The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London and North-Western Railway was held yesterday, at the Euston-square Station ; Mr. a C. Glyn, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read by Mr. Charles Stewart, the secretary, and the minutes of the previous meeting confirmed, the common seal of the company was affixed to the register of proprietors. The CHAIRmAx then proceeded to address the meeting to the following effect:—Gentlemen, considering the vast amount of business that we shall have to bring before you to-day, I am thankful that I shall not have occasion to detain you long, as it will not be my duty to occupy any considerable portion of your time in the remarks which I have to address to yen. —(Hear.) The accounts are in your hands, and I can scarcely doubt that on the whole they present to your mind the same favourable aspect which they have done to your executive body.—(Hear.) At the same time I should have been glad if it had been in my power to congratulate you upon an increase in our passenger traffic; but you will find in reference to the report and the returns, that the same causes are acting upon the travelling now that I alluded to on a former occasion —(Hear) —and from that reason this branch of our traffic remains nearly stationary.—(Hear.) But, gentlemen, with regard to the goods traffic the increase has been remarkable, indicating thereby a great increase in the consumption of the country, and perhaps I may add also, an improvement in the general prosperity of the great mass of the people.—(Hear, hear.) There is, however, another portion of your accounts, gentlemen, to which I refer with still more satisfaction. I allude to the working expenses, and their small amount when compared with the work done and with those of pre vious half-years.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, no ex ecutive body can create traffic, but it is in their power to take care that the working expenses are kept down within a proper rate—(Hear, hear)—and upon that point I think we have a right to claim your approbation en this occasion.—(Hear, hear.) We have done a con siderable increase of work with inconsiderable increase in the working expenses, and I may further add that in that increase is included the expense of maintaining a much larger portion of working stock than we have had( to keep up in previous half-years.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore upon those two points, gentlemen, as far as they go, I c l a im your approbation.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I have been charged with being an advocate for the non closing of the capital account, and I think it necessary to refer to this to-day, because I am aware that a circular has been sent round on that subject, in which my humble name is made very prominent, and in which the charge is re peated. I totally and entirely deny:the charge—(Cheers)— for I firmly believe, gentlemen, that no large undertaking like ours can be finally based on a firm foundation, or placed in a proper position, until the capital account has been closed. But, gentlemen, it would be useless, it would be deceptive, if your directors,: from time to time, came forward with propositions for closing the capital account, and then in the following half-year came again to ask to re-open it.—(Hear, hear.) No, gentlemen, to a policy of that sort we are not prepared to bind ourselves. On many very important heads connected with the main line we have closed the capital ac count, such as, for instance, in the locomotive account, in the carriage and stock account, and also in that account we presented to your notice on a former occasion, and which is now periodically submitted to the inspection of your auditors.—(Hear, hear.) So far then, gentlemen, we have closed your capital account, and we entertain a confi dent hope that in the course of a few months time we shall be enabled, as regards the main line, to carry out that principle mach further.—(Hear, hear.) But, gen tlemen, I am sorry to state, that from the new compe tition which is likely to arise through the failure of the negotiations with the Great Western Company, which I alluded to when I last bad the honour of addressing you from this chair, we shall find it necessary to call upon you for a further outlay in the town of Birmingham.—(Hear, hear.) It is not my intention to enter fully into the ques tion or the reasons for this new competition. I regret it—l deeply regret it.—( Hear.) The report itself alludes at length to the cause of it.—( Hear, hear.) I find no fault with the Great Western. The only remark I make is this, I regret extremely that from the delay which occurred in the com munication which they made to us on the subject, it did not allow us to put before you at an earlier period the necessity that has arisen for a further outlay in the town of Birmingham.—(Hear, hear.) On the other hand we are certainly not prepared at the present moment to doss our capital account to the full extent, be cause it is necessary for the accommodation and development of our goods traffic that it should still be kept open.— (Hear, hear.) That traffic has increased in such an extraordinary ratio, that it would be folly in us to p retend on this occasion to state what we might eventually have to come forward and: ask you to negative.—(Hear.) But I hope, gentlemen, in the next half-year, those of us who shall then be here will find the directors asking for a vote on this point.—(Hear, hear.) As far as regards the main line, we have nearly done what you asked of us—we have fulfilled the promise you called upon us toanake to totally close the capital account, as far as it was possible to do so, and as an evidence that we are still carrying out that promise and in tention, we this half-year have ordered, as you will see by the report, a considerable increase in our working stock, which we have charged against revenue.—(Hear, hear.) I mention that circumstance simply as affording an evidence that we were steadily and bond fide carrying out your already expressed wishes, and I hope you will therefore not require us to extend that principle further until we are really in a situation to do so.—( Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, you will see by the accounts that the directors mean to propose an increase in the dividend of the half-year.— (Hear, hear,) I candidly confess that if I had been admi nistering my own private affairs I should have not been in clined to make an increased payment out of the net receipts upon the occasion. —(Hear, hear.) I should have preferred waiting until I had seen the effects of the competition com ing against us, but knowing that we have had to deal with a proprietary body placed in circumstances which would render an increase or a decrease of dividend a matter of con siderable importance to them, we do not think it right on this occasion to ask you to increase further that re serve fund which now, at two several meetings, you have adopted.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, with regard to the probable effect of that competition, I feel considerable apprehension in approaching the question to-day, in consequence of the position in which that question stands, from a communica tion we have received from other parties in the north of England, who are now about to raise a competition against us.—(Hear.) We had conceived that we should have been ready by this time to state to you, as nearly as we possibly could, the results which might have arisen if the competition was to be carried on the proposition submitted to the Great Western Company of equal rates ; but when we found the principle advocated that equal rates would not answer their purpose, but that there must be discriminating or differential rates, which must be so arranged as to draw to the longest and most inconvenient route the traffic which otherwise be longed to the shorter and more convenient route, we at once abandoned all hope of that sort. If, gentlemen, the scale is to be fixed upon a principle like that, I am sure you will agree with me that it would be vain for us to attempt to measure the amount of competition such an arrangement might produce.—(Hear, hear.) But if this principle is adopted in one quarter, the evident result will be that in every other quarter a similar principle will be acted upon. But, gentlemen, it may not be uninteresting for you to know how far we are at present able to judge of the effect of the competition by comparing it with the existing competition that is now offered against our traffic, and whose effects we are at this moment exposed to. Now we have competition from three several points, namely, from the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, the Great Northern, and the North Staffordshire. With regard to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, it is impossible for us accurately to measure the amount of injury which that competition will bring upon us—it is something no one will deay ; but with the North Staffordshire we have the means of measuring it to a shilling, because we account to there for the traffic.— (Hear, hear.) Now, I am inclined to believe that the experience which the North Stafford shire Company confess themselves to have had of the com petition which arises on their line, and which experience I think has been felt on portions of other lines, is not very encouraging.—(Hear, hear.) They can :idly confess they have been grievously disappointed in the amount of traffic which they have derived from their arrangement with us in running to Manchester—(Hear, hear)—andyou may rest assured of this fact, gentlemen, that that is an error which all those companies who are anxious for competition are every day falling into. They see our large ret urns , an d t h ey fancy those returns are based upon our receipts from places like Liverpool, Manchester, and Leeds.—(Hear.) The ex perience of the North Staffordshire, as regards Manchester, is applicable to other towns; but it is not upon points like these that a large amount ira property exists and arises. We receive the large amount every week quoted to you through the development, gentlemen, of traffic which comes from one hundred and eighty-eight different stations.— (Cheees.) And it would astonish gentlemen to know the comparatively small extent of traffic which towns like Liver pool, Manchester, and Leeds give us, and which is to be found in that large ratio which you have before you. (Hear.) The North Staffordshire have lately at their public meeting openly alluded to their disappointment, and I might, perhaps, without any breach of confidence, state to you the figures which we derive at this moment from Liverpool, because, gentlemen ' that is one of the points whe re we are about to be attacked.—(Hear.) Now we are to be attacked in Liverpool ; the traffic is to be take n by a circuitous route, by a break of gauge, and by crossing the Mersey.—(Hear, hear.) I mention these facts because I have no doubt gentlemen who have been accus tomed to the best route, and who propose to avail them selves of this competition, will find a considerable drawback in the comfort and pleasure which they have ex aienced in the old route.—( Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, let us give credit fer full competition. We will sup pose that all these things are nothing, though going twenty miles out of the way, and having to en connter the inconvenience of a break of gauge, and the nuisance of crossing a river, is not to be overlooked in theses days of rapidity of transit.—(Hear, hear.) Well, th en, it is quite impossible for any gentleman to suppose for a t _ sin gle moment that those passengers who use any f "' in will ever admit the of inconveniences to which I have alittd ed •—(Hear.) They are men of business, to whom time is of imp ortance -ell not be dis and who pay money for dispatch, and they (Heaa.hear.)to to put up with the inconvenience. — the Deducting i therefore the express trains from tee receipts, :station, which is thought to receipts of the Liverpool t to be one of the main stages of the whole traffic of this railt e tad e o not amount to more than 1,4701 ; give then the competin g division come of that, an d it w ill no t ge t more, and what does the 'vision come to? What does it yield ou 227 miles of railway? Why, no more than 4921. If they can live and compete with that, y let them, do it, they . are quite welcome.—( Hear, and laughter.) Let them pay their working expenses, if they Can, of that, to say nothing about remuneration for thecapital laid out upon the line.—(Hear, hear.) It is a singular fact—a fact re t i n u rn taking wh out ich men tioned to me by our excellent manager_ th a t s, r th e returns per week — t he passenger amount to 22,5001. it is shown that of that tt2,-001. only 1,3001. was derived from any other line beyond our own—a pretty conclusive evidence that our 188 stations it is that keep us alive.—(H ear, hear. , These are the sources that kee p us alive; and so long a, We have traffic from them we may have competition here and competition there without fear of injury ; and you may re it assired. gentlemen, that our property is based on. a sound foundation; and we may, in point of fact, defy those who threaten us with their competition.—(Hear, lean) 1 do not say, however, that we are not anxious to seek the support of our neighbours, nor is it for us to throw down the first stone in this race of competition. But 'We have always in this room advocated one prin ciple, and we are not going to part from that now because eve are menaced with competition.—(Hear, hear.) Competition is not the rule in railway ma st %gement , it is connexion and the development of traffic for the benefit of all which is the ru le, and I am happy to state that principle is recog nit by the Great Northern Company.—(Hear, hear.) It is the principle that will preserve our roe erit and while we adhere to it we have P P no cause to fear th e injuries I have already stated to you.—(Hear, hear.) G eni'lenaen, you are called upon on this occasion to receive f rom your committee their report upon an alteration in the board of management. I am really anxious, not to take up your ti use unnecessarily, as the business we h ave to transact is of importance, and the sooner we get on with it the better, but it is, ne,yertheic_.s, right that I ~,bc,ulcl here recall to your recollection that when the Arcalgania tion Bill received the royal assent, the Legislature most wisely allowed the existence of the several local committees of management, and kept in office the directors constituting those committees. I think it was a wise arrangement that the line should be ma naged by committees of directors acting in different localities, and one almost regrets that the Legislature did not allow that system to go on until, by the lapse of time, the old committeemen would have ceased .to take an active part in the business of the company, and to continue to give their services, but the Legislature determined that we should take five years' trial, and after that the future arrangement should rest entirely with the proprietors, as well as the duty of fixing the number of the board. Now, it is upon this occasion, gentlemen, that we have to consider the report of a committee of proprietors, whom you appointed on a former period to look into the subject.—(Hear, hear.) We entirely agree with the committee of proprietors in the ♦iews which they express as to the number of directors necessary for the purpose of conducting the business of the company.—(Hear, hear.) We do not believe, from the experience we have had of the increased business which almost every day presses upon us, that less than thirty directors can properly carry on the business. (Hear, hear.) I should not be discharging my duty properly if I let this occasion pass without bearing my testimony to the zeal and ability which those gentlemen have devoted to your interest who are now about to leave your service. —(Hear, hear.) I have been connected with them now some twenty years, and I do believe that during that time you could hardly have found a body of men who could have devoted to your ser. vice more time, energy, or activity, or shown more devotion to your cause than they have done. But, gentlemen, many of them have gone further than that even, for during the period of the contests in which we have engaged, many of these gentlemen endured pecuniary liabilities that were never made known to you—many of them not only performed the common duty that was expected of them, but they did more for the sake of carrying on those contests, they went so far beyond that even, that I defy you to point out to me a parallel in any other public body in this country. —(Hear.) Many of them incurred liabilities during the Birmingham and Oxford contest which really I could not have asked of them ; their zeal and energy in your service went beyond anything that we had a right to ex pect of them, they paid money freely out of their private purses for the sake of our cause, and in taking leave of them, I must offer them my warmest acknowledgments for their able co-operation in your behalf.—(Hear, hear.) One of them is Mr. Lawrence ; he is the oldest director we have, and during the time I have had the honour of serving at this board it has been a source of great gratification and plea sure to me to have such a colleague.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I have on this occasion to regret the loss of a respected gentleman, whose decease has occurred since we last met here, and who filled the office of one of your auditors.—(Hear, hear.) Gentle men, there is no necessity for my detaining you further, but I should not have done justice to my own feelings, nor should I have properly discharged my duty to you had I not taken this opportunity of bearing my testimony to the ability and activity which those gentlemen, who are about to leave us, devoted to your service during the time they acted at this board.—(Hear, hear.) It only remains now for me to call upon the Secretary to read the report. The SIICRETARY then read the report of the directors as follows : " The half-yearly statement of account just issued, again shows the gratifying result of a large addition to the traffic receipts, with but a relatively small increase in the working expenses. As compared with the corresponding half-year of 1849, the results are as follows Traffic receipts— 1849. 1850. Increase Passengers, parcels, and mails.. ••• • .. £719,052 729,547 10,495 Merchandise t including coal and cattle.. 410,553 477,743 67,190 1,129,6051,2F7,290 77,6a5 Working expenses .................... 381,391 390,362 8,97 Net increase of profit.... The per-tentage of disbursements to receipts is, exclusive of rates and taxes, 32.33 against 33.80, in 1849 ; and inclusive of those items, 36.61 against 38.50, in 1849. The ratio of working expenses to receipts for the six months is satisfac tory, considering that nearly the entire increase is from mer chandise, and that the following additional mileage has been worked, viz.:—. Miles. 1850. Coventry and Nuneaton. Rugby and Stamford—Rugby to 3lerket Harbro'..l7% „ April 29. Ditto-31arket Harbro' to Rockingham Castle .. 10 „ June 1. Clifton Branch .. • • ............................ 3% „ Feb. 2 In all, 4 1.1,4 miles. The extent of traffic during the ensuing summer, your di rectors anticipate, will be very large; and having had under consideration an estimate of the probable number of second and third class passengers likely to visit the metropolis during that period, they came to the conclusion that at least 150 additional carriages will be requisite; and accordingly , they have entered into contracts for that number, to be de livered prior to the Ist May next, the cost of which, as well as all similar expenditure not included in the estimates already sanctioned by the proprietors, it is proposed to re imburse, out of the earnings of the five years next en suing, as exemplified by the accounts for the past half-year. The East and West India Dock Railway, in which this company are interested to the extent of 400,000/., was par tially opened for passenger traffic on the 26th September last, and the remaining portion, forming a junction with the main line of this company at Camden, was completed and opened on the 15th instant; the result, so far, has been highly satisfactory, and exceeds, as to the extent of the local traffic, the expectations of the directors. The Rugby and Leamington Branch will be opened on the Ist March next. The Buckinghamshire lines are progressing towards comple tion, and it is expected that the directors of that company will shortly be in a position to execute the lease of that un dertaking to this company, in conformity with the Act of Parliament. The traffic of the Chester and Holyhead Rail way, in which this company are deeply interested, is steadily on the increase ; and your directors hope that the improve ment will continue, and that the proprietorawill shortly receive a return for their investment. It is also satisfactory to observe the rapidly improving position of the Lancaster and Carlisle. The directors have mach pleasure in stating that their rela tions with the Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and East Lancashire Railways, continue on the most satisfactory footing; all parties have concurred in general arrangements for the friendly interchange of traffic, and at such rates as may secure to the proprietors a fair return on the capital employed. The directors have also entered into friendly arrangements with the Great Northern and other companies, connecting Scotland with England by the east and west route. The differences of opinion which arose with the North Staffordshire Company, as to the true interpreta tion of the agreement between the two companies, have been referred to arbitration in a manner satisfactory to both par ties. Some delay was occasioned, by an objection, on the part of the North Staffordshire Company, to leave the set tlement of the proposed deed of reference (as to certain dis puted points) to the decision of a barrister of eminence. This objection, however, having been withdrawn, the deed of re ference was immediately settled ; and to the entire satis faction of this company. This statement of facts will be a sufficient answer to the misrepresen tations which have been circulated by parties connected with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company. It is to be regretted that the hostile proceedings of the direc tors of the latter company are still continued, and in a spirit which precludes any hope of an immediate settlement with that Board. The negotiations sought by your directors have failed. It has from time to time been intimated to the pro prietors that negotiations were in progress with the Great Western Company, and, as stated in the report of the 22d February, 1850, your directors forwarded to that company, on the 30th January, in the same year, a proposal, having for its object the saving, by both parties, of unnecessary expenditure of capital, the avoidance of mutually injurious competition, and the establishment of permanent peace. Such being the object of your directors, and the proposition submitted by them having been framed with due deliberation, and after frequent and satisfactory conferences between Captain Huish and Mr. Saunders, on the part of their respective companies, they na turally hoped for a favourable result; the more so, as months passed without the rejection of their offer. On the 4th May, being without reply to the proposition sub mitted on the 30th January, application was made to the Great Western Company, by whom your directors were assured that nothing had occurred to alter the views and wishes of the board to come to some amicable arrangement.' It was not, however, until the 12th September that the for mal reply of that board was received to the proposals submit ted to them eight months before. Your directors were anxious to meet, if possible, the expectations of the Great Western board; but some of the alterations proposed by them being in their judgment both unuesirable and unnecessary, and considering that the balance of advantage upon the general scheme was already in favour of the Great Western Company, they declined to bear the cost of the additional expenditure involved by the altered plan of that board. Their reply terminating the negotiation was received on the Bth of November, and they published almost simultaneously, notices seeking Parliamentary powers to obtain compulsory entrance into the stations and works constructed at the sole risk of the proprietors of this company in Birmingham and Leamington. The directore regret that these protracted negotiations have not resulted in an agreement such as they could recommend for the acceptance of their proprietors. The Great Western Company having become parties, in conjunction with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, to measures which could not but be regarded as a first step towards in jurious competition, your directors addressed a com munication to the Great Western Company de precating such a coarse, disclaiming the monopoly of any traffic, and pressing upon their consideration the propriety of adopting equal rates between all points to which the two companies compete, leaving to the public the choice of route; an arbitrator being appointed, with full power to enforce the fulfilment of such arrangement. This communi cation, intended for the Great Western Board, appears to have been submitted by their Secretary to a 'Joint Traffie Committee,' representing the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Companies, by . whom the proposal of equal rates has been virtually rejected ; for, in a counter proposal, that Committee re quire such discriminate rates' as may secure to their companies, what, according to their views, would be a due proportion of traffic, seeking, in fact, to force it from its na tural course by a reduction of charge in proportion to the circuitousness of the route. Under these circumstances, it only remains for your directors to protect the interests thus at tacked ; and they confidently trust to receive the sanction and support of the proprietors, in such measures as may be neces sary for that purpose. The directors have to announce that they have, in conjunction with the Midlandßailway Company, entered into a working agreement with the Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Board; the line will be imme diately completed by that company, and then worked and managed in connexion with the Buckinghamshire Railway, by this company and by the Midland, and with the prospect of advantage to all parties. Application having been made to Parliament, by private parties, for powers to construct a short line, 3i miles, to connect the South Western Railway with the lines of this company near Willesden, it has been agreed jointly to work the link, and to secure to the proprietors thereof, a certain minimum amount of traffic over it. The formation of this junction cannot fail to prove advantageous both in a public and private point of view. The liabilit y o f this company is limited to a maximum of 1 ca l t 2 a 5 1 specialpe a meetingnnum. Theto be proprietorsd thew i purpose) shortly b to e sanctionre u i red an arr angement (in conjuncti on wit h the L anca hi re and Yorkshire, the Eastfor leasing and Midland Railway Companies) a portion of the toll son the Leeds and Liverpool g unite more intimately the interests of the f an u eae r lin' r Liverpool with Leeds ; the object of the a connecting agreement being to competitionp n ies oc n p a y s i n tog that district, to w h which h d t tohe they haveprevent severally a i l i c rE e u t !- subjected. The particulars of the arrangement will be ex plained to the proprietors at the special meeting about to be held. The farther arrangements proposed to be entered into with the Chester and Holyhead Company, will also be brought under the eonsideration of the same meeting. The report of the committee appointed at the last half.. yearly meeting to consider as to the future management of the affairs of the company, has been circulated amongst the LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1851. proprietors. The board concur in the opinion that the .t..cinabc:: of .diret::„.;rs - shcold be increatt-,1 to thirty, the L the Lumber to retire annually atloald Le six, as recommended by the committee. The la• mented death of Mr. E. J. Mozley, one of the com pany's auditors, makes it necessary that the proprietors should at the present meeting appoint another in his place. The directors who retire, in conformity with the Act of Amalgamation, are—Captain the Honourable S. T. Carnegie, R.N., Lewin Mozley, Esq., and George Hall Lawrence, Esq. The directors cannot close their report without announcing to the proprietors the retirement of the Deputy-Chairman, Charles Lawrence, Esq., successively Chairman of the Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction Railways. and, since the amalgamation, acting as Deputy Chairman of this company. In retiring from the active duties of a railway director, Mr. Lawrence carries with him the esteem and affection of his colleagues, with some -A whom he has been associated for the long period of twenty-five years. The revenue of the past half-year has been charged with dividend and interest upon the total capital expended to the 31st December last, including 3,491,1061. expended upon works not yet yielding revenue, as also with the dividend payable to the proprietors of the Stour Valley Railway. The only further charges to be anticipated are the dividend to the shareholders in the Buckinghamshire Railway, and the interest upon the unexpended portion of the estimates sanctioned at the general meetings of 22d Feb. and 16th Aug. last. The bond debt has been further re duced, and the debentures which expired during the half year have been renewed, or replaced, at the rate of 3 1 / i per cent. From the statemeat of the half-year's ac- counts, it will be seen that the net proceeds are ...— ..._.£557,076 12 1 To which must be added the balance carried forward from last account ... 144,721 1 2 £701,797 14 1 Less—Further allowance for renewal of rails, and additions to the works, stock, and estate 23,098 17 3 Showing a disposable balance of £678,698 16 10 The directors recommend a dividend of 21. 15s. per cent. for the six months, amounting to 527,4071. 13s. sd. ; leaving a balance of 151,2911. 3s. sd. to be carried to the next half year's account. The report and half-yearly statement of the accounts were unanimously adopted, and ordered to be printed and circu lated among the proprietors. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that a dividend, as recom mended in the report, of 2/. 15s. per cent. on the capital of the company for the half-year, should be declared. Mr. GAISKELL said he had understood the chairman, in one portion of his address, to state that if he had been acting on his own judgment entirely, he would have preferred recom mending a smaller dividend. The CHAIRMAN begged to be allowed to put the Hon. Proprietor right. What he said was this—that if he had been carrying on business on his own account not using the Word judgment—he should have preferred a smaller dividend. Mr. GASRELL said, taking that as the explanation of the chairman, he entirely agreed with him, because he thought the most wise and prudent course they could adopt was to keep a large reserve fund in order to meet effectively the competition wish which the company was threatened.— (Hear, hear.) He was exceedingly gratified to hear the estimate which the chairman formed of that competition, and looking at the isolated position of their neighbours in the west—the Great Western, for instance—by their peculiarity of gauge, he was inclined to think that the competition in that quarter would not be so serious or reckless as that which they had already been subjected to by the proceedings of other lines of the same gauge as their. own. They had yet, however, to fear competition of a very reckless character, occasioned by a great diminution of prices from the extension of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and he thought it would be advisable to keep sufficient money in their strong box to enable them, to some ex tent, to dispense for a while with remunerative prices, and at the same time to continue to pay a dividend, for by doing se he firmly believed they would render powerless those who were anxious to subject them to unprincipled competition —( Hear.) He felt it would neither be just nor to their interest that the utmost profits earned should be divided among the proprietors.—(Cries of " Hear.") It was a matter of little or no consequence whether the profits were immediately paced in the pockets of the proprietors or locked up temporarily in the coffers of the company.—(Laughter.) The only question was whether the meeting felt disposed to carry out the views of the chairman, which he believed to be just and sound, and which if adopted would leave the company in a sound position, ready to meet any outward attacks which might be made upon it.—(Hear.) A SHAREHOLDER said he wished to say a few words with respect to the surplus. He had no objection whatever to 144,000/. being laid aside, nor to having an accumulation fund, but he had a question to ask both on his own behalf and that of his brother proprietors with regard to the inten tions of the future board of directors. He knew he was speaking to some who would soon be out of office, but he was also fully aware that the opinions of several talented gentlemen who now presided over the company's affairs would have great influence and weight with the future directors. The question he had to ask was this, was it the intention of the future direction to allow the surplus to go on accumu lating indefinitely ? He thought such a course would be in judicious on two grounds—first, because they would postpone the immediate interests of the present proprietors, many of whom had only a life interest in the company—(Cheers)— and secondly, because his experience of public bodies led him to this conclusion, that there could scarcely be a more dan gerous temptation placed in the way of directors than leaving a large surplus in their hands.—(Cheers.) There were some men, and he confessed himself to be one of them, who had very great pleasure in spending their own money, but there were others who, when they had other people's money in their possession, had an irresistible itching for spending it.—(Laughter.) He ad mitted the present directors were characterised by great ability, energy, and honesty, and he hoped the future direc tors would be the same, but still he would scarcely expose them to the temptation of having too much money, because he believed it always led to extravagance.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAW said he rose for the purpose of replying to the questions which had bean put to him by the Hon. Pro prietor, and before doing so he really must acknowledge the justice of the remarks which fell from the first speaker.— (Hear.) As general principles he thought no one could gainsay them.—(Hear.) He hoped it would be borne in mind that they were called upon to administer the affairs of a very large proprietary, embracing every sort of interest, and that in considering a question of this sort, it was not only their duty to consider the amount of the reserve fund and the ef fect produced by it, bat also what the proprietors had a right to expect when the company was in a state of prosperity. And he might say, that on the present occasion there was a unanimous feeling at the board that 5% per cent. was the right dividend to offer to thenotice of the meeting.—(Cheers.) He confessed he received the declaration of the Hon. Pro prietor who spoke first, as well as that of the Hon. Proprietor who followed him, with the greatest satisfaction.—(Hear, and cheers.) I like, in the first place, to hear an approval of the policy which the directors have already adopted, ex pressed in this meeting, and in the open way in which it had been expressed, and I feel convinced, if the proprietors act on the principles which have been announced, the property of this concern will soon be placed on a sound basis.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) With reference to the inquiry of the proprietor who last spoke, he should be presumptuous indeed if he ventured to answer a question which related to the opinion of the whole gentlemen who might be elected to the new board. All I can say is, that this principle was put forward and settled at two previous half-yearly meetings, and I cannot, therefore, doubt that those gentlemen who raised no objection then will not now be advocates of the principle of which the Hon. Proprietor speaks.—(Hear.) I think the point which the directors ought, to keep in view is not to increase this surplus fund every half-year by a large amount, but to keep it up to one figure, which would probably answer the expectation of the lion. Proprietor who spoke first—that is to say, to have a reserve fund always in hand for the purpose of upholding the credit of the company in all the situations in which it may happen to be placed. The directors thought a reserve fund of 150,0001. was about the mark of the money which they ought so to have in hand. He hoped, after the expres sion of opinion to-day, the proprietors would not consent to the reserve fund being diminished below that amount. Mr. MAssErr said he entirely concurred in the views of the director., and for the reasons stated by their worthy chairman, but at the "same time he was quite ready to ac knowledge his firm belief that the property of this company would be greatly enhanced by a large surplus capital or a large accumulated reserve fund.—(Cries of "No.") He was not for depriving the proprietors of a dividend, but he thought the present season offered a favourable opportunity for carrying into effect such a proposition; and when he considered that the capital of the company was twenty nine millions he had no hesitation in saying that a reserve fund of half a million would not be too much.— (Hear, and cries of "No.") He believed it would place the .ompany iu a much better position, and enable it to con tend against the interference of other companies. There would be no difficulty, he thought, in adding to the reserve fund, for if they were not disappointed, and he saw no reason why they should, the receipts would be immensely large this season owing to the increase of traffic occasioned by the great Exhibition. If any portion of these receipts could be appropriated to the reserve fund, they might lay up a very large sum in the present year. There could hardly be two opinions among the directors that a good reserve fund would place the company on a more solid foundation. He would be perfectly satisfied with 5 per cent. dividend him self; but for the reasons suggested by the chairman, he thought it was wise and judicious to declare on the present occasion a dividend of VA per cent. The CHAIRMAN said he would, perhaps, be allowed to ob serve that he was not one of those who expected from the Exhibition very considerable results —he should like to realize them before he made any proposition for their disposal— (Laughter)—but he felt confident of this, that if there were a considerable increase of traffic, and, as a natural result, increased expenditure and increased receipts, there would follow afterwards a sort of collapse.—(Hear, hear.) Much, therefore, as he approved of the object of the Exhibition, he thought there had been a great deal of exaggeration con nected with it.—(Hear, hear.) In answer to a question from a Shareholder, relative to the Stour Valley line, ~ The CIAIRMAN said that a considerable sum had been ex pended on this line during the last half-year, quite as much as the directors thought they were justified in laying out. It was expected that an arrangement would be speedily effected with the Birmingham Street Commissioners which would materially facilitate the opening of the line, but it would certainly be ready within the limit laid down by the Act of Parliament. HENRY CROSFIE&D, Esq., of Liverpool, was then elected auditor in the room of Mr. E. T. Mozely deceased, on the motion of Mr. Foster, seconded by Mr. Jones. The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution having the effect of reducing the salaries of the auditors to 1001. per annum each, with a free pass over the company's line. After a few words from Mr. PAYTON, one of the auditors, in approbation of the resolution, it was agreed to unani mously, The CHAIRMAN said the next business would be to elect three directors in the place of those who this year retired from office, in conformity:with the Act of Amalgamation. The directors retiring were Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, R.N., G. H. Lawrence, Esq., and Lewin Mozley, Esq. He should propose the re-election of the two first gentlemen ; and, in the place of the last, he should propose that Thomas Booth, Esq., be elected a director of the company. The motion was agreed to u nan i mous l y . A SHAREHOLDER wished to suggest that a list of the di rectors should be sent round to all the shareholders, as a great many of them did not know who their directors were. The CHAIRMAN said that the Hon Member would find that this course had been recommended by the report of the committee of proprietors, and could, no do u bt, b e adopted by the court of proprietors. Mr. RuTsos, the chairman of the committee of proprie tors appointed in August last, then proceeded t o read the report drawn up by that committee, and which has already appeared in our columns. The Honourable Gentleman begged leave to tender the thanks of the committee to the excellent chairman of the company, Mr. Glyn, for the g rea t assistance which he had afforded to them in their task; an d also to the secretary, Mr. Stewart, without whose previous preparation they would have scarcely been able to get through their buainew.—(Bear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then read through the resolutions seriatim. Accordiog to the IC:CClrmiend,it loa of the se d, fi.:ll;:iemen were elected dire,!tors to fill up tli:3 number:to 30:—The Hon. S. P. Pierrepoint, H. W. Blake, Esq., T. Heywood, Esq., M.P., R. Moon, Esq., T. C. Ewart, Esq., Sir C. Douglas, M.P., r. Brooke, Esq., G. R. Chappel, Esq., R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., Edward Tootal, Esq., J o h n Ellis, Esq., M.P., T. R. Rathbone, Esq. On the Bth resolution, recommending that two out of the six directors retiring annually should not be eligible for re election, The CHAIRMAN said that he was desired by the whole body of directors to express their dissent from this resolution. Mr. TITE said he had the strongest possible feeling on the question, and he was sure that it would not he corned. It had been a law in the old London and Birmingham Railway Company, that certain of the directors should not be re-elected, and Mr. Moss, the then chairman, became in his turn subject to it, to the great inconvenience and detri ment of the affairs of the company, and power was taken in a subsequent Bill to get rid of the regulation. In several of the London companies a similar rule had been adopted, and afterwards abandoned as vexatious. It was not unlikely that the very best man among them might be turned out by its operation, and in the London Dock Company were it existed they were obliged to resort to a fiction to keep the ct airman in his place. The fiction of new blood on which the recom mendation was founded was a real fiction, the figure was taken from something in physical science, and when new blood was infused into a patient it generally ended in the death of the patient. He could go on for ever illustrating the ill effects of this regulation, but everybody would see at once how extremely inconvenient it would be to make a resolu tion for the forcible dismissal of any gentleman on the ma nagement, whether the proprietors liked it or not. If they wanted to keep the management in the hands of the directors, and not allow it to fall into the hands of the salaried servants, they must not adopt a resolution which would make the directors temporary servants. What would they do, supposing their valuable chairman were turned out by this resolution, or the chairman of some internal depart ment, men whose services had for years and years been de voted to the company's benefit, and they were asked to turn these men out for the sake of introducing men of whom they knew nothing at all ? He might be accused of being the mouthpiece of the directors, and though he was aware of the French proverb, qui s'excuse s'accuse, he wou'd say that:he had not spoken a single word on the subject to any gentleman behind that table, with many of whom he was on terms of personal intimacy. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his remarks by moving as an amendment that Resolution 8 be omitted entirely from the report. Mr. Minnow wished to explain that there was no chance of the company's being deprived of the services of the chair man, as only two of the six retiring directors were declared ineligible by the resolution, and there never would be any difficulty in providing for his re-election. Mr. LOCKE, considered that the explanation of Mr. Rutson entirely knocked the ground from under Mr. Tite's feet. HE could not see how the introduction of new blood was a fiction, for it prevented railway com panies becoming close bodies, as they were too often inclined to become. He thought it right to say that the resolution had been unanimously adopted by the committee, and he would ask them whether it was not rather hard upon those gentlemen that the meeting should come in at the end of a resolution and upset all their deliberations. It; however,th ere were any good grounds for refusing the resolu tion let them do se,but he conceived that the only ground which had been put forward had been completely answered. He put it to the meeting whether it would be a fitting thing that the unanimous decision of twelve gentlemen should be reversed by an amendment put after the resolution had been passed. Mr. Trim was not aware that the resolution bad been agreed to. — The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Tite was certainly right i■ point of order, He himself had perceived that Mr. Tite was anxious to oppose this resolution, and he had signified to him that that was the proper time to do it. He had already ex pressed that the directors were unanimously opposed to this regulation, and considered that it would work ill for the in terests of the proprietors. Mr. CROSSFIELD thought the resolution would have a beneficial effect, as it would lead the proprietors to interest themselves in the election of directors, when they saw that new men would have to be elected. At present the election of directors was a mere matter of course. The CsiAlmt& said that the elections were conducted exactly in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and if they were conducted in any other manner they would be illegal. After some further discussion, Mr. Tite's amendment, on a show of hands, was declared to be lost, amid much cheering. Mr. TITE demanded a ballot, but at the suggestion of the Chairman withdrew his motion. The report of the Committee of Proprietors was then adopted. Several of the new directors returned thanks ; and, A vote of thanks was unanimously carried to the Chair man, as well as a similar vote to Mr. Lawrence and the re tiring directors. The meeting was then made special, and resolutions were agreed to empower ng the directnrs to enter into an arrange ment (in conjunction with the Lancashire, Yorkshire, the East Lancashire, end Midland Railway Companies) for leasing a portion of the tolls on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, connecting Liverpool with Leeds; the object of the agreement being t) unite more intimately the Interests of the four railway companies occupying that district, and to prevent that injuricus competition as to rates, to which they have severally been subjected; and also for the purpose of enabling the company to subscribe for and take, in conformity with Acts of Parliament already for that pur pose passed, certain preference shares in the Chester and Holyhead Railway; and to authorise the raising of the need ful funds by mortgage or otherwise. The meeting the' broke up. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :—] PUBLIC WOOL SALES. This evening the sales are rather thinly attended, but the biddings are very brisk. There are in course of disposal 701 bales Australian, 206 Van Dieman's Land, 109 Port Philip, 36 Cape, 33 German, and a few bales of South Australian, with 397 bales of Spanish in the grease. Sydney has been selling at Is. 3id. to ls. 9d. for clean sheep's, locks at ls. and scoured lambs' at Is Bd. to- ls. 10d. Van Dieman's Land sheep's Is. 4id. to h 6d., lambs' ls. sid. to is. 11d. Port Philip lambs', l s. sid. to ls. Bd., fine hoggets ls. Bd., washed Is. 21d. to Is. 31, and scoured Is. 7d. Adelaide damaged 6d. in grease, damaged lid. to Bd., skin Bd. Cape 9d. to ls. 2hd. for clean sheep's and fine, ls. 6d. ;German super lambs', Is. 8-id. to 2s. 4d.; and sheep's, ls. sid. to Is. 6d. ; Electoral, 2s. Id. ' • Odessa, ls. 6d. • Spanish, Is. sd. ; ditto greasy Spanish lambs', sid. to ed. ; and good combing, 6d. to 7d. per lb. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Feb. 21.) SuaAlt.—To-day former rates were insisted upon for all kinds of West India Sugar, but the purchases made were trifling, and confined to 202 hhds, &c. ; for the week the sales Prices close the same as on F r id a y l as t. there was only a moder a t e h ome t ra d e d ar e e mßE l a , Fn l dl 6 N o fpo h r h . —r d and e s t -eada y s igar, still low brown lumps were not to be obtained under 48s per cwt. The export demand for Crushed Sugar is not better. Msuarrius.—This afternoon the public sales of Mauritius Sugar went off with fair spirit at full prices ; the quantity offered was 5,427 bags and all sold, middling to fine yellow went at 38s to 425, low 37s to 38s, and refined qualities 36s to 41s per cwt. EAST INDIA. This afternoon there was a better demand for Madras Sugar, and at the public sales of 3,100 bags, the whole selling at full rates, soft brown at 28s to 30s, yellow at 30s to 355, Mauritius descriptions 36s to 403 6d, middling grainy yellow 39s to 403 6d, and a few lots middling white ditto 435. Of Bengal 358 bags realized 41s 6d to 43s for middling and good white Benares, and damp 40s to 43s per cwt., and these are full rates. FOZEIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign, and prices underwent no variation. For the week the private operations are 2,000 chests yellow Havannah at 39s to 435. A cargo of brown Bahia37s 6d, and two cargoes of Pernam buco, the particulars of which have not transpired. MOLASSES.—Previous rates are supported, and the demand continues good; the purchases made in %Vest India for the week are 300 puns at from 15s to 17s 6d; the supply is li mited and consists chiefly of the lower sorts. Bengal a nd Mauritius are wanted at 12s to 14s, but the supply is yet small. Holders of Porto Rico and Cuba still demand 15s to 16s per cwt. COFFEE. —This afternoon Native Ceylon was not offered under 44s per cwt for good ord. For other sorts of Colonial the market has still a deft-aspect. Of 251 casks and 60 bags Plantation Ceylon at auction a small part only sold at rather lower rates, and went', s ols to Ms for fine fine ord— low 44s 6d; of Mocha rpkgs sold at 71s for small yellow. Full rates are asked for Foreign Coffee. On change this afternoon Native Ceylon was 44s 6d to 455, with several buyers. COCOA.—In Foreign, sales have been upon a small scale, and there are sellers of Bahia and Para at 30s to 30s 6d, and Guayquil at 32s to 335; l o wer rates are anticipated. British Plantation, at auction 55 bags 10 brls Trinidad were taken in at 45s to 50s for grey ; the value of Grenada is 43 s to 4 8s. THA.—A much better demand has prevailed for common Congou this week ; prices are also firmer, 11 dto 11 3 Ad per lb having been obtained for large parcels of sound. In me dium operations are also upon a more extended scale at Is to Is 0 1 ,4 d, but other sorts have been operated in with caution at is ld to is sd, and fine at is 6d to is 9d; on the part of holders there is also a desire to realize. With green the market continues to be plentifully supplied : a reduction has taken place of ld to 2d per lb for good and fine young Ilyson. There are sellers of Scented and Pekoe Teas at moderate rates. At public sale yesterday 4,100 pkgs of Tea were offered, and 1,800 found purchasers, chiefly small boxes. Itrcz.—For the best white sorts of East India for cleaning purposes full rates are paid. For inferior a slight reduction in price has taken place. Of 2,324 bags Madras at auction not above half found buyers at 7s 6d to 8s for low and m id pinky, the rema i nder be i ng ta k e n in at 8s fd ; 300 pkts low broken B enga l sold at 8s t o 8s 6d for white, but 916 bags mid and go o d m id were bought in at 10s to 10s 6d. The rates obtained for good and line white Bengal by private contract are 10s 9d to 12s and for best white Java lis 6d to 12s. For cargo and pearl barley sorts the market has a dull aspect, and 78 9d to 8s per cart is the nearest value The value of clea ned P atna is vet 11s to 18s for low to fi ne, town dressed Ca ro l ina 20s to 265 , and American 18 5 t o 19 s. At these rates a fair business is doing. Sago is wanted, and 19s to 21s per cwt offered for small pearl. In Sago Flour there is rather more doing at 145 6d to 15s. Tapioca has been operated in with more freedom at 2d to 5d per lb. SPlCES.—Ginger cont i nues t o be operated in with cau ti on, but pricessdolodnaott g 3 i 2 vi s s 6 w d a t y o . 3ss At6da, and 129 pack ages o f Ja maica 2,865 bags an d 9 3 casks African w ere nearly a ll taken in at 35s 6d t o 37 5, b ut damaged at 3/ 10s to 617 s for common to good. Shipping sorts of East India are held for 18s to 20s per cwt, but there are few orders here. The market continues to be sparingly sup plied with Pimento, and the parcels sold privately were at ad to .yid per lb. Holders of Black Pepper evince more firmness, and few parcels are on offer, but the private operations have been limited, Malabar at 3id to Sid, and Sumatra to aid per lb. At auction 79 robins damaged Malabar were taken in at 3*d to 30. White Pepper is in small supply, and the value is from fd to 9d. according to quality. Pod Pepper is offering at from 30s to 455; there are few buyeTs. Of Cassia Lignea few parcels are on offer, and rather more business has been done at 90s to 102 s. Cassia Buds are held for 110 s, but with few buyers. Of Nutmegs several parcels have been sold, and at rather better prices, brown selling at 21 6d to 3s 6d, superior 3s 8d to 4s. In Mace sales to a fair extent have been made at 2s 2d to 2s Bd. For Cloves the demand is improving, and rates rule firm, Bourbon and Zan zibar at 6d to 6id, and Penang 9d to Is 4d. For inferior sorts of Cinnamon there is a good demand at last sale's rates, but little desire is evinced to do business in the better kinds, and prices have a downward tendency. SPlRlTS.—Leeward Island Rum is is 8d per gallon proof. East India has been selling at is 6d to is Gift proof: Jamaica. —The value of ord and mid quality 30 to 34: per cent over proof is 2s 9d to 3s, a n d good to superi or 34 to 38 over 3s 2d to 4s 6d. For Demerara the demand has been only for small parcels at 2s 6d to 2s 9d for 30 to 40 over proof. For Brandy the home or export demand is not better; and there are sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 at 4s 4d to 4s 6d; 1849 ditto 4s 70 to 4s 9d; 1848 ditto 4s .1.6 I IC. ; irtfv - ilor t, 1 6 :1(1. G E - 1 , 77. quoted at to tS •N - i for crd, (Ir, i 3 1 i to 26; .1 - iritish made Spirit 96 8d to 9s Id; and Gin at 8s 3d for 23 per cent under proof. TALLow.—lnis afternoon the public sales of Tallow wen t at barely previous rates; 562 cks Sydney at 37s 6d for Sheep, and Ox 35s Gd ; no South American was offered. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 131 tuns Southern and North-West Coast Whale Oil sold at 291 lOs to 321: 30 tuns Seal Oil pale 321; tinged and straw 301 to 311; 25 boxes of Refined Spermaceti is 11 3 4 d; 150 pkgs Cocoa Nut partly sold at 201 lOs to 311 for Ceylon and Cochin. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb 21. DOWNING-STREET, FEB 21, 18.51. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Sturt, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary, Boyle Traver Finniss, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer and Registrar-General, and George Frederick Da4hwood, Esq., Lieut. R.N. to be Commissioner ' of Police and Police Magistrate, tor the colony of South Australia ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Richard F. Newland, Esq., to be Stipendiary Magistrate at the Port of Adclaioe in the said colony. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 18. _ _ _ The Queen has teen graciously plaahed to appoint William Sunley, Esq., to be. her Majesty's Consul at the Comoro Islands. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 19. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Dungannon—The Honourable William. Stuart Knox, in the room of the Honourable Thomas Knox, com monly called Viscount Northland, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. snd fpirit rnrrcht , nt.s Pry , . A l'a.• as Pope)—L. T. Ai.q,;(.l E. Taylor, Uxbridge, Middles.-x, linen draprs—E. J. Jeff. and J. Rabies, Warwick-square, City, booksellers —M. King and H. J. °biro:, d, Slarewsbury, nursarymen —J. Johnson and L. SAby, Neweastle-upon-Tyne, glass dealers—R. M. Arnold and C. W. Vining, ‘ 7 l' incanton, Somerseshiri., millers—H. F. Burman and W. B Dia mond, 1-1,-1.11i•v-in-Ant-m, War , urg,ons—T. C. anti W. Refd, Easichura. Kent, faeruers --J. Wil son and J. Parkinson, Carlton, Yorkshire, wonted stuff manufacturers. INSOLVENT PE TITIONERS. li , ae Cryn - ps. Le cr trer, klurneym , n bwch-r. sen., Worees7cr, firmer. Ehz.ibtln Wilhers, Ratchff -on• Soar, NoAioghatnidiire, area zmker. Gear e Viorgan, Barb,urne, Worcestershire, flyman and lodin house keeper. Edwin Fryer, Redmarley D'Abitot, Worcestershire, butcher. John Godfrey Maliphant, Gloucester, builder. James Moore, St..ekport, hoot and shoe mandacturor. Isaac H ar tland, Wolverhampton , lock rnantifaciurer. John Howlett, N.•-wmarket St. nary, Suffolk, jockey. John Bry son, Canterbury, pox k hitcher. John Edwards, Ford, Shropshire. firm labourer. Joseph Field, Langley-green, Worcestershire, brewer and sawyer. John Jennings, Halifax, Yorkshire, farm-labourer. Samuel Recchford, Birmingham, journeyman blater. Samuel Drake furd, Birmingham, bookseller and agent for the sale of ale, beer, and coal. Joseph Starkey, Birmingham, warehouse clerk. Richard Ward, Birmingham, tailor. George Forgba.m, Birmingham, boot and shoe maker. Thomas Powell. Birmingham, tailor, and dealer in hats James Baker, Birmingham, journeyman japanner. Bryant Organ, Birmingham, soda-water manufacturer. Frederick Bird, Edgbaaton. James Barlow, Birmingham, bronzer. John Whitt4ker, Wolverhampton, commercial clerk. William Illidge. Codsall, Staffordshire, wood ranger. William Brinkman. Tring, Hertfordshire, cooper. James Rodway, Castlemorton, Worcestershire, timber dealer. - Henry Perriam, Littleham, Devonshire, master mariner. Elizabeth S. Pierce, Gillingham, Kent. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Martin, Edinburgh, bookseller. to meet within Dowell'. Rooms. Feb. 28 and March 20, at two. G. M.‘PhAil, Glasgow, commission merchant, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 27 and March 20, at one. A. Small, Blairgowrie, draper, to meet within It'La. ten's Inn, Blairgowrie, March 1 and 22, at one. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Feb. 18, 1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British possessions in America 275. 1141 per cwt. From the Mauritius ... s. —d. „ From the East Indies 31s. 64d. ~ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 295. lid. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY 81CK2 , 1 ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-ball, Feb. 2 I . America (by Brit. pkt.) N February 28.. , America (by U. s. pkt.) N February 21 America (by U S. pkt.) M March 8 Africa ( West coast).. N 14th of the month Alexandria* ••..• • .. N 19th SG 30th of mo. Belgium • • • • • • N Daily Brazil •• • M 9th of the month Buenos Ayres 9th of the month C alifornia (via ChagTes) M 17th of month Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Central America • M2d & 17th of mon. Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Chill •• • • l7th of the month France • .. M'& N Twice daily .. Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th °fru° Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday Holland M Wednes. & Satin. Honduras . N 17th of the month l Ireland .. •• M& N Twice daily India (via Marseil le s) N 7thSt 24th ofmo India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Mediterranean (via Southampton) • • Mediterranean (via I Marseilles) °mfmon°tnhth 2d of the month.. l l M 20th of the month 9 7t tt h hh & ,00f 2 t 4 thh th :19tb, Malta* • • •• ' 7 & 30th of month z7thl Napless 1 7 1 sth 15th 25th ofum Papal States* N sth 15th 25th *fin° Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th - 27th Of sno Peru .. M 17th of the month Tuscany* N sth 15th 25th °fano West Indies .. M'l7th of the month West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month * The mails to those countries thus marl French Backe vi a Marseilles, Liverpool • • ;Liverpool • Southampt. Plymouth Dover .. Dover .. Southampt. Southampt. Southam pt. Plymouth • • Dover . • Southampt. Southampt. Southampt. Dover • • Dover • • London .. London .. iouthampt. Holyhead .. Southampt. Dover • • ISouthampt. Dover • • Southampt. Southampt. 1 Dover !Dover .. ;Dover I Southampt. Southampt. Dover .. ISouthampt. Feb. 26 March 3 March 3 Feb. 29 Daily Feb. 24 Feb. 24 Feb. 20 March 3 Feb. 20 Feb 20 Tu. Th. Sa Feb. 20 Twicedall3 Feb. 20 Tues. Sat Mosi.T hut Feb. 20 Twicedall , March 28 March 3 IFeb. 28 March 3 March 5 March 12 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 Feb. 22 Feb. 26 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 Feb. 20 I Sontharapt. IMarch 5 ced (*) are conveyed by THE COUNTRY MARKETS WAKEFIELD, FEB. 21.—We have a fair supply of wheat, and our demand continuing very limited and inactive, prices are rather lower. No change in the value of barley, and the sale pretty good for fine qualities. Oats and shelling sell slowly at less money. Beans Is. cheaper. New. 8. 8. 88 to 41 46 50 36 39 42 45 30 36 38 42 30 36 38 .... 42 40 44 34 38 Essex, ••• Old. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bu s h e l : S. s, and Kent, red ... — to White Suffolk,Norfolk pi and Hunts., white . Hunts., red •• ••• ••• Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red —— Ditto, white ••• ••• ••• — Yorkshire, red Ditto, white • ▪ •• ••• Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. —— Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... Mediterranean, red ... BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— , Norfolk and Suffolk.., Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch ••• ••• Grinding p er 8 0 stone ••• - Foreign BEANS, per quarter of 8 bus▪ hels 631 b : Small, fin e ..„ 28 29 26 27 ••• Ticks ••• ••• _26 _— _2B 2 2 4 5 2 2 6 7 Foreign OATS, per stone : • Mealing • ••• ••• Od to Od 9d to 103 Feeding Od to Od 9d to 10d Foreign Od to Od 9d to 10d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 21 —22 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels YEAS, per Imperial Quarter:— Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed . . . ..., ,••••• 1..11 22 - 25 23 - 26 23 - 28 19 - 21 20 - 23 ARAI' Qrs. Wheat ... ... 10,860 Barley ... .•• ... 3,835 Oat% ... ... •• • ... 706 Beans... ... ... ... 840 Peas ... ... ... :386 Tares... -.• .. - - *- LVALS. 34 - 36 26 - 28 25 - 27 Qrs. Rapeweed ~. .e• •• • Shelling 326 Linseed .., Malt ~. ~. , . -•• Flour ... ... -- .• NEWBUKY, FEB. 20 —Our sm ply of Wheat is very mo derate, yet fully equal to the demand, which is confined prin cipally to local buyers for the consump'cion of the immediate neighbourhood! ; the larger portion is in very indifferent con dition, and whilst the best lots fully re Wise late rates, other qualities barely tinp rt them. 'Barley m,,slerste .nerly ; b' st .'k '• ' '.... -'' ' . l r,a(!i INr dtl.:te rnt PS ; o-Ler sc,rt ; a draggiog tale, at ,rle 's rather in tavour of the buyers. Beans an and d pees s difficu lt to h ort supply, and fully as dear. Oats lar g e supply, quit, unless at a slight rechiction in price. L IVERPOO L, FEB. 21.—At this morning's market there was a fair attendance of town and country dealers, who bough t , to a moderate extent of fresh parcels of wheat at the prices 0 1 Tuesday last. French flour met a very slow sale, and all, e cept the finest descriptions, receded fully Is per sack. Nue rican flour - was in moderate request, at a decline of 6d to Is Pe r barrel. Oats must be quoted 1 / 2 d per 451bs lower, and oannis,al was difficult to move at late rates. Barley, beans, tuld P e de without change in value or demand. There was a good ,:', mand for 'avian corn and the best yellow could not be bour" under 30s 3d to 30s t,CI per 4'Olbs. ro cers ba re BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 91.--The g been rath e r more on th . look out this week , but the ma rket 1 ! still with ou t lif e , and the continued dull state and prospect:id!! h va a n , c d i s ni. the refined market will probably tend to prevent prices Br h is u to ra l M ercury. i swanted, but the supply is mostly in se m arket Ex aVER, FEB. _l.—Cattle Market —It being the hicb sold as after the fair, but few beasts . . were driven in, V' m ode' about the same prices as on Wednesday. 'there was a b e rg rate supply of sheep, with a fair demand; the best fat we,t,, to were worth 5d per lb. ; ewes, 5d ; butchers' calves , 4 r t ` hi t 5d per lb. Pork Carcases.—The supply was less Ilia ° , a ged of last week, with a slight advance in prices, st ie L P- 6 - 61; from 6s 6d to is 2d per score. Pannier —Turkeys, °a 7," ;tto ducks, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per couple ; fowls, 2s 9d to 4 2 j woodcocks, 6s di to ; pigeons, Is 9d uitto ; galenas, 5s to Os 7 ditto ; wild ducks Sc to 5s 6a ditto; teal, 5s 6d ditto; a 10; geon, 4s ditto ; roasters, 4s to 5s each; snipes, rod .... butter, Is Id to is 2d per ; eggs, 18 to 20 for ls• ~ nis ket ul a We can note but little alteration in price. 'ru e r 5s Per tolerably well attended. Fine samples of wheat sold lit 3 , i bushel ; inferior, from 4s 6d to 4s 9d; malting barley,t os oats, Is 10d to 2s. The current price of bur WAS li ° , per sack. 58. 04; SCARBOROUGH, FEB. 20.—New wheat 34s Od to - B t=l, old ditto 42s to 44s per qr. of 4 0 stones; black oats 8d to fi t, white ditto 81(1 to 9d per stone ; malting bar ley 220 od a grinding ditto As to 2 . 1 per qr. of 3 2 stones; suPerlipe 32s to 365, seconds ditto, 24s to 27s per sea of 20 5t0ne05,...4 WETHERBY, FEB. 20.—White wheat 15s 6d to 170 U 0 ' T A ditto 13s Od to 15s Od per load ; barley 24s Od to Q7s ° e1 „ 1) ,1 11 _, beans lOs Od to 14s Od per ad ; oats 8d to 10d Per e i `, - 46 0 ItiroN, FEB. 2l).—White wheat 55 to 55 9d, red d IO 050 ; to is 6d ; beans, 3s 6d to 4s Od per bushel; barley 215 ' oats 16s Od to 21s per qr. K Od t. NoRTHALLERTN, FEB. 19.—White wheat, ~"e best* 5s 6d, red ditto 4s 3d to 4s Pd ; oats Is 10d to 2s Uo; 3s Od to 3s 6d; barley 3s Od to 3s rid per bushe ~,., bessli KNARESBOROUGH, FEB. 19.—Wheat 53 Od to 51 wo; to i gi 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley •6 to 28s • Oct' id' i s 9 W. per ß q a r rt . Ana.: uoit, FEB. 21.—Wheat, best hom e growth, `,"— I eat* to 220 ' dling and inferior, 365. to 38s. ; barley, 21) a• 14s to 15s 6d per qr.; oatmeal, 22s per 240110. . bar ley, LLANRWST, FEB. 18.—Wheat from 12s to 1 5 1 1 1 701 7s to 8s ; potatoes, of which there was a good suPP li Lobe" 1 fa hobbet. .Fresh butter is becoming scarce and dear,' from is ld to is 2d. WS tier DEBBICIi, FEB. 19.—There was no variation in Pr d d week on the last re . urn. Wheat, from 1 2 s t° I m s 168 lb ; barley, Ss per 14711)„ . • oats, Sc to 6s per 105.•••'i 621 b INVERNESS, FEB. 18.— Wheat, per qr, wa, i g_ hill o,b r e r, per bushel, 37s to 38s Od; ditto, old, weighluib edginuo bushel, OOs Od to OOs Od; barley, per quarter, w e i g biulf 541 b per bushel, 21s to 00s Od; oats , ' per quarter, V l :o rrs 421 h per bushel; 16s Od to 17s Od. Oatmeal, PI I ; ' b old' boll, 15s Od to Os Od ; ditto second, 141 Od to Cla,,,`"'f i garr, P er meal, Ils 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 1210 d to Os uu n I & wed; stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 235 ''''' to of o p, second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od; oatmeal, best, per st_ i or ie bo iler imperial, is 6(1 to Os Od ; ditto second, is 4d to Os Ul st Olaf meal, Is 2d to Os Od • easemeal, Is 4d to Os 0( 1 ; 'i s 3d Ad 2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Oel ca sh, cl, ,7, dit. Potatoes, per stone, 41(1 to 5d ; beef, pe r Prto it: to 6(1; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; P0r..,,, duer fowls, each, 12d to 15d; chickens , per pair, 1 2d to it , . , fo ps gd; butter , 9 d tts each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen , 7d to per lb, 9d to Od; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d • croudie (c urd d g lo ' 60 2id ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; 'ditto,credit, 51 coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd. _ THE CLOTHING MANUFACTVBES' of wo ol • WOOL TRADE.—LONDON, FEB. 20.--The Ij iniPiveo2°9., into London during the week ending to , ha ve '- f bales. Of Berdianski there were 360 bales, Torirobslel• Taranrog 530, Italian 115, German 109, and Belgia n 0 1 6 0 The public sales are going on briskly, and the des ev ; tm tel brought forward, where eligible, seem to be fairly e!" Otte or. Many entertain confich-nce in respect have thv , n or positian of the trade. During the sales t er h e ee ,rot is 1 'al an d ° is tions withd a h s • r-wn, b ut very little of this is coont , d o Spanish in the grease. Prices are rather higher December. e , f OW: FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, FEB. 21.--o,an't(lattem" connected with this branch of trade being no ir ae 6en . - -tioX ... d t be ing the public sales in London , and others aga in , w- i l i 0 9. '" arrival of fresh stocks, from hich to make sele c t - 24szer caused ate a comparatively small amount of business to be p o o l week. both in foreign and colonial wools dol e r ate last Decembe e r s . WOVE,i these markets ar F k E et s s . ~0 4 Sal change to reportare quoted firm from London at ENGLISH e ithe r ° LIVEnrooL Wo --;Teebue,reeita ". te prices or demand. fl iete r ' On Thursday next there will be offered at t 11); a cidedil q We , OL, FEB. 20.—Business e • Buenos Ayres, just arrived , bales of otber_ - _,i, and 1,000 February--leorm tions. Imports for the , , Scotch, lo2—total, week ending 19th A cii ales. r 3,353; Irish 36 • TRADE OF LEEDS -- The markets wered lha a as t toc th k e : i 'l tei le d th : halls both on Saturday and Tuesday, but More late have been delivered to direct or ' d 3e;w. octiognoo_sd: pro Cloth.hall, in consequence, remain low, and Pr ce t be Wor ifr There has been a little improvement in business in o rke t , houses since this day week, principally for the ho Seely thall and the foreign houses are beginning to move more P ' dull-Tbh e 0 tbr for some time past. BRADFORD, THURSDAY, F... 20. -- Wooly—Tiler : week / same degree of dulness we have had to record for sel l3 .rThis sr' past, and any sales effected are on a limited scale. ~"':. are In plies to all kinds of combing wools. Noils and b,,,re"' V steady request, and the supply very limited. 'lig es e spinners are very loud in their complaints that o° l, o rigin' shelter them from loss except stopping the m achine'' , , 35 01 0 ' ning short time. Prices offering are by no tneans cOln b on rate with the cost of production. Pieces--Thert b,sson't about the same business doing as for several w eeks r - la the quantity making is not completed. In fancy goods there is not In contracts were given out in Dec ber, wh ich are n° o lll4 nch either ica or selling. TRADE of MANCHESTER, FEB 20.---We have had - s be' s ton' siderably improved market to-da FEB. far as the extent ;`, io• t s e in n e i ss e is concerned, but no iyrOveMent in prices. l ope cotton gneewas telegraphed from Liverpool of a r nce i e o O a° market, and this brought forward some of t jo merchant Calcutta.. Ow 40-inch a, Thevvho had been hanging back for a further ell e for shirtingsh home-trade o m m e e . frather housesl arge also purchases have p vi n e r r e e b ..i ..,2 0 o t 0 good extent of cop yarns, and the export market for t .. " lo p so active, Prices of all these goods, however, are cl °4B ... on Tuesday. ---- ' MINING INTELLIGENCE. l'otO COPPER ORES SOLD AT REDRUTR , FEB. r i reopP e6 3,057 tons ; average produce, Pi ; quantity of 1 1 13- s sersir„ 277 tons 18 cwt ; amount of sale, 18,2571 17s 6u„; ✓ od; pr. standard, 93/ 19s Od. Last Sale-- Standard, 1051111 duce, 7i. Average price per 21 cwt, 51 I:.'s Od. .„, IJadj; COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT TRURO, FED. ' l. COO - Mines 742—Tresavean 345—Wh. Comfort 301---Frigh Cosv 261—South Tolgus 224 South Caradon 204-2lre Basset sols 125—Wh. Mary ( fiedruth) -- West Wh. nssorekV East Wh. Rose 42—Wheal Clifford 13—Richard's Wh. Union s—Total, 2,406. COAL MABEE' Ord's Canfield Moor Butes... 13s Od Wylam Wall's End, &c. ;T. _YRsTsWWAY; 160 ( 6 7 1 Haswell ............ 16° 9 Lambton ............. • io Stewart's .............. 1 69 6 j Thornley .............. 133 Whitworth . ......... 160 t.; Adelaide Tees .......... 140 10 ; 'Seymour Tees •••• 19 195 oa , Whitworth Coke •••• mark. , r. 63. Brown Bell Belmont 155 3d Hettun Shio v• P n c S e . — o on a FORElGNrnonthlis since _ _____-....„................." . several the al firm having p , 0 , w I, vs . t he had been imported IMg o p from Belgium, and were 9 ved to t is. bonded warehouse, a portion of :hem were reree• _ vf or--_, of the northern Ther ports, but returned on their hands I.,eboor less. be we' were until the pre emainder, having remained iri t , they et parcel of 'bales aoird.:: otili,_ present time, and it being found t e. a role totally worthless eol for the duty chargeable thereon, .., rt t h ~ was made by the parties for permission to eXr ed tirei under and bond, or, if deemed requisite, to have ti le d be en Pt s on them returned ; but, as it appeared that t hey had _struck out of the revenue accounts as keying bee_!:,,tedt l ' by virtue of the payment of the duty thereon, " r ' f was found that the `AgTanted• „ t 0 request could n noe - t. SHOOTING BIRDS OF SONG. correspo _booed the Manchester Guardian say s the cruel practice e_ . : lo g ing birds of song has recommnced in the suburbs-V:op to• T an h d . wanton act, which ought at once to bear:bot in , r i 4 is morning a thrush, singing sweetly, eeionstsance garden by a fellow in a velvet coat, who, on big apPear IN ith him, was as coarse in his languag e ss a was repulsive. 0* trae n c t : 11 t [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Holloway '9 ;-- T t :, .-4, 11 --, 1 ,1 1 Pills again successful in the Cure of a Be a pearP° Be°11;t: of a letter from Mr. Brotherton of Stange, .. --A , "' Sir, January 15, 1851. 'To Professor HollowaPht a se gnot , my wife's confinement in 1848, she Cat* And .-- 1, cold, which settled in her right leg otieatti causing it to swell to an alarming sis e ' w et W; forming into about twenty woun ds ; seating!' nor tau ' pre t i nset, o pt' appearance. The pain she endured was ahnos did 00 g ° • • 00 0 and the treatment of her medical attendants _ d pie ~4 ever. She therefore resolved to give your Pills "' A s peri` - ,,, a trial, and I am happy to say they have effecniopoli cure.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor , Establishment, 244, Strand, London. 81RTIM OF A 80K. On the 17th inst., at the Rectory,Littletoef the W ife ° olio Rev. P. Wood. R h o O y s a n , t t E h h s e e q . of har lef4 °1 of H. GlaZlbB7rttohhokini, inst. , at Brighton,th e fli f6 inst., A Lynch, Dena lvrreTs:c gots , 06 lady C a lt. eon, hS ort atree4 On the 18th inst., the wife of G. Hearn, Esq ., Curtain-road, and Snaresbrook, Essex. ,if A REIJED. On the 18th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, S i jii ° o l C Joscelyn Coghill, Bart., of Belvedere -house, c on:ta r : o r . Jobs lin, to Katherine Frances, second daughter of th , Plunket, Q.C., of Upper Fitzwilliam-street, DeD2rijoe granddaughter of Lord Plunket, and of the Rip s od. C. K. Bushe, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench , Iv -------- DIED wif e of Si r 0. On the 18th inst., at Bath , Lad y Larpent, Larpent, Bart., aged 59. „girt , we anew On the 18th inst., John Horwood, Esq., oi -- Brackley, Northamptonshire, aged 82. , .., es We t ' On the 17th inst., at Dover, Major-General O.' Commandant 2d Battalion Royal Artillery. Jaln ° On the 19th inst., at Beenbam-house, near Reading, Wallace, the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Sle.,ig i ljwa ii. On the 20th inst., at Belle-vue, Hampstead, 1""- Acret, Esq., aged 68. „. Esti' , On the 20th inst., at Blackheath, Thomas lile'^ — formerly of Whitechapel, aged 74. / ... 0 . r don , On the 18th inst., at Southsea, aged 80, Charles '— o f Fyrie-castle, Aberdeenshire. - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO No. 'l2, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OfficAly .L2:O pi Strand, iu the Precinct of the Savoy, in, OP - 0 " 1 " Middlesex,.Stiturdiy, Fobniary 22, teU. VAR-OFFICE, FEB. 21. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain William Warner Allen to be Major, by purchase, vice Scott, who retires; Lieutenant Bankes Tomlin to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Allen; Cornet Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart., to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tomlim, Feb. 21. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Henry Wich cote Turner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Poole, who retires, Feb. 21. 3d Foot—George Goforth Wyer, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, Feb. 21. Bth Foot—Captain Charles Dawe, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, re-paying the difference, vice Brevet- Major White, promoted to be Major Unattached; Lieute nant Alfred Ingilby Garnett, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dawe, who retires; Ensign John Vere William Henry Webb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garnett; Charles George Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webb, Feb 21. 15th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Pardoe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cape!, who retires; Ensign Rirherd Manders to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pardoe, Feb. 21. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Montagu Wigley Bell, from 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dane, promoted to be Captain Unattached, Feb. 21. 49th Foot—Lieutenant Francis James Bampfylde to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bellairs, who retires; Ensign Richard D. Astley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bamp fylde, Feb. 21. 55th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James McGregor, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice George Alexander Stephenson, who retires upon half-pay ; George Edwin Gains, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, Feb. 21. 68th Foot—John Francis O'Leary, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon. Feb. 21.... 74th Foot—William Warden, M.D., to be Assistant-Sur geon, Feb. 21. 84th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Hugh Melville Bal four, M. 0., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Gosden, appointed to the Staf, Feb. 21. 92d Foot—Archibald Henry Fraser, Gent., to be Assistan Surgeon, Feb. 21. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Gardiner Sedley, from half-pay 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice William Raikes Faber, who exchanges, Feb. 21. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Surgeon of the First Class Alex ander Melvin to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice John Kinnis, M.D., who retires upon half-pay; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Francis Laing, M.D., to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice McGregor, appointed to the 55th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Gosden, M. 8., from 8 tth Fo .t, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Laing, promoted, Feb. 21. UNATTACHED. Lieut. John Dane, from 28th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb 21. BnEvrr.—Captain Charles Dawe, of the Bth Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837. MEMORANDUM.— The Christian names of Second Lieu tenant Fox, of the both Regiment, are " William Waller," not " Walter," as previously stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, the younger, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 18. BANKRUPT& W. C. Gazoley, builder, Chenies-place, Old-road, St. Pancras, to surrender, Marcn 4, at one, and April 4, at twfrive, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Lawrence, Gray's Inn-square. W. Tenant, draper, Chertsey, March 4, at half-past one, and April 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Statistsld, official assignee ; Ashurst and Son, OA Jewry. J. Bishop, laceman, Upper James-street, Camden town, FPb. 28, and April 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Sole and Turner, Aldermsnbury. J. Reid, corn dealer, King's-row, Pimlico, March 4, at one, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Holcombe, Ebury-street, Pimlico. G. Wom well, miller, Stevenage and Pelham, Hertford fordshire, March 3, at two, and April 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane; Jenkyn, John-street, Adel phi. S. Knightley, carpenter, Paul-street, Finsbury, March 1, at eleven, and April 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Tippotta and Son, Pancras-lane, City. The Bromley-hill Iron and Coal Company, Bream, Gloucestershire ' March 11 and April 8, at twe l ve , at t h e Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Chaplin and Co., Birmingham ; Abbott and Lucas, Bristol. H. Williamson, manufacturer, Manchester, March 3 and April 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Higson and Robin son, Manchester. R. Boyle, jun., merchant, Kingston -upon-Hull, March 5 and 26, at half- past twelve, at the Kingston-upon -Hull Town-hall. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Wilson, G. Woods, surgeon, Hanley, Liverpool, F e b. 2 8 an d March 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Rogerson and Rad cliffe, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basingball-street. J. Haycock, jun., Wells, Norfolk, corn factor, March 14, at eleven—C. Coils, C. Thompson, and R. P. Harris, jun., Lombard-street, bill brokers, March 14, at twelve —F. Taylor, Orange-street, Red Lion-square, wax and tallow chandler, March 14, at half-past eleven—H. Wilkins, High -street, Kensington, draper, March 14, at eleven—Emilie Benassit, Lime-street, wine merchant, March 17, at one—W. Trego, Coleman -street, builder, March 18, at one. In the Country. E. Brian, Bristol, cabinet maker, March 29, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Richards, Cefncoedcymer, Brecon, licensed victualler, March 20, at half•past twelve, at the Court, Bristol--H. W. Hobhouse, J. Phillot, and C. Lowder, Bath, bankers, March 27, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—R. D. Reeves and R. E. Dawson, Liver pool, spirit dealers, March 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. D. Reeves, Liverpool, spirit dealer, March 17, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. H. Dawson, Liverpool, spirit dealer, March 17, at eleven, at the Cot at, Liverpool—R. Lister, Beiper, Derbyshire, draper, March 14, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—H. S. Bolt, Plymouth, Devonshire, wine merchant, March 13, at two, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth. PAYMENT OF DIVIISENDS. W. Threi fall, Addington, Yorkshire, cotton spinner, 4s. 6d., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, or any subsequent M.nday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hone, Leeds. R. R Andrews, KingsbuTy-green, Middlesex, victualler, 75., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. Mathews, Carshulton, linendraper. Id., on Satur day next, end three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch. lane. R. Owen, Manchester, tailor, ls. 10ed., on Tuesday, March 4, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Priestly, Radcliffe, Lancashire, cotton spinner, ss. lid., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, or any subsequent Tues day, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Putt, Manchester. G. and Sarah Bauckham, Gravesend and Barking, boatbuilders, 4id., on Saturday, Feb. 22, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook -court, Basinghall street. G. Johnson, Liverpool, coal merchant, 25., on Wed nesday, Feb. 26, or any subsequent Wednesday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. T. Hampson, Liverpool, broker, 45., on Wednesday, Feb. 26, or any subsequt at Wednesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. G. Hall and F. S. Fen., Tynemouth, timber merchants, 3s 6d., on any Satur.,a3, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, No wcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OT CERTIFICATES. In the Country. F. G. Monsarat, Ch eltenham, wine and spirit mer chant, March 19, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Haley and W. Thomps( at, Manchester, cotten manufac turers, March 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. CERTIFIC ATES GRANTED. G. Eckersley, Tylde sley, Lancashire, victualler, cer tificate of the first class—T. Harrison, Manchester, Cap manufacturer, certificate of the second class—G. Davies, Oswestry, Shropshire, after three years from Feb. 19— G. M. Smith, Ironbridge, Shropshire, bookseller, certi ficate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Brown, J. J. Mitnes, and G. Drabble, Manchester, paint manufacturers (so far as regards J. J. Milnes)— T. Benton and T. H. Pembe7:ton, Sedgley and Bilstoe, Staffordshire, ironmasters —J. Charles and W. A. Charles, Sht-ffield, rollers o'i iron and steel—E. Stokes, G. S. Stokes, 0. B. Stokes, and C. Stokes, Staly bridg e! , Cheshire, timber merchant?, (so far as regards E. Stokes) —E. Taylor and A. F. Tai; tor, Bartlett's-buildings, m2,n facturing jewellers—T. Omen and G. Fairer, Penrith, Cumberland, grocers—J. Pacey and H. Tacker, Sheffield, saw manufacturers—J. /5 I. White and J. Saunders —J, Jones and J. Hollis, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, coa l merchants—J. T. Millard. and J. Stapleton, Tokenhouse y tad, Lothbury, attorneys—J. Cooper and R. Davis, Blackman-street, Southw ark, builders—J. Ingrate and B. Broughton, Colne. Lanca' shire, stonemasons—G. Miibu m, I'. Fntwisle, and Thoma s Walker, Raaclitle, Lqn cas h ire, dyers (so far Si regards T. Eutwisle)—J, J enkins, jun and H. Jenkins, Rudgw ick, Sussex, farmers—E. B . p ut ': chett and F. Slone, B lanchester, commission agents— T. Chaffers, H. Jon p '° c.s. and J. Rlilif or d, Live 71, com mon brewers (so far as regard s J. Rainturd) - J Duck and J. Purnneil , Ba t h, livery-table epers—. W. Hawkins, W. Osumi ng, and T. V. Turner, Newbury, SHIP NE WS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21.—Wind N.—The Acorn, hence, has arrived at Holyhead for Tralee, with loss of fore foot, and rudder damaged, and must discharge, having struck on the Platters. The Ocean Queen, hence, has arrived at Holy hood for Genoa. Arrd. Standard, from Charlestoli; P. R. C., from Oporto; Emile, from Bourg neo. Off port, Fidelia. Sld. Franchise, for New Yurk ; J. H. Jarvis, for Boston. GRAVESEND, FEB. 21.—Wind N.E., ligLt, fine. Arrived—Princess Royal, from liamburgb; from Puf,ta Arenas; Hope, from Oporto; Lion, from Valparaiso; Sarah, from Figueira; Vriendich,p, from Trieste; Diadem fr►m Cardiff; Sylph, from Llaueliy; Dandy, from Holbeck; John M. Mayo, St. John's; Si mon Magnus, from Bernice: Columbine, from ILtyre; Emerald, from Boulogne; Lord John Russell, from Har lingen; Ranger, from Amsterdam; Director, from Jer sey; Northumberland, from New York; Jessie, from Laguna; Dee, Lively, Reliance, and Marnhull, from Guernsey; Amity, from Mauritius; Omnibus, from Caeu; Orator, from Mauritius. Sailell—Cecrops and David Lyon, for Jamaica; Alarm, for St. Michael's; Ipswich, for Buenos Ayres; Zephyr, f.,r Dominica; ier.Constantineple; Jan. Goodyear, fur Malta; Yldefonsa, for Bilboa; Active, for Corfu; Esperance, for Havre; Sophia, Karen Kirstiae. Familien, and Grevinde Knuth, for Denmark; Caro 'Milo, for Caen; Leander, for Ghent; Brazilian, for Rio; Henrietta, for the Baltic; Forfarshire, for Valparaiso; Tomlin, for Swansea; Klara Cathinea, for the Baltic; Index, for Ascension. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Liverpool, from Liverpool tor New York, Feb. 10, in lat 48 N., long. 29 W. Aurelian, French ship, Dec. 30, in lat. 33 S., long. 45 W Lady Sale, bound south, Jan. 17, in lat. 5 S., long. 21 W Northumberland, Jan. 18, in lat. 2 S., long. 31 W. . _ _ . Gratitude, from Green°, k for Buenos Ayres, Dec. 5, lat. 33 S., long. 49 W. Tinto. from London for Bombay, Jan. 10, in lat. 1 N., long. 26 W. Isabella Claxton, from Boston for California, Jan. 29, in lat 29 N., long. 37 W. Ann Julia, from Liverpool for Monte Video, out 20 days. Bella Marina, outward bound, from Portsmouth. St. Vincent Planter, from Cardiff for Havannab, Feb. 16, in lat. 50 N., long. 14 W. French ship Evangelist, Dec. 3, in lat. 55 S., long. 62 W. Barque Princess, Dec. 13, in lat. 43 S., long. 39 W. Ship Elizabeth, from New York for Arracan, Dec. 26, in lat. 29 S., long. 18 W. Barque Laurina, Jan. 16, in lat. 3, long. 22 W. Barque Diana, Feb. 16, in let 49 N., long. 13 W. Maria Amelia, from Antwerp for Havanna', Feb. 11, in let. 45 N., long. 11 W. Prince of Plymouth, Feb. 14, in lat, 47 N., long. 9 W. A black brig, with white man bust-head, from Live r p ool for N.wtoundland. Barque Y, of Nantes, bound southward, Feb. 8, in lat. 43 N., long. 10 W. Queen of the West, for St. Michael's, Feb. 11. in lat. 47 N., long. 10 W. Louise, French brig, in lat. 47, long. 6 W. Lady Ann, from Liverpool, Feb. 7, in lat. 44 N., long, I 1 W. A barque, signal No. 4,638 (second distinguishing pendant). No. 6.528 (sconond distinguishing pendant), from the Clyde for Calcutta. Ajax, from Port Jackson for London, in lat. 46, long. 15 W. SEABORNE MAILS_ [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-offlet by the night--and M by the mornmg—ddspatch.] PLACES. When made up in General Post-00m l London. I I From what port dis patched. , When duo. , A • : .„