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

AMEEIC NEWb• LIVERPOOL, AUG. 25. st, _ty the royal mail steam ship Niagara, Captain "net Which a rr i ve d s h ort l y b e f ore two o ' c lock yes. terd e we have advises from New York direct to 13th Histaut. She brings 74.0001. in specie on glight, b • - .lllupg th e, A mer i can passengers are Si r H . L. rvfer, .01i temporary leave of absence from his ik % e , In Minister to the United States, and Mr. E. the ',feel-poi and New York - United States' mail St itt , 'l4 Arctic, Luce commander, with . mails of ii t iv 3 0, arri ve d out a t N ew Y or k a t 7 A.M. on the % instant. der b " ruYal mail steam-ship Africa, Ryrie commare• a's'h Liverpool mails of the 2.1 instant, arrived ' l \ lo New York on th e 12 h i ns t a nt at 6 P.M. Nhe ew York and Havre United Sostss' mail tsitT: ‘ , 4l iP Humboldt, Lines commander, arrived too "" New York on the 12th, at 9, P.M., after a run eta Southampton in thir t e e n days. It is stated by e z 2 Nl 'iv York journals that she has not met the p eel tattoo of her owners ; that her machinery is ca- of driving her a t an y sp ee d, but that when light I l io n , g I ttit veiy crank, and arrived at th e t erm ination of her i 1001 ° Yage careening over on one side, although to of iron 'ballast had been put on board at rte. The New York and Bremen United States' mail rwtll- ship Washington, Floyd commander, left New fur Southampton and Bremen on the 12th 10 t (after three days' detention) with 93 passengers, p Th e Li verpool in specie, and the usual mails. ream er Liverpool and New York United States' mail o , tt ,, Pacific, Nye, was announced to leave New for Liverpool, on the 16th inst., having com a t he repairs to her machinery. Itia,,,Pacific United States' mail steam-ship Pacific, "wlOOO dolls. gold dust on freight, 425 passen thjnntf San Francisco mails of the 14th of July, ar- Ni' oe the 29 t h u lt., an d l an d e d h er f re i g ht a t San t ! del Bud. Her passengers took the Nicaragua 41 over the Isthmus, traversing the first 15 miles I _( r : 4 dl Crossing - Lake Nicaragua in the steam-ship th et c!rs and steaming down the river to San Juan . tt S !Iran stearr-whip Sir H. 'Bulwer. On arriving an Juan, 32 hours only having been occupied in trpi t . lll A g the I s thmus, they embarked on board the ,States steam-s h ip Prometheus, on the morn kii.vitoe 4th inst., and at 5 A.M. on the 13th _inst. tiasj,;at New York, after a passage from San Fran bes4 about 29 days. Hitherto this route has not t5td,,,, Q44 1 and the result of the experiment was re- Ne,,',,.fte most favourable. The Prometheus took to "k on freight, 578,579 dolls. gold dust, and Passenger s , I' o , 4 itil United States' mail steam-ship Georgia, Vl', With Ch a gres mails of the 27th ult., and V l ', of the 2d inst., arrived at New York on lth T it net. ke w e v ."Royal mail screw steam-ship Merlin left N oit . 4 ;ork, on the 10'h, for Bermuda and St. 14 4 a a with dolls. 40,850 specie, and twenty-one 0 t ißers. itt en tl t t : d omestic accounts are unimportant. Popular was chiefly directed to the position of Cuba Lopappear to attach to the entire statement of <4l ' z n departure from New O r l e ans with two too t! e h and a large force of men ; and we find also, th e 14 3' to the reports by the D-mocratic press, that tket ril . e* ),, t ,ings at New Orleans were utterly insignifi- Ne l 'he United States' Cabinet bad, however, , tee m war steamers to the coast. Late accounts 'esil er " L uvannah, announcing the shooting of the tisi t4. 4 of the pronunciumento, had calmed down t hat it , rtl ent- Political accounts mention rumours l'ehir. Clay was about to retire from Congress. f aith Fillinore had vi.ited Virginia, and met 4 toe t i % Warta reception. .From the south-western fir l4 4 ll serious accounts of Indian depredations con tew be received. Efforts were being made near 4 4 , 14 k . 0rk to recover the wreck of the British frigate P ri P 'which was sunk seventy years ago. too, tit San Francisco, California, we have advises l titt 4 e 1 4th tilt. From the h ere York Herald we ex t t he f .• 4 1 , 1, owing : l ko rt t e . steamer Pacific, ehich made the remarkably t. 11) of fifty sailing ' data from New York to This if '' s g nabout l eav inagain for Penama, under comumed tli ) ,Z 4 PtSin Bailey, having been in port only twelse To-r eorrow the mail steamer Northerner 81. d kti„2 ! Sa rah B.ndsleave for the same destination. The goes Te a freighted again with the most start he ants of the state of affairs in California. ,%,,:auilsority of the Courts has been disregarded, (Itti t ,`,,eetitor a of the law set at defiance, and the Vtgi 11)9,,‘;°ttitnittee of San Francisco, composed of some or 900 respectable citizens, have accomplished more Ise hi ,_ 4l. the detection of crime than could have been an ke, 711 ed by the police in a lifetime. My last gave an 4 ,titi t i u t of the hanging at midnight of a man named solL t ini by the Vigilance Committee, for stealing 200 41 4 ,,.' A similar scene was witnessed on the 12th in.t. WC' named Jim Stewart, a Sidney convict, the leader g of desperadoes, was arrested for robbing a 4 ftiel and notwithstanding the officers of the law at f,scfl to get possession of him, he was tried, convicted titltt enoed to be banged on the same day. The hell L ttia p ,„, Was sounded, and the populace rushed by L lfai to the building of the Committee. At the ii "toso l ,Pointed for the execution Stewart was v t out strongly pinioned, and guarded by 1 ,16 t ft ) members of the Committee, walking lo 50 "'freest, each armed with a revolver, taken 1 '4 4 ; of the public wharfs, followed by thousands, a rope , I fSe e .ett ,_ 'to a crane erected for hoisting goods, and !ti l h? ot,tween heaven and earth in full view of the as gfaffett. multitude. So solemn was the scene that each ht 411,4e1-that immense throng was involuntarily unco 0. No attempt was made to rescue him, nor was . -41 , other feeling but, that of entire concurrence. ctt,;kneution took place at two o'clock in the afternoon. kit;,: 14 . 1 0 paying the fo . rfeit . of his crime, Stewart ik mil confession of his crimes. The details esta ',!ki .""e fact that he was the leader of the moat despe ,N, sp h a n,g of villains that has ever preyed upon a :te N " li ft.Y. San Francisco is not the only point ‘? 4 51 - 1 3 , 8 ntomary justice is meted out ; Sonora is ~l) t ompt. A man named David Hill, alias ,11 0 , 4 ,1, was arrested for stealing a horse, tried, and, 'lfe‘ i gn subsequently rescued by Sheriff Works, was i lift r e taken from him by the populace, after t e ,:troggle, and hung to a tree in the main street of ti 0 „ . " 17 . • Bat the tragedy which has excited most at• We ' s itt) nod ympat y h w a s the hanging of a Mexican named Josepha, at Downleville, on the Yuba, i le mts s ,PsPulace. Having had some • di ffi culty' with a i 4 k it e :ahe slabb e d him to the -art with a butcher's th fi The people immediately assembled, took her into i l5 , 1 - 11*t °dY, gave here fair trial, and, upon a convic tt,,, 'tsueed tier to be hung in two hours. A gallows Ire tlt'eted On ridge crossing the river, hhouseu r se lower it 4l 4 , t he town, and at the appointed an ins ,Nte,- cr nwd ssembled, and. after bidding adios and "g hands wi th those immedi a tely around her, 14 1 , If, M ne odd the scuff , Id, adjusted the ripe r ears her- Ne, k An g ` . g luxuriant heed of hair from. I tts7: 4 it, 80 as to permit it to flow free and in a tike cords supporting the scaffold were cut, hnh s he ' ~ hue;{ suspend-" 4 between heaven and , Indian trou *les are not yet end. d. On the Kis ;ll4 k ; ; the Indtins are in open war with the whiter, ; k murdering and robbing whenever an opportunity L 'Illtl ii „„ The Indiaas have sent off all toe squaws 'and `L fact fullo•itive of their design to commence tt h ° ' War, Basiness has been a little more active Chl t i t s' e, Satling of the last steamer ; bu t the immense %Pa Yof goods forced upon the market at auction A (.I' l, o* very IU stetnl Francisco journal, .in its summary for the t N't Mormons are making a deoid " d movement ill es alkaline a direct communication from the A 1 aka to trio -Pa cific. A large party has re ua arrived from Salt Lake through the . Cajon rtlot sixty - miles from Los Angeles, with an determitlittion to settle in that section. They Biotalaia to be negotiating for the purchase t oe very belonging to Senor Antonio Long. T 4 . 4 ot b ehee from the mine; continues to be extremely 4;14 - 4 4 „ i ,ng, and a general spirit of contentment seers "lie " I t among the miners. The effects of the ate slo t h h er iA s i • our are yet perceptible, but the energy an d i s let e le e of citizens appear to be unabated. T he I, l elo,, l nstiet although not entirely rebuilt, is pretty t t isk "'„ "lidded with tenements of all descriptions, and 4 te r "nd stone buildings of the most subsaantiel 4 ' l 'in process of erection in all parts." I nt!' w e ' ri o l rresponderit of one of the New York jour- Les 44 8 La; fetly 'nee continue productive, though it has been Q 1 ,4 t kalarked by a gentleman high in the confidence thati t t l ' i l3 L coent, who has recently returned from a trip t he mines, that the amount of money spent and Pnocled during the next three years in quartz its'viettrlnery and experiments of various kinds, in -4:4 op t ; _ 64 'Y expenditures, will exceed the profits of . 4 ner therefrom in the subsequent three years of Ase t i o rd toil. The subject is beginning to engage the A N many of our citizens." " T rs t "ada journal says— (\torah; estimate the immense wealth which must, ac it.aest"&tO all indications, exist in the Gold Tunnel antes Can scarcely realise the result wh ich our Cllth of us. We give them as follow:—Surface e e e . • - las 150 feet; depth to which the same can t i rssk , before reaching the water level of Deer net; 'so feet; average thickness of the vein rock, 2i la auto ) , .ellO O , l rof cubic feet, according to the above di t`yesitg4l, 101,500; weight of a cuote foot, 1001 b.; %fai n Yield per lb.. 25c.; consequent value of gold e d lethe 101 500 feet in the vein,2,537.500 dolls.!" kV--fk%zofn o flowing is an extract from a letter dated 17 J une 27 : catuere Is, ts g at the Dresent time, a great excitement con lights sull ; t " quartz dieeings, and some are taking out item 81 but the majority are barely main.; a living. i ? 5 ,000 e hole at Carson's Flat (70 miles from here) It Prom i seswere taken in some two or three months, and l AitA l to continue equally rich, if not richer. pana. a considerable datni.er on the spirits of al lieichis oft go down from 40 to 80 feet and get nothing, left ..,,_e e ti the case. A comoany of six had been th,,,b l :_r,: Weeks into a quartz mountain when I or la st Monday. They had g.d. down some 14 if iv Riven i i r d httif f , iid nothi ng so f a r. One of them t heyh u i U P' lam ate:painted with th e m all, so that enrictomall WhiNn .g"t an I t em acquainted with- here in the city •cam fie DAY.) to 41 Ost to 4/ Os: •: 11 10s pet co 41 Si: to 4 171 ; 11116 per ',:. to 4t - 00; to 41.100; 1110# pet aim eon* . I to la de- 0i'3,4 00 sott) in stly wand barrel's St. 444 6d for 165 b 6 g ° m ego of B u'" quantity Docks wa taken foe rels. tros 6,701 • Ord Notive ty land ed was 174 )suc optioe ids. Th e Rids. diP a ncll . l ° rere ; t 6d; , A 391 pap Bt hue ditgh spot; slid is it NI ,title, baS E.) , kY.) AYE co rest Yto' ipp °into, ind 00 1 the )fining appea red g. t h e c er.- le and be r ' Mese"' no objet' %se Wig a OWL . hat the.- regim e regliro Bt be5., 114 : XlB to 0 , " sod theme ar in the the seal grsintel4 wed Leerv" :here es poc ket/. urner oll. iale f or enterluv- inde as tb° C earoes 4 ce of ts. & move' his 1 1 1 . : Lion W ' I trio ESN' Jed pith )at Mr. 'l ' . 7ing oa h. The fore me rm hold with the escape , le strees rks ahoy ; alsres , and is itemens rtudew' eff is, Rh 05- ler, and .11 s : :0 spit P s!, ptfOrdt wark: du glead m ost o,es sr gb° se so t " oe Trt a d so .• of the usure" f acia ice that ing 5,380, =watt as, Alt marcw, Ord 01 .uth' ad St• ambler alarm' bg do h gdrio folk. b 1 Jp its S t orm goo local id 00 7, woo — the bor' a r.4 Ain; er 16 of 1 10 were. wag THE v(• . 11• . 4, ' S by rva pa:tw-r, which w ighed 25 outic,a. 1 am at the pre sent time alone when in the mines, all the rest having left, some for home and some fur other mines. Gene 7,, rally speaking, a man will do better to stay in one pl4;s4 ; even if he should not. make as much, for '2OO dolts. or 300 dolls. are soon spent in moving frord one place to another here." We have accounts from Havannah to the 21 inst.,. but of a very conflicting character ; generally,' how . ever, they tend 'to 'confirm our suspicions that . ntliu. time has any serious revolt occurred,,and that the. contests reportE.d via New Orleans and _New Yo 4 have been portions of the • . . "Basele6s fabric of a vision" , • • in the brains of the sympathisers throughout the United States. Letters of a reliable nature announce, that measures were being taken by the Spanish Gover . - nor to repress with the strong hand of power any fresh m anifestatioos of' the interior insurgents ur pirates from New Orleans. The steam-ship Pizarro, and sev.eral other vessels of war, had left the harbour to cruise : about the coast. Mantanzas account of the 2d inst. announce that, according to the official docu ments, the insurrection had been put down by the Spanish troops, and that the rebels who had taken a refuge in the mountains were reduced to the last ex tremity. Business was dull, and no freights offered . to the numerous vessels in port. From Coquimbo, Chili, we hear of the loss of the English steamer Ecuador, on the 25th of June, while going out of the Bay of Coquimbo on her voyage to . Copiapo. She ran on a rocky point, with her steam on, and, backing off, filled and sank. She was insured in London. Happily no lives were lost. She had, it was supposed, been previously sold by the Pacific Steam Navigation C.onpany. Letters from the Sandwich Islands report that her Majesty's ship Dssialus sailed from Honolulu on the 20th of June, for I3ehring's Straits, with stores for the Arctic Expedition. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON. Ara. 25. The United States mail steam-ship Washington, Captain G. W. Floyd, arrived off Cowes at 5, P.M., and having landed the English mails and passepsers, proceeded on her voyage to Bremen. The Washington left New York on the 12th inst„ and-her adVices have therefore been anticipated by the British and . North American royal mail steam• ship Niagara, which arrived at Liverpool.on Sunday. She brought 97 passengers, 48 of whom were for England, and a very large and valuable general cargo. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Those very talented children, Ellen and Kate Bate man, of whose wonderful performances at the -dress rehearsal on Saturday evening we gave a notice in The Sun of yesterday, gave a public performance last evening, and albeit we are no great admirers of precocious artistes, yet we must do the Batemans the justice to say • that we have never before seen children actors who have been nearly so well taught, or who have been nearly so apt to learn. All the great points of Richard 111. are given by little Ellen Bateman with a correctness, a power, and an aplomb that is really wonderful ; and it is quite evident 'hat the little artiste is quite as de lighted herself with her own performance as are her auditors in witnes-ing it. In the comedy of The Young Couple, which followed, and which was written by Scribe fur Leontine Fay at the time that that most accomplished artiste was. the juvenile pro digy of the Gy uitise, the little Batemans were ex ceedingly amusing; there was a geniali'y in their humour which seemed quite spontaneous; they were children acting the characters of children, and there fore acting charawers which they could thoroughly comprehend and enjoy. The house was crowded, and the audience enthusiastic in . its applause. SOIIIII-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers• and goods, week ending Aug. 23, 1851 ... £20,084 10 5 Ditto, Aug. 24, 1850 ... ... 16,890 10 10 Increase in 1851 ... £3,193 19 7 London Terminus. Aug. 25. 1851. Tag ROYAL ‘‘ EaT INDIA MAIL STEAMER3.—A magnificent specimen of mars le architecture, one of the largest steamers yet constructed for the Royaf West India Mail Steamship Company, is now rapidly approaching com pletion at the vied of Messrs. Patterson and Co., the cele brated shipbuilders of Bristol. She is to be called the Deme rara, and in some respects falls little short of that "leviathan of the deep" the Great Britain. Her length between the perpendiculats is 282 feet, and length over all 316 feet, being between 4 and 5 feet only short of the Great Britain. Her breadth of beam is 41 feet, an , her extreme width from the outside of the paddleboxes 75 1 / 2 feet; her depth to the main deck, 2'i feet 8 inches; depth of spar deck, 7 feet. Her ton nage by old measurement is 2,318 tons, and by the new about 3,000 tons. She is built of sound British oak, teak, and pine, , s diagonally trussed with iron, has copper fastenings throughout to the 21 feetenark, and has iron fastenings above that. She will be propelled by two engines made by Messrs. Caird and Co., of Greenock; these engines will be on the " side lever" principle, of 750 horse-power, 96 inch cylin ders, and 9 feet stroke; they will also be attached to a pair of Morgan's patent feathering float paddles. She will be barque rigged, and fitted with Brown's patent capstan and stot pers. She has been built from the drawings of Mr. W. Patterson, and will make the fourth packet built for the Royal West India Mail Company by him. She has been in spected by several naval men, who pronounce her to be a splendid model, and it is anticipated she will prove a re markably fast sailer. THEATRE ROYAL RYDE.—The arrival of the famed clipper yacht America having called us to the Isle of Wight' we availed ourselves of the opportunity of visiting the pretty little theatre at Ryde. On the evening in question the per formance commenced with Sir E L. Bulwer's celebrated play of Riche•ieu, in which Mr. Hermann Vezin appeared as the Cardinal with great ability and success. The careful man ner in which Mr. Vezin declaimed the part proved him at once both the scholar and the gentleman, and also that he may, it he chooses, reach the highest pinnacle in his profes sion. We anticipate in a short time seeing him at one of our leading theatres. The part of Julie de Mortemar was beautifully sustained by Miss Love, who appeared to be a great favourite here. The other characters in the play were well filled, although it was to be regretted that a more juvenile member of the company was not " cast" for the page Francois. Planche's Loan of a Lover, in which Miss E. Nelson and Mr. Craven appeared, concluded the evenings entertainment. The house was very fashionably attended. ETIQUETTE OP THE METROPOLITAN BAR.—A pro position has been submitted to the members of the bar prac tising - in the criminal courts of the metropolis, by Mr. Briarly, the object of which is to put an end to the system of fraud and, plunder upon the poor, carried on by what are termed " touters," a class of persons who skulk about the police and criminal courts. fleecingth te e ne f e ofrien beingdsofeeisoners charged with offences pre under theable to procure and render professional aid. Mr. Briarly, in a sir cular, says, the only knowledge these persons have of the law is what they have learned by personal experience. He proposes hat a court should be formed of the members of the bar, whose duty should be, under a code of regulations, to try all members of the bar who might be found holding a brief, or acting in any way for any of these touters. The jurisdiction of the court is not to extend to those heavy offences against practice of the law, and against moral duty. which are inquired into by the governing bodies of the inns of court. and upon proof of which the pr , fession is purged of the offender. The extreme penalty to be inflicted by the proposed court is the expulsion of any member, and the re fusal of the whole bar to hold a brief either with or for any such offender in any civil or crimi fal court Courts of this descrip ion are formed on every circuit, and Mr. Briarly urges that such a court in the metropolis would purify the practice of the bar. It is to be seen what effect this propo sition-will produce. 'XHIBITION OF •PAINTINGS AT LICHFIELD-HOFFER. The proprietors of 'the Lichfield-house Picture Gallery, in St. James's-square, opened their rooms yesterday evening, in order to allow the public an opportunity of witnessing the pain ings by gas light. The whole of the state apart ments of the mansion were thrown open, and the effect was striking and beautiful. Among the principal painters of the French school whose works are exhibited in the gal lery are—Paul Delaroche, Horace Vernet. Schoffer, Rosa Bonheur, Isabey, Gosse, Signol, • &c. "The Massacre of the Innocents," by Leon C- fignet ; "The Divorce of Jose phine," by Schopin ; and "The Combat of the Wild Beasts in the Colosseum," by Lenillier, are among the attractions of the collection. The Belgian and Dutch painters are re presented by Verboeckhoven, Madow, Wappers, H. Leys, V an Eycken, Genisson, Chanvin, Yscheggeny, Rooseboorn, Schotel, Waldorfs, Slengenrya, and others. There are also specimens of the modern German, Italian, N or wegian, Swiss, Russian, Danish, Swedish, and Spanish schools; and amongst the contributors are to be found the names of Schrader, Weyde, Ternite, Hermann, Schoppe, Max Schmidt, Steffec, R. de Baux Pistorius, &c. There are in addition several well known works by distinguished painters of the English school. GREAT COAL BED IN AMERICA..--A. wonderful deposit, it is said, at Straitsvil A le, Ohio, exceeds anything of the kind ever discovered . gentleman of high standing" is reported to have attested recent borings through the stra tum, which was ascertained to be 138 feet thick. About ten miles south, too, there is said to be " a vein of carbonate of iron implanted similar to a slaty structure, with an easy cleavage, and full of well preserved leaves of the coral forma tion ; some of them on breaking open exhibiting the green of the leaf." The ore, by analysis of Professor Rogers, it i s added, contains 44 per cent. of iron. Tun INCOME-TAX.—We have often denounced the income-tax, but after perusing the report of the evidence offered before the Committee of the House of Commons ap pointed to consider the nature of the impost, we regard the language we have employed as too moderate. This ob noxious burden is only conceded for one year, and it will be an act of patriotism and of morality to knoc k it in the' head. If we are to have direct taxation, let us have a system universally applicable to all self-supporting citizens. The present arrangement is unjust, partial, and ineffective. It leaves wealth exempt, and exacts the pound of flesh from comparative poverty and from struggling industry. It offers a bonus on fraud, and tempts to deceit, evasion, falsehood, and trickery. And it bears hardest and is most profitable when dealing with the scrupulous conscience. The law here is fitted in the highest degree to create defaulters and cheats —indeed, the amount of evasion and lying to which the income-tax gives occasion must be enormous. And yet coerced by the Manchester seffist, a small tax dare not he im posed on the commodities poured into this country by the alien and foreign.— Edinbu-gh Post. CLOSING OF THIS. N EW-ROAD.—Ye.terd ay this great thorough'are was closed to carriage traffic from the end of Seymour -street to King's-cross (a distance of about half a mile) by the erection of barriers at the order of the autho rities of S.. Pancras. It is expected, from the exceedingly deteriorated state of the road, that several weeks will delve before it can be ready for public use. THI ROMAN CATHOLIC NioVEMPAT.—MT. Rey nolds, M.P., and Mr. W. Keogh, M.P., two of the honorary secretaries at the late aggregate meeting, are about to pro ceed on a mission through the provinces connected with the organization of the movement now in contemplation. SUN, LONDON, S VOA'! NLITES. No. CXIV. 1 4/r4.,DEABY AND EGIIANI MEETINGS. TO THg EDITOR OF THE SUN. •• ace the arrivals at Derby up to post hour. last night:—Abhess of Jervatix, The Prime Minister;s Peppermint, .Cnmus, _I-chia. General Sale, Cloth worker, Snowdrift, Reaper, Flare-up, Grey Tommy, Paquetta, The Monk,•Motifitain Flbwer, filly . .by Liner east, out of the Bi s hop. of Remford'a Cob's:dm, Ban shee, Conrad, filly by Launcelot, out of-Collins,, and Egret. The field for the Chatsworth Stakes to-morrow is expected to be composed of, Cloth worker or SnOwdrift, General Sale (d). The, Monk; Flare-up, Paqaetta,lsChia, and, perhaps Cnacus: and Sir Rowland .Trenchard. ..Proin.,these I should select Tan MONK and FLARE•IIP ~.as the most friotirtiblY . treated by. the handicapper; expecting, however, to see Ischia and Comes close up. fhe field for the Chesterfield Stakes will consist of La iii7cost filly, Peppermint, asnsbee, Grey Tommy, Mouotain Flower, C.inrad, and Launcelot filly. GREY TOMMY, PiRtERMINT, and Mountain Flower will be first, second, and third. The EGBAM meeting commences ~ to-morrow, and extends over two days. Thu Runnymde Stakes„onein:iile; will have' PRESTIGE,ausI,.BOsHWANGER in 00 foreground, with Joe-o'-sot indose attendance. Theaing John Stakes. c n 'paper seems a certainty • for FLIRT or. JOE MILLER. The Magna Charts Stakes, six furlongs, will probably be swept off by MARIA or POETESS; and the Surrey :and Middlesex Stakes by DON PEDIto or AGM—Betting this morning:rather lively than otherwise at the follow ing priceS: = Trial Stakes ..,-(DerbY)-2 to 1 each agat Cone is and Den John filly. Produce Stakes-5 to lon The '•Prime Minister. Tradeamen'a Plate-6 to 4 on l'he .AblieSs til*Jervaui, evens takeri freely; 3 to 1 ag4t Crimis; 4 to 1 agst Ischia; •6 to 1' agst General Sale. Chesterfield Stakes—Even on Grey Tommy; 2 to 1 agat Peppermint; 3 to 1 agat Mountain Flower. 'Chats worth Stakei-3 to 1 eget Ischia; 4 to 1 agst Flare-up, 5 and 6 to 1 taken freely ; , 5. to 1 agst Paquetta. Iluenymede Stakes (Egham)-5 to 2,agst Prestige, take 3to 1. King John Stakes—Even on Flirt, 3to 1 agst Joe: Miller; Greengage is reported-a non-starter, having broltcn down;•'gone amiss, or something equally plea sant, the day before yesterday. **nit harts . Stakes —3 to lon the field, Poetess for 'choice. Surrey and MidOlestX Stakes-6 to 4 agatVEgis, 2to .1 taken freely; to 2 agat Little Jack, reported to have a "queer pin;" 3 to 1 each kat William; the Conqueror and Don Pedrca,,a t0.,1 ,eaeh.Bringteh and Anspacli. . Leamington Stakes-6 to 1 agst-Goldfinder, 8 to.l each Herbert and The Castle, 12 to 1 agst Windhound. Great Yorkshire Handicap-4 to 1 agst.Nancy; sto 1 agst The Calculator I am, Sir, yours, &c., • THE' SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Aug. 26 • 'lB5l. SPORTING - INTELLIGENCE. . TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The betting was on too small a scale to require more than a list of the several quotations. DERBY HANDICAP (TRADESMEN ' S PLATE. 11 to 10 agst Mr. King's Abbess of Jervesux 5 to 1 agst Lord Lurgan's Cnwus 5 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia 10 to 1 agst any other • LEAMINGTON STAKES. 7 to 1 agst . Mr. W. Pelmet's Goldfinder 8 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's: Herbert 10 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's Castle 15 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman 15 to 1 egst Lord J. Scott's Windhound THE "YORKSHIRE HANDICAP (DONCASTER). • 9to 2 ag't Mr. Martiosou's Nancy 8 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack 15 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawky's Teddington. • -ST. LEGER. • • 3 to 1 agst Lord Ettfirtu's• Hernandez—taken and afterwards offered • 3 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban 10 to 1 agat Mr. Helford's Prime Minister 11 to 1 agat Mr. Ilotborpe CESAREWITCH STAKES. .35 to 1 each laid agst Nancy and Clarissa, 40 to 1 each agat Vancouver, Rhesus, and the Nigger, and 50 to one each egai,Nitius; Mukiana, Garfortb, and Knight of G wy nue. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAYER. 20 to 1 agst Nancy, 40 to 1 each agst the Swindler and Windhound, 50 to 1 each agst Vancouver and the Herint, and 1,000 to 15 each apt Bordeaux and Eliza Middleton. • TEDDINGTON AND NANCY.—No communication having been tvceived by Str*j. Hawley : from Mr. Martinson, on he subject of the contemplattd match between these animals, proposed by Mr. Martinson, and not, as we un deratood, by Sir Joseph Hawley, it falls to the 'ground. SrouRBRIDGE RACES.—MONDAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Trestwood Stakes of 3 soya. each. One mile and a _ _ half. Mr. Taunton's c by Bretby, dam by Y. Blacklock 1 Mr Land's The Gener.a, aged . , 2 Tne . Stourbridge Stakes (handicap) or 7 soya. each, 4 ft. and 2 only if (If clared, with 50 added; the second to receive 151. - One mile and a quarter. (23 Subs., 17 declared). - _ - Mr. Taunton's Gipsy Boy, 3 yrs. 7st 1 Mr. J. R. Scott na Manchester, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. J. Eyke na Nightcap, 4 yrs, 7.4 31b rho East Worcestershire Stakes - or 3 soya. each, and 20 added. One mile and a half. Mr. J. Davies's Gay Lad, 5 yrs ... 1 Mr. Hargreaves's Gaffer Green, aged ' 2 WARWICK SEPTEMBER MEETING, 1851. The Borough Handicap, of 10 soya. each. One mile. Cnseus, 3 yrs, Bst 71b—Trickstress, 3 yrs, Bst 21b— Deceitful, 3 yrs, Bst—rTruth, 3 yrs, 7st 91b—Cane, 3 yrs, 7st slb—Harp, 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Paddy Bird, 2 yrs, Est 71b —b fby Birdcatcher; cut of Wadastra, 3 yrs", 6st 31b— c by Touchstone, out of Fugleman's dam, 2 yrs, 6st 2lb —Urbanity, 2 yrs, 6st—Lady Blanche, 2 yrs, 6st— Director, 2 yrs, sst 12113 J—Cotton Lady, 2 yrs, 54 121 b. Acceptances for the,County Stakes of 10.0 soya. Cogssok, aged, flat' l'olb—Woolwich, 5 yrs,.. 84 71b— Landgrave, 5 yrs, 7st 13113—Rhesus', 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Ita lian-,*4 yrs, 7st 41b—Marlborough Thick, 3 re, 7st 21b— Doubt, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Vampyre, aged, 74—Little Jack, 4 yrs; 7st—Herbert, 5 yrs, 7st—Post-tempore, 5 yrs, 6st 111b—Cocktail, 5 yrs,. Est 111b—Fugleman, 6 yrs, Est 111b—William the Conqueror, 4: , Yrs, 64 101b—Dul eel; aged, 64 101b—Joc-o -6or, aged, 6st 91b—Wind -hound, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Tophana, 6 yrs, 6.t 41b--Agis, 6 yrs, 64 41b—Grief, 5 yrs, 6st. 2113--Wansdyke, 4 yrs, 64—The Monk, 4 yrs, 6st—Goldfinclar, 3 yrs, 6st— Kik; of Oude, 4 yrs, s•t 91b—Humphrey, 4 yrs, sst 9 lb— Catalpa, 3 yrs, sst 81bTrickstress, 3 yrs, 5.1 6El3 Candlewick, 4 yrs, 54 . 41b—Sdnrise, 3 yrs, sst 21b— Unity, 3 yrs. Sat—Avis, 3 yrs, sst—Prince Caradoc c, 3 yrs, 44 121b—Cane, 3 yrs, 44 911r—Harp, 3 yrs, 4s t 81b-Waterfall, 3 yrs, 4st 21b.' • Acceptances for the Welter Cup of 1001. Agis, 6 yrs, 1 Ist—Combatant, 5 yrs ; lOst 91b—Re mtint:rator 4 yrs, 10st 91b—Garfortb, 5 yrs, lOst 9lb —Upton, 5 'yrs. 103t` si6—Criamw, 3 yrs, lOst 21b— Fszeley, aged, 103 t 21b—NeN Forest Deer, aged, LOst— br c by Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine, 4 yrs, 9st 121b—Aristos, 3 yrs, 9st 41b. The rest pay 5 sous. I each. Nominations for the Avon Stakes.. Tightwaist, "Yrs"--Preqige, 3 yrsPaddir Bird, 2 yrs—Golofinder, •3•yra,- , -B ircelona, 3 'yrs—My Fancy, 2 yrs—Diamond; - 2 yrs—Old Rowley, 2 yrs—Grey Tommy, 2 yrs—and Peppermint, 2 yrs. . The Town Plate flandicrip.. One mile. Joc-o'-Sot, aged, Sat 71b--Lobginu9, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b •—Sir Robert, 4 yrs. 74121b —Lucy,' 6 yrm, 64 101b. , - Vi-lox, 5 yrs, 7.o.;lolo—Ptilcbeerima, S' yrs, 7st 91b— lanthe, 3 yrs, 7st sln—Prestige, 3 yrs, Tat 51b— Deceit tut, 3 yrs, tat 31b4 -Docility, 5 yrs, 74 21b—Tonic, 3 yrs, 64 51W—Woi - c.st.4r, 3 yrs, 64 71b-Simplicity, yrs, 64 31b—British Boy, 3 yrs, 6st lib—Manchester, 3 yrs, 54 • 101b—Exhibition, 3 yrs; sst 41b-and. Mute, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. COLONEL PEEL'S STUD. The second portion of this stud was disposed of yes terdas at Tattersall's at the following prices";-- •. . ' Guineas. • Malibran, by WhiSker, covered. by Orlando ... 100 Jenny Lind, by Touchetose, covered by Latiercost 255 A colt foal, by Bay Middleton, out,of Jenny Lind 165 Image, by Langer, covered by Lanercost 31 A colt foal, by Gibraltar, out of Image ... •-• 15 Taffrail, by Sheet Anchor, covered by Laneroost 54 A colt foal, by Slane. out of Tisffreii 10 covered by. Orlando Hersey, by Glaueus, •.• 255 . . A filly foal. by Orlando, out of Hersey „, 170 Dacia; by Gladiator, covered by LanercOst 150 A.filly.foal, by Shane, out of Dacia • 25 Oh. m., by Sir Ilecules, out of Mama covered by Orlando A filly foal, by Cotherstone, oat of the above mare 35 Sea,kale, by Camel, ,p.ivered by Lanercoot 40 Palma, by Plenipotentiary, covered by Orlando 120 Orlando, winner of the Derby, &c. &c. ... 3,100 Slane • ... 400 ... 440 'radmor Dey Algiera Gibraltar ... ••• ••• ..••• 000 Indus Orlando and - Slone were knocked down to Mr. Gre rine, and lon to the French Government. FUNERAL OF TOM SPRINO.—The remains of this well-respected man were yesterday conveyed from bis dwel ling, the Castle, Holborn, to their last resting-place in the Norwood Cemetery. The attendance to the grave, wherein two sons of the deceased and a sister are already ineartbed, included many whose names are connected with less solemn scenes than that at which they yesterday assisted. Among those who 'looked anxiously . into the last na rrow resting place of th e ex-champion, we noticed ,Burn Crawley, Phelps, Martin, Adams,' Castles; R6ed, Maley, Lc. Neate, of Bristol, too, once the antagonist of lira who there lay low, looked with tearful eye into the grave ; be, with a friend from Norwich, Lucas, Captain Barclay's trainer, and several of the old school, bid a last farewell ; and among those friends who ha I come to bid a last fara-well were his medical adviser, Dr. Brady, and in private carriages his brother L. V.'s, Messrs. Renton Nicholson, £tismore, Ow6n Swift, Hailes, Winsley, &cc. • A fete was given on tile Hob, by the united Chess Clubs of Potsdam and Berlin, .to Mr. Anderssen, on his re turn from the tournament in London. Sixty members were present; among the number was Max Lange, a distin guished chess-player from Magdebu/a.: 'Before sitting down to supper, the latter and Anderssen played a gams together for the edification of the spectators, and Anderssen came off victorious. Mr. Anderssen is now on bis way to the Baths at Salzbrann, and thence return' to his birth-place, Breslau, to resume his functions as Profetssor at the Gymnasium. A painful impression was crowed in the City in connexion with Mestirs. Ruckees failure by the news that the senior partner died ibis morning. Mr. Rucker was about 76 years of age, and had been for some time an inva►id, but hip death it is assumed was hastened by the misfortune to his house. Few mercantile men were better known in London, and he was always deservedly held in the highest regard.— Times. TUESDAY RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. The 30th half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. D. Waddington, M P., chairman of the board, who was supported by Mr. Bagshaw, M.P., and many of the directors. There was a nu merous attendance of proprietors. The notices convening the meeting having been read by the secretary, Mr. Heere, a shareholder, said he wished, before anything further was done, to protest against the con stitution of the board of directors. Since tie last meeting two directors, Mr. Fane and Lord A Paget, had been added to the board by the other directors, the place of Mr. Joseph Glyn and Mr. Samuel who had resigned. He did not wish to say anything disrespectful of the new directors, but it had certainly been understood that after the year 1849 all members of the board of directors were to be elected by the pro prietora—(Hear, hear)—and he wished to know whe ther any explanation would be afforded to the meeting on that subject. The CHAIRMAN replied that at the proper time he would be ready to give an explanation. It was agreed that the report of the directors and the statement of revenue and expenditure, ccpies of which had been forwarded to the proprietors should be considered as read. Abstracts of these dchuments have already appeared. The CHAIRMAN then observed that it was Lis wish, on the part of the board of directors, to afford the shareholders information upon any points on which it might be desired, and to make them as fully con versant with the affairs of the company as were the directors themselves. The statement of the traffic receipts, as would be seen from the report, exhibited a decrease as compared with the six months ending July 4, 1850, of 33,524/. Some reduction in their receipts for the past half-year was, however, anticipated. It would be necessary, in dealing with this part of the subject, to refer to the proceedings of the Great Northern Railway Company, but he could assure them he did not do so in any spirit of hostility, but simply that they might understand the position in which they stood with regard to that company. The Great Northern Company, up to August last year, had been feeders of the Eastern Counties line at Peter borough, bringing to them at that place the bulk of the goods traffic for the south, because, although the London and North-Western line had a communica tion with Peterborough, the great proportion of the southern traffic came over the Eastern Counties line. When, however, the Great Northern line was opened throughout, in August last, the Eastern Counties Company were deprived, to a great extent, of the Lincolnshire and other northern traffic, and lost a large amount of revenue which they had previously enjoyed. The Great Northern Company also opened a branch from Hitchin to Royston, and, by running omnibuses thence to Cambridge, and conveying passengers at a lower fare than the Eas tern Counties, they abstracted much of the traffic pre viously carried by the Eastern Counties Company' between Cambridge and London. The Eastern Coun ties, directors, therefore, felt it their duty to bring down their fares to something like the amount charged by the Great Northern, and their receipts had of course been considerably diminished by the reduced fares adopted. With regard to the expenditure, the: would observe that a very considerable reduction had taken place in their locomotive expenses during the past half-year—a reduction to the extent of something like 3d. per running mile. (A Shareholder—" About 2i.1.") Well, probably the hon. proprietor was cor rect in his calculation. Reports on the subject of the locomotive stock had been made by Mr. Gooch, their locomotive superintendent, whom he had always found most anxious to meet any suggestion made to him ; and who devoted himself with unwearied attention to his duties. They would observe that Mr. Gooch ex pressed his opinion that the working expenditure would he gradually reduced, and in that statement be (the Chairman) fully concurred. There were some items in their accounts (which had for the four half-years past been made out under the super intendence of Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co.), which, coming under the head of extraordinary ex penditure, might require some explanation, for he knew there was a general impression that their expen diture was more extravagant than that of other metropolitan lines, and higher than it ought to be. There was during the last half-year a charge for fifty-one waggons to replace old stock. They were aware that some years ago they had unfortunately frequent accidents on their line, causing great de struction to their waggon stock, which was being gradually replaced, and hence arose the necessity for this charge. There was in the accounts an item of 4861. for the expenses of the shareholders' commit tee. Now, he hoped that item would not appear in the statement again, but that they would be able to dispense with the services of such a committee in future.—(Hear, hear.) There were charges under the head of locomotive e xpenses—including 3,3001. for the fifty-one waggons to which he had before referred —to the amount of 5,5451., which were not likely again to occur; and he thought, then, there was a very fair prospect that their expenses would soon be considerably diminished. 'With regard to the expen diture for permanent way, he had felt it his duty to call upon the superintendent of that department to give some explanation as to the excess of expenditure during the last half-year over that of the correspond ing period last year. It appeared that the additional expenditure was occasioned by the enlargement of stations, the placing of new sidings, the erection of coalsheds, goods warehouses, and various other works which had been charged upon the revenue. Now, according to his view, although their capital ac count had been stated to be closed, he thought it impossible that could be the case in a concern like the Eastern Counties Railway Company. At Ware, for instance, they had a station containing a very large goods shed, but it was found to be totally inadequate to the traffic. If they wanted a certain sum merely for the repair of that station, the charge ought to be thrown upon the revenue ; but if it was necessary to enlarge the warehouse, the advantage of such an im provement would not be derived exclusively during the next half-year, but would be permanent. He thought, therefore, that the charge for such works ought not to be thrown upon the shareholders for the current half year, but ought to be placed to the capi tal account.—(Hear, hear.) The directors had been authorised to set aside 8,000/. for the half-year ending in June, and 14,000/. for the half -Sear ending in De cember, for the maintenance of the permanent way ; and although Mr. Ashcroft, the superintendent of ways and works, did not think the 8,000/. would be requisite, the directors had considered that the safer course would be to include that amount of charge in the accounts for the past half-year. The directors had stated in their report, having regard to the experi ment of fish. jointing the rails, that further experience might induce them to recommend a reconsideration of the propriety of putting aside an annual sum as a de preciation fund for the permanent way, or an altera tion in the amount so reserved. For his own part he believed the principle of the fish , joint was sound, and that they might be able eventually to give up alto gether the maintenance of a reserve fund for the per manent way. He would say one word with regard to the legal expenses included in the accounts, which amounted to 5,006/. 16s. 5d., and might be considered a very large sum.—[A. Shareholder—" For how long ?"] This charge was for a period of six months. Their solicitors were gentlemen of the highest emi nence in the profession, and no less than 3,369/. of the charge he had mentioned was for Parliamentary expenses during the last session, necessarily including a very large sum out of pocket. The expenditure was incurred not only with the view of protecting the pro party of the shareholders, but also the guaranteed stock, and he thought it a question deserving consi deration whether the ordinary share capital of the company ought to bear the whole burden of this charge.—(Dear, hear.) The money was not spent merely fur the benefit of the proprietors during a par ticular half-year, but was for the advantage of all future shareholders. He could point out other com panies which threw such charges upon their capital, and his own opinion was that the guaranteed stock ought to bear a share of these expenses with the ordinary s hareholders, for he must remind them that not only had they been obliged to enter into con tests with other companies during the last half-year, but that they would have to engage in similar contestst during the next session of Parliament. He w ascertain what were the views of the proprietors ge nerally on, this subject, for, if they had hither to acted upon 'a wrong principle, they might change their course in future. There was another charge in the accounts of 741. for proxy stamp, and he must say, for his own part, that he would never put the shareholders to the expense of a shilling for the sake of obtaining a proxy.—(ilear, bear.) There was in the revenue account a charge of 2,5371. 9s. Gd., paid during the half-year for casualties arising from the unfortunate accident which occurred the day before last Christmas-day, and the amount, under the bead of casualties, still outstanding was estimated at 7,500/., making together 10,0371. 9e. 61 It was estimated that the amount of 7,500/., which was set aside, would more than cover the demands under this head. There was another item of 2,7691. 15s. 3d. for the amount expended in the preparation of statements with the view of appealing against the parish assessments. That expense was incurred previous to this half-year in getting up data showing what the company earned per mile, and at each of their stations, in order that if any question of rating arose they might have the means of substantiating their case. A sum of 1,647/. had also been paid to Messrs. Quil ter and Ball for investigating the capital expenditure of the company. He had received numerous letters inquiring how long this expenditure was to go on, and he begged to say that he bad ascertained that the additional expenditure was estimated at about 3001., and the charge would then cease. lie need not re mind them, however, what valuable information they r ) rul , r ' EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1851. had derived from the investigations of . I Nl?tsrs. Quitter and Ball. There was another item in the revenue ac- count of 10,0001., " to amount of the remaining ba lance of this account transferred to the account of Rent of Joint Stations,' with the view to provide for the loss thereon, the earnings under this head having been overstated in revenue accounts anterior to Janu- ary, 1549." He could only say in justification that the directors felt the utmost anxiety to start with all outstanding claims wiped away. They felt that the time for despondency has passed, and that they had now to endeavour to develope the resources of the dis tricts through which their line passed, starting with a clear balance-sheet. They thought, therefore, though it was a great sacrifice to abandon all hope of a dividend for the past half year, that it was desirable to set aside this sum for the purpose to which it was to be applied. Th 3 auditors in their report made this statement : " The charge for • legal expenses (including Parlia mentary opposition to competing lines)' contains two items, amounting together to 6501., paid by order of your late directors; for these amounts no vouchers have been produced to us, and on inquiry we are told it would be undesirable for you to possess particulars of this ex penditure, We cannot, consistently with the important trust reposed in us by you, accept this explanation, and therefore submit both these matters to you, to deal with es you think fit." He did not wish to make any observations upon the conduct of the gentlemen to whom the auditors re ferred, and who were no longer members of the board of directors ; but, so far as he had been able to ascer tain, he must say he believed the parties who directed the expenditure thought it desirable that such an amount should be placed at the disposal of the secre tary, with the view of advancing the interests of the company. The amount had, he believed, been ex pended with that object alone. With regard to the Harwich agreement mentioned in the report, the seal of the Eastern Counties Company had been affixed to it, and it was expected that it would receive the sanction of the Eastern Union proprietors at the end of this week or early next week. He believed that arrangement would be of the greatest importance to the Eastern Counties Company, and he was sur prised, when it was necessary to construct only 10i miles of railway to establish a communication with one of the finest harbours on the eastern coast, that the work had not been undertaken much sooner.—(A Shareholder—" What will the line cost ?") He Was told that, according to the revised contract, making a single line, including the land, but independently of the harbour works, the cost would be about 150,0001. —(A voice--" Then we shall have no dividend next year.") With regard to the Norfolk agreement, he did not think it desirable to enter into that question at any length on the present occasion. The Norfolk Company had communicated with the Eastern Coun ties directors, inquiring what course they intended to take. They considered that the best course they could pursue was to rely upon the agreements they had previously made with the Norfolk Company for a given number of years. He was convinced that at the present moment it was desirable they should maintain amicable relations with that company, and he hoped no question would be introduced to-day calculated to engender any ill-feeling or to cause a renewal of an acrimonious correspondence. The estab lishment of steam-packets at Lowestoft was likely to be of very great importance, not only in develop ing the resources of that town, but in adding to the revenues of the Eastern Counties Company. —(Hear, hear.) However Mr. Peto might be held up as courting the Norfolk Company, be (the chair man) knew that Hon. Gentleman was doing all he could, by an outlay of his own money, to develope th e resources of Lowestoft, and in so doing he must necessarily add greatly to the revenus of both compa nies. With regard to the Great Northern Railway Company, some two years ago that company entered into antagreement with the Eastern Counties Com pany, whereby they were to abandon the construction of a line called the Boston, Stamford, and Birming ham line, which gave them access by Peterborough to Wisbeach, and the Eastern Counties Com pany agreed that the Great Northern should use their line from Peterborough to Wis beach, paying GO per cent. upon their receipts. At the time that agreement was made the Great Nor thern Company would not have had the means of oining the East Anglian Company at Wisbeach. A few months ago, however, in consequence of some ar rangement they had made with the East Anglian Company, the Great Northern Company gave notice to the Eastern Counties of their intention to work over the Eastern Counties line, and instructions were given that they should do so accordingly. Having given them the privilege of running to the Wisbeach Aation, the Eastern Counties Company considered they had fulfilled their part of the bond ; but the Great Northern Company said, " We will stay short of Wisbeach and use another line communicating with the East Anglian line." The Eastern Counties di rectors replied, " No, you shall go to Wisbeach, but you have no right to stop short and use the East Anglian line for the purpose of diverting our traffic. We, shall, however, be very glad to make arrangements with the Great Northern or any other company for the purpose of carrying out the views of Parliament." But what did the Great Northern say in their recent report ? It contained this passage : " The Great Northern have also commenced working from Peterborough to Wisbeach, and over the East Anglian lines from Wisbeach to Dereham. The Eastern Counties Company, in contravention of their agreement with the Great Northern, as well as against the rights of the East Anglian Company, secured by Act of Parliament, have shut up the points of junction between the Eastern Counties line and the East Anglian line at Wisbeach." Why, if the directors o the Eastern Counties Company had not done so they would not have been faithful guardians of the interests of the shareholders. The Great Northern line had given them notice of proceedings in Chancery, but he dared them to proceed. If that company thought they would obtain the use of station upon other lines, and that the companies upon which such claims were made would stand quietly by without endeavouring to maintain their just rights, they would find them selves egregiously mistaken. But, even if the Great Northern Company obtained the powers which they sought through the interposition of the Court of Chan cery, he had no doubt that in the end the Eastern Counties Company would be enabled to gain their just and equitable rights ; and they would still have the advantage of possessing much more direct communication between London and Lynn, Dereham and Swaffham, than the Great Northern. The Great Northern Company also complained that they were not allowed to run over the Eastern Counties Company's line from Shep reth to Cambridge ; but Parliament had denied the Great Northern Company this running power, and %Thy should the Eastern Counties Company grant that which, upon five successive applications, Parlia ment had refused ?—(Bear.) He could only repeat that the directors were prepared to meet the Great Northern Company in a spirit of amity, for the pur pose of carrying out what they considered to be the views of Parliament ; but if the most direct commu nication was entitled to the traffic, he maintained that that direct communication was by the Eastern Counties line, and the directors were determined to defend their right to that traffic as long as they had the support and concurrence of the s hareholders.—(Hear, hear.) He was not prepared to state what measures it might be desirable to adopt in the next session of Parliament, but he would say that, beyond the preli• urinary expenses which might attend the giving of notices of the making of surveys, the directors would not incur any expenses without asking the sanction of the proprietors.—( Hear.) He might remind them that in April or May last it was announced that the Eastern Counties directors were en deavouring to make arrangements for enter ing into part occupation of the Fenchurch-street station of the Blackwell Railway Company, who projected a line to be carried opposite to Graves end. He hoped arrangements would shortly be made whereby the Eastern Counties Company would have free access to the Fenchurch-street station, and he was informed that the Blackwell Company were pre paring plans for giving them a siding for their own use. If they could obtain such accommodation upon fair and equitable terms, the greatest advantages must result to the Eastern Counties Company.— (Hear and cheers.) Complaints had been made that the directors of the Eastern Counties Company had been advertising for money and offering 41 per cent. They had to measure their Zredit by the opinion which others entertained of it, and so long as they could not obtain money at 4 per cent. they thought it advisable to advertise for it at ft. He was glad to say, however, that the money was coming in very freely, and he had no doubt they would soon be able to obtain the advances they required upon as favourable terms as any other company. He was glad to be able to state that their goods traffic was progressing most satisfactorily. He found upon a comparison of the returns which were delivered monthly that at nearly every station on the Eastern Counties line, ex cept where it was in immediate contact with the, Great Northern, the goods traffic had increased. He was not aware that there were any other observations he had to snake, except upon the question of remuneration to the directors. So far ae he was concerned he left the proprietors to deal with that subject as they thought fit. The amount now set aside for the directors was 1,8001. a year, the sum which had been a ppropriated to the same purpose for years past, and he thought, if they wished to have directors who attended to the business of the company, it would be necessary to g ive them a fair remunera tion for their labours.—(Hear, hear.) lle begged to move that the report of the directors with the accounts be adopted. Mr. NATHAN found there were two now directors, one of them a noble lord, and understood they only held the number of shares necessary to qualify them for a seat at the board. Now, he thought there were many proprietors who would be ready to g o into the direction who held—not 20 shares bought at 61. a share—but 400 or 500 shares.—(Hear, and a laugh. The CHAIRM tN observed that one of the new directors, Lord A. Paget, joined the board at his spe cial request. Lord Paget lived within five or six miles of Ipswich, and it had been suggested to him (Mr. Waddington) that it would be desirable for the interests of the company to cultivate a friendly alli ance with him. He (the Chairman) was introduced to the Noble Lord, and being struck with his business habits, to which all his co-directors would bear wil ling testimony, and knowing also his influence in Parliament—(Hear, hear) —a consideration of great importance to the company—(Hear, hear)--he re quested Lord A. Paget to qualify as a director, and he was satisfied that in doing so he exercised a sound discretion.—(General cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. A. T. Sairrn, one of the directors, confirmed the statement of the Chairman as to the business habits of Lord A. Paget, and his attention to the affairs of the company. The CHAIRMAN said, in reply to questions, that the expenditure of the Harwich branch was to be under the control of a joint committee appointed by both companies. He believed the works were to be exe cuted for 100,0001., or thereabouts, and the land would cost about 40,000/. ; so that there would he a margin of about 20,000/. under the sum of 200,0001., which had been estimated to cover the execution of all the works. He believed the outlay in the first instance would be about 150,0001., as the inhabitants of Harwich had obtained an improvement Act, and it was not improbable they might construct a pier. The company was to pay 4 per cent. interest upon the outlay. Mr. M'LAREN complained of the expenditure of so large a sum as 5,0001. for the direction and manage ment of the company's lines, and suggested that the directors of the Northern and Eastern Railway Com pany, who had seats at the Eastern Counties board, and to whom 1,0001. was awarded under the authority of an Act of Parliament for their services, should re linquish their claims to that sum, and hand it over to form the nucleus of a dividend for the unfortunate Eastern Counties shareholders.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He hoped the directors would forego their remuneration, for many of those gentlemen were mil lionaires, and the pittance of 2001. or 300/. a year could be of no great consequence to them.—(A laugh.) Mr. DALLAWAT thought they were paying rather too much to their directors. He considered that they ought to be properly remunerated for their labour, but that they should be required to possess such an interest in the company's stock that the amount they received as directors should be a matter of secondary moment to them. When the dividend available was only at the rate of 30. in the pound for every 201. invested in the company, he thought there must be a very lax management. Might they not, in conse quence of the reduced price of articles of consumption, effect some reduction in the salaries of their 2,000 or 3,000 servants ? His land yielded him 20 per cent. less than it did when he invested in this line, and if they, as landlords, were making so large a sacrifice to reduce the cost of provisions, they ought, as proprie tors in railroad companies, to derive some benefit in return. If a reduction of 5, 10, or 15 per cent. were made in the wages it would at least assist the impo verished proprietors. There were hundreds of per sons deprived of the ordinary luxuries and even ne cessaries of life in consequence of their investments in the Eastern Counties Railway. Mr. BAGSHAW, M.P., said that ho had worked night and day for the benefit of this company as a director. As he had exerted himself he would con tinue to exert himself—but he would be paid for it. —(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) If his colleagues were to receive fees for their attendance, he would receive the same.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Box considered that the working expenses of the line were very heavy. In the last half % year but one the cost was about 1613. per train per mile, while upon the Great Western it was little more than 93. In the last half-year the expense on the Easter❑ Counties line had been 134 d. per train per mile, so that a reduction to the amount of nearly 31 per train per mile had been effected within half a year; but he thought it would not be difficult to make a still fur ther saving. There could be little doubt that the Great Northern Company would continue to make ag gressions upon them, and unless some very extraor dinary reductions could be made in the expenditure of the Easter❑ Counties Company he could not anti cipate a dividend even at a remote period. He wished to ask whether the chairman's attention bad been directed to the compressed air machinery ? (Cries of " Oh, oh," and great laughter.) He was empowered by the patentee of the compressed air machinery to say that he was quite willing at his own expense to try the effect of his principle upon any of the company's branch lines, so as not to interfere with the traffic. The CHAIRM&N—He shall have au opportunity, then.—(Laughter and cheers.) [the chairman sub sequently explained that the directors would be willing to allow a trial of the principle, but the ex periment must not be attended with any cost to the company, nor would they allow their own engines to be used.] Mr. Box thanked the chairman for his offer, ob- serving that the readiness with which it was made sa tisfied him that the Hon. Gentleman was most de sirous to endeavour to bring the expenditure of the company within moderate bounds. Mr. ROBINSON suggested that an attempt should be made to induce the three railway companies in the eastern counties to unite themselves into one corn- pany.—(Cries of " Oh !" and " No, no.") The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to questions, that the directors had effected a reduction of about 3,500/. a year at the Bishopsgate station alone, in the clerks' and stores' departments. The miscellaneous expenses of the company were, he admitted, light, but he was not at all satisfied on that subject, and had called for a re port from each of the officers with reference to the items charged. Some conversation then took place with regard to the passage in the auditors' report which was quoted by the chairman, referring to two items, amounting together to 6501., paid by order of the late directors, but for which there were no vouchers. Mr. ELLIa (a late director) said that he heard from one or two of the directors some time since that a question had been raised upon this point, but without any reference to him. He was therefore somewhat surprised when he saw in the auditors' report that the money had been expended by two of the late directors, and it was undesirable to enter into any explanation with regard to it. He had written to the auditors to know whether he was one of the parties alluded to, and whether he had stated particulars could not be given. They replied that he was one of the gentle men alluded to, but that he was not the person giving the reply mentioned. Now the fact was, as far as he recollected, that the solicitors applied to the . finance committee for 1,0001. an account, and that it was passed without any explanation, a sum of 3,000/. being then due to these gentlemen. Four of the pre sent directors w e re at the committee meeting at the time, and it was, therefore, unfair to place the whole of the odium, if odium there was, attaching to the construction upon the late directors. The CHAIRMAN bad hoped that the matter would have been allowed to drop after the explanation he Lid given in his opening address. The subject had come to his knowledge through applications being made to him for assistance to enable parties to t es t the legality of the agreement with the East Anglian Company. This he had refused to gi ve , an d upon his mentioning the subject to the solicitors, they ex plained that the sum of 1,000/. had b een vote d f or similar purposes, of which between 500/. and 6001. had been expended. He at once called the attention of the directors and auditors to the subject, and he could assure them that, so long as he remained in office, there should be no money spent in secret ser vice, without they first placed sufficient confidence in him to vote it for the purpose. Some other explanations were given on the sub ject, and Mr. GLYN (the late chairman) said—Early in the present year the company were likely to suffer from several Bills brought into Parliament, and especially one by the Great Northern Company, for the making of a line from Shepreth to Cambridge, there to join the Newmarket Railway, but the real object of the Bill was to obtain running powers over the Eastern Counties. It was most desirable that this Bill should be opposed in the first instance, and thrown out on the second reading, but unfortunately this company had no locus standi nor right to oppose the Bill ex cept upon its clauses in Committee, and, if the Bill got into Committee, the expense to this company would have been very great, and the Great Northern could not well fail in obtaining some privileges which would have been greatly to the detriment of this company. It was under these circumstances I consulted your solicitors, and, as the company could not oppose the second reading, it became necessary, to do it through the medium of third par ties. Mr. Roney suggested, that by the judicious expenditure of a sum of money not exceeding 5001, this might be done, and he proposed to manage the matter if he were permitted to do se. The solicitors foreseeing the difficulty which has arisen, es indeed I also did, I namely, that there could be no vouchers for such expenditure, advised that I s hould in the first instance m en ti o n the matter to the auditor!, I and accordingly did so, but Mr . Reeves answered, a s ex . p.cted he would do, th at the y ought have vouchers. There the matter end ed, so far a I s was concerned, but Messrs. Crow der and 'Maynard advanced to Mr. Roney various sums of money, emovintiiz n in all t o w hich they have paid him since my 5001., some of res ignation, and Mr. Roney, with great tact and judg ment, with the aid of the landowners and the colleges, petitioned against the Bill, and by the weight of their parliamentary influence, succeeded in quashing the Bill on its second reading. The landowners and the colleges were the nominal opponents, but the real op position was ours. I consid er the company are much indebted to Mr. Roney for the pains h e took and the exertions he made to organize this opposition, and although I gave no orders to Messrs. Crowder and Maynard to advance the money, or to Mr. Roney to employ it, I think I should have been wanting in my duty to this company if I had refused to give it, or to advance the money myself, and then to have come to vou at this meeting, and state the circumstances, as I now do, and ask for an indemnity at your hands. Had the Bill gone into Committee, expenses to five times the amount must at least have been incurred, and the company's interest have suffered from the further encroachments of the Great Northern Com pang. The subject Was then allowed to drop, and the re port was adopted. A resolution, moved by dr. DALLAWAT, was then carried, that the expense of management should be taken into consideration by a committee, consisting of two directors and three shareholders ; but the shareholders having by this time been engaged in the meeting nearly five hours appeared anxious to break up, and the committee was not named. A variety of motions upon all manner of imagine able subjects, such as printing a list of the share• holders, the carrying out an amalgamation with the Eastern Union, the upsetting the Norfolk agreement, the qualification of future directors, &c., were then put by independent shareholders, end at once with drawn or negatived. Votes of thanks to the chairman and auditors, who respectively acknowledged the compliment, were then carried, and the meeting separated. EASTERN UNION. The executive committee appointed by the board of directors to manage the affairs of the company have Issued their first report, to be laid before the share holders at the half-yearly meeting on Friday next. The report states that the London office is no longer necessary, and will be closed at the end of the present month. Within the last two or three weeks, fortu nately for all parties connected with the undertaking, a movement commenced amongst an influential section of the preference sha re h o l ders. A meet i ng o f suc h as were registered was held in London, and a committee of them has been appointed to commun i ca t e w ith the di re ctors, to consider terms of arrangement. The movement on the part of the p re f erence shareholders has afforded an opening to negotiate with the simple contract creditors of the company. Meanwhile, it ' would tend much to the advantage of all th e i nterests at stake, and to a speedier, if not more certain, settle ment of difficulties, if all the debenture shareholders would temporarily unite in foregoing their claim to the liquidation of bonds overdue, or may be in course of becoming, so their interests continuing to be punctually paid. Thus (if confirmed), through an arrangement which the welfare of every party con nected with the railway imperatively called for, and by scrupulous and wise economy, dormant sources of traffic may be gradually developed, increase, and receipts o f th e li ne must progressively and the unguaranteed shareholder may at last hope to reap some return from the profits of a concern to which be h as so l arge l y contr ib u t e d. The Har wich agreement has b een sea l e d by the Eastern Counties board, and it now only requires the stud= o f the shareholders an d th e am i ca b le co - opera ti on o f a joint committee of the boards of the two companies for the line to be forthwith commenced. The terms are, that the Eastern Counties Company guarantee four per cent. on the cost, with half the surplus profits arising from the traffic between Harwich and London, and between Harwich and all sta tions on the Eastern Counties line, which terms will enable the directors to complete the line on its own security. The Trowse branch, connecting the line with the Eastern Counties system at Norwich, is now ready for work. As regards the items classed under the head of general expenses, &c., the committee hope to reduce them one-third. In conclusion, the com mittee state that taking the income of the line for the year ending June, 1852, to be the same as that real ized for the year ending June, 1851, viz., at about 111,0001., 58 per cent. (or 64,3801.) will suffice for working expenses, including a reasonable provisicn against depreciation. This would leave as surplus net income 46,62 e/. If this be a fair estimate, it will al most necessarily follow that under more vigorous management, more rigid economy, relief from pecu niary pressure, and the opening of fresh sources of traffic, the net surplus revenue after June, 1852, can never well be less than 52,000/. per annum. Beyond this the committee at the present time do not venture to offer a surmise. The capital account shows that 2,121,0431. had been received, and 2,118,1721. ex pended, leaving a balance of 2,8701. The revenue ac count for the half-year states that 51,6971. had been received, and 33,8441. expended, leaving a balance of 17,8521. BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the terminus of the Great Northern Railway, Mr. Macaulay in the chair. The receipts on capital account, amounted to 83,6251., and the expenditure to 82,9321., leaving a balance of 6931. _ _ On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. G. H. PACKE, the accounts were agreed to, and ths meeting separated. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK. The statement of acounts of this company for the half-year ending the 30th of June, showed that 624,9831. had been received on capital account, and 618,3961. expended, leaving a balance of 6,5871. From the revenue account it appears that the receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June amounted to 7,1771., and the expenses to 4,1921., leaving a•balance of 2,9851. SOUTH-EASTERN. The number of passengers conveyed on this line to and from the London-bridge terminus on Saturday was 16,328—namely, 8,314 to London, and 8,014 from London. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at Osborne, Isle of Wight. It was attended by his Royal highness the Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council the Parliament was further proro gued from the 4th day of September to the 4th day of November next. The Hon. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. Previous to the Council, the Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Westmoreland and to Sir Hamilton Seymour. After the Council, Sir David Dundas had an inter view of the Queen, to lay before her Majesty the pro ceedings of some Courts-martial. The Ministers left town to attend the Court by a special train, on the South-Western Railway, at a Tiartor-past nine yesterday morning, and reached Gosport at a quarter to one, where the Sprightly steamer was in readiness to convey them to Osborne. At a quarter to four o'clock they embarked on board the Fairy royal yacht on their return, reached Gos port at half•past four o'clock, and proceeded to town by a special train. OSBORNE, MONDAY'. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, with the Prince of \Vales and Princess Royal, attended Divine service at Whippingham Parish Church vesterday morning. The Rev. T. Protheroe officiated. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo nial-office to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong, and to the Governor of Malta. Disp atches were also sent off to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. _--,-...- • in of this term, as BROTHER. JONATHAN.—The n recent number of applied to the United States, is given it was communicated the Norwich Courier. The sayseditlo of years of age, who was 6111 by a gentleman now up wards of the revolution. The story active participator in the scene of Washington, after being is as follows :—" When of Gtheenarmy of the Revolution Wax, fwefu appointed Commander organize it, and make preparations came to MassachusetH ' for the defence ofth am munition and o with, and great difficulty to obtain etrhomceostunon4trnye,cheessfaoryundtea meet tt Rant of oo such condition, the cause at once might foe he had to contend no occasion, at that anxious period, a con taonk-iindocnier, and others was had, when it seemed be he e hmo.p e ilefs attacked snuoltwaatiynaconu. fdh ielisdevised to make such preparations as were H Excellency, Jonathan Trumbull, the elder, necessarv. then- Governor of the State of Connecticut, on whwe was nt and aid the General placed the greatest reliance. " We must consult Brother Jonathan on the and remarked, subject., The General did so, and the Governor was 'sue cossful in supplying many of the wants of the army. When difficulties afterwards arose, and the army was spread over the country, it became a bye-word, ' We must consult Bro ther Jonathan. The term Yankee is still applied to a por tion, but ' Brother Jonathan' has now become a designation of the whole country, as John Bull has for England.' " Dictionary of Americanisms," by John Russell Bartlett, 1849. —From Notes and Queries. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM.--The general election of orphans to this Asylum took place yester day, at the institution in Bow-road, under circumstancestl .y of more than oti n nary interest. The grounds were very decorated with flags and exotics, and throughout the day were thronged by a fashionable company. Mr. 14 ns having taken thej chair, at twelve o'clock thechpiolldlreonpenweerde. and closed at three o'clock, when the following children Davey, declared duly elected : —Thomas Walker,_ oWi g D uthwaite, Mary 'Thomas Philpot, William Evans, oral, one of the elder Mr. Gribble, of Bow; Captain ShutNtleiwr. Adams, Jemima Glanville, and IG'aeemrma-relliozdogb brethren of the Trinity House; eb.int4Thceaplttaieva. the advantages of the institution, Warren, Mr. Gould, and other.gentlemenle. had upon the commercial I country, at the same time and the strong claim it having spoken of lionn;etcantile interests of the arning the necessity of establishing increasingug the number of recipients a building fund, and ed,rl;hieth eaovmopteanoyf in uhantkahe ladies were permitted to go over the apart. course of the evening institution, and Captain Warren's novel system committee. The °tot. the ee echhaatiirtyan ments of the the girls' bath-room, which is lavatories,d the proceedingst ess,o c especially ~ re markableof for its clean and perfect arrangement, were gene rally admired. coo' ,ords ritioo the r tie he our' I :-" b.! ant 68 bf ,of ir - r F I