The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-19 00:00:00

GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway NINEPENCE to or from Loudon and Graveseni. Salcon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. 41. c To or from Blackwall. Cabin.. 6d. Chief Cabin.... 9d. o t h Intermediate Piers •••• • • • • 6d• Th e '`,`„'r Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. "eketa call at th e Pi ers as underlined (weather permitting). •••••••—._ FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. W.Z..... ' ZI-- " - ----iI ) AYI ....,,...._____ l • l SUNDAYS. 11 0181 40 8 hr. I Iliglea.:l (flee t rime IRoshr- I qra _ s I Green- I Par `i villa. 'Grays 3..7----_,l_____ - , t fie, j the. deot _ ____ _____,_ y, *7 ilt3 6 -- _ —8% — isx it _ I% _ — 12 1 - 2 3 " " • " 3 - : ... '- • -- 5 —— . c .J 4 7 .DZsg Trains from the Boats marked t "try " q,,.0-t..,e8 from Fonehnrch-street Station to all parts of London 1tt0‘.....er of an hour. • WIIARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival Of the Trains from the Fenehurch-street Station. Wats DAYS. SUNDAYS. itirot . ....—., , ~....__.________,.., (31.111.a.a0• '.:. 11. fr, L ir- !Gm . v( lltoshr-L ime ' Par- Green- Grays R v o i r e • - it. -eet hi the n- kr . ---- villa. i fleet hithe.' B. x 10 -.. — I - . _____ —. —_ —_ I — I 12 ..... 19 lki —3% 0 t ,P --------- ----_________., Nte7l 4 , ges Marked * are run direct, the Packet; not being per t° Bt ...t0 4 , 2S , at Piers or for Boats. il.t4BB,..Bgesroarked * are i , a to step at nen or r t• `CiArt TICKETg -"Twel ..lir m •.. • 41011ths 1/. 158.; to D4e4 ta ; or dr Monk, Ter' 13eptena:r 12, 1850. "-....._ lye Moi be had Tace PI ,ntlis, 41 1 of th ler, Gra F. 4g. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Le Collectors on board the avesend. Kr, GENERAL IN THE FAttES TO OSTEND. Islor, I GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION ik ' l 'lted7,PANY ve 'S powerful and first-class Steam-ships are ala , Lea rfA u eB St. Katherine's Steam Wh y arf 's London, ZT,RGI-1 (carrying her Majest malls), every Tuesday and rtF, n ings. Chief cabin, 3/. ; Fore, 2/. Sept. 20, at Ten. ar) , and the RHINE (carrying her Majesty's mails), -41 lsT13 0 ,1,nasilaY and SaturdarM l lsl'nings, at Ten. The MILNE, and OCEAN. Chief cabin, it. 10s. ; Fore, I7s. Gd. '',,arsd a „ E ßP, BRUSSELS, COLOGNE, and the lIIINE.—Every p L us . o,v, s at Ten morning. Chief cabin, 1/. lOs ; Fore, 11. & "acin Ten hours. BRUSSELS and the RIIINE.—Every - al)te ei e i - aY and Saturday Mornings. Chief Cabin, 11. ; Fore, 15s. 11A4, 2 1, at Eleven ; 25, at Three ; 28, at Four. ,i‘ e 'a to L, L — Every Sunday and Thursday, at Eight Morning. Lou vabi aria p• tt r ) l, °d ust Class and Saloon, 1/. 43. ; Second Class and Fore I „,af t e lC „ R• h YRII . .—The CLA.RENCE, LEITII, and TRIDENT. E - vi n ' in 2l .; Second, 1/. 2s. 6d. September 21, 25, and 28, t hea" Provwee inc I,u r d c e hi i e rin a si b o i' n n s Chief Cabin, 2/. 10s. ; Fore, 1 /. 10 s. s 2/ • Fore, 1/. 2s. 65. h t • R o „ o From London Bridge Wharf. ALBION or SEINE. Every Wednesd . ay_and t C hief Cabin, 125.; Fore, Bs. September 22, at One , 20, a ?1 . 41 1 „. 49 at Six. .11144,,' CALAIS.—Chief Cabin, 12s. ; Second, 85. Every - o Y n .a . tl Sunday mornings.. September 19, at Twelve Noon; il a `ul4 ...17x• `z6 and 25, at Five. yi at i• - ` l,l el Cabin, 17s. 6d.; Fore, 105. Every Tuesday and Fri jAbioight Morning. Bai u Til--Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six Even ooa 88.; Second Cabin, 55, t Arc rom Steam-wharf, Wapping. 'ettie "-'sTLE.—Every Wednesday and Sattu*day, at Eight Even- Chief Cabin 1/ • Fore, 12s •01 SSG " t IAE • (Sundays excepted). to Ten Morning ';E — Tuesday,Th I - and Saturday, at Ten Mora 1, ,81ack,.., • UrS a), tig ve "% at Half-past Ten; and North Woolwich, at a Quarter To lattare,re berths, for f 'ght and for hills containing hours of de applyreal t offices, 71, Lombai - d-street ; 37, Re- Flea t i; Leadenhall-street ; and St. Katherine's Wharf. - "qir tk, "a Packets start early in the morning, p a ssengers may am ' l'rell ons evening, beds being provided. Th " e DON to BOULOGNE DIRECT. *1h,Q4,101, C OMMERCIAL COMPANY'S powerful and s p lendid ' l l)Qiir p • CITY of BOULOGNE or EMERALD, from LONDON- Friday, Sept. A RP, every Tuesday and Friday, according to tide -20, al 10, Morning. Til.esday, Sept. 21, at 1, Morning. I,,Saloon ~Eriday, Sept. 27, at •2, Morning. - "do4 z B.; Fore Cabin, 85. Places booked throughout from to p.,_ 4 u3 at the following lon• charges saloon: — ~„ and First Class Rail .• •• • • ...... 345. 6d. Vro Cabin and Second Class 288. Od. For p a ; t ? • ... r u e . f Cabin and Third Class Rail ... • .... 21s. , Od. tars of reight, &c., apply at the Company s Office, 4 , - `et East ; or the Universal Office, Regent-circus, Pie . _ g RN COUNTIES RAILWAY. virt?SITIsV'SRSIONS TO CAMBRIDGE AND BACK. S the 22d and 29th September, a SPECIAL TRAIN • ' 41 11 , ,t 10 P gate Station at 815 ex. on the above days, and P.M.v • Fares to Cambridge and Back. First Class . Bs. • • • • Second Class 6s • T hird Class • ' • • • • 4s • Niko, By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. September mber 14, 1850 - . 44°INTION AND NORTH—WESTERN RAILWAY. DONCASTEIt RACES. a3', the 17th, Wednesday, the 18th, Thursday, First and kind 8, the 20th September, a SPECIAL TRAIN for and C1a55, .1 5 : 14, : ,, ,1 - i, l ig t Paaa gaeirs a t ONE FARE for the DOUBLE JOUR • S nd Class, 23i. 6d., will be dispatched ‘rr "le t Secondat a Quarter before Seven, Euston Station each morning N. The 1; 4 Doncaster at 11 45 A.M. , TuRN TRAIN will leave Doncaster for London each • nt G 45. Gener al By:Order, MARK HUISH. • Manager's Office, Euston Station, September 5, 1850. „ (o he TO THE °PUBLIC. 1141 at the Post Office, Weymouth, price Is., or post free, on receipt of 18 postage labels, prepaid. REMARKS ON THE ° RTLAND BREAKWATER. By JOHN HARVEY. dud FIRST and SECOND ADDRESSES of his SON, Mr. JOHN HARVEY, Postmaster of Weymouth , ' fil e • sa Ivor , e str.tcess'ul Promoter of the Breakwater. . 1 10, 1, n' appeals most forcibly to the nautical and mercantile oriteour s„teat Britain. The Act of Parliament for the ” Portland of fidl efe ge and Breakwater" received the Rsyal Assent . 11th Th `y,l B - 4 - 4; 11.R.11. Prince Albert laid the First Stone en the 25th it n e t ook • tw e . of Iteinarks &c. is warmly recommended to the public: . i n Dor etab ellishmen ' ts—One, a Map of the environs of Weymouth 4 chest tiro ester (including the Railroads and Breakwater), desaib -1,44tt ofth e of 12 miles round Weymouth, and forms a complete titr i ea B ,a Y- most useful to mariners-the depth of water hay . - I,i t , free b y added. added. This Map is sold separate at Gd., and if sd . 'l f th et ,i.r ., Dest 10d. The other is a View of Weymouth Bay, &c., Tl~ e 'lent f r l ' ea ed Breakwater and Harbour, price 3d. separate, and Gav e bY Post. . •", Bent works (1850) exhibit an interesting scene of m -0 l '4 attr act uumbers of visitors daily; some of the Breakwater k t M oo ed state is now seen projecting from the shore, and the , Of stone from th 'otkly raii„ e number is r . egularly ant rapidly carried 4 8 "eoll r ee . 4 Y. A number of additt •nal tram wdggons have k at tin ler elva at the works, with a view to the employment 1 11 o „ a etion t fi er number of convicts, on the arrival of whcm th s th4'Rst thn enterprise will be carried on with increased rapidity. for th 'e meolt rerea rkable machinery to be observed on the works ea,' raisi n °fled g of stones a gigantic crane on a moveable platform, intended ela kt reble es from the recesses of the quarries, and which "e h s estainin •weight of 60 tons An • Pr, th e dr 4s al so be g With ease the immense g al im„egnation plies erected for the chemic . tt i .: by w Cyin for their preservation, by a nee. and ingenious .4(1 The • - ' e n they are rendered impervious to the action of • lia4i,buoue, Th e which attaches itself to Portland from its rare • ari n 4 , ll ro om t i fo ssils, its striking geological str ,tifiCatioll, and anti- Pe 1; slid ;T s is sufficiently lous These ' attractions are now L 4 , l o af t e- e - ;, a lleed by the rannodoerbition of the fertile resource., be l' oeg I ngenuity and profound achievements of the skilful • %.hti k , l o ne' to his uses the most stubborn obs•acles, and ch.- , Tb_ Lriower and sway of the mighty ocean. tra t ;° laheh, I'ORTLAND HARBOUR OF REFUGE. Q t ~ n lid° is Grants ?t• weywouth and Portland, feeling thata debt of lor o :ertio es r Mr. John Harvey for his and his father's n r esk w e ccoesh:personal application and writing, In hringing e nte atcr e Governments and the public the necessity of a • °Ci k i . ll OZ" l. ° ll land (now happily commenced), have resolve.d v , 41 1444 T e atae subscription to present him with a suitable tes of h l i .. Mr. John H arve y was , in 1803, by the especial t ho°lltll, andt George the Third appointed fostmaster of • g l veca tslee the Present Mr. John Ha ' rvey succeeded his father the ~,eat:on in the year 1817. Subscriptions will be re . pl,"eyeiellitiatititah.,e:;Yanmtort;th Banks, Libraries, and Post -office, f . nid it is generally will unite with the inhabitants of re mand, in promoting this laudable object. ° Natiill l / 4 7 • 1 1 ;Er . (4 th e TS and GUARDIANS.—A portion t 4.s l", lqeoLe?ttensive Premises in Regent-street, occupied by g t a4 (l y o ytil will in future be devoted for the production of bir Ylo CLOTHING, such to exhibit unusual good re,9ol4ratility „finish, besides having a farther recommendation in caps and verY moderate cost. I*4" t lel Urs • G °wils, with every kind of Garment calculated r , on 4t t , lee, or exercise, and such as are worn by Young 0 114, hay ge Colleges and Great Public Schools. These are al th:tleroh._ibe met With at the Warerooms of H. J. mid D. NI 14:441,‘'Reot..7trt Clothiers, Paletet Patentees, and Manufacturers of tc r •\lo: s T.--k tt eet (from 114 to 120 inclusive), and 22, Comb'''. i nt al Of s. have assumed the use of the word " PALETOT," Wait fd are the Sole Patentees of the desn and ma- thi 3 inte "t• o r Lallrnmer Substances) employed in the manufac -v‘Alsive and gentlemanly article of costume. ..P ° n it I S 'e ,-, I, Y and I t h ~,, , o1 Aip, vvELLINGTON FAMILY Ill_otkii, ,40telc1,,CIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. vp lir, t co oth hated in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange, hD 45 En St y l t, and t '1 .I.4t e " Phtees of public and commercial resort, is fitt o ed , up r American, Foreign, as (.. , eth e glisi t e,,, °°l c ~,arrengeArrangers,he wll ace r n be m ; d un at d i° e n ver ro ything that is desirable, ~, q (k, . 4 he p r ,. u?ents of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate mlod 4 1if lor , . Prae tor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee 'teo el 4 Roo 1,1 1 :'•11, - hit t o Ins, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be 0 Tho char one in the kingdom. t. 441 ' l l3 ' Etta ges for servants are included in the Bill i ( i e a x m cr e t th a o i s d e , '44; 3 ri4e,74.1:e1.! hours), viz., Waiter, Porter, ' s'4lll3' intimated that all further an pa d ym C ent is num- WORKS. i ll e t^l et e h o s' 'j b LV ERWELL'S NEW 0 4 str, t . 4 a of Sherwood, 23, raternoster-row ;,. Oa a rv uth al o h r o; , ° hilli e ,,. M ann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the -"' e ach by post, Is. 6d. ttII N T .,,, ',nem_ ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. For Ip "Pre, `',.... Recreation, and rational Use of Time." . .... x.. ~t,,,1414 aboCts,'harlY Itising—spring ~s ' r t Pli 4 Eiela,"'? Environs of Loudon—The and Summer Itife i r ,an nin e fsTa a, 44.c1 lt,ll,2aigh-roadsc and other P t. P. -- -.Theij r e:7‘ a Th e Sea—London at Nliegullt.,-0-aPnart_Eiksvagpeina,cßeasthing—dou,nAirtry, ing. at Homo ''''e. oo, u 7 att.. o . n Ea . t..ing, Drinking, St C P 1. 444 v v. , a•C•1 azo. n. 4 I. it:t`TTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Ts ra,,, ... 4) Tti, ....,. von. &c. wi lt -4 14 " - ES ; S KETCH OF EDINBURGH, Zukit t . vol. 11. ' or BLARNEY; REMINISCENCES or DUBLIN, Soc. .. 111. v A 1 ) , t ha l t tri t 4 T TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, tic:4kll)„Ditir three zeore years and ten our course may ran. b it 3 , o ,`:ebtit tat. Pv or almost every form (cause and cure) of tfer i 1 ,,,..tera i , 4 ,g, b e ., e+ T health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses " t °ll 4 age the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em . °I . ep ' With t9.blesand rules for the diet and physical regu ery.day life. q TV. p a .ghat THE PASSIONS. or t , sag c ruth3 reap hurt th se n Te body—what improve, Ch pur. ,,.?ci as At end ever heard." rtta sn e3 , from infancy to old age. The advent (kll4 tive 4 dissliaatio its infringements. The casualties of m y _ n, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, ...Lei' of early marriages. ~T)2IV, ItrARRIAGE STATE. o , N:t4,retztr T t:t not to be, that is the question." m arri :_and obligations of nature, society, and re • .311,` 0 se, tu ti aid e sc 3, to be observed by either sex. Time and 4 ‘te al elef ac .,? healti% age, tonmerament, complexion, and ti OlTspring with the art of rearing them. (l a ysl . ;I : • S 3 lts removal. Sterility aad its cony ersion. ' 4l kr.: ) . 1, 4 etTl,l-„,,, l t t'a 4.D. (1811), M.R.O.S. (1827), L.R.A. "4014-14cetooptiLulloYoarars411.41,,..cal aad Fon nal: Referee in these emput re_ treets r 411 i A_ vo. Avplass, !oven ti,l nine ------- / gr 1 1 74, • A ti st SEPTEMBER 19, 1850. N°. 18,093.] LONDON, THURSDAY ErJ! - icsli;Jl y SOUTH YORKSHII RIVER EMS At the HAIX.YEARLY - GENE ING of Shareholderas, held at the day, 31st August, 1850, Lard IVIIARNCLI The Secretary read the advertlso On the motion of the Chairman, party was affixed to the Register o The Secretary read the Report. On the motion of the Chairs That the Report now read be ri for circulation amongst the Proprif That the forfeiture of the followi tors be confirmed, and that such Sl the Fame : From To Sharks. • 115 .. 289 .. 145 ' 9160 .. 9253 .• 94 36747 .. 36760 .. 14 1093 .. 1107 .. 15 1284 .. 1297 ... 14 3539 .. 1593 ..• 10 1713 .. 1729 .. 17 14435 .. 14444 .• 10 14469 .. 14487 19 17603 .. 17612 •• 10 33029 .. 33050 • • 22 33916 • • 33962 .. 47 1839 .. 1862 • • 24 17994 .. 18059 .. 66 22316 • • 22329 .. 14 32759 .. 32997 .. 239 33300 .. 33322 .. 33 33376 • • 33380 5 21838 • • 21856 .. 19 34065 • • 34078 .. 14 31311 • • 32248 .. 938 5015 5435 • • 421 5949 .. 5472 •• 24 14876 .. 14899 • • 24 33902 • • 33908 .. 7 5974 • • 5993 20 6354 6385 .. 22 6655 • 6688 .. 34 6890 • • 6918 • • 29 19191 .. 19260 •• 70 21259 • • 21282 • • 21 34079 .. 34132 • • 54 7096 .. 7283 • • 183 7308 • • 7330 •• 23 7336 • • 7345 • • 10 7318 .. 7357 • • 10 19359 .. 19332 .• 24 7281 • • 7307 .. 24 7360 .. 7393 •• 34 37311 • • 37328 • • 18 19521 • • 19569 .. 49 14579 • • 14588 .. 10 19261 19267 • • 7 17846 • • 17248 .. 3 8063 • • 8147 • • 85 F 255 .. 8318 • • 94 19.:64 • 19687 • • 24 23021 • • 23063 • • 43 9654 .. 9678 • • 25 21397 • • 21420 .• 24 33799 • • •• 1 ;6997 .. 37042 • • 47 9084 • • 9712 • • 29 19757 .. 1 97 86 22193 .. 22202. .. 10 13606 • 13661 • • 56 36924 .. 36950 •• • 27 10456 .. 10470 .• 15 16705 • • 16737 •• 32 20338 • • 20374 .. 37 33800 .. 83807 .. 8 35808 .. 35922 • • 115 36645 .. 36664 .• 20 10586 .. 10395 .. 10 11075 11151 .. 77 11182 .• 11195 .. 14 RAILWAY AND COMPANY. In cage those offices were abolished, do you think that the common run of business; which devolves upon the Government of the cotintry, could be dis charged by a staff consisting Merely of those who hold offices in connexion with which considerable duties have to be performed ?—I: think the country would be very considerable losers by it; I think that, as it is, it is rather a defect in the Government of this country, that while persons who are out of office, and who are in the House of Lords and in the House of Commons, can give their attention to great sub jects, the time of the Ministers is so very much ab sorbed with the duties of their offices, that there are very few of them who can give their attention to a great subject and look at the consequences to the country of the measures which are adopted. I think that is a defect as it is ; but the defect would be far greater if every man in the Cabinet had his time so fully occupied as is the case in the departments which are most busy. Looking to the emoluments of the offices to which you. have just been alluding, do you think it is neces sary that those offices should have attached to them salaries on the average of about 2,0001. a year to each? —I think you could not properly give them much less. I was asking one, three or four months ago, who had a salary of 2,0001. ayear, and he said that he thought his extra expenses, to which he would not be put if he were not in the Government, were about 2,0001. a year ; they were about 2,0001. a year more than his average expenses would be. With regard to the salaries of the offices of the higher class, do you think that if those salaries were reduced—taking, for instance, the three Secretaries of State—the same efficiency would not be attained in the diechage of the duties of those offices?—The Corn - mittee can judge of that, as to the particular case, just as well as I can ; I think the Committee are ap pointed rather to consider for themselves, having no interest more than a general interest in the matter, What is a sufficient salary for offices of great labour and responsibility. The general principle to be kept in view certainly is, that you should not narrow too much your choice of public servants. If you say t:-at you will not give a salary which shall be suffi cient without the possession of a very considerable private fortune, of course you limit the choice of the most important public .tervants to men who have good private fortunes. From your knowledge of the way in which Go vernments are carried on on the continent, should you say that, as compared with the expense of living in England, the salaries of the officers of the Govern ment are greater or less in England than they are in some of the other principal states of Europe ?—I do not know much of the salaries of the Ministers in foreign countries, and I do not know whether they have not in many foreign countries various einolue meats and patronage of offices which have long since been abolished in this country. But there is one thing with regard to the Government of France in which they differ very much from this country; namely, that a man goes into an hotel, as it is called, which he finds completely furnished, and everything ready for him ; it is warmed and lighted, and he can receive company there, and give dinners there, with out any expense at all for the house and furniture. Now that is not the case with regard to any of the offices here. It is in some degree the case with the First Lord of the Admiralty ; ho has a certain num ber of rooms of reception, which are furnished, but I believe the sleeping-rooms are not furnished by the public. mVith regard to all the other offices, I think that no man could take any of those high offices with out incurring some expense, unless he. has a very considerable private fortune. Lord Lansdowne, or Lord Stanley, or Sir Robert Peel need not incur any great additional expense; but I know, fur my own part, I never had a debt in my life till I was First Lord of the Treasury. I have now paid it off, so that it was no great incumbrance to me. But it is neces sary to make some outlay on taking one of these great offices unless you have a large private fortune. Mr. Bright—lt is assumed to be necessary, but is it really necessary to incur these large expenses. Is it necessary, for example, that the First Lord of the Treasury, or a Secretary of State, should live on a par, with reference to expense, with a man who has 20,0001. or 30,0001. a year, and who spends the largest portion of it. Would the office suffer if any gentleman or nobleman holding it were to live in a more moderate style, on 2,0001. or 3,0001. a year ? I do not think he could very well live for 2,0001. or 3,0001. a ,year. I do not think that at present the persons who hold those offices, and who have only moderate fortunes, at all compete or live in the same style with persons of 20,0001. or 30,0001 a year. If you inquire with respect to those members of the Government who have not a large private fortune, whether in the present Government or any other, I do not think you will find that they do that. But a certain amount of expense for more carriages and servants, I think, is necessary in this country, where men holding high offices have to associate with per sons of large fortune ; and though they may net compete with them, it is necessary to come something near to their style of living. Now in a republic it is quite different. If I recollect right, when Monsieur de Torcy went from Louis XIV. to endeavour to make peace with the Dutch Government, he was very much struck, on calling on the Grand Pensionary, to find the door opened by a servant maid, and he thought it showed very great republican simplicity, and no doubt it was very becoming ; but I think that if Lord Palmerston had only a housemaid to open the door, and Foreign Ministers called there, every body would say that he was very mean, and unfit for his situation. :RAL and also SPECIAL MEET- Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, on Satur- IFFE in the Chair, cement convening the meeting. I, the Common Seal of the Com of Shareholders. an It was resolved— •eceived and adopted, and printed etors. ring Shares declared by the Direc &arcs be disposed of by cancelling From Shares. • 11375 .. 11384 .. 10 22217 .. 22263 .. 47 23077 .. 23086 .. 10 33021 .. 33028 .. 8 13920 .. 13959 40 13980 35090 .. 3.5124 .. 35 3 - 208 .. 35224 .. 17 11880 .. 11907 •• 28 20544 .. 20553 .. 10 12734 .. 12747 .. 14 7394 .. 7399 .. 6 20554 .. 20558 .. 5 .12780 .. 12792 .. 13 13045 ... 13068 .. 24 13125 .. 13180 .. 56 13292 .. 13296 .. 5 32998 .. 3300 G .. 9 7400 .. 7419 .. 20 19418 .. 19437 .. 20 18284 .. 18293 .. 10 17216 .. 17229 .. 11 21548 .. 21594 .. 47 32750 .. 32758 .. 9 33195 .. 33214 .. 20 18294 .. 18310 .. 47 ,36168 36188 .. 21 14545 .. 14554 .. 10 2050 .. 2072 .. 23 35771 .. 35302 .. 32 33294 .. 33295 .. 2 14682 .. 14691 10 36520 .. 36553 .. 31 36568 .. 36614 .. 77 33739 33754 .. 16 6045 •• 6143 .• 91 6144 •• 6167 .• 24 19186 .• 19190 .. 5 21233 .. 21291 12 34011 •• 34044 34 32598 .. 32611 .. 14 19392 , ~ 19417 .. 26 6229 .. 6951 23 5740 .. 5789 .. 5) 19434 .. 19520 .. 83 22987 .. 22998 - 10 32729 .. 32735 .. 7 13829 .. 13843 .. 15 7041 .. 7045 .. 5 9100 .. 9101 .. 2 32496 .. 32500 .. 5 22174 .. 22192 .. 19 7932 .. 7952 .. 21 9274 ... 9278 .. 7168 .. 7514 .. 47 36459 .. 36485 .. 27 37394 .. 37404 .• 7 9767 .• 9771 .. 5 10140 .. 10149 .. 10 361 8 9 36208 .. 20 11974 .. 11978 .. 5 12579 .. 12718 .. 140 36445 .. 36451 .. 7 3354 .. .3400 .. 47 14001 .. 14036 .. 36 That a Dividend, at the rate of 61. per. cent. per annum, Prom the 23d January to the 19th April last, be now declared, and also that a Dividend, at the rate of 21. per cent. per annum, be declared from the 20th April to the 30th June, 1850. SPECIAL MEETING. The Meeting was then made special: Moved by the Chairman, and carried unanimously, That the Directors be authorised to raise, on Mortgage or Bond a sum of money not exceeding one hundred thousand pounds. Moved by the Chairman, and seconded, That the Directors be authorised to create and issue such number of Additional Shares, to be denominated Navigation Shares, as shall be equal to 150 Shares of 201. each, in the Capital Stock of this Company, in respect of each Share in the River Dun Navigation; and that the Company guarantee the payment of a dividend, after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, in preference to all dividends on the ordinary Shares of the Company, on such of the said Navigation Shares as shall be by the Proprietors accepted in lieu of the ordinary Shares of the Company, upon condition that such guaranteed Divi dend shall be in lien of all varying and other Dividends, until or un less such stock shall be redeemed by payment of 3,0001. for each 150 allotted Shares, according to the provisions of the Company's Act. Whereupon an amendment was proposed by Mr. Hadfl.ld, and seconded by Me. Boothroyd, That this meeting be adjourned for twelve months, to be held in Yorkshire. _ . The Chairman put the amendment to the meeting, when fourteen voted in favour of it, and ten against. _ _ I he amendment was declared to be carried. WHA.RNCLIFFE, Chairman. On the motion of Mr. Ironside, it was Resolved unanimously— That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman for his able conduct in the Chair, and for the fairness and candour of his explanations to the meeting. J. CHARLES' HANDFIELD, Secretary. Mr. Walter—lhs it not been the custom, of late years, for Governments to commit the preparation of itny great measures fur which they mean to be respon sible, and which require considerable time to prepare, to Commissioners, rather thin to members of the Government holding nominal situations ?—Some great measures which required a great deal of inquiry have been so referred. The Poor-law is the most remark able instance of that that I remember; but it was con sidered by Lord Grey's Cabinet that the measure could not be introduced without the appointment of Commissioners to make previous inquiries. But there are many very considerable measures that could not be referred to Commissioners. Mr. Ellis—Do you think it would be a more econo mical mode of carrying on the Government, to make some deduction from the salaries of the chief officers of state, and to pay allowances, such as are paid in America and Prance, to the Members of Parliament ? —I should think it would lead to very considerable ex pense; if every Member of Parliament was paid 11. a day, it would come to a very considerable sum. Are they not paid more than 1/. a day in America ? —I have understood it is eight dollars a day. Mr. Cobden—ls not the proportion of the year spent in London very much the same, whether a mail is in office, or whether he be a private Member of Parliament; is a Cabinet Minister, as a rule, obliged to reside in London, except during the session of Par liament ?—I think it would hardly answer for a member of the Government not to have a house in London, because though he may on ly r es id e cons t an tl y in London during the session of Parliament, yet the members of the Cabinet generally meet in October and November ; a member of the Cabinet must have a house in London, I conceive. Mr. Ellice—Must not one Secretary of State al ways be in London ?—The rule is, that one Secre tary of State must be in London ; I do not know that it has been accurately kept of late years, as the com munications arc so very quick ; but that is the rule ; every Secretary of State I have known has always had a house in London. Mr. Cobden—l understood your Lordship to say that the increased expense of a Cabinet Minister might be taken at 2,0001. a year; that is the increase . over his ordinary expenditure ?—I said that that wrs the opinion stated to me by one of the Cabinet, who has 2,0001. a year for the office that he holds; that is not a general rule, because I could not say that 2,0001. a year was the limit of the expense of the First Lord of the Treasury, or of a Secretary of State. I think it must be far beyond that. Is it not the fiet, that during the sitting of Parlia ment a Cabinet Minister is never expected to dispense much hospitality, or to visit much, except on the two days of the week when Parliament is not sitting ? —Yes, it is quite true ; it may be only two days of the week, but it comes to very considerable expense. Assuming that a Cabinet Minister accepts an ordi nary number of invitati ons f rom other people, must not that take up a considerable portion of those two evenings in the week which he has alone at his dis posal ; must not it take up more than one-half of the evenings to accept the invitations which are generally showered upon a Cabinet Minister ?—Yes. Ido not know what others do, but in the general way I decline nine out of ten of the invitations I receive. lam ge nerally too much tired with the business of the week to wish to go out on those other days. And the same consid era ti ons would probably i nd u ce you to avoid as much as possible large parties at borne during those two leisure evening ?—I consider that in sonic respects it belongs to the office, and that if I were to live entirely with my family on the other days of the week I should not 5. , :e persons as I ought to do, with whom I am not only glad to keep up the relations of society, haring known them for a great number of years, but with many of whom I have conversations on the political subjects of the day. I think that if I lived entirely with my own family all / ," ,• ..., . 3 ...., ~..... --', 7 . -• • ' '. r , - ~ , ,, , le;--- e .--4...-. ~....f ~...........„ ..e. e . ...... ../ f ' , .- • - , _._ ,:' .. - , t eo _, , t (''t:'*l . 7 ---- Z V 2 - 1- -- 0" --- S ,-- e-- /' . __........ -7,- q':l • ll4 E ,'" , - V it f t, , --0111, c. 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But the fact is, that on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day, and Friday, no Cabinet Minister would either give or accept an invitation to dinner, except it were visiting her Majesty, as a rule, his evenings being al ways considered occupied in the House of Com mons. Is it - not so ?—Not quite. In the first place, that does not apply to the House of Lords at all, I think. During a great part of the year, as to those who are Members of the House of Commons, that is so generally ; but, at the same time, there are parti cubit. invitations of Foreign Ministers, and some others, which one is obliged to accept ; not many. With the exception of the Foreign Minister, who is supposed to entertain foreigners, what additional expense would the other Ministers, for example, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, necessarily have over the President of the Board of Trade P—l think he would probably see a great many more people, and invite a great many more. I must add to everything else, that a ',man holding such an office as that of Chancellor of the Exchequer will hardly pay much attention to his private affairs, and that everything in his house, the whole management of his house, will be more expensive than -it would b 3 otherwise. . • Then the increased pay of the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the President of the Board of Trade would he a consideration for the increased labour which devolves upon him, would it not ?—Yes, I think so. I think it must be considered as the salary for the duties of an important office. - Mr. Ellice—Do you not think that there is some thing in the consideration that these salaries should be somewhat proportioned to the scale of living in the same class of soeisAy in this country, so as to en able the holders of these offices to maintain a certain state proportioned to their importance P—Yes, I think so. 1 have a lr ea dy sa id th at I d o not think that a Secretary of State with 5,0001. a year thinks himself at all obliged to live as a person of 30,000/. a year; but still 1 think he must live on the sort of scale on which persons in society in London usually live. And the scale of allowances in this country is pro, portioned to our monarchical institutions ; whereas, under republiiaon Governments the allowances gene. rally made are proportioned to those institutions ? They are proportioned to our monarchical institu tions, and. I t Sink, to our aristocratical laws. I think that the law of primogeniture is the cause of there bring a great number of persons with very con siderable incomes, and that those persons coming to London every year raise the whole scale of expendi ture ; that all servants and all tradesmen have their wages and their prices augmented according to that scale, end that men out of office find some difficulty in conforming to that scale ; , and that men in office would find it totally impossible with a low scale of salaries. Is it not the fact that the scale of our salaries is not higher thr,n the scale of salaries in the French Government during Louis Philippe's reign ?—No, I do not believe that it is at all higher. Perhaps I may state, with respect to my own office, that, with the exception of persons who themselves were men of fortune and had large hereditary possessions, the pre sent income of the First Lord of the Treasury is smaller than it has been for a great number of years. I find that in 1780, Lord North had 5,0001. a year as First Lord of the Treasury, and 2,400/. as Chancellor of the Exchequer; and it is supposed that he bad 4,000/. as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ; that is, 11,4001. In 1782, the Marquis of Rockingham had 5,600/. ; but the Marquis of Rockingham had his great estates. _ • _ Mr. Bright—He had only one office ?—He had only one office. In 1782, the Earl of Shelburne had 5,000/. In 1783, the Duke of Portland had 5,0001. In 1783, Mr. Pitt came into office ; he had 5,0001. as First Lord or the Treasury, and 2,4001. as Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and about the year 1792, I think, when Lord _North died, Mr. Pitt became Lord War den of the Cinque Ports, with 4,0001. a year; that made his whole emoluments 11,4001. In 1801, Air. Addington, ;as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,0001., and as Chancellor of the Exchequer 2,4001., making 7,4031. In 1804, Mr. Pitt returned to office with the sate emoluments. In 1806, Lord Gren ville had 5,000/. a year as First Lord of the Treasury, and 4,000/. as Auditor of the Exchequer. In 1807, the Duke of Portland, as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,0001.; but then the Duke of Portland had his own great estates. In 1809, Mr. Spencer Percival had 5,000/. as First Lord of the Treasury, and it is supposracil - tbar he - had 7001. atChancelior of the Exchequer, :tad 3,000/. as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; it is supposed that he had 8,700/. In 1812, Lord Liverpool, as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,0002 , and a a LordiVardcn of the Cinque Ports 4,0001., making 9,000/. In 1827, Mr. Canning had 5,000/. as First Lord of the Treasury, and, according to the account I hteve, 4,000/. as Chancellor of the Exche quer, making 9,0001.; he held those offices a very short time. In 1827, Lord Goderich, as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,000/. In 1828, the Duke of Wellington, of course, had pensions and military ap pointments. In 1830, Lord Grey, as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,0001. In 1834, Lord Melbourne, as First Lord of the Treasury, had 5,0001. In 1834, Sir Robert, Peel had 5,000/. as First Lord of the Treasury, and 2,500/. as Chancellor of the Exche quer. Then., in 1835, Lord Melbourne again, and in 1841, Sir Robert Peel, had each, as First Lord of the Treasury, 5,000/. Does that account go back to an earlier period than 1780?—No, I did nut ask for any account before 1780, and indeed up to the beginning of the present century, there were sinecure offices which were gene rally granted to some member of the family ; Sir Robert Walpole gave his eldest son and his second son very valuable offices. Mr. Ellice--Beyond those salaries were they not in the enjoyment of large fees of office P—l believe they were. Mr. Henry Drummond—With respect to the whole of those First Lords of the Treasury, whom your Lordship has now enumerated, with the eeception of those who bud large private estates, is it not a matter of notoriety that they all died in debt ?—I believe that to be the case. Chairman—Looking at the business that now de volves upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, should you think it a t a ll pro b a bl e that the practice of com bining the office of First Lord of the Treasury with that of Chancellor of the Exchequer will be again had recourse to ?—I should think very rarely; I think the arrangement that was first made by Sir Robert Peel, of assimilating the office of First Lord of the Trea sury, when held by a Member of the House of Com mons, to the same office when held by a Peer, will be persevered in; at the same time, I do not say that it might not happen that a man who was peculiarly qualified to be Chancellor of the Exchequer might not, when he became First Lard of the Treasury, re tain the two offices. Mr. Walter—Does your Lordship think it practi cable to effect any considerable reduction throughout the departments in a pecuniary point of view ? I think it is very practicable to effect reduc tions from time to time. In the Home office, for instance, when reductions were made in other offices (I think it was in 1822), Lord Sidmouth, I have always understood, opposed reductions in that office. There were cer tainly some offices in the Home-office which had for merly considerable duties attached to them, but which latterly had very little duty, and those have been, in the course of the last year altered and reduced; and so with other departments ; there are offices belong ing to them that may from time to time be reduced or abolished ; but I do not think that the emoluments of these who do efficient ter. vice can be with advan tage to the public reduced. Chairman—Lord Durham in the evidence he gave before the Committ ee o f t h e House of Commons in the year 1833, gave it as his opinion that the office of Lord Privy Seal should be held without a salary ; I conclude, from what your Lordship has stated, that you do not coincide with the opionion of Lord Dur ham in that respect ?—No, I do not coincide in that opinion ; I believe Sir Robert Peel in his evidence quoted the opinion of Mr. Burke upon that subject ; 1 think myself that the opinion of Mr. Burke was quite well-founded. Mr. Cobden—lt appears to be acknowledged that there are four or five offices in the Government, the duties of which are not sufficient to occupy the whole of the time of the Ministers filling them, namely, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Master of the Mint, the Chancellor of the Duchy of LaT:caster, the Lord Privy Seal, and the President of the Council ?-1. should hardly say that, as to the President of the Council, who has a great deal of business and correspondence with respect to the Committee of Education, which is a Committee of the Privy Council, of which the Lord President is head ; but with regard to the.other offices mentioned in the question that is the case. The maintenance of those offices is justified on the ground that it is necessary that other Ministers, who are excessively worked, should have the opportunity of calling in the aid of their colleagues whose time is not so fully filled up ?—I think that is one reason, and a very strong one; but there are after reasons, one of which I have !mentioned, that you may have per-- sons who have come to a certain time of life, or who have not very strong health, or who wish to employ part of their time in other matters, whom it is desir able to have in the Government and acting with the aovernment. Now, such a man as Mr. Macaulay I should have been very sorry not to have asked to take office in the Government when the present Govern ment was formed. I think it is a great loss not hav ing Mr. Macaulay, but I do not think he would have taken an office of great labour if I had proposed it to him. Ido not think he would have returned to his laborious duties as Secretary-at-War. But there is another reason, I think, which is, that you must look at this Government altogether as a Parliamentary Government; if you were framing a Government as the Emperor of nussia might frame a Government, to conduct the business of the several departments, you would certainly frame one somewhat different fr om that whi c h we now have; b ut, considering that every measure that is proposed by the Government has to be proposed to the House of Commons and to the House of Lords, and that the policy of the Government has to be defended in the House of Commons and in the House of Lords, I think it very desirable to hate persons who can take part in that defence, and are qualified to do so, even• though they are men who would not aecept offices of great labour; I think it would not be a good thing ifethe Government of this country were much weaker than independent Mem bers of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords in defence of their measures ; for example, if you want to alter the navigation-law s , you require to have persons to defend th e measure in the House of Lords as well as in the House of Commons; if you want to reduce the copper duties, or anything of that kind, you must carry your measure both in the House of Commons and in the House of Lords; and I think for that purpose it is necessary, though it seems a clumsy expedient, to have some of these offices with out the amount of work that fully employs the time of the persons holding them. In point of fact, have the individuals chosen to fill those offices which have so little labour connected with them, been generally selected for their capacity to aid the Government in the way 'you speak of in the House of Commons ?—I should say that, generally, they have been ; I do not say that it is universally so, because, of course, a Minister has his own reasons for offering a particular office at a particular time to some particular person ; but I should say that that was the general plan. Can you give the Committee some general idea of the direction in which the patronage goes, that is, as to how far the First Lord of the Treasury has the pa• tronage, or his colleagues ?—ln the first place the patronage of the Church, so far as the bishoprics and deaneries are concerned, devolves upon the Prime Minister, whose duty it is to recommend to the Queen the persons whom he thinks fit; that is a very im portant kind of patronage. Then there are all the chief offices of the Executive Government. Then, likewise, if there is any very important appointment to be made, whether it is in the diplomatic service, or in the colonial service, or with regard to the govern ment of India, the Prime Minister is always consulted, and he concurs in the app o i n t men t . F or instance, last year when there was to be a Commander-in -Chi e f in India appointed, it was my duty to consult the Duke of Wellington ; I had a good deal of correspondence with him, and saw him frequently; and then with Sir John Hobhouse ; and then I saw the chairman and deputy-chairman of the East India Company, and stated to them that I had come to the conclusion that I must advise the Queen to appoint Sir Charles Na pier ; that is an office of 18,0001. a year ; a very con siderable office ; but, in the vulgar way of considering patronage, it certainly was of n o va l ue to me, but it was a great responsibility to have to advise the Queen as to the person named. What portion of the Church livings in the hands of the Crown are at the disposal of the First Lord of the Treasury, and what portion are in the gift of the Lord Chancellor ?--- . There is a much greater proportion in the gift of the Lord Chancellor; I think that there are about 700 in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. Without being able to say bow many there are in the gift of the First Lord of the Treasury, I should say there are perhaps three or four in the Sear. Mr. Deedes—lndependently of deaneries and bishoprics ?—Yes. Mr. Cobden—ls not that vast extent of patronage considered a very large share of the remuneration of the office of Prime Minister in this country ?—That depends upon bow persons consider it. I think it an exercise of power, like many other kinds of power ; like proposing a great public measure, or carrying into effect a change in the particular mode of admi nistration. It seems to me much more an exercise of power than any particular'advantage. I remember hearing a person who was very intimate with Mr. Pitt say, that Mr. Pitt had told him that it never but once occurred in his long and powerful administration, that he was able to place exactly the man he wished in the office that he wished. Mr. Cobden—Your Lordship spoke just now of the difficulty of placing a person who was not of a rich family in the office of Prime Minister if the sa lary was much lower than it is at present. But would not such a person have it in his power, by means of the patronage at his disposal, to confer very large benefits upon his own immediate family and de pendents without in any way compromising himself ad Prime Minister doubt as to that, ea pecially in these times. Even in times a little gone by, I should say that if a man had any profession he would have a better prospect ,of pro viding for his family by pursuing it than by taking office. Take the instance of Mr. Percival, he was a very eminent man in point of abilities, and had a standing at the bar as Attorney-General ; I should say that he would have had much greater means of saving some fortune to provide for members of his family if he had gone on in his profession than if he had taken the chances of political life, and accepted office, even though he held the Duchy of Lancaster with other offices; Mr. Percival, I have no doubt, had very high minded reasons for to king the course that he did ; but I do not think that a man looking to his in terest would have taken the course that Mr. Percival did, of abandoning the law for political office. Is not it considered a legitimate exercise of the pa tronage of a Minister to appoint to vacant offices members of his own family, or his friends or de. pendents, provided they are in other respects tolerably well suited to fill the offices ; and, in point of fact, is it not the practice for Ministers so to use their patron age ?—I should say that if a Minister has relations who are qualified for office, they being persons known to him to be qualified, and of course belonging to the came political part:e, and holding the same political views, it generally has happened that a Minister has appointed some of his relations to some offices or other, for which he conceived they were qualified. They have generally been offices held during pleasure, as well as his own. Then, do not you consider that in that respect the Prime Minister of this couLtry has a far greater amount of patronage at his disposal than the Prime Minister of au other constitutional country, espe cially seeing that we have a r i c h Established Church, which does not exist in any constitutional state be sides ?—I cannot compare this country with other constitutional countries. I believe in France there are an immense number of offices which do not exist here ; but the amount of patronage in the gift of the First Minister, in one way or other, either by nomi nation or by reccmmendation, is, no doubt, very large. It i 3 subject, of course, to responsibility, and subject to public opinion. Mr. Bright—There are 951 livings in the Church in the gift of the Crown. What proportion of those are strictly in the gift of the Chancellor, and what are in the gift of the Prime Minister ; is there a distinc tion ?—I believe there are upwards of 700 which are absolutely in the gift of the Lord Chancellor that he does not take the pleasure of the Crown upon. Mr. Ellice—Are not al! that are below a certain valuation in the King's books in the gift of the Lord Chancellor ?—Yes, all below 201. i n t h e Ki ng ' s b ooks ; but that does no t how the real value ; you will find the real value in the Clergy List. Chairman—lt is the value as it stood in the time of Henry VIII. ; all below 201. in the King's books being in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and all above 20/. being in the gift of the Prime Minister ?—Yes ; but there is this difference, that the Prime Minister takes the pleasure of the Crown upon every living ; he never disposes of any living, except some very small ones created by Sir Robert Peel's Act, without taking the pleasure of the Crown. Sir J. Trollopc—Can the patronage be any pecu niary benefit to the First Lord himself, personally ? —lt cannot be any pecuniary benefit to the First Lord at all, and I do not see that it can well be an inducenient to a man to take office. No doubt, when a particular party is in office, the First Lord has an opportunity, from time to time, of conferring certain offices, held during pleasure, upon persons Rho may be related to him ; but that is no pecuniary advantage to him. Mr. "Walter—Supposing official salaries were re gulated by the amount of patronage at the disposal of the Minister, does not your Lordship think that in the eyes of the public it would be thought rather an excuse for the abuse of patronage, if the deficiency of the salaries were attempted to be supplied by a par_ titular mode of distributing the patronage ?—I think it would be pretty certain to lead to abuse of patron age, because then a person holding office might say with great fairness, " I have been given an inadequate salary, bf. CAW?, it is understood that the patronage is to be of use to me and to my sons." Mr. Henry Drummond—Your Lordship has spoken \ of patronage generally, as meaning by that, whatever is in the. gift of the Crown ; but it is, of course, only that portion of patronage which happens to fall during the particular administration of the First Lord over which he has any control ?—y es, that is certainly the case. 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By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Bemers-street, Ox tord-street, London. Published by the Authets : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART f. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PAST li. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section Is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PAST IY. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of Infection is obviated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. Is devoted to the Onsideration of marriage, and ite THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIAC: I '' du ties. The causes of unproduc tive union are also cons idered, and the treating nervous and sexual debility, , 'mvv"---1 whole subject critically and ploioophically inquired into. employed in per bottle. The Concentrated Detersi . ve 118. and 335. is exclusively employ remedy, for purifying the blood in cases symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercn-' 7 ' Essence, au anti-syphilitic bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s I Is. and 335. per of infection, secondary 4s. 6 and Is, stricture, and per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, if by letter, in chronio inflar-mlation of the bladder. Consultation ie. ' and , U. A minute detail of the 'case is required: age, habi Posi tion society. •ir r aA--ie - ete, with advice, to be had at the Ffta blisement only by which the fee, 11., Is saved. lleSsre• r err Y , 13"gc"s, are in attendance daily at 19, Demers-street, Oxford street, Undon, from Eievp till Two eld Aiwa to . Eisht ; On &In' day, from Eleven to One; - R AILWAY. PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY; Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 40. Offices, 3, Old Broad-street, London. . . . DIRECTORS. Chairman—JOHN DEAN PA UL, Esq., 217, Strand. Deputy-Chairman—GEOßGE BERKELEY HARRISON, Esq., 2 , . ___. Great Tower-street, City. Humphrey Brown, Esq., Twining Park, Tewkesbury. James Clay, Esq., M.P. 25, Montagu-square. George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead Court, Croydon. Samuel Whitfield Daukes, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place, Westminster. Harvie Morton Farquhar, Esq , 16, St. James's-street. • Alexander Greig, Esq., 10, Low:ldes-street, Eelgrave-square. The lion. Arthur Kinnaird, Pail-mall Ettit. Geer ;e Robert Paul, Esq., Portland Lodge, Worthing. Bankers-Messre. Strahan, Paul, Pant, and Bates, 217, Strand ; Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall East. Standing Counsel-Henry Davison, Esq., Brick-court, Temple. Solicitors -Messrs. Fry and Holt, Walbrook House, City. Surgeon-Barnard Wight Holt, Esq., F.R.C.S., 5, Parliament-street, Westminster. Secretary-Alexander Beattie, E'sq. • This Company has been established for the purpose of affording compensation in cases of personal injury, and the paymeat of a cer tain sum in the event of death by railway accident. • During the year just elosed the following are the particulars of the claims that have been made on this Company by 37 persons who have sustained injury in travelling by railway :- N0..1. A holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5;091, met with an ac cident by falling off the platform at Preston, on the night of the Ist Noveinber. Adjusted by a payment of 71. 6s. No. 2. A mail guard, insured by a periodical ticket, No. 5,584, whilst travelling from Coatbridge to Perth, on the 29th November, having occasion to get out at the Stirling Station, he slipped between the platform and post-office van. Theinjury he sustained prevented him from attending to his duties till the 33 January. Awarded 20/. No. 3. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,396, whilst travel ling from Macclesfield to Manchester, on the 31st December, was thrown against a gentleman sitting oppasite to him, and received a blow on his face, which rendered him incapable of attending to his business for a few days. His claim was settled by the Companypay ing at his request 5 guineas to the Manchester Infirmary, the clahnent being himself a medical man. No. 4. A commercial traveller, and holder of a periodical ticket, No. 16,880, met with an accident at the Thirsk Station of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, whilst about to proceed'to New castle on the 24th of January. The injury consisted of a severe bruise of the thumb, caused by a porter shutting the door of the car riage, on his left hand, berme he could take 'his 'seat; the accident obliged him, after remaining a week at Newcastle, to return home from his journey, which he was unable to resume until February 11. Awarded 311. 10s. _ No. 5. The holder of a first-class ticket, issued at Leicester, January 28, was a passenger in the train that ran off the rams between Buis worth and Wolverton ; lie was thrown with great violence against another passenger, and the shock unfitted him from attending to business for some days. Awarded 141. 14s. No. 6. The party in this instance is a clerk in the Travelling Post office, and the holder of a periodical ticket, No. 5,474, and was se verely injured, (specially in the face and eyes, by the collision of the mail with the goods' train, that occurred on the 13th February, near the Abingdon Station, on the Caledonian Railway. Awarded 2101. The injury to the eyes appearing to be of a permanent character. No. 7. The holder of a single journey ticket was also a passenger in the same train. The claimant was about to proceed to New York, by the Canada, bat the injury he received prevented him from doing. so. Awarded 30/. No. S. The holder of a periodical ticket, No. 7,343, was injured by the collision between the passengers' and goods' train in the long tunnel in the Leeds and Bradford Railway, on the 18th February. Awarded 401. No. 9. A commercial traveller, holder of periodical ticket, No. 16,851, was travelling by the. mail train that left Newcastle at 4 P.M. on the 15th March for Manchester, and susta ned a severe shock by the engine running off the line near the Victoria-bridge. Awarded 101. No. 10. A Government officer and his wife were passengers by the mail train that left Durham at hal 'past four o'clock P.M. on 6th May, which ran into an engine in the siding from the points not having been properly set, near the Belmont Station of the York, New castle., and Berwick Railway, They were both much hurt by the collision. Awarded 35/. No. 11. An engine -driver, whilst driving the engine of a goods' train on the 25th of May, between Blisworth and Wolverton, was thrown beneath the engine from the train comieg in collision with a bale of cloth that had just fallen on the line from a passing train; he was much scalded and otherwise severely injured. Awarded 421. Claims 12 to 17 were made by parties who were travelling by the excurs on tra'a on the 3d July from Leek and Macclesfield to Liverpool, the weight of whieh overpowered the breaks on entering the station. No. 12. The claimant, with his with and mother-in-law, from Leek, second-class passengers, were all bruised. Awarded 61. No. 13. A young woman from Leek, a third-class passenger, had her face hurt. Awarded 21. No. 14. A man and his wife, employed In the manufacture of silk, third-class passengers, were both slightly injured by the shock. Awarded 21. No. 15. A passenger from Macclesfield had insured himself and family, six in number, three of whom received some injuries from the concussion. Awarded 51..55. • No . 16. A gentleman holding a periodical ticket, No. 8,751, left Macclesfield in the • above train, and was so shekel as to be inca pacitated from attending to his business for a few days. Awarded 6/. No. 17. A second-class passenger from Macclesfield was severely injured about the spine and neck, which still confines her to her room. No. 18 'and • 19. These claims were made by two gentlemen, holders of periodical tickets, employed in the railway post-office, and travelling by the mail train that left the Euston Station on the evening of the 6th of July, and ran into some waggons of a goods' train, proceeding on the same line, near Harrow. One of them sprained the muscle of his back. and the other was thrown against the corner of the post-office, breaking one of his ribs, and being otherwise injured. Claims No. 17, 18, and 19. are in course of adjustment. No. 20. The claimant and his wife were third-class passengers by the same train ; ho escaped with a few bruises, biz, his wife was much injured. Awarded 151. From the accident that occurred to the excursion train at Cow lairs, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, on the Ist August, when six persons were deprived of their lives, and many others in jured, the following claims have arisen :- No. 21. A farmer from subheads, near Crlef, was hurt about the head and face. Awardid 6/. N6:22. A carpenter from Auchterarder, received a blow in the head. Awarded 41. No. 23. A farmer from Strathallen, was also hurt about the head Awarded 5/. No. 24. A. draper from Auehterarder, was injured about the thigb and 3ie. Awarded 31.38. No. 25. A. man. from Auchterarder, was severely bruised about the ribs. No; 26. A brother to the above was slightly injured. Awarded 21. 2s. No. 27. A female was bruised, and otherwise internally hurt. Awarded 61. No. 28. Another female was injured about the chest and side. Awarded 21. 2s. No. 29. A man, from Auchterarder, was slightly injured. No. 30. A farmer, from Tulliebardine, was seriously bruised. Claiins 25, 29, and 30 are in course of adjustment. In Most of the above cases the sum awarded is exclusive of the medical expenses incurred by the sufferers which have been defrayed by this Company, in addition to that of their own medical officers, who promptly visited the injured parties on hearing of the accident. The utility of such a Company is demonstrated by these cases, and the conviction that the premium's which the railway traveller pays are but a small - addition to the cost of his journeys, and create a Jurd for the relief of those who from time to time suffer by railway accidents, which no human foresight can prevent, will it is hoped secure the public support to this Company. Table of Premiums. Table for a Single Journey, irrespective of distance, to Insure 1,0001. in a Ilrit-class carriage, at a prem 2d. ium of 3d. 5001. in a second d itto ditto ditto hi. 2001. in a third d itto For the convenience of frequent travellers, the Company also issues period'cal tickets, to insure 1,0001. for one mouth, at a pre mium of ss. • for three months, 10 s. ; for six months, 16s. ; for twelve months, 205., with the option of travelling in any class car riage, and in any railway in the kingdom. These tickets may be obtained at the stations of most of the rail wa in England and Scotland, of the provincial agents of the Com panys y, and at the Company's office, 3, Od Broad-street, London, CIIIARDIA.N FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. ?To. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post- -office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman. THOMSON ILANKEY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chaim:ark. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lys.ll, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribauks, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James' Tulloch, Esq. Johx Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A.. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. Acruasv—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at 'ow Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every sey,en years. At each of the four Septennial Divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per aunt= on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 770,0001. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the sth of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1849, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which • expire at Michaelmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be come void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LON - DON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2(10/. —making together 7001., which haie been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year, The number * of lives assured between the let of June, 1849, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. ed.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. kixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of. June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I Is. 6d. Of these 51 lapsed, amounting to 23,9501. 16s. ed., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911. 15s. Ild. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. 1 Is. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etaug, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who. under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Par:sis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. LORD PALMERSTON AND THE GREEK QUESTION. This day, price 25., p.p. Bvo., L ORD PALMERSTON'S SPEECH on the GREEK QUESTION REFUTED. By A GREEK GENTLEMAN. London : Effinghiun Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. READING SAUCE, FOR FISH, GAME, GRAVIES, BASHES, STEAKS, Scc. JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the sole Pro - Q prietors and Manutheturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, beg to caution the Public against the daily frauds practised by many persons, who are offering their spurious imitations as the Genuine Reading Sauce. This Sauce is patronised and recommended by most families in the kingdom, and for general use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all respectable Fiah Sauce Vendors. Be particular in asking tor "COCK'S READING SAUCE," • • which is prepared only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Manu factory, Duke-street, Reading. All others are counterfeits. Observe the name—" J. and C. Conics, Reading," on the Seal and Label tg each Bottle; without this mug Are genuine, TO BE HAD AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. POPULAR NEW NOVELS, PUBLISHED BY ME. COLBURN. The LIITTRELLS ; or, The Two Marriages. By FOLKESTON WILLIAMS, Esq., Author of" Shekspeare and his Friends," Sre. ' SINGLETON FONTENOY. A N'avalStory- IL By JAMES HAN NAY, Esq., late of her Majesty's Navy. (Immediately-) CLAUDE. By Miss MOLESWORTH. 2 vols. IV. E nOgUlisnh C G O on U ti N em lT an . ~pB,7c .J OIIN MILLS, Esq. Author of "The Old PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT, By Mrs. TROLLOPE. W A yn D dh E a L m, A . l VI. DE LINDSAY. Edited by the Author of " Euulia / • REGINALD HASTINGS. .A Y n i historical Romance. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. Second Edition. VIII. STORY . of a MAN of FASHION; or. Sin and Sorrow. Also, just ready, A NEW NOVEL. By the "LOVE AND AUDITION." Author of "Rockingham." Entitled author of`a`lTKiheDNAigEhKtNSlEdr N i a l t y ure 3 f,'rice."llElllNECßWE Henry Colburn, Publi s h er, 13, Great Marlborough - street. TIIE FIRST VOLUME OF I_TOUSEIfoLD .WORDS, _x__B A WEEKLY JOURNAL, .oc:igned for- the Instruction and Entertainment of all classes of Readers, Conducted by C EIARLES DICKENS. is published this day, price ss, 5d , In cloth boards. Office, No. 16,, Wellington-street North (where all Communications to the Editor must be addressed); and all Booksellers and Newsmen. DR. LA'MER.T ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND 11 LATURITY.---41TH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. -Tust published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESE-RVATION; a Medical Treatise on the. Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, G3ually acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate ;he phyalcaPand mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical observations on Um Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, wkether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of ropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Inds cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the steproductive Organs, explaining their stractui es, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are pro4uced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, .M.D.. 87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin= burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London llssultal Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the A.natomy and Physiology of the Reproductive 42rgans. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious babits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of apslying to a qualified physi cian for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'IVIERT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years Is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Rent and Richards, ii, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starle, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mann; 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps. from the Author's Residence. 37. Bedford-seuare London. OFFICIAL SALARIES COMMITTEE. THE CHIEF DEPARTMENTS OF THE GO VERNMENT. The following is the principal portion of the evi dence of the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, who was examined as to the duties and the emoluments received by the principal officers connected with the State. COairman—Will your Lordship be kind enough to state to the Committee the offices you have held in connexion with different Governments ?—I held the office:of Paymaster of the Forces in 1830; I held, that office till November, 1834. In April, 1835, I was appointed Secretary of State for the Home De partment ; and in September, 1839, I think, I took the Seals of the Colonial Department, where I re mained two year', till 1841. In July, 1846, I was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and that office I now hold. There are certain offices as to which it has been sug gested to this Committee that they have not duties which occupy the whole time of the Ministers in charge of them ; do you think that any different ar rangement could be made by which the duties of some of those offices might be combined; for instance, the office of Master of the Mint has been held occasionally in conjunction with other offices; would there be any objection to a permanent arrangement combining the two together P—Those arrangements have been made from time to time, according to the convenience of the Government at the moment. The office of Pay master of the Forces, I believe, has always been held separately ; indeed, there used to be two Paymasters of th e Forces. Then there was one paymaster with 4,0001. a year ; then it was reduced to one paymaster, with 2,000/. a year and a house ; and I have joined the office, in the last recommendation that .1 made to the Crown, with the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade. Now it would be just as convenient an arrangement that the Paymaster of the Forces should hold that office only, and that the Master of the Mint should be Vice-President of the Board of Trade; but I do not think that would be an advantage. I think it would be a loss if you said that every office in which there was not much to do should be combined with another with a good deal of business. I think there are seve ral reasons for that. I think one reason is, that the persons who hold the offices of Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and offices of that na ture, are charged with duties which absorb their time so much, that if there is any ques ti o n which is de pending in Parli amen t , or has to be considered by the Administration, if it be one that does not come within the scope of their several departments, they have hardly time to attend to it. To give an instance (which certainly may be said to be one that would not often occu r ), w h en I was P aymas t e r of the Forces Lord Gr e y appointed me as one of a Com mittee to consid er o f a plan o f P ar li am entary re form; and after th e p l an was ma d e, w hi c h, o f course, took up a good deal of my time, I brought it forward in the House of Commons, and the objections that were made to the - Bill were very important and very serious. They were urged by men of great ability ; and Lord Althorp proposed to me that h e s h ould go through all the legal objections, and that I should take all the objections with reference to particular boroughs, their nature, their extent, and their boundaries. I do not think that Lord Althorp, w ith his duties as Chan cellor of the Exchequer could possibly have gone through all the details of ? the whole measure. Lord Althorp and myself, i n f act, too k u p on ourselves en tirely, with occasional ass i stance f ro m the law pfficers of the Crown, the whole defence of the measure in the House of Commons. Ido not think that one man, charged with the duties of Chancellor of the Exche quer, could have done it. Then, to give another in stance : at the formation of Lord Grey's Government there were two men of great importance, who had been connected with him in politics all their lives, who belonged to the same party that he did, and whose talents would be recognised by everybody—l mean Lord Lansdowne and Lord Holland. I rather believe, though I do not know it as a fact, that Lord Grey offered to each of them offices of great business, but that they both said that their strength and health were not sufficient to induce them to un• dertake offices of great business. Now, I think if he had had no other offices to offer to them, if he had not been able to offer to Lord Lansdowne the office of President of the Council, and to Lord Holland the Chancellorship of the. Duchy of Lancaster, he must then have been without their as sistance in the Cabinet, and I think that, considering with the de clarationswenro't to have had and Lord Holland t thehe passistance i i cnohhf Lord neonrrddc GreyaLma e l] s i d n om t into nd p eee, would have been a great loss to the Government, and great loss to the ou e a full benefit of the country, abilities et . the party w hich happ ens to h ave a majo ngtrreya,twlobsisehton'uthgehtGotvnerhnamyeentth, rity in the House of Commons. In your experience as Prime Minister, have you found those offices which are lightly worked, namely, those of Paymaster of the Forces, Master of the Mint, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to be of essential service during the last few years in car rying on the Administration ?—Yes, I certainly have, at various times. The office of Master of the Mint hae been generally joined with that of Vice-President of the Board of Trade. While I was Paymaster of the Forces, besides that which I have just mentioned, there were various questions relating to Dissenters, and the registration of births and marriages, with regard to which they had grievances of which they made very strong complaints, which Lord Grey's Govern ment felt to be just, and he referred the question to me as holding the office of Paymaster of the Forces, and I took great pains with it ; I do not think I could have done it if I had had an office of great business. Lord Holland, who was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with his information and his knowledge of political history, was often of very great use in the Cabinet. Lord Campbell, lately, with his legal knowledge in the framing of measures which we have considered absolutely necessary, from time to time, has been of very great use to the Go vernment. I think that though with respect to those offices it cannot he said that the services to be ren dered are exactly the same as those of some other offices ' it would be a very great loss if there were not such offices which could be offered to persons such as those by whom they have been held. I 1 I I