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' -- ‘" 4-. t t ,Pii *, } - &— _,.._, - ,, ,0 f 7: r , 1, ~,t,>-‘,"-" bKnii 0 w., PE.--- , Ar.z& - --------- • ...",....., '1, 14i 1 4 'l ---- 7 , increasing confidence in the principles of this society ; and hereby earnestly mom mends to the members the most strenuous efforts to ex tend the operations of the society,- by recommending it; to their fri en d s , and oh. wining additional assurances." //~'- _. ~ // Mr:RonsoN expressed his conviction that the di - - • rectors possess the confid once and respect of the members in a high degree. This he knew from con verliation 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 p ro p ose d for insurance. The questions to which answers were required from parties, altho ug h : li g htly i ncreas i ng th e trouble in the first instance, yet served the important purpose of giving greater security; and, therefore, the answors should be cheerfully given to the questions pro pounded, to assist the directors in the discharge of their onerous duties. Mr. JOHN GOYIM mentioned some instances which had come to his knowledge, in which some heavy losses had been averted from the society by this plan of thoroughly investigating their risk beforehand. Mr. KING recommended that the agents should always attend at the meetings of the society, to put themselves in possession of the valuable information furnished by such a meeting as this. Mr. Lewis moved a vot e o f th anks to the chairman, particularly notic i ng the courteous manner in which every question had been Answered by him during the progress of the meeting. Mr. HILL, 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 speaker, 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. N°. 18,086.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY 1E N S SEPTEMBER 11, 1850. [PRICE SD. • From To Shares, 11375 .. 11384 .. 10 22217 .. 22201 .. 47 23077 .. 230416 .. 10 33021 .. 33028 .. 8 13920 .. 13959 40 139841 • -- I 35090 .. 35124 .. 35 35208 .. 35224 .. 17 11880 .. 11907 .. 28 20544 .. 20553 .. 10 12731 .. 12747 .. 14 7391 .. 73 99 .. 6 20554 .. 20558 .. 12780 .. 12792 .. 13 1384.5 .. 13068 .. 24 13125 .. 13180 .. 56 13292 .. 15295 .. 5 32998 .. 33015 .. 9 7400 .. 7419 .. 20 19118 19437 .. 20 18284 ~ 18293 10 17216 .. 17229 .. 11 21548 .. 21594 .. 47 32750 .. 32758 .. 9 33195 33:14 .. 21 18291 .. 14340 .. 47 3616 i .. 36188 91 1454.5 .. 14554 10 2050 .. 2072 23 35771 .. 35302 .. 32 33294 .. 3329 5 .. 2 11582 .. 14691 .. 10 35520 .. 36553 .. 3t 36558 .. 20644 .. 77 33739 ~ 33754 .. 16 6045 .. 6143 .. 99 6144 .. 6167 .. 24 19185 .. 19190 .. 5 21283 .. 21294 .. 12 34011 .. 31014 .. 34 32.593 .. 32611 .. 14 19392 .. 19417 .. 26 6929 .. 6951 .. 23 5740 .. 5789 .. tO 19438 .. 19520 .. 83 22987 .. 22990 .. 10 32729 .. 32735 .. 7 13829 .. 13843 .. 15 7041 .. 7045 .. 9100 .. 9101 .. 2 32496 .. 32500 .. 5 22174 .. 22192 .. 19 7932 .. 7952 .. 21 9 . 274 9278 .. 5 7468 .. 7514 .. 47 36459 .. 36485 27 37394 .. 374u0 .. 7 9767 .. 9771 5 10140 .. 10149 .. 10 36189 .. 3*1208 .. 2) 11974 .. 11978 .. 5 12579 .. 12718 140 36445 .. 36451 .. 7 3354 .. 3400 .. 47 14001 11030 .. 36 BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE OFFICES, 37, New Bridge. street, Blackfriars, London. Incorporated under Act 7 and S Vic , c. 110. DIRECTORS OF FIRE SOCIETY. Gould, George, Esq. Low, James, Esq. Micro, Thomas, Esq. Olney, Thomas, Esq. Wilinshurst, Joseph, Esq. IF ANY HAVE PRESUMED TO ABUSE THE WORD " PALETOT," it will be sufficient to refer to the high distinction conveyed to "TILL: 1;1:G18Th:11ED SYRIAN PA LETOT," as indicative of the exclusive celebrity it possesses. It W+IA registered August 23, 1850, by Messrs. SWA and Co., 379, ox:era-street, and will be the leading OVERCOAT for the coming SeVOll throughout the Empire and its dependencies. Price 455. railway embraced in the company's Acts were con trac'ed for at 639,5891, but their completion would cost 783,302/ , being an excess of 221 per cent. of the contract. The directors expect, when all claims are disp )sed of, that the share and loan capital on w hick dividend will eventually be payable, will not much exceed 2,750,000/. An average weekly revenue of 2,820/. would, it is calculated, afford a dividend, ex elusive of preferable charges, of 1 per cent. upon the pastponed share capital ; 3,1001. per week, a dividend of 2 per cent. ; and so on, adding an additional 1 prr cent. for every average weekly increase of 2851. The revenue for the half-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 26,5671., which the director , recommended should b e di spose d o f as follows : 14,3451. for inter e st on d e b enture l oans; 2,429/. fur half-year's dividend on Granton preference shares; 1,6111. for dividend on 51. 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 15i 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 fir as paid, were still in circulation. The second circum stance was, that in July last an account had been opened in the City of Glasgow Bank in the name of three of the directors, and that since that time 4001., 8001., and 1,000/. 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 w a s then read from Mr. Grainger, the en gineer, which detailed, with great minuteness, the state of the company's works at the Tay-ferry and at Broughty-ferry—all of which would be finished early in November. Blyth, John, Egq. Cortwrig, ,, t, Richard, Esq. Cuff, J. Harcombe, Esq. Cuth,Trtson, Francis, Esq. Freeman, G. S., Esq. T11.1'; ERN of SATURDAY next will contain a FULL PROGRAMME or tho DONCASTER MEETING, the Pedormances of the ST. LEGEIt FAVOURITE=, a List of the PROBABLE STARTERS, ar.d the. ST. LEGER PROPHECY, by " TOUCHSTONE." Litter, Ito' ert, Esq. At Mons. Pewtress, Joseph W., Esq. BANKERS. McsFrs. Barc:ay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Watson and Ssns. The extraordinary success of the BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY has exceeded the highest expecta tions of its friends. The whole of the proluts arc divided among the assured members. One-fifth of the premiums have p tid all losses. Assurances eflected without trouble or unnecessary expense at the head t.nd provincial offices. There are some towns in which tho Directors are open for re spectable and efficient scents. The Bums!' EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM rAsy is under a separate direction, thought conducted on tha same principles, On this occasion JOE MUGGINVS DOG (the only victorious Derby Prophet) intends Going in to Win. The ERA was the only Paper that PROPHESIED DOUBT f. , r the LEAMINGTON STAKES. Order of all Newsmen, or send six postage stamps to 3, Cattle. rine-street, Strand. D ANGEROUS CIIE IICAL ADULTERA TION OF SUGAR. Notice is hereby given, that the leading article of the " Morning Poet," of .he 29.11 instant, exposing this important question, together with observations thereon, may be had, Gratis, at the British College of Health, New road, London; and of all the ilygeian agents; or by letter, on forwarding a penny postage stamp to the College as I above. WILLIAM SUTTON DOVER, Dated this 31st August, 1850. Actuary and Secretary. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BOULOGNE AND AMIENS. MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE. More than once we have had the satisfaction of reporting progress as to the career of the British Empire Mutual Life 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 bas 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 this 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 from 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, and that is, the man who does not insure at all. —Patriot. William Adams, Esq. .John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Dangerfield, Esq. SOtTII YORKSHIRE RAILWAY AND 4fAt the lIAL RIVER DUN COMPANY. r-YE.iRLY GENERAL and also SPECIAL MEET- Sb arebold 7.31 it erss, held at the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, on Salm'. ngust, 1850, The Lord WHARNCLIFFE in the Chair, 0 8 3,secretary read tke advertisement convening the meeting. la t h; ' 4 e naotion of the Chairman, the Common Seal of the Corn , WA' aft • n„ secretary Doti read the Report. h °a the Motion of the Ch a irman it was resolved — ro t the iter, lt renlatto n rt now read be rece ec ' - 1 and adopted, and printed nraongst the Proprietor n s. tehb t e forfeiture o f th e f o ll ow i ng Shares declared by the Direc• /l e sae l e :, ntir nled, and that such Shares be disposed of . 4 y cancelling ?rem „145 To Shares. sic () " 289 145 767 47 9253 .. 94 1 093 " 367 60 .. 14 1244 " 1107 •• 15 30 82 •• 1297 .. 14 1713 •• 159 s „ 1.1 , 1444 " 1729 .. If 1448 2 •• 14444 .. 10 1780 3 " 14487 .. 19 22 •• 17612 .. 10 31 916 " 33 040 .. 22 183 2 " 33962 .. 47 1 799 " 1842 .. 24 'l3 116 •• 18059 •• 66 13 719 " 2232 9 14 ,„. -4.350 ' . 2 997 .• 239 . 33322 .. 23 1163 4 •• 33380 „ 5 14 065 " 2185 6 19 313 11 " 3 4078 .. 14 5015 " 32243 .. 936 5048 5435 .. 421 1487 8 5172 .. 34 3390 i •• 14599 .. 24 5974 " 3390 a 7 6 44 " 591 3 • • 20. 4 653 6385 .. 22 6430 " 6684 .. 34 1 9191 • • 6918 .. 29 314 8 19260 .. 70 1 4079 " 31282 24 7096 34132 .. .54 73 98 " 72 83 .. 111 73 36 •.• 7330 23 7348 • 7345 .. 10 1935 3 " 735 7 10 7 284 • .9382 .. 24 7380 '' 7307 .. 24 117 314 " 7393 34 ' 5 31 37 328 . 18 . 1447 9 " 1955 9 .. 49 1, 164 145 6 3 10 i• ' 7 448 19267 7 43 861 " 1 78451 .. , 1 255 ' 8147 85 5 4 8348 . 94 230 2 i " 19 5 8 7 24 ;654 " 23063 .. 43 1120 7 • 3 67 a 25 357 99 21430 .. 24 X 688• • .. 1 , " 3 7042 47 ; 975 7 •• 9 712 .. 29 2 193 19788 30 13000 22202 10 1 5924 •• 13881 56 : 5 156 3C,! ; 53 27 +OlO B " 10470 .. 15 Nag " 10737 •• 32 434 90 " 20 374 37 1 ' 5 109 " 3307 „ 8 1i548 3 5922 .. 115 1 44 `. 3 666'4 20 11 074" 10.595 „ 10 10' 5 ,s 2 " 11151 „ 77 121 1 '4 b .. , 1119 5 l4 41 )t hene,.... Ykl erld, at the rate of 6/. per. cent. per ann um, from the 41 4 •., to the 19th April last, be now declared, and also that at the "La A m , rate of 21. per cent. per annum, be declared from to tho 20th June, 1850. 7hell lee SPECIAL MEETING. h 'tea s then made special. 5 t th6ge Chairman, and carried unanimously, Or /I ,,Lrectora be authorised to raise, Mortgage or Bond, en Ipect hy•;!_il,ot exceeding one hundred thousaud pounds. et ,-,"° Chairman, and seconded, 10131.aditiony,iretors be authorised to create and issue such number to n , be tqu ,L Shares, to be denominated Navigation Shares, as 1a,6 1)4 03,, "' to 150 Shares of 201. each, in the Capital Stock of . this th t .11 tt th ( r ,esPect of each Share in the River Don Navigation ; o,• te of 4e/ Per guarantee the payment of a dividend, after ;.,Per cent. per annum in preference to all dividends on 14 4 ;4 s :, shares of the Company, on such of the said Navigation telia ° fl4 4 ,-, ll}° hY the Proprietars accepted in lieu of the ordinary w 6 4,,,7a 1 1,be ',., on VanY, upon condition that such guaranteed Divi -51„„,," 'len of all varying and other Dividends, fortesunil or un -4,,ed Si shall be redeemed by payment of 3,0001. ch 150 Ittotiler",;`,±ea, according to the provisions of the Company's Act. 7,4,11,71:\tn amendment was proposed by M. Fladield, and fork „, Itoothroyd, Th" l 're. — "Uzi; be adjourned - for twelve months, to be held in 14d C, hah.,„„ f it ' e tti f,,, r — ott, "n Put the amendment to the meeting, wken fourteen k tiend of it, and ten against. 511 p, meat was declared to be carried. e motio n , WHARSCLIFFE, Chairman. Th it Pesol ved Ironside, it was 4 , th e th unanimously— cend ank s of the meeting be-given to the Chairman for • 14 1a 0 ti i r in the Chair, and for the fairness and candour of to the meeting. J. CHARLES HA DFIELD, Secretary- F E SEND STAR PACKETS ore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to N o ,„ sr London and Gravesend. and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. here Cabin.... • 6d. To or from Blackwall. otik Chief Cabin.. 9d. P. In terntediate Piers ........ 6d. ,plicke..tiseeaLiaatllthat the Gra Greenhithe, and Purileet Pier. Piers as"underlined (weather permitting . 1/°-'. TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. w Me • Gra Ya , 1 5 1 14 I 4 SUNDAYS. Green hltho. l'ur - II ect Grays Green- Mr hithe. fleet 40ktitZer:1114 from the floats marked t ttZ) / 14h rt (1.0% Fea churchareet Station to all Parts )4 g it e r of an hoar. of London ''''',....II'e's,SWICWHARF, K 11LACKWALL, on the arrival Of •raine trona theF enc h urc h- s t re et Station. --- 1144\YsX Diku • Z PXr. k, Preen. ,hithe. Roghr-I ♦ills. I - --,I , , I I 7U, itt,4 ,l :" 1 80 \T 'I4P taintat ed * a re run direct, th or for Boots. ‘ 4 4e s4,ktikenth,, Piers T 1e M onths, 41. 30t1, Tebe i rrace Pier, Gra' hod of the ie rackets not being per- '. 41. ; Six Months, 21. 155.; e Collectors on board the Iveselal. tlie b tlCTlc, ~ (1 p ~,, ~N IN TIIE FARES TO OSTEND. kl4 l * e I ) N l l',ki l ,,, t•- • aAL STEAM NAVIGATION 1 ""e4ye ' ' Powerful and first-class Ste:tin-ship are ap ) lt St vr t..1151•111111ti-iiintaetherine's Stern Wharf London. for— Tuesday and „tt,)l,.:,,r_ening.. ' r'rr . Ying her Majesty's mails), i t Z 3 . li Vlotb.k.4 Chief cabin, 31. ; Fore, every 11;k4 ‘ 20‘ ." ,:, ( , 41. 4141 ' S le at i t t ir l d i A NE M (c37 - I s ng at he T r en * 7 '‘l ' e A t e 's ßl n lTN ils E ),. 6,Ntily 'l:l ;l', l p l i t 2,.'„k ST • Chief - ca o i r i i i l t ' i n i /., I Os. ; 1 1 - ' ) TIN 4 t Te 4 n '',LS, COLOGNE, and the RIIINE..-Every Fore, 17s. Gd. , 0 1 11Qb i n ': l .2rnlng. Chief cabin, 11. lOs ; F0r ,, , , 11. '41p 1 . 4 4 , a nd sa . t i_ rhours. BRUSSELS and the RHIN E.—E _ 7 dqhkvi tz 14 , at • u daY Mornings. Chief Cabin, 11. ; Fore, 15 • (1 , to , .--..E 1 ,„ ix ; is, at Ten ; 21, at Ele , en. : 1 4, I ls, p ir ;„Y Sunday and Thur.dsy, at Eight Morning. Lon- Cliblliip 100 . 1 ' Class and Salojn, 1/. 4s. ; Second Class and Fore la't 1 71 tal i. ). 4 ; T e , s 4 2/ ,--I,e CLARENCE LEITH, and TRIDENT. Iti 4 res '' P.,,,d` 'econd, 11. 23. Gd. ' September 11, 14, 21, and th,, li • *id ol , ;le'. The Trident this Evening. 11 I tu 'ovisiT ri e _ luc h_t P.rovisions, Chief ' C abin, 2/. 105.; Fore, 1/. 105. 1101:L 0 3 Chief Cabin, Fore, 1/. 2s. 6d. kccla y. 01i....„.Fr0m London Bridge Wharf. Pcp,,, Chi ef ca lhe ALBION or SEINE. Every Wednesday and ' 11,,, 4 1q; 22, .. t, , hu n , 12 8.; Fore, Bs. September 15, at Seven , 18, 4 4 4,1; Via c „'ne ; 25, at Three Morning. *''''' ''3' thd ''I4AI S.-Chief Cabin, 12s. ; Second, Sc. Every_ o qUir' 1 5 Sunda qty , L , 'lt 1 , .., Y Mornings. September 12, at Six ; Ir' at t i et , s -s selli ef „"Ye Neon. l id Alti'-,. igh t , , abin, 175 Gd • Fore I.os Every Tuesday and Fri .a, .(jt j -sor n i n • • , - , • Bk, Til.. , g• • on -Lvery Wednesday and Saturday, at Six Even t..„lllit' 8 8. • F I r ecoad Cabin, 53. A.,._ rorn Hore's Steam wharf, Wapping. )4' 4 ' - '"rLt . , . 54, Alt o hief - .'s erY Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight Even- Al 4 ... ,A,,,,.. Cabin 11 • Fore, his. ;,,, 4 t 1,1,.„'' - t-:.-..../ ) , • , lt, 4 tqlrt 111 0 ,.,,,"Y, at Ten Morning ; and on Sundays an ExTeuwro ta.:o4so' Th e ': 11, Z. returning from Margate at Ilatf-past ‘'ls,,' ~.',ATE l'assage to Margate occupies five hours. ;7,hviel' l ne rnir;, T it u i tadaY, Thursday, and Saturday, at a Quarter kr. 'eel, tt Pi' - ` B c l cWall at Three Quarters past Ten; and North tt, l 'gra i't be rti e ten. ' Vki;e n ar ts, g,:' for freight, and for bills containing hours of de htti .' l l h ' ,,' ati L - : 4 PPIY at the •(flees, 71, Lomba.d-street ; 37, Be , I , i t i ;'' P 4 ;,; -a denhall- t . ; and St. Katherine's Wharf. N ** ' re ' t io e it - a':,, s tart ear s ly re i e n t themorning, passengers ' tt A e nhliC, beds being provided. may em- A` k t ° ( ABERDEEN, 'INVERNESS, and Prti t NORTH of SCOTLAND. '11? 0 'rt Ali ght t i 9 l f noritEI)ITCTION OF FARES. . -o,. (1 Po, h --tx,.."1. Carriages, &c., considerably , Reduced. ,s Zil • 4.ll,erful ..;, SrEnm NAVIGATION COMI ANY _spl ii en g - N, I N' - 4nl)},; , Ps will start as under, weather, Sic" permitti . t o 41 1; t4 leon : - -The City of London, Saturday, Septemberl4 , 1 % ' 1N,. 4 001 1 ' Lan of Aberdeen, Saturday, September 21,at 41 ;t1 '‘ t t h l';11 1 XE g Onen c , ll ,. ko, 8 , ----The Duke of Sutherland, Monday, September '`,/ - 4.4 : - ' 4 lp oi Z, calling off Ilurghead, Invergordon, CromarlY, ' Wa lm ,Sra a l. `,.,,.._ ' 4 l. 4- Eagle, Regent-circus ; 82, Lombard -street; or, C. W. WILLOUGHBY, Ageat. 1:1 1 11! eat I lat 44 4 b TIIIR'rf-PIRST EDITION. 14t, pIIICAL3'..?6 Anatomical Coloured ERgraTl" en Steel. lijr poi itl'lTy ''-',I.SQULIFICATIONS, I °ll , era '''l.) I MPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAG2E; Gd., or e r ect a .; . c rg e 4 GENERAT I V 'to 1 96 pages. Just publish ed ' price ;amps, Nil 1!Itt, Slf,Enkthe Establishment, 3s. 6d. in Postag e s n th ledinnrizeitie Medical Work on . T FRIEND, a x from e pb,,, r gi ,_ elg e , en a and decay of the generative system, se _, mercury , i,,-vatiiittrit, orkeitinfection, and the Inordinate t t l . °I By g, and 141. 1 'tll 4 4 * In arrl ake, and the means of obvia mg certain dig -11 ;44%,,, a n d ~.,,astrated by 26 Coloured Engravings.s. 4 est, r ' , , 4,1,1`;`)., Consulting Surgeons, tinitts,234°ster.ron. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, li 7t Ptti: ri ttili)o w ,...' n atmay, 63, and Sanger. 150, 19, Berner street, Ox. ."e-atreet, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, teti " . l I . tr. P,k ii , eb. 1 -41 8 or thr- a nal . Oxford-street ea d e n ..; a -11 0 - . 1 I11 ; ' illa strat '4 l 4 - nt, • •rea.ta the Coloured Engravings. -. alY and physiology of the re-productive 11 4; 4 41 k , 4 44 th --,• L consequences resulting from excessive In `Daq"d be e % tir e ss, la mntable effects on the system, generativeproduc ti,, , ,k, 4 1„, weaknnervous excitement, and 4 _ p ri , 1 . tre strat o k or " the d .., ,oy Three Explanatory Engravings. iseases resulting et. eetr, eece nd dictions for p A eVi r , z . ent. I , dry form, and contains explicit re from iniection, either in k k ,1.1 If ' " Li section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured 1 , 41 . 1 itri . tonia, ' Il eti% l ttip p o ll tatio n EU , a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a I` ' .."' -`artt p a r t WhiCh the shou ld of iafection is obviated. t.l 4 ..k it , Of Work not escape. the reader's Sti l ,, Th v ,' Is devoted 1 1 ., t 4,,,cab i ,„ ~,, to the consideration of marriage, and its du etll.Be",iJect critic ` lin Productive union are also considered, and the 101ir i 1 ,13 h tb iAL g 83-1 Y and Philosophically inquired into. etb.` ( qtl t ' r yous a t t ss oP Sysfecuat is exclusively employed in 1 Vri 1 ..., f o ,. The C onte Xual debility, impotence, &c., I Is. and 335. eettrer ri , . iytrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic Ap r t, ttrripio-n3nll the blood in cases o infection, secondary qr. o h : ' 1 , g rt rl.Pu ri l.ancl the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per .. , 1. - ',O ~ eertAin, Y.ng Specific Pills. 28 • 9d., 4s. 6 and us. !lob 7,, Nbil l „ 4 . t airnag o ret nede for on rrhcoa sleet, stricture, and 41 5i 1 . " Ileti"‘e d et , 4 1 , 1 of the bladd g er . ° Consu'tation fee, If by letter, ‘ll tlr tn _ 4 'ebt : k .,_/. 1r1..,?,, f ,the Cale is required: . age,-habits, and posi -14.47 Ilk iz.'T b y ...^L.-et, with advice , to be had at the Yrta i'lli, . 4:14,17 4. 111 8, "4101 the fee, 11;18 saved. Measre. Ycrry, 4z it. _ 4.04 a In. Ce dailyßernere-street, Oxford -71,---4 ki 627- 4 .4.t111 ten, =4 FT. to. Eight ; on Bun - -- Vs Gray,l , . tvi tg c 414 'Time Itoshr villa. SCSDATI Green -1 hithe. t'nr-1 fleet Time, H. BS IGrayel 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 5391. 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 evidence turtle i upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the result was, that a verdict was given against the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 40/. interest front the date when it became due. The circumstance of the action being brought by one office against another presents a striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po licies under the present system, find shows that the only mode by wh‘ch absolute security can be obtained by the public must Ile in the general adoption by Assurance Offices of the plan of prose sting them selves in every case by due inquiries before the gronthw , f 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 he 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 founded is the removal of uncertainty, and whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest degree, the people who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to be deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-S TREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. r. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTOR&• Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octaylus Parnell, Esq. • AUDITOBs. George Cumming, Esq. !James Turner, Esq. William D. Starling, Esq. David Henry Stone, Esq. SEcRETART—David Alison, Esq. BANKERS — M essrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and C•. 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 coln's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq. , York -street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbou rne -terrace, liyde-park, aid New square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. rioglaton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and Negotiable SecuritiPoles, for their validity is not of dependent, as in the case of ordinary icies, the import previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual [sleeting will fcrwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. To PARENTS and GUARDIANS. —A portion of the extensive Premises in Regent-street, occupied by Messrs. NICOLL, will in future be devoted for the production of BOYS' and YOUTHA' CLOTHING, such to exhibit unusual good taste, style, and Ilotsk, besides having a nirther 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 worn by Young Gentlemen at the Colleges and Great Puolic Schools. These are al ways ready to be met with at the Warerooms of IL J mid D. NI COLL, Merchant Clothiers, Paletot Patentees, and Manuf h acturers of Cloth, It. gent-street (from 114 to 120 inclusive), and 22, Cornill. CAVTION.—Many have assumed the use of the word " PALETOT," but Messrs. NICOLL are the Sole Patentees of the design and ma. terial (in Winter or Summer Substances) employe in the manufac ture of this inexpensive and gentlemanly article ot d costume. FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COIMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Thls Hotel, situated in the Immediate vicinity of the Exchange, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up first-rato 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 •f a first-rate Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well at Sitting and Bed Rooms, will bo round second to none in the kingdom. N.B. 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 farther payment is unne cessary. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . During this week the ALPINE SINGERS from Styria will per'orm several of their National Melodies, daily at Four, and In the Evenings at Ilalf•past Eight.—Lecture on the Hydro-Electric Ma chine, by Dr. BachhofTher, daily at Two, and in the evenings at Eight.—Lecture on the Mechanical Properties of a Jet of Steam, daily at a Quarter -past Chree, and in the Evening 3 eta 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, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions and Ceylon, daily at One o'clock.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.—Schools, ARGYLL SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, St. James's. THIS EVENING, This splendid and magnificent Salle de Pause is NOW OPEN for the WINTER SEASON, with Laurent's celebrated a,ci unrivalled Band, Conducted by M. Laurent, During the short recess Ole above Booms have been entirely and newly de corated by the most talented and ingenious artists of the day ; and such a galaxy of splendour and taste has been displayed (under the sole direction of G. F. Bryer), that this favourite and popular resort 01 fashion may be truly styled the most superb and elegant Temple of Terpsicore in the Kingdom. Terms of Sub3criptiou United —SII months, 51. 51.; one month, I/.15.; one evening, Is. Doors op at Halfast Eight, Dancing to commence at Nine pre cisely Th en e Academy closes at Eleven. 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 y Refreshment Card —Sixpence. Children wider Sx years of age fre b e. Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Greati Busse ll-street, Co vent-garden. THIS DAY, September 11, Immens e Success of Deulin's n ew Fair y Ballet, " The Origin of H ar l eq uin." New Group in g s from the AntiquMadame e. Dancing to Antonio Borini's Band of Fift y Instrumentalists. 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.MOTrOW and Fri•lay. September 12, and 13, In addition to t .e usual Entertainments, a perfect repetition and re presentation of the 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 Dance on the Platform by the Ladies and Gentlemen of Ilerr Deulin's powerful Ballet Company. In active preparation, a Grand Chinese Fete. On Saturday, for the future, the usual entertainments will be pre sented, instead of the Bat al Fresco, and the usual charge for wands situ restored, viz., Is. NEPAULESE ARCIIERY GROUND. Ladies and gentlemen can here enjoy the health-promoting elegant exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instruc ion, gratis I Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, le. ; after Five, 6d. per dozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a Prize Bow aro always open. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. Teetgen, Archery Manufactory, 164, Bishopsgatestreet. The Magic Cave—The Shooting Gallery—Burns's Cottage, with Groups of Figures illustrative of his Works—Summer finest and Winter in the Arctic Reg ions—The Maze —Statuary of the Classical description—The American Giant—The Log Hut of the , elff Ca lifornian Gold Diggers — Anc ient and Modern Groupings, by Du &c., &c. Be it recollected, on Su nda y s, admission by Re f res h me nt 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 the been Most done extensive to render this magnificent place of am usement worthy patronage. 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 dilute on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half -a - Crow n. Cremorne can be reached by road or river for 3d. A Boat leaves Battersea -brid g e every Night after the Fireworks. DR. CULV,ERWELL'S NEW WOR KS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalhe; 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the aut hor, price One Shilling each ; by post, ls. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." Cowrzisys:—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex zursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, 111115, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places —Country Trips and Ram!sles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening. at Homoir, —Music—The Drama — O n Eatin g , Drinkin g , Sleeping, Bathing, A Kest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &o. IL FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Tols. Vol I. L VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKE lI TCHLOF EDINBURGH, kc. Vol. . TILE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, kc. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. That three score years and ten our course may run." A popular review of almost 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, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu -1 Won of every-day life. IV. THE PASSION S. " What passions hurt the body— w hat improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SirancT : -Lite's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent ofthe passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of L icentiousness an dissiation with illustrations, graphic, narrative, a nd remediative.d Advo cacy H of of early marriag es. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to b e, that is the question." raoGRAMME:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re llgion.regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and Wire, to secure healthy offspring,, with the art of rearing them. Paysiem defectiveness and its removal. S terility and its con .rases, oases, & c . M.R.C.S. ( 1827), L.S.A. By it. J. CTILVEP.WELL, M.D. (1 841 ) , (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and FZveittlisorensics, seven till Referee in these Matters. Reception hours daily tall CVO. 10 argyl.l-place, Ewa-street. . lON • • Roehr ♦ille. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Paris on Thursday, M. C. Laffitte in the chair. The report stated that the receipts for the half year ending the 30th of June last, amounted to 820,651 f. (32,8261.), and the expenses to 648,6811. (25,9470, leaving a net profit of 171,9701. (6,8790, and.allo wing of a dividend of 21. 50c.'per share. Nothing has yet been definitively decided with regard to the law-suit still pending between 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 Norther❑ share should be given for two shares of the Boulogne Company, provided always that the Northern Company 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 38,7001. (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 bad been offered. The meeting then separated. 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 class, and of 39,255 in the third class; while there had been a falling off of 5810 in the second class; the net increase during this half year, as compared with 1849, being 33,715, and the ad dition to the revenue 1,2411. A few additional miles have been opened between Auchinleck and New Cumnock during the last two months of the half-year ending the 31st of 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 OJtober. They expected to obtain their coke at the south end of the line for 15s. 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 rail way property, and the severe lesson which has been taught to all railway 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 pany, 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 promot a harmonious feeling and action be tween the two companies. lie concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. Bugles 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 2i per cent. per annum. The meeting then separated. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE. 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, 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 tion on the sth of October, and unless some unfore seen circumstance should occur to prevent it, 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, hut they had it in contemptation to give each registered shareholder a free ticket to pass over the line, which would be available w i t h in 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 sum than 65,1771. had been incurred in Parliamentary expenses. The whole 67 miles of. 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. Glared. 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 6,560/. ; 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 275/. Such a sum derived in present circumstances from this branch of traffic showed that the directors had not been deceived in the estimate that had been made of the benefits that would result from the coal trade when it came to be more fully developed. There was an increase of 8,7381. in the receipts, and a decrease of working expenditure of 6,533/.; and, as every attention would ' be paid 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 a reduction 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. He had to mention that it was the intention of the directors to recommend to the shareholders to make application, in the en • suing session of Parliament, for an Act to consolidate the several Acts of the company. This measure was rendered necessary by the provisions in several of the Acts, more especially the Granton Acts, with reference to r a t es , & c . In that Act op portunity would also be e m b race d t o place the shares purchased in the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway on a proper footing. The chairman concluded by moving a series of resolutions to the effect that the report be approved of ; that a dividend atthe rate of 5 per cent. be declared on the old Leith and Granton preference shares, and a dividend of the same amount on the 5/. guaranteed share capital of the company. Captain ItAstsar seconded the resolutions. A great many questions were ask.-d, in reference chiefly to the accounts, by Mr. Smith, writer to the Signet, and Mr. Monro , to which the chair and Sir W. Dunbar replied. Mr. HirrentNsoN moved th e 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. HEatoT, advocate (the son-in-law of Sir Andrew Agnew), then m ove d t h a t 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 SOUTHERN 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, shows an increase of 6,763/. This increase arises chiefly in the passenger traffic, and is mainly attri butable to the changes which were made eight months ago in the fares. The number of passengers conveyed has not materially 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 so favourable a result. With a bountiful harvest, the directors looked forward with confidence to a future and considerable increase in this branch of revenue. The result of the entire traffic, however, is, under all circumstances, very encouraging ; 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 capi 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 350 1. per week. The company's solicitors have been instructed to prepare a Bill fur the next session of Parliament to consolidate the powers of the company s various Acts, and to authorise the creation of stock for the future 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 adoption of the report was carried, and a dividend of 15s. on each original share (or 3 per cent, per annum) was declared. The meeting wag 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 0 iks, with the vi,!tv of making preliminary arrangements 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 effect that there should be a general conference of the land owners, who should appoint trustees to he promoters of the measure, as a public road or highway. NOR ru Btunsu. report tube submitted to the gene ral at Edinburgh on meetingTheTuesday next states that the directors have charged the whole of the half-nearly t o b e held interest o❑ the debenture debt, and everything else which they considered ought properly to be debited against revenue. After these deductions the free re venue amounts to 22,8201., of which there fells to be appropriated to pay the dividend on preference shares 17,993/. i leaving a balance in hand of 4,826/. to be 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, and the Aberdeen line in the north, as well as from the completion of the Royal Birder bridge at Berwick, and the High Level-bridge at Newcastle. Negotiations are pending with the view of 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 to improve it by a large reduc• tion of fares, and 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 allowance they have reduced from 1,000/. to 6001. a year, and the manager's salary has been fixed ata minimum of 7501., and the balance to be the amount of dividend accruing upon 5,0001. of the ordinary con solidated stock of 6e 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 right to their shares in favour of the company. The balance of the debt owing to the company, and secured upon the lialbeath 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 locomotives, which will cost about 11,500/., but negotiations upon the subject have not yet heen completed. The revenue account for the half-year shows receipts to the amount of 83,5661., and disbursements to the amount of 60,745/ , leaving a free revenue of 20,820/. The capital account ex• hibits a total receipt, from the commencement, of 4,:165,757/. During 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 8,102/., being at the rate of 40A lb. 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 waggon s , 98 cattle and sheep waggons, 24 horse boxes, 20 lug gage vans, 21 carriage-trucks, 2 powder vans, and 3 ballast waggons. THE LOSS OF THE ORION. There are some, indeed, who consider the sentence severe. Taking into account the high character pre viously 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 for by the captain, who was the last individual to leave the sunken vessel. o.hers, again, falling into an opposite error, and mea suring 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, in the msjority of cases, constitutes 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 Orion went down, and with it the earthly hopes and happiness of those who were chiefly instrumental in bringing about the cala mity. But let their example operate as a warning to others. Our sympathy is not with them—absorbed as we are in the terrible calamity which, by their culpable negligence they entailed on hundreds of bereaved relatives and still disconsolate friends. The excellentoprror if there prietorsof was sufferingthevesselst must andou stsharlesis, a in this ni( sympathy, painful bereavement in the case—the Messrs. Burns have experienced more than their own adequate share of it. To the loss 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 vessel 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, or 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 0. 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 COIIIIIIISSIONERS OF SEWERS. 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 disposition to remove certain nuisances. A complaint was made by a gentleman against the contractors for the works of the new Central Con sumers' Gas Company. He stated that a hole in the pavement was left 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 pro 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 OF THE 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 most cu rious instances of the romantic accomplishment of an early love adventure which it has been our lot to chronicle, has recently occurred in the neighboirhood of Cardigan. Twenty-three years ago a young man named David Evans having paid his addresses to " a maiden fair and free" in the vicinity of his native town, at the mouth of the Tivy, was dispatched 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, #nd all hands on board were plunged into a watery grave. - For no less than twenty-three years it was supposed that David Evans had perished with his comrades, but he la.,t week landed at Sheerness from Australia, where he bad 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 of a quarrel with the captain of the Berkeley he had left that vessel a few days previous to the fatal dis aster which had consigned her and her gallant crew to the deep. Oa Evans's arrival at Cardigan, his first inquiry was for his ear l y l ove, and he learned that, fully believing in his demise she bad b ecome the wife of a favoured suitor,life former who t had, after begetti ng two children, tacitly departed 4 and left h er f ree to accept the offer which her form faithful inamorata now promptly made her, and whic h we need scarcely - say was a t once accepted and the marital rites in two short days were celebrated.-- Weishm" SCARCIT Y or SALMON.—It is said that there have been fewer Sal mon i n t h e r i ver W ye t hi s season than for the last forty yegtm—Atonnumihshirc BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday, the 29th of August, 1850, at the offices, No. 37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. James Low, Esq , in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said—lt was from the confidence which the directors had in the soundness 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 expenses 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 for that purpose. The data of 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 gritifying td find that thirty•four per cent. of the premiums bad been suffi• cient for that purpose, from the commencement to the present time. They had, 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 such an interest in this' association as to recommend 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 two 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: BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. REPORT. " The second year of the existence of the British Em pire Mutual Fire Assurance Society terminated June 30, 1850. • " During the period since its formation the sum of 2,4941. Bs. ltd. bas been received as gross premiums, covering 2,830 policies issued to the amount of 1,163,5111. " The losses during the same period have amounted in the gross to 9621. Is 53., of which, however, 1111. 7a. 9d. 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. 13s. Bd., which gives, compared with the premiums, the proportion of 34 per cent. " The steady increase day by day, since the forma tion of the society, of the business; the number of in fluential citizens enrolled as members; the care with which risks are taken, and the small proportion of losses in a period in which, owing to the number and alarming magnitude of conflagrations (among which may be instanced those of Ashwell, Cottenhato, Cambridge ; York-road, Lambeth; Gravesend, &c., &c.), acarc2ly any office in Loudon has escaped heavy damage, evidenc.s that the application of the mutual principle to fire ae surance by this society deserves and enjoys the full tidts ; of public confidence. The loses of the society would have been still fur ther reduced had the assurance of thatched buildings been I arli,r discontinued. In some instances, as at Great Ashwell and Cottenham, whole villages roofed mainly with thatch, have been more than half destroyed. " The agency of the society has had the attention of the directors, and probably 200 agents have been visited during the year by the directors and official staff. In very many 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 business 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 membernof the society, to 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 his friends, with the advice, ' Do 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 d e t a il s o f expen di ture could be furnished to the meeting ? Tne 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. H. 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 directors. In answer to this question, it appeared that the business had been doubled in the second year, and was progressing in the same ratio in the few 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 year. Mr. SANDERS said the explanations given were per fectly satisfactory, which sentiment was audibly re ,sponded to throughout the room. Mr. BLACKETT said he could not attend such a meeting without being impressed with the thought that a new era had commenced in the arrangements for our public safety. The advantages of mutual life assurance had been.long established, and had been found so great, : that it was desirable to apply the same principle -to fire assurance • but he had n o t been preparedj or suc h a decisive exhibition of the advan tage, :in - this depart ment, as the report presented. It rile a gratifying fact, that, with so much busi ness as had been done, so small a proportion of the premiums should have proved sufficient to meet all the losses. It was plain that a large profit must attach to fire insurance ; 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 period this society would be one of the leading institutions of the metropolis. Considering the large increase of buildings necessary to provide for was our annually• ex t en di ng p o p u l a ti on , there plenty of room for it s p rogress . H e co uld not avoid complete noticingy the confid ence t h e di rec tors had is their success, elicited by the fact that t had voluntarily members from loss; subscribed a capital to protect the it must inspire them with a like confidence. I le f a h leaders and when they had such out, it li of .o t u h ld is society e t were more extensively carried e persons to insure who had hitherto neglected ; it wo uld give a greater protection .to property, and a great public benefit would be achieved. He 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 o - fficers, 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 be would move. It was to this effect : " That this meeting is much gratified with the extra ordinary success which has marked the progress of the society, and hails it as a further conflrmatio . n of its view.; et the seal end ability9l' the c4.Fe°t ° ll, 50 it 4 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 consideration the conduct of the workmen 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 vilify the men who had so well and so truly sup ported the character of Englishmen ; but he (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•ng could prevail among them upon the subject. The Chairman concluded by announcing that several gentlemen would now address the meeting. Mr. JULIAN Hearser having read several Lett , -rs of apology from parties who were invited to attend, Mr. WM. Ruvrer moved the first resolution. He said they had met not only for the purpose of congra tukting their fellow countrymen in the employment of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins on the conduct they had displayed, but also that they might let the mon ster Haynau know how they sympathised with those on whom his atrouities had been committed. After all, the Chartists who had been committed to prison had not suffered in vein. The principles of liberty had been deeply instilled, and hatred of tyranny had been generally inbibed by the people. He concluded by proposing the following resolution : ItesOced,—That all the people of the earth are brethren, that the infliction of tyranny and cruelty upon aly country is an outrage to all nations—that the Italians and Hungarians command their sympathy, and their Austrian oppressors the hatred of the people of the United King& m that foremost amongst the Austrian tyrants of Italy, and chief amongst the Austrian scourges of Hungary, rands Marshal Haynan, the military murderer, executioner, and woman. flogger. That the aforesaid Marshal Haynie: is the enemy of the human race, outlawed by the voice. of the people, and amenable to popular junks; and that, therefore, the humiliating punishment indicted upon that. miscreant, on the occasion of his visit to Barclay and Perkins's brewery, was honourable and prataiworthy to. the administrators thereof; and that this meeting de clares that the b: emery workmen, and the high-spir ited men and women who assisted them in chas tising the Austrian assassin, have deserved well of their country, and are entitled to the thanks of the friends of freedom and justice throughout the world." Mr. JULIAN HARNEY seconded the resolution. At the conclusion of Mr. Harney's speech the Marseilldise Hym 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 confident 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 Continent. Whatever might hereafter happen on the Continent, the treat ment which Haynau had received would prevent ail such men from showing their faces in England. Ai 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. BROWN, a working man, next came forward. He commenced 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 Ernest Jones, of the fa vourite.-French song. " Mourir Pour la Petrie," in which the meeting enthusiastically joined. The next speaker was a Mr. Ossourix, 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. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. EXAMINATION FOR DEGREES. The Council of this University have announced that the examinations for degrees will take place as follow : BACHELOR OF A RTC—Pass Examination, Oct. 28 to 31. Examination for Honours, Nov. sto 22. Dc CTOR (7 'AWL—Oct. 28, Common Law by printed papers. One of the four following subjects. by printed papers:-1, Conveyancing, according to the laws of England and Ireland; 2, Law of the Courts of Equity of 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 subjects, by printed papers:-1, Roman Law, science of legislation applied to; 2, International Law; S, Civil Law; 4, Crimi na l Law; 5, Law of Evidence; 6, Judicial Organization; 7, Procedure. BACHELOR OF MEDICINE.—Pass Examination, Nov. 4. Examination for Honours, Nov. 19 to 22. Pbyai ol"gy, Comparative Anatomy, Surgery, Medicine, and Mid wifery. DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.—Nov. 25 to 29, Examination on the Answers to the Printed Papers and on the Com mentaries arid Examination for a Certificate of Special Proficiency in Medicine, Surgery, or Midwifery, as de termined by the candidate's choice of the case for com mentary. THE HARVEST.--Anuther week 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 of Yorkshire, even on the high grounds, every kind of grain is fit for the sickle or the scythe, the crops having this year ripened 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 1' orkshire is already cut, an d perhaps one-fourth is stacked. Nothing is wanted but hands to enable the farmers to secure their harvest within a few days. Whilst, however, the cora will be well got, and at as unusually small cost, we fear the wheat w ill be decidedly below an averagein the yield. In very many places we hear of mildew—in some, of rust— and in many, of considerable loss by the high wind of Monday weak, which thrashed out much of 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. The potatoes are injured in many places, but The disease has not very recently spread inaterially.—Lescis 41ercury.