The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

ITHE SUN, 1r 111.-S., V, LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25. Stay the royal mail s t eam - s hip Ni a gara, Captain "el which arrived shortly before two o'clock yts kerd,„ y, we have advices from New York direct to s 13 th instant. Sh e b r i ngs 74 , 0001. in specie on " 6 lght. '' J our :g the American passengers are Sir 11. L. ;al , vrer, on t em p orary l eave o f absence from hie ",•". as Minist e r t o th e U n it e d States, and Mr. E. 4,t -we r. The Liverpool an d N ew Y or k United States' mail i 4 4l a'ship Arctic, Luce commander, with mails of 17 30, arrived ou t a t New York at 7 AM. on the llth instant. !be royat mail steam-ship Africa, Ryrie commale der ' • wish Liverpool mails of the 23 instant, arrived Oqt The NRw York o n the 12 h instant at 6 P.M. it e :" New York and Havre United States' mail o -in-sh iP ines commander, arrived It at N Humboldt, 7 fe w York on the 12th, at 9, P.m., atter a run th e. v ,Soletharepton in thirteen days. It is stated by e x t - ` l "Nv York journals that she has not met the pt ?!ctati on o f her owners ; that her machinery is ca • 1 1 1 ,° 16 of drivin g h er a t an y speed, but that when light 4: t ls very crank, and arrived at the termination of her 30 v oyage careening over on one side, although Ks L ong of iron ballast had been put on board at r e. T he New York and Bremen United States' mail Y~4l-gbio Washington, Floyd commander, left N e w 1 • 4 I for Southampton and Bremen on the 12 th 10 ° t. (after three days' detention) with 93 passengers, °0 6, 0 dollars in specie, and the usual mails. k} rt Liverpool and New York United States ' ma il tamer Pacific, Nye, was announced to leave New ble ,_lt for Liverpool, on the 16th inst., having corn 'et the repairs to her mach steam-ship iner. Alto !Tacific United States' Pacific, ° O O 000 gold du s t on fr e ight, 425 passen gers dolls. ay e ,' 4 bd San Francisco mails of the 14th of July, ar al'‘i on the 29th ult., and landed her freight at San r citi al l del Sud. Her passengers took the Nicaragua ts over the Isthmus, traversing the first 15 miles lji r "di crossing Lake Nicaragua in the steam-ship is t i tl e *, and steaming down the river to San Juan s e iron steam-ship Sir H. Bulwer. On arriving tia s :. 4 Juan, 32 hours only having been occupied in lt,i, sa in g the Isthmus, they embarked on board the 6,7, States steam-ship Prometheus, on the morn -44.°1 the 4th inet., and at 5 A.M. on the 13th inst. ei: lv ed at New York, after a passage from San Fran i: of about 29 days. Hitherto this route has not t ti s se d, and the result of the e xpe r im ent was re v,:—` tas most favourable. The Prometheus took to York on freight, 578,579 dolls. gold dust, and Th e United "a United States' mail steam-ship Georgia, 4:ter, wi t h Ch agres ma il s o f t h e 27 t h u lt., end °B noab of the 2d inst., arrived at New York on the 7 th li c i nst. e Royal mail screw steam-ship Merlin left 4 "" York, on th e 10 h. f o r B er muda and St. as: )n ' a ' ' s with dolls. 40,850 specie, and twenty-one oaers. ur htt en domestic accounts are unimportant. Popular latt cation Was chiefly directed to the position of Cuba L sa laut s appear to attach to the entire statement of st a t a ' ll s departure from New Orleans with two e tn m'a and a large force of Democrat ; and we find also, m atte rY to the reports by theic press, that te st rne 'ings at New Orleans were utterly insignifi srd • The U n it e d States' Cabinet had, however, fr o qt 'd war steamers to the coast. Late accounts lea Havannah, announcing the shooting of the te • e " of the pronunciamento, had calmed down th a t u' , nt. Political accounts mention rumours Pr e 1 4 r. Clay was about to retire from Congress. eAdent Fillmore had visited Virginia, and met eith ftse le Warm reception. From the south-western ti sqtrs serious accounts of Indian depredations con tie to be received. Efforts were being made near 1 2 14 York t o recove r the wreck of the British frigate p . t 4 ri which was sunk seventy years ago. ) ol San Francisco, California, we have advices th e " 14th ult. From the !frets York _Herald we ex et following th::; r, he steamer Pacific, which made the remarkably p a rtirip of fifty sailing da3 s from New York to this of "A's about leaving again for Panama, under command s ss k•aptain Bailey, having been in port only twelve ts/'. To -morrow the mail steamer Northerner and t‘ Sarah S Inds leave for the same destination. The lit 113 " goes freighted again with the most start accounts of the state of affairs in California. authority of the Courts has been disregarded , likrt° executors of the law set at defiance, and the Vigi ipoce Committee of San Francisco, composed of some Der 900 respectable citizens, have accomplished more t o „7 in the detection of crime than could have been ac ii;Plished by the police in a lifetime. My last gave an v ) ).. 11 ,nt of the hanging at midnight of a man named 4 4) 4 1 1 •L1e5, by the Vigilance Committee, for stealing 200 4111 . A similar scene was witnessed on the 12th inst. ta s sa named Jim Stewart, a Sidney convict, the leader he s : gang of desperadoes, was arrested for robbing a t it ; B es and notwithstanding the officers of the law at aitiPted to get possession of him, he was tried, convicted s entenced to be hanged on the same day. The ti sentenced bell was sounded, and the populac rushe b tctlttreds to the building of the Committ e ee. At d they La!" appointed for the execution Stewart was sOht out strongly pinioned, and guarded by e4,t 500 members of the Committee, walking t s " abreast, each armed with a revolver, taken ail°4e of. the public wharfs, followed by thousands, a rope a,: s t 'sted to a crane erected for hoisting goods, and 14 , 1 : , g between heaven and earth in full view of the as liea-Xletl multitude. So solemn was the scene that each 1 - , ,of that immense throng was involuntarily unco -114"• No attempt was made to rescue him, nor was say other feeling but that of entire concurrence. Are execution took place at two o'clock in the afternoon. ta v r e ti s to paying the forfeit . of his crime, Stewart iilj a ? full confession of his crimes. The details este ta t 'a the tact that he was the leader of the most despe teaeaßang of villains that has ever preyed upon a biTh mtv, ity. San Francisco is not the only point t ss - ,e, summary justice is meted out ; Sonora is JZ 41 ,,1Y prompt, A man named David Hill, alias kit h - "'lli was arrested for stealing a horse, tried, and, f q , () ,,ugh subsequently rescued by Sheriff Works, was s;''', l Y taken from him by the populace, atter h e ard struggle, and hung to a tree in the main street of te tt , te wu• But the tragedy which has excited most at ic,',.'oll and sympathy was the hanging of a Mexican " 4t to, named Josephs, at Downlevillii, on the Yuba, populace. Having bad some • chifficulty' with a s p it, she st abbed him to the heart with a butcher's th q • The people itemsdiately assembled, took her into ti custody, gave her a fair trial, and, upon a convic it:., sentenced tier to be hung in two hours. A gallows hOreted on a ridge crossing the river, at the lower tp,„°F the town, and at the appointed hour an im th,":s crowd resembled, and, after bidding adios and ela,7 ll g hands with those immeoia7.ely around her, tql f . toicendi d the scaff dd, adjusted the rope her releasing a luxuriant head of hair from k o l 'sath it, so as to permit it to flow free, and in a a kci e lect the cords supporting the scaffold were cut, e arth she hung suspended between heaven and . Indian trouales are not yet ended. On the Kla k:tith river the Indians are in open war with the whites, Oft are murdering and robbing whenever an opportunity The Indians have sent off kit toe squaws anal aretke---a, feet i n dicetive of their design to commence titel'oralßusiness has been a tittle more active e' the s ai li n g of the last steamer ; but the immense n tity of goods forced upon the market at auction Pa Prices very low." tt ett g • San Francisco journal, in its summary for the r ` le r) Bay f, ) ,, , 4 The Mormons are making a decided movement . t ilr a d s establis - dug a direct communicationn from the et,L•L'alte to the Pacific. A large pry has re -1,7 arrived from Salt Lake through the Cajon ag ed ', about sixty miles from Los Angeles, with an btr r eased determination to settle in that section. They ri 54 id to be negotiating for the p urchase of a very i lltA - i tanehe belonging to Senor Antonio Lo n g o. The s t ,;:' ll Oence from the mine; continues to be extremely Ip . le l lraging, and a ;eneral spirit of contentment seems ""ail among the miners. The effects of the late r e t rlte o this city are yet perceptible, but the energy and I)t ii . 'Prise of oar citizens appear to be unabated. The tl l i e Z, district, although not entirely rebuilt, is pretty_ b r i ck studded with tenements of all descriptions, and ttt 4l - ' and stone buildings of the most substantial cha- P t i;, r , are in process of erection in all parts." b a l." correspondent of one of the New York jour e Writes : s ac :The m i nes con ti nue productive, though it has been of ; titl Y remarked by a gentleman high in the confidence th r n yernment, who has recently returned from a trip t 0 r ( ) )4 gb the mines, that the amount of money spent and lo ck eaPended during the next three years in quartz vslv. Machinery and experiments of various kinds , in - Itcf c i tti g heavy expenditures, will exceed the profits of la ° btained therefrom in the subsequent three years of t a i; o r and toil. The subject is beginning to engage the 4 .: t ion of many of our citizens." ,Nevada journal says— es;d:uo estimate the immense wealth which must, ac t:6l4 to all indications, exist in the Gold Tunnel Q t ;" 4 . we can acarcrly realise the result which our 11ic s „?,_s Rive us. We give them as follow :—Surface 1) . 0 6 ' of vein 150 feet; depth to which the same can tr ..,crkerl before reaching the water level of Deer- N; 150 feet; average thickness of the vein rock, 2i mans tunaber of cubic - feet, according to the above di tiverietl'i 101,500; weight ut a cute° foot, 1001 o.; Ce n 'g° yield per lb., 25c.; consequent veins of gold 'aeried inthe 101 500 feet in the v.ere2,537 500 dolls.!" h The follo w i ng is an extract from a letter dated izito o k t on, June 27 There is, at the present time, a great excitement con tarimult the quartz di:!aings, and some are taking out - 811418 , but the majority are barely making a living. -w e e 00 ° , , , ne hole at Carson's - Fiat (70 miles from here) it e were taken in some two or three months, and t r ato continue equally rich, if not richer. e stt Pots a considerable damoer on the spirits of a PallY to (1 Whi oi go ..own from 40 to 80 feet and get nothing, e sorki often the Case. A company of six . had been kit king three weeks into a quartz mountain when I or theßiven and last Monday. They had got down_ some 14 h ad . and had found nothing so far. One of n m if they iven it up. lam acquainted with them all, ,o that itet e i ha n d get anything I should have known it, .A 'Lull whom I am acquainted with here in the city f : (..a.. Car. 7's Se3t by 7^ pa - taLr, whiah w igLed owie, 5. I La. a. I ',de tect time alone when in the mines, all, the rest having left, some for home and some for other mines. Gene rally speaking, a man will do better to stay in ene place, even if he slimed not make as much, for 200 dolls. or 300 dolls. are noun spent in moving from one_place to another here." We have accounts from Havannah to the 24 inst., but of a very conflicting character ; generally, how ever, they tend to confirm our suspicions that at no time has any serious revolt occurred, and that the contests reported via New Orleans and New York have been portions of the " Baseless fabric of a vision" in the brains of the sympathisers throughout the United States. Letters of a reliable nature announce, that measures were being taken by the Spanish Gover nor to repress with the strong hand of power any fresh manifestations of the interior insurgents or pirates from New Orleans. The steam-ship Pizarro, and several other vessels of war, had left the harbour to cruise about the coast. Mantanzas account of the 2d inst. announce that, according to the official docu ments, the insurrection had been put down by the Spanish troops, and that the rebels who had taken a refuge in the mountains were reduced to the last ex tremity. Business was dull, and no freights offered to the numerous vessels in port. From Coquimbo, Chili, we hear of the loss of the- English steamer Ecuador, on the 25th of June, while going out of the Bay of Coquimbo on her voyage. to Copiapo. She ran on a rocky point, with her steam on, and, backing off, filled and sank. She was insured in London. Happily no lives were lost. She had, it was supposed, been previously sold by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. Letters from the Sandwich Islands report that her Majesty's ship Daedalus sailed from Honolulu on the 20th of June, for Behring's Straits, with stores for the Arctic Expedition. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 25. The United States mail steam-ship Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, arrived off Cawes at 5, P.M., and having landed the English mails and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. The Washington left New York on the 12th inst., and her advice& have therefore been anticipated by the British and North American royal mail steam• ship Niagara, which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday. She brought 97 passengers, 48 of whom were for England, and a very large and valuable general cargo. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Those very talented children, Ellen and Kate Bate man, of whose wonderful performances at the dress rehearsal on Saturday evening we gave a notice in The Sun of yesterday, gave a public performance last evening, and albeit we are no great admirers of precocious artistes, yet we must do the Batemana the justice to say that we have never before seen children actors who have been nearly so well taught, or who have been nearly so apt to learn. All the great points of Richard 111. are given by little Ellen 134teman with a correctness, a power, and an aplomb that is really wonderful; and it is quite evident that the little artiste is quite as de lighted herself with her own pertortnance as are her auditors in witnes•il , g it. In the comedy of The Young Couple, which followed, and which w,e. written by Scribe fur Leontine Fay at the time that that most accomplished artiste was the juvenile pro digy of the Gymnase, the little Batemans were ex ceedingly amusing; there was a geniality in their humour which seemed quite spontaneous ; they were children acting the characters of children, and there fore acting characters which they could thoroughly comprehend and enjoy. The house was crowded, and the audience enthusiastic in its applause. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Ang. 23, 1851 ... ••• ... £20,084 10 5 Ditto, Ang. 24, 1850 ... 16,890 10 10 Increase in 1851 ... London Terminus. Aug. 25. 1851. ... £3,193 19 7 THE ROYAL WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMERS. — magnificent specimen of marine architecture, one of the largest steamers yet constructed for the Royal West India Mail Steamship Company, is now rapidly approaching com pletion at the yard of Messrs. Patterson and Co., the cele brated shipbuilders of Bristol. She is to be called the Deme rara, and in some respects falls little short of that " leviathan of the deep" the Great Britain. Her length between the perpendiculars is 282 feet, and length over all 316 feet, being between 4 and 5 feet only short of the Great Britain. Her breadth of beam is 41 feet, and her extreme width from the outside of the paddleboxes 75 1 % feet ; her depth to the main deck, 26 feet 8 inches ; depth of spar deck, 7 feet. Her ton nage by old measurement is 2,318 tons, and by the new about 3,000 tons. She is built of sound British oak, teak, and pine, is diagonally trussed with iron, has copper fastenings throughout to the 21 feet mark, and has iron fastenings above that. She will be propelled by two engines made by Messrs. Caird and Co., of Greenock; these engines will be on the " side lever" principle, of 750 horse-power, 96 inch cylin ders, and 9 feet stroke ; they will also be attached to a pair of Morgan's patent feathering float paddles. She will be barque rigged, and fitted with Brown's patent capstan and stoppers. She has been built from the drawings of Mr. W. Patterson, and will make the fourth packet built for the Royal West India Mail Company by him. She has been in spected by several naval men, who pronounce her to be a splendid model, and it is anticipated she will prove a re markably fast sailer. THEATRE ROYAL RYDE.—The arrival of the famed clipper yacht America having called us to the Isle of Wight' we availed ourselves of the opportunity of visiting the pretty little theatre at Ryde. On the evening in question the per formance commenced with Sir E L. Bulwer's celebrated play of Richelieu, in which Mr. Hermann Vezin appeared as the Cardinal with great ability and success. The careful man ner in which Mr. Vezia declaimed the part proved him at once both the scholar and the gentleman, and also that he may, it he chooses, reach the highest pinnacle in his profes sion. We anticipate in a short time seeing him at one of our leading theatres. The part of Julie de Mortemar was beautifully sustained by Miss Love, who appeared to be a great favourite here. The other characters in the play were well filled, although it was to be regretted that a more juvenile member of the company was not " cast" for the page Francois. Planche's Loan of a Lover, in which Miss E. Nelson and Mr. Craven apseared, concluded the evenings entertainment. The house was very fashionably attended. ETIQIIIITTE or THE METROPOLITAN BAR.--A pro position has been submitted to the members of the bar prac tising in the criminal Fourth of the metropolis, by Mr. Briarly, the object of which is to put an end to the system of fraud and plunder upon the poor, carried on by what are termed " touters," a class of persons who skulk about the police and criminal courts. fleecing the friends of prisoners charged with offences. under the pretence of being able to procure and render professional aid. Mr. Briarly, in a oir cuter, says, the only knowledge these persons have of the law is what they have learned by personal experience. lie proposes that a court should be formed of the members 01 the bar, whose duty should be, under a code of regulations, to try all members of the bar who might be found holding a brief, or acting in any way for any of these touters. The jurisdiction of the court is not to extend to those heavy offences against practice of the law, and against moral duty, which are inquired into by t he governing bodies . of the inns of court, and upon proof of which the profession lictepd urged the of the offender. The extreme penalty to be nf by proposed court is the expulsion of any member, and the re fusal of the whole bar to hold a brief either with or for any such offender in any civil or criminal court Courts of this descrife ion are formed on every circuit, and Mr. Briarly urges that such a court in the metropolis would purify the practice of the bar. It is to be seen what effect this propo sition will produce. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AT L ICII FIELD-HOESE • The proprietors of the Lichfield - house Picture Gallery, in St. James's-square, opened their rooms y esterda y evening, in order to allow the public an opportunity of witnessing the paintings by gas light. The whole of the state apart ments of the mansion were thrown open, and the . effect was striking and beautiful. Among the principal painters of the French school whose works are exhibited in the gal lery are—Paul Delaroche, Horace Vernet, Schoffer, Rosa Bonheur, Isabey, Gosse, Signol, &c. "The Massacre of the Innocents," by Leon Coignet ; "The Divorce of Jose phine," by Schopin ; and "The Combat of the Wild Beasts in the Colosseum," by Lenillier, are among the attractions of the collection. The Belgian and Dutch painters are re presented by Verboeckhoven, Madow, Wappers, H. Leys, Van Eycken, Genisson, Chanvin, Yschaggeny, Willems, Rooseboorn, Schotel, Waldorfs, Slengenrya, and others. There .r are also specimens of the modern German, Italian , Norwegian, Swiss, Russian, Danish, Swedish, and Spanish schools; and amongst the contributors are to be found the names of Schrader, Weyde, T ern it e , H ermann , Schoppe, Max. SchmidPistorius, Schmidt., Steffec, R. de B aux &c. There a re in addition several well kn own wor k s b y distinguished painters of the English school. GREAT COAL BED IN AMERlCA.—A.wonderful deposit, it is sa i l, at Straitsville, Ohio, exceeds anything of the kind ever discovered. " A gentleman of high standing" is reported to have attested recent borings through the stra tum, which was ascertained to be 138 feet thi c k. Ab out t en m iles south, too, there is said to be " a vein of carbonate of iron implanted similar to a slaty structure, with an easy cleavage, and full of well preserved leaves of the coral forma tion; some of them on breaking. open exhibiting the green of the leaf." The ore, by analysis of Professor Roger s , it is iron. THE contains 44 per cen t. of THE INCOME••T AX.—We have often denounced the income-tax, but after perusing the report of the evidence offered before the Committee of the House . of Commons ap pointed to consider the nature of the impst, we regar . d the language we have employed as too moderate. it This ob noxious burden is only conceded for one year, and will be an act of patriotism and of morality to knock it in the head. If we are to have direct taxation, let us have a system universally applicable to all self-supporting .citizem!. Ihe present arrangement is unjust, partial, and ineffectve., It leaves wealth exempt , and exacts the p ound of flesh from comparative poverty and from struggling industry. It offers a bonus on fraud, end tempts to deceit, evasion, falsehood, and trickery. And it bears hardest and is most profitable when dealing with the scrupulous conscience. The law here is fitted in the highest degree to create defaulters and cheats —indeed, the amount of evasion and lying to which the income-tax gives occasion must be enormous. And yet coerced by the Manchester seltist, a small tax dare not be im posed on the commodities poured into this country by the alien and foreign.— Edinbusgh Post. CLOSING OF THE NEV AH.—Ye.terday this great thorough are was closed to carriage traffic from the end of Seymour-street to King's-cross (a distance of about half a mile) by the erection of barriers at the order of the autho rities of S-. Pancras. It is expected, from the exceedingly deteriorated state of the road, that several weeks will elapse before it can be ready for public use. THE ROM AN CATHOLIC NiOVEMENT•—MT. Rey nolds, M.P., and Mr. W. Keogh, M.P., two of the honorary secretaries at the late aggregate meeting, are about to pro ceed on a mission through the provinces connected with the organization of the movement now in contemplation. o. CXIV. THE DERBY AND EGHAM MEETINGS. .... •TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,-;--The following are the arrivals at Derby up to post-it-our last night:—Abbeas of Jervaux, The Prime Minister;" Peppermint, Cresaus, Ischia, General Sale, Cloth wotker.,§nowdrift, Reaper, Flare-up, Grey Tommy, Paquette . ; The Monk, Mountain Flower, filly by Lauer cost, iiut of the Bishop of Romford's Cobs dam, Ban shee, Conrad, filly by Lairiacelot, out of Collins, and Egret. The field for the Chatsworth Stakes to-morrow is expected to be composed of Clothworker or Snowdrift, General Sale (d), The Monk, Flare-up, Paquette, Ischia, and, perhaps, Cnusas and Sir Rowland Trenchard, From-these I should select THE MONK and FLARE-UP as the most favourably treated by the handicapper; exoecring, however, to see Ischia and Cnseas close up. The field for the 'Chesterfield Stakes will consist of La nercost filly, Peppermint, Banshee, Grey Tommy. Mountain Flower, Conrad, and Launcelot filly. GREY TOMMY, PEPPERMINT, and Mountain Flower will be first, second, and third. The EGHAM meeting commences to-morrow, and extends over two days. The Runnymde Stakes, one ;mile, will have PRESTIGE and BUSHRANGER in the foreground, with Jon- o'-sot in close attendance. The King John Stakes. on paper seems a certainty , for FLIRT or JOE MILLER. The Magna Charts Stakes, six furlongs, will probably be swept off by MARIA or POETESS; and the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes by DON P E DRO or Aors.—Betting this morning rather lively than otherwise at the follow ing prices:—Trial Stakes (Derby)-2 to 1 each agst Comas and Don John filly. Produce Stakes-5 to lon The Prime Minister. Tradesmen's Plate-6 to 4on the Abbess of Jervaux, evens taken freely; 3 to 1 agst (luaus; 4 to 1 agst Ischia; 6 to 1 agst General Sale. Chesterfield Stakes Even on Grey Tommy; 2 to 1 agat Peppermint; 3 to 1 agbt Mountain Flower. Chats worth Stakes-3 to 1 eget Ischia; 4 to 1 agst Flare-up, 5 and 6 to 1 taken freely; 5 to 1 agst Paquette. Runnymede Stakes (Egham)-5 to 2 agst Prestige, take 3to 1. King John Stakes—Even on Flirt, 3to 1 agst Joe Miller; Greengage is reported a non-starter, having broken down, gone amiss, or something equally plea sant, the day before yesterday. Magna Charta Stakes —3 to lon the field, Poetess for choice. Surrey and Middlesex Stakes-6 to 4 agat'Agis, 2to 1 taken freely; 5 to 2 asst Little Jack, reported to have a " queer pin ;" 3 to 1 each apt William the Conqueror and Don Pedro, 4to 1 each Brington and Anspaeh. Leamington Stakes-6 to 1 agst Goldfinder, Bto 1 each Herbert and The Castle; 12 to 1 agat Wiudhound. Great Yorkshire Handicap-4 to 1 agst Nancy, sto 1 agst The Calculator I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 26, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA rTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The betting was on too small a scale to require'more than a list of the several quotations. DERBY HANDICAP (TRADESMEN ' S PLATE). 11 to 10 agst Mr. King's Abbess of Jerveaux 5 to 1 agat Lord Lurgan's Cbczas 5 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oltver's Ischia 10 to 1 agst any other LEAMINGTON STAKES. 7 to 1 egst Mr. W. Palmei's Goldfinder 8 to 1 eggs Lord Wilton's; Herbert 10 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's Castle 15 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fogleman 15 to 1 apt Lord J. S•ott'a Winohound THE YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER). 9 to . 2 agst Mr. Murtinson's Nancy 8 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 15 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddington. ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agat Lord Eutieia's Hernandez—taken and afterwards offered 3 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban 10 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister 11 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe CESAREWITC El STAKES. 35 to 1 each laid agst Nancy and Clarissa, 40 to 1 each agst Vancouver, Rhesus, and the Nigger, and 50 to one each agst Nines, Mokiana, Garforth, and Knight of Gwynne. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to 1 agat Nancy, 40 to 1 each agst the Swindler and Windhound, 50 to 1 each agst Vancouver and the Heriot, and 1,000 to 15 each agat Bordeaux and Eliza Middleton. TEDDINGTON AND NANCY.—No communication having been received by Sir J. Hawley from Mr. Martinson, on ~he subject of the contemplated match between these animals, proposed by Mr. Martinson, and not, as we un derstood, by Sir Joseph Hawley, it falls to the ground. STOURBRIDGE RACES.—MONDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.): The Prestwood Stakes of 3 sows. each. One mile and a ------------------- half. Mr. Taunton's cby Bretby, dam by Y. Blacklock 1 Mr Land's The General, aged The Stourbridge Stakes (handicap) of 7 soya. each, 4 ft, and 2 only if declared, A ith 50 added; the second to receive 151. One mile and a quarter. (25 Subs., 17 declared). Mr. Taunton's Gipsy Boy, 3 yrs, Mr. J. R. Scott na Manchester, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. J. Eyke na Nightcap, 4 yrs, 7st 31b The East Worcestershire Sullies of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. One mile and a half. Mr. J. Davies's GAy Lad, 5 yrs Ts, 7st Mr. Hargreaves's defier Green, aged WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1851. The Borough Handicap, of 10 soya. each. One mile. Cnseus, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Trickstress, 3 yrs, Bst 21b— Deceitful, 3 yrs, Bst—Truth, 3 yrs, 7st 91b—Cane, 3 yrs, Tat 51b—Harp, 3 yrs, 7st Mb—Paddy Bird, 2 yrs, 6st 71b —b fby Birdcatcher, out of Wadastra, 3 yrs, 6st 31b— c by Touchstone, out of Fugleman's dam, 2 yrs, Est 21b —Urbanity, 2 yrs, 6st—Lady Blanche, 2 yrs, Gat Director, 2 yrs, sst 121b—Cotton Lady , 2 yrs, sst 121 b. Acceptances for the County Stakes of 100 soya. Cossack, aged, Bst 101b—Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst 71b— Landgrave, 5 yrs, 7st 131b—Rhesus, 5 yra, 7st 41b—Ita lian, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Marlborough Buck, 3 yrs, 7st 21b — Doubt, 5 yrs, Tat 21b—Vampyre, aged, 74—Little Jack, 4 yrs, 74—Herbert, 5 yrs, 7st—Post-tempore, 5 yra, 6st 111b—Cocktail, 5 yrs, Est 1116—Fugleman, 6 yrs, bat 111b—William the Conqueror, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Dul cet, aged, 6st 101b—Joc-o'-Sot, aged, 6st 91b—Wind hound, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Tophana, 6 yrs, 6.t 41b—Agis, 6 yrs, Est 41b—Grief, 5 yrs, 6st 21b—Wansdylte, 4 yrs, 6:t—The Monk, 4 yrs, 6st—Goldfinder, 3 yrs, 6st— King of Oude, 4 yrs, 54 91b—Humphrey, 4 yrs, sst 91b — Catalpa, 3 yrs. sst 81b—Trickstreas, 3 yrs, sst 61b— Candl,wick, 4 yrs, sst 41b—Sunrise, 3 yrs, sst 21b— Unity, 3 yra, sst—Avis, 3 yrs, sst—Prince Caradoc c, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Cane, 3 yrs, Oat 91b—Harp, 3 yrs, Oat 81b—Waterfall, 3 yra, 4st 21b. Acceptances for the Wsolter Cup of 1001. Agis, 6 yrs, list—Combatant, 5 yrs, 104 91b—Re munrrator 4 yrs, 10st 91b—Garfortb, 5 yrs, lOst 916 —Upton, 5 yrs, 10 st 5 h—C na3 us , 3 yrs, lOst 21b— Fazeley, aged, 104 21b—New Forest Deer, aged, lost— hr c by Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine, 4 yrs, 9st 12 'h—Aristos, 3 yrs, 9st 41b. The rest pay 5 sovs. each. Nominations for the Avon Stakes. Tightwaist, 3 yrs—Prestige, 3 yrs—Paddy Bird, 2 yrs—(ioldfinder, 3 yrs—Barcelona, 3 yrs—My Fancy, 2 yrs—Diamond, 2 yrs—Old Rowley, 2 yrs—Grey Tommy, 2 yrs—and Peppermint, 2 yrs. The Town Plate Handicap. One mile. Joc•o'-Sot, aged, Sit 71b—Longinus, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b —Sir Robert, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Lucy, 6 yrs, bit 101 b Vslox, 5 yrs, 7st 101h—Pulcherrima, 5 yrs, 7st 91b— lanthe, 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Prestige, 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Deceit ,u1, 3 yrs, Tat 31b—a)cilify, 5 yrs, 7:4 21b—Tonic, 3 yrs, 6t 51b—Worcost,r, 3 yre, 63t 71b—Simplicity, yrs, 641. 31b—British 13.37, 3 yrs, Est 11b—Manchester, 3 yrs, S it 10,b—Exhibition, 3 yrs, sst 41b—and Muta, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. • COLONEL PEEL'S STUD. The second portion of this stud was disposed of yes terdas at Tattersall's at the following prices.— Guineas. Malibran, by Whisker, covered by Orlando ... 100 Jenny Lind, by Touchstone, covered by Lanercost 255 A colt foal, by Bay Middleton, out of Jenny Lind 165 Image, by Langer, covered by Lanercost ... 31 A colt foal, by Gibraltar, out of Image 15 Taffrail, by Sheet Anchor, covered by Lanercost 54 A colt foal, by Slane, out of Taffrail 10 Hersey, by Glaucus, covered by Orlando ... 253 A filly foal, by Orlando, out of Hersey ... 170 Dacia, by Gladiator, covered by Lanercost ... 150 A filly foal, by Slane, out of Da c ia ... 25 Ch. m., by Sir 'loonies, out of Electress, covered by Orlando ••• ••• ••• ••• .•• 310 A filly foal, by Cotherstone, out of the above mare 35 Seakale, by Camel , covered b y La nercost 40 Palma, by Plenipotentiary, covered by Orlando 120 Orlando, winner of the Derby, &c. &a. 3,100 Slane Tadmor ••• ... 50 Dey of Algiers ..• ••• 73 Gibraltar ••• 46 des In ••• ••• Orlando and Slane were knocked down to Mr. Gre villa, and lon to the French Covernment. FUNERAL OF TOM SFRING.—The remains of this well-respected man were yesterday conveyed from bis dwel.. ling, the Castle, Holborn, to their last resting-place in the Norwood Cemetery. The attendance to the grave, wherein two sons of the deceased and a sister are already inearthed, included many whose names are connected with less solemn scenes than that at which they yesterday assisted. Among those who looked anxiously into the last narrow resting place of the ex-champion, we noticed Burn, Crawley, Phelps, Martin, Adams, Castles, Reed, Maley. &c. Neate, of Bristol, too, once the antagonist of him who there lay low, looked . with tearful eye into the grave ; he, with a fri end from Norwich, Lucas, Captain Barclay% trainer, and several of the old school, bid a last farewell ; and among those friends who has come to bid a last farewell were his wedicel adviser, Dr. Brady, and in private carriages his brother L. V.'s, Messrs. Renton Nicholson, Dismore, Owen Swift, Hallo, Winsley, &c. A _Me was given on the 18th, by the united Chess Clubsof Potsdam and Berlin, to Mr. Anderssen, on his re turn from the tournament in London. Sixty members were present ; among the number was Max Lange, a distin guished chess-player from Magdeburg. Before sitting down to supper, the latter and Anderssen played a gams together for the edification of the spectators, and Anderssen came off victorious. Mr. Anderssen is now on his way to the Baths I at Salzbrunn, and thence returns to his birth-place, Breslau, to resume his functons as Professor at the Gymnasium. A painful impression was created in the City in connexion with Messrs. Rocker's failure by the news that the senior partner died this morning. Mr. Rucker was about 76 years of age, and had been for some time an invalid, but his death it Is assumed was hastened by the misfortune to his house. Few mercantile men were better known in London, and he was always deservedly held is the highest regard.— Times. k S to 41 Oi; )s to 41 10e; o 11 100 per de. I s to 41 3 1 4 Is to 4175; :0 11 115 per ,s to 41 Os; Ds to 41 10 5 1 x• 1110 s per ;atien conti -6d to 0 de s, Ot 3 r 4 .° ° in sonic in; wady toc9u barrels bt. D 44.6 d for o 165 bags cargo of 8 0 0 be quant it y a Di.oks Wag le taken for )arrels. The 6,701 i 7 trcs I ord Natic° ot.;ty land ed. 17 ks WI 0 COLISUIDP .tit) hhds. 7 hbdo. •Irtiolly digs 13i, anc l . 2 l, we re Va.' a at 6d; W I clean oifte° white ditto, he spot; oa are is ii fstr article, bEil DAY./ I Q uE.) O; LFII. 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Waddington, M.P., chairman of the board, who was supported by Mr. Bsgshaw, M.P., and many of the directors. There was a nu merous attendance of proprietors. The notices convening the meeting having been read by the secretary, Mr. HELPS, a shareholder, said he wished, before anything further was done, to protest against the con stitution of the board of directors. Since the last meeting two directors, Mr. Fane and Lord A. Paget, had been added to the board by the other directors, in the place of Mr. Joseph Glyn and Mr. Samuel Ellis, who had resigned. He did not wish to say anything disrespectful of the new directors, but it had certainly been understood that after the year 1849 all members of the board of directors were to be elected by the pro prietors--(Hear, hear)—and he wished to know whe ther any explanation would be afforded to the meeting on that subject. The CHAIRMAN replied that at the proper time he would be ready to give an explanation. It was agreed that the report of the directors and the statement of revenue and expenditure, copies of which had been forwarded to the proprietors should be considered as read. Abstracts of these documents have already appeared. The CHAIRMAN then observed that it was his wish, on the part of the board of directors, to afford the shareholders information upon any points on which it might be desired, and to make them as fully con versant with the affairs of the company as were the directors themselves. The statement of the traffic receipts, as would be seen from the report, exhibited a decrease as compared with the six months ending July 4, 1850, of 33,5241. Some reduction in theirreceipts for the past half-year was, however, anticipated. It would be necessary, in dealing with this part of the subject, to refer to the proceedings of the Great Northern Railway Company, but he could assure them he did not do so in any spirit of hostility, but simply that they might understand the position in which they stood with regard to that company. The Great Northern Company, up to August last year, bad been feeders of the Eastern Counties line at Peter borough, bringing to them at that place the bulk of the goods traffic for the south, because, although the London and North-Western line had a communica tion with Peterborough, the great proportion of the southern traffic came over the Eastern Counties lies. When, however, the Great Northern line was opened throughout, in August last, the Eastern Counties Company were deprived, to a great extent, of the Lincolnshire and other northern traffic, and lost a large amount of revenue which they had previously enjoyed. The Great Northern Company also opened a branch from Hitchin to Royston, and, by running omnibuses thence to Cambridge, and conveying passengers at a lower fare than the Eas tern Counties, they abstracted much of the traffic pre viously carried by the Eastern Counties Company between Cambridge and London. The Eastern Coun ties, directors, therefore, felt it their duty to bring down their fares to something like the amount charged by the Great Northern, and their receipts had of course been considerably diminished by the reduced fares adopted. With regard to the expenditure, they would observe that a very considerable reduction had taken place in their locomotive expenses during the past half-year—a reduction to the extent of something like 3d. per running mile. (A Shareholder—" About 2id.") Well, probably the hon. proprietor was cor rect in his calculation. Reports on the subject of the locomotive stock had been made by Mr. Gooch, their locomotive superintendent, whom he had always found most anxious to meet any suggestion made to him ; and who devoted himself with unwearied attention to his duties. They would observe that Mr. Gooch ex pressed his opinion that the working expenditure would be gradually reduced, and in that statement he (the Chairman) fully concurred. There were some items in their accounts (which had for the four half-years past been made out under the super intendence of Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co.), which, coming under the head of extraordinary ex penditure, might require some explanation, for he knew there was a general impression that their expen diture was more extravagant than that of other metropolitan lines, and higher than it ought to be. There was during the last half-year a charge for fifty-one waggons to replace old stock. They were aware that some years ago they had unfortunately frequent accidents on their line, causing great de struction to their waggon stock, which was being gradually replaced, and hence arose the necessity for this charge. There was in the accounts an item of 4861. for the expens©s of the shareholders' commit tee. Now, he hoped that item would not appear in the statement again, but that they would be able to dispense with the services of such a committee in future.—(Hear, hear.) There were charges under the head of locomotive expenses—including 3,3001. for the fifty-one waggons to which he had before referred —to the amount of 5,5451., which were not likely again to occur; and he thought, then, there was a very fair prospect that their expenses would soon be considerably diminished. With regard to the expen diture for permanent way, he had felt it his duty to call upon the superintendent of that department to give some explanation as to the excess of expenditure during the last half-year over that of the correspond ing period last year. It appeared that the additional expenditure was occasioned by the enlargement of stations, the placing of new sidings, the erection of coalsheds, goods warehouses, and various othe r works which had been charged upon the rev enue. Now, according to his view, although their capital account had been stated to be closed, be thought it impossible that could be the case in a concern like the Eastern Counties Railway Company. At Ware, for instance, they had a station containing a very large goods shed, but it was found to be totally inad e q uate to the traffic. If they wanted a certain sum merely for the repair of that station, the charge ought to be thrown upon the revenue ; but if it was necessary to enlarge the warehouse, the advantage of such an im provement would not be derived exclusively during the next half-year, but would be permanent. He thought, therefore, that the charge for such works ought not to be thrown upon the shareholders for the current half year, but ought to be placed to the capi tal account.—(Hear, hear.) The directors bad been authorised to set aside 8,0001. for the half-year ending in June, and 14,0001. tor the half-year ending in De cember, for the maintenance of the permanent way ; and although Mr. Ashcroft, the superintendent of ways and works, did not think the 8,0001. would be requisite, the directors had considered that the safer course would be to include that amount of charge in the accounts for the past half-year. The directors bad stated in their report, having regard to the experi ment of fish-jointing the rails, that further experience might induce them to recommend a reconsideration of the propriety of putting aside an annual sum as a de preciation fund for the permanent way, or an altera tion in the amount so reserved. For his own part he believed the principle of the fish-joint was sound, and that they might be able eventually to give up alto gether the maintenance of a reserve fund for the per manent way. He would say one word with regard to the legal expenses included in the accounts, which amounted to 5,0061. 16s. 5d., and might be considered a very large sum.—[A. Shareholder—" For how long ?"] This charge was for a period of six months. Their solicitors were gentlemen of the highest emi nence in the profession, and no less than 3,3691. of the charge he had mentioned was for Parliamentary expenses during the last session, necessarily including a very large sum out of pocket. The expenditure was incurred not only with the view of protecting the pro perty of the shareholders, but also the guaranteed stock, and he thought it a question deserving consi deration whether the ordinary share capital of the company ought to bear the whole burden of this charge.—(Hear, hear.) The money was not spent merely for the benefit of the proprietor s during a par ticular half-year, but was for the advantage of all future shareholders. He could point out other com panies which threw such charges upon their capital, and his own opinion was that the guaranteed stock ou ght to bear a share of these expenses with the ordinary shareholders, for he must remind them that not only had they been obliged to enter into con tests with other companies during the last half-year, but that they would have to engag e in similar contests during the next session of Parliament. He wished to as certain what were the views o f the proprietors ge nerally on; this subject , for , i f the y had hitherto acted upon a wrong principle, they might change their course in future. There was another charge in the accounts of 741 . for proxy stamps, and he must say, for his own part, that he would never put the shareholders to the expense of a shilling for the sake of obtaining a proxy.—(Hear, hear.) There was in the revenue account a charge of 2,537/.93. 6d., paid during the half-year for casualties arising from the unfortunate accident which occurred the day before last Christmas-day, and the amo unt, under the h ea d of casualties, still outstanding w as estimated at 7,500/., making together 10,0371. 9s. 6d. It was estimated that the amount of 7,5001., which was set aside, would more than cover the demands und er this head. There was another item of 2,7691. 153. 3d. for the amount expended in the preparation of statements with the view of appealing against the parish ass essmen t s . Th a t expense was incurred previous to this half-year in getting up data showing what the company ea r n ed per mile, and at each of thei r stations, in order that if any question of rating arose they might have the means of subst anti ating their cas e .. A ';um of 1,647/. had also been paid to Messrs. Quil ter and Ball for investigating the capital expenditure of the company. He had received numerous letters inquiring how long this expenditure Was to go on, and he begged to say that he bad ascert a i ne d th a t th e additional expenditure was estimated at about 3001., and the charge would then cease. He need not re mind them, however, what valuable information they had d liead Crain the investigations of Messrs. Quilter and Bail. There was another item in the revenue ac count of 10,0001., " to amount of the remaining ba lance of this account transferred to the account of ' Rent of Joint Stations,' with the view to provide for the loss thereon, the earnings under this head having been overstated in revenue accounts anterior to Janu ary, 1849." He could only say in justification that the directors felt the utmost anxiety to start with all outstanding claims wiped away. They felt that the time for despondency has passed, and that they had now to endeavour to develope the resources . of the dis tricts through which their line passed, starting with a clear balance-sheet. They thought, therefore, though it was a great sacrifice to abandon all hope of a dividend for the past half-year, that it was desirable to set aside this sum for the purpose to which it was to be applied. The auditors in their report made this statement : " The charge for legal expenses (including Parlia mentary opposition to competing lines)' contains two items, amounting together to 6501., paid by order of your late directors; for these amounts no vouchers have been produced to us, and on inquiry we are told it would be undesirable for you to possess particulars of this ex penditure. We cannot, consistently with the important trust reposed in us by you, accept this explanation, and therefore submit both these matters to you, to deal with as you think fit." He did not wish to make any observations upon the conduct of the gentlemen to whom the auditors re ferred, and who were no longer members of the board of directors ; but, so far as he had been able to ascer tain, he must say he believed the parties who directed the expenditure thought it desirable that such an amount should be placed at the disposal of the secre tary, with the view of advancing the interests of the company. The amount had, he believed, been ex pended with that object alone. With regard to the Harwich agreement mentioned in the report, the seal of the Eastern Counties Company had been affixed to it, and it was expected that it would receive the sanction of the Eastern Union proprietors at the end of this week or early next week. He believed that arrangement would be of the greatest importance to the Eastern Counties Company, and he was sure prised, when it was necessary to construct only 10i miles of railway to establish a communication with one of the finest harbours on the eastern coast, that the work had not been undertaken much sooner.—(A Shareholder—" What will the line cost ?") He was told that, according to the revised contract, making a single line, including the land, but independently of the harbour works, the cost would be about 150,0001. —(A voice—" Then we shall have no dividend next year.") With regard to the Norfolk agreement, he did not think it desirable to enter into that question at any length on the present occasion. The Norfolk Company had communicated with the Eastern Coun ties directors, inquiring what course they intended to take. They considered that the best course they could pursue was to rely upon the agreements they had previously made with the Norfolk Company for a given number of years. He was convinced that at the present moment it was desirable they should maintain amicable relations with that company, and he hoped no question would be introduced to-day calculated to engender any ill-feeling or to cause a renewal of an acrimonious correspondence. The estab lishment of steam-packets at Lowestoft was likely to be of very great importance, not only in develop ing the resources of that town, but in adding to the revenues of the Eastern Counties Company. —(Hear, hear.) However Mr. Peto might be held up as courting the Norfolk Company, he (the chair man) knew that Hon. Gentleman was doing all he could, by an outlay of his own money, to develope the resources of Lowestoft, and in so doing he must necessarily add greatly to the revenus of both compa nies. With regard to the Great Northern Railway Company, some two years ago that company entered into an agreement with the Eastern Counties Com pany, whereby they were to abandon the construction of a line called the Boston, Stamford, and Birming ham line, which gave them access by Peterborough to Wisbeach, and the Eastern Counties Com pany agreed that the Great Northern should use their line from Peterborough to Wis beach, paying 60 per cent. upon their receipts. At the time that agreement was made the Great Nor thern Company would not have had the means of joining the East Anglian Company at Wisbeach. A few months ago, however, in consequence of some ar • rangement they had made with the East Anglian Company, the Great Northern Company gave notice to the Eastern Counties of their intention to work over the Eastern Counties line, and instructions were given that they should do so accordingly. Having given them the privilege of running to the Wisbeach station, the Eastern Counties Company considered they had fulfilled their part of the bond ; but the Great Northern Company said, "We will stay short of Wisbeach and use another line communicating with the East Anglian line." The Eastern Counties di rectors replied, " No, you shall go to \Viabeach, but you have no right to stop short and use the East Anglian line for the purpose of diverting our traffic. We, shall, however, be very glad to make arrangements with the Great Northern or any other company for the purpose of carrying out the views of Parliament." But what did the Great Northern say in their recent report ? It contained this passage : " The Great Northern have also 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 Parliament, have shut up the points of junction between the Eastern Counties line and the East Anglian line at Wisbeach." Why, if the directors of the Eastern Counties Company had not done so they would not have been faithful guardians of the interests of the shareholders. The Great Northern line had given them notice of proceedings in Chancery, but he dared them to proceed. If that company thought they would obtain the use of station upon other lines, and that the companies upon which such claims were made would stand quietly by without endeavouring to maintain their just rights, they would find them selves egregiously mistaken. But, even if the Great Northern Company obtained the powers which they sought through the interposition of the Court of Chan cery, he had no doubt that in the end the Eastern Counties Company would be enabled to gain their just and equitable rights ; and they would still have the advantage of possessing much more direct communication between London and Lynn, Dereham and Swaffham, than the Great Northern. The Great Northern Company also complained that they were not allowed to run over the Eastern Counties Company's line from Shep reth to Cambridge ; but Parliament had denied the Great Northern Company this running power, and why should the Eastern Counties Company grant that which, upon five successive applications, Parlia ment had refused ?—(Hear.) He could only repeat that the directors were prepared to meet the Great Northern Company in a spirit of amity, for the pur pose of carrying out what they considered to be the views of Parliament ; but if the most direct commu nication was entitled to the traffic, he maintained that that direct communication was by the Eastern Counties line, and the directors were determined to defend their right to that traffic as long as they had the support and concurrence of the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) He was not prepared to state what measures it might be desirable to adopt in the next session of Parliament, but he would say th at, be y ond the preli minary expenses which might attend the giving of notices of the making of surveys, the directors would not incur any expenses withou t asking the sanction of the proprietors.—( Hear.) He mi g ht remind them that in April or May last it was announced that the Eastern Counties directors were en deavouring to make arrangements for enter ing into part occupation of the Fenchurch-street station of the Blackwell Railway Company, who projected a line to be carried opposite to Graves end. He hoped arrangements would shortly be made whereby the Eastern Counties Company would have free access to the Fenchurch-street station, and he was informed that the Blackwell Company were pre paring plans for giving them a siding for their own use. If they could obtain such accommodation upon fair and equitable terms, the greatest advantages must result to the Eastern Counties Company. — (Hear and cheers.) Complaints had been made that the directors of the Eastern Counties Company had been advertising for money and offering 4 j per cent. They had to measure their credit by the opinion which others entertained of it, and so long as they could not obtain money at 4 per cent. they thought it advisable to advertise for it at 4i. He was glad to say, however, that the money was coming in very freely, and he had no doubt they would soon be able to obtain the advances they required upon as favourable terms as any other company. He was glad to be able to state that their goods traffic was progressing most satisfactorily. He found upon a comparison of the returns which were delivered monthly that at nearly every station on the Eastern Counties line, ex cept where it was inimmediate contact with the Great Northern, the goods traffic had increased. He was not aware that there were any other observations he had to make, except upon the question of remuneration to the directors. So far as he was concerned he left the proprietors to deal with that subject as they thought fit. The amount now set aside for the directors was 1,8001. a year, the sum which had been appropriated to the s ame purpose for years past, and he thought , if they wished to have directors who attended to the business of the company, it would be necessary to give them a fair remunera tion for their labours.—(Hear, hear.) He begged t o move that the report of the directors with the accounts be adopted. Mr. NATHAN found there were two new directors, one of them a noble lord, and understood they only held the number of shares necessary to qualify them for a seat at the board. Now, he thought there were ma ny proprietors who would be ready to go into th e direction who held.—not 20 shares bought at 51. shire—hut 400 or 500 sbares.—(Hear, and a laugh. The CHAIRMAN observed that one of the new directors, Lord A. Paget, joined the board at his spe cial request. Lord Paget lived within five or six miles of Ipswich, and it had been suggested to him (Mr. Waddington) that it would be desirable for the interests of the company to cultivate a friendly alli ance with him. He (the Chairman) was introduced to the Noble Lord, and being struck with his business habits, to which all his co-directors would bear wil ling testimony, and knowing also his influence in Parliament—(Hear, hear)—a consideration of great importance to the company—(Hear, hear)—he re quested Lord A. Paget to qualify as a director, and he was satisfied that in doing so he exercised a sound discretion.—(General cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. A. T. SMYTH, one of the directors, confirmed the statement of the Chairman as to the business habits of Lord A. Paget, and his attention to the affairs of the company. The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to questions, that the expenditure of the Harwich branch was to be under the control of a joint committee appointed by both companies. He believed the works were to be exe cuted for 108,0001., or thereabouts, and the land would cost about 40,000/. ; so that there would be a margin of about 20,0001. under the sum of 200,0001., which had been estimated to cover the execution of all the works. He believed the outlay in the first instance would be about 150,0001., as the inhabitants of Harwich had obtained an improvement Act, and it was not improbable they might construct a pier. The company was to pay 4 per cent. interest upon the l outlay. Mr. PEPLAREN complained of the expenditure of so large a sum as 5,0001. for the direction and manage ment of the company's lines, and suggested that the directors of the Northern and Eastern Railway Com pany, who had seats at the Eastern Counties board, and to whom 1,0001. was awarded under the authority , of an Act of Parliament for their services, should re linquish their claims to that sum, and hand it over to form the nucleus of a dividend for the unfortunate Eastern Counties shareholders.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He hoped the directors would forego their remuneration, for many of those gentlemen were mil lionaires, and the pittance of 2001. or 3001. a year could be of no great consequence to them.—(A laugh.) Mr. DeetawAT thought they were paying rather too much to their directors. He considered that they ought to be properly remunerated for their labour, but that they should be required to possess such an interest in the company's stock that the amount they received as directors should be a matter of secondary moment to them. When the dividend available was only at the rate of 3kd. in the pound for every 201. invested in the company, he thought there must be a very lax management. Might they not, in conse quence of the reduced price of articles of consumption, effect some reduction in the salaries of their 2,000 or 3,000 servants ? His land yielded him 20 per cent. less than it did when he invested in this line, and if they, as landlords, were making so large a sacrifice to reduce the cost of provisions, they ought, as proprie tors in railroad companies, to derive some benefit in return. If a reduction of 5, 10, or 15 per cent. were made in the wages it would at least assist the impo verished proprietors. There were hundreds of per sons deprived of the ordinary luxuries and even ne cessaries of life in consequence of their investments in the Eastern Counties Railway. Mr. BAGsn4w, M.P., said that he had worked night and day for the benefit of this company as a director. As he had exerted himself he would con tinue to exert himself—but he would be paid for it. —(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) If his colleagues were to receive fees for their attendance, he would receive the same.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Box considered that the working expenses of the line were very heavy. In the last half .year but one the cost was about 1611 per train per mile, while upon the Great Western it was little more than 9d. In the last half-year the expense on the Eastern Counties line had been 131 d. per train per mile, so that a reduction to the amount of nearly 3d. per train per mile had been effected within half a year, but he thought it would not be difficult to make a still fur ther saving. There could be little doubt that the Great Northern Company would continue to make ag gressions upon them, and unless some very extraor dinary reductions could be made in the expenditure of the Eastern Counties Company he could not anti cipate a dividend even at a remote period. He wished to ask whether the chairman's attention had been directed to the compressed air machinery ? (Cries of " Oh, oh," and great laughter.) He was empowered by the patentee of the compressed air machinery to say that he was quite willing at his own expense to try the effect of his principle upon any of the company's branch lines, so as not to interfere with the traffic. The CHAIRMAN—He shall have an opportunity, then.—(Laughter and cheers.) [The chairman sub sequently explained that the directors would be willing to allow a trial of the principle, but the ex periment must not be attended with any cost to the company, nor would they allow their own engines to be used.] Mr. Box thanked the chairman for his offer, ob serving that the readiness with which it was made sa tisfied him that the Hon. Gentleman was most de sirous to endeavour to bring the expenditure of the company within moderate bounds. Mr. ROBINBON suggested that an attempt should be made to induce the three railway companies in the eastern counties to unite themselves into one corn pany.—(Cries of " Oh !" and " No, no.") The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to questions, that the directors had effected a reduction of about 3,500/. a year at the Bishopsgate station alone, in the clerks' and stores' departments. The miscellaneous expenses of the company were, he admitted, light, but he was not at all satisfied on that subject, and had called for a re port from each of the officers with reference to the items charged. Some conversation then took place with regard to the passage in the auditors' report which was quoted by the chairman, referring to two items, amounting together to 6501., paid by order of the late directors, but for which there were no vouchers. Mr. Exam (a late director) said that he heard from one or two of the directors some time since that a question had been raised upon this point, but without any reference to him. He was therefore somewhat surprised when he saw in the auditors' report that the money had been expended by two of the late directors, and it was undesirable to enter into any explanation with regard to it. He had written to the auditors to know whether he was one of the parties alluded to, and whether he had stated particulars could not be giver). They replied that he was one of the gentle men alluded to, but that he was not the person giving the reply mentioned. Now the fact was, as far as he recollected, that the solicitors applied to the finance committee for 1,0001. an account, and that it was passed without any explanation, a sum of 3,0001. being then due to these gentlemen. Four of the pre sent directors were at the committee meeting at the time, and it was, therefore, unfair to p lace the whole of the odium, if odium there was, attaching to the construction upon the late directors. The CHAIRMAN bad hoped that the matter would have been allowed to drop after the explanation he had given in his opening address. The subject had come to his knowledge through applications being made to him for assistance to enable parties to test the legality of the agreement with the East Anglian Company. This he had refused to give, and upon his mentioning the subject to the solicitors, they ex plained that the sum of 1,0001. had been voted for similar purposes, of which between 5001. and 6001. had been expended. He at once called the attention of the directors and auditors to the subject, and he could assure them that, so long as he remained in office, there should be no money spent in secret ser vice, without they first placed sufficient confidence in him to vote it for the purpose. Some other explanations were given on the sub ject, and Mr. GLYN (the late chairman) said—Early in the present year the company were likely to suffer from several Bills brought into Parliament, and especially one by the Great Northern Company, for the making of a line from Shepreth to Cambridge, there to join the Newmarket Railway, but the real object of the Bill was to obtain running powers over the Eastern Counties. It was most desirable that this Bill should be opposed in the first instance, and thrown out on the second reading, but unfortunately this company , had no locus standi nor right to oppose the Bill ex cept upon its clauses in Committee, and, if the Bill I got into Committee, the expense to this company would have been very great, and the Great Northern could not well fail in obtain in g some privileges which would have been greatly to the detriment of this company. It was under these circumstances I consulted your solicitors, and, as the company could not oppose the second reading, it became necessary, to do it through the medium of third parties. Mr. Roney suggested, that by th e judicious expenditu re of a sum of mo ne y not exceeding 5001 ., this m ight be done, and he proposed to manage the matter if he were permitted to do so. The solicitors foreseeing the difficulty which has ari sen , a s indeed I also did, namely, that there could be no vouchers for such expenditure, advised that I should in the first instance mention the matter to the auditors, and I accordingly did so, but Mr. Reeve s answered, as I ex pected he would do, that they ought to have vouchers. There the matter ended, so far as I was concerned, hut Messrs. Crowder and Maynard advanced to Mr. amoun h ti . ng in all to since d my Roney various sums of money, 5001., some of which they havewith paid great tact and resignation, and .Mr. Roney, judg ment, with the aid of the . laclowners and the colleges, petitioned against. the Bill, and by the weight of their IParliameetary influence, succeeded in quashing the Bill on its second reading. The landowners and the colleges were the nominal opponents, hut the real op position was ours. I consider the company are mucl indebted to Mr. Rone y for the pains he took and the exertions he made to organize this opposition, and although I gave no orders to Messrs. Crowder and Maynard to advance the money, or to Mr. Roney to \ employ it, I think I sh o uld h ave b een wanting in my duty to this company if I had refused to give it, or to advance the money myself, and then to have come to you at this meeting, and state the circumstances, as I now do, and ask for an ind emn it y a t y ou r hands. Had the Bill gone into Committee, expenses to five times the amount must at least have been incurred, and the company's interest have suffered from the further encroachments of the Great Northern Com pany. The subject was then allowed to drop, and the re port was adopted. A resolution, moved by Mr. Danawar, was then carried, that the expense of management should be taken into consideration by a committee, consisting of two directors and three shareholders ; but the shareholders having by this time been engaged in the meeting nearly five hours appeared anxious to break up, and the committee was not named. A variety of motions upon all manner of imagin able subjects, such as printing a list of the share holders, th e carr yi ng out an amalgamation with the Eastern Union, the upsetting the Norfolk agreement, the qualification of future directors, &c., were then put by independent shareholders, and at once with drawn or negatived. Votes of thanks to the chairman and auditors, who respectively acknowledged the compliment, were they ; carried, and the meeting separated. EASTERN UNION. The executive committee appointed by the board of directors to manage the affairs of the company have issued their first report, to be laid before the share holders at the half-yearly meeting on Friday next. The report states that the London office is no longer necessary, and will be closed at the end of the present month. Within the last two or three weeks, fortu nately for all parties connected with the undertaking, a movement commenced amongst an influential section of the preferenc e shareholders. A meeting of such as were registered was held in London, and a committee of them has been appointed to communicate with the directors, to consider terms of arrangement. The movement on the part of the preference shareholders has afforded an opening to negotiate with the simple contract creditors of the company. Meanwhile, it would tend much to the advantage of all the interests at stake, and to a speedier, if not more certain, settle ment of difficulties, if all the debenture shareholders would temporarily unite in foregoing their claim to the liquidation of bonds overdue, or may be in course of becoming, so their interests continuing to be punctually paid. Thus (if confirmed), through an arrangement which the welfare of every party con nected with the railway imperatively called for, and by scrupulous and wise economy, dormant sources of tra ffi c may be gradually developed, the receipts of the line must progressively increase, and the unguaranteed shareholder may at last hope to reap some return from the profits of a concern to which he has so largely contributed. The Har wich agreement has been sealed by the Eastern Counties board, and it now only requires the sanetion of the shareholders and the amicable co-operation of a joint committee of the boards of the two companies for the line to be forthwith commenced. The terms are, that the Eastern Counties Company guarantee four per cent. on the cost, with half the surplus profits arising from the traffic between Harwich and London, and between Harwich and all sta tions on the Eastern Counties line, which terms will enable the directors to complete the line on its own security. The Trowse brancb, connecting the line with the Eastern Counties system at Norwich, is now ready for work. As regards the items classed under the head of general expenses, &c., the committee hope to reduce them one-third. In conclusion, the com mittee state that taking the income of the line for the year ending June, 1852, to be the same as that real ized for the year ending June, 1851, viz., at about 111,0001., 58 per cent. (or 64,3801.) will suffice for working expenses, including a reasonable provision against depreciation. This would leave as surplus net income 46,6201. If this be a fair estimate, it will al , most necessarily follow that under more vigorous , management, more rigid economy, relief from pecu , niary pressure, and the opening of fresh sources of traffic, the net surplus revenue after June, 1852, can , never well be less than 52,0001. per annum. Beyond this the committee at the present time do not venture to offer a surmise. The capital account shows that , 2,121,0431. had been received, and 2,118,1721. ex , pended, leaving a balance of 2,8701. The revenue se , count for thehalf-year states that 51,6971. had been received, and 33,8441. expended, leaving a balance of 17,8521. BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the terminus of the Great Northern Railway, Mr. Macaulay in the chair. The receipts on capital account, amounted to 83,6254 and the expenditure to 82,9321., leaving a balance of 6931. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. G. H. PACKE, the accounts were agreed to, and the meeting separated. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. The statement of acounts of this company for the half-year ending the 30th of June, showed that 624,9831. had been received on capital account, and 618,396/. expended, leaving a balance of 6,5871. From the revenue account it appears that the receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June amounted to 7,1771., and the expenses to 4,1921., leaving a balance of 2,985/. SOUTH-EASTERN. The number of passengers conveyed on this line to and from the London-bridge terminus on Saturday was 16,328- 7: namely, 8,314 to London, and 8,014 from London. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at Osborne, Isle of Wight. It was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council the Parliament was further proro gued from the 4th day of September to the 4th day of November next. The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. Previous to the Council, the Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Westmoreland and to Sir Hamilton Seymour. After the Council, Sir David Dundas had an inter view of the Queen, to lay before her Majesty the pro ceedings of some Courts-martial. The Ministers left town to attend the Court by a special train, on the South-Western Railway, at a quarter-post nine yesterday morning, and reached Gosport at a quarter to one, where the Sprightly steamer was in readiness to convey them to Osborne. At a quarter to four o'clock they embarked on board the Fairy royal yacht on their return, reached Gos port at half-past four o'clock, and proceeded to town by a special train. OSBORNE, MONDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al- bert, with the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal, attended Divine service at Whippingham Parish Church yesterday morning. The Rev. T. Protheroe officiated. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo nial-office to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong, and to the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were also sent off to the Lord High Commissio ner of the lonian Islands. ispatches recent number of applied to the United St a t es , i s given iritawas communicated BROTHER JONATHAN.—The origin o f t his term, as the Norwich Couri er . Th e e ditor say' i rs of age. who was au by a gentleman now upwards of 82y Washington, after being is as follows :—" When General of the Revolution War, appointed Commander of the ATmy. t and make preparations active participator in the scene of theeraevolntion. The story organize i , came to Massachusetts to he f o und a great want of am to meet the powerful for the defence of the country, he munition and other with,meana necessaryand great difficulty to obtain foe he had to contend la condition, the cause at once mh s c u u c as i ou , at that anxious period, a contc tbheehmo.pellefsaa.ttaocknednnineand others was had, when it seemed sultation of the officersevised to make such preparations as were Trumbull, the elder, necessary.," gig s rnor of the State of Connecticut, on whoqe W e must consult Brother Jonathan on the was then uteveaid d the General placed the greatest reliance. be devised Jonathan and remar Ti e ,e General did o ak u l l i d d b , ~ so, and the Governor was sue subjel.; supp lying many of the wants of the army, When cef's fth ^. 5 - afterwards arose, and the j n u o d w gm ay en c t difficulties army was spread over country, it became a bye-word, ' We must consult Bro ther ' The term Yankee is still applied ther Jonathan. to a por tion, but ' Brother Jonathan' has now become a designation of the whole country, as John Bull has for England.' Dictionary of Americanisms," by J o h n R usse ll B art l ett, 1849. -From Notes and Queries. MERCEIaNT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The general election of orphans to this Asylum took place ',eater day, at the institution in Bow-road, under circumstances of more than oriinary interest. The grounds were very neatly decorated with flags and exotics, and throughout the day were thronged by a fashionable company. Mr. Hawkins having taken thel chair, at twelve o'clock the poll opened, and closed at three o'clock, when the following children were declared duly elected : -Thomas Walker, William Davey, Thomas Philpot, William Evans, George D o uthwait' e Mary Adams, Jemima Glan v ill e , and Tamar Hod ge . The Rev. of the elder i Mr. G r ibbl e, o f B ow; C apta i n Sh u ttlowortb, one Captain brethren of the T r i n ity Ho u se ; Rev. Mr. Robbins, \ Warren, Mr. Gould, and other gentlemen having spoken of \ the advantages of the institution, and the strong claim it had upon the commercial and mere necessity of establishieg merc an tile interests of the \ country, at the same time urging th a building fend, and so increasing the number of recipients of the charity, the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks Th copan in \ to the chair and ladies' e°rnttea ermitted to e go o v er t he apartthe course of the evening were p ments of the institutio n,and Captain Warren's novel system of lavatories, especi all y the girls bath-room, which is re . mar kable for its clean and pe rfect arrangement, were gene rally admired. r II I