The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

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D lie9, BO IT, i will prot of tble og °c- jof re quite so 0 , are oo free ;$ quoted at 4r. yurth s b° wig ening a t Oil -inch ar e g ,tes is i' f io ch node. 5 -, be is r 1 - when • p e we , a ppres i o f re WY, sold s' m" 4-14 0. 00P perr ~; niece' o do 40-iuch j ,;f, diffi cu tout The o° o o most mo i l to ess , iog fio co 04 -hats es" op Sal able P b r itt are lig per at 6 0136- d low i n fi oto and J r r rale& F or on the de w but " 1 air o ot avy• r dy° d infer it ' n ro y i n 030. - .„ /30 0 anCO " bout ng lc ,ca,, vs o to valve cl‘r eavy i n oil ilea of 02 1 3/ nces; P s() e gret Js.; 99" r e ide h 11. 59 '; - re ft es, *o d the o - to DCol ll3tl3 , A sb ° bat O S intic I Ai r rcl' rata do Pal ffaq 0 10 1. pal ag r ; c ooLi t L Friday CO g oo 0 1 , be who le Price s ess of toe;t ,inlY e 2 ; bu oteg° of B DO.- P with, lo no, es t, the Wit° (7f Dir l. iingtoli, Westmili9tgr► :sq., uv ( lb lse* to Tem P 710 r, ilion h. Brigli t° t o, agbo il-g 'a ---------.-' •ar Mr. 80th Ye!, / t • t lira . , .idge, PicettalilY4 birleY, I)" the wife f sieg— u -- 0 o COVI 4 ,c 1 ' ."°' c 'ot e COUMMT:OLTION bttreen ENG' , A.ND and. I7EL v]2i. Dlu 44 ( 1, t01i. to tile cs. -7 t ,, :c - 2zl! aall ti ll,ll ll, and SECOND-•;1 -,,i S . can, on ant'. I st SEPTEMBER, ha BOOT ;D TIIEDUGII, at REDUCED e ; t r;S, between London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, end Teeter, with Cork, Limerick, Kilkenny, i,alivay, lialinasloe, 1.._ Mullingar, Belfast, Newry, and hun l4lk. RETuitNi TICKETS re issued at about a FARE and a Elkl.F. Those to or from Lon g% are available for 14 days after date of issue. Tao ~e between the other stations In England and Ireland for 7 days. The sea passage 7_ 4ll •Ut 414 hours. Children under 12 half - price. Booking office hi Eugton station. .?_ r full particulars of tares, arrivals and depar tures of train's and I ti 7ani•boats, see local time-bills, Brads haw and Walsh's Irish ll 'ivay On do for September. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. yx , Notice is hereby given, that the next ORDINARY HALF- It c tl lLY GENERAL MEETING et the Chester and Holyhead T it .....' ws Y Company will he held at the Euston Station. London, on et,..;" b it. the llth day of September, 1551, at One o'clock pre. P. Dated this 22d day of August, 1351. S. MORTON PETO, chairman. EDWARD BROOKS, Secretary. Zia ,0 11 Station, London. frva l 'ile Books kept for the Registration of Transfers will be Cl o sed Ilt_tt, to t n 4 d d ay :,y , Thur:3C.-r , r, thc. clay cf SeptTnlber THE ELEVEN HOURS ROUTE to PARIS, ''i , 1 vrith only Two oaror s Sot, is by the sOIITII-EASTER.: I aI'IVAY, ne Dover. VIM?. SPECIAL EXPRESS SERVICE DAILY. ' • I SPEctar, EXPRESS Tlt.uN• lea , e o . t 1, , Lowlon-bridge 'Per uti4., i n " VrEltT MORNING awl EVERY EV ENING, reaching Paris 11 hours. Returnlivt Tickets, Landon to Paris and hic k, available until the ' September. 'rh o • .. NIGHT MAIL TRAIN, via Troyer, leaves ti* London ila P Terminus at 8.30 p.m., reaching i ris at 9 o'clock the tidlaw nri r Morn; •••••hK, and Brussels at half-past 9. LONDON and NORTH - WESTERN and ~..' CHESTER and lIOLYIIE.AD It .kl f,WAY 4 . `lui, e ttn celebrated Britannia Tubular a nd Suspension Bridres over the i It " I ' l Straits and North Wales, the Island of Anglesey, and , Qineah. kria , Weekly Tickets at Reduced Rates. 6e,,,,,.„nlements having been Made ' atloed parties an opportunity or ~.7'll,,Uttie •above•interestinix .objects aud the magnificent scenery ~orth Wales, 'rickets will' be issued at the Euston Station, avail r• for One Week tiom the date of issue, by any train, according to n..allowing the holder to stop at Chester, or any station on the =sr and Holyhead Railway, but not to traveltwice over the mine vs " 401 1 - eilhe railway in one direction. FARES. _ ..11ixprese or Mail Train •• • • ....1.3 10 0 Pirst-olueOrdlaeryirsdas .... 210 0 Nand -glass Ordinary Trains .. 2 0 0 . . By order • ' . MARK nursg, • London and North-Western Railway. J. 0. BINGE R, . Chester and Holyhead Railway. I.ll.24lol(edacees-oice, Easton Station, ....._ . ' , • ,lane, 1851. - ----- 0.11D0.N to BOULOGNE .." , Id and', PARIS DIRECT, at gre atl y reduced fares. %fp ke:,,,.,COTOCEI4CIAL COMPANY'S splendid Steam-vessels CITY 151 1 ,,". , S IV:CITY of BOULOGNE, will leave LONDON-MUDGE "'"F, All under : . Friday, Aug. 29 .. •• .. 3 Moming. Tuesday, Sept. 2 .• •• .. 4 Morning. ' ' Friday, Sept. 5 ••• • .. 9 Morning. ~ Tuesday, Sept. 9 .• • ... 11 Morning. bi "oellaers booked throughout from London to Paris :—Tirst Ca .,,,,n and *'irst-elass Rail, I/. 6s lid. (33f.) ; ditto, First Cabin and ,troild-class Rail, 11. Is. Bd. (27f.) ; ditto, Second Cabin and Third ema's Rail, 16g. 10d. (211.) Or double journey nut ani home to the 11,..."c l etober neat : — First C abin and First class Rail. 21. (50f.) ,• Ti;'Lcabin and Second•class Rail, 11. 12s. (40f.) ; Second Cabin and glass Rail, it. 41. (30f.) 44—e m e %,.4, Arthdr-street East ; Railwai Office, 44, Regent - street; _ Ig n t, ori s; 'cam Regent-eircus. CO.LOSSAL GLOBE.—Mr. WYLD'S Large , MODEL Of the EARTH. in Leicester-square, is clack in n PE th N e 'Ptitilic every day in the week. from Nine o v 'ung,antil Ten o'clock at Night. • Admission. One Shilling. Explanatory Demonstrations every half hour. UNGERFORD HALL, STRAND libtica is hereby given, that BOUTON'S unrivalled DIO- T o 'AS of St. Mark's, Venice, by Day and by Night, and of the Irb and Valley 01 Frifouzg. in Switzerland. with the effect of ul l e tn i tker anti Winter. will be OPENED to the Public on MONDAY, of Septetnber. /titztar • Puvation for the remaining Countersll* in the Lower Grand 8 to be made to Mr. E. Pours Manager, Hungerford Hall, '• 4l ul. • OTIOE TO THE PUBLIC.—The 347, IiWaIARIAN RIND having declined to comply with the ),ti, uof the contract entered int o on their behalf by their A..ent, oberiseifregrets exceedingly that he is coin:tiled to announce 4 tPonaMent of their Extraordinary Entertainment. Mr. Robert son,howevef; ventures to hope that the niisunderstanding will be i ';:•.,uned, and that very shortly he will be enabled to produce to the trul great Mth.ieat Novelty. • Due notice will be given of their arrival. , ncert Rooms, Aug. 26, l 0 I. queue; DESIRABLE OPPORTUNITY for any Gentleman who wishes to live Abroad, and to take as active ti„.. VI the Direction and Extension of a well-established and lu •ra , nisuranee 'Company. / 4 „ ° .PPly. before Tuesday, September 2, ny letter, to Mr. IL, L eicester -a Sgt German Hofel, N o lan 2, Let ester-street, gln order to appoint an interview, and to obtain personal re 'cnce durin the above and ante vi ew , useless for any one to apply w ho has not the ready command or, 2,0001. , 0 3,0001. ' LAURENT'S tiItAND CASINO. Licensed by Act oi Parliam ent. AIIGYLL ROOMS, GREAr WINDMILL. STREET. ST. JAMES'S. 0101. - Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-sqnare.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, • With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boalcoart. kNrs open at Half - past E i g ht o'clock —Dancing to enMininee at r 1 ! and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission. One Shilling. j a TIIE GRgiTEST WOI.7DEIt LONDON IS AT T Y'S titt A.NI) NATIONAL HIPPODROME., Kensington. OPEN DAILY.' The t o , wonders of the dating feat s pe rformed has astonished all the 3nd country, and for the flattering minner the entertainments sTe PPoken of in the London and country newspapers, has induceh D ov ; l !stlY to assure his patrons that nothing shall be wanting on his ,;;; retain the public favour. 1 4 ". J. MORROW—Mr. Hampton, the celebrated Aeronaut, will make otiV l eent in his magnificent Balloon the Erin-go-Bragh, precisely Door` Six o'clock. moors open at Five. Performance to commence precisely at Six . Private Boxes - - - - £1 I. Od. Admission to the Reserved Seats - - Es. Od. First-class do. - 2s. Od. Second do. - - Is. Od. Third do. - - - Os. 6d. •".!.. IOREMORN E.—Ad Admission, One Shilling ; V Children. Half-price. ' Re-engagement of Franconi's Equestrian Troupe. A The Four o'clock Performance is free from any charge. ,)I,o"fr Italian Ballet Pantomime, entitlA. Harlequin and the Four '4ecnts.; or, Earth, Air. tire, and Water, with entirenew scenery, ilitmeab h ige., of the most magnificent description , arranged by . , r bellin Family. ~ )r "tr-i DAY and SATURDAY— Grand Italian Fetes, including iy.:elletian Lanterns, Luminous Flowers, &c., &c. .44111' FRIDAY —A Grand Balloon A scent by the celebrated Spanish , ° "ut, Giuseppe Luna rdini, in the Royal Cremome Balloon, at - t en o'clock. - ... b ,on Tuesday, September 2 , a variet y of attractive novelties, for the Tent of Mr. H. Partridge. Treasurer. g,,`" Four o'clock in the A fternoon, and half-past Eight Evening, Cs France, celebrated Equ strian Troupe, from 1 e .i irque Nationa l leis France, no charge made for the Four o'clock performance. o°, the celebrated compor ot da •cing music, con the g reat Cremorne Band, w a nd will execute all the kn.. it4llle which he composed a nd condn.ted at her Malesty's . t3 4 ,:' , at Buckingham Palace. Ex haustless entertainments daily, in ‘',lg the Bosjesmans or Bush People, Detain's Ballet the Star of tintY, the Ethiopian Serenaders, the double-sighted 4tello's Egg-ha.tching, the Bowling S aloon, &c. Doors open Tona atl, .4 4 .:Past Two, admis‘ion is.. Children half-price. The Hotel affords ti', ZY accommodation for private and dinner and su 'per par- Steam-boats an d omnibuses nightlypublic after the entertainments. 1 : .I..ttren,it b e i n g superintended by Direc tors. Fare, 4d by Boat, ‘ 1 1_ 6,1 . by Omnibus. r Runday the Gardens ars open in the afternoon for refreshment, u. - 7 15810 t2 by re f res hment card 6d . Table d'Uote at Four and nix ',...9ck. 2s. 6d. ___--------- • W H = AT IS IN A NAME " A rise by any other name would smell as sweet." 1,1, oubt of At` ;bit would any other name invite so many to smell in i," We think.not. The r ose has a good name,—there is everything or 7nallte, bunt must lea name acquired by good service. Many the leadinifittirehants and manufacturers in Vds kingdom have eXtell aingo od name for %whatever they sell or make, the public con ~_vbee t h e i r _ names as a guarantee for the quality of whatever t 4 e7 ' t Zt3" tell or make, is settled. Hu ndreds may imitate them, but there ~.,:nlething repti:Mant to well -regulated minds in all imitations assts. 1 attempts to profit. by another man's enterprise What gave 4,2". E. MOSES And • SON a name' Why. their originating AZ 'littera of" economy in dress," not by making cheap elothii, as ni a . ie , not b e . y o t using o f d damaged l a e g h e a ct materials, h utth ~ i;.. 2 tP clothes are generallW ~- 1. catting all so• is of wfsys,, making 'Oat, to eke out the piece of cloth, but by combining with oheapness ip ni t best ma t er ial. the' test Workmanstvp, the newest d atoms, and t i n Peculiar art of curt itz but for the human figure that placed a the coat of theirs upon-a higher footing than three-fourth: .y..._`he clothe* 'made to measure 'by fashionable tailors, and many . b;r n g,,..' trial gave prove . 1 that they deserved the confidence of the .Z.Ve which therhawe so completeW secured. Messrs. E..MOSES , Z 1, 14 SON have now enormous quantities of every article of apparel Ziited for all classes—the most exquisitely finis sere a tides for b ids of fashion ; neat, sound, durt. , le. and .novel garments of all b li “.as for the middle classes : some thousands el the most.res pectable, i;1,1111-clwearing, eloth.-s for working men, aid all at price. that the th "C would think impossible, but for the simple fact, that there I tiv ey are with the prices in plain figures, for any"ohil who chooses to kr them, and mot only at their great Mart in Aldgate and the • 4 ,.., °T 'efl , and their enorm.am West-end branCh establislunent in " . 9xford-street, but. also at their country branches.in Sheffield Tlitdford, where there are also hundreds of sporting' dresses of app ro priate material at halt the price charged by ordinary m erefor worse articles. E. MOSES and SON, 44 14 2. 4 dan City Establishraent, 154, 1 55 . 156, and 157, Minories, SE, '' o , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 4 ald • 1 on West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, , -- Vis liart.street, all communicating. held " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-Street. .7nold Branch, 36, Fargate. 114ak, °Ts, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe , .- 4 : 11 . and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. .kb,!_Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Be :',T. whim business is rearmed till Twelve o'cloult. ____----_ 10.)•,.... JR SIX LA.NGUAGES-- FORTIETH EDITION. " 1 4111111 G If.F.mEDY FOR THE PREV).INTION OF se DISEASE. tlit24 .su by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings on ktt.ool. ""`...SICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS. GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. `", and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d 61St, direct from the Establishment. Ss, 6d. in postage stamps ,. Cowunications being strictly conldential, the Authors have discontinued the publishing of Cases. I[ ll iL SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on kr t _tile exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by i tut 'Have iadeigeftee,,the consequences of infection, or the abuse of j o u n t , r7. with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, ti o 'wet by observations en the Married State, and the disqualifies *. Whi ch Prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By tte. s.nd L. 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Asties.." 4 " t ait part of the Work should not escape the reader's Vas devoted to the consideration of mkirlisge, and its du , 4,,t ote l 'he causes of unproductive union are also con sidered, and the f ru f leet critically and philosophically inquired into. Allath ig °233l -ak BA.LX 07 STILIAOUX i s exclusively employ'ed in 3 14 nervens end sexual debility, impotence, to., I Is. and 83s. leakiar' for The Concentrated Detersive Essence , an anti-syphilitic 171hpeam Piing the blood in case s of infection, secondary le wa. --- "____ 4w o 9 tiOns , and the abuse of mercury , I Is. and an- per Der t erry ' s Purifeug Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I ls. . a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, Meet, stricture, and ' ation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, f„. to detail of the ease it required: age, habits , a nd posi • Si. Packets, with advice, to bo had at the Vets, m tly a t t n which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, 4, 11, dall at 16, Bernees.sivet. 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( - ?, F L.:2, , tlf :h c l ,til t „ L i,;,,:. • .._-iC3l:l,*, also r.sitGd tlio yard yesteie.ny, i ale shown over the principal departments by thl i git , t's, . 16_,..... Superintendent. One lieutenant of the corvette Sicorne, $ tins one lieutenant of the Tangier steamer, with 44 of th a pupils of the Naval College at Brest, arrived at Woolwich dockyard at a varter past one P.m. to-day, an d were accompanied by Lieutenant Robertson to the various places most interesting to strangers. The whole of the pupils appear to be young m en between 15 and 18 years of age. The Sicorne send Tangier leave Deptford to-morrow for Havre, and will visit Jersey before they return to Brest. WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTI VAL. WORCESTER, IVEDNESDAY.—The attendance at it he evening concert shetn:ed a sad falling off in point of Lu'hi" 3 when couittarLd the attendance on tits evening of tin f, , stival of Although the prima donna of the fcstivel. Cruvelli. was announced to sing, the whole number of tickets taken did not exceed :200 (excluding the 31. tickets), and on the whole the concert lacked spirit. The bad weather throughout the earlier part of the day no doubt de terred many from attending the concert, although it cleared up long before the hour fixed for its cow. mencement. The chief portion of the first part of the scheme was made up of Mendelssohn's Walpurgis . Night, with songs by Cruvelli, Sims Reeves, and Miss Dolby, and a violin std. by Mr. Blsgrove. The se cond part consisted of clisjecta membru, chiefly from Ttalitm operas. The overture was finely rendered. There was no encore during the performance of the cantata, and at the close the audience were kept some ten minutes Waiting the appearance of Mdlle. Cru velli, who was set down for the next piece, but who bad noty et shown in the orch es tra. However ; as she had not arrived at the halt, Mr. Sims Reeves pro ceeded with his anus-'from Oberon ("Di Tioba prim csamie now appeared, but she faun.") The was not encored at the close of the air, " 0 to Is Cul dolce," from Fidelio. The only vio li n solo set down , in the festival programme was played this °Tailor hr dMr. Blagrove . Xt was one of D r eader met with quite'an eithusisitfr from the band and audience. The second part of the concert'opened with Beet hoven's magnificent overture to Egmont. A great feature of excellence in Miss Birch's singing was at Once manifest in her rendering of the air " Qui la voce," from the Puritani, every note being remark able for distinctness in the enunciation, and every word thoroughly intelligible to the audience. Herr Formes was well received. He sang his favourite air from Mozart's Zauberflote. In " Diesen beil gee Hallen" he was heartily encored, the first encore of the festival. Mdlle. Cruvelli sang Verdes brilliant cavatina, " Ernani I involumi," with all the florid execution of which she is mistress ; and Miss Williams and Miss Dolby each sang a ballad. Herr Formes gave the everlasting " Largo al factotum," from the Barber of Seville. The concert was wound up with a finale from Fidelio, and the audience was enabled to depart for their homes at the reasonable hour of eleven o'clock. This morning the weather was more promising, and the booksellers reported a brisk sale for tickets. The nave was pretty well filled before the oratorio con• menced, the ladies outnumbering the gentlemen. The sides and great western gallery were not nearly so well filled as yesterday, and there was a falling off in point of numbers, compared with the attendance on the second day of the last Worcester Festival, of about 200. The oratorio selected for to-day was Mendelssohn's Elijah. The effect of the performance of this master piece of Mendelssohn this morning must be to increase its popularity more and more with the lovers of true classical music. The cast was an excellent one, Herr Formes taking the part of the Prophet, Miss Birch the principal so prano (assisted in one instance by Mdlle. Cruvelli), Miss Dolby and Miss Williams dividing the con tralto, and Mr. Sims Reeves and Mr. Lockey the principal tenor parts. Among the company at the festival are the Bishop of Worcester, the Di•an (Dr. Peel), the Dowager Lady Peel, widow of the late Sir it inert ;.Lady Hen ley, Lady Pakington, Sir J. Pakingtou, and Lady Diana Pakington, Sir S. Wakeman and Lady Wake man, 1 - I , n. General Lygon, M.P., Hon. Captain Itushout, &c. &c. SEABORNE MAILS. [5l algniflee that the mails are sent troth the General POllt-oele4l y the night -and t by the morning—dispatch.) , When made up to I From what PLACES. 'General Port-oalceport die. "'" 4 London. patched. •-•-- America (by Brit. pkt.)SrAnstr 29 .. Liverpottl • S3pt. 1 - America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 9 ..'Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pkt.) 51 Sept i Southauipt 'Sept. 5 Attica ( West coast).. N 14th of the month ;Plymouth 'Sept. 6 Alexandria. •• N 19tH e‘. 30th of mo. Dover .. Aug. 26 Belgium • . N Daily hover .. Daily Brazil .. . 31 9th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month ! Soutliampt. Sept. 16 California(viaChagres)M 2•l& 17th of cnontb ,southampt. Sept. a Cape of Good Hope N 14th or month Plymouth .• Srolt. 6 Constantinople * .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of trio Dover .. ,Aug. 50 Central America .. M 25 & 17th of MOIL SouthamptlSel e t . Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. SoutkampLTa. Th.Blll M 17th of the month ,Sonthampt. Sept. 5 France MBt N Twice daily !Dover • • Twicadalli Greece' • • .. • . N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Aug. X) Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. tees. flat. Ro!land .. • • .. hi Wednes. & Satur.,Londen Mea.Thur Honduras N 17th of the meuth,Southampt. Sept. 20 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedany India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month ! Southampt. , Sept. 2$ India (via Ni arseilles) N 7 tit& 24th ef mouth , Dov er ..!Arrived Mediterranean (via 1 Sonthampton) •• M 20th of the monthiSouthampt. 'Sept. 29 Mediterr al lean (via Marseilles) .. .. N 7th& 94th of mon th Dover .• Ai TITS-1 Mexico .. hi 2d of the mouth.. I southampt. Sept. Madeira .. 9th of the month ISouthampt. 'Sept. 16 Malta* .. 7th,17th,19th,97th j & 20th of month Dover Aug. 13 • • , Naples* Nth 15th 25th ofmo Dover •• Sept- /4 Papal States* N ith , 15th 25th of mo , Dover .. Seo4 4 , reninsular .. • • .. M I7th 17th 27th of mo'Southampt. ;Se d t,.. Peru .. 51 17th of the month Aouthampt. 'Sept. 5 Tuscany'N sth 13th 25th of mo Dover • • tiept. 9 Nest Indies 31 17th of the month Southanipt. Sept. 20 West Indies (szcePt Havanna & Nassau) M 2d ofthe month .. Southaript.l3ept. 5 * The mails to those c ountries thus marked (') are conveyed by French packet vhs Marseilles. CALIFORNIA. —Malls to and from California, via the United Stateg are now despatched and die by every American packet. DISCOVERY OF A MANUFACTORY OF SPURIOUS TIN A. In consequence of an extensive sys em of adulteration of tea., having been cqrried on in the metropolis and other large towns in England, and no clue beiogObtaint d to the inanuCactuiers of the spurious article, the Com• missoaers of Inland Revenue recently appointed a de t, ctive force, under the superintendence of Mr. Scott, one of their mo s t ac tiv e su pe rv i sors , f or t h e purpose o f putting a stop to seen a nefarious system of fraud on the public and the revenue. After considerable diffi culty that active offi c . r discovered one of the mo,t ex trusive m.inutactories in London, which he had ascer tained su i ;plieu tea dealers in various parts of England, on an ex eosive scale. He accordingly Proceeded with , -..,„ another offic-r to No. 9, Bond-street, CommerciA-road, L trnbeth, and on gaining at entrance he proceeded to the kitchen, where ti found all the utensils and imple ments for manufacturing spurious ten from exhausted tea leaves. Among them were a large wood press used fur pr e ssirvi ; vvet tea leaves, large iron trays for drying them, several to:tles and muslin bags, from five to eight !eat long, for preparing the green tea, toge ther with ee! v-ral trays used in c, , luuring the spurious artich:,,st and making it ready for market. Ho also eight pounds weight ready to b e sent awax. d J: P tlllo l fil found ninety eight quantities various sta g e s o f operation. ; article so resembled the g e nuine tea as "h i chat very sew could detect it by looking at it. hie. Scott seized -hich he had the whole of th e stuff ararns, and aPP ;et to be convcpd to the chief office in Br oad-atr du posed of. .-------------LSON. ESQ. THE LATE WILLIA.I!_y I respected gentlemen, This venerable and such immediate connexion with tvllo3o name stands ir!tsgul as well as the m Est valuable, one of the most heauti the late :dieldas last. his s r e f s a i t d h e e n r c? in Li,. of Ulster's manufactures, burn, on MondaY mornin g D E 6q .. was the first to establish on the manufacture of damasks in this William Coulson.eaem an extensive 63.5! part of Ireland,having founded the far-f ame d establish ment at Lisbu rn n early 80 years ago. Th at gentleman 180 2 , , and since then the busineis hue been car. died in ti of whom the suhect of J our present ried noticeonwbays b is a__ , the second. As a merchant engaged in the s facture of textile fabrics, which demand a greater in-nu d. g ..ree of skill and ingenuity th an perhaps say other human pursuit, Mr. Coulson possessed, talents rarely met with, and much of the perfection 'co which the art I P of damask weaving has arisen in the. nornern districts of Ulster may be attributed to his genius. The patterns of those beautiful table -clothe shown by Mr. William Coulson in the Industrial Exhibition were designed solely by himself, as were also many of the magnificent specimens of damask which at present adorn the tables, not alone of the British Monarch, hut several of the most celebrated of the continental kings and European nobles. In his ca p ac i ty as an employer, he was f en ; ts art• of able for his att ent i on to t h e wants an d t h e com br o ot brot her his wc)rkpvopl e , an d , as was state d by hie t l Walter Couhsou, E.,q.. he was the friendfeso r w a y t e . ell To all as the master of tho se engage d a t his maim the charitable institutions of his native town he was ever and his acts of among the moat libera! contrib e il b o private beuevolenc. - -, were nimple n , ii r :o' confined neither to ()marry, and for more sect nor p.irty. Mr. W. Coul t s;; ~.h eld the rank of cap tain in the Lisburn oorpd 0 y - ' 'orted, at his own ex than a quarter of a century suczossors of the late 11 ,, ,,ie, the excollr.nt bang e i t t u b r P ti o P cbpil to that company. We have only to ho a ho pe that emulate Lis commercial enter.. wor.hy 4(:11'1°33--n nay even increased activity, the prise, ana carry out, splendid. designs in the texti'e art manufactuto of those rliieahe their house has so long b eta for Llueution of of Ulster. eminently distinguished.—B anner TOE FIRST or Ssrmarait.—There will be DO deficiency of game in this district for the sportsmen on "the first." k. e learn from all parts that partn iges are exceed- Ligly numerous, and from the fineness of the late season are rental kahly health) . and grog on the Wing. Atonmoufholtira &awe. N°. 18,387.] LONDON,THURSDAY EVENING SUN AUG UST 28, 7 • WITANNIA. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. I, Princestrect, Bank, London. Empowered by.spechtl Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. DTEECTOR.3. CliAllittN— Colonel ROBERT NLEXANDER, Blackheath Park, Kent. Esq., 1 t 9, Fenchurch-street. Georgeßev'ncton, Esq., Neckinger Ntills, Bermondsey. I'. Cockerill, Esq , Shadwell, and Twickenham. 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RUSKIS'S PAMPHLET ON ART. Jut published, in Syn., price 2e., pRE-RAPHAELITISM " M,:dern Palaters." London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Just published, post Bvo., cloth, price 55., r iIHE SPIRIT and SCOPE of EDUCATION, .1_ in PROMOTING the WELL-BEING of SOCIETY. From the German of the Very Rev. J. A. STAPF, D.D. PrOfeSier of Moral Theology, &c. "Mr. Gordon has dono good service in translating so useful and sensible a book. It is an elaborate and thoughtful work." Guardian. C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street, and 22, Paternoster row, Lon don ; Marsh and Beattie, 13, Hanover-street, Edinburgh. THE TENANT'S PROSPERITY THE LANDLORD'S TRUE INTEREST. Vile day is published, price One Shilling, RICH FAR 'ZING and CO-OPERATION between LANDLORD and TENANT. Necessitous Expedients in the present Agricultural Depression. Ity J. L. MORT ON, Land Agent, Edinburgh. A. and C. Black, Edinburgh. Longman and Co., Londca. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE AND SPERMATORRIREA. Just published, Svo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 48., A TREATISE , on th. CURE of S TRICTURE - 3IL of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethtal Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations en the Treatment of Sperrnatorrhcea hy Cauterization. By F. B. CI lURTENAY , "These who complain most loudly are those only who know not hew to use the common instruments. • • • • The prac tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations, andl. all t excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell. Ra he illiere, 219, Regent-street, London. The GREAT EXHIBITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI fUTION. ill the most interesting Deposits at the Great Exhibition will, In turn, be lectured on at the OYA L N 14.; 1 YiSTITIT'ITION & The present Lectures are on the Cheml.try of the Minerals at the Great Exhibition, inclaling the precious Gems, Crystalisa tions, &c., by.J, 11. Pepper, Esq. , Popular Lecture by Dr 'Rachhoffner on therecent To'al Eclipse°. the Atm, with splendid Diagrams, show ng the appearances which actually occurred'on the line of Totality. —the Rotation of the Earth, exhibited by Foucault's Experiments. —The great economy of Cooking by Gas explained.-A Lecture on the History of the [tarp, by Frederick Chatterton, Esq , with Vocal Illustrations. —Two Series of splendid Dissolving Views.—Diver and Living Bell, Sze. Admission, Is.; Schools, Ilalf-price. Open daily from Half past Ten to Five, and every Evening from 4even till Half-past Ten. INJUNCTION to CHEMISTS and PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS. MORISON'S UNIVERsAL MEDICINE. The public are informed that an Injunction to restrain Mr. Crofton' William Moat, his agents, servants, and workmen, from selling,.or causing, or procuring to be sold, uncle , the title or designation of MORI-GN'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, or of MORISON'S VE GETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE, any Medicine made or ma nufactured by him the said Crofton William Moat, or by or under his order or direction; and also to restrain the said Crofton William. Moat, his agents, servants, and workmen, from making or com pounding any Medicines according to the secret recipe or prescrip tion, an 4 fry in any manner using the said secret recipe or pre scription of or for compounding the said Medicines, or any pan thereof, has been granted by Vice-Chancellor Turner, at the suit of Alexander Morison and John Morison. And any person infringing the said Injunction will be proceeded against without further notice. British College of Health, liatnilton•place, New-road, Loudon, August 20, 1851. MEDICAL ADVICE '," rcl24 bzultr.l r (11`73 AND MATTTIIJTV. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Curs. FIFTY cIot,oURET) fiI•TGRAVINAR nx ,T at pubiLineu, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a sealed .i.nvelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the author, for forty-two ;tamps. QELF•PESERVATION; a *,..7 Medical Treatise on tha Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Inflrmitiett and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. usually acquired at an early period of life. which destroy t se physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the nature' f r.Hngs, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhoo 4 ; with Practical. 0 4.ervations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of N -rvous Debillty, Local and_ Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, S ricture, and all Disesae.. and. Derangement. resulting from In4is c ~tiara, as adopted by Lallemand, Iticord, and other eminent mem ",ers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings. Itnstrating the keatorn l- Physiology, and Diseases of t he Be productive Organs, ixolainlng their straetures, uses, and tli nctiers . and the various miseries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses. and .nfeetioit. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BED FORD•SQUARE,.LOI3'DON. 4octor of Medicine. Matriculated Member at the University of /Min •ourgh, honorary Member of the London Hsspltal Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' hall, London, Member of the finnterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., Lc. and of their relative This work - contains a plain and complete description of the ans- WMy and physiology of the reproductive organs, z.onditions in health and disease, Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the bighest medical honours, as evidenced the diplomas and testimo ila inserted In the work, is the onlyleg ally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and tor many years, devoted his studies to •he treatment of these complaints. lie may be consulted with ad 'rantage by all those whose constitutions may have become deblli ated through secret practices acquired is youth. or by the excesses af later years, whereby the pleitsures of life are marred, the objects if marriage frustrated, and existence Itself rendered a term of un nasty* misery and regret. Publisberi by the 4uthor, and may he bad of J. Gilbert. 49, Pater. .aoster-row4, Hannay, 63, o x ford-street ; Stacie, Titchborne-street. flaymarket ; Gordon. 146, Leadentiall-s treetC.rnhlll. who sr (raw by post for torty.two stam s, trom the author's residence, „„rang ills. or by letter. daily, ht. from Ten till Two, and from S ix till Eig t. L V ELL'S N IN OUKS. Tc be had of ShSiinood, 13, Paterlloater-rew Carvalho; e,,,et-street , Mann, AV, Cornhtll or direct frorc the anther , p One 01111;ut each ;by post, Is. 6d, EN,t(twxt,.oY, Bacrelittirn, and r ational Jibe of , itiiiilwj-Apritte 'and lunntofr 3terainirs — z about the Ktiviron. of Londolk7Tlw 'Parks, Lanes, s:asia, Fields, tin;h-toads, and ',Abel places—Cotuttry erips and Itanal4les---;The Sea—London at STight,7Eventng. at home -ainsio—Thel)ratna--00 Eating. Drinking , BiaePinit, Bathing, Air. B it. k.l44sp, Occupation, &c., &o. IL trtA . 4.4l44NTte Itlto/4 THE mo t arrAufs. rot Volt. Volt A (~(IT TO THE LAKES; SKETOIi or ZDT.IfILLTRGEL 114, VOL 11. ".-:111 LAKES OF KII.L.A.R.NtIt • ItY3LINIRJEIgCVS OF DITBLIV, WHAT TO FAT, DRINK, .4.liD AVOID That three score years and ten our course may ruu." p.pular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner •:only-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that haratses t , young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and ens b 'ten old age, with tables and rules fbr the diet and physical rasa IsOcro of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSIONS. % What passions hurt the body—what ImprOlra, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." g e noT : pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of Lae passions. Chastity and Its infringements. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, a nd reraediative , Ad vocac y of early marriages,: THE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question.' Ps xatamal t—Laws and obligations of nature, societY. and re -11...0 regarding tnarriage, to be observe& by either sex. Time and c toles, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and d ,ore. to smite health y ° giving, with the art of rearing them. inkysical defectiveness and ita removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, s. . . . Ry R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.B.A. 0514). 1......3tv-AVO. ,2,01.0 VACIICO Awl rorontle Rpore# i r thai , matters. Reception hours daily till Five.' , : Evenings, Seven till Nine. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street. 1 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL AUG. 27. Strom Excrstatrsz.—We have had a very sluggish market at falling rates. Bristol and Exeter was done at SO4 Great Western, Original Shares, 77% ex div.—Midland, 4014. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 27. SToca EXCHANGE. —The market is better to-day, and a fair business is doing at improved prices. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 4714 —London and North-Western, 117—Ditto, New Quarters, 2% p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 24—Midland, 41 1 ,4 South-Eastern and Dover, 20 1 4. MANCHESTER, Atm. 27. t3TocK ExcailtWOß.—The market continues dull, and prices have a downward tendency. The transactions to-day were -as follow:—Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23%.-- North British, s%—South-Eastern ar.d Dover, 20. BIRMINGHAM, Ave. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only transaction reported to-day was Birmingham and Stour Valley, at 10/. It is reported that the survey of a new line is in prof ess from Walsall across Cannock Chase to Colwich, to join the North Staf fordshire line there. This would open a new and much shorter line to Manchester from Birmingham. SCOTT MONUMENT.—STATUE GEORGB HERIOT. —We understand that a meeting of Old Heritors was held on Monday, at which it was unanimously resolved to adopt the Suggestion thrown out by our Lord Provost at the recent entertainment given to bailie Dick, for having a statue of George Heriot placed in one of the niches of the Scott monument, and a committee was appointed to take the ne weary steps for accomplishing that object. —Edinburgh Cl/4,7ant. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, WORCESTER, -& WOLVERHA HE TON. Yesterday an adjourned special meeting of the shareholders of the above railway company NVP s held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of ceniedering the proposed agreement with the Great Western Company, and to consider the report of the c, tee of .shareholders appointed to inquire into the subject. The chair was taken by Mr. M. Granbrook, ri3( valor director, and the report of the committee was ::toad to the meeting. Mr. LAWRANCE, .a member of the committee of shareholders stated that he held in his posses ision bundle of letters from proprietors, withdr.awing proxies in favour of the agreement, which he ',lad not been able to put into the hands of the secret try, and he hoped that those proxies would not he user's against the sense of the meeting. He also wished to know from the secretary what number of proxies bad been received, properly signed and authenticater:i ? Mr. SMITH, the secretary, said,the same request had been made at the board of directors, but it was there deemed inexpedient that the proxies should be produced.—(oh, oh! and confusion.) At the sam e time, if it was the sense of the meeting that he should produce the number of proxies he was ready to d o so.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Produce them al once.") Major COURT held that it was time enough to produce proxies when a poll was demanded. Mr. Liwwsca thought &statement of the number of proxies would, greatitaborten i the proceedings, es, if there were sufficient to carry the propOiltion of the directors, it would be needless to remain to debate the matter. Mr. SMITH said a good many proxies bad been can celled, and he believed there were not enough tocupset what was likely to be the sense of the meeting.. Some rather angry discussion followed, and a.ubse quently Mr. SMITH stated that the number of shares a epre sented by proxy on the 15th of July amount ed to 5,055, comprehending 1,424 votes; but a good Inany of these had since been cancelled, the votes tett 255 shares having been withdrawn. A SHAREHOLDER said two gentlemen had been down in the country soliciting proprietors to co me up and vote for.tbe agreement, promising at the same time to pay their expenses.—(Hear, hear, and Shame.) The CHAIRMAN saiditbe directors had asked For no proxies, and they were quite ignorant of the presetices to which the Hon. Proprietor had just referred. A letter from Mr. J. Walker, chairman of the committee of shareholders, necessarily absent,, was here read; in which the writer stated that the terms (at toe Great Western Company appeared like those of a conqueror to a. conquered enemy, who shoutid be contented with small mercies—that he agreed with the substance of the report presented by the committee, and that his view of the policy they ought to pursue was to fulfil all the obligations imposed on them by law, and to make their line suitable for the narrow gauge, which was likely to be the more im portant of tne two, his belief being that the line had within it the elements of a great trade, whether car ried on in connexion with other undertakings or un der the superintendence of a committee possessed of the confidence of the sharehrilders. _ _ _ A printed document, entitled " Remarks of the Directors on the Report of the Committee of Se reholders," was then read, having reference chiefly to details that would not interest the general reader. Mr. LAWRANCE then addressed the meeting in support of the committee of shareholders. After referring to the various aspects which he said the question had esonned in different reports of this direc tors, till at length they were told that no alternative was lett but that of accepting the agreement which Great' Western Company offered, the Honourable Proprietor said he would offer a few remarks on the comparative advantages of the scheme now proposed and a well considered connexion with the London and North Western Company. The directors based the whole of their argument on the assumption that the arrangement proposed with the Great Western was equally beneficial with that which could be made with the London and North-Western. This was a gross error, for the arrangement with the Great Wes tern was neither more nor less than a praeticel surrender of their property for ever to that company. After Lord Cranworin's decision, the whole question bed been fully and deliberately considered, and the committee were satisfied that they were in a condi- tion to make an arrangement with the London and North-Western or any other company, not on the tooting of a lease. for that it appeared they could not make, but a traffic arrangement, by which both par ties would be benefited without giving up the pro• perty of the Oxford and Wolverhampton line for ever.—(Hear, hear.) They were in a condition to make an arrangement by which liberty would be given to any other company to pass their traffic over the narrow guage of their line, leaving all the rights of the Great Western intact, and at the same time enabling them to make such terms as they pleased with regard to the broad guage part of their line. — (Hear, hear.) The simple effect of the proposed agreement with the Great Western would be that they would become mere hewers of wood and drawers of water to that powerful company. It was not a lease that was proposed, for that included the idea of rent ; is was not a sale, for that supposed some consideration in return ; it was simply a transfer, a suicidal transfer of their whole property to the Great Western Company. In the epitome of the agreement it was stated that in return for this surrender the Great Western agreed to pay 35,0001. per annum to liquidate their debenture interest ; but in the agreement itself it was only said that titter the Oxford and Wolver hampton Company bad formed 94 miles of railway there described this sum of 35,0001. per annum would he paid. Could anything be more discrepant than this ? The meeting would observe that there were three payments proposed to be made by the Great Western. The first he ha t just adverted to, viz, 35,0001. to pay the debenture interest ; the second charge was 47,6001, towards the preferential share holders,; the thitd was 60,0001., for working expenses. Now, to test the Great ‘1 astern Company, the com mittee macle'et request that they would consent to an additional charge of 3 per cent. to be paid to the old proprietors.—(tlear, beer.) They did nut ask them positively to grant 3 per cent. to the old proprietors, but simply to abstain from taking back the working expenses till the old proprietors should have received the miserable pay of 3 per cent. This offer, however, they contunieliously rejected, though the profits which Must have floe ed to them after paying these sums could riot but pay them most amply.—(Hear.) This confirmed the committee in the opinion that the object of the Great Western in seeking this lease was not to work the traffic, but to Burk the line.—(Cneers.) Having had 'their terms re jected ,by the Great Western, how were they received by the narrow gauge interest ? He was not in a con • dition to state terms, because they could not enter into any engneement, and therefore he could only lay before the meeting the outlines of an arrangement which he believed they would be able to conclude. In the first place, then, reserving all the Parliamentare rights of the Great Western Company, reserving to themselves the right of making the line from Tipton to Wolverhampton, the narrow gauge interest were will ing, for the mere passage across the narrow gauge portion of the line, to allow' such a sum out of the gross traffic as would pay the whole interest on their debenture debt, as would pay interest on the whole of reat Western Company their preferential shares, antinname a mailer sum for wp proposed t e o x p d e o n . s ol than r , th hear.) eG They would have al lowed them the working of their own line, they find ing the working stock; and, before the sum of 146,0001. was reached, the zero of the Great Western agreement, they were to have at least two per cent. on the narrow gauge portion of the line. A Snammoianza--7For how many years was this arrangement to be ? Mr. LIWRANCE—For 21 years. These being the terms the committee thought it 'their duty to ascer tain whether any legal obstruction lay in the way of an arrangement. They accordingly took the opinion of some of the most eminent men at the bar as to whether a traffic arrangement would not be legally binding. The agreement wait subMitted to the Soli citor-General, who gave his opinion that it would be legal and binding To Sir F. Kelly they submitted the question whether, under the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, there was not power given to make a traffic arrangement such as he bad now described ; and his unhesitating opinion was that such a power existed. The opinion of an eminent conveyancer was also taken with a similar result. Of the legality of such en arrangement, therefore, they had no doubt.— (Fleur, hear.) After some further observations, Mr. Lawrence concluded by moving as a resolution : " Thatehe further coria , deration of the proposed lease of this undertaking be adjourned to the half-yearly meet kg to be held tats attetndon." Mr. BUTT seconded the resolution. Majer COURT was prepared to prove .that the terms offered by the Great Western Company were the best that could be given to the shareholders of the Oxford and Worcester Company.--(No, no.) He would refer them to the report of the directors for January last, which the committee of shareholders themselves bad approved of as affording the groundwork on which he proceeded. From what was then stated they were entitled to estimate that this line would yield 2,0001. per mile. Taking the line at 93 miles, there would be a gross amount of 186,000/. They would receive of this sum 111,6661.; the Great Western Company, allowing only 40 per cent. for the working of the line, would receive 111,600/. ; therefore, they would give to that company 661. more than they theniselves re ceived.—(Confusion.) Ile could give other facts to show that this was tb h2fit bargain that could he mad'a for the shareholders, but, Fe.iing the impatience of the meeting, he would not now press them. A StIAREHOLDER asked' whether or not proxies were to be used against the sense of the meeting ? Mr. PARSONS (solicitor of the company) said he was a large proxy holderithough he had never asked for one. Toe fact was that the proxies came into his possession the last day they were due. He did not know that any proxies had been asked for him, and when he received them he felt himself in a most dit ficult and embarrassed position.—(ol3, oh !) If the question whether be inteeded to use .these proxies was pressed upon him at that stage of the proeeedings, he must say that he would have to consult the parties who intrusted him with them. His own feeling, however, was, thatte ought, so far as regarded those proxies, to exercise the discretion that had been re posed in trim.—(Uproar.) Mr. Sergeant GASELER maintained that their soli citor bad no right to bold proxies. He thought that, as a professional man, he bad placed -himself in a position of great delicacy.—(Great confusion.) Another SWIM of great noise and confusion took .plaoe,) during *Mob Gaselee moved that Mt. Pareons be dismissed"` ieni the office of - soli- - .citor to the company, but siatateqUently, withdrew it, with the notice that beAatiglit repeat it on a fiiture occasion. _ _ Mr. P.moris repeated that he had never asked for a single proxy, and that be was much pained and embarrassed when they were put into his possession. In reply to a question put to him, Mr. Parsons stated that the proxies were committed to him by the agents of the Great Western Company. Sir H. FoSTRIt said Mr. Parsons had cleared him self from all imputation in the matter. Mr. Timm, after stating that he had been present at a consultation with a number of gentlemen inte rested in the company, and that they had come to a resolution on the subject now before it, moved the adoption of that resolution as an amendment to the one proposed by Mr. Lawrence. It was as follows :-- "That the agreement with the Great Western Rail way Company, as proposed and submitted to this meet ing, be adopted and confirmed, subject to the following conditions—viz., that there be added thereto, or inserted therein, a clause or clauses to the effect that if at any time after the expiration of four years from, the date of such agreement this company shall notify. .to the Great Western Company their readiness to bell the under takieg to that company, at the price (over and above all debts, charges, sod preferential interest and dividends) of 301. fur each 501. share, or, at the option of the Great Western Railway Company, an annual payment at the rate of three per cent. per annum on each such share of 501., to be becured by their debentures, the Great Western Company shall and will, therefore, forthwith accept and complete the purchase on these terms. And further, that it within one year from the expiration of such period of four years this company shall not have required such purchase to be made, it shall be at the option of the Great Western Company, at any time within two years from such last-named period, to require the company to sell the undertakings() them at the price . (over and above all charges, debts, end preferential in terest on dividends) of 401. foe ,each zuch share, and the cempany shell and will, therefore, forthwith sell and convey the undertaking to them on these terms. That the directors be, and they are hereby, authorized to af fi x the common seal of this company to any deed or agree ment containing, in addition to tha, clauses in the deed already prepared, such further clause or clauses as above stated, sad to do all other acts which may be required fur giving effect to this resolution. That the condition attached by this meeting to the agreement be consi dere d as not accepted by the Great Western Company' it not accepted by that company in due form within a month." Major COURT seconded the resolution,which fully confirmed the statement he had made. - - Mr. PausoNs begged to say that he would vote in favour of the amendment of Mr. Tudor, both on his own shares and on all the proxies he possessed, as be considered it WOLIId put th# GreatAV eaten C9mpauy, to the rest —(Hear . .) Sir li. FusTER concurred in the propriety of Mr. Tudor's amendment, and thought it should be at once remitted to the directors to curry it out. Mr. HUDSON, M.P., said, according to the'arrange ment proposed by Mr. Tudor, the proprietors would get no dividend for four years, and after that the shares would virtually be sold at 241. fie put it to Mr. Parsons whether, under all the circumstances, he would use his proxies. He had been in a similar position himself once, and did not on that occasion use the proxies he held.—(Bear.) He thought that if they were secured a dividend —say from the lit of January next—the proposition of Mr. Tudor should be acceded to. They might, in the meintime, send the proposal to a committee, to be considered more fully, and meet again to settle the matter. Mr. PARSONS wished to state that be held the proxies of nearly the whole Stock Exchange, em bracing 8,000 out of the 24 000 shares ,of the com pany. He had consulted with those parties, and they authorised him to support the proposed a greement with the Great Western, provided the resolu tion of Mr. Tudor was attached to it. The price, however, was then understood to be 251 in place 301., and, instead of 3 per cent., 24 2 - per cent. He then sug gested that those figured were too small, and they had since been raised. He thought that this was the most prudent bargain they could make, — and his belief was that the Great West-rn would,ion conside ration, give in to it.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. LAWRENCE would be glad if the proposition of Mr. Tudor was carried, as it substantially agreed with the proposition he had made. After some further conversation, the 2 .solutioii r. 9f Mr. Tudor was adopted. A vote of thanks was then given to the committee of shareholders, and the special meeting terminated. HALF••YEARLT MEETING. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the company was then held. The 'report of the directors, of which the following is as abstract, was read by Mr. Smith : " The directors have so recently communicated to the proprietors the position of tbe undertaking that ou the present occasion little remains to be stated. " The proprietors are aware that tbe company kept an account with Messrs. Rufford and Wragge, ban kers at Stourbridge, and that Mr. Francis Rufford, one of the partners of the house, was connected with this company as its chairman from its original forma tion. Thii bank stopped payment about the 26th of June last, there being at that time a considerable amount of the company's money in its hands. .The report of the auditor hereunto annexed details the amounts and - the oircumittances. Tie directors are, through the medium of the company's solicitors, en gaged in a-ceetaining the exact position of the com pany, believing that some portions of the lois will tall on third parties. The directors tear the arse's of the bankrupts will suffice to pay but a small dividend' " The various works upon the line are progressing satisfactorily, though more slowly than the directors contemplated when they made their report to the special general meeting of the Company in January last. This is attributable to the unsettled state of the company. On one contract, that for the' Mickleton Tunnel, the contractors stopped the works in June last, and refused either to go on or to give the company possession, In order that the works upon the whole line might not be rendered unproductive by the non-completion of this tunnel, the board, acting under advice, took possession of the contract, they are happy to sly, without absolute -violence or injury to any individual, though the menacing con duct of the contractor at one time rendered such an issue probable. The question touching the company's rights against the contractor and his rights against the company is now the subject of arbitration.' The auditor's report states that the balance-sheet represents an expenditure of the sum of: 68,0831. 6s. Bd. for land and compensation in the half-year, but several amounts, parts of that aggregate amount, have been deposited in provincial and joint-stock banks, leaving in deposit with bankers of 24,9121.10 x. 4d., and the Gloucestershire Bank, Stow-on-the-Wold, 2101., a purchase since completed. These sums, for the most part, have been so deposited in the names of a director of the company and the vendor or his agent ; but a sum of 3751. deposited in the bank of Rufford and Wragge was so placed in the name of Mr. Rut . - ford alone in the matter of the executors ot Page, deceased. Two several cheques, the one 5,6251, and the other 5,5001., appear to have been paid to the agent of Lord Ward's estate, being the consideration for the purchase of lands; they were both drawn on the hank ot Messrs. Rufford and tiL',but in the pass-hook' of that batik the cheque for 5,500/. does not appear to be debited. The balance due from Messrs. Rufford and Wragge, according to the ledger ac count of the company, and as expressed in the b.ilance sheet, is 4,1661. 13, 2d. In that account they have credit fkr all sums drawn upon them by the company; but I am informed that one checque, for 4701, so cre dited, has not been issued, whereby the balance is in creastd to the sum of 4.6361. 13s. 21.4 and I am further informed that the following checques, drawn on them and isetwd to Messrs. Bedford and Piddock, are also outstanding ;—April 18, 1848, 31/ ; March 6, 1851, GO/. 17s. 64. ; March 12, ditto,lsol.; June 16 , ditto, 2,632/. Os. 8(1.; ditto, 1821. 145.; ditto, 1921. 10s. ; ditto, 1371. 103.; ditto, 210/. ; total, 3.596/. 12s. 2(1. ; and one to Mr. Elgie, May 14, 1851, for 431. 10s. 6d. In answer to a question put by a SHAREHOLDER, Mr. PARSONS stated that the sum of 4,1661., men tioned in the report, was not the whole amount due from Ith,::sr& :11.i1To::(i and IVragg: - -,s. There , ?...era °Lila charg2P, into which inquiry was now - indking, and which it was believed would show thz;.t blame rested with some persons connected with the company. Two checques, one for 5,6251., and the other for 5,5001. (a most mysterious item), paid to the agent of Lord Ward's estate, were at this moment under. conside ration. Sever4.l formal resolutions were then passed ; the sum of 2001. was voted to pay the expenses of the committee of sharebolderA, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, the proceedings ter minated. 851. [PRICE SD. forded, sufficient to enable the largest class merchant ships to load and unload in the Bute docks. The lands for the future extension of the Rhonda Valley branches have been secured. The works on the Eirw branch are now progressing satisfactorily. The Dow leis branch, communicating direct from the Taff Vale Railway to the town of Dowlais has been sneers:fully cotnpleted by the Dowlais Company, and was for mally opened for traWc on the ')l_st inst. hereby a dh'ee transluis.4on wx it import - nut produce at Cardif doelis Ills been estab!imhul with the Dowltis iron works and the town itself. From the statement of accounts it appeared that the income for the half-year had been—balance from De cember half-year, 24,077/. ; and balance of revenue account, less balance of Aberdare account, 17.307/. ; total, 41,3841. The balance to th© 30th of June, 1851, w is 21,4051. On the motion of the CHAIRMIN, seconded by M r . BUSHELL, the report was adopted. The retiring directors, Messrs. Lee and Hill, were unanimously re-el.cted. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. NAVAL ENTELIAGENCE. MALTA, Ana. 21 —Her Maj-sty's titeam.packet Banshee returned from Alexandria with the Bombay mail at 2 P at. this day. She left Malta with the out ward mail on the 13th, at 2 P Pa. ; her passages have occupied same time as last-76 and 72 hours. Her Majesty's steamer Caradoc, with the London mails of the 7th, did not reach delta till 11 A.sc. on the 13th, having broken down the day after leaving eh Government packet from Constenti-. zople is hourly expected, and her Majesty's steam 'packet Merlin is due from the islands to-morrow. The Government packet Medina leaves with the mails for Marseilles at sevenAhis evening. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 27.—:The Fairy royal yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, embarked the Queen, Prince Consort, Royal Family, and Court at _ _ Cowes, at 9.10 this morning, and conveyed them to this port under the usual ceremonies of royal salutes, &c. The Royal party landed at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard at a quarter to ten, where they were received by Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Cape!, K.C.B , Commander-in-Chief; Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.8.; Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H. ; Captain-Superin tendent Sir Edward Parry, 1.R.5.; Colonel Camp bell, of the 95th Regiment; Flag-Lieutenants Lang and Aplin ' • Mr. John Davies, Master - Attendant ; Mr. Joseph Pinhorn, Storekeeper; Mr. R. Wil loughby Stevens, of the railway company, and a guard of honour of the 95th, under the command of Major Smith. At ten o'clock the special royal train, in charge of Mr. Cornelius Stovin, the manager, and Mr. Beattie, the engineer, &c., of the South-Western Railway Company, left the Clarence-yard for London, . _ en route to Scotland. The Odin steam-frigate, Commander Sir William Wiseman, sailed yesterday for Greeubithe, where, it is said, she will embark Sir Hamilton Seymour and suite for St. Petersburgb. The Seaflower cutter, Second Master in command Burney, arrived this morning from the Channel Islands. _ _ -------- The Earl of Hardwick Indiaman sailed to-day for Calcutta. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, will be paid advance to-morrow, and sail on Saturday for the Mediterranean, callit.g in the Tagus with letters, parcels, and dispatches for Commodore Martin's squadron. The Sprightly steam-tender, Acting-Master Com mander Mr. George Allen, sailed for Devonport this evening, to bring up men for the Vengeance, &c. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenants—Williamß7§Mith (1841), George L. Norcock (1841), and J. R. Rodd (1840), fiat of the Britannia, fl+g►-hip at Portam uth, hart been promoted to the rank of commander. APPOINTMENTS. Captain William — H. A. Morshe3d, C,B. (1842), has been appointed to command the Dido, 18, at Chatham. Commander Lord William Compton (1842) has been appointed to command the Alocle4te, 14, at Sheerness. _ . Ciiznmander Arthur-hit-Hersh (1849), wher—hss , been Aerving as Admiralty agent on board one of the Cape service contract steamers, has been ap pointed to re-commission the Rattler screw-sloop at Woolwich. Clark—William F. Dixon to the Vengeance, 84, Spitheml. Ce,pentor—John Edwards has been advanced to the second clue. DEATH OF LORD JOHN HAY. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.-We have the painful duty to record the loss of one of the most active and skilful officers in her Majesty's naval service. Last night, at half-past 9 o'clock, Rear Admiral Lord John Hay was relieved from his sufferings, ut St. Michael's-terrace, Stoke; his Lordship had been gra dually declining for the last ten days. According to O'Byrne, the Right Hon. Lord John Hay was born on the Ist of April, 1793, and was the third son of the seventh Marquis of Tweeddale. He entered the navy as a first-class volunteer on the 4th of December, 1804, on board the Monarch, 74, Captain Searle, and continued with the Mediterranean force until June, 1811, during which time he lost his left arm at the cutting out of some vessels in Hy eres Bay, and on the night of the 15th of July, 1808, contributed to the capture, after a memorably furious engagement, of the Turkish man-of-war Badere Z lifer, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170 were slain, and 200 wounded; and the Alis Fegan, 26, was at the same time put to flight. Lord John's commission was dated May 1, 1812 ; his appointment to the Pique, 36, June, 1, 1812 ; and to the Venerable, 74, 31 May, 1814 ; he was advanced to the rank of Commander on the 15th of June; and on the 15th of November joined the Bustard, 10, off Lisbon. In 1815 his Lordship obtained the comma nd of the Opossum, 10, in which sloop be served i n the . Channel and North American stations ft until paid oft on the sth of August, 181 8 . He attained post rank on the 7th of December following, and was subse quently appointed December 24, 1832, November 19 . , 1836, and March 8, 1837 , to the Castor, 36, Phoeni x steamer, and North Star , 28, which vessels be corn ' and acted as Commodore vices mauded till 1840. He had char g e of a battalion of o tthe marines a importancellsquadron duringthis civil war, especially at the siege of Bilboa, procured him in 1837 the Grand Cross of the order of Charles 111., and toe Companionship of the Bath. Lord of his o n periods the e north coast of Spain, where r as connected with th e John Hay, who next, from the 17th of August, 1841, until October, 1845, commanded the Warspite, 50, on the coast of North America whither he conveyea Lord Ashburton) and in the West Indie-, was suc cessively appointed in 1846 Acting Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, 'Chairman of the Board of Naval Construction, and a Lord of the Admiralty ; which latter office be retained until his appointment, on the 9 , 11 of February, 1850, Captain Superintendent of the Devonport D,,ckyard. His Lordship was a Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Haddington, and sat in Parliament for that shire in 1826 and 1830. In 1833 he received a large silver medal from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts for the inven tion of a telescope-holder for the use of a person with only one hand. Lord John Hay was brother-in-law of Mr. John Henry Ley, clerk to the House of Commons, a n d of Lord Broughton, President of the Board of Control. On Sunday the flag of Lord John Hay, on promo tion as Rear-Admiral of the Blue, was hoisted on board the St. George, 120, when she saluted the flag of Port-Admiral Ornmaney , which compliment was duly acknowledged by the Impregnable, 104. The same day the frigate Pique, on passag e from Pew` broke, put in, owing to contrary winds. DEATH OF CAPTAIN GHINT.-Captain William Grint (1818), lately. promoted to the captains„ re i : served half-pay list, died on the 24th inst., st " , worth, aged 66. lie entered the navy in 1800, an d He was served afloat during the war for 14 years. at the battle of Copenhagen in the Anacz?Dl' 38, Cap tain Riou; in the Courageux, 74, 1.13 witnessed.l h he surrender of St. Lucia ; i n the Britannia, a! 00 % e iTag at the battle of' Trafalgar, an d was lieute nantact at the celebrated capture of Curagoa. He was . confirmed a lieutenant July, 1807, and_ served in Anson, 44, Vulture and n o pe w s e lt e lp s s, co r m om m p a e n y dlea d 4 a , Zenobia sloop, and for se a of few his services he received gun-boat. . In the co p ur t iotic Fund. He wa a gratuity from the a r made commander in 1818. . Yesterday day cTuesday), in honour of Prince Albert's ...ester bi r thday, soya salutes were fired from the cit a d e l an d from all th e ships- in commission, which were deco rated with colours. The royal standard was h oiste d a t the Government establishments and at th e Guil6- Plymouth, of which b'arough the Prince is Lot d High Steward. The Plymouth regatta was, in consequence of bad weather, postponed from yesterday to this da y . There are not many yachts in harbour, an d the prowess of the America at Cowes seems to withdraw attention from all other such sulketi. WouLwics, AUG. 27.-The Rattler steam-vessel had ber steam up in the basin to-day to try her en. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at York. Mr. H. S. Thompson was in the chair, and the attendance of shareholders was not numerous. The report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said that this half-year some difficulty had arisen on the consolidation of their goods accounts, but, that being not accomplished, this inconvenience would not Again occur. There, was one other thing to which he would fifer-=lu error WhishAlaci ovearmiely.ig-thia) amount of debenture interest. The amount of the in come-tax was added, to the debenture debt by the clerk by whom that account was prepared; subsequently the accountant had, in error, also added this sum, which, being deducted, would show a sum of 1,1091. 6s. Id. in favour of the company. The error was on the right side, and he hoped that this error would be looked over, especially as by the vigilance of the ac• countant a sum of 11,0001. had been brought to the company's exchequer.. The capital account showed that a large amount had been expended in the course of the past half-year ; but not one• seventh of that sum was incurred by the present directory. As to the outlay they had made, they invited the shareholders to determine whether this outlay had been required, and whether it had been exercised with economy. There was not one item in their capital expenditure which had not appeared before. He alluded to the charge for rails, which were relsid down of heavier metal. Some thought that this charge should entirely come out of the renewal fund, but the board were of a contrary opinion, because the increased weight of rail added an increased value, which ought to be paid for out of capital. The c hairman next proceeded to explain the cause of increased additional expenses. The report of the directors pointed out some of the causes. There was among those reasons the fact that they must ex pect larger charges for renewal stock when they had not a reserve fund for rolling stock, and he did not disguise the fact that some half-years those charges might be much larger than they had been during the past half-year. Another cause of increased working expenses was the increased mileage, which had arisen partly from the competition to which they had been subjected, and partly from the wants of different dis -tricts requiring more trains. Another cause was, that some accounts had been paid which extended above the usual periods, and which would amount to some hun dreds. At the time the present directors took office they were threatened with competition in every direc don—east, west, and south. No doubt, when new rail- ways were formed they must abstract a cert-tin amount of traffic from the old companies. The directors had endeavoured to make fair agreements with the Great Northern, the Leeds and Thirsk, the Aire and Calder Navigation, and the Hull Dock Company. They had also taken some preliminary steps, and agreed on the principle of an agreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company. which, if ultimately carried out, would effect, he trusted, great advantage to the share holders of this company. He was not inclined to take a desponding ♦iew of the consequences of the competition to which they had been subject. No doubt it had taken some thousands a year from them, hut, thanks to the development of traffic in their own local districts, this 14y6s had been less apparent. Theii own resources had shown an elasticity which had made up the loss from competition, and, now that the company had not much further threatened competi tion, he hoped to see their traffic further developed and their receipts improved. Last week the receipts of. this company were 11,0041., as compared with 1018/. in the corresponding week of last year. With reference to the suits in Chancery against Mr. Hud son, he had been informed by their counsel that the answer to the third bill had been put in and approved. Their counsel had given up his September shooting in order to get ready the interrogatories, an important part of. the suit. Of course nothing further could be done until after the vacation. In conclusion, he moved the adoption of the report. Mr. SZYMOUR seconded the motion. Mr. Bunn inquired when the capital account would be closed ? The CHAIRMAN could not give a definite answer until the arbitration and other matters were com pleted. Mr. J. SWANN* directed the attention of the board to curtain expenses of the company, and especially to that for stationery, the item for which this half-year —l,7ool.—he thought was very enormous, compared with the Newcastle and Berwick Company, in whose report the item for stationery was 1,2001. The CHAIRMAN said the matter had been looked closely into, and - the board would not relax their efforts to reduce that item. At the same time it must be borne in mind there was 2001. or 3001. embraced in the present charge , which did not belong to the pre sent half-year, and he would also remark that they could not arrive at satisfactory results by comparing one company with another. The lict was that the charge for stationery for the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Company was 2,0201., instead of the sum stated by Mr. Swann. Mr. YeART could not agree with the chairman that the prospects of the company were improving, and be considered unless considerable reductions in the work ing expenses were made the hope of any dividend would be very poor. He thought the fares of the company ought to be increased, and he condemned the policy of the manager in having purchased so large a quantity of corn for the company's horses, which policy he treated as a speculation. A SHAREHOLDER expressed his confidence in the directors, who had been subjected tO a severe com petition. A SHARRHOLDER asked whether the proposed agreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com pany included a provision for the payment by them of one-half the loss on the Hull and Selby lease ? The CHAIRMAN declined entering into any details while negotiations were pending. A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether the Market Weighton and Whitley branches were realizing what paid working expenses and maintenance of way ? The CHAIRMAN answered in the affirmative, and said that even on the Selby and Weighton branch there had been a large increase of tonnage. The apparent small receipts per mile arose from the dis proportionate length of their branches as compared with the trunk line. Mr. ROWNTREE expressed his great' satisfaction at the prospect of amicable arrangements between the York and North Midland Company and the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Company. He had a strong conviction that competition on railways must be de structive of prosperity to railway proprietors; and the prospect of this competition being got rid of held out to his mind the greatest possible advantages to this and other companies. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN said that there was no intention of doing away with the renewal fund for permanent way, and they were now largely drawing upon it for works which were in operation in the shape of renewal of permanent way. The adoption of the report was then put and car ried unanimously, as was also the resolution declaring a dividend at the rate of 11. per cent. per annum (less income-tax). Mr. Cottata was re-appointed auditor for the ensuing six months. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting then separated in apparent good humour. co mpany was held The half-yearly T m A ee F ti F ng V o A f L th E is . at Bristol on Tuesday, Mr. W. Coffin in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said on comparing the present year with with the corresponding period last year, therwlwas an increase in the revenue of 5,000/.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the report, which stated that the balance of account allows the directors to de clare a dividend of 41. 10s. for the half-year on each original share of 1261., psyable on the 6th of Sep tember next, and a dividend in the same proportion on the quarter and 101. shares. They have also ap plied the usual half-yearly sum of 750/ to the depre ciation fund. In consequence of the opposition to the South Wales Bill, the trusties of the Marquis of Bute have undertaken to make further dock accommedaion adapted to the increase d wants of the trade. Plans are now being matured for an additional dock in which a greatly increased depth of water will be af- ;. ; \7-; ) .. \ ~ ...... . r e .... Mn .. - ..... 00l ... 3 , ola ... ey ..• ey