The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-23 00:00:00

BANK RET URNS. (From. the Lii;tdort GLsrette of Tuesday.) An Ace;ount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 10th day of Augnit, 1850:—* Average PRIVATE B ANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 14.230 Ashford Bank, Ashford--Jecumitt and Pomfret 10.842 Aylshain Bank, Aylaham—R. and G Copeman 5,126 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford and Hunt 27,354 Blida& Bank and Baidock and Big,fglesvrado Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lmdsell ... 21.977 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,268 Basingstoke and Odilavr. Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and C 0.,.... ~...,„„...., Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Banc, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bavcdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 12,435 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .. ..• ••• 15,221 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoc ds, Spooner, and Co 22,907 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birmin ham--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons 11.686 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard aria Cal: 7.570 Boston Bank, Boston—Gar fit and Co . 52,955 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 8,431 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 5.769 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 35,284 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 17,122 Backinzham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 61.420 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 26,229 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 22.397 Baer. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Le;ghton Buzzard Bank, Leightoa Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 34,217 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 13,256 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Vv'ilkins and Co 61,359 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and C 0... Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 9,892 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sorts Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam- 14,966 bridge—Messrs. Forster; Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co 35,907 25,280 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—llound, Green, 17,171 2,607 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and fladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co, Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- 16,001 30,584 32,410 cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co.• Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, 6,930 17,039 72,496 and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank ' Mon- Tnouth Old Bank, Monrocuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—l3romage, Snead, and Co. ...... Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby 010. Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Batik, Devizes—Hughes Lozke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fineham, and Co D oneaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew. and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncastar— Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—liodgo and Nor- 61,670 66,286 9,81 1 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Rohins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Boverley—Bower, and Co• Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford--Sparrow. and Co. 39,033 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 25,005 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. arringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 5,360 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 11,296 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 4,990 Godalming Bank, Godabning—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham--Kewney and King - Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... 9,059 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 20,480 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hader, and Co. 5,529 22,116 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Rank, Honiton--Flood and Co. Hertforlishire,Hitehen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples 13,377 10,674 15,591 35,825 5,760 20,976 and Co. Hereford. Ross, and Archenfield - Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hacilcigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and. Co Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington .and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J J Myles and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knamsboroug,h—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, 31,023 18,755 17,031 56,614 13,994 18.996 6,805 20,043 and Co. Kettering;Bank, Kettering-0 otz.•'n and Sons,,. Lane End - StmHordthire Bank, Lane End—C. 35,967 7,979 111,rv.77 tnd Son Loch 134.0 k, Leecl3—Beckett an 4 Co fte.ls7.7nion Bank,LL , eds—W.Williams, Brown, 5,271 52,694 and C ) Leek and Smifordihire Bank, awl Leek and 35,921 Cons;le ton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, anclC 0. Lei ,;ester Bank,.Leicester—Pagets and Kirby Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—ltolineux and Co.._ Liol&eld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green., Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Liandilo Bank, Llando ve-, y —David .Thnas and Co. Loue:hborou , ,7,h Bank, Loughboroagh—Middle tona and Cradock Lyrnington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. SC 23.447 25,981 15,235 72,448 19,541 I3arb; Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jar7is and Co. Macclw;field Bank, Macclesfiell—Brooklehurst 33,160 10,410 and Co Manningtree Bank,Maniingtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, 7`,larlborough and Wilts Old Batik, Marlborough OH Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and 11ungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillis!: Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams. Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyana s and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny —Baileys and Co 25,194 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead 15,686 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and 50n5..... 7,770 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 18,446 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 21,294 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond. and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—aarvey s and Hudsons 43,315 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Qur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co Nneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and 1.5,188 5,695 8,431 1,865 5.291 10,958 62,709 7,355 Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and Co New Strum Bank, Sarum Everett, and C o Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 27,195 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co 14,158 Oxford Sank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell ..... Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. . Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beaching and Sons Oxfordshire Witney Batik, Witney—Clineh, S4cl CO •••••* 3,012 23,692 7,133 6,765 7,677 8,759 26,782 23,170 9.564 9,827 5,323 3,668 Average Amount. Pease a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Peter borough—M.ssrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson 38,713 10,269 and White Petnorokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds . and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co — _ Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood, Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches- ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co Ross (Ad Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and All?way Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—•Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne ant Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton —Maddison and Pearce 11,802 Southwell Bank, Southwell—AVylde and Co. Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King O • ••• ••• • •• - Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 1,365 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co .... .... Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Cc 11,189 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, 21,330 Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Hertl Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 22,352 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 9,265 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne 8,671 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 9,079 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 9,857 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Allnatt Sc, Co 8,107 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway mid Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers West Riding. Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wa:efield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. 41,142 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 10,909 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co 6,057 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. ... . 29,499 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good riche and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 7,510 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 61,427 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton — Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbe , ...k, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 9,136 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co 37,814 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Ranking Company, Bradford 49,722 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,637 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 17,351 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,603 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 16,448 9,125 gL East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 125,026 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,724 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,310 Hull Banking Company, Hull 23,292 Halifsot Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,441 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,765 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, _ _ _ KnaresborOugh - 20,422 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 2,417 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 50,651 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 42,489 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 30,277 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle. Shields. and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,275 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-olfice, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London 343,566 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 37,332 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 59,667 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 21,316 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester . . 36,834 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 2,730 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield . 33,092 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford43,4lo Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stonrbridgo and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and li a ll ams hi re B an ki ng C ompany, Sheffield . 23,605 Sheffield and Rotherh am J o i nt - Stock Banking Company, Sh-111,A. Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, 52,639 Richmond ... Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury . • ..................................... 9,691 Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield Wolverhampton add Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton _ Wakefield and Bar oi le y L mon Bans, Wakefield 13,537 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven ........ Warwick and Lewnii.gton Banking Company, 25,232 Warwick West of England awl South Wales District Bank. Bristol 69 ' 388 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 65, 387 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester 3,360 York Union Banking Company, York 63,140 York City and County Banking Company, York 79,090 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland ileyenue, 2 ,s9caerset/1 9 u30, Accust 17, 1850. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN. Tne half••yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Railway Company vs as held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, fur the purpose of receiving a report from the directors, and for the transactiuri of other business. Long before the hour of meeting (one o'clock) the room was immensely crowded with shareholders, as was also the gallery across the end of the room. Precisely at one o'clock the Chairman, EDWARD LADD BETTS, Esq., and the directors entered the room, NN hich was the signal for a clapping of hands. Tne Secretary, Mr. RONEY, read the notice con vening the meeting, and also the following report of the directors : "On completing the first year of their official duties, the directors have to report that, notwithstanding the many difficulties acd complications arising out of the past, they have reason to be satisfied with the progress whiclahas been male towards the establishment of order in the current business of the company, the restoration of its credit, and the arrangements that have been effected, materially tending to reduce the heavy ex peuses to which the revenue has been hitherto sabj, ct. The accounts for the half-year have been made out on the principles and form approved by the proprietors at the last meeting by Messrs. Q litter and Co., and they have been subject to the continuous audit of nlessrs. Reeves and Mayhew, to whom that important duty was assigned by their co-proprietors. The capital account having been virtually closed, in accord 11:100 with the re solution of the last half-yearly meeting, the revenue is now debited with all disburseeuents, aed it will be oh served that the half-year's income has been charged with 15,4181. 2s. 2d. for the rebuilding and replacement of engines and carriages, and that the sum of 8.0001. has been carried to the credit of the reserve fund fur the renewal of permanent way and works. A portion of this fund has beau applied to the renewal of the Col che.ter line, and the repair of statons, as shown in the accounts. The directors being of opinion, from the ex perience they have acquired of the condition of the pro perty, that a smaller sum than that recommended by the committee of investigation will be sufficient for the renewal of the way and works, rezommend the share holders to sanction their reserving hereafter 22 0001. a year in place of 32,0001.; and it is proposed that this sum should be apportioned by charging the revenue of each halt-)ear ending the 4th of January with 14,0001., arid the half-year ending the 4th of July with 8,000/. The receipts of the halt-year are 400,705/. 12a. 5d , of whiele 53,536/. 11E. 3d. has been derived from the Nor fulk Railway, and the charges as apportioned by the ac countants against that line amount to 37,1811 7s. 7d. The Norfolk revenue has been charged with 4004 as the expenses of the joint committee during the year. The directors regret to announce the unsatisfactory result of the working of the Norfolk line during the p ast half year as compared with former periods; this is chiefly to be attributed to the opening of the Eastern Union Com pany's extension to Norwich, and the consequent division of the traffic to and from London and Norwich and the districts lying between the two lines of railway; while their junction, which must bring a considerable traffic upon the Norfolk Railway, still remains to be made by the Eastern Union Company. The charges and expenses against revenue during the half-year amount to 365,210/. 4s. 3d., leaving 35,495/. Be. 21, to which mutt be added the eurplus left after paying the last dividend, namely, 1,620/. 175., making an available balance of 37,1161. 53. 2J. The directors therefore recotemsnol a dividend upon the consolidated stock of the Eastern Counties Railway Company of 2;. per share. and a payment to the NorfOle Company suffi cient to give an equal dividend on their consolidated stock, according to the agreement subsisting bet "seen the two companies. The directors have purchased No. 2 Five per Cent. Stock, amounting to 3,2661. 133. 41., formerly issued in exce,s, and have cancelled the certificates, as was resolved at the last half-yearly meeting; they also gave notice to the holders of the York Extension Five per Cent. Guaranteed Stuck that they might be paid off at par on Crie 10:h of June last. In pursuance of which notice, hold rs of that stock, to the amount of 25 840/, had consented to receive payment when the half-year's aecounts were closed, leaving 18,080/. then to be dealt with, part of which has since been paid off; and this stock will be replaced by debentures at lower rates of interest. Your accountants are still engaged in the ex amination of the capital account, which they have not been able to complete during the past half-year. Sundry payments formerly made in error or in excess have been discovered, some ef which are now recovereble; these ' will amount to more than sufficient to pay the cost of this laeorious investigation, and the directors therefore recommend that it be steadily pursued. Since the half year's accounts were closed, the reference between the company and Mr. George Hudson, arising out of the Wisbeach and St. Ives Railway transactions, has been decided, and the sum of 1,0001, with interest at five per cent. for three years and three-quarters, making to gether 1,187/. 10s., have been awarded to the company and paid by Mr. Hudson, who has also paid the costs of reference. The attempt, by a separate company, to obtain an Act of Parliament to make a railway from Cambridge to Shepreth having been defeated, and the powers of this company to take land for a branch line in the same direction—namely from Shplford, near Cambridge, to the termination of the R system and Hitchin Railway at Shepretb, being limited as to time, the directors took means to get possession of the ground without delay, and they have the satisfaction to state that it was obtained on comparatively reasonable terms, and in all cares by amicable arrangement with the owners and occupiers. Specifications have been pre pared, and contracts aro advertised for the whole of the works, which are intended to be completed in time for the opening of the Royston and Hitchin Railway. During the present session of Parliament an Act was sought by the Blackwell Railway Company to obtain running powers over the whole of the Eastern Counties Railway; and, had the attempt been successful, the result to this company would have been unjust and in jurious. The directors, however, have the satisfaction to announce, that by the opposition they were enabled to present to this Bill in the Committee of the House of Commons, the powers sought were reduced to such limits as to render it unnecessary to carry the opposi tion further. These have increased the law charges of the company during the past half-year. The Eastern Union Company have obtained an Act of Parliament, giving them an extension of time to make the branch to Harwich, and other powers; and although the direc tors felt it their duty to call on the proprietors, at their last general meeting, to refuse their assent to certain clauses intended to have been inserted in that Act, they believed great advantages to both companies would result from the opening of the Harwich branch, and they shall be glad if the Eastern Union directors are enabled to devise some mode of completing it, in which the directors can advise this company to co-operate with them. The directors regret that they have not suceeeded in con cluding an arrangement with the Great Northern Reit way Company; but being well aware of the loss which must be sustained by bete companies in the event of a hostile competition, they trust that a good understanding may be maintained between them until some definite arrangement be made. The directors regret that it should have been der med expedient by the Newmarket Company to discontinue the working of their rail nay. It has b: en a subject of much care and anxiety to this board, and several propositions have been made to the Newmarket Company for working their traffic, but the directors feel it impossible, consistent with your in terests to offer more than they have already done, namely, to work the Newmark. t Railway at cost price, and without any profit to this company beyond what might arise from traffic thus brought upon the Eastern Counties Line. The carriages and other materials be longing to that company, hell by the Eastern Counties as security for their debt, will shortly be taken at a va luation. The Electric Telegraph Company's agrewnent ' to work arid maintain the apparatus up an this railway having some time ago expired, remained in abeyance when the present directors took office; negotiations have hi en since pending which kayo resulted in a new agree ment between the two companies, to the effect that a f.ir allowance shall be made to this company out t f the re ceipts for commercial and general messages sent along their line, so that in future it will be their interest and policy to extend more freely to the public in the eastern counties the benefits of the telegraph, and to induce the more fieqeent use of this rapid mode of communicating imelligence. The Lowestoft harbour has be ea finished within the estimate, under the superintendence of Cap tain Andrews, the harbour-master, who has been de servedly appointed by the Trinity Board superintendent of pilots for the porn which is now much frequented as a harbour of refuge, necessitate at all times of tide to vessels of twelve feet draft of water, and to ships of the larger class at high water. The trade of the port con tinues steadily to increase, nearly a thousand vessels Craving, entered the harbour for trade or refuge during the past year; nod new residences are rapid:y rising on the south side of tho harbour, which, with the e;planade and pier, will render Lowestoft an attractive watering place for the citizens of Norwich and the inhabitants of the midland counties, who have ready access to it by the railways cenverging at Peterborough. The works upon the Eastern Counties Railway being now completed the directors are enabled to dispense with the services of a resident engineer, besides effecting other reductions in that department, and to place the maintenance of the way and works in charge t f the superintendent. The directors suggest that provident funds should be raised among their officers and servants, to which the com pany should contribute, in order to afford, under pro per regulations, some provision for their famniss in case of accident or injury, to which such men are much exposed, as also in the event of their becoming untib'e to perform their duties through age, sickness, or infirmity. In the extensive workshop; at. Stratford tl - ere is now training up a body of men to work and'repair the com pany's engines, upon whose skill and intelligence much depends. The directors desire to assist them in acquiring a practically useful education, to fit them for and xp e p n r i t d ; n t h t oper h rkoid a rp b u,t ai t yene s , tdloao m rts,sho a .wem y ye 03)1 tl b tria e uvar: e istn ff git i th e t e e such service. These obj,cte, to encourage education e a e s ts veryof tthe e o moderate til . interests a t e t r tp o i )s r;. la y losf trequitetoh„ enginest hwille past aasnt meet dhe t aa h i approba tion o p b rbo a y - - contract haie been urged upon the director"sley several, whose knowledge and experience in railway manage ment are entitled to great respect, and persons of skill and responsibility have Clime forward with substantial offers to undertake such contracts, so that the board felt bound to give this subject their beat attention; but after having maturely considered it they are of opinion that it is not for the interest of the proprietors that they should lease the working of their line. The directors have, there's:are, appointed Mr. John V. 'Gooe` , , late of the South-Western Railway, as superintendent of the locomotive el, p irtne nt. It is the painful duty of the directors to rPport that, owing to circumstances whL h 6,995 8,785 27,599 26,888 5,813 8,297 5,470 8,488 10,538 9,808 12,133 4,014 21,78 11,970 21,806 26,029 2,996 9,006 9,218 NG, AUGUST 23, arose on inquiring into the payments formerly made for land and other purposes, terough Mr. Deutcera the late solicitor to the company, they found it neces sary to direct the accountants stricily to examine all those transactions; and the result of these inquiries, as reported by Messrs. Quilter and Company, has ben that various sums of money, for which cheques had been given to Mr. Duncan, were not paid by him for the purposes intended; that other sums had been charged and paid twice over; and that certain payarnts reported to have be( n made, had not been made. Mr. Duncan having delivered, and having been paid, his Parliamentary accounts- to a point, by the farmer direc tors, according to a scale of charges agreed upon, he has since also demanded to have additional remuneration for the same services, on the ground that the scale agreed upon was below the usual charges, and that he has not had the amount of business he was led to expect wren the scale was fixed. A copy of the accountants' report was given to Mr. Duncan, and an explaeation required. The answer received contained an of er of resignation, which the directors accepted; and they forthwith sought the assistance of Messre. Croce der and Maynard, who are at present acting as solicitors to the company, and by whose advice they are and will be guided in any proceedings which may take place. It will be remem bered that, at the time the present directors took office, Mr. Duncan continued to conduct the law business of t h e c ompany, although he had proviouAy tendered his resignation. The well-known talent of Mr. Duncan, the intimate knowledge he posse sed of all the company's affairs, and the zeal and industry he displayed in their service, during a period of transition, when there was also much dispute and litigation, rendered it prudent and necessary to request him to withdraw his resigna tion, and it was not until time and opportunity had been found to search into p est transaction:a that the present directors could obtain knowledge of thefe errors. In concluding this report, the directors venture to state their hope and belief that, difficult and harrassing as their duties have been, and still are, they shall, if they continue to possess the confidence and support of the proprietors, be able substantially to improve the condi tion and prospecis of the company, and to lessen the working expenses. In so doing they would repeat their resolution, more than once expressed, to endeavour, by conciliatory means, and by co-operation with neigtebdur ing railways, rather than by competition with them, to secure to this company and to the great system of rail ways in the eastern division o f E ng l an d, t h e tra ffi c an d re venue which they ought to possess and retain. " EDWARD L. B ETTS , Ch a i rman ." The following is the Auditors' report : " 57, Coleman -street, Aug. 9, 1850. " Gentlemen,—We regret that, notwithstanding the utmost diligence and perseverance, we find ourselves still unable to wake a complete report of the result of our investiga'ion and analysis of the capital expenditure of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. "The examination has a twofold object: namely, tic ascertainment of the integrity of the e xpenditure charged; and the production of an accurate and lucid statement of it, in order to the due exhibition, under appropriate heads, of the cost of the various lines and works executed. " The extent and multifarious character of the trans actions which constitute the subject-matter of investiga tion would alone render much time and great labour necessary in order to its satisfactory completion; but the difficulties we have met with in the conduct of our in quiries have not been simply those which necessarily pertain to every operation of the like nature; we have had to act upon contused, imperfect, and erroneous ac counts, only partially supported or explained by vouchers, while the vouchers that could be found were promis cously heaped together without order or arrangtmeut; added to which there existed a general want of uni formity in the mode of treating various parts of the same t. i similar accounts at dlfferent periods. " In this state o f circumstances we found it indispens ably necessary, in order to carry on the examinati on in telligibly and with c e rtainty, to establish supplemental hocks; and, in effect, to reform the entire accounts for a considerable period, openieg a personal account with each individual recipient of the company's cash, and al lowing no credits to 1- uch recipients in discharge of cash paid to them, except upon the authority of bills, in voices, certificates, or other ade qu stn vouchers. " r he deficiency of voucbcrs has thus proved a 'ruit ful source of difficulty and delay, leading unavoidably to much correspondence and personal discussion . with par ties, in order to outain from them the iuformatioa which the vouchers would have afforded. " Although to the causes thus glanced at is to be mainly referred the non-terminetion of this inquiry, it is to be borne in mind, that in a idition to the continued investigation of the capital expenditure, we hate been called upon during the half year to perform . certain other special services connected with, or arising out of, the accounts, such as extensive calculations to det?rnnine the amount earned by the company's traffic over each particular section of the line, with a view to the formadou of a basis win reon to found a re vision of the present system of rating railways for pa rochial purposes, the preparation of the voluminous re turn made to the House o f Lords in answer to the order obtained by Lord Brougham and other matters. " We may also Location that the examination of the important items of land purchases and compensation has been attended with peculiar difficulties; the course of our examination into these matters in connexion with the pecuniary transactions conducted through the agency of the late solicitor to the . company, made c l ear t h e ne cessity, in order to do justice to the interests of the shareholders, of subjecting the whole of those transac tions to a most rigorous scrutiny. "The meagre and unsatisfactory state of the infor mation which we found existing in relation to this branch of the inquiry had been an especial cause of delay; but having already made a report to you upon it, we do not feel it to be necessary now to refer to the subject, further than to state that we are still pur suing it; and that since the date cf the report alluded to, we have found further sums to be accounted for by Mr. Duncan, which, together with those reported, make a present total of about 30,0004 to be accounted for by that gentleman. The items of which that total is com posed occur at various dates during the years 1845, 1846, 1847, and 1848. " Independently of the advantages which must neces sarily result from this extensive examination, in the sense of a well informed conviction produced by it, of the truthfulness of the accounts when finally settled, and the more intelligible and comprehensive view which it will have been the means of presenting of the character and lucation of the objects to which the company's capital has been applied, it has alriady been productive of direct pecuni-sy hwnefit in the discovery and setting r:ght of errors to the extent of upwards of 6,0001., ex clusive of the important result of a similar character arising out of the examination of the transactions and proceedings of the late solicitor.—We remain, gentle men, your most obedient servants, " QUILTER, BALL, and Co. "To the Chairman and Directors of the Eastern Counties 11,ilway." The CHAIRMAN said in that room there was gene of opinion, and he trusted to rally a great diversity day they should gain a better ch a racter for order than they had hitherto obtained.—(Rear, hear.) The very great difficulties that the directors had experienced in getting correct information of the company's affairs, and the want of discipline they had found in every department of their service, lezd rendered it almost impossible to carry out those reforms which they all felt to be necessary, and now more than even—(lle:a, hear) The most important point, which was now so much before the public, and in which the shareholders were all so deeply interested, was the locomotive de partment of their railway. This half year tenders had been received from most substantial gentlemen who were wilting to take the working of the line at correct r v re e rc r e t y cotr c sd o a n vt. s . , d r e e a r rsda able tiist s fi a he ein d ' ad gt beenh e t o r tle fa;offuan affairs aw shareholders. deirfeli c basedult lhe ' o n ques tion to decide how the proposed saving was to be carried out. It had been thought desirable by the directors to advertise for a suitable locomotive superintendent, and out of seventy or eighty appli cants they ha i chosen Mr. John Goccb.—(Cheers and hisses.) That gentleman had come to the directors with the highest testimonials from every leading en gineer of this country ; and from the knowledge they lead . of his private character and his professional experience the directors were satisfied they bad taken a right step in placing Mr. Gooch at the head of the locomotive department.—(Hear, hear, and disapprobation.) With respect to the strike among the engine -drivers, the drivers complained that they were not fairly heard. Tee men were asked to wait until the directors had ex amined into the causes of their complaints. He (the Chairman) asked Mr. Gooch, with a view to that inquiry, to stare to him all the fines that had been imposed on the men. He did so ; but in the interim every man of them resig ned.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Shame.") Under the circum stances the directors considered it prudent to accept the resignation of the men. He (f he Chair man) and another of the directors had investigated every one of the fines that had been imposed, and he told the meeting, e s a practic al man, that there was not a fine impo s ed which ought not to have been im posed.—(Hear, hear.) Such had been the want of discipline among the men at Stratford, that it had resulted in the loss of almost the whole dividend.—(Hear, hear.) The men were generally fined for n o t reporting i n stances of mischief which they had done, whether they had any control over them or not. (The lion. Gentleman here related several instances of misconduct on the part of the men.) Another q uestion h ed been mooted as to whether these flees had been returned to the men. The fact was , that when the men they gave the directors came to be paid they intended to test the to understand that legality of the fines which hed been imposed, and to i initted them.— (Hear, hear.) On Thursday last the their new the directors, not wishing insist on the fines, re with with thedirectors comma aced exception the men on of a trifling shaking and, Norfolk distric t, w hich one of the passenger trains had, there had been no accident on the lines ; and although a great number of strange men had been brought together, they were keeping time better than he (the Chairman) ever could have expected.— and sand (Cheers.) The Honoura ble Gentleman then pro - : ceeded t o d eta il se veral mali cious acts on the part of the driver s p rev iously to i eaving the company's ere_ Ploy, such as tieing song n t o the engine - boilers, of difficult to g of the carriet rid, and tallow grease which it was P (A Voice—e , Don't take t hem back.") He (the Chair mar) held in his han d the character every 12 4 11 into the axl e-boles ages.— f who had assisted the company on this occasion. He bad locked through every one of those charact and there was not a man on. the line at this time w was not equal to his duties ; there were seventy five of them, and eighteen more of a first-rate character were now on their way to jeia the E astern Counties line, from the north and south. The directors did not intend to reduce the wages of the drivers.4-(Elear, hear.) They were only de sirous of exercising such econonomy in the manage ment of the line as any man would wish to do in his own private business.—(Loud cheers.) With respect to the accounts, although the directors had not been able to effect much saving, what there was 'was in the right direction. The receipts per mile in the corresponding half-year with this were 1,2361.; this year they were 1,2401 ; and while their working expenses of the corresponding half•year were 6221., this year they were 5981.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the re ne'a al fund the directors had thought it right to bring it down at once to the point at which they thought it prudent to cmatinue it. The capital account stood exactly in the same posi tion as they placed it last half-year, and al though Mr. Duncan's defalcations had occurred, the directors had the great satisfaction of telling the meeting the margin they then took was still amply sufficient to cover them, and there would be no increase on that account. The irregularities of Mr. Duncan took place before the present board came into office, and it was a matter over which they had no control. The Norfolk estimate of this half-year was any thing but satisfactory.—(Hear, hear.) They had upon the Eastern Union line an apparent loss of revenue, compared with the corresponding half-year, of 20,0001.—that was on the actual revenue on that line, and there had been an increase in the mileage which had been adopted, more fully to develope the resources of the district, and possibly that had been a mistake. The Hon. Gentleman concluded, after some farther remarks, by moving the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. THOMAS WOODLEY, a grocer at Cambridge, was grieved to say he stood there as the representa tive of a deceased friend, who had left him a very nice legacy in the Eastern Union Railway.—(Laughter.) He would ask why, when the Cambridge people took a day ticket from Cambridge to London for 155., they should have Is. 9d. tacked to it? Where was the justice or policy of such a charge ?—(Laughter.) With respect to the combination among the drivers, he thought some blame attached to the directors for not having shown the men a little more courtesy. — (Loud cries of " No, no.") The speaker proceeded to recur to the grievance of "one and ninepence," but the proposition was received with bursts of laughter. The CHAIRMAN said if the gentleman would call at the office, he would give him every satisfaction in re lation to his complaint. Mr. Woom.Ey, amid a scene of great confusion, attempted still to dilate on his complaint. Lou' cries of " Turn him out " resounded from all parts of the room ; and Mr. Woodley event ua ll y Eat d own amid loud cheers. Dr. RILEY, of Ware, had attended there at much personal loss , and until he arri ve d i n L on d on h e was totally ignorant that the report of the directors was in circulation. He contended that it was a great in convenience to the shareholders that they hart not had the report in their hands till just immediately before the hour of meeting. He a: - -ked the directors to give a reason for so bad an arrangement.—(Uproar ) Mr. N,ITIIAN complained that the directors had raised their fares on the Colchester line, to the pre judice of the Eastern Union line. Toe CHAIRMIN said the directors had endeavoured to raise the fares at every point legitimately to the highest limit, where there was not competition. Mr. NATHAN asked if the directors were going to bring the Norf . () line before Parliament again ? CHAIRMAN was understood to reply in the ne gative, unless the shareholders should determine otherwise. Mr. NATHAN was proceeding, on the authority of an anonymous letter, to question some of the items in the accounts, when Mr. ELLica,a director, intimated that that was not a question which could come fairly before that meeting; and asked Mr. Nathan if it was prudent to read an anonymous letter to such a meeting as that? Mr. NATHAN, waiving the question, proceeded to say that the directors ought to do their duty by their men, but he would rather lose his dividend than see any one of the drivers who had struck do an unjust thing to the directors, or the directors do an unjust thing to the men.--(Cheers.) Mr. Cox, of the Harrow-road, said he was on the side—if he was on any side—of the engine-men, because they were the weakest. It was highly im proper that any body of men should ever be in the power of those who employed them. He was sorry to see in the Times—(lronical cries cf "Hear, hear") — a leaning to the conspiracy on the part of the men. The question for the meeting, however, was whether the men were in the right or the wrong. He denied the statement made by the men that the directors had said that they might go about their business on the following Monday morning. —(Hear, bear.) It was the men who sent in their own resignations.-- (Hear, hear and cheers.) He contended that the Times' proprietors themselves would not tolerate such a combination among their own men.—(Hear, hear.) There was an example on record where, on such a combination showing itself among the men at the Times' office, the paper was one morning, through the address of the late Mr. Walters, printed by steam, to the great amazement of them all. The CiaAIRMAN, in reply to a question pat by the preceding speaker, said the directors would not gain by shutting up the Enfield line, but they gained very little by keeping it open. Mr. Box asked under what agreement the direc• tors were acting with the Norfolk Company ? The CHAIRMAN said there was no agreement of amalgamation, but there was a working agreement entered into in that room on the 2d May, 1848, under seal and confirmed by the shareholders. Mr. Box submitted that by reason of that amalga mation the shareholders had sustained considerable loss, and that but for it they would now have a divi dend of Lls. instead of 2s. a share.—(Hear.) Mr, llowEs attempted to show from the accounts tbat a loss of something like 13,0001. during the last year had resulted from the continuation of the Nor fo!k amalgamation. He asked whether the agree ment with the Norfolk Company was of such a cha racter that they could, if they thought proper, repu diate it to-morrow ? (Cries of "No, no.") The CHAIRMAN said the agreement had been drawn up by counsel, and the directors had been advised by Messrs. Talbot and Hope that it could not be set aside. Me. HowEs was sorry to hear it. He hoped, how ever, that this amalgamation would not be continued at a loss to the company any longer than could pos sibly be avoided.—(l - lear.) Mr. W. PRICE said any agreement, working agree ment or otherwise, which should alter the accounts of the company, without having first been sanctioned by Act of Parliament, was illegal, and could not be jus tified. He made his solemn protest against the faith fulness of the.• printed accounts of the company, in that they were not rendered precisely in the form re quired by the Act of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting of the perfect legality of the agreement. Mr. MCLAURIN admitted that the accounts ren dered with respect to the Norfolk Railway Company were correct, -as far as those accounts went; but he contended there should be no distinction made be tween tha working expenses on the Norfolk line and those on the Eastern Counties line, which had been made by Mr. Quitter in making up the accounts. The CHAIRMAN said, everything that could be kept I separate had been kept separate cn the two lines. _ • - - ------- Mr. MeLanais went into a statement of figures, from which he sought to deduce that the working expenses of this line were unnecessary, extravagant, and enormous—(Hear, hear)—and that it? only re quired economical and prudent management on the part of the directors to make this company one of the finest and most remunerative of any in the kingdom.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GILBERTS, of Hertford, said it gave him pain to hear the acts of the directors questioned in the way they were, without those gentlemen offering any de fence or explanation of themselves. He complained that there had been fictitious entries of shares in the share list in several instances, and that that had been done with the knowledge of some of the directors. Mr. BAGSRAW, M.P., defended • the' conduct of the directors with-reference to the Norfolk amalga mation, and the legality of the existing agreement. Mr. Gooch, of Birmingham, deprecated the time of the meeting being taken up in asking and answer ing questions which might be far more readily solved by a reference to the accountant. The company was a large body of carriers, and they could not of ne cessity carry out their objects collectively, and it was necessary, therefore, to delegate the management to a smaller body'of individuals. It was, however, - the duty of the shareholders to see that the directors, in whom that trust was reposed, did their duty. They must to a great extent repose confidence in their directors, and assist them in carrying out the legiti mate purposes of the company, until they found out that they were dishonest and incapable.—(Cheers.) The CUAIRMAN then put the resolution, which he declared to be carried unanimously. Mr. MCLAURIN moved that the abstract of the agreement existing between this company and the Norfolk Railway Company be made out by the soli citors of this company, and that the same be printed for the use of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties Rail way. This resolution was seconded, an I eventually adopted amid considerable uproar. A vote of thacks liras then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting, Yibkh WM of a somewhat nosey 1850. ‘ l l , ) , Lleter throughout, separated t a liqle berure four , , cl Jcg. FRAN The Precse states that severe order: have been is sued by the Prefect of Police for the seizure of all prints of a Monarchical or Legitimist tendency. During the Ivit week, it says, more than 20,000 par traits of the Count de Chambord have been seized and talitn to the Prefecture. It adds that the z.,al of the police agents has been carried so far as to seize prints representing Charles X. and Louis XVIII. GERMANY. According to the Cologne Gazette, the intention which the thvarian and VVurtemburg Governments had of forming a corps of observation on the Lover Maine, or the Central Rhine, has been abandoned for the present. A letter from Frankfort of the 15th says—" The Prussian Government, fearing that the Customs Union between Belgium and France which is spoken of may be effected, has resolved to make some con cession to Belgium, and to renew its treaty of com merce with that country." A letter from Berlin, of the 17th, in the Cologne Gazette, says—" Yesterday our Government received the invitation of the Cabinet of Vienna to send a Minister to the restricted Federal Council. It is unnecessary to say that Prussia refuses to accept the invitation. In yesterday's sitting of the provisional College of the Princes the question of a war between Prussia and Austria was discussed. Yet, notwith stanling all this, it is believed that all will terminate amicably." The German Gazette of Vienne, of the 18th, says that the corps d'arnieo of Vorarlberg has received orders to leave for Holstein, under the command of the Archduke Albert. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. A letter from Copenhagen of the 12th inst. gives some farther account of the modification of the Danish Ministry. The Count de Moltke, lately Minister of Foreign Affairs, remains President of the Council, a post which he has occupied since 1848. The port folio of Foreign Affairs passes into the hands of M. 11.?edlz de Palsg•aard, well known in diplomatic mat ters, who, conjointly with M. de Pechlin, Danish Mi nister at the Diet of Frankfort, concluded last month the treaty of peace with Prussia. M. D'Lsminger is appointed Minister of Mlrine ad interim, and Count de Reventlow-C:hninil has the ad interim portfolio of the Interior and of Justice. Letters from Hambnrgh state that the inaction of the armies is generally attributed to the efforts of the envoys of the foreign powers, who, it is said, have been sent into the two camps to prevent the renewal of hostilities. The Cologne Gazette states, on the authority of a letter from Lubeck, that orders had been sent by the Russian Government to Cranstadt to hsve all the vessels of war in that port immediately fitted out, and sent on the 15th to join the fleet off the coat of Den mark. ITAL Y. Some of the Piodmontesc journals say that the French Government is disposed to act as moil—tor in the differences which have arisen between the Sar dinian Government and Ttorne. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 17th states that friendly relatioc.s have b2en completely re-established between the Sardinian Government and the Argen tine Republic. The Piedmontese Governmcfnt has just ordered the expub , ion from its territory of two Lombard refugees, M. Alau! . o Macchi, a writer in the Italia, and M. Bianchi GiOvini, a writer in the Opinione. THE INUNDATIONS IN BELGIUM. The Brussels journals of Tuesday announce that the waters had entirely ceased that morning in the city and the greater part of the fsubourgs, and that the inhabitants were engaged in emptying their cel 'Ars. It was on Saturday night at nine o'clock that the inundation ceased to rise. It remained stationary some time, and then began flow!y to de cline. At midnight on Saturday the fall was 4 centimetres ; at ten o'clock on Sunday night 10 centimetres, and at seven o'clock on Monday morning it was 1 metre 13 centimetres. During the inundation the Bourgwestre canied cart loaris of bread and fresh water to be conveyed to the populations of the submerged quarters. In the evenings the gas lamps could not be lighted, and torches were at tached to the pillars. On Sunday the waters rushed from the Canal de Charleroi down the Rue de Flandre with the rapidity of a torrent. The damage done is very considerable, but, on the whole, it appears that fewer lives have been lost than might have been ex pected. Subscriptions have been opened for the re lief of the sufferers, and in several streets boxes have been placed' to receive contributions. Large crowds had begun to visit the places in which the ravages had been greatest. Letters from Louvain, lla,l, Vilvorde, Beverne, Melsele, Calloo, Doel, Kieldricht, Namur, Mons, Marbes-le• Chateau, and innumerable other towns and villages, give painful accounts of the damage done by the floods. In some places houses have been thrown down, in others bridges carried away, in others trees uprooted, in all crops and property to an immense amount destroyed. All the letters, how ever, represent that the floods were retiring. FORGERY ON THE AUSTRIAN GO VERNAI EN T. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—This morning James Hill (who was apprehended in this town 80020 three weeks since on a charge of being concerned In the forgery of bank notes on the Austrian Government) was again brought before the magistrates, the necessary evidencenot having yet arrived from Vienna. The facts of the case were gone into in order to induce the magistrates to extend the remand. Mr. Gem, who appeared on the part of the Austrian Embassy, detailed the circumstances under which the charge was preferred. The notes which have been forged aro known in Austria as •' Cass Assignation," and it appeared that on the 11th of July the prisoner, who formerly resided in the neighbourhood of %Volver• hampton, called upon a lithographer named Underwood. and showed him a note, having a small piece cut out of it, at the same time asking him if he could produce an imitation of it. Mr. Underwood intimated that there would be considerable difficulty in imitating it in letter • press on account of the peculiarity of the type, but that it might be done with tolerable exactness in litho graphy, ands the prisoner at once gave an order for it to be done. The space cut out from the note was the Austrian Eagle, having in fact at the back of it the figures indicating the amount of interest from time to time due upon the note, and the times at which these were payable. Whilst the work 'was being executed Underwood showed the note to several persons, and ulti mately it came to the knowledge of Mr. Stephens, the chief superintendent of police, who gave tho lithographer an indemnity on the part of the Austrian Government, and directed him to carry out the prisoner's orders, giving from time to time such information as might be necessary. The prisoner saw a proof of the note, and at that time and subsequently gave an order for 1,500 impressions. When these were completed, he called, and left a carpet bag with Mr. Underwood, directing that the notes should be put into it isnd sent to him at the George Inn, Digbeth, at the same time intimating that he wished to pay liberally, and he thought that he lied not been charged enough. It was at this hotel that the prisoner, was taken into custody, and la 4 Saturday Mr. .Stephens also took into custody a person named Ste, le, residing in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton, who 1 al been employed by Hill to make a punch easing on it the Austrian " esgle." Mr. it. A. Stephens, the chief supeeintendent of police, detailed acme additional particulars concerning the cap ture of the prisoner. On the 29th of July he saw the prisoner about mid-day going along the Bull-ring to the George Inn, and an hour afterwards saw Mr. Under wood's man go into the room where the prisoner was, with a carpet-bag; he followed, and having charge Hill with having in his possession a quantity of forg-d notes on the Austrian Government. et once took him into custody. Prisoner replied—" You don't know how much our countrymen are robbed by the Austrians, or you would not apprehend me." The key of the carpet bag was found on the prisoner's person, and in it were found the 1,500 notes in sixty parcels. He gave his name as James Hill, of America-square, London, hut on inquiry it was ascertained that he had resided there for two days only about five weeks previously. Ho in formed Hill that he had taken the prisoner Steele into custody for having made tho punch, ion which the former offered to give full information on the subject, but the punch has not yet been discovered. Mr. Underwood, lithographer, detailed the facts as far as he was concerned, as set forth above. To him the prisoner gave his name as "James William," and re quested that the transaction might be kept as private as possible. Mr. henry Mints, a German merchant, gave evidence to the effect that the notes forged were in the shape of Austrian Exchequer-bills, each note representing in value 100 florins or 101. sterling. The magistrates consented to a further remand for a week. LA pyEETISEMENT. Iloilo way's Pill s a certain t- • _ Cure for Headache, Bile, Loss of Appetite, and Lowness o f Spirits.—These invaluable pills can be taken at any time with out danger from wet or clod, requiring no restraint from busi ness or pleasure. They act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, strengthen the stomach, and promote a healthy ac tion of the liver, whereby they purify the blood, cleanse the skin, brace the nerves, and invigorate the whole system. They prove an admirable remedy also for those who suffer from a de bilitated constitution, as they create en appetite, correct indi gestion, remove bile, giddiness, nervousness, or sick headaches, and palpitation of the heart. —Sold by all Druggists, and at Protestor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. A STRANGE PUBLIC -HOUSE VISITOR. —Last week as a butcher lad, name.l Ellis, was conducting a f at cow tc wards Mr. Titley' s slaughterhouse, situate in Swine-market, Wellington, on pa sing Mr. Vickers', Barley Mow public house, the caw entered Mr. Vickers', to the no small alarm of the inmates, looked into the kitchen, where several persons I were drinking, but appearing to disdain plebeian company the cow turned round, and with the most patrician air, walked into the parlour, where was seated one solitary old gentle man, an ex-butcher, taking a snooze, who was a little sur prised at timing such a visitor. After looking at o/d marrow bones for a few seconds, the animal, being a teetotaller, re- , turned out .of the house, without calling for any drink or ' doing any damage, apparently acting the,part Of a poli ceman, " only just popped to a:e all Pas Xight." TFr E COUNTRY MAIMETS" T3ar,-;.1 , L, A UG. 22.-Tbe weather has continued..veotir c.''',...-e.ale, and wa.h occasional heavy niins, still b wheat m ark( ta rule very dull, and prices both for Eng,!;!_. and f o r e ign old are at a decline of ls per quarter wit!liitse the F fortnight. A few samples of really fine laysel%; r!gli,h brought 4 is per imperial quarter tc - es Cala d a y's market English new wheat fetched from ~_ to 45; per imperial quarter; foreign wbito frori32:4:o to 46s per 4301 b; ditto red, extra fine qualideet that ditto , 445; ditto, fine ditto, 39s to 415; ditto, orrl l e , si 31s to 33s per sack; American, and hard, 37s to 393. For flour there is a sloW 11 „ 0 a reduction of 6d per sack; English seconds fetche2lls:n, barrel. In oats, barley, and other spring, CO ;) variation to notice. Oats, Devon, and Weis." , ', 63 a f one 153 to 164 per imperial quarter; Irish whie . , r o w to 173 6d per 3201 b; ditto, black, 153 to 16 3 Pe, la geter; quarter. Beans, English, 28s to 323 anti inaper:a' ,„ w eek foreign, 243 to 28s per 480Ibs. The vals for t 7_ o o and 1,693 barrels; brie 1 le; s econd 23 3 3 fitoour! bPaira have b. ea-Wheat, 3,833 quarters; cate, 126 q uP 7OO oats, . 15, Ae ; a u v e e a r u ag s, e 2 s 9 fo i for the vv , sacks. Ta® . ria t i on BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 22.---At Gloucester 1 : 6 P,.,, e ar. the 17th, the wheat trade ruled dull at oboe 1 : 50 0 lene). of the previous week; but at 'Worcester, tr, a to. eckciare--Wheat• 45 day, a reduction of is per quarter was subile oats, Banns maintained their value; but Barley in improved demand. More doing 1 „ per pea s vi er 3 v o l i o 0 quarter lower. During the present week we h a ,„ bu yer. fairisale for wheat, with the turn in favour of t b ' e - r Do e! arley realises quite as much ht ~,1 131, ,,, fafif of rates have been accepted for light oats. Pea;;;„osiage: dear; but little progress can be made in ' t, manic: re . s without giving way in price. M this daY rooo 01 there was a ks 3 supply of wheat from the fa 400 he trade ruled dull at rather under the currenq dayt;itiop .. se'nnight, but we make no alteration in ou r ro l o pef. lions. Barley was taken freely at fully as 0 311c ",,doo e• In oats but little doing. Bfurld for otoe ° . No buyers of peas, excapt at aher declioe.i.., wbelw, LOUGBRO', AUG 22. At our market touwLtsoea met a slow sale at about last week's currencies; a u ; Of 'be beans but few offering, and the turn in 4 1, of i fr seller. A few samples of new oats, but nrostltAssiaeo ferior quality, which made from 183. to 20i. pe1, 13 1 5 4 .00_ 01 ,41 DERBY I...SMITIIFIELD 3,IA.RKET, Ava• 20 ' a o 0 e " - 3 , a batter show of fat stock this aaornink r". al3 ja l' o e i attendance of purchasers, without any alteratolouober , p_rice from several preceding weeks. The haw it AV F . ,_ at , c ., Liana we _ lot , ep and lambs was considerably larger 1 .. ,, , co il la.t Tuesday, but the trade was not so brovoAd, the q l,,a. ti am e,y a l t y r : d h e e: w e a swe veryresoimnaecsnes. oTt hseLeespupiplyt tioqito3',Po;Oti‘ 1.1,1 to 1 1 . 2 ;; a e ood e 4yl g .b !Taw', for which there was -, -moor, 0 t o 3 4 ; 53 h , '') a' limb, 5 1 d- veal 41 , 1 to 5d per lb; P. sides. 7s • 1 e score. : 4 , , of 1410. ro scarce. Beef, 40 to su; 6 l, 6di Roogh fat, 33 33 per stone 43° A4l Whi te t() 130STON, AUG. 21.--Wheat, red 375 to .1,., oi v . ealt skins, 2il to 41 per lb. 19 e e a x n t s r 2a64sstsot3oo4s7pse;r quarter. 123 to 1 9i/ II ~ 00 ALFORD, AUG. 19.-Wheat 403 110 Pe r 4 " 16 , VI beans tO 4I ; 283 per quarter. old 2" LouTn, AUG. 21.-Wheat 393 to 449; b 225; oats 13s to 15s; beans 23s to 26s per g r '6 o B 4 351° LYNN, AUG. 20.-Wheat, old 383 to 403, 46s rir onarter. barld . ~ sus belt A o l' a r t ' s A19u.t021.2-23‘Llrbilee:nts 4 2 2 8 5 . t ' ( ' ) 4 , F 6s lo ; a p r e f tw , 4 :o l 2 B 2 u Us t t i e tso r P 11.- I N-1 0 G:3 :1 7 tol 0 i d per 2.; Oddtl.'. . 49 0, 6:1 per 4lb loaf. ards 1 s 3d, coarse it 4d uer stone; bred • 45 5 t ° io NEWARK. U. 21.-Wheat, old whi t ° i re d 42 4 4 ' s red 42s to 463 1 0., ne.v white 44; ,to 47$ 3 ° ( l 'Os 1 , 2 i 1i 51s to 56a per qr. Flour, 443; barley, grinding, 133 to 21s; ote, ° • t ) 413; ''' or new IS; to 20s; beans 233 to 31s; taros '°,' 13 LOCI P Oa; stone; tread 51•1 per 4lb loaf. 4b04 2" CARLISLE, AUG. 463 11.; - 3 UG. 20.-Wheat ~, attar; oats 22. 3 3 af d per quarter. f gi Of e l. 1 . 1 tea GLASGOW, AUG 21.-The supplies f ro 0°1360' ter have ben 10It. At Grangecnoutll 1 . .(„ r , of , th e of about 1 341 q iarlers of wheat, 230 closid.- eu n u ch Icy, a•Acl 220 quara.rs of peas, from &'l vu o , had Doe exception ot :a unday and Monday', w. ' 3 a 5 0 51135 403; floe 23, Deco nas rain "' I wilLl4l, the wafter has eobt;ue toefoctol, and harvesting progresses fairly. Tbe,dia•e icso, during the-week were for the supply of 170 taaricie, at foriner prices. This day's lawr iet - anY lirt Te ten.led, a retail business only occurred 11 1 . vole. j without 1 , d• rea'ise w ho!.e ,arp b , tea. one cr y , however, an g ~. . Vie r ! day's t i - le n) a n v r. e k r e a t g l e - 18 t, be aria iir•e 1 t i. sigbeay• 0 ley :a ;Do* to a quotable change could EDINBURGH GRAIN Ikl.taxvr, An0.. 21. being _„9lAq6ci of were h 4131 qrs of wheat in the m arket acheto-d top , v"'" ia yr o t h ail last week. Pries were 63 uP on The were sce ° 77 vs los 0 b a u,, 0 The " average.--reeth,..4an la i t o o bg top price was Is 6d up, and the ave ,6..taartiet . 0 4il qrs unsold Oats-The quantity of oats in the ~,r i ce ` c Tbi Vs, being the same as last week.' The r ei P . . 1 3etlereelo up, and the average 5d down-22 0 scoretose don I s s wag supply__i. of beans was ; 9 qrs, being 9 qrs ~0 n 0 tbe $ I: 2 ' lees were the same on the top, and is 1 1 " r pd qrs unsold. 40 ' 6 lilb• ~- N y 6 ,1 Top of Wheat ... ... ••• 55 lb. a , - 4d ~ Barley •.. ... •' 4 4iIb ", 4 Oti bet /, Oats ... ••• ..., ••• 6 5 lb. 3- Oa „_Beans , ..,,,, ... ••• 1,....:111,e 7,041 r.nrstauriain CATTLE hJARKET, .AI- 14 l'ep Pr i e e 1 0 6 56 of cattle was 415, or 11 more than' last week. sorie , 55 ive teu• u .cfrh r e D n u u t m eh be t r ton o e f . she.A.ept thaendclolasemabf current, 6s to 66 9d ; middling and inferi Jr ne _ os C, 93 C, 0:0 00 thi' I?: re o f best,,7 Taf _ i 2,064 more than last wee. Top price - ,1 P er w ort ' l°ll '') l per lb; middling and inferior from l l i a to 1 • Pi a price of lambs, 173 od ; current, from A bt 411 ' to 4s 6d a head. 104 0001 DUN]; • b i n , 6-1 110, 3 ,, br l ot and DUN BAR, aRi AUG. 21-Wheat, weig .p. )„. 0 ) ' pot t . - prices to ;- , 7s 01 Barley, we lglip b 4 tilbS , ; 014 00s Od a 1 • e . iabie sie. , nt prices to Ols (d. Oats, we, ra peas/ ocel cleara wog 20s 6 41 -lbs, prices to 19s 0 • 63, an d • ' d beans we trs 41 81 9, brought Oils Od, and prices to es O d ' o e • 10 - 60 to CORK, Ana. 21.- Flour-First 12s 641 to.s. ,thrdstiobot, seconds, 11, tid to 12s 63; household, 93 to ..!! , oa to 1 ' 15,, 0 3 P el f Per cw t. Oatmeal 105 to lOs 6J; Indian mea l a s . oa to . oe ra, meal, 108 to lOs 61 per Cwt. Indian corn 61iv'is,t009',Falfe, ' 253 ; dealers 545 to 00. Oil; average ("P er loa • Bran 41 to 4/5 sOd per ton. flay--Foloierni stiar'oo3 . ', to •,,, 0 , 1 to ~. opt 16a Od to 25a Od; aver'age 00a ; tla lers 3:' ' t 64 w t 3(l ill al, I, ten lo af tier, ......Ird aver , whe 00s 03 per ton. Bread-- be butt v , iiii __household loaf 53 to bid per 4119- _ buys Oil, C_llo Ver lb. Eggs -4s 2el to 4s •t( per 14s Fe! ;i eo ,_Newport 14s; Lydney 15s Od; Smiths to t)t)/00. ~i to 1 3' , Od per e, ton. Tallow 38s ..1 e . _, 4. i b, Vl7l.lYay, 4 .5 o. P., 50 6 d pe r irapro; ael' s 3 per a ' r , choke 4d t o 4id; mutton 407 d, fausagtlltd,,.oo:o aa ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to ,e33/.2.: „i i Pt 00 , Hops 7t Os to 0103 per cwt. Bangor sla t ~ , to e t IV lei LI • a ,aa/ t 035.! per ton. F ton. Bark-Barbary 7150 to 81 bs; iralonit 15 ' 00 00 0 f 1 ,0Id 61; Spanish 91to 10/per ton. Flr_ece Woe' • 4 13 5 '',, 00 d Od to pa ; Guano ditto 15s to 20s er barrel; NeWfouncii3flu . 51 OS Y (4 ,0 0 ,, p., ton. Ti m . ton; re d P ine 10°' ;If 01t ;i oer-Mernel, 60s per 18 1 per c . ditto, 2115. 3. per ton; deals, 131 to 0 ~., cot ~ 3d d larket 20s to !325, salted 215 to 54:3Pr0 eidiper t°' to 31d per lb. Potatoes, white ,chabosi Fish beach he irlisio, t o ,r. )dpi 111:100; .1. 'Car-Arch2ngel Iq3 per barrel. DO ~.3 beer' 0 1,0 0 0 1 ' ' _____/- 105. STOCK EXCIIANC: e . rivwiane, --___ in ,41. it ~. . jo RAIL WAY s U.A.itt; oiticeana 0.7. Bnts rat„ A L T ;. --ebonge t° one , 03 0 this share market. A stnall business ( r e i c o• .0 Or [' o rio l es generally remain Ltationary. . '‘'irotertt ii at.X lace were coal:inert to the Urea' , to° Exeter lines. 22. do in g fofr LIVEEPOOL, Atit4. busieess ere 0,4 SrocK EXCHANGE.-There Was littlesactioso Wobs, 3,.. day, but prices were .F.terly• The tranolideted 0 3 f 4° 114 ,01, low:-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Coos d e n 0...,gid 13, dis -L. 5 , ,-, -Lot; 16 p. Al ijlo , ...,,,- aneaster and Presto, 7q. p• 'Lo; l''... rt li w 0,," W •stern, II 1 t , :-; - Ditto, Nov Quart. -, . A jso 0, i ~clilt 32'!:1--')i t 15., -, 'O, Halves, 24'33 dis.... York 9 ''" i So. i-asii i Co Manchester, r :. 4 -:aouth-Eastern and Dover, . vifto (No. 4), Registered, .1.-1t) -- fie/ and L . incolushire, Preference, 7q..'s• A ,to V, tedal.,tiolP MANCEIESTEIt, fi . ' „;0103b ..„1 deviii4/ STOCK EICGDANGE. -The Sil 'r° .: • nter'7birrt.... Lei .animated, and prices remain without ,11:5)t Lwacia,so,. i i 4 1 . ' l e transactions acre as fellow.: to r ' fiftbs,°3lo, i t er sis ti Lancashire and Yorkshire, 39 -Vitt • otjest c brit 01 and Thirsk, 7!4 - Loudon and Isronrtitto, Na t i/ a Silyste r ' Ditto, Now Quarters, 1-16 p• - '0clles`:tillodoclo a B i rmingham, C), 1 C. Pa iiifaletervito, so. nd Lincolnshire, prefer( reence, 4i,111013---13 (0), 15 -- Ditto, Consolidated Stock ( So. 3/•yreferenc° 3ir burn, Clitheree, •proi W.gt Yorkshire,•... 22. ofililtisi° BIRNINGaAni, Atrux,t os 0 ,00, o e# OCK Fx mat Do 0 1 active GlE.—The shae.,,te if n 3 " Lo d g ed to-day• • there was, in fact, 1 1 ,' bt t iler , 0 acted. Local stocks are most soua re • there iie li t are few sellers. 9 ),D , YORK, AO. 21 : 5 to-al'fitte (ito STOCK EXCITANGIt.-sactioW a/..-- , /3, j The tran 1.474 , s i e rtP, 6r e follow :-York, Newcastle, and Berwick ,aa.--a.. a tiool e ca i stle Extension), NGreat Northertl:,,e'"vo,Totd/ ' l'•eference (guaranteed 6 per cent. fo..,r"thlft cent, in perpetuity), 434- York and -'?' v ence, 71. Bs. 9d. Junction, E Purchase), f` i' 84 2s. 6d. —York' AUG.' 21. t 011cePtijI,1 re A. /o e' STOCK F • g d 4/. 4s. Sow .XcHA:4IO —The transaction $, 5/. Aberdeen, 91. 2S. ed.-- Edil3,l3° 60060 c( 6d—Scottish Central, 11/. 10;jci 060' Newcastle? On the Georgians of Onthe Rev. Mth inst , . ---------------lif Sllalgt. . ttO • or A twit; • , -e, 11 'll°.' 0" vir tirililt On the 21s t • Robert Wilson. inst., at Queen•sq lieu'. 1 g 5.1.13° tte'il the 2ht inst., at ..enniark-hill, t reit' f Boulden, D ig , OF DAV:00011i Cbdil ifoo On the 15th • Th croft-IIP ' be 1c t of the Rev. inst., at ornf y John "'horn croft. 04 10 re On t he 21st 'Y TT WOW e 0 John _. inst., at ...pper ,tr, Salt, Esq. le, v ,' ilorb° Ili V' On the 411.4041 81) • h yeti fr - ....0 ) 20th • „ the aroh ci.11,-.'o 14,.. ortli, p,.' ins,.., at p ,„_ropie. t.iolo pop, second daught e r E- J. f'• 5. 1114aci'lli .11" of the at 13Ininlbeirrillieet:rel713:5 'et: ill v ofp of the or. f vv. A. i cy youngest t 2 da t u h g i l u it s er " vicar M.P.‘. ko,thdale, and niece 0 lort• i e. ~, 1 t tor Lymington. ..., IV 10 ou ps, rch, OB '' Towwe d H . `. n , Esq.,"of Kenmore, you' t,,,011,, to of Townsend, of Derry, county of ' - ,'icl ' e pbert , • til e co 20. g, =ion, Kent. ,gek,rof ' wi Mr. Alfred s J. 014', po,l' POP Corn 14c5 igOr On the 17th inst., -,..• lc, in 1 , e lifo. Rev. at St. rel et. roc , ' n William Hichens, curate o ,ro kif •ot 12.8 q., of East Dulwich. Is Initu ,iigti itches,the 18th in tat Pere} ,-plaeo, C P te ' .. c ol°) rd filgobjloll fo od' On the 18 1 • J. •, 1 rtiebil 000 . , 18t hi inst.. at Cli Yin , fAs ,pa' son of the late T. IV. Fugate, EA' ° 110— 11 of Louth. 1/ I bet ' „sere:l;l, 010 On the 19th inst., at Tredegl, ~ ag',ool • ,„:,11 Jane • o -, relict of the late NV. Blartiu. Ai r e, 4') TI) ' On the fora , of the • l7th inst., at Leek, St . ter _wife of John Cra,s, Esq. Wes' iiilll,' 0n the 49th inst., Anna garis, e . ~ c p, Southey, Esq., Compton` terrace, : slab oacft , 11 1 1 5 tier. ne°rr .111 )7 FIY )ti"'"elst' °°° Taora pe I d s l4 London ted vo, acx, Strand : , P i rin 'n o f ---"'"liilsoYoo,* .1011 co " 7 0. 1.12, strand Printer at ' OP its Nicht etisaiirdAe cPlogul:cbtlitso:fe: