The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-11 00:00:00

S°I7TH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY AND kt th 3 HALF. RIVER DUN COMPANY. iiYEARLY GENERAL and also SPF.CIAL ME ET d 1:1. of Shareholderss, h e ld a t Ma Culers• Ilall, Sheffield, on Satur tt). 31st August, 1850, Lord WIIAIINCLIFFE in the Chair, ?: 1 2e Secretary read Om advertisement convening the meeting. rao n t he motion of the Chairman, the Common Seal of the Corn , • ^al allixed to the Register of Sharlholders. ▪ Secretary read the Report. „ thehe motion of the t;liairmandt an resclyed— torgenat Report now read be received and adopted, and printed • That amongst the Proprietors. t0: 1 ,3 the forfeiture of the following Shares declared by the Direc 11Ve l' , I ' m n°1 ' 1111 :fled, and that such Shares to disposed of by cancelling erne Prom 145 To Sher s. 9,, • 289 .. 145 • 36 74 ; •• 9253 .. 94 •• 36760 .. 14 1244 •• 1107 ~ 15 3.589 • • 1297 .. 14 1 713 •• 155 a .. 1 14 4 , •• 1729 .. 17 1 4 •• 14444 .. 10 17 • 6 7.1 . 1_4487 .. 1 9 332 2 ,„ • • i 4612 1 0 33 % ; • 33050 .. 22 i R2 4' •• 34962 .. 47 172 i,; •• 1482 24 2 •• 14053 .. 66 2 316 , , • • 32 75 ,, • . 22329 .. 14 53 3 ;',', • 3.997 .. 239 34 7 ," •• 33322 .. 2S l A ,'; • 33310 .. S , soZ S •• 21856 .. 19 '313 11 " 34074 .. 11 5 01 , • 32244 .. 934 6249 •• 5135 .. 421 1487 6 •• 5172 .. 24 439, 2 • 1 1899 .. 24 527 4 •• 33994 ;. 7 63i.; •" -5913 20 . • 66;:i •• 6M5 .. 22 -6g 40 •• 6648 .. 31 1 901 6918 29 212 3 , •• 19260 .. 70 340 79 •• 21282 .. 24 709 6 " 34132 .. 54 739 9 7283 .. 188 7,136 ••• 7330 .. 23 734 8 7345 .. 10 1935 9 •.• 7357 .. 10 ' 722 4 • 19392 24 736 0 7307 .. 24 3 7311 7393 .. 34 12.1 21 • 37328 .. 13 1447 9 '• 19569 .. 49 1 9261 •• 14588 .. 10 • 17 346 .122 67 •• 7 806 3 •• 1 7843 .. 3 .3253 '• 3147 .. 55 0G54 • • • 11318 . 91 2 3021 " 196 5 47 .. 24 965 4 •• 23063 .. 43 21397 " 9674 .. 2 099 •. 2 1429 .. 21 a 49 .. 1 96 9 84 '• 37042 .. 47 9•4 7 •• 9712 .. 29 2 / 1 9s •• 19 746 .. 30 ,_ l3e4 ••. 22202 .. 10 .597 .'• 13661 .. 56 1043 6 •• 36940 .. 27 1 610 6 •• 10470 15 2 033 8 •• 16737 .. 31 3300 •• 25 374 .. 37 4,08 .• 3 3107 .. 8 36 645 3 5222 .. 115 104 6 •• 36664 .. 20 11 435 " 10 595 .. 13 14189 " 1 1151 .. 77 1 , 4 .. 111 215 • • 14 ' 4 '4 * lend at the rate 6/cent. per annum, from the a Dili aaa j p,,,, ,e o f . per. t - 7. to the 19th April last, be now declared, and also that - 7129 u ., -- ;•18t the rate of 21. per cent. per annum, be declared from Prll to th e 30th June, 1850. . 2 „ t 1; 1 Steeti SPECIAL MEETING. oved h all was then made special. 'flat the Chairman, and carried unanimous'Y, ' , Urn th e Dir ' Tr i Mors be authorised to raise, on Mortgage or Bond, • 1 1 1 1 1 e. 4 , 4 trelley not exceeding one hundred thousand pounds. . k at tb e .T . t he Chairman, and seconded, Bh dditi d rectors be authorised to create andissue such nitmbe; 41b Directors Shares, to be thmominated Navigation Shares, a eek eqUal t lto Pally. in 0 150 Shares of 201. eacb, in the Capital Stock of this 111 ' .. ti kttt the r esPect of each Share in the River dividend, aviation • ' - ' l l4 - ' 4t e C°l ' , Pany guarantee the payment of aatie; Ni ne ••• Per cent. per annum, in preference to said eres 1 ; 3: Shares of the Company, on such of the Navigation Itre s nail h e see d • th e g„,, by the Propriet )rs accepted in lieu of the ordinary be A ttatiy, upon condition that such guaranteed Dlvi- ShZuell lien of all varying and other Dividends, until or un ',teat tuck shall betedeemedby payment of 3,000/. for each 150 Wh g e , t ere4o ',according.to the pi'ovisions of the Company's Act. ~n tl e4 n ,.!" 1 Amendment was proposed by Mr. Hadd...ld, and Y o „"t thr:, "r. 1100 throyd Meeting be adjourned for.twelve months, to be held in 2., re, ai " la f m — ftn Put the amendment to the meeting, when fourteen t he ayour of it and te a nst. . 141(111 tent B;as decl n are g d a t i o be carried. 011 tltheesnlwo_.tion of Air. Ironslde, it wWaisIARNCLIFFE, Chairman. hi:hat tbe"ej u nanimously-- • • Ing e thanks of the mee be given to the Chairman for tl gul a 9 , o ,,net in the Chair, and for tha fairness and candour of ; - •••tals to the meeting. J. CHARLES lIA DFIELD, Secretary. From To .11375 .. 11384 .• 22217 .. 22261 23077 .. 23086 • • - 33021 .. 33028 .. 13920 .. 13959 • 1'3980 • 35090 .. 35124 .. 35208 .. 35224 .. 11880 .. 11907 .• 29514 20553 . • .12724 .. 12747 .. 7391 .. 7399 .. 21554 .. 20558 .. 127.0 12792 . • 13 13915 .. 13068 .. 24 13125 .. 13180 .• 5 , i 13292 .. 14296 .. 5 32993 3304 , 0' .. 9 7400 .. 7419 • • 20 19118 .. 19437 .. 20 15284 .. 1829:3 • . 10 Shares. 10 47 17216 .. 17229 .• 8 . 40 1 35 17 28 10 It 6 21018 .. 21591 •• 47 32750 32758 •• 9 33195 .. 33.14 .• 2 18291 18310 .. 47 36161 .. 36188 •• 1441, .. 14554 10 2050 .. 2072 .• 23 338f12 .. 3: 33294 .. 33295 .. 14682 .. 14691 .. 10 36520 .. 36553 31 36568 .. Z 6614 .. 77 33739 .. 33764 .. 16 6945 .. 6143 .. 99 6144 .. 6167 •24 19186 .. 19190 .. h 21183 .. 21294 .. 12 34011 .. '31044 .. 34 32599 .. 32611 .. 14 19392 .. 19417 .. 26 6929 .. 6951 .. 23 5740 .• .5789 .. 50 19433 .. 19520 .. 83 22987 .. 22996 .. JO 32729 .• 32745 .. 7 13829 •• 13843 .. 14 7041 .. 7045 •• 5 91(6 .. 9101 .. -‘32496 .. 32500 .. 5 22174 .. 22192 .. 19 7932 .. 7952 .. 21 9274 .. 9278 .. 5 7464 .. 7514 .. 47 36159 .. 36485 .. 27 37394 .. 374.0 .. 7 9767 9771 .. 5 10140 .. 10149 .. 10 36189 .. 3;208 2) 11974 .. 11978 .. 5 12579 .. 12718 .. 140 36445 .. 36451 .. 7 3354 .. 3400 .. 47 14001 .. 11036 .. 36 C r i pi ------ . " 411. V r• --a c. STAK np A u O END PACKETS r Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to 8, 1 sr from Lond on a n d Gravesend. _ " 4 Inul First Clas s ditto, ONE SHILLING. toffy ,r.ibin.... To or from Blackwall. k,..` .. .... 6d. Chief Cabin.. •,• 9d. 411 e 4t r yk et I ntermediate Piers ••• • • • ket3 e call call nI tL:e P ier. Grays, (l at e ld'he 6d a . nd Purfleet Piers. underlined reen (weather permitting). FltoSl TERRACE " PIER. GRAVESEND. li ke ItOsh r. ". till,. Gray, cireen• Pur- 7 , Itoshr- ()men- rue- t, 7 ~..... hlthe. fleet —lll Grays !lithe. fleet villa. ttX - -- ---- 1 - ___ —.a. —.-_- --- -- —.a i ..., 1 4 1 .... _ ...-1' -.. --- 1 . ll V ~,.. • . / 1 2 k"•.• ' 2 4 ~ -.. b -... It3 i ' --- 1 , 6W - --- 7 ..,...! ...... ..... II _ Ne..... ----.. .: 1-- --- r'N....e.--------....... I I 'Ok 't Tr a i n , sv 6r olb tl , e . 3 otn the B t rkel t , tll ol ll4 arteraT a m r t r'onehat ti t Station to all parts of London lIR he Tr ! C R hou WHARF, I o BT.ACKWALL, on the arriya 1 si ns from th e Fenchurch -street Station. Ett DAYS, Ptii- I -----*--- Ift 11l 1 4 14 1 . 6k •,:.1% I .111 t he. IGrayil I kitt,44%.knatrited uttoA.„o._l.•P stt Piero* fi rlev or mr, to \-.1„..._545t. Imo: ' loll k, Ter Roshr 'the. Time. H. M Un direct, 1r Beets. Vtlr neOt I GrAysl Rohr villa. Lo ractets not Doing per• lye Months, 4?. be had ef.Ahe rate gler, Gra' '. 4e. ; Six Months, 21. 153.*; e Collectors on board the iveeend. tlll , "'lltie'rin -4 G. L ., ‘ , N IN TIIE FARES TO'OSTEND. Po tted' ) %l '4'4 E Ettkla S CE AM NAVIGATION , PA 1,; - y , 0 l eave '' Powerild and first-class Steam -ships are ap -101,"ilt11„ St. u , ltgif 7 gerlne's Steam Wharf London, for b l" ei en lnssi \ c ,, arr Ying her 1111'e-t 's mails), every Tuesday and b.'. 7 ). - 'itll i',.... ' - h'er cabin, 3/ j • Fore, 'y 2l '`lN l V'm tie ' s - c r , and the RIINE ' (carring . her Majesty's malls). y.:71, 4 ',.11 () 1 , 1 !, e hd ‘,/. and Saturday Mornings, at Ten. The RHINE, '' 'rad ' ' 4 IP Iis"CEAN. Chief cabin, 11. 105. • Fore, 175.6 d. 01 4 3' ' -It LlSsf•L s , * 1 1 , .: l it Te n ` -, , COLOGNE, and the RHINE. 0tit 1 .,: . • , D i„ ...Morning Chief cabin, I/. 103 ; Fore, 11. —Every err s .te t Zcay ;ten hours. BRUSSELS and the 1111INE.—Er .. . 44 41 4 ) a andl'a,turd Mornings. Chief Cabin, 11. ; Fore, log• t,.. to p ` ,- --x,,, 'l ; 18, at Ten ; 21, at Eie• en. }A il, virery and and Thus4sy, rt Eight Morning. Lon -1,1,4)( ) 0 . lu d s t Class and a a10,. . 4, . second Class and Fore ,e f • &Al it • " 11. • , 24 e m GIL Th .% 1 41 , la. Even ,--- C LARENCE, LEITII, and TRIDEN 7'. 10 . 4 4 .t11 JK,, t , .Seconcl,ll. 2s. 6d. Septembcr 11, 14, 21, and .;,:rtlll, 4 ': fthi eh ?Mg. The 1 rident this Evening. . ` Prov.,lollelude rovieions, Chief Cabin, 21. 105.; Fore, 11. 10s. ttlsigur. '*l is, Chief Cabin, 21.; Fore, 11. 25. 61. 4 c44,. ( kiNi t. ....Frozn London Bridke Wharf. 1 ,t1e,, e Chi ef csl,le ALBION or. EINE. Every Wednesday . and , Th or 41 4; 22, , t 5 04- 1, 125.; Foie, Bs. September 15, at Seven , 18 , G 1 4,, 1 4 c A , I ,', ;, 5, at Three Morning. 1 • " allti . "AS. - -Chief Cabin, 12s. ; Second, 80. ct 7 ,' 19 -- .11nda - '4) ~1 ,. ;a t T N ol d 3 v mornings. September 12, at Six ; 15, at Every 14:::ittlIcilltiliketoern4it)len. ird n . 6 . Writ . . t ,ng• d.; Fore, Its. Every Tuesday and Frl lo, salv 04, 8,, ...."',verY Wednesday and Saturday, at Six Even .htk Av e ii; second Cabin, ss. 4 z. A81 , 1 , ,. ora llore's Stelm wharf, Wapping. a' Alt( Chie f '—EverY Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight Even -4541, l Apk, , Cabin gist t Xi., •-...1 ) „„ - -. ••• ; Fore, 12s. , 461i" .. 1 , 10,.,.;:`"Y, at Ten 3torning; and on Sundays an ExTcu.r.o - 1, 44iX5 r ,% Th e -"„ mg, returning from .Margate at lla . f-past Ni!, T erti l i'lt. ' l , 4 "age t 6 Margate occupies tire hours. a Quarter • I . ,l l* lch °P4lllg;V"daY, Thursday, and Saturday, .114 ,, ,,, ti . se cur ' e at ti,v..ackwall. at Three Quarters past Ten; and and North , ltt L re, f,,,, be 1' 'll.3th et kii - ,; ", &„ Tor" freight and for bills containing hours of de . . ,k Kit - 1 3,5 , appl 5 ' 71 Lomba•d-street ; 37, Re thp, , L..,... Yat the offices, , , I , - P ack ~.-.'"enhall-street ; and St. Katherine's Wharf. -reti o „ e •- , sta h ''S eye, in ee.r.) , ill the morning, ~„. 'g,'beds being provided. to Ar e ~11) ' rek, '' 0 ERD EEN, INVERNESS, and th . „e -01tTit of - SCOTLAND. 'I ,-,` .1.11. t or ii, ',EDUCTION OF FARES. $, 'll ,ithe,"lles, Carriages &c considerably Reduced , . 4 t1, 4 A ll , ver ki 'N STEAM N ' ' A. lON COMP It k. c. , tlt b , Filvp s •. AN IG, T Permitting. el l . ..4,, 1,„,. ,mu start as under, weather, &c., P ANY's splen lo 411 .; Qt 1i0.. 4.-- rhe City of London Saturday, 1 6 Dr 1,, , _u0 0 , 1 " . '' , Earl of Aberdeen, gaturday, September 21, at S t ,' la. ',; Ytu . September_ 14, ,1 th' l lle 7i.. N C•SS--1, ~._ ‘,4 1 .4th 0 -,or m -oe Duke of Sutherland, Mortal'', It, e,,,.. arp ng, calling on' Burghead, Invergordon, Cromar ), ' l ll. -. • Sp, hi September 4 1 ) 1)1h %a X. , ''...,,,_ '. -gte ' negerit-circus ; 82, Lombard-street ; or, 14 rr, 44 11t -------------_________ • kr -r ate,q it/w ry Sip uy 26 - FIRST EDITION. l'A - AL Anato 1) B ,i i ev r , bis„,. mical Coloured Engravimns en Steel. INCA pbY hatt.lo,l):, Jorif.),A2.LjIrICATIONS, GENERAr t a . ttit , : l4 te 4l l„ 4 :ted 31 _ . _ _E P D 1 MENTS Tp ii t... t, Sir .....n 1 the '''st6,,b!tg!stn in ' postage stamps, ;Just pu.a6ds3.hled tßprice postagesta►nps, r *17 1 4 i n left 14 'KXT pRiE N B 4 ' Py h t g hdel:Ntle g ~ , a Me di cal ki lk, l nar4' e nce, ' d neaY of the generative system, 14Ppi t 4 1 0 , 1 : on karfection, and the inordinate use of mercury, 'from o[- 1 1 '13 4 1 ' t i . Ini tst ti nge, and the means of obviating certain die , t . h k. set, r ' , 2.1 s - 10. I; . ated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and q t r ie,7 3 4o B - 4 , 40: ‘i.onsUlting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox -I),ltrt: Th o le' le ;..e a V in h i l t la i .o the Authors : sold by strange, t tib i lit't i'• "' u nrtie.. at „ ; 5 3, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street 1 4„_•treq cot, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden ait ?t•trss Si Of t &Ig II 111,,. he Kn o t ,41e),!ne, to tre,„• - •trat i ., , ornY and physiology of the re-productive late .' ar l d - s Of t i,. "Y Six Coloured Engravings. Illet, i ;nl their fil e con sequences resulting from excessive in tlit 441 ' 1 3 ;' 71114. we.aPentable effects on the system, Producing 11?ri ol •.1, tz,,,nstrottnss, nervous excitement, and generative k i :r . tr ea l,ry or 'sts of t T ie .): . Three Explanatory Engravings. tr a th,`Nebt l6c nitilit r .„,rcages resulting from infection, either in Ath A kt g'. tti t , - 4 e ..? . rm, and contains explicit directions for '4 1 ,04 I*. uon is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured On I 4 1 4 411 "i 1 t - ti 44 sill tali ' a 11 1,4, port a ,.° l l, b y ..,,,ersedy for the Prevention of Disease by a ti,,,. 4 4 v , " Part of "'Lich the danger of infection is obviated. hal Ttt ' l e 4,, t he , W ork shot iA not escape the reader's I . ' 41 Cl utatO r°t° d to U. he,dieet Of . the co nsideration of marriage, and its du /1.24100kb. eritiea,",nPrductive t - • 1 Ls 4Mt end .3' and ~,,, union are also considered, and the thqtti o. rvou t , ai 0 , t7 l l osophically inquired into. I)," P P l Dt' o s . fo r The se x u' i d "l ,,cum is exclusively employed in o4tl t. re% ar ttrtr yin nentr ote , 1 71L2tY, impotence, &c., Ils. and 33e. ,tk r, 4% NrryPilons ande blood" i crsive Essence, an anti-syphilltfc 1 1. ° kr, ' ll li P nri ' f this ab n cases of infection, secondary It o 4 im a nert oin Ying B,, a ,„_use of mercury, 115. ansl 335. per Is lb kile4 7i lttiati on r eraedy' ro ` d un rills, 28 • 9d., 48. 6 and . I Is. 11:114141°tItt: de °f 07 the pia gonorrhoea , gleet, stricture, and It, tioisetv,, • ti. the ride r. Consultation fee, if by letter, 4 1 ,%3 _4, f ire Y p i ..11eket a. , .4 required: age, habits, and p05i '.111,,.. d oh i ll I,ti e ` i deb 1,1 0 i..,,,n'01v1ce, to be had at the Feta ', F.4 1 , - ; trot v i ldatteo 4 4 7.7. 1 1., is saved. Messrs. terry, 1 41 t o 0 7 1 :yeti t i ll ..„L at •a 9, writ,Berners- Oxford 'wo aad Five to on Bun- C. w. WILLOUGHBY, Agent SurDLY Green hithe. zz ) 7 / /./ n - • (2. . - " 4 4 1 ! • .k A 1,4 i 4s 'A• . I j - • • z 4 , L.. • 9. 6,fej I_,, ! I A 1, \ • L ?re 7 : t• • 10' I , ROIT ' • o \ 6 1 0 `l. • • • /// n ~. -~~2 =~~f~' N°. 18,086.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SUN SEPTEMBER 11, 1850. B RITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE OFFICE,;, 37, New Bridge , street, Illackfrkrs, London. Incorporated under Act 7 and 8 Vic , c. 110. DIRECTORS OF FIRE SOCIETY. Gould, George, Esq. Low, James, Esq. 31:crs, Thomas, Esq. Olney, Thoma•, Wilaishurst, Joseph, Esq. Blyth, John, •Esq. • Cortvrriot, Richard, E+q. CutT, J. Ilarcombe, Esq. Cuth ertson, ' , cane Esq. Freeman, G. S., Esq. IF ANY HAVE PRESUMED TO ABUSE THE WORD " PALETOT," It will be sufficient to refer to the high distinctiori conveyed to ' , THE I , EGI EItED SYRIAN PAL ETOT," Js Indicative of the exclusive celebrity it possesses. It was registered August 23, 1650, by Messrs. SW IN and Co., 379, Oxford-street, and will be the leading OVERCOAT for the coming season throughout the Empire and Its dependencies. Price 455. THE ERA of SATURDAY next will e(intain FULL I'.OGRAMME of the DONCASTER MEETING, the Pezforinances of the ST. LEGER FAVOURITE. a List of the PROBABLE STARTER :r S, at the ST. LEGER PROVIIECY, by "TOUCHSTONE." • On this occasion JOE MITOGINi'S DOG (the only victorious Derby Prophet) intends Going hi to Win. The ERA. was the only Pali,r that PROPHESIED DOUR r f:r the LEAMINGTON STAKES. Order of all Newsmen, or send six postage stamps to 3, Catnc• rine-street, Strand. D NNGEROUS CHEMICAL ADULTERA; TION OF SUGAR. Notice is hereby given, that the leading article of the " Morning d'ost," of he 29. h instant, exposing this itnrortant question, together with observations thereon, may be had, Gratis, at the British College of Health, New road, London; and of all the Ilygelan agents ; or by letter, on forwarding a penny postage tamp to the College as above. Dated this . 3lst August, MD. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BOULOGNE 'AND AMIENS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Paris on Thursday, M. C. Laffitte in the chair. Te report stated that the receipts for the half year ending the 30:h of June last, amounted to 820,651 f.. (32,8260, and the expenses to 648,681 r. (25,9471.), leaving a net profit of 171,9701. (6.8791.), and.alloa ing of a. dividend of 2f. 50 0 :p e r s h a r e . N o thi ng has yet been definitively decided with regard to the law-suit still pending betivetea this company and the Northern Company. In reference to the question of carrying the mails between France and England, the report maintains that the several trials made on the subject have proved the superiority of the route by the Boulogne Railway. Alluding to the great conve nience afforded to travellers from England by the per mission granted to have their luggage examined, not on landing, but at Paris, a hope is expressed that some analogous accommodation will ba ere long granted with respect to passports, so as to remove as much as possible all trammels on the facility now afforded to persons passing from England to France. Reference is made to the excursion trips this year between Paris and London, stating that they have been a source of profit to the company. With regard to the proposition made by the Northern Company to purchase the Boulogne line, it would appear that the object was to enable the Northern Company to get its period of concession extended from 38 to 75 years. The board had not considered it desirable to consent to the proposition, and had accordingly re jected it. The board trusted that the meeting would approve of the decision which it had come to respect ing the proposition made by the Northern Company. A conversation ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the offer was to the effect that one Northern share should be given for two shares of the Boulogne Company, provided always that the Northern C)mpany should succeed in obtaining the extension of the concession. After the rejection of propositions for amalgamation with the Northern Company, and for the appointment of a committee to aid the directors in effecting that object, resolutions were passed approving of the manner in which the board had acted, and for their attention to the in terests of the company, adopting the account, de claring a dividend of 2f. 30c. per share for the half year, and authorising the instalment of 38,700 f. (1,5481.) in the Sous Comptoir des Chemins de Fer. It was stated that nine-tenths of the shares were held in England, and however anxious the English shareholders might be for an amalgamation with the Northern Company, they could not consent to it on such unfavourable terms as had been offered. The meeting then separated. railway embraced in the company's Acts were con tracted for at 639,5891, but their completion would co,t 783,3021, being an excess of 221 per cen'. of the contract. Tne directors expect, when all claims are disposed of, that the share and loan capital on s bleb dividend will eventually be payable, will not much exceed 2,750,000/. An average weekly revenue of 2,8?0/. would, it is cal c ul a t e d, a fford a dividend, ex elusive of preferable charges, of 1 per cent. upon the postponed share capital ; 3,100/. per week, a dividend of 2 per cent.; and so on, adding an additional 1 per cent. for every average weekly increase of 2851. Th revenue for the hall-year ending the 31st of July was 58,5031 ; but, after deducting 31,9351. from this for working expenditure, rates, and taxes, the free ba- , lance remaining was only 26,567/., which the directors recommended should be disposed of as follows :- 14,345/. for interest on debenture loans; 2,4291. for I half-year's dividend on Granton preference shares; 1,6111. for dividend on 5/. preference shares issued ; and the balance of 8,1811. to be placed to the credit of interest on outstanding liabilities and on bank loans for which the company's preference shares have been lodged in security. The passenger receipts showed an increase of 15,0221., or 15! per cent. over those of the corresponding period of 1849. A letter was read from Messrs. Horne and Watton, the auditors of the company, stating that in the course of their examination of the books their attention had been directed to two circumstances :—first, that the company had become indebted to a large amount to some of the contractors, to whom they had granted bills ; and that these contractors had taken debenture bonds and preference shares, with the proceeds of which they. had agreed to meet the bills as they be came due. The company were thus placed in the situation of having made over the securities while the bills in question, for which they had taken credit for as paid, were still in circulation. The second circum stance was, that in July last an account had been open e d i n t he City of Glasgow Bank in the name of three of the directors, and that since that time 40011 8001., and 1,0001. had been deposited—the object being, from time to time, to set aside portions of the revenue to meet debenture interest as it became due. A report was then read from Mr. Grainger, the en gineer, which detailed, with great minuteness, th e state f the company's works at the Tay-ferry and at Broughty-ferry--all of which would be finished early in November. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the report, said that the directors had been influenced by a desire to afford the shareholders all the useful information in their power with regard to the present position and future pros pects of the company. The report was prepared with no ordinary care, and with as much attention as pos sible to all the essential details connected with the progress of the works. He presumed it had prepared the shareholders for the fact, that with regard to the ordinary share capital of the company the revenue had not been such as to admit of a dividend being de clared. It would be observed • that the interest charged during the last six months on unproductive capital was smaller than that charged in any former half-year. In the previous half•year it was 13,0811., and it was beyond that in former half-years ; but last half- year it was only 6,5601. ; and it was right to mention that the sum charged and paid during the half-year included interest on the company's pre ference shares which were held by the banks in se curity of the advances made by them. It was no doubt easier to enter into matters of history than into matters of prophecy; but he thought he might confi dently anticipate a progressive increase in their traffic. The passenger traffic for the last half-year had been exceedingly good. The goods and mineral traffic' were operated upon injuriously by the incomplete state of the works at the ferries ; but from the rapid way in which the works were progressing to completion there would soon be an end to all drawback in this respect. The average weekly receipts for coal traffic amounted at present to 2751. Such a sum derived in present circumstances from this branch of traffic shOwed that the directors had not been deceived in the estinrite that had been inade of the benefits that would mutt frotn the coal trade when it came to be more fully develiped. There was an increase of 8,7381. in the receipts, and a decrease of working expenditure of 6,5331.; and, as every attention would be pad by the directors to this subject, they might expect a similar result at the-end of the next half _ year. The plant and rolling stock of the company, he was glad to say, were in a state of complete effi ciency.. If areductim in the interest on debenture . loans could be effected to the extent of only 1 per cent., it would go far to pay a dividend equivalent to the same amount on the postponed capital stock of the company. lie had to mention that it was the intention of the directors to recommend to the shareholders to make application, in the en • suing ses.ion of Parliament, for an Act to consolidate the several Acts of the company. This measure was render e d necessary b y t h e prov i b i ons in several of the A c t s , more especia ll y the Gran ton Acts, with referenc e t o rates, &c. I n t h a t A c t op portunity would also be embraced to place the shares purchased in the S irlintr and Dunfermline Railway on a proper footing. The chairman concluded by trr;ving a series of resolutions to the effect that the 'report be approved of ; that a dividend at,:the rate of 5 per cent. be declared on the old L"ith and Granton preference shares, and a dividend of the same amount on the 51. guaranteed share capital of the company. Csptain RAMSAY seconded the resolutions. A great many questions were asked, in reference chiefly to the accounts, by Mr. Smith, writer to the Signet, and Mr. Munro, to which the chair and Sir IV. Dunbar replied. Mr. HUTCUINSON moved the appointment, of a committee of investigation, but this motion being only supported by the brother of the mover it fell to the ground. The report was then approved of and the dividends declared. Mr. M. llzator, advocate (the son-in-law of Sir Andrew Agnew), then moved that no trains be run on the Sunday ; but this motion was lost by a majo rity of 282 to 55 shares. The meeting then broke up. GREAT SOU 111ERN AND WESTERN. The general half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the terminus, Dublin, on Monday ; Sir E. M`Donnell in the chair. The directors' report stated that the gross traffic receipts for the half -year have been 105,5081, and, as compared with 98,7451. for the previous half-year, of 6,7631. This increase ar i ses c passenger traffic, and is mainly sh h o ie w fi s y a in n increase e a attri butable to the changes which were made eight months ago in the fares. The number of passengers conveyed bas not m aerially increased when compared with the corresponding period of last year, although the accom modation and facilities, more especially to third-class passengers, have been greatly extended. The receipts from cattle have also steadily improved, but the goods' traffic does not show 00`favourable a result. With a bountiful harvest, the directors looked forward with confidence to a future and considerable increase in this bradch of revenue. The result of the entire traffic, however, is, under all circumstances, veryeecouraging ; and the directors are enabled, out of their net earnings for the half-year, and after the payment of interest on the debenture debt and -preferential stock, to re commend a dividend of 15s. per share, being at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on the subscribed c vi tal, leaving a balance of 4,6301. to be carried to the next half-year's account ; and it is satisfactory to them to state that since the making up of the accounts to the 30th of June, there has been a further increase in the receipts of upwards of 3501. per week. The company's solicitors have been instructed to prepare a Bill for the next session of Parliament to consolidate the powers of the company's various Acts, and to authorise the creation of stock for the fteure liquida tion of, the company's liabilities to the Government and their debenture debt; and also containing powers for the construction of a dock or basin, with suitable warehouses, on their land at the Cork terminus on the river Lee, whenever such shall be found necessary. After some discussion the motion for the ad o pti on of the report was carried, and a divid en d o f 15s. on each original share (or 3 per cent. p er annum) was declared. The meeting was then made special, and the for feiture of 76 shares in arrear of calls was confirmed. DIRECT MID KENT. Meetings of the landowners and inhabitants, at which were present the Marquis of Camden, Earl Stanhope, Lords Amherst, Mahon, and others, have been held at Canterbury and Seven °Aka, with the view of making preliminary arrangetnents for another application to Parliament for a direct line through Mid Kent to Maidstone, and through North Kent to Dover. Resolutions were passed to the efftct that there should be a general conference of the land owners, who should appoint trustees to be promoters of the measure, as a public road or highway, carried over to the current half-year. The directors confidently anticipate that a large increase on the reve nue will arise from the opening of the Great Northern line in the south, ail the Aberdeen line in the north, as well as from the completion of the Royal ifirder• bridge - at llerwick, and the High Level-bridge at Newc4stle. Negotiations are pending with the view f preventing any injurious effects being produced by the undue competition which frequently arises on the opening of new lines such as those referred to. The short traffic in the vicinity of Edinburgh, which has been much competed for by coaches, has all along been a source of anxiety to the directors, and they recently resolved t o impr ove it by a l arge reduc Lion of fares, an i by running a few extra trains du ring the summer months to and from Portobello. The result has been to increase the revenue upwards of 56 per cent. over the corresponding period of last year, and the number of passengers' has been multi plied nearly fourfold, without any material addition to the working expenses. Since the last meeting the directors have gone on reducing expenditure. Their own allowanee they have reduced from 1,0001- to 6001. a year, and the manager's salary has been fixed ate minimum of 7501., and the balance to be the amount of dividend accruing upon 5,0001. of the ordinary con solidated stock of tiae company. They have also re duced the numbers _and wages of the men in most of the departments, but they state explicitly that they think savings in this respect may be carried too far; and while they are not advocates for high wages or a su perfluity of servants, they consider it to be false eco nomy either to Underpay or to overwork men. - All . the important works on the line are now nearly com• pleted, and the capital account will, in all probability, so far as practicable, be closed before next meeting. In conformity with the resolutions of the shareholders, the' directors have procUred loans to the amount of 450,0001. on their 'own responsibility, and the re mainder of the money yet to be raised will, in all probability, be more than sufficient to complete the works, and to pay off all existing liabilities. The assets; however, are being realised but slowly. The arrears due on the preference shares amount to 9,3711., and will be all realised, as will also a considerable part of the arrears on the other stocks. • But another portion of these will not be easily got in at present, and the directors recommend that they should be empowered to compound with such of the holders as are in doubtful circumstances by freeing them from further - liability:on payment of a modified sum, and giving up all ri g ht t o th e i r s h ares in favour of the company. The balance of the debt owing to the company, and secured upon _the . Halbeath Railway, has not yet been recovered, but the directors are using every possible means to get it arranged. Meantime interest is pay able upon it. The Lancaster and Carlisle share debt is in the same position, and the directors have been obliged to commence an action for its recovery. .The directors are anxious to obtain powers to enlarge the Edinburgh station, at a cost of 6,0001., and to adapt the Leith branch, at present worked by horses, to the use of locomoti;es, which will cost about 11,500/., but negotiations upon the subj-ct have not yet been completed. The revenue account for the half-year shows receipts to the amount of 83,5661., and disbursements to the amount of 60,7451, leaving a free revenue of 20,8201. The capital account ex • hibits a total receipt, from the commencement, of 4,265,757/. Daring the last half-year the total number of miles run by passengers and goods trains was 587,726; the coke consumed was 10,641 tons, at a cost of 8,1021., being at the rate of 4011 b. per train per mile ; the present rolling stock of the company consists of 64 engines, 60 first-class carriages, 70 se cond•class carriages; 60 third-class carriages, 26 com posite carriages, 1,968 goods and mineral waggons, 98 cattle and sheep waggons, 24 horse boxes, 20 lug gage vans, 21 carriage -trucks, 2 powder vans, and 3 ballast waggons. BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday, the 29:h of August, 1850, at the offices, No. 37, New Bridge-street, Blacicfriars, London. James Low, Esq , in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said—lt was from the confidence which the directors had in the soun iness of the prin ciples• on which the society was based that they were induced to establish the society, and consent to take upon themselves the responsible situation which they now filled : and they were convinced that the public would derive, in the progress of the society, large benefit from its operations ; far, after the sxpenses which were unavoidable at the commencement of such a society were overcome, there would be a steady and rapid increase, which would give the members all the benefit of a reduction of their premiums ; which was the peculiar ad vantage of the mutual princip'e : as the profits formed an accumulating fund fur that purpose. The dote - pf the calculations upon which the society was formed, showed that a portion of the premiums would be amply sufficient to meet all the losses. These data were'derived from the experience of half a century; and now they had the satisfaction to look back upon the history .of the society, and see that their calcula tions were verified by the facts which the report would detail. As the directors knew at the outset that they were incurring considerable responsibility, they entered upon their office with a determination to meet promptly and cheerfully every loss— and they , had so met every loss, and were deter mined to continue to do so, even if it were.at their own personal expense. It was gratifying to find that thirty-four per cent. of the premiums had been suffi cient, for that purpose, from the commencement to the present time. They bad, of course, been anxious to conduct the business on perfectly safe principles. They had, therefore, , refused risks above a certain amount, and also that business which experience had proved to be unprofitable; and. the result was the pleasing report they had to present to the members to-day. Some large fires had taken place during the past year, and some offices had suffered considerably in consequence. In one case a village had been in a great measure destroyed by reason of the thatched roofs communicating the fire from house to house. The directors had, therefore, determined not to take thatched houses in future; a description of roofing which, he trusted, would at no distant period be su perseded by more substantial and incombustible ma terials. Such facts must lead the members to see that the mutual principle is a sound one, and induce them •to : take spch mei/thew/ sin-, 'this association as • to' - rec'otninend it to their friends and obtain new assurances. Up to midsummer last the business of the society had nearly doubled itself since the last annual meeting, and it was for the members to carry on the work in the same ratio :it was, their own work. There were only tivo ways in which the business could be increased — by private effort and public advertisement. It was not the wish of the directors to spend much of the funds in public announcements, or to attract by high sounding names.' They were themselves men of busi ness, of respectable standing in the city of London, possessing the confidence of all who knew them; and this served - the society better than titles of noble or aristocratic pretensions. And they meant to make the society an important one. It would take a high standing -among such institutions, and command the respect, if not the admiration, of the country. He then called upon the secretary to read the report as follows : BBL risu EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. REPORT. " The second year of the existence of the British Em pire Mutual Fire Assurance Ssciety terminated June 30, 1850. " During the period since its fermation the sum of 2,4941. Bs. II d, has been received as gross premiums, covering 2,830 policies issued to the amount of 1,153,511/. • " The losses during the same period have amounted in the gross to 962/. Is 5 1., of which, however, 1111 7s. 91. have been borne by other offices with whom re-assu rances had been effected, thus the nett sum paid for fire losses has been 8501. 13.. 83., which gives, compared with the premiums, the proportion of 34 per cent. " The steady increase day by day, since the forma tion of the socn ty, of the business ; the number o f in fluential citizens enr u lhd as members; the care with which ti.ks are token, and the small proportion of lures in a period in which, ow.og to the number and alarming magnitude of contligrattons (among which may be instanced those of A.O well, Cottriihano, Cambridge ; fork•road, Lambeth; Gravesend, &c., &c.), scarcely any office in London has escaped hearydsmage, evideness that the application of the mutual principle to fire as surance by this society deserves and enjoys the fall tide of public c'infi fence. ‘• The losses of the society would hare. been still fur ther reduced had the assurance of thatched buildings been iarli.r•di.eontinued. In some instances, as at Great Ash well ald Cottenhar:, whole villages, r,arfeil mainly with thatch, have been more than half destroyed. "t The agency of the society has had the attention of the directors, and probably 200 agents have b-en visited during the year by the directors and official staff. In very rainy instances inefficient agents have been super seded, and more efficient men appointed,in their stead. The directors have likewise been successful in recently supplying with agents. of the highest respectability and busines s talent, a large number of important towns and cities in the north. Many of those have only just got to work, but will, during the ensuing year, very largely increase the business of the office. " It only remains to add, that the directors have been able, in common with very many of the members of the society, t ) introduce many of their friends as new mem bers; and it every member would, as an important por tion are now doing, take every opportunity to put the prospectus of the office into the hands of kit friends, with the advice, DJ as I do,' the remarkable ratio of increase witnessed since the foundation would be fully sustained in time to come." After the reading of the balance-sheets, Mr. HILL asked if the details of expenditure could be furnished to the meeting ? The CHAIRMAN immediately read the various items, stating that the directors had given, from time to time, a most vigilant attention to these details, with a view to their reduction, wherever practicable ; and he believed they could not be reduced without in jury to the society. The CHAIRMAN then submitted to the meeting the names of the retiring directors and auditor, when each of the following gentlemen was unanimously re elected, viz :—Mr. Francis Cuthbertson, Mr. George S. Freeman, Mr. George Gould, directors ; Mr. J. W. Pewtress, auditor. Mr. W. 11. WATSON asked the number of new policies issued during the past .year, and the amount of property covered by them, as he thought the second year, which they had now passed through, presented a test of the public estimation of the society, inas much as it did not comprise, like the first year, the business produced by the personal influence of the director& In,senswer to this question, it appeared that the business had been doubled in the second year, and was progressing in the same ratio in the sew weeks which had elapsed since the close of the financial year, the number and amounts being read by the Secretary. Mr. WATSON observed that there could be no doubt of the progress of an institution that increased half a million .every yew'. fMr. SANDERS said the explanations given were per ectly satisfactory, which sentiment was audibly re aponded to throughout the room. Mr. Bnacxeressaid he could not attend such a meeting without being impressed with the thought that a new era had commenced in the arrangements for ourspublic safety. The advantage s of mutual life e fes Itsnd nacae great,ha db e e t n h long ati t s a t s a b d l e is s r e a d b , e a n t d o a h p a p d l y t been he same principle to fire assurance • but he h a d no t b een prepared f or such a decisive exhibition of the advan tage, in this department, as the report presented. It was a gratifying fact, that, with so much busi fleas as had been done, so small a proportion of the premiums should have proved sufficient to meet all the slosres. It was plaits that a large profit must attach to fire iosuratice ; and if that profit could be in this way saved to the assurers, it must become popular. It was to be expected, that at no distant p er i o d t hi s soc i ety wou ld b e one of the leadin g i nst i tut i ons of the metropo li s . Consi d er ing h laaurrgeaainacareetalyseexotfehbduiinlsditpagospunleactieoslnsda,ea provid eplenty f or had not avoid noticing of room for its progress. r there to could d th in their complete had voluntarily subscribed elicited by the fact tha the confidence the directors s e subscribed a capital to protect t he . meyembe.rs inspire loss; h y confidence. ,If the system and when they had such leaders it t m em ust of in t s h p is tr s e o t cie e t m y with a were '' more extensively carried hl o th u e t, tta it h w e o g u ie ld cte i d nd ; uc i e t Persons to insure who had would give a greater protection to property, and a great public benefit would be achieved. lie approved of the care and vigilance exercised in. accepting as surances ; even though it might check business in some directions, it was the safe plan. They must continue their confidence in the directors and officers; and he bore his testimony to the skill and ability with which their business was effected. He wished to con clude his remarks with a resolution which he would move. It was to this effect:— " That this meeting is much gratified with the extra ordinary iticcess which has marked the progress of the society, and hails it as a further confirmation of its views; of the zeal and ability of the directors; and it 4 AUDITORS. Pewtress,.Tor.eph W., Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, cud Co. somcirons. Messrs. Watson and Sons. The extraordinary success of the BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY has exceeded the highest expecta tions of its friends. The whole of the profits are divided among the assured members. One-fifth of the premiums have paid all losses. Assurances effected without trouble or unnecessary expense at the head ,nd provincial offices. • There are some towns in which the Directors are open for re spectable and efficient agents. The BRITIsii EMPIRt MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. COM PANY is under a separate direction, though conducted on the same principles. L r, Rol.ert, Esq. WILLIAM SUTTON GoyEn t Actuary and SCcretary, 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 of 539/. in the Albion Company as security for an advance, the payment of which policy was now disputed by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the fact of the assured party having been a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. The chief evidende turns I upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the result was, that a verdict was given againit the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from tlie.date when it became due. The circumstance of the action being brought by one office against anotherpresents a striking illUstration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po licies under the present system, and shows that the only mode by winch absolute security can ho obtained by the public.must lie in the general adoption by Assurance Maw of the.plan ofprofeAing them selves in every ease by due inquiries before the grantim — I each po licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility of the com pleteness of such inquiries by holding themselves precluded from raising any future question. - In the present case two offices are found to be diametrically opposed in their opinions as to what can properly invalidate a claim, and yet the public are expected to be able to guare themselves against such contingences. Similar cases have occurred before; and even if they were more rare, they would seriously injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle Upon which the business Is feunded is, the removal of uncertainty, and whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest'degree, t e people who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, 'LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. f. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fulle Richard Spo r Madox, oner, Esq. ,Esq. M.P. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. 4eorge Cumming, Esq. James Turner, Esq. William D. Starling. Esq. !David Henry Stone, Esq. SacaErsay—David Alison, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods. and Cs. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware.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- William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. I. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. Jahn Dangerileld, Esq. coin's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. Hogkton, 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 improvementin the practice of Life As qtrance, the progress of this Company has . beetyranid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will he fcrwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. —A portion of the extensive Premises in Itegent•street, occupied by Messrs. NICOLL, will in future be devoted for the production of ROY'S' awl YOUTHS' CLOTHING, such to exhibit unusual good taste, style, and finish, besides having a further recommendation in their durability and very moderate cost. College Caps and Gowns, with every kind of Garment calculated for pleasure, duties, or exercise, and such as are wortrby Young Gentlemen at the Colleges and Great ['tattle Schools. These are al ways ready to be met with at the Warerooms of 11. J amd D. NI COLL, Merchant Clothiers, Paletet Patentees. and Manufacturers of Cloth, it• gent-street (from 114 to 120 inclusive), and 22, Cornhill. CAuTioN.—Many have assumed the use of the word " PALETOT," bat Messrs. NICOLL are the Sole Patentees of the design and ma terial (in Winter or Summer Substances) employed in the manufac ture of this inexpensive and gentlemanly article of costume. FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated In the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, Is fitted up in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers, will be found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands if a first-rate Cook. The t'roprietor urther wtsnes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be bound second to none in the kingdom. \. it. The charges for servants are included In the Bill (except those who only stay a few hours); viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and it is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne cessary. R°YAL POLY'rECIINIC INSTITUTION During this week tkeALtINE gINGERS from Styria will perorm several of their National 'Melodies, daily at Four, and in the Evenings at Half past Eight.—Lecture on the 113 dro-Electric Ma chine, by Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and in the evenings at Eight.—Lecture on the Mechanical Properties of a Jet of Steam, dilly at a Quarter -pest Chree, and in the Evening i ata Quarter•past Nine.—New Series of Dissolving Views illustrating some of the Won ders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exklbiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at Ono o'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission,. la.—Schools, Half-price. NORTH BRITISH. on wh o l e o f the The half-yearly report to be submitt e d t o the gene ralicnhbaur r g g e h d then Tuesday next states that meeting interest on the debenture debt, and everything else which they considered ought prope r l y to be debited against rev e nue.. 'After these dedu c ti ons the free re• venue amounts to 22,8201., of which th ere falls to be th t e o directorsbeheld at haveEd appropriated to pay the dividend on preference shares 17,993/. ; leaving a balance in hand of 4,826/. to b a THE LOSS OF THE ORION. There are some, indeed, who consider the sentence severe. Taking into account the high character pre• viousAy borne by the master and mate, they allege that, if they erred, it was purely an error of judgment, involving danger to their own lives as much as those of others, and nobly atoned fur by the captain, who was the last individual to leave the sunken vessel. 0 hers, again, falling into an opposite error, and mea wring the amount of the criminality by the calamitous • consequences, think the sentence was not severe enough. It ought to be remembered, however, that no deliberate intention to injure the •life 'of a single human being was here evinced. No criminal intention, which, the ni j irity of case•, constitute-s the very existence of the crime, was here entertained. Captain Henderson had everything to lose—a fine vessel—his character as a seaman—and nothing whatever to gain by actually running upon the rocks. The 0:ion went down, and with it the earthly hopes awl happiness of those who were chitfly instrutnentil in bringing about the cal,s• nifty. But let their example operate as a warning to others. Oar sympathy is not with them—absorbed as we are in the terrible calamity which, by their culpable negligence they entailed' con hundreds of bereaved relatives and still disconsolate friends. Toe excellent proprietors of the vessels must share in this sympathy, for if there was suffering and loss, and painful bereavement in the case—the Messrs. Burns have.experienced mote than their own Adequate share of, it. To the lose of the noble vessel itself (only par tially insured) was added the loss of a brother, vene rable by his years, amiable for his virtues, and highly respected for his scientific acquirements. We are sure that the public have deeply sympathised with the Messrs. Burns throughout the whole case. 'As the pro prietors of the venei they have emerged from the inves tigation without a shade of blame, and yet they are dou ble sufferers by the calamity. Nothing that could be done did they spare to make the vessel complete, and to render the passage secure. The Orion was one of the noblest and best equipped vessels that ever sailed on the channel. Officers of high character and skill for competence were placed in charge of her ; and this done, she was left, with a commendable liberality, entirely to their discretion and management. Captain Henderson was not trammelled with any particular rules which might have constrained .him to act on any responsibility but his own. He was left to the dictates of his own unfettered judgment --not limited to certain fixed hours, pr bound slavishly down to any prescribed course, but simply expected to discharge his duty faithfully like an intelligent officer under a deep sense of unlimited responsibility. This was true liberality on the part of the proprietors of the O. ion; and we trust they are now reaping the fruits of it in the assurance, which cannot fail to afford them the highest consolation even in the midst of such calamity as this—the assurance that they have done their duty.—Scotch Reformer's Gazette. .CITY C OII I , IIISSIONERS OF SEIVERS. Yesterday the commissioners assembled in the Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. . The- inspectors reported most faVourably of the state of the various districts. Some compulsory orders were issued in cases in which there appeared to be no active dispwition to remove certain nuisances. A . complaint was made by a gentletnan against the contractors for the works of the new Central Con surners' Gas Company. He stated that a hole in the pavement was lent open, into which the complainant was near popping his foot upon returning home one night. He represented, too, that several persons had been in the same predicament, but that'they had pr o . videntially escaped. The matter was referred to the Committee of Views. It was at the same time stated, that during the whole of the extensive opera. tions nobody had been injured by any accident aris ing from the rapid evolution; of the workmen, except a poor woman, who had had but little reason to regret the occurrence. THE HEALTH or TIIB CITY. Mr. SIMON, the medical officer of health, said he had no report to make to the Court, but that the sanitary condition of the city was good, and that there were no cases of cholera.—(Hear, hear.) The Court then adjourned. ROMANCE IN REAL Lim—One of the rnoit u. rims instan ces o f th e romantic accomplishment of an e a rly love .adventure which it has been our lot to chronicle, has recently occurred in the neighbourhood of Cardigan. Twenty-three years ago a young man named David Evans having paid his addresses to " Wee" in the v i c i n i ty of his native town,a at maiden fair and the mouth ot the Tivy, wa s di spatched to attend to his duty as a navigator "on the raging main." He started from Cardiff accordingly in a vessel named the Berkeley, which in about a week atter her departure was wrecked, and all hands on board were plunged into a watery grave. For no less than twenty-three years it war: supposed that David Evans had perished with his comrades, but he last week landed at Sheerness from Australia, where he had been quietly but 'rapidly accumu lating cash in the long-interval that had elapsed since his exodus from the country, and it was then ascertained that in consequence o f a quarrel with the captain of the Berkeley he had l e ft th at vessel a few days previous to .the fatal d► - aster which had consigned her and her gallant crew to the e 'deep. 0., Evans's arr i va l at Cardigan, his first inquiry for his ear l y love, and he learned that, fully believTg in his who demise, she h a d b ecome the wife of a favoured suitor, V had, after begetting two child ren , t ac itly d and left he r f ree to accept the offer which herformer parthis life iehw faithfuleneed inamorat a now promptly made her, and which scarcely say was at once 'accepted and the marital rites in two short d a y s were celebrated.—is FVelshman. . SCARCITY OF SALMON..---Itsai d that there have been fewer Salmon in the river Wye this season than for the 1 last forty years ,- -Monntonthihire Iferlin, CREMORNE GARDENS, On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. Open Daily at Three o'clock. ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. Children, Half-price. Sundays at Half-past Four. No charge for admission except by Refreshment Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free. Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co vent-garden. THIS DIY, September 11, Immense Success of Deulin's new Fairy Ballet, " The Origin of darlequin." New Groupings from the Antique. Dancing to Bonnie Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio will make her marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid hurricanes of Chevalier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattaway's celebrated Brass Band. NATIONAL SPORTS OF ENGLAND. THIS DAY, September 11, And To-Morrow amt Fri lay. September 12, and 13, In addition tot c usual Entertainments, a perfect repetition and re presentation of th 2 Old English Sports performed before her Majesty and Prince Albert, in celebration of the anniversary of the Birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, at Osborne, August 6. No ad ditional charge for admission. The Sports will commence at Four o'clock, and conclude with a Morris Ranee on the Platform by the Ladies and Gentlemen of Herr Deulin's powerful Balet Company. In active preparation, a Grand Chinese Fete. On Saturday, for the future, the usual entertainments will be pre sented, instead of the Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for admis- Moms restored, viz., Is. NEPAULESE ARCHERY GROUND. Ladies and gentlemen can here enjoy the health•promoting elegant exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instrne ion, gratis ! Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, Is. ; after Five, 61. per dozen Matches fir I)inner, Wine, and a Prize Bow are always open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. Teetgen, Archery Manufactory; 161, Bishopsgate .street. The Magic Cave-The Shooting Gallery—Burn/I's Cottage, with Groups of Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer and Winter in the Arctic R.eglons—The. Maze—Statuary of the finest Classical description—The American Giant—The Log Hut of the Ca lifornian Gold Diggers—Ancient and Modern Groupings, by Duffel, &c., &c. lie it recollected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, Sixpence. Never were these delightful grounds in such high perfection as at the present moment. Visitors to London should not omit a stroll 'neath the shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated beds of flowers at Cremorne. Everything has been done to render this magnificent place of amusement worthy the most extensive patron , ge. The attention of the French in London is particularly requested to this metropolitan ducosse. The grand Bowling Saloon of this establishment is open free to the Public. N.B. The Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, in the River Esplanade. A Table d'ilote on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half-a-Crown. Cremorne can be reached by road or river for 3d. A Boat leaves Battersea -bridge every Night after the Fireworks. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author, price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Nips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night— Eve at Home —Music—The Drama — On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vol s. Vol I. A VISIT TO TUE LAKES: SKE II TCH_OF EDINBURGH, ko. Vol. . VIE LAKES OF DUB KILLARNEY ; REMDTISCENCES OF LIN, &c. 111. • WHAT TO EAT, DRINK. AND AVOID. "That three score years and ten our course may A popular review of alm ost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, w ith tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lition of every-day life. • Pr. TILE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Svaszer : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the assions. hastity and its infringements. The casualties of licentio p usness and , dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, end remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." rEOGRAE:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, en and d re- MM ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, figure, to secure healthy offs pr-ng, with the art o f rearing them. rnysical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its c onversion. vases, &C. com plexion, and By R. J. CULTERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee In these matters. Reception boars daily till Aye, Evenings, seven till pin% 10 Argyll-place, Regent-street, GLASGOW, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at Glasgow, Mr. A. Orr in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN said that the falling-off in the traffic had been principally occasioned by the recent strike in the mineral district, which reduced the re ceipt to the extent of nearly 6,0001., while the ex penses of working the railway during its continu ance could not be sensibly diminished. He was glad, however, to state that the traffic was gradually re covering from its depression, and during the last eight weeks had exhibited signs of general improve ment. In comparing the number of passengers he found that an increase of 270 had taken place in the first clay•, and of 39,255 in the third class; while there had been a' falling off (4 . .5,810 in the second class ; the net increase Airing this half year, as compared with 1849, being 33,715, and the ad dition to the revenue 1,2441. A few additional miles litre been opened between Auchinleck and New Cumnock during the last two months of the half-year ending the 31st c.f July, but little could be expected from this portion of the line until the Dum fries and Carlisle Railway is opened. The directors continue to obtain by contract all their supplies for working the line, and take care that the strictest economy is observed in every department. The divi dend, at the rate of 2i per cent. per annum, which the directors recommend, will absorb the balance, and only allow of 2,3641. being placed to the credit of the depreciation fund, in place of .5,0001., as formerly. From the large extent of country which the railway accommodates, and the steady, but slow increase, which invariably takes place where there is an absence of competition, he thought it reasonable to expect that a long period would not elapse before they were placed in a more favourable position, provided they resolutely opposed any further extensions of their railway,' and also provided they would assist the directors in closing the capital account. The Dumfries line would be opened about the middle of October. They expected to obtain their coke at the south end of the line for 1.53. per tun, which would be a saving of about 30 per cent. on the present price 21s. per ton. The ruinous depreciation which has at tended railway property, and the severe lesson which has been taught to all rail way companies, would he thought ultimately lead to a sound and business •like mode of management, and to the establishment of a system of mutual co-operation among the companies, instead of ruinous competition and expensive opposi tion. The directors expect that an arrangement on fair terms will be concluded with the Caledonian Com p any, in reference to the through traffic, which it is hoped will be beneficial to both companies. He could assure them that the directors would do all in their power to promot3 a harmonious feeling and action be tween the two companies. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. BURNS seconded the motion. After some conversation relative to the separate management at Paisley, the abandonment of the Ren• frew branch, and the propriety of having two classes of carriages instead of three, resolutions were passed, adopting the report, and declaring a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum. The meeting then separated. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Feiday, at Glasgow, Mr. A. Orr in the chair. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, observed that the affairs of this company were conducted under the same direction and management as the Glasgow and Ayr Company, and both under takings were so assimilated in point of interest, and so soon to be amalgamated, that there was no ne cessity for separate statements of their position. This company having resolved to finish the line, the direc tors have been most anxious that it should be com pleted, as speedily as possible. There could be no doubt that it would be a great relief to the board to have no further expenditure on new works, and in place of devoting their time and attention almost exclusively , to engineering questions, legal difficulties, the settle ment of land claims, damages, and so forth, as at pre sent, they would be at liberty to attend carefully to the development of the traffic and the economical management: of the company's affairs in every de partment. Notice had been given to the Railway Commissioners that the line will be ready for inspec thin on the sth of October, and unless some unfore seen circumstance - should occur to prevent the line will be opened for public traffic on the 15th of that month. Resolutions were then passed adopting the report, approving of the payment of interest at the rate of 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital, and appointing Mr. W. Mackenzie an auditor in the room of Mr. D. Smith, who retired. The CHAIRMAN stated that it was not the intention of the directors to have any demonstration at the opening of the line, but they had it in contemptation to give each registered shareholder a free ticket to pass over the line, which would be available within one month after the opening. The proceedings then concluded. EDINBURGH, DUNDEE, AND PERTH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Monday ; Mr. John Balfour, of Bal. birnie, the chairman of . the company, presided. The report, which was held as read, entered at great length into the affairs of the company from their commencement up to the present time. Owing to the great opposition which the company had re ceived, no less a suni than 65,177/. had been incurred in Parliamentary expenses. The whole 67 miles of ~- 92 _ ) [PRICE SD. ~~ Z increasing confidence in the principles of the society ; and hereby earnestly recommends to the members the most strenuous efforts to extend the operations of the society, by recommending it to their friends, and ob taining additional aisurances." Mr. Ronsos expressed his conviction that the di rectors possess the confidence and respect of the members in a high degree. This he knew from con ♦ersation and observation in various localities in dif ferent parts of the country He cheerfully seconded the motion. Some observations followed from various members _ respecting the valuable arrangement made for ascer taining the risk of property proposed for insurance. The questions to which answers were required from parties, although slightly increasing the trouble in the first instance, yet served the important purpose of giving greater security ; and, therefore, the answers should be cheerfully given to the questions pro pounded, to assist. the directors in the discharge of their onerous duties. Mr. JOHN GOYER mentioned some instances which had come to his knowledge, in which some heav losses h a d b een averted from the society by this plan y of thoroughly investigatieg their ri-k beforehand. Mr. KING recommended that the agents should always attend at the meetings of the Society, to put themselves in pusavasion of the valuable information furnished by such a meeting sa this. Mr. Lawts moved a vote of thanks to the chair man , particularly noti c i ng t h e courteous manner in which ; every question had been answered by him during- the progress of the meeting. Mr. ilinn, as the proposer of some of those ques tions which had given the chairman some trouble to answer, expressed his concurrence in the remark of the preceding speak. r, and cordially seconded the mo tion, which was carried unanimously. A unanimous vote of thanks to the directors fol lowed. These votes being respectively acknowledged, the meeting terminated. MU TUAL FIRE ASSURANCE. More than once we have had the satisfaction of reporting progress as to the career of the British Empire Mutual L'fe Assurance Company, induced partly by the appearance among its directors of several names with which Evangelical Dissenters are agreeably familiar, but chiefly by its out-and out adoption of the mutual principle of assurance. The great success which attended the enterprise in relation to life assurance, led its promoters to turn their attention to insurance from fire, and a distinct society for that department of business was set on foot. Two years have now elapsed, it seems, since the first trial of this further experiment; and, we are glad to learn, the result has proved equal, we will not say to sanguine, but to well-founded expectation. The issue of nearly three thousand policies, covering more than a million worth of property, is a proof that this application of the mutual principle inspires confi dence, while the trifling loss sustained during a period marked by numerous and extensive conflagrations of only thirty-four per cent. upon the premiums, afforded the clearest evidence that that confidence has not been misplaced. To show how much of thi s very encouraging success is to be attributed to the per sonal influence of the directors, and how much to the spontaneous acceptance which the office has met with Trom-a discerning public, it is enough to state, that the business done during the second year was double that of the first, with every prospect of that ratio being maintained. With these facts before him, one would say that there is but one man more foolish than the man who does not insure in a mutual office, ard that is, the man who does not insure at all.—Patriot. MARSHAL HAYNAU. Last night a public meeting was held in Farring don Hall, king's Arms•yard, Holborn, which was convened by the " Fraternal Democrats, " to take into con s id era ti on t h e conduct of the wor kmen em ployed at Barclay and Perkins's brewery towards Marshal Haynau. The Hall was crowded to excess, numbers having been unable to obtain admission. The chair was taken by Mr. Pettie. The business of the meeting was opened by the singing of the Mar seillaise Hymn. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to explain the ob ject for which the meeting was convened, and con gratulated his fellow -countrymen on the fact that the monster Haynau had received such a lesson at the hands of the brave and noble-minded men is the em. ployment of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins. It might suit certain parties who hounded on Austria in the infamous treatment of the Hungarians to abuse and vili'y the men who had so well and so truly sup ported the character of Englishmen ; but gli (the Chairman) was confident there was not an individual now present who would not join with him in express ing the warmest admiration at the conduct of these workmen, and he was sure that but one feel rig could prevail among them upon the subject. The Chairman • concluded by announcing that several gentlemen would now address the meeting. Mr. JULIAN HARNAY having read several lett rs of apology from parties who were invited to attend, Mr. Wm. Rurrsr moved the first resolution. He said they had met not only for the purpose of congra tulating their fello w countrymen in the employment of Me-ssrs. B irelay and Perkins on the conduct they bad displayed, but also that they might let the mon ster Ilit)nau know bow they sympathised w ith those on whom his atrocities bad been committed. After all, the Chartists who had been committed to prison had not suffered in vain . The principles of, liberty had been deeply instilled, and hatred of tyranny had been gene rally itibibed by the people. He concluded by proposing the fi,llowing resolution : " Hest I , el,—That ad the people of the earth are brethren, that the irfliction of t 3 ninny and cruelty upon a.y c .uetry nn outrage to all nations—that the Italians and Hungarians commend their sympathy, and their Austrian oppressors the hatred of the peep!, of the Unit e d Kingii, that foremost amongst the Austrian tyrants of Italy, and chief amongst the Austrian scourges of Hungary, s ands Marshal Haynau, the military murderer, executioner, and woman flogger. That the aforesaid Marshal Haynau is the enemy of the bureau race, outlawed by the voice of the people, and amenable t popular justice; and that, Clerefore, the humiliiting punishment inflicted upon the t mi creatit, on the occasion of his visit to Barclay and Perkins's brewery, was honourable and praiseworft to the administrators thereof; and that this meeting de clares that the brewery workmen, and the high-spirited men and women who assisted them in chastising the Austrian assassin, have deserved well of their country, at,d are entitled to the thanks if the friends of freedom and justice throughout the world." Mr. JULIAN HARNEY seconded the resolution. At the conclusion of Mr. Herney's speech the Marseillaise llym was sung in French and English, the entire meeting joining enthusiastically in the chorus. Mr. ENGELS, a Prussian, then addressed the meet ing. He said he always felt confilent that the English people would wait and would act at the proper time, and he could tell them that the late affair had created the greatest sensation on the Continen'. Whatever might hereafter happen on the Continent, the treat ment which Haynau had received would prevent all such men from showing their faces in England. At a German he thanked the meeting, and he thanked the working men of Ergland for the lesson they had given to the Continent.—(Cheers.) Mr. Baowx, a working man, next came forward. He cc,ramenued by asking whether Lord Dudley Stuart was present. The Noble Lord was the advo cate of the Poles and the Hungarians ; but it was left to the working men to set the proper example of their detestation of tyrants. Mr. Brown concluded by singing a translation, by Erncat Jones, of the fa vourite French song. " Mourir Pour la Park," in which the meeting, enthusiastically joined. The next speaker was a Mr. Osnonsie, who having shortly addressed the meeting, the resolution was put and unanimously agreed to. Thanks were then given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. SIVERSITY OF LONDON. EXAMINATION FOR DEGREES. The Council of this University have announced that the cxnminations for degrees will take place as follow : BACHELOR OF ARTS.—Pass Examination. Oct. 28 to 31. Examination for Honours, Nov. sto 22. aCTOR ( F LAws.—Oct. 28, Ct•MIT1011 Law by printed tohfe Equity laws f f o o papers. One of the four following subjects, by printed papers: — a l, d s England and Ireland; 3, Law of the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts in England and Ireland; 4, Law of one of the English Colonies or Dependencies. Oct. 29, One of the seven following subject., by printed paps.- • , Roman Law, science o f l eg i s l at i on applied rs•-1 to; 2, International Law; 3, Civil Law; 4, Criminal Law ; 5, Law of Evidtnce; 6, Judicial Organization; 7, Procedure. BACHELOR OF MEDICINE. —Pass Examination, Nov. 4. Examination for Honours, Nov. 19 to 22. Physi ol 'gy, Comparative Anatomy, Surgery, Medicine, and Midwifery. Docroß t F MEDICINE.—Nov. 25 to 29, Examination on the Anse era to the I'rinted Papers and on the Corn met tsries aid Examination for a Certificate of Special Proficiency in Medicine, Surgery, or Midwifery, as de termitic(' by the can.lidate's choice of the case for com mentary. TILE HARVEST.--Anuther weak of fine harvest weather has enabled the farmers to make very great pro gress in reaping and gathering in the crops. We may say that in all parts ot Yorkshire. even on the high grounds, every kind of grain is tit for the sickle or the scythe, the crops havmg this year livened with extraordi nary rapidity, and in the north almost as soon as in the south, We should suppose that considerably more than three fourths of the grain in I orkshire is already cut, and perhaps one-fourth is stacked. Nothing is wanted but hands to enable the farmers to secure their harissiwithin a few days. Whilst, however, the corn will be well got, and at as unusually small cost, we fear the wheat will be decidedly below an average in the yield. In very many places we hear of mildew—in some, of rust - and in many, of consieerable loss by the high wind of Monday week, which thrashed out mach ot the standing corn. The crop of oats, we believe, is good; and that of turnips large. Perhaps, on the whole, there will be an average harvest for grain and roots. Ihe potatoes are injured in many places, but the disease has not very recently spread materially.—Leeds Oircury. ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. THIS EVENING, This splendid and magnificent Salle de Danse is NOW OPEN for the WiNTEK SEASON, with La rent's celebr ate Duringd a d un riv a lled Band, Conducted byLaunt, )un. the short recess he above Boonts have been entirely and newly de corated by the most talented and ingenious artists of the day ; and such a galaxy of splendour a nd taste has been displayed (un de r the sole direction of G. F. Bryer), that this favourite and popular resort of fishion may be truly styled the most superb and elegant Temple of Terpsichore in the United Kingdom. Tei ms of Subicription:—Six months, 51. 55.; one mont h, 11. Is. ; one eveaing, is. Doors open at Half-past Eight, Dancing to commence at Nine pre cisely. The Academy closes at Eleven.