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N uricE is HEREBY GWEN, that JOSEPH btu , ~,,P4 R KIN, of th e b orough of Sunderlan d , i n th e coun ty of day o';'`LBri i pbroker, bath, b y IN DENTURE, b ear i ng d a t e the 28th son,C',O3ost insant, conveyed and assigned all his real and benefiter- ofi, ,77.7 and effects whatsoever and wheresoever, for the ~n-eer eer a ,`,'"eo tors, unto JOHN DENNISTON, of the borough of . s u a _ J o e„,%nalrerleant, and that suck Indenture was executed by t e hi in•t a Z , L in i9u and John Deaniston, on the said 28th day of August ' 4 , 41 boron the presence of, and'is attested by, John Kidson, of the !'rk to M g °I Sunderland, solic!tor, and Charles Munro B tr, sal i:ssrs. Joseph John Wright, and George Walton Wright, a of 1 Anddnot'ruugh of Sunderland, solicitors. -Its at it i ' ee is hereby further given, that the said Indenture now ri tn „! °tikes ot the said J. J. and G. W. Wright, in t' e s a id bo- f tfe;aiTicusriclerland, for inspection and execution by the Creclito i r t s hin o IWO Month:Ph Parkin' who are required to execute the same w .tx c i,,,,,, _ r from the date thereof, in default of which theywill be ttieß,a,t, this the Dividend to be made in pursuance thereof. . Irlis 31st day of August, 1850. J. J. and G. W. WRIGHT, S o licitors to the j JNO. KIDSON, said Trustee. T, .t U R SU ANT o COlywn to a- DECREE of the HlG ain t s l t -oot its .of CIIA.NCERY, made in a cause ROGERS of s toor l the Creditors of WILLIAM ROGERS, late of the . borough ag s n or btfoo, victualler (who died In the month of March, 1" d 5,) rove the., ir debtre the GUI day of November, I 850,t° co r:s e q. i , n one an °pi. !, 1 , 1 1 ! il loitera ~' b efore RICHARD TOBIN KINDERSLEY, ..111 D, ch : n . the said Court, at his * Chambers, in Southampton - . bui. ''lnAtorii cernane, London in eefault thereof, they will pe r be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. CHARLE-; FLINT, Stafford, Solicitor for the Plaintiff. Agent. SAIRIEL SBUTTLEWORTIL Gray's Inn, _ Afig w oPORTE 30 Guineas, cost 70 Guineas a etke tt , et e io months A go . A COTTAGE CABINET, with patent 14 „, ed. &c., the prope r ty o f a P ro fessor of Music, lately de l() h., 411(107. each at Mr. Joceph Lollar's, No. 23, Pavement, Finsbury, VOR D ,Q co I a pb ,WELLINGTON FAMILY and How HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVE,RPIO.OiigLe. rflucks, an 4 situated in the immediate vicinity of the Lac d Erst. r ,_ ° ! l ler Places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up well (tad the accommodations for American, Fore:gn, as th."llsh 3 trangers. will be found everything that is desirable, relit. --iharrangernents of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate " e PrdPrietor urther wistizuntegintimate that his Coffee 3ci.olUniercial Rooms, and Bed Rooms, will be tt stco nd to time as well as • The Ilia in the kingdom. a „, arges for servants are included in the Bill (except those reflait relpeYitetfiniiv, hours),Waiter, Porter, and Chabermaid, " , iY intimated that all f u rther payment is mine- YORK --..... xpitic IA BLAND GEORGE HOTEL, PAVEMENT. Commercial W ' ; rm .° 14 A -ND respectfully informs e • t„ l 4. B 4ken tiie - otuer Gentlemen, also Families vl'itinfioTroor.k,thisa Es_ _atihine,,.. has been old-established Hotel. and Tlinte ' i l li r - 4 t 4tl gella u e " :;t e i are b sti e ll greatly improved tastefully fated up ; the eh as will insure every comfort and convenience "n offer, Good Stabling, Coach-houses Ac. 11tjp -rB .. D ---------- --- UCK'S PATENT WIIITE ZINC 4 A/NT araitel__, combines elegance, durability, health, and Econo d my. vu gc wat `u lit Whiteness. It is permanent for ages—unaffecte .by teak. el', suga r , most noxious A ll ---e qUal to theargoes, vapour from cesspools, or the the use of var w 1, --fa vo , a ,.._ finest coach panelling, withou aDart me r t ute to the health of the painter, and to the occupants II rR " s ne wlY painted with lt—covers so much work t h ha c t as i k t itara ptii ch eaper than the poisonous paints hitherto used. Each C r i ' nuanucK, London, Patent." st li x t:e 4o F po i i r t .iw pt l ha t e h th i: i particulars, may be obtained from the priucid .hadonhd D at h t c h k e s. Works of THOS. HUBBUCK and F? L 0 0 R C 0T H S estQuailty Warranted - . 29. d• ersi,„ do. c o _ and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. per square yard. A _..iirion Floor Cloth from - Is. I° ` l. do. quantity of Remnants h p —N.B. No higher Prices. s ' ..---- - 2 --.._ j"rETT . Manufacturer , 532, New Oxford-street. XXI 4I. VESEND sTAR PACKET S -ore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to or from London and Gravesend. re : 4l . :::In e on and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. Blackwall. Chief Cabin.... 9d. IC kther p Intermediate Piers 6d. h e i r ,_ l 'ets call at the G Greenhithe, and Purtieet Piers. seis call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). F ROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. liVo x Sr ass. SUNDAYS. M ae It oshr. ' l lll . e. Gray, ' (i_r re . Pte- Time Roster- Grays Green- Pur it7 111 h • fleet 11 • hithe. fleet *7 834 11 N 11 — 1 12 2 2 4 6)¢ -- 7 .—— S UND AYS. 1144. IVIXIC D AYS. I t x. a . : : Green. shr- rime. Par - Green et Roshr- " . 1 11 the. C4 raYs R v lli e . ." .. " - ii fleet hith . 1 Grays vine. $........,_ ........... I___— --- .Z tr 10 4 --- ..... 9 _ I N - _ 10 li 10 12 1 --- —.— 1014 14 11 N -- 114 3 4 2 14 —— 3% • '64 x --- ._ __ * 5 6 4 6 1 A _. _ 714 -- ' 1,- ..: ..',. -- r--....._ I I I I I ! ‘l.: : :',,litt e ir 'narked 'I , are run direct, ta, t, -,-- 4 , , ,, v r " i neP at Plers or for Boats. ~,r ..; TI CKETEL—TweIve Menthe. 41 . ,4 ,,,:, 41.5.shtlis, 11. 155.; to be had of the i, ,1 1 • 4,;:1_ 4 1 or Ur. Monk; Terrace Pier Gra' 5;., ---. ' , :s_ g4/I ' lB A O . • -: :.„ Le rackets not being per- . 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 155.; e Collectors on heart the iveseni. . NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. DONCASTER RACES. lax F .Uerlay, the 17th, W e d nes d a y, the 18th, Thursday, the 19th, keqj id ay. the 20th September, a SPECIAL. TRAIN for First and Atvs.,-Class Passengers, at ONE FARE for the DOUBLE JOUR trcn ,I — Pirst Class, 31s. ; Second Class, 231. 6d., will be dispatched eßtv[Euston Station each morning at a Quarter b efore Seven, 1. 4 :g at D oncaster at 11 45 A.M. evenbjtETUßN TRAIN will leave Doncaster for Lo n d on each 6 45. B order, Gener al Manager's Office, y Efiston Station, September 5, 1850. MIRK HIIISH. ItYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. prer n ,l4uring this week the ALPINE SINGERS from Styria will at :; ,1 11/4 0 1, ° eral of their National Melodies, daily at Four, and in the l ialf-past Eight .— Lecture on the Hydro - Electric Ma de -gut. —Letr. Rachhoffner, daily at Two, and in the evenings at - 7 et a n ure on the Mechanical Properties of a Jet of Steam, 4er ea,__ li tia g rt ; e,r - Put Three, and in the Evening 3 ata Quarter-past l`Tatu' r ea of Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Won -44 T re, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Ceylon e ,1 1 ..„; also at a Series exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Rens One e'el ' ock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &C. Admission, is.—Schools, Half-price. 44GYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, St. James's. Tale sPleadid THIS EVENING, a ll , th e lv , ‘ _, and magnificent Salle de Dense is NOW OPEN % ri valled T -TER SEASON, with Laurent's celebrated aid During ' 11011 the Conducted by M. Laur . ent, r on. :044 4 recess the above Rooms have been entire') and newly de ,,,ticli a , b 3; the most talented and ingenious artists of the day ; and .7 1e clIr?„ 1 5' of splendour and taste has been displaaypeodp(under h '' fashi, - " 101 1 of G. F. Bryer), that this faysurite an of 1 m ar he truly .4, s lehore in the st) Temple ular resort le K d t the most superb and elegant an a :" of Subicri ti • United . _ em,, is. Pon ..___s,, Kingdom. li. le.; one moanttNh,inleLpirse...; 41 Itiy . ' ;Den at Ilalf-past Eight, Dancing to commence he Academy closes at Eleven. eIIEMORNE GARDENS, On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. iluh daYs Children, Half-price. I tefre m __ , at Half-past Four. No charge for admission except by free. bir ec l ,e It C ard—Sixpence. Children under Six years leht `gard r e ' n. M rs T. 13. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell -street, Co t, kira„„,. THIS DtY September 10. ~.,.11.0krritilelsrn.°,,, Su i e i c e e w ss of Deuli ' n's ' new Fairy the Ballet, „ The Origin of Dancing to Groupings from Antique. e. Danc" t; ' ' tnal- Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio 4 rrie, ' O, her marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid 41 'brat e n' a s — Qf C hevalier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattaway s . Brass Band. / a Werine.,, NATIONAL SPORTS OF ENGLAND. a - klditi '''Y Thursday and Friday. September 11, 12, and 13, k „"entaiT s to t , usual . Entertainments a perfect repetition and f—el p i .c.on of th , 3 Old En-lish Sports performed before her Majesty i l i 114 .I)ttt Alb ert, in celeneatlon of the anniversary of the Birthday nd_ ti4 ott 'u i ' ll Highness Prince Alfred, at Osborne, August 6. I,▪ : k kk, a ' ar ge for admission. The Sports will commence at Four .e In an,,,,conclude oftwih a Morris Dance on the Platform by tit ', N i l itetts`e'entlemen Herr Deulin's powerful Ballet ComPanY• s t ,', 4 Sar,,,P r eParation, a Grand Chinese Fete. e"cd area for the nature, the usual entertainments will be pr s e: —O4 re ' sto";.,l i ac t of the Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for admi ' viz, la. ,male s ,t,,. N EPAULESE ARCHERY GROUND.tt. ti on r cisa ~,,ushgen t lemen can here enjoy the hea pronoting elegant a tt .. gr am , ;..e graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instr , u_c- . he ...! totve-4,, Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o clock, is. , T i ,", Vir e ' ;'• Per dozen Matches nr Dinner, and a Prize - R ige n f r T a Ys open. Tickets 10s. 6d. each, o f be had of Mr. b...,-011e,'114%,,eu,scrY Manufactory, 164, Bishopsgate•street. WI, Airo u , s ''' Cave —The Shooting Gallery—Burns's Cottage.ran tsb,Lter , i n t' , of Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer nes (' lir n 7icid d the Arctic Regions—The Maze —Statuary of the C,t ltuiclitti g:a i b lllsi—The American Giant—The Log Hut of . 14 c• J ggers—Anclent and Modern Groupings, by Duffel, tlzh 4!eslt re,,,,,, 4. — " e cted, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, Its it r LT wer lit r ,, t , th e , e these delightful grounds in such high pe t rf o e m ct i i t on a bt,i,." 'neaiii.:"tkent Moment ' . Visitors to London should no %hi" of fi o ,_! u e shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated titt Be , 5 ,., at Cremorne. Everything has been done to render 'A e ? 44 ge. s 'nt Place of amusement worthy the most extensive this ai ' Z tr ition of the F is particularly as The ° Milton d French in London cab ile !rit d tt ucosse. requested to 11 t t 41 the „Th, e 1. ; wl ing Saloon of this establishment is open free to the - amver ~-. 4flnoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, 4 .r.. 1,4 i'lplanade. 4 , e: 4 tote on Sundays at Six o'clock—fialf - a -CT°wn° Boat l eß lorne cae reached by road or river for 3ds 'Ave, Ba tterseabridge every Night after the Fireworks. N. I\IG EROUS CHEMICAL ADULTERA 1, -oti, e , TION OF SUGAR. ~l ' lth „I sr the 29th together °3t. . 311"ebY given , that the leading article of the ' 'll 4e rvatl at the British instant, exposing this important question, Or .' y te Or ti__, ons thereon, may be had, Gratis , __ " Morning 40 0 4 l etter , Qaltll. Nevr•road, London; and of all the IlY i f e e la _ n College ve . .on forwarding a penny postage stamp to t agents ; Nit A .---- -- , 1..._ 1 tl2ll3l.__st August, 1850. k r I L T k h lß e ae l k B GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS. t.„ 4 e ?ILI ~ nowledged efficacy of BLAIR S GOUT and BMX liak „ 41 1 t, t o .',..,: bY the continued series of testimonials which have la „_`}fider„A~2p! published by the proprietor for nearly ' twenty years, and by7obars'avulls rnelicine the most popular of the present age ; la 6 bis. It I°l of which the follovring extract of a letter, written 4 ~ e .. ollard be-' e4 ttio " 4 ham, i ..er, Esq., Collector of Customs, Jamaica, IT i v i : ri, /rill f p c by his brother at Swindon, to Mr. Trout for publi c L., I kn ow °LY confirm, i; .0 .•::, enap hykotithave never had occasion to take Blair's Pins, but 11thelah p tilat ally tell you, in mercy,to any friend who may su . ff n er nwinitliey._gmeinteta luinha..o sciatica, rheumatism, or a y Car e‘v ° Oritry th e family ° , to recommend their using them. !'et e.h , hte or vs Y arc of wonderful efficacy : not only tun I . per t s i o ce n r Ms 1 4 mf.„,.;! ° lr Powers, but I see my friends and acqua luta s t 111:: 0 4 a ny g benefit from their use. I would net . be witl t i h o e u t ateg 4t e It alic,'"unt. If ken in the early stage of and daesffeect they aca:Peedt, : et er ; if In a later, they alleviate Sat ,sbY Theitt..,, th an by any other means within my knowledge." 4, lhaqj 411 re.B .-rOut, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ,. r e, 1,11 Pectable Medic ins Vendors throughout the United . 1 .1167, k f or llLA c T e b 23 ' 9 d. Per boX n lit: A Zlne anci—'6l..'B GOUT and . RIIETTMATIC PALS, and olierve - . I % 61 ' 4O a-cireBa °f " Tho p 229 Strand, London,' /In , Id., s _ A the ,____. mas rout, . --". 4 / 4 4 LC174,a, "7"fltruellt stamp Affixed to each box of the -.~:: .-/-,- , z/t..-c_._ • / , , • • . f(- 7( ~, ,, -" , c- P l- . „ ;27 ; -(-A-''-Z-9' ........., _ .... ' 4 ... . 4 :- . ... ' . ills ~ .. .- ,-.,. .i.. 44 .. . 5 1 •,, i ._ :.„ - :.~ , *,:,,. v ... k • • 'it!'<n--..7,1,4.,.. •„i,„:.• ... ' i — , ( - / ..,,t, • . 4 .4. , ‘. 1., ' r --. a s:J l. 7-' , --.4- . 7 , , , .:, L :t . :.-- - *• - X • ' 40 1 : 44 • ~ .., ..,,r, , ..ts , ,5 5.4 .4 r % ). 7 ---- . - '1.:". - 1 • . r c , • , - • • - . / i • , ,„. \ - 5C .. ..• - - ''' . • - .-- - - ...,..- • ~-4 1 HHI .. , 0 , .....e‘ . ..% , - 1. , ' --- . \,. L O r t 7,• 4 t - --‘ •'•-•., 311 . 1„ .:. • ' \,_.'• 4.-• - \ - 7,*, . ~ i - i ' ~, , ;....,--0/•., . 1r ~‘,l:t- .0 ~ . t „-.4 •.. , ~, • , --- *..,:. it - l i , \ :" , ".4hr0p,„..,•e ,' - J i i 4 • ....,........--... , .____!•:_ [PRICE SD. N ° . 18,08 5 .] LONDON, TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 10, 1850. ._N G S N 7 DISPUTED LIFE POLICIES. " A trial of considerable Interest to Life Assurance Offices and the public was concluded yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held a policy for an assurance ment of 539 /.f w in hich policy the Albion C o mpany as security for an a dvance, the pa that at the time it y o was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground was effected the fact of the assured party having been a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. The chief evidence turned I upon the question as to the degree of inte:ziperance that had been exhibited, and the resWt was, that a verdict was given against the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from the date when it became due. The circumstance of the action being brought by one office against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po licies under the present system, and shows that the only mode by which absolute security can be obtained by the public must lie in the general adoption by Assurance Offices of the plan of prote'Aing them selves in every case by duo inquiries before the granting • f each po licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility et the com pleteness of such inquiries b y holding themselves t ettie two precluded fro arem raising any future questio n. In the preenes found to be diametrically opposed In their opinions as to what can properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to he able to guare themselves against such contingences. Similar cases have occurred before, and even if they were snore rare, they would ser iously injure the progress of life assurance. Ihe very principle upon which the business Is founded is the removal of uncertainty, and whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest degree, the people who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be d e terred."—Times, July 11 , 1850. I THE LONDON -INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LO3IBARD-S MEET, LONDON. . TRUSTEES. f. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Ri c hard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AI7DITORS. George Cumming, Esq. I J aates Turner. Esq. William D. Starling, Esq. , David Henry Stone, Esq. SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq. BANlCEas—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edge Ware-road. Rev. James Sherbold Boone, A.M , StanhoPe-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coln's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esl., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-Park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. • • Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Danger&ld, Esq. Secretary, Chas. Ilogkton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the Import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practicefrom of Li the comfe As - surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be forwarded, on application, to Solicito AL , to whom Commission is allowed. rsEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. ciATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTEI ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25 is extracted from the th instant, at the Ilead Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claim: have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Ireland—one for 500/. and the o far ther for 2801.—makexpected mak ing t og ether 7001., which have been paid. This is below the mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Prop ,sals were made for 138 Policies, amo unting to 52,96 31 . 2 s. 6 d.: of these 12 t, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 65. gixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the let of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annuli premiums 3,7321. ifs. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9301. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 15s. 11d. lied for to the extent of 17,7001., Since last meeting loans w ere a pp but 1,1831. Ils. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four tenth they had considerably extende their business on the mon Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent i d n France, Monsieur de l'Etang„ a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and p atrona g e of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con• siderabte amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. NOTICE IS PIEREBY GIVEN, that on the 29th instant, the Chief Office of this Company in London will be REMOVED to Nos. 20 and 21, POULTRY. BENJN. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary. 3, Charlotte-TOW, Mansion-house. September 3, 1850. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROV ED. LEA and PER,RINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game , S ou p , Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious sauce it the best safe guard to health. Sold by the prOprietors, Lea and Perrin, 6, Tere-street, Oxford street, London, and 66, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and o .h er Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B. To guard against Imitations, see t it the names of " LEA and PER BINS" are upon the label and pat nt cap of the bottle. TII BLOOD. Our bodies have been entirely formed, are now forming, and will con tinue to be balt up during life from the Blood ; this being the case, the grand object is to keep this precious flitid (the blood) in a pure and healthy state, fur without this purity, disease will show itself In me way or the other. PA It R. S LIFE PILLS so . 'cis universally admitted that this fine Medicino will purify the Blood better than any other, and WILL CONQUER any Disease. None are genuine, unless the words " PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are in White Letters on a Red Ground on the Government Stamp, pasted round each box ; a!so the facsimile of the signature otreet f the Proprietors, " T. ROBERTS a nd Co., Crane•court, Fl, London," on the Directions. Sold in boxes at Is. I d„ 2s. 9d., and family p ackets at Ils. each, by all respectable Mediclne-venders. CULVERWELL'S NEW WOUK,S. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalhc; 147, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Corrailll ;or direct from the author , price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. Gd. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex :ursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country ['rips and Itarnlvles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. , at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, test, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vol& Vol I. A VISIT TO THE LAKES; II SKETCH_OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. . THE LAKES OF KILLADUBLIN, RNEY &c. REMINISCENCES OF WIIAT TO RAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em oitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu atlon of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens over heard." SUBJECT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent ofthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentiousr.ess and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, tud remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." raooasststa :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either s ex.e Time and and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, ple figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Qa;es, &c. By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-dve years Medical and Forensic Referee In these matters. 12 ex :option hours daily till five. Evenings. seven till nine. 10 Argyll-place. Regent-street THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Ii nitrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings en Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox tord-street, London. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Inatokny, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structu; es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and eomplete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of api. , lying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference Almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, s 2, Patern os ter - row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne itreet, Haymarket; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps. front the Author's Residence. 37. Rodford-sonars London. ROBBERY BY A CLERK. Livaapoor., MorsDAT.—On Thursday last a young man named Frederick Oliver Rowlinson, a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Daunt Brothers, iron mer chants of this town, absconded, and a large sum of money in gold was missing, which he was supposed to have taken with him. The firm has A house in Manchester, and the police of that town, who have a high character for detective vigilance,were immediately set upon the alert, the result being that Neaves, one of the principal officers, apprehended Rowlinson at Birmingham on Friday. This morning the prisoner was brought before the police maeiatrate in this town charged with having stolen 257/. belonging to his employers. Neaves stated that having received in formation of the robbery, he proceeded to Birmingham on Friday, and arrived there about one o'clock. As he was going out at the gates of the station he met the prisoner and immediately took him into custody. On searching him he found 50/. in notes, 31. Bs. in coin, a gold watch, and two valuable rings. Witness afterwards went to the house where the prisoner had lodged the night previous, and in his port manteau there were 1491. in sovereigns, and some wearing apparel, which the prisoner had pur chased in Birmingham. Oa being questioned about the money, the prisoner acknowledged that it be longed to his masters, and said that when he had made up the amount taken he intended to send it back. It appears that before the prisoner went away he paid a debt of 101. at the house where he had been lodging in Liverpool, and gave 201. to his mother. The circumstances of the robbery of the 2571. are briefly these :—On Thursday the amount was paid to Mr. Thomas Livesley Plant, the manager of the business in Liverpool, and he handed it over to the prisoner to pay to Mr. Daunt on his return from Manchester. In the evening the prisoner gave the 2571. to Mr. Daunt, as directed, and that gentle man afterwards instructed him to lock it up till morning in the iron safe. This be does not appear to have done, and he was not seen' again till apprehended in Birmingham. The prisoner is quite a young man, short, but rather good-looking, and very neatly attired. He seemed fully to appreciate the awkward ness of his situation, and when asked what he had to say to the charge, he replied, that when he took the money he was not aware of the consequences. He was then fully committed to take his trial. It should be remarked that the prisoner had only been in the service of the prosecutors since the Bth of July last. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.-011 Satur day Richard Bremridge, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at Ilfracombe, on the body of a deceased clergyman, named John Allin, of Upper Arley , Staffordshire, who met with his death under the following circumstances :—lt appears that Mr. Allin was visiting at Ilfracombe, and that on Wednes day, the 14th ult., he was taken up into a phaeton occupied by Lady Valentia and Miss Somerset, also visitors from Upper Arley, as the ladies were driving out to Lee. When the party arrived at Mill Pond, between the chapel and a cottage occupied by Mr. Drake, the horse took fright, and turned the phaeton over near Mr. Drake's door, throwing the deceased and the ladies out. They were taken into the cot tage. A surgeon was sent for, and found the deceased suffer ing from an excessive laceration of the scalp, with a division of two of the arteries. The deceased gentleman was then re moved to Cliff Cottage. On Thursday convulsions came on, and the fits did not leave the deceased till the time of his death, which took place on Friday night, about II o'clock. The deceased did not suffer from concussion of the brain, nor from a fractured skull, but from an excessive laceration, causing a loss of power on the left side of the face. The medical attendants were of opinion that he died from suffo cation and spasm of the throat. A verdict was returned of " Accidental death." A young woman in Lowestoft, more than 20 years of age, has recently had extracted from her breast forty needles. It is supposed they were swallowed when she was a child, a circumstance, however, of which she has no re collection. OFFICIAL SALARIES COMMITTEE. BOARD OF TRADE, &c. The following is the substance of the latter portion of the evidence in this department : The Right llon. Sir Edward Ryan examined. Chairman—You are one of the Commissioners of R,Ail ways ?—Ycs. Mr. Ellice—Are they all eligible to seats in Par lisment?—N o, I am not. The President and the other Commissioner are, by the terms of the Act. Do you consider Mr. Labouchere the President of the Commission ?—Yt a. Lord Granville represents the Board in the house of Lords. Mr. Ricardo—Was not the original Railway De partment appointed by a Treasury minute of the 6th of August, 1844, and was not the Railway Commis sion of 1848 9 quite different ?—Entirely ; it is ap pointed under the Act of Parliament which passed in 1846. Will you describe generally the branches of duty that you have to perform?—Use branch of duty under the 5 and 6 Vict. is as to the opening of rail ways; no railway is to be opened without notice to the Commissioners of Railways, and they are to ap point officers to inspect, and they are empowered, upon the reports of the officers, to postpone the open ing, and to do so from time to time, till they think the railway can be opened with safety to the public. Then under the 3 and 4 Vict., c. 97, and 7 and 8 Vict., c. 85, they may appoint inspectors of railways, and the persons so appointed may examine railway stations, works, buildings, and carriages, for the pur pose of enabling the Commissioners to carry the pro visions of any general or special Act into execution. Under that, of course, there are various duties which the Commissioners have to discharge ; for instance, upon inspecting on one occasion the engines of the Brighton Railway Company, we found that they were deficient, and steps were taken to remedy that. Another branch of duty is as to the con struction of roads and bridges; this is under the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act. The Commis sioners, after hearing the parties interested, may in certaic cases modify and alter the construction of roads, bridges, and other works, and decide upon the ar rangements and mode of construction which may be desirable, and authorise the same by a certificate in writing. that, of course, involves inspection ; no tices are to be given to the parties who are heard before the Commissioners on each side, the parties proposing and the parties objecting to those altera tions ; and there is a formal decision upon the case, which is drawn up with a plan annexed, and which has, in fact, the force of an Act of Parliament. Another duty is as to deviations from gradients, curves, &c. The Commissioners of Railways may, after examination and inquiry, empower railway com panies in the construction of their works to alter the works described in the Parliamentary plans and sec tions, by increasing the inclination of gradients, diminishing the radius of curves, substituting tunnels for cuttings, and viaducts for solid embankments; applications of that kind are very numerous. The same course is pursued there ; notice is given, the parties are heard, and an adjudication is made. Then as to the junction of branch railways; in case of dis putes between an owner or occupier or other person and the railway company, as to the proper places for any openings in the ledges or fianches of any railway, the Commissioners are to hear and determine in the same manner. They have also the power of interfering and regulating branch communications with railways, to insure the public safety: They have also the power of authorising railway companies, in cases of accidents or slips, to enter upon adjoining lands ; and when they think it necessary for the public safety that additional land should be taken, they may re vive the compulsory powers of purchasing and taking lands contained in the Act of the company. That, of course, requires consideration and inquiry. The parties are heard, if necessary, upon the subject. The Commissioners have also power to make regula tions as to gates and the crossing of turnpike-roads, and as to speed, with a view to the public safety. They have also the power to sanction, after hearing the parties interested, the substitution of bridges for level crossings. That is dealt with in the same man ner. They have also to regulate cheap trains, which, under the Act of Parliament, are to be provided by the company, and are to be approved of by the Com missioners, as to the hours of starting, the rate of speed, the stations at which they stop, and the provision of seats and protection from the weather, as to whi".,g, ~ ) ae have a discretionary power. We In' ). with those conditions, if we tl'" `' , .of other arrangements r beiog mat. o the public. We are nut eSowekei al - Lekayge ; _tbe charge must not exteed a .saut aria all the other circumstances 4.. tkise cheap trains, we have a discretion, and the quire much considera tion and icquiry. We have also to decide disputes between connecting railway companies, where com panies have a common terminus or a portion of a line in common. Further, we decide questions in dispute relating to arrangements for conducting joint traffic. We also appoint umpires to determine certain matters referred to arbitration, under the provisions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, and the Land Clauses Act, and the Railway Clauses Act. And further, we have the by e -l aws o f a ll the companies to regulate. No bye-laws of rail wa y companies are good with out they are appro ve d b y you ?—No ; we have to approve not only of bye-laws relating to the use of railways, but also regulating the use of canals, docks, and harbours, and other works of a public nature be longing to railways. Then we have another duty, which is an important one, and a difficult one in its exe cution at times, and certainly not a very popular one, which is the enforcement of the provisions of Railway Acts. These are either general or special. There is the enforcement of the provisions of general Railway Acts, such as obliging the railway companies to carry the mails, under certain circutnstancvs, or the police, or enforcing certain regulations as to cheap trains ; and there ar e a l so i n t h e s p ec ial Acts various provisions which we are called upon at times to enforce. Mr. Ellice—Have you power, with respect to the mails, to enforce any particular r.tte of charge to the public ?—Yes, according to the provisions of the existing Acts ; the case to which I particularly allude is with respect to sending a guard with mail-bags as a passenger, and the company refused to allow the guard to take up and leave bags on the way ; where the company refuse, and the law says they are bound to do that, we have the power to enforce it. Have you the power of making a law with respect to the stoppage of the trains at different places for the accommodation of the Post-office ?—Certainly not ; only to enforce the conditions of the Acts of Parlia ment as to the conveyance of the mails. If any dispute arises between the Post-office and a railway company, have you the power of settling the dispute arbitrarily It must be settled by reference to a court of law ? —lf it is a dispute about the rate of carriage, there is a power provided in the Act, namely, by arbitra tion ; but if they do not comp l y w i t h t h e prov i s i ons of the Act of Parliament, we cannot decide the mat ter; we can only institute legal p rocee di ngs t o en force the Act of Parliament. Supposing a private individual has a complaint as against any if those railway companies, and should appeal upon that complaint to the Railway Board, would the Railway Board think it right, upon a case which appeared to them to warrant the proceeding, to desire the Attorney-General or the Lord Advocate of Scotland to proceed against the company at the public expense ?—No ; certainly not; unless there were some public advantage in so doing ; they would not listen to a particular individual complaint, unless there were some public advantage in doing so. Then why should a special distinction be m a d e i n the case of a contract between the public and th e r A a c il t w a a f y p c a o rlia mp m an e y ?—The distinction is m a d e b y t h e Parliament. Chairman—What is the nature of the reference that the Post-office instancesCommis sionerstheyhavein c t a h r e r y y i a n p g piyto us, sayin g that their mails by guards, and that they want to know whether the company are obliged to carry the mails under those circumstances, and if they are obliged, what course should be taken to compel them to do so. Under what Act of Parliament is that ?—Under the 9th section of the 9th and 10 h of Victoria, chap. 105 ; that is the Act which appoints the Commis sioners, the Act of 1846 : " And whereas, in some cases, railway companies have exceeded the powers given to them under the Acts consti'utieg them, or have otherwise acted contrary to the provisions of the powers now vested said Acts, or of the General Acts fur regulating Railways • be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of the said dommissioners to prevent any such unlawful c. 85, s. 16, direct the Attorney youkheavueppanyd company ? ft The powers to i proceedings bby f the he exercise sai said ofan Committee."y which this Act refers are those contained in what is t l e 7 i7 a e h d d ll l l B r.. Gladstone's Act, 7 and 8 is , l\r u w lt h r :t t inder the llth e un dertakenhatifsorthtehaparrtoicstu-loaffir cemasetoing General to proceed against a railw a y is the case of the Edinburgh, P ert h , and Dundee Railway ; the question is, " Whether, section of the 7th and Bth Vic., e. 85 , th com an can refuse to allow the t o A leave bags at the intermediate stations between that from which he started and that to which he has paid his fare?" Is not the real question in dispute with respect to the times at which the railway company shall convey Post-office letters ?—The question is, whether they can prevent the guard leaving the bags at the inter mediate stations on the railway, going at the ordi nary rate at which other passengers travel. Was not a case submitted to you where the Post office took advantage of a common train in order that they might send the bags by a passenger paying the common fare ?—That is a question in dispute, whe ther the railway company are not bound to do that according to the existing law. It is provided by s. 11 of 7 and 8 Vict., c. 85, that the Postmaster- General may send any mail-guard with bags not ex ceeding a specified length by any train, other than a mail train, upon the same condition as any other pas- senger. Mr. Ricardo—The Commissioners of Railways have power to compel such arrangements as they may consider necessary for the public safety, and also to determine what amount of expenses shall be borne by each railway company, under the 11th section of the sth and 6th Vict., c. 55 ?—That is as to disputes between connecting railway companies, not generally; but companies having a common ter minus, or portions of the same line in common, or which form separate portions of one continued line of railway communicatioa, where they cannot agree upon agreements for conducting their joint traffic with safety to the public. In those cases the Railway Commissioners have power to state what proportion of the expenses shall be borne by each railway company F—Yes. Will you proceed with the other duties which are devolved upon the Commissioners of Railways mentioned that we have to enforce the general Acts, and that we have to enforce special Acts of Parlia- ment relating to railways, of which there are twenty six folio volumes. The Commissioners have to direct railway companies to make returns, according to a form to be provided the Commissioners, of the aggre gate traffic in passengers, cattle, and goods ; also, tables of all tolls, rates, and charges, and also returns of all serious accidents. They have also to report to her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament upon any subject relating to any railway or proposed railway which shall specially be referred to them for their opinion by her nuesty or either Houses of Par liament. _ _ Mr. Ellice—ln your reports made with respect to tolls, do you adopt any general principle ?—We have adopted the general principle of looking at the whole question, and also looking at the state and con dition of the particular railway. Looking at the state and condition of the particular railway, have you not made a report in favour of an increase in the existing rate of tolls in one case, and against an increase in another case ?—We reported ac cording to the special circumstances of each case, and also considering the general principle on which Par liament has dealt with the subject of tolls. Will you be good enough to state any two cases on which you have made a report in this session, in one of which you have recommended an increase of rate, and in another of which you have recommended that there should be no increase ?—I think in the case of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway it is recom mended that there should be no increase of rates; I think in the case of the Great Northern Railway an increase of rates is recommended. Upon what ground did you report that there ought to be no increase of rates in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ?—The report speaks for itself upon that subject ; it was generally with reference to the circumstances of the railway, laying it down as a general principle, that that which Parliament has sanctioned, after much consideration in the Com mittee, is not to be interfered with, unless for some reasons which show that the arrangement which has been made is one which cannot be carried into effect,; we thought, with regard to the Great Northern Railway, that at the particular time when that rail way was sanctioned, which was in 1845 and 1846, the tolls were then placed by Parliament in some cases at so low a rate (the company being then willing to take the Bill upon any conditions), that there would not be adequate return upon the capital expended ; but in the other case, considering that the railway had existed for a certain period, and that it would have paid a fair dividend but fur the expenditure which had been made upon branches and other works, we thought it was not a case for an increase of rates, because money had been uselessly expended—we thought that the main line was not to pay for that expenditure upon the branches connected with it, whereas in the other case the whole line was taken at a rate not remune rative. That was the general principle; but it is more accurately stated in the report. Upon what ground do you report in favour of an augmentation of the tolls of one company up to a certain limit, while you report against a similar aug mentation in the case of another company ?—Tne Great Northern was at a much lower rate than any existing railway company; we thought it was not a remunerative rate, and we thought it fit that the tolls should be raised. On the other hand, we thought that the Yorkshire and Lancashire was originally at a fair remunerative rate ; that the Committee upon the Bill had come to a right decision ; and that it would have been remunerative, but that the company chose to expend their capital upon some unprofitable and useless branches. The rate of tolls which you recommended was not in accordance with that upon which the Bill was granted ?—Certainly not. Then, in fact, was not this raising the rate of toll breaking faith with the public ?—lt was contrary to the original decision of the Committee, no doubt; but we recommended that the tolls should be raised, be cause we thought it impossible that the line could be worked upon those tolls ; they were lower than the existing tolls of any railway company. The special circumstances of that railway led you to think that if the toll were not raised, a return of three per cent. might be obtained upon the capital in vested in that undertaking ?—Yes. Unless you thought that was a sufficient remunera tion for the capital, surely you could upon no other principle recommend that the company should not have the power of raising their tolls, so as to increase that rate of remuneration ?—I do not think that the Commissioners could recommend that the tolls should always be raised to a remunerative rate to the com pany, whatever might be the conduct of the company, or whatever might be the circumstances under which the railway was made; it depends partly upon the circumstances under which it was constructed. Chairman—When it is stated that the Railway Commissioners alter the rate of tolls, is it to be under stood that the Railway Commissioners merely recom mend to Parliament that they should be altered ?—lt is only a recommendation for the consid era ti on o f t h e Committee upon the Bill. Then do you regulate the amount of profit which a railway ought to make ?—No ; we look at all the conditions, all the circumstances of the case, and the course which Parliament took originally. Have the Commissioners made up their minds as to the general question, whether the raising the tolls is certainly a source of profit to railway companies ; that is to say, whether higher rates must necessarily give greater profits P—That must depend upon cir cumstances. Chairman—When a railway company apply to Par liament for an Act, are they obliged, under the Stand ing Orders, to deposit a copy of their Bill with the Railway Commissioners ?—Yes. What do you understand to be the object of that Standing Order ?—I will state the course adopted with reference to that ; a copy of the Bill is depo sited with us on the 31st of December, at the same time when the deposit is made in the Private Bill office; we then examine all the Railway Bills of the session, with a view to matters affecting the public interests, and whatever is thought objectionable in the provisions, and any omissions and irregularities in their provisions, are submitted to Mr. Booth, who prepares the breviates, with a view to notes on the breviates, or to the Chairman of Committees. Then we prepare and settle clauses or amendments required for giving effect to the suggestions of the Commis sioners ; and also we see the agents and parties relative to the objections of the Commissioners ; we examine the Bills as amended in Committee in the Rouse e f Commons with reference to th e a b ove -mentione d matters, and communicat e w ith t h e Chairman of Committees thereon. Then we examine the Bills as brought into the House of L ords, il and as amended i n na Comi•tee in th a t H T ouse. eropy es a standi ng or d er c of the house o f L or d s, that a of every railway Bill as amended i n th e Committee i shall be deposited at the Board of T d ays b 'Trade three b efore the s ame shall be read a t hi r d t i me in the House. We com municate with the Chairman of Committees of the House of L or d s an d with Mr. Palk matters which we cons i der with reference t The Bills are various. We consider the Bills with re ference to defining the purposes to which the money authorized to be raised by the Bill is to be applied; also as to the mode of raising the new share capital, and the terms on which any preference shares are to be issued ; also as to providing for the priority of existing preference shares over new preference shares proposed by the Bill; and as to compliance with the following standing orders relating to Railway Bills—namely, res trictions on the amount that may be raised on mort gage; the insertion of a clause subjecting the railway to any future general Act relating to rail ways ; the insertion of dames prohibiting the payment of interest out of capital ; the insertion of clauses prohibiting the payment out of capital of deposits in respect of future Bills, and other standing orders. We also consider the Bills with reference to provisions relating to other matters, such as providing for compensation to landowners for in jury arising from the extension of time for taking , I land ; providing for compensation to landowners for injury arising from the abandonment of a railway, and many other matters. In your opinion is the staff of the Railway Com missioners now equal, or more than equal, to the duty imposed upon it ?—lt is certainly not more than equal to the duty imposed upon it, because we are obliged to call in occasionally additional assistance. It appears that the secretary has 1,0001. a year salary, besides 2021. per annum as pay; do you think that is either too small a salary, or ton large a one, for the duties of the office ?—That is the salary which his predecessor, Captain Harness, had, who left the Board at Easter last. Who is Captain Wynne ?—He is an engineer of fizer, one of the inspectors. And Captain Laffan the same ?—Yes. The inspectors, it appears, have 1,575/. a year ? In consequence o f Captain Harness having left the department, there has been a slight change since this estimate was framed. The present amount is 1,4121. for the two inspecting officers. The sum of 1,4121. includes the salary of both in spectors ?—Yes. - What are the duties of Lieutenant Galton ?—lie is assistant-secretary, and has charge of the statistical department. What do you consider your own duties as one of the Railway Commissioners to be, as distinct from those of the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade ?—The whole business of the Rail way Commission comes under review before me, and, of course, the whole of my time is occupied with it ; only a portion of it comes under the review of the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The President and Vice-President are cognizant only of that part of the business which you think it neces sary to consult them upon ?—Principally so, such as matters likely to come before Parliament, and all matters of very great importance, and in cases of de putations ; but not all cases of deputations ; some I receive myself. _ _ _ What time are you occupied in the detail of your office ?—I am occupied at the office during the sitting of Parliament always from twelve to five, or longer in the course of the day ; and when Parliament is not sitting, I am there all the year, with the exception of a month or five weeks, some hours during the day. Can you state what the hours of attendance of the clerks are in the Railway Commission ?—The clerks in the Railway Commission come at half-past ten and stay till five, or such time further as may be re quired. Is there any report of the time of their attendance ? —The time of their coming to the board is always noted in a book, as in other offices. To whom is that book submitted ?—The secretary has charge of the book. Mr. Ricardo—Can you state how many prosecu tions have taken place under the Commissioners of Rsilways ?—I think there is one proceeding upon the question of tolls as to the Great Western; that is un der their special Acts of Parliament; and the object is to decide whether they are bound or not bound to reduce their tolls. That was in consequence of me morials from Bath and Bristol, numerously signed, complaining of the rate of tolls that the Great Western Company were taking, and which they were not authorised to do by their Act of Parliament. We con sidered the question, and proceedings have been insti• tuted to oblige them to comply with the provisions of their Acts; they are resisting that; they think they are not bound to reduce the tolls, and the matter is under consideration by one of the courts of law. That is one case ; there is another proceeding which is also under a special Act of Parliament, which is to oblige the Great Western to complete the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway ; that is an application from landowners and others, and memorials from various towns. I should state that under the provisions of their Acts of Parliament they were bound to under take the completion of the line, if the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company failed in doing so themselves, and that we were bound to com pel them to do so ; we considered the question, and heard the parties; it was pending a very long time; on various occasions we saw deputations upon it, and we cause to the conclusion at last that it was our duty to oblige the Great Western to comply with the pro visions of the Act of Parliament, and legal proceed ings are instituted in that case. Are there any other cases 2—There are the Post office cases I have mentioned. There is a question whether the North-Western Company are obliged to carry policemen or not at a certain rate of charge, ac cording to the Act of Parliament. Do the Railway Board consider that they hare power, according to their discretion, to compel rail way companies to perform engagements which they have undertaken under special acts ?—W here it is for the public advantage we should do it, not otherwise. Mr. Ricardo—Many railway companies undertak . ing to make branches have agreed to pay a dividend if such branches are made ; would you consider that a case for the Commissioners of Railways ?—lt must depend upon the circumstances. I cannot say, unless I had the whole of the facts before me, what I should advise in a case of that description. If the Act of Parliament provides that the company shall do an act and the company refuse to do that act, we have the power of enforcing the provisions of the Act, but we rarely interfere. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. GLOUCESTER, MONDAY EVENING. The festival fur 18.50 of the three choirs of Glouces ter, Hereford, and Worcester, was virtually com• menced to-day, and under the most favourable auspices. The weather has been fur several days past bright and clear, and there is everything of a settled period of brilliant autumnal weather. The whole of the day has been most industriously occupied in rehearsals. As early as ten o'clock—two hours earlier than usual—the band and chorus were at their posts in the cathedral orchestra, and the morning re hearsal did not terminate until past four this after noon. After an interval of three hours the rehearsal of the secular music will be taken at the Shire-hall. Tne festival is held a week earlier than it had been originally contemplated. in deference to the wishes of certain of the clergy, next week being an Ember week. There are indications of a most successful meeting. A large number of places have been se cured, both for the morning performances of sacred music and the concerts, than has been remembered for very many years past, and the city is already fast filling with visitors. To•morrow the special trains will commence running, when a vast accession to the population of the district is expected. Special trains will run from Cheltenham, Birmingham, Bris tol, Bath, Oxford, and even London, the Great Western Company having given notice of their inten• tion to run a cheap special train from London to morrow and on Friday mornings (the Messiah day). A fear has been expressed that on these two days there will be a cram at the cathedral, and hence per. sons living in the neighbourhood are securing their tickets at once. The stewards, however, will only issue tickets according to the accommodation pro vided. The festivals of the three choirs have now been I established 126 years. They are held alternately at Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, and were ori ginally set on foot in 1723, in aid of a valuable charity then Jointly formed by the dioceses of IVorcester, Hereford, and Gloucester, for the relief of the widows and orphans of such poor clergymenP dcfthese founded,dioceses as might have b een l eft un rovi ed for by th e i r natu ral guardians. The institution, as originally was what it now professes to be—a gathering of the three cathedral It choirshas of Wor ces t er , H ere f or d, an d however,has,until t g gradually ual reached ly its pre sent ns s u m ed a more importa n t pos high character in the charitable and musical world. It n ow contributes mainly to the suste nance and education of a large number of widows and orphans of deceased clergymen, who would otherwise be thrown destitute upon the world. It should be explained that the charity derives its income, not from the proceeds of the sale of tickets of admission to these festivals—for they have never yet been known to pay their own expenses—but from the eleemosynary contributions of the several con gregations at the morning performances of sacred music. At the close of each morning's performance, some of the leading noblemen and ladies of the county collect the alms of the charitable at the doors of the cathedral, and by this means from 6501. to 1,000/. per annum is raised on behalf of the widows and orphans. The amount collected on their behalf at Gloucester at the last festival held here in 1847 was 6861. ; next year, at Worcester, the amount col lected was 9691 ; and at Hereford, last year, 8331. was received. The largest amount ever collected was at Hereford, in 1840, when extraordinary exertions were used. 1,0611. 2s. ld. was then raised, and at Worcester, in 1842, the amount received for the charity was 1,061/. is. Then contfibotim Are handed over intact to the charity, and equally divided I etween the three dioceses. They are not liable to any part of the expenses of the festival. These ex ) penses are paid out of the proceeds of the sale of tickets, but there is always a balance against the stewards, which they have to make good out of their own private purses. It generally runs from 201. to 601. each steward. Hence there was some years ago some difficulty in get ting the required number of gentlemen (12) wil ling to undertake the responsibility of the steward ship, but no such difficulty has been encountered this year. On the contrary, 14 gentlemen promptly undertook the duties and responsibilities. The fol lowing is the list of stewards :—Mr. T. G. Parry, High Sheriff of the County, Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Safe and Sele, Rev.T. Selwyn, Canon of Glou cester, Rev. G. Evans, D.D., Rev. W. L. Darrell, Rev. H. 13. Evans, R'v. T. Peters, Sir M. C. Bowey, Bath, Mr. W. Dent, Mr. W. H. H. Hartley, Mr. E. Simpson, Mr. T. Turner Mr. J. W. Walters and Mr. J. Y or k e . , , The festival is under the special patronage of the Queen. The Duke of Beaufort is the Pre s ident, and the Vice Presidents are Earl Fiteiardinge, Earl So mers, Lord Lyttleton, and the Bishops of Gloucester and 13iistol, Worcester, and Hereford. The Bishop of Gloucester entertains a large party of visitors during the we, k. The vocal tnd instrumental talent secured by the managers of the festival is of high rank in the profession. In this respect Gloucester always stands before Worcester and Hereford ; the principal vocalists are Madame S , ntag, Madame Castellan, Miss Dolby, Miss Williams, and Miss Lucombe, Herr Formes, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Lawler. The band is from the Philharmonic Concerts and the Royal Italian Opera; Mr. Blagrove, the leader, and Mr. Arnott, conductor. The choral body is selected vkith care from the choral societies and cboirs of Exeter-hall, Bristol, Norwich, Windsor, Worcester, Hereford and Glouces ter. Altogether the orchestra numbers in force about 300, which is quite sufficient for all the purposes of a cathedral choir. The scheme has already been briefly summed up. The oratorios are the Messiah and Elijah, and part of the Creation. Mendelishon's sacred cantata, "Lauda Zion," will be given, and a new sacred song by Dr. Wesley, which was rehearsed to-day, and pronounced by critics as one of the most beautiful of modern productions. Dr. Wesley will conduct it in person, and Mr. H. Phillips will sing it. This is one of the few novelties of the festival. Among the sacred airs allotted to Madame Sontag are the " Rejoice greatly" and " With verdure clad," from the Creation, " Hear ye, Israel," from Elijah, and Handel's "Holy, holy," and " L e t th e b r i g h t S eraphim. " The prima donna sings no less than four times at each of the evening concerts. The nave of the cathedral has been appropriately fitted up for the sacred performances, and looked ex ceedingly well to-day. There is nothing glaring about the additions and decorations, but all harmo nizes as nearly as it may with the building itself. The concerts will be given in the County-ball, an elegant room capable of holding two or three thou sand persons. It has just been beautifully painted and decorated. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.—At a spe cial meeting of this company, at Kendal, or Friday, the directors were authorised to borrow 16,0001. at 4i per cent., which will save the necessity of calling up so much of the preference shares, and the company 1i leer cent. ORLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY.—The French Government have amended the original con cessions granted to this company. The original lease, which was 27 years 278 days, has been extended to fifty years, to date as before from the entire comple tion of the double line frem Orleans to Bordeaux, which will be effected in about six years from the present time. The great advantage arising from this augmented term is a reduction of 1 1-10 per cent. in the sinking fund, and a consequent increase of divi dend to that extent. The company is permitted to lay a single line of rails on the remaining sections from Tours to Bordeaux, three years being allowed for the addition of the second line to each respective section, as may be thought most advantageous to the company. The effect of this clause will . be to spread over a pe riod of six years one-half the remaining calls, while the last payment may be delayed for nine years from the present time. The opening of the section from Augouleme to Libourne is postponed until the comple tion of the line from Libourne to Bordeaux. By this concession the company is spared the loss of working an isolated portion of the line which by the new ar rangement will not be opened until all the remaining sections are nearly ready for traffic. The French Government, in agreeing to these modifications, have imposed some new conditions on the company. It may be remembered that the State undertook the construction of this railway, leaving to the company only the laying of the rails and the supplying of the rolling stock. By the new arrangement, the stations on the line have been added to the company's charge. The maximum of this outlay will be 4,000,000 f. (160.0001.) I'wo years were before allowed for the opening of any section with a double line of rails from the date of such section being delivered over to the company by the State ; but by the new'conces sion they are obliged to open each section for traffio with a single line within one year of its delivery by the Board of Public Works. The obligation to call 12,000,000 f. (480,0001.) within two years, or to show an expenditure equal to that amount : the object of this clause is to ensure the early completion of the line. The company have proved the expenditure of 3,000,000 f. (120,0000 for the current half-year. NAMUR AND LIEGE RAILWAY.--TRE LATE INUN DATIONS IN BELGIUM.—The directors of the Namur and Liege Railway having received information of serious damage having been done to the works on their railway by the late sudden and unexampled inunda tions in Belgium, made a tour of inspection over their various lines of railway on the 27th August, accom panied by the resident engineer of the company. They discovered that on the Mons and Manage line two breaches hal been made in the embankment at Havre and Ville-sur-Haine, one of 230 feet, the other of 164 feet in length. The height of the embank ments at those places places was 13 feet. At Obourg there are 820 feet of the embankment carried away. ' Near Mons 492 feet of embankment are more or less damaged ; but not a single portion of masonry of any kind has been injured, notwithstanding the immense rush of water which took place. The traffic on one half of the line, viz., from Llavre to Mons, h as b een entirely suspended on account of these injuries to the works, which occurred on the 17th and 18th August last. Immediate inea , ures were taken by the resident engineer to repair the breaches made in the embank ments, and the utmost energy continues to be dis played by the contractor, so that by the 10th (this day) the traffice will be resumed to Mons, and by the be ginning of October the line will be completely re stored at a total cost to the company of about 2,000/. sterling. On the Namur and Liege line very little damage has been done to the works. The newly made embankments near Namur and Flone have slightly subsided ; but as this effect must have oc curred during the ensuing winter, the consolidation of these works will be hastened rather than retarded by what has now occurred, and the expense will be borne by the contractors. On Monday, the 2d inst., the directors, accompanied by the tesident engineer, the contractors, the resident director, and other ufficers of the company, made an experimental trip with a loco motive carriage over the Namur line from the junc tion with the Government line near Liege (about one mile and a quarter from the company's station at Liege) to within a quarter of a mile from the station at Namur, a distance of thirty- five miles. The smoothness of the line was the subject of general re mark, and the beautiful order in which the works generally appeared was highly gratifying. With trifling exceptions the double line of way is laid throughout the whole distance. The temporary sta tions and fences have yet to be placed, but all the more important works are finished. The opening of the line, therefore, for internal traffic will most pro bably take place about the middle of October. QUEBEC RAILWIa.—The directors of this com pany have issued an article, informing the English shareholders that they had succeeded in incorporating class A shareholders, and thus limiting the amount of their subscriptions. The privileges and advantages possessed by the company may be briefly stated, as comprising an equal participation with the provincial class B shareholders in the gift of all the ungranted land to the extent of five miles on both sides of the first section of the line, amounting to above a quarter of a million of acres; interest at 6 per cent. on de posit and calls until the line is opened for traffic ; a minimum dividend at 6 per cent. guaranteed by the province for 25 years lif.er the line is opened, which is increased to a preferential dividend of 7 per cent. during the 25 years, and in all perpetually thereafter by the class B shareholders; and an equal participa tion with the class B shareholders in the surplus profit., after the latter have received 7 per cent. The line is the shortest route to the Canadas through British territory, and runs nearly parallel with the boundary, as settled by the late Lord Ashburton. ALitItNIING EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDEN. On Thursday last the town of Airdrie was thrown into a state of considerable excitement, in consequence of the explosion of a quantity of gunpowder in the shop of a spirit-dealer named Peter Galloway. It appears that Galloway had been empty ing the powder from an eighth barrel into a flask, for th e purpose of blasting on the following day; and, while doing so, be held in his mouth a lighted tobaccepipe, from which a spark fell into the barrel, when th e w h o l e i nstantly ex ploded, carrying before it all the part it i ons and walls, till it reached the adjoining shop of Mr. John Sbanks. In this shop also there were 281bs. of powd er , w hi ch exploded, knock ing out the windows, and throwing into the street a quan tityysotmheonvohiaste S o ll f b l e e El e thepio explosion, pl ,,, e , , en w t h i o nt h o a t d h e b e h e o n us a e t z of goods which the sh o p conta i ned. After the excite mtraeenttedhadb and found six men fearfully burnt. 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