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OITI.. , . .p.,,!.. , : 7i.,; ; • • N' -•- , A ., ~,,,.. tf: IVr I be ... 0 Bank E AS Tand wEsr INDIA DOCK COMPANY. thaTriglintrectors hereby g i ve notice, that it is i n t en ded (unless the 1652 f ,1 411, 4 , have been previously paid) to SELL, on the I .s a t n ) , : z : , certain Parcels of TEA OUST and CAIA to h. ,!...._Hltthe length of time remaining on hand, are not considered 41 1 7 1 1_1 he charges due thereon. or all the Goods may be seen at this House. 144 and west India Deck HouseG,EßOillltitGeEr.sCquOarLLe,lN, Secretary. .-.. December l3, 1851. 03 6 4 ! 500 u 543 7 ° DECEMBER, 1851. DECE LONDON, WEDNESDAY N. 18,48 8 .] s -, -r 7 96 8 33 , 34 6 " 700 0 397 n " 926 10 0 765 n 000 v I.I°XDON AND NORTH-WESTERN DdY RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ter,''Mpg a TI CKE rS c an, issued on Wednesday, the 24th instaiasnt iant. and in h.'h.. be available until Monday, the 29th 'aS Day the Trains will run as on Sundays. By order, [PRICE SD. CHRIS DIAS HOLIDAYS. ...... - T - -,.....---- -- ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. (Incorporated pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet.) Offices—No. 11, Adam-street, Adelphi. Capital, 50,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 10s. (fully paid up) each. No Shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his Shares. TRUSTEES. Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., Hadley, Herts. George Emmott Green, Esq., Emiriott Hall, Lancashire. James Harmer, Esq., Ingress Park, Greenhithe, Kent. CHAIRMAN. GEORGE EDWARD CO rf it EL L, Esq, James-street, Buck - Ingham-gate; and New-square, Lincoln's Inn. VICE-CHAIRMAN . FRANCIS DENNIS MASSY DAWSON, Esq., Victoria square; and Plo vden -b u ildings, Temple. DIRECTORS. John Barker, M.D., Richmond, Surrey. Symeon Taylor Bartlett, LL.. Cambridge. Jona th a n Felder, Esq.. PenriDth. Charles Hawks, Esq., Birmingham. Joseph George Parker, Esq , Wartni tr nster. egent-street. Sir C. S. R ei nhold, Bart., Argyll-seet, R RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN CALIFORNIA. C a ptain Sir henry Yore Huntley, R.N. ANKERS. London and County Bank, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe and Nickell, Bridge-stet, Westminster. SUPERINTENDENTS IN CALIF re ORNIA. JAMES 3laconochie, Esq. 1 William Godfrey Huet, Esq. SECRETARY (ad interim). Mr. George Frederick Goodman. This Company being now completely registered, the Directors take the earliest opportunity of laying before the Shareholders a statement of its progress awl prospects. It may be confidently asserted that no Company was ever brought before the public with equal prosp_ct of sp.iedy and successful results. The prompt assistance afforded by th e Shareholders to the Direc tors, nd te perfect confidence in the management displayed by them, a have h enabled the Directors to take such steps as must ensure an enormous dividend within a few months. Sir Henry Huntley, the resident Director in California, has been in that country five months, and the co urse adopted by tae Dire cto for carrying out this enterprise results from the experience obtained by him during that period. The instructions, given oss to ible inq Sir Heuiry nry Hunt ey were, in effec t, that he should make every p relative to the state of the country, the tenure of land, the com parative merits of the different quartz yeins in the several districts of California, and after mature deliberation to ad sucvise h the Directsepossible. ors as to their best co urse of proceeding, and to take ss wou ld enable them to ca rr y out his views as speedily as Following these instructions, he has secured for te he is clearly benefit of the C o mpany, sufficient lan ds for all mining purposes but of opinion, that for the present, at least, it Is not desirable to wider take mining operations, but to crush and ama'gamate quartz to be supplied by those who are possessed of mines, and have raised the quartz. With the assistance of some gentlemen of great experience is geology and mining matters, he has inspected and tested a great variety of veins in the Mariposa, Nevada, Grass Valley, and other districts, and has come to the conclusion, upon sound reasons, that the vicinity of Grass Valley and Nevada City, is that which affords the greatest advantages for car rying on our enterprise. Ile has, therefore, entered into an agree ment with some AIEeTICLUI gentlemen, who have formed a company, and have opened, and, to a considerable extent, worked a vein of C ity, dlita.nt about three miles from Grass. Valley and Nevada City, and about thirty miles from Sacramento City, to crush and amaltamate the quartz to be raised from the mine opened by them. 13y means of machinery, he has already cru hod and amalgamated considerable quantities of the quartz sup plied him from this mine ; and the r. salt of his operations has been to satisfy himself that the vein is of a full average richness, and that the locality oilers many important advantages in the way of water, fuel, means of transit, Sec., &c. Ile has, there fore, entered into a formal agreement with that Company, which, in a fewwords, amounts to this: he is to be supplied by them with as much quartz as his machinery shall be found capable of crushing; the quartz is to be deposited at the mills free of expense ; he is to crush and amalgamate it at his own expense, and he gld produced is to be divided equally between the owners of the vein and our Company. Formal and legal agreements for carrying out the above arram:ement fairly arid honestly, and eithout any copartnership, have been entered into. Steam-engines and machinery estimated to crush about thirty tons of quartz a day, with fends sufficient for putting it in motion, have been placed under the control of Sir Henry Huntley; and, unless some unexpected delay has arisen, the machinery is now actually at work, and a return will be made about Christmas next. 'For the satisfaction of the existing shareholders of this Company, and without wishing, in any manner, to deteriorate from the merits of other Companies, the Directors ate desirous of calling attention to some of the more prominent advantages possessed by this Com- ' pany over others now in the field. Shareholders in other Companies must mainly rely upon reports sent over by persons interested in selling tile mine; we rely upon the reports of our own resident Director and his practical assistants on the spot, whose only i n t e rest is to give us facts. estimate The Directors of other Compan i es generally base the of the value their mine upon calculations founded on experiments upon a few pieces of specimen quartz, sent over to this country for the express purpose of adyertising the commodity offered for sale to the British public ; we found our calculations upon experiments tried, during several weeks, on quartz raised from the mine, and crushed and amalgamated by our own Superintendent, and with our own machinery and apparatus. Other Companies propose to incur the expense and risk of carrying out miniug operations upon their vein, before the quartz arrives at their mill, and, should their labours prove successful, they must then pay out of their profits large per-centages for obtaining their leases, and large royal tie r to their lessors ; whereas we have secured as much quartz as our machinery is capable of crushing, the title to Which is as secure as that of any other company, unfettered by any per centage or royalty. The half of the produce to be paid by this Company to the parties who supply us, free of expense, with the quartz, being in fact merely equivalent to the dividend upon the outlay of capital ex pended in raising the quartz, and lodging it at the mill. All the new companies, unlike this, must be a considerable time before their arrangements and machinery can be ready for carrying out their schemes—tis Company alone le actually at work. The paid -up capital of the Company will not exceed 20,0031. An almost certain estimate of the produce of our machinery can be formed, and, from the calculations made, the Directors confidently anticipate being able even at the most moderate estimate, to &Masi a dividend of 200 per cent., at the least, within the next twelve months. According to the data furnished to us, the quartz which we are now working yields upon an average 4d. per pound, or 11. 17s. 41. per cwt., or 371. 6. Bd. per ton ; and, as we can crust and amalgamate at least 20 tons per diem, that would amount to 7461. 13s. 41., or 3731. S. Bd. per diem as the share of this Company By the peculiar 'arrangements this Company has made, based upon practical experience, the economy in working expenses must necessarily be such as to render the current outlay most trifling. In case circumstances should induce the Directors to alter the system now adopted, and lead them to undertake milling operations of their own, arrangements have teen made securing four distinct sit es, most carefully selected for their eligibility for mining pur poses. and Sir Henry Huntley has oil the spot Garnish miners who wen t, out with him, and who have voluntarily retendered him their services. The gentlemen wise formed the Provisional Committee of this Company, have added to their number several gentlemen possessing the acquaintance and entire confidence of a very large body of Shareholders in the provincial districts. To add such men to the Dire ;tory nob- supported those Shareholders who have in fact estab lished and nolypp this Company. Measures will be taken for further augmenting the Directory, and a Special General Meet ing of the Shareholders will be convened for the middle of January. In conclusion, the Directors beg to offer their best thanks to the Shareholders for the uniform support they have received, and they ledge themselves that the affairs of this Comeany shall ba con- P ducted with the most rigid economy, and with the sole view of for warding the interest of the Shareholders. The Directors beg to call the attention of Shareholders particularly to the fact that, from the system adopted by this Company, it can not be affected by the question now agitated between the holders of leases and Colonel Fremont or his agents. The district selected for the operations of this Company is tar removed from the tract claimed by Colonel Fremont. The difficulty arising out of the many points now raised relative to the tenure Wand under leases, had been long known to and was maturely considered by those having the control of the affairs of this Company, and was one of the reasons which in duced them to pursue for the present the course they have, and not to incur certain heavy expenses with doubtful results. The Directors trust that Shareholders will approve of the prudence of the course they have adopted. Prospectuses may be had upon application at the offices of the Company. ---------------------- PUBLICATIONS ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture by George Barker, Esq., on the Ballad Music of Eng land, commencing with his celebrated Entertainment, " An English Christmas," every evening for a fortnight, except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—Lecture by J. 11. 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Coathupe, 0. (oathupe, J. R. Rodbard, and 11. L. Bean, Bristol, and Nailson, Somersetehire, glass-manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Pybus, Idle, Calverley, Yorkshire, bootmaker. . Seth Clark, Calverley, Yorkshire, bootroaker. Thomas Whitaker, Shipley, near Bradford, tailor. WilliaM Anderson, Wilsden, Bradford, farmer. _ 000 0 00 0 ° 62 1 " 14-----------(3XDON to DUBLIN 11 4" Tllin retu rn HOITILS ani a HLF. DIK, unlcations daily on v. eek days ;;ate on Sunday Q.. le, Fe (via Holyhead) in second, 2i . ry i tim. nr Hours and a Half. First class. 31 . ; ..,.0,4 li,letS (available fur a fortnt.fht), to ' • Children r NI under twelve half- rice. between is vithl tuilal Ireland, see B - d I za.1..... Particulars of the booking-liven - el sy stem first class, V. 10s., ra s law J `'). Page 20 Fisher's ' • Guide, ; lrish Guide, page 2. page 122 ; Wals ' P„,a—rm. ROYAL OSBORNE SAUCE, /ite"h4orlvi by G. PAYNE, Cowes, her Majesty's Chemist b k . t s cmr tht q t (ire at l 11 , the Priuei • specially patronised ' and used by the RO)Flit Pal Clubs, &e., and exhibited and . 11seaa R kill,, (lo ftha l ; ib ' tla 1851; is distinguished as the PREM 41, - re 1.,' day for creating appetite, wisisting digestion, and ari 'sada the Most exquisite to fish, game, chops, hot and cold rpe iTa;le..s, and &c. b ea ntled and relished many piquant sauces, but the Royal PitZi l l% Whore Ze n ' all April '24, 1851. 41 11e 4 „ , P b auy. Y Rumsey, 3, Queen-street -place, LoTlon 'Nomgene and Mason, Hedges and Butler , Lyndon , and ~-------______,_________ t„,,k .aYbe o — sbti Q' 4 TT PATENT BRANDY i n isin , ained sopf all respectable spirit dealers I . n town and 414 t iti ...gie bottl, rotected by the patent metallic capsule . , b otu :2. l l , lot less than two gallons or one dozen, in jars, at lbs., . 0 7,. e t 183, )ier gallon 0115$ DISTILLERY , , 7, SMITEIFIELD-BARS. Bottles and cases included, and not returnable. On the Ist of January, 1852, Part I. containing Seven Portraits, and Biographies. PFIE PORTRAIT GALLERY of Distingui shed 1.. Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Divines, Painters, Architects, Engineers, Physicians. Lawyers, &c., &c. With Biographies. Ori ginally published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know. ledge. To be completed in Twenty-four Monthly Parts. Specimens may be had of all booksellers. London: Win. S. Orr and Co., Amen-corner ; and sold by allbook sellers. QUIT A 17,-' . ,.. 8 LE FIRE an d NATIONAL LO AN , . - - D LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES, 26 , CORNHILL, LONDON. • 'tt t . r. L DIRECTORS. 4 . . 4,...„ AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. • 'Kitt — Eennett E *John Moss, Esq. t u l i t Croft, Esq. , sq- L t4%,;tson, AI F.R.S. . D t*John Rawson, Esq. *Jolla Shaw, Esq. ,i piii ~.er, E sq. i' *Edmond S. Symes, EEL. TW IIII ` lil gil, Es t*Clement Taber, Esq. t 2 ir " Kenna q. tgb. Arnow , way, Esq. (Joseph Thompson,Esq. s''.. Aw J. Knight, M.D. f*Augustus Vigne, Esq. 11 .. e. ic i l ai llarY. Bart. fSamuel Walker, Esq. er E sq. • Dire. • . t Life. V' Both. t i (N co EQUIT ABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital , 500,00,01. Ch! Both, rPorated un d er 7 an d 8 Viet., cap. 110.) oZtib lis - L , Holders in this office are respectfully informed that the .311 ti . 3 „' I nd should ' - ' 41 ' 441 ..enewals are in the hands of the several Agents of the ~.., , po teileet gut ,b i erire b o e ffi p e a e ld on or before the 9th of JTivary., Own by a constant analys s of it . 1 44.' - 'i of thr...rn time to time, adopts such rates of premiuml inaysestthie. 61'0 is 131,,,n5k into ; and with tl3 iS view an annua liti ii "l is e , into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent._ aye t 14 forT' made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have ' el....lnning Stook three years, t 47. ‘ . ' ek insured at as. per cent. without the Average ito," are ~, 4 .45TA L a, ---- 's good without deduction or discount. LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital £500,008. , tio Ckl i lia Wu or rsek en , • ....bdr NEW LIFE TABLES. awal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en aftbm—• / 1 ) ; 4 ,7 receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount deposit kr • k ik " . . annual premiums, without security or life. . LiVer 4. 1 ," nalf-premium for the whole continuance of On • 11 4 7 . Ap n ,c;."ait W the annual payments will be returned. . _ es Thtat or ".,'" Panted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuiti • 102 the axiety are peculiarly favourable. i l I t ,.._ ' anrual income fth ociety from premiu ms ex 11 4 o i r atrioint covered byte ' policies of the Society is up ~.._ e assired h ts to 1; 26,0)0 1.; and thereserve profit applicable to future 'Be Oftce . , or 'toanic'unts toceeds 5,502/. 14s. Od. 4 % DAT. Lu sei and every information, may be obtained, on liPlaina' any of its Agents. W. S. B. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. .4.E T GENERAL LIFE AN D Fin c.m.,.. -----E ASSURANCE COMPANY, -- were,' i ii , a Established 1837. -" 'Denial Acts of Parliament, 3d Vic., c. ix., and 10th Vie., c. i. 62 , Xing Willi am - s t ree t, London. - And 21, St. David-street, Edinburgh. 4eo fir Capital, One Million. hot e 11( fta DIRECTORS.. a,,,,,,. eh si ,,_ eld, E sq. Chas. Hindley, Esq., M.P. 41 14 1 ' l as 't49. and Ald. Thomas Piper, Esq. lot, Illico n • e r'e, Esq. ale Pl e ,„',, x sg. Thos. B. Simpson, 'Eel. • ~.- A rd ,—oer E.,.. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. „, ilk ~,rlollie , .'.„-,- m • John Willis, Esq. szik y ‘...4)- , •r..sq. Edward Wilson, Esq. and ready, 'AY bt bad ' j:/ lAg Fire Renewal Receipts are now • 1 0 f its A en a pplication at the Head Offices of the Company , y pits t hroughout the countrall bust- Vela ti L E DEPARTMENT the Company transacts - )I,; 4 ' n etna u) Life Assurances Lend p,,if i ? e n rile most libelor of liberal teams Deferred consistentAnnu iAnnuities, e w s .iit, t.,,aia ariuusecurit , it a h nd so F u a n m a r0.'., 1 ,' s ens ell c m personal security, and the deposit of a Life Po ipl Family I n E c n i - .5 , ,, 4 ,7 A geat t s e. by the borrower c e ls na me ' Sbl icitola, Auctioneers, and. Sur veyors, a • ..,_ , liberal al- On the Ist of January , 1852, Part 1., p rice Four Shillings, AiHISTORY of the BRITISH EMPIRE dur ing the First Half of the Nineteenth Century : being an In troductory Narrative of Events from 1800 to 1815, and the History of the Peace, from 1815 to the present time. By HAARIET MAR TLNEAIT. Embellished with Portraits. To be completed in Ten Monthly Parts. London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen-corner; and sold by all book sellers. George Hasler, Bitterne, South Stoneham, Hampshire, butcher. Barnard APR:ay, Nillbrook, Hampshire, beer-retailer. Jasan Cadge; Cavendish, Suffolk, farming biiliff. Grace Bennett, St. Austell, Cornwall, schoolmistress. Mary Bennett, St. Austell, Cornwall. Michael Askew, Whittington, Derbyshire, miller. Ralph Geeson, Sheffield, brewers' clerk. ob 0o • ro he 000 ) 0, 4c i 'IOU : by IO MR. Just SEY edMOUR'S WORK ON WESTERN IRELAND publish, the Third Edition, greatly enlarged, price Half-a-Crown. Dedicated, by express permission, to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, How to EPLOY CAPITAL in WESTERN IRE LAND : ' being Answers to a few Practical Questions upon the Manufacture of Beet Sugar, Flax, and Chicory, in con nexion with a By LWILLIAM Investment in the West of Ireland. DIOBY SEYMOUR, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.' London : John Hearne, 81, Strand ; James Ridgway, 169, Picca dilly; and Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. Dublin: Hodges and Smith, Grafton-street. James Wileocis son, Brampton, Derbyshire, labourer. John Anthony Wetherell, Bishopwearmouth, teacher of music. Joseph Parkin, Seaham Harbour, Durham, ship broker. Richard Hartley, Manchester, salesman. Thomas Walker, Manchester, baker. Thomas Harper, Ruardean, Gloucestershire, haulier. Thomas Tunstall, Stoko•upon-Trent, grocer. James Brow nson, Kingswinford, saddler. Robert Taylor, West Auckland, Durham, journo) man mason. Edmund Semmons, Gwennspp, Cornwall, draper. Robert Pryke, Bulmer, Essex, blacksmith. William Barratt, Whitgift, Yorkshire, glazier. Edward Parry, Carnarvon, grocer. William Hughes, Carnarvon, innkeeper. itl rto to i n rot, ~ --! On Saturday, January 3, 1852, will be publishel, price 2d., the First Number of a New Series of THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR, under the title of T HE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR and MAGAZINE of ART. This work, though published at so small a price, will greatly sur pass everything that has yet appeared, even at double or treble the sum. The Engravings will form a Gallery of Fine Art. The first artists in the world will be employed upon them, and the printing and all the details will be executed with the greatest care, a new Printing Establishment being fitted up expressly for the purpose of bringing out this New Series of the Illustrated Exhibitor. The First Num ter will be ready with the Magazines for January, 1852. Mcnthly Parts Bd. ; or, when Five Numbers, 10d. each. The ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR and MAGAZINE of ART will not only form a Gallery of Pictorial Illustrations, but will also contain ably-written articles en a variety of subjects, interesting and instructive to I. WORII classes, arranged under the following heads : KS of the GREAT MASTERS. Copies of the most celebrated Works of the Great Masters of all Nations In Painting, Sculpture, and other branches of Art. 11. The PORTRAIT GALLERY. Which will be enriched with Biographical Sketches and Reminis cences. The Portraits will be engraved with the greatest care by first-rate artists ; and, together with the Biographies, will prove of deep interest and profit. 111. HISTORICAL EVENTS. Each article will be accompanied by a splendid Engraving. As the most striking events in the history of other nations, as well as our own, will be included, this will prove a medium for the communica tion of much valuable aud instructive information. IV. ARCHITECTURE. This department will comprise the finest specimens of the Archi tecture of Europe, including the Cathedrals and other Ecclesiastical Buildings of England and the Continent, Norman Castles, Noble Re sidences, Public Institutions, and other buildings possessing claims to architectural taste and beauty. V. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES, INVENTIONS, and IS! PROVEMENTS. This department will embrace a vast range of subjects ; and as the articles will be written In the clearest and most practical style, and illustrated and explained by a number of suitable diagrams and en gravings, it will be deeply interesting to all who desire information on such subjects, but especially to youthful artisans and mechanics. VI; The WORK-4'ol'S, MANUFACTORIES, and LABORATO RIES of ENGLAND and the WORLD. In this department one grand object of the recent Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations will be fully carried out, namely, the deve lopment of the faculty of invention. It will include minute descrip tions of the processes by which the various raw materials with which the earth abounds are made "to - suppry the necessities, and to minister to tho comforts and elegancies of life. The Pictorial Illus trations will be numerous, and the descriptions will be written in an educational style, such as to convey instruction and entertainment to families and general readers. VII. LOCAL and DOMESTIC . SCENES. These will include AMC of those events which occur in cities, in towns, and in familiar life, which are well deserving of notice, an .1 which admit of beautiful pictorial illustration. Such are national commemorations, the internal arrangements of Government esta blishments, scenes in domestic life, &c., &c. VIII. REMINISCENCES of the GREAT EXHIBITION. Consisting of Pictorial and Literary Illustrations of those interest ing objects in Art and Science for which space could not be found in Volume the First. Although the Illustrated Exhibitor contains a larger and more choice collection of the valuable contributions to the World's Fair. than has been ever before attempted, yet the various and unique sill jects still to be introduced will be foiled worthy the reader's best attention. IX. The LADIES' DEPARTMENT. _ _ James Breading, Portsea, Hampshire, greengrocer. Caroline Dimmer, Portsea, grocer. Charles Rsssell, Portsea, fishmonger. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. I ....-- -- l io ii 1 0 / W. Young, Airdrie, baker, to meet within Drum mond's Royal Hotel, Airdrie, Deo. 26 and Jan. 17, at twelve. iii ; T. Bond, Burnbrae, Dumbartonshire, bleaehar, to meet within the Elephant lon, Dumbarton, Dec. 26 and Jan. 23, at two. J. Wilson, Glasgow, sugar refiner, to meet within the Buck's Head Hotel,Glasgow, Dec. 26 and Jan. 16, at one. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-WESTERN. The general meeting of the proprietors of the South-Western Railway, which was , convened on Tuesday last, to consider whether they would give their preference to a line running from Salisbury to Exeter through the centre of the country, or to a Coast Line running from Exeter to Dorchester, and which it may be remembered was adjourned to give time for a committee of the proprietors to report on the two lines, met again yesterday. The attendance was as numerous as before, and the discussion was as long protracted ; but, with the exception of a new proposition by Mr. Locke on the subject of the Cen tral Line, and which will be mentioned in its place, the arguments were little else than a repetiti in of those of the former meeting. Neither the chairman nor the deputy-chairman were present, the former being detained by serious illness; the latter by unavoidable business. Under these circumstances, Mr. SMITH, one of the directors, moved that Mr. Reid, another of the directors, should take the chair. Mr. SAINTBURY seconded the motion. of* cki 15 0 !ill o ,59 - - 0 4 06 u l , AITy To EMPLOYERS. p t To s ize , (NS, .".tltki--'RETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIF ICIALS, toES__TTeION-MA.STERS, RAILWAY ,11 AiY,DooFTIIER3. litES 11 LERKS, TRAVELLER,. AND , v LIFE ASSURAN`''"arld GUARANTEE COMPANY. BY order of the Board, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. • b ona 32, Ludgate-hill, London. th.._ "" rl34r ated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. -‘414 ‘.. tS Iuig n .,.....yONORA.RT PRESIDENTS. _ 0 6, w as tmirts 110. ter. JA RE igL ii r ius El i , A. l4l: is p cia.. r m tm . o r u . th , o oes -.., km Alexander Douglas, .r auarsza. a. , h,, r est m oor Esq., 11, Queen-s 0 Stoc ua kport. bi'llo k ,;ts Nisb et EN., Endsleigh-street, T d a -street. Pel.. - s--Th sq.. Rerners-street, Oxfor square. B rkeleY" • -, ..eg a Ron. FRA.NICIS VILLIERS, e _ cram vis u t ar ock-squar e. A ts*,,,l4__ JA • m „„- ~ M.P., Charms ,Affe,., "T ri . r-o WI.LD, Esq., 'Alib i -4 °g oo 4-, TIMES" COM P A- N a : C the lowest i ttt 4 11 4, in,,% e t ula.o persons requiring the same ,s p re isstly ' pot, Ides Four- fifths of the Profits. Guarantee, tIZAr-nlaving and i larts arirns, insteaertuciple of Mutualit Thus by aPPir extra ries C- Fro i o a. nve u s f trn be en i t u . Z Art ' , 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or l 'lt Wow a tax upyontuhonesty, become a k kes ga an a ce ., Made in the Guarantee Premium where a Life As -1.1.1f, " ar snbee are combined ‘ o llth i k setirse,' I F E Assiit A N C E. P elle t' as wiir. Annuities, and Endowments. l'Arnn nts taken Arraciet inc6.2LII Quarterly, /Ice. 1 6 0 1ey ;pilen t r ea ti ) le . save in cases of Fraud. to prevent the loss of a yep ,17na pale made with this Oflice .'theen is unable, from te mporary embarras sment, 11. E. SHERID AN. manner e tit a ICA T M EDICAL GE NERAL --..., 1 114 5tf,,.,„ LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIET Y. ' an d the As ktit,okof thio-I,,mary General Meeting of the Proprietors Russell- N il on .rilm....."eleiy will be held at the Office, in Great Two o'clock n htel i le lY. f t ZbaY, the Ist day of January next, Society during . 44 414 41. 4.ce . r,, " PurPose ofd eclaring a BONUS out of - hara ,1 4 from the General Business of the • Si ' id img June 30, 1861. , 0 Resident Secretary. of the Profits ', t eat jt aa , GEO. R. PINCKARD, %.„,_. _ sell -street, Bloomsbury, iieraber, lasi. ___......._-- Captain MooßsoM moved that Mr. Smith himself should take the chair, as he understood ha was accus tomed to do at the directors' board, in the absence of the chairman and deputy-chairman. Mr. CASTLEMAN seconded the amendment. • Mr. SMITH deprecated any division of sentiment on such a question, and on being put to the meeting, Mr. Smith's motion was carried, and Mr. R id ac cordingly took the chair. The following report of the committee which was appointed at the meeting was now read : " Your committee having met, proooeded to examine parties and documents on the matter submitted to them, and have now agreed to the following report : " Having reference first to the Central Scheme, the attention of your committee has been directed to the terms of the heads of agreement submitted for your de cis'on, the second clause of which is as follows, viz :- 6 The South-Western Company will pay over to the Salisbury, Yeovil, and Exeter Company one-half of the not profits brought upon or_carried from the now exist ing South-Western lines, such net profits to be ascer tained by deducting from the actual takings twenty per cent. "It appears to your committee that to estimate as net profits' 80 per cent. of the actual takings' for passengers and goods is to exceed the limi s of fair calculation, and that whether the net profits' be correctly estimated or not, to surrender to the promoters of the ' Central Lino,' in addition to one-half of their own gross earnings, 40 per cent., of the 'actual takings' in respect of the new traffic over any portion of 'the now existing lines' of this company, either to or from London, Portsmouth, Southampton, Dorchester, or any intermediate station, would be in effect tantamount to a guarantee of their maximum claim, viz., six per cent, upon their capital. If your committee are correct in this assumption it fol lows that inasmuch as a direct guarantee by this com pany of four and a half per cent, would be amply suffi cient to raise the required capital, you would have to pay, through the complicated process now recommended to you, thirty-three per cent. more for the construction of the ' Central Line,' than it would be needful to ex pend under a more direct and simple arrangement. Your committee are of opinion that whenever the period shall have arrived at which it may be deemed wise or prudent to promote a Central Line,' that object would be best accomplished by a direct procedure on the part of this company. by which, not only would tho capital bo raised at the lowest possible cost, but the construc tion and management of the line be placed under your own absolute control. For these reasons your com mittee are of opinion that the present proposal of the ' Central Scheme' ought not to receive your sanction. " The committee do net feel themselves called upon to express any opinion upon the policy of renewing a contest with. the Great Western Company, with whom, as with all other companies, they consider it highly ex pedient to the interests of this company to maintain the most friend relations. 0 1 4 11 15 This curious and useful portion of the work will be under the su perintendence of one of the principal femmes d'aiguilles of the day, and will be made peculiarly acceptable to female readers, as it win be accompanied by a series of illustrations of the most novel and ele gant designs in embroidery, and every kind of ornamental needle work, the latest fashions in dress, &c., &c. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating thiAnatomY, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in , them by solitary habits. excesses, and,lnfectlon. By SAMDEL LA'MERT, M.D.' 37, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LOIi'DON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University ef Edin berth, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hail, L on don, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honeurs, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusiely, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. 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The Qreen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wil liam Watson as Cen:ul at Liverpool for the Republic of Ventzaela. DOWNING STREET, Dec. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major Edward Frome, of the Corps of Royal Engiee :re., to be Sur veyor-General for the blend of Maareias. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Francis Lewis Shaw Al erewether, Eeq., to be Postmaster• General for the Coloay of New South Wales; Michael Fitzpatrick, Esq, to be Clerk of the Executive Council of that Colony; Hutchinson Hothersell Browne, Esq., to be Agent for Immigration; and John. O'Neil Brenan, Esq., to bo Water . Police Magistrate at. Sydney. WHITEHALL, DEC. 17. The Lord Chancellor bus appointrd.Thomes Storer Eddowes, of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed George Clarke Bellaire, of Leioester, ire the county of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in.the High Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemnizing marriages thereia, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th Wildlife IV., cap. Llanr haiadr ye. Mochnant, Montgomeryshire; the Wesleyan Chapel, Hempstead-place, Ashford, .Kent; Wilmslow Independent Chapel, Wilmslow, Cheshire. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Richard William Dadd. victualler, Chatham, Kent. BANKRUPTS. George Martin, rope manufacturer, Bishop's Stort ford, Hertfordshire, to surrender Jan. 1, at twelve, and Feb. 5. at eleven, at the .Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghalkstreet ; Duffield, Devon shire-street, Bishopsgate, and Chelmsford. . David Lloyd Williams, coal .owner, Albert-street, Camden-town, Dec. 31, at eleven,. and Feb. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. G ra h am , o ffi c i a l ass i gnee; Bennett and Stark, Furnival's lon. . . Richard Nelson. Reeve, woollen draper, Newgate street, Jan. 3, at one, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall ch-mbers; Linklatere, Sise-lane. Thomas Burtenshaw, builder, Southwark-bridge-road, Jan. 2, at two, and Feb. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official. assignee, Basiaghall street, Drake, Beuverie-street, Fleet-street. •Edward Kelley Stanley,. builder, Jan. 6 at. one, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed wards,B official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street; Shearman, John-street, Adelphi ; Winter, Norwich. Dodshon Blake, jun., George.street e City, and West street, Southwark-bridgesroad, mohair merchant, Jan. 6, at one, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee,. Abchurch-lane; Jay, Bucklersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. Richard William Johnson, wine merchant, Gloucester, Jan. 6 and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Aoramati, official. assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. • Robert Barr and John Sykes, cotton spinners, Hud dersfield, Jan. 22 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Robin son,. Huddersfield; Clough And Bancroft, Huddersfield; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds. • John Norwood, corn factor, Snaith, Yorkshire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, at eleven,, at the.Leede District Court. Young, aide! assignee, Leeds; Weddell and Parker, Selby; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.. Thomas Atkinson, grocer, Leeds, Jan. 12 and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the. Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Marten, Thomas, arid Hollams, Mines ing-lane; Bulmer, Leeds. . Alexander Dunbar, boot maker, Halifax, Jan. 13, at eleven, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee .Leeds; .Wavell, Phil brick, and Foster, Halifax; assignee, and Compton, Leeds. . Robert Sutcliffe, cotton manufacturer, Warrington, Jan. 12 and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, of siel assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. John Sherwin, baker and flour dealer, Liverpool, Jan. 6 and 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. elorgaii, offbial assignee, Liverpool ; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool. John Warburton, tailor, Liverpool, Dee. 29, and . Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. CazJnove, official assignee, Liverpool; Andrews, Manchester; Dodge, Liverpool. John Thomson (and not Thompson, as before adver tised) and William Leith, timber merchants, Liverpool, Dsc. 31 and Jan. 29, at. ele ven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official ass i gnee, Liverpool; Robinson and Duke, Liverpool. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. w. T. Quick, carpenter, Colernao street buildings, Moorgate•street. A. T. Batchelor, brass founder, Dean-street, New North road, Sboreditch. e C. Brock, licensed victualler, Carlton-plece, Old Kent road. E. Wallis, leather seller, W e lli ng green. S. Lovering, timber dealer, Judd-P H. Dormer Stone, egg merchant, Grange-road, Ber mondsey. Wellington-street, W ate rloo- John Benton, Acton-street, Gray'e.in- F. Harwood, licensed victualler, Moor-terrace, Park road, New Peckham. lace West, New-road. Henry Bird, surgeon, Arundel House, Fulham. John Cocking, woollen spinner, Sheepridge, Yorkshire. Robert Johnson, bookeeper, Pendleton, Lancashire. Thomas Smethurst, cork manufacturer, W. Mabbott, druggist, Castle Donnington, Leicestershire. John S. Orford, paperhanger, Salford, Lancashire. W. Reeves, lime burner, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. John Cousene, grocer, Market Weighton, Yorkshire. Samuel Richard Kecl ward, fly proprietor, Bristol. John . Murray, ship chandler, Sunderland. Henry Orchard, builder, Birmingham. ° M ad a . nches ter. John Smith, miller, Milburngate, Durham. William Stubbs, brass founder, Birmingham' William Wilson, grocer, Hartlepool. Henry Banes, boot and shoe-maker, BrOMptoa, Kent. Elizabeth Coody, li cense d v i ctualler, Sh e erness. John Dickson, i nn k eeper, Durham. Benjamin Field, j uo ., watch maker, Tun b r id ge Wells Frederick Leath er b arrow, clerk, Hahne, M anc h e ster. Thomas Hindma re h S torey, civil engineer , Durham. John Albinson, j un ., i ron founder, Bolton-le-Moors, • Lancashire. John Pilebury, build er , Lezells, Warwickshire. John Robinson, pri n t er , Wakefield, Yorkshire. Joseph Varley, sc a l e b oar d cutter, Ma n c h es t e r. Anne Wagstaff, retail brewer, Birmingham. James Hills, linendraper, Hastings. Francis Garner, confectioner, Dudley, Worcestershire. John Nicholls, ironmonger, Kidlingtoa, Oxfordshire. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghallestreet. 11. Sanders, Upper Thames -street, wholesale cheese monger, Jan. 16, at twelve-W. r,. 011ard, Upwell, Cambridgeshire, auctioneer, Jan. 13, at two-J. Griffith, Strand, linen draper, Jan. 13, at eleven-J. S. Hodge and J. Culpin, New Oxford-street, tailors, Jan. 13, at one-E. A. Peakome, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, saddler, Jan. 13, at twelve-C. Moody, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell, pork butcher and cheesemonger, Jan. 13, at eleven-E. P. Quadling, Ipswich, railway carriage builder, Jan. 13, at half past eleven-W. E. Johnson, Little Abiegdou-street, Westminster, coal merchant, Jan. 13, at half-past one-R. Mott, G es eechurch-street, tailor and draper, Jan. 13. at one-G. Stringer, -Cham ber-street, Goodman's-fields, Italia n warehouseman, Jan. 13, at half-past twelve-E. Hyrons, John-street, Tottenham. court-road, pianoforte manufacturer, Jan. 13, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Welsh, Ashby-de-la-Zoueh, Leicestershire, draper, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND. R. H. Marshall, Plymouth, draper, 79. ad., on Thurs day Jan. 1, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basing hall- street, NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street.) J. Marriott, Gracechurch-street, City, oilman, Jan. 15 at twelve-E. P. Qaadling, Ipawich, railway carriage builder, Jan. 13, at half-past eleven -W. S. Mummery, Avery-row, Bond-street, paper stainer, Jan. 15, at two- E. Jones, Strand, woollen draper, Jan. 14, at oce. In the Country. C. Read, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, wine merchant, at the town-aall, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 21, at half past twelve-W. Plaister and Mary Plaister, Wick war, Gloucestershire, and Bristol, cheese factors, at the Court, Bristol, Jan. 20, at eleven-11. Thompson, Belper, Derbyshire, draper, at the Court, Nottingham, Jan. 23, at twelve. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Barker, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, and Plea sant-row, 4 Clerkenwell, cheesemonger, certificate of the third class-J. S. Turner, Woolwich, surgeon, certifi cate of the first class-E. Miles, East Greenwich, Kent, builder-W. Gray, Sunderland, draper, certificate of the second class-J. Whitfield and G. J. Whitfield, Lamb's Conduit-street, cheesemongers, certificates of the second class - E. Jones, Church-street, Blackfriars, currier, certificate of the second class- W. .J. l'axman. apd Catherine. Paula% .Hare -street, Bethnal-green, silk dyers, certificates of the second class-J. Paul, Oxford-street, milliner, certificate of the third class-J. Cook, Assembly-row, Mile-end-road, builder, certificate of the third class-A. B. Granville, Wembly, near Harrow-on-the-Hill, and Piccadilly, boarding housekeeper, certificate of the second class- SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR. A certain and speedy cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Influ enzas, and all Disorders of the Chest and Lungs. 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Aqui so habla Espanol. " Your committee have felt it to be an important part of their duty to consider the position in which this com pany is placed with reference to the completion of the line between Basingstoke and Salisbury; and after much deliberation, they are of opinion that it would be expe dient for you to request the directors to furnish you at a future general or special general meeting with further information thereon. In the meantime, your committee cannot too strongly urge upon you the sound policy of authoring your directors to resume, at the earliest period compatible with a due regard to economical arrange ments with contractors and others, and to complete as a single line that portion of the railway, mhich lies be tween Basinghtoko and Andover. Your committee have ascertained that the works lastly alluded to are, in point of fact, in a forward state, and that the rails are in hand. The further outlay therefore, although considerable, is of secondary importance, inasmuch as it is a question which may involve the permanent security of a large portion of your property. (Signed) "S. Gsselee, C. S. Crowley, Graham Hutchison, Charles Castleman, Henry V. East, C. S. Mortimer, William Help." " London, D• c. /2, 1851." Mr. 'leers said he had been requested by the members of committee who agreed with him, in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, to move that the report now read be received and adopted. lie had to state that when the committee proceeded to enter upon their labours they found a document existing between the directors and the promoters of the Cen tral Line, which in some respects differed materially from the report laid before them by the directors at their last meeting; for instance, they were told in the directors' report that they had agreed to work the new line at a cost of absolutely 50 per cent. But when they came to look at the heads of agreement, they found that the working expenses were to be charged at their natural cost, and that if the -expense exceeded that sum the loss was to fall upon the South- Western; but that if it fell short, the whole was to go into the pockets of the Central Company.—(Hear, hear.) Then the directors told them that they were to divide with the new company the whole of the additional traffic which they might bring upon the tahtaittistfnu,alls re;oalwtzet;o b b u e ts , l l )as wi itiec,"i ine, u 4 l a b P e P t r e a rt e ie la ra te be t r h e a d t that he defied them to establish the Great Western on a single I' eje...ne q estion, :me was not whether the ii , - ii 4 .: u should _ made, but in va hat manner it : • Hld-be- battle r had shown them there was no e • erlf made. No with the Great Western, wbo c e 114!;1-091- ''k petition . % 'come , tips district, partly because in doing ' e ' fttf ieri e- ISli ' listr.l wish the Bristol and Exeter, and • • ttee' l "e • . . • would have to compete with the Sou .netptistris f•• - treffia which would hardly yield a runtieralive return _ _ . -- Ito one. He thought, therefore, that the idea of in o] .I line. But in the heads of agreement the word terference with the Great Western was a bugbeitr " additional" nowhere app eare d—f o r " additional" which the landown ers h a d t h rown out, and that the they must read " all, so that if a man got into the shareholders had no business to attend to it. If ever train at the station nearest to Salisbury, and came , they should make an attempt on the country, it would up to London, the profits en his journey were as be time enough then to meet it; upon the whole, much to be divided with the new company as if ' therefore, he would advice them to adopt the Coast he had come' from Yeovil and Exeter, and this Line, which to them would he an unmixed good, an d was to he the cane both weys.—(flear, hear.) The I did not :sk fur a farthin e of their capita! ; and with report stated that only the act prod's w ere to be di- !that he cordially coueurrasi ist the recemtnen , lations of sided. The herds or egreernent calculated that 20 t i th' committee to carry the Free fie in Laeirsgste Ice to per cent. was enough to allow for all workin 2 ' ex • ' Ab (l ` ) ' l. * penses, so that supposing 1001. to be takzq a , 401 . (. .,f \ Mr. LOCK': thought th e c o ranittes had borne out that would go to th e new company . After consider- all tile he bedaver said In favour of the Central Line. tug the matter patiently and deliberately a large m e . lie estimated it as a ieldiug a profit of G per cent., and jority of the committee had comae to the opinion that that was exactly the sum whscb the committee had these were unfair, u n r easona bl e , an d improvident e e tismsteel it would yield..—(C o li ma of " Oh, c h.") terms—they advised the proprietors to reject them., 1 :arrang (Loud apHatitie.) With regard to th e C oas t Li ne, they but Mr. 1.1. 1 .r5 Yes, by the proposed trout is because the 6 p: :r cent. will be e ine.-it ; derived advised the proprietors to give it in their individual from (Hear, hear.) our capital capacity every aid and encouragement. It would bring a great addition to their m a i n li ne , an d t h e y b Mr- L OCKE Sa id a t Tana rate it was ed m it: c d th a t, y the traffic on the line end by the arrengernent far would have to pay nothing for it. Had the Central half th e tr e m e it w ould bring c,n the old lint, 6 per Line offered the same terms he confessed he should cent. would be attained. The committee thought have been disposed to received it with open arms. that rather than g aree to such terms the Bluth- With respect to the last point in the report, the co n- It ought to - make it themselves. Well, he tinuation oflhe line from Basingstoke to Andover, he al ways had b e e n and he still was of that opinion, and would only say that he had entered the committee if-le sha eheta aw-trsethouht that six per cent. was a with a strong objection to speed more money. ,So goo . th` ' italvas not yet too late to have it. He had Mr. Sergeant Geselee ; but the - evidence laid fell Ik , 1;.§.5. t!PoS the pro e . which he had before before the committee had convinced them both that made to the directors — i f -- .9 141 c-n yeti-mill fled half the capi the most prudent, and in the end the most economical, tat we will find the other half and if you should . course would be to carry the line to Andover, as a afterwards want the whole. controla of the line, you, large portion of the expense had already been in- may do so by taking. all th ese - et na r.—(lle4r, curred, and the land was Ily paid for. He con- hear.) 'The report itildetitat eiehe - t ' ree ee eipe.. eluded by moving that- ttt eport be received Ratttl:Cliblifr for. inaiiing the iiiii way , _ uleett e th P :y a wn - .. vi" . .. ought to make it themselves. - Er - A - • adopted. s' thatignite A SHAREHOLDER seconded the motion. had come now. Mr. Castlema n • said that it would Mr. BLUNT wished, as a member of the committee be time enough for them to move when the Great who was unable to concur with the report, to say a Western moved. Perhaps there we tl - re g en emen in few words. He objected to this report because he the room who were not awere that th e Great Wes considered it a mutual rejection of the central line, tern had moved already. Their Wilts, Somerset, and though it admitted that the time might come when it Weymouth line was now open as far ass Warminster; would be wise and prudent to construct it. That it only required to be completed to Yeovil, in order time he believed was the present. If they did not to be perfected to Bridport and Weymouth. And construct the line now, the ground would be occupied be could further tell them that the notice s load been by other and hostile parties; a line would be made on deposited far a line on the broad gauge from Ileald the broad gauge, and the South-Western would be which was practically from Exeter to lloniton. • shut out not only from this, which might be called (Hear, hear.) He asked them, then, who eras , their own district, but from other points which they making the move, and he ask to what railway system now depended upon for their dividend. He trusted did that part of the country belong. Some of them that the directors would have the boldness to appeal said, let the Great Western take it.—(No, no.) H e to the shareholders at large on this subject, and he was glad to hear that cry from some gentlemen who was sure they would be supported by them.—(ob, had been on the committee, because it showed th at oh, and applause.) they were not willing to give up the line. If, how. Mr. lIERAPATH said he had lately been calling eve le they said that this lice was not worth upon parties connected with the Great Western Rail- 1,000,000/. let them say so, and the promoters of the way, and he was assured by them that they had no new company would know what to expect; but he intention of meddling with the South-W es t ern li ne; could_assure them that the effect would be to exclude that the district in question had been offered to them the South -Western from the district for all time to and refused, partly because it would not pay, and come. Lie had now done his duty by the South partly because of some sort of agreement formerly Western ; if they rejected his terms, he would have entered into with this company that they should not his labour for his pains, and he should not regret the e.— interfere with each other' s bou n daries. e ff orts h e had mad eC beers ) The Cnatameet said, the great question with the Mr. MORTIMER said he was opposed to the Central shareholders ought to be, what general policy they Line being made at all, as its only effect would be to ought to adopt in order to seoure their present divi- subtract from the profits now realized on the Dor dends, and their enlargement at a future period. It chester line. It was true that they were not asked was not a shortsighted policy which ought to guide a to furnish capital for the line, but they were asked to great company- like this, who had eight millions furnish what was far worse—income.—.(Hear, hear.) sterling at stake. The country through which the If it were proved that the time for makin g the line central line ran was at present unoccupied by rail- bad come—which he deniea—he asked Mr. Locke ways, though various Acts of Parliament had been why he had now come forward with a proposition obtained for lines, some of which had already lapsed which they had never heard of before.—(bear, hear.) by time, and others were yet unexpired. Their Dor- He concluded by recommending the proprietors to cheater line would, in a short time, be disputed by finish the Basingstoke and Andover Extension. the Great Western, which would also assail them at The CHAIRMAN asked Captain Moorsom how it Salisbury, by their extension from Warminster and happened that, in the Parliamentary notices for the Frome. 'Were they to sit quietly by and see all this Coast Line, powers were taken to lease or sell the Coast done? Would the directors have been justified in Line to the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, saying to independent parties who came to them with and the North Devon—railways all on the broad such an offer as was now before them, "You may gauge—as well as to the South-Western, on the narrow make the line if you please, but we will give you no gauge.—(Hear, hear.) assistance."—(Cries of " Yes," " No.") Some gen- Captain MOORSOM contended that was no more than tlesnan answered "yes ;" he could only say that that; the usual latitude which was taken by every railway , gentleman should not be the assessor of his (the company in applying for powers that would allow: Chairman's) duty. The directors, in his opinion, them as much scope as possible ; but that there was .. would have been most remiss if they had not given the no intention to make it on the broad gauge was plain . subject their gravest deliberation. True, they had also from the fact that another clause in the no! ices pro before them a proposition respecting the coast line. Tided that the company should run over the Wells, The directors were anxious that both lines should be Somerset, and Weymouth line at For ding to:), and that made without assistance from them; but when they ) they should then have power to lay down deem rails found that both lines were not likely to obtain the on the narrow gauge. Ile then entered into a long necessary capital, and that they must choose between array of figures, as he 11::d done last vvrelt, to prove them, they had no hesitation in giving the pr, ferecce the superiority of the Cuss's to the. Centre) Litre. to the central line. But they were told that this ar- A Gentleman here stated, as one of the promoters rangement would involve them in loss, and very som- , of the Coast Line, that the pie !rioters ef that eche me b re pictures had b•en drawn of the amount of 10 4 8 were willing to ti e them se l ves d o an b y any con di t i on which they would sustain, some having rated it as; to the narrow gauge . high as 50,000/. a-year. flow they could lose, when Mr. MILLS, one of the dire c!ors, stated that in 1850 they embarked no capital in the line, but had only to the traffic on the Dorchester line was 520001., whil e find rolling stock to the extent of 450,0001., he could i t h e ( epen di ture was 23 9021, let ving es net earnings not understand; or how the giving of half the amount i nearly 29,0001. The t•xperiiture in 1850 had been of profit could involve a loss. They were told that . 9,0001.; this year it was reduced to 4000/. this central line would yield but a miserable amount Mr. Shunt, another director, said much stress had of traffic, and that 50 per cent, would not pay its . been laid upon the Central Line, as being likely to.ab working expenses. In 1847. when they proposed to street the traffic that now came upon the Dorchester make this very line with two millions and a half of line ; but he thought any one might see by refarcuce their own money, it was sworn before Parliament to the map that the distance between the two lines of that the traffic would amount to 2,2001. per mile.— %1 raeways was so great-20 miles on an average—that (Oh, ob.) Well, he would abate 50 per cent. of that . the abstraction of the traffic must be v . ey insignifi estimate, and take the traffic a t 1,1001 . per m i le. Now i cant. Then it was said that it was better to take it was a fact, which any gentleman might verify for 1 passengers by a circuitous route, for they would in himself from the books of the company, that the t that way get more from them. Now that was a totally Dorchester and Southampton line was worked, all ex-1 fallacious argument. To compete at all with the Bristol penses included—rates, t axes , r o lling stock, interest i and Exeter by the Coast Line, they must convey cheaper upon the purchase money, depreciation fund, Govern- , than them ; and he would remind the meeting that meat duty, office expenses, and everything-1 th e Great Western were bound to reduce their fares at the rate of 5031. per mile per annum.—i to the public three per cent. so soon as their Birming (Expressions of surprise.) That was a fact ? ham and Oxford line was opened, which would make to which he challenged the most minute in -1 a difference of 10s. on the first-class fare between vestigation• Well, then, supposing the new line to , Bristol and London. To meet that reduction, then, be worked at the same rate—and it could not exceed q they must on their circuitous route reduce still lower, that sum—and suppose the traffic to be 1,1001. per ; which would be perfectly ruinous. It seemed now to mile—though he had no doubt it would exceed the I be agreed on all hands that they must carry their line traffic on the Dorchester line—he ask e d them, if to Andover. He asked them, then, why not adopt they would not, at all events, b e co v ered from loss ? ' this scheme, which was the only one which would —(Hear, hear.) He would now come to another make that extension of value? Whether they did or point. If the recommendation of the committee, in , no t, the directors had done right in laying the matter which he cordially concurred, to make the line from . before them, and the responsibility of rejecting it must Besingstoke to Andover were carried out, it was cer-; now rest with the shareholders.—(lienr, hear.) tain that they would have a direct line to Salisbury ; Mr. DICKENSON said, if they made the Central Line, some day or other. Well, then, let them suppose al that would ensure the making of four lines to Exeter train standing in the S a lisbury s t a ti on rea d y t o start i one existed already, the Government would insist upon for London, and that a train came in from th e cen t ra l the construetion of the coast scheme, and the Great line with fifty or one hundred pas sengers go i ng t o Western would carry them by Frome, and the conse- London. He asked them how much more it would quence was that all parties would lose. But the truth take to convey those passengers to London than if th e was, in these matters, the lawyers and engineers train went on without them ? Would it coat 20 per guided the directors, who were like the sawyers in cent., or 10, or 5 ? No; they all knew that their e the bottom of a sawp it, while th e lawyers and engi a going would not be 5 per cent. additional to the ex- neers were the top•sawyere -- (Laughter) —who, penses of the train. And yet Mr. Helps complained I , whenever they wanted those below to work first, that the expenses of such a train were set down in; called out, "Now, then, down with-the dust." the agreement with the new company at 20 'per cent.' Mr. Snow begged to state, as well acquainted with —(Hear.) He could tell th em th a t wh en he dis•• the district in question, that the inhabitants ware de cussed this matter . with Mr. Locke, he asked, as it' termined to have a railway, and, further, that it was his duty to do, that a higher sum than 20 per' was his belief that the line was a profitable one, H e cent. should be set down to the working expenses. gave notice of his intention that, if the proposition for Mr. Locke said they had better refer it to arbitra- the Central. Line was refu se d, h e wou ld d emand a poll. tration and he (the chairman) chose thet Mr. RAIS ES C URRIE , M.P ., moved, as an emed -20 per cent. rather than refer it.--(Bear, meat, that the report of the committee shou'd b re hear.) He could assure th em ta m thi s p ar t o f the ceived, and that the directors should be r q e el to country would not long remain without railways., give the same their full consideration e jleste The demand of the country for accommodation would I should also consider the , , and that h ey proposal made that day by be satisfied, and the question was would they accept 1 Mr. Locke.—(Hear, hear.) of an advantageous arrangement, or would they have Mr. Helps, Mr. Castleman , and others, objected to the whole taken out of their hands? Meetings bad this amendment as incom been held all over the west of England in favour of a only been convened et and the meeting having railway system, and a most influential deputation had . brought before them to consider the propositions by the directors, but the chair waited upon the directors, urging upon them the no- man overruledthe • objection. cessity of making this line. He would now come to M r. VT 43.A.AL1 amendment ; and consider the question of the coast line, for, as he had es was in favour of the isaa in answer to train could already said, he was willing to have both lines; but • a remark that no e npress that run on a single line, he reminded the meeting if they got the coast line, and defeated the central, he an great speed along the would ask them to take proper security that one of express train ran a t three circumstances did not happen—either that they Plymouth Railway w hich was a singleline. lt was Railway r e where there was mush would be called upon to give a guarantee in order to true that on a singl e . could in' not run; but that did have it finished; or, secondly, that they would be traffic, express trains as the resent, which it was called upon to'find part of the capital ; or, third] not apply to lines s d s s would not be overburthened with that it passed into the hands of the broad gauge iy, agreed on all an terest. Either of these contingencies might ha in , traffic. LEY said he had signed the report of the en ; Ai n Ceow he warned them to take good security ; aga•nst L P of committee, on the ground that the terms submitted by them being realised. He bad a great res e t e any directors were irovident ; but if the directors p c or ts the neighbours, the Great Western, but he could not b t't tprovident for shut would sn slu e a an improvident ar his eyes to the fact that they were veryastute, that rangement, then he would be happy to support the they were carrying on their operations . tbe most Central Line.—(Hear, hear.) Ile would therefore remote corners of the land,and . ns in . Ore that ; tb ttb d t.t was not et er supper . e amen men . from favour or affection that the y would be spared. Mr. MORTIMER said his argument had allalong M( CASTLE M AN e Great Wes- been that this line was not at ad contended thel never would be worth tern had no desire to attack . • the position of the South- par, and therefore he wouldnot support the amend • Western Railway; for the Great Western had been went. in posse ss i on of powers to make en extension west- After a long and wranglieg discussion, in which ward from Hungerford, which would have been as two or three persons were often speakinga together, short as the Central Line; but the powers for making Mr. HaLrs replied, and ceeteeded obet . • • - -. the only that line lapsed about the same period that the South- object of the central promoters was to turke the Dar- Western powers for making the Central Line lapsed, chester line. which was the strongest proof that could be given by In answer to Captain Moons • the Great Western, if they were not disturbed, that The CHAIRMAN sa id "I' that Mr. Locke had proposed they would not disturb . their neighbours—(Hear , I to the directors on fthey should a Earner occasion that hear.) With regard the Wilts, Somerset, and We I 3 7 " find half the capital, but efereeice then mouth line, which the Great Western were now corn- CaereCeere was no ' to the red it should be remembered that that line was plating, A emption of the shares at par. d the chair awarded to them as the result of an agreement which show of hands was then talon, an . . , an being the meeting divided, at the same . time gave to the South-Western the Irn unable to decide, amendment to be lost. Southampton and Dorchester line, and therefore they when i‘ the chairman declared the l i which the ehatman could not now talk of protecting interests, which they Ir. Show demanded a storm of disapprobation from had formerly agreed to give up. Mr. Reed had as- granted amidst a perfect much vehement gesticula- Burned as the profits of the Central Line a cert • the opposite party. After o am sum • tongues, it I was at lot which had been sworn to before the Parliamentary l tion and a perfect Babel both taken should be on the auction Committee. Ile thought every one would be able to agreed that a poll Land amendment—that the poll should be opened o sti ' 0 9 0 44 ' / r P • ipo in ct 12i )I°' , .