, rents, &c., and a moiety of the interest on the bonded debt, leaving a balance of 66,307/. The receipts for the half year an the Forsdyke and Witham navigations amounted to 6,3601., and the expeneea to 11,225/., loss 4,8651.; and on the Louth navigation the re ceip's amounted to 1,568/., the expenses to 2,1291, the loss 5611. NORTHERN AND E A.sTEEIN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Bishopsgate station, Mr. B. Pater son in the chair. Mr. BOURNE, the secretary, read the report. The CHAIRMAN havin4 moved a resolution, to the efftct that the report be adopted and the dividend therein announced be declared, Mr. LEcnwonTa said, he perceived by the ac• counts of the Eastern Counties Railway for the past half year that they had g net balance of 158,5631., and he wished to know what amount the company was entitled to out of it. The CHAIRMAN said that the total charge of the Northern and Eastern Company against the Eastern Counties Company for the half-year ending June 30, 1851, was 31,5231. Mr. LECHWORTH inquired what security this com pany possessed for the payment half-yearly of the above amount ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the guarantee given was ample security for the punctual payment of the rent, this company being in the position of land lords, and the Eastern Counties Company in that of tenants. _ _ _ Mr. Lrcuwoßzu said he was perfectly satisfied with the explanation. Resolutions were then passed adopting the report and declaring the dividends of 5 and 6 per cent.. and re electing the retiring directors, Messrs. E. W. Ken nard and J. Masterman, jun. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterdly at the Guildhall Coffee-house; Mr. Spank man in the ch..i7. _ _ The Secretary then read the report. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said, he wasglad to inform them that the lawsuit with the Newry and Warrenpoint Company had been ,brought to a satisfActory conclusion. The expenses amounted to 1,1007., which the latter company had to pay. The money in the heoth of the receiver had been divided among the debenture holders. Their property in the debentures was now secure, as a re ceiver had been appointed who would continue to receive the produce of the traffic until their claims on that company were paid off. It was a matter of con gratulation to them that all the expenses had fallen on the Warrenpoint Company, who, he believed, had very severely felt the consequences of the course they adopted in resisting this company's claim. With respect to leasing the line, be might state that most of the directors held a large number of shares in the company, and they were as anxious as the shareholders could be to dispose of the property ad vantageously. The settlement of the matter in contemplation did not rest with them, neither did it rest with Mr. Dargan; but was delayed from time to time in consequence of the Dublin and Belfast junction line not being completed up to the point where they intended to form a junction with that line. Various delays had taken place in proceeding with the works, partly in consequence of .filling up bogs, but he believed that those difficulties were now overcome, and that the Belfast Junction line would be opened on the Ist of November next. The Dublin and Belfast Company had intimated to the directors of this cow pony that they were prepared to enter into an ar rangement with them. He (the Chairman) had been deputed by the board to proceed to Dublin end wait on the directors of the Belfast Company with respect to an arrangement with that company for forming the junction and working the line when completed. An agreement had been all but concluded, which he believed would be mutually advantageous to both parties. The terms of the agreement were similar to those mentioned at the last meeting, with the ex ception of certain modifications. Mr. Dargan was to have the line for the term of his engagement with the Dublin and Belfast Company, and to pay the Newry and Enniskillen Company 3,1201. a year, which would give the shareholders about 6s. per share. The Dublin and Belfast Company were to work the line, he taking a certain portion of the gross receipts. All the gross receipts above 801. per week were to belong to this compay. One of the modifica tions was that of extending the term of the agreement from seven to ten years, which has m ade the bargain a better one for this company. More facilities for carrying the agreement into effect were also to be afforded. It was hoped that the whole matter would be concluded in the course of ten days or a fortnight, of which the proprietors would be informed iv soon as possible. There was a claim made by the (pater Railway Company of 4,000/. for the alteration of the gauge on that line, the award in respect of which the directors were advised was bad, and, consequently, with the consent of the proprietors, it would be re sisted. There was only one other claim on the company, which the directors had the means to settle. He hoped they would be able to complete the line by a small loan, which would be covered by the Warrenpoint debentures when they were realised. A PROPRIETOR thought it was preposterous for the Ulster Company to claim 4,000/. from them towards the expense of 20,000/., for the alteration of their gauge and plant to suit the national gauge (5 feet 3 inches) of the Irish railways. Had they completed their original line 100 miles in length it would be a different matter, but the idea of such a claim as 4,000/. when they could only make four miles in length of their line, was out of all reason. Mr. STURGE was of opinion that the claims of the Ulster Company should be resisted to the utmost. Resolutions were then passed adopting the report, re-electing the retiring directors, Messrs. Moore and Hamilton, and the retiring auditor, Mr. A. Samuel ; and voting the directors 350/. for their services during the past year, and 201. to the auditors. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. Int I ORLEANS TO BORDEAUX. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place at Paris on Saturday, Aug. 16, in Herz's Great Room, Rue de la Victoire, Baron Paul de Richemont in the chair. Near him w ere seated the following directors :—Count de la Pinson. niere : Viscount de Cussy ; Sir Wm. Bathe, Bart. ; M. Moat; Mr. Barry ; M. Monternault ; M. Bour lon ; M. Teste ; M. Mabille ; M. Lusarche ; and Mr. Paterson. The meeting having been declared con stituted, 45,851 shares and 510 votes being repre sented by the shareholders present, M. Benet pro ceeded to read the report. This document, which is of great length, is divided into four parts—the first, giving an acc o unt of the works required for opening the section from Tours to Poitiers, and of the other sections to Bordeaux ; the second, showing the result of the NV wilting of the line from Orleans to Tours ; the third, relating . to general matters connected with the undertaking; .and the last, giving a statement of t he 'financial position of the company. The se c t ion from Tours to Poitiers, 101 kilo . m tres (63 English miles) in length, IVEtS opened to the public on July 1, 1851, and- it re-q aired immense exertion on the part of the board of (Erectors to have the iron-way laid down, • the rolling ' and otter stock augmented and the stations constru.tild—oll within the space of nine months—in order to attain that object, specifically mentioned in the Bill which passed the Legislative Assembly on August 6. The report specifies the various works whiel i it was necessary to have thus executed, and their at nount is certainly extraordinary for the short timc .111,)wed. The hoard, having to chocse bets een a 3:vsten2 of temporary or of permanent con . straction f the stations, determined on the latter course as t lost advantageous fur the interests of the com - ?any. In consequence of a clause in the Bill of " the co mpany was to Aug. 6, vi declares that execute at its own expense all the works still remain ing to be adjudicated for the stations," the M in i ster e c Public - Works insisted that the earth-works of the st ,, tionts were to be included in the item. This the compau:7 resisted, and on the question being referred to the Superior Railway Commission to decide, the decision was given against the Minister. This was the more important for the cona , _,iany, :es the cost of some cf these earth-works would be ct:nsiderable—being 50,000. at Libourne, and 300,00C1f. at Bordeaux, &c. The works of art, on the part of the line nearest the city just mentioned, are all com aleted, and present every guarantee of solidity. Toe 'Section between Libourne may be de livered to a e company in September; and it is from that period. that the first lire of rails is to be laid down on lite whole section between Angouleme to Bordeaux, adding 133 kilometres (83 English miles) to the part already open--to the public. With respect to the resußs of the working, for tho year ending June 30,1831,as the section between Tours to Pot tei-s wasautJ opened on July 5, its receipts are not included. It is, however, known that they are steadily increasing, and more than equal what was estimated for them. The receipts for the part of the line between Orleans and Tours amount to .... 4,154 596 f. 86c. Toe expenze and charges to .. 2,14'2,603 85 Leaving a profit of Then add v. balance remaining over from last year .. 2,011,993 1 . 12,777 95 AUJ. tti3ra VE mains a total of .. 2,024,770 96 From that &um must b deducted the iutertsit ca 175':'. per share paid up.. 210,000 0 And there remains to divide 1,114 770 93 From that amount, when 5 per cent. is deducted, and one-half of the remainder for the reserve fund, according to the statutes, there remains a sum of 520,000 t. to be Disposed cf, which gives a dividend of 4t. per share, payable at the offices of the com par7, on or u.i . er the first of September next. This result gives llf. per share, or 6f. 28c. per cent. on the paid-up capital. Looking at the general result of the working, it is found that the passenger trallio has been constantly improving during the v-ar, the Ist and 21 classes proving most productive. The augmentation under this head is 117,936 f. 82c. In the goods' traffic there has been an improvement of \ 31,387 tons in weight, and of 98,059 f. 90c. in re ceipts ; and in the transport of cattle an augmenta tion of 11,302 head, and 25,0001. in receipts. Passengers' luggage has naturally followed the development which has taken place in the number of passengers, the improvement being to the ex tent of 77,0621. 25c. The transport of wine gives an augmentation of 11,174 tons in weight and of 38,4071. in receipts. It thus appears that there is an improvement in every branch of the receipts. Under the head of general facts connected with the undertaking, it is stated that the suit between MM. de Rothschild and the company, relative to the inter pretation of an article in the treaty entered into be tween the two parties concerning banking matters, and which had been carried before the Court of Ap peal of Paris, was decided on March 8, 1851, by the court gnashing a former judgment which sentenced the company to pay to MM. de Rothschild damages to the extent of 60,000 f. The company, coro.,e quentl, is nose discharged from the effects of the previous condemnation. The suit of the post-office relative to the trucks of the moving post-offices is not yet terminated. Of the 130,000 shares of the company, upwards of 60,000 are held iu England by about 500 persons,.a proof of the cnnfidence felt in the line. Las' year the number was only 71,500, so that in that country the confidence still increases. The report, which enters into most ample de tails on every point of expenditure mentioned in the tables, was distributed to the share holders some days previously. The calls, it states, were paid up satisfactorily, and it adds inci dentally that the sum of 104932 f. duo by the state to the company for the inundation of the Laire in 1546 still remained unpaid. When the rea:ling of the report had terminated, The CHAIRMAN inquired if any person desired to make any observation ? A SHAREHOLDER inquired if any new determina tion had been come to respecting tne time at which the calls were to be made ? The CHAIRMAN replied that there was no reason to apprehend that they would exceed 75f. during the year, in three payments of 25f. each. They might even only amount to 50f. in all. Yet, although the position of the company was so satisfactory, the , board could not make any more explicit declaration on the point.—(hear.) A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether it would not be preferable to have the general meeting held at a more early period of the year ? The CHAIRMAN said that the time fixed had origi nated in the formation of the company ; it was also found more convenient for the English shareholders, who were so numerous a body, as certainly to merit that attention be paid to their convenience, than either autumn or winter. No complaint had been ever made of the period of the year fixed ; still, if the shareholders thought fit to make any representation on the subject, the board would be ready to take it into consideration. — (Loud cries of " No, no No other person expressing a desire to speak, the report, accounts, and dividend were agreed to unani mously, amidst marks of approval. The meeting then separated. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: APPOINTMENTS. Acting Assistant -Surgeons—John Angus, Govett, William G. J. Ayre, and James W. Elliott, to the Penelope. Naval Instructor—Alfred Turmiae, to the Calypso. Master's Assistant —A. Da G. Sutton, to the Shearwater. Boatswains—Wm. Flint, to the Waterloo; James Butler, to the Grecian. Carpenter—Daniel Thompson, to the Waterloo. Acting Carpenter—W. J. Adams, to the Virago. DEVONPORT, AUGUST 19.—We are happy to state that Commodore Lord John Hay is decidedly better, and strong hopes are entertained of his Lord ship's recovery. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 20.—Vesuvius, steam•ves sel, arrived at Spithead this morning from Wool wich. She proceeded for Devonport at noon, where she will be placed as an advanced steamer. Pique, 36-gun frigate, sailed early this morning for Milford, where she will be lengthened and re paired. She was towed into the offing by the Echo, tug. Odin is fitting at the mooring off the K in g 's Stairs. Commander Sir W. Wiseman and her crew have joined her. Marlborough, Indiaman, having embarked pas sengers, and stock, sailed this morning for M adra s. Ine Tiger, new steam-frigate, has had her fore and main-mast reduced, and has been taken up the harbour. The Sprightly steam•tender, Mr. George Allen Master Commanding, proceeded to Cowes last evening with the Commander-in-Chief. PLYMOUTII, AUG. 20. Yesterday, at half-past ten o'clock, the First Lord of the Admiralty held a levee for the reception of those officers whom he had not seen within the previous twelve months. With the exce ption of Sir Francis Baring, th e o ther lords com menced at half past eleven to mu s t e r the m en etn ployed in the dockyard. The inspection occupied twit o hours, and was of a very scrutinising c haracter ; appeared as if there was an intention to make a con , siderable reduction in the establishment. Between 200 and 300 shipwrights carpentersj o iners, caulkers, sail makers, labourers Ste:, were c alled from th.e ran s, regarding their ap to and inquiries made 'prenticeship, servitude, age, &c., with a view no doubt superan nuation. At two o'clock their Lordships embarked in the Commodore's barge to muster. the ordinary on board the St. George , 120, Captain Joseph Nias, C.R. Their Lordships were pleated to express their satis faction at the a pp earance of the .. s . hip and of th e crew , and complimented .og Captain Mas thereon. Th e i r Lordships, on leavin g the St. George, l an d e d at Keyham, and made a further inspection of the works, a fter which t he y re-embarked in the Commodore's b a rge and landed at the dockyard. They thenpr prc ceeded to the Royal Hotel, and were subsequently en tertained at dinner by Major-General_ the . lion. H. I Murray, at Government Liouse, Mount Wi se. 'I I -r.Ca6