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( Air • ' " • • f . - - . • 4 r t , • _ _ ( 4 • ' 4 2 4 A ' 4l' • 1,. 3 74 , 1161111 . . / " • " Alto 101111%110 111/ -415. - I T 1 • 31 ~"- " - -" ""`..,4. • AA, .4‘;' • ' 4 14 I . . • 11) , , „ •!+r • - • „ L - r• O r _ T. t lr - ift • . • 3,-,„ Are, .• - 11 T L L ~~ ~~ Tat , 1 T INDIA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 27, 15 56 . COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST Ltatti4DlA COMPANT do hereby give notice, oi ; II ATE, of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash j?ers ti _ e ll and Madras will, from the present da . te and until 21 the Cons aa 's ee•• and for Bills on Bora ' the Com . pany's Rupee. PY JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. COUNTIES RAILWAY. 11 411 -4 %e Ttv tat,24i(10,, &STY -SEVENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL 0411044 -I tes 4fitetgnp,roo n prieters, held at the London Tavern. Bishops- WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of February, 1850, 1 1! _Act of Incorporation,leitt,,,,•ea,WAßD L. BETTS, En.. hi the Chair. -_.ehirent convening the meeting having been read, itewas_ esolved, 11tetoriTT,uuton seal of the Company be affixed to the register of It w,"e Produced. the7,_rnueed and seconded,— „ nc iePrt of the Directors now read, and the accounts, be 114 /t beret7D te4 ; ,: i the aceo ,_n arf amendment was proposed and seconded,— s trew :its of the last six months, presented to this_meet -01 h ad i rd aft if the Act of Amalgamation with the Norfolk '' en ratified by Parliament, whereas the said Act was it lit ' l tto re ei :„T e n eat by the House of Lords, the accounts are 13WLT avention of the Acts which regulate the Easte:n 4441.343' trepan}, and ought not therefore to be submitted iqrlitz din - r of tmeeting. ktelq r esOlstr,„ t h aying been put, was declared to be lost, when the tl 4t 'eci,L_T i • l ''eas Pat and carried. at the following three gentlemen, N:Z., Thomas Ottll7, iel tard Martin, Esq and Thomas Sherwood, E, be 'ettraittee ef SharehOlders of this Company, townfer ' l ml eettt: ate s of other Cornpanies, and to determine upon the nk e etn be adopted for additional legislation on the sub ,cipbt_r railway accounts. r i o,Jtelde,s. , at the practic of granting free passes to the Share toe",," m the vicinity of the line to attend the half-yearly h At lhe* "Z 3 of the Company shall henceforth cease and be I to t f ?, llo Wino. r • filt z esolation was moved and seconded : t etut o " , e, passes shall cease to be granted over the lines Nip... 3' to the direct3rs and officials cf neighbouring rail :kttWlcer fre 4D° e ~4 an amendment was moved and seconded, httlen - vae ses that are issued be registered, and be open for 4 34. 4n edd ttit auditors. „ l :4l4ing ben put was declared and carried. Nt i t te.ei ed that James Reeves, Esq., William May ' „NI eeted the Auditors of the Company. he 'moved and seco n d e d '' itaier ation to each ' auditor be SOL or 1001. per annum. klitttlatte,l"leu amendment was moved "4tMeration to each auditor be at the rate of 601. per 14,z,N 4 - 4 . 4. 4 ut : 5 r to was Put meeting and lost, when the or i g inal kill ill; That It 1s the opinion of this meeting that the accounts fi k, 44:„ l ls (Z u g; and expenditure of the Norfolk and Lowestoft ,e be kept distinct and separate. tit Sarnuel Ellis, Es and -George Reed, Esq., be tt. tuns of this Company. q E. L. BETTS, Chairman. keti a l, an having left the Chair, it was proposed, seconded, L the): acclamation,— thanks of this meeting be given . to the .„." uwer Directors of this Company, for their impor- Jett% unremitting attention to its affairs during the lik, l%ht. a 135. order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. k 4 tat ion, Feb. 27, 1850. LCOMP A N Y. il y 8 n' Registered.) " STEER CHRISTOPHER, Esq., of Peterma ritzburg, Natal. ‘440,4b, Ani: ", atFt ~ LING will be held on MONDAY, the 11th March '''ss Hotel ALl ers gate-street, when the attendance roe""ut interest ' in this favoured British Colony is et e4. u Pplications for prospectuses, &c., may be 'lade % eit,.. ; t s topher, Esq., at the North and South American / or t o 9 0 1 1 ,,„ WA.THEN and PHILLIPS c r titztiuOra to the Company, 18 A, Basinghall.stroet. Wil l be taken at Half-past Seven in the Evening k1,4 - 4"417, - -----p ~,,, l : i' 4114;, ,, , A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTNR. It ell°. r t :ING of the GENERAL BODY ‘11tf47,,,;1i0m, - ,,T.ANT DISSENTING MINI of the ".r.w,,'ILTIONS residing ' in and near the cities of tt l, Febinster. held in the Cengrezational Library, Blom tilt, t. tes o i i ;,.. l a so , the Rev. THOMAS JAMES in the chair, L i '4 It Lions were passed unannaously : % 1 „ 4, h_ 41 tP4.,..,,' . SMITH • seconded by the Rev. F. TRESTRAIL ; Vyst thi'LL,. ,__ _by the Re ' V. ROBERT REDPATII, M A. SZrtlltil ai ih 7, while partially admitting the force of those r„ to,,', age ,„.' e ,",,aPPear to some to render it inexpedient to Vtril . 4. 4ry t ,, - "n a deceased wife's sister, is yet of opinion that ~,,i i , t BtTt is n ",anYthing contained in the word of God. That N i t,' it °L oily in itself perfectly allowable, but may often iN t,' ilecpi a a ° Individual may contract ; and that while no &Litt ~s _ 4 /1 0. ,Pr ecclesiastical, ought to forbid it, such enat re,`,4ab at of civil or religious liberty, this body he bti% '' itkul,gafion of all such unnecessary and unjust ob ottkiliad yr a dual freedom of action would at once promote Yii,/Pre. c . " „ by affording relief to the conscierttious , and `l,, - ‘elt tv i l l unc clandestine and criminal connexions. H ' B t p, p ; t ill tt •W. OVERBUILT and seconded by the Rev H. B. ) N !'l 411 these and o ki the j r E,,ULA. rounds this body do petition Par tl 11 11 11 ° 1 4 t r s " the Bill n olvbefore the House of Commons, th'," ret, - „ a mend and alter an Act passed in the s th and 6 th 0" of King William the Fourth, so far as relates to k, j th,, - Vertain of the prohibited degrees of affinity.' " Itch " . ••T. BINNEY ; seconded by the Rev. J. 11. :44t t h HINTON, M.A. • e Preceding resolutions be advertised by the 1 (alm a) THOMAS JAMES, Chairman. 4: 1 ,1lb i , WILLIAM GROSER, Secretary. N ‘ ‘ r ,i g h t ,'Co v ,,? l to BOU L 0 GNE DIRECT. Vr,,U1.0 - G,,..ERCIAL COMPANY'S superior Steam-ships ` . °.).1 . .11 .t, or EMERALD. every Tuesd . ay and Thursday, l'lt es ,pitiGE WHARF, according to tide. 1 1140' , March 5, at 5, Morning. Ttl;;' 4 7, March 7, at 6, Morning. 1 407. , March 12, at 11, Morning. lo pg. • 'aY, March 14, at 11, Morning. IOC; F o re Cabin, Bs. Places booked throughout from Fore a ar " the following low charges : i)44.1,,-,Cabicl First Class Rail .• •• • • ...... 345. 6d. Pk ti l 'eN i n and Second Class Rai1........ 255. Od. \tl 4l 3 trZtlar ti ~,4 , and Third Class Rail • • • • .... 21s. Od. p I F,,,lta,' Night, &c., apply at the Company's . Offices. 4, I) NVe r i a i „s ittr. James Whisson, 5, Arthur-street East ; or ki , uflice, Regent-circus. t. 0 1 ' h t kil., r 1 ,,0Y AL POLYTECHNIC ' , . - N I ,._ , It,II.",._UTITTION, REGENT-STREET. 1 1 \%tt io v rtd,:nR: Lectures on Music, with Vocal Illustration M 4 3', 7 1 _, ay, an nay Evenings at Eight, and of The tl4 by I: ,''u -Saturday, at Three o'clock.— illestrations on 4 4 ,,t 1,,„;' Bachhoffner, on Wednesday and Friday, at One 414t iti." itee r - ,:'`. --- Dr. Bachhoffner's Lecture on the Philosophy l it, t i ' tt ! , l llZ l LL:.i -ati° n , Morebigs and Evenings.—A Lecture by Mr. . allitteitllli,tory and formation —Dissolving Views of L0n ,44-L4e, . - ',,Lo Century, and as it now is, with a Descriptive n'iti", e rles of Views of Rome.—Experiments with the L ll .—The Machinery. Models, kc., explained. -- .-lission. Is. —Schools, Half-price. Windmill-street , ROOMS, Great gib ),,-.0) 1 windmill-street, St. James's. 'l N 4es,bzZo,.ter and Condactor, M. LAURENT, jun. , for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is k '4,l'Prk,: the Season . Teaching by Professors Calkins, ti‘ lk 'go ca Ikt';„ 4 it i t am/,Ate Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub -4' it. Toll and evening practice : — Ss months, bs.; 1 1 :ck , AN tr i e 8 '; one evoking, Is. Subscribers' tickets not Oky ib term; ate oPen for evening practice at a Q uarter to Eight N.,, EIl at Ilalf-past Eleven precisely. takes his Benefit on Monday, March 4. 'II TP Ai ktv AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. iN i l ho ott 'et RRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE kv t ,,k, a .,,t3 the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, tkoplii2c prvies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, kflt„kly ` i t th e , A nYlgorating properties enables the stomach to :Ped. et,ltth ` l,l B aromatic and delicious Sauce Is the best safe ' 1 1 1 1 41 4 ilk,oolid°, 4 4 -ors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Yere-street, Oxford ‘,6B, Broad-street, Worcesterby •Messrs. k,•11 atessrs. 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The stomach will speedily regain %,1,114 N A ,. itlY action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will DN'irattl e , —, and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun -0111,,t Of t . strength, activity, and renewed health will be the 4, pilvitZ taeh l i ' l l :lZ this medicine, according to the directions ac- S N ttqle l i nt ' saf x. Ihtsil:tkiht o ' rate, easy apperient, they unite the recommends .,ty ' i t di, ° n with the most successful effect, and require I tt ll4 lo, l S N lll '' bec confinement during their use ; and for elderly kk it i,"ll 4ll 4. foiled to be the most comfortable medicine hi ti:s, m:_trent 229 00 1 .7" 43. t ,!_ , Strand, London. Price Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. ‘ , 1 4 10r ". Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the h ki t. itdth. ltk ltPT-4. Q , -Nt -th of ,--,',. PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the Nt,, mb. 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N l ‘ 4 ol,‘ ll l W t IL IT TO 111. lk 1.-tU,,, 4 tin, „ - EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID L •qt ~tita three "mere years and ten our course may run." 1 4, 4 ''' l ta -vr of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner -14,4 '3 4 l k, be4 t4 healt ~,1,v.._ tablieas n ag f , t ' The m , d enfeebled constitution, that harasses -, --, with Pioasure, busine.s, or 'study, . and ern "Y-elay w e- and rules for the d iet and physical rega- IV. 4 1 / Nt /at Tr PaSSIons TIIE PASSIONS. Mtn%et.., . nth, 4 hurt the body—what improve, s refined as Athens ever heard." , 1, 4 8 1 - Lire 4tileicktki*as. c ' l l r ' ll grilnage, from infancy to old ' age. ttr tur ,ess ana i ts!ity and its infringement 4. The casualties ge. The aven o t f '4l3.ti've. '3!B!ipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, Advocacy of early marriages. 1 1 Ne q .. • TUE Y. Ott L.. T o b_ MARRIAGE STATE. chPititt To . nor not to be, that is the question." y3ti; e t 4411,1•"--Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re ,T‘' OR b R nlarri ,t a oth m , age, to be observed by either sex. Time and _ l l4 l. ,tec ure ~_, l cs, as to age, temperament, complexion, and 01, Luetb etiv .calthy ern , prin,,, with the art of rearing them. N'Y It . • e ness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. 'to kN, , h __' l e1jr ... .,„ 4 0. - tre c...2 y tet erp_,' veTE.,LL, M.D. (1841), 3.1.1t.C.5... (1827),. L.S .A - 4:11. 1 pg o , im4s Medical and Forensic Referee in these .aeke t 4,4lY till Ail. ET enlngo i seven till nine. • 17 ' -,-" N ° . 7,910.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING PUBLICATIONS. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE FOR MARCH No. XCVIII. GUY FAWKES. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. With Two Illustrations on Steel by George Critikshank. 11. The Young Opera Singer. By Nicholas Michell.—lll. Zig-zag to Paris and Straight Home.—lV. The Countess de Rudolstadt.—V. My First French Dinner.—Vl. Jacob Van der Neess.—Vll. Tomb stones and Burial-places of the Germans.—Vlll. The Confederates. —IX. The Last Moments of Falstaff.—X. The Ruins of Zahringen. —XI. Theatres, Pro and Con. By E. P. Ron - sell, Val darns. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The twenty-seventh half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, yesterday, at one o'clock, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the transaction, of other business. Long before the hour of meeting the large room and the gallery at the foot were crowdgd with shareholders. At one o'clock, Mr. Edward Ladd Betts was called to the chair. The SECRETARY proceed to read the report of the directors as followz: " Upon meeting the shareholders at the end of the first half-year that this board of directors have been in office, they must recal to the remembrance of the proprie tors the state of disorder in the affairs of the company at the time when they were elected in July last. That dis order had, as a first measure, to be rectified—the company's credit to be restored—and new arrangements to be method ized, to enable the directors to judge how traffic could be best developed and expenses reduced. The board have by incessant labour done their utmost within so short a period to place matters in train for future and further amelioration ; and enwuraged by the confidence of the proprietors, they yet hope that their exertions, and those of all persons connected with the company, will lead to an improving re venue and decreased expenditure. The present board can not be held responsible for the past, and they have deter mined to represent the undertaking in. the accounts now exhibited to the meeting and in all future accounts - in its true condition without the slightest attempt to overstate its merits cr its powers. This course of proceeding will be best calculated to place the property of the company on a solid basis. "For the purpose of overcoming the large arrear of busi ness, left for the board to arrange, and in • Oder to; superin tend, closely and effectively, the daily work to be done in every department of the company, the directors formed themselves into four working committees for the separate direction of traffic, accounts, stores, and engineering, includ ing the locomotive department. A joint committee fur the transaction of business peculiar to the Norfolk Railway was also formed, in accordance with the agreement between the two companies, consisting of four Eastern Counties and three Norfolk directors, and is acting at present without re muneration to the Eastern Counties section of the com mittee. " The results of the past six months' working of the lines, in receipts and expenditure, paid or incurred, are fully set forth in the accounts whick have been published and distri buted amongst the proprietors. These exhibit that the receipts, when compared with the corresponding half-year of IS4B, have slightly increased. The expenses have been kept down as much as hitherto practicable. To compare them with the charges for the like period of 1348 would be erro neous, as, in the opinion of the Committee of Investigation, the latter were not stated correctly. Besides which, the revenue accounts of the board for the past half-year ex hibit and debit all the expenditure incurred during that period, whether actually paid or not, a system of accuracy which was not adopted in the former balance-sheets of the company. "None of the capital has been treated as unproductive, and the whole of the interest upon guaranteed stocks and debentures, is, therefore, for the first time, charged against revenue. " The directors have debited the revenue of the past half year with every expense to which it can justly be considered liable, and it will be observed that the charge upon it for the renewal of locomotive engines, carriages, and waggons, hav ing accrued due, but not actually paid, is taken into account. The amount charged against the revenue of the half-year for the renewal of engines and carriages worn out is 11,9501. The sum of 16,0001. has been set apart for the renewal of the permanent way and works, and carried to the credit of that fund, according to the resolution of the proprietors. "It is proper, likewise, to draw attention to the fact, that the interest payable to the Northern and Eastern Company, on their quarter shares, has been diminished to the amount of 1,267/. par annum, from an amount of capital hitherto temporarily entitled to six per cent., being under the agree ment of amalgamation reduced to carrying five per cent. " The entire revenue of the half-year has been 424,5781. 15s. ld. ' of which 69,294/.45. 9d. have been earned upon the Norfolk Railway. It was the wish of the proprietors at the last meeting to have the receipts of each company kept se parate, and this has been done. The charges for mainte nance of way have also been kept separately, but it is im practicable to preserve any separation in the locomotive ex penses and in the great bulk of the carrying and general charges. " rhe working expenses, disbursements and charges against the half-year amount to 372,620/. Bs. lid., leaving net 51,9581.-6 s. 2d. to which the surplus of 9761. Os. ld. after paying the last dividend must be added, making a ba lance of 52,934/. Gs. 3d. " The directors have therefore to recommend a dividend of three shillings per share upon the Consolidated Stock of the Eastern Counties Company ; and the payment to the Nor folk Company, in terms of the agreement between the two companies, of such a sum as shall be sufficient to pay an equi valent dividend upon the Consolidated Stock of the latter company. "The professional accountants have not yet completed their examination of the account of the capital expended, and in consequence the board have been unable to fulfil the pro mise made in their last report that a full statement of the company's expenditure on capital would be furnished previous to the present half-yearly meeting. The proprietors are referred to the report of Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., on,this subject ; by which also they will find that a sum of 2,5331. has been recovered for the company. At the same time, the directors being able to estimate the outstanding liabilities, and knowing that no new works have to be con structed, except the completion of the junction line between Sheltorth and Shepreth, more particularly alluded to hereafter, And the extension of the accommodation at the London sta tions, are enabled positively to. say that the capital ac count shall be closed within the amount stated in the published accounts appended to this report.—(Cheers.) The utmost further sum requiring to be now raised is 160,0004, in which sum Lis included 90,0001. for the construction of the Shelford and Shepreth line. Probably a less sum than 160,0001. will be sufficient. But the aggre gate of capital mentioned in those accounts will be the ex• treine upon which interest and dividends will be payable. That the directors might better acquire a full knowledge of the liabilities of the company, and arrive at the desirable conclusion within what sum the capital account could be closed, they caused advertisetnents to be inserted in the public papers, requiring all claims against the company to be sent in for examination. Many were received; their amount was not greater than had been anticipated ; most of them are in course of settlement and liquidation, and means will be taken to bring all matters in dispute to a final determination. It is intended to take early measures for realising the surplus lands and other available property. " Considerable sums have, in former years, been impro perly taken from capital, and applied to payments on aceount of revenue. Although these were reduced by the proprietors consenting to forego the payment of a dividend for the last half-year of 1848, the amount now ascertained by the ac countants to be still remaining in suspense is 169,325/. 13s. 9d. This amount must be regarded as a loss to capital, and be.so treated in the company's books, unless the proprietors shall otherwise determine. "The unsatisfactery state of the company's preference stock, in consequence of a large amount remaining unregis tered, caused much labour and responsibility to the officers. The directors have called in the whole for registration, and nearly all the No. 1 and No. 2 Five per Cent. Stock, and the ew Six per Cent. Preferential Shares have been registered. The last created Five per Cent. Stock Converted York Ex tensions still remains in the form of a debt, bearing interest in perpetuity at five per cent. The whole amount of this stock is 43,920/. only. It cannot be registered under the existing Acts of Parliament, and the directors intend to can cel it, either by paying it off, or by the substitution of ter minable debentures, "The financial position of the company is so improved that the directors have not hesitated to publish in the ac counts the actual state of the debenture debt of the com pany in detail.—(Hear, hear.) Its small amount, compared with the magnitude of the share capital, and of the property in security, is a matter for great congratulation. There can be no doubt that the company will not experience the least difficulty in keeping outstanding this amount of debt, until the proprietors determine upon discharging it; and that the renewals of bonds falling due will be effected at a reduced rate of interest.—(Hear, hear.) " The directors also hope to reduce by a considerable amount the rates charged upon the railway, by the parishes through which it passes. The preliminary step to this re duction, is being taken by so keeping the accounts of the com pany with reference to rating, as to show exactly, what por tion only of the company's property is rateable under the Acts of Parliament, as distinguished from earnings by the use and employment of stock in trade not rateable. The Courts of Quarter Sessions wilt then be enabled to do the company that justice, by lowering the rates, which hitherto it has not received. " The directors have been desirous to obtain the opinion of the proprietors respecting the measures that may be brought before Parliament, relative to the audit of railway accounts, and although the Bill prepared by a committee of delegates from the boards of the principal railways has been aban doned, they think it right to give the following abstract of the answers received from their constituents s— a Circulars were issued to all the shareholders, of whom only 2,219 returned answers. Of these , 1,42* approved of the Bill; 115 disapproved of it; 620 were in favour of a Go vernment audit ; and 5,228 returned no answer. " It will be remembered that the principal provisions of the Bill consisted in the appointment of two auditors, to be named by the shareholders, and of a public accountant, to be named by the auditors, and that the audit of the accounts should be continuous. "This mode of audit had already been adopted by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, under the present di rection. Mr. James Reeve and Mr. William Mayhew have audited the accounts, and examined them with the vouchers laid before them by Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., public accountants, who have had constant access to and continu ously examined and audited all the company's books and accounts, and who have made out the financial statement for the past half-year. The board found only one auditor in office, Mr. Reeve, who had been appointed by the shareholders, and they considered that as the proprietors had chosen Mr. Mayhew as one of the com mittee of investigation, he was the fittest person to be the second auditor. The proprietors will be enabled at the pre sent meeting to confirm and continue the appointment of Mr. Reeve and Mr. Mayhew, or to appoint other auditors, as they may think fit. It is the anxious wish of the board that the audit of all the company's accounts should be continuous, scrutinising, and complete ; and they recommend that a committee be appointed by the proprietors at this meeting, to consist of three or more shareholders, to confer with the delegates of other companies, and determine upon the proper measures to be adopted for additional legislation on this subject. " The directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, not considering it necessary to proceed to Parliament this year, in reference to the amalgamation with the Norfolk Company, and the board of that company concurring in this proceeding, the Norfolk line has been worked under the agreement between the two companies, set forth in the last half-yearly report. "The accounts between the two companies have also been so arranged under the same agreement that the Eastern Counties Company are not under any advance to the Norfolk Company, nor will they be required to advance any amount on loan to that company, but merely to pay up the re mainder of the purchase money, which shall be due by the Eastern Counties Company for the Norfolk Company's rolling stock, Stores, &c. The amount already paid towards , . that purchase money is stated in the' caPital)acconnt. -- By 'the agreement referred toi the . Norfolk Company is bound, in case of no amalgamation. taking , place, to, repurchase its rolling .stock at the same amountaf valuation. ' as now paid by the Eastern Counties Company,' tinder the award of . Mr. Robert Stephenson, and the ,NOrfbrk Railway directors have, at the request of the• Eastern Counties board, since consented that the Eastern Counties Ootnriany may hold 25 per cent. of that purchase Money in hand, better: t? secure such repurchase if it. should have to take place. ' " Since the 12th of December last, the Eastern - Union Railway has been opened to -Norwich, and a portion of the traffic between that city and London has passed over the Colchester line of the Eastern Counties. An `amicable ar rangement has been made with the Eastern Union Com pany, which Nsfi,ll enable each railway to take and develope its own proper proportion of the traffic; and -the public to benefit by the • increased facilities of travelling.. It Is diffi cult to state with certainty what will' be the uttlmateresult of a junction so recently formed, but! ai 'isaablishes a. communication between the. towns of .Clitedinenird, Col chester, Ipswich, and Bury, - . ,. and the:'• 'county, of Norfolk, end opens a ready way. for .ftansportr. ing the agricultural produce of 'Esseic. And' Suffolk' to the manufacturing districts ;of the Midland Cout-' ties, 'by way of Peterborough, it will probably bring upon the company's lines more traffic going to the north - and west than it will decrease the receipts from - the trade coming southward; and asthe trade taken to the metion94 in ad. dition dition to the new traffic to be tilde *eloped; nuplt puss oVer the Eastern Cothities ,lailway, from Colchester i t 45 Loadim,• it is obvious that a-good understanding ought ilwarg to exist between two companies whose interests have become to so great an extent mutual. Negotiations. have been for some time pending between this company and the Great Noitherit for a 'friendly inter change of traffic and co-operation in their : transactions, where theirrespective lines and branekee meet; idealthough definitive arrangements have va yet been made, it is-pro bable that some course will be adopted by which the two companies shall be enabled to act in concert, and abstain from injurious competition. " The Eastern Counties Company obtained powers to make a branch railway from Shelford, near Cambridge, to Shep reth, a distance of about six miles, there joining the termi nus of the Royston, Hitchin, and Shepreth Railway, leaSed in perpetuity to the Great Northern Company. The Eastern Counties Company, being bound by an engagement, entered into before a Committee of the House of Commons to make this junction, and It being indispensably necessary for its in terests that it should be constructed, the lands tor the pur pose are being purchased and the works will be let by public contract. " Some parties are attempting to, apiily for a'llill in the present session to construct a direct line from Cambridge to Shepreth. This unnecessary measure, and injurious to the Eastern Counties Company, will be-vigorously opposed. " The directors having made two sincere efforts with mem.' hers of the Newmarket Company's board for permanent amicable arrangements, succeeded in arranging terms with them ; but their colleagues at that board refused to adopt the results to which they had agreed. " The Blackwell Railway Company-araaPP L Y in g for a Bill to obtain running powers over the Eastern Counties line. A similar measure was before promoted, by that company and withdrawn. The directors feel confident that Parliament will never sanction anything so unjust and so dangerous to the public. " The late extraordinary high tides overflowed part of the Yarmouth and Lowestoft branches, but the damage was trifling, and has been repaired. The improved drainage and embankment of the low lands about to be made in these districts by the landowners, and the elevation of the rails already effected, will prevent the recurrence of .a similar injury. " The Lowestoft Harbour will be finished during thi en suing half-year, considerably below the estimated cost. The completion of the works is in the hands of the Norfolk Rail way Company. The trade of the port continues steadily to increase. "The extension of the branch line from Dereham to Fakenham was opened for traffic a short time previous to the last general meeting, and the traffic upon it is as yet only partially developed ; but as this branch opens the way into a rich and highly cultivated district, it must soon become a useful auxiliary to the parent line. " Disputes which had arisen w,ith the Northumberland And Durham Coal Company, as to the supply of coke, have been adjusted as regards past transactions, and an arrangement which, under the circumstances of the engagements entered into by the former board is equitable, has been made for future supply of that important article. " The board had the satisfaction of an interview with Mr. Waddington regarding the sum of 1,000/. received by him in connexion with the Wisbeach and St. Ives Company, at which interview it appeared that Mr. Waddington had re ceived that sum under the full impression that he was en titled to it, but preferably to raising any further dispute on the subject he agreed to pay the amount, which he has done.—(lronical cries of " Hear,.hear. ') " The directors feel bound to acknowledge that owing to Mr. Waddington's exertions, and to the time and labour he bestowed on the company's business in bringing traffic upon the Eastern Counties Railway, the amount of revenue obtained is in a great degree to be attributed, and they de sire to record their acknowledgment of the assistance and information Mr. Waddington has at all times been ready to afford them, without reservation.—(Cheers. ) claitn for the payment of a like sum of 1,000/., re ceived at the same time, by Mr. Hudson—(Hisses)—has been made on him- • he has 'disputed the claim, and it has been referred to arbitration.*—( Mmes. liemonstrences having been made to the directors against the sy`stem which has' hitherto Lett pursued of granting free passes to shareholders residing`on cr near the company's lines, to attend the halfryearly and special , meet ings, as being unfair, and as giving pecuniarr benOta to some proprietors, to the exclesion of others. the board think it proper to bring the subject before the general meeting, and to request that a resolution may be passed, either sanctioning the continuance of the system, or ordering it to be suppressed. The matter is one which should be decided upon by the ge neral body of proprietors. "Under the provisions of the company's Act of Parlia ment, the directors proceeded to ballot among themselves the rotation in which two directors should annually go out of office. The ballot fixed the rotation as follows :—Mr. Samuel Ellis and Mr. George Reed, to retire in 1850 ; Mr. John Alex ander Thompson Smyth and Mr. Thomas Jones Margrave to retire in 1851; Mr. Edward Ladd Betts and Mr. Joseph Glynn, to retire in 1852 ; Mr. Thomas Broadbent and Mr. James facke, to retire in 1853. "In accordance with this resolution Mr. Ellis and Mr. Reed retire at the present meeting, but are re-eligible, and offer themselves for re-election as directors of the company. " E. L. Bowes Chairman." The CHAIRMAN asked if it was the wish of the meeting that the accounts should be read.—(" No, no.") He said the directors had been desirous, as fully as possible, to lay before the shareholders a true statement of their af fairs. He congratulated them that the Bill for the Shel ford and Shepreth line bad been thrown out in the House of Commons last night.—(Cheers.) To the exertions of Mr. Waddington, and to his sptech in the House, were the shareholders mainly indebted for that result. — (Cheers.) The working expenses of the company were high—(" Too high")—but the directors would tor the future endeavour to lessen them as much as possibl:. This year they commenced with a clean book—(Cheers) —and they honed to be done with the old accounts for ever.—(Cheers.) During the past year the greatest exer tions had been made to keep the rolling stock of the company in the best possible order, and at the least pos sible expense. The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report.—(Cheers.) Dr. IiTLEY, of Ware, seconded the motion that the report he adopted, but in doing so stated that he was much disappointed with so small a dividend as three shillings per share.—(Hear, hear.) He c omplained, too, said ad id notit was been n accounted o t issued, for, n or was any of o.e enormous amounts of the salaries of the officers, and the high working e xp e nses of the line. Mr. NATHAN complained that 30,0001. worth of un appropriated k I interest paid upon it. — (Cheers.) Mr. NATHAN felt satisfied at that declaration from Tho CHAIRMAN st the chair. He complained, however, of 4,2591. having been expended for-Parliamentary expenses during the last half-year. The CHAIRMAN acid those expenses were incurred long before the present directors came into office. • Mr. NATHAN replied, if that were so they could not help themselves. Mr. WEBI, secretary of the Northern Counties Union Railway Company, congratulated the meeting upon the clear statement of the affairs of the company which had been laid before the meeting by the directors.—(Cheers and hisses.) Ile felt well assured that the meeting might bave the greatest confidence in the directors, and that they would exercise the utmost economy in working the line. He was proceeding to speak on the question of a Government audit, when he was assailed with cries of " Question," in the • midst of which he resumed his seat. Mr. WARD complained of the enormous sum the com pany was paying for coke to Messrs. Peto and Co. He knew that the directors could be.supplied with coke fur 18s. a ton. Mr. BAGSHAW, M.P., said:all the contracts entered into by the company for either coke or coal came before a committee of the company, of which he was a member, on tenders, and such an offer as les. a ton for coke had never yet been made to that committee. Neither Mr. Peto nor the chairman had ever had one tittle to do in the -supply of coke to the company. Mr. MARGRA'VE, 'a 'director, said the facts were so entirely different from those stated by Mr. Ward, that he would set the meeting right upon the point. He was chairman of the committee of stores, and he could say that with respect to the southern portion of the line only one tender for coke had been made to them by Nicholas Wood sad Co., and that was ac cepted by their predecessors, and it bound them for a period of 20 years.—(ob, oh.) The present direc tion had nothing to do with the making of that agree meat; they found it when they came into office, and from the advice of their solicitor they learnt that they could not set it aside. The coke was delivered to them at Peterborough for 245. per ton, by Messrs. Wood and Co. For the other portion of their line the directors manufactured their own coke at Lowestoft, and they produced it cheaper than they could buy it. Mr. Peto nod nothing on earth to do with the supply of coke to the company. Mr. Er.ms, a director, explained that the agreement with A:CS , I3. Weod and Co. for coke was made six weeks before the present directors came into the office, when it had seventeen years to run. They had suc ceeded in modifying that contract from the first price of 255. 6d. to 245. per ton, and that arrangement was to last for three r ars, and on the expiration of that time, the Messrs. Wood were to supply the coke to the com pany at the market price throughout the country. Mr. PETO said he thought it due to himself to state most unequivocally and most distinctly that he never had anything to do vrifh"coke in his life—(Cheers)—and ho thought it exceedingly unfair that any gentleman, for a specific purpose, sheuld drag bis name before the meet ing in the way he had done.—(Renewed cheers.) 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LORD Gousu.—Yesterday morning Lord Gough, accompanied by his son, Captain the Hon. George Gough, called at the Horse Guards, and had an inter view with Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief. His Lordship subsequently went to the office of the Board of Control, and{ had) an interview with Sir John Hobhouse, President of that de partment of the Government. Returning home, the Noble Lord entered his name in the visiting book of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort at Buckingham Palace, and left his card for the Premier at his residence, in Chesham-place. During the day his Lordship was honoured w ith personal calls at his residence, in Upper Brook street, by the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, Sir John Macdonald ( Adjutant-General), the Marquis of Londonderry, Viscount Mahon, Lord Fitzroy Somer set, &c., with several of whom he had interviews. Lord and Lady Gough left town at five o'clock yesterday after noon, to pay a visit to their daughter, at Bath. DEATH OF MR. HOPE JOHNSTONE. This gen tleman was well known on the northern turf. He has long been famed as a very dashing rider in steeple chases, especially at Eglinton Park. About a year ago Mr. Johnstone bad a fall backwards over a sunk fence, when on the look out for poachers, which injured his spine to such an extent as to almost entirely confine ilia to the sofa.— Carlisle Patriot. • u-N, FEBRUARY 28, 1850. pehses, andahe capital accent:it. He charged the direc tors witteliaving the shareholders .in the dark as ta. the 'atrieuneof their capital. ~',f! No, no," from a dirsctor.) •.fle was aware atihesie:mie timeof the great difficulties witkwhieti the direatertehad tia to mintilind. . He moved Eta asubstatitive reselirtion, - ituit for the future 'the earn ingaiof the Norfallt Railway should , bs, kepeleyarate and listot,-i-(He sr, hear.) QUIL T ER stated that, hie time had been almost , exelealeely . occupied in 'auditing the accounts of the company fdr the last half-year, and- the remit had been that be had extricated from.the accounts of the Norfolk Conipapyl a sum of 164,004 which the Eastern Counties Compsati had paid, and great portion of which had been charged to the capital account-of this company.— ,(Cheers.) - • . . • , - Mr. "Mleartzte. rose to explain,, bat the meeting re fused t) hear ' • Mr. Plum said, •if the accounts of the Norfolk line were properly kept. the shareholders would be receiving a dividend se. Aithare iletaiof 3s. ;He charged ipOti the . directbra that thoie accounts were illegally 'and improperly kept. - The ,Norfolk line, it was well knew% did not pay itliavorkiog expenses,. and therefore the money- expended: u&t , :i;TP!a .so ,much, *km from - the profits, , among *. .the share holders of the- Egitirit "Countlei - ' contended that the Norfolk and the Eastern Countiea lihe:shdukl be managed separately.--(dear, hear.) That_ that. was not in, he could only expl a in - by the circumstance of one of the lehdibespecters qf , the Noll:ilk line being a relative of 'the CWarrissati of Ile EaStern - Cbritities He conCluded by moving as an amendments that the ac counts of 'the Norfolk line be keptseetraKYA-r-,....1-,...-m Mr. OTtitflif Glasgow, "secoii dWile amendment. - Mr. GLTNN said the Committee of the Investigation reported in favour of the amalgamation with the Norfolk Company. The directors of the Eaitern Counties line were brought into office on that uuderstanding.—(" No, no.") It was his opinion that it was in the highest de .greatlesirable that the two lines should be worked to gether.—(" No, no," and uproar, in the midst of which - Mr. Glyn resumed his seat.) Mr. Bnosianera, of Manchester, spoke in favour of the two lines being worked together. The directors could not proceed unless they had the confidence of the share holders; and if they were not working with the confi- - deuce of the shareholders the sooner they went out of office the better. Mr. HELPS could not give his vote in favour of the adoption of the report unless he had an assurance that it did not,include the auditors' report, which was false in many respects. He then advocated a Government audit in much the same terms as he used yesterday at the South-Western meeting. Mr. MARGRA.YE, said, when the present directors came into office they heard on all hands that no dividend was to be made, but they were determined to make one if possible; and their first object was to hold both their hands, and therefore they incurred no other expenses but what were absolutely necessary.—(Hear.) Mr. MARTIN congratulated the directors and the meeting upon there being now something approximat ing to a remunerating dividend paid to the proprietorie This time twelve months, they received a dividend of 25., and it was satisfactory to find that within the last half year a very considerable improvement had taken place, so much so that a dividend of 3s. was now declared. Still more was he delighted to see that there was a much better prospect of a gradual increase. They could not hope to spring into prosperity in a moment.—(Hear, hear.) They could not hope that the directors, who bad been but six months in tifice, could in that limited pe riod bring the affairs of the company into a perfect state, but they were making progress. It was, therefore, the interest of the shareholders to place confidence in the directors to a certain extent. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) If they saw anything unfair, anything un conscientioes, anything exhibiting a want of integrity or honour in the directors, no man would come forward sooner than. be (Mr. Martin) would to condemn them. — (Cries of " Hear, hear.") But they were not to attack those , gentlemen on the vague suspicions and crude insinuations that had been put for ward.—(Cheers.) The meeting hid heard a long Atte ment about coke, but it all turned out to be unfounded. —(Laughter.) The Honourable Gentleman in the chair was the first man to call attention to the ruinous state of the affairs of the company, and to sug gest an investigation into them, and that investigaton had been exceedingly satisfactory and advantageous to the company. The meeting were told that the Chair man was connected with an honourable gentleman who had property at Lowestoft; and simply on that ground, forsooth, a most unwarrantable charge was brought forward against the Honourable Chairman, for the mere purpose of creating a prejudice against him in the minds of shareholders.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) - Now, he (Mr. Martin) would respectfully say, if they hoped for prosperity, and to have tbeii affairs managed in a sound and healthysnanner, they ought not to listen to such charges.—(Cheers.). Let the man who brought these charges see beforehand that they svereLstell founded, and let bins not ,put forward insinuations which- on in• vestigationAurrieft out toliiive ; no foundation whatever. He (Mr.! Margie) was. satisfied with the .bOard of directors,. judging .meiell fiom the amounts and the . re ports they had "produce d - this this day, but he thought there would be no harm arising from an expression of opinion on this subject. He had examined their accounts; he had also looked over the accounts of almost every rail way company in the kingdom, and he could honestly and conscientiously say he did not remember seeing a set of accounts so perfectly satisfactory, especially that o p f o r e t v i o e n ry o f u t n h p e r m e u w d i h c i e c d h p e c r a s r o r n i e dt that t n t v h i c e t s i o u n m t o o f t 4 h 2 e 4,o m o i o n had been faithfully earned, and that every shilling that could be fairly charged against revenue has been fairly and properly brought into that account. xer i n )p, enwnf det the irhteue r deenatr which 1 , e a b t Chairman and the directors, and of the excellent a ccou n tant em ployed the approbation of the meeting. There w as T a n h d e y he would had ou l d been u y t ph a annti yt l et o m(h n me g re. x t ocle i f m rut i e i They now knew the worst of their affairs, gleam of light had been let in upon them, o t n ee n ot o b n y e the singlecom s bad not been brought into a decimal form, showing how a hundredth part of a farthing had been expended in each department. (Cheers.) For these reasons, great must have been the intelligence and enormous the labour on the part of the gentlemen by whom that satisfactory state of things had been achieved. They bad been told that none of the capital had been charged as unproductive, and that the whole of the interest of the guaranteed stock and debentures was for the first time charged against revenue. But they had at least this satisfactory result, that through the exertions of Mr. Quilter and the directors, 2,5331. had been added to the capital account that must have been wholly lost if the account had been unduly closed.—(Cheers, and " Time, time," from Mr. Nathan.) The Hon. Gentle man who was taunting him about time got up and made a long speech about 30,0001. of preference stock which the Chairman assured the Hon. Gentleman was never intended to be issued.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Martin) would say one word upon the rates and taxes charged on railways. By the accounts he found that the net earnings of the company had .been 51,000 some hundred of pounds, and the parochial taxes were 13,221/. odd. In other word", there was in this way rather more than 25 per cent. taken from the sum fairly earned and divisible among the share holders, to be expended in poor-rates. He also found that there was a sum of 9,6471.. 17e. put down fur Government duty on the passenger traffic. Between those two items there was 45 per cent. taken from the profits divisible among the shareholders. He thought the bands of the directors would be strengthened by an expression of the opinion of the shareholders that the directors bo requested to continue their exertions for the purpose of bringing down those enormous expenses.—(Cheers.) As to the Norfolk amalgamation, the question was, were they to enter into a series of expensive litigation, in which they must be defeated, for the purpose of grati'ying the ca price of some few gentlemen who proposed and sup ported the amendment?—(Cheers and great uproar among the Nathan clique.) The CHAIRMAN rose to order. If the Hon. Pro prietor (Mr. Martin) wished to be heard, he (the Chair ' man) hoped the meeting would allow him to speak out. Mr. MARTIN—If others are permitted to, speak, I think I have a right to be heard. I will merely say that we are bound as men of honour to carry out that undertaking. We have had the opinion of two eminent Parliamentary counsel, Messrs. Hope and Talbot, that we could net abandon it. The amalgamation _was subsequently confirmed by a majority of the shareholders ; and I do not see that we are called upon to abandon it, more particularly when the Bill .was not before Parliament at present, and when , the di rec tors have allowed' a year to elapse in order to obtain t he fullest information upon this question. Under thes e circumstances, I do not see , why this question of the Norfolk amalgamation should have been lugged so strongly into this discussion.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was almost unanimously .negatived amidst loud cheers and shouts of derisive laughter. The CHAIRMAN next put the original resolution, ap proving,of the report, which was carried with acclama tion, only about six persons holding up their bands against it. The meeting then passed to the question of audit. Mr. Sergeant GASELEE took occasion to eulogise the conduct of the present board of directors for the way in which they had succeeded in extricating the aff.iirs of the company from the almost hope less confusion and complexity into which their predecessors had plunged them. The . Learned Sergeant concluded byi moving that a committee of three of the shareholdrs be appointed to confer with the delegates from other railway compa nies, with the view to prepare and carry through Parlia ment a Bill in favour of a stringent Government audit of railway accounts. Afcer l a long and rather'stormy discwsion,the ing three gentlemen were named as the s hareholders to meet the other delegates—Messrs. Christiosed the, Martinat, an five d Sherwood. It had originally been p p should 4e_ appointed,-but th r ee was the number finally fixed up!ory. The question of-the , granting . of free ti ckets to traYel - ro [PRICE SD. on the line to shareholders comingl up to town to the meetings of the company, also led to a protracted and desultory conversation, in' which many proprietors took 'part. A resolution rescinding that custom was finally carried by a great majority, though not without some strenuous opposition from a few country proprietors. It was then proposed to adopt the same principle with respect to the officers of other lines of railways; but that proposition was not carried, the inexpediency of adopt ing such a course on their line having been pointed out by the chairman and others. Mr. GREEN proposed, and Mr. CHRISTIE seconded, a motion to the effect that the Messrs. Reeves and Mayhew should be re-appointed auditors for the ensuing year, which was agreed to. Mr. Ellis and Mr. Reid, the directors going out of office by rotation, were then re-elected. Mr. MACLA REN proposed a resolution to the effect that the accounts of the Norfolk line should be kept separate from the other as far as it was practicable—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—which was understood to have been agreed to. A vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors was then proposed, and having been carried by acclamation and briefly responded to, the meeting broke up. NAVAL* INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMtiCITII, WEDNESDAY.—The Basilisk, new steam-sloop, by Mr.-Lang, of 'Woolwich, on the paddle principle, 1,000 tops, oscillating engines by Miller, .Ravenhill, and Cp., 400-horse power, was taken out of the steam reserve to-day by Commander J. A. Stevens, of the Blenheim, for trial at the measured mile iri Stokes Bay, wind, water, and weather being as propitious as possible. She made six runs along the course, and ave raged a mean speed of 10,551 knots, making 204 revo lutions, and drawing 14ft. 10in. forward, and 15ft. 9in. aft. Captain Hayes, Mr. Murray, C.E., Lieutenant Hamilton, Mr. Lynn, C.E.,'Mr. Macdonald, Assistant- Master-Attendant, and other officers, went out in her. The St. Vincent, 120, is to be docked to-morrow, in the room of the Britannia, 120, to make good defects. The Lily,l2, is rigged, and will be commissioned next month to carry the April mail to the west coast of Africa. The Fairy royal yacht, Master Commander Welsh, is in the basin, being re•embellished for the summer ser vice of her Majesty. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The following address has been issued by Captain Austin to the service, on his taking the command of the new expedition about to be fitted out to proceed in search of our long absent countrymen : " Petty officers and seamen of the Royal and mercan tile navy, especially those who have traversed the Arctic seas, are invited to send in their names and addresses, with copies of testimonials of good moral conduct, capa bility, and good temper, to ' Captain Horatio T. Austin, R.N., C. 8., Admiralty, Whitehall,' on the Ist day of March, in order to their being registered. " Such persons, when approved, should provide them selves with a fair supply of useful clothing, including an easy-fitting light pair of sea boots and fisherman's stock ings. Every individual will be required to wear flannel next the skin, and a waist-belt. Bed and blankets may be had, atter entry on the ship's books, at the moderate Government price. No one will be accepted who is not in a perfectly sound state of health, and who is not pre pared to undergo the scrutiny of a medical board. " The crews wilt be paid six months' single pay in advance before leaving England, in addition to the river pay from the time of their entry; and from tho date of their sailing they will be paid double pay till the time of their return. "The crews of the 'vessels employed in this expedi ion will be composed of the following, viz.:— " FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICERS. Ice quarter-masters as pilots ... Gunners' mates ... Boatswains' mates Captains of the forecastle ... Carpenters' mates ... ... Blackstuiths Singl© Pay per Lunar Month, 13 months per annum. Sailmakers Captains of maintop Captains of foretop Captain's coxswains . ...£3 10 0 ... 2 5 0 ... 2 5 0 ... 2 5 0 ... 2 9 0 ... 2 9 0 ... 2 9 0 .2 5 0 .. 2 5 0 ... 2 5 0 Captains of the hold ... 2 5' 0 Ship's cooks ... 2 13 0 Caulkers (who should be also shipwrights) 2 9 0 Tool money 0 7 0 2 Coopers (who should be also carpenters) 2 4 0 Tool money 0 7 0 4 Officers' cooks (who should be also bakers) 1 14 0 2 Captain's stewards 1 14 0 2 Paymasters' and pursers' stewards ... 2 1 0 8 Stokers aid coal trimmers, (to receive double pay as stokers in the summer months, and that of able seamen in the winter months.) Stoker 2 6 0 A. B. 1 14 0 Total—Petty officers 64; able seamen 46; and Royal Marines 26. "As unanimity of purpose and cordial co-operation are indispensable to the success of an expedition of this kind, the undersigned is desirous of communicating in this manner (which, it is hoped, the peculiar nature of the service will justify) with all those who may volunteer their services in the enterprise. " This undertaking is a duty acknowledged by our ge nerous country, and the Government, with great liberal ity and kindness, is about to provide adequate means for its performance. " It is the present intention to fit out for this purpose two sailing ships, and two auxiliary screw steam-vessels attached to thous as tenders. " The object of this address is to insure a good under standing with all who may be engaged in this service. None, therefore, should offer who will not pledge them selves to the following conditions:— " 1. To support, in its entire spirit and integrity►, the discipline of the British navy—the main pillars of which are obedience and a good example. "2. To join heart and hand in zeal fur the service in which we shall be engaged; in employing our best endeavours to promote the benefit, amusement, and im provement of each other, and the general good of our little community. " To refrain from evil speaking; and especially to avoid, what may be culled our seamen's proverbial pro pensity • growling,'—a term well understood throughout the service. , " With these resolves inscribed on our banner, we go forward, trusting in Him who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,' to direct our way, and to crown our labours with success. " HORATIO T. AUSTIN. * " These ratings will be given to such men only as have had experience in ice-navigation, such as har pooners or boat-steerers, and who can produce testimo nials to that effect." APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, FEB. 27.—Lieutenant C. M. Buckle (1847), to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth. Surgeon George D. Maclaren (1837), to the Blen heim steam-guardship of Portsmouth. Surgeon Abraham R. Bradford (1838), to the Reso lute, flag-ship of Captain Austin, C. 8., for the Arctic expedition. Surgeon James J. L. Donnet (1846), to the Assis ance, fitting for the Arctic expedition. Assistant-Surgeon Richard King (1846), to the Resolute. Assistant-Surgeon John Ward (a) (1843) from the Dasher to the Assistance. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas R- Pickthorn (1842) to the Pioneer, fitting for the Arctic expedition. A*sistant•Surgeon Wiliam Patrick (1847) to the Dasher steam-vessel, at Woblwich, vice Ward. Captain Austin, 0.13.. proceeded to Blackwell to-day, and hoisted his pendant on she Resolute, on his appoint ment to command that vessel. Captain Erasmus Ommaiiney hoisted his pendant to day on board the Assistance, at Blackwell, on his al pointment to command that-vessel. Lieutenant Sherard Osborn hoisted his pendant on board the Pioneer to-day, on being appointed to that vessel, now in dock at Woolwich, and progressing very rapidly in her equipments for a voyage to the Arctic regions. The Free Trade, the sister steamer, has not yet ar rived, but it is expected she will be immediately core• missioned by Lieutenant Browne, one of the officers who served in Captain Sir James Ross's expedition. It is now beyond doubt that the two eailing vessels of Captain Austin's expedition .will be commanded by captains, and the two steamers by lieutenants. It is not' yet decided, however, whether any other officers of the rank of . captain or commander will be afforded :an opportunity of proceeding with the expedi tion as volunteers. Dr. Robert M'Cormick is confident that he will proceed in oce of :the vessels, and when he arrives in the northern regions will take the charge of a boat party, for the purpose of exploring the coasts, and examining Wellington Channel. Captain William Peel visited Woolwich dockyard this afternoon. Captain Austin intends visiting Woolwich to-morrow, and a medical board will attend to inspect a number of men borne on the books of bis previous establishment who have volunteered their services, and are most anxious to be permitted to serve under their former gallant officer in the expedition to the Artic regions. The Widgeon steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, arrived here on Saturday, having completed the measurement of the new mile fur testing steam-vessels in an eligible part of the river below Gravesend. The Ja•psr steam-vessel has been employed to-day, in charge of Ma,tar-Commander Bryant, in conveying stores from Blackwall to Woolwich. [ADVERTISEMb;NT.] --INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. —The important report of the Board of Health; the remedies stated and recommended, on which the Bill will be founded for the consideration of Parliament,were carefully abridged and originated in last Sunday morn ing's Observer, to the extent of four folio columns and a half. The Observer is regularly published, at four o'clock on Sunday mornings, in time fur all the early Sunday morning railways. On Sunday next, March 3, the Observer will he printed with an entire new type, from the foundry of the Messrs. Figgins. Price of the Observer, 40 columns, 6d. • • EXPERIMENTS 'IN WOOL WICH MARSHES. Lord Clarence E. Paget, secretary to the Master- General of the Ordnance; Major-General J. B. Parker, C. 8., Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military AMP. ' • decoy ; Colonel Dundas, C. 8., and Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, members of the Select Committee ; Lieute nant-Colonel Wilson, and a number of officers of the Royal Artillery, assembled in the matshes at one o'clock P.m. on Tuesday last, to witness experiments with an improved construction of guns, patented by Mr. Sears. The invention is on the principle of a needle-gun (Zunrinadelgewehie), and is applicable to military mus kets, carbines, rifles, pistols, and fowling-pieces, on the using of a cartridge of peculiar arrangement and com position. By Mr. Sears's plan, the difficulty of furnish ing troops with ammunition, so promi nen t an o bj ect i on to the Prussian military musket used by the Fusilvers in the Prussian army, is entirely obviated, and the soldiers are enabled to carry a gi eater quantity of cartridges, and are also able to make them for themselves with th• greatest ease and safety, and effect a saving of upward, of 25 per cent. compared with the cost when percussion guns are used. Mr. Lovell, inspector of small arms at the Tower, was present during the experiments, to ascer tain the result. A musket stand was placed at a distance of 400 yards from the butt where the target was put up, and a rifle, fitted on Mr. Sears's plan, was taken, and the mode in which it is loaded minutely explained to the offic Is who were present. The loading is a very important feature in the invention, as it can be effected without the least difficulty in any position of the body, whether lying flat on the ground, on foot, on horseback, or in the i igging of a ship, as it does not re quire that the gun should be turned, as is the case when a ramrod is used to drive home the cartridges with the common muskets of the service and with fowling , pieces. The cartridges used with Messrs. Sears's im proved construction of gun are very small, the great number of charges obtained, 60 out of each quarter of a ipound weight of powder, being compared with the Tian ! City used in the common ball-cartridges of English L i muskets. The ball is formed in the shape of a loaf of sugar, only more tapering at the point than the balls • / used by Mr. Lancaster and others. Mr. Sears's ball ; cartridge is put into the breach of .the barrel through a cavity in the under part of the stock of the gun, and re quires no other exertion than the use of the thumb and forefinger of the right hand. A sliding but strongly made groove, similar to the head of a bayonet, is then pushed forward, and renders the breech of the barrel air-tight, and not liable to be injured by any concus sion. In the centre of the extreme end of the sliding groove is a needle, which is pushed forward sharply on the trigger being drawn, and is very effective in its operation, as was evidenced to-day, only oae cars tridge having failed to ignite on drawing the trigger, out of 54 cartridges fired with Mr. Sears's guns. It was evident that the charge of powder for Mr. Sears's cartridges was too small for a range of 400 yards, or the person who fired was not acquainted with the elevation of the musket requisite to carry that distance, the first four rounds having fallen about 100 yards short is every instance. The fifth and s i x th roun d s , on the m usket having more elevation, entered the target. After try ing several other rounds the stand was removed to a range of 300 yards from the target, and ultimately to 200 yards range. At these distances a number of bails were put into the target, both from Mr. Sears's muskets and by Mr. Lovell from the common and improved muskets of the British service. At the conclusion of the expe riments the target was examined, and foutui JoLlitive been perforated by ',fifteen balls, some of them quite in the centre. A number of the flattened balls were also picked cut of the bulkhead, close to the target. It was ultimately resolved that another trial should take place with an increased charge of_powder. Mr. Sears's construction of gun appears very simple, and easily used, and four rounds can be fired from it in a minute, which might be extended to five or six, by those acquainted with its operation, after a short practice. It differs materially from the Prussian mili tary musket and all others loading at the breech; iu the latter the smoke of the powder escapes, but in no instance was there the least appearance of smoke at the breech of Mr. Sears's guns. The explosive power of the gunpowder is so effectually employed as to leave the barrel as clean after firing 54 rounds as it was alt•fr the first discharge; and the gun consequently is Lot apt to get clogged, as is the case with common muskets. The experiments to-day were made for the purpose of allowing the plan, and the small quantity of powder requisite as a propulsive power, when no escape is allowed of any portion of it at the breech; but the Commander-in-Chief will not consider any invention useful to the British service that would re quire to alter the present bore cf all the muskets. The balls at present in use in the army and navy are 16 to the poundweight, and the balls used by Mr. Sears about 19 to the pound, and the bore of his muskets is smaller, to suit the conical shape of the balls. Mr. Sears intends, . however, at the request of the authorities, to have a number of common musket barrels fitted on his con struction, and will then test them with the muskets now in use. •-! UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. On Tuesday evening a genet al :netting of graduates of this university was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of receiving a report from the committee appointed some time previous to devise measures for ob taining for the graduates a charter of incatpiration. Dr. Gibson presided, ard : t.s 9upport?il by Dr. B. B. Nevins, Dr. Savae, ;.. Routh, Dr. Sankey, Dr. Gull, Mr, IOSTE3II, 13. A., Mr. 8ar,h0.., Mr. Shaer, DI.A., Mr. Oatler, LL.B., and other gentlemen. The CiArrimeti, in opening the proceedings, stated that the degrees conferred by the University of London were of a very high order, requiring as th;y7 did great intellectual labour and no inconsiderable mental culti vation. Still the university was comparatively unknown, being situated on the stairczce over the School of Di - rip!. Indeed, the council had not a room sufficient to hold the candidates who presented themselves for ex amination. He trusted that ere long the graduates would be enabled to boast of a building worthy a great metropolitan university. From a report which was presented by the com mittee it appeared that they had been labouring for the • last nine years to obtain a charter of incorporation, but had, up to the present time, failtd in their endeavours, the senate having afforded them little or no encourage ment. A lengthened discussion ensued, and a vote of thanks was passed to the committee, thanking them for their labours; and a hope was, at the same time, expressed that they would continue to render the graduates their valuable services. A declaration affirming the principle for which the meeting was convened was adopted and numerously signed. The proceedings then terminated with the usual vote of thanks to their chairman. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 25. LORD FOWIS'S AMENDMENT.— CLAUSE 12. CONTENT. mAncins. Harrowby Camden Romney Lanesborough VISCOUNTS. Rochester Salisbury St. David's Oxford " St. Asaph Chichester EARLS, Aberdeen ' Istaltnesbury Enniskillen Roden Nelson Yowls Glengall Verularn Cardigan Strangtiod Ilawartlen Gage Canning BISHOPS. LORDS. Stanley Fevershant Colchester 1)o Tabley Walsingham London Exeter Carlisle Content - - - - - Non content - - - - Majority for Lord Powis's amendment COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, arTompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, honoured the performance of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord Byron, Colonel Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, and Baron d'Apel. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.- , Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took walking and pony exercise yesterday. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance ht Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, and per formed the following pieces:— Overture, Selection, Zayre March, Saxe Coburg. Trio, Le Pre aux Clercs Herold. The Building Committee of the Commission for the Exhibition of 1651, consisting of Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Barry, Mr. Cockerell, and Mr. Donaldson, met at the new Palace of Westminster yesterday. Mr. George Duncan, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. STREET ARCLIITECTURE.—There evidently exists a much greater desire for ornamental art, and this intel lectual craving is manifesting itself amongst our first class shopkeepers. One of the latest specimens from the designs of the builder, Mr. Thos. Burton, of the City B as in—a shop-front on the east aide of Regent street —is extremely pleasing from its judicious mixture of Elizabethian types, and a happy alliance of the elements of uniformity and variety. It is, moreover, novel from the use of Caen stone artistically carved into symme trical forms, embracing the beads of of humanity,paint—theof ani mals an d groups of game, fruits, flowers, &e. Th is use of stone obviates the necessity r co lour employed being cobalt and gold f or the relief of the letters " Clark and Melton," the name s of the a prietor t s o , th w e ho tit a l r e c of d e e o a n le n r o s is i:i eu o r b s j ec m ts ay o o f b e v ireisut.imlftetd pro prietors, claim the judgment displayed in this facade, it must rank far above mediocrity.— Herald. ADJOURNED , IN QUEST ON THE LAD KILLED AT THE DORC U ESTER PROTECTION MEETING.— On Monday the inquiry into the detth of the lad Allen, who was killed in the affray after the protection meeting held at Dor cht ster on Wednesday last, was resumed at the Shire hall, before Mr. Wallis, the coroner. On Tuesday morning, the j ur y h av i ng b een l oc k e d u p from fo u u l r d F.M. not till half-p as t e i g ht A.M., announce d t h a t they agree, and were bouud over to appear at t he assizes c on could the 14th March. " Tell me," says the Querist, w hich should be preferred, brandy and water in t h ei r , co mbined state, ( r erily,„ replies th e " }randy and ' water separate ? .v 1 philosopher, " brandy and . wate r in union repre sen t mingled delight, but the spirit and the pure element i n their divided condition constitute unmixed satisfacti on ,— , Pl 4 ich. 301E liEGEN VH T I - 1 R B S I ` TI ETT . , adjoining the Royal A polytechnic institution , PICTURESQUE TOUR to the t th,"ON"AIA. BRIDGE,- with ILLUSTRA -4,''44,.Bjhe'lnDrisin. Views of BIRMINGHAM, CHESTER, "latia e VICTORIA. and BRITANNIA BRIDGES, &c.. " Scale• • p • it 4g 're mated by S. W. ALLEN, Esq. Descri o ption by JOHN CLAR,,E iTlO ng N—Afternoon, Two o'Clock and I our S r; Schools, half-price. Mt spa a gainst imitations, see that the names of " LEA , 41, are uPon the label aid patent cap of the bottle. N 7 s , , 11p, '4 ,.i kkl N y 4 4 4 4 ti: d S e , WHITE LIQUID GLUE, for lo t o4 h ot .„„, ulna, without smell, and not Per Bottle. M.„,ntildr r - - - - and Is. it, qp o 'ilcii 'ule, for Wood, Stone, &c., Jok ' ar r ii.. 4e l;tlia - - - - - 6d. Is. and Is. id. y(11 1 14 , 11 Glue, for all purposes - 3d. and 6d. k tt,, e llt, . Gd. and is. ti kt i,, i' e t a t i r t i tt h e i ra it i n L y hAi n d g G s l l u io t - r D t Depot, 549, - New Oxford-street. of ' king d - om out - of joint,' or' a rkKll,ll. t I '''' '' this Improved Liquid Glue seems quite up to - .4 )1 0 2 3 'e tried it on a china digt, a wooden box, and a NI ,'v, with equally satisfactory results."—Uuilder, Dec.